Marco nodded lightly [b]”Uh, taming the tiger, yeah, totally did that..”[/b] Marco chuckled out. He listened to his teacher tearing into his teammates, for someone who's a trained swordsman and Samurai, Kato sure was.. Energetic, even a bit random, Marco thought to himself. [I] But I guess all geniuses are a little bit eccentric..[/i] He thought to himself, letting his guard down a little, just as a clone appeared up behind him, the finger strike hitting him in his lower back, making him fall forward, [b]”The hell?!”[/b] He shouted, rolling in the snow back onto his feet, only to see their sensei having turned into a girl.

Marco's posture instantly changed, and he smile. He knew exactly what was going on, but he figured he might as well continue with his regular mischief. [b] “Whoa, when did this beauty show up?”[/b] He asked, his face curling into a smile, however, the amusement soon ran thin.

[b]”Sensei did say that if we could handle this, we would go on a S-ranked mission, right? I mean, I'm not one to pass up a challenge. You're all probably pretty good at this whole ninja business and all, but we're not S-ranked. Heck, Kato-sama ain't either.”[/b] Marco stated, gently rubbing his neck. Before he turned around, his back against his transformed sensei.

[b] And if he wants to send us back to the academy, then let him. We won't have to study all over again, he'll get a slap on the wrist and lose favor with the Yukikage and we will get a new sensei. I didn't come here to be toyed with. If that's what I was into, I would've hung out with the tiger some more. I came here to become stronger, and so did the two of you.”[/b] Marco told the other two genin, looking at the jounin once more. [b] “So give me a real reason to fight you, I don't respond to false promises and empty threats. If you two want to be treated like morons, that's your choice. Wake me if we're gonna start training for real.” [/b] Marco remarked to his teammates, as he walked a few meters off and sat down, then laying down on his back in the snow, the sun barely breaking through the clouds now that the snow storm had settled, the sunlight was faint, but still enough to give the genin both light and warmth on his face as he laid there, in protest.

He let out a yawn as he looked up at the sky, relaxing.