[Graded]Another Day in the Fields

[Director]

Fanho stepped out onto the field and sat down in a crossed legged position, he twiddled his thumbs for a second as he dwelled on what to train for today, and all that stood to train today. The training field looked nice, the dirt field had been raked, the trees were full of green as usual, and the chirping of birds could be heard in a nice sing song tune. The training field was far off from the main village, just another dirt field off in the distance any old ninja would know of.

Fanho formed a couple of handseals and snapped his fingers as a small flame flickered and burnt out. Fanho smirked at the failure and shrugged. He didn't necessarily try that hard to do it, but figured it'd be a nice little trick to do. At least impress a couple of the academy students or amuse the older folks around Konoha. Perhaps help light candles around his own home. The ideas were endless at least in Fanho’s eyes.

Fanho redid the handseals and focused chakra into the jutsu a bit more. He channeled katon chakra into his hands finishing the handseals he flicked his fingers once again attempting to focus the minimum amount of chakra into it, but none the less attempting to keep his mind busy on other things. Other than that he figured it was a pretty easy jutsu to accomplish, one that wouldn't take too long to learn or perfect for that matter. Fanho allowed the flame to linger on his finger a bit the orange and red blending together in a nice little heat not too hot or too cold. Fanho peered at the flame as he snapped his fingers again to dispel the jutsu allowing the flame to end with a nice snap.

Fanho was intrigued by it, and amused at the same time. This small jutsu was just fun and interesting way of triggering a flame. A way of lighting the way, amusement, burning something, or just a plain dumb cure for boredom. Either way the ideas of it’s utility were endless to the young aspiring genin. Fanho reflected on his brothers and sister, and his sensei how they each carried a deal of respect and responsibility Fanho wished to carry with him one day. To Fanho it wasn't about the popularity, but the deal of helping others. To accomplish this he came to the conclusion he'd have to start with the small techniques and work back down to the harder ones. Fanho attempted the handseals this time again focusing katon chakra more finely in his finger snapping it with the flicker of a flame appearing before his eyes, this time he let the flame stay for a bit.

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*[Fire Element • Zippo Technique]
E-Rank Ninjutsu
After performing the needed hand seals, the user concentrates Katon chakra into one of his or her hands. They then snap their fingers, causing a small flame to emerge from the tips of the second and third fingers. This flame has the same strength as a lit match and lasts until the end of the third post before disappearing.

[Isuzu]

"Damn, it's hot out today"

Wiping the sweat from his brow with his left arm, Isuzu checked his armband to see how much he was perspiring. Though some are unaware, it's actually not good when you stop sweating on a hot day. This means the body is drying out and is often the first warning sign of dehydration. This can cause the body to overheat, leading to heat exhaustion or worse, as well as fatigue or passing out. Noticing there wasn't as much sweat as he'd expected, along with how hot he was, Zu decided to take a quick break and get some fluids in his system. He let out a quick breathe and walked over to where his bag was a few yards away, near a log he sat on during breaks.

He took a couple small sips, then proceeded to take in his surroundings. He'd set up 4 dummies located around him in a 10m circle corresponding to the four cardinal directions. He'd then set up 4 more dummies located at the supplementary directions at 15m away. There were a few kunia and shrunken sticking out of them, with a few more on the ground around them. This was nothing out of the usual, though. He typically spent 6-8 hours a week at this very spot, moving around and throwing projectiles at targets. If you don't use it, you'll lose it, they say. His ability with projectiles wasn't something he was willing to lose.

Another few sips hit his throat, now focusing on those around him, farther away. This was the singular most important thing his teachers imparted on him while teaching him in the academy. Projectiles are no laughing matter, and a missed target can easily end up injuring a by-stander, or worse. It didn't appear that anyone was in immediate vicinity of him, though there was a young boy snapping his fingers, causing fire to flicker when he did so. But he was positioned pretty well behind a dummy, and based on the angles it would be nearly impossible for Isuzu to hit him. If it got close, he'd be sure to yell out.

With another couple of sips, Zu close the bottle and tossed it on the ground near his bag. He sipped because he'd be taught that this was the best way to get water back into your system. It's not a good idea to flood the system with water too fast; rather one should gradually reinroduce water back through small sips over a short period of time. He could feel the dryness leaving his mouth and throat, which was a good sign. The initially sips must be just now entering his system.

Placing his hand down to his holster, he grabbed himself a kunai by the hole on the bottom of the handle, slinging it around on his finger as he walked back to the center of the circle. There was a new technique he'd been working on for a while now. Since he wasn't much of an offensive ninjutsu user, his chakra went untapped in some battles. Because of this, he'd had the idea of adding chakra to his projectiles to create stronger attacks with them.

Quickly doing hand signs, Zu sent that chakra into his projectile, focusing the flow of his chakra into the hand he was holding it in. It began to glow a light blue color around it, signifying that he'd succeeded in sending the necessary chakra to the projectile. He then quickly looked up and made a throw right at the dummy directly in front of him. It hit the target, but not with the desired 'umph' he'd hoped the projectile would hit with. He mustn't have sent enough chakra to the kunai to keep it infused while in flight, or when it left his hand. Taking another kunai out, he did the same hand signs, this time placing both hands on the kunai, one around the handle and the other over the blade. It began to glow with a richer hue of blue. A small smirk creased his face, and Zu let the kunai fly at the same dummy he'd just thrown the other at. It struck in the same spot as the previous one, and went straight through the dummy, losing a little momentum but traveling straight towards the young boy who'd been snapping earlier.

"Watch out!" He began to run towards the kid, and let a kunai fly from his hands as he did so, aimed directly at the point right in front of the kid where the kunai should be based on the speed it was traveling now. Right before the kunai struck the boy, his kunai hit the blade, causing them to both begin spinning and go in opposite directions, landing on the ground past the boy a couple of feet.

He approached the kid, looking down at the ground as he did so. He was embarrassed, and didn't like talking to other that much as it. "Heh....Uh, sorry about that." He looked up just enough to see the boys face, but didn't lift his head much. It was still angled downwards.

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*Flat Path
D-Rank Nintaijutsu
Prerequisite: Rotation Shot
After performing the needed handseals, the user invests a small amount of chakra into a projectile before release. The chakra adds power to the shot, causing it to strike with +1 Strength worth of force at normal range, or to strike for normal damage at up to 1.5 times its normal maximum range.

[Director]

Fanho continued snapping as the boy further down the field continued training, Fanho watched the flame flicker as it quickly turned to boredom. This technique was relatively easy, and not necessarily hard to conquer. But as Fanho was caught up in focusing he barely caught out of his peripheral and from the shout the kunai come flying out of the dummy. Fanho jumped quickly to see the kunai mid air, and grasped at one of his own from his holster holding it up as the other boy's kunai struck the first knocking them safely both down. Fanho eased his stance, and holstered the kunai as the boy approached.

"Heh. . . Uh, sorry about that."

Fanho looked down at the two kunai as they laid dormant before he returned his eyes on the boy. Fanho shrugged and gave a chuckle.

"It's okay, I'm usually on my game a bit better, but thanks for making sure I didn't get stabbed."

Fanho let a few seconds pass before he continued with his words as he stretched his arms across his chest a bit.

"Hey, if you're in the mood we could both train together? Might help both of our tactics."

[Isuzu]

Well, that went better than expected. But being raised by high class parents, he'd had it engrained in his head that those who are polite and respect others, as well as take ownership when they make mistakes tend to have things work out in their favor and come out better in the long run. It seemed he had also lucked up that the genin in front of him happened to be of a rather happy disposition, since he just laughed off almost getting stabbed by a stray kunai. Maybe the kid was just thankful for his life. Granted, it probably wasn't going to kill him, but still.

"I mean, it was, uh, the least I could do. I threw it, after all."

Comfort levels were rising, and he was now able to look the boy in the face without feeling guilty. It was true he'd endangered the boys life, but he had also taken the appropriate measures to save him as well. So that means that it cancels out. It was as if Zu had decided to walk up to the boy of his own free will and strike up a conversation. Though, that was something he would never willingly do. It seemed the boy truly did have no hard feelings, as he invited Isuzu to train. He had already started stretching too, meaning he was anticipating a yes.

"I...uhm," Isuzu pulled his right hand from his pocket and ran it through his hair in the back, took a strand of it and began to twirl it around with his index finger. This was one of his nervous ticks that happened when he felt uncomfortable, or was thinking deeply. So it happened often. The kid was nice enough, and Isuzu figured he owed it to him for putting his life in danger.

"Sure. Sounds..fun" His words may have come off as a little standoffish, but he was actually a little relieved. Throwing kunai at moving targets was cool and all, but there was nothing like attacking a moving target. "I'm Isuzu by the way. How rude of me, not to introduce myself initially." The boy seemed to be the forgiving type, but still. His parents would be upset with him if he were to show such disrespect. "What did you have in mind, exactly?"

[Director]

Fanho stood as the boy seemed uncomfortable and standoffish. Fanho allowed the boy to regain his composure, as it was probably best to proceed with his own speed. The boy seemed pretty self composed, and not very open, you couldn't necessarily force it out, but give him the opening to. Fanho listened to his apologies, and his struggle to come around to talking to a complete stranger.

While the boy did struggle and seemed quite shy it was nothing short of something he could overcome. As the boy introduced himself Isuzu was his name, Fanho also introduced himself.

"Oh, well hi Isuzu, my name is Fanho."

Fanho's eyes gleamed with a dull grey light, while it did seem strange a boy of his age did have grey hair, anyone competent with their perception could take note he was from the Awai clan. Fanho smiled, and began stretching his legs.

"Well Isuzu, its okay, at least you caught the kunai, and quick on the draw. I'd figured we could do a bit of sparring and see how well we fair. I've been wanting to try out a couple of new jutsu."

[Isuzu]

Isuzu nodded his head forward ever so slightly, signifying he'd caught Fanho's name, and would be remembering it. It wasn't often that Zu had the chance to make a new friend, and even less often that he had the opportunity to spar against an actual person. His dummies were as close as he'd gotten actually. He was still waiting to be assigned to an actual team, and none of his "friends" from the academy could really be called more than acquaintances at this point. They were never necessarily mean to him at school, he was just the quiet kid that kept to himself, and only really spoke when absolutely necessary. More like a teachers pet without the actual admiration of the teacher.

Still, there was a problem with sparing with real people. "I have to warn you, my, uh, fighting style isn't really made for, ..., sparring." An audible gulp was heard as he tried to gather his words, were most usually gather thoughts. His thoughts were always clear an concise, he just had trouble making them leave his mouth. "I, uh, use explosives, and projectiles." Sure, this wasn't the entirety of his arsenal, but he couldn't tell the boy everything he was capable of. He noticed himself looking down towards the boys side, a bad habit he'd developed. Zu had been noticing this lately, however, and quickly adjusted his eyes to look the boy in the face. Not quite in the eyes yet, it was too early for that. Baby steps.

He sensed the boy wouldn't mind this though, given that he'd just laughed off almost dying because of Isuzu's projectile previously. "But..," Isuzu turned around, walking a good 5 meter distance away from Fanho, before pivoting while simultaneously placing his finger around the hole of one of his kunai, though not drawing it yet. That'd be cheating. ", if you're fine with it." He didn't finish this thought. The boy was should be smart enough to read Zu's body language, meaning if he was down to spar, than so was Zu himself.

He'd let Fanho make the first move.

