Training here Training there [IO,NK]

After leaving his brother, Taiga's office and getting something to eat Lieko would walk through the village fully energized and refresh. Walking through the village still he would try to memorize his surroundings and the remaining people in the village. He had hope to meet everyone but of course he couldn't do that in one day. Stopping near an open field with a medium size pond that was probably seven meters wide. There was few trees surrounding the area and a few animals was there, mostly squirrels and birds.

Standing in the nicely fresh cut green grass. Spreading his feet apart he would take in a deep breath and exhale. Closing his eyes he would then inhale and exhale again. Getting in a stance as if he was holding a sword with both hands on the handle he would swing his arms air slashing horizontally. He would continue to air slash in different angels with his imaginary sword, slashing in all kind of different angles and ways. After doing that a few more times he would then think of other things to do other than air slashing which for him was getting kinda of lame and boring without a real sword. Stretching his arms out and legs he would then hop up and down and get in a boxing stance. Bringing his arms up and then his hands balled up to a fist close to his face he would jab with his left hand. Bringing his fist back to his face he would then jab with his right. Not a single drop of sweat yet as he was training and so he stepped it up a notch. While still lightly hoping he would throw a quick jab and would duck to the left while then coming back up with an uppercut. Then throwing a left hook aiming at the invisible imaginary opponent he would sway back and duck left right down and up dodging the invisible attacks. Still he would continue to lightly hop as he would sway and throw his last final three quick jabs.

Taking a break he would remove his blue coat and black sweater as he was now shirtless. He would then proceed to take of his boots and untie his headband and place it with his other stuff. Approaching the water he would then feel the warmth of it as it touches his skin. It wasn't as warm as he thought it is as it was a little cold. He would sit in the water until he got used to it which was quickly done. Slowly swimming around in the water he would take deep breaths as he would then plunge himself under water diving deep. Coming back up for air he would float on his back for a few more minutes. Taking another deep breath of the fresh air he would dive backwards and swim under water again. This time he would swim a few laps around the pond until he was running out of air. Coming back up he would swim to the land and get out of the water.

Well he wasn't prepares for a swim so he had no towels or anything to dry himself off with a towel. After a few minutes of laying in the warm green grass and the sun Lieko would stand up and go to put on his boots and tie his headband around his neck. Leaving his blua coat and black sweater on the ground so he was still shirtless. Looking around he would see few people walk by and wave at him friendly as he would sit in the grass relaxing for a bit, as so he would return the waves.

Taiga had been sitting in a tree nearby simply watching his brother, he had finished his paperwork and decided now was a good time for a walk when he heard someone say "That new ninja is in town, he is off training by the old pond" and that was all Taiga needed to hear. He jumped down right as Lieko sat down to relax, Taiga was 5 meters from Lieko as he spoke. "Yo, Bro you tired already? I can't have that, get up and lets fight." a smirk arose on Taiga's face as he grasp the large blade named Zanatou from his back and stabbed it into the ground, he slid the trench coat off his back and hung it over the handle. He then proceeded to remove the katana and sheathe from his side tying it around the zanatou handle, he too was now shirtless and unlike his brother he had his headband tied around his waist. He was much taller than his brother, his abs and arms were toned and larger too. This of course was because Taiga was a specialist in the field of taijutsu, he slid into a taijutsu stance that really was more foot work than anything else. "Ready?"

Still stting on the Ground he would look up to the sky and watch the clouds go by. It was until he heard someone say something. Turning around he would see his brother, Standing up he would scratch his head. "A spar huh....Alright then. Let's get this started." He said as he would prep himself ready. first splashing water in his face and then smacking it. To make sure he was awake and ready. He wouldn't take the first hit tho...not yet. He was interested in how his brother fights and his brother was probably interested in how he fights aswell.

Taiga smiled his brother seemed to accept the sparring offer, it was with that he watched him prepare then show he was ready. Obviously after waiting a moment Taiga would be up first, fine. He began running towards Lieko (61 Speed) and then would attempt to land a punch into the left side of Lieko's cheek bone, of course this was done with Taiga's right hand which left his left hand open to defend.

If Taiga made contact the punch would cause severe bruising but that is all, he would also use his quick speed to grab Lieko's shoulder and pull down and into his rising left knee creating a upper cut which would again only use enough strength to cause bruising. Upon contact with his knee Taiga would release Lieko allowing him to fly back 3 meters and land.

