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[Color=Silver][u][i][b]Burai Kasei[/b][/i][/u][/color][/center]
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While Burai had enjoyed poking fun at his sensei, he had to admit that the [i]real[/i] challenge came from his inability to see the water itself; In the absence of a proper chakra signature, its presence was drowned out by the metal and left him completely blind to it. As the others got ready to move out, he took a moment to ponder his options. If he wasn't in such a crowded area, he'd have considered finding a pole to balance on his shoulders and just taking it slow, but given the circumstances that wasn't much of an option. That avenue closed, he settled for a moment, and [i]focused[/i], allowing his perception to expand. He focused in on the buckets - the tiny insects that flitted over their surface, the imprints of Suto-sensei's hands just barely lingering on the metal. Then, he pinged his chakra, his sight suddenly doubling. The wave brushed gently over his surroundings, and he made sure to tag his teammates, (just in case he needed to find them later), before returning his attention to the water. Again, no real luck, other than a faint glow across the surface.

That did, however, give him an idea. He cast his mind back over the past week, recalling his somewhat amateurish efforts at naturing his chakra for the Water Bullet technique; Specifically, he remembered how, for the first time in years, he'd [i]seen[/i] water. It was a flimsy idea, and could easily fall flat, but Burai was anything but a quitter. He flashed his hands into a dog seal, calling on his energy, and touched his a hand to each body of water, willing it to convert to water chakra just as he had been doing for the past week.

For a moment, his face fell at the lack of results, and the flow stuttered, but before he could give up there was a flash of [i]wet[/i] as his chakra seeped into the buckets like dye and Stuck fast. A grin spread, uncontained, across his face, and he punched the air once before smiling sheepishly and picking up the buckets, his practised form keeping them as dead steady as possible. With his problem solved, he set off to catch up with the others.
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For all he was proud of his steadiness of hand and well-honed form, Burai couldn't help but feel a little Jealous of Kenshiro as they arrived at the training ground. By all accounts, Burai'd done a better job - He'd seen the kid's throw from a mile off, and simply hung back while The others were sidelined. The Hyuuga's casual display of Water Manipulation just... Upset him a little. He supposed he couldn't complain though, he'd only started properly training his element in the past week! He smiled at the buckets, as full as they had been at the fountain. 

[i][color=silver]'Yes, that's something to be proud of for sure!'[/color][/i]

He drew his mind back to the present, giving his head a quick shake, and zeroed in on the others, just catching Shiori's schmoozing. He couldn't help but quirk his lips at the girl's attitude, her chakra as layered with smarm and cunning as it was. If he weren't blindfolded, he'd wink at her; She was playing the Hyuuga like a fiddle.

[color=silver]"He's certainly the superior out of the two of you Shiori, that's for sure!"[/color] Burai smirked good-naturedly at his team. [color=silver]"I could see that kid's slip-up a from a mile away, and I'm [i]blind.[/i]"[/color] He cast a dry look at Kenshiro, then. [color=silver]"That [i]was[/i] a good catch though, Ken-san. Perhaps we could train together later? I have been a little stuck on the Water Bullet technique for a while."[/color] His smirk softened into a narrow smile, and he crossed his arms, ready to receive the team's next orders from Suto-sensei.

Unbeknownst to the group, a wayward fly alighted on one of the Kasei's buckets for a drink, and vanished into the water with a hiss, a slight waft of smoke rising into the air...