A Little training never hurt....much [Open]

Clous woke up early that morning around 4AM. He spent about an hour meditating, and the next hour getting limber as he stretched and worked on cardio for a bit. In all honesty he didn't think he could be more ready. As it stood he would be going back on mssions soon so he needed to make sure he was still in shape, breakes tend to make one...slugish. So here he was getting in shape once more. The young man quickly got dressed and grabbed his KAtar's and Tatsuma on his way out.

Walking down the street was surprisingly easy, not as much traffic as usual considering how early it was. But give it an hourr things would be up to normal speed. There ws tha same old usual early crowd, shop owners setting up and businesses openning and the such. Clous remembered that he didn't eat breakfast that morning and stopped by a small spot to grab some rice and a steak. That should have him more than ready for a morning of training. This was the first time in a while he had eaten out, he figured he should do it more often. His thoughts slowly trailed to his routine as he continued eating. So I figure, a couple of shadow clones, and maybe a water clone. Throw in the hidden mist Jutsu and duke it out for a while. I'll have to be careful not to push it too far so I may just settle with hand to hand, and jutsu. I have no intentions on getting all cut up by my clones. Be my luck if anyone else was actually out to train, I could use a sparing partner. But I guess I shouldn't expect much at this time.

After finishing his meal Clous returned his dish to the counter and paid his bill before walking out and heading toward hte training ground, he had almost forgot to put on his headband. Ugh, so it was going to be one of those lazy days for him? That meant a long day, nothing he was ever looking forward too. Clous sighed as he wrapped the headband around his wrist and tied it firmly. His trip to the training grounds took less than fifteen minutes luckily. He found a nice clear spot with trees just off to teh edge. That would be good shroud and an easy ambush point. But from what he knew his next mission would deffinately be one of elemination, possibly assassination. He could handle cover easily so that wasn't a problem but there was a chance he would have to fight over open ground, not a spot eh would like to be caught in but if by chance he was discovered before he could complete his mission and he did indeed have to fight his way out then he sure as hell wasn't going to be caught sleeping.

Clous formed teh handseals and preformed the Shadow Clone. Two of the said Clones appeared staring Clous down. He formed another string of hand seals drawing water from the grass at his feet quickly chaining another handseal and preforming a Water Clone technique. The four traded glances as teh water clone started off by working handseals. The thin mist Clous realised as he watched closely. The other two shadow clones closed in on Clous. One form above with a kick and the other had flanked his left side and moved to land a blow to his ribs.

Clous glared realizing he was in a jam. The water clone quickly gathered the needed water supply and formed a short handseal, cocking his fist back and launching it forward as the water bullet sped toward Clous. Seeing only one opening Clous jumped into a back flip landing only a yard form the kick. He formed a handseal though as he was shamed to admit it was a little slower than eh would have liked and he launched his own water bullet to nullify his clones. It was cutting it close but he did it in enough time to where he could block the second shadow clones strike. He rsponded by punchign teh clone in the face.

Too easily destracted Clous didn't notice the water clone creep up behind him and deliver a kick to hte side of his head sending him flying into the Shadow clone who tried to kick him earlier. Teh Clone quickly darted to CLous' back side and pushed his knee forward digging it into Clous' back while grabbing his arm and pinning him to the ground. Clous was able to roll himself before hitting hte ground alowing him to pull the shadow clone to the ground and scramble up to face the other two clones.

It was a very clean and natural setting. There were trees which defined a near perfect circle that was filled with grass and varieties of dirt; perfect for training. To the unaware, this place was obviously man made unlike the grounds these souls had visited. It was better than being in a metal or concrete dome though. In those settings there was very little dirt normally placed over this hard surface with the occasionally tree embedded between slabs. Those arenas were supposed to be "natural" but they couldn't fool a small brained pheasant. Sanzen hated these sorts of settings. Her battlefield typically consisted of more forest based settings, or at least those that were actually considered natural. She worked well in the village as well but the forest was her preference.

From the trees, which marked the outskirts of the training field, a kunai tore through the air towards the Chunin. lucky for her and not so much for him, he was only about 5 meters away from the trees and in a perfect zone to assault. Anyway, to someone with heightened senses, and who was capable of picking up the frequency of the tool, might be able to hear a slight different in the air dynamics around the tool. However, if one had not mastered this it would just seem like a regular average day kunai. The true question though is whether it actually is or not.

