What Do You Fight for?/February 2nd, 399.AM

Brief spar in an unmarked training ground between:

* Kidame Hatake
* Masato Haruno
* Tsurugi Gekkō

All participants are awarded with +1 Power Score point to distribute into their PS.

**Tsurugi Gekkō:** It had been a day or two since Tsurugi met with his team, and while there was a great deal of time to contemplate on the events: Tsurugi simply chose to ignore it and move on with his life. Hopefully, today would be different and he would have some peace of mind from that group. He chose to do one of his favorite things, something that others might denote as a boring or tedious process. Training! It was the one thing that Tsurugi could do that could help keep his edge in fighting, and possibly help him experience something new. His choice of a training ground was an unmarked one, probably still under construction. It was an open area just on the outskirts of Konoha, resting on a flat meadow just before the foothills into the mountains. While there wasn’t much to challenge him just yet: There were at least a few dummies set up that he could practice his marksmanship on. He had just arrived there, in his usual attire, setting his tools all about him. There was the Fūma Shuriken he had concealed behind his back and under the black cape he wore, he probably wouldn’t be using it today so he planted it firmly into the grasses next to the training grounds. Next to it he put down his Tantō and Wakizashi, still sheathed. The only remaining tools he had were his two kunai, six shuriken, and the Resonating Echo Speaker that he always had on his right forearm. He took himself to a distance of about four yards from the dummies before beginning to throw his tools at them with basic throws. Nothing flourishing or fancy, for now he was just warming up. As expected of himself, his throws were remarkably accurate. Although to be fair, he also didn’t have a moving target or anything exciting to change things up. For now. There were many people in Konoha, so perhaps he would have a sparring buddy. He just hoped that if it would be anyone: It wouldn’t be anyone from his team.

**Kidame Hatake:** Kidame strode out of the house today with no real intentions, maybe some training perhaps some cooking if he could find an interesting new ingredient. Perhaps some Bear, or Doe. Maybe even some rabbit if he could catch one. These were but faint day dreams he was having though as he began to walk about towards the outskirts of Konoha. Whilst walking he'd see another ninja in the middle of the training field. He didn't recognize this ninja even though they seemed to look around the same age and his curiosity got the best of him. He began to approach, striding up to watch but still keeping a bit of a distance as not to get in the way, peering upon the boys weapons of choice. Seemingly they were doing either a warm up or accuracy training either way they were good. Walking off to the side now he waved to the other, in an attempt to grab their attention whilst still staying out of the way of them throwing their shuriken and kunai.(edited)

**Masato Haruno:** After the spar from the day before Masato was looking to work on a bit more of his footwork and really hammer in those basics. Today he chose to hit up one of the newer training grounds, one that had yet to be numbered or classified. It wasn’t much to look at yet. Mostly just an open field with sorta flat ground and a bunch of targets and dummies thrown around. Perhaps they will add some structures and obstacles as they progress. However for now this was it. Masato let his eyes scan the field a bit before he centered on someone who looked familiar. He sauntered up behind the familiar soul and let out a cheery “HEY TSURUGI! What a surprise to see you here. Did you want to get an early look at the new training ground too?” A smile once more on Masato’s face as he greeted his teammate. “By the way what is this big metal thing on your arm? Doesn’t it slow you down?” Masato waited to see if he would get a response before noticing the other kid waving at them, or more specifically, Tsurugi. “Looks like your friend wants your attention.” Masato would say while pointing out the white haired individual if Tsurugi hadn’t seen him yet.

**Tsurugi Gekkō:** Tsurugi was busy practicing his aim when he heard footsteps behind him. Part of what made up his keen precision was an exact perception of the world around him, so it was no surprise to anyone when Tsurugi simply turned and took notice of Kidame. But before he could even utter a word, he heard someone yell behind him. He recoiled in annoyance as he immediately recognized the voice. Masato Haruno. Perhaps being the person Tsurugi disliked the most from his squad. He slowly turned his head to face Masato fully. This was the exact worst case scenario that Tsurugi could think of, and it had become reality. Had he jinxed himself? Purposefully, Tsurugi ignored Masato's question about his speaker while first confronting what he said about Kidame. "He's not my friend. I don't know him." With slouching shoulders, Tsurugi walked up to the dummies and began to pluck out the kunai and shuriken he had thrown so far. After he had done so, he turned back to face the group before leaning his back against the dummy and crossing his arms. "What do you want, Masato? Can't you annoy Reiko for the day? I've got important things to focus on, and none of those involve chatter."

