The Blood Games

Hmmm. One of the other chakra signatures was approaching the one who had launched the chain who was himself still at a distance. Most likely to help with something. Either they were planning another attack, or they were about to fight. He would find out soon enough but if the movements became more erratic they were likely fighting. Otherwise they were plotting something. Meanwhile, Mitako was aiming the same sand at Hysterio again. Ok. This was getting annoying. It was time to take Mitako down. He had to be fast about this, as the moving signature, one he recognized from an earlier patrol (Goon) was getting close to the other and together they might be able to do something.

As Mitako instead began to walk forwards at the same pace as Hysterio, who was moving at full speed, Hysterio decided to take a gamble, twisting his body for extra reach while he was stepping his right foot backwards (the one with the chain wrapped around it), and launching his left hand Vibroblade at Mitako, the Wind Chakra Blade revealing itself during the swing, this all happening as the sand which had missed was falling to the ground. As Mitako was actually moving towards Hysterio while Hysterio was not really moving very far, Mitako ended up closing some of the gap. With Hysterio’s arm swinging at full speed, his twisting torso, and the reach of the blade included, Hysterio was able to reach most of two meters of the three between Hysterio and Mitako. Mitako’s movements shrunk the gap further, along with the Wind Chakra Blade. As a result, as the sand was settling on the ground, Hysterio was releasing his sword, aimed squarely at the lower left of Mitako’s right hand lung, the sword having all of about a third of a meter to go before it would hit Mitako in the chest (when released), and most likely shoot straight through his friend’s body, leaving a rather large hole, before hitting the arena wall and falling. As Mitako was stepping forwards still, it would be extremely hard for him to avoid the flying sword of doom aimed to severely injure but not kill him. As there was a fair chance Mitako would be largely unable to do much before getting hit, there was a reasonable chance he could expect no more from the sand around his feet. Hysterio would shut off the Wind Chakra Blade after It stabbed through Mitako, or if Mitako somehow managed to take control of the sword.

If Mitako somehow looked like he might dodge, Hysterio would have to change his actions. Assuming his sword attack went as planned, he would take his right leg with the chain on it, and jerk it, keeping his foot one centimeter above the ground, which would pull the other chakra signature (Rinto) off balance before the approaching signature (Goon) would reach him, assuming that since the chain was solid, and not collapsed on the ground or something, that it was securely attached to something, most likely Rinto Uzumaki. After jerking his foot a few centimeters, enough to pull Rinto off balance, Hysterio would plant his foot back on the ground, alert for any motions of the chakra signatures behind him.

If the others continued with their actions as planned, up until this point, Hysterio would hear two of them arguing, the one who had been putting out some strange chakra mass (bugs) around him, responding to the one approaching the chain user. Meanwhile, he would be paying attention for any signs of tension in the chain. Tempting to break it really, but it was also a handle on the others.

The last chakra signature, which had been forming a lot of little chakra signatures, which felt like a cloud to Hysterio’s chakra sensory, was on the opposite side of the arena at this time, against the wall.

*****
(sharpness of Vibroblade is 100 + avg of speed/strength (62) + 25 (Wind Chakra Blade) = 187
Throwing speed is nerfed down to 50 (otherwise would be like 102)
Ap: 251-20 (231 remaining)

Since that magic three meter gap between the two fighters was being closed, as soon as Hysterio twisted to attack, Mitako would try to duck and twist in order to dodge his attack. Since this attack came as an unexpected sword throw, and he only ducked rather than moved out of the way, Mitako would indeed be hit with the blade, though not where it was intended to strike. Instead, his shoulder would be grazed, with the blade cutting through his clothes and leaving a cut that was an inch deep. Just bad enough to hurt, but not so bad as to completely remove him from the game. As soon as it hit, however, his sand would come in from the right and catch him, practically sweeping him five meters to the right, Hysterio's left. 

From there, he would roll to his feet and turn to face Hysterio as quickly as he could. The cut on his arm was beginning to catch up to him, and it was likely that he couldn't use it to swing weapons anymore. In place of his arm, he would need something to swing weapons right? In a sudden burst, he would be cloaked in a veil of red chakra, with a tail forming at the back. 

Thrusting his injured arm forward in a limp gesture of sorts, the cloak that surrounded his arm would shoot out at Hysterio at 50 speed. Mitako's aim was to grip his opponents other leg, allowing two-chainz and the others to attempt to pull him down again. 

