preparation

Kira stepped slowly into the indoor training area that she used so often with her students. Could she really call them students at this point? Perhaps, she thought. One had tried to kill her, one wasn't really a student of hers at all and the other...She took simple pleasure in the fact that he was at least loyal, so loyal in fact that he trusted her with a jutsu that could easilly have caused his death. Kiru would be the ninja she trusted most in this village out side of her team. She knew when it came down to it she could count on him to do what she said, most likely even if the effect would end incredibly badly for him. She prepared to fight, deciding it best to work on some new techniques and prepare her body for the inevitable dangers that her trip to Amekagure would hold. Taking a deep breath she set up in her stance, her legs spread just a little past shoulder width apart left leg forward in an almost L formation. She signed the jutsu for shadow clones, A single seal that involved bringing her two hands together with pointer finger and middle finger out stretched into a cross shape, and as she did she felt her chakra pulse and in front of her around two meters away another clone was created. "Alright me....Let's get this started. "

The two girl's ran at one another, knowing too well what the plan was. They were after all the same person. She would train hard in Taijutsu, as the close quarters fighting would aid her in battle more then anything thanks to the power of her shadow jutsu and their devastating efficiency in close quarters combat. As they got within reach Kira spun on her left leg to throw a kick at her opponent aimed at the other girl's head with her full speed, her body hopping as the dominance in her right side shifted to plant her left leg and her forward momentum added to the speed and power of her kick. It was met unsurprisingly by her clone who planted both legs firmly onto the ground, torquing her body to the right with both arms up and exteneded, forarms pointed up in an L shape directly beside each other. The block was strong and even the power of kira's kick did little to it but cause a light bruise she would inevitably feel later. As the strike hit the clone turned her body, pushing Kira's leg back as her arms moved to meet the attack and push through. Kira was shifted backwards into a natural stance as her leg was not only blocked but deflected and she met attack for attack, her left leg shooting up to pull back and thrust out into a side kick, her foot bent so that the blade of her foot would strike the other girl in the side just above her bottom most rib.

Kira smiled feeling the adrenaline pump through her body, wakening her senses and filling her with an excitement she found not only therapeutic but almost intoxicating. Her body spun completely back around to shift her lead foot from left to right thanks to the momentum offered by her opponents block and as she turned she pushed her arms downward, catching the kick the moment her head turned back over her shoulder to be able to keep sight on the other girl and pushing the strike downward to try and throw her off balance and difuse the momentum of the strike. With that done she thrust her body forward hopping up to fake a kick with her left leg before throwing a standard front kick with her right, her feet shifting from right lead to left lead in a moment before she lunged forward to allow her grounded stance to propel her forward. THe clone smiled, expecting this to throw her opponent off. Turning her body around as the real kira had she flared out her right leg low into a hook kick, her attack catching the other girl's front kick and the momentum of her body allowing her to pin the strike between her thigh and calf to pull the girl forward and knock her off balance, her lead feet switching in a small hop to accomondate the shift in momentum perfectly.

Much to Kira's surprise the two strikes colided, her opponents putting momentum the oposite direction of her first strike to disrupt the attack and as her leg clamped down the end of the clone kira's turning caused her to be pulled forward and into her opponents strike. The clone threw a quick jab with her left hand towards the center of the real kira's chest, and after that two more strikes, one hooking around towards her face with the right and one thrown lower, her body dipping downward as she bent at the knee to accomondate, and throwing a strait shot into the girl's gut. Each strike hit quickly feeling like a coiled viper striking her body and throwing her into the next attack. Her body fell to the left as the attack hit slightly off center from where it was aimed due to her being thrown forward and to the left, and the next strike only reinforced that movement snapping her head to the side painfully and sending her on a colision path with the ground that was stopped by a powerful attack to her gut. She fell strait to her knees coughing profusely. The attack had more then winded her. It was good, she thought to herself. Kira felt like her head wasn't in the fight really, almost like she was lost in throught just letting herself go into autopilot as she sparred the shadow clone. The Kira clone gave her a moment to catch her breath before offering her a hand up which she gladly took. She was pulled back to her feet and as she set up her stance for a second round the clone hopped back about a meter and a half to set up in her stance again.

