To prevent from rusting (Invite Only/Spar/No Kill)

(OOC:  Akashi Uzumaki is the only other person invited to this topic)

The green grass crumpled under each step the young Jounin took as he walked once again into the seemingly endless forest of Konoha.  Trees surrounded him as he plunged himself deeper and deeper into the mysterious forest.  As a member of Konoha he was familiar with most of the forest and he wouldn't get lost but it always baffled him how complex the paths were and also how beautiful the nature was.  The sun shined right through the cracks in the leaves and it seemed they were to force their way through no matter what.  The various rays of light that lit up the environment gave everything a healthy glow and glistened brightly off of the morning dew that the foliage was covered in.  Jiyu was glad he hadn't worn his flip flops today or else he would have gotten his feet all wet and gross.  He hadn't really needed to worry about that however since he purposefully wore his combat shoes to get ready for the training he was about to undertake.
 
One of his old friends in Konoha had asked him to train with him and have a friendly sparring match in order to keep them both in tip top shape while they were waiting for missions to arrive.  His friend Akashi was a youngish Jounin like himself but had a lot more responsibility than Jiyu did.  While Jiyu was free to flow wherever the wind took him and to do what he wanted, Akashi was the Uzumaki Clan Leader and had people he needed to make sure to impress and not let down.  He didn't seem to mind but it was just another thing to add to the road of life.
 
As Jiyu stepped into a small clearing where they said they would meet he noticed a couple of birds flying around visiting each other's nests and chirping their little song.  The harmony the small animals had created resounded throughout the area and brought Jiyu a nice peace of mind.  He smiled and looked to the sky.
 

I wonder when Akashi will get here?  I'm itching to get my body moving.

A wisp of smoke wavered from the proud Uzumaki's newly lit cigarette, trailing behind him as he made his way through the dense forest. The Clan Leader wasn’t allowed many moments like this, taking in the serenity of the lively woods around him as he slowly made his way to his destination. Akashi has arranged to have a sparring match with his good friend Jiyu so that they both may remain nimble during these times of relative peace. There had been no war in the world of shinobi for over a year, but the cautious Jounin wasn’t about to be caught off guard. There were always times of peace throughout history, followed by times of terrible unrest. Such was the life of a shinobi, a responsibility that Akashi was fully aware of when he became the leader of his clan.

While the Uzumaki had survived after the near extinction of their people over four-hundred years ago, they still were small in numbers. For this reason Akashi strove to surpass all past clan leaders and lead his clan into a new and prosperous era and was the reason for this days sparring session. A leaf fell from the canopy of branches above, landing on Akashi’s shaded hair. Picking the lead from his head he brought it close to his face and observed it. The green and lively leaf looked out of place amongst these tall and healthy trees, probably knocked off from some woodland critter. Pressing the middle of the leaf against the end of his cigarette he burned a small hole into its surface. Looking through the newly created hole in the leaf, he surveyed his surroundings, admiring his little handy work. Crushing the blemished leaf in his hand, he loosened his grip around it, watching the crumpled leaf float to the ground. As soon as he dropped the leaf he headed off in search of his sparring partner, eager to start his training.

Through the trees he spotted Jiyu who had made his way into a nice little clearing. “Hey Jiyu! Sorry about the wait, had a nice smoke on the walk over here had to take the scenic route. You ready for our little sparring session? Don’t want to get too rusty now.”

As Jiyu soaked up the healthy rays of the sun and admired nature's majesty he sensed a great source of chakra approaching him.  The source had a strong raiton chakra coming from it and he recognized it from many encounters.  Jiyu opened his eyes and turned in the direction of his friend as he walked into the clearing.  Akashi greeted him and Jiyu responded;
 
"Hey there Akashi, I figured you would take your time here.  I don't mind however, I love being in this forest.  This is the reason we need to become stronger; in order to protect this place with all we have."
 
He smiled and looked at his friend, Akashi's red hair moved ever so slightly with the small breeze that covered the area and the smoke from his cigarette blew across the forest.  The birds in the area grew quiet as if they could sense that the two were about to fight each other and soon all that was left was the sound of the wind and their breathing.
 
