A Bout, Kaguya and Nara [io, nk]

The day is getting late. After spending a large chunk of his time doing ninja work for money, Satoru seeks to finish this day off with some benefitial training. The goal is to possibly gain some valuable practice over his techniques to better control them on the battlefield. What better way to do this than by using one's techniques again and again? Repetition cements cements skill in one's mind. And this is exactly what Satoru is looking for as he enters the training grounds in the Water Gardens of Hoshigakure today.

Above, the blue of the sky is fading. In one direction, orange and pink color the expansive horizon. Their shades are astoundingly captivating. Especially as the background to these water gardens. And in the opposite direction, the baby blue of the sky fades into a darker hue. A black sky approaches along with stars and a moon to dimly light the surface of the earth. Clouds in the sky create shadows of themselves above. By this, it is meant that the clouds themselves against the orange and pink background tapestry of the sun set are dark rather than white. This is an effect of a brighter sky as well as the angle of the sun in comparison to the angle of the clouds. The specifics of which do not need to be delved into at this time.

Satoru strolls into the water gardens and the training grounds within them. He stands in the center of this rectangle designated for training which is large enough to suit this moment's needs. This is the stage upon which he and another will dance with their weapons and physical techniques. But it takes two to tango.

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It was a nice evening as the sun was starting to sit behind some clouds and the moon was rising. It was only high enough to notice that it was their, as the sun still ruled the sky at the moment. Cole liked to look at the clouds some times and try and figure out what shape they are in, but today was not the day for sky watching. He still had training to do and had been busy the past few days with preparing for the chuunin exams. Plus all his studies in the medical field that his mom was helping him with. He was reading one of the medical books published by the first hogokage den when he walked into the training grounds. This book was about the affects of crossing clan bloodlines and the possible outcomes that could happen. It didn't really have any information on the clans and instead used fake clan's for examples. The book was very informational though and cole was learning a lot from it.



Cole looked over his book for a moment and saw a man standing in the middle of the training grounds. Cole thought that it was a little weird but didn't give it much thought. He figured that it was interesting enough to walk over and ask him what he was doing. Still reading his book called introduction to gens. Cole would move carelessly and with out purpose to the man. When he got up to him he would lower the book and close it using his index finger to hold his page. “Hows it going” cole would ask the man standing their. He didn't know if the man would answer or not, and if he didn't cole wouldn't think much of it and just open his book and keep walking.

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Another person approaches. He is reading a book as he walks, seemingly invested in whatever the contents of the text are. Satoru sees him and begins to think about why he does not do the same. Then he remembers that all of his books on chemistry and physics are left back in Kumogakure. This village has a library but he would rather not risk going there without Hoshigakure citizen ship and get caught. Hopefully, he might be accepted into the village and be free to withdraw any book from the library. Until then, his only pass times are training and scattered ninja work for money.

The person closes his book and asks Satoru a simple question. At this time, Satoru is not facing the new person but is at a ninety degree angle from him. He turns to face him completely and answers.

"Well. And yourself?" His response and following question are simple and concise. It is polite to give a greeting before asking a favor of someone. In this case, with the formalities out of the way, Satoru continues after the person responds. "My name is Satoru. I'm here hoping to find a sparring partner. See, I'm a shinobi. Would you be interested?"

Satoru states that he is a shinobi because he wears no headband. His Kumogakure headband is in his apartment and his Amegakure headband is in his pocket. He will wait for a response. If it is affirmative, Satoru will thank this person and take some steps back in preparation for the coming spar.

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Cole waited for the guy to speak holding his book in his left hand while using his thumb to hold the page. The man said he was well and asked cole the same question witch cole said “not doing to bad my self”. The man then said his name was Satoru, and that he was looking for a sparring partner. He then would ask cole if he wanted to spar telling him that he was a ninja even though he wasn't wearing his headband. Personally cole didn't really care if he wore it or not, or if he was really a ninja. If he wanted a spar cole would give him one.


“Sure Ill fight you” cole would tell Satoru as he slid his book into his backpack and tossed it a few yards to the right of were they was standing. Cole would then hold his ground not knowing what kind of fighter Satoru was. He would watch him closely for any movement and be ready to react. Satoru thanked Cole for the spar and cole told him no problem, as Satoru took a few steps back from cole before they started. He backed up meaning that he is probably a mid range fighter. He didn't move far enough back to for cole to consider that he was a long range fighter, and cole didn't see any noticeable weapons outside of the normal that all shinobi Carrie. Which ruled out that he was a weapon user. Satoru didn't look to be to big in the muscles department which would rule out taijutsu as well, but cole wouldn't completely rule it out just yet. It was possible that Satoru could use a taijutsu based on speed and not strength, or something else all together.



Once Satoru stopped moving back cole would tell him. “I'm ready when ever you are. How about you start us off here, and don't hold back on my account. I would like to see what you can do.”


