Aiden would arrive at the Tsumi Sand Grounds, looking to train some Jutsu he was hoping to learn before he would see about becoming a Chuunin like Zaiaku. The morning would be rather pleasant, if not slightly hot, and overall, there wouldn't really be many people around these grounds at the moment. Honestly, Aiden didn't know how he did it, but somehow Zaiaku got his uncle, Jinhue, and older sister, Gigi, to join them in training, though from what he understand, Jinhue is more or less going to focus on Zaiaku than on Aiden himself, which he was more than happy with, and from what he heard, Gigi will be making sure the giant will still be able to train on long enough for there to be a real effect.

Aiden himself actually wonders what an old man like Jinhue would be able to do against Zaiaku, as as far as anyone he's met save for one, Zaiaku in his eyes was one of the strongest around, so it would be funny to see the old geezer actually get locked in a choke hold or something of the sort.

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Silence. Silence and awkwardness filled the air as the three giants made their way to the Sand Grounds. People eyed them the entire time as they were forced to work together through the various streets of Sunagakure. Jinhue was in-front of the small pack, wearing a simple forest green kimono and traditional geta. His long, raven hair reached down his back, while the claws on his feet and hands were easily seen. As opposed to his archaic look, Gigi wore a burgundy hoodie with cream white fur decorating the hood, armholes, and bottom of the jacket. A small skull and bones were emblemed the start of the collar, but whether they were real or not, it's hard to say. She also wore white, ripped pants with burgundy tiger-stripes and basic sneakers. She held a long, old fashioned pipe in her hand which she actively smoked. The gray vapor cascading off the opening of the pipe and out of her mouth. Zaiaku wore his usual attire: Black pants, dress shoes, skintight sleeveless shirt, and a sleeveless jacket with fur decorating the collar of it.

To all of those who were staring, it was quite evident that all three of them were related, but most had only ever seen Zaiaku. Jinhue and Gigi rarely went into public, so many were wondering as to what these three pariah were up to. The trio, however, did their best to pay the commoners no mind as they had a set destination to go to. Nonetheless, all three of them were tense for what was about to happen. Mainly Zaiaku and Gigi. It has been sometime Jinhue and Zaiaku "trained", and it was because of Yorokubi intervening. This caused the two cousins to be anticipating something. What that something was, even they didn't know. But they knew something was bound to happen. In any case, the three titans soon arrived to the training grounds and luckily for them, it was devoid of life save for one little otter.

"Aiden." Zaiaku would say as he broke off from the group, walking towards Aiden with his hands in his pocket. "We're here." One could tell that Zaiaku wasn't exactly optimistic about today. Neither was Jinhue and Gigi. How Aiden even convinced them to come in the first place was still a mystery to them.

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Aiden would see the technically small pack of large Oni arrive, already towering over him in size. He took notice that Jinhue would be wearing a simple green kimono and a pair of traditional Geta, his long raven hair kept down, which seemingly went on for forever, being longer than even some females. Gigi herself would be in sharp contrast to his style, wearing a burgundy hoodie with white fur rimmed along the hood, armholes, and the bottom of the jacket. It would seemingly be topped off with a small skull and bones emblem positioned at the start of the collar. She also wore ripped pants that had a white base colors and burgundy tiger stripes, which seemed like an odd choice in attire, along with a pair of basic sneakers.

He would notice that she held an old fashioned pipe in her hand, which isn't surprising as she was an addict to the thing, constantly smoking day in and day out, leaving a gray vapor that would come out of her mouth every once in a while. Finally Zaiaku would be wearing his usual attire, but that's fine, as Aiden would be wearing his usual attire as well, making them both have similar tastes in how much they change their styles. Zaiaku would speak to him, telling him that they're here, clearly not very comfortable with the three of them being out in public like this. Aiden however only offered a friendly nod to Zaiaku in response, waiting a fast second to breath before addressing why they're there. "Zaiaku, we need to train more. I realized that recently with the previous few missions I did, and while you're freaking strong right now, honestly I feel like you could always get stronger. I want to get stronger too so I can do something more than the little I can do now. We haven't really trained a lot and honestly I think that even Jinhue can agree with me that we haven't really been trying as hard as we could be."

He would tell Zaiaku. Aiden felt that Jinhue doesn't really like him all that much, but in the blue haired male's eyes he felt that the Oni's Uncle would even agree that the two of them haven't been trying as hard as they could, especially considering one of them can't even read, let alone last in a prolonged battle. After taking a few moments to think about how he was going to do this he came up with an idea. "So I was thinking that while I tried learning some Jutsu you could train with Jinhue, or we could both train with Jinhue, I don't know. I just feel like I wouldn't last in a real battle with a real Shinobi, and that bothers me because what's even the point in being one if I can't even be strong enough to help people?" He would ask in a manner that made the question rhetorical. Turning around, he would look around him for a few moments before looking back up at Zaiaku, waiting for a response.

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Zaiaku would listen to Aiden's word and heave a heavy sigh. He couldn't really argue with the fact that they haven't really been trying (not that they need to most of the time) and that Aiden isn't exactly a properly trained shinobi. He wanted to open his mouth and argue about how this is just a waste of time....though he couldn't. He had no real reason to testify with, none that Aiden would understand at least. "Fine." He would say simply, not very energetically. "Old man! I'm gonna punch your teeth out!" Zaiaku would then yell out to Jinhue, who simply scoffed. "Watch your mouth, boy." Was the simple reply as the taller man walked past Zaiaku, gesturing him to follow. He did, following his uncle until they were about twenty feet away from Aiden and Gigi.

