wandering amid the fountains (p, nk xuba grim)

A spar? Defintly a nice idea for quick learning methods as the best way to learn was to put on the gloves and work. However the one known as akihisa grim would meantion about utilizing puppets.

Hm sounds fun


He thought as he took a few seconds of thought he smiled at grim.

"I wont mind that grim. Mind you that  it will not be easy. But it will be fun"

Akihisa knew that based off his knowledge the opponent tatsuma is way stronger than him. So expecting that tatsuma would just go above him he knew just the friend so he reached for his scroll grabbed the one with the kanji for demon. he would then summon his old time cooked friend his, and also oldest friend/puppet beelzebub.  He then had beelzebub launch till he was 4 meters away from  tatsuma the puppet would then use his mechanism to launch his kunai on a rope. aiming for tatsumas leg knowing tatsuma would not be hit while akihisa would use his other hand to summon his puppet sister. If the kunai was dodged or blocked beelzebub would duck. And sister would be summoned and would have his strings attached if the puppet was hit or was almost hit by tatsuma akihisa would summon sister but not attach his strings and would have to put his attention on the fight while attempting to connect his strings. akihisa knew he would not hit so that is why he used a kunai in a no killing spar. and also that is why he had not planned on the kunai hitting it's designated target.

puppet shows, perhaps it would be like the occasional men and women that entertain a child.

xuba jokingly thought as he thought back to being a kid. often times by the evening the  adults would entertain the children through various shows of shadowy figures with their hands. or the real treat when a traveler would come up and have a few spare stockings with some art work and creativity the children would watch the show as there would be an art of ventriloquist usage and  the work of a grand show.

Well to xuba that would've been expected should he did not know what a puppet for a shinobi was. having traveled with one temporarily before he knew the  capacity.  Often highly equipped after painful slaving hours of work for a limb. the hard work pays off for a puppeteer. as these things even with few mechanics were not something  to sniff at. So the first puppet would move towards xuba as he kept his eye also on the puppeteer grim. Note worthy of the puppet as it began its surprisingly quick approach.

The clicking of gears as xuba waited for its approach after reaching within the 4 meters only spoke of a single thing. there was a surprise waiting in one of its compartments. now if we all guessed a kunai then ding ding ding, there was a winner.  This  kunai by the simple glance had a rope attached to it which meant that either grim himself, or grim through the puppet controlled it. Regardless it was not enough. his response would be different from a real fight however. xuba rushed some chakra through his feet as the kunai  traveled towards him preparing the simple surface walking technique.

xuba would  simply side step 1 ft to his right at max speed. As the kunai would harmlessly sail past the spot where his left leg was. As it was a simple measure to avoid as  is almost any linear attack. in fact while the kunai was still sailing  xuba would simply step on the rope  at max speed and start running on the rope at a speed of 60. All thanks  to the surface walking technique. 

 Xuba would do as ninja and all acrobatic people do.  Controlling weight and posture as the puppet would duck down and  typically as he arrived at the said puppets head (beezle). xuba would tap his foot down on the top of the puppets head which would  turn into a step basically.  (speed:125, strength:61)  odds are by its health the poor thing will crack  all over due to the force to the head and vibrations traveling through the puppet. becoming pretty much unusable, but since this was undetectable by grim's reaction time it would look as if xuba was indeed simply taking a step on the puppet's head. which he would continue on to running off of the puppet.  

like wise when and if that happens xuba would keep momentum and circle grim at half speed his grey eyes on the one known as akihisa as he merely observed the other genin's motions. 

"that was a nice puppet you have."


Wc:525

Ap:506

-1 for surface walking

AKihisa did not think that a simple step would break his puppet that was physical close to him so he summoned sister and had her Go at xuba as he projected his voice threw the puppet saying "Could you please not stomp this one." He would attempt to Stick his right arm at him and if xuba tries to attack  the arm the hidden blade would come out hitting xuba with the dull side. If xuba cut his strings or destroyed the puppet (PLS DONT) AKihisa would Attempt Eight trigrams sixty four palms.
-30ap

puppetry tricks were amusing, as the boy had another puppet. his request was heard but xuba simply out sped the pupeteer's controlled puppet as he sped up to a speed of 89 to press the boy to his limits currently. xuba simply ran around the puppeteer when he  simply  kept his distance making sure to keep the puppet busy as he would wait for grim to move the puppet  a tiny  bit to lead an opening.

how effective. but the problem is i know which one is you and i shall simply not destroy your toy grim. never knew you made such a flimsy puppet. still heart is good. it is great!


xuba thought as he shrugged and smiled perhaps a blur to the boy.

