Chuunin Exams Pt 2: Zeo and Gonk vs Stein!

Clone Zeo looked as the sudden roots collected around them, trapping them in. He didn't hesitate to sneer in frustration as he stood there, feeling the roots sap his chakra and confine his movements. At that point, clone Zeo knew he wasn't going to be able to cut his way out as how he saw Stein block the shurikens thrown at him. Despite being a clone, he mimicked and reacted just as Zeo did with his frustrated look and his glare to the enemy.

For the moment, the clone paused, keeping in place to wait if needed. All he could do was observe...


... and act as a perfect distraction.

Meanwhile, inside the mist was when the real Zeo took action. Luckily the cage didn't obscure the area of the mist as Zeo took action, using the remaining water and forming his hand signs out of sight from the Sharigan stealing freak. Complete with his preparations, the ankle-high water collected around him.

While out of sight from the two he had trapped, he was not completely hidden from the eye-sight of the mist. His unusual vision was able to see Stein's aura without fail.

In that very moment-- the Clone Zeo soon became transparent and became a splash of water upon the ground. While he failed, he was not the focus.

"Suiton... Water Dragon BULLET!!" he called, the 'starry eyes' glaring with determination as it locked on to Stein where he 'hid'.

From out of the edge of the mist, the head of a large, watery, serpent dragon appeared made out of water. Despite a chakra-constructed beast of water, it was realistically acting like a hungry beast as it rose up. With deadly intent, the water dragon lunged forward into the air! Free from the mist, it shot right for stein, turning in mid-air to fly and strike Stein from where he was upon the roots.

While the mist lingered just a bit, reaching the end of its duration--- the dragon was the more pressing problem now as its watery maw threatened to smash and crush into Stein with lethal force.

WC: 354

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Stein felt it was about time, as with the timing of events ,let us clearify a bit. By the time the clone was dispelled and the Dragon sent, a Little mouse was making its way up the root. However this was the moment Stein was waiting for. And he would launch himself backwards off the root into a flip down to the ground, but that would not be where he landed. For that moment a rush of power surged across him, as his sage mode activated. Stein felt the Nature Chakra he naturally collected begin to dwindle, as he fueled his technique to even greater heights of power. A Huge Wood statue was suddenly Stepping up out of the ground and towards the mist, Which would help in its dissipation. This Wooden Statue stood thirty meters tall, and Stein would land upon the head of the mighty beast, which had a dragon wrapped around its body. and its head rested upon the shoulder of the Statue. The Stitched man had changed a bit. His Eyes had changed a little, reflecting his sage, with markings forming down his face almost like a sad stitched man. But Laughter at this time would erupt from the crazed doctor. He used his Display of power again, only to buy himself some time as he shouted to the boys.

"You boys must realize, that you are Doomed, and this is your graveyard." While yes it may be a bit over kill, Stein needed to push these boys more, so far he has seen some classic strategy, but he would not say anything out of the box just yet. "I know you stayed in the mist and used a clone, how clever. And Mousey Shark, I can see you on the root I was on. Clever way to escape the Prison, I thought I almost had you" At this point Stein would roll his shoulders. "Shall We get on with this then?!" In case the Dragon of the water brat did not crash into the root and was being controlled further, the Wood Dragon on Stein's Human would raise up and take off from the body of the Wood Human. Meanwhile the wood human aimed a flat palm towards the root below aiming to crush the mouse below his gigantic coverage and power. Stein at this moment no longer was thinking as a proctor of these Genin as a way to pay for his misdeeds in Hoshigakure. These were two pests, Ants swarming a bee's Nest, looking for something sweet.

Stein's watchful gaze from thirty meters above the ground looked down towards the boys to see their reactions, cause if the water dragon had in fact crashed into the root, since Stein had jumped away long before the technique could come crashing into him. It was Likely if it followed him into his leap backwards which would take him five meters away from the root, To Crash into the raising Wood Human. Either way, The Wood Dragon launched off the wood human, Either to counter the Water Dragon, or towards the boy that was left in the mist. Entering the Mist and swooshing around to help clear the mist out faster. Searching for something where the boy could possibly be.

980 Ap
-50 Sage Mode
-70 Sage Art
-120 Wood Human/Dragon
740 Ap

5/6 Nature Counters
+1/-1 Jugo/Sage
-1 Sage Art
4 Nature counters

Wood Human/Dragon Stats
Power 250
Speed 250
Health 240

The change in power was not unnoticed by Zeo as he attacked-- even in his position-- he could sense the sudden surge as this monster transformed into even greater power. The monster conjured a giant of wood, and used both it and the dragon that surrounded to lauch two attacks on each ot them. Despite the danger--- Zeo maintained control of his Water Dragon Bullet and had the dragon give chase to the enemy ninja, drawing closer. Because of the jutsu, Zeo continued to guide it as it turned and lunged to reach further atop.

This was met by the dangerous wood dragon that Stein had conjured. It did not hesitate to meet the Water dragon-- and yet it pressed on regardless. The two dragons clashes and fought, either wood to suck up the water or water to slice through the wood. Either way the two attacks met, causing a messy impact. The dragon gave a final death-cry roar as it impacted to the other dragon, and splashed, casting water in all directions and upward t o Stein, likely soaking him a bit harmlessly as the water splashed all around.

All that remained was the masses of water the water dragon was made of, gushing out in all directions like a waterfall. Harmless as the mist in t he distance began to vanish.

