[Senju Kazuto]

He flew, flung as his attacked had missed the mark and the silver haired woman, his momentum taking away from and used against him. As the world became a blur around him and up and down were interchanged. Muscle memory kicked in as he brought his knees to his chest and made himself into a ball, feeling the impact against his back as his armor cushioned him and he rolled, a hand extended and the long claws of bark scratched against surface of the branch, splinters of wood flying as he came to an abrupt halt, hanging his 'nails' from the shadowlands of the forest. He looked at the woman, at both of them as he saw another Saya and wasn't quite sure if he was exchanging blows with a clone all this time. It didn't matter. He would release a huff of air as he would pull himself unto the top of the branch one more, his sigh changing between both woman, in a sense trapped and surrounded for she outnumbered him, as well as could have more clones outside, in fact she could have another gaggle around just to wait for him to make another move. He didn't quite like those odds, specially against someone as dangerous, but when there was a will there was a way and if he needed to fight close quarters against Saya he would do so, specially if what he wanted was to win. He saw her, one them, blade drawn and ready to hack away the armor that covered him. Kazuto stood his grown, chakra trailing to his feet as the rest of his body burned with the energy of renewal that kept the bark and vines over his body still alive in a manner of speaking. His anticipated her sudden charge, he knew he would watch him, to see that he hadn't weave hand sign but he remained stationary. He wanted that, for her attack. "What are you waiting for? An invitation?" He goaded her to strike first.

-tag- Saru Saya -words- 347 -notes- --- -music- ---

MADE BY VEL OF GS

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Jutsu Used:

NAME: Mokuton: Mori no Yoroi [Wood Release: Forest Armor]
RANK: A
CHAKRA USAGE: High [Medium to Maintain]
CLASSIFICATION: Ninjutsu
ELEMENT: Mokuton
HANDSEALS: 16
DESCRIPTION:
After molding the chakra properly and by using their cells as a medium, the user is able create armor in the form of bark over their vital parts body as well as vines to protect the joints granting an almost undiminished mobility and speed to the user. The wooden plates are highly durable, being comparable to the strongest alloys, whilst the vine skin provides adequate protection without hindering the mobility of the user too much, combined these two act to lessen the trauma on the user. It is important to note that it is more susceptible to fire-release techniques. The vines themselves provide not only act as a layer of protection but give a slight boost of strength to the user, allowing for their strikes to hit harder as long as chakra is being fed into the armor. In addition the armor can manifest thorns on the gauntlets and grieves for extra damage. The armor will repair slowly repair damage as long as the user maintains the technique active and has any chakra left.


NAME: Fūton: Kaze Sanpo [Wind Release: Wind Walk]
RANK: D
CHAKRA USAGE: Low
CLASSIFICATION: Ninjutsu
ELEMENT: Fūton
DESCRIPTION:
This technique allows the user to create a wind like base under their feet, reducing friction and enhancing the user's speed. The user doesn't seem to be levitating unless under close inspection which they seem to be about 1.5 - 2cm off the ground. Apart from enhancing speed, this technique gives the user the ability to walk on water and evade projectile attacks with ease.

1 Jutsu Prepared

[Saru Saya]

The clone backs up a few steps as Saya is trying to debranch Kazuto, her stance becoming more relaxed. Saya also steps back after her attack, stabilizing her stance on the huge limb they’d been fighting on. She gives her staff a quick twirl while her opponent is regaining his footing, flipping it quickly end over and and passing it from hand to hand. She flips it around her back over a shoulder, and spins herself in a little circle as she gets used to holding the big hunk of wood again.

"You having fun over there?” Asks the clone with a smirk as she watches, and gives the two their space. Apparently she had no intention of taking advantage of her superior numbers, but that shouldn’t be a surprise coming from Saya. She liked to fight fair for some strange reason.

Saya ignores the clone and focuses on Kazuto. "Have it your way..”

In she comes in the next breath, a pair of steps closing the distance between them and accompany a quick jab of her staff. The long stick flashes in quick arcs, intimidatingly fast arcs cut through the air as she flips the stick about between her hands. Each end in turn comes in with quick jabs towards his torso, or quick bashing arcs from the side. It’s a fast weapon, and in her hands it’s even faster, threatening to deliver countless quick jabs in a fluid and overbearing assault that seems to have no end.

She’d give the man little quarter, putting his defensive skills to a real test for the first time today. With her staff she is confident, more than pleased to truly go all out and attempt to hurt the man, because she’s pretty convinced she won’t kill him with it. Still, she avoids going for any strikes to his head, as that would be uncalled for.

The clone continues to back away, eventually jumping up to relocate to a branch higher above them. She hangs upside down from the bottom of it, feet planted there so she has a good view of the fight. As she does she keeps her katana in hand, just in case she needs to defend herself.

