Speed Training

Shin yawn as he walked slowly alongside his student Kuyo to the training area inside of Hoshigakure. Shin was wearing something outside of his usual attire, a orange and black hakama that extended down to his knees before revealing his black pants. On the sides of the hakama was the red Uzumaki symbol. He wore an open top that showed his defined chest and core with his shinobi dogs tags hanging. On his back there was large 60lbs scroll strapped around his chest and shoulder. The scoll was perhaps the most unusual part of his outfit. The area around them was a small clearing with lush grass and a small pond in the center. “Today we’ll be doing speed drills Kuyo” Shin said softly as he kept walked, focusing chakra into his legs as he stood on the water before turning to face the young man. “Gonna get your speed up so you might be able to keep up with me one day” He said with a slight chuckle as he dropped grabbed the strap of the scroll and tugged on it as it poofed away in a puff of smoke and he stretched his arms.

-Kuyo stood across from his master, also in an unusual set of attire, although his characteristic haircut and eyepatch remained the same, his armor was gone, he now wore a thin black hoodie, the hood down and the sleeves cut out from the hoodie, his boots seemed to be the same but his pants were now a shade of dark blue- "How many times do I need to show you up before you admit im faster then you sensei?" -Kuyo gave one of his little half smiles and chuckled back, he of course knew that his was utter bs, Kuyo was fast, one of the fastest genin in the village, but his master Shin-sensei could run circles around him, that Uzumaki reputation for speed preceeds them, and Shin was no exception, on the bright side, Kuyo no longer had to hide his Kekkei Genkai from his sensei, for he had not understood what he was, Kuyo proceeded to unhook his belts and pouches full of ninja tools, dropping them all to the floor and cracking his knuckles, his one eye now staring intently at his sensei- "lets get it over with, ill try not to hurt you this time sensei" -the chuckle once again returning as he finished emptying his pockets and hidden compartments in his boots full of weapons, waiting for Shin-sensei's next instruction-

"Oh this time it isn't a spar my poor ignorant genin. It's a simple game of catch I suppose with a small twist of course." Shin grinned a bit as he formed the tiger seal then held out both his hands with his palms upwards. In a small poof of smoke on both hands 5 small hawks would appear, circling around Shin. Each of the hawks had a red paper tag dangling from their legs. "One of these hawks possess a paper tag with my Uzumaki clan symbol on it. You have to capture that hawk without using body flicker. THe speed of these hawks is about that of the average chuunin. You're not allowed to use any weapons just your hands to catch them. Be quick because these little things are very crafty, that helped me with my speed back when I was a genin. When you catch one it will poof away and only leave that tag. So umm good luck I guess." He said with a smile as the hawks all flew toward Kuyo in a single filed line. Once they got about 10ft from him they flew upwards scattering to his left and right one by one and circling about 10ft above his head waiting for him to try and grab them.-

"That's all? I expected more from you Shin-sensei, hope you don't mind, i might have to hurt your birds" -As the flock flew towards him he quickly reached down picking up a pair of kunai in one hand by their finger loops, his other remaining free, when the hawks moved to fly up Kuyo leaped up into the air at a surprisingly high height, catching one of the hawks off-guard, clenching the first one on his open hand and squeezing down on the hawk so it would be unable to escape his grasp, swinging his other arm out and backwards, Kuyo launched the two Kunai up and behind him, each striking one of the other hawks and pinning a wing to a pair of trees, the last two flying straight up and beginning to circle as Kuyo went around, grabbing the three tags he had already acquired, having a 60% chance that he had already collected the tag, Kuyo decided to look at them, his peripheral vision focused on the hawks, circling in the sky above them like vultures- "maybe next time you should try pigeons sensei, harder to grab" -Kuyo retorted with a smug look across his young yet serious face-

Shin sat there with a slight frown on his face as he took a sigh of frustration. The two hawks slowly circled towards Shin before lowering themselves down on his shoulder. "The point of the exercise was to get you to catch them without using weapons Kuyo." He paused as the birds disappeared in two poofs of smoke. Shin sighed as he formed the another hand sign. Two larger poofs of smoke appeared t his left and right. Two shadow clones were revealed when the smoke dispersed. The original Shin in the middle held up a kunai, letting it dangle around his finger as he revealed a small sealing tag that was wrapped around the handle. "Lets try something new then. This is a specially made seal tag I created to help conduct your chakra, onto your this kunai allowing you to conduct lightning based attacks easier with this kunai. Its all your if you can catch me. Meanwhile my clones will provide a few distractions and obstacles for you to avoid." He said brief as he tucked the kunai in his hakama. The clones crouched down both clasping their hands together and inhaling heavily. They exhaled small wind bullets towards Kuyo's upper body, about 15 in total and each one with the potential force to bruise his bones. Most were aimed outward to account for movement and because of their speed Kuyo would only have about a second to react before being pummeled by the barrage of wind. Simultaneously Shin focused chakra into his legs and quickly dashed away into the trees behind him, running away from Kuyo immediately to make the game of catch more interesting as he used the trees to accommodate his movements, quickly leaping from branch to branch.

-As soon as Kuyo saw the clones inhale deeply, he imediately formed a flurry of hand signs and fell to one knee, slamming his fist into the earth, with a rumble, a thick wall of iron breached through the earth, stretching to about 10 feet by 10 feet in size, the wind funneling harmlessly around it.- "one problem solved, now to deal with these damn clones" -Kuyo thought to himself as he pressed his palms against the metal wall, suddenly, the metal contorted, and 2 giant spikes of metal extended outward with a wisp of wind, shooting straight at the clones at a tremendous speed and with the element of surprise on his side. Kuyo then turned his attention back to Shin-sensei, who was rapidly escaping, quickly focusing on the special Kunai shin had shown and formed together his chakra, he reached his hand out in a grabbing motion and pulled back his arm swiftly, using his steel projectile technique to yank backwards on the kunai in Shin-sensei's hakama. To Shin, it would be the equivalent of running with a rope tied around your waist, the other end tied around the tree, the moment you run out of rope and the wind is knocked clean out of you.-