The young Genin had arrived in Tanzaku Gai nearly five days ago on his search for answers about the Tsuyoi, he had heard stories of this place a literal museum city as they claimed and they were right. Jaes knew that if the answers were anywhere they would be here, however dead end after dead end soon had the boy's hopes circling the drain as to ever finding out what he sought when he saw something that caught his attention. As the boy exited another temple with the same unanswered question, his gaze fell onto that of another boy. While the other boy himself was not what caught his attention, but rather what it was that the boy was doing that did it. Jaes would recognize it anywhere considering it was something that belonged to his clan, Jaes quickly approach the boy with a new found vigor. "Where did you learn that?" he questioned the boy with an excited as well as demanding tone, "Do you mind I am trying to practice my Shuurai Tekken Do style," the boy replied with annoyance in his voice. The boy's words rang within Jaes' ears, what did he mean his Shuurai Tekken Do Style? Jaes thought to himself as he tried to process what he had heard. The Shuurai Tekken Do Style was an ancient fighting style of the Tsuyoi, so does that mean that the boy is a Tsuyoi? Jaes asked himself as he continued to watch the boy as he moved through the same motions that Jaes himself went through on a daily basis with his training. Rather than trying to speak to the boy again Jaes would instead mirror the boy and his movements as he practiced, when the boy noticed he snorted and picked up his speed, Jaes matched they boy's speed with ease as the boy continued to increase the speed of his movements until eventually the pair of them ended up shadow fighting. When it was all said and done the pair of them both had a smile on their face, almost out of breath the other boy stated from a hunched over position, "that was amazing, I did not know anyone here studied the teachings of Raijin." Jaes was thrown off guard he knew that Raijin was the God of Thunder, but what did him or his teachings have to do with the Tsuyoi and their fighting style. Almost as if the other boy could sense Jaes' confusion he stated, "You do know that it was Raijin that created the fighting style don't you?" with nothing but a blank stare from Jaes the boy continued. "Long ago Raijin Decended from the heavens with his mighty Raiju by his side, he brought to the land of Kaminari no Kuni many things, among which was both his favor and protection. With the help of his Raiju, Raijin taught the ancients the Way of the Lightning Strike Fist, it has been past down from the monks that live at the top of Raptor's Peak." Jaes could not belive what he was hearing and knew that he had to get to Raptor's Peak as soon as possible to get the answers he sought. The young Genin set out with haste for Raptor's Peak with the intention of solving the mystery that he was after, however after travelling for about thirty minutes or so the boy came upon an old temple that seemed to have been forgotten by time as well as the keepers of this museum city. It was covered in foilage the likes of which the young boy had never seen, Jaes did not understand why but he seemed drawn to it almost as if it was calling to him. Without so much as a second thought the young male left the poor excuse for a path and ventured closer to the temple, despite the foilage that covered it, the temple looked as if it was twice the size and majesty of the other temples the boy had seen within the village. It was on the outskirts of the village if it was even a part of the village that is, the closer the boy got to the entrance of the temple the more that he could not help feeling that this was unlike any of the other temples he had been in.

