With the beach sports finally done, Bayushi Senshuken takes some time for a final short dive in the sea and soon she finds herself dtessed in a clean pair of black shorts with red patterns of scorpions, a crimson T shirt with black mons and red sneakers. Backpack check, helmet check, target still missing. She takes her communicator out of her pocket and texts the potential victim.

May I kidnap you tonight?

Sumiko had, after her likely mediocre performance, dusted sand of herself as best she could and began a walk back to the Spider embassy to clean up and wash up. It would mean dealing with that leering Daigotsu but she could just shoot him in the eye if need be.

Or miss and make it look like I meant to miss she thought to herself with a laugh. Then her communicator went off. She paused, reading it, then smiled and replied back.

I'm halfway back to the Spider embassy. You can meet me there and steal me away but I'll need a shower at your place or wait for me to shower here.

Senshu checks her communicator and replies immediately.

Omw. Stay foot! And still! I'm not good at kidnaps, you'll have to co operate. Access to showering facilities are, indeed, provided upon request.

It won't take long for the Spider to notice the black motorbike with the red details approaching. Fast. The Bayushi stops and without dismounting she takes her helmet off and smirks. No mask of course.

"Fancy meeting you here! I believe that we need to take this seriously." She pauses. "You need more excercise. Stretches. And I need better tactics. Mental stimulation. I strongly believe that we have to begin preparing for next year's tournament this very night. What say you, teammate?"

There had been a chuckle at the message reply, Sumiko putting her communicator into her pocket as she continued her walk to the embassy. She was near to it when she heard the bike, turning around and bowing as the woman took her helmet off.

"Good evening! I didn't realise kidnapping involved being taken to an Oshidama training camp but I suppose the kidnapped doesn't get a choice in venue" she laughed "mind if I quickly run in to get a change of clothes to bring over? Or do I not get a choice in that also."

The Bayushi seems playfully pensive for a moment. Then her face turns serious.

"No choice, I'm afraid, dear victim. You'll be stuck with Scorpion underwear for the whole night. Your only option is to choose to take them off."

Sumiko sighed, but clearly wasn't being serious.

"Well, seems I have little choice."

She moved closer to the bike, moving to climb on if she was allowed.

"Let's go then, kidnapper" she giggled.

"Take this." She offers her helmet and waits for Sumiko to put it on. "And hold on. Tight!"

Senshuken is used to driving fast. Really fast. Generally she tries to fight this particular urge when other people are on her bike, but it's not the kind of fight that she ever wins. So! A lot sooner than someone would expect, the two women find themselves in one of the residential areas. The bike slows down and they enter a parking lot under one of the blocks. The Scorpion greets the guard at the entrance and it doesn't take long for her to park and offer her hand to Sumiko to help her off the bike while taking her mask off, as well.

"We're here." She says and grins kind of awkwardly, but probably purposefully so. "The elevator is there." She points to her right and waits for the other girl to give a sign that everything is fine and they can go on.

Without complaint (even if she really wanted to complain) Sumiko accepted the helmet with a nod and put it on, then climbed onto the bike, wrapping her arms around Senshuken, giving a nod that she was ready.

For someone not used to bikes, it was a hell of an experience. She held on tight, but while it was kind of scary she wasn't afraid. It was exciting! Still, she didn't immediately let go of the Scorpion woman when they arrived, taking a few moments before speaking.

"Did you win the race?" she chuckled a little breathlessly "you're so fast."

Releasing her grip, she sat back a little and slipped the helmet off, looking around at the area, before nodding and accepting the hand to climb off hte bike.

"Let's go up. While that ride was exciting I still feel a bit uh...itchy from sand" she gave Senshuken a smile and followed her.

They get to the elevator and then to one of the higher floors of the block. Senshuken is proper and everything, staying away from the Susumu. If their eyes meet she will point towards one or two cameras on their way to her apartment.

But they arrive at last! She opens the door and welcomes Sumiko in with a gracious bow at the entrance. The apartment isn't big. The hardship of being a status 3, wealthy samurai is evident. Two bedrooms, a small kitchen, a small office and a bathroom. But! There is a bathtab, at least.

"This is my lair." She whispers once the door is closed and they are finally just the two of them. She takes a step closer to the Spider and then another. Once she's really close, she reaches for a table behind Sumiko and leaves her keys on it. "You mentioned taking a shower, I believe?" She asks softly, her lips very close to the other girl's ear.

