Kenji waved and guided his young pupil down the road. They took breaks every so often ad when they did Kenji would be training him hard. They would spar some nights and train in Ninjutsu others. By the end of the first day they were already tired from their training. Lucky enough they found an inn.
They entered the inn and looked around. A grizzled old man stepped from behind the counter.
"How may I help you? Ah you are shinobi, well all are welcome here." The old man said.
"Just a room for myself and my pupil here. We will just be resting for the night before we continue on in the morning." Kenji had made sure to put on his cloak and mask to hide his features before entering the inn, so as not to scare anyone inside.
The old man nodded and showed them to their room. Kenji opened the door and stepped in. He checked the room over carefully, looking for any sort of surveillance equipment. When he was comfortable he turned to the man and nodded. The man gave him a key and went down the stairs. Kenji turned to Tsun and they agreed that they would get a goodnight sleep.
The next morning they left the inn, after paying of course, and continued down the road. If they kept up at this rate they would be at the village tomorrow afternoon. They made their way and saw that there was a group of people coming toward them. They had weapons on their backs, some in their hands. They looked like a group of bandits, no more than six. Kenji thought to himself.
"Hold there you two, this here is our road and no one gets by without paying the toll." Kenji was right in his assumption.
"Ok how much?" Kenji said, he didn't like paying disreputable people like this, but they had a mission elsewhere.
"As much as you have." One of them snickered.
"Fair enough." These guys obviously had no idea that Tsun and Kenji were shinobi. He remembered that both he and Tsun wore their bands on the same arm, and their arms were covered by each of their cloaks.
Kenji intentionally moved his cloak so that they could see the leaf insignia. Some backed up a little bit, one decided to ask. "Hey, you two ninja? Ninja from the Leaf Village?"
'Oh why yes we are. My name is Kenji and this here is my protégé, Tsun. We are travelling to the Land of Rivers. I had no idea that the road leading to it was your road. I would have packed more money." Kenji was using the training he had received from Ibiki to its fullest potential. "Now, how much was that you said?"
"Um boss we had no idea that these guys was ninja. What do we do?" One of the larger ones said.
"They are willing to give us the money I say we take it." The lead man said.
"Oh it looks like I spent the last of my money on that inn up the road last night. I'm sorry I just don't have any." Kenji had slipped all his money into one of his pockets as he pulled out his coin purse.
"Then we will just have to pay that inn a visit." The lead man said.
"You will not harm that inn, or that man understood." Kenji said with a glare.
"Someone is going to pay us, maybe your little twerp here?" The lead man stated.
The lead man took a step toward Tsun, who nodded at Kenji, who then nodded right back. "Glass clone Jutsu!" "Water Clone Jutsu"
Soon the six men had four enemies to fight. Kenji took a step toward the leader and began doing random hand signs for intimidation factor then function. Tsun did the same and took one more step forward. One of the men tried to strike the glass clone, which shattered on impact covering the man in razor sharp glass.
The lead man screamed, "I'll kill you for that."
"Well you can't deny that they are loyal to one another. Tsun do it now."
Tsun did a series of hand signs and then raised his hands, "Glass Storm Jutsu!" He said as he lowered his hands. Soon the men were getting shredded by a sand storm, of glass. They screamed in agony before Kenji told Tsun to dispel it. The men were shredded, their clothes as well. They huddled up on the ground and were crying.
"I don't want to hear about you harming or robbing any more travelers. Think about it, if that was what my pupil could do, imagine what I could do." Kenji said holding one of their heads up so that they could look him in the eye.
Kenji and Tsun continued down the road and stopped for a break shortly after noon. They made a lunch of fish and potato stew and relaxed under a large oak tree. Kenji would quiz him on berries that were safe to eat and the different type of natures that people could have. After a while they got up and continued on the road.
When they arrived in the Land of Rivers it was raining, at least they were wearing their cloaks. They made their way to the Village of Reeds stopping and asking for directions when appropriate. When they arrived in the village, people were shutting their doors and windows as they passed. They would avert their eyes and hide their children. They finally found the man who they were supposed to meet.