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[Camel]

Enishi's attempt at sealing the man's chakra away had of course, failed. However the man took notice of the activation of the man's ocular powers and knew right away from his perspective that this wasn't no ordinary technique--the man wanted to test something to validate his claim that this was that technique that was frequent and repetitive amongst the Uchihas--observing from the clearing, the man couldn't help but chuckle upon glimpsing the man's tremendous speed that allowed him to cover over half of the distance that Enishi had put between them in less time then he had previously predicted through his mind's eye of kagura.

Enishi once again activated the wind-nature chakra flow technique to wrap his body in layers upon layers of wind-nature chakra; when combined with his version one mode this allowed him a more robust and versatile defense against the sage enhanced lightning-nature. Enishi kept his hands firmly placed together and continued the chakra siphoning technique that was in play--the torrential downpour started to do its job and slowly but surely Ryoji would notice a drastic change in his endeavor--the rain began siphoning all foreign chakra from the area of about two-hundred and fifty yards.

"Keimon...Kai!"

Now for the next act of evasive maneuver, the man activated the sixth gate to further increase his speed and power for what he monumental move that he was about to do; these sudden enhancements would change the coloration of his skin into a crimson pigmentation. Enishi performed an acrobatic maneuver to flip himself over the opposite direction of the arm thrust and narrowly avoided being grazed by a few inches; now while this all occurred, the man clapped his hands once again and molded his chakra accordingly. Upon coming into the view of the backside of Ryoji and landing about ten yards away from him, the man cupped his hands and thrust them forward in a swift motion; these actions were reminiscent of the Kamehameha wave.

Now if he was successful in catching his opponent off-guard with his versatile movements and sudden augmentation to his speed and power, the motion that he made with his hands would conjure forth a gigantic shark made out of water. The shark darted towards Ryoji and started to grow into a even more epic proportion upon coming into contact with the ever weakening chakra-flow technique that was emanating off of Ryoji; this in turn augmented this technique in such way that the distance between them would be covered in less then a second.

In the moment while all of this was occurring the environment had changed into a continuous drizzle that further placed the odds in his favor, now if the shark wasn't something to worry about, the rain would blanket the field in such a fashion that the crimson-headed man would find his chakra-flow technique neutralized upon the course of the Enishi's response to his otherwise piercing attack. This former Seven Swordsman Leader was very well-verse in the art of combat as much as his opponent was currently displaying and while the crimson-headed man like to think so highly of himself in regard, the man known as 'Yonjimbo' was aiming to prove that his tenacious will was something to not think so lowly of.

Enishi was going to show this guy that he wasn't something to mess around with and had set up the playing in such a way that while the chakra-absorbing shark was aimed in the direction of Ryoji, the enhancements from his Sage Mode was literally being eaten away by the siphoning chakra-rain; leaving the crimson-headed man in a such a dire and otherwise, hopeless situation against his assault.

I spoke to Ryoji/Rusaku and he had no quarrel with Eric's ruling. I have no problems with this ruling and will be reposting a more appropriate response.

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Enishi's previous attempt at sealing the man's chakra away had of course, failed. However the man took notice of the activation of the man's ocular powers and knew right away from his perspective that this wasn't no ordinary technique--the man wanted to test something to validate his claim that this was a technique that was frequent and repetitive amongst the Uchihas--observing from the clearing, the man couldn't help but chuckle upon the spectacle that his opponent was displaying; the man's tremendous speed that allowed him to cover over half of the distance that Enishi had put between them in less time then he had previously predicted through his Mind's Eye of Kagura.

Enishi once again activated the wind-nature chakra flow technique to wrap his body in layers upon layers of wind-nature chakra; when combined with his version one mode this allowed him a more robust and versatile defense against the sage enhanced lightning-nature. Enishi kept his hands firmly placed together and continued the chakra siphoning technique that was in play--the torrential downpour started to do its job and slowly but surely Ryoji would notice a drastic change in his endeavors--the rain began siphoning all foreign chakra from an area of about two-hundred and fifty yards.

Surprisingly the lightning-fast palm-thrust had hit its mark but the chakra-sealing fuinjutsu had been absorbed and 'washed' away into nothing more then a harmless palm thrust, which had an effect of slightly brushing the man's arm away; this was all thanks to the previous activation of his chakra-flow technique to rebuff the impact. The momentum of the strike caused his arm to flail a bit, not too much but the palm-thrust was enough to make him slightly wince in pain; the feeling was like if someone slapped him very hard. Which the swordsman played off by displaying a wide grin upon his visage, it was certain at this point that Ryoji's hubris would be his undoing.

"Keimon...Kai!"

