A/N Sup Fuckers, well it took me a little longer to write chapter 4 then I would have liked but I had other shit to do... well that and a boat load of whores... that I used One's credit card to buy. That'll teach him for taking mine from me, HAHAHAHAHAHAHA. Anyway, I hope you shit lords enjoy this chapter, as it should... hopefully... grow Kaii and his teammates and lay some ground work for the future. Oh and I thought I created some plot holes but I'm like 90% sure I didn;t. So enjoy the masterpiece. Peace Fuckers - Two.


Rakuyama Residence 10:40 | Sunday 21st Jan 13 aNb | Same Day | Konohagakure

Kaii lands on the windowsill of his bedroom, opening it swiftly and entering with an untold amount of vigour. Eager to talk to his mother about what his snake summon had told him, and to hopefully find out what the seals themselves suppress. He closes the window with the same vigour, charging down the upstairs hall and nearly jumping down the stairs. He finds his mother cleaning the front room, with her snake partner, Risa, following behind her holding a large bag open.

"Kaii-chan? Shouldn't you be with your new Sensei? Or did you fail?" His mother asks as she turns to find her son stood ardently by her side.

"I passed, and we have the rest of the day to ourselves, training starts tomorrow at 7 am." Kaii respectfully answers, internally shaking from the prospect of the hidden knowledge he's sure she'll share. "Okaa-san, what do my seals suppress?" With that blunt question, his mother places her cleaning utensils onto the table and slides over to the couch and sits.

She pats on the space next to her and waits for Kaii to situate himself there. "What brought this on? You've never been interested before." She tries to answer the question herself in the brief moment of silence that followed.

"Well, Iku-sensei, my new Sensei, got a friend of hers to tutor me as well as herself. That sensei tried to help me with my snake and how the village sees him and me, to that end I mentioned that unlike her I can't just unsummon him." Kaii pauses to take a breath before continuing his long explanation. "After that she told me to perform the summoning jutsu seeing as I knew so much about it, or at the very least she could use it. I did, and Sekien popped up and told me about our clans unique bond, but couldn't tell me about the seals other than they are linked to the contract."

His mother sighs, she hadn't expected him to be so proactive when it came to his seals, on top of that she didn't think he'd be given a second sensei who has snakes herself. "It looks like you do know most of the information about our clan now don't you, but I still can't tell you about the seals Kaii-chan, you're not old enough. No, you're not strong enough yet, when you become Chunin, I'll tell you, as Koshiro-sama would of if he was here."

Kaii sighs, all of his motivation and eagerness leave his body with it. "Okay Okaa-san, I won't ask again until then." He tries to conjure a smile, but he can't help but be upset he's not strong enough to know.

"Don't look so down, Kaii-chan, I only said I couldn't tell you, but I can help you become stronger with the next stage of the training the Rakuyama undertake." His mother's words reignite the fire inside of the boy. "Normally we'd wait until your a chunin or strong enough to start it, but you're already ahead of most of the clan so I can make the exception."

"What type of training Okaa-san?" Kaii asks simply, the only thing he wants to know, other than when they'll start.

"It's a more intense form of training for seal suppression, that allows you to take over the seals on your body. At the moment you can only maintain them, but when you take control of them… well, that's when I can tell you what they do." With that she stands, with Risa in tow she leaves the house gesturing for her son to follow.

He does nearly cratering the chair with the amount of chakra he accidentally pushes out of his body to accelerate his form. The two make their way across the ninja highway, with Risa on his mother's shoulders, using a jutsu to make herself small enough to lay there. Kaii looks to Yuta, simply to ask if he can do it, which he nods. The rest of the journey is spent in silence, both thinking of the training but each holding a different perspective. Once inside of the field they both land in their favoured spot, with Kaii's mother looking around with her sensory skills to ensure no one is nearby.

