Makoto was still sitting waiting for his hair to dry at the time, the match was scheduled to start in roughly half an hour as he began to think to himself about all the things she said.
He could not help himself from feeling alone as he drank a juiced lime, the moment was near and he just could not understand all the emotions going to his head.
Ashe was looking up to him as he was then looking to the ceiling.
He just could not understand this nervous feeling
Waiting for his hair to dry
Wandering why he felt like he wanted to cry
This was his one moment in life that he may never get again
He did not understand any of it back then.
Remembering all the times he had fought and all the times he got caught
All the jutsu he created all coming to naught.
In the end does it even matter, as the fragments of his emotions start to scatter
Ashe moves closer licking his toes and feet trying to cheer him up as he nudged her away
He had to focus in order to win today
After contemplating at first he started to get dressed, wearing some ordinary black shorts with some decent pockets and a white string to tie since it felt loose.
However the string of his shorts made him think of a rope around his neck like a noose.
Then keeping the towel over his shoulders as he slowly put on his first sock as he began to wonder if he was really ready for all this.
As he put on the other sock, nearly falling as his ankle nearly made a twist.
The nerves were killing him and hurting him so bad
To the point that all this hard work would drive him so mad
The feelings in side made him so glad
But at the same time made him feel so sad
He then put on his new running shoes as he was aiming to run around to buy time to perform his ninjutsu
However his opponent had the option of running around with him too.
In the end he really disliked taijutsu
But he had a friend who was also a master in genjutsu
After putting them on he carefully tied the first shoe lace
Carefully looping it around as he could not hide the tears flowing down his face
For some reason Makoto did not seem to understand
These feelings as his mind was lost in this new land
The land of fire, a land far from the earth he called home
Where sparkles in his dreams, moved from side to side like a metronome
The intensity of everything invested in me
Is the thought that he had when preparing to make them see
He put on his Light Fibre Vest first as he slotted in his right arm and then his head and struggled to put in his left arm
He wanted to make it tight so that none of his gear would suffer the fate of disarm
Then he proceeded to put on his reinforced cotton fiber t-shirt to hide his light fiber vest
He felt he had to come properly prepared for this shinobi test
Makoto stretched his arms once to the left and once to the right
He swung and loosened up his shoulder preparing for the fight
He equipped his shield to his back, preparing himself for any attack
Inside the shield his tanto, and then he proceeded to snack on his lunch pack
Had to get a good dose of sugar, before the battle begins
Since running low on energy, can decide who wins
He then looked towards his new weapon, the yari
As he looked at it and decided to make it move, and one day call it ahri
After that Makoto began to carefully insert the first lens into his renzugan
Then the second, and the third and the forth, not just for fun.
Finally they were ready to be equipped as he looked at them all sitting in there
Re-positioning and adjusting them as if he was doing his hair
He then proceeded to move very carefully as he felt sweat dripping down the side of his face
He had a lot of time to prepare, but for some reason his heart began to race.
Carefully he brought the first part of the multi-lens close to his right eye
As it got closer he felt like it would pierce into his soul and make him die
The moment was starting to get so intense
As he felt like none of this made any sense
The lenses were getting closer and closer towards his eye
He felt a fear deep down inside as he could not lie
He had trained for this and prepared to equip this tool
However the jittery mess he was right now made him feel like a fool
He nearly had it when Ashe barked as he dropped it to the floor
He felt deep down inside he just did not care anymore
However he looked to Ashe and then decided he had no right to turn back now
He had to find a way to do this some how
Nervous as he was he picked up the lens once more
Putting it on slowly as Ashe just rolled around on the floor
He felt his heart racing fast beating at his emotional core
He knew in a few minutes he would be going out that door
Makoto equipped his forehead protector to protect his neck
He also wanted to stack his gear like a well made deck
He now finally after carefully pushing it closer and closer managed to slot in the first multi-lense
As he wondered if he felt so dirty even though he had come out from a cleanse
The second lens took a while as well as he carefully raised it towards his left eye
Feelings inside making him feel like he had to cry
Cry some more until the day you die
Drowning in your own tears as truth seems like a lie
He was moving even slower towards his left eye and in this lens was also the golden iris
He was not ready, he was not sure, but he had to do this
It took a while with his shaky hands and then finally it came to an end
He got it in as it appeared as if the light would bend
In his left eye he had the Flash lens, and in the right eye he had the high speed tracking Kakuchō Two
He then had the Kakuchō Three pair and the original Kakuchō one too
He had the color of his eyes appear green for this fight
He would later change it to a different color if he won the right
To take his gear with him and his beautiful jutsu
There was nothing left on this earth that he could not do
He equipped the smoke bomb ring to this right finger on the ring finger of his right hand we all know so well.
