Ashi vs Nozan - 10/19/2015

## Participants

Ashi Inuzuka

Nozan Chinmoku

## Ashi vs Nozan

Kare: - The sun has risen to its peak, shining its warm rays down upon Konohagakure and casting away the darkness it back to the depths of where it came from. There was a slightly breeze that traveled to the west, carrying the cool air from the ocean, but it left a slight salty taste in the mouth. There wasn’t a single cloud in the sky and slight orange hues crept up from the horizon overpowering the clear blue hue of the afternoon sky. Many of the villagers were out doing their daily errands and just socializing with their neighbors and friends. The majority of them were managing shops and farming along the outskirts of the village. Meanwhile, the shinobi of the village were either out of the village patrolling the border of the Land of Fire, out on missions within the country or outside on higher ranking missions. The shinobi that were stationed within the village were guarding the gates within the village and wandering around the streets keeping an eye out for criminal activity. The lower ranking shinobi were spending their time training to achieve their dreams of becoming great and valuable shinobi to the village. One of those lower ranking shinobi was Inuzuka Ashi, a valiant individual who strives to become just like his father, a taijutsu specialist, in hopes that one day he can be the alpha of his own pack. Ashi was wander the streets of the village with one purpose on his mind, tracking down someone worthy enough for him to spar with. If you were to ask Ashi if he had a hobby, he would most certainly say it’s sparring. Ashi spends countless hours solo training with his partner, Chamaru, and sparring his father and members of his pack. The majority of his spars are won simply by overwhelming his opponents with barrages of strategically place strikes to immobilize his opponent, but very few have gone up against Ashi the way he fights his father. Ashi holds nothing back against his father and often dives into the depths of his savagery to unlock his inner berserker. There have been many times where his father was severely injured going up against his son, who is on par with his skill. Many of Ashi’s peers are outclassed by his superior skill in taijutsu and his innate gift of speed and maneuverability. To top it all off, Ashi’s enhanced ability to track an individual or a group of them merely by their scent makes it extremely hard for his opponent’s to hide or run from him, making him a versatile opponent. But Ashi does have his weaknesses that can really put a dent in any chance he was to come out victorious in a fight or spar. As he wandered through the village in his casual attire that consisted of a loose short sleeved olive gi top and loose fitting gi pants that were a darker shade of olive. He wore hand made straw sandals that were actually quite durable despite the material they’re made of. Around his waist he wore a sash that had two dark beige pouches sewn into the backside; they’re positioned on his lower back. The pouches contain a few tools, that Ashi rarely used, ranging from kunai and shuriken to plasma pills. His deep earthy brown locks of messy hair tightly gripped onto the passing breezes and effortlessly flowed to the west. Ashi glanced at some of the villagers that passed by his side with his black slit-like pupils, sizing them up to see if they’re worthy enough for a spar, but the majority of them didn’t even meet the basic requirements for Ashi consider them for a fight. Chamaru walked about three yards behind Ashi, just tailing him. To someone who lacks sufficient knowledge about the shinobi world, Chamaru would seem like a stray dog from his overall appearance; his coat isn’t groomed and it’s very patch with vary shades of brown and black. As Chamaru tailed behind Ashi, he paid close attention to his surroundings and was prepared to strike at anyone that tried to bring harm to Ashi. The two of them eventually diverted from the street they were on and began to follow a dirt path that led to one of the training grounds within the village, picking up a couple of scents that were familiar to him; previous opponents and old classmates. As he wandered through the dense forest, he hoped that he could find a worthy opponent within the training ground. -

