The perfect swing [Open]

[Chikara]

ROUND 2

Koto HP: 4173 CP: 2528 AP: 3 -.5 -.5 - 1.5 -.5 = 0 AP next round: 2 Maintains: Sunchronized Multipresence, Slashing Style (Feral Assault) Status: Sprained arms

Hokori HP: 2100 - 130 = 1970 CP: 4020 - 70 = 3950 AP: 2.25 - 1 - 1 = .25 AP next round: 2.25 Maintains: Status:

Round Actions​

0.00 - Koto uses unreal celerity to switch Slashing Style to feral Assault 0.00 - Koto uses unreal celerity to perform a basic strike on Hokori (blind shot,sneak attack) [pass, miss] 0.00 - Koto performs a free basic strike [Full hit (64); Bleed failed] 0.00 - Koto is effected by the poison! He loses 1.5 ap! (cannot lose more than half your ap in a round) 0.00 - Hokori sheaths Fukuro using quickdraw 0.00 - Koto performs a free basic strike [Full hit(66); bleed failed] 1.67 - Koto performs a basic strike [miss] 4.44 - Hokori attempts to reenter stealth [fail] 8.88 - Hokori performs a hidden action [miss]​

Notes: Edit: Forgot about Koto's poison .-. nothing else is effected this round. Edit2: Koto's poison was actually already so Hokori is NOT poisoned.

 

[Moyamaru]

The truth was Koto had very little training and ever fewer techniques at his disposal. Though even with these downsides there was one thing the boy did excel at and that was his abnormal level of speed.

His eyes would at the turn of the second, when his lips had closed from mouthing the words "First Step" glow a neon blue. True to the name of the technique Koto would take an initial step with his right leg. In a moment in time that step would look normal but to anyone truly observing him, his body had actually blurred. Almost to the second it would take for someone to notice that his body had blurred a second Koto had appeared within the vicinity. Both would move in unison, running forwards low to the ground and equally both would blur.

This multiplying would happen almost tenfold in the time it would take one to fully blink, with at least ten copies of Koto in various locations around the battle area. One of the copies had quickly honed onto a piece of debris on the training field and would produce a precise slash through the pile of discarded training dummies. While it was evident Hokori had not been hiding here, it was not the lone obstacle within range. The copy would blur...

Whether Hokori saw it coming or not, to his right an image of Koto suddenly appeared. Both palms were gripping the handle of his katana tightly as he made a single arcing slash into the body of the puppet that had been equipped. Spinning on his heels, Koto's blade would begin to come back around for another slash when two other images of himself would appear around Hokori in various stages of swinging a katana. Having spun to deliver a heavy slash against the body of the puppet, Koto had wanted to render it damaged beyond use but before the strike would have hit his body froze up. There was a momentary loss of muscle control as unbeknownst to him, whatever poison Hokori had been using came into effect.

Though like the other copies, time would cause them to fade though by then there would have been a copy made. It would like a mosaic of Koto's constantly forming from one another. Though in actuality and for those above the typical genin it would have been easy to decipher that Koto wasn't making clones. What was happening was that he was actually moving so fast that a physical shadow of his body remained visible as an afterimage. This was why Hokori would find himself with a shallow slash through the front of his shirt. Though the slash did not draw blood or pierce skin.

All the copies of himself would fade as Koto had stopped moving and was no longer producing a trail. He'd jump back several times to make distance and as he landed on the ground his body would stand up straight. Holding his blade behind him fully extended he rush forwards. Splitting into afterimages avoiding an attack out of instinct instead of sight as he made his dash again....

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[Chigokai Yasashi]

Hokori continued to attempt to play with shadows and obstacles in the training grounds. carefully staying out of Koto's view for a while. He watched as he slashed a pile of dummies. I felt safe until he realized that he was getting faster. Hokori would find himself not only able to hide from his opponent for long, but also unable to avoid all of his attacks. "He didn't use any hand signs right? It's almost like there are more than one of them." he thought. It felt as if he was being attacked by multiple Kotos due to the speed and indescribable blur that seemed to accompany him. He was taken aback by these kind of attacks and, while Koto struggled to find him for a while, he did eventually find his mark.

