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[Moving to the travel thread. Fire > Rain]

Aya smiled a little as she looked at Hayato as they get out onto the street 80ryo richer, Aya looked to Hayato as he said he was alright with the plan of event she had set out, and informed her on why he wanted to go to his house, she thinks for a moment before nodding. "Well then, why don't drop by your house on the way, the is a training area just outside the village near the Kage cliff, my dad use to take me there when I first came to this village". Aya said cheerfully and smiled a little as she looked at him with her cheerful smile. ↕

When Notwen next opened his eyes, he was staring at a wooden ceiling. He could feel the pressure of countless bandages tied all over his body, but mainly around his torso. The dark-skinned blonde tried to move his head to get a better view of his surroundings but became dizzy due to the attempt. A dull ache washed over his body.
"You shouldn't try moving too much. The painkillers can only stop you from feeling so much discomfort." said the voice of a woman on the other side of the room. Notwen fought the urge to turn his head in the direction the voice had come from.
"Where am i?" he asked hoarsely. There was a sound of a book closing and a chair being pulled across a tiled floor. Moments later the face of a woman in her mid twenties appeared. Her face was slightly angular and round. Thin eyebrows rested above cat-like eyes, whose irises were a deep brown. Her hair was long, black and velvety, pulled back into a ponytail of a length the three-eyed Uchiha couldn't yet discern.
"You are in a village near the northern edge of Fire Country." answered the woman in a rolling accent that Notwen couldn't place. "When you were found, you were on the brink of death. It appears that you were involved in a vehicle crash, and got lucky, but not entirely." her last statement trailed off with a hint of regret that the dark-skinned blonde had picked up on.
"Wait," he said, "what do you mean by that?" The woman closed her eyes and sighed.
"Please calm down before i tell you. This revelation is surely something that you will not welcome well." Notwen tried to clear his mind, but the curiosity the woman had planted on him kept him from being completely calm. Once the woman saw that the Uchiha had calmed down she proceeded to speak. "This accident has destroyed your left shoulder. If your arm had remained, it would have become a hindrance to you. So therefore it had to be..." she trailed off, unable to continue.The dark-skinned blonde's eyes grew wide with shock.
No... It can't be... he thought. He tried lifting his left arm, but was only rewarded with a dull pain in the general area where it would be. Looking down, Notwen saw that the bulk of the bandages had been wrapped around where his shoulder would be, and beyond that he didn't see his appendage.

As the reality of the situation rained down on the three-eyed Uchiha, a choked sob broke through his lips. A twin stream of tears fell from the corners of his eyes and tickled his ears. I guess i will never be able to practice archery again. he thought, letting his emotions flow freely. He would have considered it embarrassing to show his tears to a stranger, but this was just too much to keep within himself. Archery was one of the activities Notwen had come to love doing. And with only one arm, how was he supposed to use jutsu? That and the fact that his internal chakra system was in shambles, and would need to be re-established from the ground up.

A few minutes after Notwen had closed his eyes, he was enveloped in the misty shroud of his dream-scape. He blinked a few times, then began walking around. It appeared as though he was walking through a ruined city. In the distance the dark-skinned blonde could see a faint glow coming up from the ground, so he made his way to it. Moments later he had arrived at a rather large clearing, and at its center stood Novvus, who was the source of light. The golden radiance that emanated from him filled Notwen with a warmth that soothed the core of his very being.

"Brother, i know what happened to you, and it pains me that i couldn't do anything to help you." said the black-haired boy. "But what made me happy is that even though you lost your arm and experience such heavy damage, you haven't given up hope." He paused and walked up to his brother, placing a hand on the blonde's shoulder. "Do you still wish to be a ninja, Notwen?" The three-eyed Uchiha looked into Novvus' blue eyes and without flinching said,
"Yes i do, brother." Novvus nodded and retreated back to the place he had been standing moments earlier.
"That's all i needed to hear. Your determination and will to survive has filled me with the power necessary to help reconstruct your chakra network." Notwen watched in wonder as a gargantuan tree sprouted from the mist-shrouded earth. It glowed with the same radiance as Novvus and had a translucent look to it, yet it was solid. Notwen could see seven spheres of color stacked vertically in the center of the trunk of the tree, and was delighted to recognize the colors of the chakras. The red sphere was below ground level in the roots, the orange sphere a few inches higher than the base, the yellow sphere around the middle of the trunk, the green sphere located where the first branches began to fan out, the blue sphere at the place where the trunk disappeared in the foliage, the purple sphere suspended in the branches, and finally the white sphere resting on the topmost branch.