He put his flash bang ring on his left hand ring finger and then he nearly fell
He put a metsubishi in his left pocket and another in his right pocket.
He put a ball carefully in Ashe's fur and another two in his cloak he would be putting on soon
He then put the remaining five in different locations with two hidden in his hair
and the last three in his back pocket as he felt all these tools were fair
Makoto had ten makibashi in each of his pockets that he could shake out with ease if he had to, but they were put in well enough not to fall out for no reason as well.
As he expected no matter how good he was his opponent could always find a way to tell
He hid clear crystal catalysts in each pocket, his shield and his headband
He was nearly done as he decided to stand
He equipped his shield to his back and hid it by putting on his cloak over it hiding everything he had just put on.
However he felt there were still many things that could always go wrong
He then used his blanket to tie Ashe on top of his head as she felt a bit disturbed
He then said, "wet yourself and do not blame me if you end up dead"
Part serious and part joke it made him relax
As he wondered if one day he should get an axe
He equipped his yari on the outside of his over cloak
As it was the one thing he would show as if all his other gear was a joke
His kaginawa launcher was attached to his arm for emergencies and with that said
He walked towards the door as he shook his head.
Makoto finally reached the edge of the cemented corridor and noticed something as soon as he was planning to enter
He noticed a swamp heading from here until the center
He showed his hand to the proctor who made himself clearly visible
To show he needed to do something quick as he found this arena to be incredible
Water, water all around. He had a large lake weapon he could use all on the ground.
However he could not go in this with shoes or socks getting wet so he took them off without a sound
Placing the shoes and socks near the entrance before stepping barefoot into the water
He walked slowly and silently as if approaching a slaughter.
The announcers were loud as he was still near to the entrance on his end as his opponent was not even within range.
He felt that his opponents name sounded really strange
With the battle now officially started he shot his grappling hook kaginawa behind him towards the wall as it latched onto the something as he tugged a few times to confirm its grip.
He dropped down low hiding in the swamp as Ashe kept a close vigil as Makoto looked left Ashe would look right
And if Makoto looked right Ashe would look left so that they would not be surprised by their opponent in this fight
Makoto had his hands in the dog hand seal so that he would simply have to activate his jutsu
Not to mention what all his unique items and gear could also do
As soon as his opponent is spotted by either him or Ashe he would look to see if his opponent spotted him as well, it would take a while since he was still closest to his entrance as the proctor wondered if the swamp was not too big
However the proctor just went about his duties and went to a location that was a bit more out of the way and watched
Right now this may look like a boring fight, but in the end the battle was about to begin.
He would use jutsu as soon as his opponent engages if needed and has kaginawa prepped as well as he focused a bit of chakra into his blanket and whispered to Ashe. "If things look bad, take this and run towards there"
As he pointed to a location several meters from the entrance and then said
"go underwater so he will not see you since you small and get up for air when you have to. for now let's see who our opponent is"
Words = 1935
Gear = All Equipped
Kaginawa set for real in mode in next post if needed.
Chakra = 255 - 5 = 250
Replacement jutsu charged...
- Jutsu Prepped:
Name: Substitution Technique (変わり身の術 ~ Kawarimi no Jutsu)
Canon/Custom: Canon.
Rank: E.
Type: Supplementary.
Element: None.
Range: One prepared item in the user's clear line of sight.
Speciality: Ninjutsu.
Duration: 1 post preparation. Infinite postponement, Instant activation.
Cooldown: 6 posts after activation.
Description: The Substitution Technique is an age-old skill which enables the user to evade the effects of an attack by switching with an item in the area. (The item---or substantial clone---used for a Substitute must be as large as the user's torso, and must be prepared at least 1 post in advance by infusing it with 5 chakra.) Activating this jutsu for another 5 chakra, the ninja moves at untraceable speed for just a moment, and the item does so as well to take the user's place; the ninja leaves behind a flickering after-image for a second, which, if damaged, releases the chakra which holds it in place in a small smoke cloud, revealing the nature of the technique and the item they have switched with. Higher-rank ninjas' afterimages are able to show some of the signs of natural impact as if it were an actual human, if only for a very short period, before 'poofing'. The user coming out of the technique creates a similar audio and visual cue with a small cloud of translucent smoke and a 'poofing' sound on appearance in the location of the item they Substituted with. This technique causes the user to move at speeds untraceable to human perception, and therefore even the user cannot coordinate attacks during the Kawarimi, or activate any other jutsu. They, however, can maneuver near someone and then attack them after the fast-movement is finished.