His first attack would target Fukuro. It would land not really damaging the puppet, but it did frighten Hokori. He was about to be slashed again when the Fukuro's poison kicked in paralyzing Koto and saving Fukuro from any real damage. Hokori would return Fukuro to the bag on his back, making sure he avoided further attacks. Hokori valued all his puppets highly maybe more than himself at times. The next strokes were a blur it seemed like he was being attacked from multiple angles. He ended up leaping back and attempting to hide again noticing a shallow cut through his shirt. He wasn't confident that he was hidden, but regardless he attempted another genjutsu and, judging by Koto's reaction, it wouldn't worked. He was a little flustered that was a lot more than he was expecting, but it was obvious that Koto was taking this seriously. Koto's after images seemed to fade and he jumped backwards.

"Alright I guess I shouldn't mess around anymore..." Hokori mumbled maybe Koto could hear it maybe he couldn't. Hokori didn't want to reveal this puppet as it was still a prototype that he intended to have reach the storehouses of Suna. He also admitted to himself that he couldn't hold back in this fight and this puppet was his best. "Alright then time for plan B, let's go Gin." He stated, again in a muffled tone. Those watching his back would see the bag slowly seem to unzip more.

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[Chikara]

ROUND 2

Koto HP: 4173 - 540 = 3633 CP: 2528 - 112 = 2416 AP: 2 - 2 = 0 AP next round: 2 Maintains: Sunchronized Multipresence, Slashing Style (Feral Assault) Status: Sprained arms

Hokori HP: 1970 - 168 = 1802 CP: 3950 - 238 + 54 = 3766 AP: 2.25 - .75 - 1.25 = .25 AP next round: 2.25 Maintains: Status:

Round Actions​

0.00 Koto uses unreal celerity to perform a basic strike on Hokori (sneak attack) [Partial hit(36)] 0.00 Koto uses unreal celerity to perform a basic strike on Hokori [Full hit(66)] 0.00 Hokori draws his weapon Gin with quickdraw 0.00 Koto performs a free basic strike on Hokori [Full miss] 3.33 Hokori uses swift spin, Koto uses body switch with wait reaction 3.33 Koto follows up with a free basic strike using wait reaction [Full hit(66)] 5.56 Hokori uses Projectile Launcher at Koto [Full hit(180),Koto was poisoned,Full hit(180),Full hit(180),54cp recovered] ​

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[Chigokai Yasashi]

Koto moved quickly and gracefully striking at Hokori twice. One of which Hokori was able to deflect with his arm, but he wasn't able to block the next one. which struck him on his side tearing his jacket a bit. In this moment, strings flew from Hokori's finger tips and attached in ten spots inside of the bag on his back. With a flick of the wrist, Gin creaked as it stepped out of bag. Koto swung again, but Hokori was ready and ducked avoiding all damage. Next, he responded in kind with his own attack gin drew his three swords and spun towards Koto. Hokori assumed that this frightened him because he used a body switch technique to avoid it, but he was mistaken. Hokori expected him to try to escape or hide , but instead Koto appeared right in front of him striking again. This time hitting his leg leaving a light scratch. "Well done, but can you avoid this ?" Hokori pulled on one of the strings attached to Gin causing his jaw to drop and a barrage of projectiles to pelt the swordsman. All of these landed assuring the poison he'd laced them with had infiltrated his opponents body. Hokori had been successful in the first portion of his plan.

"No changes yet, but I must remain vigilant and flexible." He recited a line from Pulling the strings: a puppeteers guide in his mind. It was filled with insightful knowledge that had proved helpful in design he only hoped that what he'd read could help him here as well. He would prepare to continue his assault while moving forward with the plan he'd devised.

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[Moyamaru]

Distance would once again find itself between them as he jumped back from being pelted with projectiles again, slightly angering him at the fact that he'd been so easily caught by the attack. Closing his right eye in a wince, one of the projectiles would be quickly pulled from his arm. It hadn't gone deep enough to inflict internal injuries but it was in a spot that would have made it difficult to freely swing his blade. Discarding the projectile with a toss to the side, he'd leave the others in finding it would take to much time to remove them. Had he had more experience, he would have took the time to look at the projectile let alone understand that his body had been poisoned again. However he acted as one would expect someone to when faced with unknown possibilities....he largely ignored it's potential of use.

"So you keep more than one of those things.....I guess then....Sand Style"

It was smart, he hadn't of thought Hokori would have multiple puppets and while he had become used somewhat to the previous puppets movements this one had a different pattern all together. Made him respect Hokori in that he was able to use something so difficult for Koto to understand. Guess this meant that his opponent was taking this seriously enough that it would be only right to do so as well. He'd adjust his hand placement on his blade, holding the katana in such a way that the blade pointed back instead of out front.

