Combat Example

## Souzen vs Utsuro and Mia

Harusame: "I, Utsuro Aburame, challenge you, Souzen Senju. Tonight at
midnight, meet me at this location. When you arrive, be prepared. If
you don't wish to accept, don't come. If you do, then I'll see you
then." Utsuro had sent this message to Lord Souzen in hopes of
testing her mettle against him. He had seen her fight once and she
wanted him to see it much closer. Perhaps it was overconfidence after
a first victory, but she wanted to see just what she was truly
capable of. That first spar didn't push her to the point she wanted
to. This was her setting though. She was making the rules here. It
wasn't going to be a fair fight by any means. Lord Souzen was way
more powerful and intelligent than her so she had to make up for
that. The location Utsuro had told him to come to was one she had
prepared just for this. She spent over a day working on it in
private. To start, it was midnight so it was dark out. The area
selected was quite a distance away so she was hoping Souzen wasn't
too familiar with it. It was a forest of massive tree trunks with
leaves dozens of feet into the air. They covered the sky itself,
casting shadows into the darkness, making this area a nightmare to
traverse at night. Many roots stuck out of the ground and lots of
fallen trees. There were only a few thin paths that one could travel
safely, but at night they weren't visible. The terrain was difficult
during the day, impossible at night. The massive tree trunks also
hindered visibility, because after one ended, only ten or so feet
occurred before the next. That sounds far, but with the size of them,
they were actually tightly packed. Utsuro was already there, high in
the tree tops, waiting for Souzen to arrive. She had set a few female
beetles on the tree trunks in the area. When he came, there would be
a high possibility that he'd pass one of them and when he did, she'd
go to him. A beetle attaching itself to someone was virtually
undetectable. It's negligible mass and scent that only the males of
the species could pick up. That was the first sign that Utsuro wasn't
planning to confront him when he arrived. This was an ambush; a trap
for him. By the time Souzen would arrive, Utsuro would be resting and
recovering what she had used just moments prior to his arrival. She'd
know his arrival as well; her beetles would latch onto him or she'd
pick up his chakra signature as she was focusing on finding one. He,
on the other hand, would have a difficult time if he were searching
for hers. She sent out insect masses to throw off detection of her
own chakra with her insect jamming. To top that off, she had created
three insect clones that were scattered around, among the forest to
throw in more confusion for him to pick up on if he was searching for
her. The trees themselves were laced with traps as well, that even
though they had average concealment, would be extra difficult to spot
in the dark. Explosive tags on some, smoke bombs on others, wire
strings connecting some with trip wire. Navigating without setting
one off would be hard if you weren't the one who set them up in the
first place. Utsuro even had insects scattered around the area while
readying her Insect Sphere at it's highest level so once he was
sensed, she'd have found him and be able to start with the first
attack. If he managed to set off one of the traps, that would make
finding him even easier as well and would make him more vulnerable to
her attack.

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-After recieving a letter from Utsuro of her plan to face Souzen, Mia
became filled with worry and rushed off to the forest where she met
with her and was told to hide and watch out for him and to alert her
of his presence and to use her Byakugan to track the whole forest.
Mia hid in a giant rose bush kneeling. She was two feet away from
Utsuro but this didn't bother her since her impressive speed would
allow her to move in quickly. Mia had her byakugan active making her
eyes more distinct with veins coming from her temples and reaching
towards her eyes. She would have her chakra flow low so that she
could not be detected. She scanned the area very carefully but all
she could see were other animals and insects of all shapes and sizes
surrounding them in all directions. After a few minutes she detected
a being moving toward them at alarming speed. She focused her eyes
more to see an individual with strong chakra approaching. The
individuals chakra network making it clear that he was well ready for
battle. She shouted from the bush "Utsuro! Get ready, someone is
coming 30 degrees north of us" She stayed hidden until Utsuro
gave the signal to reveal herself-

-Souzen wasn't surprised to see the
note in his quarters. He lived much the same as most members of the
Shiro Hasu, his “house” a simple cave in the upper levels of the
valley that housed the organization. Unlike most people, however, his
quarters were fairly well decorated and had a lived in feeling. He
made no secret of his living location, and as he read the note, he
arched an eyebrow at its contents. The personal manner of delivery
made him doubt it was an official challenge for his position of
leader, most likely a private test of some sort. He didn't mind
either way, but if it was a challenge for his position as leader,
that he couldn't pardon. No need to assume the worst, however. He'd
judge on the spot the nature of this challenge. Though he normally
only wore one katana on his waist, Souzen took a second blade out of
the closet in his room, sliding it into his belt above the first one.
Unlike the normal blade he wore, which was not only lethal but had a
true talent for murder, this blade was quite safe to use, its edge
was dull and wouldn't cut. Being hit with it would certainly hurt,
but at least it wouldn't kill Utsuro upon striking her with the
weapon, and as an added bonus, that meant that Souzen wouldn't have
to hold back his attacks either, which he didn't particularly like
doing. Unlike Inmaru, Souzen wasn't one to hold back his attacks.
That being the only preparation he needed to make, Souzen's fingers
formed the tiger seal and he vanished from his quarters, his Body
Flicker technique transporting him almost instantly to the outskirts
of the location Utsuro had given him in the note. During his long
tenure as a samurai, Souzen had spent quite a lot of time in conflict
with the Aburame clan, and he was well acquainted with not only their
tricks but also the different types of beetles they used. To his
knowledge, Utsuro possesed only the kikaichu type, but he didn't pry
too deeply upon inviting her to the organization, so he was hoping to
be pleasantly surprised. As he appeared at the edge of the thick
forrest the Aburame had chosen as their location of combat, he arched
his eyebrows, impressed by her choice of battleground. The thick
woods would make it difficult for him to maneuver, and the deep
darkness was difficult to see in, but that had never bothered him
much in the past. For a moment he contemplated simply leveling the
forrest to the ground, but shrugged the idea off for the moment, if
the Aburame had simply challenged him as a test of her own strength
Souzen had no desire to kill the girl. He instead confidently strode
into the forrest, winding his way through the trunks and failing to
notice the hidden female beetles would more than likely have picked
up one or two upon his person. The difficult terrain meant that his
speed was limited, having travelled only about a hundred or so paces
with the five seconds since his entry into the forrest, but for the
moment things seemed quiet, and Souzen was content to allow the
Aburame to make her first move. He stepped over a tripwire that was
hidden in his path and chuckled at her audacity, using traps and the
like... she certainly fought like her clansmen, but Souzen expected
such trickery- “Alright Utsuro, I got your inivtation.. and I think
it only fair to warn you, that if you are challenging me for my right
to lead the Shiro Hasu, I'll have to kill you. I do hope that is not
your goal for tonight...” -He spoke as he walked in the forrest,
not sure exactly where the girl had hidden, for he was not a sensory
ninja, but his senses were keen and he hoped she'd reply and give
away her position-

