Friendly spar

Its been quite a while since she would have traded blows with any friendlies. Surrounded by forest with a shore nearing her sight, Yuri looked around her position at a narrow path and waited for the time to begin. Her sides were still accompanied by trees still since going into open might give her a disadvantage given her prowess. She decided to lean on the trunk to her left.

She looked up and blue sky were clear as usual as well, clouds were few and far between. This would likely be a hot day unless the environment changed manually which would like to a possibility. 20 meters away from her is a shore that Yuri would think that if anyone skilled would try to appear deeper than where she was. She caught the wind of influx in kirigakure shinobi numbers, if things were to keep going this way maybe one day the unthinkable might happen again. To heighten the importance of the matter, blades were only common in kumogakure's outfit and seeing the same happen could only mark an important event. Fist and legs were afraid to be a matter of the past from Yuri's perspective. This trading of blows would be an eye opener to their progression.

Denkiteki had decided to leave Kirigakure for a little bit. It had been quite some time since he had visited the mainland, and he thought maybe it would be fun to go there for a few hours. He put on his old Chuunin outfit, remembering once more that he would need to replace it soon. He strapped his kunai pouch to the outside of his left thigh, easily within reach of his left hand. Only 8 kunai fit within the pouch, the rest remained in the larger pouch that rested above his rear, strapped to his belt. He brought his weapons with him for incase a missing-nin or something attacked him.

Denkiteki took a boat and raveled towards the mainland, taking a few hours to arrive there. He ended up disembarking near a forest, seemingly in the middle of no where. The two men that owned the boat said they would wait for him awhile, before he waved to them and walked away.

Turning towards the shore, he quickly spotted someone not to far away, about 20 meters or so. Whoever it was, they were leaning against a tree. He was unsure if the person had noticed him or not, so he decided to make sure the other person knew he was there so he wouldn’t accidentally surprise them or something later.

“Hey!” he spoke the word loudly, though he did not yell or scream it. Hopefully the girl would hear him, so if she hadn’t noticed him she would now be aware of his presence.

Never did Yuri expect a pleasant calling from anyone, at least this did not happened for the past few months. Even so, going into open seems not to open itself as an option yet. There was no way to access the strength of the guy some distance from her, so she had decided to wait for him to close in further before thinking about the next move. However, his attire seems to tell a few stories about him at the first impression. An attire looking duller than it should be in color can mean that the suit seems to help getting him to his current prowess whenever tested later on. To bolster his image, he is definitely better-equipped than Yuri just from what he wears on his torso. The last few ninjas he saw wearing the forehead protector did not have such armor worn given their strength. Yuri begin to think that he was a league higher than whatever she had faced before. In her mind she knows; After the one being guided would be the one given the authority to lead even though it is not the top of the hierarchy. This is going to be tough on her.

He is still in the open after leaving the boat seen from afar a minute ago. While having second thoughts all of a sudden, she knows that she could still prepare if he tries something funny on her with the current distance between the 2 ninjas.

The stranger did not respond to his hello, and after a moment he realized that she was in fact looking at him. It was strange, Denkiteki had an odd feeling about the situation. He looked back at the two men who owned the boat, “Be ready to leave soon, I don’t know what this person intends to do.” His voice was serious, and the two men nodded.

Denkiteki was unsure as to what he should do, was this person a threat, or just someone that did not wish to talk to him? He grew anxious, he knew that if the person was a shinobi, and intended to attack him and the sailors, they would no be able to leave before she got to them. And I would have to protect both of them as well as myself, this is not good…

And it wasn’t as though he could attack the woman either, he had no idea if she was friend or foe. I need to find a way around this…

An idea struck him, one that would hopefully allow him to figure out just what sort of situation he was in. He walked over towards boat, circling around it until it was between him and the girl. “Hey, I think I heard the boat scrape against something on the way in, mind if I check?”

The two sailors nodded. The boat wasn’t that big, barely enough to fit the shinobi and the two sailors. So Denkiteki managed to lift up the boat easily enough. He only lifted the back of it though, and lifted it over his head, using it to shield him from the other girl’s vision.

Blocked from her vision, Denkiteki turned and used his back to keep the boat up, so that it would continue to be in the way of the girl’s sight. At first he did a single hand seal, and a shadow clone was created in front of him with a puff of smoke. Due to the distance and the width and height of the boat, the puff of smoke generated by the jutsu would not be seen, and the girl would barely be able to hear the noise, if she did at all.

