Ian
*Clenching his abdominal muscles to help absorb the impact, Kai lightly grunted as he rolled backwards to once more soften the blow. Standing on his feet once more as he got mildly frustrated with Katsuo, he wasn't a bad fighter close range but Kai just wanted a moment to do this technique. Now that he had put distance between them, he could try it out.*

*Backpedaling if Katsuo tried to close the distance again. Kai began weaving seals, knowing that the yin chakra had to be potent enough to actually put his opponent to sleep with just the power of an illusion. Forming the handseals necessary as the chakra began building. Kai having to focus it and shape it, as well as make sure Katsuo ended up seeing the trigger once it happened.*

"You too hm?" *Katsuo wasn't the first shinobi not from a clan he met who had such a bloodline trait.* "That makes two..." *They would be tricky and unpredictable to fight if he ever had to seriously fight them. Knowing his strengths and weaknesses was key to any battle.*
Andrea
The startled Hagane stumbled back and tripped over himself, slamming his head into the hard ground, making him stunned for a second as he hastily got onto his feet. It seemed his eyes were fazing out, as his vision became blurry and it was hard to see, as he smacked the side of his face firmly. "Damn ground! About to make me go unconscious!" For now, Katsuo was struggling to keep himself standing.

Physically Katsuo was pretty strong, as well as his chakra side of things. The thing he lacked the most was experience, discipline, and actual talent. Sure, he was fast, had some good chakra reserves, and had the shadow clone technique, but he was not at all someone who could freely do anything with another hindering him. He had a good control over his thoughts, but the Hagane was rather clumsy which was clear from tripping over himself like a complete dumbass!

Katsuo hated these things about himself, but that's exactly why he hoped the progress through the tournament and learn what real fighting is about! He wanted to be strong, like his cousin Sousaku and all of his friends. He had an older brother who was already progressing through his branch, and they were just a year or two older! He was lacking, and without considerable help he was going to be a disgrace to the Hagane clan!

With that resolve within himself slowly increasing, he planted his feet strong and looked towards the Uchiha with some mild heavy breathing. He closed his eyes, and stretched his shoulders as he began to walk towards Kai with a smile.
Ian
*The technique wasn't going to work if Katsuo kept his eyes shut, he wouldn't be able to fight like that but it wouldn't stop the technique from at least being completed and Kai seeing if he could actually manage to create it.*

*Kai was also no fool, he knew that using such a powerful genjutsu technique would take a huge portion of his chakra reserves, his body wasn't used to long and frequent expenditure of chakra or multiple high ranked techniques, he had his skills and had honed a lot of his abilities but he still lacked mastery and he knew he could improve just a bit more.*

*Admittedly, Kai was annoyed Katsuo had just closed his eyes, visual genjutsu was entirely reliant on such a condition, and auditory genjutsu was harmful for anyone, teammates included if they heard it. Frowning beneath the black mask donning his face as at least he had more time to work on the technique with Katsuo's pace slowed. Now able to just clearly outpace him as he moved around the training grounds while steadily changing and focusing the yin chakra he was building up, adjusting it replicate the Temple of Nirvana technique, it wasn't even completed and he could feel the chakra flowing out of him and into the technique, his body really wasn't capable of doing this for a while.*

"Hey wait a moment, you've got your eyes shut, i helped you with your training and you won't even let me figure out if the technique works when i do it or not? That's kind of unfair, besides you don't even know what it does." *He pointed out, trying to get him to open his eyes so he could see if it actually worked.*
Andrea
His ears were ringing and he was having a hard time actually looking at things accurately, but the voice of the Uchiha brought him back into conscious being as he blinked his eyes and watched as Kai soared around the training grounds. "Ahh! Sorry, just bumped my head a little harder than i thought! Don't worry, my eyes are just fine and watching you. SO SHOW ME THE POWER OF AN UCHIHA'S GENJUSU ALREADY, DAMN." He said, clearly agitated from his head spinning a little bit.

It was weird to have such things happen in training, and with his clumsiness, it sure as hell didn't help in times where he needed to be very steady and have control of his body.

Not really minding the fact that he was about to be put into one of the things he absolutely hated, Katsuo would make sure to keep his attention on Kai, as he raced around the track. Since he was still getting his breathability back from being so nauseas, the Hagane wasn't going to move from his position, unless he was about to be met with certain death if he didn't.