Jutsu Training:

Caterpillars. Caterpillars of all shapes and sizes, jumping and dancing in the sky above Iwa. Seems strange, right? Yeah, Arashi found it strange as well. He woke up covered with sweat, still with some memory of the "strange" dream he had. Caterpillars... First thing he did; he looked outside the window. Arashi, you're going crazy... Of course, there weren't any colorful caterpillars dancing in sky. Oh well, he had to be sure. You can never really know.

Even if it was early morning; the sun just started to light the place up; Arashi decided it would be best to get up now. He really wanted to go back to sleep, but the idea the crazy caterpillars popping up in his dream again was far stronger than his laziness, which is in fact not too weak itself. Strong enough for him to give up taking a shower; he'll just jump in the Gisei lake. He did shower last night, so there wasn't really a big need for him to shower again. Nobody ever told him "You stink!"... Well, nobody normal at least. Toushi... Arashi tightened his fist. To be honest, he didn't see him for some time now. And he was out quite often, so this was weird. But it's okay, Arashi's a jounin now. Toushi's probably still genin. It's not like they could do missions together, like before. Now it would seem that Ara is his... Sensei. The mere thought of being a sensei made Arashi's heart start pounding. Not that he wouldn't like teaching other people how to be a shinobi; it's the fact that he wouldn't really know how to. Arashi might be a good fighter, but not much else. To truly be a Jounin, one must excel at everything, or so they were taught at the Academy. Long story short; Arashi doesn't feel like he deserved the promotion. Nothing much changed, except he got an Iwa flak jacket and that soon he'll start carrying out more important missions. But alone, most likely...

All alone.

He put some clothes on; A white shirt, brown short and his specific red sandals, that were of exact same tone of red as Arashi's fabulous fiery hair. He was just about to go out through his door when he remembered something. Wait... Where am I even going? Arashi wasn't usually this... Clumsy, let's call it that. It was just that he was still all tired, as he didn't get a long sleep. I guess I could... Uhm... Do missions? Nah... Train? Maybe... I'm so tireeeed... A loud yawn was heard. Arashi almost turned around to go back in bed, but the though of crazy caterpillars stopped him instantly. In his dream, they were eating people. It wasn't pretty. Yeah, I'll just go train some jutsu... Even if he didn't have anything special in mind, Arashi went through his door which he locked and headed... Nowhere, really. Random direction. But, wherever he got, he'd train there. As long as it wasn't infested with caterpillars...

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Jutsu Being Trained:

That night, Rai had had little to no sleep; barely 4 hours out of the 8 hours supposedly required for someone his age. Now sitting on the roof of his home, watching life come into the night sky, Raishi smiles to himself. This was normal for him really...he always had considered himself special. Each night, he would always sleep less than every one else at the village, even in his sleep, he could wake up because of the slightest sounds he would hear around him. This night though, he had had a dream..more of a night mare any way. It had been quite similar to the ones he used to have as a kid about his parents, before he found out that he was part of the Lava Release using clan, Kanetsu. It seemed to be in Iwagakure, by the skies and the uildings, but he couldn't really place where it had been. He dreamed about teeth being shot at him, and a female face, or thats what it looked like, letting out an ear deafening scream. It hadn't been the maiden in distress type of scream, but rather the kind only a demon could emit...in fact, the woman had a smile on her face. Rai had woken up right after the half human half demon thing had let out her or rather, it's scream. He was sweating which was a normal thing for him. Being in the Kanetsu clan, his bodily temperature, was higher than that of other average human beings, due to the lava natured chakra. The sweating honestly didn't bother Raishi, only the smell that it produced did when he sweated in intense heat conditions. Due to this, Rai would always be sipping on something cool to keep his bodily temperature down or in the early mornings, walk round his home shirtless.

