Resounding Success [NK]

Before the Mist covered everything, Naoki's sharingan tracked another surge of Uzumaki's chakra. Once more it was one of the basic techniques. Although with the mass that was Kaede's chakra it would be mighty effective, mighty fast. Thanks to nothing else, but the sharingan, the Uchiha managed to predict where Kaede would go before the technique fully activated and even follow his path briefly. Before it happened, Naoki had a choice of copying the man's actions once more to follow him. It would certainly been not as tricky as the first time. But instead, he let Kaede go. Might be a good idea to bring this to a long ranged fight for a bit. Once the mist covered everything, Naoki instructed the orbs in range to relay the orders to all the other ones, the orders being to approach the position Naoki predicted Kaede to move to, but without leaving the cover of the soil. After doing so, he would smell vanilla. For a second he wondered where that came from and if it had to do anything with the Chuunin who obviously cast this mist too. But since nothing seemed to be happening with it, he just dashed right and out of the mist, the two orbs he released previously following him.

His sharingan could once again see clearly, and almost immediately it spotted the mass of chakra that was the mist and Kaede on the other side of it. Seemed like Sanada and most, if not all, of his clones were in the mist. Not the best of positions, considering they were pretty much blind to attacks from outside. Well, the fight was now outside, it was doubtful Kaede would go back in there. Following that logic, Naoki started his approach. He would reduce the distance between them to roughly ten meters and then launch ten more sunflies, setting their path for his foe. They would automatically avoid anything and only strike Kaede's chakra if they reached him.

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Kaede backtracked some more. The battle had turned long-range it seemed. Those strange orbs were increasing in number, as Naoki kept making more and more of them. It made for a nice display, though at the moment they had been largely ineffective. Perhaps it was because everyone was taking it slowly. He wondered what they would be like if everyone was going at their fastest. Maybe they would be able to match the speed of his chains, or even outpace them. Kaede did not dwell on it for long however, as soon he would have to actually do some dodging around. Technically he was fine, all he needed to do was match the speed of the orbs and they would never catch up to him. That was a bit boring however, and maybe he should start to go on the offensive.

With his mind's eye he perceived a number of targets. The orbs that were coming towards him, along with Naoki it seemed. The man wanted to close the gap between them once again it seemed. So Kaede simply moved backwards, stepping away from both the Uchiha and the orbs that were coming towards him. It seemed Sanada had not yet realised he was not there, so for now he did not need to focus on him. Kaede removed his hands from his pockets a second time, raising his left in the general direction of Naoki he left his right by his side. From his left hand five chains were unleashed. The chains were only used to divert Naoki and stop his advance towards him. In the meantime his right hand began to crackle, as the Uzumaki began to generate lightning within his right palm. Of course he didn't plan on using the jutsu just yet, though it would serve as a nice backup plan for later on.

Sanada was completely out of this spar he had used all his best stuff but couldn't actually contribute anything to this fight. Reaching out with his chakra senses he felt the presence of two high chakras in a general vicinity and began running in that direction with the kunai that Naoki had thrown at him. As he made his way stumbling around he dismissed the fog allowing it to dissipate giving him his vision back.

Calling three of his clones to his side he decided he would take a more frontal approach to the situation which was completely not like him, but he couldn't just not do anything in front of his leader. He would be seen as useless and cast out more than likely. With his smoke still surrounding his body he would run towards the boss who seemed to not even care he was there with three of his clones as well. Each would rush to the boss again throwing fake blows, when it was Sanada's turn he would lash out with the kunai as he was within 2 meters of the boss in a slashing motion towards the mans center. He regretted being this close to his leader instantly but it was all he had.

This was starting to become boring. With the speed stipulation neither Naoki nor Kaede could hold the position of power, each capable of avoiding one other's attack. At least that's what the Uchiha thought as he changed his path to dodge the chains shot at him from the leader's left hand. If he had not seen what the chains could do and how the branched off in the previous fight, he might have considered jumping and running onto them towards his opponent. But since he knew it, it was dismissed almost immediately as just a good way to get his feet bound.
Well, the fight seemed to be stalling out and orbs proved to be majorly ineffective without the capability to catch up to their target. With time maybe, but the first ones released were now approaching their limit, which is why Naoki would recall them. The mass of orbs originally on the ground would now slowly drift towards him, returning to his chakra system. Most of them were good to keep going for some more time, but he kind of felt lazy to issue separate orders. At about the same time the mist cleared up and Naoki saw four smokey figures approaching Kaede. The Uzumaki on the other hand was doing something majorly interesting as well, he was gathering huge amounts of chakra in his right palm. Naoki remembered this scene from their last spar, the leader did the same after the Jounin got defeated, but he did not seem to actually use it. The man would wonder, what kind of technique it was, the only thing he could see was that it used tremendous amounts of chakra and seemed to be lightning attuned.