Jiyu began to get excited and began to release some of his chakra allowing the thin blue veil of energy to coat his body, standing out against the paleness of his skin.  Whenever he charged his chakra or forgot to withhold it, his chakra would flow out forming a film and surrounded him.  It was something that was sometimes annoying in town because it would attract a lot of unwanted attention or if he was traveling and wasn't known very well.  Because he had a large amount of chakra people often wanted to fight him to test their own prowess.  He did enjoy it though and when he could he would let it flow and admire the wisps of his own energy that he had worked hard to master. Jiyu grinned and looked at Akashi and spoke;
 

"Shall we get started?"

Kneeling down to the ground Akashi took one last draw from his cigarette, smushing the butt into the ground to extinguish any remaining embers. Scooping up a little patch of dirt he tossed the finished end of the rolled up piece of paper into the earth, covering it up as it landed. “Yes, we shall indeed start now. Let’s try not to have any serious injuries here but not hold back on each other. This is meant to be a training session after all. Let’s do this!”

With the speed only obtainable through focusing chakra into one's feet for advanced movements the red haired Jounin flew forward towards the other shinobi. Utilizing his harshly trained Taijutsu skills he went for a forward assault that came in the form of a simple punch with his right arm. This punch was no more than a distraction, as he moved into this linear motion his left hand reach around to his lower back, where a seal was placed under his cloak that held a custom kunai blade of Akashi’s. Brushing his hand against the seal he leaked just enough chakra to activate it and retrieve the weapon that was concealed inside. Immediately jumping back after properly gripping his bladed tool he readied himself in a defensive position. As versatile a fighter as he was he knew to never underestimate his opponent, especially one who he had fought with on even grounds many times before. While he knew Jiyu was incredibly proficient with Ninjutsu he also had skill in close combat and sensory. Being unaware of his current archive of jutsu’s a cautious approach was needed to properly analyze his fighting style. The straightforward tactic that the crimson headed shinobi had taken was to see how his opponent would react in close combat. Backing off and giving him time to properly recollect his bearing and retaliate would give Akashi a glimpse at Jiyu’s prefered fighting style.

Making sure to pay attention to Jiyu’s chakra levels incase he thought of using any sort of elemental jutsu as a counter attack, Akashi prepared himself for whatever Jiyu might pull out of his sleeve.

Akashi took on last smoke from his cigarette and crushed it into pieces with his foot.  He acknowledged the beginning of their upcoming spar and dashed towards Jiyu at full speed.  He positioned himself in a way that was to throw a punch at Jiyu and began to throw a right straight.  In reaction Jiyu moved his left arm up to deflect the blow but found out the attack was really a fake.  Jiyu jumped backwards just as Akashi jumped back however Akashi took out a hidden blade of some sort at the same time.  Akashi was now prepared to strike at him and Jiyu had no blades of any kind on him.  He began to charge his chakra and performed the required signs while concentrating his fire chakra.  Putting his hands up to his mouth and blowing the chakra out, a stream of fire appeared and began to take shape as it formed in midair.  A dragon head formed from the licking flames and rushed forwards towards Akashi at full speed.  The distance between the two was probably around 10 feet and the speed at which Akashi formed his hand seals was incredibly fast due to his mastery of ninjutsu.  It would be interesting to see how Akashi would block or evade the attack at such a short distance.
 

In case Akashi managed to dodge the attack, Jiyu jumped back and got his arms and legs in a battle ready position.  Even though he was very confident in his skills he hadn’t fought with Akashi in quite a while and wasn’t sure how strong he had gotten since last time.  He had to make sure he didn't underestimate his opponent and so he got ready to deflect or counter and potential taijutsu assaults that may come as a result of his actions.

The two shinobi clashed for a fleeting moment, backing up from each other almost instantly. Sensing a fluctuation in Jiyu’s chakra Akashi deduced he was preparing for some form of elemental chakra jutsu. The speed of his hand seals and obvious expertise in molding chakra for use of Ninjutsu rendered it nearly impossible for Akashi to determine what nature he was planning on using, but it was obviously to be some sort of powerful long range attack. Throwing his hands together into the clone seal just at about chest level he created a shadow clone to help evade the soon to be incoming attack.

