Bayushi Sojima vs Tsubaki Kaguya

Alright, you guys know the rules. Play nice.

First poster is Bayushi Sojima. (This was decided by Google's random number generator).

You begin standing on opposite sides of the arena. 50 meters behind you is the arena circular wall.
100 meters are between you and the very center of the circular arena.
And 200 meters separate the two competitors.

Remember the arena description!

Akihiro wrote:The Four Champion's Arena was built for the specific purpose of hosting the 1st Shinobi World Tournament, where competitors will fight each other to be crowned to the best shinobi in the world. It is a circular arena, the fighting stage is a a 300 meters diameter circle composed of sand, dirt, sweat and the pride of defeated opponents.  The spectators' area is composed of three levels, each one higher than the one below it. It has a capacity for tens of thousands of people. Very complex Fuuinjutsu has been applied to protect the spectator's area, with three invisible barriers of X-rank strength preventing jutsus and other attacks from harming the audience and allowing the fighters the opportunity to go all out. The barrier is circular, placed on the limits of the arena and rises up to 10,000 meters above it. Because this barrier is extremely expensive and taxing (requiring several shinobi to maintain) it is only active during the duration of the event.

Vizer, remember you're the first poster.

Good luck, and have fun!

No weapons. No scrolls. No nothing. All hands. Raijin was not living a simple life after his betrayal of Kumo. After going on dangerous missions with Honiko, he felt that he was no longer weak. But in the face of his peers he would have to prove that. In a Jounin tournament at that. There were supposedly powerful ninja here that came to fight. Honiko thought I was to strong for the Chuunin exams. I have to prove her right.. His face was covered with a mask so there weren't anyone there to readily recognize him just from sight. The ring was magnificent, worthy of a world tournament. It was outfitted to protect the the many spectators that came to watch this fight.

The two contestants were stationed quite a ways a way from each other. Raijin was only armed with his hands. He would have to try his hardest to best a Chuunin. She went by the name of Tsubaki Kaguya. He had not heard of the clan, but he was going to find out what they were about now. Raijin would start to move forward and cover the hundred meter distance to the center of the stage.


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10/40 Nature Chakra

Tsubaki ascended the bloodworks like her competition. The narrow hallway from the bloodworks led at an angle to the arena floor. Tsubaki was dressed similarly to her opponent that she did not carry tools, armor, or any standard gear a typical Shinobi might find themselves with to aid them in battle. Instead she wore a pair of blue shinobi sandals and a black haori kimono. She wore a pair of short black shorts which were naturally concealed by the haori kimono's length. A gold, red, and white sash was tied around her waist to keep everything intact, Under her kimono on her body she wore a simple mesh shirt which was cheap and easily disposable. Tsubaki herself is of short height among her clan, standing only 5'6 and weighing 140 lbs. Her skin was pale, eyes a sapphire blue, and hair a long, silky white extending to her lower back. She wore no makeup, yet her natural complexion made her remarkably beautiful.

She made it to the arena floor, Tsubaki scanning the battlefield. It was barren with nothing to work with but the dirt beneath them. No water, no fire, no vegetation. The arena appealed to make the fight as fair as possible. She smirked as she made eye contact with her opponent from across the vast space between them. She was glaring at her opponent. Such filth. I am surprised to find you participating in such a noble tournament. Tsubaki withheld the urge to utilize her bloodline. Your blood is not worthy to befoul my bones. Hands clenched she cracked her knuckles with the tension alone.

To Tsubaki's surprise there was no proctor. She assumed things were self-managed once they arrived. She did not say anything towards her opponent. She let her actions speak for herself. Lowering herself she began to sprint towards her target. Her assault caused the crowd's cheering to subside as a lot of them were focusing on the match. Those who did cheer were told to keep their volume lower so the contestants could focus. Tsubaki moved at superhuman speeds, but even with her movement it took her roughly a few seconds to clear the space between them. She went straight for close quarter combat, Tsubaki not having much else in her arsenal to play around with. Once close enough she would begin her attack. Lowering herself and slowing down within striking range she extended her right arm with a forward palm strike, fingers curled inwards. She aimed to strike the bridge under the man's nose in order to break it and cause stun and bleed. It was an open weak point that, if successfully secured, could help her succeed with a series of attacks.

