Getting back into the swing of things [P,NK]

Takeo made his way through the streets. The white haired man had been doing this quite a lot recently. A result of his constant patrolling and strolling through the village was that he now had a clear map of the village stored in his mind. Every street, alleyway and building was mapped out in his mind. This actually benefited him greatly as he no longer got lost when he was out and about. The boy's attire was as ever casual. Clad in a pair of black jeans and a loose fitting white top he didn't look exactly ready for anything. Though as ever he wore the black glove on his left hand and the brown boots that he favoured over all of his other footwear, and of course the mask that he had been using since forever was wrapped around his neck acting like a scarf of sorts. Still wrapped around the right half of his head were bandages, a side effect from the recent swapping of eyes.

A slow walking pace was set by Takeo, his aim being one of the larger skyscrapers that dominated the skyline. Said skyscraper was one of few that were used by the various shinobi of Tengakure for training purposes. The reason for the seventeen year old heading there was rather obvious, he wished to train. It had been a long time since the boy had done any sort of training session. One of the reasons for that was the various events that had prevented it. A second reason was that the man had been working on a side project. Well it was more of a main project because it was the only project he was actually doing. However it was something he was doing on the side, so it was a side project...technically.

The project in question was the creation of something. Having been delayed on working on creating it for such a long time Takeo had begun to work on it almost as soon as he had gotten back from the Rain country. The creation of a body was a surprisingly hard thing to do, so Takeo had had to divert a lot of his time and attention to it. The only reason that the boy was even heading up the stairs to the top of the training tower right now was because he had felt the need to exercise.

After a short walk up the stairs and then changing his mind to taking an elevator ride to the top floor the boy exited out onto the rooftop. It was quite a refreshing change, with wind that ran through his hair was refreshing albeit rather chilly. Of course the rooftop was empty, the more sane shinobi preferring to be inside the tower to keep warm. Shame, he had been hoping that he would be able to have a spar with someone in order to get back into the swing of things, and also be able to test out his newly unlocked Sharingan. It seemed it was not to be however, so the boy settled with just enjoying the view.

Xyxer sat on a park bench in a small park that was situated within the village of Tengakure No Sato, the village known for it's skyscrapers.. Thinking of which, he had not seen any buildings quite as tall as this even in Kirigakure.. That sure was a shame. The buildings seemed as if they would be useful if one wished to throw somebody off from one, I mean, if you throw them off they're hardly going to stand back up right after the fall. Thinking about that led him to remember the time he was killed, Shinji had been thrown out of the window, and yet he was still alive.. Wondering how that had worked out, Xyxer rubbed his chin for a few seconds but he continued to watch the ducks idle about in the pond. There was one particular duck that didn't seem to fit in with the rest of them.. This one seemed to have some form of birth defect where it's feathers were white as opposed to the yellow.. On second thoughts, it could have been contaminated due to the cities heavy use of industrial shit. He felt slightly bad for the duck, a pang of guilt thundering in his heart for what teh village had done for it. Perhaps he was like that duck.. Merely tainted because of the environment it was forced to live in and the conditions it was set under.. Maybe everyone was a bit like that duck. Smiling at the small tranquility and philosophy he had just offered himself, he stood up from the park bench and walked calmly towards the lake, kneeling at the side of the body of the water as the ducks started to emerge at the side of him. Sending his hand in one swooping motion along them all, bubbles of water formed over their heads magically and they slowly lost all of their oxygen, their tiny little lungs soon filling with the water that would soon end their lives due to the lack of respiration that they could perform, their organs soon shutting off wit the ducks dying a rather painful death, all except for the tainted one. Slowly, Xyxer moved his hand to the tainted duck that did not move out of fear of the male, so he grasped it softly around it's body and pulled it towards himself, stroking it's head all the way. After a few seconds of stroking it's head he grasped it's head in between two fingers, his forefigner and thumb, so not really two fingers, more like a forefinger and thumb but you get the drift you smarty pants you. Twisting his forefinger and thumb, the birds neck also twisted but it did not yet give way to the man's stregth. He then pulled on the birds neck and moved it down at an angle, sending it into such an awkward position that the bird's neck snapped, the spine broken with the bird now effectively dying within a short amount of time due to the lack of air the body was getting  and the lack of signals that were able to be transmitted. Throwing the dead carcuss into the river as well as the others, he stood back up and smiled to himself. Perhaps everyone should just be more duck. So he skipped to the towers, using faceless on his way there to make himself a female, his facial features turning much more feminine with his hair growing out to be shoulder length and auburn, his eyes seemingly pink. He stood on top of the roofs.

