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Kila walked through the village known as "Suna", he had just ate and was now begging to start his training. The problem was..where could he train? His usual training spot was being used by some other people. He sighed. Guess he was gonna have to find another spot to train, he rested his hands on top of his head an began to wonder around the village. While walking he noticed that an old lady had dropped a basket full of fruit. Kila made his way to her and bent down.

"Allow me." he said as he began to put the fruit into the basket.

Once he had finished he picked up the basket. It seemed quite heavy.

"Um, say would you like me to carry this for you?" asked Kila as he began to hold the basket over his shoulders.

A small smile appeared on the old lady's face, she nodded. After a few minutes Kila had finally reached his destination he dropped the basket near the door step and left. the old lady thanked him. He now resumes his search for a clear training spot.

(Uh... I'm really horrible with NPC posts... Could you maybe... edit it a little?)

(edited)

In fact, there had been one training spot that was only being used by a single genin. All of the others had been filled by teachers and students alike. Rikuto happened to be practicing on his accuracy with Kunai. His set up was a large stone slab with blocks of wood in a row on top. There were multiple blocks already off to the side as spares. He had a good amount of Kunai with him to practice with as well. It looked like he had been there a while judging on the condition of previously used wood blocks. Holding one of the kunai up, he quickly threw it and hit the block. His aim had improved greatly since he first started. Rikuto grinned once he had hit the block. Though he didn't seem to expect anyone to be nearby.

Kila continued to search, he had been walking for a few minutes now there had to be some kind of training place still out of use. He yawned. He was getting pretty tired of searching, he wanted to start training pronto. As he walked there seemed to be a figure of some kind of person, he seemed to be throwing something sharp...a kunai? He began to run towards the young man's direction. A small smile upon his face, his eyes began to light up with excitement.

"Oi! You there! Mind if i join in?" he yelled towards the man's direction.

He began to speed up, his feet skid along the sand. He clutched his fist. It was training time.

Rikuto was just about to throw another Kunai, but quickly jumped in shock when he heard a yell from behind him. He turned to see a guy running directly at him. It didn't expect or really think that anyone would come up to his little training area since the majority of the areas had been reserved. The thought that this person wanted to train in his area never crossed Rikuto's mind. "Oh crap... Should I run? Should I stay?" By the time he was finished deciding on what he should do, it was too late. The guy was already too close for him to act. All he could do now is just respond quietly. "Um... Hi..." Rikuto never answered if Kila could join him because he was too caught up in thought.

One he was close enough he stopped in his tracks. He then directed his gaze towards the person in front of him. He let out a hand, a big smile upon his face.

"Hello, nice to meet you! My name's Kila Namizake from the Namizake Clan."

This was the perfect place to train, there was only one person and there was a few blocks of wood. He could use to practice his taijutsu. While waiting for the reply from the man he began to think on how he should use the blocks. Kick them around? Punch? Headbutt? There was a lot of options. He sighed.

Rikuto looked down at Kila's hand and gave a slightly confused face. He slowly reached his hand out and gave his part of the handshake. "Um... I'm Rikuto Shiro..." His voice was nervous, and definitely sounded shy. It was somewhat hard to talk to this person. He had never met him before, and wasn't really used to random people running up and introducing themselves. Rikuto looked at Kila's eyes and could see them drifting off to the side. Not only were his eyes drifting, but it looked like his mind was doing the same. Rikuto turned his head and saw that Kila had focused his attention on the wooden blocks that were being used for target practice. "Are you... Are you here to train...?"

"Hmm" Kila said as he directed his gaze back to the young man.

"Ah..yes..Do you mind?" he asked the man as he lay his hands back onto his head.

He wasn't just gonna burst in and train, he knew his manners. Kila then looked back at the blocks of wood. Mabye he can practice ninjutsu onto it as well? He was excited to start training.

Rikuto paused for a moment to consider his options and personal feelings on the idea. [i]"This could be kind of nice having someone help me... but... I like to train by myself since I'd just get in his way..." [/iA few more ideas bounced though Rikuto's head before he finally said his response. "Um... Sure... I guess so..." His voice was still nervous, but that was only really because he was naturally shy. Picking up some of his left over kunai, he stuck a majority of them in his back pouch. He looked over at Kila and kept watching to see what he would do.

"Thanks!" Kila said with a smile on his face.

