Board Thread:Konoha Logs/@comment-24479578-20160325012533/@comment-24479578-20160325012700

Harlee: A hissing was heard as alcohol was placed on a cotton ball and ran across the day old wound that had only just scabbed over the night before. With the combination of being cut by a kunai and taking two senbon in the same shoulder, it was still rather sore for the young Hyuga child. However, it was pain and suffering that caused one to grow strong and be strong for others. She had to keep reminding herself that. She then added an ointment to the bandage and wrapped her upper arm once more to keep it dry and clean. Her eyes lifted from her first aid kit and traveled across the hall to her brother’s room. Perhaps the worse wound that would take a long time to heal was the one that she had to take as she had watched her brother walk away from her while in a fight. It was the sad realization that he truly didn’t care for her at all and didn’t care if she died. That wound cut deeply. Worse than any weapon that a shinobi would be able to use or carry. With a sigh, she repacked her first aid kit and made sure to restock the supplies that were needed to be restocked. Truly the child’s life was a lonely one and would be if she didn’t have her pet, who was sleeping in his stash of spools of thread, flip flops, and various other little things that he could steal and stash away in his hiding spot. Standing up to her full height of 4’5”, the child placed the sleeve of her tee shirt back down her arm and tightened the pony tail in her hair that reached her shoulders. It was still an adjustment for her to get used to the fact that it was not just about at her knees any more, but that would come with time. In a pair of shorts, she padded down the hall and took her pouch to place it on, placing her first aid kit into it as well. She then slipped on her shoes and began from the door to jog. This would be her warm up because her training would continue. Chuunin exams were coming up and she would not be left behind. She’d jog from the front door of the compound through town at a nice and even pace. Her pony tail bouncing off her shoulders while she continued to wind through the village. Taking a right once she reached the woods, she jogged down the path towards the training grounds where she’d come to a stop just in front of the river. Kneeling down, she’d scoop up some water in her hand and run it over her face and around the back of her neck, enjoying the coolness against her skin.

Heki Whisper: -“You have to interact.”- The words repeated themselves through Kei’s head as his sandals brushed over the floor with each lazy step that brought him closer towards the training ground. –“You are new here. So Adapt or leave.”- He remembered what they said very well and knew that he couldn’t avoid interaction as a whole if he wanted to blend in and be accepted into the village. In order for him to remain unnoticed he had to play the part, thus he sought to the public training area for his training ever since yesterday when he had faced off against the Hyuga siblings. The only problem was that he couldn’t train a recently awoken part of him, but he knew that he had to now that he felt a fraction of its power he knew it was the key to his justice. And so he had made plans to fool possible spectators or commoners walking by. As expected, the training area wasn’t uninhabited as the familiar frame of a small girl knelt down by the water. His cold gaze never even came to rest upon her as he walked over to the shadow of a tree; moving so that the tree blocked him from her line of sight. There he formed a quick series of handseals before creating a clone that held about 15% of his chakra and 1/5th of his physical ability. Far from a perfect shadow clone, it didn’t serve much use for combat situations yet however it worked perfectly for what he had planned. A poof of smoke surrounded the pseudo shadowclone. Kei’s expressionless gaze keeping close eye as the small cloud dissipated and he witnessed his clone having successfully used the transformation technique. The clone now looked like an ordinary brat with brown hair who stood in front of Kei as the Uchiha’s eyes shifted, the irises spinning in place, before coming to a halt to reveal a deep crimson and one tomoe in each eye; the sharingan. An eerie screech cried out through Kei’s mind as the Dojutsu came into activation and he locked eyes with the clone. In that instant, his chakra had infiltrated the clone’s brain through the optic nerves and took control of its sense of sight. The clone now saw three wild wolves surrounding it but continued to stand motionless until the last moment before using sharingan itself, seeing through the illusions however upon attempting to dispel the genjutsu the shadowclone poofed and vanished. It didn’t have enough power to successfully dispel the genjutsu. So in order to progress the one, Kei knew that he had to train the other. He closed his eyes, de-activating the sharingan, and took a calm breath as a light breeze picked up his bangs. Replenishing, but also, somewhere in the back of his head, reminded of the fact that the biggest threat to his secret was only 15 yards away. –As long as she stays away….- He thought as he opened his eyes again, being full black, and began to form the handseals for a new shadowclone.

