Training 01

Dark skies appears to be the right atmosphere when performers started parading around the town with brightly colored clothing. Children are playing hard for the prizes when games were set out to be a test of luck rather than a test of mettle. Couples walk together holding hands like there is no tomorrow. The annoying noises of rolling dices are present as well, creating results surprising enough to make men shout. Yuri just received her meager pay from working hard as she walks towards the hot-spots of the event. With nowhere to go, she decides to find the nearest bench to rest. She was just in luck for that to happen when she decided that the course of action is better taken by the loving couple in front of her. A kid jumped onto them right after they sat. A sight of memory to her, Yuri continued walking to places that will eventually bath her in light and enough to make relief her of troubles.

Yuri stopped for a moment. Her doubts surfaced as she rushes towards what seemed like a happy family. Yuri was just in time to push the tiny wrist away before the technique worked its way to assassinate the woman. The couple couldn't believe what just happened as they are now in a state of shock. The kid had failed its purpose and jumped back. Such a way of killing is the simplest and the fastest as the kid turns into a Shinobi in an instant. She did not pause to stop the assault as Yuri did not have any time to prepare. The couple ran while Yuri buy some time from the aggressor. Pair of swords versus pair of hands forced Yuri to go on the defense. Before Yuri could dodge, the event was slightly disturbed as Yuri braced for impact against a painted wall. The aggressor went for the couple as Yuri recovered quickly to divert the attention again.

Yuri went with the handseals quickly to stop her, which is only returned by a moment of standstill in her pace. When the blade was on its way to the running man, Yuri did just enough to parry her attack by grabbing onto the sword. Blood started flowing from her palm as this marks the start of staring. The pulling of a sword prompted Yuri to attempt a roundhouse kick only to be dodged by a somersault. A double mid-air was done by her opponent to defend herself as Yuri bent to dodge followed by a kick which got defended and prevents the Blader from touching the ground. Meanwhile, Yuri rushed towards the Blader and grabbed both of her hands, balancing the Blader as well. This started a series of legwork as Yuri failed to get a head-start on. Shin to shin, knee to knee and ankles to ankles. This interlocks both of them together as both stared at each other. A moment is enough to out-muscle Yuri even though Yuri isn't stupid. She aimed a kick and one of the opposing handles as she jumped back, disarming a Blader from her opponent. You won't be leaving As both were in their fighting stance waiting for each other to strike.

Both of them chose to strike at the exact moment as their feet started lifting from the ground at the same time. Both went straight at each other, as soon as the Blader stopped her steps, so did Yuri. The difference comes when the Blader threw her other blade at Yuri, forcing her to do a side roll. The Blader took this chance to grab her disarmed katana and threw it at the rolling Yuri. Yuri wasn't quick enough to evade again as she did a handstand to kick the katana aside via the face of the blade. The enemy had the upper hand as she fully equipped herself and did a slash horizontally. Yuri was forced to kick the incoming blade's handle without preparations. She barely evade the stab as the blade slightly cuts her right shoulder blade. This in turn allows her to recover herself in fighting stance before being forced to balance on one leg again by the incoming wind done by the opponent. The Blader's attacks were lethal this time round as every dodged attack gives Yuri a small cut as her final slash radius rose greatly to lead Yuri to mid-air. Yuri was looking down at her opponent face to face when this is a great opening for her end.

Checkmate. The Blader garners her strength for the final pierce. In her vulnerable position, there choices of objects for her escape. She looks at each of them carefully. A rubbish seems to be the best choice. As Yuri descended and the sharpness of the cutting blade touches her. A rubbish bin was sliced into 2, with lots of powder obstructing her vision. Yuri on her grounds, threw a wooden plank aiming at the blader immediately. The blader slices the plank into half, falling into her trap as she comes from her back and did a leg sweep. Yuri intended to knock her out and her stomp was avoided by the rolling enemy. The blader recovered and produced a thin crescent of wind from her sword at Yuri. Looking at the thin attack, Yuri timed her somersault as to avoid the horizon attack. The blader kept her blades all of a sudden. Before Yuri could fully recover from her position. A great gust of wind unbalances her. This gives her opponent another great chance as she rushes to the recovering Yuri and pulls out one of her blades using the Iai style of attacking. Yuri could only roll away from the first slash which leads her to her advantage by pushing up herself with one hand instantly and did a kick towards opponent's face. It nearly hit her but it forces her sights to be off from her target. This is the moment when Yuri forgoes her balance and tackles the blader crudely, resulting in a rolling struggling between both fighters. The guards soon arrives at the scene when the 2 fighters vanished, leaving their prints all over the place.

