Spar Senba and Hasashi [ P, NK ] [Finished]

Senba was sharpening his sword and kunais when he felt the urge to go out and train. He walked outside noticing how great it felt; it was not too cold or hot. He sat back down putting a few things in his back pack. He didn't plan on staying the night but brought water, flint and his kunai with him just in case. He was about to walk out of the apartment, and as he was walking out he grabbed his katana. He shut and locked the door behind him so no one could get it while he was away. Senba walking down the street toward the training grounds was looking at random shops seeing what they had, but they did not have anything that he wanted. He got about half way there and decided he would take the roof top way there. Senba leaped off the ground and onto a roof; jumping from roof to roof until he got to the training grounds. He picked a spot near the edge of the water and sat down staring at the water trying to convince himself to taijutsu train.

[WC = 188]

The young boy, dressed in black as usual, crouched on a large tree limb. The other tree branches and the leaves allowed him to remain hidden from sight as he silently waited for his prey. The young teen’s eyes stared coldly at the target, the one he wanted to catch. He knew that his target stood no change, that success was assured. He began to slowly move his way across the branch, he was so close. In a moment he would drop down on top of his target, and there would be no escape for them.

As Hasashi was about to drop down onto his prey, a gust of wind passed through the area, and caused Hasashi’s concentration to be temporarily broken. The leaves rustled in the wind, some of the smaller branches began to shake. None of this fazed Hasashi, or broke his concentration. No, what broke was his hair moving out of its place, his bangs falling into his face. The young boy’s focus snapped as he moved frantically to put his hair back in place, silently cursing the wind as he did.

After fixing his hair Hasashi looked back down to where his target had been, only to discover it was gone. His eyes quickly scanned the area for his prey, but it was no where to be seen. The sound of branches breaking and falling to the ground could be heard as Hasashi jumped to the ground, landing nimbly onto his feet. He began to move around, trying to find some tracks.

Where has that rabbit gone? Hasashi had been trying to catch a rabbit, figuring that it would be a good way to train his stealth. It would probably seem weird to someone else, but he thought it was better than stalking a real person, which would be seen as even weirder as well as creepy. Sighing, Hasashi gave up on finding the rabbit. He wondered what he should do as he began walking through the Training area. That was when he saw another boy near some water, sitting down. He wondered what the boy was doing there; he had never seen him before.

It was a curious thing, so Hasashi decided to go talk to him. He slowly made his way over to the boy, though he gave on the appearance of being reluctant to do so, as though he didn’t want to bother this person he had never met before. He would seem shy to the other boy, seeing as that was a key aspect of the persona Hasashi normally wore. In truth he couldn’t care less if he was interrupting something important, and Hasashi wasn’t shy at all.

WC=446

Senba was just sitting there staring at the water watching it change for as the wind blew. He was not doing anything important and did not have a care in the world. Senba, hearing someone walking from behind him, stood up to see who it was. He turned and was ready to fight but presented a calm and cool headed impression. Senba was looking at a young boy dressed in black, and was curious to why he was walking up to him. Until he found out what the boy was up to he took no chances and kept a little distance away from him. Senba thought to himself "What are you doing? There is no reason for you to act defensive for God sakes." He figured better safe than sorry, but he did not want to scare off the boy.

Senba smiled and laughed a little "Where did you come from? What is your name?"

[ CWC = 346 ]

From behind seemingly shy black eyes, a cold and calculating mind began to assess the boy in front of him. He seemed physically fitter than Hasashi, which would give him an advantage if they were to get in a fight for any reason. He was armed another advantage as Hasashi had no weapons on him. If he knew any jutsu, he would have another advantage over the Academy student. Basically, any fight would end terribly for Hasashi. The young Akari knew that he was currently weak, perhaps the training he had received in his youth had actually worked to his detriment, the overworking of his body leaving it weaker instead of stronger. Or maybe the boy in front of him was just in very good shape.

