To become that which is dreamed (private)

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It was a day that the boy had waited for a little while now since the first training experience outside the academy had passed. Aki arose from his soft bed much earlier then he had thought it was possible, nearing the time of 5 am which for that boy was a feat in itself, normally awaking three hours later it was still hard even for himself to believe it. But there he was wide awake rolling around the sheets trying to content his own anticipation for what he had wanted to do today. But to no avail did the feather touch of his furniture put to rest his working mind nor his body, so really the only thing left now was the await until the mourning dawned soon when everyone else was awake, so he thought it best to get in a good sweat and meal. A simple workout routine outside his normal time patterns wouldn’t do any harm nor prevent his training from being hindered, a whole body day working each muscle group lightly with strengthening weights and cooling stretchs used to lengthen the rest of his fibbers into a even length for speed and flexibility. After words a cooling jog around the town’s public distract was just a nice hour long time killer as the sun pecked and glimmered along the sweat that he worked up, exposing each shade from his defined muscles from his bare torso and legs. Looking back and making his way back home with a largely empty water bottle and tired frame, his made it back at around 9 to clean himself up in the bath and eat to replenish his carbohydrates and get in some protein and flex before taking it easy on his bed reading a book to review his medical knowledge. Eleven o’clock Aki was fully packed with his medical pouched and ninja attire making his way into the streets of his home area once again, this time heading deeper to the outsides of the his own streets.

The objective of today was simple enough, Aki wanted in some more training with his team jounin Kakougan and one that was a little private from the rest of the team. Personally he found himself at uneasy with his own skills especially when being compared to the rest of the group, he could have just be hard on himself but it was something he really wanted to make sure as a point for him not to get in the way and be a true shinobi. He also had done a little digging into Kakougan’s reputation amongst some of the locals and found out he was actually a fairly well known medical nin which gave credit to his claim during the team’s intro. As a fellow nin in the same flied Aki felt a glowing admiration and role model from himself to follow man...even though he had to grow accustomed to the entire oddity of Kakougan’s appearance which still to this day was imprinted deep into his photographic memory. But that was something he would need to get over in order to get stronger as a flied medic nin in that line of work they saw and work on some of the most grueling and stomach turning scenes to behold in the human physic. Hailing from street to street along the district where most people lived Aki found it surprisingly hard to find the jounin, even as a well know man it seemed that most people didn’t really seek him out without finding him soon enough, Aki wished for that sort of luck to happen soon. Asking from time to time if Kakougan’s house or living quarters was close but only to be told of a broad direction to follow. It was already an hour past his departure from home and Aki was getting a little frustrated trying to find his master. But once he found him...as much time as that would take Aki would deeply ask for some personal training.

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“ What a high concentration of scum this place holds. Not just any scum, pagan scum, the kind that makes me cringe and sparks the killing intent in my eye. Those who do not know the Lord are just pitiful and are all in the same boat to eternal damnation. This whole city must be an ark to store all of these rotting asses before their ferry ride into the flames. I tell them to repent and they mock me, telling me that I am wrong and they are right. If they think they are right, and they know that they are right for certain without divine help, then they are merely prideful. Prideful scum…” Kakougan silently said to himself as he balanced on top of a large graffiti ridden street lamp. Once again he had found himself in the suburbs watching over the people, pointing out all of their mistakes to himself in order to better his own conscience. Kakougan’s philosophy was that if you see something wrong for yourself, and you see the consequences it bears, then your conscience won’t be tempted to do such a thing. This seemed very effective in some ways, but in other ways it just lowered his expectations for the entire human race. Still in deep mediation about things he had seen that day, Kakougan raised his head. Something familiar was nearby and although he couldn’t tell what exactly it was, he knew it was something important. Turning his head, Kakougan saw what he felt.

