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The hyuuga smiled as he saw that she was basically drained of the bulk of her chakra. "Hey I think we can call it a day. I don't think you can take much more punishment. Plus you have learned a lot today already." He said with a smile. "I'll see you sometime soon to give you more training." He said with a bow as bodyflickered out of the area. He was somewhat glad too as he left. He didn't feel all that comfortable with the Benimaru watching his every movement. Hayate watched as the Hyuuga left. He kicked off of his leaning post, the tree, and walked toward Chiyo. "You ok?" He asked as she looked pretty exhausted.

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He smiled to her as he smiled behind his shinobi mask. "It is no trouble at all. Try and get that Hyuuga to help you more next time ok? If he doesn't just tell him that Hayate Benimaru will be after him." He said as he patted her head a bit. Since he was much older than her, he treated her like a little girl. Since in reality she was compared to him. "You go and get some rest ok?" He said as he was getting ready to leave. "If we meet up again, lets try and have a spar or two." He said as he waved his hand at her as he put his back to her. He vanished with a simple body flicker technique. He ended up on the high tree tops not too far away as he looked toward the fledgling Hyuuga. He hoped that she would become a powerful shinobi so that she would not end up dead like countless shinobi. He stood straight up as he looked about the village. He learned a few techniques watching the various shinobi around him and knew that he needed to find out more techniques. He saw that a few shinobis were watching him and he didn't take any more time as he body flickered away from the area.

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Suoh looked around the Konoha gates. There were much more people around here than he was used to. He quickly found his way to the vicinity surrounding the academy. Some people had given him odd looks because of his Hidden Mist headband but he was here primarily for his old friend Ten Ten. They had not seen each other in almost two years and he needed replacement scrolls for his Rising Twin Dragons Technique. Suoh spotted her a couple yards away mimicking a motion to several gennin with a kunai in her hand. One of the small children pointed at Suoh and Ten Ten turned around. When she saw the mis village ninja with the blue visor she smiled and handed the kunai to one of the kids and began walking over to Suoh.

"What are you doing back here," Ten Ten asked playfully.
"My scrolls are damaged and I need some new ones," Suoh responded. She would understand he was talking about the scrolls containing his weapons for Rising Twin Dragons Technique.
"Sorry to disappoint you but our training system has changed somewhat since you were last here and you will have to learn a new technique before you get when you came for," Ten Ten explained
"Really," commented Suoh, "I wasn't planning on staying that long but I guess I can hang out for a little longer than I intended."
"Good," replied Ten Ten, "Just let me grab my kids and we will go outside the village to teach you Tobidougu."

Suoh found himself outside with Ten Ten and the cell she was currently residing over. The girl Nino appeared to be the leader and behind her was another girl, much more shy, named Kishi, and then a boy, apparently a year or two older than the girls, named Ketsugo.
Ten Ten began explaining how this training would take place, "Suoh, you will use one of your old scrolls. Nino, Kishi, and Ketsugo each already know Tobidougu. You will have to hit all three of them with a single Tobidougu Technique in order to pass this exam. You are forbidden from using any other technique."

Suoh rummaged inside his shirt and pulled out on of the scrolls. It had several holes in it from wear and tear over the years. At most, probably ten percent of the symbols were no longer active because of the wear. It wasn't too bad but in a more dire situation it might have been that ten percent standing between life and death for Suoh. After seeing Suoh ready himself the three small gennin readied themselves. Nino pulled out a single kunai, Kishi pulled out a scroll as well that appeared to be much thicker rolled up which meant much more room for weapon symbols when unrolled. Ketsugo cracked his knuckles, apparently to use some counter technique. With a hard flick of the wrist Suoh flung his scroll in the air and it began to unravel. He jumped inside it as it curled upward and he saw what the little gennin had in mind.

Nino, kept her reaction hidden, never moving. Kishi unravelled her scroll as well and mimicked Suoh's actions by jumping in the air within the long curling reedy surface of her scroll. Ketsugo did a few simple hand symbols and suddenly a clone appeared next to him in a small puff of smoke. Suoh find himself hitting the apex of his leap. His hands flew around hitting all the available symbols he could reach. Once or twice his hands came back empty, it had tried for one of the defective symbols. He hurled the items out in a wide spray among the three opponents. Ketsugo simply stood there. The weapons thudded into the grass around him but not a single one hit the real Ketsugo. The clone was an easy sacrifice requiring almost no chakra. The clone did take a kunai to the chest and disappeared. Kishi shot out a much larger initial barrage than Suoh had managed. All the weapons aimed at her were deflected and her excess pinned the ground at Suoh's feet. Nino simply made a couple quick sweeping moves with her main hand holding the kunai and deflected each of the attacks.

Suoh landed on his feet and shook his head. He knew he would be rusty with a technique he learned so long ago but he had no idea he would do so pathetically. He must be letting the odds psyche him out. While he was collecting all his weapons Ten Ten had a brief talk with her students and gave them a break down of what they did well and what they could continue to improve upon. Suoh pulled out his second scroll. This scroll only had one defect and that was the first symbol on the scroll which had been smeared after being submerged in water. Suoh knew he wouldnt have a problem using it because it would be the last symbol he would use. Each student readied themselves, apparently to attempt the same maneuver as before. Suoh unfurled the first inch or so of the scroll before crouching down. With a jump into the air Suoh unfurled the scroll for his technique.

