That's all you got?(p, Jace,kyo)

It was noon. The sun was high in the sky. There were a few clouds sporadically dispersed. There was a slight breeze, but for the most part it was calm. Very calm. Ita was meditating because he was trying to clear his mind, or was he? Maybe he was just being lazy. Ita was at the training fields sitting on a rather large rock with a flat surface about 3 feet off the ground with his eyes closed, but he would occasionally open them when he thought he heard something. He was listening to the wind, to nature. With his eyes closed, he would feel the breeze against his pale complexion and hear the sounds of birds chirping their sweet tune as they flew around above.
 

Ita wasn’t just sitting there to waste time. He hated to waste time. If he was going to waste time he would be doing something much different than what he was. What he was doing was waiting for his friend Jace. ‘Friend’. That’s weird. Ita hadn’t really had a friend before, just comrades. And ‘comrades’ was a term he used loosely. He had recently been assigned to team 9. On the first day of training one of his teammates collapsed and was deemed unable to continue with their squad leaving an opening. The other boy on his team was a loud mouth. Their leader seemed knowledgeable and he had gained Ita’s respect, but for the most part that was about it. So where was Jace? They had decided they were going to train today, but they failed on agreeing on a specific time. Ita figured he’d show up sooner or later, so he continued to wait; taking in his surroundings. 

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Jace had gotten up late this morning. He didn't usually get a chance to sleep in so when the rare opportunity came he took it. It was a little after 11 o'clock by the time he finally rolled out of bed. The sun was shining brightly through his bedroom window as the young Uchiha began his usual normal ritual. This, of course, consisted of him showering and brushing his teeth before finally pulling on his clothes. He wore his usual black pants, mesh undershirt and white jacket with the Uchiha symbol stitched into the back which he kept zipped only halfway up. 

After eating a small breakfast consisting of some eggs and toast, he finally made his way out of his house and headed to the training grounds. If he remembered correctly, he was supposed to meet his friend Ita for some training, but they hadn't specified on a time. It was just a little passed noon by the time he finally arrived. It only took him a few moments of looking around before he spotted Ita. He was sitting on a rock across the fields. Jace made his way over to the rock and stopped about 3 meters away from his friend who was sitting with his eyes closed. "Hey! Have you been waiting long?" Jace really wasn't shy around Ita anymore. HE had spent enough time around him that he was now used to the boy and could often speak his mind. Though he still had some shy moments around him. He stood there smiling at his friend as he waited for a response.

Ita, who was sitting legs crossed on a flat stone awaited Jace. When he finally arrived, Ita didn’t bother to open his eyes because he could feel his presence. Ita was trying to work on his senses. His hearing. His intuition. As Jace finally neared him, Ita could hear the words, “Hey, How long have you been waiting for?” Ita would open his eyes and eye the boy before responding. Ita then flashed a smile a spoke, “Not too long, don’t worry.” Regardless of how long Ita had been waiting, he would not say because he wouldn’t want to make his friend feel bad. Ita never really wasted time. He found purpose in all he did, even if it was just ‘waiting’. Reflection was healthy for the mind anyways. It helped Ita understand what he had done already and aloud him time to think about what he wanted to pursue. On that note, Ita though about his Genin squad leader, Yensung Aburame. That was a peculiar name. While Ita was coming to a conclusion about something in his mind, Jace would probably just stand there. What Ita was doing might have been perceived as rude, but it was necessary to what they planned to accomplish for the day. Anyways, the reason why Ita was thinking of Yen was because of Yens ability to use Genjutsu. Yen specifically had requested Ita to not use any dojotsu; his sharingan, during their training. Why though? Did Ita’s eyes have a strange power that allowed him to dispel genjtsu; or power over genjutsu for that matter? Yen’s Genjutsu was very powerful. More powerful than any technique Ita possessed for that matter. What was Genjutsu? Ita would then speak to Jace as if he knew something about it. “So Jace, do you know anything about Genjutsu? I would really like to get into it. My squad leader Yen used some real strong genjutsu on us during my teams training and it has me thinking.” Ita now uncrossed his legs and began stretching to make his body limber while awaiting a reply from his friend.
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At Jace's words the other boy would open his eyes. Upon seeing Jace, Ita flashed a smile at the young Uchiha. Jace smiled at the boy's response that he hadn't been waiting long. That was good. Jace didn't want to have kept him waiting. The boy was quiet for a few moments after that. It created a kind of awkward silence that made Jace's skin crawl. He was awkward enough as it was without one of his only friends just sitting there quietly in a daze. Jace couldn't help but wonder what the boy was thinking about. Maybe he was just going over what he planned on training today. Maybe he was thinking about what he was going to eat for dinner later in the day. Or maybe he wasn't thinking anything at all, like when you meditate. 

