Hitori said nothing as he looked at Ryu with a uncharacteristic smirk, "You know I don't stand a chance against you. However, I live by a certain code of beliefs when I fight. Among them are if I'm going to fight someon who's not using weapons, than I must do the same. Another is that if my opponent is stronger than me, than I have no reason to hold back. My clan believed that holding back was considered an insult to the opponent. I see you as my superior, and therefore, I don't see a reason why I shouldn't use my more advanced abilities."
Hitori put his hands in the tiger, channeled some chakra into his body, then clenched his hands into fists as he started to convert bodily energy molecules into chakra, "Heheh...consider yourself honored...I only go to this extent when I have no alternatives...guh..." Hitori's body pulsed a little as chakra became visible for a brief moment.
"Hakkyou Seishou...first phase...RELEASE!!!! YAAH!!!" the dirt was kicked up as Hitori unleashed a brief blast of energy. He stared at Ryu, and smirked, "Why don't we take this spar up a notch. I don't like being toyed with so much when I activate my bloodline."
Hitori felt himself being analyzed by both his opponent and his spectators. He went into a third stance, placing one hand with an open palm forward, and his left hand was at his hip as a clenched fist. His knees were bent slightly. Activating his bloodline always brought back memories...
'But why, Sis...why did the clan elect me as the one to escape Kumo with the clans scrolls and treasures?' a young Hitori said frantically, knowing that he may never see his family again.
The older brunette smiled at him, and put a hand on each of his shoulders, 'Hitori...you have the potential to do things that few members of the Senpuukai clan could accomplish. You're the future of our clan, and we entrust you with that with no doubts...' she gave him a small frown, 'Now go...the village is going to be attacking us any minute. Good luck brother...and always remember to listen to what your heart tells you to do. Nothing is impossible for you...'
Hitori closed his eyes for a brief moment, "I'm not going to hold back on you. With my bloodline activated, I am much stronger and faster than before. It will take more of an effort on your part now to try and keep up with me." Hitori knew right away that Ryu could probably mop the floor with him, but he couldn't help but challenging the older man. It was the Senpuukai blood within him talking, he always said.
Hitori vanished from sight, only to reappear behind Ryu. He went into a round house kick to the back of the neck, "I'm right here!"
"Even when said opponent is holding back on purpose to make the session even more interesting?" inquired Ryu as he released the transformation and emerged in his own body from the resulting cloud of smoke, ducking under the round house with bare millimeters to spare almost as if he had eyes in the back of his head, "and if you want to take things to that level, well then you're going to love this..."
He flipped up onto a tree branch and entered into a ready stance. However, unlike before, this time his hands went into a flurry of hand signs.
"Fire Bending Jutsu!" he exclaimed, causing his body to become swathed in flames.
Taking the stopping of the fight as an opportunity, Ryuu turned her slitted eyes on the Mini-Ryu. Her Forked tongue darted out of her mouth several times, and her head seemed to tilt a little to the side spelling out her curiosity. She turned her head back towards the two in the field.
"The shrimp on your shoulder doesn't have neither scent, nor heat. Probably so sort of clone."
Nao nodded. "See if you can get the scent of the two that are fighting."
"Already did. What do you think i am, stupid?" She hissed back.
His mouth quirked up a little. The sudden chakra flare wiped his expression back to that of concentration.
"This spar just got more interesting."
"About time. I was getting bored."
"Were you now?" The faintest hint of a smile passed over his face.
She turned to Nao and hissed with an annoyed vibe"For you information, Unlike you i do not have to...".
"Hush" he stopped her in middle rant.
When she snapped her head back to the field, the male was already in mid kick.
The mini-Ryu clone watched the interaction between Nao and the snake with mild interest.
OOC: Sorry about the double post. I'm going to get out of the training field so i thought posting a new reply would be better then editing the previous one.
OOC: Meh, I've got no problem with double posts. Lol, its not even my area of oversight, character approval is.
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The fight had been going on for only few moves until an uneasy feeling came over Nao.
'This is not fair on those two. I shouldn't have asked to observe in the first place.'
He shook his head before standing up on the branch.
"Were going Ryuu." he stated simply.
"Huh?" Ryuu's head snapped to look at him. "But it just got to the juicy part!"
"We have overstepped our boundaries as quests. I shouldn't have asked to remain here in the first place." He turned around jumped down on to the ground.
"I must apologize to you. I unthinkingly asked you and your sparing partner to reveal your techniques to me, while i did not reveal mine to you in turn." He stated to the Mini-Ryu. "If you ever feel like a spar i will go out of my way to be available to you."
"You are acting way too into this fair-play business, you know that?" Ryuu hissed at him sharply.
"You know i only act like this for fellow Leaves. If it were an enemy, i wouldn't even think about taking advantage of anything, no matter how dirty the trick is." He smirked a little at the end. "Thats something i got from you, you should be proud." He was silent for a moment. "You got their scents anyway. Be satisfied with that."
He walked off in the direction of his own training spot...
"As a Jounin-sensei," mini-Ryu replied, "it is my duty to instruct. So, think nothing of it."
When Nao turned to go, the mini-Ryu clone vanished in a poof of smoke.
Hitori frowned as his kick was avoided, and backflipped to regain his ground. He noticed Nao taking his leave. He noticed the boy talking to something that seemed to be around his neck.
"I would enjoy a spar with you sometime, Nao. You seem like an intelligent shinobi...I would greatly enjoy meeting you again sometime. Oh, and let the friend you call Ryuu know that next time I would like to meet them in person."
Hitori went back into his stance, and smirked a little towards Ryu, "What do you say we wrap this up? We're both busy people I can imagine. I wouldn't mind doing this all day, but time is of the essence as they say. Perhaps we can take this spar to the next level another time," Hitori clenched his fists, "Now, let's let this last move finish this battle!"
Hitori sprinted towards Ryu with speed unseen before. He kicked up dirt and dust as he vanished from sight. If one looked closely though, they could see the teen about to deliver a palm strike to Ryu's upper back.
"If you wish to end it," Ryu replied, "Then so be it."
With his chakra linked to that of the world around him, Ryu spun around at the last possible second and grabbed Hitori by the wrist of his striking arm. Another spin, and he had slammed the Genin into the ground face first with the captured arm in a painful angle and Ryu's right knee pressed against Hitori's back at the site of a pain inducing pressure point. He pressed with his knee just enough to induce pain, but not to cause uncounsiousness.
OOC-Lol, no problem. I don't mind the wait, life's hectic at times. I should know, what with the holidays just ending.
OOC: Lol, you've got that right.