DivineZiel: - As the day was rolling by, not really interesting but just another normal day, the village was busy as it usually was from travelers and such. Walking along the streets was a Chunin by the name of Nōzan Chinmoku. A slightly opened book with blank pages however, words could be seen on such if looked close enough. Spending his day just walking around, seeing what was going and looking for something do, he gave a slight cough from under his black mask as he walked past a few people. An eyepatch lingered around his head, covering his right eye, this was the same color as his mask and the rest of his clothing. Bearing on his person, Nōzan wore a one sleeved shirt, which covered half of his right arm however, his tattoos could still be seen running down both arms of intricate. Along the top of his shirt was a small vest that only reached down to mid back, at least while on his hands, he had fingerless gloves. From the waist down, he wore a pair of Shinobi pants, usually what a good amount of people wore however, he had a white bandage tied around the right thigh and as for his footwear were sandals. A key feature to look at was his nails which seemed as though they were painted black though, they were actually a dark blood red, which is from his youth years of training his fighting style that focused on the tips of the fingers and toes. From banging them against a tree to learn extra moves and also cause his hands to feel almost no pain, he pushed himself hard enough to cause his fingernails to have blood under them and was never able to get them cleaned out. His left eye that was colored of a very beautiful pink color, held a fire-like design in them. This could be noted as he looked around at the passing people around him. His raven colored hair flowed with the wind as though it were aiming towards a certain area off in the distance however, he ignored such as the shoulder length locks calmed down from the breeze. Over his forehead was his Konohagakure headband which held the symbol of Konoha, for all to see and held a few scrapes here and there to the metal, showing it was hardened and worn by someone of a slick set of skills. Inside his vest is where he kept his extra tools as well as his iron bordered cards, to give them that extra cutting power, that his grandmother always wanted to give them. Strapped to the right and left side of his hips were one pouch each containing one kunai, each. Around the back of his left thigh was another and then on the back of his right ankle was another. Around his neck was a white snake by the name of Fuyuko whom was the snake he made a contract with and he cared for her like she was his closest friend while she did the same for Nōzan. Hidden away in the Ryuchi Cave where Fuyuko comes from and summoned from was his chokuto, a straight sword, commonly used amongst Shinobi and Kunoichi that practice assassinations or hiding weapons easily. The thin blade with thick in its own right for the amount of times it was hardened and tempered. The silver look of Nōzan's chokuto was one that was obviously well kept and sharpened almost daily. Reason being for him to keep it at Ryuchi Cave was so then he didn't need to keep it around and linger on his person but instead, could just bring it forth with a summoning of Fuyuko. After a bit of time had passed, Nōzan thought to himself "I wonder if there's anybody at the training grounds..maybe I could get a decent fight in for the day." Remembering back to his academy class with all of the people in it such as Garroc Hyuga, Ashi Inuzuka, Kyori Nara, ect. There wasn't many he could remember having the sights of being a well balanced opponent though, Nōzan usually didn't mind fighting anybody of any rank due to him knowing that even if he was beat, it'd still be experience in his book for what he could do next time. Another factor that played along was that he loved to fight. Walking away from the noisy village, Nōzan made his way to the training grounds closest to him. As he stepped onto the ground after a good five minute walk from where he was, he saw someone. Surprisingly enough, it was Ashi Inuzuka. Walking a bit forward to where there was a good fifteen feet between them, he said "Hey Ashi, long time no see." Pocketing both hands, he then just came out with it "Alright, lets call all the chit chat and get down to a good fight." Smirking under his mask, Nōzan then stated if he were to accept "And no holding back, I want it to be good." Keeping the same smirk, he stared towards Ashi as he waited for his response and also kept his body ready if Ashi were to go for an attack. Almost in an instant though, Fuyuko poofed away in a small cloud of smoke from his neck while it was just them now. -

