Izu got annoyed when Hayashi's clone interfered with his attack against the Uchiha and gave Hayashi to time to dodge, but it at least dispersed the clone in the process and he did manage to cut his opponent on the shoulder. Izu then noticed that the attack left his open for a counterattack and heard Hayashi start saying the words for a fire technique, but then he stopped. This confused Izu, was his sparing partner worried about killing him? It would take more than a fire ball technique to kill him, either way it gave him enough to time to slow his momentum and prepare himself to dodge another attack.

He then heard the Uchiha say the words of a water jutsu and created the same blade that Izu saw earlier. It looked like this would be a sword fight and Izu gladly accepted the challenge. He parried Hayashi's slash at his chest and retaliated with a quick and ferocious sequence of slashes and then he would finish with a hew aimed at the Uchiha's collar bone. Izu was a very well trained swordsmen, which was a talent that the mist ninja prided themselves in. He would keep up close and attempt to overpower his opponent with his slime blade.

If Hayashi tried to get distance between them then he would resort to more powerful Savage Slime techniques and try to close the distance between them again. As of now he had used up a small portion of chakra, but he would soon start to feel the effects of using too much ninjutsu and drain his chakra reserves, which was why he would have to make his more powerful jutsu as effective as possible against Hayashi.