Scene XII: Sempai VS Kotai

Yamato took the center stage. He hated being the center of attention, but he couldn't help it. The Rokudaime ordered it. And, to think he used to give Naruto the orders. Alas, it was his duty. He quickly made his seals for a specific jutsu. But, before using it, he addressed the crowd, whom sat behind Anlize (Chanro) Hyoudan's Kazetate jutsu once more. "Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the second round of this most honorable tournament." Then, "Without further adieu, Mokuton, Shijuro no Jutsu." A giant wooden cage rose from the ground. On it, a banner of the next two contestants: Rokudaime Raikami, Motoko Sayanarananda versus Shodaime Daikami and Godaime Garasukami, Noriyasu Chanro.

As the prison retreated into the ground, a telephone booth once more rose from the ground. Noriyasu stepped out from it. His attire looked different from when he first appeared in Konoha. For one, his haori was gone. In its place, a drape was buttoned to his left sleeve hiding his arm. He wore a red traditional ninja outfit. Light ring mail with chainmail underneath. Shin guards and wrist guards. Tabi and open-toed sandals. His headband still covered eyes and his other remained at his waist. But, this look caught everyone off guard. Behind him, Raido Takanawa the Barbecue Country's historian, wrapped in bandages and a jonin's vest. All those bandages on his arms and face and not even his eyes could be seen. On his other side, Bofetsu Sakura. Noriyasu's father-in-law. His outfit resembled his daughter's. Blue with a sun on one side. The raindrops on the back were meant to show that he hailed from the Everlasting Rain. "Hurry, Motoko-san, desu."

A cloud of smoke flashed in the center of the stadium. As it cleared, it was obvious who was inside all that smoke. The Kuchiyosekami's parents, Bishoujo and Bishoudan. Then, a flash of lightning. Motoko Sayanarananda, the Raikami stood before everyone. Even her outfit had changed from the first fight. Where she had been wearing something more comfortable, a pantsuit in dark blue, now she wore something more traditional for shinobi. Still her hands had the gloves with the symbol of the Raikenin of the Light Lands. Instead of the blue pantsuit though, she wore a long haori with a large lightning bolt on it. Beneath that, a chainmail shirt covered with a loose fitting tunic. Shin guards on her ankles and leggings. Everything meant to maximize her mobility. "You know, Noriyasu-sempai, you could always let me take care of your vendetta." But, seeing the look on his face of distain for the thought, she added, "I guess, I have to beat you to get that chance then." She threw off her haori. And, in a flash of lightning. The haori was nothing but dust. "Raiton, Gyaku Kaminari no Jutsu." Lightning surged from underground. But, Noriyasu dodged it easily.

"Don't think you can take me that easily, my sweet kotai." Then, "Garasuton, Garasu Bara." A single rose formed between his fingertips. "I'm sure you remember this."

"Ah, but you won't be defeating me with that again." Motoko answered with a sly smile. "Raiton, Gyaku Kaminari." Lightning surged from the dirt in several pillars as Noriyasu dodged it with ease.

"That again?" Noriyasu threw the rose at Motoko. As he did, he made a few other seals with only his right hand. "Garasuton, Hanataba." The rose multiplied and made it harder for her to dodge. Which she did anyway. As they landed, Noriyasu brought to fingers to his nose, pointing to the sky. "Katsu."

As Noriyasu and Motoko were battling it out, Bishoudan and Raido did as well, both have a rivalry to settle with one another. "Kuchiyose, Karyu Hoendan." A flamethrower appeared inside Bishoudan's stomach. It belched fire towards Raido.

Raido dodged out of the way, saying, "That's not going to work again. These bandages aren't just for show, you know. Besides covering up those burns you gave me," he pulled a golden pipe from one of the bandages on his arm, "they hide my pipe." He put it through the bandages where his lips were. "Katon, Horyushita Nage no Hono." Out of the pipe, flames burst forth towards Bishoudan. But, it made no difference either. "Katon, Karyu." A pair of fissures appeared in the dirt, releasing a pair of dragons made of flames.

"That bit again?" Bishoudan said with a smile. "Kuchi Bunshin." In puffs of smoke several Bishoudans appeared. "Kuchiyose, Mizuteppo." A high-pressure water cannon immediately replaced the crude flamethrower in each one of Bishoudan's clones.. The jet streams cut right through the fire dragons. As the streams came close to Raido, he dodged some until eventually one cut through him too. "Numa Bunshin again?"

