[center][i]Viewing the match on Field 2.
Kensuke, Saki, Yukara and Aiko watching.

A collab between Roran Hawkins, Lillydove and Lesli.

Summary :
A collab that shows the reactions and commentary of the characters that are viewing the match between Ezuri and Koike.[/center][/i]

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Shaking his head as the two genin bursted off towards their respective arenas, he quickly made a shadow clone to spectate Shisen's match, while he personally went to visit Ezuri's match. Not a matter of favoritism, but a promise he had made with Aiko. He walked back towards the 'visitor' area where he picked up Saki, who he had invited to come watch her comrades. [b]"Let's get up there and look at what'll come of it."[/b]

Saki had waited for Kensuke while he was with his genins. Truth be told, she had rather stayed back at Konohagakure, but doing what? Kaname was dead and Kiyomi was probably busy. Saki hadn't an excuse yet that she could use why she wasn't able to contact with the young girl. Knowing she was afraid that Kiyomi would be mad, Saki had taken the coward's choice. Accepting Kensuke's invitation to come to the chuunin exam. Seeing the rather tall jounin approaching her, Saki looked at the direction they would go. [b]''This it the match with the Hyuuga student of yours, no?''[/b]

[b]"Yes it is."[/b] He replied, climbing the stairs to the arena's tribune he found Aiko waiting for him, ready to see Koike Hon fight Ezuri Hyuuga for the title of chuunin. To his surprise he found Kei and Akimoto sitting next to her, and he announced his arrival with a soft smile. [b]"Here I am!"[/b] He said, and looked for a place to sit. [b]"By the way, I also brought Saki Yamanaka with me. She's new on my team, but already a chuunin."[/b]

She had already taken place with her children and Yukara. Though she felt quite tired, Aiko had a smile on her lips. It was in a way exciting to see how Koike would perform, even it was again a Hyuuga. But certain that the training and experiences had done him good, Aiko had full faith in the young Hon. Then she was distracted as she heard Kensuke's voice. Instantly Kei's head whipped to the side, her cheeks blushing as she noticed the tall jounin. [b]''Good that you came. And hello Saki, nice to meet you. Aiko Cho-Hon.''[/b] Akimoto was looking around and frowning. There were a lot of people and Aiko had the idea he wanted to befriend everybody. Sighing, Aiko would lift Aki up and place him on her lap. That way, she was sure he wouldn't just try to do something. And Kensuke could take a seat next to her. 

[b]''This is Akimoto Hon. That is Kei Hon and that is my student, Yukara Cho.''[/b] Aiko said, pointing to the people who sat next to her. Saki would wait till Kensuke had taken a seat, but made a small bow towards the woman. She wasn't a real big renowned kunoichi outside of the Leaf, but Saki knew what they said in the Leaf about her. That and she had been the mother of Kaname. [b]''Pleasure to meet you.''[/b]

Sitting down next to Aiko, offering Saki a spot next to him, he threw a brief look in the arena, but saw that the fight had not started yet. [b]"So, this is the brother of the famed assassin?"[/b] He asked, looking at Akimoto on Aiko's lap. [b]"Hey! Nice to meet you two,"[/b] Yukara said cheerily. Glancing between Aiko-Sensei, Kensuke and the arena in that exact order. [b]"So, you are Ezuri's sensei, hate to say it but Koike is gonna win,"[/b] she said, it wasn't meant to be an insult but she still felt strongly about what she said. 

Looking up at the girl, giving her a better look as he raised an eyebrow with a faint smile on his lips. [b]"We'll see about that."[/b] He replied. In all honesty he was inclined to agree with her, Koike probably was more experienced, especially considering how often he had fought Hyuuga's already during his chuunin exams before. Then again, if Ezuri would keep his head in the match, he was a tough nut to crack.

