[center][color=#000000][u][h3][b]Zume Tatasuko[/b][/h3][/u][/color][/center]

As the trigger was pulled, the flames ignited, the blade drawn, the shade closed his eyes and waited till the attack was nearly to him. Then there was a brief flicker, likely hidden by the dust from Kojiro's very own attack, after which it hit--head on.

From far far above the storm of cutting dust, Zume watched, held aloft by the sky's breath and surrounded by the non-physical movement patterns of his blade, which faded and flashed in and out of existence to ward off any wayward dust from his aggressor's attack. Such a simple maneuver, yet it proved effective. He noted Kojiro rising through the mire of dust and destruction and it was at this point that he whirled his blade, gripped his offhand, and shifted the shape of his blade into that of a spear. He then dropped it, point downwards and aimed at Kojiro's head from above.

100 of the movement patterns remained around him as defense and the wind carried him higher into the air. The other 118 of them linked to the spear even as the sky itself thrust the weapon at faster speeds, wind increasing its speed and acting as a tempest that offset the dust once the weapon entered it. Perhaps the most dangerous aspect of the attack was not the spear itself, but the 100 unmanifested patterns of chakra that were ready to become physical at a mere thought from their master: Zume.

They were arranged curved blade whose arms extended out for 50 meters radially about the spear, though invisible and non-physical for the moment. Half of the blades went clockwise and the others went counter clockwise, intersecting one another in a variety of places. What was to happen depended entirely on whether Kojiro dodged or not.

As this attack was executed Zume, still in the sky, gathered winds from the four corners with the chakra he had distributed earlier, using the void's pull to manipulate the wind as if it were his own affinity. Even if Kojiro managed to avoid death, it would find it soon. The sage had dealt an attack that, to the shade's eyes, clearly drained him of almost the entirety of his chakra. Even with him still in sage mode and absorbing chakra the man would not pass out, and could continue fighting, but would be incapable--most likely--of pulling off anything so flashy again.

Though, he had to admit, even in his current mind state, that the attack was indeed impressive. That much he would give the man, but only that much.