Team 4: Let's start some trouble~!

Dark red eyes stared back right into her emerald ones, his silver hair covering a bit of his eyesight, making it seemed much more mysterious. He had a cocky-like smirk on his face, something that would be normal in Hanashi's book. His usual red jacket that he always wore, his black shirt that showed his entire anatomy of his muscular but thin upper body. His shoes, the same damn shoes since first seeing him once again. The same metallic like-boots. The boots were tied together by both the front and the side. On the side had metal buttons that clipped together. And as usual, around his waist were a few kunais and knives.

His gloves, the same damn gloves he also wore when first meeting her were black, a midnight black. Hanashi's eyes seemed more serious than usual, as if she was back to her older self, before 'he' came along, which seemed to be annoying him. But inside, Hanashi was as vulnerable as ever, acting like a little child who wanted their parents when he or she had gotten lost in the park or somewhere else. That's how she felt at the moment. "Someone's changed." The man said, scanning Hanashi up and down, a raised eyebrow while having a straight line instead of having that same smirk.

She blinked, her eyes letting her emotions be seen. Hanashi was dressed in a simple white dress that reached down to her knees while her hair was, as usual, free from any bind. Both of her slightly pale hands were now on her chest, her head looking downward at the floor while her eyes closed tightly. She seemed to be mumbling something, and he caught wind of it. "This isn't real... This isn't real..." The dream itself only had those two characters in it, the whole background was white, as white as it could get. 'He' sighed, running a hand through his silver hair. "... Hanashi-", she cut him off.

"You are -not- real! This is just a dre-No, a nightmare! She screamed, her eyes now looking at him, while he frowned a bit. "This -can't- be real... You've been gone for so long... It just can't!" She hugged herself, tears falling down her cheeks and sobs coming out of her mouth. 'He' didn't seem to say anything, except just stares at her.

"... Hanashi..." he paused, thinking of exactly what words to say, but found none. "Take care", was all he said, appearing in front of her vulnerable form and kissed her forehead, making Hanashi's eyes widened a bit, tears falling more on her cheeks, and when she looked up to try and say something, he had vanished. Something she didn't want to happen. Not again.

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Hanashi's eyes opened widely and she got up quickly, her heart beating out of her chest very quickly while she had this terrified look on her face. It was around 4 in the morning, or was it 3? Bah, like it mattered to her. Her hands were gripping hard on the sheets, her face seemed a bit sweaty, as she thought her hand went over to her cheek and felt the quite cold beads of sweat running down her cheek, neck, etc. '... It was all a dream, huh?' Her eyes went towards the window, the moon was still noticeable, making her sigh. How could she be having a night of him? Or was it a dream? It seemed like a nightmare to her. 'Oh well, can't sleep now after having that. Let's see..' She brushed the few tears that were on her face, since it seems she was also crying while she was dreaming.

She got out of bed, wearing only a white tank top and short pants. Her hair slightly messy as she let out a yawn and walked over to the other room where her son layed sleeping peacefully. Lucky, lucky boy. She wondered what dreams he could be having.. And then a small smile crept up her face as she closed the door softly, making sure Cieli didn't wake up this early. Another yawn came out of her lips as she headed off to bathe, seeing as she didn't feel the need to sleep(and have another dream/nightmare like that..) now.

After taking a long, hot bath, Hanashi looked at the clock in her bedroom. She woke up around 3 to 4-ish so it was around 5:30, plenty of time to eat, wake her son up, make him go bathe, and him eat as well. After getting dressed, Hanashi headed towards the kitchen, thinking about what to make for herself and her son when he would wake up. What to make though? She tapped her chin in thought. What could she make that it would be quick to eat? Well, for her anyway, since she found out she was gonna be a sensei. Oh the damn joy.....

Let's see, one was named Aimi Kei. Seems like a cute girl to have as your student, and doesn't seem that she would cause trouble. But best to keep an eye on her in case she does, ne? Next, it was Eiji Hitomi. The young man seemed a bit... Well, he didn't look like he would cause trouble. And lastly, 'Ookami Tsume'. He seemed rather interesting, and also reminded her of someone as she made noodles. 'This will probably be a 'fuuun' team.' She thought as she sat down on the table, waiting for the noodles to be ready. 'The other two seem.... manageable. But, can't judge a book by it's cover.'

Getting up, Hanashi got her noodles and placed them on the table, then turning back towards her son's room and getting him up. Hanashi opened the door, only to be welcomed by turquoise/green hair. "Oof!" Said the young boy, stumbling a bit before straightening himself up. His green eyes looked up and blinked. "Good morning, mother..." he said, letting out a yawn and then rubbed his eyes. She smiled, placing a hand on his hair, ruffling it slightly. "Morning, Cieli. You hungry? I was just making food for myself and since now you're up I guess I'll go make you some food, too?" He nodded, her mother's hand taken off his head as she turned around and walked back into the kitchen, with Cieli not far behind.

As they both reached the room, Hanashi walked over the table, picked up the noodles, which were now not that hot and began eating them as she searched for what she could make for her son. "Ano... mother?" Her son said, blinking as he saw his mother turn around with noodles in her mouth before slurping them up. "Yes?" She asked, setting down the noodles near and looked at her son. "Cereal would be fine, mother", and to think, he's 6 years old. She picked him up and set him down on the chair while she turned around, ate more of the noodles and opened one of the drawers up to get out... Coco puffs. Huh, when did she buy this..... Oh well, didn't matter much.

She also got out a bowl and poured the chocolate cereal in it, then closed the box of cereal, placed it on the counter and walked over to the table and gave Cieli his cereal then back to the fridge to get some milk for him, she poured the milk into the cereal, the color of the milk turned a bit dark, since the chocolate and milk were mixing together, in a way. Hanashi also got him a spoon and then turned back into eating her noodles...

"Mother?" Asked the young Shikyo as he ate his cereal calmly, unlike his mother, who ate sometimes quite fast for her own good. "Hmm, yeah?" Hanashi placed the now empty bowl in the sink and crossed her arms, looking at her son. He seemed to hesitate, but shook his head. "Nothing mother." Now, she raised an eyebrow on this. But, decided to not bother, her eyes followed the clock and saw it was 7:30, she would meet her team around 10 or so. "Well, I gotta go. Cieli, go to the Academy, allright?" A groan of protest left the young Shikyo but he nodded. Hanashi kissed his son's cheek and in a flash, she was out of the house, an afterimage behind and in seconds it dispersed.

After arriving in the training grounds, Hanashi leaned her back against the tree that she oh so stopped in front of. It was now 8:00 and she decided to plan something up, what to do to these kids... Ahh, well. She'll plan something once they've shown themselves. She also has been told her Chuunin assistant would arrive as well, to take notes probably? All she knows from her Chuunin assistant is that his name is Maikeru Tadajin Jr. So, all she had to do is wait near some trees, since it was raining but it would barely give her any coverage so she wore her cloak, even her hood, hiding her face since the wind was heavy and with the rain? Perfect ideal to train new Gennin so they know on what to probably do in situations like this.

Today was a big day for Aimi! Today was finally the day when she would be a part of a team! Be able to work with people, to do some good. To be able to train under someone that was strong and wise. Never before had she felt as stressed and yet blissful towards anything. I wonder how they are.... I hope they will like me. This was what was going through her mind as she had literally tumbled out of the bed and quickly put on her clothes, her black corset with the decorative sleeves, the black shorts along with the flower decorated belt, her glove and then finally her boots. She tied her headband right above her right knee. Glancing out of her window before leaving the room, she let out a low groan as it was clear this was going to be a long and cold day, as the rain was hammering down along with strong gusts of wind. As she sprinted out of her room and into the kitchen, she cast a morning greeting towards her parents before turning to her breakfast that consisted of some cereal which had barely reached the bowl before she had started eating it. It wasn't until she was half way done, when she noticed her parents stare at her before asking sweetly if she didn't want any milk with that? "oh...uhm...ehehe I don't have time!" Their energy filled daughter sprang up from her seat and was off towards the front door in a matter of seconds where she grabbed her black coat. It was a coat that reached down to the ground, it had a hood on it and had some kind of a fur lining. This should be enough to keep me warm. With a last wave, she left her slightly worried parents behind, both shaking their heads and wondering what on earth they should do with her.