Either way it didn’t matter, the boy did not seem hostile. A shy, nervous smile played across the boy’s lips as the other laughed. The boy asked where he came from, and what his name was.

“Uh… from other there.” He pointed behind himself, moving slowly as though he didn’t know what he was doing. He figured a shy, nervous kid would say something like that. “I was…. Just walking around.” A nervous laugh seemed to escape from his lips, and he scratched the back of his head as he continued talking, “I’m Hasashi, of the Akari clan…. So, who are you? If you don’t mind me asking that is.”

Hasashi wondered if the boy would recognize the clan name. The Akari had been in Konoha since a bit before the hero Naruto Uzumaki fought Pein and the Fourth Shinobi War started. They were not very well known however, and if this boy had heard of the clan it would be because some members of it had ‘mysteriously disappeared’ or were found dead.

TWC: 745

Senba looked over Hasashi carefully and figured he was not a
hostile person. He tossed the thoughts out of his mind, but he did wonder about
the clan he was from. This clan was not as well-known Senba figured but he
could be wrong. Senba did not want to insult him so he left that part alone. He
really did not know about many of the clans, and was not a part of one himself.
Finally he forced some words out of his mouth trying not to seem like a mute

Senba smiled and said "My name is Senba Utuma and it is nice to meet
you."

He placed his backpack against the tree, took off his katana, and leaned it up
against the tree carefully.

Senba asked "Im guessing you came up here for some training? What is your
specialty? Tai, nin, gen?"

Then the thought came across his mind "Then
again he could be a academy student that roamed through, but might as well ask
just in case I am wrong"





[ CWC = 522 ]

The boy removed his katana from his person and set it against the tree, curious. He wondered why the boy had brought it with him, did he plan to fight someone, or was he practicing by himself to become a good swordsman?

Deciding to forget about the sword for the time being, Hasashi pondered on how to answer the question. As far as anyone knew, he was just a kid that excelled in the Academy, who had entered in at a slightly older age than the norm. He hadn’t been entered into it until he was 13, when most kids graduated around 12. If he were to honestly answer the question, he would have to say that he specialize din sneaking up on people and attacking them while hidden, it was an easy way for him to compensate for his currently weak body. But, the Hasashi that everyone in Konoha knew wasn’t sneaky, so he couldn’t tell the boy that was what he was good at.

“I’m alright at throwing weapons I guess… I just got into the Academy about a year ago. I suppose I’m alright at everything, at least for someone as inexperienced as myself.” Hasashi was good with weapons, at least in the sense that he was extremely accurate.

“So, what do you specialize in? Are you a swordsman or something?” he asked the question timidly, pointing towards the sword that was resting against the tree.

TWC: 984

Senba looked over Hasashi and thought he looked a little
older than a normal academy student. If Hasashi did want to train; Senba would
offer his help, but he would have to hold back a lot. He looked at his katana,
in response to the question, and picked it up. Thoughts ran through Senba’s
mind "That is a reasonable question, but I
feel naked when I do not have my katana with me. This is even though I am a
ninjutsu user." He leaned it back against the tree. He wondered
why an academy student would be training here, and not at the academy itself.
He quickly threw that question out of his mind with one word “Privacy.” This is assuming he is here
to train and wants the help.

Senba said "No I do not specialize in weapons. I am a ninjutsu specialist
to be specific i use water."

He looked at the lake and then looked back at Hasashi. He then said "I
carry this around with me to train with at some point. Lately i have been
neglecting it, but I got to strengthen my jutsu first."

Senba then asked "If you are here to train would you like to spar?"
[ CWC = 726 ]

Hasashi watched as the boy picked up his sword, wondering what he was planning on doing with it. He had just put it down. Did he plan on using it, or showing it off? Hasashi waited silently as the boy put it back down and against the tree. How curious. He wondered why the boy did that, though his face of course showed none of his inner thoughts. If Senba was looking at him he would see a look of worry on Hasashi’s face as the boy took the sword into his hands, and relief when he put it back down.