The words of Yukara made Aiko glance at her student. She was both glad that Yukara had so much faith in Koike as well being a bit uncomfortable. Deciding to not continue about it, Aiko was thinking on the same line as Kensuke. Koike was experienced and knew his way around in close quarters. She had trained him herself in that, but there was always a chance that his opponent would be able to get the upper hand. Considering that the Gentle Fist would damage and prevent Koike from being able to move around, she predicted that he would lose. When the two entered the field, Aiko bite her lower lip. It seemed that the Hyuuga was making the Seal of Confrontation, but Koike wasn't. Squinting her eyes, she tried to see how her student looked. [b]''Seems that they are going to start.''[/b] Aiko mumbled.

As the fight went on, and Kensuke could see poison in the cloud from here. His trained eyes recognized the effect it had on the environment and Ezuri in particular. He gritted his teeth as he watched the match. Ezuri had little chance against a fighting style like this. Unless he would manage to take down his opponent through agressive attacks before he would succumb himself, there was little chance of victory. There was only so much one could do to win a fight, but if your opponent has a spear and you have a knife, then there was little chance of victory. 

She could not help but grin as Koike fought, she took Kei off her shoulders and sat her down in her lap nicely. [b]"See that guy facing the guy with white eyes? Thats Koike Hon, your mother taught him a lot of super cool tricks and he is going to win,"[/b] Yukara said, a smile wide on her face. She then put the girl back on her shoulders so she could see better than in her lap. [b]"I told you, Koike is going to win"[/b] Yukara said to Kensuke.

The dark green cloud said enough. But with not one of the boy's moving out of it, Aiko was getting a bit worried. Knowing what the poison was, it wouldn't be healthy to stay long in it. Kei listened to Yukara's words as she watched how the two boys started their match. But as soon as the dark green smoke came and would prevent anybody to see what was happening, she kept throwing glances at Kensuke. Akimoto frowned, as he had briefly looked curious at Kensuke and Saki. While Aiko kept Akimoto on her lap, the boy tried to reach out to Kensuke. His tongue sticked out of his mouth, as he did his best. But his mother kept him on her lap. Giving up, he looked back at the dark green cloud. [b]''Mom.''[/b] Muttering the word, Akimoto tried to lean forward, reaching out to the cloud. It was too far, but looked interesting.

Saki had sat down and heard the words of Yukara, but she didn't react to it. Not knowing her team member and actually not genuinely interested at first, she found it a bit strange that the cloud had a different color. Other than the usual greyish one. [b]''Why is it dark green?''[/b] Saki asked. Aiko gave an answer. [b]''Cause it is mixed with poison.''[/b]

As the fight inside the cloud continued, hidden to all of their eyes, the arena was shrouded in silence, hoping to at least hear what was going on. Then everyone heard Koike's voice, after he appeared outside of it. After a technique of both, he spoke of poison and demanded surrender. Despite the grim situation his genin probably was in, Kensuke broke into a soft chuckle. [b]"As if that brat would stop before he's lost a leg..."[/b] He said softly, waiting for Ezuri to attack the other kid.

Alright, so Yukara wanted neither to get hurt. Squinting her eyes as if that would help her see through the green cloud of smoke. [b]"What do you mean? Are you saying he is reckless? Dont insult your student!"[/b] Yukara said, defending the poor Hyuuga kid. She squirmed in her seat as she tried to see through the smoke and took some deep breaths to calm her frayed nerves. [b]"Get out of there!"[/b] Yukara yelled to both participants after hearing what Aiko said to the girl sitting next to Kensuke.

Aiko's face wasn't showing any worried thoughts or expressions. She looked with a grim look at the fight. Hearing Koike's words, she expected what he would do next. [b]''It is already too late.''[/b] She said. Putting Akimoto down, she would try to stand and see how they both were doing. Squinting her eyes, Aiko couldn't see either of how the genins were doing. Noticing that Koike stabbed himself with something, she realized what he had been up to. [b]''Ken, can you do me a favor and see how the eyes look of your student?''[/b] Aiko asked politely. She had a hunch that something was very bad if Koike would demand a surrender instead of taking it himself.

