tampered | Log; Ongoing

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Current Location: The Forest

Log; Ongoing

When; Thursday 26th, Early Afternoon
Rating; G
Characters; Uchiha Obito (

keepinganeyeout ) and Tsubaki Nakatsukasa (

mytechskeeper )
Summary; After explaining her world and how it works, the ninja tool offers to show the young Konoha ninja what it's like to work with a living weapon.
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The light was just beginning to shine through the dense brush of the forest when Tsubaki arrived in the clearing for her 'demonstration'. She had managed to completely her morning routine in plenty of time, and still have the minutes needed to prepare some lunch for afterwards.

It wasn't a necessity, but she felt it was something she aught to do. The first time Black☆Star had held her in Fey Blade Mode he had barely managed to hold out for a few seconds before passing out. Who knew what could happen with Obito, so at least with food he could get his energy back quickly.. The fact he was from another world not withstanding, soul resonance was tricky, and took a good bit of time to master at the start. And yet she had easily agreed to demonstrate to this boy. Well, he reminded her of her meister in a way, and he did seem interested. It wasn't like this would hurt him anyway, she would be sure to keep control of her soul wavelength.

Speaking of which, wasn't Obito meant to be here by now? she wondered.

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Time and Obito were not the best of friends. Possibly because friends were supposed to be side by side, not one constantly chasing the other, who was just about visible on the horizon. He wasn't even sure how it happened half the time, but here he was late again. Or not here, since he was currently sprinting over to the forest, feeling guilty for keeping Tsubaki-chan waiting.

He was vaguely able to sense her presence, enough to guide him to the clearing where he promptly jumped down from a tree, rolled and lay flat out on the ground, panting.

"Sorry I'm -ah- late, I -ah-" She didn't deserve one of his lame excuses so he grinned hopefully instead. Since this was their first time meeting in person, he'd wondered whether she might look weaponish - maybe a hook for an arm or something - but she looked perfectly normal, if not upside down, from the way he was lying.

Oh dear, it looked like Obito would need the energy boost before they even got started. Well, Tsubaki was never one to look the other way on such matters, she knew fine well the mother-hen in her would always crop up. Her meister classed her as being a worry-wart, but she just couldn't help herself.

With that, she got a flask out of the bag she brought with her and carried it over to the boy who lay sprawled on the gorund. Once she was near enough, she crouched down beside his, offering the other a drink.

"It's alright, I wasn't waiting that long." she replied, smiling back in response to his grin, unscrewing the cap on the bottle. "Here, you look like you could use this."

"Thanks!" He accepted the drink gratefully as he sat up, and chugged it down. Dashing through forests always made him thirsty. He was nowhere near as prepared, luckily for the both of them having just about managed to fling his clothes on in the right order.

It was a kind gesture and he was reminded of Rin, who was equally sensible. Tsubaki-chan's comments had been helping him along in the space of his missing teammate and it was comforting to find there were universes out there that weren't completely different from his own. Since arranging to meet he'd been mostly pumped up: this was no ordinary training session. But at the back of his mind was a worry he'd do something wrong and hurt her. Even someone as smart as Shikamaru couldn't figure out what would happen, since so much was unknown.

"Are you nervous?" he asked, standing up and looking a little antsy.

As in her nature, the girl sat quietly and watched, glad to see Obito getting his strength back. He certainly had a lot of energy, not unlike others she knew, so hopefully he would be able to handle himself with this.

Needless to say, seeing the nervousness in the boy made her blink in surprise as he asked his question. She paused for a moment, before smiling warmly back at him.

"Well..." she hummed, a thoughful look on her face. "Let me put it this way, with a meister like mine I've learned to prepared for anything. He can be quite a handful, adn rather reckless, so I doubt you could be as bad as him." she chimed, thinking of the the big stupid grin her technician always wore.

How many times had that attitude nearly got them killed? But they made it through. There was no danger out here really. Besides, she doubted anyone in any world could be as silly as her meister, so it didn't seem like Obito could make any mistake bad enough to do damage. At least he was being careful. Black☆Star would have already done some killer move and chopped the forest down by this point.

Being in the forest reminded him of how he nearly burned a portion of it down when he first arrived, but his jacket had gallantly sacrificed itself so that the nature could remain undisturbed. By amazing luck, he'd been able to find one just like it in one of the clothing shops, and a little old tailor, who'd been half deaf and had taken a lot of yelling to get his order across, had sewn the important large Uchiha crest on the back. Obito wasn't known for his subtlety.

Her confidence made him relax. He hoped her partner didn't put them in danger, but then that was sadly the life of a fighter and it was vital to toughen up early or risk not coping later on. He shook himself a little and a determined look overcame his face.

