[center][b]Chuunin Exams!
Fight Between Fresh Jinchuuriki's![/b]

[i][b]Renya Azuma and Yoshikuni Sadako![/b][/i]

[i]A collab between Chromehound and Mr Nim, with Gerontis and Fieryfly as Referees[/i][/center]

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Slowly walking into the very swampy looking training field, Kuni looked around. She had known the training facilities could be transformed into any kind of field, but she didn't think that would include a swamp. That was very impressive in her eyes. It really gave a damp feeling to it. Walking on the green, icky looking water, she stopped and kneeled, moving her hand in the water to see how they felt. They felt like it was possible to swim in them, but it wouldn't be the best of choices. Standing up, she went and got onto the small land, looking around the field and waving to people at random. She didn't manage to quite spot anyone she knew, but Kuni had a feeling that Eiji was watching her from somewhere, and that someone else she knew was there too.

Stepping into the arena timidly, Reyna's eyes widened as she took in her surroundings. She had expected to be fighting in a standard arena, flat land or something similar... But this... Gulping, Reyna made her way across the swampy waters and onto the dry patch in the middle of the arena. Her opponent was already there it seemed, and Reyna didn't exactly know what to do. [i]Are we supposed to fight right away?[/i] She thought to herself, shuffling awkwardly at first. The other girl looked to be a little older than her, and Reyna briefly wondered what she was like. [b]"Uh... hi."[/b] Reyna said quietly.

Moving to look at her opponent, who appeared to be a bit younger than her, Kuni couldn't help but smile. Even if this was a match to see their skills and qualities, it didn't mean they couldn't be friendly to each other [b]"Hey!"[/b] She said and approached Renya, grabbing the younger girl's right hand with her hands [b]"My name is Yoshikuni Sadako, but call me Kuni. Even if we are matched against each other, it doesn't mean we can't be friends afterwards or at least leave on friendly terms!"[/b] She said and let go of her hand.

Surprised by the immediately friendly nature of the other girl, Reyna didn't know how to properly react. [b]"Um... it's nice to meet you Kuni. My name is Reyna Azuma."[/b] When they let go of the handshake, she clasped her hands together behind her back and shuffled for a moment. [b]"Do... do you know when we're supposed to start?"[/b] She whispered, sounding a little nervous.

Shrugging her shoulders, Kuni went and did a little spin on the spot [b]"I don't know if we are supposed to be waiting for someone to announce or if we just supposed to start. All I know is that I was told to come to this swampy looking training field and that here I will fight my opponent. I wasn't informed anything else."[/b] She said and then stopped to look at Renya again [b]"Thats a nice name. Renya. Makes it easier to remember it."[/b] She said and sent a grin towards her.

Blushing, Reyna mumbled a thanks and then glanced around. She had been informed there were going to be referees present at the match, but so far she couldn't see any. [i]I guess they stay hidden until needed...[/i] She thought, turning back to Kuni. [b]"I guess, if you're ready, we could start...?"[/b] Preparing herself as best she could, Reyna hoped she was ready for this. At least her opponent was friendly, though Reyna wasn't foolish enough to think that would make a difference during the actual fight, it did make her feel a little better.

[b]"Sure, we could go ahead and start if both of us are ready. Lets just begin the proper way, alright?"[/b] Kuni said and then walked a few steps away from Renya so that she stood a meter away from the edge of the small land in the middle of the swamp before turning to face her opponent again, and then formed the seal of confrontation, waiting for Renya to do the same before beginning their fight.

Stepping back as well, so that she was near the edge of the swampy water, Reyna formed the seal of confrontation as well. Bowing slightly, she never took her eyes off Kuni. Pondering for a moment as to what she should do, Reyna didn't wish to charge in against an enemy she knew nothing about, but she also didn't want to give Kuni a chance to get the drop on her. Reaching around behind her, Reyna pulled out her two swords. Getting herself into a defensive position, she waited to see what Kuni would do next.

Seeing her opponent wasn't going to make the first move other than take out a way to defend herself, Kuni kept the smile on her face as she formed a few seals. Renya would find the ground beneath her legs to suddenly start going up, bringing her up to 3 meters above the ground if she didn't get off, and then Kuni took out a couple of kunai before throwing them in Renya's direction and starting to form a few seals for the next jutsu she was going to use.

[i]What the?[/i] She thought, surprised at the sudden shift. Glancing down she saw the earth she was standing on beginning to raise. Shifting her attention back to Kuni, she noticed the incoming projectiles and deflected them away with her blades. Contemplating her options for a moment longer, Reyna decided to remain in position, she had the high ground now after all...