Harlee: The Hyuga child stood and let her arms and hands continue to reach up into the air as she stretched. But that came to a quick stop as the twinge of pain shot through her left shoulder. She cried out softly and placed her right hand over the area. “Give it time, Hitomi...Give it time...” She had said to herself out loud while she pushed back the pain. “Work through it… not stop because of it…” She then walked to one of the training dummies and took the stance of the Hyuga Style. Her eyes focused upon the thing before her and she began. Open palms on both sides, she’d thrust them against the dummy with all her might. Right then Left. Right. Left. Never stopping or slowing. Her shoulder began to hurt all the more from being worked as she was doing, but she had to push on. She had to work through it. It was not a want as a need. In this world that she was born into, she was truly alone when not even family would be at her side. Right. Left. Right. Left. The palms of her hands began to sting but it had to be ignored. Right. Left. Left then Right. Pushing herself to continue regardless of physical pain. The emotional pain she carried was far worse the sore muscles or cuts. That was the pain that would haunt her and not go away. Once more the child hit the dummy but this time, she spun and lifted her left leg up to hit the dummy with the heel of her left foot in a spinning round house kick. Her soft sounds of working hard left her lips with deep breathing as she fell back into the stance and looked to the dummy.

Heki : A new clone had formed, this time representing a red-haired girl who rushed towards Kei and aimed to attack him; making it harder on him to maintain eye-contact. He deftly leaned away from each blow as an old couple walked by the training grounds; watching the fight for a few seconds, and then moved on. It seemed like his trick had worked well enough to prevent any rumors spreading about him neglecting orders. And then he had it, that brief moment of seeing eye to eye with the clone, at which his sharingan activated. The clone struck again, hitting Kei, or not? The fist moved through where the Genin stood as the clone struck at nothing but air while Kei had moved behind it; ready to dispel the clone with a single kick; but then a traveler walked by the training grounds, carrying his goods, and even waving at the emotionless boy who ignored him. Only when the man was out of sight did Kei deliver the finishing blow to the weak pseudo clone at which it dispersed. His eyes flashed back to black, as de-activating and re-activating the eye began to get easier with each time. But he felt the strain of the eyes, they were taxing, even when only having been used so little. Yet he didn’t pant, didn’t grumble, nor did he voice any discomfort. He merely sat down against the tree and stared off in the distance at; his eyes like a void. Continuing to train on the shadow clones wasn’t working fast enough. He needed something better. And right now the only answer was the girl who already knew of his eyes, and possibly who he was. He thought; –Staying away might blind me from the problem that could be there. I must find out if she is a target or not.-

Harlee: The child came to standing normally once more as she walked then to the water and dipped her hand into the cool water once more. This time, she’d bring it to her lips and drink from it. It tasted of a fresh and cleanliness that only would come from mountain fed springs. It was refreshing. She then gathered the water into her hands and splashed it against her face trying to cool herself off a bit more. Then using the bottom of her shirt, she blotted the water from her face and pulled it back down before she stood and looked about the training area. She had heard movement while she was training from behind her and looked to the trees. Slowly, her eyes scanned the area. Even in the shadows without her byakugan activated, she could see the robe with the high collar. Her eyes looked up to meet the boy’s gaze a moment before a soft smile crossed her lips and she gave him a soft wave of ‘Hello.’ If he responded back to her or not, she wouldn’t know. Though he had given her a warning to stay away from him, she didn’t see any harm of being friendly from a distance. After all, she had to love her brother from a distance as well. It was something that she was used to doing as well as having ignored. But no one could say that she didn’t try.

