Unfortunately, Yoichi had been rather removed from any work with the Oseseru as of late, leaving him to his own devices for a while. He'd been awaiting further orders from Lady Risu, but none had come, nor had she made any effort to contact him. Perhaps she was busy, or something had come up, but it left him feeling rather empty. He had, in his free time, only been wasting it with his own research into the Venom serum, and it had taken up any training time he'd have, or any ability to do any missions. It was actually coming along rather well, and he'd made some strides in it. He'd actually managed to theorize a new way to make it, and he was calling it the Chimera serum, mixxing in properties he wanted to enhance a being with. Since it was such an intensive job, he was waiting for his test subjects to come back with the results. The brothers from the training ground were his loyal subjects, and were more than willing to be test subjects, so they were out field testing for him.

That left only a few other people that Yoichi had taken interest in. Not all were anywhere near as easily manipulated as the brothers were, for their intelligence wasn't all that high. They were just his muscle for now. But there was another he had found of interest. The girl from the library, who had been looking for some books to make a new jutsu. He'd heard she was a chuunin now, which was rather interesting. She'd probably surpassed him in skill while he wasn't training.

To that end, Yoichi had been seeking her out, interested in seeing her for himself, and perhaps talking to her once again. Seeing what she'd learned, and having some more conversation. It was pure luck that he had spied her from a distance earlier in the day, and he'd followed for a while, intrigued at where she could be going. To his surprise, she had gone to the cemetery. The thought that she'd lost someone gave him a small moment of pity, able to relate to the pain of having lost some loved ones. He followed her rather stealthily, although that was not to say he was being sneaky. The best way to blend in is to act like you belong. Anyone who might notice him enter would have only thought he was going to visit a grave of his own.

He'd managed to get to a row of graves not far from where Tsuru was, and he hung back, listening to her talk for a little while. It turns out she was visiting her mother's grave. Yoichi's thoughts dropped back into his own past, remembering his own parents. So she'd lost a parent then. The moment of uncharacteristic pity returned, mixed in with something else. Longing? That could be the only word he'd have to describe it, although it was almost completely foreign to him. Yoichi was one who rarely acknowledged emotions, only using them to help him act, but somehow this reached him.

He didn't stay much longer, as her conversation was drawing to an end. Turning around, he made no effort to conceal himself as he walked, a few rows away from the girl. If a conversation with her was meant to be, she'd notice him, but it wasn't necessary. He'd gathered plenty of information from her own monologue to sate his curiosity. But a part of him wanted her to see him. To talk to. Often times, being alone was so boring, and momentary companionship was worth it. But he could do without it.

WC: 630

Yoichi stopped walking, smiling to himself. The girl had taken the bait. He pivoted and turned to look over at her. "Oh, hey there Tsuru!" he said, rather surprised as she had hugged him before he could start speaking. Immediately, his mind was on the defensive, as he'd let his guard down and had she been a hostile, he would have been dead. Mentally scolding himself, he didn't let it show on his face, and chuckled.

"I heard you were promoted to Chuunin status. That makes us equals in rank." he commented off hand. "Anyhow, I suppose we've both completed our goals here. You are returning from visiting your mother as you've said, and I've visited the friend I had here. I was just on my way out actually. Let's walk and talk. You said lots have happened? Care to talk about them?" he asked. Sure, he'd already heard her own monologue, but he didn't mind listening again. Perhaps there was something more she hadn't said, and he could pick up more information. "I never participated in the Chuunin Exams myself. Probably for the best. Holding back against genin would be difficult for me, and I have no urge to put myself in the spotlight and revealing my strategies to all the governing shinobi bodies. There are few who can beat my tactics. Even as a genin, I outwitted another Uchiha from Suna who was a Chuunin as well, and beat him rather soundly." he explained.

Perhaps she'd be curious enough to request a fight. He might even indulge her in that request. It would be a good way to test her skills and find out her abilities. If not, then talking would suffice. It would be prudent for him to find out the village's military capabilities first hand anyhow if he was going to help Lady Risu take over at any point. Whenever that might happen, he wasn't sure, and he didn't really have to worry too much about the ANBU. After all, those were under her control. Soon enough he'd find those out first hand once he joined anyhow.

WC: 354

OOC: Sorry for the delay. The whole holiday season is kicking my butt in time.

