Battle of Solitude

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BATTLE OF SOLITUDE

(Okitsugu v. Kaius)[/center]

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In the high mountainous regions of northern Hi-no-Kuni an array of exotic wildlife flourished in cryptic places; amongst them where the temples created hundreds of years ago by the first Fierians of the land. In the expanse of wilderness, clouds choked specific valleys as the fine mist enveloped the lower plains with the occasional gusts moving erratically about. Through the dense mist and foliage, with his left hand resting securely on the hilt of Kurokugi, went Okitsugu. There was no real reason as to why the Genin chose to journey so far away from the Hidden Cloud, but as if by some strange attraction, he was drawn here. Grenades rested in the folds of his butt bag just alongside forty-five spike shuriken; the birds overhead, if they so chose, could hone their keen eye on to the knife he had been holding in his right hand. Means that its other triplets still resided in the ninja-pouch as well.

As he trekked on, he would come to the inevitable fork in the road. Which way would he go? His eyes scanned the environment, as they were glowing a shade of green in his unknown location: to the right, the trail darkened as it lead further into the forest; to his left, the trail continued onward toward the mountain temples. Hopefully if he couldn't make a choice soon, someone would come along and help make that decision for him.

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It was sure peaceful up in the mountains, just pure serenity from all directions. Kaius felt as if he could stay there, completely untroubled by the problems of the world. At least, that was what Kai would like to think of the current situation. The reason why he was actually there was not as a way to escape from it all, but just plain and simply: he was lost. And not just the ordinary, find my way back home sooner or later, kind of lost. No Kai was very, very, very, very lost. It could bring confusion to anybody how he could end up here of all places when he was meant to be in the land of wind. The raven haired shinobi decided to take a break, falling back on to the grass patch behind him.

The boy knew that in order to make his way back he would need to retrace his steps. He puzzled over it for a few seconds, from what he could remember he was last at a forked road. He chose left, but only because he thought the buildings would be inhabited. Kai thought himself a fool to actually think that he would find somebody else this far out. From his surroundings there were several ruins of buildings, small in size. They were accompanied by trees and bushes, vines and moss that had found its way into the cracks between the bricks. Right now Kai was resting on a small patch of grass with a ten meter clearing in front of one of these buildings. He let his back rest on the moss contaminated bricks behind him.

Even if he seemed alone out here it would not be wise to completely rule off the possibility of meeting somebody in the ruins. However, at the odd chance he was attacked, he was prepared. The young shinobi was wearing his usual attire, with his claws hidden under his sleeves that he could eject out for combat. Under his black cloak (which had no equipment inside of it) he had a butt bag. It contained sixteen kunai, one eight inch flash light, and two combat knives. Combine his equipment. and the jutsu that he could use, he was ready for a fight should the need arise. The wind speed picked up which caused the ends of Kai's cloak to dance in the air. He had to find a way back home, he would like to see something even try to stop him.

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A wanton wind happened to escape the forked road toward the left and immediately that is where Okitsugu would continue his gait. The path toward the Fire Country temples was serpentine and he made sure to keep an eye out for trouble during his journey. Oki would pass ruinous buildings and vine-laden structures until he virid eyes came across another entity.

The boy that Genkai had seen was wearing the opposite color of he, who was draped in albicant cloths from Minarai. Okitsugu stopped in his tracks as he called out toward the other in a low tone.

"It seems that you, too, are lost..." Not the friendliest thing to say, but hey - Okitsugu wasn't one to make friends to begin with. His left hand still rested on the hilt of his tanto and again in his other was a knife. Should the receiver of his words take the Kumo-nin to be a threat would be decided on how he reacted to the sudden appearance of one with weapons inadvertently drawn.

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Upon hearing footsteps on the stone bricks of the ruins Kai was immediately alerted. He leaped up to his feet with haste and looked towards the person, whilst ejecting his claws immediately in one whole fluid movement. Had he dropped his guard who knows what might have happened. The man was armed, there was no question and he made no such effort to hide it. This was where he spoke up, claiming that he was also lost. He was at least seven meters away from Kai's position, which was fortunate. It would be obvious to anybody that this guy was hostile, even a blind man could tell simply by the cold tone in the mans voice.