Following this tool, three more were launched at the Chunin's copies. Two of which sounded a bit off but there happened to be a more normal one among the bunch. This one happened to be heading for the water clone he had created. The assault was made. Next in the string of order came a series of fireballs as well. To the majority that had seen fire attacks before, most could tell that this was the old fashion phoenix fire jutsu. These fireballs sprang from the tree and began to rain down all around the Chunin and his training clones. The attacker had made her move.

From the trees she had watched and waited. Since being on morning patrol that morning, Sanzen had been searching for a fight and happened to find a good target. This ninja appeared to be a fellow Chunin such as herself; or at least he happened to look a bit familiar from meetings and such. Nonetheless, she found her prey and like a coon dog she was ready to attack it. This was mostly for shits and giggles though. Since she had spotted him at a restaurant, one that she tended to get her morning coffee and breakfast at, she had basically stalked him here. She had heightened senses and paid close attention to staying out of sight and down wind. Besides, from her previous position before she took to these trees, it may have been near impossible to find her. She had help though; a very loyal summoning.

Waiting to see how her new found foe would react, Sanzen prepared her next attack from the trees while someone else waited patiently. She had a plan and she didn't plan on losing. Was this ninja ready? She watched him carefully from her perch in the high branches.

Clous' first shadow clone saw the incoming projectile and moved to defend Clous taking the hit. Clous himself dove forward leaving his last shadow clone on the ground as he dove toward his water clown sending a burst of chakra channeling through teh clone forcing it to burst into water at Clou's touch. He quickly rolled brining up his katar to block another projectile and knelt down facing the trees. "So someone joinedt te party afterall," he muttered while forming handseals once more. His water armour jutsu covered his body as he watched the fire style jutsu flare out around him. Damn, this is going to be wild.

Clous focused his chakra to his legs and moved as fast as he could putting more distance between himself and the tree line. Dodging the fire wasn't easy, but not impossible, he made it throug hteh raining fire but not without getting a little crisp. Even with his water armour his clothes still got singed around the legs and left arm. "They're serious..." The jutsu quickly faded as Clous took a step back and held both of his Katar firmly. It was a little annoying being hunted but there wasn't much he could do about it now. If they really wanted to play then he would play. So far he was alright with Chakra, controling the flow and whatnot had always been something he strggled at with some jutsu but that s what this training was for afterall.

CLous held his hands together quickly gathering himself and focusing. His eyes traveled across the tree line looking as deep as he could. But he couldn't find anything, he kenw that if he couldn't flush his enemy out he would have to rely on the eyes. Not somethign he was fond of doing but he wasn't above using them. Slowly hte flow of Hyoutenka his KKG started flowing throgh his body. The elemental chakra slowly swirled from his core and started moving throughout his body as he prepared himself for what was to come. I may need some cover for this. There was no doubt that she would make amove soon, but now that Hyoutenka was started he could move freely as it built up. Sure it would take longer but the extra supply chakra would be well worth it.

[OOC: Read it carefully in case things don't make sense. I cancelled a lot of your moves based upon my previous ones]

The kunai that pierced the clone managed to dodge his own and defend another one of the Chunin's kind. He gave it away, the one which was protected had to be the original. It was a foolish mistake on his part unless he was using a trick to get her to belief that. No matter, she would remain on her toes. When the kunai struck it suddenly exploded from a tag placed carefully on its side. This tag was masked quite well with black paint; a normally thing for Sanzen to use when it came to attacking her opponents. As his clone was destroyed, the real ninja appeared to move around it and head towards another one of his clones. Seeing as how the clone did not seem to apparently dodge her kunai though, this one would burst before he even managed to think about getting to it. One kunai missed but the other three appeared to strike. Seeing as how his other clone seemed to have failed to dodge as well, this one would end in the same fate as the first. It was only the water clone which was struck with the normal kunai. The rest carried bad explosives. The ninja rolled and picked up a katar as the fire now began to rain down upon him. Terrible mistake.

The moment he stopped and began to prepare a jutsu (which he now didn't have a clone to work with) two hands reached up and made a move to grab his ankles. These hands of fate would pull him down beneath the depths of the earth until only his head stuck out. Unless he managed to find a way to react in time he would be stuck and left for possible assassination. But was this in the attackers agenda? It was uncertain at this point but only Sanzen knew the answer. While her black hues watched the man attempt to defend himself, she got the image of cat and mouse. He moved frantically but the cat was concise with its actions as it made sure it would catch him no matter where he ran or what he did. Sure, this wasn't entirely fair but was life? Not really. A smirk like grin then began to cross her lips from the feeling of insanity slightly rise. But this wasn't the day for that. No, the spirit sealed within her, and in control, had another idea. Kutsuu was possibly going to sit this one out a bit.

