Sage Mode Training [Will be moved by Kurono]

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Suuji had awaited this day for a long time. The time where he would reach unimaginable power was drawing near, and he could smell it. He was giddy with anticipation, ready to learn and master the new technique. He knew the risks that went along with failure, but he was willing to take it for the good of the village and the world.

"Summoning Jutsu: Old Ape Sage!" An old, wise baboon appeared from a thick cloud of smoke almost as immediately as he had said the words. "I have prepared myself for this moment my entire life... I am honored that you have found me worthy of such an honor." He gave the old sage a bow, awaiting his words.

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Appearing from a flurry of smoke, a half-sized Monkey, more than Ape, in fact, would be thrown back, quite literally in the air in front of Suuji. Hitting against the ground, the monkey would scream out in a classical Monkey-tone, "Haaaa-Haaaa!~" Before realising what had actually happened, this was his first time being summoned in decades, his amber glowing eyes looking around himself before jumping up and balancing himself on one fist, he may have been a small 'Monkey' but it seemed his strength was evident, despite lack of huge muscles like his elders and siblings.

The Monkey was a complete white in fur, his eyes surrounded by panda-like blackness, the orange complimented by it's surrounding darkness. The furr would then outstretch, a fluffy, soft looking white would coat his body, a long flowing tail, seeming harmless and a dressing ontop of his head with two long ears flapping down over his back. Now 'stood' on one arm, the Monkey looked up, frowning at Suuji in a most anime-like manner, as if waiting for something from Suuji. Though, he wasn't hostile,. he had understood enough by the scroll and clothing thaty this was a man he could connect with and someone he will, hopefully, be spending alot of time with in the upcoming few weeks, "Ah~.. A Human! Ahee-hehe! A Human! Why ain't you quicker with the gift, 'eh?!" The Monkey spoke up, in a higher-pitched than natural voice, though it seemed confident and demanding - as expected of the Ape family.

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Suuji, shocked by the monkey's enthusiasm, panicked for where he had placed the gift he had brought for the summoning. "Gift... Ah, yeah. Here ya' go." Suuji tossed the monkey-ape a banana, hoping that it would be enough for the monkey. "You seem kinda weak for someone who's gonna train me." Suuji wondered if he had done the summoning wrong and he had accidentally summoned this primate. He crossed his arms, half-hoping that he had done the summoning wrong.

Suuji examined the monkey's appearance sharply. He looked quite different from all the others. He looked more like a monkey than an ape, and he was much smaller than all the other ones. Why did he look so different? Why was he so much smaller? A million questions raced through Suuji's mind as he awaited the monkey's answer.

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Throwing himself off of his hand, seemingly extremely athletic, the monkey would land ontop of his tail, quite literally holding his body off of the ground with his tail, his limbs dangling other than his arms, which were crossed - the Banana had been caught before all of this, now held in the toes of his feet. The monkey seemed very displeased by the underestimation of himself.

It was common, indeed, but it was something that couldn't be left. The white monkey stared toward Suuji in silence, not even taking his gift for eating, as of yet.. "If I am so 'weak', that I can't even train a silly Human like you, then you won't have a problem in a little game?" The Monkey would frown, he was obviously going to play this game for a purpose.

"If I can get your headband from your forehead before you next blink ---" The Monkey's tail would suddenly collapse, the speed of this Monkey actually becoming unreal, bouncing from his tail, upside down, both hands hitting the ground (not wanting to squash his Banana) he'd flip into the air, his small size allowing such movement with such ease - especially with the natural energy bustling within the area, the Monkey's eyes flared.

Throwing his fist upward, the extremely small, monkey-balled fist, the black hand followed by the white furr would come swinging past Suuji's chin, to any Shinobi, this would be laughed off as a miss. Yet the monkey landed, back turned, tail holding his banana now, all in this quick flurry of furious movement, he now seemed calm, a hand held out to his side, the one that missed him in fact. Until all of a sudden, Suuji would recieve one of the most powerful punches he could imagine, at his chin - or very competitive in strength. The punch having come from the actual natural energy - hidden behind the normal punch he 'missed' with, with enough power to knock his headband up into the air and land into his open palm.

"---... I win." Carrying on from his earlier sentence.. "Even Fuigi-boy knew who to respect, big or small - he treated us all with the same gift." The small white monkey would say, to Suuji, it may sound as if he was speaking of a former Sage, or a Human he knew. Holding the Kumogakure headband above his head, the Monkey would smirk, his ears tucked back as if naturally, before he stolen Suuji's headband, wrapping it around his forehead, taking a Shinobi-tidy appearance, with the tucking of his ears, he looked like a new Monkey. "Despite my appearance, I am a Sage-heir to 'the Kingdom'."

