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[Eric]

So that was the name of the game huh?

While Eric was invisible, he still had to be concerned about disturbing the environment; he did not want to take any unecessary risks. At least, this cautious thought was in mind until wood started sprouting around the tower like an infectious disease. Seeing what appeared to be flowers growing, Eric inwardly cursed.

Still in sage mode, though knowing that he had limited time to take advantage of it, he took to the air, quickly flying directly east away from the emerging forest. Using his wings, the man would take flight just above the buildings, quite literally fleeing from the scene of the crime. Though he did not want to leave his scroll behind, picking it up would expose his position, and delay him to the point that he would not be able to escape the onslaught of pollen and wood.

Presuming that the tower was at the center of the city, that meant that Eric had roughly half a mile before he got to the walls of the city; though in a ruinous state, they still stood just above the height of many of the buildings, and thus would make a suitable shelter from the wastelands beyond the city. While Eric highly doubted that he would need to go so far as those wastelands in his flight, he kept in mind the mildly more arid environment.

Anyways, what was his strategy for fleeing? He would continue fleeing until he got to the walls, and presuming he was unharassed on his way there, he would fly right over the wall and drop down behind it.

Once behind it, and thus out of sight of the large tower, he would drop behind the wall and release his technique. Since the only sign of his direction of retreat would have been the sound from the Nara flapping his wings, and the distance between himself and his quarry (and all the noise made by the creation of the forest) would have certainly "muffled" it to where it would have been difficult for Ichirou to use it to track his exact position, Eric did not expect his quarry to yet know where he was, or even what precise direction he had taken off to.

Hence, once safely out of view range without his foe adjusting position, Eric would release his camouflage technique, re-appearing. Of course, he didn't entirely take into account that his foe might be a sensor, but due to the much greater distance he put between himself and his foe, Eric reasoned that it would take time for Ichirou to take advantage of this situation.

Time that could be used to setup his counter for this game of firewall.

[Garō, Ichirou]

Ichirou would maintain his position atop the roof as his opponent tactically fled, though he would remain unaware of this. He would remain atop the roof as his pollen would spread out, like a wave it would leave its creation area and spread through the zone, acting as a strainer for the zone as Ichirou attempted to weed out his opponent, It would take roughly five minutes for the pollen to reach the outer walls of the zone, which as the pollen progressed through the zone, Ichirou was more and more inclined to the decision that his opponent had indeed left the walls of the broken city, however if he remained there or if he even was there, the pollen would still take effect if inhaled by his opponent, once it got to him that is. The "wall" of pollen that would move throughout the zone would be roughly 5 stories in height, it would take little chakra to manipulate the already existing pollen, since Ichirou took what he had previously made and just moved it, it would be less of a strain on him to weed out the zone. As he moved the pollen, he would recover from his pouch a small blue pill. Which once consumed by Ichirou would cause his chakra levels to increase, returning to him to an effective "100%" . Ichirou assumed that his opponents extensive absence meant he had something planned... he seemed much to crafty to just assume that he left the area.. Ichirou would keep his guard up, clasping his hands together

Kekkai: Tengai Hōjin - Barrier: Canopy Method Formation

Doing this would cause a barrier to form around Ichirou, which he would expand to be roughly 15 feet in any direction from him, and should someone or something come into this Mid-range barrier, Ichirou would immediately sense it and be able to react as such, he would set this up should his opponent attempt some form of surprise attack..

[Eric]

The pollen would slowly encroach towards Eric's position, Eric was setting his plan into motion. He did not have a significant amount of time, so he could tarry no longer in defeating his foe. If he could not defeat him with brawn, then he was going to have to beat him with brains.

Biting his thumb and drawing just a touch of blood, Eric would swiftly perform a set of handsigns before slamming his palm onto the ground.

"Kuchiyose no Jutsu; Summoning Technique!"

In a large poof of smoke, his most faithful companion would make her appearance onto the battlefield. Stretching her wings outward for a brief moment would quickly clear the smoke, her incredible 24 foot windspan. From tail to tip, she was merely 20 feet, though this was at full size. Being at full size normally was not a good idea, but while on fours, she would be just below the height of the wall. The only exposure would have been her wings, briefly, when she had let them loose.

