Two Stars Collide

## Participants: Kenzo Ryu & Tsukiichi Kurisutaru

-Kenzo Ryu had awoken more tired than he should have been. He hadn’t been getting much sleep lately but, he made do with what little he was getting. He slowly got dressed, putting on his all black outfit of pants, boots, his fur collared jacket, and his gloves. He would walk through the lonely dark place he called his home and begin to gather his things. Strapping his dagger to his right leg, as always, grabbing his 6 kunai, 6 shuriken, 5 smoke bombs, and his 2 paper bombs, putting them all in their respective places along his belt before heading to the door and making his way out into the town. The streets were not too busy on this morning leaving Kenzo to have some peace of mind as he strolled through the village. He didn’t have any real destination in mind but, he just wanted a place he could go to relax, somewhere nice and open where he could even train himself a bit if he felt up to it. He would begin to stray from the roads of the village as he neared its outskirts, in search of the place he had in his mind. Somehow he ended up finding himself back at the training grounds of the village, which conveniently, did suit what he was searching for.- ‘How do I always end up here?’ –He thought to himself as he paced around the open area noting the large boulder he remembered so well before he sat himself down in front of it. He would close his eyes for a moment and breath in deep before opening his eyes, preparing himself for some self-training seeing as there was no one else around at the moment.-

{TK} Tsukiichi Kurisutaru was one of the few people known to have the ability to create crystals out of nothing, seeing how she is a member of the Kurisutaru Clan, this ability comes natural to them. She happened to be the cousin of Kaiiaki Kurisutaru, the demon of Hoshigakure. The young Genin happened to be sitting idly in a tree that was not for off from the training grounds. Tsukiichi was simply looking at the villagers of Hoshi and how things were after the sudden attack not too long ago. “ Damn you people are really weak. “ Shrugging her shoulders, she jumped from the tree and on to the ground as she began to make her way to the training grounds. Thinking back, all she’s done is really sit on her ass and watch Kai’s kid. Sighing she looked up at the sky as she walked with her hands tucked into her pockets. “ I really need to get rid of some of this rest building up and blow off some steam. “ This was true, she was ready to start back up with her training and progression as a shinobi. Walking through the shrubbery, she made her way into the training grounds. Looking around she noticed a single male sitting down in front of a boulder with his eyes closed. Immediately she gave a wicked grin as she began creeping up on the male. Sticking to the shadows she thought to herself. ‘ The village was just brutally attacked and you have enough balls to sleep out in the open? Ah you’ve got guts. ‘ Tsukiichi said subconsciously as she drew one of her senbon from her pouch that sat beneath her combat knife and she flung it with intense speed. Aiming for the area between his legs, the needle was flying at about 50mph. That was slow but she didn’t want to kill the boy yet. It all depended on his reaction and skills. {TK}

-Kenzo had opened his eyes in began to stand up at just the right moment. As he stood, a senbon landed right where his legs had been just a short moment ago. Quickly drawing his dagger, he would scan the area around him with his guard raised, looking for whoever had just thrown the senbon at him.- ‘Are we under attack again?’ –He would think to himself before he spotted a girl around his age in the shadows.- “Are you the one who threw the senbon at me?” –He would ask her, dagger still drawn and at the ready just in case he was attacked again. He didn’t know who this girl was but it was all too convenient that she seemed to be the only other person aound. He wasn’t just going to up and attack her though, he was better than that. Since she appeared to be a shinobi, he wouldn’t lower his guard any but, if they turned out to just be someone from the village, maybe this would be a fine opportunity to hone his skills some more while his friend Asa was out on a mission for the village. He had made a promise to get stronger with him anyways, so Kenzo wasn’t going to miss a chance for a fight.-

