Sero moves through the forest looking disgruntled. He was currently hunting for his assistant who he had bought a tool for. Not to mention the engineer who had created it had complained for hours while Sero waited. Apparently Sero was asking for a great deal of effort. However his coin was good so it worked out. Still he was tracking the fool subordinate into the forest. Fool was a strong term really. Kid was a genius but had less money then a bum and no tools for his trade so to speak.

He heard the soft sound of someone not attempting to control they're breathing. Asleep somewhere by the sound of it. And then a sigh. the noteworthy sigh of a miserable secretary skipping out on work. Son of a bitch. He looks up spotting him in the trees and frowns.

On Sero's back was a wrapped up human sized package. He shakes his head and picks Toki off his back and leans on one foot before hurling it into the tree at Tenshinsa hard enough to knock him off the branch.

"awaken Ten. I have decided you are to be of a greater use to me after all. So being as your death might trouble me some I am equipping you. Meet the Total Offense Killing Instrument. Or Toki for short. He is your instrument. learn to play him."

Ten was having a great dream, he was back at Kiri enjoying the rain that he missed so much. Konoha was to noisy for his taste and it was hard to sleep and work in. The people were noisy and the only place to find peace was in the forest. Sero would come hunt him down if he needed him.

Needed him Sero did, as Ten quickly threw the little body weight he had to make sure he rolled on the ground to make sure he didn't hurt himself in the process of falling. Realizing that something was thrown at him he quickly turned around and caught the human like shape thrown at him. Ten yawned as he looked at Sero "Alright, alright I am up sorry Sero its hard to sleep in that town. To many people doing to many things. Also there is no rain to drown them out."

Noticing the new item in his had he looked down at it. It was a lifeless puppet, with no soul that seemed to pierce his heart. Ten knew how to make it full of life, even though this would be his first time with a puppet. He knew the basic but would that be enough to make this puppet as effective as him? Ten shook all doubt away, he wouldn't think of that. Putting the puppet on the ground Ten focused his Chakra into the puppet. A smirk appeared as strings slowly made it way to the new puppet and making contact. Ten looked up at Sero with glee.

"Now stand Toki! It is time to get to work!" He says smoothly as he tries the get the puppet to stand up. Slowly realizing that the puppet wasn't moving upward he remember that it isn't thought controlled. Slowly flexing his index finger he gets the puppet to shakily stand up.

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Sero nods slowly and makes sure to back up about 22 feet as TOKI rises. The thing was a weapon. And he knew if he was within 20 feet. He calculated it out to be out of the radius of its destruction. To Be within 20 feet was marginal danger. to be within 8 feet was to be trying deaths patience. His silver eyes regard his student and Assistant. Before speaking in his cool and collected tone.

"You might notice its heavy. I have it equipped with enough weaponry to be more effective then the common thug. The weapons are as follows. Wires in the chest and each fingers. Kunai in the fingers attached to wires and needles in the mouth and chest. "

Ten cocks his head slightly to the side. "So its an offensive puppet? I am not use to that, but I can make it work." He looks at the closest tree and slowly pulls his middle finger, triggering the Kunai to launch out at the tree. Watching all of them stick in. Ten smirks "Well that could have gone worse," He says to Sero. Accidentally relaxing his hand his puppet started to fly at the tree and the wires started to fly inward toward the puppet.

"Oh my!" Ten says with a slightly higher and more agitated voice. Pulling his hand back, making the Toki pull it's hand back and pulling the Kunai back to the fingers. Instead of flying face first into the tree the puppet was safe. "Well that worked out really well. Could have been worse."

Regaining his composure he straighten himself out and made the puppet follow suit. He was starting to get the hang of it, it wasn't as hard as it he thought it would be. He slowly made the puppet stand next him him, it almost seemed to a natural gift he had at getting the hang of it.

"Okay, Sero this seems simple enough, but I don't understand how the needles in the mouth are..." Thinking about it, the idea spawned on him on how to use it. "Nevermind Sero, I understand how that works." He started to fidget with his hands more making Toki do more things, even quickly move across the ground. The clicking sounds that the puppet gave off was almost soothing. Ten decided to test Toki and his reflexes. Quickly he shot the Kunai out and as soon as it hit the three brought them back. Enough to puncture the human body and cause them to bleed.

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Sero allows an almost smile to appear across his features. truth be told the person before him excelled in everything he tried to do. However getting him to try was more difficult then settling arrangements for shipments. He was giving him an offensive puppet because he intended to use him as an intimidation move. A clacking noise and then death reigning the battlefield would be interesting. He watches the fumble however and his hands raise to his temples. Perhaps to much faith was being put to the test already. He could even feel his right eye twitching.

"very well then. I have provided you with the very basics of an offensive puppet. Moving on from here will be your prerogative. Our very records are to be kept under your guard along with someone else I will assign later. If I find someone suitable for the role. In the future this puppet may be upgraded per your requirements."

He calmly steps back another 3 feet just for safety. If he where to hurl the thing at him he might not think and destroy it. Which would truly be a shame. He had spent so much out of pocket. Again his eye twitches. God he hoped this idiot genius didn't kill himself at least. For now he picks up a branch and tosses it up into the air.

"Attempt to use the Chest trap. I am told if you can master it then it will be a fearsome weapon against your foes."

He waits until that is finished and nods slowly. Still there was one weakness that was bothering him. Parts of the puppet where made of very strong wood. And wood was flammable. It was too expensive to watch burn away so he also breathes another word of advise.

"lastly. While made of a very durable wood and metal the wood itself is still slightly flammable. Your can prevent the loss of a puppet with countermeasures such as soaking it down with water prior to battle. Or later upgrade it to be almost Immune to Burning techniques."

