01: A new day [Closed]

[Ohta]

"I swear to god, if you move my puppet I'm going to cut you!"

Kaito's voice shouted from one side of the small apartment, suited to fit three people comfortably. However, the inhabitants of the house weren't exactly adults, and so after time, things started piling up. In Kaito's room, it was relatively clean barring a few clothes strewn across the floor; the floordrobe. He'd been living here a little longer than Rinkusu. He was pulling a shirt over; a simple long sleeved shirt and denim shorts, with shoes. Something he'd always taken a liking to. Civilian brands of shoes. These were a pair of flat reds, with a sort of star imprinted onto the side. Kaito yawned, he hadn't been awake long and was only just drying up from his shower.

It wasn't a big apartment. You opened the door, and you had a corridor leading to the living room; barely enough space for two people in opposite directions to squeeze past eachother. Before you entered the living room, there was a door on the left hand side - Rin's room. Nearest to the door (for selfish strategical reasons.) on the left side of the wall, it was pretty much all a grey rock - carved into the mountainside; and one window built into the rock to see outside- it was well insulated enough. On the right side was whatever they'd put in front of the carved rock- a wall, obviously. A mix of beige and white, it hadn't been decided yet between the two Ninja.

It opened up to square living room with the left side opening up slightly like a pushed out box. The living room was nothing special. A fireplace built into the rock; a mantel built over the top of it. On it, were a picture of Rin and Kaito- he himself had crossed arms, smirk carved into his own face. Then there were a few miscellaneous pictures of Kaito and his own family, then a canvas above that. On the right side, was the couch- and a big chair that almost blocked off the second corridor to the two other rooms In front of the couch was a chest- a flat one, obviously, but it was a wooden chest that you could simply chuck your ninja equipment into.

If you went past the couch, took you into the kitchen- probably the best part about the apartment. It had a small island built into the kitchen that people could sit up and eat at, and on the other side was the simple - fridge, freezer, cooker, and those smaller household appliances you'd have. The other corridor went down to the bathroom and Kaito's room, along with the spare room.

Kaito came out of his room, yawning as he pulled his hands through his mohawk and almost skinned head- flushing out the last drops of water, and wiping them on his denim shorts. He spotted his Puppet on the couch- just like he had left it, chilling on the couch. He grinned.

 "Morning." he spoke as he spotted Rin, and launched himself over the couch's arm and into the comfy seat, bringing his left arm over the top of the back of the couch and leaning his head back into it. It was bright outside today. It was around nine AM on a Friday. He fist-bumped the puppet, whose limp hand was awaiting instructions.

First post!  tag Rin Uchiha, LAYOUT, INSPIRATION

[Rin Uchiha]

WORD COUNT: 706

TAGGED: LAZY

TAGGED: LYNX

It had been almost half a year since the first incident between the ravenhaired Uchiha and Kaito. Having showered calmly while her roommate was still asleep, the second thing she had done was to go to the kitchen to get herself some breakfast. In there however, despite having uttered it at least a million times, was his filthy and disgusting puppet. It wasn't so much that the puppet wasn't cleaned, as it was Rin being deterred by the very existance of this shinobi tool. Creations appearing like all sorts of things, moving about through chakra strings, controlled by some puppetmaster. All in all, the girl found the skill to be slightly creepy, and while she accepted and acknowledged that it was a useful shinobi art, it certainly wasn't something that she was willing to openly accept being part of the kitchen. Therefore, she had done what was neccesary and had moved the puppet to the living room. It had caused quite the uproar and arguement, although after a couple of continued incidents, it appeared they had come to the consensus that, for the most part, the puppet was to be kept on his room. Just as she wasn't littering the entire appartment with girly things that he would've absolutely hated. The girls room itself was clinically clean, as was most of the appartment. Unlike Kaito, all of her clothes was neatly sorted within a proper wardrobe, by color and size, so that she knew exactly which clothes she could wear when, and which clothes she would need to exchange for something else as she was still growing up. The location of her room wasn't strategically chosen for its positioning. No, it was the shape of the room. While both of their rooms were almost equally large, Rin knew that with a more rectangular room, she could more easily fit everything that she wanted in there. It certainly wasn't deducting from the overall experience that it was closer to the exit, though.

