Another day of training

The wonderland entrance Aios had set up had gone wonderfully the previous day. His dreams that night turned to cosplay. Namely, various cat outfits, for some reason. While the dreams were nice, he woke up early to train. After getting up, he made sure his bed was neat, the blankets were properly placed, and that the rest of his room was clean. Then, he washed his face and brushed his hair to make sure none of it would be a problem later. In the kitchen, he prepared a small meal for himself, something nice and simple. He practiced molding chakra while eating. Then he made sure to tidy up the kitchen and dining area. Small tasks like that would improve his discipline and patience.

After leaving his house, he headed for the quiet place he had found yesterday. As one of the few Ame ninja still alive, he had to get stronger. He started to do some laps around the village, to improve his speed. Perhaps he would run into Aios or the newcomer from before. For now, he didn't care either way. He just needed to improve. The rain, as always, fell all around him, while his thoughts drifted to Kumo. Another village had fallen, and he couldn't be certain of the future. He did hope that Ame would stay peaceful. He wasn't strong enough to defend it from whatever destroyed Kumo, he knew that much.

Words: 237

The Demon...the Tendrils... pain, Searing pain, Ripping pain... then Darkness...

Yoko woke up from a nightmare, drenched in sweat, that demon...haunting yet another dream, Yoko would place a hand on his head as he tried to forget it, he could feel the ripping of his limbs from his body and the pain it caused, those Tendrils being the main cause of it, and he was all alone... That is what scared him the most was being alone during the whole process, if someone was there to endure the pain as well it would be more bearable , he would not be going through it alone... Aki, where was Akihana during all of that...Where was he?!

He jumped out of the bed as he almost forgot the events of the day prior the rabbit, the hedge, the cat...that damn talking cat...wait it wasn't a cat though, it was all like a play, the elevator and the drop, the card knights, the tea party, even the queen of hearts, it was all just an act, but it was a good one that was for certain, even made him laugh again even the day after, what a good distraction it was from the reality of things.

Yoko would get up and dressed in a black suit highlighted with a red strip down one side of his uniform, his hair was white but in sunlight appeared to be blonde, his ears down flat against his head, standing about six foot tall with a slightly tanned skin, he would fix the bed he messed up with his panic, all of this of course was after he washed up his hair was long enough to reach the middle of his back, his eyes were blue at this moment and he would head out of the Inn he was allowed to stay in thanks to Ai, Aios's counterpart, and he head a small intercontinental breakfast as well curtisy of the Inn, He decided to go have a meeting with Aios.

Well Sometime after the meeting with Aios, Yoko decided to train a bit in other fields and headed down to the training yards, where he saw young Kiwo, the Cat/Mouse from yesterday, training already as well, so Yoko would stand by and watch the young man's training regiment seemed to be cardio strong he needed to work on the other organs and muscles in his opinion, So Yoko would jump down and clear his throat to get the attention of the kid followed up with this sentence "Ehm, Well Kid your not to bad at running, why don't we work on some other things, but first, mind telling me what kind of Ninja you aspire to be? Maybe we can help you to reach that goal." Yoko would offer the kid a smile while he waited to hear the kids answer.

It had all been a play, indeed. Today, Kiwoharu was dressed in a uniform as well, only his was a white shirt, blue tie and black suit. It was lighter than it looked, of course. He was halfway through the fifth lap when he heard Yoko land nearby, turning toward him quickly. Well, quickly for him. Plenty of ninja could have reacted faster. He considered his answer a little bit. "Right now, I'm reading up on space-time ninjutsu. I might take up medical jutsu in the future. And, my name is Kiwoharu." He returned a bit of a smile himself.

Words: 100
Total: 327

Yoko gave it some thought as he took it in a moment, kid wanted Space-time and medical, Not bad sort of a combination... Ahhh kids name was Kiwoharu, interesting name, Yoko would nod and he would tell the kid "I might know a little bit, but its stuff just about every Ninja can learn, but it is always a good start, If your interested in learning I can help teach you, and I'm always willing to help with any knowledge I have and training you might need, all you have to do is ask" He smiled softly at him and nodded thinking back to his teammate Akihana, she was doing a lot of medical, and he thinks maybe akihana dabbled more in Space time then Yoko did, he shook his head of the thought and then looked to the kid "So anything you want to learn while I am here, maybe take some advice on some jutsu from me" he gave another smile as he waited for the kids answer.

As the kid stayed Silent Gai would take that as a no, so he would go on about his business, doing his training, push ups, sit ups, running laps, he worked up a grand sweat, but the kid still seemed to be thinking on his offer, so he would go and train some jutus and study more of his fuin techniques, learning to use the new mark given to him by Aios, the village leader, then he would pull out a book of bloodlines, this book has been a grand studying partner of his for some time now, as he rested he would read about the Senju and their wood release, this fascinated him the most at the moment, as he read he had a hand go to his side where he had the kidney from that kid who was with him the day he lost his bijuu, the kid he stole the body from a missing ninja so long ago, back when Kumo was still around, he had no clue what was to be done with it, and so far to his knowledge, the man who did it was not coming here, so Gai's mind was at ease.

As He read on, he would begin to practice the hand signs, Gai thought maybe if he attempted to learn the actual jutsu themselves that bloodline would awaken itself, after some time he went back to exersicing, doing squats and jumping jacks, and other things he learned to do while he was in ANBU training, meanwhile his partner, Akihana Akari came to mind, he needed to go find her, and anyone else who might have left Kumo in time, he needed to know how much of a support group he could have if needed, Gai would look back at the kid, who was still thinking? maybe he just fell asleep, it was starting to get late, Gai would gather his stuff up and headed out of the training grounds and towards the inn.

After having a small meal before bed, Gai would lay in bed and read more of the senju's history, once more reading again about their feud with the Uchiha, a boy who Fenn had locked away for safe keeping, he knew because of this book he would need the boy at some time as well, but did so before he let Yoko take over and then changed his name to Gai, he was sort of in hiding while he was doing his training, who knows maybe one day it will pay off for him, Gai would continue to read, about the fights and the political wars, and how they have always been at each other throats, once more Gai read so much the book fell to his face as he fell asleep.

His Dreams tonight were more of nightmares, fear he would never get this Senju Bloodline to accept him, fear he would fight the demon before he was ready and lose, fear of never seeing Akihana or Arata again, this fear was weighting down on his heart so much Gai cried in his sleep, his hands and thrown the book across the room and he curled up in a ball and held his face in his hands while he slept, he had no one to comfort him at this time, his village abandoned him, his sacrifice would be for naught, this scared Gai, but no one would know except for his dreams, this was a secret he would keep with him forever, until he felt the need to tell someone, eventually the dreams faded into nothing and Gai slept a little more peaceful.

(EXIT, will count and claim wc if prove to be uninterrupted)

(24 hours, Exit, TWC- 1255 towards senju reflip please and 600 ryo)