Heki : He stood up, most casually, without a sense of urgency and dusted himself off before walking over to her; his hands hidden by long sleeves as the swords bounced a little in the hold his waistband with each step. A simple hello. A greeting. Normal courtesy extended by people who were polite, or people who needed something. Kei was neither. Thus he skipped the greetings and moved onto other things. “Did you tell anyone?” He asked her, knowing full well that there was no way she couldn’t know what he was talking about and if she said that she didn’t he would grow suspicious immediately. Strangely though, there was no aggression in his voice, no push, no frown or any sign of dislike. All he did was stare at her with those cold black eyes, stopping about three yards in front of her, while a gust of wind blew against his robe. If she said no, in reply to his question, he would nod his head and then slide his right foot behind the left; facing her with his left side. He kept his hands open but not fully stretched out as a Hyuga would; holding them up at chest height while turning the back of his left hand towards her and stretching said arm out slightly as he crouched through his knees. “Seeing as you are the only one who knows, this clash is inevitable. ” He said as if; even if you would try to get away, I wouldn’t let you. Because right now she was a step to achieving his goals, as well as a possible trap that could turn matters for the worst. Keep your friends close, your enemies closer. The quote was simple, logical, and efficient, just like the Uchiha who stood perfectly still as his eyes flashed red; displaying the Sharingan once more.

Harlee: Hitomi’s smile remained on her lips as she looked to the boy who came across to her. However, she couldn’t help the soft sigh that left her lips. Not a hello. A nod. But then again, he spoke down to her yesterday, like her brother did. It wasn’t expected that he would. Her pale eyes continued to meet the darkness of his while he spoke. Her head shook a bit while her voice came from her softly. “No… why would I?” Her head tilted slightly while she continued to look up to the boy who stood just over a foot taller than she did. Then, his foot moved back. He took his stance. The Hyuga child gave a nod and knew that she would not be able to walk away from this one. “As you wish, friend.” Her voice soft as she slid her left foot back and raised her hands in the open style of the Hyuga. She didn’t want to fight against him. But it seemed that she had no choice in the matter. Quickly she weaved the handseals for her Byakugan being happy that she had been able to once more shave off two more seals. Now down to 10, she was slowly getting to the point that she wouldn’t need any with as much practice as she had been putting in. “You have a talent… much like I do… only I can’t hide mine like you can.” She had said while placing her hands back into the open palm style of the Hyuga. She’d wait for his advance since this was his idea.

Heki : -Friend?- The word echoed through his head. Nobody had ever called him a friend before, not even Maiko, yet this girl who he treated like nothing called him a friend? For the first time in years, he actually looked somewhat surprised, taken aback almost, but that moment of shock was but short-lasted as he became his old self again. His normal self. Cause for Kei it was normal to look as if life didn’t matter; his lips in a straight line as he looked into her eyes, noticing the shift of her hue and the veins budging under her skin. And then, the fight began. Like a gunshot let loose in the air he dashed forth to close the gap between the in a series of four rapid steps, and jabbed out with the back of his left hand, which was closest to her, aiming to his her in the face with it. The strike wouldn’t deal much damage but it’s block her eyesight, or at least that was what he was trying to find out, while also providing distraction for the follow up as he jerked his left arm back all the while incoming with what looked like an obvious right hook aimed to strike at her jaw, but inches before his right fist came in threatening range he suddenly snapped his body back the other way again and aimed to quickly jab his left fist against her left eye; possibly leaving a black eye on contact. The combination, and side-switching movements, were executed fluidly as all three strikes followed in perfect tandem and jerked each other in motion together with the turning of his waist into the strikes.