Ten had the hang of it now; the weapons, the movement. It was easy for him to pick up this new technique. Getting the puppet to cackle in the right way would soon be second nature. Ten heard everything Sero told him, even though he was sure he was going to use these puppets to protect himself. The idea that a dead body couldn't hurt him was a great idea. He would need to master this so his teammate would not be in danger. More importantly himself; he needed to make sure he would be safe and alive.

Ten noticed a bird on the ground. Eating some seeds; even though he hated the idea of wasting things he flexed his whole right hand and watch the wires wrap up the bird. Ten smirk and the spider like wires went out and grabbed the bird and dragged it in. Then the smirk turned into a cruel smile as the bird squawking stopped and blood corpse was launched out. This idea wasn't as bad as he thought. If he just upgraded it a bit, that puppet could kill a ninja if managed right. Quickly he noticed the stick going up in the air. "Oh! You wanted me to use it on that sorry," opening the puppet mouth up the needles shot out and stuck the twig into a tree.

He had it, the control of the puppet was great. It was smooth as if he was suppose to do this. Like everything else he just had to put his mind too. He looked up at Sero and nodded, "I will keep a canteen just for my puppet, two of them. Until I get them fire proofed. I have grown quite attached to this thing." Bringing the puppet back he patted it on the head "Your a good Toki aren't you?" He quickly sent out his puppet out to get the needles. That was his final test to himself to make sure he could do it right.

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Sero nods slowly and waits for a moment. watching his subject or apprentice or however the individual would be considered play for lack of a better word. He contemplates on moving the training schedule up a tid bit. He frowns deep in thought as he watches the bird get slaughtered and then the twig get broken. all of it with the kind of precision he expected of his men. No one had the child like innocence to depend on and in fact that could be considered saddening. His fist clenches a little as he closes his eyes. regaining his composure. Even now the power that had taken down kiri was unstoppable. He had no theory on how to negate it. A fire that burned endlessly and everything. He opens his eyes as the puppet clicks past him to collect its ammunition. He could smell the warm blood on it and his cold gaze returns to its owner. It was a weapon. Everything was a weapon. And in order to make it in this world he needed to make them into weapons. Destroying everything that opposed them. If he did not then truly he was not fit for the position left to him. In fact he had to wonder why Jurou had left him in charge to begin with. sure he had a plan but he needed more then just a basic plan.

He lifts his arms one crossing his chest while the elbow of the other rests on top of it. his free hand tapping his chin as he remains deep in thought. He now had a dilemma and an opportunity in front of him. in fact He could finish up his training without killing someone this way however there was a chance he could end up wounded. He would be cautious with this fight. Honestly though He had been watching the little blue haired whelp and found they had something in common. In fact he had to wonder if they both enjoyed killing to the same extent. He could truly get into this fight. In fact the blood was interesting his inner most demons. The Ice in his gaze was the most terrifying thing anyone might have seen from him before. He begins to pace waiting for Ten to realize he was being waited on. And then he would stand in silence contemplating his options while observing Ten. He felt at the very least the boy could defend himself. After all he had no intention of breaking the puppet he had spent his patience and money on. In fact he wanted nothing more then to improve his skills in controlling the puppet. And the fastest way was to fight something with impossible odds. And Sero was fast enough for a Genin. He could at the very least keep up with the boy. It suddenly occurred to him that he had been thinking of the others as children instead of soldiers as of late. Bah. Konoha was softening him a great deal more then he intended. Soldiers where soldiers and it would stay that way. Instead he begins to speak. to instruct, His voice a soft purr of wicked intentions.

"Now we move on to the next stage. I am actually pleased you chose this location. At fast paces in an enclosed area it might be easy to get your puppet entangled and you will need practice in preventing that. I will be engaging you and your puppet at full speed. It will be difficult but Your mission is to follow my movements and draw blood from me. Keep in mind I will be attempting to draw your fire in ways that are not beneficial to you. You on the other hand will be hiding your true abilities behind your Puppetering and should keep that masquerade up as long as possible. In other words you must draw it in your mind to keep your puppet closer to me then I am to you. Do not get caught in your own works or the enemy will dispatch you without effort. So to follow up. Your training is to keep moving both you and your puppet. avoid being entangled in the wires while trying to trap someone much faster then you. If you feel this is impossible then the safe words are as follows. Soldier down. Understood?"

He waits for a confirmation before he assumes his fighting stance. His right foot lightly touching the ground on his tip toe in front of his left foot while his left foot was planted firmly on the ground. This stance was intended so that he could move quickly. If not for this stance then dodging a lethal attack might be more difficult then he had ever imagined before. In fact this stance was perfect to use against a killing machine. He raises off his toes and then slams his right foot down propelling him in a sideways flip to the tree. Where he uses chakra to stand sideways. From here it would Begin. But he needed to test out his target. No Ninjutsu here. In fact he would strictly limit himself to taijutsu.

He turns to stand upright on a branch and then he was moving. A rapped grid pattern for something easy to predict looking for an opening as he rushes through the tree's above. A flash of his white cloak over head and the flash of his silver hair to the left. He was increasing his pace trying to make it difficult to keep up with him while his eyes focus on the young Ten on the ground. Capturing such a difference in rank with even a mark would be difficult. He needed a plan to Stop Sero from moving to fast. It was simple to Sero what to do but he wondered if he would figure it out in time or if he would become a victim. After all the keeper of the records needed to be able to protect the secrets. He smiles as he moves even faster trying to become hard to follow with the mere human eye.