"Okay, today I will be watching as you perform the training alone, if you need my help I'll jump in but if you want to know about the seals. You have to do this alone, for at least a month." With the goals laid out, Kaii sits onto the ground and forces his muted grey chakra out of his body. "Good, now focus on the seals and do what you normally do, but this time you must also do my part."

The rest of the day is spent with Kaii perform the training until he can no longer use his chakra or he'd face chakra exhaustion. His mother looks happy at the first day of training, but knows that it will take a toll on his other training. With that they both go about their day, the duo going home to rest for the rest of the day for Kaii's first day of training tomorrow.


Training Field 27 06:20 | Monday 22nd Jan 13 aNb | The Next Day | Konohagakure

The sun creaps over the horizon, lighting the training field with its bountiful golden rays. Kaii rests up on one of the tree branches overlooking the clearing in which he, along with his team, will receive their first lesson from their brand new sensei. Neither of his two teammates have arrived yet, but he knew they wouldn't be. He only just arrived from his morning training himself, letting himself regain some chakra before whatever Iku has in mind for them. It's a nice change of pace, as the last two days have been filled with lengthy training and learning more about his clan.

Around thirteen minutes pass by before another soul enters the clearing. The Hyuga, known for their punctuality, makes his way into the center of the space, letting the sun beat down on his face. Kaii knows that the boy knows he is here, a skill given to them by their Byakugan, but chooses to remain up in the tree. As far as the other knows, they don't share a single similarity, other than the want to be a shinobi. A further twenty seven minutes go by before the last of genin team enter the training field, scratching the back of his head with one hand, and his eyes the other.

"You are lucky to be on time, Taisuke-san." Kaneto voices to his friend, not moving a single muscle but keeping his eyes on Kaii's position up a tree.

"My alarm didn't go off, bite me." Taisuke moans while yawning deeply. "I'm lucky Kaa-san hadn't left for work yet."

"If you say so, Iku-sensei should be here any second I believe. She doesn't seem like the type to be late." The first boy declares, not giving any real emotion to his words.

"Yeah, I guess, can't say I really know what to think about her." The second boy returns, still in his morning wake up routine of yawning profusely. "Come to think of it where's… erm, what's his name again?"

"Rakuyama Kaii, and he's in the tree ahead of us, where I presume he's been since before I got here." Kaneto answers finally breaking his gaze with Kaii's chakra signature.

"Huh? He is?" Taisuke looks up to the tree itself, seeing nothing at all. "You sure?"

"Quite." Is all he gets in return from the Hyuga.

With that Iku appears in front of the two boys, saluting with two figures as she does so. Taisuke nearly falls over from the surprise alone, but just manages to keep himself stable, if not a little more adrenaline-filled than before. Iku looks at the two and opens her mouth to begin her lecture as KaiI leaps out of the tree to land beside the Hyuga and Ishigaki, with Yuta lying comfortably on his shoulders. Their sensei closes her mouth, her train of thought now broken as she seemingly was going to ask where he was. She takes a moment to move to the training.

"Alright, today's training is… cardio!" Iku feigns surprise with over the top cheering sounds. "So, get running, fifty laps around the field… and don't come back until you're done."

"Erm, Sensei, are we not learning a jutsu or something?" Taisuke questions, not really understanding why they need to train their cardio.

"That comes when I'm happy with your performances and think you're ready. Got it?" Iku replies simply, looking to the Hyuga who seemingly has a question. "What is it Kaneto?"

"Is this not what the academy trained us for? So we were ready to grow our arsenal once we received a Jonin-sensei?" He tries to reasons from the knowledge obtained at the academy.

Iku smiles, noting to herself at least he knows how to listen. "Once you graduate it's up to your Sensei what you learn and when, and I chose to grow you further first. I have my reasons now get going."

