Round 1: Satomi Uchiha vs. Masuyo Kaede

The first match would start with the two most seasoned Jounin in their class. They would utilize the arena first. The area was generic as always. The arena floor itself was one-hundred meters across. A ring of trees and vegetation surrounded the perimeter in a ten meter thick growth. Otherwise the ground was dirt and patched with grass. The walls stood forty meters high around the arena.

In the arena she was partially disappointed at the lack of environment. She preferred lush forests or even an urban city. Masuyo liked to fight using the environment to her advantage. A leveled arena really dampened her ability, though she did not let this be a show stopper. Her footwear consisted of standard black sandals fitted for comfort and security. With the toes and heel left exposed they provided additional balance, while the rest of the foot up to the ankle was protected by the thick nylon material of the sandal. The soles of the sandals are reinforced with hardened material to resist heavy impacts and weathering. She wore a pair of loose fitting black pants with the bottoms near her ankles taped securely in white bandage wrap. This provided balance and reinforcement to her ankles while closing off the ends of her pants. In addition, more bandage wrap was wrapped around her right thigh which allowed a navy blue holster to be strapped over comfortably. Around her waist she wears the basic utility belt which carries two green holsters on her right side along with a tool pouch around her back side and a canteen to the far left.

A black mesh shirt is worn under a common long sleeve black top having a red seal of fire placed on the outsides of each sleeve towards the upper arm. Over that was a fitted green flak jacket provided by Konoha's armory. The jacket was zipped up and secure firmly on her body. Worn on both arms were a pair of custom crafted arm guards gifted to Masuyo. The banded steel design covered the backs of her hands to her elbows leaving a soft spot of leather to allow wrist movement. Around her neck Masuyo wears her forehead protector as a collar. The black cloth is tied in a knot around the back side of her neck with the steel plate facing the front for identification. The steel plate has Konoha's emblem engraved on the front. Masuyo has straight black hair which extends down to her mid back. Two strands of hair drop down touching her chest which leads into her bangs, those being cut shorter and swept to the side. She stands at 5'9 weighing approximately 145 lbs. Her fair skin is complimented with her voluptuous form which is completed with a pair of hazel eyes.

Masuyo stood at the center waiting for Satomi to join her. When he was present she would initiate the fight if he hadn't already.

Armed to the teeth. They really wanted the best of Konoha to show their true mettle against one another. It was time for Satomi to project himself as the best. But that was a tall tale against his opponent this day. Satomi Uchiha walked slowly across the arena floor towards Masuyo. He was dressed with in his all black and white outfit, his mask covering the the bottom of his face so that his eyes were peaking out. His hair was cut and braided, he looked nothing like some of his Uchiha brothers and sisters. But he was just born this way.

Sato stopped about five meters away from the Kunoichi. She was already prepared to fight, there was no pause in her step. He nodded. He knew one thing was true, he could not let his guard down. He had heard of her but never seen her up close.  

But neither had she seen him. The Leafs Elite wasted no time with words, there was no referee. Only the eyes of the Council. Satomi could not afford to take Masuyo lightly. If he ever wanted to become Hokage and follow the footsteps laid out to him by Kazuya-sama. The Uchiha stepped back and held his hands up in the strong Goken stance.

He dashed forward covering the distance between them quickly. Appearing in front of her, he pulled and tried to punch her twice in the chest. Knowing that if they parried he'd anticipate that by bending down slightly to spring upwards, sending a blinding kick upwards towards her abdomen that would send her flying into the sky. Should any of those attacks actually land Sato would prepare another technique concentrating on his chakra output. And he waited for Masuyo to land.



