Usual Practice with Sempai (Suzaku then Open)

Suzaku turned around, opening his eyes, and deflected every ice shard that was on its course to him, and then spun around with a flick of his blade, drawing his next katana and deflecting Reaper's knives twice as fast. "Good volleys, both of you...but nowhere near close enough."

Ayumu would just watch him from the trees, but the slippery bark made her foot slip and she ended up tumbling down the tree branches, a loud rip could be heard from her kimono and Ayumu's head, torso and thighs were dangling from the tree upsidown, her long hair messed up with the leaves and twigs that had been caught in the tumble. Ayumu, dizzy from the sudden change in her world blinked and then realised what had happened, looking to Suzaku she gasped "SUZAKUUUU! HELP MEEE! I'M STUCKKK!" she called out to him, she felt a slight breeze between her legs and gasped as she tried to grab her kimono to hide her undies "nuuuuu" she uttered in embarrassment as her face started to turn her bluish colour as blood began rushing to her head.

Reaper grumbles as the Kage deflects his attacks, and prepares to summon a blinding ball of lightning. But, the girl suddenly falls out,getting stuck. Reaper twitches, and averts hisveyes as the normal half of his face reddens beneath the mask. The ex merc and future ninja moves through the trees, planning to help her,but stops....Wait..She was in no danger, and this might lure him out..He pauses, close enough to help her quickly if need be, and waits.

He chuckled a little, watching as Ayumu got suck in the trees. He loosed a few shuriken and they sliced through all of the bonds holding her to the tree, letting her drop. "Come now, Ayumu, you're my star student. You're supposed to be showing Reaper how much you've learned," he teased a bit.

Ayumu fell to the ground with a thud and a pained groan, slowly sitting up and cleaning out her hair with a sigh. She would then take a breath in and used her Seiryu no Koki jutsu, breathing out super cooled gas towards Suzaku, it would freeze him if he remained in it's path.

Reaper blinks as Suzaku cuts her down with shruiken, and sighs. So much for that...Still, she was fine. The masked fighter nods to himself. Back to his previous plan. Blind and charge...He raises his hands, then pauses as Aymua uses a jutsu to breath out cold gas. Interesting.... He watches, evaluating before striking.

He watched her breath the ice vapor at him, returning his katana to their sheaths so he could make a few hand seals. "Katon: Goukakyuu no Jutsu!" A roaring fireball swept out towards the two, large enough to encompass them and an area ten feet around both of them. He trusted they'd be able to deal with it.

"Reaper, you're slacking."

Ayumu gasped at the fireball, she could already feel the heat of it and she didn't like it at all, not one bit. She would quickly dash out of the way and leaped to the side to get that extra distance from it, sliding along the grass and breathing a little hard from the sudden exertion of energy.

Reaper blinks as a fire ball starts going towards the tree he is in. He jumps out, the flames licking the bottom of his armored, treated boots, and lands with a heavy thump." My apologies sir. I was evaluating the battle and attempting to come up with a viable strategy. I'm afraid I haven't come up with anything particularly clever...." He goes over to Ayuma." Are you alright?" He looks at her,honestly concerned,but he also has a plan, and whispers,just barely vocal." Cover your eyes when I charge at him..." After receiving her answers, he nods, suddenly spinning around and tracing handseals in the air, forming a small ball of lightning, which he throws at Susa, and charges. It explodes, letting out a blinding flash of light,which hopefully would stun the kage and put him off balance. As he continues running,he draws his sword, using another jutsu to coat the blade in lightning and flips it around so the dull edge was facing. Getting close enough, he swings, also stomping at one of Susa's feet. Here was hoping that combination was enough....

Suzaku watched them as they regrouped. Ayumu was down and out for a bit, having been sensitive to the fire technique he used. Reaper apologized for his slack and suddenly launched an electric ball at him. Suzaku chuckled, forming a few hand seals.

"Suiton: Suiryudan-"

But then the lightning exploded into light, blinding him. He blinked, groaning in obvious discomfort, taking up a stance as he held his ground. He'd have to remember that one. He heard Reaper charge close, the unmistakable sound of lightning chakra coming from his blade. As soon as he got close, Suzaku just used the jutsu, sending a roaring water dragon at Reaper at point blank, strong enough to blast him across the field and do moderate damage. The water formed vast quantities from nothing, showing Suzaku's obvious skill as he opened his eyes, the Sharingan in them.

Ayumu looked to her sensei as she blinked 'it's no use...he's too powerful to get out of the circle...' she thought, but then paused 'if I can make him think I've given up...that'll be a good trick...' she added before she would just sit up and close her eyes, starting to meditate and breathed calmly, looking like she was either resting or had given up "Suzu-kun sensei...you're much too powerful for me" she said with a soft sigh.

Reaper chuckles as he manages to stun a Kage,but his golden eyes widen as a water dragon forms, and sends him flying across the clearing.The menacing warrior flips, attempting to stop, but slips, landing on his stomach as his sword digs itself into the ground. He grunts, rubbing his stomach, and nods. Thank goodness for armor...He stands back up, grabbing his sword, and sheaths it, looking curiously at Ayuma before shrugging, tracing hand seals in the air and using his Judgement Palm Jutsu. Bright green fire,crackling with electricity, forms around his hand, and he considers what to do with it.

Suzaku straightened up, his eyes' sensitivity finally recovering from Reaper's blinding attack. "Reaper, that was very clever. I commend the distraction." He saw him start charging some green fire in his hands, as he looked over to Ayumu, and she started surrendering.

