Sparring with Sachiko (private, no kill)

Sanji was seated on the ground under a tree in the lotus position, putting into practice what Echo Uchiha recommended he do to try and train his mind. It helped for him to form the seal of the ram with his hands and simply practice channeling his chakra. He utilized an elaborate visualization exercise, trying to become in tune to the area around him. He imagined the earth around him, little changes in the trees and landscape brought on by the gentle breeze washing over the area, and envisioned the wind culminating around him, bringing him the energy of the earth and imbuing his being with it. He could feel the chakra flowing through his body as his mind was focused on this exercise. It brought a supreme calm to him to simply indulge in the feeling of the energy moving and flowing from head to toe. He found that this way he didn't feel like his mind wanted to wander so much, and he certainly didn't feel any need or desire to speak his thoughts, even when no one else was within earshot, frankly he wanted less of those strange looks from others when he found himself speaking his thoughts aloud, if not angry retaliation for him vocalizing a thought that may be construed as disrespectful to whomever may be nearby.

Sachiko, a young girl with fiery red hair and bright, sky blue eyes dashed toward the training ground as fast as she could in excitement. Today, she would train more in Medical Ninjutsu, which she was quickly coming to like as it was both challenging and helpful. I just need to train with someone... the young genin thought to herself, smiling. Suddenly, the girl saw a small figure in the distance in a strange position, appearing to be meditating. Curious, the inquisitve child bounded up toward the boy and eyed him in respect. She would never be able to sit still for that long unless she was asleep!

Sanji could hear the sound of someone rapidly approaching the training ground, and even visualize the figure's approach, though he wasn't astute at actually visualizing any appearance, so in his mind it was merely a shadowy figure. Nevertheless he was astonished that his mind warped what it deduced by sound alone into an accurate depiction of the world around him. It took him a moment before he released the seal and opened his eyes. Leaning against the tree he looked over at the red-haired female." Oh, hello." he says, deadpan expression ever present as he went to stand.

It was then that his almost freakish size for his age would be shown, towering at 6'1" for someone so young, his developed muscles and face easily made him appear much older, along with his height. He brought himself down to her level a little bit with a bow." I'm Sanji Sanada. The honor is mine." He says respectfully.

The young girl merely stared at the tall man for a few moments, shocked at his height before grinning widely in a friendly manner. "Heyo, Sanji, my names Sachiko, it's really nice to meet 'cha!" Sachiko said, beginning to hp one foot from another to get rid of her large amount of excess energy. She wanted to train!

"Mr. Sanji," Sachiko started, a pleading expression on her face, "Would you please train with me? I'm really, really bored and you seem strong."

As soon as she finisherd her request, the young girl continued to stare at the tall boy, her eyes filled with hope.

The hyperactive mannerisms Sachiko displayed instantaneously endeared her to Sanji. It didn't really show on his face but he did find himself thinking about just how adorable she was. So when she asked him to train with her he kind of stroked his chin in thought with a hand clad in a red fingerless glove, padded at the knuckles." Hmm... well, alright. I suppose there's no harm in it." he says, his grimacing face staring at her as he walked around her until he was in a neutral spot and his back wasn't facing the tree.

Sanji's right foot swept in a half circle backward to widen his stance, leading with his left foot. Both gloved hands held in front of him in a defensive posture, arms shielding his upper chest and neck." Start us off."

"Hmm... well, alright. I suppose there's no harm in it," Sanji said, staring at Sachiko before sweeping his right foot in a half circle backwards, leading with his front foot in a position similar to a Hyuuga's (or, at least in Sachiko's mind)

Sachiko grinned brightly at his agreement and chriped happily, "Thank you so much! I'll do my best! Oh, yeah, and you better do you're best, too, Sanji!"

When she finished her warning to her friend, her grin turned feral. With a final friendly shout of 'good luck!', the girl then zipped by her friend as fast as lightning and drew out some ninja wire and a shruiken, tying it together as she dropped to the ground, throwing the shruiken at his feet in an attempt to tie his feet up.

Sanji nodded curtly as she told him he had better do his best as well. It wasn't until she began to move that that meditation really beared fruit, able to track her fast movement without too much difficulty, quickly correcting his stance to account for where she ended up and watched her hit the deck. He furrowed his brow as she tossed the wire-rigged shuriken, powerful legs already bent enough to grant him plenty of strength to leap given his preferred fighting stance, and he was able to evade the wire intended to trip him up.

Looking down at her as he sailed in her direction, his muscled right arm shifted back, timing his descent to throw a punch at her head, which would be quite a vicious shot that would pin her head to the ground with the impact given the angle from which it was thrown. There was no hesitation in his follow-through, he wouldn't dare risk potentially clowning - or getting clowned, by pulling his punches.

Sachiko barely managed to roll over in time to dodge the punch, thinking 'Whoa, he's not holding back at all! Well, I won't hold back either!" At this thought, the girl's sky blue eye lit up with a determined fire and she sprang up, grabbing a kunai from her pouch and lunging toward her opponent, using the momentum in her position to her advantage in an attempt to hit him.

If this didn't work, the girl subtly threw an explosive tag on the ground behind her friend so that if he stepped back to avoid the attack, he would get blown up... a variable which the young girl prayed with all her heart and soul that would not happen. She didn't want to hurt her new friend too badly or anything, she just wanted to improve her skills and help her friend out as well!

The ground splintered under Sanji's fist, breaking up due to the sheer impact of the punch. His hand ground into the dirt, fingers scooping some of it up. His gaze turned to the side just in time to see her produce the kunai and come at him. Surprisingly Sanji stood his ground from a kneeling position, and his right hand quickly thrust from the ground toward Sachiko, throwing the dirt right at her face while his left hand remained in front of him in that defensive posture, watching the wrist that held the kunai carefully, attempting to catch it before the blade reached him if she indeed followed through with the attack regardless of the dirt he tried to distract her with.

Sachiko noticed that the sheer power of the impact of her friend's fist, causing her to gulp and appreciate her luck. Sudddenly, dirt was thrown into her eyes by her opponent, causing the girl to blink rapidly in an attempt to clear out her eye, abandoning her attempt to hit him with a kunai and leaping backwards several feet, wiping her sky blue eyes. Once the dirt was out of her eye, the girl's expression contorted into a determined expression and she took of her training weights, which fell to the ground with a small thunk. Grinning widely, the girl took a deep breath and grabbed a small two foot long katana from her waist and focused on her chakra network in an attempt to appply chakra to the tip of her blade and feet. Once successful, the tiny genin bravely dashed toward her opponent again, raising the blade in an attempt to diagnol slash across his torso.