[ST2 - R3] Ji v. Aisuru

[King]

the Arena

[/b] have any form of jutsu prepared in your introductory post, and you may not attack until the second round of posting (i.e after your introduction posts). Ji posts first.[/ul][/justify][/blockquote][/blockquote]

[Messatsu!]

Ji stood 30 meters away from the boy within the ruined, urban city. Boulders and broken pieces of earth lay sprawled across the area as far as the eye could see which only meant that Ji had a great deal of versatility despite the obvious limiters set upon him prior to entering the tournament. Apparently, during that particular round, once both combatants were settled in, their chakra would gradually fall considerably, meaning the fight had to progress relatively quick, especially if ninjutsu was even considered.

However, at that moment, the path between the two paralleled combatants were -without a doubt- empty, which only meant that a straight forward path could've been taken. Unfortunately, that specific street that the starting combatants were placed upon had been a grand total of 5 meters wide, which only meant that they'd been in the middle. Additionally, the buildings that were on both side of the street seemed to have no immediate windows and no immediate pathways other than back & up. It made complete sense considering the walls to the left and right were the back of the buildings.

Nonetheless, Ji armed himself with a single tagged kunai, one of which he lodged between the jaw's of his mouth before reaching to retrieve a single kunai (right hand). Knee's slightly bent, with his right foot about a foot ahead of the other -shoulder length apart- he waited for his ultimate signal, the signal that would initiate the battle.

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All Items on person.

[Yoshie - Chan]

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Aisuru stood at the end of his thirty meter distance. It perplexed him that his fights have always been stopped short, or mysterious occurrences happened. Was lady luck really shining down on him? Or was karma just setting him up for the ultimate fall from grace. He shrugged at that for the fact he really didn't know what was gonna happen to himself. His gaze began to wonder around taking in the full scope of the arena that he had to be placed in.

The walls were closer then before, and it seemed to have little escape routes if any at all. His lips, let out a short whimper at the realization this might become a battle of taijutsu. His opponent had seemed to stick a kunai within there mouth, and the savage nature of that frightened Aisuru even more. His eyes widened before he spoke to his opponent for this round. "Umm Hello! I hope for us to have a very nice battle!" In the back of his mind, as those words spilled from his mouth he was thinking of a plan.

The space was being analyzed as well, and his analysis was he was pretty much screwed with all the boulders in the way. His last hope was his kunai. It was his favorite kunai with tan wrapping around the blade itself. This was all he had in the ready, while he inched his left leg forward, and bent his knees just enough to be in a fighting stance. His right hand held the blade in a casual grip before the announcer began the countdown. It was so fast his heart nearly gave out when it finally reached one, and before he knew it.

GO

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--- All Items upon person.
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[Messatsu!]

Ji had made it this far, and he refused to stop advancing - he wanted to go all the way, or, at best, make it to the grand finals. Nevertheless, as the announcer gave him both combatants the signal, Ji reacted and bolted forward immediately and intuitively, watching his opponent closely with the fabled Sharingan¹. Shuriken in hand & Kunai in his mouth, he pressed forward with considerable -though not extensive- speed. The 30 meter distance between hadn't seemed much at all considering that Ji would've cut down that distance to a meager fifteen before even thinking of considering starting his assault upon his opponent. For now, he merely waited for an opening during his halfhearted, frontal sprint.

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[Sharingan Third Tomoe] x2 low Used.

[Yoshie - Chan]

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Aisuru almost jumped as he saw his opponent continue on forwards. The speed he was moving was faster then any other opponent he had ever had. He was frightened, but had to do something or else his opponent would get the best of him. The frontal charge his opponent greeted him with would be met in kind with his own style of violence. The kunai he gripped onto would be flung forward with all of his speed, and considerable might. He mentally began to panic, but knew what he had to do next for this plan to actually work.

His hands began to prep seals, with one in particular begin held stronger then the others once the kunai met a distance of at least ten meters from Aisuru. The resounding explosion should obscure his vision long enough for the next parts of his plan to be enacted.