His chuckle evolved into a burst of laughter he with a superhuman effort managed to reduce into a soft shaking and a grin. He, insulting his students? Calling Ezuri, who got his leg broken badly by a group of common bandits, reckless? Oh dear. When Yukara screamed at both combatants to get out of the smoke however, it made his initial concern for Ezuri rise, especially when Aiko on a deadly serious tone asked him to check Euzri's eyes. [b]"Can't see much, but he doesn't look comfortable."[/b] He replied on a tone that you could call neutral. 

Once again, she was leaning forwards and balancing Kei on her shoulders so she would not fall forwards. The smoke was gone now, Ezuri seemed limp and Koike was still standing as well as demanding a surrender from Ezuri. Was something wrong? [b]"Whats going on Aiko-Sensei?"[/b] Yukara asked, looking worried and wondering if she could help treat the poison. [b]"Aiko-Sensei, will you teach me to make serums and antidotes for poisons?"[/b] she asked, if she was teaching how to make poison then surely she could teach Yukara to cure it.

Rubbing her eyes briefly, Aiko looked at the battle again. [b]''Koike has managed to lure and poison his opponent to the point that he isn't going to hold out that longer.''[/b] Aiko told her student, keeping her eyes as she noticed Ezuri stumbling back. [b]''By the looks of it, Koike made use of that Ezuri couldn't spot the poison in the cloud and kept his focus on him. And yes''[/b] Aiko continued as she answered Yukara's question. But she found it strange. The smoke was clearly different in color and didn't Ezuri find it strange that Koike would stay and try to fight where he had a disadvantage, as he couldn't use his eyes? This thought made her wonder on how Kensuke had trained his student. Hoping that Ezuri would give up, she noticed that he didn't. [b]''Give up, don't make it worse.''[/b] Aiko whispered, actually worried about the Hyuuga. Koike wasn't somebody that was merciful.

Saki found the match interesting, but she recalled what Kensuke had told her about her team members. [b]''Seems he isn't going to stop, is he now?''[/b] Saki asked, directing her question to Kensuke.

Wondering why his student didn't get out of the poison cloud as he intercepted Aiko's whisper, realizing how serious the poison threat was to the boy. He decided not to reply Saki's useless remark as he watched how the fight progressed. Imagining himself in the boy's stead, he easily figured out how he could have overseen the threat. The Byakugan let him easily see through the poison smoke, and as a result make the colour of the smoke an overabundant detail. Very much like the colour of the page of a book you would read. You would notice it, but you would ignore it, and probably don't even remember it. Perhaps he should notice that his opponent was staying in an area where he should be at a disadvantage, but Kensuke assumed that he knew Koike was a student of Aiko, a famous user of the silent killing technique, meant to be used in pretty much exactly these circumstances. It wasn't strange that Ezuri didn't notice the danger, it was something he could not have foreseen. A very smart tactic used by Koike, but also a very risky one. If Ezuri hadn't been as reckless as he usually was, it could have backfired enormously.

[b]"I dont think using the poison was a good idea, it could hurt them both and then where they would be at?"[/b] Yukara asked, her tone seemed irritable and yet nervous. She was uneasy as she watched some more, glancing away every now and then because it was too harsh on her already frenzied nerves. [b]"Why wont Ezuri just stop? What good will do it him if he gets killed by the poison?"[/b] she asked, now clearly frustrated.

Partly understanding Yukara's question, Aiko noticed something. The Hyuuga tried to use clones to try to approach Koike. Unsure what the boy attempted to do, Aiko would answer Yukara. Kei at the same time, muttered that she wanted to stand. She looked a bit troubled as she had noticed that Yukara didn't seem that calm. Meanwhile Aiko started to give her student an answer on her questions. [b]''Very simple, Ezuri doesn't have an antidote. Koike does. I think that he was hoping to keep Ezuri in the cloud to let the poison do the work for him, while he would simply stay calm.''[/b] Aiko paused as Koike had managed to sense the attack of the clones and made some distance again with the clones and Ezuri. [b]''Basically, Koike is now keeping a distance to not use much chakra or stamina. He isn't the one that is suffering from any poison, while Ezuri is.''[/b] After the first question been answered, Aiko sighed. She wasn't sure what Kensuke was thinking, but she hoped it would end soon. [b]''And that last question is probably because Ezuri wants to try and fight. Admirable, but won't help him.''[/b] Aiko said on a softer tone. Saki simply stared at the match, crossing her legs as she didn't had anything to say for the moment.