A cruel smile slid across the real kira's lips. She had yet to use this attack, or at least hadn't used it it quite a while. her right leg pointed outward to touch the tip of her foot against the ground before turning her body from front facing to side facing, her toe dragging across the floor to draw a half circle across the stone floor to set up her signature stance. As her body hit the half point for the circle her two legs locked together, foot meeting foot though her right was faced completely backwards. The two feet were perfectly rested against one another with her knees bent only slightly and with that done she put her left hand outward, her elbow ending low and forearm bending up at a deep slant similar to the hand placement of the great taijutsu ninja Rock lee with her palm outward so that the back of her hand was paralell with the ground. She didn't expect to gain the element of surprise. The clone knew exactly what she did, and as such knew the set up for her hyper dance style, however the speed at which she performed attacks in this stance would prove impossible to parry, she hoped. She waited for the clone to make it's move, watching it's eyes for any sign that it was on it's way towards her.

The clone stood watching for several seconds, a slight worry filling her mind. The hyper dance style was an obnoxious thing to deal with especially if started as a counter, however as time passed slowly she realized that being on the defensive would not be a viable option as the real kira simply stood waiting. "SHit..." she said rushing foward. She needed to break the girl's momentum, she thought to herself. That would be vital in stopping the hyper dance from over taking her and gaining back the neutral ground of the fight evening them out at one hit to one hit. When she was in range she jumped to throw a flying front kick aimed at the top of the real kira's shoulder. This was her first mistake and as she left the ground she realized it. Kira allowed the smile to widen. When the clone was in range she spun her body, releasing the awkward backward foot stance and meeting her opponents strike in the same fashion that had gotten her struck in the last exchange. Her leg shot out in a hook kick that due to the raised elevation of her opponents attack her foot went well over her head as it linked with the opposing atack, catching the clone kira's leg in between her own thigh and calf and pulling her swiftly forward. THe next instance would be a blur to the girl's mind. Strikes would fly from kira's body in quick sucession at her full speed and power. The first attack struck the girl in the stromach just below the tip of her breast bone, winding her easilly, though it wouldn't matter with the flurry that followed. She was hit more times then she could count, her reaction speed of two hundred and eighty only making matters worse as she was helpless in the air watching the attacks pummel her. Two to the chest one left one right, four attacks that peppered her stomach in an alternating left right patern with the opposite arm striking each side, and six quick jabs direct center of her body right in the stomach brought the clone to the edge of it's pain threshold before an uppercut with enough power to easilly shatter her jaw and leave her passed out on the ground finished off the attack, knocking her backward quickly and causing the clone kira to disperse in a puff of smoke.

"Well....I suppose that went well" She said to herself, the expediant attack causing her to gasp for breath. She could feel the adrenaline seeming to flood all of her senses now, no longer flowing in a light steady stream but instead pouring like a facet turned full blast to fill the sink of her body in merely seconds. She drew a bottle from her back, taking the top off with a soft twist of shakey hands and bringing it to her lips. The water felt ice cold to her hot body and as it flowed down her throat she felt revitalized completely. There was nothing like a real heavy spar to get the tension of situations out and allow her to relax. After a few more sips she returned the cap to the bottle, screwing it closed tightly before flipping the opening flap of her large side back over and behind it to rest against her outer thigh and slipping the bottle back into the bag. The only unfortunate thing, she thought to herself, was that she would now need to create a new shadow clone as she dispersed the old one in a single attack. "Well....I suppose that's why I dont use the hyper dance stance very often" She said with a light giggle.

