January

Zitsu walks slowly over to Taisho. Looking at him twitching on the ground it appears as though he broke his leg and a few ribs on impact. Squatting down Zitsu's hand glows green.

Reaching forward he slowly pokes him in the forehead.

"Original Ninjutsu: Phoenix Down"

As he touches his forehead Taisho's entire body glows green and he slowly stops twitching. His breathing begins to even out and color returns to his face.

"Whoah?!? Where's the instructor!" Emina's high pitched voice rings from behind.

Turning around he sees the three enter the building again. "This should be good enough."

Rising to his feet he begins walking towards the door, dragging Taisho by the neck.

Chojuro watches with a stunned face, but the twins watch with excitement or indifference.

"Zitsu what are you doing with Taisho?" Chojuro voice trembles as he sees the unconscious Taisho.

Zitsu's eyes flicker to the side briefly before he continues to walk out the door. "Throwing out the trash." Arriving outside he holds Taisho up by the neck.

His free hand slaps him across the face.

"UhhHa" Taisho struggles to open his eyes. As he sees Zitsu in front of him his entire body begins to tremble.

"You life as a ninja is practically over. With that seal, you won't be able to mold chakra, and unless you can find someone who knows the technique as well as figure out the order of the elements, don't bother to try and undo it."

The more Zitsu talks the more distraught Taisho becomes.

Zitsu throws him towards the ground while pointing towards the training center. "You are no longer welcome here. The first time I catch you I will cut off your arms." Zitsu turns around and walks back inside "The second time will be your head."

Taisho stares blankly at his departing back, what does he do now?

As he enters the room Chojuro eyes begin to waver "Don't you think you were a little harsh?"

"Yea smelly guy! All Taisho did was fight you!" Emina points at his face as her tiny nose scrunches.

Eminu slowly drags her hand down while shaking her head. Seeing this Emina's head tilts to the side.

"What is it sis, it can't be you're sticking up for this guy?!" Emina's eyes go wide.

"Beat instructor, must be Chunin."

As the words leave her mouth Emina and Chojuro look at her like she's crazy before their heads slowly turn towards Zitsu.

Zitsu's brows raise a bit. This girl has excellent deductive reasoning skills. Nodding his head slightly he walks towards the wall of swords.

The swords are slightly disheveled from the water crashing into them earlier, but it's not too bad. Standing in front of the wall he turns towards the three.

"Today we will start your specialized training." His eyes scan them for any reaction. Seeing nothing wrong he continues. "Chojuro you're too nice, so long fights don't suit you. Grab a large greatsword and get used to its weight.

His eyes turn to Emina "You, you have too much energy. So let's put it to good use, from now on I want you to use two longswords."

Looking at Eminu last, the corners of his lips curl slightly. "I also want you to use a greatsword, but use it with the fineness of your cleaver."

As he finishes speaking the first to move is Eminu followed by Emina. Chojuro follows behind them with his head down.

"Don't think you can tell me what to do for long smelly guy! I'll beat you soon" Emina points at his face with a mocking smile as she walks past.

Zitsu just shakes his head, what's this girl's problem? As Chojuro walks towards the wall he stops for a moment in front of Zitsu.

"Is there no way to give Taisho another chance?" A small voice comes from his mouth.

Zitsu looks at him for a moment before releasing a long breath "You really are too nice." His hand slowly approaches Chojuro's face.

Seeing the hand Cho flinches, but suddenly Zitsu pats him on the shoulder.

"I already gave him a chance, the seal prevents him from doing Ninjutsu or Genjutsu. If he can overcome this setback he has the chance to become a Taijutsu specialist." Zitsu pauses for a moment "If he doesn't give up, and has the courage to stand before me again." Zitsu slowly turns his head towards the exit "How great must he be then?"

Chojuro's eyes begin to glow "Then we should tell him, so he can train hard!"

Zitsu's face hardens as he looks at Chojuro. "If you have to show him the way it's pointless, he has to ignite his own will and throw away his arrogance. If he realizes he can still become a great ninja through Taijutsu he will become extraordinary." His eyes begin to narrow "But if you tell him, not only will I give up on him, but you too."

As he finishes the last word he enters the pool, leaving behind a bewildered Chojuro.

Waiting in the pool he watches as they grab their swords. Chojuro and Eminu have to drag the greatswords as they cant wield them properly.

"Ok, Nu and Cho will run laps around the pool to get used to their sword. Every twenty steps perform a horizontal slash, every forty perform a vertical chop." His eyes turn toward the two "Get started."

Neither complains as they begin to run. Dragging the sword in water is a lot harder than land, so their speed is incredibly slow.

As his eyes turn towards Emina he nose wrinkles.

"What?!?"

Zitsu shakes his head "Practice doing two things at once with your swords, attacking from different angles with each sword, using one to block and one to attack." He pauses for a moment as a smile floats on his face "If you chop off one of your arms don't worry, I can reattach it."

Emina's mouth drops as she sees him sit in the middle of the pool. Grinding her teeth she begins to practice.

Hours pass as he watches them train, he wants to see his mother so he ends the day early. When they arrive outside Taisho is nowhere to be seen. Zitsu doesn't dwell on it as he heads for his door.

Standing outside for a minute he arranges his thoughts. Pulling the key from his inventory he walks inside.

As soon as he enters the familiar smell of home blast him in the face. Closing his eyes he enjoys the warm feel just stepping in the doorway gives him.

"Zitsu?!"

A voice pulls him back to reality. Looking at the auburn-haired woman before him he can't help but smile. "Mom"

"Come, child look how big you got." Yura rushes over and pulls him into a hug. "At least you know to come back before your seventh birthday, I already missed your sixth."

Zitsu just nods as he closes his eyes.

Zitsu spent a few hours with his mother before finally returning to their rooms. The next day was his birthday. Creating a water clone he sent it to the training center to train the kids. All he had to do was give the clone basic instructions because their training wasn't that complex.

Zitsu spent the entire day with his mother. Mei stopped by but couldn't stay for long.

The day after his birthday he went to the third floor and created two hundred clones. Now that he's seven the cap for his chakra has increased to 4000. Thanks to Samehada he had less than 200 to go to reach it, then he can use Samehada to increase the cap again.

It only took three days for the clones to reach the cap for him. The chakra of the instructor was trapped in the scroll, using Samehada he absorbed it all and kept the corpse as it may be useful for something later.

For the entire month, he trained in hand to hand Taijutsu with the kids, trying to increase their strength along with his.

Throughout the whole month, he never saw Taisho and he never looked for him.

He wanted to roam the Village with Mei but she was too busy. He told her not to make her actions so obvious, but she hardly listened.

This whole time he was wondering how to convince Pakura. 'Hey I know ninjas from my village just tried to kill you, but your village sold you out and sent you to your death. Why am I seven? Don't worry and trust your life to me.'

No matter how many times he went over the scenario in his head, it always ended with him being a dried out corpse.

One day, at the end of January, a flurry of memories fill his head as the clone he sent on a mission released the jutsu. It only takes a moment for the new memories to assimilate into his own. As they do his eyes darken and a sinister smile appears on his face.