"don't worry, o wont destroy another, i merely stepped on it, but i guess it is like breaking wooden boards, sometimes your strength and skill surpasses an durability of an object. some times even an innocent hand shake breakx bones, even your puppets can do that easily akihisa. just understand that patcience is not something to take for granted amid combat. you can even time an attack much faster then yourself if observant."

xubastated he was not going to attack yet as he was merely going to observe the  geninn's next following actions.

seeing that xuba did not mean to destroy his friend he then had his sister puppet Deploy knockout gas with a resist of 29 health knowing this would not knockout xuba Because he knew that when the tournament comes by xuba if paired with him would destroy him so he decided to quit if he faced xuba. Because xuba would destroy all of his puppets forcing him to build them annew. he would have the puppet there with her forearm out shielding from any attacks at a speed of 70 while he would retreat to a tree 20 meters away and observe his sibling fighting for him. He knew it was possible xuba would find him and attack him. So then he would use 8 trigrams 32 palms effectively putting him to a sleep like state. From loss of stamina using all of those mechanisms at the same time had exhausted most of his stamina then he would perform a D rank attack. It was hard for a person with low tamina to beat the odds of fainting. But when you really think about it there is a relatively small chance that he survives without fainting. He would then surrender to xuba.
wc202

-70
30ap remaing

The puppet deployed some strange thing which if xuba was much less dense he wouldve perhaps been knocked unconcious. However it mattered not. The puppeteer disired to retraeat which xuba noted and hence with the running speed of 110. And sweeping to the left of the puppet by a meter. At this rate He then simply outsped the puppeteer by moving much faster then him and the movement of the puppet.


 xuba caught up with akisha before he even made it to the tree and stopped 3 meters from behind the genin placing the puppet a safe 4 meters behind him. With a causal wave to the pupeteers as xuba stood there smiling  at him and giving him a thumbs up.  Yet eyes on the boy as the boy, while his ears were trained to the puppet that would be behind him.  As now xuba was  at a stand still. Perhaps due to his show of greater strength, and speed would show  the slight pressure on grim would be signifigant. As he was handling someone who not only had experience but showed it.


"Sorry about the puppet. Perhaps you can make it bigger, better, and stronger. As i belive you have the skills. I liked the rope, but as you saw that was pretty risky. But we live and we learn. Maybe you can make some snazzy spiked chains to prevent people from running on em."


Xuba stated as he shrugged and smiled at the idea. Spiked chains would be perfect yet the other genin may not find this as entertaining. Xuba would note


"How about this grim show me what you got up close in my face buddy."


Xuba would offer to the other geninn.


Wc:282

Akihisa would then say to xuba "Sorry im not much of a use in hand to hand combat. Maybe i will hit you up on a spiked chain" He would then grab his scroll and go to his friend and seal is pieces. He would then end the conversation with " Im real sorry i could not be a match fr you maybe next time we spar it will be more equal or provide an good challenge for you it is clear you had the advantage in every aspect." He would then limp out of the training site saying a silent good bye to who know who."Bye friend"
Twc2200
claiming 11 stats and Hazy genjutsu

Xuba shook his head and smiled.

"Never be sorry we all have much to learn grim. Be proud of your work and efforts."

Xuba stated prouddly as the boy finished exclaiming to fight on a more equal ground.which xuba was fine with. After all it would be cool to measure grim's progress. Xuba heard grim muttered good bye after that. And he too took note of the time. It was a good thing he was speedy.

Lets head home and see how sanae is doing.

Xuba thought as by the looks of it he hardly broke a sweat in the bout. But was happy. Another lesson taught although brutal in a sense.

(Exit)

Twc: 1,710

Claiming

(-25% discount from max stats)

1,500/1,500 words for The black and white heavens

+2 ap

Approved.