[hirana kizumi]

When the previous fight concluded, the announcer wasted no time in stepping forward, projecting his deep, booming voice to make himself heard throughout the beautifully acoustic arena to announce the sixth of the team fights. "Next up! The Fast-Running Mouth of the Grass, Uzumaki Atagi! Paired with! Hiis beloved brother of bonds forged in blistering battle, the Pink Heart of the Leaf, Haruno Seiji! Versus! Kusagakure’s Sealing Swordswoman, Hono Saya! And! Takigakure’s Lung Obliterator, the chainsmoking Oborozuki Yuri!” Those who were pitted against each other in the first fight were now paired together in the next. The teams were bid to line up on their respective yellow lines and bow, and then the countdown for the round to start would begin. "Three… …two… …one… Begin!”

Uzumaki Atagi Haruno Seiji Honō Saya Oborozuki Yuri

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[Honō Saya]

Saya looked down the long, empty hallway for the second time in as many hours, her honey-yellow gaze dull and unfocused as she walked, slowly, towards the arena. Despite her moroseness, she was well ahead of her competitors, and especially her partner for the round. Kumori, Kojirou, and her Uncle had all come to see her in the medical station, their concern palpable even well after the medics had declared her fit to continue, should she wish. There had been a part of her, a quiet, scared part, that had wanted to quit right then and there, to let the humiliation end and just… go home. But with so many of those closest to her watching, the red-haired Genin couldn’t bring herself to say the words, which had led her here. Again.

Taking a deep breath as she crossed the threshold into the arena, the Hono girl kept her head level, doing her best to look straight ahead as she walked towards the starting position, breathing shaky despite the work the medics had done. Every inch of her skin felt… tingly, as if it was too new, and yet the ache of her injuries lingered, particularly in her shoulder, which was tender whenever she rolled it. There was no fanfare in her entrance this time, no attempt to appease the crowd, the announcer declaring who she and Yuri would be fighting while she waited for the countdown to begin.

Atagi and Seiji. She thought as the duo made their way into the arena to the relative delight of the crowd. Atagi was a Taijutsu specialist, and from little she had been able to catch of their match, so was the Haruno, which meant both of them would be faster than her. Or Yuri, for that matter. Still, their techniques would be limited to mostly close-ranged attacks, perhaps a few shurikenjutsu. If she could get the right seal up, then maybe…

"One way to find out." Saya mumbled, bowing to the two boys across from her as the proctor began the countdown, her voice flat and terse as she addressed Yuri; partners for the round they might be, but there was no care or friendliness towards the Oborozuki girl in her heart. Not after what had happened in the last round. "Stay close to me, and be ready. When they stumble, hit them. Hard."

Three, two, one…

Go! The Hono girl moved as fast as she could, pulling a kunai from her back pouch before weaving the three hand seals she would need for the jutsu she had in mind; regardless of what her partner did, the Kusa Kunoichi would form her seals and slam her right hand into the ground, black lines spreading out from the point of impact to form a five meter diameter circle around her (and, potentially, Yuri as well).

"Now!"

Oborozuki Yuri Uzumaki Atagi Haruno Seiji hirana kizumi

Combat Info

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Jutsu Used:
NAME: Hanpatsu Shīru [Repulsion Seal]
RANK: C
CHAKRA USAGE: Low
CLASSIFICATION: Fūinjutsu
ELEMENT: -
HANDSEALS: 3
DESCRIPTION: After performing the necessary hand signs the user then places their hand onto whatever it is to place a visible 5m radius seal upon it. Anything other than the user that tries to cross the seal from outside will be repelled and be pushed back noticeably throwing them off balance and guard. This seal lasts 5 posts or until removed using an unsealing technique.

SA's:
A Bright Burning Light [Enhanced Chakra Reserves]
Born with abnormally large chakra reserves, Saya is capable of utilizing more jutsu than the average person of her rank, and can continue to use them at a much higher rate, allowing her to fight longer than others of her rank can without running out of chakra.

Seals Are Cool, I Swear! [Fuinjutsu Proficiency]
Having spent much of her time as a Genin learning the intricacies of Fuinjutsu, Saya has a better understanding of how seals interact with chakra than most others of her rank, which has allowed her to implant Fuinjutsu onto an object struck by her blade, so long as she has prepared the technique beforehand. This does not allow a character to bypass any restrictions on a Fuinjutsu, and Saya must concentrate on the Fuinjutsu being used through the blade in order apply it, making it impossible to channel a Fuinjutsu through the blade while concentrating on another jutsu (or use another jutsu while a Fuinjutsu is channeled through it).

Equipment:
Yoton Forged Steel
Forged using a unique blend of Iron Ore that can only be smelted with Yoton Release chakra, Hitsuiken boasts a surprising level of durability for a weapon of its rank, allowing it to shrug off blows that would shatter lesser blades with nary a nick or scratch. Additionally, the blade rarely needs to be sharpened, as its edge is quite hard, though of course it does require polishing and maintenance from time to time (this does not mean it is any sharper than normal).

Chakra Conductive - Fuinjutsu
Created specifically with the users Fuinjutsu prowess in mind, Hitsuiken lives up to its name by enabling whoever wields it to channel fuuinjutsu through it so long as the character has the correlating SA. This allows the wielder to apply said seals to the surface of the next object the blades touches, be it organic or inorganic provided the technique itself can affect said object in the first place. This does not allow a character to bypass any restrictions on a Fuinjutsu, and the user most concentrate on the Fuinjutsu being used throught the blade in order apply it, making it impossible to channle a Fuinjutsu through the blade while concentrating on another jutsu (or use another jutsu while a Fuinjutsu is channeled through the blade).

[Oborozuki Yuri]

It's a little embarrassing, being paired up with the girl you just beat to a pulp. Even if that same girl was a fool in the very first round, Yuri's starting to wonder if she ought to have gone a little easier on her. It wars in her skull now as she stands at the yellow line beside her new partner, eyeing her cautiously from the side. As they're bowing, the Oborozuki girl opens her mouth to speak something - an apology, a plan, anything - but Saya cuts her off with barked orders.

A look of annoyance spreads over Yuri's face at either Saya or being called Takigakure’s Lung Obliterator, the chainsmoking Oborozuki Yuri!, a perked eyebrow and pursed bottom lip, but she complies, sticking close to Saya as she draws handseals out before slamming her hand upon the ground. Ink flees the connection, paints a circle around them, and very quickly Yuri knows not to step outside the boundaries without understanding what the seal is in the first place.

There's another urge to speak - to apologize profusely. Yuri doesn't. She has enough respect for Saya to not coddle or patronize her; anyway, if she didn't want to be beaten so bloody, she should have tried harder. She puts her faith in the kusanin's ability to prove herself better this round.