**Kidame Hatake:** Kidame simply blinked as the two who seemingly knew eachother began to converse, and seeing as the one who was called Tsurugi wasn't throwing anymore sharp objects, he began to approach. There was no real reason for them to be yelling in the middle of the field, even if Tsurugi seemed hostile to the one who was seemingly known as Masato. Reaching into his pocket he pulled out a piece of paper he'd been recently carrying around folded up neatly. Reaching out he offered it to Tsurugi and if he chose to take it and open it up it would simply say on it "Hello, I'm Kidame. I can't speak, I am apart of Team Galantry and a part time Chef, it's a pleasure to meet you." He would then proceed to bow his head respectfully, not wishing to get on what ever bad side Masato was on.

**Masato Haruno:** Masato would drop his smile as he looked over to the quiet boy again. “Oh you don’t know him? He acts like he knows you.” Masato would shrug his shoulders a bit and turn back to face Tsurugi directly as he was questioned. “What do I want? Well like I said I wanted to check out what this new training ground was all about. Seems like there is not much going on here yet. But yea what are you doing here?” Masato asked to fire the question back at his teammate. He then watched as this quiet kid grabbed a note from his pocket and offered it up to Tsurugi. Masato was very confused by this new kid. He hadn’t said a word and yet seemed like he wanted to be friends.

**Tsurugi Gekkō:** "I'm training. What does it look like I'm doing?" Tsurugi rolled his eyes before taking his back off the dummy and walking further from it again. He approached Kidame who seemed to be trying to hand him something. Without pause, Tsurugi grabbed the paper and opened it up to read its contents. His brows crossed as he began to contemplate what he was reading. 'A mute shinobi? … Probably better company than Masato.' The thought went through his head just like that before he folded the paper back up and handed it to Kidame. "My name's Tsurugi. Pleased to meet you. Is there any—" Tsurugi caught himself, quickly realizing that Kidame could probably only answer yes or no questions. He sighed, feeling somewhat sorry for the fellow Genin before asking a simple question. "Do you want to do something, Kidame?"

**Kidame Hatake:** Kidame smiled, for the first time in a long while somebody had asked him a yes or no question, the easiest kind for him to answer. He nodded his head at Tsurugi for the yes part before then answering the what. Point at himself, then Tsurugi then Masato, turning slightly so he didn't hit Tsurugi and punching the air. Implying he wanted to spar with the two of them.

**Masato Haruno:** Masato tilted his head at Tsurugi and said, “Well it looks like you're just lounging against that dummy, dummy.” Masato then watched the little interaction between the quiet one and Tsurugi up until the point Tsurugi called him Kidame. He then saw the little boy point at the three of them before shadow boxing the air. He knew what that meant just by intuition alone. “Kidame is your name? And you want to box? Now you’re speaking my language.” Masato would hold out his left arm toward Kidame with his fist out. He was looking for a fist bump to set things off as he asked Tsurugi, “What do you say, three way sparring session? You weren’t doing anything anyway.” Punctuated by him extending his right arm out to Tsurugi with his fist closed for a bump as well.

