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OOC: This is a flashback thread before toshiko's travel to sunagakure

Toshiko needed a bit of time to relax. It was his first day back in his home village since traveling to takigakure for the chuunin exams, and he was a bit afraid of how those around him would react upon him not winning. It was a frightening thought to know that you might be belittled by those who you wanted to hold you in the highest of respect. To avoid the possibility of this happening, he'd simply hide somewhere, and somewhere where he could try and calm his nerves. The place for this? The hot springs of course!

Toshiko found himself walking in the hot springs with a towel wrapped around his waist and his normal training clothes tossed to the side. in front of him was a large warm steamy pool of water.Toshiko noticed a few others present but didn't take time to take note of them, and simply sat in the warm water, closing his eyes and sighing as he tried to relax for once

Toshiko sighed out as he was relaxing himself in the hot springs, not able to notice his pedophile of a sensei trying to molest him from the water. Toshiko could hear the sounds of the water moving as someone moved through it in his direction, but tried his best to ignore them. Next thing he knew, there was a wet hoe with it's arms wrapped around him hugging him. Toshiko was surprised at first, but then sighed. The thirst was strong in this one. "Oh my god, I'm saved!" The hoe cried out, and toshiko opened his eyes to see a child molester on him. BUt not a child molester that was foreign to him. It was of course his teacher aethir. Toshiko watched as his old teacher who he hadn't seen in quite some time started dancing for him, and then swam over to the left side of him.

"Hiya."

He had the smile of pedobear, only worse. Despite this, TOshiko smiled and waved to his old teacher.

"How's it going?'

Aethir leaned in closer, creeping toshiko out a bit.

"It's going fine. Haven't seen you in a long time. WHere ya been?"

"You wouldn't happen to have a strawberry on you, would you, Toshiko?"


Toshiko then recalled how aethir had a strawberry fetish, but sadly he had none to bare.

"No i don't have any on me right now considering the fact that i'm naked in a hot spring. Sorry."

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Toshiko listened to Aethir as he spoke to him wondering about what had happened to his right eye. Toshiko couldn't really think up of a cover story quickly. Luckily, he didn't have to. To his surprise aethir went off about some type of ants, stating they weren't like the animals that toshiko had taken on before while he was training with aethir a while ago. They were at the top of the chain. the best. they sounded like a really fun challenge. Then, Aethir seemed confused about what a chuunin was. That was strange, but toshiko then remembered that aethir was a ronin. a ninja who wasn't apart of a specific village. Aethir then congradulated Toshiko on becoming a chuunin, and then asked him what a chuunin could do. Toshiko smiled and felt his will to fight begin to come in tact. he hadn't fought with aethir since he had first become a genin. that was before he knew who he even was, and Toshikko thought he was trying to kidnap his friend antanas. he had come a long way since then, and he was sure that Aethir had to. It would have been fun to test the both of their skills.

Before Toshiko could comply, Aethir was already performing hand seals and preparing a jutsu. he was always quick to get to the point. As Aethir was making the handseals Toshiko was already out of the water, jumping back and onto the pavement on the edge of the hotspring. Aethir was now around 10 meters away from him, and Toshiko would move to the side, out of the path of the lightning javelin. Tohsiko would then focus chakra into his feet, and then move back onto the water using the supernatural walking technique. he ran towards aethir, and once he was right in front of him he brought up his left foot and attempting to kick him in the head.

As Toshiko attempted to kick Aethir, Aethir went and grabbed both of his ankles. Toshiko smiled as this happened. Aethir probably wouldn't expect what would happen next. Toshiko would then attempt to do a backflip while aethir had his hands on his ankles, turning his body over so his head faced the water instead of his feet. he then focused his chakra into his hands, andhit the water, keeping his body on the surface with the chakra. Toshiko would then throw both of his legs down back towards the water, attempting to shake Aethir off of his ankles. Then, Toshiko inhaled deeply filling his mouth with fire chakra, and then exhaled a stream of flame from his mouth, attempting to scorch Aethir and his toes along with him.

As Toshiko was doing the backflip, Aethir would let go of his foot, moving faster than Toshiko could see, and then he would grab Toshiko's hips. Toshiko could see Aethir's movements, but they were almost too fast for him to catch up with. Toshiko could feel the hands touch his hips. This physical contact with him would be a great mistake on his part. Quickly, Toshiko exerted his chakra into a raiton aura around his body with Aethir's hands still on his body. Aethir would feel a shock that would disorient him. Toshiko then felt a shock from Aethirs hands on both of his sides, burning his sides. he kept going through with his move, and then the raiton chakra would gather in one area of Toshiko's body and fire out to Aethir as he moved in the direction he was attempting to go. Toshiko then fired the fireball directly at the water, jumping back a bit after he did once he realized that aethir wasn't there. The flame hit the water, causing the room to fill with a thick steam. Toshiko's feet were now on the water, and the room was filled with mist. He couldn't see his opponent.

