Well, hope you enjoyed the opening of Kai vs. Senkou fight. The multiply update continues, with the second chapter of that match:
Chapter #82: Defeating Ones Name
Title Page: Kai on a tree is mimicking an owl, making his eyes large, while a branch above sits Senkou, who's observing the blonde
"Sorry, Senkou" Kai apologized with a smile showing on his face. "But your five minutes are up. Starting now… I'm gonna fight back!" and as he said so, the masked gennin slowly stood back up and with his eyes narrowed, he asked while rubbing his right cheek: "How the hell did you do that? How did you know where I was gonna appear?"
"What do you mean?" the blonde responded, slightly surprised. "I only promised I won't fight back during those, five minutes. I never said I won't be preparing for battle during that time. That technique you just used… I worked it out!" and at hearing those words, Tsume instantly shoot up: "What kind of a stupid joke is that suppose to be? How could he worked out the Body Flicker in such a short among of time?"
However Ibuki only smirked under her nose at that: "Nothing to be surprised about… after all, Kai is the one who mastered Kage Bushin on his own while seeing it just once… the trick behind Shunshin… he certainly knows it!"
"You thought that I just allowed you to kick me around?" Kai asked Senkou with a wide smile. "I observed closely the seals you were performing in order to execute the jutsu. I came to realize that the first, few symbols are the same, however later you use a different combination. That's the secret behind your trick: the first, few seals are used to execute the technique and any symbols that comes after that are to pin the location you wish to teleport to! Each location stands for a certain chain of seals. If you want to teleport to the same place you once did, you need to form the same seals in the same order as the first time! And guess what: the place I'm standing right now, is the same spot you kicked me to the sky during your first assault…"
"You mean…?" began the masked gennin surprised, already knowing the answer. The blonde only nodded: "Yeah… just now, you used the same order of seals as in your first attack, so I knew exactly where you'll show up. Now I'm not saying I know what chain of seals stands for every location, but the longer you'll be using this whole Shunshin thingy, the more I'll learn and sooner or later, I'll be able to tell where you'll appear every, single time!"
"You can't be serious!" yelled Kogane from the platform. "There's no way that Kai would be capable of pulling something like that!" but then Kumiko cut in, smiling widely: "Why? Because he wasn't skilled enough when you last saw him? Actually, I'm surprised too, but these are the facts: Kai has a weird talent… photographic memory. Even upon seeing the technique just once, he's capable to memorize the seals used in it, no matter how many there was. And that is exactly what helped him worked out Senkou's jutsu…"
"Well then, ain't he full of surprises" stated Toku as a tiny smile crossed his face for a split second while he settled his eyes on Kai. Mikka on the other hand smiled openly and cheered in her mind. Galu smirked as well, however unlike the other two, the reason for him to do so was different: "This will make the match more interesting" he announced calmly. "But won't change much… coz Senkou's still stronger…"
"You did made some progress, I'll give you that" stated the son of Hokage as he gazed at his opponent. "But the upper hand still belongs to me. I don't need the Body Flicker to fight you. Now, lets resume, shall we?" and with that a smile appeared on Kai's face as he performed a quick hand seal and calling out "Kage Bushin no Jutsu" made his clones surround the masked gennin.
"Kage Bushin?" Kitsune repeated in his mind surprised. "Meaning Kai actually mastered a jounin level technique as well?" Takai narrowed his eyes at this while Tarakudo smiled behind his bandages: "That blonde brat… he's actually better then I assumed…"
"So, Kage Bushin, eh?" Senkou asked calmly as he looked around himself, seeing that Kai's clones blocked his any, possible escape route. He then gazed out front and with a smirk behind his mask, he only announced: "Not that it matters… even if there are more fleas… they're still just fleas…" and the instant he said so, the blondes charged at him with their fists ready.
In a flash Senkou spun on his foot and delivered a spin kick into the first clone's face. As the bushin disappeared in the cloud of white smoke, the masked gennin immediately brought his foot back to the ground and used it to bounce of it. Flipping in mid-air, once his head was directed towards the floor, he grabbed the next Kai that was just charging at him and tossed him at the next blonde.
As the two collide, both got covered by white smoke, while Senkou landed safely on the ground. Acting on instinct, he propped his hands on the ground and threw his feet back, making them connect with the bushins that were just ready to attack him from behind. The instant a familiar, 'puff' sound reached his ears, the masked gennin stood up straight on his hands and performed a 'Belgian Helicopter', making several more clones get dispelled as his kicks smashed into them.
As he slowed down, the son of Hokage jumped back and landed a kick on the next clone. Before the bushin disappeared in the cloud of smoke, Senkou bounced of it and after spinning parallel to the ground, he landed a drop kick onto the next Kai's head. At the same moment, another blonde tried to get a clear punch into the masked boy's chin, yet the silver-haired gennin managed to dodge the assault and seeing an opening, he delivered and elbow into the clone's stomach.