Now for his next amazing act, the man activated the sixth gate to further increase his speed and power for the monumental move that he was about to attempt; these sudden enhancements would change the coloration of his skin into a crimson pigmentation. The image of Enishi would flicker as he performed an acrobatic maneuver to flip himself over the opposite direction of Ryoji, landing and skidding upon his feet for about fifteen feet from Ryoji's back; now while this all occurred, the man clapped his hands in mid-air and molded his chakra accordingly. Enishi upon coming into the view of the backside of Ryoji and landing about five yards away from him, the man cupped his hands in one swift motion and thrust them forward in a swift motion; these actions were reminiscent of the kamehameha wave.

Now if he was successful in catching his opponent off-guard with his versatile movements and sudden augmentation to his speed and power, the motion that he made with his hands would conjure forth a gigantic lamprey made out of water. The lamprey darted towards Ryoji and started to grow into a even more epic proportion upon coming into contact with the ever weakening chakra-flow technique that was emanating off of Ryoji; this in turn augmented this technique in such way that the distance between them would be covered in less then a second.

In the moment while all of this was occurring the environment had changed into a continuous drizzle that further placed the odds in his favor, now if the gigantic lamprey wasn't something to worry about, the rain would blanket the field in such a fashion that the crimson-headed man would find his chakra-flow technique neutralized upon the course of the Enishi's response to his otherwise palm-thrusting attack. This former Seven Swordsman Leader was very well-verse in the art of combat as much as his opponent was currently displaying and while the crimson-headed man like to think so highly of himself in such a regard, the man known as 'Yonjimbo' was aiming to prove that his tenacious will was something to not think so lowly of.

Enishi was going to show this guy that he wasn't someone to mess around with and had set up the playing field in such a way that while the chakra-absorbing lamprey was aimed in the direction of Ryoji, the enhancements from his Sage Mode was already being literally eaten away by the siphoning rain; leaving the crimson-headed man in a such a dire and otherwise, hopeless situation against his assault.

[Rusaku]

Feeling the draining nature of the Kirisame technique upon his chakra armor, Ryoji almost couldn’t contain his laughter. He had began wondered how long it would take the Mist Shinobi to rely upon his village's most famous crutch; almost impressed by the fact it took him this long.

Continuing forward as previously mentioned, Ryoji would take measures to ensure that his Raiton armor would be unhindered by this minor inconvenience. To do this he would begin to emit a ghastly aura composed of Dark chakra. One that would taint the very configuration of the Raiton armor and even Ryoji’s sage mode with it’s vile influence. This would be the unique chakra cloak of Hiru; the Zero tailed Leech.

Composed of the beasts signature nature, Ryoji’s body would be engulfed by a tailless cloak that would absorb the chakra of anything it came into contact with. Thus, when the mist rain would make contact with his chakra enhancements, it would become nullified as the two canceled one another out.

It was about this time that Enishi could be heard activating the 6th gate due to his gracious act of calling out the technique in question. Had Ryoji remained in solely his Raiton cloak, it may be argued that Enishi could perhaps match Ryoji’s speed, but now as he donned the tailless cloak, that inclination was nothing more than a pipe dream from a man desperate to survive. Now Enishi’s only hope of outclassing his superior would be to bring forth the red mist; an act that would come with great cost.

With his final enhancement active, the Tyrant would go about evading the incredibly linear assault initiated by the Swordsman by simply changing his direction of movement. Now using his even further enhanced speed to redirect himself to the left just enough to evade the attacks range so it would pass into the distance without harm.

Once out of harm’s way, Ryoji would again move to appear next to Enishi utilizing newfound speed that even the Sharingan would have no hopes of understanding, and in a fluid motion would draw forth the Dragon Blade and attempt to bring it down upon his head and across his torso.

Much like the blade known as Samehada, the Dragon blade wielded the ability to absorb the chakra that it came into contact with, unfortunately at about half the capacity as the Shark skin. Though that would be more than enough to strip Enishi of his chakra based enhancements in his current state.

To further enhance the effectiveness of this, Ryoji would simultaneously utilize the surrounding natural energy as a means of extending the range of his attack immensely in all directions. Now should Enishi once again try his acrobatic maneuvers to narrowly evade the assault, he would be met with enough brute force to shatter bone and crater the earth below.     


 (Not really part of the post, but it should be pointed out that the Kirisame technique only affects Jutsu, not the chakra network [rather slowly one might add]. Thus his Sage mode would be unaffected if the rain did indeed begin to affect him directly. Citations can be provided) 

[Camel]

In a shocking turn of events, the technique that was essentially a mist shinobi's greatest weapon was repelled in by his opponent whom displayed a power that was remarkably similar to his own tailed beast cloak, albeit the chakra was much darker then anything he could comprehend; it was something that lead him to not over-analyze the situation and prepare himself for the 'next' level.

