EPISODE 1: Training hard: Enter Tam Akushi

[Leviathan]

A man, boy really. Stood atop a small stump. His eyes scanning the area for any signs of his Sensei. Perhaps he was late, but he wasn't always late, was he? The boy couldn't remember when he was last excited to attempt to learn something new. He decided to start training with out his Sensei. Hopping down off the stump, he landed on the balls of his feet. Looking to the left and right, he then stood up and walked towards a training dummy made of straw. Backing up just a bit he pulled the large saya with a blade in it, off of his back.

Pulling it to his side, he faced it so the suka-Gasira faced towards the sky. He let the sagiyo dangle away from him so nothing was tying him to the saya. Griping the tsuka he threw the blade from the saya and practiced his speed. Moving as fast as he could, so fast in fact, that it would startle a prone cat ready to strike. The blade was falling, the Kissaki aimed to enter the ground. Just as the Kissaki was aimed to clip a blade of grass, the blade shifted position and aimed to slice through the stump.

Of course it did, but the weight of the blade made him slightly on edge and almost fell. He sighed and started to become angry at this fact. He was only a Genin and still not able to preform his favorite technique as of yet. It made him wonder if he would ever become a Sanin like his Teacher wanted. Perhaps his teacher expected too much. Out of anger, he lifted the Nodachi and jumped in to the air. Aiming the blade in a slashing horizontal position, the blade began to glow with blue chakra around it.

As it swung a large arc of blue chakra burst from it and struck the ground leaving a deep indent in it. His mind wandered as he fell to the ground, his hands shifting so that the blade would allow him to fall on it, and propel himself to his feet. Next, his body did just that. After, he smiled a bit at his success, the thoughts of his failure long gone now. He sheathed his Nodachi and sat down on his hind end, and stared towards his front. His eyes unmoving and the Nodachi on his lap, sitting cross legged he waited.

[Junko Uchiha]

Jun was staring at something. Today was the day she'd meet her teacher since a while. New to Kumo, she was still adjusting, but life was life. Today she found herself staring at a particular flower that had caught her attention. Almost as if it had its own magnetic pull she was entranced; staring for a few long minutes and not even realizing. It was one of those times where she could barely realize she was even truly alive. The vibrant colors had her in a sort of state of mind blocking thoughts from flowing. A loud sound caught her attention and she nearly jumped out of her very skin. Her eyes snapping wide as they could and taking in the area. She wasn't under attack, so what was that? Blinking a few times she stood from her squatting position and tried to remember what it was she felt she was forgetting.

Then it hit her. Her pupils dilated and she felt a sort of panic strike her. She was late! As always Jun was late. Turning, she shot as fast as she could towards the meeting area. Her body hunched forward slightly making it very obvious that should something come in the way she would trip. Indeed she did. A tree root seemed to come out of nowhere and catch Jun's foot, causing the young girl to tumble and roll before she struggled back to her feet, a quick recoil. Her body was shaky a moment before she began her running again, half stumbling due to her now skinned knee.

At last she saw a familiar figure and half stumbled over. Her body slouched to allow her hands to rest on her knees. Bowed, her head was covered mostly by the black of her long hair. Heavily her chest heaved, a bit shaky and raspy from the long run. "A-Am I? Di-did I miss?" She coughed a moment over her own words. A moment of pause allowed her to inhale and swallow some air so she could focus her breathing on a more normal pattern.

"Good morning, Setsuna-dono." She said finally, completely disregarding any of her questions. Her eyes closed and she managed a smile, feeling rather weak before she straightened herself up and fixed her hair so it wasn't completely in her face. Looking down she took a moment to lick the fingers of her right hand and rubbed the scratches on her knee. A slight grimace came on her face at the gentle sting. Almost instantly it vanished. She then crossed her arms and waited, looking up in the sky.

[Ken Akushi]

Ken was watching his students from above in secret. He was hiding above in a tree. His student, Fuuton, or Fuu as he liked to call him, had made the same mistake he makes time and time again. He always lost his anger and it never got him anywhere. Ken sighed and leaped down to his students. ' What have I always told you Fuu.Anger is never without a reason, but seldom with a good one. ' Ken sighed yet again and just turned around.

Ken saw his other student Jun. She was exhausted from running. '' No your not late. We had no designated time for training. So I had a thought for todays training guys. How about we work on Taijutsu. Taijutsu is an important part to combat. Also you have no other choice once you start to run out of chakra. '' Ken threw off the robe he had on. Ken flipped his hair then the sun shined off of his green eyes.