"I'm not touching your damn puppet if I can help it. Also why're you acting like such a thug? You know it just makes you seem lame, right?" Rin responded from the kitchen isle, as she was sitting on a kitchen chair with two pans over the stove, cooking herself and Kaito some breakfast. Having broken a couple of eggs and seasoned them with salt and pepper for a breakfast omelette, the othe pan was in action for some bacon and sausage. The portion really wasn't large, mostly because Rin wasn't eating much, but it was always cooked to near perfection. Scooping it up onto two plates and decorating the sides with a few squishes of ketchup, she went to clean the pans and add them back to their respective and intended locations, before taking the two plates with her into the kitchen. Placing the plate down in front of him, and carefully poking a fork across the table, she herself placed her plate into her lap before starting to eat. Looking up at the image of herself that was hanging in their living room, she wasn't sure what to think of it. It portrayed herself as she was a few years ago. A reserved girl that had dealt with failing the academy exams a couple of times. There wasn't much happiness in those eyes, and there wasn't much hope for the future. It was strange, but she wasn't exactly sure how much that had changed since then. Still now, she was waiting for something that she could claim she was truly talented at. Hopefully it would reveal itself to her one day...

"...Goodmorning to you too. Breakfast is done, please enjoy. Do clean your own plate, and the shower, if you intend to use it." Rin was a rather tough girl to live with. Everything was constantly meant to be kept in order. Clean, neat, order. Worse yet, it wasn't something that she was going to do by herself. If Kaito had been making a mess anywhere, he could be absolutely certain that she would wake him up every single morning at 05:00 until he had managed to clean his own mess up.

[Ohta]

He sat up from the couch, taking in note of the various smells that he hadn't paid attention to before. "Is that bacon?" his eyes seemed to glisten at the chance for meat. He leaned over the couch, watching her serve up the food. 

He stood up, walking over to where the food had been placed out for him. "Thanks. I'll get tomorrow. Uh.. if we're up at the same time that is." that was one weird thing about Rin. Despite her makeup - he had never seen any of that girly shit in the house. Well, maybe poking his head into her room may have been a good idea, but he doubted he wanted a black eye like her own eyes... he chuckled at his own irony. 

As she told him to clean up his own stuff, his eyes opened slightly. Had he forgotten something? 

He briefly paused, mouth full of eggs. His eyes also briefly wandered over to the shower, where he had promptly left his towel on the floor, curtains drawn outwards, and the various bits and bobs that had been left around as he used whatever little skin care he bothered to buy. He stared back at her. "mmhm, uhhhuh" he began making noises, as if everything was under control. He'd do it later. It was under control.

It really wasn't.

"ay, you called me a thug? I'm hurt you would think of me like that. Is it because I'm black?" he spoke in utter seriousness, finally swallowing his food. but it wasn't going to achieve anything with the absurd situation, sitting in front of a plate cutting up food with a smidge of ketchup on his cheek. He continued eating into his own food. "You training today?" he gulped hurriedly as he began talking, twisting his body to the right.

As he started talking, the puppet began moving - a technique had begun to emerge. The puppet lover over, spun around and energetically waved at Rinkusu, before falling on it's last legs and back into the couch. "Me and Jr are gonna have a little play around today! I'm going to possibly visit a workshop today and see if it's about time I move on up from wooden puppets, ya'kno? Maybe I'll even go get a girlfriend whilst I'm at it. And rob a store, because I'm a thug. Thug life."