{TK} Tsukiichi tilted her head as she stepped out of the tree line and out into the light. Making her appearance more noticeable, Tsukiichi shook her head with a sigh. “ Pathetic, that dodge was more coincidental than anything. Even though I didn’t aim to hit him, if I had, he’d most likely be bleeding uncontrollably. “ she said aloud as she made her way over to the boy. Clicking her tongue, she studied the boy. Taking noted on his appearance, body tone and structure to even the stance he took when he held his dagger. ‘ He seems more useless than anything. Sadly I don’t see any self benefit with this one. ‘ She thought to herself while she had stopped a few feet in front of him. Locking her green eyes on to him as if he was merely food to be eaten, almost as if she was the predator and he was the prey. Deeming the boy useless, she thought it’d be better to kill him now to spare him the disappointment. However she wanted to test him out. “ I could get a bit of exercise if I hunted him like the sheep he is. Good way to get back into my routines. “ Tsukiichi said as she drew her combat knife, and held it up. “ The names Tsukiichi Kurisutaru, not that you’ll remember it when you’re dead anyway so hey. Get ready to fend for yourself. “ She said as her twisted grin grew larger and she swayed her blade, signaling for the boy to make the first move. She always loved to give her prey a chance to live. {TK}

-Kenzo would ignore what he had heard the girl who had introduced herself as Tsukiichi had said to herself, being somewhat reminded of the young woman who had trapped a bug in crystal the last time he had been here.- ‘This village has some pretty angry people’ –He thought to himself before he would make his own introduction.- “My name is Kenzo Ryu and I don’t plan on dying here today” –He said to her as he readied himself for the coming fight. She had signaled for him to make the first move, leaving him wary that it might be some sort of set up for an attack of her own. The last time he had just rushed in and made the first move, he had been overcome and lost his fight. Kenzo was going to be smarter here and try to formulate a plan of action. He would reach back with his left hand into the pouch he kept his smoke bombs with one hand and draw a kunai with his right hand, quickly throwing the smoke bomb in Tsukiichi’s direction, landing midway between the two before exploding and creating a cloud of smoke. Once the smoke had been released, he would whip his right arm forward and throw the kunai in the direction she had been standing when the smoke bomb had gone off, hoping he had been fast enough to hit her with it as he kept his distance, arms slightly raised in defense just in case his mark was off.-

{TK} Keeping an eye on him, Tsukiichi could tell that the
boy was skeptical and decided to whip up some quick plan to attack from afar
instead of an head on action. Sure enough he launched an attack from a distance
just as she thought. The sudden burst of smoke that had appeared after the male
flung his left arm around. ‘ Trying to send me a little gift through this
screen of smoke? ‘ She thought to herself with a rhetorically question as the
following move after the burst of smoke became predictable. Quickly leaping
into the air, she managed to evade the projectile not that it was a hard task.
She was now up in the air, however, that wasn’t known to the male seeing as the
smoke had risen and was now covering his field of view for a few seconds. Soon
after she landed on the ground but took no time to rest. Her prey made his
first move, so now it was time for her to put on the pressure and force this
guy to entertain her. Right after hitting the ground she charged him swiftly,
giving him no time to adjust or think. Suddenly she appeared from the smoke as
she was reaching into her pouch that contained all of her tools. “ Peek-a-boo
little bug! “ Tsuki yelled with a senile laugh. Drawing three senbon, she flung
them at high speeds that ranged up to 70mph. Given the distance between them
would now be around 7 feet, he literally had a second or two to react
accordingly. The needles however had different locations in which they were
aimed to hit. The first was aimed to hit the male in the right shoulder, the
second aimed to hit him in the stomach, and lastly the third was aimed to
pierce his thigh. “ Don’t think I’m done you insect. “ Tsukiichi said as she
focused some chakra into her feet, thus ultimately increasing her speed to
about 60 mph, which meant she was following close behind the senbon she had
slung at him seconds ago. If the senbon hit, she’d go for a right side strike
at his rib cage with her combat knife. If he managed to escape the needles,
Tsukiichi would halt in her movement and prepare for his counter as well as
plan her next attack. {TK}

-Kenzo would quickly dodge to his right, narrowly dodging the senbon that she had thrown at him, and he would watch as she stopped. She clearly wasn’t playing around here and he wasn’t going to either. It appears she was waiting for him to make a move once again. He would quickly close the distance between the two his dagger re drawn in his right hand, as he would try slash his dagger at her shoulder, beginning to get serious now. If his attack landed, he would attempt to sweep her legs out from under her and knock her to the ground. If his attack were to miss, he would raise his guard and try to back-step away before she could attack him.-

