Nara... now that was a familiar name, though Hanbei's study was namely in astrology, and though he had a solid grounding of history, his knowledge of ancient history 300 years ago was not good enough to recall the Nara clan off the top of his head without stimuli. He thought about it long and hard but his mind was foreshadowed by doubt as he came into this next fight, there was some chatter about how he had not fought an opponent in the prior round, meaning there was literally no information about him to be found about him at all. Which was disconcerting, though Hanbei had won his prior match, he was stressed out... He had ben by the side of the other ninja until she had made a full recovery, and in the end, it was only just in time for the commencement of this match.

But what if he hurt someone like that again...

But unlike the soft looking sweet girl he had fought last time, as he happily stood out into the sun, with his long baggy clothing surrounding his body, his sleeves falling down almost a foot past his hands in light breathable ceremonial silks which were perfect in this kind of weather, from the touch of the sun, almost none of his skin was even kissed by the direct sunlight, so hanbei's demeanour was overall pleasant, for now, considering he had been in the sun for little more than an hour getting here, and it took multiple more to truly be effected by the sun and the heat. Or a few minutes of high octane movement. Beneath his silks hanbei let loose his many senbon, slipping four per hand into the gaps between each of his fingers. poised and ready to throw, though hidden perfectly from any array of natural sight.

It's nice to meet you Doji Nara. I'm Hanbei, I'm really really sorry if i hurt you in this match., maybe after we can be friends?

The boy said in such a manner it would almost definitely shine him out as female. The lack of a defined adams apple, his baggy clothing, longer hair, and even the light amount of make-up on his face with slightly chubbier features and no defined chin or cheekbones. He was almost anatomically female, but such were also the characteristics of a child, and hanbei's condition caused that image. Whether his opponent replied in the next few seconds or not, hanbei, took to the fleet, moving to a point of vantage, the top of a tall dune, From here, he had the high ground, and from here he had the advantage, just like the last fight. Easily 30 meters between him and his opponent.

He kinda hoped his opponent would stand down, but unlike the fight he had before, he would take the offensive to begin with this time, raising a hand and bringing it sharp down he threw his first four senbon as artfully as a painter, one aimed for the head, the next the neck, upper chest and pelvis. Spinning rapidly before they had even landed he threw his second handful horizontally, aimed for the wall to his right, the right side of his waist, the left side of his waist, and the wall to his left. Creating a + sign of Senbon moving rapidly enough to fracture his bones and in such spacing as to make formal avoidance of ducking jumping or moving to a side difficult.

Hanbei just hoped he had enough needles.

32/40 needles left:

Hanbei watched in impoundments as his opponent decided to take the time to count his needles once they had left his sleeves in mid flight. Though each of them were heading straight for him he decided to move low, Hanbei's high angle aiming down on his opponent combined with the height of which his lowest needle was aiming was sure to strike a position of Doji as he literally slipped low directly into the path of it, his forming into shadow being far from instant. Though connected or no, Hanbei set to thinking about his next ability and what it could be, he was lost for words at the first act of him, literally becoming a shadow, but as he circled around hanbei, hanbei turned to face him, not for a moment turning his back on his opponent, who, though viper quick along the ground, against the bright golden sand in the midst of the day sky blaring down upon hanbei's solitary dune directly, he was like the crow in a flock of seagulls even with his massively diminished size, and a realisation.

"NARA! They're the shadow clan!"

Hanbei beamed with his realisation as he finally had what he needed to develop a strategy, as his opponent circled around him, hanbei began to back peddle as he moulded his chakra beneath his clothes, not letting that minuscule shadow appear where it wanted. Though he did wonder how he was able to see when he was that small, his perception of the world would shrink immeasurably, which gave hanbei an idea. Flowing Raiton chakra into the threading of his clothing, his opponent had to rise some time, and with hanbei's deadliest surprise attack he was going to ensure that his opponent would not escape like last time.

Hanbei had a couple of moments to prepare, but as his opponent finally dedicated a couple of seconds later into raising from a position which was not too far from where hanbei once was, the second the shadow stopped and began to re-expand into the 'very' beginning of what seemed like human form, hanbei found his chance to attack! His opponent would have to dedicate into the ending of his ability after reaching a point of no return. His focus concentrated on transforming back, and hanbei's ever-so-keen eyes looked for the one moment he was at his most vulnerable. Thirty six raiton alligned needles would strike out in a wide single blast aiming for not only his target, but much like his fight with aya, it would aim for a meter in a half in either direction.

Though, this was only the first section of hanbei's attack, the small time he had to prepare gave him ample opportunity for his second. Although he realised that he would be burning through his chakra at this point. But for once seemingly astoundingly, his hands could be seen. As his opponent would be distracted by the oncoming flurry hanbei formed a single fuuton alligned chakra needle, and flew it at greatly accelerated speeds, in an attempt to intercept whichever movement He seemed to take, aiming for the limb of Doji's which bore his weapon. On impact the attack would do nothing, it would not even hurt, but it would sink in, camouflaged by the others and the brightness of the sun.

Hanbei begged that this would not hurt him too bad... but he knew the implications if it hit. Should his first attack somehow miss, and his second land. Turning to shadow would almost instantly amputate his arm, as his arm would not turn to shadow with the rest of his body thanks to the needle. But as his opponent was rising, he almost hope the first volley would be the ones to end this. His escape options were limited, and at this point he had not even close to had time to fully reform or let his snake out.

Chakra 100/150:

(1257 words, trained 1 C rank jutsu)

I'm hereby unapproving shadow transformation for being an instantaneous ridiculously powerful technique. This thread is hereby rolled back to Hanbei's post before this technique was activated, posted on this date:

Re: Doji Nara vs Hanbei Guanyin on Wed Aug 21, 2013 2:11 pm

The thread will continue as normal, with shibirin next to post without using that move. if shibirin hsa not posted within 24 hours of this post, Hanbei may auto hit as per regulations.