Incoming on one of the streets was a genin, not just any genin though, one of his genin. ‘ What is he doing out here in such a dangerous place? This place could corrupt jounin in the blink of an eye so I don’t even want to imagine what could happen to a mere genin.’ Kakougan thought with a shocked look on his face which was un viewable due to the gas mask he wore while in the city. With small hop, Kakougan leap down from the lamp post and impacted the ground before dashing over to his genin. When he reached the genin, Kakougan said in an audible voice “ What the hell are you doing here? This place is ass of the body that is the world, it reeks of evil and it’s citizens bathe in it as if it every day and every day they reek more and more. Yet they can’t smell this evil that escapes from every pore in their bodies, are they so corrupted that they can’t SEE the dark auras around this place?! I can see the evil, it clouds my vision, it clouds my thoughts, but I still stay strong in my beliefs. Why can’t they?!”. The louder Kakougan got, the more people stopped just to give him a dirty look or a snaky remark about what he was saying. Noticing that he had spoken too loudly, Kakougan walked off into an ally and beckoned for his genin to follow. ‘ I wonder what he wants…’ He thought as he leaned against a brick building in the ally.

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“where the heck is he?..” Aki whispered deep into his thoughts as his search went on inward furthers amongst the unknown sections of the village, soon entering a shady area of the home land where the peopled didn’t seems as friendly as in his own distract. Everyone was looking a little more sheltered and to the themselves however that could have been Aki’s own perception with unfamiliar faces passing by, either case the genin kept to himself for the time being just wondering around until someone with a softer look come into view. They didn’t at all seem like muggers or people of evil hearts so he kept his guard down as not to waste his energy with apprehension, he even managed to get to a person talking to him for a bit about Kakougan and his sightings. But as he was about to thank the man for his companion and conversation the jounin himself appeared in a blistering crush to the floor and started to rush towards Aki and to him Kakougan looked to be a in a raging mood rushing at the poor little genin with such speed and staggering size incoming like a bull seeing red. Aki was at a lost to what to do at that point, if he rushed away then his search would have been for nothing and if e stayed he might be killed in this ranging dash, the man Aki was talking to already left in his own dashing retreat leaving the little boy there to handle his sensei. Actively and when his reaction Aki just put his arms up in font of his face to try and guard against whatever was coming and to hide his sight from what horrors awaited. And he got was a large thrust of sound rushing out of Kakougan’s lungs that actually had enough force behind it to literally knock Aki off his feet and fall onto the hard group with its street litter and his ear drums being chewed up by his teacher. He had to cover his ears just to try and make out what Kakougan was talking about, he was still shouting and Aki gasping in awe at what he could make out. Something about the evil of the world and humanity as Kakougan specking of the creator and his faith while others glaring off into the two of them.

It felt rather odd to be yelled at after just meeting someone but soon enough sensei notice that they were drawing a lot of attention and stopped. He then walked quickly into the ally close by and signalled Aki to follow in suit. The genin had to gather himself back up dusting off the dirt that he fell into and making sure that his pack and clothing was fine, looking off at the gathering mass Aki just shrugged it off before making his way over. The young lad did not really understand why his master was so upset that he had to shout to the heavens themselves in such a manner but one thing was clear, it was the fact he was upset. Aki thought it best just to apologize and ask his request as if he did nothing wrong.

“My apologizes Kakougan-sensei...for being here. I suppose... I was simple in a search for you for a simple request. During our first training session with the rest of the team I felt kinda singled out as the lower tier of the food chain, could have been me just neglecting my battle training but still I always want to improve myself. Also from what I can gathering your the only flied medic I know of and being part of the medical squad as well is something that I strive for, to help my comrades and protect them is at the fore front of my mind. So if I have not offended you and your not busy could you train me a little more, please?”

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' Training huh..? I suppose thats a good reason to come to the depths of hell and seek me out.' Kakougan thought as he stared down at his eager genin. This was Kakougan's first team and the first time he really felt obligated to stay within the boundaries of human kindness. Even though he seemed forced to be accepting of his students, it didn't seem forced at all to Kakougan. A large smile crept across his face, not his normal grin, a genuine smile. Slowly, Kakougan took off his mask in order for his smile to be revealed to the genin, he was happy. As he did this, Kakougan moved his other hand onto his students shoulder and lightly gripped it. " Ask and you shall receive, I am an uncanny looking man but a kind man too. Once you get to know me more that line will bear more meaning but for now lets just worry about how we can get you to be the strongest ninja you can be. Just tell me what you need from me and I will do my best to provide it to you, but first, lets get out of this place and go somewhere more appropriate for training." He said, looking around for a place that could be used as a decent training ground. Kakougan looked for a good minute or so before he spotted a building just across the street, a dojo. " That'll do, come on." He said as he dashed and used fuuton chakra to leap into the air and slam onto the ground next to the dojo. After landing, Kakougan beckoned to his student before walking inside the dojo.

