[center][h3][color=8493ca]Kaito Chosokabe - Hidden Rain - Fighting Area vs Nousagi Hyuuga [/color][/h3][/center] Hit by the combination of techniques, Kaito rolled foward. It felt like he'd been hit by a truck. As his face grinded with the floor, he eyed his kunai. He writhed in pain, before figuring out pain only made the ribs hurt more. In Kaito's mind, only one question remained... How to proceed next? Crawling away, Kaito screamed as he sat up, to hear the little speech. Somehow, that was the best part about it. Kaito laughed. His ribs scraped his chest, but he laughed, and laughed, and laughed, until blood came out. With a weak voice, he called out to his opponent. [color=7ea7d8]"You dumbass! Of course I'm a thief and a coward, and I will steal greatness from the likes of you. I don't care how strong you are, or how strong I am, I'll steal it all. Trust me, its not 'free to claim', dumbass..."[/color] He panted heavily from the stress of talking, but had more to say. [color=7ea7d8]"I already stole your future. That, right there, is a shattered elbow. Probably pieces stuck in your muscles. Your bone naturally makes it so it doesn't, oh I don't know, bend 60-90 degrees in the wrong direction. How much surgery until it can even start to recover? Be thankful medical jutsu exists."[/color] Kaito fell into a coughing fit, laughs interupting each cough. It took him a bit to recover. He finally noted the blood from Nousagi's left arm. That was even funnier. [color=7ea7d8]"One last thing. You have two useless arms. Immense pain, just like me. Shock is inevitable for both of us. If victory is yours... come and claim it."[/color] From the sitting position, Kaito held his knife out at Nousagi. Despite literally being on the ground, pained in every breath, fighting a ninja whose taijutsu exceeded his, who's ninjutsu a worst rivaled his, who was outright immune to every illusion Kaito had thrown, Kaito had never stood taller. His pride was intact regardless. The words of a dumbass weren't going to phase him. The loss of a match? Inconsequential. The steel look in his eyes said he was completely and utterly serious. The world span, but Kaito held on to reality with everything he had. ------------------------------------ [center][h3][color=8882be]Ai Kabe - Hidden Stone[/color][/h3] [img]http://i.imgur.com/SqUjZ1K.png[/img] [/center] Ai watched in amazement and anger as Raijin appeared. [color=a187be]"You're no Buddha."[/color] She noted the burning of one of her tags, and sighed. This thing wasn't going to be easy, was it? Still, the scroll was right there. Everyone could grab it and pass. Ai, however, had other priorities for herself. Hikaru and Renji also had noted they were bad against lightning. Ayame was more defensive, and Ai'd rather she'd hurry and pass to get jonin. [color=a187be]"Guys, I got the mad dog, just go get the scroll and get out of here. Imma teach him not to impersonate Buddha. Hikaru, could you get the scroll? You're probably faster than Ayame. Renji, could you watch Hikaru's back? Ayame, can you help get everyone out? Sorry been so bossy. I'll see you outside."[/color] With that, Ai ran at Ayame's barrier, and grabbed the top, and vaulted herself over. Grabbing a barrier tag, she pressed it against her palm, activating a makeshift shield her hand. Quickly gathering chakra in her legs, she built up to a body flicker. She kicked off against Ayame's barrier. With impressive speed, even among Jonin candidate standards, Ai flickered at the dog, to hit it square in the face with a barrier shield, and give it the words it really needed to hear. [color=a187be]"Bad dog!"[/color] -------------- Wind trial As the wind team chose the hidden path of the two, as they got closer and closer, the sharingan users would be able to see the chakra divide more and more as it rose into the sky, until they could get an accurate count of chakra streaming upwards. Twenty different users were behind casting the tornado, all wind users. As they got closer, one light flickered out. A proctor approached them, scratching the back of his head. He held up a white flag for a second. [color=82ca9d]"Parley! I'm the main proctor here, hear me out. Just real quick. I really kinda do want to know what your plan is? I mean, I thought we obscured those tracks out there pretty well. If you found us through any other means, you must have been able to count. So..."[/color] He dropped the flag, grabbing a kunai. All around him, the whole congregation of ninja gathered, each with their hands to signs. In the distance, the tornado died out. He rubbed his head again. [color=82ca9d]"I'm having to act on the fly here. I really did not expect anyone to try this. Well, if this were a combat field, and you stumbled into, say, 20 enemy ninja, the results wouldn't be good. I don't think they should be here either. Mizu, Toru, Genji, remember Edo? Do that. Now, you four, the way I see it, you now have an added trial. Escape through a barrier with 17 ninja firing Vaccuum spheres at you, and reconsider where it went wrong, find the scroll. We really don't plan on leaving the area. Geez, the Hokage said, 'find the scroll'. Wasn't exactly rocket science. Your other option is to surrender and the 20 of us don't beat the ever living crap out of you. Well, begin."[/color] 17 ninja would start firing Vacuum Spheres at the lot. The upside is they were a little bit tired from maintaining a tornado for so long, so it was like... 9 jonin were trying to constantly bombard them with the technique rather than the full 17, so there was more of a chance. In the distance, wind began to blow, creating a circular wall of wind around the area. It glowed green as it passed in a circle, and wasn't completely opaque. It would spin anyone around trying to pass it with its rotation, but was completely physical. It wasn't the sturdiest thing in the world from how large it was, but with 17 people shooting at you, the task would seem much more daunting.