Ken vrs Nozo[Nozo] Battle of Cali continuation

Ken smiled as he saw her approach, she was strong he could feel her power, and he was quite sure he could not win, even if he inflicted a wound on her he was sure she would heal. Still, he had some pride so he wasn't going to just lay down for her, no he was devising a plan, her use of chakra and her reserves were far superior to his own so he had one plan that could work. The question would be could he get it off before she could stop him, only time would tell but he had to try. Then he remembered his plan likely would not work causing him to grin at her, well he had very little choice but to go ham.

"I guess this will not be a fun fight for me, but if I do win I will make sure I take you in front of everyone here, I am sure you have a wonderful taste, and to ravage you here would be a dream."

Of course, he was just doing this to provoke her as he was preparing himself for a world of hurt, he had to use his armor for sure to withstand her assaults but also it could be a hindrance so maybe chakra enhanced strength would be wiser. He would pull his sword and smile at the girl as his body would be surrounded in his armor. He still had no idea how he could win but he had another plan draw her in for hand to hand combat then use a mixture of jutsu to really make his tentacles hurt.

Ken would use a single handseal suddenly moving at rapid speeds as he used a combination of jutsu with his sword moving at incredibly fast speeds. His black armor and the name walking death became clear because of his strength cleaving a man in half was no joke and entirely possible. Of course, he wasn't expecting it to actually hit her but if it did bonus, no the blow was aiming down as his clear target was the seal or damaging the area around the seal.

Stats and Jutsu:

Her clones continued gathering nature chakra, undisturbed for the time being. They were on the other side of the water barrier that Nozomi had made, near the edge of the floating island. Ken could easily see them, but the interesting thing was it showed that Nozomi wasn't fighting with her full chakra sources. Most people would assume that she was simply that arrogant, not needing her full chakra. Without knowledge of Senjutsu and Sage Chakra, nobody would know that they were actually gathering Nature energy.

Nozomi wasn't one for provocation, but Ken was starting to annoy her with his prompts. It wasn't just what he was saying, she couldn't care less about it. It was that he kept talking, rather than backing up his words. Talking wasn't a necessity in combat. He was cocky if he thought there was even a slim chance he'd be the victor in their match. Withdrawing her tanto, Nozomi took up her stance, the classic Arhat Fist. The blade of the Tanto was as black as her Kimono, but was made with Ebony rather than the Midnight Ore infused gear. A solid weapon, it would still hold up against Ken's blade for the time being.

"You talk too much. Shut up and fight."

Ken rushed forward, and swung his blade down at her, and Nozomi responded by using a similarly one handed swing upward into the blade with her own. Their two forces cancelled out momentarily, but Nozomi's was slightly superior, and his began to shift back up into the air as she continued pushing, the clash releasing a shockwave that emanated from their blades but didn't impact the ground around them. The seal remained undamaged.

Nozomi didn't care to use her full power against Ken. There were further things she could do, greater speed feats, clones, Kata, Jinchuuriki powers. None of it wasn't necessary. Ken was heavily boosting himself with steel armor and an exo skeleton of metal, but it meant nothing to the Jinchuuriki. Her strength was massive, and while he could protect himself a little bit by using the armor, taking hits from her would still be quite damaging to his body. She had many avenues available to her, use Katon, use Raiton, simply drown him with water, but she'd settle this with just raw strength.

As Nozomi's tanto and the massive blade clashed, Nozomi lunged forward, her free hand going in for an uppercut to Ken's jaw, her speed still massive. Whether it connected or missed, Nozomi would launch a kick towards his abdomen to send him flying backward. Ken's raw strength was notable, comparable to hers. His speed was also quite impressive when he moved towards her. The underlying problem was, Nozomi was a beast of power, speed, perception, as well as a physical tank. When it came to pure physicality, she was unmatched. And Ken's perception would likely be unable to keep up with any of the speeds she was exhibiting.

Even through the armor, her hits would be fully solid, still surpassing his body's pain tolerance threshold. It wasn't really a challenge for her, but there was some satisfaction in seeing the fruits of her labor pay off. She hadn't really fought anyone since Shimiko. Even at Kiri, the fighting spirit wasn't there, and he'd been too cowardly to fight her in open conflict. Against most people, she'd drop them in a few strikes, so if his armor kept him up, then it would just let her beat him down a little longer.

Nozomi simply stood where she had been, waiting for him to come at her again. A frontal assault against her would never work. She was willing to give him 3 attempts before she really began to let loose, but his first was a failure.

"Pathetic. I said fight."

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Nozomi Stamina:
64.16666/290 ---- Natural Chakra: 112.5/130
-5 Sage Art: WHC upkeep(-2.5 normal Stamina, -2.5 natural Chakra) [Suiton affinity]
-5 Natural Chakra Sage Mode Upkeep
-1 Arhat Fist [Tai reduction]
60.66666/290 ---- Natural Chakra: 105/130

Clone 1: 96.66666 ---- Natural Chakra: 30/130
Clone 2: 96.66666 ---- Natural Chakra: 30/130

Nozomi Stats:
Strength: A -> S [Sage Mode] -> S++ [Arhat]
Constitution: B -> A [BLS UA] -> S [Sage Mode]
Stamina: A+
Speed: A -> S [Sage Mode]
Coordination: A -> S [Sage Mode]
Intelligence: D
Perception: A -> S [Sage Mode]

Ooc: Connecting. Its been a week.