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Suuji propped himself up from the floor. The strength of the punch had been unreal.... But how? He didn't even touch him -- and the speed. What remarkable speed. Was this the power of the sage? Suuji stared at the monkey in astonishment. His mind raced as he tried wrapping his mind around this monkey's abilities. How could such a small body contain such power and speed? "I'm sorry, Sage-sama. I did not mean to disrespect you."

"Fuigi..... My dad...? How do you know him?" Suuji was shocked by the monkey's apparent knowledge of his father. Also, Sage-heir to 'the Kingdom?' What was 'the Kingdom'? The more the monkey spoke, the more questions raced through his mind. However, he couldn't waste all his time asking questions. He wanted to start this training immediately. He needed to help the village as fast as he could. He needed to save it from the corruption that was happening within village walls.

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"I am not Sage-Sama just yet.. Hahaha-hehehe!"' The monkey's former joyful, bouncey personality would come to show, throwing his body forward into a spinning-turn, facing back toward Suuji, holding himself up on the balance of his tail once more, looking to Suuji who seemed to be rising up again, a somewhat pleased appearance crossing him. "Fuigi-boy was my old pupil, his Ojii-san was the one who first summoned me to this... Yes, this rock in fact.." The monkey would laugh outloud, his laugh was quite high pitched and annoyingly hyena-like. It seemed he enjoyed laughing and lots of it. "... He gave me a Banana... Called me Bananas-kun.. So, naturally, one of the elders gave him the scroll as no Human had enough Bananas before him in a while! Hahaha~!"

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Suuji jumped up, standing on his feet once again. Suuji gave him a bow before uttering his next few words. "So, Sage-heir-sama... When will my training begin?" Suuji was incredibly anxious to begin his training. He could tell that this "Bananas-kun" would be a good friend and a worthy ally, and the thought of possessing the same power he did drove his mind crazy. The power of a Sage was truly remarkable. It was much stronger than anything he had ever witnessed before. Change would truly take over the land of Kumogakure. It was about time things went back to being proper.

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"Eeeeehhhhh... A decade. A decade is a good number." The monkey would chuckle lightly before throwing the banana in the air. Jumping from his tail, landing onto his feet, he'd begin walking across the turtle-shell toward the closest tree, catching the banana with his tail in the mean time.

"Y'see, rude-boy. Do you know how rare it is to see a Sennin this day of age? The world is at peace, or something.. Nothin' bad I s'pose.." Bananas mumbled before jumping on the branch and climbing the tree, naturally, quickly. Soon towering Suuji, he spoke loud, "Rude-boy-kun.. Come on! You're being too slow! What're you watching for?! If you see any bananas, get them... Stocking up for the winter.. Hehehehe.." Having the habit of laughing at his own jokes, uncaring for anyone elses' amusement, he'd dive forward onto the first branch, then second, if Suuji knew his way, he knew he was heading for the edge of the turtle's shell.

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"I'm coming! I'm coming!" Suuji ran towards a tree, jumping from one giant tree to another, keeping close to Banana-kun, listening to all he had to say. He knew where they were headed. He had been their many times for a multitude of reasons, and he was very familiar with the area.

Keeping up with Bananas was proving difficult. His speed was unmatchable for any mere shinobi. Still, he did his best to stay within a close distance. It had become evident that Bananas didn't take himself too seriously, and Suuji was unsure if that would be good or bad for the vigorous training that awaited him.

The turtle's edge could be seen from the branch that Suuji had stopped on. It was a wide, open area, cleared specifically for training.

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"Fuigi-boy was the first Shinobi to show me a Human can become worthy... Moreso than his own Ojii-san.. Because I saw Fuigi-boy grow up.. Here." Upon the word 'here', Suuji's branch would snap, Bananas-kun stood upon the end of the branch, grinning wide, with two things in his hands, in his right hand would be the gifted banana from earlier, and second would be a rope, an ape either end of the rope, with the message that the part between were their arms, holding onto each other.

"I have this play-toy from home...!" He shouted, making sure Suuji knew what he was referring to, when he had thrown the rope outward, so that Suuji would catch a mid-section part of the rope. The rope now replacing the brnach, Suuji hopefully dangling over the cliff, even for a Shinobi, would be certain death unless some powerful Jutsu they know could save them, which was unlikely. "Strength is like money in the Kingdom.... Well, bananas is money... Strength is just... --... Long words short, Rude-boy-kun, you need strength to be approved. Strength keeps a Shinobi alive in the most worst of situations and chakra control is something you Humans need to be better at full stop."

