Burn Those Calories [Jin]

[Leonov]

"Fuck man, you know I love these after-dinner workouts, but why are they always after the biggest damn dinners that we have?" Maximilian groaned, clutching his stomach through his spar outfit - boots, sweatpants, undershirt and sweater. It wasn't so much of a pain for him that he couldn't function, but after bowls of ramen and meat have passed into your stomach, you tend to get pretty damn lazy. The itis, they call it. Grogginess after a nice meal. Bullshit.

Max kept on walking alongside his comrade, Jin. There wasn't much of a history between the two. Max liked the guy. He was easy to get along with, and was definitely the kind of guy that Max would want to relax with. But their current plans were far from relaxing. As they walked, Max twirled a single kunai he usually had attached to his belt in his finger, and they ditched the area behind them for a grassy field, large enough for a small-scale fight - their after-dinner plan.

"You're fucking lucky I like you enough to do this shit," the blonde Genin chided at the friend, an amused grin on his face as he spoke. "Otherwise, I'd be banging babes in dreamland right now." He shook his head, still smiling, as he jumped up and down repetitively, loosening up and getting himself ready for a bit of a friendly competition between two men. They were a good distance from any obstruction; at this point it was fair game.

They were three meters from each other, and Max stopped the jumping before giving his friend a brief look, his eyebrows both raised up in a show of mock disinterest. "You know, you can still give up. The ladies don't call me the 'hotshit hunk' for no reason."

Except they really didn't.

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"Stop your bitching little nigga." I cooed, continuing to rub my stomach after the large dinner we just consumed. The best way to burn the calories that we just absorbed was to have a good workout, and what's a good way to work out and test your abilities; a spar! The walk from the restaurant towards the training area would give our bodies enough time to partially digest the food so we wouldn't cramp up during our fight, I didn't want any excuses if I won the fight.

As we walked alongside each other I examined my opponent for the day, I didn't know anything about him so I didn't want to underestimate the man. I was dressed for the occasion, donning a black tank top, basketball shorts, and a pair of tennis sneakers, all heat-resistant as to not engulf in flames while utilizing my bloodline. When we finally arrived at the training grounds we were separated from each other by a distance of three meters. This fight I would mostly be using my fists and jutsu since I left my swords at home.

"Heh.. alright" I swung my arms side to side slapping my back and chest each time to warm and loosen them up. The fight has now started and yet Max still talked, showing just how inexperienced he was. The moment he spoke about what the ladies called him at home I closed the distance in 3/4th^s of a second (since ninja's move 4mps) and swung an accurate right hook towards his left cheek. The punch had no artificial power behind it, just the raw strength produced by a 6'4 man with a little momentum behind it.

[Leonov]

It was less of the surprise, and more of the speed that hit the man. Maximilian saw the attack coming, but with his talking being interrupted, reaction time and personal speed coming into play, time to dodge wasn't possible without superhuman feats. By the time Maximilian knew what was coming, Jin had closed the distance to just under two meters. Pure instinct kicked in, and Maximilian tried to jerk his body to his back and right.

What could have been a knockout blow to the jaw turned into a rough graze to the left side of his lips, pushing the skin under it harshly against his teeth, cutting into the inside of his mouth, while Max's dodge's momentum made him take a single step back with his right foot. Knowing that the big man's momentum with his right hook would likely moving forward, leaving enough time to counterattack before the right arm moved back to his body, Max fought back.

While his body's left side was to Jin - due to the way Max jerked his right side back to dodge - he swung out his left arm out in a swift backhand aiming for the opponent's left temple. Best case, with Jin's momentum with his hook carrying him, his right side would be leaning into Max, and his left arm out of the way in the opposite direction, and unlikely to block; a clear shot at Jin was a high possibility.

And should the left backhand hit, Max would act with his momentum, swinging his body into the backhand, and follow up that hit with a right hook for the man's jaw - if Max witnessed the hit land. If not, and it was blocked, he'd simply pull his right arm to defend his upper body and face in case of retaliation, regaining his footing and composure along the way.

