A friendly Spar

[Hmph]

After a visit from her team mate and a short conversation Natsumi was challenged to a spar and she agreed honorably, since this was her home Natsumi knew just where she wanted the battle to take place. Natsumi led the way to the back of the house and opened the sliding doors that led to the backyard. She stood there for a moment, leaning on the wall and she looked back before making her way completely out of the house and into the open space.

The area was a field that was on a clear leveled ground of green grass with a couple of weeds that peeked out from the ground here and there (definitely a result of them neglecting to keeping up with it) Never the less it would be a good place for the battle to begin.

Natsumi walked out in the open, making sure to give enough room for her opponent to come out, her opponent and team mate Hotoka.
She walked a little further and turned around waiting. She didn't get into position yet, she didn't want to until she was sure Hotoka was ready.

[hotoka]

Hotoka who challenged her for a spar, followed her into her backyard. He was pretty curious and wanted to see how she fought. He stood in front of her and made a small bow. Too bad that this field is as good as empty.. I could've used a couple of trees.. "Hm.. Lets try to do this without any iron kay? We wouldn't want anyone to become injured now would we?" Hotoka said as he started throwing some things to the side. First two big claws, after that a dagger, some kunai, shuriken and exploding tags. "Then lets begin shall we?"

[Hmph]

Natsumi nodded and followed suit throwing her secondary weapons to the side. She smirked and with a hand seal she activated her byakugan, she got into her basic juken battle stance. She didn't move for a second while she tried to of any of his jutsu's but she couldn't think of any from the top of her head.
She figured that he had an advantage, even with her byakugan he still knew all of her jutsu while she wasn't very sure about him.

Her breathing was deep and regular and after a few seconds of standing there getting her self physically and mentally prepared she nodded charged and giving the first blow. With the palm of her right hand she aimed for the center of his chest, she was ready to make another offensive attack, or to defend herself depending on what Hotoka did.

[hotoka]

Something changed to her but Hotoka wasnt sure what exactly it was.. Must be the Byakuugan.. Good thing that I read about her jutsu this evening. I wonder if she read mine. Nevermind that. I better be carefull and keep my distance. "Sa.." Before he could even say anything Natsumi ran towards him and tried to strike at his chest. He was just able to dodge the attack by letting the upper half of his body fall back, landing on his hands. The moment his hands touched the ground he kicked his left leg to the right, trying to hit her legs and even if he missed her he used the force that came from his leg to balance himself on his feet again, but a bit from the side. Within a second he already took a great leap back, performed some handseals and shot a large ball of water at Natsumi. Whatever I do, I need to stay out of close-range to her..

[Hmph]

Natsumi squinted as Hotoka leaned back and made her miss her attack, her palm cut through nothing but air as he leaned far back and touched the ground, she expected another attack and she jumped up to avoid getting hit by his low kick. She didn't want to stray too far from him, since long range combat was one of her weaknesses but she ended up backing off anyway when she saw do a range of hand seals and sent water flying at her. She maneuvered her self a bit to the right to barely avoid getting hit by the water and then she advanced on him again.
The veins around her eyes budged as it always did went her byakugan was active, and she saw through into his inner coil system, and she aimed once again to hit him with an open palm after that she sent her other hand to hit as well. She continued to step forward, trying not to let him get away she planned on trying to close up some of his chakra holes, she didn't know many, only about fifty but it was enough to disable him and give her an upper hand in the battle

[hotoka]

As Hotoka saw Natsumi coming closer he knew he had to do one thing, stay away from her. He had a quick look back and noticed that they already were on the end of the garden. Not being able to walk further he could do nothing else than attack. After a small string of handseals he shot of 15 balls of fire. every ball was aimed at a specific place; two at the upper legs, three at her chest, one at her head, and three lined up, almost creating a square around her, making it hard to escape. As the flames flew towards Natsumi Hotoka began to regret that he had thrown his weapons away a little. They would've come of good use at times like this. He ran in an arch around Natsumi, giving him a bit more space between them and also a bit more space for Hotoka to move around.

[adasuke]

Swearing lightly, Adasuke leaped from roof to roof, chasing after his Giant kunai. He overdid it in practice earlier, launching it off into the sky and possibly endangering several birds. He landed on a particularly bare flat rooftop, relevied to find his weapon lying there without having caused any major damage. he already had enough trouble fixing his own roof every other day.
He picked up the kunai and strapped it to his back again, turning to return home. He stopped in mid step, something catching his eye. Adasuke ducked low on the roof and peeked over the edge, spotting Natsumi and Hotoka in the middle of what looked like a sparring match. He smiled in interest and made himself comfortable. Adasuke had never seen a Hyuuga fight before, let alone a female one. He also wanted to see how Hotoka fought.
"This should be fun to watch." he whispered, grinning.

