Kuyo vs Masaru

## Setting

Morning

Atop the canyon above The Valley of Death

Clear Weather

## Post

YukoAburame: ~Masaru wondered aimlessly for hours looking for the spot
that would host his first spar as a Genin. Though it wouldn’t be a wonder, but
more of a hike as he stumbled up a rocky road in order to get to the top of a
canyon he had previously never been to before. He woke up early just in case he
was to get lost and end up taking hours to get there. But he believed he was
finally on the right track now, he just had to hope he wasn’t late. He was to
spar Kuyo, a boy he had previously trained with and ask to spar in order to
fully see his abilities. Whilst he caught of glimpse of Kuyo’s metal abilities,
Kuyo never really got to see his special style of Taijutsu. If the spar gets
serious enough, he might even show what the liquid in his jug does. So if all
goes well, they’ll both learn something about each other by the end of it;
which was really Masaru’s goal in the first place. It was morning; the sun was
bright in the sky as not a single cloud eclipsed it. Though the battlefield
selection was odd to Masaru, he didn’t complain. He didn’t see any significant
advantage to either side in terms of fight on this kind of setting, so the
match would come down to skill versus skill. Masaru knew he was the faster
shinobi, as most genin even among other villages would drop a jaw at his speed.
But it’s not all about speed; it’s about intelligence and the ability to land
effective hits. And with that whole metal technique, he slightly doubted his
ability to put a dent in his overall health. He was going to give it a good
shot regardless. Versus when they were training, Masaru had all of his equipment
this time. Equipment he didn’t really plan to use, he was just going to keep it
purely hand-to-hand with Kuyo. Masaru arrived at the top of the canyon, a bit
out of breath but nothing a quick rest won’t restore. He hoped he could get
enough rest to be fully rested before Kuyo go there. He takes a seat in the
dirt and closes his eyes, getting himself in the mindset for a fight, one that
would not be easy.~

PezDispens3r: "Wake up sunshine, u'll miss breakfast, we wouldn't want that now would we" -with a
sound of a snapping finger and if Masaru opened his eyes, he would see
that Kuyo was crouching over him, elbows on his knees with his fingers clasped together after snapping, a smirk on his face. His light brown/dirty blonde
hair and green eyes much more visible then they were last time when they
 had met in the dark, his eyepatch being one of the most defining
feature on his chiseled face. As he crouched, his black hakama
fluttered slightly in the wind, his black ninja shoes crunching into the
 coarse dirt beneath them, his shirt was bare once again, not his usual
 apparel, but the same that Masaru saw him wearing the night before. Less protection then his old flak jacket and pants, but there was really no telling what Kuyo might have hidden in his Hakama. A
small smirk crossing his face as he looked him in the eye, before
shifting his gaze to the bottle in Masaru's hand, the same bottle that he recognized when he rescued it from the bottom of a pond, closing his eyes and
inhaling deeply, tilting his head back slightly like someone who had
just caught the sent of a fresh apple pie on the wind, before leaning
his head back down and staring back into your eyes- "ahhh, don't you just
 love this fresh air? enjoy it, if the wind starts blowing from the west
 that poisonous cloud begins to linger this way. Shin told me to wish you luck this morning, he's running some errands while he attempts to master his Thunder God, so we wont be seeing him for a few days. Oh and by the way, aren't
 you a little young to be drinking?" -Kuyo smiled, standing up and
walking a few paces away his back turned to Masaru as he looked over the
 massive expanse of open sky, his arms crossed over his chest- "let me
know when your ready"

YukoAburame: ~Masaru’s eyes flash open as he heard Kuyo’s voice invade
his resting ears. He quickly scrambled to his feet and jumped about five feet
away from Kuyo to his right. If he wanted, he could have easily set up some
sort of trap for Masaru, but he seemed to be a fair fighter so he didn’t. He
took note of his mention of alcohol and raised a brow as he never told him it
was alcohol to begin with. He didn’t address it though, thinking he was
bluffing or something. Even if he knew what it was, he didn’t know what it
could do. He considered using it right from the get goes, but that would mean
he wouldn’t get the good fight that he wanted. But at the same time though he
couldn’t risk having him destroy it. He unlatches it and tosses it about ten
feet to his right, having it land in the grass. He wasn’t trying to conceal it,
but merely make sure that if he wanted to take it out, he would have to find a
break in Masaru’s assault. As soon as his bottle hit the ground he launched
himself at Kuyo, full speed. A speed that was rather blinding to most lower
rank shinobi, though he wasn’t sure if Kuyo would have a hard time keeping up
or not. His attack was direct; he just stuck to a straight line towards Kuyo as
it was the fastest was to him. He wasn’t far away to begin with, so that
distance would close incredibly fast. As he approached one foot away from him,
he slide down  to his knees before
rolling and mounting his bodies momentum into a straight punch that would
attempt to hit him in the upper abdomen, directly on the diaphragm. This punch
would for sure knock the wind out of him, and possibly cause his to fall to the
ground gasping for it. Since Masaru used most of his body weight to deliver the
punch, it was a lot stronger than any punch he could give simply standing still.
His punch was loose up until the point of impact, they he used his muscles in
one great big burst of energy that would go directly from his muscles to Kuyo’s
body. This wasn’t typical of Masaru’s fighting style, but he was going to
somewhat test the waters before he busted out the big guns.~

