[color=fff200]"Why won't you adapt damn it!?"[/color] Akihiko growled at Masatake as he sent a tendril to flat out stone wall the attack by blocking the kick sending pain up Masatake's leg as it twisted it painfully and tossed him away sending him spiraling through the air at an awkward angle. The reason he didn't ramp up the pain for such a basic mistake was because of the fact that Fukusho was charging at him. Basic clone technique...definitely not shadow clones those were advanced and a secret jutsu no way for Fukusho of all people to know what they even were. That meant that he was planning on trying something either really dumb or really clever. [color=fff200]"That's more like it kid come at me!"[/color] Akihiko said with a grin as he send two tendrils towards the line of Fukusho's running towards him. The tendrils suddenly stopped midway through, [color=fff200][b]"Ninja Art: Great Shadow Flail."[/b][/color] said Akihiko as the tendrils grew spikes and violently flailed out towards them. The tendrils smacked the clones with violent force enough that it would have decapitated Fukusho if it hit him. [color=fff200]"Oh it seems I missed..."[/color] Akihiko said with a chuckle as he let Fukusho get closed. 

Suddenly a smoke bomb was thrown out in the middle of the sky leaving the area around Akihiko clothed in a white mist. [color=fff200]"Really Kuro? That's just cheap."[/color] Akihiko said bluntly as Kuro jumped off the tree he was perched on and towards Akihiko. Kuro was forming hand signs as he fell down towards him. [color=fff200]"You think a sky attack will beat this jutsu? Think again!"[/color] Akihiko shouted as he sent a tendril that would have smacked Kuro on the chest but instead it went through him. [color=fff200]"It seems clever minds think alike!"[/color] Akihiko said with a chuckle as he suddenly sent a tendril through a tree and pulled it through another pulling out a speared Kuro through the arm and holding him in the air. [color=fff200]"So smart mouth what do you got to say for yourself?"[/color] Akihiko said to the gutted genin. [color=0054a6]"I say you're an idiot..."[/color] Kuro mouthed as suddenly turned into a log. Substitution jutsu. [color=fff200]"What!?"[/color] Akihiko said as he suddenly realized what that meant. It was too late though. Kuro fell through the center of the shadow king octopus. Akihiko growled as he was forced to break off his jutsu as he jumped backwards and Kuro landed heavily on the ground. However he quickly recovered and spun around with his sword drawn. Akihiko pulled out his kunai and blocked the blade leaving the two dead locked. [color=0054a6]"You said you wouldn't use tools."[/color] Kuro growled as he looked Akihiko in the eyes. [color=fff200]"I said I wouldn't use them but that doesn't mean I was going to let you gut me."[/color] Akihiko grumbled as suddenly he turned to spin around but thanks to his sharingan Kuro managed to counter attack immediately as he moved counter clockwise and at point blank range he breathed in deeply, [color=0054a6]"[b]Fire Release: Great Fireball Jutsu[/b]!"[/color] Kuro growled as he lit up Akihiko's face in fire. Akihiko dropped the kunai and fell to the ground limp...only to turn into a ball of smoke. Akihiko whistled as he sat on tree the fake Kuro had been in moments ago. [color=fff200]"Well you got me to move. That doesn't mean I can't pull off a substitution of my own. So should we call this a success? If it wasn't for Fukusho I would have retaliated faster to you Kuro. However if you didn't notice I could have easily killed all three of you boys. Masatake...tell me how would you feel if I told you that you had the charisma of a mercenary captain who just told his men he had slept with all of their wives? Fukusho...while clever you should have attacked at multiple angles. Kuro...you need to work with your team more though I congratulate you on thinking outside of the box. Two basic jutsu and your clan's fire style saved your team. Though that was overkill. I like my face not baked. And Mikone...I don't have words for you simply because you did nothing and proved yourself just an observer. Can your team count on you in the future? I'm not too sure. You didn't try to calm anyone down and you didn't try to rally anyone. Out of everyone here you did the least and while that served you well the rest of your team may have died due to your failure to help. Does that sum everything up?"[/color]