Training in the Clouds (IO)

Riku felt a surprising adrenaline rush coursing through her veins as she intently focuses on his movement, they were rather linear she thought however nearly effective. She would've fallen if it weren't for her byakugan as she back flips backwards only approximately 2 feet away to evade the leg sweep. This guy wasn't any joke she thought, he had the skill to back up his words for sure however, Riku started to spot something that made her smirk slightly as both of they're palms had connected with one another, she rushed in to strike him with another gentle fist.

Once he backed away from her she rested her arms while staring at him with a nuetral look along her facial expression, all he wanted to know was how she fought, he was just like the others, she hated people like that. Riku sighs heavily for a moment, she raises her finger to point right at Asuma, her white eyes beamed into his own," Lock on." She says in which then she scatters along the pavement at her full speed closing in the distance between them once again.

"Stop looking down on people like your so surperior!" She shouts while thrusting her palm forward as she'd seemingly attempt to strike his face once more. Riku faked her swing so if he were to attempt to block she'd instinctively use her other palm to a land a more precise blow upon his abdomen. If he would once again evade her strike then she'd follow in pursuit at full speed to deliver another gentle fist towards Asuma's right arm, if successful she'd grasp upon it tightly to not only keep him still but to inflict some slight internal damage as well, she'd also follow up with using her strength to swing his body into the ground.

Asuma could feel her perk up with the rush of the fight, often caused by adrenaline rushing through a person’s body. She had done excellent in truth avoiding the sweep by backflipping over his leg, however this allowed a moment of weakness he believed and used this as a moment to strike. Asuma used his left foot which his weight had been shifted on to in his crouched stance to force his body to move at his maximum speed, this allowing him to thrust his right hand balled in a fist aim at the small of her back while she was still in the air. Assuming he made contact it would disrupt her landing and again give Asuma enough time to return himself to the stance he had presented before, he would again speak calmly and collected now though unknowingly he had a hint of interest in his voice. “You’re full of fighting spirit…” He would pause but a moment to lock eyes with Riku, “How can you say you can find strength in others? Strength is inside you and must be worked for. The best help another person could be is to put the efforts of your training to the test.” Asuma had seen a lot for his young age of 17, “Riku, were you never told how important you are as a member of your clan? To be strong?” Asuma found it strange she had not been more like him, he figured the Hyuuga would require as much greatness in their bloodline as the Uchiha demanded from Asuma. He was baffled.

Assuming Riku responded and Asuma had no words to say, he would give her a chance to strike. If she had decided not to strike then Asuma would push his assault this time, charging her at his maximum speed leaning forward and placing him at the perfect level to thrust a palm strike to the lower left portion of her rib-cage with his right hand. Of course in attempting this attack Asuma made sure to watch her very closely and try to be prepared to defend himself in the event she chose to counter strike. If he was successful in his full speed strike, he would follow up with a second palm strike to the right side of her neck using his left hand attempting to make her slide back away from their battle point. Asuma would then reposition himself in his normal stance hands now down by his side as he looked at her. He was unsure how to feel about this fight, she was his polar opposite in every way and it infuriated him in many ways.

If he had attacked first and been thwarted in his attempt to strike her the first time, Asuma would be prepared to once again redirect whatever strike she may have decided to use against him. The Hyuuga gentle fist was a formidable nin-taijutsu and needed to be watched closely for a strike in the right place could end this fight before Asuma could even really get started.

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Riku had lost concentration once she had backflipped feeling a soft though effective blow against her back as her body had stumbled into the pavement as a result, she gritted her teeth while having one of her eyes closed due to the settling dust the briefly fluttered about. As she heard him speak she slowly gets herself up from the ground to make it appear as if the attack did more damage than what was intended in the first place, she narrows her whites eyes while slamming her fist in front of her. "The connections you have with strong bonds triggers something in you that not even raw strength could fathom, it's the power of friendship, and nothing! I mean nothing exceeds that no matter how cool, how edgy you want to look, friendship will always defeat those who only believe in just training being the method to success." She says while lifting her head up at Asuma.

She didn't move a muscle blinking as he approaches her without hesitation to deliver what seemed to be an  attack that would've directed towards the left side of her ribcage, her byakugan followed his movement as clear as day. She side steps without even looking at Asuma as that was how Hyuuga bodies functioned being ever so agile, as he swung again aiming  for her neck her at full speed her left palm would angle itself underneath his  left hand's wrist in attempt to obtain a firm grasp upon it. If successful she'd use her right palm to launch a gentle fist aiming right for his stomach at full speed, if he were to somehow counter her first strike then she'd continue with her assault, she started to inhale and exhale as she was getting rather tired using so much chakra. She knew her byakugan wouldn't last for long so she had to make this quick, for the most part she either thought to allow Asuma to win or to just end it here for now as the twins were still waiting she thought to herself.

Asuma was someone she didn't see herself getting a long with, he just was a bit much in her eyes, she didn't really like dealing with people that always felt the need to act so cocky, born with power, her foster mother had warned her about trying to make friendships with certain people or they'll betray her one day, she started to think about those words more during this spar.

