"Perfection can not be realized by simply overpowering your opponent, you must first learn to slip into nothingness..."

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"See you tomorrow Sanzen"

"Yeah, see you tomorrow"

With that said, Sanzen closed the door on her manager and emitted a slight sigh. She had been working at this whore shop fr a while not and personally hated it. Her will was strong but with a spiritual force from a guy whom was at least over 1,000 barreling down on her, fighting him off was difficult. Even the other spirits within her body had difficulty. Since the day of the Bijuu strike, she had not talked to the other 6 spirits and things were growing a bit lonely. Why was she being forced to work here anyway? She fell from her stool the day her own student defeated her and now she sunk lower when she took a job here. It was rather sad on her opinion but apparently the spirit, or Kutsuu, had some sort of plan. Personally, she didn't want to know what it was either.

As Sanzen released the door knob she checked her supplies and fixed her shirt before beginning to walk down the streets of the red light district. Earlier she came in looking rather whoreish but now she looked like a ninja, causing a few curious eyes from before to gaze the other way. It made her less restless but she wasn't necessarily calm.

Earlier this week the rain had stopped and fog fell upon the village, creating an ominous atmosphere that made her uneasy. As her red hues flowed up towards the sky she blinked once before facing forward again. The sun's rays were blocked by dark clouds now which could only mean that a storm had to be approaching. Just great. At least her gear would protect her from getting wet but it would damper her ninjutsu. Typical Sanzen, thinking through all possibilities in case of a fight. She had to if she wanted to be ready, at least that was her belief.

Continuing her stride it wasn't long before she crossed by a park with some kids playing. Her hues floated over to them for a moment, her expression remaining plain like a brick wall before gazing forward. They slightly reminded her of Shihouin and once more the shame began to return but mainly the irritation of it all. Shifting her eyes slightly to behind the kids her eyes then locked on someone else, expression remaining the same.

'Well, what are you waiting for?'

Figures he would be watching, damn spirit.

'What' she asked, her thoughts sounding a bit flustered from him spying. What the heck did he want now...

'Silly Sanzen...you know what I want you to do...go fight him.'

'Why, he didn't do anything to me.'

'Does it matter? Do you want people to keep thinking down on you? Go fight him to see where you stand.'

'Fine, fine fine.'

A sigh escaped her breath again as she kept walking, pretending to not pay attention to any of the children nor the man. However as she turned around the bend her form was hidden from sight. Taking cover she formed hand seals before waiting, her mind checking through her supplies again as she prepared the first hopefully surprise attack.

From out of nowhere, 'Sanzen' leaped up onto a roof above the man. Taking her position she casted down three kunai before backing away from the roof's edge and taking a dive behind what looked like a chimney. From where he was and where she had thrown the kunai, it was about a distance of six meters. The building had enough room for two people to fight on it, no doubt about that, but the real question was whether it would hold out in certain places. The building was a bit shady, no doubt about that. With the first attack made, Sanzen formed hand seals and waited. How would he react?

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Although skilled and apparently aimed with a good eye, when the kunai were struck the middle one carried something concealed against its back. When Sanzen fought Shihouin, she learned how good his ears were and had managed to design a way to fit an exploding tag to a kunai without it being completely obvious. By the time the man would have heard the incoming projectiles, turned, and made eye contact he wouldn't have fully recognized the very slight sound difference until then. And it was very slight.

Right as his weapons made contact to the oncoming kunai she had thrown, the center one of the three with the concealed tag performed its own sort of attack as the tag exploded. Sure, the kunai she and he had thrown would all fly off in random directions around the blast zone. Due to the range, roughly 3 meters from where he was standing, the tag's explosion may surely startle him a bit or cause him to possibly move back on instinct but this much wasn't entirely certain either. Either way, Sanzen used the opportunity the blast provided to move silently from behind the protection of the chimney and into the open on the rooftop; her hand grasping a few items from her pouch.

She didn't plan on giving him much time to operate as she moved back to the roof's edge. Making sure to catch sight of him first, she whirled two more kunai at him from her left hand before throwing a third one a few seconds off. Out of the three one happened to be carrying something yet again, it's sound a bit off but mostly hidden by the two in front of it. In her dominant right hand she still carried a few tools. Although she didn't throw with her main hand this did not mean she wasn't trained; her aim still rather accurate. She watched for him to make his next move so she may plan accordingly.

Meanwhile, a second pair of eyes continued to watch the fight unfold. Her hands came up and formed a set of seals before she reached into her pouch and disappeared beneath the surface below. After the explosion went off, she closed in on the building and began to circle around it. Occasionally her hand reach into her pouch and move up to just barely touch the surface in certain places. The clock was ticking.

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The air was littered with dust and debris from a bad timed attack and although she couldn't necessarily see him now, he couldn't see her either. She moved about in the debris after releasing her projectiles, her heightened sense listening for any strange sounds that may be a weapon, jutsu, or even him. Meanwhile she now used her shirt to cover her nose that way she didn't inhale anything that could possibly injure her while she kept her eyes barely open. Her eyes were protected but at the same time her vision was now not 100%, not good. Relying on her ears she knew there would be a slight chance of pace at the moment but she was ready. The kunai she thrown exploded once more before a new sound soon approached.

As her hand gripped around the tools still in hand she acted without to much thought and dodged the weapons. Although she wasn't 100% just where the weapons would be attacking she heard them coming and stepped away just in time to dodge. She could easily cast her own out now but this was a possible waste. She needed more.

