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Rhaim parted from the handshake with Tenma and fell back into a resting position with his palms on the ground supporting the weight of his body. He stared up at the sky which was showing no sign of getting any clearer, though not quite threatening to rain either. On any other day it would have been the perfect time to go sit up in a tree and take a nap. However he was a bit beat from the exams and the fight with Taiju only moments ago. Dried blood was still evident above his right eye, though there was no scarring thanks to the expert care of the high ranking ninjas that had virtually fought over healing him. His mind drifted off to how he was going to breach the subject of the offer he had given Tenma before. For all he knew she may have decided to take up living in one of the Genin dorms.

He was pulled from his contemplations by the sound of her mentioning his name and then realised that she had actually not forgotten nor had she changed her mind. The boy was slightly relived since that meant his mother would not have made too much food for supper and thereby forcing him to eat it. He made no attempts to change where his eyes were fixated.

"Unless I've been transfered, I'm already assigned to squad one. So I won't waste your guys' time talking about myself."

There was a slight pause in her mindset but it soon kept rolling with Rhiam's sudden breaking news. It only seemed natural that they would split the three rookies up with more experienced genin, but the child truly hadn't considered it. Now she was left with the question of who it the names of the spirits were her team mates. So, now instead of staying with a team mate she would be staying with a friend...who also happened to be a ninja. It wasn't all that bad at all. A smile slipped on her lips, Tenma wasn't going to let him off that easy. "Well then, who all is on your team?" Naturally this was tossed in Rhiam's direction.

Tairu was slightly surprised to find that Rhaim was already assigned to a squad. Though he found the idea of them being assigned to more experienced squads even weirder. Tairu may not have known much about the shinobi world but he heard his relatives talking about a lot and it was a clear tradition for novice genin to be put with an experienced Jounin.

Well those name are kind of weird. Wait, did he say Masasto Kurokawa? where have I head that name before? *I'm Masato Kurokawa, but you can call me Kuro!* Oh that's right, I met him in the mountains.

"Hey I know Kuro, I met him earlier this morning. I taught him how to do the hand seals and then we did the cloak of invisibility together."

There was something odd in the length of response that Rhaim gave. Tairu was a bit confused, he thought perhaps that Rhaim might have been a little more enthusiastic. it was then that Tairu's stomach growled. Oh that's right, I still haven't yet." Tairu was now realizing that he was quite hungry and he decided that it was time to head home, lest his mother worry about where he was since he really wasn't supposed to leave the estate. "Well if you'll excuse me, I'm going to head home now guys." Tairu told Rhaim and Tenma. With that Tairu stood up and walked away from the group. I wonder what mom made for lunch today?

[Exit to Konoha Housing]

Rhaim nodded his head in the direction of the leaving Hyuuga before standing up himself. He began to wipe himself off and sighed wondering if it was worth it to try and stall the inevitable humiliation of bringing the girl home. Though he had no qualms with having her around, the idea of what his sisters were going to say was a bit unnerving. On the plus side he wasn't stuck thinking about it for long as Tenma brought the topic up herself. The Nara pulled down his bandana and looked away from the girl towards his house. Or at least the direction that he thought his house was in.

"I guess it'd be best to introduce you to my family. Then we can move your stuff over from where you have it now. Unless that's not ok."

Rhaim shook his head lightly and slid his hands back into his pockets, where they belonged. It was still early enough that his sisters may not be back from whatever taskings they had. There in fact was no better time to get through with the worst part than right then. His resolve was fairly solidified however when she expressed a felling that perhaps he was somehow embarrassed about her. Now he had to man up and not let her feel any worse than he already had, or his dad might get involved in picking on him. He craned his neck back around to speak to Tenma before leading them on.

"Yeah it's definately uncomfortable. But most of the stuff that makes me uncomfortable ends up being good for me. Plus this is about you, not me."

((Exit to Konohagakure))

( the following post takes place in a different time frame. While arzya is doing the henge training )


Kuroi let out a sigh. Well at least what was probably a wolfs equivalent to a human sigh. Whatever this was that he was doing was taking forever. Sure he was completely unaware of how many times he had done it, then again he was a mutt. Mutts don't know how to count. They don't even know the concept of numbers. Well this ball of black fluff didn't. If other canines did he was not aware of it.

The main reason why this was taking him so long was the fact he ran out of energy really fast. It was try it. Get tired from it. Then rest for the next one. Over and over he had been doing those steps. He was still exactly how he had first started. Not once had he managed to succeed. Not wanting to stay on his four legs any more the cub laid down. With his head resting on his front paws he gazed out into nowhere. After a while something flying caught his eye. His eyes following the creatures movements. It was a butterfly. Slowly it flew close to him. After circling around him it flew off and landed in flower. If it wasn't for the fact he felt tired he would've been chasing after it.



CP: 1/1

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Wind seemed to suddenly gain force around the beautiful memorial, the nostalgic leaves rising and swirling around. Kiyoshi appeared with the wind, his hair a bit wild while the wind died down. Kiyo was on one knee, his hands on the ground keeping his balance. The leaves die down slowly, showering the Jounin. He slowly looked ahead, opening his eyes. The Uchiha's Sharingan looked over the memorial, his eyes casually seeing his past with Shikaheimi in the stone for the fallen.

The Jounin stood up, crossing his arms. He sighed once more, where did Nakamura go? She was certainly faster than him-- could she have forgotten the way?

The tomoe slowly spun, his stream of consciousness flooding over with memories from his days with Hitoki's team. Such lovely days. The nostalgic moment suddenly shattered as he saw Aryza far ahead, running at the full speed her little body allowed. A small smile came over his face at that moment, Konoha had a bright future.

That girl was going to be on his team soon. He still remembered three years ago when he first saw her pictures~

Kids grow so fast.

The ninja sighed once more, looking around. He was kind of looking forward to be a Jounin mentor but certainly didn't expect ever to be as wonderful and patient a sensei as Hitoki, but it wouldn't stop the heir from trying~