" I'd like to use this facility." Kakougan sad to a man in a white outfit sitting in the middle of the floor. " Hm, but first, you must DEFEAT ME IN BATTLE!" The man said with sudden ferocity as he jumped towards Kakougan. " Really...?" Kakougan said before slapping the man out of the way and continuing to walk into the dojo. With a sigh he sat in the middle of the floor and waited for his student to enter.

ooc: Sorry for the short, but somewhere between cleaning my entire basement and hoeing my moms garden I've become very fatigued. Sorry for the copy pasta of my sorry for my WiP too ._.

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When his master took off his mask and showed a deep smile of joy Aki couldn’t help back smile back a little as he looked down a bit thinking it was a little embarrassing, though he was kinda shaking a bet from being so close to such an unusual human. It was still difficult for him to feel at ease around someone was massive as Kakougan his size was enough to stomp and kill Aki without a single heart beat let alone his inhuman look which the boy still had to get used to after only meeting this man a few short times. But they would be working together for a long time and Aki wanted the best for him and the squad so his personal stain on vanity would need to pass soon. The older man did seem happy that Aki asked for training though which was reassuring that he be getting the best that he could get. They boy headed deeper into the city looking for the training grounds that Kakougan was hoping would serve them best. “ For the most part Kakougan sensei medical justu and some procedure would be an awesome start for me to learn from a jounin, also could you help me with my strength training, I’m not really the fastest ninja out of the genin or have some...unusual powers from what I’ve seen of the others so i wanted to work off my own talents as plain as i may be” aki replied to the question he was asked. The monstrous jounin managed to find a place just across from their own direction. It was a fairly decent building, standing out on its own from the rest of the others around it with a few inscription at the top of the door way, only guess was this was a dojo or a very fancy bakery.

Seemed like the dojo was the best conclusion as a random man just popped out of the halls and challenging Kakougan to a fight before quickly being overpowered in a mere second with a punish slap across the room then after getting Aki to step in questioning rather the guy was ok. But then again his master was a jounin...even if he was a little crazy so Aki doubt that he would hurt someone so innocently. Still he ran up to the poor guy and bowed in apologizes “ Sorry about that, we’ll be sure to leave the place in tact...I hope at least” before walking back towards Kakougan, taking off his shoes among the bamboo floors. “ What kind of training do you have in mind sensei?” he asked with a clocked head to the side as he sat down on his knees waiting patiently for instruction.

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Watching the genin walk over to the man and apologize for the pounding stirred something inside Kakougan that made him realized that he really should try to be a better role model for how a person should act around others, despite his in human appearance. ‘ I guess I have some things to work on as well.’ Kakougan thought as he stood up and pulled the large black scroll he carried around with him off his back and slammed it onto the ground in front of him. “ This scroll that I carry around with me isn’t just any ordinary scroll. Most ninja would carry around weaponry scrolls or something of that sort, but of course, I’m not a normal ninja. This scroll contains a multitude of dead bodies I use for experimentation or just training, in this case training. These bodies will serve as targets,” Kakougan declared, using one of his claws to scratch a symbol onto the scroll. Once the carving was done, the symbol glowed and then expelled two rather generic looking dead bodies. “ All right, lets work on strength training first. Strength is a combination of a few factors, one of them is you physical abilities or how fit you are, another is attack technique. Those are the two we’ll be working on because those are the two things I’m good with,” said Kakougan as he lifted one of the bodies over his shoulder and propped the other one up against a wall.