Gigi herself did not follow. Rather, she went and stood next to Aiden, pipe in hand as smoke slowly emerged and flowed from her mouth as she began to speak. "Aiden," she would say, her eyes not leaving Jinhue or Zaiaku, "don't intervene when they start fighting, alright? I'm saying this for your own safety."

As she would speak Jinhue would remove his geta first, kicking them aside before allowing his kimono to slide off his body. He wore nothing but a fundoshi underneath, though, that meant nothing as the older man's very muscular body was now shown. His abs seemed rock-hard and his biceps were immense. Adding in the fact that Zaiaku only reached Jinhue's shoulder, it was a rather intimidating sight to behold. Zaiaku would do the same, throwing off his shoes and jacket, leaving him in his pants and skintight shirt. The two stood about six feet from each other in silence. Jinhue slowly got into a sort of martial arts stance, mimicking the pose of Raijin as seen in paintings. Zaiaku, however, suddenly launched himself at Jinhue at a speed of 11 meters per seconds. He threw a massive hay-maker that was aimed at Jinhue's face, but was met only with open air when Jinhue suddenly appeared behind Zaiaku. The Chunin's eyes would widen as he stopped himself and regained balance, facing Jinhue who was still in his stance.

With a growl, Zaiaku would move in and begin throwing punch after punch at Jinhue's face and body. Each would be effortlessly avoided by Jinhue who bobbed, weaved, and sidestepped with grace and fluidity. The gap of power between them. was becoming more and more apparent.

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Aiden would nearly hold in a laugh with how sudden Zaiaku's mood changed from begrudgingly accepting a decision to talking trash towards Jinhue, whom of which scoffed and seemingly didn't take him seriously, telling him to watch his mouth. Aiden would watch as the large giant walked past them, gesturing for Zaiaku to follow until they were about twenty feet away. As Aiden was about to follow however, Gigi would stand right next to him, smoking her pipe as she would tell Aiden to not intervene during their fight, for his own safety. This would take the Genin off guard, is Jinhue seriously that strong? Literally all he saw the old man do all day is just lounge around and act condescending towards him. Even with their lack of effort surely Jinhue wouldn't still be that much more powerful than them both.

It would make the Genin watch as Jinhue removed his geta, kicking them aside, with his kimono sliding off shortly afterwards, revealing a fundoshi. He would be surprised when he saw the old man's set of rock-hard abs and his immense biceps, making the shorter Zaiaku, whom of which only reached his shoulder, look like he had met his match and then some. Seeing the two mighty giants stand apart from one another with a total distance of six feet between them, Aiden would see that, while Zaiaku is usually a more aggressive fighter, Jinhue held a more reserved martial arts stance. Aiden's fanged mouth would drop as he would see how Jinhue effortlessly avoided Zaiaku's fast attacks, making even Zaiaku seemingly be caught off guard.

"I may have made a mistake.." He would say to himself as Aiden watched, though he knew that he too, had to train, and so he would begin practicing his first Jutsu, one that was called a Water Clone Technique, where one makes a shadow clone, though in water form. The only seal is the Tiger seal, and he can easily create his own water via his Chakra, though as he never tried the technique before, he would have a rough beginning. Forming the Tiger Hand-sign, Aiden would begin focusing on his Chakra, controlling and forming it as water would begin coming out of his mouth and begun attempting to form to his right, vaguely looking like him before it broke apart, falling down onto the sand, where it would begin eagerly gobbling it up, soaking the sand in a dark, temporary stain.

Looking back towards Zaiaku and Jinhue, he could see that there was indeed a significant gap of power between the two, one that is even larger than he and Zaiaku when they first met, and he would be lying if he wasn't concerned for Zaiaku, even if it was a little. Part of him wanted to join in, but considering that Gigi's warning was extremely serious, even coming from someone that usually isn't all that serious, Aiden couldn't help but feel like it was better if he didn't get involved at all. Once more he would use the Tiger Hand-Sign, attempting to form and kneed his Chakra, using the water that hasn't yet been fully soaked into the sand and the new amount that came from his mouth, trying to form it once more. One more, it would closely begin to form into the appearance of himself, this time even changing shades in one or two places, though once more, it would fall apart, a splash signifying the second time he had been unable to succeed fully yet.

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Gigi would shift her attention to Aiden as she sat down and smoked, watching him attempt to form what looks like a sort of Clone Technique. "Aunty could help you with that," Gigi said as she removed her pipe from her mouth, "she knows how to use Water. Might even know that jutsu." That being said, she would then turn her attention back to Zaiaku and Jinhue's little spar, if it could even be called that. Zaiaku was now in a boxing stance, throwing left and right hooks, jabs, and corkscrews. Jinhue was dodging them all with no real effort. It wouldn't until Zaiaku threw another right jab that he suddenly broke the sequence. In blinding speed, he side-stepped to the left and, facing Zaiaku's side, pushed him. His body still moving with the punch, the young shinobi was knocked off balance and simply fall onto his rear. Baring his teeth, he would speak gruffly to the old man. "Don't fuck with me!" He'd yell as he quickly got up and attempted to grab Jinhue, only to fall down again as the older man simply did a short jump backward, getting out of the range of the grapple. Veins would appear on Zaiaku's forehead as he began to get angry. He'd get up once more and throw a few more dodged punches at Jinhue before having his fist caught in mid-punch. Jinhue would proceed to pull on his arm, causing him to stumble forward, where he then would let go and do a leg sweep, causing Zaiaku to fall down again.