**Tsurugi Gekkō:** Tsurugi hated how Masato just blew off anything he said. He didn't seem to be catching onto the idea anytime soon that he was disliked. After asking Kidame if he wanted to do anything, Kidame indicated that he wanted to spar with the two of them. On one hand, it meant stomaching Masato longer than he already had, on the other it meant possibly kicking his ass without having to feel guilty about it later. Tsurugi outright rejected the fist bump by stepping away from Masato, taking a distance of about five feet or so before turning to face the other two. "I'm fine with this." He reholstered the shuriken he had in his hands on two slots set on both sides of his hips before gripping the kunai in his hand. The one in his left hand was held in a reversed manner, while the one on the right where his echo speaker was held in a typical manner. He pointed with his right kunai towards the two just to leave them with one last nugget of knowledge before they went into this. "Word of advice: Don't do anything that will land one of us in a hospital. If you do: I will beat you to a pulp." With that he used his right hand to make the Seal of Confrontation before the spar actually started.

**Kidame Hatake:** Kidame watched as Tsurugi stepped away and turned to look at the both of them grinning and nodding before he turned fist bumping Masato, and bowing respectfully to Tsurugi before jumping back and getting into a fighting stance. His eyes flickering between the two trying to decide who his target was. Curious as to how the three of them would handle this. Not yet wanting to fully attack until it was clear that Masato was also ready for what was about to go down. His eyes narrowing slightly as he paid close attention, careful for anything Tsurugi might throw out seeing as he didn't know the other Genin's morals yet.

**Masato Haruno:** Masato was a little bummed out by the fact that tsurugi did not want to fist bump to start off the fight. However he was happy that Kidame at least seemed to have some morals. Masato was glad to receive the returned fist bump and then moved off to his own pacing as everyone seemed to be getting ready. He then turned to Tsurugi and wondered why he didn’t answer about that metal on his arm. Maybe he was shy about it. “Hey Tsurugi go ahead and get that weight off your arm. When I beat you I don't wanna hear about how you were handicapped by it.” Masato then looked over to Kidame and examined his stance before getting into one of his own. His stance may look familiar to kidame except for a few key differences. For one his hands would be closed into fists instead of open palms. Another would be that his weight would be shifting between his two feet to keep himself limber and spry, ready to move on an instant. Masato decided to wait and see who would throw the first punch and then go from there.

**Tsurugi Gekkō:** There were a few options to do here. Kidame and Masato had yet to engage in the spar, giving Tsurugi a brief amount of time to think. He had a good grip on his own personal strengths and weaknesses, part of that was not running headfirst into the both of them. And trying to attack both of them at once would bring unwarranted attention to himself. "It's not a weight, idiot." Tsurugi briefly said just before his actions came to into play. The solution was simple, and he immediately put it into action as he leapt a further five feet back with his hands together. All he did was form three simple hand seals: Ram → Snake → Tiger. Provided he wasn't interrupted while doing so, five different clones split up from his body. He kept low and was preparing to move again while all his other clones leapt ahead before spreading out to create an effective screen between Tsurugi and the others. The clones would continue charging ahead, kunai held high as they prepared to move in and "assault" Kidame and Masato. It was hard to tell, but this was actually the generic Clone Technique. Unlike techniques such as the Shadow Clone, these ones had no substance. And only an acute, or particularly observing eye, would be able to notice some key characteristics that revealed their inability to actually attack if they weren't being rushed by the clones themselves. This was still technically "attacking" the two, but as soon as they realized the clones were a distraction any pressure mounted would likely be lost. But Tsurugi was already making moves for his next actions as he wrapped himself in his cloak before preparing to weave more hand seals. Chakra Spent: .5 points. Remaining: 8.5 points.

**Kidame Hatake:** Taking note of Masato's stance it looked very similar to the style Jiro had used to turn off Kidame's jutsus. He didn't know how it worked or why, all he knew was when ever Jiro had poked him they didn't work. And that wasn't something Kidame would be able to let happen this time around. If his jutsu was liable to go out the window anyways he should throw out everything he's got within reason obviously. Without even thinking about it he activated Lightning Release Chakra Mode (Tier 3) A visible barrier of chakra forming around his body as he did so. Kidame's hair standing on end in a spiky manner now as lightning began to flicker around his body. Kicking off fast this time he wouldn't make the same mistake that he'd made with Jiro by going into the air. He didn't know whether or not this was the same ability but there was no point in taking a risk. Being in front of Masato within moments he threw a round house directly at the boy's rib cage, turning over the hip and twisting at the same time so the kick was as fast and powerful as possible. Not bothering to even take note of what jutsu Tsurugi had used Kidame couldn't really tell whether or not these were normal clones or shadow clones, and it didn't really help having his attention diverted from Masato for a moment. Chakra: Spent: 9 Remaining: 1