Enishi mentally intoned, "Damn it. I have to use 'that' now, eh?" the man lamented upon the red-headed coming into range within the man in what could be described as a movement that was expeditious and faster then the blink of an eye; this was something that he hadn't anticipated in the long run. Not that it mattered to Ryoji, since he wasn't relying on his 'eye' or doujutsu for that matter,"Kyōmon, Kai!" the man mentally intoned. Now the moment the 'dark king' raised his blade up in a fluid motion, the swordsman displayed a dramatic change in power--his body was evaporating so much sweat at a rapid pace that it appeared to the naked eye as a green glowing aura--the man propelled himself back with a kick of his heel and was able to maneuver himself out of the range of the devastating series of strikes; allocating himself back about thirty feet away from Ryoji.

Enishi appeared to not come out of the encounter unscathed, the strike grazed his tailed beast chakra armor just enough that it stripped it in one strike, along with the wind armor that was underneath. Now as the rain continued to saturate the area around them, the effect of his empowerment cause the area around him to evaporate from his own heat energy; this gave the effect that he was using his chakra cause the phenomenon. Enishi crossed his fingers and molded his chakra accordingly and evenly, forming a clone that appeared from a plume of smoke in the same state as the empowered original.

To accompany with what was about to take place, both the original and the clone activated the wind-natured chakra flow technique; this had an effect of expanding and doubling his field of evaporation in an almost instantaneous pace. The water that didn't evaporate from the range of the heat energy that he produced was in turn blown away into a fine mist by the sheer force of his wind armor being used in conjunction with the gate empowerment. Now at this point the man dried himself off from the combination of both techniques and has also activated the chakra-flow technique to provide himself with additional protection with what was about to come.

Enishi along with his clone placed a palm facing forward in front of their face with one hand and then tapped it with the other hand, forming it into a fist that in turn was aimed at Ryoji; this action created what appeared to be a unique 'tiger' handsign and created a massive amount of air pressure around their fist. Simultaneously the original along with the clone, launched the air pressure at Ryoji in the shape of one by leaving a gigantic tiger-shaped impression into the initially built-up air pressure with the hand seal; this air pressure will condense as it's moving and focused into a single point. Enishi had the upper-hand at this point thanks to the short distance between the two, "Hirudora!" the man said as the technique would reach and then explode on command into countless, minuscule wind blades upon coming into range of Ryoji, releasing the built up cutting air pressure in an instant in a sheer, illuminating brilliance; all of this would occur in such a speed  that even his opponent wouldn't be able to comprehend the barrage of strikes with his senses alone.

Sadly their was negative repercussions for using the Gate of Shock in such an extreme way, but we will cross that bridge when the time comes; it wasn't like he would be obliterated by his own technique thanks to his previous actions. For now the man was solely focused on decisively ending this battle before he really had to resort to the 'red mist' of legend that was known as the Eight Gates Release Formation, it was something that he was trying to avoid considering since he hasn't even display the usage of his kekkei genkais.

(No distance was stated for the range accompanying each swing, so I went with the guesstimate of about nineteen and a quarter feet around the area in total.)

[Rusaku]

Realizing that he had missed his strike, Ryoji would lazily turn his gaze to Enishi’s new location, just as he was creating a clone to aid in his efforts. Judging from the appearance of the newfound aura that radiated from the two and it’s lack of a chakra signature, it would become quickly apparent that they had ascended even higher on Hachiman's proverbial ladder.

Of course, when an opponent took it upon themselves to open the gate of sock, what was soon to follow couldn’t be more predictable. Though predictable did not make it any less dangerous.

Raising his free hand into the air as the pair before him made their signs, Ryoji would allow the skin on his fingertip to split through the manipulation of his jiongu composition in order to draw forth a minute droplet of blood before slamming his palm down upon the ground whilst mentally intoning  “Kurchoise no jutsu!”

In the moment before the Daytime tiger was to impact, a plume of smoke would erupt around Ryoji, engulfing him completely.

The technique would detonate successfully and engulf an area that would dwarf even Kumogakure’s island turtle with a disastrous level of cutting(?) air pressure, having the ability to level forests in an instant as it raged on. Even Enishi would be caught within its area of effect, obviously only being 30 or so feet from where the attack was intended on detonating. Sure his Fuuton armor would aid in his defence, but for how long? Seeing as Hirudora lasts upwards of 40 seconds, and Enishi’s Fuuton armor now lacked it’s previous tailed beast enhancement, an attack such as this would be quite the test of his fortitude.   

Legends spoke that this was to be a “One hit kill” technique, but alas that would not be the case here; at least for Ryoji.

As the technique came to an end and the dust began to settle, a massive carcass would come into view; one that belonged to Ryoji’s contracted animal. An earth element based dragon whose skin shared a color with the technique known as Doton:Domu, suggesting that it had similar levels of durability. Obviously, when it had been alive, it served a singular purpose to the Tyrant; defend.