"Good morning!" Her cheerful voice that was as always filled with kindness filled the air this morning, making people peek out of their doors or windows to see just who was running around at this hour and in that weather. People couldn't help but smile and reply with the same words while shaking their heads slightly, wondering if she would ever make it as a ninja. The rain made the air feel even more fresh, everything was perfect... even if the wind managed to almost topple the young girl over with it's heaviest gusts. But well, bad weather or not.. then Aimi loved getting up early. You had the whole day ahead of you, and one never knew if something amazing would happen! Stopping in front of the small pet shop, she hesitated just slightly and glanced at a nearby clock. It was 7:30 so she still had plenty of time. I'll just take a peek..

"Good morning Ai-chan!" The store-clerk greeted her with his deep voice from behind the store where he was fixing up an old bird cage as he had heard the bell of the store door ring. "Good morning Jin!" The middle aged man hadn't even had to look up to know who had come into the shop at this time, as Aimi was there every day whenever she could. She loved helping out, and especially when it involved the animals. Like most of the other villagers, he thought that the role of a ninja would be too harsh for her but he didn't say anything. Jin was a tall and muscular man that few took for a pet store owner. He had dark brown hair, and a big brown beard to go with. His eyes were of a piercing blue color, and it often made people feel very uncomfortable when he glared at them with his wise eyes. Aimi had of course as soon as she met him supported his idea of opening a pet store, and the big man considered her as his own daughter.

"I'm meeting my team today!" Her dark brown eyes sparkled with joy as she gently picked up a black kitten from one of the baskets and started scratching it behind it's ears until a loud purring was heard. "Ooooh that's great. Do you know who your sensei will be?" "Hmmm nooo.. there didn't say anything about that." She paused the scratching and tilted her head to the side while pondering yet again how her sensei would be. Jin paused his work and stretched his work-tired body while looking at the petite girl that was now dancing slowly around the store's floor with the kitten still in her embrace. One could hardly think she would have to become one of those ninjas that killed people. Thinking to himself, he really hoped she'd get a sensei that would understand her gentle nature and wouldn't break her.

After putting the kitten down, very slowly as she so wanted a kitten of her own.. along with a puppy.. and a parrot.. and a hamster.. and well all of the animals, then Aimi danced around while humming a soft tune as she helped prepare the store to be opened. As the clock struck 8:30, she let out a small very girlish squeal and clapped her hands together. "This was my cue! I gotta go now! Wish me luuuck!" With a wave and a generous smile, she was out of the store. According to her information they weren't supposed to meet up until around 10, but she just couldn't wait that long! She'd at least prefer to wait at the meeting spot. Her long braid, which was now getting heavy from the water that was pouring down, bounced against her back as she ran as fast as her long legs carried her, swiftly jumping over puddles here and there.

Upon arriving on the training spot, her breathing a little faster than usually.. probably both because or her excitement and her sprinting, Aimi spotted a woman that was seemingly waiting while leaning against a tree. It was now 9 o'clock, and Aimi was very sure that this must be her sensei. With slow and a little hesitant steps she approached the woman. Aimi couldn't make out the woman's face because of the hood that was covering it, but she did know that this was a woman standing in front of her since the curves were not something a male would be having. Aimi herself wasn't wearing her hood, as she loved to feel the wind bite at her now red cheeks while the rain drops ran down her smooth face.

Now stopping a few feet away from the woman, Aimi parted her lips and felt a small blush color her cheeks as she was sure she'd have to start breathing in a paperbag soon. This was all so exciting for her, and a dream come true to have someone to mentor her in her struggle to become a better shinobi. Straightening her stance, gathering up her height of 162 cm which wasn't perhaps that tall, she tried to look a little bit more serious that usually. "Good morning. Might you be my sensei? My name is Aimi Kei." Her soft and gentle voice didn't shake, making Aimi very proud of herself, as she looked shyly straight into the face of the woman. She hid her hands behind her back, linking her fingers together, while waiting for an answer.

To be frank, she looked like a small and cute puppy at this moment. A puppy that had been waiting for an owner for what it seemed like a lifetime for it, and now finally had that owner standing in front of it.

The night was beautiful as was the sky. Eiji was out training as usual. He spends his days sleeping and nights training. Only today was a little different. He was now part of a team. "Oh yeah a team at long last." He continued his training until it was around 4:00 am. Then he went into the house and began running water for his shower. As he walked towards the kitchen he heard a noise. Quickly he pulled out his sword and looked around. After about 20 seconds he started to move quietly throughout the house trying to find the source of the noise.

Eiji made his way to the living room and saw nothing. Then the bathroom and saw nothing. Eiji thought he was being paranoid again and turned the water off. His sword was placed on the side of the shower. While in the shower Eiji began to think to his self. "Hm I wonder what this team is going to be like? Is our sensei going to be hot? More importantly is she going to be single? Well maybe not but I do know that if there is a girl on the team then i'm going after her. Aww man wouldn't that be great. A girlfriend to finally be with me. I can hardly wait to get there. Oh well I better hurry up." Eiji finished his shower and dried off. He grabbed his sword and started to sharpen it.

It was now 5:30 am. Eiji went into the kitchen and made himself a bowl of Coco Pebbles. His mother, father, sisters, and brother were all still asleep. Eiji had on a white robe that read "Eiji touch it and die." He sat down on the couch and ate his cereal. As he flipped through the channels he noticed something intresting on one of the channels. He quickly turned back to it and saw his favorite movie Saw VI. Without thinking he turned it up and moved the couch closer to the tv. "Aww man I love this movie." 30 minutes later his mother came downstairs and told him to turn the tv down. The she sat down next to him and looked directly at Eiji. She could see that he was growing more and more each day.

She spoke in a soft tone "Eiji you are your father's child. You are also the first member of this family to be on a team. Your father loved weapons and became a blacksmith. Your sisters are probably going to be fashion designers. Then there's your little brother. He wants to be like you so please set a good example for little brother. The other thing is I know your getting older and now your looking at girls. If there is a girl on your team don't wait for it go for it. Don't ever wonder what what if. Okay Eiji?" His mother kissed him on the forehead and rubbed his head. "Mommy loves you Eiji." Eiji replied back "I love you too mom."

After watching his movie he put on his grey jacket with the custom made jacket with the slices he made to it. Then his grey gloves. Eiji chose not to wear traditional shinobi clothing because he wanted to stand out. After that he put his sword on his back and took one last look around. "Oh crap I forgot my headeband!" Eiji quickly ran back up to his room and began to throw things around looking for his headband. Then he looked outside where he was training. There it was in his mother's hand. "Thank you mom I almost forgot this." Before she handed it off to him she tied it around his head tightly. "Don't forget what I told you Eiji."

"I won't mom I promise." Eiji then made his way towards the training ground. Many thoughts went through his head. Was he good enough to be on a team? Was he going to the star of the team? Or was he going to be the one holding the team back? He couldn't let these thoughts disrupt him from focusing on the task at hand. Finally he was part of a team. Now he had a chance to prove himself to not only his family but to the people of Kumogakure. On his way he stopped at a store and bought some noodles. As he ate them he noticed a homeless man outside. Eiji handed him bowl and left. This was his good deed for the day. He once again headed out towards the training grounds.

Eiji arrived at the training grounds at 9:01. Once he got there he noticed two girls. Well one girl and one woman. "Nice this is going to be awsome!" He walked up to the woman first and introduced himself. Showing no emotion he spoke "Hello Ms. I am Eiji Hitomi and I am glad to be here." He took a knee and placed his arm right on his chest and held his head down. Aftere a few seconds he stood up and looked at the female member of his team. "So Sensei who is the pretty girl over there? I take it she's on our team." There was some excitment in his voice but it wasn't noticeable. "Also what's your name Sensei?"

(OOC: I am really really sorry for posting so late. I was just... Lazy... Very very lazy... But it won't happen again. {I really hope so} )

Loud snoring, that could be heard miles away... Meandering talks, coming from the world of dreams... Then, suddenly, a loud bump... And... Finally... To end this small symphony, angry mutters in an unknown language, cursing this cursed world, all small beds, hard floor, pillows, that are not soft enough and everything else. All these sounds were coming form one small bedroom. If somehow, mysteriously, a visitor would have come to visit this small flat exactly now and if somehow, by a coincidence, he would have decided to open exactly this door, the sight this visitor would have seen, would be quite comic. The floor looked more like an obstacle course than normal floor of a bedroom, socks, kunai, shuriken, packs, sticks, clothes, few football balls, scrolls, brushes, baskets.... These are only few of the items that were lying there, on the ground, it would take few months or maybe even few years to clean this mess... Or at least that was what the only resident of this flat, Ookami Tsume, thought. The boy himself was wriggling on the floor, entangled in his bed sheet, next to his small bed, trying to get out. It was this boy that made all the noise, as he fell dwon from his bed, he was still cursing everything around him, usual routine for each morning.