**Masato Haruno:** The fight started quickly with each of them making their decisive moves very early on. Masato paid more attention to Tsurugi as he was more curious about the skills of his team mate more than the other kid. Something that may prove to be his downfall as it was like a flash when the kid was right in front of him. Kidame had this electrifying aura about him that seemed to be powering him up. The only thing Masato had time to do was bring his arms up in front of himself vertically to meet the kick head on with Kidame. As the kick landed Masato would make use of the One Body Blow technique and expel chakra from his arms directly into the leg of Kidame. He did not have byakugan active and due to that he was unsure of where to exactly target but with the amount of surface area he covered Masato hoped to hit at least a few of the Tenketsu in Kidame’s body. However it was short lived as the kick came with a crushing intensity and sent him spiralling back across the field. The kick had really knocked him for a loop but Masato still had enough wherewithal to make sure he landed on his front and crumpled over to hide his hands. He quickly formed the hand seals Tiger, Boar, Ox, Dog, Snake as he prepared a technique for later. (Chakra 5.5 / 8)(edited)

**Tsurugi Gekkō:** Tsurugi was preparing for his next move when he next saw Masato spiraling through the field from a massive kick even Tsurugi heard from his distance. "Masato!" Tsurugi shouted, suddenly dropping his Kunai to the ground. Who was this new kid, and what the Hell did they just do to his teammate? Tsurugi was already running to the side of the grounds while his clones all closed in on Kidame in attempt to "attack" him. It was a momentary distraction at best, but Tsurugi needed to react immediately. Masato might've been an idiot, but even idiots didn't deserve to be kicked around like that by anybody. Tsurugi had already grabbed his demon windmill shuriken from the ground as he pivoted on a foot and slung it around his shoulder. He gathered as much momentum as he could before flinging it at full force with all of its blades locked into place to send it careening staight for Kidame's midsection as he dealt with the clones. Something that Tsurugi knew of, although Kidame might not, was that there was a literal transparent string attached to the Fūma Shuriken. Composed of a single, thick Chakra Thread that Tsurugi created before he slung the shuriken towards Kidame. He had to focus every part of his mind to make sure the thread disappeared. The situation went from a 1 to an 11 in mere seconds, when Tsurugi already warned the group about this kind of thing. 'Just what the fuck is this mute's problem?' Chakra Spent: 2 points. Remaining: 6 points.

**Kidame Hatake:** Kidame simply blinked, watching as Masato went flying and simply whistled. His eyes slightly wide as he didn't expect it to hit that hard although he could feel a breeze on his leg where his pants leg had been destroyed by what ever Masato had done. And couldn't help but think to himself: "Wow, even through that kick he managed to do damage to me. That's amazing." Quickly he would realize there were clones on him although he'd realize these weren't the real ones seeing as Tsurugi had yelled in worry for his team mate. That meaned, logically it wouldn't be bad for him to hurt these ones seriously. Shifting down to tier 1 Lightning Release Chakra Mode jumping back to get away from the group and making room for him to at the very least get his bearings on the situation. And the first thing he would notice in his situation is the fact that Tsurugi now had a big BIG BIGGGG Shuriken of some kind. And that it was about to be headed right for him. Thinking "I THOUGHT WE SAID NO HOSPITALIZING PEOPLE." Panicking as his Lightning Release Chakra Mode suddenly began fizzling out and turned back to normal. Clearly gasping as he fell to one knee. Just barely able to roll out of the way of most of the damage except for the fact that he was slashed deep in his side.

