Training! [Josh/Invite]

Orchid was currently at the clan compound in the middle of training her chakra reserves. Inside the clan compound was the training fields, where she sat next to a pond in deep meditation. It would help for her to increase her chakra reserves, because right now, they sucked. It didn't help that she was a Ninjutsu user, and they obviously needed chakra to perform the jutsus they did.

I've combined two elements and formed a new one...the Scorch Release. But what use is it if I don't have the chakra to use any of them? That's why I'm here...this will all help me to become better then Hana.

It was a bit hard for a pperson like her to become calm, but she managed to do it. For about three hours, she remained in that pose, slowly increasing her chakra reserves.

"God damn...this hurts alot. I heard of people who've stood in meditation for days..how do they manage that?"

Orchid stood up and rubbed her butt, in pain from sitting in the ground for so long.

"Well, I think meditation is sort of ineffective for me, since I lack stellar focus. It's probably better if I train on my Ninjutsu instead.."

Orchid quickly formed some handseals, molding her fiery chakra into an attack.

"Fire Style: Fireball Jutsu!"

A massive fireball was expelled from her mouth, disintegrating a tree and leaving nothing but ashes.

"Aw yeah, I still got it!"

She was planning on staying out all day training, like she usually did. Maybe she'd stop after she got hungry, but for now, Orchid kept at her training. Five fireballs were performed before she felt fatigue creep up on her, making her sluggish. She sat down against a rock, panting.

"This is gonnna be hard...fuck! I need to remember that increasing your chakra reserves isn't an easy task that can be done instantly..but my want to surpass Hana is so high.."

Orchid stared at the ashes, once trees that had been burned by her fireballs.

"As much as I don't like it, I need to train with someone else if I want to surpass my limits. It's like I've hit a plateau training alone.."

Her eyes turned towards the green grass, sporting her signature frown when she was thinking hard about something.

"Well, I guess that's why I have a sensei, but where is he? I don't even want to think about asking Hana..who ever heard of rivals training together? It sounds silly. Plus, she fucking kicked my ass!"

With her chakra reserves at a decent level again, she went back to spewing her flames at trees in the training ground until someone came along.

wc: 460

Choku had awoken late in the morning to the scent of rain, as he did nearly everyday. It was a very relaxing way to start the day, he thought as he rose from his bed and stepped towards the door of his large room. The room he stayed in was that of the clan leader, a large, luxurious room with a big, comfortable bed. Choku would more commonly prefer something a little simpler that didn't have so much damn furniture. But alas, it would have to do, as the clan insisted that he stay in the master bedroom, being as it was he was the clan leader. Being leader of the Shoshinku clan was actually a lot easier than expected. He mostly just lived a day to day life, every once in a while stopping by different homes to see how people were doing and occasionally addressing the minor concerns that the public had. Those were very rare, as being as it were they had lived as a clan of thieves, vagabonds, and rogues for a very long time, they didn't complain about much. They were just glad to even have a stable social environment they could live peacefully in.

Choku wasn't sure that was true of the two Uchiha sisters though. Awhile back Choku had come across two girls being attacked by a Shoshinku bandit group, and stepped in to stop the battle. It had clearly been going the wrong way for the girls, until Choku had come along. He had noticed that they were Uchiha and seemed to be homeless, so he invited them to his home, the Shoshinku clan in the ruins of Amegakure. Despite his kindness towards them, they seemed to be more trouble than it was worth. They often ran off away from the compound or fought with each other, which, when Choku got reports of from clan members, always gave him a headache thinking about the trouble they could cause. He lifted his left hand up to his temple, rubbing, getting stressed just thinking about it. These thoughts went through Choku's head as he got dressed for the day and retrieved his gear and weapons from the closet in his room. A masterpiece katana, a favorite of his and an heirloom of his father's, and Nuibari, a legendary sword said to have belonged to one of seven powerful swordsmen in a time long, long ago.

