Name of Jutsu: Hidden defense
Rank: C
Users: Kaguya clan
Type of Jutsu: Weaponry/Taijutsu
Element Affinity: N/A
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Description: The user uses their bones to make a shield on the inside of their body. Right under the skin. This bone isn’t as thick but it can be made to be as strong as steel. This is good for using in fights with just taijutsu. The user can be knocked down and get back up. It can only be used for three posts at a time and needs a two post cool down time.

Name of Jutsu: Spike Defense
Rank: D
Users: Kaguya clan
Type of Jutsu: Weaponry
Element Affinity: N/A
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Description: The user uses their bones to protect them from an oncoming taijutsu attack. They come in the form of spikes on their body. Each spike is only about an inch or two long. Depending on how much they want to harm their opponent. This is a basic defense like that or a porcupine. The user only makes the bones appear in the place they are being attacked by a taijutsu attack. If someone grabbed them by the throat they would use this D rank about to make spikes come from their throat. A very simple technique.

Name: Violent water wave
Rank: C
Element Affinity: Suiton
Type of Jutsu: Ninjutsu
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Description: Water gushes out from the mouth like a waterfall and washes away the enemy. One can freely control the power of this technique with the amount chakra one releases.

Name of Jutsu: Teppoudama [Water Release: Bullet]
Rank: C
Users: Hana
Type of Jutsu:: Ninjutsu
Element Affinity: Water
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Description: After forming the necessary hand seals, the user manifests a large amount of water in his mouth which he can then spit at his opponent as a large fast spherical projectile.

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Hana walked to the training grounds gradually growing wetter and wetter due to the rain. She'd practically begged Shihouin earlier in the day to train her. Which, he finally agreed to. Most likely either to get away from paperwork his secretary decided to load his desk with or see to Hana's own training. Though then again he could have another motive for coming out to train.

Hana had a few Kaguya techniques she had come up with on her own. She wanted to teach them to herself. Training with Shi would help her. Also she'd noticed she was growing stronger and stronger and closer to Shi's level each time they sparred. All this training was working for Hana. She had so many new techniques to use against Shihouin.

She smirked to herself as she stood underneath a tree to get out of the cold rain. She definitely couldn't beat him in a fight... yet. She planned to get there someday though. As she waited an idea came to mind. She wondered about it. Well there WAS a way she COULD win. At least without a handicap. Hana would do just that. She began the necessary hand seals and thanks to the rain she accomplished what she planned to do. The weather was on her side today. She grinned. She made five water clones and spread them about the area. Behind bushes and out of sight of Shihouin. Hana herself wasn't there. A clone was in her place. She would start this off well. As well as she could.

She then waited for Shihouin to approach.

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Despite the heavy rain, Shihouin and Hana were known to train regardless or find a way to further their skills. Hana's growth had been exceptional, and Shihouin was not slacking in any ways. Spending his off time developing the proper clothes for himself and keeping himself sharp with good plans and strategies, Shihouin had taking a new liking to hand to hand combat and wanted to test it out on someone. Even though Hana wasn't necessarily the best opponent to use hand to hand combat on, all he was doing was testing his skill with it.

He walked forth in the rain, securing his footing well with each step as he made his way to the training grounds. Each step shook his cape, and a strong gust of wind came by, pushing his hair and cape to the back in a flurry of movement while he walked. Once the needle like rain settled down from the wind, Shihouin would activate Sharingan as he got closer to Hana and checked the area around him quickly. Of course she might not see him use Sharingan at this distance, and if she did he would have the perfect counter for it.

He didn't get too close to the fake, but he knew that Hana was not her and he knew her exact position. Shihouin didn't want to train ninjutsu first, maybe later. "Hana for now, I want to fight using taijutsu only and you use your kenjutsu. Don't use your bone manipulation offensively though; I just want to test some things out. Taijutsu may be a bit different though, but let's keep it fair. You practice your kenjutsu I practice my taijutsu...I have a new style I would like to try and test out. Then we can do elements. I have quite the surprise for you too..." Shihouin moved his Sharingan down to two tomoe which was all he needed, even against faster opponents. He assumed is taijutsu stance and waiting for Hana to show herself so they could begin training.

Hana listened to what Shihouin had to say. "Hana for now, I want to fight using taijutsu only and you use your kenjutsu. Don't use your bone manipulation offensively though; I just want to test some things out. Taijutsu may be a bit different though, but let's keep it fair. You practice your kenjutsu I practice my taijutsu...I have a new style I would like to try and test out. Then we can do elements. I have quite the surprise for you too..."

Hana nodded. That was fair. She'd have to wait till they were done. That was fine. With her new technique she would be the perfect punching bag. She nodded at Shihouin. "I understand sensei. Towards the end I would like to try two water ninjutsu. I'm sure you will dodge easily though in this rain it will be easiest to test them out. I'll wait till the end of our spar though. There is also one other Kaguya move. It's defensive but you'll know it when you see it. I've used it once before." She grinned mischieviously. It WAS a defensive move after all. She was sure Shihouin would be able to see it though.

"After our battle I would like a normal spar if that is okay?" Hana then perked up at the element training. He knew she'd wanted to learn elements for a while. Again he knew how best to reward her. Which was why she trusted and loved him so much. Yes, loved. She had completely adopted him as her father. Privately to herself of course but nonetheless he was her father.

"Sensei? There is actually someone I want you to meet. If you are training taijutsu. It would probably be best to work with him. Actually I think it would be best because I could work in the next field over." Hana smiled. She'd wanted her new best friend to meet Shihouin. She knew Shihouin would be proud of him too. He was the only person, she was sure, that stood a chance against her that was their rank.

