Round 1, Match 4: The Scar v.s. Uehara, Shin

[Garzett]

The sheer force and power that was unleashed in that moment was without comprehension, easily being one of if not the most powerful collisions of blasts Seichi has seen in a long time coming. The force, heat, and raw power unleashed in the arena was enough to obliterate virtually everything; the only thing left in the stadium's 100 meters was a crater large enough to be the graves of every onlooker in the audience. They were breathless, speechless, and completely in shock, the chanting that once was being replaced by the echoes of force wailing in clashes amongst the arena...

Spoiler!

The blast was so powerful that it literally ripped the barrier apart. The group of individuals maintaining the barrier had to kick up more than a single one, overlaying field after field to protect the crowd; one by one, the barriers kept shattering and shattering until finally... They only the cracked and nearly broken frame remained. The annihilation had ended. Smoke and fumes quickly dispersed and funneled away from the area, overhead nothing but a massive mushroom cloud being displayed.

As for the contestants themselves... Who had won?

Out of the smoke and ash in the midst of the debris, one man stood as he came into view... Uehara, Shin. His fist had been nearly totaled by the force, and he would have much difficulty managing it after such an attack, but it was clear now that his blast had triumphed. But, from out of the far corner of the field, the smoke cleared to reveal the body of Kemuri, Zaulyl, also standing tall... but alone, and heavily wounded. While the Kemuri's blast was powerful enough to rip through everything, it was not as focused and heavily reinforced as Shin's blast. The Gates and the nosedive from 200 meters proved to be too much. Zaulyl's combo was powerful enough to block and disperse the majority of the force, thus allowing him to survive, but did not stop it from heavily striking him and his now dispersed clones.

This fight was not over yet... but could both contestants continue?

[Akayuuki]

Not enough huh...while i will end this now...

Shin's body was battered and bruised his muscles were huge now from taking the damage he did to his right arm/hand his strength increased by leaps and bounds, as Shin looked around he seen that Zaulyl was still up and in the farthest right corner of the arena, Shin had to be careful though. His stamina supplies were dangerously low so he had to end this now, he had to end it in a single strike, one that would not be able to be followed upon by any living being in all of Seichi, thus Shin knew how to end this fight of titans, and he knew how to do it quickly.

Shin would angle his body toward Zaulyl and he was off, suppressing 2 S Ranks worth of stamina nearing his final amount into Kami Chisoku, Shin's movements would be off the chart now surpassing what he did when he was on his vertical fall. ZAULYL!!!! Shin would scream at the top of his lungs as his body streaked across the arena and launched a single fist directly into the man's chest aiming for his heart, but at that speed aiming was nearly impossible.

Shin had one sight and that sight was to crush Zaulyl, Kemuri, if the hit did connect, which it was almost impossible to dodge because the speed at which he was moving would mean that even a blink of the eye would seem like an eternity. HA!!!! He would scream out as his fist passed through the Hikage with all the force he could muster, as he passed through him Shin would end up tripping and falling over his head and legs a few times before finally coming to a halt screeching across the ground.

Shin had let loose his final attack, could Zaulyl even have the wits about him to counter ? or was it the end of this match...it was a nanosecond decision for sure.


OOC:

Spoiler!

*Still in the 7th gate
*used Kami Chisoku pumping 2 S Ranks of stamina into my jutsu
*Punched Zau in the chest as hard as shin could
*flailed as he fell and skidded across the ground

[Zaulyl]

Zau cursed the blast ended and Shin was still there. He didn't know why he hadn't lifted Zasetsu to block the blast, but he had taken far more damage than was allowable. He knew, however, that Shin would immediately attack-Shin always immediately attacked.

Zau had never stopped keeping his bloodline active-literally as soon as the blast was over, the area around Zau had continued filling with smoke, before the dust even would have had a chance to settle. After all, dust doesn't settle immediately, nor does smoke clear out immediately following an explosion-he would use that to his advantage. There would have had to be some sort of delay between the blast ending and Shin starting his attack; and in that delay, Zau would get to work, as his heat sense would have given him an incredibly important advantage in speed-Shin needed to wait for the dust and smoke to clear, while Zau would have known the results of the blast literally the instant the blast ended.

