Lessons From Other Peers [Open]

There was nothing that could be done about it. The explosive seal was ripped in two, and rendered useless before it could go off. No matter, this would just have to be resolved in another way. Kitwo's eyes tracked Muratwo's movements carefully, looking for any changes in her actions that may occur. Then, he saw it. As she ripped through his River Cutter, she brought her hand free of the poleaxe. Something to keep watch of. It remained useless for a few moments, where it flew into motion at the exact same time that the light of Kitwo's  Mizu Senbon appeared. Seems that he was right to keep watch of Muratwo's hand. Since his hand had thrust forward at the same moment that the light had formed, his jutsu was completed at the exact same moment that Muratwo began her hand signs, leaving him free to perform his own hand signs. He wasn't going to let her her get a jutsu off when he could intercept it. With his hands free he could perform his own jutsu, shifting into his own hand signs near instantly after Murata began hers. They both had only four signs to go through, but there was a catch. Kitwo was faster than Muratwo. He didn't want to risk losing any time by bringing his hand back closer to his chest, so he used one handed signs with his right hand, which was already closer to his body, allowing him to begin his seals immediately after his Mizu Senbon formed. The two clones performed their jutsu at their top speeds (100 vs. 120), with Kitwo finishing just before Muratwo could. His hand already thrust outwards, he activated an invisible barrier 1 meter in front of himself, angled just barely (10 Centimeters) to the left of where Muratwo's arms would be when she finishes her jutsu (Rainbow Fort Seal). The idea would be that when her technique formed and expanded outwards, it would run into the invisible barrier, where the properties of the seal would cause the jutsu to shatter like glass, stopping it before it even had a chance to begin. Better yet, hopefully Muratwo wouldn't even notice it due to its invisible nature, even if she knows he used a jutsu by noticing his hand signs. The positioning was done in a way as to ensure that Muratwo wouldn't run into the seal and notice it, while still being in range to block the jutsu. Kitwo wasn't even sure that it would affect her physical movement considering that it couldn't block or keep out physical objects at this level, but it was better safe than sorry. (Murata and Kita have a speed of 100 and 120 respectively. Muratwo began her hand signs as Kitwo set off his Mizu Senbon. Kitwo began his hand signs immediately after as a response. As a hypothetical, if Muratwo took 100 seconds to finish a single hand sign, then Kitwo would be able to do the same hand sign in 80 Seconds due to being 20% faster than Muratwo. A jutsu with 4 hand signs would take Muratwo 400 Seconds to perform, while Kitwo would only need 320. This math would work with any time, but even numbers of 100 were used for convenience. Normally Kita would need to outstretch his hand to form the barrier, but considering it was already outstretched, this is no longer needed. Therefore, even accounting for Kitwo needing a moment to process that Muratwo was using a jutsu, he would still have time to complete his jutsu before Muratwo could complete hers. Furthermore, Kitwo's jutsu forms at a faster speed than Muratwo's, being 70 Speed vs 40 Speed, and the positioning of the jutsu can vary based on how and where it forms any who, allowing Kitwo more than enough time to set up his Rainbow Fort Seal.)

