Back at it Again, Team Summer?

The battle seemed to already be heating up. Because he was behind Sakuragi, he hadn’t seen exactly what Tsubaki had done, but he heard the boom that comes with air, or in this case chakra, being compressed. Since Sakuragi was still moving forward, Kiryu had to assume that he had been able to deal with whatever was going on and so he would continue with his plan of firing off the air bullets to either side of his teammate in order to trap Tsubaki.
 
From what he knew about the Hyuuga clan, they were extremely dangerous in close quarters, and it would surely be to their advantage to keep Sakuragi close to their mentor where that natural talent could be exploited. Once the air bullets had been fired, Kiryu would circle around to the right, keeping a distance of about 8 meters away from Tsubaki. With a slight angle now of about 30 degrees to the right of Sakuragi, he had a good view of what was going on. Since he would be able to see Tsubaki clearly, he formed another pair of handsigns, this time using the boar and rat signs.
 
It was a fairly unsubtle genjutsu to use in a fight like this, but all he was aiming for was a distraction. As he weaved the signs, 10 copies of himself rose from the water surrounding Tsubaki about 2 meters away from her on all sides.  As one, they would start to close in tighter around her, kunai drawn. Kiryu himself would throw a kunai at Tsubaki’s torso once they had formed, hoping to use the second of her adjusting to their presence as a distraction.

[WC: 278]
[TWC: 1,092]

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Kuniko watched the spectacle before him unfold. Tsubaki shot a fire ball at them, which Sakuragi was going to intercept? Kuniko quickly side stepped to the left by 3 meters just in case the fire ball some how continued its path. Kiryu then made what looked like a dozen clones of himself and threw a kunai dangerously close past Sakuragi's back towards Tsubaki. 

Kuniko didn't see an opening to attack since Tsubaki's immediate area was getting crowded. If he were to jump in now, he would risk being injured by his comrades or accidentally injuring them. He would continue to watch Tsubaki's movement carefully while approaching her until he was only 20 meters away and with clear line of site since he was back and to the left of Kiryu and Sakuragi's assault. 

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Sakuragi knew what he was doing when charging at her. Not only did he continue the charge, but he also analysed that the orb would impact his comrades if he dodged the Cero. So he eliminated the threat using Vaccum palm, ploughing right through her B rank jutsu. Very clever of him, Tsu thought. Kiryu and Kuniko would be safe from her oncoming attack thanks to Sakuragi. Also thanks to Sakuragi, Tsubaki would have to think of something quick. She couldn't believe that this group was going to make her use her S rank Jutsu. She was going to have to use Nativity of a World of Trees. 

The water was only 10 meters deep, making some ground for her plants to travel from. Tsu weaved two hand signs rapidly after Sakuragi launched his Vaccum Palm. After weaving her last, Snake, she held it. "Behold, the power of a Senju!" A tree appeared a meter in front of Tsu, spraying water everywhere in a 10-meter radius as it shot up. Sakuragi was only 5 meters away from the trunk.  The tree was 5 meters thick and continued to grow 40 more meters, the rest of the 10 meters underwater. As it shot up, it blocked the Vaccum Palm, leaving the rest of the compressed air to whip around the tree's thick trunk and passed Tsubaki. As the tree went up, a branch emerged from the water coming off the tree underneath Tsu. The branch was 10 meters long and was 30 meters high on the tree. She smiled as the tree branch carried her up. The dense chakra surrounded the three shinobi, making it harder for them to cast any jutsu. And the Hyuuga with their Byakugan activated would see the tree infused with chakra. As she rose, she wondered if she had perhaps overdone the thematic of the fight. She knew that her students could handle it, however. They would just have to climb the tree to get her. 

WC: 330 
TWC: 1121

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Sakuragi was able to deflect the Tsubaki Sensei's jutsu. Not only did he deflect it, he was also able to protect his team mates, Kuniko and Tsubaki. However, it seem Tsu would begin to show her true powers. After forming some hand seals, The senji would sprout out a tree from the 10 meters deep river. Sakuragi who was charging at the senju would suddenly stop, his mouth widely opened, the hyuuga could not believe his eyes. How in the world is it possible to sprout out a tree out of the water. The Hyuuga was six meters away from the senju. The hyuuga was blown backwards a meter by the water splash as the tree emerge from the river, he however was able to still see Tsubaki. His cloth was completely soaked in water after splash stop. Sakuragi could see with his byakugan  that his teammates were perfectly safe. They were a bit farther and Sakuragi was the closest in Tsubaki in terms of distance.




