Board Thread:Konoha Logs/@comment-26021384-20161114022302/@comment-30271674-20161118053602

Ieyasu slowly came to a halt as Shinra popped from the ground and signalled he had gotten a hand of the technique as well. The Akimichi had for the most part as well, nodding his head towards Shin's first question; shaking a little to get the jitters from using that technique too much for a start.

The sun was still high in the sky, yet Ieyasu could see in the near future them resting for a bit. He let out a hand for Shin to bring him out of the ground, looking off in the distance with somewhat guilty eyes as he thought back on his mistakes. These angers and grudges he held were holding him back from what he needed to be for the village, but he just didn't know how to put them to rest.

"I... I think you've learned a lot. You and O will surely be up there, although sometimes things kind of happen so you have to accept them."

Ieyasu began to walk down towards the road as he continued on, "Happened to me in my first time at the Exams, got cheated out by some psycho bitch and a braindead Uchiha. I still got here eventually though, so don't feel bad if you don't make chunin in your first run through the gauntlet."

The entirety of their exercise, Ieyasu had whittled away his cigarette which was down to the filter and burning into it. He dropped it to the ground before lightly stomping it out; continuing down. Ieyasu stopped in his tracks for just a moment, his mouth open wide as if unsure what to say next before he began to reconcile.

"Shin... I'm sorry about what happened on the mission. I've had some dark hours in my life, and I'm trying to get past it but sometimes you can't just erase the things that consumed your life... Let's get some dango, eh?"

With that, Ieyasu would head out back to the village with Shin and tow where they could begin mending the rift that had been caused on that unfortunate mission.