Brothers...

[Ito Akida]

Ito Akida

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Sitting on one of the highest buildings in the village Ito peered down across the village. Gentle droplets of rain flowing down on a cold breeze, Ito pulled his hood up tighter over his head. A small chill shook through his hands as they shook from the cold. He needed to get out of the rain for a bit, maybe head somewhere warm.

A step toward the edge of the building and then his foot floated over nothing as he descended towards the earth far below. A turn in mid air as he formed the seals seconds later a bellow of air erupted below him. His glider wings popped open as he sped across the current of air sailing across the city a shriek of wind heard in his wake.

A few minutes later he landed with a soft thud onto the earth, turning his gaze towards a building he walked towards the door stepping quickly to get out of the rain.

Once inside Ito shook the floating droplets of rain from his jacket walking down a few hallways of the training facility. Finally entering a large empty training room Ito peered down the range to the targets on the far end. Clearly chips and pieces of the targets could be seen destroyed or missing from constant use, but today Ito was alone in the room at least for now.

Shedding his large rain jacket Ito prepared himself for the training he had planned for today, starting with some stretches he allowed the warmth of the building to improve his rising spirits.

[Siyoshi Tengata]

After he finished his morning warm-ups Tengata began to jog toward the training grounds. He always did his warm-up as at home while usually going to the training area to practice his jutsu. Today he was turning a new leaf as, its a promise he made himself on the day he found himself. Now it was time to expand his training further then just a mere style that has been unchanged for years. It was time that he became his own man, and became the shinobi that he always dreamed he would be.

With the hood of his now soaked hoodie up he jogged through the streets of Ame, as the sun still fight to raise into the sky. Warm rain dripped down to the ground splashing into puddles that littered the muddy streets. He could feel the thick mudd squeeze between his toes with every step he made, this was the best he had felt in years he thought as he looked up to the sky.

Finally he arrived at the training grounds where he was supposed to meet his brother. Running a little late Tengata rushed in to see Ito stretching which meant that he could not have been waiting for too long. With a deep breath he Jogged forward to greet his little brother before they started their training.

"Yo. Hows it going Ito?!"

[Ito Akida]

Ito Akida

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Ito stood up from his stretches just after tengata entered the room setting his wet clothes aside in the dry and warm training building. All he still had on was his pants and shirt, his sandals and extra clothes layed out in a manner to allow them to dry.

Hey Tengata Ito said as he began his morning shuriken practice tossing the shuriken quickly and skillfully at multiple targets. sometimes throwing two or three at a time.

After his volleys of shuriken and kunai had all been thrown Ito would walk down the range to collect them all. Quickly gathering them back into his holster and hip bag he headed back to the throwing line.

Haven't seen you doing Shuriken practice in a while Ito said inquisitively to Tengata. What you up to?

[Siyoshi Tengata]

At hearing the question Tengata scratched his head trying to think of the last time he practiced. Looking down to the ground he stared at his bare feet for a moment, he was sort of ashamed at admitting that he had not practiced. He had always seen Ito practicing all sorts of things to become a better shinobi, and he was getting very good at it too.

"It's cause I haven't been"

Though it did not look too hard as he watched his brother practice, it would most likely be easy to get down. For the moment he would just watch Ito to get down the motions involved in throwing the shuriken at the targets. It was amazing to see how good Ito had gotten at such a young age, maybe he was too hard on his little brother. Then again Ito has the nack of being very annoying, which is why Tengata liked to pick on him most of the time.

[Ito Akida]

Ito Akida

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Ito finished the volley of thrown weapons then went to pick them back up, after collecting them all again he walked back to the throwing line. He was about to fall back into the motion of throwing as he was so used to doing then he paused for a moment looking towards Tengata.

Did you wanna try?

Ito asked holding the small heap of throwing shuriken and kunai, a gentle smile pierced his lips as he laughed.

I don't know how good you will be, but you will have to figure it out sometime.

Ito said knowing full well how much the words might anger Tengata but then again would also give him a drive to be better. It was an interesting thought how easy it is for Ito to bother his brother, and yet they were constantly strengthening one another. Their words always driving the other to greater things, always helping each other push their limits.

Ito set the satchel of thrown weapons down next to his brother knowing especially if he hadn't been practicing that he would be rusty. His aim would be off, he might not always catch the target. Yet Ito assumed that after a couple hours of the target practice it would all start to come back to tengata.

[Siyoshi Tengata]

Grabbing some shuriken Tengata got in a stance in front of the targets positioning himself like he had been taught. Taking a deep breath he threw the shuriken at his target, most hitting the outer rim of the wood. Others bounced off the side or flew off behind the target, making Tengata sigh. He definitely needed more practice if he was going to get good at this, looking over to his brother he smiled while scratching his head.

"Yeah... I should practice this more..."

[Ito Akida]

Ito Akida

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Ito watched while tengata practiced throwing kunai and shuriken, it was easy to see he had not practiced in a bit.

Tengata, you are doing great just don't think about it so much. Loosen up, relax yourself, imagine the target. Then imagine the center of the target, and your kunai flying into It landing perfectly at its center.

Then throw.

Ito said while he threw a kunai its tip landing perfectly in the center of one of the targets.

You can do this Tengata, just relax.

Ito said then quietly stepped back from his brother giving him some space to work through the exercise as Ito had explained.

[Siyoshi Tengata]

Tengata could feel the frustration building when he missed his target so badly. Hearing what Ito was saying Tengata remembered his meeting with the Lady, he had to learn to control this anger for the better. Taking a deep breath he closed his eyes, he focused on the targets before he picked up some kunai. Opening his eyes he saw the targets clearly before he chucked the kunai as hard as he could muster.

It sunk deeply into the wood on the outer edge of the target creating small cracks around it. With a smile on his face he looked at his brother with confidence, Ito was a good little brother after all.

"Your alright Ito"

[Ito Akida]

Ito Akida

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Ito smiled towards his brother seeing his immediate improvement, then Tengata complimented him. Ito wasn't sure if he was talking about the shuriken practice or if it was Tengata's way of admitting in words the bond between them. These sorts of thoughts far above Ito's adolescent mentality to say the least, but it was probably courteous for Ito to at least try to understand.

Your cool to... wait, what do you mean?

Ito responded easily signifying the different in age and understanding between these two brothers. Even if Ito would be the last to admit it Tengata was easily the more worldly experienced, and especially more socially adept when he chose to be. It wasn't enough to be book smart as Ito was it was altogether another thing to be experienced in the ways of the world, not just in the knowledge of shinobi techniques.