"Zaiaku has gotten faster from the last time they fought." Gigi said as she puffed out some more smoke from her pipe.  "Before, he couldn't even get within arm's reach of my dad. Then again, he's probably just letting him."

Getting up once again, Zaiaku was gritting his teeth now. Jinhue, however, was as calm as one could be. In-fact, you  could even tell that he was holding back a smile. "Come on now, child. Surely you can get at least one hit on me." "I ain't a child!" Yelled Zaiaku as swung his fist for Jinhue's left temple, which he easily ducked under. "Technically you are. You're only 17." "SHUT UP!" Another fist was swung and again it was avoided. It was becoming quite the norm at this point, Zaiaku angerly trying to strike Jinhue, only for his attack to miss its mark completely.

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Aiden would look at Gigi, offering a friendly smile. "It's all right, if I don't practice stuff myself it won't stick." He would say as he returned to practicing his water clone technique, this point a puddle large enough to be used without Aiden producing more water appeared. Using the technique, he would attempt it a third time, this time creating a clone of himself for sure, the form and color making it look almost exactly like him, though when he began trying to move around by himself the clone would break apart, landing once more on the ground with a splash. He would be excited, as he was so close to mastering it, though as he would be focused on that, he couldn't help but also look towards Zaiaku, where he saw his Oni companion fall on his ass, pushed down by Jinhue.

It made Aiden nearly laugh, stifling it at the last moment as Zaiaku seemingly got flustered and angry at the old man, whom of which made him fall down again. Aiden would have to turn away in order to stop himself from laughing. He was concerned for Zaiaku of course, but to see him fall flat multiple times like that actually looked funny. Instead, he would return his focus onto his Water Clone Technique, where he would keep attempting to create it. Once more he formed the hand seal, and once more the liquid would rise up, slowly forming into the form of himself. He could see as it created his body first, or at least the shape of it, with his clothes forming over his body, covering it before it could be fully formed, molding and shaping itself until it fully appeared to look just like the blue-haired male. When it appeared to be fully solid, Aiden would release his hand-sign, taking a step back as he waited for it to fall apart. Seeing that it didn't however, he grinned, happy with himself for being able to now do this Jutsu. Immediately getting rid of it, the blue-haired Genin would proceed to begin his work on the next technique he needed to learn.

Aiden would begin taking deep breaths, breathing in and out, in and out as he focused on himself, hearing Gigi tell him how the large Chuunin had gotten faster since they had last fought, continuing on to tell the blue-haired male how before he couldn't even get in arm's reach, but then again Jinhue is probably just letting him. Instead of getting distracted, however, he would instead try his best to look within himself, trying his best to black out the background fighting sounds. It was a good thing for them to be fighting in the background, especially with how loudmouthed and angry Zaiaku is getting. It was good training for Aiden to better focus on his opponent in an actual battle, as sometimes the Genin tends to act slightly scatterbrained and cocky, which has led to quite a few mistakes in the past.

Suddenly, after exhaling deeply, a water vapor would exit as well, slowly attempting to condense, though to no avail as with each globule that would be constructed it would quickly break apart, popping and returning back to its vapor form, which Aiden would inhale once more. Once more, he would breathe in and out deeply, preparing himself once more, molding and kneeding his chakra, imagining a flowing river; the basis of who his is as a person, and how it changes and falls, in some parts rushing while in others it would move sluggishly. He would imagine the small little liquid particles coming out of the water whenever the flow is interrupting, how the water vapor comes out when the water falls, and he would imagine this vapor coming through his throat harmlessly, returning out of his mouth as he exhaled.

The water vapor would spread apart more widely now, separating and condensing into little foggy globules that would slowly grow in size until there would only be twelve of them remaining. This technique he would be practicing would be a more basic one, called Seafoam, which allows for the user to create globules of water, which can immediately erupt into seafoam, taking the enemy off guard. Aiden, however, had a different idea on how to use this technique. When he made it erupt, a froth of seafoam would erupt, covering him. Almost right away, however, he would make it break apart, becoming water once more, where he would, with the Tiger Seal, prevent most of the water from falling, having it move together in front of him, where he attempted to form a clone of himself, the water condensing together in order to better form into his body-shape before the color washed in, forming into a near exact copy of him at a faster rate.

Right away however the clone would break apart, falling to the ground in a puddle of water, where it remained. "Damn." Aiden would say, though he was happy inside. He was able to learn how to use two Jutsu now, meaning all that would be left would be the Water Prison Jutsu, and now that he had the water to do it he just needed something to practice on. For a moment he considered using Gigi, though would think twice when he saw how easily Jinhue is avoiding Zaiaku's attacks. He didn't want to risk accidentally angering Gigi if the Jutsu goes wrong. Instead, he would use this as an opportunity to practice on speeding up the process of his water clone technique, allowing him to better use it for when he gets into a fight.

Using the Tiger Hand Sign, Aiden would summon a clone and cast the Snake, Ram, Horse, Hare, Ram, Horse, and Hare hand signs, attempting to quickly use them in quick succession as the clone formed. With his hands spread in font of him and his front palms out, facing towards the forming clone, Aiden would watch as the remaining water would begin forming around his hands and the clone, spreading apart, trying to shape itself into a sphere, though to no avail as the water would instead fall to the ground with a splash as the clone of himself would finish, turning around to face its creator, panicked at the sudden use of the Suiton technique on him. Aiden would be taken off guard as his clone threw a right hook at him, forcing him to force the clone to break apart into water before the fist made contact with him, causing it to fall once more onto the ground in a puddle.

