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Hikaru waltzed through the oasis once again. looking around at all the trees and rocks, and even the small body of water. Hikaru then looked closer at all of the scars of the battle grounds. he saw the katana slashes in the rocks from when Lokail said he couldn't cut a boulder in half. he then looked over and saw a bunch of little pieces of rock from when Lokail almost crushed him. Hikaru looked at his leg and could still feel the bruise from when he kicked the boulder and smashed it it too a bunch of tiny pieces. Hikaru's eyes continued to wander as he saw the trees cut down from his wind jutsu training that he had yet to finish, and finally his eyes landed on the small pool of water. the images flooded back to him as he recounted the events that he could remember. that was where he developed his split personality. "Well I guess it's time to get started." Hikaru said as he gave the oasis one more look over.

Scorching sun rays and the gentle sounds of woke Mika from her deep sleep. She slowly opened her eyes to stare right into the sun. 'Just my luck..' She slowly lifted her hand from beside her to block the suns borage of blinding rays. As her hand touched her forehead Mika winced. 'Owww..' Slowly Mika sat up, she now was sunburnt.. She had no idea how long she had been laying unconscious under the baking sun. The girl tried to think back, but it was vague. Looking around her, she was aware of where she was, but not of why she was asleep next to the pool of water. Mika let out a groan, she did not enjoy being confused. Mika stood from the sand, her clothes covered in sand. After brushing herself off, the girl started walking. She was on her way back home.

Shizuku lined up with the group of student. This oasis was different than what we was used to, but like Hikaru said: Being a ninja is about feeling, and understanding your surroundings. Deciding to be observant, Shizuku observed the surrounding area, and to be honest, it gave a pleasent and peaceful feeling to him, and possibly the other students. Sure he was still new to this kind of thing, but at this point, he was willing to do whatever it took to be a ninja, even survive Hikaru's "harsh" training. "Kazekage-sama, what kind of training will we have to endure?" He didn't mind asking this, since he was used to doing difficult tasks, esspecially at one.

Hikaru looked at Shizuku and saw a bit of confusion in his eyes as well as the eyes of the rest of the class. "I will say this once and only once. I will not tell you what kind of training you will be going through but know this, Being a ninja is about being prepared without being prepared. meaning you have to act on instinct. My methods may seem harsh but if you go on a mission unprepared it will be far worse." Hikaru said as he looked at the class lined up. "Now how many of you know your basic hand seals." Hikaru asked as he waited to see if he could start or not.

Toshiko stepped quietly into line and paid close attention to the Kazekage's words. He asked if anybody knew any of the basic hand seals. Oh, grandpa taught those to me, didn't he? Let's see, what were they again...? She quickly ran through a mental list of the hand seals before raising her arm, almost sheepishly. Is he going to quiz us on this? Oh, gosh. What kind of training is he planning to put us through? We're merely fledglings! She kept her focus on the Kazekage as she thought, not wanting to cast any more doubt upon her abilities. She quickly thought to straighten her posture, then pointed her chin slightly while looking the Kazekage in the eye.

Handsigns? They were pretty easy to understand, and easy to pull off. During the time Shizuku had a break from taking care of the house and his mother, he practiced the handsigns carefully. Figuring the Kazekage wanted an answer, Shizuku nodded, standing his ground and taking a mental note of each handsign. Feeling a slight irritation on his ankle, he tried to ignore the irritation while remaining focused.

Donki had fallen into line with the rest of the group fairly easy. He was at attention but relaxed in appearance compared to a few of the students, but then a few hours ago, he had be prepared to die. The Kazekage planned on using this place to build up being able to read their instincts and gut feelings as they learned. Easy way to kill two birds with one stone. At being asked about hand-signs he sighed and and shook his head. He knew a few but nothing fully committed to memory or that he could bring up instantly with perfect recall. He figured this was what the kazekage figured and he was going to find a way to burn all of them into reflex actions they wouldn't have to even think about using.