A seemingly normal tiled stage, entered by combatants on each side. Walled in on all sides, this venue would appear at first glance to be completely untampered with. After 2 posts pass, or any contestant uses an earth-altering technique or attack, the earth beneath the arena will rumble - the very infrastructure is unstable! At the beginning of this change - on the post after it is triggered - the center 5m of tiles will drop into a pit far below the original floor. On the second round (after both combatants have posted), the gap will advance another 10m; on the third round the chasm will increase in width by a 15m radius. By the end of the fourth round, the entire fighting area of the stadium will be nothing but a pit, and contestants will be forced to use the Supernatural Walking Practice to avoid a fall.

Chakra 225 /250:

↠ [752] ↞

Chakra: 250/255

Substitution Technique:

Tools
Shuriken [5/5]
Kunai [3/3]
Kusarigama [In Hand]

Boosts
+3 Reaction Time [C-2]

Chakra 205/250:

Yoshito Yuki | Joker of the Mist

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RUMBLE. RUMBLE. RUMBLE.

The ground shook unimaginably, the stadium roared as if there were demons underneath the earth about to reach up and grab anyone within the five meter circle that appeared before Yoshi and Ting’s current location. It was a sight to behold and the crowd thought so too as they roared almost as loud as the ground shook. Yoshi clenched his kusarigama tightly bracing for whatever his opponent had in store next, in his mind it was Ting that had caused this earthen event or it could possibly be a trick stadium. Given that the last arena was nothing but a swamp it wouldn’t be too much of a stretch to think that the ones who ruled this event had tricks up their sleeves for each stadium that contestants would make their way to. After mere seconds he could hear the tiles dropping onto the ground beneath the two, clearly there was a bottom but he wouldn’t know how far unless he were to utilize his ability to sense it via jutsu. That wouldn’t be done, however, as how deep the hole is wouldn’t be important at this time.

The crowd’s yelling ceased as Ting made movements probably faster than most could perceive from where they were standing or sitting respectively. Suddenly Yoshi’s body was covered in an aura matched only by the Ice Age felt by only chakra sensing until he moved. As she moved in her arc movement Yoshito threw his kusarigama at her end location hoping to either stop her or force the girl to defend against the weaponry launched at her. The boy wove two hand signs and visibly nothing would change about his body. Yoshi ran forward at Ting mirroring her movement in the arc around the pit moving slightly quicker than she had a mere second ago if not a split second. Behind him would appear as a cyan colored trail, small snowflakes would be lifting into the air due to the sheer chilling nature of the ice allowing his movements to be boosted, the boy’s technique finally showing its physical appearance. Yoshi’s shoulders would emit blade-like wind funnels outward as he ran toward Ting. The boy would reach Ting’s location in less than a second, the front of his body would bring forth two bursting wind blades one from his chest and another from his shins stretching two meters long from the boy.

The slide would bring Yoshi underneath if not a little bit past her previous ten meters from Yoshito due to when he dropped into his slide and his momentum from his previous jutsu. Before his body stopped it’s movements the very ground beneath him would begin to freeze in a circle around him in a four meter radius thus stopping any sudden movements toward him in their tracks. Yoshi stood up after this was done making note of the pit that was six meters from his new location on Ting’s side.

RUMBLE. RUMBLE. RUMBLE.

The floor began to rumble once more letting the contestants know that the floor would drop very soon yet again. Just how far open would the pit be when all was said and done?

⎾ Word Count: [552 | 1,304] ⏌

Chakra: 215/255

Supernatural Evasion Practice:

Sub-Zero Ground:

Aerokinesis:

Maintained
Substitution Technique

Tools
Kunai [3/3]
Shuriken [5/5]
Kusarigama [0/1 | Thrown]

Boosts
15 m/s Movement
+3 Reaction Time [C-2]

Chakra 165/250:

Yoshito Yuki | Joker of the Mist

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This is intense.