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---explosive kunai
---Fuubaku Houjin (Exploding Seal Method Formation)
Rank: D
Range: -
Type: Supplementary
Handseals: 1
Chakra Consumption: Low + Mid

[/b]: This ability allows the user detonate his or her explosive notes, opposed to allowing them to be "timed" explosives. Without this technique, the user cannot automatically detonate their tags.[/ul]
---prep
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[Messatsu!]

Through the eyes of Ji's sharingan, he mentally witnessed the boy launch his Kunai well before its physical execution, however, he did nothing against, taking a high risk gamble. Instead, the arm that housed his single shuriken, readied itself as the kunai zoomed toward. With a 'halfhearted frontal sprint', he stopped seemingly on a dime (much sooner in comparison to a full speed sprint), after advancing forward 12 meters and noticing the specific set of hand-seals that heralded the ignition of the kunai's tag. With the sharingan's ability, its movement reading capabilities allowed Ji to isolate that specific set of seals, identify them, and adjust accordingly.

As expected, the explosion ripped forward as residual dust and wind harmlessly passed over Ji's frame, leaving him just out of range of the explosion (roughly 3 meters from its edge). While the explosion would've caused a fair amount of smoke, it'd been nothing the sharingan couldn't see through considering it hadn't been on the same scale as an actual smoke bomb. His free hand raised up the moment the tag ignited, shielding his eyes from any flying debris. In tandem, his occupied hand flung forward, aligned with chest of Ji's enemy.

That recently freed hand (along with the other) came just above his chest as Ji formed a series of hand signatures with a speedy gait. In doing so, he crouched low to the earth upon a single knee. The plans he had in store for his opponent could've easily been considered a nightmare.

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[Sharingan Third Tomoe] - x2 low.
Bonus (tournament conditions): -x2 Mid.

Prep_____

[Yoshie - Chan]

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Aisuru had finished his seals at the time his detonation was complete. His chakra began to funnel into his katana, with a simple swipe he unsheathed it, and swatted forwards. An explosion of fuuton rampaged forward making sure to pick up everything in it's path. Dust, small bits of debris, all of it was pushing forward into the winds. The expectation was to make the smoke cloud even bigger, and push back his opponent.

There was just one miscalculation on Aisuru's part.

His free hand raised up the moment the tag ignited, shielding his eyes from any flying debris. In tandem, his occupied hand flung forward, aligned with chest of Ji's enemy.

His opponent's kunai had shot through the initial cloud as he swung his katana. The jet stream of wind would pick up the kunai, and hopefully send it backwards through the cloud of debris. If it had a tag on it, and was detonated the initial blast wave would be sent backwards into the flames. Or at least that is what he hoped inside.

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Fuusajin (Dust Wind)
Rank: C
Range: Close (0m ~ 5m), Mid (5m ~ 10m)
Type: Offensive, Defensive
Handseals: 3
Chakra Consumption: x2 Mid

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[Messatsu!]

His free hand raised up the moment the tag ignited, shielding his eyes from any flying debris. In tandem, his occupied hand flung forward, aligned with chest of Ji's enemy.

The hand that flung forward had actually been the very hand that housed the shuriken he once held, especially when considering that the aforementioned kunai had been locked between Ji's jaws. While his shuriken had been thwarted, it went without saying that it lost a great deal of power from having been pushed back from opposing its initial direction of travel. In short, the shuriken, nor the wind itself even reached Ji since he still remained quite a ways away from his opponent (18m). Nevertheless, upon assuming his crouched position upon a single knee and finishing his own set of hand-seals, his countermeasure came to bear.

No more than a second after his seals were completed had his flat palm slammed into the ground with a light clap, facilitating his chakra into the earth to do his bidding. Thereafter, the surrounding area (5 meter diameter with Aisuru as its center) which had been nothing but rock, stone, and earth mind you, twisted and churned vehemently, bringing every rock from every possible direction onto his position in a whirl pool like manner beneath him (making it likely to lose balance).

