Like two peas in a pod, two sides of the same coin, the two of them shared the same instincts as the other. Long before Jay had come to the man to refine his skills, they had already shared multiple similarities. It was, perhaps, because of these similarities, that the two of them developed such a strong friendship, strong enough that there were a father/son-like bond between them. The fact that the young Nara was actually familiar with the man's actual sons, only strengthened the tie that he felt.
But, that was besides the fact. He was just letting it known that the two of them were a lot a like, whether they were aware of it or not. As such, Jay was just as much of a genius as the red-haired Adonis, fighting-wise... Anyway, the man was more than capable of sensing, through sight and feeling, that the tight grip from the older man was shifting upwards his arm. He would have attempted to use the movement to drive his fingers deeper inside of the man, but his kick drove the two of them apart before this could happen.
Two things would be different from what he had originally intended around this point in time. That would be the loss of his left forearm, a bright flash of white appearing as the Hell Stab burned through his Natural Shell, with the young Nara still using his right hand to springboard himself onto his feet. The other thing would be the peculiar launching of his severed arm off into the distance, despite the small size of the explosion that was inside the man, which raised questions in of itself.
[Holy Shit!] Matatabi exclaimed inside the Nara's head. 'I know right, that explosion should not have been as big a- [No, you dunderhead. Don't you know that you're sans an arm!?] Jay heard Yami interrupting his thoughts with a bellowing yell. The young Nara blinked a few times and lifted his arm, well, lifted the cauterized stub that ended at his elbow. 'Oh... well, you gotta hand it to him, he sure knows how to strike right back.' The two voices in his head, groaned in unison at the lighthearted pun their container presented to them. 'I'm just saying, it's gonna grow back in a few moments. No point in sweating the small stuff... at least it wasn't my good hand. I need that for... arm things.' Once again, groans filled his head, this being around the moment, that Athos halted himself about ten feet from the door, a long trough of Athos' blood between the two of them. [In any case, are you sure that was Disaster? The explosion wasn't supposed to be an actual... well... explosion. Only like a... forceful expansion of a wound.]
This caused the Nara to narrow his eyes, keeping his attention on Athos as he spoke to the voices in his head. 'What? Of course I did. I said the whole command and everything... I mean, I could have rushed it a bit...' Again, the two groaned comically as sweatdrops surely appeared behind their heads. [Ju-just go punch him. I estimate your arm needing about 2-3 turns before it's back to normal, without you doing anything to speed up the process. Aaannd now that I'm thinking about it, your speedy explosion took out a lot of his insides. I don't doubt his own pain tolerance, or regenerative capabilities, but still that should have caused a lot more damage than he's presenting.] 'Exactly. Is Hazama sure he's not still immortal? It seems he's still under the Dark God's effects.' [Well, he's under the Shinigami's contract.] 'Yeah, but doesn't that only come into effect in the event of the death, in which they are revived at the cost of a bit of his soul, taking off some years or something?' [Well, someone did their research. Glad to see you're doing better in your soul studies.] 'Well, the fight with Tobias helped. So, perhaps I'll get to see Athos' Godly Rage Mode... though, you know... it is ironic, you know?' [You talking about one of the other scenarios you had thought of for the previous turn? Yeah, I agree with that. Since you were going to lose the arm, you could have hit Athos with Itto Kaso.] 'I KNOW RIGHT! Sheesh, such a waste of an arm. Anyway, he's getting his second wind now, I can hear that blood pumping faster in his veins... which should be dangerous with all that blood lost. Well, I should repay the man the favor.'
Because of the whole, mental conversations with one's beast taking up very little time in the real world, no amount of time would be lost between the two fighters. But, as the man stood to his full height, entering the Seventh Gate, this caused the Nara to immediately activate his Theta State. The slower brain waves caused him to slip into a deep relaxation, per the usual, with the ability to process things at a much faster rate. He didn't need his Sharingan to assist him just yet, because as luck would have it, Athos was right where the Nara wanted him without him even knowing. That was, of course, the Hiraishin Marker he made earlier, now conveniently covered by the man's own blood. He would process the information in front of him, carefully calculating his response to the man. He wasn't sure what the man had planned inside the Seventh Gate, but, he had an idea to win the fight right this moment.
So, using that marker to his advantage, he'd swiftly teleport to the man in hopes of cutting the man's advance off immensely prematurely. As he reappeared, his lonesome right hand would be engulfed in blackened lightning, immediately thrusting it forward towards the man's heart, hoping to cause a surprising crash of bodies between them, which would also induce another flash of bright white as the Natural Shell was impacted. The Dark Chakra Enhanced, Hell Stab, would aim to repay the man for the grievous injury the Raikon imparted on the young Nara, more specifically, the One-Finger Nukite. With this, even if his actual finger/hand didn't pierce the man, the long black lightning chakra would do so, which wasn't likely considering the hopeful crash of bodies.
With this, one of two things would happen. Obviously, the first was Athos dying... so, fingers crossed on that one. The second was Athos transcending into the Eighth Gate, which would sort of backfire on the Nara if he couldn't survive the onslaught that would follow. Hopefully, the whole 'user's thumb needing to be required to activate the Eight Gates Released Formation', would keep that second thing from happening. Of course, if he was successful, the two of them would launch forward (in front of Athos) due to the man's momentum. That crash, could hurt the Nara, considering the tumbling they would do on the ground, but with his Strongest Shield, he should be alright.
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Theta State
Hiraishin
Hell Stab