[Miyamoto Ikana]

Confronted with Kiko, she likely didn't remember Ikana very well, though Ikana remembered her somewhat vividly form their initial meeting, though Kiko was likely far stronger since then. Her ability to manipulate the silk of the Waruichi Clan. Ikana entered in, slowly, from one end of the arena, towards the center to greet her foe. However, unlike the previous times, her blade was already drawn. Wielding her Wakizashi firmly in hand, firmly gripping it in her left, she looked toward her foe. Kiko. Kiko as she recalled was a girl who lacked seeming restraint, based on the first time they met. She doubted that her opponent would be holding back against her.

So it only made sense that Ikana would do the same. Resting around ten meters back, she proceeds to look on ahead with a furrowed gaze, making sure her headband was firmly tied in place. This was probably going to be the toughest battle of Ikana's entire life, but it was going to be one she embraced with open arms. She was prepared, and she had made all the setup necessary to grant herself success. Now was the time. It was time to see what Kiko had to offer. Ikana on the other hand? She would need to be more reserved in these coming moments.

Keep her opponent guessing, and figure out a weakpoint. That was all. There were no words exchanged. Nothing but two Kunoichi from the same village, probably prepared to fight a battle to the death. 

[Kiko]

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Komatsuzaki Kiko Shinigami-chan, the true head of the waruichi clan Kiko was surprised, and a bit disappointed that her opponent would be Ikana.  Fighting Ikana was not necessarily bad, but Kiko did not wish to harm her, therefore, facing someone from another village would have been preferable. But she did remember her. She remembered what she could do, at least to some degree. Kiko knew that she would be a tough opponent for Ikana, and perhaps one she'd rather not have faced. So, after the two faced off in the arena, Kiko bowed faintly. "If you wish to concede, I will not judge you," Kiko stated. "I would suggest you do, however, as I have no interest in harming you." It was the the typical cold Kiko. Though her message may have been intended to be sincere, it came across as hollow, or even fake.  But it was the truth.  As with her previous opponents, there was little that Ikana could do to really threaten the Waruichi. It was stacked in her favor, at least as far as Kiko was aware. Time would tell, though, if that was really the case. To prepare, Kiko formed twelve shuriken from her silk and waved an arm to direct them into a halo above her. She did not attack, not yet.

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[Miyamoto Ikana]

Surrender, Kiko suggested. As if Ikana would. Resting in place, she looked at the silk which seemed to float and hover in its Shuriken halo, and it was there that the young Ikana stood in place, looking out towards her opponent. 'That's a peculiar jutsu.' She didn't think that the silk manipulation of the Waruichi Clan was that advanced, not from what she had previously seen. So in this particular instance, Ikana looked on with a great hint of wariness at the opponent before her. Resting in place, her stance was tight. Her body ready. This was going to be the beginning of the end. Ikana was sure of that much. "As if I would ever surrender without even trying."

Remaining light on her feet, she gazes upon her, prepared to bolt at a moment's notice. Keeping an eye on her opponent's movements, she looked to see what motions, what gestures were necessary to perform these feats, see what tricks there were. After all, she was doing this without handseals, something that would interest her tremendously. 'I don't know what she's capable of yet, so I'll stay at a distance and make her advance towards me.' Having figured out her plan, she keeps herself open minded. Now then, it was time to see what Kiko would do and what her approach was. 

[Kiko]

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Komatsuzaki Kiko Shinigami-chan, the true head of the waruichi clan There would be no surrender, then. At least not yet. For Kiko, that would be okay. She merely had to make the child surrender, or render her unable to continue fighting. She need not kill an ally.  So, Kiko began her assault. Six of her twelve shuriken flew towards Ikana; two from the front, and two from either side. However, before they reached her, one from her bunch quickly unraveled into a burst of silk strands that fell about the area.  While not the deadliest of assaults, it was a beginning. As for Kiko herself, she performed a simple handseal and activated clone technique, followed by bagworm in order to hide her true body from being seen.   Later, she could strike at Ikana as a surprise. For now, though, the clone jogged forward at a slight angle, the remaining six shuriken followed above her.  Ikana would likely have no trouble dealing with the initial shuriken, even if Kiko was able to control them. It was the silk strands that might cause more trouble.

