His eyes didn't close, as he pushed himself to his knees, hearing the last words of the Hokage, with his eyes staring forward towards his walking away. He couldn't believed that he could not progress any further, his eyes went low as he shifted is fist into the ground, pushing it within the muddy dirt that the vigorous rains had produced, making a small fist print within. He would only stare, disbelief and sadness in his eyes a she made his mark upon the territory, disappointment, despising himself at what he could not accomplish, a simple mark on the Hokage, even in his invigorated state. It was too much for him to bare, he felt as if he was the most insignificant being within the world, what could he do, how could he even think he could stand-up to such a powerful being, even with his abilities.

"It was no use, I just couldn't match up, h-he wasn't even using his Sharingan, and..." His throat would gulp hard, taking in the crude announcement of his own thoughts throughout the space as he pressed both his fists into the ground, grinding them into the dirt. "I'm so weak!!!" He slapped the dirt throughout his hands, with an enraged expression, but not at Shinshou but his own inability to fight, he was trained all his life in a skill and he couldn't manage to even touch the Hokage with his abilities, he was not to be seen as strong for that digression. This battle had shown him exactly what he was, nothing compared to the Hokage, nothing that could even be seen in the Hokage's shadow, he was just someone who was inferior...

He lingered for at least an hour, and within that time, laid out on a tree, as he was quiet, saddened by the demise of his confident spirit within this one battle, which couldn't even be considered a battle when you think of what happened, if it were a battle, Kinniku would of been fucked over three million times already. His muscles were a bit sore from the ordeal, was it because of the inner focus he had achieved? He however didn't really care for such a thing, his body didn't move an inch from where he sat. The sky began to release its dreary wet spell and become clouds and a shining sun, beaming down through the tiny holes in the leaves defenses towards the light energy that had shown. Another thunderstorm had been disrupted. His eyes had closed as he began to sleep...

Dreaming

"Well, I don't know what you think you are, but you're definitely not strong enough to face me, you're nothing but a stupid kid clouded by the dreams of your father, why don't you stop before you kill yourself." The voice of Shinshou spoke throughout, though it was the Shinshou how Kinniku had envisioned him, flames around his body, the intense and explosive heats, sucking in every ounce of oxygen that was around, a high and extremely intense presence, with the intent to kill. Kinniku stared directly at the individual, making his entire body sweat, both from the flames, and from his overwhelming power. The flames would form into that of creatures, from various mythical beasts to his entire head shaped in the realm of fire as he talked further towards the young cautious male.

"You're wrong," He screamed, the boy with his mask clenched both his fists together and watched the males body walking towards him, before making a step that would erupt in fire behind him. "I'm much stronger than you think you bastard, I shall beat you one way or another!!!" He had screamed loudly, Kinniku ran towards him with his incredible inner strength, however it would not be enough as he was stopped with a powerful kick towards the stomach and swiftly he would exchange with a punch that would send him barreling backwards into a structure, falling to the ground, with his body laying underneath the rubble. "D-damn, you son of a-" Before he could say anything, Kinniku felt a powerful stomp on his back, screaming loudly in much pain as he was picked up by the neck as if nothing. Kinniku tried to stand, beginning to rise, but suddenly being kicked back into the ground, screeching as he felt a pain to his side, from the strong kick, rolling in a lateral formation.

"Look at you, a spineless wimp, someone who can barely protect himself, thinks he can protect, Hana, his family, please... You are joking with yourself." Within saying his last words of discouragement, his open hand began to brim with fire, releasing serious powers of a bluish glow, one of the strongest fires in existence to the normal red one, in which it took more heat and much more strength. Staring at Kinniku with a displeasing look as he gripped his hand tighter around his neck, choking him with violent results, making him suffer through every inch of the pain and torment, more-so mentally. "Don't worry, I'll make sure to turn your body to ash, so that nothing will be left of your sorry ass to look at." Kinniku grasped both his hands to grip the males arm, struggling to become unattached as a demonic smile appeared on Shinshou's face, the fire hit against his skin, screaming as he had been hit by the flames of death.

Dream End

"NO!!!" He would awaken, sweat now dripping from his body, pressing his hands against himself, feeling as his heartbeat became slower, he gasped loudly, a she leaned forward, and pressed his entire hand into his face. However, he would calm down even more-so, seeing a person with a familiar face watching him. He took his time, to recollect his thoughts before saying the name softly, the person who he had just been crying "no" for within his dream, had come into reality. "Angel?" He asked with an uncertain gesture, his eyes closing as he sighed softly. "W-what are you doing here, I thought you were supposed to be training, eh?" His eyes looked towards the left, his voice sounded as if he was depressed and uncertain.

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