Kei had been drifting through the village at his own pace when he heard a series of explosions at training field 4 that jolted him to attention. Dewa just in front of him, Kei’s grin grew wider when he saw the Lord Kishimoto that called him, or at least he supposed it was the older man, on the far side of the field and a girl with him as the older man called him and Dewa over. Complying, Kei walked over, checking the ground for any more explosives that he heard, before seeing the set up Kishimoto had provided
“Oooh, tea~♪” picking up the pace a bit, Kei moved and crossed his legs and sitting across from Lord Kishimoto and the blue haired lass while opening his umbrella and stabbing it into the ground next to him to provide a little bit of shade. The scene now looking a lot more like a picnic than a team gathering, Kei graciously took a cup of tea dipped his pinkie finger in and gave it a small taste and a sniff first before simply nursing it with a grin.
Listening to Chikage as she introduced herself, Kei’s smile never shifted as he nodded attentively while looking at the Second Hokage out of the corner of his eye. He was clearly crippled, but he didn’t really…
feel it if that made sense. Looking at Lord Kishimoto, Kei had the feeling of watching his father standing there with his sword sheathed. That’s what it was a blade sheathed is a war worn scabbard. Kei still had to wonder though, is the blade still sharp? Or had it rusted? Regardless, an old war sword that saw itself through countless battles… hard to think of a better teacher.
“Nice to meet you Chikage, don’t worry about not exploding the Second. I’m actually quite glad you didn’t manage that. It would be kind of funny though, wouldn’t it? Lord Kishimoto, the Second Hokage, survived the war and returned home. Only to have a Genin he was to tutor to strike him down. You’d be famous~!” putting his tea cup to the side, Kei kinda wished he’d brought biscuits or something to make this a proper picnic, but regardless he adjusted himself and launched into his own introduction
“Hi, I’m Kei from the Tonbo family. I… hmm, well I don’t think I’m super interesting really. During the winter, I used to help my dad hunt in the forest and stuff, practicing my shurikenjutsu and all that. I like to think I’m pretty good at it. Uhhh, oh yes. My umbrella is made to be used in combat, it’s a bit of a multiweapon it has senbon, a sword, a lance… kinda and a shield. I’m not really sure how to end an introduction like this… I may want to borrow some spare explosive tags in the heat of battle if that’s alright with you Chikage, I tend to run through mine pretty fast” feeling rather comfortable, Kei let his eyelids droop lower before catching himself and stopping.
“What kind of mission… umm… how should we address you? Second? Lord Kishimoto? Sensei? I’m not exactly used to talking to people from a station so very far above my own” Kei shook his head and his smile grew a bit nervous as he realised how cavalier he sounded when talking to not just the former Hokage, but also a war hero.