Meanwhile, once the earth acted on its own after its actual activation (leaving his enemy more than occupied), Ji -presuming that his plan's went uninterrupted- continued his frontal sprint whilst performing hand signatures. If all would've went well, he'd have reduced that 18 meter distance down to a meager 10.

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- x2 Mid

Retsudo Tenshou (Revolving Split Earth Palm)

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Rank: C
Range: Close (0m ~ 5m), Mid (5m ~ 10m), Far (10m+)
Type: Offensive
Handseals: 5
Chakra Consumption: Mid x2

[/b] Can only be performed in an area with natural earth and rock. The user can control how large the whirlpool's dimensions are, so long as they do not exceed a 5 meter diameter.[/ul]

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[Yoshie - Chan]

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The dust wind seemed to knock-back a shuriken. This surprised Aisuru because his initial thoughts were that it was a kunai. This stunned him, but only for a moment. His awareness was pushed on full alert when the ground began to shake. His blade was re-sheathed as the sound got louder. Ai began to teeter, and totter back and forth before he began a brand new try at sealing. When the final seal was finished he redrew his sword, and began to spin it over top of his head reminiscent of a helicopter.

His fuuton chakra was embedded into the blade, and it was a simple tactic in itself. He reversed the meaning of the extreme fuuton winds, and instead of sending the pillar of wind to fan out, and explosion he placed himself inside the pillar using the spin of the winds to steady himself enough to leap high into the air. His frame was ascended as high as it could be from the dust wind allowing the nearby boulders and such to smash, and sink beneath him.

This would hopefully allow for a way to escape that initial technique, but more was needed. Since the only answer now was to fall back down to earth. While the decent was happened, Aisuru reached into his back pocket producing another kunai in the event of another struggle.

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Kamikaze (Hair Wind)
Rank: C
Range: Close (0m ~ 5m), Mid (5m ~ 10m)
Type: Supplementary
Handseals: 2
Chakra Consumption: Mid x3

--- Chakra Consumption from all posts so far: x1 Low | x1 Mid | 1 High
--- Chakra Remaining: x1 Massive | x2 Mid | x7 Low

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[Messatsu!]

As Ji bolted forward, turning that 18 meter distance down to a meager 10, he stopped momentarily and watched the young lad's countermeasure against his ever powerful Retsudo Tenshou. Above his head, he spun his sword, releasing a gale force similar to the Hyuuga's Kaiten, however, it -unfortunately- lacked the power to thwart the whirl-pooling of rocks and boulders from within a five meter rage. At best, he may have stopped maybe two or three, but, eventually, from all directions, they'd have overwhelmed him. And once they did overwhelm and surrounded him, Ji's 'follow up' attack sprang to life.

Ji -presuming that his plan's went uninterrupted- continued his frontal sprint whilst performing hand signatures.

Upon completion, the tip of his index finger pinched the tip of his thumb, forming a makeshift 'blower' as he filled his lungs with the surrounding air and expelled it immediately in the form of a single dragon shaped fireball. No more than a second later had Ji's head tilted up at a 45^o angle and released the secondary dragon fireball in an upward arc to the point where it -with precision- came down upon Ji's opponent with ease.

Surrounded and bound by earth, Aisuru had very few options (if any at all). Nonetheless, both fireballs transcended across that 10 meter difference and converged upon their target with a speedy gait. Upon impact, the fireballs proved to be powerful enough to literally 'punch through' the amassed rock, smashing and burning Aisuru as a result. Adding insult to injury, both fireballs ended with a grand explosion of their own.

The battle, at that point, had to have been over.

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-x2 Mid
-x1 High

Tier I Katon: Ashes to Ashes.

Gouryuuka no Jutsu (Great Dragon Fire Technique)
Rank: S
Range: Close (0m ~ 5m), Mid (5m ~ 10m), Far (10m+)
Type: Offensive
Handseals: 10
Chakra Consumption: High

[addy-hime ♥]

Aisuru has been disqualified.

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