Going to Myobokuzan Mountain

there was a loud flapping noise to Eiichiro's left as Genesis appeared sitting on a stone to the side of the road, a small black object was seen darting behind him as he sat there and said "that wasn't very nice of you to just go and take my opponent away from me, were you afraid that he was going to lose to someone of a lesser rank than him" tilting his head to the side slightly as examined Eiichiro from where he sat

I looked at Genesis for two seconds.
"And you are?".
I cocked my head to one side and continued to look at him.

Itachi who had finally entered the hideout of the toads, approached Pa. " Teach me, the art of Senjutsu " he said as he sat down before the elderly toad. The Toad who was a little shaken by Itachi's strong presence maintained a brave face.

Metaru shot a metal senbon out, the needle striking the wall and jutting out just past pa's face. All the while metaru picked at his finger nails. "I think he's serious champ."

Genesis laid ack against the rock and looke up at the clouds thinking to himself Well he wasn't as fun as the last one, now not only do i have no food, but i've also got no entertainment he sighed heavily and pulled out his book LOVELESS and began reading as he walked off down the road

"So who are you?" I said from behind the stranger.
" I don't think we've met".
I backed up a little to give him time to respond.

The elderly Toad said in reply " I will teach you Senjutsu if you prove to be worthy " he said as he lead the both of them to a small pond filled with a strange liquid. " This is Toad Oil. It allows Natural Chakra to enter your body easily, but it can turn you into a toad." He continued " If you can manage to control the flow of Senjutsu wiouth being turned into a toad, i may consider " he said as he turned to the two men.

Itachi turned to Metaru, " If I start turning Toad, knock the chakra out of my body, with a hard strike behind my head with a wooden stick ". Saying this, he took of his akatsuki cloak and started moving towards the fountain.

Metaru shrugged, "Whatever you say buddy..." Then he started looking around, what wood? Glancing back and forth all he saw was giant lilypads. "Stupid frogs." He then nabbed Pa's stick, "Ahem, not that he'll need it."

Genesis turned around and placed the book back into a pocket in his coat as he said "you may call me G" he bowed slightly et kept his eyes on Eiichiro and sa he stood up straight as asked "and who might you be"

Itachi sat down beneath the flow of Toad Oil. Slowely, he began to concentrate. At first, he kept entirely still, but to no avail. He continued.

About 2 hours Later

Itachi began to absorb some of the Natural Chakra. The area beneath his Eye's gradually turned black. But suddenly, his body began turning toad like.

Metaru took this chance to club Itachi on the back of the head, hard with the stick. After all, how many chances do you get free hits on Itachi, might as well make them last. Instantly the toad transformation wore off.

"And, here we go again?"

Itachi looked at Metaru with plain eye's and then continued to concentrate. He was now able to maintain a stable flow of Chakra for abou 1 hour, but again, he started to turn into a toad. Hit bye another shot to his head, Itachi continued, this time managing it for 2 hours. With Each prgressing attempt, his timing improved. Pa had mentioned 10 hours, but he was now getting stuck at 8 hours.

8 and Half Hours later [ About 4 days now ]

Itachi managed another half an hour but he was once again, starting to turn Toad.

Metaru was starting to think it was so much fun anymore being Itachi's personal club boy. "Ok, please do it? Before I coat this thing in metal..."

Itachi knew Metaru was impatient from Day 1. So this time, when he got down to it, he managed to do it for a complete 10 hours. Doing so, he got up and facing Pa, said " What Now ? ".
In reply, Pa said " I neer believed you could do it without guidance. But even though you did, i won't teach you " he said making an arrogant face. Itachi was to tired to convince Pa. Itachi simply looked at Metaru and moved to the side to let Metaru convince Pa.

Metaru cracked his knuckles once, and then in a flurry of motions, had Pa trapped in a metal cage. Adding some ninja wire to it, he hung it over the toad oil.

"I wonder, what a frog turns into if they absorb too much natural energy. Do you think they croak too Pa?"

He slowly started to lower the cage.

Itachi just watched the show as Ma begged him to stop. Having given in, to the possibility of seeing Pa die, Ma told him that she would teach him Senjutsu. Itachi looked at Metaru, telling him to have his fun with Pa, but to make sure not to kill him. " Now lisen Toad, the faster you teach me, the quicker his torture ends " He said with demented eye's.

"Let's say, once he graduates from Toad Oil, I stop hanging Pa here over top of this pool... Once you make Itachi a fully fledged senjutsu user, I'll actually take him out of the cage."

Ma who was looking seriously disturbed said " He has grown strong enough to use Senutsu without oil, but he needs training. Saying that, Ma took him to the same place where Naruto once trained. Before Leaving, Itachi said in a low voice " Do what you like, but kill him only after she teaches me " and saying that he left following Ma.

With Itachi absent, Metaru had found the frog yoyo to be quite entertaining. Swinging it, hitting it on things, poking it's contents with sharp objects, he had soo much to experiment with. And Itachi would only be gone a couple days at most... damn.

As Itachi and Ma entered the training Area, they could here Pa's secreams for Mercy. Ma was now to anxious to get him to learn. She said " N..N..Now, meditate and do what you did to get the energy into you, while using the Oil. Only this time, you must concentrate Harder " and saying that, She began training Itachi.

[ 3 days later ]

Itachi was getting annoyed of his slow progress. He would meditate, but couldn't achieve the last bit of perfection. " Unless you would see that Toad dead, i suggest you tell me the mistake im making " he said.

In reply, Ma told him. " You think like an animal. You must be calm. You must learn to overcome your anxiety and your restlessness to be stronger in order to cocentrate. ". Keeping her words in mind, Itachi again sat down to conentrate.

[ another 2 days later ]

Itachi is still concentrating.

Nearly a week had passed now, and the toad's screams were starting to dull, growing hoarse and not as dramatic. Pleas of kill me now, and spare me my misery could be heard from the cage, and metaru was seriously growing impatient with Itachi.

"Toad if you don't shut up, I'm going to kill your wife in front of you, and leave you to die slowly in that cage, feeding off her rotting corpse... GOT IT!"

It had been 7 days, but no sign of Itachi. On the 8th Day, Itachi emerged from the fog, moving towards Metaru. He was tired and had a lot of bruises on him. He walked up to metaru and said " Do as you wish now, my purpose is complete " Saying that, Itachi sat down, with the support of a nearby rock and closed his eye's. He did not want to see what Metaru planned for the toads.

Metaru grinned, picking up Ma by the legs, and showing her her husband. Sobbing insued, and Metaru got lost for a bit, letting Itachi rest. When he came back several hours later, he announced rather seldomly. "There was less screaming and more frantic sobbing then I expected, ah well." Sitting down to Itachi he brandished two cups of tea, offering his partner one. "And would you like some of my Francium to heal those bruises, they look nasty."

Itachi nodded in reply as he took the he cup of tea. He had been training for 12 days straight. He looked at the masacre that had taken place there. " Now no one can reveal our little visit " he said as he looked at Metaru. He was breathing heavy but the Tea was helping.

Metaru giggled a bit, "I don't think anybody will, you're drinking most of the witnesses right now anyways. But seriously, you're lucky we're friends sometimes." Opening his vial of Francium, metaru quickly guided some onto itachi's majorly bruised areas, closing the bottle again before it all evaporated.

"there, that should handle the brunt of your pain right now."