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Used:
Kugutsu no Jutsu (Puppetry Technique)

[Rin Uchiha]

WORD COUNT: 711

TAGGED: LAZY

TAGGED: LYNX

Enjoying the food that she was eating, the girl was speculating on how she could manage to get through to this other teenager. In many regards, they shared the same ideals and desires, especially when it came to how one should be as a shinobi, but in many others she found him to be represented more as an immature teenager. However, they had had this discussion so many times that she had long given up on being angry. Instead, she had taken other measures into use whenever he was being lazy. One thing was certain, the girl wasn't going to let him simply have the bathroom appear like some kind of warzone just because he couldn't be bothered cleaning it up. "Alright then. I'll wake you up at 05:00 tomorrow so that you can get it cleaned before I need my shower." Bowing her head a little forward, she grasped her ravenblack hair with her fingers, quickly siphoning the locks into a ponytail. The girl was feminine, in that she did apply makeup, that she did enjoy showers, that the bathroom did have tons of shampoo, conditioner and other remedies. The nails were always trimmed to perfection, and she only ever sat around looking like a mess when she was sick and simply had no motivation to get anything done. Then there was the comment about his skin color. The girl literally wanted to facepalm. In this village, a vast majority of people seemed to have colored skin. It was more likely that she would be treated a little awkwardly for having snow as white as skin. Deciding not to comment further on that particular part of his ranting she instead focussed on the idea of training.

"I wouldn't mind stretching my legs a little. I've still got a long way to go before any sensei would consider letting me move towards Chuunin, I believe." Rin said in a calm tone. The girl didn't have much confidence, didn't know many techniques, didn't have many skills, and she felt quite a bit like a failure. The clan that she was part of had a notorious reputation for breeding skilled shinobi. A bloodlimit that was nigh unmatched by anyone. Yet there was Rin. A girl without much talent in anything, and without the ability to manifest the Sharingan. It was why she had moved out from the domain belonging to the clan itself. There had been far too many comments in regards to her being a disgrace to the Uchiha name. "..but if nothing else you can show me how good you've become, I guess." Because that was how she was. Even despite the apparent lack of talent, and the clear lack of confidence, the girl was still not willing to give up. Perhaps one day everything would simply align itself correctly to show her the true path. To show her everything that she needed to know to grow as a shinobi. To show her where her talents lie. Finishing up her plate of scrambled eggs and bacon, with the few grilled sausages, she walked towards the kitchen to quickly wash off her plate before placing it into the dishwasher with a soft yawn on her lips. From there, in a relaxed and somewhat calm manner, she stepped towards her own room to find some training clothes. The outfit that she wore wasn't much like the Uchiha garments, nor like the Kumogakure standard outfit. It was almost like a onesie. A purple vest, with sleeves, leading into a pair of gloves, was what adorned her torso. Tightened around her waist was a utility belt with the remainder of her equipment, holding the Kama mainly, as she still needed some kind of container for her exploding tags and other smaller equipment pieces. The hair remained captured in the ponytail, as she stepped out of her room a good fifteen minutes later. "Alright, I'm ready to move out. Lets get some training done." Rin had also deliberately been slow at getting dressed, just so that Kaito might've found the willpower to clean up the bathroom in the meanwhile. At least he wouldn't be able to say that he hadn't had the time to do so.

[Ohta]

"Hey...come on now.. no you don't need to do that..." he trailed off, almost downtrodden. It was almost a regular - and almost ritualistic wake up. It was almost a past-time and if Kaito didn't know any better, she was trying to court him in his room with cold water. If Kaito didn't get stuff done, like... not cleaning up the plates after he was done, cleaning up anywhere that was communal... heck, if the spoons were placed down diagonally instead of vertically, there would be hell to pay.

At the start of it had been pretty bad for Kaito, who didn't take well to being woken up before even birds were up. Nowadays, he had grown to like her a little more, so it was just bearable - it was in his nature to get things done. He WOULD do them, just not in a timely manner. 

She spoke about herself, though mentioning Kaito. That was another thing that Kaito didn't really like talking about. His eyes furrowed and he continued eating, just silent. It was known that Rin wasn't the most talented of Shinobi, if at all. In the academy she barely did enough to pass, she was living with Kaito; put up by a rich family that was more than happy to move their black sheep to live with the black guy. 

"H-Hey! You just going to ignore me?" he shouted after her, receiving no response in reply. "Man. I guess It's not working anymore." he spoke to himself. 

