New Acquaintances

All he could hear was his alarm that had blasted him awake. It was around 8pm when the alarm went off, He had a late night and a very early morning and wasent able to sleep much until the sun almost came up. He knew by the time he would wake up it would be somewhere in the afternoon, but that was acceptable for today only. Ciel had some training he wanted to accomplish today and he wasent going to let not getting enough sleep hold him back. He had immediately got up, shutting his alarm off in the process. He quickly got dressed and was ready to head out the door. From the rush that Ciel was in you would of thought something was wrong, he couldn’t help but have a slightly frantic look on his face.

Once outside the beautiful sight of the sun starting to set caught his attention. He loved the views of everything that could be found by being in the right spots of the village from the night sky to the beautiful forest that was nearby. Even though he was in a hurry he made sure not to be rude and bump into anyone, the last thing he needed was to be listing to some villager cry about being knocked over when all Ciel wants to do is make it to the training grounds and get his workout in before its to packed.

The type of training he would be doing was going to take him all day and most of the night to accomplish so he still thought being late was unacceptable. He wouldnt want to have to sit in the middle of the training grounds until the morning, even though it is slightly better since there is no one else to get in your way or watch you as you train. He wasent a big fan of having an audience while he trained, to him it kinda seemed like they were doing more judging him on his performance than actually just enjoying watching him train.

As he arrived at the training grounds it was surprising to see so many shinobi at the grounds at this time and not home with their families. “ shit , well I guess I’ll have to call off the training today and pick another day to pick it back up", he would say to himself as he started to leave the training grounds. Instead of training the body, Ciell thought it be a great idea to just relax and enjoy some time at the water gardens. It had been a while since he last went there so he expected to it be a good amount of new things there. Upon arriving at the garden he was in awe of its beauty, "coming here never cese to amaze me", he would say outloud as he wandered around the place.

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As he slowly crept through the grounds he made sure to observe everything around him , trying to see if there way anything new that was added to the place since last he been here. Since he couldnt exaclty remember some of the minutre details of the place he hoped that if he did run across something new it would be more obvious to him. It wasent long before he was in front of one of the many Koi ponds that were in the gardens and upon looking at the fish he couldnt help but wander what one of them would tatse like. They were beautiful creatures no doubt but with his stomach somewhat empty he wandered if the beauty of the fish make it taste better once it comes off a grill. A slight drool would slide down his mouth as he realized he looked a fool just staring hungrly at the fish below.

Upon hearing a voice not to far from him speak on the beauty of the place when their fireworks in the sky, not wanting to be rude he would turn to face him with a friendly smile." Hmmmm now that i think about it i cant seem to remember any fireworks above this place. That must of been one hell of a sight". He would say in response to the boy sitting on the bench. "Im Ciel by the way , pleasure to meet you im normally at the training grounds but since it was so full i had settle for coming here, but i can honestly say im happy i did.". He would say extending his hand towards the boy. He looked to be close to Ciel age but the scars that he had on his body were crazy for someone that young. It almost made him appriciate the easy life hes had so far because he couldnt imagine fighting so much to have scars like those. He had almost asked about them but chose against it because it could of been from a tramatic past event.

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As Ciel would listen he couldnt help but realize how at peace he felt in the gardens, it didnt seem like he was on the spot light or having to push himself harder in a training session but just be able to relax and enjoy a nice conversation with someone new wasent what he thought he be missing out on. As they talked though he made a mental not to get out more and try to interact with new people in new places even though the gardens wasent excalty new to him. The young boy with the scars introduced himself as "Jintaro", a name that would seem easy enough to remember but Ciel wasent the best at always remembering people names as he would their face.

When Jintaro informed him about his recent graduation, Ciel face would lit up with joy."Awe damn Congrats bro, the path your just started is going to be a fun and dangerous one but from the looks of it your no real stranger to danger huh?", he would say with a smile. It would make Ciel think back to his first day out the academy and being placed in his squad. The reminiscing would be cut short as Jintaro would explain to Ciel how he gain the scar that was ever so present. Ciel felt a tad bit of sorrow that the scar was a result of not being able to protect something dear to Jintaro but knew that even in defeat there was a lesson to be learned. "Thats unforunate it was the result of losing but im sure you learned something from the fight and even if you didnt atleast your still alive today", he would say kindly. He wasent the best at comforting anyone but always gave it a shot because some people might need the kind words.

As the conversation continued Jintaro tossed him an energy bar, which most likely wouldnt have been Ciel first choice but with a growling stomach and a grateful heart he accepted the snack without hesitation. "Thanks bro i def needed something to snack on, what have you learned so far since you graduated ? any cool jutsu or anything ?", he would say curiously. The night was young and Ciel didnt have anything else to do so why not continue the conversation with his fellow shinobi.

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