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Ten nodded as he quickly understood what Sero just told him. It amazed Ten that a person that wasn't much older than him thought differently than him. He quickly dismissed it as it just comes with the rank. Even though it he dismissed the idea, it still tugged on his shoulder like a bad demon trying to get his attention. Ten knew that is how he needed to act if he ever wanted to get anywhere in Kiri. That cold look in Sero eye clearly mean he was thinking of the Burning.

It was on Ten mind too. He lost a lot in that, not even sure if his brother grave is still up. Or worse, someone dishonored it. The idea made his blood boil, but he had to keep it down and cool. This was training; yet that lost just tugged on his mind. He wanted to hear the rain again and he was going to make sure no one can take it away. The idea that someone that strong couldn't be stopped bother him. He quickly shook his head as reality came into play once again.

"I understand Sero," His musical voice almost echo in the forest "I will say solider down if the fight gets to bad and I feel like I am in danger. I can't risk anything right now. I need to become stronger, not for myself but for the sake of Kiri also." He quickly recalled the puppet to him, and analyzed the training; no the fight that was about to begin.

'First' Ten thinks to himself 'I am at a clear disadvantage here, Sero was more trained in taijustu. He would have to get close to get to me. It would be a pain if he hit me hard. Also I am not sure of the durability of the puppet he just bought me. Clearly him and I don't want to break it.' He quickly looked around and noticed all the trees around him. 'I can make a quick defense using the wire he gave me within the puppet.' His face quickly went from smiling to a small frown, but if not studied most couldn't even see it. He noticed that Sero was moving faster and faster becoming hard to keep up with the human eye.

"Toki, its time to get to work!" He says excited like as he pulls the puppet close to him and sending the 5 kunai on the left hand into the nearby trees. Restricting the movements nearby him, Luckly for Ten puppets hands don't work the same way as human hands so it got to a lot more trees than he thought. Covering the small square around him. Leaving the right hand open to attack if he got the chance. He chuckles at that thought knowing it wasn't going to happen. Nothing was going to stop Ten, he had a dream to complete. Nothing was going to stop him, not even what he consider comrades. This had to be done, and the greats didn't come out of no where.

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Sero smiled down to the student below. and stops moving hiding behind a tree. He had set up a defensive perimeter which was good. He had enough instinct to not try to match his opponent in speed. He was also trained enough not to panic.He instead appeared calm and collected. Normally at this point he would create a mist and the clones but he was using only Taijutsu now. His cold silver eyes watching. The five wires where spread out enough to make moving near him and his opponent troublesome. Honestly if he hadn't seen where the Kunai went it would of been hard to keep track of the thin wire. "hmph." It was time to move in.

He drops down silently behind the puppet. It was weaker behind as all the weapons available where mostly front facing. He would leave adding that to the User later. For now he was fast and acrobatic enough to begin moving through the wires. Under one and rolling side ways flip over the other. He was drawing theyre attention while remaining among the wires already extended watching with those cold eyes and then he was moving straight up out of sight again.

It was a demonstration to point out if the wires where known then it was easy to avoid only 5 spread out. But for now he was the instructor. He drops down and begins to run in circles through the thick tree's in a circle now ducking under branches and running half speed. the thick tree line making his passage difficult to follow He was looking for something specific. He smiles as he comes across the two thick branches he was looking for. Breaking them off in passing he enters the battle field.

In each hand he was hold a large branch dragging across the ground heavy with the thick twigs of a fern tree. He stops at the edge of the clearing with his poorly made weapons with a flat look on his face. Choosing branches so thick had a purpose and he was waiting to demonstrate it. He crosses the branches in a new fighting stance. Luring his opponent into attacking him with his puppet. His stance was already prepared for full defense. For now he holds there as he speaks. His voice carrying out across the field. Echoing in the cold air between them. He needed to instruct as guess and check led to injury.

"Here you face what is called an all out defense stance with heavy covering. This means every possible offensive move you throw at me will be defended against. Typically this is a temporary technique to dwindle down your abilities and tire you out before launching an offense. However these defenses have a weakness. You need to locate that weakness and exploit it quickly before your chakra drains. if not you will remain tired and unable to defend yourself when the time comes."

With those words spoken he inches forward into the range of his opponent. Luring him into the trap. twenty one feet...twenty feet. he was in range now and he wanted to see if his opponent could foresee the danger before acting. if not then he would have an opening for an attack after all. His eyes dart between his opponents fingers and the chest of the puppet. He wanted them to try. After all these where firn branches. which mean violent jerks would bring a shower of twigs down on his opponent possibly breaking the concentration needed. At which point he would hit him. And hard. He just had to time it.

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The fact that Sero just went through his strings didn't phase Ten at all. Not that he didn't care, he already knew that was coming. He wanted him to do so, not only will it train him to see how much tighter the strings need to be around each other maybe some extra kunai to launch a wire to trip later on. This isn't important now, but the mental note has been made. Ten had more important things to think about, like how to draw blood and a guy that was clearly out of his league. He was kinda regretting not buying extra equipment earlier, but that ramen was worth it.

Back to the fight, he had an idea. It was just to draw first blood but that is it. It would be a waste of ammo in real combat, but right now it was about the current fight. Maybe investing in a puppet to pick up the items on the field would be a good idea also. All this good ideas and yet Ten realized that it wouldn't help him now. This training was actually becoming a pain, and was really taking a toll on chakra. He needed to end this a little faster than what Sero probably wanted. It wasn't taking a toll yet, but he didn't want to get close to exhaustion. The question about using his eye came up in his brain and that is an option. This was a good idea and this could work and he is willing to take a risk.