Boy finally got out from his sheet 'cocoon' and first thing he did was... Kicking his bed sheet...? Once settled with his sheet, Tsume finally assumed that he is awake. A wide smile appeared on his face, not an angry one, nor a stupid one. No, JUST a smile. The USUAL smile. His first objective was to somehow find a clock among all the stuff on the ground. Of course, it was no easy thing to do but it was necessary. Throwing all sort of stuff to the right and to the left, boy was digging largest 'mountain' in his room. He believed that it was in this mountain, where he left his clock yesterday. After ten minutes of unfortunate struggle, boy gave up and decided to look somewhere else and this was the right thing to do. Tsume found out, that the mysterious, disappearing, 'ninja' cloak was actually standing on the cupboard this whole time, right where it had to be. As the boy looked at the clock with high hopes of knowing what time is it now, the only thing he saw was that the clock had stopped working and was still showing ten minutes to midnight.

Tsume felt assured now, if he'll be late, he can blame his clock. So now being quite relaxed, boy finally decided to put some clothes on. A short glimpse through window and it was now clear what to wear. Boy took out his usual clothing. Black trousers and white, long sleeved shirt. He slowly clasped his shirt buttons, put on two different socks (for he had no time to match the pair). Then he took out his pendant, only thing in this entire flat, that was treasured and always had it's place, a small box, made from white oak, with small lilly petal, surrounded by an ornament of waves, carved on box's top. Tsume tied this pendant around his neck and jumped up, clapping his hands and shouting "All right!!!! Let's do it!!!" Of course the next idea that came to his head was "Wait a minute..... Do exactly what....?" But this thought didn't linger long in his head, for Tsume was a man of action, not that of thoughts.

Boy strode across his modest bedroom and opened slide door. On the other side of this door there was a small room, with a shrine for gods, standing in the middle. Early morning light was falling on this shrine, lightening few small, wooden statues of gods, few bowls with fruits and other goods (gifts for the gods apparently) and incense burner. Tsume kneeled in front of this altar, said a short prayer, then slowly, with deep respect got closer and from a drawer that whas beneath this shrine took out a small box of incense. With few moves he lighted one of the incense and put it into holder. For few minutes boy sat there, rapt in his thoughts, meditating, not a single move made he, boy looked like a statue. Then suddenly all the energy and liveliness of an 12 years old boy returned to his body, Tsume bowed to his shrine, murmured few words in an strange language, jump up as high as he could without hitting ceiling, turned around and went to kitchen to get something to eat.

Tsume sat down at small table in the middle of his kitchen. The table itself was laden with dirty dishes and boxes, all sorts of packs and other things. Why was he sitting at the table again...? Tsume knew clearly that there was nothing to eat. Laughing from himself, boy stood up again, without any hopes to get some breakfast and turned to his corridor. It was about time to go out. He didn't want to be late, did he...? Actually... He didn't care but lets just say that he actually didn't want to be late.

Boy swiftly put up his coat, covered his silver hair with the hood, then had some trouble with putting his long black boots on and finally opening door, stepped outside.

Walking through city streets, Tsume didn't pay much attention to his surroundings. Large clock hanging on the wall of famous clock shop was only thing Tsume was willing to raise his sight at. It was now 10:27. "Ahhh.... As always... Late as always. My first day an I'm late. How cool is that...?" Tsume sighed and quickened his pace.

When Tsume entered training grounds he was unable to hold his smile. For once in his life he wanted to make an impression of a grown-up, serious, responsible person but... It was impossible for the smile just appeared by itself. The happiness was erupting from everywhere. Boy felt this strange feeling in his belly, something like tickling, a feeling boy only got when he was extremely excited. He wanted really badly to meet his new team. Even though he was late beyond any hopes, he still wasn't going any faster than a snail. Tsume was new to all this shinobi, teams, big cities stuff, he was afraid, that his team members and their sensei will laugh from him, he felt to funny and for the first time in his life Tsume really cared what other people might think about him. An inner struggle took place in boy's head, for he was thinking intensive how to act and what to do in order not to make a fool from himself. At last Boy decided to stay himself and act as he always does, if they won't welcome him as he is, they won't welcome him at all. He took a deep breath and raised his head upwards. The rain washed his face and cooled it down, it helped him to relax. He begun humming an old melody he once heard in a village far away. A melody that could only be heard during the rain, it was a song dedicated to spirits of rain.

Boy spotted three figures standing next to a tree, heavy rain was making visibility far worse, than it would be but Tsume was pretty sure, that two of those figures were kids. He decided that it is his team standing there, maybe waiting form him, maybe just chatting, it was now 10:54 and he was tragically late to their meeting. Maybe he had to feel guilty but the only feeling he felt now was excitement. All he did was smile with a warm smile radiating good mood and best intentions in every direction. His silver eyes were shimmering, few white hair strands, that were sticking from his hood were all wet and covered his eyes, Tsume's face was wet and small, cold water droplets were running down from his hair to his chin, where they gathered into one bigger drop, which repeatedly fell down every three or so seconds. His coat, that was originally black, was now half brown, because Tsume just loved going through muddy little paths instead of using normal roads and inevitably some of the mud got on his long black boots and coat. Boy's hands were shivering a little, so he kept them in pockets.

Tsume finally found himself standing under the tree, which offered little protection from falling rain for his team mates and sensei. Still keeping warm smile on his face Tsume bowed to them. "I am sorry for being so tragically late. But... It's not my fault. It's my clock... Yes! My clock is to blame for my lateness! I lost it in my room and when I finally managed to find it, it turned out that it has stopped... I had no idea what time it was and even so I rushed as fast as I could here, I even missed my breakfast." Tsume remained bowed but slightly raised his head and overlooked people standing under the tree. "Anyway, I'm sorry for being late... And... I'm Ookami Tsume!!!" Shouting out these words with enthusiasm, boy straightened up and begun laughing. He laughed quite loudly, thought he didn't know himself, why was he laughing. "Nice to meet you all!!!" Boy made a short pause and turned to his sensei. "I guess you are our new teacher, right...?" Boy looked at his sensei eyes very closely. It took a single moment before boy was charmed by the beauty of those eyes. "I think you have heard this countless times, but... Your eyes are dreamlike. I haven't seen anything as beautiful in my entire life... They look like... An mystical endless green sea, an entire world would fit in there...." "Magical... Just magical" Silently murmured he. Realizing what he just said, boy suddenly blushed and sank his eyes into the ground. Then turned to others an waved his right hand at them.... His female team mate was very cute and immediately caught Tsume's look. He smiled at her with a different smile. He bowed to her and silently murmured "What does an angel do here...?" It took some will effort to turn his look away from her but Tsume finally was looking at his male team mate. He bowed to him, showing trust and respect. He raised his right hand for a handshake. "Nice to meet you!" He said.

Once Tsume's greetings were over, he took few steps back, like an artist willing to see whole painting and nodded to himself. "A fine team, you won't find better in entire world. I am honoured to be here with you all. Nice to meet you! I hope we'll get along just fine!"

Darkness filled the large room which was located on the west wing of the Tadajin Clan's main house being the room that belonged to none other than the Tadajin clan head. In total there were five sets of snores coming from this well air conditioned room, easily being able to be traced back to the heap of bodies and mangled light green sheets that sat atop a large king sized bed though the loudest snores came from the two identical males that lay at the center of the pile. Needless to say the room had seen better days, if one were to look around the room they would see cloths of all the bed's occupants including half finished sake bottles an multiple dents in the walls due to last night's...'activities'. Strangely mixed in with some of the discarded undergarments was a thick but stringy like substance that was clearly adhesive if one were to touch it, and with closer inspection one would see that this substance was that of spider silk. Oddly the only sets of clothing with this large quantity of spider silk attached to them were the one 'twins' of the groups the 'twin' male and the 'twin' female, these cloths like their owners were identical to the set of cloths that lay on the other side of the bed. The first set of cloths that belonged to the older siblings of the pair of 'twins' consisted of only black boxers, a fishnet shirt, a blue G string, with equally an blue tank top and leggings. This of course meant that the silk covered cloths opposite of them were of the same look and quantity. However the fifth set, the ones that actually lay on the bed tangled with the rest of the mess consisted of a Kumo female's white chuunin vest, with a very wrinkled and petite black T shirt, along with the standard chuunin sweat pants that still had their owners pink lingerie-ish panties residing in them. Lastly the final piece of the unknown females clothing sat atop the head of the oldest male occupant of the room...which was that of a beige 34D cup bra.

