((It suits me fine, I got carried away myself! Heh, I'll try to keep it a little chopped down if need be, too x3 ))<br/><br/>“Keeping absolutely still is one of the absolute most basics of Ninjutsu, even an academy student tends to show up on their first day with at least the general idea behind it. Now how is it you managed to reach Jounin with such a bad grip on that? You lack focus! Both of you!” For practically the hundredth time that day, Tsume Inuzuka brought a boken down onto Kegawa's shoulder with enough force to break either or both.<br/><br/>“OW! I'm not movin' half as much as Kiba!” Kegawa rubbed his shoulder irritably as he tried not to glare at the head of the clan. The younger men of the Inuzuka were taking turns teaching a supplementary class on natural motion, and in turn getting discipline as strict as any remedial course themselves. “Shaddap, Kegawa! Way to stick together, man.. ARGH!” Kiba earned himself a whack on the head with the handle of the broken blade.<br/><br/>Tsume loomed over her son imperiously with her hands on her hips, eyes narrowed dangerously. “Kiba, you think that arguing back will help your case? Without Akamaru there to help, are you capable of thinking at all?!” She gave him another few whacks about the head, terrifying the onlooking Genin in the process.<br/><br/>Kegawa, once he was sure that Kiba had the woman's full attention, grinned broadly and flickered away using a compound<em>shunshin</em>that he had picked up from a nightmarish mission he had spent under the instruction of the legendary Maito Gai back in his Chuunin days. He and Kiba had a standing agreement to help bail each other out of the babysitting duty once per month each, and this time Kegawa was the lucky one. He happily spent the afternoon lazing about in the woods near training ground three, just taking the day off until dusk when he could move about without anyone seeing him and ratting him out.<br/><br/>With a stretch of his arms over his head, he yawned and pondered what to do with his evening. It wasn't exactly safe to go back to the Inuzuka compound that night, so he had to find something to pass the time. “The baths are out, since the owner won't let me in... The library's too boring, and it'll be closed to anyone below<em>tokubetsu </em>Jounin or Medic Captain anyway... Hmph, maybe I'll see what the others are up to!” With his usual grin, he took off for Tsuki's place. She was usually up late with books or something, and it would be a good chance to tease her too. That had been a challenge he had posed for himself years ago, and he rarely managed to feel like he was getting anywhere with it, but you can't blame a guy for trying.<br/><br/>Still out of sight of his destination, Kegawa caught the familiar scent of Hayate, his other team-mate whom he had not seen in a while. “Hah? Well that makes it easier if he's visiting too, we can go out and get drinks or something and- eh?” When he made it around the side of the building and spotted his friend clinging at the window motionless, he chuckled and launched himself up in two steps to land on the wall beside him. “Hey, Hayate, why're you just-!” His spirited greeting was cut off suddenly as his eyes landed upon the scene before them and opened enormously wide. A trail of blood found its way down from his nose as he almost drooled, seeing something that he had almost certainly dreamed about at least a few times over the years.