Well, he did not really see a way to chip in at the moment, so instead the Jounin would remain in the same spot and watch how this progressed.

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Kaede was pleasantly surprised to see Sanada go on the offensive. Four of him rushed towards Kaede, who decided he might as well take the challenge head on. His eyes opened, deciding he should rely on his actual sight instead of his sensory abilities. All of them had a smoky distorted sort of appearance, giving Kaede reason to believe they were clones. However since he had not seen any version of Sanada without this appearance in awhile, it was reasonable to assume that there was a chance Sanada was amongst the four. There was also a chance that he could be setting him up for a trap, however his mastery of his mind's eye allowed him to sense a sizeable distance rather easily. With the fact that only these four were here safely in his mind, he decided to engage them in combat. The chains on his left hand were detached and they dissolved away into nothing as per usual. The lightning chakra in his right hand would make using it in combat slightly annoying. Thus around the time the men arrived he had brought his hand to his lips.

The thing that happened next would possibly be quite a strange thing in the eyes of his opponent's. Even now, Kaede felt weird eating raw lightning chakra. Kaede himself would have been slightly weirded out if he had seen someone eating lightning, at least before he discovered this technique. Upon consuming the lightning he felt his power spike. His chakra increased slightly, but the main effect of the jutsu kicked in. Lightning coursed through his body, his body's physical ability forcibly being increased as it ran through him. "This speed is boring me, I'm afraid I'll have to pick up the pace a little." With that said he dashed towards the oncoming clones. Despite the rather loose terrain that was the sand he managed to reach his top speed within a few steps. They threw attacks towards him, which he simply avoided by leaning his upper body away from the blows. He was not taking chances, and as such he once more unleashed his chains.

Three fired forth, once more coming from his chest. They diverted and shot forward towards three of the clones in front of him. Of course he felt no need to hold back right now, which meant the true speed of his chains were shown once more. Kaede decided to aim for the clones that were not holding some sort of weapon. So it seemed the power of god was on the side of Sanada, as he would not find himself skewered by a chain today. The close proximity of Kaede and the clones meant that the chains would likely hit, though it was not certain. Assuming they did hit Kaede would take notice of how the chains simply passed on through their bodies. Realising they were nothing more than more smoke clones, he felt no need to keep the chains out or focus on them. With that the chains would detach and fizzle away. Now that he understood three out of four were safe to ignore he focused on he one with the weapon. The kunai was heading towards him, towards his chest area from the looks of it. To Kaede it was almost as if it were going in slow motion, so he reacted to it rather easily. His right hand shot forward, moving to grip onto the man's wrist. If successful he would simply send his right leg out to the side of the man's legs, attempting to sweep them out from under him.

If the above were to happen then Kaede would let go on the man's wrist, before turning his attention once more to Naoki. It seemed he had not made an attempt to move, it seemed that the man had given up. Kaede did not like to see his shinobi defeated so easily. Thus he decided they should be punished. The punishment of course would be death, in the most brutal way possible. From his back and chest chains came forward, four from each side of course. Four shot forward towards Naoki, while four went towards the possibly downed form of Sanada. The four that moved towards Naoki went for his limbs. They would move to wrap themselves around his wrists and ankles, each chain taking a separate limb. From there the beginning of the end for the Uchiha would be rather simple. The spikes on the end of the chains made would go to pierce the skin, going through the palm's of the hands and the top of the feet. From there the chains would burrow themselves through the man's body, making their way slowly up the arms and legs of the man. Digging in through the muscle and bone, possibly rupturing several nerves, arteries and veins along their ascent. After drilling their way through the arms and legs of the chained man they would then make their way into the upper body. The chains that burrowed through the legs would move up through the body, making the point of spearing their way through the bladder and intestines, of course this was an attempt to make this as painful as possible. From their they would make dig their way up and into the stomach, slicing through it and letting all of what's inside spill out into the body.