Apparently they're playing the waiting game within the circle.

Yuri secures six senbon in her left hand, two to each knuckle, and holds it at the ready, watching the boys from across the playing field. In a quick swipe, she wraps two of these within boil tags. Not only is she trying to calculate what she knows about their opponents (which is very little), but she's processing Saya's role in the same instant. She can count on Saya to dance around, to brandish her sword, to throw a few kunai; what else might she have up her sleeve? Yuri didn't stay in close combat with her long enough to find out. Atagi and Seiji had proven taijutsu prowess in their match, but had showcased very little else. Yuri had thought their fight to be particularly boyish, headstrong and knuckleheaded, bloody fist on fist. How would they fair in a long distance battle?

"Ah, fuck it." The girl uses her free hand to fish out a cigarette, pop it in her mouth, produce a lighter and light it all within a second. "Let's light 'em up, Saya-chan."

Yuri's stance is poised, bent, ready to launch at the slightest provocation. Clouds billow around her face, snaking toward the heavens.

[Haruno Seiji]

The romantic tale of battle brothers continued on, and seemed as though it would cap off the events for the day as well, as Seiji was called into the last fight with his prior opponent, Atagi Uzumaki. It was obvious that would be the case after the first 2v2 was announced, but it summoned butterflies in the boy's stomach all the same. Luckily the two had hit it off quite well in the preceding rounds, unlike some of the other combatants. Hopefully their rapport would serve to make them stronger allies than foes.

Their opposition for this round was the fighters from the last 1v1, making their performance crisply fresh in Seiji's mind. Saya wielded a sword and, as her title aptly revealed, was well versed in fuinjutsu it would seem. She hadn't performed that well in her fight but that was probably mostly to do with the enigma that was her opponent turned ally, Yuri. Yuri's abilities were... strange, to say the least. She'd employed some kind of poison or smoke that had incapacitated Saya and there was a weird blip in the fight that Seiji couldn't understand; the moment when she'd formed some seals, which accomplished nothing, Saya then seemingly struck her, only for her to completely fall apart moments thereafter.

Whatever she had in her toolkit, Seiji was supremely cautious of it.

As the boys made their way to the battlefield, trailing far enough behind their competitors so as to avoid any foul play, Seiji once again stopped Atagi, eager to conduct some preliminary tactics talk. "I'm sure you were watching as closely as I was during their fight." Seiji began, nodding his head toward the pair of kunoichi entering the arena ahead of them. "The girl from your village, sword and sealing expertise," the obvious observation courtesy of the announcer, "but also a spitfire, tricky and evasive but aggressive." Other than that, Seiji assumed Atagi would have already possessed more intel about her.

Yuri was another thing entirely. "The Taki girl... I, don't really know. Poisons I guess? Very tricky. And I don't know what that was, when she took out Saya following those signs. Maybe we can steer clear of her at first? Or just try and get a read on them. If you have any ideas, I'm all ears." But more importantly, Seiji would need to prepare Atagi for the shift in tone of the upcoming match. He drew one of his vials of rose oil from his pouch and crushed it, waves of the scent trigger's aroma wafted up with a pungent floral perfume and coated Seiji, filling his nostrils with a saccharine sweetness. His eyes narrowed, his expression hardened. "Either way, I'm going to seem a bit off in there. Don't let it bother you."

As the pair made their way to center of the arena, Seiji had a moment to size up his opponents properly. Granted, they were all kids, but the diminutive Saya standing next to the prepubescent twerp Yuri, particularly when mirrored by the two svelte adults they'd be facing, made them look especially juvenile. At his core, he felt bad. Not because he was going to beat the ever living shit out of them, and he was, but because they'd been put in this position to begin with.

As soon as the announcer signaled for them to begin, Seiji defied expectation, retreating instead of closing the distance as he had when facing Atagi. From his back he plucked a composite bow and drew a sleek arrow from the quiver at his hip, lifting it high and drawing the string back fully as he trained his aim on Saya. He was immediately glad for his distance as lines of ink shot out from Saya's form, coating the ground in an intricate web of seals. "Atagi, get away from that until we know what it does." His voice was loud and cold across the air but also even, devoid of feeling.

He paused, puzzled at the display and unfamiliar with the technique. Regardless, he wouldn't be entering that obvious trap if he could help it.

Instead, he let his arrow fly, sailing directly for Saya's chest. As soon as his fingers let the arrow loose, they were digging for another and drawing it up, ready to strike again. Seiji stepped back further, watching the girls as they waited for Seiji and Atagi to make their move. If he managed his distance, he would hopefully maintain the advantage; that was, if whatever it was Saya had done actually allowed for him to attack them. But, if they wanted a ranged battle, they could have one.

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[Uzumaki Atagi]

The moment is freedom

At the initial announcement, Atagi is surprised at the luckless happening that was being put up against Saya, of all people– a fellow grass nin. Or perhaps it ought to have been considered fortuitous or fortunate, instead? After all, shinobi should’ve been less eager to harm their kinsmen, at least in theory.

When Seiji stops him for another pre-battle tunnel chat, he of course halts, and is eager to exchange a few words. ”Aye, and Saya’s more fearsome than her current temperament would indicate. It’s unfortunate that their bout was so short, but that’s something to be wary of, too– the Taki girl might be diminutive, but any technique or ability or item that can render Saya inept so rapidly is worth keeping at the forefront of our minds.” There’s a pursing of the lips, and he seems to actually contemplate, a few moments. ”Ideally, I’d take her out before she can do the same to one or both of us. Of course, I’m not sure it’ll be so easy to get within arm’s reach…but we can create an opportunity between the two of us, yeah? I’m not much for plans, anyway; battles, like life, are too chaotic for it.” An exuberant, toothy grin, belying an excess of self-confidence and trust in his battle brother both. There’s a series of a few blinks given, when Seiji remarks that he’ll be ‘a bit off’, but a shrug of finality seals the deal; off or not, if it’s remarked that he ought not to let it bother him…then, well, he won’t.

And then, they’re moving out into the arena, taking up their position at their designated starting areas. Atagi takes the opportunity to wave at some of the crowd (perhaps even looking for folk that he knew), and then to toss a little two-fingered salute the way of the girls, in response to Saya’s deep, serious bow. ”Best of luck!” It could easily have been seen as insulting, given the Uzumaki’s sense of tact, sometimes.

The countdown finishes, and everyone explodes into motion at once. He’s starting to dart forward, Saya is throwing down a seal, Yuki is fishing out some throwing implements, and Seiji is moving back, bow drawn, and warning the Uzumaki against moving into the seal until they’ve figured out exactly what it is– which he listens to, perhaps surprisingly, and pulls back.

