The boy known as Keiji, not much older than sixteen by the way he stood. His eyes a light brown with a hint of green within them, hair which cut down to hit neck in a rather neat flow, as he stood at a rather large height compared to everyone else who he stood next to.
Ryozo now walking rather sluggishly towards the land where Keiji had told him to met for the fight. Not in a fighting mood, his eyes watching over the sheer amount of people that Ronin had gathered. "Let's get this over with." His voice was bored, rather dull as he looked toward Keiji.
"This'll be fun!" A smirk spread over Keiji's lips as he watched Ryozo.
"Whatever…" Ryozo now spoke twirling the wooden sword which he had brought with him, in and out of his fingers.
"Perk up a bit Ryozo!" A voice came shouting out from within the crowd of people who were standing to watch the pointless fight. A smirk slid over Ryozo's lips as he grabbed the handle of the wooden sword.
"Shall we then?" Keiji said in a rather eager to start the fight, as a third figure now walked within the area where the two of them stood.
"Not quiet yet…" Ronin's voice was heard; apart from his face seemed to be covered as though he was trying to hide it from something unknown around them all. "You know the rules Keiji, but Ryozo hear doesn't… So both of you, empty your pockets… We don't want anything to go wrong here…"
They both sighed, now throwing the swords upon the ground then turning their pockets inside out, with the odd coin or two rolling around upon the floor.
"Now… inside the socks as well you two." Ryozo seemed rather confused about this method of hiding something, as Keiji now pulled out a small pen knife from within his sock, throwing it upon the floor in front of Ronin.
"Come on squirt! Your socks to!" Keiji now growled getting annoyed, with his mind being else where as he waited for Ryozo – Probably just picturing him beating Ryozo, although there wouldn't have been much cheer with most people favoring Ryozo over him at the moment.
"Fine." Ryozo now flung his shoes over to one side and his socks on top of them. "If you wanted me to fight bare footed… you could have just asked before hand."
"Right… Now… on three you will begin fighting one another." Ronin's eyes drifted from Keiji to Ryozo. "And, this is no test… it is just to see who the victor of the match shall be… Everyone and I mean, everyone, will walk away from this."
"Hurry up!" Keiji cried for the last time.
"Alright then… I'll try not to kill him." A smirk crossed his lips as he watched Keiji from the corner of his eye.
"Three…" Ronin said with a rather dull tone in his voice, now jumping back from in between the two of the boys.
Keiji dived for his sword which he had thrown down just moments ago, now getting back to his feet and throwing the wooden stick around aimlessly trying to see if this method would let him hit Ryozo.
Simply side stepping the moves which were rather easy to read, due to the fact that Keiji's body seemed to twist before the wood had a chance to catch up with his hand made it easy to escape.
Ryozo's feet now turning across the dirt, only to spin some dirt around upon the spot, now throwing it up as he turned himself away from Keiji, causing it to go into Keiji's eyes blinding him for a moment.
"Damn it! You cheat! Keiji growling as he rubbed his eyes with one of his hands trying to clear them as soon as possible, keeping the wooden sword tight in his grip, as he felt a swift kick at the back of his legs sending him down to the floor. "Hay! I can't see surely that's unfair!"
"Grow up." Ryozo spoke, as he now hide behind the rock which was close to the area, as Keiji's eyes now began to clear, he darted back onto his feet wondering why Ryozo hadn't held the sword to Keiji's throat to finish the fight.
Ryozo let a small sigh wondering how good Keiji was actually good at fighting as he let his head full to the side of the rock as he looked towards the now standing Keiji who's gaze was quickly drifting from one spot to the other.
"What are you a chicken? You've now even picked up your own sword." Now walking over towards Ryozo's sword he would pick it up, holding them both in his hands, as his gaze now slowed trying to pick up on a small feature to give him away.
"Who said I had to use the sword." Ryozo's now moved out from behind the rock, as he grew bored of waiting for Keiji to even spot him, although it was rather dark – and slightly amusing to see how the simplest hiding spot could be the hardest to consider.