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Utsuro silently thanked Mia for the alert. With so many ways set up
to track his entrance, she was hoping at least one would work. It
seemed multiple had worked as he didn't do much to hide his presence.
Utsuro thought that must be the samurai within him. Yes, she knew at
least that much about him and how samurai were. That's why she wanted
to eliminate his mobility so much and wasn't about to answer him. She
knew to stay completely silent and not give away her position. The
only way she was about to let herself be found was if he had the
hearing to hear the wings of beetles or the ability to smell the
aroma they give off. That would only narrow the possibilities down to
a few hundred different locations. Souzen's answer came in the form
of hundreds of beetles going for him. A surprise attack that would
let him know that the fight had already started. (( heightened; DC 28
vs relfex; 32 chakra dmg, save partial )). The three clones just went
about surrounding Souzen, none ready to commit to an attack yet as
they silently went to surround him. Utsuro gave a silent signal to
Mia as well, wanting her to go around and surprise Souzen when she
saw an opening. Of course, she knew Mia would see it thanks to the
Byakugan and Utsuro herself had her goggles which, despite their dark
lenses, actually allowed her sight in darkness. She didn't need sight
for this though. Her beetles were going to be able to track Souzen no
matter where he hid thanks to having the females on him.

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-Mia would slinter off to Souzen's location but she'd keep her chakra
level low so that she could stay undetected for as long as she
could... She jumped through the trees until she found him. She
kneeled down on a branch high up on one of the biggest trees. She
sent chakra to her left hand and said Eight Trigrams Vacuum Palm and
then jumped down. She ran towards Souzen at the rear and aimed her
palm to his back (DC 26 vs Touch AC, 5x13 damage Fortitude half)-

-Souzen could hardly miss the drone of
the beetle wings in the forrest. The kikaichu had a distintctive
drone that he could pick out with ease. In fact he knew about most of
the beetle types used by the Aburame clan. Pinpoiting the incoming
beetles by their sound, his fingers quickly flashed the Snake, Ram,
Monkey, Boar, Horse, and finally Tiger seals, all within the space of
a second. Holding his hand up in front of his mouth, Souzen inhaled
deeply, his chakra gathering deep within his belly for a moment
before the jutsu transformed his exhalation into a great cone of
fire. (Counter attempt, 50 Reflex vs DC 28, Caster level 29 vs DC
26). As his flames quickly consumed the beetles of Utsuro's Insect
Sphere, Souzen next heard the quick movements of the Hyuuga girl
behind him. A bold move on her part, for even though Souzen's back
was turned, he had the reflexes to turn around and parry her thrust
to the side, harmlessly deflecting her attack into the trunk of a
nearby tree. It was now his turn, and Souzen smiled under the brim of
his hat. Even with his bandages, Souzen figured the Hyuuga girl would
be able to see his grin, and that suited him just fine. Several
options flashed through his mind but he settled for a non-lethal
move. His hands formed the Snake seal, before a palm darted out
towards the girl's chest. Though propriety might dictate grabbing her
arm or something like that, Souzen was never much for niceties in
combat, and he didn't want to give the girl the chance to get out of
the way. As his hand darted forward, the Hyuuga would be able to see
a tremendous mass of chakra in his chakra network, flowing onto his
hand and forming an aura around his fingers. The massive chakra had a
definite tinge of Earth Style to it, and if contact was made the
Hyuuga would feel her body becoming impossibly heavy. Known as the
Added-Weight Rock Technique, it was one of the few non-lethal
techniques Souzen had in his arsenal. (DC 62 vs Armor, +40 Strength
and -40 dexterity on hit, DC 45 Fort save for half, 0 dex means
immobility). Unless the girl was able to block his attack, it was
highly doubtful she would be able to move with the huge amount of
weight added to her body-

:
This was going to be a rough fight. Utsuro once again used her Insect
Sphere on him. ( heightened; DC 28 vs relfex; 32 chakra dmg, save
partial ) She had plenty of beetles left, even though he destroyed so
many in that one attack. She had no choice but to do something like
this, otherwise he would too easily be given the freedom to move
about. Luckily, the beetles were scattered around the field so as she
guided them to him, it wouldn't be giving away her position any.
Right now, one of her only hopes would be to continue on doing this
and see how long he could counter her. She could only hope that he
starts seeking her out. That way, he could fall prey to some of the
traps set up. A few explosive tags should weaken his reactions and
tripping should make it so that he can't properly counter. The insect
clones were in place now, hidden around him and readying themselves.
They needed him to have something lower his awareness. If he did
trip, stumble, get caught by the insects, or anything, then one of
the clones would come out and try to grapple him, just to hold him
down. ( Readied: if conditions met; DC 15 vs AC )

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-Mia takes the hit from Souzen's attack. Feeling weighed down by the
attack and exhausted she falls to her knee's unable to stand-

