There are others [P,IO,NK]

Kenjiro Uchiha, newly appointed Genin of Kono...the oldest in his family, but probably the most secretive in his clan. Walked out in the Uchiha District alone as the day seemed to be overcast and dreary, which was odd here in the land of fire. His first go-round of the village saw that many eyes were now upon him, not just because of his Clan, but because of the village headband that he proudly displayed. This gave him an odd feeling as he returned to his Clan District where the stares would fade away. Things seemed to have cooled off in the village, back to the normal as a ninja village, which gave him the impression the invasion was not meant to subjugate but to extend the reach of an arm of power. He soon found himself in the back of the district, away from all the eyes of those walking the streets or training outside their various homes. This is a spot where he and his sister came often to train away from the watchful eye of their father. He was caught by surprise however when he found that there was a new face in the secret training spot, a ninja sporting the garb of the clan wielding two hand axes as he hacked away at a crude target made of wood.

"You know...when someone walks up on another it is common courtesy to announce one's presence, especially to one that is older and more experienced." The boy said as he put his axes away in a quick flourish before turning to face Kenjiro. Caught off guard by the sudden announcement Kenjiro shockingly bowed to the boy as he did not know who he was, which was odd especially inside the Clan.
"Forgive me, I knew not of anyone else coming to this spot. I am Uchiha, Kenjiro...newly appointed Genin of the village and first born to the figurehead of the house Uchiha, Shinji. It was rude of me to stare." He said without even thinking as Clan rules dictated that elder members held authority over lower members of the Clan...he again did not know who the boy was so he decided to just be outright and ask.
"May I ask your name, we are of the same Clan and village yet I have never seen you around. I thought that most ninja at least were connected to the Academy?" He finished his question as the boy stared at Kenjiro and scoffed before jumping into the tree above him, leaving the ground a mess.
"You do not need to know who I am, but you can continue to use this spot. If I see you as worthy of knowing the name of the next Hokage I will tell you." the boy said before leaning back and closing his eyes as if he were to just fall asleep.
"What the shit..." Kenjiro would say to himself before walking out into the practice area before sitting and beginning his meditation. First clearing his mind of the only distraction that plagued him at the current time...the smug bastard in the tree.

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Meditating really helped to calm him down and realize how much he needed to train, and that made his little word exchange with the by earlier seem insignificant. He stood up after twenty-five minutes had passed and dusted himself off. He would then go about three meters away from the boy in the tree who still laid there fast asleep. His demeanor and attitude would have changed now as he looked more serious and as such he would start by working up a sweat to get his chakra and stamina going by shadow-boxing. All movements were efficient and never wasted as he practiced the moves his father taught him. Inward breaths through his nose, exhaling through his mouth slowly as each form he used took a good minute to perform properly. It was all muscle memory and like most yoga and tai-chi it was almost meditative as he was able to visualize clearly on what he wanted to do here.

"I need to begin learning genjutsu to be able to stop my opponents in their tracks so that I can finish them with quick precise movements. I also need to become faster so that I am not left behind by my peers. I already lack in all areas except my own chakra control." He said to himself in a very low, almost wordless tone as a cool breeze blew through the area that felt nice as it glided over his skin.
"Then there is also the fact that I do not know any offensive techniques, relying on just a specialized set of skills can also lead to my downfall...I must accommodate that lack and find some techniques that can finish an opponent once they are caught in my traps." He finished as he finished his fifteenth and final form. Once finished he would come back to a relaxed pose as he heard the voice of the boy in the tree.
"Yo fancy feet, if you want to learn some actual techniques that will help you, you might want to actually have a weapon or a gimmick. All I see coming from you is another Genin washout of the Clan. What separates you from these other schmucks that are apart of our family?" The boy said, in an annoying tone...but it carried with it some merit...the clan had indeed grown lazy and complacent after years of solitude. Miyamoto knew what his strengths were, what his "gimmick" was...he was going to be a master of illusion, a bringer of fear in the mind of his enemies.
"If you have some advice I will hear it then if you get your ass down here," Kenjiro said as the boy's eyes opened and he stared at Kenjiro. With a simple wave, he would dismiss him.
"Come make me get down yourself. If you want to learn that badly you have to earn it." The boy said as he closed his eyes and just relaxed in the tree again.

Kenjiro sighed as he was back to the first step he took when he arrived here...angry.

