… The carriage was taking a bit of time to reach the Land of Rivers, where the hotspot would be located. Therefore, Kojirou wondered how to spend the time… thinking back, last time he sparred with Shigure-senpai, the latter was so quick and rapid and overwhelmed him before the young swordsman could land a single, decent hit. Speed kept doing him over, but it wasn’t all… at least, Kojirou could hold his ground. Not for long, though.
He had to mess around with Nekketsukan to make it take less chakra, but that in and of itself was such a hassle. Right now, however, with a single Tiger handseal, he could feel chakra bubbling inside of him – he had rested well, eaten well, drunk well, and now his chakra reserves were full and ready to be of use to him. But stacking his past experiences up on top of each other made him realize that he really wanted to have much more chakra to spend…
Like, imagine if he was able to use Nekketsukan for so much longer? Shigure-senpai wouldn’t have been able to land so many Palm Strikes without burning his hands! That would’ve been the ultimate counter-attack to the feared Gentle Style! Ahhhhh, if only he had a source of chakra that lasted forever… or something like that. Lava Release took a lot of chakra, and… how exactly did someone increase their chakra reserves? By… eating more?
"… Wait, you’ve never sparred with your own brother?!” Kojirou almost yelped in shock, his eyes widened and his hands flailing around, "That’s not right, no no no no no, that’s- that’s- but he’s your brother, right? Is he that busy?!” Now… Kojirou wasn’t totally updated on the Hyūga situation, not to mention informed at all, so he didn’t know what Shigure-senpai was actually up to. All he could do was rest his hands on Asuka’s shoulders like a worried parent trying to soothe their child. "I’ll spar with you, then! And when I see Shigure-senpai again, I’ll scold him for you! As a matter of fact, I just got a brilliant, genius idea...”
Kojirou, one pure of heart, was also confident when it wasn’t really called for. "I have a very good counter-Genkai against Shigure-senpai’s Jyūken… b-but this is between you and me, and him too, he knows already,” Kojirou would begin to whisper, feeling the carriage jump from the horses walking over uneven gravel and bulging terrain, "But this ability takes a lot of chakra to use effectively, so I need to get more chakra before I fight him again… you got any tips on how to increase my chakra pool?”
"We’re halfways there, reaching the border to Land of Rivers soon. I know you two are young, but we’re counting on you. Keep your eyes open!” voices from the front called back to them, which made Kojirou shutter and keep silent as he knew that he was on an official mission right now. He couldn’t make a dud, this mission was important… but he kept sending puppy eyes towards the adorable Hyūga, hoping via the power of luck that she knew a thing or two about big chakra pools and how to get such.
It was like he was plotting to enact revenge on Shigure-senpai on her behalf, even though they just met for the first time today.
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