[spade]

The punch just grazed the side of his lips while my eyes followed his movements as best as they could. He thought that the momentum would cause me to stumble forward and leave myself open for a counter-attack, sadly there was only a little momentum behind my last punch allowing me to maneuver quite freely instead of what my opponent originally thought. While he barely escaped my assault, my eyes followed his body while I attempted to keep up with him. If I tried to continue my assault it wouldn't work out quite the way I wanted it to, so instead I continued to run forward with the little momentum that was pushing me forward concurrently avoiding the backhanded blow that was aimed at my original position.

As I escaped close combat zone I shifted my body to face his, hopefully by this time he'd be facing me. Only four meters separated us this time and I was about to turn this up a little. A burst of ethereal energies exploded from my body¹ while constant heat from the inside of my body began to heat up my skin². I cracked my neck with a little help from my right hand. "Ready?" I cooed, having a fresh, mellow tone to my voice. It would still take a little time before my techniques were ready to fully work but that didn't stop me from continuing on.

I charged in, erasing the distance of four meters in just one worthless second. I attempted to grab his neck with the palm of my right hand and slam his body towards the solid ground beneath us. However, I was ready to adjust my position if anything unexpected were to happen.

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¹Pyromancer's Aura B-rank
²Scorching Touch B-rank

Midx2 taken from my chakra pool.

[Leonov]

He dodged, but very well, at least only minimal damage was sustained. Maximilian licked at the cuts his teeth created on the inside of his mouth, and as Jin ran to his position, Max quickly activated his Doujutsu¹ while turning to face the opponent. He didn't trust the distance one bit. Like last time, the distance could be closed in too quickly. Max took a swift step back, and upon feeling a sudden increase in temperature - not too much, but enough to notice - the blonde took one more.

"Fuck that." Max's hands quickly moved together, and formed the special two handseals for his next ability while he swiftly moved back from Jin as the man charged in. Had Max not moved back, it would have taken a second for the gap to be closed, but by the time Jin moved four meters forward, Max had completed the handseals and moved three meters away from Jin's location at the time.

Just under one meter in front of Jin, and slightly over two meters in front of Max, a swirling, solid wall² of elements materialized. The wall would be solid enough to stop the man's charge into battle, his speed carrying him into the wall - colliding with the solid wall with the momentum that was on him. The wall stayed intact for the time, six meters high and wide, blocking the path to Max for the time being. Max kept on moving back, increasing his distance from the wall to five meters.

Not losing his ground - before the wall would disappear and Jin regain himself - Max quickly completed four handseals, and awaited for the wall to go down at the fourth handseal, ready to release his next ability.

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¹Weathering Eye [Fuukamanako] - C Rank
²Ame Kabe [Storm Wall] - D Rank

Mid + Low Drained
4 Handseals Prepared

[spade]

The dōjutsu that Max had used would prove ineffective for the most part seeing as it could not read my chakra signatures (Jin doesn't know you activated it, just clarifying). However the sudden wall that erupted in front of me caught me by surprise, causing myself to run into it and bounce back a little, but I caught myself before I stumbled to the floor.

Instead of stopping and pouting about what happen I'd use this to my advantage. Immediately my nimble hands smashed together forming hand seals faster than usual¹ finishing my technique in two seconds, before his six meter tall and wide wall dispersed from its position. A replica stood in front of me¹, the moment the wall dispersed it charged forth with me following at its rear. The ethereal energies in my body were ready to be put to use as my skin boiled with heat.

As we closed in towards our opponent (three meters away) my clone (whose in front of me) immediately jumped forward in the air towards Max attempted to distract him, but if ignored he'd jump right onto him. Concurrently I arched to the right cutting inward to attempt to close the distance while my clone was jumping towards him.