[Shikon]

"Remember, we have the charity dinner at five. I do not want you running in here at four-thirty expecting to bath, change and be ready in time. So do not be late."

"Of course mother. Now, I will be off. Be back soon I promise." Aikou lightly closed the door behind her and began to stroll towards the street. The trek from her door to the connecting Konoha road was perhaps one hundred fifty yards, plenty enough time to allow the young shinobi some time to think before arriving into the general populace. She mused over what her mother had said, yes she remembered the charity dinner. They had spoken about it the last to nights at family meal time. They always discussed upcoming events and the expectations set forth from it. Aikou had spent her life attending these things, playing the role of a member to the high class. She could fake a smile, and lead a conversation among those twice - three times her age like no one else could. She stunned all in a ball gown, and could turn the ear of any passerby she pleased. She knew all these things, molded into it since she was a toddler. What she needed to train on, was being a shinobi.

She strolled to the street, and turned right to follow the pathway toward the Konoha gates. The training fields were just a bit beyond that, and the fields were Aikou's true destination. She nodded and smiled to those she passed, saying a few pleasantries as she crossed eyes with those she knew. But never slowed her pace towards her goal, she was not stopping for anyone today. She had her head set on a few new skills that she wanted to develop. Today was clear, only slight wind and few clouds above; perfect for a training day.

As Aikou continued her journey, she found herself to not be the only person who believed today a great one for training. As she neared the fields she could spot two others already occupying the space as well. This would not be a problem, it was quite large and could accommodate the three of them easily. Aikou felt no unease at first, it was not until she got closer and could finally make out their appearance that she become hesitant.

'Boys...' The word went through Aikou's thoughts the same way one would mention a rodent or insect they saw, a small amount of disgust mixed into annoyance.

The first boy looked to be the older one. Dark hair, wearing what looked to be clothes that were a random blind grab into his closet. Aikou thought she had heard of kids like these, people called them "hipsters" she believed. Though she didn't care at all about that. He was talking to the younger boy. This one had gray hair, blue jacket and shorts. Aikou immediately assumed they were planning some mischievous fun. After rolling her eyes, she continued walking, changing her path to go towards the boys now.

As she walked, Aikou noticed the older boy start to walk away, though his hand moved to the kunai at his side. He was poised to draw it, and this Aikou didn't like. Just as she reached within speaking distance of the two Isuzu took his stance. ", if you're fine with it." Aikou set her hands on her hip and peered at Isuzu with obvious suspicion. Whatever they were up to, Aikou assumed it was nothing but trouble, it always was with boys.

"Fine with what exactly? You are not planning any trouble are you? This is shared public space after all." She passed her eyes from Isuzu to Fanho, eyeing them carefully while she waited for a response. She tapped her foot expectedly, she was not someone who liked to wait. "Well?"

[Director]

Fanho watched the boy as he still continued to be shy, maybe sparring would make him a bit more welcoming. Fanho listened to the boy's words. His body language told him he was a quite one, but definitely someone who wasn't hostile or rude. Fanho typically liked making conversation or helping others, perhaps Fanho could help Isuzu come out of his shell, he seemed like a polite intelligent boy.

"I have to warn you, my, uh, fighting style isn't really made for, ..., sparring."

Well, I guess his fighting style is unique, so I'm guessing its not entirely normal ninjutsu/taijutsu, but it'd be interesting to see how I fare against it.

Fanho relished on the thoughts in his head of what style the boy could be talking about his secret new style. Fanho watched as the boy continued shyly, but somewhat proud of his style. Pride was nothing to be ashamed about until it became cockiness and hostility, but Fanho thought it was good the boy had a sense of confidence, and definitely looked forward to talking to him and sparring, it'd be an interesting experience.

"I, uh, use explosives, and projectiles."

Well explosives and projectiles are somewhat unique, I don't really seem them used that often, guess its something to test my skill on.

Fanho smiled and nodded at the boy with approval, it'd be interesting and fun, but definitely would cause quite a commotion with explosions going off. But rather it wasn't unusual to hear ninjas training with live explosives, and large commotion, infact it was fairly typical to hear the genin usually train in mornings. Fanho even trained with live explosives, but it was even more fun with someone who would react.

"But, if you're fine with it."

Fanho nodded in approval and was about to speak before a girl genin approached. She carried a sense of cockiness, and sense of superiority. Fanho couldn't necessarily judge her just yet as he hadn't gathered enough information, but yet drew some small conclusions. Fanho turned to see the girl impatiently tapping her foot, it was obvious to see she was slightly annoyed and quite impatient, but Fanho wasn't the type to be rude to someone simply because they put off the wrong impression out.

"Well we're about to start sparring, would you like to join, or maybe sit by and watch? The more the merrier."

Fanho said towards the girl and gave a welcoming smile. Fanho kept turned to the girl stretching his legs as he kept himself open, the girl already seemed annoyed simply for no reason Fanho could deduce, but Fanho tried his best to be friendly.

[Isuzu]

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Isuzu wouldn't really respond, since Fanho did. He'd just stand there waiting to see what happened. Ya'll two can post again without me.

[Shikon]

Now that Aikou was closer, she was able to make out the distinctive features of the two boys. One thing stood out on each of them that Aikou found interesting. Fanho's clan symbol on his shirt, and the wrappings on Isuzu's fingers. She recognized both of these things. The symbol being from the Awai clan, something she learned from her research into it after having met her Jounin-sensei whom was also a member of the bloodline. The wrapping on Isuzu being a practice that thrown weapon users often do to have better control with their projectiles. Aikou herself had done this when she was younger, before she had moved on to using her gloves so she could utilize her wires without injury.

These gave Aikou a nice bit of information on the two of them already. Fanho being almost certainly a ninjutsu user. With his blinding lights and flashes. Isuzu being a ranged weapon user, more than likely having very similar skills to her own. With this in mind, it was not hard for Aikou to give Fanho a response to his question. "No, I do not find the fun in violence and fighting. I will pass on your spar." She took a step back, showing her bowing out of the fight. Though she still very much wanted to keep an eye on them, and talk to them some more.

"You are an Awai yes, like Cros-sensei?" Aikou was not sure if he would recognize the name, but she had high reason to believe he would. Cros had told her that she was well known in the clan, being that she was the shinobi tasked with hunting down and killing any Awai that abandoned the village. A scary story among her family, she said something to that effect anyway.

Aikou decided to keep her attention to Fanho, as the other boy seemed rude enough to ignore her. She didn't like that, courtesy and good manners were something she was brought up with ingrained into her heart. Refusing to acknowledge someone, was rather distasteful. "My name is Aikou, by the way."She nodded her head to Fanho, the silver charms in her hair rang together as she moved bringing attention to her movement. "And yours?"

[Aela Zuraki]

Shin hadn't been out in the piercing sun for very long when he arrived at the field. Though scarce, there were several trees scattered about here and there; providing more than enough shade with their dense canopy of branches and leaves for a lone genin to take refuge under whilst conducting today's training. What Shin mainly wanted to work on today were several ideas he had come up with to combo a number of techniques together to overwhelm his opponent. He had several teammates that he could've asked to assist him in this endeavor, but until until he gained at least a basic understanding of how to enact the movements in his head out in the real world he did not want to risk possibly injuring both his friends and himself. Another option had been to inquire to his Sensei if he could assist in the development of these combos, but as a jounin, Yoru had many other duties beyond being his instructor. Besides, with Shin's personality there was a good chance that a training session with any member of his team would quickly degrade into another battle in which it would be difficult to focus practicing a single technique. So, he opted to come to one of the many training fields that existed about the village of Konoha and reserve his energy for an entity that would stand up repeatedly to the blows that Shin would unleash upon it. A tree.

Aye. This will do perfectly. Shin thought to himself as he lightly patted the rough bark of the tree. The trunk was about a foot and a half in diameter, as well as approximately twenty or so feet tall. It would be more than durable enough to take Shin's strikes. He would begin by walking away from the tree around fifteen feet before turning about and facing it. Taking a quick breath, Shin would start running towards the tree before leaping into the air about eight feet away from it's trunk. While in the air, he would extend his right leg forward whilst drawing back his left side. To those who new the style would recognize the strike as a traditional dynamic entry. Shin hadn't run as fast as he could, so the overall force that he struck the tree with wasn't as hard as it could have been, but it was still hard enough for him to feel the shock of hitting a seemingly immovable tree. This is a quality that would aid in his training though. As his right leg impacted, Shin would allow his knee to buckle; causing him to almost crash into the tree with his full body. It would be during this near collision that he would extend out his left leg, which had been pulled back during the initial kick, and allow both his legs to absorb the impact. This was the difficult part of the technique. He couldn't afford to loose too much forward momentum; otherwise he would simply fall to the ground. It was fortunate that Shin was a taijutsu specialist. For he managed to re extend both legs before he reached that point, effectively rebounding off of the tree and landing on the ground, feet first, several feet away. This feat would cause Shin to smile widely. It wasn't really a complicated technique that he had made, but it was still something that he had accomplished on his own, and he was proud of that.

That feeling of gratitude would be short lived however, for moments after landing Shin would hear the yell of warning not far from where he was. His head would turn about towards the voice's origin, and upon inspecting the area would spot several dark figures some distance away. A training accident? Are they alright? These would be the questions floating about Shin's head as his mind was drawn away from training and towards the concern that someone could be seriously hurt. Shin himself had come frighteningly close to serious injury during his own team's first meeting. So he new the dangers of training fairly well.

Shin would abandon his tree and speed towards the small group, taking about a minute to arrive at their position. As he did, he did not immediately spy any obvious injuries among them. They were all standing, breathing, and from what little Shin could tell, didn't seem to have real problems. It did appear that he had interrupted a conversation though, but he still had to make sure everything was okay. "Sorry to interrupt, but I heard some yelling and thought someone might have gotten hurt. Is everyone okay?"

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Dynamic Exit
D-Rank Taijutsu
Prerequisite: *Dynamic Entry
After preforming Dynamic Entry, the user allows the striking leg to bend and place both feet on the target. Once reaching this position the user quickly extends both legs and pushes off of the target to gain distance by either propelling themselves away, or pushing the target away from themselves.

[Director]

Fanho noticed the girl analyzing himself and Isuzu. She took the time to look over both their appearances. It was apparent that she was sizing them up. While Fanho didn't care to size others up unless he was actually sparing or battling them, he felt it was best to leave assumptions aside, but yet Fanho still drew them about others for his own well being of keeping his mind sharp. He took notice of her dressy clothing, and pompous attitude which helped him draw the conclusion she was of nobility or part of a fancy clan however her headband gave way that she was a ninja though her clothing seemed it would be an hindrance rather than helping.

"No, I do not find the fun in violence and fighting. I will pass on your spar."

Fanho shrugged and glanced at Isuzu, and returned his gaze at the girl.

A ninja who has issues with violence? That's not necessarily normal, but you know its not entirely that strange either. Though to be fair its not violent just a nice friendly spar.

Fanho recollected his thoughts and looked at the girl ready to reply.

"Its just a friendly sparring, but suit yourself."

Fanho returned to stretching by bending and touching his toes as the girl continued on by being direct with some questions.

"You are an Awai yes, like Cros-sensei?"

Fanho nodded in response, and relished on how she must be a genin as well. Her young appearance gave way, but still that was assured now. And his suspicions she had sized Isuzu and himself up were true as well, she was confirming her assumptions without the knowledge she in turn was confirming Fanho's.

