[center][color=#D4716E][h2][u][b]Nazomeku, Kazayatsu[/b] - [i]Kuroyaju[/i][/u][/h2][/color][COLOR=silver][sup][b]Iwagakure | A | Tsuchikage[/b]
[url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=USs9108Ur3o]Theme II[/url][/sup][/COLOR][/center][hr][INDENT][sup][COLOR=silver][b]TIME:[/b] [i]Present Day - Morning[/i] | [b]LOCATION:[/b] [i]Konohagakure - Stadium Observation Room[/i] | [b]INTERACTION:[/b] [i]Namine Akizakura[/i]; [@Reflection] [i]Jaakuna Aka[/i].[/COLOR][/sup][/INDENT][hr]Noting the shuriken and the departure of the traitor's ally, the kage shook his head and hit his spear against the ground once.

[center][i]Ryūtsū([sub]流通[/sub] 'Flow Regulation').[/i][/center]
The lava near him twisted then whirled rapidly in spirals around him. As the shuriken reached him—no matter how numerous—they were blocked by the viscous lava, where they exploded, dispersing small bits of the lava in several direction for a brief moment.

Staring up at Jaakuna he struck his spear against the ground again. Lava swirled for meters behind him, forming several whirlpools, before they erupted into the air, forming geysers of deadly molten material upwards. It sprayed throughout the air all around them, and made pursuing the two chuunin impossible. Any attempt to do so would result in severe, if not fatal, burns. Conversely, if this were a clone, it would result in its dispersal.

Either suited him just fine.

[color=#D4716E][b]“Jaakuna Aka. You know, I heard tales about you. I considered you a hero of sorts. A man who made a noble sacrifice to make sure that a monster never walked this earth again.”[/b][/color] He fell silent and let it drag on for a time, performing handseals with the hand at his side. Unseen to Jaakuna spearhead shaped portions of hardened volcanic rock formed—their like buried by the magma that coated the forest floor.

Every tree within the area of his lava was quickly being engulfed in flames. The smaller ones were melting as the lava consumed them.

[color=#D4716E][b]“Once I would have been glad to see you alive, but now I am disgusted by it.”[/b][/color]

A small pulse of chakra pushed into the lava around him and he began to walk across the fiery molten field.

[color=#D4716E][b]“I will ask you three times to surrender. If you fail to, know that you will regret it—clone or not.”[/b][/color] There was an alien, barely restrained rage in his eyes, and steel in his voice. He knew that if he could not make Jaakuna surrender, that he would likely kill him.

One way or another.[hr][center][color=#ACECFC][h2][u][b]Kouken, Ayame[/b][i][/i][/u][/h2][/color]
[COLOR=silver][sup][b]Iwagakure | C-B | Barrier nin[/b][/sup][/COLOR][/center][hr][INDENT][sup][COLOR=silver][b]TIME:[/b] [i]Present Day - Morning[/i] | [b]LOCATION:[/b] [i]Lightning Challenge Room[/i] | [b]INTERACTION:[/b] [@Write] [@Ganryu] {Teammates} [i]Hokusai, Aito and Kabe, Ai[/i]; [@Glitchybugger] [@bladess4] {Present nearby} [i]Yuki, Hime and Hokori Tashiro[/i]; [@Syn] [@Reflection] {Enemies} [i]Havoc and Jaakuna[/i][/COLOR][/sup][/INDENT][hr]Running she saw as Ai made her move on their adversary's umbrella and she also noted the attack on Aito. She was releived to know that her friend was alright in the end, but she also knew it mean they had another adversary—which wasn't the best news really.

Holding a hand up she used the kai handsign, signalling Ai—and the Phoenix—to return to her. She had decided there was a much faster way to disperse her barrier rods. Once picked up, she'd signal Aito to make the phoenix fly high into the sky over the center of the artificial clearing. Once high enough she'd have already set up a huge number of barrier rods in hand. Crouching briefly, she built up a bit of chakra, tensing her legs, and then launched even higher upwards, leaving the phoenix to circle that spot.

Having moved into a spin as she jumped, she released the barrier rods using her own strength and the force generated by her spin. They were sent out in almost every direction and after several moments they would strike ground or trees, eventually completing the circle.

By the time they had struck, Ayame was already focusing chakra to them. Using 3/4ths of her chakra she activated two massive dome shaped barriers. One outside the other. The inner most one revealed its nature swiftly as she called out these words.

[color=#ACECFC][b]“Seki no Koi Sakana([sub]関のコイ魚[/sub] [i]'Barrier of the Koi Fish'[/i])!”[/b][/color]

The outermost barrier however, was different, for it was not a screen, but a solid wall.

As she landed, clearly out of breath, she said the technique's name. [color=#ACECFC][b]“Kōken no Ishi([sub]後見の意志[/sub] [i]'Guardian's Will'[/i]).”[/b][/color] Of course, to the innermost barrier there was a catch, as its purpose was inverted. Any chakra that struck the inner surface of the barrier would be distributed over the entire surface area of the construct, rendering its power null and void entirely.

Signalling to Aito down below, she pointed to the outer reaches of the barriers, then to each of the other combatants.

They needed to get out of the barriers because Ayame had one other tactic in mind, and it would take the remainder of her chakra to pull it off. She hoped that someone else would knock out the criminal before she was reduced to using that tactic....