[Meh its a lazy post. 
Cancelled the sand mastery active, activated the v1 cloak, I'll do the math later.
If I messed up and I need to edit, lemme do so XD I suck at rp fighting.]

Goon followed along the chain that was wrapped around the targets ankle. He watched as the tension released and then went tight, as the guy in glasses pulled the one that cause the chain to sprout. As he watched the tightness begin to grip it wouldn't be good if the chain user was off balance. Goon grasped the chain and pulled stopping Rinto from going off balance, bracing himself before continuing on his journey to do everything that was stated before.

(Yeah lazy post but continuing with my actions in the previous so....ha)

Malvoes pushed his puppet forward as planned, manipulating the chakra threads so that Mantis weaves to the left of the man with the red spirit arm, reminds me of a comic book...something about lanterns, virtually surrounding Hysterio. Since the rest of the combatants are focused on subduing the target I'll have Mantis attack. If all goes as planned Mantis would lunge at Hyst, burying his glowing blades into the torso of Hysterio, aimed for his stomach area so they wouldn't kill him, just debilitating him, and his insects, once Mantis gets within a meter of Hysterio will swarm him, biting him and draining his chakra, and once that would happen he'd pull Mantis and his insects back about four meters, to be able to counterattack anything the bespectacled ninja could reply with.(if anything)

170 ap-5 for sustaining chakra channeling=165 ap

Hmm.

Mitako tried to dodge by ducking, but this was fully within Hysterio's view, while he was beginning his attack, so it was a simple matter to release the sword at a different point in the arc his arm made, so that the sword would instead stab Mitako from the collar bone with the rest of the sword going straight down fully into his body, the hilt stopping partially buried in Mitako's body at his collar bone, the rest of the sword sticking through his body, the end sticking into his right leg bone. From Mitako's perspective, the sword would be coming from "straight up". Mitako, due to ducking without moving his head to keep his eyes on Hysterio, would not be able to see that Hysterio changed his angle of attack, and most likely would be unable to even notice the change until it was too late.

At the same time, the guy making little clouds of chakra (Malv.) was approaching, Hysterio swung his right arm down, the Vibroblade would cut the golden chain around his ankle, about half a meter from his body, as he turned to looked at the others, who were still at a fair distance away. Goon and Rinto being about 9-10 meters away (If I remember correctly, im in a hurry yo) and Malvoneus still on the other side of the arena next to the wall, (not having moved himself if i recall correctly). Meanwhile, the swarm he was making, and the puppet, approached Hysterio, presumably over the water, at this time they were a third of the way across the water.

(Malv, keep in mind that me and mitako are timelining and such within a few seconds, repeatedly, so you would not have had your guys travel far yet in that span of time, if my understanding is correct. I can add in actual distances soonish if nobody else posts but i think my numbers should be about right))

Mitako, having kept his eyes on his most dangerous opponent, could definitely see that his opponent was attempting to stab him. Leaning slightly to the right, and kicking off of the ground with his left leg, the jinchuriki would spring into a backwards diagonal roll to the right, coming to a stand about two meters away. Since the sword was aimed at the middle of the collarbone, and Mitako rolled at a backwards diagonal angle, it would clatter against the ground just as his feet were about to the leave the surface. When he finished the roll, he would spring to his feet and begin strafing to the right maintaining a two meter distance from his opponent, headed away from the pool to his left, while keeping his eyes on Hysterio. Mitako held onto his ninjato in one hand, the senbon in the other. Despite the fact that he had managed to get thus far without an injury, the jinchuriki could feel as if he was still far outclassed. Despite his dislike for the cloned Shukaku, he felt as if he almost needed to rely on its powers just to get an edge on anybody. Despite his better judgement, he began to mix his chakra with the beasts, which would soon bring forth the bijuu cloak. 

Simultaneously (meaning as soon as he sprang into a roll,) a glob of his sand the size of a large dog (80 lbs, will specify more if needed.) would shoot up over his head, and with it's full strength, try to bat Hysterio away to the left. The remaining sand, which was about two bodies worth, would follow Mitako, staying scattered on the ground around him. 

