Who: Van<br/>Where: Moving though the path/end of path at the top<br/>When: Early afternoon<br/>Tagging: Shizuru at the end<br/><br/>Van looked on as the others were preparing for the trip up the mountain by the teacher, he would have to go as well. He looked around and noticed that everyone was headed up. He wasn't one for building his strength up so much, and he was a bit worried that by increasing bulk, he would decrease his natural reaction times and agility, things that were far far more important for his style of fighting then being stronger then his foes. He waited till the end to get his marks. He stood in place for a moment, this ordeal was to get used to the weight, the idea once you were used to a heavy weight when you didn't have it on, then you would be able to move faster, pick things up that were heavier and be simply stronger. That was what led to his slight worry, none of those things except the moving faster would be that much advantage to him, but he signed up and he would do what he needed to do. He would just need to cut out his other work, to compensate for this factor.<br/><br/>Feeling the weight added, he could tell that the seal was on magical as was the fog, his father had once told him about such skills, some demons he battled had. Then he wondered if it was a person to each person which made it common. After putting his seals on, he stood in place for a view moments, his mind going over how each part of his body was effected by the extra weight that had been added, he let himself get used to the weight, moving slowly as to find what movements would be easier and which ones more challenging, a kind of trail for the best method of movement.<br/><br/>After those moments, he knew that he wasn't going to finish first, getting the last mark, using the time to figure out the marks as best as he could, all would mean that people ahead whom figured on the fly would be ahead of him when they finished. He moved up at a steady pace finding the best method of movement as he adjusted himself to the weight had been worthwhile, keeping his hands in his pockets for support, he walked up the hill, he could use the face he had pockets to his advantage this time, and he would, the walk was nice, but he was curious as to what was beyond the forest, if he didn't have the marks on, he would go, and hunt some of these creatures, they sounded like a challenge a fun challenge at that.<br/><br/>He didn't really care where he finished, he knew he wouldn't be last, he did pass one kid whom was along the path, poor kid, he looked ill prepared for this, he would done best by focusing on his strengths which from what he could tell were not physical areas. His were not so much either, but he wasn't that weak. He managed to finish at a point not that far off from a lot of others, not a bad achievement given he started after them. He sat down calmly, he wasn't going to show weakness in front of a demon or demons, that was just lame, he was a good bit swore but that was just part of working out. A natural effect of carrying weights up a large area, he had to do weight training before, and carry weapons for his parents into combat areas, combat could happen, when you least wanted it to happen, thus one had to learn to prepare for possible outcomes so that one would have enough to get away, or fight, which ever one choose.<br/><br/>He heard the announcement about whom would be the leader, reasonable judgement, the one whom was the strongest wasn't always the best prepared to work with others expecting all other to be similar to him. He rose to his feet, hands resting back in his pockets as he looked at his demon teacher. "So, why not say the responsibilities of Mr. Larsa, curious as to what types of things you expect of the leader, and how we are to work with him as the leader of this group," he said calmly, he didn't care that Sparx was a leader, that leadership was his was okay, he would prove a good or bad leader, that was up to him. He wanted to know what the leader needed to so, and he figured that hearing what role the leader had would tell him a bit more then what he needed to know for the class. "Also, it is possible if we are not doing anything that you take these marks of yours off early, you said there were yokai were kept out in the woods, that sounds like a something to look into, it has been to long since I had a decent demon hunt," he said in a straight forward fashion, as he didn't figure he could find anything interesting to do, and he was pretty sure he knew why they were given the extra weights and the reasoning behind the challenge."