Moving through the archway the boy entered the massive cathedral of the temple, it was at least a hundred meters wide by the boy's estimation. His eyes scanned the giant room, what he was looking for he did not know but he aimed to find it. As with the outside of the temple the inside was too covered in ivys and shrubbery as well as a few large trees, one of which seemed to have sprouted out of the ground in the center of the large chamber. As Jaes moved through the room he found a statue covered in moss and ivy on the other side of the large tree in the center of the room, as he reached it the boy pulled the moss and ivy from it to reveal the statues appearance. Jaes' jaw almost dropped as he uncovered the statue of Raijin from beneath the overgrowth, 'perhaps Raptor's Peak is not the only place I can seek answers' the boy thought to himself as he began searching the temple from the top to the bottom for anything that might lead him to the answers that he had been searching for. The Temple had definately seen better times, in addtion to all of the foilage that covered the temple both inside and out, the temple must had also had a fire at one point in time as evidence of the flames had left walls and floors black on parts of the temple, there were also a few areas which looked like the ceiling caved in from the weight of time as well as water damaged looking parts of the temple. This place was a ruin, and there did not seem to be anything that looked like it held even an ounce of information about anything, let alone a long and forgotten and buried clan that no one even remembers. It was the whole reason the boy had traveled so far and refused to give up in his search, if he could just find one tiny scrap of proof that the Tsuyoi existed then he could restore his clan to what they once were, instead of living in the shadows like rats afraid that the Kage's would discover them and wipe them out. Jaes spent four days searching the temple, every room, every hallway, every meditation garden, shrubbery finding nothing until the fourth day when he pulled down the Ivy that was growing on the wall behind the statue of Raijin revealing a hidden doorway. The Door looked to be built into the wall itself meeting flush with the wall around it, had it not been for the strange symbols on the door he might not of even found the tiny slit that was the tell tale signs of a hidden door. Jaes spent the rest of the day trying everything he could think of from pushing the door, pulling it, and even attempting to blast it with his Galick Gun Jutsu in hopes that his Raiton could destroy the stone wall door but to no avail. As the sun began to rise on the fifth day the boy had given up hope on breaking into the hidden chamber, it was obvious that whatever these strange symbols were that covered the door were someway linked to its opening or in his case not opening but they made no sense to the young genin. It wasn't until nearly midday when the boy thought of something that he wasn't sure if it would work or not, but with the sun piercing through the hole in the roof caused by the tree shining onto the statue of Raijin it felt like a sign. So the boy decided he was out of options, though he doubted it would work the young Tsuyoi did something he never thought he would do. Taking out an incense he had been pushed into buying when he had first arrived at Tenzaku Gai, Jaes tossed his cloak onto a fallen pillar before igniting the incense with a spark of Raiton applied to the tip. Setting the incense in the offering plate and setting himself up against the large tree in the center of the cathedral the boy closed his eyes and began to meditate and pray to the God Raijin for wisdom and guidance in hopes that the God might show pity on the young genin and would help the boy get past these symbols that seem to be blocking his path so that he may discover the secrets of his clan's past.

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Jaes had no idea how long he had been meditating, asking Raijin for something, anything that could help him find the answer he needed. He had almost given up hope and was about to leave when the sound of a voice rang through the boy's ears, at first the boy thought it was the voice of Raijin that spoke to him, but when he open his eye's to look upon the source of the voice what he saw was not the God of Thunder, or at least not what the boy thought the God of Thunder would look like. Jaes was not sure what to think of the man that stood before him, was it possible that this was the God's way of answering the boy? Jaes did not know how to handle himself, if the man was just a man then he would be no help to him in his opinion, however if he was the answer to his prayer then he needed to ensure not to anger the man. "I.. uh.. I.." the young genin scrambled with his words as he got to his feet, he was not brave enough to come out and ask the man if he was the answer to his prayers for the chance that he was not, instead the boy decided to just tell the man what he had found and see what happened from there. "I found this place, um, about five days ago. I came here searching for answers to my clan and their connection to Raijin, but from what I have seen this temple completely lost in time, at least whats left of it. The rooms are bare of any kind of funiture, save for these two alters here in this room. No bookshelfs, no beds, no chairs, not even a single book, its almost as if someone took everything out of here and then just left the building because they couldn't take it with them. To be honest I am surprised a temple to Raijin is under such poor care in a city such as this, but the statue is still standing so that's something at least don't you think. In truth the only thing of interest that I have found in this entire temple is the scribbling on the wall over there that I have no idea what it is or means but it's covering some kind of hidden door way." Jaes stopped talking taking a slow breath to regain the oxygen that he spent talking as fast as he had. The young genin was shocked with how fast his words were coming out almost as if his vocal cords were electified and wanted nothing more than to speak as much as physically possible, it could be the exictment of the thought that this man could actually be Raijin or it could be the energy of this place that caused this but the boy did not know he simply spoke although it was a lot and he spoke rather fast trying to get it all out. Deep down inside the young Tsuyoi, the genin hoped that this man was in some shape or form the answer to his prayer and could help him find the answer he was searching for behind this mysterious hidden door that was covered in strange symbols. If the man was and he was some how able to get this hidden door open perhaps the truth behind the Tsuyoi would be found inside, of course if the man was not the answer to his pray then the boy simply wasted his time explaining himself to the man which would no doubt annoy the young genin.

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