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Strength C > C+ > B+ (Goken + Leaf Rising Wind)
Coordination C > C++ (Goken)

Strong Fist  -3
Leaf Rising Wind -3 = 74/80 Chakra

Shortly after arriving did her opponent follow. She sized him up, gauging his muscle mass and general gear to get an understanding of his fighting style. He did not choose to prepare any weapons giving her the hint he intended to start the fight off with basic Taijutsu. She preferred Taijutsu above all else being one of her go-to fighting styles. "I hope you're ready!" She said enthusiastically as Satomi fixed his stance. Masuyo prepared herself by spacing herself apart, keeping her hands splayed at her sides. She was fluent enough to cycle between different fighting styles that a dedicated stance was not optimal. As Satomi began his assault she tightened her focus. His first two strikes were basic and rather straightforward, the Jounin unsure what he was attempting. She was sure he knew how to fight with Taijutsu. To strike non-debilitating locations was a waste of energy. Regardless, she reacted with finesse of her own using the side of her forearms to parry each consecutive jab attempt alternating arms when she did. She was faster than he was, but not to the point where she was confident in toying with him.

After his failed attempts his posture would begin to change as he crouched low. One would expect a powerful, upwards attack. To counter this she would focus her aggression at his weak point: the polar opposite of his aggression. Masuyo would pivot on her outside left foot while dropping down simultaneously. This worked to space herself from Satomi's rising kick just out of reach while incorporating a counter of her own. As she spun around her right leg was extended aiming to drive her heel into the man's ankle-- the only ankle keeping his body supported. The speed and power behind the strike would be enough to cause blunt damage to the man's ankle and sweep him off his feet. If successful the man would impact the ground harshly on his back having his weight being suddenly shifted. Masuyo would follow through bringing her leg around and standing upright quickly taking a couple steps back to access the man's condition.

The Stuff:

As anticipated the Kunoichi was not none to be taken lightly. She was able to read his movements as they telegraphed his entire motives. Just as he sprung back up to follow up with a quick, she traded places by ducking.

Using her flexibility to send a sweeping low kick to the ankle of the Uchiha. This would have swept him off his feet, but Sato was able to read the movements as well, and made adjustments. No way to back out of the movement he used his momentum to kick off the ground with the other food so that he went flipping backwards avoiding the sweeping kick.

He somersaulted backwards pushing his hands out to touch the ground and push him into another flip. He flipped back covering about five meters of space with his evasive maneuver. He came to pause and Masuyo backed up covering distance as well. She was a true fighter up close and personal. He would not catch her off guard like that unless...

He blinked at Masuyo before saying, "You are very skilled. I'm eager to test my strength against yours." Konoha's Black Flash was smiling as his eyes took on the famous form of the Sharingan. He had activated it. Those who were watching would get to see what Satomi was made of against a fellow Konoha Elite. Satomi didn't even take his eyes off of Masuyo as he reached into his pouch. He pulled a Flash Bomb and held it it in his hands. He tossed it in the air and it came back down to him.

He tossed it once more but this was much higher but it gave him a chance to give the middle finger to Masuyo. "But I don't plan on losing." The Flash Bomb came back down to his hand and he tossed the Flash Bomb towards the ground a meter in front of Masuyo. Before it would explode, Satomi closed his eyes and with covered his face by pulling up his mask momentarily. The Uchiha would also memorized where she was prior to the explosion and would be starting to pace slowly to his right. Then it exploded with a beam of bright light able to throw most off guard.


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Perception C > B (Sharingan)

Sharingan (Three Tomoe): -.2 = 74.8/80

Items: -1 Flash Bomb

Despite her quick execution of her technique her opponent managed to just barely evade the sweeping kick by simply letting the momentum of his initial kick carry him. Not only that, but he worked it into a quick retreat. Her eyes followed his movement, quickly raising a half tiger as she focused a quick fluctuation of energy. A clone would appear just a foot behind the host's location as she sunk underground in a heartbeat. This would happen behind Satomi's back as his inability or lack of effort to focus on her during his back flips made her actions untraceable. Masuyo herself would tunnel beneath the earth making her way towards Satomi. The clone would act in her place, placing a hand on her waist as she posed casually. In a way it was so she could lean on herself, but tactically her hand was only centimeters from her holsters for quick access. Satomi would finish his retreat being a mere five meters apart. It was a distance far enough to serve as close quarters or medium range combat. Masuyo could pick either at this point.