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Kiru had planned on meeting Kira for training, but he also wanted to learn a new technique. He sat upon a roof top, his coat being blown gently by the breeze, his hair ruffling in the wind. He had to train this mark, but he simply didn't yet have the ability. He needed to up his base chakra amount, and his skill set as a whole. One he absolutely needed was the ability to infuse chakra in objects. Then he needed to learn the sword styles that have been created. He belived that the particular expertise was known as Kenjutsu, but he wasn't positive on that. His swor stuck in the top of the roof in front of him, the wind and snow not causing it to budge or move. The steel was cool and sharp, and had served Kiru well for all the time he had owned it. He wanted to be able to add his wind jutsu to it, so he started attempting the skill. He could feel his chakra paths burn slightly as he tried to force the power on the blade, a blueish white glow emanating from his hands. He held them over the gray steel of his weapon, and started the process. He needed to keep the infusion up, and not crack the blade. He knew he could do it, he just had to believe he could. The blade began to get warmer and warmer as he added chakra, but it wasn't getting any sharper. He pulled more chakra from deep inside himself, feeling the slight burn of the power. He could keep this up for a while, but what he needed was progress. He concentrated harder, pouring his chakra evenly among the blade. The blade seemed to gain color up its length inch by inch, and he could feel himself getting closer to his goal. He just needed to go a little farther, just a little more. The blade now glowed a faint white, but wasn't quite where he wanted it. It still didn't feel any sharper. It was certainly more tough though, as any normal blade should have been crushed under this pressure of power. He smiled to himself, glad to make a little progress. he still had a little ways to go however, so he just had to keep it up. The blade grew warmer, and a faint white light seemed to be growing on the edge of the blade, seemingly signifying sharpness. He smiled as his handiwork was finally being rewarded. He just needed a bit more power. The soft white light slowly grew and got brighter, almost halfway up the blade. The blade hadn't gotten much sharper, but he almost had this chakra infusion thing down, he just needed a little more practice. The light grew that much more, forming up the blade to nearly its tip. He just needed a little more. A little more and he would have the basics to this jutsu down. He concentrated harder, and the light finally was over the tip of the blade, causing Kiru to smile Victoriously.

He rested for a while, until it was just about dawn. Kira wouldn't be expecting him for a few more hours so he could get a little more training in. He just couldn't waste anymore Chakra. He grabbed his sword, returning it to its sheathe, and leapt off the building he was on, spiraling in the air.He began jumping and flipping from building to building, not going by any real pattern. He could get through the city pretty fast this way, and he was pretty good about finding his way from specific rooftops. He smiled as the wind rushed past his face, and his coat billowed in the wind. He had learned very early on how to make it to where he didn't trip on his coat while he moved, and some onlookers tended to wonder how he did so. He wouldn't ever reveal his secret though, because it was too entertaining to try and watch people guess it. Some had wondered if he had a special seal that specifically caused it to avoid his feet, but that would be wrong. Some wondered if he simply watched his shadow, but that was also wrong. People would likely never know, but they would keep on guessing. He hoped he became famous enough that they would continue to guess even after he had long perished. His lack of concentration almost caused him to slam into a taller building, and he had to quickly re-adjust his jumping pattern. He didn't need a large facial bruise with a dumb explanation. As he made his way across town, he attempted to chakra infuse his blade once more, smiling as it came easy to him. He wouldn't be able to use it in battle just yet, but he would be able to almost master it shortly. He just needed to keep his concentration on not breaking the blade, and keeping himself in stress. He did some fanciful flips, tucking his legs in, rolling sideways, then as soon as he hit the ground he would roll forward and fly to the next building. Physical training was Kiru's strong suit, though he was getting the hang of keeping his chakra in his blade even while he moved. The blade only glowed dimly unlike before, but that was simply because he couldn't keep the same input into it while he was doing stunts. He would of course need to learn how, but for now he would simply do the very best he could as he flew from building to building. At this point he seemed almost a blue blur, and onlookers usually didn't even get a chance to see him. He could add body flickering into his mix of speed, but decided he would likely just run into a building and hurt himself. He tried to shake those distracting thoughts out of his head, and tried to continue pouring and keeping chakra into his blade. He had almost mastered it, he had to be at least half way there. It would only take a little more help and he would have it. he just had to keep up the drive to do so. For now though, he needed a slight break.