The wind rushed into his face as he took a forward stride, his body pierced through the air with the forward motion of each kick-off the ground keeping pace with the time he had left from home. Seemingly, the friendly spar had peaked the curiosity of a person that met him a month ago, taking up his arms in order to keep his body afloat with the air, this was something he hadn't known would happen, this excitement was killing him... what did Hana truly want from Kinniku, it wasn't known to him, she seemed to have ideas that were engaging and interactive. Oh, why was he so tense...

A drop of water fell on his head squarely trickling down his face with the flow, going downward with a sliding movement, Kinniku however, didn't come without the preparation needed for the situation. Wearing a large hoodie, he was able to place on the cap, and tie it with the strings pulling tightly against his head, he gasped and stopped. Taking in the areas surroundings, taking looks towards the area, making mentions of its geography... it was close by the Auberge, and yet far away. A testament to the situation was it was seemingly remote, he had a strange feeling, but said nothing of it for the instant.

He began to walk instead, following the trail which was led by Hana... 'She placed markings on the trees, good thinking, easier to follow.' He spread his fingers against the scratch making place of the stitching of cuts and slants, he began to move once more, jettisoning, the direction he followed with his eyes and made sure to keep an eye out for any more clues within the situation. A ninja always kept his eyes on his surroundings, as it could of been some sort of trap, even if he wasn't a ninja per-say, he listened in class and learned from the stats of being a successful or at least a more adequate ninja... He stopped once more, hearing voices before stepping into a tree and turning his body, making his back go against it.

Watching quietly from the corner, two familiar figures appeared in his eyesight, the rain coming down harder as a sudden back-draft would release the wind whistling as he took into account the two. It was the blonde-haired beautiful, sexy, alluring... where was he going with this... an introduction within his own mind. Hana stood talking to the figure, she was saying something about Kinniku, his special appearance today because of her after all. He had recognized the other figure, someone who seemed so familiar but he couldn't place his finger on it... Wait! It couldn't be!!!

Kinniku would come at the corner and leap from behind Hana, taking it in, it was him, the leader of the Villages best of the best, the one and only... "Hana, please tell me... you weren't talking about the Hokage, when you said come here!" Kinniku's eyes lit watching the male standing in front of him, one of the people he looked up towards the most, someone with the strength that led the power of the world into his favor, or at a good percentage of it. He was giddy with excitement as he laughed, scratching his head, he waved his arms. "Mr. Hokage, sir! Tekiou Kobushi, at your service!" He surely didn't know that this was the friend that needed him, that he was incredibly strong, that he would need to go against a living legend. It couldn't be! He was a bit dumbstruck stuttering, this wasn't his day... He would only stare, taking his eyes to Hana, and then back to the Hokage.

He would then begin to pull her to the side, and then look at her, for a moment. "Why the hell didn't you tell me, it would be the damn Hokage, he's far too badass to need help from me, what the hell are you thinking, Angel?!" He screamed, the Shinshou could hear every word he was saying, Kinniku tried to cover his mouth as he placed his foot into the ground. "You gotta tell me these things, damn you for catching me off guard like this, there is no way that my skills are high enough for such a figure!" He began to scratch his head erratically. "Come on, Angel!"

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Shihouin nodded in conformation to her about her water techniques. He needed to copy some of her Suiton for training as well, and so he could create a couple original ones if he wanted to. Too bad he had showed up so late, there was definitely the chance that he could learn her Water Clone technique as well. "I've picked up water with a bit of training as well, so I need to see your techniques if you don't mind letting me copy them from you. Water clones and Hidden Mist is what I want and if you want to show me a few others I would be thankful if you did." Hopefully even then, they could work on Katon training and dive into another field of jutsu for her.

Apparently though, she had been stashing a good secret and keeping something from him. Shihouin hadn't realized that Hana wasn't like him, he didn't assume that she went home and did other things, or trained with other people at all. Shihouin was a routine individual. He trained, ate, slept, worked and repeated the process over and over again. He wasn't the type of person to go out and do things most of the time unless he was bored or he absolutely needed to do them.

So none the less he was surprised at the fact that she had a friend. Not that she couldn't make any, but he had forgot that she actually had a social life.... One better than his own in some cases. His eyes raised a bit and the corner of his mouth dropped slightly at the comment. He wanted to speak, but he decided it would be better to just see what she was up to. Taijutsu was a new area for him, an area he didn't focus too much on in ANBU or in his genin and chuunin years, so it would be great to have someone focused all in that area. He had a few techniques, but nothing noteworthy in his eyes of praise. "Take care of yourself..." he spoke in farewell to her for now.

As the genin appeared from the corners of the training field coming up behind her, Shihouin silently analyzed his movements with Sharingan looking at the muscle tension and moving style all over his body. He couldn't tell much from simple walking, but the way his muscles moved in body from just slight movements, maybe this child was someone who could help him. As his cloak and red rope flapped in the wind, tugging at his lean tall body, he thought about the individual that was no more than about three meters away from him for a short second.

And he quickly came to the conclusion.

With a quick hand, he reached down it his thigh pouch and pulled out a set of shuriken, throwing them at Kinniku and or Hana in mid speech. He would throw them at the time he was calling her an angel. Being only three meters apart from them roughly, he would quickly slide into his personal taijutsu stance after, accounting for the elements, battlefield and things of the like. He wanted to test his opponent and see how quick his reactions were and how he would react to a fast moving opponent who wasted no words. After quickly moving into his stance, he would prepare himself and his next move accordingly, reading his opponents movements with his eyes.