After retrieving these things he headed downstairs for breakfast, preparing himself some fried eggs and toast, a favorite in the morning. Many citizens had offered to be maids, or butlers, or whatever, but Choku had declined. He preferred the manor he lived in to be solitary, and enjoyed peaceful, quiet days like this. Well, that was, until a woman burst in through the doors, looking panicked.

"Sir, I'm sorry to bother you in the morning like this, but you simply must get control of that girl!", she cried, appearing to be out of breath as though she had sprinted the whole way here. Choku sighed, recognizing another complaint about the Uchiha girls. Though this time it was only about one of them, which was peculiar. Ugh, Orchid he thought, only imagining what she could be up to at this time of day.

"What is it now? What has the girl done?" he spoke softly, already tired first thing in the morning. The woman explained that there had been fires on the grounds, being seen in the fields. Choku nearly snapped. He slammed his plate of food on the counter and breezed past the woman towards the door, leaving her stammering. What the hell does she think she's doing? Practicing Ninjutsu in the compound? Has she no respect for the people around her or the land she lives on? Choku thought as he marched angrily towards the fields. He could hear it, flames erupting and then receding. After about a minute he arrived at the fields and saw Orchid about to perform another technique.

Choku dashed up at an intensely fast speed to her and raised the hilt of his katana between her hands in an attempt to prevent her from causing any more destruction to the peaceful fields. He already saw the ash of a couple trees being blown away by the morning wind. Peculiar, it wasn't raining today.

"What the hell do you think you're doing? Do you have any idea how many people you've awoken and disturbed with this nonsense? If you're gonna blow shit up with your stupid fire, take it outside the compound where there's less flammable objects, dammit!" Choku yelled at her at the top of his lungs, furious at her disrespect for the environment that had been built here and the peaceful mornings of others that lived here. He was just about ready to reach back and knock her across the fields at this point.

Orchid was irritated at the noise of the man that was basically her father, Choshoku. She didn't want to hear this bullshit in the middle of the morning..no one did! She turned to him, and flipped her hair with her hands placed on her hips. Orchid's face twisted into a frown.


"Hey! I was just training my chakra reserves..I hate how I'm weaker then Orchid. It makes me feel inadequate, and I want to change that so badly. I don't think you understand how much it hurts to be the weaker person in a rivalry. Even though I'm probably stronger then kids at my age, it means nothing if I can't beat Hana! So if you aren't going to help me get stronger, then leave me alone..."

She hated this, really. If Hana was burning down things, Orchid believed wouldn't even give it a second glance...once again, it proved that Hana was better at everything then her. She sat on the ground, and starred at it. Orchid hated when she got like this, but she couldn't help it.

"No wonder my parents trained Hana...everything I do ends up wrong, somehow. I'll go burn stuff down outside..."

Her voice lowered, barely audible.

"I am sorry for the trouble I've caused. I will leave.."

She couldn't bare people when they were this annoying....this is why she preferred to be by herself, because the only one that understood Orchid was herself.

"BAHAHAHAHA! Just kidding, how'd you like my acting? Like I'd ever be some emo freak like the rest of my clan.. Anyways, let's spar sensei! I bet I could kick your old ass with my Sharingan! Uchihas are the best!"

Honestly, she was about to get all in her feelings and leave the compound forever, but realized it wasn't worth it and it was better to resume with her normal personality. Without letting Choshoku respond, she activated her Sharingan and charged straight for him, launching a punch towards his nose.

"After I beat you, I'll beat up Hana! I think you'll be a good warm-up..the real challenge will be beating her Sharingan. I hope I don't break your bones by accidentally sneezing on ya!"

She snickered at that thought. Orchid sort of thought that Hana was stronger then her sensei, but her sensei had more experience. But that was because she had never seen him go all out before. She believed that Hana wouldn't have much difficulty beating this old guy up.