WC:1027

Approved +5 Stats and +10 JP

Whoever who knew of the betrayal must have been watching him for a long time. The plan wasn't fully well executed but allowed subjects to fight for their survival nevertheless. The kids made a charge for escape as a dozen of shinobi with different outfits blocked their route. Yuri tried to lead the charge but was overtaken by her partner with the first impact consisting of the strong gust of wind to start the distraction. Knowing his intention when Yuri could not, the other 2 members in the group tried to pressure the separate opponents. One of them stopped and focused on 5 identities while the other threw 6 shurikens into air. They were a second slower when a man with an abnormally long sword went for one of the neck, someone in the group would have died if it wasn't for Yuri's upward kick that made the attack past a neck by air. The man got knocked out by a fused fist that made his head bleed and lied on the ground motionlessly. However, he was avenged shortly by an incoming fireball that aimed onto the area of the group. Most of the enemies were out there executing attacks cautiously while observing the group of kids.

While given time to evade the incoming attack, the group never expected the single fireball to split into hundreds of smaller ones. Worse still, half of them had a kunai hidden in it. Except for Yuri who could only have enough time to allocate herself to handle only a small amount of fireballs, others got hit on their limps. For the boy who knocked out the first seen enemy, he had to face the most attacks given his position. With his prowess, he couldn't keep up with the pace eventually and got shot by a kunai into his neck. This was the first time the group had actually lost a member forever. However, all of them had no time to grieve as they desperately tried to hide their pain and presence sending the battlefield into a silence. Everything was going accordingly as planned by the enemy.

Poison gas starts spreading through the battlefield after several minutes. One of the them had no choice but to disperse the gas using wind release, he was out-powered as a tornado came sucking all the gas to it, beating the jutsu by the kid and re-spread the entire poison. The group had to retreat as a result but that would mean facing more opposition. To solve the current obstacle, one of them used an earth dome to cover the group before poison could be widespread by the eye again. The kids were planning a counterattack, initially giving enough time for a sand technique that distracted one of the enemies outside followed by a payback that uses sand to distract the eye's view. The distraction failed as explosives did their job to open the dome up, only to have blast a sand clone inside.

The group knew there was no chance they could win as they made a tunnel and ran for it. The plan didn't work out well as 2 of the enemies were still hot on their heels. Yuri threw a few kunai to shake off the pursuers then her partner uses it to advantage by altering its trajectory when the initial aim was expected to be missed. The sand techniques came in handy again when it trapped one of the enemy's foot for a few precious second. When the trap failed, it became a hindrance to their sight with the help of the wind release again. It was successful this time as a thin metal wires found their way to their foot from a distance of 50 meters. These wires were accompanied by the 2 explosive tags. An explosion happened the next moment in the midst of a running battle for escape. The front runner of the group fell into a trap moments later when she tripped and got electrocuted by a strike of propelled lightning nearly knocking her out but enough to made her stagger, there was no time to help her to get her feet up as Yuri gets her on her back and ran for it. Many knew that Yuri would be the target now as they tried to get into formation.

The group ran for another 200 meters before meeting resistance. A gigantic wave of water mixed with lightning came rushing towards them. It was blocked by an earth wall for a short moment for everyone to get up to the trees before the wall was blown into pieces. Before they could look up, one of them was hit by 2 shurikens at his right arm. They had no choice but to hide again as the adults took this opportunity to close into them. Yuri's partner knew where they were coming as he produced a slice of wind at the direction enemies are coming from. It was too slow as the group was soon fully exposed. An earth dome was produced again to protect them. But this time it depleted one of their chakra pools as he fainted after the technique.

The enemies simply waited outside for the lightning release to neutralize the dome. As for the kids inside, they were running out of ideas and only 5 of them were left standing. Each of them knew that there were no way out since both earth users were down. It was then that they found out that something is wrong around them, Yuri was very pale all of a sudden. Her partner went up to her as he looked at her. There was no pupil in her eyes. he could not think of anything before all of them inside overheard the enemies running off. He left Yuri and went out to take a look. There was no time left to run. The incoming attack signal the end of the battle as 2 explosion with blast radius of 8 miles silenced lots of lives, friends and foes alike.

The Rainy morning saw the day where freedom was finally in their grasp in a different way for each fighters that fought yesterday.

WC:1018

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