Konoha Training Field

Higeki walked along the long path from Konohagakure to the training field. Though it really would only take a short time to get there he liked to walk and admire the forests and everything in them. Though it was just a bunch of trees it could be more to others. Eventually making his way into the training field he didn't see anyone else yet or hadn't noticed them if they were there. Kind of spaced out Higeki went immediately into a little taijutsu practice beginning to perform kicks on a wooden post. It was more of a movement practice than a strength practice.

Kagejiro awoke from his long nap. The sun shown through the window, making himn squint his eyes as the bright light hurt his retinas. He got up and reached under his bed, pulling out his large scythe he used to practice with but never really fought with. Standing up fully he slung the weapon over his shoulder and made the quick decision to leave his empty house and go to the training grounds. Slowly walking through the town people gave him a corner eye glance and moved on there merry way. heh...keep looking you bugger. Kagejiro kept walking till he got to the training ground. He jumped up on a stump and sat there when all of a sudden an Uchiha came out of nowhere and started kicking the stump he was sitting on! Kagejiro couldnt believe what he was seeing. He reached the base of the scythe out to tap the other boy's forehead and spoke. "what do you think you are doing huh? I was sitting here first!" He thought to himself. Hey! I should use that jutsu...

Suddenly as Higeki was about to begin his training and landing two kicks someone was sitting on the post he was training on. Not having realized it until the person spoke he jumped a foot away and barely landed nearly falling on his back. "Where did you come from?" Looking at the kid in the front of him who seemed to be the same age as him he walked to the post next to the one he was using and began landing another kick. Two tanto hung at Higeki's pantlegs on either side, and a fuma shuriken was folded on his back. The rest of his equipment was in his tool pouch unseen. "Oh well.. You here to train too or something?" Continuing until he began a fist movement towards the wooden pole log thing he waited for a response.

"you could say that..." Kagejiro smiled and formed a few handsigns. "Wood Sculpting Technique." The log Kagejiro was sitting on started to twist and turn. Kagejiro held the jutsu as he back flipped off of the log and it continued to morph. Arms formed as well as a head. Kagejiro pulled cloth out of his pocket and threw it over the forming object. The arms continued to grow and more features formed. He tossed his scythe into the air and extended his hands towards the object as chakra strings flew out of his fingers and attacthed to the fully formed puppet. IT WORKED IT WORKED OMG I CANT BELIEVE IT!!! Kagejiro moved his fingers and the puppet grabbed the scythe as it was falling, slowly spinning it in a circle. Kagejiro smiled as the puppet seemed to come to life. "Now i am."

Higeki stopped and stared in awe as the log next to him fully transformed into a puppet which was then armed by the kid who had the scythe. He wondered.. would this turn into a fight. Hopefully not, but damn.. that was kinda epic. He must have been a senju. "So you're a Senju huh? And a puppeteer? That's pretty cool.. But you guys use wood right?" He hid a grin as he took a step back. This would be entertaining if the kid caught on to his joke.

Kagejiro's eye twitched and the puppet stood in place. It seemed to be missing feet so it just hung there in the air. "I would appreciate it if you refrained from such comedial inquiries..." Kagejiro walked over to the Uchiha and stuck out his hand. The puppet swung behind him and rested an arm on kagejiro's shoulder. "My name is Kagejiro, and yes i am a senju, and yes we use mokuton style jutsu. I havent had much time to train so i was wondering, rather, if you would like to be my partner, at least for sparring. I am still trying to think of a way to bypass the puppeteer's main weakness. So i'll help you with what you need if you help me." He waited for the genin's reply. Watching min scrupulously.

Higeki decided to get serious and accepted the shake offer before pulling his hand away. "Didn't mean any offense. My name is Higeki, and.. as sad as it is, being an Uchiha, I've yet to unlock my Sharingan. So I will gladly help you if you promise to ruthlessly fight me into submission so that I may unlock my first stage. Then maybe we can again.. because I'm really behind and need to train my sharingan before the chunin exams. Otherwise I'll lose big time." He knew if anyone found out at this point he had yet to achieve sharingan he would be a joke. Waiting, he took a step back, preparing for the spar to begin.

Kagejiro gave a light smile. He seemed to be thinking it over but immediately he flicked his wrist and his puppet flew forward. The scythe was extended to do a slash sideways, aiming straight for Higeki's stomach. Kagejiro was now in a lower stance and his smile was gone, being fully in tune with his puppet, extending himself it seemed and becoming one with his creation of his own chakra. The puppet's arms rotated, giving them extra room to swing harder, doing lethal damage if the puppet connected with its destination. "come on then..."