The man activated his Sharingan, a notable feature for Uchiha. One as seasoned as himself had it fully matured with the three tomoes. Her knowledge was limited of the clan, but she knew enough of Satomi to know she did not have to worry about Genjutsu. The clone was more worried about the tool he retrieved from his bag. A small, beige ball with kanji in black ink saying "Light" on the side of it. It was a flash bomb, one that she had to be wary of its activation. Unless a pepper bomb or explosive tag it blinded the target no matter the circumstance. Being robbed of sight was an obstacle, all things considered. Against another Jounin she didn't doubt he knew how to capitalize off of a weakness. He tossed it in the air carelessly. She knew they were triggered by three methods: heat, chakra, or friction caused by impact. Whatever method he chose there would be some sort of tell to pay attention to.

He tossed it again flipping her the bird, something that caused the Jounin to frown. "I guess if you're going to mean I'll have no regrets making you hurt." She said almost in a pout. Her left thumb would wiggle triggering a translucent wire which simply ejected a kunai from her sleeve, the girl catching it by the grip. Following to descent of the flash bomb came a quick reaction of him throwing it down towards her feet. Masuyo reacted instinctively pulling her left arm to cover her eyes while shutting them simultaneously. The action of both efforts were necessary. The eyelids were too thin to completely block out all the light produced. As she did this Masuyo's right hand deftly moved from her waist. In a single movement she unbuttoned a holster with her thumb, grabbed three shuriken, and hurled them in a widened shot in Satomi's vicinity.

Given her sharp attention to the environment and strong memory it was not hard to get an accurate shot of her target. The shuriken would corkscrew in the air with the dexterous skill of Masuyo making them neigh impossible to parry out of the air or even predict their destination. In the end, two would break and cut into their own rib along the side of Satomi as the other would cut deep into his upper arm. They were non-lethal attacks on their own, but were enough to slow him down significantly if successful. The clone would then hastily charge towards her opponent. After having her mood dampened by his poor sportsmanship she had no intent to be gentle. She would keep low closing the five meter gap in a split second. Her goal was simple: she would drive her kunai all the way down to her knuckles straight into Satomi's abdomen. It would create a wide, deep would channel which would promote profuse blood loss. In the background the actual Masuyo would register everything that was going on above her including the movements of both the clone and Satomi. Only being five feet beneath the earth she had the opportunity to spring out at a moment's notice.

The Stuff:

Satomi's quick retreat off of the Jounin's counter-attack was either to be suspected or surprising for her. Either way she quickly reacted by using forming the clone handseal to focus her chakra on splitting as a Shadow Clone appeared behind her. Masuyo performed the technique while Satomi quickly flipped backwards twice. However he was still keeping his guard up as he retreated just in case she did try something. And of course she did, her body began to seep into the ground.


Upon throwing the bomb he began to strafe to his right and picked up to a dash. Shurikens flew by as they weren't concentrated on a moving target. While he was moving, he reached into his holster and pulled a Kunai Blade out. The light faded and the clone dashed forward hastily towards Satomi with a Kunai drawn. Satomi moved in a better position to clash with the clone

Though the clone still charged, with his Sharingan he was able to see her running to him. They were matched in speed but Satomi was easily able to predict the attack towards his chest. He stopped moving only to dodge to his right avoiding the attack. Then he counter-attacked with a strong upwards slash under her arms and into the clones abdomen. "Quick to anger I see Masuyo. No matter. Now I have to respond in kind. " Satomi said on her brazen attack on him.