Even if they were of similar physique and similar mindset in many factors of life, it appeared that Seiji was certainly more risk averse– or perhaps just smarter outright. After all, the Uzumaki’s first inclination would’ve been to run headlong into the seal just to see what happened, perhaps with some rationalization or reason about how it couldn’t have been too catastrophic because of the fact that the user (and their new ally) staying inside of it. Was that logic really ‘sound’? Not quite, in all honesty.

Nonetheless, he flashes a quick thumbs up in acknowledgement to Seiji, before hands come together in front of his body, working through three seals in short order, donning a ‘shroud’ of wind about his limbs, the Rush Stance. A moment not being attacked was a moment to equip oneself.

For the moment, he keeps a careful distance, enough that he’ll have ample time to move out of the way of any projectiles (theoretically), cupping a hand to his mouth and shouting. ”Surely you don’t plan on sitting in there all match!”


(Haruno Seiji Oborozuki Yuri Honō Saya)

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NAME: Rasshusutansu [Rush Stance]
RANK: C
CHAKRA USAGE: Very Low [Very Low to maintain]
CLASSIFICATION: Ninjutsu
ELEMENT: Fuuton
HANDSEALS: 3
DESCRIPTION:
This stance requires the user to use fuuton to generate a small current of wind around the body that is condensed into a visible form around the hands and feet. Activating this stance allows the user to increase the speed of their strikes and attacks, specifically for this style.

[Honō Saya]

The moment Seiji shouted out his warning, Saya knew there was no way she was going to get either of her two opponents to come close without some serious bait. Moving fast, the redhead tossed her kunai at the Konoha-nin’s arrow, the two projectiles colliding just before the outer-edge of the seal; her kunai went down, deflecting off the stone floor of the arena in a clatter that left it roughly halfway between the two pairs of Genin, while his arrow went up, flying overhead to bury itself an inch or so into the wall.

"What’s the matter? Scared of a pair of girls?" Saya shot back, standing to her feet as she spoke, one hand already drawing Hitsuiken. There wasn’t much she could do to the boys at this distance, but the same was likely true for them as well- if there was going to be anything that could break the stalemate her seal was going to enforce, it would have to come from Yuri.

"They can’t get past the outer edge while my seal is active, but it won’t last forever." She said to the Taki girl, honey-yellow gaze focused on Atagi as he summoned forth a small whirlwind around his limbs; he’d be more difficult to deal with up close now, but they could deal with that in a minute. "If you’ve got another one of those things that made that mist, I suggest using it on them now. Otherwise, we’ll have to head out of the seal to take them on."

There was a moment, a soft, quiet moment where she almost added something to that- she would be able to cross the line again, retreating to the relative safety of her seal if she had to, but Yuri? Yuri would not. The seal cared only about her; once the Taki girl was outside of it, she’d be treated as any other foe and repulsed the second she tried to push inside. She could have, perhaps even should have said something… but didn’t.

"Regardless, if you can delay the Konoha-nin, I can maybe incapacitate Atagi long enough for us to beat up on him." It was a big ask, but if she could get Hitsuiken to connect then maybe… Maybe. It would work.

Oborozuki Yuri Haruno Seiji Uzumaki Atagi hirana kizumi

Combat Info

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Threw Kunai at Seiji's arrow to block it (yay Buki secondary!). Down to 5 Kunai in back pouch

Jutsu Used:
NAME: Hanpatsu Shīru [Repulsion Seal] [1/5 Rounds used]
RANK: C
CHAKRA USAGE: Low
CLASSIFICATION: Fūinjutsu
ELEMENT: -
HANDSEALS: 3
DESCRIPTION: After performing the necessary hand signs the user then places their hand onto whatever it is to place a visible 5m radius seal upon it. Anything other than the user that tries to cross the seal from outside will be repelled and be pushed back noticeably throwing them off balance and guard. This seal lasts 5 posts or until removed using an unsealing technique.

SA's:
A Bright Burning Light [Enhanced Chakra Reserves]
Born with abnormally large chakra reserves, Saya is capable of utilizing more jutsu than the average person of her rank, and can continue to use them at a much higher rate, allowing her to fight longer than others of her rank can without running out of chakra.

Seals Are Cool, I Swear! [Fuinjutsu Proficiency]
Having spent much of her time as a Genin learning the intricacies of Fuinjutsu, Saya has a better understanding of how seals interact with chakra than most others of her rank, which has allowed her to implant Fuinjutsu onto an object struck by her blade, so long as she has prepared the technique beforehand. This does not allow a character to bypass any restrictions on a Fuinjutsu, and Saya must concentrate on the Fuinjutsu being used through the blade in order apply it, making it impossible to channel a Fuinjutsu through the blade while concentrating on another jutsu (or use another jutsu while a Fuinjutsu is channeled through it).

Equipment:
Yoton Forged Steel
Forged using a unique blend of Iron Ore that can only be smelted with Yoton Release chakra, Hitsuiken boasts a surprising level of durability for a weapon of its rank, allowing it to shrug off blows that would shatter lesser blades with nary a nick or scratch. Additionally, the blade rarely needs to be sharpened, as its edge is quite hard, though of course it does require polishing and maintenance from time to time (this does not mean it is any sharper than normal).

Chakra Conductive - Fuinjutsu
Created specifically with the users Fuinjutsu prowess in mind, Hitsuiken lives up to its name by enabling whoever wields it to channel fuuinjutsu through it so long as the character has the correlating SA. This allows the wielder to apply said seals to the surface of the next object the blades touches, be it organic or inorganic provided the technique itself can affect said object in the first place. This does not allow a character to bypass any restrictions on a Fuinjutsu, and the user most concentrate on the Fuinjutsu being used throught the blade in order apply it, making it impossible to channle a Fuinjutsu through the blade while concentrating on another jutsu (or use another jutsu while a Fuinjutsu is channeled through the blade).

[Oborozuki Yuri]

She does not consider Atagi's jeer nor Saya's reply. Aside from the shot arrow, which is redirected by Saya's kunai, it seems no one is taking the initiative to close the gap. Still poised, knees bent and senbon drawn across her chest, Yuri's eyes flick across each of the participants. For a moment, she feels that overwhelm - the same from the first round, but this time there is no purple miasma causing the heart to ricochet within its cage. Adrenaline fuses with anxiety, sending electricity through her bones. The crowd is muffled, far away, but so are the peers here with her. Then Saya is talking to her. Yuri listens, chestnut gaze caught between their two opponents. Saya is vague about how the seal under their feet works, leading the youngest girl to wonder if she, too, would be kept outside the boundary should she cross it. There's not much time to dwell on it, as Saya is redirecting her with more orders.