On top of the roof, he had put on his casual outfit he wore when off duty, wanting to relax and cool off. He had his useal gloves with Iwagakure's protector on and his black ninja sandals. Instead of his red long sleeved  shirt and flack jacket,  he had a simple black sleeveless shirt on, with his clan symbol on the front of it and a pair of black shorts, with a white stripe on both left and right sides. He was a very casual dresser, not wearing bright colours or mixing them with dark colours. Leaning on his roof, arms used as a pillow for his head, he thought about what had transpired in the last 24 hours. Yesterday, he had promised himself that he would stop his slacking and pick up his pace. Arashi, the taijutsu kid who he had met first at Waterfall point, then had teamed up with in the Undeground Tunnels, had recently become Jounin. Rai was surely proud of Arashi for he deserved it, because of all his hardwork and effort. Even though Rai had been of higher rank, being Chunin when Arashi was Genin, Arashi had found a way to surpass him, him being a Jounin and Raishibeing a Special Jounin instead. Raishi smiled, as soon as the sun set up, he would look for Ara so they would train together...Rai had a new jutsu to learn.

As the sun started making it's rise to the spotlight, Rai stood up from his roof, wanting to escape the rays of the sun so the sweating process wouldnt start. As he looked round the village from his point of view, he noticed a wandering bloke looking quite out of place. Red sandals, a white shirt, and a pair of brown shorts. This was a walking fashion disaster, though the sandals seemed to compliment the untamed mass of red hair. Rai smiled to himself, Arashi must have had quite the interesting night.. He decided to shout to Arashi to get his attention.

"Long night?"


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[OOC: Sorry for short post. I'm not in the mood.]

"Long night?"
Arashi instantly turned around to see who was the owner of the shouting voice. There, on a roof around 10 houses from Arashi's was, nobody else but; Raishi. Arashi could recognize his white hair anytime, anywhere.
"You bet!"
Arashi shouted back, with a smile on his face.
"So, what'cha doing?"

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OOC:

"You bet!

He shouted back a reply, with a smile on his face. He looked rather tired, with eye bags noticeable even from the distance Rai was in.

So, what'cha doing?

Rai smiled back for a jumped on to the building right in front of his, making the distance between Rai and him about 9 houses.
I was just thinking really, getting ready to train though. How about you?


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"I was just thinking really, getting ready to train though. How about you?"
"Huh, that's funny. I was just about to train as well."
Raishi jumped on a nearby building, so he was a bit closer now.
"So, want me to join you?"
Arashi didn't really think about what he was about to say, as he was still in a half-zombie state, due to not getting enough sleep. But doing some training should wake him up.

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"Huh, that's funny. I was just about to train as well."

Perfect. Rai was good at training on his own and all, but it always would get boring being as there was nobody else with him. This often led him to talking to himself OUT LOUD....a training partner was definitely what he needed. Arashi looked drained, totally in fact, looking more and more like a zombie the closer Raishi got to him. They were 5 buildings apart now.

"So, want me to join you?"
"Of course! You look like one of the undead. How about a quick warm up?"

Rai always warmed up before training, they were like one player games he made for himself. It would be more interesting now that another player had joined

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"Of course! You look like one of the undead. How about a quick warm up?"
Undead? Sounds about right, given Arashi's current state of mind. Raishi was even closer to Arashi now, as he kept jumping from building to building. Arashi swiftly jumped on top of a building next to himself, it was his uncle's house. The smith, where he worked days and nights to earn money for a living after his parents passed away. Arashi spoke, still with a tired but cheerful voice.
"Why not. So, Raishi, was that your house over there? I didn't know we live so close!"
After Arashi finished his sentence, he yawned and stretched his arms in the air. God, was he tired or what.

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"Why not. So, Raishi, was that your house over there? I didn't know we live so close!"

Saying this, Arashi yawned an stretched his arms in the air.The poor boy looked like a train had run him over in his dream. Rai had just landed in front of him, wiping the sweat from his forehead.

"Yeah that's my house over there....I am usually up all night and sleeping all day so I understand how we both wouldn't have spotted each other."

It took Rai to realize that his body still hurts due to the training of the previous day. This meant that he would not have to due those exercises all over again.