There was no time to waste, in quick thought Kai formed a succession of six handseals. Once these handseals were complete a chakra message would be sent to the opponents brain which would create a large explosion sound that only they could hear. It was meant to hopefully distract the opponent to grant Kai enough time for his next move. The boy leaped, straight off the ground, arcing his feet and throwing both his claws out in front of him whilst doing so. He did all this in one solid movement. The raven haired shinobi spun towards his opponent like a tornado, being only a short distance away it would barely take any time at all to reach him. Should the technique make contact with any part of his opponents body it would shred that part of their body up very badly.

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Boutou no Jutsu (Boom Technique)
Rank: “D” Rank
Skill: Genjutsu
Effect: Creates a large booming sound that echoes within the opponent’s skull. Only they can hear it.
Special: "Handseals"
Drawback: ----
Description: Creates a large illusionary booming sound within the opponent’s skull. Because it is genjutsu, only the target can hear the sound, which can then disorient the opponent or weaken the opponent’s resolve as well as cause an immediate distraction. As the sound is not real, no actual damage is done to the ears and as such they may continue to hear fine afterwards.
Limit: Must know Phantasm Perception, must know Sasayaki no Jutsu

Mantis Claw: Assassin's Bullet
Rank: "B"
Skill: TaiJutsu
Effect: A spinning jump towards the opponent with massive speed.
Special: Requires precise timing in which if to early or late will cause the technique to doing close to no damage and even capable of damaging the user.
Drawback: ---
Description: The user stands ready in the usual pose and quickly jumps forward in a spinning attack. While the user spins violently they hold their "Sidearm" weapons in front of them as the strength of the attack is capable of penetrating through the opponent regardless what kind of "Sidearm" weapons the user is using. User is capable of spinning forward for 10 meters before landing on the ground.
Limit: Must learn from a Master of Meimei Undoushinkei (Divine Reflexes) Style. Must know Demon Claw Stance: Mantis

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Oki was no slouch and he would make sure that the Suna-nin knew of that as well. At the instant the dark appareled teen revealed himself to be of a hostile temperament (the unsheathing of his claws), Okitsugu would Shunshin toward the boy that was twenty-one feet away from him smoothly - the Body Flicker technique was but a prelude to what was to come. This would all happen before the foe had the chance to form his seals for Genjutsu, thus rendering his latter Taijutsu obsolete.

The blade Kurokugi which was at Okitsugu's left side had been pulled from its abode mid-Shunshin as its owner lunged forward in a lowered stance to attempt to impale the other wanderer in the gut. His eyes remained green throughout his swift and select movements. While Project Thirteen had offered the other youth a chance at conversation, that would be the last time he would speak as he was now battle ready. The Shunshin had been quasi-impossible to trace, but the following attack should be avoidable if the opposing shinobi's reflexes matched his aggression.

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Shunshin no Jutsu - Oshi (Body Flicker Technique - Push)
Rank: ["C"]
Skill: NinJutsu/TaiJutsu
Effect: A Jutsu that allows a user to rush forward in almost instantaneous speed. Used to draw the user close to the opponent.
Special: ---
Drawback: May use 3 times a day. May perform 1 more each time learned. Passing amount renders the user's legs immobile due to severe pain. Unable to perform again unless gained medical treatment. Must move through an opening. Unable to maneuver around obstructing objects. Can't attack while performing any Shunshin or Variation.
Description: User is able to move forward in a straight line along the ground in almost instantaneous untraceable speed while temporarily masking the user's movements within 10 meters. A puff of smoke is occasionally used to disguise the user's movements. It is accomplished by focusing the user's chi along the ankles and foot. User mostly moves just with their ankles and feet. Jutsu takes up no movements. User may only use this Jutsu half of the movements may allow in a single round while rounding down. Example: User has 5 movements, user is able to perform Jutsu 2 times per round.
Limit: Universal NinJutsu or Universal TaiJutsu.

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Kai was left with barely any time at all to react, he had no time to even preform the jutsu because of how great the differences in speed were. It was true, the shunshin that his opponent had preformed was perfect and set Kai up for a good stabbing. But once the opponent was no longer using the technique it allowed the raven haired boy to react just in time.