"Yep, Kussetsugan and everything. Just like Awai, Cros, shes a nice and polite lady, skilled too!"

Fanho said with enthusiasm, he enjoyed Awai, Cros' stories, and visits to the compound. She even helped train some of the genin, but she definitely was an old timer, but it didn't come with bitterness but wisdom. Fanho let the girl continue as she introduced herself.

"My name is Aikou, by the way. And yours?"

Fanho nodded back in response before responding, as he said his name he also gave nod to Isuzu introducing him as well. Fanho tried to be as welcoming as he was with Isuzu to bring her out of her seemingly closed shell, he could tell her quick short responses gave hints of defensiveness.

"Well my names Fanho, and his is Isuzu."

As Fanho finished introducing himself he turned to the boy that sped up quickly with the speed of a chuunin, while impressive it definitely did not come without the sense of urgency.

"Sorry to interrupt, but I heard some yelling and thought someone might have gotten hurt. Is everyone okay?"

Fanho turned towards the new boy shaking his head without worry keeping a calm collected voice. Fanho took notice of the boys soldier combat look, he seemed like a mainly taijutsu user, but stranger things have occured.

"We're all a-okay, kunai just got away, but Isuzu here caught it. Pretty quick on the draw too I might add."

[Isuzu]

This was turning into quite the gathering. What'd started out as Isuzu training alone had now brought the attention of three others, though admittedly one of those was brought upon by himself. Now this girl was lecturing them on violence, while being a shinobi herself. Her forehead protector on her thigh was very easily noticeable, giving away her status as what must be a genin. What's more though, Isuzu got the feeling that she was from the higher class. He'd seen her type before, at some of the parties his father had drug him along to. His dad worked for the Daimyo himself, though he was stationed out of Konoha. This gave Zu a first hand account of about a hundred girls just like this one, who'd just introduced herself to Fanho as Aikou. This was going to be tricky; these types of girls required very delicate handling, as to not upset them.

Fanho was kind enough to have introduced Isuzu himself, but Isuzu knew that wouldn't blow over well. His parents were firm believers in respect to one's elders and superiors, but had taught him to treating those who were of equal status as himself as he was treated by them. This girl had walked up and been blatantly rude to them, so Isuzu was perfectly within his rights to be rude back. However, he found this to be quite petty, and simply elected to not speak with Aikou at all. A personal choice that his upbringing taught him was most suitable, considering the circumstances. She was quite cute though, and Isuzu found himself to keep glancing at her, then quickly shifting his eyes back towards empty space. This went on for quite some time, and Isuzu's face was getting a little red from the idea of her catching him.

Another genin showed up this time, claiming he'd heard Isuzu's scream and was making sure everyone was alright. So now this was two people who'd shown up as a direct result of Isuzu's missed kunai throw. He was starting to wonder if it would've been less hassle to simply let it hit Fanho. He would've survived, probably. Then they wouldn't have to deal with all of these people. But this kid was nicer, and Zu felt compelled to at least attempt to explain what happened to them, but Fanho beat him to it. He even praised Isuzu's quick action.

"I...it was nothing. Fanho reacted, uh, quick enough to handle it, regardless of my action." Isuzu glanced back over at the girl, then quickly glanced away again, looking at the new, nicer genin. He wanted to take the initiative this time. He desperately wanted more friends, and this was a great moment to attempt to come out of his shell a little. Taking a deep breathe in, he looking at the boy with firm eyes, completely concentrated on seeming more confident

"I'm Isuzu, and this is Fanho." He removed one hand from his pocket and motioned towards Fanho. He then moved his hand towards the girl, figuring he could at least attempt to introduce her. "And this is...," Isuzu suddenly became wide eyed. He'd had so much run through his mind, so quickly, that he could not for the life of him remember her name now. "...why don't I let the lady introduce herself." This wasn't uncustomary for higher class gatherings for everyone to introduce themselves, so hopefully he'd made a quick save.

"We were just about to do some sparring."

[Shikon]

'More people? And another boy, this is getting ridiculous.' Aikou thought silently as she noticed another genin approaching them in the field. This one was wearing some heavy combat boots and carried himself in an aloof and carefree sort of way. Still, Aikou didn't trust him, or much care for him at all. Another boy, meant more trouble as far as she was concerned. Now there was three of them, Aikou did not have Cros-Sensei here to feel like things evened out.

Ah yes Cros, Fanho mentioned he knew her, as Aikou expected. But his words showed that he had met her, which was nice to know. Anyone who knew Cros was a little better in Aikou's book. He might not be horrible after all, Aikou was still doubtful though, boys always had problems. She continued to watch Fanho, noting his movement and expressions as he talked. He seemed rather cheerful and outgoing to not only Aikou but this new kid even. Though despite that, Aikou knew that he did not seem to like her very much. That was okay with her, she did not need to aspire for other peoples acceptance. For now she was just ensuring these boys did not make any problems for the village.

Isuzu was still being quiet, keeping his eyes to the ground for the most part. Aikou noticed his gaze move upward and land on herself occasionally, so he was watching her as well. He did not speak until Shin's appearance in the area, and then he was a bit talkative. He explained the mishap with Fanho's help and then introduced the two of them, which Aikou found interesting.
'He will speak to and introduce himself to the boy, but not me. Nice to know, seems he has a problem with me.'

Aikou gave a small bow, bending at her waist just slightly as she introduced herself to Shin. "I am Satsui, Aikou. Only daughter." She flicked the ribbons in her hair back, removing them from her face and causing a chime among the silver charms that adorned them. Isuzu said they were going to spar, but Aikou distinctly remembered saying she was not. The boy did not seem to care to pay attention to her words but was okay at making sideways glances at her it seemed.

"Well, these two wish to spar. I on the underhand, do not enjoy blood and violence unfortunately."

[Aela Zuraki]

Aikou's last statement had beget a quizzical look from Shin. The girl may not look the part, but it was impossible to not notice the forehead protector that was strapped to her thigh. This meant that she had to have at least fought several times while in the academy. I guess she must be a medical ninja? I can't really think of a ninja that doesn't like to fight other than them. Shin would nod to himself as he arrived to that conclusion, incorrect as it was, and proceed to smile at the three ninjas that stood about him. "If that is the case, then by all means continue! I myself enjoy a passionate clash of wills. It's the best way to improve after all.

As he ended his sentence, Shin would take several steps backwards with the intent to clear enough space for the two genin that were about to enter combat. During this time, he would take a closer look at the combatants. Isuzu seemed to be on the timid side. The boy's speech and posture reminded him of one of his own teammates. That was hardly a way to judge one's fighting ability. After all, that same shy teammate of Shin's had come very close to defeating him; so he was hopeful that Isuzu would surprise him.

Fanho, however, looked to be the polar opposite. His presence almost seemed to radiate with a collected confidence. Though, the most prominent feature that drew Shin's attention were his silver eyes. They looked to unnatural to not have special power. The proper term for it escaped him at the moment, but he was sure that the sheer fact that Fanho had those eyes meant that his odds of winning were likely high.

His contemplation of the fight that was about to take place invigorated Shin. He always enjoyed watching a good bout, but he much preferred to be one of the contestants. Shin wasn't much of a passive learner. On hand training was the best way for someone like him. He was tempted to request a match with Aikou, but remembered how she doesn't enjoy blood and violence. Once Shin had cleared around thirty feet of distance, he would take a seat on the grassy field in which they were standing and await the begining of Isuzu and Fanho's match. He did have some things he wanted to work on today, but they could wait. Hell, the fight may even spark a new idea. Either way, Shin would wait and watch.

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[Director]

Fanho would walk to one end of the 30 foot field opposite of Isuzu. Fanho would in-take the battlefield, a decent green lit forest with the grass vibrantly vibrating against the wind. Trees surrounding the practice field filling the air with a bark, fresh, wet, grass scent that pleased the senses. Fanho then focused in on himself channeling chakra as he breathed in prepping it for what would occur. Fanho then appeared at his opponent Isuzu.

Alrighty, what's your special talent? And how do I take advantage of that. . . Fanho took notice of the bandages around his fingers which meant he must be somewhat of a kenjutsu user or something along those lines. Its either gonna be a close range or long range fight, he did almost strike me with a kunai earlier telling me he is possibly a long range fighter so I'll need to come up with an idea.

Fanho let some time elapse as he allowed the others to clear the battlefield them watching from afar at a safe distance, but depending how far this fight went, no telling how far it could go. Fanho knew however he wouldn't go easy, and make it clear how he was gonna handle this fight, but Fanho also wasn't about to go full force in an attempt to brutally harm Isuzu, but simply not let down his guard or go easy. He recollected his thoughts of the area, Isuzu, and the viewers. Even some academy students popped their heads in the training field to peak, the time would probably be around the time the academy let out for a free-period, they stood watching what was about to transpire. Maybe they'd learn something from the two. Either way Fanho would hope this would be a fun educational spar to enhance his skills, and perhaps sharpen his wit.

"Are you ready Isuzu? Don't go easy either, but have fun too!"

Fanho would wave as he spoke with a friendly wave wanting Isuzu to enjoy the fight and feel comfortable. He could understand he was shy, but Fanho planned on not letting it ruin his attempts to help Isuzu get comfortable with himself and Fanho. Fanho also planned on bringing Aikou out of her pompous shell, but he could understand where she came from and the causes. Perhaps they may meet up later in their Jounin days in a squad of elite shinobi, the future could only tell so much.

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[Isuzu]

"..Great. Just great.. The genin tried not to show signs of doubt, but his eyes betrayed him. There was a lack of confidence about them that betrayed his stance. It was all of the people watching that got to the kid. Hell, even if it had just been the two other genin he'd have been okay. But the academy students too? Why did they have to have recess now. "..At least they're out of range. I don't know what I would do if I harmed one of them.." He made his way to the appropriate spot to start the match, giving himself an advantage from the distance he picked. He hovered his hand near his open kunai pouch as slight tremors caused his hand to shake from the nerves.

But then, it stopped.

"..No. He's nothing but a genin, same as me. We're on fundamentally the same level. So, let's think, what do we know about him?.." Zu looked over the small boy, looking for any obvious signs that gave away his style. "..There was the fire technique he'd used earlier. But what else?.." Isuzu's eyes fell upon the boys scarred hands. Even from far away they were noticeable. So he obviously knows at least some sort of close quarters combat. There was nothing more to go on really, but he didn't really need it. That was enough of a base to dictate his first few moves and further assess Fanho's abilities.

He cut his eyes quickly, back over to the girl. He had to show up for her, to. After all, she was one of the cutest girls he'd seen since graduating. Not to mention the only one he had actually talked to since then. He noticed he'd been starring a bit too long, and quickly looked away as he hoped she didn't notice. Fanho spoke the words, so the match had begun. "Uh, yeah. You...too." Gosh was this guys optimism and general attitude annoying.

The hand that had been hovering over the pouch reached over and grabbed a kunai knife almost automatically. But Isuzu had a different plan to what he wanted to do with this kunai. As he grabbed it, he'd already begun sending chakra to his hand and funneling it into the kunai. But this wasn't for the technique he'd been training earlier. He'd gotten the gist of that one, after all. Instead, Zu was going to try to send a unique chakra signature to the kunai in order to make it explode upon impact. He kept pumping chakra in as he got a grasp for what he wanted to do with it.