[Senju Kazuto]

The real Saya would step in and the Senju stood, hands forming into fists and raising them as he took a defensive stance taking step after step back to gain some distance from the dancing quarterstaff in her hands. In the hands of anyone it was a dangerous weapon but in the hands of Saya it seemed to have a life of its own, looking fluid rather than a solid construct, a snake made from whatever wood she or the manufacturer had fashioned it off. It took him some time to adjust to the unrelenting assault, hearing the tapes against the wooden armor that he wore, cursing himself as if it had been a real weapon then he would've probably felt the its bite on his flesh. He compensated, footwork coming into work, slight leaning to left, right, forward and back coming and when the quarterstaff would found its mark before it would not grace the air. He kept like that, mindful of the fact that there was a clone watching both of them. He backs, feeling his wall against the back and at the incoming swing of a the staff he would duck out of the way, the staff would strike against the moss covered bark of the tree, the Senju would pivot on one foot, away from the swing of the pole, giving him some room to breath and think. She had attacked everywhere, joints, his footing, midsection all save for his head. That perplexed him, after all he was rather protected from the blows to his head, the armor covering almost every inch of his body. Behind the plates that covered his face he would raise an eyebrow. "Are you taking this seriously? Why aren't you trying to strike for my head? Why isn't the clone attacking?" He asked, indignity tinging his tone more than he intended, he had wanted a challenge and if that meant both Saya's attacking him then so be it.

-tag- Saru Saya -words- 337 -notes- --- -music- ---

MADE BY VEL OF GS

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Jutsu Used:

NAME: Kuikkurōtēshon [Quick Rotation]
RANK: D
CHAKRA USAGE: Very Low
CLASSIFICATION: Taijutsu
ELEMENT: -
HANDSEALS: 0
DESCRIPTION:
Utilizing chakra in the feet, ankles and legs specifically. It is a small amount of energy, but used precisely on reflexes and timing. This technique is gauged this way. When timed, the user can twist themselves abruptly out of the way of an attack. Like a speedy side-step, but a rotation of one's body to the side. A spin-move. This is only attacks in an immediate vicinity(three meters) anything else is too big an attack. Usually Taijutsu, but sometimes this technique is effective against close-range ninjutsu.


NAME: Mokuton: Mori no Yoroi [Wood Release: Forest Armor]
RANK: A
CHAKRA USAGE: High [Medium to Maintain]
CLASSIFICATION: Ninjutsu
ELEMENT: Mokuton
HANDSEALS: 16
DESCRIPTION:
After molding the chakra properly and by using their cells as a medium, the user is able create armor in the form of bark over their vital parts body as well as vines to protect the joints granting an almost undiminished mobility and speed to the user. The wooden plates are highly durable, being comparable to the strongest alloys, whilst the vine skin provides adequate protection without hindering the mobility of the user too much, combined these two act to lessen the trauma on the user. It is important to note that it is more susceptible to fire-release techniques. The vines themselves provide not only act as a layer of protection but give a slight boost of strength to the user, allowing for their strikes to hit harder as long as chakra is being fed into the armor. In addition the armor can manifest thorns on the gauntlets and grieves for extra damage. The armor will repair slowly repair damage as long as the user maintains the technique active and has any chakra left.

[Saru Saya]

Saya steps back once her flurry has completed and the Senju turns out of her melee range. She gives him a little smirk as he speaks, seeming as relaxed as ever. Above them the clone continues to watch the pair. She shakes her head a little at his words.

"The head is a poor target. It is small and protected by some of the most solid bones in our bodies. You’re more likely to break a hand punching someone in the head than you are actually doing more than momentarily dazing them and dealing no real damage. While a staff does deliver more damage, it’s still a hard target to hit. The risk versus the reward just don’t pan out. It’s a good target of opportunity, but overall you’re better off targeting less protected and easier to strike portions of the body.”

She points at Kazuto. "So you target the body. The trunk. The ribs are far easier to crack than the skull, and while the skull does contain a vital organ, the ribs are protecting many more vital spots. A broken rib will ruin your night just as fast as a cracked skull.” She points a little lower. "Even a good shot to the stomach is likely to ruin your ability to fight and it’s one of the easiest to hit and least protected areas of our bodies. Then you get to harder to hit but more meaningful targets. The knees and elbows are better targets than the head, a solid strike will flat out end most fights if you break someone’s leg, and leave them fleeing if you break an arm.”

"And yes, I am taking this seriously. I’m also winning. While you get some points for dispatching Sunamaru, you’ve yet land a meaningful strike on me, and I even successfully defended my clone against your sneak attack. If you think I’m not taking this seriously enough, then give me a reason to do so. From my point of view, though, I’ve got you on the defensive mister wood armor.”

She slides a foot back and levels her staff at Kazuto again. Perhaps he thought she would give him time to respond, but such was not the case. With little warning and little time after settling into her stance, she once again races forward, thrusting her staff towards his stomach. She draws it back and flips it over, twisting about as it cuts a wide arc towards his side. Again she would lay into the man with a fluid and relentless assault just as she just had. She takes full advantage of her superior speed, striking out at his armored form over and over. True to her words she is working his sides hard, targeting ribs and the sensitive organs beneath.