Once more, after casting the Tiger Seal, the clone would begin to form again, though this time slightly faster, forcing Aiden to have to more quickly cast the Snake, Ram, Horse, Hare, Ram, Horse, and Hare hand signs once more, his palms facing towards the clone's back as it formed, making the sphere begin to form around the clone  slowly, trying to wrap itself around him. This time, it would begin forming around his clone, filling itself with water all the while, and as it was nearly complete, the clone would already be completed, forced to remain within his Water Prison Jutsu as it continued to solidify itself, forming into a complete sphere. It would hold that version of him in place, forcing him to be unable to interact with Aiden's hands, as the water kept him from fully moving for a few moments before both Jutsus would break apart by themselves, creating a large puddle on the ground before Aiden as he himself would put his hands on his knees, breathing heavily as the chakra from his clone would return to him, allowing for him to better recover from the excessive use.

After breathing heavily for a few moments, Aiden was trying to suppress the smile he had due to being clearly pleased with the progress he had made. Having now learned the seafoam technique, the water prison technique, and the water clone technique, he feels a lot stronger now. He is sure the training would have been easier if he were someplace that actually had a wetter environment, but he knew deep down that because he would be practicing his Suiton techniques in Sunagakure that he will be able to more efficiently use it both in and out of the land, meaning this could probably be the best environment around for him to learn in. He wondered if people actually bother practicing Suiton in the desert, or if he's just crazy, though by how he felt at the moment, he was beginning to lean towards the latter.

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Gigi would watch simply watch Aiden as he attempted to train....whatever jutsu he was trying to do, her face worrying as she saw him laugh. Won't be laughing for long. She thought as she turned back to Zaiaku and Jinhue, taking another swig from her pipe as she did. The two giants were becoming restless. Zaiaku's face showed obvious anger and violent intent while Jinhue was suppressing the urge to lash out and actually fight. Resisting the intoxicating effects of the adrenaline that was beginning to pump through his veins. It was quite obvious that Zaiaku was outmatched, yet, he still pursued and fought. Taking notice of this, Jinhue would begin to speak. "All of these attempts to hit will better how fast you can perceive and react to your opponent." Zaiaku no response, still trying to land a single hit on Jinhue. Impatience was now filling Jinhue. He has played nice long enough. "Maybe if you actually had some deviation in your moves, you might had actually got me!" He would say as he abruptly moved in as he dodged a right jab from Zaiaku and smashed his palm into his chest, specifically his heart.

The attack itself caught him completely off-guard, combined with the fact it hit him directly in his heart, he was stunned. Not any noticeable amount of time. A mere second. And it was all the the time Jinhue needed as he unleashed another palm strike, this time connecting with Zaiaku's face. The attack forced his head to reel back and knocked the giant off his feet, having him hit the ground hard. "Hmph." Jinhue would say as he watched get back up, albeit, slightly disoriented. It was very obvious that Jinhue pulled his punches and even then, they still hurt like hell. A small trail of blood was oozing out of Zaiaku's nose, which he promptly wiped as he felt it trickling down his skin. Still, he stood steadfast as he charged at the old man, reeling his fist back as he neared him. Upon throwing the punch, however, it was stopped in mid-launch. Jinhue had extended his arm with an open palm, catching the fist and holding it back with superior strength.

Zaiaku attempted to retaliate as he reeled back his other fist and attempt to strike Jinhue, only for that one to be caught as well. "You're too predictable, boy." Said Jinhue with a wolfish smile before pushing Zaiaku back, only to follow-up with a leg sweep which made Zaiaku fall unto his back. Jinhue then promptly moved towards him quickly and smashed another palm into Zaiaku's stomach, causing the air to leave him in the form of a sudden gasp. Jinhue would take a few steps back he watched his nephew go into a coughing fit, allowing the air to re-enter his lungs before stumbling up, wiping some spit off of his mouth. "Come at me, old man." Zaiaku said with a smirk despite what had just previously happened.

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Breaking out of his personal celebration that was currently going on within his head, Aiden would watch the fight between Zaiaku and Jinhue, and just in time as well, as Jinhue would knock Zaiaku on his back via a quick leg sweep. This would throw the blue-haired Genin on alert mode as he watched Jinhue strike his lover in the stomach, leaving Zaiaku to suddenly gasp before entering a coughing fit. At that moment something would snap within Aiden as he watched Zaiaku stumble back onto his two feet, wiping what could be assumed to be spit off of his mouth before proceeding to challenge the elder some more. Aiden however instinctively noticed what was happening, and what would happen next if Jinhue gets carried away. It was the sort of thing he saw before with the men that guarded his master, and how they would toy with people that would come due to owing a debt that they needed an extension on or something else of the sort, and immediately, without thinking, would take off towards Jinhue.

After the first two or three steps, he would immediately transition to being on all fours, sprinting as fast as he could towards the giant, not even thinking about what was occurring or what will come to occur. The part of him that wished to protect the one he cared about kicked in, and immediately like an attack dog he wanted to go an protect Zaiaku. His teeth were bared as he was instinctively trying to go straight for the giant's back leg, aiming to bite onto it and tear out the flesh when he finally covers that twenty foot or so distance between the two groups of two.

