That morning Ibuki dueled with another ninja student for the sake of the exam. The two of them clashed Kunai knife with Kunai knife, as they took their distance after striking each other. Both were evenly matched and out of breath.
"That would be enough. The match is over!" the ninja instructor called out to both of them as they halted their attacks.
"Glad to see you're in shape today." Sarai complimented Ibuki. "In shape, are you calling me fat?" Ibuki strangled Sarai. "What I mean is I'm glad to see you very focus on your training and not on you know who." Sarai corrected her statement.
The two ninja girls took a break drinking some green tea. "Guess going out really did wonders for you I haven't seen you slack off even once." Sarai said. "Come on Sarai I'm always focused, even with all the intense training excuses." Ibuki replied eating a rice ball. Ibuki looked up at the sky and thought to herself. "I wonder how Koji is doing." Ibuki wondered.
Sarai looked deep within Ibuki eyes. "You like that guy don't you?" Sarai asked. Ibuki blushed so suddenly. "What do you mean?" Ibuki asked. "Come on don't deny it. You said you wanted to hang out with some cool guy's didn't you, and I can see you hung out with him yesterday and had a good time." Sarai said.
"Do you want to see him again?" Sarai asked?
Ibuki continued to blush. "Well I uh. He did ask if we will ever see each other again, and I told him I don't know." Ibuki replied nervously. "Well, even you can tell that he is interested in you must not break a promise." Sarai replied. "Sarai, I…" Ibuki tried to explain.
"Go meet him again. I'm sure you won't find a guy that likes you this much, and don't you worry I'll cover you, but try not to jeopardizes your identity." Sarai said.
The next day Ibuki spent the afternoon leaping from rooftop to rooftop in search for Koji. "Where could he be I know I seen him around here somewhere." Ibuki wondered out in the blue.
Ibuki landed on top of a karate dojo and rested as she spotted Koji leaving the dojo. "Found you, time to act casually." Ibuki spotted him then changed her clothes.
Koji washed his face at the fountain as Ibuki handed him a towel. "I didn't know you practice at the dojo." Ibuki said pretending to just notice Koji surprise encounter.
"Ibuki…!" Koji was caught by her surprise appearance.
"I see you have been well. I sure didn't know you studied the martial arts." Ibuki replied. "Well it's more like mixed martial arts. I'm surprised to see you here this afternoon." Koji corrected. "I had a day off of the training excuse we usually do." Ibuki replied.
"Hey why don't we have a go at it? You know a sparring match." Ibuki challenged. "You mean a sparring match between you and me?" Koji asked. "Yep, that's right." Ibuki replied. She got into her fighting stance.
"Well if you insist, but it's only fair to warn you I'm as strong as you think." Koji accepted. Koji got in his fighting stance as well. The two of them distance themselves about to prepare for an attack. "You shouldn't underestimate me just because I'm a girl." Ibuki replied.
Both remained in their fighting stance for a brief moment. Then they both charged for an attack as they were evenly matched both hand and foot power. After failing to land a hit on each other both backed away and prepared for a second attack.
He then launched another attack at Ibuki, as she blocked it with just one hand. Ibuki then launched a kick at Koji which caused him to evade her attack. "Never knew you'd know how to fight." Koji barked.
"I've trained for a long while." Ibuki shot back.
"Well, same goes for me…!" Koji cried.
The two of them continued to match blow by blow; however, Ibuki landed a hit on Koji. "Oh I'm just getting started…" Koji cried. He charged at Ibuki at full assault as launched a side kick at her. "You're going to pay for that…" Ibuki replied as she wiped her mouth off. The two of them launched a final attack at each other.
Moments later both of them were collapsed on the dojo floor catching their breath. "You were really tough back there." Koji said. "You're no pushover yourself." Ibuki replied as she gave him a small jab on his shoulder.
"You're a cool guy." Ibuki commented.
"Ah, I'm not that great." Koji said as he rubbed the back of his head nervously.
"I fought a lot of fighters before, but you are different." Ibuki complimented.
"If only you were a ninja like me?" Ibuki muttered.
"What did you say?" Koji asked.
"Oh nothing, just muttered to myself, how silly of me?" Ibuki replied.
Koji rose up on his feet as he helped up Ibuki. Both held their hands for a brief moment as they were frozen with embarrassment. Until an interruption came on Ibuki phone as Ibuki released her hand and quickly answered the call.
"Hello Sarai, what's going on?" Ibuki answered.
"I hope I'm not disturbing you, but the master is looking for you and you're needed for a mission." Sarai replied.
"What, you mean RIGHT now?" Ibuki asked.
"Yes, I tried to cover for you, but he insisted that you do it, so if you don't hurry back they are going to start to get suspicions of you, and if they find out you've been leaving the village time and time again they will lock you up." Sarai explained.
Ibuki signed. "All right, I'll be there momentarily continue covering for me, and sorry to put you through all of this." Ibuki said.
"Don't worry about it what are friends for?" Sarai replied.
Ibuki hung up her phone feeling mighty disappointed. Koji watched her disappointed. "Listen I have to go." Ibuki said. "Wait, Right now." Koji asked trying to stop her. He grabbed her hand.
"Yeah sorry about that, but duty calls." Ibuki replied. Koji looked deep within Ibuki brown lovely eyes as he started to recognize her as the ninja he crashed into the other day.
Ibuki released his grip on her as she ran off, which had Koji still curious about her. "She couldn't be." Koji wondered about her as Ibuki left his side.
