Location: Before a Statue
Isamu sits next to the statue as he munches on a bento box. He reaches into one of his packs and draws out a white bottle and cup. Isamu pours himself a small cup, and sips at it. "Ah, nothing like a good lunch after a successful mission." Isamu relaxes and continues eating.
Abiku walks into the area, panting slightly but smiles at seeing Isamu, "I thought it was you I saw coming through. How've you been Isamu-san?" he asks, coming over and taking a seat at the base of the statue.
"Not bad, now that my mission is over, Abiku-kun." Isamu smiles. "Ah, you look thirsty, here, have some tea." Isamu says as he pulls another cup from his pack, filling it up to the brim with tea from the white bottle.
Isamu offers the cup to Abiku.
Abiku smiles and bows his head slightly as he accepts the tea, "Ah thank you. It's always a challenge to get here with the patrols outside the city." he says, raising his head and taking a sip from the cup, "If you can tell me, what type of mission were you on? The Uchuukage has been sending me out a good bit lately."
"It's not so much the Uchuukage as of late, more random villagers needing messages delivered, or people needing supplies. My last mission was for the Sasaki Family, but why we need so much lumber and metal, they don't tell me..." Isamu responds. He shovels some more of his meal into his mouth, and savors the flavor.
Abiku nods, taking another drink of his tea, "I've been getting sent out on some dangerous tasks lately." he says before finishing his tea and continuing, "Maybe the Sasaki is building something? That's the only thing I could imagine them needing a lot of wood and metal for..."
"Have you met Sasaki-sama? I wouldn't doubt that he eats the lumber for breakfast, and uses the metal as training posts! He's crazy like that..." Isamu trails off and shudders. "In any case, how do you think your sparring match with Ichiro-nii-sama went?"
Abiku chuckles a little then hrms softly, "He's really skilled, regardless of what he tries to say... I think it went well though, it gave me a chance to try out some new things." he says with a faint smile, "And do you mean Yama... Yamashita I think it was? We have met briefly before."
"Don't speak his name!" Isamu covers his ears and begins muttering under his breath, "All hail Sasaki-sama, All hail Sasaki-sama..." Isamu draws his knees up to his chest and rocks back and forth. After a few moments, Isamu blinks a few times. "What were we talking about? Oh! Your match with Ichiro-nii-sama. That Daibakufu tower was a way for me to easily use gravity in a combo. I'm not sure what you were using it for though..."
Abiku blinks a few times and watches Isamu curiously before shrugging slightly, "I did the same... I anticipated his attack with the weapon, I used that to get higher ground as well as launch a counter attack... If I had more experience it may have worked a little better." he says followed by a chuckle.
"Eh, using the pillar to launch a counter-attack is alright, but couldn't you have just run up the building for that? When I used it, the pillar got you to run up as I fell down, resulting in a major collision; plus the fact that when I dissolved the pillar, your footing became unstable, leading you to become off guard. That was what I had in mind for it. Meh, I can't think about strategy for too long, I like to come up with things as I go." Isamu says as he scratches his head.
Isamu takes a long sip from his cup.
Abiku nods at Isamu, "It was a learning experience. But it helped me realize some other uses for it, like instead of what I did I should have dropped behind it to conceal myself before launching my wire shuriken attack." he says before offering the empty cup back to Isamu, "I agree, it's good to go with the flow of a fight and then think about how to improve it later."
"Ichiro-nii-sama tells me that I think up some fairly random things in battle, I just see something in my head, and go with it... Huh, I just thought of another thing." Isamu seems to be contemplating something as a slight smirk grows on his face. Coming back to the moment, "Would you like some more?" Isamu asks holding up the white bottle.
Abiku arches an eyebrow for a moment before nodding, "Sure why not, I don't have anything planned for now, what's up?" he asks, standing up and dusting himself off.
Isamu fills the returned cup to the brim and hands it back to Abiku. "The thing I just thought up is for Ichiro-nii-sama. He has an attack that I think I can get out of." Isamu finishes off his bento, and downs the rest of the tea. He places the box, cup and half full bottle back in one of his packs. "If you want to spar again, we can do it right here."