Sumiko was very proper throughout. She had her eyes closed, and seemed to be offering a prayer. Taking advantage of the silence and trying to ignore the awful sand, and mentally finding herself agreeing with the Kaiu from last night.

As the elevator opened, she opened her eyes and smiled, letting Senshuken lead on. She looked around the apartment from the hallway, taking her bag off.

"It's nice" she said quietly, as Senshuken got close to her. Turning her eyes up to the woman then turning her face, leaving them very close.

Are you going to...?

"I do need to, hai" she said, her voice staying low "I won't be long, unless you're offering to come help?" there was a hint of a tease in her whisper

She doesn't move away and keeps whispering to the other girl's ear. "The bathroom is down the hall. On your left. I'll bring you a towel and clothes. Is there anything else you need help with?"

There was a grin, and the girl shook her head.

"Nothing else, thank you."

She went to move past Senshuken, brushing against her gently and if allowed to pass would make her way to the bathroom.

Of course she is allowed to pass while the Bayushi chuckles.

Senshuken takes care if the music and the lights before going to her room for a towel, underwear, a pair of shorts and a T shirt. Everything is black and crimson in color.

Soon she knocks the bathroom door. "May I?" She asks.

When Senshuken approached she could hear running water. Sumiko had slipped out of her outfit and swimsuit very quickly and gotten into the water...a little quicker than she should have, so she had to endure cold water for a few moments until it warmed up.

The knock came soon after.

"I'm in the shower but go ahead."

And ahead she goes. The Bayushi enters the bathroom and places the towel and the clothes within Sumiko's reach. Then she stands across the bathing girl. "This curtain needs to be changed." She comments about the slightly see through shower curtain. "I have only just moved to this apartment, but hopefully I won't be staying long. There isn't enough space. No room for my clothes, no room for my shoes. No room for anything. Only my bed is spacious."

She seems quite eager to open a conversation at this point. She's not smirking or grinning or blushing or anything like that. She's just having 'a normal conversation with a naked person who is having a shower'. That was in fact the name of a course she had taken back when she was still under her sensei's tutelage and she had aced it! "How is your apartment back in Whispers? I bet that it doesn't look like a matchbox like this one. Sumi chan? Are you even alive back there?"

Through the curtain Senshuken could make out the slightly fleshy silhouette of a very small lithe woman. Not too much in the way of curves, and no real tan, with her head tilted back letting the water wash over her. Her eyes were closed - not that the Scorpion girl could see that.

"My bad, was just enjoying the water. It's finally heated up nicely. I don't have a shower curtain in my apartment. Or really much at all, I usually end up taking baths really, so showers are almost luxury for me. I've got a small space which is supposed to be a common area where my computer is set up, and my bed nearby to that. The kitchen area is about half the size of yours. Thankfully, I'm quite small" she chucked "at least you have the most important thing, a large bed! If you were at my apartment I think I'd be sleeping on the floor to let you have the bed, or be sleeping on top of you."

"Oh, you shouldn't worry about that. You have my permission to spend as many hours as you wish on top of me. Sleeping or otherwise." Great! Apparently Sumiko aced at the very same course! Apparently pleased by this conclusion Senshuken feels that she can let the other girl enjoy the almost luxury of a shower now.

She opens the door again. "I'll be in the couch. It's not hard to find it. Do you want a drink?"

"I'll remember that" Sumiko replied with a laugh, before nodding.

"Thank you, I promise I won't be too much longer. Do you have any tea? Or were you thinking sake?"

"I'll have an energy drink for now. But sake does sound good. And staaaaay as much as you waaaant!" She muses.

"I'll just sleep in here then!" Sumiko called out with a laugh.

Sumiko stay under the water for too much longer, turning the water off when she felt better and slipping out. One of the upsides of her hair not being as long as before, not needing as long to dry, so within half an hour she had dried and started to dress in the clothes left out for her. Which brought on a different issue; she was smaller in quite a few ways than Senshuken, so the shorts had to be secured to avoid falling down and the t-shirt went past them, leaving an image of a girl not wearing anything but the t-shirt as well as leaving her legs bare. She had put on the underwear, but hadn't bothered with a bra - it wasn't needed really.

So half an hour after showering, she stepped out the bathroom. Her short hair was still damp and she'd done her best to brush it but it still was a bit messy.

"Thank you for lending me these. I'm sure mine will be ok to wear later but it's nice to be able to wear something that doesn't have sand in it" she laughed, walking into the main living area looking for Senshuken.