Meeting with Raimaru (Enja Training Group with Rai-- Chakra Control X1, 4 Nexus Stats X1)

The forests were quiet among the mountain side. ONe of the few places that the young man Enja felt at home. It was times like these he wished his destiny was among different lands, free to travel where he saw fit. However, the power of the 5 great nations made it impossible for him to do so. Not till he passed the trials of a ninja. And that sadly was going slow as a glaycer. His training was postponed at the academy, so he was forced to handle his learning as self-taught.

His job was going slow as well. No one to really guard and protect for extra cash.

So as of right now, the man was lounging in the shade of a tree. He lied down on the branch of the tree overlooking the water and mountains afar. It was one of the few grove of trees nearby. Enja had dreamed of the land of fire, how it was far more beautiful with its forests. Sometime he wondered if he was borned in the right place. Still, at least the land of lightning had some greenery.

The grove he relaxed in was within the estate controlled by the Asakura clan-- his clan, as he rested there. He was a free spirit in nature, often found lazing around and exploring when he should of been training or working. Still, it was the path of freedom he sought more than anything else. Despite that, he had talent. He had the potential to be a great ninja. His hard ass of an instructor had praised him for his achievements in his class.

Still, Enja enjoyed resting in the sun and trees. He kept his senses opened but listened to the sounds of the wind and the warmth of the sun against his skin.

Little did he know that he would meet someone who would give him the guidance to achieve much more than he sought.

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Raijin had just recently arrived in Kumo, after his recent victories with the 8 tailed beast sealed within him. Looking up into the sky as he walked towards his other home back in Kumo, he noticed a new scent of chakra coming from the Asakura’s clan grounds and he smirked as he walked up to the gates and bowed to the guards who welcomed him back with open arms, even though he was technically a mercenary for them, he was also adopted into the family, a black sheep in a herd of white sheep.

After he entered the grounds he quickly went in to see one of the headmasters, he had much to talk about with him about his adventures and tales of fights and wars, he felt so old talking about such a simple matter but he ignored it after a bit and bid his temporary good bye.

Only to walk out into the forestry to the new member by appearing in a whirl of leaves blowing in the wind, Raijin removed his samurai helmet back in the head masters office and left it there where it was safe. “A new member I see.” he said as he looked at the man before him lounging out in the woods.
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If this Raijin was in fact the black sheep of the Asakura clan, then what the hell was Enjin in comparison? Unlike many of his family members, who were steep as priests and spiritual beliefs-- Enja had valued the importance of the here and now. In the world of the living. He found no point mourning over what was passed and strove to move forward. He was a very material focused person, not seeing as much value in the art of spiritualism as his clan did.

Despite it, he had taken the path of the loyal path of his clan-- which focused on the physical powers of the clan. Their Kekkei Genkai-- assuming his clansmen would teach him those powers. Plus the clan elder has been a pain in the ass-- not exactly the favorite person of either one.

He told him to open a scroll that had nothing in it, and it had pissed off Enja.

Right now he was just taking some time off but so far he was unaware of anyone else there. It was when the wind came and he heard his voice, Enja opened an eye to see the stranger before him! “WHAAAA?!” Enja shot up from his reclined position and almost fell off the branch!

Being quick, he grabbed hold to the end of the branch and regained his balance. He let out a sigh as he prevented his fall then turned to the stranger. The stranger was a dark haired guy, far older than him. He had a sword on his hip, clearly a samurai by the look of him. Though it was not uncommon for samurai to be as ninja in this world. “Dude what the hell?! Haven’t you heard the saying let laying dogs lie?” he said, clearly having been taken off guard.

Had Enja had a sword he would of drawn it but he didn’t. Standing up, he glared at the guy. “Who are you? I never seen you around here before?” he asked.

Enja was not a rude person but he was one to be hot under the collar and sometimes jump to conclusions if a person just came out of nowhere. Something he had to work on at least. Still this person was a stranger to him and he was not just going to accept he was just some random passer-by

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Raijin looked at the man as he slightly panicked but caught himself, nodding his head he continued to talk to himself, “good good, athletic and quick to catch your balance, but what if the branch we’re no longer to stand on?” he said before he smirked at the man before him, before a gust of wind came from nowhere and cut the branch cleanly, as they fell Raijin looked at the man saying. “I’m not as old as you think I am, and no I haven’t due to wars and uprisings to deal with.” as he scratched the back of his head. This member he hadn’t met before was nothing like his brother Grave, in fact, this man was more like himself from what he could tell but that would be under consideration of when that point was crossed.

Letting out a sigh he looked at the man as he landed on the ground without so much as a rustle from the ground, looking before him at the man to see how he would react, “tell me, do you great all your fellow clan members this way? and if you think I’m fully of the Asakura clan, you’d be wrong.” Raijin said as he looked at the member with his snake like eyes.

