That... that little bitch. It was a known fact that Kuroka Shinji was a physically frail and easily distracted, not to mention clueless. But he was still Kiku's twin brother and therefore it was her duty to protect him from... from... People like her! Kiku gave a scrutinizing look to the blonde in front of her and her obnoxiously orange clothing. It wasn't usually in Kiku's gentle nature to judge people like that, much less challenge them to a fight, but when it came to her family all of her traditional rules became void. "You may have Shinji fooled, but not me! I know you're only using him to get close to the Kazekage!" Formal as always, Kiku referred to her mother by title when talking about her to anyone else.

The young girl tried to remember what her mother had taught her during their long hours of training. She drew her weapon - a common scythe that was just about her height. The blade was about three feet long, proportional to the staff's length. She stood on guard, waiting for the other girl to move first.

Shinji was no doubt enjoying the attention. The thirteen year old's eyes sparkled with a sense of mischief. His ulterior motives regarding the blonde next to him - defined curves, nice bust, lovely facial features - with her arm around his shoulder. He sneaked his own arm around the girl's waist, placing his hand on her hip suggestively. "Mind your own business, Kiku, can't you see I'm busy here?" He asked, a smirk creeping across his features. Oh yes, he was enjoying this greatly.

Kiku let out an almost feral growl. "Fine, I'll leave you alone if this bitch manages to beat me!" Kiku yelled, pointing a finger directly at the blonde whose name she didn't even know. Did the girl even go to the Academy? She didn't look like much, maybe she was just one of those dropouts. Kiku's face scrunched up at the girl's comment. Imouto? How dare she call her such a term when she didn't even know Kiku? Damned social climbers. Not only that, but like everyone else, she was assuming that Kiku lived only off of her mother's reputation. Little did she know that the younger girl's training regiment was twice as rigorous.

Kiku was subjected to all kinds of her mother's brutal training routines almost every day. It was hard conditioning, but it was completely worth it. She gripped the scythe in her hand and kept her stance - a basic one, of course, seeing as her skills with weapons were nowhere near those of the experts of legend. She waited for the blonde bimbo to accept the challenge. In the meantime, Shinji rolled his eyes. "You really need to get yourself a hobby, Kiku," he sighed, but relented knowing that his sister wouldn't back down. That, and he was too lazy to try to convince her. Besides, if she lost, he would get to make fun of her for it for weeks to come. And if Kin won, well, he would send his sister away somehow and act like her knight in shining armor, taking care of her wounds and maybe getting something more out of it. Really, it was a win-win situation.