[Senju Kazuto]

Kazuto listened to her, the words she spoke telling much about her experience and expertise in combat. As she pointed and explained, it spoke about fighting to him. He imagined that for a master of sword, the halberd, the quarter staff a fight was akin to a demolition. Sure she could go for the head, but she would have little result, as he understood it, to better take down and enemy she would to do so to target all the areas that could hamper them. It was genius and it also revealed something else. It was true, she was winning, he felt the exertion after all the planning and the taking out of her summon and he had not laid a finger on her shoulder, he had tangled with the clone but little else. Before having time to think, Saya would resume her barrage, the quarter staff finding to ding off the armored right shoulder and the sides, baginging against the wooden armor in the same way as before, all before his previous battle focus and reflexes etched unto muscle would return to him. He assumed the lose stance of before, dodging and ducking as the staff would continue to have a life of its own, he kept tactically retreating, keeping himself away, trying to gain some space as he barely seemed to dodge wondering if she had upped the speed from before. He would keep focused, as his body through a combination of footwork, well rehearsed movements and last minute corrections, as he tried to find a form pattern, a gap within her attacks that he could use, but he felt like it would be just easier to jump head first through a field of razor wires. But then he would see it, the moment that she aimed for his midsection, and he took the chance, ducking at the preceding series swings before jumping towards that particular strike, allowing the quarter staff strike at the armor he wore, splinters flying as the strike before he would go prone, keeping the staff pinned with his arm before he would reach for the hand that held the staff and aimed to pull her towards himself, raising the opposite shoulder to she would collide against the armor and the momentum he had created.

-tag- Saru Saya -words- 391 -notes- --- -music- ---

MADE BY VEL OF GS

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Jutsu Used:

NAME: Kuikkurōtēshon [Quick Rotation]
RANK: D
CHAKRA USAGE: Very Low
CLASSIFICATION: Taijutsu
ELEMENT: -
HANDSEALS: 0
DESCRIPTION:
Utilizing chakra in the feet, ankles and legs specifically. It is a small amount of energy, but used precisely on reflexes and timing. This technique is gauged this way. When timed, the user can twist themselves abruptly out of the way of an attack. Like a speedy side-step, but a rotation of one's body to the side. A spin-move. This is only attacks in an immediate vicinity(three meters) anything else is too big an attack. Usually Taijutsu, but sometimes this technique is effective against close-range ninjutsu.


NAME: Mokuton: Mori no Yoroi [Wood Release: Forest Armor]
RANK: A
CHAKRA USAGE: High [Medium to Maintain]
CLASSIFICATION: Ninjutsu
ELEMENT: Mokuton
HANDSEALS: 16
DESCRIPTION:
After molding the chakra properly and by using their cells as a medium, the user is able create armor in the form of bark over their vital parts body as well as vines to protect the joints granting an almost undiminished mobility and speed to the user. The wooden plates are highly durable, being comparable to the strongest alloys, whilst the vine skin provides adequate protection without hindering the mobility of the user too much, combined these two act to lessen the trauma on the user. It is important to note that it is more susceptible to fire-release techniques. The vines themselves provide not only act as a layer of protection but give a slight boost of strength to the user, allowing for their strikes to hit harder as long as chakra is being fed into the armor. In addition the armor can manifest thorns on the gauntlets and grieves for extra damage. The armor will repair slowly repair damage as long as the user maintains the technique active and has any chakra left.


NAME: Keimou Kata Ouda [Enlightened Shoulder Strike]
RANK: C
CHAKRA USAGE: Low
CLASSIFICATION: Taijutsu
ELEMENT: None
DESCRIPTION:
The user will lower their body to the ground and step towards their opponent before suddenly rising up. Using their shoulder at first and then following up with their upper arm, the user strikes the opponent with their body in an upwards fashion in order to launch them up into the air. The user utilizes the power of their lower body connected to the earth and brings this kinetic energy upwards into a single point, which can allow a basic practitioner of this style the ability to launch a boulder a dozen feet into the air, let alone a human person a few times higher.

[Saru Saya]

Saya continues with her relentless assault, dealing no damage but certainly annoying the man. No one liked being poked repeatedly, so she knew it’d only be a matter of time before he snapped.

She releases her staff easily as Kazuto captures it, never one to worry about being unarmed. Her hand being taken, however, was more annoying. Not so much a bother though, as he pulls her forward, she goes with that motion. She twists and aims for his shoulder, pushing with her legs as she meets her shoulder to his.

She wasn’t ramming, though. No, her angle is more sidelong, a glance off his shoulder and her entire body follows through. Her hand remains held, sure, but her feet kick up into the air as she rolls past Kazuto’s shoulder and across his back. The impact was surprising, leaving her shoulder sore and getting something of a surprised groan from her, but she still continues on with her momentum, her weight threatening to continue pulling Kazuto’s arm over his own back..

