With the tension fluttering the air in broad day-light. The Jōnin wasted no time in revealing the purpose of the scouting, for a branch intent on silent murder; or at the very least the adequate aptitude to combat quickly, efficiently and to hold their own against other shinobi. Combat was an essential part of their lives, their work, their code.
In the matter of milliseconds, even Shizuka could been a horrific power surge through the woman. Her peeved expression turned that into something of entertainment, a dreadful smirk stretched across her face. As a swirling power of black and red mist coalesced around the woman, a brief lapse of time had occurred afore she had a weapon withdrawn from seething dark energy, that from what Shizuka could tell simply came from her forearm.
As she had the weapon drawn; Kikai's body vanished into a flicker. Appearing behind Shizuka instantaneously, a bludgeoned smash crashed into her head. And a secondary weapon manifested in her off-hand, swinging it and crashing Shizuka into the ground below. In a blurred motion, the two seeming hammers had receded into Kikai's forearms and a new weapon was withdrawn as if it were a maul on her back, caressed in a black and red shadowy mist.
"Up and atter' girl!" Kikai bellowed a sinister laughter, as she swung the maul like a golf club. Lifting Shizuka off the ground with a fell smash; only to flicker and appear above her again smashing the maul down at Shizuka's mid-section.
After the assault. Kikai descended back to the ground in rapid succession, the maul being dropped to the earth in a
'crash' and remaining there. At the exact moment of her landing, Kikai withdrew a kunai flourished it till the point was angled to her right forearm; and without hesitation she impaled the end into her arm. Blood swirling out like magic as it wreathed the kunai and part of her arm. In mere seconds a pair of red and black semi-melting chains of darkness are wielded by the woman, one in each hand.
"Come now!" Whipping her arms back, the woman then snapped them forwards as the two chains lunged towards the Senju, both crashing in violent force against her skin, Shizuka could almost feel chakra withering away from her and being dispersed into the air.
At this moment, a audible
'fwomp' of power released around Kikai; as a staging of chakra, disgusting and sinister in just the sensing of it's aura. As this chakra of red and black swirled around Kikai. She could only wear a smirk of excitement, she was fighting; and against someone who her branch was intrigued in. Two birds one stone. At the same time, Shizuka could feel her innards slowly contorting- at the rot of what could only be explained as sickness.
In the moments of respite and recovery for Kikai, she witnessed the Senju erect a defense- It was remarkable in its fortifications, even Kikai couldn't deny that much.
"Very well! Let us see if I can produce a force for your will Senju!" A bellow of a warrior's excitement surged through her voice. As a cracking, breaking twist of her skin started contorting-- Kikai's body was changing as her body started to slowly take a demonic look, horns slowly protruded from her forehead, spikes popping from her forearms and shins. Her jaw sharpened and fangs grew elongated in her mouth.
"Jashin! Help me bring this girl closer to your retribution!" A throbbing power started to buffet around Kikai, plumes of dust to a drum-beat almost started to violently fire off around her. Up until a horde of dense vanta-black energy wrapped around her arms. In her unreal speed, the woman appeared directly in-front of the defenses and sent a earth-shattering hammer-fist smash into the defense. Eviscerating it; and while she aimed to close the distance more to the youth that dwelled within', she felt earth wrapping at her arms and legs and heavily slowing her down and the momentum of her strike.
"GRRRRRRRRRAH!" In a ferocious roar, the residual momentum still seemed to soak towards Shizuka. Landing some semblance of impact.
Seething with energy, and while the two paused to recuperate. Shizuka's body continued to grow even more sick, as if being in the presence of the dark energy was slowly rotting away her defenses internally.
"Tch-- Mada mada." Kikai muttered, with a grin. As she appeared in-front of Shizuka once more in a flicker of unreal speed. Lashing out at Shizuka twice with the same madness-wrapped chains. Sheering away her health and chakra at the same time.
After the relentless assault. Kikai paused ever so slightly in the utterly annihilated area, the ground around them was showing signs of death. Rotting to the core as the dark energy oozed off the older woman. Her chin held up and staring down at Shizuka. Silent, but questioningly... Was she measuring the girls resolve?
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Notes
- With the first round completed (Sheesh that's a lot of work). We have a rough enough idea of the play-out between the two!
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