[IC] Altered Tundra V.s yoshua171

[AlteredTundra]

OOC: When Nazo talks, I was kind of going for a Joker-esque tone. Like how Joker talks when he stretches out certain words and pronunciation.

IC:

Through his eyes, Nazo saw a lot of things. Through his hands, he felt a lot of things, and yes through his body, he understood a lot of things. This is exactly what caused some weird sensation within Nazo to awaken. It couldn’t had happened at a more bizarre time. With the blood on his back very gradually being dripped out of his body, Nazo also would have another minor cut to add to that one. This would happen through Nazo’s own underestimation of his opponent. He didn’t think to calculate the factor that before the first slash of his multiple-slashing attack, Seisui would already make contact with his sword and the next few slashes would prove to be ineffective. Furthermore, the clash had begun.

This clashing of blades was fierce, this clashing of blades was elegant, and this clashing of the blades was exactly how any great duel should have. As Nazo’s blade came down, Seisui’s came up and disrupted chakra flow throughout the Yagami’s sword. The moments in-between Nazo recovering was filled in with Seisui slashing towards Nazo’s sword arm and proceeding to aim at his chest(above his hip). Nazo caught it slightly ahead of the planned attack, though he did take some slight cutting damage.

The slash took a slight slide on the back end of Nazo’s sword arm, specifically his hand. Now in the seconds that had happened, Nazo twisted his body in counterclockwise motion, dashed away, and his tactics changed drastically. A simple change in his attitude forged a slight evasive side to Nazo. Because of this, he distances himself away from Seisui. It only took seconds cause, as most would know, Nazo is incredibly fast. How he dashes away seems more like flashes. Well, more like blurs, but one would get the gist of it.

“Seisui of Clan Mayonaka, you have awoken something inside me. You have my deepest thanks.” Nazo’s words were vague, yet clear. A bravado of stretched punctuation is how Nazo spoke. He seemed eccentric in some ways. He was now reverting back to the style that has earned him the nickname Enigma of the Yagami. “Heehah, your turn again, Seisui of the clan Mayonaka.” Nazo was actually grinning as he swooned his body to the side. The distance between them was roughly ten feet.

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[yoshua171]

Mayonaka, Seisui - The Tranquil Lotus

Nazo's demeanor and movement's changed, but they'd only have the chance to do so minutely for Nazo had only managed to evade the first half of his slash, the blade had still traveled across his body, though it did not dig into it, with the exception of the samurai's hand and arm. This meant that as Nazo turned his body counterclockwise and away, that Seisui's muscles reacted at high speed, charged with chakra, to push his blade right from a slash to a piercing thrust that moved barely slower than Nazo's own movements. Had the man not moved away in the manner that he had, he would have found Seisui's blade behind him, with his own weapon in contact with Seisui's chakratic sheath. A terrifying situation, but unfortunately for Nazo, it was not what came to past. Instead, Nazo began his retreat, and as Seisui noted the counterclockwise evasion and preparation to dash away, he erupted forwards, sparing no time for caution, the chakratic sheath of his blade disipating only after the Tranquil Lotus was two steps (three feet) from the location he had been in prior. This meant that as Nazo began his dash, Seisui follwed him, but he had began his movements before Nazo so as to allow the man's own speed to be his downfall.

When he made his second step to cease his movement, Seisui did it with the tips of his right toes angled diagonally away from his body so that the flat of its right side faced backwards and away from him. This allowed him to push his body backwards, altering its momentum, as he drove his blade past his left side and backwards towards Nazo's approaching body as he dashed towards him, seeking to impale him. The calm air of serenity and death was about the man throughout these actions as he emulated what he intended to bestow upon his opponent, the man who had challenged him to this duel. It was only fitting that he held back none of his swift skill and execution, and let his style's power be unbridled before the man.

It was a matter of life and death, but regardless of the victor, Seisui would remain serene and composed till the end, be it of his own life, or the conflict at hand.