Yuri's gut twists. Truthfully, she doesn't trust Saya's judgement. None of her plans thus far have fallen in her favor, whether it be on Yuri's team or across the battlefield. And double truthfully, she doesn't want to deal with the guy who has a freaking bow and arrow aimed at them.

Against her own judgement, Yuri decides to trust the girl one more time. She steps up in front of Saya, to the edge of the seal, and looks upon her foe turned ally with a level gaze, cigarette hanging from her lips. The smoke coils around her face. "I didn't mean to go so hard on you, Saya-chan. I thought you would be able to take it." The blasé expression turns soft, eyebrows pulling into her bangs. With all seriousness, she says gently, "I thought you would be stronger."

In her mind, this is a compliment.

Without waiting for a response, Yuri dashes outside of the seal's edge, falling into a zig-zag sprint, making sure to broaden her movements and dart erratically without finding a rhythm. As she makes this awkward, quick approach upon Seiji and his drawn arrow, her hand flashes in front of her twice. First as she nears Atagi, aiming three senbon and one boil tag for his legs. Second right after, launching the last three senbon and one boil tag directly at the leaf genin's raised instrument and the bit of hand revealed to her, knuckles and fingers wielding its power. Before they land, she casts the snake seal, sending the tags into plumes of colorless, acidic mist. Yuri is not far behind, reaching for her bat and another boil tag, all the while exhaling the gray clouds of her nicotine.

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USED

Futton Fuda | Boil Tag
RANK: C
CLASSIFICATION: Offensive
ELEMENT: Futton | Boil
RESTRICTIONS: Oborozuki Clan
DESCRIPTION:
A boil tag looks like a traditional exploding tag. The only difference is the middle seal reads futton instead of baku.
ABILITIES:
Upon detontation, through touch or remotely using the snake seal, the boil tag will begin to emit a acidic mist. Once detonatied the nearly colourless mist (the colour of the mist can be changed by altering the seal at creation) will fill a 5x5 metre area (1 post) and will continue to emit acidic mist for 2 rotations. The acid is potent enough to cause skin to burn on contact, and prolonged contact will cause flesh to blister.

[Haruno Seiji]

Seiji’s suspicions were all but confirmed by Saya’s reluctance to have the arrow engage with her seal or by her lack of movement from its center. If she was trying to rob Seiji of intel by avoiding a collision between his projectile and her trap, she’d accomplished the opposite by indicating it was valuable intel to begin with.

Her refusing to move could also indicate that her being at its center was in some way important. While he was aware of the approaching Yuri, for him to sell his strike he'd have to stay his course. So, despite her sprint in his direction, Seiji momentarily disregarded Yuri and spoke up, his eyes locked on Saya. "Fine. Have it your way.”

Seiji made to put his bow away but, from Seiji’s peripheral vision, he just made out Yuri's blurry figure tossing a grouping of projectiles at him, presumably to draw his attention as she closed in. To the Konoha nin, Yuri was a mobile and acrobatic fighter with a vast toolkit of techniques. Saya, on the other hand, was a sitting duck, itching to be taken out. She was the obvious target and it made sense to try and split the boys up.

While a champion effort was made to dodge the weapons as Seiji stepped toward Saya and formed some handseals, his mind was far too split to come away unscathed. One of the senbon lodged itself deep in Seiji's shoulder while another embedded itself across the width of his right cheek, like a sewing needle at the start of a stitch and Seiji's face was the fabric. It fucking hurt, but now was not the time for greater theatrics.

The plume of acid from the exploding kunai was met by one of Seiji's own creation as he disappeared from view. His form sank beneath the earth and he dashed forward to meet his target outside the range of mundane perception. Within seconds, his hand crashed through the packed earth of the arena and grabbed on to the ankle of his target, Yuri. Hopefully he’d sold his approach well. Molding the doton chakra around the ground at her feet, Seiji ripped her leg downward, attempting to pull her form deep into the earth like she'd run off a curb and into the abyss, leaving only her head sticking out.

In an instant, the boy leapt out of the earth, leaving his quarry behind and making sure to make distance from the cloud of poison Yuri had created. In place of the senbon buried in his face was now a gnarly gash where the weapon had ripped free during his subterranean travel. But, were he successful, Yuri would be immobilized for no small amount of time and the boys could focus on the turtle cowering within her shell.

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JUTSU USED:

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Name: Shinjuu Zanshu no Jutsu - [Double Suicide Decapitation Technique]
Rank: D
Chakra Usage: Low
Type: Ninjutsu [General]
Element: Doton
HANDSEALS: 2
Description
Shinjuu Zanshu no Jutsu is a Ninjutsu utilizing the Earth Element. The ninja will travel through the ground to appear below their target. They will then surprise their target by then pulling them into the ground. Once in the ground their target is thus immobilized. It should be noted that the technique can only be used over short distances.

[Uzumaki Atagi]

The moment is freedom

Despite his jeers, Atagi doesn’t actually expect either of the girls to be running out and meeting him and Seiji head-on…and yet, it seems that Yuri is taking up the challenge wholeheartedly, something that he has to respect, even from an enemy. She’s quick, as most shinobi tend to be…but not quite ‘blisteringly’ or ‘blindingly’ so. Already, his body is priming to react, to move; but it becomes clear in short order that she doesn’t intend to fully close the gap between them, but to make a beeline for the bowman.

Her senbon fly true, two ‘regular’ ones and one wrapped in a tag. He doesn’t have the proficiency with seals nor the eyesight to perceive that they’re not the ‘normal’ kind…but having watched the bout between Yuri and Saya, he knows that she has access to some kind of tag that’s not your typical exploding kind. And, well, even if it was the typical exploding kind, he’s got no interest in being next to it when it goes off.

The fact that he had a bevy of movement and mobility enhancing techniques under the belt wasn’t going to surprise anyone. But it didn’t need to shock anyone to be effective, it just had to work. So…it seems stupid, but instead of retreating or staying still, Atagi actually moves toward the implements. Say what one might about his mental acuity, hesitation was’t in his wheelhouse.

Atagi weaves, moves, and leaps in a way where he gives the appearance of having gone through the needles entirely, but he’s deftly avoided being stuck by them thanks to the Pure Flying Step technique. Of course, it’s not quite as incredible of a plan as he’d first thought, because Yuri never intended to wait for them to land to begin with. The tag explodes mid-flight, and so the Uzumaki darts past it just as it’s already started to emit that colourless gas. In some ways it’s a blessing, because it has the vapour-equivalent of only ‘grazing’ him…which still has the effect of reddening his nose and stinging at the eyes enough to induce a few tears. ”Feh!”

