[Graded]Meeting of the Shioke's

[Coreith]

The day was nice, almost one the nicest days that had been seen in Kumo at least, the clouds slowly floated over the sky, blocking the sun every once in a while before moving out of the way and another cloud was beginning to slowly move in front of the sun as well, giving the whole village of Kumo on and off hot beams of sunlight which was usually welcomed by some of the villagers seeing as being high up in the mountain it could get a little chilly from to time. Even with the on and off flashes of heat and cold the day was still one of the nicest, even thought the clouds covered up the sun from view it still shinned through the thin looking clouds. The light seeking through it just simmered down a little, it wasn't to bright and it wasn't to dim. The mountains reflected it off perfectly the rocks on the side of them glistened from still being moist and having droplets of rain from the thunder and rainstorms for the past view days.

However the mountains did more then just that it provided excellent shade and the rain dew left on the mountains acted as a cool breeze as it began to evaporate into cold air from the flashes of warm and hot sunlight hitting them, as if it was slowly baking the water into a cold extremely thin cloud and wished it through the mountains of Kumo. The recent storms had all so made a multitude of rainbows as well, from small to big they could be seen on almost every mountain, due to Kumo being in the mountains and there being so many 2 rainbows could usually be seen when looking around Kumo, usually in diff rent directions. Yes the air was cool indeed especially since the mountain blocked out the large gust of wind that was usually to chilly in a sense. Unless you just so happened to be on the side of the mountain where those large gust of wind hit, then you where pretty much fucked unless you had a good coat or jacket.

With that being said Satoshi would have been shit out of luck seeing as he was walking on the side of the mountain where a big gust of wind had just flew by. Yep out of luck indeed if it weren't for him wearing his coat almost all the time. Satoshi is a large guy standing at exactly 7" meaning if anything he gets a full gust of wind. However due to him always wearing his mask and his jacket he was usually safe from the chilly weather of Kumo, Satoshi had been training constantly for the past few weeks whether it was was raining; snowing; or thunder storming, it didn't stop him. However due to all the constant training he had grown a little tired, and out of energy. Although nothing perked him up like a big ol' cup of Tea from 'Chahitsu House of Tea.' As such Satoshi slugged over leaning from left to right as if he was walking on a boat that was in a sea full of rapid waves, he slugged and wobbled even more so then usually.

He was leaning over as if he had a large hunch back and his legs looked like they where going to give out at any second as his arms wished back and forth his body as if they where lifeless, and he looked like he was going to fall over and pass out and vomit on himself as he did. But he never did, this was just another trait of his clan, which he could usually resist if he felt like it or if he wanted to. Yet today he didn't even have the energy to stand up straight yet alone stop his wobbling. He sighed as he was close to the Tea house, if he removed his mask it would be no doubt that everyone would be see the bags and lines of deprived sleep under his sea-foam green that had a sort of glow about them in the sunlight due to its unique color.

Satoshi finally made it to the Tea house, with that he let out a big sigh. He walked inside only to be standing right next to the owner a nice lady who new his dad when he was still alive. Satoshi's dad would always bring him along when he came to Tea shop alone with some of his cousins and what not. Although he didn't like being seen with them sometimes it was fun and he enjoyed his time, although he would never admit that to his dad at the time. "Hi Hi~" Satoshi said as his last 'hi' dragged on for what seemed like ever. He was to tired to even care or be perky however seeing the old lady's face that owned the shop always perked him up a little with her warming smile. "Hello Satoshi its been a while, still training hard i see." The old lady said covering her mouth as she smiled and laughed, "I swear your just like your father your going to work yourself to death if you keep this up. One day your dad came in here so tired he fell asleep while drinking he tea." The old lady laughed some more and then escorted him to his table. "The usual i suppose." She said, Satoshi nodded in agreement surprised she still knew his tea he usually asked for. Although it wasn't to be un-expected the old lady was full of surprises. Satoshi went and sat at his table waiting for his tea.