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[Exit Thread]

Toshiko couldn't see through the mist. He had no idea of whether or not his attacks had gone through and hit his target, but he sure hoped so. a loud cry was head in the mist.  "Weapons be fired at the captain!" shouted the man, another coming in right after him, this one slimmer. "Bah, skin 'em alive...!" Toshiko turned to see a large bulky man as the mist cleared and him and his opponent aethir could be seen. who was this person? Toshiko hadn't ever seen him before. Before giving that man all of his attention he turned to stare at aethir. He seemed to get out of the way of his attacks unscathed, all but both of his hands which had been moderately burned. Toshiko cracked a smile at the sight of that. He actually managed to hit his opponent. The last time they fought way back when Toshiko was an untrained genin, well he literally got his ass handed to him. It wasn't much of a fight really. Just Toshiko flailing angrily due to the fact he thought that aethir was attempting to hurt his friend. He barely knew him back then, and didn't have half the skill that he had now. To be able to do even a little bit of damage to his teacher gave him a bit of pride. He finally realized how much more powerful he had become since then. How much he grew since then. It made him feel happy to be here with aethir right here and now. It made him smile as he realized how long they had known each other and how much they both had changed since then. Aethir was his very first teacher, and taught him and his friend antanas how to overcome great challenges when they trained together. Using those skills that aethir had taught him, Toshiko took up other challenges in his life like the chuunin exams, and he had his first master to thank for that. Aethir was the reason he was the way he is now, and Toshiko would always be grateful to him.

While he was in thought, he barely noticed as More people came into the hot spring wielding all different types of weapons. Who were they exactly? They seemed to be at the ready to attack Toshiko. What for? He didn't recall doing anything wrong, and even if he did they would have provided explanation. toshiko didn't know, but he got ready to defend himself regardless. Aethir would then call them off, telling them that toshiko was no threat. He knew these people? Toshiko watched as aethir spoke with them, seemingly telling them to stop with their planned attack on Toshiko. He smiled, and then remembered that Aethir said something about becoming a pirate. Were these his crew mates? Most likely. It was funny in a way. Toshiko went over to go and speak with them all, but then looked outside from the entrance of the hotsprings. It was getting a bit dark. he had a travel group to lead the very next day. He couldn't stay up late. Aethir seemed to be occupied with his friends anyway. Toshiko smiled when he saw that. It was good to see that aethir didn't just disappear off the face of the earth when Toshiko was gone off training. He had a life of his own, and Toshiko understood that. It was kinda bittersweet for him to watch those who he cared for and how they grow alongside him. He turned, waved to aethir hoping that he would notice, grabbed his towel, and then walked out of the hot spring heading back to his apartment. He had a duty to perform tomorrow. One that he had to go on with with 100 percent dedication. It was a shame though. He didn't get to show his good old teacher his sharingan. Maybe another time. At least, he hoped.

As he was one the way out, he turned around, almost forgetting that he left his clothing there. He went back to grab it, picked up his black jumpsuit, and took one last look at Aethir. He smiled at his teacher, silently acknowledging him as he turned around and left for good. his sides were in great pain still from the burns he had received from their fight. His side were damaged by the electrocution aethir had given him, but it wasn't anything permanent. Just his skin would be rigged for the next few days to come. As he put on his jumpsuit, his sides burned alot due to the contact, but it wasn't anything that he couldn't fight through. Once his jumpsuit was on, he began his walk through the streets of konoha back towards his very home. He thought about his task to come. What he would have to do the following day. Lead two genin across the 5 nations all by themselves. It was very exciting, and kinda scary, but it made Toshiko realize how far he had come. He had went from a genin to a chuunin and now had the chance to travel the entire world with new genin that he could teach as his friends and students. It would be a great experience and he couldn't wait to meet them. He knew almost nothing about them, only one of his comrades. Suutei Kimura. A genin that participated in the chuunin exams with him and lost in the finals. Hopefully he wouldn't be a problem. Whether he was or not, Toshiko couldn't wait to do it. He hoped he could get it done, to hopefully show aethir that he had somewhat matured. When he got back to the leaf village, they would fight again, and next time, he would win.