Konoha Training Field

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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.

Higeki kept his smile as he escaped into his thoughts. The heat grew and the wood began to seperate. The force blew him back and everything began to move in slow motion for him. His eyesight began to become more keen and detailed. He could see things clearer than before, but not by much. His eyes were slowly able to see where the wood was beginning to go, but no more than a second ahead. He could only slightly predict the movements. Then he hit the ground hard. His vision blurred and Higeki being barely conscious, something was flying at him - the scythe from the puppet. He could just barely see it as he leaned up and drew the fuma shuriken from his back. Opening it he tossed it with all of his remaining strength at the scythe. The two deflected off of each other and hit the ground landing side by side. Higeki unconsciously moved now to use all of his energy. He trudged forward step by step at his opponent, when he reached him he swung once and missed, falling forward flat on his face. Out cold at his opponents feet he mumbled two things. "Just a spar... ... ... Rumia.." Then it was over. He had successfully achieved level one tomoe.

Kagejiro was blown back, his puppet almost falling to pieces but he was prepared. When the smoke cleared he looked at his friend wwho was passing out. His puppet fell and he ran up and caught higeki. "Are you okay?" he saw that his eyes were red.

"Okay, I've had enough standing back, I'm gonna go see what's going on over there." Jiro thought to himself, coming out from behind the tree and running in between the two of them. "Whoa, whoa. What's going on over here?" Jiro asked, looking at the man that seemed unconscious, and then at the apparent winner of the fight.

Higeki remained unconscious from them on, both of them able to see the red in his eyes as they slowly closed. It was clear that he had gained his first tomoe. He wasn't waking up just yet though, as he needed some rest before even being able to come conscious again. It would leave the two some time to talk.

Kagejiro looke dover at the newcomer. "yes? what would you like?" kagejiro himself was a little in shock. Not knowing what to do he just stared at him.

"Those eyes..." Jiro paused as he looked at the unconscious man's eyes. "I've... seen my grandpa with them before..." Jiro continued. "Hey, do you know who this guy is?" Jiro looked back to the other man and asked him.

After a few minutes had passed Higeki stirred in his rest, slowly opening his eyes again. Not fully aware of his surroundings his eyes had reverted back to normal again. Rolling over and getting comfortable on the ground the uchiha emblem on the back of his shirt could be seen by the newcomer now. Slowly waking up, very slowly, Higeki pushed on the ground with a failed attempt to pick himself up. "Uhg.."

Kagejiro looked down at Higeki. "he...is my friend." Kagejiro helped higeki stand up, getting him to a straight position. A small wooden beam came up and kagejiro positioned it to hold up Higeki. "are you well?"

"An Uchiha crest... is he one aswell?" Jiro thought to himself as he stood still, not able to believe his eyes. Apart from his grandfather, he had never seen another of his own kind before. "Senjus and Uchihas as friends, eh? I never thought I'd see that day..." Jiro muttered, remembering how all the Senju kids used to pick on him.

Higeki blinked a few times and slowly came into focus seeing another man in front of him and being held by his new friend who had helped him train. "Heh.. *Hack*.. That was a good spar.. Oh.. I'm an uchi *Cough* ha.. you too.. huh..?" He spaced out for a moment, almost as though he was waiting for a response but really he was just doing his best to regain energy from that fight. "You.. we should do this tomorrow.. do you have.. a tomoe yet..?" His speech slowly improved as he woke up more.

kagejiro held his friend. "save your strength my friend, we are going to go to the hospital okay?" Kagejiro looked at the other member. "my name is kagejiro senju and this is higeki uchiha. Now we need to get him to the hospital or he is gonna pass out soon." Kagejiro brought over his puppet which now only had a few burns, and had it pick up higeki. It caressed him and held him in the air. "lets go."

"Tomoe? I, uh... kinda...don't have any...." Jiro said in an embarrassed tone, looking down at the ground. "But... I'd be willing to train with you tomorrow. It's not like I ever do anything around here." he continued. He nodded in agreement with Kagejiro afterwards. "Why do I always get caught in these situations..." Jiro whined.

Higeki nodded at the agreement and was carried off to the hospital with the group. *Going to timeskip for your guys' sake.* Several hours later he emerged refreshed, but still in need of rest. Deciding to head home, Higeki would agree to meet with his two new friends back at the training field the next day after thanking the senju for his help with his tomoe, and promising his uchiha acquaintance his when they fought the next day. Higeki knew he wouldn't be 100% recovered, but with the help of his new tomoe he would be okay at 80% or so of his usual chakra and stamina.

Returning the next day he waited for his friends to arrive for the fight. Stretching and preparing himself he wondered how this fight would go. He'd never battled another uchiha before. "I hope this goes well."

Jiro walked into the training field and saw Higeki already there. "Ahhh... this is going to be my first serious fight..." Jiro thought to himself. "I mean, those other ninjas that attacked me during my travels to get this bell were serious aswell, but still..." Jiro thought to himself as he looked at the bell strapped around his neck.

Higeki gave a wave to the uciha as he entered the training field, walking over to him. "I'm probably only about 90% recovered from yesterday, but I'm still going to give it my all. I'm looking to get my second tomoe here.. but I'm not sure if I will. The basic thing here is we need to fight ruthlessly to exhaustion, but remember it's a spar so don't kill. Run out of all of your chakra like I did and force yourself until you just can't go. One event in the fight will trigger it I think. I'll be giving you my all, and testing my new tomoe.. so be ready. I'm going to take a step back and start us off." Giving his friend a moment to soak that in, he also made one comment. "Also, I didn't catch your name last time. I was a bit too unconscious.. Higeki." He extended a hand before moving back to begin the fight.