In response to his opponents attempt to gut him Kai threw both his claws down in a crossed motion. This would parry the sword to prevent himself from being skewered. The blade was caught in between the multiple claws that were attached to the boys forearm, thus allowed him to follow up by lifting the sword up into the air above both of the two fighters. With the mans sword out of the way it left his chest wide open for a kick, which Kai immediately did so. The maneuver that Kai just preformed would happen in only just one second, and would only knock back the man a meter at most.

It would definitely be a close one, that was for sure. However, a positive side to his opponents assault is that it proved something. Kaius was generally the faster of the two. The last kick that Kai would have pulled off should have stunned him for about two seconds. If that was the case then he knew how to follow up and would do so right away. The young shinobi would leap forward at the man in a semi-crouched motion, all whilst raising his right arm up and his left arm down. He would then enclose them both through and across, aiming for the mans chest area. Should his technique land a successful hit the boy would follow up by slamming his foot down, thus stopping the momentum for himself, and preforming a spinning high kick aimed at the opponents face preferably the chin area in one smooth movement.

Should this attack hit it would hopefully send his attacker momentarily into the air. If the chances were that the man was not stunned then Kai would not preform any of the above and would instead wait for him to make the next move. But, if the man was in fact launched into the air, Kai would end his combo by slamming his right hands palm into the opponents chest area thus sending him back another couple meters at least. As soon as he had done this the boy would start to form handseals for a binding genjutsu. By this point the young shinobi would have the advantage, right?

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Turtle Claw: Cross Kick
Rank: "D"
Skill: TaiJutsu
Effect: A move to set up the opponent for stronger attacks which leaves the opponent open.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: Both "Sidearm" weapons are brought towards the hands of the opponents in a crossed motion. The user then re-directs the grappled arm. Once the opponent's hands or weapons are moved away from the opponent's chest the user sends a strong kick against the opponent's chest capable of disorienting the opponent for a movement.
Limit: Must learn from a Master of Meimei Undoushinkei (Divine Reflexes) Style. Must know Demon Claw Stance: Turtle.

Turtle Claw: Abyss Scissors
Rank: "D"
Skill: TaiJutsu
Effect: A powerful movement often leading to severe wounds and bone fractures.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: User holds their arms away from one another holding their "Sidearm" weapons. 1 "Sidearm" weapon is held to the top right, and the other to the bottom left of their body before enclosing them into a single target with a slashing motion.

C Class - 5% Chance Bones may Break
B Class - 10% Chance Bones may Break
A Class - 30% Chance Bones may Break
S Class - 50% Chance Bones may Break

Limit: Must learn from a Master of Meimei Undoushinkei (Divine Reflexes) Style. Must know Demon Claw Stance: Turtle.

Tsurutsuru Kobushi: Sotsuji Shindou (Sudden Impact)
Rank: D
Skill: Taijutsu
Effect: Knocks the target away from the user.
Special: None
Drawback: None
Description: A technique developed to push away an opponent rather than harm them. An inexperienced user of this stance and technique will need to slide on a surface in order to gain the proper momentum. This is an open palmed strike that is aimed towards a target’s torso. The user swings his/her palm from below the targets waist or lower half. If it connects, the strike will usually send the target flying backwards. Of course, weight and other factors will need to be considered.
Limit: Universal TaiJutsu

6 Handseals preformed so far for this genjutsu:

Magen: Hebi Hyoushi no Jutsu (Demonic Illusion: Snake Binding Technique)
Rank: “B” Rank
Skill: Genjutsu
Effect: An illusionary snake bursts from underneath the opponent’s feet and quickly coils itself around the opponent before ending with it’s’ mouth open right underneath the neck of the opponent.
Special: "Handseals"
Drawback: The user must hold the Ram handseal for the duration of the jutsu.
Description: The user performs the handseals, ending with holding the Snake handseal. Without warning and sound, an illusionary snake appears underneath the opponent’s feet and rapidly coils around the opponent before ending with its’ open mouth poised right over the opponent has exposed neck. This jutsu is used to prohibit the opponent’s movement and to induce a large amount of fear in the opponent.
Limit: Must know Phantasm Perception

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His opponent was fast - he'd give him that. How he had managed to see through Okitsugu's body flicker and counter his thrust just in time amazed Genkai; Kaius' further advances did as well. With Kurokugi launched skyward, Oki's arms had already been lifted above his head as his opponent delivered a vicious kick to the youth, which knocked him back several yards at most. Dust had been kicked up as Okitsugu went rolling through the ruinous environ into a low field of grass. He would immediately take to a knee as he tried to recover; during that time, his opponent would move in for a second riposte.