Ken readied for battle. He got in a stance perfect for offense and just as well as defense. ' First up! Fuu come at me, and drop the swords. We can work on that another day. '

[Leviathan]

The boy laughed a bit and smiled so that his piercing Kanines would show and shine a bit. The boy took the Nodachi from his lap and placed it on the grass. His legs took his body up from the ground. His eyes focused on Akushi. His hands redied in an odd position. His right hand pointed towards the male with his palm forward. His left was out to the side a bit but palm facing the man as well. His legs spread apart so that they were shoulder width apart.

It was known, to msot who actually knew Fuuton, that he loved Taijutsu over anything, except his first calling, Fuinjutsu. His legs moved him as fast as he could towards the male. When he reached a good foot away he lifted from the ground and started to twist, his body spinning horizontally as he aimed a right leg at the male's left shoulder.

The kick would come down with all of his might, though it may not feel like much at the moment, it what would happen next that would be unexpected and yet, stronger than he normally would hit. Just after the kick would land or not, even if it was dodged or even parried, the boy would aim his left palm to strike the male in the chest, whether he moved or not. It would be stronger because of the fact that the momentum from the spin would allow him to have a stronger punch.

[Junko Uchiha]

Junko looked up at her teacher and smiled that soft and sweet smile she always did. She was glad to be 'on time'. Her hair blew slightly in the wind and she watched the teacher with eager eyes. Taijutsu? That made the girl groan. She hated taijutsu as it was her weakness. She didn't have much on the factors needed granted she had decent agility, but everything else was below average. Jun preferred genjutsus or tricks to win her battles. Basically the opposite of Fuuton.

As the teacher told the boy to attack, Jun stood there. On watching silently, she found herself more of trying to analyze the movements. As she stood there she'd just wait for orders to begin watching the two begin the training. Did she feel left out? Well no actually. She knew she'd have her turn in training, but she found herself more worried about Fuuton. After all the boy tended to lose his temper easily. After that he'd rampage like an angry bull. Often times that led to problems.

While waiting, she adjusted her posture, sliding one foot a distance angled away from her other. A stance bent slightly at the knees and allowing her weight to remain on the balls of her feet. A hand held loosely at her side while her other reached and held the button of her pouch. It wasn't like she would bring out any weapons, it was just a force-of-habit posture. Her shoulders slumped forward slightly making her look ready to tackle or at least run forward when ordered to. Her body sort of swayed slightly prepared as well for a dodge if need be.

[Ken Akushi]

Ken knew Fuuton was pretty good at Taijutsu and Junko wasn't that real good of an shinobi yet. The whole idea of training their Taijutsu ability is mostly for Junko. Well Ken began to analyze the fight like he usually does... like a chess game.

Ken's trained eyes easily kept up with Fuuton's leg movement. Ken looked at him and shot him a
fake smile that was sort of his trademark. Ken parried the kick with his arm and then seemingly in a instant he leaped back so Fuuton would have stumbled. Ken looked at Fuuton and said, ' Nice try but you didn't try hard enough so now you will have to wait your turn again. ' Ken turned around looked at Junko.

' Now its your turn Jun. ' Ken got back into that famous stance of his known all around Kumo. Ken's eyes were shining in the sun again.

[Leviathan]

The boy started to stumble but his grin was wide, it all happened just as he wanted. Using his hand he had the momentum in he flipped up in to the air, his hands moving as fast as they could. Finally, he reached inches away from the male and with a sudden movement, pressed his right index and middle to his mouth.

"Katon: Gōkakyū no Jutsu"

The male said as the chakra that was built up in his stomach spewed out. This Green Demon was good, but could he dodge a point blank attack to the back of the head? Well, he might be able to considering it was just C-Rank. He smiled brightly as the rest of his body moved closer, still falling to the male. He would land on the ground and twist around, sending a leg out as he spun around in a circle.

His hand would then propel himself upwards only to land next to Lyra's true form. His left leg was bent and pressed against his chest while his right was out stretched towards the treeline. Next, his left hand was hovering over Lyra as his right was stretched out as well. He was ready for anything now.