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Kenjiro had made up his mind, he was going to get that smug fuck out of his little spot on that tree. He did not care if he had to burn the entire tree down to do it. As such he began to work in his mind on jutsu he had heard or read about in the Academy. After a few seconds, he finally came up with something that would light this smart ass up real nice.

"Hey smart ass, hope you like a fire." Kenjiro would say before making the hand sign for the Tiger, realizing he was about to attack the asshole in the tree with some nice hot fire darts. Then as he kneaded the fire chakra in his body he would let loose the chakra into the air around him as six, 6" darts formed in the air around him like small swirling masses of fire. He would launch them at a speed, power, and health of 20 as they sped past him and into the tree. The boy in the tree seemed to catch on quick though as he leaped out of the way, causing the darts to fly past his location and into the tree branch behind it as the small pops of fire seemed to indicate that he did indeed hit something.

The boy would land in front of Kenjiro, no hands were on his weapons, but a simple punch brought Kenjiro down onto his own ass. Even as he landed on the green grass around him he laughed, though now he had a split lip and blood dripped down his chin, making him look even more like the main character in a manga than usual.

"Ya know what, I like your tenacity, even if you did try to light my ass on fire. I guess I can show you a few things to help you with your fighting if you feel like you are up for a challenge." The boy said as he kept to his word of teaching Kenjiro if he was removed from the tree. As such Kenjiro stood back up and wiped the blood on his arm before nodding to the boy.

"The first technique you should already know of or have seen. The Hidden Arms Technique, though it is more like sleight of hand than anything. If you are fast enough you can pocket something or call upon something you have hidden up your sleeve. A literal trick up your sleeve as it were." He said as he demonstrated with ease. He walked up to Kenjiro and outstretched his left arm in an attempt to grab his shirt. Kenjiro was quick to try and dodge, only to be caught off guard by the kunai hidden up the boy's right sleeve which he was able to bring up at a dazzling speed and inflict a small cut across the arm of Kenjiro.

Kenjiro fell down and rolled backward in one motion, though not fluidly as he looked up at the boy that cut him so. He was holding his hands up, neither of them held up a kunai at all.
"Like I said, the faster you move, the sleight of hand trick can become deadly. You can use this technique many different ways, but judging by your lack of equipment I am to assume you are some sort ninjutsu user mainly. Bet your family is proud, anyway the trick for this to work is to have long sleeves, but when you do finally have some a small device such as this one," He says as he reaches into his right sleeve and pulls out a sort of mechanism that is operated by an enhanced piece of thread attached to a ring, and a band that secures a kunai until the trigger is pulled. It looks very well designed, and he wonders why this thing is not on the market already.

"of course there are other ways to do it, a seal user can create a link to your weapons pouch, you can experiment with your own skin, or even make a small dimensional warp in your clothing if you are a space-time manipulating ninja. The opportunities are endless." He finished as he looked at Kenjiro who seemed to still be studying the mechanism.
"If you want it so bad then keep it." He would say as he would let Kenjiro keep the mechanism for later use. Kenjiro was stunned by the generosity of the boy, even if he did not yet know the boy's name.

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Kenjiro was elated with such a new trick that he could use in case of a close-range attack as he was still underequipped to deal with such a foe. He attached the mechanism on the inside of his jacket for now as he did not wear long sleeves currently. He needed to learn some technique that could allow him to get close enough to use the moves he learned. He looked at the boy and then after a few moments of thinking back on some of the lower ranked genjutsu he found something that might be useful to have on the instance he had to ever question someone that the village ordered him to.

"Would you allow me to perform the Jigyaku no Jutsu on you. That way I can learn something of worth to the village if it needs something like an investigation...I don't need much just being able to see a few hours ago in your memories would be all that I require." He asked as he looked at the boy, there was a great hesitation in the air between them now as the boy seemed to know what that would entail. He would sigh as he would know that some things are better left not available to the knowledge of others, but he was beginning to like Kenjiro...the boy had a different air about him.

"A few hours at max, no more than that...I don't know how this genjutsu works, but if I find out you saw something past that...I will not hesitate to kick your ass and make sure your word as a ninja is drug through the mud." the boy said as he looked apprehensive still as he sat down in a meditative-like stance as he waited for Kenjiro, afraid of what the genjutsu might do to him, but willing to learn if it helped him in the future to withstand attacks from genjutsu users such as Kenjiro.

Kenjiro sighed as he took a few breaths and then shook his head to get the thought of the boy beating him to a bloody mess out of his head. Then with a simple movement he would outstretch his hands and make the signs; Dog, Snake, Ox, Boar, tiger then he would press his hands against the boy as a rush of images flooded his head before finally, he could settle on a timeline.

