Blood Games: 2+2=Violence

Held in a small arena built specifically for this. Stone floor for the outer 20 meters, water from the centre to 15 metres out, the water is 10 foot deep, circular 70 meter diameter arena, 10 foot high walls surrounding with a viewing area above. No rooftop to allow the patter of rain if it should come. Xyxer sat at one edge of the arena, awaiting the entrances of the shinobi as well as their gaze upon him so he could start the event. Of course, by this point there was a variety of bone fragments, and perhaps the odd limb, littering the area, despite no fight having really occurred since every match had basically been a forfeit at this point, but hey, NPC's exist so let's pretend they got beat up to add to the atmosphere, right? The blood in the center was turning a faint crimson from the streams of blood that steadily snaked down towards the water.

The Mizukage felt like adding an element of luck to this, perhaps these people were friends with one another outside of the arena and would have an unfair synergy advantage.. but that was not going to be likely at this point, for the Mizukage had brought in the Mizukage hat, which had FOUR coiled pieces of paper, four! Picking up two pieces of paper because he didn't care too much for the theatrics of it all, Xyxer unrolled the pieces of paper to announce to the people, who were likely in the arena by now, the teams, "Kozurou and Hinoki will form one team, and thus Yazu and Ren will form the opposing side! The aim of this is to force your opposition to stop fighting and secede victory to you! Whether this is done through maiming, unconsciousness or even death, the goal is the same. The team that remains standing in the end will be the winner of this round."

[Rules are basically the same at this point, but the Chuunin have to follow the jutsu restrictions of Genin]

Kozurou would be leaning against the wall of the arena (being inside of it, of course) directly opposite from the Mizukage, staring glumly at the blood-tainted water. He didn't feel like he was prepared enough for this bullshit, but when the Kage called, one had best answer promptly. So, here he was, awaiting the arrival of his teammate and opponents. He hadn't kept up much with the other matches, so he didn't really recognize the names of the other participants. Either way, there he was, thinking on just how little he'd probably trained in comparison to the three other people who were about to come in. 
He was wearing his normal uniform, with the single kunai that old Haru had given him tucked away safely and benignly in his belt. With any luck, he could just use his partner as a meat shield...

[Long, hard-work posts in 2017? LUL]

[Nobody showed up within the time limit, requesting victory :0 ?]

Hinoki opened his eyes in shock. The last thing he remembered was arriving early to the arena and deciding to take a small nap outside against a thick tree trunk to pass the time instead of waiting idly while at the same time energising himself for the fight. The Sun had set faintly up into the misty sky yet a stray ray pierced the heavy curtain of mist and made its way straight onto Hinoki, waking him from his light slumber. It also indicated that he was late! He was once again dressed in  his usual blue floral shirt and knee-length bermudas but he was wearing sandals instead of his usual flip-flops and over his shirt he was wearing a light blue long-sleeved overcoat that came down to above his knees and tied together in the middle with a sash that also held his weapon pouches. On the back of it, The Hyuga symbol lay sewn in. The ceremonial clothing was now all dirty and ragged from the nap.


He ran as fast as he could into the Arena, quickly passing trough the tunnel as fast as his obese weight allowed him. As soon as he made his way outside, His eyes instantly found themselves on the great Mizukage who sat majestically on his throne, with two fierce hounds at his side. Hinoki instantly did a quick bow of respect, the fear that was installed deep into him reminding him even in such a hurried and embarrassed state.  He expected the fight to already have begun or at least be on its way yet all he could see was his teammate Kozai waiting. There seemed to be no sign of their opponents. Hinoki stood there at the entrance of the tunnel, unsure what to do.


[300]

Ren strode out onto the battle field, things hadn't gone exactly as planned; He'd hoped to avoid the pointless waste of life, yet this pointless facade had cost the lives of 4 of his students and counting. Still more were in the makeshift medical ward in one of the preparation rooms, Ren had spent the past few hours healing what wounds he could, and trying to save the lives of his students, only to glance up at the clock and realise he was late for the final match. Not a 'mistake' that Xyxer would be happy with no doubt, but one that Ren would still have chosen to make if he was given the opportunity again. Ren strode out into the arena, tired and somewhat drained from his work and saw that the other examiner wasn't there yet either. 'We'll that's good, I guess he was held up too' Ren thought and breathed a sigh of relief before striding into the arena proper, and looking out across at the two students who had made it this far. 

