[Tenka Yujukumono]

You want me...To make soap?

It was the first words out of the young boys mouth, not even letting the blonde teen across from him finish and clarify as he looked at him as if the older boy might need to get looked at by a doctor. And he had trouble moving past that even after the older boy clarified that Yuju should simply try practicing the seals themselves, his mopping slowing to a near standstill as he was clearly still confused. Wait...What do you mean make soap? You mean you want me, to like dip this in a bucket? The young boy was clearly having trouble moving on from what should've been a small detail, his lack of understanding of the clan becoming more and more apparent.

Thankfully before he could start making a mess with the mop, the blonde teen came left and came back with a mop of his own to demonstrate. And since the young boys mopping couldn't get much worse this was a net benefit as the black haired boy started mimicking his movements with the mop and hands to work on the seals. And after a few minutes he'd look up, his eyes turned from a light blue to a more sparkling indigo as the day went on, changing with the light of the day.

So is this what you do all day. It's so...Boring...

At least when he worked in the park he was outside, he could hide away or people watch. Here, it looked like you were stuck in a lobby all day, with a mop. He looked back down at his hands, watching his hands try and act independently of one another. I thought working in a hot spring would involve more...Hot springs. That's what I'd do.

[Yuie Junichi]

Yujukumono didn't really seem to get what he was talking about. It seemed like his mind was really, really stuck on the soap thing. Junichi just tried to ignore it and move along with the practice at first, but it was kind of distracting that that was his major takeaway. Did he not know anything at all about the Yuie clan? It's not like clans didn't keep secrets about some stuff, but the Yuie clan's entire claim to fame was their soap release. That's why they ran the springs in the first place...

"I don't only do this all day," Junichi sighed as they continued their work. "But since we run the springs, we have to make sure they're clean for other people. We can't just laze around in the water all day or people like you wouldn't get to enjoy the springs at all. And it's a big place, so there's a lot to clean."

Forming his hand seals with one hand, Junichi projected a spray of bubbly soap onto the floor, and started to mop up using that. Maybe that would resolve the younger kid's questions about making soap.

"We've been mopping for a while now, though. Are you getting more comfortable with forming the hand seals? Maybe you should try out a simple technique, like something you've been learning at the academy."

[Tenka Yujukumono]

Yuju was just self-centered and carefree enough to have only surface level knowledge of the clans, and idea of where they tended to be, worked, lived. But when it was something of an accomplishment that he knew his own clans history as well as he did, the other clans histories, their cultures, and of course their jutsus, these things he simply didn't pay much attention too. Of course he was still young, and he had plenty of time and Academy Lessons to finally retain all these things. But, today was not that day.

But, he was at least paying attention to his current task at hand, literally as he stared intently at each of his movements using his spare hand. It might have been his most challenging exercise so far, trying to multi-task like this. It almost made him miss the mature response from the blonde haired teen, sounding so responsible and trying to appeal to him by pointing out he wouldn't be able to enjoy the springs without this work. Which felt like a taunt as the busy boy stood so close yet so far from them, unable to dip in without getting ratted out.

Except you won't let me enjoy it in the first place... A whisper to himself, the remaining bitterness even more pronounced as his older compatriot noted how large this place was. Which led to the boy wondering, just how long was he gonna be stuck here? Was he gonna be here all day?? While he might enjoy praying his handseals like this, the idea of being here all day, mopping this entire place was like a nightmare scenario.

Though before he could fret over whether he'd accidentally doomed an entire day to chores that weren't even his own, Junichi decided to up the ante. With a challenge and an example, answering the boys short yet thorough confusion on soap as he pulled off a one-handed jutsu. Huh... The soap was intriguing, but it felt underwhelming for a clan art. But what made it impressive was he'd done it one handed, and his interest was piqued at the challenge.

Alright then. And he'd make the seals for the Transformation Jutsu, and smoke would billow. And if successful Junichi would find himself looking at his brother, Kenichi.

[Yuie Junichi]

Junichi watched Yujukumono a little expectantly, trying to seem like a good instructor rather than just another kid who barely knew what he was doing. Even if he'd practiced his one-handed seals a lot, that didn't mean he had the teaching skills to impart that knowledge onto an academy student. The best he could really do was help other kids learned how to control his chakra, since he'd practiced doing that all the time when he was still an academy student.

