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"Ah!" called the long haired Shinobi, who was, perhaps to Jaice, quite unfamiliar. He had arrived, with poise to add, in the Leaf Village's famous Dojo, where he finally got that one chance to catch up to him - the Sixth Hokage. It was surely tiring, as it had already taken him all day just to track such a skilled Shinobi all over the village. Clearly, a show of incompetence. Deep down, honestly, Hideaki Mei - this young gentleman, knew that he was of no importance to the lot of them, and to the whole of the Leaf Village, and this was simply because he was a mere Medical Shinobi, who only had talent for the art of Medicine, and the Jutsu involved under the same category. As of now - no, zero self esteem.

"Okay!" he added. "I've finally found you," he told Jaice who seemed to be just standing over somewhere along the Residential Area(hopefully at this point in time).

"Oikiiee!" snorted a small pink ball of fat, which seemed to have just climbed on top of Hideaki's head - Utaro Chichou; the pet pig. "Oikee!" it snorted, it seemed to be in rage.

"Calm down, Utaro. There is not actual point in getting angry," mused Hideaki in a very calm and relaxed manner. "Now then," he said, taking Utaro with his hands, from his belly, over to his arms where he carried him like he was hugging a small pillow. Afterwards, continuing - "Jaice Tsumehari," said Hideaki. "It is nice to meet you. My name is Hideaki Mei, Genin. I am here because I have been instructed to strictly relieve you of your duty as the Hokage of this Village, as the duty has been passed down onto myself," he said, though, in a rather bored kind of way.

"Well," he uttered. "Since the standard operating procedure has been observed, I guess the only thing left for you to do now, is to choose to comply with the orders of the Higher Ups, or, to bring it up to them, and tell them that you don't find me that suitable to be the Hokage," Hideaki told Jaice - which was, not to mention, an issue. He shrugged his shoulders afterwards, simply passing their meet as more of a casual thing, than formal.

"Hmph," muttered Hideaki, though, with not much brag to it. It was just an expression, accompanied by a shrug of the shoulders, to clearly note his indifference on the matter."Oh well," he mused sheepishly. "I guess that settles the issue,"

Evidently, he did not care much, and obviously, he seemed to be lazily taking the job. This, of course, was accompanied by the fact that he was hiding all of his insecurities underneath pure sighs of pretend-unwillingness. To him, honestly, he was honored to be chosen, however, he did not think that much about things such as this. At least, not until recently.

Aside from that, the Rokudaime Hokage, a person whom he had only met for a few times ever since he became a Shinobi, was quite encouraging. He found it odd that the Hokage himself did not choose to retaliate to that certain decision of demotion. "Of course," he nodded. "But do not be mistaken. I was merely chosen for my mind and mentality, and clearly, not for my skills. Frankly, I am no better use as a Shinobi on the field, as I can only perform support," he told Jaice, reminding him that he was, indeed, a mere Medical Shinobi - a genius, though, only in books and the academe - but frankly, lame and worthless over the field.

Thinking so, however, as a proper transition; as in to make sure that he would be right for it, Hideaki looked straight into the Rokudaime's eyes, and like vomit, the words just came out right from his own mouth.

"Fight me," he said. "Hand-to-hand physical combat: Shinobi's Essentials number one, Taijutsu," Hideaki stated, proposing a challenge - an initiation test for himself, before assuming the position. With that, he merely took his time to hold that standing position, with the Pig known as Utaro still held like a small, hugged, pillow in his arms. His face, well, still as calm as ever.

"I shall do what I can to reach your standards," replied Hideaki, though, not with a smile, but with that same, tired and worried expression just painted all over his face. "If it will be in the case where I may do anything in my power to hit, then be it," he added as he slowly closed his eyes, and placed Piggy Utaro above his head, where it used its mini hoofs to just cling onto him miraculously.

"Hold on tight, Utaro-chichi, I might get thrown off of the ground this time," Hideaki said to Utaro, and it was as if Utaro had reacted in a way that it understood Hideaki, as it nodded in agreement. Afterwards, Hideaki slowly opened his eyes, still, possessing that same sheepish expression to it that made it seem as though Hideaki was not taking it seriously(despite the fact that he was). He took his stance, he just... Well, he just stood there, and that was it - that was his stance; nothing flashy or anything, he did not want to look stupid in front of the Hokage. "Here I come," he announced, signaling the start of the fight.