PezDispens3r: -Kuyo smiled as he continued stareing off into the
 clouds, with his metallic 6th sense he knew exactly where Masaru was
and that he was rapidly aproaching at near blinding speed, yet he still
did not activate his steel release kekkei genkai. Instead, as soon as
Masaru got within 2 meters of Kuyo's back, he sidesteped to his right,
spinning in the process and making it now his left, as he unfolded his
arms mid spin clenching his fist, Kuyo swiped his foot across the ground
 as he spun, throwing up a thick wave of dry and coarse dirt directly
towards Masaru's eyes at point-blank range, with the followthrough of
his sidestep and spin that got him easily out of the way, Kuyo followed
through with his arm, launching his elbow and upper forearm directly
towards Masaru's now exposed throat, that section of your arm being much
 stronger, heavier, and harder then simply using your fist. It seemed to
 Kuyo that Masaru would have to make a choice between getting elbowed in
 the throat as he traveled at terminal velocity, or take a fist full of
dirt in his eyes, leaving him open to more attacks-

YukoAburame: ~Masaru’s attack would land despite his opponents best maneuvers.
It was no surprise really, as he was more than twice as fast as him. The punch
would easily take the wind out of his and possibly leave him searching for it
whilst crawling on the ground. Masaru gave no follow up attack, but instead
leap back ten feet and took up his Drunken God with the Internal Strength form
immediately after his attack. He held one loosely leg up, leaving the other leg
straight on the ground. He then held his arms out, his right one in front of
the other, his hands pointed inward and open as if he was holding a tiny wine
cup. His back was slightly slouched over his upward leg, but he appeared to be
extremely steady. He stood still for a moment, as to analyze what Kuyo’s
response was. His attack was to simply give him a taste of some of his power. But
he was cautious that he might now use the metal technique he had seen him use
during training, and then things would get much more interesting. ~

PezDispens3r: -Kuyo was caught offguard by the speed in which
he was hit, leaning forward into the hit and coughing heavily as it
struck him in the chest, leaving a rather large mark on his abdomen, as
Masaru leaped back about 10 feet back, Kuyo wiped his lower lip, a small
 spot of blood on it, he tilted his head back begining to laugh almost
maniacally before refocusing his gaze on Masaru- "You hit pretty good
for a shrimp, ill give you that, lets continue shall we" -Kuyo smiled,
being this near the canyon, he could feel all the ore just below the
surface, well within reaching distance if Kuyo decided he needed ammo,
pressing his knuckles together, palms facing inward, he activated his
kekkei genkai, the familiar cold rush flowing straight to the back of
his brain. Kuyo then proceeded to make a quick pair of handsigns,
holding his palm out facing Masaru, channeling his chakra to his palm,
he activated his lightning release: lightning signal flare, aimed about 3
 feet in front of Masaru at the ground though from the angle of his arm
it looked like Kuyo might simply be aiming for his legs, as Masaru had
never seen Kuyo use this technique before nor did he know what it was in
 the first place, he would not know that it was the explosion, the
shockwave and debris that was the threat, nor that if he did not close
his eyes as it activated it would leave him momentarily blinded by the
briliant flash of light=

