Sibling Rivalry [Spectator Mode] (open)

Yasumi had read about the fight in the arena and had been eager to watch it since she had met one of the combatants, it was Komon. So at the given time on the given day the young kunoichi had placed her amongst the viewers of the fight and with some popcorn and lemon soda she would nuzzle into the seat and watch the spectacle. The announcer did a great job the people cheered while looking at the two opposing forces. Could it be that this other man although kind of not named Hyuuga was the brother Renji had told her about? Looking at both of them, they looked kind of the same at least out of this distance. Maybe if she watched closely she could learn something, maybe about tactics or something like that.
When Komon waved at the crowd she would jump to her feet and cheer her lunges out: "Yeay Komon-sensei! You can take him on!" Blushing brightly as she saw herself being a little too energetic about it she would quickly sit down and then look down observing the first moves made.

WC: 186

Sometimes Saya attended the Gladiator battles for educational purposes. However, this time was more of a recreational thing as opposed to trying to learn techniques by watching the participants. In the large area below, where every spectator had a good view, were the twins. Both of which Saya had interacted with before. Komon, the Hyuuga of the duo, was the one she was more comfortable with. He was… Saya couldn’t place it but she preferred him over his “more handsome twin.”

She scoffed at the announcer’s biased introduction. There was no denying that Komori Hozuki was, indeed, good looking but Saya found him to be just a bit above average. That was an opinion that not shared by a majority of the spectators in attendance. Shrill screams that were undoubtedly familiar alerted Saya that the band of teenage girls from the Test of Courage had gathered and sat nearby to presumably cheer on both men. Secretly, she doubted that they could tell the difference between the brothers from the distance they were in.

”Hm? Yasumi?” Saya blinked when the young kunoichi managed to squeeze past the horde of fangirls and saw her fellow genin jumping up with enthusiasm for Komon. ”You’re a student of Komon Hyuuga?” She asked as she claimed a spot next to the older girl.

WORD COUNT: 221

Yasu would be looking at the ring shivering in anticipation of what could be done down there. They both seemed to be excellent fighters and Komori had just activated some kind of rain. That was useful she supposed and while she tried to figure what happened next there was a voice beside her she recognized amongst all the strangers. She turned her head and her face would light up: "Saya! Nice to see you!" The young Kunoichi would stand up and bow slowly to her and after that extend a hand towards her to greet her. "Yes well at least he taught me to do hand seals with only one hand and practically helped me pass my Genin exam", she would smile and wave her right hand stump at her to show why that would be necessary. Then she would point to a seat next to her: "Wanna share my popcorn? The fight has only just started but so exciting, they look so similar are those really brothers?", she would tilt her head. It was surly optional that one could have married already or maybe split up parents? Those things did happen a lot.

WC: 194
TWC: 380

Kyson woke up one morning as he took a look at the clock. Noticing the time, it seemed he was running a bit late. He looked over towards his new nuisance but at the same time he kept him company for the meantime. "Keiko wake up. I forgot the little fight thingy was today." Kyson said as he hurried up and got ready. Kyson had on his normal attire and he put Keiko in a all red onesie. He had to put clothes on him, he was tired of him crawling around with nothing on. As he got situated and was ready to head out. Keiko was sitting on top of his shoulders as they were heading towards the arena to watch the fight.

As they approached the entrance of the arena. Kyson looked towards a stand that sold snacks and bought a big bag of chips. Knowing Keiko was probably hungry at this time. As he walked inside the arena a looked for a seat. It seemed the fight had already started. As Kyson opened the bag of chips, he at a few as he raised the chips towards keiko as he sat on his shoulders. "Looks like it already started.... I told you to wake me up if I over slept Keiko..." Kyson said. 

"Gah Gah." Keiko said with his baby talk. Munching on the chips that Kyson handed to him. But Kyson understands him since he's been around panda's for so long. "Whaddya mean Beauty sleep? Sleeping like you gotta job." Kyson said as he put his attention back towards the fight.

”Yeah. It’s great seeing you here too.” The corners of lips quirked up in a small smile as she returned the young girl’s bow and gave her a firm handshake. It was nice to see that another genin was attending such an event. Goodness knows that the ones she was acquainted with in her yearmates were loathe to appear at the match. Of course, they would have probably gone if only to make heart eyes at the jounin twins.

Maybe it was divine intervention or sheer dumb luck, but just as Saya happened to peer at the arena once more, she caught the provocative wink Komori Hozuki threw at her general direction. She visibly scoffed at his action, thinking it was for his loyal fans just two or three steps above her and Yasumi. His amorous gleam sent them into a tizzy; one of them even fainted from it. Saya rolled her eyes at the silliness of it all.

Komori could be vexing at times.

A peculiar kind of screen became the border between the audience and the onslaught of rain brought on by Komori’s jutsu. Saya could hear the pitter-patter of deluge smacking against it. Such a technique made it a bit harder for normal people and genin to observe the fight happening below them. She tried to squint past the light smudging induced by the droplets and focused on the figures going through a series of hand seals too fast for her to follow exactly.

Saya turned her attention back to Yasumi, nodding at the girl’s explanation on her use of “sensei.” Jealousy surged at the knowledge of her newfound friend being able to do one-handed hand seals. It was petty and wrong of her, she knew. And Yasumi put in an emphasis in her reasoning by raising her stump. Guilt curdled at the pit of her stomach, but she so desperately wanted to learn such a skill as well.

Pushing her emulous thoughts away Saya shook her head at the offer of popcorn. ”No, that’s okay. Thanks though.” She already felt bad enough with her negative thinking, and now she was going to take some of her snacks too? Absolutely not. ”And they are. A majority of people might confuse them at first, but if you’re observant enough you could easily tell them apart.” As she was saying so, Komon had thrown two fuma shurikens toward his brother before following its trajectory to close the gap between them.