Hideaki, with his talent in Chakra Control, immediately sent his Chakra to his feet, drawing energy from the core of his body, and having it gush like free flowing water towards the leg's chakra circulatory panels. Pushing it out, Hideaki began to run, and with every stomp of his feet, a sharp, thin stream of Chakra would be sent out, and with that sort of level of Chakra Control; which was a bit surprising for a mere Genin, to boot, Hideaki's speed would increase two to three-fold. All accomplished, to note, from gaining a greater capability to control chakra as compared to others, of his own Rank, who found it difficult.

With the Chakra-powered run, Hideaki closed the distance, and from within the sleeves of his long white robe, had unleashed and thrown a pair of Kunai at Jaice. Once the Kunai were thrown, they were headed quickly for Jaice's head, and he would pull on the breaks, sliding to a stop, with his feet over the ground, after his run. He would skid to a stop, keeping all attention at Jaice who would be ready to pull pretty much anything from under his sleeve, unlike him, who could only pull out two Kunai, throw it at Jaice, and use it as a projectile weapon.

Hideaki motioned forward, but because he was thinking about strategies so much, being quite overprotective and a person who worried about himself a bit, too much, he hesitated, and with that came the connection of Jaice's strike. It was as if the whole of his abdominal organs had been pushed back, and that the air had just been forced out of his lungs, and his solar plexus. His eyes widen, and he was lifted off of the ground. The little piggy that rested above his head hung on for dear life...

"Oooof!" he exclaimed as his eyes widened in shock and pain. In just the blink of an eye, he was thrown off of the ground, pushed back a few feet, and slammed right over the ground where he lay motionless for a few moments. It was only when Seiri Kaguya - the head Medical Shinobi, arrived, that the boy slowly began to rise up, twitching, still in pain, though, at the very most, with a small fire lit up in his eyes... Brother to Hakubi Mei, and also, another Child Prodigy who may be able to even surpass him, Hideaki Mei was on a mission to show the Rokudaime Hokage what he could do at this early stage; to prove that he is capable of handling the situation.

His long pony tail swished from left to right as he stood up, parts of his long sideburns covering his face, though, there was nothing much to see, except for his good looks, and still, his neutral facial expression. To that, he heard his brother's name get mentioned... No reaction, he just shrugged his shoulders once more, and he just, remained to stand, suppressing the pain with his own will. He looked at Jaice, and nodded.

"It seems you know of my brother," he told him, then, for a while, he glanced at Seiri Kaguya, and then. Hideaki found her face to be quite familiar, as she would be his so-called "Boss", that is, because he was to be a Medical Ninja Trainee. Right after, he focused his attention back to Jaice. "Then, perhaps, you know what my older brother is famous of," Hideaki stated, and up to that point, he had allowed for his Chakra to gush like wild rapids over a jagged riverbed, towards his left fist(which was not really his good arm). While doing so, he, as well, focused a small, but sharp amount, under his feet. He concentrated, making it look easy in the process, on jumping, and so he did, though, with the release of Chakra from under the soles of his feet to give him that extra boost. He gained height in that jump because of that, and as soon as he had been air borne, he aimed for Jaice, and packed his left fist with the insane amount of Chakra - an amount that he could muster to deliver a painful, bone-breaking blow with only the fists.

He would begin to land, and with the right hand positioned before his own body as he landed, he would get the aim. As soon as he would come into range, he would shoot out his left fist like a fast piston, and try to make the strike connect. The strike would most likely shatter a small portion of the Dojo's floor - why? Simple - Chakra Control. Chakra is stored in the fists, and is concentrated to a certain extent. When striking, Hideaki simply focuses all of the Chakra in that fist to one point, and on the exact millisecond of contact, that is to say, when fist meets target and skin collides over surface, he releases all of his chakra, creating a devastating force. In this case, the surface would either be Jaice's head, or the floor, both of which have the potential to crack open when hit. A dodge, however, would not be so difficult to pull. If Hideaki misses his head, then he would directly strike the ground, if not, then Jaice would be immediately hospitalized...

Truly, it was a good thing that Seiri was there.