WC: 421

(OOC: You scrub top kekkaroo you spelled my name wrong)

Choku listened to Orchid go on, talking about how angry she was and how she needed to get stronger than Hana. Choku sincerely believed she thought this, but didn't agree she was putting in her best effort. If she WAS putting in good effort this situation right here wouldn't have been created. The girl apologized, though he doubted she actually meant it, and then let out with a ridiculous laugh. "BAHAHAHAHA! Just kidding, how'd you like my acting? Like I'd ever be some emo freak like the rest of my clan.. Anyways, let's spar sensei! I bet I could kick your old ass with my Sharingan! Uchihas are the best!" she let out. This was starting to become a reoccurring annoyance. Why couldn't she just be normal and go about her life in a calm, respectful way? She always had to be so absurdly disrespectful and arrogant, though Choku suspected she knew the arrogance was falsely placed. The girl rushed towards him, launching a fist at his face, which left him wondering if she could even reach his face.

He simply sighed, crouching low and sliding his left foot back in a manner that didn't let him fall lower too suddenly, yet descend ever so slightly in height gracefully, and he moved his hand to the grip of his katana and, with a flash, drew the weapon at incredible speed, pulling the scabbard back as he drew. This form of drawing the weapon and fighting was known as iaido. He raised the sword high and aimed to catch Orchid's wrist with the pommel of his sword, not doing so forcefully as to avoid injury to the girl. Despite her arrogance and anger, she was quite fragile, especially compared to Choku's strength and power, and did not want to hurt her.

"Foolish Orchid. You're still a very, very long way off from challenging me with the slightest success in real combat," Choku spoke softly, only a twinge of venom in his tone. He meant well for the girl and would help her train and improve if only she weren't so damn angry all the time. It really got on his nerves, and made it difficult to interact with her, Choku thought as he used the free hand that had let go of the scabbard to turn slightly and extend to the girl, pushing her forcefully. There wasn't any real strength behind the movement, but it would likely send her back a ways when connecting. All of these actions would happen with great speed, as Choku was very fast when fighting.

The Uchiha was flung back ten meters by an invisible force, and landed on her rump. She had a look of confusion on her face. The same thing happened with her match against Hana as well.

"Woah...you're super fast. I doubt even my Sharingan could keep up with you, and that's saying something. If only I could advance it to the next level, then.."

She looked back at Choku with a small frown on her face.

"As much as I don't want to admit it, you're right. It will be a long time before I can pose a threat to you. I think you just showed that right now. I couldn't even react to your attack. Can you help me ascend to the next level of the Sharingan? I need power.."

She began to respect Choku as a sensei and teacher more now that she witnessed his strength. Orchid wanted to aspire to become more like him. She was the type of person that had an immense respect for those with a power far greater then hers(besides her sister).

"I know, most of the time I'm annoying but..I just can't help it....anyways. Let's get started! Push me to my limits! I want you to beat the crud out of me! Kill me if I don't awaken my Sharingan..I'm serious. If I can't get to the next level, then what's the point of living? Without the second tomoe, I can't beat Hana..and my whole life will be pointless! My existence revolves around her! So get ready Choku, if you don't defend yourself I'll cut you down without a second thought!"

She hopped back on her feet, and activated the Sharingan, showing off the first tomoe. Then, she would retrieve a kunai from her holster, sharpened and ready to cut through some flesh. She charged again at him aiming to slash at his neck, even though it was probably a futile effort. Orchid was willing to have her body nearly destroyed if it meant getting the second tomoe. It was true that she would probably never get close to his neck with that kunai due to his better reaction time and speed, but that didn't mean she could give up. With the Sharingan, it was no pain, no gain. Orchid was obsessed with the idea of power and money..she vowed to surpass both her sensei, and her sister.

WC: 405

Choku lowered his blade and sheathed it, rising into a standing position and exhaling softly. He was glad that the girl had calmed down, it was even more trouble than usual to deal with her when she was angry, and that made Choku angry. He was not a very well controlled person when he was angry, and it would take a lot to calm him down. He sighed, listening to Ryu's amazement at Choku's speed and strength. It was expected, as this was an incredible amount of power compared to what she would have seen before. She would probably be even more frightened if she knew how much he would be holding back against her. If Choku fought too hard, he might break the girl.