Chuckling slight, the older Chuunin would simply shake his head. "Power has very little to do with it. I wasn't particularly all that strong, I'd only recently become a shinobi at the time. I had all of about 5 offensive jutsu in my repertoire. It was just a matter of baiting the opponent. If you understand how someone thinks, then you can fight even with a disadvantage. He was stronger, faster, and more experienced than me, but I could get into his head. I knew what his strategy would be and where he'd move. I used my own attacks to position him where I needed him to be. Kept him confused with my fire clones. Once he was in position, I ended it with a solid attack. Power difference is important, but with a good enough strategy and well laid plans, even a novice can beat a professional."

Yoichi nodded his head. It made sense that she would have lost a match to a Kiri-nin. "No need to be too upset about losing to a Kiri shinobi. To be honest, all my data has supported the claim that Kiri has the most powerful militant shinobi. Last years Chuunin Exams, 3 of the top four finalists were Kiri-nin. I wouldn't be surprised if one of them ended up training the one that had beat you. Obviously you performed well enough though that our superiors saw fit to grant you the rank up."

As they walked, Yoichi listened to her speak, staying silent for the most part. It was nice enough to simply listen to someone talk, as he spent so much time alone as of late that he rarely got to hear or have honest conversation. And then she took the bait. It appeared she was eager to test her skills, and see if she had gotten any better, or learned from her experiences in the Chuunin exams. And as this was exactly what he had been leading to, Yoichi had no reason to decline. "Oh, why sure I will! You may be disappointed in my skills. I'm not too terribly strong. But I suppose I can see how you'll fair against me. Who knows, perhaps you'll even end up winning. I'm not infallible or unbeatable." he grinned at the young Chuunin. This would be an interesting match up. He had the superior abilities with his Katon speciality, but he wasn't aiming to kill in this fight, which meant he'd need to tone down his usual strategies. As most of the time he went for the deadly strikes, he'd need to fight with an emphasis on tiring her out.

WC: 438

Yoichi smiled at the girl's enthusiasm towards fighting with him. Despite his usual apathy towards Konohan shinobi, he really was surprised at her outgoing personality, and her willingness to surpass her own limits. In a way, it reminded him of his own ambition to gain more power. She wasn't like the others, although he wasn't sure if she had the killing intent that a shinobi would be required to have. Konoha was full of kind hearted individuals, and that set him apart from a lot of them.

While Tsuru was getting herself set up in terms of the battle field and placing herself, Yoichi took a moment to familiarize himself with his surroundings. The field was pretty large, and highly manueverable, although the lack of anything around would make it difficult for Yoichi to set up any substitution jutsu without making a chakra construct such as a clone. Bothersome, but not game changing. He'd used rubble from destroyed ground do to the power of his Great Fireball jutsu before. Something would come up eventually, although that meant he'd have no sub from the start of the match. The open clearing was both a boon and a curse. It meant there was nothing to hide in, but it would also be difficult to set up traps. This probably worked out in Yoichi's favor more, as Tsuru was a Senju, and having a large amount of plants and tree around would put her in her natural element, meaning everything could be a potential threat. However, due to the openness, Yoichi wouldn't be able to use cover, and most things he did wouldn't be able to be done secretively.

Having adequately surveyed the battle field, Yoichi turned his attention to Tsuru. She seemed to be in her position, ready to begin the fight. She called out to him from the distance of about 20 meters, saying she wouldn't go easy on him because they were friends, and he nodded curtly, concentrating more on forming a strategy. 'I don't want to kill her, that's not the basis of this fight in the slightest, so for now I have to focus on restraining and immobilizing, forcing her to submit, before she can do me sufficient damage that I can't fight, or I run out of chakra. This is troublesome. In a normal fight, it would be simple enough to kill her, but I can't do that. So I'll be limited to hitting her with my summoning techniques, primarily relying on Kali and Istral. Although, my Katon will come in handy against her Wood style...' he thought, forming the small basis of his plans. As Kali and Istral had techniques that could damage and restrain at the same time, and most of his summoning abilities were based on restraining, that was the best he could figure, and most chakra effective. Clones would allow him to add to his numbers, but would cause a great strain on his chakra, and conservation was a must against a Senju. This wasn't like his fight with Neci, where he hadn't cared about losing too much if he unlocked his sharingan. And against the higher leveled opponent, his best resource had been to use up more chakra in a hopes of a quick fight. But Tsuru was also a Chuunin, and so he couldn't underestimate her abilities even in a spar. He'd have to feel her out a bit first.