If Taiga's original punch were to have missed he would use his superior speed to move and continue running, now in a circular motion around Lieko building up his speed (80 Speed) preparing to attack once more.

The spar had started that much was for sure. As Taiga would run towards Lieko, he would use that at some advantage. Lieko would step to the side and duckas the punch Taiga threw would barely past his face. He would then aim to grab Taiga's body so he couldn't get away. If he was able to grab him he would then Lift Taiga of the ground and slam him back on the ground.

Well if he wasn't able to grab him he had to think of another way. If it didn't go as he wanted he would Run the opposite direction Taiga was running and also in a circular motion. As he would run head on to Taiga who was running head on to him. Lieko would then do a sliding kick to try and trip Taiga and for him to fall on the ground.

Taiga smiled as it appeared his brother had moved, oh well that was fine because the moment he saw Lieko move Taiga was gone. He had been running in the circle but when Lieko had run towards him Taiga jumped high enough to clear him standing, he got lucky and watched Lieko slide right under him. While in the air he signed quickly the ram seal, a mud clone swirled together nearly instantly and charged Lieko. Taiga remained behind signing Tiger → Ox → Dragon → Hare → Dog → Bird → Rat → Clone seal → Dragon → Ram, he then remained steady not releasing the jutsu just yet as he watched how Lieko would deal with the clone.

Taiga's clone was charging Lieko with the massive Zanatou drawn and preparing slam the blade flat side into his brother to slam him to the ground, If failed he would prepare a back up plan.

As Taiga jumped above Lieko would then stand up from the ground. Turning around he would then see the clone charging at him. While the clone was still charging at him he would then do the hand seals for substitution.Tiger → Boar → Ox → Dog → Snake. He would substitute with a bush and appear behind the clone two meters away. "Eat some of this" he said as he would then do the hand signs for Raition:Jibashi Boar → Ram → Snake → Horse → Dragon. Sending directly towards the clone. If it had hit the clone or not didn't matter much he would then jump back three meters from Taiga and the clone if it was still there. He would keep them both in sight.

Taiga smiled the time was right, Lieko had just substitued with a bush and was signing his first seal, Taiga had only signed the seals but never released the jutsu. Now was the time to release the jutsu as Lieko wasn't looking and he was occupied on fighting the clone, Taiga released the Water Release: Water Shark Bullet Technique which moved at a speed just quick enough to strike Lieko's back. It would be nearly impossible to dodge without Lieko pulling a cat out of a hat, as he was currently unable to substitue himself again for the moment and he had mediocre speed. If it succeeded Taiga would be smiling as his brother would suffer from a great bruising on his back, If it failed Taiga would just be standing waiting for the spar to continue. This jutsu being used undoubtably kept his clone from being attacked no matter contact or not as it would have interrupted Lieko's jutsu, this would be a bonus no matter the outcome.

Lieko wasn't paying attention to Taiga which left his back side open, that was a dumb move he just did now because of that dumb mistake he did he was put in a bad situation. There was no way out but he wished there was. As soon as the water shark hit his back all he would say is. "Fuck" or at least try to seeing as it knocked the wind right out of him. "Lesson learned always pay attention to you blind side..." he said as he would lay in the grass and trying to gain his breath back.

Glancing over to the pond a smirk would come across his face. Seeing as he was laying right beside it he would roll over into the water as he held his breath. Probably out of his brother's view he would do the hand seals for the clone jutsu underwater.  Ram → Snake → Tiger he did those as fast as he could. Once the two clones appeared he would then switch places with one of them and emerged out of the water like a boss. Then running towards clone Taiga he would aim a punch directly at his face. Then he would preceded on to punch the real Taiga in the face as well. Of course if he would have missed he would take a evasive action and dashed backwards away from them both.

Taiga watched him disappear into the water with a strange interest, but the emerging act was strange for the damage he took. Then it seemed Lieko would charge blindly which was definitely a no for him, that was simple evidence enough to make the clone quickly slice the clone in half using his full speed reaction time to attack a moment before impact from the punch. The explosion of the puff clouds from a clone being destroyed made Taiga smile as he awaited the next "trick" his brother had.