Her momentum helps, reducing the force of her own impact, and avoiding the any fists that might have followed it. She’s up and over him quickly, gnashing her teeth a little as her feet set back down on the branch on the other side of Kazuto. Whether he was still holding her hand or not, her free hand quickly draws her short sword, the wakizashi on her hip rarely used but for times like this. Blade still pointing it at the ground she slashes it at either Kazuto’s arm if he didn’t let her go, or his chest if he did.

It’s a quick cut, hopefully enough to give her some space to step into something of a defensive position with her wakizashi out in front of her to ward the Senju off. If given a moment of peace she’d roll her shoulder some, working out the pain lingering there.

"Rude. Taking my weapons. I’m gonna have to switch to my bokken or you might end up getting hurt.”

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SA: Uncanny Evasion, Cat-like Reflexes

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[Senju Kazuto]

Progress was made, contact was reached, and while it wasn't as solid as he would've hoped at the very least she would not appear to be as untouchable as it seemed. There was a glimmer of hope as the fight devolved into a melee. Yet whatever notions of triumph that he might've had would need to wait. As the fight continued Kazuto would see that the silver haired woman would try to escape him, using her superior dodging ability to get away, pulling his arm as he held tightly, eyes narrowing and teeth gritting he would not have the strength to counter her momentum and pull her away, rather he would release the hold on her arm, allowing her to fly away and land on the branch, as well allowing him to keep digits of his hand as she would slash her wakizashi in case he didn't allowed her to escape. As she landed and reflected about having to switch to her Bokken, Kazuto would charge, moving in a perimeter around her this time, deciding not to attack from the front as he had done, he figured it would do little, after all she was a consummate master of bukijutsu and had she had wanted it, she would've skewered him, the best he could do was to amp his speed and make sure that with the he was able to read the swing of her bokken. He broke from his run, attacked from behind. His armored fingers curling into a fist, momentum building as he prepared every inch of his body to make the dodge if that tiny flaw, if that small gap was indeed there as he thought it was. Now all he could do was to wait and then spring his own counter.

-tag- Saru Saya -words- 305 -notes- --- -music- ---

MADE BY VEL OF GS

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Jutsu Used:

NAME: Mokuton: Mori no Yoroi [Wood Release: Forest Armor]
RANK: A
CHAKRA USAGE: High [Medium to Maintain]
CLASSIFICATION: Ninjutsu
ELEMENT: Mokuton
HANDSEALS: 16
DESCRIPTION:
After molding the chakra properly and by using their cells as a medium, the user is able create armor in the form of bark over their vital parts body as well as vines to protect the joints granting an almost undiminished mobility and speed to the user. The wooden plates are highly durable, being comparable to the strongest alloys, whilst the vine skin provides adequate protection without hindering the mobility of the user too much, combined these two act to lessen the trauma on the user. It is important to note that it is more susceptible to fire-release techniques. The vines themselves provide not only act as a layer of protection but give a slight boost of strength to the user, allowing for their strikes to hit harder as long as chakra is being fed into the armor. In addition the armor can manifest thorns on the gauntlets and grieves for extra damage. The armor will repair slowly repair damage as long as the user maintains the technique active and has any chakra left.

[Saru Saya]

Seeing him set to motion lets her lower her guard. Odd how that worked, but she wasn’t as reliant on parrying as she was her evasive skills. She was quite adept at them. As he jukes to her left, she moves to the right, circling and turning to keep her back protected. As he sets to attack she bends backwards easily, dropping surprisingly low on the massive limb they fought atop. Her right hand strikes the bark below her and her feet kick up, steel boots with longer reach threatening to kick up under his jaw, but as he’s maneuvering around to strike her she decides on an escape.

A little burst of air suddenly splits the air between them. The gust does nothing to even slow Kazuto down, but Saya is forcefully shoved aside. Upside Down is no matter, she glides easily back with her jutsu, her fingertips grazing along the rough bark as she goes. It’s not far, just a trio of meters before the shove ends and she springs back to her feet again. She quickly slides the wakizashi into its scabbard, while once more rolling her right shoulder.

She didn’t want to have to do that one handed again, that kinda hurt.

She draws her hands together and summons forth more weaponry. It isn’t the bokken as promised. Instead she calls forth a pair of sai. She holds one in each hand, but more like tonfa than knives. Blades point downwards, her thumbs hooked around the wide, curved crossguards, while the dull rounded rods that acted as the weapon’s blade protect her lower forarms. Oddly, it wasn’t just the sai. In her righthand she’s also holding a spool of ninja wire, and has two loops already looped between the sai’s crossguards. The wire’s a little limp between her hands, but could be drawn taught as needed.

"You’re pretty quick.” She notes with amusement. She lowers herself into a balanced position, her left hand out before her and right hand back. It almost looked like a hyuuga stance with her left palm open and presented flat to Kazuto. There was a reason for this. Her right hand, also open and flat palmed, curls a few fingers to beckon him in to attack again.