The palm led her momentum, yet did not stop her. Following up from the palm strike she would raise her right knee. Whether her opponent was stricken by the palm strike or evaded it by moving his head she would use the same arm to cuff the back on his neck or hold him from his back to keep him in place while her knee was poised to run into his liver. Striking the liver would cause a similar experience to being winded, along with cramping and general pain to follow. This attack would work to bring Tsubaki's full momentum from her charge to a halt as she expelled all of her energy in that strike.

Tsubaki Things:

Bayushi was greeted with a more than worthy opponent. A Kaguya. He knew of them only by name in his studies with the Society. But as soon as he began walking towards the center, she took off. His opponent moved at abnormal speed, but it was not faster than his teachers. Raijin at least could prepare for the onslaught to come.  He stopped short, sinking into his Arhat stance.

The boy only had seconds to react. Tsubaki charged him and started the match by aiming a palm strike towards his face. He barely could see the punch as he instinctively threw both of his hands up to his face. Forming an X.

Raijin felt the blow rock his entire body. And it pushed him backwards from her strength alone. He dropped his hands back into his form as she went to attack again. However Raijin attempted a right handed palm strike of his own. Aiming to block the knee with a strong attack of his own. Throwing her off balance and her attack. Should he connect he would follow up with a strong left hand fist to the Kaguyas chest.

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Strength C>B>A (Arhat, Shatter palm)

Arhat -3 = 87/90
Shatter Palm -3 = 84/90

20/40 Nature Chakra

Her first strike proved to be effective not in the sense that it connected. but it proved as a viable distraction. Her palm strike would be met with crossed arms as her opponent covered his face from harm. His defensive stance was one that guaranteed defense but sacrificed vision. Something Tsubaki noticed and was wiling to take advantage of. As her palm struck his arm and started to glance off she moved in a half circle around Raijin to his rear at her peak speed. The man would be oblivious of her whereabouts and Tsubaki did not give him the luxury of time to find out where she went. As Raijin would lower his guard he would realize his opponent was no longer in front of his. This fraction of a second realization would be met with a heavy foot driving into the man's lower back as Tsubaki attempted to execute a spinning back kick. The force would throw him forwards with having enough strength and speed behind it to fortify the damage dealt.

In the events of success Tsubaki would pursue her attack with a few follows ups to discourage her opponent from continuing the fight. Taking a step forward to secure the bit of distance gained between them Tsubaki pivoted on the ball of her foot sending her right leg out bringing her shin whipping against the man's lower ribs in a lateral kick. Snapping her leg back at the joint she shifted her body back before twisting herself in line with her kick to deliver maximum body weight in her attack sending her shin into the side of Raijin's head. Tsubaki would drive her leg with full force completing the roundhouse and resuming a combat stance in a neutral pose in order to appraise the man's condition before resuming combat.

Tsubaki Things:

Raijin was successful in blocking the Kaguya's first attack. However she was much quicker than he could react to fully. She managed to slip around him using her speed. Tsubaki managed to position herself behind Raijin and proceed with her attack. Before he could turn around to find his opponent. He could feel a kick thrust him forward, it was strong enough to send him falling forward. Raijin used this as momentum and as he fell forward and rolled onto the ground like a barrel roll. Bruised he was still able to see witness the Chuunin continue her assault. Damn she's to fast. Raijin thought as he had no other choice but to use it.

Turning around on the ground to face Tsubaki in the kneeling position. He had no time escape or dodge the Chuunin as she brought her leg up to send a very quick blow to his head. Having just a little time to protect his face yet again, this time it would be different. His right arm turned a dark grey and become grotesque. Taking the shape of a large shield with few spikes protruding out. It moved slightly faster than the rest of his body but only quick enough to react to the outlandish speed of Tsubaki.