YukoAburame: ~Masaru saw he wasn’t completely as fazed by his attack as
he would have liked. He had still did some damage, so that is what mattered. ~ “This
shrimp packs more of a punch than you think.” ~Masaru says in response to Kuyo’s
shrimp comment. That’s when he saw Kuyo face his palm towards Masaru’s lower
half, and he instantly knew to prepare for something. Though he didn’t have
much time to prepare, as a sudden flash of bright light escaped his hands,
followed by an explosion. He put both of his arms up to shield the light from
his eyes, but it did little to protect himself from the explosion itself as he
was flung to the ground, out of his stance. His back hit the ground as he slid
back a bit. Dust was flung into the air and Masaru was slightly disorientated.
He examined himself quickly to see what damage he had suffered. Bruises from
chunks of debris littered his torso and legs, but the bigger injuring was on
his arms. He suffered massive bruising and aching on his forearms. Nothing
broke in his forearm, as they were extremely refined through mini fractures
that causes calcium to build them up even stronger than before. Over all, he
wasn’t dead, but also not in the best of shapes. He had to instantly get to his
feet and get ready for any sort of follow up attack. He rushed to his feet and
that’s when the pain kicked in. He ached all over, and even standing was a
pain. But ones pain can always get used to, Masaru will fight on. Before he
used said explosive technique, he noticed he activated his metal technique that
he himself didn’t fully know. He knew he would be at an extreme disadvantage if
he fought him injured, and while he was covered in metal. He wanted to get to
his jug, which would have been five feet behind him, but the explosion pushed
it back an addition fifteen feet. At full speed Masaru could close that
distance in no time, but with his injuries he questioned if he could get to it
before Kuyo caught on to what he was going for. So he didn’t look at it, he did
his best to not draw attention to the fact he was about to go for it. He
reaches into his flak jacket and pulls out two smoke bombs, as the dust wouldn’t
cover his movements if he went for the jug as it was beginning to settle. He
throws them down and makes a break for his jug under the cover of the smoke
that filled a fifteen foot radius themselves. He also knew the wind would blow
it away not after long so he hurried as fast as his body would allow to his
jug. He then grabs it and opens it before taking off the cap and taking it
exactly five gulps of the stuff. He then hurries to screw the top back on
before the effects kicked in. Once they did, he dropped it back in its original
spot. His pupils dilated as his whole body fell limp and he fell to the ground,
simply laying their, eyes closed, as if he was dead. At this point the smoke
would clear and would give Kuyo a good view of Masaru, who was immobilized, so
it seemed. ~

PezDispens3r:-Seeing Masaru take off, his usual speed slowed
slightly by a new limp, as his smoke bombs fell it was futile, he could
sense his presence because of the metal weapons on his body, and the
much smaller concentration from the Jug he sensed in the distance, as
well as saw before Masaru could activate his smoke bombs. Almost
imediately putting two and two together, Kuyo drew a Kunai in his right
hand, bending his arm and launching it with a side handed throw first , the small metal blade rocketing through the air with a low whistle, his left, held forward, clasping down his fingers
before swinging his arm downward, at that moment every metal object on
his person would immediately yank down with twice the force of a punch
from one of Kuyo's fists, the move would most likely cause Masaru to
faceplant loudly, most likely knocking the wind out of him and causing
him to land on the hard dirt with his new injuries, he would be helpless
 as the kunai Kuyo had thrown just before he had pulled Masaru down flew
 over his head, directly toward his Jug of special alcohol, threatening
to shatter it and spilling the contents into the dirt-

YukoAburame: ~As Masaru ran as fast as he could, he felt the weight of
his jacket weigh him down. This caused him to almost instantly fall to the
ground as the extra weight combined with the aching legs meant he wasn’t going
to stay upright for long. He hurried to get off the jacket, he didn’t know that
Kuyo was weighing it down but he knew he had to get it off regardless. He hit
the ground not so hard, as he did put up a bit of resistance before giving out,
therefore lessening the weight a bit. He took it off and left the flak on his
left before attempting to get back up again. Before he could, the kunai darted
right past his head and towards the jug. He rushed to his feet and made the
hand sign Tiger, attempting to use the Body Flicker Technique. He knew he wasn’t
too good at it, so he wouldn’t be able to use it to remove the jug before the
kunai hit, but his goal was to get to it right after the kunai in order to
preserve what he could. The kunai hit and stuck directly into it, not shattering
it because of the jugs reinforced material, but going directly through it and
leave a rather big entrance and exit hole. After about half a second, Masaru
was able to gather the chakra needed to use the body flicker and get to jug as
the fluid came rushing out. He didn’t hesistate and attempted to tilt the
flowing liquids into his mouth, only taking in five gulps before throwing it
back onto the ground. His eyes widened and dilated before he fell to the
ground, appearing to be life less. His eyes were closed and his breathing was
slowed severely. No one would be able to tell if he was dead or alive without
good examination ~

PezDispens3r: shit" -Kuyo muttered to himself as he formed a
trio of handsigns. Whatever was in that jug that was so important he had
 gotten his hands on despite Kuyo's efforts. Kuyo opened his palm again,
 launching another Lightning Release: Lightning Signal Flare, only this
time, he aimed it above Masaru's head, the explosion would more then
likely crush him into the dirt, not lethal, but forcing him into the
ground and keeping him from moving as Kuyo maintained his distance worst case scenario for Masaru would be a cracked rib or two thanks to the distance between him and the explosion.
There was no way that the bottle Masaru went out of his way for would
kill him, and he wasnt planning on losing his advantage at a distance to
 check on him, not yet anyway. Shin-sensei would never allow a weakling
into his squad, he knew he was up to something-

