Shadow Shunpo: Now In Business [Closed]

The lieutenant of squad one gave a very loud yawn as he walked along the dirt road to the training grounds; he had just gotten off work, and was quite tired. He had been running quite hard, as it was, and just now stopped and began catching his breath. He had gone to his barracks, taken off his clothes, and thrown himself onto his bed... when he realized that he had a "date" of sorts with Kaminari, as a look of utter surprise crossed his face, grabbing and quickly throwing on a ji and pants, before throwing up the door and BLASTING out of it as he moved as fast as he could to his destination. I'M LATE, I'M LATE, FOR A VERY IMPORTANT DATE!! He thought to himself as he ran, before he began slowing down once more, seeing his target getting within his sight, before he began going a very relaxed trod, yawning out load due to his body not getting enough oxygen.

He approached the training fields, blinking as he realized that Kaminari was already here, waiting for him. He smiled at her, the smile wide on his face as he drew his blade from its sheathe on his left hip, his black katana easily sliding out. "Alright, Nariri! Today I'm going to be experimenting with something; a new way of using shunpo, as it were. However, before we get into that..." He said, his eyes narrowing slightly, the smile lengthening on his lips. "We're gonna have a good old warm up!" He said as his foot pressed down, before his body shot out, holding his blade high above his head. His eyes flashed as he spun the katana in his hands, bringing the flat end down in a chop aimed for the top of Kaminari's head; if it hit, she would feel a hard bump, but no more. Then, his body spun around as he kicked up his right leg, putting him in a rediculous position as he attacked her left hip, before throwing his leg back down and pushing off with its momentum to hop away, smiling as he held his blade before him evenly with both hands.

"C'mon, Nariri! It's your move!" He said, that smile still on his face as he waited for her to go, eager to begin their training...

Kuro blinked at her words, before slightly scowling at Kaminari. "But I don't want to beat you up, Nariri." He said poutingly, before he blinked, throwing his waist back and blinking at Kaminari as she threw the attack at his waist. "But if you aren't going to hold back..." He said his own blade came from the side, slamming into Shiroka as the two blades flashed and sparked from the contact. However, his eyes widened as he felt her foot touching his head; he hadn't expected her to do something like that as her foot knocked him from his head in the air to onto the ground, leaving him laying there, blinking up at her as he heard her speak. "Fine." He said simply, as he threw his arms down, pushing off the ground as he moved away from Kaminari, standing a few feet away from her as his front foot leaned forwards, his eyes slightly narrowing, his blade held at his side with the bladed edge going up. "Then I'll kick it until you can blow others... and myself... away!" He said clearly, as he entered his serious mode, his reiatsu blasting away from his body; their warm up was getting underway, about half done as he vanished, his body disappearing without so much as taking a step.

His right foot touched down as his blade flashed down at Kaminari's right side; he merely appeared there as he spun around, his speed phenomenal as he performed a horizontal slash at her waist level, before taking a step back as the blade went spinning in his grip, his eyes looking up as he brought the blade up at Kaminari, slashing at her directly down the middle, as he released his blade, stepping to her right side as he threw his left hand out, his eyes flashing as the blade's hilt landed evenly in it and he struck out at her right shoulder, a direct slash. In total, he had made four attacks. "Next." He said simply as he extended his arm far to the right, flipping his wrist so that his blade went high into the air above himself. "I only think it's fair if we match blades, eh?" He asked Kaminari, a flash in his eyes as both hands flashed before himself, his arms crossed in front of his body as he tightly gripped his dagger-like shortblades.

"Have at it, then." He said with a smile, preparing his stance for whatever it was that Kaminari would throw at him. Right now, they weren't lovers. They weren't two people that would completely destroy their beings to save the other. Right now, they were merely two people of equal ground, meeting one another in the middle to improve the other and themselves...

...however they can.

As he saw her blood falling from her side, his eyes widened quite a lot; he realized that he had done that. He had hurt Kaminari. He had caused the one he loved most in the world to have their blood shed. ...I... I can't... do this... He thought, as his grip on his blades loosened, his gaze becoming clouded. As her blades flashed towards him, he looked up at her, a single tear going down his eyes as he flew up his right arm, the blade smashing into her own. ...What did I expect? He thought to himself as he deflected her attack, his gaze slightly hardening. However, her next attack slammed him directly into his midsection, as it pierced through his ribs, his entire form shuddering as he looked up at her, his gaze completely clear as he threw up the blade in his right hand towards the sky, gripping onto her arm, his eyes locked on her own.

"Ouch, Kaminari."

He said as he forcibly ripped the blade out of his chest, the blood splattering out from himself. However, there was something more; he was testing her mentality. He was seeing if she was really alright with seemingly having mortally wounded him; in reality, he had used his speed to move himself that the blade passed between his ribs and organs; it might have looked terrible from the blood that was steadily coming out, but it was really just a flesh wound. Kuro threw up the blade in his left hand, shifting arms that were gripping hers as his right caught his blade once more, and he pulled her left arm forwards and behind himself, turning his body as his right hand struck out across her chest, aiming to land a blow that would most likely result in a cut at least half an inch deep as he let her go, sending her sprawling behind himself as he turned around to face her, holding both arms on either side of himself, lowering his body as he suddenly flashed towards her.