Harlee: The moment of surprise didn’t get past the eyes of the Hyuga girl who stood before him. Perhaps, in the time to come, she would be one he considered friend thought she wouldn’t think of that now. He wanted to fight and she was the only one that would be able to fight him. She calmed her mind of thoughts and watched. Waited. The shot fired. His movements fast to follow proved a good training tool for her. She needed to train her byakugan to see these quick movements, to be able to follow them and perhaps anticipate where they were going to land or lead her to. Being smaller then him had it’s advantages. Seeing the backhand come towards her right side, she merely shuffled backwards feeling as the wind would just cross over her face from his hand. With her palms still open and her arms not engaged in anything yet, it allowed her to see the movement of his muscles. From the right, she’d bring her left arm up in a tight block that would push his fist to go beyond her head. Focusing on the chakra in her body, she’d push it down to her hands while she stepped in towards his body and raised her right arm up in a high block with her two fingers extended upon that hand. She then came in closer with the palm of her left hand open and rushing to be thrust against his abdomen while moving her right in an attempt to poke one of his tenketsu points closed in that one area.

Heki : She fell for the feigned strike, and continued to step forth; straight into his fist that hit hard onto her left eye, most likely disorienting her following strike. But regardless, her left palm most likely would make contact and if so hit him just under the ribs; sending him sliding back on his feet two yards or so before he dug his forefeet down, coming to a full stop. He then kicked off again, seemingly coming straight at her, but stepped to her left, past her, hoping to abuse the fact that her left eye didn’t see as well now. He has already figured out that she could ‘see’ through obstacles in one way or another, now he was to find out whether one eye worked as good as two. His chest faced her as he stood upright to her left side, his arms hanging, as if he purposefully left himself open. He intentionally did so to focus whatever sight she had left, assuming it was less, onto his torso as he then aimed to smash his sandal down on her left foot; quickly, out of nowhere. And then sent his left palm forth, fingers hooked in like tiger claws, aiming to smash down onto the side of her head. However, if she rose her arm to block, or moved to face him, he’d cancel the palm strike and leap up in the air; jumping up and over her in a swift arc during which he aimed to grab her long tail in one hand, jerking on it as his feet hit the ground. The jerk would have dragged her head towards him while he turned 180 degrees and brought his right knee up. Due to her being pulled into the attack, if the grab was successful, there’d be little space for her to move in as he aimed to slam his kneecap into her face before letting go of her hair so that her body might be knocked back from the blow. But he still wasn’t done. He’d immediately charge after her and aimed to slam his foot into her mid-riff while she was still in mid-air or just hit the ground to send her flying back even further. –Maybe now… she’ll leave me alone.- His bangs of onyx hair finally came to a rest against after all of the movements. It looked unnatural how he wasn’t breathing more intensely, or frowning or anything. He was just calmly staring at her with the intense crimson eyes of the Uchiha clan. The control he had over himself, his state of mind, his emotions, were something special for a mere fourteen years old. The traumas of his past had shaped him into a weapon, a weapon that would one day return to execute vengeance upon the causes of those traumas.

Harlee: Though she had been struck hard in her left eye, she only stood there while she continued to bring her palm forward. *Work through the pain… work through it..* She thought to herself. When he had moved back from her, she took the moment to blink her eyes a few times. Shaking her head a moment as she tried to steady herself once more. Her head felt light a bit and sudden movement of her head caused her to feel a bit dizzy. But she opened both her eyes once more. Forcing her left eye to be open though things had become blurry on that side, she could still see movement. She’d seen him run towards her and move towards the left side of her. This was all going to be a very painful event and she knew it. But again, just because it was blurry on that side, did not mean she could not see movement. Keeping her head as straight as possible, she slid her foot back and out of the way of his stomping foot only to plant it with her toes facing towards him. She’d seen the blurry movement of his tiger’s claw like hand come towards her though it looked like a flurry of melded colors with no definite separation between them. With her face straight ahead, she’d swing her left arm up in a block to only then rotate her body at the hip and bring her right palm up towards the underside of his jaw. The sudden movement caused her to once more be off balance as he had leapt into the air. The dizzy spell caused her to place her arms out to either sides of her body as he had taken hold of her hair. Another quick movement of her head which caused more dizziness, she felt her stomach heave with the amount of disorientation that she was feeling. Another hit to her face causing her head to feel like she was in a fog. She staggered back and began coughing as she wrapped her arm around her abdomen. Her breathing was heavy and labored and her stomach threatened to cause her to vomit. Slowly, the Hyuga female looked up to him while she held onto her stomach. Disorientated. Hurt. Nausiated. She slid her foot back and looked to him. Her arms shaking, she raised her arms up into the open palm stance of her clan. Her eye had begun to bruise along with the bruising at the base of her chin where his knee had hit her. But she’d stand and look to him. As ready as she would be. Then, she placed her hands down and brought her feet together. Her face was swollen but she still looked to him with a warm smile. “I hope that allowed you to feel better in some way. I’m Hitomi. Who are you?” Though she was well beaten, her good eye would still smile towards him even while she was in pain.