[7eleven]

Despite the seafoam green hair that made Ren stick out like a sore thumb, the other Shioke that had just entered the teahouse did not seem to notice him. Unlike Ren, the young man that had just entered the teahouse was one of the much taller members of the clan. Despite the fact that he looked to be about 6 years younger than Ren, he was over a foot taller. Ren didn't attend clan functions much, as he was never close to any clan members other than his parents and grandfather. He thought the other Shioke may have been his younger cousin Satoshi, but it had been several years since they had spoken.

Regardless, Ren figured now was as good a time as any to speak with his cousin. He stood up from the table that he was currently sitting at and walked over to his cousin's, tea in hand. "Satoshi? You mind if I join you?"

[Coreith]

Satoshi sat and waited patiently for his tea. He wobbled his head back and forth slowly and his head dripped over as if he was going to pass out any minute. He was extremely tired, he was tired to the point that he thought the bags under his eyes where going to grow to the size of kunai and the weight would smash his head on the table. However he kept himself awake for the most part, but just when he was about to dose off he heard a familiar voice. Satoshi turned his head slightly look at the person that was talking, he didn't feel like lifting his head up seeming as he thought it was to much work to turn and great the person. Reluctantly he did turning his head slowly to almost 1 inch at a time working his way up look up at the man.

One thing was for certain to Satoshi the man was defiantly a member of his clan with his seafoam green eyes and hair. However after a few seconds of starring at him Satoshi noticed who he was. He perked up a little and sat up straight. He stretched a little then tabbed the seat to let the person now it was okay to sit there in a kind gesture. "Its been a long time Renge, how have you been." Satoshi said as he gave a strong smile, and his unique mask he had on cracked around the mouth area, giving of a creepy looking smile. However Satoshi was still out of energy to the point where he couldn't even smile for a long time, and as such it slowly faded of his face and of his mask covering his face.

[7eleven]

Ren smiled back, pulling out the chair and taking a seat in it. "I go by 'Ren' now, and I've been fine. I just recently started training genin, which is turning out to be an incredibly interesting experience." He sipped from his tea, and then gently sat it back down atop the small saucer. "How have you been doing? You seem a bit...worse for wear."

Ren assumed that Satoshi had been doing some intensive training, which Ren never really understood. He was often worried more about finding a nice balance between training and relaxation. Not that he didn't train, of course, he just always tried not to over do it. After training, he'd always make sure his body had ample time to recover.

[Coreith]

Satoshi listened as Renge talked, it had been a long time since the two where together. If he had more energy he would have been a lot more hyper and goofy. His only hope now was that the tea he ordered would perk him back into shape like it usually did. The tea he ordered had a bunch of herbs added to the tea that revitalized and rejuvenated those who drunk it. Just as Satoshi was on a serious brink of passing out his tea had arrived. "Don't go to sleep on me now Satoshi i just brought your tea." Said the old lady with a smile.

Satoshi slowly took his tea, he removed his mask and let his hood fall down revealing his glistening sea-foam green hair and eyes, with black bags the size of watermelons under them. Satoshi slowly drunk a sip of his tea and placed it back down on the table saucer in front of him. "Ahhh. That hit the spot." Satoshi said as his energy was already beginning to flow back into him. He took a few more small sips. He turned to Renge and said "Ha, so your training genin, aye. I heard you already made it to Jounin. Yep now i just gotta get there, I'm not going to let you out do me just yet."

[7eleven]

Ren smiled at Satoshi's comment, but couldn't help but think poorly of his cousin's comment. Ren was never much for competition. He understood the principle behind it - bettering oneself through besting others - but always thought that simply striving to improve your own skills, regardless of the skills of others, was a better method. Living to best others provides a series of short term goals; someone reaches one goal, and plateaus until a new goal is presented. However, Ren believed that living to constantly improve oneself created a very constant motivation that was conducive to self-improvement. "Yeah, it's actually not bad at all. I was expecting to get some brat, but the kid I have now is pretty cool. I'm waiting on a name for the second one, I'm supposed to be instructing a pair."