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Gigi would sadly as she saw how easily beaten to a pulp her cousin was. Even sadder when she saw that he was too stupid to just back down, mostly just to spite Jinhue. This sadness was soon to surprise and then fear as she suddenly saw Aiden take off in the direction of Zaiaku's and Jinhue's fight. "Aiden!" She called as she quickly stood and went after him, easily catching up with the young genin and tackling him.  Her large arms would wrap around his torso, preventing him from using his arms while she would press her weight onto him in-order to keep Aiden from using his legs or tail. "Aiden, calm down! You're gonna have it worse than Zai if you try to intervene!" Gigi yelled in an attempt to bring the boy back to a more stable state of mind. The commotion would attract both the attention of Zaiaku and Jinhue, with Zaiaku looking worriedly at his beloved. "It's alright Aiden. I can handle this." He would slowly resume his attention to the man before him, his eyes narrowing as Jinhue did the same. Wordlessly, he resumed his simple stance and did not move from it. Zaiaku, however, remained still. His eyes never left his uncle as he clenched his fists, yet, did not move as well. "Maybe if you actually had some deviation in your moves, you might had actually got me!" Jinhue's voice rang in his head as his face ached from the attacks that were laid upon it. "You're too predictable, boy." The pain in his abdomen resonated in waves. If he actually to make this a spar and not a massacre, he would need to actually be smart. He would actually need to try. His large body would slowly shift into an orthodox boxing stance. His left was in-front of right , his body tilting his left side to Jinhue. Despite this stance being greatly used by most right-handed boxers, Zaiaku was ambidextrous. Both his left and right sides were strong, granting him an advantage should he ever be in a proper match. Still, he didn't rush at Jinhue. Nor did he give the inclination that was he was before to move closer either.

Jinhue couldn't help but raise an eyebrow. It was rare that the boy would hang back instead of attempting to punch everything death. What is he try to do? The wizened beast pariah wondered. Deciding to accept the sudden change of flow, he began to move around Zaiaku, circling him. He still kept his stance up as he did, just in-case he tried to lash out. Zaiaku, however, did not. Rather, he simply followed Jinhue, turning about in-order to keep facing his front. Gigi watched all of this as she restrained Aiden, feeling the tension that was building in the air. "I don't know what's happening..." She admitted quietly to the boy, sweat beading down her temple. The overall feeling suddenly changed so quickly. Just what was Zaiaku trying to do?

Jinhue would think of the same thing as he continued to circle his nephew, unable to find an explicit weak point. He would just attack his legs but Zaiaku has actually put up a proper stance. Jinhue considered it respectful to focus on the way the style worked. Humor it, if you will. Growing impatient and believing Zaiaku would just throw an right jab at him, Jinhue charged at him as he reared his right arm back and prepared another palm-strike. Zaiaku made no movement to dodge left or right. Rather, right when Jinhue was upon him, he bent his knees and swayed back. Eyes widening, Jinhue couldn't stop as he unleashed his palm at open air, right above Zaiaku. Not able to recovered and defend in time, he was left open as Zaiaku rose with a strong left hook to the jaw. Both Gigi and Jinhue gasped in surprise at the action. A sway? But Zaiaku was a full-on brawler. How could preform such a maneuver with such ease?

The answer was...he couldn't. It was quite noticeable that as Zaiaku stood straight, his face registered some pain. Not immense or enough to made an audible noise. Rather, just a sort of aching. Jinhue noticed this as he stumbled back, a smile forming on his face as he slammed his foot to the ground and once again charged at Zaiaku. This time, however, Zaiaku flat-out feel to his knees and let loose a left haymaker at Jinhue's abdomen. The attack caught the man completely off-guard. Along with the fact that he had no defense up prior because of his attempt to attack, he could not defend as Zaiaku quickly rose with an uppercut. The attack shut Jinhue's gaping mouth and knocked him onto his back. Getting onto one knee, he would look at Zaiaku with utter surprise.

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Aiden would continue going towards Jinhue, teeth bared as he had nothing else on his mind but the target. His blue eyes on the prize, and with every movement of his arms and legs, he neared and neared his target. No longer did he see Zaiaku and Jinhue, as his mind was flashing back to when he broke free, how in that sandy alley a man was attacking that girl whose name he had forgotten, and how it felt when he sank his teeth into the man's neck, ripping out a chunk of it, the blood that was left on his face and clothing, the relief when he saw his target fall to the ground, holding onto his neck, soon becoming lifeless. The urges kicked in, and he saw that man once more where Jinhue stood, and it made his blood boil.

However, he would be snapped out of the trance he was put in when he saw Zaiaku get as injured as he was currently, and would instead find himself restrained by none other than Gigi. Losing the animalistic glare in his eyes, he would look around, confused as to what had just happened. Wriggling, he would feel his arms restrained by her own, which wrapped around his torso. His legs and tail are immovable as well, as the giant placed her weight on them in order to prevent him from using them if he wished. He would hear Gigi's command to calm down, informing him that he'll have it worse than Zai if he intervenes. Looking at the two, Aiden would listen to Zaiaku as he told him that he can handle the situation, which seemingly put him at ease more than before. "Sorry Gigi, I lost myself for a few moments there." He would say, admitting to his reaction.