The plan would be is an assault on the logs bringing in the strings in to get the momentum to get over the defense. That form of is clearly leaving his back open. Moving his feet to the side he quickly pulled on the strings and kunai back into the puppet and took a giant leap back as the puppet went to the logs. It was time to pull out the eye technique to make sure it would all work out. He could see the world damper, as all the colors fade from everything as he can see the blood pulse of Sero. He could see every muscle and Ten was ready. He is waiting for the lunge to hit him, Ten flings up the puppet and try to get behind Sero. His eye can would help him, not give him an advantage but at least level the field. His eyes finally took the color of the blood red they were so famous for. He hated using it because it would make him a target. The face of Ten didn't even flicker as he saw all this happen. He was trained to never panic as med-nin who panic kill the people that they are trying to save. The puppet was set and the stage was ready. Here was to hoping that everything worked, even if he gets hit this should let him get first blood. After the puppet made the flip it was time to release to trap tying to get him inside. Shooting needles out of it mouth just to make sure. The creaking the puppet sounded great to the ears of Ten.

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Sero watches the boy quietly for some time. It was obvious he was planning and had foreseen the trap. Intelligent and perceptive. Both good traits but troublesome to fight against. He knew how many traps and equipment where in the damn thing. He had it specially ordered. Still the timing was what made the traps efficient. And to get the timing down would be to part he was waiting to see. He doubted he would be entirely disappointing either. After all these things had a way of bending to his will and favor. And he would choose whether or not to fall in battle.

For now a soothing peace takes over him as his mind clears and he relaxes The tension in his muscles fading within moments. His cold eyes turning into less of a glint and more of a dull grey. His inner peace allowing for a dance instead of forced movements. He watches calmly as the Kunai come out of TOKI and brings up the branches to block them allowing the branches to be ripped from his grasp. His opponents eyes where turning red now. Interesting. He would have to look into that later. For now his muscles moved like a flow of water. He was the master of his own body and as such he was calm. His temple moving as he told it too without hesitation.

His movements became less wasted as the puppet launches over him and Behind him. The jaw clacking open as it fires the Senbon he had loaded there. However Sero wears baggy clothing for multiple reasons. The first was to hide his movements from the normal eye however he did not know the limitations of his opponents eyes. He did however know that needles where firing at his back. As such he moves to the left like flowing water. Raising his right arm in a sweep and letting his shirt dangle. The loose cloth claiming the needles as he watches his opponent. Something about those eyes. They seemed to see through his movements and even predicting him. That could be trouble.

He moves forward in a walk pulling the needles out watching his opponents fingers for even a twitch as he tosses the needles to the ground. This was a man not to be Fucked with. He was calm in front of a weapon he himself had a hand in designing. He stops five feet in front of his student tossing the last needle into the ground. The last needle having a single spot of blood on the tip. He stands there calm as can be for a moment before speaking quietly.

"Well done. You passed. But so that you now. I will demonstrate how lucky of a shot that was."

He moves into the five feet of space His speed incredible in comparison to before with the thrust of his palm. Even Seeing it coming and knowing it was coming there was barely enough time to prepare the body for the impact. The Forward step adding power and the arm thrust straight without wavering. His palm would if by some chance that speed wasn't negated from point black would impact so hard the Shirt Bursts off the dirt on the front from rolling out of the tree and possibly knocking the air out of his target. If the hit landed it would be like the focused power of a full out sprinting stallion. Sero was indeed a sore loser.

"Get up. We will continue. And I will make sure you can do that again. and Again until its with out mistake an easy task for you."

He crossed his arms and waited. He felt like perhaps he had aimed to hit him to hard. Of course if the boy dodged it the words would be the same. Only he would know that holding back at all was no longer needed. He however notices the sweat on his students brow. How much chakra had he used? Damn. He couldnt allow them to get tired in such an unguarded area. He sighs and shakes his head. Before walking away over to a tree. And from behind it produced a heavy back pack. He tosses it to the center of the clearing and waits until his student seemed caught up.

"However we will continue in the morning. Practice a little more by having your puppet Set up both tents and I will go collect wood."

He moves away from the battle field for some time. Collecting sticks and finding a rotted tree. He clenches his fist in irritation at his own lack of control and with some considerable power slams his fist into the rotted wood Smashing a section of it to bits. Before collecting the chunks and returning to camp. Where finnaly he would get a campfire going and then a pot of stew. He camped a lot.

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Ten quickly muttered a curse as he saw that needles hit the baggy clothing that Sero was wearing. It was a good idea this baggy clothing, something he could look into. Maybe add some armor to his scarf to make it do a similar thing. Blocking sharp objects around his neck would be nice, it was the whole reason his headband was located around his Adam apple. He knew that Sero knew about the puppet, and that led to a disadvantage again. These disadvantages were actually started to get on his nerve. Especially how many there were in this one situation. If Ten had more time he would tally up how many was against him, just to make the analyze of the fight later on a little easier. As soon as he was done with this fight he was going to draw it all out, yet it was a little disappointing on how this fight was going. Ten was hoping to at least shake it up, make it so Sero would actually would have to try. Yet the difference in power was clearly apparent, and if this was a real fight, Ten would have ran away as soon as the fight started. No point of wasting Chakra in a fight that would ultimately lead to death. Dieing would never be on the agenda of Ten, nor would it ever. Suicide never really made much sense to him. That included mission that were made like that.