Sanzen's eyes began to grow a tinge of red as Kutsuu's black iris's retreated. Things were going to get interesting real fast.

((Right, my fault. I thought I had my water clone defend itself but I left that part out. I'll clean it up with this post.))

All Clous could do was absorb the water that was left over from the clone as he ran, that was why his jutsu was weaker. But now Clous found himself in a worse spot than before. He had taken some dmage from that explosion and it was starting to show. "Damn..." Hyoutenka was still making it's course through his bady, which cslowed do to his focus going to hell. They're bellow me? He looked down seeing two hands wrapped around his ankels and pulling him under. I don't have enough stored up to cause enough damage but I can atleast break out of this. But first I need to go deeper.

AS teh hands pulled him lower CLosu was forming his handseals. Luckily he had them done before his hands went under leaving just his head. This would work alot better if whoever it was would come out of hiding, but at this rate I could just be taken out from a distance, what a pain. I wonder if this is really training or someting else? Am I being tested, or is it someone who knows me....who I really am. MAybe someone from kirigakure here to finish the job? But why now? "That's it, I'm never takinga break again." He mutterd as the bit of Hyoutenka flowing through his body weld up inside of him and flared out a bit. Ground Zero!

Hyoutenka expelled from his body at a rapid force with high preasure water pushed outward in a sphere like motion. It was no wher near its normal size, only pushing out two yards in ever direction. Just enough to tear up the ground for him to get out and ge tthose hands off of him. Clous pulled himself up and rolled from his back to his stomach before standing up.

You may need to use me.

I'm trying to hold off on that. If this gets drawn out I don't want to be stuck if I lose control. Because then I'll lose my sync and I'l lbe defenseless.

Do you have any other options?

A few, just sit back and watch.

Clous looped that handles of his Katar in his wrist and combined two sets of hand seals. He didn't mind using up his own chakra for the time being, with Hyoutenka still flowing. This allowed him to be a little rash for a while. But if it drug out he would have to play it a little smarter. Clous jumped back casting his hidden mist jutsu and let it spread in every direction. He ran to the left of wher ehe was hping to flank the tree line, while his combo hand seal. The mist blade jutsu forced some of the mist already created to swirl round his blade and coat them with a light blueish glow as he made his way under cover. It was obvious tht he was going to try and close the distance. He wasn't the ranged type anyway, but with this mist he would still be ableo to use a number of jutsu without taking time to gather much more.

Of course his enemy having fire element made that a pain. Mist plus fire wasn't exactly good, he needed a better source. The grass bellow him and the trees ahead of him. The problem was that it too so much damned time, one make the handseals then contact wit hthe tree, taht would be his best bet. The grass was annoying because he was on the move so contact was constantly broken leaving him to gather a little at a time.

"That's it, I'm-" was all he would manage to say before arms wrapped him from beneath the earth and something unexpected occurred. A body was placed up against him from beneath the earth and the moment that occurred it exploded with the mocking force of multiple exploding tags placed together. All and all, it would be enough to knock him unconscious and leave him with first degree burns. Sanzen could have easily chosen to amp up the burn rate to second or even third degree, based on how much chakra was placed within her explosive clone, but she decided to leave it at an easy first for plenty of reasons. Reasons that he would not be aware of until he woke up from this sudden force. He was dragged down in practically seconds before met with this force. He would have just barely been allowed to finish hand seals but either way he had made the terrible decision to speak before making his move and it was that which cost him. There just wasn't enough time for him to react at all. Nice planning, maybe next time.

With the clone destroyed and all information transferring back to the original, Sanzen continued to watch the scene unfold. Due to the explosion beneath the surface of the earth, chunks of debris had flown up and scattered here and there. Sanzen slightly glanced at the kunai she threw towards his clone earlier. It had managed to embed itself in the dirt nearby and that was where it remained. Her full attention was on the Chunin though. It was a hefty blow he had to take and with not much time given he should have taken the blast. With that much force at such a close range he should have also been knocked out but Sanzen rarely tried to underestimate anyone. So she watched and waited with anticipation. She was ready to make any possible move necessary to take him out as swiftly as possible.