[Junko Uchiha]

Junko watched the fighting with a blank expression of sorts. Her dark eyes focused uncertainly on the fighting before she found herself distracted. The sounds faded and it was as if the world began to fade. Once again the girl had become zoned; off in her little wonderland as she tended to escape to. Her lips held neither a frown nor a smile. It was as if she was in a land all her own, not even on earth anymore. Her head was held straight ahead, but held no signs of acknowledging the existence of the others.

Even as her teacher called to her she was still zoned. What was she thinking about? She couldn't even remember when she'd come to. Instead it would be a moment of black nothingness. Scents swirled in her nostrils and the sights danced before her, yet nothing seemed to faze her. It took a few moments before she came back on her own. Her face sporting a slight blush on her embarrassment. It was a bit humiliating when she did that in the middle of something important.

Hesitantly her eyes rested on Fuuton then her body shifted slightly lower. Her eyes held something unwary as she seemed to be debating; hesitating. She didn't want to fight. Jun never wanted to fight and often times she wouldn't even step without being attacked first. Today seemed to be a bit better than others for at least she was defending herself, but her body looked unwilling to charge forth.

[Ken Akushi]

Ken knew his student wouldn't have gave up that quickly so he was suspecting the attack. Ken leaped frontwards but he was still in the way of the attack. Ken then waited for the right moment to successfully leap high over the attack while the attack burned out. ' Come on now. Im one of the fastest in the Shinobi World. That wont take me out besides this is TAIJUTSU training! ' Ken saw Fuuton pick up Lyra.

Ken also noticed how Junko wouldn't budge. ' Come on Junko, you will never be the shinobi i desperately want and know you can be just sitting there. ' Ken's hair flew in the way of his right eye. He was starting to lose patience with his students, and they knew they didn't like him when he got angry.

[Leviathan]

The male finally picked up Lyra and stood tall. His body short like a Genin would be, but still standing tall. He looked and watched as his attack missed. He sighed once more and looked around, finding Jun he nodded to jun and eyed the male once more. His hand pulled out Lyra and pointed it towards his teacher. Still eyeing him he smirked as he started to charge towards him.

His hair was fluttering behind him like a wave of soft water flowing down stream covered in snow. The grass silently being trampled by the bottom of his boots. The small gusts of wind and some what light humidity from his fire jutsu still in the air. The treeline to his right gently swaying with it's own rhythm to allow a natural curve of how it worked. It seemed as though it would never end. His red hued optics still fully aimed at the male known as his teacher. No words were spoken yet, but he was still known by his eyes what he was thinking or would say at the moment.

His fur collar ruffled as he moved at great speeds for a genin, the promise of reaching his target still in his heart. The double breasted coat seeming to flap in the wind, however tied to his body like kevlar strapped to a SWAT officer. They were almost nearly inseparable. The feel of the tsuka on his skin would be great, if it not for his leather gloves. It seemed he was a sucker for leather I guess, considering he always loved his leather on his body. Even his pants were leather at the moment. Though he was in casual wear, he was always ready for anything.

His hands right hand, the one not holding the tsuka moved slightly and a minor flash appeared as he drummed his fingers over the air like a small table was there, finally, he gripped the tsuka with both hands, his eyes unwavering but his belt sinking in to his skin a tiny bit. The male, well boy, seemed to be dancing. Dancing, really? Well, it's supposed to be cool. His movements suddenly stopped a few inches away, his arms swung at what seemed to be full force. Though, he stopped all expression upon his face and simply stopped. He eyed the man's shoulder as he stopped the blade just shy of a few feet away. He was done. Lifting the blade and letting it rest with the dull side on his left shoulder he waited for a response, and just watched. In a fairly good defensive position but easy to move just in case.

[Junko Uchiha]

Junko was still a little wary. Her eyes dipped and she tried to focus on fighting, but her mind wouldn't let her focus on it. Her heart wasn't in it. Of the corner of her eye, she caught a glimpse of the boy named Fuuton who held a special value to her. He had nodded and though she was unsure as to what it would mean, she quickly braced herself. Her own speed wasn't that great it was mediocre at best, but for an average person it was fast. As a ninja she was a little on the slower side, most likely due to her own hesitance.

A shift in her body and she was a little faster however it left her off balance if interfered with. Her body charged forward then stopped just out of what seemed to be a whim, pivoting quickly as she changed her direction at the last second. Her body pulled free something shiny and her other one pulled a thing wire. A slight of a second was all that allowed it to glint in the lighting. Her hands moved quickly as she pulled her strings and managed to wire the metal weapon, taking barely a second before she had two that she held in her palms. Her hands pressed into seals before she slid them to her fingers tips and threw them in the direction of her teacher, now more towards his side.

