Suyashi would return to the place where he'd been in the Student Tournament... He felt the roar of the crowd as he would spar it out with Maru. He fought hard and managed to overcome his own fears in that fight. He had everyone watching him. Though, Shinzo was the victor of the tournament. The one he was supposed to fight in the semi-finals. Was it something that he held against himself for being so brash that Yukio had to show him the error of his ways? Or that he was holding back until he could fight Kouza? Who knew... but he was angered at the thought, he would push himself over and again to be the one that would be looked to for the future of this village. Shinzo had eclipsed him again, which he was very deserving of. He'd waited so long but moved into the ranks as a Jounin skipping the scholastic and grind.
Pacing he would look around the empty arena, he felt that he needed to pass something onto the next generation... So they would know how he felt growing up here. Something that would seemingly have helped him grow into the man he was becoming. Sushi would be flanked by Norio who seemed to be looking around... reminiscing in it. As he was in the rafters watching because his training with Aki had not been complete enough to compete with Sushi.
Norio, a tall canine, with blue and black fur, had a long bone staff connected at his back, would walk with Sushi just looking around as Sushi would smile and finally speak, "So? How about some training Norio?", nodding the canine companion would draw his staff, "Heh, I thought you'd never ask!", and suddenly they would be clashing with chakra sparking from them as they would go back and forth.