Once again he sat alone on a rooftop as the sun broke through the clouds, lighting up the day. He wondered how Ice would be if he were here? Would he be training with him, jumping with him from rooftop to rooftop? Would they compete in the way of the sword? Ice had handeled the Katana well when they had fought Maku's anbu, so he figured the young Uchiha would make a pretty great swordsman. He put his katana horizontal in his lap. He slowly began adding his chakra into the blade, feeling the warm sensation return to the cool blade. He smiled as the blade glowed softly, reflecting quite beautifully off the snow. If he got this skill down, it would open the way to many more  forms of attack. He could combine wind jutsu with his chakra chains and sword, making them immensely more powerful. He could make his own personal wind imbued sword if he got really good at it, though he wondered how good such a thing would be. He yawned and continued pumping chakra into the blade, pretty happy with his progress. The slow light moved, inch by inch up the blade. The light from his chakra danced off the snow, making him smile at its beauty. Thinking of beauty, he knew Kira was likely going to do the chakra kiss again, and he wasn't sure he could handle it. His heart had nearly beat out of his chest the first time, he hoped a second time wouldn't kill him. Though it wouldn't be a horrible way to die. It would probably upset his sensei pretty greatly for him to die by kissing her. Though that seemed like the Jutsu was capable of his death. he just hoped she wouldn't blame herself if he did die. He didn't want his death to make her upset. He returned to the task at hand, concentrating the chakra into his blade more. The power was still slowly lighting up the steel, making the snow glow as well. It caused a cascade of colors to dance up and down on Kiru's cute, making it seem as if he was watching a tiny circus. He knew he needed to preserve chakra, but he felt he could still go a while yet, and continued pumping the chakra into the blade. It was once again fully white and glowing now, but it had only been hardened, and not yet sharpened. He continued to add his chakra in a cutting way to the edge of the blade to add to its sharpness. He knew he couldn't quite use this in battle yet, but he knew he could at least cut some logs if he sat here for half an hour with the blade. He smiled to himself, confident he could complete this technique and then show it off to Kira. He tried to memorize the wya the chakra formed off the blade, and the way the blade itself hardened. He tried to memorize the formula for it, and the specific little details that caused the blades edge to become more or less sharp. Making it sharp was similar to how his wind justu worked however, making it a little easier to do. He just had to keep it in mind as he grin-dined the edge of the chakra points together.

He once again took another break, and his thoughts wandered to his other friend Daiyuji. He hadn't seen the wolf boy much since they had all become chuunin. He knew the boy was fairing well though, and figured he was just hiding from the onslaught of new genin and academy students. Kiru had heard, and even met, one of the few new Uchiha out of the academy, and wondered how many of them were like Ice? He wondered how many would have some tragic past that would make them come to this snowy wasteland. There were many stories like that in this world it seemed. Ninja without parents, driven by revenge to avenge people who had been lost to them. kiru couldn't live like that. He knew he had to keep going forward, leaving the past behind him. If he lingered too much, he knew he would be pulled into the endless cycle of rage and hate. He knew there was at least one person he could trust, and that was his sensei Kira. She had been there for him, whether he needed training or just someone to talk to. They had done significantly more training however, but that was because the woman seemed to want Kiru to grow and become strong. He had always tried his best for her, and he had also been driven to be better than Ice, who he saw as a rival. He knew that Daiyuki was also his rival, but that boy seemed to have more problems to worry about than compete with Kiru.Kiru once again layed his katana in front of him. He knew this was a bit dangerous, as Kira was going to be preforming her chakra stealing kiss jutsu on him, but he felt he needed this technique. He wanted it now, so he could get that much stronger. He poured his chakra, and his feelings of desiring power to protect others into the blade. He poured his feelings of happiness, and hope into his chakra, as well as his beliefe in himself. He could no longer hold back, he couldn't hesitate. To stop at this position he would die. He had made himself a dream and he would follow it. One day he would surpass Daiyuki, Kira and even maku if need be. He would have the power to protect those closest to him. As his power faded, he realized he had finished the technique. His power stayed softly in the blade. He had learned chakra infusion.