Coming to a stop on the other side, of the projectiles, Atagi’s still a good 5-10 paces away from the circle. Toward the outer edge of the arena, Yuri is barreling toward Seiji, who’s the farthest away. Part of his spirit tugs him toward that part of the battle, to dart out and kick Yuri in the head for so much as daring to turn her back to him, thinking he’d be too tied up with a few senbon to pursue. But he trusts Seiji to handle himself, and more importantly, Saya is going to punish him just as quickly for daring to turn his back to her. Instead, his gaze finds her, features a strange dichotomy between fierce eyes and a good-natured smile– temporarily pitted against one another as they might’ve been, they were still friends, at least from the lens of his permanently sunny disposition.

It doesn’t take much thought. Atagi’s hands move, to unclasp at the buckles of the packs affixed to his forearms, then his legs, presuming he’s not interrupted, letting them whump onto the ground. It’s obvious that against the Sayuri combination, blocking is going to functionally be useless. If Saya can slap a seal on me with her sword, I’m liable to get blown up, or worse. And if Yuri tags me with any of her implements or techniques, I’ll go down just as quick as Saya did in their fight. Like a game of exploding-tag Tag…one hit’ll probably settle it. The answer?

Don’t get hit.

He gives Saya a handful of moments to make the first move, not daring or dreaming to take his eyes off her for even a moment. As he does, Atagi’s raising up a hand, shouting loud enough for his battle brother to hear. ”I’ll keep the Stunning Swordslinger tied down, yeah?! I’m trusting you to keep Miss Lung Liquidator from shooting me in the back, in the meantime!” Would it really be so simple as divvying it up into two ‘1v1s’? He certainly seemed to think so.


(Haruno Seiji Oborozuki Yuri Honō Saya)

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TL;DR: Atagi uses Pure Flying Step to dodge the senbon Yuri throws, positions himself inbetween Saya and her teammate (so if one was to draw a loose 'line' through everyone it'd be - |Saya| -> Atagi -> Yuri -> Seiji - partly because he's literally not even looking to see what the Haruno does in response to the attack, placing full faith in him. He casts off his weights (if Saya doesn't stop him) so that he can dip, duck, dive and dodge a little better, then prepares to engage Saya, fine with the stalemate unless the situation becomes dire.

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Potentially Relevant/Relevant SA

In the Nick of Time
Atagi has honed his combat instinct and reflexes via dedicated training (and at least one ‘practical experience’ in the form of having life and limb imperiled by a particular Taki-nin) to the point where he can, much of the time, reflexively move in response to threatening stimuli. Most often, these combat reflexes are defensively oriented, a la blocking or dodging. He’s nicknamed them his ‘God-Speed Impulses’, which is an obvious exaggeration.

Jutsu:

NAME: Rasshusutansu [Rush Stance]
RANK: C
CHAKRA USAGE: Very Low [Very Low to maintain]
CLASSIFICATION: Ninjutsu
ELEMENT: Fuuton
HANDSEALS: 3
DESCRIPTION:
This stance requires the user to use fuuton to generate a small current of wind around the body that is condensed into a visible form around the hands and feet. Activating this stance allows the user to increase the speed of their strikes and attacks, specifically for this style.
NAME: Subakage-ryū: Hirenkyaku [New Shadow Style: Pure Flying Step]
RANK: D
CHAKRA USAGE: Low
CLASSIFICATION: Taijutsu
ELEMENT: N/A
HANDSEALS: N/A
REQUIREMENT: Subakage-ryū: Hohō [New Shadow Style: Step Method]

DESCRIPTION:
Pure Flying Step is a slightly more advanced version of Step Method. The shinobi does not move any faster than they would with the Step Method, but their overall mobility is greatly increased. Unlike the Reverberating Turn, Pure Flying Step is used to dodge repeated techniques, such as a series of thrown shinobi tools; it can also be used to move around the battle field despite what obstacles they might face. This technique gains its name because it can appear as if the shinobi is flying instead of running, especially when crossing obstacles or moving through the trees.

[Honō Saya]

It didn’t take long for things to start going sideways. Atagi and Seiji, far from immobile, each made of their own, with the Uzumaki surging forwards at top speed to meet Yuri’s kunai head on, while his partner disappeared in the mist the Oborozuki Genin had conjured with one of those strange tags. She couldn’t tell if the barrage of senbon had hit their target, but it didn’t matter- because for all the two boys held the advantage in terms of raw physical stats, neither of them seemed to be paying near enough attention to what she had already done.

"I figured you’d be the one to come after me." Saya said as Atagi cleared the mist, his eyes streaming tears at the scant exposure to whatever poison or acid was inside the almost colorless cloud. Of course, she couldn’t just let him do as he pleased- she had no clue how Yuri was faring, no way to know if the Taki-girl was winning or losing, but she did know that if she didn’t handle Atagi right here, right now, her partner’s chances of being on the good end of that coin toss went down. Hard.

Sheathing Hitsuiken with a sigh, the Hono girl moved quickly, bringing her hands together, chakra flaring as she forms a single, familiar seal just as Atagi drops the first of his four packs. In an instant the battlefield changes, the explosive note she had wrapped around the hilt of her previously thrown kunai going off… directly behind the Uzumaki, sending shockwaves through the ground and blowing a large swath of the colorless mist in every direction from the sheer, concussive force of the blast. She moves then, rushing across the edge of her seal the instant after the shockwave passes, body bent in a coil, one hand on her blade’s hilt, the other resting just behind the guard, readying to flick it forward in a draw-cut meant to arc from Atagi’s right hip to his left shoulder.

The cut itself won’t be enough to take her fellow Kusa-nin down- but with his senses weakened by the mist and the previous explosion, she knows this will be her best chance. So as Hitsuiken’s blade comes flying from its sheath, she concentrates, twisting her chakra inside the special, Yoton-forged steel in order to prepare one final gambit; a Senkin seal, pumped to its absolute maximum, so that no matter what happens, if she so much as grazes a single part of Atagi’s clothes or body with her cut, the Uzumaki won’t just be incapacitated, but fully taken out of the fight.

I hope.

Oborozuki Yuri Haruno Seiji Uzumaki Atagi hirana kizumi

Combat Info

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Activated Explosive note wrapped around hilt of Kunai Saya threw earlier (C-Rank explosion) while Atagi was taking off his packs (timed itso it happens just after her takes off the first). Then charged in with an Iaido + Senkin combo that maybe works?