The shield would block and injure her foot with medium sized puncture wounds if they were to pierce her skin. Stopping her assault short, with his renewed vigor he would jump backwards to create some space between them, in order to access the situation. He skipped backwards almost three meters before lightning began to cascade around his grey arm, it turned into a fist clasping a large arrow of lightning. He arched back and threw it as hard as he could muster at the Chuunin. Aiming just under her breast, a solid hit to stop her in her tracks.

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Art of War - 3
Arhat - 3
Lightning Release: Thunderclap Arrow -5 (Moving at B speed)= 73/90

Partial Transformation
Nature Chakra 25/40

Strength C>B (Arhat)
Coordination D>C ( Tier 1)

Feeling her foot dive into the man's back was the first feeling of success she has had this fight. It was a good start considering how early they were in the competition. Her opponent tumbled across the dirt just a short distance as predicted by Tsubaki. Her calculations were based around personal experience than actual logic making her timing with her attacks so precise. Pursuing her foe she cocked her leg back and forwarded a roundhouse towards the side of the man's head, which was originally supposed to be his ribs before he took on a kneeling posture. Tsubaki followed through with her plan although her opponent planned to cover the side of his head under the hopes that a good amount of energy would still be transferred through weakening him more. This plan turned completely around when her opponent's arm began to deform by first changing a skin tone or so darker. This was followed by the surface beginning to shift and move irregularly. Tsubaki stopped her kick short before it made contact with the man's arm. The sudden grow of spikes brought a full retreat of her leg and even encouraged her to skip back just a couple meters staying close to the ground.

It was before she could open her mouth did she see the growth of electricity around the man's deformed arm. The lightning grew and condensed around his closed grip which appeared to be a javelin of sorts. His posture was a tell in itself that he intended to throw it at her. Tracking his movement to the hurl she moved her body to open up, pivoting and one foot while stepping to the side allowing the bolt to fly just a foot away from her body leaving her out of harm's way while keeping her eyes fixated on her opponent.

"What is that grotesque rot on your arm and how did it deform?" Tsubaki demanded with the look of disgust on her face. It is one thing to touch a darkie in close-quarters, but now that he is capable of this ugly growth I might have to resort to using my bones to avoid contact. Whatever that is...I hope it isn't contagious. Tsubaki watched her opponent and kept her senses on her surroundings to ensure she was not ambushed by any sneak attacks. She could not afford to lose or even be considered an equal match to her opponent.

Tsubaki Things:

Just as he had expected. The Kaguya's advanced was halted prematurely by the spikes that Bayushi had erected. She seemed to be the superior fighter here and Taijutsu was Raijin's primary and first focus. But her speed and finesse was at a high already. Tsubaki was even able to stop her attack in mid-kick. And also weave her way out of his lightning arrow he threw at her. The Missing Ninja frowned. He would have to go all out to even land a finger on her. He sighed lightly as this mode made him more beast than man. It seemed that he would have to lose his mind, in order to win this fight.

He could hear Tsubaki exclaim about the transformation of his arm. He ignored her with a focus look. There was no one who could understand the complicated nature behind the Cursed Ones. Those same hateful eyes were the reason why Raijin left this godforsaken land anyways. That same look. He thought as the rage began to take over him. The change to his arm started to glow and orange red color and it grew larger. The entire change seeped into the rest of his body.

Changes formed that would warrant a second glance as one could not believe their eyes. His arms and hands became armored and scaled with the dark grayish color, and the knuckles grew sharp mini spikes on the edge, giving his hand to hand some punishment. The entire transformation was one of his most feared one. Even his face began to take on a look that he modeled after Balerion. The face of a dragon. Eyes became slit and yellow and horns grew on top of his forehead. His only way to put up a fight against the Kaguya. The change only took a few seconds before he was back on track against his opponent.

