A Friendly Spar...at the borders {P. NK.}

Ayumi took out a pencil and a piece of paper. She quickly wrote on it with her big and neat handwriting, making sure that it was readable even though she was writing as quickly as possible, almost scribbling the words away. On it was :

I'm going to the borders to train or spar with someone...It won't really take a long time (I think...but anyways, don't bother to look for me) and I will be back as soon as possible. Oh! and I promise I wouldn't get in trouble! (Hey Takeshi, do you wanna join?)
Love all of you,
~Ayumi

After leaving the note, Ayumi walked out of the house and down the street and looked around. It was sunny day with a little breeze blowing now and then. She was wearing a pink tiered tank top along with black skinny jeans and the standard shinobi sandals. Ayumi looked at the people of Konoha. She smiled and kept on walking, heading towards her destination. She walked out of the village gates. Ayumi glanced at Konoha and kept walking. A few minutes later, she ended up in the middle of a forest.

It was tranquil, the only sounds that can be heard of was the chirping of the birds and the breeze now and then, rustling the leaves. She took a deep breath, enjoying the calmness and fresh air. She looked around and walked out of the forest, and ended up near a path...in the middle of nowhere! Great! now I have no idea where I am... she thought. She walked towards a tree and plopped down to the ground and looked at the sky, watching the clouds and birds, and also enjoying the sun.

Xuro got up in the morning. He was still extremely tired from all the days of training and going on missions. The past whole 2 weeks had been full of training and going on missions and he never have enough time to rest. He left the house and carried his new sword his father made for him as a gift for becoming a Chuunin. It was quite a big sword, he named it the Eartanic Sword. He carried over his back and walked down the village streets. It was a very busy and noisy day. He decided he wanted to go somewhere that's more quiet and peaceful. He remembered about the village borders. He has been there a few times and met lots of friends. He also remembered how quiet it was so he decided to go there. Today he was just in a mood to relax. He walked out of the village till he came to the village borders. He looked around for a nice place to relax. He saw a giant tree over in a grassy section of the forest. He made his way there and stood under the nice shade of the tree. He then pulled out his sword and decided to do some practising with his new sword. He lifted it up in the air and then struck the tree with his sword making a dent in the side of the tree. He then continued this motion over and over hoping to chop down the whole tree.

Ayumi stared at the sky and sighed. She looked around her, hoping to see someone, even a shadow, but unfortunately didn't see anyone, not even a shadow. She sighed again and looked at the ground. What should I do now?...I'm lost!...in the middle of nowhere and I can't remember which way I came from... she thought. She stood up and looked at the tree that she was leaning against. Hmmm....maybe if I hit my head against this tree,...I would remember which way I used! she thought. She smiled, then shook her had wildly. Geez! How stupid am I really?...I seemed to be dumb enough that I was going to hit my head against this tree...wow I must be really desperate! she thought. She shook her head again.

Then suddenly, she heard a loud chopping noise. Whats this loud noise? Is someone chopping wood or something? she thought. She listened to the noise for a few moments before walking towards the noise. A few meters away was a boy, hitting a tree with a sword. Ayumi walked towards a tree nearby and leaned against it, watching the boy as he struck the tree again and again.

Xuro was bored but chopping down this big tree would be time consuming although it was not fun but Xuro continued to do it just for training purposes and exercise. Xuro carried on chopping for 15 minutes till he chopped the tree right across. The Giant tree fell straight down to the ground right in front of Xuro. Dust flew every where as the tree hit the ground. Xuro covered his face and turned around, After the dust subsided Xuro would say, "Woo Hoo, Whew that was some nice exercise!" as he dropped the sword on the floor and laid on the grass rubbing his sore arms


[TWC: 360]

Ayumi kept on watching as the boy continued hitting the tree with his sword, chopping it nonstop. After about fifteen minutes, he chopped the tree right across. The huge tree fell down to the ground, which caused dust to flew everywhere as it hits the ground. Ayumi coughed as dust flew everywhere. She rubbed her eyes and squinted to look at the boy. "Woo Hoo, Whew that was some nice exercise!" He said and dropped his sword to the ground. He laid on the ground and rubbed his arms. Ayumi kept on watching him. He doesn't seem to even realize that I'm here....or maybe he's just acting not to realize that I'm here... she thought. She shrugged her shoulders and continued to lean against the tree, now with her left hand on her waist.

After Xuro had chopped down the tree, he was resting out as he got very tired and his arms were now paining. Xuro after a few minutes when the paining stopped he got up and stretched his arms out and loosened them up. They felt much better. Xuro thought to himself, "Ohk that was helpful, its no more paining.... now what can i do next that will be fun." He looked around. He caught sight of a girl standing against a tree a few meters away. He pretended like he never saw her as he had a plan for something that's fun and won't be boring. He carried on looking around and then picked up his sword and began to walk a few meters away. he then used his Hiding like a mole technique. The ground opened up and he went inside a few meters underground. After that, the ground closed back to to normal. He then traveled underground till the tree the girl was leaning on. HE got out of the ground on the other side of the tree and stealthily walked around the tree ad then said to the girl, "BOOO!" in a loud voice wanting to give the girl a shock. He then said, "How long have you been over here??"

Ayumi watched as the boy got up and stretched his arms. Ayumi watched him as he picked up his sword and walked a few meters away. ...Where...is he going? she thought to herself. She shook her head. And why do I actually care...? It's not like I've seen him before or anything...he is just some guy who came here to train or something... she thought. She looked at him and watched as the boy suddenly disappeared. Ayumi shrugged and turned around, wanting to walk away from there and try to find her way back home.

"BOOO!". Ayumi screamed at the top of her voice, yelling as if someone was going to kidnap her. She saw the boy. "How long have you been over here??" he asked. Ayumi steadied her breath as she looked at the boy. Her lips pouted, though not in annoyance, but because it was one of her habits. She looked at the boy, not answering what he just asked her.

Xuro was still hoping the girl would react very shockingly
to his “BOO!” and the girl did. She gave a loud scream at the top of her voice.
Xuro would close his ears as it was very loud and striking right into his
sensitive ears. “this gril sure got a loud voice when it comes to screaming…”
Xuro thought to himself. He then waited for the girl to reply but cat got her
tongue she was still recovering from the shock of her life.

Ayumi saw the boy closed his ears as she screamed. Wow...I must have been really loud since he had to close his ears... she thought to herself. She took a few deep breaths and looked at the boy. She raised her left eyebrow and took another deep breath. "Not long...just a few minutes ago...I think." she said to the boy, as her lips pouted again, not in annoyance or anger. Her pout disappeared a few moments later. Ayumi bit her lower lip lightly. I seriously need to stop pouting... she thought.

Xuro looked at the girl and waited for her to reply. She finally said, "Not long...just a few minutes ago...I think." Xuro then replied, "Oh ok so what you doing all alone here by the borders. It can be pretty dangerous..." Xuro tried to scare the girl as it was something else that was also fun to do.