[AlteredTundra]

As Nazo was moving backwards, the air smelt of rushing. He was right. NAzo saw Seisui coming. In was all in one instant. From the Yagami's dashing-type motion backwards, he thought he would be able to create some form of distance between him and Seisui, but the Mayonaka had other plans, it seemed. The distance between them went from five or six feet to a mere three feet, and then that's when the Mayonaka went in for the kill, knowing full well that Nazo was at a disadvantage. Nazo noticed, and reacted.

*CHING*
*CHING*
*CHING*

The sounds that happen when steel meets steel at a high-octane speed happened. Nazo was able to slide, but his sword and Seisui's sword clashed. The way that NAzo avoided certain death was a split-second decision. It was literally at the last second. Well, maybe more a few seconds before, but still. Nazo had decided to circulate his lightning chakra around his body, but not in an offensive way. A trick that Nazo had picked up from his Shinobi friends was that to use one's chakra to alter their base performances to their advantage. What Nazo did was that he enabled his Lightning-based chakra to enhance his reaction timing along with his overall speed. The result of such an idea was a faster reaction on his side and even more so, being able to stay alive for a little bit longer. That's always a plus right?

Nazo, as he had his blade pressed against Seisui's, swerved his body to the right as he went under, allowed Seisui's momentum take him where it would take him, and simultaenously coated his blade with lightning chakra and focused it to the tip.He modified the Raikyu(Lightning Ball) technique to which he sliced upward as his body followed the momentum. The lightning ball would take form just two seconds before the contact as Nazo aimed for Seisui's sword arm.

[yoshua171]

Mayonaka, Seisui - The Tranquil Lotus

Rather than engage Nazo's attack, Seisui took two steps forwards almost in sync with his adversary's slash, allowing it to glide past him as he moved out of range, turned on his heel and slashed towards Nazo's head with his blade in his left hand, normal grip, and his body swiveling slightly so as to maximize the finesse and power of his attack. He was ready to retreat back, or pursue, at a moment's notice.

[AlteredTundra]

As Nazo's attack went in, Seisui met it head on with the clashing of blades reverberating through the forest. Then, as Seisui would slide/glide behind Nazo, he would go for a slash at Nazo's head. Noticing this within the time frame that Seisui slash was instigated, Nazo pointed his sword behind his head, thus blocking it effectively. It was again, a stalemate as both swords were steady against each other. Nazo simply spun his body in a 180 degrees turn and he slid his sword in a circular motion that would move Seisui's own sword down as the momentum that the Mayonaka had allowed it to do so. Nazo, then took his own sword and used as much force as he could to impale the Mayonaka. The time frame of dodging was very minimal.

[yoshua171]

Mayonaka, Seisui - The Tranquil Lotus

His blade sliding downwards, Mayonaka waited till it was too late for his opponent to change his movement. The second that he was dedicated to his action was the on roughly three seconds prior to the stab. The rest was a roughly two second spin and then a thrust into the stab. It was when Nazo's thrust was almost halfway through that Seisui's actions truly begun. His right hand crossed over his body to his sheath, moving into the path of the katana, and then, as the tip was a mere three inches from him, he pushed to the left ever so slightly. Nazo would not be able to change his actions, they were fully dedicated at that point and so what would happen is that Nazo's katana would slide right into Seisui's sheath. As it touched the opening however, Seisui pushed forwards, his left hand having switched its grip to reverse, and then brought his arm horizontally, so as to slam the pommel of his blade right into the Yagami's elbow, causing serious damage. Yet this was not the end of the move for the Mayonaka, features serene, continued forwards, the force of his movements allowing something unique. As he took his first step, his right hand would push down suddenly on the now sheathed blade which the yagami had attempted to pierce him with, likely disarming him and throwing his arms down ever so slightly.

This would allow for the Mayonaka's blade to slice across the man's chest, rather deeply, as Seisui ran forwards and then past him, but only if these successive movements took place. If not, it would be an entirely different story.