The boy was inside of his own home, it was very well lit, and the smell of the house was like that of fresh cherry blossoms. It looked more like a feudal house than anything, the boy's parents were arguing over the boy. It seems that he has turned from the Uchiha traditions and wants to live apart from the district. His name seemed to be almost garbled as they spoke as if he was hiding his identity. The boy wanted to live on the outskirts of the village as an actual protector of the village so that he would be on the frontlines. His specialties included hand to hand and weapons, but his ninjutsu and genjutsu were virtually nonexistant...it were as if he was just a commoner inside an Uchiha body.

"What is your name," Kenjiro asked the boy as he continued through the memories from a few hours passed. That is when the memories gave way to show his father towering over the boy, cowering in fear and holding his face. There was a fight and it appeared that this was a few years prior to their meeting here that day. That is when he heard the father of the boy speak the child's name. "Gisei Uchiha." Then Gisei's father attacked the boy again before holding him up above his head as he spat and yelled at him for his actions. Gisei remained quiet as the memories moved more to see that he was a loner during his Academy days and often sought solitude and refuge in the library away from others and the eyes of the Clan.
"Why turn away from the clan...there is so much to learn from the people that helped found the village," Kenjiro asked aloud as Gisei's memories showed him the answer. He sat outside the clan district walls and watched as corrupt clan investigators cornered a man that was not even a ninja and harassed him for coming near the district before framing him for burglaries that they themselves committed. When Gisei tried to come forward with what he had seen the ones that framed the civilian began to crack down on his family...even going as far as to break into their house and beat his mother while his father watched. He could feel Gisei's anger. That is when the jutsu ended abruptly as Gisei pulled himself out of the trance and Kenjiro was swiftly greeted with a punch to his face.

As Kenjiro fell back and looked up at Gisei he felt the anger radiating off the boy and knew what had happened. Gisei, however, did not strike him further as Kenjiro did not look shocked, scared, or even remotely amused by what he saw. To this look, Gisei's angered look lowered as he instead covered up his anger and sorrow towards what just happened by laughing almost hysterically before offering Kenjiro a hand to help him up. The boy looked at Kenjiro in his eyes as Kenjiro witnessed the awakening of something that only the Uchiha Clan possessed...the Sharingan. two tomoe's in fact. It seemed that Gisei was on another level from Kenjiro and that was unsettling that someone with the life like Gisei's had unlocked the first two stages already.

"So now that you know about my past what do you think. You probably think I am crazy and that I should pick the clan over my own feelings and village justice correct?" He asked Kenjiro as Kenjiro was quick to reply.
"No...I just wish that you did not have to go through that alone...friend." He said as Gisei looked at Kenjiro as his smile faded and he fell to the ground sobbing like a kid that just stubbed his toe.

Kenjiro was the first friend Gisei ever had.

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Kenjiro and Gisei proceeded to train after the mood had lightened up a bit, Gisei was still a bit apprehensive after all, who would not be phased by the images they had seen. Kenjiro, on the other hand, was just holding it all in, the suppression of his own feelings as he had seen some truly horrific things that a family should never go through...much less a child. He learned at an early age to put on a mask around the public so that his words were never looked at with a thought other than what would be considered normal. As the day went on into evening Kenjiro decided to call it quits for the day as he had exhausted his pool of energy and needed to be rested for the next day so he could continue.

"Gisei I am going to have to go soon, I am worn out...you have too much energy to keep up with...I am still pretty new to all of this, forgive me." He said as he looked at him with a weak smile on his face.
"fine by me, when you want to train some more I will probably be hanging around here...not much else to do." He said as he hopped back up into the tree and laid back to rest. So Kenjiro took his leave as he waved to his new friend before walking back to the family house just before sunset.

As he walked in he saw that his mother was preparing dinner, and his father was not home yet, neither was his sister. It was odd, but they had their own lives as well, he thought about using the mark seal to see where his sister was, but for now, he was just going to hold off.
"Hey mom, food smells great! Too bad dad and Kozachi aren't here to enjoy it. More for me, I am hungry!" He said with a weak laugh before his mother smiled and served him a bowl of chicken fried rice. Kenjiro ate with gusto as he really actually needed to food to replenish his energy levels. As he ate though he could feel the waves of sadness begin to wash over him more than before. As the visions invaded his mind he felt a lone tear slide down his face before falling on the table. The splat the tear made brought him back to reality as the scene of Gisei's mother being beaten faded from his mind. It was good that his mother never saw him this way as he did not know exactly what to say at the given time. He hurried to eat before thanking his mother with a fake smile and dismissing himself to his room. Once inside he felt the dread from earlier seep into his head once more. He had to fight back the feeling of wanting to vomit as he doubled over.