Kare: - As Ashi wandered into the training ground, his eyes immediately began to dart from person to person, analyzing them from head to toe to see if they’d make for much of a challenge. After of couple of minutes of people watching, he couldn’t find a single person he hasn’t been in a sparring session with or was capable of putting up much of a challenge, but then to his surprise, an old acquaintance scrolled into the training grounds, Chinmoku Nozan, one of his classmates while he was in the Academy. To his surprise, he has never actually been in a spar with Nozan, nor has he seen him in combat, but the first thing he did was focus chakra to his nostrils and inhaled deeply while concentrating on Nozan’s scent. - “Gotcha.” - He said lowly to himself as he put a pin on Nozan’s scent and traced the trail he left behind him before entering the training ground. He made sure to pay close attention to the other scent that was mixed up within his own, but he was only able to break it down to some species of snake. He stood there with his arms crossed over his chest and watched as Nozan wandered closer and closer to him. While waiting for Nozan to come up to Ashi, Chamaru did the same as Ashi and locked onto Nozan and the snake’s scent. Ashi kept his leg spread apart by about three feet and Chamaru walked into the gap and took a defensive posture; lowering himself to the ground and positioning his hind legs so that he can spring forward and attack Nozan just in case he tried anything funny while approaching Ashi. Ashi was calm for the most part, but on the tip of his tongue lingered a question. As Nozan came close to Ashi, he greeted Ashi and without waiting for Ashi to greet him in return he challenged Ashi to a fight. Just hearing those words creeping into his ears sent a tingle down his spine. - “Straight to the point… Very well.” - He said and nodded his head agreeing to not holding anything back against Nozan. Now that Nozan was close enough for Ashi to have a much clearer view of him, he noticed the snake that was wrapped around his shoulder and within milliseconds it vanished within a small cloud of bone white smoke dimmed away quickly. Ashi didn’t care too much of it, but he kept a mental note to keep an eye out for the snake’s scent if it were to lingering around the training ground and not have returned back to its position before it was summoned by Nozan. - “Let us begin…” - Ashi leaped back five yards and Chamaru followed with a few second delay. As Ashi landed, Chamaru landed right in front of him. - “Chamaru, you know what to do.” - Chamaru let out a low giggle that sounded kind of like a series of squeaks. Suddenly Chamaru started to retreat from the immediate area and off to the treeline, left of Ashi, in a quick sprint. In the meanwhile, Ashi uncrossed his arms and began to charge at Nozan. At first, the speed at which Ashi was running at was quite slow, but within a matter of seconds it spiked and he was just a couple of feet from Nozan with a right hook incoming, but before the hook could be blocked or dodged, Ashi would disappear from in front of Nozan and reappear behind him launching a left shoulder thrust to his back. If successful, the force put into the thrust would be enough to knock Nozan off balance and send him shooting forward a couple of yards. While this was occurring, Chamaru was lurking within the treeline, waiting for the signal to jump into the action. -

DivineZiel: - Nōzan heard his words while he then noticed him and the ninken leap back a bit as he then kept his standing spot. Watching and hearing the dog, he saw it move away while it was only Ashi and Nōzan now. Seeing how Asha started to run towards him in a bit of a slow way until his speed brought up quickly, Nōzan grinned under his mask. Still standing there like nothing while Ashi came at him with a right hook, he took in the sound of his breathing with his ears. Due to his blind side on his right, he had to enhance one of his senses a bit to cover for such a thing. With that being said, he saw Ashi vanish from in front of him and with that split second interval, Nōzan used Body Flicker to enhance his speed, moving his body to the right after his image flickered in and out. Looking over to Ashi from where he was, Nōzan lost the grin under his mask as he then said "Quick to the motion..I like that." Nōzan at that point lost all morals and his fighting mood came into reality. An emotionless person that old strived for blood. Looking to his left as he stared at Ashi for only a few seconds longer, Nōzan then used Body Flicker once more, only to end up behind Ashi as he went for a swift punch towards Ashi's kidney but before the punch were to connect, Nōzan would use Body Flicker to go around Ashi and end up in front of him, changing his attack from a low punch to one for his right cheek. A bit before it were to make contact, Nōzan would just Body Flicker for the last time right now as he appeared next to Ashi with his hands opened and his index as well as middle fingers out on both right and left hands. Keeping them out, Nōzan would go for a poke towards the inside of Ashi's shoulder. If it were to connect with his force, which wasn't that much, Nōzan would merely start going for another with his other hand, attempting to hit the same spot. What this would do if one or both made contact was to begin putting a bit of stress onto the pressure point where he was hitting however, nothing too serious to cause any form of immobilization, yet. -