Kaneto smiles at her words, satisfied with her answer the two genin leap into the treeline to get to the edge of the field to start their laps. Kaii remains behind for a moment, sharing a look with his sensei as to ask if this is because he is slightly behind the rest. She doesn't give any answer so he joins the others at the edge of the training field. The first couple of laps are finished really quick, each of the genin leaning more to the blitz role as a shinobi. After ten laps Kaii begins to fall further behind, his lack of stamina and training begin to show, which angers the other two but they remain calm not wanting to show their disdain. Lap thirty is when Kaii nearly reaches his limit, slowing down considerably and becoming more prone to heavy breathing, causing an even further reduction in speed. As the last lap comes into his view, a sudden burst of speed comes over him. The want to finish the laps and be able to regain his composure as the others are doing.

Overall he finishes a few minutes behind the over as it takes the three around three hours to finish the fifty laps, all breathing heavily from the sheer amount of effort required to do that many laps at their age. Kaii leans himself against a tree, his breathing far harder then the rest of his teams, it is hard for him really do any sort of training to that level with the amount of training he missed because of his seals. The other two seemingly try to hide their fatigue, looking to Iku for the next part of their day's activities. She doesn't move from her perch on the tree until Kaii is stood next to his teammates.

"I guess we should get a mission then, let's get going." Iku jumps from the tree to the exit of the clearing, guesting for the three to follow.


Mission Desk 10:25 | Monday 22nd Jan 13 aNb | Same Day | Konohagakure

The academy bustles with activity as the newly formed Team 14 walks through the many halls. Kaii seemingly the only one not really understanding why they are at the academy, he never paid attention to all the ninja who came and went during his time at said academy. Iku lazies behind the three of them, pointing them in the right direction when necessary. After five minutes they find themselves outside of the mission room, with Iku now taking the front pushing the door open to reveal a single table with around five chunin sat on it. In the middle of them all is none of than, Sarutobi Hiruzen, the Third Hokage himself. He sees them enter but waits to address them until they are all stood neatly in a line.

"Iku-san, your team's first mission, eh? What sort of D-rank will you be going with?" Hiruzen says jovially, puffing on his pipe as he often wants to do.

The chunin continuing their jobs as the Hokage and one of his jonin have their conversation. Others enter the mission desk and talk to the chunin there, though the ones who come in are mostly chunin and as such don't really need to talk to Hiruzen. They just need to pick a mission and go.

"Erm, anything will do really Hokage-sama." Iku replies easily still keeping the respect for her Kage's title.

"Hm, well then how about a fence painting mission? There seems to be a lot of those today and it would be great to get them off of my desk." Hiruzen returns looking over the mission list, finding the respective scrolls.

"That'll do, make it the biggest job if you can." Iku confirms with a sly smile, knowing it's a good way to bond their team while she does nothing.

The three genin's faces drop as they hear their Sensei's words, the biggest job possible. Not only do they have to spend their first mission painting fences, a job anyone could do, especially civilians, they have to do the biggest of the lot. That could be anything from a manor to an entire district, and that fact alone sends shivers down their spines.

Hiruzen shares her sly look, changing his gaze to the chunin handling the bulk of the mission scrolls. After a minute the Chunin finds the biggest fence painting mission, to paint an entire districts fences, and hands to it to the Hokage. Who in turn looks over it quickly before shutting it and placing it at the edge of the table for Iku to pick up. The latter does and takes a few moments for herself to look over, her smile now taking a hold of the entire lower half of her face.

"Thank you Hokage-sama, we'll be back later today or tomorrow." Iku salutes with two fingers and bows, leading her team out of the mission room.

The entire table chuckle at the poor teams boring afternoon of fence painting ahead of them as their figures recede from sight until the doors shut behind them. Almost instantaneously the room go back to work and the day proceeds as it normally would. Much to the annoyance of Hiruzen, he misses the few chances during the day where he gets to enjoy himself instead of filling out countless files and paperwork.