Jutsu Used:
NAME: Iaido [Quickdraw]
RANK: C
CHAKRA USAGE: Very Low
CLASSIFICATION: Bukijutsu
ELEMENT: -
HANDSEALS: 0
REQUIREMENT: Sword
DESCRIPTION: Iaido is a style of quickdraw. The secret behind the speed of this quick draw comes from two separate movements. The user will begin with their hands close each one on the opposite side of the tsuba [guard]. The two movements needed to take out the sword in an instant faster than one can raise their guard come from the pulling motion onto the sheath as the user takes out the sword as well as flicking the sword out with their thumb increasing the speed of the pull onto the handle.

NAME: Senkin [Great Weight]
RANK: D
CHAKRA USAGE: Medium - Maxed out weight (1000lbs)
CLASSIFICATION: Fūinjutsu
DESCRIPTION:
A simple technique where the user will inscribe a small seal upon an object and apply their chakra to the object, allowing that object to act as a regular weight. It appears in Kanji of how much weight is added up to a half ton and can be broken with a single seal by the user. It cannot be used on another person and costs chakra based upon how much weight is applied to the seal.
Very Low (0-300lbs)
Low (300-700 lbs)
Medium (700lbs - 0.5 tons)

SA's:
A Bright Burning Light [Enhanced Chakra Reserves]
Born with abnormally large chakra reserves, Saya is capable of utilizing more jutsu than the average person of her rank, and can continue to use them at a much higher rate, allowing her to fight longer than others of her rank can without running out of chakra.

Seals Are Cool, I Swear! [Fuinjutsu Proficiency]
Having spent much of her time as a Genin learning the intricacies of Fuinjutsu, Saya has a better understanding of how seals interact with chakra than most others of her rank, which has allowed her to implant Fuinjutsu onto an object struck by her blade, so long as she has prepared the technique beforehand. This does not allow a character to bypass any restrictions on a Fuinjutsu, and Saya must concentrate on the Fuinjutsu being used through the blade in order apply it, making it impossible to channel a Fuinjutsu through the blade while concentrating on another jutsu (or use another jutsu while a Fuinjutsu is channeled through it).

Equipment:
Yoton Forged Steel
Forged using a unique blend of Iron Ore that can only be smelted with Yoton Release chakra, Hitsuiken boasts a surprising level of durability for a weapon of its rank, allowing it to shrug off blows that would shatter lesser blades with nary a nick or scratch. Additionally, the blade rarely needs to be sharpened, as its edge is quite hard, though of course it does require polishing and maintenance from time to time (this does not mean it is any sharper than normal).

Chakra Conductive - Fuinjutsu
Created specifically with the users Fuinjutsu prowess in mind, Hitsuiken lives up to its name by enabling whoever wields it to channel fuuinjutsu through it so long as the character has the correlating SA. This allows the wielder to apply said seals to the surface of the next object the blades touches, be it organic or inorganic provided the technique itself can affect said object in the first place. This does not allow a character to bypass any restrictions on a Fuinjutsu, and the user most concentrate on the Fuinjutsu being used throught the blade in order apply it, making it impossible to channle a Fuinjutsu through the blade while concentrating on another jutsu (or use another jutsu while a Fuinjutsu is channeled through the blade).

[Oborozuki Yuri]

Everything is happening so fast, all at once, weighing her down. She can't see what's happening around her, only Seiji - she focuses on him, divvies him out to process alone. As he puts the bow away and fails to avoid two of the three senbon, Yuri slows her approach if not only by a pace. By the time the Haruno has melted into the earth, Yuri has already unsheathed her bat, slapped a tag onto it, and cast the snake seal; but she stands still, thrown off by the disappearing act.

There's not a lot of time. The acidic smoke funnels out of its seal, encasing her in its fog. The gray and white clouds of her own nicotine are a stark contrast to the colorless mist. She readies her bat over her shoulder, both hands on the hilt, scanning the earth for any signs of her opponent's re-arrival.

Eyes glued below, she sees his hand before it can connect with her ankle. She yelps, wiggles her leg and awkwardly sweeps her foot clockwise to just barely dodge the grip. In the very same moment, she swings her bat like a golf club, hard and true, in an attempt at crippling his offending hand, blistering mist making short contact should she hit the mark.

When Seiji leaps out of the ground to stand between Yuri and Atagi, Yuri spins around to face his back. Even though she's mostly immune to her own boiling acid, she knows she doesn't have a lot of time before it starts creeping over her, too. She inhales deeply from her cigarette, eyes flashing wild as she launches forward again, bat raised. Smoke, gray and white and colorless and acidic all mingling in ribbons, trails behind her movement as she closes the gap. She swings her bat, aiming for a knee - only for Saya's explosion to go off ahead, beyond Seiji and behind Atagi; even furthest from the blast, Yuri is still thrown back by the shockwave. She catches herself bizarrely, with her bat face down in the earth and her hips crooked, legs bent, looking animalistic in the way she catches herself. Her teeth mash the butt of her cigarette, determined not to drop it. In the aftermath of the explosion, she darts ahead again, this time following through with the swing on Seiji.

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RELEVANT SA

Contortionist
Whether it's through dislocating her own bones, bending at bizarre angles or sucking in her weight to fit somewhere she shouldn't - Yuri is strangely flexible and can move her body in unnatural and almost frightening ways.

USED

Futton Fuda | Boil Tag
RANK: C
CLASSIFICATION: Offensive
ELEMENT: Futton | Boil
RESTRICTIONS: Oborozuki Clan
DESCRIPTION:
A boil tag looks like a traditional exploding tag. The only difference is the middle seal reads futton instead of baku.
ABILITIES:
Upon detontation, through touch or remotely using the snake seal, the boil tag will begin to emit a acidic mist. Once detonatied the nearly colourless mist (the colour of the mist can be changed by altering the seal at creation) will fill a 5x5 metre area (1 post) and will continue to emit acidic mist for 2 rotations. The acid is potent enough to cause skin to burn on contact, and prolonged contact will cause flesh to blister.

Yureru Neko [Wiggling Cat]
RANK: D
CHAKRA USAGE: Low
CLASSIFICATION: Taijutsu
ELEMENT: N/A
HANDSEALS: 0
DESCRIPTION:
The user wiggles in much the same way a cat does when avoiding being pet or picked up, just barely moving out of the way to evade an incoming attack. Because the user moves the minimum possible amount, this technique is susceptible to big sweeping attacks or attacks with a large area of effect, but the restrained dodge leaves the user in a strong position to counterattack melee combatants in range.

[Haruno Seiji]

As Seiji's grip closes, a rush of shock fills his body. Nothing? Well, not nothing, as Yuri's bat swings down to meet the boy's hand, crushing it as fractures form down the thin bones within, his fingers bent inward and snapped. The breaks are loud and rattle the boy. Still, he manages his escape from the earth and, with a focused effort to halt his breathing in Yuri's close proximity, he's allowed enough distance to escape the crippling aura.