It was at the moment that Muratwo's technique began to expand from her body that Kitwo began shifting from attack to defense. The technique collided with the rainbow seal and shattered after 10 Centimeters, stopping its advance and removing the threat from the battlefield. It was at the moment that the technique shattered that Kitwo's hands collided together in the seal for the Mist Stream Technique. "Damn it! She just doesn't let up! Looks like I'm going to be cutting it pretty close. Worse yet, my side hurts, my explosive tag failed, and so did all of my attacks. If I don't end this soon, I'm going to be done for!" Kitwo drew a kunai from his weapons pouch and infused it before he stopped and attempted to give his speech. "Fine. If you're so eager to approach me, you can have me." She cut him off in his speech pretty early on, striking as soon as she got within her intended range. Kita had learned his lesson this time. 2.1 Meters, that was the distance of the weapon. This time however, it was her who forgot to account for her enemy's movement. Kita was anticipating an assault, and at the moment that she charged and jabbed to stab the immobile chest of Kitwo, Kitwo was already moving out of the way of her intended strike. He had begun moving 10 centimeters after she rushed forward. The axe point was still facing Kitwo's right, so Kitwo went to the left this time, taking care to choose the side opposite of the axe(Muratwo's right, Kitwo's left). Muratwo jabbed forward with her weapon, and Kitwo utilized her forward momentum and his own burst of speed to rush towards the blade (150 Speed for dodging the weapon, 120 Base, +30 Reflex), turning his chest to the side so that he could get the bare minimum extra 15 centimeters he needed to bypass the head of the weapon (Total head of the weapon is 30 Centimeters in width, therefore only half of that it needed since Muratwo is aiming for the center of Kitwo's chest). Muratwo stabbed her weapon forward when she reached two meters from Kitwo while he dodged to the side. It was his turn to be on the assault. Muratwo had moved forward 1 meter and 30 centimeters (from Murata's own 3 meter and 30 centimeter estimate) to stab Kitwo since she was waiting for him to be within the two meter distance to stab at his position. Since Muratwo travelled 1 meter and 30 centimeters, Kitwo would be able to move 1 meter and 56 centimeters, placing the two at 69 centimeters from each other (Accounting for the 15 Centimeters he used to dodge the weapon head and 10 centimeters for time before moving) now, well out of the distance of the pole arm head.

Kitwo's body became strange and hazy as he attacked while moving forward, his weapon already swinging towards Muratwo as he reached his distance of 44 centimeters, not affecting Muratwo's ability to see him or his attacks in the slightest, but seeming almost to be a mirage of some kind (Dance of The Crescent Moon). His sword was underneath the poleaxe by his side when Muratwo strikes and Kitwo moved, and possessed a blade length of 1 Meter. Well within distance. However, what was especially damning for Muratwo was the fact that behind her a clone had appeared, poofing 50 Centimeters behind her to moment that Kitwo got within 1.5 Meters. Kitwo and Kithree swung their blades at Muratwo, Kitwo's blade aiming under the weapon to slash through her left (Right for Kita) lower gut and out her (Right, Kita's left) shoulder blade, while Kithree aimed to slash through the tendon right next to her neck (On the right side, Kithree and Muratwo are facing the same way), and emerge out of her left hip. A set of attacks that if they collided would be able to safely tear through Muratwo's armor and body. Furthermore, with Kitwo's kunai, he jabbed forward to jab at the back of Muratwo's knee, intending to cripple her speed and sever the tendons. Not a lethal blow, but a crippling one. Of course, if they needed to course correct, they could always do so in midair. All the attacks come at 110 Speed, and possess at least 100 sharpness, and are aiming for Muratwo's expected position in her forward movement (Kitwo has 190 for katana, 140 for Kunai, Kithree 140).

Bobo shuddered as the memories from Murata flowed into him. "Hey kid? I think I might be going crazy. I see a bunch of young people... plus a monk..." Kita clicked his tongue against the roof of his mouth, wondering if this was a sore subject or not. "Maybe I shouldn't ask anymore about this? I mean... the worst that could happen is she says no, right?" Kita's eyes flickered between the two clones fighting and Murata, attention split. "What is your faith then Murata? I've never heard of such an order."

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It seems Muratwo's calculations has been off. Somehow, she has managed to get much closer than anticipated. She feels the shimmer of some strange shape come to life from Kitwo's palm, through her Chakra Sensory, its properties unknown. An unknown technique begs to be poked with a stick to see what will happen.

Muratwo's polearm is held by its middle in her unoccupied hand, splayed outward to her right at a sixty degree angle as she comes to a halt, unwilling to run into this mysterious shape. The moment she stops moving, she flicks Fish Eagle towards Kitwo in a wide slash, turning her torso with the strike to keep herself clear of the expanding barrier (not that it will hurt her anyways, even if her positioning is off). As he has stated, he has formed his barrier ten centimeters to Muratwo's left, one meter from his outstretched hand. This places he himself well under two meters from Muratwo, putting her axe head on a deadly trajectory to cleanly slice him horizontally in two. Muratwo's weapon must travel two meters from its splayed position to reach him.