Zau's hands slapped together just once, creating a Bunshin, complete with all of the damage Zau had taken. As the dust settled, Zau would sink underground with Dochu Eigyo-taking his smoke with him. The advantage from the smoke would have been

As he rested underground, he listened to Shin's scream of his name-the smoke would have cleared at about the same time as the dust, leaving Shin with a very easy line of sight to the clone. And, as the dust and smoke cleared, Shin and the audience would not be seeing Zau-they would be seeing a clone, one who looked perfectly like Zau, one who had seemed to have taken damage, as Zau had, and one who could not possibly respond in time to Shin's technique-as Zau planned.

Above ground, the clone would stand there-just like Zau would have. After all, as Shin had intended, once the strike had begun, no one would have been able to keep track of it. Shin's punch would pass right through the clone as if it wasn't even there-mostly because it was an illusion, one so simple and so basic that Zau honestly believed it might not have otherwise seen use during this tournament.

Unless Shin had some way to have matched Zau's detection abilities, which would have given him several seconds of advantage, or unless Shin had the ability to identify a clone as fake in less than a blink of an eye, Shin would be wasting his attack on a clone.

OOC:

As soon as the blast was over, but not before the dust and smoke settled, Zau created 1 Bunshin and then sank underground with Dochu Eigyo. Zau's heat sense would mean that he would know Shin was still standing several seconds before anyone else could have seen anything.
As the dust settled and smoke cleared, everyone would see the clone, not Zau, which would be taking Shin's attack to the chest.

[Akayuuki]

Shimatta

Shin would think as his hand passed through the body with no resistance what so ever, Shin had no idea where the man had went but he was not going to let it end here, without taking another step his foot would come down as though he was going to continue running but something was different. As Shin slammed down his foot a devilish grin would form along his face, with the stomping of his foot so close to zaulyls body unknown to Shin, he would activate his last ditch move...Ukiyo Bouken, there would be no explosion, but the whole of the arena would be forced down like a meteor had hit it, the crater that was around Shin and Zaulyl would sink even further sending force upon Zaulyl which he would feel directly in his body, so much so that if Shin were not currently in the 7th gate he would have died upon using this move.

Everything beneath Shin would be crushed into dust through the use of this jutsu from the sheer power it used, Zaulyl being underneath this attack was really a bad thing for him to be doing, since the force was aimed nearly directly on top of him give or take a few feet. However the range mattered not, everything under Shin's foot would fall and be turned to dust, as Shin's body fell with the attack, he would barley be clinging on to consciousness. Laying there in the rubble from the most intense fight of his life, he had wondered if Zaulyl had gotten out or if he to was crushed along with everything else below Shin, only time would tell.

OOC:

Spoiler!

*instead of running he slammed his foot down for his next step past the clone.
*used Ukiyo Bouken (die unless your using the gates)
*crushed the entire arena floor(crater) even more to dust
*Being rather close to Zaulyl's head at time of the attack
*fell nearing going unconscious.

[Garzett]

Spoiler!

OOC: Alright, so, I spoke with several people about this and we've all reached a conclusion.

Zaulyl, Shin has all of the right strengths to make his move. The question was not 'if' he could use his jutsu, but rather 'when'. Aka, Shin put all his weight into that punch and went at blinding speeds. While we agreed your character would be able to do it due to his strengths, that much speed without landing a blow would topple you over. We expect that Shin would perform at least one roll, all things considered; it is unrealistic to say Shin could use it literally after the next step.

This means that it is physically impossible to activate Shin's jutsu in that instant. However, it changes very little, because Shin has the strengths to react and catch himself in a roll as he falls, and can thus activate it then; Shin would, however, be face planting afterwords, for lack of better words.

Translation: Shin's jutsu is activated after a mid-roll, all of this happening very rapidly. The end result is essentially the same. Zaulyl has a chance to respond, though I stress that this is the final move. One way or another, this match ends next post. I will be heavily reviewing the next post to make sure it is doable or not. Good luck to both, and this has been one of the best threads I've seen in a long time. Kudos to both, no matter how this turns out, yeah?

You may proceed with this all in mind.

[Zaulyl]

As Shin hit the clone, and as he rolled, Zau immediately began his move; and that move was to reverse his technique and go up. Unfortunately, Zau had not been anticipating such a powerful technique so soon after-he wasn't moving fast enough to avoid it.

Zau wasn't even sure what happened; his body was halfway out of the ground when he felt a tremendous pain in his waist, and everything below his waist. And then, the ground was gone-it had wavered a bit first, and then the previously solid rock had simply crumbled.

Zau's body would start rolling along the ground, but before his roll was complete, he would be know that his legs were useless. The bones in his legs had been shattered, the muscles torn, and both limbs mangled.