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NAME: Hachidori no Odori [Dance of the Hummingbird]
RANK: C
CHAKRA USAGE: Low - Medium
CLASSIFICATION: Taijutsu
ELEMENT: Fūton
HANDSEALS: 0
DESCRIPTION:

Hachidori no Odori is a simple taijutsu technique used to maneuver mid-jump by releasing a burst of fuuton chakra from the body opposite the direction you wish to dodge allowing limited directional control mid-air and with enough force allowing the user to perform a double-jump of sorts.

[Senju Kazuto]

"I have a good teacher." Kazuto would reply. It was a mark of respect to Saya, who had taken some of her precious time to actually teach him and force him to become more proficient with his movement and his dodging, perhaps not with words but she had done so with actions. As he saw the sai in her hand and the beckoning of attacking from her part. He supposed that this had to be it, that this would be the moment in which they would have to finally resolved their confrontation and end this training. He nodded at her once more and raised her arms as he began to read her posture, the stance and even the way she held her weapons. She had a plan and she would use her superior speed and evasion skills to attack him, using his own momentum against him. It was clever he recognized that, and showed of how experienced of a fighter she was. He make his hands into fists as he realized that he would need to be unconventional to keep her on her toes. He leaned forward and began an obvious frontal charge, chakra being send to his feet as he gained speed and maneuverability, he made to raise a fist and he began to arc it back, but before coming through with the attack he would jump to a side, rotating as he counting on the short reach of the weapon before he'd resume the striking position. He extended his fingers, bringing his palm for as his would strike, fingers making a hand seal as he would drive his arm forward and aim to strike at her shoulder, still hurt from the tackled that she had received as he hoped that would disable her and grant him the victory. Even so, he knew that she would find a way to sneak about.

-tag- Saru Saya -words- 311 -notes- --- -music- ---

MADE BY VEL OF GS

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Jutsu Used:

NAME: Mokuton: Mori no Yoroi [Wood Release: Forest Armor]
RANK: A
CHAKRA USAGE: High [Medium to Maintain]
CLASSIFICATION: Ninjutsu
ELEMENT: Mokuton
HANDSEALS: 16
DESCRIPTION:
After molding the chakra properly and by using their cells as a medium, the user is able create armor in the form of bark over their vital parts body as well as vines to protect the joints granting an almost undiminished mobility and speed to the user. The wooden plates are highly durable, being comparable to the strongest alloys, whilst the vine skin provides adequate protection without hindering the mobility of the user too much, combined these two act to lessen the trauma on the user. It is important to note that it is more susceptible to fire-release techniques. The vines themselves provide not only act as a layer of protection but give a slight boost of strength to the user, allowing for their strikes to hit harder as long as chakra is being fed into the armor. In addition the armor can manifest thorns on the gauntlets and grieves for extra damage. The armor will repair slowly repair damage as long as the user maintains the technique active and has any chakra left.

NAME: Fūton: Kaze Sanpo [Wind Release: Wind Walk]
RANK: D
CHAKRA USAGE: Low
CLASSIFICATION: Ninjutsu
ELEMENT: Fūton
DESCRIPTION:
This technique allows the user to create a wind like base under their feet, reducing friction and enhancing the user's speed. The user doesn't seem to be levitating unless under close inspection which they seem to be about 1.5 - 2cm off the ground. Apart from enhancing speed, this technique gives the user the ability to walk on water and evade projectile attacks with ease.

NAME: Keimou Shou Ouda [Enlightened Palm Strike]
RANK: C
CHAKRA USAGE: Low
CLASSIFICATION: Taijutsu
ELEMENT: None
DESCRIPTION:
The user forms an open and flat palm with their hands and strikes at the opponent with the full force and weight of their body. Upon impact, the user steps forward and with another push they can instantly double the force used. With the sheer strength required of this style, this simple palm thrust can stop a speeding boulder rolling down a hill in its tracks and with the second push, either break it into fist sized rocks or even send the boulder rolling backwards a dozen feet. When done to a human, the effects can be equally devastating.

1 Jutsu Prepared

[Saru Saya]

This was about as close as Saya got to pure taijutsu fisticuffs. Her sai were among her smallest weapons, but were themselves still most useful against an armed opponent. With what was in her hands right now she could strip away just about anyone’s weapons. They were quite useful against the likes of gentle fist users as well.

She tracks him easily as he moves, his speed pushing her finally into making the most out of her skills. As he glides in closer on fuuton skates her left hand slowly draws closer to her body. Her right hand lifts ever so slightly, her grip on each sai loosening just slightly. The way she held the weapons was odd, but the intent was obvious.

Holding the cross guards as she was gave her some steel to defend with. It wasn’t much, but it was enough to catch and deflect an edge. While the blunted tips of the sai seemed like the attacking edge, instead the dull but narrow pommel of each weapon protruded past her hand like some manner of dull punching dagger. The function of the wire coiled between them was less obvious for the moment, but was certainly more than just a decoration.