Ren finished off his tea, as it was beginning to get cold. "And don't stress so much about becoming a jounin. As long as you work hard, it'll come eventually. Do your best, but don't overwork yourself."

[Coreith]

"Ha, I'm thinking about going and looking for a team myself. I'm getting bored all by myself, ya know." Even thought Satoshi had a happy tone of voice, his expressions said something different. As a child Satoshi never really had any friends, not even in his own family for a certain amount of time seeing as he wanted to disown his family a little while he was younger. He eventually grew out of his embarrassment for his family but even so, he hardly had any friends at the most he just knew people and nothing more. Satoshi smiled at Ren and finished his tea, he flicked his hair out of his face. He placed his tea cup back down. He was still a little tired however, he raised his hand to usher over won of the waitresses and asked for another cup of tea he just had and some Dango.

"You want something else too Ren?" Satoshi couldn't take back or change the past, but he believed he can keep his future from being the same. He wasn't going to try to distance himself from people any further, even thought he was happy and energetic it didn't mean the people around him that laughed or had a fun time or even considered him his friend, he didn't really know if they where his friends or not. But he was hoping they where and he was going to find out or at least try. If it happened to be they weren't then he would try his best to gain some.

[7eleven]

"No, thank you. I had two cups of tea before you even showed up. I appreciate the offer, though." Ren thought for a moment, but was unable to think of anyone that he could refer his cousin to. "I wish I could help, but I don't really know anyone of your rank. I'm sure you could request a team assignment from the Raikage, though."

"Having a team would also put you on the fast track for promotion. Having a team will give you access to more and more difficult missions, which will improve your skills and your chances of being noticed by the Raikage. Everyone here is pretty social, so it shouldn't be too difficult to find someone to take missions with."

[Coreith]

"Yeah, i know." Satoshi said as the waitress went away to get his tea and Dango. He sighed and put his mask back over his face for the meantime. He had his hood and mask on so much that it just became a force of habit to the point where he would fall asleep in it sometimes. The thing was now he was at a lost for words, it wasn't much to really talk about seeing as they hadn't seen or barely known that much about each other for a while now.

"So hows your parents doing." Satoshi said trying to bring up another subject, considering the other ones where pretty much going down the crapper. Seeing as the wasn't anything else that interesting to talk about.

[7eleven]

Sorry it took so long. I've just not really had much time to RP the last couple of days. >_<

"They're doing alright, I assume. They have their health, but I've not spoken to them in a few weeks." Ren, hoping that his departure didn't feel so sudden, stood up and quietly pushed his chair back into the table. "I apologize, cousin, but I'm afraid that I need to go. My schedule today is pretty tight, and I have quite a lot to do today. I'll see you some other time, I'm sure." With that, Ren left the teahouse.

[Coreith]

Satoshi sighed as Ren left out the tea house, "I guess i shouldn't have brought up that topic." He said as a little disappointment washed over his face. It seemed like he had someone else slip through his grasp of friendship. None the less his food had arrived so he decided to finish it. He ate his dango bit by bit and drunk his tea slowly regaining his energy back thanks to the herbs used in the tea. "My, my its sure been a long time since Ive seen 2 Shioke's together." Said the old lady looking at Satoshi from the other side of the table and smiling with a tea plate in here hand.

"Ha, yea it has been a long time. It seems everyone's just busy these days i guess." The old lady laughed "Don't fit dear I'm sure you'll make some nice friends." It was awkward how the old lady knew things that Satoshi himself didn't even know. It seemed ever since she was a kid she had a way to read just what he was feeling or thinking even with his mask on. If anything maybe thats why she was such a good tea shop owner, being able to see just what the opponent is in the mood for. With that Satoshi finished his tea and Dango he got up and bowed to the tea shop owner before putting his stuff in the trash and even going in the back and washing the dishes he had used himself. He had always done this and the old lady had no problem with it, it was just less work for her and she really appreciated it. His dad had always made him do this since a young age saying "even if your a guest at someones doesn't mean you have to make a mess and leave it for them to clean up." Especially considering he was a really messy eater when younger.