Advancing One's Art

Kiyoshi would walk into the Grand Konoha Training Facility with a bright smile on his face, though he did not do this as often as he probably should, he was taking some time off from his workshop to get some training in. Though that was not the cause of this smile, oh no. The smile that was worn on the man's face was from the completion of his improved puppet armor, of course some of those upgrades made it impossible for anyone to actually see that he was smiling due to the helmet that was now resting upon his face. Not that he was going to complain about it, the helmet had his entire head covered unlike the previous model that left his head exposed. Kiyoshi had determined that that left him far too vulnerable in battle, especially if an opponent managed to get up close to him. His puppets were great and all but they would not always be able to help him, a fact that was proven in his sparring with Ayame. She had managed to get the drop on him in that match, though he was hoping with the improvements that he had made to his suit something like that would never happen again. He had learned many things since he had first become a genin for the village, the first and most important thing was of course the fact that you could never be too prepared. There was far too many dangers out there and far too many ways that someone would be able to attack you from, so upgrades like what he had done to his mobility suit were very important. He determined in his spar with his teammates against his sensei that he needed a way to defend against techniques like the ones she had used against him, thus the helmet. The tinted vizor, while allowing him to see out of it, would prevent eye contact from being a problem as they wouldn't be able to see his eyes. The tint also provided him with a protection against things that would blind him like his flash bang bombs, or even those ninjutsu that he knew someone was bound to know. The next thing he learned was from his spar with Nikola, when the other man had formed the dome of bugs around him, Kiyoshi wasn't able to get his puppets close to him for fear of the bugs destroying his puppets. So, he installed a special flamethrower into his puppet armor, smaller than normal but still it would be more than enough to deal with things like the aburame bugs if he ever sparred with one of them again. The flamethrower would have also come in handy in the spar agaisnt Ayame, he would have been able to set fire to the field so that she wouldn't have been able to use it to hide. The final thing he learned was during his spar with Ayame, he learned that he was far too dependent on his puppet armor to protect him against attacks considering the fact that it was useless against an underground attack. Therefore, he installed a way to escape the puppet armor should something like that happen again where the armor would become useless. These were not the extent of his adjustments to his puppet armor, though they were the ones that were inspired by some of the encounters he had as a Genin. He removed his scorpion tail modification, replacing it with a four-tendril claw system that he believed would work better for him. He replaced the smoke bomb system with a gas system that would allow him to release a gas to protect himself if someone got close, something else that his helmet would protect him from. Finally, there was the addition of the strange material he had found in the market, Monarch's providence. He still didn't understand the material fully, but it would come in handy with stealth operations. Combining it with his hidden puppet technique he might be able to pass completely unnoticed.

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Trained Mobility Suit V.2: A Rank (600/600)

Seeing Akimitsu there waiting for him, Kiyoshi would wave to the other man. He had asked Akimitsu to meet him here so that he could get some training done, his hope was that he would be more up to the fight than his kin had been. Kiyoshi would get them a room from the reception desk and the two of them would head in, though he was looking forward to training again, he still remembered Anzo's words about the pulling punches. He had to remember not everyone wore armor like he was so he would have to ensure that he did not hurt his new friend, and hope that he could pull his punches. Once they were in the room, they would each take a different side. While Kiyoshi unsealed his puppets, Akimitsu created a bug clone so that he would have a better chance than on his own. Kiyoshi had seen this technique used once before, but it's abilities and limitations were beyond him though he supposed that it would be something that he would possibly discover them both today. Kiyoshi would pull out all of his puppets that he had with him, from the wolf twins to the troublesome trio of Bumi, Knives, and the improved Mini-mi as well as the new three of Kenro, Yami, and chitora, with his puppet armor he was controlling a total of nine puppets still not at his limit as far as puppets but it would slow their overall movement down do to his attention being divided by so much. This was a necessary sacrifice for what it was that Kiyoshi was hoping to accomplish in his training. He would not move at first simply standing there as with his eight extremely different puppets surrounded him. Akimitsu seemed to study Kiyoshi as if he was of the same thinking as him, wishing to know the extent of the others abilities. It would be Kiyoshi that would break the stand off, sending out Bumi, knives, chitora, and his two wolf puppets. the five puppets would move at one hundred and fifty meters per second and while they were standing off against each other, they were doing so not nearly as far away from one another, allowing them to close the distance between the two men in less than a second. Their movement was not to attack however but surround both Akimitsu and his bug clone. The idea behind the technique was pretty simple though whether or not it was a success depended on whether his opponent would be able to prevent them from surround him. If he did, Kiyoshi would have to try a different tactic, but this would be the first one that would come to his mind. It was all a matter of attempt to capture an opponent, preventing them from escaping or having to resort to killing them. Once all five of the puppets were in place, surrounding the Aburame and his bug clone like points of a star, Kiyoshi would flood them with his chakra forming the seal on the ground between his puppets. Using the puppets as conduits for his chakra ink to form the seal that would paralyze the man and his clone, he would not stop there either. Once the other man and his clone was trapped Kenro, Yami, and Mini-mi would go to work, moving into the seal and Kenro attacking one of the twin aburame to see the bugs separate around it. Kiyoshi would smirk as he looked to the other one say that it was over before moving mini-mi to punch the second one only to see that he too was a clone of bugs.

