1 Senju Vs The Beast{Trial 3 1-2} Wed Feb 14, 2018 7:00 pm
Mikumi Senju
A-rank
It was the morning of the day of the third trial, The sun had only just risen from the sky but Mokuzai had woken up a hour before and begun to mentally prepare himself for his final trail that would be much later into the day before he must face his fellow shinobi in battle, to him it was very excited but yet he felt a gnawing feeling of nervousness that he would somehow lose. This was the first time in a long time his confidence was shaken by the worry of what if his abilities weren't up to par, the last time he was this worried was when his father had passed and he lost his motivation for training for a entire month.
Mokuzai lips formed a O-shape as he sucked in a breath of fresh air before slowly exhaling it back out as he sat on the floor with his legs criss-crossed and his hands molded a form of the bottom of a cup, now that his mind was clear Mokuzai slowly released the worry of losing through the art of meditation in his mind. It was clear to him now that the only thing he could really do is face the trial as best he could using every ounce of his abilities and that will make him a winner even if he doesn't become chunin. He then thought of his father and put his hands together in a prayer,
"Wish me Luck dad, Ill try my best for the sake of the Village"
Mokuzai then begun to pack up his kunai into the pouch on the side of his pants and then tied his shinobi head-band tightly around his head before looking at a mirror and crackling a half smile as he made his way out of the rented room he was given for the chunin exams, as he walked towards the area of the third trial he passed some genin who were talking among themselves about the one's still in the running while the one's who weren't talking looked as if the world was ending and Mokuzai took it as a sign of what would have happened if he let the pressure of the chunin exams get to him.
Mokuzai finally made it to the area of the third exam and made his way into front of the seats so he could have a clear view of what type of trial he was to participate in this time, when he looked down he saw a very rocky covered arena within the perimeters of what seemed to be a cage. Mokuzai eye's then scanned around the caged arena for what was the purpose but suddenly his eye's were no longer needed as he heard the boyish screams of a shinobi from the cage, when his eye's caught up with the sound he located the boy who was slowly backing away looking forward and Mokuzai eye's followed the boys to see what he was looking at. As he glanced over he found his answer, the boy seemed to be staring into the eye's of a larger version of one of nature's apex predators a tiger.
Mokuzai was utterly shocked he remembered the animal encyclopedia his mother read him as a child about tiger's, but that book did not obviously take into account the tiger's near the Kumogakure, as he watched it was clear to him that tiger's strength was now joke as the tiger in it's attempt to his the shinobi missed and caused a crack into one of the rocks in the caged arena.
He sat in his seat silent for the remainder of his wait time, he made sure to analyze the movements and strategy's of every person that went before him, It was clear that Mokuzai physically was at a huge disadvantage but the bright side was that he learned that he only had to survive one minute just one tiny minute he repeated in his head. If that was all it took he would display every ounce of his abilities and come out on top.
A couple of hours had passed and Mokuzai kept to his word and had watched every shinobi carefully to come up with a winning strategy of his own, he watched one kunoichi from Iwagakure used her small size to quickly dodge the large throws of the tiger. It was quite ingenious Mokuzai thought and he kept a mental not of it, there was another shinobi who hailed from Kiri who used the beast's own speed against it as every time it charged at him he would get low or move far enough to the side to make it slam it'self into the cave, another ingenious tactic and made another mental note to himself.
Mokuzai could hear the distant sound of someone calling his name but it was feint and he was too focused at the moment to be distracted easily, suddenly he felt something yank him by his shirt and his focus was finally disrupted as he turned to look at the person who was grappling his clothing and it was a Kumogakure shinobi who was proctoring the exam "Senju,Mokuzai. It's time for you to take your third trial follow me." this particular proctor seemed to be quite the tough one, but Mokuzai shrugged it off and followed them as instructed as taking the time to watch other's before his turn only proved to empower his self-confidence in his skills.
