Training in the Clouds (IO)

Asuma could here Riku from the sidelines as she turned into a cheerleader, but she seemed to quickly return to a quiet spectator. He knew he was at a disadvantage from the start, the boy or boys, whatever they were, had seen Asuma fight once and so had pre-knowledge of his fighting style and habits. Of course the boy had to announce before beginning, Asuma really began to have a distaste for him. The seals the boy showed were in a pattern Asuma was familiar with, it was from the academy ‘Clone Jutsu’ they all had to learn before being allowed to become Genin. Asuma watched the three as they ran towards him weaving in and out of each other, however he never took his eyes away from the original even when the other two appeared. The boy was as fast as Riku as he charged onward, Asuma waited til the boy was in melee distance and the moment he had swung his leg for a kick Asuma responded as quickly as he could hoping this boy couldn’t be any faster than he had currently seen. Moving his right leg around the outside opponent's left leg, the leg he had by this point used in his attempt to kick Asuma, and quickly stomped towards the opponents right ankle which he would more than likely be supporting himself with due to the left being in motion to kick Asuma. He would ignore the clones, hoping he was right and it was the Academy jutsu they would merely be a distraction and be unable to do anything in combat as they were mere projections.

If Asuma was successful in striking Katsu in the right ankle, the two would be slightly intertwined as Asuma would at this point be in a position directly behind the other boy. The two obviously facing opposite directions from the attacks they had made, Asuma would continue to use his speed to quickly jerk his body back toward the opponent using his right elbow to strike a driving blow at the base of Katsu’s neck. If successful the attack should be enough to at least cause Katsu to stumble forward and allow Asuma to quickly spin around and face his opponent once more. Most likely a distance of 2 meters would be between the two of them as they prepared to continue their spar.

If by some chance Katsu was able to avoid the returned attack after Asuma maneuvered around his attack, he would attempt to use the stomp on the ground to shove himself forward putting spacing between the two of them. The spacing being 2 meters, just enough for Asuma to quickly spin around and be facing his opponent once more.

Regardless of what happened Asuma would remain quiet in this fight not caring to speak this time, but instead he intended to remain focused on the real Katsu so as not to become confused by the projection clones around him. The move was clever of the boy, but it would have been more effective if he was able to move faster than Asuma could perceive.

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The fight against them was soon heating up as the Twins had performed a specific jutsu that Riku was very well familiar with back in the academy days, after becoming a genin she also had attained the jutsu however she doesn't use it often unless she is conducting stealth missions. Intrigued she kept watching as the clones approached Asuma," They have outsanding coodrination in battle despite their social differences." She thought to herself as soon Asuma had replied with his own swift counter. Riku started to widened her eyes for a moment as she couldn't believe the stamina reserves that Asuma possesses, as agile as he is she wondered what will the Twins do in this situation, dealing with speed.

Many ways of dealing with the situation filled her mind, she places her palm upon her chin and leans closer obviously interested in how the fight is proceeding," Hmmm.." She mumbles as she remains focusing her attention onto how this fight will continue. Riku couldn't really get an exact idea on who would be sharper just yet, she knew her feelings weren't off about the Twins, they would be quite the dynamic duo she felt if they were more polished slightly.

Katsu was surprised as Asuma stepped around his attack, guessing correctly between the three attackers and  striking out at his ankle in the process. They had seen how fast he was in his fight with Riku, but it was different being up close and on the receiving end of his strikes. He felt pain in his ankle as the blow landed, his body shifting forward as he lost balance.

Masaru having done nothing so far had kept his eyes trained on Asuma. As the boy stepped around Katsu, aiming a strike at his ankle, he pured gathered his chakra into two moves at once. First he gathered his chakra into growing a leg out of Katsu’s upper thigh. The leg facing in the opposite direction from how Katsu’s leg was positioned. The second thing he did was start growing a leg out of Katsu’s back, sending it out as a kick toward Asuma’s back as the blow landed on Katsu’s ankle.

With their lost balance, Katsu began to fall forward, but the falling motion was abruptly halted as Masaru’s leg reached the ground, supporting their weight now that Katsu’s injured ankle was struggling to keep them up. Katsu’s left leg landed on the ground, having completely missed his kick due to Asuma’s quick movement around his attack. He could no longer see the boy and readied himself to try and move away and turn around.