"You would think you would have the decency to tell me that it was him..." He held the amazement of the situation, he however didn't allow that to bypass the situation at hand, he was within the surrounding place where the Hokage stood, taking up his right fist, he clenched it tightly, he was trying to consider what to do next and thus he would need to think or act upon what the situation was now. Suddenly, he heard a clinking sound, his eyes opened in surprise as the twisting shuriken would fly forth at incredible speed, quickly he pulled her into him and then placed her chest and stomach towards his, his body moved quickly into a somersault flip and clutched his foot into the ground.

"Kuroda-chan, you OK?" He watched her eyes for a moment, as he stood, gripping her within a tight hug before loosening and watching the Hokage, his face would become serious, his reflexes sharp since his situation within the Death Forest. He took her to the side and smiled for a moment, grasping his hand on her back as he nodded. "I see, you say we aren't here for chit-chat... I understand Mr. Hokage." He would say nodding his head as he saw the Hokage move into a fighting stance, he took up his fist before twisting his head, making a small crack, and then moving his knuckles in order to crack them, hearing movement of such bones, sliding back into place by his grip.

"Well, Mr. Hokage, I don't know what will happen next..." His fingers would go to his back pocket, rummaging through the contents of it, he would wave his mask upward and click it, the strap behind it coming apart as he moved his head under it watching him with a large smirk. He would place the mask on, taking a large sigh from his lips. Kinniku, knew that even if the Hokage had not battled him, even if this man had nothing more than the ability to place his hands behind his head, his fingertips were enough to kill Kinniku. "Hana, if I die from this bout, by mistake or unmistakeably, I don't regret meeting you as a friend, so go on and do what you gotta do, me and the Hokage, have some training to do." He sounded as if he was incredibly serious, his body tensing as the tension would arise, a small chill going down his face as he sweated, not a hot sweat, a cold sweat, shivers so great that no person except for the strongest could contain themselves, the excitement roared through his body as his fists clinched even tighter.

"Go on, I may or may not see you later..." He tapped his foot upward, as he got into stance, his legs began to move around almost instantly, the tension from his position could be cut with a knife, he couldn't take this, the man was holding over him an extremely strong and powerful aura, something that he had never faced in his life, even his father paled in comparison to such a wrath, though he was extremely strong, he was no Hokage, maybe part of the Sanin's level, but the Hokage was different from the Sanin, they all answered to him eventually, of which case only spoke volumes of his incredibly strong and unfathomable powers. Kinniku couldn't help it, he shivered, yet kept his smile up, his intensity of focus only rising.

"I see death... how cool is that." The fight would now, begin with both combatants staring at one another, Kinniku would say nothing else as he gulped and breathed out, taking each breath from strokes of his nose, not daring to breath from his mouth. He feared he would need every breath of oxygen he had in order to take this legend on, and so he would conserve each and every breath, anything more shallow, he would most certainly be dead. Yet, the Hokage didn't seemingly move. What was his plan? Nothing else could be said, what more would be said, this battle would be one that Kinniku would never forget, a match against the strongest ninja of the village, the Fire Shadow... the one who "Inflames and Turns All Things Into Ash".

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Shihouin thought about the situation and kept silent to himself, not uttering any more words than needed if he even thought about thinking. He had managed to protect Hana, who didn't need protecting from his shuriken bait and had managed to grab her and move her out of the way. This was some fellow... Shihouin felt like he was a kid again, holding his own weight amongst the genin as the strongest of them easily. He had a cocky, arrogant nature at that age and it had never really left him. However, that attitude was now backed up by his face on the Kage Mountain over his shoulder.

Someone view this as not fair and others would view this as just wrong. He was talking on one of his own Chuunin, someone who probably didn't have much experience in the field. Maybe he did, maybe he didn't, but Shihouin's training in taijutsu couldn't be left in the dust, he needed someone he could test it on. Naturally assuming his opponent would go all out, Shihouin would attack in earnest and keep things interesting.

He moved closer a bit more, keeping his feet on the ground and keeping them placed the distance for the taijutsu style. His right leg lead with his left leg behind him, his body turned to the side with his arms guarding in their proper places, everything set into the taijutsu style he had formed for his own self. He had a certain rhythm it seemed, moving quicker in a good motion. He kept his eyes peeled and made sure he was able see everything. Hopefully Hana was training, but watching at the same time.

This concept being so foreign to him, he had to overcome his primary fears first internally and accept that he had to try. Despite him being Hokage, he was still a mere Jounin in some senses and wasn't perfect at all. He calmed himself totally and thought about what was before him. With a quick moving leg, Shihouin kicked his right leg towards his opponent, aiming for his shin since they were within striking distance. He kept the rest of his body in accordance to his stance and principles that he created for himself, waiting for the Chuunin to react to his very small move.

The staring contest went on for five minutes, neither person really moved from their planes, he had understood this much at least, that their was one instance where the entire battle could end in a single attack. Kinniku was deftly sure that this was one of those times, and thus acted accordingly. He was fully healed from the pain of his signature moves training, he had been training but not nearly enough to make his muscles sore, trying to take it easy because of his fathers worrying of his sons health and his mothers usual antics of kicking his ass if he did not comply. The tension would arise even more, Kinniku couldn't allow this to go on, even if he did move, their would probably be something that made him fall behind, according to the scope, the kage had perfect positioning, he probably learned from utilizing and fighting against taijutsu specialist.

'Damn, no openings, nothing, not a single fucking one, is this real, I've never seen this before!' He released a bit of sweat from his brow as the rain kept going over their heads patting against them both with the wavering waves of air blowing down against their bodies. The raindrops would begin to go in slow motion for Kinniku, as he focused in such a way that he could see his opponents body, what were his flaws, what weaknesses, he could not tell from this angle. He was guessing he had no choice. Gulping in his spit, and taking up his body, he would finally move.