Abiku takes a long drink from the cup, finishing it an handing it back, "Good tea." he says before leaning back and stretching, "I could go for a little sparring, might learn something that gets me out of a jam later on." he says, grinning faintly.
Isamu smiles and takes up a defensive stance. "I think this time, I'll show you a bit more speed."
Abiku takes a few steps back and takes up a crane stance, "My strengths definitely don't lie in offensive taijutsu... Though defensive moves were a must for my specialty." he says before nodding, "Ready when you are."
Isamu takes a couple of kunai out and ties exploding tags on them. He throws them high into the air.
Isamu dashes at Abiku, kicking up dust behind him.
Abiku narrows his eyes and crouches down, moving to the side of Isamu while performing handseals.
Isamu plants his right foot, swinging his left foot out in a kick, faster than his shadow can follow.
Abiku jumps slightly, raising his knee to intercept the kick, the force of the kick pushing him back through the air. Upon landing he slides back and says, "Mizu Bunshin no Jutsu" and a water clone forms behind him and extends his arm which Abiku grabs, the clone then pivots and turns using the momentum to fling Abiku back at Isamu in a punching motion.
"Pfft." Isamu jumps mere inches above Abiku, sending his palm into Abiku's back.
Abiku grunts at the impact, tucking into a forward roll and coming up to his knee and spinning around, shuriken in each hand that he throws at Isamu. His clone jumps up onto the statue and begins performing handseals.
Isamu dodges one shuriken and knocks the other one out of the air. He looks up and catches his kunai, throwing one at Abiku.
Abiku jumps up onto the roof of a nearby house and starts to run across the roof, he quickly performs a handseal and says, "Baikyuu Kesson." and his body glows faintly with chakra. The clone finishes his handseals and drops behind the statue.
"Okay, lemme see what you've got!" Isamu shouts. He quickly takes up a defensive stance while tossing the held kunai back into the air.
Abiku takes a few running steps to the edge of the building and leaps from it towards Isamu, landing a few feet away and spins low into a sweep.
"Again? Here's something new." Isamu jumps over Abiku again, dropping a piece of paper at his feet.
Isamu makes a handseal.
Abiku finishes the spin and plants both his feet, bringing his arms up into an X in front of him and attempting to jump back to lessen the impact. Meanwhile over the top of the statue a stream of water with the shape of a dragon's head speeds towards the midair Isamu.
An explosion tears open the the street, enveloping Abiku in the fringe of the blast. Isamu can feel the heat as the slightly weakened Suiryuudan throws him to the ground.
Abiku is forced back by the blast and harshly impacts the door of a nearby house, shattering it as he flies inside amidst pieces of broken wood and curses. Moments after the Suiryuudan impacts Isamu the clone is on the top of the statue with a kunai which he hurls at Isamu.
Isamu winces slightly as he catches the kunai, cutting his hand. He throws it into the air, colliding with the kunai he had thrown up before. The collision sends sparks on to the exploding tag, igniting it.
Abiku's clone crouches quickly and flips backwards, the blast blowing him back with enough impact that he is reduced to a spray of water midair. At the same time a rumble can be heard in the house where Abiku landed, followed by a torrent of water that widens the hole in the door picking up some small debris as it flies towards Isamu.
Isamu jumps sideways into the shadow of the statue, and seems to melt away into it.
Abiku doesn't come out of the house right away, but soon he and another clone appear in the wrecked doorway and take a few steps out carefully, each scanning the area intently and moving to be back to back, a set of shuriken in both their hands.
A pillar of water comes rushing down from the top of the statue, where Isamu used the water from the shattered clone. Inside the torrent is a spiky wooden sphere.
Abiku and his clone look in the direction of the water and push off of each other, leaping in opposite directions and turning towards the statue. The one on the right then brings his arm in and throw several shuriken at the statue which spread out from one another as they get closer.
As the pillar crashes into the ground, the spiked ball bounces slightly and explodes apart, sending wooden spikes towards each of the Abikus. Isamu leaps down from the top of the statue, sending a shadowless kick to the Abiku on the left.