Ame no Ori Kou [Web of the Weaver] Kinu Shuriken no Jutsu [Silk Throwingstar Technique] Bunshin no Jutsu [Clone Technique] Minomushi no Jutsu [Bagworm Technique]

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[Miyamoto Ikana]

Ikana, considering she already knew the Waruichi Clan manipulated silk, was of course not keen on letting any such silk get near her. As her opponent seemingly launches forth the Silk Shuriken, as if by some telepathic will or otherwise, Ikana developed a theory. Considering she was already a considerable distance, Ikana only further leaps back, further, further. That was...until she saw it. The silk had a limited range. Ten meters roughly. Before the Silk of her Silk Shuriken jutsu would simply falter and fall back as normal silk. Meaning that such was the effective range Ikana could deduce was her area of control. Ten meters. Though. As one of the silk Shuriken prematurely unravels into many threads, casting a wider net, Ikana only further retreated. To avoid any such silk threads being anywhere nearby the young Genin. Her fast speed would make such easier, and Ikana was sharp.

Slashing a line into the dirt, she maintains a visual reference of ten meters. That was the range she wanted minimum to maintain. However, young Ikana looked upon Kiko and her handseals for the Clone Jutsu. A textbook technique that Ikana could discern easily. After all. Ikana in the academy only had the basics to pull from and learn. No clan techniques or other repertoire to conflict herself. That, and the clone held no shadow. It wasn't hard for Ikana to keep track of the situation. Ikana used math. Kiko had to theoretically be within ten meters of those Shuriken. Or they could only travel ten meters before needing more chakra. So all Ikana had to do was be farther away than that range. Easy enough. 

Stepping back, Ikana leaves slashes into the dirt. Keeping her senses sharp and looking and listening for the vanished Kiko. So far. Her opponent was likely pissing away chakra thus far. Ikana was pristine. It might seem boring for the onlookers, but thus far, Ikana had learned quite a bit. That, and if the battle was going to be one of attrition, Ikana was going to win. Ikana would think. It was time to see what else Kiko could do.

[Kiko]

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Komatsuzaki Kiko Shinigami-chan, the true head of the waruichi clan As Ikana continued to back away, Kiko promptly canceled every on-going technique. Her clone disappeared, her silk stars burst into hundreds of strands of silk to coat the ground, and her bagworm technique ended.  Ikana seemed to have no intention of engaging, and so Kiko paused to let her chakra recuperate. Fortunately, her techniques had used little chakra each, but it could add up if used too frequently. A minute or two and she'd be back at top condition. Ikana may not have known, and Kiko didn't know either, that Ikana had made at least one miscalculation. Kiko's range was definitely not limited to only ten meters and that could come back to bite her later. But Kiko was a patient hunter - an ambush predator, more than anything else. She could wait. With the way her mind worked she could stare off into the distance all day and not care a bit.  Would Ikana give in and go on the offensive, or would they bore the crowd to tears with an uneventful standoff? Kiko's previous victories had likely secured sufficient success for her. She had nothing left to prove, and didn't feel that obliterating a ten year old, even a skilled one, would earn her any further favors. She would wait.

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[Miyamoto Ikana]

Ikana didn't know much about her opponent's other capabilities. What she did know however was the general basis of her ability. Deciding that since Kiko didn't attack, it meant she needed to press the assault. Reaching to her sides, she hurls straight outward towards the opponent in front of her a small burst of Shuriken and Kunai. Though immediately afterwards, she swerves sideways and begins to make a rapid speed assault to her opponent. Whether the blades sank into Kiko, and or fell short, or were deflected, what came next? A flashing surprise. The flash bombs would burst, looking to blind Kiko for a few precious moments, as well as deafen her senses as Ikana finishes a handseal sequence. This was her moment.

'Suiton: Suijinheki.' Breathing a tall, and powerful wall of water, her chest puffing to inhuman degrees, the wave becomes tall, looking to close in and over Kiko. Assuming she had been enveloped in the wave, it would knock her to the ground and crash, washing against her as the young Kirigakure genin did so to primarily wash away and carry all of the silken threads. For even if they were small and finely controlled, it didn't mean Ikana couldn't clear them. Though. That said. The young child wipes her lip with the back of her wrist. Her eyes sharp as she takes a deep breath.

Prepared to jump and move at a moment's notice. Now was the time. 

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Name:Suijinheki - [Water Encampment Wall]

Rank:B

CHAKRA USAGE: Medium

Type:Ninjutsu

Element:Suiton

HANDSEALS: 5

Description:

Suijinheki is a Ninjutsu utilizing the Water Element. The ninja will first do a string of hand seals and then proceed to blow out a jet of water from their mouth to act as a water barrier from incoming attack.

