Chuunin Exams: Round 3 - Gin vs Tsunayoshi

The Akimichi found himself southwest of his previous location 10 meters from the location where he got blinded by the flash paper, as the smoke had fully expanded. “The smoke will fade soon.” He thought to himself as he expanded his sensory range to 10 meters. Not sensing anyones presence, he made his way out of the smoke now effectively 5 or so meters from the southern wall, located slightly in front of the very eastern small boulder. The Akimichi made his way through the small gap between the small and the main boulder, now on the southern side of the primary boulder with his sensory range at it’s maximum. He progressed the distance of 51 meters around the far side, the perimeter of the primary boulder, manoeuvring any obstacles in the process to arrive at the western side of the large boulder located on the southern side of the arena.

As the Akimichi arrived at his destination, the clone had travelled around 55 meters by this point, ascended the full 35 meters, before descending a further 20. The Akimichi peaked around his oversized boulder observing the free-falling shinobi. “What on earth is he doing?” he muttered as the boy continued to descend. As the boy neared the 10 meter height of the smoke, the Akimichi observed a series of one handed hand seals performed by the right hand in clear view of the Akimichi, the same hand was then raised to the boys head. “So he can do that too… interesting.” He thought as the boy vanished from sight.  

“Strange.” He thought. Unbeknownst to the Akimichi, the clone had teleported 3 meters and 1 foot outside of the direct radius of the smoke, now situated dangerously close to the Akimichis previous location which was now around 20 meters away from a birds eye view but approximately 51 meters away if the perimeter of the boulder was to be followed from the Akimichis new location.The Akimichi lowered his sensory range back to 5 meters as he rolled his shoulders. His stomach rumbled.

“What the hell?” The Akimichi thought to himself as the smoke now faded from the battlefield yet his foe appeared from behind the northern boulder despite being nowhere near it but a moment ago. It was a very strange situation but it appeared as if the young man was finally ready to fight the Akimichi on his terms.

There was a distinct shift in the battlefield, it was almost as if the Akimichi had calmed to a point to perfectly calculate the next course of action. His enemy was charging from an 8 meter distance, facing the Akimichi quite squarely, with the young man looking upon the Akimich quite intently. Acknowledging his presence, his sight narrowed. “Body Flicker derivative? Or was it a Space Time technique?” he thought to himself as his right hand dashed to the hilt of his crystal singing blade the instant the genin moved his hand towards the hilt of his own blade.

Naturally, the Akimichi drew his much quicker than the foe. He then raised the blade at 150 speed, aiming the tip at the foes centre of mass. By this point the foes weapon would have been just over a quarter of the way out of the hilt as it was strapped to his right shoulder while he drew the blade with his left hand which was previously by his side, this would have required a wider range of movement to unsheathe compared to the Akimichi who kept his right hand and arm by his side less than a quarter of a meter from his blade. In tandem with the Akimichi cutting the string to free the Crystal Singing Blade, he freed his left hand by slipping it through the handle of the Fuma Shuriken. The Fumas now resting on his wrist his hand flew through 4 handseals at incredible pace. As his left hand transitioned from the 3rd to the 4th handseal, a condensed ray of chakra mimicking the edge of the Crystal Singing Blade began making its way towards the boys centre of mass, expanding at the rate of 150 speed with a sharpness, and health of 150. As the 4th handseal was cast, the Hoshigakure Genin would find himself overcome with a sense of overwhelming fear that would freeze him in place, making him unable to move with around a quarter of the foes blade still in its sheath.

Both of the Genin were now locked into a state where neither of them could move but the condensed ray of chakra from the Crystal Singing Blade would continue on its trajectory striking the foes chest, ripping through skin, bone and organs upon impact with the aim of ripping directly into the young boys heart. The Akimichi aimed the sword with pinpoint precision, accounting for the boys movement relative to the sand under his feet and the terrain that the boy had to navigate through. As the condensed ray of chakra continued to expand to a maximum distance of 30 meters, the Akimichi prayed that a proctor would intervene as otherwise the Hoshigakure genin would become the first casualty of the Chuunin Exams.