With a quick flick of his arm, he sent the kunai flying towards Fanho's shin. If the kunai didn't connect, he'd hoped that the kunai had enough chakra to explode as he intended upon impact with the ground. However, almost instantaneously as the kunai left his hand Zu noticed the shimmer of the chakra leave from the kunai, signifying he'd not sent near enough chakra into it. Well, now it was Fanho's turn.

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*Explosive Shot
D-Rank Nintaijutsu
The user performs the necessary handseals, channeling chakra into a projectile weapon as they draw it. The weapon flies normally, though it will appear to glow faintly with visible chakra. Upon impact, any damage the ranged attack would normally inflict is augmented with the force of 1/2 an exploding tag.

[Shikon]

The newcomer seemed happy enough to sit out the spar just like Aikou, and implored both Isuzu and Fanho to continue on. He back away giving them room, and Aikou followed his example taking position a bit of distance from them. She did not want to get caught in the crossfire after all. But she had a bit of knowledge on their capabilities, and took a couple extra precautions. First, the girl formed a single hand seal and tapped the sleeve of her forearm, activating the tattoo underneath. She clasped her hand around the kunai that moved its way out of her sleeve, but otherwise kept the weapon down at her side in an nonthreatening manner. She would only use it to defend herself should anything come her way during the spar. She took care not to have the wire attached to the weapon protrude from her sleeve as well, she did not think she would be needing it, nor that the other genin needed to know of its presence.

The next precaution that Aikou took would seem strange to all but Fanho himself, as she closed one eye, leaving the other open. This was to protect herself from Fanho. As she performed this action she did feel a bit apologetic to the Awai, as she understood that if Isuzu noticed her action and understood the reasoning behind it, he would probably promptly follow suit, and thus putting Fanho at a lose of a key advantage. Though despite this, Aikou wanted to watch the spar between them, and watching meant a little different with Awai.

The two contestants took their places, as well as a crowd. The academy students were now gathering to look on as well. It seemed that that the two had a reason to make this look good then. Aikou found this amusing and a small grin formed on her face. One that vanished swiftly when she noticed Isuzu staring at her strangely. 'What is with this kid?' she thought, finding the genin's action perplexing and off putting at the same time.

'Come on then boys, lets see it.' Just as the words crossed Aikou's mind, Isuzu decided to make the first move. He withdrew a kunai and tossed it towards Fanho. It was at a low angle, possibly landing anywhere from ankle to knee. He was simply testing the other boy with this attack. A slight shimmer of chakra caught Aikou's eye on the weapon as well, Isuzu applied some sort of jutsu to the kunai, or simply failed to do so. She wouldn't know which until the it landed though. Unfortunately, Isuzu didn't re-equip himself after the attack, should Fanho close the distance between them fast enough, he could probably catch the boy off of his defense. A rookie move, someone who uses weaponry as a means of combat shouldn't leave himself empty handed.

'So it begins.' Aikou heard a soft roar of cheers coming from the academy students as the action started, but she didn't look their way. She had the front row seats after all.

[Aela Zuraki]

Not being a dedicated practitioner of ranged combat, Shin would not notice the shimmer of chakra that surrounded the kunai as it flew from Zu's hand at a slightly negative angle towards Fanho. Shin only carried a couple of kunai himself; as well as some shuriken and bombs of course. He much preferred to be up close and personal with his opponents. The only real use Shin would have for throwing a kunai as an opening as Zu did would be to cause a distraction; thereby giving himself enough time to either quickly follow up with another taijutsu technique or use one of his ninjutsus that enhanced his physical abilities.

Then there was the flip side to this match that Shin would think about as the battle went on. What would he do in response to someone throwing a kunai at him? Well, first off, it wouldn't be the first time that such a thing happened. Not to long ago he had been in a fight with a quiet female ninja that initiated in the exact same manner. Shin had made the mistake of following the path of the blade as he sidestepped out of the way. This had taken his vision of the opponent away and had allowed her to effectively vanish during that break and take the advantage of surprise. A mistake that he would make certain he wouldn't repeat.

In this specific instance, he would most certainly dodge to one side of the projectile while forming several seals to preform one of his lock down jutsus that would hopefully keep Zu from being able to move away to a safe range. Shin would most likely follow that up by either charging in with one of his powerful kicks, or take the time to use another jutsu that would assist in him being able to deal out more damage. Which action he took would depend on Zu's response.

All these thoughts would take place as the battle between Zu and Fanho went on. If someone looked at Shin it would appear as though he kept shifting between staring intently at the two fighters, and being lost in thought. He didn't have many opportunities to watch others fight. A fact that wouldn't be surprising considering what his personality was like.

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[Director]

Fanho watched as people took a step back and watched intently. He even noticed Aikou slip out a kunai in the event something flew away, but Fanho was going to keep this as controlled as he could. Fanho watched as Zu gained some confidence before he made a move. He watched as Zu grabbed a kunai and flowed chakra into it, and watched as Zu let it glow softly with chakra. Fanho couldn't notice he didn't flow enough of it in, but Fanho would follow up with his own traditional "special" kunai.

Fanho would step into a set of seals as Zu threw his kunai, it flew relatively slow giving Fanho enough time to grab his own kunai focusing Katon chakra into it before slinging it meeting Isuzu's kunai midair creating a dazzling explosion of flame. Right after sending the kunai off Fanho would step into a set of hand seals focusing the chakra into his calf and thigh muscles giving him a boost of speed. He then went in a sprint trying to cover as much space as he could. During the dazzling of flame Fanho went charging forward towards the 3 foot diameter flame occurring, Fanho would jump through shortly after the flame ending hoping to catch Isuzu off guard attempting to force him into taijutsu combat.

Fanho would attempt to sling a reeled back right jab following up with a left jab before attempting a right kick to Isuzu's stomach. Fanho would then do the same exact pattern, right jab, left jab, and then throw a right uppercut hopefully triggering muscle memory to the right kick before so he could catch him off guard.

Fanho's assumptions had been answered, but he also had to prepare himself for what came next. Other than that, Fanho was going to keep the distance close. This fight might be close or it might be over soon, however he kept in his mind he had to be on peak with his attentiveness. He also had to keep in mind the well being of the Academy Students and other genin; Fanho would be devastated if one of them were harmed. Fanho wondered how Isuzu would handle taijutsu fighting, considering Fanho assumed it wouldn't be his strong suit. Fanho would also wonder what his peers thought of the fight, but at this point he would reckon that they were assumptions, but none the less they would know his fighting style.

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*Fire Element • Bomb Creation Technique
D-Rank Ninjutsu
After forming the needed hand seals and forcing katon chakra into an object that the user is touching, the user will throw the item at a target. On contact, the object lets out a powerful blast of flames in a 3 foot diameter around it that can cause first degree burns and expands with roughly the force of an exploding tag. The user can hold the explosion in the object for a single post but this technique must be released before the post is over or it will fizzle out and waste the chakra. This does not damage the object at the center of the explosion.

*[Ninjutsu • Speedster]
D-Ranked Ninjutsu
A technique focused on boosting the user's speed, Speedster begins with a set of handseals. After they are completed, the user will focus chakra throughout their legs to stimulate them. With this extra stimulation, users are able to run more quickly (+1 speed) at the cost of their control over other techniques (-1 control). This technique lasts for three (3) posts

[Isuzu]

Isuzu watched as the boy used a similar technique to what he had, forming chakra into his kunai, causing it to glow with what appeared to be fire. He threw the kunai, striking Isuzu's kunai mid air, causing a small explosion of fire in the middle of them, though a little bit closer to Fanho than Isuzu himself, since he'd thrown first. "..Okay, so that obviously didn't work. It seems this kid has some skill with elemental techniques. That pretty much means he has the edge.." Isuzu began doing hang signs immediately after the explosion, and drew a kunai before the explosion even cleared, giving him ample time to focus chakra. There was still some smoke in front of him, obscuring his view of his opponent. That shouldn't matter though, since the technique he was trying to use would augment the kunai to cause damage to a little bit wider of an area, so he didn't have to hit him right exactly, just hit near him. He felt the chakra flowing more freely from his hand into the kunai, and the glow of chakra was much richer this time.

As he began to focus, he concentrated on what Fanho could possibly be doing right now. "..If I were him, I'd try to close the gap. He probably thinks I'm useless at close range, which isn't exactly wrong.." This made Isuzu think that he was probably heading his way right now, and thus he would be coming through the smoke any second, probably viewing it as a way to catch Isuzu off guard. However, he knew better than to allow the other person to dictate the terms of the battle. That was Zu's domain, this boy was just trying to invade it.

He tossed the kunai towards the now clearing cloud of smoke about check high, which he could see a shadow about to burst through, coming a little faster than he expected. Immediately after letting the kunai fly from his hand, Isuzu transitioned into more hand seals, this time moving towards another of his tactics to perhaps catch the boy off guard. Regardless if he dodge the attack or not, Isuzu would then focus his chakra outwards while looking at the boy, generating a barrier of 5x5x5 around his opponent. This was nothing more than a diversionary technique, hoping to throw him off guard. While he felt with the barrier, Isuzu would move backwards as much as he could, giving him more space between the two of them. As he did so, he grabbed himself another kunai, though this one with a flash seal located on it. He'd be more prepared, this time.

Jutsu UsedShow

*[Jail]
D-Ranked Defensive Ninjutsu
After doing the needed hand seals, a cube barrier (5'x5'x5') forms around a target up to 30 feet away from the user's position. The barrier springs up almost instantly and can be broken out of by a hit of 3 or higher or fading after 4 posts.

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*Explosive Shot
D-Rank Nintaijutsu
The user performs the necessary handseals, channeling chakra into a projectile weapon as they draw it. The weapon flies normally, though it will appear to glow faintly with visible chakra. Upon impact, any damage the ranged attack would normally inflict is augmented with the force of 1/2 an exploding tag.

[Shikon]

The race was on. Fanho seemed fast on the draw as well, pulling a kunai out and tossing it on an interception course to Isuzu's. Aikou could see a shimmer of chakra on Fanho's kunai as well, he had performed a jutsu likewise of his opponent. As she noticed this, Aikou's one open eye flashed with anticipation, a glint of earnest joy showing in it. She thought she knew what was coming next, and she was right. The two kunai collided and an explosion detonated on impact sending the two weapon flying outward from its center. One dug itself into the ground, and one launched out into an empty area of the field.

A ball of fire and smoke was left in the air, an brief show of power and light. Aikou watched it intently, forgetting for that small moment the two fighting genin, the field, everything. She watched the curling flames and rising dark cloud. She sucked in a quick breath and felt a tingle of excitement run down her spine, causing a small shudder in her shoulders. It wasn't until Fanho had run into the smoke and breaking her focus that Aikou remembered what was going on, and was aware she was biting her lip which she stopped immediately. 'Get a hold of yourself.' She took her own advice and switched her attention back to the fight.

She was just in time to see a cage of blue chakra starting to spring up from the ground. This she understood to be a certain style of Ninpou, one she thought of training a little into, but thought better of it. Still, she knew a barrier jutsu from sight, they were very distinct.

'Interesting though, I did not expect a ranged weapon user to dabble into barriers. Sure they allowed time and a distraction, but that was it.' Aikou knew that Isuzu was simply trying to gain time and distance. She felt disappointed though, if that was his tactic then the best he could hope for was to kite Fanho around the field and try to do land small amounts of damage at a time. Eventually one of them would get tired or run out of chakra; Aikou didn't know which.

