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He stared at Hisaki for a moment, trying to decide what to do next. Let's see, going straight forward in Taijutsu is bad, unless you know you would have a distinct advantage against them. However, what if one were to strike an opponent to create an opening for a second attack? Yuki nodded before dashing forwards again, into a close combat situation. "Watch yourself." He sneered as he came in close to Hisaki.

Throwing a swift upper kick towards his opponent, Yuki announced the technique, "Shadow of the dancing leaf!" This techniques was also used by the same person that used Dynamic Entry. Yuki couldn't remember the name of the person, but his name appeared in the book about Taijutsu several times, and he had also seen this technique used around the village a few times. If the attack would hit, Yuki would follow the opponent as they were thrown into the air, to start pounding them with aerial assaults.

Hisaki slinked back into the liquid Hyugga Style of fighting, and said, "Next Lesson, it's okay to push your limits, but it's ill advised to go too far beyond your comfort level. Certain taijutsu techniques can leave you crippled if you try them too early on. Stay within your boundaries."

Hisaki laughed, "For instance, I have my Gentle Fist Style, which I can do as often as I want, whenever I want. Like, for instance, now!" Hisaki flattened his palms, and changed styles. Now his muscles were pumped, and he raised his palm. With a generic taijutsu yell, he came down hard with his palm.

Yuki bent down and grabbed his knees for support as he panted heavily. "If I don't push past my limits, how does one grow then? Eh, Hisaki? If I were to stay within my comfort zone, I will never get stronger." He explained his reasoning. He paused before going further, "Did you just see what I saw?" Pointing at the mound of dirt that was Yuki's pathetic attempt at defending himself, he stretched a bit while trying to analyze what had happened.

He shrugged as he leaped back into the forest-y canopy, mimicking what he had done earlier. Did I just use some type of earth style ninjutsu without thinking about it? That is...odd. My father and I both share an affinity to Wind, like most Yamanakas. However, I have no idea what affinity my mother has. I shall ask at some point. He stopped, thinking he was well hidden again. Yuki shoved a bit of chakra into his legs as he jumped out of the canopy, enough to throw himself exactly above Hisaki. Going into a downward spiral for a nasty-looking leg drop. This attack could be harmful to Yuki as well, but if he had to do it to get a hit on Hisaki, he'll make the sacrifice.

Hisaki sighed, and closed his eyes for a moment. He then said, loud enough so that Yuki could hear across the field, "So, I don't suppose you've figured out how you did that Earth Release thing, have you? I want you to try it again, but this time intentionally, ok?" Hisaki grabbed his right arm with his left, and held it in front of him. A small flicker of flame appeared in his hand. Hisaki held out his flaming hand to the side, then said, "It's like they say! Your true skills only come out when it looks like you're most likely to die."

In reality, the flame in his hand wasn't that hot. More or less, it was a 'cool' flame, or a fire that's only going to cause a minor burn (quite unlike the black flames that had left their marks on Hisaki's arms. Hisaki clenched his muscles, and ran crazily at Yuki as a frontal attack. As he got closer, he brought the flaming hand in front of him, with the intent of ramming into Yuki with his fiery fist.

Notwen got up and dusted himself off. Jin's technique had done quite a number on him. Turning around, he faced the man he had bumped into.
"Sorry about that." said the long-haired blonde apologetically. Manners were one thing that Soba enforced at all times, having Notwen pick up items that pregnant ladies had dropped in the market while shopping or giving up his seat to elderly folk. As a result he couldn't be rude to complete strangers, and often apologized on the behalf of other people, whether they were going to, or not. Notwen ran back to where Jin was since the blast pushed him several feet back. Once back to his original position, the Uchiha addressed the cloud-nin. "I have to give you props for that attack. I was impressed." Taking a rooted stance, Notwen faced the blue-haired boy. His eyes still ached from the use of Amaterasu, so he didn't chance activating the sharingan as of yet. "If you don't mind, let's spar for a bit. I need to figure out how a few things work myself. Rules are: Basic attacks only. That means regular kicks, punches, and ninjutsu/genjutsu of the most basic level. Got it?" From his stance Notwen shot towards Jin, throwing a flurry of punches and kicks as a distraction. His real aim was to use a basic level calormen. Back in the booth when he used it to blast the kid out of the room, Notwen realized something was off on the technique. It was less powerful than before. It probably has to do with being in this body, he thought, most of my skills have had an odd feel to them lately. Notwen thought back to the time when Soba first began teaching him to wield the ball of thermal energy. There were three steps to the technique's formation. The first was to draw the thermal energy from the area into a single point. As he concentrated on getting the heat to his palm, the Uchiha jumped away and kicked out with his leg. The result was a small fireball igniting from his foot and sailing towards Jin. Again, even that attack seemed weaker than normal. What the hell is going on!? the Uchiha wondered.

Earth release jutsu. The primary handseal for them is the Snake seal. Earth release can be used defensively, offensively, to open someone up for another attack, to stun an opponent, or to capture an opponent. These attributes make Earth Release jutsu to be very versatile. Yuki had just recited a textbook response for what exactly Earth release is. "I do not know if I can recreate an earth style type attack. I really have no idea how I could manipulate the earth so readily as if it was a Wind Release." He thought as he began to concentrate on focusing chakra throughout his body, "Let's try something..."

Rat, horse, dog, snake! Yuki chanted in his head as he darted towards Hisaki, performing the handseals as he went. Stopping a yard or so in front of his opponent, he slammed his hands onto the ground, creating a rather large spike to emerge from the point his hands touched the earth. The spike launched itself out of the ground and straight towards the Hyuuga, which gave the Yamanaka a great delight.

"Now do it again, except block with Earth, then attack with wind. Got it?" Hisaki barked as his fist lit on fire again. He stepped back, and raised his fiery right arm such that his elbow was pointing behind him, and his fist was level with his shoulder. His left hand was in front of him, pointing at Yuki in such a way that one might think Hisaki was aiming. "Earth to block, Air to hit. Show me your moves!"

Hisaki charged in quickly, his hand glowing ever brighter with intense flames. When Hisaki finally got within hitting range, his hand looked like the sun. The genin thrusted his flaming fist in front of him. Flames shot out of the sides of his wrists at the fourty five degree marks (given that the top of his wrist was zero). Two more jets came from below, and curled up towards the direction of the punch. The magma-like flames made the air screech, as if it had been the intended target of the fearsome manuever. As Hisaki finished the haymaker, the flames took full shape: the burning form a falcon emerged and pierced the air towards Yuki. As its wings fanned opened and the lava-like talons emerged, Hisaki yelled, "FALCON PAAAAWNCH!"

Before Hisaki could speak or even back away from the wall Yuki had created, he burst into a fit of handseals before leaping backwards. After his string of seals, he 'sliced' the air in front of him with his hand. Utilizing the break in the air in front of him caused by his hand, he strengthened it with chakra. The Wind Style for ranged attacks is easy. By disrupting the air by causing movement and releasing chakra into that movement, one makes their chakra paper thin and easy to slice through anything. Even earth if they wanted to.

As if on queue, the Wind style ninjutsu that he had created by moving his hand had turned into some sort of blade of wind, that easily sliced through Yuki's shield of dirt. This was supposed to be used as a surprise attack, since Hisaki would probably think Yuki would step out before performing some sort of attack. Then again, the Hyuuga also had his kekkei genkai, which allowed him to see through almost anything really. So, in the end, it was up to his opponent's reaction time and reflexes.