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After just shy of a week and of many magnanimous travel, Hotarubi returned home: he could scarcely live in the shadow of the intoxicating Stone's ample generosity. After a few days post the event, he decided to make his way home to get some much needed training from the Yamakira: but that was not without seeing his brother. He was a bit more certain now than ever that he was better than when he had left: and while he hoped he was strong enough to face his demons, he would hope to not see them at this rate until he at least became a Chunin. That being said, he was not received within Takigakure no Sato. There was no welcome party: and why would the Yamakira do it? He was cast out of the family home, ejected and made to fend for himself. Hotarubi wondered if his bag and clothing had got any mould on it (he'd left his things, of what he had been able to retrieve, of what he'd not been able to take to Kuwana, in a cave) - and had been roughing it out. His own clothing had accumulated a healthy layer of dirt and earth - of which he did not mind at all. But first things first: to gloat at his brother. Where would he find his brother in a village of waterfalls - and walking past bridge and rows of housing, past the statues and past the water to where he had an assumption of where he thought his brother might be - a training ground they'd used rather privately but not within the Yamakira compound to make use of. Not there. Hmph. He continued walking along the roads, visiting and peering in to the training grounds - he would try to find the Academy Student.