Finally rolling over both boys revealed themselves to be none other than Maikeru Tadajin Jr, well the eldest one who was cuddling with the mysterious female chuunin was revealed to be Maikeru Tadajin Jr, the second Maikeru the 'twin', was in fact Konomaru his best friend and combat partner. The two boys as if reading each others minds gave out a long yawn before speaking out the words "We're totally late aren't we.." The two teenagers opened their eyes which included the extra set of eyes granted to them the both Maikeru's bloodline and the technique they had used the night before, nevertheless once their four eyes were open they revealed the deep black that was their color. Thanks to the gigantic mirror that Maikeru Jr. had installed into his ceiling just over his bed both boys got a clear view of them AND the females that lay with them. "I see the storm's still going strong.." Konomaru said as he looked through the window that was currently being battered with the incessant droplets of rain


Yawning again Maikeru slid out of bed and cracked his neck as he looked around his room, in all actuality besides the evident catastrophe that his room was in now when clean the master bedroom of the Tadajin clan house was pretty effing amazing. Besides amazingly comfy king sized bed it was equipped with quite a nicely sized oak dresser that was panted a carpet matching black, a recently waxed aging desk that belonged to his father which used to be located in his fathers office, and also a black 42 inch plasma TV that sat on the far wall that stood in front of his bed. The room also had a rack that held all of the boy's ninja equipment it even had a stand for his utility belt, shivs, and Geta. A rack of simple design and color, it held his large zanbatou like blade at the center of everything said blade was known to the world as 'Mother and Father.


Compartments on one of the shelves held the boy's extra explosive notes, light and smoke bombs. Looking back to his bed at Konomaru who was currently in a four way cuddle session he shook his head and quickly threw a stray sandal at the teen-aged spider's face "Get your ass up man, we're late as it is...and aren't you always the one talking about me being on time to everything?.HEY ARE YOU EVEN LISTENING!?" Maikeru snapped as he looked at the half sleep spider that lay in the bed before him. Shaking his head Maikeru Jr, silently asked himself what did he do to deserve this and began to rummage through his dresser in search of some clean cloths. Apparently giving up on the task of waking up Konomaru Maikeru gathered his essentials and prepared to leave the room for a quick shower before he stopped and turned to the bed once more "You know your old man is going to snap on you for thi-" Maikeru began but was interrupted as his door was kicked in and in the process slammed into him sending both him and the door into his flat screen. Stepping into the room was none other than Maikeru's uncle Kaomaru that looked like a 30 year old Maikeru without the dyed hair, but what startled everyone was the second Kaomaru that walked in matching the first with four black eyes, elongated fangs, and spikier hair thus signifying that the two were using the same jutsu Maikeru and Konomaru were using.


The four on the bed quickly wrapped up in the blanket with beet red faces as they stared at the two men "F-f-ather....good morning sir." Konomaru stuttered as he stared at the first Kaomaru. Tousamaru only gave out a growl and rolled up his sleeves "You two...have 20 minutes to get out of this house and over to that training ground or els-" Tousamaru began but couldn't finish as the two boys darted out of the room. Both quickly showered and dressed in less than 15 minutes before heading out to the training grounds where he would meet his team which was thankfully close to the Tadajin clan grounds. Maikeru walking with his hands in his pockets and Konomaru walking side by side with him in his true Spider form Maikeru Jr, looked up at the raging sky and snorted as he felt the rain slam onto his face."Yeah, we should have wore jackets or something...it's kind of brisk out here." Maikeru Jr said as he looked down at his chuunin flak jacket that was over his simple fishnet shirt and couldn't help but give off a shiver. He looked down at the large black spider that stood a good 43 inches off of the ground, and was given a grunt as a reply which made Maikeru smirk/The bastard's cold too heheh.../. It was 11:15 once they got to the selected training grounds they saw the four ninja by the tree and immediately Maikeru smiled. Leisurely walking over to them he looked over the three genin and grinned as he thought about their possible future /These guys look like they want to get down to business...good to see they don't look like total green horns/ Scratching the back of his head he looked at the older woman of the group and smirked taking in her head turning figure "Hello.....my name's Maikeru Tadajin Jr, nice to meet you miss Hanashi was it?" He said as he looked into her eyes inwardly preparing himself for the day ahead of him.

The rain pelted down on the field, it was random, either it the rain mixed with the wind, making the drops hit Hanashi more or with no wind at all, the water just hitting the ground, as if focusing only on the ground and the trees. The leaves, the drops on the leaves slid down, hitting the wet ground below and Hanashi's head, but she didn't break eye contact with the wet grass. The young woman stayed still, in the same place until one of her students arrived. It was the only female in the group, Aimi Kei. The young girl seemed eager, something Hanashi hasn't seen in a long while. She waited, at least after five minutes before blinking, then looking at her with a curious glance. "Yes. Let us wait for the other students to gather." The young girl looked so innocent... Hanashi even starting speculating in her mind whether or not she should be even a Shinobi. But let us not judge a book by it's cover, right?

The other came very shortly, and it was a male, meaning the only one missing was another one, and her chuunin assitant, since now the teams would be having chuunin assistants so they could help with the sensei on their teachings and whatnot. And for what Hanashi had in mind for them, she would likely need the help, then again, she didn't need it but it's best to just let them help out. He acted very.. genetleman-like? No.. that wasn't the word? Ah, she knows what she means so it's fine. "The "pretty" girl is your teamate, Eiji. And I will tell my name when everyone is presence, ok?" And she waited, even with the rain pelting on all three now. They might have hated the rain, or even have some slight dislike to it, but as usual, Hanashi loves the rain.

She wasn't going to get all mad that her last student was late. Hell, her chuunin assistant was late, and he or she was supposed to be here early. It was the first day, she was gonna cut them some slack... for now. The rain was making either the visibility worse, or just a bit better, there was no other way to say it. To the Gennins it might've seemed like they couldn't see who was coming, but Hanashi knew. It was the last of her students. And then when he reached them, he began talking, making Hanashi almost chuckle. "Why thank you for the compliment, young one. And, to be honest, no. I haven't heard anyone every saying that about my eyes before. But, thank you." Her team was almost complete, now all that was needed was her chuunin assitant... Whoever it is it was getting a -bit- annoying for her to be out there, in the rain, waiting. 'Whoever it is, they are late..' She let out a yawn and blinked, her hair sticking to her face, and then she moved it away with her hand.

Finally, 'he' came. So, it was a male chuunin assitant, eh? Well, that was fine. At least he got here, so now she could get started. Hanashi moved away from the tree a bit and looked at all four of them. She answered Maikreu with a calm voice. "Yes, I am Hanashi." She turned her eyes to her Gennin students. "And I am your sensei, Shikyo Hanashi. And this-" Her gloved hand pointed at Maikeru as she stared at the kids. "-Is the team's chuunin assitant, Maikeru Tadajin Jr., as you heard. He will be helping me with today's little exercise I have planned for you guys." And with that, she grinned a bit. "Ok, I would like all of you to tell me... Why did you become a ninja? Why did you choose this lifestyle when there was something else you could have been doing at this moment? Something not so.... life-threatening?" Hanashi told her students, looking at them with a serious gaze as she wondered what their answers would be.

The drops plopped down, Aimi's smile kept staying on her face, but her eyes had looked shyly again away from her sensei's face. It was clear by now that Aimi had been the first to show up, so she waited silently with her teacher while her heart was literally drumming inside of her chest from excitement. The heavy coat she was wearing kept her from getting completely soaked, even if the small drops managed to make her neck-line slightly damp, which made her almost rather wish she would have skipped the coat and just gotten completely wet instead. She hated when just small parts of her clothing got damp! Not many minutes after she had arrived, there were foosteps heard. Glancing to the side, Aimi looked at a brown haired boy that was probably around her age. She got a little surprised but gave him a very genuine smile as he called her pretty. How sweet of him. Perhaps it would be easier for her to befriend her teammates than she had dared to hope, at least if they would all be this polite and sweet. She wasn't sure if she should say anything, like introducing herself, but she decided against it. It would be easier when everybody would get here. So she gave Eiji a small nod with a gentle expression before turning her face upwards and looking up at the darkened clouds, seeing them move fast around as the wind up there was stronger than down on the ground. The wind didn't bite as much at the cheeks now, probably because they had gone numb by now from the cold.