"My name is Jiro. Jiro Uchiha." Jiro said before taking a few steps back. "This is my first time fighting an Uchiha, and as my grandfather has taught me in my sparring with him, the Sharingan is a dangerous weapon, even at the lowest levels... I have to be cautious here." Jiro thought as he got into his stance, raising both of his fists to chin level and moving his right foot back a bit. "Now, should I wait or advance..." Jiro thought.

Higeki activated his first tomoe sharingan. It would take very very little chakra to keep it activated, but it would leave its mark througout the fight. Entering a stance as his eyes became red and spun ever so slightly he reached into his tool pouch, drawing a single senbon. As quickly as he could Higeki ran and jumped up tossing the senbon in the movement of jumping at Jiro, then drawing both of his tanto and falling towards him the best he could. He needed to get as close as possible. This fight would get rough.

"Hopefully my katana is repaired enough... I'm going to need to push it and myself to the limit this time. An all-out assault!" Jiro muttered under his breath. Jiro quickly brought out the katana from his side and deflected the senbon with the bladed side, then quickly jumped towards Higeki, trying to lunge for the mid-section with his blade.

Higeki could see clearer now, though not by much, he had a feeling in his gut rather than his eyes that a thrust was coming to him since Jiro had not been preparing his blade for a slash. Using his eyes to the best of their current ability, Higeki brought both of his tanto in an X-like position as he neared Jiro, bringing them up under his katana as he came forward to deflect it upwards. The katana blade would barely miss impaling him and cut the shoulder of his shirt, slicing into his shoulder slightly as Higeki kicked down on Jiro. They were going to collide, so *if Higeki's attack/deflect is successful*, the two would be sent into the ground and Higeki would quickly attempt to escape and back up a few feet to put room between them so that the spar could continue.

Jiro felt the pressure of Higeki's kicking and released his blade, landing on the ground and falling on his back. "I forgot... his reactions to these things should be quicker, atleast according to what grandpa said." Jiro thought as he quickly recovered and picked up his blade again. "I don't have any ranged capabilities besides my Fireball Jutsu, which consumes alot of Chakra, and my bell, which I don't even know how to control yet... I'm not in a good spot here." Jiro thought, sheathing his blade to perform handsigns.

Higeki quickly sheathed his tanto too as he saw the blade fight would briefly end. His opponent began to form hand seals, but Higeki's eyes were nowhere near capable of following the exact movements. Though completely unsure of what was about to happen, Higeki began to shoot through a few hand signs, ending up one behind his opponent due to starting late. In his mind, a quick flash of an epic fireball battle appeared, which ended his sequence of hand seals. He inhaled to prepare his own fireball, but he wasn't entirely sure how it would end at the moment. Was his enemy going to use a different jutsu? Something entirely different he didn't know of? It was possible Higeki just screwed himself over by doing this. Oh well, here goes nothing! He exhaled a fireball, hopefully at the same time his enemy did in order to counter it or possibly end up being engaged in a battle of it. The two, if engaged, would have to flow their chakra continuously to try and beat the fireball. With Higeki being, as he guessed, two years younger than the other uchiha, his chakra would deplete amazingly compared to the other with the addition of his chakra and stamina being drained the other day.

Jiro finished the last handsign and made a gesture as if he was blowing on air. "Fire style: Fireball Jutsu!" He shouted as a huge fireball came out of his mouth and headed for Higeki. "It seems he's using the same technique... I have to put my all into it this time, or it might end right here!" Jiro thought, pouring more of his Chakra into the flames to keep it going strong and steady.

Higeki had made the correct guess, a wave of relief coming over him and just as quickly escaping as the two fireballs collided. A wave of heat and power began to surge around them as the intensity grew. The fires would move back and forth but settle in the middle. Higeki blew his chakra into it, sucking himself down to 50% of what he had started with, which wasn't much. A slight panic came over him as the enemies blaze grew closer. His flames weakened as he felt his way to his back, drawing the Fuma Shuriken. He would have to take damage for this, but it would be worth it. He dropped his fires, stopping his only defense as he threw the shuriken as hard as he could. It spun through the fires as the wave of heat and flame came right onto Higeki. He was blown back in the explosion but the Fuma Shuriken moved through it all becoming hot metal as it grew close to Jiro. It would be obvious to see in the fires so he would have to act quick to avoid getting hit by it. It was a trump card as Higeki slowly arose from a tree he was blown into, brushing ash off of his body from his clothing which was slightly burned.

Jiro quickly stopped the Jutsu and rolled out of the way right before it hit him, grazing his arm a bit as he dodged. When he got to his feet, a bit of blood was dripping from his arm. Nothing fatal, just a scratch, but it still stung a bit. He looked at Higeki as the fire settled down. "What should I do now, I wonder...." Jiro thought to himself, pulling out his sword again. He analyzed everything in front of him, but saw nothing that he could use to fight a Sharingan user with. "I'm starting to get a bit desperate... that fireball took alot out of me. Not enough to immobilize me or tire me out too much of course, but still..." he thought as he prepared to throw his sword. "Let's make a desperation move!" he shouted as he threw his sword at Higeki, spinning horizontally towards him.