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Sharingan -.2 = 74.6/80 Chakra

The original Masuyo was able to track just about everything above her. Hiding Like a Mole allowed her to pick up the traces of chakra that stepped on the earth. It was not nearly refined as the chakra sensing technique but it did its job for non-sensors. Nonetheless she had to act fast before her clone was destroyed and she compromised. She tunneled her way to the Jounin's flank before reaching back into her left hip pouch immediately knowing where she kept her caltrops grabbing a rough handful of them before surfacing briefly. Masuyo was just three meters behind Satomi as the clone began her assault. With her head and arms exposed from the ground hole she would pepper the land behind him, the three meter gap covering three meters wide as well. Caltrops themselves were not lethal, though they were efficient in slowing down a target. It was impossible to fight with a barbed spike in your foot as much as it was painful. Removal was another challenge. To her benefit Satomi was seemingly oblivious to her position. This allowed her to build on her actions as her clone worked to distract him.

Climbing out of the hole keeping her movements as minimal as possible to limit the sound produced she squatted just outside of the south end of Satomi the furthest from the caltrops. The hole and tunnel she created would seal up after the cancellation of her technique. She wasted no time with her plan. She would gently set both hands on the ground sending chakra out towards the two fighting in close quarters...

The clone had missed with her initial shuriken cluster though she expected the man to have already moved. It was more or less a test of common sense. If she managed to land a few shuriken that would've been great, otherwise the tools were disposable. As the light faded she charged at Satomi catching what her hostess was doing behind the scenes though her peripherals, not giving any hint of any emotional change when she did. She focused back on her target to not get distracted as she engaged directly. Her thrust was sidestepped as Satomi used his foot speed to his advantage moving to the outside of her left arm. The clone acknowledged the knife he had in his hand expecting some sort of counter. He attempted to thrust into the clone's abdomen from beneath her arm which allowed plenty of window of opportunity. It was far fetched to expect to get such a money shot off of a Jounin at full strength without weakening her first.

The clone's right, free hand shot quickly to snag Satomi's wrist as he tried to impale her. Impressively her strength was capable enough to hold and control that arm with little effort. Though, it was in this exact women when the ground around them began to shift as the lighting began to darken quickly as it was clear they were both being taken meters below the surface. The space behind Satomi quickly became an earthen wall his back was inches away from. The chunk of land that moved was a mere ten meters by ten meter space pulling the two fifteen meters down from the surface. This was the handy work of Masuyo. Gripping Satomi's wrist tightly the clone angled the kunai in her hand into a reverse grip before attempting to run it past his flak jacket and into his side. She knew better to avoid the major arteries and organs that resided in the torso, instead primarily aiming to cause a painful flesh would.

As the clone continued to stall the original Masuyo would stand from her squat moving around the caltrop field and into better position, that being the opposite side of the caltrops. She figured the trap would do its job if encountered. She would instead cover the parts of the land that offered no risk. The real Masuyo would peer into the pit observing the two fight it out. She figured if the fight took longer than expected she would end it quickly. She was unsure if Satomi had the Earth element. In this case he was at a major disadvantage.

The Stuff:

Everything seemed to be going according to plan for Masuyo. Her clone had provided just the right amount of distraction. However, the clone and Masuyo herself would fall prey to Satomi's own attack. As Sato feigned an obvious counter to the thrust from the clone. The Masuyo clone reached out to grab Satomi's hand. Everything seemed to slow down as Sato was able to read the movements of her taking a hand and reaching out towards him. This happened at the same time that Masuyo had re-entered the arena from the ground and was spreading caltrops behind him. As she went to place her hands on the ground did it happen. The Uchiha's eyes narrowed as all of a sudden there was a blast of lightning that emitted from his body.

The blast was very large as it cackled bolts of lightning off his body and spread out to a ten meter area. The blast was instant and it was to fast for the clone and Masuyo to react as they were so close. The blast would destroy the clone immediately, this would alert Satomi that he was being fooled. However the real Masuyo was only three meters from his position and the blast area covered ten meter area of effect effectively interrupting her attack attempt. It shot from behind Satomi as well so Masuyo would not expect or have time to even notice that an attack was coming.

The current would strike Masuyo and electrocute her possibly make her cry out in pain. Satomi turned around to find the real Masuyo and found her electrocuted from his attack. He noticed the caltrops that were scattered around him. She had been preparing a trap for him. But unknowingly fell into one of his accidentally. Time to finish her off. A strong opponent such as Masuyo deserved to be dealt with quickly less she gain ground again. He sheathed his kunai firstly.

