Walking along the Naka River, Niko was just taking a stroll on a glorious day illuminated by sunshine. He wanted to train, but not just by himself. He needed someone to do it with, so he could have something to keep him on his toes instead of the monotonous repetition of a move.  Wanting to test his ability against others, the ego-filled mentality of Niko was urching to be fed by crushing an opponent. Yet, on the other hand, the virtuous Niko wanted to become stronger to defend others he cared for. Regardless of his reasons, he continued to walk alongside the river in hopes to find some ninja by luck to spar with.

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It was yet another luminous day in the village of Konoha. The children were playing, the birds were chanting, and the wind was blowing a barely noticeable breeze. The Naka river was flowing a beautiful blue; streams so alluring that the natives couldn't pass it by. It was a peaceful afternoon. 

Footsteps thudded loudly on the ground, seemingly interrupting the lovely scene. A ninja landed sloppily from the tree, trying to train himself to be more quiet and stealthy. The young Shinobi was Koji Senju. Koji had spent the entire day practicing and was tired of training alone. All day he had been rigorously searching for a consort; he wanted to spar with any friends he could quickly recognize. 

The boy stood tall. He poked out his chest enormously and several villagers looked his way, thinking strangely of him. He looked around him before he released a loud outburst. 

"Hey! If any villagers think they're strong enough to train with a Senju, go ahead and step on up!" Koji belted out. 

Koji was renowned for his cockiness, but this message caused some villagers to leave. The boy had gone a bit far with his comment, but he wanted to be approached by someone powerful. He would wait patiently, tapping his foot on the ground.

Continuing to drift along the river's boundary, he hears a yell in the distance. "Hey! If any villagers think they're strong enough to train with a Senju, go ahead and step on up!" Raising his head to see who's uttering the loud noise, he sees a boy with spikey, brown hair and yellow eyes bellowing the very audible noise. A group of people was who the yelling was directed at, not acknowledging the boy as they progressed along their way.

The young man stated he was looking for a challenger. Not only that, he was a member of the Senju clan. Niko had experience with those from the Senju clan, especially with a young woman who he was friends with that goes by the name of Kyo. Perfect. Not only did he find an opponent for him to face, he was well acquainted with techniques that Niko assumed he'd used that were customary to his clan.

Responding to the young man's bold offer, he exclaimed with a smug attitude "Senju! Need someone to fight? Well i'm right here!"

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Suddenly, a shout erupted from several feet away. 

"Senju! Need someone to fight? Well I'm right here!" Shouted another young man. 

A smirk formed across Koji's face; the young shinobi had known all along that he was going to win. Little did the enemy know, the "Koji" that was standing there was a clone, formed before Koji had made his announcement. He was ready for any sort of barrage that would come his direction. Koji clenched his fist and raised his arm to face his opponent. A flaming glow had surrounded his persona. He pointed his glistening yellow eyes toward the challenger. 

"Ready to rumble?!" Koji responded.

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The boy immediately summoned a smirk upon his face. His hand curled up into a fist and he raised his arm. With a burning passion in his eyes he proclaimed "Ready to rumble?!" 

Cracking his neck and then subsequently his hands, he responds back with an ego-filled and smug tone once again "I'm always ready!"

Without hesitation he jumps up in the air to the boy and punches sqaure in the face. Phasing right through the boy's head, Niko is befuddled for a quick moment until he realizes that it was a simple clone. Landing on the ground behind the clone,  he dashes back into the open and assumes his previous position. Getting into his usual Jeet-Kune-Do stance, he scans around the area for the real young boy. 

While picturing the boy's appearance, he realizes who the other young man was. Brown hair. Yellow eyes. A cockiness that never quivered. A young member of the Senju. This must be Koji Senju, a boy two years his junior. He must've just graduated from the academy. Well it looks like Niko would have to give the young boy his graduation present right now, a clean and thorough ass-whooping.

"So Koji? How's it going you scrawny miscreant? How about you show yourself and let's get this spar session started!" Niko yells obnoxiously.

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The authentic Koji Senju peered from within an extraordinarily tall tree. He giggled as he saw his challenger crack his kunckles. "Wow, he doesn't know," Koji thought to himself while chuckling. A clone had been standing in for Koji, awaiting offensive maneuvers of the enemy. The boy jumped at Koji's clone without hesitation. As soon as the punch was assumed impacted, it hazed through the clone, confusing the shinobi for a slight moment.

Koji witnessed the opponent utilizing Jeet Kun Do. This transformed Koji's feelings. He now knew that the opponent would be a serious one, seeing as how he held the same Taijutsu martial art as him. This would turn the tide and Koji would finally take the enemy seriously.

"So Koji? How's it going you scrawny miscreant? How about you show yourself and let's get this spar session started!" Yelled the enemy after he destroyed the clone


Koji peered down at the enemy as he began preparing to enter the battlefield. He cracked his knuckles and launched his feet from the tree branch. Rustling could be heard from the upper part of the tree as the young man revealed himself. In midair, Koji took in a breath of fresh air looked down at the opponent.

"I'm glad you know my name! Now you know who's going to defeat you!" Koji belted.

He hit the ground with a thud and the grass around his feet ruffled. He focused his attention on the opposing ninja, making eye contact with him for the first time on this date. Koji got into his stance and looked at him sharply, ready to retaliate for any attack against him.

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Instantly, after Niko's announcement of the Senju named Koji, the young man came fyling from the heavens. Emerging from the foliage of the branches of a tall tree, he descended down upon the open field that neighbored the forest, alongside the Naka River. During his descendance, he responded cockily "I'm glad you know my name! Now you know who's going to defeat you!"