(WC-333 TWC-635)

(OOC: We won't worry about AP costs; if we do, I'll be out of jutsu in three posts XD)

As fast as is possible for Satoru, he performs the unique clone seal with his hands. Immediately following this, two clones of Satoru appear after a small explosion of white smoke. One clone is to Satoru's left, the other is to his right. The three all share identical appearances down to the glasses and hair texture. Satoru looks at the two clones and mentally commends himself on their detail and accuracy to the original. His use of the shadow clone technique is actually quite new to his chakra network. It is an ability recently learnt so Saotru has been working very hard to perfect it. His use of it this time assures him that his efforts are not wasted.

The two clones to the original's left and right sides begin to walk around in a circle around Cole so as to gain a positioning advantage. They stop when they are each about three meters from the original.

Next, Satoru notes that Cole did not also move to gain distance from Satoru but instead remained in his spot. He takes this information and uses it to attempt to conclude some aspect of Cole's scope of abilities. By refraining from further increasing the distance, Satoru figures that Cole is not a long range fighter. His abilities still remain unknown. One way to test is to send one clone to attack at close range and have another attack at mid range. Depending on Cole's reaction to this offensive, Satoru may be able to ascertain the range capability of his opponent and fight in such a way to make the spar the most interesting.

The clone to Satoru's right activates the technique called Lightning Javelin. Its visual effects include a dim blue glow from the user's body. This should be noticeable for Cole. With this jutsu applied, the clone dashes forward with an increased speed. Upon reaching Cole, he attempts to unleash one punch to the target's jaw with a speed of 73. His actions following this one are in reaction to Cole's own actions.

The clone to Satoru's left moves in but only to a distance of about four meters. At this point, he performs the rat seal resulting in his shadow extending at a speed of 35 towards Cole's own shadow. Should it successfully make contact with Cole's shadow, the clone will attempt to force the target to mimic his movements. Satoru does not know the physical strength of his sparring opponent so whether or not Cole is able to break out of this jutsu will tell if his physical strength is high enough to justify concluding that he is a close range fighter.

While this happens, the original Satoru stands in the same spot he stood when he conjured the clones. He watches intently, gathering information to better equip himself going into this spar.

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Cole watches as Satoru creates two shadow clones. So he uses ninjutsu then cole thought to himself. He still didn't know if he used ninjutsu to amplify his taijutsu yet like Kotetsu does or not yet. Cole kept his eyes on the three of them not letting the real Satoru disappear in the clones. It was not hard since the two clones appeared beside him and then spread their self's out. Cole knew that the shadow clones was a recon jutsu, and was created so that ninja could get information from places with out having to risk their life. He figured that this is what Satoru was planing on doing as well. This told him that even though Satoru showed cole his jutsu first, and didn't use them for distraction. That it pulled more to Satoru being a ninjutus specialty, and letting cole knew that if he closed the distance that he could probably end this quickly. However cole didn't want to end it fast he wanted to see what Satoru could do. The chuunin exams was just around the corner and cole needed to know everything he could about the people that would be in it.


Cole watched the shadow clone on the right start to glow blueish. The clone then charged at cole aiming to hit cole in the face. The problem was that the clone drew his fist to fast, and cole was able to telegraph the hit. However on they other side of him he saw the other clone had moved up as well staying a few meters away out side of coles reach, and was doing some kind of jutsu that cole had never saw before. He didn't know what it was doing but the clones shadow was closing in at a descent speed. I got to take these clones out fast cole thought to himself as the clone to the right closed the distance.



The clones right hand was extended back and ready to throw the punch. Cole waited for the clone to throw the punch. Tilting his head to the right slightly and taking a step into the clone to be beside it. This is done at coles max speed of 125. once to the side cole would aim to grab the clones extended arm with coles left arm at max speed, and then slam the back of his forearm into the face of the clone at 125 speed and 60 strength. If landed this should disperse the clone into a puff of smoke. Cole would keep his right arm moving through the puff of smoke, and stopping at his weapons pouch. Pulling out a kunai cole would throw it at the other clones aiming center mass right below the sternum. The kunai would fly threw the air at the speed and power of 132.

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Satoru's preliminary advance gave a good deal of information. Based on how Cole so easily dispatched of the two clones, it may be concluded that his physical strength and skill far outmatch Satoru's own capabilities. But this is all. There's no sign that Cole does or does not use ninjutsu or any other specialties. The speed with which he threw the kunai is also above Satoru's ability to perceive. Because of this the second clone at a distance was pierced and gone in a puff of smoke.

This display of strength and ability is just slightly frightening. In a real encounter, the victor is already decided, Cole is the better shinobi. Satoru can try his best to stay at range and think up a quick maneuver to outsmart his opponent but Cole's speed may not allow it. In fact, the speed of Cole's movements are in Satoru's mind first hand as the information from the clones has come to him after their defeat. He tries to imagine what they experienced and he can easily feel how the clones were gone before they even knew what hit them.

"He can throw too. So long range alone won't make an even playing field. I have to apply pressure as well." Satoru thinks to himself as he weaves the ram hand seal. After this, he reaches to his back and removes a closed fan two meters in length. It is opened and waved once. All of these actions occur at a speed of 43. What follows immediately upon the fan's waving occurs at a speed of 35 and with a power of 35.

