[No harm in sparring with friends?]
Being a member of the Main Branch, Ryoku found himself in or around the Ninja Academy rather frequently. It was usually for some boring task, but it was one of the few tasks he didn’t mind. It allowed him to observe the academy students. He liked watching them strive to get better, and every now and then, if one was struggling, he would give as much advice as he could to cheer them up. They wouldn’t get any stronger if they got too frustrated and gave up.
On the rare occasion, he would see a student with superb skills. Skills that Ryoku could have only dreamed of having when he was a student. He passed his exam with flying colors, but he knew that some of these students were still way better than he was at that time.
Walking by a field close to the academy, a few students caught Ryoku’s eye. The group consisted of a scrawny boy with white hair, similar to Ryoku’s but shorter; a slender girl of similar height to the boy and dark green hair; and a blue haired boy approximately 30 centimeters taller than the other two and much more fit. If Ryoku had to guess, this one was training to become a taijutsu specialist and he had already put a lot of work into it. Was this older-looking academy student challenging the other two to a 2 versus 1 sparring session? Ryoku stopped to observe. If they were going to spar, he wanted to see what they were capable of.
They didn’t seem to speak to each other for long before the shorter boy distanced himself from the other two. They moved away from him as well and all three students got into battle stances. “So the scrawny one is sparring them solo?” he thought to himself. “This should be interesting.”
Then it began.
The blue haired boy drew a sword, and the scrawny one created one out of.. “Is that blood?!” Ryoku exclaimed somewhat quietly, a smile creeping across his face. “I knew this would be interesting!” Without hesitation, the kid sprung forward with impressive speed and began striking at the girl, who was attempting to lay a trap. The trap was laid pretty well, but Ryoku could tell that the boy still noticed that she had set it as he distanced himself from her, possibly to avoid it. The blue-haired one seemed to amazed by the scrawny one’s speed to act, but it only caused a few seconds of hesitation. Potentially deadly in actual combat, but nothing experience wouldn’t remedy.
The two boys charged each other, but before the scrawny one could strike, his blood weapons disappeared. He seemed to be extremely surprised by this, leaving an opening for the blue-haired one to strike. He got one hit in, but the small one seemed to shake the surprise off long enough to dodge his next two swings before getting caught by one more swipe of the blue-haired one’s sword, knocking him into the girl’s trap and covering him in oil. Not only that, but he was bleeding. “Shake it off,” Ryoku mumbled to himself, quietly cheering him on. It would be so cool to see this tiny kid take on two kids at once, one of them being twice his size.
The small one made another set of weapons out of blood again. He definitely wasn’t giving up. Ryoku smiled. But, like a baby dragon, the girl exhaled a small burst of fire at him. It hit him and caused a minor explosion as it caused the oil covering him to combust, but that didn’t slow him down. He charged straight through it towards the girl. The blue-haired one swung his sword a few more times to try and slow him down, but he dodged every attack and kept charging the girl. This one had a lot of fight in him. Once he finally reached the girl, he swung his blood blade at her twice, landing both swipes, then brought the other blood weapon in his off hand up for a third strike, landing that one as well. This kid was fierce and it was not something Ryoku expected of an academy student. It left him speechless..
“Wow..”
[Spectating]
Being a member of the Main Branch, Ryoku found himself in or around the Ninja Academy rather frequently. It was usually for some boring task, but it was one of the few tasks he didn’t mind. It allowed him to observe the academy students. He liked watching them strive to get better, and every now and then, if one was struggling, he would give as much advice as he could to cheer them up. They wouldn’t get any stronger if they got too frustrated and gave up.
On the rare occasion, he would see a student with superb skills. Skills that Ryoku could have only dreamed of having when he was a student. He passed his exam with flying colors, but he knew that some of these students were still way better than he was at that time.
Walking by a field close to the academy, a few students caught Ryoku’s eye. The group consisted of a scrawny boy with white hair, similar to Ryoku’s but shorter; a slender girl of similar height to the boy and dark green hair; and a blue haired boy approximately 30 centimeters taller than the other two and much more fit. If Ryoku had to guess, this one was training to become a taijutsu specialist and he had already put a lot of work into it. Was this older-looking academy student challenging the other two to a 2 versus 1 sparring session? Ryoku stopped to observe. If they were going to spar, he wanted to see what they were capable of.
They didn’t seem to speak to each other for long before the shorter boy distanced himself from the other two. They moved away from him as well and all three students got into battle stances. “So the scrawny one is sparring them solo?” he thought to himself. “This should be interesting.”
Then it began.
The blue haired boy drew a sword, and the scrawny one created one out of.. “Is that blood?!” Ryoku exclaimed somewhat quietly, a smile creeping across his face. “I knew this would be interesting!” Without hesitation, the kid sprung forward with impressive speed and began striking at the girl, who was attempting to lay a trap. The trap was laid pretty well, but Ryoku could tell that the boy still noticed that she had set it as he distanced himself from her, possibly to avoid it. The blue-haired one seemed to amazed by the scrawny one’s speed to act, but it only caused a few seconds of hesitation. Potentially deadly in actual combat, but nothing experience wouldn’t remedy.
The two boys charged each other, but before the scrawny one could strike, his blood weapons disappeared. He seemed to be extremely surprised by this, leaving an opening for the blue-haired one to strike. He got one hit in, but the small one seemed to shake the surprise off long enough to dodge his next two swings before getting caught by one more swipe of the blue-haired one’s sword, knocking him into the girl’s trap and covering him in oil. Not only that, but he was bleeding. “Shake it off,” Ryoku mumbled to himself, quietly cheering him on. It would be so cool to see this tiny kid take on two kids at once, one of them being twice his size.
The small one made another set of weapons out of blood again. He definitely wasn’t giving up. Ryoku smiled. But, like a baby dragon, the girl exhaled a small burst of fire at him. It hit him and caused a minor explosion as it caused the oil covering him to combust, but that didn’t slow him down. He charged straight through it towards the girl. The blue-haired one swung his sword a few more times to try and slow him down, but he dodged every attack and kept charging the girl. This one had a lot of fight in him. Once he finally reached the girl, he swung his blood blade at her twice, landing both swipes, then brought the other blood weapon in his off hand up for a third strike, landing that one as well. This kid was fierce and it was not something Ryoku expected of an academy student. It left him speechless..
“Wow..”
[Spectating]