As Nozomi had expected, Ken was unable to keep up with her speeds in the slightest. It was a disappointment really, the person who had done so much to the land of Demons, who talked so much shit, hyped himself up so much, he wasn't anywhere near her league in any capacity but in strength, and even there he was lacking. The hits connected, two massively solid ones. The upper jaw hit was sure to stun him, the kick to his midsection sending him flying backwards.

Even through his armor, he'd feel them, mitigated down to B++ power, but the force exerted on his body was still at her massive level, so it easily sent him flying to the other end of the barrier, colliding with her water wall which held him in place, the water wrapping around his arms and legs. Nozomi's patience was lost as the place was rocked by the destruction of two barriers, and she knew that she had to do everything herself if she expected anything to get done.

To hell with Ken. Nozomi activated her Kata, surrounding herself in a faint ethereal flame glow, her hair spiking up into blue flames. Her body lost what little color there was, turning almost completely white, her eyes gaining a dark black pigmentation around them, filling into the scales that formed on her face, trailing out, and several scaled appeared that had formed on her body. A single horn grew from her forehead. The change was almost instant, and Nozomi's reaction as quick.

Launching herself forward, she covered the ground in what was even faster than she had blitzed Ken with before. With his level of perception, there would be no keeping up with her. One moment she would be where she had stood, the next she would be in front of him, a Tanto created from her Kimono. The special ability of the Midnight Ore was that it weakened the bonds of whatever item it was interacting with. What this meant for Ken was that his steel was weakened, and with her strength, it would slice through the Steel backed by her monstrous strength. She laid into him with a barrage of attacks, the 3 ethereal snakes that he couldn't see pummelling him additionally, not that he'd be able to see any of her attacks anyhow, given her speed.

Of course, this was as he was held by the power of Nozomi's Sage Enhanced Water-Heavens Convergence. She slid the blade of the Tanto made from the Midnight Ore across Ken's face, her strength and the weapon's ability itself combining to cut through Ken's Impervious Armor like it was butter. The resulting gash would slice through his eyes, blinding him, leaving a wound that would bleed. A second stroke back to slice through his neck, opening up a wound there, finalized with a kick, three simultaneous strikes from her invisible Kata snakes, and a shove assisted by the Water Heaven's Convergence, whipping him through the air and off the side of the Island.

She'd wanted to enjoy the pummeling a little more, but evidently she couldn't, so she left him for dead. The gashing of the eyes had just been an added measure. She wasn't sure if his steel could cover the neck wound and stop it from bleeding, or if he'd survive the impact of the fall, so she'd gashed out his eyes to keep him out in case he somehow managed to survive, and to satisfy herself for him daring to eye her up as a piece of eye candy.

With Ken removed from play, Nozomi dropped her hold on the Sage Art Water Heaven's Convergence, letting the water fade away. She popped one of the clones that was still gathering chakra, restoring to herself the Nature chakra it had gathered, and went to go intercept whoever was on their way here. In this instance, it was Toonami. Nozomi didn't really care about her either, but she'd given them the option to retreat.

[Attempted Exit to Kariforunia Love] (Obviously the eye damage and neck slash you can take as you want. If you decide you don't want the eye slash permanently affecting him, it can be shallow enough that they'd heal, the neck slash you could likely just say was covered back up with steel to keep him from bleeding out if you don't want him dead, and he'll obviously survive the fall in that case as well)
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Nozomi Stamina:
60.66666/290 ---- Natural Chakra: 105/130
-5 Sage Art: WHC upkeep(-2.5 normal Stamina, -2.5 natural Chakra) [Suiton affinity]
-5 Natural Chakra Sage Mode Upkeep
-5 Natural Chakra Kata usage
-1 Arhat Fist [Tai reduction]
+96.66666 stamina, +40 Natural Chakra from Clone 1
153.83332/290 ---- Natural Chakra: 130/130

Used 1 charge from the Kimono.

Clone 1: 96.66666 ---- Natural Chakra: 40/130 (Popped and returned)
Clone 2: 96.66666 ---- Natural Chakra: 40/130

Nozomi Stats:
Strength: A -> S [Sage Mode] -> S++ [Arhat]
Constitution: B -> A [BLS UA] -> S [Sage Mode]
Stamina: A+
Speed: A -> S [Sage Mode] -> S++ [Kata]
Coordination: A -> S [Sage Mode] -> S++ [Kata]
Intelligence: D
Perception: A -> S [Sage Mode]

Ken was shocked, he knew she was strong but she was out of his league in every way, as she brutally assaulted him and destroyed him in an instant. He was unsure what was hitting him but he was suffering damage to something invisible, he would simply smile as he got destroyed, so this was how he would meet his end. At least he did what he promised and will die by Nozomi's hands, if anything his death will give hope to the world and it will set his daughter free.

He would feel a slash across his eyes as his vision would seem to be gone before he would feel the cold slice across his neck, yeah it was that time it appeared he was dead. He could still breath for now but he could tell he was dying as he would cough blood and gasp for air he had to at least give her one last message.

"Bitch... remember your promise to me... save Kaida from those religious nutjobs...I guess my time on this planet is over...You will bring a great happiness to the world... in my death. I deserve it.... but make sure you save her..."

He would slowly close his eyes as his armor would deactivate, it was clear what happened he was dead, Toonami would easily see he had just died. He had reached his hand out in her direction right before he died but alas she would have Ken no more, the man was dead and with his death would likely spark a great change in the world.

OOC Ken has died, the great evil in the world is no longer.

EXP: 20x2=40