"Second step..."

His body blurred again as he moved forwards..

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[Chikara]

ROUND 4

Koto HP: 3633 - 540 = 3093 CP: 2416 - 715 = 1701 AP: 2 - 2 = 0 AP next round: 2 Maintains: Sunchronized Multipresence, Slashing Style (Feral Assault), elemental channeling (lightning) Status: Sprained arms, poisoned

Hokori HP: 1802 CP: 3766 - 170 + 54 = 3650 AP: 2.25 -2.25 = 0 AP next round: 2 Maintains: Status:

Round Actions​

0.00 - Koto uses Unreal Celerity to use Elemental Channeling (lightning) 5.56 - Hokori uses Projectile Launcher on Koto [Full hit(180), miss, full hit(180), full hit(180), 54 cp recovered] 7.50 - Koto uses Electroshock on Hokori (sneak attack) [Miss] 7.50 - Koto performs a free basic strike on Hokori [Miss] 10.00 - Hokori performs a hidden action [Stealth check failed] 10.00 - Koto is aware Hokori armed an oil trap ​

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[Chigokai Yasashi]

Hokori was sure that his poison had taken effect. He could tell that Koto's movements and accuracy where being effected. He watched as Koto channeled the lightning element through his blade. He was wary, but decided to continue to capitalize on his poison. With the flick of his fingers Gin's arm bent back on it's self with a Click reveling another projectile launcher. A volley of needle spewed towards Koto each most once again landing squarely at Hokori's desired location. He could feel the chakra draining effects of Gin giving him back his spend chakra through the threads.

"So far so good." He thought, but then something unexpected and dangerous happened. The blade got closer than he wanted it to. In the moment before Hokori would have been struck, Koto's swing went wide. "The poison must have flaired up." He thought as he swiftly dodged the follow up swing. "I need to be more careful...I'll stick to the plan." He had plans for what to do with the extra time the poison had bought him and it started with an oil trap. Hokori had installed one in the mouth of gin and now was the time to set it. But First, Hokori thought it prudent of him to attempt to hide one more time. If the opponent couldn't see him he couldn't tell that there was a trap waiting for him. It made perfect sense. He dashed away attempting to hide himself behind some dummies on the training ground. "...but to which setting ?" He pondered about if Koto could see him. He didn't move or attack him so he figured all that was left was to decide how to set the trap. He made his choice made an irregular movement with his fingers that would lead to another Click. He wasn't too sure if Koto noticed it, but he sure hoped he wouldn't.

"Alright now to wait for the trap to spring and keep him busy..." He made a quick decision of what he would do next while he waited fro Koto to dance upon his strings.

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[Chigokai Yasashi]

Hokori was sure that his poison had taken effect. He could tell that Koto's movements and accuracy where being effected. He watched as Koto channeled the lightning element through his blade. He was wary, but decided to continue to capitalize on his poison. With the flick of his fingers Gin's arm bent back on it's self with a Click reveling another projectile launcher. A volley of needle spewed towards Koto each most once again landing squarely at Hokori's desired location. He could feel the chakra draining effects of Gin giving him back his spend chakra through the threads.

"So far so good." He thought, but then something unexpected and dangerous happened. The blade got closer than he wanted it to. In the moment before Hokori would have been struck, Koto's swing went wide. "The poison must have flaired up." He thought as he swiftly dodged the follow up swing. "I need to be more careful...I'll stick to the plan." He had plans for what to do with the extra time the poison had bought him and it started with an oil trap. Hokori had installed one in the mouth of gin and now was the time to set it. But First, Hokori thought it prudent of him to attempt to hide one more time. If the opponent couldn't see him he couldn't tell that there was a trap waiting for him. It made perfect sense. He dashed away attempting to hide himself behind some dummies on the training ground. "...but to which setting ?" He pondered about if Koto could see him. He didn't move or attack him so he figured all that was left was to decide how to set the trap. He made his choice made an irregular movement with his fingers that would lead to another Click. He wasn't too sure if Koto noticed it, but he sure hoped he wouldn't.

"Alright now to wait for the trap to spring and keep him busy..." He made a quick decision of what he would do next while he waited fro Koto to dance upon his strings.

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