Why on earth had his partner chosen such an open location to meet for the first time, did she not know how confusing it would be to try to find someone you do not know at an extremely crowded market place? A tall, lanky copper haired genin made his way through the marketplace idly looking around, his sapphire eyes scanning the stalls and listening to the calls of the vendors. The boy in question is Netsu Shiki, of the kugutsu Netsu clan. Shiki went from one stall to another half heatedly looking at the wares with no real interest in his eyes. Shiki had left his unfinished puppet at home as despite the fact that he was almost done he saw no purpose for bringing out his incomplete work, he will only show it to the world once he perfected it. With that he felt nude and defenseless but his compulsion did not allow him to walk out with a work in progress.

Shiki sulked through the market place continuing to pretend that he is interested in the wares as he silently  looked through the wares.

How boring! I might as well leave forget about this team...   He  thought to himself.

Shiki continued to skirt through the crowd until he came across a building that was further down from the main marketplace and he finally saw an opportunity to finally be alone at last. With that Shiki climbed the side of the building and seated himself on the roof with his feet dangling from the side of the building as his sapphire eyes stared out into the distance, in his mind and in his heart he was yearning to be a part of something great something that could not only benefit his clan but his entire village, perhaps this team will lead him to this glory or perhaps they will drag him down and he will be back on his own.

Shiki had an extremely difficult time during his academy years from being teased by the others kids to being outright bullied at home, it did not stop there with him there he was even physically abused by his own mother, as a form of punishment when his grades weren't sufficient to her or if he did the simplest mistake around the house. Thus Shiki not only became a misanthrope he was quiet, killer quiet and it should also explain his detached character, and the violent thoughts in his head. However despite his horrendous past he did not allow this to deter him from his dreams of being a shinobi and not just to prove his mother wrong but to prove to himself that he is of worth.

Gaiken was above all right now, he was on one of the roofs, in the Bazaar. He was waiting for both of his students to appear now. Once he'll see how they'll get along, he will most likely appear there. But, for now, he was just going to stay up there and watch the whole "show". Suddenly, as he was sitting right there, a kid appeared to be waiting for someone. Watching all this crow going back and forth was really tiring, for both Gaiken and the other people around. The sun was shining upon Gaiken's head, giving him the sensation that he was melting down. That sensation...it was reminding him of that day, when he finally awakened the Rittogan, when he trained with the Kazekage itself. Gaiken was just watching the kid closely, after all, he was his sensei. If there was something that would've happened to him or to the other one, he would've gotten in trouble. So, in conclusion, he had to scare these kids a little but not to kill them in the first training. After all, this was his first series of students he ever had and he didn't want to make a bad impression, maybe he'll become a Sannin one day.

From his appearance, the kid looked like he was Netsu Shiki, member of the Netsu clan that had as a specialization the Puppets. In Sunagakure no Sato, there were a lot of Puppeteers, so it wasn't something you weren't used to here. Numerous clans like this one have risen trough the ages, when the Hidden Sand Village wasn't that powerful. After all, this is where all the Puppeteers have appeared first, the place where Sasori of the Red Sand showed everyone what he can do with only Puppets. This was a good performance indeed. Being able to control one thousand puppets it's something. And he was doing it at the same time! Gaiken is happy that he didn't start learning Kugutsu. If he would've done this, he would've been just like anyone else, just like a normal person in Sunagakure no Sato. This was his opinion and you couldn't change it very easily so, it was pretty hard to convince Gaiken to do something he didn't like.

Suddenly, a second ninja appeared. It seemed like it was Nayoko, the ten years genin ninja. Pretty impressive, to achieve this rank at this age, it must've been hard for him to learn when he was little. A lot of things that you learn at the academy will be useful trough the life, but if you are too little to understand those things you may have a hard time learning them even if you want to. Suddenly Nayoko said: "Are you the bafoon that is my teammate?" This seemed interesting, maybe a fight would've started from this little chit-chat. A good question that was. Nayoko was able to provoke Shiki without saying it with direct words. He seems like he may have some tricks up his sleeve if he doesn't think before saying something like this. It wasn't really a problem for Gaiken, now. He really wanted to see who's powerful and who's not. If a fight would've occured, he would've watched without blinking. Of course that, if someone would've got out a fatal technique, it all would be over because Gaiken would interfere.

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