"I'm ready to start if you are," he said, not sure what would happen next. Would she transform much like he would a henge? Or did it require some kind of ritual?

His enthusiasm clearly knew no bounds, and it was refreshing to see such interest. She supposed it must have been strange to hear of living weapons from wherever Obito came from, something that was taken for granted in her own worlds. It really went to show the differences between realms.

Sighing, Tsubaki stood up, and looked at her young friend, encouraged by his words.

"Alright, hold out your hands." she instructed, taking a few steps back, steadying herself, smiling all the while. "And here we go."

With a single flash of light, the gril was gone, and a pair of hand scythes linked together by a chain appeared in the air, ready to land in the ninja's hands.

It is like a henge, he thought, happy at the familiarity, although he noted it was flashier than a puff of smoke. That kind of speed was useful in battle.

When she made contact with his hands, he immediately recognised what wasn't quite the feeling of chakra but a life force he'd never experienced when holding a weapon before. If he hadn't been expecting it, then he probably would have dropped her in shock, but as it was he simply enjoyed what felt like a powerful weapon. He also blushed a little, since it felt personal, holding someone like this.

Keen to train, he swung his arm round, letting go of one of the scythes so it followed as he spun it like a lasso then throwing it sharply outwards towards an imaginary enemy. Before it could hit the ground however, he pulled it back and caught it again, grinning.

"Hope you aren't dizzy," he said sheepishly. Maybe he'd got a bit carried away.

Once she handed in Obito's grip, Tsubaki could feel...well, it was a soul or lifeforce of some sort, she wasn't sure if the term was different to other worlds. Nevertheless, there was a presense, though of course, unlike with her meister, the boy wasn't trying to use her to applify his own wavelength. He was just using her the way an ordinary tool would be used, and that was fine. She didn't want to chance startling him with something like soul resonance.

She felt the movements, her form swinging around the air, and being pulled back. It had been a while since she felt these sensations, at least in the City. At home she was in plenty of use, though she wished it wasn't the case.

On hearing the remark, she giggled a bit, before casting herself into a way the ninja could see and hear her, appearing in the shining metal, her image reflecting from the blade and looking up at Obito.

"Not to worry, I'm used to it." she said, completely content. "You seem to be enjoying yourself."

Now talking he'd been prepared for, since she'd explained a little what she was capable of in weapon form, but he certainly wasn't ready to see her in the reflection and...well, no getting round it...it kind of sort of looked like she wasn't wearing clothes in there. Not that he could really tell, but the dark material he'd seen moments before around her neck wasn't there any longer and his reply involved looking ahead as if he were concentrating on something. Which he was - trying not to blush.

"I find training relaxing," he said to a nearby tree, "Well, so long as I'm not struggling with a new technique. But just getting back to basics, doing the moves I've been doing for years, I can sit back and enjoy it. There aren't many things I'm good at," he added with a bit of a laugh, "so I've got to hold onto the ones I am."

The latter was said as he threw her into the air, making some seals and calling out "Bunshin no jutsu!" Several Obito clones appeared out of nowhere, one stepping forward to run at him, the illusion becoming more obvious when the grass wasn't trampled under his feet.

Tsubaki of course was quite oblvious to any embarassment on Obito's part. She was just so used to it, and never got a reaction like this out of her meister. It was just an assumed image while in weapon form, so the significance didn't really register. Instead, she listened to him contentedly.

"Well, in practising the basics, you strengthen the foundation to other techniques. No one can master everything, but that attention to the first, and most important moves will only help you. Fancy advanced techniwues don't have any effect through a person who isn't strong in the basics." she replied warmly, a kind look on her features showing the in the reflection.

Needless to say, watching these strange moves, Tsubaki was quite impressed. It was a very innovative way of practise, and though the images were not real, there would still be impact with targets around. To someone who had never seen such a technique, it was remarkable.

Obito concentrated on what she said, since he knew what his bunshins would do, being a part of him after all. Tsubaki-chan always seemed so knowledgeable and yet often agreed with what he said in a way that he could tell wasn't simply humouring him. It gave him support and helped him not feel like an idiot one hundred percent of the time.

He sliced through the oncoming illusion quickly before ducking and looping the chain round the second's middle, causing that one too to disappear in a puff of smoke. Despite the clones having his image, it wasn't strange to him to be fighting himself.

"Hey, tell me about this soul thing you mentioned," he said, curious, and starting to relax at the reflection of her in the metal, enough to smile at her as the weapon came to rest in his hands again.

As they began taking down the clones, Tsubaki was careful to follow the moves as best she could, trying to better the boy's own natural movements. He it was clear he had worked very hard to get this far, and to that, she offered respect, he had earned it. For someone so young and happy, he was very determined, not unlike another she knew. Though maybe a bit quieter...

