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Antanas gets up with a sour taste in his mouth. Smacking his lips, he sits up on his bed and heads to his bathroom. "Living somewhere other than home could be nice..." he was thinking as he brushed his teeth. Antanas looked in the mirror, ruffled his hair, flipped it to the side and started to get dressed. He put on his shirt for relaxing, a white T-shirt with the Kimura Clan symbol on it. He jumps into some shorts, ties his headband around his right bicep and heads outside to train, making sure to ask his mom first. "If i lived alone then I would be able to do whatever I want..." As Antanas was thinking, he noticed the tree he had climbed his first few days out of the academy. Remembering his bad luck, he decided to go to the training grounds rather than go anywhere else. As Antanas walked through the town to the training grounds, he spotted a kid slightly younger than himself running toward the school. "Now what could he possibly want with the school?" Antanas thought aloud as flew by. Raising an eyebrow, he began to follow the kid. Jogging slower than the kid was, Antanas tried to remain inconspicuous so the kid wouldn't notice him. As they got closer to the boy, Antanas was flooded with memories from his days at the academy. He remembered Mika, Rain, and even Father. Antanas stops thinking about his father when he feels tears rolling down his cheek. "Focus on Mika and Rain, they want me to spend time with them later." He sighed. Lately, Antanas had been so busy he forgot about some of his friends. When Antanas and the kid arrived at the training grounds, he noticed that the kid was doing hand-seals. This should be interesting... Antanas is thinking as the kid took out four kunai. He then jumped in the air and threw kunai at a pole, and they where in a vertical row. I guess I found a training partner. Antanas thought as he stood up, waving to the kid now laying on the ground. "Hey buddy! That was impressive! Want to train together?" He smirked a bit, pleased he had found someone other than himself to train with.

[380 Words Total]

WC:279

After asking this boy if he wanted to train, the boy, who said his name was Toshiko wanted to start with a spar. Who am I to judge Antanas was thinking as the boy charged at him, and threw a punch at his chest. An easy move to spot, he moves aside with a quick jump. "My name is Antanas Kimura by the way" Antanas told him as he directed a punch to Toshiko's side, which was left exposed after missing his first attack.

[465 Words Total]

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The punch connected with the boys side, making him double over. I didn't want to hurt the kid... Antanas was thinking as Toshiko made the Ram hand sign. "This technique?" he sighed as five more "Toshikos" appeared. "well, which one is the real me?" They all asked. Antanas sighed once more, and hit his chest a few times. He felt a bubbly mud in his throat and spit out a stream of mud on the legs of all of the "Toshikos" revealing the real one. Antanas smirked, pointed at the muddy boy and said, "You're the real one."

Jutsu:

[565 Words Total]

Word Count: 177

Spoiler:

STR E -> E-2 (177/225)

Antanas wipes some of the mud off of his bottom lip. Toshiko was obviously taken aback, if not disgusted by his technique. Watching his reaction was the best part of all. Antanas then settles himself and watches Toshiko shake the mud from his uniform. "Sorry for using mud!" Antanas called to him, winking. "It's much better than using fire!" After Antanas had said this, the Toshiko sprang in the air, and was preparing to attack him in the head. While Antanas' eyes practically bulging out of his head, he steadied himself on the ground, and springs himself several meters to the left. To make sure nobody gets hurt, Antanas decides to stick to defense. 

Chalkra:

680 Words Total

Spoiler:

STR E -> E-2 (225/225)

Antanas was quickly running out of energy to keep fighting and dodging. He desperately wanted Toshiko to win, but could do without a kick to the face. Watching the boy's feet gave him an idea. Antanas grabbed both of his feet, and sank underground carrying Toshiko with him. When Antanas comes back up to the surface, he confirmed that he had gotten Toshiko with his Double Suicide Decapitation. Out of breath, Antanas said, "You are really strong for a boy your age. You did very well." Catching his breath, and going back to his normal self, Antanas told Toshiko, "You are almost as good as me!" flashing him a thumbs up, and offering him a hand to pull him out of the dirt hole. Antanas could already tell this kid would be someone amazing.