Making full use of his enormous chakra Jiyu spewed out a great dragon head writhed in flame. The impressive display shot out at a terrifying speed towards the two Akashi’s, who had leaped into the air in preparation of an acrobatic maneuver in order to ensure their safety. Pressing their feet against each other, the two jumped away from one another, diving into a somersault in opposite directions. The two narrowly avoided the closing in attack, which blew past them and connected with several trees at the edge of the clearing, bursting in a crackling explosion.

Quickly recovering from the dodge, the clone drew his sword from within a seal located on his left forearm. The now armed clone advanced on his target along with the original, a combo attack that Akashi had been working on lately. While the move wasn’t complete facing against two opponents with different weapons and styles of fighting was a difficult feat, something he knew Jiyu was up to. While his sparring partner had seen his sword in past sparring sessions, this rather unique, longer bladed kunai was a new addition to his arsenal, one that Akashi was working to ever increase. The original Akashi came in from the right side with his kunai while the clone came in from the left with his sword, the sword coming in at a horizontal angle and the kunai aiming for a higher vertical reach.

As the roaring flames of Jiyu's attack were sent flying towards Akashi a clone suddenly appeared and jumped up along with him.  It had seemed that Akashi read what he was about to do and acted accordingly in order to avoid the attack.  Both clones had pushed off each other and harmlessly fell to the ground and began to run at Jiyu as his fireball hit a few trees behind them.  Akashi was coming from the left with a kunai and his clone was coming from the right with a long sword, Jiyu had to think of what to do next quickly or risk being injured by one of them.  Jiyu instantly formed the snake hand sign and as Akashi's kunai came down from above Jiyu thrust out his left arm to block it.  He then used his right arm to block the horizontal blow coming from the right.
 
Doton: Earth Spear
 
His skin had turned into the dark brown that the jutsu initiated and turned his skin into incredibly hard earth.  With this jutsu active swords couldn't cut him and taijutsu was very ineffective.  On impact with the blades they would most likely shatter but if they were resilient enough they might just rebound off of him.  After blocking the two attacks Jiyu thrust his arms outwards to knock both of the Akashi's off balance and quickly performed the required hand seals.  He shot out his hands towards the original and exerted wind chakra.
 
"Fuuton: Godly Wind from the Mountains!"
 

With his hands extended and palms facing outwards his jutsu would shoot a concentrated stream of air out of his hands and into his opponent.  The strength of the technique was B rank and would probably knock him back a ways if it was not dodged correctly.  The clone was still off balance and shouldn't be a problem especially since it wouldn't be able to cut him anymore.

As the two bladed weapons made their way towards their target, Jiyu simply stood there and formed the Snake seal, that much was obvious to Akashi. Accessing his Doton chakra nature he spread the molded chakra throughout his body, leaving no point untouched.

Hmm, didn’t even attempt to dodge it. Must be some defense jutsu you’ve got here to risk being sliced by two incoming blades. I’ll have to lessen the power of my blows so not to damage them too much.

As the chakra spread throughout his body the visible skin seemed to turn a dark brown color, even around his face. The two blades made contact with the hardened skin, glancing off the now protected surface. Having plenty of time to prepare Jiyu quickly switched to his Fuuton chakra, the perfect element for such a close range encounter. Waving his arm in front of the real Akashi he let loose a strong concentrated wind blast that hit the original straight on. Flailing through the air away from the armored shinobi, Akashi struggled to drag his long kunai into the earth to ground himself, roughly seven meters away.

Slightly off balance from the defended blow of his sword, the clone jumped back as his opponent blasted the original off in the other direction. Putting his sword back into the seal on his left forearm he quickly flashed his arm in front of him, running Raiton chakra through and out of his hand. Once the swipe was complete the expelled chakra took on the form of a wolf. The wolf pranced towards the Doton covered target, snapping its jaws in an intimidating manner.

Raiton Release: Running Lightning Beast!

Akashi slowly got up from the ground, his ears ringing from the blast of air, casting a dazed glance towards the now formed lightning beast headed on its course. Just regathering his senses, Akashi ran back towards the action.