In between the Hozuki liquefying himself to let the weapons pass through, summoning tall walls of water and the Hyuuga shielding himself with an equally huge earth barrier, and clones, Saya blinked at the form of Keiko sitting on top of someone’s shoulders. She knew no other person other than Kyson to be in the baby panda’s company.

”It’s the Handsome Man. C’mon, Yasumi. I’ll introduce you to him and his baby.” Saya stated in a matter-of-fact tone before hurriedly gesturing for Yasumi to follow her as she not so gently paved a way toward the jounin and his summon. She stepped up beside them like a proper ninja and gave them her greetings.

”Kyson.” Then she had a face-splitting smile as she opened up her arms and extending them to the panda. ”And our precious Keiko! Hello!”

WORD COUNT: 561
TOTAL WORD COUNT: 221 + 561 = 782

Yasu did miss the provocative wink into the crowd but indeed the effect it had on the young girls behind her. She raised her brows to what happened behind her and almost jumped from her seat as one girl fainted. Since it seemed her friends were caring for her she would let it pass by with a slow shake of her head and then a look towards Saya once more. "They are crazy about this aren't they?", she would smile mildly at Saya and look at the battle again.
Here she could see the one liquefying his arm and Komon creating this wall out of earth it was indeed amazing to see two that strong Shinobi fight amongst each other. While she tried to follow what was going on Saya suddenly said that she was introducing her to a handsome man and his baby. First she was a little confused but she followed her energetic friend towards the young man holding the panda baby.
Now standing in front of Kyson she would chuckle a little and smile at him: "He is indeed the most handsome man around, nice to see you again Kyson and...", her eyes gazed at the young Panda and she took a big gasp, "So adorable." Now her heart would seem to melt away. Who could withstand this view? Good looking young man carrying a most lovely Panda baby? With a huge sigh she would pull her eyes away from the Panda and smile at Kyson again. "Why don't you come over to sit with us?", she would motion to the seats from which they had gotten up.

WC: 271
TWC: 651

As Kyson and Keiko reached the arena where the fight was taking place. Kyson noticed a couple of familiar faces there as well. Wasn't expecting to see those two at a place like this. "Saya and Yasumi, didn't think I would see you two here." He said as he began to head towards them and grab a seat. With Keiko still sitting on his shoulders as he continues to eat his chips. 

He would take a glance at the fight since he missed a good amount of it. It seemed like a lot was going on in the time he was absent. Seeing as the arena was covered in a big bubble of water, It was similar to the technique Kyson knew, great colliding wave. But this one seemed a bit different and little more controlled. Changing the environment to compliment his Hozuki bloodline. He was curious to see how the Hyuuga was going to respond to this. As he continued to watch the fight, he noticed another person approaching them.

It was that kid he met at the restaurant that day in Hoshi. Wasn't expecting to see him either, do these type of events happen so often in Kumo? Kyson would put his attention on the boy. "Oh, well... uh... I just didn't want to blow my cover." He said with a chuckle. He couldn't really come up with something on top of his head since he wasn't expecting to see him here. As he put his attention back on the fight, Kyson watched to see what the next move was. But Keiko began to climb off of Kyson's shoulders as he began to cover his face and block his view of the fight. "Keiko! Watch where you are going damn it!" As he grabbed the baby panda and placed him in the seat next to him. But Kyson noticed one thing, something a few rows behind smelled.... fishy.

It seemed like a slow day in Kumogakure, there was nobody on the streets and the shops were quite empty for this time of day. Intrigued by this, Renji would decide to investigate; walking about town trying to figure out where everyone could be.

It would not take him long to realize where everyone had went, as he would hear a booming roar of cheers coming from the gladiator arena. “forgot there was a fight scheduled for today.” Renji would say to himself as he rushes over to catch some of the fight.

As Renji nears the arena, the sky would begin to darken followed by a down pour of rain. Seeing as it was just sunny out a second ago and now it was raining cats and dogs, Renji would assume this to be a water type jutsu. Only Knowing of two water type users, Sakana the mejin and Komori the Hozuki, Renji would assume one of them is fighting. Knowing that he might get the chance to see his friend fight would cause Renji to run a bit faster.

Finally at the arena, dripping wet from the down pour, Renji would quickly make his way up to the spectacular area where he would see a bunch of familiar faces. The first person Renji would notice is his teammate Saya, he had not seen her since the two were back in hoshi. Happy to see that she had made it back Renji would rush over to greet the girl. “what’s up Saya, long time!” he would say with a smile on his face. Turning to Yas who was near Saya Renji would say “ congratulations, I see you made Genin” giving the girl a thumbs up as he says so.

Kyson and Sakana would also be there, both with there summons. Renji had never seen a panda or a turtle so he would be excited to see them up close for the first time,  petting both of them on the head. “Sup guys” Renji would say to the greeting the two shinobi’s and there summons.  There was another person in the shinobi’s section of the stands, having never seen him before and not seeing a headband, Renji would assume he is an Academy student, he seemed to be really into the fight, so Renji would not bother him.

Seeing as Sakana was up here with him, that had to mean that it was Komori’s jutsu that had soaked him earlier. As he walks to the edge, Renji would see that I he indeed was right. Not only that, but it also looked like Komori was fighting his brother Komon, as grin crosses Renji face as he says “ah so the silver and gold brothers of Kumo are fighting it out for the title of ‘Gold brother’ huh.” Renji would then activate his byakugan so that he can track the two as they move about.

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