Seeing Renya decided not to move from the spot was good. If she had moved it would've been more difficult. Forming the Snake seal, Kuni created an earth hand which would come out directly from the small pillar Renya now stood on, grab Renya's right leg from behind before pulling it, attempting to make the other girl let go of her swords and also make her be hanged from the earth hand above the swampy water. She started thinking on what she would do if this would fail, and decided to put her hand in her pouch and slip into her sleeve a blinding tag, just in case.

Feeling the sudden presence of something touching her, Reyna's lightning aura flared to life. As the hand grabbed her, lightning arced from her leg, breaking the earthen hand apart. Debating how to react, Reyna glanced around herself. If she stayed up on this raised platform, she did not have as much room to move around, but if she left it, who knows what else Kuni was capable of doing to disrupt the earth or trap her. Finally deciding to remain atop the pillar, Reyna began devising a plan.

Spotting the way her earth hand was destroyed by lightning which appeared to come from Renya's body, Kuni figured that any attack that will get a hold of her will have the same result. And they were surronded by water. So, she had a single objective for this fight. Keep Renya in the water for as long as she could. Forming a few handseals, The platform Renya stood on would suddenly start to tilt backwards, in the direction of the swamp, and Kuni took out a kunai with a blinding tag before throwing it towards her opponent, activating it midway and then closing her eyes, hoping this will work.

Feeling the tilt, Reyna let herself slide backwards, dropping herself off the edge. Reyna gathered chakra at her feet and used it to stay adhered to the earthen pillar. She was now out of view of Kuni, but stuck in a bad position. Thinking quickly, she sheathed her swords and quickly bit her thumb, slamming her open palm into the earth below her feet. A small puff of smoke was created before a small creature appeared. Not wanting to give away what she'd just done, Reyna simply pointed downwards, hinting for the creature to travel below the earth. Without another sound, Akutō sank into the earth pillar and began moving underground, leaving Reyna to decide what to do next. Moving to the side of the leaning pillar, she was now in full view of Kuni, and halfway back around.

Surprised that she hadn't heard any kind of splash, Kuni opened her eyes and saw her kunai struck the upper part of the small pillar she created, but her opponent was no where in sight. Deicding to see what was going on, Kuni literally stuck her head in the ground and looked in the direction fo the pillar. She managed to feel something suddenly going into the pillar and starting to move in the same manner she did while using the Hiding like a Mole technique, meaning it could use the technique, or was an incredibly good digger. Taking her head out of the ground, she smiled before putting a single leg inside the ground, allowing her to feel the vibrations from the creature, and while looking at Renya who reappeared on the side of the pillar, she formed a few handseals once more. This time the pillar did not move, but rather an earth hand would form next to the edge connected to the small island, form a fist and then go and crash into the edge, breaking the part connecting the pillar and the land, making the pillar start to fall towards the swamp. Kuni kept her eyes on Renya while still feeling the vibrations from the creature go through her leg, letting her know if it was coming closer or not.

She had managed to make it around to nearly the front of the pillar by the time the earthen hand broke it off from the rest of the land. Leaping the rest of the way down to the earth, Reyna landed, once again drawing her blades. This time, instead of staying back, she decided to run towards Kuni, hoping to catch the girl off guard.

Meahwhile, Akutō felt something a little strange. Moving a little deeper into the earth, the armadillo would travel behind Kuni, keeping his distance from the surface. 

Watching as Renya started to head in her direction, and feeling the creature give vibrations from below her and then behind her, Kuni smiled as she formed four handseals, ending with the monkey seal. She would then take out a kunai and make an attempt to block the incoming swords of Renya, but upon impact the kunai would turn to rubble, and shortly afterwards, Kuni would turn to rubble as well. 

The real Kuni, having used her Defensive clone technique, would appear next to the armadillo and then send a kick towards it before taking out a kunai and starting to move in its direction with increasing speed.

Charging her lightning aura into the blades, Reyna's attack came down viciously, striking straight through the rock clone. Her eyes widening with surprise, Reyna leapt backwards, expecting a trap. [i]What was that...?[/i] She thought to herself, wondering where her opponent had gone.

Sensing the movement behind him, Akutō doubled his speed, barely managing to avoid Kuni's attack. [i]Troublesome.[/i] He thought, still attempting to gain some distance from the advancing girl. Stopping himself, Akutō turned sharply back towards the girl. Rolling himself into a ball, he took off like a shot towards her. Their proximity would make it hard to avoid.