It was quite chilly up on top of the skyscraper. If not for the fact that the sun was gracing Takeo with it's warmth he probably would have gone inside by now. Instead he sat upon on rooftop thinking some things over. He did take note of another being coming towards his position. He knew whom this person was of course, for he had been tracking them for quite awhile. He had caught 'sight' of the familiar chakra signature some time ago, and when it had changed he had been quite intrigued. What intrigued the boy more was that the chakra signature seemed to be coming in this direction. It took Takeo some effort to keep track of the changed signature as it made it's way through the village towards his location, though he did manage to keep up with it. By the time the boy turned girl had arrived at the base of the tower Takeo had grown bored with waiting and was now laying on his back.

As the person closed in on the rooftop Takeo moved into a sitting position, relocating himself to be sitting on the ledge of the rooftop itself. It was quite a precarious place to be seated, but Takeo had a rather perfect sense of balance as of late. It was said balance that allowed the white haired Chuunin to sit legs dangling over the edge while leaning forward to stare downwards. The boy turned girl arrived on the rooftops after skipping merrily all the way there. Despite seeing the girl that was once a boy from where he was located he decided perhaps he should see the person with his actual eyes, or eye. Takeo turned around and looked towards the female figure that had arrived with his uncovered eye, examining her rather quickly. He took note of the rather strange colour of her eyes and pondered what was the cause of that. Perhaps it was some sort of contact lens? Or maybe it was a doujutsu of some sort. If this were the 'real' world then Takeo would assume the former. However since this was the world of Naruto it was obvious to assume the latter.

Of course he did not need to assume such things, he was perfectly aware of whom this person was. He was only entertaining himself by acting as if he had no idea that this was in fact Xyxer Gyojin the third. Why he did this he was not sure, perhaps it was because he was bored and had resorted to desperate attempts to amuse himself. That seemed like the most likely reason that he decided to act like he had no idea who this strange person who was now definitely not Xyxer Gyojin disguised as a female. He did note that the female appearance he had adopted did look far more manly than his male appearance. It was at that point in time he remembered that it was polite to greet people. While he did not feel in the mood to be nice to this strange former Kiri-nin turned drag queen he did not want to seem rude. "Hello there." Yes, that was a good start. He had never dealt with a drag queen before, so this would be a new experience for the boy. Hopefully this would not turn out badly at all.

As soon as Xyxer stepped onto the roofs, he noticed a rather queer fellow sitting there, all alone. Did this boy not have friends? Looking at the figure that was Takeo, he soon understood why the bloke was alone. It was a poor thing, being cursed with devishly good looks.. By devishly, we're talking about how Takeo seemed to have horns trapped under his bulging forehead, how his teeth represented a goats, the shaggy hair that was atop his head, his feet that resembled hooves.. You get the picture, and unfortunately, so did Xyxer. Standing there, with his mouth agape for a few seconds as he searched for breath to replace the exhaustion seeing the horrific manifestation of reality, he swallowed air. It could make it look like she was shocked by somebody else being on the roof, but really, we all know the truth.

Xyxer forced himself to take a second glance at the boy and he remembered it was the one that dismembered a toddler or something. He laughed mentally, Tengakure was such a funny place; even their own soldiers were killing off their weak. He'd have to make a note to visit the morgue. He heard some form of moan, most likely coming from a mentally handicapped patient. Xyxer turned his head around scouring the rooftop for someone with downs syndrome before he noticed only Takeo was there, so he moved his hand in a small wave towards the male. Oh god he was trapped. "H-hey!" Oh no, what was Xyxer going to do? He was about to be cornered by someone that seemed to have difficulties with vision and training! He started walking towards the male slowly, extending his hand outwards in what would appear a normal hand shake. However, Xyxer of course was plotting to use the hand to throw the male off from the skyscraper and into the dangerous ground; Xyxer had taken note that falling from a great distance could greatly hinder ones ability to live. He also wished to test his theory out, and he was glad that Takeo had so willingly accepted to be his patient. But he was of course going to shake his hand, so maybe he should just do that instead.

