Kinaga sent a roundhouse kick to his shadowclone's head and it ducked, and attempted to punch him. Kinaga caught it and threw it into a tree, but the shadowclone caught itself before hitting it. He'd been training with this shadowclone for several hours straight and was panting a little, his shirt clinging to his chest. He chose a spot where he thought no one would pass through accidentally because he was wearing a shirt with no sleeves so his cursed mark was completely visible. He chose this day to train his taijutsu instead of his ninjutsu because it was a beautiful day and he didn't want to ruin it by causing a storm. The clone disappeared and reappeared behind Kinaga, and tried to throw a wave of kunai's and shurikens at him. Kinaga pulled out his swords and created a wind between the wave, causing all the weapons to drop to the ground. He put his swords away and looked towards the forest, hearing a branch break. The shadow clone looked in that direction too and put the kunai he was holding away. I was hoping no one would pass through here... he thought a little wearily.

Rumiko walked down the path to the training grounds getting ready to watch some of the older ninja spar when he heard something not to far away. He jumped into a tree to see what it was and saw Kinaga. Time seemed to have stopped that instant. He dropped out the tree and stood several feet back. "Uh....it's just me," he said quietly avoiding eye contact and looking at the curse mark. Jutsumaster has explained to him what really happened that day and he hadn't apologized yet. He felt really stupid at the moment and didn't know what to say.

Kinaga looked at Rumiko and the shadow clone disappeared. "Hello Rumiko. How are you?" he asked, trying to sound as casual about it as possible, but not doing as well as he intended.

"Listen," Rumiko said. "I'm sorry for not thinking the other day. Jay told me what happened and I wanted to apologize," he said looking at Unabara. "I was just assuming stuff and I'm sorry if I made you feel bad," he said with a shrug.

Kinaga looked at Rumiko and smiled lightly, glad that Jay did talk to him. "Don't worry about it Rumiko." He looked to the side and said "Nothing the Mizuraki clan could do could make me willing to betray the Stealth." (that's him accidently speaking his mind without noticing again) He looked at Rumiko and said "If anything, I should be the one apologizing. I'm sorry I put you in a situation where you had to make those assumptions."

Rumiko shook his head. "Don't be," he said with a strug. He was trying not to show it but he was glad him and Kinaga would be friends again. "We'll now what?" He asked with a grin.

Kinaga smiled lightly, happy that Rumiko wasn't angry with him. "When's the last time you trained in taijutsu?" He glanced at his cursed mark and something that he never thought would, occurred to him. What if I could....learn to use it...to protect the Stealth....? Kinaga quickly pushed the thought aside and looked back at Rumiko, that same light smile on his face.

Rumiko looked at Kinaga. "Not so well," he said kicking a rock lightly so that he wouldn't make eye contact with him. Rumiko dread anything with taijutsu. Okimur on the other hand was crazy about it, thats why his lionsbarage was so great. He rolled his eyes and looked at Unabara. "Why'd you ask."

Kinaga smiled. "You should learn how to use all three types of jutsu. Sometimes gen and ninjutsu aren't enough," he said semi-seriously. He grinned and said "I want you to come at me, taijutsu only." He was looking foward to seeing how well Rumiko could really do. He was inconfident about the Black Sage and that turned out a great jutsu.....now we'll see about his taijutsu.....

Rumiko backed away. "Uh no thanks, you don't wanna see my Taijutsu," he said taking another step back. "It's really terrible." He said. He had a feeling tha Unabara wasn't going to take that for an answer. When he came to watch the older ninja train he didn't think he was going to be joining in. "Do I have to," he whined.

Kinaga grinned. "Yep. Come at me Rumiko." He shrugged and said "Unless, of course, you'd rather have it the other way around?"