Training [Open to Tengakure Ninja; NK]

Takeo had heard the screams of the other boy, Yoshida during the midst of the jutsu that Xyxer was performing. His eyes darted to the right and he saw the jutsu raining down on the masked boy. It seemed like he had been rather slow on the uptake and thus had taken a hit. He simply watched silently as the boy continued to get hit before Xyxer stopped the jutsu. He had also seemed to have notice that Yoshida had failed to dodge. Takeo waited patiently as Xyxer tended to the injured boy and raised an eyebrow when he suddenly disappeared with him. Takeo waited quietly for a moment or two before Xyxer appeared back on the same spot that he had been at previously. It was a moment or two before Takeo went through with his planned attack anyway.

When his arm had outstretched fully, Xyxer had jumped upwards. His eyes darted upwards as he watched Xyxer seemingly roll over Takeo and felt something grab onto the back of his shirt. 'Crap.' Was all Takeo thought before he felt himself being tugged back by a strong force and soon found himself being thrown across the lake. As he flew through the air Takeo turned his head and noticed an incoming tree. He gulped and braced himself for impact, his body slamming against the trunk of the tree with a loud crash. He dropped the floor letting out a groan and felt along his arms and ribs to see if he could feel anything that might have been broken. He remained lying there for several seconds before he struggled to push himself back up to his feet. He wobbled slightly still shaken up from the collision with the tree and leant against it for a moment as Xyxer began to speak.

Upon hearing his words and seeing the feat of strength by the boy his eyes widened slightly. This was going to end up being extremely painful, he just knew it. He debated on simply calling it a day right there and leaving, but that wouldn't give Xyxer the best impression. So Takeo clenched his jaw together and pushed off from the tree staggering forward for a few steps before recovering his balance. He took notice of a fallen branch that was on the floor and picked it up in his right hand, what he would do with it he had no idea. As he arrived back at the edge of the lake he decided to test if Xyxer was actually holding back at all. He threw the stick towards Xyxer's head in a rather bad attempt at a distraction. While the stick flew forward he dashed forward his body ducked down low. When he was close to the boy he went to sweep out the boy's legs from underneath him while also throwing another punch with his left hand.

A small smirk had found it's way onto the features of Xyxer as he could already foresee what the boy was going to do. Not the entire attack of course, but he knew the basics of what was about to happen as soon as the stick had been thrown. He hardly even had to use any of his speed as his hand simply lifted upwards at an angle and moved directly onto the side of the branch that was initially set to rocket straight into his head. As he done that, his fingers curled gently around the branch so that he was now wielding it like a club. However, as soon as he had got through with holding the branch, he'd noticed the boy had already begun an attack, not a very well thought out one mind you.

The ever-seeing amber eye of Xyxer peered downwards and instantly saw not only a foot swinging towards his legs but he also saw in his peripheral vision a fist coming straight towards his face. He knew this was going to be surprisingly easy, and with one lift of his leg and a twist of his other, Xyxer avoided the narrow sweeping kick of the boy by millimeters and ducked down so that he'd avoid the punch that came straight towards his head. However, as he did that, he swung the stick upwards and gently against the outer-side of the wrist of the hand that would have hit his head had he not moved. He smirked as he gently pushed the stick towards the body of Takeo, deciding to use the boy's own momentum against him. If his actions were to go as planned, the boy would undoubtedly twist in on himself before, most likely, proceeding to fall down. However, this was not to be the end of it. Just to truly show the boy the mistake he had made when handing his opponent a weapon, he threw the stick straight towards the tree that he had also threw Takeo at. Within mere seconds, a hole would have been left in the center of the tree in the shape of a small circle, proof that the stick had gone straight through.

After he had done that, Xyxer pointed towards the environmental damage he had just caused and proceeded to speak, "Honestly, you citizens of Tengakure hardly prove to be seedlings ready to grow into mighty trees, or at least something aesthetically pleasing. One of you decides to stand still as small sharks eat him alive and the other decides to hand his opponent a weapon. The next time you make such a foolish mistake I'll capitalise on it instead of giving such a monotonic verbal lesson I'll make it a brutal physical one instead." If the boy remained on the floor, Xyxer would attempt to dig one foot under the stomach of him after he had walked to his side and lift his foot up heavily, sending the boy flying upwards and hopefully to land on his feet. Of course, Xyxer was not expecting Takeo to be able to manage such a simple feat. Instead he just smirked to himself as he imagined the boy falling straight onto the shoulder of Xyxer, breaking his own jaw. And Xyxe half expected that to actually happen considering this was the boy that had handed him a weapon.

As soon as Xyxer lips had tugged upwards in a smirk Takeo knew that this attack wasn't going to end well. He had pressed on however and continued with the attack, even after Xyxer had simply caught the stick with little effort. When the white haired male had then dodged both of his attacks Takeo understood the difference between the two of them in terms of skill was large. He expected to be thrown back by Xyxer once again, or perhaps even kicked away or punched down. What he did not expect was the boy to use the stick against him, he cursed his own momentum as the pushing of his wrist sent him curling in on himself and causing him to collapse to the floor. Takeo wasn't expecting the stick to actually be used by his opponent, he expected it to simply be thrown aside and discarded. When Takeo was about to pull himself back to his feet he glanced upwards to see Xyxer throwing the stick away. His eyes shot to the left as he tried to keep up with the blur that was the stick and his eyes widened when it hit the tree, and went straight through it.