His right hand came up from below, aimed her midsection, as the blade in his left came around for a horizontal slash at her chest. He took a step forwards, mirroring the last attack with a horizontal slash with his right hand, at the same location, before bringing both hands back. "C'mon, you better release your shikai... or this will end fast!" He said clearly as his right arm came back and his left shot forwards, as he began stabbing her torso, making very short and fast thrusts that would do a moderate amount of damage individually as he attempted to hit her twelve times, his arms disappearing from the sheer amount of speed he was sending them through, before he completely vanished.

His arms moved directly from crossed in front of his chest to at his sides, as he reappeared behind Kaminari, having finished his X-Slash at her, going his maximum speed as he either shattered her guard or performed a rather painful attack. He looked back over his shoulder, knowing that they would finish their warm up soon; however, his eyes were dead serious as he looked at her... his resolve completely restored and ready to continue this spar, as it were.

He grunted, feeling her flowers as they slammed into him. D-... Drove her over the edge... it seems... He thought, more tears falling from his eyes as he was thrown back, seeing Kaminari's blood all over the ground... all from what he had done. However, even through the tears, he flipped his body, landing flat on both feet. Kuro's eyes widened at the giant blazing pillar she threw out at him; he threw out his right hand, grabbing onto the shadows of the petals as he pulled the stream towards himself, opening his mouth wide as he shoved teh shadows in at shunpo speed. His entire body jerked, before suddenly, he was gone...

Reappearing above the pillar, his head looking down at it, his legs swinging up in the air above him and his daggers held out to either side of his body as he completed his spectacular leap above the pillar, as he pointed a finger down at Kaminari. "That much force isn't needed. Hadō 1. Sho." He said loudly from his height as from his finger fired a huge PRESSING force of energy, shot right for Kaminari's location, while Kuro still in the air pointed another finger at Kaminari. "Sho." He said again as ANOTHER blast fired off; however, this time, Kuro put his entire force behind it as it SLAMMED into the ground in an instant, pressing in the ground a good few feet and most likely stunning and holding down Kaminari as a result.

Finally, he landed again, turning his body to face Kaminari, pointing a dagger at her with his superceeding eye closed. "Hmm... From now on, Kaminari, allow me to try something..." He said as his entire body began to shift, almost as if a ripple effect appeared, as he held up a single finger of his black left hand. The finger sparked, Kuro's energy roaring through it... as it suddenly became lit up in a dark, dense energy, Kuro pointing the finger at her. "...Kaminari, attack as fast as you can." He said, beginning to discover something. He had fused his shadow energy, a slight amount of Kidō, and activation of Hoho within his finger all at once, resulting in this strange phenomenon. Alright... let's find out what this can do... He thought, opening both eyes and narrowing them at Kaminari, waiting for her move...

Kuro blinked at the woman he loved; he hadn't been expecting her to have called a healer. ...Grah, I'm an idiot. He condoled himself as he flicked his right dagger into the air, gripping onto the collar of his haori as he wiped away his tears. He realized that HE had been the one who should have done that; but he had not. ...Darnit. He felt admonished as his right hand shot out, gripping once again onto his dagger as he looked at Kaminari, his eyes narrowing then wide as Kuro threw his right hand in front of his body, gulping as he wanted to close his eyes; however, he forced them to stay open as the bolt went right for him, holding up his pointer finger as its sparking black aura shone in the daylight.

Kuro swallowed as he watched the bolt very carefully, and as it looked like it was going to hit his finger, he moved it to the right. He felt a... pressing force on his finger, is what it felt like; however, he could see the Kidō had slammed against his finger as he moved his finger to the right... and watched the Kidō deflect from his finger and keep going. The energy around his finger and the Kidō energy had acted like a barrier, hardening when the Kidō came into contact and moving to the side as it deflected the energy away, throwing it at the ground behind him. He gulped, looking back up at Kaminari; he hadn't a clue what he had created, but it seemed extremely... interesting. As her second attack came, he flashed his arm back, wincing as he felt the bolt pressing against the finger. However, it was too much; the energy dispersed as the bolt slammed into his shoulder, throwing him back. Crap.

"One moment, Kaminari." He said as he rose up his left hand, taking deep breaths in and out, his palm going straight up and his forearm facing himself. He closed his eyes, as his entire hand became a flame with that energy, however, he cursed as it dispersed; he couldn't maintain it yet as he took deep breaths, closing his eyes and focusing on hsi breathing. As he did so, he slowly let out his energy, as his hand slowly sparked the energy; then, it suddenly went alight, as his entire hand became covered by the same mixture of shadow energy, Kidō energy, and hoho; it was extremely strange to say the least. Kuro moved his hand back, before thrusting it forwards, pointing his palm at Kaminari. "Alright... GO!!" He said, doing his best to maintain the force on his hand, not really understanding it himself...