Spar / Training

{My Meigan is red when activated in this stage, so he probably meant me, seeing as he wrote "a fair bit away"}

"Who knew, one shinobi of Tengakure whom can actually fight. What a welcomed surprise. And what about our little guest, the timid little mouse who was too cowardly to help a stranger? There was obviously a praise for the other girl and a shame on Yozora in those words. Her eyes slightly narrowed and a faint grin appeared on her face. She did not like this - having such a strong opponent in front of her that she couldn't even fight them. If the gap in their power was smaller she could at least try, she could progress, but now her efforts would most likely be a waste. She replied feeling a bit hurt "You're the one who's a coward, hiding your face and attacking peaceful people in a middle if the day without a warning!" She did notice that there was no warning and the fight had started without a word. This was tearing the girl apart. She did not want to admit being so much weaker, even if she felt the gap being immense. "Show me your face and I'll fight you!"

184 (850) w.

The other girl had started to speak and it had caught the attention of Xyxer, whom turned his head slightly to the side so that he could see Yozora, but Yuri was still in his peripheral vision. A few words about Xyxer being a coward due to wearing a helmet, honestly, it was like this female did not know much about defense, but none the less it brought a smirk to his face. He began to speak slowly, his tone now deeper and seeming more agitated even though that was far from the truth, "A coward, you say? I gave a warning, and I acted quickly, but I did give one." He paused for a second after he said that, letting the words sink in before he continued "And you want me to show you my face.. do you not see? I'm the Abysswalker, and I've came to collect the blood debt that Tengakure so deeply owes." of course this was all a lie, he just enjoyed playing this role where he was a creature from another realm focused solely on the killing, but in reality this was much like being a puppeteer for Xyxer. "And, girl, that was your warning." and with that, the male walked towards Rin without using too much of his speed, he could safely assume that her skills were not on his level if she did not intervene previously. Lifting his knee up and extending his foot out when he was close to her (20 speed 10 strength) it'd be aiming towards her chest, however, that was not all. As he went to kick her, he spun around and sent his hands above his head while looking at Yuri, his hands opening during the motion and acting much like a runway for an airplane as metal shifted swiftly across them and out of his hands, leaving them before his hands clapped as a distracting sound.

A clap? Yuri could see the mass of armor still hold some guard on her though his main attention was elsewhere, somewhere that Yuri could hear the provoking sentences from. Approaching the next participant through the straight way would just give both of them the wrong idea. As the 2 fighters closes in onto each other, Yuri could see action going left and out of her sight if she would not move. With the intention to keep up with the fight, she ran diagonally to her right so that she could take a look at both of them. She didn't have a chance to see the new one earlier on anyway. As she swiftly reaches the back of the armor mass with the next shadow in sight, she saw who will be joining the fight next. First of all, she could see 2 faint red dots from a distance. That's one point she needs to take note of, or rather, that's exactly wad she needs to focus on. It might not have mattered to the seemingly dead mass, maybe an armor would be unaffected by those eyes but for her it matters very much as she had a taste of what's called dojutsu in library records of the tengakure before her arrival. On top of that, something blended with the armor as it came closer to Yuri, seeing with her senses prepared. She took a step to her right, whatever that just passed her would seems to be history for this moment.

The armored person replied. "A coward, you say? I gave a warning, and I acted quickly, but I did give one. And you want me to show you my face.. do you not see? I'm the Abysswalker, and I've came to collect the blood debt that Tengakure so deeply owes. And, girl, that was your warning." He was now walking towards her. Yozora briefly noticed the other girl appear behind him, but it did not look like she was going to attack anybody at the moment. The words spoken started to piss Yozora off, she had no idea what he was talking about and the blood debt mentioned could mean he's just another guy out for long forgotten revenge. If that was true, then how the hell somebody like that got into the village? That didn't make sense, he must have been someone from the inside and his intentions were not real. Though the word Abysswalker caught her ear. Her parents used to talk about The Abyss when she was little. The girl assumed it somehow being connected to her clan and her doujutsu, but she did not know how.

