Chuunin Exams: Zyxis vs Hayate

In a split-second, the tides had turned. Zyxis was prepared though, he was ready for anything. As soon as the light in his eyes had come back and his chakra had vanished from him, Wind Glaive went away and there it was replaced by Soul Expulsion, taking less than a second. Even if Hayate was basically in his range, there was no duration or build-up for either booster. In a second, he had boosted his speed, and the next he was dodging.

He pressed off the ground and moved back a meter at [195 Speed], barely dodging the slice. At the same time, Hayate's momentum would continue with the slice, and if he continued to move forward and slice him, then he'd continue to move backward. At the same time had moved, he used Spiraling Ring in an instant, as there were no hand seals required.

If Hayate didn't move or discontinue his motion of the slice, then the jutsu would ram into him full force. Hayate would barely see the jutsu before it hit him straight in the chest and tore completely through his armor, [105 Speed | 105 Sharpness] filleting him like a fish. The boy wouldn't be dead, but he'd be worse for wear, and unable to fight. If the attack hit Hayate, which it most definitely would, it would send him flying through the air until he hit the ground, bloody and beaten, but alive.

..and having failed the Chuunin Exams.

If their fight continued Zyxis would continue to back up, but the maximum amount of range he would go was to the edge of the first platform, and that was it.

OOC:

As Hayates heavy breathing from running almost clear across the arena three times continued while he swung, his opponent shifted back almost instantly with no warning.  But two could play that game.  as he lunged forward his muscles tensed up, now back in tight control of the Body Is A Weapon way of moving.  As his opponent sped up, Hayate's speed increased even faster, keeping him faster than his opponent, slicing into his opponent at a blistering 225 speed (300 reaction speed) before Zy's hand that held the instantly forming chakra ball could be thrown.  He'd continue past his opponent on the other side of his body from the chakra ball.  If the explosion still went off (aimed at the chest, as said), a few scratches would appear on the 150 armor chestpiece designed to be particularly effective against piercing and slicing, the swordsmans armor.  But at 105 speed it wouldn't be able to expand fast enough to hit anything soft before the 225 speed hayate was past it and out of the way.

OOC:

Zyxis wanted to play no more games. At their close distance, Zyxis could see every little thing about Hayate. If he didn't get out of here, it was all over. The white-haired boy put his hand into a Body Flicker and seemed to disappear to the normal eye [300 Speed]. Hayate was close to hitting him, not even a foot away, but his speed was close enough to his to where he was able to create one hand seal and surpass Hayate's once he knew there was a danger.

He Body Flickered diagonally away from his opponent's blade, all the way to the second outer ring, delayed in the air for a bit and then fell the ten meters. The boy was finally able to escape that situation. He hadn't wanted to get close with the boy at all, but he didn't expect him to break out of his Genjutsu.

His eyes took a cold glaze over them. Would he kill someone for what he wanted? He had done it before, but not to the extent of someone who wasn't evil nor cruel, who hadn't done anything wrong. This wasn't a mission, this was an innocent person.

Zyxis shook his head and continued to watch out for Hayate to see if he made any move. If he had made any move from his Body Flicker throughout his landing, he would respond accordingly.

OOC:

The tables turned from earlier, it was now zyxis who was faced with a close opponent and whos thoughts turned to body flicker in an attempt to escape. His hands desperately reached towards each other to give him the immense speed boost that would give him distance to anywhere but here.

Unfortunately, the ram hand seal was a two handed hand seal. For his hands to meet, Zyxis would have to move his hands from his sides to in front of him. and they weren't the 30 feet apart as when Hayate barely escaped, they were under 2 feet

Hayate, with a higher speed and having started his swing before the hand seal was attempted, would be able to move his hand from his side to in front of him faster than his opponent could do the same. and that hand held a sword a meter long, long enough that it reached the opponent from this close distance without any extra movement besides that. The sword would be in his opponent before his hands even met, let alone formed the ram seal.