Swiftly she retracted them as her sensory stretched out over the entirety of the zone. A very capable sensor, she swiftly pinpointed the exact location of Ichirou and his expanding cloud of pollen.

"So, it would seem as if your opponent has chosen a high perch to overview the battlefield. What is the plan?"

Eric, upon summoning RIta, returned to normal, having used up the last of his senjutsu with the previous technique.

"Stay low Rita, our opponent has the power of Kamui; now that I have given away my position, he is very likely to retaliate again and expand using ninjutsu. I would bet money on Mokuton, but you would know far better than I in that regard. I am thinking about you singing a song for him, but let us first deal with his retaliation before you start preparing for that."

Though Eric had lost his sensory abilities, he was aware that the wood release had furhter fortified the tower; the four explosively tagged kunai had most likely not been removed since he had thrown them. He would carry on with detonating them at this point, not wanting to risk them being taken by Mokuton and employed against him.

They would detonate, but so would the single tag that was left behind from the Kamui defense. It was destroy the upper half of the building, along with Eric's barrier scroll, and for the most part prove to be a minor bit of distraction, as they would be unable to serve their original purpose. Well, better than them being used against him at least.

[Garō, Ichirou]

There were two small give away's to Eric's location, the large puff of smoke, as well as the brief exposure of wings. Ichirou would conclude that his opponent had possibly summoned a dragon of sorts, if not expanded on his own dragon-like transformation. Neither of these theories had been confirmed as of the moment. But Ichirou would imagine that his opponent had effectively stepped his game up, as Ichirou could see via his sharingan a chakra mass, and the lack of Senjutsu in the area now confirmed as his opponents Last known location, Ichirou would quickly dispel his barrier, and cease the movement of his pollen, it would slowly fall down and dissipate though this would take a bit (2 turns) the pollen was not awfully far from where it had started, so it seemed as though it wouldn't pose much a threat to his opponent, unless he were to embrace it head on, but that would be a fools errand.

the detonation of the tags would be successful in causing a minor cave in to the roof, forcing Ichirou to back pedal a little as he once again formed the Snake seal, though this time for a much different technique, if not for the structural increase due to his Mokuton, the explosive tags would have no doubt taken down the building, the area where Ichirou once stood on the roof was now gone, though his 5 tags remained atop the building, just as he did. Ichirou's weaving of the Snake seal would cause a strange almost dimensional portal looking hole in the sky directly above Erics location

Doton: Otoshibuta - Earth Release: Dropping Lid.

This would create a giant, boar-shaped, earthen lid above his opponent, it would fall down upon his opponent and his possible Kuchiyose IF he had actually summoned one, Ichirou was still unsure though he assumed so, of course the reaction to this technique would no doubt confirm either of his theories, his sharingan focused on the area where his opponent was, he would make sure not to miss a second of reaction time in case his opponent would move with a speed that Ichirou did not expect..

[Eric]

The summoning from the beyond immediately alerted Rita to an attack from above. At firt believing it to be a space-time ninjutsu of sorts, she built up Futon chakra in preparation. However, when a large dome of sorts descended from the skies. Surrounding her hands immediately in Futon, a blue cloud of sorts formed around them in the shape of giant Futon claws. This she would extend upwards. Two large claws made of wind would be directed upwards, one to tap (relative, this force would still be great) the lid so that it would flip, and the other to grab the edge closest to Rita.

Jūha Reppū Shō;Beast Tearing Violent Palm

Using the other claw, Rita would bring the large lid down, for a moment concealing herself (as she would need to stand temporarily on twos for this) and lessening considerably an opening for a sneak Kamui attack while she temporarily exposed herself.

With a mighty throw, she hurled the lid like a disk, intent on sending it flying towards the tower. She intended on using the previously damaged base area as her target, the disk not only knocking out what remained of the tower, but also kicking up much of the pollen around the tower; this meant that if successful, she would like hurl Ichirou down to his own pollen, or at least finally knock out the large tower.

Immediately after throwing she would return to her fours; in case her plan would fail, she did not want to be exposed over the wall for any unnecessary lengths of time, for she knew that her enemy had Kamui in their arsenal. Due to the large size of the disk (inertia and stuff) and the force of the throw, it would take far more than an earthen wall to stop the disk in its tracks.