Upon realizing the chaos outside had ended, Ryoji would proceed to lift the beasts upper jaw with one hand while using the gaps between it’s teeth as a foothold to step outward, falling to the ground below gracefully. Upon coming to a halt upon the soaked earth, he would analyze the wreckage with shifting eyes. He couldn’t help but be impressed by the effect the 8 inner gates had on one’s body; being able to produce such levels of destruction with a simple...punch. Though Ryoji was not ignorant to the price one must pay to produce an attack such as this. It would be this day that the King would come to appreciate the relationship he had formed with his fellow horseman; a gates user just as this Mist shinobi.

Audibly, Ryoji would strengthen his grip on the dragon blade in order to transfer the chakra it had collected from Enishi into his own body, thus refueling him for a large portion of the chakra he had already expended at this point in the fight. Sure his capacity was monstrous still, but why take chances when in a fight between beasts? 

During this, he would begin to scour the land for Enishi’s newest location via his various sensory based abilities.

[Camel]

Enishi and his clone would get caught up in the turbulence produced by the devastating technique, the clone of course had no chance to respond nor even form the necessary handseals to perform a counter-technique during the aftermath and was in turn destroyed in the process, redistributing the chakras that were used back into the original; thankfully the same fate wouldn't be brought upon the original. Enishi remained in his empowered state, so that he quickly mold his chakras and weave a single one-handed seal within mid-flight of being tossed around like a ragdoll,"Yōton!" the man mentally intoned and parted his lips to spit out a large glob of lava around his being, this glob of lava rapidly cooled down to form a hollow ball around his person that was made of a durable rubber material. 

Now when the impact of both simultaneous punches denoted over a wide-radius, the encased man was thrown back asunder and proceeded to bounce about three-hundred and sixty feet away from his prior location and lodged into one of the many risen earthen ramparts that littered the battlefield; this environmental effect was due to the aftermath of his nintaijutsu denoting over a span of eighty seconds. The wind-natured chakra armor at this point wasn't in play but it did its part thankfully, and a temporarily depowered Enishi laid down motionless within the confinement of the now deformed rubber sphere, letting out scream of pain to confirm the aftereffects of the 'Gate of Wonder' that was sending an intense shockwave of pain throughout his own body; his body's muscle fibers were thrown to shreds at this point and the clone's dispersal didn't make the experience any more easier. 

"You should be thankful, Enishi that I am helping you out of my own accord." the voice echoed throughout the swordsman's mind, signaling that he was entering back into his version-one mode due to the intervention of his feline friend. Now the wispy, red chakra wouldn't be visible from the distance, but it would be sensed through those whom are adept in chakra sensing; it also helped that the deformed, rubber ball also provided the perfect cover for his next set of moves. The aftermath was a bubbling, dense chakra shroud that encompassed his person, which also provided a certain degree of physical protection, rejuvenated the man to the point that he could stand up once again and the initial transformation added a 'healing factor' that repaired all, if not most of the muscle fibers throughout his body.

This transition into his version-one state also had the effect of riddling the deformed, rubber sphere with holes due to the corrosive nature of the dense, wispy, and bubbling red chakras encompassing around his body and upon further inspection the sphere encompassing him had turn into something that was reminisce of a swiss cheese globe that happened to be very sad and derpy-looking.

Once this transformation was completed, intelligent and analytical as the jinchūriki of Matabi always was, would immediately take notice of the chakra signature of Ryoji still remaining on the field and sensed that his two punches had literally failed due to his opponent's quick intervention of summoning what appeared to be a dragon. While the man still had enough cover to spend, Enishi molded the appropriate chakras natures into both of his hands and bought them both together to form a hand seal--the chakra-eating rain was still in play throughout this entire experience and the man was going to use something to finally settle the odds between them, "Futton!" the man mentally intoned.

What would happen next would be enough to keep the Uzumaki on his toes, since the rain that was falling into the field was about to intermingle with another rain cloud in the atmosphere; this rain cloud was special, of course.

The conjunction of both these techniques would allowed him to gain the upper-hand in this battle, as this rain cloud would disperse copious amounts of concentrated sulfuric acid into the chakra-eating rain, turning it a bright bronze color that would soon be noticeable upon view from his opponent. Now the moment Ryoji exited the carcass, the rain's effect would soon be evident due to it corroding and eating away the flesh of the scaly tyrant, reducing it to nothing then a mere skeleton in a matter of seconds.

This technique would also have a nifty effect upon Ryoji, the rain would begin eating away through his chakras defenses until he was left with literally no protection (or clothes) and the swords on his person, would in doubt be made out of some unique inorganic material and in turn would be also effected to a certain degree; these actions meant that the deformed, rubber sphere around his person would begin quickly dissolving into nothing, leaving his figure visibly unharmed throughout the entire experience.