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Unparalleled Control [Boil]



Able to wield the power of Futton (Boil) unlike any other, the Airontoku are have become one with their creations, able to understand the chakra nature better than most. As such, when casting Futton jutsu, the clan member's handseal speed will be improved by 50% (so 2 seals per second becomes 3), and the range, size and speed of their Futton creations will improved by 50% as well! (so a 10 meter range becomes 15, and an attack moving at 4 meters per second now moves at 6 mps)

Pyromancer's aura b-ranked

boil clone b-ranked

scorching touch b-rank

midx4 used, midx6 altogether

[Leonov]

Still holding onto the ability, handseals completed, Max readied himself for the next attack. Seeing the unnatural movement before him, he could catch glimpses of two opponents now, one identical to the other. Unfortunately, the Dōjutsu could not see through this illusion, with Jin utilizing a much more foreign element than what Max was used to. His hands began to glow, and he raised them both up at the incoming enemies, one hand per enemy.

He tensed, and fired two bright blasts of storm energy from his right hand at the start of the jumper's jump, one aiming for his head, the other his chest. The lasers traveled at a speed of eight meters per second, giving little time for the jumper to react; he was just under three meters away. Upon contact, the lasers would explode, pushing his chest back, and causing a hell of a nasty whiplash effect from the force as it exploded at his head.

But Max didn't stand his ground. Immediately upon the two lasers leaving his right hand, before he was even certain they would land, he began moving back and to the right as quickly as possible, knowing that the second one was just about to close the gap from the inside-left. His left hand kept a lock-on to the one running around. Max was just under four meters from the jumper when the lasers hit, and he maintained the speed of his retreat. Then, he shot off two more lasers from his left hand, this time aiming for the jaw and the stomach of the runner.

Their speed, eight meters per second, plus the ability to make the slightest angle change up to 60 degrees, would very well negate any chances of an effective dodge, especially with the distance between the runner and Max being just under two meters at that time. Once more, the lasers would detonate upon impact, likely blinding Jin as one would land right by his face. Wasting no time at all as Jin recovered, Max completed four handseals, still retreating, now five meters from where the runner was hit, and seven from the jumper.

Taking advantage of how his lasers would stun the opponents briefly, Max acted. Immediately, he fired two chakra needles from his mouth at where the jumper would be, and three at the runner, each needle traveling at eight meters per second. With this, the blonde hoped he would deal enough damage for the time being, just at least slow down the enemy. Jin was being quite persistent.

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Reizaa Saakasu (Laser Circus - Diligent Crushing Chain Torment Element) - C Rank
Hitei Mushou (Flying Nail Mist Pierce) - C Rank

Mid [x2] Drained

Mid [x3] + Low Drained Total

[spade]

The clone was damaged by the incoming lasers and was destroyed after the second laser hit him directly in the neck. The explosion resulted in boiling water being sent five meters in every direction meaning if the man didn't move soon enough then he'd be burned significantly.

My bright blue oculars never left my opponent's figure, so I noticed something up when I caught both of his arms starting to glow, however at this point he wasn't focusing his vision towards me because in order to strike my clone with his technique he'd need to focus his vision on him. At this point I was already five meters away from his left side, meaning his peripheral vision wouldn't be able to locate me neither.

I withdrew a ivory projectile from my person and launched it at my opponent, the weapon moved at eight meters per second and would reach the opponent in 3/4ths of a second. By the time the opponent turned to look at me and attempt to fire off his lasers and explosion would ensue as my nimble digits formed the seal for the intended projectile to explode¹.

If the man managed to somehow get his lasers off in time, the explosion would cause them to change their trajectory because of the force of the blast while the man himself would be blasted a few meters into the ground and sustain a few bruises and some blunt damage.

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Kunai + exploding tag used

mid2 used for upkeep for scorching touch and pyromancers aura.

[Leonov]

The clone had been hit, and for the briefest moment, Max had witnessed it turn to boiling water and steam. He felt the heat almost hit him, but he had moved just far enough, over five meters, from the explosion to not be hit directly. He still felt his exposed arms burn a little - not yet first-degree - but definitely enough to make them feel like they were near intense heat.