-Souzen chuckled, hearing the incoming
bugs once more- “Tsk... this tired old trick again?” -He spoke to
seemingly open air, though he knew that the Aburame was here
somewhere. With the Hyuuga girl obviously falling to the effects of
his jutsu, as her body slumped to the ground and despite her best
efforts it would be more than a minute before she would be able to
move, Souzen once again cast a Great Fireball jutsu to burn away the
insects before they could become a problem (Counter attempt, 54
Reflex vs DC 28, Caster level 26 vs DC 26). He heard the movements of
the clones, trying to get him to move away from the Hyuuga girl at
his feet, but at the moment Souzen had no desire to move from this
spot. Instead, he drew the katana at his waist, the one he had taken
for this fight. Flipping the blade around in his hand, he slides the
edge under the Hyuuga's neck, lifting her head up to look into his
eyes with the blade. For the moment, he didn't look at her, instead
casting his gaze around the forrest- “Now then, Utsuro Aburame.
What shall you do? Come out, or I'll kill this lovely young thing at
my feet. She is far too weak to be of use to the Shiro Hasu, and if
she joined you in your bid to attempt to overthrow me, she is of no
use to me either.” -He was bluffing, of course, but he was skilled
with his words as he was with his weapons, and his tone spoke to the
truth of his deadly intent. Of course, Mia could feel the dullness of
the weapon to her skin, but as she was currently under Souzen's
binding jutsu she couldn't so much as open her jaw to form words to
tell the truth of the situation to Utsuro-

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Utsuro had a feeling that he would do it. However, she couldn't let
that get in the way. Her eyes were set on victory. She didn't want
Mia to die but his choice of words made it sound like she wouldn't
fair much better surrendering right now. If Mia died, she would just
need to avenge her by defeating him. It'd be an honorable death.
Besides, she still had the advantage. He didn't know where she was.
At best, if he did know where she was, there was a three in four
chance he was wrong. No, rather than going out there to face him,
he'd only be faced with the same attack yet again. Honestly, it was
all she had and there was nothing she could do but to do it. If that
didn't work, she just had to keep going until it did. ( DC 24 vs
relfex; 32 chakra dmg, save partial )

“Hmm... fine by me.” -He kicked the
Hyuuga onto her back, stabbing the blade into the ground by her head,
making it look as though he had run her through her neck. Of course,
if Utsuro could read chakra, it would be obvious to tell that the
Hyuuga wasn't dead. But Souzen was also getting bored of this fight.
With both hands now free, and once again hearing the incoming drone
of beetles, Souzen's fingers came together in a new set of seals:
Rat, Boar and lastly Snake. Clapping the palms of his hands together,
Souzen slowly spread them open and a softly glowing cylinder was held
between the palms of his hands. He hesitated for a moment... but he
figured that if Utsuro was caught in this, then he would simply have
to accept the loss and move on. He thrust his hands forward and in
the blink of an eye the small shape between his hand grew out into a
cylinder 5 feet across on the circular face and stretching out 1200
feet. As he turned on the spot, the cylinder turned with him, cutting
through the bugs, the trees and the clones around him, turning all it
touched into pure dust. (counter attempt Reflex 50 vs DC 28, Caster
level 33 vs 26. Particle Style jutsu, DC 46 Fort save 400 points of
damage, 15 damage on successful Fort save). As trees tumbled to the
ground in nearly a half-mile circle around him, Souzen grabbed the
hilt of his sword and slid it back into the sheathe, glancing down at
the prone figure of Mia, who had only just narrowly been avoided by
the technique- “Think your friend's hiding spot was high enough to
avoid that?” -Souzen asked her, though he knew she wouldn't be able
to reply, but the sound of the countless trees tumbling to the
ground, as well as the rumble of the countless impacts upon the
ground should serve well to intimidate the Hyuuga... and the Aburame
who had hopefully been higher than 10 feet off the ground-

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"That's one way to greet someone." Utsuro said
sarcastically. With all the trees now fallen, the entire woods looked
like a massive firewood pile. Utsuro hovered in the sky over it all,
no longer able to hide since the tree she was in fell and it was
either have her beetles keep her afloat or fall with the trees. Of
course she chose the former. "Guess my idea for a spar turned
into something a lot more, huh? Well, no reason to let Mia's
sacrifice be in vein." She had her senses focused solely on
Souzen right now and thought if she kept them on Mia as well, that'd
split her focus too much. Especially in a fight like this. She just
brought her hands together to form the snake hand seal, springing
fourth one of the few ninjutsu techniques she had: Summoning:
Quintuple Rashomon. All five of the gates would spring forth from the
ground below, moving fallen trees out the way to come up and create
barriers between Souzen and Utsuro. They were all offset to eachoter
so it'd be more like a maze to go through, That should give her
enough time and cover to rehide herself to continue her attempted
guerrilla tactics.

-Souzen scoffed, the Aburame was
certainly persistant. It was an admirable quality, but he felt as
though his message had not yet sunk in. Satisfied that none of the
Rashomon gates had yet come up under Mia, letting the girl lay
undisturbed, he shook his head- “Stubborn one, this Aburame...
Usually they get the message. Ah well, I supposed I'll just have to
try once more.” -As he spoke, his feet left the ground, and Souzen
flew up into the air, using the opposite of the jutsu he had used on
the poor Hyuuga girl. Flying up into the air, he easily flew over the
huge Rashomon gates, and in fact flew 200 feet into the air in the
space of a few seconds, hovering in the sky above the Aburame. He
hoped that the image of his height superiority would drive home the
difference in their skill levels. Souzen could clearly see the
Aburame now, as the cover of trees had been removed from her and the
terrain no longer gave her an advantage- “Now then, back to my
earlier question, Aburame Utsuro... was this challenge a test of your
strength, or do you truly think yourself ready to lead the Shiro Hasu
in my place?”

