The genin had a lot to say, and now that he was freed from that accursed office, the Mizukage had ears to listen. He could relate with the boy's pride in his taijutsu as he too was a practitioner of the art. As with all stories though, theirs had some differences. Turpis was trained in taijutsu because that was what his mentor practiced. It required no knowledge of his elemental affinity and was the simplest to teach to a child with whom the man had no prior experience. Nonetheless, he could respect the boy's pride in himself and in his ability. As long as it urged him to progress in his power, rather than grow stagnant, it would take him far in life.
Turpis was unnerved when asked about his wrappings. It was a topic that most either ignored or avoided. Turpis had grown so accustomed to the lack of interest in the wrappings that he almost did not know how to respond. Furthermore he could not deny the boy an answer when he so openly provided one himself. "My father always taught me that my life depended upon these bandages being worn when in the eye of the public. I have an idea of what he might have been referring to, and perhaps one day you will as well. But today will not be that day. Today we are going to focus on your growth as a shinobi."
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Posted: Sun Aug 03, 2014 7:03 am
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◭Namito Uchiha ◮ You think you have a chance in hell of beating me?..Alright then bring it on. ⋙ Big punk of kirigakure Full speed ahead ⇍⇎⇎⇎⇎⇎⇎⇎⇎⇎⇎⇎⇎⇎⇎⇎⇎⇎⇎⇎⇎⇎⇎⇎⇎⇎⇎⇎⇎⇎⇎⇎⇎⇎⇎⇎⇎⇎⇎⇎⇎⇎⇎⇎⇎⇎ Opening his eyes he saw that the mizukage was standing, in a distance, In the training grounds. He quickly jumped up, staining as quiet as possible. Good that he didn't notice him. He ran around the tree and found a small puddle of water. He dipped his fingers in the water and sprinkled them on his face to look as if he was sweaty. With a quick wipe of the hands, he silently came back around and started mimicking striking motion's with his scythe. "This plan is full proof, he'll never know i was slacking." he thought in his mind. ⇍⇎⇎⇎⇎⇎⇎⇎⇎⇎⇎⇎⇎⇎⇎⇎⇎⇎⇎⇎⇎⇎⇎⇎⇎⇎⇎⇎⇎⇎⇎⇎⇎⇎⇎⇎⇎⇎⇎⇎⇎⇎⇎⇎⇎⇎ ▸Yui-again ▹▸I Test of kirigakure Full speed ahead! ▸▹▸17 years of age, gennin, Kirigakure nin.
The resolve of a warrior was always good to hear, especially from a younger generation who would later have the power to change things themselves. He rested his hand on the pommel of his sword then and bent his neck, cracking it to relieve whatever stress had been there. He had drew his sword and made a statement, no a vow, of becoming the strongest swordsman. Swearing upon one's sword meant it was not to be taken lightly as Taisei knew every bit of it.
That was when he drew his own blade in a flash, light gleaming off its silver surface and twirled it once before holding it one handed off toward the side. His hand flicked the blade over in a half spin and gripped the weapon in a reverse grip now as he looked at the swordsman.
"Such words are powerful, always be sure to back them when speaking." Taisei said evenly, holding his own blade in its unusual way. "But can you show me this resolve in steel? Practice some moves, get your posture right."
(An opp to train with a mock opponent! Lol)
CP: 300/300 Speed 7 ( 8 )* // Strength 7 ( 8 )*
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"Then lets do it," Shinya stated firmly as he unsheathed his sword and stabbed it in the ground in front of him. Holding firmly to the hilt of his sword, Shinya adjusted his balance as he took an offensive stance. Shinya said nothing else as he stared upon the eyes of his opponent. This was the perfect opportunity to see how those stronger than him fight, and learn from their movements.
Shinya lunged forward, dragging his sword behind him as it unsheathed from the earth. Dashing forward, Shinya rushed at the Shogun using a straight forward attack. Shinya extended his arm upwards and launched a diagonal uppercut at the Shogun with his sword. Shinya lived by the sword, and therefore his swordplay would be better than the average ninja. It was the only thing that he had going for him considering he never had an affinity to ninjutsu.
Tomiji bowed his head in silent respect. He had obviously struck the wrong cord with the Mizukage and had no wish of offending the man. Tomiji was nearly jumping out of his skin with excitement. His own Kage was also a Taijutsu master, and whats more, he had taken them to the training grounds, there could only be one reason to do such a thing. "I am ready for anything you can throw my way Lord Mizukage!" If anyone had been looking through the thin slit of his hood they would have sworn a literal fire had been lit in the young shinobi's eyes. He quickly recovered his arms with his bandages and got ready for what was next.
(Clone 1) He was ready to train. That was good. It meant that Tomiji was ready to learn. If there was anything that Turpis valued in this world, it was the betterment of his ninja. They were the lifeblood of the village, and their progress was equivalent to the village's. It was a shame that Turpis could not be there in person to mentor the lad at that very moment. He would have enjoyed having a direct hand in the boy's development. Alas with things the way they currently were, an earth clone would have to suffice.