"You know what, crew warm ups. I'll race you to the Fissure Training Grounds?"
With that, Rai used his body flickering technique, appearing 5 houses in front of Ara and still running onwards.

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[OOC: As I've been told, having Taijutsu as a speciality will give your character a passive speed and strength boost. Plus, I'm higher rank than you, so I believe Arashi should be faster then Raishi. If you have any problems, please tell. I don't want to be unfair or anything.]

Raishi continued jumping and running from building to building, getting closer and closer to Arashi as seconds passed. Before long, he was on the same roof with Arashi. It appeared that he was already warmed up, as there were even small droplets of sweat forming on his forehead. He swiftly wiped it of his forehead with his hand, and spoke with the voice well known to Arashi.
"Yeah that's my house over there....I am usually up all night and sleeping all day so I understand how we both wouldn't have spotted each other."
...Up all night? That Raishi dude is strange... But it all fits... Arashi opened his mouth to respond.
"Oh, tha-"
Before Arashi even finished what he was saying, Raishi completely vanished from Arashi's sight. Ara turned his head around a couple of times, before he spotted Raishi; he was around 6 or 7 houses from Arashi, and still running and jumping. He was pretty damn fast... Definitely faster than when Arashi saw him last time. But Arashi was faster, no doubt. That bastard...

Arashi leaped in the air, and landed on the next building. He simply rolled to preserve his motion and continued swiftly running once he got up from his roll. Arashi continued jumping and running, pretty much as fast as he could, which wasn't really his full speed as he wasn't warmed up and streched yet. Still, he progressed from house to house with fierce speed. Before long, Arashi was side to side with Raishi. He slowed down a bit, so they were running at pretty much the same speed. This is where he spoke.
"Is this all you've got?"
Arashi then got back to his normal speed, rising ahead of Raishi. For some time he thought about what he was about to train, as he didn't really put much thought in it before accepting Raishi's offer. He completely simulated the scene of fighting in real life, and what he could use. He figured out he needed a Taijutsu move, fast and simple; but strong. A defensive move probably, maybe a counter-attack... Arashi still wasn't all sure what he would do, but he got nearly all the parts figured out. Now, to get to the Training Ground...

Now training Roaring Red Flame.

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OOC:

Before Rai had used his body flickering technique, he had heard the sounds of Arashi about to start a sentence but he quickly shoved it off. Racing onwards to the training grounds, he knew that even though he had the head start, Arashi would catch up due to the fact that he seemed to specialise in taijutsu primarily. Still, Rai had to try his luck, seeing just how much control Ara had gained over his body.
He was moving on, not bothering to look back. As he moved, he could feel the early morning's cool breeze brush over his yet again sweaty forehead. It was either that today was quite the windy day, or he had improved on his speed. So it seems that my training of recent is paying off..... This made Rai overjoyed he imagined that he had gained a quick burst in speed.

"Is this all you've got?"

He was beyond startled. Looking by his side, he saw the cheerful face of Ara, running right by his side. He was good. He could only catch a glimpse of Ara before seeing him increase his pace and run passed Raishi. He continued to increase in pace, moving significantly ahead of Raishi, about two houses or so. Raishi was annoyed with himself, letting him catch up even when Rai had had the head start. He then smiled as a quick, naughty idea came to his head. Since Arashi was about 8 meters ahead of him, Rai knew the perfect thing to slow him down...
"How about making this a little more interesting?"
As he spoke, he began weaving quick hand seals....Rabbit. Ox. Dog. Snake. Just before activating the juts, Rai concentrated chakra on his feet, shooting roughly 9 meters upwards instead of forwards.
Lava Style: Lava Globs

Jutsu:

Rai watched as the globs flew over Rai, landing on the edge of the building that Arashi was about to jump on. Landing back on the floor, Rai continued racing onwards, hoping that Arashi would have been slowed down by his efforts. If, he did step on the globs, they would harden quickly, making him stuck to the floor. Thus slowing him down.
Rai smiled to himself, this was getting fun.