He comes rushing in at last, open palmed and thrusting at her like so much doom. Kami knows what manner of destruction was being held behind the surface. She lifts her left arm quickly, deftly chopping her hand into the bottom of his wrist. She doesn’t quite use his momentum against him, she just pushes the attack away from herself, and his arm slightly up and away. She does let his momentum carry him as far as he’d like it too, but she was more interested in punishing his lack of ambition.

Just one attack? Pushing his right arm off to his right, her left, she quickly leans in a half step and unleashes a lightning fast jab of the weapon into his stomach. It’s got a good deal of strength behind it. While she didn’t pack on the power like some, she was still an accomplished shinobi. The small point would do the rest of the work to turn a strong blow into something more devastating should it connect.

It requires less chakra than the taijutsu people. No chakra, no concentration, just smashing people with metal. Tale as old as time.

Saya does not rest on her laurels. There is zero delay between her first attack and the number of strikes that follow. She twists the sai in her left hand, exposing the crossguard suddenly like some manner of meat hook. She slashes with it quickly, seeking to capture his right wrist in the hook. Even if she can’t catch his right hand she shifts quickly with short hop to Kazuto’s right.

Her right hand lashes out again, her body slinking down slightly as she lashes at the man’s forward leg. Her wrist turns and in the same follow through the weapon shoots up across her body to seek a quick jab towards Kazuto’s right shoulder.

Below her the ground seemed distant, though they pair were only some 40 feet aloft. The branch shakes as the pair of jounin push each other on the limb, a stiff breeze tearing through the Forest of Death. It was the ideal place to fight. The only thing that could interrupt them was a terrifying monster the size of an apartment complex.

High off the ground they had less worry, but she was wise to keep an eye out for more than justher opponent.

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SA's: Cat-like Reflexes:
Endless training and time spent in the field have set Saya on an almost paranoid edge. Even at times of rest she is constantly aware of her surroundings, watching for signs of upcoming conflict and running imaginary scenarios in her mind to keep herself prepared for any and all attacks. She is endlessly watchful and always prepared to spring into action. Because of this constant vigilance and mindset she is able to react much more quickly to incoming attacks and surprises than most people are able, often finding time to evade or deflect attacks that would catch others completely off guard.

Blinding Speed:
Saya is naturally light on her feet, however nearly two decades of constant training have increased her natural attributes to beyond human levels. She can move with extreme speed, both running much faster than the average shinobi, and attacking with her weapons and fists more quickly. While moving in a fight she can seem to vanish from place, and those without enhanced reflexes have a very difficult time in keeping up with her remarkable, but precise, movements and attacks.

[Senju Kazuto]

He pushed forward, finishing the technique as her sai would come towards him. She had bought the ruse, she had taken in the bait of the forward assault that was doomed to fail. A shield emerged from the wooden gauntlet that enveloped his hand, the sai stabbed against it and as it did, the Senju detached it from the armor. He would spin away in the hopes that that the weight of the shield would force Saya to divert her thoughts into either yanking her weapon away or dropping it as a means to reach for him and continue the sequence of attack that she had planned. As Kazuto spun away he would begin to weave hand signs, taking in the deep forest air as it filled his lungs and mixed with his own chakra. He required to time things right, to make sure that the techniques he used to best her weren't devastating but precise. As she would bounce from the minor distraction that bought him but a fraction of the time that he truly required he would press his lips together, at this range he didn't need to aim, not truly. Her speed told her that she would be light on her feet which meant that if he could have a chance to unbalance it she would lose that momentum that she had. Pressing lips together the Senju would breath out, releasing a stream of air that would not injure her really. But he would gain some distance in the process as she was slowed b the current of wind. He began to flicker hand signs he directed the stream towards Saya, the wind ripping bark that had been already wounded by their confrontation and speeding it towards the silver haired woman as he'd prepare for his next counter in this fight.

-tag- Saru Saya -words- 314 -notes- --- -music- ---

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Jutsu Used:

Jutsu Used:

NAME: Mokuton: Mori no Yoroi [Wood Release: Forest Armor]
RANK: A
CHAKRA USAGE: High [Medium to Maintain]
CLASSIFICATION: Ninjutsu
ELEMENT: Mokuton
HANDSEALS: 16
DESCRIPTION:
After molding the chakra properly and by using their cells as a medium, the user is able create armor in the form of bark over their vital parts body as well as vines to protect the joints granting an almost undiminished mobility and speed to the user. The wooden plates are highly durable, being comparable to the strongest alloys, whilst the vine skin provides adequate protection without hindering the mobility of the user too much, combined these two act to lessen the trauma on the user. It is important to note that it is more susceptible to fire-release techniques. The vines themselves provide not only act as a layer of protection but give a slight boost of strength to the user, allowing for their strikes to hit harder as long as chakra is being fed into the armor. In addition the armor can manifest thorns on the gauntlets and grieves for extra damage. The armor will repair slowly repair damage as long as the user maintains the technique active and has any chakra left.

