Mission name: Exhibition Match!
Mission rank: C-S
Objective: Fight for the Crowds Amusemet!
Location: Kumogakure no Sato Arenas
Reward: Standard Ryo Payout + 5 EP
Mission Description: Before the Semi Finals came to pass, villages were approached to put some of their best and finest up against those of another, be they former contenders or no. All for the joy of the crowd. These fights may take place in any of the three prior arenas, or the Semi finals arena.
Mission Details: Two / Three ninja (must be PC's) square off against one another in the ring in an exciting and thrilling free for all, they must be of equal rank or up to one rank lower or higher than one another in order to compete against each other. The standard 24 hour posting rule without notice applies.

This mission by definition is considered a social and is completed at the highest rank the group is able to accomplish as if they were doing a mission together (ie, if both opponents are A rank, this mission counts as an S rank mission and requires the WC as such.) This mission can only be completed once per ninja. Enjoy!

So it turned out that there were now free matches to be had between anyone that wanted a piece of someone else. He had his eye on a couple of them but his interest was in one in particular. The woman being celebrated as the Iron Spider. Her fights coming across as her being invincible had caught his attention as well. It was almost like no one could really touch her. However her fights seemed so direct. As if the ideal combat of the modern age was direct conflict. To approach a target so heavily defended directly just wasn't his style. Still this was a slight chance for Iwa to shine and for him to prove his words. The words stating he hadn't competed because it wouldn't be fair to the others. He could feel his own strength and knew one thing. He was ready to take on this Iron spider. A wall of defense between him and her that she was all to comfortable with. He would rely on that. If she thought her steel skin would hold him at bay she was in for a surprise. Just so long as his plans worked. He had some side idea's to toy with her as well as he could as well.

So he had signed up for a spar with her with the event coordinators and requested her acceptance of his challenge. Shifting away while the invitation was sent to await her response. Assuming she accepted he would be ready to meet with her in the valley arena. If not he would move on with his day. Simply put she was being challenged by a genin from Iwa by the title and name of Corporal Heishi Kejido. He wasn't like these children though that randomly tossed out lightning and fire and hoped for the best. He wanted this arena for a reason. He would wrap himself up in dull clothes. A long sleeved turtle neck with a pair of grey shinobi pants. Padded shoes on his feet and black gloves on his hands. Around his right forearm under his shirt he would wrap a scroll containing his E rank items hidden under his sleeve. His belt would become home to a tonfa on either hip with a giant shuriken on his back. His headband he wrapped around his forehead and his turtle neck he pulled over his nose. Only his silver eyes and dark hair could be seen of his skin. He was ready for this.

He arrived first into the valley only to casually walk into the thick mist residing there. The shadows of the cliff sides to either side filling the area with a small chill. He wondered if she would feel that in her puppet. The cold and mist. Visibility was low but just to be safe he didn't stay in the center of the arena. Instead he shifted to the wall to his right. Watching his steps to keep from touching any loose rocks. His silhouette designed to blend in with the walls shadows. He was watching for her but not really expecting to see her so much as hear her. This was a stone arena. Metal would be easily heard moving along it. He wanted to get close to her. Within a single meter if he could manage it. Still just in case she came in puppet blazing he shifted the giant shuriken off his back and held it in his left hand by the center. Ready to counter as needed while focusing a minute amount of chakra into it. Preparing a substitution right off the bat. Straining his ears as he listened for the sound that must be coming.

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Kejido would wait and listen. His back pressed against the cold stone wall to hide his form from standing out in this mist. His ears twitching at every little sound. He was waiting and controlling his breathing to be shallow and quiet. His heartbeat slow and methodical. It wouldn't be long before he could hear it. The gate at the far end slamming down. His challenge had been accepted and the match had begun. His silver eyes shifted through the mist in the direction of the gate. Carefully he summoned forth a kunai into his open right hand with a subtle puff of smoke before she got close enough to see it disturb the mist around him or hear it. He waited still just in case. If she had a form of sensory this would be difficult. Well, more so than he had initially intended. He surveyed the area within his limited vision. The valley was anything but smooth. Boulders here and there scattered in the mist. Easy enough to progress unseen if he was careful. That was what this fight was about after all. He couldn't even see the far wall. Such a massive space would be to her advantage at first with that razor net.