'OK, Kinniku, don't make any unnecessary movements, and focus all the strength you can must to take this man down, he is the Hokage, don't fucking hold back a goddamn thing!' His body whipped forward, he screamed loudly, as his foot arisen, he would finally shoot forward his body making a strong dash-step towards the opposition, he couldn't allow himself to fail to be seen as strong within the Hokages eyes, it was downright disgraceful, his resolve was clear. "I'm not a coward, I will take you on, with only my best!" He said in rapid movement of his lips, making his next movement clear.

However, with the sprinting speed, he would switch directions quickly, going left as he twisted his body counterclockwise for a completely three-sixty spin within a matter of seconds going for his head with the extremely powerful stiff-leg he would move towards his neck. "Leg LARIAT!" Within the amount of motion he had gained, the amount of strength he came up with, he placed an incredible amount of power into this move, pressing it towards his neck as his teeth gritted, would it be enough, probably not, however it was a start and thus, Kinniku needed it badly.

If it would not work, his body would be left open for the next attack, placing such focus into the attack he would forget to try to land, and thus would begin to fall towards the ground. What would be so humiliating than to fail at something you were supposed to be good at, nothing at all, but this, he had to figure things out, and thus he would need to fight with his most forceful attacks, recklessness however would pursue such a thing, could Kinniku recover from such a thing... Disaster would strike if he didn't as only the focus Kinniku could hope to accomplish anything, the reckless Kinniku, however, could have no chance at all.

Victory would lie in a sound mind, even the slimmest chance to win, which was low, would need his entire psyche to be built on the purpose of bettering himself, not the Kage, however, this would need to be something he pursued for himself... or else he would be totally and utterly defeated.

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Shihouin didn't know how to necessarily deal with an opponent like him. If it were himself as genin, he would not be psyched out at all, and would attack as if he were better than Hokage. His mind quickly and instantly fell back on the feelings he had running through him when he was only a genin and when he had faced the Shodaime Hokage in his office. His skill wasn't the best, but he succeeded in destroying the Hokage's office and burning it in a fury of his flames.

Maybe now as he stood before the Chuunin did he realize that he was growing, or had grown considerably. Everything up to his moment, all the people in his life and everyone whom he had used, fought with, worked with, and survived with to gain power hand not been in vain. He tried not to let it swell his head a little bit, but the slight smirk and the upwards pull on the corner of his lips seemed to be implying that the pride was rushing that way.

He watched carefully as his opponent dashed towards him at full speed. His move would be simple and clean and he would avoid the Chuunin. As the Chuunin rushed out at him, Shihouin would back up no more than half a meter very quickly, and as his opponent moved towards the left to change his body position, Shihouin would quickly move to the opposite direction -his right- steering clear of his attack while keeping his upper body away from swinging legs by ducking back if need be. Almost simultaneously, he would attack him. Since the leg lariat had his lower body aimed for Sihouin's upper body, Shihouin would quickly attack his upper body, quickly kicking out with his right leg towards the opponents upper body-torso area which seemed to be an opening spot which he could capitalize on.

The movements he was conceptualizing it and trying to do didn't seem to be anything special but this was only training for what was more to come. If it had been Hana here with her bone manipulation or Ayame with her swords, he could try the set. number two style he wanted to use, which was a mere additive of the first one except that weapons were used to make quick jabs and punches fatal blows.

OOC: sorry its not as long as yours :P

The attack completely failed, as his eyes widely opened, greatly increasing his quotient of "holy shit", as he had barely even moved from the attack, this could be noted as Kinniku had actually been to preoccupied with mustering strength to think through another attack. However, the struggle of the phase of assault wasn't over, the Hokage had yet to do his own move, which was seemingly a thrust punch, a powerful punch of which the opponent would shift the body into the attack and send the opponent flying away, his power was incredible, as Kinniku's body went flying, he would spiral towards the ground. Kinniku would grunt as he coughed a bit of saliva, making his body move, grunting in pain.

'What are you doing, you idiot, you allowed him to get such a clear shot in, the Hokage, you must want to die...' What was he doing, what could he have done within the span of this attack but sit and linger. His hand went against the ground, lifting himself up. Being durable was good, he could be attacked with incredible power but it would seem that either the Hokage was holding back or his strength wasn't as large as Kinniku first thought. 'Wait, that impact wasn't the strongest impact I've felt, it was strong but I got up from it easily... maybe it's just... maybe he's holding back?' Kinniku had sighed and waited for a moment before coming to a conclusion, he would have to be faster with his blows, leave the strength out of it, and focus more on using his speed. He nodded to himself, he would need to stay focused on such an opponent and thus he needed to fight at his quickest, only agility would win against him.

Picking his feet up, moving at an incredible pace, he would increase his speed quicker and faster moving towards the Hokage, with incredible quickness as he began to leap forward going for a large leap forward, within a rainbow arcing motion as his fists clasped together, clenching them into one another he would then throw with incredible strength a powerful arm movement, that would be both momentum and power combined with the speed of a dropping double-arm blow. "Axe-Handle!" He said as he would swing it downward, into the Hokage's position, spinning his body, switching seamlessly into the next attack, trying to capture the Hokage in quick successive blows instead of hard, one hit attacks.

His body would spin, taking up both legs to go into a speedy twisting kick attack, collecting momentum from the movement, he would come forth with one leg towards the left arm with his kick. "Spinning Heel!" He would scream quickly taking the movement of his body into account and then making his hands go to the ground. Though, he was going into each attack more quickly, he was sacrificing his power, and thanks to the Hokage's obviously quick reflexes and movements, he could probably take up the damage or dodge it so quickly that he wouldn't even need to worry about it.