At the same time, Bofetsu and Bishoujo squared off. Bofetsu kept his distance from her. He knew the extent of her jutsu. Especially, her hebi and kugutsu jutsu. He needed the distance anyway. It would give him time to use his own.

"Bofetsu-san, let us begin." Then, she made her seals quickly. "Nage no Hebi no Jutsu." A dozen snakes flew out from under her sleeve and made their way airborne and fangs bared towards Bofetsu.

"Katon, Gamashita Nage no Hono." Then, in the same instant, "Suiton, Suiryudan." First, a burst of flames incinerated the snakes so close to Bishoujo that she had to move out of the way. Then, a giant wave of water that almost looked like the head of a dragon crashed down about her. When, the water cleared, her body just lay there, soaked. Bofetsu walked up to it to inspect it. "Your family's ability to make a clone out of everything made you perfect candidates for the Kuchiyosekami." He kicked the body. "This is nothing more than your famous Kuchi Bunshin. Right, Bishoujo-chan?"

Suddenly, her body rose up from behind him. A giant puppet's arm protruded from her arm. Just like when she blocked the Tsuchikage's attendant and the same that her son used against Tzu. "Kuchijintate. Ude."

Bofetsu turned and caught the puppet hand in his own. Holding it at bay, he made a few seals with his right hand. "This is essentially my daughter's jutsu, but I can't afford to allow my son-in-law to lose. Suiton, Ame no Jutsu." And, it began to rain, effectively limiting everyone's jutsu.

"Garasuton, Dai Chou Konogona ni Wareru." Rings of shards rotated around Noriyasu's wrists. Rings upon rings, regenerating as fast as he fired them at Motoko. Though, with her moving around to dodge it so much, not only did she not have time to cast her own jutsu or get in close to use taijutsu, but Noriyasu also didn't have to waste any effort moving either. "I really hate this rain." Bofetsu, you idiot. This is the same jutsu Lena used to beat me so long ago. "Hyoukugan." When a few shards finally pierced her, Noriyasu wasn't satisfied. "Motoko, you can come out. Your kawarimi didn't fool me." And, indeed the body full of glass burst into lightning. He'd missed.

Motoko didn't surface herself, though. Ninja rule number one, stay hidden. But, what she did do would buy her some time. "Ninpou, Kami Yubisaki no Jutsu."

In the meantime, Bishoudan had taken off his glasses, unaware of what Motoko was going to do. He was too busy focused on Raido. He'd even removed his glasses. With his hand over the bandages on his face, he called forth something that shocked even the crowd. "Kuchiyose, Man Senbon Darengan." From where his eye should be, fired wave after wave of poisoned senbon. But, that wouldn't stop Raido so easily. He countered it using the pipe from his mouth to deflect some as he made his seals to his next jutsu.

"Doton, Doryujuhekidama." A giant sphere surrounded him, deflecting the rest. But, he wasn't done there. From somewhere inside, his voice rang out. "Katon, Gamashita Moetatsu Tama." A ball of flame burst from the sphere, followed by several others. Bishoudan had to dodge carefully or he'd lose his other eye to this guy.

Bofetsu's taijutsu belied his age. He kept up with Bishoujo, someone ten years his junior, with grace and ease. She'd already had to use several Kuchi Bunshins, littering the field with shuriken, kunai, fuma shuriken, and puppets. She didn't have much more chakra left. But, Bofetsu had at least twice what she had. If Motoko was going to win, she didn't have to have a two on one fight. Bishoujo was sure that her husband and Raido were so consumed in their rivalry it wouldn't matter who won that. When they were done, neither would have any chakra. And, without warning there was a giant flash of white light.

When the light cleared and vision returned to everyone, the crowd could see Raido, Bofetsu, Bishoudan, and Bishoujo on the ground unconscious. Motoko was still nowhere to be seen. As for Noriyasu he just stood there, shaking. A giant hole through him said he'd be dead in a matter of seconds, yet he managed the words, "Mo..toko.., you idiot." And, then to everyone's surprise, he burst into a spray of glass.

Motoko jumped off from the awning of the stands and into the arena below. She furiously began looking around for Noriyasu. He would be the only one who could dodge that jutsu. No matter how hard she looked, he couldn't be found. He was better at hiding than she was at any rate. And, then she heard it.