She started things off in an interesting display of her Senju abilities, throwing out some seeds which sprouted up three large vines, easily towering over the both of them. And she revealed that she had just learned it. To most, it wouldn't mean much, but to Yoichi, it meant simply one thing; She wasn't fully in practice with it just yet. Perhaps she could utilize it effectively, but it wouldn't be perfect. That was good. Yoichi didn't have a whole lot of jutsu, but the ones he did have, he had masterful appreciation of, using others in tandem with them in order to create much more versatile techniques. Still, this wasn't a jutsu to laugh at.

Tsk-ing slightly, Yoichi frowned. Those vines would complicate things a little bit. Getting in close to her to subdue her and protect his summons would be harder with the vines there. Judging by the technique, he could assume it was a ninjutsu. And when he'd met her, she was studying medical applications of plants, to create a new jutsu, so with those two pieces of information, he knew that she probably wasn't focused in Taijutsu or Bukijutsu, meaning he'd be safer getting close to her than a specialist of those classes. But with the vines there... Yoichi focused back on Tsuru, already knowing what he should do. By rights, a Mokuton user was deadly against an Uchiha, and an Uchiha was deadly against them. Their wood lost to Uchiha fire, but fire lost out to the water. Water could transfer Yoichi's Lightning, and the earth style was useless against lightning.

Lightning would be the best to use in this case, as two of the elemental affinities wouldn't bother it much, but then again, Yoichi didn't know many lightning techniques. And since the Mokuton was out, Katon would be what he'd use. Yoichi smirked. Quickly forming the tiger seal, Yoichi ran forward, inhaling a large amount of air into his lungs, infusing it with katon chakra. There was no need for him to bust out his strongest technique, or even his collaboration techniques. That would result in more injuries to the girl than he cared to cause her, or even death if she wasn't able to block it. No, for now, the simpler techniques would be the best ones to use. Simpler and weaker sure, but that insured she'd take less damage, and he could more precisely remove the pesky vines, so that he didn't have to worry about so many different attacks.

Once he was a few meters in front of his starting position, about 15 meters away from her and her vines, which surrounded her in a triangular formation (great placement, as it kept all sides protected and able to attack from any direction with them, making it harder to flank while they were around) Yoichi released the Katon jutsu he'd been storing up. "Fire Style: Phoenix Flower Jutsu!" he called out as he exhaled, shooting out 10 balls of flames, shooting 4 of them out towards one of the vines closer to him, near the base of the vine, so it wouldn't be able to lurch out of the way unless she had some way to move them from their stationary position, 4 out to the other vine, using the same tactic, and two directly at Tsu-chan herself. He reasoned that he'd be able to either hit her with those two if he got lucky, even though they weren't all that powerful, or if she were to move, or block with the other vine, he could at least weaken the third. Either way, he'd either score some damage, or potentially massively weaken her jutsu, a great way to start out the spar. He continued running forward, not stopping even after having used the jutsu, already preparing his next moves, depending on her actions.

WC: 1255
TWC: 2677

-15 Chakra "Fire Style, Phoenix Flower Jutsu"
Chakra: 185/200

Fire style, Phoenix Flower Jutsu:

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'Quick thinking Tsuru. Wood is weak to fire, but wood release implements water. Her weakness is covered. Hesitation on the fire burst. Previous trauma? Resolve's back up now anyhow. 1 Vine down though, more fire still to be used, can burn the rest of them. One jutsu to take them? No, suiton defenses are unknown, could block again. Ophidian Brimstone? Mobile flame snakes could be useful. Vines probably too strong for my chakra negation, physics would apply still, inertia would nullify my technique anyhow. Vine soon, incoming, too fast for normal eyes.' his mind was racing, pumping out information and processing his next moves before he even had time to move a muscle. The mind was fast, and trained as his was, he could compute information in an instant, after all, it was how he played Shogi. Always plan out the next 100 moves and counter moves before even making the opening move.

Knowing he had to resort to it, Yoichi's eye gleamed a vibrant red, and the dark tomoe of his sharingan spun around. It wasn't something he liked using, as he didn't want to grow dependent on it, but he needed to be able to see things a little slower, give himself more time to react. Even as the vine descended to cut him off, if not slam into him, and she'd moved the destroyed one to control where it landed, cutting off one of his escape paths, using his own attack that had been intended to remove her advantages to take control of the situation. If he had time, he would have complimented her. It was well played, again, a shogi parallel could be made. He'd sent in his piece and taken one of her own, and she'd taken his, playing his former piece against him. She even held one back to defend herself, which Yoichi thought akin to castling. She may not know the rules of shogi, or how to play it, but if she ever had the mind to learn it and could draw the right parallels to combat applications, she'd make a half decent player.