**Masato Haruno:** Masato held his position quietly and still. His arms were screaming at him from the sheer force he was hit with. ‘Damn, never been hit like that. There’s no way that kids a genin?’ Masato was thinking to himself. That's when he heard Tsurugi call out to him after the kick. His first thought was to let his friend know he was alright but this was an all out spar so he kept his head tucked. It didn't take long after that before Masato heard the chirping of electricity die down a bit. Then it was gone all together. Replaced by a thud as Masato head the boys knew hit the ground his head was resting against. Masato then quickly popped his head up and looked over to where he heard Tsurugi and saw the serious tone about him before looking over to the crumpled Kidame kid. “ Is it over?” Masato would ask before getting to his feet and making an effort to show he had no more intent to fight. Aside from some bruising on his forearms Masato did not seem to be too worse for wear or he was hiding it well. Scuffs here and there, covered in dirt. Seemed to be a signature look for him these past few days. Masato then headed over to the boy laying on the ground taking note of the large gash in his side. “Um, I think we may want to get this guy a Medic. Like now…” Masato reached down and tried to lift the kid up to his shoulder while trying to be cautious of the wound and keep him tilted in a way that it stayed closed so he didnt lose any unnecessary blood. “Lead the way.” Masato said as he prepared to follow at as high a velocity he felt he could safely.

**Tsurugi Gekkō:** Tsurugi had been fueled so much by his adrenaline and anger in the moment that he didn't even comprehend what came next. His Fūma Shuriken made its cut, and it was deep. Still not realizing the severity of the situation, Tsurugi tightened his fist into a ball and pulled against the force of the shuriken just as it passed through Kidame's side. It dropped faster than Kidame hit the ground. But at the point that he did, Tsurugi could see all of the blood beginning to pool on the ground. His eyes went wide with horror, realizing just exactly what he did. He had hurt people, beat them bloody. 'I … I was protecting M– … Masato. Why did he do it? Why did he fucking do it?!' Tsurugi started to run over to Kidame's body, his vision was blurring slightly as his eyes got a little watery. It looked awful, and all of the moments of high tension were suddenly coming to a slamming halt over a horrifying realization of the damage he just inflicted. He stopped a few feet short of Kidame while Masato asked if the situation was over. Just as he did, Tsurugi's lunch lurched from his stomach and was emptied out onto the ground as he puked from the stress. 'What the fuck?! What the fuck?! Fuck! Fuck! Fuck!' Tsurugi's thoughts were pounding his head as he moved past and knelt over Kidame. He gestured for Masato to hold still as Tsurugi himself tried picking up Kidame. "Let me do it. I didn't get hit." If allowed, it would take a moment for him to get back onto his feet but once he did he turned his direction to the village. "We–we need to get back now. Follow me. If he wakes up and does anything, I don't know if I'll be able to stop it."

If Masato listened, then Tsurugi would awkwardly bring his hands together to make the Tiger seal before disappearing. He left all of his tools behind, but it wasn't important in his mind right now. Right now, they are on a time constraint. If they failed to actually get to the hospital on time: Someone might actually die. Partially from a gauging wound on their side, and another from chakra exhaustion: Although Tsurugi wasn't aware of the other factor. Either way, Kidame needed urgent care as soon as possible.

**Masato Haruno:** Masato took note of Tsurugi’s determination. “Alright you take him.” Masato said as he helped Tsurugi position the body in a similar way to what was described previously as to make sure he didn't lose any more unnecessary blood. Hearing the description Masato would make one change to the plan. “No, let me go first. If someone gets in the way we cant risk him getting jostled. I'll go ahead so I can keep the path clear.” With that Masato would pull his hands up to the tiger seal as well. He then leapt off with Tsurugi moving to the hospital. IF there was anyone on the path Masato would yell out to them to clear the way. His warnings were, “OUT OF THE WAY. INJURED SHINOBI COMING THROUGH. IF YOU DON’T MOVE I WILL MOVE YOU.” and the like. He continued calling out more and more as they entered the sanctity of the village as it was more densely populated with people on the road ways. For the most part people got out of the way of the two urgently moving shinobi allowing them to likely make it to the hospital in a good time if nothing prevented their movement.