Using both hands, his fingers scrapped gently across each symbol. Catching scythes, kunai, and throwing stars of various sizes. Whatever he had on hand when he sealed them inside the scroll so long ago. He launched two handfull at either end of the opponents. His hands never stopped moving and quickly turned back to the scrolls and continued grabbing weapons for the next assault. His first wave reached Ketsugo. Ketsugo leapt to one side and his clone to the opposite. The weapons were spaced at perfect intervals so that each was hit. The clone took a kunai to the knee and puffed into smoke. The real Ketsugo was hit in the small padded arm shield he wore. It most liekly wasn't strong enough to draw blood because Suoh had focus on accuracy as opposed to strength but it was definitely a hit. Turning his other eye to Nino with her own defensive kunai strategy he already knew he had her defeated. Suoh had managed to triple layer kunais in each others shadows. So she would have to deflect not only two but three all at the same spot to avoid getting hit, all the while weapons would be fast encroaching on other parts of her body. She brought he kunai across her front form her hip to her shoulder and managed to block many. She caught the first shadow kunai in her off hand but the third spelled her doom. It stuck in her lower left rib. Her eyes opened wide in pain. Hitting the bone was a small price to pay as opposed to taking a direct hit to one of her vital organs. She would definitely be sore in her abdomen for a day or two but blood loss and permanent damage would be minimal.

The weapon array was narrowing in on Kishi, the final student, who was countering Suoh's Tobidougu Technique with one of her own. She easily deflected the first few but Suoh threw two more handfuls, one a moment after the other. Kishi was focused on the ones directly in front of her. She didnt see the single one Suoh had managed to slip from his vest during all the commotion. He tossed it into a high arc above both their heads. As she was taking out the ones in front of her the single one from above hitthe scroll above her head. The entire roll of paper moved back from Kishi. Her hands attempted to follow it at first but then she realized it was being ripped from her grasp. Now she was falling back tot he earth without anything to defend herself. Suoh launched the last little bit of weapons he could get his hands on and she knew she was beaten. She signalled her defeat by gabbing one out of midair and giving herself a small cut on the palm before landing on the ground and kneeling to protect her front while the rest of the barrage landed all over the wooden shell she had on her back under her clothes.

Suoh landed on the ground with a smile. He looked over to Ten Ten who was walking over to her students smiling, "Just so you know they went easy on you."

"They might have on that first barrage but I won fair and square, just like you said," Suoh responded.
"Fair enough," Ten Ten began, "I will vouch for your expertise in the Tobidougu Technique and give you new scrolls that can stand up to the damage yours have seemed to accumulate over the years."
"I would really appreciate it," Suoh said holding out his palms to receive the two new scrolls which were glossier, and more thickly rolled than what he had previously used.

Ten Ten concluded the training before heading back to town by saying, "You should stay here and learn a couple more technique before going back to where you came from."

Suoh nodded in agreement. He would have to see who he could find to train him.

In the hokage's tower the kage himself of leaf would sit. His chair was facing the wall as he had finally finished some paper work reporting and solving all the mistakes in such harsh and drastic effects done to his village. A moment of silence hit his room as he thought to himself of why he had become hokage of leaf. It was a sure pleasure having all the fame and glory of making it to such a position but lately he had been away from his town threw his own train of thought or other minor buisness. His mind was racing with thoughts of such selfishness. Nothing made him more dissapointed in himself then not protecting the one place where he worked so hard for as a young boy to make it to where he is now. A sign would come from him as he turned his chair around and stared out the window to see his precious village in its current view. His hand would touch the glass and slide down it with a slight lag hitting the wooden board that supported it. He looked down at his hands clutching them together and cracking all his knuckles still knowing that he was infact young, but maybe that was his mistake. Becoming Hokage takes not only skill, but knowledge of many decades coming from battles, lessons and just plainly life. His mouth would lightly move as he mumbled something to himself and walked back to his chair to hide in the darkness of his tall chair and the wall he was stareing at before.

"Maybe its time for me to resign..."

After his encounter with Adonis, Aozame continued to wander through fire country. He was still searching for missing ninja. Those who had abandoned their village met a swift end as soon as they crossed paths with Aozame. He hat stopped relying on his electrolocation pores. He figured he he stopped using his eyes all together, he would go blind. Using his eyes again took some getting used to. He was used to seeing the world in a vast web of electical currents. The bugs in the trees. The birds in the air. The fish in the sea. He could no longer sense them but he figured it would be useless to waste chakra on such trivial things. He suddenly stopped as a ninja came into view. Along side him was a dragon. This was highly unusual to see. With his hunter nin mask, covering his face he made a string of hand signs causing a dense mist to enshroud the area. He appeared behind Yada with a kunai held to his throat as he whispered "You don't seem native to Fire Country. State your name and homeland. You best be careful how you answer. I have no pity for traitors."

"Hidden Heaven? Psh. That puny village couldn't win a war against one of the five Great Shinobi Villages. They apparently know nothing of Mist's violent nature." Aozame said with a chuckle. As the dragon lashed out, Aozame jumped back pulling the kunai away from Yada's throat. A dust began to seep out of Aozame's clothing. He grabbed his hunter nin mask and adjusted it so that it was tilted on the side of his head. His gills flexed back and fourth tasting the water in the air. Aozame scowled at the dragon as he said "You should keep that thing on a leash otherwise I'll have myself a new pair of dragon hide boots."