Indeed it was, this match is much more intense than his previous one. In his bout with Makoto the young boy wouldn’t move from his location at the start sort of disabling Yoshito’s most winnable strategies which were the use of Taijutsu. Ting seemed to be the polar opposite of Makoto, she was seemingly another user of Taijutsu, her true abilities were yet to be discovered by the young boy seeing that she has only used bursts of speed so far and taking damage. The kusarigama hit the girl’s arms cutting both biceps one and a half inches deep, no doubt she would be feeling the pain. However, as if some sort of miracle, her wounds magically healed almost as quickly as they appeared. She flinched from the quick incision of pain though and Yoshi noticed that as he slid. There must be a weakness to this defense of hers. He thought during the slide and all his previous actions. The wind blades plunged into her chest and the left eye. She couldn’t move from his Sub-Zero Ground technique disabling foot movements and so she tanked the hits blades of condensed air. The wounds healed quickly just as before. She either had two defensive techs just as Makoto did or she was just some superhuman. Either choice wouldn’t be too far from a stretch of the imagination after witnessing what he had so far in these events.

The flinches of pain allowed the young boy’s slide to come to completion. As his body moved only feet from Ting’s backside the sound of the chains of his Kusarigama could be heard louder than most noises so far in the match. A large collective gasp could also be heard from the crowd. The blades dangled about as Ting wrapped the chain around her fist causing more contusions on her arms, more than likely the heat of battle made her move faster than she could actually handle and that was a good thing for Yoshito. Before standing while still holding the Sub-Zero Ground Yoshi’s elbow would be encased in an aura of chakra but the brunt of the attack would be injected into Ting’s chakra network. His elbow would land at her lower back more than likely causing a staggering sensation as her defensive strategy would come to a halt when the chakra enters her own system.

RUMBLE. RUMBLE. RUMBLE.

Suddenly the earth began to growl at the ones standing upon it once more signifying the drop would be coming yet again with another five meters of empty tiles. With his enhanced speed, Yoshito would twist his body around Ting’s on the opposite side of the empty pit as a copy of Yoshito would be created. Without actions from Yoshi or audible motions, the clone would know what to do. It wrapped Ting in a tight hug just after her punch to the ground as the tiles dropped and exhaled water from its mouth encasing it and Ting as they dropped. All those who were in the location would drop into the pit along with the tiles of the ground. Yoshito’s eyes widened as he was shook for only a moment. He couldn’t worry about Ting or his clone at that point, his main focus would be to make sure he wouldn’t fall to the ground. He couldn’t see the bottom of the pit so presumably, it would be too deep to make landing safely almost impossible. He, Ting and the clone were too close to the original edge of the circle to simply reach out or use Supernatural Walking Practice to keep themselves from plummetting to certain doom. They were only one meter from the original opening and if the hole continued at its previous five meters, then they were four meters from any discernable edge and Yoshito knew that as the tiles dropped making quick calculations along with things he learned earlier in the match watching the tiles drop.

The young boy’s hands danced together for two hand signs and suddenly his right hand extended outward onto the edge of the circle of death. A chain made of ice would propel forward sticking onto the edge discontinuing his fall. Hanging there for less than a second Yoshito glanced into the black abyss listening for any cues that Ting could have possibly made it and the glance was there to see her should she have survived. The crowd was silent at first but when they saw a hand on the outer edge of the pit they would erupt altogether. Yoshito made his way out of the pit and drag himself to safety, making his way to the edge of the arena just in case it would empty more.

⎾ Word Count: [813 | 2,115] ⏌

Chakra: 149/255
Clone's Chakra: 10/25

Water Prison:

Glacial Grasp:

Dance of the Rippling Fist:

Water Clone:

Maintained
Substitution Technique

Tools
Shuriken [5/5]
Kunai [3/3]
Kusarigama [0/1] Ting's Posession

Relavent Things
15 m/s Movement
+3 Reaction Time [C-2]

Dance of the Rippling Fist canceling [Wound Termination]

Chakra 130/250:

Yoshito Yuki | Joker of the Mist

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Tiles fell down into the pit as Yoshito was hanging there looking down into the abyss. He could see Ting and his kusarigama right next to her. He watched as the clone dispersed into water around Ting’s body, her slender frame became wet from the water. Just after the clone and the Water Prison had failed to create the vision Yoshito had planned, tentacles erupted from Ting’s body, two heading for the young boy. He didn’t know what they were planning to do exactly but he knew that they had doom written in their DNA. Yoshito’s eyes squinted on the kusarigama he once threw at his opponent and moved quicker than any eye could detect. Utilizing the Substitution Technique that he prepped when the match began the young boy would almost just appear next to Ting. Once again in the close quarters as just before they fell into the pit. They were free falling, no footholds or anything within Yoshi’s range of motion but they were closer than their personal space bubbles liked.