One of them needed to realize the starting cycle that presented here and try to break it. She looked over to Shin at this point, trying to read his reaction to the fight as well. She could learn something about the genin based on that. Who was he hoping to win, what tactics being used enticed the largest reaction, which one the least. This was all crucial information that Aikou was trying to gain by watching the boy, while still trying to keep her eye on the fight before the both of them.

[Aela Zuraki]

Shin was impressed at the speed that Fanho was able to retaliate while Zu's kunai was in flight. It had looked as though Fanho had quickly drawn a kunai and weaved several seals before tossing his own weapon at the oncoming blade. The jutsu he used had to have been a fire style technique because as soon as the kunai clashed in the air there was a substantial explosion that caused both weapons to scatter about the surrounding terrain. From where he sat Shin would also see Fanho weave another set of seals before charging forward at the explosion. This particularly caught Shin's eye because whatever jutsu that Fanho used seemed to have a focus on his legs; which were moving surprisingly fast. Almost as fast as Shin could. It would be speed that Fanho would need because while he was charging forward, Shin could see that Zu had already readied and thrown another kunai that seemed to shimmer a blueish hue as it soared through the air. He would also see Zu quickly follow up that attack with another series of hand seals which, upon completion would cause a cage looking structure to arise from the ground.

Non of these actions are what Shin expected to happen. He had seen fires style before, but that was used to cause an explosion once his opponent had struck an object with his leg. And this cage jutsu that Zu had conjured was of a nature that Shin had not imagined or been exposed to in the past. Hmm... I suppose there are other weapons you can enhance besides yourself with elemental techniques. As for that cage jutsu, it looks like something Yoru Sensei used in the past, but he used it to stand on while in the air. I'll have to ask him about it. It might be Something I may have to attempt someday. But right now, Fanho's second jutsu looked a bit more interesting. Something to boost his speed perhaps? If so, it may prove to be immensely useful to me in the future. I should try it out and see.

Shin had gotten a good look at the seals that Fanho used to seemingly boost his speed, and he decided that he was going to attempt the same jutsu. He recalled from his lessons at the academy that the best way to achieve a new jutsu was to learn the sequence of hand seals and focus one's chakra in the appropriate manner or to the proper location. Following these guild lines, Shin would work his way through the seals he had seen Fanho use while gathering chakra from his hara. Once he finished these seals, he would channel that gathered chakra down into both of his legs. Shin would be rewarded by an invigorating sensation that reverberated throughout the musculature within his legs. They felt as though they wanted to move almost on their own. Interesting. This could give me an incredible advantage in my future battles. I don't think there will be many other genin that would be able to match me. Hell, I could easily beat my own speed record now. It will also bring me one step closer to being able to surpass Sensei's speed. But... I wonder if I could push this even farther. This is the first time I have used this after all. It could only improve from here. With those thoughts Shin stopped channeling his chakra into the technique and would take a slow breath while reflecting what he had just felt. As the breath left him, Shin once again formed the seals of this speed enhancing jutsu and gather chakra from his hara. This time, however, Shin had a much better idea of where to channel it. Upon completing the sequence, he brought the chakra he had gathered down his legs and specifically into his muscles. Shin couldn't help but smile to himself as a more intense sense of vigor arose from his legs. I knew it. I will have to remember to thank Fanho after he is done with his fight. Weather he wins or loses, he helped someone become a better ninja today. Oh right! The fight...

To anyone watching, they would see Shin's eyes drift away from the fight as he ran through the sequence of seals multiple times with a look of intense concentration on his face, and the small smile that would appear for a second or to before his eyes snapped up back towards the fight as his concentration seemed to break.

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*[Ninjutsu • Speedster]
D-Ranked Ninjutsu
A technique focused on boosting the user's speed, Speedster begins with a set of handseals. After they are completed, the user will focus chakra throughout their legs to stimulate them. With this extra stimulation, users are able to run more quickly (+1 speed) at the cost of their control over other techniques (-1 control). This technique lasts for three (3) posts.

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[Director]

As Fanho blared through the smoke he could see the dark shape of a kunai soar at him. Fanho was in the air so dodging would be a bit trickier than he could guess, but the technique would be worth a shot. Fanho remembered reading about a technique which would allow him to deflect incoming object, while simple, also dangerous because if not done right the users fingers would suffer cuts.

Well at least my assumptions were answered, hes predominantly a long range fighter, but his kunai aren't that fast. They're slow enough I can dodge, but this one just caught me in the air.

Fanho figured this time he'd have to try it or he really would be stabbed by Isuzu's kunai. As the kunai approached Fanho leaned backwards before holding his hand flat out softly pawing away the kunai to the right. As he pawed away the kunai he could feel his fingers suffer cuts from applying too much pressure to the technique, but he was successful at deflecting it. As his fingers left the kunai he also felt it quickly expand in a short explosion, while not strong it was powerful enough to slam him against the barrier forming causing him to experience slight pain in his body along with his ears slight ringing which would subside soon. He also felt the singe in his fingers and warm droplets of blood run to the tips of his fingers. The small cuts would probably clot on their own, but for now Fanho had to focus on the task at hand. As Fanho picked himself up wiping the smoke smudges off of his face he focused on the barrier shaking his head loose from the blow to now focus.

Barrier style? I see where hes getting at, trap his opponents, and sling kunai disabling the barrier. Not a bad idea, but the barrier is weak. Man, that kunai jutsu really surprised, gotta make sure nothing like that happens again.

Fanho would quickly usher a brisk kick to the barrier causing it to break, and resolve back down to the dirt. Fanho would be about twelve feet from Isuzu if he had to usher a quick count. Fanho squinted his brow with determination as he stepped into a new set of handseals as he ended on the last stomping the ground with strong might. Raiton chakra would surge out of the ground in a arc about six feet in-front of Fanho, and then another six feet under Isuzu's feet. Fanho would hope the technique would deliver a nice shock to distract him or catch him off guard.

As the lightening traveled underground Fanho would follow quickly behind ready to preform another jutsu as he sprinted off with his speed jutsu still in effect.

Jutsu UsedShow

*[Lightning Element • Ground Spike Technique]
D-Rank Ninjutsu
After performing a string of hand seals and stomping on the ground, the user emits five bolts of lightning in a line. Each bolt is two yards apart from the one before it (giving the jutsu a total range of ten yards from the user), rising 3 feet into the air from the ground in succession, starting from the farthest one with a speed equal to the user's control with a maximum of six. These bolts are pure energy; they aren’t solid so they aren’t effective in stopping objects. The shock created by the jutsu, however, causes the targets body to jerk and sends a mild pain equivalent to getting stabbed in the hand throughout the body for a brief second. This technique isn’t very devastating, but it’s useful in stopping charging enemies.
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*[Ninjutsu • Speedster]
D-Ranked Ninjutsu
A technique focused on boosting the user's speed, Speedster begins with a set of handseals. After they are completed, the user will focus chakra throughout their legs to stimulate them. With this extra stimulation, users are able to run more quickly (+1 speed) at the cost of their control over other techniques (-1 control). This technique lasts for three (3) posts.
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*Soft Paws
D Rank Taijutsu
Soft Paws is a bare-handed deflection technique and is used against bladed weapons. At this level the user is able to read the angles of the attacks to use the flat of their hand against the flat of the blade and push it away without getting cut by the weapon. This jutsu's success relies on the average of the user's wit and taijutsu stats to exceed the target's speed.

[Isuzu]

So his kunai technique had worked, but not to the effectiveness he had intended to. He'd batted it to the side with his hand though, so at least Zu could take splice in the indirect hit. He'd managed to fool him with the previous kunai not doing anything, so maybe the failure of the first attempt at the technique had worked in his favor. That was a signature style of Isuzu's after all. Any disadvantage could generally be turned to be an advantage if he thought hard enough. But he didn't have much time to think right now. Fanho had already recovered by breaking his barrier, and as he retreated from Fanho he noticed the boy was gaining on him by a speed of roughly 2 to 1. "..So he's about twice as fast as me. I can't rely on my ability to retreat in order to get away from him. And if he broke my barrier with one hit, he's stronger than me too. So faster, stronger and has an elemental affinity. This guy's talented, but I'll have to rely on my.."

He didn't manage to finish his thought before he noticed Fanho stomp his foot on the ground after some hand signs, causing lightning to strike directly between them. "..No way, so he has two elemental affinities? Who is this guy? I don't remember him from the academy, so maybe he graduated before me. With these kind've skills he seems to.." His thoughts were momentarily disrupted as a strike landed directly in front of him, striking his foot before he managed to continue to back up. This caused a sharp pain down the entire right side of his body, forcing him to drop the kunai in his hand as he flinched and lost control of his grip. He continued to move backwards, but was slowed by this for a second. The pain had been incredibly realistic, with his foot feeling the most pain but he also flexed the fingers of his right hand as it caused some pain. "..He got me. That hurt pretty bad, and I dropped my kunai. No matter though, I can use that to my advantage too.." It was actually a happy accident that he'd dropped the kunai, and had already stepped back about three feet from the kunai with the flash tag on the end of it, and it looked like Fanho was the same distance away from the kunai as he himself was.

He waited another second, putting a few more inches between himself and the flash tag while also allowing for a Fanho to get closer. Once he was one foot away, Isuzu struck a hand sign from four feet back while looking at the seal for a split second, then closing his eyes immediately, allowing him to shield them from the flash of light that followed. Anyone who looked at the flash would instinct fully look away, and suffer blurred vision for a post. However, Isuzu would open his eyes immediately after, realizing that he was unable to blind the boy. "..Did he see it coming? No, he couldn't have. If he saw the tag he would've assumed an explosive tag and avoided it. No, he must have some sort of ability that makes him immune to such techniques.." Zu began to immediately do more hand signs, desperately needing to do something in order to counter the impending attack. The only thing he knew to do was try to trap him in another barrier, which he sprouted up when Fanho was a mere two feet away from him, close enough for Fanho to mount an attack. This one was a little different though, as it was more resistant to blunt attacks in an effort to cause a bit more of a delay. (;$). He'd no doubt break out of this barrier just as easily, but Zu did a little bit extra, striking up an extra hand sign in order to make the barrier explode....except nothing happened. "..I really thought that would work, too. Things just aren't going my way at all during this fight.But why didn't it work?.." The only logical conclusion was that he hadn't manipulated his chakra to be susceptible to incoming chakra impulses, thus he was unable to manipulate it with any sort of chakra. His next barrier would be better. Qucikly drawing and dropping a kunai with an explosive tag at the front of the barrier, he backed up and was ready to make a kai sign as soon as his opponent broke out of the barrier.

Jutsu UsedShow

*[Ninjutsu • Chakra Kai]
E-Ranked Ninjutsu
A jutsu used with the purpose of activating seals and a range of devices and weapons, this technique begins with a single handseal. Once this has been performed, the user will focus a dollop of his/her chakra into what s/he is looking to activate in order to complete the task. Seals activated with this technique must be within 20 yards of the user's position.

*[Jail]
D-Ranked Defensive Ninjutsu
After doing the needed hand seals, a cube barrier (5'x5'x5') forms around a target up to 30 feet away from the user's position. The barrier springs up almost instantly and can be broken out of by a hit of 3 or higher or fading after 4 posts.