Watching Sero was like watching water go from a river into a ocean. He was huge vast, yet very controlled. It really impressed him, that was not hard to do, but he knew that is not the path he wanted for his dream. He Doujustu allowed him so see everything, how he moved the muscles barely tensing to move and blood not even get raised that much as he dodged everything. It was crazy, almost non-human how quickly he flowed into this perfect dodge. Sero was a great threat, and hopefully would be a great comrade later on. Ten knew that he would have to train to catch up to Sero, and he would do it quickly he had to. This training has taught him a lot, Sero and himself. He would make a mental note about everything that happened here. His memory was great and was able to do things that normal people couldn't. Not a photographic memory but a great short term memory.

Ten had a stone cold face as he saw all the muscles move toward him as Sero walked. Ten didn't know what was going on and did not let his face show it at all. He was a little worried he did not know what was Sero was doing and apart of him wanted to run way like a little girl screaming for his life. Yet that isn't what Ten wanted to be. He would not do that, so not Ten wouldn't do it now. He slowly watched as Sero slowly pulled out the needles and walked toward to him. If he was going for the intimidation factor it wasn't working. Then he heard those magically words, he passed. This brought so much joy to him but he wouldn't let it show. That would probably end up with massive pain, more than he would want. Then it happened, he looked like he almost teleported in front of him. Ten would not let this shake him, there was no time to think just to react. His eye let him know it was going to be a straight jab. He was going to get hit, there is no way he was going to dodge this. It royally sucked, yet nothing could be done. Next option hope to the Kami himself that rolling with the punch would not make it hurt as much. Flinging backwards he brings the puppet to the left dodging Sero but keeping Toki in range of the strings. Ten for a moment thought he dodged it. Thought being the keyword, cause he didn't. The impact on him was horrendous as Ten went flying back losing all concentration on his puppet for a second. After hitting the tree behind him the cracking of the tree scared him as he thought it was his bones. After making contact to the tree he quickly snapped back into what was going on and he flings his hands out to get control of his puppet and brings it close to him. Having Toki catch Ten as he fell to the ground coughing. It hurt but it didn't matter, he won. Before he got injured and that means flawless victory or as much as he could call one. He let his eye rest for he didn't want to strain his eyes in a simple training method. The eyes quickly went back the sky blue it was naturally.

Sero was right though, he did blow through a lot of chakra in that fight. More than he wanted too, for keeping control of the puppet drained him more than he thought. There must be a way to keep it going, but that would be for another time. He did notice that Sero was actually taking in consideration that he was not a super solider. This was nice and easy much more than what he just went through. He didn't have to worry about anything trying to hit him. Coughing he stood up, brushed himself off and had Toki go toward the camp that Sero instructed. Making a tent through Toki was just as easy as doing it himself now. It was great, smooth and the clanking noise made him think of the rain. Consistent yet spastic at the same time, it almost reminded him of home. Slowly twitching his fingers he had Toki set up the tents and then proceeded to have Toki draw a scene by scene comic of what happened. It was time to study and to find out what went wrong. He was time to figure it all out. Like he does every time.

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Sero watches as the stew was going to take some time to boil. So he had time for a night time work out. He strips off his upper clothing revealing his upper torso. The scars littering the rippling flesh of muscle and veins. He stretches out his arms as his bones pop. It looked like he had been through hell and came out from a door way made in blood. His pale skin contrasts with his heavy muscles and he meanders over to a Tree. Once he reaches this tree he begins by waking up the tree to a branch a little higher up and leaning down placing his palm on the hard wood surface. He presses his weight onto his palm and slowly lifts his lower torso into the air. It took about a minute but finally he was vertically upright on one palm. He then slowly begins to lower and then lift his body weight. It was a strenuousness exercise but it produced results. He would continue doing this watching the stew as he did so as sweat dripped down his bare skin. What he was doing was the peak of human fitness and even then it required some strain On his muscles. He watches the stew begin to boil and calls out finally.

"Stir the stew and remove it from the fire. Eat up."

He on the other hand rather enjoyed his work out. the puncture all but forgotten for the time being. He continues the push ups for another few minutes. one push up every ten seconds before shifting his feet back onto the branch. It was interesting how sore his arms where. He needed to keep in shape in order to be effective. For now he takes a deep breath regaining his composure for the moment. It was then that he turned and began to move slowly at first jumping from tree to tree and gradually gaining in speed. this was a training to practice his chakra focus. He had to move quickly and be able to attach his feet to tree's as he did so. He also moves about breaking branches with kicks and punches leaving red marks on his flesh and branches where falling to the ground in chunks. More fire wood for the fire. It was always a good plan.

He finally drops to the ground and observes his work. He had effectively cleared out the branches around the camp for 20 meters making approaching them in stealth farm more difficult. the tree's seemed barren and naked now and his fists where red where he had been hitting branches but now all one had to do was move outside of the camp to collect fire wood. He smiles to himself and settles down scooping some stew into a bowl. dried rabbit meat,celery,carrots. and Potatoes. A decent enough meal for anyone. Still he looks at the blue haired brat genius he had punched. God that sure had felt good. Truly though he felt some guilt about it but he knew it would certainly make him stronger. Taking a hit like that. Kid was gonna be sore in the morning.

"Get rest. Tomorrow we enjoy hell."

He smiles and turns redressing his upper half and retiring to his tent. Sleeping as much as Sero sleeps. If you call that sleeping. As sleeping was for the weak.