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Kicking open her door, Rain Kusomono runs out of her house. 'Now, where should I go today...' She asks herself silently, looking around at all the sights. Candy shop, training grounds, or Antanas' place... Maybe she would intercept him before that blondie did.
Shrugging off the idea, she decided to go to the training grounds. Even if nobody was there to spar or meet up with, she could still practice her justus. Walking through the village there, though, had to be one of the best experiences someone could have. She could smell the ramen being made from the shop, while also smelling fresh bread being baked. The sights, though, took the cake for sure.
Although the town wasn't flashy or huge, it was beautiful in it's own way, with it's different colored roofs, and diverse people. It had it's own charm, and Rain loved it.
Before she knew it, she was already at the training grounds, and she noticed two people, already sparring. "Ooh, Antanas..." she giggled to herself, "You're going to beat him..."
Watching, she noticed all the different techniques used. While the unknown boy seemed to be offensive, and making shadow clones to confuse him, Antanas seemed to be playing the defensive, dodging, and occasionally vomiting mud. Eugh, she always hated that trick of his. Though, when she noticed that the spar wound down to an end, she jumped out of the tree, and waved over at the two boys. "Hey! Antanas!" She called, running over. "And you, unknown guy. Hey there." She nods at him, and smiles slightly.

Total Word Count: 261

Finishing the spar, Antanas pulled Toshiko out of the hole created by the jutsu. Toshiko then told him, "Thanks for that spar Antanas. It was a lot of fun. We should do that again someday don't ya think?" Smiling, Antanas said, "Sure, that would be great." Just then, Antanas heard a voice calling his name. He sees a girl with blue hair run over to them, waving her hands wildly in the air. "Hey! Antanas!" She called, running over. "And you, unknown guy. Hey there." she said, directing her attention at Toshiko. Antanas looks over to him, and sees he is surprised by this girl's presence. "This is my friend, Rain" Antanas says to him, chuckling a little bit. "We went to the academy together." Antanas gave her a pat on the head, which he knew bugged her.

Chalkra:

955 Words Total

Rain watches as Antanas introduced her to this unknown fellow. "This is my friend, Rain." He said, looking over to Rain for a moment before returning his attention to his friend, who was still unknown to Rain. "We went to the academy together." Rain nodded to confirm what he said was true. "Yeah." She responded, but then she felt him pat her on the head. She growled, looking up at him. "You'd better not pat me like that if you don't want to lose a finger." She says, in a deadpan voice, while smirking slightly. Right after, she leans onto Antanas, watching the unknown boy with curiosity and a touch of fierceness. "What's your name?" She asks, not unkindly, but not in a very polite manner, either, flipping her hair a bit to the side and pushing it out of her eyes.

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"My name Is Toshiko. Toshiko Uzumaki." The boy said. "It's nice to meet you Rain." He reached out his hand, and Rain was confused for a moment, before she realized that he wanted to shake her hand. Grinning, she extends an arm, and grips his hand, shaking it not too vigorously, but not exactly gently, either. Letting go, she smiles at him. "How was getting beaten by one of the only ninjas that take pride in vomiting on people?" She asked, with a giggle hidden behind each word, looking at his mud stained pants. She looks over at Antanas, to see what his reaction was.

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After patting Rain's head, she threatened to cut off his finger. "Sorry, sorry. You don't have to cut my finger off" Antanas rubs his fingers, "I need these!" After Rain and Toshiko introduce themselves, Rain asks him, "How was getting beaten by one of the only ninjas that take pride in vomiting on people?" Before Toshiko can have time to respond, Antanas steps in and changes the topic. "She is just jealous that she can't do it too" Antanas teased Rain. "She uses those odd little puppets to do all of her work for her." Afraid that she will cut off his finger, he doesn't pat her head. "I'm just kidding Rain, those puppets are cool" he tells her, remembering how good she was at controlling them. Antanas then opens up his arms, like signaling for a hug of forgiveness.