Higeki smiled as soon as the first twitch happened, drawing both of his tanto he deflected the slashing blade of the scythe. Jumping back, he would do a backflip and land on his feet several meters away. This was going to be fun, he knew it. Preparing his tanto, he would stand for a moment, and then run at the log nearest to him. Jumping up and then off of it he would come down at Kagejiro's puppet in order to fight it. He was prepared to do a front roll to block a lower attack or to keep moving forward for his dive assault. Maneuverability was in his control at the moment, though being in the air would be a bad position for long. He was close to the ground though, so it wouldn't be much of an opportunity for his opponent either. "Come on, Woody!" He threw the jab out just to make things that much better.

"come on, woody!" Higeki said. Kagejiro became infuriated. He swung his arm out and the puppets body started to spin, making a large sawing motion with the scythe. Kagejiro then jumped in the air and his right hand clenched, then he started falling towards higeki, aiming to hit him across the face. With his left hand kagejiro pulled it back. The puppet seemed to jump as it flew into the air like a spinning saw blade, heading straight towards higeki. "WHAT DID I SAY ABOUT MAKING WOOD JOKES!!!" Kagejiro's face turned red as the blood rushed to his face in anger. Sick and tired of the wood jokes he was going to show someone that he finally deserved some respect.

Higeki was pleased with the challenge ahead of him. Things seemed to be going well so far. He was about to turn the tables. Quickly as his enemy jumped into the air Higeki sheathed his right tanto and quickly, but secretly pulled out an exploding tag. Falling towards the puppet he stopped the spinning blade on his tanto, twisting his wrist slightly and wincing but not enough to sprain it. Slapping the tag onto the wood and lighting it he kicked himself off up towards his enemy. Bringing his fist back up to meet his opponent he reversed the way he was holding his tanto to prepare for a counter-swing of the blade when their fists met or if he missed, swinging his blade already as they grew closer. Gravity was the only thing keeping them apart at the moment, Higeki could feel himself losing momentum. It would be a rough clash as the tag exploded under him, the wave of force giving him a small boost. The puppet would be damaged or destroyed if he guessed right. Or he would be fucked. There would be no time to repair it in this situation.. he hoped.

When the tag exploded it not only knocked higeki up a bit but Kagejiro as well. Being shocked and awed at the destruction of his puppet he immediately extended his hand out in front of him. The puppet's left arm, which was empty, was on the ground. Kagejiro smiled. A beam of wood extended from his hand, aiming to push higeki down. The puppet stopped spinning but the hand holding the scythe kept rotating. With his free hand kagejiro flicked it up and the puppet came up from behind higeki, aiming to hit him in the back the the blunt end of the scythe. Kagejiro's eyes widened. "Thats it!" realizing that he could keep his chkra strings connected to the puppet while using his hand for other purposes he could control the puppet with his free hand. He looked down at Higeki and a wild grin spread over his face as he just helped reduce his weakness.

Higeki wasn't sure what was going on at first as the wood beam extended down. His blade slashed at it and made contact, deflecting his arm and he spun to his side. Suddenly a blunt object made hard contact with his hip and Higeki was sent into the dirt beneath him. With a loud thud and a cloud of dust he coughed as she sheathed his tanto. Rolling forward and forcing himself back up he watched as his enemy would have landed to the ground as well as seeing the arms being controlled alone. This would be a problem.. he needed his sharingan. He knew he would lose this fight, or maybe not.. but he still had to try. Watching his enemy closely he could only think for the moment what to do. He had to find a way to get his opponent without screwing himself completely. "You're doing well Mr. Woodcock.. but can you truly handle the Uchiha!?" Shouting Higeki reached into his tool pouch and tossed two kunai at his opponent. Running forward after he prepared hand seals, jumping up into the air above his opponent and suddenly a wave of heat would come over his opponent followed by a giant fireball which would (if successfully hitting) slam his opponent into the ground and blow up as well as set any wood he made on fire. Great Fireball Jutsu! he though the jutsu to himself as he landed on the other side of the explosion and fell to his knees from the sudden use of energy and chakra. That shouldn't have bothered him so much.

Kagejiro landed and spun around, the wood that extended from his hand had broken off. Higeki started forming handsigns and Kagejiro guessed it couldnt be good. He made hand signs as well, and as the kunai that were thrown at him in his mind he thought wood sculpting technique. The wooden beam shrunk and grew round, becoming a thick shield. Kagejire lifted it up and his puppet came over, helping support it. The kunai hit with a thunk. Then he felt a blast of heat from above. "DAMMIT!" Kagejiro lifted the shield up just in time to catch the fire ball jutsu. He buckled to his knees as the shield exlpoded out into fiery shrapnel. The kunai and some burning wood flew at higeki at even greater speeds then the kunai were thrown at Kagejiro.