She knew it was a taijutsu battle, but Fuuton was sort of doing his own thing. She couldn't exactly get close when he was making his own actions. Her wrist flicked controlling the strings to curve, an attempt to snare her teacher as the shuriken would dig into the ground whether they grasped the opponent or not. A sort of look of guilt was on Jun's face. Fuu wanted her to attack right? That's why he had nodded.. wasn't it. She was second guessing herself.

[Ken Akushi]

Ken watched as Fuuton dashed at him with his sword. Ken thought, ' They really don't get the meaning of Taijutsu battle. I guess if they don't want to obey then why should I abide by my own rules. ' Ken backed up and did a spin kick attempting to knock Fuuton over then he leaped back and did a handspring landing it perfectly.

Ken got in the middle so that one of his students were in front of him and the other was on the righr or left of him. He saw the Shuriken coming towards him. He pulled out two kunais so once the shuriken got close to him he would deflect them. Then he did a string of hand seals. Then Ken spat out flames that went to the front, left, and right of him. So both of the genins were assaulted and the strings attached to the Shuriken were burnt.

Ken then threw down a smoke bomb and quickly disappeared but made a shadow clone take his place. Then the real Ken hopped in the same tree he was in before. The genin wouldnt know the difference from the real or the fake Ken.

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[Leviathan]

The boy started to smile once again as he let the blade rest on the ground, watching the blood start to flow from the shoulder he pierced. Laughing a bit he wished he could devour that very shoulder, but that wouldn't be good. As it was, it would only disable the shoulder so that he wouldn't be able to use jutsu. How sad. Stopping where he was he sat down and leaned back, his eyes facing the sky as he spoke for the first time in an actual sentence.

"I'm hungry, but first, when can I train to get what the others back in Konoha have. That Sharingan that I apparently have. I want to become a great person with this ability. Command a special team that can kill with no remorse."

He spoke with a firm voice that sounded borderline like a demonic being infested his voice box. He suddenly stood up and walked over to Jun. Looking at her he spoke aloud to her, not intending to yell or anything but he was rather loud and spoke directly to her.

"Stop being GUILTY and start doing what YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO DO. You are a NINJA of Kumogakure. You got that? It means you HAVE to fight, you HAVE to kill, but at least, you don't HAVE to eat them after...."

[Junko Uchiha]

Junko knew that her wires were useless when they missed and instantly dropped the ends unsure of what would be happening with a jutsu. Fuuton seemed to have land a hit and the boy then went off on one of his rants. Truly the two of them were opposites. Jun grimaced at him mentioning his hunger. The boy was psychotic but she had nothing to say about it. Speaking about that would be unwise. Her body moved and she jumped back a few feet avoiding the range of her teacher. After all she hadn't gotten that close to start with. Her legs knocked slightly as she regained her balance.

As Fuu yelled at her she dropped her eyes and bit her lip. Her head bowed, hair draping down the sides of her face. Her pupils moved up to look up at him as she attempted to speak for herself, "But killing teacher won't help anyone.." She said in a nearly silent voice. Her body posture passive as usual. Even as Fuuton approached her. "I mean he's trying to teach us..." He was right about the fighting and she was grateful she didn't get ordered to eat the same sort of stuff Fuuton indulged in.

"I-I'm sorry Setsuna-dono." She said in her gentle voice looking away once more and grabbing her arm. Once again she was being submissive, but subconsciously she knew that would only piss him off more. Wasn't he ordering her to have a backbone? Wasn't she doing the opposite. Her shoulders slumped and she rubbed her upper arm nervously. She didn't know what to expect, not at this moment anyways.

[Ken Akushi]

The Shadow Clone dispersed as the real Ken dropped down from the trees and landed right in between the two. He had heard their conversation and Ken just lost it. ' Fuu you dont have the right to tell her what to do. You are partially right Fuu but being a Ninja isn't always about killing. ' Ken was getting slightly angry.

Ken turned around and spoke to Junko after he knelt down to her. ' Junko you don't have to take this from Fuu. He is no better of an person then you are. You don't have to be sorry. Although you really do need to focus on being the best shinobi you can be. Thats all I want you to do. I don't like seeing you miserable like this. ' Ken stood back up and spoke to the both of them, ' You both need to work on your teamwork and not slave work. ' Ken was trying to calm down.

