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Kaito's grin quickly turned into that of confusion as Arina called out to Sai as though they knew each other somehow or another. This situation was quickly getting weirder by the moment, but that was the last thing he would worry about. Sai dropped down into a more combative stance finally, telegraphing his obvious next movement would be a dash of sorts. What he didn't see coming was what was surrounding him. Small particles of snow and ice began to orbit him, surely this would be used for something either offensively or defensively later. In the mean time, Sai would waste no more time charging him head on. Sai had mumbled some words at his time but Kaito was too concentrated to pay attention to the words that left his opponents mouth.

Sai would jet towards him giving him little time to react, the Orasakai clansman was charging him head on and obviously he had intentions of a close ranged combat. Kaito's fingers would begin moving at what would seem to a blur to the naked eye, the exception to this would be his opponents eyes which were infamous for slowing things down. Kaito could only imagine how things could be easier with such a power. The handseals would end just as quickly as they would begin as Kaito would bolster his defenses. The glowing markings on his body would continue expanding and would grow further across his body as the second level of his curse mark would activate, and near simultaneously roughly over 70 clones would appear all around him, leaving an open spot between Sai and himself. As the man grew closer Kaito began to inhale a large quantity of wind around him expanding his chest. The akimichi would wait until his opponent was nearly in striking distance, close enough that he could see the ice growing over his finger tips before exhaling a large gust of wind. The wind was violent and had great force behind it, pushing his foe away with ease. Realizing that he'd just eaten, he'd mumble words to himself. "I just ate... Wonder if my breath stinks..." Kaito would now plan a counterattack, it was his turn to go on the offense.

Kaito and his small army of clones that stood behind him would scan the village that had become the battleground for the six shinobi that had occupied it. He would make sure to not let his attention slip away from the Orasakai but was curious to see how things were going with his teammates as well. "Looks like those guys are just starting..." As much as he wanted to jump into the fray alongside of them, he'd unfortunately be trapped fighting this demon who stood infront of him. Kaito had no real intentions of wanting to fight this man but surely Sai wouldn't let this go until one of them would lay on the ground dead. Thus he would continue on, preparing himself for a slew of attacks he would soon launch at his enemy.

His abilities were strong but they would definitely take time for them to reach their fullest power. Kaito would string together a simple three handseals, finally unveiling his powers to his opponent. Upon the completion of his last hand seal, several orbs would form and orbit around his body. These orbs would resemble suns with fire radiating from them, and would grow to the size of small boulders. "Ice and Scorch Style duking it out, looks like were gonna have ourselves a steamy battle eh?" Kaito chuckled finishing his pun with a wink to his opponent. Although nervous still he was doing a good job of holding his composure, he wouldn't show fear on the battlefield and that was for certain. "You know it's not too late to stop... This village is gonna end up getting destroyed because of our personal little quarrel." Kaito was unsure of what Sai's ninjutsu capabilities were, but his powers were destructive to say the very least and he did know that. Realistically though Kaito was just trying to buy himself some time. He would be a sitting duck until enough orbs were manifested and actually ready for battle.

Nodding, Kaito and each one of his clones would now turn and begin to slowly exit from the village. The keyword to this was slowly as his plan seemed to be working. One wouldn't exactly call this a ruse, but more just stalling out as long as he possibly could until he were ready for combat. "Of course I'm concerned you dummy, these people don't deserve to lose everything because of us." Kaito yelled to the Orasakai as the duo slowly made their ways outside. The clones marched one by one until each of them had seeped through the gates of the village and eventually were a safe distance away from the village, this now would create an even larger separation from himself and his teammates. Kaito hadn't really known them for much longer than a day or so, but they seemed like good people and he truly hoped they could escape this ordeal with their lives.

Orbs continued manifesting all around the Scorch user now, these small balls of fire began to now pick up speed while orbiting around his body all the meanwhile growing in size. This process wasn't going to end anytime soon and Kaito knew that, thus his clones would begin encircling him. They would be his first line of defense and hopefully slow him from reaching Kaito as he would continue powering up. The Akimichi would stand still, focused and ready to form a defense when needed.