Seconds where the time frame that meant life or death in the world of shinobi, and only a second is what Okitsugu would need as he propelled himself toward the pursuer with another bout of Shunshin. From that crouched position that he had held himself in to recover, the boy utilized his Body Flicker to send his being skyward, now ten meters to the left (and five meters vertical) at his foe in an oblique long-jump. The Cloud ninja's eyes by this time had turned a tint yellow; also, immediately following his alacritous disposition, hand seals had been formed.

Okitsugu had been launched into the air - just not how his opponent had expected. Chakra swelled up in Genkai's insides before it was expelled in the form of five fireballs by way of Katon: Housenka no Jutsu. The attack had potential to strike the boy whose back was to his airborne nemesis and cause him to succumb to moderate burns if he hadn't missed the seeds of flame that went rocketing toward him in consecutive bursts. In a related event, they served the purpose to cause his opponent to scramble around or lose his footing as Okitsugu landed some thirty feet away from Kaius, still retaining the position of being on his knee as he had yet fully recovered from the force of that initial kick.

Stay away from him - he uses Taijutsu too effectively to engage in close quarters combat. Okitsugu embedded the thought into his mental as he thought of a way to end this without suffering from too many more of those physical blows.

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Shunshin no Jutsu - Oshi (Body Flicker Technique - Push)
Rank: ["C"]
Skill: NinJutsu/TaiJutsu
Effect: A Jutsu that allows a user to rush forward in almost instantaneous speed. Used to draw the user close to the opponent.
Special: ---
Drawback: May use 3 times a day. May perform 1 more each time learned. Passing amount renders the user's legs immobile due to severe pain. Unable to perform again unless gained medical treatment. Must move through an opening. Unable to maneuver around obstructing objects. Can't attack while performing any Shunshin or Variation.
Description: User is able to move forward in a straight line along the ground in almost instantaneous untraceable speed while temporarily masking the user's movements within 10 meters. A puff of smoke is occasionally used to disguise the user's movements. It is accomplished by focusing the user's chi along the ankles and foot. User mostly moves just with their ankles and feet. Jutsu takes up no movements. User may only use this Jutsu half of the movements may allow in a single round while rounding down. Example: User has 5 movements, user is able to perform Jutsu 2 times per round.
Limit: Universal NinJutsu or Universal TaiJutsu.

Housenka no Jutsu - Mythical Fire Phoenix Technique
Rank: C
Skill: Ninjutsu
Effect: The user is able to blow small balls of fire that can conceal projectiles to damage the opponent.
Special: Handseals
Drawback: ---
Description: The user performs a few quick handseals as they quickly take the same concept as that of the Goukakyuu no Jutsu. The user then spits out or hurls out up to five small sized fireballs towards the enemy. Each fireball creates massive amounts of burns but does not burst forth in an explosion. As each fireball makes contact with something, they spread out the fire creating a more of an area effect within the fire. The user is capable of using this technique in conjunction with multiple secondary weapons such as kunai or shuriken. The opponent is incapable of noticing the projectiles until the fire is extinguished in mid air. This technique is used typically to hide or to be used as a diversion for more of a powerful technique. As a D ranked ninja, the user is able of shooting 5 balls of fire. After the user goes up a difficulty class, they are capable of shooting 5 more fireballs.
Limit: Fire Release.

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His opponent looked like they were trying to make an escape from Kai's claws. Unfortunately for them, they had used their shunshin a little too late but still managed to escape with just a couple of light scratches. At the point Kai slammed his foot down was where his combo ended. His opponent, they liked to use that technique a lot. To be honest, he was lucky to escape with just a scratch after being stunned with his kick. The raven haired shinobi had to give credit to him for escaping his combo. Kai managed to trace where he would shunshin with the movement of his feet, they would turn slightly either to the right or left depending on which way he wanted to go.

This is what caused Kai to turn immediately to the left, in which he spotted his foe was actually behind him in the air. That was when he noticed whom they were fighting was not a man, but a boy. It would also explain how Kai could easily launch them away from himself like that. Despite himself knowing this the sand shinobi had no sympathy for him, and would treat him as such. His narrow escape was only met with a dead end as the sky left him with no way to escape Kai's next move. They had retreated, but not far enough.