Senseing the sudden change of direction in the creature's movements, Kuni kept going forward until she felt her kunai clash into the metal shell of the creature. She realised that it was pushing the kunai to the side, so she used the little time she had to make a barrel roll deeper into the ground and just barely escape the incoming cannonball. Wondering what the creature is that it can move like that, she looked up as she felt the vibrations from Renya standing on the ground. Forming a few quick seals, Renya would feel as something is suddenly pushing her up and in the direction of the swamp once more. Another Earth hand, from directly beneath her legs, would appear and attempt to make Renya be slightly thrown in the direction of the swamp. Already knowing the earth hand won't last, Kuni decided to stay there for a moment, wanting to feel if the creature will try and head back in her direction and if Renya will remain on the land.

As the earth hand began lifting Reyna from the ground, her lightning aura kicked in again, and this time she had time to bring her blades around to destroy it before it could throw her anywhere. Falling back to the ground, Reyna moved further inland, she was starting to get the feeling that Kuni want to push her into the water, an idea she wasn't overly fond of.

Akutō slowed himself as he hadn't felt any solid impact. The pesky girl had moved further into the earth it appeared and, while he could follow her, it seemed to be a slightly pointless task. Instead, Akutō moved up so that he was between where he could feel Reyna standing, and where the pesky Kuni was. He wasn't about to let that girl hurt Reyna, not if he could help it.

Feeling the vibrations of the creature move between her and Renya, who was on the surface, Kuni understood the creature's aim was to prevent Kuni from reaching her. Thinking about something, she formed a few seals and created next to her an earth clone. The earth clone nodded to her before heading to the side, moving until it was below the water of the swamp and then quickly moving up, getting out of the earth while underwater. Not daring to let out a single bubble of air, the clone took out a few explosive tags and begun to slowly swim around as deep as she could, putting her head inside the earth every now and then to get a bit of air, and putting explosive tags while she was moving around the small land. 

The real Kuni, in the meanwhile, started to feel that she was using plenty of chakra, so she decided that she will try and avoid using any jutsus until she could see if her plan will work or not, and in the meanwhile, she kept an eye out on the creature, ensuring that if it tried to go at her clone then she would know and be capable of stopping it. 

[i]What are you up to...?[/i] Akutō thought to himself as he felt the clone moving through the earth. So far it hadn't seemed to go near Reyna, but the armadillo was growing concerned. Raising himself through the earth so that he was now closer to his master, Akutō wanted to be close in case Kuni had anything tricky planned. Suddenly, a bolt of concern shot through him as Kuni's clone seemed to disappear, only to reappear very briefly moments later. Shooting up through the earth, Akutō raised just his head from the earth. [b]"Reyna-sama, be careful, I don't know what this girl's plan is but she's up to something. Keep an eye out for her, she has made a clone, but... I can't track it, it's moving somewhere I can't see."[/b] Popping back into the earth completely, Akutō hoped that his master would be able to take care of herself... She would have to now.

Standing on the surface, Reyna jumped a little in surprise as the armadillo popped his head out of the ground. Nodding her response, she began to grow cautios. Kuni had the element of surprise on her side, as she could move around unimpeded, and undetected. If she was moving somewhere that even Akutō couldn't detect her, then where had she gone?

After the clone finished placing explosive tags all around the small land, it came to the surface of the icky water and after a few steps made its way to the land, knowing that even if Renya decided to attack her, then nothing serious would happen to her. Doing the snake handseal, the explosive tags all around the land would start exploding one after the other, making the water erupt into different directions. The many explosive tags all around caused the water to make the entire small land wet, along with Renya. With her opponent now being wet, the clone knew it was her chance. She formed a few seals and an earth hand would come out and grab the leg of Renya once more. If Kuni's guess was correct, then this attempt would be more painful for Renya than to the earth hand.

Whipping around to face Kuni, Reyna was about to charge, when the explosions set off. Hesitating, she glanced around as the water was forced into the air before raining down upon the little bit of land. Stepping forwards, Reyna felt a sudden grip on her ankle. [i]Again?[/i] She thought, before turning her body and smashing the earthen hand with her blades. Her leg felt sore where the hand had grabbed her, but Reyna forced herself to focus on the opponent in front of her. Holding her weapons in a defensive position, she would wait. The water around them was a little concerning as her attacks could spread more than she intended if she wasn't careful. Eyeing her surroundings, Reyna began preparing herself to make a move.

The clone appeared to be somewhat disappointed, as it didn't get any kind of confirmation if the lightning produced from her opponent's body would harm her with water around or not. Figuring that were wasn't a lot of other things she could do, Kuni's clone decided to play it simple. She took out three kunai with explosive tags, throwing two to Renya's sides and a third one in front of herself before doing the snake seal to activate the tags and then doing a backflip into the water in order to protect herself.