Kaito sat in his chair, devoid of any task. Looking down at his empty plate he leant back and cracked his neck, pulled himself off the table and put the plate into the sink, washing it up breifly and sticking it onto the side. It would airdry. He would save some electricity, unlike the unclean Rinkusu! It was just something easier, instead of doing numerous small feats in order to do it immediately, it was like cutting out one or two actions. 

His next destination was the bathroom, to which he picked the towel up, flung it over his shoulder and looked around. In his eyes, he saw nothing wrong. He shrugged, and went back into his room, and dropped the towel in the right hand-corner of the room; his washing pile. He looked around, seeing if there was anything he needed to grab.  He grabbed his sealing scroll and waltzed back out, opening up the chest and pulling out his other Shinobi equipment and pocketing them. He sealed up his puppet, and then laid himself on the couch. Waiting. 

After some daydreaming, she came back out, Kaito yawned and pulled himself into action, standing up. He placed a hand on his hip, standing, waiting. After receiving verbal communication, his hand gestured an 'after you' and they stepped outside. "Nothing like kicking someone's ass on a friday." He grinned, putting a hand on her shoulder as they left.

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[Rin Uchiha]

WORD COUNT: 601

TAGGED: LAZY

TAGGED: LYNX

In all honesty, it was a rather strange relationsship that the two of them had. At first it had been many times more awkward. Rin was a lonely girl, that preferred solitude and silence, while Kaito had been doing almost anything to invade her perfectly shaped little world. Even a small and basic thing, such as placing his hand on her shoulder, had initially made her brush his hand off and look at him like he was all sorts of crazy. They had been divided on so many things, and would've probably gone opposite ways, if they weren't both in desperate need of somewhere to stay. Over time however, they had come to accept each other more. There had been a slight relaxation on the part of cleaning the house. There had also been a slight acceptance of him in her immediate vicinity. Likewise he had become slightly better at accepting and understanding her personal space, and slightly better at keeping everything orderly so she wouldn't have to wake him up in a ritualistic manner stupidly early in the morning. Mostly because she enjoyed sleeping slightly longer too. It was just her experience that waking up teenagers that early got them quite cooperate quickly. Sighing softly as he placed a hand on her and made a comment about kicking her ass, she opened the door for the both of them, stepped out onto the stairs, before turning around to make sure that everything was locked securely behind them. After having pulled the handle to the door and ensured that noone could enter without breaking in, she placed the key into a small compartment in her belt, before starting to head down the stairs...

"Y'know, one day when I figure out what I am doing wrong, I'm going to kick your butt." It was a sentence that she had shared with him many times during their training. It was a sentence that, despite how often she got her ass handed to her, she still chose to believe in. It was the only thing that allowed the girl to keep rising up despite the countless number of defeats that were on her record. Even then, there weren't many opponents who didn't eventually suffer a defeat at her hands. Very calculated and intelligent, she learned to abuse others weaknesses rather quickly. It meant that despite being weaker, slower and less competent at jutsu, she often found some way to at least land a couple of good blows. It depended a little on the opponent too. Those who were smart, were less likely to fall into her web. Either case, as she walked across the grounds towards the training area, she was contemplating a strategy. Still unaware of wheter Kaito would be fighting with his puppet or not, she needed to think up two plans. Either case, the place where she felt she had the biggest advantage, was in Taijutsu, hand to hand. They were more or less equal in most other cases, but when it came to speed, she had the clear advantage. Going off onto the field, she spent a few moments stretching out and getting herself ready. The two plans were in place, and now she merely needed to make everything come together and sit Kaito on his ass. Just this one time...

"You ready?" She asked, holding up her hands towards him to signify that she certainly was ready to rumble.

[Ohta]

They left the apartment. While he enjoyed living with Rinkusu on the most platonic level, there were some things about her that annoyed him - purely not enough for him to change his mind about the girl, but there were just some things she did that made him want to fold her in half and put her into a sealing scroll. He was sure that he did a lot of those things as well; it was how they got on so well together. "You put yourself down too much. You're faster than me, ya'kno?" he continued walking down the stairs. "I got a new weapon. It's called a Lariat. Rope, really. I have nooo idea how to use it. I'll probably train with it sometime today, it'll probably whoop my ass before you do it, heheh." the Lariat he possessed was pretty much hardened rope with a small handle. It wrapped around things. It was around twelve feet, long enough for him. 