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*[Explode]
D-Ranked Offensive Ninjutsu
Prerequisite: [Trigger]
After doing the needed hand seals, a cube barrier (5'x5'x5') forms around a target up to 20 feet away from the user's position. The barrier springs up at a speed of 4 and can be broken out of by a hit of 3 or higher or fading after 4 posts. With the use of [Trigger], the barrier will explode with the force of an exploding tag.

[Shikon]

Another one?' Aikou watched Fanho managed to brush his opponent's kunai aside, only to have it explode next to him. Another burst of energy and power, that slammed the Awai against the Barrier jutsu Isuzu used. But Aikou didn't pay attention anymore, just like last time her eyes and thoughts were on the explosion that occurred. The same tingle ran up and down Aikou's spine and this time she felt her leg twitch slightly from the sensation. She felt a heat start to rise in her body, a small itch that she couldn't quite scratch while she observed the chakra burst. She was starting to get flustered, and decided it was best to focus back on the fight.

Fanho had already kicked his way out of the cage, and was starting to close the gap once again, a line of lightning running along the ground towards Isuzu at the same moment. The boy could use Katon and Raiton? That was rather impressive, Aikou herself had yet to start venturing out into the realm of elemental techniques, she wasn't entirely sure what her chakra nature was yet. She peered at her hand, wondering what it would look like covered in fire, or lightning. It was a fun thing to imagine, being able to summon and manipulate the elements of nature. Shinobi did it all the time after all.

A sudden flash of light in her peripheral caused Aikou to look up. She wasn't sure if Isuzu tried blinding the Awai, or if Fanho had utilized one of his techniques, but either way Aikou could see both the genin were unaffected by the flash. Isuzu was in trouble though, he was about to get his comfort zone entered. He managed another barrier seal and pulled another weapon. Aikou frowned at this.

'And the cycle begins. Run, Chase, Barrier, Run Chase, Barrier. This is going to get tedious. Maybe I should spice it up?' She looked over to Shin, seeing how he was doing. The boy looked to be practicing some chakra manipulation and getting pumped up. If only Aikou could get excited like that about a single jutsu. Of course it was then that her mind thought back to the explosions that occurred just earlier and her face almost instantly went red. She looked to the ground, trying to hide it.

[Aela Zuraki]

"Woah!" Shin would spout as he raised his hands to shield his eyes from the blinding light that illuminated the battlefield. It was unlucky for him to have returned his attention to the fight when he did; for he had not noticed the kunai that Zu had dropped, nor the flash tag that it was equipped with. Shin had nearly fallen backwards from where he sat with how much surprise the explosion of light had caused him. Nice job Shin. He would think to himself. That will teach you to look away from a fight. Lowering his hands, Shin would shake his head for a moment, blinking repeatedly in an attempt to hasten the return of his impaired vision. Get your act together. You might have to face these two in battle in the future, and beyond that it's disrespectful to not pay attention when others clash wills.

Shin's vision would return to him as he finished chastising himself for his break in focus. This would be in time to witness Zu quickly retreating once again after appearing to erect another chakra cage in hopes of warding off Fanho's advance. Shin would frown at this, seeing it as not a real test of skill, but a game of cat and mouse. So far Zu had not shown himself to be willing to engage in even medium range combat, while Fanho had quickly displayed himself to be at least adept at long and middle ranges. As well as appearing eager to enter close range. He must not know his own image of victory yet. We are all young so we have much room to grow, but Isuzu have to expand his ability if he wishes for a chance of victory.

As these thoughts played through his head, Shin would stand up as look over towards the female spectator. What was her name? Aikou I think. Why is she blushing?

[Director]

Fanho as he sprinted behind the lightning hands together would be surprised at the abrupt flash tag that was triggered, however Fanho wouldn't be caught off guard as he could see through it. He would see everyone's sudden flinch at the flash tag as his eye took in all the light never blinding him for a second. The sudden placement of a barrier surprised him however, but he noticed that Isuzu lacked the ability to modify the barrier as he struggled attempting to mod it any further.

Isuzu is good at barriers, and yet he can't explode it or shrink it. Then I need to end this quickly before he figures out how, otherwise I'm in for a world of hurt.

Fanho would slip out a kunai of its holster swinging it a few times before placing it on the side of the barrier batting it into the wall piercing it with a high pitched stabbing sound. Fanho would leap towards Isuzu picking up speed again but slowly loosing it as the jutsu worn away. Still with the momentum and speed on his side temporarily he slipped the kunai in-between his teeth as he flew through handseals as the kunai began to glow softly. Fanho ripped the kunai from his mouth aiming for just above Isuzu's shoulder.

Let's see how it goes now!

Fanho slung the kunai with good force making it obvious he wasn't attempt to attack Isuzu directly. Fanho would still be running forward preforming handseals as the kunai soared. As the kunai came close to Isuzu's face Fanho would release the light stored into it to create a violent blinding flash. Being this close to Isuzu the effects would be devastating as he would be temporarily blinded completely if caught off guard. He would then quickly leap into another set of handseals holding his hand behind him as he sprinted towards Isuzu a ball of light glowing vibrantly but not blindly formed inside the ball of his hand the size of a softball. Fanho then leaped for the final sprint as he attempted to slam the tightly formed ball into Isuzu's stomach to go for what he hoped to be the finishing blow, but however Fanho couldn't tell, this could only be the beginning.

Let's see if I have you now!

Jutsu UsedShow

~Light Release • Sun Ball Technique
D-Ranked Ninjutsu
Prerequisites: ~Light Release • Small Sun Technique
Performing hand seals and then holding out their hand, the user produces a softball sized ball of light that is the same color as their personal light in the palm of their hand. Much like the Small Sun technique, this ball gives off a constant glow like that of four candles; however, this technique is actually solid and produces heat. It can be thrown or used in melee combat. When it hits something, it acts like a gas in a sense and spreads out over the impacted area, causing first degree burns and small impact damage, then fading away. Otherwise it lasts 3 posts.

~Light Release • Becoming Flashy Technique
D-Ranked Ninjutsu
After grabbing a weapon or small object and flowing Hiton chakra into it, the user causes the object to glow with their personal chakra color and essentially turns the weapon or object into a flash tag. The light generated by the object is essentially as strong as three candles and the infusion lasts for 2 posts. The 'infusion' does not make the object more durable in any way. During those 2 posts, the user can also release the Hiton chakra stored inside once and cause it to let out a large burst of light equal to that of one flash tag, which blinds any within a 5 foot radius of the object for 1 post. If the user does not release the hiton manually by the end of the two posts, the object will automatically flash.

*[Ninjutsu • Speedster]
D-Ranked Ninjutsu
A technique focused on boosting the user's speed, Speedster begins with a set of handseals. After they are completed, the user will focus chakra throughout their legs to stimulate them. With this extra stimulation, users are able to run more quickly (+1 speed) at the cost of their control over other techniques (-1 control). This technique lasts for three (3) posts.
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*Soft Paws
D Rank Taijutsu
Soft Paws is a bare-handed deflection technique and is used against bladed weapons. At this level the user is able to read the angles of the attacks to use the flat of their hand against the flat of the blade and push it away without getting cut by the weapon. This jutsu's success relies on the average of the user's wit and taijutsu stats to exceed the target's speed.

[Isuzu]

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Not sure if you noticed, but if you look you'll see I edited my last post. All I changed was a broken color tag that I screwed up, and I forgot to account for the decrease in posts needed to learn that technique, so I edited that from 1100 -> 700 (3 nin + 5 wit = 8x50 = 400. 1100-400 = 700), which means I actually learned it in that post.

That didn't take long. He'd adapted quickly to the blunt-resistant barrier, only allowing Isuzu to back up so much. The boy exited the barrier so fast that Isuzu didn't have time to release the explosive tag on the kunai he'd dropped at the foot of the barrier before he backed off. However, he did release it via Kai at the boys back just as he loosed a kunai aimed at Isuzu. This must've caught the boy off guard, since his kunai flew wide by several feet of Isuzu. Being an adept user of projectiles, Isuzu was able to almost instantly realize that the angle was wide, leading him to focus his full attention on the boy charging towards him a lot faster than he himself could back up. He was unsure what became of it after it passed his hands.

"..This isn't working. He's too fast for me to try to keep retreating like this. Sooner or later he's gonna end up catching up with me, and then I'll be a sitting duck. I'll have to think of something else, and stop running.." Zu suddenly stopped moving just as the ball of light formed in the hands of his opponent, which was noticeable but not too bright for Isuzu to look up. He quickly did some hand signs as Fanho closed in on him, then placed his thumb and pointer fingers together in a rectangle while focusing chakra to his hands. He held it like that as he Fanho neared him, waiting until the right moment to extend and create the wall of chakra. Once Fanho was with-in range to strike him, Zu quickly extended his hands, creating a wall of chakra in the exact area he formed, covering the entirety of his torso immediately, while continuing to expand even more to cover the entirety of his body by the time Fanho could've made contact.

If Fanho made contact with the barrier, it would actually reflect the ball of light on his hand right back at him, possibly damaging him in the process. If he did, the barrier would fade away after being hit by that technique, but otherwise would stay in tact. Zu began doing hand signs and focusing chakra towards Fanho, creating another barrier out of chakra, though this time variating the way he channelled the chakra that made it more susceptible to chakra impulses from the outside. The barrier would spring up in the desired location around Fanho, at which point Isuzu would hit one more hand sign, sending an impulse to chakra and causing the barrier to explode with the force of an explosive tag.

Jutsu UsedShow

*[Ninjutsu • Chakra Kai]
E-Ranked Ninjutsu
A jutsu used with the purpose of activating seals and a range of devices and weapons, this technique begins with a single handseal. Once this has been performed, the user will focus a dollop of his/her chakra into what s/he is looking to activate in order to complete the task. Seals activated with this technique must be within 20 yards of the user's position.

*[Reflect]
C-Ranked Defensive Ninjutsu
Prerequisite: [Wall]
After doing the needed hand seals, which ends on the monkey seal, the user shifts their hands vertically, then draws them out forming a square with their index fingers and thumbs. Drawing them apart from each other, a flat barrier forms from this exact spot. The barrier then continues to grow an additional 5 feet in each direction. Whenever this barrier defends against an attack, if it is still survives, it will reflect the attack back in the direction that it came from, acting as if it was used from the spot of the barrier, with one less speed, to a minimum of one, then the barrier will shatter, powering the jutsu along. This barrier can be broken by a physical hit of 5 or higher, or if 5 posts pass.

*[Explode]
D-Ranked Offensive Ninjutsu
Prerequisite: [Trigger]
After doing the needed hand seals, a cube barrier (5'x5'x5') forms around a target up to 20 feet away from the user's position. The barrier springs up at a speed of 4 and can be broken out of by a hit of 3 or higher or fading after 4 posts. With the use of [Trigger], the barrier will explode with the force of an exploding tag.

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*[Trigger]
E-Ranked Supportive Ninjutsu
After doing the needed hand seal, the user can cause one of their exploding barriers to explode.

[Shikon]

'No one will notice, everything is fine. Just watch the fight.' Aikou slowly raised her eyes from the ground, to see Fanho batting away at the cage that surrounded him. It looked as though he was getting rather frustrated with the barriers. Understandable, they could get rather annoying after all. Isuzu was trying to gain more distance yet again, back pedaling from Fanho whom just broke through the cage. 'Stop trying to rush, use some ranged combat as well, get him distracted like he's trying to do to you.' Aikou sighed, realizing the two genin were right now caught in a game of cat and mouse.

'The constant pattern here should be obvious to these two so what's going on?'