The tree had not only blocked the hyuuga's vaccum wall palm but it was wide and thick enough to block Kiryu wind jutsu. Sakuragi realised that this was no ordinary jutsu. A branch also appeared that carry Tsu into the sky, the tree was in between Sakuragi and the branch Tsu was standing on. The hyuuga wondered what Tsu was driving at, was she gonna end the battle with this jutsu or was she trying to making them simply climb up to attack her. This is a puzzle that the hyuuga was trying to solve in his head. He not only have to win, he must make sure that his teammates are safe. “Kiryu , Kuniko, move backwards a bit ” Sakuragi said to the two in a rather low tone, Tsu most likely may not hear them because of the great distance now between them.




The white eyed would however not give in just because Tsu was now standing on a tree.  ”Don't  underestimate me lady Tsubaki! ” He yelled at the senju as he  dashed at the tree. ” Mountain Crusheeeeerrrrrrr! " he yelled again as he slamed his right palm to the tree. The raw power of the jutsu would   blow a large hole, meters wide into the tree, the effect of this would lead to the severing of the tree.  The ruthless Sakuragi figured out the best thing to do was to destroy the damn tree. The Tree would fall to the other side of Sakuragi. The branch on which the senju was standing on would sink in first before the whole tree does.  if Tsu was not careful she would be injured by her own tree. By the time tree would have fallen, only a small part of the tree would remain above the water, just a meter above the water.  The upper part of the tree broken away.  Sakuragi wouldn't wait for Tsu to land on the ground, he would not wait for the tree or even the branch to completely sink before executing  his next attack. The hyuuga dashed left past the tree the moment he slammed his palm to the tree, whether Tsu would jump from the tree or not didn't matter much, Sakuragi would fire a chakra of blurred space at her , one meter in diameter and two meters in length. Since she would be in the air she wouldn't be able to maneuver her body to dodge unless she has some special jutsu that enables her to. If she would not jump down from the tree, she's most likely to be injured by the falling tree and the jutsu fire by Sakuragi. Sakuragi would watch as Tsu react.



TWC: 1400


Mountain Crusher
Speed of execution= 210
Power= 210
-45Ap


Vaccum plm
Speed= 133
Power=133
-45 AP

-1 byakugan
-1 surface walking


AP remaining= 536-92 = 444

To say that Kiryu was caught off guard was an understatement. He had hadn’t even managed to get off his air bullets when Tsubaki shouted out about the true power of the Senju and a giant tree sprouted out from the water underneath her. What kind of jutsu is that? he thought to himself in amazement. Tsubaki herself was raised up into the air by a branch from the tree, placing her 20 meters above the surface of the water.
 
He didn’t have much time to analyze the new situation before Sakuragi called out for him and Kuniko to fall back a bit. This fight had, so far, almost been entirely between the two of them. He hated to admit it, but he was getting frustrated with that fact. He hadn’t exactly gotten in the way during this fight, but he hadn’t contributed much of anything either. That was going to have to change.
 
As Sakuragi charged at the tree, Kiryu ran at a 45 degree angle to the right. Calling out attacks like Sakuragi was doing was a waste of energy in his mind. No need to alert the enemy to your moves, although in this case he was at least hopefully doing a good job at calling Tsubaki’s attention toward him. Just before Sakuragi’s blow landed on the trunk of the tree, Kiryu was about 10 meters away from the trunk of the tree, directly under the tip of Tsubaki’s branch. If she hadn’t abandoned the tree before his attack hit, he would form a pair of handseals as he jumped into the air, creating a blast of air underneath his feet once he was about 10 meters in the air in order to propel him just high enough to land on top of the branch. Immediately, he formed another series of handseals, this time consisting of the tiger, ox, dog, rabbit, and snake. ”Gotcha!” he shouted as a huge blast of wind 15 meters wide and 5 meters tall shot out from him to slam Tsubaki into the trunk of her own tree. If the tree started to go down from Sakuragi’s assault, Kiryu would jump back onto the water’s surface. If not, he would rush after Tsubaki, who had hopefully at least been caught off guard and shaken up by his own attack, but if not he would follow wherever she was heading.
 