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[OOC: Let's stop at the Rock Pit first, where we can actually train these techniques. I was thinking that we'd train some other techniques in the Fissure Grounds. Sounds good? ]

Arashi was well ahead of Raishi, when he heard his voice.
"How about making this a little more interesting?"
What? Arashi turned his head around, to see what Raishi was up to. He was high in the air, and he spat a bunch of... Burning globs? Arashi couldn't really get a good look at them, but they definitely weren't made from normal fire. They were more... Red then orange. Like... Lava. But Arashi never really saw lava in real life, he only heard it being bentioned in tales, so he didn't really know how it looked like or are the globs made of it. Still, the globs moved at great speed towards Arashi. I should be able to dodge them! Arashi swiftly made a flip, if the globs were aimed at him he would dodge them by just a few centimeters. But... They obviously weren't. When Arashi completed his turn, he noticed that there were no more globs in front of him. I dodged them! He opened his mouth.
"You missed! Try be-"
Just then Arashi turned his head back. He was just about to land on the next village, but just about half a meter in front of his feet were... The globs? From this closer look, Arashi was able to see that it was indeed something most would describe as "Burning rock", but it looked much, much hotter than normal fire would be. Damn, it's too late! I have to step in them! As his feet got closer and closer, he saw that the rocks started to cool down, and lose their fire. His feet went in slowly, and the burning temperature shocked Arashi's feet. The mass was fairly mushy, as Arashi's feet went in it like it was mud of some sort. Not a second after, the mass was fully cooled; it was now pitch black, with hardly any traces of fire. And the rock was only... Hot. Nothing more. Arashi felt discomfort in his feet, but the heat wouldn't cause any burns for sure. The ral problem was... He got stuck! Arashi shouted, loud and angry.
"Damn you Raishi! Damn you!
Arashi couldn't move a muscle, he was just stuck there... I underestimated him. Not a smart one Arashi, not a smart one. And Raishi was closing in. And fast. There was no doubt he'd get ahead of Arashi soon. Come on Arashi... Think! Think! The matter was hardly as hard as rock, maybe a bit more... What could he do? Well, only one thing came to mind to Arashi. Not specificly original, but simple. Maybe a bit too simple.

Smash the rocks! Garr!

Given Arashi's roots, it was in his blood to think simple and primitive. But hell, that might just work. Of course, he couldn't use his fists. If only he took his gauntlets from home, the iron should be able to smash the rocks... Wait a second. He had another idea. A jutsu. Yes... that could work. The blades were as strong as steel, and he smashed quite a few rocks with them. They should do. Arashi formed the Tiger handseal, even if that wasn't exactly neccesary, and concentrated chakra on his knuckles. The chakra quckly formed in chakra claws. But that wasn't what Arashi was really after, as he didn't keep those claws for a moment. He immediately concentrated another burst of chakra, now Fire Nature, into the claws. They violently extended and thickened. The two pairs of blades on his knuckles were now about 15 centimeters long, and as ahrd as at least steel. Beastly Assassination Jutsu...

Punch. Another punch. Smash. Another smash. Arashi kept hitting the rocks helding his feet with his blades, chipping of only small chunks and fragments of the rocks with each hit. Yup, the rock was ddefinitely stronger than regular rock. Still, Arashi made progress and he would be free before long. He just has to be careful not to cut himself.

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Edit 6.1.2013.

I just realized I accidentally double-posted. Requesting admins to delete this post.

[OOC: Good Good.]

Raishi, almost closing the gap between Ara and him, watched as he made a flip trying to dodge the lava globs. Just as Rai had suspected, he had expected the jutsu to come for himself. He was about to be in for a big suprise. He had successfully dodged the globs, even thought they weren't even aiming for him, and Rai swore he heard him make a comment. Probably bluffing about how he had missed. Raishi just conitued to smile, trying to increase his pace to get passed Arashi. Raishi quickly wiped his forehead, making sure that no drops of sweat would enter his eyes for it would sting like hell. It was like having fire, pierced into your eyeballs. He blinked as he jumped over to the next building..he raised up his head, looking ahead of him for Arashi's status. What he saw, nearly brought tears to his eyes.

