Work up a sweat

Lea would watch Anko from the twenty feet. 'He must have held back a lot last time..' Lea thought seeing how easily he smashed the wood. He stood still for a second or two, thinking over his next move. 'No chance he'll fall for the slide by technique again. Think!.. Step one, get close.' Lea started walking towards Anko taking a few steps slowly then dashing. 'Step two, engage.' Lea would leap the last two feet about rib height to Anko. He'd try to tackle Anko, that was something he didn't try last time.

"What're you doing?" Anko thought as he could see Leander leaping towards him. Once again, he would perform the Substiution technique, replacing himself with a block of wood as he would reappear five feet behind Leander. "What were you thinking?" Anko would ask, "That sort of tactic would get you killed in any case." Anko had to be tough on the boy, for the Uchiha assumed he was getting too focused on hitting him. He'd keep himself distant from the boy once more, now making the distance between them twenty-five feet. "Do not leap, run!" Anko instructed. Leander should realize now that, as a Genin, making yourself airborne is the most vulnerable tactic there is. If the opposition sends you airborne, you have to think fast. If you leap towards your opponent, you have to be confident that you'll hit him/her. This is something Leander should realize by now.

Leander had been hoping his opponent would substitute and not body flicker. He gabbed onto the block of wood and while Anko was still just four feet away he would throw it at him as hard as he could. Lea would run behind the wood as quickly as he could, trying to hide behind it. If he could successfully hide behind it he would dash at Anko, trying to punch him in the gut.

It was time for the Uchiha to use some of his high-classed, martial art skills. Body Flickering to avoid th incoming block of wood, Anko would reappear four feet behind Leander, immediately performing a chop to his enemy's back with his wild speed. All of his strength would be put into the chop as the Uchiha would be working a lot harder than last time. It was actually time to hit Leander for once; to put some sense into him. With their speed differential, it'd be highly unlikely for Leander to evade this assault. Albeit, Anko would await a response.

Leander would be chopped in the back faster than his eyes could follow. 'I thought I'd get him with that one for sure' He'd tumbled forward into the sand from the force of the impact. Anko seemed to be on a totally new level. 'Maybe I won't hit him..' Lea began to doubt. He picked himself up out of the sand. He watched Anko with a little more fearful respect now, starting to understand just how much he held back before. 'Don't panic.' He told himself while trying to think of his next move. He was standing about ten feet away from Anko. 'No weapons, limited jutsu and my taijutsu isn't fast enough to match his. What do I DO?!' Lea was racking his brain for a solution, there must be something he could think of. Trying again, a little more cautiously and ready to substitute if needed, Lea would run at Anko. As he got closer he would try using Leaf Whirlwind, launching a flurry of high kicks and low kicks at Anko.

Again, Anko could see likely events from his last spar to this one; this kick, specifically. Watching Leander rush at him again, seeing him unleash a high kick, with his swift speed, Anko would counter. Anko would quickly use his left arm as a swatter to try and connect with Leander's leg, implementing all his strength and speed. Seeing as his last assault had connected with less speed and strength, it'd be more likely than the last for this hit to connect. If this attack were to be successful, Anko's strength would hopefully redirect the boy out of his danger zone. If there was one thing Anko was impressed about, it would be the fact that Leander is very confusing. The Uchiha had analyzed him before; watching him make feints, then solid strikes, then feints again, then two solid strikes in a row. In other words, with this shinobi, there were no patterns. Additionally, this boy had already proved himself well before Anko's eyes last time, and so nothing here would change the Uchiha's mind. It was obvious that Leander was just trying to give himself more opportunity, and Anko enjoyed it. However, he'd have to watch how much space he would place before himself and the boy, seeing as this mistake nearly cost him a direct hit during the last time they sparred. In accordance to these thoughts, if his attack were to connect, he would also back away at least fifteen feet, granting him some seconds to act solidly once more.

Lea was swatted away again, being pushed to his right, Anko's left. Lea landed and at once spun, trying to roundhouse kick Anko's legs but Anko had already started to back away, causing Lea's kick to miss. Lea followed through with the kick, spinning around until his foot hit the ground again and used this spin as a sort of spring board to launch him into a run at Anko as he backed away, closing the fifteen feet to three feet. He would then Body Flicker behind Anko and try to roundhouse kick his legs again, going for the back of the knee, trying to drop Anko. He was putting his all into this move, moving as fast as he could and as strong as he could and also using up probably the last bit of chakra he could spare without resting for a while. He knew now if he didn't give it his all, his absolute everything, there was no way he'd land a hit.

Anko would watch as his hit connect, now seeing the boy more distantly as he seemed to be running again. Such agility this boy had. Seeing him disappear, however, would be when Anko would notice probably the best tactic Leander had performed before him. Unfortunately, Anko wouldn't let this slide and so as he would notice the boy disappear, he would Body Flicker, reappearing ten feet away from his original location. With their difference in speed, it was inevitable that Leander couldn't counter a technique such as this when dealing with the Uchiha. Anko reappear ten feet behind the boy, commenting on his actions. "You surely have improved." Anko would comment, "You treated an all-out attack like nothing and performed fantastic performances with that great speed of yours. Good job!" With this, as long as Leander couldn't counter his Body Flicker, everything would run smoothly, and the spar would end.

Leander would pant, looking almost in disbelief that he didn't catch Anko with that last attack. He hadn't even known where Anko had gone until he heard him speak from behind him. 
"I'll keep improving, I promise." Leander would declare boldly, slightly frustrated he couldn't catch his teacher. 'Next time' he told himself. 'Or the time after that, or the time after that.' He would smile at this thought. 
"Thanks for the fun spar." He would call out to Anko sincerely. Lea wouldn't wait for Anko's response before leaving though. He knew if there was anything Anko needed to say he could say it when he saw him later. He was tired and childishly irritated at himself so he left, returning to his home to sleep.

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Having completed the spar, Anko could notice some frustration from the boy before him. Although he'd normally speak to someone in this condition, Anko chose not to. Anko thought it'd be best to have Leander learn the feelings of defeat, and how losing (along with the fear of losing) allows you to see your weaknesses, only to become better the next day. "You will. You definitely will." Anko thought in his head, smiling on the outside. He would then hear Leander thank him for this spar. "You're welcome." Anko would say in response to his sincerity. Noticing the boy leave after, however, Anko figured the Kaguya would only leave to become better, revisiting him on another date. "I will always try my hardest on you, Leander. One day you will become strong. Really strong." Thinking about this, Anko would also leave through another path, now having to reach a meeting that was declared just a few hours ago. It seemed to involve three Genin, and the Kage wished for him to lead them. He wondered what this would lead to, and so he would let these be his thoughts as he would proceed out of the Training Grounds. Man, did he ever have a lot of work to do.

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[TWC: 1009 words= 10 JP and 5 stats for Speed]