CE: Shinoskay vs Hayate vs Hato

Today was not a day that looked like victory. It looked like the dour harbringer of bad times to come.

The grey clouds and strong winds of yesterday had given way to a dark sky which had only recently begun to shed a few sparse drops of rain on the Kiri genin. He stood taking it in, a few meters from edge on the exact opposite side of the top platform from the bridge. There was a slight chill in the air, but this was the weather a true native of Hayate's homeland was used to. The thick swordsman armor and long black combat pants would keep the blonde ninja warm enough, he had added in a pair of black fingerless gloves, and the half mask kept in some of the heat from his breath, but if they didn't get started soon the sky would threaten to open up even further.

The large main surface he stood on was 80m across, an almost perfect circle of well worm stone, not yet slick from the occasional droplet that landed on it from above, surrounded by two 5m rings, each 10m lower than the previous. Hayate knew from experience it could be difficult to safely get back up if you were tempted to go down there for the cover it offered, but in this match it might be necessary. Shinobi had to always be adaptable, and it was no secret the exams sometimes purposefully had misinformation and sudden changes, but it did surprise him to have a three way battle. He was a 1v1 specialist, and would have to be tightly on his guard. Still, they only had to eliminate one other contestant. Would that form alliances? The name of Kiri held both animosity and a fearful respect, and he wasn't sure which would win out here. In addition, one of the other opponents had caused an opponent to flee simply when their match saw them start a jutsu. A masked Konoha ninja. Was it the same as the one from his last exam? He couldn't be sure.

Hayate shook it off, shifting his weight back and forth, staying limber and active. His visible weapons, the two fuuma shuriken strapped to his back and the sword hilt poking out from behind his hip, were not his strongest. That would be the perfectly centered blue headband he wore, with the neatly polished Kiri insignia. No more time for worrying or planning. It was time to keep his head clear, and do what a ninja does best.

Stats:

A three way match? How very interesting. Hato's had just completed the last match with Mara and now it was onto the next round. Her two opponents were Hayate of the Mist and Shinoskay of Kono, which she had previously met. Both were still a complete mystery battle wise or even personality wise.

Hato's attire would still be the same as she planned before they even left for the chunin exams. It was black button up shirt that had a collar attached to it. The buttons only went to her upper breast. Then her black fingerless gloves that allowed her to bare her claws. Below the button up shirt was some black short-shorts that were not only if she needed them to gain advantage, but also to maneuver around the field with little restrain from the clothes she wore. Then came her black heeled boots that went a little above the shin. Finally, she attached her whip to her right side and then weapon pouch just above the black boots on the left side and right side. The weapon pouch on her left held her 5 shuriken, 5 kunai and the one on her right held her 2 smoke bombs, 3 pumpkin bombs, and two explosive tags.

As Hato exited the tunnel leading to the arena, she noted a couple things.The smelt like rain and the sky was dark, and even there were small droplets of rain. This was nothing compared to the weather they got in Kumokagure were thunderstorms were the norm. She noted the arena was the same as the last time she fought here, making her a lot more comfortable with the battle area since she already fought in it.

The blonde vampire moved to the center arena at her top speed.She'd place herself at the edge of the inner arena.  Once there, she'd see Hayate and Shino arrive. Well, Shinos because it seemed more than one of him. Three of them would be placed in the center area a whole 80 meter away. Hayate had two fuma shuriken and a sword at his side, making her assume that he was legible with a weapon...obviously. She wondered if he'd use it though. Her chakra sensory could detect either of them, meaning either they were suppressing their chakra or they don't have as much chakra as Hato. Now that they were all up there, she'd pull off her whip from her side and stand at a position to see them all. Hayate was on her left 40 meters and the shinos were 80 meters away.

