[b][u][center]Tsuyoshi Nakagawa[/center][/u][/b]

[b]"Make sure to take regular breaks and don't let them push you too hard."[/b]

[b]"Yes, mum."[/b]

[b]"And don't get into any sword duels. You might be a big boy, but you can still get cut up like anyone else."[/b]

[b]"Yes, mum."[/b]

[b]"And......oh, I think you've had enough of my nagging. Just be careful, yeah?"[/b]

[b]"I will."[/b] Tsuyoshi chuckled as he said it. His mum was intent on fussing over his first foray into the ninja world. Tsuyoshi wasn't worried in the slightest. He had gotten into plenty of trouble at the academy, and he didn't feel he needed to worry about silly little things like this at all. And come what may, he planned to make something of himself. He wouldn't be able to do that if he took his concerned mum's advice and played it safe all day. Still, no need to make her worry any more by being straight with her. He waved his family goodbye one last time and started on his way. Their team had been arranged to meet up on some training field or the other. Tsuyoshi always wondered why they had training "fields" in a village like Kumogakure. He often mused that their must be Konoha-philes in the village leadership. But it wasn't any of his business if they insisted on having it that way.

Tsuyoshi appeared to be first on the scene, as he could see his would-be teacher relaxing, looking rather pleased with himself. Tsuyoshi knew that look, it was the look instructors at the academy got when they thought they had come up with something clever. It was always a pain to deal with those people. But Tsuyoshi planned on rising to the challenge, whatever it happened to be. He approached his teacher and stated. [b]"Tsuyoshi Nakagawa, reporting for duty sir."[/b] He said it in a mostly half serious tone. He didn't intend on being so stuffy all day, but he was prepared to do whatever he had to on his first day.