Kare: - The instant Nozan’s body faded from its position, Ashi would shift his body evenly throughout his body and come to a complete stop. He simply traced his scent and looked towards the position he was standing in now and smirked, now knowing that Nozan was capable of using the Teleportation Jutsu. He made sure to keep a mental note of how many times he would use the jutsu, so he would know when Nozan was reaching chakra exhaustion. He stood there for a moment in a defensive stance as Nozan complimented him and then he disappeared again from his sight, but not his scent. Ashi knew Nozan was behind him and was prepared to side step away from the strike, but then he appeared directly in front in him coming in with a straight punch to the right side of his face. - “Too close for my comfort.” - He thought to himself as moved his head further to the left and then brought the top his head around and just a couple of inches below his fist and was prepare to swing a left hook to Nozan’s side, but just was he was about to prepare the strike, Nozan disappeared and reappeared on his right side. - “Fourth time.” - He thought to himself while Nozan was preparing to drive the tips of his fingers right into the space between the shallow dent his neck and shoulder; a pressure point, but Ashi was quick to react. He rolled his right hand into a fist and wrapped his left hand over the fist, leaving his right elbow with a clear target, Nozan’s stomach. Ashi swiftly drove his elbow into Nozan’s stomach in an attempt knock the air right out of Nozan’s lungs and possibly stun him for a couple of seconds. Whilst attempting to drive his elbow into Nozan’s stomach, Ashi let out a slight snicker; a signal for Chamaru. Within a matter of seconds, Chamaru sprung out of the treeline in full sprint, a trail of dust lingering behind him as he charges into bite down on Nozan’s right thigh. If Nozan is stunned briefly by Ashi’s elbow strike, Chamaru would have a high chance to successfully bite down on Nozan’s thigh and sink his teeth deep into area, effectively breaking through the fabric of clothing, protective layer of skin and right into the flesh. Chamaru’s teeth naturally have an enhanced cutting ability, so it’s easier for canine of his breed to bite into flesh. -

DivineZiel: - Seeing as Ashi was coming in for a quick attack. Having his elbow go into Nōzan's stomach rather roughly, Nōzan coughed a bit and ended up at a small loss of breath. Looking towards his side after the snicker from Ashi and hearing something running a bit in the distance, Nōzan sighed as he stayed slightly hunched. Staying there for a bit while the ninken got closer, Nōzan merely stayed there, seeming helpless but then, suddenly, two large white snakes shot out from his pant legs at the bottom of them and one from the only sleeve on his shirt. With them doing so, one attempted to wrap itself around Ashi while the other went towards the dog and attempted the same thing. The third one from his sleeve then would linger there. If both of them were to be caught or just the ninken, the third one would strike at him, driving its fangs into the fur, injecting its venom through the dog. Due to the more than likely small body compared to a human, the venom would flow through its circulatory system faster, causing paralysis with close to no hesitation. The one wrapped around Ashi, if it were to do so would merely begin to constrict him tightly, causing a bit of damage of just pressure being added onto the body itself and causing him to probably lose some air in his lungs. After it were to do so, if anything actually happened, the ninken was his main target in the whole defensive attack for the simple fact of that Nōzan knew the Inuzuka worked with their ninken, so eliminating one threat that could change the tides was better than anything. Leaping back quickly for about ten feet, after he retracted the snakes and let Ashi go with just the constriction if it worked, he'd stare at him while he kept his body ready for the next onslaught. -

