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Jin watched the girl from behind his mask. A frown was etching it's way across his face and his own muscles tensed beneath his uniform where they wouldn't be seen. Everything about the girl's body movements spelled that she was about to attack or felt threatened enough to attack. "I enjoy more of actual combat then viewing. And of course viewing bites when you have a loud mouth ruining your mood." Jin's jaw clenched and he stared at Yua dangerously. "And not to mention, you sort of seem like you are on the edge to attack. Not still fired up from loosing your last fight so completely are you." Jin asked bluntly.

((Picking up your item since it's just beside me))

Jin shook his head and took a few steps back until he was beside the scroll. "You might regret saying that in a moment." Jin said. With a quick movement, Jin threw his hand out to the side so his gloved palm would face the scroll. At once the scroll rose up and flipped to stand on it's side as static electricity surged out of both Jin and the scroll. A moment later the electricity pulled the scroll up and into the air above Jin and with a violent pulse sent the scroll soaring away and into a distant building. "Don't worry. You'll get it back, but as I said. You are going to end up regretting this very, very soon." Jin said coldly.

Jin sucked his teeth loudly. He turned his gaze to the distance where the scroll that belonged to the girl had been launched. A grin spread across his lips and he laughed out loud for a moment. "For all that talk. I guess the Mist Shinobi are just a bunch of blow heart weaklings." Jin said with a scoff. Shaking his head, Jin flicked off Yua and made his leave of the area. He didn't have the time to be wasting on some weak little girl that wanted to get bitchy cause she upset at her own defects.It wasn't his problem and he was definitely not going to have to deal with it. What he needed to do now was train. Train, and more so train where he wouldn't be interrupted or at least spotted out for who he was.

Taking various sharp turns here and there in the city, Jin quickly found himself at a bathing house. With a satisfied grunt he strolled in and made his way to the deepest lockers in the area. The bath house was dingy and slightly unkempt, the slushes of water and suds had created slime and mold on the floors and walls. The ceiling high above was dark from the steam and some of the light bulbs had blown out and never replaced. It was the perfect place.

Hidden away in the back of the locker room, Jin finally removed his mask. His face was drenched with his own sweat and his green eyes were slightly sunken in. Coughing Jin used his uniform to wipe the sweat away. Quickly Jin continued on to remove the rest of his uniform, the vest and headband. Wrapping it around his spear and hooking the rest of his equipment onto the clothes, Jin put it into a locker. Leaving him dressed in a set of black shorts. A pair of plain sneakers he had snatched on his way their. A white tank top. And his spiky blue hair was pulled back and wrapped up in a black bandanna causing his appearance to appear like a regular kid.

It was time later that Jin found himself jogging along the outskirts of the city. His eyes stared ahead blankly as he focused on the rhythm of his feet and matched it with a steady string of swinging fists. His tank top was drenched with sweat and strings of blue hair escaped from his bandanna. It was during this time that the boy ran across Hatsuma. Stopping for a moment, Jin jogged in place and stared at her. "Everything alright?"

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Jin's legs slowly came to a rest. Watching the girl curiously, Jin began to twist and turn allowing his his muscles to stretch out during the time of idle. "Slightly, yes. Actually more like you have something on your mind bothering you. and that makes it seem as though your upset. Which you are obviously." Jin said. Keeping his eyes locked on the girl, Jin finally stopped stretching and sucked in a part of his lip in thought. After a moment he let it out and took in a deep breath before letting it out. "So I'm guessing your a shinobi? That's very sad that your own ally is that cowardly. Pretty pathetic." Jin's lip twitched slightly and he quickly let his head drop down and wiped a drop of sweat from his cheek to cover the reaction. It was innocent enough but the fact of the matter was that he wanted to laugh. He knew exactly what was going on. He had been there during the confrontations in the exam room. But for now, so long as the girl didn't know who he was, he would keep quiet.

"Well that is a real shame. Did you at least get a good fight out first?" Jin asked. He knew the answer. The two had done nothing for a good portion of the match. Hatsuma had mainly hid away somewhere and finally when Sora had located her, he overwhelmed her with his insects. But it was always possible that there was something that couldn't have been seen through those thick trees and any extra information on how Sora fought would have been a great help. Despite the fact that the two were team mates, Sora and Jin were not that close. They relied on each other only in the rarest of situations where it was wisest to do so and it still remained fact that they knew very little about each other's combat styles. Just the basics of it and possibly more then what the norm of people knew but that was it. "Hm. I wonder if I ever got a chance to face that Notwen guy. I wonder how'd I fair." Jin asked. With a smirk he hopped up around like a boxer and swung a few uppercuts.

(How can you see my eye color unless your in front of me? Hatsuma is standing against a building wall. So your either on the sides, which is the street. Behind, can't see neither my eyes or the fact that my hair is sticking out. The strands' color shouldn't be noticeable either due to distance and lack of quantity. Sorry, but I am very picky about how I do things. Because otherwise what's the point of wearing a mask? I don't want people knowing what he looks like.)

(You never stealthed yourself. And if your that close your in my electro-field.
225 vs 0 = 72%)

Jin chuckled. The tone was light and playful in the same manner as a child would at something amusing yet embarrassing. Grin foolishly and closing his eyes. Jin dropped his head to his chest and rubbed his neck. It was in the same manner any person would have done after saying or doing something silly and felt the embarrassment of doing it afterwards. "I'd probably get messed up, wouldn't I?" Jin questioned. A slight shock ran through his system. Something had entered his electrofield from above. And whatever it was, was bigger then an average bird. Continuing to play to the conversation he had started.

Jin turned away from Hatsuma in fraud of embarrassment and looked to the sky. Faking a sigh, Jin's eyes searched the sky and buildings without an actual path. Jin was sure the girl would have noticed it if he looked for a purpose. So instead he allowed his eyes to search as though he was searching for nothing. Or rather an answer like he saw people do in dramatic movies. "He has to be strong at least. To have someone follow him at his beck and call? He has to be strong or rich. Possibly both if he's at the exams. It'd be stupid to think I'd be able to face him, right?" Jin continued to question. Giving off a fake laugh and this time allowing it to be as fake as he really meant it. It was normal for people to laugh at the unconceivable.

Jin stayed quiet as he continued to survey the sky for an answer. His eyes never actually looking in the direction of the disturbance. Instead allowing his peripheral vision and constant low streams of electrical pulses to locate the invader. And then he caught it. The large, strange bird that was situated on the building nearby watching them. Jin snapped his head to look right at it as though seeing it by surprise and gasped slightly. In a mock nervousness, Jin backed away towards Hatsuma and fell over to sit on the ground. "Wh-Wh-What in the hell is that?" Jin questioned. His hand raised nervously and shaking to point out the odd creature to Hatsuma.

(And now we all know you are there. And now you can see my eye color. All the good it does you.)

Kaala flapped his wings and glided down to street level, landing right in front of Hatsuma. The golden-crimson feathers retracted to expose the phoenix-boys human identity.
"Sorry to keep you waiting Hatsuma. I had to find out where in the outskirts of the village you had gone first." he said, flexing his fingers. Kaala nodded at the Kidomaru's explanation of what was happening. A quasi-memory activated in his mind. It seemed that Notwen had gauged Fuyu's abilities in a similar fashion a while ago. That fight ended in a draw since both he and Fuyu were equally matched, and an individual with authority ended the fight anyway.
Hatsuma told the unarmed boy to stand back, while she adopted her combat stance. Kaala stood there, loosening his muscles for easier movement. No matter what happened in this fight, he knew that his master was worthy to be called that.








((need a mod to roll for me sweatdrop ))