His blocks succeeded and the two blades were deflected by Jiyu's Earth Spear armor and his fuuton technique made its mark as well.  The original Akashi blew backwards as the clone sealed back away his sword and unleashed a lightning beast.  The roaring manifestation of lightning chakra ran towards Jiyu and simultaneously the real version ran at him as well.  Jiyu quickly performed the required hand signs to shoot another fuuton jutsu.

Fuuton: Godly Wind from the Mountains!

Another jet of air shot out of his palms pointed towards the lightning beast and as the two made an impact the wind torrent continued through the beast and towards the clone.  Due to Jiyu's ninjutsu mastery he was easily able to fire his jutsu before the beast hit him and because the lightning technique is weak to wind it was destroyed easily.  As the wind shot out towards the clone Jiyu also had to deal with the original which was running at him from the other side.  Jiyu turned to face his opponent and removed his earth armor to preserve chakra.  He had hoped that the attack would destroy the clone and he began to charge his chakra again to unleash another jutsu.  Akashi was running at him and Jiyu slammed his hands onto the ground exerting his earth based chakra into it.

Doton: Earth Style Wall

The earth in front of his hands raised from the ground and formed a wall of dirt a couple of meters high.  He then jumped backwards and prepared himself for combat after Akashi broke through the wall.  His wall was made of earth and since Akashi was a user of lightning he wouldn't have trouble breaking through it.  It was good strategy to plan for him breaking through the wall; he couldn't underestimate Akashi.

The rapidly accelerating lightning beast was suddenly repelled by another blast of wind produced by the Ninjutsu expert. The powerful wind blew straight through the suitable Raiton attack. Enough power remained after dispelling the targeted jutsu to reach the weakened clone, pushed to his limit after performing such a technique. As the gale tossed it back a poof of smoke took the clones place, quickly dispersing in the wind.

Akashi’s light skinned brow furrowed in disappointment. Damn, his speed with hand seals has become even faster than I had imagined. Long ranged Raiton jutsu will just be a waste of chakra. I’ve got to close the distance with him and land something that can get past his defenses. Turning around as soon as the clone threat was eliminated, Jiyu threw up a Doton wall to block the incoming attacker, probably to through some other long ranged jutsu at him.

Huh, interesting tactic Jiyu, you tricky bastard. You always had a wide array of jutsu, but this is the first time I've seen your Doton. Trying to prepare for something are ya? Well I'll tell ya, I won't be letting that happen!

Continuing towards the wall Akashi thought up a new strategy to engage his incredibly versatile opponent, one that discounted his array of Raiton techniques. Right before coming into contact with the raised wall the confident Jounin created a duplicate of himself to the right of him, splitting off from the clone heading down the left side of the wall. His clone heading down the right end the two grabbed five shuriken each, readying them to be launched as soon as his enemy was in sight.

The two copies ran past the wall, getting a glimpse of Jiyu and losing the ten shuriken at him with impeccable speed. The shuriken covered a span of ten feet wide and five feet high. Once the shuriken were almost upon their target the two Uzumaki shot out their secret clan Chakra Chain jutsu. Chains glowing with a golden aura blasted out from their stomachs, the clones going where along with the shuriken incase he was able to deflect them or blast them with some jutsu while the originals went above in anticipation of him leaping into the air. The chains would stag harmlessly through their target’s body and wrap around them, instantly pulling them in towards the caster. The original began spiraling chakra in his hand in preparation for its target, which would be zooming towards him after the chains ran there course, if all went as planned.

Jiyu's fuuton jutsu hit its targets and canceled the technique simultaneously.  The lightning and clone were gone from the battlefield and Jiyu could focus solely on the original who had created two more clones who were appearing around either side of the earth wall Jiyu had constructed.  The two clones began throwing shuriken towards him and then both initiated the chakra chain technique towards Jiyu.  Approximately 10 shuriken were flying at him and the two chakra chains quickly followed and Jiyu began to think he was in trouble; they had completely ignored his wall.  He figured as much but it was still annoying.
 
