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 Posted: Wed Jan 25, 2006 6:25 pm
With speed proving to match Shiro's very own, Keno had lept up slightly, and before the fan could falter too much, he was carrying it in his left arm as he gently landed on the ground. "If you say so, though I would like to ask you to stop being so undermining of me. We've already both acknowledged who the superior ninja here is. Therefore I see very little reason for you to persist to try and irritate me. I assure you I won't let frustration get the best of me."
Keno may not know much about chakra, but it doesn't take a genius to know that kick had something behind it. Chances were Shiro was gonna use his own energy as a weapon. But rather than assume the offensive, he simply waited idly, keeping himself much more aware than Shiro thought of his situation. He had no real desire to fight back, so he'd let his ally get his fill of this fight and then part ways casually.
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Posted: Wed Jan 25, 2006 7:34 pm
Shiro quickly activated his Kami Onsoku No Jutsu, one of Shiro's signature techniques. It used Chakra to amplify Shiro's already impressive speed to levels rivalling the speed of sound. He quickly performed several high-speed attacks in such quick succession, they seemed to have hit all at once.
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Posted: Wed Jan 25, 2006 9:34 pm
Keno was...getting bored. Though he was glad that Shiro was finally taking some initiative, there was nothing all that impressive about this performance. Although he was intrigued by the technique to increase one's speed, it was nothing. The bullet was just so shy of the speed of sound. Light was even faster. Nevertheless, he simply took the attacks, actually directing each attack to hit him in the exact same spot, near the right rib cage.
After the attack was finished, he slid back a few feet, gazing at Shiro curiously. It was a fast attack alright, but there did not seem to be any after effects. Not that that was a problem or anything. "Okay then, I suppose you won't relent unless I cry for mercy or wear you out, so I'll entertain you." No jutsu involved at all, Keno raced for Shiro, with nearly the exact same speed Shiro had just introduced. He wasn't going for flashy or anything, he simply raced forth lunged at Shiro.
This however didn't end with a frontal assault. Before Keno came into contact, his Rai charged fan would be all that was seen hurtling toward Shiro. It was a very resilient metal, so Keno had safely placed an extremely powerful exploding tag on either end of it, intending for it to explode within two feet of his challenger. He kept himself hidden however, his existence completely hidden and masked by the existence of the other two clones still around.
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Posted: Thu Jan 26, 2006 7:23 pm
Shiro turned his hand palm-down and grabbed the front of the fan, pulling himself up and onto the moving fan, using his momentum to twist the fan sideways before kicking off of it, done at such incredible speeds that he completed the movement before the tags exploded behind him. The Black clones continued to attack the clones, getting faster and more powerful with each passing minute.
"Hehe.....his should get interesting......."
He assumed his previous ready-stage.
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Posted: Fri Jan 27, 2006 8:16 am
"What's this Senpai? You're taking the defensive all of a sudden? I thought you wanted to fight me?" Keno had come up behind him, but wasted no time in returning to his fan, his speed to fast the grass hadn't even parted under his feet until he came to a halt. He picked up his large weapon and slung it securely over his back. "Interesting Bushin you have there." He addressed his clones, eyes still on Shiro. "I do believe Senpai here wants to overpower me. We might as well not force him to show us every trick he has. Stand down and we can be on our way a lot sooner." Obediently, the replications of Keno vanished, leaving him alone in the storm, between the original and the clone bushin. "I'm not usually one for boosting anyone's ego, but if that's what you want, I'll accomodate, we'll fight until I'm worn out ne?" His position changed from nonchalant to combat-defensive. "Promise not to draw this out any further."
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Posted: Fri Jan 27, 2006 4:34 pm
Shiro shook his head.
"My apologies, but I promise nothing. Just give me an exciting spar and I'll be satisfied."
He stood in the same position, his bunshin continuing the mass attack.
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Posted: Fri Jan 27, 2006 10:28 pm
"I'm afraid I can make no promises myself." Keno moved instantly into battle, focusing his chakra precisely into the index and middle fingers of both hands, his knees, elbows, and chest. As the ten bushin came in he moved with them, wrapping and weaving through them like hte very air that hugged him. As every punch or kick came in, he either countered with his fingers, or blocked with one of his four joints or took the blunt of the attack into his chest. The chakra was acting a buffer, not because he needed it to, but because Shiro had said he wanted to mark his progress, not that he cared much for that either.
he then began to display his offensive prowess, knowing the bushin would only come back for more. They were clearly not marked in any scrolls he'd ever read, so he didn't bother expelling any energy trying to actually destroy them. He parried a straight punch and directed the clone into one of its bretheren rather harshly, ducking under a kick right after as he tacked the next assailant and grabbed it around the ankles, spinning it wildly into the other seven still standing before tossing it to the far side of the clearing.
As the first two buchin began to rise, Keno was already on top of them, smashing their heads together and tossing them also across the clearing. Three more launched upon him. He caught one by the waist line and redirected his path onto the pile, then continued to duck under a simultaneous attack. As these two began to recover, Keno sent a straight arrow kick into one's back and then sent a gut wrenching punch into the other and threw him effortlessly to the six man pile. That left four before him, six behind him, and Shiro still waiting, as if he were gonna waist time taking his attention off of ten clones for that one man. Though he was sure that's probably what was expected, he liked doing things his own way.
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Posted: Sat Jan 28, 2006 10:51 pm
Shiro simply watched as Keno fought the Bunshin, doing it with ease.
Hehe......
He stood there, in the same stance, as Keno rapidly fought the many bunshin clones.
