Episode 8: Kiyoshi versus Rinji

Kiyoshi started to walk away.

"The winner is-"

Suddenly Rinji started to his feet.

How did that get get up from that? Thought the proctor.

"Why are you stopping?" Kiyoshi growled. "Finish what you were saying." Kiyoshi turned, and his eyes widened under his helmet when he saw Rinji charge forwards and then punched him in the face. He broke through the glass part of his mask- the part that was to protect his eyes and allow him to see.

Kiyoshi fell backwards, and hit the ground.

Rinji stomped down on him, but Kiyoshi caught his foot and then flipped him backwards.

Rinji landed on his back, but he was quickly on his feet.

Kiyoshi rolled onto his stomach and he pushed himself up with his arms and got to his feet.

Rinji then kicked him in the chest and dented his armor.

Kiyoshi drew his sword and slashed Rinji across the shoulder. Rinji hit him again, this time with his fist, denting it even more.

"You're strong..." Kiyoshi punched Rinji in the face and knocked him backwards and Rinji pulled his fist back to punch him again.

Kiyoshi slashed his forehead, not deep enough to actually kill him.

Rinji roared and then his fist collided with Kiyoshi's chest sending him flying. Kiyoshi hit the wall, and his helmet fell off. He's strong... he broke my chest plate... It was true. His chest plate was now torn open. What would this guy do to my chest if I didn't have this armor? He thought. All my slashes are doing is firing him up. He dropped his sword to the ground.

Rinji darted towards him, kicking at him. Kiyoshi dodged it and then punched him in the side.

Rinji landed on the ground, right in front of Kiyoshi who was on his feet again.

Kiyoshi punched Rinji across the face, and Rinji countered with a punch to the shoulder.

Kiyoshi punched Rinji in his forehead, were Kiyoshi already cut him.

Blood splattered everywhere. Rinji punched Kiyoshi, this time breaking through his armor and then hitting him in the chest.

Rinji sent him flying backwards and he hit the wall again. I don't know how much for of this I can take... he thought, getting back up.

Rinji kicked him in the face, and then he punched down onto his armor tearing down from his neck to the hole that he put in the armor a minute ago. Rinji then ripped the rest of the armor apart, down to the crotch and he ripped Kiyoshi out and grabbed him by the head and yanked him out.

Kiyoshi groaned as his arm got cut by his armor. Rinji hurled him across the ring, Kiyoshi rolling almost hitting the proctor. Rinji walked over.

"Give up, kid." The proctor said. "This guy'll kill you if you don't."

Kiyoshi bit his lip to keep from crying out. a bunch of dust had gotten into the cut on his arm when he was sent flying. "Forget it..." He said, standing up. "I won't lose... and don't you dare think about pulling me out..."

Kiyoshi doesn't know how to give up. Thought the grass ninja that almost had a fight with Kenpachi before the first assignment. He's going to get torn apart by this guy. But he doesn't care because his honor is on the line. He shook his head. What a fool.

Kiyoshi grinned. "If I die in the line of battle... then I die. I don't really care... you can kill my body... but not my spirit..."

Rinji punched him across the face, giving him a black eye. He was holding back now that Kiyoshi wasn't in the armor any more. Kiyoshi stood back up, and then Rinji grabbed him by the arm and hurled him away.

The crowd gasped, and started booing him.

Rinji couldn't hear them. He walked towards Kiyoshi.

Kiyoshi tried to get up. Damn, I broke my good arm... He thought. Probably when he threw me. Maybe it was when I landed on it. He got up with his other arm. He looked over, and he saw his sword sitting on the ground next to his armor. Kiyoshi darted towards it, and gripped it with one hand.

It was a two handed sword, but Kiyoshi was used to lifting it whilst wearing heavy armor so it didn't bother him.

Kiyoshi slashed down at him, but Rinji blocked it with his forearm, and then with his other arm punched him in the face and sent him flying against the wall. Kiyoshi fell forwards, and landed on his face.

Rinji went to continue, but an arm stopped him.

"That's enough. It's over." Said the proctor. And he was right. Kiyoshi was lying on the ground, unmoving.

Rinji fell on his back.

"The winner is Rinji Toichi." Medical personal took both of them away.

The next fight was a kid with blue hair, and a kid with green hair. Azumaru- the kid with blue hair- had a pair of scrolls at his back. Kaziko- the girl with green hair- had no weapon.

Azumaru drew one of his scrolls and then swung it open with one hand and then bit his other thumb and rubbed it down the center.