Kare: - Just as Chamaru came in sprinting in for his strike, to sink his teeth down into Nozan’s right thigh, but Nozan wasn’t having that. He unleashed a pair of rather large white snakes in an attempt to have them snared, but both Chamaru and Ashi weren’t surprised by the action due to mixture of Nozan’s scent with the scent of a certain species of snake. The instant they popped up, Chamaru began to retreat, but Ashi didn’t. Instead he reached over and grabbed hold of the snake that was trying to lunge at Chamaru and sunk his sharp nails into the long body of the white snake and pulled in reeled it in closer so that it would not be able to latch onto Chamaru and snare him in place. Ashi put himself on the line for Chamaru to be able to escape and as a result was snared in place by one of the snakes, but it was intentional. Just the thought of Chamaru being wrapped around and constricted by one of these snakes made Ashi’s blood boil and at an exponential rate, he sunk into a controlled state of rage. He released the snake in his hand and with both of his free hands, he sunk his claws into the flesh of the snake that was wrapped around his body and split it apart, effectively freeing himself from its grasp and would leap back to safety; there was a ten yard gap between Nozan and Ashi at the moment. Ashi took a moment to regain the capacity of air in his lung and Chamaru wandered up to Ashi’s side. Ashi lowered his body and placed his palms against the surface of the ground, digging his nails into the soil, and letting his knees hover just slightly over the ground. Ashi flashed his canine teeth and began to growl like a dog and Chamaru would leap up onto his back and lowered his stance as well, growling at Nozan with an intent to strike hard and strike fast. There was a short pause before flares of light blue chakra spewed out of Chamaru and Ashi’s bodies. The chakra mended together to coat both of them within an aura of chakra and Chamaru’s appearance began to shift to appear more feral as he viciously growled at Nozan. Ashi would also begin to fall deeper into a state of ferality as his hair begins to frizz up, canine teeth enlarge and sharpen, nails grow longer, sharper and sturdier, and his pupils dilate to an even thinner slit. Suddenly Chamaru was engulfed within a cloud of bone white smoke that was similar to the size of Ashi. Within a matter of seconds it would dim away and where Chamaru once stood now stands a clone of Ashi. Chamaru would leap off of Ashi’s back and the two of them would begin to spring towards Nozan at a steady pace. Just like before, the speed of the sprint would start out slow and then skyrocket far above what Ashi displayed previously. Suddenly the two Ashi extended their arms out to the side and leaped up into the air in a rapid twirled that formed what appeared to be a tornado of sorts. Both of them charged at Nozan from all directions at great speed. They would come in close while spinning at a rapid pace and if successful, the claws would trail across Nozan’s limbs and leave behind gruesome slashes that would be a maximum of an inch and a half deep and then they would fall back and come back in for another volley of attacks. If Nozan is unable to pull out from the barrage of attacks, about 75% of his body would be covered in slashes and would be bloodied up. It would most likely leave him unable to continue the fight, unless he had a high level of endurance. -

DivineZiel: - Watching as the snake going for the dog was pulled away but before such, the ninken had already been running. Looking over to Ashi, he then watched him rip apart the snake as he went back thirty feet. Tilting his head to the side, a menacing look on his one eye could be seen as Nōzan said "Now that wasn't nice." Retracting the snakes back up into the pant legs and sleeve, he watched as the severed one poofed in a cloud of smoke. Looking towards the pup and Ashi while they got together. Seeing Ashi go down on all fours, Nōzan smirked under his mask as he then raised his right hand towards him and motioned with his index finger to come at him. After doing so, he noticed them starting to run towards him. As they did so, Nōzan stood there as if nothing was happening, he then raised his hands into the tiger seal while eight shadow clones appeared next to him in an arch type formation. While the onslaught was coming directly for Nōzan, he and all of the clones used Water Mirror. Having it reflect on Ashi and his ninken charging towards them and starting their attacks, Nōzan and the clones each grabbed the top of the mirrors and pulled them down towards them, causing replicas of what Ashi and his partner were doing. Quickly though, Nōzan used body replacement since he was first priority more than likely while the real Nōzan was up in a tree, about fifteen feet away, watching it all go down though, the replacement he made seemed to still be looking as if it was him. Keeping his eyes on the two and the replicas attacking with the same thing back at them at the same amount of damage and speed. Though, after their attacks were done, the replicas would disperse into water, which was all together, causing the ground to become moist and also filled with some puddles due to the amount of water that came from all of them combined. Dropping down from the branch he was standing on, unharmed, he kept his eyes open to see the results while the clones all vanished and so did the mirrors, causing Nōzan to regain the chakra he used to put into the clones themselves. -

