[center][b]Kuni Trains!
Training for the upcoming Chuunin Exams! Part 1[/b]

[i]A Collab between Fieryfly and Mr Nim[/i]

[b]Summary:[/b]
Eiji trains Kuni for the upcoming Chuunin Exams by sparring with her.
*Note: This takes place about a week before the exams and does not interfere with the present actions of Eiji Emiya.
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Standing at the entrance to the training fields, Kuni looked around. It wasn't like Eiji-sensei to be late, but she assumed that there might've been something with Sachi that made him be delayed, or that he was needed for something that too more time than expected in the Amekage's office or such. Looking down, she placed her hand on her belly. Ever since that Meisa woman had worked on her seal, she had been having a lot more trouble properly talking to Son-Goku. She found that she could only contact him by focusing a lot, and only when she was completely alone. Wishing it wouldn't be like this for a long time, she raised her look and wondered how long will she need to wait for Eiji.

She would only have to wait for six more minutes. Eiji had indeed been running late, not because of Sachi or any duty work, but simply because he had slept in. He felt slightly stupid for that, but he didn't get much sleep overall so sometimes he just had to make up for it, making it indirectly Sachi's fault. He didn't want to blame his daughter though. As he arrived at the field he pushed his cap away from his head and walked over to Kuni who was already waiting for him. [b]"You here al ready. You are really getting the word "early" down. Which is good. Good word."[/b] He spoke to her as gave her a smile. 

[b]"I didn't get the word early. I was here on time. You were getting to know the word 'late' a bit better, Eiji-sensei."[/b] She said and stuck out a tongue towards her sensei and father-figure [b]"I'd ask what made you be late, but I know there are plenty of possibilies. So how about we get to the main thing straight away? I feel a bit impaitent today."[/b] Kuni said and gave him a smile while moving to stand across from Eiji. She had never sparred with him before, unless people counted the silly little things, and she was slightly curious to see how she will do against him, but at the same time, she didn't want to hurt Eiji, but she knew that as long as she watched her step carefully, she could ensure he wouldn't be seriously injured.

Eiji pretended to be annoyed. It didn't work. After all, she was right in her own way. He gave her another look and wondered what the beast inside her was thinking of this. Of course, he was aware that the seal had been strengthened and he wasn't so much afraid that Kuni would let the beast go. She wasn't stupid. It was just strange to think that there were now two beings there instead of one. He stuffed his hands in his pockets. [b]"How is your chakra control going?"[/b] He asked even though he knew that she wanted to start the fight. She was free to do so, as she probably knew, but Eiji still wanted answers on his questions whether they were fighting or not. 

Kuni shrugged [b]"I think its improving, but not sure. Ever since that Meisa woman messed with the seal I've been feeling a bit odd whenever I use a jutsu. Like something I'm not used to is being added. Also felt a bit dizzy from time to time, but I usually manage to get over the dizzyness."[/b] She said and then did the seal of confrontation, knowing that was the proper way of beginning a spar.

[b]"I see."[/b] Eiji said as he removed his hands from his pockets for just a moment to form the seal as well. Then he put them back and just looked at Kuni. As her teacher he had a pretty good grasp on what she could do and she knew quite a bit of his capabilities. But he doubted that she knew the full extend. There was a reason why he was the teacher and she was the student. Yet, he looked somewhat forward to the day that she would beat him and rise higher. She was now bound to the city after all and he was pretty sure that Kuni wasn't going to just take that. Miss Ichi might think she had her all cornered and Eiji agreed with that, but he also knew Kuni. A grin tugged on the corners of his mouth. [b]"Well then, a spar. A proper one. Don't go to easy now. You need to want to hit me to actually achieve something today."[/b]

Nodding, she took out a couple of kunai, one with an explosive tag, and threw them at each of Eiji's sides before starting to form a few seals. Upon finishing to form the seals, an earth hand would raise from the ground behind Eiji and would attempt to block the route behind the man, in an attempt to force him to either go to the sides or in Kuni's directions [b]"I know I need to hit you. But first I-"[/b] Kuni stopped talking the moment she realised she nearly gave away what she was trying to do. Giving away the plan to an opponent wouldn't be good for her.

As Kuni moved so did Eiji. It was not like he was just going to stand by and wait for her to attack and hit him. He might not be a very offensive fighter, but he knew how to hold his ground. The kunai came flying, but he didn't want them around. He should be the only to drop the explosions, not she. The two poi lashed out with a flick of his wrist and knocked the kunai away from him. They hit the earth once and then returned close to Eiji's body. Then he waited. 