Suddenly something struck Kakougan like a hammer across his thick skull, “ Ughhh…,” he said as he turned to his student with one of his hands behind his head, “ In our previous meeting I didn’t really get any names due to the harsh and abrupt training I declared. If you don’t mind, I would like to know your name, sorry for my rudeness,” Kakougan asked before turning again to the dead body. Keeping his menacing eyes on the target, Kakougan entered his battle stance by planting one of his feet behind him and one in front while extending on of his hands outwards within reach of the target and keeping one close to his chin. “ In this position, your firmly planted onto the ground and you have one hand to either block incoming attacks to your body or to assist your other hands assault. Once you have a target, make sure you know how to collapse their body; the body is a temple, but every temple has traps, use these to your advantage. A Hyuuga can strike at chakra points, but we medics have something almost as potent, pressure points. Once you study up on your anatomy you should know these like the back of your hand, and once you know these like the back of your hand you hold the map to the temple. Along with pressure points, the human body has natural openings between bones either way, and feeble skin too. So when you find an opening to attack one of these spots, put all of your force into it and attack; just remember to always have a backup plan should your attack fail. One of these spots, which I will demonstrate now, are the arm pits. Actually, anywhere hair grows in a great abundance is usually a weak spot in the human body. Anyhow, when attempting to strike an opponents heart, always go with a side attack and aim for the arm pit. The arm pit is pretty much the clearest shot your going to get at the heart, so utilize it. I’ll demonstrate this and then I want you to do the same attack with all the strength you have, doing these sort of things in repetition is how I got as bulky as I am now; not with weights, with medical practice mixed with some physical training. Now, let me show you what a clear strike in this point can do.” Kakougan explained, pausing every once in a while so that his student would be able to remember what he said.

Quickly, Kakougan used one of his hands to strike the body and spin it as he unfolding his other fist into a flat palm and plunged it into the bodies under arm. His hand went straight through the muscle in the body and ripped straight into the heart, leaving a pile of bloody pulp in its wake. Once his hand had neutralized the targets heart, Kakougan pulled it out and started to shake the blood off of it. Without saying anything, he set up the second dead body and stepped back. “ Don’t worry if you can’t do it perfectly, I’m not looking for perfection. Just do your best and we’ll keep improving till you can crush anyone who stands in your way, particularly the Chuunin Exams. I can’t wait for those.” Kakougan said with a grin as he awaited his students display of the attack.

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His training had started with a little bit of a public menace taste during that first little bout with a civilian knocked out for who knows how long, Aki began to ponder of all nin should be this aggrieve to get what they wanted, after all they were tools of war soldiers trained and sent on missions for their lives for the betterment of the village. Maybe he was a little too soft when he witness such a way of acting his master just showed, he thought about working on personality wise later on in the day. For now things seemed to taken a turn on the more morbid side of humanity as his jounin just pulled out two perfectly stored human corpses from the confines of his scrolls without even looking as it was anything new, Aki on the other hand grew a little grim and sickened in his facial expression, turning a little green under his snowy skin as Kakougan moved their targets into a better sight. The sight of such would have made the poor genin feel bad enough for the poor soul but it was the scent itself of the rotten eggs and worn out flesh that really put a unwell bug in his tummy. And they would be using it from targets of all things as if the dead wasn’t already desecrated enough, he began to wonder just what type of man this Kakougan was anyways, certain a great medical ninja…as a man Aki was really unsure of what to think.

The theme of the training at first revolved around a trait which Aki was apparently gifted in according to his peer’s, physical prowess or at least the brute strength. He was not by far anywhere as naturally gifted as Kakougan but Aki did possesses an unusual high attack power to his little body. It was something he was semi proud aside from lacking the current taijustu as others specialized in his age group. “ Oh yes sensei, my name is Lesada, Aki and no need to worry about it” the boy replied with a slightly large smile from his ill expression while holding back his mouth a little trying not to lose his lunch. The medical jounin started and struck the dead body with such force that his hand, with such speed and power cutting though the body like cheese Aki could hardly keep up with his sights and as for his master’s power it was really unheard off, Aki had seen other adults just barely puncturing the flesh with their bare hands alone but for this monster of a man he was able to do it like hot metal though butter and looking as to do it without any effort to, the boy stepped back a little. Aki was a little nervous on how to stack up to that, he was only taught blunt strikes when it came to hand to hand, Kakougan just used the tips of his fingers like kuni. He would try his best as instructed too but he also hoped he wouldn’t stink too bad the first time either. Aki got into position just as Kakougan moved aside, trying to mimic his master’s stance and arms while maintaining his chakra into his muscles for maximum power trying to control his body during such a fierce attack to the arm pit, opening his hand into a extension of the fingers while deeply breathing to claim his thoughts. However keep that level of attack on such focus on the target was harder then he thought, at first his skill at the point was just to hit as hard as close to the target you had in mind since with that large amount of power behind it a person would have normally caused a great deal of damage regardless of how good your aim was. But Kakougan’s request required a great deal of control of one’s body rather then one’s inner energy. Aki’s footing slipped and his hand shifted in direction, hitting the pec minor tendon from the shoulder instead of reaching the heart through the arm pit. Sending the body flying a few feet away from the blunt force and rupturing that tendon right off but still not enough to puncture into the muscle past the flash.