Making a thud sound on the landing, Koji looked as if he then focused upon Niko. Niko was returning the favor, vice versa, if you will. Both stood staring at one another in their Jeet Kune Do fighting styles. Niko thought to himself "This'll be interesting, we both have the same Taijutsu style..." 

A few seconds passes with neither making a move, Niko then continued his thought process "...which means I'll have to implement my Ninjutsu on him as the primary tactic of this bout." 

Taking a deep breath and never ceasing to lock eyes with his opponent, he went on "Since he's a Senju, so that must mean that he'll use the Wood Release along with normal Water and Earth element releases. Every Fire style I use against him will be negated, which means I'll have to shock him with some Lightning..."

Deciding that thinking up a strategy had gone on too long, Niko quickly planned to charge at Koji with the intention of doing a signature flying kick aimed for the boy's face. Having a few other techniques in mind to be prepared to use at any time. Springing into action, he rushed at Koji and jumped a bit in the air to perform a flying kick with his left foot leading. Usually, since Niko was right hand and overall right side dominant, he leads with his right foot on his flying kicks, yet he had a plan in mind. If his left leg was caught, he'd swing around his right leg to hit the Senju square in the mid-section. With the intention to implement this plan or react on instinct, Niko's foot was right in front of Koji's face, waiting to see whether he'd take the bait, dodge, or let the kick make contact with his opponent's face.

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Koji stood firmly on the ground, studying his opponent’s movement with any chance he had. He knew that this would be no ordinary duel so he would have to prepare himself accordingly. Koji paused as the adversary pointed a gleaming stare into his eyes. Fire would light the eyes of the opposing ninja.

“What’s he planning?” Koji contemplated to himself.

A moment of silence would cover the battlefield before another move would be made. Would blood be shed? Would weaponry or ninjutsu be out of the question? Suddenly, it was as if Koji missed a beat, his opponent was dashing at him with tremendous speed. As the opponent’s feet tread upon the ground, a distinct memory would hit Koji’s mind.

Koji remembered a day of training with his father. The two Senju were performing taijutsu training together on the Senju clan grounds. Koji was easily floored by his kin. The young shinobi was on the ground with his head looking toward the dirt. His father looked at him with a smile and offered his hand out to the young boy.

“Come Koji. There will be times where physically you will be weakened, but never let  your will or you heart be weakened by anyone. Let your will shine bright enough so that it may be enough to protect those whom you care about. That is our nindo!” Koji’s father explained with a passionate aura.

Koji quickly snapped out of it and mentally adjusted himself with the battlefield once more. Without a sound and barely in sight, the other ninja leaped into the air and forced his left foot out, performing a legendary flying kick. Koji knew about this move because it was a part of his style as well.

As the man’s foot came closer and closer to Koji’s face, Koji finally reacted. He swayed to the left, narrowly escaping the man’s kick in time and immediately aiming a fist strike accurately at the man’s ankle, hoping to land a blow while he was still in the flying kick stance.  Lifting his right leg, Koji then performed a roundhouse kick, aiming for a quick jab at the man’s back as well. Even if he were to be physically weakened in this battle, Koji would not be weakened in spirit. He sensed the difficulty of his opponent and knew it would be a tough fight.

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The boy narrowly dodged to the left. He went to punch Niko's ankle and roundhouse kick him in the back. Not allowing the hits to land, Niko backflipped away from the Senju. After a brief moment, he charged at the boy once again. Without much thought, he decided to go for the mid-section once again. This time he frontflipped over him and swayed to Koji's left side, this time aiming to drive his right knee the boy in the abdomen from close range. If he attempted to move away, Niko would get the Senju in a headlock and put him to sleep. That would leave things uninteresting, yet it'd give him the win in this fight.

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As Koji attempted his two barrages, the adversary back flipped in order to avoid contact. Koji knew that he was down for a challenge. He lifted his arms slighty, forming hand signals in order to form a jutsu. He saw the opponent charging toward him once again. The speed of the other ninja caught Koji off guard, but he continued to perform what it is he was doing. He finally finished up performing his signals, but suddenly he watched as the other man sliced through the air, flipping over his body.

Koji turned around to prepare himself as he had finished his handsigns, but before he knew it the man’s knee came crashing toward his abdomen. Koji took the hit to yhis area, but stood his ground. It felt as though a boulder had crashed into his mid-section, but he quickly reached for his opponent’s knee in order to grasp it. His handsigns were complete and his jutsu was being released. He took one hand and formulated a circle with his fingers. After placing it over his mouth, the Senju yelled the incantation.

“Water Release: Wild Water Wave!” Koji said.

From within his mouth a large amount of water gushed from his mouth and aimed for the enemy’s face at an almost point blank range. After performing the jutsu he backflipped away from his opponent and gripped his stomach. He knew that the damage he had taken most likely left a bruise, but he almost suddenly hopped into a defensive stance. Koji was going to give it his all, no matter what.

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The knee to the opponent's stomach landed. He looked like he was in a deal of pain from Niko's blow. He kept his composure and attempted to grab the Hatake's leg. Making sure not to get caught unintentionally, he evaded the gesture. His opponent tried to execute a jutsu, weaving hand-signs and forming a circle with his hand and placing it over his mouth. Knowing the resulting jutsu would probably feel a bit undesirable if it hit Niko, he barely evaded the attack.

“Water Release: Wild Water Wave!” Koji said. 

Water barreled in the direction that Niko was previously located at. The technique just used was a Suiton technique. It seemed he was pulling out some Ninjutsu at the moment, trying to get an edge in that aspect of this battle. That wouldn't happen. After the dodging of Koji's jutsu, Niko rushed at the Senju and formed some handsigns of his own. Jumping in the air right over his adversary, he channeled chakra into his throat, made a circle with his hands as well and cast the Great Fireball Jutsu. It had a wide enough range that it would deter the Senju in some capacity.

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