Heki: Why was she still smiling? Why was she still being friendly? Why did she still radiate such brightness. It just made no sense. –Why aren’t you running away? Why aren’t you turning your back on me?- The questions raced through his head as he eventually lost track of wat was going on. Was he asking her these questions or was he asking himself, he didn’t now anymore. Everything just made no sense. A frown actually burrowed upon Kei’s visage as he obviously felt annoyed by her reaction. –Just lay down and die already.- Then again…. If she was truly this naïve and forgiving. If she was truly this kind even after what he had just done to her. Then would it not be in her nature to not betray him? He thought about this for a while as he approached his with precise steps, each evenly spaced, with his hands hidden under his sleeves. It would be good to have someone to practice against, but she was still too young. –But while I use her, she can learn from me.- He thought. –And if she learns, then it’ll improve my training dummy.- His frown had now faded again as he looked at her with his usual dead expression; bearing no emotion whatsoever. He saw her as nothing more than a tool, while she seemed to see something he had lost touch with a long time ago. His voice was cold and without empathy as he then answered her question and turned his back to her; “Kei.”

Harlee: Hearing his name, she smiled more. It hurt and she hissed slightly but gritted her teeth. She closed her eyes and deactivated the byakugan which helped with the pain a little in her eye. Seeing him turn his back to her, she placed her hands in front of her and her gaze dropped. But that only caused her head to go spinning. Her knees buckled and she knelt to the ground as she held herself up right. “It’s nice to meet you, Kei. Perhaps we can meet on a day where you don’t wish to beat me up..” Her chest hurt and her head pounded. Her eyes were upon the ground and she was trying so very hard not to throw up. “I hope I am not embarrassing you…” She said softly knowing that is what her brother would have already said to her. That she was an embarrassment to him and their clan.

Heki : He stopped, for a second, and did something unexpected as he spoke out, without turning around, keeping his back faced to her. “It’s not me you have to worry about. Only yourself… And just throw up. It’ll help.” And after those words of simple advice and simple truth, words that she had to understand in order to not be dragged down by the expectations of others, he just walked away like a ghost in the wind. His solemn expression bearing a grim shadow of doom over his beautiful facial features. –A friend… I can’t ever afford such a luxury.-

Harlee: No sooner did he walk away from her did her stomach lurch again. With her hands holding her up, she closed her eyes and let her body take over. It was waves of pain and more dizziness to continue on. Perhaps it was that she was truly lonely. Perhaps it was the force of her body heaving. However her face began to become wet with tears. Once more she was alone on the training field. Perhaps it was the best for her to be that way. No one could truly hurt her if she stayed alone. “No..” She said aloud through gasping breaths as she spit out what was in her mouth. “I won’t live to be alone..” Her promise to herself. After she was able to crawl toward the tree line, she leaned up against the tree and closed her eyes. Resting, not sleeping. Just waiting for the dizziness to go away so she would be able to go home and rest.