The awkward silence seemed to be broken pretty quickly with Jace being distracted by his own thoughts. He blinked twice at his friend as he listened to him. He would be the second person in two days to have asked Jace what he knew about genjutsu. Coincidence? Probably. There was the fact that Jace was unnaturally talented when it came to genjutsu. He only wished two things. The first being that he actually knew more than the one genjutsu that he had learned, and the second being that his sharingan had been fully developed. He knew his clan's doujutsu was known for its prowess with genjutsu. Hopefully once Jace managed to enhance his own he would be able to use his eyes to their fullest extent.

[colo=red]"Genjutsu? Well, I am pretty talented with it. Unfortunately I've only been able to fully learn one genjutsu so far. Look."[/color] To punctuate his sentence the beautiful sea of green that was Jace's eyes began to swirl and become replaced with a deep crimson. A lone black flame-like tomoe could be seen just outside of the iris. At the same time he had activated his sharingan, Jace would activate the only genjutsu he knew as a demonstration. To Ita, Jace would seem to turn into about 5 crows and disperse, flying off into the distance. In reality though, Jace wouldn't move at all. Well, he smiled at his friend, but that was pretty much the entirety of his movement.

“Genjutsu? Well, I am pretty talented with it. Unfortunately I’ve only been able to fully learn one genjutsu so far. Look.” Jace had said to Ita.
 
Interesting. So Jace was capable of doing something Ita was not? Or was Ita unaware of it. Ita knew that by using his sharingan he could see the way chakra worked in ordered to perform specific jutsu. Ita thought he should take a look. Upon Jace saying look, instinctively, the pupils of Ita’s eyes would begin to swirl, turning crimson red and taking on the appearance of the three tomoe Sharingan. Ita hadn’t reacted quick enough to defuse the entire technique, but actually saw Jace begin to use a technique which Ita had shown him. A few moments into the technique, what could be seen was Jace’s chakra flowing outward, and in reality Jace was standing before him. Had Ita’s eyes deceived him? Of course not. Ita’s eyes were not that of a normal shinobi. They were far from it. In fact, Ita had reached the perfected state of his sharingan. Or so he thought, without knowledge of the mangekyou; Ita thought that he had reached his limit.
 
“Interesting. Very Interesting.” Ita would say to Jace as he watched how Jace’s chakra worked to perform the technique. Ita took mental notes and would try to do the same, allowing his chakra to flow out from him. Ita was a quick learner. Ita thought of his body dispersing into 5 crows, just as Jace had done. If he had performed the technique correctly, then Jace would perceive Ita’s chakra moving in the same nature as his; that is if his sharingan was as advanced as ITa’s was. Ita would be staring into Jace’s eyes, seeing as he only possessed the one tomoe. This made Ita think of when he unlocked his sharingan. And then when he unlocked his second tomoe. Specifically when he did that he had been sparing against his friend Kimaru, Ita’s mentor’s students, student. That sounded confusing, but it made sense. Ita had been fighting with his friend and he had been getting the better of him the whole fight, making Ita have to rely on his sharingan to be able to even compete with him. What Ita was about to do next would be for Jace’s benefit and it did not need explanation. By explaining it to him would probably just make him unable to awaken it. It would have to be all from instinct.  
 
At the time, Jace would be thinking that he was trapping Ita in a genjutsu to make him perceive that he had broken his body up into several clones and that his location was not where he currently was. The time that took Ita took replicate Jace’s jutsu was very quickly, and if Jace’s eyes could keep up then he would have noticed that Ita had awakened his sharingan and was indeed copying him, allowing him to know that Ita had seen through his genjutsu, replicated it, and was now seeing Jace’s true location. Ita then put weight on his forward foot and pressed off it with all his might as he made a pushing motion off the stone as fast as he could towards Jace.
 