Asuma lurched his weight back toward the twins aiming an elbow strike at Katsu’s neck. Masaru had barely any time to react as he tried to force an arm out of Katsu’s shoulder to intercept the blow. He wasn’t nearly fast enough to grow out a full appendage, but he did manage to place a hand in between the elbow and Katsu’s neck, absorbing some of the force and weakening the blow so that it didn’t do any substantial damage. As this was happening his leg that had been growing out of the middle of Katsu’s back kicked out at Asuma’s back in an effort to trade blows and catch him by surprise with an attack that shouldn’t have been possible from anyone else.

As the elbow struck through Masaru’s hand and reached Katsu, Katsu twisted his body, using the leg Masaru had created on the ground as a pivot reducing the damage from the blow further as he twisted on it, but still feeling the blow as it struck. With the quick, though explosive exchange over, he used his left leg to jump forward, Masaru using his leg to jump back so that Katsu jumped about a meter forward. He held his weight on his left leg and spun around, holding his right leg up and bent at the knee, his foot pointing back at a ninety degree angle. The leg Masaru had grown out of his right leg receding back into him, before it returned once more, Masaru’s knee and calf growing out of Katsu’s right knee effectively replacing his leg so that he didn’t have to stand on his injured ankle. They were very slightly lopsided now, his right leg being a tad longer then his left, but they were used to all sorts of strange oddities when it came to their bodies. 

The two were once again facing Asuma, the leg in Katsu’s back slowly disappearing back into him, while the left hand that had come out of his left shoulder to try and intercept the elbow had grown out into a full fledged arm. Katsu’s voice came out a little pained due to how his ankle felt, but even through that you could still hear a bit of excitement in his voice, “You are quick!” He grinned enjoying the fight even if they were at a pretty big disadvantage. The twins made for a really strange looking sight, two left arms, one growing out of Katsu’s left shoulder, and a very slightly longer right leg, that somehow had a calf and foot sticking out behind it at the knee. “Let's go again.”

By now the clones had disappeared having had no effect on the battle.



-70 AP growing 4 appendages 60AP (right leg twice) and 2 remaining out for the next post 10AP

AP 400 Phatom AP 125/200

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OOC: Side note, the speed I am growing things at is 11, it is based on Masaru's chakra stat, not their speed or combined chakra stat. Once out it moves based on the combined speed but it's actual forming/growth is 11. 
It is hard to figure out how to describe these extra arms and legs and where they are coming from and how it would look, so if you have any clarifying questions just let me know Asuma. Still trying to get used to this on my end.

‘Was that a foot?’ the words echoed in his mind as Asuma was confused at the feeling in his center back, no doubt a foot print made on his clan seal between his shoulders. He was a little surprised to feel the foot in his back as he knew both of his opponents feet were on the ground, he began to wonder as he spun around reviewing the events that had just transpired.

Asuma remembered taking note of Katsu’s location amongst the illusionary clones, he remembered simply stepping around his opponent and feeling the ankle as he stomped on it. So in his mind by all means the boy had his feet on the ground, that’s when it occurred to him that he noticed it without registering it. On the sidelines of his fight with Riku, the boy had sprouted limbs from his body before. Asuma also began to think more about the current fight, he had been able to land contact with his elbow, however it felt like a hand had received the blow and not the back of his opponents neck. This was just moments before the kick from his opponents center back had occurred, Asuma wondered if there was a limit to this multi-limb style jutsu he was using.