He remained motionless and simply stared towards the hole left within the trunk of the tree. Just who the hell was this guy? He listened quietly as the boy began to speak towards him while pointing towards the tree. Takeo frowned while listening, he didn't really consider the stick to be a weapon, lesson learnt. Takeo was about to push himself back to his feet when he felt something push against his stomach. His body was thrown into the air once again as Xyxer seemed to have kicked him upwards. Takeo was starting to dislike this person, though he was curious about one thing. His feet touched the ground as he descended and he glanced over towards Xyxer. "From the way you are speaking I assume you're not from Tengakure." He began by stating the obvious, that seemed like a good way to start this conversation, "So where are you from Xyxer?"

Takeo remained motionless and silent as he waited for Xyxer to either answer or do something else. He wasn't interested at the moment in ending up on the floor again in another failed attack. He ran a hand through his hair and pushed it out from his eyes briefly glancing upwards towards the sky before returning his gaze towards Xyxer. He was curious about this boy and despite the slight dislike towards his actions and way of speaking at the moment he genuinely wanted to get to know the person a bit better. Preferably before Takeo himself ended up in a hospital bed beside that other boy Yoshida. While he waited for an answer Takeo let his eyes drift up and down the other male, his eyes scanning over him. His mind briefly wondered what would happen if he ended up angering Xyxer by asking him that question, only time would tell.

Within just a matter of seconds Xyxer begun to relive his entire life, thanks to a boy that he had only just met. The thick mist of Kirigakure swamped the mind-eye of Xyxer and he could almost smell the tears of children as they were put through their paces. He was not one of them though, he had never cried. He had shed blood during his training, plenty of it, but he had not cried during any of it. He remembered vividly the day he had became an ANBU. The day he had became the leader of a group that was supposed to be the reformed Seven Swordsmen Of The Mist. A small smile was brought to the face of Xyxer as many memories were relived in just a few seconds, his lips cracking open slightly, but he couldn't find himself to speak yet. He was still lost for words. He closed his eyes for just a second and detailed pictures of all his friends there had begun to imprint themselves on the insides of Xyxer's eyelids. However, these great sensations were also met with a pang of guilt and dread as what happened truly weighed down on Xyxer.

His eyes opened back up after what seemed like a blink to Takeo, but the truth went far further than that. His throat now being wet again, he spoke as if he was seemingly daydreaming, which he pretty much was, "I hail from a village.. which was unlawfully destroyed. A village which was changing it's ways for the better.. I come from Kirigakure. Land Of The Mist." and with that, Xyxer once more began to reminisce on all of his experiences that had happened there, even the minor ones. He now also begun to recall the darker sides of his life, where he had in fact killed members of his village in order to.. Xyxer wasn't even able to recall. He just remembered killing a boy of Kotaro, and back then he wasn't thinking properly. He was even encouraged to submit to his animal instincts, but whatever he did happened because no one would even attempt to stop him in that village. In this village, the horizon looked much clearer.

By now, Xyxer's body had stopped, not even in a stance that would allow him to immediately attack the boy if he had changed his mind. His smile widened a little but he still looked far off, he began to speak once more as if to try and not make the other boy feel awkward, "I suppose that's why I have such a varying array of Suiton jutsu." Now that he actually thought about it, he'd been extremely aggressive back in Kirigakure. Was he a product of people that wanted him to become a demon? Hell, people had whispered of him as a demon. A true demon of the Mist. He hoped that this village, the village of Tengakure, offered him a new future. He hoped it'd be able to sway his path from pure destruction and mayhem. He didn't want to be remembered as a demon. He wanted to be seen as a hero in the eyes of all.

Takeo nodded slightly listening to what Xyxer had to say. He didn't really dwell on it that much and upon seeing the boy's stance relaxing he decided that the spar has probably ended. Takeo decided that he would simply look into this at a later date and turned to walk back to the village. "I think I'm done for now, it was nice meeting you Xyxer Gyojin." He raised a hand into the air and waved to the other boy before beginning to set off back towards the village, "See you again some time!" As he walked Takeo made a mental note that he would keep his eye out for Xyxer, this boy was rather interesting.

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Xyxer just remained standing motionless, completely zoned out from what was happening in the real world. In his eyes, he could still see Kirigakure, he believed he was still there for the briefest of moments until it all came shattering down. Awakening from his daydream, he noticed that the area had now been abandoned so he did what he came here to do; meditate.

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[2244 WC]

+11 stats (Unsure on what I want to put them in so just saving them for now)
+22 JP

[1500/1500]
Level 3 suiton mastery unlocked

[744/2000]

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