Watching both giants return to their previous stances, Aiden would take notice that Zaiaku wasn't acting like a reckless aggressor this time around, but instead getting into a boxing stance, which made even Jinhue raise an eyebrow before he began encircling him. "Beat his ass, Zai!" Aiden would cheer as he remained restrained by Gigi, watching as the old man continued to circle around his lover, with Zaiaku himself following his lead. Aiden would be taken off guard as Jinhue charged at Zaiaku, attempting a palm strike, though instead of trying to immediately attack him like he usually does Zaiaku would immediately avoid the attack, leaning backwards before recovering and delivering a strong left hook to the Oni's jaw.

Aiden didn't expect Zaiaku to even be able to do such a thing considering how he fought in the past, but it became quite apparent that he actually couldn't do it, considering his face registered a look of pain as he stood straight. When Jinhue would charge once more at the Chuunin, Aiden would be amazed further as Zai would fall to his knees, delivering a haymaker towards the old man's abdomen, following up immediately with an uppercut, which would knock the old man onto his back, forcing the old man to look at him with surprise as he got on one knee.

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Silence would once again shroud the training grounds as Jinhue's look of surprise slowly shifted into a look of focus. Zaiaku would stare back at him, still in his stance. "Hmmm...." Rumbled the giant before standing, crossing his arms. "Seems you're finally learning something." He admitted, his eyes piercing Zaiaku. Before Zaiaku could react, however, Jinhue suddenly went at him with his full speed. To the likes of Zaiaku and Aiden, they wouldn't even see him move as he suddenly appeared punching Zaiaku in the face. Zaiaku was knocked off his feet, falling flat on the ground as blood spewed from his mouth and nose. He wasn't even able to recover as a kick connected with his abdomen, causing him to roll right in-front of Gigi and Aiden. "Yet, your body needs to improve as well." Jinhue said as abruptly sat down, cross-legged. "Heal him." He commanded, Gigi hardly responding as she was still trying to register the last 20 seconds or so. Nonetheless, she hesitantly got off of Aiden as inched towards Zaiaku. His face and body were heavily bruised and blood was casually leaking out. Yet, they both knew Jinhue was still holding back. Wordlessly, she placed her hands over her cousin's face as a green aura appeared. Blood stopped flowing and slowly but surely, the bruises upon Zaiaku's face were disappearing as well. "You don't know what subtly means, do you?" She would say, now focusing on the damage done to the torso. "He doesn't at all. He keeps rushing at his opponents with a plan. Th-" "I meant both of you." An awkward silence befell upon them, both seemingly ignoring the young genin. Zaiaku's chest was heaving and he was still breathing hard, though most of his injuries have virtually disappeared by now, with Gigi now tending to the smaller ones. "Aiden..." He would say, his eyes still closed shut.

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Suddenly, Aiden could no longer see Jinhue. The Genin guessed that the old Oni had enough of playing around, as the next thing he knew, to his surprise, he would reappear, with Zaiaku being knocked off of his feet by a punch to the face, causing the eight foot tall Chuunin to land flat on the ground, blood spewing from his nose and mouth. "Zai!" Aiden would cry out as he began to struggle against Gigi's hold, trying to break free as he saw the Chuunin receive a kick to the abdomen, making him roll over to where he and Gigi were. Seeing the old man abruptly sit down in a cross-legged position, Aiden would stay where he was until Gigi would hesitantly get off of him, inching towards Zaiaku in order to heal him.

Immediately, Aiden would rush over to Zaiaku's side, examining the damage; the Oni's face and body was heavily bruised, with blood leaking out. A green aura would appear from Zaiaku's cousin's hands as she stopped the blood from flowing, and began to make the bruises on his face disappear. Hearing Gigi speak outloud to either Zaiaku or Jinhue about their lack of subtly, Aiden's ears would twitch as he stared out of the corner of his left eye towards the old man, a hint a glare happening as he began to criticize Zaiaku specifically, which is funny, considering the Chuunin wasn't the one that disappeared out of thin air and reappeared, delivering a powerful enough strike to knock the Chuunin out cold.

His glare would soften as he looked back to Zaiaku, hearing Gigi correct Jinhue in clearing up the fact that she meant the both of them. "You're getting better Zai, don't worry." He'd tell the Chuunin as he would place his left hand on his chest. Closing his eyes, he reflected on the fact that it was his fault that this had happened, and also that, despite his not liking this, he knew this sort of harsh treatment was necessary for them to improve and catch up on their lack of training. If anything a lack of restraint is probably what someone like Zaiaku needs, especially since Aiden wouldn't be able to make the Chuunin put this much of an effort into battle and Gigi would most likely be too lazy to really participate. Sighing, he would try to calm himself down, begrudgingly knowing Jinhue's way of doing things was more correct than what he would've liked.

"You may be hurting a lot right now, Zai, but you'll come out of this stronger than before." He said, subtly acknowledging that Jinhue was ultimately in the right in this altercation.

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Despite the damage being slowly repaired and his bleeding have stopped, Zaiaku was still experiencing some waves of pain. His eyes still closed, he would be slightly started at the feeling of someone's hand upon his chest. Upon hearing Aiden's worried voice, he figured it'd be a pretty guess to say it was Aiden's hand. He was abruptly lash out, grabbing Aiden's arm and keeping him their with his greater strength. "Aiden..." He'd say slowly, his eyes finally opening and looking at the younger male. "Aiden....I finally hit him." A smile appeared on the giant's face, albeit, a pained one. "I finally punched him in the face." Gigi couldn't help but scoff at this. After all of that, this is what he is thinking about. A smiled creeped on her face as well as she shook her head. "I think you got some brain damage." She'd say jokingly as she now removed her hands. She'd help Zaiaku sit up and patted him on the shoulder. "When Auntie finds out about this...." Gigi trailed off as she noticed Jinhue's glare. Rolling his eyes, Zaiaku began to speak. "She won't. She'd yell at all of us anyway." That being sad, Zaiaku would cross his legs and place Aiden on his lap, wrapping his tree trunk-like arms around the young genin gently. "Did you manage to get some training in, Aiden?"