As the weapon begins moving, there is a loud, snapping CRACK from the force of her swipe, oddly reminiscent of a dog's bark (Temple Style: Bark, Speed 80, Impact Force 110, Sharpness 130). Muratwo, unless the situation unfolds in such a way to make it a bad idea, carries the swipe in a circular fashion around to attempt to challenge the unfolding barrier, finally bringing the weapon to a stop when it points to her direct left. She may find that the barrier has already vanished by the time her weapon reaches it, having already served its purpose by blocking her electrical technique, but if Kitwo decides to keep it active with this changing situation it will be effortlessly smashed to pieces by even the blunt handle of Muratwo's weapon.

Kitwo is not the only one who can bring invisible techniques to bear. The wave of force from Muratwo's maneuver, beginning from the point where she had begun her swing and carrying through the arc of her movement, is an invisible blast of chakra-free pressure with no hint of its destructive potential save the deafening noise its generation had conjured. The wave of force is half a meter high and half a meter deep, and will travel a distance of five meters before dissipating. If he does not change his course of action, he will be sliced clean in two and ripped apart by the accompanying wave of force just as he draws that kunai.

"That is always very funny to hear from shinobi," she says. "I practice Ninshu. It is the philosophy from which most modern chakra theory and practical application is derived from." Most of her fellows would say 'all', but that is mere anthropocentric hubris, and Tadasada would surely not stand for it.

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Murata 333/348
Clone Murata 228/348 (-30, Temple Style: Bark)

Muratwo's calculations were indeed off, but not in her favor. Kitwo had formed his barrier on the location that Muratwo would be in when she finished her jutsu. It was left ambiguous as to how fast the two shinobi had been moving during this time period, except that the two shinobi had been able to move 4 meters in the time frame between their first deadly encounter and the gigavolt, so they were 3 Meters and 30 Centimeters away from each other. Kitwo's hand had been extended, and the center point had been approximately 1 Meter away from his extended hand, the centerpoint at 2 Meters and 30 Centimeters (Note, this is assuming that you can only form the CENTERPOINT at 1 Meter. If you can form any part of the rectangle, then you could likely place this in such a way that the range is even farther). The technique forms up to a 5 Meter rectangle, well within the needed distance, even at half length. As stated the technique is aimed for where Muratwo would be standing when the technique forms. She clearly feels the technique come to life before continuing with her next actions. She stops herself as she finishes her Gigavolt technique, on Kitwo's intended mark, Gigavolt activating at the same time that she swings her blade forth and activates her Temple Style: Bark technique. The three techniques act in tandem, with the three techniques moving at 70 (Rainbow Fort), 40 (Gigavolt), and 80 (Bark). With Muratwo's own (albeit misguided) calculations, she would have to swing her poleaxe 2 Meters to strike Kitwo, meaning that the Gigavolt would be able to travel 1 Meter, and the Rainbow Fort Seal 1.75 in that time frame (Assuming they all happen at once, although the Rainbow Fort Seal was on the field first). With Kitwo's originally believed distance, he would be located to the right (Muratwo's right) of the forming seal, meaning that the distance that the Temple Release technique would need to travel would be farther than the other two techniques need to travel, considering she was intending to slash Kitwo. The two techniques clash, cancelling the Gigavolt well before Muratwo slams her Fish Eagle into the barrier, shattering it.