Chalkra:

[1100 Words Total]

She snickers as Antanas changes the subject, then lets out an exasperated sound when she makes fun of her awesome, talented puppets. Scuse him. She crouches down, about to pounce on him, when he laughs. "I'm just kidding Rain, those puppets are cool." he says, calming her down. He then opens up his arms, and she gratefully presses into his embrace, wrapping her arms around him. "You're a real jerk, Tonis..." She mumbles into his chest, looking up at him quietly. Looking into his eyes, she jumps. Crap. She forgot about Toshiko. She jumps out of his arms, nodding slightly at him, then turning her gaze to the other boy. "So..." She mumbles softly, looking around at the training ground, bright red and embarrassed. "I take it you guys are finished training for now...? I came here to train, but I don't mind doing it alone. Just askin'." She shrugs, not sure where she was going with her whole 'one way suggesting' conversation, but she simply sighs. "Anyway, yeah." She pats Toshiko on the shoulders. "You're a pretty cool dude, you know."

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Rain looks confused, as he starts bleeding. "Oh, sorry man." She backs off a bit, rubbing the back of her neck, blushing a bit herself. "U-Uhm, yeah. I think I could show you a puppet technique or two of mine... They're simple, really... Maybe we could spar sometime. I just have to save up for a puppet, right now..." She giggles quietly, once again being entertained by his embarrassment. "A-Anyway, on the training aspect of things, I do use jutsus, and I would like to practice those..." She twirls her hand in the air, smirking. "Once you're done admiring how sexy I am," she does a little pose as a joke, "Maybe we could do a one on one spar, maybe even two on one, if Antanas would join. But yeah." She nods at him, bouncing a little on the balls of her feet.

Total Word Count: 834

After Rain jumps away from Antanas' hug, she pats Toshiko on the shoulders. Toshiko then begins to bleed from his nose. "Really, Toshiko?" Antanas laughs as he turns as red as the blood coming out of his nose.  "Once you're done admiring how sexy I am," Rain babbled as she does a little pose as a joke, "Maybe we could do a one on one spar, maybe even two on one, if Antanas would join." Hearing this made Antanas interested. "Two on one, huh? Sounds interesting" he told them as he rubbed his hands together. "Now, are you guys leaving me all on my own?" He then makes a mock-fighting stance, wondering if they really wanted to fight.

Chalkra:

1220 Words Total

Rain went on to speak, saying that she could show Toshiko some of her puppetry skills after apologizing about his nose bleed. She spoke of how she mostly used Jutsus while training, and she wanted to practice them. "Once you're done admiring how sexy I am," She said the words, and then jokingly posed. Toshiko's eyes widened as even more blood started gushing out of his nose. He turned his head to the side as his face's color changed to that of a ripe tomato. He held his head up in a attempt to stop the bleeding, and managed to slow it down a bit. He wiped all the visible blood from his hands and upper lip, and then stared to Antanas. Rain spoke of possibly doing a spar, to which Antanas complied. "Now, are you guys leaving me all on my own?" Antanas then made a playful fighting stance. Slowly, Toshiko stared over to Rain. Her rays of sexiness had stopped their godly effects on Toshiko, and his nose didn't start bleeding again. All jokes aside, he wanted to fight with Antanas once more, and he also wanted to see the abilities of Rain. "Let's do this again! This time, Me and Rain Against you. That is, if you think you can handle it!" Toshiko smirked and stuck his tongue out towards Antanas.

Word Count: 232

Spoiler:

SPD E -> E-2 (225/225)

Rain listens as her new friend accepts the sparring, and the idea for it. "Alright, so here are the rules." She smirks. "No jutsu's that can kill, first off, but I think that's about it." She moves next to Toshiko. "You ready, Antanas?"

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"Alright, so here are the rules." Rain smirks. "No jutsu's that can kill, first off, but I think that's about it." She then moves next to Toshiko. "You ready, Antanas?" Antanas says "I'm always ready" Antanas chuckled as he looked at a branch that was broken from a previous spar. Making it look like he was cracking his neck, Antanas infuses the branch with chalkra, preparing to substitute with it, while keeping Rain and Toshiko unaware. Standing in a battle position, Antanas yells, "The question is, are you ready?"

Jutsu:

[1312 Words Total]

Word Count: 178

Spoiler:

END E -> E-2 (178/225)