Still he could hear something in the distance. Even had she been trying to move quietly metal on stone was not a subtle noise. She was a different kind of puppeteer than he had come to expect. Most struck from a position of stealth with traps. However she was blatant in her movements. Placing herself into the puppet itself like a shield. It virtually marked her position to him. Though at the distance it was only a general direction. The valley let it echo distantly. Still it was loud enough that there was enough distance between them for him to move. She was nearing the center it seemed. So he would carefully place his footing and edge along the wall. Moving from flat and solid surface to flat and solid surface. Keeping track of the ground around them. The boulders didn't seem to lessen much until one got closer to the center. Even then they were scattered about five meters apart. Five meters was a lot of ground to cover in combat but he was confident he could do it. Still he could hear it from the opposing wall from him. It was coming closer. If he didn't move from the wall now she would be upon him rather quickly. In just a few more seconds.

So quickly he shifted and darted down his own side of the canyon. Not at full speed to still avoid any loose rocks. Perhaps at half speed. Only making it twenty meters in the time it took her to do thirty. She was much closer now and the clicks of metal on rock were more defined. Fifty meters closed in a few seconds. Just from them approaching each other. Still he would drop down low to avoid detection even at the distance they still were from each other. The echo of the canyon was throwing off his exact measurements so he couldn't tell they were now 160 meters apart. Still plenty of time to position himself. Instead he would stop at twenty meters and place his back against one of the boulders with her on the other side. Approaching as she was she likely had no idea where he was. Without revealing himself too early he needed to close that distance when she did arrive. He had a plan for that though. That Razor wire was still a threat all the same. Instead he would listen and remain hidden. Opportunity presented itself to the patient and the calm. Besides while her position was always so readily given away she had no way of knowing his. Hopefully that would press on her mind.

For a moment everything seemed to die down and grow quiet. It was almost unsettling. Had she discovered she was being tracked by sound? Was there something she was capable of doing about it. Quietly he took a deep breath to steady himself. A single soldier against a tank as it were. He had to remain calm. If she was remaining silent through some technique she had overcome her greatest weakness and his strength in this setting. Carefully he took his kunai and stuck it out from the side of the rock. He could only see about five meters in the reflection but there wasn't any movement. With a sigh he would shift up from the rock and peek over the top. His vision exceeding ten meters now. Not well but for silhouettes all the same. Nothing stirred in the mist. He resigned to the idea that she might have just stopped moving for a time. Still he would drop back down behind the rock once more. She likely didn't know of his position yet. He was safe for the time being. The chances of something that heavy and large coming across his without a sound as a genin was out of the ideal range for any genin. He had to let go of his paranoia.

Still he would consider one other thing. What little he had seen of her matches he knew that she herself wasn't vulnerable. She had to be seeing somehow. Likely some sort of puppet technique. That puppet had some eyes on its upper front. Perhaps she was actually using those for more than decoration. He would need to test out her vision after all. While all was quiet he would idly use the scroll to pull out a flash bomb and a smoke grenades. Tucking the smoke grenade onto his belt while the flash bomb was tied to the back of the kunai. He would consider this useless usually but he needed to poke and prod at the enemy and find a weakness. His silver eyes studied the kunai for a moment before listening once more. If she was out there she was taking her time. An odd thing to do since as her specialty was in play it was just another chakra dump. How long could she keep this up without running out of chakra? He just needed to let her get confident and then get tired. If he were to simply bide his time this would all work out well for him in the end.