Somewhere in the Civilian District 14:15 | Monday 22nd Jan 13 aNb | Same Day | Konohagakure

Atop one of the many buildings in the larger of the civilian districts, are Team 14, each more annoyed then the last at the menial task before them. Kaneto most notably finds himself complaining over and over in his head, saying the work is beneath a Hyuga. Taisuke and Kaii moan at each new fence Iku leads them too, each time stifling a laugh at their expense. In the last four hours, only a quarter of the fencers they have been ordered to paint have been done, further annoying the three genin.

Iku pops up behind the three as they finish the last fence on the large manor. "Well done, follow me to the next building." A smile creeps its way onto her face as she announces this to her team. "If you keep up this pace we'll be done by midnight."

The three collective groan, though Kaneto's was inside of his mind as he is not one to openly complain to his Sensei. With that Iku launches herself to the next building, followed by the three. It takes them half an hour until they arrive at another rather large manor, which to the three genin, seems at least twice the size of the last one. Iku kneels down in front of the building, pulling out a simple storage scroll. Once unravelled on the ground, she places a single hand onto the center of the seal and pushes a small amount of chakra into the seal, which produces a puff of smoke. As it clears, it reveals a new set of paint and brushes which to the three genin seem nothing new, but with further inspection the amount of paint in the seal seemed too much for only the fence.

"Erm Sensei… why is there so much paint?" Taisuke questions, scratching the back of his head as he does so often. "That's at least four times the amount we need to finish the fences."

"Well, that's because it's for the entire manor… have fun." Without another word Iku disappears in a quick puff of chakra smoke.

Once the smoke dissipates, the genin all look to one another, for about a minute. None processing the information quickly, mostly because who would think that this would have been a part of the mission.

"Did she just say the entire manor?" Kaii sheepishly asks, gaining the attention of the other two genin.

"Quite, but I guess it can't be helped. If we work diligently and divvy up the manor into sections we should finish much quicker than before. Teamwork seems to be the key here." Kaneto dissects the mission to come up with a plan to make the work easier for the team.

"Sounds good, Kaneto-kun." Taisuke grabs a brush and bucket of paint, which he then holds out to Kaii. "I guess we should get along huh?" He smiles at the Rakuyama for the first time, as Kaii takes the paint and brush.

"I guess so." The sheepishness of his reply confuses the boy for a second before he realises what he said.

"Right, Kaneto-kun, you take the top floor, Kaii-san can take the second and I'll take the ground floor. Sound fair?" Taisuke quickly comes up with the way to divvy up the work, quicker than Kaneto which somewhat annoys the Hyuga.

The three agree and each begin to start their work, as Iku looks on from across the way from her hidden position in a tree. Another smile creeps onto her lips as her genin quickly grab the reason of the menial tasks as genin missions. To top it Kaii is being accepted, even if it's only slightly at least it's something and that alone should help the boy grow without becoming bitterer. With that she pulls out a book and waits for the three to finish with their work.


Konoha Academy 23:45 | Monday 22nd Jan 13 aNb | Same Day | Konohagakure

After a long day of fence painting, and the occasional manor painting, Team 14 walk tiredly into the Academy. Iku leads the way through the halls as she did when they took the mission, opening the doors to the mission desk and walking inside. Given that its late only a skeleton crew is manning the desks, two chunin, welcome them in and take the relevant evidence to note that they completed the mission. It only takes five minutes for the two to be satisfied with Team 14's evidence and to then pay out the reward for a mission well done. With that done the team leave the mission desk, with sheer luck running into Anko, who has spent the majority of the day looking for Kaii.

"There you are, did you forget about your training or something?" Anko quizzes her 'student' before looking at the three genin stood next to Iku, realising he's with his team. "Oh, you must have been on a mission, well you could've at least let me know, I've spent all day looking for you."

"Erm, Anko-sensei, I didn't know we'd be painting fences and manors all day." Kaii notes through gritted teeth, switching his glare from Anko to Iku towards the end.

"Well that sounds like it was your problem, come on we have training to do!" Anko declares marching past the four, grabbing Kaii by the collar to take him with her.