"As much as I don't want to admit it, you're right. It will be a long time before I can pose a threat to you. I think you just showed that right now. I couldn't even react to your attack. Can you help me ascend to the next level of the Sharingan? I need power.." he listened to Orchid go on, desperate for power and strength. It was almost unsettling how determined she was to surpass her sister. It's not like Hana was even much stronger than her. If either one of them got into a fight with Choku in his youth, they would be absolutely crushed, so he didn't really see the point.

"I know, most of the time I'm annoying but..I just can't help it....anyways. Let's get started! Push me to my limits! I want you to beat the crud out of me! Kill me if I don't awaken my Sharingan..I'm serious. If I can't get to the next level, then what's the point of living? Without the second tomoe, I can't beat Hana..and my whole life will be pointless! My existence revolves around her! So get ready Choku, if you don't defend yourself I'll cut you down without a second thought!" he listened to her little monologue. It was almost sad how much weaker she thought she was than Hana. It bordered on pathetic, but Choku could understand slightly where she was coming from. He had trained extensively in his youth to become more powerful, believing himself not strong enough to become a clan leader. Back then it was even harder for him than most, as he didn't start off training in Ninjutsu or anything fancy like that. All he had was his will and a sword. But through perseverance and training, he became the man he was today, a powerful leader and warrior with many who looked up to him. It kind of warmed his heart to know there were people nowadays who admired him this much.

Orchid charged at him, a traditional kunai in hand. Choku sighed at the simplicity of the challenge. If she wanted to be beat down she would get it, no question about it. That was how Choku started his life, getting defeated and beat a couple times. No doubt it was different for this girl, as she didn't have a social or civilized environment for that much of her life, the life that was only just in its very beginning chapters. Nevertheless, Choku was still going to hold back, despite how lethal her intentions seemed. However, what it appeared she really lacked was the will to carry through. She had said she was going to cut him down without a second thought, but undoubtedly she doubted that herself. Choku wouldn't be surprised if she was shaking ever so slightly at throwing a threat like that his way. He sidestepped the charging girl to the left and with his left hand cross drew Nuibari, turning back towards her and activating his Byakugan under the bandages that covered his left eye socket. With extreme precision he would thrust Nuibari up through the circular gap at the end of the handle of the kunai and do so until the hand holding his blade touched the metal of the kunai's handle. He would then attempt to throw his left arm down which would bring either the kunai out of her hand or, if she was gripping hard enough which he suspected she would be, would fling her as well to the ground.

If the former of the two possibilities occurred he would proceed to rotate towards her, right arm bent and hand extended in a flat palm gesture and go for a slam into her back to throw her forward quite a ways. If however the latter occurred he would raise his right arm in a open handed gesture and slam it down into her stomach, lacking a considerable amount of his strength but to her would be a quite damaging attack.

"If you want me to beat you down, don't suspect I'll hesitate just because you will. This is a real fight if you want it, so come and get it!" he would yell with a calm face and rough enunciation at the end.

As she began to charge towards Choku kunai in hand, prepared to end his life if he hesitated for even a moment. Right before she reached him, Orchid noticed his the veins on his left eye began to become more prominent. Before she could dwell on what he just did, her eyes widened in shock as Choku side stepped her attack. He didn't even look like he was trying, but the movement was quite fast.

How the hell did he move out of the way so easily..I must be really out of his league, far more then I thought the gap was.

Her grip on the handle of the kunai was strong, leading to her being dragged to the ground by the blade known as Nuibari. It was embarrassing, being played with like she was a piece of trash..before she could get up and think of a new strategy to use since the direct approach didn't seem to be working, his palm struck her stomach. It wasn't even his full strength, but it hurt like hell for someone so unskilled compared to him. For a moment, she nearly went unconscious from the pain, but regained her bearings.

Orchid grabbed her stomach again, attempting to rise to her feet. She must have been in the lower part in the ranks of powerful shinobi, as much as she hated to admit it. First it was Hana, and now, it was Orchid. She knew that more of these freaks existed out in the world, which is why it was so important to advance to the next level.