Satomi held the clone seal in front of himself and created a Shadow clone. They nodded to each other as the the clone ran around the small caltrop trap which was only three meters as well. As soon as the clone got into melee range, he dropped low and sent a low kick to her right leg, then stood up and sent a right kick to her stomach, and also sent another kick to her head. Each attack granting him buoyancy until he was high enough in the air to send a final heel drop to the top of Masuyo's head.

However Satomi's attacks were weak. Even though his current would do considerable damage, he didn't put it past Masuyo to still be kicking after his barrage. And so he quickly made a few handsigns and as clone finished its combo saying, "Leaf Whirlwind," as he finished. But the clone wasn't done, using the momentum from the large heel drop, Sato dropped back down to the ground and used himself as a spring to jump back up and send a large kick to Masuyo's head that would send her flying into the air. While she was in mid-air would Satomi finish the combo.

The real Satomi jumped with blinding speed and would appear behind her five meters in the air, a cackle of lightning sounded as lightning chakra appeared around his right hand. As she reached the climax of the five meters Satomi swung his hand and struck as a simple punch to Masuyo's body that would burst with lightning around her body. He punched her towards her own trap so that when she landed it would be on top of the caltrops and he would be behind the trap where Masuyo had been standing in. This is all banking on if Masuyo is hit by his Chidori Current.

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Sato
Sharingan -.2 = 74.4
Chidori Current = 59.4
Shadow clone = 29.7
Shadow of the Dancing Leaf (Speed B>A+)
Young Lightning = 21.7

Clone Sato = 29.7
Leaf Great Whirlwind (Coordination C>B for kicks. For last kick Strength is D>C)
Leaf Rising Wind (Strength D>C) = 23.7

The Clone worked to distract Satomi and was in the heat of combat. Masuyo, on the other hand, had the clarity to observe Satomi not under pressure. The man's actions were simple and nonchalant as he moved just enough out of the way to say in close quarters and to avoid the initial thrust. His follow up attack would without a doubt result in a grapple which was something Masuyo would win flawlessly having practiced in various martial arts, Judo being one she excelled at. This would have been a quick victory if Satomi had not prepared his technique ahead of time. This would be unfortunate for the clone, however Masuyo knew something was off. This would soon come apparent as the crackling of lightning energy exploded from his body. This would have typically fooled Masuyo, though she was aware of the situation at hand and acted on it.

Instead she had already moved out of range in a rapid retreat taking a long leap back. Her hands had already come together to perform a short series of three hand signs. Upon finishing the land she extended both arms keeping them only inches apart. From her hand followed a massive torrent of wind having a four meter diameter. The nature of the Wind element would work to use Satomi's technique against him. As the Wind carried it would push and scatter the Chidori Nagashi with it ultimately sending the Lightning back into Satomi. The result would be the boy being struck by his own Lightning technique to deal damage and stun him before being impacted by the Wind torrent.

If successful the air would deal significant blunt force damage before the Wind would carry him along, the nature of the wind technique causing occasional cuts similar to what one could accomplish with a kunai knife. These would be random such as on the face, arms, legs, and torso. The cuts themselves were not lethal, and were not designed to be. As the shape manipulation of Wind technique improved it allowed the potential to deal cutting damage, something that was extra and could easily be implemented with a blunt-force hitting technique as such. They were designed to weaken him further by slicing his muscles and causing external damage. This torrent would carry Satomi across the area and send him pressed against the arena walls. This would cause additional damage as he would be sandwiches between both forces, his body cracking the cement walls and leaving an impression on its surface with his body.

The Stuff:

Satomi had to give it to the Chuunin. She was able to react to his Chidori current despite not being able to see Satomi's front. She deduced that he would try something along the scales and she planned accordingly. Managing to jump backwards past the range extension of his AoE. Masuyo brought her hands up and created a few handsigns as quickly as she could. There was a large torrent of wind conjured seemingly from no where, but it was merely a powerful technique of Masuyo's creation.