Kitwo barely has to change anything. She moves her weapon and a deafening sound emerges from it, sending an invisible wave of force towards the clone. There's a distance of 1.2 Meters between the two when it emerges from the weapon at 80 Speed. Kitwo of course has 120 Speed (150 for dodging attacks), and is moving back when this occurs, hand seals already forming for the Mist Stream Technique since the wave is released by a weapon slash from the weapon slash of Muratwo (That crashes into the Rainbow Fort Seal, further alerting Kitwo that something is wrong). Kitwo has no idea how big the slash is, but Muratwo had been aiming for his chest, and due to the fact that the Rainbow Seal had been shattered, it was safe to assume that it was some kind of advanced technique, one that did damage at that. "Why would she slash like that? Maybe it's similar to my rupture ability? Of course! It's activated in the same way! I know how to get around this!" Kitwo wouldn't let her get away, not here, not now. It was a simple thing to duck under it. The thing was heading directly for Kitwo's chest, and Kitwo was more than able to duck under it with the distance between the two (Kitwo can move 1.8 Meters in the time it takes the technique to move 1.2, even more if reflex speed is factored in). He made sure to position one leg in the front, one in the back so that he still had the ability to jump or move, regardless of what happened. There was no telling just how big the technique actually was, so it was better to just play it safe. Like Muratwo said, it was when the kunai was drawn that the technique passed by them, and Kitwo felt the intense wave of wind pass over his head as if a bomb had just gone off. The loose hair from his copied head was blasted off backwards, and his robes flapped under the pressure. Nothing that could inhibit his movements, but enough to let him realize just how big of a bullet he had dodged. As the kunai was being drawn, he stood up and began his speech.

It was as Kitwo stood up that Muratwo followed through with her jab. It was standard jab with no special techniques associated with it, like Muratwo specified when she explained how she would attack if Kitwo continued his speech. The events of the last post follow through exactly the same as they did before, with the same distance and reactions between the two shinobi. Muratwo was in the same position that she found herself before. She had specified no reactions in her post against Kitwo or Kithree's intended attacks, so it's assumed that there were none. The infusions on the weapons of the clones ran out, but they were unneeded. Due to the maneuver Kitwo used, his weapons were treated as being 50 Sharpness higher than their base value (Dance of the Crescent Moon). The kunai was too weak to cut through, but the other two sword strikes were more than enough (Both being copies of the Chakra Bonding Katana, they have a base sharpness of 100). 150 Sharpness was well over Muratwo's 100 Armor Health plus the 20 necessary to break through. The swords tore and ripped through the enemy clone and her armor, bisecting and tearing through vital organs. She didn't have final hours. She didn't even have final minutes. She had less than a final second.

The original Kita's brow furrowed. "Ninshu. I vaguely remember hearing about that from a book I read about some old historical figure, Naruto Uzumaki. I never knew that it was that important to modern chakra understanding. I didn't even know it was still around." Yet that brought up another question for the young shinobi. "Why did you have to leave?"

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With Muratwo's new attack forcing her opponent to evade, disrupting Kitwo's previous plans, the timeline has been altered. From that break point, everything is new - none of his actions have been ignored, as they have not happened yet, all being initiated after Muratwo's previous actions. He is going to have to try harder than trying to catch her standing clueless and lost to claim this victory.

Still, going for another jab sounds like a decent enough idea.

Muratwo follows Kitwo's account of her actions, to a point - as he has already outlined all of his reactions, deciding to act in the exact same way, he will have no reason to act differently. Muratwo, however, has just had him dodge an attack before going right into what - to her - is a totally new set of circumstances, having previously been timelined out. She is ready to take any advantage she can get. She cannot see the future, of course, but she will recognize a golden opportunity when she sees it.

That golden opportunity comes when Kitwo dodges around her weapon thrust, which is the exact point where she begins actions that do not match his account. With both hands on her weapon and feet planted on the ground, she has leverage to make use of her strength.

As stated, he is just barely dodging past the hammer end of her weapon, and has zero clearance. He has nowhere to run.

Muratwo hauls her weight towards the hammer end of the poleaxe just as his chest begins to pass. With no distance to travel, his advantage in speed is irrelevant - she catches him mid-stride in the chest with her ridged hammer, immediately knocking him clear off of his feet and slamming him fiercely to the ground. The hammer strike itself will not do much besides snag him, digging deep against his clothes and flesh - but her own strength carrying through the weapon attack will carry him inexorably to the tatami mat. Not too hard a surface, of course, but even not accounting for whatever its Health is, the impact force of 97 from Muratwo carrying him to the ground will be enough to break him and send him away in a puff of smoke.