Kaziko started making hand signs. "Fire Style: Fireball Jutsu!" She cried, and then blasted fire from her mouth.

Fire coated the area, and then smoke filled the area.

And then there stood Azumaru, a wall between them. The wall poofed away, and then he grabbed his scroll off the ground and put it back at his back.

Kaziko and Azumaru were on the same squad, so they knew each others tactics well, and they knew how to counter them. So they would need to do something else.

Kaziko made a few hand signs, and Azumaru drew his other scroll.

"Fire Style: Flame Bombs!" She cried, spitting a bunch of oil at Azumaru. Then the oil ignited, shooting flaming oil at him.

Azumaru slid his bleeding thumb across the scroll.

Kaziko's flames enclosed around him. "I'm not falling for that again." She mumbled.

The flame cleared, and there stood Azumaru, his clothes burnt, and he was on his knees panting.

Kaziko's eyes widened, and then she ran over to him. They were fighting, but she did care for her teammate.

Suddenly, she realized it was a trap when something touched her blade. A kunai. The Azumaru that was hit with the fire was a clone created by his scroll. Azumaru put his kunai away. "No more ninjutsu. Strictly hand to hand fighting, here on out."

Kaziko nodded, and then turned around.

Azumaru kicked at her head, but she blocked it with her arm and then grabbed his leg and attempted to slam him into the ground but Azumaru swung his other leg around and hit her in the side. She let go of his leg and both of them hit the ground at the same time.

Kaziko punched down onto his head, but he jumped backwards, and ducked at the same time. He then kicked her in the stomach, sending her flying up into the air.

Azumaru jumped up and punched her in the chest, sending her flying up even further. He then flipped around her so he was above her, and kicked her in the jaw. He then flipped around to the ground, and he landed just beneath Kaziko with his knees up, and Kaziko slammed down onto his knees.

Both of them were back on their feet, and Kaziko punched Azumaru in the nose, knocking him backwards. Azumaru's nose began to bleed, and he licked his lips.

Kaziko made a hand sign.

"You agreed no more jutsu!" Azumaru cried.

Kaziko ignored him, as three clones appeared, running at him.

Dang it... if only I paid attention in the Clone Jutsu versus Shadow Clone Jutsu demonstration that Sensei gave to us... He thought, clenching his knuckles.

The three of them surrounded him and the one kicked at his head. He jumped up into the air and the the second one kicked at him but he dodged backwards and landed on his feet.

The final Kaziko had been making hand signs. "Fire Style: Fireball Jutsu!"

"Damn!" He cried, just landing on the ground. The fire blasted towards him, and he made a handsign of his own. "Water Style: Raging Waves!" Water blasted from his mouth and, and then he put out the fire.

"You broke my rule, Kaziko..." He growled. "Now I'm going to kick your ass!" He drew both his scrolls and slammed them on the ground.

Kaziko hastily made some hand signs. "Fire Style: Fireball Jutsu!"

Azumaru bit both of his thumbs and ran his thumbs down both scrolls at once.

Kaziko's fire cleared, and there stood a wall.

The wall disappeared and five Azumarus ran at her. Kaziko looked around, and then one of them came up from behind and kicked her in the back. The next one kicked her in the jaw, then another kicked her in the stomach, all of them forcing her upwards until the one kicked down onto her chest knocking her backwards. Then the one rocketed downwards into her with both fists, forcing her down faster. Then she landed on her back right on that Azumaru's knees.

Kaziko fell to the ground, unable to move.

"The winner is Azumaru." Said the proctor.

The medics took Kaziko away.

Kidpachi got a bye. "This is so boring!" He sighed. "I haven't fight a single person yet!"

The actual fight was the archer Kidpachi almost fought and Azumaru's teammate.

The archer's name was Taro. Azumaru's partner wielded no weapon. His name was Yasu.

"You might want to drop out." Taro told him. "You can't beat me. I'll put an arrow in your eye socket before you can lay a single finger on me."

"Yeah?" Yasu asked. "I doubt it. I'll kick your ass even if my entire hide is covered with arrows."

"Tough talk for one who's going to lose in a single minute."

"I'll beat you in thirty seconds."

"You'll lose in ten." Taro readied.

Yasu got into a partial crouch.

"Alright," the Proctor said. "Begin."

Yasu charged at Taro, who dodged to the side and drew his bow, and he notched an arrow. The arrow went flying towards Yasu, who wielded no weapon, not even a single kunai, that could block it.