"I did!" He growled now turning his head towards the voice which was slowly beginning to move closer towards him.
"Well, that makes you as much as a chicken as you called me." A smirk swiftly glided over Ryozo's lips as he made a run for Keiji, as well as Keiji did for him.
Keiji's hands tightening the grip on the swords which he held in them, as Ryozo's hands tightened into a ball. The both came to a dead stop, with the wooden swords pressed against Ryozo's free arm – Which he had used to stop it from catching the sight of his neck. As well as one of Ryozo's fists caught against Keiji's stomach, as a small blocking sound seemed to feel the quietness for a moment.
"I think that's enough you too." Ronin now stepped forward once more, either one of them wouldn't off give in to the fight now that it had just got started. "I know it's going to take a while for you both to get over it… But some time later you can resolve this mater of who is strong."
Ryozo's eyes looked up towards Keiji who was now biting down upon his lip, trying to keep back a small gasp of pain which would have come from the punch. "Damn it… I could have had you in another move or two." Ryozo smirked now shaking the swords of his arm, and standing back up right.
"Believe what you want to." Keiji's eyes now squinted to let out a glare towards him, now turning away from the whole group – Ronin, Ryozo and the people who were watching the fight, as he walked away, mumbling underneath his breath. "Damn it"
"I think its time we called it quits for the night. Come on, everyone down in the tents." Ronin said with a small grin on his face, as they all turned away from him to walk towards the tents, he would put his hand upon Ryozo's back to direct him towards a tent of his own which was near the front end of the area.
Now the land being completely lifeless due to most people being asleep, Ryozo looked up towards the top of his own tent, a soft creamy colour could be told for the blackness which seemed to engulf the rest of them. His mind seemed to trail of ever so slightly – Wondering why he was easily accepted here by most of the people he had met so far.
Now then, shall we take a quick glance back at to how this is actually affected the Team which has set out to keep Ryozo safe from danger… I think it best we do… So enjoyed the fight so far… Well keep going down, not that much further.
But to add on – Who do you actually think would have won the fight, Ryozo or Keiji – Will they actually settle to see who would have been the winner?
Sakura and Naruto now darting back and forth from the corner's of the village having checked the small cafés which laid out there, not having found nothing.
"Naruto, do you actually think we will find Ryozo… Cause I'm getting rather tired of looking over the cafés time and time again. They all look the same."
The blonde boy now looking down towards the ground, with a small smirk crossing his lips as he then raised his head to look ahead. "I have no idea, I wonder if Kakashi has actually found anything yet."
"Hopefully" Sakura smiled in reply to his comment. "Come on, they'd be back at the point now."
They both now seemed to speed up; there run becoming more of a sprint as the time slowly ticked away from the moment it took them to get from one end of the village to the other.
Now as they reached the site Kakashi and Sasuke would be standing there waiting for them as a small pug like dog would be sitting in between the two of them talking about a small little area.
"Pukkan!" Naruto shouted as the grin grew upon his face. "I knew you would be able to find something!"
"You're not going to like it though Naruto. There is loads of them there, I didn't actually catch a glimpse of the guy that was in charge, he had a hood or something over his face."
"Well, I'll explain it to them later. Thank you Pukkan." Kakashi would smile ever so softly underneath his mask as the dog seemed to disappear into smoke, with Naruto and Sakura looking up toward Kakashi. "I'll tell you in the morning, we'll have to strike when night is young, as it doesn't look like their going to be leaving for a while now."
"But Kakashi Sensei! We have to get Ryozo back!" Sakura screamed in defiance to the order which he had just given her.
"We need to be at full strength to do that, so we need to rest and it, is there a problem there Sakura. After all, we may need you to help us with slight problems, as you have a rather good head for these things too."
A pout crossed both Naruto's and Sakura's lips as they would then trail off to a small – untouched area of land, where the four of them could then set up camp for the night and wait the next day out as well.