The next hint, one that occurred while the weapons came at her, was when she heard what sounded like heavy weights hit the rooftop that, causing it to shake beneath her feet. It was weak enough as it is and applying more weight didn't help. As soon as she dodged the tools and heard the sound of a third weight just hit she reacted, her hand casting out the three shuriken in her hand as they whirled through the debris towards him and began to wrap around him; a few beams of light following behind.
For the most part, these beams were mostly shielded by the debris though and by the time he reacted, they would be closing in. Even if he managed to move before they circled him in her direction or out after they had, the possibility of being hit by these beams was rather high.

As this all was going on, the second woman here finished moving around the building and soon distanced herself from it. For now she would be waiting elsewhere as these two fought.

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[I never stated leaving the ground]

It seemed the opponent did not know of her clones. Then again, Sanzen wasn't an official Tishuto clan member either. She was just taught by one when she was younger and left with a small scroll of techniques to learn in the future when he left. Otherwise, she wouldn't have such an attack. When the man came into range of her she heard him approaching.

When his blade came down on her she had made the motion to go towards him to close the space between the two. It didn't matter to much though whether for they were close. For right as the blade hit her, she would explode and release a large blast of heat capable of giving anything within a 5 meter range of her a certain degree burn. The unexpected blast would be to sudden for him to truly react in time so the chances of him getting out without at least a small burn were slim to none. If he hand't moved, since he was roughly less than a meter away, anything that wasn't protected would receive third degree burns.

Due to the fact the clone never actually used a jutsu Sanzen would receive some chakra back from it but knew very well that it still took some juice to power this one. Which then again, whatever she got back would be used since she was STILL beneath the surface of the earth. Lucky for her she had chakra control. Now, she had some options. Due to the distance, moving in to attack would be kind of foolish, he would probably see her coming. Yes, she acknowledged the fact that although he would have been hit by the clone he was the type that would probably take bullets and keep going. Sure she never met him, but something about him and his style made that much clear. She recognized such types normally with ease. Anyway...

She could stay where she was and waste chakra. But then again he would probably just wait for her or plan his next attack. She could emerge from the surface and wait for him to come to her but then again he could do the same. Lucky for her, she was already prepared. While he was busy with her clone she had not only surrounded the building but the open field above her. The park where the children once played. When she did she added a bit of...texture... to the playing field. This was already stated though.

These plans went through her head earlier when she first placed her little items; those that added 'texture'. As soon as the explosion was heard, the next step would occur. The tags Sanzen had placed around the building suddenly exploded, causing the base of the building to crumble. The weak building when they crumble beneath his feet, possibly drawing him in as well. While these all erupted Sanzen herself rose out from beneath the ground, prepared for anything. Her eyes would search as she did this, just in case he dodged, while her hand gripped around some tools. From where the building fell to where she stood she was at a safe distance but could easily close the gap between him and her if she saw him dodge. Or, she could fall back again and prepare her next move.

If he managed to get out of all that and came at her with anything, she would see it despite the light fog surrounding the area. He truly had not had much time to prepare but then again it depended upon whether or not he dodged some how and went after her. The only thing she did know was what she gained from the clone and from what she saw herself. Kenjutsu user and due to the closeness it looked like he was accustomed to Taijutsu too. Something was up with her weapons. Getting close seemed dangerous but if thats what needed to be done then she would just have to.

[Using my phone to type this out, please bate with me it is rather difficult]

Hate to do this to you Jin but you know i'm a stubborn ass.

To start I used the Mole Hiding technique, which you'll find in my jutsu topic (id link but I can't atm), to stay underground and although I may or may not of necessarily been able to see what was occurring there were ways I knew your location.

First, I could have heard my clone explode.
Second, it was a shadow clone infused with katon hakra, also explained in my jutsu list, so when it was destroyed I gained any information it had collected.

The moment I receieved this information and/or heard the clone explode I set off the tags.

So not only would you be dealing with the clone practically exploding in your face you're dealing with the building crumbling beneath your feet unless you kawarimi'd out of it. Which you didn't state that you did, you kind of ignored my attacks.

Regarding the clone - The moment your blade just barely cut into the clone, it would have exploded. Honestly, if something unexpectantly blows up in your face you would be like 'omgwtf' and it would already be to late; speed or no speed it was on impact. Then you wouldn't just be surprised by the attack your body would receive third degree burns due to the range which would make not only your mind go 'omgwtf' but your body would go 'omgwtf' too.

so based upon this I would consider the rest of your post nulled unless you edited.

Well, there are a lot of things wrong with the RPing going on here, but the main one is the auto hit and the god-mod, more specifically the god mod.

You god-modded out of the explosion. You totally ignored it. The moment your sword hit her right side you would have been caught up in the blast and burned. This is even before your blade got halfway down to her left hip... The clone detonates on contact and you were well within the range of the blast. This all happened because you auto-hit her clone. You auto-hit it and then kept going as if you performed a legal move. Her clone was fully capable of moving, maybe not guarding or blocking, but she could have definitely moved back. Because of your mistake, you must bare the consequences.

The option here is simple. Edit and RP yourself getting caught up in the blast.

Alright, Since Jin has opted out of this battle by being well childish and literally deleting his post's. Cowardly cowardly move i must say. Nasamea is hereby claimed the winner and she may boast about it if she wishes. Jin, in light of this action and being well childish when you were well wrong you will be discussed by the staff to see if a punishment is in order. Because this is just bull, who quits right in the middle of an RP just for a scramble of being thrown towards a losing side? That's just wrong and it is really un-professional. So have fun Mr.Lion, Mr. Mod just proved a point. ^.^ That is all! Locked and to be archived.