One, unsurprisingly was the top of his class. Kozurou Kaguya an enigmatic loner who had been the best student at the accademy since well before Ren took over. The boy was also one of the few Ren had never had the pleasure of interacting with, the child preferring to shun contact with his instructors and train on his own. Looking at the results of the last few matches, Ren couldn't deny that his training had certainly seemed to work. Most of the dismemberments and students in his makeshift medical ward was the result of this one child. The other contender, was a surprise however, Hinoki Hyuga, the waste of space that Ren had expected to end up as the first casualty of the blood games had managed to fight his way through all of his matches, and despite a few close calls the boy was relatively unscathed on top of all that. Ren caught himself about to make another insulting quip at the boy before he caught himself, after a moment he decided that if there was ever a time to offer the boy some encoragement it would be now. "You've both done very well to make it this far, I'm both impressed and proud of you." Ren would call out, looking at young hinoki, though at this distance the distinction between that and simply looking at the both of them was almost imperceptible, before continuing his words. "You've both proven that you are the best of your class, and I'm proud of you both for making it this far".

Kozurou would stay in his position, noting the arrival of the other two. The one named Yazu seemed to be a no show, which was a good thing. Now he would only need to worry about two people instead of three. You see, Kozurou hadn't completely counted out the fact that Hinoki might betray him during the course of the fight, so he would keep his guard up. He didn't trust this guy, someone who he had never even met, to look out for his own best interests. Besides, he looked weak. Still, appearances weren't everything, he knew. Better to keep his options open.

Something else that disturbed him was this Ren guy. The way he looked wasn't particularly bothersome, but what he said was just strange. Maybe....? Kozurou quickly came to a conclusion. Ren was probably not a genin, and as such, Kozurou and Hinoki had been placed into a rather difficult match. If Yazu had been here, Kozurou actually might have considered playing almost completely defensively. After all, going against two higher ranked opponents would mean trouble for sure. Looks like fate was on his side now, and maybe on Hinoki's as well.

The expression on his face not changing, he would speak immediately after Ren finished talking, at a volume such that Hinoki would be able to hear, but not Ren. His voice would have a serious, brusque tone to it. Their lives were on the line here, and he wasn't about to waste time.

"Well, I don't suppose we could take him one on one. What's the plan here?" If Hinoki didn't have one, Kozurou was fine with it, but it meant that there would be less cooperation between them. Should anything out of the ordinary happen up to this point, Kozurou would change his actions accordingly.

Ren saw Hinoki move towards Kozai and began too start to run around the side of the arena, building up momentum and sticking to the concrete circle rather than running across the water. Assuming nothing happened to cause him to change his strategy once Ren was within 10 meters off the two of them Ren would lift up his right hand and release a bolt of force towards Hinoki who having turned too talk to Kozai was facing away from Ren, moreover assuming nothing changed Ren would have positioned himself such that Hinoki would be obscuring Kozai's vision of the bolt
Techs used
Dark River Breaking Seal
Power 60
Speed 65
AP 430 - 20 = 410

Movement speed 25

So now there were two people coming towards him? The moment that Ren started moving, Kozurou had, of course, noticed it. As it was, the enemy had yet to accelerate to full speed, so just as Ren began to run counterclockwise around the edge of the massive arena, Kozurou would take a couple of steps forward such that he would be 3 meters away from Hinoki, who was now behind and to Kozurou's left. In order for Ren to flank them and get behind Hinoki in such a way as he now desired (to obscure Kozurou's line of sight), Ren would now have to be inside the wall that Hinoki was directly adjacent to (the wall, of course, being to Hinoki's right, now that he was facing where Kozurou had just been). At the max possible non-fully accelerated speed of 15 that Kozurou was moving at, he would reach his destination (on solid land, not in the water, if that wasn't obvious already from the distances specified) when Ren was 75% of the way from his destination (that being 10 meters from each of Hinoki and Kozurou).

At this point, Kozurou would have already turned his body to face Ren as he saw the enemy unleash a bolt of energy toward Hinoki, and was now faced with a dilemma. The bolt was far too fast; even if he was able to warn Hinoki, there would be no way for the boy to dodge. Besides, he was probably a numbskull who would get distracted from the warning itself anyway.

Let us take a step back. Just before Kozurou began to move, he scooped down and grabbed a chunk of rock about the size of a tennis ball from the floor of the arena. As he moved toward his destination, he would meld his chakra into the rock, shaping it according to the only earth technique he knew. This would result in a "staff" about the size and shape of your average number 2 pencil, about 8 inches long and 7 millimeters in thickness. As soon as he saw Ren's arm stretch forth and the markings cover it, he would throw the "pencil" like someone would a dart, at a speed of 75 in such a way that the 10 health earth pencil (which required 70 power to break) would intercept the bolt about an inch before it hit Hinoki.

Naturally, Kozurou's wind-up and arm motion to throw would be executed at a speed of 30. If only he was a little faster, he thought to himself. The enemy before them seemed to have a stronger body, too. This meant he'd have to attack the vitals directly, lest his blows be rendered ineffective. Should anything out of the ordinary happen, Kozurou's actions would change accordingly.  

[Used Earth Rock Section Cane, -5 AP, 115 remaining. Mini-cane has 10 jutsu health]