Kinniku was anxious, he was getting erratic but weakened moves would not have so much effect on a man that was ready and prepared, and Kinniku's speed wasn't much in the case of fighting, since many of his wrestling techniques were made to quickly finish and end fights when needed be, after all, they could do a lot of grotesque things to a human body. However, he would decide to mix such a thing up, and go for broke with some fast attacks to add to his arsenal, two good attacks that could be used for both occasions of power and speed, the "Spinning Heel" and the "Axe-Handle". Not his most powerful but none-the-less two welcoming additions for his arsenal full of wrestling techniques and skills.

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He didn't assume that his punches would be so effect against a Chuunin, but after all he had to realize that this may not pan out for certain characters like the Second Hokage, or any missing nin at all. He didn't think he would be able to use this style on much lower ninja as well, but he had to realize that the offensive capabilities of the style could be used and modded and changed. He had the ability to intercept and counter, attack and defend better with time.

Shihouin didn't know how far he could take this, but he would try to keep going. He was learning more and more about this fight and his young opponent seemed to be a good amount of training in. Hopefully Hana was learning, because she had good potential in this area of combat seeing as that she could ignore most blows and pass them off and not get hurt at all. Even though he was an Uchiha those abilities of bone manipulation and control were nothing but epic for taijutsu.

Since he had been keeping his stance well and quickly returned to it after the kick, Shihouin knew he would simply wait for his opponent to attack again. If his opponent didn't decide to attack at all, he felt confident in attacking too to make sure that he wasn't just playing a good waiting game. He would watch and make sure that above all else his timing was right and perfect, to the best of his ability.

As his opponent flew towards him, Shihouin watched him carefully and responded to his movement. While he was getting his hands together, Shihouin would begin to move his upper body to the right and down a bit to dodge the chop attack with both arms. It was here where he found an opening which he thought he could attack. Rising up now after the chop, he could attack an opening while his opponent was trying to twist himself in mid air. Since he needed speed, he aimed a swift right hand fist up while twisting his hips into it for an upper cut aimed at his opponents back side while he was spinning in mid air for the heel kick. The problem he saw with his opponents taijutsu attack was that his combo move didn't account for Shihouin's movement in some cases, which had allowed him to move due to jumping momentum, and allow Shihouin to be 'behind' him. He planned out his next move and prepared it accordingly.

His spinning heel kick had finished but with this not so good range of speed against an opposition that could see through each and every one of his attacks, something that could actually end this battle now, he would begin to press his foot downward and then do a sweep kick towards his head as he didn't have the precautions of the developing attack, which would lead to a smooth transition. This however, was not working, he tried using speed attacks and power attacks, but nothing caught this guy... big surprise, NOT!

He could keep moving like this, but one thing was for certain, he was getting tired every bit as fast as he was kicking. He may have been a ninja but everyone got tired eventually nothing how boundless stamina, it was always near-boundless, yet never an ever supply. He would need to get back into a stance, doing a backflip watching this opponent with the effort he placed within trying to attack... this was bad, no weak spots, nothing could be so bad. He needed time, he needed to rest, he needed a plan and soon. The Hokage was getting edgy it would seem, he barely actually attacked, only using a defensive stance then counterattacking, which could be a style within itself.

He was an Uchiha, a cut above the rest already through his clans name, someone that had the ability to defy the strengths of many other ninja with natural ability and skills that beyond what could be imagined normally. Kinniku seemingly knew this, taking into full account, he hadn't used his sharingan, nor a technique, nor a power... only taijutsu. Yet even that, was with such a simple catch and go style, what could be done, what would be done. What would he do against such a powerhouse, a Hokage, an Uchiha, and he had skills in taijutsu, something Kinniku had to work through his entire life to accomplish, he had the instant he went against him.

What did Kinniku learn from such a battle, what was he going toward, it would seem that everything was lost. He learned nothing, but humility is much more painful than it seemed. However, his spirit wasn't shaken, did he still have a chance, maybe, was he down, no, he was still kicking, even if the success rate was less than 1%, there was still a success rate, even if it was 0.0001%. He had welled his power inside, as his eyes grew tense and he watched the man, standing still now, his legs would move once more, a new found resolve would happen. 'I need to start small, I need to actually land a hit on him, combine strength and speed, don't just go for broke, go for the whole fucking gold!' He would then begin to zip forward, making a sudden movement towards him with incredible speed, seeming a full frontal assault as he screamed, both fists to the sides of him, he leaped into the sky once more, making a dropkick.

"Here we go!" He screamed moving straight towards him within mid-air, his legs pressed together tightly.

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This wasn't going as he expected it to and he was rather disappointed in Kinniku and Hana for evening bringing him here. If Hana and Kinniku were going to be Chuunin in the village they would need a lot more power than what he saw here. He wasn't necessarily trying to imply that they were under powered for Chuunin, more so the fact that he expected them to be more powerful than the average Chuunin. Hana had already received enough fundamental training and would be finishing that type up before Shihouin would dive into active combat training to exponentially increase her technique ability, and other sets of skills.

For Kinniku, Shihouin believed that his skill with taijutsu would be better if he had some sort of technique to increase his speed. Maybe the kid already knew a couple of one of the Gates, or maybe he could give them to him as a reward for training them. If he was going to fight with taijutsu solely, he would need a way to use his extremely conditioned body in a format in which he could create outstanding damage.