All Notwen could do was gaze up at the splendor that was the Tree of the Seven Chakras. Now that it was there, he could feel new life returning to the broken dream-scape. Turning to his brother, the crippled Uchiha said,
"Thanks Novvus, i don't know what i'd do without you." The blue-eyed boy smiled.
"No need to thank me, it was your drive that enabled me to help you. Besides, this is still the beginning. The chakras still have to be opened manually, and when they are all open, the ruined city you walked through will be whole again." Notwen nodded.
"You're right, Novvus. Since the use of my chakra has been restored, all that needs to be done is heal my body, and it's something that will not happen overnight."
"Mmh. In any case, you can return to your body, brother. When you are able to meditate again, you know what to do."
"Yeah." Notwen turned and started walking the way he had come, his path now illuminated by the tree's light. "I'll be back as soon as i can." With that said, the three-eyed Uchiha's awareness dimmed until he found himself sleeping soundly.

The next morning Notwen awoke feeling more refreshed, yet still feeling the soreness of his wounds. Sunlight streamed in from an open window, forcing the crippled Uchiha to put up his right arm to block the blinding rays. From the shade his arm provided the hazel-eyed boy could make out more things that he had missed the night before, like the fact that he was in a one-room apartment. On the far side of the room Notwen saw a small kitchenette. The floor was tiled with alternating white and peach-colored squares. The counter was built from a rich red wood that was polished to a beautiful finish. A window was nestled right above the sink, granting whoever stood there a beautiful view of the surrounding forest. Over the stove he spied a pot of boiling oatmeal. The bubbling cereal released the sweet scent of honey and cinnamon, which made Notwen's stomach grumble after the previous night's measly dinner.

Next to the kitchenette was a study area equipped with two armchairs and a low coffee table crammed with neat stacks of papers. A bookshelf hugged the wall behind one of the armchairs, filled with volumes of varying colors and widths. It is there that he saw Rose sitting in an armchair. The young woman was reading what appeared to be an old medical tome, but the fact that she laughed made Notwen rethink his assumption. Pushing himself a bit higher, the dark-skinned blonde studied his immediate environment. He was in what appeared to be a small clinical ward, complete with a cabinet full of medical equipment. The bed produced a light creak as his weight shifted, causing Rose to look up from her book. She smiled at him and placed a beautiful hand-woven bookmark in the crease of the pages she was reading before closing the book.
"Good morning, Notwen." she said as she walked over to him. "How are you feeling today?" Notwen sat up completely and smiled at Rose.
"Good morning, Rose. I feel a lot better than i did yesterday." he replied. "But i still feel a bit sore." The woman nodded and proceeded to check up on his pulse, which she found to be stronger and more regular. With a nod Rose said,
"Good! Your vitals seem to have finally stabilized! How about your legs? Can you move them well?" The question had caught Notwen off guard. He hadn't actually tried to move his legs when he had come to the day before, nor moments ago when he sat up. With deliberately slow movements the dark-skinned blonde began to flex his knees, supporting himself with his arm. Once his knees formed acute angles, the three-eyed Uchiha straightened them out again. He repeated this action twice more to make sure he wouldn't feel pain.
"It doesn't hurt to move them, and i guess i can say they move well." said Notwen. Rose took a few steps back.
"Now try standing up." she instructed. Doing as he was told, the dark-skinned blonde turned to the left so that his legs dangled over the side of the bed. Before he put his bare fee on the ground Rose said, "Slip your feet into those." She was pointing at a pair of indoor slippers a few inches to the crippled boy's right. "The last thing you want is to catch a cold." Shifting over, Notwen slid off of the bed so that his feet landed on the house shoes. After properly putting them on his feet, he tried to stand, but a searing pain on the back of his knees caused him to wince and sit back on the bed.
"That hurt." said the crippled boy through clenched teeth, waiting until the pain had subsided. Once it had he said, "Looks like my legs can't support my weight yet." Rose frowned at the expression on Notwen's face. First she went over to the kitchenette to turn off the oatmeal, then she walked past the bed to where the medical cabinet was. Reaching behind the cabinet, the woman pulled out a single crutch. Walking back to the bed, she handed Notwen the metal crutch.
"This is the only thing in this village besides your own two legs that can hold you up. If things had turned out differently i would have given you a walker, but this is what you'll have to work with."

