Sky sat outside on the stairs. His mother was woking and his little brother and sister were sleeping. He felt alone. Without Jay to accompany him.He gave a low depressed sigh and looked down. "Jay."

*saruka walks up, with kokujo next to him*
"hey sky"

"Hey Ruka."

"thinking about Jay again?"

"Yes."

"get over it sky, if you continue on like this, you'll never be able to come back, every other ninja will surpass you, even Jay."

Sky looks up at Kokujo. "What do you know. You don't have a twins who last words to you were "If I stay any longer with you I'll never get stronger, my only option is to leave. We know the same jutsus as each other so well just cancel each other out the next time we fight. From here on out Sky, we're rivals." "

"i may not have had a twin that said that, but my best friend back in the sound village said almost that exact same thing, when i was 1, we fought eachother when we were 6, i had to kill him for my own life, no matter how hard i tried not to, you'll have to face this eventually, and the faster you get over it, the more of a chance you'll have of convincing her to stop and come back."

Sky looks off to the side. "It's not that easy."

"sky, the truth is, your brain thinks of things in a more complex way then t needs to, really, some things are that easy"

"No I mean, Jay and I were never really close form the start, but still if it came down to a fight to the death, I don't think I could handle it."

"what happened to the real sky? the one that was smart and strong, he wouldn't be thinking like this, he would be trying to get stronger so he can help his sister, souldn't he? or is that sky dead?"

"I don't know where he is anymore." Sky looks at Kokujo. "Maybe he is dead, maybe he's not. Maybe he's just waiting."

"well maybe he should stop waiting right now"

"kokujo, you should stop now, remember, you only came to see if sukai could train"

Sky looks at Kokujo with cold eyes. "You have no clue." He looks at Ruka. "He's sleeping, but if you want him I'll get him."

*kokujo takes a deep silent breath and bites back a remark*
"yes, would you please go get sukai"

Sky stands up and walks into the house.

Sukai walks down stairs and grabs his sandals. "Hello Sensei."

"hello sukai, are you ready for some training?"

Sukai yawns. "Yes." He slips on his shoes and walks down the stairs. Then he asks. "Do you know what's wrong with Sky, he looks worser than this morning."

"he was thinking about Jay"

"I know, he's been up since mom left at 3:00am. But earlier he was looking pale with sadness, but now he looks as if someone just drove a kunai through his heart."

*kokujo sighs*
"let's just hope that something comes to take his mind off it soon"

"I hope so." He looks at Kokujo. "I'm ready."