“ Dammit…I missed my target spot and wasn’t able to penetrate past the skin” Aki cursed looking down while at himself while rubbing his fingers a little, using just their tips at full strength was hard and something he was not used to, a layer of skin was peeled off his nails while there was a small cut on his index from the mistake.

Aki walked over to pick the body up and place it back on its stand, then trying again using the same method with a little more determination in his eyes, this time around he again missed and hit a little lower near the sixth rib. Third and fourth time putting it back up he went on to hit the mid deltoid itself, fifth time heading the lower part of the corpse neck. As much as the boy tried it appeared to him that his strikes were missing more and more, moving further away from where he wanted then, adding to that strain of maximum output of his muscles being used again and again as well as his chakra control he was breathing harder by now, with the frustration of missing putting more of a stress to him. Aki was certainly stubborn about it, trying to get it perfect so soon and taxing himself just to do it, the small cut began to grow larger into a mid range gash down his entire finger from him from tension so much. Seventh time and on he wouldn’t stop himself until he got it right

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As Aki tried to execute the move Kakougan had displayed for him, Kakougan just stood with his arms folding with a blank expression. ' He's not doing it exactly right, but I can't blame him. This is just our first training session, he'll improve.' He thought to himself as he continued to watch Aki's attempts. Before he could go at the body again, Kakougan dashed over and grabbed the body. " Lets not spend all day on one attack, you can spend your own time master the attacks that I show you. Lets use the time we have right now to give you an overview of multiple attacks. Once we are done, I'll give you a scroll with some bodies in it and you can train on them on your own. Don't worry, you'll get these down and be able to execute them with ease soon enough." He said, putting the body in front of him and stepping back. " This next move requires a lot of strength, but I do have jutsu to make it much easier and much quicker that I will be showing you. Pay close attention. This jutsu is very simple, all you have to do is coat your hand with a thin chakra and give it a point. Once thats done, you have a very effect butcher knife to decimate opponents known as Crush Style: Guillotine Slice." Kakougan continued as he raised his hand in front of Aki and coated it with medical chakra before back flipping a few feet back so he could get a running start at the body.

" The next jutsu is, Arm Snap, even easier in a sense. All you have to do is use chakra in one hand to make the muscles in your other hand react faster, pretty basic stuff. Of course, timing is the thing with this jutsu. This time the target will be a lot easier to hit, the neck. Usually the neck would be a pretty hard thing to completely cleave without some sword of special cleaving weapon. But with this combination of jutsu..." Kakougan declared as he put his left hand on his right shoulder and leapt towards the body. At first it seemed that Kakougan was going to completely run past the target, but right as he passed it he turned his body a bit and used his jutsu to trigger his arm to snap at the targets neck. Kakougan's hand cleaved straight through the neck of the body, leaving a clean cut, but a bloody mess behind. Summoning another body from his scroll, he turned to Aki and murmured, " Your turn.".