With one down, Max was able to fire off his two remaining lasers at the real Jin. That failed though, as one hell of a blast occurred right as he was firing. The lasers were sent off harmlessly in the wrong directions, one up in the sky, and the other careening, its aim altered to hit Jin's feet. Max, though a bit dazed, had enough sense to roll into his fall as he was pushed back to the ground, scratching and irritating his arms from the grass as well as a bruising a few parts of his arms.

"So close..." Max spat on the ground and quickly jumped up to his feet; the blast plus rolling into his fall had pushed him back eight meters from Jin. Crouching, tensed, the blonde quickly did two handseals, and from his hands erupted a ball of storm energy. Maintaining a handseal, the man kept his eyes on Jin, and the ball rushed out from his hands. While maintaining visual contact and the seal, the ball would follow after Jin.

It sped after him, eight meters per second, and would reach Jin in just one. If he dodged, Max would maintain the handseal and keep his eyes on Jin. Any dodges would cause the orb to change direction to accommodate, whether it be a small or a harsh change.

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Shoissuiboru [Shocking Storm Globe]

Low Drained

Mid [x3] Drained Total

[spade]

The explosion was successful and it sent my opponent flying backwards creating a distance of eight meters that separated me from him. However, with my blood boiling¹ I applied chakra to my legs and pushed off immediately² after my opponent was sent flying backwards. I disappeared from view and coupled from the explosion blurring my opponents vision it'd seem like I teleported seeing as when he'd look in front of him I'd be directly in his face.

Interrupting his attempt at making hand seals a superheated³ fist tore through the air attempting to pummel the man into the ground, if he tried to somehow dodge a left hand would be there to grab the man by his shirt and continue the beat down. The Airontoku blood-line that had been charging for most of the fight doubled my bodily temperature, as well as the technique that I had active would cause third-degree burns anywhere I touched hopefully ending the fight because of the burning pain he would receive just from one touch of me.

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1 = Pyromancers Aura

2 = Shunshin

3 = Scorching Touch

[Leonov]

Aug 6, 2012 10:23:59 GMT -8 Leonov said:

The lasers were sent off harmlessly in the wrong directions, one up in the sky, and the other careening, its aim altered to hit Jin's feet.

Jin, having not noticed that his explosions had redirected Max's laser from his body to his feet, decided to move forward, right into the incoming path of the one laser that had made its path toward Jin's feet. Because of the high speeds of the Shunshin, having running right into an exploding laser at ones feet would throw their feet from right under them, causing Jin to dive forward in a faceplant.

Right into the form of Max, who was doing handseals at the time. The blonde blinked, shocked at the sudden appearance of the tumbling opponent. But wasting no time, he fell back, letting Jin fall onto him, and using the opponent's momentum, Max fell on his back, and using his legs, kicked Jin over on top of Max, continuing Jin's tumble forward. Wasting no time, Max jumped up as Jin fell, and regained himself.

Only to feel certain numb spots on his palms and arms. Burns. Bad ones. "Fucking hell." Turning to face Jin and running back, Max completed two hand seals, ignoring the new numb sensations, and quickly flung his hands forward. Two lasers¹ flew from his hands, traveling at eight meters per second, aiming to hit Jin's body while he was down and recovering from the tumble. Those explosions should hopefully hurt a bit, further pushing Jin back to the ground and keeping him at bay as Max stood seven meters away.

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¹ Reizaa Saakasu (Laser Circus - Diligent Crushing Chain Torment Element) - D Rank

Low Drained

Mid [x3] Drained Total

[spade]

Looks like next time I should be more careful, as I was just about to continue my assault my feet were hit by a random laser that I thought had been blasted away. I was swept off my feet and began to tumble forward, and because of the momentum I tumbled all the way into my opponent. Fortunately for me, he wouldn't be able to really hurt my body with his bare skin as the moment he touched me his bodily parts would instantly be burned beyond bodily repair.