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He had moved too far and too fast. She had just taken cover and was
about to work on hiding when he showed that he had the ability to
take to the air like she did. She no longer had the terrain advantage
either nor did she have all her prepared traps. "I heard a lot
about you and what you could do. You've seen what I could do so I
wanted to see what you could do. It seems they were right. There's
still one thing I could try though, to at least see how far this gap
of power I need to overcome is." She knew this was going to be
her last chance so she quickened Hiding with Camouflage as she formed
the tiger hand seal, making her turn invisible and while invisible,
she proceeded to do the one attack that she's done the previous
times. This time, she was thinking that he'd be too distracted and
focused on her than trying to counter her beetles, meanwhile she just
went inbetween some of the Rashomon, giving herself some protection
on either sides of her. ( DC 28 vs relfex; 32 chakra dmg, save
partial )

-Souzen smirked under his bandages,
seeing the Aburame raise her hands to cast some sort of jutsu- “I
think not...” -He said and suddenly he disappeared from where he
had floated, and in the blink of an eye he was in the air right in
front of her, his sword darting from its scabbard in the blink of an
eye. The attack was aimed at her fingers the moment she was attemting
to make her seal, a skill known among powerful samurai practioners of
the iajutsu style, the art of quickdraw. (DC 71 vs AC, 16 on miss
chance). He was sure he had struck her, but alas he didn't feel the
familiar feeling of metal hitting flesh. He wasn't sure exactly what
genjutsu she had used, but as the Aburame vanished from sight he once
again saw the now familiar cloud of bugs coming down upon him, Souzen
wasn't in the mood of wasting a jutsu on them. (56 reflex vs DC 28)
Rolling through the air, he easily avoided the incoming cloud of
beetles, and as the Aburame was invisible, he didn't trust his eyes
to locate the woman. Rather, turning to his samurai training and
skills, he focused his attention on what was perceived by his ears..
and there, at the edge of his range he could “see” her. Judging
by the slight flap of her clothing, and the breaking swirl of the
wind, it was indeed her. (Kenjutsu stance, Hearing the Air) He easily
kept pace, and as he wasn't using his eyes to attack her, his blade's
strike was sure, despite whatever it was that had fooled him in the
past. Drawing his katana from its sheathe, in the blink of an eye he
struck twice with the weapon, once across her belly, and the second
strike was down her chest (DC 59 and DC 57 vs AC, 35 points of
nonlethal damage per hit).

: Not having suspected to have been found so quickly,
Utsuro was knocked back by what those sword strikes did to her. One
more of those and that would've been enough to take her out
completely. She knew when she was beat though. That was her last
ditch attempt at something and now that that was over, she wasn't
going to keep trying. "I guess that's why you're the leader. I'm
done. From this distance, I have no chance. As expected, you beat me,
but I am proud to have gotten to see so much of your fighting style
in person." Really, the biggest feat for her was keeping him at
bay for so long. He just needed to close the gap this much and she
knew she'd stand no chance. From a distance, at least then her odds
were slightly higher but alas, she didn't have the luck for that
today.

Nathree: -Souzen arched an eyebrow and
nodded- "Well now... That took a while. Glad you've come to your
senses. Alright, lets go down and collect that Hyuuga friend of
yours." -He floated down to the ground, landing by where Mia
still lay on the ground, his jutsu keeping her immobile even now. He
formed a seal with his fingers and released the jutsu upon the
Hyuuga, bending down to offer her a hand up- "Are you alright
girl?"

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-She sat up and looked at him but looked at the girl with slight envy
in her eyes. She said "I'll be alright" and tried speaking
in a cheery tone to hide her dismay, She stood up and started walking
away-

: Utsuro walked up a bit to walk next to Mia. "Thanks
for that help back there. Sorry about.. Y'know.. Putting you in such
a spot. Without you, I never would have gotten as far as I did. I'd
be honored if you'd help me out in the future and I promise the next
time, I won't let you get in such a bad position."

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-Mia looked at her with a bit of a cheerful grin but looked to the
sky and said "That means alot but.... You would have been better
off with my older brother or one of my parents. It's clear they
inherited everything and I let them down. I begin to understand the
Uchiha's lust for power aittle more now"-

Nathree: -Souzen chuckled at their
downtrodden attitude- "Come now, you didn't honestly expect to
win? You two did well. I'd feel quite confident sending you on A Rank
missions. I'll be keeping an eye on your progress, you two. If you
ever want a rematch, you know where to find me, aye?" -He didn't
wait for a response, and simply vanished with his Body Flicker,
appearing back at the Shiro Hasu hideout. He paused a moment, and
smiled, shaking his head- "Dammit... those two managed to get me
excited for a bit... Aburame brat..." -He went to his room, and
looking in the Shiro Hasu storage he fished out a couple of pouches.
Slipping fifteen 1,000 ryo bars of gold into each he walked to Utsuro
then Mia's quarters, tossing the pouches into their rooms, letting
them find them in their own time-

## Utsuro vs Inmaru

:
Utsuro stood in the center of the arena, awaiting the arrival of the
one she was supposed to be sparring against. She always arrived early
since it was the proper thing to do. It was a show of respect but it
was a sign that typically went unnoticed since arriving early usually
just let her to blending into the environment more and going
unnoticed. Such was the curse of the quiet entomologists. As she
stood waiting, body all covered in black fabric over such a small
stature, she held a curled finger up to her face as she whispered a
conversation with one of her beetles. This one, named Ai, was the one
she talked to the most and wanted to catch up on new events in the
wait.