Awaiting some snarky remarks from the man before him he awaited to hear he just eyed him up and down as he placed a hand on his chin to watch his movements and actions, “hmmm… he seems to be in good shape, but let’s test him to see where he is fully.” he thought to himself as he awaited the man’s response.
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The man seemed completely composed but his words about the branch being gone was in fact what got Enja to look shocked. “Don’t you even--” SLASH!!

Enja’s favorite branch on his favorite tree came crashing down and this time, Enja did not manage to regain anything. He went falling down for his lax of awareness. He gave a shout and fell flat on his ass. After the crash, he pushed a few of the branches out of the way and spat out a twig, before glaring up at this guy. “WHat the hell?! Just what did I do to you, pal!?” he fumed, angry like a dog who had been kicked.

It was then that the samurai spoke and said how he was more or less one of his clansmen. This made Enja’s anger settle as he just glared at the guy. “You’re… one of us? Well I didn’t take you for one at first glance so no skin off my back. Still, they had to let you onto the grounds. “ he said as he tried to make light of the fact that it was a small scare.

Enja was relatively friendly but still, this samurai did ruin his little nap. In the end Enja was just as much a black sheep as Raijin was. “So anyway, what brings ya here?” he asked, trying to sound casual. “Who are you anyway and what is with the interest?”

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Raijin remained still where he had landed from the brief fall, he watched the guy fall clumsily to the ground and smirked and sighed, “great… if I’m to take on a student then it would be him I suppose.” he thought to himself as he watched the man spit out broken twigs and leaves rustling around him, Raijin just simply shrugged his shoulders to the man’s first question and he laughed, “if I see any grounds I want into I can simply, walk in and no one would notice, I’m the only one who went undetected in Kiri for more than one trip.” he added as he shrugged his shoulders again.

This man before him seemed to have a lot of rage fueled within him when he spoke or had something unexpected happen to him or around him. Walking over to where he was still sitting on the ground and laughed a bit, more of a chuckle than anything, “what brings me here… is a request of the clans headmaster…” he said before he trailed off and face palmed, “forgive me, I just noticed I have not introduced myself, I am Lord Raijin, a Daimyou of the samurai and a jounin of the shinobi world.” he said with a slight bow.

Another chuckle escaped his lips, “brings back memories of how I used to be when I was a genin and an academy student.” he said as he held out his hand for the man before him that was still on the ground, “and your name?” he said awaiting the acceptance of helping the man up before him.
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Lord Raijin? A Daimyou ?! Enja slowly looked up from the ground and to the stranger before him--- he appeared clearly as a samurai but a Daimyou of all people. That sounded like a stretch. “Riiiight, sure you are,” Enja replied, clearly not convinced that the man was all he claimed to be. Enja himself could be a bit of a show off ant times, but he made a point to not make such extravigant statements. It was just strange. Why would a Daimyou just wander out into here when they had more important places to go.

He was about to stand but he raised a hand to help him up. Hesitating for a moment, he took the man’s hand and pulled himself up. Seemed he was a resident of Kumo originally before he had been traveling. He had to admit though, what Raijin said-- he too wanted to explore the world and not be stuck in the mountains. The world was passing him by and he hated that.

As he got up he looked at Raijin with a cautious look. Friendly as the stranger was, Enja was still cautious. “Enjin. Or some call me Enja. Whichever you prefer,” he replied. He crossed his arms against his chest..

While Enja was not exactly about to send this person away, he was still cautious about him. He didn’t know his intent, but still-- if he was a part of the clan and wanted to talk to him, he didn’t have a problem with him. “Listen, not to talk and run, but I wanted to get in some training here if you don’t mind. Mind if we talk as we go?” he asked.

While things with training and work was slow as hell-- Enja was dedicated to continue his training. He couldn’t keep laying in a tree all day. Lazy as he appeared, looks were deceiving. He truly did dedicate to hard work and training, but at this point he could consider himself self tauight. He soon turned back to the tree where Raijin had cut down the branch.

He was half tempted to smack him for cutting down his favorite branch, but chose not too. He was a jounin after all.

“I’m trying to work on my CHakra control so I can use ninjutsu,” he explained as he looked up the tree. With that he took off running and jumped onto the tree. He quickly dashed up the tree, running as if to defy gravity.

Reality was he was holding his footing to the tree by using Chakra control. it was a common trick for ninja to be able to run and walk on surfaces using their chakra as an anchor. It took some handling to do well. Luckily for Enja, he could run up a good half of the tree before he couldn’t hold it any more and had to grab a branch to keep from falling back to earth.

This time he was able to run three-forths of the tree before his chakra began to weaken. He reached quickly for the top most branch and grabbed hold. It looked funny from Raijin’s point of view. He looked like a monkey hanging from a limb.

