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The large battlefield sitting before the fighters was custom designed for this battle. The entire battlefield is littered with houses fully furnished for the combatants to fight within. Everything has been made to look like a real mini village; including cable TV, real food in the fridges, and a few random weapons within the homes. Power lines branch from house to house and a few random bikes sit on a few corners. In the center of the city is a statue of Chaos standing on top of Masamune, engraved within the base of the statue it reads "This arena brought to you by Masamune's check book."

Since this is an ANBU level battle Lethal force is authorized.

((Kei has requested a extended amount of time for him to post due to real life circumstances. His request has been excepted and Kie has until Aug 15 to post. This extension may be increased or reduced in the future.))

Kei walked silently through the streets of the intricate miniature village, his footfalls thudded softly against the ground as he ambled towards the statue that stood so prominently. "Poor Masa, this is going to put a dent in his checking account." Kei said softly to himself as he examined the structure.

Turning around his black haori flared out behind him before it settled against his body once more. Clad in a grey tank top, black trousers and short boots it would appear that the raven haired jounin had altered his wardrobe slightly. Leaning languidly against the statue, Kei knuckled the structure and signalled his position to his opponent.

"Come on, Taka! This isn't an ambush I swear!" Kei yelled, the fighter had considered rigging an elaborate trap in an urban enviorment was a bit complicated to say the least. Better to lure the other nin to him and take control of the enviornment then.

Kei didn't flinch as the concrete debris fell around him, the chips of broken statue couldn't harm him so he didn't bother defending against it and a simple breeze blew away the dust of the explosion. It didn't take long for the replica to show up on the ground before him which piqued Kei's curiousity. Taka was smarter than this, he wouldn't step blindly onto the field of battle without checking it out first.

"A clone to test the waters, a smart ploy but predictable of a cautious shinobi." Kei said to no one in particular. Raising his hand above him, the raven haired jounin created a sphere of wind from the air around him. Spiraling the air, the sphere became a long hair thin cord that coiled around Kei's arm as he formed a handsign. "Wind Release - Devil Tail Technique".

Slashing his arm through the air, Kei spun and whipped the cord in a diagonal fashion across the statue. Turning back towards the clone, Kei took a step forward and raised his hand towards the Taka replica. "Lethal force has been authorized, I'm going to enjoy going all out with this." Kei said as a grinding sound was heard behind him. Slowly at first but quickly gathering momentum, the form that was Chaos slipped and fell to the ground, sliced cleanly from hip to shoulder.

As the piece fell to the ground and shattered, a massive cloud of dust was given off that obscured Kei from sight. The transparent cord whipped through the air like a silent killer towards the clone's throat ready to decapitate the false Taka and show him what the game was going to be.

Unfortunately for the clone, Kei was fast, alot faster than most realized with his new technique. Creating a platform of air and a rail as it were, Kei could propel himself at speeds exceeding the normal physical limitations of unassisted motion. As such he whizzed under the fist of the clone with the cord extended out to the side in an attempt to slice through the clone's waist and bisect it.

Blasting past the clone trailing the cord out behind him, Kei came on the house that the clone had emerged from, the safest bet would be to assume that Taka was still close by. Twisting sharply, Kei whipped the cord and sliced through the building, the thin cord parting the structure's walls and furnishings with an ease that defied all odds.

The jutsu that Kei was using was a simple one, the cord was in fact a single double edged blade that extended about twenty-five feet. The edge was so fine that it wasn't visible to the human eye and using the same principle of the bullwhip, it could move at speeds that breached the sound barrier so the only way to tell what the nearly invisible weapon was doing was to observe the motions he performed or listen for the small pop that signified the weapon had begun to move.

Settling to the ground, Kei began to walk around the building as it shook softly and collapsed in on itself, the slashed structure unable to hold its weight any longer. Twirling his hand languidly, the blades flat side coiled around his arm. A strong breeze blew away the dust and provided a clear view of everything surrounding the wreckage. "Show yourself, Taka! I tire of this game of hide and seek." Kei called out as he stopped at the corner of the building and looked at the single corner of the building that still stood.

With a lazy cast of his hand, the last foundation was cut in two and toppled over, unknowingly landing beside Taka with a crash.

[It's more like a whip with sharp edges than a sword really, but yeah it is sort of a long and flexible sword]

With a casual swipe of his left hand, the raven haired jounin batted the kunai to the side with a blast of air. Shifting his left leg to the rear and blading his body in a fighting stance, Kei twirled his right hand and began to make the looping motions that was familiar with whips. It created a sense of unpredicitability, the knowledge that a single flip of the wrist could send the whip slicing towards you at any time when a masterful practicioner had his hands at the ready.

As Kashin charged him, the jounin swiped his hand low towards the ground cuasing his whip to loop towards the ground and kick up dust as if there was a strike approaching from that angle. With a barely noticiable cant of his hand at the end of the sweeping motion, Kei turned the looping motion into a feint as the whip shot upwards with a faint pop.

Unfortunately for Taka, the pop would be associated with the side winding downwards loop.

[It's fine]

The problem with using an attack that rises from the ground is the vibrations it causes and considering that a blast of flame was about breach rock to get to him it would be pretty noticeable. With this bit of intuition, Kei leapt back to avoid the attack and coiled his whip around his forearm. He knew that Taka could use multiple elements and that made him a tricky opponent, on the other hand the jounin had stood on even ground with Kashin and Taka wasn't up to his clan leader's mastery.

Landing on the ground, Kei reacted quickly to the fiery attack; sliding a finger against the edge of the whip, the jounin cut his finger and slipped it under his haori. Removing his hand, he held two small bottles of a clear liquid.

Throwing the first one at Taka, Kei slashed it with his whip while it was in midair and with a burst of wind to mist the liquid he spread the liquid across a good distance with the aim to drench Taka's clothing and surroundings. With a grin, Kei uncorked the second bottle and took a swig of the liquid and with the expertise of a fire breather, the ninja spewed the liquid towards the gout of flame that had arisen from the ground.

With a handsign, Kei ignited the flames as he used the "200 Proof - Flamethrower Technique" and thus released a jet of fire towards Taka's position and the mist that hung in his vicinity. With a second handsign, Kei activated the second state of his trap. "200 Proof - Mist of Flame," this second action ignited the droplets held suspended in the air by his wind field.

If the plan worked like it should have in such quick succesion and behind the cover of flame, Taka would find himself in the middle of a cloud of flame.