Board Thread:Konoha Logs/@comment-30271674-20161102211036

"Alright, get up," were the first words Ieyasu heard as the sun broke over the horizon and covered the land in its dazzling light. Sitting just by him was his uncle Tadamasa, as jovial as ever even if his tone held a tired and groggy tone to it.

Ieyasu slowly began to sit himself up, getting out of his bed while beginning to adjust to actually being awake. Moments like these always managed to feel surreal in some way, as though Ieyasu had just traveled off to a different reality within his dreams and was accustoming himself back with the fundamental laws of this world and the feeling of being corporeal. This soon wore off however, as his unobservant eyes eventually took note of a blood stain just near their encampment. He blinked rapidly as if telling his eyes to focus, relaxing only when he noticed the discarded parts of a deer's carcass.

Things began to make more sense as Tadamasa handed Ieyasu a sharpened stick that had big chunks of deer meat on it. An eagerly, hungry Ieyasu began to rip into his breakfast; Tadamasa giving a brief chuckle. Even though Ieyasu did have his own demons and was especially not one to talk: It was easy to see for someone like Tada that he still was just a kid. This world was tough, people died everyday. Despite that however, no matter the horrendous things the newer generations saw: It was almost impossible to completely strip away from that innocent naivete they held... how long would that last though?

Tadamasa began to move on from the thoughts, keeping them at bay as he began to think more on Ieyasu's training. Once the two had both finished eating like kings, Tadamasa lifted himself from the ground and looked over to Ieyasu.

"Today we're going to start with seeing how long you can maintain your form. Fortunately for you, I've got just the right guy for it."

Boar → Dog → Bird → Monkey → Ram, these were the seals that Tadamasa wove at lightning fast speed before drawing blood from biting his thumb and slamming it to the ground. A great expansion of smoke surrounded the area and blew out with the gust of a full-blown storm to reveal before Ieyasu a gargantuan binturong that was sitting on its haunches while looking down at Ieyasu. 