Of course, the disk was made of Doton yet still, but that would make it all the more resilient to resistance or outright destruction. Rita, using her sensory, would be able to track the disk and her opponent, ever mindful of the Mokuton on the battlefield. IF their opponent could use Mokuton, she reasoned, then truly time was of the essence.

The wind claws would fade shortly after she executed her attack.

"It appears that singing will be the only quick solution to this battle. If you can cover me while I prepare, then that would be nice."

Eric chuckled. There was no need to verbally respond, for her request was less of an option than a declaration for him. Though he was no longer in sage mode, he could still be rather formidable. Surrounding himself in Futon, a blue aura would overtake his body, soon taking on the form of a wind dragon, very similar to his sage mode self.

Jūha Reppū Shō no Yoroi; Beast Tearing Gale Palm Armor

This wind armor of sorts would not only filter his air and prevent him from falling prey to pollen, but it would also serve as a cutting barrier of sorts; it would allow him to cut through the very air around him, increasing his speed considerably. While not on the scale of Lightning Armor, this speed boost in the air would make it considerably easier for him to begin to maneuver.

Before taking off through he would toss his Blade of Shadows to the side, directly underneath Rita, in her shadow. Marked with a major shadow seal, he could manipulate the shadow of that sword as if it were his own, something the man wanted to have back here in case things were to get sticky.

Once this was done, Eric would dash up and over the wall, quickly approaching the tower area. He would take care not yet to enter the pollen infested area, for he did not want to go too far without knowing what his opponent intended to do in retaliation for his retaliation.

[Garō, Ichirou]

Ichirou's brow furrowed as his Rinnegan burst into his eyes, now really was the time to get serious, extending his hands before him he would unleash a devastating amount of force,

Shinra Tensei - Almighty Push.

This would unleash a wave of repulsive force strong enough to shatter the Doton disk, meaning it was also strong enough to rip apart the buildings in the area, though the Shinra tensei was collectively centralized into the area of which the disk, and his opponent would be coming towards him from, as he released the force he would quickly place a hand to the ground,

Kuchiyose no Jutsu - Summoning Technique

He would require no blood or hand seals to utilize this technique, due to the Animal path of the Rinnegan. A Large Scorpion now sat underneath Ichirou's feet. His own special Kuchiyose, one he had developed quite a relationship rather recently, especially considering his liking of Collaboration techniques. He would not speak to the scorpion, nor would it speak to him, they had no need to, the Scorpions body would be littered with Chakra receiving rods of the Rinnegan, allowing telepathic communication between he and it. he would wait to see how his opponent would react to his attack before considering his next plan of action, it seems things were getting rather serious..


Edit; Forgot to mention that it would take 3 posts for the cooldown of my Shinra tensei, sorry about that

[Eric]

Eric would be startled to see the earthen lid completely shatter. For a few moments, he would be completely dumbfounded, until it became clear that either Futon had shattered it, or the powers of the Deva Path were at work.

Since he had seen Earth and Water release at this point, then it would not be far-fetched to assume that he also had wind release. Of course, when what appeared to be a giant scorpion appeared atop of the building, it became clear that his opponent wanted to match him tit for tat.

Well, if Futon was going to be the nature of the game, then it was time to up the ante. Once within sufficient range, Eric would perform a set of handsigns. Taking a deep breath, the man would exhale Futon and a gust of wind, sending much of his wind armor along with it for increased strength. The gust of wind would turn into a raging tornado, powerfully rising and gaining in strength for the first few moments of its life.

Fūton: Kamikaze; Wind Release: Divine Wind

As Eric had started near the edge of the pollen, then the wind tornado would swiftly catch up much of the pollen, the tornado moving directly towads him would also contain the very sleeping agent that he had intended on putting Eric down with earlier. The force of the tornado would surely weaken the building, but more importantly, it would toss about the pollen high enough in the air to deal with both the scorpion and its master.

Of course, in doing this, Eric risked this being redirected back towards him with Futon, but this was not necessarily a bad thing to be concerned about. Once this was done, he would prepare for his opponent's Futon counter, having counted the number of elements (supposedly) that his opponent possessed without special enhancements.