NAME: Fūton: Kaze Sanpo [Wind Release: Wind Walk]
RANK: D
CHAKRA USAGE: Low
CLASSIFICATION: Ninjutsu
ELEMENT: Fūton
DESCRIPTION:
This technique allows the user to create a wind like base under their feet, reducing friction and enhancing the user's speed. The user doesn't seem to be levitating unless under close inspection which they seem to be about 1.5 - 2cm off the ground. Apart from enhancing speed, this technique gives the user the ability to walk on water and evade projectile attacks with ease.

NAME: Kuikkurōtēshon [Quick Rotation]
RANK: D
CHAKRA USAGE: Very Low
CLASSIFICATION: Taijutsu
ELEMENT: -
HANDSEALS: 0
DESCRIPTION:
Utilizing chakra in the feet, ankles and legs specifically. It is a small amount of energy, but used precisely on reflexes and timing. This technique is gauged this way. When timed, the user can twist themselves abruptly out of the way of an attack. Like a speedy side-step, but a rotation of one's body to the side. A spin-move. This is only attacks in an immediate vicinity(three meters) anything else is too big an attack. Usually Taijutsu, but sometimes this technique is effective against close-range ninjutsu.

NAME: Fūton: Karyu [Wind Release: Stream]
RANK: D
CHAKRA USAGE: Low
CLASSIFICATION: Ninjutsu
ELEMENT: Fūton
DESCRIPTION:
A basic Fūton no Jutsu that a Shinobi uses to blow a powerful stream of wind from their mouth. The technique is mostly used to change directions in mid-air. In this case, the strength of the stream is powerful enough to move the source body at high speeds. On the ground, it can be used to blow up a cloud of dust, masking the caster's movements. It can also be used offensively to stagger an opponent's movement.

[Saru Saya]

"Stop running away!” She shouts as the wind is buffeting all around her. She notes his hand seals as the peeling of the bark in response. It was pretty cool to see someone using the forest as a weapon, but she was ready to move.

She braces herself with a little extra chakra to her feet, but decides to just vacate the area. She just drops the pair of sai with the wood shield along with em. No one ever wanted to stay close when she got them out, for some weird reason. Oh well. With her hands empty she forms a single seal, and shunshin’s away.

The next moment is broken by a sharp whistle. Not so loud as the one she wields when fighting the blind, or trying to summon her mount. It was short, sharp, and just loud enough to catch the attention of everyone around.

"If you don’t wanna stay close, we’re gonna go long range.”

The clone snaps her head over to Saya at the whistle, relocating her easily after the body flicker. She didn’t move too far, just up a few branches. She’s unsure at first, but seeing Saya put her hands together for a seal, the clone does the same. She did say We, after all.

The pair of Kunoichi easily work through a pair of quick seals, and suddenly the world is full of snow white silk. With chakra focused into their heads, their hair immediately animates and stands out on end. It grows with remarkable speed, extending it’s length with exponential growth in mass. Just as fast it starts forming into huge, long dragon like heads with fang filled maws ready to devour Kazuto.

The move like long serpents, snaking out through the air and racing at him from almost a dozen different angles. Five heads from each Saya, making 10 huge snakes of steel hardened hair rushing forward to consume, and devour him.

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Jutsu Used: Shunshin no Jutsu

NAME: Ranjishigami no Jutsu - [Wild Lion's Mane Technique]
RANK: B
CHAKRA USAGE: Medium
CLASSIFICATION: Ninjutsu [General]
ELEMENT: None
HANDSEALS: 1
DESCRIPTION:

Chakra poured into the user's hair will extend violently, reaching out like many dense tendrils of fibers. The hair, becoming hard and tough like steel, aims to ensnare and bind targets within thirty meters, their sharpened tips boring into their bodies as it seemingly stitches them while knotting around them. This works well to halt the movements of even massive beasts, not to mention halt several dozen shinboi at once. These tendrils are capable of shaping their ends into what appears to be a lion's mouth, filled with a maw filled with razor sharp iron-rending teeth. Hungry for blood, the beastly endings to these binding tendrils work to finish off whatever prey the user may have caught. With the amount of hair created on average, shinobi are typically able toe create up to twelve individual massed tendrils of hair.

[Senju Kazuto]