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Ten completely ignored the fact that the person training him jumped on a tree and started to work out. He noticed it, but it wasn't helpful to him in anyway. Having his puppet draw everything out gave him the chance to work on the more precise movements he had to learn with the puppet. It was working out just like he hoping for. The twitches on his fingers was becoming more natural and smooth. The puppet still creaked and croaked, but it was quieter. It was a sign of progress and this was good, he needed this. His slacking was actually getting on his nerve, he needed to motivate if he wanted to be great. He first noticed that he need to cover the back of the puppet, it was weak point and that needed to be addressed. Maybe some armor would cover everything he had to worry about, it would be a less of a worry. Defiantly needed it to be fire proof, just in case a ninjustu user had fire techniques. This is hazard that needed to be worked quickly. Looking back at the pictures the defensive square he realized that people can noticed where the wire are going due to the kunai. Senbons will be placed within the puppet to shoot out and cause it harder to see. Then he heard that the stew needed to be taken off the fire.

Using his puppet he carefully took the pot off and placed it on some rocks that looked sturdy enough to hold the pot without moving. Then taking the stirring instrument he had Toki also stir it. This was clearly a waste of Chakra and he frowned on it now that he was thinking about it, but the minor movements made him think about how much easier it is to move him later on. Taking a deep breath he went back studying the pictures he drew. He noticed during the fight while the trees were up a total offensive moment was not key, but a sneak attack from the side would have worked better. Having them both move at the same time. To bad Ten didn't have any kunai or that would have worked flawlessly. Now that ten was thinking about it, it was to many what ifs; he needed to be more prepared. This was getting out of hand, his laziness would have cost the safety of others if this was a real fight. Clenching his fist the puppet moved closer at him. Staring at the soulless eyes he realized that his life was actually starting. He would need to motivate and cause everything to work right, no more mistakes. He chuckled as he made the puppet get him a bowl of soup, who would have thought it would be training that caused him to realize this. Better now then later, when he was holding a dead body in his hands. Having the puppet feed him he got down the tiny movements and made it less jagged. It still wasn't human like but close enough.

After eating he thought about how Sero was training his body for battle he should practice his skills. Taking his hands Ten gets into a ready stance. Having his hands dance he moved the puppet quickly to a tree, having it attach to the tree. Quickly flinging his hands downwards the puppet went close to the ground and clinked watching crawl on the ground like a spider. Ten was getting the used to the puppet, realizing how great it was that this puppet could do inhuman things. In the last battle he was thinking of it as a comrade, he was sorely mistaken. It was tool, a tool used to kill others. Running after it he made it jump from tree to tree moving quickly. When it got to branches it looked just like ninja jumping from branch to branch. With a dance like hand gesture downward, the puppet shot out kunai to a nearby tree. Lifting his hand up the kunai wires dragged the puppet to a tree that would be a hard jump for a normal ninja. After making contact to the tree he had the puppet do a flip off and shoot the other kunai hand toward the tree it flew off. Flinging it towards the tree again. This feeling was great, he felt like he could do more. He wasn't just a person waiting for the wounded, he could make enemy wounded and help on the field also. He looked up at the night sky, and he saw his brother small smile look down on him. Smiling he had the puppet come back to him, looking at in once again. He quickly ran back with the puppet right next to him. Finding all the needles used he quickly put them back in. He did not need to waste supplies.

Looking around he had Toki jump on more trees, it was amazing how fast he could swap between the trees. Faster than what Ten could do almost, this baffled him for a second realizing what was going on. He finally understood the limitations of a puppet, while they do have some it was not as great as a humans. A small smirk appear on his face as he has the kunai fly at him making a star shape around Ten. He quickly flipped it in mid-air and had the body twist faster than any human can. Pulling back all the kunai for they have reached the limit of length he made a note to change those wires and to add more length to it.

Its been a while but Ten had a full blown smile on his face. He knew finally what he could do, and it was one step closer to what he wanted to do. He quickly brought it back to him and brought it back to the fire where he started to look inside of the puppet. The insides intrigued him, but he realized he was getting tired and it was time for bed. Going into the tent he passed out with the puppet on his lap. It was a good day, and tomorrow would be better. He smiled "Yes bring me to hell for when I come back the demons of lore will fear me also," he says to the air as he sleep quickly took him.

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Sero rose just after dawn and was now prepared for the days fight. It was time to take his students seriously. His body felt rested and his muscles flexed. His grey eyes look down at his hands and he smiles coldly. It was time to go all out. And he would be prepared for that death tool. He Stands his full height and exits his tent removing his shirt and tossing it into his tent. He moves across the camp to the other tent and grasps the top stick in the tent. His eyes glint as his fingers flex. His muscles strain on his arm as he rips the top of the ten off and tosses it into the flame to get it burning like an inferno again. He stood there looking down at his student. He no longer expected to see fear in those eyes. Instead he expected a fight. No holds barred type of fight. He takes several steps back and waits a moment before he shifts into a violent looking speed stance. He would win this. He would defeat the weapon and the weapons user if he had to hurt them in the process of doing so.

"Rise and prepare. Defense to the left!"

He calls out as he was suddenly moving. His foot hits the ground and he moves low and fast to Ten's left side. His call outs giving warning as he moves as fast as he can ducking under the inevitable attack his stance on all fours like an animal for a second and then a triple sideways flip to get out of the damage radius landing and in yet another light stance as he calls out again moving so fast the the puppet user would have trouble keeping the puppet between him and his attacker. he calls out again this time calling his attack.

"Leg sweeping slide. Move!"

He slams down his running speed sliding through the dirt and sliding for a leg shot even as the Genin had warning. The speeds where insane and the attack pace was all out. The fact that he was missing was to try and frustrate his opponent. Again he punches the dirt and spins to avoid the inevitable attack. It was as if he was predicting his openings as he moved. Predicting that his opponent might attack given the knowledge of where he would be. And knowing where he would be while keeping him unharmed also meant following his plan. It might be time to switch up the pace if he where in Ten's shoes. Letting the opponent control the situation was as dangerous as sticking your face in a bears den.