He then began to approach one of the blocks, with his left foot he flicked one of them from the ground into the air. He spun in a left direction and hit the block in the middle using his right foot. The block hit a nearby tree and fell towards the ground. He was first gonna practice his taijutsu, running towards the block of wood he flicked it to the air, twisting his body to the right he pushed his left fist to the side of it making it fly towards the left direction, as it flew through the air he sprinted towards it. As soon as it was about to drop he kicked it up into the air and spun, the block then came down towards the floor. He punched it with all his might leaving a slight crack onto it as it hit against a tree.

"That's it for warm ups."

Rikuto just seemed to stand in place and stare at Kila as he warmed up. He didn't want to move. It looked as if he was now regretting his decision to let Kila in his training ground. Though it wasn't because Kila was a bad person. It was only really because he was still a bit nervous. Rikuto was shy in general, so when it comes to other people, he would usually think he'd be in the way. Slowly picking up another kunai. He threw it at one of the wood blocks he had set up on the wall. It hit the block and fell to the ground. He glanced over at Kila, but quickly resumed his accuracy training. Not a single word cam from his mouth.

Kila continued his training with the wood however suddenly stopped when Rikuto threw a Kunai. It hit the wood straight in the middle making it fall onto the floor. A big grin came upon Kila's face.

"That's one awesome accuracy you have there." Kila said as he continued to kick the wood.

He flicked it onto the air one more and leaped towards it, he flipped in a forward direction hitting the block of wood down towards the ground once more. Some of the wood broke off. Kila landed safely on both feet.

"Hehe~ Looks like all that training paid off"

Rikuto heard the compliment, but seemed to cringe up slightly when he heard it. His eyes slowly drifted to nearly every object in the direction of the blocks, but no stare was directed at Kila. The last time he received a compliment was when he had trained with the Kazekage, and God knows he wanted to forget that day. Slowly walking towards the wooden blocks, he gave the occasional glance at Kila. It seemed like Kila was a nice person, but again, due to Rikuto's nervous tendencies, he tried to avoid speaking. Picking up his kunais, he then set up the blocks once more. "..." Still no sound came from Rikuto.

Kila continued hitting the block of wood, with every hit he seemed to get a little bit faster. His punches and kicks were getting slightly faster. Some sweat came down his fore head as he kicked the block of wood. After a few kicks he stopped, he picked up the wood and attached it to a nearby tree. He took a stance. Kila rested his hands on his waist and stared at the block. He then pushed his right fist towards the center of the block and brought it back, he done this with his other fist. He began to get faster and faster with every punch. He was gonna test his speed. After a few punches his fist began to get sore however he just kept going, it was just a minor problem. It'll probably go away later. He continued to punch at the block. His eyes fixed only at the center of it, he tried to blur out his other surroundings.

"The faster the better" he began to think as beads of sweat began to form on top of his forehead.

Rikuto fumbled around with a few of the blocks, but he was eventually able to get them completely set up. Glancing up at Kila, he sighed and decided to start a conversation with Kila. He was really afraid that the conversation would lead to a training exercise. The training would lead to pain. And the pain would cause a bit of discomfort. Rikuto was thinking ahead of everything though. It took him a second to talk, but he was able to muster up a bit of a backbone and speak. "Um... Kila was it...? What are you training for...?" A simple question that could easily turn complex if taken a different way. Though Rikuto seemed kind of nervous with the question, he was truly interested in what the answer would be. After all, he was training just from boredom.

Kila fists kept going at the fast pace, he had no intention of stopping. He listened to Rikuto's question carefully, he thought for a while and finally answered.

"Im training to become stronger, to protect my clan. It is also a little bit out of boredom." he answered with a normal tone of voice.

He continued to punch the piece of wood however the wound on his fits began to get a little worse.

"It will go soon..just keep training." he thought to himself as he punched the wood.

"Why'd you ask...Rik..can I call you that?"

"Uh..." Rikuto paused for a moment and stared to choose his words carefully. If he worded it wrong, it could get him in a position that he definitely didn't want to be in. "Rik... Rik is fine... I asked because I was curious..." Looking at bit more at Kila's block of wood, he noticed it was starting to get dented from Kila's punches. Rikuto nodded once and walked back to his spot. It wasn't too obvious, but he was a bit more comfortable around this person. Well, not too comfortable. He still had his nervousness to deal with. Snapping out of his thoughts, he focused back on the blocks. Throwing another kunai, it his the block and stuck inside. A perfect shot.

(I just learned I can't post in this now since Rikuto traveled to Konoha...)

(Ah Oh well...Maybe this can be a flash back thread?)