The shemale was making her/his(?) way over towards him. Damn, perhaps he should have just ignored it before it had arrived. Said she-man was now making it's way towards him, arm extended outwards. Though while he was slightly worried about the consequences of shaking his hand with the disease ridden being that was Xyxer Gyojin disguised as a women there was something else that caught his eye. A ring was on the women's finger. It was quite a unique looking ring actually, shaped to what appeared to be a shark. Quite striking looking, if not a bit creepy. He half expected the female who was definitely not Xyxer to have shark like teeth, it just seemed like the kind of thing to go with the ring. Of course Takeo was not one to be rude and reluctantly took the girl's hand in his own and shook it. 

It was when he got a closer look at the female that he was reminded of someone. It was quite hard to forget the person he was thinking of. Fond memories filled Takeo's mind, the bubbly personality that was Misha was someone he fondly remembered. Though a bit annoying at times it was always a joy to be around the person. Of course he had not seen her in such a long time, as she had left the village a long time ago to pursue a career as a teacher of language. Though the only resemblance that Takeo noticed was in fact the pink hair, as from the brief moment the person had spoken her personality did not seem to be that outgoing. Instead it seemed that the person was a shy one. This left Takeo with a problem, how did he continue the conversation? Perhaps he should just go with some basic small talk for now. Hopefully she would not freak out and try to throw him off the roof. That would be quite troublesome really, as at a glance Takeo could tell he was stronger than the female. Of course he was simply imagining such a weird scenario in which she would try, it would be unlikely to happen after all. "I don't believe we have met before. I'm Takeo."

The female removed her hand from the males in front of her, noting a newly-printed 'blemish' on the male's wrist, where her finger had grazed. It was very small, so he doubted that he would notice it, but it was always fun to use seals. He then looked up from the wrist to Takeo's eyes, bewildered for a moment as if he was surprised that the conversation was continuing before he talked once more, "I'm Kyusake. Nice.. to meet you?" He took a step back from the male, the idea of throwing him off was now gone as the contact had failed. He could however, dropkick him off.. That would be a novel idea, but it was one that would not come to pass as he did not quite enjoy the idea of his dying moment being him flying off a roof in a failed dropkick. "What are you up here for, Takeo?"

"Nice to meet you also." Takeo said, standing up and moving away from the edge of the rooftop. Stretching his arms in the air he listened to the question from the girl that was not Xyxer. He took a moment to think before replying. "I was enjoying the view. Though I did originally come here to train, I gave up on that after a few minutes." He rubbed his hands together for a moment in an attempt to warm them up. Though this was somewhat difficult given that one of his hands was gloved. Giving up on that he just took to sticking his hands into his trouser pockets instead. "I assume you came here to train also." A reasonable deduction, as this was a training tower.

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Watching his adversary play the role of Sherlock Holmes, Xyxer could not grin nor laugh as he wanted to, it was merely too confusing to see someone rub their hands together with one gloved hand.. Attempting to imagine the feeling it must have gave off, he merely smirked before he looked back up to Takeo, nodding his head, "Yeah! Let's train!"

Takeo blinked, he hadn't expected the girl to ask him to train. Taking a moment to think it over he just shrugged, "Sure why not?" Guessing that the girl wished to spar or something like that he looked her over for a second. She didn't look all that strong, though he had learnt not to underestimate people. He took a few steps backwards, putting a distance of five meters or so between them. Of course he walked back away from the edge, he was not so foolish as to walk off the skyscraper. A moment passed where he debated on if he should go all out, armour, Redan, all that stuff. He decided that he would wait for a bit, to see if he actually needed to use that stuff. For now he would wait to see how this person wished to proceed.

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Seeing the boy step back and accept his offer, he sized him up with his eyes for a second, measuring the distance as well as the boy's mass. He was pretty thin.. That was one thing to take into mind. He would have to be careful in this fight, he was not as strong as he used to be and as such he could not take too many risks in order to enjoy himself.. He'd have to make sure he was triyng his best, he couldn't be humiliated, after all. Sending his hand into his ninja pouch, he pulled out a single kunai and began his novelty attack with a simple dash towards his opponent and a diagonal slash from his right shoulder to his left hip.