{TK} Tsukiichi had watched closely as the male managed to evade her attack. Keeping her guard up of course, Tsuki’s eyes narrowed as the boy suddenly sprung at her. Lunging himself at her with his dagger drawn and aimed for her right shoulder. Swiftly she spun to her left with grace and beauty, halting the spinning and was now standing beside him. “ Your fucked now little one. “ She said with an innocent smile and loving expression. However, don’t let it fool you. She truly was smiling out of the joy she was about to get from beating him to a pulp. Instantly, Tsukiichi performed the – RAM – hand sign and focused her chakra on the particles around the males feet and lower legs. Quickly she activated her jutsu called \* Jade Crystal Prison Technique \* Tsukiichi was only moving the particles around the males feet, thus being said, this situation was very close to impossible to escape from. Seeing how he was now standing directly in front of her, and the jutsu when activated instantly encases the users target in crystals. ‘ How are you going to escape this? ‘ Tsukiichi thought to herself as she smiled wickedly and kept her combat knife at a ready in case he found a way to get himself out of this sticky situation. {TK}

-Kenzo had gotten his legs caught in
what appeared to be crystal after the girl had made her handsign.  He suddenly remembered the woman who had been
here watching his previous spar and how she had encased a ladybug in a very
similar crystal. ‘Are these two people related somehow?’ he thought to himself,
now immobile. He would reach into his pouches and grab two kunai, aiming them
at her left leg, throwing them at around 50 mph as he now shifted his focus to
the crystals around his legs attempting to break them and free himself so that
he could have his freedom of movement once again.-

{TK} Tsukiichi smirked as the male had begun to make an attempt to delay her. Watching him throw two kunai, she used her combat knife to deflect one perfectly and allowed the second to graze her left leg causing a slight bleed. Hey what fun would it be if she didn't get a little scratch, afterall she loved the feeling of a cold blade against her skin and the slight stinging pain she got whenever she was cut. Now as she watched the boy struggle to escape, she laughied wickedly as his attempts were useless. " Its over boy, once your caught within my crystals there's nothing you can do to escape. " She said as she approached him slowly while twirling her knife around. Standing eye to eye, Tsukiichi smirked as she had placed the blade of her knife flat in her mouth and began to bit on the smooth side of the blade. " Now, should I kill you or let you live? " She said aloud to give him some sense of hope. However, she didn't care what he had to say. It was all up to her, she didn't give a damn if he existed or not. " OH! I got it. How about we play a game. If you can guess my favorite color I'll let you go free, but if you guess wrong you get senbon jabbed into each limb. Four chances to guess right. After that I'll slit your throat and watch you bleed. " Tsukiichi said with an innocent smile as if everything she said was completely normal. Giggling as she skipped around Kenzo with joy awaiting his answer. {TK}

-Kenzo had not wanted to admit it but, he was stuck in place. Tsukiichi may have been right, he may not be able to escape from the crystals but, he could still move his body at least. Her cockiness and severe lack of respect annoyed Kenzo to no end and he wanted to show her his anger, even if he ended up paying for it later. He would begin to form the signs for the Phoenix Sage Fire Technique (rat, tiger, dog, ox, rabbit, tiger), as the balls of fire appeared, he would begin to hurl them at Tsukiichi. It would be very difficult to dodge them all, so Kenzo was hoping that after the barrage he would have at least gotten some hits in on her as he smiled in defiance.- "I'm not playing your games. I'm going to fight until I can't go on." -He said as he looked in her direction. He didn't care if he couldn't move or not, Kenzo had meant every word he had said to her. He wasn't going down without showing some determination, he wanted to protect his home and this fight was a stepping stone that would move him ever closer to reaching his goal.-

{TK} Tsukiichi laughed as her eyes then narrowed, causing
her laugh to cease as Kenzo began to perform several hand signs. She jumped
back a few feet as he spat several rather small fireballs compared to their larger
forms. Following his act of anger, she instantly performed the hand sign – RAM –
and performed Crystal Release: Shuriken Wild Dance. Instantly, hundreds of
crystals shuriken formed around Tsukiichi and spun around her at intense speed.
As the balls of fire approached her, the shuriken flung at speeds of 100mph at
the fireballs that were traveling towards her. Each shuriken passed through the
balls of energy which began to cancel them completely. After each shuriken
passed through the fireballs, the crystal weapons were slowed to about 20mph.
Not fast enough to reach Kenzo, they fell to the ground in front of him. Tsukiichi
grinned as her crystal shuriken had canceled his last fireball and still had
the upper hand. “ Nice try, looks like you’re not all that useless. “ With her
crystal release still active, she had began to sling her shuriken at Kenzo.
Aimed for nonfatal points like his arms and legs, she approached him. It was
coming to an end, with crystal shuriken numbered up to the 50m, the most he
could do was manage to deflect a few here and there. Ending her jutsu, she
stepped back a couple feet and sat on a tree log that sat in the middle of the
field. “ What now Mr.grumpy? “ She said with a smile as she planned on freeing
him and ending this session depending on the following ending. {TK}

