Standing in the same training ground that they previously fought, the moonlight shown bright that night as Chiba and Asuma were just ten feet apart.
Might Guy and Anko we're watching the fight from the sidelines as they rooted for their friend to win.
Looking at Asuma who was now clad entirely in green like might guy, Chiba held tightly onto his sword. Asuma had grown to the Jonin level in the four years since they had last fought, this didn't worry Chiba since he too had grown to the Jonin level from genin in that time.
What worried Chiba was the fact that Asuma probably learned the 8 gates if he was best friends with Might guy and worked out till collapse.
'This fight depends entirely on how far Asuma is willing to take the fight, if he uses atleast the fourth or fifth gate he'll have entered the realm of Kage level ninja..'
Chiba wondered if he should just let Asuma get a few hit in before giving up, lest this fight gets too messy and he'll have to kill him. The moment Chiba thought that, Chiba 'saw' Asuma teeth chattering in fear and his body was caked in cold sweat.
'Asuma is scared of me and yet he still managed to find the courage to fight me, i cant look down on his resolve! I will go all out aswell!'
"Asuma, I can tell you've grown a lot stronger than when we had previously fought, and I'm not just talking about physically. Your spirit alone would crushed your younger self into dust, but let's make a promise. If the battle gets too heated, let's call it a tie." Looking over at his friend Might Guy, who returned the look with a thumbs up, Asuma simply nodded at Chiba.
"Anko, if you don't mind, can you start the fight" Saying this, Asuma took out his two blade that had changed slightly in appearance.
Asuma's knives now had knuckle dusters instead of the additional blades on his guard. Seeing this, Chiba already felt like this was going to be trouble but couldn't help but smile as he unsheathed his sword and through the cane to the ground.
Chiba hadnt sparred with someone that could keep up with him beside Shisui and that fight had both of them limiting themselves, the only times that he had gone all out was when he was killing an enemy.
Now that it was known by everyone that he could perform a powerful long ranged and invisible attack that could target thousands at once, Chiba didn't need to hold back!
Picking up a rock from the ground, Anko nervously looked at Chiba.
She didn't know the history between the two but what she did know was that she was older then Chiba by four years and Asuma was older than her by three! Not only that but Asuma was a Jonin and Chiba was just a Chunin, the difference between the two was night and day!
Throwing the rock up in the air, Chiba immediately activated Sora as his leg muscles suddenly increased in size and density as Chiba saw Asuma activating his first and second chakra gate, allowing the user to use one hundred percent of their ability and removed their mental inhibitions!
The moment the rock hit the floor, both Asuma and Chiba disappeared as their blades clashed.
Chiba's sword connected to Asuma's knife only to dodge backwards as his second knife hit Chiba's afterimage! Going on the offensive Chiba immediately slasher forward as Asuma blocked.
The loud sound of clashing could be heard as both Chiba and Asuma came to blow, both attacking and blocking but never making contact with one another.
Might Guy chuckled to himself as he saw his friend having a stale mate with his rival while he was only using his second gate, knowing that once Asuma opened his next gates the battle will be over!
Anko looked at Chiba In awe, she was on a mission when Orochimaru 'attacked' the village so she only heard about what he had done, but being a Chunin and having the skills and strength to keep up with a Jonin at his age was unheard of even by the like of Kakashi or Minato!
Having to deal with two knives at once was tricky for Chiba in the beginning until he remembered he didn't need to hold back anymore. Activating his Life Return, Chiba's short hair suddenly increased in length until it touched the floor when it suddenly started moving!
Like tentacles, the hair moved into Chiba pockets and pulled out multiple knives before they used the blades to attack Asuma!
The battle suddenly became very one sided as Asuma was barely able to defend himself against the amazing swordsmanship of Chiba and the additional knives as he looked at Chiba in shock.
Asuma realized that Chiba had to be on par with Jonin if he is overpowering him in second gate, not to mentions Asuma assumed Chiba created a brand new Jutsu that allowed one to use their own hair as a weapon!
Blocking Chiba's sword, Asuma covered his blade in chakra as it cut through Chiba's hair with ease, dropping the kunai to the floor only for the hair to regrow in length before picking the blade up once again.
Dodging with a cartwheel backflip to avoid the multiple tendrils of hair, Asuma got out of it's range and looked up at Chiba with a happy smile on his face.
'I've barely used up any chakra In this fight so far, but Chiba must be expending crazy amounts of Chakra to perfom that weird hair Jutsu! I don't even have to use the fourth gate, the third gate will win me this battle!' Asuma thought, not realizing the hair "Jutsu" was a physical technique that only costed stamina.
"I'm going to end this Chiba! Gate of Life, OPEN!" For the first time in four years, Asuma had final spoke to Chiba.
Chiba watched in mild surprise as Asuma's skin turned red as veins bulged on his face and large amounts of chakra eminated off of him in waves, at the exact same time, Chiba suddenly felt like he was being watched but his observation Haki found absolutely nothing, not even insects out of place.
Asuma disappeared infront of Anko's eyes as reappeared as the loud clang of metal rang out and Chiba was sent flying backwards.
Readjusting himself mid air, Chiba used his devil fruit to slow down his speed as he used Life return on his thumb and mildly fractured hand to begin healing. With such a wound occuring from just a spar, this would normally be the stopping point but both Asuma and Chiba didn't want to end like this!
Using his devil fruit, Chiba made his body weightless and increased Asuma's gravity tenfold, before Asuma could realize and adapt to the gravity, Chiba launched himself at Asuma!
The blade in his hand started to crack slight from how heavy Chiba made it, each time they collided with Asuma's knives a small piece broke off.
Unlike Chiba who could slow himself down, Asuma was sent tumbling to the ground and slammed into multiple trees until he could regain his bearings and stabbed the ground with his knives, slowing his momentum.
"Four gate, Gate of Pain, open!" Despite being over 100 feet away, Chiba immediately felt danger as he activated his future sight and immediately twisted his body to the right, dodging the brass knuckles of Asuma's knife.
Jumping backward, Chiba just narrowly dodged the follow up attack from Asuma's other knife, he was forced to use his devil fruit to dodge!
Stabbing his sword forward, Chiba let go of the handle as it flew forward and almost hit Asuma who dodge backwards thanks to his Superior speed!
Asuma looked at the unarmed Chiba and smirked, just as he was about to run forward and finish the fight he suddenly ducked down as the handle of the sword whizzed through his hair and back into Chiba's hand.
Realizing that Asuma's sense must've also increased with the 3rd gate, Chiba was at a loss on what to do. If this wasn't a spar Chiba had plenty of moves he could use to kill Asuma, but Chiba could only knock out or force Asuma to surrender!
'This is a fine stopping point I guess... I am an adult after all, I can't let my ego get the better of me and wind up killing him. I'll just conceed..... If it weren't for that eight Gates then maybe I cou- Wait a Second!!!'
Turning his observation Haki on full power, Chiba looked into the body of Asuma and how his body was working with eight gate, before he looked at himself.
"HAHAHAH!" In the middle of this tense battle, Chiba let out an almost Devil laugh that sent a shiver through Asuma.
"How could I have not realized this until now..... First gate, Gate of opening, OPEN!"