I had that planned differently in my head. Damn my body hurts...

Told you. You're too relaxed for your own good. Besides even if you did it I doubt you'll suffer too much. You only have to worry about the enemy. By the way. Wake up already and make the sacrifice so we ca do this thing. You're a chunin for gods sake, and the heir to the Sinota clan. Stop acting like a defenseless kid.

Shut your mouth already. It's hard enough for me to focus on opening my damned eyes without you raging about.

Try to think for a second. You made it this far by doing what? ...

Yeah, I know. And I still need to master the rest.

They're coming, you don't have your katar with you. They were sent flying from the blast.

Damn, I can't wake up. Looks like you have to take over Tatsuma. Take all you need, as long as I can still walk in the end I don't care. Once I'm able to regain consciousness I'll take control.

Tatsuma didn't respond. Instead Clous' hand twitched as his eyes slowly opened showing a change in color to a dim yellow, and slit iris. The lines of hte future gave Tatsuma/Clous a clear view of what was coming. The problem was getting the body to move. Nothing was broken but he suffered from one hell of ache. Adrenaline rushed through along with pain as teh body struggled to sit up in the crater. Useless bag of meat, I can't use your body if it's gone to hell. Stop struggling and sync damn. We have to move together or your screwed...it may be too late.

First degree burns and the aches his body received from the attack seemed to do some damage. The explosion had created quite a bit of space, or a crater in a sense, that would allow him some movement if he escaped but so far she had not noticed any activity. She tried hard to grasp a sense of his chakra; trying to practice a sensory skill. It was rather difficult seeing as how she didn't have much training in it. She would need to practice at a later date. Sanzen watched him cautiously as his hand twitched. That could be a sign of movement or maybe even a spasm. When his eyes slowly began to open then that was all she needed to carry forth her next plan. It appeared this ninja was stronger than she thought. What put her on alert though was his eyes changing colors. Did this mean that he held a spirit in his body as well? Or that it was a kekegenkai or some sort? She wasn't sure. Since there was an unknown ability involved she set her guard higher than the limit.

She quickly formed hand signs before something landed on the dirt below and vanished. It were as though it had been swallowed up by quicksand. Seeing as how this guy had more ammo left, Sanzen would grow a tab bit more daring and, of course, would begin to lessen the slack. To sum it up, she was done warming up. She soon formed handsigns and leaped, disappearing into the ground as well.

While she did this the thing from before was quickly making its move as it drew near. From the wall of the small crater the Chunin laid in, an arm reached out and placed a kunai next to his neck. It would cover over top, the arm preventing him from rolling to the right. With another kunai in its other hand, the tip of this one would suddenly be felt against the man's back near the tip of his spine. It was a point which, if struck, may paralyze him. From beside his ear half of a woman's face appeared before she began to whisper words into his ear. They sounded like a woman's voice yet as thought it were mixed with a male's. So which? To clarify, it was a male spirit, which was roughly over 1,000 years old, speaking through its woman container.

"Don't move and you won't die..."

Her words would echo through his mind, making it sound as though she were coming from all around and even from within his own brain. Her tone sounded very calm, actually to calm. It were as though death was speaking itself but maybe that was over exaggerating a bit; not like a live person was technically speaking.

To test him, the kunai was placed lightly against his neck before she moved it away. It had lightly touched him but it was enough to cause the hot metal to leave a small irritating burn thanks to katon chakra. Now it made sense as to why Sanzen wore gloves. Not like he knew anyway.

"But aside from that..." she calmly said, "how does it feel knowing you may very well be close to death? How does it feel knowing that in an instant your whole life may very well be turned upside down? Can you bare the fact that you may be paralyzed forever or is death a better option?"

Kutsuu restrained a chuckle but the smirk on his face had still shown through. He wasn't getting cocky, no, he was just enjoying this to much. The feeling of insanity, he loved it so. He loved speaking through this woman so easily and it was interesting to think of what this man may do.

"I've studied the public files of the fellow chunin of this village quite a while ago... I know quite a bit about about you...Think about it...What of your family?..... Imagine them seeing you like this...hmm?..."

Truth was Sanzen and Kutsuu didn't know much about him but it didn't matter. Family was something that tended to affect everyone one way or another; especially when it came to ninja. So it had to affect him somehow. They would just have to wait and see how....