[Rusaku]

(The fight until this point.)

With such enhanced clarity, the mad King was able to understand Enishi’s defence with relative ease. It came as no surprise that this character also acquired the boon provided to those who bare Terumi blood. A summation that would only be solidified as the rain above head began to mutate.

As the acid and chakra eating rain began to mix, Ryoji would come to find his Dark release armor overwhelmed; quickly succumbing to the combination of various elements such as this. Alas he could progress further into his tailed beast state as a means of overpowering both techniques, much like before, but it was due time for a switch in tactics.

Wasting no time, Ryoji would relocate himself under the wing of his now deceased Dragon summon, offering a moment of reprieve from the unruly elements outside before it too would be decayed into nothing. Utilizing his Kamui, Ryoji would begin to sink within the earth below, his chakra signature becoming untraceable until he was to reemerge.

(With no dimensions given on the size of the storms, I will assume a half mile in all directions.)

Emerging from the ground a half mile away from the edge of Enishi’s storm, Ryoji would release a weighty sigh; his chakra cloak enhancements flickering out. Having been revitalized by the two tails chakra, Ryoji was in no short supply of energy but a fight like this could require a...second set of eyes.

Clapping his palms together, Ryoji would call forth, “Kuchiyose: Edo Tensei!” and from the earth before his feet, a decayed coffin would rise forth in a violent explosion of dirt and rubble. Suddenly, the coffin lid would fall forward to reveal a man dressed in a unique, polished, armor fit for that of a knight; the Kanji for “First” being brandished on his chest along with various other stigmata hidden beneath from view. Each would serve an insidious purpose without a doubt, especially when considering the specialties of the Uzumaki who placed them.   

Stepping from the uncouth tomb in which his corpse lie, the Knight would open it’s eyes from under the slitted helm to reveal the Sharingan in their three tomoe form, accented by the signature of the Edo tensei zombie; black sclera. Obviously, without his personality, the zombie was quiet for now, only awaiting orders from his eternal master.

With a presumptuous scoff, the King would lazily wave his hand at the Knight. “Go now Shodaime, bring me his head.” To which the Edo could only comply.

Moving forward with a slow, but intimidating walk, the Sandaime would bring his palms together in order to summon forth a forearm sized slug upon his shoulder. Without a word, the slug would slink within the confines of his garb in order to fuse with his body, and gather natural energy for him. Curiously enough, should they have the ability to sense such, one could notice that a seal upon the Knights back also began gathering Natural energy. One could only wonder what fury this could bring forth.

[Camel]

Enishi broke the hand seal used to make the deadly, corrosive technique and made use of his sensing prowess to spy that his technique had indeed did the job it was supposed to do; unhindered from any outside forces as it would seem. Now the man thought he had this in the bag when he sensed the clash of forces between chakras, only for the bitter elements to overpower his chakra shroud from under the cover of the reptilian carcass, but the sudden disappearance of his opponent's chakras signature meant that something was up.

Enishi formed the seal of confrontation, closing his eye as he focused upon his surroundings and waiting for some sort of signature to appear within the range of his proverbial radar; what he described as a radar was none other then his mind's eye. About a half-mile away from the edge of his storm was when he felt a small 'blip' on his radar and quickly focused in on the source to observe that Ryoji had arrived unscathed outside the boundaries of his jutsu.

"Running away now, are we? How about I -" the man commented upon flawless escape displayed by the wretched and despicable king, but another dangerous threat loomed over the horizon and it was nothing but trouble. Enough trouble that it caused him to pause during mid-sentence, this moment's reprieve allowed him to reassess the situation that he just now got himself into; this zombie was at another level and it appeared to be stronger then the king himself. 

"-Shit! This isn't good...I better prepare myself for this!" Enishi mentally intoned and began forming a series of handsigns, molding his chakras accordingly and ending the sequence of katas by raising his arms into the air. Now this action had some unique effects, the previous storm had tremendously grown in size and the gloomy overcast from the horizon, quickly descended into a category of storm like no other. Powered by the output of biju chakras, the man wasn't taking no chances this time around as it would seem.

It was a spectacular display as the dark clouds rippled across the skies, converging upon the area of his opponent in manner of a few seconds, after which it started unleashing a maelstrom of corrosive rain droplets; these raindrops also had the same similar 'draining' effect as before. Next, the man linked his senses directly into the raindrops, allowing the swordsman to track the two by the disturbance of raindrops that would happen to fall upon them. 

With the atmosphere of the battlefield drastically changed in his favor, the man decided it was now the time traverse across the field in style, the field was literally littered in puddles by this point and it would help to serve for his next action. Enishi crossed his arms and slowly bought them towards his waist, "Kaimon, Kai! Kyūmom, Kai! Seimon, Kai! Shimon, Kai!-" the man mentally intoned as the immense flooding of chakras throughout his body had an effect of turning his skin into a crimson hue, this effect was evident through the display of veins near his temple and the eyes turning completely white through this transformative process; the white irises was completely aesthetic and the man would continue retain his vision.

