Throwing her jacket off, Yukino watched as her opponent walked towards her. The young Sarutobi’s heart began to beat faster as her muscles tensed up in preparation of the fight. She hadn’t been experienced enough to learn how to relax herself before a fight. In fact, she had just learned how to not lose her focus in a fight. Before, she had a bad habit of going only off of instinct, which would of course leave her open. Even this wasn’t mastered however, as was proven to the girl during her first match with Hina. In hindsight, Yukino did come to the conclusion that she wasn’t able to simply ‘lightly spar’; calling back to her parents method of raising her.
This time would be different however. They would take each other seriously from the start, just as Yukino hoped they would. Watching her opponent closely, she had one hand on her ninjato, ready to draw it at a moments notice. Taking note of Hina’s style, it reminded her that her opponent was a boxer. While nowhere near as good as her father, the movements were similar to his own. That in mind, she did a slight hop backwards to move just barely out of Hina’s reach. In doing this, it would also put Yukino out of reach for a reliable counterattack. Noticing that Hina recalled her arms in defense, she couldn’t help but think about unleashing one of her fire jutsu upon the girl. The young Sarutobi fought back the urge to do so however, as it wasn’t quite that serious.
“You can’t expect me to take you seriously if you don’t commit to your assault.” Yukino said with a haughty tone.
Planting her feet, she leapt to Hina’s side at a high speed, almost seeming to teleport for a brief moment through the eyes of an average person. “I haven’t even given you a reason to defend yet.” she would mockingly say. Keeping a hand on her ninjato, she would aim a kick straight for Hina’s abdomen. It was kick that didn’t have her full strength in it, acting more like a testing mechanism.
Since their first meeting, Yukino was curious to know what Hina was really capable of. She could never put her finger on it, but it always seemed like she was holding back. Even if this wasn’t true, the thought of one of her peers holding back on her pissed her off. It pissed her off more than losing a fight even. She wanted to know if there was more to Hina than she let on, and this fight would let that be known. Her father always told her that someone’s true nature could only be learned through fighting. As a young girl, Yukino would take this to heart, and it definitely showed itself today.
“Now, show me what you got!” she would say aloud. If her kick connected, Yukino would follow up with another strike aimed at Hina’s head. While she didn’t necessarily have a plan if it didn’t connect, with her other leg planted on the ground, and being at Hina’s side, she felt that she would be able to deal with a counterattack with little trouble.
WC: 553
TWC: 1,207