Nothing much was said as the three waited for the others arrival. Aimi glanced at her sensei and the teammate, but otherwise just kept quiet. Her foot was done digging a small hole in the ground in front of her as she kept pushing it down a little while worrying her lower lip with her teeth. She didn't really dislike silences that much, but sometimes she had that feeling that she -should- say something... and yet not. I don't want to anger my sensei.. so I will just keep quiet for now. To her relief, she noted that there was another person coming towards them. Another male that was around her age. Will I be the only female teammate? This boy had silver hair, and equally silver colored eyes which were very beautiful. ah poor thing to have missed his breakfast..it must suck to oversleep... That had never happened to Aimi, but perhaps she would get caught in that like anyone else soon. She was just human after all. The new boy introduced himself, like the other had done, before he started paying their sensei compliments. It is true.. her eyes are particularly beautiful. I think I feel a little jealous. A small smile touched her lips at the thought, since she had never found herself experiencing that feeling before. It didn't have any negative feelings to it though, that was most definately not in her nature. An angel? Her small smile disappeared as she again had a look of surprise on her face before laughing slightly before giving a rather shy smile towards the new boy named Ookami Tsume.

If I keep getting compliments like this then I will get really spoiled. Sure she could handle compliments, but she had never thought her teammates would be that outspoken about such things. It made her feel a little shy and wondering if they were going to be treating her just like any other girl, or if she would actually get some respect as any other teammate. She really hoped for the later, because she was in need for that. Aimi would of course not be rude to anyone, but she was afraid of losing the opportunity to become a better ninja, a better person. I can't let any thoughts disturb me.. However good looking her teammates were, she was determined not to become one of those annoying girls that ran after the boys on their teams. She was still refraining from speaking out, but hoped they wouldn't take it in a rude way.

For whom are we now waiting? She had thought they would just be 3 on the team, but maybe she had misunderstood something. Her dark brown eyes traveled over the area as she stiffled a small yawn. Without noticing herself, Aimi started humming a song to herself while holding her hand out and playing with catching a few drops. I wonder how long we have been waiting. The water that was making her long braid heavier and heavier against her back, was also starting to succeed in crawling everywhere inside where there was a small opening, and it was especially easy with the help of the wind. Aimi could feel a slight shiver run through her body as a few drops ran down her back and made the top of her shorts wet. But finally the 4th person came, and he had a big ... spider next to him. Aimi blinked and looked at it, before glancing at the boy. He had a light brown colored skin and a very cute face, with cheeks that made Aimi wanna poke them for some strange reason. His hair had a white color to it, that was kinda strange and yet not bad looking when taking in comparison with his darkish looks.

Ooooh he's a Chuunin assistant? Aimi drank in the words which her sensei spoke, and then wondered if she could come up with a good enough answer to her question. Nobody seemed to be starting to speak, so with confidence she hadn't even been sure she had, Aimi stepped a little forward. She began with bowing to her teammates, sensei and the assistant before straightening her back and flashing them all a big smile before speaking out in a gentle voice. "It's really nice meeting you all. My name is Aimi Kei." She raised her hand and moved a water soaked, raven black strand of hair from her face before turning slightly towards her sensei. A slight, pink colored blush ran over her smooth, pale skinned cheeks as she tried not to talk too fast or get nervous. "My reason, Hanashi-sensei, would be that I wish to help those that don't have the strength to help themselves. I don't want to see anyone get hurt in front of me, and I truly hope I will be able to train hard and be able to protect my village and all the people I love." She spoke out from her heart, knowing this was all she could answer to that question before she bowed her head again and stepped backwards to the spot where she had been standing earlier so that the next person could speak. The young girl hoped that her sensei wouldn't frown upon her answer, so many others called her a daydreamer and that she should aim for something more than just protecting everybody around her. Surely she knew she couldn't possibly protect everybody, but was there any harm in trying?

As the rain continued to fall Eiji looked at his female teammate. He noticed the small nod and that made him blush. Eiji quickly turned away and hid his face. Although he was emotionless at times he never had the pleasure of talking to another female outside of his own family. Quickly he turned back and sat down next to his sensei. The rain fell more and more and Eiji simply enjoyed the beauty of it. Most people think of raining days as sadness but Eiji loved how it made everything look. Not to many people understood this so it made it hard to show or express this to others so he stayed quiet and gazed at how beautiful today was. Even though he sees alot of thunderstorms they are still beautiful to him. The way the rain fell and the way it sounds. It's like it's all for a reason and that reason is to make Eiji happy.

Later on someone else arrived. From the looks of him it appeared as though he was their third teammate. "So he is our third teammate huh?" Eiji thought to his self. After hearing the compliments he knew that this was going to be a fun experience. Eiji stood up and held his hands out gazing at them as rain fell on them. "So now we wait for the last person. I wonder how long he will take?" Eiji was use to waiting so it didn't matter how long they took he could withstand the waiting. It was just the fact that tardiness was a sign that you aren't yet ready for what's ahead. But hey maybe he had an excuse or maybe he just forgot. Either way Eiji would find out in a few minutes.

The time now was almost 11:20 and finally the last person showed up. Eager to get started Eiji made his hands into a fist and stood directly up. Everyone was here. Eiji's eyes made their way over to the female member of them and then at everyone else. Although they were a team Eiji knew that he had to know more about her. All of that would come in time so he figured if the oppurtunity presented itself he would take it. Until then he would wait. Not to long after Maikeru Tadajin Jr. arrived the sensei spoke her name. Hanashi and she wanted to know why everyone wanted to become a shinobi. This was an easy question for Eiji although he wasn't sure if anyone would understand so he began to think of simple and other ways to say what he wanted to.

Before he could think the angel got up to speak. Her name was Aimi Kei. Her reason for being a shinobi was just as beautiful as she was. Eiji had not met anyone with a reason as pure as hers. Although it was short he felt as though it got the point across. Now it was Eiji turn. He got up slowly and made his way to the center where everyone could hear him. As he cleared his throat to speak he could hear the thunder in the clouds. This was just perfect for Eiji because he felt like the thunder would add dramtic effects to what he wanted to say.

Eiji spoke in a loud but powerful voice "I have several reasons for wanting to become a shinobi. Some of them are, to protect my family, become a better swordsman, to provide for my family, learn new jutsu, travel the world, learn new things I didn't know before but above all of that my resaon correction my MOST important reason is-" He stopped and looked over at Aimi Kei as thunder boomed throughout the sky and small flashes of lighting began to light up the sky. "To become the first Raikage that is a Kenjutsu user and to become the most powerful kenjutsu user so that when the day comes I Eiji Hitomi will have a way to support and protect you Aimi Kei." Eiji continued to look at Aimi Kei and smiled. He then turned towards Hanashi-sensei and took a bow. "That is my reasons for wanting to become a shinobi. I hope that everyone here gets to see that dream come true as I wish all of your dreams and reasons to come true thank you." Eiji walked over to where he was before and sat down.

Still standing in front of his team, incomplete at that moment, as boy will later know, Tsume caught a short glimpse of a shy smile, that his female team mate, Aimi Kei, gave towards him. Tsume blushed but in his heart felt happy. "It seems, that this day is already a success... Not often can you see a magical smile like this..." It was this smile that wakened something deep in Tsume. Feeling of excitement was driving boy mad. Gentle sensation of tickling arouse in his belly, from there this feeling begun spreading in every direction, until it completely filled entire body and begun looking for it's way outside. It was energy, energy, of which boy had more than he could control. Tsume's whole body begun itching as if something was trying to get out and with every moment, this sensation increased. No matter how hard he tried, it was clear that boy will be unable to stand still any longer, it was an energy outburst, regardless that, Tsume still resisted, he raised his both hands and begun stretching, he tensed up every single muscle, he could, trying to suppress, that strange feeling coming from his belly outwards but it was of no use. Unwillingly, almost unconsciously, boy's legs bended a little and then, straightening up, lifted him in the air. From aside it had to look really... Strange... For the boy, with no particular reason, just out of nowhere, begun jumping up and down. Boy was jumping on his both legs, on his right leg, on left leg, for a moment this all jumping changed to something more like a dance and then, as suddenly, it changed back to a simple jumping. It all went on for few minutes, though it could have lasted for few hours.

