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walked towards the entrance of the western gate of Konohagakure he noticed that no one was guarding it and seeing as how most of the village's shinobi were asleep he decided to kill two birds with one stone. Both guarding the gate and training would be commenced in this very same area, the boy unsheathed his katana and withdrew it infront of him with his right hand, it was time he perfected his fire blade wave technique.

As he made a few steps forward he'd close his eyes and form the half-seal for tiger, the proccess of molding chakra in his gut had commenced. Several seconds passed before his stomach got hotter and hotter, he'd let the katon-based chakra travel upwards, through his torso and into the arm that was firmly holding onto the sword.

The blade's tip quickly turned a red colour as steam began to evaporate from it for merely a moment, sparks would fly off in random directions. replacing the hot gas. Soryen's chakra control speed of this jutsu had increased and he was able to quickly create a medium-size flame that started from the razor's edge and ended at the mid-section of the katana.

The brown-haired teenager opened his eyes and undid the seal in quick fashion, a swift horizontal slice would folllow as he unleashed the wild flame to the western direction, it would incinerate mostly everything in its path , luckily there was nothing there. The large fire-wave reached quite a distance before dispersing into thin air, it looked like the boy had managed to increase his jutsu's range. Soryen sheated his sword and turned around upon hearing someone's voice behind him, there were two unfamiliar faces. The tap on the shoulder would be avoided as Soryen turned around faster than the man could walk over him

"And who are you gentlemen?" he'd ask as he raised a brow in surprise, he had never seen these people before.