Oh don't get him wrong -- he'd noticed she was super cute and would have flirted with her ten times already, but talking ninja stuff had taken priority!

He reached over his shoulder into his pack, then pulled out a ring with four overlaid blades like some sort of bizarre dagger. A little twist of his wrist, though, and three of the blades slid along a groove in the ring to lock into position, leaving him with one large fuuma shuriken to show off.