The conscious was split but mostly in control by Tatsuma as chakra rushed through the body to try and get it moving. Unfortunately before he could get up he found himself caught again. At least they’re close enough now. Only problem is…what’s this chakra? I never felt anything like this before. Oh I get it now…

As the voice spoke Tatsuma/Clous sighed, eyes shifting to the side as if trying to fully see a face. A deepr voice responded to her question. “This boy has been through more than you may know. Death is something he’s come to grips with…consider his line of work. Secondly the only reason he’s in the fire country. Death has done more than grace his face, it practically took him out for dinner and a movie. And I can speak for him saying there isn’t much you can do as far as trying to terrorize him.” Tatsuma was about to laugh but he was cut short by the feeling of a stinging burn at his neck. “T-that’s interesting…”

Clous started to come through hearing the bit about family. He forced himself awake. “Family?... You don’t know squat. IF you did you would know that I migrated to Konoha on my own. What’s left of my family was either executed or went into hiding. So what else you got?” Clous smirked feeling Tatsuma’s chakra flow. If this fight continued he would be ready, and be able to defend himself while he waited for his KKG to come into full effect.

As if a thousand cranes had descend upon the battle field, Shihouin would arrive in a whirlwind of motion. The fabric of his juban and hakama flapped violently against the torrent of wind, making the sound of wings as he descended as if from no where from the sky. He wore his new black kimono, but different as if he was a samurai. He held a black ninjato about his waist, palm pressed against it's hilt as he would jump down quickly in between the two. The one behind him would read the sole kanji in white stitch, of "Death" while Sanzen would recognize his face and remember him for who he was.

As an Uchiha he had devoted his life now to preserving that name by keeping it secret. The buzz-cut he carried on his head was extremely low, as if he had been forced bald out of misconduct and punishment. The lack of any available crest to recognize him as one would be gone as well. No one would recognize him unless they had known him before, and even then they might wonder who he was and stop to remember.

He had not been breaking up the fight however, but decided to put it on pause. Sanzen was again beating up ninja from the village just as she did him a long time ago. Times changed and so did people and here he was once again, knelled down in a certain stance, hakama littering about the ground. From this position the netsuki of a lion around his waist made it evident as to what he could do, or what he was going to. He kept his black eyes gazed on hers, showing no need to use his Sharingan.

He was dressed in the most traditional fashion, and was now going about his business in very traditional ways. Ninja techniques were scattered across the world and Shihouin trained as much as he could for the ones he needed and created his own when he could not find them. Application was crucial to his style and Sanzen had something that was very, applicable to him. Soon after he had landed in his flurry of black movement, Shihouin would speak. "Sanzen-shishou..." If he was going to follow traditional code, then he would only deliver the utmost respect to a master. "There is a technique which you harbor and I do so humbly wish to learn."

But he had not been planning on treating her like a master forever. Traditional ways begat traditional styles, and these styles of learning new things might not result in the intended actions. In other words, Shihouin would clarify what he had meant, and do so with them both being able to understand clearly. "And if you will not give it, then I will pry it from your cold body." He was dead serious, and would if he had to.

Sanzen listened to the Chunin with the same smirk. He was practically feeding her information she could use against him. It were as though he were deciding his own sort of fate. However, before she could truly continued though a new surprise was thrown at her. From the heavens dropped a very familiar face. He landed with a force while the wind behind him flared out and slid across the ground. It blew past them, causing Sanzen to close her eyes before her black hues soon reopened and stared dead into the eyes of Sanzen's past student; Shihouin. Of course someone would show up at a time like this and ruin everything she worked to achieve. It were as though she was actually going to get somewhere but this wasn't the case.


"Sanzen-shishou...There is a technique which you harbor and I do so humbly wish to learn."

Of course....he even blew her cover. With her plans ruined she decided to give up on the ninja within her grasp and receded back into the earth. Suddenly, as though she moved in less than a heartbeat, she rose up roughly five meters behind Shihouin. Her arms were crossed as she stood rather straight. From the look on her face, she wasn't to happy. WOuld he notice her odd color change?

'This brat needs to perish once and for all....'
'Leave him be. Deal with anyone else but him.'\

It was a surprise Sanzen could even manage to get her thoughts through. But whatever.

"And if you will not give it, then I will pry it from your cold body."

Sanzen stared at him for a moment with an unemotional face and the deep black hues. Shihouin had seen these eyes before and felt the kill intent that came with them. However today she was at ease. In fact she was almost to much at ease.

"Fine" she said with a sigh, turn it on and tell me what you need to know. I'm a bit busy...."