That was her que. Normally this would include a fiery addition, but Rita began gathering her chakra to her vocals,  murmuring and testing the range of her voice in preparation for her upcoming technique.

[Garō, Ichirou]

Though this would be unknown by his opponent, Ichirou had actually fine tuned his hearing by turning his ears into mechanical contraptions capable of extending his hearing to extreme distances, he was able to do this via the Asura path, and upon hearing the slight vocal testing of his opponents Kuchiyose, he would both confirm it's position, as well as retract his ears literally into his head, dismantling them in an almost transformer like fashion, causing his to completely lose all hearing capabilities, though they weren't needed for the time being, as for the tornado that came his way, he would simply extend his hand,

Fūjutsu Kyūin - Blocking Technique Absorption Seal

This would pull the Fuuton based Tornado (as well as the pollen) towards Ichirou as a bright wall barrier formed around him, dismantling the chakra placed in the tornado as well as the chakra placed into the pollen, and absorbing it into his body, restoring his own chakra. Luckily his opponent has ceased using Senjutsu chakra some time ago, allowing Ichirou to remove the worry of having to watch how much chakra he absorbed, in fear of turning to stone. His telepathic communication with his scorpion would allow him to give it orders without having to speak, so as he absorbed the chakra from the tornado the scorpion would emit a sea of flame from it's chelicerae

Katon: Gōka Messhitsu - Fire Release: Great Fire Destruction

From the scorpions chelicerae a large sea of flames would emit, aimed directly for his Nara foe, brightening the area as well as lighting any Mokuton that rested within the path of the flames, these flames would move to engulf Eric, severly burning him should be caught within it, Katon being the direct opposition to Fuuton, Ichirou knew these attacks were the best way to approach his opponent, as he watched the area of the dragon kuchiyose, his scorpion would watch Eric (their lines of sight being connected via the rinnegan) Ichirou's hand would open and his fingers would disappear, his forearm would break up and twist around itself mechanically as a three barreled Gatling gun was formed, though Ichirou would not being to fire it just yet, he wanted to see how his opponent would react to the flames before continuing to make a move for him, things were indeed...heating up.

Edit: The attack would not be simultaneous with the absorption, the scorpion would knead its chakra as the tornado was absorbed, and release it as the absorption finished

[Eric]

And so it was done; Rita stood on her twos, as to prevent her voice from being obstructed by the wall, and focused in on her quarry, unaware that her primary target had tuned out his primary method of hearing. Rita waited until her opponent had finished absorbing the ninjutsu before beginning to sing her melody; it would be a lullaby of sorts, one so soothing that upon first hearing it, immediately causing most to fall asleep. Of course, this was also genjutsu, and would hypnotically affect the quarry through their sense of hearing.

Dragon Illusion: Temple of Nirvana; Ryūgen: Nehan Shōja

The only issue, then would be that her opponent had, unknowingly to her, shut off his primary form of hearing. However, he still had his scorpian; and his scorpian, an extension of himself among the senses (for if the animal path summons are similar to the Six Paths, then it shares also a sense of hearing, hence why Nagato could speak and listen through his Paths) would hear the song.

By this extension, Ichirou should also percieve the song; and in doing so, would immediately fall asleep, lest there was something else unaccounted for in his audio defense. Rita would be largely unaware of the adverse mechanism, but would continue singing. Since she could sense the chakra of her opponents, she would be able to ascertain whether she was successful or not, and thus know when to stop singing.

In the meantime, Eric had a wall of flames to deal with. Since Rita would not start singing until the absorption of the tornado. He had withdrawn his chakra blades, but to his surprise, a wall of fire greeted him instead. He would have cursed, but his body was in rapid motion; cursing the shadow of the two chakra blades, he would hurl them towards the base of the tower.

Kagemane no noroi; Shadow Manipulation Curse

Level 1, the technique would also extend Eric's shadow imitation range, allowing him to manipulate, and sense, through the shadow of these chakra blades. However, because of the distance that he was from the tower at the moment, Eric could not risk attempting to migrate to these chakra blades while this wall of fire was descending from the heavens.

Without further delay, the man would seem to be sucked into his own shadow, merging into it and re-appearing back at his sword underneath Rita.

