"Hello there, Yurei Daiki-dono is it not?" Mei Terumi spoke, her voice throaty, dare he say almost sultry, "You know, when Ao informed me of how young you apparently were, I was quite shocked. You're quite the impressive young man."
Thank god for Anko…and Kurenai I guess.
If not for grinding with them, I may have been stunned silent by her beauty. Alas for her, the grind never failed to provide for those truly loyal to its holy scripture.
"Well, like I told Ao a bit ago," Daiki began with a shrug as he approached her, the casual, confident smile as always a staple on his face, "We at the Leaf Village are quite known for our young, handsome and incredibly skilled prodigies."
"Hoho, quite the confidence too," Mei laughed lightly, her single shown green eye idly roving over him, lingering on his arms and collarbone for just a tiny microsecond before returning to meet his gaze, "Well, I suppose you're not wrong at all, you're quite the fine looking young man, very handsome. I'm curious what you'll be like in a few years."
"Taller, with even bigger muscles and and even more handsome no doubt," Daiki's smile widened as he curled his arm and flexed his bicep, "I'd ask if the same would be true for you, but it might be impossible for a woman like you to get even more beautiful."
Her single shown green eye blinked slowly, before her pink lips curved up into a wide smile of their own, "Well now, aren't you just a delightful young man," she noted, "Dangerous too." her eye flickered to his bicep and back to his eyes so fast, he wouldn't even been able to notice without his Shinkugan.
"Well I am a shinobi," Daiki shrugged, before making a show of looking around, "Though I should probably be careful not to step on anyone's toes like that."
Time to start the game.
"Just what I said," he shrugged, "A woman as gorgeous, strong and accomplished as you? If you were single you'd have people beating on the doors trying to ask you out. Hell I'd be first in line. But I'm here for negotiations above all else, so I don't really want to step on the toes of your boyfriend or husband, or whatever significant other you have and piss them off and make things go sour."
Beyond anything physical, the one central weakness Mei Terumi had, was a complex over her age and single status. To some, that might seem very silly for a person as monstrously powerful as her. She was the Mizukage, Kage were thought to be the pinnacle of all people, thee strongest, thee fastest, three most powerful bar none and a reputation had been cultivated over the period the hidden villages had existed.
That a kage was undefeatable, they were unstoppable, unsurmountable titans. Almost deity like figures to the common masses.
And while it could truly be likened to that physically at the very least, mentally even kage were still human. Mei Terumi was still a woman, with all the instincts and desires that came with being such.
And to be frank, her youth and best years as a woman was spent fighting against the regime of the mind controlled Yagura. She was twenty nine, approaching thirty years old, and she'd never had a lover to speak of despite her incredible beauty.
A true blue christmas cake in the flesh, left to rot on the shelf.
It was barely noticeable, and was covered up at such speeds Daiki and honestly most wouldn't have noticed normally. But the Shinkugan enhanced his analytical vision and mental prowess to the limit and allowed him to perceive the most minute changes in body language and chakra.
Even a kage could not hide their body language from him.
"Well, luckily for you, you don't have to worry about that, there's no significant other in my life," Mei's lips twisted into a slightly sour, expression but only for the briefest of moments, before being replaced with a pleasant smile, "So there's nothing for you to worry about. So you don't need to worry about complimenting me like that."
"Wait, what?" Daiki made a show of being surprised, eyebrows rising, eyes widening and mouth dropping though, before laughing and shaking his head, "Nah, there's no way." he waved off her words as if she were joking.
Her smile widened ever so slightly, "No I'm afraid not." she said, but she now looked very pleased.
Of course this wouldn't change anything about how negotiations would truly go, but he wasn't trying to with that. He was pursuing the option of having her gain the slightest fondness for him.
For instance, not wanting him to die by having a bijuu extracted. And making other options offered seem much more tempting than that prospect.
Not that it would ever come to that mind you, but it would make steering her towards other deals easier.
"…The hell is wrong with the guys in this village?" Daiki palmed his forehead, though this definitely wasn't a put upon act, he was being truthful with it, "Why aren't they lining up trying to put a ring on your finger and get you in a wedding dress?"
Honestly he'd love to see her in one. A lacy little white number, plunging neckline, garter and all.
A light laugh left her throat, "You're really quite the charming young man aren't you?" Mei tittered, "Personally I could not tell you, I've been wondering myself."
"Yeah I don't get it," Daiki shrugged, before smirking massively, "In that case, it's my lucky day then. Finders keepers loser weepers. How about we put this negotiation off for now and go on a date instead?"
"Oh?" Mei gave him a genuinely surprised look, "Just like that?"
"I mean have you looked in a mirror lately?" Daiki shrugged, "Hell yeah!" he pumped his fist into the air, before pointing a finger at her.
"You think I'd stroll passed a glimmering diamond that I just came across? Or what, step back and observe it for some reason instead?" he snorted, "No of course I'm gonna snatch it up for myself. This is practically the same thing."
"Ara ara, truly you are a silver tongued one aren't you?" Mei stood up from where she was leaning on the desk and casually invaded his personal space, trailing a finger up his cheek ever so gently, "Are all the young men of the leaf like you?" she wondered.
"Nah, I'm just built different," Daiki proudly boasted, "So how about that date? Maybe one at the beach? I'm sure you've got a few nice ones here in the Mist and I'd love to see you in a bikini."