"Damn you Raishi! Damn you!"

Rai let out a little chuckle as he got closer to Arashi. He was stuck, just like Raishi had planned. By what he could see, Arashi couldn't move a muscle...but being Arashi, Rai figured that he would find a quick way to get out of his little predicament. Rai had slowed him down, and he had no time to waste at all.
Raishi was now right behind Arashi and he noticed that Ara was getting at he volcanic rock with his fists. Wait a second...I have seen that somewhere before..... Rai remembered the first time he had seen Arashi at Waterfall Point, having a spar with the suiton kid. He had had a signature technique that Rai had never seen or heard about anywhere in his life. They were claws made out of chakra! Focusing his eyes, Rai could see that it was really that same technique he was using. Although, this variation looked significantly different form the original one that he had seen at Water fall point. This one seemed more...fiery..

"Having problems?"

He giggled as he passed Arashi. The kid was definitely a quick thinker and smart,by the looks of his progress, he would be out of Raishi's attempt of slowing him down in a matter of seconds. Raishi continued on, once again in the lead, hoping that his little diversion would last long enough for him to win this race.

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"Having problems?"
Arashi heard a voice from the air. Raishi was giggling as he past Arashi, and continued going further and further away. Stupid rocks! Why do they have to be so hard! After another couple of swipes at the rocks, Arashi successfully freed his left leg. But the right one was still stuck, even if very close to being freed as well. Arashi launched another session of swipes and attacks before his right foot was freed, and he dispelled the jutsu. He immediately leaped in the air, and followed Raishi. He ran towards Raishi, but now maybe a tad bit slower because his feet were still a bit stiff. Though, he was completely warmed up now so it kind of canceled each other out. Small droplets of sweat formed on his forehead, which he occasionally wiped with his hand.

He was running for about half a minute or so before he caught up to Rai. This was getting fun.
"Nope."
It was a late response to Raishi's previous mock, but Raishi'd most probably remember. He wasn't stupid. Arashi was again in the lead now, zooming past buildings of all sorts. If they kept this tempo up, they'd be there in less than 3 minutes or so. But one of those building wasn't like the rest. Arashi knew this building... It was called "The Rock Pit" or something like that, he used to come here and peek through the window while he was younger. His friend showed him the place. It was a crossover between a Restourant, Night club and a bar. A little bit of everything. Arashi used to look through the windows here, and he would see all kinds of delicious dishes and people wearing funny looking clothes. It looked so fun... But they weren't to let in anybody under 16.

Arashi stopped running, and waited up for Raishi. When he came Arashi would speak out.
"Hey, Raishi, want to stop for a second? I'd kind of like to check out this bar here. I heard it's gooood."

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"Nope"

Already? He was free already? Arashi certainly worked fast but Rai didn't expect anything less, being so Jounin at such a young age. Raishi knew that his jutsu would not hold Arashi for long, but at least it made him be in the lead again...no matter how short the period of him being in the lead was. Raishi watched as Arashi passed him, sweat on his forehead. He seemed to be warmed up, and fully awake now which was the purpose of the exercise. They were rushing passed buildings of all kinds, heights and shapes, with Ara in the lead and they were nearly at the fissure grounds. Raishi looked onward and noticed that Arashi had stopped running, probably waiting for him to catch up. As he slowed to a stop next to Arashi, he heard him start talking.

"Hey, Raishi, want to stop for a second? I'd kind of like to check out this bar here. I heard it's gooood."

Raishi looked on to the bar Arashi was talking about. This was the Rock Pit. Rai had passed this bar several times, without even noticing it...he had never been bothered with the place because it really did not interest him in anyway. now looking at it properly, it did seem promising.

"Sure why not, I am a bit thirsty any way"

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"Sure why not, I am a bit thirsty any way."

