. . . Meanwhile on Teiseigakure a few days before the chuunin exams, on Teiseigakure. "Is that your daughter out there Kensei? My she
is a fine fighter, taking on the Uchiha and Kajina down there, all by herself no less. I mean look at her go zipping around leaving trails of
lightning, truly it is amazing. She will make a fine heir to the Tenjou family name." An elder said to the Kazankage who watched the
battle between his daughter and her teammates, in preparation for the Chuunin exams. "Okay, okay, let's please take a break." The
boy said as he tried to catch his breath, wiping sweat from his brow as he laid on the ground. "I agree with Batsu, Rai. I get it, I can't
compete with you in hand to hand, now can we stop now?" Said the girl sweat running in between her bright red eyes that looked up
toward the morning sky. Rai hopped in place in excitement saying "Come on you guys your always telling me to keep going when we do
other training, so don't flake out on me when we practice taijutsu." Rai pleaded with her teammates. "Yeah, but, you suck at most of
the other training Rai, but your crazy good at hand to hand though." Batsu said as he watched the clouds. Rai stopped and dropped
her head in embarrassment saying "Well yea, I know that, but, I'm working on it and I'll get it eventually, right Ai?" The girl sat upright
and looked at Rai solemnly "Honestly, I don't think you are. I mean we've been working at your ninjutsu and genjutsu for awhile and
you haven't improved in the slightest. On the contrary, your fighting skill is on an unfair level by comparison. Your too fast, my sharingan
can't keep up with you and when I can your hitting me and it hurts probably more than it should, because of the lightning." Rai began
to search the ground as she reached for excuses saying "Maybe, I've just gotten a little better you never know and I try not to use it
but sometimes I get caught up in the moment. I don't mean to shock you." Ai shook her head in disbelief "Why do you always do this?
You don't need to be good at the other two your taijutsu's is good enough to carry you. That deformity, as you like to call it, that allows
you to generate electricity without consequence or the use of chakra, sounds like a blessing to me. Rai continued to search the ground
as she now rubbed her hands nervously, her voiced lowered to a mumble "My brother does it all why can't at least try?" Batsu now sat
up with a frown on his face saying "Your not Genkei, that's why. You don't have the same mother's, besides I doubt you could even
handle her training methods." Rai continued to mumble saying "I guess your right, I don't think she would want to teach me any way. .
." Ai stood and grabbed Rai's shoulders yelling "STOP THAT! You always do that, having these stupid little pity parties when we start
talking about what you can't do. I don't get it, your the next in line to be Kazankage! Where do you get this inferiority complex from!?"
Kensei continued to look on from the balcony he could see the sadness in his daughter, it had deep roots in her soul. He was unable to
make out what was being said but he heard Ai yell at Rai. "Oh dear, something seems to be awry down below. I'll go see what the
problem is, no one should be yelling at the daughter of the Kazankage like that, it's called respect you see." The old adviser began to
make his way off the balcony "No. Let it be, allow Rai and her teammates to deal with this." Kensei said without turning away from his
daughter. The old man looked back in surprise, unsure of what to do he slowly moved back toward Kensei. Rai didn't reply to the
question Ai asked. Scanning her eyes with the Sharingan Ai released Rai. "Do you really believe that your brother is that superior to
you? Rai looked away from Batsu and Ai saying "Maybe if I hadn't been born my brother would be the heir instead of me, I don't think I
can do it." Ai was shocked at what Rai had said, Batsu stood up and began walking toward Rai. Kensei's face reflected a look of
sadness as he continued to observe the depressing state of his daughter's soul. Batsu stepped in front of Ai and in one swift
movement hit Rai in the face, she fell to the ground. Her eyes swelled with tears as she held her cheek and looked up at the face of
Batsu. The old adviser was completely caught off guard, more so from the lack of reaction from her father. "Don't you ever speak like
that again, you understand me? Let this be the last time Sakurai Tenjou, as your friend and teammate I won't allow you to keep
spewing out this cowardly bullshit! You better start acting like your worth a damn, because if you endanger us with one of your
haphazard pity parties when we need you the most, I'll kill you myself. Batsu said with fury in his eyes that Rai had never seen. It
frightened her so much she was unable to speak. Rai just watched as her friends left the compound, leaving her. Rai curled up into a
ball and began to cry in self loathing. Kensei having seen enough jumped from the balcony where he landed on the grass below. He
walked toward his daughter and looked at her saying "What are you doing?" Rai quickly stood to her feet, wiping her eyes " I was just,
. . I got something in my eye and I was . ." Rai looked away from her father's gaze and at the ground. "You need to go to your friends
sweetheart."Kensei said with a light smile. Rai looked up at the face of her father, his turquoise eyes glowed brightly within the iris
shaped like a five point star. "What am I going to say to them, I'm sure they don't like me, they probably never did just like. . . " Kensei
caught her off as he placed a finger on her lips. He knelt as he spoke. "Listen I told you about that, your mother did what she thought
was best. She never intended for you to be a ninja to begin with, but now you have the chance to learn ninjutsu and genjutsu. I'm sure
your doing great at it. . ." Rai interrupted saying "I'm not. . ." Kensei interjected by continuing saying "Your friends are what should be
most important to you, your team they need you. So they can be whole, you understand?" Kensei asked with concern on his face. Rai
thought for a minute in silence, before lifting her head with a smile. She hugged her father and ran after friends thanking him as she
left. "Well my lord, job well done. For a second there you had me worried though." The old Adviser said as he laughed. Kensei merely
smiled as he continued to look on after his daughter.