After creating the clone, Denkiteki did the hand seals or Hiding Like a Mole, and quickly disappeared under the ground. The clone would grab the boat before Denkiteki did this, so that it would continue to obstruct the vision of the girl. After Denkiteki was gone, the clone put the boat down and made its way towards the girl, doing its best to look as non-threatening as possible.

The clone would stop 3 meters from her, before speaking. “Hey, I saw that you were looking at me, and I was just curious as to what you were up too. I don’t mean to pry into your business, I can just be a bit paranoid sometimes so I just want to know why you are looking at me.” The clone spoke awkwardly, unsure as to how to say that he just wanted to make sure she wasn’t going to try and kill everyone.

While he talked, Denkiteki would move through the ground until he was only 2 meters below the girl. He was ready to burst out of the ground upwards and attack if need be, using his sensing skills to keep track of her position as well as his clones. He also made sure to try and sense any sort of traps or objects that could be used for a substitution jutsu if need be. He found 2 logs relatively near by, and took a mental note of their location.

Yuri would think that blocking her vision of the guy would not be serious if that were to happen a decade ago. With the boat tilted to this angle, a fine young man could support it without moving much as well as not being seen. There were 2 other guys who got down the boat and is watching. From a distance, Yuri could not see where were the men are looking and she does not know what the third was doing. Due to his actions, Yuri could totally see the reason to be on standby though she continued leaning on the trunk. There was no reaction from the 2 visible men and the boat did not move at all after it was tilted like as though it was completely well-balanced.

However, it would appear there was no nearly no movement before it was grabbed. If the guy was using his head to keep the boat up, the boat would have swayed for at least a moment at first during the stage when he had decided to keep the boat up even if he was that good given the fact that his gear does not include a suitable headgear to meet the surface of the boat horizontally. But now, Yuri could see the unnatural manner of grabbing when no big movement was used to turn to a position where he could support with both arms straighten or elbows pointing downwards towards the ground. Even a quick turn could see the boat swaying in her vision if he wants to prevent any part of his body from hitting the boat sending it sideways to expose himself.

There were a few scenario Yuri was thinking that made this possible. The first was to deduce the guy as having flexible arms, not those of normal standards one had seen in the street art that Yuri came across. But those that turned like it was not part of their limp just like how someone would try to break their shoulder normally if their arms were to be turned without partially going to both of their sides. Just when it gets more amiss, the guy put the boat down and approaches her slowly. This was when she could think of the second option he had; Using the given help.

Like how some of her past opponent would like to approach her, alongside with currently both men not helping out to keep the boat up at all. There would be at least a pair of them operating away from Yuri's vision. She could be the only one, but the opponent would be replaceable in this case. But at the very first stage there were only 3 person seen coming from the boat. She looked around for a moment, trees were still at both of her sides. But the guy now was as close as 3 meters from her asking her intentions. She stopped leaning and stand straight in front of him. She have a question.

As much as you want to know about me, the same goes to me. But first, can you bend one of your arms and turn it backwards?

It would take maybe this question or more get let Yuri get the third scenario in her mind up.

The clone was a little more than just confused by the words the girl spoke to him. As much as I want to know, but the same to her? The wording was odd, but he assumed she meant that she had questions for him, or something like that. He had no clue really.

The second sentence she spoke was just as odd, if not more so, “Excuse me? Why would I do that with my arm?”

The clone took a step back, unsure as to what was going on. Why was the girl asking him a question about his arm, and what exactly did she mean in the first sentence. The confusion, mixed with the paranoia that Denkiteki often felt in odd situations, put him on edge.

Below the girl, Denkiteki sensed the movement of his clone. He wondered if she should just partially bury the girl, and then interrogate her. That would probably be the safest option. He was rather hesitant though, as it would be rather rude to do if she was not an enemy, but instead just a girl who had just felt like not responding to him when he said hey.

He decided to move up until he was only a meter below her, no sign of his moment could be seen in the world above. He had to move past some roots, of the tree the girl was leaning against, but other than that it was easy to travel upwards for him.

The clone was still unsure as to what it should do. He had no idea what else to say about the girl’s question, or original statement, so he simply stood there. He gave off the image of a confused boy, using that to mask and hide his paranoia and the fact that he was ready for a fight if the girl tried something.

You wouldn't normally do it, but can you show me if you have the ability to do that? Yuri walks up by half a meter and took a step to her left to see better if his right arm could actually do that. While going forward, Yuri looked around for something weighting as heavy as her, there wasn't much of such object lying around in this area. But, somewhere 30 meters ahead to her right, something is not pleasant to her eye. A rotting log that even allowed fungus to take it as their territory appearing as small white dots from her current vision.