He looked down to see Raijin-- seeing a possible hint of a laugh on him. Enja just frowned down at him. “You laugh, you die….” he replied with a small grumble.

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Raijin sighed and waved his hand “sorry I ment Shogun, I’m soon to be a Daimyou of a country soon from what I hear…” he said sighing about being trapped in a country without having to be under attack or some other crap, he shrugged it off and looked at the man again as he accepted his help up. Enja or Enjin, as he stated they were, “an interesting name might I add.” he said aloud thinking to himself nodding with approval, “I kinda like it, it’s got a good ring to it.” he added still nodding his head.

Notting the man wanted to train suddenly, Raijin looked at Enjin and watched his approach at training, before he sighed at the sight before him, “come on, I know you can reach the branch above that! and you look like a chimp!” he said as he slowly climbed up the tree taking a step by step up the tree, “the real way to fully gain from this training is to throw weights on, and go step by step, but it’s dangerous, yet more rewarding.” he said as he finally reached Enjin’s dangling body from his tree.

“Now, I really worked on my chakra control while I used my sword and used the same ideal I learned from using my sword as a more effective sword with chakra, but, I can also use it’s same teachings towards my other control points effectively, but at a huge disadvantage against the hyuuga’s.” he said as he stood on the other tree before he grabbed a branch off and pushed it through the tree under Enjin’s feet.

“I still really dislike the idea of taking on a disciple, but if I’m going to train you, then I must take you to places much more… funner… than this.” Raijin added as he paused for a second, “wait… student? or was it trainee? either or it doesn’t matter to me, the favor is I’m asked to keep you safe just like my brother, but I’m supposed to teach you at the same time.” he said revealing his real intentions of meeting with him at this point in time.

“But… ultimately, it’s your decision if you wish to follow me and accept my teachings, even if I’m younger than you, but you must agree to follow my rules while out in the world.” he said finishing off his rantish questionish like statement looking at Enjin from an even weirder angle wearing his full suit of armor.
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Despite his warning, the man Raijin had all but disregarded Enja’s request not to laugh and straight out mocked him. And to add insult to injury, Raijin simply strolled up the tree telling about a proper way to train chakra control. Not accepting the help of the branch below him, Enja chose to swing back and throw himself up-- landing on the branch he had grabbed on to. While his skills as a ninja needed polishing, he was still a nimble and acrobatic individual. “Show off…” he grumbled, still Raijin would hear it.

He really was tempted to slug the guy in the smug face-- however, considering how he handled himself, he really was a skilled Ninja. He could probably kill Enja in the blink of an eye.

“Hey! Considering I am doing this by myself, I think I am doing well for my present level,” He said defensively and crossed his arms against his chest again. “You would be surprised by the level of negligence shinobi of the academy has lately. Left me to train on my own. I’ll thrown on weights when I reach the top without them next...”

It was then that he heard it as they now stood face to face among the trees--- he offered to train Enja. A perplexed look crossed the young ninja’s face. “Why exactly should I follow you? Call me a pesimist, but I find it rather rediculus someone so young is a Shogun of all people, and if so you couldn’t possibly be such an accomplished ninja. Enlighten me.” He asked., “Show me just how strong you are if you really are all that you claim to be. I wasn’t born yesterday, ya know?”

He probably was what he said. A shogun though-- Enja still doubted that. But powerful, that wasn’t so hard to swallow.

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Raijin simply just laughed at the man’s grumbled words, and watched Enja’s movements to get up on the tree fully, as he remained completely still he wondered about what should happen, should he really train Enjin or not? he ignored that part for now, he has to at least try, it’s a favor and a request from the headmaster after all. Listening to what Enjin had to say he raised an eyebrow, “no teaching? why didn’t you seek out the elders help about that right away then? there’s always someone to learn from.” Raijin said as he scratched the back of his head.

The nostalgic feeling of thinking back to the academy days was great but that’s not what was important at hand, smirking at Enjin’s enthusiasm towards the weight training after he reached the top first, “well then… let’s see how well you are on water then.” Raijin said as he reached his arm over to grab the man’s feet before they would both disappear only to appear near the top of one of the mountains near by. A beautiful scenery of a waterfall, a giant lake in the middle, and some greenery surrounding it, like it was made for a scene of a painting.

Sighing a bit as the leaves rustled down around them he looked at the man and let him go before he laid on his back, “what do you want to see for proof that I am indeed who I say I am?” Raijin asked now as he sat up and looked at the man, he had barely any scars from war or battle, he was lucky… ish that way, but luck always ran out. Raijin knew who he said he was, and believed in himself, that’s all that mattered to him, but right now, he needed to train Enjin up and get him ready for his world of fun and mischief, but now was coming the point of having to wonder what was wanted from the man to believe with his own eyes what was going on…
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