The Abysswalker walked up to her and when he was close enough he tried to kick her. It was surprisingly slow compared to the fight she had seen a couple moments ago. With little effort Yozora jumped up appearing mid air next to the man's face. Her eyes trying to see past the helmet. Suddenly she no longer saw his chakra, but could now see the man's eyes behind the helmet {Here I'm gonna assume you forgot to say you have a bandage on your MS, cuz in your first post you've said your eyes peered into the sky}, one eye actually as the other one was hidden under bandages. With her right hand still on her katana's hilt she quickly drew the blade attempting to slash into his left shoulder in the same move. The slash was fairly faster than his kick, but he could probably counter it with ease, which was why she was already preparing for his response.

322 (1164) w.
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Used Iai: Ichigeki. Slash speed 56, fyi.

The single amber eye of Xyxer had peered at the girl that had managed to jump above him; the most worrying part was how their eyes had met. Perhaps that would now defeat the entire purpose of him taking on the alias of the Abysswalker unless he intended to truly bring fear into the name, not just superstition. His thoughts were however caught off guard when he witnessed a long strain of metal coming towards him from Yozora, it appeared the girl was trying to take him out with a single slash to his body. This was quite a laughable idea and so Xyxer decided to not use much of a tactic, he was just going to use the girl's foolishness against her. With a swift flick of his wrist, the hand of Xyxer would move straight into the path of the blade, moving at such a speed that the boy would most likely be unable to see what was coming. If this was to happen, the hand of Xyxer would curl around the metal of the blade, no damage done to himself or his armour due to them being augmented Equalizers, and a split second after grabbing the blade he'd push forward suddenly and twist his hand, forcing the tip of the katana to move upwards towards the girl's gut, doing all of this while she remained in mid air.

If the girl however did not find a way to stop the blade from piercing herself, Xyxer would act himself, sending his free hand and latching it onto the girl's back and tugging her backwards, releasing her in a throw before the katana could pierce the muscle but it would likely pierce the skin.

[Aye, his MS is covered]

Yuri looked on as the other girl took action, she briefly did a sword drawing technique attempting to overcome the kick from the armor. It did looked like it was faster for a while, but it seems futile as it got countered quickly. However, it got Yuri's attention of it being a valid technique by itself as it had never occurred to her that maybe a blade drawn this way will then increase it cutting edge by folds even though she could only see the attack from a distance. But all in all she seems to be losing the upper hand by risking her blade being controlled by her current opponent, which in turn allowed Yuri a breather. As she begins to shift her focus away from both of them, the girl seems to have lost her ground and risk having gutted. She is pretty sure that the girl is just playing along given the light emitting from her eyes, but that armor might be stronger for all she know. So the clap was a feint after all. Yuri kneel down on her right knee as she deduces that both of them were still in the stage of expecting each other. Even so, with her right hand on the loose, her left hand could not risk letting go of the sword as 2 of the kunai that came from her chakra disintegrated in front of her.

[Sorry for the wait, the last part of Gamer's post was really confusing... I assume you did not shoot kunais at us, though as there was nothing that would indicate that]

Before Yozora's move could be complete the man suddenly grabbed the blade of her sword. It was too fast to prevent, but Yozora was prepared for something like this to happen. She shifted her weight onto the blade making it harder to move towards her, as it seemed what the man wanted to do. At the same time she activated her technique, channeling wind nature chakra through the blade to increase its cutting power. It was surprising the man was able to grab the blade mid swing in the first place - it must have been those reinforced gauntlets. Anyway, Yozora slightly grinned wondering if they could withstand the cutting power of her Wind chakra, which was even more increased by her shifting the weight onto the blade. At the very least it would postpone the blade's tip being run through her gut. At about the same time girl's left hand suddenly shot into her ninja pouch around her waist taking out two shurikens. After swiftly infusing them with her chakra she threw both of them at the man making both shurikens barely miss his throat on purpose. If the man did not move, each shuriken would pass about a centimeter from the man's throat - one from the left, the other from the right sides. As they would pass the technique would activate triggering sharp wind blades appearing from the shurikens and extending three centimeters from the blades, cutting the man's carotid arteries. It was a tricky move and depended on him taking a chance that the shurikens would miss. Not yet finished Yozora used the same hand that threw the shurikens and folded it into a fist, driving it towards man's face - or helmet in this case. Normally it would hurt her more than him, but she planned on adding something extra if it connected.

