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Ion sneezed. Strange he didn't have a cold. A hot chick must have been talking about him. Ion grinned but that grin soon faded as he realised he didn';t have anything to train on now that the log is destroyed.

"Ahhh man"

"Alright, we've only a little way to go. Nobody is using the training grounds, we can practice there," Sakurai said. He started walking towards the training grounds and soon after broke into a run.

"Well maybe..... he's into the whole S&M thing," Rin said with a shrug. "And if so your the girl for him, you beat him enough as it is."

"Okay! Maybe we can have a quick sparring match after?" He chuckled, with each step the two grew closer to the training grounds.
'I've never seen him fight...I wonder if he's a strong as I've heard...' Karai thought, his mind racing.

Sokitsu held down his hood in the whipping wind. He hated wearing one, but his superiors requested it of him. He was riding on a great paper bird, of route to his headquarters in Wind Country. The information on Ifuuki excited him and he almost left to confirm it himself, but reporting it came first. Without orders he was not allowed to move. But soon his clan's great ambition will come to fruition.

Akira had grown bored of the current conversation that Rio and Issui had been involved in, involving Rio's girlfriend back home. Akira wasn't soon planing on being romantically involved with anyone, and consequently found no part of the subject to latch on to mentally.

He excused himself from the two and began walking through the training grounds until he 'saw', at least through his "eyes that see truth", a young boy performing a taijutsu maneuver, probably a rendan of some sort. Akira's senses easily noticed the placing of the explosive tags, though he admitted to himself that the younger ninja did so smoothly. After the combination attack the boy seemed to become somewhat distressed as he sat down, thinking to himself.

Akira was a little curious and decided to indulge his mental wanderings due to his free time. He performed a skillful Katon Sunshin, moving with incredible speed, his best strength, and appearing in front of the boy, crouch down and standing on t he balls of his feet, arms wrapped around his knees. He had a slight smile on his and calm look to his face, though as always he had his eyes closed.

"Something getting to you?" He asked Ion with in a tone that didn't really sound caring, but rather curious.

"Hm," Akira said as he rubbed his chin. "I do not know this Isshin Renshin technique myself, but I must tell you, learning a new justu is like obtaining a new weapon. The weapon itself does not make you stronger, only the illusion that it does. The real strength you get is from the training itself that you went through to learn the jutsu. Believe me when I say that the stronger your body and mind are, the stronger the jutsu you already have will be and stronger the ones you learn will be. See through the illusion that your weapon makes you strong and you have already achieved your mental strength and clarity."

Akira stood up as he said, "I could teach you another technique if you wish."

"Really?" Akira said, "what a happy coincidence, that happens to by my natural affinity. Lets start with the basic flame jutsu. Tell me, do you know Katon: Goukakyuu, the great fire ball? That is the best place to start from."