It bore down threatening to overtake Satomi. His lightning Chidori Current was weak to the wind element. But it is also a very powerful technique and the blast Masuyo fired was strong enough to cancel it, but not overcome it. Just as the blast was about to hit Satomi the Current blasted against it at about ten meters away from Satomi. Meeting the blast with is own the flaring powers trying to overcome one another. When neither succeeded, they began to cancel each other out with an large explosion.

Using the smokescreen for cover, Satomi put a seal up to his face and activated the clone seal. The clone quickly drew three shuriken from his pouch. The real Satomi also mimicked the motion. Their eyes able to see through the smoke created from the blast of two attacks. They both threw them at Masuyo as they exited the smoke and headed straight for her. The clone threw them at where Masuyo was. The real Satomi threw his anticipating with his Sharingan at where she could be if she moved. He would be able to predict her movements.


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Items: -3 Shurikens

Both elemental technique clash, the wind throwing bolts of lightning away as it connected with the static field produced by the Chidori Nagashi. It was an unwinnable battle. Either Satomi sustained the lightning technique to keep the wind at bay and lose to attrition or he forfeit. Masuyo had every intention of keeping the wind torrent flowing knowing she had the elemental advantage. An explosion would occur after the two technique met and tired each other out at their fronts which produced a convenient smoke barrier. As Masuyo sustained her technique the wind vortex would follow through, the smoke clearing in a sudden burst as the transparent torrent continued to intercept Satomi. The result would be devastating, though less so than before. If connected Satomi would be faced with a powerful current that would first impact him, riddle his body with shallow cuts, and drive him into the concrete wall on the far end of the arena. Both forces would work to cause heavy damage to the man. Though, despite this, he would be in relatively good condition and still capable of fighting.

The Stuff:

The Uchiha frowned as he was learning just how versatile Masuyo was. Using elements of the Earth style and the Wind style made her a deadly foe. He had nothing for that counter, he was working against an uphill battle on that note. How did she get so strong? Those with a bloodline always felt like they were born into power, and it was earned. Not like the others. Satomi could see that was not the case here. He respected the Chuunin keeping him on his toes at all times. Her skills could be regarded as some of the best Jounin the village had to offer. He felt his competitive side coming out at the challenge.

As their two techniques collided he could see that Masuyo was not giving up the pressure. The blast of wind looked continuous against his shield. There was no point in holding against her, she had th edge. Satomi turned to his right and held a seal out in front of his face, then kicked off the ground moving at incredible speeds. His Current now dissipated, the wind blasted through where Satomi was just standing.

Using the Body Flicker technique he avoided the widespread move by giving himself about thirty meters in space. He came to a stop on the other end of the arena. Her jutsu was a powerful wind jutsu as it caused a maelstrom practically. Satomi stood up from his skidded stop and gave a look too Masuyo. His Sharingan trained on her and said aloud to her. "Well played."

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Sharingan -.4 (Forgot to tally from my last post) = 74.2
Body Flicker -5 = 69.2/80

As the torrent of wind ripped through the lightning barrier her opponent managed to elude her again choosing to flee a length distance from her and where he once stood. As he moved she dropped her hands letting her technique die off on its own no longer feeding chakra into it. Her eyes briefly scanned the ground on either side of her. It appeared her attack managed to push the caltrops apart leaving a five meter wide strip of safe land from where she stood. In a five meter by three meter rectangle on either side of her were where the caltrops rested now, each of them nestled in the patches of grass in the area. She memorized their locations to ensure she would not step on them. Although they were small, pointy pieces of metal they could easily end a battle, or significantly give a huge favor.