They continued down the stairs at a semi-walking, semi-jogging pace. While they conversed, he would be fiddling with it, itching to see how it would work against... well, anything really. 

A lot of Kumogakure no Sato was based in the mountains, if not all of it- however it was a common misconception that it was barren and desolate. There were fields of corn (though Kaito largely suspected that majority of the food in Kumogakure was imported from the country, and fish was generally imported from Mizu no Kuni). Luscious flowers of varying colors (most notably purple) that sprouted into the mountains, they missed the lack of tree and fauna that other nations possessed, but that was replaced with hard to find medicinal herbs that would otherwise be lost to the world. There were smaller fields built into the crevices of the mountain, training areas of both grass and rock adorned Kumogakure. Sure, some of them were not big - that was a given. But it was there.

They made their way to the training field, a mix of rock and patchy yellow grass and dirt, weathered over the years by various shinobi doing their niche arts. As they got to a off-center part of the training field, a few shinobi doing their own thing he shrugged, and began putting some of his equipment on the floor near Rin. Binoculars, a metal canister (named the Hikari), his Bowie Knife an explosive pouch and various little pieces or change that he didn't want nor need. He wasn't exactly going to go ham on a fellow shinobi with a Bowie Knife.

The Lariat, however remained in his possession, strung up in a circle on the left side of his waist. In his denim shorts, one of the larger pockets on the side contained the two scroll sleeves, one of which contained his puppet; the other was empty. "Yeah... yeah, sec" he spoke, putting his stuff together to make sure he didn't lose them. As his body straightened... he looked over at Rin.

Suddenly... he began his immediate run towards Rin, with what little space was in-between them, he would utilize that energy to  try land a simple palm strike with his open right hand.

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[Rin Uchiha]

WORD COUNT: 408

TAGGED: LAZY

TAGGED: LYNX

It was quite sad when the Uchiha girl felt that she was better than someone at something, because she was busy feeling so incompetent herself. Occasionally she felt it to be an insult towards others when she herself tried to claim that she was okay at something. Either case, standing there calmly, with her hands directed towards Kaito, she was keeping a close look on his movements. It did not immediately seem to her like he was attempting to fight while using his puppet, so this was likely to be an exchange in one of the few things where she could feel comfortable. At least as long as she was only fighting Kaito, who wasn't a specialist in the field either. Hand to hand combat. As Kaito started moving forwards in a rush, he was unable to catch her off guard. Although the distance between them was rather short, she was still reacting just barely in time. Essentially Rin moved into the strike with half a step forwards, using her own prepared hand to angle his strike away from her own body. From there, she would be bowing down further, attempting to swat his strike over herself, and opening up his torso for a strike. With her free hand, she'd then attempt to hit him with a flat palm towards his solar plexus. The speed and technique was okay for a genin, but there wasn't much strenght behind the strike. Wheter she was successful in her defensive manuver or not, she would immediately backstep after their small exchange, making the distance between them a little larger than when they had first started. Standing there for a moment to catch her breath, she was re-thinking her strategy. If Kaito was so eager to meet her in hand-to-hand combat, then she would be more than happy to comply with his desires. Reaching for her belt, she pulled out her kama, holding it sideways along her arm like she would a nunchaku. From there, she'd kick up a cloud of sand, rushing through it with the intentions of backhanding Kaito with the blunt side of the kama, so that she wouldn't cut him, but still cause some serious pain.

"Fighting me in melee are we?! Getting a little too cocky there!"

[Ohta]

It wouldn't have hurt so much provided that she had stepped into his own zone, and effectively using his own momentum against him. He gave an "oopmh" as the strike hit his solar plexus, effectively knocking the wind out of him - just a little strain on his chest.