**Tsurugi Gekkō:** Tsurugi idly nodded towards Masato, his mind was running elsewhere. But the plan was understood, and simple enough. It didn't change anything drastically for how Tsurugi would handle things on his side. Not much would begin to happen on the way out of the village, but Kidame's status would rapidly deteriorate. Given he was cut so deeply on the right side, his diaphragm was ruptured and much of the pressure of his internal organs was goen as bits of the intestine were beginning to slowly spill out. Not to mention the copious blood. At this point, his skin was beginning to sap of all its color while becoming cool and clammy. Something further accelerated by the lack of Chakra circulating through his system. They were well within the village with a trail of blood behind them while Masato was yelling at people to clear the way. They did so, but it wasn't long before they were finally caught by someone. It was a sudden change, when suddenly Tsurugi would notice a huge bloodhound, it was almost taller than the average man on all of its fours, was by their side. It was easily keeping up with the group's pace, and standing on top of it was a strange, effeminate man. He wore a pin-striped orange shirt with not much over it. His hair was a medium-length crop, with long feather-like plumes coming from his right eye's lashes. His pink eyes seemed to be at ease as him and his Ninken casually trotted with the group. This man's strange appearance should've been enough to let the two know, but they were in the presence of Masami Hagoromo "The Shinobi of a Thousand Miracles". Or, as he was officially dubbed "Captain of the Medical Corps", the most well-versed medical-nin within all of Konoha.

Very calmly, and without any seriousness in his voice, he started to speak with some wit, "Oh really, you kids these days. Won't be able to escape any enemy if you always leave a trail of your friend's blood behind for them," He leaned his head to the side before immediately saying with some authority in his voice, "Drop him." Tsurugi almost stumbled before coming to a skidding halt, immediately laying Kidame down on the ground while Masami bit into his thumb before streaking a thin line of his own blood on a tattoo over his right wrist. Plumes of smoke rose as two tiny Kai Ken dogs with little jingasa and a stretcher could be seen standing between the group. Masami grabbed Kidame's arm with one hand while the dogs pushed the stretcher under the injured boy. Once it was properly under him, Masami eased Kidame onto the bed before the two dogs propped up the stretcher over themselves and taking off in a sprint much faster than either of the two Genin had been doing towards the Konoha Hospital. Masami hopped back up onto the giant bloodhound's side before patting its backside. "Both of you, get on here. I'm going to need a full story on what happened. You didn't go into the 13th Training Ground. Did you?" They would have plenty of room to talk as they reached the hospital. If Masami was here, then Kidame should've been alright. But what would happen when Ieyasu or Shusuke learned about this incident?

**Masato Haruno:** Masato was dumbfounded when he noticed the bloodhound make pace with the two of them. Not because of the face a dog suddenly joined their chase but because this dog was almost as legendary as the guy on it. “Masami Hagoromo…” Masato said in an almost star struck way. This guy was the best, the absolute pinnacle of medical ninjutsu out there. IT was an honor to be in his presence and even more so to be chastised by him. Speaking of which, when Masami told them to drop the boy, Masato stopped cold. Masato was ready to explain everything to Tsurugi but it looked like he understood the situation too. He watched as the hounds did their job and took off with Kidame before they were instructed to climb on with Masami and give him an incident report. Masato would climb aboard and then start off with the explaining first, “So first off no, we weren’t in TG-13” Masato tried to shorten the non essential parts as best he could while keeping the details in. “We went to the new field, It’s unnamed as of yet. So we decided to have a spar, injured party’s idea. He starts off with this crazy lightning thing where his whole body becomes electricity and kicks me in the arms.” Masato then showed off his arms and the swelling had gotten a bit worse at this point with large red welts covering most of the back of his forearms. “Oh this is worse than I thought. That was an awesome kick.” He said with almost a hint of excitement in his voice. “Anyway after that I pretended to be knocked out so I could get the surprise in later before I heard Kidame fall. That's the injured party’s name. During that time my head was tucked under myself to help sell my injury so I dont know what happened.”