There was strength in his legs, he felt lighter. He used this renewed power to dash forward and covered the short distance between himself and Tsubaki very quickly. It was straightforward attack though it was designed that way as he could barely keep up with his own speed. He was now as fast she was, moving at incredible speeds.

He came within range of her and arched his right hand back to send a devastating punch to her stomach, though he expected her to dodge that. A set up punch as he followed up with a left-handed downwards punch however there was jet booster at the end of his elbow that activated his Piston attack, increasing the speed and power of his punch. This aim to strike her shoulder to the ground. Banking if he were to miss, he would strike the ground and send a shockwave that blow the Kaguya back. Sending her flying backwards at least from the explosion alone. It would rock the entire arena and destroy the immediate area they were in far and wide for about twenty meters.

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Arhat -3 = 76/90

Second State Transformation
Piston fist -3 = Nature Chakra 22/40

Strength C>B>A>S (Tier 1, Arhat, Piston Fist)
Speed C>B ( Tier 2)

Tsubaki observed in disgust as the man glared at her instead of responding, the slight changes taking over his body as the mutation grew and festered over his body. Tsubaki aptly prepared by being inclined to use her clan's ability. It would appear that due to the shape transformation it was no longer a battle she could win with unarmed strikes alone. It was risky knowing the nature of the man's ability. He has proven to grow protrusions out his body much like a Kaguya does with their bone. His technique was no bone, however, making an injury from it unknown. For all Tsubaki knew she could get infected if cut. Her body worked to produce two implements to use as weapons. From the top of her left shoulder she sprouted a bone breaking out of her skin. Despite this there was no sign of pain on her face. Bringing her right arm over she grabbed the handle and pulled a short sword from her body. The bone's edge was honed to peak performance being practically the sharpest cutting implement one could create.

With her off-hand she reach to the back of her neck and performed a similar technique, however instead of a blade she retrieved her entire spine in its gore and glory. Cracking the whip in the air it shocked off the remaining blood clinging to the implement. Bayushi, who would finish his transformation, would begin his frontal assault and noticeably having a performance improvement as his speed was on par with her own giving less luxury time to respond. His increased movement speed, however, was not paired with improved overall performance. Tsubaki readied herself allowing her opponent to come into close quarters. There was really no other fighting range she had to play with. It was quite fortunate she was paired with a close quarters opponent.

Her opponent stopped short of his charge and executed a straight punch to her abdomen. It was a linear attack and lacked execution. Tsubaki would step to the outside of his right arm with adept footwork whilst performing an upwards stroke with her sword-wielding arm from her side. The speed and power would undoubtedly lead to his hand to be severed from the rest of arm at the wrist slicing through the bone and flesh with the speed of the attack and quality of her sword being the main threats of the encounter. Tsubaki's body would pivot and face Bayushi during the execution of the sword stroke raising her left arm into the air preparing her whip-striking hand. For some reason if her attack ended up superficial or was avoided she would follow up with a lock-on downwards stroke while kicking back on her feet.

The spine would articulate naturally as it would be brought down with unrelenting speed. From analysis alone the spine would appear too short to strike Bayushi at the range she was attempting, yet miraculously extended beyond normal limits lashing the side of her opponent's face with the tail bone which acted as a sharpened, honed bone dagger. The tailbone would strike down Bayushi's face slicing his skin and even cutting into the bone. His eye would fall victim to this whip razor slicing the right eye on contact leaving it unusable.

Following through with her footwork she would space approximately thirty or so meters from Bayushi before the shockwave, if he did follow through with his intended attack. The impact would be mind-boggling if set off as the young Kaguya would be awakened to the physical strength the man withheld and how wise it would be for her to avoid direct contact. The earthquake would cause a nova from high impact alone causing the earth to upturn with some of the worst damage being around the epicenter. Tsubaki would feel the force pass through her body it would vibrate before the earth she stood on cracked and shifted. She could feel the movement beneath her change allowing her to balance on her feet without having to visually observe what was going on beneath her allowing her to keep locked eyes on Bayushi.