[b]"Well at least we can say Koike learned how to defeat the Hyuuga at this point. The lad's almost fought them as much as me."[/b] Kensuke said matter-of-factly as he subdued his concern. He as a jounin teamleader had the power to step in and stop the fight if it would get out of hand, but he didn't want to rob Ezuri's chance of hurting his opponent before losing the fight. He knew that if he would be in Ezuri's position, he would endure hell to hurt his adversary real good, even just once.

Yukara said nothing to what anyone was saying, nor did she want to. What she wanted to do was to drag them both from the arena and beat some sense into both of their heads. Yeah, maybe she would do that later and then offer to bandage them both up, but still she thought the poison was not needed.

The attacks and last attempt had worn Ezuri out. It was over. Aiko felt proud however. Though she felt a bit sorry for Kensuke as for the Hyuuga. Then again, she was convinced that Koike had won his fight fair and square. Even if it was due an underhanded tactic. Though could one argue against that? Aiko sat down on her seat. Looking ever more tired, Aiko noticed something. While Koike would walk from the field as medical ninja would rush towards Ezuri, Aiko turned pale.

[b]''No, no no no no.''[/b] Her hands went to her face as she looked around. [b]''Please, don't tell me. Oh no.''[/b] It was clear that she was worried about something. [b]''Akimoto?!''[/b] But as she threw a glance at Yukara, she noticed that the girl had vanished as well. Her eyes widened as she realized what had happened. Everybody had watched the match and not paid much attention to the twin. [b]''Shit.''[/b] Cursing out loud, Aiko started to panic in her seat.

At first he thought that Aiko's panic was about something going on in the arena, but as he noticed her panicked looking around he quickly came to the same conclusion. The only difference was that he didn't took it as serious as her. He wasn't their mother, so that was pretty normal. He knew that mothers were always too concerned, sadly not from experience a bitter voice in his head added for him. [b]"I'll find them."[/b] He said with a wink, before standing up and looking around. [b]"Just make sure Koike doesn't kill my student in the meantime."[/b] He added, before frowning after spotting two young children taking a leisurely stroll down the stairs. Down those stairs was the large hallway that connected all the tribunes of each arena. It would most likely be very, very busy down there. Running after the lethal assassin and the upstart boy, he almost thought he could see Team 4 sitting by the side, laughing their asses off as he chased the children. [b]"Nice promotion Kensuke!"[/b] He heard Ryo's voice say, before he dismissed the thoughts and focussed on finding the twins.

Realizing that the young girl that was on her shoulders was no longer there, she felt really bad and looked to Aiko-Sensei with an apologetic smile on her face. [b]"I dont think they are in any danger, not with your friend chasing after them like he is,"[/b] Yukara said. She glanced around trying to spot them amongst the crowds but they were small and would likely not stand out in a crowd of bigger people.

[b]''Not your fault.''[/b] Aiko said with a friendly tone. Feeling really tired, Aiko let out a heavy sigh. [b]''If you want, you can see if Koike is doing alright. I think I am going to... to take a rest somewhere.''[/b] She told Yukara. Yes, a rest. Maybe just heading back to the hotel where she had rented a room for her and her team. A good and long nap would maybe do wonders. Though, Aiko threw a look at Kensuke. She wanted to actually chase Kei and Akimoto herself. Those two were quite devious and what if they would get in trouble? No, she could trust Kensuke. Hopefully just nothing bad would go wrong.
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