As Higeki just barely landed, seconds before making contact with the ground firey wooden shrapnel and a kunai made contact with his back. Stabbed and burned, he hit the ground hard coughing. Wincing from the stinging and burning pain of having the kunai and splintered wood in his back that had easily pierced his shirt he stood up. Drawing a tanto he used it to hit the kunai in his back hard and send it flying up in the air. Higeki needed to make sure that this was it.. he couldn't let his opponent win, but he knew he had to lose too. What a hard decision to make.. just for his eyes. But that power would give him his future dream.. that ability to protect. That triggered something within him and he drew his other tanto. Charging forward he screamed out and prepared to slash ruthlessly at the kid. "FIGHT ME WOODCOCK! AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" for her... He shut his eyes running blindly and bringing his arms forward to swing. He was completely open for an attack.. blinded by the rage and hopes of his future dream.

Kagejiro blinked as higeki ran at him blindly. Honostly? what has gotten into you to lose such control? to become angered and raged and mindless? TO CLOSE YOUR DAMN EYES! Kagejiro sneered and thrust his hand forward, another wooden beam rapidly protruding from his palm. It continued to extend forward as higeki rushed toward it blindly. If he were to keep going like this the beam would ran smack in the middle of his forehead and possibly even knock him out. To make sure it counted Kagejiro got his puppet ready with his left hand and ran forward at higeki, keeping silent.

Higeki had swung forward, squinting at the last second as his right arm bounced off the wooden pole and he rose his head. Unable to stop himself he rammed right into the pole chest-first, completely winding himself and falling on his back. Looking up at the sky for a moment he thought about what a stupid move that was. Desperately attempting to catch his breath he slowly crawled back and stood up, falling over again and breathing shakily halfway through. Slowly he forced himself back to his feet as he turned around and began preparing hand seals.

Jiro was walking through Konoha when he decided to stop by the training field. He sighed as he entered, enjoying the nature of the almost-always-sunshine weather of Konoha. As he walked around the field a bit, he noticed two people fighting eachother. One of them was swinging wildly at the other. "Hmm... a fight? Should I interrupt or observe...." Jiro thought to himself. "....Nah, I'll just watch for now." Jiro agreed with himself as he jumped up on the branch of a nearby tree to watch.

After Higeki knocked himself down Kagejiro quickly undid the beam and formed a handsign, using his wood sculpting technique. The chakra string that was still attatched to the single arm brought it back to the puppet, remending it. With the puppet fully repaired Kagejiro was starting to feel the effects of his depleting chakra levels. Kagejiro moved his puppet right in front of him as he rested a bit, regaining his composure. He didnt think he was going to win this. Higeki used fire...which didnt completely destroyed kagejiro's wood but it still did some damage. Kagejiro stood in his stance, waiting for the next move.

Higeki finished preparing his hand seals as he used his phoenix sage flower technique. Firing six small fireballs at random towards his opponent, at least three were aimed for direct hits and three were aimed for indirect hits if he tried to dodge. Then Higeki shot through a few more quick hand seals and followed it up with a Great Fireball to blow behind all of it. Higeki could feel his chakra emptying with each blast leaving his presence. He was nearly drained.. by now only enough energy left to run for a final assault. He though so at least.. maybe he had a little more energy than he felt. Waiting for it all to end he brought his last exploding tag out form his tool pouch. This would be it..

As the mini fireballs flew at him Kagejiro flicked his fingers and the puppet started to twirl the scythe, diminishing the three fireballs that were coming at him. As the large fireball was now launched he knew a mere twirl wouldnt stop this so he formed a few handsigns and the puppets arms fused together, forming a thick large shield. When the fireball hit it knocked kagejiro back a bit but not much. The puppets arms came back but the free hand had a small round shield like part of wood still on it. Kagejiro then ran at Higeki, with his puppet in the lead ready to attack or defend.

Jiro was blinded by the incredibly large amount of fire that one of the two of them had shot out. "Whoa, that must drain alot...." Jiro thought to himself, amazed at the fire shooting everywhere. "This might end soon... though I think I'll continue watching..." Jiro muttered, continuing to watch.

Higeki saw that his attack had failed, but his opponent would definitely be low on chakra by now. He was ready for that last assault.. this would decide it. Running forward with the exploding tag he smiled widely. A small spark began on the paper. He jumped forward to tackle Kagejiro and his puppet, aiming the tag for the puppets body. It would most likely ram into him.. but it would make contact with them both.

Kagejiro saw what higeki was aiming to do. There was no dodging it. So he had his puppet bring up the small shield, and have it attatch to the tag, and then the puppet rammed its shield into Higeki's stomach. Kagejiro used the last of his chakra to continuously repair his puppet so it wouldnt be fully destroyed. Holding the handseal the chakra flowed and the puppet was braced to recieve a large amount of damage that would also effect higeki, more higeki than him.

"What?! Is he crazy?! That's going to hurt ALOT! It's not like I can do anything now, but... ugh." Jiro watched in awe at the puppet user's bold move. "I'd better take some cover, the explosion might hit me...." Jiro thought to himself as he jumped off the tree branch and behind the tree at the ground.