[Stuff used: (Due to the timeline, none of this has been cancelled yet, and I'm refunding the AP for the bijuu cloak.)
Sand Control - 10AP
Chakra Infusion 0AP 
Sand Mastery -10 AP (passive and active boost stacks, making it +20 to sand pwer)
Sand Gourd Boosts sands power by 25, for a grand total of 95 (forgot that this was a passive boost in my last post XD.)
273 - 20 = 253AP remaining
Will edit if necessary XD]

The blond-haired Aburame arrived at the scene of The Blood Games, keeping close to the barricade of the arena as he observed the battle that had ensued without him. He wasn't one to be late so it was no surprise the abrupt outset of this trial he was subject to had him in a brief state of bewilderment. He would soon fix his gaze upon his peer that was closest to him, who happened to be active governing a puppet. It was so plainly obvious to his ever-attentive being, especially given his ample perspective of the transpiring battle. Mokuzai understood the period of opportunity in which he had to break-the-ice and quip around was long-gone, so he proceeded to enlist himself in the combat mentally, scheming and planning his best course of actions.

His primary victim had been selected, the shade of the soaring bird disconcerting to his conscious, he acted the best way he know how - subtly and cunning. Mokuzai unleashed a set of deuce of miniature, ebony entities from his hands destined towards the fowl. Without a doubt, the Genin raised no suspicions as he made no distinct, unique movements with his hands to cultivate wariness in any onlooker for any reason apart from the factor of him being late and approaching his fellow clansman. He knew he was being watched, he could feel the presence of the enigmatic being responsible for this bloody examination. "Suffocate by all means," he had instructed in a murmur as he approached Malvoes. He recalled the Genin from the days of the academy, and more recently as a messenger of sorts across the village from merchant to merchant. Mokuzai knew nothing else though, as he never interacted with the tall, shaggy-haired Genin.

"Hey, you!" Mokuzai called out towards the Aburame, revealing a bag of clangorous harmony from the secured satchel across his back - which held nothing but his treasured notebook and the bag of cryptic substance - in his right hand, as all five-foot-seven-inches of himself approached. "5000 ryo for you and I to join forces and for you not to play Judas when the pan heats up," he attempted to ransom Malvoes friendship with an apparent bag of 5000 currency, his beaming smile doting. His offer was too good and spoken in a tone so certain that his bluff was beyond doubt. Had the circumstances been different and his victim's attention wasn't frantic, maybe Mokuzai's bluff would've been called - but in this particular case, the genuine orange-eyed swindler was convinced his bluff couldn't be detected. With controlled and steady footsteps he would eventually arrive before his hopeful ally, unless something or someone were to interrupt the vigilant shinobi.

Goon who felt like he was in an endless time loop, was getting highly annoyed at the bitchness of those he was in a fight with, instead of doing the same bullshit over and over again they could of atleast had the audacity to think of the others they were with. But no that would be tooo much work, so because of this time loop Goon never would make it to the chain kid, instead he would grab the chain when he was close to it and pull it at his full strength and speed, given this he would be only a few meters away from the two of them Goon would say about a third of ten meters away. If all was successful Goon would pull on the chain, just before the chunnin  would even attempt to cut it, hopefully leaving hyst off balance. After this the Mad hatter would have to make progression some how, and would begin to move towards the two who were being a couple of asshats and only thinking of themselves in what seemed to be a place where they were holding up 4 other people in a long ass thread where nothing had been accomplished. FUCKING PANSIES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  As Goon would close the few meters of distance in between the three of them and perform a low sweeping leg kick on The armor wearing fuccboi. He would perform this at his full speed, around this short time a new face entered the arena, better late than never it seemed. Goons right hand would be used to brace him and his left would be open for him to hurry and move the hell out of there if he had too.

{edited in ap 170-10 for aura. 160ap}

Having been watching from the sideline the blood flowed freely, although everyone had been avoinding attacks and dodging Yazu wanted more.  He stepped out from hiding.  Drool dripped from his chin.  Yazu wanted it, needed it had to have it.  He started a run.  Directly at the closest person he could see.  His bloodlust and hunger for the hearts of other beings taking over.  Chosen randomly and without sense he darted toward his victim, the guy with the glasses.  He had no jutsu and no usable powers but he had his hunger he trucked forward arms outstreched and feet bounding, his tongue hanging from the side of his mouth.  He was too far away to reach with all of the fighting but that did not dissuade the bloodthirsty Yazu who had a kunai in each hand and his target dead locked he would kill or die trying.

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