The Awai move forward, tossing the kunai at his opponent, but not just before another exploding tag detonated behind him. Aikou sucked in a breath of air between her teeth, making a soft hissing sound. She gripped onto the kunai in her hand with all her might, as she knew what was coming. Her eyes tracked the curling fire and raging smoke of the explosion, and as the remnants of the shockwave reached her, the same and all to familiar sensation coursed through her body. The tingling that ran up and down her spine, the tightening of the muscles below her abdomen. She felt her leg twitch again, and the girl stiffened her legs in attempt to stay steady, biting her lip as she concentrated on the task. This was starting to be difficult for her, but she could handle it.

'Well that was-

The girls thoughts were cut short as another explosion reached her ears. She didn't know where from or caused it, as she wasn't looking at the fight anymore. She knew trying to keep steady at this point was futile, and so Aikou let herself dropped to her knees in the grass. Letting the waves wash over her body, her only focus not making any noise and enduring it in silence. Once her spine stopped sending back waves through her body, she looked up. Fanho and Isuzu were still going at it, but the fight was not as important to Aikou anymore. Instead she looked over to Shin, making sure he didn't realize anything.

'This is embarrassing'

[Aela Zuraki]

God Dammit! Shin would yell to himself in his mind as yet another blinding flash of light caught him by surprise. As it appeared, he would instinctively raise his arms to once again shield his closing eyes. Since he had taken a moment to look away from the battle at Aikou, Shin had not seen the hand seals that Fanho had formed, nor the kunai that the genin had charged before sending it at Zu. Maybe I shouldn't watch this fight. A few more of those and I might actually go blind. It took him a few moments to clear the stars from his eyes, again, before Shin was able to look back at the continuing fight.

From what little Shin was able to see, It looked as though Zu had stopped retreating and had decided to hold his ground against a charging Zu; who looked as though he held a ball of light in his hand. Light? That's a jutsu style? No wonder I was blinded. I'm intrigued to find out how much damage light can actually do... But Isuzu looks like he's ready to stop retreating, and meet Fanho head on. Smiling at the thought, Shin focused his attention at Zu's hands that looked to be holding some form of a rectangle shape. Interesting. A chakra wall maybe? If he had a cage that was strong enough to hold Fanho he most likely would have used it by now.

Once again Shin found himself thinking about what he would be doing if he were in one of their shoes. He liked Fanho's take on it. While Shin didn't have techniques that blinded his opponents, he did understand the decision to run forward and strike them with a powerful move. It was always immensely satisfying whenever he managed to do so, and imagined it was a similar feeling with Fanho. If Shin were in Isuzu's position however, he would most likely be in a counter fighting mindset. Wait till Fanho commits to his attack, then use his superior speed to strike towards the exposed weak points like the legs, or possibly the attacking appendage. I might even just take the hit on my armor, depending on how tired I was. But, so far, this looks to be Fanho's fight.

[Director]

Fanho attempted to force his jutsu through the shield only to have it reflect along with his failure of his attack. As Fanho pushed more the force would react the same as it pushed him back forcing him to flip backwards slinging the ball of light into the air as it dissipated leaving his hand. Fanho's hand ached with a dull pain as the force pushing the ball of light backwards definitely strained his hand. Fanho bit the inside of his cheek at the sudden on bringing of the ache.

As Fanho caught himself flying backwards landing with both feet down his hand bringing his sliding to a halt he saw the light blue hue of the barrier forming around himself. He felt the speed jutsu halt all of a sudden, his muscles returned to normal tension. Fanho quickly whipped a kunai stabbing through the chakra wall as the barrier forming, but however did not escape the explosion that ensued. Fanho was slammed forward as he slid through pushed away from the wall.

I can't get caught by that explosion or else I'm in a world of hurt.

Fanho felt his back and whole body ache in pain. The explosion had slammed him into the ground no doubt bruising his arms and legs, but was not enough to stop him at the least. Fanho would quickly get up ignoring the yelling pain receptors as he pushed his body further. He stepped into a new set of handseals before releasing a bright flash from himself which would blind those watching him. Fanho then stepped into another set of handseals as beautiful average sized hawks in grey light formulated right on his shoulders. Fanho would begin running towards Isuzu again closing the distance as the hawks took off from his shoulders keeping a 5 meter distance from Fanho.

Time to end this.

As Fanho would get closer to his target within at least 5 meter distance the first hawk would swoop down descending upon its prey that lay standing. The hawk if made contact would explode, if it had failed or been captured the second hawk would swoop down flanking the prey in a beautiful explosion of light and destruction. As the hawks focused their attacks on their prey Fanho would formulate handseals once again as another large ball of light formed in his hand a bit bigger than a basketball. A swirling grey light could be seen in his hand appearing to be grey smoke, but appeared hot as steam rose from the cool air making contact. Fanho would charge in right after the hawks attack striking with the large ball of light to end the battle or at least make Isuzu tap out. The large ball of light would break the ground apart sending small pebble debris flying as it exploded against its target completely splintering the ground leaving a person sized crater also creating a violent flash that would blind anyone who happened to get caught.

Jutsu UsedShow

~Light Release • Exploding Sun Technique
B-Ranked Ninjutsu
Prerequisites: ~Light Release • Sun Ball Technique
Focusing chakra after performing several seals, the user creates a large ball of compressed light in their hand that is roughly twice the size of a human head and holds it in their palm. From there they can throw it or use it in a number of ways. The user is able to throw the ball (control x 2) meters. The ball is solid and is very hot, enough to cause third degree burns with some contact and when it hits an object, it explodes with both the force of two exploding tags as well as two flash tags, meaning it causes an extremely violent and very blinding flash when the solid light is 'ruptured'. It lasts for 2 posts if unused.

~Light Release • Flashing Hawks Technique
C-Ranked Ninjutsu
Performing hand seals, the user creates 2 small hawks made of their personal light anywhere within a 1 meter radius of their body. These hawks are large, roughly the size of an adult hawk and when created, fly at any designated target within 10 meters of the user. If the target moves out of the range, the hawks will hover until the target is again within range. When they hit the target they implode on themselves with the force of one exploding tag. In addition, they also produces a blinding flash of light equal to one flash tag. If the hawks do not reach a target, they otherwise last five posts before fading in a burst of shimmering light. The hawks each have the following stats:

Taijutsu: 3
Stamina: 1
Strength: 1
Speed: 3

~Light Release • Bright Light Technique
D-Ranked Ninjutsu
The user makes a very short string of hand seals and then focuses, causing a bright light to 'explode' from their body. It is roughly the equal of two Flash Tags and though the flash only lasts a brief few moments, the vision of any afflicted by it is dampened and blurry for 1 post.

[Isuzu]

OOCShow

Sorry it took so long for the reply! Been at the beach on vacation, so I hope you all understand. Got a wicked nice tan. I'm actually still at the beach, but I figured I could muster up enough to finish this thread out. Sorry for the shite post, deal with it.

The flash of light emitting from Fanho caught Isuzu off guard, sending his arm up to cover his eyes out of reflex. He did not see what came next, but knew that his opponent had used the flash of light to set up for another attack. He tried to open his eyes, but the light had been to bright, causing him to be effectively blind while Fanho made his approach. He had expended a bit more chakra than he'd realized, and his breathing was heavy from all the running around he'd done to avoid Fahno up to this point. "..Damn, I didn't realize I'd get this tired. I'm drained, this can't go on much longer like this. Once I get my vision back, I'll have to try to finish this with a garage of explosions.." Isuzu raised his hands up in a defensive formation in front of his chest and bent his neck down to get in on the action as well. He constantly blinked his eyes, hoping it would help get his vision back quicker.

However, he was too late. The hawk struck him from above, sending a pain throughout his body that almost brought him to a knee. He'd almost gotten his vision back, but had been blinded again by the flash from the hawk exploding upon impact. He barely had time to process what'd happened before he felt an intense burning sensation for all of one second before his arms went numb where the ball of light had hit him. It sent Isuzu tumbling back a few feet, causing scrapes from the gravel. He wasn't knocked out, but simply in shock that this boy would unleash such a devastating attack in a spar like this. Sure, Isuzu used explosives, but he hadn't done anything like this. This was....violent.

Lying on the ground motionless, Isuzu simply stared wide eyed until his vision slowly came back to him. He got up off the ground with his back to the boy and the others, examine his wounds. His forearms had been burned severely, getting rid of skin completely in some places. Surely Fanho hadn't meant to harm Isuzu this much, but the fact remained that it would take weeks for these wounds to heal, in which case Zu would be unable to even train properly. It was rather irresponsible of him to use such a technique like that in a training exercise against a friend. However, something within him felt almost thankful he'd been hit by the attack. It awakened a sort of fire in him. "..So this is the best of the village's genin, I'd wager. This is what I have to strive for , to compete with, to become chuunin. I have to get stronger, so I can balance out the irresponsible shinobi like Fanho with those more cautious like myself.."

He didn't speak, simply examine his wounds some more as he walked towards the boy and the others, holding back tears.

[Shikon]

It was finally over. Aikou looked over from where she was sitting on the grass, seeing Isuzu start to get up after being blown off his feet. His arms looked to be rather badly burned, and she winced just from the sight of them. She was sure that he would be able to use them again just fine, but knew at the same time, the boy would be in some serious pain at the moment. She looked into her pouch, realizing that she had not brought any bandages with her. She frowned at this, wanting to do something to help the genin out. Unfortunately, she wouldn't be able to just rip a part of her dress to bandage his arms, it was short enough as it was.

Isuzu was walking back this way she looked over at him now. He was obviously fighting back the pain from the injuries, and the girl's heart sank. She may not like men, and found them obnoxious and self serving, but the girl wasn't a sadist. She did not like seeing other people hurting. She sighed, knowing she should have tried to stop the fight earlier, before the boys ended up over doing it as boys always do. She was distracted at the time though, and by now it was too late. Hindsight was always 20/20, unfortunately.

"You okay Isuzu-san?" She called out. "You think you need to go to the hospital?"

She shot Fanho a quick look, and nodded to Isuzu, trying to get the boy to help him out. They may have been fighting not a minute earlier, but they were fellow Konoha shinobi and should help each other out. The was no reason to add insult to injury and let Isuzu just suffer with his wounds.

[Director]

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Aela bruh, need to post, but in the mean time I'll go ahead to keep the ball rolling

As the smoke cleared Fanho's face of curiosity quickly turned to horror and concern. He had been so focused and fighting he didn't realize in the heat of the battle what sort of power he had tapped into. The jutsu was too strong and badly hurt Isuzu. Fanho shook his head and closed his eyes, Oh god, how could I have been so careless. . . I didn't know. . . Fanho quickly ushered a concern shout that came out all crackled, it was obvious that Fanho hadn't meant to hurt Isuzu like that, he himself didn't know the power of the jutsu, its the first time hes actually used it. "Is-Isuzu. . . I-I-I'm so sor-sorry. . ."

Upon further inspection one could see tears welt up in Fanho's eyes, he hated to see Isuzu so injured, it wasn't his intention, he hated himself for it. Fanho regained his composure, but still with the broken hearted felt look on his face. Even though he won the spar, he lost to himself as he became engulfed in the spar he took it too far. Fanho quickly jogged over as he was taking his jacket off revealing him wearing a grey t-shirt. He quickly took out a kunai cutting off the thin outer layer of the jacket to make bandages. He gave no second thought to his belongings, his first and primary concern was his friend here in front of him. He made sure to cut around the dirtied areas as he began making bandages out of them. "H-here, u-until we can g-get some help." Fanho said as he handed him the bandages.