She backed off, and he was on one knee (his right was on the floor). He looked up to see her gathering an item from her belt, he in return, having spent his time using seals instead of speed or honing his senses performed two kata, And as he finished his right hand opened up and a ball of wind formed in it- and that was all the time it took. For him on his knees, his right hand gave a small flick - the ball made a beeline for her intended destination- and anticipation of where her feet would be.  Provided she didn't make any sudden turns or movements, 

"Yeah, don't you know it?" he grinned. It wasn't always fair to be in a Shinobi fight. The logic here was to use what you had. Always a little air of unpredictability because in the field - you didn't know what your opponent had. The most dangerous opponents were ones without a motive, because you could never really predict what was going to happen. In Kaito's own mind, he was hoping that the ball would send her back a few moments- and he could retrieve his puppet and begin his own assault.

She was okay though, much better than she thought she was. Even though he had a far larger repertoire of techniques, she had the cunning will to live, and survive. 

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Chakra: 350
Used:

Kaze Bakudan (Wind Bomb)
Rank: D
Range: Close (0m ~ 5m), Mid (5m ~ 10m)
Type: Offensive
Handseals: 2
Chakra Consumption: Mid per shot, two at a time
Kaze Bakudan is a Ninjutsu technique which utilizes the Wind Element. After performing two handseals the user creates a highly condensed ball of wind, about the size of a baseball, in the palm of their hand. It can be thrown, and upon contact with a solid object will detonate in a concussive explosion one meter in diameter.

[Rin Uchiha]

WORD COUNT: 628

TAGGED: LAZY

TAGGED: LYNX

The girl was charging forwards at her downed opponent. There wasn't much room between them, and she couldn't identify that he was folding seals. It put Rin in the rather awkward situation, that she was completely incapable of dodging the attack from the range that she was at. However, with her Kama raised and ready to attack, she could slice at the ball of air. Pulling her weapon down in a slicing motion, the blunt side of the weapon went against the small ball of wind. The impact was enough to release the energy within the jutsu, causing the concussive force to push her weapon back rapidly. Unable to hold onto it, her Kama started spinning wickedly, narrowly missing hurting herself in its metallic torrent. It impacted against a tree, lodging itself within the wood rather securely. If that had been Rin, she would've been hurt badly. Since she wasn't however, the onslaught could continue. Now that she was upon him, she would attempt to give him as few openings to retrieve his puppet or form seals as she possibly could. Just as Kaito had thought, she too knew that fighting like this wouldn't ever be fair. Since he had made the mistake of coming unprepared, the girls whole intention was to disallow him from getting prepared. Since Kaito was still kneeling, there was quite a decent opportunity to strike. With his center of gravity so low, the only efficient direction to dodge was down further on the ground. Thus the girl attempted an attack combination that would strike at this particular reason. Making a sweeping kick towards his head, she was attempting to encourage the idea within him that the best way to dodge was down, making it somewhat easy for him to escape that way. However, she would carry the momentum of the kick further, spinning around herself quickly with the intention of landing a second inescapeable kick when Kaito was on the ground. Using her superior speed, Rin was attempting to force Kaito into a corner. The kick that came after the small spin was aimed downwards, like a sweeping stomp, disallowing him from rolling to either of the sides while still using the strenght of the gravity to add punch to her attack.

If the combination was successful, she would hope that he was rattled. If he was showing any signs of hesitation, she would attempt to pounce onto him and wrap her arms around his head and throat, essentially grappling him into a submission grip where there could be no questions about the fact that he would've been dead in an actual fight. If however he seemed attentive and ready to rumble, she would simply keep the distance between them so short, that the moment he attempted to get on her feet, or form any kind of seals, she would be ready to pounce with another barrage of basic Taijutsu. Rin was being merciless, and she knew that it was the only way she could securely take this fight. Adrenaline was pumping through her body. It wasn't the first time that she had the opportunity to take a win from Kaito, but for the vast majority of the time, she was on the losing end. Rin was playing to win, and she didn't mind playing a little dirty, since she knew that Kaito would've most likely done the same. Even then, she was a little surprised that he had actually used a jutsu against her. For the most part, their training had been harmless. Ninjutsu however, could cause serious damage. If the kama had been knocked into her centre or any vital area, she could've been killed! Perhaps that was another reason for her relentless attacks.