Of course, even with Kitwo snagged, he still has two weapons in hand, and she is wary of that kunai or of any more tricks as she brings him down.

Murata shrugs. "My home tired of warriors," she says, voice a little quieter now. "Watch the fight. I think they may be almost done." Both sets of memories shall return soon, of course, but the external perspective is just as valuable.

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Murata 333/348
Clone Murata 228/348

There was nothing to be done about it. Having forgotten to account for the extra distance between the hammer end of the weapon and his opponent, he was caught in it, and his opponent was more than ready to drive him into the ground. There was only a single chance to escape from this technique, and that was with one he already intended to use.

Kitwo began to blur on the end of the hammer, and Kithree had to be called a bit early. Kitwo was stuck on the edge of the pole arm, inhibiting his ability to retaliate get closer himself. Kithree appeared instead of the intended .5 meters behind Muratwo, instead appearing .5 meters to the left of Muratwo. Being a copy of Kitwo, his clone had the same tools that he did. It started motionless, being unable to be created moving. However, the instant that it popped into existence it sprang into motion, weapons at the ready. It threw the kunai that it held in its left hand was thrown at the midpoint of Muratwo (127.5 Speed. 100 Sharpness. Created with 110 Speed, 65 Strength due to Dance of the Crescent Moon). The Katana in its right hand slashed from the left hip in a diagonal line to the right, slashing to cut through the leg and then the wrists, severing Muratwo's weapon from her body if she continues on her current path (110 Speed).

Kitwo wasn't out of the fight entirely either. He didn't like what he had to do, but he would much rather lose a weapon than lose the fight. Like a javelin he threw his Chakra Bonding Katana at Muratwo with his maximum speed and strength (127.5 Speed. 150 Sharpness. Created with 110 Speed, 65 Strength due to Dance of the Crescent Moon), aiming for the left side of her chest, around the heart area. The intention wasn't necessarily to kill her (it would be a bonus), but rather to stop her strike to the ground. This would be the last chance. If none of these attacks could get him out, nothing could.

Kita took Murata's advice, turning his eyes back to the fight that Bobo had been watching with such intensity. Murata was right. It looked like his clone was about to lose. The only thing left was to watch and see what happened, ingesting and interpreting the memories that would come from the fight after his clones dissipation.

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Perhaps some strange ripple in space and time causes the exact method of performing this technique to momentarily slip his mind, as the maneuver Kitwo intends to use is not updated for the current ruleset and is such unusable in any context. Kithree never materializes.

Muratwo watches Kitwo awkwardly rear his arm back mid-takedown to throw his sword at her. She twists and leans to the side to dodge it when the sword leaves his fingertips, allowing it to sail right by her - with her own full reflex speed of 130, she has at least a meter of movement to work with before it arrives, and is able to judge the appropriate distance to allow it to miss her while still following through with her takedown.

Kitwo slams into the tatami, vanishing in a puff of smoke. His memories return to Kita in a flash. Murata looks to him curiously, wondering if he will have any immediate reactions to the new information.

"That was a workout," Muratwo calls, taking off her helmet and wiping sweat from her brow as she walks to the edge of the arena to sit down next to the other three. "Good fight, Kita. Bobo, was my technique suitably impressive?"

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The clone vanished into a puff of smoke as it was driven into the ground, crushed by the weight of the Fish Eagle. Its memories of the fight returned to Kita, along with what little chakra that the clone had left. He couldn't help but chuckle as he realized the mistake that finally ended its life. "I can't believe it did something so stupid as to forget to account for space. Then again, it was just an extension of myself, so I would've made the same mistake. I guess that I still have a lot to learn..."

Bobo began cheering once he realized that the fight had reached its conclusion, no longer mesmerized by the movements of the two shadow clones. The fight hadn't lasted very long all in all, but it was more than enough for the clone to pick up a few of Murata's techniques. Bobo brought his hands together in applause, clinging with his legs to Murata's back as he displayed his excitement. "Bravo! I've never seen anything so intense! She's even stronger than you kid!" Kita couldn't help but feel a twinge of frustration at that.  There was nothing that could be done about it though. He would simply have to be stronger the next time that they fought. "Heck yeah that technique was impressive! How long is it before I can learn to do that?" Kita smiled softly, about to promise to teach him the technique once they learned of his elemental nature, but paused, color draining slightly from his face. "Wait... Can he even learn jutsu like that? If he can't that means... Oh crap. I promised to teach him a technique he can't learn."