Either way, he would notice the chakra leaving his body into the tree. He filed away the fact that it was happening for later, but he couldn’t afford to let up at this point to try and analyze it.

[WC: 425]
[TWC: 1,517]

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Kuniko stayed at the back of the order of battle as the fight unfolded. Suddenly, Tsubaki sprung a giant tree from beneath the lake. "Amazing", Kuniko muttered breathlessly. This fight was getting intense. The young Hyuuga noticed Sakuragi get blasted back a meter by a wave of water erupting from the base of the new tree which was infused with chakra. For a half second Kuniko was worried about his comrade's safety, before seeing him standing defiantly on the waves of the lake. 

Kuniko couldn't help but let out a snicker as he said, "Sakuragi, you're completely soaked! Hehehe." He wasn't sure if Sakuragi heard him, but the other Hyuuga seemed to attack the tree in response using a gentle fist technique that young Kuniko wasn't familiar with. Kiryu seemed to be trying to cut off any attempts made by Tsubaki to escape her situation. These things were of less concern to Kuniko than the tree itself. He dashed backwards as fast as he could by 5 meters, until he was 25 meters from the tree. Kuniko, still recovering from his paranormal attack, could tell from the tree's imbued chakra and its effects on the other members of team summer that it would wreck him if he got to close. Instead, he would follow Sakuragi's advice and stay back for now. After all, Kuniko wasn't in charge anymore. 

It was better, he thought, to have an extra team member and not need them. Though he did begin to worry Sakuragi might go to far. Hopefully Kiryu would stay safe. 

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After forming the giant tree in the centre of the lake, the three didn't take much longer to react. Sakuragi reacted by taking his palm to the tree and crushing the trunk. It was an impressive feat since the wood was from her chakra. Kiryu would jump onto the tree using a wind style technique. However, since both of them had touched her wood, she started to feel a new surge of chakra form before cutting her chakra from the dying tree. She would be ready to counter as the tree was falling. 

Once, Kiryu got up onto the branch, he would start weaving hand signs for Wind Release: Great Breakthrough. At the same time, Sakuragi was firing a vacuum blast at her from the surface of the lake. After Kiryu fired his jutsu 10 meters away, Tsubaki would use her walking on surface technique to quickly go underneath the branch while charging at Kiryu from the other side of the branch. Both the vacuum blast and Great breakthrough would miss their mark. As Tsu was travelling underneath the branch, she would weave Tiger → Dog → Snake. A single wooden clone would emerge off her body when Tsu was 5 meters down the branch. The clone would quickly form a single hand sign and body flicker onto the surface of the water 40 meters behind Sakuragi and about 47 meters away from Kuniko. 

Tsu, the original would continue down the branch. When she got directly under the Kiryu, she would weave  Ox → Tiger. Her hands started to glow from the Mystical Healing Palm. However, she was going to use the technique offensively. She would over surge the chakra and dashed up along the branch, opposite facing Sakuragi, and would tap the chest of Kiryu. If the connection was made, Kiryu would be put into a Coma. She would also tap him to extract chakra from him. At that point, Tsu would take the unconscious boy and leap off the branch as it was going to connect with the water and move 5 meters out of the way of the rest of the falling tree. 

At the same time, the clone that Tsu made would start their way towards Kuniko who was straggling in the back. Once the clone was 30 meters away from Kuniko, the clone would weave  Ram>Horse>Dog and fire a Cero blast. Tsu knew that Kuniko wasn't an offensive person, so they would need to think of some sort of counter. Tsu's clone would continue the charge after firing the chakra orb but it wouldn't rush past the orb itself, keeping behind it by 10 meters. 

As for Sakuragi, she knew that he would have to choose who to help. That was the problem with having one person be more powerful than the rest, he was bound to have to make choices like this. Would he help Kuniko against the clone? or Kiryu against the original? 


