Madara vs Youta [Observation Thread]

[AshbornTokubetsu Jounin]

Arena 1 would be where a first move had been made. Between small, forested areas with grass reaching up to a single meter in height, a battle slowly began to unfold. The two champions who'd decide which one of them would be moving onto the next round were Youta Shinkou and Uchiha Madara, both contestants rather unfamiliar to the young Yamaguchi who'd be spectating the third fight as well. Unlike the previous two battles neither of them had to wait for the other to arrive as they entered the arena almost at the same time. Perhaps they were eager to start and prove themselves to the people of Hoshigakure.

It was the young kunoichi that first entered the arena, for some reason carrying an entire box of tools with her before finally readying herself. After a short period of time her opponent made his way into the battlefield as well, stopping about 15 meters from the center which placed him 30 meters from the female shinobi. As was custom for these type of events, both contestants greeted each other as they exchanged formalities. However, considering Ashborn was seated somewhere in the crowd above, he'd have trouble picking up on their conversation and would be unable to hear anything that was being said.

Once the assumed pleasantries were out of the way, the young girl decided not to wait any longer before making a move. Sprinting into action while at the same time grabbing a fuma shuriken she started to cover about six meters of distance, finally coming to a stop and launching the projectile at her opponent. Should everything go according to her plan, the kunoichi's ninja tool would be traveling towards the boy and aimed at his chest. However, from what Ashborn could tell, there would be plenty of time to react and maybe even come up with a countermove. One thing was for certain, it would be interesting to see what both of them would come up with next. 

(WC: 331)

[Hikari NamikazeCitizen]

Of the duels that had been slated for today, for some reason Hikari was most excited about this confrontation. It was against two gennin, neither of which had been around before when Namikaze was around. However, since joining returning to Hoshigakure, the Akari Assassin had very few chances to meet up with many shinobi in the land of the stars. Besides Tsunayoshi and Akaboshi, the only shinobi she had the chance to meet was the children she had met in the Eastside dimension. Of those children, even though Ise seemed the most developed as a shinobi, Youta Shinoku was the only one who was attempting to rise in the ranks of the village. The boy was a good kid, had a bit of a foul mouth, but still a good kid. The kunoichi was really looking forward to seeing how he would fair in the tournament.

Underneath her blue contact lense, the Kunochi's pale Byakugan eye would activate, giving her a close up view of the entire arena.

WC: 171

- 10 AP Byakugan

[Shinrei YamatoJounin Survived 2021 You've completed the Christmas Event of 2021 and qualified for the last reward, by partisan you are awarded this fancy badge!]

Yamato had already dressed in his armor and prepared himself before coming here to the arena for the Nova Tournament. This was something he would not miss, even if he did not make it into the corps…he had several shinobi here he wished to see fight, some were his students, while others were acquaintances. However a familiar chakra signature could be felt…one he had not been able to sense for years. “It couldn’t be…” He said as he moved to the stands where he could watch, and sure enough as he reached the area where he felt the signature from he saw her…Hikari Namikaze. She was one of the few people he knew that had ties with Valen and one of the people he did not see when he took his people and fled the village. He had to quiet his heartbeat as he looked at her, the years had changed them both, but he still was wary and infuriated with the woman.

He took a seat nearly three chairs apart in space and he idly toyed with the hilt of his katana as he thought of his next move. However for now the match between Youta and Madara began, and whomever won here would be his opponent…he had to divert at least some of his attention to the arena for this, not out of exploiting weaknesses shown, but because he knew of Youta and his team and wanted to see what he was capable of.


WC:246

[HeroshiCitizen]

Heroshi would wake up for the nova corps exam, not as a participant, but a spectator. He wanted to learn all he could from the fighters and combat was exciting to Heroshi. He would show up to the arena just before the match started and looked for the best seats. Heroshi had met Youta training while he was in the academy, but the other contestant was an Uchiha, Heroshi had a deep respect for them because his dad was always talking about them. Heroshi walked to the front row where he saw Yamato sensei focused on the fight and a kunochi he had seen at another fight. Heroshi was too excited to watch.
Heroshi watched as the kunochi and shinobi made pleasentries and then watched as soon as the referee started the match the kunochi started the fight by throwing her fuma shuriken and then retreating back as soon as she fired two more kunai at the shinobi who had ducked down and was coving himself in that darkness he had met him in. Then a purple seal would shoot from him to her. Heroshi would await the following  actions with anticipation. Heroshi was cheering and jeering for both competitors. This was going to be a good fight


Wc:208

[Akabayashi TerumiMizukage Survived 2021 You've completed the Christmas Event of 2021 and qualified for the last reward, by partisan you are awarded this fancy badge!]

As the forfeit came Akabayashi stood his white cloak making it evident he was a member of the Nova corps. Luckily with his special seating as a disguished guest he was out of view of the crowd. His sharingan had been active to take in the fight. Truthfully this was one of the few fights he wished to watch as his student was in it. Of course he would tell Youta he didn't attend if asked. Simply because people use those you care about to get to you. If you yourself brush off caring then they can never be used to hurt you. At least that made sense in Akabayashi's mind. He would take his leave he would show up for Youta's next round.

Exit unless interrupted.

[AshbornTokubetsu Jounin]

Observant as ever, Ashborn made sure to take note of both participants' movements and actions, the young Yamaguchi still lacking when it came to combat experience and hoping to possibly learn a thing or two from watching. And what better way than witnessing a Tournament where possible candidates for the Nova Corps would battle it out amongst each other. Despite his lack of experience he couldn't help but feel that the fight between Madara and Youta would be over soon, the flow of battle moving so fast it appeared it would only last a couple of minutes before one of them became victorious.

The first to make a move was Madara, the young girl grabbing one of her Fuma Shuriken before starting to sprint towards her opponent and releasing her ninja tool which she threw directly at the boy. In turn, Youta activated a technique of his own, a dark aura forming around and surrounding his body. A purple sphere appeared, expanding around his position in an attempt to deal with the female Uchiha. Once it traveled a total of two meters the kunoichi launched another pair of projectiles in reaction to the Fuinjutsu technique, both her kunai making their way towards the intended target.

As Youta's sphere reached a five meter radius, Madara completed her kunai throw and would start dashing fifteen meters backwards at full speed before grinding to a stop. In response to that, the young boy rolled out of the two kunai's way and deactivate his own technique before throwing a smoke bomb with an explosive tag attached to it. With a distance of thirty-one meters between them the battle turned into a game of tag, both contestants running and chasing after the other waiting for an opportune moment to strike. And it appeared that time had finally come.

The male shinobi formed a couple of hand seals, a dark flame surrounding his body once again before expanding and causing a massive explosion. In order to avoid getting caught by the approaching danger, Madara unfortunately resorted to running out of bounds and into a tree. This caused a disqualification for the kunoichi, resulting in her loss and Youta's win. With the fight having come to an end Ashborn couldn't help but feel a bit underwhelmed, originally expecting a little more when the Tournament started but hopefully the remaining rounds would make up for it and succeed in entertaining the young Yamaguchi. 

(Exit)

(TWC: 736)
Claims:
- 736 towards Ritual of the Undead
- 14 AP

[Ayato HyuugaHogokage]

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