[Kiko]

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Komatsuzaki Kiko Shinigami-chan, the true head of the waruichi clan Kiko's ploy worked.  She had a bit of time to recover her spent chakra before Ikana realized that she may need to attack. The impatience worked in Kiko's favor. Though she had been merely walking towards the other girl, progress could have been easily offset had she chosen to remain at a distance, but that didn't seem to be Ikana's plan. Instead, she attacked.  Shuriken and Kunai are rarely a big threat for Kiko. Her silk is exceptional strong, so she raised her arm to use her sleeve to protect her vulnerable head and sent chakra flowing through her silk to reflect the projectiles. Being forced to cover herself had the added bonus of keeping her from being blinded, even if they sound did cause her ears to ring for a moment. While Ikana prepared her water technique, Kiko lowered her arm and hid her hands between her sleeves to form a hand seal or two, and when the water wall was erected, basically on top of Kiko, she didn't dodge or blatantly defend against it, but let it strike. As Kiko was knocked down, her silk softened the blow somewhat, keeping her from any particular harm, though certainly weighing her down. But that was fine for Kiko. As the water crashed down and Ikana took her deep breath, two large metal needles shot from Kiko's sleeves, pushed through the water by her silken influence and directly towards Ikana.  The sleeves had concealed what Kiko was up to, and the water made it hard to see her clearly, so Kiko's attack is hard to see coming. Dodging such an attack from how close Ikana had gotten would be no easy feat on the best of terms, but these were not ideal conditions, and to make it worse, Kiko could finely manipulate the trajectory of the needles making evasion that much more difficult.  Would Ikana fall prey to the same technique that had eliminated Kiko's other opponents or did she have some particularly impressive trick up her sleeve? Being struck by those needles would disrupt her chakra network until removed, not to mention they were the size of Nuibari, and often held in place by Kiko's Silken Influence.

Futago no toge [Twin Thorns] Nui Harisashi [Sewing Needle Stab]

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[Miyamoto Ikana]

The water collapsed in on Kiko, beating her down with force with the rolling wave. However, it would seem in that moment that for the first time, her opponent looked to use lethal force. To be stahbed and punctured by a needle the size of Nuibari usually was. However, it was there that the child decided to reveal a trick of her own. With a swift flick of her wrist, she uses her Saaberu no Jutsu. Her blade enveloped in a blue hue as she with her instinct at her sharpest. Swinging in a curving crescent, she scrunches her body further, utilizing the chakra infused blade. A chakra infused crescent diagonally, clashing with, and likely knocking aside the silken needles before pressing onwards towards Kiko. The crescent was powerful, powerful enough to cut through pillars and fly in their intended path.

As Kiko moves to defend herself from the crescent of chakra, Ikana advances at swift pace, swerving sideways in a flank, pulling out from her jacket a scroll. However, instead of opening the scroll, she throws it with a spin for her opponent. "Katsu!" The scroll in midair would sizzle, burst into flames, and then violently explode. An incredibly large explosion, as that scroll, which was formerly empty, had several Kanji written on it for "explode" with several seal formulas. Ikana was a practitioner of Fuuinjutsu after all. The scroll was intended to be a powerful bomb. A trump tool to use, prepared the day prior. Ikana never stopped moving. Even as the blast would threaten to encapsulate everything.

Ikana didn't know everything, but what she did know was that silk, much like other things tended to burn, the same as any other clothes, and that even if it was hard as steel or iron, it could still take damage, if not be destroyed. Circling aroind her foe at a brisk pace, she focuses her efforts on assessing the situation. Hopefully, if she were lucky, which Ikana often wasn't, that scroll was worth the effort. That cost her nearly 4000 Ryo in ink, paper, and fucks given.

[Kiko]

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Komatsuzaki Kiko Shinigami-chan, the true head of the waruichi clan Ikana fared better than those Kiko had faced before when it came to dealing with her needles, but it was no so simple as to deflect them. The two large needles clattered to the ground when hit by Ikana's sabre technique and Ikana began to prepare her next attack. She moved a little and began to throw a scroll at Kiko. Kiko knew of Ikana's proclivity to use scrolls, though not necessarily as explosions. However, the silk barrier that went up was plenty to absorb the blast and keep the Waruichi safe for the time being. The problem, though, was Ikana forgot a crucial thing. The moment she was distracted, the two needles she had turned away from attacked from her blind spot while Kiko prepared to defend herself from the scroll. When the explosion clears, Kiko's silk shield showed signs of being badly scorched, but it meant little to someone who carried so much silk with her. What little flame remained was quickly snuffed out and the silk reassembled at her side.  In the incredibly unlikely scenario that Ikana escaped the needles from behind unscathed, Kiko would merely turn to face her as she continued to move around.. However, if struck, the silk attached to the needles would seek to bind her in place.

Kinu fūsa [Silken Blockade] Futago no toge [Twin Thorns] Shibaru [Bind] (Optional)

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