During Ita’s forward motion, all he would say to Jace was “Get ready. Here I come.” Ita would then sling a right handed punch towards Jace’s chest in a speed that would be hard for Jace to counter. Ita’s attack, if landed, would send Jace flying backwards onto his back, sliding in the dirt. Now Ita would relax his stance and stand upright, retracting his right hand. Ita would then speak,
 
“You are going to have to do better than that if you want to live.”
 
Ita’s words would imply that he was going to kill him. This was necessary for Jace to tape into the right emotions. To perform the right actions. To think critically and to feel the emotions ITa wanted him to feel. Was Ita really going to kill his friend? No. It was just for the sake of awakening Jace’s sharingan.
 

“Now. Give me everything you’ve got or die.” ITa would say as he took a fighting stance, with his right hand forward palm up, fingers extended, and thumb folded.
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Just as Jace had said 'look', Ita had activated his sharingan. Of course Jace had forgotten that Ita had advanced his sharingan so far. So, of course, he knew right away that the genjutsu he had used would have no effect. It was a pretty weak genjutsu to begin with. What happened next was something Jace wasn't expecting. Ita would do the exact same thing Jace had just tried to do, except Ita's technique worked. Jace's eyes weren't yet able to differentiate genjutsu from real life so to him it looked like Ita had disappeared, though Jace could see slight chakra where Ita was really standing. He was able to deduce that Ita had used the same technique Jace was trying to show him. Without hesitation, Jace performed the seal to dispel the genjutsu on himself and was able to see Ita standing there like normal.

Unfortunately Jace didn't really have time to do much else. His friend had darted forward, probably as fast as he could. All Jace heard was Ita tell him to get ready. It was futile though, he didn't really have enough time to react. He felt an impact in his chest that left him winded. It actually did more than that. The punch that Ita had aimed at Jace actually took the young Uchiha off his feet flying backward onto his back and sliding through the dirt. A couple rocks sticking out of the ground scraped his back and tore several holes in his shirt by the time he had come to a stop. His breathing was shallow and ragged as he began to stand up and look at his friend with complete astonishment.

By the time Jace was finally on his feet and looking toward Ita, the boy had relaxed himself and was standing straight up. Something was very off. Why had Ita attacked him like that? Jace thought that they were friends. What came out of Ita's mouth after that was even more startling. He had told Jace he had to do better if he wanted to live. What? Wait. WHAT!? What the hell was Ita thinking? Was he really going to try to kill Jace? Jace's expression changed momentarily from one of confusion to that of fear before he managed to compose himself. Ita had already taken up a fighting stance, telling Jace to give him everything he had or die. How ominous. Either way, this was obviously not a time to be messing around. For some unknown reason, Jace's friend was trying to kill him and Jace had to focus on defending himself. 

Well, if Ita wanted Jace to give it his all, he was going to get exactly what he wanted. Though, Jace might just surprise the other boy. Moving his arms as fast as he could(60 speed), Jace would perform the Tiger hand seal, looking straight at his opponent now standing 10 meters in front of him. Jace would activate the same technique that Ita had once used on him. That's right, the temporary paralysis technique. Jace had gotten pretty good with this technique, though he was still unable to cast it with a mere glance the way Ita could. Still, the technique should stop the boy in his tracks with a power of 20, needing 20 strength to get out. Immediately after casting the technique, Jace would take a deep breath and perform the hand seals Horse-Tiger as fast as he could. He would then breathe out and spew forth a large fireball heading straight toward Ita with a speed and strength of 40. The fireball would be 2 meters in diameter, making it 6.6 feet wide. Jace would keep his eyes peeled, wondering how the other Uchiha would get out of this one.