The young shinobi would leap forward at his opponent, arcing his foot and throwing his arms out in front of him which he had strapped to his claws. This would send him flying towards his enemy at incredible speeds, so fast that it would not allow him enough time to even complete the handseals he was set up to complete. His tornado like attack would no doubt hit his opponent with no where for him to retreat to, causing gashes in their flesh upon whatever the technique hit.

After this Kai had to think on his feet on how he would follow up, and quickly thought of a way to do so. After he would hit his opponent and fly slightly past him, he would grapple his head. Kai would then preform a fast quick flip that would send his enemy plummeting down to the ground in a spiral. After this Kai would also land on the ground, but in contrast undamaged besides a nipping pain coming from his ankle, a couple meters away from his enemy. There was no doubt that by this time Kai was fatigued, but not enough to hinder his movements. Taking deep breaths in the young shinobi would not waste time as he reached into his butt bag and grabbed out two kunai. He would throw these kunai at his opponent regardless of if they had got up by then or not in one smooth movement, aiming for their body. With no mercy in mind.

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Mantis Claw: Assassin's Bullet
Rank: "B"
Skill: TaiJutsu
Effect: A spinning jump towards the opponent with massive speed.
Special: Requires precise timing in which if to early or late will cause the technique to doing close to no damage and even capable of damaging the user.
Drawback: ---
Description: The user stands ready in the usual pose and quickly jumps forward in a spinning attack. While the user spins violently they hold their "Sidearm" weapons in front of them as the strength of the attack is capable of penetrating through the opponent regardless what kind of "Sidearm" weapons the user is using. User is capable of spinning forward for 10 meters before landing on the ground.
Limit: Must learn from a Master of Meimei Undoushinkei (Divine Reflexes) Style. Must know Demon Claw Stance: Mantis

Spiral Slam
Rank: C rank short range offensive(0-5m)
Skill: TaiJutsu
Effect: A spinning slam attack performed with the user's legs.
Special: No hand seals are required for TaiJutsu.
Drawback: Target must be in the air to perform this technique.
Description: When the opponent is airborne, the user will leap into the air, placing their feet on the foe's shoulders and, "grabbing" the enemy's head with their leg strength, they will spin in the air and perform a quick flip to launch the foe at the ground, in a downward spiraling motion.
Limit: Universal TaiJutsu Technique

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ooc - i will edit this post accordingly, however i must get my point across.

i understand that your character is a rank above my own, which is fine - however, with the given distances and techniques used, things seem to have been misinterpreted. i try to leave a lot of leeway in my posts, so it doesn't seem like im godmodding/auto-ing.

we can get a BM if you wish, that's fine. im just looking at it from my pov and hopefully in a logical way.

how did you manage to catch up to a Shunshin so rapidly without using a Shunshin? it sent me 10 meters (30 ft) away from you to the left and upward with a height of 5 m (15 ft). surely, i had retreated far enough. i can see where your claws still fucked me up, though (reply #5) - i was only knocked back by 1m (3ft), so that was my mistake for making that gap larger than it should have been.

from my elevated position, even if you had managed to launch yourself toward me, then wouldn't you still be under watch of my housenka? seeing how im sure your tech doesn't cover the same 30 ft distance as my shunshin - if it does, well im fucked. in the event that it doesn't and you propelled yourself towards me, then wouldnt that put you directly in harms way of the 5 fireballs?

some of your post: ...as the sky left him with no way to escape Kai's next move. <== wouldnt that same statement count for you as well, since you are now airborne and headed toward a housenka?

another piece of your post that confuses me: Kai managed to trace where he would shunshin with the movement of his feet, they would turn slightly either to the right or left depending on which way he wanted to go. <== here, how would you trace the movement of my feet which are planted on the ground to launch me skyward? when you used 'them' and 'they' also confuses me, broly.

ive just been tryna read over the battle rules and get this battle rp down to a science - please forgive me if i see antagonistic to your endeavors ^^;

of course i'd like for you to reply in this thread, since post order wont be fucked up or anything - we'll just edit these ooc posts when its cleared up, unless we have BM assistance.