Time slowed in Yoichi's perspective slightly, compliments of the sharingan of course, as he took in the trajectory of the downward slashing vine, and urged his muscles to move, barely avoiding getting smashed into the ground by it. Perhaps a smarter move might have been a horizontal slash rather than a vertical, as a wide sweep had more of a hit range, although would probably do less in damage. Feeling the vine brush past his shoulder just barely, Yoichi breathed an internal sigh of relief. That would have been bad to take a hit with. The vine was too close for comfort, too much a threat. He'd slipped to the right of the vine, which would be Tsuru's left side, where the other vine lay cutting off a pathway, but also keeping him out of the direct line of retaliation from her other vine should she try and capitalize on his momentary lack of proper balance. The main downside to this was now he was pincered in between two of the vines, one destroyed, and one about to be, so dodging something coming down the pathway that would lead him towards her might prove to be difficult, and would likely take a full powered jutsu to counter it, and Yoichi's lack of low level tech would mean he'd be forced to drain his chakra quicker than he'd like to to counter.

The vine had just slammed into the ground as Yoichi's right hand crossed over his body to his left side, placing his hand on the stalk of it. It was able to be manipulated quickly, so he didn't have a large window of opportunity, and even with his plan in motion, it was a distinct possibility that she'd be able to move it back out of the danger zone of his technique, but then he'd still have a proper response to defend himself with. It was a win-win situation as best he could tell. "Summoning Jutsu, Ophidian Brimstone!" he called out, the five snakes hoped to be summoned directly on the vine, and started to jet forward, their flaming aura's seeking to start setting the stalk on fire as well, and they crawled towards Tsuru, Yoichi not far behind them, although his eyes were more focused on her next moves so that he could react easier. Despite her inexperience in combat, she was a dangerous opponent for sure, and with proper training, would be absolutely devastating in battle. She abilities probably surpassed his, but right now he had his mind on his side.

His snakes were more for counteracting her Mokuton techniques and to protect himself than to hurt Tsuru. He wouldn't be attacking her with them if he got to the point where he could. 'Need eyes on everything, to see behind me for sneak attacks perhaps. Fire clones? Too much cost, was worth it with Neci, but would be a detriment here. Kali or Istral? No, might need them for non lethal attacks later. Snake sensory then.' he processed once more. About 10 meters away from Tsuru, Yoichi dropped quickly to place his hand on the ground, once again using summoning techniques. "Summoning Jutsu: The Earth Has Eyes!" As much as he hated wasting his chakra, he needed to. Her vines were so fast he needed to make sure that he could see them coming from all sides. Being able to use the wood release meant she also had Suiton and Doton chakra nature, which meant that she could have a myriad of abilities he might need to see easier. Three snakes were summoned, burrowing into the ground, and disappeared, each moving out 15 meters before popping their heads out, positioned so that Yoichi was triangulated in the middle of them, giving him full vision around himself, able to see what they saw.

While crouched down, Yoichi pulled out his kunai, holding it in his left hand, prepared to spring away from whatever counter attack Tsuru would launch at him. She was a fun sparring partner, and truly had the jutsu to justify her Chuunin position. The Senju clan and their offshoot clans were certainly strong.

WC: 1071
TWC: 3748

-5 Sharingan Activation
-10 Ophidian Brimstone
-10 The Earth Has Eyes
Chakra: 160/200
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Even with the added benefit of the Sharingan's help tracking, Yoichi knew there wasn't much he could do in this situation, without using chakra or getting hit. He had to make a quick calculation and wonder which was the better choice, expending chakra and exhausting his supply even greater, or taking a hit from one of the vines to conserve his chakra. Most would instantly think that chakra usage was better to avoid getting hit, but Yoichi knew there were benefits to the alternative that wouldn't be as applicable in an actual fight, but mattered more in a spar such as this. If he were to let his body get hit, when he recovered, it would make him more durable, able to withstand larger pains, having felt and acclimated to that one. Recovery always helped strengthen the person, and the harder pushed, the better the gains at the end.