YukoAburame: ~Just before Kuyo releases his jutsu in an
attempted to blast him into the ground, Masaru’s eyes open. The blast
from Kuyo does make it to its intended place, just above Masaru. The
explosion was big, loud, and threw up dust just as the last one did. But
 this time as the dust settled, Masaru was nowhere near the crater. He
was now directly behind Kuyo, no more than a foot away.~ “Wow that was
close there buddy…I-I-I almost though I was d-done for.” ~He said, his
speech slurred. It was evident he evaded the attack with sheer speed.
His speed was doubled, and since his speed was already high to begin
with as a Genin, his speed would be extremely fast even amongst Jounin,
possibly exceeding them too. His evaded the attack with pure speed,
using his hands to push himself up and then his legs to move out of the
way completely. All of which was done in the blink of an eye. ~ “B-but
now it’s my turn t-to make you hurt bad.” ~He said before attempting to
deliver an elbow to the back of Kuyo’s neck, whilst attempting to
deliver a knee directly into his back simultaneously. Both of these were
 twice as strong as regular elbow Masaru would deliver, but whether or
not it would do damage to his steel covered body was unknown.~

PezDispens3r: "your fast, but Shin sensei's faster" -contorting
 his abs, tightening them and pulling them to the side, Kuyo swung his right leg back and around, performing a
spinning heel kick aimed for Masaru's temple to shoulder blade area, Kuyo's leg figuratively carving a path through the dust like a hot knife through butter. Kuyo was used to facing oponents with superior speed then him, afterall, he had spent his entire time living in this village under the tutelage of an Uzumaki, he had learned that the trick is not to try to keep up with them as that would be impossible, but to learn to predict their movements through subtitle clues like the positioning of their hips, leaning, where their eyes faced, etc. The problem with his now intoxicated opponent was that drunks tended to be predictably unpredictable, though it seemed that Kuyo lucked out in this instance, "what's the first place someone would attack to get the jump on them? The back." And with the assistance of him sensing Masaru's chakra, a slight inconvenience as now Kuyo would have another thing to focus his mind on as he fought. Thanks to his built in armored body, Kuyo quickly made an internal decision on what to do next. Choosing to ignore his punches completely as it left Masaru precievably
vulnerable to attack, his only option would be to dodge, if Masaru were
to try to block this with an arm, shoulder, or hand, his arm would be
completely shattered under the weight and force, and the blow would
continue towards his neck.-

YukoAburame: ~Masaru chuckled as his attack didn’t do anything. Kuyo then
flipped around and attempted to deliver a powerful kick to Masaru’s head.
Possibly taking it clean off. Masaru remained calm and allowed his body to drop
like a liquid, letting his legs coil up to his sides as he went into sort of a
limbo pose, his back against the ground, but his legs bent, his weight
balancing on his ankles and side of the feet. He dropped to this position
quickly, evading the attack completely, and now Kuyo was left open for an
attack. Masaru let his legs slip underneath him and straighten out before he
attempted to sweep the leg in which Kuyo was using as balance as he attempted
to deliver his kick. This would knock him down as Masaru put all of the force
he could into it. Even if it didn’t hurt, it would most likely cause him to
fall, or lose balance a bit, even if he was some sort of iron monster. ~

PezDispens3r: "That slippery little bastard, trying to hit him is like trying to pick up a wet bar of soap..... without thumbs" -Kuyo muttered internally as he could feel his balance going with his center of gravity knocked out of place. As Kuyo began to fall, he formed a trio of
handsigns, pointing his palm towards the ground right at his and
Masaru's feet as he began to timber, Kuyo placing his straightened arm at at his side, Palm facing downward, Masaru still low to the ground
after knocking Kuyo off balance, the explosion would send rock, shrapnel, a noise that would echo almost back to the village,
 an explosive shockwave, and a blinding flash of light bright enough to
leave anyone looking directly at it temporarily blinded. Kuyo knew that this was gonna leave his ears ringing, and he knew that he had lost his ability to use his 6th sense now that Masaru had removed his flak jacket after he pulled him down, leaving his metal sense unable to track him, but he would rather risk a headache and losing sight on his opponent momentarily then be caught on his back, leaving himself open to attack. Now due to the
nature of the attack and the close range it was being used in, it would
leave Masaru with almost 0 oportunity to dodge this attack. While the explosion would not be enough to lift Kuyo's massive metal weight, it would be enough to spin him slightly as he fell, due to his hand placement and the explosion happening slightly to his right as that's where his palm was aimed, with the momentum of the explosion, he would roll to his left and use the inertia to quickly flip to his feet, entering into a low to the ground combat stance, his knees bent, with one arm facing palm upward, fist clenched and positioned next to his ribs, his other facing forward, bent slightly at the elbow with his fingers extended, flat out, palm also facing upward.-

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