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Trained A-Rank Custom Technique: Prelude to Destruction (600/600)

Kiyoshi frowned at the fact that both of the men he caught were clones when he would feel a tap on his shoulder, turning to look he would see Akimitsu standing behind him. "You were late, so I had time to prepare." Akimitsu stated with a small laugh, Kiyoshi would chuckle slightly as he ended his technique on the puppets. "So, I take it you knew what I was going to do eh?" Kiyoshi asked with a raised eyebrow, "well, there has been talk about how fast your puppets could move. I was all simple misdirection on my part, though I doubt I would have been able to do this trick if it had not been for the gourd you crafted for me." Akimitsu replied as he smiled back to Kiyoshi as they took up new positions Akimitsu with his two bug clones, and Kiyoshi with his eight puppets. "That trick won't work on me a second time," Kiyoshi stated as he stared the other man down. Akimitsu just laughed, "yes, I don't expect it would. Though now that I have had time to access your abilities, I no longer need to use that tactic. Though I would say I won round one," Akimitsu stated with a smirk. "Oh, how do you figure that?" Kiyoshi would ask, "well behind you I could have easily deployed my Kikaichu and drained your chakra." Kiyoshi would consider the thought for a moment, thinking back and noting that he did not know that the man was behind him until the man tapped on his shoulder. "Alright, I will give you that I guess. From this point forward, no more dirty tricks." Kiyoshi laughed only half serious as he said it, there was no hard feelings about it. In truth the man could have ended the fight much earlier if he had not alerted Kiyoshi to his presence, he really needed to figure out how to better be aware of his surroundings to stop this from happening. There had to be a way for him to be able to see without seeing or something, this was beginning to get ridiculous, twice in as many weeks he has been snuck up on and it was annoying. Returning to his violet formation style stance, Kiyoshi would ready himself for another chance at this spar. His fingers would begin twitching and his puppets would scatter across the field all of them moving at over one hundred meters per second as they danced around him, Kiyoshi wasn't holding back this time. Knowing that he had to get past the bug clones in order to get to the real Akimitsu, this of course was going to lead to him losing some puppets to the bugs, but it was something that he had to do if he was going to do this and win. Sending three puppets at one of the men, three puppets at another, and then two puppets at the last one as he moved to discover which one was the real one. Quickly figuring out which of the three was the real man, Kiyoshi would move Kenro into position and take hold of the man in a grapple as Kiyoshi pumped chakra into it to begin draining his opponent of his chakra. This was a unique technique that Kiyoshi developed, using his own natural born connection to chakra to allow him to drain chakra from another. Normally this required him to actually be touching the other person, but thanks to this technique, Kiyoshi was able to discover a way to drain someone through one of his puppets and that was going to be useful in the future.

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Trained A-Rank Custom Technique:  Violet Secret Technique: Draining Puppet (600/600)