The guy in front of her looked lost. Though this is common, still, her mind doubted his expression's sincerity. She had it in mind that if her really fails to bend his arm backwards as expected, she will have to look at a few more faces carefully and maybe even expect the same faces twice. She decides to wait for his respond for a few more seconds. While waiting, she looked what was behind him from a distance away, the boat. It had shown its capability to carry a total of 3 people, proving itself as a good candidate for misdirection, Yuri needs some confirmations first. The next scenario is creating itself in her mind now.

The clone was still puzzled, why would the girl want to know if he could move his arm the way she was asking him to? It made very little sense to him, Is she intentionally trying to confuse me?

This thought was at first dismissed, however as the girl walked towards him, the clone had to stop himself from revealing just how ready he was to attack. I’m just a clone, I really need to not worry. What’s the worst she can do to me? Stab me or something, and then I’ll just disappear. Still, I need to be careful, just so that the real me can be safe..

When the girl began to look around, what she was trying to find, the clone didn’t know. What should I do, I can’t just stand here awkwardly. Wait…shit Denkiteki’s been under for awhile. He’ll probably have to go back to the surface soon. I have to keep her distracted.

“Alright!” he said the word rather loudly, hoping to catch the girl’s attention, “How did you want me to move my hand again? I’ll give it a try.”

As he spoke the words, Denkiteki got out of the ground, about 10 meters away from his clone and the girl. He got himself out of the ground quietly. The tree she had been leaning against hid him from her vision, as well as a few others that would have obscured it even if that tree wasn’t there. Denkiteki did his best to be quiet, not wanting to be detected by the girl.

He moved one meter closer to his clone and the girl, allowing him to use his sensory ability to ‘feel’ what they were doing. He ended up with his back pressed against a tree, further decreasing the likelihood of the girl seeing him, even if she did move around the tree she had been leaning against.

Denkitkei felt that strange urge, to destroy and kill. Not now, shit. He took some slow, deep breathes, still trying to be quiet. But the urge did not leave him, and he felt his mouth silently morph into one that shared similarities with a snake, and his eyes went red.

Initial Stage Activated:

(Next post Den is going to have to become violent ^^' one of the disadvantages of the snake ability I made)

As she sees him willing to give it a try, she would also like to have that done correctly in front of her. She knew that any form of contact can mean the start of a conflict with these people. As his muscles started stretching vein by vein popping out slowly, she focused. She would like to think that there is no way he can do it correctly since the correct outcome would elevate the excitement of the atmosphere. This is why the focus would went even further than him even given the amount of blocking done by the guy it would be easily seen as looking at him.

You don't think that you do it wrongly if its simple won't you? Yuri was having her next plan in her mind ready to be played out. While he would be showing Yuri the ability to, Yuri fired another question. Would you walk with me to the boat? I would like to look at its structure closely if you don't mind. But still, Yuri still have some hopes of him bending his right arm correctly as she continues to stand still after half a meter away from him.

Something was odd to her at this moment. She didn't understand the need for the clone shout out loud with her being so near to him. She hopes that its not for someone else she could not see but him. But daylight is daylight so no such a thing should happen, Yuri raised her alert as a result.

Denkiteki could not stop the urge for violence, his drive for destruction. The need to break things, and people, was to powerful for the young Jounin to suppress. However he could channel it into something else, something that wasn’t a person.

Giving into his strong urge to destroy things, Denkiteki’s fist swung at the tree he had been hiding behind, the bark giving way to his strength. He ended up punching his whole hand through, leaving a large and deep hole inside of the tree. The tree shook from the force of the blow, most likely revealing his position.

Denkiteki realized that he should leave, that there was no way he could escape his problems, not even for a little while. There goes my attempts at relaxing, I have to get back to Kirigakure before I go crazy again…

Completely ignoring the girl and his clone, Denkiteki made his way towards his boat. The two had seen his fit of anger, and began to ready the boat. It didn’t take them long, and if the girl didn’t try and stop Denkiteki he would be on his way back to Kirigakure.

Denkiteki’s clone heard the noise, and spun on his heels towards it. “Oh shit, that’s not good.” But instead of rushing towards the clone and the girl, like the clone had expected Denkiteki to do, the young Jounin just walked towards the boat.

“uh… I guess we are leaving. He’s not feeling so good, I think.” The clone scratched his head, chuckling nervously, “It was nice seeing you, but I guess we have to go.” With that the clone would disappear in a cloud of smoke, unless the girl for some reason attempted to move towards the real Denkiteki, or do anything odd or suspicious.

[Exit]