Nathree: -Souzen valued strength, so in
the Shiro Hasu challenges of sparring were always encouraged. While
there was no punishment for declining one, it was considered a mark
of disrespect on the part of the person declining. They were rarely
declined. Atop the valley's walls stood a solitary figure, wearing a
black cloak and a black jingasa hat, the streamers hanging over his
face. Upon his belt he had a single samurai sword, and his arms were
crossed over his chest. He stared down at the solitary figure, but
made no move to go down and join her. He wasn't the person challenged
this day, and he doubted he would receive one any time soon. Either
way, Souzen was rather interested in the outcome of this battle, and
so he watched from above, as he usually did. The person in question,
who had accepted Utsuro's challenge, was the blonde haired Yamanaka,
Inmaru. He exited from his room, and rubbing the back of his head, he
adjusted the goggles over his eyes. Looking up at the figure of his
mentor, Inmaru shuddered a bit... it wasn't often Lord Souzen watched
a bout between the members of the organization. It wouldn't do to
keep the boss waiting, and so the Yamanaka began running down the
side of the valley, and over the water. He arrived at the arena and
bowed in greeting to his opponent- "Hello... seems we have an
audience today. Are you aware of the dueling restrictions in the
Shiro Hasu, or are you ready to begin?" -He pointed with his
thumb at the dark figure of Souzen, letting Utsuro know they weren't
alone today-

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Utsuro looked up from the beetle on her finger over to Inmaru. It was
hard to tell the expression of someone who's face is all but covered,
but the tone of her voice made up for that with it's questioning
tone. "Restrictions? Can't say that I am. I'm sure they won't
come up, since I don't plan on killing you or anything. If you don't
mind explaining, I'll listen. As thanks, I'll even give you the
opportunity to take the first move after." She lowered her hand
so that Ai could crawl back inside of her body, giving all her
attention to the one in front of her. "Sorry if it seems like
I'm being arrogant. I'd never look down on anyone. Even the tiniest
insect has the potential to do great things."

Nathree: -Inamru laughed- "We can
either agree to use our normal weapons, and fight while holding back
to try not to kill the opponent, or we can use the weapons prepared
here, which will not kill, and then we can fight freely. I see no
reason to place restrictions upon jutsu use, as from what I have
heard of you from Lord Souzen you are a jutsu user. Are these terms
acceptable?" -He asked the Aburame, as his hand slowly drifted
toward the hilt of his sword-

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Utsuro was surprised Lord Souzen remembered enough about her to be
able to even mention about her abilities. Her opponent even took the
initiative to want to learn about her, which was a flattering
compliment. "I'm fine with that. Shall we begin?"

Nathree: -He nodded and smiled. His
hand drifted toward the hilt of his sword, drawing the weapon. The
arena was a simple stone circle, about 60 feet across, the lanterns
around the perimeter of the stone flickering warmly to provide plenty
of light for the combatants within. As Utsuro had decided to stand in
the center of the area, she had luckily just placed herself in
Inmaru's reach. The Yamanaka dashed forward, closing quickly with the
Aburame woman and as he struck out with his sword across her chest,
the back of the blade was presented, to injure but not to cut her if
the attack hit her. (DC 29 Vs AC, 7 nonlethal damage)-

:
He was quick, just as she had expected. The sword was painful, but
not debilitating. She knew what needed to be done without even
thinking, and that was to release a massive amount of insects from
her body. Those insects were supposed to create a cover for her as
she flew straight up into the sky. In her place, she left a
substitution of an Insect clone that the released insects would form
into. With this trick, she just wanted it to appear like she was
blinding her opponent with insects to attack, so the clone itself was
striking at him. Meanwhile, she just took that opportunity and hoped
to have provided enough of a distraction to go unnoticed, moving
straight up into the sky. Since all the insects released formed the
clone, it had decent staying power with eight levels of insects
inside of it. (DC 25 Vs AC (1 point), plus draining 60 points of
chakra on a hit, DC 26 vs fort to reduce by half)

Nathree: -The sudden appearance of the
cloud of beetles had almost fooled the Yamanaka, but as a fist swung
out at him from within, the Yamanaka found himself brought back to
the situation at hand. Leaning back so that the sloppy punch just
missed his chin, Inmaru saw not one, but now two Utsuros. Inmaru
decided that it was high time he used a technique of his own.
Clapping his hands, his fingers then formed the monkey seal and from
his body shot out a single bolt of lightning, the darting and sinuous
movements of the bolt appearing as though it were a serpent of
lightning. The bolt was aimed not at Utsuro up above but rather at
the clone on the ground, and as it drew near the bolt opened a
"mouth" attempting to strike the beetle clone with its
fangs. (DC 22 vs reflex half, 40 points of lightning damge to the
clone). Without waiting to see if his jutsu had hit or not, Inmaru
drew back from the clone, running back to the edge of the arena,
putting some distance between himself and the two bug users,
retreating thirty feet from the clone and the flying Aburame,
interested to see what she would do if her clone was lost, but also
trying to gauge the woman's reflexes, by means of her clone, which he
assumed to have comprable abilities to her-

:
Utsuro continued going up into the air. At a decent sixty foot height
now, she was confident that she was safe from most attacks, at least
direct attacks. Her clone, of course, wasn't good enough to withstand
such an attack and ended up turning back into a horde of beetles. Not
wanting to give him the opportunity to focus on her, she raised a
hand and aimed it to him, letting out a stream of beetles for him.
Using a simple Insect Sphere, she had the ten foot diameter cloud of
insects form to engulf him within. ( DC 25 vs reflex; 20 points of
chakra damage per round inside ) After doing that technique, which
was quickened in order to keep him on his toes, she continued to
release a stream of insects from her body that would be used to
surround the area. This was her way of preparing herself for what
Inmaru was going to be doing next. With her superior vantage point of
the battle, she'd be able to see once he left the cloud of insects
that she sent towards him. As soon as she saw him leaving the cloud,
she'd do it yet again, sending another wave of her beetles to him so
that he'd be running from one cloud into yet another.