He would make it into the building likely just as Kira had finished whatever she had been doing. "Hey, did you want to meet me here? I figured we could get training done as well as you could uhh... do that other thing."
Kiru wasn't quite sure why he couldn't say it out loud, other than the task simply embarrassed him.  He would smile though, trying to keep his blush off his face. Once she had done that and he had rested, they could train to get him the power to unlock the Spectre Mark.

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Claiming Chakra infusion (2k)

"Yes kiru...You were supposed to be here quite a bit ago....but it's fine. We need to get to work. We have an incredible ammount of conditioning to get you up to the level where you can copy Youka's work. The's an incredibly powerful ninja but with time and my help....We can get you there. Is there anything you need to practice in particular?" Her body glistened with sweat from her previous workout. She loved the feeling of aching muscles and fatigue. It reminded her that she was alive and learing to be strong enough to continue doing such. She thought through the list of things she had left to do. She had quite a few bits of tai left to practice of course, and a few jutsu.....Actually quite a few jutsu to get the kinks out of. She sighed at the reminder that she could never truely rest. Everytime she got the moment to actually relax she found her power shifting too far under her team mates. She assumed she would never be as strong as Maku or youka. They were after all her mentors, but her hope was to close the gap as much as possible. Especially with the situations that had happened she needed more then anything not to be a burden.

"Maybe i'll go for a run later." she spoke to herself, her mind shifting off to another world for a moment before returning and realizing kiru was right there and had probably heard her "Um...Sorry. Nothing. We won't do the other thing here. After the training we can take care of that. one more should give me the power I need I think. But we cant have you passing out before the fighting starts...So what would you like to work on?"

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Kiru wondered what exatly he needed to train. He had a few sword techniques he could do now that he had chakra infusion donw, but he needed more Ninjutsu on his skill list for sure. "Hey Kira, your really good at Ninjutsu, you are almost a specialist in it I would say. Do you think you could help me out with it?"
Specilizing in Ninjutsu would allow him to learn a lot more wind techniques, specially those he could use in mid-air. He just needed someone to help boost his chakra reserves, and teach him how to be really good with them. "The reason I ask, Is I heard of a really cool spiral jutsu, better than my wind Ball. But I don't quite have the skill to learn it. I was hoping you could help my Ninjutsu so I could train it."
The Jutsu in particular was known as the rasengan, and it had a pretty cool legend behind it. It was a legendary uzumaki's specialty, and Kiru figured it would be a good thing to add to his list of moves. It didn't need handsigns, and was simply all about chakra control, which Kiru figured he needed more of anyway. He just hoped that Kira was willing to teach it to him.

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(I'm requesting you to teach me Ninjutsu specialty btw XD)

"Sure. Not even a problem You need to get your chakra power up for that though. The strength of my chakra will assist you. " She flashed him a kind smile, preparing to teach him what she knew. She started with her defensive jutsu the rain tiger at will jutsu. Bird. Rat. Ox. Monkey.Rat. Snake. Her hands flew into the seals as she began to speak once more.

"Ninjutsu is the art of creating powerful techniques using your element as well as in some cases your blood line. My nara shadow manipulation is ninjutsu. I mold chakra in my chest and then put it into my shadows, in my case simple Yin and yang chakra. You gather the yin, gather the yang, mix them together in equal ratios as you sign the jutsu....And then tada shadow jutsus. Now of course that's just a Me thing since you aren't a nara. This jutsu that i've done however, " She paused for a moment as the jutsu finally finished. Above them large dark black clouds would fill an enormous area, blocking out the sun and making it quite dark. After only a few seconds a heavy rain would begin to fall down on them, feeling cold as ice.

"This is rain tiger at will, a sensory jutsu using the suiton element. As long as the rain falls I can sense anything moving within it's reach as if i were watching it directly. incredibly useful when dealing with multiple enemies or enemies with abilities that mask their bodies or their chakra. The rain hits the person and then I see it. Let's see....You're....." She closed her eyes for a moment feeling the chakra held in her body. "You're wind right? " She clapped her hands together, and as she did a great wind pushed away from her towards Kiru, her body's memory of the gale palm technique showing. "That's one of yours?"