The only thing between the family heirloom sword and the genins stomach was an 100 armor flak jacket, shred like it was a paper origami jacket. The blade cut into the midriff of the kumo ninja, as aimed in the initial attack, just before Zyxis's hands would meet.

[Claiming hit]

Hayate continued smoothly just over 5 meters past his opponent while drawing a kunai with his free hand, careful not to look any further at his face directly, but watching the shoulders and below vividly... Just hitting your opponent never garunteed a kill, and this one has surprised him before. Would it be revealed his opponent had some jutsu that had his body turn to smoke and took no damage? Or would his opponent complete whatever hand seal regardless of the damage he took? Hayate had no way to know his opponents health and defenses, only that it felt like a clean hit to him.

Hayate would now attempt to keep an eye on his opponent and prepare for retaliation or another attack. Or to see the Kumo genin crumple under the sting of the blow he just took.

OOC::

Zyxis was a runner; speed meant everything to him. He always had to be faster, move quicker, able to think ahead. The white-haired boy didn't believe that Hayate would best him. He didn't want to consider it. Right now, these Chuunin Exams wasn't just a battle; this was his entire life on the line. If he lost, what did he have left? His mother and father would be home waiting with a smile on their faces, ready to celebrate. Zyxis wouldn't be able to face them. Ryuka, Hoshi, Hato, Mara, his friends, they would be disappointed. How was he to look at them? Kyson, his Kage. How would he even be able to be in his presence?

He couldn't lose.

He couldn't lose..

He couldn't-

A sharp pain erupted from his abdomen as he saw Hayate run straight through him. 

For once, Zyxis wasn't fast enough. Blood instantly began to pour out of his abdomen; he frantically pressed his hands against the wound. He bit his tongue to not scream out in pain but failed anyway, screaming to the skies. He wasn't sure if it was because of the steel blade or because he knew the only outcome to this.

He slowly turned around, eyes landing on Hayate. Zyxis' blood was on that sword. The medical shinobi were already storming into the arena to save him. Zyxis didn't need saving; he didn't need anything from them.

"Don't you dare fucking touch me!" He screamed out. They stopped in their tracks, but a few brave shinobi kept coming. Zyxis went to move, to go towards Hayate but found himself slipping. The corner of his vision turned black, and he stumbled forward, throwing up the warm red liquid from his mouth.

"I can still fight," he muttered, still loud enough for everyone to hear, "I can..." The boy tilted forward and hit the ground, face first, laying in his pool of blood as he held his abdomen. Fuck the shinobi rule of showing no emotions. For the first time in his life, he sobbed. He was proud of the fact that he never cried before, but his record was now gone.

Tears poured out from his eyes mixing with the blood from his mouth as he lay there, soon losing consciousness after that. As soon as he stopped moving the medical ninja ran forward and began to treat him at the same time he was put on a stretcher and taken out of the arena.

Even with all of his training, weaponry, skills, Zyxis had failed the Chuunin Exams.

The boy was in for a rude awakening.

[Claiming Loss]

The first thing to come from the Kumo Ninja wasn't a counter attack or a fancy escape.

It was a scream, one Hayate knew well, raging at the way things were. It echo'd across the arena as medical shinobi rushed in.

Hayate couldn't tell the state of Zyxi's stomach, as he was still facing away, but the intrusion of the staff told him everything he needed. The fight was over.

Yet still, he turned to face Hayate, frantically warding off his assistance, trying desperately to complete his mission, scrabbling forward despite his wound, only to fall on his face.

It was an honorable, a shinobi, way to to lose.

As for Hayate, he flicked the blood off of his sword, an act becoming too commonplace, and removed a cloth to wipe it clean before resheathing it. He wouldn't dishonor the other ninjas emotions with paltry words of condolence. Hayate himself had been there before and knew the feeling. Let him feel it. Zyxis had fought well, and would be stronger for the event.

Hayate had to go prepare for round 2.

[claiming victory]
WC 2868 - to be claimed after Chuunin Exams complete

Approved.

TWC: 3,100

Actual Claims:
- 31 AP

Approved Zyxis <3