"Until you both surrender, there will be no giving up.

Ayumu would just continue to meditate, feeling the wind blow through her hair as Shou hurried over to her and came to curl up on her lap, closing his eyes and purring softly as Ayumu relaxed and cleared her mind.

Reaper nods at Susa." Thank you sir....I do what I can." He looks at Ayuma, and nods, then glances at the Kage as his gaze becomes even more serious." I apologize to my fellow trainee....but I cannot fail....That is something I refuse to do." He runs at him, dropping all tricks. The wind whistles around the grim fighters mask as he jumps,avoiding whatever attacks the kage would deliver, and lands, swipping at Susaku. He wasn't aiming to wound the kage, but hopefully the Judgement Flames unique properties would force him to retreat. Tendrils of the eerie flame stretched out to any metal on the Kages person.

Suzaku aimed to greet the young Reaper as he came charging in, jumping as Suzaku prepared a jutsu. Unfortunately, Reaper had jumped to try and avoid Suzaku's attacks. But little did Reaper know the Sharingan showed him jumping before he was going to do it. So Suzaku made a few hand seals to provoke him into jumping, and then unleashed an attack. Suzaku clasped his hands together.

"Fūton: Mugen Sajin — Daitoppa!"

An enormous torrent of wind blasted out of his mouth at gale force, launching Reaper back over the treetops and into the woods. Suzaku crossed his arms, looking at Ayumu and tapping his foot.

Ayumu would grab a sweet bread from her bag and start munching it, opening an eye and looking to Suzaku "whaf? Knowuh wuhen ywore defweated" she said with a mouthful of sweet bread, licking the icing from her lips before swallowing "nothing will work, not trickery, not even just straight up tackling" she said, munching on a piece of cherry that had been cooked into the bread.

Reaper is sent flying by a gale from the Hokages mouth.He grunts, twisting around in mid air, trying to find the best position for landing. The exmerc crashes through the tree tops, bracing himself, and smashes through tree limbs before heavily landing on the forest floor spreadeagled. He lays still for a bit, then gets up, slowly making his way back to the clearing, picking leaves out of crevices in his armor." Thank the creator I decided to adopt armor....that could have been extremely painful..."Reaper reaches beneath his mask, pulling out a few more leaves." Alright....so I haven't a chance full on...Its time to see if the girl and me can work together." The eerie fighter finds his way back to the clearing, and sits beside Ayuma." If you'll allow me,sir, I'll rest a bit before continuing.Its tiring flying through the air." Then, not moving, he lowers his voice to a whisper." I have thought upon this.....How about we work together, strike at the same time in a attempt to overwhelm him and force him to retreat?"

Suzaku looked at Ayumu in incredulity. She was giving up? After all he had taught her? Rage rose in his stomach out of the disappointment, but he restrained it as Reaper came back and sat next to Ayumu, asking for a break. He opened his mouth to speak, thinking for a little, before nodding his head.

"You're right. Take a break. Get some lunch if you need to."

He put his hands on his hips, sighing, and closing his eyes. He breathed a little.

Ayumu would grin as Suzaku seemed to be falling for her trick. Silently crawling over to him seeing that he had closed his eyes, she quietened her breathing and looked like a lioness stalking her prey in the long grass.

When she got into range of Suzaku she would jump on his back and poked him in the neck gently with the kunai "haha, you fell for my trick" she said with a smile "how did I do senpai? Did my lies and trickery do well?" she asked.

Reaper nods."Thasnk you, sir." He pulls out some jerky, waiting for Ayuma to answer him, butaises a brow as she neglects to, crawling silently through the grass. Very well...distraction, then.He takes a bite, then nods."Break over." Bursting up, he rushes at the Kage, throwing dirt at him before throwing knives at his feet.

Suzaku remained still, before he was suddenly jumped by Ayumu. She put a kunai to the back of his neck, and he blinked, looking over his shoulder at her. He sensed Reaper starting to move, as he tossed some dirt at him. He naturally shielded his eyes, and listened closely to hear where Reaper was coming from. He heard the sound of wind whistling across steel, and dodged his knives with a jump.

He didn't account for, however, Ayumu's weight, which caused him to topple a bit. He caught himself, but looked down. He was outside of the circle now. He sighed.

"...well, that certainly managed to work." He returned his gaze to Ayumu on his back. "But if I were trying to kill you, you acting like you had given up wouldn't have given you the opportunity to sneak up on me," he added.

Ayumu would nod, hugging her senpai a little tighter, a rare occasion where she could get so close to him, she couldn't help but breathe in his scent a little "I know, but I'd be on the defensive a lot more if that was the case" she said with a sweet smile, realising she was still holding onto him, causing her to let go with a little bit of a blue blush.

Reaper stops. Huh....it worked....a slight grin works its way across his face. They'd managed to outdo the kage! A brief snort, his version of a wild cheer, puffs out, then he's walking around, collecting his throwing knives, slotting them into their places after cleaning the dirt off of them.Raising a invisible brow at the two, he waits patiently.

He looked back at her blushing, coming up with an equally verified excuse. He sighed. Was he too nice? "...you raise some valid points. Very well. I'm glad my training you has paid off." He brushes off his shoulders, and smiles a little at the cute blue blush of hers. He then looks to Reaper. "Reaper, use a little more of those tactics that you displayed and I'm sure a significant part more of your battles will go swimmingly."