Tsubaki Things:

The fight was about to get intense as Raijin turned into his second state. He had charged forward with a plan in mind. And just as he had expected, happened. He led his attack a with a feinted right punch, and Tsubaki bit the bait. She was many times more precise and quick with her movements. He needed a way to catch her unawares. But her eyes were everywhere, and there was no where for Raijin to plot and hide.

He was able to see that she pulled some type of weapons from her own body. An interesting ability that must be home to her clan. Her body to was its own weapon just like his own. What manner of bloodline could he possibly be facing.

Tsubaki expertly stepped away from his lackluster punch and used her bone sword to swipe upwards to sever his somewhat outstretched arm. Raijin instantly acted, making his right arm into an axe using the power of his clan. It formed at the bottom of his arm and formed to his hand. Her sword would connect with his axe arm, and using his own strength would push down hard. He angled his blade at an angle so that he could deflect intercept her own attack with her bone sword hand. Cutting off her momentum and throwing her off balanced with his forced block.

The Kaguya tried to step backwards to prepare some space for her to actually use the whip. But Bayushi allowed no space between them as Raijin kept his forward push by kicking off the ground and following her backwards. He was still just as fast as she was now. His left arm continued its motion along with the jet booster on the back of his elbow.

Increasing his strength greatly. Raijin would let his downwards left hook fly that would connect to the Kaguya's shoulder and knock her into the ground. Which would cause a catastrophic explosion and destroy the very terrain they were on. An effect that would cover the next thirty meters with debris. If connected Raijin would jump back a few meters to survey his next move.

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Arhat -3 = 76/90

Second State Transformation
Piston fist -3
Destroying Axe Fist -3 = 19/40 Nature chakra

Strength C>B>A>S (Tier 1, Arhat, Piston Fist)
Speed C>B ( Tier 2)

In the smallest of circumstances Tsubaki was surprised by the man's response time as her deft movement was met by further deformation. Tsubaki was more than capable of responding to this given the time her opponent chose to activate it so he could make it in time. But instead she chose the moment to retort with a counter attack of her own as her opponent was once again distract by her movement. As fast as she moved Tsubaki brought her whip hand down to lash the face of her opponent to attempt slashing him from his forehead and down his right eye in a vertical slash using the tailbone of the spine whip as the point of percussion.

During the whipping attempt she countered Bayushi's attempt to overpower her sword striking arm. Although she did overpower her greatly with his physical strength she was simply too fast to be overtaken by the influence of his attack. A simple twirl of her wrist would bring her sword around to the side of his arm opposite of the ax-formed side. The head of her sword would hack into his wrist making a cut deep enough to cleave through some wrist bone and flesh, but not enough to severe his hand like she had initially anticipated. Undoubtedly this would also cut the cephalic vein leading to profuse bleeding. Both attacks would follow through simultaneously in attempt to overload her opponent's perception.

Tsubaki effortlessly worked around her opponent's attempts to land a physical attack on her. He was physically strong for sure, but strength with no speed was like wasted fuel. In the events he managed to follow through with his overhand left to her shoulder Tsubaki would work around his attack stepping to the outside of his left arm to avoid the strike and passing her blade across his ulnar nerve slicing the triceps and part of the bicep in a fell swoop of the blade. Her whip hand was passive as her whip was controlled with her left hand keeping it out of the way of her movement when she did move, but keeping it on the ground for her benefit.

Tsubaki Things:

(Iz a lil hard trying to reply to the minute attacks)

The ability of his opponent was far stronger than he had anticipated. Using his own gifts to to even keep up with the Kaguya was a clear indication of strength. This was why the Dragon Sage wanted him to first partake in the Jounin exams instead of the Chuunin exams. He felt he would have been lifted to the top against fellow Genin. But Honiko doubted easy victories and pitted him against true foes from all over the world. It seemed this one was the one to bring him back to the reality of things. His attempt to throw her off her game was met with a flurry of attacks. Upon deflecting her bone blade she attempted to swing the blade to the backside of his hand. But the force of his attack was angled specifically to disarm or throw her off balance so that his right arm moved out of the way of her second attempt. This was her first initial attack.