After adjusting the length of the crutch, Notwen fitted it under his armpit and attempted to stand up again. He succeeded in supporting his body without feeling any pain, but since his balance was off due to his missing arm, the crippled boy tipped to the right and fell over. Rose couldn't help herself and laughed as she helped the Uchiha back up to the bed.
"Rose, that's not funny." said Notwen, his face flushed. "It is downright humiliating." The woman succeeded in calming herself down and after clearing her throat, she said,
"I know, but you should have seen the look on your face." When the three-eyed Uchiha gave Rose a look that implied that he was not amused by her mirth, she became serious but still kept her smile. "Okay, i apologize. Try again." The crippled boy did, and this time he succeeded in maintaining his balance by moving the crutch away from his body. Without being prompted, Notwen tried walking forward. First he moved his left leg forward. After putting half of his weight on it, he moved the crutch and his right leg forward and past his left. The whole process took about two seconds, but after a few repetitions Notwen was walking at his usual pace with a slight lag between each step.

He nodded his head and then was off quickly. From where they were origionally standing, Ayay would make it to the training grounds before he even reached the outer limits of his house. He knew though his houses secrets though so it would be quite easy to get inside, after all he put everything there along with his parents. It took him about ten minutes to sprint to a spot in which was about a mile away from the house. This is the first test of three where silent but deadly. Quickly he focused his chakra to his feet and jumped onto the low sections of the tree's and started to bound off of every second or third tree. He did this for about a third of a mile, and then at a very specific point (mainly a rock on which he landed on), he dropped to the ground and closed his eyes as he mentally drew a map in which he remembered the next trap set. With a large breath taken, Hayato jumped up high and grabbed a branch and started to rock his body back and forth until he was around a fourty five degree angle from the ground in which he released the branch and lurched himself forward to another. He was now using enough momentum in which he didn't need to wait for the right swing angle, he just needed to time everything right. He'd done this enough though in which he knew the timing almost perfectly. Normally this would give people ripped up hands, but with Hayato he rarely had any marks as his hands were thicker skinned then normal only by a bit. This gave him a better resistance to minor cuts and other things like slivers. Ether way though, he kept his mind focused and the time flew by until he'd swung his way to only a quarter mile away from his house. At this time there was a very small pond in which he jumped right into from the last tree branch. With that he jolted out of the water and calmly walked to his houses front door. This whole process took about twenty five minutes but was all necessary. Once to his door, he placed his palm up to the keyhole and paused for a second. ten seconds passed and then locks started to click and the door opened up without touching the doorhandle. Inside looked small but it was an in and out job in which he thusly came out with a small package of some meat. He closed the door behind him and did the whole process again backwards. About an hour after they'd split up, Hayato arrived at the training grounds in which he looked over and walked up to Aya with package in hand. He bowed to her slightly and then looked at her. "Sorry about the wait, again I'm out of the way quite a bit as you could tell. Anyways, we ready to start?" he asked as he broke the brown tape on his package.

Aya had collected a few bits of wood, she smiled a little as she placed them in the barbecue pit and got some more wood, as she set up the pit so she could cook the food that she had brought while on the mission before, once she had the collected some extra wood and set it next to the barbecue pit, and moved back a little, and formed some hand seals, with a deep breath she moved a hand to her month in a released the breath she had taken. Three small fireballs formed and hit the pile or twigs and wood she had collected, setting the small pile alight, she had used the 'Fire Release - Phoenix Immortal Fire' jutsu she had learned years ago, with her mother.

Letting the fire heat up the grill over the pit, she looked at thing and then started getting things ready, cutting the vegetables so they were smaller but large enough to fit on the grill without falling though, same with some of the meat, humming a little as she got it all ready, checking the grill once hot enough she smiled a slowly place the thin bit of steaks on the grill with a light sizzle and the heat cooked the meat placing one of the container the vegetables came in so she had something to hold the meat when it was done, moving them and flipping them as she learned where to put them to cook them best.

When Hayato turned up a little later, she looked at at him as she removed some of the cook meat slices, as she added some vegetable to the girl. "Hey Hayato, the food I got is almost done, so come over, so did you think on what you wanted to try out training wise?".