It had only been a week since Tenjin left Iwagkure to bare witness to these chunin exams, though it felt like it were just yesterday that he arrived because all he has done thus far is train and watch the games unfold without any true action despite the spar with Raphael. The memory was fresh in the his head as he walked toward his match. Tenjin was chosen to represent Iwagakure in an exhibition match because Iwa didnt have shinobi fighting in the exams. This fight was meant for Tenjin to prove himself to the leaders of Iwagakure, and to show what he was actually capable of in combat so that he can request an early promotion to the chunin rank. That was likely the intent behind the Tournament itself, to judge the strength of those within different villages. He began to wonder how the fight was going to turn out, for you see, although he has trained his physical capabilities, Tenjin believes he can and will do better to build up his arsenal of jutsus. He was wondering how he would handle this fight as well. While walking to the Genbu arena, Tenjin was told that he was fighting a shinobi from Kiri, Tenjin has seen this shinobi fight in the tournament and thus knows a bit about her capabilities, although her potential was still unknown to Tenjin. He wasn't too worried about losing, he knew this shinobi was mnore battle hardened than he was, but he could handle himself just fine. Though aside from the skills she showed during the tournament, Tenjin had no idea what this kunoichis fighting capabilities were. He could only hope he possessed enough abilities to make it a challenge so that the higher up can acknoledge his very own potential.

His thoughts quickly faded when he entered the gates in front of him, indicating he was about to enter the stadium. As he entered he could see the sun in the sky illuminating the entire arena with hardly a cloud in site, an odd view since this is the first time in his stay that he saw Kumogakure with little to no clouds. A drastic change from the day Tenjin had arrived. Tenjin began walking down his path, kung fu boots and all, draped in his all black gi concealing his torso, and legs. He came with his usual weapon pouches resting on the inside of his gi, and on the right side of his hip. As he made his way down it didn't take long for him to realize the stadium was resting on the back of a giant tortoise.

He walked up the steps to the central platform and proceeded another few steps before coming to a stop. Tenjin would see that it was the Kiri kunoichi as he suspected who had taken our her opponents with a unanimous decision. "So I'm going up against you." Tenjin spoke the moment he saw Izumi. As she bowed to Tenjin, Tenjin would also do the same before again speaking."My name is Tenjin, representing Iwagakure in this exhibition match." A sly grin spreading across his face. Tenjin was standing 20 meters away from his opponent, which he suspected is a great distance to prepare himself in case Izumi decided to pull any fast one, Tenjin was going to be prepared. “You are actually deceptively beautiful if you dont mind me saying.” As Tenjin said this, he would drop all of his senbons on the ground around him, and grab his kunai with his left hand and his newly aquired tanto on his right. Tenjin was aware of that this kunoichi was from Kirigakure, but he was surprised to see a Sunagakure headband wrapped on her forearm. “You must tell me the story of why you are representing two villages some time. Maybe after this fight?” As soon as Tenjin said this, he squared himself up in his signature combat pose, ready for anything. ‘What will she do now then’

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Combat Pose:

Tenjin likes to consider himself someone interested in the world, and thus he took the challenge that the young kunoichi brought to the table. He is determined to give her a good match, as he is truthfully interested in her current condition representing two different villages. Tenjins allegiance is strictly to one village, but even he has heard of something major happening in Sunagakure due to the influx of migrants in Iwagakure. Nevertheless, he would like to know what exactly happened in Sunagakure, and maybe it would be better to hear it straight from someone who had lived there which Tenjin suspected could probably be Izumi. ‘Unless the Sunagakure no sato headband is a parents.’

Tenjin was intrigued to see this kunoich begin the battle. He has heard a lot about her and even saw a couple of her matches, but seeing her in action is a whole different breed of animal. With Senbons flying at the young shinobi, he was able to swing his kunai over to block each coming projectile. With the clinking of metals ringing throught the field, Tenjin then noticed the fiery red haired kunoichi strike at his jugular with her kunai. With ample reaction time, Tenjin was able to utilize his Tanto to block the kunai but suddenly was attacked again with no break in between time. Izumi went for a kick to the head, and utilizing his keen perception capabilities Tenjin realized that her form wasn’t necessarily up to par with his, which forced the young shinobi to deduce that this kunoichi was not a taijutsu specialist. Tenjin figured he would try something in the split sec that the attack came in, and as Tenjin was kicked on his head, he was therefor able to utilize this opportunity to cut the kunoichi with his kunai right on the same leg she used to kick Tenjin. Tenjin just went for a quick slice, considering that he didnt want to injure one of the main acts in these Chunin exams.

Tenjin without hesitation decided to run from Izumi after he struck. Whether the attack made contact or not, Tenjins plan was the same. Tenjin would run at top speed away and around Izumi in order to get to where she stood before the match began. While running, Tenjin kept an eye out in case he was being chased because if he was, he was ready to throw his kunai back at Izumi and utilize his ace eye to hit his moving target right on her chest; and if he wasn’t, he would do the same and throw the kunai at Izumi but after he reached his destination.

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Tenjin saw senbons coming at him, when he immediately utilized his tanto to deflect the attack. Seeing Izumi run toward him, Tenjin was able to charge at her too. With a kunai once again targetting his juggular, Tenjin would block it in a simillar manner to the first blocked attempt. Izumi would repeat her routine of striking with a kick after the attack which became rather predicatable for Tenjin as he kicked as well, nullifying the attack. It didnt take Izumi long before she backed up and gave herself a safe distance. Tenjin was expecting another attack before he noticed the young kunoichi bowing. This was obviously a sign of the end of the battle, which appeared to have made the fans go crazy. The exhibition match is after all, an entertainment for the spectators that were here to watch the Chunin exams final round. Izumi is the final act in this tournament, and Iwagakure just wanted Tenjin to represent his town in this exhibition match so that villages still knew that Iwagakure still possessed strong shinobi. While the fans cheered, Tenjin also bowed to both Izumi and the fans. ‘I will show them all that Iwagakure is more than capable.’ Tenjin thought.

The young shinobi was happy to hear the finalist kunoichi acknoledge his taijutsu capabilities as he certainly prides himself in his prowess in the specialty. Tenjin has seen Izumi in action during the exams, so he doesnt need to enlighten her with his thoughts on the matter of her skills since she is certainly aware, winning all of her matches thus far. She also answered his inquiry in regards to why she was representing two different villages, which Tenjin heard her story, Tenjin couldnt help but feel like investigating to see who the three shinobis were that laid ruins to Sunagakure. A tear flowed down the young kunoichis face, and before he was able to as if she was alright, the women excused herself and left. Tenjin stopped to ponder what just happened, and before he left, he decided to look around the stadium. The fans cheer sounding like a roar, and although Tenjin was used to the spotlight, he realized that it wasn’t necessarily that ‘bad.’ Nevertheless, being an ANBU is all Tenjin wished for. Serving his nation from the shadows. But it was here that he thought that, ‘If I am ever called up by the higher authorities in Iwagakure to become Tsuchikage, I may have to consider it.’

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