Taisuke and Kaneto look to their Sensei for an explanation, their emotions unsure of how to react to the revelation that just made itself known to them. Their teammate has a second Sensei. What did he do to deserve a second Sensei, and on top of that why don't they get one as well? Are they not good enough? Or are they simply so far ahead of Kaii that he needs a second round of training every day to catch up? No matter which it really is, a part of them resents the attention he is being given, whether he needs it or not.

Iku observes the cogs turn in each of her remaining genin, fearing their disdain for Kaii could be growing. This is not a meeting she had planned, nor one she wanted to occur at all, at least until they had formed a bond with Kaii, one that couldn't be broken by such petty means. Alas, it has happened and all she can do is try to curb its effects on her team before it grows into an uncontrollable fire of anger towards the Rakuyama.

"Gone on home you two, training is at seven as usual." Iku near orders, keeping her tone friendly, still watching the boys intently.

Taisuke is about to speak before Kaneto grabs him by the shoulder. "Don't Taisuke." With that said, he turns to Iku. "Of course Sensei, we will be there on time as usual."

Iku nods, electing to smile to hide her true feelings as the Hyuga finishes by pushing Taisuke down the hall, keeping his hand firmly on his shoulder, in what seems to be an act to keep their Sensei out of their conversing about the new information. Kaneto keeps his grip on his teammate until they reach the roof, letting go and waiting for him to turn to him and ask why he acted how he did.

"The hell was that for? Shouldn't we ask her and hear what she has to say before we make a rash decision?" Taisuke questions rubbing his shoulder, with a rather confused look on his face.

"No, we shouldn't, if she hasn't already told us then she wouldn't have told us later on. Not that it matters, as for some reason our 'teammate' is gaining extra training, which I think you'll agree is highly unfair." Kaneto reasons easily, playing his teammate's emotions as needed.

Taisuke tries to find a reason to disagree but can't find any. "Fine, you're right, but what can we do about it? We can't exactly go and ask Kaii can we? I doubt he would even tell us."

"We'll wait and see, if it turns out he has a good reason to keep it hidden, we'll forget about it. If he does not, then he can go back to being the outcast for all I care." The Hyuga's tone takes a sharp turn, one Taisuke doesn't like but can't help but agree with.

"I hate to admit it but you're right." Taisuke sighs, before they both make their way home for a good night sleep.


Training Field 18 00:20 | Tuesday 23rd Jan 13 aNb | The Next Day | Konohagakure

Anko lands in the small clearing with ease, her student flung over her shoulder so he couldn't get away. Kaii had evaded her answers the last time they trained, and she'll be damned if he thinks he can do it again. When Anko wants something she will get it… unless the aforementioned person who has the information has dango's, then they'll be fine. However, Kaii hasn't any one him and he'll have no chance to go and get some with Anko dropping him to the floor, and looking over him as he lays there.

"Get up, you know what I want to know." Anko demands, her usual niceties gone.

The boy concedes, pulling himself up to his feet and wiping his clothes down. He takes a moment to look around, before biting his thumb and perform the necessary hand seals for the summoning jutsu. He then slams his hand onto the ground with a great deal of force, unsettling the dirt as a flowery seal begins to weave into the ground ahead of producing a large puff of smoke. His personal summon, Sekien appears and bows his head to Kaii, before taking a moment to acclimate to his surrounding. The process only takes a moment, as his gaze locks with the female Kunoichi with a rather annoyed expression.

"Is there an issue, Kaii-san? I will happily take care of it for you." Sekien hisses deeply at Anko, baring his fangs for a moment to show his dedication to protecting Kaii.

Kaii elects to wait a second before replying. "Sekien-san, can you explain my clan's history to Anko-sensei for me?"

The large snake takes another moment to pull its aggression back, seeminling coughing into his hand… if a snake had one, it's more of a shake of their head. "Of course, Kaii-san. Is there anything you wish for me to leave out?"

