Meeting with the Tenkage [PRIVATE, IO]

So it was that Kurogane stood there and watched as Shinji blurred away, thanks to the help of his new Byakugan he would see the blur of chakra move. Although what he was to do about this was the issue at hand and he knew that Shinji was indeed faster than him and stronger, but that would not stop this young genius from prevailing. At the moment his finger would poke the back of Kurogane's head, the flames would be on their 4th rotation, meaning they were mere feet from hitting Shinji which was an unexpected factor. With a quick thought, the remaining two flame wisps would explode and send fire in their intended radius of 3 meters. This meaning the young boy would be hit with his own fire. Although this was the intended result he would smile as the flames touched his back and with the help of his chakra, he would form the flames into a pair of crimson wings.

Providing that Shinji dodged the fire he would jump into the air, ten meters to be exact as he began to look around the area for Shinji. With the help of his new Byakugan he would remove the bandages quickly and smiled as he could finally see the light in the darkness. For now the young genius would hover in the air planning and waiting for Shinji's next move.

It was indeed lucky that Shinji was prepared to continue moving after his poke. However, it would seem that Kurogane was rather clever, because as Shinji was in the process of dashing away he felt a warm heat on his back. Not paying the heat any mind he continued onward. The bulk of the heat had been concentrated on Shinji's back. Luckily he was wearing his Maelstrom armor that protected from the brunt of the attack. Though the awful smell of burnt hair filled the air like some foul toxin-the back of Shinji's stylish hairdo was slightly charred. Shinji's kage robes would also no longer have a back to them as it had been completely burned out. Thus, as he put distance between him and Kuro, the now useless sleeves slid off harmlessly to the ground. Now, Shinji would only be garbed in his Maelstrom armor and lightweight jounin pants. After putting fiver meters between him and Kuro's prior position on the ground, Shinji would turn on a dime and quickly spy Kuro who would have just reached the apex of his flight.

Naturally, were this a life or death fight, Shinji would not hesitate to blow Kurogane right out of the sky, but as it were he did not want to do that much harm to the boy. He even half considered assailing boy with a hail of kunai, but thought better of it as he doubted he could hold back his strength enough to avoid serious injury were one to hit. Instead upon turning around to face Kuro Shinji began forming the needed hand seals for the shadow clone jutsu at blinding speeds. Upon completion one clone would form on either side of Shinji. These clones would both swiftly raise their right hands and fire a single chakra chain from their palms at the now flying Kurogane. Though the chains would not be fired at their maximum speed as Shinji did not wish to catch the boy unawares (Speed of 40). The clone to the left of Shinji would aim its chain right for Kuro's chest while the clone to the right of Shinji would launch it's chain at a point right between kuro's legs such that were Kuro not to move from where he hovered it would go right between his legs at knee level. The real Shinji would, meanwhile, simply observe what Kuro would do and how he would react. Sure he could have flooded the rooms with clones and filled the room with chains, but what fun is that? Naturally Shinji was ready to blur off at a moments notice.

As the smell of burnt cotton and fabric filled the small area, Kurogane felt a little good since he finally landed a hit on Shinji although it was just his clothing. With this new feeling he would look at Shinji and notice the armor and his eyes instantly lit up. He was hoping that was some form of invention that he could hopefully tinker with or see later on after their spar, which made him want to finish this spar quickly so he could. That was the tragic flaw of Kurogane, but luckily this was a friendly spar so he could actually do that. As his wings continued to beat, small drafts of heat would slowly spread through the room, increasing the temperature although this would not bother neither one of them too much.

The real test came when he would see two..no three shinji's on the ground although through his Byakugan he could see their flow of chakra to determine which was real one. Thinking to himself he would look carefully as.. holy shit those were chains coming at him, although he took a deep breathe he would study the trajectory of the chains and nod. As the chains came at him, he would move at the same speed as the chains (40), performing an aerial back flip. Moving between the chains, he would bob and weave carefully as to not touch them, and if all went as planned he would quickly perform two quick sets of hand signs. One of which was the clone technique, a basic academy jutsu and the phoenix fire jutsu. Thanks to Kurogane's wings however, he would pull of a three pronged attack, making it look like the clones were shooting flames out of the wings, when the five small fire balls would fly at each of the clones at 30 speed. 

If all went as planned, the clones would dissipate and Kurogane would land in front of Shinji with a smile," what is this...is this armor? wait wait..what is this made of and how did you get it," knocking on the armor slowly if he wasn't stopped. Well it seems that Kurogane was through with the spar and now wanted to know more about this mysterious thing of Shinji's.

The real Shinji watched with a deft gaze as Kuro executed a interesting acrobatic feat and thereby avoiding the chains. For a second the chains that narrowly missed Kuro jerked to life and made their way towards the boy, but were stopped short by a thought from Shinji. He wanted to see what the boy would do, so the chains ceased their movement towards the boy and left him to finish his back flip. Then two clones of Kuro appeared next to him. Luckily Shinji's sharingan was able to see through the clone jutsu as it was not a shadow clone. Thus, the fake fireballs would easily be seen through. However, it would seem that there were a few real fireballs in the bunch that the real Kuro must have sent down. Luckily due to the tracking ability of his sharingan Shinji noticed that the fireballs were headed right for the two clones.

Instead of taking evasive action Shinji merely stood there like a bad ass as his clones poofed away in a flurry of fire while Shinji braved the slight heat wave. In instant or so Kuro landed in front of Shinji. Now, for a second the Tenkage thought the kid wanted to have a quick little taijutsu bout, but his hopes were dashed when the boy spoke up. It would seem the spar was over. Naturally Shinji would allow the boy to knock on the armor before he spoke up in a cool voice, "This thing? It is indeed armor and I made it with resources from Tengakure's extensive research and development team. The armor itself is made form the same metal used to create the tallest skyscrapers here in the village. I get carried away with myself and tend towards creating things in my spare time." Ever since his chuunin days Shinji had been a tinkering enthusiast. With the resources available to a kage he had been able to go crazy and invent to his hearts content. In fact, there were whole buildings devoted to research and development all of over Tengakure. Many of them looked like any other building, but the insides were state of the art labs and workshops. Technological prowess was a a high priority for Shinji.