Having been separated after trading blows, Asuma was able to quickly spin his body around and face his opponent. His opponent. It was something odd to look at indeed, the boy who was now standing with 2 left arms and  an oversized eight leg with a calf growing out of the back of his knee. Asuma positioned his feet beneath his shoulders, left arm in the small of his back as the boy talked and he now held his right arm out at chest height bent ever so slightly at the elbow ending with his fingers extended and point together to the sky. His palm facing back towards himself, he was back in the stance he used against Riku. The opponent was excited in the fight with Asuma, strange for one to have received the damage he had. Though Asuma enjoyed a fight that wasn’t over so fast, he decided he may have the jutsu figured out as he remembered the two having split and the returned to one. That was the key to the jutsu, if the two were together it was a two on one he could keep his eyes on. Knowing she was a little tired, but could be useful to split his opponent Asuma would speak calm like always but slightly louder to ensure Riku would hear him. “Riku, if you’ve rested enough.” he paused for a second as he never took his eyes away, “This fight is some strange form of two on one, care to join in and even these odds?” Asuma would await her response, he wasn’t much for teamwork usually but he didn’t feel he had much of a choice. His opponent definitely had an advantage he was unaware of how much the advantage would be, so to regain his own higher ground he would attempt to use Riku. If she agreed Asuma would ensure to say “Don’t worry about using Byakugan if you can manage without it. I have a feeling it drains your strength too fast.” Asuma needed her to keep from tiring too fast so he might be able to finish off the two he was currently facing off against.

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The events taken place here would be very memorable to her, Riku knew she wasn't wrong, that particular jutsu that the twins were using could lead to something impeccable once truly mastered, she smirked acknowledging that she'd enjoy to test her limits one day against them. The consistent and agile fighting between the two only accumulated a vast abundance of interest dwelling within her consciousness, her eyes observed their blow for blow and also as they reacted against each other with swiftly equal standing really. Asuma however wasn't going down so easily she noticed as he shifts into the familiar stance that he used with her,"So things are getting serious huh." She says while suddenly widening her eyes as she heard the voice of Asuma.

Riku tilted her head as he spoke, a smirk arose across her lips as she was intrigued to participate, it would've been decently fair due to the fact that Asuma had to deal with two people at once after all," Don't mind if I do actually. I've been watching so far and it seems the Twins are amazing, I want to see how far they can go, it is a spar right?" She shrugs her shoulders while making her way over alongside Asuma. To tell him the truth, the byakugan wasn't very draining at all really, she was a pure blood so it wasn't too draining, she only acted a lot weaker so that she could get some rest from moving so quickly as she was exhausted. 

The young hyuuga nods at Asuma," Thanks, but I'm sure I won't be needing my byakugan just yet." Riku says in a soft tone as she turns her attention over to the Twins. Riku places her palm upon her hip while tilting her head at the two," So what do you say Twins? Want to give us a try? I promise you I won't disappoint, no byakugan either as well, just a fight amongst shinobi friends y'know." She giggles while awaiting an answer of approval from the two. If they would accept the challenge then Riku would nod at Asuma in indication that she was going to get them apart, she raises her finger and points at Katsu,"Lock on." She says while sprinting towards him at a decent pace, if he didn't move she'd aim to seemingly thrust her gentle fist palm towards Katsu however she'd fake out her palm strike mid way to pounce a few feet in the air, during her motioning downward she attempts to use her full speed and strength to kick Masaru in his chest to knock him backwards instead of Katsu, if successful she'd look backwards to see Katsu,"Good luck in your fight!" She exclaimed waving during this spar.

Katsu was surprised by Asuma’s words. Together or not, Asuma had gotten the better of them in that exchange. Katsu’s ankle was hurt, but it wasn’t like it was broken. He could still stand on it, but he was probably going to be a bit slower than before, which was bad news for him, as Asuma was already faster than him. Based on the earlier spar, Riku was too.

He considered a barbed remark that Asuma was asking for help, but for once, he showed a little forethought. From the beginning of all this Asuma had been looking down on the idea of working with others, so the last thing Katsu wanted to do was call him out as he reached a hand out to Riku, even if it was just for his own convenience. For a moment he felt proud of himself. He wasn’t all nonsense all the time, just most of the time.

They heard Riku agree to Asuma’s proposal, the twins glancing at each other and then nodding in unison. Masaru stepped out of his brother and stood beside him. They still looked nearly the same, though Katsu made a slight grimace as he lowered his right foot to the ground, testing his weight on it. He quickly brought his face under control. Riku seemed so upbeat, a total contrast from Asuma. He smiled in her direction, “Sure lets have some fun with this ehh?”

