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Tairu came down on his push up to quickly and twisted his arm. The pain hurt but he kept going with his push ups. Even though it hurts I have to become stronger he thought as he endured the pain. "This is basic training that a Hyuuga infant could do." Tairu grunted as he continued to do push ups. It was difficult for Tairu not to dwell on his fathers words while he did the push ups because he had plenty of time to think while he did the simple up and down repetitions.

"My name is Minoru. My last name is irrelevant. So you're a gate captain then? Why aren't you guarding it?" Was this man simply a lazy bum who was so drunk on his wealth and power that he thought himself above the rudimentary and pathetic job of guarding the cities gates? All the people depended on the guards to raise the alarm in case of attack. By sitting here so calmly, he threatened the entire village. It was enough to raise Minoru's ire. Still he had addressed himself as a Sennin, and that meant he had to be somewhat powerful. "If you are as you say, a Sennin, what are you doing playing the gate guard?"

[posting when tired is not recommended, please ignore the last one]


Pushing himself a little too hard, Tairu became a tad bit winded. Slowing down slightly just to catch his breath Tairu continued to do his push ups. "eleven, twelve, thirteen, fourteen, fifteen." he grunted. No matter how tired I become I must push forward and become stronger than I was at the beginning of my training. Tairu had gotten his breath back and after finding his pace again went back to doing a steady flow of up and down movements. "Down, up, sixteen, down, up, seventeen" Tairu said as he kept his pace.

The pain was annoying but Tairu kept going. He wasn't about to let a little physical pain prevent him from stopping the emotional pain he felt on a daily basis. This is nothing, I can keep going he thought for reassurance. "twenty one, down, up, twenty two, down, up twenty three.." Tairu counted out. His chin was getting redder as Tairu continuously forced it to touch the ground. As Tairu reached the half way point of his initial goal he decided that he was capable of seventy five push ups.

"So either you're off duty, slacking off, or as lazy as a nara... If you're not asleep, then that means you either just came from guard duty, or you're about to go. It's really no concern to me, although i'm sure the villagers would love to know what goes on in the world." Minoru shook his head before standing up and sighing. "To see someone brought so low by a family who have the audacity to call themselves 'royal' is sad. Yet it is a requirement to be a ninja. Truly, our values and are very spirits are rotten to the core." He turned and walked back towards his home, not caring about the other man. Duty was everything, and yet it appeared many ninjas decided it was best to renounce their loyalties to the once that supported them. 'Royal Family?' Hah! Nothing but a bunch of opulent upstarts more interesting in their own well being.

(Exit to Housing)

"My family may dislike the Senju." Said Michishirube, simply.

"But I have my reasons for respecting them."

Foolish, pitiful, brat.

Senju's position went only unchallenged...

...because if it was not for them, the village would not exist.

An image in his mind.

Proud bearers of the *Vajra (the Senju symbol is a modified version of the Hindu Vajra)...

Not just traditionally strong in the Ninjutsu arts...

Creators of Fuuin.

Controllers of nature - no - of life itself.

The "thousand armed" family...

...they weren't called that without a reason.

Blood was slowly oozing from the damaged area on Tairu's chin. This isn't a problem until it flows, he thought. Tairu was working hard and he was starting to feel it in his muscles. The more push ups Tairu did, the heavier his arms started to feel. The pain means that my workout is improving my body. Tairu thought in order to get a psychological morale boost. Still keeping track of his current count Tairu was approaching his original goal or fifty, and despite the pain he was still going strong.

Walking alone through the training ground number 22 Tairu remained silent, verbally and mentally. The fact that he had been up for almost twenty four hours and had spent a significant amount of that time training had worn down his energy. Wandering around the training grounds he walked in the area where the Memorial Stone was located. Tairu had never seen the memorial stone before and was awestruck when he saw it. The large stone was standing by itself, yet it was resolute in it's purpose. It reminded Tairu of how he him self must act in isolation. Walking over to the Memorial Stone Tairu sat down and began to read the names inscribed on the stone.