As Zau laid on the ground for a few seconds, he would remember through the pain that there was still a fight. He rolled over to his side to see Shin, and thrust his arm out to launch a wave of molten glass at the other ninja-a wave 60 feet long, due to his Seal of Quality. Zau's legs were out of commission-but he was not done yet.

[Garzett]

Spoiler!

OOC: I apologize, Zaulyl, but that action can't be done. Sorry, bud. Zaulyl took heavy damage from the earlier blast he lost, and is hurting quite a bit. Absolutely Horrible Endurance and all. Additionally, Shin is moving very fast due to the Gate 7 being opened; Shin has Excellent Speed on top of this, while Zaulyl has average [and is naturally moving a bit slower b/c of being hurt from earlier]. You've both got reflexes, but Shin has the advantage in speed.

Additionally, it was very questionable whether or not you could have survived that amount of force being driven down. Assuming you could pop your upper-half out, it would've likely been ripped off, not simply crushed, resulting in a killing blow... Sorry, bud, but I have to give this one to Shin. Both were certainly best of the best, however. Very nice stuff.

The match was over. Shin collapsed on the ground, and from the massive tremor that shocked the entire stadium, the Kemuri appeared to the entrance from whence he came. The massive force Shin unleashed in his attack proved to be fatal, and so Shin was victorious this match. Shin himself would reappear at the opposite side, and both would be able to see the barren wasteland of an arena that resulted from their match. It appeared as though the sheer chaos they unleashed managed to destroy the arena beyond the barrier's ability to repair.

The judge appeared in the completely decimated arena, fumes and smoke, craters and fissures scarring the terrain. The crowd was completely silent, and nobody dared utter a word. Finally, the judge spoke to break the silence. "L-ladies and gentlemen, I don't think we've ever had a match quite this spectacular! Let's hear it for both contestants for this absolutely amazing display!" He called out, the crowd erupting in a massive cheer.

"Our winner for this match-up, Uehara, Shin!" The judge, then scanning the area, nervously rubbed the back of his head. "Ladies and gentlemen, we're going to have to proceed to a break to fix up the arena. It seems they broke our fix-it barrier... It will be back tomorrow, however, so be sure to tune in for the next explosive match-ups!"

And with that, the final match for the day was over. The crowd (and their likely soiled trousers) would be free to leave, as would the combatants.

[Akayuuki]

Shin would find himself suddenly awake even though he knew exactly what he had just done, and as his eyes scanned the area he would find that Zaulyl was perfectly fine on the other side of the arena, looking at himself he would see that he was to. Was it all just a dream ? did Shin play out the entire match in his head or something or was his mind just playing tricks on him, but when he seen the judge appear in the middle of the desolate arena he knew what had happened. Shin would wait for a moment before locking onto the mans lips as he spoke with what seemed to be fear, however that was soon turned into excitement as he listed off Shin's name first proclaiming he was the winner. Shin wouldn't jump around or do anything someone else who just beat a Kage would, instead showing his respect he would walk over to Zaulyl and bow to him, just because he beat a Kage did not mean he was better than one.

Seems I'll have to watch my back next year huh Zaulyl

Shin would say with a bit of cheer in his voice, this match even though he could barley remember anything from it, seemed to have put something inside of him, that he didn't previously have, almost as though it was one of those moments where something becomes really clear to that person. Shin would stick his hand out in a gesture to shake the Hikages hand, Shin had almost felt as though he was one step closer to making his old identity disappear just a bit more. If Zaulyl had accepted this gesture Shin would firmly grasp his hand and utter one word "Thank you", Zaulyl may or may not have known what it was for but, he would eventually get the idea.

OOC: intense match dude, it was freaking awesome.

[Zaulyl]

Zau, however, would not be jovial-he likely wouldn't have even had he won. Zau simply stood opposite the taller man and accepted his handshake, his facial expression never changing.

"If we both live that long, I would be watching your back long before the next tournament."

As Shin left, Zau would turn around and activate his flight jutsu, speeding into the air on his signature sapphire flames. Once he was safely above the arena, a massive explosion of smoke would appear, to quickly fade and reveal a tremendous bird, upon which Zau would come to a rest and ride into the distance. The part he was most bitter about was the blast-why was Shin able to overcome the force of not one, but four of Zau's Black Blade Meteors, and why was Zau unable to think to block the blast in time with Zasetsu?

He had work to do, it seemed.