Masaru had been considering how they should handle this. In all honesty, he knew that they were weaker then their opponents, at least if they fought each one separately. Their only real advantage would be teamwork. It was unlikely these two would simply fall into step and work together seamlessly, so he and his brother needed to make sure they stayed together and could hopefully take advantage of their superior teamwork. They needed to either find a way to team up on one, or wait for one of them to get in the other’s way.

“Good luck to you two as well.” He smiled. Alright then, lets see what you two can do together.” He and his brother stepped into a fighting stance, back to back, Masaru on his brother’s left, his right foot forward right arm up and ready to block eyes facing Riku. Katsu’s back to Masaru on his right only a few inches between them, his left foot forward, left arm up defensively, looking to Asuma. They couldn’t afford to be the ones to act first, and any extra time wasted by the others in attacking them gave Katsu a chance to adjust to his injured ankle.

AP:Katsu 180 AP Masaru 180
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It was apparent to Asuma, by the looks on their faces that everyone was surprised at first to hear him suggest the help of Riku. He however saw it less as he needed help and more like he was using an available resource against his opponent, I mean would you not use other things in your environment to help you find victory in any form of combat. Just because this was a spar didn’t mean Asuma would not treat it as a battle, believing that is the only way to progress in life by looking at all training as battle. Asuma was glad Riku agreed however, this meant he could split the twins attention and be able to dispatch them faster. Asuma had heard Riku make a comment about him shifting into the familiar stance and decided to ignore it, feeling she meant to say that mostly to herself and not the general populace.

He never looked away from the twins, but with his peripherals he was able to see the look of surprise as Riku tilted her head and smirked by his invitation to fight. She seemed happy to join Asuma in battle and the fire for battle in her spirit was lit again as she took her place a little under a meter from Asuma. She seemed confident in the fight this time, her body language seemed to say she would have this fight over before it would even begin. While all this had been happening Asuma took notice of his opponent, the two had separated this time standing apart but near to one another. Asuma could see the bruised and injured ankle of Katsu, his face for a single moment showing the pain that had been afflicted to him from simply trying to take on his own weight with the ankle. Though they seemed more than willing to continue the fight, Asuma remained in his fighting stance as the twins accepted the invite to Riku and she began to speak again. She seemed to agree in the uselessness of her byakugan in this next bout, though the kekkei genkai was strong in this fight it was really down to who had stamina and strength in Asuma’s opinion.

With the acceptances all in order the fight began, Riku was the one starting it up this time as she looked at Asuma and nodded before charging her chosen opponent. It was clever to charge the weaker of the two first, much like a lioness on the hunt taking the weaker prey down first. However to Asuma’s surprise she redirected her strike, this time it was Masaru she intended to separate from his brother. If she had been successful then Masaru and Riku would be a short distance behind Katsu as she looked back saying good luck to the others, Asuma assuming that the talkative type Katsu was would more than likely direct his attention back to Riku to wish her luck as well. He took off in a sprint, his maximum speed being his biggest advantage in this spar, he used it to close the gap between him and Katsu.

Assuming he wasn’t interrupted Asuma would be within melee range of the boy in moments, once reaching this point the fight would proceed depending on Katsu’s actions.

If Katsu attempted to kick or hit Asuma, he would use his right hand to redirect the attack just slightly away from his body in order to let Katsu throw his weight in that direction. If successful Asuma would be in nice and personal with Katsu allowing him to strike at Katsu’s right upper thigh, deciding to use his speed and strength to cause damage to the upper portion of his leg. This of course fell into the plan to nearly immobilize his opponent, assuming he made contact with the leg he would more than likely be capable of continuing his onslaught by doing a two handed palm thrust to Katsu’s sternum which if successful would cause him to either fall backwards or just slide on his feet. Regardless there would be about 2 meters between them now allowing Asuma to return to his fighting stance from before as he waited to see the next move.