It was successful, the blow to send her stumbling forward after her backflip. Asuma carried on as planned after hearing her speech, by this point he had decided the time for talk had long since past. His attempt at striking her ribs was foiled by the fluent movement almost as though she bent her body to allow the strike to miss on it’s own, he noticed her eyes were not even focused on him at this point and were instead just focused on something in the battle. His second strike, the one aimed for her neck was stopped by the girls hand grasping his wrist stopping him in mid swing, this led to her counter attack. That’s when he saw it, the strike headed for his gut with force. Asuma not having much time to respond at such close range was only able to put his right forearm in the way, this leading to the strike to slam into his forearm. He felt the chakra explode from her first in a targeted blow. It was comparable to being hit with a chakra need, so precise and fine tuned to effect the targeted area with deadly accuracy. He felt it, a numbness in his arm from the chakra based attack.

If she considered this to be a counter to the strike and chose to continue her onslaught, Asuma would use his speed to try and keep up with the repetitive strikes. With each strike he would merely try to redirect the attempted blows away from his body, he hoped she would tire soon and give up.

However, if the strike against his forearm would satisfy her long enough, Asuma would leap backwards 4 foot keeping his body facing his opponent and only coming about 4 inches high from the ground so as not to have too much time lingering in the air. With the distance between them Asuma could see the exhaustion setting in, the fight had not drawn out long but she already seemed to be getting tired with the passing moments. Asuma would admit to himself that it was a bit of a spar, but wouldn’t find himself that exhausted yet. It then occurred to him that the Byakugan must have been sapping her strength with every passing moment, he wondered to himself if his own goal of Sharingan would also carry such a draw back.

Assuming he had been able distanced himself from his opponent, Asuma would lower his guard and let his hands rest at his side as he spoke in a calm collected manor. “I think our spar should end here, fighting an opponent whose losing strength does nothing for either of us anymore.” Asuma would assume she agreed and in that instant turn to the twins who had been standing off to the side, he wondered how it would go now with him involved due to her having exhausted herself in their spar. Asuma would direct his next sentence to those twins “So, you next? Want to spar her or me?” The time was now or never if they really wanted to train.

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Once her gentle fist had made contact against his forearm her white eyes flicked at his body language for a moment, as he leaps backwards she didn't run after him this time, she stood there blinking at him for a moment. He brought something out of her that she never knew she had, she had a fighting spirit that blossomed thanks to Asuma. Maybe he wasn't so bad after all Riku thought to herself, she kept slowly inhaling and exhaling narrowing her eyes as he suggested to end the spar here, her veins subsided as she heard this deactivating the byakugan. Riku walks over to Asuma and smirks," I got you all wrong, Nice spar I had a blast." She says giggling a bit shortly afterwards.

Now it was time for the twins to pick who they were fighting next, to tell you the truth, she wasn't really able to give it her all without inflicting unnecessarily severe damage to her body so she knew she wouldn't be able to continue another spar. Riku glares over at the twins," Hey there, you guys can test you're might against Asuma." She glares over at him," He's a pretty crafty fighter."She says while taking five over where the twins were watching them fight at.

She didn't really know what to except with his unusual clone jutsu, the two seperate entities possesses a nearly equl amount of chakra against one another she had seen prior during her byakugan activation. Riku sat there soon gathering her breathe completely at this point, she still was exhausted though, her attention remained on the battle now.

Asuma was showing what he normally considered weakness for once, but guess everyone has to give at some point. She spoke of enjoying the spar and even giggled to which Asuma would grit his teeth the familiar sound ‘Tsk’ his eyes closed briefly and then opening again as he turned away looking in the twins general direction again. They were loud, obnoxious and all together definitely someone Asuma would generally avoid all together just to spare himself the annoyance. This boy believed in this ‘Power in Friends’ thing everyone here was babbling on about, Asuma watched as the twins entered the battlefield and slipped into a fighting stance.

Asuma responded to the twins stance by showing off a second fighting stance he had in his arsenal, he slid his feet to match under his shoulders as he bent his knees slightly and hunched his back every so slightly towards his torso. His left hand open and next to his face with his elbow bent in nearly a ninety-degree angle, while his right hand was extended in front of his body in an ‘L-shape’ hand aimed towards his opponent with fingers dangling as he heard the boys speak about some kind of invisibility. The words that followed were obviously his attempt to piss off Asuma and make him blindly attack, Asuma’s cold and emotionless voice was present as he spoke to the fool of an opponent “Quit wasting time, either come at me or give up now and let me do some real training.” Asuma was intending on letting this new opponent strike first and hopefully be able to learn more about this clone he called a twin.

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Riku smirked at the twins as they had given her a rather nice compliment, she waves as she passes him," Appreciate it Twin, I think that'll be your nickname for me, it has quite the ring to it dontcha think?" She rhetorically asks as she makes her way over to the benches. Riku glares at them at they both took their battle stances, a swiflt breeze swept along the pavement as they exchanged words, in the ninja world one fatal incorrection could be your last breathe, she wondered why this battle would even proceed. She folds her arms in disappointment slightly as they were playing this waiting game, she is a very forward fighter to say the least.

Riku stood up clapping her palms," Good luck you guys! Stay focused!" She exclaimed while soon sitting back down and laying her palms upon her lap as she contemplates for a moment. Asuma was sharp for sure however something told her that the twins might give Asuma a run for his money. After all with two entities present it wasn't much room for precise openings, depending on if they are quick enough they'll actually prove to be a formidddable opponent. Then again, Asuma wasn't any push over from the slighest so it was anyone's game here.