Arashi jumped of the building he was standing on, and walked toward the bar. It was different from most other building, as it was actually built, and not just carved from a big rock. It was built from stone bricks, with a layer of mud coating the building, so most people thought the building was completely made out of mud. But it is not. It was all quite fancy, with decorations and relief pictures. Though, the red 16 sign was the most obvious one.

"You think we can pass as 16-year olds?"
If Raishi answered with a "Yes" Arashi would proceed to enter the building.

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"You think we can pass as 16-year olds?"

Raishi thought about Ara's statement and wondered why he had asked such a thing before noticing the sign that read 16 on it. He had always been taller than all his peers, and considered to be atleast 2 years above his actual age due to his mature look. He looked at Arashi himself, and noticed that he too had that look of maturity. He smiles to himself.

"Absolutely"

With saying this, Raishi and Arashi entered the building.
He had expected that there would have been some sort of guard looking out for kids trying to sneak in, but suprisingly, there was none. As they neared the building, Raishi realized that there was a lot of noise that seemed to be coming from inside it. He wondered what exactly was going on there. As they stepped inside, Raishi's mouth almost dropped to the floor.

[OOC: Let's get drunk and get in a bar fight and kick some ass and train jutsus!!! WHat do you say?! xD ]

"Absolutely"
Arashi wasn't all that convinced, but it is true that in the past year Arashi changed more than in three before it. Puberty, is that that what they call it? Still, Raishi and Arashi entered the building. They weren't stopped or anything, and there weren't even any guards. Strange. The closer they came through the corridor, the noise became louder and louder. It was a mixture of talking, yelling, and some gentle music in the background. As soon as Arashi set foot inside the building, his eyes widened in interest. A giant smile covered his face. This place... Has changed! There was a bar in the middle, with bottles of sake and pretty much everything. It was circular, and had several openings through the glass wall surrounding the bartender. There were a bunch of drunks sitting around it and slurping on sake, but there were lots more around the corners of the giant room. The lighting was dim, but pretty nice. The room was full of people, and in one corner there was a small area where several women played music. Though, Arashi could hardly hear them. The room was basically very live, and really looked like lots of fun.
"...Do you like it?"
Arashi would then proceed to the bar, and ask something to drink. The bartender would pour him a table of sake, about which Arashi would be surprised as he never heard of it, and hardly tried it.

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OOC: Perfect :D.

"...Do you like it?"

Raishi could barely hear what Arashi had said because he was engulfed by the scene in front of him. The place wasn't exactly rowdy now that they were inside, it was just that there were a lot of things going on at the same time. In the corner, were a group of people, drinks in their hands telling stories and being jolly. They seemed to be drunk but then again, who here wasn't? There was so much to take in at the same time, that Raishi felt overwhelmed by just looking at the place. There was some gentle music playing gin the background, and a big slam made Raishi snap back to reality.

"Seems promising.."

Arashi made for the bar, Rai following along side him. When he was younger, Raishi had attended a birthday party of a friends dad, he had an incident with sake. Since it was a long time ago, he can't remember the taste, but he wouldn't mind trying it again..
He sat down in front of the bar, wondering how exactly he wwas supposed to order for a drink.

"Ummm anybody there?"

"Seems promising... Umm, anybody there?"

Rai sat right besides Ara, and he looked a bit confused. Ara didn't have much experience with bars or drinking of any sort; he hardly ever even drank something that isn't water or eventually milk. He was just about to order a drink, or at least try; there was hardly a way the bartender would hear him; when the bartender popped up just in front of them, on the other side of the window.
"You fellas want a drink?"
Arashi didn't even have time to respond, the bartender already poured some white liquid in some small but deep plates, and tossed the couple of plates toward Rai and Ara. Arashi suspiciously looked at the liquid; it was white but fuzzy, and smelled... Strangely. He closely examined it, and wondered how the hell would anybody drink from a plate. Why the fuck would anybody pour a drink in a plate?! Ara looked at the bartender; he was quite tall, in early 30s or so. He had short brown hair and a spiky beard, and wore regular civilian clothes. He appeared muscular.