If Katsu had not tried to attack Asuma once the gap between them was closed by Asuma’s charge, then he would take it upon himself to attempt the first strike between these two. Asuma would also be attempting a sort of fakeout strike as he would use his right hand to palm thrust towards Katsu’s forehead, though he intended to allow Katsu to defend this planning that the moment he touched Asuma’s arm or hand he would use his speed to send a kick with his right shin to the opponents lower left side. The impact may only hurt his opponent from sheer speed, but it would be enough to possibly knockdown Katsu. Asuma knew the force at the very least would make Katsu slide across the ground about a meter or two, though as soon as he struck his opponent Asuma would dart after him in a chase hoping the strike would have him distracted long enough for Asuma to plant another high speed sweep to Katsu’s shins making him slightly airborne. If all had gone successful Asuma would then slam his right fist to Katsu’s abedomen, using the strike to force his entire body to the ground slamming him between the ground and Asuma’s fist. He would then leap back only coming a short height of maybe 3 inches off the ground, though he would be able to land about a meter or two from where Katsu may be laying.

Regardless of the events that may have happened depending on his opponents choice of reaction on the fight, Asuma would now be between 1 and 2 meters from Katsu. He would also have returned to the familiar stance he had been using right regular in this sparring event he had found himself in. Asuma would wonder if Riku was fairing well in the fight with Masaru, she had been a little tired from their fight he thought, but she seemed raring to go only moments ago.

It was a strange day indeed for Asuma, he had always avoided everyone. He never trained with others, he never talked to anyone really. He had a path of his own to walk and he never found the time to make stops to make friends with his time. It was always training, growing, never giving up. He was going to be the best Uchiha to ever live that was he dream to be known and respected, to have power that others respected. It was his dream, but in this moment he began to not care about that. In this moment he was enjoying the spar, enjoying the interaction with others. He still believed there was no way he could gain power with a waste of time like friends, but he couldn’t help but find himself drawn in in this moment.

Asuma was steady in his stance as he awaited for Katsu to either be rising from the point of impact or recollecting himself from the palm thrust, what would be his opponents next move he wondered.

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A fighting spirit boiled within Riku as her foot made contact upon Masaru's arm, she smirks and leans her foot and body forward to instinctively front flip, it seems that they were very versatile she noticed in heating situations as such, she had to be careful or this wouldn't go so well she thought. Riku observed as Asuma approached Katsu, she didn't have any time to pay close attention to his movements however she made a mental note to herself to ensure that she wasn't in the way. During her front flip over Masaru she swiftly reaches her palm upon his head and grips his hair to swing herself towards her back, using her other free palm  she would've already been aiming to deliver a gentle fist palm bottom technique on the back of his chakra network if successful. If Masaru were to counter with some sort of physical attack she'd intently focus to slam her palm to smack the attack away before scattering backwards and skidding along the pavement.

If the attack was successful she'd still scatter backwards close to Asuma to regain her bearing during the confrontation, her white eyes narrowed at the Twins, she turned her head to Asuma who seemed to be still in rather good condition, they also needed to work together in order to really get the Twins to go beyond their own limits. It was a goal many shinobi wanted, Riku was no exception, she felt if she wasn't strong then she wasn't going to survive in this cruel world, a challenge always proved to be an effective way of unleashing these dormant talents. Inhaling and exhaling only a little she gathered her breathe," It appears they are in fact impeccable together than apart. This is fun! You guys are unreal." She admits with a comforting smile as she prepares her battle stance once again.

"Asuma. I have an idea, this perhaps may be a long shot but if this works. It'll turn things around possibly." She says while gesturing for him to come closer so that she could whisper the plan into his ear. Riku would've cuffed her palms together into his ear so that the Twins didn't hear them," I need you to keep them together like they are, do it however suits your taste but lose their focus from me and we'll have them separated, after that, you now what to do, follow your gut." She says while giving him a supportive slap on the back before turning her head back to the Twins. Riku was having so much fun, she wishes it didn't have to end to be honest, but maybe she'll see these three again after training she thought, " Alright! Let's go!"She exclaimed as she would follow behind Asuma at a more moderate pace to ensure she isn't too close to get in the way, approximately 2-3 meters.

OOC: Lord fighting two people at once. So much to try and keep track of lol. And to top it off I totally missed Riku attacking in the previous post. Thank you for not braining me. Well on with it then.