Getting close to him can be dangerous knowing he can emit lightning around him on a whim as long as he has enough time and he's fast enough to evade any long range attack. I guess that's a Jounin for ya... Shifting her body to face Satomi, hearing his words though she had no interest in entertaining any conversation. Let's see you try this... Masuyo's hands would come together weaving a series of six hand signs ending with Tiger. With a soft inhale through her nose she puckered her lips leaving a small space open as she exhaled, small pea-sized sparks exiting her mouth and rising into the air above her, the fireballs significantly growing in size as they did to resemble the Great Fireball Technique. They would suspend in the air twenty meters above her as fifteen were produced in total. From the crowd of fireballs, five would mobilize. Masuyo did not let her eyes drift from Satomi utilizing the fireballs with chakra control. The five would hail downwards in a scatter shot towards Satomi. Each of them were capable of creating a twenty meter diameter inferno.

Together they worked to practically incinerate Satomi's half of the arena. His option was simple: be cooked in the inferno or be drawn closer to Masuyo. Of course the closer he came the less reaction time he had for the fireballs. She had to take every advantage she had to win this battle.

The Stuff
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Masuyo was not one for words. She was probably still mad about him flipping her off. She would have to be mad then, his plan had been foiled after finding out she dug away and left a clone in her place. He reached into his pouch again and had his hand resting on a small ball. Waiting too see what Masuyo would do next.

This match would go on far to long, all of his techniques were designed to kill, not to subdue. He would try one more tactic to foil beat the Chuunin. Masuyo performed a series of handsigns. Just as she was making her signs, Satomi quickly pulled out a smoke bomb. He threw it five meters ahead of him just as large fireballs began to form about twenty meters above Masuyo.

They had a generous distance between them after he a sped away from her wind blast now thirty yards away. Before the Chuunin could send her attack. Satomi began to run under the cover of the blossoming smoke cloud. It would mean nothing in the face of her attack. And she knew where he was so that mattered not as her attack would destroy the area basically. However, it was not to hide him from her attacks.

But it was to hide his attacks from her. With no need for handsigns, electrical chakra began to form around his right hand. His eyes were able to see through the smoke now covering about ten meters. He could see Masuyo and her fireballs, five of them now heading towards his position. He would be cutting it close.


He held his hands out and fired true and precise, he started to run to his right away from the fireballs. Hundreds of tiny lightning needles began to fly from his hand. He only aimed at her legs vital spots, to stop her from moving completely. They burst out from the smoke as quick as her attack could even get to him. However her attack was large and would force him to move forward but hidden in the smoke.

But then her barrage of fireballs were aimed to destroy a part of the arena limiting his field of escape. However this also limited Masuyo to this range as well as she still had control over her other fireballs. His attack would hopefully break that control. He needed that attack to hit. For he was feeling the effect of a long drawn out battle now.

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Items used: Smoke Bomb

Sharingan -.2 = 54/80
Chidori Senbon = 39/80

Masuyo was constantly observing the man's behavior. She managed to pick up important details such as maximum speed and his preferred fighting style. It was without a doubt he preferred defensive fighting over offensive. Since the tournament started Masuyo was able to deduct he was only reacting to her attacks and not really initiating his own. At least, his own attacks that were designed to subdue her. It was an excellent strategy to exhaust an opponent, which Masuyo could understand that was his motivation. Of course she was no victim to this style of fighting. Being defensive meant you also let your opponent control the battlefield, and in part, control your own actions. This could be potentially fatal. Especially when your opponents knows how to capitalize on this.

The smoke provided temporary cover, though that rendered useless as Satomi prepared his Chidori. The cloud of smoke began to flicker like a rave as the sound of one thousand birds emitted from the cover. Masuyo expected an attack from the notorious, yet highly dangerous Chidori or any of its variants. Sure enough, Satomi fled from the cloud of smoke as the fireballs descended. And this forcefully drew him closer to her lessening his reaction time, and ultimately hers as well. Having fair judgement of his path she ascended into the air in a great leap as the Chidori Senbon left his hand. The flurry of needles would miss their mark failing to perforate her legs. As Masuyo evaded she sent the last of her fireballs down towards Satomi. However, this attack was not designed to incinerate the man. Instead, they were spaced just enough to trap him. All ten of the fireballs worked to create a forty meter thick ring of fire with a twenty meter wide hole in the center where Satomi would be trapped. After observing his speed long enough she concluded this setup would make escape impossible.