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Kiru watched and listened patiently. He would need a lot of studying to get the hang of Ninjutsu like Kira has. He watched her hand signs, but couldn't follow them all that well as she was pretty fast. "Even if I really studied that shadow technique I couldn't learn it? Thats a little sad as it would go great with my chains."
He wondered at the implications as the first rain drops fell, and he smiled a bit. They didn't have a whole lot of rain here in Yuki, much more snow. In shima it had rained a lot more. It was warm and gentle too, just like the island itself. He was pulled out of this dreamworld by recognizing the jutsu Kira preformed and doing the same himself, cancelling her Gale Palm with his own. "Yes that one is mine. Please don't fling me across the room, Youka broke enough of my bones as is."
He didn't realize Youka was likely her teammate, and would not likely expect her response, if she didn't know that had happened. The pain in his arm was only minor now, but it still haunted him. He wondered if there was somewhere he could just get a new arm?

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"oh right...Sorry. Um....Yea I took your jutsu with Execution by kiss but I dont actually know a whole lot about them. Anyway if ur ready the best way to learn is by jumping in there. Want to spar and practice Ninjutsu that way?" She would wait for a response, hoping the answer to be yes. She still had so much to do, she thought to herself.

If he said yes she would move backward to put a distance of three meters between them, prepping and running over the jutsu she had that would be useful against his own. Finally when she felt prepared she would give him the sign that he should begin the fight and address his attacks accordingly.

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"Alright Kira.... Be careful, my fighting style incorporates my sword, so uhh.. don't knock me back so hard it stabs you or something."
He didn't feel all that good about his chances about defeating Kira, but he had to try anyway. He dashed forward, drawing his sword and swinging at her shoulder at a speed of like 75, then dropping low for a sweeping kick to knock her legs out from under her. This was all so he could then swing his sword upwards, the tip of his sword attempting to make a shallow wound across her stomach. He wasn't aiming for any fatal damage, and he wasn't aiming for anything vital. Who would attempt a kill move in a spar? At the same time he couldn't go easy on her, and had to use his sword, as that was the fighting style he chose. If he was succesful, or at least wasn't hit, he would jump backwards to observe her counter attack, which he would assume would probably injure him. Kira was probably just below Maku in unbelievable speed. Her shadows were exceptionally dangerous as well. He had to be careful when she used them, or risk being impaled.

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"Sure...Sorrow....Breed Hatred in those who stand against me. " As she spoke a bright light seemed to appear in front of her and just on the back of her wrist. After only a few moments Hatred appeared, summoned at her command and the bright light which had formed a circular orb at her hand. She caught the sword in her left hand, the shield forming hooked to her left as he moved towards her, preparing for the fight. She brought her right arm upwards and a loud clang of metal on metal could be heard as the shield reflected off of her shield. As he ducked down she leaped backwards, doing a backflip to distance herself from the boy and forming three hand seals after sliding the sword into a shieth like opening between the shield and her forearm. Dragon. Tiger hair. The Chain at her feet would whip up as she flew, the loop where it bottomed out raising up to catch his leg as he tried to sweep her, and if this was sucessful his leg would be wrapped once around the heavy chain of her weapon, being pulled forwards to lose his momentum. That was when the final hand seal would finish and she would begin her jutsu, grasping the hilt of the sword to draw it once more.

A gout of water would flow heavy from her mouth towards kiru, fanning out incredibly quickly to create an area around three and a half meters wide centered at his chest with a speed and power of fourty. The attack she didn't expect to do too much, but the water continuing to pour from her lips as she landed would produce the desired effect. Her sword hand grasped the shield, sliding it from her arm and she pulled back to throw it, the chain ringing as the chakram like object spun towards him with the intention of catching him in the shoulder, dodging under and around the water for the better portion of the distance and then entering the torrent, blurring the vision of it. if it hit the cut would be shallow, only barely enough to cut. "it's been a while since i've had a good weapon fight Kiru." She would speak as the water finally ended, the floor now pooling with around three inches of the liquid.

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