Kage Idō; Shadow Migration

Even if Rita's attack was successful, Eric was, for now, right back to where he had started with this plan; at the walls of the town. While safe from the flames, he would be very far from taking advantage of a possibly sleeping opponent, though he would also be at a safe distance in case that plan had failed. However, the wind style attack had worn at his chakra more than the man so desired, and, if this failed, he would need to be more conservative on his chakra to prevent from wearing himself out.

[Garō, Ichirou]

The upside to a Scorpion Kuchiyose, is the fact that scorpions do not actually have ears, instead they pick up vibrations with hairs surrounding their head, notifying them whenever prey is nearby, this scorpion (being much larger in size than standard scorpions) would be able to pick up on vibrations much further out, and once Rita lifted up to her toes and began to sing her song, the scorpion would be immediately aware of her movement (however not her song), upon notifying Ichirou the scorpion would be immediately unsummoned, as Ichirou would assume that his opponent was on the attack and would form the Tiger seal and -in a manner resembling his opponent- seemingly vanish into thin air, though this was through very different means than his opponent.

Meisaigakure no Jutsu - Hiding in Camouflage Technique.

Ichirou's mastery of this Jutsu took it's level far beyond that of standard usage, he would neither have a Physical form, or detectable chakra while in this technique. Meaning that Ichirou could not be detected through standard means. This would mean that there would be no way to know if Ichirou had actually moved or not, for the time being. Ichirou had decided at this point to change his plan of attack, as their game of tug of war was a rather close one, one that would be draining on both sides if nothing was done

[Eric]

Rita, while singing, would be acutely aware of her opponent, to the point in which she noticed the swift de-summoning of the scorpion and the subsequent disappearance of their foe via a famaliar technique.

She would stop singing at this moment, understanding the futility in continuing to do so. Somehow, someway, her opponent had managed to avoid this attack. Either they had skill in Ototon, had sound regulating earbuds akin to Eric's, or simply had a mechanism to avoid hearing her. Even if temporary, that meant that her opponent could not actually hear what was going on in the battlefield. No doubt though that they could see, and as Rita observed via sensory, her opponent had vanished using the chameleon techinque.

Two could play that game. But as she returned to her fours, she noticed Eric had migrated underneath her, dodging the flames with what she believed to be the most obvious of his moves she had seen this fight.

"Failure. Somehow, our quarry managed to avoid succumbing to my melody. This means that, more likely than not, sound genjutsu is not going to work against him. Additionally, he is under the influence of the camouflage technique; his skill in it is noteable, to the point in which he seems to have erased his very presence. What shall our next course of action be, for we can only detect him when he disturbs the environment sufficiently enough, or if he reveals himself voluntarily?"

Terrible news indeed to hear, for Eric had hoped that his opponent would have been ensared in that attack. Rita was not styled for brute force like Pyro was; if they could not sing their quarry to sleep, and their quarry had resorted to using the chameleon technique against a visually inferior opponent, then that suggested that they too was at an impasse.

This fight had dragged on far longer than he had anticipated. His efforts at ending it had so far failed; his opponent was too defensive, and he was too offensive. He did not need to decisively defeat his opponent at this stage. Besides, if he needed to, he could wait until sunset, when the shadows would be longer, and he would be at a much greater tactical advantage on the shadow side of the tower.

"If our foe wants to play hide-and-go-seek, then let him be it. Rita, attack the building's base and disturb the shadows there when he shows himself. Go stealth in the meantime."

Eric seemed to once again be absorbed into a shadow, Rita's in particular. This time, however, rather than appearing someplace on the battlefield, he would merely enter his pocket dimension without his Blade of Shadows (leaving it behind for reasons similar to why he left it behind last time), content to be patient. His trench blade knives would have embedded themselves on the first floor of the tower, and since he could control their shadows much like he could control his own, they would serve as a secondary waypoint of sorts.

It was very rare that Rita got to use her stealth; however, since their quarry seemed so determined to drag this out, Rita would nod in compliance. As awkward as it was to speak to Eric with him still underneath her belly, it still did not remove the humor in that he was going to attempt to wait out his opponent. This strategy was not a popular one in the arsenal, but it seemed the only option for now. Her scales would rapidly seemed to change coloration, Rita utilizing the camouflage technique to practically disappear, seemingly removing her presence from the battlefield.