"No, tell her everything you told me." Kaii smiles, jumping up to a nearby tree branch and proceeding to make himself comfortable. "Get me when you are done."

The Snake summon nods to his summoner and begins the tale of the Rakuyama clan to Anko, leaving no detail out. His explanation this time is far more detailed, as she is not a member of the clan and therefore needs more of the story to be told to her. All in all it takes the snake a good half hour to give the kunoichi the full story, one she pays full attention to, noting anything of interest to her. One thing takes her interest the most, the fact Kaii is naturally a snake contract holder. She's never heard of anything like it, and it goes much further than simply having a snake as a partner. In both a good way, for battles and taking on missions as he will have a vast array of resources, but also in a bad way, as anything to do with snakes in Fire, as Anko knows very well, can cause them to hated.

Another ten minutes of questions follow, which Sekien does his best to answer if able, though never telling more then he has told to his summoner. With Anko fully satisfied, Sekien simply takes his leave knowing the toll it will have taken on Kaii. The kunoichi, however, body flickers to the branch he rests on. Once next to him, she takes great pleasure in using her foot to kick Kaii off of the branch and watches as he plummets to the ground, hitting it with a hard thud.

He slowly rises, as groggy as he was the last time he summoned Sekien. "Was that really necessary Anko-sensei?"

"No, but that's your punishment for making me look all around the village for you, I have work you know!" Anko near enough whines at Kaii, dropping from the tree to his side. "Now that I know more about your clan I can help more, first thing we are going to do is..." She lets an air of suspense fill the silence before she continues. "Work on expanding your chakra control and see if we can fill your reserves so you can maintain a summon for longer. While we do that we can talk about how you are finding your genin team and how to maintain good relations with them."

"Erm, Anko-sensei, I'm not an idiot I know how to maintain a friendship, well, in theory. No one really gave me a chance to try." Kaii returns for the second time cleaning his clothes with a wipe. "When will we begin?"

"Tomorrow, it's late and I assume you have training early today? So get some rest." Anko smiles leaving the clearing with a wave and body flickers.

With that Kaii follows suit, leaping to a tree in the general direction of his home. He spends the next twenty minutes traversing the treeline with leisure, taking in the air and silence as he dwells on his thoughts. In a few days he went from a rather little amount of training to an overwhelming amount, each important to his growth and to help him change the general opinion of him. To change him from an outcast to… a shinobi they appreciate. Another five minutes and the tree's end, in favour of the rooftops of one of the civilian districts in which his home resides in. The journey over the roofs takes less then two minutes before he arrives at his window, which he swiftly opens and enters through, closing as silently as he opened it.

He slides onto his bed and just lays there, looking at the ceiling as Yuta slithers from his shoulders to his bed on the windowsill. Yuta had grown slightly but still nowhere near enough to be used as the Rakuyama clan would usually use their partners, but soon he should be. Just as Kaii is about to enter the dreamscape his door creaks open. He reacts by pulling out one of his special tanto's and entering a battle stance on his bed, though it is all for naught as it is only Risa, his mothers snake partner. The snake looks over Kaii, before taking her leave, letting the door close itself behind her. Kaii releases and again takes up his position on the bed after placing his tanto back into his sheathe.

'Well, that was a long day… here's to another.' Kaii voices internally as he lets his tiredness take ahold of him and push him into sleep.

Once his partner is fully into a deep slumber, Yuta takes the chance to slither his way over the bed and down to the floor and then finally to the door, opening it with his head. Outside rests Risa, glaring at the door and by proxy Yuta as the snake exits the room. His mother takes his presence as a sign that Kaii is asleep and leads the young snake down the stairs to Kaii's mother. They both slither onto the couch where she is currently sat, reading a book. She notices Risa and proceeds to close her book and look to the snake's with a expression of anticipation.

"How is Kaii doing Yuta-chan?" Kaii's mother questions, placing the book on the coffee table in front of the couch.