STATS:

3...2....1....Lets jam:

A small army approached from one gate, as a girl in tight clothes approached from the other. The hooded figures wore the symbol of Konoha, and must be the one who automatically advanced - because he was strong, or lucky? Hayate knew that whether via puppetry, ninjutsu, or genjutsu, he himself couldn't keep so many figures active for any length of time, so he would guess the former. The girl was at least armed and appeared a little more traditionally, so he could know a little more what to expect.... He hoped. At least they were all from different villages. However, while they were all on the edge of the area, covering three of the four cardinal directions, being the middle position did him no favors, being closer to both opponents than they were to each others.

"Here goes nothing" He muttered under his half mask. He formed the seal of confrontation for a full second, long enough for any respectable ninja to see. Then he began to bob a bit, bouncing from one foot to the other, almost dancing, keeping mobile and having enough movement to not give anything away before he did it.

And with a quick motion he suddenly was off, charging toward the Kumo ninja, racing between raindrops, following the edge of the platform((100 speed). It was up to him to not get slowly closed in on, so it was time to break through. If he at least forced her back a bit, he might be able to split the arena to equal thirds. And she seemed less of an unknown then the army of cloaks off in the corner.

Pulling two shuriken into his right hand, keeping his left hand on the hilt of his sword, he approached the girl. He forced himself to keep an eye out for any sudden movements by the ominous figures on the other edge, splitting his focus. This would be tricky, paying attention to both

When he got 30m away from her, roughly halfway between Hato and Hayate's starting positions as you followed the edge, he'd throw a shuriken at downward angle towards the girls knees (also speed 100), it's metal that had absorbed the slight chill of the day not even staying in his hands long enough to pick up the heat of his hands. He didn't assume this would win him the fight, but hopefully the warning shot would earn him the distance he wanted. Or at least some information.

It had begun.

OOC::

The moment they all appeared, immediately Hayate would form the seal of confrontation.
in kind, so did Shinoskay but mostly out of habit to seeing it.

It was held for an extremely brief moment before the initiator then turned and made a dash along the parameter explicitly facing away from the puppeteer, Hayate was likely keeping watch for Shinoskay out of the kiri nins periphery because the white masked konoha ninja could see just the corner of their eye with the iris darting into and out of view showing rapid scanning. While this upset him and bid him act he was able to see the more important, objective, issue here in that if hayate went to fight Hato alone then it was likely they would be the one taken out and Hayate would be the one moving forward with Shinoskay from this round. Granted, the Konoha genin moving forward was good in any right or respect but if there was a chance to control who would also be going forward with him then he needed to try.

There was still one other Kiri ninja in the running, then the Kunoichi was kumo and in the other match was a hoshi nin, another konoha nin, and another kiri nin. If Shinoskay could get Hayate removed here then it would mean less odds for other villages to gain chuunin and less threats against the konoha nin in play for the exam. The moment hayate covered half a meter, having started in his designated path and clearly showing he intended to move in that direction, the puppeteer activated self puppetry and in one swift motion, using a practiced glancing flurry to deliver 40 damage to the shinoskay next to him in a pattern that would bring Shinoskay leaning in towards the puppet with the first glancing tap, then the second would bring his hands over the weapon pouch... almost as if his hands were ricocheting off of the targets back, then puppeteer tail, before they then daftly dipped where his elbow nudged out the puppeteers tail while simultaneously snatching the prepared kunai from the back weapon pouch. This feat would just barely dip to above Hayate's reaction time, and anyone else in the arena (including the other shinoskay), up until just the point where the kunai was grabbed. By then it would be too late though and the boy would retract just enough to clear the one who's things was just liberated before the kunai was health/sharp infused and then flicked from just to the right and rear of the same towards Hayates path while all three moved to step up the last step to fully be onto the center circle.