"Who...who would do this to somebody...he never deserved that to happen...I can't do anything...I am powerless to help him, why did I have to pry...god damn myself for wanting to learn this technique." He began to fall into his own rabbit hole as he began to sob quietly. The tears streaming down his face was sign enough that he needed to figure out a way to help Gisei.

He would see what he could do once the morning came. There was nothing the boy could do as of now.

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The night was long, and his sleep did not come at all. Kenjiro seemed in a perpetual state of sorrow as he tried to figure out what to do when it came to his new friend Gisei. Eventually, the feelings got the better of him as he dressed quickly and leaped from his window, grabbing the edge of the roof and then he used the momentum to propel him onto the roof in a solid flip motion as he tried to remain silent. Now on the roof, the Genin would run across to the street side before noticing the patrolling Uchiha District guards on the street just keeping watch. Kenjiro was not the fastest, but he definitely had some knowledge of the area on his side as he picked up a loose rock on the roof before chucking it with all his might onto the house opposite of his while moving to sprawl out on his stomach in one motion.

He heard the guards look at the direction of the sound as a rock crashed through the window of someones home. He did not intend for it to happen, his neighbors were good people...but he had to get a few things straightened out before he returned home tonight. He waited till the sound of the guards shuffling over to the house that held the sound of the broken window to get up and take off again, his feet were bare as it reduced the noise as he jumped from house to house with great effort in making sure he was quiet enough to avoid the guards. It took him nearly an hour to get within 50 feet of the area he met Gisei. He hopped down onto a soft patch of grass and rolled forward before breaking into a sprint for the tree, in the tree as he could easily see was the outline of Gisei. He was messing with his weapons causing them to spark and give off light as well as the sound of steel striking steel until Kenjiro showed up.

"yo get down from there, guards are up the road patrolling the area, your making way too much noise," Kenjiro said as Gisei looked surprised and pocketed his weapons before jumping down.
"Let 'em come I don't give a shit. Anyway, what are you doing out here without shoes no less?" Gisei asked as he awaited an answer.
"This thing with your family...why did you stay after being abused, why put up with it...why not get help?" Kenjiro asked as he finally showed how sad he was as he looked to his new friend...he felt like a sad sack, but hell if any decent human being saw the shit he did they would as well.
"I stay because of my mom, she can still be saved from all that shit...my father will pay once I amass enough power to do so. With two Tomoe...I am already on my way to doing so. Besides I told you earlier, it's none of your business so don't worry about it." Gisei said as he walked up and gave Kenjiro a smile.
"Besides you are my first real friend, don't worry too much about me. I know how to handle myself." He said as Kenjiro sighed and sat on the ground. After a few minutes, he looked up at Gisei and then decided something at that time.
"Then what is your plan...how exactly do you plan on stopping all the shit?" Kenjiro asked with a concerned look on his face. He was met with just a smile, Gisei pulled a blade from his pocket that bore his fathers name carved into the steel.
"I plan on killing the old bastard that allowed this to happen to me and for what he did to my mother. Then I will leave the village I guess."

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Kenjiro looked at his friend as the two of them stood in the moonlight. They were at a crossroads and he could choose to turn him in or follow him, or a third option was to be completely silent about it and pretend like it never happened. Kenjiro sighed as he knew that he would have to keep this a secret from his sister...at least for now as he did not want to risk her safety. So in a moment of decision, he went up to Gisei and put a hand on his shoulder.

"Save this for another time. Allow me to become stronger so that I can help you to get out of the village safely so nobody will know it was you at least." Kenjiro pleaded with Gisei, and with a sigh, Gisei looked up to the sky but reluctantly agreed to what Kenjiro had said. It would be easier if he had help anyway.
"Fine, but you get two weeks. Get stronger and meet me back here on the next night the moon does not meet the sky." Gisei said before finally disappearing into the darkness leaving Kenjiro to fend for himself and to get home.

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Claiming: 21 Stats;
Jigyaku no Jutsu-2000
Hidden Arms Technique-1000
Fire Style Piercing Darts-1000

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