His muscles flex and he grits his teeth. Damn these puppets and being able to move at the speed of a waved finger. He Spins and kicks up some of the branches from last night. Three of them in the air. his hands reaching out rapidly Throwing two of them like spears and grabbing the third one. The spear throws where to the left and right of his target. He grips the stick in both hands before it can hit the ground like a bat following in the shadow of the tree's as they zip past Ten on either side And thunk into the tree's behind him and stick at the speed he was throwing them. But he was gone. Only his voice gives him away.

"Above you!"

He roars out going full speed with the sun at his back swinging the branch full force like a bat at his puppet. He should of been holding back but Ten could take it. His puppet could take it. the speeds where beyond reason and the strength was insane as well. the muscles flexed and adrenaline poured in his blood as he swung with a battle roar to attempt to send the puppet flying. Of course he was bound to Miss But the tree next to his target would have the wood crack and the stick break and go spinning off into the sky as he looked at his target assuming a stance. Every blow had missed however it happened. which was good. He slams his hands into his chest and roars out to the boy.

"Come at me with everything you've got!"

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Ten was not even close to his tent, he was already up using the bathroom. It was short night for when he awoke he was wide awake. Zipping up his pants he slowly looked at the puppet that he brought with him. This lifeless creature taught him so much in just an instance, it was nice. It was a nice day again in Konoha and it never seemed to rain here. Ten really missed the rain, this was making him homesick. He was thinking about what Sero was doing; maybe he was just waking up and was about to start training. That would be kinda predictable, but not surprising if it was. Then he heard the fire roar, "Glad that was not my tent. I might be mildly upset if that was." He looked over to where the camp was, to see Sero charging at him. Yelling something about a left attack, and then it dawned on Ten. Training started.

Throwing the puppet into the air he did a flip to spring his body up toward the ground with one hand using all this strength in his body to fling himself up. He could see the foot fly through the air of where he just was, most people would be shaken by this. Yet Ten did not change the smile on his face. This is what he wanted to train even harder. He need this, like no other. The rush, the feeling of being in danger. It was making him seem more alive, and causing his body to get pumped full of energy. There was no time to waste Sero was serious this time, and no joking around this time. Mistakes might be fatal this time, and he did not want to die due to a bad training accident. This would not happen at all, he refused to let this happen. More importantly Toki was now more sacrificial due to the face Ten understood how it worked and could fix it. It would take time, but it would be better than trying to fix himself. Stretching out to the puppet the strings of Chakra came to life out of his hand as it quickly connected to the puppet in mid-air. He could hear the creaking of the puppet as it roared to life, like the strings itself gave it life. Having the puppet lighter was great for the fact he hit the ground first.

Landing on the ground was not as painful as he thought would be. Taking a deep breath he refilled his lungs full of air and prepared to for this hell he was about to enter. This training would be harder than the last one for sure, but would it be hell? Course not, hell would come to him later. By then the demons will look at him and run away. It had to be this way if he wanted it that way, nothing can stop him. Quickly realizing what the voice just said jumping up was the best option. As soon as he hit the ground he used his lower body to push him toward the heavens. In mid-air he quickly saw a foot swing on the ground again. Ten had to get some distance from him and Sero, this was getting out of hand and he couldn't stand the fact that he was so close. It put him on the line and he did not want that. He had to get some distance from him and Sero. Sero was faster but Ten had to only get far enough to control his puppet and keep an eye on Sero. Quickly promising that he won't use his eye he quickly moved to the left into the opening near by. This gave Ten plenty of dodging room when Sero called out attacks. Feeling a little more comfortable he started to relax.

Which happen to be the most stupidest thing he could have done in a day. As soon as he muscles started to loosen up he was greeted with another bark of a command. Something about spears, and that was never good. Quickly noticing that wood has appeared next to him and above him he had no time to react as a human being. He was going to get hit by this if he did not do anything and that could mean death. Keeping the smooth smiling face showing no fear he calculated a few things realized how to dodge it. Pulling his hands toward him the puppet quickly flew at him. Arms wide it quickly tackled Ten out of the way. It worked, somehow it worked as he saw the spears stick into the ground. It was time to pay attention, Sero was communicating his attacks. Probably to level out the field, he had a chance. "Can't get to comfortable, if I do too good he might stop and that is going to hurt." He quickly mutters under his breath. He quickly registers that Sero wants to Ten to attack him, and that was risky. It was time to test out everything he learned yesterday.

Quickly moving his hands in a quick motion he kept up with Toki and they both glided across the field. As soon as they got in reach he had Toki shoot out the kunai out of its hands one aimed at Sero and the other hand aimed by a tree behind him. As soon as the kunai connected to the tree nearby he had Toki fling himself at Sero shooting the needles out of its mouth. For the final trick he had the chest open up trying to grab him. As soon as everything was done, Ten had Toki back off body or no body caught. Flinging his hands backward like he was a mad man Ten made Toki quickly retreat and retract everything that it had. Preparing for the next attack would be hard. He needed more surprises from this puppet. Then he had an idea, making the kunai come out he had Toki spin four times really quickly. See how that would fair.

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Sero watches as the techniques come into play. This was becoming a projectile game now. And he had no armor. His clothing defense wouldnt work here and the projectiles where timed. He of course had open options. For instance if he just went up he would easily avoid the puppet but the fight would go on longer then it needed to. He really was eager to do some form of damage to the enemy at least. He could also move to the left but at the moment he didn't have a chakra infused weapon. So he couldn't do anything really about the chakra strings. So the puppet could change direction and possibly get to the wielder first. That in itself would make it wasted effort so Instead. He simply turns side ways.