The world became that of silvery white as tendrils that shone under the sun and moved like quicksilver moved towards him from opposite directions. There was little time to think but just try to avoid, to move out of the reach of the serpentine constructs that were made from her. Keeping the wind chakra to be send to his feet, allowing his body to go through the motions weaving in and out, using his spatial awareness to his advantage, the Senju clad in forest armor continued his dance, retreating as he did, trying to find a gap in which he could mount a counter, something to use her technique for his advantage. He could only do was to dodge however. Doge, Duck, Dip, Dive. The Senju thought as he went through the motions, rolling on the branch of the tree and as several tendrils stabbed at him, fragments of bark crashed against the armor, another fusillade came from him directed by the silver haired kunoichi and her doppelganger. Time seemed to dilate as he continued his tactical retreat, muscles began to burn with the chakra as the energy coursed through them, lactic acid building as exertion began to take its toll and the time he had bought with moving away from the coordinated technique was about to be spent, hand signs flicking, his chakra mixing within himself. Seconds passed by as he stopped, cornered against the trunk of the tree. Chakra surged, breaking the bark beneath him creating a barrier against the quicksilver tendrils. Hardened hair struck against steel-like as it broke like a wave against a rock. The hair would be cut, grinded against the unrelenting force of his technique. Finally he released the technique, the petals fading as the remnants of the tendrils came for him. Kazuto felt himself restrained, a hand outstretched as he allowed his chakra to flow into the palm of his hand and form into an orb. Suddenly the armor slipped from him like the a silken cloth over smooth stone. He took a moment as he had bought a few seconds with his subterfuge, he stepped away, flinging the orb against the mass of silver tendrils that would resume their attack and planted his feet just as the orb collapsed and a maelstrom that began to suck the air and anything inside its radius, including the tendrils of hair that she had created and anything attached to it, hands began to weave hand signs and would hope for the best.

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Jutsu Used:

Jutsu Used:

NAME: Mokuton: Mori no Yoroi [Wood Release: Forest Armor]
RANK: A
CHAKRA USAGE: High [Medium to Maintain]
CLASSIFICATION: Ninjutsu
ELEMENT: Mokuton
HANDSEALS: 16
DESCRIPTION:
After molding the chakra properly and by using their cells as a medium, the user is able create armor in the form of bark over their vital parts body as well as vines to protect the joints granting an almost undiminished mobility and speed to the user. The wooden plates are highly durable, being comparable to the strongest alloys, whilst the vine skin provides adequate protection without hindering the mobility of the user too much, combined these two act to lessen the trauma on the user. It is important to note that it is more susceptible to fire-release techniques. The vines themselves provide not only act as a layer of protection but give a slight boost of strength to the user, allowing for their strikes to hit harder as long as chakra is being fed into the armor. In addition the armor can manifest thorns on the gauntlets and grieves for extra damage. The armor will repair slowly repair damage as long as the user maintains the technique active and has any chakra left.

NAME: Fūton: Kaze Sanpo [Wind Release: Wind Walk]
RANK: D
CHAKRA USAGE: Low
CLASSIFICATION: Ninjutsu
ELEMENT: Fūton
DESCRIPTION:
This technique allows the user to create a wind like base under their feet, reducing friction and enhancing the user's speed. The user doesn't seem to be levitating unless under close inspection which they seem to be about 1.5 - 2cm off the ground. Apart from enhancing speed, this technique gives the user the ability to walk on water and evade projectile attacks with ease.

NAME: Kuikkurōtēshon [Quick Rotation]
RANK: D
CHAKRA USAGE: Very Low
CLASSIFICATION: Taijutsu
ELEMENT: -
HANDSEALS: 0
DESCRIPTION:
Utilizing chakra in the feet, ankles and legs specifically. It is a small amount of energy, but used precisely on reflexes and timing. This technique is gauged this way. When timed, the user can twist themselves abruptly out of the way of an attack. Like a speedy side-step, but a rotation of one's body to the side. A spin-move. This is only attacks in an immediate vicinity(three meters) anything else is too big an attack. Usually Taijutsu, but sometimes this technique is effective against close-range ninjutsu.

NAME: Mokuton: Senka [Wood Release: Flash Blossom]
RANK: A
CHAKRA USAGE: High
CLASSIFICATION: Ninjutsu
ELEMENT: Mokuton
HANDSEALS: 10
DESCRIPTION:

Using the life giving qualities of Mokuton the user forces their chakra on the roots below the ground to create thousands of cherry blossom petals. The petals violently emerge from the ground forming a conical perimeter of eighty-five centimeters around the user. The petals spin rapidly, their steel sharpness buffeting away conventional weaponry as well as shredding any for that comes into contact with the spinning maw of blossoms.

This technique can be used offensively, as the cone can emerge at a range up to fifteen meters away from the user at an incoming foe, attacking them from below as their lower body is grind by the spinning force of the petals.


NAME: Fūton: Uzu Rasengan [Wind Release: Vortex Spiraling Sphere]
RANK: A
CHAKRA USAGE: High
CLASSIFICATION: Ninjutsu
REQUIREMENT: Knowledge of Rasengan
ELEMENT: Fūton
HANDSEALS: None
DESCRIPTION:

After creating a normal Rasengan, the user infuses wind-nature chakra unto it, causing it to turn a aqua surrounded by a ring of white and green. Under this nature change, the Rasengan can be tossed away as a projectile from up of a distance of thirty meters while still retaining its shape and rotation. Upon contact the Rasengan explodes, at first releasing its energy in a blast that creates a significant vortex to then implode and contract creating a vacuum force in a radius of thirty feet, the vacuum that drags enemies and objects up to ten tons in weight into the core of the swirling vortex.