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Kentsuru quickly stepped inside the house, a playful smirk drawn upon the black-haired child's mouth. On this monday his father had been sent on an important business trip out of the village walls and so this was the day which Kentsuru had chosen to introduce both Utsukushi-Chan and Emiko-Chan to the other women in his life. "Eula, we'll soon have company so can you whip up some snacks? Bring them to the back patio."

"Sure then, Master." Eula responded, as Kentsuru head up stairs to quickly change into more relaxed clothing. Upon returning to the foyer, he hears knocks at the door and opens it. As soon as the door opens, two cute girls occupy the space. One was Hōseki Utsukushī with her happy-go-lucky expression and beige hair, while the other was Uchiha Emiko with her quaint smile and beautiful midnight hair.

"Ahh, welcome ladies. Let us head to the back patio for a moment for refreshments. After that I have some plans for our monday afternoon." Kentsuru explained with a smile. Nodding, the two joined him to adjourn at the home's backyard area which for the most part had been set as a beautiful garden and entertaining area aside from the very southwestern corner which was adorned with a small dojo building and a dug-in pit.

The three reached the back patio, where glasses of peach lemonade has been sitting alongside sliders with pulled barbecued meat placed on small plates. Kentsuru quickly maneuvered to withdraw the two ladies' seats then, once seated would push them in snugly before taking his own seat. Kentsuru smiled and motioned to the girls to partake in refreshment before assembling a sandwich himself. Finally, he would start scarfing down the delicious treat.

After expending a full half-hour consuming treats and imbibing refreshing drinks, the trio would stand and leave the Patio for the location of interest today, which in this case would be the Fighting Pit rather than the Dojo where the three had previously been learning a new fighting style and C-rank Jutsu each. No, today Kentsuru wanted to gauge the progress of the two and how far their training had come in these two months.

Kentsuru stepped down the sloped stone walls to the bottom of the pit which stood nearly three-quarters meter dug-in below and was soon joined by the two beautiful girls. Hoseki Utsukushi withdrew the three-section staff which had been gifted her by Kentsuru whereas Uchiha Emiko withdrew the chakra-conducting tanto which Kentsuru had poured a months' rent into. Both girls slid into fighting stances.

"There is no use trying to go easy on me, instead I want you two to fight me as if your lives depended on it. Otherwise I won't be able to fully determine how to evolve your skills next. Don't worry, though. I can take whatever you bring, just try to limit destruction to this easily-repairable fighting pit." Kentsuru instructed, revealing his own sword Oyami held within her sheath at his right hip. He smirked, while keeping a keen focus on the two.

Utsukushi was the first to approach Kentsuru, lunging forwards before releasing a stroke from the staff which projected a wave of earth chakra to burst rippling outwards towards Kentsuru, whereas Emiko broke away attempting to flank Kentsuru. The wave solidified into three spires of crystal facing towards Kentsuru, the boy maneuvering his blade to absorb the leading crystalline spike before dancing away from the other two.

Quickly replacing Oyami within her scabbard, Kentsuru focused on the approach of Emiko. Kentsuru chose the right moment, then released the sword from scabbard into a lightning-quick draw slash towards Emiko with his right foot pressing forward. Emiko, with her first tomoe state, barely avoided the opening strike however had failed to predict that Kentsuru's sheath would now be heading for her. The scabbard striking her left wrist while Kentsuru yelled, "Soryūsen!"

Emiko quickly backpedaled, her escape aided by Utsukushi who moved her three-section staff into a lunge towards Kentsuru, which the boy parried with his katana before leashing out with his foot into the lower abdomen of Utsukushi. The girl slid away, though perhaps intentionally slid too far as the Raikyuu which had been prepared by Emiko was finally released towards Kentsuru. He quickly began to form handsigns, releasing the Kawarimi he had placed on his Bunshin.

"Remember, Girls. Part of being a Ninja is Adapting!" shouted Kentsuru, giving away his position from on high above the two of them, "Ryūtsuisen!!" Kentsuru flowed down from on high above Utsukushi, bringing one hand down while the other released the blade in a crescent form. Expecting her head to be severed, instead she was battered away by a solid blow from a dulled edge to her collarbone. Utsukushi stood back up, groaning in pain.

"I think that Utsukushi-Chan has had enough, Kentsuru-San. Let's call this the end for now, I'm also about ready to throw in the towel. Besides, you said you'd teach both of us a new jutsu starting today so when are we going to get to that?" asked Emiko, to which Kentsuru released his earth jutsu which had forcefully dulled the sword then returned it to the scabbard at his side. Kentsuru then revealed a haphazard smile. "Yeah, let's do that, good idea."

And so, Kentsuru would teach Katon: Ryuka no Jutsu to Emiko while he taught Shoton: Rasen Kessho to Utsukushi, taking up the rest of the day with teaching the two girls the jutsus. Though, he couldn't directly teach these jutsu to the girls and instead passed the scrolls to them and then helped them in practical training of the jutsu to aid learning from the scroll. This method would take the rest of the day compared to directly teaching them.