Once the sequence of attacks ended, she appeared once more in metal surface blinking at the question.

"Soul Resonance?" she asked, clarifying she was addressing the right subject. "Well, it's like amplifying soul wavelengths of both meister and weapon to create more power and effect in attacks. The weapon acts as the amplifier for the meisters soul wavelength, and in resonating their souls with each on the same vibe, it causes the reaction to become stronger, amplifying more power, if that makes sense." she rambled. though still smiling back at Obito, knowing it must have sounded peculiar for someone who'd never experienced it.

He nodded as she explained, even if the finer details went over his head. "Even though we don't have anything like that in my world, that still somehow makes sense to me. Connecting with your weapons on another level for more power. And it's a power born through teamwork. I can get behind an idea like that."

Mulling the differences over in his head now he wasn't training for the moment, it occured to him the similarities. He grinned. "I've had an idea!" Rare words for the Uchiha indeed. "It's something you might be interested to see. I'm going to put you down for a moment."

Very, very gently he put her on the ground and made a seal. In a puff of smoke, he clunked down next to her in the form of a large, henge'd shuriken.

Tsubaki smiled, though only had time to give a mumbled reply of acceptance as she was placed on the ground, wondering what the other was planning. She had seen many different things in her battles, so surely it couldn't be anything too strange.

However, the sight of the boy vanishing, only for a shuriken to appear where he stood baffled her.

The girl had to blink rapidly as she looked out through the blade, eyeing the other weapon in surprise; what had just happened?

"Obito? I don't...how did you you..." she babbled in some confusion.

Weapon!Obito...was silent. He only kept for the form for a short time before suddenly reappearing as the familiar dark haired ninja with a grin on his face.

He caught the end of her spluttering and chuckled. "I can henge into a weapon, or another person, but it's only temporary. The better you get with chakra, the longer you can hold it." His face grew a little more serious, looking down at her intently. "But it feels fake. I mean, it is an illusion. But you actually become the weapon. It doesn't compare, really." He couldn't help another laugh. "Though your reaction was still fun!"

He stretched his arms above his head. "I guess if you ever want to have a go on the other side, you could try throwing me around in weapon form. Bet I could hold it for five minutes!" he boasted, which wasn't very long at all - other chuunins had the concentration required for a much more impressive time - but Obito was prone to distraction and an underlying lack of confidence meant he often released the form early by accident.

"Oh, I see." she replied, sounding impressed at such a thing. In her own world you were either a weapon or a meister, and only Justin Law had ever managed to be both, since he had collected his souls without the aid of a partner.

Sensing the tone, she softened her features as she looked at Obito, knowing it wasn't the same for him, but it was still something unique in her mind. Perhaps switching roles would let her show him that.

"Well I have wielded my own forms before, but that was only possible when inside my opponents soul. But well, if you're up for it I am." she smiled.

"Tsubaki-chan," he said with a blank face, "That made no sense to me. At all. But, anyway, let's make that our next training session!" Because he was having a lot of fun and hoped she'd want to continue to hang out with him. He missed having someone purely nice around. Not that people like Sakura weren't nice, but at the same time she also terrified him. Usually when arguing, no, warring with Ino-chan in a way that made his rivalries seem minuscule.

Now he'd stretched - being henge'd like that felt kind of cramped - he flopped down on the grass next to her, taking a rest for now, since he had more questions. As usual.

"How often do you use your soul resonance? Is it only for mega-tough enemies? Does it have any negative effects? Have you used it with other weapon users?" he rambled, asking each question as it came to him with no pause for her to answer until he came to a halt, looking like he might think of another- no, he was done.

The girl blinked a moment, before rubbing the back of her awkwardly. It was quite hard to believe, being inside someone soul she supposed, but since Obito had saw her memories with her brother, he had witnessed the very thing he was confused about. Hopefully she could explain it better if he knew that.

"Well, you know that place you saw in my memory where I was fighting with Masamune? That...was his soul we were inside." she explained sheepishly. "But we can touch more on that if we keep training together, if you like."

She smiled up through the steel reflection, laughing to herself at the boy stretching out on the grass, even more so at his questions. It was hard to answer them all at once, but one at a time would do hopefully.

"Well, usually Soul Resonance is used in battle when required. Lower level souls that need collecting might not require it, but stronger evil souls and witches would mean Soul Resonance was essential. As far as I know there are no negatives, you just have to be careful on how you connect your souls, as a confliction between meister and weapon could mean hurting each other. And no, I've only ever resonated with with my partner up til this point." she finished.

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sorry this is late, it was kind of crazy yesterday :D

No worries, tis understandable with the crazy of yesterday. =D

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