Flicking her wrists, Reyna turned her blades into their whip forms, giving them expanded reach. Spinning, she managed to knock the kunai a distance away before Kuni set off the tags. Forming up her lightning shield to protect her, Reyna was forced backwards by the blast. Coughing, she stood. Despite the shield, she still suffered several scratches and bruises from being thrown back, and the shrapnel. Looking around for Kuni, Reyna could once again see no sign of the girl. Cursing inwardly, she prepared herself for another attack.

The clone swam a bit under water before going underground, senseing the armadillo still be around, and also feel the real Kuni was below the armadillo. Moving to the real Kuni, the clone would appear to be on the exact same spot as the real girl, and a moment later the amount of vibrations would decrease and Kuni would begin heading up in the direction of the Armadillo, but in a rather slow pace. Once she reached the creature, she made a hand sign to him, indicating she wasn't going to do anything for him [b]"I'm gonna go up and ask to finish the match. I don't exactly feel like I can continue."[/b] She explained to the armadillo, not caring if it can understand her or not before continuing to move up. 

After a couple more moments she came above the ground, seemingly a bit tired, and across from where Renya stood. Kuni raised her right hand [b]"I don't feel like I can continue unless I want to collapse. This is me, retreating."[/b] She said in a loud voice, so both Renya and the people who were judging her could hear her loud and clear. After hearing someone say the match was officially over, she went and approached Renya [b]"Sorry if I caused you a bit of trouble. I was merely trying to get you into the water, or at least wet enough so your lightning won't work properly."[/b] She said with a small smile.

Akutō rose to the surface alongside the girl, not wanting to take any chances. As they breached the surface, and the girl stayed true to her word, Akutō nodded, satisfied, and disappeared in a poof of smoke.

Reyna almost whipped one of her weapons towards Kuni as the girl rose from the earth, not ready to get hit again like last time. She hesitated though, when she saw Kuni raise her hand. Hearing the other girl out, Reyna was stunned for a long moment. Stepping over to meet her, once the match was pronounced officially over, Reyna stood awkwardly. [b]"You don't have to apologize Kuni-san. You fought very well! Had me on the defensive the entire time that's for sure."[/b] Smiling encouragingly, Reyna was happy that the girl's friendly nature hadn't just been a facade to trick her during the fight. Reaching out a hand, Reyna spoke. [b]"It was a good fight Kuni-san. And it was nice to meet you."[/b]

[b]"It was a fun fight. And its great knowing you, Renya."[/b] Kuni said and grabbed Renya's hand. While she felt the earth was a bit unstable beneath her, she let her feet sink just a bit to be capable of feeling the vibrations, and the only thing she felt was Renya standing in front of her. Understanding this was all in her her, she finished shaking her new friend's hand and rubbed her eyes a bit [b]"I'd offer to show you around Amegakure, but I need to go find a few people that I know were watching. But if you ever come to Amegakure again, be sure to look for me. Though were could I find you?"[/b] She asked the moved her hands down. She also saw people leaving the sitting areas around, so she figured Eiji was probably waiting outside or such.

[b]"Consider it done."[/b] She said smiling still. Reyna doubted she would ever have the chance to visit Amegakure again, but if she did, she was at least happy that she knew someone she could talk to. Someone that seemed genuine, and wasn't plotting to kill her behind her back. she knew someone she could talk to. Someone that seemed genuine, and wasn't plotting to kill her behind her back. [b]"Come find me in Kumogakure, if you are ever there of course. I'll make sure to give you a proper tour."[/b] Reyna doubted that anyone had come to watch her match, so she wasn't too sure what to do now that everything was over. 

After her dizzyness appeared to go away, She made a couple of small steps on the spot to take her legs out of the ground. She then looked at Renya and thought about it for a moment [b]"You know, I can see the person waiting for me any day of the week. How about I do show you around Amegakure instead?"[/b] Kuni said and her smile broadened up a bit at the thought of spending time with a new friend from a different village. She figured that she might not see Aiko, but at the same time, she was sure the woman would understand.

Reyna's eyes lit up as Kuni suggested they hang out for awhile. Not wishing to seem too eager, she shuffled awkwardly for a moment. [b]"Well... if you are certain that you're not busy... I would love to."[/b] Smiling warmly, Reyna was happy about the prospect of touring another village. It would be some time until she could meet up with her teammates anyways, as Deidara also had a match of his own. She hoped he was doing well but, knowing him, she knew he would be. [b]"Where's good to start?"[/b] Reyna asked.

Thinking about it for a moment, Kuni snapped her fingers [b]"I know where we should head to first. Let the fun time of Renya and Kuni begin!"[/b] She said with a wide smile and begin walking out of the field, making sure Renya follows her without getting lost. This was going to be a fun day.

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