:
Utsuro continued going up into the air. At a decent sixty foot height
now, she was confident that she was safe from most attacks, at least
direct attacks. Her clone, of course, wasn't good enough to withstand
such an attack and ended up turning back into a horde of beetles. Not
wanting to give him the opportunity to focus on her, she raised a
hand and aimed it to him, letting out a stream of beetles for him.
Using a simple Insect Sphere, she had the ten foot diameter cloud of
insects form to engulf him within. ( DC 25 vs reflex; 20 points of
chakra damage per round inside ) After doing that technique, which
was quickened in order to keep him on his toes, she continued to
release a stream of insects from her body that would be used to
surround the area. This was her way of preparing herself for what
Inmaru was going to be doing next. With her superior vantage point of
the battle, she'd be able to see once he left the cloud of insects
that she sent towards him. As soon as she saw him leaving the cloud,
she'd do it yet again, sending another wave of her beetles to him so
that he'd be running from one cloud into yet another.

:
Utsuro continued going up into the air. At a decent sixty foot height
now, she was confident that she was safe from most attacks, at least
direct attacks. Her clone, of course, wasn't good enough to withstand
such an attack and ended up turning back into a horde of beetles. Not
wanting to give him the opportunity to focus on her, she raised a
hand and aimed it to him, letting out a stream of beetles for him.
Using a simple Insect Sphere, she had the ten foot diameter cloud of
insects form to engulf him within. ( DC 25 vs reflex; 20 points of
chakra damage per round inside ) After doing that technique, which
was quickened in order to keep him on his toes, she continued to
release a stream of insects from her body that would be used to
surround the area. This was her way of preparing herself for what
Inmaru was going to be doing next. With her superior vantage point of
the battle, she'd be able to see once he left the cloud of insects
that she sent towards him. As soon as she saw him leaving the cloud,
she'd do it yet again, sending another wave of her beetles to him so
that he'd be running from one cloud into yet another.

Nathree: -Inmaru was fast, he was good
at evading attacks... but her beetles were better. The first cloud
engulfed him despite his best efforts to evade it, and he felt the
countless number of bites and worst of all he could feel them
draining his chakra. He exited the first cloud of beetles and found a
second ready for him, but this time he wouldn't be caught again, and
easily evaded the beetles by leaping through the cloud and rotating
his body too rapidly for them to find any good bites to drain him of
his chakra. Putting the two clouds of bugs a decent 10 feet behind
him, he now stood five feet away and 60 feet under the Aburame- "Damn
those bugs are annoying..." -He yelled up to her, his hands and
face showing several bite marks where the bugs had managed to get
some of his chakra. -"You know, I was going to try and see what
you can do, but I think that unless I start taking this seriously
I'll really be in trouble..." -As he spoke little motes of
electricity sparked around his fingers and he threw his hand forward,
up at Utsuro, and eight rapid moving bolts of electricity darted
through the air at the Aburame. Moving too fast to evade, Inmaru
channeled extra chakra into the attack to make the bolts
devastatingly powerful. They would track her movements and adjust
accordingly, tracking her through the air so long as he could see
her. (8 bolts, each doing 5 points of electricity damage, DC 24 fort
save for half damage)-

:
That lightning of his was such a pain. It even managed to get her at
this height. Even as she continued to fly back, she only managed to
reduce the damage by having some of her insects take the hit for her.
Well, she was now sixty feet over the edge of the arena. She wasn't
going to let up though. Her beetles got a taste for his chakra and
they wanted more. She yet again performed the same technique as
before, having her beetles engulf him in a ten diameter cloud that
would go for his chakra. ( DC 25 vs reflex; 20 points of chakra
damage per round inside ) It was this time that her previously
attacked clone reformed itself from the beetles all around the arena,
however losing a level of beetles from it's original creation.
Luckily, Inmaru had walked only five feet away from where the clone
reformed itself and it went to grab him and hold him down in place in
the cloud of the beetles, making it so that he couldn't escape. ( DC
11 vs AC ) Inmaru was actually a lot better than Utsuro had thought,
but he was elusive. If she didn't end things soon, this battle could
get troublesome. Especially if he kept making her use so many insects
at once. Even though she was giving him the respect of going all out,
she might need to restrain herself a bit if this was going to become
a battle of stamina.

Nathree: -Inmaru had at least a little
satisfaction as he saw the bolts of lightning singe her. But his
mirth was short lived as yet another cloud of bugs descended upon the
arena... which was quickly becoming smaller and smaller with the
amount of bugs covering it. The two clouds she had sent out just a
few seconds prior were starting to dissipate, but they were not gone
fully yet. He couldn't stay here long, and instead darted off to the
side going towards another part of the arena, where the beetles had
not yet spread to. He hardly paid the clone's clumsy attempt to grab
him, evading it easily and leaping out of its range. Unfortunately,
with the greater distance between them, Inmaru couldn't hit her with
the jutsu he had just used, but instead of empowering the damage,
Inmaru extended the range of his attack, the same 8 bolts darted out
from his fingers, and though they weren't as powerful as before, they
would be just as quick and agile and difficult to evade (DC 24 vs
Fort half damage, 24 points of lightning damage)-

:
Feeling confident that at this range, there was no way he'd be able
to reach, she didn't even bother trying to protect herself. To her
dissatisfaction, it managed to reach her and she took the brunt of
the damage. She noted that from this distance though, it was barely
as powerful as the one she managed to lessen the damage from. So
greater distances would weaken his techniques. That was good to know.
Rather than trying to continue attacking him, she had other ideas.
She let the clone go for him again. Now, he didn't have too much of
an area to go. The clone came in front of him and attempted to attack
him once again. ( DC 26 vs AC ) The clone was now standing in front
of him, with off to one side, he had a few beetles next to him that
were about to disperse completely but there were still enough to
cause a slight inconvenience to go through. This let Utsuro feel safe
enough that she could take this time to start focusing her chakra on
causing the insects within her body to start reproducing at a much
faster rate. This was going to be the only way she was going to end
this quickly and she knew that she'd need more in order to completely
drain his chakra. He probably had more chakra left than the insects
she had left could take, so doing her insect Cocoon technique would
be the only way to solve that issue.

