Naoki looked up as his jump took him under Sephiroth, and swatted the rock away with irritation. "Speed training." He was not fast enough to catch Sephiroth on his own, but the jounin landed close enough to the water clone he'd left hiding in the water so it sprung up in an attempt to catch him.

In other circumstances the disparity wouldn't be as bad, but with no incentive for Sephiroth to move closer or to a specific spot he just had to catch up.