Genin Finale: Aiya vs Ico

[Ace Trainer]

The arena has a 25m radius and is mostly comprised of grass land, trees to provide some shelter and texture to the battlefield. However, 5m from the wall surrounding the entire arena is sandy terrain. The arena is marked by a 20m high wall that is built in the shape of a doughnut, the seats are layered with ten rows running along the whole perimeter of the arena. There is a tower that is supported by pillars and columns above the northers side of the stadium, this is where the representatives of other nations are seated. The participants have the own place to wait until their turn, it is at the bottom section of the wall surrounding the battlefield and has a viewing window that allows the participants to watch fighting that take place. The contestants form a triangle, with Aiya standing at the northernmost point of the arena, Ico at the southern-most point of the arena.

The judges for this bout will be Nu, Sha, Ji.

First poster has 72 hours to respond, all following posts have 48 hours, with one [1] extension granted upon request. Please ensure you're familiar with the rules for the event. If you're currently in registry, the 72 hours begins once both participants have been approved.

Aiya posts first.

As a reminder, as Ico has already lost to Aiya once, if Ico wins this bout, a 3rd tie-breaker will be done. Aiya must win this match in order to avoid the 3rd match.

[TyDie]

This was it. Aiya stood, with bated breath, as she waited at the northern tip of the arena. She had hoped to see her comrade Akujin in the finals, although at the same time she was admittedly terrified of the boy's explosive arsenal. Still, to be face to face with the Kiri swordsman again... Aiya would not underestimate the boy's brute strength and speed this time. Her skin was already beginning to darken as the bout was about to begin, her hair falling out as the Spider began to emerge. In her right hand, a series of stone shuriken were laced between each of her fingers, totaling four throwing stars, and each of them was dripping with the woman's saliva. And in her left hand, her faithful staff, Ruyi Jingu Bang, was held towards the middle of the shaft. She would not be taken off guard - She would lead off with everything she had.

"May the best shinobi win." was all Aiya offered before the bout was signaled to begin.

With a flash of movement, Aiya darted forward as her spider form fully manifested, throwing two of her four shuriken in a direct path for Ico's direction, with one hiding in the shadow of the other. All the while, she was surrounded by a blue vignette of chakra, preparing a ninjutsu technique to cap off her assault. Then, as she moved to hop over Ico's head to his other side, she would let loose the other two shuriken as she flew over, one at a time in quick succession, to protect herself as she landed. She'd cap off the attack with a swift sweep for Ico's legs, attempting to bring him to the ground, before quickly using her prepared chakra to drop down into the ground as she had done before - the Mole Hiding Jutsu would protect her from the boy's immense strength and wide arcing strikes, while enabling her to prepare her next move.

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[Suzaku no Tsubasa • Taking Flight]
D-Rank Taijutsu Maneuver
A technique meant for closing the gap, Aier will charge forward before jamming one end of his polearm into the ground. She will then push off of her polearm to gain some forward momentum, launching herself a couple of meters into the air before delivering a flying kick aimed at her opponent. This strike is made with +3 speed due to the extra momentum gathered by the vault, but loses -3 Strength. It can also be used to push herself up and over obstacles or enemy attacks.

[Suzaku no Tsubasa • Flying out of Reach]
D-Rank Taijutsu Discipline
A staple of Suzaku no Tsubasa, Aiya is well trained in the effective range of her polearms, and is capable of maintaining proper distance from her opponent to keep them within the range of her polearms but outside of the range of their attacks. This training has taught her to backpedal and deliver feints and strikes to prevent rush attempts as well as to advance when necessary, all the while doing her best to stay within the sweet spot where he can strike without being struck.

[Seiryu no Kiba • Draconic Predictions]
D-Rank Taijutsu Discipline
After much training and study, the practitioner has learned how to read an opponent's movements and adjust their aim accordingly to compensate without penalty. This Discipline allows the practitioner to accurately hit moving targets, though sudden changes in the opponent's movements will still affect accuracy.

