As Satoshi charged Lin... Or rather, Lins spread out around him, encircling him. If he had been a more patient man, perhaps he would have stalled himself out, as he did to avoid the senbon. If he was a more clever boy, perhaps he would have stopped in the center of her circle and pondered which one was the right one. Suss out the reality that those who weren't the natural Lin would have no audible footsteps or cast no shadow.
Satoshi was none of these things. If he was anything... It was lucky. Not in the classic sense. Satoshi wasn't the sort of guy who could flip a coin four times and have it come up heads each time, well, not anymore than anyone else. No, Satoshi was situationally lucky. It wasn't uncommon for him to find himself in a situation that he could sort his way out of through sheer guts and effort. Perhaps it was because the world in which he currently lived was gentle as compared to the real world outside.
This was a perfect example of that situation. The passive ability granted to him by his bloodline, his pursuit of sound technique, was what allowed him to rush right into the mob of clones. Further, while Satoshi had some real problems fighting multiple opponents at once, it was specifically on account of feeling -so- much from the world around him. He had difficulty focusing on the sensory input he'd receive from so many different bodies... So many different rhythms to sync up to. But here... There was a single rhythm.
Clones didn't have a beat. They didn't have hearts. They didn't breathe. And further... They didn't have physical bodies. Bodies that would register in his resonance field! Hold that thought though. Satoshi wasn't wise enough to have known this from the start. He hadn't considered this from the very start... No, his plan was fueled by impatience and high energy!
He charged with intent. With any clone within ten meters not even registering in his mind he was able to easily keep from getting distracted and zone in on his opponent!
As he closed in on her, he brought his hands together in eagerness. The grin was apparent on his face. Just when he got within melee range, he threw his hands backwards, rather than forwards and declared
"Fūton: Nagare!" Satoshi's lips pursed into a whistle like shape as he exhaled a powerful concentrated gale! This, of course wasn't the intended purpose of the technique... It was meant to be a mobility tool. A way to catch someone by surprise with a sudden shift in momentum. But in this instance, he intended to suddenly shift Lin's momentum, rather... Her balance. The technique was powerful enough that if used up close would cause a small stagger in his opponent. With his momentum traveling forward, it only stopped him in place.
His right arm sailed forward then, a gleam of steel in his right hand as it turned out he hadn't been throwing his arms back in order to draw force... He'd slipped his right hand under his jacket and had come forward with a plain jane Kunai. The ninja tool was directed right at Lin's throat...And while she didn't know it... He absolutely would not go through with stabbing her. He would freeze his momentum at the last moment, if it got that far, in order to draw a yield.
He'd seen Lin throw some senbon...But at this juncture, Satoshi had no idea how fast or skilled she was... For all he knew, he was just like his fellow students had been at the academy... And when it came to raw physical ability, especially in taijutsu, they had all been far inferior. And little to Satoshi's knowledge... Things in this situation, things were quite the opposite.
[WC: 2038]
[Chakra Used: 5]
- Jutsu Used:
Name: Wind Release: Stream (Fūton: Nagare ~ 風遁・流れ)
Canon/Custom: Canon
Rank: D
Type: Supplementary
Element: Fūton
Range: 10 metres
Specialty: Ninjutsu
Duration: 1 post
Cooldown: 3 posts
Description: A movement technique with no offensive application, this technique is designed to allow a shinobi to maneuver mid-air. The shinobi exhales a powerful, concentrated stream of wind from their mouth. This burst of wind has enough force to accelerate the user's movement mid-air (in the opposite direction of where the stream is directed) or allow them them to rapidly change the direction they're going in by temporarily giving them a short burst of speed at 5 m/s. Beyond this, however, it has several unintended effects. The stream has enough force to knock basic, non-chakra projectiles aside, as well as to make someone hit by it stagger back 2 meters with no additional damage, assuming the caster is 5 metres or less away from the person being hit.