In the moment in between strikes, Seiji is bewildered. Despite his deception, set up, invisible approach and his attack having lasted less than a few seconds, Yuri had just- moved her leg. She'd seen through his ruse and tracked his movements perfectly. Seiji spat. Up until this point, even when he was lagging a bit behind, the Konoha nin felt like he'd been mostly a match for his peers. It wasn't like he had a ton of tricks left up his sleeve and, now that one of his primary trump cards had been so easily ignored, Seiji wondered if he could even land a hit on the Taki girl.

In his stunned state, he hardly noticed her approach from behind. If not for Saya's explosion, Yuri likely would have landed her strike on target, but the two of them were thrown back instead. Offering Seiji enough of a window to regain his focus on Yuri. While her partner had done well to toss the pair back toward Yuri's mist, Seiji wasn't about to allow himself to be completely taken out without even landed a hit. He gritted his teeth and strived to regain his balance before dashing out of the line the four combatants had formed, going wide to avoid any more combo attacks.

Once he made some distance, it was finally time to take an action of his own. He needed to change things up if he was going to turn this thing around. With a sharp pained exhale, Seiji forced his broken hand to meet its brother in a labored handseal before a stream of liquid clay erupted from his gut in front of him. The clay grew and formed into a copy of himself, the pair of Seijis wielding single kunai, the strained knuckles of their unbroken hands wrapped around their hilts.

As much as he wanted to link back up with Atagi, the only thing he could count on for now was that the Kusa boy could hold his own against Saya. If Seiji did try to group back up, the duo would be surrounded and easily defeated from two sides. For now, the two 1v1s would have to continue.

@y'all

JUTSU USED:

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NAME: Nendo Bunshin no Jutsu [Clay Clone Technique]
RANK: C
CHAKRA USAGE: Medium
CLASSIFICATION: Ninjutsu
ELEMENT: Doton
HANDSEALS: 1
DESCRIPTION:
By either creating the clone from the surrounding clay or by spewing it out ones mouth, this clone can take attacks and capture the enemy by taking them into its own body. The clone shows its natural shape the instant a body goes through. While the clay changes in hardness, the enemy is skillfully immobilized.

[Uzumaki Atagi]

The moment is freedom

It was a well-planned endeavour– it was true, that he hadn’t been paying much attention to what Saya had actually done with the Kunai used to deflect Seiji’s arrow. Or perhaps it would’ve been better to say that he couldn’t have? After all, despite his strengths, he had a few glaring weaknesses, too. One of them was perception itself– no enhanced senses, no special eyes, and no particular special attention to detail. Sometimes that itself was a strength, not getting so bogged down in things that he wasted too much time thinking.

Other times, like this? It would’ve really behooved him to look before he leapt.

In a battle between shinobi, things rarely happened slowly; he’s stripping one pack off, eyes affixed on Saya. She forms a seal, and there’s a barely perceptible widening of the eyes, already shifting his weight to a foot in preparation to move away from whatever it was she had planned– but even if he’s fast, he’s not quick enough to stop someone from using a single seal, at a distance, before whatever they intended happened. He gets as far as leaning forward, manipulating chakra in his body toward the legs, before–

BOOM!!

Heat and force rush from the explosion, and the Uzumaki is the closest to the source. It throws his body forward; he’s got no way of checking how damaged he is at the moment, but between the acid gas and the fireball itself, he’s sure to sustain a nasty burn or two.

Nonetheless, he finds it in him to not be thrown onto his face, at least. He catches himself from falling, foot stamped onto the ground, on bended knee…and can look up just in time to see Saya dashing out at him, hand on the handle of her sword. The wind dissipates from his limbs; it wasn’t doing much for him at the moment, anyway, and every neuron is firing in full defense mode.

The ever-present tempest of chakra in his body has dwindled down to a drizzle, by this point, but he’s still intent on squeezing out everything that he’s got. He manages to shift himself up into an awkward partial squat-- really just enough to get both of his feet on the ground-- and suddenly jerks backward, an explosive snap sounding out from the force at which he's stepped against the ground. He moves less than a meter, partly due to non-optimal positioning; whether it was good instincts, good timing, or sheer luck, he does it just about when Saya is going to swing. He hasn't moved away far enough to avoid being grazed by the tip, though, so...The arm with the weight still attached flies up to block the sword strike– she’s quick, and he’s disoriented, but the body will make up for where the mind falters, in true Atagi Uzumaki fashion. He blocks the strike, more ‘deflecting’ than ‘catching’ it, and there’s a brief moment of triumph glimmering through his features…

But then his whole body is dragged down by the weight at his arm suddenly become far, far too heavy for him to even consider carrying. Thankfully he hadn’t been in much of a position to resist, so his body almost ‘shoots’ to a collapsed position with his arm first, the weight cratering the ground some where it’s lands. ”AGH!” The crimson-haired shinobi scrambles in what’s almost an animalistic, survival instinct driven squirm to finish unbuckling it so he can worm his arm out before it’s completely crushed– to be crippled two years in a row at the exams would be extremely unsightly– but he’s definitely fractured or dislocated or compressed something he shouldn’t have in it, based on the shooting pain that moves through him when he tries to manipulate it, absolutely not helped by the jutsu he insisted on utilizing when he was running on empty.

Of course, that would take a few seconds, no matter how fast he was, so Saya could attack or do something again to him in the meantime, if she thought of it. He barely manages to shift into an awkward half-squat, enough to get both feet on the ground, an explosive snap sounding out as he seems to suddenly shift about a meter away from Saya. Whether it was luck or intuition to know the timing of the girl's swing, he moves backward eno The mist having been blown around by the explosion was in some ways a blessing, since it was less concentrated now, and his skin wasn’t going to start sloughing and boiling off unless given a lot more time. If she’s allowed him some mobility or ability to continue, he shows a spot of tenacity (much like his similarly injured battle brother) by trying to leg sweep Saya from his grounded position, unless she’s already left or has otherwise prevented him from doing so.


(Haruno Seiji Oborozuki Yuri Honō Saya)

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In the Nick of Time
Atagi has honed his combat instinct and reflexes via dedicated training (and at least one ‘practical experience’ in the form of having life and limb imperiled by a particular Taki-nin) to the point where he can, much of the time, reflexively move in response to threatening stimuli. Most often, these combat reflexes are defensively oriented, a la blocking or dodging. He’s nicknamed them his ‘God-Speed Impulses’, which is an obvious exaggeration.