If the Kiri nin showed any signs of noticing then the kunai would be aimed to about 2 meters in front of him... to strike the ground 2 meters from him towards where the kumo nin was and 1 and a half meter away from the nearby ledge. If he did not seem to take notice or if he didnt change course then the kunai would be sent to about a meter ahead of what seemed to be his path, a meter towards hato, but no more then 7 meters from where hayate started that path from. The kunai would impact and shiv off the meter and a half of arena. It would impact with enough speed, force, and power to cause both the one and a half meter of ground as well as the kunai to explode in a into two 155 speed expanding clouds of concrete and shrapnel... the tag would have been primed and detonated just an inch before impact but the 50 power was no where near enough to destroy the kunai and so all three explosions would occur in an intense 1 meter high, 1 meter deep, and 1 and a half meters wide furry that would both ring out loud and clear as well as speak for the boy in his desire to relay 'dont turn your back on me, I could have killed you just now' no sooner then he released the kunai he drew forth a spray can to that hand as if it appeared from thin air.

He wasnt even done yet, maintaining the chakra thread enhanced speed, aiding his movements with his own threads, he would drop one of his shoulders and charge forward 15 meters alongside the kunai before now launching the liberated puppeteer tail forward making sure to not hit his own kunai, 5 threads transferred from the rear shinoskay to the tail, to a meter closer to shinoskay then where the kunai impacted, or to just ahead of hayate if he is still charging at hato, with the intent to anchor it to the ground and use the handle end to flail itself into hayate's way.... he was intent on stopping the kiri nin. It was likely hayate would try to throw something at shinoskay, or otherwise do something to stop the 15 meters of movement, but a spanking from the sharp/health infused puppeteers tail, leading a meter ahead and half a foot above his head, that shinoskay wielded would more then enough to send any threats harmlessly to the right or above him... if the tail couldnt stop it, and if the boy saw it was too fast to duck, weave past, or use inside to outside block to dodge it using movement while he bull rushed... then hed tilt himself to the side so that the kunai would hit one of his arms just outside the bone on the upper/outer section of the arm, reducing its damage and mitigating its point of damage to a manage-able point. A kunai, or most weapon, throw would not be enough to stop the boys self puppetry enhanced charge where he would reach the 15 meters and throw the puppeteer tail. still, further still, immediately after throwing the cloned tail, he would then chuck the spray can directly towards wherever hayate was...

Where he now stood, assuming there was no threats to respond to, after throwing the spray can he would lean forward and, through sheer concrete smashing strength, dig his free hand (fingers spread) into the ground as if to grip a bar that was there.

The Lead Shinoskay that moved in with all of this would have momentarily left his many companions in the dust, they weren't just standing around though, the moment the boy moved so too did the pancho hidden figure (PHF) and the rear shinoskay. The moment the left shinoskay, down 3 health now, lost its puppeteer tail it would draw its tonto and immediately just run in towards where all of the flurries and explosions were just made at to stand in-between hato and Hayate... next to the puppeteer tail that use to be on its back. During its approach, just after passing its look alike that just charged, it would draw a kunai with its free hand to throw the kunai at its closest threat between hato and hayate.

The closer P.H.F. would move in to flank behind hayate, regardless of where he was or went, and the farther P.H.F. would move around along the outside of the ring, right of shinoskay to flank hato.

The rear shinoskay would make sure to be positioned at the bottom of the closest end of the walkway they all came in on so he could see the rear area of the ledge the rest went past as well as the area around him... Or up to the ledge for the second lowest level for much the same reason. He would take his own puppeteers tail and and his tanto and would start throwing one after the other up onto the arena to land 1 meter behind the left front center shinoskay just as the front left one passed him. They would run out of momentum a foot before hitting the ground and so would not be damaged when they ended up touching the ground. The recent puppeteers tail would land with its blade falling away from the top level Shinoskays and its handle and length would fall to the left. so it too would not hit, land on, or be in anyones way.

He knew he was blowing his hat game here, but having an opponent turn their back on him and he not be able to kill them was beyond frustrating. He wasnt out of tricks though, but hopefully at least now he would be taken seriously.

If hayate turned and instead began charging towards shinoskay, in such a case he would only stop once they were within 30 meters and he would then do the things stated previously but at 30 meters from hayate and with the cloned tail being anchored to hayates left and a at the 28 meter mark between him and shinoskay... with the tail immediately extending itself out to block hayate if he tries to once again re-shift to go towards hato as well as the rest of the follow up actions stated above for after throwing the tail.