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Aki stopped himself once his master told him to restrain his efforts and taking the body away from him before he was overly tired from just that one teach. He admitted that he was a stubborn fellow especially for trying to master something right off the bat in the first session of practice. Good think his master was wiser and not the one clouded by pride and free from the underdog desire to overcome. Aki was very glad that his master was the type to give him some encouragement after not exactly getting close to the first technique rather then the brutal shouters that just takes the fun out of training, this would be a aptitude for a persistence soul like this genin. Moving on the next attack that was taught was kinda like the last one with the expectation of a special type of usage of chakra rather then just using it for brute force. It involved a blade formed from the level of control of chakra which when Aki sensed it on Kakougan’s hand it kinda remained the boy of a small knife or scalp just like an inch off the massive hand. It function was close enough as well from the way it was described and shown to him, the genin cutting the man’s neck right in half with such a clean slice before the mash of blood rushed in, piercing precision that normally a human could never do without some kind of tool. Kakougan went on the assault to the dummy before stopping in mid rush leaving a pause for his genin for a second, Aki was a little confused but then smelt and saw the head of the corpse peeling off the neck and dropping on the floor with a gusher of crimson goo. The second method was a little easier for Aki to understand the first time as it all had to do with the basic function of one’s own nerve, sending a chakra induced charge though the nerve in the shoulder cuff to trigger a instance motion or rather known as a twitch function to cause the arm’s range of motion to active over a half a second spam of time.

Simple enough converting that little impulse to which Aki tried on himself first before aiming at the dummy, but what he found was some difficult in the placement of the nerve that Kakougan used effortless to find. It took a bit of trial and error in the palpation of his body to find the flexors of the arm. First try he hit the wrong nerve and made his arm slap backwards and abduct which happen the second time as well. But third time Aki hit the right branch and his arm flailed mimic’s his master’s . next justu required control, shaping the chakra over his hand and trying to sharpen it into a fine tip above his fingers, easy enough to gather it on his hands but the blade formation took a bit of practice. Taking some time Aki walked over to the target and tried slashing at its arms with his formed tec, the maintaining of the power was the hard part, for a few moments he got it at first but then he waved and the blade grew dull, hardly cutting the flesh. Couple of times after and a little sweat Aki managed to provide a decent cut on the arm with his controlled energy. It was time now to combine the two abilities but he thought it best to practice on something less thicker then the neck, that would be his next target. For now he focused on trying to cut though the left wrist if his target, a static placement as the boy stood there rather then his master’s quick attack. Timing and condition was key and to Aki’s surprise it was easier now that he got the two of them basically down. He wasn’t able to cut all the way though that wrist but he believed that power can from also adding some physical effort and maybe a good run like Kakougan did.

Aki stepped back and ran towards his target’s neck with his right hand engulfed at the Guillotine Slice while his other hand rested softly on his shoulder ready to trigger the quick slash. A breaking push off the toe off and the icy lad dashed with his god given speed, reaching a moment in pause as he came close to the goal attack. His breath was shorter then the second that seemed to pass forever, his arm snapped forward with his unusual high strength with his bladed hand in full focus. Aki really felt the full flesh of the neck as it passed though the cut, it was soft and felt like mould but then he had to move aside as he neared the top of the spinal cord. Steeping aside to see his own work along with brushing of the blood off his hand Aki notice his cut along the neck was not as clean as his master’s but still it almost was all the way though, he grew with a joyfully gleam in the eye with a smile brightening his face.

“ Wow I can’t believe i managed even that good of a cut, how did I do Kakougan sensei?”

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The sound and sight of the target bodies neck being sliced off by Aki made Kakougan's heart race. At first is was somewhat clumsy, but in the end Kakougan almost felt that he was watching himself for a brief moment. " You did very well! Better then I thought a genin could do actually. I trust you'll remember the jutsu and attacks I have taught you, they may prove helpful sometime in the future. That will do for today though, we have made a lot of progress and I don't think there is a need to learn everything all at once, there is always time. Maybe I could teach you some ninjutsu next time, I don't exactly love ninjutsu, but it is undeniably important in most cases." Kakougan said, retrieving the giant body scroll from his back and opening it up along with a smaller scroll he held in his other hand. With a grin Kakougan moved three bodies from the large scroll onto the smaller scroll and handed it to Aki.

" Theres a few target dummies so you can still practice in your free time if you want to. I have to go, I have the feeling something bad is going to happen soon and I need to pray and find out what... hopefully." Kakougan said in a low voice as if someone was listening in on the conversation. Returning to a loud and booming voice, he said, " I'll see you at the next team meeting, until then stay safe! I have a surprise for the next meeting that might 'change' some people." After saying this Kakougan tossed the dojo owner his whole wallet, not even worrying about how much money was actually in it. ' He might need all the money he can get to clean up that mess in there, I don't need money either way.' Kakougan thought, continuing to run down the street towards his building.