It seemed Stein had possibly cornered him.


... Splash!!

The torrents of harmless water soon moved-- and with a splash emerged a person! Out from the mass of water that the dragon had been comprised off, appeared Zeo himself! The water was like a certain he merely passed through, jumping out of nowhere and now was in mid-air a few meters from Stein himself.

By then it was revealed--- as the last of the mist dissipated. Whether he attacked or not was pointless, cause Zeo was no longer there. ALl that was left in that patch of mist was a bit of water and the roots that Stein had set up. Zeo had not hidden in the mist, but used it as cover to properly set up his jutsu. While effective to hide, Stein clearly knew his true self remained in the mist. To stay in there was pointless, but Zeo used something else. The Water Dragon Bullet was not meant to launch a single attack against his foe--- but a means of crossing the distance without being noticed using "Hiding in Water" . In this case, he was never in the mist. He had hidden inside the very Water Dragon Bullet, he created from the water his partner made. From inside the very dragon, he also had more control of its actions as well.

With a single, confrontation sign of his hand, the blue-haired ninja had reached for his sword on his back and drew it as he descended down from the spray of water. As he drew his sword, the spray of water from the Water Dragon Bullet coalesced. It soon flew towards the blade as he funneled his chakra into it, causing it to glow and radiate now with water along its edge.

"HHHAAAAAAAAA!!" Zachary cried in determination as he came down with a spin, bearing his water-chakra-infused sword down upon Stein to slice into him with all the strength he had! Being so close to Stein now, regardless of enhancements-- even he couldn't easily dodge an attack after emerging from the water so close.

Stein would get a good look at Zeo's eyes as he struck-- able to see the flickers of black and starry-like specks in his corneas-- the signs of hidden power that still remained on the surface, ignorant to its wielder he had such power. Regardless, he had it and used it to see his enemy even when he was inside the mist.

WC: 632

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Crash!

The boys collided with each other. As Gonk had jumped . The boy Zeo had reformed himself. While Zeo was Indeed higher up in the air, he would be tilted backwards now, and the boy Gonk would have struck himself with the other boys legs since however Gonk was the one with actual momentum at that point, He would still be on his path, if slightly altered, the sword he swung would crash down into the head of the wood golem at Stein's Feet.

Stein Had seen enough at this point and immediately would disappaite his Sage mode and Said loudly to both boys. "Enough, It is time for some truth" Stein at that moment would hold forward a hand in which the bells would exude out of his palm, and his fingers would wrap around the strings and he flipped the hand around as the bells made a clinging sound. " Chuunin Exam Bell Test : Proctor Stein, At your service. I was charged with getting to know if you two had what it takes to be shinobi of a higher quality. And you both showed great Inginuity. A Mouse to escape the holes left in the prison, and becoming the Water Dragon. That was Inventive. I present you both your bells. Seems its just about time for me to report back with your boys, Success. Fearlessly attacking a Missing Ninja that showed he was of higher caliber and never relenting even in the face of a monsterous form or structure. I am sure your respective Kages would be glad to hear that." With that Stein would throw a Bell to each boy and made the dragon take its place on the golem as it sunk back into the ground.

"Any Questions?" Now stein did note the eyes of the one boy, but that would be a more personal discussion he would have with him at a later date. for now it was getting late, he needed to not report back in to late, and the boys would need food and rest after such a heafty battle.

That was humiliating! Though the danger he felt himself in it happened too fast for him to really see-- as Stein simply evaded and Zeo came crashing down onto his own ally!? He tried to divert his movement but couldn't and their two blades clashed, Luckily the twos water powered blades did some good to keep from causing serious damage to the both of them.

However before Zeo could try and do another counter attack--one that would likely give one more attempt attack--- the monster said stop and revealed some truth that he was in fact a proctor. Zeo dropped his sword, dumbfounded rightt then and there. "What?" he asked blankly, feeling like he was played for fools by how this guy had acted. His surprise caused the flicker in his eyes to fade completely, once again not yet awakened to their full potential.

Zeo soon caught the bell easily as it was tossed to him and he heard t he fact he was a proctor to the exam, and his job was to test them. THIS was the bell test. "I knew it... something was wrong with this whole fishy situation. It WAS a setup." Zeo said bitterly, as he looked to the guy. "Are you certifiably insane or something? You're intent was clear to kill us."

He still remembered it. The chill he had from how he saw through the mist and 'saw' the man's sickly aura. Even as it faded, he saw the briefest glimpse of that strange, creepy aura. Proctor or not, Zeo was not to trust him. It wasn't violent, but it was unsettling. He didn't get why, but he just saw it and didn't know why. STein no doubt would suspect his power, but likely question if HE knew himself, with how it flickered in and out of his eyes like that.

Either way the danger was over and Stein started to leave. Zeo watched as the man left, leaving him puzzled to know what kind of events he would be forced to endure with the rest of the exam... He turned to the shark boy, and looked to him. "Um.... thank you. I'm sorry for how this went down, but glad itt wasn't half as dangerous as it felt like it was." he explained.

EXit:

WC: 377

End: TWC: 3,554

Jutsu Learned:
Uchugan Summoning WC 1125 (25% discount)
Wolf Spirits of Kamigawa Contract WC 1500 (25% discount)
Summoning Jutsu 750 WC (25% discount)

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