As his body nearly materialized, ice crystals appeared and shot forth onto Ting’s neck as he had finished his last battle he was hoping that this would be enough to end this match as well. Yoshi and Ting weren’t too deep into the pit, light made things still visible pouring in from the illuminated arena overhead. The crystals moved at Ting’s neck in a fraction’s fraction of a second due to their speed coupled with the range at which he appeared next to her body. All these movements happened well within the limitations of the phrase, ‘less than a second’ making these difficult to react to. The whole match it would be understood that in terms of reactionary purposes, Yoshito had the upper hand above his opponent with exponential feats.

Without the breath of another second after the crystals shot toward Ting his body contorted in a flip of sorts bringing his leg down onto Ting’s stomach at twenty meters per second, again with the range given after the quick movement thanks to the Substitution Technique it would also be extremely difficult to dodge, this kick would take Ting’s body further down into the pit with strength matching that of her own technique used earlier to attack him, but instead hitting the arena’s ground. After following through with the kick into Ting’s stomach the boy’s foot would suddenly be encased in Wind Chakra using the Weightless Step technique he created for situations just like this. His feet would create mini pockets of air and utilize them for footholds to jump upward at a diagonal way to the edge of the pit at the top. Using another foothold created by the shells of air all around him he would take the opportunity to make another jump toward the edge of the arena knowing that if the hole kept getting wider and wider that he would not have a choice other than to fall into the abyss. As he jumped from the edge he would turn to the pit once more while making the jump out, so as his leg muscles tensed to make the jump, he would release a strong stream of wind from his mouth to not only catch Ting should she somehow find a way to escape but also take his body on a journey faster away from the abysmal pit at an increased rate being five meters per second.

⎾Word Count: [588 | 2,703] ⏌

Chakra: 104/255

Substitution Technique:

Weightless Step:

Stream:

Twin Killing Icicles:

Pulsating Shockwave Fist:

Tools
Shuriken [5/5]
Kunai [3/3]
Kusarigama [0/1]

Relevant Stats
+3 Reaction Time [C-2]
Kick at 20 m/s
Once Moving Out of Pit, Moving at extra 5 m/s

Chakra 105/250:

Yoshito Yuki | Joker of the Mist

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Yoshito was ready to end the glorious battle with this Leaf girl. The battle had been a testament toward their taijutsu abilities and so far it seemed that Yoshito was the victor in that matchup so far. He saw an opening to activate his substitution technique and so he took it to ensure his win in the battle. However, as his body switched with the kusarigama the girl let out a scream just before his icicles could make contact. Yoshito wasn’t prepared for such a scream, at first it was a simple scream one might make in a defensive holler for help. But suddenly as quick as the wind it pushed his body back toward the edge of the wall. The yell emitted a shockwave originating from her vocal cords enhanced with chakra, his body was sent toward the outermost edge and before he had a chance to even react one of Ting’s tentacles smashed the young Yuki clansman in his stomach. The extra limb struck his liver and suddenly the arena went black. He couldn’t hear a thing, his vision became abysmal.

Am I dead? Is this the end?

Thoughts rushed through his head thinking as to what he could have done differently to win the match for Kirigakure. Win the match for his family. But none of that was so important now. He obviously lost the match. Whatever Ting may have done after the strike to the boy wouldn’t be accounted for as his consciousness was suspended in a limbo like state, surely a proctor would come and step in before anything too serious would take place physically. He was trapped within the confines of his own mind thinking. Just thinking.

Why didn’t I win? She just knew when I disappeared that I would reappear next to her? She most likely noticed my kusarigama appear where my body was just beforehand. She’s good, quick too. Makoto wasn’t like this, Ting’s just better. I wish I could have won. I wish… I could have won.

⎾ Word Count: [348 | 3,051 | Total Thread WC: 5,035] ⏌