Though his attack was now interrupted as the bone whip tried to rake across his face. He barely was able to see it before it cut the right side of his face. Injuring his eye along with it as a line from his forehead to his cheekbone was cut open. Such speed!. But it was to late to change directory as he was not skilled enough for that quite yet. His attack would be unsuccessful, as the Kaguya moved herself out the way. The she used her blade to cut into his left arm as he missed her completely. However his punch still moved on and connected to the ground.

Causing a massive rupture into the that would send the Kaguya flying backwards at least ten meters. She was still close by and the radius of his punch would destroy the very landscape they were on. Uplifting the earth from the ground and completely blowing away the arena floor. Sending large debris flying towards Tsubaki, however a Kaguya was more than prepared for a beating.

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Arhat -3 = 76/90

Piston fist -3
Destroying Axe Fist -3 = 19/40 Nature chakra

Strength C>B>A>S (Tier 1, Arhat, Piston Fist)
Speed C>B ( Tier 2)

Tsubaki eventually got her opponent to cave into her barrage of attacks as one part of his face was split open from the wig down to the chin. This successful attack would undoubtedly rattle the man's nerves and allow her to evade his attack with more ease on top of her passing slice to his other arm successfully slicing through the nerve and into the muscle down to his bone. Each attack worked to bring him down as the wound began to set in. Despite this the absolute mad lad followed through with his missed attack to drive his fist into the earth beneath him. Surely Tsubaki was wise to evade his attacks at all cost seeing how much destructive potential he had. He had incredible strength, and if backed by sufficient speed would have caused even greater impact, but unfortunately that was not the case. With the ground rupturing beneath her feet she would find herself in a partial retreat skipping between plates of earth while maintaining balance.

The man's impressive display of strength was punished by a weak fortitude. His hand and wrist would suffer the most damage upon impact by shattering against the hard earth. The energy would travel up his arm causing splinters at the forearm and upper arm as well as severe damage to his tendons as they struggled to keep his arm intact and not dismembering on impact. Fortunately the lack of velocity behind the punch prevented this, but alas his arm did suffer tremendous damage.

Having stopped at ten meters she took a knee still holding the whip and bone sword in either hand watching the broken man unfold. He was dripping blood and had sacrificed himself for minimal gain. "You'll never hit me with how slow you are. I will continue to chop your filthy body into pieces so you fertilize this arena, Meatsack." Tsubaki had no qualms against going after her opponent with lethal force. He was already seen as subhuman to her. The deformity granted by his clan gave her less reason to believe there was actually a respectable human within.

The impact of his punch had less effect than he had hoped. It was a tremendous shockwave that rocked the entire arena and left a large crater in its wake. However within a span of a few seconds, the Kaguya had completely dismantled the Missing Ninja. His right eye was cut from the impervious tail whip. And the bone sword had cut into his other arm. He had been effectively disarmed to say the least. Outclassed in almost every way Raijin knew this battle would eventually end in his death. The might of the Kaguya was to be feared rightly.


Both of his arms lay limp to his side, injured greatly and his pain tolerance was nothing compare to sharpness of Kaguya bones. His face was bloody, seeping down the side of his face. Bayushi's skin began to turn to normal as he deactivated his Sage transformation on himself. He heard the jab of the woman Kaguya. And she was absolutely right. He was not fast enough to compete with her skill with Taijutsu. And those bones were deadly to the touch. The blood running down his face and arm was testament to that. There was only one thing he could do, "I surrender."

Raijin would signal his surrender. Indicating the end of the match. Then he would turn around to leave the arena.

[Exit]