“Now, tell me, why did you want to meet me?” Kaida asked.

  “What, do you think I would only e to meet you for a reason? You think I’m that type of person?” Ryota said in an overly dramatie.

  “So, you don’t have anything you want to ask?” Kaida asked, not a bit affected by Ryota’s ag, havirained by Shisui daily for such situations.

  “I didn’t say that. Actually, I wao have a sparring partner. My sensei said that even though I know some moves, I don’t know how to use them effitly. The only way to learn is through stantly using them against someone. But I don’t take nearly enough missions to get the experien fighting, so I need a sparring partner,” Ryota said.

  “You want a ninjutsu spar?” Kaida asked.

  “No, ninjutsu be learned without that. I want a spar focused only on taijutsu,” Ryota replied.

  “I don’t have much experien taijutsu; I only have the basiowledge of it that we learned in the academy,” Kaida said.

  “But you’re now part of the Uchiha . Aren’t they teag you taijutsu too?” Ryota asked.

  “Why would I learn that when I learn Uchiha kenjutsu, one of the most lethal and effective styles in the vilge?” Kaida said, as if it were a fact a newborn child would know.

  “So, you don’t want to be my sparring partner?” Ryota asked dejectedly.

  “When did I say that? I just want to warn you not to keep your hopes high when we spar,” Kaida said.

  “Great!”

  “Why don’t we have a small spar now, just to get a basic idea?” Kaida suggested.

  “Sure, I’m free anyway,” Ryota said.

  Bark! Bark!

  “Yeah, buddy, I know you’ll join too,” Kaida said.

  All three of them theo one of the training areas. Sihey were just going to spar, there was no need for them to book the training area.

  "Alright, Ryota. Let's see what you've got," Kaida said, getting into a fighting position.

  "Don't hold back, Kaida. I want to see what you're really capable of," Ryota said, both he and Kiba getting on all fours, ready for a burst of speed.

  “Okay then, I’ll go all out, and you don’t pull any punches. I heal most lethal injuries now; broken bones are no problem at all,” Kaida said.

  Ryota grinned and then charged forward, his fists raised. Kaida dodged to the side, then delivered a powerful chakra-enhanced kick aimed at Ryota's leg. Ryota blocked the kick with his shin, but Kaida's momentum carried him forward, allowing him to nd a pun Ryota's shoulder.

  Ryota grinned. "Not bad, Kaida. But I’m not going to use just punches and kicks."

  Ryota jumped bad passed a pill to Kiba, who suddenly transformed into a e of Ryota.

  Fang Over Fang!

  Then Ryota started making various hand signs.

  Whirlwind Fang!

  Suddenly, both Ryota and Kiba transformed into whirlwinds and started attag Kaida from various dires. Kaida initially dodged some of the attacks, but the coordinatioween Ryota and Kiba was to. When Kaida dodged one of Ryota’s attacks, Kiba attacked Kaida from one of his blind spots created due to dodging Ryota’s attack, throwing Kaida some distance away. Ryota didn’t let go of this opportunity and attacked Kaida once again.

  ‘This is annoying; I’m not eveing a ce to attack,’ Kaida thought as he dodged Ryota’s attack. Luckily for Kaida, this jutsu was very chakra-ing, and Ryota couldn’t maintain it for too long since he had still not fully mastered it. He and Kiba stopped spinning a back to all fours, once again fog on punches and kicks.

  Ryota tinued his assault, his cws raking across Kaida's chest. Kaida tried to ter with a chakra-enhanced punch, but Ryota dodged the attack. At that moment, Kiba distracted Ryota with a bite toward his leg. Using this opportunity, Ryota nded a kick to Kaida's stomach. Kaida stumbled backward, gasping for air.

  Just as Ryota was about to deliver the finishing blow, Kiba leaped into the fray. Kiba charged at Kaida, his teeth bared. Kaida was forced to defend himself against both Ryota and Kiba, but now Kaida could fight back a little. He suddenly jumped and spun in the air to dodge Kiba’s bite attack while nding a spinning ki Ryota.

  Ryota used his arm to defend, but it wasn’t enough to ter the force of the chakra-enhanced kick. He mao push Kaida away at the cost of his forearm bones, rendering one of his hands unusable in the fight. But Ryota didn’t pay any attention to that and ran forward to where Kaida would nd, throwing a punch straight toward Kaida’s face.

  The punded squarely on his face, almost knog him out. Ryota could have followed up with atack, but si was just a short spar, this was enough to check each other’s level.

  "That was... exhausting," Ryota said.

  "You're telling me. I thought I was ier shape. But that st punch almost broke my nose,” Kaida said, massaging his nose.

  “Almost? you see this hangi? It used to be my arm,” Ryota said, pointing to his arm, which was broken during the fight.

  They both ughed, their friendly banter easing the tension of the fight.

  "Seriously though, that Whirlwind Fang was impressive. I didn't realize you could move that fast," Kaida said, going near Ryota to check the injury.

  "Thanks. I've been practig a lot tely. But you weren't too bad yourself. You dodged most of my attacks even without using the Sharingan,” Ryota said.

  “What I say, I’m a genius,” Kaida said, then started healing Ryota’s arm. Luckily, the damage was small because Ryota used chakra to defend against the attack; otherwise, his bones might have shattered and taken loo recover.

  ‘I went a little overboard there,’ Kaida thought when he sidered the sequences.

  ‘Genius? I think you’re fetting that I won,” Ryota said, raising his head.

  “So what? I’m not fog on taijutsu anyway. Want to have a kenjutsu spar?” Kaida asked, finishing healing Ryota’s arm.

  “No thanks, I’m still not crazy enough to go against an Uchiha isu,” Ryota said, moving his arm to check if it was fine.

  “Don’t move it much. Rest for a few hours before doing anything major with that hand,” Kaida said.

  “You’re starting to sound more and more like a doctor now,” Ryota said.

  “Thanks.”

  “That wasn’t a pliment, but whatever. So, we’re going to tihese sparring sessions, right?” Ryota asked.

  “Yes, I want to keep meeting Kiba,” Kaida said, patting Kiba’s head.

  “When are we going to have spars then?” Ryota asked, knowing fully well that Kaida was usually very busy.

  “I go to the hospital at eight in the m, so we have a spar at seven. That way, if you get ioo badly, I get you fixed up at eight.”