He began to charge his chakra in order to prepare his comeback jutsu and to defend against this assault Akashi had prepared for him.  He put his hands up to perform the hand seal and unleashed his jutsu.
 
Multi Shadow Clone Jutsu!
 
Concentrating his chakra into his clones in order to make several strong ones as opposed to hundreds of weak ones, 20 explosions of smoke appeared next to him as clones of himself popped out and blocked the shuriken with the two kunai each clone held.  Two clones jumped in the way of the chains and acted as sacrifices for the attack.  Both of Akashi's clones were preoccupied now and would be vulnerable to attack since they're jutsu was being countered.  4 more of the 18 remaining clones began to perform their hand signs and unleashed 4 giant fire dragon heads towards Akashi's clones. 
 
With the clones taken care of Jiyu prepared to deal with Akashi himself who he could sense was gathering a dense amount of chakra in his hand.  From his own constant use of the technique and particular fondness of it, he could easily identify it as a rasengan.  Jiyu looked at his clones and the 14 that weren't busy ran with him towards Akashi.  5 ran to one side of the earth wall and 5 to the other while the original and the remaining 4 went right over it.
 

You can rasengan us all you like but now there's 15 of me so how will you react Akashi?

A cloud of smoke exploded into existence, revealing a total of twenty-one copies of Jiyu that now spread out in a line across the opening in the forest. The smoke and disintegrating golden chains of chakra washed away with the swift and sudden movement of Jiyu and his clones. Quite the formidable force there man, this is sure gonna be a freakin pain to deal with. Gonna need some extra manpower to deal with this offensive move. Immediately throwing up his hands to create a shadow clone next to him, Akashi grabbed both his large kunai and sword from the seals they were contained in. The clone followed the originals actions exactly, drawing his weapons and preparing for combat. Throwing his sword in the air right above the clones coming in on his right, his clone did the same action towards the clones to the right.


Akashi and his clone molded his Raiton element into his chakra, preparing to use the his fastest Raiton technique. As the clones coming around the left and right sides came into sight the two fired off ten lightning bolts, each aiming for the clones chest. The bolts darted towards their targets at incredible speed, leaving very little room to merely evade the attack. The lightning stemmed from two black rips in the air by the two Akashi’s palms’. The stream of energy continued out of the black tear in space, a superheated space that generated the controlled Raiton jutsu.

As soon as the lightning blasts were all complete and on their path, the two jumped up to the still spiraling sword in the air to engage those coming over the top. Brandishing his sword and kunai he went after the remaining five enemies, hoping that his Raiton jutsu’s hit true and he had the endurance left to keep up in the fight. With his chakra levels diminishing, he quickly checked the status of the clones behind the Doton wall to see if the Katon jutsus fully exhausted those clones. Akashi sensed no remaining clones in the area except for the incoming four and the original.

Jutsu's Used:

Spoiler:

The fire dragon techniques hit their target and the chains and clones were destroyed as well as the clones who used the jutsu in question.  As Jiyu and his clones surpassed the earth wall and ran towards Akashi, Akashi had summoned a clone and both shot out lightning bolts using some kind of raiton technique.  The 10 clones coming from each side of the wall tried to jump out of the way of the bolts but were all hit and exploded into poofs of smoke.  Akashi and his clone took out weapons and ran towards the five that were coming over the wall ready to fight in close combat.  The 4 clones ran around interchanging and weaving with the original while running towards the opponents in order to confuse them on which was the original.
 
The four clones of Jiyu and the original all ran towards the Akashis with right arm extended and palm open.  Chakra began to spin around in each person's palm, their chakra became visible and span in multiple directions at once creating spiraling spheres of chakra in each of their hands.  They had all manifested a perfect rasengan and were trying to barrage Akashi and his clone with their superior numbers and high rank jutsu.  The clones used most of their chakra to use the rasengans and were very brittle because of it; they wouldn’t be able to create any more jutsu.  The original had plenty of chakra to spare but he could feel the end of this sparring session reach closer. 
 