Kejido pressed his back against the stone as he heard movement in the distance. A smile playing under his mask as he took in the sound that had returned. It was some distance off now. However it had split into two sources. Now one was more back the way he had come and sounded almost like it was being dragged along. The other was an almost methodical walking noise. So she was hunting him with some sort of sound trajectory? Either way she was making a lot of noise. Likely he didn't need to worry about doing much of the same. For now he placed his windmill shuriken leaned up against the boulder he was hiding behind before keeping low and breaking away to the side quietly. With all that sound covering the area he doubted he would be detected by sound alone. Still his vision in this mist was limited to about fifteen meters before dropping entirely. It was disorienting but he could get used to it. He had something he wanted to test anyway. For now he glanced up and noted the faded stands above. Likely with someone watching him. Cowardly they would call it. For him he was just good tactics.

After all it was just him against a tank. One man that no one thought could get through that armor. He had doubts himself. Still he moved between the rocks moving rock to rock away from the new sound and to the puppets other side. Choosing to approach it from behind by taking the long route around. He knew he couldn't do much from his current stance in this fight. was at risk in comparison to her protected in that shell. However it had to have some sort of vulnerability. His silver eyes scanned the mist as he began to approach it now from the way it had come. Staying low and quiet. His silver gaze slowly made out a larger shape in the mist. He would get a little closer to discern if he was actually behind it or not. Only once he had done so he took the kunai into his hand. Aiming to arc it high instead of letting the angle throw his position away. With that he would release it high into the sky. Letting it fall point first to slam into the ground in front of the puppet. It was time to test if she saw normally. As soon as it would land it would let off a brilliant and blinding flash of light.

Kejido would watch as his armed flashbomb and kunai flew through the air. It was on its mark but for some reason he wasn't moving to follow up on it. Not intending to take advantage of the opening it was supposed to provide. No, this was just a test. Prodding at her defenses from the limit of his visibility range. Determining risk factors for if he did engage her. Up close she was massive and intimidating. How else would one describe a metallic spider at eye level? It was as if it was designed to inspire fear in her enemies. Still the flash would be far enough away that it would hardly effect him. Still he would cover his left eye with his now free hand and watched with a narrowed and ready silver eye. The flash of light was dulled this far away by the mist but it went off right in the things face. It even seemed to reel from it but only slightly. As if the item were not to its full effect. He would click his tongue as he considered that. So she was immune from a great deal of things eh?

Still he had apparently given away his position. She spun to face him and as soon as he knew he had been spotted he spun backwards. Launching back as hard as he could even as she began to fire the round and throw her other projectile. So that was the plan. Lure him in and hit him twice with two shots when he expected one. If he had been as slow as the usual genin that may have worked. However mid back flip his palm slammed down on a rock and launched him again. Tucking in his stomach and hard rotating his legs to give him extra distance on the jump. Even as he slid backwards the ammo hit the ground not far away. A little bit of grease splashing onto him as the razor wire threatened to nearly crash down upon him. Clearing the edge of it as he landed back on his heels and launched backwards again. Expecting her to pursue but not likely to keep up with him. She had demonstrated the speed and range of her shot. He wasn't worried about it at this distance. Still he would produce two senbon into his right hand and throw them at eye level with where the puppet had been. He knew it wouldn't do much but he wanted to let her know he was still able to poke back at her. Still he would call out at this distance. Giving reason a chance.

"I offer you the chance at surrender to save face. You can pursue me if you like but by now I am willing to bet your feeling that chakra draining from you. If you hadn't guessed it yet thats my plan. I am prepared to offer traps and distractions for some time if you persist. Do see reason young champion."

Even as he finished stating it he shifted to the right and began to back peddle to the far wall once more. Listening for the sound of her puppet in the cavernous arena they were in. Aiming to almost echo locate her just enough to keep his distance. She needed to get right on top of him if she wanted to press him for a win. He could hear the boo's from above at his tactic and even some jeering calls of where he was moving for her. He would click his tongue again and keep moving backward. If she was listening to them he couldn't simply hide from her. He doubted she wouldn't take every advantage she could. He was.