The Academy Student nodded as the boy told him he wasn’t really a weapon user, and in fact preferred Ninjutsu. He had an affinity with water techniques, a fact that Hasashi found interesting. Hasashi was aware that he himself had an affinity with Fire, though he currently didn’t know any techniques. He wondered how many this guy knew, if any.

He quickly found that the guy did at least know some jutsu, stating that he had to strengthen them. This guy is currently out of my league, how pathetic of me. It wasn’t that he thought the boy to be weak, and took it as an insult that he was weaker. It was just that he wished he was strong. I suppose if I were to ever have to face him in a battle, I’d have to sneak up on him.

When the boy asked him if he wanted to spar, Hasashi put on a look of surprise. “Me..? I don’t know… I don’t know any jutsu. You’d probably just beat the crap out of me, even if you didn’t mean to.” A nervous laugh ‘escaped’ his lips, “I guess I will say yes though. Wouldn’t hurt too much right? And maybe I’ll learn a thing or two from you.”

Hasashi wondered how the battle would go. He had a lot of disadvantages, would his brain allow him to work his way around them? He supposed he would find out.

TWC: 1425

Senba looked at Hasashi and saw great potential in him. He
heard the nervous laugh and figured the offer kind of scared him a little.
Senba had enourmous control over himself, and his chakra at this point. He
would NOT hurt Hasashi in any way that would prove fatal or bone breaking.

Senba thought to himself "I wonder if he has discovered what
element he had."

Senba was a curious person but decided not to ask that question. He knew the
academy student did not compare to a genin, but he figured that sparring with a
stronger ninja would do him some good. He did though take into account that
Hasashi was nervous and decided to respond to it. He pondered how he would word
his question and what to say according to the answer that was replied.

Senba stood there and stated "You do not have to. I am not pulling your
leg, but as you said you might learn something. I have control over myself and
my chakra. I can promise you I will NOT do anything that proves fatal or bone
breaking. I do warn you it might hurt just a bit. It is up to you."

Senba looked straight into Hasashi's eyes and said "If you want to spar
then come on." Senba gestured to the academy student to take a jab at him.


[CWC = 956]

(I hope you don’t mind me going into the specifics of the surrounding area, if you have a problem or if anything I state is inconsistent with something stated before, please tell me and I’ll gladly edit my post >.<)

“No, I want to give this a shot.” A worried look remained on Hasashi however. In truth, Hasashi was attempting to form a plan, trying to find some advantage he had over the boy. An idea began to form in his head, however he didn’t know how well it would work. There was only one way to find out however. Taking a deep breath, Hasashi slowly moved towards his opponent.

The tree was not even a meter to his opponents right, the one that had his sword. Hasashi did not plan on taking that, he was just noting its position. The river was not far behind his opponent, who was now facing Hasashi. Grass and dirt moved as Hasashi slowly walked, seeming timid, towards his opponent. His foot bumped against a small pebble, moving it slightly to the left. It didn’t move far however. Hasashi looked down as he bumped it, seeming surprised for a split second. In truth he was keeping track of its exact location, it might prove important later.

Once he got within a meter of Senba, he hesitated a moment, almost looking like he was about to chicken out of the spar. “Alright…le…let’s do this.”

He then slowly lifted his left hand up, cocking it back as he was a bout to punch. Before he let his left arm fly forward however, he took a step towards Senba. He tried to do it as quickly as possible, and sent his right foot towards Senba’s shin, hoping to hit it with his foot as he stepped forward. If that hit connected, Hasashi’s left hand would then fly towards Senba’s face, him being off balance form having his left leg kicked out from under him. Hasashi hoped that his switching from moving slow to fast would catch the Genin off guard, though he suspected that the Genin was fast enough that he would still be able to counter attack effortlessly.

TWC: 1747