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Aiden would be surprised as Zaiaku lashed out, grabbing his arm and keeping him there, clearly using his superior strength to do so. He would call out his name, opening his eyes and telling him about how he finally did it, about how he finally struck him, smiling all the while. He would tell him about how he punched Jinhue in the face, causing Gigi to pretty much scoff at this, causing the Genin to look over to her, seeing her shaking her head, which contradicted with the smile that creeped on her face. 'What the hell is wrong with these people?' The Genin would think as the female Jiendo would jokingly suggest he has brain damage before removing her hands, helping the Chuunin up and patting him on the shoulder.

She would begin speaking about if their aunt finds out about this, though would stop for some sort of reason, leaving Aiden to listen as he heard Zaiaku respond, ensuring the female Oni that she won't, stating that she'd yell at all of them anyways. He would allow himself to be pulled into the embrace by Zaiaku, resisting the urge to break free that had always come when he was touched, instead trying his best to allow himself to relax for a moment, nodding to the question that would be posed by the Chuunin. "All three of them." He would state with a short response as he couldn't take being held anymore like this, the tingling getting to be much, the urge to escape overtaking him. Wriggling, he would attempt to escape the gentle hold of his lover. It wasn't anything personal, it's just that he didn't like that feeling all too much. Unless he was extremely tired or especially relaxed, he just couldn't. Standing up, he would stretch while turning around, facing Zaiaku and Gigi. "So, what's next?"

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Though he would happily have his arms around the young ninja, he was notice the small administrations that he did out of discomfort. It was then that he remembered of how Aiden isn't exactly one to be touched. Thus he would greatly loosen his already soft hold on the boy. He showed no visible sign of knowing, however, and instead focused on the conversation at hand. "That's good. Now we're both stronger." He said kindly as Aiden left his grasp and stood. Feeling a very mild tinge of regret at forgetting how Aiden is when it comes to contact, he would quickly and silently mouth an "I'm sorry" as Aiden looked at him and Gigi. Both Jiendo would furrow their brows at his question. Just what should they do next?

Their thoughts were interrupted when Jinhue's grizzled old voice quickly came through. "Chakra control," he said as his archaic eyes narrowed at the trio "is one of the major aspects to any warrior. Be they samurai, shinobi, or anything else." Gigi would let out a thoughtful "True" before scratching her chin. "Meditation then?" She asked no one in particular, with Zaiaku simply scoffing in response. "Yeah. Meditating on the hot desert ground on a hot desert day. Sounds perfect."

"Hush, boy." Jinhue made his way towards them, crossing his arms and glaring mainly at Zaiaku. "Meditation is one of the most important ways to help control your chakra flow. Doing so in such extreme conditions will only further strengthen it." Waving Jinhue off in response, the Chunin laid on his back and stretched, looking up at the sky. "Maybe Gigi and Aiden fight? You haven't trained in months Gigi and this will be good for Aiden to learn how to deal with faster opponents." The female Jiendo simply rolled her eyes. "You guys are the ninja. Not me."

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Ai waited for an answer from the two, seeing both of their brows furrow in response to the question, almost as though they didn't know where to go from here. However, before either one of them could really respond with a definitive answer, Jinhue's grizzled voince rung through, blurting out a simple phrase, one of which would seemingly be followed by his eyes narrowing on them, telling them of how chakra control is one of the major aspects to any warrior, being samurai, shinobi, or anything else. "Samurai are the guys in dresses that play with swords, right?" He would ask, his mind casting a mental image of Jinhue with his hair shaved in random places, wearing a sundress and wielding a plastic sword, screaming at random people about honor. The very thought made a smile crack on his lips, a small, subtle snort coming out of him as he would cover his mouth right his right hand, mentally fighting back the urge to laugh at his own imagination.

He would hear Gigi's suggestion of meditation, receiving a scoff from his lover in response, whom of which would continue on with stating how meditating on the hot desert ground on a hot desert day sounds perfect, the obvious tone of sarcasm ever so evident in his voice. Ai however wouldn't be able to catch this sarcasm, as he was already lost in thought over the samurai, making him cock his head to the side in confusion, wondering why someone would thinking sitting on hot sand during a hot day would be perfect. He knew his boyfriend was weird, but not that weird.

Before he could say anything however, Jinhue would speak up, effectively hushing Zaiaku before going on to explain how meditation is one of the most important ways to help control his chakra flow, further going on to stat how doing so in such extreme conditions will only further strengthen it, though as Aiden would reflect upon this new piece of information offered, Zaiaku would be less interested, waving Jinhue off and laying on his back, stretching and looking up at the sky, where he would then suggest the ridiculous. He would suggest that Gigi and Aiden fight, stating how Gigi hadn't trained in months and that this would be good for Aiden himself to learn how to deal with faster opponents, though with the rolling of her eyes, Gigi merely shut the idea down, stating how they're the ninja, not her.