To him the Kunai where flying at a marginal speed at him and past him and could be caught. So he dodges all but one reaching out and plucking it as the Kunai go sailing by him on either side. He Then grabs the wire before it can slack and yanks it hard so the puppet already propelling at him would then get yanked even faster. Thats when he noticed things happening. The mouth opened and aimed at his torso and He chucks the Kunai at its chest To slam into the center on both doors before it can open jamming it. Still it was too late to move out of the way with his left and right cut off so he steps forward his palm going straight at the puppets head. The needles slamming into his hand and then his hand hits the head. Slamming the needles even further through with splurt of blood before the head goes flying back at its owner without the body. His good hand grabs the gaping open neck and slams it to the ground holding it there under knee and hand. Damn his hand hurt. Like it was nailed through in 4 places.

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It was time, Ten was rushing toward at Sero. The big finale, if this worked it would be amazing. As he got close enough he took his closed fist and tried to punch Sero. Then he realized, he had to taijustu training and everything fell flat as his hand made contact but had no punch so to speak. He could not help but to laugh after all this. He did damage, he acutally hurt the Jounin he was training with. Sure it was self afflicting, but that means later on that it won't be hopeless if it came down to it. He could actually fight back instead of crawling in a ball and crying. He actually felt proud of himself, he did something either than wait for everything go wrong. That means he could go out there and get stuff done. That mean a lot to him and he could hear his brother cheering from a distance. This was great, even though he didn't do much all he could do is laugh. Falling to his knee he just laughed and laughed. He had no idea why, he felt broken. This did not make sense, but it did not need too. For once Ten felt like a ninja, one from Kiri. Lethal in all ways, a killing machine. One step closer to their dream, and his journal was gonna get filled tonight. He forgot to write in it last night, but he knew he would not be able too for he was too tired. Having all the wires go back into the puppet he knew he would have to do a damage report and fixed everything that just happened. First he would do a test run, to see if the head is needed.

He quickly twitched his fingers and had the puppet dance around. It did not seem like the puppet needed the head to work so that was fine. All the other gears worked so that means everything was separate. He had it glide on the ground and then up a nearby tree. Making it come closer to him he started to notice how much damage Sero did the Toki. It was devastating where it would not work any more but enough to disable the head mechanics and smash the head off. Quickly he had Toki go grab his head and bring it back. Ten got an weird idea after he brought the head back. He had his puppet move toward Sero slowly making sure that Sero didn't knock off any other body parts. That would be bad, and more work that would be a waste of time. Slowly having the puppet reach it hands out he concentrated on the healing technique he learned in med-nin school. It wouldn't heal it all the way but it would do. Noticing the needles were still in he had Toki take the needles out one by one. Gently, very gently that would cause the least amount of pain. After all the needles were out and on the ground. He started to use the technique Zenchi Te no Jutsu, which closed the wounds at least. Then it slowly came into reality, he was using medical ninjustu with Toki. It could be done, even though it seemed more tiring. Concentrating enough just for a simple wound closure Sero would need to go see a better Med-ninja after this. This made Ten excited but he kept the simple smile on, cause now the hard work came into play. He noticed that the puppet had a kit on it. Opening it up he realized that it was kit to help fix it, and he planned on doing so.

Dropping the Chakra strings he began to work on it. Quickly taking a peek inside the head studying the gears of the puppet that would be in there. It was fairly more complicated than he was expecting. It all felt so natural to him when he was using it with the strings. He didn't know how much work went into making one. He wonder if the person who made it complained about making it. He know he would have, so many tiny gears and pieces of wood about, this was going to take a while. He slowly made sure all the gears and wires were set in place and he sanded them back together. Taking the small pliers he used it to make sure everything was set. When the head was set he quickly glued and reworked the wood that would keeping it together. It was as if the person who made this was expecting this to break. Must happen often on the field, a thing he would have to be careful about. That was troublesome, but nothing some armor could fix. After the glue dried Ten quickly sanded it down, and it look good as new. Ten was satisfied with his work, now it was time to see if it worked. Picking up the needles off the ground he put them back in readying the weapon once again. Connecting the strings on last time he got the puppet to stand up and open its mouth. It worked, that was a good sign. Then he had the needles shoot out. Lucky it worked and the senbons launched out. It worked as if nothing happened, and this was great. Having the puppet quickly pick up everything that was his he brought it back to Ten.

He was a hard fight and he learned a lot from it, but it all worked out for the best. Puppets now felt like it was like his own body, that could do so much more. He learned more about the puppet itself and he could change it to make it shoot out more later. He smirked at the idea of 50 needles flying out of the mouth. That would be painful no matter what. Looking at Sero, Ten smiles and musically say "Thank you Sero for the training, but that is enough. We have to town to take back. I'll clean up here, go get your hand patched up." Ten quickly had him and his puppet go clean up the mess that was made. Hopefully Konoha wouldn't be to mad.

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Sero quietly allows his hand to be patched up. he was far to use to taking on opponents that a blow to the head like that actually had an effect. Removing the head of a puppet was merely troubling. It really couldn't do much to hinder the puppet itself. Still he looked forward to seeing the individual grow and improve.

He nods as Ten offers to clean up and turns. Gathering his clothes he redresses looking regal again as he straightens out his clothing of any wrinkles. Brushing off a twig. Before exiting back to Konoha without a word.

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Ten smiled at all his improvments as he picks up the tents and all the material left laying about. This was a new start, he could do it. He had the power to do so now. Doing what he said he do he looked off at Konoha, it was time to find a quiet place to write in his journal.

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