So Eiji just defended against both kunai without moving. So that would be the main challenge for her. Force Eiji to move as much as possible. Looking at the Earth hand behind him, Kuni made it head towards Eiji's legs, but instead of trying to crash into them, she gave the hand the instruction that the moment it was about to hit to switch directions so it would try and hit Eiji's back instead of his legs, figuring Eiji will try and break the Earth hand with his poi and then she might be capable of still sending a few earth shatters in Eiji's direction. 

Eiji turned his head slightly, the poi spinning around his body. He took a step to the side so that he twisted his body sideways, meaning his whole side was basically protected from an incoming projectile. The Earth hand was a nice technique, but it was still a projectile that had to get close to hit him. It connected with the weapon and blew apart. Meanwhile Eiji had turned his head back to Kuni, his other hand no longer spinning a poi, and send his own kunai her way. 

Seeing Eiji send kunai her way made Kuni jump to the side, not wishing to try and delfect them unless she was in a bad spot. Deciding that staying at the distance won't do her any good, she grabbed a blinding tag and slipped it into her sleeve while still inside the pouch and also took out a kunai. Throwing the kunai in Eiji's direction, she then formed a few seals and as the earth formed around her fist, she used it as cover as slipped the tag into the Earth Fist. She begun charging towards him, and mid way she slipped her hand out of the Earth Fist, making it become a projectile and knowing that the moment Eiji breaks the Earth Fist, he will be blinded by the activation of the blinding tag and she will get a chance to attack him.

Eiji wondered what Kuni was trying. She knew that projectiles weren't going to work so well against him. He knocked the kunai aside with ease which was strange. It was way too easy. Kuni was better then that that was for sure. So it meant one thing, she was up to something. That meant that Eiji had to do the same thing. It might look like he often did the same thing over and over again, but this was not the case. There were just a lot of... small changes in his way of fighting. Luckily he had high reflexes. That certainly helped. He turned sideways again as the fist came towards him, the poi followed the movement of his arm and went for the flying stone. Instead of destroying it though, it wrapped around it. Eiji pulled the poi around and send the thing back to Kuni's face. 

So Eiji figured out she was up to something. She watched as the Earth fist came towards her and then moved to the side, keeping her hand in the route of the thrown rock. Soon enough her hand went through the rock, just like before, but it came out empty as before, as Kuni had slipped the tag into her sleeve as quickly as she could while it was still inside the rock, before letting it drop the ground. She then formed a few handseals before pressing her hands against the ground and beginning to make the earth beneath Eiji to go upwards. She appeared to be planning something else, as she also kept her eyes on the upper edge of the earth that Eiji stood on.

As a general rule a defensive fighter shouldn't be losing his or her footing. Because his footing was the foundation of his strategy to beat his opponent. So when Kuni started to make that basis unstable Eiji didn't hesitate a moment. The poi crashed into the ground, sending up smoke while he disappeared into the shaking earth himself like he had seen Kuni do so many times before. He didn't see himself having a chance underground. It was her place most of the time. So he didn't stay hidden for long, but emerged right before Kuni sending an open palm filled with explosive chakra her way. 

After seeing Eiji strike the earth and bring dust and vanish within it from her sight, Kuni begun forming seals, figuring that she would need to defend herself from whatever he may bring against her afterwards. And indeed, Eiji appeared from the ground in front of her, and she did the Monkey seal. As Eiji would strike her, she would appear trying to block his explosive chakra, only to explode into smaller rock pieces and reveal it was a rock clone. However, the real Kuni would appear backing up from the clone, smiling as it would become apparent that she moved herself to right behind the clone and hid the blinding tag within it. She activated the blinding tag and stopped in her tracks, waiting for a moment to see what will Eiji do as the tag started to let out light.

She had gained good reactions, Eiji thougth as he pulled back his hand only to be met with a light which started to brighten before his face. He didn't waste his breath on a curse and snapped his eyes shut while flipping backwards. His eyes couldnt help but catch some of the insane brightness and he kept them closed. His hands started to move around him in a fast manner, the poi zooming past his ears. Without his eyes he would be vunerable, or at least more vunerable then he would normally be so needed to protect himself until his sight was again 100%. 
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