Doubt [IO, NK]

The boy laughed a little as Raijin said Yukio would give him a hard time. "I could take down that mutt any day of the week" he said in a jokingly manner. Kojin then listened to Mokuzai as he told them about the kids in the academy with him. It reminded him of when he was an academy student. He didn't really have any friends though so there was a difference between them. For some reason the kids didn't want anything to do with him. So he was just flat out ignored. Only the teachers every paid any real attention to him.

He nodded his head at Mokuzai's suggestion of sticking together. He liked it very much, it was a great idea. "Yea, I agree to that. Let's do it" he said with a smile.

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He'd just met Moku and he was already trying to comfort him. The idea of sticking together sounded great to Lea. He'd already told Rai they were rivals, and Kojin was on his team already. Lea remembered something he'd heard his dad say once, a term from a shinobi years ago. 
"The power of youth.." he said quietly under his breath.
"Together, we shall rule the shinobi world!" Lea said louder with a chuckle. Though he was joking he wasn't so sure it wasn't true. He looked at his three companions. Lea felt all fired up!

Raijin chuckled, Yukio was indeed a mutt. "Oh man Kojin! You may be right! Haha." Mokuzai really did have a great idea. That they stick together no matter what. Together they'd grow strong and learn from each other! Leander even talked about ruling the world. Now Raijin wasn't sure if he was joking but something like that was very possible! "You know what! I reall think we can get that done! Haha! The people of the village would look up to us! It'd be great!" Raijin's blood was pumping! He could already envision himself standing alongside the other three at the apex of Sunagakure.

Mokuzai smiled, and felt like he finally found a place to fit in. He realized out of the four kids, he was probably the weakest, despite being one of the youngest as well. A thought went through Mokuzai's mind at the moment of them all growing up to be Sunagakure's most respected ninja. He imagined them all being called, and aiding Suna in the quest for peace. "Let's make a pact, no matter what happens, or where we go....Together we will try our hardest to be the world's top ninja" Suna stuck his hand straight out in the middle of the circle of kids. He looked to the other children smiling, but he knew this was the beginning of a great group.

Kojin grinned at the boy who he learned was Mokuzai. What was.. nice kid. He was actually one of the only Academy Students that he liked. Besides, there was something this kid didn't have like those other kids. Probably it was confidence? He didn't know for sure, he was just more special. And the idea of becoming the stronger with the others was great! He could see them now, the best of the best, watching over Sunagakure. "Yea, I love that idea!" Kojin grinned as he put his hand in as well. They were going to be amazing, he could just tell!

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Lea put his hand in as well, knowing he meant what he said and that the four of them would rise to power someday. And now they could help one another. Lea remembered another story his dad had told him, of the Hokage's faces carved into the mountain side over looking the village of konoha. "Maybe one day our four faces with forever watch over Suna and we'll be the heros!" Lea said happily and eagerly.

These children were destined to become great heroes. Every one of them had the feeling within, Raijin was pretty sure of it. He smiled and placed his hand in the middle, looking to all of his comrades. "Mokuzai! Kojin! Leander! Raijin! Together we'll become the most powerful shinobi this village has ever seen!" Raijin hoped that this would raise Mokuzai's confidence. That it would give the boy the determination to step into that Genin exam and pass with flying colors!

Mokuzai smiled at his new found friends. "Forget the village, let's aim to be the world's top" Moku knew it was a bit of a stretch trying to be more powerful than the famed heroes of the shinobi world, but he knew with his friends backing him up they could do it. Mokuzai lifted his hand out of the circle into the sky, with a hoorah scream, he felt burning with confidence that he could for sure pass the genin exam. He would know with their back up, with their hope, and their confidence in him. He would not let them down.

Kojin nodded his head at the thought of being above the entire world. "Then those other ninja better watch out for us!" he said with a laugh. The more he thought about it, the more excited he became. People would look up to him, acknowledge him as one of top shinobi. He might even have fans from all different kind of villages, big or small! The world will know the name "Manashi, Kojin" one day! "Yea!" he exclaimed, the grin on his face looked like it was going to split in half. The boy would make sure the group would be come awesome.

The fire Lea was feeling, it felt like it might burst forth from him at any moment. He was so fired up he felt they really could conquer the world.
"We'll do it, together!" Lea added to the other boys comments. It was strange how quickly they had all become friends with Mokuzai. But they truly were friends now. Lea wanted nothing more at the moment then to see Mokuzai become a Genin. He wanted so badly to see them all rise to power and felt that him passing his exam was the next step. 'Then we can all train together as equals, and progress as equals' Lea thought with a huge grin one that matches Kojin's. Lea was feeling to fired up to sit still.
"I'll catch you when you have a shiny new headband!" He said to Moku then nodded respectfully to the other two friends before leaving"

[Exit]