Gah...whatever caused his veins to buldge must have increased his speed..it's the only logical explanation... How else could he outspeed the Sharingan? No one can outspeed the Sharingan!

"I-I won't be defeated by one attack..I don't care what kind of technique you used to cause those ugly veins in your eyes to appear, I WILL keep getting up until my heart stops beating! An Uchiha never loses unless it's to another Uchiha! WE ARE THE STRONGEST CLAN IN THE LANDS!"

Despite how Choku had just shown he was far faster then her, and Orchid knowing that this was completely unlikely to work, she threw a right hook at him. Maybe for some reason he would be taken by surprise, or the attack would hit a vulnerable spot and he would be knocked out cold. But even if she was defeated here, she wouldn't give up on her dream of surpassing both Hana and her Sensei.

WC: 429

(OOC: Left eye is wrapped in bandages, cannot see veins. Do not have to edit, but do not refer to it in the future without clear way of discerning it.)

After striking Orchid's stomach with his palm Choku twirled Nuibari around and replaced it into the loop in his sash that held it to his hip. He almost felt bad a little for the girl as she stood, pain clearly in her expression as she regained her bearings. Choku could detect a mix of emotions in her face. Apparent to him was fear, pain, confusion, and frustration. All of these were understandable things for her in this situation right now.

Choku would no longer use weapons while fighting her, as it was far too unfair an advantage. He wasn't very skilled per se in the art of Taijutsu, but he was fairly certain he could handle himself in hand to hand combat, as he was fast and strong while her opponent wasn't really very much of either. Analyzing the situation now, he felt it wasn't proper of him to battle such a young girl, and that she should really be fighting someone more of her level in order to get the full effect of training, but that was a bit too late now. She had already instigated him and vice versa.

Despite that fact, he still kind of felt bad for her. He decided he would go really easy on her to allow her to gain some confidence, and in this situation, even though he didn't like the idea very much at all, he would play the role of a punching bag so to speak. An extremely powerful punching bag that can be lethal to those who don't focus, but nonetheless a punching bag. Choku listened to her again, annoyed at the arrogance in her statements. She WOULD be defeated by one attack, had he wanted to. She WOULDN'T keep getting up, had Choku wanted that to be so, but he held his tongue. The most bitter part for him was her claim to strength with the Uchiha clan. They were far from strongest in the land. They were just a group of asinine jarheads that get off from having power, which one would think would leave them in a permanent state of ecstasy due to the power their bloodline gave them. Even though they rarely used it right.

Orchid began charging at Choku again, seemingly with renewed determination to bring him down. It would never happen, not in a million years, but he decided he would let her believe she was doing so. Choku formed a one handed seal, Tiger, and began molding his chakra. His mouth opened an expelled a thick mist that would cover the area within a very large radius. In the mist about a meter ahead of him, water gathered and formed a figure which became detailed and created a copy of Choku, mimicking his exact appearance and clothing and gear and such, yet only having one tenth of his power. Choku would then fall back a couple paces and keep a distance of about five meters away from Orchid at all times, able to see her with his hidden, activated Byakugan. Using this tactic he would keep a distance away from his student, not allowing her to see where the real Choku was, and let her beat up on the clones he created, only having them fight back occasionally to give her some practice.

[Jutsu Used: Hiding in Mist Technique, Water Clone Technique

Water Clone stats:

Speed: 42
Strength: 32
Endurance: 35
Chakra: 40]

As Orchid began to charge in, Choku unleashed a thick mist from his mouth that surrounded the area, and blocked her vision. Unfortunately, not even her Sharingan could see through the mist...it was a problem that only having the Byakugan could solve..she had to admit, it was the one thing that damn clan could do better then the Uchiha, but it was the only thing!

"Stop hiding! Fight like a man, before I drag your ass out of this mist!"

She was frustated...Orchid used underhanded strategies in her fights all of the time since she was a Shinobi, but absolutely despised it when her opponent did too. But he suddenly appeared from the mist. This time, she waited and didn't charge directly. It caused her nothing but pain.