Kurogane's eyes would light up as Shinji mentioned the village having a research and development team," what do i need to do to join this team Shinji, that is exactly right up my alley and i will go through any training possible to get there," running over he would go and get his board which was leaning on a nearby wall and ran back to Shinji. Smiling he would hold the board up and explain what it did," this is a machine of my own creation that utilizes an unique chakra matrix in tandem with numerous other parts to make it fly. Now the trick to get it started is by applying chakra to these two parts where your feet go, which is done by using the surface walking technique," demonstrating by showing him how it is done. Within seconds he would be floating in front of Shinji on the board.

Landing with a smile he would look to the armor and smile," I could make you a custom one if you would like, but i would like to see the blueprints of your armor. I want to see what process you went with to make such an intricate piece of technology. After all geniuses have to stick together to make the world better," smiling as he sat the board to his right. He wanted to put his talents to good use, seeing as his creation abilities could very well help protect the village.

A warm smile spread across Shinji's face as the Kurogane expressed an interest in working with the research and development teams. At first Shinji was a bit skeptical of the boy's qualifications. However, the demonstration of the flight board was indeed interesting. Unfortunately it seemed a bit bulky, but that could always be changed. At the thought of being able to fly Shinji's mind sparked with an idea of refining Kuro's model and making boots or shoes that allowed for flight...then the only problem became stable flight. As Shinji's mind began to wander Kuro finished, which snapped the Tenkage from his thoughts and back into polite conversation.

Taking on a more serious tone Shinji's warm smile disappeared as he began to speak, "Well, the only requirement is that you have a clever mind, which you seem to have, so I see no problem with you joining the ranks of research and development. As for the blueprints? You will have access to them and more....Unfortunately many of the creations of the research team are now geared towards weaponizing the village and protecting it, which are important, but there is so much more than just war and battle...." Shinji trailed off a bit. His mind was once again captured by the idea of creating a flying apparatus that could be used by the common shinobi in day to day life, but also be used for battle.

After hearing that Shinji had no problems with him joining the Research team, his heart literally almost skipped a beat. It was not everyday that a sixteen year old could work with some of the smartest minds in Tengakure under the Kage himself. Smiling he would nod as was also able to see the blueprints to the armor, which would give him a chance to make some new additions to it on top of maybe giving it flight capabilities. He did not mind making weapons and the like if it meant protecting this place," that will not be a problem Shinji, in fact i was thinking of a way to mix my chakra matrix with your armor to give it flight capabilities and a way to give a ninja an edge in battle. It was one of the reasons i wanted to see the blueprints and also because this armor looks bad ass," smiling as he looked around, trying to keep his excitement contained.

He agreed with Shinji's outlook on technology and what it could be used for. As a light came on in his head," actually i have an idea on village defenses. You see, i was thinking of making a larger version of the chakra matrix that sync's with smaller ones located on our ninja. Now what this would do is attune their chakra to the mother matrix and allow us to monitor intruders. Now if one was stolen and used to gain entrance we would know because of the difference in chakra, sort of like a lie detector of sorts," it was a flawed idea but it could have been perfected and made into something better.

Shinji cracked a half smile: the kid was enthusiastic-he had that going for him. In Shinji's book enthusiasm was everything. it was the doorway to most anything. With skill and drive one can accomplish most anything, which may be an odd sentiment from a lazy kage, but deep down he was truly a hard worker. Listening to the last of what Kurogane had to say Shinji took his turn to speak, "Well, I will tell you what...You draw up the blueprints, give me a cost estimate and we will go from there. Now, is there anything else you need or want to know in regards to the research and development team?" Shinji hoped Kurogane would stick with the research and development team. As of late they were in sore need of recruits and any fresh blood and new minds made all the difference.

Without a moments notice he would smile and jump up once,"alright Shinji i am on it, i should have the blueprints in a matter of days and the cost estimate will be at least 50,000 for the main chakra matrix and for the other components it will be maybe around 30,000 for the full cost of materials. Other than that it will work without a test run, however i would like to keep this project between me you and the research department. The less people to know about such a monumental piece of technology the better," nudging him in a joking manner.

When he was asked did he have any further questions about the team itself he would smile and nod," my only question is when can i start and where do i sign up," oh yea he was ready for this and he was willing to give his time to work on protecting the village. The last sign of an attack, he was pondering over what to do for village defenses but now he had his plan and he was going to put it in motion.

Shinji internally balked at the figures Kurogane causally listed. Naturally his outer facade did not falter once as he simply nodded and heard the genin out. At the boy's nudge Shinji flashed an almost mischievous smile, which quickly left his face as he finished listening to Kurogane. Luckily the boy's question was an easy one, which Shinji would promptly answer after the genin finished speaking, "I will sign you up and you start right about..." Shinji reached down to his waist and pulled up the ticking chakra resonator to look at the time and continued, "...Now. As for signing up I will handle all that. I will have one of my aides send out security passcards and a newly updated ID. With that ID you will be able to get into most any research and development project or area-you will also be provided with the location of various labs across Tengakure. Otherwise I suppose that is about it. You are free to go whenever you want to." With that Shinji's posture relaxed and he straightened his headband up. He also deactivated his sharingan eye. In the back of his mind Shinji recalled that he had a meeting in a bit...how sad.