[Seiryu no Kiba • Baring Claws]
D-Rank Taijutsu Discipline
After much training and study, the practitioner has learned how to use projectiles at close range, even point-blank range, with the same Strength as attacks against more distant targets. This Discipline allows the practitioner to use Flawless Aim techniques against melee-range targets without excessive exposure to counterattack and without losing Speed, Strength, or accuracy.

[Seiryu no Kiba • Dragon's Shadow]
C-Rank Taijutsu Maneuver
By launching two projectiles, one immediately after the other, the practitioner attempts to create a decoy for the second. The first projectile is often larger or of equal size, and the second projectile is slightly behind and below it, the second projectile hiding in the first projectile's shadow. This masks the second projectile and makes it more difficult for the opponent to completely avoid. Opponents with a Perception technique equal or higher in rank may be able to see both projectiles clearly within a reasonable distance, though they'll still have to properly defend against it.

[Seiryu no Kiba • Draconic Dexterity]
B-Rank Taijutsu Discipline
After much training and study, the practitioner is able to launch projectiles from previously impossible positions. This Discipline represents the practitioner's ability to launch projectile attacks without any detriment to their aim regardless of the position of their body. This includes while contorting their body or making rapid adjustments such as dodging attacks or performing acrobatic maneuvers.

[Spider's Sight]
B-Rank Taijutsu Discipline
The eyesight of a spider, while often overlooked, is incredibly acute. Some spiders hunt purely using their incredible eyesight to locate prey, homing in on their target from incredibly far distances with ease. Knowing this, Aiya has honed her sense of vision to the level of the spider, allowing her to perceive and react to even slight movements with relative ease. The tensing of muscles are a great indicator of a future action, and with her incredible eyesight, Aiya is capable of perceiving brief muscle tension, allowing her more time to react. This also grants Aiya the equivalent of 20/5 vision, allowing her to see with clarity at 20 feet what most see at 5 feet, granting her a much better scope of distance vision than most.

[Suzaku no Tsubasa • Swallow Tail]
D-Ranked Taijutsu Maneuver
Simple but effective, Aiya will quickly sweep her polearm low across the ground, striking at a target's legs.

[Doton • Mole Hiding]
C-Rank Ninjutsu
After flooding the earth below her with chakra, Aiya will submerge herself into the ground. Aiya can then dig through the earth with the use of chakra, willing it to move out of her way. In the first post, Aiya may only move down into the earth to a maximum depth of 10 meters, leaving no sign of disturbed earth behind. In the following posts, Aiya can travel underground for up to 5 posts before needing to recast the jutsu. The maximum distance Aiya can travel from their original position is 25 meters in any direction, including down deeper into the earth. Additionally, the earth can only be moved at a speed equal to the user's [control], limiting the user’s speed at which they can travel through the ground.

[TheLacarix]

Ico stood on his side of the arena, there was a real buzz in the air this time it was palpable. Everyone seemed excited to see the two children wage war against one another, specially now it was the final. In their last bout it was close and Aiya had received a win via decision, he couldn’t let that happen this time. He had to finish her and finish her quickly.

Since they last fought, he’d trained gained a few new techniques and trained physically he was both faster and stronger than their last meeting. Aiya could have done the same, but he was confident he still had the physical advantage.

She began transform, he thought it was odd she’d create a transformation before the bell rung out. Was that even legal? He wouldn’t moan about it however; it was what it was.

He nodded in agreement “Good luck Aiya!” he yelled, his small child like voice meek and hardly audible.

You failed last time, end it quick. Kill her!

The voice in his head rang out, his nostrils flared with aggression his eyes widened. The bell rang out for them to begin, Aiya wasted no time hurtling forward. It was usually Ico who was the aggressor but not this time, she launched a shuriken forward he withdrew a kunai of his own and struck it out of the air revealing the one hidden beneath it’s shadow. He didn’t have time to deflect it as he torqued every muscle in his body, Aiya would see how fast Ico truly was as he pushed off the ground just over the shuriken launching forward the entire arena instantly to meet the woman, ready to cut off any attacks she may attempt. As he came towards her, he withdrew the large blade across his back withdrawing it with a blinding flash aiming directly through her weapon and her mid section with hopes of destroying the polearm and through her blackened armour all before she could get off her attacks and bury her way underground.

