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"Indeed, not only that but I can add on that the kid from Leaf is also a Battojutus-ist much like myself, he notices the shift in the air currents when a drew my blade, that's something only a fellow battojutus-ist could detect." he stated as his taiyaki was again stolen. " ..." Kanzuki mearly sighed as he dropped his head in dissapointment. "So I wonder when that ANBU is gonna be here." Kanzuki thought as he took a seat at the base of a tree, not wanting to climb back up.

"Who know's maybe he's gonna teach us....TO WALK UP TREES!!!" Kanzuki laughed as he began to bored waiting on the Anbu to show up. " Man where is this guy aren't Anbu's ment to be timely sort of people." he groaned as he continued to wait, he wanted to go do more investgating.

Kanzuki let out a bored yawn as he saw the clones form, and with a lightning fast draw of his sword, hacked one of the clones in half, but to his amazement and shock it reformed, a normal clone shouldn't have been able to do that. "Ah I see, this is a genjutus..." he muttered with a sigh as he formed a single hand-sign. " Kai Release!" he stated as he pushed his chakra out, forceing the charka that Yamatano had put in for the genjutus out as well, " Well what'd you think of that!?" he laughed as he gave the only remaining Yamatano, the real one, a thumbs up.

(sorry man I gotta leave now. I'll probably come pick you up after dinner about 8. Kay?)

(It's 5 paragraphs, not 1........)

Yamatano stared in amazement at the ANBU on the side of the tree, standing as if he was on solid ground. As he unrolled the scroll, Yamatano looked over it carefully, trying to memorize the fundamentals before attempting the jutsu. "Alright, so Chakra must be applied to your feet, between the ball of the foot and the heel. That sounds easy! I can do this!" Yamatano thought, getting up to face the tree. Building chakra within the soles of his feet, Yamatano pressed one against the trunk of the tree..........and collapsed on his back as he attempted to lift the other one.

Undeterred, Yamatano got back up, reviewing in his mind what he might have done wrong. "Alright, so maybe I didnt use enought chakra. Thats ok, all I need is more!" Applying a much larger amount to his feet, to the point where the soles began to glow the smallest bit white, Yamatano tried again, making an indentation that cracked the bark and had him staggering backward.

Now annoyed, but still determined, Yamatano simply tried to control the chakra, rather than just use it. He tried to feel every movement of the chakra, how it flowed through the coils in his chakra system to the endings in his feet, how the chakra was maintained in a continuous flow, how he could feel the ground underneath him begin to hold firm. Confident in his movements, Yamatano took a step on the tree trunk, then another, then another, then another until he was at the height the ANBU was at previously. " Wow, I've done it! I've done it!" He cried happily, while Kuro simply rolled his eyes and looked for more Taiyuki.

(Kinobori/Kabenobori Learned)

Yamatano's one visible eye widened slightly at the sight of Riku entering their domain. He had known Riku was a genin, but to be able to advance to chuunin level this fast was quite a feat. Leaping off the tree and doing a somesault through the air, Yamatano landed in front of Riku. He had not forgotten what Riku had almost done to Kai, and likely wouldnt forget for a long time. Some time before Yamatano would have held slight fear of his ice abilities, but he had changed a lot since then, and not just in the fact that he was half a year older despite only a week passing outside the Caverns of Hebi. He was much stronger, and carried an air of hidden power. Looking Riku over, he said "So, you've come as our squadmate, ehh? Just make sure you win against an opponent from another village, we cant have the mist look bad in the Exams."