Even if he was going to go into taijutsu to specialize in it, Shihouin still felt rather disappointed as he charged with a simple direct assault. If he kept moving faster and faster at that speed he would develop tunnel vision which would make countering next to impossible at a higher degree. As he charged towards him, Shihouin watched carefully and made his next move. When his opponent jumped into the air, he wasted no time and quickly moving two meters to the right, which would more than likely leave his opponent kicking nothing but air while, Shihouin kept his stance and readied himself.

He knew that he was trying hard, but resorting to such outlandish tactics in a taijutsu fight didn't seem to be the best idea. Shihouin muttered from his mouth. "You're disappointing me. If you don't have anything else up your sleeve then go leave and train fundamentals again... I haven't even really used Sharingan." And he was right. There was no use to use any type of ocular power against someone who kept moving like he did. Shihouin wondered had he been top hard though, because he had been holding back too. He didn't really want to hurt Kinniku, but he made it obvious that this wasn't going to be that easy.

He did said nothing as his body changed direction, his arms waving to the sides as his body whipped making a move towards his head with a right leg towards his neck moving towards the side with a cross of his arms crossing over his chest he would now have the chance, the drive in becoming something more impressive, he could finally position himself for a technique he knew could work, all that practice in acrobatics had made him not only strong but nimble, nimble enough to use body positioning to move in mid-air, and nimble enough to change what would be a dropkick, into an attack of even more lethality.

"Huracanrana!" He would say his body began to spin rapidly around the Hokages body, making a strong leg sweep as he was now behind the Hokages head, strengthening his legs as he did a strong flip carrying the Hokage's body with his own momentum, the strong amount of pressure, he would decide to throw him into the ground with such force that it would make a small crater (if it were to hit that is). If not, he would go for a leg twist, utilizing a kip-up in order to capture his opponent off-guard as he would talk instead. He wouldn't allow himself to let down the Hokage, who had asked for his presence, and thus needed his help. He couldn't, he wouldn't! This was more of a once in a life time opportunity and it wasn't something he could allow happen. He would need to go past his limits and make sure this guy wasn't put down. "I will not let you down, don't worry!"

Going for the forward flip, his body would move into another somersault as he tapped against the ground, placing his arm into a horizontal, he would move forward taking up his speed to an excess level, bending his body towards the ground as he went straight for the stomach and ribs section. "Muscle Style: Lariat!" He said quickly doing a forward flip, switching and changing his bodies position in order to flip past the Hokage, dodging whatever strike he would or wouldn't be going forward with his feet pushing into the ground as he would try to go for his head with a headlock, making a move forward as he flipped back into a sit-down position.

"STUNNER!" One of his more powerful moves, a powerful jaw-breaking and neck stretching move, taking no time to allow the male to react, however, after this leaving himself open to whatever attacks he would have ready for him instead. Kinniku wasn't going to allow time to waste, not that he could really stop the Hokage, he would at least gain some in retrospect, the factor that he still had a lot to learn, this was for certain. His arm would grip tightly, his body would allow for what could be seen as a sit-down position, unlike the one of which he did to Hana, which was a pressing position with his legs still tucked underneath to lessen the impact, but this, this blow was full power.

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The problem Shihouin saw with this fellows taijutsu attacks was nothing fundamental, but more scientific than anything. His strength, dexterity and overall stamina were perfectly fine, but Shi had countered and dodged all of his moves and not failed once. Taijutsu like this was boring out right and he didn't want to continue doing it like this. He would rather do something else or use ninjutsu, but he really wanted to practice his taijutsu moves. Instead of training with Chuunin, he would have to go summon for Heiki and get beat up by him. If he could at least do well against Heiki he would be fine.

The problem he saw with his opponent was momentum. His forward momentum still existed. When he ran and jumped in the air, that was the same moment that Shihouin had moved two meters to the right. Two meters also being greater than or equal two about 6 feet in layman's terms. Since he would be doing the drop quick while Shihouin already out of the way, his opponent would be moving in mid air still because he jumped.

But he didn't understand why his opponent would continue attacking. Since he couldn't reposition himself in mid air to move in a completely different direction, his body would just keep going forward until it hit the ground. The wrestling move seemed to be based more on the fact that his he would have a ring to fight in with wires that could allow him to redirect his forward motion. Since his body was only about 5' 6", Shihouin was 100% positive that no matter how much he tried to stretch his legs towards him, he would not hit him since he had moved out of the range of his entire length of his body.

If Shi had moved any other way, or done any other counter he may have gotten caught up in that technique. Not like he didn't have a way out, but since he sidestepped him completely, he was in the safe zone from attacks. The taijutsu moves worked well, but Shihouin felt like he should try to set up and use more feints than just openly attacking him. By now, he had already trained himself enough mentally and through sight to use his stance. He spoke, not interested anymore. "If you throw a ball towards me and I dodge it, the ball doesn't automatically change positions and come towards me. You would be perfect in the ring or in a forested area with trees to change your position, but alas you aren't. If you're done I'd like to train with Hana now."

Hana watched the battle with wide eyes. This taijutsu was good. Sure it was a bit commical to see how nothing really worked against Shihouin. They were just too different. Kinniku would have to use different styles with his wrestling if he wanted to be effective. Perhaps they could train together. Hana wanted to learn Taijutsu anyway. She'd played around with the thought of learning medical ninjutsu and other types of specialties. Taijutsu would really be the best for her though. With her bloodline she'd be wonderful with it. She'd be so much more affective in her attacks and defense.

She'd been off to the side. She hadn't trained though. She'd just been watching and learning. She felt a bit bad since she hadn't trained but she'd been learning just as much watching as she did while training. This was just too different to miss out on. It was a learning experience. She'd never really watched taijutsu or been interested. To her it had been a waste of time. She stepped forward when a small monkey chattered at her from a meter away. It scurried up her leg and to her shoulder. Hana giggled because it tickled.