He’d move with such speed and precision, he was nothing but a blur to the crowd he whooped with excitement. He pondered how Aiya would fare, perhaps she wouldn’t see the strike either.

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*[Strong Fist Style • Leaf's Flashing Might]
B-Ranked Taijutsu Maneuver
Requiring a full post of charge time the user tenses their entire body in preparation, becoming immobile. During this time they will look for their direct path and position themselves with their fist pointed forward. At the end of the post they will release all of this pent up energy with extreme force, leaping nearly instantaneously a number of meters equal to their strength. This counts as a teleportation and cannot be done more than twice per thread.

*[Iaido • Death’s Gate]
C-Rank Taijutsu Maneuver
Prerequisite(s): 15 Speed.
Drawing upon the superlative speed of Iaido, the practitioner momentarily torques the muscles in their body to draw their sword from its scabbard and deliver a blindingly fast slash before sheathing their blade. Properly reading this attack requires the opponent to have a Perception technique of equal or higher rank than this technique. Otherwise, they cannot accurately read the attack and will be unlikely to completely avoid the attack, if at all.

[TyDie]

As Aiya began to rush forward, her keen sense of sight took note of the immense amount of tension present in Ico's bulging muscles. Before she could do anything beyond tossing those first few shuriken, the man was preparing to barrel into her with the full force and ferocity of his sword. Even with the armor of her Spider Form and her weapon in between her and him, there was no way she'd survive that kind of a blow... her time table would have to be moved up, and most of her attack cut short. As the shuriken left her hand, she'd start falling into the ground, so that by the time he was darting forward towards her, she was already waist deep in the ground. Likewise, by the time he reached her, prepared to bisect her, she was already one with the earth beneath their feet.

Were it not for her aptitude for the 'spider sense' her clan was known for, the fight would've been over then and there.

Instead, she had bought some time to prepare her ambush, knowing full well that he was still directly above her based on what she could feel of his movements above her. She couldn't give him chance to keep moving, she'd have to strike now. Rising up from the earth, four of the woman's hands would emerge to grip at Ico's legs in an attempt to pull him under the earth with her, and if successful, she'd sink her large fangs into the boys shoulder and neck as she restrained him with the combination of the earth around them and her many arms. Her staff and remaining shuriken were of course useless to her in this space, but so too was the boy's sword. Hopefully, it would be enough...

If all went according to plan, she'd then emerge from the earth and leave him underneath to find his own way out, hopefully under the effects of her venom. Staff in hand, she'd leap for a nearby tree, about 5 meters away from her location, to hide and prepare for any sudden emergences.

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[Spider's Sight]
B-Rank Taijutsu Discipline
The eyesight of a spider, while often overlooked, is incredibly acute. Some spiders hunt purely using their incredible eyesight to locate prey, homing in on their target from incredibly far distances with ease. Knowing this, Aiya has honed her sense of vision to the level of the spider, allowing her to perceive and react to even slight movements with relative ease. The tensing of muscles are a great indicator of a future action, and with her incredible eyesight, Aiya is capable of perceiving brief muscle tension, allowing her more time to react. This also grants Aiya the equivalent of 20/5 vision, allowing her to see with clarity at 20 feet what most see at 5 feet, granting her a much better scope of distance vision than most.

[Spider's Touch]
B-Rank Taijutsu Discipline
Spiders must rely on their ability to feel their web twitch with their legs to know when something has entered their web. Knowing this, Aiya has honed her sense of touch to the level of the spider. By feeling vibrations within something she is touching, she can pinpoint the location of any vibrations made within 20 meters of her. Vibrations are created when something touches the surface in question, so things such as walking along the ground or tapping on a wall she is touching will let her know exactly where the vibration came from. She can also discern the general size of the thing creating the vibrations, letting her differentiate smaller things like projectiles or debris from larger things like people or boulders. In general, the weight of a thing increases the intensity of the vibrations it creates.

