[Why does he even know that? Who would keep track of that? He snorts and shakes his head, eyeing the kunai and wondering if he could learn something like that in forty-three days.]
Would you teach me sometime? [Not now, now he wants to spar, but it seems like a skill worth having. Knives like those would be much easier to conceal, and he has some skill with throwing weapons even if he's very much a beginner. In his world such weapons were considered to lack class, being the weapons of assassins and thieves. He doesn't know if it's the same for Itachi's world. He also doesn't care. Rules like that were for people who didn't understand what it meant to fight for something truly important.
And what's a throwing knife in the face of demonic cultivation anyway?
As Itachi organizes his things, Wei Wuxian pulls his hair up into a ponytail and takes stock of the talismans in his sleeves.]
๏ผ the sharingan is useful for that trick, but not wholly necessary. wei wuxian has the determination to at least give it a decent try. it may be that he cannot master it, but there is no reason he cannot be taught the fundamentals of how.
with the weapons collected, all that is left is to clear the targets neatly off to one side. once finished, he rounds on the other man, standing in a patient and casual stance. ๏ผ
[He considers that quietly. He hasn't sparred Itachi with full jutsu use and knows he doesn't stand a chance against him, but the side of him that rises to impossible challenges can't help wanting to see how it will go.
And he trusts Itachi not to kill him so—]
Use them. Not like the people we have to fight on missions end up holding back. [He grins.]
I'll use talismans and arrays. [It goes without saying but he wants to put it out there anyway.]
๏ผ mentally, he tabulates what he can or should not use against the man. fire is out, he does not have the speed necessary to dodge and itachi does not wish to hurt him. wind and water will have to do, as far as elemental jutsu goes. a variety of other ninjutsu are permissible, mostly movement and clone techniques. elusive, rather than offensive. ๏ผ
Very well. Begin.
๏ผ he'll let wei wuxian make the opening move, and react in kind. ๏ผ
[The moment Itachi says "begin" is the moment Wei Wuxian remembers his speed and his mind bursts into a flurry of activity. He is outmatched and knows it, but that has never stopped him from trying before. 'Attempt the Impossible' indeed.
He can't outpace him so he moves towards him, throwing a light talisman out at the last second. Unlike the soft glowing light talismans he typically uses, this is a flash of bright light intended to momentarily blind an opponent. Without waiting to see if it's had the intended effect, he ducks low and aims a low kick for the back of Itachi's knee.]
๏ผ flash bombs are a common trick that shinobi use to startle their opponents and obfuscate their moves. it almost always precedes either escape or attack, and wei wuxian has no reason to do the former.
one hand flicks in a seal, creating a clone. the hit wei wuxian aims for lands — but on it rather than him. it staggers, bursts into crows (not his summons, but a henge simulacrum he has devised since their loss.) and when they dissipate, itachi himself is nowhere to be seen in any logical direction. of course, this means he's on the ceiling, chakra affixing his feet to the smooth surface.
he gives it a second, and then flings a series of kunai.
he is not aiming for wei wuxian himself, but rather in front of him, enough to force him back. if wei wuxian looks up to the source of the knives he will find that itachi is no longer there at all.
instead he is standing behind the man in his blindspot, roughly three meters behind him. a quick hand gesture, and then the utterance of the jutsu are all the warning he gets before a gust of air hits him, nearly hard enough to take him off his feet. ๏ผ
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Would you teach me sometime? [Not now, now he wants to spar, but it seems like a skill worth having. Knives like those would be much easier to conceal, and he has some skill with throwing weapons even if he's very much a beginner. In his world such weapons were considered to lack class, being the weapons of assassins and thieves. He doesn't know if it's the same for Itachi's world. He also doesn't care. Rules like that were for people who didn't understand what it meant to fight for something truly important.
And what's a throwing knife in the face of demonic cultivation anyway?
As Itachi organizes his things, Wei Wuxian pulls his hair up into a ponytail and takes stock of the talismans in his sleeves.]
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๏ผ the sharingan is useful for that trick, but not wholly necessary. wei wuxian has the determination to at least give it a decent try. it may be that he cannot master it, but there is no reason he cannot be taught the fundamentals of how.
with the weapons collected, all that is left is to clear the targets neatly off to one side. once finished, he rounds on the other man, standing in a patient and casual stance. ๏ผ
Would you like me to use jutsu or not?
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And he trusts Itachi not to kill him so—]
Use them. Not like the people we have to fight on missions end up holding back. [He grins.]
I'll use talismans and arrays. [It goes without saying but he wants to put it out there anyway.]
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Very well. Begin.
๏ผ he'll let wei wuxian make the opening move, and react in kind. ๏ผ
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He can't outpace him so he moves towards him, throwing a light talisman out at the last second. Unlike the soft glowing light talismans he typically uses, this is a flash of bright light intended to momentarily blind an opponent. Without waiting to see if it's had the intended effect, he ducks low and aims a low kick for the back of Itachi's knee.]
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one hand flicks in a seal, creating a clone. the hit wei wuxian aims for lands — but on it rather than him. it staggers, bursts into crows (not his summons, but a henge simulacrum he has devised since their loss.) and when they dissipate, itachi himself is nowhere to be seen in any logical direction. of course, this means he's on the ceiling, chakra affixing his feet to the smooth surface.
he gives it a second, and then flings a series of kunai.
he is not aiming for wei wuxian himself, but rather in front of him, enough to force him back. if wei wuxian looks up to the source of the knives he will find that itachi is no longer there at all.
instead he is standing behind the man in his blindspot, roughly three meters behind him. a quick hand gesture, and then the utterance of the jutsu are all the warning he gets before a gust of air hits him, nearly hard enough to take him off his feet. ๏ผ