((OOC: Heehee *popcorn*))

[Hmph]

Natsumi grunted and stepped back in her half squatting fighting stance, she saw Hotoka do a series of hand seals but she didn't recognize what it was, still she knew that complicated handseals such as that meant that a good jutsu was coming up so she stepped back again, just in time to see several fire balls fly at her.
Without hesitation she made her body start a rotation and began to spin, doing her Hakkeshou Kaiten technique, the Divination Whirl, which would reflect all of the fire balls and send them back, protecting her. The sphere of chakra encircled her and protected her and upon her completing the technique she got back into her fighting position and regained her composure.
With another grunt she searched for Hotoka and thought of a way to get close without him making her back off

[hotoka]

Upon seeing the small tornado in a sphere Hotoka got a little twitch on the side of his head. Y.. you GOT to be kidding meh.. superspinny firedissolver? (.___.') Maybe I need to get my claws back after all.. He kept walking around her in a big circle, making sure he didnt came close to her. Thinking of it, if she keeps fending of technqiues like that I might as well or even be required to come close to hurt her. But without claws.. This could take a while.. There wasn't much he could do against her now and he kept circling around her untill he reached his weapons. He placed his foot on his dagger, which pointed towards the place where Natsumi stood and simply waited.

[Hmph]

Natsumi frown as she saw Hotoka heading towards his weapons, Instead of going at him again she stood at her place and began to use her Raikyuu technique, creating a ball of electricity in the palm of her hand. She concentrated the lightening ball there making it bigger and when it was powerful enough she hurled it at him, she aim to hit him but since he was fast she knew there was a possibility that it could miss, so she took the chance to run at him now, before he picked up a weapon.
She was behind the lightning bolt, and if it missed she would hit him directly after he moved out the way of the bolt.

[hotoka]

Hotoka stood there with one foot on his weapon, trying to give the impression he was about to use it. There he waited for Natsumi to charge him, so that he could activate some of his close-range combat jutsu. But this time instead of attacking Natsumi shot a ball of electricity at him. Hotoka just dodged the ball by shunshining away, ending up just behind her while she was still running forewards. In a quick moment he decided if he should use the "Jolt clamp" or the "Chakura Kyuin" ad the moment after he shunshined he activated his Chakura Kyuin Jutsu and in a quick dash at Natsumi he tried to place his palm on her back. Coming close to a Hyuuga.. This might be the biggest mistake I've ever made in my entire life.. But on the other hand, I do have the element of suprise..

Rakurai Shunshin no Jutsu (Bolt Instantaneous Body Skill) - Hidden Cloud Village
A technique which allows the user to transport through bolts of lightning, or really in a flash.

Chakura Kyuin Jutsu (Chakra Absorption Technique)
Type: C-Rank, probably: Supplementary, Short range (0-5m)
Users: Akado Yoroi
The user is able to drain chakra not only from touch from the palm, but also the palm being within close vicinity with the opponent. Mainly used in close combat and hand to hand fighting.
Level: 30

[Hmph]

Natsumi was surprised when she saw that Hotoka had evaded her attack, not only had she missed him, now she had lost sight of him. With her byakugan she saw that he was somehow now directly behind her, and she spun around quickly and tried to catch his hand, she didn't want him to touch her but since her reaction time was longer then it should've been she wasn't quick enough to move back and avoid his hand touching her, so doing the only thing she thought she could do, she reached his forearm with both hands to use the Jolt clamp technique

Lightning Release · Jolt Clamp [Raiton · Yusuburu Kasugai No Jutsu]
Rank: C
Effect: The user turns their chakra into electrical current and grab the opponent, sending a jolt of electricity into the opponent, temporarily paralyze an area of muscle.

[hotoka]

Hotoka came closer to Natsumi, almost leaning on her with that arm when she suddenly turned around. The sudden turn already brought Hotoka out of balance and after that Natsumi activated a jutsu on his arm. As far as Hotoka could feel he couldn't move his arm. His chakra-absorbing was still active tough but before he could do anything with that he already lost balance. He failed into using one of his hands as to break the fall and landed on his head. So I'm now lying on the ground, with a paralyzed arm, in front of a Hyuuga.. Damn this is gunna hurt o.o' He now lied on his back, with his feet away from Natsumi. In a quick movement he swung his legs over his head, towards Natsumi's stumach and after his legs passed his head he put them on the ground and stood up in a swirling movement, making him face Natsumi again. Even though it now looked like he was perfectly able to fight, that fall on his head as well as the couple of spins he made while lying on the ground made him a bit dizzy. He ran back again, waiting for a feeling in his arm so he could use jutsu again.

[Hmph]

After Natsumi used the Jolt Clamp technique she saw that he had lost his balance and was now heading towards the ground, head first. He fell and landed on his head and for a second Natsumi didn't react she just watched feeling almost sorry, then he began to move again and she did too. He did some swift motions and it seemed like he was trying to kick her in the stomach. His foot came close but she slapped it away and stood ready to continue attacking as he stood up dizzily, she took advantage of those couple of seconds and got into the advanced version of her Juken stance. In this stance, she would be able to move a lot faster, and it would allow for more offense. Now that she had one of his arms paralyzed she thought it would be easier to get close to him, so she charged towards him again, attacking with the tips of her pointer and middle fingers she aimed to turn off some of his chakra points.

