You found him sat on a rock, basking in the sunlight calmly. "Come driving rain or winds that churn, I shall return, by blade alone, armed, if barefoot, to my home..." he recited the poem perfectly, you didn't even know how he came up with it on the spot.

"I am Kaedehara Kazuha, a wanderer who roams the land. Since we are both travellers, let us journey together for a time." he smiled gently towards you.