Clous smirked knowing full well what would happen when it happened. His eyes let him see that future. And with her name and face he was thinking of going into her past. But contact was needed for that he would have to hold her down and honestly he didn’t care to much. The Chunin sat up watching the two before he fully stood up and stretched.

Sanzen-shishou… His gold reptilian like eyes glared at the woman and shifted back to the new guy. His vision was split between the present and what was happening in the future. “Teletsue was right, interesting indeed,” he muttered to himself. A smirk crossed his face as he started walking toward the two to retrieve his two katar. He figured he shouldn’t watch but hell he wasn’t done with this one yet, he was all ready to fight now. It was just a shame it took him so long to warm up.

All he wanted was for this to end quickly so h could get on with it. But he felt it best not to make that fact known by speaking his thoughts. That would more than likely put him two on one, not a good idea at the moment. Sure at full strength he could possibly hold them both but right now he was lucky if he could stand to the woman on his own.

Shihouin turned around and looked at her, standing up straight and looking her in the eye with his black hues. He'd wanted to learn that exploding clone technique for quite some time now, and if she wouldn't teach it to him he'd force her to use it and learn it that way. Either way, stopping this fight would and very well could warrant some problems that he didn't want to deal with. For starters he had no clue who this other guy was and didn't know if he wanted to continue fighting or would he be pissed off and try to attack him

Either way, he had his own desires and goals to deal with and didn't mind interrupting his fight with Sanzen to get what he wanted. Even though his traditional methods required him to show some sort of respect, this would normally be disbanded when he came to acquire something of value to himself. With this technique, if he could get his eyes on it, he could possibly learn to kill anyone if he played his cards right. There were several techniques he had to learn and was already in the process of learning another useful one. This one would put this much, much more closer to his goals.

"Please show me the exploding clone technique"

-short post i know-

Figures he would wanted the exploding clone technique. Kutsuu sighed within Sanzen's mind as she placed her hands in her pockets. She, or really he, did not want to deal with this at all. This guy was lucky to be Sanzen's student; or at least previous one.

"Before we start, congratulations on your promotion. Word travels fast. Seems you have a new girl as well, good luck to you. Now anyway.... Kasai Bushin..." she said before forming the handseals for the Kage Bushin. Two more clones appeared beside her. One was a kasai, one was a regular kage, but which was which? Both looked the same in appearance but the sharingan would see the difference regarding chakra. Whether he turned it on or not though, that was up to him.

"Key points. Remember its a Kage Bushin and the only difference is that it is filled with katon chakra. The amount you put in determines the degree of the explosion. You know it's best to use this at a close range. Also bare in mind that a Kasai can only really use katon based attacks. However when it does that depletes the amount the clone was originally provided. You will just need to test the jutsu a few times on your own time....anything else?"

She wanted to keep it short, sweet, and simple. Most of all Kutsuu wanted to get this over with and finish off the fight so he could have Sanzen's body leave. They both knew Shihouin was smart. All he had to do was know how to work it for he already knew the hand seals. Once he figured out how to make it with what knowledge he knew and practiced it, then he would be ready to use it whenever.

He was almost giddy with excitement, but the stoic imagine in front of them would not show it at all. Once she started performing the hand signs to the technique, Shihouin had begun to record them from his point with his Sharingan. Each hand sign, each way the chakra flowed throughout her body and how she had patterned the clone after fire instead of performing it like a normal shadow clone technique. Of course he would add more than just that and would not use it to their clan traditional standards. He would edit and customize it to fit to his application so he could better use it in battle. Even though the way Sanzen performed the technique was fine, he could see that there were things that could be done to perfect it and make it better.

He remembered back to the days where his trump cards had been nothing more but a bunch of Goukakyuu launched at the same time, the ninjutsu fire technique he rarely got to use. Now that he'd grown up, he had skill in genjutsu and ninjutsu and would soon dive into the world of taijutsu and begin to strengthen his body, mind and chakra more and more. He was never one to miss a training exercise for nothing, nor an attempt to grow stronger, Shihouin bowed respectfully to his master. Luckily for him she had been a bit easy about letting this technique escape, if it wasn't for the other individual maybe he would not have learned it that easy. He would have probably end up fighting for it.