Abiku on the left turns quickly, showing a second set of shuriken which he throws, deflecting the wooden spikes coming directly at him, before ducking low and narrowly dodging the kick. The Abiku on the right turns quickly and releases another volley of shuriken at Isamu before being pelted with the wooden spiked and dissolving into a pool of water.
Wooden spikes bounce harmlessly off Isamu's plate armor, and though a few scratch up his face, the wounds quickly heal up. Isamu reaches up and pulls out the only spike left, embedded in his cheek. He flicks it off to the side and prepares to grab Abiku.
Abiku digs his heel into the ground and pushes himself quickly back to avoid Isamu and quickly throws a set of shuriken out wide. Revealing they're connected to wires with a sharp twist of his wrist, he alters their path into an arc towards the side of Isamu.
Isamu seems to fall to the ground, dropping below the shuriken from the front and side. At the last possible moment, Isamu dashes forward, using the momentum from falling and the power from his muscles to send a fist towards Abiku with blazing speed.
Abiku turns to the side, using his free arm and raising his knee to help absorb some of the impact. With the thud of the impact he shoots back grimacing then jerks the hand controlling the shuriken to the side and outward, bringing the shuriken back around at Isamu before hitting the wall of a nearby house.
Isamu uses what little momentum was left to roll forward out of the path of the shuriken. At the end of the roll, Isamu stands up and turns to Abiku, "You alright?"
Abiku winces an leans forward a little bit, wiping some blood from the corner of his mouth and nods, "I'll be fine." he says panting, "I'd hate to run into you in a one on one fight, you didn't use any jutsu and still took me down easily." he says before leaning back against the building.
"Well, I pulled out some tricks I've been practicing, needed to try them out on a sparring partner... A note, when your clone was behind the statue, I was expecting more to come out, good job with that Suiryuudan." Isamu mentions as the last of his bruises and wounds seal up. "Man, I don't know what I'd do if I didn't know how to regenerate." Isamu proceeds to check over his armor, where the water dragon hit him.
Abiku smirks, "I thought you'd be expecting a jutsu since that's where my specialty is. I've gotten more chakra control and my bunshins can do quite a few jutsu now." he says, twisting slightly trying to work out a little soreness, "I guess I'm at least good for a moving target." he adds with a faint grin.
"I've learned too much from others to expect their specialties, so many times I've been wrong..." Isamu reaches into his bag and pulls out a vial. He tosses it to Abiku, "Here, drink this. Granny Kezu said this would heal all wounds. I know it'll at least act as a pain killer."
Abiku smiles, "Thank you." he says before downing the vial and making a face, "I hope it does something, it tasted awful." he adds chuckling softly, "I've been working on trying to add a little variety to my abilities... That's why I've been working on my kunai and shuriken abilities."
"Well, you seem competent enough with your moves, you should probably start moving towards more taijutsu, so you can better prepare yourself for a close quarters match. Also, Have a clone near you, so as to have an extra pair of eyes, ears, and arms. Then you'll have a better chance." Isamu says. As he finishes his statement, a small bird swoops down and lands on his shoulder. Isamu takes the paper attached to its leg and reads it.
Abiku nods, "It's something... I've.. bee-..." he trails off, blinking a few times begins to rock slightly, "Err.. I... feel odd..." he adds, squinting a little.
"Great, I've got another assignment, but I have to get the details from Ichiro-nii-sama. Now I have to find him." Isamu grabs his packs, and slings them over a shoulder. "Gotta run, Abiku-kun. It was a pleasure training with you...uhhhh...maybe you ought to take a breather..." Isamu mentions.
Abiku nods, only appearing to hear part of what was said, "Yes, breathing ish goooood." he says, his voices lowering and trailing off towards the end as he leans forward and slowly starts to attempt to stand.
Isamu grabs Abiku, and takes him to the library nearby. "You should sleep it off. In here, nobody will bother you. See ya later!" Isamu turns around and heads out.
Abiku nods slowly and waves, "Shhanks Ishamu-kun. Shee you erround."