The clone snorted after Tomiji had finished rebinding his wrappings. This was the only indicator that the match had been set. The boy had his back to a tree, making his only options for maneuvering his left , right, and directly above. With this information in mind, he broke off into a mad dash towards the boy. Where there had once been little more than a dozen yards between the two, the distance had been severed to less than five in the span of a second. His right leg wound back, telegraphing to the youthful male that a kick was about to take place.
Tomiji finished wrapping his bindings right as he saw Turpis pull back for his kick. A trial by fire then. Best not hold back. He immediately assumed the Mirror Image Taijutsu stance and Sidestepped the Mizukage's kick. For a brief instance, it would appear to the Mizukage that his quick was going to connect before the image would disappear, revealing Tomiji was now on his opposite flank. Since his opponent had started with a kick, it left only one leg in contact with the ground, giving Tomiji the perfect target to attack. His Byakugan activated right as he went in for a quick strike, aiming for the chakra point directly behind the Mizukage's knee. He also raised his opposite arm level with his own head to block in the event the Mizukage tried to continue his kick in a wide circle.
Mirror Image Taijutsu: Side step - Dodging an attack but making your opponent think they hit you but really they hit the after image making a counter easy. Rank D
Taisei tightened his feet and the grip upon his sword, easing his knees low and taking in a deep breath. Heading in a low dash, he burst out into a headfirst dash in a split moment as soon as his mock opponent had so much as moved. The sword was leaned up against his back in its reverse grip as his left arm was off to the side and trailed behind his bent over dash.
With a few yards to cover and give a bit of room, he would manage to reach his peak speed and assume a low posture only a foot from the ground as he came within striking range of the swordsman. He leaned almost impossible to his left, his head level equal to the man's thigh level as he dodged the strike completely as his left arm touched the ground and his right made its attack.
In a one handed half-cartwheel, Taisei's body had leaned to one side to dodge an attack and now came up and over with his left hand to recover from the sudden dodge. In the middle of his acrobatic maneuver, his right hand lashed out and matched the motion of the cartwheel with its slash with its blunt side seeking to pummel the waistline of the swordsman.
Regardless if the strike were to hit, miss or be blocked, Taisei would leap backwards off of his one handed stand and land on his feet upon the conclusion of his attack, only to flip his blade in a proper position and have it idly at the side.
-Dust Eater Style, -6 Chakra-
CP: 294/300 Speed 7 ( 8 )* // Strength 7 ( 8 )*
*Mirror Image Passive
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Shinya could barely keep up with Taisei's movements with his eyes let alone keep up with his body. His attack had missed completely as Taisei performed an unorthodox dodge by using acrobatics to move out of the way of his blade. It caught him by surprise as Taisei moved to the side and suddenly felt the sting of Taisei's sword colliding with his waist. Had the Shogun wanted to, the strike would have killed him instantly.
Shinya stumbled forward as he caught himself with his foot and spun around to face the Shogun once more. By this time, the Shogun had leapt backwards and now was a good distance away from Shinya. "So this is what is like to face off against an S-Ranked swordsman. There's not a single opening. Even with him standing so relaxed, he's left no openingI'm probably not even worth the warm up... Shinya insulted himself as he needed to think of something else to at least pose as a stretch for the Shogun. He needed to create an opening.
Shinya dashed towards the Shogun for a second time, reaching his full speed halfway to his target. Holding his blade tightly with his right hand, Shinya grabbed ahold of his sheath with his left hand and gripped it. Shinya threw his left arm up as he dashed towards the Shogun, twirling the sheath of his sword right at him. The tactic was to serve as a distraction, by tossing his sheath towards him, he hoped that it would give him a fraction of a second to get to the Shogun's left. As the sheath was upon the shogun, Shinya pushed himself further to reach the Shogun's left. Holding his sword in one hand, Shinya performed a horizontal swing from his right to left at the Shogun's waist.
Clone 1 The kick landed, although the recipient of the strike was the air that remained in the wake of the after image. Turpis did not maintain proper follow through on the kick, and as such lacked the momentum to pull a three hundred and sixty degree blow. The boy made the perfect opportunity to counter attack against Turpis, using the decoy as bait. Thus he took the sudden motion in his peripheral to be the genin performing such a strike. The time for planning had passed and now Turpis could only rely upon reflex.
He only had a faint sense of the boy's location, not fully aware of his position. He did have enough information to react though. He bent his left leg and jumped, propelling himself a mere three feet into the air. It was a basic dodge, but allowed him to right himself in mid air and avoid the open hand strike that had been intended for his knee.
Tomiji was amazed at how aware of his surroundings the Mizukage was. Any lesser ninja would have been caught by that trick and left open to attack. But in mid-air, it would make it hard for the Mizukage to dodge his next strike.
Tomiji redirected his palm in to the ground and used it push himself off the ground, aiming another strike for the Mizukage's body, this time with his leg. This strike should've caught him in the torso and would hopefully knock him further in to the air. Let us see just how well you can dodge in midair.
