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With the chains still in his hands, Quan dashed at Hiro while drawing his axe. When he was directly in front of Hiro, he violently slashed downwards at the immobilised Hiro from shoulder to waist, for a deep cut that would probably kill, if not make him faint from blood loss.

((My chains crying ))

Quan did not even notice when the blades cut into his back, making two long and deep cuts. Instead, he spun around and used this opening to attack. Right after Hiro slashed open his back, Quan reached around for his spiked flail. Most people would be left open after their attack, and Quan used this split second to his advantage. The spiked metal ball spun around to bash in Hiro's shoulder, and if he ducked then it would just bash open his face.

Quan turned his head slightly and leaned to his right so that the punch wound miss. It still managed to graze his neck, opening a large gaping wound. Quan however had other plans. Just as Hiro punched him, he whipped out an explosive tag and stuck it onto Hiro's chest. With a single handseal he set it to explode. He would be caught in the explosion as well, but right now he did not care.

Sensing that his tag was rendered useless as Hiro crushed it in his fist, Quan whipped out the tanto from his mouth, in his right hand. There was not enough time to relalliate to Hiro's punch. As the punch connected with his chest, Quan tried stabbing the tanto into Hiro's chest. He felt a few of his ribs break as he was sent flying backwards into a tree, slamming into it with a loud thud. He seemed to stay still for a second before sliding down the trunk and collapsing motionless onto the ground, leaving a trail of blood behind.

A small pool of blood had formed beneath Quan where he lay from the slash wounds on his back, and some dripped off his mouth. It was clear that he was knocked out, or at least he would not be running anymore insane rampages.

Kei glanced from her site at the pooling water, having witnessed the entire fight. She was far enough away from the incident to not get caught up in it, and made no attempt to interfere. She scoffed lightly, sneering at the unjustifiable violence.

"Boys..."

With that small utterance, she shifted and tugged, making sure all her armor and clothing was in its proper place. Now that the distraction was gone, she could train with only herself and the serenity of the waterfall.

Regardless of the mobility limitations of her armor, Kei was doing a few warm-up stretches; touching her toes, leaning side to side. Seeing a figure approach her, she gave a quick glance before calming. Hearing a non-hostile voice, she smiled and waved politely.

"Hi there! What am I here for, you ask? Well, now that those loud boys are gone, I thought this would be a nice place to do a little training. I exercise every day!" She gave a nice, large grin, obviously proud of the fact. "What about yourself?"

The little not-so-samurai was unfamiliar with water jutsu, and wasn't fully aware of the clone's status as such. Seeing as there was an abundant supply of water in the area, he didn't seem out of place. Either way, she smiled and gave a light shrug.

"You may do as you please. I don't think you would be hindering my practice from over there. Unless..." She grinned a little, with playful ferocity. "unless you'd like to spar with me? Exercising with a partner can be just as rewarding, don't you think?" Her innocent tone didn't seem to fit her suggestion. Did she know he was a water clone, and wasn't suited for melee? There certainly wasn't a way of knowing from her demeanor. One couldn't even tell if she was genuinely light-hearted or putting up a front. Such is the way of a ninja.