The Kumogakure proctor led him to a corridor and walked with him all the way to it's other side where a caged door was that lead to the inside of the arena where the larger version of Kumogakure tiger's was lurking waiting for it's next victim or enemy, the Kumogakure then patted Mokuzai's back roughly as if trying to be comforting "Dont die kid, it would be ashamed to see your blood splattered against the arena." a cold sweat-dropped down Mokuzai's left cheek as he thought in his head "His words dont match their meaning at all.." but he simply replied "Yeah ill be sure to win, just watch me!"
WC:1,058/2000
Mokuzai lips formed a O-shape as he sucked in a breath of fresh air before slowly exhaling it back out as he sat on the floor with his legs criss-crossed and his hands molded a form of the bottom of a cup, now that his mind was clear Mokuzai slowly released the worry of losing through the art of meditation in his mind. It was clear to him now that the only thing he could really do is face the trial as best he could using every ounce of his abilities and that will make him a winner even if he doesn't become chunin. He then thought of his father and put his hands together in a prayer,
"Wish me Luck dad, Ill try my best for the sake of the Village"
Mokuzai then begun to pack up his kunai into the pouch on the side of his pants and then tied his shinobi head-band tightly around his head before looking at a mirror and crackling a half smile as he made his way out of the rented room he was given for the chunin exams, as he walked towards the area of the third trial he passed some genin who were talking among themselves about the one's still in the running while the one's who weren't talking looked as if the world was ending and Mokuzai took it as a sign of what would have happened if he let the pressure of the chunin exams get to him.
Mokuzai finally made it to the area of the third exam and made his way into front of the seats so he could have a clear view of what type of trial he was to participate in this time, when he looked down he saw a very rocky covered arena within the perimeters of what seemed to be a cage. Mokuzai eye's then scanned around the caged arena for what was the purpose but suddenly his eye's were no longer needed as he heard the boyish screams of a shinobi from the cage, when his eye's caught up with the sound he located the boy who was slowly backing away looking forward and Mokuzai eye's followed the boys to see what he was looking at. As he glanced over he found his answer, the boy seemed to be staring into the eye's of a larger version of one of nature's apex predators a tiger.
Mokuzai was utterly shocked he remembered the animal encyclopedia his mother read him as a child about tiger's, but that book did not obviously take into account the tiger's near the Kumogakure, as he watched it was clear to him that tiger's strength was now joke as the tiger in it's attempt to his the shinobi missed and caused a crack into one of the rocks in the caged arena.
He sat in his seat silent for the remainder of his wait time, he made sure to analyze the movements and strategy's of every person that went before him, It was clear that Mokuzai physically was at a huge disadvantage but the bright side was that he learned that he only had to survive one minute just one tiny minute he repeated in his head. If that was all it took he would display every ounce of his abilities and come out on top.
A couple of hours had passed and Mokuzai kept to his word and had watched every shinobi carefully to come up with a winning strategy of his own, he watched one kunoichi from Iwagakure used her small size to quickly dodge the large throws of the tiger. It was quite ingenious Mokuzai thought and he kept a mental not of it, there was another shinobi who hailed from Kiri who used the beast's own speed against it as every time it charged at him he would get low or move far enough to the side to make it slam it'self into the cave, another ingenious tactic and made another mental note to himself.
Mokuzai could hear the distant sound of someone calling his name but it was feint and he was too focused at the moment to be distracted easily, suddenly he felt something yank him by his shirt and his focus was finally disrupted as he turned to look at the person who was grappling his clothing and it was a Kumogakure shinobi who was proctoring the exam "Senju,Mokuzai. It's time for you to take your third trial follow me." this particular proctor seemed to be quite the tough one, but Mokuzai shrugged it off and followed them as instructed as taking the time to watch other's before his turn only proved to empower his self-confidence in his skills.
The Kumogakure proctor led him to a corridor and walked with him all the way to it's other side where a caged door was that lead to the inside of the arena where the larger version of Kumogakure tiger's was lurking waiting for it's next victim or enemy, the Kumogakure then patted Mokuzai's back roughly as if trying to be comforting "Dont die kid, it would be ashamed to see your blood splattered against the arena." a cold sweat-dropped down Mokuzai's left cheek as he thought in his head "His words dont match their meaning at all.." but he simply replied "Yeah ill be sure to win, just watch me!"
WC:1,058/2000