-20 ap paralysis
-20 ap great fireball
-5ap sharingan
185ap remaining

Ita’s eyes were fixated on the boy, watching him slide against the ground and eventually getting up. When Ita fought, he lost his somewhat friendly demeanor and became emotionless. This was crucial for his current circumstances. He needed to play the act. At this point they would have been making eye contact, Ita awaiting the moment for his opponent to move while observing his friends eyes. As soon as Ita’s eye’s picked up the motion of the boy’s hands beginning to move he would activate the temporary paralysis jutsu. Ita had mastered such technique and was capable of just casting it with eye sight. The moment the boy’s hands would stop was when they were about to form the tiger seal. The tiger seal? Was Jace about to use a jutsu on ITa that he himself had taught him? Gutsy. “Using my own techniques I taught you against me? Do that again and I’ll take your hands. Now focus on your sharingan or you won’t be able to beat me.” By saying this, Ita would hope that Jace would begin to understand that Ita wasn’t being totally serious about the whole killing him thing, but could find some information in his short, but precise wording. He would either listen or evolve, or Ita would have to give him the fists some more. Ita not would back up giving him 20 feet between him and his opponent. “Now try and dodge this.” Ita would stuff his hands into his pockets and produce 3 kunai, one bearing an explosion tag. He would then release two of them effortlessly towards Jace at a speed of 65. Jace would need to react and take care of the first kunai before dealing with the third that bore the exploding tag. Ita would then release the explosion tag kunai a few moments after, allowing Jace just enough time to be able to deal with the first two and react to the last one, but he would need to react fast in order not to die. Such a technique was perfectly masterminded by Ita, forcing Jace to rely on his eyes if he wished to live, because without them, he would surely die. 
-20 ap paralysis
-1 sharingan
/ 229 ap left

Jace wasn't even able to complete the one hand seal he needed. The one hand seal that might save him from his obviously crazy best friend. Jace still wasn't sure what had gotten into Ita. The look on his face, the words he had said to Jace, that first attack he had thrown with barely a warning. All of it made it seem like Ita was really trying to kill him. He had only thought to use the paralysis technique to stop his friend in his tracks and maybe talk some sense into him. It hadn't worked. The other boy was much faster and better adept at using the technique than Jace was. It was probably a good thing Ita had used the technique on Jace before or he might not have noticed it this time around. 

Just as he had tried to form the Tiger seal, his body would stop moving. He felt the familiar restraints of invisible bonds holding back his entire body. The jutsu he had wanted to use to restrain his friend had been turned back on himself. Everything about this situation was not ok. He could feel cold sweat dripping down his back and forehead. His shirt was beginning to stick to his body, the sweat from his forehead was dripping into his eyes making them sting something fierce. He could feel his legs trying to shake, the only thing stopping them being the invisible bonds Ita had created to hold him into place. 

He had never felt this feeling before. It was different than his normal anxiety, or even the panic attacks that he was prone to. No. This was way worse. There was a pit in his stomach growing larger and larger as he stood there, frozen in place. Fear. Fear for his life. That's what it was. He had never been afraid before, not like this at least. This was something completely new to him. He was so immersed in his fear that he didn't even hear the words Ita spoke to him about focusing on his sharingan. The only clue he had to Ita's true intentions. 

"Now try and dodge this." 

That snapped Jace back to reality. Dodge? Ita knew Jace was stuck in place. Was it some kind of bad joke? He didn't really have time to figure it out. With his attention back on Ita, Jace noticed the boy produce three kunai. He saw one of them had an exploding tag attached to the end. Suddenly the kunai were launched straight at Jace. His eyes widened out of pure terror, of hopelessness. He couldn't move and three kunai were headed straight at him fairly quickly. One of which had an exploding kunai. This was not good. He couldn't do anything at all. He was completely at Ita's mercy. There was no hope for him now. Just when Jace was about to give up, something inside of him snapped. He could feel his eyes growing stronger. He could see the trajectory of the kunai perfectly, even clearer than he had been able to before. It was as if they were slowing down too. Like he was gaining more time to react. 

He could feel his muscles thriving underneath his flesh. His next movements were fluid, pointed and quicker than he had been able to move before. Jace had no idea what was going on, he attributed it to adrenaline more than anything else. Ita would know differently. He would see Jace's eyes spin as a second tomoe emerged from the first to surround his irises. He could move freely now whether Ita had released the technique or Jace was simply stronger than he thought didn't matter. What mattered was Jace could now do something about the kunai headed straight for him. Nine feet, eight feet, seven, six. Jace would immediately perform the hand seals Tiger-Boar-Ox-Dog-Snake. Each hand seal being performed as the kunai got one foot closer, the Snake seal being completed as the kunai were less than an inch away from connecting with Jace's body. 