Yuta shifts his position from the couch onto the woman's shoulders, getting himself comfortable before answering. "He's doing fine. He summoned Sekien-san for the second time again today, and he was able to keep him here for nearly an hour. An improvement on the last time. His training is going well also, both with Iku-san and Anko-san, as each are focusing on different aspects of his arsenal. With Iku-san concentrating on his general shinobi abilities, while Anko-san directs her training to his chakra reserves and control. In tangent they should provide him with the tools to not only control the seals but open them indefinitely… in only a few months."

"Are you sure Yuta-kun?" Risa hisses at her son, surprised at Yuta's observations.

The black snake nods to his mother before returning his attention to his partner's mother. "I believe this may, however, cause friction with his teammates. Today they met Anko-san and were seemingly angry at the fact he has a second Sensei, but I don't really know if this is how they feel."

"Thank you Yuta-chan, please go back to Kaii, I will continue his training as planned. Hopefully he can grow as quickly as you have said, that will surely help him obtain the acceptance he so direly wants. Even if he must continue to hide his true self." The vagueness of her final statement is not lost on either snake as they Yuta takes his leave.


Training Field 18 06:00 | Friday 26th Jan 13 aNb | Three Days Later | Konohagakure

The small clearing frequented by the Rakuyama clan remains as empty as usual, apart from Kaii and his gray muted chakra enveloping him and his seals. His mother watches intently as he for the fifth day in a row is able to maintain the chakra control over his seals and keep them in complete check. With each minute he funnels chakra into them, he grows, and not slightly. He grows a great deal with chakra control more then any ninja who would do the leaf exercise for five times as long. Though that's not something the Rakuyama would openly admit as it would only add to the reasons to hate them. A clan with multiple advantages are rarely loved or even liked by many.

For half an hour Kaii keeps the flow of chakra constant, never letting it dip or grow. A perfect flow that most genin could only wish to have, however, this comes at a cost as Kaii starts to notice. In the three days since he began doing this alone before the day is even over, he begins to tire, and not simply tire but feel completely exhausted. Lucky for him, the missions and training he's been doing have not been strenuous, only painting fences and continuing to grow his teamwork.

Another fifteen minutes pass before he finally finishes, his chakra fading into his seals, feeling slightly tired already, though a quick meal should fix it. His mother looks him over, then looks to Yuta, nodding before moving over to her son's side in a few quick steps. Risa follows suit slithering next to her partner, keeping her eyes on her own son, as Kaii's mother looks to Kaii.

"Good job Kaii-chan, you are growing quickly, if you can keep this up until the next chunin exams, I'll explain the seals use." She lays out for her son, giving him something to work towards, seemingly going back on the fact she said she wouldn't tell him until he is a chunin.

"Do I have to enter the exams to be told? I thought you said I had to be a chunin to be told?" Kaii clarifies, not thinking he'll be ready for the exams but still wanting to know.

"Of course not, the exams are just a date I am using. The exam itself has no bearing on whether or not I explain to you, but I would hope you'd aim to enter with your team. Also, you're right I did say that, but I changed my mind, as long as you are strange enough I can tell you." She corrects herself with a smile filling Kaii with a great amount of energy to grow.

"I'll do my best Okaa-san." Kaii voices with resolve before releasing what the time is. "Crap, I have to go Okaa-san, or Iku-sensei will be mad."

He weaves to his mother as he leaps to a nearby tree, heading through the forest inside of Konoha to Training Field 27, for his second of three pieces of training of the day. Back at the field, his mother thinks to herself about his future and his rather rapid growth, even for a Rakyuama. She hopes it's not going to be an issue, but knowing how they are viewed within the village, this growth could be misconstrued as a lust for power, so she'll have to keep an eye on it herself to ensure her son's safety.

Risa disappears in a poof of smoke, to reappear on her partner's shoulder now far smaller then she was before. Kaii's mother smiles at her partner before she launches herself into the treeline and heads home.