As suddenly and unpredictably, as boy started jumping, he just stopped doing that. His face, that a moment ago held a strange expression of happiness, eagerness and excitement, changed into a mixture of confusion, embarrassment and uneasiness. Tsume begun scratching his sconce with guilt on his face, for he felt so stupid now, that it was indescribable by any words.. "Yep... I really look like an idiot now... Good work, Tsume... Goooooooood Work..." There was nothing else left to do, than to lower ones head, trying to avoid eye contact with any of his team mates and standing aside and that was what the boy did. Tsume hanged down his head and silently as a mouse moved to the other side of tree, where he simply sat down on the soft moss. Quite clearly, Tsume didn't pay much attention to his surroundings but now, sudden feeling of calmness approached him and boy relaxed. He closed his eyes for a moment, gathering his thoughts and feelings. Once again he begun feeling his surroundings as he was taught long time ago. What a surprise it was, when boy realized, that his clothes where all wet, to the last thread. "How is it possible that I didn't notice that?! Amazing! Was I so lost to confusion that I was unable to feel even this simplest thing?" Boy thought. He took a deep breath and opened his eyes. IT was raining.... Ahhh, yes... Raining... Tsume realized, that all this time, he had completely lost track of anything and everything except for those three people and himself.

His team was still waiting for someone but everyone stood there silent, there were no signs of upcoming conversation. It was quite a relief for Tsume, of course, he waited eagerly for a chance to know more about his new friends but he actually wasn't that good at talking, so just using this moment of calmness he begun staring at rain droplets falling down from leaves, just above his head. Tsume couldn't explain it but the leaves now, reminded him of clouds instead. Mass of green clouds. And so the tree above him became the sky.

Tsume heard new voice, previously unheard, apparently, one their team was waiting for finally arrived. "Someone comes even later than I did.... Well... That is something... For this alone I respect this person." boy thought, standing up and walking to his team. It was their team chuunin assistant, that appeared. Tsume hadn't heard anything about chuunin assistants in teams, it was something new but Tsume was glad having one more new team mate. It made everything more interesting.

This guy, Maikeru Jr. , he looked quite a tough one and most importantly... He had a huge spider with him. Isn't that cool?! Tsume immediately started liking this guy. When boy noticed, that Maikeru Jr. is looking at him he bowed slightly, with a smile on his face.

Hanashi-sensei begun speaking. Her first question was quite unexpected... Or was it? Tsume sighed, as this first question, the one that supposed to be easiest, was already hard enough to answer. He scratched his head thinking what might he answer but as usually, whenever he tried to find an answer to a question, whole different ideas, that had nothing to do with that question filled his mind. Boy was thinking about that huge spider over there, the one Maikeru Jr. brought with him. Soothing ring of Aimi's Kei's voice caught Tsume's attention and interrupted his thoughts about whether that spider was poisonous or not. Boy raised his head, stretched his ears and begun listening. It was first step at getting to know his team- getting to know their motivation. At first, Aimi introduced herself and then announced her reason for being a kunoichi. Tsume smiled at Aimi widely, with a smile full of respect and confidence, meant for Aimi, boy confidently raised his right thumb up (Guy-sensei like) "Yep... That's a damn fine reason for becoming a kunoichi!! It takes some guts to risk ones life for others!!! I'm sure that you'll become top rank kunoichi!!!" He nearly shouted and every single word he said was sincere. Boy then leaned closer to Aimi and whispered (he whispered so, that everyone could hear, what he said but it was still a whisper) to her. "I bet you'll even become stronger than Hanashi-sensei... And I bet shes very stroooooong!"

Next to speak was his male team mate, Eiji Hitomi, as Tsume will later know. He spoke loud, his voice was powerful and made an impression of strong, confident man. His reason or, actually reasons, explained his speaking manners. Tsume looked amazed at his friend. Not once in his life he had heard or seen anyone with great ambitions like that. (Of course, boy spent almost all his life away from other people, so he didn't actually get many chances to speak with people about things like that) but he was still deeply impressed. He bowed slightly to Eiji and in same Guy sensei manner raised his right thumb at his friend. Tsume had no appropriate words to say what he felt but still, he felt, that he has to say something. "Those are some serious plans... Not everyone can achieve something like that... Especially the Raikage part... And again, will to risk your life for others... Very impressive! But I'm sure, that you will definitely succeed." At this point Tsume finally realized that... Maybe all these commentaries were quite stupid... (?) But he actually announced to himself that, all those words came from his heart and so they had a right to be spoken.

"Wait.... I still don't know your name" Tsume pointed at Eiji... "Did I overslept it? Or maybe you just didn't say it yet. And... What is the name of your spider friend, Maikeru-sensei?" Tsume mayde a short pause thinking "Should I call him sensei? He's a chuunin after all. But..." "You don't mind if I'll call you Maikeru-SENSEI, right?" Tsume continued, little confused about the ranks and titles. Then, another question appeared. "Hanashi-sensei, Maikeru-sensei, will you tell us your reasons for becoming ninja? I'd really like to hear that!"

Maikeru's smirk grew as he took in what the older woman had said and silently watched her walk passed him and away from the tree a little bit giving his eyes a couple seconds to drift down and look over her cloak covered bottom which caused him to slightly frown and pout. However when she turned around his eyes immediately darted towards the sky with him barely able to hold back a blush of embarrassment, having watched this entire scene Konomaru couldn't help but give off an exasperated sigh. Sighing himself Maikeru stuck his hands in his pockets and closed his eyes as he took in the sounds of nature and the feeling of the cold wind pushing against his body and couldn't help but let off another shiver. His Eyes opened immediately after Hanashi had started talking again and after hearing what she said he took his hands from his green wind pants pockets and folded them over his chest looking over his team once again with a slight nostalgia for his genin days as he remembered his own team. Shaking the old memories from thought, Maikeru Jr, mentally did an evaluation of the team which started with the girl named Aimi Kei since she was the first to speak after all /She seems so innocent...well then again everyone seems innocent when they're a genin hell even I was innocent back in the day...NOW look at me heh if only mother and father could see me now./ Maikeru sighed as he remembered his parents and offhandedly Reached back with his right hand and grasped the long hilt of his zanbatou that actually took the name 'Mother and Father' his grip around the handle tightening as he continued to think about the two. As his mind began to wrap itself around the memories of the departed he couldn't help but also take in Aimi's reasoning for being a shinobi and let out a big smile, due to it being similar to his reasons. /I think I'll grow to like this chuunin assistant thing quite a bit...besides I've always wanted to teach anyway../ Maikeru thought, but silently realized that all this time he had been staring intently at Aimi this caused his his eyes to widen slightly before he looked away and coughed into his closed fist.


Looking over to the other team member his attention was once again caught by the one that began talking, the way the brown haired boy began talking sounded as if he held some exceptional skills in his inventory. Silently Maikeru watched and listened to the boy as he spoke and made a mental note to try and get to know the boy a little more, after all he was into kenjutsu just as much as Maikeru was not only that but the sword he carried looked quite formidable thus leading Maikeru to make another mental note to introduce him to Mother And Father no doubt the boy would be taken aback by the large zanbatou. As his speech ended Maikeru smirked to himself as he looked from Eiji to Aimi /Seems we have a lover-boy on this team...I think I'm falling in love with this team already!/ Maikeru thought as he unknowingly let out a small giggle. "What are you laughing at?" Konomaru asked his friend with a puzzled look on his face as he began to crawl up Maikeru's back, "Eh...I'm just enjoying the team so far, heh you must be really cold because you haven't been on my back like this in a long time, hell I remember when we were smaller you used to ride on top of my head," Maikeru said causing Konomaru to let out a small chuckle as he thought back to their childhood "Man I'm FREEZING..and yeah those were the times man...anyway lets be quiet the last one's about to start talking." Maikeru folded his arms again and listened to the boy who had bowed to him earlier, and grinned to himself as he watched the boy's energy and enthusiasm.