The ones in the arms would go to work on the upper half of torso. They moved down through the body, going through the liver, spleen and then back up again to puncture through the man's lungs. If the man had not passed out from the pain by now, then it would be a miracle to behold. His screams would most likely halt eruptly, as the man found it difficult to breath. Of course this is based on if the man had not already succumbed the wounds and passed on to the next life. Regardless of if the man was dead or not he would make sure to finish off the job. They left the heart alone, because Kaede had let the leg chains continue their ascent and had already made sure they had speared through that on that time. From their, all four chains would make their way up through the man's neck. It was pure luck that the neck didn't simply burst from the four objects ascent, quickly making their way up the man's throat and forcing themselves out of his mouth. From their, Kaede simply let the chains tear themselves out. It was quite a sight to behold, as the chains literally exploded out from the corpse, effectively mutilating it into an unrecognisable mess.

Now then, he would have likely done all of the above to Sanada as well. Leaving him with two less shinobi than before. It was quite fortunate then, that Kaede had found himself distracted by a pretty bird flying through the air. So all thoughts of punishing the two had faded from his mind, thus saving their lives for now.

Sanada knew this would end badly for him, he just didn't know how close he would come to losing his life in the process. As the boss accepted his challenge openly by eating electricity for gods sake that was creepy. Sanada had no time to react or change his plans as chains shot from the bosses chest, he didn't even notice them till they had ripped through all of his clones and the chains were already dissipating. This was not a speed that he could rival or even begin to touch, in that moment his whole world was moving in slow motion as he felt his wrist being grabbed.

When did the boss get so close to him and how had he stopped the slash the young mans mind raced and tried to back track gathering information. He had unknowingly also released the clone jutsu sending all the clones up in a poof a smoke, as well as the jutsu that shrouded him letting him be seen clearly. Sanada only had a moment to look up at his boss as time resumed its normal pace. It was then that he felt his equilibrium shift as he lost his center and his body became horizontal crashing to the earth.

It was a good thing that they were on light ground instead of concrete or this would have hurt more than it did. Which was saying a lot as his body was already aching, he had hated himself for deciding to wake up today, how had a relaxing day on the beach turned into him being tossed around? He layed there as the boss let go of his wrist and turned his attention to Naoki. He should just lay here and let them duel it out but he hadn't done anything to contribute to this fight besides maybe annoy them with his antics. The least he could do is try one more time, reaching out with his left hand he would try and grab the bosses ankle pulling it inwards towards him in the hope of throwing off his balance. Creating hopefully a little opening. Or this would end in more pain towards his body, but hey he had done this much work he might as well finish strong.

Naoki's eyes widened as foresaw what the lightning chakra was for, as the leader started bringing the hand to his mouth. It was a village destruction jutsu! Was he insane, using such a powerful technique in the middle of his own village? It should not be allowed to activate and the Uchiha should do everything in his power to stop it, reacting immediately he would clap his hands together before the Uzumaki even began consuming the chakra. The two sunflies next to the man would land on him for that moment, when the body flicker activated. The move would allow Naoki to relocate himself right behind Kaede, using a temporary boost of speed that even his leader could not react to. It appeared that he could not hold onto the rules they have agreed previously, not with such a threat.

Appearing half a meter behind his target, the Jounin would separate his hands, thrusting them forward and then into a swinging motion to the left and right. During the motion, Naoki would release all of his remaining sunflies, sending them forth at their highest speed. Even the newly created ones. Using the swing to give the seals a jump start, they would fly out of speed rivaling that at which Naoki got into this position with body flicker. The first two orbs to reach the Uzumaki would find themselves at his knees, where they would immediately explode in a small, controlled blast, tearing his knees to pieces. Before he would crumble, the remaining sunflies would crash into him, damaging his chakra to the point where the man could no longer resist them, then phasing inside his body and damaging it further. Some of them would flow into his arms, leaving his body and immediately blowing up, tearing them off. As the man's chakra was reduced to bare minimum, he would most likely start collapsing, without the legs to stand on. But, Naoki had to be sure. Grabbing the limbless soon to be deadman by the scorched shirt, he would raise his right hand with a kunai flickering into it and moving it to Kaede's throat. The man was a fool and did not deserve salvation or mercy. With an evil grin befitting the situation he would swiftly move his hand back, leaving a bloody gash in Uzumaki's throat. He was done here, throwing the body to bleed on the sand he would move his attention to the Chuunin.

Clearly he should not be allowed to live. Not after what he witnessed. The previous having happened so suddenly, at Naoki's full speed, the smoker boy was still on his approach, with all three of his clones. Of course, the sharingan gave Naoki a distinct advantage, as he did not have to speculate which or if one of them was the real one. No, his eye simply caught the fine details, like one of them holding a kunai he gave them, that one being the only one making footprints in the sand, meaning the only one having tangible form. Meaning it was the target. Ignoring the others, the Jounin would use his full speed to appear before Sanada and catch his right wrist with his left hand, disarming the boy. At the same time his own right hand holding the kunai would thrust forward, sending it deep into the man's stomach. Searching the boy's eyes for the look of defeat he would repeatedly stab him over ten times before sending one of the seals to explode at the Chuunin's throat, detaching his head from the body. He'd then turn around as the body crumbled behind him.