"-Shōmon, Kai! Tomon, Kai! Keimon, Kai!..." the man mentally intoned as the process was complete in as little as a few seconds, after which an outburst of chakras flooded the area, causing the nearby bodies of corrosive elements to form a vortex around his visage. The image of Enishi would flicker as he began traversing across the treacherous landscape by elaborating skipping in succession with each step until he reached about a hundred feet away from the chakras source of Ryoji and the zombie; the movement between each skip was about a hundred feet apart and would allow him to get to his rendezvous point in as little as twelve seconds.

Once the man confirmed the distance between them, Enishi halted his movement and came skidding to a halt. Enishi quickly regained his composure through the calamity of corrosive rain droplets, turning his gaze in the general direction of his opponent as he focused in on them to confirm the status and effects of his jutsu. This jutsu had the same effect as previously, siphoning any chakra that wasn't his own and as well as corrosively eating away at anything that was consider organic or inorganic; the rain was also closely linked through his senses as well.

Enishi was setting the up the precedent that escape was useless. The figure of the man remained idle through the corrosive showers, smirking at the display of his endeavors and his point was made across--if anything or anyone dared tried to take his life and that of his feline friend would certainly pay for their actions.

Which was happening right now, the corrosive and chakra siphoning rain would eat away at anything that it touch, the armor that surrounded the visage of the zombie would crumble away in a matter of seconds, exposing the zombie to the elements which would eat away at the 'seal' and render the so-called "fury" obsolete for the time being. Ryoji would also begin to feel the effects due to the close proximity to his summoned zombie, and would once again become overwhelmed as he was before; leaving him to notice the effects that were displayed previously.     

[Rusaku]

It came as no surprise that the Kiri nin would attempt to retain his control over the field advantage, for that was an understandable tactic. Though what did surprise him was the addition of yet another feature to this diabolical monsoon. While the King could not identify its purpose, he could recognize another mutagen within the technique’s signature.

Upon sensing this, a thought did cross the monarch's mind that he wished to see explored. How much longer could the Shinobi keep up such a wasteful throwaway of energy? While there was no doubt the swordsman possessed the chakra to do so, even a fledgling Jinchuruki understands that the Tailed Beast chakra cloaks are deleterious when mastery is not absolute. Overuse of it’s abilities can lead to immense strain on the body. This in conjunction with the previously used Hirudora and, from what he can currently observe, seems like further initiation of various other gates, Ryoji would ponder what the limit to this man’s body would be? He has already pulled two tails worth of chakra from the Nibi. How long before her corruption begins to take hold of his mind? Or was she to try and take over at all? Interesting inquiries that would need to be explored as time went on. Certainly we shall see soon enough.

Steadily, the king would widen his eyes as a golden ethereal aura enveloped his body, quickly growing into the shape of a Skeletal arm, and within it’s hand a legendary tool did reside. The Yata mirror; an immaculate tool crafted by the gods themselves in order to protect those they deem worthy.

Positioned above his head, the massive mirror would act as a umbrella, covering Ryoji and the ground around him in a 20 foot diameter from the rain above. It’s unique nature would negate any and all effects cast upon the shield; even the commendable effects of the storm above. Even if it would only be for a short few moments.

Jumping backwards, Ryoji moved to create a substantial distance between himself, and the Shodaime Hokage. Simultaneously, the Edo would be compelled to move forward in the same fashion as Ryoji, only serving to further increase the distance. Upon landing on the ground, Kamui would immediately unlatch the chestpiece of his curras, causing it to fall to his feet with a loud crash of metal and the chimes of rings. This was happening at approximately the time that Enishi would begin moving in the direction of the King and his Knight.

With twelve seconds before Enishi would arrive to this location, Kamui would have plenty of time to activate his most powerful technique. It was a fact that the Edo Tensei technique was created to allow for suicide bomb tactics in the great wars and there was no greater suicide bomb than this. Though that’s not what the king wished for here. He wished for the greatest performance of all time.!
 
Reaching up, the Edo would quickly pierce it’s heart with his thumb, puncturing the final gate in the the formation that Enishi was so eloquently displaying. The 8th gate; Gate of Death.

Kamui’s body would erupt into an aura burning bright like the dead autumn leaves that have fallen from their trees, violently swirling around him as his blood would become vaporized from the intense heat his body was producing. This was the absolute epitome of the human condition; a grand display that can never be outperformed. Ryoji’s voice would echo through the great storm as the Edo performed his art. "Do not allow yourself to be shaken.” Bringing his hand up, he would lightly tap a balled fist into the opposing palm, and the ground beneath his feet would suddenly crater under the pressure of just that simple action. “Do not weaken your stance.” Kamui would suddenly create an amalgam of air pressure so immense, that it tripled the size of Enishi’s version. “Open your senses. And do not let your guard down for an instant. For I desire to witness a masterpiece, and I will not allow you to spoil my fun." To which Kamui would conclude Ryoji’s warning with a violent roar. “Hirudora!!!”