I just declared lethal intent to the leader of a clan...the only way I'm going to survive is if I ascend to the next level. He's just way too fast..but I bet the second tomoe will have absolutely no problems with tracking him down!

It was a need to survive that advanced the Sharingan to its next level..that you can't survive with only the first tomoe. Orchid realized that she had absolutely no chance of winning with only one tomoe. It was the only way too beat Hana, and it was the only way to beat her sensei. With that single realization, the tomoe on her eyes began spinning like a wheel, developing another tomoe..the second stage of the Sharingan. It was like she saw things in another manner..everything seemed so clear, and shallow..like she could predict anything that came her way. She felt revitalized now..with this power, not even Hana could stop her. Unfortunately, this did not come without its drawbacks. Since thia was a new form that was acquired, it would take some training before the chakra cost for the second level was refined and lowered.

"Kekekekekekekeke....KYEHAHAHAHA! I feel this power flowing through my body..I'll finally be able to rip that bitch Hana a new one for what she did to my ankle! After I finish with you, I'll go find where she is and snap her like a twig..finally, her speed will be no match for me."

Orchid noticed that Chou didn't seem to be responding, and got a little annoyed about that.

"Hehehehe.."

The sound of her cracking her knuckles could be heard through the mist.

"Let's dance!"

As she charged towards the clone, the clone charged towards her, and launched a swipe at her face, which she easily weaved out of the way.

"You're form..it's horrid! Even mines is better, and I'm a newbie at Taijutsu! WEAK!"

As soon as she weaved the strike, she planted her fist in the clone's face, and launched another fist in its gut. The strikes were enough to break the clone, and Orchid watched in shock as some water fell on the ground.

"More hiding? Stop running away from me! I need to prove my worth..bah! I'm done with this! If you aren't coming out, I'll simply leave and go look for Hana.."

Orchid would give him ten seconds, and if he didn't come out, she would leave. After all, since she had been in the training grounds many times, she knew the whole layout quite well.

Choku, seeing Orchid through the mist, noticed a change in her eyes. He had fought a couple Uchiha in his lifetime, and as a result had seen the Sharingan quite a couple times before. This stage that Orchid had now acquired was also familiar, as he had seen ninja with the third tomoe, and she had only just ascended to the second tomoe. Something in her now thoroughly disappointed Choku. Orchid appeared to be lustful for the power she had just acquired and now went off on a rant about it. The ignorance and arrogance in her statement was absolute, and the sensei now knew that it was pointless trying to talk her down from her power craze.

Orchid beat his clone down, which was quite easy, as the clone was much weaker than he was, and it dissipated into a pool of water. Choku created another one behind her that would go out to grab her from behind, not taking any effort to be silent at all. If Orchid faced the clone, Choku would dart towards her with a simple push of his legs from behind and form nine distinct handseals, molding his chakra and then extending his hand. At this point a large orb of water would form from the mist around the girl and trap her within. Choku would then proceed to create another clone and have him keep the prison going as Choku silently walked away.

There was no point trying to reason with her. She was walking down a path now that many Uchiha had followed before her. The road was littered with flames and blood in a quest for strength, and at the end, the inevitable destination of the endless void of death. It was a hopeless task to try convincing her otherwise.

OOC: ;-;, you need to teach me how to combat rp..

Orchid, unfortunately fell into Choku's plan. Turning around to face the diversion, she launched a few swift punches to the clones face, forming a puddle of water around Orchid's feet.

Wow..that's pretty dangerous, someone could slip and fall. I need to keep my balance..

Choku, being so fast that not even her second tomoe could keep up with him, formed some handseals and trapped Orchid into a prison of water. No matter how much she struggled, she couldn't get out, unfortunately. However, since Choku was leaving, the clone would eventually dissolve in a pool of water, and the prison would disappear.

(OOC: Exit

2930 WC used towards Chakra stat

250 WC per stat at S tier

11 stats gained)

OOC: All words spent on getting Tomoe 2, tomoe 2 gained. Exiting.

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