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Hmm, excuse me if the following might seem rude because honestly I'm not trying to be so ^^'

Basically, for starters, in the battle rules depending on what you specialize in also depends on how fast you move and how fast you use handseals. Allow me to elaborate: A battle post all together is 6 seconds exactly, Kaius has a limit of up to 6 movements in one battle post. 6 divided by 6 is 1, that means that it would take Kai only 1 second per movement taken. The techniques I have used only require one movement, now lets have a look at your character.

Your character is not Taijutsu specialist, and is D Classed. This means that they get only one movement per two seconds, because 6 divided by 3 is two. In all, that would mean Kaius is twice as fast as your character is. But, this also applies to handseals too as far as I know.

Kai is a taijutsu specialist and can only preform 20 handseals in one post, 6 divided by 20 is 0.3 (this is how fast he can preform just one handseal). So, say I wanted to use a D rank ninjutsu/genjutsu. What I would do is times 0.3 by the number of handseals needed which is 6. It would take Kai 1.8 seconds to preform a D rank nin/genjutsu. Hopefully you are starting to see why picking the right specialists for your character is so important, it matters because this means that D ranks will strictly not be as fast as for example S ranked characters.

You cannot preform 6 handseals in the amount of time given between leaping out of the way and before Kai reaches you, because even tho you aren't a Tai specialist it would still take you 2 and a half full seconds before the amount of handseals you needed were complete. By the time Kai gets to your character they would not have even completed their handseals yet.

Also, as an answer to why my technique can reach you when you are 30 feet away. 30 feet = 9 meters, my technique can travel as far as 10 meters. I know there is space in between us but the technique travels at a fast speed like mentioned in its description. But as far as noticing your foot movement goes you have a fair point, and I can edit according so, but it would only take about a second for Kai to look around and spot you in the sky thus not changing the outcome.

To be honest, at the point where you get stunned it would have taken you two seconds to recover because it stuns you for one of your movements as it says in the technique description, and you wouldn't have been able to move out of the way in time even if you wanted too. This means I should have been able to get away with my combo before your character could react quick enough, so leaving him with only a light scratch is a lot of leeway on my part. This was ok by me tho because I wanted to make the fight last longer and you were at a disadvantage because im C ranked. Also, even if you used shunshin to get to Kai you still took up roughly a movement to stab your sword at him.

Still, I completely understand your confusion and you had all the reason to think that I was godmodding. You can confirm what I have said here also if you want because this is all just to my understanding, again I am sorry if I came across as rude in this post.

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The flesh of Okitsugu had been torn open crudely as his opponent managed to catch up to him. While he had managed to throw his arms to his chest in a crossed-hold, those same appendages had been cut quite deeply by his clawed foe, but allowed his vitals to be safe from further harm. His eyes flared wildly as he prepared himself for the next phase of Kaius' fury.

His body would slam into the ground below him as his body spiraled downward from a vicious leg throw from the Sand shinobi. He had been knocked close to his blade Kurokugi, but was unable to muster enough might to go for his weapon. His white clothing had been dirtied in shades of deep red and brown from the blood and earth that he came into contact with. To add to his list of advances, the Suna-nin had thrown two projectiles at Genkai that he managed to avoid with a last effort roll.

Bloodied, bruised and all together angered, Project Ømicron had risen from the ground as his eyes had shifted red. The pain that coursed through his being went unnoticed as he mustered up what chakra he could as his hands worked into seals. His opponent had landed and seemed to be catching his breath from his combo, which would hopefully allow Oki ample time to strike. He hadn't been coerced to his final level of operation in some time - Okitsugu's trump card had been played as he slammed his hands together, which created a spark of flames to ignite around his fists.

Two streams of fire via Hibashiri were let loose toward his foe in an attempt to engulf him in a sea of circling flames. Had the foe stayed within the radius of the Katon technique then the fire spin would ensue, causing an extreme amount of heat to encase Kaius. This would be the prelude to another set of tactics that Okitsugu hadn't utilized in years - quite promptly, after releasing his ninjutsu, his hands shot to his butt bag and released a dual set of smoke grenades that he immediately threw toward the ring of flames. Upon the explosion, more smoke would engulf the area in thick plumes, which would further encase Kaius in the fire and a smoky darkness.