The buildup of pressure would rage forward as Kamui throw his super powered punch. The ground underfoot would explode and crater further as the tiger was released, tearing through the sky with malicious intent. Upon reaching the clouds, the tiger would explode with furious energy, creating a massive vortex that dwarfs the same technique when performed in the previous levels. The sky would illuminate a bright white as the village sized explosion cleared the vile storms; for now at least.

With the sky above clear during the blast’s duration (Approx 120 seconds should things go according to plan) the Edo would shift his deadly gaze the the Swordsman whom would just now be reaching his rendezvous point. The slug that resided on Kamui’s back would suddenly flood his body with Natural chakra, and ornate markings would brand themselves upon his visage. A smile would spread across it’s lips; surly under command of Ryoji. By kicking off the air itself via brute force alone, kamui would once again begin to move in the direction of Enishi. This time, much faster than before.   

[Camel]

[insertdecisivebattlemusichere]

Enishi at first thought that he had this the damn thing in the bag, but that was far from the truth as it would seem. It wasn't until six seconds into the journey that another voice popped into his head, the man suddenly found himself within the mental plane associated with jinchūriki. The mental plane was designed accordingly to his will and that of his tailed beast, the atmosphere was serene and a never-ending plane of water surrounded the area; a lone cage was situated in middle of this vast ocean. When the scene shifted to Enishi being present in front of the cage, the man had his arms crossed and was about to reprimand the feline for interrupting their fight.

" Don't you know who that is out there?! Free me and I'll save us both from that 'man's wrath!" the creature outstretched an arm through the crevices of the cage, pawing at the man in desperation; the creature was attempting to grab him at first but this turn out to be a desperate plea to garner his attention. A loud outburst of laughter erupted from Enishi, raising his right arm towards the beast with his hand balled up into a fist, the man brought the fist to his heart; giving a light tap to his chest in the process.

"Matatabi! Have some faith in your vessel! For you see, I too have a trump card of my own that I haven't shown anyone...until now." the man replied back with a grin and raised the same balled up fist away from his chest, extending a thumb outward and finally bringing it to his chest to pierce the area just above his heart; this action would have the same effect upon the physical plane.

"You don't mean?...-" the creature paused at the thought of that technique being used as a last resort, it also came to a shock that he would sacrifice himself so willingly instead of allowing the feline to be captured. It was an act that Matatabi came to respect and regret, since he would always be reincarnated back into the this psychical plane but it was the latter for his human vessel. "I am going to miss having someone to argue with around here. Enishi. I won't forget you." the feline showed some remorse and extended its arm out towards Enishi with a single paw extended outward amidst the chaos that started to enfold within his mental plane; the area was crumbling apart piece-by-piece from outcome of his act of entering the Eight Gates Released Formation.

"It's been a blast...my friend." the man said with pride, a smile displayed upon his visage as he took a few steps closer towards the cage, and acknowledging the respect that his beast was displaying; this was done by bumping his fist against his paw. Enishi through a rare act of emotion, shredded a single tear as his visage disappeared from within the mental realm; leaving the beast to its own devices.                       

The scene shifted back Enishi skidding across the plains to a halt, a grin and small chuckle erupted from his visage as the same actions in the mental realm had reflected back upon him in this one, his balled-up fist was already tapping his chest with an extending thumb; effectively piecing his chest right above his heart.

Now it would appear that Ryoji narrowly saved himself from certain death by making use of the ethereal item conjured from the arm of his chakra avatar. How long would the usage of Yata Mirror save Ryoji? Not for so long as Kamui gave in to commands of his master, unleashing single punch that would have an devastating omnidirectional effect upon the area around them. And just before the punch could reach its focal point of impact, a tremendous outburst of chakra erupted from Enishi. The former leader of the Seven Swordsmen of the Mist displayed a crimson-like aura around his person, his burning and undying will would soon triumph over the narcissistic king. Enishi was bleeding from the very pores of his body, and in turn the blood burned from the intense heat that his body was generating from the overload of chakras, which in the process created the crimson aura that was violently swirling around his being.

This was the signal that he entered the same state as the Shodaime and was about to quickly turn the tables back on his opponent and with a kick of his heel, the man managed to leap considerably into the air and through a series of 'kicking' the air underneath his heel, darting like a bat out of hell to escape the range of the punch, having arrived just outside the outskirts of the troposphere as he began free-falling back towards the ground.