Having the bushin disappear, Senkou used the smoke to cover himself and charged forward. Before any of the blondes could react, he delivered an attack with an opened palm, that send the clone flying back, forcing the one that stood behind him to kneeled down. While another 'puff' was heard,, the masked boy delivered his own knee into the face of the Kai that kneeled before him.
Suddenly Senkou got grabbed from behind. One of the clones managed to catch him off guard and wrapped his arms around him, immobilizing his hands. Seeing two, more bushins coming right at him, the son of Hokage acted instinctually and leaned over, taking the blonde that grabbed him along. As the fake Kai now laid on his back above him, the masked gennin jump slightly up and lifted his legs up, so that his knees smashed the hands of the clone that was holding him.
The grip loosened and Senkou immediately tossed the bushin laying on him at the two, incoming ones, managing to land a spin kick into his stomach before he got out of his reach. As the other, two clones came closer, the masked gennin kept on spinning, bending his knees and this time attacked the legs of the blonde that was unlucky enough to get to close.
As his feet got swiped from beneath him, the clone felt to the ground and immediately received a drop kick from Senkou, who was still on his bended knees. While the bushin disappeared in the cloud of white, the masked gennin bounced off the ground, spinning in the process, and delivered a kick into the other blonde, disposing of him as well.
"So many clones and yet still Kai failed to land a single blow" Kusari noticed, slightly worried, as a single drop of sweat run down his face. He gazed at Takaru, who also looked at him and then returned to observing the fight with his eyes narrowed: "I can tell what you're thinking… although it might be painful to admit, Senkou is strong… and though I never thought that will be the outcome… Kai may really lose this fight…"
"See?" Senkou asked calmly as he looked around. Half of the clones Kai created already got defeated. "You may have become stronger during that one year, but the gap remains the same. Once a loser, always a loser…" and as he said so, a worried expression crossed Kokoro's face, while Hizoku settled his eyes on the fighting blonde: "So Kai, what will you do now?"
"Stop looking down on me, bastard!" Kai let out a yell as his clones charged again at the masked boy. Senkou moved faster however, making the blonde barely keep up with him with his eyes. The loud mouth bushins were too slow to react as the son of Hokage threw punches and kicks all around, making them disappear in the cloud of white smoke.
Seeing one of the clones attacking him from behind, Senkou elbowed the bushin in the stomach and then threw a hit with an opened palm at the blonde that came from his right. Having no time to retreat his hand, the masked gennin lifted his left leg up and delivered a kick into the face of another Kai that came from his left. Surprisingly for him however, his left hand suddenly got grabbed from behind.
Confused, the sliver-haired boy looked over his shoulder only to see a clone that shouldn't been there. The one he elbowed: "That's…" he realized immediately as his eyes widen. "It was the original!" and with that thought in his head, Kai threw him over his shoulder, making Senkou crush hard against the floor with his head first, while the blonde still held his left hand firm.
Senkou felt that he got to the edge of consciousness as his vision started to get blur a bit. Acting on instinct, he flipped his legs and wrapped them around one of Kai's arms that were holding his left hand. The blonde, surprised by this, didn't manage to react in time and got throw to the side by the masked gennin who instantly threw him by using his legs.
Kai flew spinning parallel to the floor few meters before he came to a crushing stop, yet got back to his feet immediately, seeing that Senkou did so as well, only slightly slower. The son of Hokage felt a terrible headache as he rubbed the back of his head, but at the very least his consciousness was returning to its place.
"He got up even after crushing the floor with his head?" Hanamaru practically yelled surprised at the masked gennin's endurance. Tsume merely smirked under her nose at the comment: "Naturally…losing to that Dead Last, for Senkou, would probably be the biggest humiliation he can imagine… there's no way he'll let that blonde win…"
"Dammit, you're really persistent" complained Kai as he settled his eyes on Senkou.
"Well, I can say the same for you" the son of Hokage replied with a smile behind his mask. "I gotta say that you're smarter then I thought you were. I see your Dead Last self is really in the past. I suppose the right thing to do is apologize for making fun of you. In the end, you prove to be a demanding adversary…"
"Thanks" the blonde responded, also putting a smile on his face. "But it's not like fighting you is a walkover either…" and at this point both Naruto and Hinata exchanged smiles as well. Even Funbo managed a smirk: "Well, that blonde seems to be a different person from the one I fought in the forest… could it be that within such a short among of time he made so much progress?"
"I'll give you a bit of a warning though" Senkou announced calmly, once more getting into his fighting stance. "I underestimated you and held back… however what you just did proved that I can't afford to do this anymore. Starting now, I'm getting serious…"
"Well, it's not like I've shown you everything either" the blonde replied with a smile. This match was still far from over.
---an all out battle… what do these two have in stored?---
Another chapter is finished. I hope you liked it and that you'll leave a review before reading the next. Thanks in advance.