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Jiro watched his Shouhin leave him there, knowing that he wasn't in any danger. Well, he was, but not from Dusk trying to purposely hurt him or anything. His eyes showed how grateful he was for this chance to learn something new and he nodded after his explanation. it did make a lot of sense, especially since he wasn't a Kuulatris and therefore, would be nothing like them. "I want to learn more weapons. I train with a sword and a staff for right now. I find that trying more weapons is a lot more fun and gives one additional abilities as well.." He only spoke after Dusk had finished speaking because it was rude to speak in the midst of a lesson.

When given his order, he looked over at the trees he had pointed to. Well.. this was going to be very interesting. "Hai!" Taking off towards it, running as fast as his small legs allowed, he leapt up and managed to grab a low hanging branch and swing himself up onto it. This was a new lesson for him so he wasn't incredibly fast. He even slipped a few times, but he had fast enough reflexes to grab onto anything that would provide him a good foothold, even using his chopsticks a couple of times in order to keep him up and not touch the ground. By the time he made a complete circuit, he was panting a little bit, but he had a huge smile on his face. That was cool! He needed to practice a lot mroe to become good at it.

Taking the towel gratefully, he wiped off his face and the back of his neck as he rejoined him. He did know that he hadn't broken any records and that hadn't been his point, or else Dusk would have just asked it of him. The point was to get through it once and he had managed that.

But his eyes lit up as he took in the weapons he had set up for his training. They were all so damn awesome and he had to keep himself in place and not go running over to them like he wanted to. He seriously loved weapons. All sorts, he wasn't overly picky, though he did have an ultimate fave.. or two. "I am honored to have such a wide choice of weapons to learn from!" Trying not to squee as he looked them all over, he looked up at Dusk when he said he did a good job and bowed even more deeply. "Thank you, sensei!!"

His eyes were glowing in happiness and eagerness as he explained what the two metallic half circles were and what they did. His eyes showed a deep evil intent at the thought of slashing through someone without leaving a mark as he carefully took hold of each one in a wrapped hand. They weren't too heavy either, which was rather nice. Hefting them carefully, he looked them over with a critical eye. There was only one place to properly nold them and the rest were so jagged.. this wsa something he had to concentrate completely on or else he would kill himself instead of anyone else.

Since he practiced spinning things with his chopsticks, he gave one of the wheels a careful spin. Just to see if he could. It was much slower going and he almost nicked himself but he made a couple of circles without any harm to himself. The slow grin that developed on his face said it all. He would want to learn about these a lot more as well. "Wicked...."

When Akiya had told him about Dusk a few weeks after he had been brought to this place, he had always found him fascinating. Someone who was good at weapons and hand to hand, who had fought in a war.. nevermind that he hadn't really wanted to be in it at all... but continued to teach. He had decided a long while ago that if he was going to be taught, he wanted that man to do it. So to actually be in his presence was an incredible honor to the Tale. "I do like them.. but I want to learn about the others as well."

Setting the wheels back down carefully, he moved over to the tonfa and studied them. Break a man's bones without leaving a mark? And causing internal bleeding?! Oh hell yeah, sign me up! He had to pause a moment and place a hand onto his head. The Other side of him was getting a bit too excited at the thought of destroying a personw ith a single blow and he had to force him back before he could continue. This was more for him to learn than anything else. Mastering weapons wasn't just about the body to Jiro. It was also about strengthing his concentration and his own self control. He would show the Other that he was the one strong enough to handle this body. "You'll teach me pressure points? Like how to put people to sleep as well?"

Jiro smirked a little bit. If nothing else, he tried to keep as open a mind as humanly possible. And living in Homegrounds, one seriously needed to have one. "I use my chopsticks mainly as weapons. They make nice throwing weapons heh.." He took one out and spun it between his fingers tips as he listened intently to what he was telling him. All this was very interesting to him and important to know.

His eyes were focused just on his face and Dusk knew that he would listen to anything and everything he told him. Ah, Dusk's children. From what Shouhin told him, Dusk did not have a small family. Other than his two mates, he had a lot of children. Salhii, who was his eldest, Shobu, Hotsuma and his triplets; mathius, Amayoki and Lexus. He had another named Ryuki, but he was born between his two mates.. which confused the hell out of Jiro and Sah said he was too young for him to even try to explain that family. All he had to know was that they were all strong in what they did and was the strongest Family in all of Homegrounds at the moment. "Hai hai. So.. what's next?" His bounced on the balls of his feet, rather eager for more.

"As melee? No.. because these aren't craft for it, sadl.." He actually pouted before he heard him mention Iruka and his eyes shot back to him, hero worship very obvious there. "M-Master Iruka?! THE Master Iruka?! You could get him to actually do a weapon for me?!" His heart was hammering in his chest before he clung to Dusk's leg, looking up at him with hopeful eyes. "Please make me your disciple!!" Iruka was one of the weapons masters he constantly drooled over whenever he was in Zyukori marketplace but Akiya had told him it was impossible to get him to take requests, except for certain people. To have a weapon by such an amazing Elder.. would be such an honor!

Forcing himself to get ahold of himself and let go of his leg, he watched him take out the whip dagger and use it against the tree. This would most definately be the hardest weapon for him to learn. But... it looked like fun! "So.. I'll get to try all of these weapons, Master Dusk?"

Coughing and looking rather ashamed about his rather... out of character outburst, he rubbed the back of his neck and hoped that Dusk would either a: forget it ever happened or b: not hold it against him. He couldn't help his like of weapons, though he wasn't entirely sure where this like stemmed from. All he knew was that he enjoyed reading about them and seeing pictures of them and when he had one in his hands.. he felt so much more.. secure. Somehow. "Wow... I remember Shouhin saying that they were friends, but he wouldn't ask him something like that for me. Because he is so busy as Elder and everything... but I would be honored just to see the man, let alone have one of his weapons."

The fact Dusk and Iruka were friends didn't seem to surprise Jiro. It made the most sense to him. When the whip dagger was handed to him, he carefully took it, a hint of doubt showing in his eyes. This was an entirely new weapon for him to use so he felt a bit awkward.. but he would learn this anyway! He wanted to know how. The knowledge that he would get stronger from this training pleased him immensely and he grinned up at him. "Please show me how to properly use this weapon. I've never handled a whip before..."