Yata Mirror was a tricky item to comprehend and it was an item that even he had trouble acquiring complete knowledge about. He just knew that along with the Sword of Totuska, that the person would be invincible in their chakra avatar state. Luckily for him, Ryoji only displayed the usage of one of the legendary ethereal objects, however it wouldn't save him from the Shodaime Hokage's omnidirectional assault--leaving him at the mercy of the impeding destruction that came along with it as well.

Now since this attack lasted about one-hundred and twenty seconds, the man would have to make up for the sixty-five second free-fall by using a chakra-flow technique to layer his body in wind-natured chakras, making a rudimentary 'parachute' out of chakra that affected the duration of his free-fall to the ground; doubling the duration of time it would take him to reach the surface.

The single punch had such devastation from the empowered zombie, that it effectively cleared up the storm around them, clearing the skies to reveal that it was clearly nighttime. The moonlight shone upon a dark figure falling in the distance and it would also become evident through this incredible display of acrobatics, that this battle was far from being over. Enishi decided to use this as an opening, his figure within the distance could be seen kicking the air underneath him, skipping towards their location at a breakneck pace that wasn't displayed previously in the swordsman.

Upon reaching within a hundred yards of Kamui's location, the man cocked back his right arm, balling his hand into a fist and swinging a punch in the direction of the Shodaime Hokage; this in turn created a vacuum of pressurized air which resemble the foot of an elephant. Now if all went according to plan, the zombie would be caught off-guard by the first initial strike and Enishi would follow up with another punch, but before he could continue the consecutive series of strikes; he came to a halt mid-way through the technique due to the pain that was associated with this state. Enishi grimaced in pain and quickly tried to regain his composure, turning his attention back on series of consecutive strikes, attempting to complete what he had started. Enishi skipped around the perimeter, cocking back his arm and delivering a series of punches that created pressurized vacuum pockets, and all from various vantage points around the zombie.

[Eric]

-If, by some chance, the match should reach a point of true stalemate after a minimum of 30 days then a judge may be called in to determine a winner based on how the fight has progressed up to this point. Both participants must request this of the judge in person (I.E. Both fighters MUST send a PM for this option.] If this is chosen, then the judge may declare a  winner based on these criteria:

     • Who effectively manipulated the flow of the battle the best? The strategy employed (based on the posts) may have been defensive and attrition-based, but was it effective in the long run in wearing down the opponent?

     • What caused the stalemate? The challenger being unable to defeat the challenged, or vice versa? Is it constant cancellation of jutsu and techniques by both sides, or merely one side taking refuge in a relatively inaccessible area (such as pocket dimension) in order to avoid defeat entirely?

     • Who showed the greatest skill in the fight? This is completely and utterly at the discretion of the judge. His(her) decision is final on the matter, regardless of accusations of cheating or bribery or otherwise. This should be kept in mind when deciding on a judge for the fight.

I am going to be using the criteria above in making my decision, as otherwise might would be seditious or cause me to delay even longer in my decision.

1) Who effectively manipulated the flow of battle the best? Overall, I would have to give this one to Enishi; while Ryoji started out and ended with control of the flow of the battle (Enishi granted this initially by not taking the first attack initiative) Enishi turned around the flow  with a combination of acrobatics, kirisame, and the corrosive rain and controlled much of the fight's general flow.

2) What caused the stalemate? Well, in many ways, there wasn't really a stalatemate in my opinion, the fight was just getting decisive, but the participants requested a judge ruling so here I am. Enishi and Ryoji constantly dodging each other's attacks is what led us to this point, in particular Enishi's usage of the gates and wind release armor, and Ryoji's usage of lightning release armor and the kamui.

While Ryoji was put on the defensive by Enishi's attack, he did force Enishi to enter the 8th gate, which in itself would have put a time limit on the rest of the fight. If Enishi created a stalemate, then, Ryoji through that action broke it.

3) Who showed the greatest skill in the fight? This is overall. Both got kind of roadrunner speedy at some point during the fight, Enishi did some cool acrobatics and for the most part would have had a non-Yatara mirror, non-kamui using opponent beaten a post or two ago. But Ryoji did use edo Kamui to utilize the 8th gate in order to counter his opponent's taijutsu.

I am going to have to give it to Ryoji in the end, on account of Kamui's one mandatory repost and the fact that at the very end of the match (last 2 posts end) he both broke a potential stalemate and took back control of the flow of the battle (by forcing Enishi to enter a last resort state while he himself was not required to do so).

Conclusion: Winning 2/3 of the categories above, I declare Ryoji the winner of this biju match.

[Rusaku]

GG WP

[Camel]

I don't have any quarrels with the decision that was made. Consider this topic locked and archived. Well played, buddy.

(I might make a page on the wikipedia for a unique chakra mode for Matatabi that can be claimed by either party)