The moment the front rear shinoskay's Charge ended, Spider threads would erupt from him outward to cover a 10 meter radius and then chakra suppression would re activate.

If, for whatever reason, Shinoskay was to some how outspeed his kunai then he slow to match its speed to maintain a meter distance behind it as he moved as stated and intended above.

If no one did anything about the spray can then as soon as it enteres the range of the anchored tail, the handle end of the tail would whip out to hit the can with enough force to cause it to explode into a 2 meters large burst of almost neon green color.

The tail, once anchored, would be moved to bar hayate as stated but otherwise would be controlled to avoid attacks against it... or if it couldnt then it would counter clash attacks.

ooc:

The boys were on the feild and all that was left was to fight. Both Hayate and the Shinos made the seal of confrontation. Hato didn't want to be left out, so she did so as well. It was strange cause she had never done that before a fight but being that this was a sign of respect, she didn't want the kage's to find her disrespectful. As a manipulator, one has to adapt to the culture around them.

Hato wasn't about to let the man be the first on to attack. As soon as she noticed Hayate's movement towards her, she knew that needed to get some distance at first. Sure she was a tai jutsu attacker but he had a sword and shuriken which didn't go very well against her. She knew all the tricks she had up her sleeve so all she needed was o get into a small fighting area. So once Hayate got to the 5 meter mark, she'd still have 35 meters to deal with up close presence. She'd walk backwards at her top speed over the stair case edge, falling 10 meters down before falling into the 5 meter passage way of the middle ring.

Hato couldn't quite make out what Shino was doing because he was moving in blinks in her eyes. Her reaction time wasn't as developed so she wouldn't be able to see his new movements. Luckily, with chakra suppression being broken due to the A rank jutsu, she'd be able to sense his immense chakra. However, she still couldn't sense it because he was 80 meters away at the time.

Going to corner of the stairs that lead to the inner ring and the 10 meter wall, she faced the passage way. Almost instantly, she'd use the Mind's eye of the Kagura to locate Shino's and Hayate's chakra. Since these don't have speeds, it would be instantaneous. From there, she'd just chill in the corner, placing her whip away, for one of them to get close enough for her to do something. Maybe they wouldn't go after her and attack each other, leaving her with whoever was left.

OCC: :

[Note about positions]:

He was definitely the first to move, but the other two didn't wait to see what was going on for long.   His potential target jumped off the ledge on the other side of the stairs, denying him the shuriken shot he was going to aim for.   Pretty much as he had done in the first round.  He was determined not to get in that situation again himself, considering how poorly it went for him first round, but maybe with multiple opponents she'd fair better.

And multiple opponents there were.  The central of the gang on the other side began to move around among his compadres, his hands a blur, before throwing a kunai near Hayate.  The kunai seemed aimed to misaimed, however, or simpye assumed he was slower, as it was already moving well to his rear.   This wasn't the mysterious figures only move, though, as it dashed forward at incredible, unfollowable speed, moving 15m to launch a giant weapon of some sort through the air.  It was aimed just in front of his path.  So the kunai was merely to cut off his retreat then, and not misaimed.

The other figure on the dias (the third winking out of existance while the two cloaked figures made their way around the flanks) charged and thew a kunai at hayate, while the initial figure threw a can of some sort while it stopped, then dug its fingers into the ground.

The Kunai exploded behind Hayate as he followed the edge of the area, safely about 20 meters or so behind him.  The large hinged weapon landed in front of him... and broke?  It seemed somewhere in the 50 meters between Hayate and the figure that threw it, the metallic weapon had changed form to simple earth.  Was this another mirage, a genjutsu, or did the figures powers and weapons only work within a certain range?  Damn, these other villages had strange powers.  Hayate longed for a good old fashioned swordfight.  That was more his speed.