Rain would begin to dump from the sky, crashing down upon his slew of orbs creating a thicker blanket of fog over the mud filled battlefield. The fog was thick but wouldn't impede the battle as both parties could still clearly see one another. The temporary halt of their battle would quickly end as soon as it started, as Sai would bust out several handseals creating several flames that acted as whips to ward off his clones. "Damn Sharingan..." Mumbling, he would temporarily think back to the fight Sai had with the thug several months ago. "If only he would have killed you then..." The whips would keep his scorch clones in check but surely Sai had something else up his sleeve, but Kaito would be ready for whatever subterfuge was thrown his way next. "What's he got planned for me?... There!" The Orasakai would wave the whips one last time, this one seemed much more precise as it would direct a wave of clones out of the line of sight. Kaito knew this was a tell, he knew something was coming for him but he hadn't the slightest idea what of.

Just before the clones would regather their formation, the whips would dissipate and with sleight of hand Sai would draw a crossbow , take a knee, and fire a crossbow bolt straight at him with pinpoint accuracy. The bolt was aimed directly at his chest, but Kaito was already on top of this as he had already finished his final handseal. This jutsu was familiar as he'd used it earlier in the fight, and Kaito was willing to show his opponent anymore than needed this early in the fight. Just as before, inhaling would turn to exhaling a massive gust of wind straight ahead of him and upon colliding with the bolt the wind would alter it's path sending it straight into the ground. "Whew, so far so good!..." With a sigh of relief, Kaito watched as his clones would rejoin together back in the defensive stance they'd started in.

The markings now covered his body from head to toe, and his eyes would begin illuminating brighter than before. His curse seal had finally reached it's final level, and Kaito was prepared to unleash it's full potential. While still being protected by the barrier, Kaito would begin ripping through several hand seals at a heavily accelerated pace. The actions his hands would make were a blur as he'd activate several techniques in his arsenal. This process went on for several seconds even at the speed he was moving, this surely would telegraph to his opponent something of a large scale would be coming his way soon, but from the short range he stood from Kaito reacting to it wouldn't be easy for the man no matter how fast he was.

The orbs would begin to grow in size even larger than before and would halt in place for the first time since their creation. "Here we go!" Kaito would yell these words aloud for whatever reason as his chest began to expand much like before, except something much different would leave his mouth this time. The exact moment the barrier would dissipate, Kaito would expel a thick super heated fog from his mouth short directly at his opponent. This would be the least of the mans worries though, as the orbs would begin to hover in the air above. Each and every orb had an occupation at this very moment. Several orbs would clump together making several small clusters, while others would form into one much larger orb. The orbs would take position quickly and in an orderly manner. The process would be complete after a few short seconds.

Each and every single orb was directed at Sai now, one after another the orbs would crash into the ground creating large explosions formed of scorch chakra making an attempt to mummify his opponent. The clusters of several medium sized orbs would mix with several solo orbs would move into effect by each one crashing into the ground spreading across quite a large area. Following as the caboose was the Decimating Cannon technique which had combined together as the largest orb created amongst all the orbs used. The ability looked almost to be a replica of the sun itself. This had taken the longest time to create but surely it was the most powerful ability that he'd had up his sleeve. The giant sphere would lock on to it's target and launch at great speeds towards Sai, and upon making contact what make a great explosion destroying all within it's blast radius. With all the orbs crashing into the ground, mixed with the rain and moisture in the air itself an even thicker fog would come over the battlefield, this time restricting their vision of one another.

Kaito would sit back panting, exhausted from his lack of chakra. "Well Sai... Le'ts see what you got..." Although the power of his scorch was great, it was quickly beginning to weigh on his body. Surely if he wouldn't defeat his opponent soon he would collapse by his own doing. Kneeling over sweat drops would drip from his falling to the earth below. He was tired, but he would trek on for as long as he could.