The grapple wouldn't last long as Akimitsu was easily able to flood the puppet with his bugs making the puppet useless, Kiyoshi would quickly sever the connections between him and Kenro as well as the other three puppets that had fallen to the bugs of the other man. The last thing that he needed to happen was the bugs follow his chakra strings back to him and start draining him, that would be another victory for the other man. Instead, he would pull back the remaining four puppets he had so that the other man couldn't infect them as well. These bugs were getting to be a problem but unless they got close to him his flamethrower would do no go, and the whole purpose of the puppets was to keep his enemies at a distance. He had to think of a way to get to the man without risking the last of his puppets, the only choice he had was to use the launchers on the puppets. allow them to attack at a distance as well. Spreading them out around the other man so that they would be attacking from multiple positions, hoping to limit the other man's ability to defend against all of them at once. Firing off the shots, Kiyoshi would frown as he watches the man form a dome of swarming bugs around himself to protect him from the projectiles. This was something he had seen Nikola use in their spar as well, a defense that the Aburame seemed to have. His projectiles were all knocked away by the swarming bugs with no issue, however Kiyoshi wasn't going to let that stop him. He had a plan for this, a way that he could increase the power of his projectiles so that he could deal with the defenses that they normally would not be able to push through. Amping up the amount of chakra he was flowing through his strings Kiyoshi began to over load the launchers of the puppets to the point that they began rapid firing at an increased rate as well as a much higher speed, not to meantion the increase to the force behind which they were all fired. It was only a matter of time before Kiyoshi began seeing his Multi shot technique causing larger and larger holes to form in the man's dome that he had formed around him, bringing a smile back to his face as he directed the fire of the puppet's ammo towards the other man through the holes that were spinning around him. It was not hard given his coordination as well as his vision, it would not take long for a shot to find it's mark through one of the said holes and hitting their target within the dome. Once a single kunai would strike Akimitsu, Kiyoshi would end his techniques as well as pull his puppets back. Calling out to the other man to ensure that he was still okay, the answer was the dome ending and the other man looking at him with a small stain of blood on his shoulder. Replying that it was now one to one and that they needed to have a tie breaker to figure out who won, Kiyoshi was of course concerned about his friend however considering the fact that the other man seemed more than willing to continue, he saw no reason as to why they should not continue. Though he would try to avoid drawing anymore blood off the other man as the last thing he wanted to do was to cause Akimitsu to pass out from blood loss.

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Trained A-Rank Custom Technique: Violet Secret Technique: Encore (600/600)

The spar between the two would soon grow intense as they both pulled out all the stops, while still maintaining the fact that they were not actively trying to hurt the other. In all honesty, it was the most fun Kiyoshi ever had while training, though quickly finding himself running out of breath and having to call a stop to the spar on an account that he could not continue. Akimitsu was more than understanding about the situation, and even stated that they could pick up again once they both rested a little bit. It seemed the young aburame did not want to accept a victory just because his opponent got winded, Kiyoshi would smile at that fact as there were not many people that were like that in this world. It was more likely that you would meet someone that would take advantage of the situation than they would be to be helpful or understanding, but it seemed that Kiyoshi had finally met someone else who had a like thinking to himself. A rare quality to be sure, but something that would bring a smile to Kiyoshi's face none the less. The two would talk idly as they rested within the room of the grand training facility, eventually eating some food before heading back in to continue their training. It was time for them to begin again, this time with renewed energy. Having both been rested, they would have full energy for the spar to begin. Akimitsu and his kikaichu were a challenge for Kiyoshi to deal with and a good practice for him to train with, but the sheer number of his puppets would eventually lead to the overwhelming of Akimitsu though a few puppets had to be sacrificed as it had the last time. This of course would only further the point that he needed to get Goliath up and running soon, having a more mobile flamethrower would be helpful in many ways. Considering he wanted to keep his opponents at a distance, Goliath would allow him to use the flamethrower even at a distance, as well as many other weaponries however that was neither here nor there. Once the sparring had come to an end, Kiyoshi would activate his Chakra transference technique. Transferring some chakra to the other man to help him recover as it was Akimitsu that tired first this time, but Kiyoshi still had some in his reserves. His chakra forming small strings much like what he used for his puppets, however this time coming from his chest instead of his hands. He had to explain what it was of course, as he needed Akimitsu's permission to be able to pull this off. Once the two of them were connected, Kiyoshi would send over half of his remaining chakra to Akimitsu to help him in his recovery. Then the two of them would part ways, Akimitsu returning to his clan district and Kiyoshi returning to his workshop apartment after he sealed all eight of his puppets away once more. Kiyoshi would end up taking the long way home, unsealing his Zip-Board as he began to move across the village. Enjoying a small sunset from on top of the hokage rock before finally heading home to get some rest, he had accomplished a lot with his training today, tomorrow however he would be returning to work on his crafting unless he was assigned a mission. He did not mind the missions, especially considering the fact that they were the few ways he had to pay for his crafting and puppets for himself, but for now he would be done with his training.

{Exit Thread}

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Trained A-Rank Custom: Secret Art: Chakra Transference Threads (600/600)