[Ohta]

Even through his own speech, Kaito's own reaction was that of concern and wonder as she sliced at the ball - making it explode. Kaito could only grimace at the thought that her weapon had a handle which she stuck her fingers into- and would've surely broken the damn things off. 

Down on his right knee, and his left knee was up and at a ninety-degree angle. The first thing he did, was bring the same hand used to throw the ball behind his own body, his right hand. It would be used as a springboard. As the motions for the kick began, Kaito's own would mirror that - his body leaned back quickly (with his hand already in place to begin the movement) and began using the momentum provided. With his left foot still firmly planted on the floor, and his right hand used to support him- his hips came up from the floor slightly and his right foot shot out from it's position, his left arm, would come up and over his face horizontally- a clenched fist. Not directly as to cling to him like a second skin, but a bar a few inches away from his face. Before she would be allowed to perform a second kick, his leg shot out- aiming for the leg that faced away from them both (otherwise she would've not had the agility or flexibility to perform the technique) 

Otherwise, the entire maneuver was a kick- but the ingenious bit came; with the kick he shuffled forwards, pushing both his head out of the way of the kick, decreasing any form of distance that Rin might've tried to close and also a more straight leg that would've provided that much harder of a kick- his foot was placed horizontally- to the right, where it would be able to do so naturally. The kick was directed towards the middle of her shin. Nice and low.

As his own counter followed through, he fell harshly on his back as the shuffle forward had no more use of the momentum from his arm and he grunted as his back hit the floor. and his right arm came up to his head as fast as it would allow. His right arm bent in on itself, like an angle. It opened up his right torso and ribcage, sure, but it was unlikely that she would be able to maneuver herself into a position to kick them.

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[Rin Uchiha]

WORD COUNT: 347

TAGGED: LAZY

TAGGED: LYNX

For someone who allegedly was rated worse than her in Taijutsu hand-to-hand, he was moving himself rather well. The girl was forced to think up a move while on the fly, and she wasn't certain that she could even pull this off. Alas, when he ducked under her initial kick and prepared his counter-attack, the girl halfway knew that he was going to land a hit on her exposed leg. There was nothing she could do to completely stop her spinning momentum halfway through, and jumping could potentially make things worse, meaning that she had her back turned to Kaito when his kick landed on the back of her leg, just below the back of her knee. The pain from the kick didn't go unnoticed by her, as she grit her teeth. It was going to hurt, but fortunately it wasn't on her shin, as that would've forced her to take even more of the brunt force on. Yet now, after the minor sacrifice, she found herself with another opportunity, that he, Kaito, had created for her. With the only leg she had to balance on swept away from under her, she was now falling. Clutching her one hand's fist by the other, she came falling down onto him from above. While falling, she forcefully thrust her elbow to the side, giving her entire body a nasty spin, as she pulled the leg she had used to kick into her centre of gravity, adding even more rotation to herself. From this angle, Rin wasn't certain if she was above his chest-area to hit his ribs, or above his shoulder-area to strike at his neck or head. Simply put, it was a shot in the dark, coming down at Kaito with all of her bodyweight and all of her momentum. It was about as rough a strike as she could possibly land, and if she missed, it was going to backfire on her harshly, in that she'd strike the ground and recieve the backlash, rather than hitting Kaito.

[Ohta]

A strike that hadn't gone bad, and worked on Kaito's senses. It was good. From his obscure vision inside the block of his two arms, his head was safe. His torso was not. The strike came; and Kaito's arms opened up as the girl not only landed on top of her, but her elbow came into the right side of his torso- slightly further right of his lat.

The air escaped his lungs. So, from this position the information he was being given was such - she was on top of him, on her side, he couldn't breathe, and there was now a stabbing burning pain that had came after the elbow- it was definitely bruises. Maybe even fractured. "FUH." was the sound that came from her descent on top of him. 

Driven by instinct that had been both natural and sharpened by his teachings, his left arm that had previously shielded his head grasped to the left of him, and grabbed a fistful of the dirt that Rinkusu had done herself. 

