[color=fff200]"The day after tomorrow Fukusho. You may be ninja now but I intend to work you hard today so I'll give you three the day off.[/color]" Nara said before looking at Kuro who shook his head and tapped his foot. [color=fff200]"Alright kids let's get moving we're heading to the forest borders to see how well you can do somethings."[/color] Akihiko left it at that and turned on his heel to leave the room and was followed quickly by Kuro who grabbed at his shirt in an attempt to quell his uneasy feeling in his gut. It wasn't that he was nervous so much as he just wanted to get this whole ordeal over with. He had no interest in showing off his skills to his teacher but if he got stronger and better training from it what was there to complain about.

He wondered just exactly where they were going before Akihiko stopped suddenly half way down the hallway in order to say hello to a man in bright red clothes and a bright red headband. The man didn't carry the Leaf village symbol on him so he must have have come from another village or he was a spy. Either way Kuro didn't care about him so he waited for his sensei to stop talking with the man before he kept on going. The man didn't even blink and eye at any of them. [color=fff200]"Don't worry about it just an old acquaintance nothing more."[/color] Akihiko said dismissing any thoughts or questions on the matter before the three left the Hokage's Palace and headed down to the gate.

After getting past Kenshin Uchiha at his post Akihiko led them to a small clearing in the middle of the woods where there was various evidence of training that had gone down here before. Akihiko looked around and chuckled as he reminisced about something. [color=fff200]"You kids have it good in that the war has been over for a couple of years now. Back when I was a genin there use to be a lot of fighting between the villages."[/color] Akihiko said as he began to walk around the clearing and he stopped at a tree. He marked the tree with a circle and carved a spot in the middle and then did the same to a couple of more trees. [color=fff200]"Let's start off with some basics show me how well you can throw those kunai at the trees."[/color]