Okitsugu continued his own combo with a set of kata that moved across his fingers, in preparation for another technique, should his opponent fall victim to being trapped inside the fire spin and the blackness of his smoke grenades (which will explode in roughly three seconds).

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Katon: Hibashiri: (Fire Element: Racing Fire)
Rank: ["C"], "B"
Skill: NinJutsu
Effect: A Fire technique in which the user shoots out two streams of fire along each side of the user towards a group of enemies in which encircles around the enemy creating a wall of fire.
Special: "Handseals"
Drawback: ---
Description: The user first performs the handseals that they need. Then they slam their hands together as the user concentrates along the heat around them. Focusing their chakra, two streams of fire is launched from the user, one along the left, and another along the right. These streams shoot off towards multiple enemies. The user is capable of creating streams of fire within the distance of fifty meters, encircling enemies within twenty-meter radius. The fire is two meters in width as the height reaches up to five meters in the air as it spins violently trapping those within. This type of fire is used as an encasing Jutsu, capable of trapping the opponents inside using intensive heat for the enemy. This type of fire when first learned the user is capable of just encircling the enemies as the speed of the fire entraps the enemies within. When the user learns the "B" Rank version of this technique the user is capable of enclosing the Fire to burn the enemies within a ring of fire as it ends. This process takes one turn to do. This technique is also capable of being used to shoot out a ring of fire towards the opponents if the user wishes.
Limit: Must have the Fire Release.

Grenade: Smoke x2

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It seems the raven haired boys aim was effected by his lack of energy, for his aim was completely off for both his kunai. It was a lucky break for the boy in front of him that was for sure, but one he clearly did not appreciate. He was standing up, despite having been on the ground completely covered in blood he still tried desperately to fight his enemy. Kaius may have let him live if only he would have stayed down defeated on the ground.

It wasn't something Kai liked doing, but he would have to finish the boy off. He had already wasted enough of Kai's time and the sand village was not going to come find him. He started to form handseals, he must have thought that Kai was fatigued enough so he could not move. Unfortunately for him this wasn't the case, and Kai would make sure he knew of this. Being literally two meters away the young shinobi simply walked over the his opponent and gave him a strong kick to the stomach, nothing special but it should be enough for him to stop him making handseals. Whatever jutsu he was going for would take too long to preform. If it was not enough force to stop him then Kai would simply lunge forward and stab his claws into his opponents throat.

Kai did not want to return to the sand village with even more blood dripping on his hands, and as such it would not come to this unless it had to. The alternative way the sand shinobi would finish the fight would be by simply walking over to the sword that his enemy had once grasped, which was located only a few feet away. He would then walk back over to his enemy, point the sword at his enemys forehead, and impale him straight through his head. A painless death. The choice was up to his attacker which way he wanted to die, what would it be?

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Death would come to Okitsugu, but not before he had grabbed the right leg of his defeater, his red eyes locking in on to his own before Kaius plunged Kurokugi in its owner's skull. His reddened eyes slowly faded to a murky white as he succumbed to death at the base of the monk temples. Project Thirteen hadn't been enough to defeat the ranked shinobi of Wind Country... the prove was his defeated body that lay in a low field of grass.

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Kai watched as his opponent in a last attempt of assault grabbed on to his leg. The boys blood red eyes gleamed over to Kai which pierced through his soul. The final blood shed, it had been done. Kai collapsed to his knees whilst he ripped the sword from his deceased foe, shaking immensely, never before had he felt himself to be so cruel. He whipped the sword at the air which caused the blood that clung on to it to splatter on the ground. It was true that the young shinobi won, but at what price?

As the body of his opponent slumped down Kai caught him in his arms. Kai would then roll him over so that his back rested on the ground. The boy was not a fan of blood shed, in fact it would make his stomach cringe at most times. Despite this he had to stay strong during the fight with his opponent, killed at such a young age by none other than him. The raven haired shinobi decided that the boy should at least be left to rest peacefully.

Kai took both of the corpses arms and put them both crossed on its chest. He would then follow up by neatly placing his enemy's sword, the one he used to kill him with, right beside his dead body on the left side. "It isn't much but... it's the best I can do". The boy would stand up and look upon the mess he had created. "Rest in peace". These final words would mark the exit of the sand shinobi, back into the maze that was the temple ruins.

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