The monkey had a note in it's hand. Hana opened it and blinked. "Ah, I'm sorry Shi-sensei! But I have a mission to go on! I'll train with you the moment I get back! I'm terribly sorry! For now please help Kinni with his training. It's a special request from me." She then followed the monkey as it scurried off.

He began to spin out of control as he hit against the ground sliding on it with his body rolling, he stopped and pushed both his arms outward, taking in the dirt that seemed to seep through his pores, the sadness that kept him from opening his eyes with a look of despair. Was there truly no way to come to a lessened struggle, would he truly have to bask in the era of defeat. He caught his breath and watched the sky, as he closed his eyes, tears would show, but the waters would pour through, not showing the welling torn spirit broken through his predictable attacks... he wasn't good enough for the Hokage, his mask would be soaked with the sweat of his brow and the tears that he shed, mixing into the rain, the mud on his back and on his pants.

'I wasn't good enough, I couldn't even... I wasn't...' He was on the ground, staring at the sky, the worse day he had ever had, would come into fruition, he made a total fool of himself in front of one of the most powerful men within the entire 5 villages, he couldn't capture who could be called a prime and powered individual someone that had the abilities that could transcend all others. He was someone who couldn't measure up to the abilities of someone born from one of the greatest clans, had the power to destroy with a single glare, and was just that strong. He knew this now, and he would say nothing for the moment, only sitting up as he looked to the ground.

He stared at the splashing water to the ground, more and more water would come upon him, he made nothing of the situation outside of his own emotions, He closed his eyes as he would begin to arise taking no looks to the Hokage as he explained the situation, making nothing but a hand gesture, both of his arms would go towards his sides, within his total defeat, what could he have done, how could he have succeeded at a situation that had no success rate at all. He would linger within standing, taking not a single breath or utterance towards him, he would only watch the ground, his feet would press into his sandals as they sunk deeper into the murky muddy waters. He had nothing, he was nothing but an amateur a hack, someone weak... inferior.

The factors of defeat within a battle with his mask on were simple, once he would lose in a battle, the mask would come off, and he could never wear it again, once he would take it off within a fight that would be it, he would have to destroy it and create a new one with a new identity. Sliding his hand towards the mask as he began to move it upward, he started to take it off slowly, breathing outward with a heavy sigh, biting his lip, the mask was almost off. He would finally plead for his loss to the situation, until he would stop suddenly, his eyes opening. He stopped right before it was fully off, only his nose showing.

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"Father, what is it to be strong?" The young male would ask, as his father would stand before him, Kinniku having cuts and bruises while his father had nothing, but a few tears in his clothes from his close encounters with his sons attacks, they stood watching each other, Kinniku gasping for air, his father grinned, chuckling a bit. His father would take his hand to his chin, and then scratch it softly, the stubble going against his fingers as he thought about this question, and with a smirk he would finally have an answer.

"There are two sides to every coin, Kinniku, just like there are two sides to every story, and thus two sides to wanting to be stronger..." He waved his finger and then pushed it on his forehead tapping it against it softly. "You would want to gain strength to protect or destroy, however, there maybe a third reason..." His father was a bit confused at what he was saying, Kinniku watched him confused, as he would wave his arms, he scratched the back of his head for a moment, going against his hair he then would open his eyes.

"I think I understand though... for the ones you would want to protect, for the ones who would within no doubt become your most powerful memories, to succeed in becoming that which has the will and strength to protect the ones that you love, to gain the respect of the ones you admire... that is true strength." Kinniku answered his own question, as his father scratched his cheek, he chuckled nervously watching his son as he spoke so valiantly, he would then punch him directly in the head.

"Stop being smarter than me!" He would scream, before feeling his wife smack him across the head with a bokken. He would gasp, screeching in pain as she stood in front of the both of them, she would sigh and scratch her head. "Why did you do that dear?" He would ask as if he were innocent of all crimes, crying aimlessly.

"Because, you hit our son even if he was right, you jackass!" She kicked him in the gut, as she watched Kinniku for a moment. She would bend and watch him as she helped him up. "Kinniku, you want the respect of your friends, and the power to win, to protect the ones you love, that is why you gain strength, but not just any strength, that is the strength of your heart!" She would push a finger into his chest, as she smiled at him, the grunting of his father could be heard in the background. Kinniku lingered for a moment on what his mom said, taking in every single word, he nodded. "I think I... I think I understand."

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'What am I doing... why am I so... is this what I truly want, to give-up like a little bitch and not even fight for the respects of the strongest ninja whoever lived, is this truly what I want... No, no, NO!' An updraft would arrive around Kinniku as a powerful surge of strength would release, his hands placing down the mask quickly, as he would begin to release maximum force, pushing his body downward into the dirt with the incredible sensation of force that would arise, his muscles feeling invigorated as he would scream. "This is not how it ends, Mr. Hokage, I can't just allow you to go with just that spectacle, I just won't this is not how I want our battle to end, I'm sorry..."

An effect upon himself would release into a small aura, swirling around his body as he would finally do it, the focus of his strength would unlock the hidden powers that could only be unlocked by a few that had the strength to muster them... "Well, Mr. Hokage," Hachimon, the Eight Gates. "Time for round two." He would say as he glared at the Hokage, with a large smile on his face, his eyes showing more resolve than they did before, this would be the true start of the battle, the man that was Kinniku had arrived.

