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Kuro flinched for a moment, the vines reacting to his emotions as the ones closest to Kaida started to wilt, but quickly returned to normal.

"I'm simply stating proper etiquette." Kuro's jutsu was starting to take on a will of its own now. More trees began to be entangled with vines, truly making the area his. Feeding off the other plantlife instead of his chakra, this was only stage two of Kuro's "parasite vine". Kuro's expression was unchanging as this process silently took place, making it seem that even he wasn't aware of it.

((Foreshadowing Kuro's more sinister nature twisted ))

Ignoring the new person completely, Humbra remained on the long vine. Even through the twisting of Kuro's feelings, which in turn twisted and contorted the vines, the Gennin remained on the swaying bit of green. His eyes then closed, as he began to block the world from his mind.

He continued to walk on the vine, clearly focusing on his chakra controll in order to perfect his control.

Humbra leaped off the rope. He stood there, looking at the soon to be Kagess. The shinobi frowned, thinking about what she was saying after he had listened to her last few words. "Kaida. Kuro is an Academy Student. I presume this red-haired nin is also an academy student." The Gennin's eyes remained on her. "In the act of fairness, if you send him away you must also send our friend away as well."

"And, if you consider it dangerous, think about Myou. She's only a sparse few meters away from us. We're probably in the safest place in Grass Village right now since she's here."

Kaida stood there a moment listening to what Humbra had to say. She took in account the act of fairness and glanced to the boy. "If you stay out here you stay with us. That also means you return when we do. Got it?" Kaida turned and walked over to Humbra putting her hand on his shoulder. "He is in your care."

Removing her hand from his shoulder she lept onto the vines and began practicing again and again and again so that she could get it right. She didn't want to be some joe smoe ninja. She wanted to be a Kagess that held the power and respect of her peers. A kage was to be the strongest ninja of the village and she had to keep up her game to make sure that she was among the elite..

arrow Forests Outside Kusagakure

Trees... glorious kings of the earth. The source of sustained life on this twirling ball of mud.

Seated calmly on a branch of one of these trees, a teenaged-boy watched other young ninja training their skills. If anything, he seemed rooted to the spot, swaying with the branch and enjoying what sunlight could reach him.

With a careful motion of a practiced hand, the teen slicked back green-streaked hair, to better expose it to the light. He seemed to do little else than watch the others, for now; save cleaning his glasses from time to time.

Kaida practiced walking across the vines again and again and again, each time improving alittle. She glanced over every once in a while to see what Kuro and Humbra were up to but she for the most part kept to herself. She practiced consistantly until she was able to get across at a moderate pace and at last her chakra was at a dangerously low point. She lept down from the vine and looked up to Kuro and Humbra. "I need to rest..."

arrow Forest

Maizen leaned back against the warm bark of the tree's trunk, an old birch in fact, watching Kuro and Kaida and Humbra practice their chakra control.

He didn't know them, of course, but they were out in the patch of forest he liked to sun himself in, and it was more interesting than watching squirrels store nuts.