Air currents form around Cole in a circle and create sharp blades of wind. These move and cut at Cole to the best of their ability. As this is happening, Satoru places the fan back onto his back. Finally, to finish his actions, he puts his arm out to the side. In the palm of his hand, a small black ball with a white shine on its surface forms. Around this ball, a white disk of wind accumulates which spins at great speeds.

This is only the second time Satoru is preparing to use this technique. The power he feels flowing through his veins in the form of chakra which is powering this jutsu known as the Spiraling Ring, the feeling is exhilarating. For a moment now, Satoru is feeling like he may not be so beneath Cole in fighting ability and power. Cole may be faster and stronger but Satoru reckons that his own chakra manipulation and potency exceeds his sparring partner's. The move is Cole's to make.

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Cole dispatched the clones with ease, and looking at satoru cole could tell that he figured that this would not be an easy fight. Cole watched as satoru created a gust of razor sharp wind around cole. The blades was trying to cut into coles flesh but they felt almost blunt to cole. (health 65) It was proving to be more of an annoyance than anything. However what got coles attention was the ball of power that satoru was creating in his hand. It started out as black ball with a white shine, but before long a gust of wind came around and circled the ball. At this point cole figured that getting hit by that would probably hurt quit a bit if he didn't put up some kind of defense to guard against it. However he wanted to see what Satoru was planning at the same time. He figured that if he managed to loose here but learn a good deal how satoru jutsus work that he could counter him by the exam, so cole walked forward out of the razor wind. With out a scratch on him to tell any damage was done. “What you plan on doing with that” cole would ask Satoru as he got ready to defend himself against the attack.

(WC- 216 TWC-1323)

Cole walks out of the cyclone created by Satoru's jutsu with ease. The blades of wind meant to cause at least some harm to his body is completely ineffective. Satoru has no reaction to this. He watches as Cole emerges from the wind cyclone undeterred and with no damage. In fact, Satoru notes to himself that his sparring opponent has taken no damage at all since the beginning of this fight. Granted, neither is Satoru. However, the latter has performed multiple jutsu and made multiple attempts to attack whereas Cole has yet to attack at all aside from defending himself.

This is why Satoru has prepared the Spiraling Ring jutsu. Satoru knows quite well that this is by far his strongest jutsu in terms of destructive power and chakra potency. The Sickle Weasel Technique is nothing compared to the potential that this jutsu holds in its detonation.

This is not to say that Satoru is banking on this jutsu to determine whether or not he is able to even lay a scratch on Cole. No, this is simply meant to determine whether or not Cole's defenses and raw durability hold up against the greatest blow from Satoru's chakra amplitude.

So, the Spiraling Ring is thrown at a speed of 65 towards Cole. Some might call it a game of chicken but in reality, Satoru knows not of what heights Cole's durability is able to take him. The following test is not one to determine mental fortitude as a game of chicken does. The following test is one to determine the threat level of his opponent in the case that the two were to fight maybe as a promotion requirement.

As mentioned, the Spiraling Ring moves towards Cole. It's travel is not directly towards Cole's body but instead is pointed at Cole's feet or the ground area upon which he is standing. The jutsu has an explosion radius of effect so firing it at the ground only makes intuitive sense. Upon reaching this point, it will actually detonate a small amount of time before making impact with the ground. Should Cole make a maneuver to avoid the attack, it would detonate upon Satoru's seeing this movement as long as the jutsu is close enough to affect Cole. The radius of effect is five meters and the resulting wind has a movement speed of 65 and a sharpness of 65.

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After stepping out of the blades of wind cole looked at Satoru. What is that he thought to himself looking at the spiraling ball of wind in Satoru's hand. This looks like it could hurt but what the hell its training cole added to his line of thought. Satoru looked like he was about ready to throw the wind ball so cole created a thin layer of bone under his skin walking to Satoru. Cole was fairly sure that his bone armor would withstand the blast. (health 95) Plus he had his skin weave to fall back on if needed he thought to himself, but what he really wanted to know was how close Satoru would let him get before he threw the ball. Cole knew that there was no sign that he had used a jutsu at all, and if they did have to fight in the chuunin exams this show of power would give cole the physiological advantage. He wanted Satoru to know that he was stronger, but he didn't want to crush his hopes or dreams or anything. He wanted to push Satoru because he was a fellow Hoshi nin, and besides all the stuff that had happened to cole over the past few weeks. He was still a Hoshi nin as well and will do anything to help his fellow ninja. Even if that meant showing them how weak they were.

If Satoru threw the ball before Cole got close enough to put Satoru in range of the explosion as well. Cole would brace for the impact lifting both his arms up in front of him palms out to catch the blast. When the blast went off cole would dig his feet into the ground and be slid back a few feet, but the blast would not be strong enough to break through the bone. However, after the dust cleared Satoru would be able to see that skin had been pulled away from coles arms revealing the pearl white bone armor under his skin, as well as the skin regrowing back to cover the bones back up.


If cole was able to close the distance by casually walking to Satoru. He would stop about a meter away and ask “what you plan on doing with that thing”?

(WC-381 TWC-1704
Bone armor jutsu)