Once he too finished talking, it could be said that on the inside Maikeru was doing back flips. He had the perfect team, the perfect leader, and the perfect teammates what more could one want? He smirked as he though about the Maikeru-sensei remark, and pushed himself off of the tree he was currently leaning on and walked out into the full barrage of rain droplets that was being caused by the storm. Walking out next to Hanashi he thought about the younger boy's questions for a moment before taking a deep breath, still keeping quiet for the moment Maikeru slid his large sword out of it sheath and stabbed it deep into the wet ground. After this he proceeded to undo the buckle that was around his chest which held the large sheath of Mother and Father, finally as he finished Konomaru jumped off of his back and onto the ground just as he let the two strips of leather go and let the black scabbard fall to the wet surface with an audible 'thud'."There we go...that's much better," Maikeru said as he started to stretch. "Well to tell you the truth...At the beginning of it all I really didn't have my OWN reason for being shinobi, What does that mean?...Well it means that my clan made me become the shinobi I am today because well..Back then I was just the heir to the clan but still they needed a strong heir that would be capable of taking the Head position one day. I'm not mad at them for doing it though, because to be truthful I LOVE this job and in fact I'm quite thankful for them doing it or else I probably wouldn't have ever made it to head anyway." Maikeru said as he leaned back on his sword with his arms folded over his chest "It wasn't until a little after I became the head of my clan I realized MY OWN reason, which is quite simply...I wish to protect the village and I will do anything and I repeat anything to keep it safe and as a result of this sometimes during missions my opponents just don't seem to realize how high I'm ready to take things..." Maikeru said as he looked over the three kids, but in a flash his mood brightened and he smiled "Yes, Maikeru-sensei is fine, and his name you say?....well I think it'd be best if he tell you himself." Maikeru said signaling for Konomaru to step forward. Crawling in front of Maikeru the large spider appeared to be just as cheery as Maikeru was "Hello everyone the name's Konomaru, it's nice to meet you." Konomaru spoke. Afterward Maikeru looked over to Hanashi and said "I believe it's your turn Hanashi-dono."

Her team was amusing enough to say the least. Hanashi had held her usual look that looked either calm or cold, depending on the person and who they were. It sometimes had a mix of annoyance, but today it did not, more like the rain was helping her calm down, make her feel more relaxed but it didn’t made her let her guard down, oh no. Her emerald eyes stared at the first person who spoke: Aimi Kei, the innocent one of the team, the only one that appeared to be innocent, anyway. Her reason seemed… acceptable, in her opinion, and it seemed the girl would -never- take no for an answer. ’For an innocent girl, she seems.. full of spirit. Hmm. Now, who’s next..’

Hanashi suspected that the next person that would be speaking next was none other than “Mr. Knight in Shining Armor”, Eiji. And, she was right. She smirked mentally, seeing as she could toy with these new Gennins soon, and see if they are true to their word. ’He’s like a lover-boy… That and he reminds me of someone..’ She had tried to remember on who did Eiji remind her off, but she did not remember. So she shrugged it off mentally and kept her eyes now on the third person, Ookami Tsume.

She had risen an eyebrow when she caught heard of certain words that came out from the Ookami boy. Made the mature Shikyo wonder what she can do to this team, they all seem soo… amusing in her eyes. Maybe make them dig holes for nor reason whatsoever in this sort of harsh weather? Make them try to find her while she used her Kekkei Genkai, which no one knew about it except excluded few? Or just make them all fight her, and see if this team holds potential? Oooor do all of them? Doing all of them seemed quite interesting, but to do it in order or not? Eh, whichever way it went, she would be ok with it. Now, hearing her chuunin assitant’s own reasons on why is he a ninja—that and she noticed the spider he had now— she closed her eyes and let a chuckle come out of her lips ”Well, all of your reasons are quite interesting, I must admit.” Her eyes opened, looking at all of them, including Konomaru. ”My reason for becoming a ninja? Simple. Cannot say.” A grin formed on her face.

”Now, now. Before you go and say “WHY NOT, Hanashi-sensei?!” I have my reasons. Reasons I prefer to not say as well here, sorry. Maybe when I know you guys more well I may tell you. But, at the moment you’re strangers to me. And dear Konomaru does –not– count as touching Maikeru. So, let’s start.” Thunder and lighting clashed, making her eyes change a bit to some sort of amber, but it quickly faded and they were once going back to those beautiful emerald ones. ”Now, what to teach you brats..” She mumbled to herself, putting a hand under her chin and the other on her hip. ”All right. Today’s first of many, many lessons will be.. to try and catch me and Maikeru without using any weapons. Try to get as close as you can to me or him. Ok, ready? Start!” Having a habit of grabbing people around the collar of their shirts, Hanashi did just that with Maikeru, and knew Konomaru would follow Maikeru so she wasn’t too worried. She jumped back away, with her right hand gripping his shirt, since to her, he didn’t feel like he weighted a lot. She was used to heavier weights so this was ok. Doing the same routine until she and him(along with Konomaru) were out of their hearing and eye sight. The three of them were hiding in a bush, her eyed searching her surroundings. The three of them, well two were under the bushes, and Hanashi was planning to split up with him, to try and make this a bit amusing and/or hard for them. ”And to think, they don’t know what happens if they all fail.” She looked at Maikeru, and said ”So, we will split up from here. Do anything that will –not– kill them that seems necessary to make this little ‘test’ hard on them, ok?”

The weather displayed all it's fickle powers as the young teammates got to know each other, and got to know the persons that would be helping them in becoming stronger from now on. These were the people Aimi was going to fight with, train with, travel with, and she had nothing against that. On the contrary, then she felt even more confident than she had ever felt before as she had been done speaking out and letting them know what it was that she yearned to do as she would gain more powers. Aimi Kei was striving to become one of the best medical ninjas that the Kumogakure village could have. Ookami Tsume seemed to be one energetic guy, as when Aimi was done speaking, he gave her a big smile before raising his right thumb at her. A low, cheerful laughter escaped her as she thanked him in her mind for helping her release the tension that had been building up inside of her. Somehow this small gesture and burst of energy from that boy was now helping her relax and breathe more normally. I like this guy, he seems to be fun to be around. The silver haired boy leaned a little closer to her, before whispering, rather loudly to her. The words made her get a little wide eyed as she glanced at their sensei while hoping she wouldn't get irritated at that. "Thank you." It was really all she could half whisper back before focusing her attention onto the next person that was about to speak.

It was now the brown haired boy, Eiji Hitomi's turn. As Aimi had done, he spoke of protecting those that were important, and that gave the raven haired girl a small warm feeling, as if it was helping her in believing in her own goals when others gladly admitted that they were not doing this just for themselves, but also to help those around them. She however got a little surprised as he started to mention about his higher goal, then fell silent as his eyes found hers, before he kept on speaking in a strong voice. He wants to become the Raikage? That was a bigger dream, a bigger goal, than Aimi would have even begun to think of. She was glad that he had something big like this to work towards, however she got even more puzzled and felt her cheeks get red as his next words reached to them all. Her dark colored eyes glanced shyly away, while she wondered why that boy mentioned her name in particular. How... embarrassing. She wasn't used to anyone being this straight forward towards her, and it made her heart beat slightly faster.

Eiji sat down as he was done speaking, and Aimi dared glance towards the next person that spoke. She could feel her cheeks still burning, as she prayed the rain and cold wind would be quick in cooling her face down. As before, then Ookami seemed to be able to lighten the small tension that had been starting to rise again inside of her, making Aimi almost scold herself for being this stiff. Surely Eiji hadn't meant anything that serious with his words? Wait a minute.. Ookami didn't say his reason did he? Her well shaped brows were raised slightly as the young girl looked over at the energetic team mate. Either he had forgotten to speak about himself in his whole eagerness to get to know the others, or he had skipped his turn on purpose. Either way, Aimi was a little curious about him, but decided not to say anything for now. She was in fact also very curious to get to know more about the higher ranked people, as well as that spider which was with their Chuunin assistant. Perhaps Aimi was a strange girl, but she couldn't help but find that spider cute. If she hadn't been a little scared she'd offend it or it's owner, then she would have tried to pet it by now.

The Chuunin assistant now stepped forward, one more person that would be getting involved in Aimi's life. Her heart was big, and she was always happy to get to know more people, so this day was most certainly a good one. He sounds then like he was somewhat forced into this... that's kind of sad. Again she glanced at the spider, thinking if the reason it was here now was because of that clan of his. Really Aimi, would he otherwise be having that huge spider around here? Her small, inner voice scolded her slightly for being slow. Her whole face got a excited and yet stunned expression as Maikeru had just now told them why not to ask the spider itself about the name. It can talk? How wonderful! She liked the name instantly, of course since she was one of the biggest animal lovers out there. If she saw a fly somewhere that was hurt she'd probably try to nurse it. So the spider, which name was apparently Konomaru, got one of her biggest and most sincere smiles which lit her face up and made her eyes sparkle even more.