"You okay Isuzu-san? You think you need to go to the hospital?" Fanho nodded in response agreeing with Aikou, the idea of a hospital and iijutsu maybe able to repair the injuries quickly. Fanho's lip quivered as he saw his newly found friend so injured. The look of fear for his comrade, friend, and fellow shinobi overwhelmed him he forgot about the surroundings, all he could focus on was his mistake. Fanho lamented on how all he wanted to do was help Isuzu come out of his shell, and help flesh out his training. Not brutally batter the boy to the point where skin had peeled off. Oh god, I'm so sorry Isuzu. He whispered in his head repeatedly.

[Isuzu]

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SHIT POST INCOMING

The others concern only served to make him more worried about his arms, sending him into a small case of shock for a moment as thoughts flooded his mind. "..Hospital? Surely it can't be that bad, could it? Is it worse than I thought? Should I go to the hospital? Man, mom is going to kill me! Dad..I don't even want to know what he's going to do.." Isuzu was sweating all over now, and some of it was running down his arms into the burn, causing a small burning sensation that brought back a little feeling, which calmed him some. He was worried the nerves were dead, and he'd have trouble with them eventually. With a trembling lip, he finally mustered up enough will to respond.

"No, I don't think so. It's a bad burn, but it should heal." Fanho then offered Isuzu a bandage for his most affected arm, at which point Isuzu began wrapping it. Just getting it out of the wind helped a lot, and Isuzu was content with this. "Thanks."

[Shikon]

Aikou quickly rose to her feet and made her way over to the two boys once she saw Fanho starting to make his impromptu-bandage. 'Hopefully it's not too bad.' she thought as she approached them. From where she was sitting, the wounds didn't look life threatening at all, nor did they seem to be advanced enough to cause any lasting disability. Though distance can play tricks on your sight, and Aikou wanted to get a closer look to make she that Isuzu was alright.

She had just gotten to the boys when Isu started to bandage one of his arms. She promptly reached out her own hand and grabbed the bandage, attempting to stop him. "Wait!" She sighed and shook her head, young boys, always in a hurry and never thinking. That sort of recklessness is what started this problem. Luckily she was here to make sure it wasn't worse. "Did either of you pay attention in the academy? You don't bandage a burn like that while it's dry. The bandage will adhere to the exposed areas and cause even more damage when its removed." The girl turned and called over to the many academy students that were still gathered around the fence, watching in awe.

"Don't just stand there!" She yelled to them. "Someone go get some water and bring it here. That's an order!" Many of the heads that were peaking over the barrier vanished, a scurry of yells and feet ensuing immediately after. Children, always so ready to please an elder, especially a girl. Aikou found it had it's perks to be female. She quickly turned her attention back to Isuzu then.

"And do not use that to wrap it. You boys have been rolling around in the dirt, and practically living in dust clouds during that fight from all those explosions. You'll get it infected." Aikou untied the bow at her side, and began removing the ribbon that wrapped her torso. She caught the silver charm that was wrapped in the ribbon and stuck it into her thigh pouch as she completely unraveled the entire six foot length. Once done she tore it in half, creating two equal pieces. She could have used the ones on her arms, but this was the longest and the widest of the ribbons that she was wearing, and thus the best choice. She didn't have to worry about exposing herself either, as her dress still covered all of her skin, the satin length she removed was simply an added accessory. "These are not covered in dust and debri. You won't have a large infection problem this way."

A younger boy now waddled across the field towards them, a large bottle held in his hands. Once he got to them he held it out to Aikou with a large grin. "Eawr ye go Senpai-chan. Is this enouwf?" Aikou took it will a polite smile. "Yes, thank you. Go back to class now, and tell everyone else to do the same." The girl quickly uncapped the bottle and looked to Isuzu. "This will sting a bit okay." She then began splashing the contents over the boy's arms, attempting to clean the wounds and wet the the area at the same time. Once the bottle was empty, Aikou began attempting to wrap the burns. "Lesson learned here now right? Being reckless and trying to show off ends up injuring someone. Remember that next time you have one of your spars." Aikous continued to work as she talked, and shook her head in disapproval. Boys, they were all the same.

[Director]

Fanho watched as Aikou ran up to the scene stopping Isuzu from bandaging. "Wait!" Fanho raised an eyebrow still maintaining his sad face. It lasted a few seconds before he could snap himself out of it. He regained his composure, he'd need it for the situation at hand and couldn't mourn his mistake. Only learn from it and apply it for later use. Fanho shook his head as he quickly turned to wipe away the welling tears. He still felt terrible for his mistake and irresponsibility, but however he shouldn't frown upon his mistakes forever, he was needed now in the situation to help Isuzu.

"Did either of you pay attention in the academy? You don't bandage a burn like that while it's dry. The bandage will adhere to the exposed areas and cause even more damage when its removed." Fanho looked up as Aikou was removing the bandage adhering to the situation to provide help when it was needed.

Fanho listened as Aikou gave out orders to the academy students to assist, he wasn't as medically skilled as she was, but that didn't mean he couldn't at least learn. Fanho shook his head at himself from his failure to not over do the spar. He continued watching delicately as Aikou responded to the situation quickly and calmly taking note to her delicate medical procedure, perhaps one day he could apply it to another situation. "Lesson learned here now right? Being reckless and trying to show off ends up injuring someone. Remember that next time you have one of your spars."

Fanho nodded in agreement and frowned before regaining his composure of seriousness. "I'm sorry Isuzu, I never intended to hurt you like this. I overdid it, and that's my mistake. Luckily Aikou knew what she was doing and saved us the trouble of making the injury worse. Anyways, no amount of sorry could forgive my reckless actions, but still I want you to know I'm sorry, I didn't intend for you to be hurt. It's my job to protect the village and fellow shinobi. I failed at that, but perhaps another day I can help you instead of hurt you." Fanho turned his attention to Aikou as he began to speak once more. "Thank you for helping it, you're right, I did over do it, and I've learned better. I'm sorry for bringing you into this situation." Fanho nodded back towards Isuzu before speaking again, he did feel terrible, but the least he could do was ensure Isuzu got medical attention. "Let's get to the hospital, I'll explain what happened, I just wanna make sure you get taken care of." Fanho hopped the two could forgive him, the situation was a mistake, a grave mistake, but yet not irreparable, not all was lost, perhaps he could grow what was left of their friendship. He hoped he could.

[Isuzu]

Aikou commanded the academy students in a way that gave Isuzu a tingling feeling. He wasn't sure if it was from his nerves going crazy or the admiration he felt for this girl. She stepped up when the chips were down, in a tense situation, and handled it with the true Will of Fire. She was what a genin should truly be like. Responsible, sympathetic, able to think critically, and most of all, conscious of her actions in the moment. Zu had no doubt that Fanho didn't intend to harm him how he did, but he'd lost his head in the heat of battle and used a jutsu that was honestly too powerful for a simple spar. Hell, he could've seriously injured the boy if Zuzu hadn't reacted in time.

Zu felt instantly better once the bandages touched his skin. When compared to the dry bandage he'd started applying to the wound, he could really tell the difference with this wet one. It was cold and much more soothing. As she continued to wrap his forearms, he glanced over at Fanho. In that moment, he could instantly tell how sorry and full of regret the boy was. He must've seen Isuzu looking at him, as he started spewing words of sorrow. Isuzu listened intently as he apologized and swore he'd learned his lesson. "..You've learned YOUR lesson, Fanho? Give me a break. I learned my lesson about sparring with random genin.." He felt his heart start pounding again as anger started to swell. He was a little shocked by this, since he wasn't quite the type to actually experience anger. These were extenuating circumstances though.

He opened his mouth, but no words came out. His mind began to race again, as it usually did. He hadn't stopped peering into the sad eyes of his previous sparring partner. "..No, this isn't how I should act. If he is truly sorry, maybe this will be the turn around for him. I can't show anger towards him. If I truly wish to change the shinobi way, I need to show him forgiveness.."

Prior to speaking, he let a breath of air out. He hadn't realized how heavy his breathing had gotten, most likely from the slight shock his body was going through. "It...It's fine, Fanho. I hope you've really learned your lesson, for your next sparring partners sake." Isuzu was trying to make light of the situation for a moment, and let out a small laugh that hurt his bruised ribs. He hadn't realized they were even injured before. "I think that, as shinobi, we have a responsibility to use our abilities wisely. This was just a friendly spar, and yet you pulled out all the stops against me. We have to be smarter than that. For our own sakes, as well as our friends." Aikou was nearly done with the bandaging now, and Fanho was insisting on taking Isuzu to the hospital. "I think that's what the true Will of Fire is all about."

"No, no, I think the bandages will do. Aikou really seems to know what she's doing." He realized that speaking about her like that, with her standing right there was rather rude. "Thanks, Aikou. You kept a level head in a stressful situation. You're the real hero of today." Once she finished with the bandages, Isuzu would quietly get up and begin to walk back towards the area where his stuff was. He'd awkwardly gather together his miscellaneous projectiles and thrown them in his back and then walk home, a little embarrassed but feeling like he really had a better perspective on shinobi life now, which wasn't what he'd expected to get from the spar.

[Shikon]

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Guessing this is the end of the thread. Ill post a request for grading after this.

The girl continued to bandage Isuzu's wounds as the two boys spoke to each other. Fanho seemed to be immensely sorry for his actions, and tried to convey this to his injured comrade. Aikou was still a little peeved at the Awai, but Isuzu's response made her scowl at him. This was no time to start turning on themselves. Aikou felt these to boys would probably be like all the rest. Reckless, proud and arrogant through and through. Though, it was obvious that Isuzu regretted his words and tried to makes amends. 'At least it's a start. She thought. The girl was just about done with the bandaging when her impromptu patient thanked her, and called her a hero.

"It's not like you would have died. Don't be over dramatic now alright." She tied off the second arm and stepped back, admiring her work. It wasn't bad at all given Isuzu kept laughing and moving so much. The boy silently returned to his things, gathering them up and started back further into the village. The girl watched after him, wondering if she really should make him go to the hospital. She was certain he would be fine though and shrugged it off. "Well, good-bye then." She called out, before he left earshot.

"Now, you'll probably need some rest and a cold pack as well Fanho-san." she directed to the Awai, now turning to face him. She looked the genin over. He was filthy from the dirt and debri, his shirt ripped and the rest of his clothes slightly singed from the flames. Over all though, he was healthy, just going to be sore tomorrow.

"I'm sure you'll be fine though. Do be careful okay." she stated, giving him a concerned look. She may not trust men, or expect much good from them, but that didn't mean she wanted to see them suffer. That included her fellow shinobi most of all. "I should be getting home now though. Perhaps we will see each other later, as chuunin maybe? Good-bye for now." She gave a wave before turning and making her own route home.

The girl may not have been battling today, but she was quite tired. Having to deal with the two boys almost killing themselves. Having to teach them how to properly wrap a wound even? Not to mention the explosion during the whole spar. Aikou didn't expect to have such a strong reaction. Her body still tingled and felt weak. She just wanted to get home, shower, and read her scrolls. Maybe she would do some more work on her book, she had three more chapters due her editor this week after all. She girl gave a sigh as her feet carried over the cobbled roads. It was an eventful day to say the least.