WC: 480
TWC: 1601

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Sakuragi was surprised to see how Tsu managed to dodge his attack so easily. Sakuragi would pull out a kunai and  would begin to  run at  Tsu's direction the moment his jutsu missed the mark. Tsu was now running towards Kiryu at the other side of the  branch. Once she was 5 meters away from Kiryu,  she would form a wood clone. Upon seeing this with his byakugan, the hyuuga would yell at Kiryu while running at the senju “get away from heeeerrr!!!!” Sakuragi knew something bad is about to happen. Kiryu would get hurt if care is not taken. The senju was now calling in a third party for help. Tsu alone proved difficult to beat by the three genins. It would be even more difficult if her clone joins the fun.



Sakuragi knew he had to do something. What was she planing with this clone, the boy wouldn't know but would continue to run at her direction. Just as the clone was about  to form the last  hand seal of the body flicker jutsu,  the white eyed would throw the kunai in his right hand, aiming it at the clone's heart, if at all she has  a real one.  



It was obvious what she intended, the hyuuga watched as the clone flickered into his kunai, piercing her heart. The Clone would land 40 meters behind Sakuragi. To Sakuragi, he knew the clone was done with but Tsu may be or may not be shocked to see her clone  shatter into piece of wood.



As for the real Tsu and Kiryu,   the momment the hyuuga released the kunai from his hand,   by this time The tip of the branch where Kiryu was standing on would be at water level. if Kiryu haven't gotten off the tree by then , Sakuragi would  bolt at Kiryu at a speed of 130, carrying him far away, up to 10 meters away from Tsu. The tree would have completely fallen away by then. Sakuragi would place Kiryu in a sitting position on the water  before he began his next move.





Being 10 meters  away from Tsu he would charge straight at Tsu and once within leg range, he would deliver a powerful push kick to her chest “ Gentle step Front Kiiiicccccckkkk!!! , he yelled as he would slam into the senju. If the attack hits, it would push her several meters away and probably ending the battle. The hyuuga himself is getting worn out. At this rate, he might just break down so he needed a way to finish this battle as soon as possible.


TWC: 1830



Kunai Sharpness= 75
Kunai speed = 91
Travel distance = 46 metres


Speed of Gentle Step Front Kick  = 180 speed

Power = 180
-30AP

Speed of Bolt = 130
-30 AP
-1 byakugan
-1 surface walking


444 - 62 = 382 AP




MID thread claims.

Reached Max stat.
1199wc to OOB  3176/4375 = 4375, learned


375 to completely learnTemporary Paralysis


256 toNinja spirits gun 256/750 (using max stat)

Approved

Kiryu’s eyes widened in surprise as Tsubaki managed to deftly avoid his attack by swinging around the branch. He was impressed she had managed to react so quickly, but he couldn’t avoid to let his surprise slow him down. In a fight like this, every second was critical.  Without hesitation, he jumped backward off of the branch, trying to create some space between him and his opponent. Sakuragi’s warning was quick, but thankfully not incredibly necessary, as he had begun his jump before the words had reached him.

As he fell, his mind was racing. That tree had seemed to suck up his chakra in a way that he had never experienced before. What sort of power was that? And how could he learn to use it? He quickly snapped out of his thoughts as he focused back on Tsubaki.  He allowed himself to actually go into the water rather than landing on top of it in order to get a moment of respite. He just needed to think.
 
He was clearly outmatched, but that shouldn’t be as much of a problem considering there were three of them. Kuniko hadn’t been involved in much of the actual fighting, but he was a medical specialist so that was somewhat to be expected. Sakuragi, on the other hand, had been aggressively taking the fight to Tsubaki. Out of the three Genin, he easily appeared to be the strongest, and he was clearly a close-quarters specialist. He HAD to figure out some way to trap Tsubaki into a close-quarters engagement with Sakuragi.
 
Of course, that was much easier said than done. His chakra reserves were already getting into the low end from the chakra stealing properties of that tree. He would have to be more tactical with his use of chakra, which meant he would need to focus on using his kunai and taijutsu for a bit in order to create an opening. Unfortunately, his taijutsu skills were sorely lacking. Well, only one way to improve. With that thought, he climbed out of the water and stood on top of it again, approximately 45 seconds after he had entered it. This time, he would wait for Tsubaki to overextend herself rather than going after her himself. Hopefully Sakuragi would be able to bring her closer to him so the two of them could actually work together, but if not then he would simply have to watch her movements and fighting style. Knowledge was power, after all.

[WC: 413]
[TWC: 1,930]

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