Whatever spatial awareness was available, it was used to try and send the small fistful dirt into where thought her eyes were- moreso a slap to one side of her face that he could actually reach. The right arm that was still in it's bent angle position would try to go further upwards, behind her back and be used as a sort of leverage to push her off him, so that he could roll outwards and back into the space in which he felt comfortable- provided he had enough time, unseal his puppet and go ahead and win. 

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[Rin Uchiha]

WORD COUNT: 589

TAGGED: LAZY

TAGGED: LYNX

There it was. The opening that she had been waiting for, and the followup that she had needed. The feeling of her elbow digging deep into Kaito, and the little squish that signified the possibility of a fractured rib. It sparked a smile on her lips, now all she had to do was finish this fight by a followup. Even so, she wasn't in a great position to continue attacking, mostly because she was a little disoriented from the spinning. Having grabbed hold on him now, she was trying to improve her chances. Getting up on her knees so that she could begin straddling him, mounting him, she would unleash a flurry of blows from above him till he surrendered, essentially forcing him to defend till either of them ran out of strenght. At least, that had been her intention. Just as she was about to unleash her first blow, a handful of dirt and rocks was slapped against her cheek. It was enough to knock her head sideways, and cause quite the confusion as her head had been rattled. While it hadn't been a direct hit to her eyes, trails of blood was dripping from the small flint stones cutting into her flesh. The pain was burning, and she had gotten angry. Adrenaline was truly bursting through her body at this point, and she was losing her reason in the fight. Attacking her face in such a manner, when she had figured it was merely a little training match, how dared he! Now most bets were off, and she just wanted to win, convincingly. Accepting his leverage, as he attempted to lift her off, rather than fighting against it, she essentially used his struggling to get herself onto her feet. When there, with one eye closed from his prior attack, she started folding a series of seals while he was rolling away. With how things had unfolded, she'd be surprised if he could identify what was actually going on. Taking a deep breath, she held a hand up to her mouth to increase the density of the attack in the area that she was attacking.

Exhaling, chakra mixed with her breath ignited near instantly it came into contact with the air, sparking intense flames to burst forth in a small cone in front of her. The strenght of the technique was enough to char away at the ground itself, and would leave behind a small hole in the earth. Even so, at the last moment, Rin had pulled her punch a little. If it really did connect onto Kaito, he would only get lightly seared. As the technique ended, Rin brushed her cheek and eye, breathing deeply. This technique was her absolute strongest one at current, and it took quite a bit out of her to use. Though the exhaustion was mostly physical, as she had to give up her breath in favor of the technique, and she had been doing some quite intensive Taijutsu moves up until this point. Hopefully this would finish the fight. If he managed to somehow pull out his puppet at this point, she would probably have to concede. Especially with the slightly impaired vision he had left her with after his last crafty attack... "Kaito? You okay..?" Rin called, a little nervous that he could've gotten himself seriously hurt. If he truly had a fractured rib, rolling around and getting hit by her jutsu could've hurt one of his lungs, and that wouldn't be a good thing at all.

[Ohta]

It was working pretty well, and he felt a weight come off from him. That was a good sign. He began rolling away. After he rolled a few times in order to get some distance to get to his feet, he looked up - she placed a hand over her mouth, and out of it came fire. The next few moments were of Kaito scrambling behind the tree some distance away, but had not gotten out without anything. "YATTAATATAA"

 He came out from behind the tree, his back lightly seared. "The fuck, Rin?!" he gave a sharp intake of breath as the stinging started. It wasn't bad whatsoever, but it was mild enough to be annoyance. "You wanted to win that bad, eh?" he said, pulling his shirt off to examine the back of it. Seared as well, luckily it was of cloth, and so it only seemed... a tinge shade darker than normal. He'd have to throw it out. 

"Ahhh....jeez" Kaito said, stretching out, trying to not lose his shit at Rin. "No biggie, no biggie." he spoke, walking backwards and forwards, bringing  air between his body and back which had taken the beating. He blew air through his cheeks. "I wanted to -- ah" he took a breath, having somehow took a breath that was too much for his side. "Train properly today. Man. I got some new puppet gear, though, so I might go and play with my dolls instead." he spoke, making his way back over to her, and sitting himself down on his ass. 

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