Nathree: -With the clone
continuing to pressure him, Inmaru just narrowly avoided this attack.
Spinning back on his heel to let the clone go past, Inmaru sigh and
rubbed the back of his head. His breathing was hard, and it wasn't so
much from physical exhaustion of dodging so many attacks, but rather the
 exhaustion of using so many jutsu back to back. Inmaru knew that his
chakra was more than half-way depleted. He looked up at the Aburame, who
 was still flying up through the air over the arena and he sighed-
"Well.. I'm not gonna lie, you have certainly gotten me into a bit of
bind here, Utsuro. I don't think I can actually beat you without
fighting to kill..." -He coughed and slid his sword into its sheathe-
"Call this your victory and go and get something warm?" -He looked up at
 Utsuro, waiting for her response-

:
She came down to the ground, fixing her clothing as she landed. "You
probably are right. You're challenging enough that my normal tactics
won't have much of an effect on you." Of course she was curious
what he meant by fighting to kill and wondered how much stronger he'd
be if he were. She, obviously, always fought at full power but it was
safe for her since she can have her insects stop attacking when they
only have a sliver of life left and not kill. "We'll have to go again sometime. This was fun. I'll be sure to be more careful with
you next time."

## Yuuto vs Sumiko

:
~Today was a day of unfortunate circumstances. . . Sumiko had been at
odds with her darkness which had confined the kunoichi inside of her
dwelling for many hours. All of the bitterness, hatred and rage had
been held back for way too long as the kunoichi had been utilizing
fuuinjutsu and various other remedies to keep her mind stable but
this is the point at which she "truest" nature revealed
itself. She was Sumiko no longer. . . Kōhai-sha had made her
presence known. Slowly, would the woman peel from the depths of her
home, much like a deadly spider eerily sneaking up on her prey, her
grey eyes scanned silently over the valley before picking up on the
shinobi that seemed to be waiting for someone on the training
grounds. Kōhai-sha gave a gently sniff in his direction and
immediately knew it was him that had been selected as her first
opponent which made her blood boil in excitement as she quickly
bounded her way down, hopping from ledge to ledge and finally landing
on the platform. There was a distance of 30 feet between the two and
Kōhai-sha merely looked at the man with a tilt of her head, her long
black hair and frosted tips flowing over her rounded face as her lips
parted with a smile. . . . He looked delicious.~

-Yuuto watched the silent woman in
front of him, unsure of what to make of her. While he normally would
have initiated a greeting or some sort of banter, but he recognized
the predatory nature of her stare, he'd seen it often enough in the
eyes of Jherell when the man was busy at work on some part of his
research. He had reservations as to why this woman had been allowed
into the White Lotus, but he assumed that Souzen had some use for
her. Instead of wasting time on words, Yuuto simply moved his hand
behind his back, gripping the hilt of a kunai in a holder under his
blue cloak. He would suddenly whip his arm forward, sending the
weapon flying through the air at Sumiko, aiming the projectile at one
her left shoulder, so that it wouldn't be a lethal injury but at the
same time might hopefully bring her back to a more stable set of mind
(18 vs AC, 3 damage). While the weapon was flying through the air,
however, Yuuto's hands clapped together, before his fingers formed
the monkey seal. Lightning sparked around his body as the Uzumaki
converted his chakra into lightning nature. He thrust his hand out in
Sumiko's direction and the sparks of lightning came together into a
line of lightning that darted at the woman's body, zig-zagging
through the air as though it were a snake slithering in the grass (DC
25 vs Reflex , 40 points of lightning damage)-

: ~
Kōhai-sha stood there silent as she watched the Uzumaki; her head
still tilted ever so slightly; the look in her eyes were wild. She
didn't move single muscle as she watched the man throw a kunai in her
direction with impressive precision and speed that actually made the
kunoichi smile. As the kunai reached impact, she also picked up the
surging of chakra which and with the audible hand clap; lightning was
released from him. "Interesting. . . ." she said softly as
she took a sight step to her left; her shoulders swaying around the
kunai and her left hand darting out to catch it by the hilt thus,
effectively halting it before shooting it off the side of the arena.
(AC: 20). Now the lighting, which zig zagged ever so elegantly, gave
no rest to the Kunoichi's apparent excitement as she merely took a
step back with her right foot and leaned her chest back; until it was
parallel to the stone ground, her black hair flowing effortlessly and
her kimono hanging eerily off of her body as the lighting missed her
all together as it zag passed her (Reflex: 36 | 15+ 21 |). Once it
passed, Kōhai-sha stood back up and began to sign with speed and
precision ~Rat - Rabbit - Dog~ and with a deep breath, the woman
released a huge sphere of pressurized air that raced towards him
aimed at the man's chest and was strong enough to more than likely
send him barreling into the water depths below (DC 24 vs Reflex, 60
points of wind damage). While this occurred, Kōhai-sha slowly began
to walk towards her opponent.~

-Scowling to himself as the woman very
gracefully avoided not only one, but both of his attacks, Yuuto would
not find much time for self-pity as the woman herself responded with
a jutsu. However, the Uzumaki rolled to the side before the wave of
pressure hit him, and he came up to his feet brushing the dust off
his shoulders as the sphere of air collided with the far wall of the
valley and a barrage of stones fell into the body of water at the
bottom of the valley, sending spurts of water into the air. Yuuto
smiled, for he was enjoying this fight, though he had no doubts that
this woman was likely not going to lose any sleep on if he died. He
watched the woman approach, and he chuckled at her brash nature,
close combat was where he was more comfortable with in any case. He
darted forward, closing the distance between them and jumping up
slightly, he brought his right leg around in a spinning kick that was
aimed at her chest (26 vs AC, 3 damage)-

:
~The kunoichi watched as her attack was avoided too which is what she
had hoped for. . . this Uzumaki was rather interesting and she could
tell that he was a strong opponent but how strong? Kōhai-sha would
surely find out as her peer suddenly appeared and drove a spinning
kick into her chest which made impact and caused the woman to release
an animal-like howl as she slid about 3 feet to the side; leaving a
small puddle of blood in her previous position (AC:20). She slowly
would have stood up and wiped the blood from her lips while releasing
a shrill and deranged laughter that caused her body to quiver
slightly as her hair covered her face. Suddenly her sharp grey eyes
would peer through her shroud of hair as she signed ~ Tiger → Ox →
Dog → Rabbit → Snake ~ Around her a forceful collection of air
would collect much like a barrier before quickly expanding out
towards the Uzumaki and if connected would send him tumbling across
the arena (DC: 22 vs Reflex).