There was a poof of smoke, and then... the kid had produced... uhm. Something. It wasn't quite a completed illusory clone. Junichi could tell what he was trying to make, but it definitely wasn't fully fledged, not quite a perfect Kenichi.

"That's... pretty good to start," Junichi said, trying to be encouraging even though it wasn't a perfect one-and-done outcome that an enthusiastic kid like Yujukumono would probably want. "Learning to mold chakra one-handed requires completely rethinking how you focus and channel chakra through the pathways in your body, so it's natural for the first couple attempts to be shaky as you relearn the chakra manipulation involved... I remember my first few times, I could barely produce a splash of water."

"Here, uhm... Try a regular clone technique, this time with both hands, but go through the focusing motion slowly. Really pay attention to how it feels when you're controlling your chakra to produce the technique. Then try to emulate that feeling with one hand."

[Tenka Yujukumono]

It wouldn't take a member of the Susano Police Corps to figure out the boys motivation for choosing Kenichi as his choice of disguise when he transformed, he was trying to get a reaction from the boys older brother. What that reaction would be and how well he'd take it didn't matter, as long as he got something than it would count as a successful prank. Which is why the look he got was such a letdown, it being clear that his attempt had been a failure right away. His anticipation at getting the brother annoyed at his antics fell flat, and instead all he got was a sort of pity that he turned around in a humph as smoke once again surrounded him, before the familiar boy was back, a pout on his youthful face.

Hmph! I don't need you to patronize me! Once again, the boys inner immaturity reared it's head as he dismissed Junichis attempt at encouragement. Though as the blonde boy continued talking, his head turned slightly towards him to show the young boy was indeed listening. The truth was, chakra control wasn't really something he had to think about much, it was simply something that came natural to the boy. A consequence of being born in a clan specializing in genjutsu, chakra control wasn't really something he had to give much mind too. A consequence of being born in a clan specializing in genjutsu, such a knack for control simply ran in his family. So being told to rethink it was a bit strange, as it was something he did so intuitively. Though this also made him confidant, a smile on his face as he turned around as Junichi regaled him of his own troubles. Well you clearly haven't seen my control~ I'm the best in my class. A bold claim from a bold boy.

And that boldness continued at the next task. Heh. You should think something harder, oni-san~ Or else it's gonna be embarrassing at how long it took you. After his boast, he once again made seals, though this time for clone jutsu as he suggested. And he did exactly as asked, focusing on how it felt, the Chakra flowing through him. Something he didn't usually pay much mind too. And then another puff of smoke, and a perfect clone of the boy appeared, many peoples nightmare for certain. Easy~ Thankfully, the clone wasn't long for this world, as he dismissed it and tried to repeat his feat with one hand. Focusing on the Chakra from before. And for another time, smoke would surround him. And next to him, a malformed clone, like one you'd expect from a student still learning clone jutsu. No words this time, just a mild blush on the boys face.

[Yuie Junichi]

Ah, dealing with this kid was really tiring... Junichi was kind of used to dealing with younger kids since he helped out with some of the other clan members' little ones sometimes, but Yujukumono was a whole other kind of energetic. He was too smart for Junichi to be able to pacify him easily and too energetic to just let him to his own thing. How troublesome. Maybe after a few more lessons, when he was sure his father wasn't around anymore, Junichi would have to escort him out.

Yujukumono boasted. Junichi tried not to get offended at his teasing, since he told himself it was just a younger kid getting overconfident, though he couldn't help but be a little sore about it. He doubted his own abilities enough as is - he didn't need other people doing it for him.

He chewed the inside of his cheek as he watched Yujukumono form his first clone - nice and easy, an academy student who had mastered the task - and then waited anxiously for him to try it a second time with the single-handed seals.

Predictably, the clone turned out malformed, the application of chakra coming out all wrong. He couldn't help but feel a little smug, though he tried his very best not to show it.

"That's about how my first attempts came out, too," Junichi commented neutrally, inspecting the clone.

"It's a result of an uneven application of chakra. When we use one hand, we naturally favor the side of the chakra system that paths to that one hand. We need to make sure we're still engaging the whole chakra system and rounding out how we spread the chakra into the clone."