It was with that goal in mind, that Yoichi sprang up into the air. While he was willing to take a hit, he really didn't want it being with the flaming vine, as burns were much more annoying to him than bruises or fractures, and could prove to be much more permanent as well in some cases. With his sharingan's added prowess, he could see the vine moving much more clearly now, but that didn't mean he was able to do much about it, and didn't have a lot of time to react himself. He just had about enough time to cross his arms in an x formation in front of him and braced them with his knees before the vine impacted with him. There was little denying that it hurt quite a bit, even having prepared himself for it, and his body flew down to the ground, the second impact of his body hitting the ground adding more pain. His momentum rolled him a little, and he used that to spring to his feet, his arms and legs all stinging and throbbing greatly, having distributed the force among his four limbs rather than to one body part as a whole. A direct hit to his unprepared body by that would certainly not be pleasant and could easily do him in rather quickly.

Facing Tsuru, Yoichi's face showed a small smile of new found respect for the girl. She had some strong jutsu. Once she learned how to defend them more properly, she'd be a force to reckon with, but as far as this spar was going, even though she was the one who had hit him, Yoichi was the one in control. He had been able to dispose of two of her vines already, and had plenty of means to do the same with the final one. She'd positioned well though, using the dead forms of her vines as walls to manipulate the environment while still protecting herself. Thanks to his sensory snakes, he had perfect sight on Tsuru, even though she was mostly protected from his vision by the front. He saw her shuriken that were readied. And then Yoichi figured out how he wanted to approach this fight. He'd blow up the final vine.

A quick glance showed him that his flame wreathed snakes were still around, hidden in the burning remains of the second destroyed vine, which was good. He could use that to his advantage. No, blowing it up wasn't necessary then, which meant that Yoichi could conserve his chakra instead. The vine was perfectly place around her to allow for the snakes to crawl up its burning stalks in a way that they snakes wouldn't be noticed, and even though they were wreathed in flames, on the flaming stalk they would be nominally less noticeable. Once close enough to the remaining vine, which Yoichi was only in close enough proximity to because he'd been swatted closer to it when he'd rolled, the snakes launched themselves forwards, surrounding the bottom of the vine in order choke it and burn it at the source. Yoichi launched himself forward, keeping an eye on the vine to make sure it didn't fall on him as her final act with it, and readied up two more jutsu as his snakes ringed around Tsuru, the 5 individual meter long flaming snakes turned their gazes on her. They poised as if to launch at her, but didn't move from their spots, keeping her ringed in. It was more of an intimidation factor, playing on her hesistance around fire. Yoichi knew she might be fast enough to dodge otherwise, but now she had more fire to contend with in any direction she chose.

Running towards her, Yoichi pushed with all his legs' might, leaping over the prone vine, and while in the air, launched his kunai at Tsuru, using the punching motion of his launch to activate Striking Shadow Snakes, 5 more snakes extending out of the shadows of his left sleeve, extending towards her, with 4 of the snakes seeking to grasp her and hold her stationary, one to wrap around the wrist of her left hand, her right hand, her left ankle, and her right ankle. If successful, the 5th snake would wrap her midsection and constrict tighter to pull her in closer, each snake compressing with it, to fully ensare her limbs, snakes slithering up her body and preventing her from moving as best as he could. She might possibly be strong enough to break out of it if she struggled enough, but it would be enough time for him to cripple her fighting ability in a real fight, if he chose to. He hadn't forgotten the shuriken she possessed though, and if she launched them at him at any time, his right hand had already built up Raiton chakra, and he was prepared to shoot the shurikens out of the air with his Lightning Bullets techniques, as well as to shoot her exposed joints, specifically near her elbows and knees, her shoulders, and her hips (2 for each elbow, 2 for each knee, 1 for each shoulder, 1 for each hip) with the remaining 12 non lethal and non skin piercing shots to weaken her resistance should she prove to be struggling too much. Although that part was contingent on if she was captured or not.