-As the woman retreated backwards,
Yuuto kept pace with her and his arm jabs out towards her midrif when
he sees her fingers coming together in seals (30 vs AC). He had a
moment of satisfaction as the punch connects, but the stubborn woman
manages to keep her concentration on the sequence of seals and
activates her jutsu. But Yuuto managed to step forward in time,
stepping past the area where her jutsu originated from, staying safe
with the woman in the eye of the burst the woman's jutsu created. He
smirked as he continues his attacks, first bringing his elbow up in
an attempt to smash the side of her head, quickly followed up by a
knee to her belly and finally an elbow aimed at her chin to complete
the close range combo (23, 16, 10 vs AC, 3 damage each hit)-

: ~
Kōhai-sha's resolve remained on unscathed as she took the first hit
but executed her jutsu which granted her a bit of leeway but before
she could continue the Uzumaki was upon her once more with an
onslaught of attacks. She took the hit to the head which caused more
blood to shoot out, probably coating the poor man's chest with it
before merely bobbing and weaving other two hits. Deciding that close
quarters seemed to be his highlight, She would have quickly retreated
back 20 feet from the shinobi. Once this distance was achieved, she
got to work as she drew a single kunai flick of her wrist, sent it
flying towards him, aimed for his knee. (DC: 18 vs AC). Following
this, she would extend her hand and with a deep breath her hair would
slowly begin to spike up before she shot out a cloud of metallic dust
that released an audible humming sound this was directed towards the
kunai to prevent any tools or metals from difflecting the oncoming
kunai (Quicken: DC (22) vs Reflex). As the cloud of metallic powder
neared, a hard grating sound could be heard which would strong enough
to make him feel dizzy. (DC: (16) vs Will).~

-The Uzumaki laughed at the feeble
attempt as he side steps the kunai, and regards the cloud of iron
sand curiously. A magnet user like Souzen, he thought to himself as
the iron cloud doesn't simply fall to the ground, but instead expands
outward, obviously being manipulated by Kohai's chakra. Flipping
forward, he dives out from the cloud of iron sand before it descends,
but as it begins to screech and hum, Yuuto, bit his teeth down. He
manages to drown out the grating sound, pausing as he knelt low to
the ground, allowing the woman to keep the distance she had gained,
for it would work better for his jutsu as well. Putting his hands
together, the Uzumaki's fingers flashed the Ram, Boar, Dog, Bird, and
Hare signs before slamming his hands onto the ground. Pillars of
stone would suddenly erupt from the ground around Kohai, attempting
to entrap her between them and sparks of lightning bounced between
the stones, forming a net of paralyzing sparks to paralyze whoever is
unfortunate enough be caught inside them. (DC 24 Reflex to escape, DC
24 Fort save if caught to avoid being paralyzed, 6 points of damage
per turn)-

: ~
Kōhai-sha found herself lodged between pillars that delivered a
shock that caused her to howl once more but suddenly it was quiet as
Sumiko took a few breaths and adjusted her black hair that was
disheveled from his attack. "Cute. . ." She mumbled with a
monotoned voice before stomping her feet sending a wave of air
through the stone pillars thus causing them to pulverise into fine
rock fragments and dust about her. At the same time, Sumiko would
have crouched as she began to wave her hands about her much like
Gentle fist but suddenly the wind would pick up and the dust and rock
began to swirl about her violently while this occurred she also
spewed some of her magnetic chakra into the dust storm before
shooting this storm quickly in his direction; the magnetic nature
added a form of pressure which would weigh her opponent down.
(Quicken,DC:20 vs Reflex). Sumiko would extend her hand and clenched
it before her as suddenly the air of the storm would moan before
forcefully exploding air and mineral through out the arena which was
strong enough to knock him back (DC: 24 vs Reflex).~

-The Uzumaki shook his head, seeing his
jutsu fail to capture her, he stood up and covered his eyes as Sumiko
destroyed the pillars. He heard the oncoming dust-storm and once
again, he managed to jump up above the storm of dust, but as Sumiko
closed her fist, Yuuto looked down and only had the time to mutter
“Oh dammit.” The sudden expansion of her jutsu sent him flying
through the air and send him to land on the water at the base of the
canyon's wall, almost 50 feet back from where he had started. Yuuto
jumped up, kicking himself up to his feet as he looked at Sumiko with
a smile, wiping a line of blood that the minerals sent by the
explosion of her jutsu caused on his forehead.- “Heh... that was a
good...” -He paused as the air around the arena suddenly grew heavy
with chakra. A shining blade whirled through the air, landing point
down into the stone between Sumiko and Yuuto, sticking out of the
stone hilt up. Suddenly, a figure appeared by the blade, his black
armor covering his chest. Reaching out a bandaged hand, he grabbed
the hilt of the katana and simply said- “I've seen enough. I
thought your chakra was peculiar... a Yuki with Magnet Nature. I
enjoyed the battle, but I'll not have the surroundings damaged any
further.” -Said Souzen as he stood and looked at Sumiko, then at
the Uzumaki-