"Fight Gigi? I could barely keep up with Zai. I'm better off not fighting anyone.." Aiden would say as he turned away for a moment, squatting down and looking away, where he would smile to himself as his left hand would slowly droop down, scooping up a small amount of sand. "Still though.. Gigi's fast?" He would ask, abruptly turning around, throwing the sand towards Gigi, aiming for it to hit her in the eyes. "Samurai attack!" He would exclaim out loud, unknowing about whether or not she'll be taken off guard by this surprise attack.

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Zaiaku's eyes would linger on Aiden as he spoke, watching his lean figure turn away and squat. Slowly did his eyes travel down the boy's clothed back and rested on his backside, staring at it for a long while until Aiden turned and threw sand to Gigi. The sudden action caught Zaiaku by surprise, resulting in him abruptly looking up at Aiden and then to Gigi. Her mouth was held firmly shut with her lips sealed around the pipe. Her nose was scrunched up while her eyes were held tightly closed. Grains of sand covered her face, to which she simply wiped off with her grey hand. With that done she opened her eyes, revealing that not a single grain reached them. "Luckily," She began, smoke shooting out her mouth as she spoke. "I was blinking when you threw that." Both Jinhue and Zaiaku scoffed at what had transpired, considering how random it was.

"Also, samurai are the men in the suits of armor from the Land of Iron. They do have swords though..." Gigi said simply, seemingly relaxing her posture next to Zaiaku....unless to suddenly move and lash out towards Aiden. With a certain quickness she would grab onto Aiden's right ankle and, throwing it upward, would make the young shinobi land flat on his back. With that done, she would shift back into position, sitting next to Zaiaku. The younger Jiendo would simply scratch his bald head awkwardly, not sure of what to do in such a situation. "You alive, Aiden?" He'd ask, yawning as he did. Looking about the desolate area they sat upon, Zaiaku noticed that it had shifted from day to evening. Though the sun was still out, the sky was shifting through a cascade of reds and yellows and oranges. Jinhue, seemingly noticing the time of day as well, would stand up and retrieve his kimono. "I believe our time here is up." He said as he covered himself, the intense muscular build once again disappearing beneath the old man's clothing.

"Night is coming. It'll be freezing if we don't get home before then." Zaiaku and Gigi would look at each other and simply nod, lazily standing up with Zaiaku heading towards Aiden. His clawed hands would be in his pockets as he neared him. Meanwhile, he would bend his knees slightly so that he was somewhat at head-level with Aiden. "Wanna go home, Ai? It's gonna be cold if we stay."

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Aiden would hear the female Jiendo tell him that, luckily, she was blinking when he threw the sand, smoke coming out of her mouth all the while. He would then proceed to mention how samurai are men in suits of armor from the Land of Iron, though they do have swords. "Yeah well, still seems pretty stupid to spend all of your time playing with swords. There are plenty of other things they cou-" Before he could finish what he was going to say, the female Jiendo would have already made her move, grabbing onto his right ankle and, to his surprise, would throw it upwards, making the Genin lose his balance as he was essentially tossed into the air, landing back-first onto the ground, and forcing the air out of him on impact.

Sitting back up, he would hear Zai asking him if he's alive. His back hurt, but overall yeah, considering he's still breathing and he sat up, he's still very much alive. "Lesson learned." He would say as he essentially offered a waving motion to Gigi, essentially his way of waving off the suggestion to fight her overall. The sun was beginning to set, setting out a cascade of reds and yellows throughout the sky, and Aiden didn't wish to poke and prod Gigi further, at least not until he improves some more. Getting to his feet, he would see Jinhue retrieve his previously discarded clothing, stating how he believes their time is up.

Nodding his head in agreement, Ai would stand there as Zaiaku and Gigi would seemingly further specify what Jinhue said, almost as if it wasn't even said in the first place. Then, Zai would head over to where Ai was standing, bending his knees so he would reach head level with the Genin, asking if they wish to go home before further repeating what was said twice before about the consequences of staying out past dark. "Sure, but I already heard about how it's going to be cold the first time around." He would say as he would make an attempt to put his right arm around Zaiaku's neck, hugging the Jiendo quickly before unlatching himself, heading home with them.

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[Learned Water Clone Jutsu, Water Prison Jutsu, and Seafoam Jutsu]

Zaiaku would simply roll his eyes at the boy's remark, allowing himself to hugged before standing straight once more. Digging into his right pocket, he pulled out a pack of cigarettes and a lighter. Both objects were diminutive in comparison to his brusque hands, with the lighter not even being half the length of his index finger. Open the box with his thumb, he meticulously fished one of the tiny sticks of wrapped lung cancer, placing it in his mouth before holding up the lighter to it. With a flick of his finger a small flame appeared, which he used to light his cigarette. Once again storing the box and lighter inside of his pocket, he would hold the small smoke stick between his pointer and middle fingers. Smoke would flee from his maw as he began to speak to Aiden, coming out in sudden bursts. "Yeah well....sometimes you gotta emphasize shit." He said as he began to walk, Gigi and Jinhue following suite.

Walking closely next to him, Gigi would tab at Zaiaku's side, drawing his attention. "Make sure you don't say anything to auntie." She spoke in a hush voiced, loud enough for only Zaiaku to hear. "If she finds out, we won't hear the end of it." Zaiaku, in response, would begin whispering back the smaller Jiendo. "Why are you whispering this to me and not everyone?" "Don't question it."

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