Wary of traps, he stopped short of where the weapon hit, just before halfway between him and Hato's start, on the edge, not daring to tread near or go over the seemingly broken weapon in case it was a trap.  This would send the can and kunai, aimed to hit hayate as he ran and to be within hitting range of the tail, flying past in front of him.  Instead he backed up about ten meters back towards his start, still on the edge, ready to fight the now approaching figure that threw the kunai and the approaching pancho'd thing.  Hand on sword, he prepared to fight.  He'd take a position with his back to the edge of the arena, keeping a watch for approaches from the lower levels out of his periphery.

This was where it got interesting.  The sky itself seemed to agree, the rain picking up ever so slightly with a low rumble to be heard across the dark clouds.  The swordsman of the mist was in his element.

When the first approaching figure would get within 25 m (at present most likely the shinoskay figure running across the center, since the original stayed rooted until at least after the weapons hit and the pancho is flanking wide), Hayate would release one of his shuriken, the one meant for Hato, at it, aiming for dead center mass.  Let's see if they all can move that fast.

OOC:

Not exactly how Shinoskay planned for things to fall into place but then it still worked out to what he wanted to happen.

Hayate and his dance partners:
When everything settled, after all of previous actions occur, as agreed on by both hayate and hato and myself... this is where everything will end up.

With Hayate turning to address the Right Side Shinoskay (RS) he did nothing about the actions occurring around him as none of them would actually effect him... either turning to dirt before reaching him or not actually being aimed at his final position. The PHF to hayates right and RS to his left, after all designated actions occurred, would close distance to each other. About 15 meters apart when hayate passed 5 meters on his return path. The two would move to cross each other before With the RS staying on the right of the Left Side Shinoskay (LS). The P.H.F. nearest to Hayate would shift to a position 29 meters from the LS and 4 meters from the RS behind him and the RS would make sure to move so it too fell into these distances.  

RS Shinoskay would use its left hand to draw a fresh kunai from its left weapon pouch as it squared up and side saddle stepped at 50 speed in the way indicated above. The other hand would hold knife out towards hayates head as if to call him out, watching for movement from him.

Hato and her threat:
Since Hato did nothing about the P.H.F. that moved to flank her... As she moved to the corner space, and faced the passage way of the level she stood on, reasonably placing her within a meter of the corner to have some movement space to put away her whip as she indicated. The figure would be just next to her, as indicated in the previous post, and this would put her between it and its controller... flanking her as indicated previously.

The threads where unable to make a smooth line like they should along their path and were unexpectedly obstructed, given that he was experienced in using human achievement and one of his strategies has been getting a puppet on the otherwise of someone so the threads cross sected over them, he was familiar with this obstruction and could till it meant they were against a person as he intended. Given where Hato fell, and the direction of her fall, he knew that the place where the obstruction was would more then likely be her.

Since they were already Intersecting over Hato, immediately when they intersected over her; both switching the threads from the Rear Shinoskay to the LS, and activating Human Achievement, would both be near unavoidable. No Auto hitting is a thing though and so While the threads would indeed transfer to LS even though they were already in contact with Hato it still cant be declared a hit just yet... but then they are still invisible. If she was to try and duck, or do anything to move, the PHF just by her would move to keep the threads in place as they switched from it to her.... as it would be able to move until the threads had been transferred. In the event that the way it actually works is that the threads do detach from the PHF and tried to attach to Hato, it would cut itself off from the point that touched Hato rather then the point touching the PHF.

If, for some reason, it was necessary then the Threads... instead of being claimed by LS... would instead have his 5 free threads shift down to attach to them in order to claim them using the hand dug into the ground. Either way, the threads would cross sect over Hato, lead to LS, and she would very very likely be taken over by LS as Human achievement is used to try to take control of Hato's body. This is only in contingency to if it is necessary for range in case shino the player miscalculated range and would use the minimum necessary range to complete the objective. As an additional contingency, if they do detach to re attach on the target for Human achievement, and there was a miscalculation of range, Shinoskay would claim the threads and just direct the nearest point to hato be the point of severance and the ends that will move at 75 speed onto her.