The term point blank refers to a range that is very close to a target, in this case the smoke bomb was activated at point blank range of the Hoshigakure Genin, activated by the boys left palm that was situated by his left hip, thus in point blank, in very close proximity of the Genin, the rate at which the smoke advanced would be nowhere near fast enough to obscure the boys vision for the purpose of avoiding the Genjutsu trigger. This was primarily because the smoke bomb was only activated at the sight of the third handseal being cast, the Sacred Spear expanding, only 1 handseal remaining for the binding.

As the smoke bomb was activated, it began moving at a rate of 55 speed from the boys left palm out in every direction. It would be inconceivable that the smoke would be able to obstruct the Genins line of sight at a rate faster than the time it would take for the Akimichi to form the one last handseal at 150 speed, almost 3 times as fast as the Smoke Bombs expansion. And so with the trigger activated and the genin caught in the clutches of the Genjutsu, it mattered not that his body was being engulfed by his smoke bomb and his vision obstructed as with the trigger satisfied, the effects of the Genjutsu had already taken hold.

As the boy had aimed to use the cover of the smoke to evade, he was effectively stood still the moment the clock struck twelve and the Akimichi had formed the final handseal, catching him out with the Genjutsu Binding. The Hoshigakure Genins vision still very much fixed on the Akimichi at that point. With the Sacred Spear being released at the third handseal, the duo frozen but a moment later because of the Genjutsu Binding, the condensed ray of chakra from the sacred spear travelled directly towards the Genin, pushing past smoke and anything else in its path, ripping through the foes chest effortlessly upon contact.

With an audible crunch, the Akimichi felt the blade react in his hand at the point of impact. His aim ever so slightly off the boys centre of mass, “A miscalculation perhaps.” He thought to himself, a gap formed in the smoke one meter to either side of the Hoshigakure Genin which allowed the Akimichi to observe the boys reaction to the attack. The gap in the smoke caused by the impact from the Sacred Spear. Naturally it wouldn’t take too long for the gap to be filled with smoke again with the 2 meters being filled with the ever-expanding smoke at a rate of 55 speed.

They were both still very much in a frozen state, the condensed ray of Chakra ripped through the boys right pec. The boys eyes widening quite reactively to the impact. As opposed to retracting upon impact, the blade continued to expand, slicing straight through the boys third rib before puncturing his right lung, the blade continued to pierce through rear of the young Hoshigakure Genin, effectively putting a hole through his body.

Third rib, split, front and rear of the right lung pierced, rear third rib pierced with a near surgical exit on the far side of the Hoshigakure genin. The blade didn’t retract at this point either though. There was 8 meters between the Akimichi and the Hoshigakure Genin. The Akimichi had already gauged his foes speed relative to his own. His sight fixed on his foe as the Sacred Spear continued to expand for a further 7 meters, the instant the expansion had reached a total distance of 15 meters, the Akimichi released his Genjutsu binding, flicking the wrist armed with the Crystal Singing Blade at 150. This motion aimed to cut through the right pectoral, in the direction of the boys heart which was only a few inches away. The Sacred Spear would cut through the heart end to end and continue to move all the way through the boys torse effectively cutting through his heart and the remainder of his chest. There was around a 7 centimetre distance between the blade and the initial point of the heart, which equates to a distance of around 0.07 meters that would be required for the sword to travel.

Even if the Hoshigakure genin moved at top speed with the movement of the Sacred Spear for the remainder 15 meters that it was set to expand, it would still be able to travel a further 0.2 meters through the boys body.

The Hoshigakure genin had only a few moments to react to the 150 sharpness and health of the Sacred Spear that had begun its trajectory towards the boys heart. This time, the condensed ray of chakra wasn’t about to miss. The extension of the Crystal Singing Blade meant that if the boy was unable to react appropriately that his heart would be split in two by the rapidly advancing condensed ray of chakra.

Unfortunately, at this point the smoke bomb had once again filled the 2 meter gap that was created by the initial impact of the Sacred Spear. However, the Hoshigakure genin was in a position where any manoeuvre he made with the Sacred Spear still embedded in him would only result in further damage to his body.

With regards to the smoke, it had only expanded up to 6 meters in radius, relative to the speed at which the Sacred Spear had expanded. With the young mans actions after the release of the Genjutsu being very much contingent on the 10 meter coverage of the Smoke by the time he would decide to retrieve the Fuma Shuriken, his heart would be very much split in two.