YOUTH!

[Maito Gai]

"One! Two! Three! Four!"

People were trying their hardest not to stare. Gai paid no attention to them, concentrating fully on the task at hand. Even outside the school gym period, he had to keep his body fit and ready for any physical activity.

"Twelve! Thirteen! Fourteen! Fifteen!"

The wind was blowing, sending a chill over Gai. Winter was the time he needed to train hardest. Armed only his green jogging outfit, and a sweatband on his head, he continued to do push ups. I must finish at least 100! If I don't, it's 200 times around the park for me!

"Seventy-Eight! Seventy-Nine!" Almost there Gai! Only Twenty one more!

He began to go faster, his breath coming out in shorter gasps. To him this was nothing. He always had to push himself to new limits.

"Ninety-Eight! Ninety-Ni!" Time seemed to slow down as his hand slipped from the ground and he fell to the ground. Almost instantly, Gai jerked him self up into a running postion.

"Of course! Two hundred laps it is for me then!" He began to run down the path, screaming something about youth to the heavens.

[Tenten]

Tenten sighed. School had finally given out for the day. Thank goodness! She thought, still in her uniform and bag in hand. Though she was truly thankful the long day was over, the junior wondered what she was going to do with her day. She finished all her homework in school like normal. Team practice wasn't until next week...if it wasn't canceled again...She still needed to find to go to the kennel-she wanted a puppy really bad. But, today was not the day. She sighed again.

She decided to take the long way home, through the park. It would give her time to think of something. After entering, Tenten saw a few people looking over they're shoulder and whispering. She raised an eyebrow. I wonder what that was all about... She shifted her school back so that both hands held it in front of her and continued on the path. Walking further and further she saw something odd in the distance.

Some people stopped to look at a man doing a major work-out...type...thing on the side of the path. Tenten stopped, and almost slapped her forehead before quickly walking down the path again. I think that was the gym teacher....

After walking quickly away, she finally slowed down, tilting her head to the side to look at the nice view of the park, thoughts of what to do now still running through her head. Well, before shouting brought her back to reality.

She stopped, and turned to look over her shoulder. Her eyes widened as she saw the same green jogging outfit from before running towards her. "Ack!" She quickly moved to the side, leaving enough room for the strangely dressed man to pass without running her over.

[Maito Gai]

For Gai, he only saw that he had two speeds. Stop and go. Extremely fast. To him, it was time to hit stop. He pulled his legs back, then thrust them forward at the same time, creating friction on the ground and slowing himself down as the girl dove out of the way. He turned to the fallen girl, he hand stretched out already to help her.

"I'm sorry young lady. My youth allows me to only run at high speeds, and it's hard to see where you are going." He struck a nice guy pose, his thumb up, his teeth shining. "The name's Maito Gai! The most youthful man in Konoha! And-" He stopped and looked at the girl.

"You look familiar? What's your name?" He kept his hand out stretched to help the girl up.

[Tenten]

Tenten watched as the man came to a sudden stop, right in front of her. He had held out his hand, to help her up she guessed, but she was hesitant to take it. Looking from the outstretched hand in front of her to the man who owned it, she listened to his loud ranting.

Yep. Defiantly the gym teacher she had heard from down the hall.

Slowly, still a bit un-sure, she took the man's hand and pulled herself up. Once standing fully upright, she let go of his hand and dusted herself off. She bent down to pick up her school bag before turning to face her apparent Sensei. "My name's Tenten," She said smiling faintly and bowing her head for a quick moment.