It was their sensei's turn now, and Aimi was glad as she was very curious about that beautiful and mysterious woman. She couldn't help but let out a little disappointed expression as it didn't seem like they'd be getting any information. It seemed like Hanashi was more eager to start the training right away, as she announced what it was that they were supposed to do. To try and catch them 2, without any weapons? Aimi swallowed nervously. Hanashi grabbed Maikeru, and they were out of their sight in just a few seconds, leaving the 3 team mates to talk about how to best act. Aimi turned towards Eiji and Tsume, her white teeth worrying her lower lip as she was scared they'd decide she would only slow them down or be in the way. "Well she didn't mention any time limits, so we can assume we have until dark. Not sure if that's supposed to be really assuring." A small, nervous chuckle followed the words. "We should stick together at least to begin with, right? We should be having more of a chance if we are able to somehow work together against either Maikeru-sensei or Hanashi-sensei."

After Eiji spoke his mind he noticed two things, the first was one of his teammates took a slight bow as a sign of respect. Eiji did the same. The second was that his other teammate had a sword also. "Does this mean he is a kenjutsu user? That would be awsome." Eiji hid his excitment as he stood next to his other teammates and waited for them to speak their reasons for wanting to become a shinobi. The rain stopped but the clouds still looked as though rain could fall at any minute. Eiji took his right hand and moved it through his brown hair as he gazed upon ths sky. It's beauty was still there. As he looked down he wondered what Aimi-Kei was thinking about what he said. He hoped that she would understand him one day become his wife. All he could do now was wait.

Next up to speak was Tsume. The very first thing he noticed about Tsume was that he didn't say his reason for wanting to become a shinobi. That was clever in Eiji eyes because not to many people could turn the question on their superior and actually get a response. Eiji waited to see what exactly his new sensei was going to say. Although he wanted to see he would have to wait. He contained his excitment as his eyes wandered over to his other teammate's weapon. It didn't look like a normal sword and something about it struck Eiji and it made him want to know more about it. Knowledge was one thing Eiji always craved and the more he knew thr better he would able to adjust his battle style. A shinobi best weapon is their mind. The stronger it is the better your chances of victory. Atleast that what Eiji was always told by his father who was a blacksmith.

After Tsume was his third teammate Maikeru. The only other kenjutsu user on the team. Kenjutsu user were always hard to find. Eiji spent days reading up on the legendary seven swordsmen since no one around him knew about kenjutsu. Maikeru reason was very interesting to Eiji. Not being from a clan made it hard for Eiji to understand where it was that Maikeru was comming from. That only meant that Eiji would try to understand. It was only the first day. Eiji figured he had alot of time to understand Maikeru. After he spoke out came a large spider. Eiji first though was "Wow he has his own pet. Man I bet that's aw-" before he could finish it spoke. Eiji eyes widened as the spider spoke his name and how glad he was to meet everyone. Eiji smiled and took a bow to Konomaru.

Now was the moment he had been waiting for since Tsume asked Hanashi-sensei her reasons. To Eiji surprise she didn't tell them. Her reason for not telling she doesn't know everyone that well. That was a good reason. Eiji always being straight forward couldn't do anything like that. He had to say whatever it was that was on his mind. One thing he noticed about Hanashi-sensei was that she seemed eager to get started. That was just perfect for Eiji. Now he could finally have a chance to show Aimi-Kei what he could and the rest of them. Their first task: Catch Hanashi-sensei and Maikeru without the use of weapons. That posed a huge problem for Eiji mainly because his sword is his best asset. Still he didn't let that get him down. Before Eiji could even ask a question they were gone from his eyesight. "Wow that was fast. I wonder if she always going to be like that? If this is going to be fun."

Aimi-Kei made a very wise choice in saying that they should stick together. Eiji gazed into her eyes and before he said anything else he stood infront of her looking into her eyes. "I meant every word. I know now is not the time but I just wanted you to know that. One day we could be happy together as a family." The he turned and faced the direction in which Hanashi-sensei and Maikeru went. Eiji spoke in a loud commanding voice "Ok we should stick together but the first thing we should do is figure out everyone strong points. That way we can make a plan of attack. It soesn't make sense to just run after them. Their-well Hanashi-sensei is too fast. So i'll go first. I am good at kenjutsu but that useless now. Other than that I know basic tracking techniques. Speaking of tracking i'm pretty sure that spider of Maikeru left a trail somewhere. That's a good start. Aimi-Kei and Tsume what can you bring to the table?"

Once Tsume stopped talking, insensibly his right hand slipped into pocket searching for something. It was a small green acorn that Tsume pulled out. Boy crossed his hand behind his back and begun playing with that little oak nut. Boy carried this acorn with himself everywhere he went. Maikeru was speaking now and Tsume felt something familiar. Tsume, like Maikeru, had no choice when he was forced to become shinobi. Though now Maikeru seemed to be quite happy about his clan's choice. "I wonder.... Maybe it will turn out to be good life experience... This whole shinobi thing... Maybe I'll come to love this.... Job... Just like Maikeru-sensei? At least for now it is quite exciting."

Finally! Hanashi-sensei opened her mouth to tell four eager humans and one spider her reason for becoming shinobi. And this reason turned out to be... One big... Disappointment! It turned out that she can't say her reasons. And... She can't say why she can't say. "I expected no less... It seems that the stronger people become, the more secrets they have. But now, I think, I have a reason for sticking together with this team. I have to satisfy my endless curiosity.." To say the truth, Tsume liked mysteries, it was his impatience that always stopped him from solving any mysteries and it was that feeling of something unbeatable, unsolvable that made mysteries so attractive. Boy clapped his hands and answering Hanashi's remark about MAYBE telling them later, once she gets to know them, Tsume yelled out "Don't worry, Hanashi-sensei, the time will come when you will trust us more than yourself and tell us some of your secrets!!! I'm not asking for all secrets, only for few... Remember this"

Thunder and lightning clashed. Tsume flinched, suddenly a feeling filled him. He had felt this feeling before. Maybe three or four years ago. Now, when boy tried to recall.. Everything felt so familiar. And Tsume begun giggling. This clash of thunder and lightning... That was a sign that time of talking has almost ended. And it was not long before IT happened. Hanashi-sensei announced their objective: Catch Maikeru and her. Catch chuunin and jounin... Yep! That was nice... And the best part- no weapons. These words: "without using any weapons" begun echoing in Tsume's head. Before Tsume could even turn towards their leader to ask few questions about mission details, Hanashi disappeared dragging Maikeru with her and leaving only a cloud of dust... (It is not known where the dust was from, for atmosphere was wet and no dust could get into air. Maybe it was just boy's imagination.)

"That was fast..." boy murmured turning towards his team. "Well let's look on the bright side. At least it stopped raining." Tsume raised his head up and for a moment lost himself in the beauty of the sky, boy thought that he can see a giant four winged bird flying high above. Ring of Aimi's voice disrupted Tsume's daydreams and made him come back to reality. Listening to what she had to say, boy begun shaking his head like a dog, trying to get himself dry. "Woof! Woof!" boy added and begun scratching his left ear like a dog. He smiled brightly, though he knew that it wasn't the place nor the time for making jokes. "Pardon my dog like manners, they sometimes break through." Tsume continued, with a happy tone in his voice. Eiji was speaking now. Despite the fact that Eiji's kenjutsu knowledge and so his trump card, was now useless, he still was speaking in a commander like manner. "It seems that he really has the guts and the will to lead people. That's quite commendable."Thought Tsume to himself. "You know, I was worried that maybe I'll have to stand up and take the initiative of leading this team... It would be quite bothersome. I would really enjoy being laid back team member instead of leader... So I'm just really glad, that you took the initiative, Eiji-san" Tsume put his hands behind his back, under his coat, reaching one of his weapon pouch and taking out one kunai. He raised this kunai ostentatiously. "Now then... This is my strong point... Weapons! I'm a walking weapon shop... Isn't... That.... Ironical...?" Tsume begun laughing. "So.. I'm quite useless now." For a moment boy thought about telling his team about years he spent in the woods with wolves but he decided to keep his past to himself. At least for now. "Actually... I am quite fast... Though I don't think I can compare my speed with Hanashi-sensei... And... Maikeru-sensei... So that won't help. Apart from that... Well... I don't think I have much to add." Tsume stopped to think for a second or two, then very proud of himself with a huge smile on his face he announced, giggling. "Oh! I forgot to mention my unrivalled will to win! This alone is enough to catch them!" Putting his kunai back into weapon pouch Tsume sighed silently, hopping that no one will hear him and again, for a moment, raised his head towards the sky. "We need to catch them one by one. And we need to know what to do with them if they're caught. We can't drag them with us and we can't leave, for we can't be sure that they won't escape." He whispered silently.