"Doton, Doton no Jutsu." Suddenly, the ground rose around her, almost simultaneously. She tried to jump atop one of the rising walls. As she'd almost made it, she bumped into something. Glass. "Garasuton, Garasuton no Jutsu." She made a graceful landing. She looked up. Noriyasu stood atop the glass. "Suiton, Suiton no Jutsu." Several parts of the maze began flooding. As Motoko moved trying to find an exit, she tried her hardest to avoid the water. Who knew what it did. "Katon, Katon no Jutsu." Torches lit on the walls, but without torch-holders. Then, "Futon, Futon no Jutsu." The inner walls began moving on their own as gusts of wind blew back and forth. "Raiton, Raiton no Jutsu." Several walls emitted bolts of lightning, timed and repeatedly. Ishiton, Me o Tora Shou." Some of the walls emitting the lightning bounced of the stone that appeared on the wall of the opposite side, creating a maze of its own to dodge. Then, emotionless, "Ninpou, Meikyuu no Shino." Noriyasu turned towards the crowd. "With the last of my chakra, I will show you what is going on inside. Garasuton, Kagami Shou no Jutsu." A link between the roof of the labyrinth and Anlize's Kazetate iniciated. The image of the inside of the labyrinth could be seen. The crowd could see Motoko's struggle to find a way out. "There's a reason I call this technique what I do, desu. There is no way out. Not only that, but this labyrinth sucks out the victim's chakra, storing it until I release the jutsu." Motoko wandered the inside of the labyrinth until after a while, she stopped moving and collapsed on the ground. Noriyasu walked over the glass roof until he was directly above her. "Kai!" The labyrinth receded. Motoko lay there on the ground, barely breathing. Noriyasu walked over to her. "Give up, Motoko."

"I can't. I won't let you die at your own child's hand." She slowly rose to her feet. "Raiton, Raishin." Motoko's body enveloped itself in lightning chakra until her very image changed. When it was done, she looked like the very image of the thunder god, Raijin. Samurai armor, long polearm, and shield as tall as she was.

"If that's how you want it." Noriyasu jumped back and created the seals for summoning. "Kuchiyose, Fujin to Raijin." In a big puff of smoke, two large bodies appeared. One looked just like Motoko only larger. The other also wore samurai armor but carried a zweihänder dating to the 15th Century and a wakizashi. "Sanjin Sangeki." In a flash, Motoko's hands were occupied with the two summon's weapons and Noriyasu came in from above, striking square at the base of her neck. "Fubukishou." The summons disappeared and Noriyasu caught Motoko in his arms. Motioning for the proctor to come over. Kakashi met them. He'd finally recovered and Yamato, who didn't have that much chakra was already in the hospital for over chakra consumption.

Kakashi took one look at Motoko and shook his head. "Victor, Daikami Noriyasu Chanro." Then, "Medics bring her to the hospital. And, hurry."

a/n:

Mokuton, Shijuro no Jutsu: Tree Element, Four Pillar Prison

Garasuton, Garasu Bara: Glass Element, Glass Rose

Hanataba: Bouquet

Katon, Horyushita Nage no Hono: Flame Dragon Tongue Throw of Flames

Kuchi Bunshin: Summoning Clone

Mizuteppo: Water Gun

Nage no Hebi: Throw of Snakes

Gamashita Nage no Hono: Frog Tongue Throw of Flames

Suiton, Suiryudan: Water Element, Rapids Dragon Cannon

Ame: Rain

Dai Chou Konogona ni Wareru: Great Big Glass Shards

Kami Yubisaki: God's Fingertip

Man Senbon Darengan: 10000 Senbon Rapidfire

Doton, Doryujuhekidama: Earth Element, Land Dragon Interlocking Walled Sphere

Gamashita Moetatsu Tama: Frog Tongue Blazing Bullet

Doton, Doton: Earth Element, Earth Element

Garasuton, Garasuton: Glass Element, Glass Element

Suiton, Suiton: Water Element, Water Element

Katon, Katon: Fire Element, Fire Element

Futon, Futon: Wind Element, Wind Element

Raiton, Raiton: Lightning Element, Lightning Element

Ishiton, Me o Tora Shou: Stone Element, Rising Tiger's Eye

Meikyuu no Shino: Deadly Labyrinth

Raishin: Thunder God

Fujin to Raijin: Fujin and Raijin (Wind and Thunder Gods)

Sanjin Sangeki: Three-man Triple Play

zweihänder: two hander, a German long sword

wakizashi: Japanese short sword

*I'm basing Yamato's jutsu on the sound of it in the anime. It doesn't add up in my dictionary, so I think the words are prefectural. I'm basing it on the knowledge that Yon and Shi are 4, and Ju is pillar.