-Kenzo would quickly begin to for the hand seals necessary for the Great Fireball technique (Snake, ram, monkey, boar, horse, & tiger) as Tsukiichi began to create her crystal shuriken before she flung them at him. He would release the jutsu in the form of a large ball of fire against the coming shuriken, slowing about half down just enough to fall short of him while the rest either hit or scraped his arms and the free part of his legs. There number that had hit him had been in the mid 20's and the pain wasn't nearly as bad as Kenzo had imagined it would be. Kenzo knew that he would probably not be able to fight much further but, seeing as he didn't want to admit his own defeat quite yet, he would quickly grab a paper bomb and attach it to one of his last kunai before throwing it at her, hoping to catch her in the blast or at least show her that he isn't a quitter.-

{TK} What a shocker, the boy mustered enough guts to give a declare that he has some fight left. Smirking, Tsukiichi was impressed at the quick reaction he had. " Nice little rat. " She said as he countered her crystal shuriken by using a large ball of fire to slow most of them down. Once the flame dispersed, Kenzo still took a good amount of damage. ' I suppose he's had enough. ' Tsukiichi said to herself subconsciously as she had began to make her way towards him, once she had instantly noticed the boy slinging a tagged kunai towards her. However, she quickly halted in her movement and performed the - Ram - hand sign, performing the Jade crystal Prison Technique. Focusing on the Kunai, she quickly encased the weapon in crystals. The weapon, now sealed in crystals, fell to the ground feet away from her. Walking over to the sealed weapon, she picked it up and made her way over to Kenzo. " You've got fighting spirit. I like that. Your good in my book. " She said as she returned the weapon by jabbing it into his arm. " Oops, sorry about that. You've filled me with too much excitement. I haven't seen any action for months now. " She said as she scratched the back of her head and then removed the crystal sealed blade from his arm. Giving him an innocent smile, she released the boy from the crystals she had trapped him in. " No hard feelings yeah? " She asked with a wicked yet genuine smile. {TK}

-Kenzo would nod to the girl with a stern face. She wasn't much to his liking but, she could fight for sure. Of course his distaste for her was only made worse when she stabbed him in the arm. He found her to be too rude for his liking but at least he had earned some sort of respect from the girl. Letting out a sigh, he would rub the back of his head, fighting the pain in his limbs as he sighed. "Not many hard feelings anyways" -Kenzo would say with a chuckle and a smirk as he walked towards her.- "Those crystals of yours are pretty useful. Only other seen one other person with that ability before. Maybe once I improve my skills a bit we can do this again. Would you agree to that?" -Even though Kenzo didn't much appreciate her cocky personality, he would still be kind to the girl, seeing as he was a kind person at heart. He couldn't just be rude to her unless she said something that demanded it. He would look her in the eyes and give a shy smile as he awaited her answer.-

{TK} Waiting for him to reach her, she turned around and made her way towards the exit of the training field. Tsukiichi starred blankly off into space as she walked, almost as if she was in some kind of zombie state. However, once Kenzo spoke to her about her crystals and another person who utilizes the same element. " Yeah, their pretty handy I guess. " Looking back to him with a smile. " Also, you must be referring to my cousin Kaiiaki. " Tsuki sighed as she thought about Kai's son, as her turn to watch him was approaching. As they pushed forward, she stopped and looked to him with a blank face. " Sure, I wouldn't mind doing this again. " Tsuki said as she shrugged her shoulders and smirked a bit before turning and finally reaching the village outskirts, she looked to Kenzo and smiled. " Speaking of the monster, you might want to go visit Kaiiaki to see about your injuries. Hear she's a great medic. " Tsukiichi said before holding up the peace sign and sticking her tongue out with a wink at him as she made her way towards her home. " Well that was a good warm up. " She said sighing {TK}