[Doton • Trap Door Spider]
D-Rank Nintaijutsu Maneuver
Prerequisite: [Spider's Touch], [Doton • Mole Hiding]
After using the Mole Hiding technique to submerge herself into the ground, Aiya will use the Spider's Touch technique to locate a target before poising herself to strike them from underground. Once prepared, she will rush them from below, grab them by their legs, and pull them underground with her before biting them to inject them with her venom.

[TheLacarix]

Perhaps it had being a mistake to barrel in like he had done every time, but it was clear to Ico girl was a much more versatile shinobi than himself, he knew if he had any chance of winning he’d need to end her quickly.

He knew that if his strike hit it would be the end of her, not many high ranked shinobi could survive such a ferocious attack. He moved in an instant but soon realised she had time to react to him, so he’d have time himself as he continued forward he was already torqued his body stiff and his muscles almost building outwards.

He would waste no time as she entered into the earth, he landed on the ground and thrust his weapon into the earth exactly where Aiya dropped down. He’d roll quickly out of the way, hoping the earth would rip up directly where she was would catch her by surprise, smacking into her at 27 speed and strength and hopefully in turn bringing her back up and knocking her out to finish the bout.

Ending any she was attempting to do before it even started.

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[Shinden • Burrowing Turtle]
C-Rank Taijutsu Maneuver
Prerequisite(s): 15 Strength, 15 Speed
Momentarily torquing their muscles in their arms, the practitioner slams their weapon's blade or tip down into the ground then rips it back through the ground, this will create a shockwave beneath the earth ripping up the ground, producing sharp sturdy rocks that are 5 meters wide and high, moving forward in a straight line at a speed equal to the users [Strength] and a distance of the users [Strength]x2.

[TyDie]

Aiya was able to submerge herself into the ground... mostly. As the earth above her was shattered by Ico's sword, the tip of the boy's sword dug deep into the girl's shoulder, penetrating her armor with an audible 'CRACK'. Thankfully however, she was deep enough that his 'scoop' attempt failed, and she was able to dive deeper into the earth. Assessing her damage, she could tell she was bleeding and pain radiated through the area. Luckily, her training and bull headed approach characterized by her "genbu no ken' style had prepared her for damage - Pain was merely another form of tactile input to her.

The boy's attack would also, hopefully, leave him open to her follow up, as she continued with her attempt to grab at the boy's legs, pull him down, and bite him along the shoulder and neck to inject him with her venom before re emerging from the earth. As she did so, her spider form faded away, as she was left with only her staff, a few shuriken, and her wires. She'd move for the tree as before, positioning herself in it's branches while she awaited for the boy to figure out a way out of the earth...

Or stay there and suffer from her venom.

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[Genbu no Ken • Bear's Endurance]
B-Rank Taijutsu Discipline
Such a brutal style as Genbu no Ken requires that Aiya take hits often, standing strong against the tides instead of flowing with them. This discipline represents her ability to do so, shrugging off strikes that aren't immediately crippling with relative ease, powering through pain and pressing forward in spite of wounds suffered.

[Doton • Trap Door Spider]
D-Rank Nintaijutsu Maneuver
Prerequisite: [Spider's Touch], [Doton • Mole Hiding]
After using the Mole Hiding technique to submerge herself into the ground, Aiya will use the Spider's Touch technique to locate a target before poising herself to strike them from underground. Once prepared, she will rush them from below, grab them by their legs, and pull them underground with her before biting them to inject them with her venom.

[TheLacarix]

Ico was dragged down into the earth, he was bitten hard and poisoned. It was clear the bout would soon be over.

[Ace Trainer]

THE CHUUNIN EXAM IS COMPLETE. AIYA IS THE WINNER.


Aiya, Ico, and Akujin each now officially qualify for the rank of chuunin within their respective villages.