Board Thread:Kirigakure Logs/@comment-27964908-20160327221451/@comment-27964908-20160402001640

He hadn’t expected her to show him that he was a highly capable and very nimble fighter in her own right. She did exceptionally well with contorting herself to completely avoid the simple touch of Shusuke’s hand, she dropped the weight of one of her legs to dissemblance herself from being in an upright position, making her do a little bit of a slant. She then shifted herself to the right of his body as she was doing this. It seemed to Shusuke that she was mounting and counter attack, and a well-coordinated one at that, he hadn’t expected so much skill from this young girl although she seemed to be a novice genin. He was impressed to say the least but he would not allow it to shake his resolve in this fight with her.

She was now standing in an upright position, mere centimeters from Shusuke’s body around 45 degrees off to his right. She was still visible in his peripheral vision, he could easily dodge and counter attack but he wanted to try something different. She then as expected, utilised the lack of space between her and her enemy to throw a powerful right hook to Shusuke’s face aiming for his jaw, he could tell the fist had some decent destructive power behind it and decided to give the girl the amount of respect that she deserved. He then quickly pivoted his left foot and faced it at the girl and then followed it up by quickly grabbing her wrist with his right hand stopping it mere inches away from his face.

He then smiled and started to lift his left hand and the started to discharge a familiar lightning based technique in the middle of his palm, he held it up near his shoulder and started to cock it back as if he were going to punch her. But before he did what she thought he was maybe going to do he spoke to her in a calm voice. “Your name…Its Ariku is it not? My name is Shusuke Kiyoshi. You have surprised me with your skills in battle. And don’t worry, I won’t kill you with my Chidori. But I do want you to come tomorrow to this spot. You can help with something I’m workin’ on.” He said. He then released his grip on her wrist and then dissipated the Chidori. He then walked away and went to go collect his things then he headed off into town.