Arashi looked at Raishi, and spoke.
"Do you know how to drink this...?"

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"Do you know how to drink this...?"

Arashi had just asked this after the bartender had poured liquid into a pair of plates for them. He had to admit, he had no idea what the hell he was supposed to do. So he looked round the bar, to see if anyone else had plates. He always did this in times of doubt, when in a strange place in public. HHe realized that everybody around him was either to drunk to pay any attention to him, or sleeping.

"Dude, I don't think it matters..look around"

Raishi then turned to examine the liquid more thoroughly. It was white....a fuzzy milky substance. The smell was strangely familiar..... Raishi looked up towards the direction of the bartender, noticing that he had been looking at Raishi and Arashi. Giving him a smile, he put one finger on the plate, some of the liquid sticking to the plate and then he put it to his mouth.

"Dude, I don't think it matters..look around"
What..? Arashi did what Rai told him; he looked around himself once again. It was pretty much as same as before, but now Ara was paying attention to looking how these men drank their liqueur. Most weren't even drinking sake; and the ones that were, well, most of them had their plates empty. Though, Arashi noticed that a couple of person literally... Drank it like from a glass. Or... Slurped it. Arashi looked at his plate, and without waiting yelled.
"Cheers!"
He raised his plate to just in front of his mouth, and sipped the little liquid that was in. A couple of drops pured down the plate as he was raising it; he didn't get the technique completely yet. Still, he drank it. It tasted... Strange. Reminds me of that drink my father used to drink sometimes... Wine was it? White wine? Ara only tried a little that wine, and it tasted... Dry; but fruity. It was quite similar to this sake. It also had some weird flavor... Strange, really. The instant Ara swallowed it he felt this tingly warm feeling spreading over his body... Really strange. I... Like this... He was still thirsty, so he yelled to the bartender to refill him. Afterwards, Ara looked at Rai and smiled.

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"Cheers!"

Saying that, Arashi then lifted the plate up to his mouth. Raishi did the same, and as he tasted the liquid, his eyes widened. If there was even the slightest hint of sleep on him before, it had certainly disappeared. This liquid was....tasty. Sure, it seemed a bit acidic in taste, in Raishi's throat, but before hand, it had tasted good...fruity in fact. Finishing the drink on his plate, Raishi asked the bartender kindly for a refill, always with a smile on his face. Arashi had refilled earlier and was now smiling at Raishi. Finishing his own plate, Raishi turns towards Arashi.

"How is it? I don't think it's bad at all."

"How is it? I don't think it's bad at all."
"Yeah, it's great!"
The bartender poured some more into Ara's plate. Ara didn't wait a second before drinking it in one big sip. This is... So fun! Ara didn't know what was happening, but he was feeling all happy and jolly all of a sudden. Even happier and jollier than he usually is.
"More, please!"
The bartender poured. Ara drank. Everything around him seemed a bit... Fuzzy. But fun at the same time! Truly a strange feeling.
"I like this thing..."

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"Yeah, it's great!"

Arashi really loved it, Rai could tell by the way his eyes sparkled when he replied him. Raishi honestly thought it was nothing spectacular, it was okay. He watched Arashi order for more refills, Rai hoped that he wouldn't get sick or anything from this substance, whatever it was. Since Arashi was younger than him, he had to keep an eye out on him, even though he was higher in rank than him.
Raishi himself asked for more and more refills, a fuzzy feeling clouding his mind. It wasn't a bad or good feeling, it was just....there. Him taking the liquid from his plate was almost automatic now...he was inhaling it plate by plate, and Arashi seemed to be miles away from him. A gruff hand on his shoullder brought him back to the land of the living.

"Bitch ass, you're on my seat. Get the fuck
off."

Raishi just turned round and smiled at the fellow. He was....BIG. Monstrous in fact.
" Why don't you make me?"
He had no idea what he was saying...the words just came out. His whole body was in auto pilot.