The Monkey laughed, yet his laugh was nothing like earlier, it was more of a light-tone to the end of his speech, as if it were a habit, but his voice was dangerously stern. "The rope..", explaining it in itself, would begin snapping, the threads pinging right before his eyes - these two apes were letting go of each other! "Too much chakra.. Too little chakra... Everything has to be just -right-.... Otherwise plans... 'Fall'.." He spoke in a bit of a riddle, but the rope was snapping, chakra and strength to hold himself up was the key of this task - throwing him straight into the deep end, with a dangerous task. "Show me you ain't no Chicken-Sage, Rude-boy-kun."

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Suuji closed his eyes as Bananas' message reached his ears. It couldn't be helped. He knew that no amount of complaining could save him now. He could only save himself. He began focusing, distributing chakra along the ropes. This test wouldn't be too hard for Suuji, seeing as his chakra control was elite.

He could hear the loud snapping of the rope, proof that he was distributing too much chakra. This test wouldn't be too hard for Suuji, seeing as his chakra control was elite. However, nerves certainly were playing a part. The fear of falling and dying, coupled with the sound of the breaking rope would constantly break his concentration, and having to hold his own weight up wasn't too easy either. Suuji did his best to block out the 'noise', and he was succeeding somewhat.

The snapping of the rope had begun to slow down, serving as a sign that he was almost there. He continued to balance out the chakra until the snapping ceased. He now hung on a rope, over a ledge that would lead to death if he let go. He hung there, awaiting further instruction from Bananas-sage-heir-sama.

"D...Done..."

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Bananas-Kun would stare down over the hanging Kumogakure Jounin before smirking loudly, crossing his arms he would have his mouth rotating in circular motion, puffed out cheeks as he munched on his banana, slowly enough, he would begin speaking with a half-full mouth, "Aaaah... Rude-boy-kun you destroyed that challenge as you should of done...!" The Monkey seemed quite pleased with the outcome of Suuji's task, "Far too easy... I see that Bananas will not be displeased with his new pupil." Bananas verbally approving of Suuji's initiaition, pointing the banana-split in his right hand, he'd point downward toward the rope he was holding onto. "I see you've inherited an old robe... That you're holding is the sash you need to tie it together, I guess.." Bananas wouldn't say it directly, but it was a sash for that Sage's robe, the robe of an Ape Sage. Gulping down the rest of the banana, beckoning Suuji back onto the tree, now.

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Suuji's sweat rolled down his face as he began his ascent up the rope. In seemingly no time at all, Suuji was back on the tree, standing on another branch. "Geez, Bananas-sage-sama. You finished that banana in seconds flat! Here's another." Suuji tossed him another banana, hoping that Bananas wouldn't take his words the wrong way.

Suuji pulled up the gold-colored rope and tied it around his waist, bringing the cloak together. "Yeah, I guess you're right. It fits properly, at least." Suuji stared at Bananas-kun, a giddy expression on his face, eager to proceed with the training procedure.

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"Good guess.." The Monkey would jump upward onto his feet, dropping the peel off of the edge and taking the second one gleefully, "Ahaaa! It looks like Rude-boy-kun has been taught some manners! Ahah.. I think we're going to have a great time together indeed...! Hehehe-hahaha!" Jumping from one foot to the other, the monkey would jump into a vine, throwing himself up into the air and swinging back, his banana propped between his lips with a huge grin across his face, "Now now now.. We gott' get going to the Kingdom, we'll be late if not!" The monkey swung passed Suuji's face, a moment later he'd feel himself getting hit onto the back of his head, being thrown over the side of the tree - falling down below, "Aaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhh?!!? WHY DIDN'T YOU GRAB ON--- No, no, I'm only banana-splitting you~!" As he made sure to tell his pupil he was joking, they would disperse into a huge cloud of smoke upon this moment.

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Suuji marveled at the area he had been transported to. Gargantuan trees surrounded the area, and humongous mountains could be seen in the outskirts. Tree houses could also be seen along the area, filled to the brim with various apes of all races and sizes. This looked like a dream land -- an area of no worries and care-free living. The trees were covered with bananas, showing that they would never go hungry.

Suuji looked at Bananas, almost as if in shock. "So this is where you guys live.... It's beautiful..." Suuji was clearly an outsider, and the stares he received from the various other apes brought attention to his arrival. "Has my father ever been here?"