308 (1472) w.
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Used Chakra Infusion on the katana.
Used Wind Release: Chakra Blade on both shurikens.
If this was left as it is, the blade would pierce me on the following post, but I think it would get your hand too xD

Xyxer felt a sudden surge of something on the metal he was holding until he realised. The last time he had felt that himself was when he had used an infusion technique on a weapon so he knew this was not going to be a good thing. The man would instantly let go of the blade, instead he'd duck below the tip of the blade and move forwards, avoiding the shurikens and the blade evidently unscathed. However, that was not the end of it. Because the girl had been stopped in the air momentarily by Xyxer's strength, he knew that she would not be able to defend herself very well. Turning around just as the girl was near the ground, his hands would reach out from his body and attempt to lock his fingers around the ankle of the girl, not applying any pressure onto it except to keep it within his hold. If that was to happen, he'd spin around with the girl held by her ankle before releasing her at Yuri, using her much like a boulder in a trebuchet.

Yuri maintained her vision on them as it turns out to be just what she had expected. Seeing as the other girl dealt with the situation with such an approach, she would think that she would now re-access her strength again. A fine use of a simple wind release, just like the one she saw in her childhood days, prevented an impending attack that would had taken a fighter out of the battle. However, her level of sense combined with her sights could not tell which of the 3 weapons were infused with the cutting edge though she could definitely felt the technique being used from her distance. The entire exchange seem just enough to save herself but the armor does not seems to be done with her. She could see an attempt made very close to the ground as the armor seems to be countering the move made against him rather than just defending itself at this point of time. The intersection would be just fine for the girl to get grabbed at her lower leg before Yuri would know what the armor had in mind next as she descends to touch the ground again.

Right after the wind chakra surged through Yozora's weapon, the man would let go of the blade before any serious damage was done. In fact he most likely walked away with but a couple small scratches on the armored gauntlets of his. Immediately after he ducked, avoiding both shurikens as well as her punch and appearing behind her. As Yozora was still mid air, the man managed to easily grab her by her ankle and after spinning around throw her. Though it was happening very fast, while she was being spun her eyes were locked on the armored person. She could feel her right hand not letting go of the blade and for a moment there a thought of using it to break free of his hold flashed in her head. But a moment later she was already flying. With everything spinning her eyes, after loosing the man, focused on the other nearest chakra source. It was the other girl, it looked like Yozora was flung right at her.

As soon as she regained some orientation Yozora would shift her weight and thrust her blade to the ground pretty much using it as a brake. After she slowed down a little she began to descent, touching the ground halfway between the man and the other girl. Yozora focused chakra on her feet much like for the tree climbing technique. The chakra would help her keep her balance as she would slide a few meters raising some dust before stopping. Her eyes now focused on the the man in front of her, as the girl stood not far behind her. Seeing as she was attacked before just like her right now, based on the your enemy's enemy is your ally rule, she made a natural ally to Yozora. And although she knew that not being always true, in this case it made sense seeing as the man was obviously stronger than both of them. Yozora would turn her head shifting her eyes on the girl, nodding and sheathing her katana at the same time, then turning back. With the blade now resting on her back Yozora would attempt to open a dialogue. "Well, if you want to fight us so badly, at least let us know your name - your real name." She grinned. With previously looking into his eyes hidden under the helmet she was fairly sure he was an actual person, a man, not a mysterious being a the deep as he called himself. For a moment Yozora remembered the blue glowing eyes from under a hood, what she saw a couple of times now. Somehow she could relate the word "abyss" to that. She shook the thought away and looked at the person in front of her. If this was an actual attack on Tengakure then ANBU would already be swarming this place. And since it wasn't so, it meant it was worth having a fair fight against the man.

491 (1963) w.