Usual Practice with Sempai (Suzaku then Open)

Reaper jogs through the forest, a heavy bag full of stones strapped to his back. Huffing slightly, he enters the clearing.=I must get stronger...I must...I will not fail.= He adjusts his mask, seeing the two training.=Hmmm...= Walking up to them, he bows." Master Hokage...I see you as well, are training."

Suzaku stared down at her with his onyx orbs. "Perhaps we should take a break, then. Let you rest." He noticed her blue blush and smiled gently, getting off of her and helping her up with a hand. It was quite curious that she blushed that color.

He turned his head to see Reaper as he mentioned he was training as well. "Yes...Ayumu, this is Reaper. He's a missing-nin soon to be recruited as one of Konoha's proud shinobi. Reaper, this is Ayumu, my star pupil."

Ayumu would stand up and smiled at him "a break sounds good" she said before she would look to Reaper as he was introduced, Ayumu would bow to him "n-nice to meet you Mr Reaper" she said.

Reaper grunts as he let's the bag drop onto the ground with a boom." I believe I shall break as well." He then looks at Ayu, his torn, ragged voice softening." Please don't refer to me as Mister. I'm but a merc, and around your age as well." Pulling out a peivce of jerky, he slips it under hius mask, pulling out more and offering it to the others.

He turned down the jerky with raised hands, seeing that Ayumu had greeted him politely, and nodded. "I eat before training and then burn the calories. But doing it while training can lead to disaster sometimes." He looked at Ayumu. "You don't have to worry about that, though, so if you want some, go ahead."

Ayumu smiled at him and would say no to the jerky but reached into her bag and brought out a piece of sweet bread and nommed on it happily, then took out a flask of water and sipped it.

Reaper blinks at the smile, suprised, then nods." Very well." Putting up the jerky, he taps the hilt of his sword, examining the area. Ground seemed...soggy. No matter, it wasn't his business, he guessed. After all they were hardly foes. Shaking his head, the eerie warrior looks at Susa." Sir...may I join in after this break?"

He looked over at Reaper, raising an eyebrow. He wanted to join the training? "I don't know, Reaper. I'm training Ayumu for the Chunin Exams, and we don't usually have anyone else here. ...if it's fine with Ayumu it's alright with me."

He looked over at Ayumu, not giving any signs as to whether he was comfortable with this or not, just completely neutral. He wanted to see what she thought of the situation.

Ayumu looked to her sensei and saw his neutrality to it all "w-well I won't be able to do my jutsus..." she uttered to him quietly before she looked to Reaper calmly.

Reaper examines the two."Hmmmm...It appears  I'm cutting in.  I won't pressure you, but, allow me to givwe you a secret of my own so you know you may trust me." He steps away from the two, using handseals to form Palm of Judgement, waving the  bright green, crackling with electrocity flame in the air." This is Judgement fire, hot enough to warp untreated steel, jumps to nearby untreated metal,and is rather hard to snuff out using regular water. You can use sandalwood and olive oil, and also wind/water jutsu upon it with greater effect." He cancels the Palm, bowing."....Good luck." Picking up the bag, he adjusts his mask.

Suzaku slightly nudged Ayumu as Reaper explained that his Kekkei Genkai was weak to Water and Wind jutsu. Ice was the harmonized version of Wind and Water. He looked at her. "What do you mean you can't use your jutsu?" He lowered his voice. "You don't need to keep it a secret, I'm Hokage now. No one's touching you."

Ayumu would nod and smile at Suzaku a little "o-okay" she said softly before she looked to Reaper "I-I use ice jutsu..." she said as she stared at him, brushing some strands of her black hair from her face.

Reaper blinks, tilting his head." Ice jutsu.....I've heard some look upon those who use it with anger and hatred...."His eyes narrow." Those people are idiots.Old history is exactly that.No one should be judged for something they can't help. He nods." Do not worry about me. I have no right to share this secret, and I shall keep it, and you if need be, safe."

He smiled slightly at Reaper. How interesting. "I appreciate your open-minded personality, Reaper. I for one don't care who knows, because I'll flatten anyone who tries to hurt her for it. But ultimately the decision of whether to keep it a secret or not lies with Ayumu, not us." He looked at Ayumu. "Her genetic ancestors were killed off in the Mist because of their talents. They died out with Haku of Hyoton on the Naruto Uzumaki Bridge."

Ayumu looked up to Suzaku as he told a lie about her, curious to why he did so but she didn't speak up and just looked to Reaper "so urm...yeah, I just get scared of people trying to harm me because of my rare jutsu, but you can train with us if you like" she said softly.

Reaper holds a armored hand to his mask." You know as well as i , sir, that I have...reasons..to be open-minded." He nods as he hears about how Ayuma's kin was killed." I...see." Then, Ayuma agrees to let him train with them. Setting down the back, Reaper bows." I thank you for your trust. Shall we begin?"

He chuckled gently as Ayumu gave Reaper permission to train with them. He was glad she was opening up a little socially. He looked at the both of him, closing his eyes as he crossed his arms with a slight grin. "I see...so you both want combat training, then?"

"Yeah, that would be helpful" she said smiling happily, staring at Suzaku happily with a slight blue blush, every time she stared at him she couldn't help but blush.

Reaper nods, bowing." Yes, sir..that would be helpful, indeed." He blinks as Ayumu blushes, and looks at the two, sighing and adjusting his mask."........... I would like to thank you again, sir, for welcoming me, and apologize in advance if I'm not up to par." He settles into a stance, his hand on the sword hilt."....Ready."

He kept his eyes held shut, focusing. He could hear the two of them every time the wind brushed across them. He could smell their distinct aromas; Reaper holding the aura of mist, and Ayumu carrying a fragrance of flowers under frost. He continued to keep his eyes closed, before suddenly drawing one of his katana and making two swift cuts, cutting a perfect circle in the ground around him, before returning the blade to its sheath precisely without any vision at all. He crossed his arms again.

"Your goal is to move me from this circle. That's all I ask for. But do remember I'm the Hokage...so no underestimating me."

Ayumu stared at Suzaku and nodded with a smile. She would then climb into a tree and hide herself in it, moving around between the branches like a cat, creeping quietly and watching Suzaku, waiting for the opportune angle to strike.

reaper considers what to do....he was itching to test himself against a Kage,but he knew there was no way he could win in a straight up fight. He nods to himself.Stealth it was. He backs up, then climbs into a tree, armored fingers digging into the bark as he dissapears amongst the leaves.He considers several strategies, then nods to himself. A pack of wolves to beat a tiger. The ex-merc makes his way to Ayuma.

He smiled gently, keeping his eyes closed. So they were going to employ stealth...interesting. He could still hear them whenever they made the slightest sound, so he wondered if their little ploy would be even close to working.

Ayumu smiled when she got to the right angle, right behind Suzaku, she would suddenly fire out ice shards at him in a filled circle of sharp ice shards, she would then move back in case he deflected her projectiles.

Reaper blinks. She acted already?! Snorting softly, he nods to himself. Alright.....he takes a few throwing knives from his bandolier, bundling wrappinging them with a wire, such he ties to a nearby springy branch, making sure he had the angle right.Nodding, he pulls the branch back, tying it to the trunk, then moves off, setting up four more traps as he goes. Examining the scene, he pulls one of his remaining knives out, tossing it through all the restraining wires and sending the knives flying at Susa.