Or would it? No, all of that might have happened if Naoki actually assumed his leader was willing to risk the village for a spar. Actually, the time that would be used to do the above actions was spent by Naoki to observe the fascinating sight of Kaede actually consuming raw lightning chakra. He was most intrigued. The display that took later caused a bit of a concern though. It would appear that this boost of power from the chakra allowed Kaede to achieve much greater speed than Naoki ever saw him use, maybe even double that. The Uchiha did not know how to approach this situation so he decided to wait, stay defensive. At least all the orbs he had ordered to return would have done so by now and he could also depend on his eyes to tell him what the opponent might try to do next.

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His actions went through without a hitch it seemed. Naoki had yet to make a move, it seemed the recent display had forced the man to go on the offensive. He made to move towards the Uchiha and close the gap between them, but a hand grabbed at his ankle. Kaede glanced downwards, instinctively pooling chakra around his feet in order to anchor them to the ground. Thus when the pulling came from Sanada Kaede's legs would not budge, as the strength of the Chuunin did not seem to be greater than that of Kaede's chakra. He felt as if he could not end the fight here without showing off some more, but he had grown slightly tired. Wanting a nap Kaede cleared his throat and spoke, "I think I'll have to cut this short for now. I believe this shall be a draw. See ya." And with that he put his hands together and Body Flickered off in some random direction, most likely to his home so he could sleep.

[Possible Exit]

Total Wordcount: 4315

43 JP
21 Stats

Mind's Eye Mastered 1000/1000
Redan Mastery: 3315/5000

Sanada watched as his boss dissaoeared in a blinding show of speed leaving no trace of where he was going or that he had even been here besides the destruction that had been layed on the field around them. Standing up and putting out his clove cigarette and placing it on the ground stomping on it to ensure the flame was out completely. "Well, that could have gone better" he would say looking in the direction of Naoki. "I guess i'm going to go get myself patched up and call it a day...I'm beat" with that he would begin walking away

(Possible exit if not stopped)
(TWC 3100 15 stats 30 jp)
(2 cloves used 18 cloves left)

After dealing with the Chuunin Kaede shifted his attention to Naoki. The Uchiha would stand there, ready to catch the slightest hint of an attack and respond to it, but time went by and nothing happened. Then the leader turned his head to Sanada and the Jounin noticed that the downed man was holding Uzumaki's ankle. A faint smile would appear at Naoki's lips. It was nice to see such determination in his fellow ninja. He was wondering how the opponent would react to this though. But then the leader spoke, declaring the fight over and a draw. The Uchiha was slightly surprised, but overall he was quite satisfied with how the fight went. Of course, the limits they had assumed made it quite slow, which might have distorted the proportion of power he had to Kaede, but he was quite happy with the progress he had clearly made. Watching the leader disappear in a poof of smoke, Naoki let himself out of the combat state, relaxing and returning the two remaining seals to himself. It appeared that the Chuunin would retire as well, saying his goodbye and slowly declining.

Naoki himself felt fairly tired, at least he started feeling that way a couple minutes after both of them left, after he deactivated the sharingan and the adrenaline levels dropped. But before going home he would pick the two chairs in the middle of their battlefield and put them back where they belonged, although one of them was pretty much torn in half, by Kaede's chains if he was correct. Not his problems, he told the people, if anybody cared they could mail the bill to the leader. Although he knew that the population of Shimagakure respected the few ninja their had and the leader of the ninja. It was doubtful anyone would complain about this, no maybe the opposite even. They'd send Kaede a fruit basket calling to visit their bar again, and maybe do a fight for demonstration, for show. That was a nice idea actually. He could suggest it sometime later. For now the Uchiha had other concerns, like the girl that gave him the drink earlier. He would run up to her and engage in a small talk, eventually getting her address. Mission accomplished. Little did he know the girl was the same that Sanada was interested in. Well, no matter, now he could call this a day, however small it was. He could retreat to his dwelling and start working on a few new ideas he previously had. And that's what he would do. After the small talk, after having a drink with the guy who made him those delightful mixes yesterday, after a couple hours watching girls play volleyball, he would finally go home, get a beer or two and hit the books, the scrolls with various seal schematics. Until the beer was finished and he had to go resupply.

4218 w.
[Exit
+21 stats, +42JP
+21 Sunflies]