Shadows in the forest of death

*Raku walked with Zyrag through the dark forest* "Its only suiting we grace this place with our precense"

"What do you mean...?" He asked checking that he wasn't wearing his akatsuki robe for the fifth time today.

"Were in the forest of death and we are masters at the art of death itself." *he laughed while walking. He was always wearing a mask nowadays*

"Oh, clever..." he yawned. He was still bored, and so, decided to turn a tree into a reverse porcupine.

(you know what I mean... > >)

*He stared amused* "Boredom get the best of you?"

"Yeah..." He answered trying to figure out what else he could do.

(Dad was helping me with CSS)

"Wanna spar or something?" (its kool)

(Hellz yeh)

"Sure, but you know, its not really a fair fight..." He teased.

"haha beat me once shame on you, beat me twice shame on me." *Raku drew his blade and focused a lil chakra in his feet and hands*

(He takes almost everything literally... xP)

"But I did beat you twice..." He recalled while setting up with bone laying.

(I don't remember did he...? or just the one by the canyon...?)

(Canyon only) *Raku charged him and faked a horizontal slash then jumped over him onto the side of a tree with his chakra. He jumped down at him attempting a vertical slash*

He put the stem of a bone sword out, waiting for the time to block. There was no block for the first, so he performed his battoujutsu on the second and sent a spike toward Raku's ribs in between the "X" formed by their blades.

*He used the chakra in his free hand to grab and throw the spike elsewhere and crashed against his bones with his sword scraping Zyrag. He wasted no time and spun the blade around and slid to Zyrags side slashing him at the waist knowing he hit only bone*

((He laughed, "Bracken Dance...") Mwahahahaha xP)

Zyrag was hit but not injured. He shadowstepped behind Raku and did a horizontal slash, then used bone transport back in front with an uppercut slash.

(upwards in other words.)

(wtf? XD) *Rakus body split in two and there were now two of him. They were his true shadow clones. Raku stood in the tree watching*

(I might actually have to use it xP)

He took some potshots and just made a bigger mess. "... Nice try Raku." He shot some spikes in the likely hiding spots around the area.

*Two spikes flew at him and he deflected them with his sword and jumped down*

He threw a bone-marang at him and then ran over to him slashing first across his body knowing Raku would parry and then pulled another sword from his hip and slashed with that too.

(Z's right handed. 1 = right, 2nd = left)

*Raku tried to block the frst and succeeded but didnt notice the second and got sliced n the abdomen. Blood spurted out and he stepped back*

Zyrag backed away as well waiting for Raku to decide if this was enough or to continue.

*He looked at the blood and looked at Zyrag*
"Flesh wound.."
*He shadowstepped and tried to slice him on the side*

He didn't know why Raku tried these things, he should know by now he was always on guard. A layer of bone began creeping out from his side and encasing the sword.

*He focused chakra into his right hand and used his clans style of chidori and thrsted it into Zyrags shoulder*

The encasing broke off and crumbled as the lightning hit charring his flesh and and just missing the pierce as Zyrag turned with the attack. He ended up in a position of dominance, where one sword was arching with his arm around Raku's neck, and the other ready to stab into his throat. Both were just inches away.

*He smiled and moved his neck towards the swords and Put his to Zyrags throat*
"Stalemate..."