Akashi is very skilled with lightning chakra but my wind chakra gives me a great advantage over him.  If he discovers he can utilize more elemental chakra types he will become a great threat very quickly.  I'm glad to call you my friend Akashi…

The lightning bolts hit their marks destroying the ten shadow clones, allowing the real Akashi to place his full attention of the remaining five opponents. As he turned to face Riyu he could see five forming Rasengans incoming, leaving very little time to accurately respond. The original and clone immediately dropped their weapons, the clone went grabbing for as many shuriken as he could. Grabbing four in each hand and a kunai in his mouth he threw them all at the now fully formed Rasengans. The small bladed metal object zoomed towards their targets, aimed with the precision only obtained by someone trained in using weapons under such intense situations. His plan was to have the the weapons blow outwards to Jiyu and all his clones, including Akashi’s. The red haired clone took the full force of the Rasengans, his weapons already on course to their separate locations.

The original Akashi flashed his hands into the Boar hand seal, which was quickly followed by the Ram, Snake, Horse and finally Dragon seals. Electricity erupted out from his outstretched hands traveling towards the group of clones and Jiyu’s real body. Akashi couldn’t tell which copie was his true target, so he just aimed for everyone with the sacrifice of his clone. A wide span of bolts reached out going into the crowd, electrifying everyone encompassed in the bolts many branches. Assuming that the electrical flash took care of the remaining clones, leaving only the real Jiyu left, Akashi created a swirl of chakra in his hand, taking the shape of a perfect orb. Jumping up, leaving his weapons on the ground, he thrust his Rasengan towards whatever targets may be left. Three sets of two shuriken when towards three of the orbs while a single shuriken was sent to the last two. Positioning his body in such a way to cover all of the orbs of chakra, he took entirety of the jutsus, poofing out of existence meer moments after contact.

Jutsus Used:

As the five Jiyus ran towards the Akashis, the two Akashis dropped their weapons and begun entirely different actions.  The one on the right ran towards the Jiyu's and began to throw shuriken and kunai around towards their rasengans.  It appeared that they were aiming to cause the aerial weapons to fly everywhere as a result of the spinning chakra.  Akashi then began running right for them.
 
This one seems to be sacrificing itself to my jutsu so it must be the clone!
 
Two of Jiyu's clones jumped horizontally across the path of shuriken and blocked all of them with their bodies making them disappear in poofs of smoke.  One of his clones made impact with his rasengan and hit the Akashi clone.  The clone spun around and was hurled off in the distance being destroyed in a poof of smoke.  The original and last clone of Jiyu were running towards the original Akashi when he unleashed a wave of lightning towards them.  Seeing that this attack would definitely deter him Jiyu jumped upwards and stepped on his opponent's back launching himself upwards.  The lightning wave hit all of Jiyu's clones; turning them back into their original state of smoke and only missed Jiyu because he had launched himself into the air.  Akashi had also launched himself into the air with his own rasengan and thrust at each other with their own respective jutsus.  If their jutsus hit the result could end up sending them both back and possibly injuring them both.  Jiyu smiled as the two ninja flew towards each other with their own leaf specific jutsus.
 

It makes me happy that two leaf jounin are able to train like this and still have a good time.  The leaf village will thrive if all of their ninja were as tough and dedicated as us two.

The sacrificial clone was taken out with the Rasengan held by one of Jiyu’s clone. Two other ones launched themselves forward to take threat of the flying weapons out of the picture, poofing away along with the shurikens thrown by Akashi’s clone. The two remaining clones went to connect with the original Akashi, who was just finished his seals for his Raiton jutsu. Blue sparks covered the two clones in a strong shock that destroyed them immediately, the original making it out of the jutsu’s range by jumping off of Akashi’s own shoulders. With the nimble grace granted only by hours of difficult training, Jiyu evaded the electric current circulating the air. Forming his own Rasengan in his palm, Jiyu went to meet Akashi with the Konoha famous swirling chakra in his palm. Time seemed to slow as the two Jounin came closer to another, just moments away from connecting the two highly concentrated orb shaped chakra spheres.

Flashback wrote:

Two shinobi faced each other in a field not unlike the one their older selves were fighting in presently. Standing in front of each other the two appeared ready for combat, glaring at each other with pure determination, one that revealed a deep level of friendship but more importantly respect.