WC: 1047
TWC: 4795

-5 Sharingan Maintenance
-5 The Earth Has Eyes Maintenance
-15 Striking Shadow Snakes
-10 Shock Bullets
Chakra: 125/200
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The fight was starting to get dicy, the techniques starting to show themselves more, and now it was evident that Tsuru was able to use more higher level techniques, and fully capable of fighting a Chuunin Level fight. The unfortunate part of this fight is who she paired off against. Yoichi simply out matched her in terms of experience and combat. His combat situations had been mainly life or death, and because of that, he'd gained more from them. Lady Risu had put him in the thick of things. If he couldn't win in those situations, he'd be useless to her, she who needed followers cut from a different cloth. Besides that, the Senju in front of him didn't seem to possess many suiton techniques. The Senju of old were able to so effectively combat the Uchiha because their use of Suiton could protect their Mokuton techniques much better. Mokuton was strong, powerful, full of life and other applications that other Elements just couldn't match, but Fire, it destroyed life. Mokuton couldn't match Katon on its own. And Tsuru didn't have the techniques yet to best his abilities. Perhaps this spar showed that weakness for her. The stronger she got, the better it would be though. Yoichi needed her to be stronger, as he valued the Senju clan's powers, and having her on his side would be an invaluable asset.

And yet, she wasn't quite ready yet. Her ability to use her dying techniques in order to come to a benefit was proving to be more than slightly distracting, but it was in a way that a Rabbit would struggle violently after already being caught by a Snake, right before it died. It was an effort, for efforts sake, but fruitless in the end. It only prolonged what would be a sure thing. Yoichi could end this fight at any point, and it wouldn't take a well thought out strategy to do so either. It was purely out of his own reluctance to just go a simple route that he didn't. Besides that, Yoichi had no urge to hurt Tsuru, so he wouldn't just slam her with Katon techniques. She was a medical Ninja, and could heal them, but it didn't mean he wanted to actually inflict unnecessary harm.

Yoichi first and foremost needed to dodge the falling vine, so directly after his last shot was fired, he dropped into a crouch to increase the distance between the vine and his body, which would buy him more time to pull off a manuever, simultaneously throwing himself forward, towards Tsuru, forcing himself into a roll. His shots impacted with her body and her arm branches as he came out of the roll, her branches slicing through 3 of the Snakes that entangled her, the snakes around her ankles surviving purely to their proximity to the ground. A branch extended towards him, having dissipated and absorbed many of the lightning shots he'd sent her way, and Yoichi used that to his advantage. Still in a low guard from the roll, Yoichi followed through by using the leg that had a firm foot on the ground to push himself to the left of the branch, and retracted his snakes back to him, still wrapped firmly around her ankles, seeking to use her momentary weakness in her legs to his advantage.

If successful, he'd fully knock her off her feet, pulling her towards him so she was on the ground in front of him, and he'd be still in a crouch, recovering from his own last launch. If this went according to plan, Yoichi's other arm would sprout a similar 5 snakes from them, re wrapping, and reaffirming a new bind on Tsuru, away from the areas with branches in order to lock her onto the ground, while the two around her ankles would fully extend out, slithering up her legs, and body in a rapid manner, tightening once the reached her armpits, and then extend their heads towards her neck, open mouthed, fangs flashing. They wouldn't bite, but Yoichi would flash her a grin, holding them there if she struggled in order to let her realize the fight was over, before he'd retract the snakes, each unwinding down her body and releasing her limbs. "Nice technique. I don't think I can destroy it without burning you. You win this round." he would say, relinquishing his own win.

If Tsuru protested that matter, he would offer an explanation: To him, a spar was much more than simply beating an opponent. If he were to have gone up against someone and had to take them down without permanent injury or maiming, he needed some sort of strategy. He'd become aware of the fact that he could take her easily, but in doing so, would cause massive damage. There was no avoiding it, and he had to threaten her with death in retaliation if she didn't stop fighting, and to him, that meant he had lost. He would have failed in his mission and objective. She could still fight back and retaliate, his bonds wouldn't have held her forever, and she still had plenty of fight left. That meant he would have had to kill her, or maim her, otherwise the fight would be back on. There had been no doubt in Yoichi's mind at the start of the spar that he outclassed her, and in a fight based on power alone, he would beat her 9 out of 10 times with their current skill set. At the start of the match, he set a goal only he knew, and that goal was to beat her without having to threaten her life or maim her with a technique. And while he hadn't maimed her, subduing her had taken his death situation, and that had made him fail his objective. She was too skilled for him to take down without resorting to that, and that meant she was stronger than he was currently capable of fighting without actually doing injury to.

WC: 1006
TWC: 5801

-5 Sharingan
-5 Earth has eyes
-5 SSS maintenance
-15 Striking Shadow Snake's double activation cost for 5 additional snakes
95/200 Chakra
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