[Leviathan]

The boy smiled as this male thought he could talk to him like this. He didn't move and just stood there. Staring at the girl. He then spoke to Akushi with out looking at him at all, still looking at Junko. His red hued optics not wavering a bit and just letting them flow with the outside nature.

"Perhaps you would like to live my life or even hers a bit. I bet you would go mad from it. You don't know us, you don't know who we are, what we had to put up with to get here. And you sure as hell have NO right to talk to my property like a person. She is here for a reason, and you haven't noticed that mark on her forehead above her left eye? It means she's been sold for a debt....You should definatly learn the way of the real world. That's what Konoha has done, they sold my own flesh and blood to me so I wouldn't come back...can you believe such shit in the world..Either way, I even have a form that states she is legally, mine."

The boy said as he held up one of many copies of a piece of paper with a finalize stamp of approval from the Daiyamo of the land of the countries saying she was rightfully sold to Fuuton Setsuna. Walking slowly closer he looked at her, sighing in disappointment as he forceably moved her hair so he could see the mark clearer if need be. He then would let go and walk away a little.

"However right you are, there is still one thing that Junko HAS to do, and that's grow a back bone. And I'll keep treating her like the dirt she is until she gets one."

He then started to walk off snapping his fingers and holding lyra, and sneakly picking up the saya of his Nodachi. With a smart remark he spoke to Akushi.

"Oh and, Akushi-Senpai, you can keep the Senbon in your shoulder. I wouldn't want you to lose a memento of our training session today."

[Junko Uchiha]

Jun let her eyes drop again. Somehow she had a feeling her teacher and Fuuton would not get along. The two just had that sort of clashing personalities. Her body shifted as she continued to avoid eye contact. Fuuton explained it all. Jun was a slave, she was sold to Fuuton. Essentially she was property well more than essentially it was a fact. Her own uncle sold her away. For a moment she wondered how Haru was doing. The boy probably got over it all by now, but she hoped that he was taking care of Kaito. Then she wondered if her uncle was even alive.

Her eyes lifted and she winced slightly as Fuuton moved her bangs around a bit. The mark stood a bit faded in her skin but still was almost as bright as a sore thumb. Obviously this conversation wasn't going to end well. Their teacher was already upset and Fuuton was antagonizing. Worried the two would try to kill each other, she attempted to lighten the topic. "It's not so bad. I'd probably be dead if Setsuna-dono didn't tell me what to do.." She said sweetly and straightened her outfit to look sort of preoccupied and continue not looking at the two.

She was being truthful though. It was Fuuton who was the only one who had been able to kick Jun in the ass enough to get her to actually fight. Sure it wasn't as much as he would have liked, but little by little she was growing to fight as a ninja. Pausing she tapped the ground with her foot. "And I'm sorry I'm so useless." With a sort of grin she perked her head a bit. "But that's what you're here for sensei." Of course she wasn't trying to be sly or smart, she was simply stating. As Fuuton snapped his fingers he looked at her teacher and bowed, her hair falling nearly to her feet. "I apologize for this training session. I know you wanted to train taijutsu but.." She found herself talking too much and stopped. "Well hopefully see you around sensei."

With a swift movement, she pivoted; half twirling as she ran after Fuuton. Her steps speeding a bit before she was close enough. Afterwords she would slow her pace to keep a slight distance while trailing him. She hoped her teacher wouldn't be too mad at Fuuton. If he was mad at her she wouldn't mind so much, she was used to anger. When it came to her fighting she usually had people made at her. She remained silent as she followed Fuuton.

[Leviathan]

The boy seemed distant for the moment. He then suddenly spoke to the girl with a firm voice as he picked up Lyra.

"Seek out a man named Leviathan. And give him Lyra, and you will be his property now."

The boy then stabbed himself in the chest with Lyra. Leaving himself dead to the world and Junko with a Mission.

[Junko Uchiha]

Junko was wide-eyed and startled as the man seemed to be in thought on something else. Her eyes showed a sort of interest; a blank slate though on whatever it was he wanted. He spoke and to her surprise then killed himself. Jun was a bit speechless. A man name Leviathan. How was she to do that? Her initial reaction was shock but it quickly shifted to panic. Where would she find this man. Holding Lyra close she fought her tears knowing they would do nothing to help. Then with a quick pivot of her feet she left; searching for a man she didn't know.

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