NAME: Subakage-ryū: Sonído [New Shadow Style: Reverberating Turn]
RANK: D
CHAKRA USAGE: Low
CLASSIFICATION: Taijutsu
ELEMENT: N/A
HANDSEALS: N/A
DESCRIPTION:
REQUIREMENT: Subakage-ryū: Hohō [New Shadow Style: Step Method]
When attacked, the shinobi is faced with a choice: block or dodge. Sonído is perhaps the most raw, speed-oriented dodge available to practitioners of Subakage-ryū. When attacked, the shinobi pushes as much physical force as possible into their step and further enhances it with some chakra. In doing so, the explosive acceleration reaches tremendous speeds.
The shinobi repositions a very short distance, generally no more than a meter or two at the most. Moving further with Sonído just does not work, and due to the way they move, will cause the shinobi to trip up and tumble across the ground. While it is easiest to move in a linear fashion, Sonído can be used to circle about half way around an opponent.
Sonído is rather intense, and the force pushed into one point on the ground causes a modest explosive snap at the beginning of the technique, hence its name. Because Sonído is so intense and tough on the body, it cannot be used back-to-back, and doing so will render the shinobi immobile for one round as their body recovers. Extensive use of this technique can cause damage to the body, so it is best to be somewhat conservative.

[Honō Saya]

Saya saw it happen in slow motion; Hitsuiken sang through the air for Atagi’s chest, the older Kusa-nin panicking as he snapped to his feet and leapt back in a single, awkward motion that screams instinct rather than practice. The distance between them widens, but it's not enough for her cut to miss, and in true brawler fashion the Uzumaki swings his arm up to deflect her sword, the tip just barely grazing his bracer. Gotcha.

The thought echoes through Saya’s head as a soft, triumphant grin spreads across her face, her body following through on the cut in order to return to a center position, blade pointed at Atagi’s chest. The redhead can feel her reserves wane, the last few jutsu taking a large chunk, but she has plenty of gas in the tank- far more than her competitors at least. A benefit of her last match being so short. She moved in while her fellow Kusa-nin was struggling with his weighed-down arm, her blade flicking forward in a short, precise thrust that stabbed down at Atagi’s exposed left shoulder, chakra pulsing down the blade again to form another seal.

If her attack worked, the black-steel blade would pierce cloth and flesh to embed itself in the older boy’s shoulder, perhaps two inches deep. A painful wound no doubt, but the injury was superfluous, the pain paling in comparison to what would bloom across his shirt if her blow hit; a web of sealing lines set in a circular array, with the kanji for explosion in the very center. An explosive seal. Not a particularly powerful one but… well. They didn’t know that.

Should her attack work, Saya would pull her blade back, taking a deep breathe before she yelled out, her voice still hoarse from her earlier injuries, "Seiji! Surrender now, and I’ll take the explosive seal off him!"


Uzumaki Atagi Haruno Seiji Oborozuki Yuri hirana kizumi

Combat Info

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Jutsu Used:
NAME: Exploding Seal Jutsu [Bakukami no Jutsu]
RANK: C
CHAKRA USAGE: Low
CLASSIFICATION: Fūinjutsu
ELEMENT: -
HANDSEALS: 0
DESCRIPTION: One of the simplest jutsu thought to almost all beginner fuuinjutsu users. This technique has been used for centuries being put on exploding notes of all sorts. The idea behind this jutsu is to seal a certain amount of the user's chakra inside of a seal and release it at a later date using a simple seal. The user is capable of inscribing the seal onto any [non human] surface and the explosion strength can be varied depending on how much chakra the user puts into the seal, C rank being your average explosive note.

SA's:
A Bright Burning Light [Enhanced Chakra Reserves]
Born with abnormally large chakra reserves, Saya is capable of utilizing more jutsu than the average person of her rank, and can continue to use them at a much higher rate, allowing her to fight longer than others of her rank can without running out of chakra.

Seals Are Cool, I Swear! [Fuinjutsu Proficiency]
Having spent much of her time as a Genin learning the intricacies of Fuinjutsu, Saya has a better understanding of how seals interact with chakra than most others of her rank, which has allowed her to implant Fuinjutsu onto an object struck by her blade, so long as she has prepared the technique beforehand. This does not allow a character to bypass any restrictions on a Fuinjutsu, and Saya must concentrate on the Fuinjutsu being used through the blade in order apply it, making it impossible to channel a Fuinjutsu through the blade while concentrating on another jutsu (or use another jutsu while a Fuinjutsu is channeled through it).

Equipment:
Yoton Forged Steel
Forged using a unique blend of Iron Ore that can only be smelted with Yoton Release chakra, Hitsuiken boasts a surprising level of durability for a weapon of its rank, allowing it to shrug off blows that would shatter lesser blades with nary a nick or scratch. Additionally, the blade rarely needs to be sharpened, as its edge is quite hard, though of course it does require polishing and maintenance from time to time (this does not mean it is any sharper than normal).

Chakra Conductive - Fuinjutsu
Created specifically with the users Fuinjutsu prowess in mind, Hitsuiken lives up to its name by enabling whoever wields it to channel fuuinjutsu through it so long as the character has the correlating SA. This allows the wielder to apply said seals to the surface of the next object the blades touches, be it organic or inorganic provided the technique itself can affect said object in the first place. This does not allow a character to bypass any restrictions on a Fuinjutsu, and the user most concentrate on the Fuinjutsu being used throught the blade in order apply it, making it impossible to channle a Fuinjutsu through the blade while concentrating on another jutsu (or use another jutsu while a Fuinjutsu is channeled through the blade).

[Oborozuki Yuri]

Yuri casts a sidelong glance in Saya's direction as everything comes to a still. She seems to be dominating, Atagi beneath her. On the other hand, Seiji is out of their line and facing off against the Taki girl with two forms, two kunai, two broken hands. She snaps her teeth, grins for the first time in the last two days, exhales pillars of gray around the half-smoked cigarette hanging from her lips. The flank of her bat comes up to sit on her shoulder, the tag slapped on its belly still spilling its contents all around her. She's a walking smoke bomb. Though she is mostly immune to the acidity, cannot feel much of its pain until there is this dull ache scraping over her exposed flesh, her cheeks still redden in stripes, her fingers pinkish. She's a little less than half empty, and running low on tags-

-so she is semi-thankful when Saya calls out over the battlefield, tempting the two to concede. Yuri's grin falls, returning that bored expression to her, but she does not take her eyes off Seiji, pluming bat still mounted upon her shoulder. The rest of the fight lies on the two boys' next moves.

The thought of dashing headlong into her opponent and grappling him to force smoke down his throat, into his lungs, assaults the youngest girl. Her fingers twitch. The end of her cigarette burns brightly before streams of smoke billow from her nose. She waits.