Chameleon Jutsu; Meisaigakure no Jutsu

Once invisible and very difficult to detect, Rita would take off into the air, ascending higher and higher as to gain altitude. The flapping of her wings and the dust from initial take-off would be the only signs that she had moved, and though her quarry could most likely hear her wingflaps, it would be hard to strike at her, especially with any chakra-based attacks.

[Garō, Ichirou]

The fight had dragged on to the point where Ichirou had familiarized himself with his opponents chakra, Ichirou was by no means a sensor, but he would be able to barely feel his opponents chakra, and upon the disappearance of Erics, Ichirou decided that a game of wait-it-out wouldn't be in his best interest, revealing the head of his body once more, still atop the building (so he'd just look like a floating head) with his Mangekyo still ready in his eyes, he would watch as he felt his opponent's Kuchiyose's chakra disappear as well, though having known the location of his opponents Kuchiyose as she had not moved, he would know where to watch as she would kick up dust with the flapping of her wings, using this as a marker of her location, Ichirou would unleash a Long-ranged "blind" Kamui, keeping it within the area she had taken off, as that was his only marker, but judging by how the dust had emitted from in a circular pattern, it had suggested direct elevation upon take off, meaning that she merely ascended upward and not taken direct flight towards Ichirou or any other general direction, however this was still only an educated guess, But Ichirou aimed to injure the Kuchiyose -possibly fatally- with this technique, he had hoped that his judgement was good enough for him to land this attack, but it was hard to say given the situation..

[Eric]

Had Rita made the mistake of hovering in place, she would have surely been in grave danger from her quarry. However, she did not, and even if she had, she was quite capable of sensing Ichirou's chakra, especially once he revealed himself. Having dodged the attack simply by no longer being in the general area of where she had taken off (due to her increase in altitude) she waits to signal Eric, aware that her opponent had only exposed parts of themseslves.

The power of Kamui was rather irritating, but it was difficult to fight a foe who could make themelves unsensable by standard means. Rita would fly randomly about at a height matching that of the tower, making loop and dives in order to throw her attacker off to her precise location, as the flapping of her wings (not like he could hear that anyways) would be the only audible indication of her movement. By thus not flapping during dives and such, she could throw her quarry off.

Of course, she would slowly get closer and closer to the tower, edging towards it with a careful flight plan.

[Garō, Ichirou]

With no sign of injuring his opponents dragon, Ichirou decided that he had best remain invisible as long as his opponent did, no sense giving an upperhand..he was sure they felt the same way.

His head would vanish once more from the roof, and then there would be only silence..

[Eric]

Eric would rest in his pocket dimension, recovering from some of the earlier strains that were put on him. Until Rita gave the signal, he had no reason to be extremely alert.

Once again her opponent had vanished. However, only their head had appeared. That was not a trait of Kamui, Rita acknowledged, and thus, there was little doubt that they had used the chameleon technique. Also, if her senses did not lie, her opponent had also stayed in the exact same spot that he had been in before.

As she drew ever nearer, she noticed the odd formation of tags on the roof (for those had not vanished). Presuming that her quarry was within that formation, Rita felt that she had figured out at least one part of the ploy. However, there was no telling what exactly those tagss were for; they were most likely barrier tags of some sort. Not wishing to trigger any traps, she avoids flying in for the kill, and instead stays out at a distance.

What to do? At this rate, the match would become stalemate. She could not reveal herself, not considering that their foe was not above using Kamui. Finally making a decision on her call, Rita flew farther away from the town, now once again at the outskirts of town at the walls.

Touching down on the exact opposite end of where they were before (hence, now on the West side) she would once again be on the other side of the city walls. This time upon touching down, she would make sure not to disturb the surroundings, as to not immediately give away her position. The wall was only a foot or so higher here, but all the same it could conceal and cover Rita from view of the tower.

It is behind this cover that she ends the chameleon technique. With her sensory, she would know immediately if this would result in her being attacked. Nonetheless, her intent was to wait until sunset, or even sundown, when shadows were more stretched, and the battlefield would be more to Eric's advantage. 


[Initiate about a 6 hour time-skip if no attack is made]