If this was successful, then Immediately upon success the new hato puppet (HP) would reach out and take a hold of the now thread-less puppet. First throwing it upwards into the air in a trajectory that would send it 50 meters over towards LS just before jumping up a perfect 7 meters at 117 speed to clear the lip and rail.

Back to hayate:
Then being moved over the rail and at Hayate...  1.4 meters above and behind the kiri swordsman, If he didnt show he noticed her then she would move and swing a fist at the back of his head. Since Hato would now be considered a puppet, the 3 meters hover movement would be applicable and that is how she was so high up. The intent here is to have her the full 3 meters but hayate is 1.6 meters tall and so the difference is 1.4.

If the capture of hato was successful and hayate showed he he noticed her then she would just move to within 5 meters of him where she would draw and throw 2 kunai from her left side to throw one at his head and one at his farthest back inner thigh.

If, for whatever reason, all attempts to capture hato fails then the LS shinoskay will move back at 60 speed, over the railing, and 5 meters down. And the two facing off against hayate will also back away from hayate so that the PHF would remain 30 meters of LS and the RS would remain 25 meters of the same. Also, in the same if, if hato is not close enough or if the maximum range is reached and human achievement cannot be used then the PHF near hato would spread its arms and a leg out and spin to hit her the moment its max range is reached... Since it is not said anywhere, to avoid counter vaguing, since hato jumped down she would not have the same speed the puppet could have in being directed through the air and so the puppets 117 speed quasi flight would overtake her position when she was 3 meters down. and just out of sight.

If either combatants, the PHF or the RS that faced hayate, had a something thrown at them they would deflect it.

All applicable situation use chakra infusion, all shinoskay will re activate chakra suppression with the LS one activating it if he is unable to use Human achievement.

OOC:

Hato wouldn't find any interference due to the fact that the puppet's threads can only go 100 meters and in order for the puppet to go around the edge (circumference) of the inner ring, it's would need to travel 125 meters.

She'd be able to land gracefully without interruptions. However, those weren't the end of her troubles. Due to the fact that she didn't get tagged, Shino would attempt to have his strings move through the ground to where her predicting her landing point was. Since the string was moving 50 speed 50 meters and Hato was moving only 10 meters at a speed of 70, Hato would land first. She activated her Mind's eye like previously stated and moved to the corner , about a meter from the corner so she could put her whip away. Suddenly, from the corner of her eye, the strings would come out from the wall moving at the same speed of 50. Since this was within her reaction time, she'd notice it while it was a meter away from her. She side stepped slightly behind her at her top speed so that her back was to the side surface of the staircase. Hato wondered how he noticed her, did he too have chakra sensory or was he just going off where she landed. She went with the chakra sensory due to the fact that aimlessly firing strings at someone was idiotic.

After avoiding the attack, the blonde vampire would move towards the railing 4 meters away and slip under at her top speed. She again fell 10 meters at a speed of 70 and landed on the ground without any presumed interruption. She realized that Mind's eye would drain her charka with further use, so she deactivated it. She'd still be able to sense Shino due to his horizontal distance being 60 meters and his chakra being 100. While doing that, she'd move along the path of the third level ring, the closest to the water than all the other rings. She was moving at full speed.

If there were no interruptions, she'd travel about 60 meters before seeing the overseer building 10 meters away. She'd weave her hand sign for body flicker at a speed of 130 and appear on top of the bridge towards the overseer tower. She was still only on the bridge so it didn't break any rules. Due to this being the highest point (10 meters above the center ring) in the arena, she'd be able to see arena from this distance. That part of the bridge was about 60 meters away from the edge of the center ring.

OCC: :

[Shinoskay has requested a battlemod to contest some claims in the previous post, i'm pausing the thread until that's resolved so i dont get timed out].

The above post was edited into a post from a pause at 1:31pm eastern standard time on Saturday Dec 8th, as per our shared group chat.