She hit the climax of her leap in a second being an impressive thirty meters above her target. Her hands were already together holding the Ram, her body prepared with chakra ready to unleash. As Masuyo opened her mouth a small ball of air escaped past her lips which quickly expanded below her and unleashed a massive vortex. Whether Satomi found a way to avoid the fire trap or not was not important. The wall of inferno acted as a means to conceal her own movements. The fire wall was made from her own chakra meaning his Sharingan was incapable of reading her movements behind such flames. This wind technique engulfed the entire arena save for the treeline perimeter. Contact with the blast would deal tremendous concussive force on impact, and further damage by strangling and ragdolling whoever was caught in the vortex.

The end result would be Satomi possible being tossed into the concrete wall as the vortex died off, and Masuyo descending from a rather high fall. Fortunately this would not be fatal, or even damaging in the least due to the durability of her body. Finding proper landing she fell on one knee, the drop being dispersed equally throughout her body. The fighting area was wiped clean.

The Stuff:

There was no deceiving the eyes of Satomi's Sharingan. Even from within the smoke cloud he was still able to sense and predict Masuyo's movements and he planned accordingly. He had hoped that his attack would throw the powerful Chuunin off guard. It cost him a decent amount of chakra as well. Masuyo had earned his respect after her constant show of force. Of course this proved that Satomi had to try his best to match her. He had one more trick up his sleeve. Somehow she was able to dodge his attack, before it reached her legs. She bent down jumped high into the air in order to avoid the many lightning thin needles. Satomi was able to predict that she would jump upwards to dodge his technique by looking at the tiniest muscle movements.

He too bent down to prepare for a jump as well. Just as Masuyo sent the rest of her fireballs to entrap him in a wall of fire. The explosions would cause any watching to be amazed by the fiery display of strength for all to see. But Satomi was not phased, he couldn't be. Not even in the face of overwhelming power. He saw one opening, before Masuyo reached the pinnacle of her jump (twenty meters), she held another seal to her face. That's when Satomi kicked off the ground with astounding speed. He raced through the air and appeared behind Masuyo, possibly to fast for her to notice. Just as a blast of wind blew away the entire area clearing all the carnage that she had caused with her previous attack.

Hoping she would be shocked to see the arena empty he would attack. Satomi mimicked how she was in the air and prepared to end their bout with this final move. Only inches away from her he reached his right hand around the neck of Masuyo. Putting her into a headlock. But it wasn't to restrain her completely. He yanked her neck backwards as he pointed his other hand higher into the sky. A bolt of lightning struck into his hands and went throughout his body until it came from his own to Masuyo's.

The electric shock would cause her quite some pain and possibly immobilize her. Then he would angle her fall to be back first as to not cripple her by falling headfirst into the ground. Satomi would then let go and let her fall into her own caltrop trap as well. And he would fall outside of the trap, landing on the ground with his feet planted on the ground. Then he would see how much damage he actually did to Masuyo. Only should have damaged her to the point of ending the bout. But he was absolutely sure she would be ready to fight again.


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Sharingan -.2 = 38.8
Shadow of the Dancing Leaf -3 (Speed B > A+) = 35.8/80
Lightning Release: Lightning Rod -5 = 30.8/80

Satomi was fast, but not fast enough to break Masuyo's line of sight. She measured his reaction to the flames and was more than prepared to deal with it. Instead of releasing her air bomb she reached for a kunai from her hip pouch holding the dagger firmly in her grasp. Turning to face the opposite direction where Satomi would appear she would intercept his attempt to snag her by her collar with the side of her arm. Lunging the kunai in her free hand she attempted to stab the man, that was, before a voice called out.

"Hold!"

One of the ANBU spectators called the match off, Masuyo immediately pushed Satomi away to give some distance before landing.

"That was plenty good, you two. Both of you passed."

With that news Masuyo bowed and left the arena to rest.