Kita pushed the thought out of his mind for now and turned to his sparring partner, extending a hand out to either of the two Muratas, unsure as to which of the two it would be appropriate to shake the hand of. "That was a good match you two. I learned a lot sparring with you guys!" Kita shook his head side to side, putting his hands to his hips as he did. "I think I've put most of my techniques on full display in that match right there, but I still have a couple of tricks up my sleeve if there's anything else you want to know." Kita smiled, patting the Chakra Bonding Katana at his hip. "Weaponry Maneuvers and the like."

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Murata is distracted by Bobo before she can glean a reaction from Kita, snorting with laughter as the monkey upon her begins whooping and cheering.

"What is your elemental nature, Bobo? Have you found out?" she asks, straining to look back over her shoulder. She assumes that he will have one, still operating on the idea that he is quite similar to a summon in nature.

Muratwo takes that handshake. Curiously, this clone channels her Ninshu just the same as the original does. Kita gets a momentary glimpse of a girl about his age with long hair and a serious face, overlapping criss-cross line tattoos covering the right side of her face - her skin seems irritated around the lines, and the tattoos are slightly glossy. She is looking slightly away, saying something to somebody he cannot see, but he cannot make out the words.

"I am ready for a second bout!" Muratwo says, standing up and stretching before stepping back to her previous starting position. "I will allow you to take the offensive this time. Show me what you can do!"

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Bobo scratches at his head for a moment in response to Murata's question, trying to think of an answer for her before shrugging. "I don't know. I don't think so. I haven't checked on it in a while. You should probably explain what that is to the kid though, he seems a bit confused." Kita laughed a bit at that. "Bobo, an elemental nature is what determines what kind of jutsu that you can use. For example, the reason that I can use water techniques is because I have a water nature." Bobo grins, and excitement begins to fill his little eyes. "Really! Do I have one? How do I find it?" Kita nodded. "Everyone has at least one Bobo. We'll have to do some testing later to find out what it is exactly." Kita scratched his head for a moment, thinking. "Unfortunately, the chances that you'll have an element that I don't have are pretty high, so you mind have to do some experimenting about on your own." Bobo looked a bit dejected as Kita continued the conversation with Murata.

The memory flashes through Kita's mind as he shakes the hand of the original and the clone, and Kita realized why Bobo got a bit stunned from it. Experiencing memories that weren't your own were a bit jarring, but Kita was quickly able to overcome the initial shock. After all, it was somewhat similar to the Shadow Clone Jutsu's memory recall, so it wasn't an entirely new experience. What Kita assumed was a much younger version of Murata appeared in his mind, seemingly conversing with someone that Kita couldn't see. He could only imagine that this was the moment that she had gotten her marks, judging by just how recent they appeared to be on her face in the memory. Kita wondered for a brief moment how exactly it was that he was seeing such a vision, but as quickly as it had appeared it left, leaving Kita with only the memory of its passing.

Kita nodded to the other clone, bringing his hands together to form the seals for a Shadow Clone Jutsu (Shadow Clone). The new Kitwo poofed into existence by Kita's side, and made its way onto the platform, making its way to its own side of the arena 15 meters from the back, 30 meters from the sides, 15 meters from the center, and 30 meters from Muratwo. Calmly, the clone began weaving hand signs for the Storage Displacement Jutsu, and after a few brief moments another katana appeared in Kitwo's left hand (Storage Displacement). With its right, it drew the Chakra Bonding Katana from its scabbard, and held the two blades in an X formation between itself and Muratwo. "The next few techniques I want to show you are near entirely weaponry related, so I'll be using these for just a little while." It kept the blades up and bent its knees slightly, preparing to rush towards Muratwo once she's prepared, ensuring that its blades were prepared for defense.

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