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Posted: Sun Jan 29, 2006 11:42 am
"No disrespect, but if this is the extent of this fight, I'm afraid I'll have to cut your entertainment short. I grow bored of this and could occupy myself with something more worthy of my time." He had to keep moving as he spoke, but his body was already fading in and out, as if threatening to vanish at any moment.
"I'm aware of the skills of a ninja. You could measure my worth simply by watching me. As you are doing right now. But it goes against my own morals to send an army of clones to do my work for me. Therefore I can't respect this method for personal reasons." He flipped a bushin over his back and rammed it into a tree upside down. "Do you have a low tolerance for pain or something senpai?"
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Posted: Sun Jan 29, 2006 7:54 pm
((CUE ANGRY KICKASS NARUTO BATTLE MUSIC!))
Shiro's face went from smiling to serious, and in what seemed like an instant, the Bunshin disappeared. What actually happened was that Shiro had hit each clone, absorbing the chakra used to create them and halting reformation. He stood in front of Keno, his Chakra level heightened.
"Hope you enjoyed your warmups. Time to start the show."
His Tajitsu is good. But being a fierce warrior is not only decided by Taijitsu.
Shiro quickly moved in with a roundhouse kick to the face followed up by a spinning kick the the leg. Once the attack was completed, Shiro would power up his blades and strike three times, at the solar plexus, the side of the neck and the knee, in that order. If Keno were to intervene during this process, he would counter with a strike to the elbow.
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Posted: Mon Jan 30, 2006 8:21 am
"Such a change in posture and attitude senpai. What happened to that carelessness I've grown so fond of?" Keno ducked below the roundhouse and immediately jumped away from the spinning kick, leaping high into the air. Shiro was coming at him quickly, preparing to strike. He turned his back to Shiro as his right hand went behind his back, yanking on the outer eadge of the fan, opening it full circle without removing it. The three strikes hit forcefully, but ended up doing no damage to him.
As he landed his left hand dropped to his thigh and pulled out a kunai. It was times like this that he really wish he had gotten the pole made first. That left him with eight kunai total, including the one in his hand. It might have a short blade, but he would have to make do. He sighed as he thought to himself. There were three things he could do, one of them was a variable, one was probably not all that effective, and the other was still experimental. That left him with the basics. He had no problem with that either.
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Posted: Mon Jan 30, 2006 8:56 am
Shiro didn't reply to the question. He was already in front of Keno as he quickly drew his Kyoketsu-shogei blades. If Keno were to observe Shiro's face, he would note that Shiro had a calm, yet ready look on his face. In an instant, Shiro created five Kage Bunshin clones (Not the black ones), each one baring the chained blades as well. Keno was now surrounded. Any move Keno made would be met with a flurry of blades from all sides, and any upward movement would also be halted.
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Posted: Mon Jan 30, 2006 10:44 am
This was getting fun. So now Keno was surrounded. He assumed the likely reaction to a ground assault. Or even a retreat. Blades, blades and more blades. The only thing was he had never closed his fan, so the attacks from behind would be completely wasted to begin with. That left him with three sets of blades to deal with coming in from before him. If he took to the sky, it was likely that some would go and try to halt him while the others used him for target practice to prevent a retreat. A pincer in other words. Credit where it was due, this was a good move.
He jumped anyway. With his back completely covered, especially after tucking the one inch of foot under the fan, didn't have much to worry about there. Nonetheless, his fan was being fueled by his chakra in case any surprises were to turn up. He prepared his defense for the front side, kunai ready. "Calm....but still so serious. If I didn't know any better..."
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Posted: Mon Jan 30, 2006 7:53 pm
The 12 foot long chains provend to be quite deadly in this situation. As Keno jumped, the clone directly behind Keno's previous stance lept in the air and brought the sharp blades down onto Keno's position. The one to Keno's forward-left swung his blades to Keno's left, and the one to Keno's forward-right did the same to the right side. Keno was now in midair with two sharp chained blades coming at him from above, to his right, and to his left. This left three more, the two to Keno's rear right and rear left, and the one directly in front. Each one swung one of his shogei out towards the other two, each grabbing a second blade (In the non-sharp area) along with his own, forming a triangle below. The chains were sharp, along with the blades, so any attempt at grabbing the chains unprotected would result in injury, and it would be extremely unwise to grab teh blades, as in that position one could be easily dealt with by the wielder of the shogei.
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Posted: Tue Jan 31, 2006 12:44 pm
"Well then I'd say it's time to wrap this up." In one feel swoop, Keno unlatched the fan, closed it, and repositioned himself with it, so that the chains would ultimately wrap around it and not him. Once he was sure what would have been his doom was securely holding his large weapon, he placed himself atop the large fan and looked about. If he fell, it would take relatively no time to be wrapped within the triangle below. If he stayed up here, they would likely just drop him. He could counter by sending a charge straight through his fan to the chains. Afterall metal conducts electricity period. But that wouldn't exactly prove very useful since he'd only be destroying the foundation under his feet, if anything at all.
"Kage Bushin no Jutsu!" In a flash he was standing a top a bushin, which was on the shoulders of a second bushin, which was atop his fan. "I admit defeat to you. There's very little I can do to get out of here alive other than retreat...or kill you. And there's not much you will do that doesn't involve me getting maimed...or killed." And with that the true Keno left, no trace of him whatsoever left upon the battle field. The bushin he was on lept away to land atop the shrine and the third hopped lightly and forcefully kicked the fan, which slipped through the chains to the ground, but vanished before impact. This however left it to be victim to the chains themselves, so was disposed of, having nothing else to keep it out of danger.
"He actually didn't stay. I bet you're proud of yourself," the remaining bushin says in a nonchalant tone, as if not caring about the fight at all.
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