An interesting ploy Taisei thought. By the time his opponent had been moving toward him, the man decided to make things a little bit more interesting as he relaxed his pose this time. By doing the opposite of before, he wouldn't need to go into a rigid technique such as the dust eater but rather now he needed nimble movement. His breath drew in and out with his breath then came a plume of a white fog just as the sheath was flung at him.
Crystalline ice particles began to slowly form along the ground and only just enough to accomplish what needed to be done. He leaped forward this time to narrowly get away from the strike. A faint image of the man wavered in his place for a moment as it would appear that the sword strike was true only for it to fade away like snow dusting in the wind.
Taisei timed a kick to strike the scabbard square in its center with his left foot and his right foot struck the end of the object to drive it straight into the ground. Meanwhile Taisei threw his sword forward three feet away in this same maneuver just as he kicked the scabbard into the ground so that both objects were rightside up as the ice froze the tip of the grounded scabbard just enough to hold his weight so that he was standing upon the thin object. He leaped forward instantly in a frontal flip, clearing the area away from his opponent as his hand caught the pommel of his sword and leaped back onto his two feet with sword in hand very much mirroring the one handed stand he done earlier to clear another foot away.
He stood there now, holding his blade lazily off to one side yet again and resumed to planning the next move. He let out a slow sigh as he was glad to have the balance needed from his extensive dance-like style.
-Stage 5 of Infinite One Sword Style -> Three Shimmering paths -Stage 3 of Mirror Image -Freezing Cloud - A Rank
CP: 294/300 Speed 7 ( 8 )* // Strength 7 ( 8 )*
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Shinya had missed yet again as the Shogun flipped forward and now stood away from him. The way Taisei had dodged was highly unorthodox, but it amazed him how flexible the Taisei was. He went with the flow of things and used different styles in order to adjust to the situation. This let Shinya realize that he needed to become even more flexible.
Shinya took an extra step as he came across with his sword and spun his body completely before coming to a complete stop. Upon coming to a stop, Taisei would see Shinya's sword raised parallel to his head with his left hand stretched outward. His palm was open, his stance crouched slightly as he panted slightly. He was growing out of breath by this point due to him moving at the max speed his body could take him.
Pushing off with his right foot, Shinya launched himself towards Taisei a third time. This time, it was a straight shot at Taisei. With his left hand still held outward, Shinya brought his left hand back and launched his right arm forward with a thrust of the blade. The momentum of his left arm pulling back and his right arm pulling forward increased the speed of his thrust if only slightly. Every bit counted however against an opponent like the Shogun. The tip of his sword aimed to strike the middle of Taisei's stomach as he was a bit shorter than the Shogun.
The clone felt only the calm that came when he was in the midst of battle. Even in such a tactically poor position he was still utterly complacent. While his body was swift in its actions and reactions, his perception was moving at a much more leisurely pace. He watched with observant eyes as Tomiji pushed off from the ground with open palms, his legs extended and most likely aimed for the clone's torso. It was an interesting attack, considering the follow through necessary to make it successful against a mindful opponent. Turpis was utterly intrigued by Tomiji's game plan, and sought to discern it.
His response to the incoming kick was not avoidance or deflection, but acceptance. His arms reached inward to grasp the male's ankles as they found their mark in his abdomen. It was pure instinct that led the clone to wrap his legs around the knees of the now upside down ninja, held by his ankles and bound by his legs. It was an odd sight to behold, from anyone looking on from the outside. One that would not last long as gravity took hold on the two. With all four hundred pounds of Turpis currently on the upper end of the two, Tomiji was looking at a painful reunion with the earth.
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Posted: Sun Aug 03, 2014 3:54 pm
◭Namito Uchiha ◮ You think you have a chance in hell of beating me?..Alright then bring it on. ⋙ Big punk of kirigakure Full speed ahead ⇍⇎⇎⇎⇎⇎⇎⇎⇎⇎⇎⇎⇎⇎⇎⇎⇎⇎⇎⇎⇎⇎⇎⇎⇎⇎⇎⇎⇎⇎⇎⇎⇎⇎⇎⇎⇎⇎⇎⇎⇎⇎⇎⇎⇎⇎ Namito watched them fight and stopped pretending. "What am i kidding, he's not focused on me. Ha!" he thought to himself as he sat back down. He then leaned back and closed his eyes. "Plus, He can't hit a genin, It would look bad for his reputation....I think." he said as he dozed off again. ⇍⇎⇎⇎⇎⇎⇎⇎⇎⇎⇎⇎⇎⇎⇎⇎⇎⇎⇎⇎⇎⇎⇎⇎⇎⇎⇎⇎⇎⇎⇎⇎⇎⇎⇎⇎⇎⇎⇎⇎⇎⇎⇎⇎⇎⇎ ▸Yui-again ▹▸I Test of kirigakure Full speed ahead! ▸▹▸17 years of age, gennin, Kirigakure nin.