Kare: - Unable to see due to the jutsu he was was performing alongside Chamaru, Ashi relied solely on his enhanced sense of smell to keep a track of Nozan. As they close in on Nozan, he quickly notes that Nozan’s scent expands to several spot within the formation of an semicircle. Ashi instantly knew that Nozan had someone shadow clones because regular clones aren't able to produce a scent like a shadow clone can, but Nolan’s attempt to retaliate wasn't enough to cause Chamaru and Ashi to retreat, instead they kept going with a full on barrage, but with each attempt to strike one of the clones they were met with an equal force that caused them to jump back and try to attack from a mother direction, just to be met with the same force again. After a couple of minutes of the endless barrage, Ashi retreated for a brief moment as he noted that among the group of nine, one had retreated to the treeline to escape the barrage. He smirked and reached into his pouch to retrieve a plasma pill and ingested it. Within a matter of seconds Ashi’s chakra pool increased by three times its original capacity and in the process of doing so, his feral appearance was enhanced as well. With this boost in chakra, he dropped back on all fours and perform the same jutsu he previously did with Chamaru, but this time he went straight for the individual that dropped from the tree. While charging at the individual at the treeline, Ashi noted that the eight other scents of Nozan had dispersed from the area and Chamaru had joined in with Ashi in his assault against the individual by the treeline, who now dropped from the tree and was standing on the ground. The two of them came at Nozan with full force; Ashi is easily distinguishable by the light blue chakra that engulfed his entire body from head to toe. The jutsu wasn't any different than when performed previously except this time Ashi was boosted by the plasma pill and was going for the finishing blow with the intent to strike Nozan and put him out for good. If successful, about 75% of Nozan’s body will be covered from head to toe in slashes a maximum of an inch and a half deep. -

DivineZiel: - Watching as the onslaught was going on with his own move and holding up rather well on it, Nōzan dropped from the tree while he dispersed the clones and felt a small amount of his chakra come back to him however, it wasn't enough to keep him stable on that moment in time. Watching as he stopped for a split second, he saw Ashi take something while he saw the power of it coming straight at him. Smirking under his mask right before he could evade with just basic movements since he couldn't use anymore chakra, he ended up saying "Was a decent fight in my book." Right at the end of his words, Nōzan was smashed with the full force barrage of attacks. Being slammed into with such an attack, almost all of Nōzan's body was demolished from slashes that were rather deep when compared to other things that could've happened to him. Laying there on the ground after it all ended, his breathing was a bit heavy while his right hand twitched a slight bit from the damage dealt to him. Keeping his left eye opened, he stared at the leaves above him in the tree as the smirk stayed upon his lips under the mask while his clothes were ripped apart in places due to everything. Muttering out a bit of words, he said "At least no more damage was done to my fa-" Stopping his words as he coughed up some blood, he just laid there. -

Kare: - As Chamaru and Ashi ended their successful assault on Nozan, they came to a complete halt and stand a couple of feet from Nozan's severely injured and unable to keep his balance. As he falls down to the ground, Ashi wanders over to his body and pays little attention to the words that slip his mouth kneels down to Chamaru's level. - "Take him to the hospital so they can tend to his wound." - He patted his head and then wandered deeper into the training ground to see if he could find another challenge because of all that chakra that is flowing through his system. Eventually, Nozan was taken off of Chamaru's hands and into the hands of someone else who is capable to take him to the hospital. -