Izu almost chuckled at Rin's response and rolled his eyes. He didn't really understand the reason why Konoha shinobi was incessant with training lightly like it was a game. Training should always prepare one for the inevitable life and death situations that came with missions. 

"When will you Leaf ninja learn that dangerous training is the among the quickest routes to mastering ones techniques and discovering new ones. We need to push ourselves as much as possible in order to get stronger, and back home in Kirigakure intense training like this was commonplace. Before I was born it use to be even more harsher in terms of training compared to what it is done today" he replied to Rin. To Izu Konoha seemed so much more laid back and the shinobi didn't have a gloomy or sinister air about them like the ninja of his village, it was odd to him. His attention then turned to the new member of their squad Hitomi Goto as she introduced herself.

"Nice to meet you too, my name is Izu Korumoto, I'm a ninja from the Mist Village who's stuck here with these leaf shinobi on their squad. I've been trying to push them as hard as possible, but as you can see they're very reluctant" he said with a smile as the Sand ninja tended to his wounds. He not really encountered Sand shinobi before and heard stories about the kazekage Gaara and his connection to a tailed beast. [i]Our squad sure is becoming an interesting one,[/i] he thought to himself.