[Center][H2][color=D3D3D3]Yayoi Ikaruga[/color][/H2]
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The trip to the island was mostly without incident, with most of the issues coming from whenever Toraburu would belt out his special brand of “encouragement”. The cat was still pretty cut up from Hageshi-sensei’s jutsu, but he seemed to be in good spirits. Knowing Toraburu’s type, Ikaruga hoped that the catboy’s high energy wasn’t just posturing. True to form, Ikaruga made a point to look out for any signs that his fellow chunin weren’t looking too under the weather. Other than Toraburu, none of their squad had been touched, so at least they were physically tip-top.

The mist made it hard to see, but luckily Hageshi was taking care of it as they advanced towards the factory. As they moved, Ikaruga carefully removed his spear from its casing and began to follow Hageshi from his left flank. The coast looked clear, or at least as clear as the mist hanging over the island would allow. Regardless, Ikaruga had taken a low stance, the spiral head of the Rasen no Yari pointed towards the ground. Following Hageshi’s lead, Ikaruga lept after the Jounin, almost getting hit by the paper-bomb rigged kunai that came flying out of the mist ahead of the squad. As soon as his feet touched the water, the young spearman pushed forward to engage the enemy shinobi that had approached. As soon as Ikaruga came within optimal spear range, swung it at the two kiri-nin that had come to meet him, knocking the two into each other. It appeared that they had underestimated Ikaruga’s strength, as both of the Kiri-nin were knocked off of their feet by the impact of the spear’s shaft. 

The two kiri-nin were far from out of the fight, however, as they both managed to recover swiftly from Ikaruga’s opening blow. The taller of the two, who happened to be wielding a sword, signaled to his compatriot that he had the fight covered, allowing the other kiri-nin to engage one of Ikaruga’s fellow chunin. Before Ikaruga could intercept him, however, the sword-wielding kiri-nin was upon him, attacking Ikaruga with deftness of skill. No slouch with his own weapon, Ikaruga calmly parried the swordsman’s blows while counter-attacking to regain proper distance for a proper spear strike. Eventually, Ikaruga delivered a kick into his opponent’s chest to knock him back before thrusting the Rasen no Yari towards the kiri-nin’s heart. Just as the unsuspecting enemy raised his sword to intercept the blow, chakra erupted from the spiral spearhead and spun itself into a drill, bursting forward with immense force and coming out through the swordsman’s back.

The force of the spinning chakra burst sent the kiri-nin rolling backwards, though surprisingly he still drew breath. The injured shinobi clutched his chest in pain, the flesh around the entrance and exit wounds from the spearman’s attack having been twisted into a spiral itself. Despite having avoided a fatal blow to the heart, it seemed that the attack still managed to damage most of the organs surrounding his wound. Sensing Ikaruga’s approach, the kiri-nin attempted to pick up his sword for one last hurrah, only to see that the blade itself had been partially shattered and twisted into a spiral as well. “[color=D3D3D3]I had hoped to hit your heart so it wouldn’t hurt for too long, but you were better than I expected. In your next life, I’d suggest avoiding the Yayoi clan’s Spiral Driver.[/color]” Ikaruga remarked as he spun his spear around his hand. 
“Fuck y---”
[i]Thoom[/i] 
The kiri-nin’s retort was cut short by a spear thrown through his skull. Sighing, Ikaruga pulled the spear from the corpse and rejoined his comrades once again.