However, seeing as I began to tumble eight meters away that would give my mind and my body more then enough time to think of a way to stop myself without getting caught in one of my opponents attacks. As he kicked me over and I began falling towards the ground both of my hands reached out over my head while I positioned my shoulder forward as I tucked my body in and saved myself from continuing to go any further than my opponent thought I was going to go.

I instantly got up and faced Max, watching him create the hand seals seeing as how instead of staying in his previous spot he ran back several meters giving me more then enough time to react to his futile attempt. I easily side-stepped the incoming lasers, and moved forward two meters with haste lessening the distance between us to five meters. Nimble digits reached into the depths of my pocket and withdrew a shining, dark kunai. Throwing the weapon with maximum strength behind it, meant to pierce right through my opponents left thigh. I awaited his reaction as my blood still boiled.

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Pyromancer Aura.
Mid x 11 altogether.

[Leonov]

Despite the nature of the ability, the lasers harmlessly flew off into the ground behind Jin, exploding on the grass and sending several chunks of earth around the area, some of them pelting Jin on the back, with no severe effect. Max sighed to himself, shaking his head, as Jin moved forward, and threw a projectile, one Max was barely able to move from as it scratched by.

The strike left the smallest gash on Max's leg. Luckily, Max had enough initiative to move enough to wear the pain wasn't completely bothersome, but it was still a shock as he felt the skin split open slightly in that area. Not much of a split, more like a really bad papercut. A really, really bad papercut. A burning sensation hit his leg as he ignored the pain, with a little luck.

"Yo, man, what the fuck, he yelled out as a small line of blood began trickling down from the scratch. Max was pretty trashed. Burns on his hands and upper arms, scratches and bruises along his body. He gritted his teeth, glaring at Jin, before suddenly gasping as he looked off into the distance, behind Jin, and pointed at it.

"Holy shit, what the fuck is that?!" Max's face was one of pure terror, and as soon as Jin looked away, if he does of course, Max would take his own kunai, and swiftly chuck it at the same location that Jin threw his own kunai at. Hopefully, the distraction would give some time for the projectile to hit, but if not, what a waste of a good kunai. Max grinned slyly at the man opposite him.

[spade]

As the weapon made a little gash on his leg I frowned to myself, this fight was getting no where. Especially since now Max was relying on cheap tactics like trying to make me fall for something that's really not there. Sure the idea was feasible, but I was too focused on this fight to pay attention to anything else; lowering my guard for one second can easily cost me my life.

What did you know? Regardless if I turned around or not he threw a kunai at me. Side-stepping the projectile I took off into a sprint, my hulking figure gaining more and more speed as I closed the distance without fear of retaliation. As I got into hand-to-hand zone, I threw a punch coupled with the momentum from the speed that I gained and was still gaining as the punch rocketed through the air attempting to hit him on the side of his cheek. How would he retaliate?

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Techniques released. Pure, raw, strength.

[Leonov]

"Fuck it." The blonde had given up on trying to trick the man opposite him. With the lack of good non-lethal distraction in his arsenal, Maximilian gritted his teeth, staring down at the man opposite him, and seeing the charge come right at him, spitting to the ground, Max quickly sped forward, meeting the man's charge with his own.

Max was able to get his own momentum going, and in no time, the gap between the two men had been closed in. He saw the fist coming at his face, but Max did nothing to dodge, and instead, whipped his own arm out in front of him, using the momentum to speed his fist up to powerful speeds, aiming to clock Jin right in the jaw.

Of course, this was a last attack. After this, Max would be tired, physically, and most likely, get some medical attention from the burns and bruises he had accumulated from the fight. Jin's attack was going right for Max, as Max's was going right for Jin, so the two strikes would land simultaneously, Jin's at Max's cheek, and Max's at Jin's jaw. Two intended knockout blows for the other.

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Shoryuken.