Well Akashi, did you manage to finish the jutsu? It’s been three months, the end of our agreed time for completion. I have to say it wasn’t too difficult, mastered it myself in just one month.

No, I didn’t finish it with quite the proficiency as one skilled in the ways of Ninjutsu as yourself, only finishing about a few days ago. The jutsu’s mastered now and now there’s only one thing to do, one that requires no words.

They both jumped into a stance with their dominant arm outstretched and hand open, jabbing their other hand at the palm with great intensity and power. A swirl of pure chakra appeared, displaying the two shinobi’s obvious master over pure chakra manipulation. Dashing towards one another they embraced their jutsus, creating a growing ball of released energy around them.

The two Jounin blasted to opposite ends of the clearing, crashing to the ground just shy of the trees surrounding their sparring area. Wobbling as he got up Akashi felt true exhaustion, having used up a good amount of his chakra. Well Jiyu that was a thrilling bout there, I’m afraid I’m just about tired out now, don’t want to push myself to the point of passing out. I’m sure you’re still full of energy, with your huge chakra levels. Haven’t quite masters those Uzumaki chakra reserves just yet, your leagues farther than me in terms of endurance. That just means we need to train all the more though! I think we can safely say we’re not getting rusty here.

The two rasengans collided and for an instant, time seemed to stop around the two konoha ninja.  The sheer force of the two condensed chakra spheres began to build up between them and they finally broke down. The gathered chakra from the two jutsus unleashed and sent both ninja flying backwards.  They both flew in different directions and skipped along the ground until they finally ended with a thud.  Jiyu hit the ground rather hard and realized his body was in danger of getting seriously injured if he continued.  Jiyu was great at ninjutsu but his physical body wasn’t too outstanding.  Akashi slowly rose to his feet; his feet shaking and body obviously injured as well.  He told Jiyu that he couldn’t continue and that he was done.  Jiyu smiled and shakily stood up as well to match his friend.
 
"Great spar Akashi!  That was an awesome fight.  The village of Konoha should feel  lucky to have us as their jounin."
 

Jiyu walked over to Akashi and put out his hand to give him a fist bump.  Although Jiyu still had some reserves of chakra left over, his body was exhausted and would surely benefit from this grueling training.  After they exchanged the greeting of the fist bump Jiyu began to walk out of the forest to return home to rest.  Akashi would most likely do the same since he seemed pretty tired as well.  With the battle over and the violence in the forest halted; the animals in the surrounding area began to make noise again and play their own orchestra of nature.  The birds began to chirp and the bugs clicked with the flow of the wind against the leaves of the trees.  All was peaceful in the land of fire and Jiyu could only hope this peace lasted.

[exits]

The two Jounin walked over to each other, both obviously extremely tired from the long fight. The village is lucky indeed for having such talented shinobi amongst their ranks, we have much potential to do good for the village and our personal motives. We’ll have to have another training session sometime soon, after we’ve been gained a few more tricks up our sleeves. We can see how long we can go then! Perhaps incorporate some of the upcoming Jounin, they seem to be an impressive crop this year. Well I’ll catch you later man, peace out.

The two shinobi exited the forest, ready for some nice relaxation. Ready to relax a bit before getting back to his Clan Leader duties, Akashi pondered how he might better his clans standing. I should really work on master my clan's kekkei genkai jutsu’s, I have all the documentation necessary to start training with it. If I am to properly train any upcoming shinobi members in the clan I should at least be ready to teach them the basics, which is a good place as ever to start. But my top priority should be to completely master them so I can be the most effective teacher possible to help not just his clan but the village as a whole. Along with his clan's kekkei genkai, he needed to master the clans specific jutsu, most of which revolved around taming the powerful monsters known as the bijuu. The Uzumaki clan has a history of incredibly powerful jinchuuriki, all of which revolving around the Kyuubi. This legendary fox was a being of great interest to the Clan Leader, one he had nearly obsessed over. While the disappearance of the bijuu Akashi had been given time to research them and try to learn what limited knowledge there was of them. Awaiting the inevitable reappearance, Akashi needed to learn the Uzumaki clan jutsu’s designed around the bijuus to be fully prepared for them.

[Exit]