Shadow shifted his feet, bracing himself for the attack.
Akado tossed a punch at Shadow's face, which was easily avoided. Grabbing Shadow's arm, Akado nimbly spun around him. Using his free hand, Shadow shot his elbow back at his opponent's face. Akado ducked the attack and grabbed the second arm. The two shinobi stood in the middle of the field, Shadow's arms pinned behind his back.
"The moment you let go, your going down.", Shadow said confidently.
"Who says I'm letting go?"
Akado's hands started to glow a light blue color as he held Shadow's arms firmly in place. Shadow knees started to waver, on the brink of giving out.
"What the hell?"
'This is my jutsu.", Akado smirked. "Chakra Absorption."
Shadow felt his energy draining fast. Pretty soon he would be to weak to fight back. There's no choice, he thought to himself. I'll have to use it. Using the last of his strength he sent a kick back at Akado, knocking them both off balance. Leaning forward Shadow rolled Akado over his shoulder and knocked him flat on his back.
"This is my jutsu.", Shadow said, looking down into Akado's face. "My Dark Eyes."
Akado looked up at Shadow, whose eyes had morphed into an inverted red and black. Flipping back to his feet Akado sent a spin kick to Shadow's head. The attack hit, but seemed to phase right through his body. Akado jumped backwards, tossing a kunai into the figure. This too went straight through him and embedded itself into a nearby tree.
"Damn it, Genjutsu", Akado shouted.
Pulling another kunai out of his pocket he cut a long gash into his own arm, attempting to break the illusion.
"Too late."
Shadow appeared behind him, kunai in hand, in mid attack. Akado grabbed his own kunai and dove at him. The two attacks were about to collide when a mass of smoke rose up between the two.
Both attacks were stopped as a figure emerged from the smoke. Shadow looked up into the face of the man who held his arm. The same man who had saved him that day long ago.
"Kesshi-Sensei!"