The boys had thought they were ready, but somehow they completely missed Riku’s movement toward them, apparently focusing too much on Asuma. Katsu reacted too late to Riku’s movement, but lucky for him, he wasn’t her actual target. Masaru on the other hand wasn’t so lucky. He managed to get an arm in the way of her kick, but his arm stung from the blow, and before he had a chance to react she was on top of him. His hair being pulled, causing it to become messy, much like his brothers. A moment later he felt a stinging sensation in his neck as chakra was forced into him. It was a new feeling for him. He had never been attacked by a Hyuuga before, and it was very unpleasant.

Masaru struggled to recover, not nearly accustomed enough to fighting on his own. He spent much of his time inside his brother, and was used to supporting him, rather than actually acting on his own. Having to keep track of where his feet were situated, how he needed to move to get into position, all of it was a bit foreign to him. He wasn’t incompetant, but he just lacked practical experience, as he was used to being more or less along for the ride and making attacks of opportunity when his brother presented them to him. All that being said, he wasn’t out of this fight yet.

Katsu saw what was happening with his brother, but didn’t have time to think about it. Before he knew it Asuma was before him. He didn’t have time to attack, nor did he really want to. Things were progressing rather poorly for the twins who had been separated mere moments after Riku joined the fray. Asuma struck out at his forehead, and Katsu immediately lowered his center of gravity, ducking below the strike, an arm on either side of his body as he did so both in a defensive posture, and to allow himself to strike out against Asuma. Even having avoided the strike at his head, he still wasn’t able to react in time though, as a strike from Asuma’s shin struck his elbow. The blow stung, and he hadn’t seen it coming, but he hoped that the contact may have hurt Asuma at least slightly since shin’s were usually not particularly durable. His hopes were amplified by the force that came from the blow, knocking him back a meter due to the force behind it. 

As Katsu was knocked back, he refocused. Since Riku’s faint he hadn’t really had a chance to think or act. He had simply been reacting by taking each blow as best he could. To be honest, that was his forte. He had a lot of training to do before he was actually good at it, and the ache in his ankle continued to nag at him, but taking a beating was something he was getting acustomed too. No matter how fast Asuma was, the actual power behind his blows were actually a little lower than his brothers. He couldn’t doge all of the attacks, he couldn’t block them all either. So he needed to do something different.

As Asuma moved toward him, Katsu readied himself. He didn’t know what was coming, but he wasn’t going to just defend this time. As Asuma came toward him Katsu watched intently, even with his plan to strike Asuma, it wasn’t like he would suddenly be faster then him, especially with his wounded leg.  As Asuma moved in to sweep his legs, Katsu shifted his weight, putting all of it on his uninjured left leg. He forced his strength into it, barring down on the ground, and took the blow. As he forced all of his weight onto his left leg, he used that momentum to shift his body down slamming a punch down at the currently attacking Asuma. He put all of the strength and speed he could into it, hoping to make contact. He had taken a hit for this, and it felt like fire burned through his left leg as he struck down, hoping that he wasn't taking a blow to his other leg for nothing.

Masaru had taken longer then he would have liked to recover, and saw Katsu taking a hit in order to create an opportunity for himself. He wasn’t entirely sure what Riku had done to him. He had an inkling, there were Hyuuga all over the place nowadays and the general practices of striking tenketsu were known, but how it would actually affect him, especially with a strike to the neck, he had no idea. All the same he rushed to be by his brothers side, so that they would once again be together. Hopefully this time, they wouldn’t be so foolish as to lose sight or Riku. He wasn’t sure how that had happened still, the only thing that came to mind was that her demeanor was just not threatening. Subconsciously, he must have taken her friendly nature to mean she wouldn’t initiate an attack, and he had been sorely mistaken.

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OOC: Not leaving the thread or anything, but the chuunin exam is starting soon, so wanted to grab some wc from here.


[Mid-Thread Claim 4500 words] 22 Stats
Katsu 10 Health 10 Chakra 2 Speed
Masaru 8 Health 10 Speed 4 Strength


Chakra Suppression 2000

Chakra Sensory 2000
Separation Eruption 492 Finishing A rank
Mission: The culling [D-Rank] <-- other 2008 words from here.

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