Fromt he distance, as a ninja should, Shihouin watched as his three tomoe faded. He had been working on his stealth and ninja skills and had succeeded thus far. From his position several meters away hidden among the brush of the leaf village, the decoy he sent in had done it's job perfectly. The Shihouin Sanzen had seen would bow, all the way down on his knees and dip it's head formally to her. The body would soon crumble into dust, and the head would fall away like a rolling boulder as the whole creation crumbled into stone. Shihouin took his leave from his position, leaving them to finish what they'd started.

He watched smirking as he correctly predicted what was going on. This was an odd student teacher relation. Weird that he just jumps in the middle. A second later and he would have gotten more than he bargained for but that was aside them now. He let the two be as he thought for a moment about his own plan should this fight continue. They may take a rain check at which he would accept and definitely be ready next time. Oddly Clous had yet to use anything above C level jutsu…well his dragon eyes, A level or not didn’t really count because he didn’t activate them.

Sharingan, he’s a Uchiha? Clous began to wonder as he worked his handseals but waited as the chakra he had stored was ready to burst at any moment. He was holding it back for the moment. “So….?” Would they continue or not? That was the big question. The arrival of that other guy sure as hell made things a bit confusing and even slightly annoying, but Clous would get over it. Now I get it, she tailed me from the restaurant earlier this morning. So I was targeted but she knows nothing about me. So is this just at random? Hm…fine I’ll just use this experience for future reference.

((Kinda crappy…sorry))

Sanzen watched as Shi's clone dissipated. It was one made out of dust and rock, not bad. Not bad at all. It was a sure sign he was growing and it appeared that he just so happened to choose the same element as she had for his second option. He was catching up fast, Sanzen needed to pick up her slack. She was 'sleeping' in a dormant state for to long as the days passed by her. Thus why she was still a Chunin herself. Seeing as how she was taking out another Chunin of her kind and killed another, plus gave a Jounin a tad bit of a hard time, she felt some assurance to her rank up. She just needed to fight for it. But her mission..... what a bother.

With her student out of the way and her mouse in a bit of a stand and stare posture, Sanzen saw that this battle was mostly over. Shihouin had got in the way in more ways than one, utterly pissing Kutsuu off but Sanzen knew he was a good lad. It was what Sanzen would want. Apparently he didn't notice the eyes all to much though; Kutsuu restrained a smirk again. Sanzen's eyes turned to the Chunin's as she stared directly into him, almost as though staring right through him into his very soul. It was then her own eyes began to flare with insanity as a smirk crossed her face like an ear to ear smile and she began to lightly chuckle. It sounded a bit deep, almost like a male was laughing instead. As she held this contact, her last clone, which she had used against him earlier, made a motion to grab the feet of the Chunin and pull him asunder once again. When he was distracted with this, Sanzen would take her leave.

A smirk tugged at the edges of Clous’ mouth, his eyes softened from their glare like gleam as he just barely avoided the clone by jumping back. His hidden mist jutsu fanned out before his feet touched the ground. The young man turned on one heel and walked away. “I have a lot of work to do. I wasn’t too effective this time around.” He sighed putting his hands in his pockets before disappearing in the brush. I’ll definitely be researching this situation a bit more. If I ever get around to it that is. But obviously she knows nothing about me, guess it’s a good idea I didn’t use anything too special and she ha no idea hour my eyes work. It’s a shame I can’t stick around and see what’s in her past; I think it would be interesting to say the least.

With his KKG still active he figured he would try out a few jutsu he was still trying to learn while he was already there. There were still a couple of jutsu he needed to master before he actually relied on them in combat.

He avoided...

It was a shame really. She wanted to give him one more explosive before leaving. She could chase him down and continue to pesture him but for the most part her cover was blown. Shi screwed it up for her. If only she had given him second or third degree. That wasn't what she wished though. Her goal wasn't to knock him out but to do something else. Something that could maybe result in his death but the chances weren't likely. That was her toying. Now she needed to retreat, regroup, and find a different way to come about this. Maybe then things could have went smoother.

'Damn you Shihouin Uchiha....damn you to hell' Kutsuu snarled, his coal based eyes beginning to smolder. It were as though he had the eyes of death and yet those of a demon. With his hate for Shihouin came Sanzen's protection. Even if it cost her her life she would protect him. That is, unless he threatened the village and it's people. But no matter. This was over with.

The clone then exploded, causing the mist to spread out all over and give Sanzen a line of sight. No good, he was gone. He could have hid but whatever she was done for now. Turning around she scoffed at the field before she took off. Hopefully she would have better luck next time; or Kutsuu would anyway.