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At first, Hiro couldn’t believe Shigure’s answer to the question he asked. Was it really something to be that proud of? He looked down at his knees and sighed, letting Shigure finish his extended answer. He certainly didn’t feel proud at all about his ‘accomplishment’. It was odd, listening to Shigure give Hiro this speech about living up to it and looking at the ‘bright side.’ They had basically switched roles when it came to interacting with each other.

Think about it a different way…

Hiroki was silent for a good five minutes after Shigure had finished speaking. Everything that his cousin had said was now rolling around and wrestling with Hiro’s own personal feelings on the matter. He wasn’t going to cry after every mission, it was just that in this case he’d taken a man’s life without meaning to. He didn’t necessarily think that it would be any different but it did just the same.

He knew that as a shinobi, he would have to do things like that at some point. It reminded him of when his dad died in a way. He knew what it was like to lose someone and if the bandit had anyone close to him he put them in the same situation. What Shigure said clicked right then. They’d saved the daimyo’s son, meaning he saved someone from having to go through what he did.

”Man…the world is harsh…”

His new revelation about the whole situation would go unheard, what he did say was merely his observation of that point. He rubbed the tears away from his eyes as he slowly calmed. Hiro attempted a smile but at this point it was still weak.

The younger of the two shook his head. ”Shut emotions off…right?” he wondered. ”I do that every day Shigure.” His statement was harsh and it sounded like it was painful for him to admit.

Hiroki’s body tensed as Shigure spoke once more, though he expected as much. The boy nodded, looking off to the side of the room while he let out a heavy sigh. He’d been able to calm down, though whether or not he was truly over it was yet to be seen. At the very least, Hiro had been able to calm down and actually speak - which was a good start.

”Remember a while ago… I told you that you and mom are the only family I have left.” He paused, trying to find the right words to say. Life had dealt Hiro a difficult hand, and now this incident had brought everything to the surface. Hopefully, it would help so that he could finally get past the things that haunted him. ”It hurts... to be lonely. I just don’t show it.”

His explanation was short, though Shigure was smart enough that he should be able to understand just exactly what Hiro was talking about. ”That’s why I got so mad at you when we were training those difficult jutsu and you didn’t seem to care about your own safety.” He stopped, taking a shaky breath while he tried not to start crying again. ”I didn’t want to lose someone else.”

"Huh?" he wondered, before hearing the splashes from the outside pond. He blinked and slowly got to his feet, wiping away the leftover tears and salt from his eyes and cheeks. He was glad to find out that Shigure really did care, even if the way that the older boy showed it was a bit odd.

He laughed softly as his cousin cut himself off and knew where he was taking that statement. Hiro was all in all better off than he had been for the past month. He reached around to his back and checked his bags, makings sure he still had all of his things on him.

That was when Shigure asked if he wanted to go have fun. He blinked, and nodded. "Okay Shigure, what do you have in mind?" he asked, wondering what exactly brought on the maniacal smile.

Hiro followed quickly after the older boy, definitely

Hiro was not in the least expecting Shigure of all people to initiate something like this. He blinked as he watched his cousin vanish and run into the woods. It figured he would pick there. Hiro knew his arrows wouldn’t be as effective with branches and leaves blocking his vision. Quite the effective strategy, then again Shigure was the smart one.

The youngest of the three moved away from the house, attempting to get some distance from Phyre though not before he heard her call him Hickory again. He stopped and turned toward her, a determined look on his face.

“I’m gonna make you remember that my name’s Hiroki!”

His eyes narrowed and lightning type chakra crackled about his skin with the rising emotion. It just went to show some of what he might be capable of. However, the scars that branched across his arms looked like lightning to begin with…just how dangerous could this eleven year old get?

With a new determination he opted to stay in the open as he ran about 3 meters into the pond near the house, standing in the water up to his shin. Shigure would eventually have to come out if he was going to participate in some semblance of the word. Hiro pulled the bow off of his torso and held it in his hand, while at the same time he drew a blunt point arrow from the quiver at his hip.