[hotoka]

He stepped back, still a bit dizzy and now the Hyuuga attacked him with her fingers. In a weak attempt to dodge he tried the same thing as he did first and dropped himself backwards. However, he got hit by one strike of Natsumi's fingers on the right of his chest. This time, however, he let himself fall on the ground while using his arm to break the fall and after that he simply rolled away. It might not have been the best move to do but with his left arm still paralyzed, his right arm having an annoying or even painfull feeling and his head still spinning this looked like the easiest thing to do. He kept rolling untill the feeling in his arm became to come back a little.

[Hmph]

Natsumi smiled as she caught him with one of her finger strikes, although it was only one point she still succeeded in turning it off. Hotoka then began to...roll away? "What kind of NinJutsu is this?" She said laughing, which she regretted as soon as she said it. It was never wise to underestimate an enemy.
She started to wonder what he was plan of action, she clearly had the upper hand in this battle, but still he continued. She wondered if there was a jutsu that he was saving to use on her when the feeling returned to his arm. If that was so then she wasn't going to let that happen, she caught up with him and got into position with her palm facing outward ready to strike, when she saw something from the corner of her eye. She turned to look at it thinking that it was some sort of surprise technique but it was just someone peeking at them from her roof top, she recognized him. Adasuke, from the meeting. She glared at him for a second confused, almost forgetting that she was in the middle of a battle, then she turned back to Hotoka

[hotoka]

Hotoka kept rolling and finaly he noticed the feeling fully returning to his arm. He now went lying still, performed some handseals to perform the Chakura Kyuin. Both of his hands were capible of draining chakra again and he waited untill Natsumi came a little closer. Natsumi eventually catched up with him and the moment she was about to attack she looked away. In this small moment of lacking concentration Hotoka lifted himself up with both of his hands placed on the ground, giving a strong kick in her side with both of his legs the moment he turned 90° with his hands. After the kick hit or passed her side he immediatly put them on the ground, only to continue his spinning with his hands, now held like claws. If they hit something he would hold on to them while continuing to drain chakra. If they didnt he would quickly use his arms to protect his chest and stumach.

[Hmph]

Natsumi felt a strong kick that hit her on her side as soon as she turned back to Hotoka. The kick sent her back and made her fall as she slide a few feet on the grass. She uttered a grunt as she pulled her self up and jumped back, Hotoka seemed ready to do something so she had to be too. Hotoka was ready to use his hands again, which meant that he regained feeling in his arm. Still Natsumi came close to him, she was great at hand to hand combat, she could avoid getting his by his hands as long as she concentrated her full attention on him
The pain in her side was an annoyance to her but she ignored it and attacked again with the palms of her hands, strong heavy blows from her hands that were filled with small bursts of chakra

[hotoka]

Hotoka's legs hit Natsumi in the side, making her slide away a couple of feet. This moment was used by directly standing back in a stance, defending his chest again. Hotoka was about to attack again when Natsumi began attacking herself. A couple of hits with those palms and I'll be done for.. I need to get away from here. But then what? That spin blocks everything I shoot at it.. Hotoka started thinking of techniques while still trying to avoid the incomming attacks from Natsumi. After he was done thinking he had an idea, but at exact that moment he got hit by two blows, both on his collarbones. Hotoka fell back a couple of steps and immideatly got trouble breathing. He bend his head down with his hands in front of his stomach while making chouching noises. The couching noises, howeverm were just a diversion so that he could make some handseals. After he was done with the handseals he lifted up his head and shot a giant ball of water at Natsumi. Seeing that he was really close the chance to dodge would be small and seeing it also coming as a suprise-atack.. Even tough the attack went well, Hotoka himself was blown back to and was now sitting on his knee's, try to catch up with his need for air.

Suiton: Teppodama
Type: C-rank, Offensive, All ranges:
A large ball of water shot from Hotoka's mouth

[Hmph]

Natsumi was so close to Hotoka that she couldn't avoid getting hit by the ball of water, so she reluctantly took the hit as it sent her back and made her wet. She cursed silently at herself as she sat on the ground in a puddle of water, but this gave her an idea.
She focused her chakra into the water and a shape began to take form. She used her water replication technique and sent the water clone to attack Hotoka while she got up and got ready to attack herself. If the clone wasn't destroyed by the time she got up she planned to attack him along with the water clone.

Mizu Bunshin no Jutsu (Water Clone)
Skill: Ninjutsu
Rank: C Rank
Description: Mizu Bunshin no Jutsu is a Ninjutsu technique that utilizes water to create a Bunshin clone. Unlike a normal Bunshin, the Mizu Bunshin has the ability to interact more with the environment due to it having physical substance. This allows the clone to carry out limited attacks on its target. The range of the clone is limited; however, it can not travel very far from the original body. If the Mizu Bunshin is injured, the clone will usually revert back into its natural water state.