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Shihouin was amazed for a bit, the first of the eight gates huh? What kind of training brought about this transformation? The ability to open the gates were rare as it is, and the physical strain they put on the body was absolutely tremendous. At Kinniku's level Shihouin figured he would be able to handle about two or more gates if he trained, but the first one was definitely an option for him. What Kinniku had to realize though, that even with this level of power now attained, he wouldn't amount to anything before or after this. Shihouin was by far greater than him and every way. One might think he was cocky assuming that. It wasn't his physical ability, but his spirit that Shihouin believed was stronger that Kinniku's.

Even with this level of speed, Shihouin was tired of fighting. He knew that the eight gates would make things more interesting but Shihouin was done. He didn't slack up in his stance or style, or anything like that, but he was done. He spoke out to the Chuun who had just created a scene for himself by opening the first gate. "You got one more move. If you don't succeed against this then go home son." Shihouin smirked a bit and then went directly into his move. His hands flashed together quickly, almost like they were a blur of motion, a sign that he might be preparing some type of ninjutsu.

As soon as he had brought them up they came back down to his side and he took off towards Kinniku's position. As he shorted the five meter distance between them, his body seem to disappear as his speed exponentially increased. Not too soon after his body would seem to run up behind Kinniku's position aiming for the back of his head. It took a moment for his body to adjust to the level of speed so he could punch, but he wondered how Kinniku would react.

If Kinniku was smart, he would move in a specific way and avoid the whole thing. He could attack and do the same thing too, but it depended on which of his attacks he decided to use. If he was even a second off, it would all fail. Shihouin didn't see any real way for Kinniku to get out anyways, the level of technique he was using was over Kinniku's head as land is to sky.

"One more attack, then I got to make this my best move, I need to do something outside the box, something that even I wouldn't think of doing..." His fist would clench as he nodded and placed his fist forward making his body take more and more into this increased state of being, he said one more move, and this would need to be a good one, however, what could he do in such a situation that he wouldn't do in another, well it was simple, he could utilize a technique that he hadn't used in this match, something that was more his style but wasn't his style.

'I haven't tried THAT move yet, and thus would be the perfect time, all I need is to make him move in the best angle... but would it be enough?' He would watch as the man disappeared, suddenly however, he blocked from behind, of which case he moved his fist aside, beginning to move backwards with his own body, utilizing his legs as leverage in order to keep moving backwards he was now much better at counteracting the movements of the individual. He still had trouble with the countering maneuvers because the male was so quick, but his power was enhanced to such a level that he could at least react to such a move accordingly.

"I can see your moves, I can see, I can fight!" Kinniku began to move backwards at an incredible pace, his body seemingly floating in the air, as he stopped and moved forward zipping all around him with his now more incredible speed, taking his time to create what would seem to be a medley of fast swishy-washy movements, taking in acrobatics while doing so, making his movements much more unpredictable than what his average tactics were. He however stayed this pace for the moment, still thinking of what the last move would be, he marveled at this new-found strength he had... This would allow him to stop dreaming like an idiot and start beating the Hokage in at least one move, the true skill of a taijutsu-user would be seen right now, at least of his caliber.

'Talk about a boost, I feel so much more power now, my body feels like it could break through any obstacle, and that's why I'm not allowing myself to be taken down by him, he may be the most powerful person in the village, but my spirit will be triumphant over the Kage, this is about more than just training, this is now a battle of pride, dammit!' Going inward, he would zip forward and begin to move in a circular fashion around the kage, accordingly making faster paces, than before, now he disappeared to what would be normal eyes, but was still foreseeable by the Hokage, albeit with less of a chance of being grasped, sort of like erratic-dancing. He needed to make the Hokage think twice, hesitate, one move of hesitation from the Hokage, and it could be Kinniku's game.

"Well, come on, Hokage-sama, you want to stand around or do you want to fight?!" He said as he leaped forward, stopping the movements to show the Hokage what he was made of, would this be the time where he could place his last move as his best. He would need a miracle, one move of hesitation from this man who stood before him. It was going to be all-or-nothing. Kinniku would need to go-for-broke...

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Sometimes perseverance and trying hard was good in a battle. As a ninja one of the core principles, at least for Konoha ninja was the will to not give up. One always had to advance forward and become stronger and surpass those before them and become the new generation that would lead the village to an even greater height. Shihouin being of the Uchiha was fond of it even though his clans history rarely applied such a spiritual method when they had heavy basing in physical strength and an accursed bloodline rooted in aspects of death and killing. He knew he could become strong despite that.

As a ninja, no matter what your liking was for battle you had to no other things. Even for ninja who had no talent in one or more areas of battle, they would need the skills and mind to know about those other styles. Shihouin was not a taijutsu specialist or good at taijutsu by any right in his mind. He only tried what he could and tried to make it work. His home arts were ninjutsu. Kinniku had thought he had the Hokage surrounded but it was far from that. Even though Shihouin attained a great speed and could move quickly, invisible movement was for those who had great skill and speed.

Shihouin had not used taijutsu, but a ninjutsu technique developed in ANBU which he could use easily. It was two ninjutsu at one time, or better yet a synchronized set of ninjuts that allowed the user to create a fake-out on their opponent. This was Kinniku's final lesson because Shihouin was honestly growing tired of this battle. The clone he had surrounded would fade away into nothingness and Shihouin would reveal himself far away from Kinniku's position.

As he walked away from the battlefield, at least a good 40 meters away from Kinniku, he spoke out one last note. "You can't rely on your physical skills to win for you in any battle. This much was proven here today. You need to learn about ninjutsu and genjutsu if you want to become a true ninja. You don't need to use them, but you at least need to know about them. You thought my movement was physical and you were to engrossed in the battle to realize it had been a trick all along. Good day, Kinniku and study hard." With that, the image of him turned around and slowly disappeared, this time off to some important work and someone important he had to see.

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