POOF. There was a puff of smoke as Jace disappeared from where he had just been standing. In it's place was a wooden log, the two kunai now protruding from it. Just as the smoke cleared and the log became visible, the final kunai would impact it and explode, blowing the log to pieces. Jace had reappeared far enough away for the explosion not to even remotely effect him. He felt a renewed vigor in this fight. His pulse was slowing to a steady rhythm, his eyes focused on his target. He had appeared just 5 meters behind Ita. As soon as he had appeared, Jace would perform the hand seals Horse-Tiger and spew forth a large 2 meter diameter fireball heading straight toward Ita with a power and speed of 40.

A glace into Jace’s eyes allowed Ita to understand that what he was trying to do has worked. Jace had reached the second stage of his sharingan, one step closer to its true capacity. Just as Ita had expected, Jace was able to dodge his previous attack. The substitution technique? Nice. That was one of Ita’s favorite techniques. Now the smoke had cleared and Jace and Ita were some distance from each other. Jace would perform hand signs and Ita’s eyes would read them. The great fireball jutsu. An old fashioned Uchiha show down.
 

Ita used the same hand signs, performing the great fireball jutsu just as Jace would have. However, Ita’s jutsu was more powerful. Jace still lacked the chakra to perform such powerful attacks and Ita needed to show Jace that the only way he would have a chance at life would be through his sharingan. Focus on his sharingan. Allow it to save you. It is your only hope. Ita would hold his right hand up to his mouth and a large amount of fire chakra would protrude from his mouth towards his friend at the speed and power of 60. For a few moments, their techniques would collide at a stalemate, eventually Ita’s technique overwhelming Jace’s and moving towards him in the intent to consume him within the fiery hell unless he was able to avoid it. Ita would then perform some hand seals at 100 speed using the Shadow Clone jutsu, creating two perfect replicas of himself, one on either side of him. Ita continued to spew fire for a few moments longer and then stopped, allowing what was left to continue to scorch the earth.             The two clones then ran from either side of ITa at their max speed and Ita used the transformation technique to form into a crow and take flight. Jace most likely wouldn’t have seen Ita turn into the bird, because of the sheer amount of fire in front of him. Whatever he thought, Ita’s two clones were now his enemy and Jace would need to seriously rely on his eyes if he hoped to keep up with their movements. The two neared the boy on either side moving at about 70 speed each. One of the sent a punch flying towards the head of the boy, while the other would duck down, waiting for the punch to land to send a kick in the upward direction towards the boys chest who would be falling into him.
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Jace's new eyes were able to track Ita's movements easily. He knew that his 'friend' was using the same technique that he himself was trying to use. That would be the second time in a row this happened. Alright. An old fashioned Uchiha showdown. The fireballs left the two Uchihas' mouths at the same time, showering the training field with immense heat that Jace could clearly feel. He couldn't tell if the sweat trickling down the back of his neck was from the heat, excitement or fear. He strained his eyes, trying to see past the colliding fireballs only 5 meters in front of him and directly in between him and Ita. It was useless. The fire was too large for Jace to see past. There was no way for him to know what Ita was doing behind the cover of the immense blaze. 

In a matter of seconds it became apparent that Jace's fireball was being consumed by his opponent's. If he didn't move now he was going to get completely scorched. He darted to his left as fast as he could, barely getting out of the way of the fireball in time. It had come so close that his right sleeve had caught fire and was starting to burn his arm. He quickly batted out the flames with his left hand. That was way too close for comfort. When he looked up from his charred sleeve it was too late. There was Ita right next to him. Wait, no. On either side of him. That wasn't good. He could see the two Itas clearly but it was too late for him to react. He felt a hard punch connect to the side of his face sending him into the other Ita, who was kicking straight at Jace's chest. The kick would connect and send Jace flying upwards into the air, knocking the breath out of Jace as he landed on his back a few meters away from the two Itas.

He scrambled to his feet as fast as he could he performed the hand seals Rat-Boar-Tiger. A flock of 25 crows appeared surrounding Jace in every direction within 5 meters of himself. The crows were infused with his chakra and were condensed together so that it would be hard for the Ita's to see Jace. His breathing was heavy, sweat was consuming his body. He had to come up with a plan or before long he'd be dead.