Chuunin Exams Round 1: Ai Takahashi vs. Hayoa Uchiha

This arena will take place on the trees. Skar Dovahkiin won a round of his Chuunin Exams atop a forest, which inspired this idea. You are literally on top of the forest of Morigakure, a few miles from the main village.

The forest is so dense, that there is little to no gaps between the tops of the trees, making it actually possible to hold a battle on top of the trees. Your footing is not solid, so I challenge you to have to focus on sending chakra to your feet to stay on top of the trees' canopy, as well as hold a battle at the same time. If you fail to mention holding your chakra in your feet to stay on top, you will fall to the forest floor 60ft below, and automatically lose and be hospitalized. If you lose your footing and land on your back or stomach or either side while in the trees, you do not fall down to the floor, because when you fall on either side, there is more of you for the branches to catch. Therefore, the only way to fall to the floor is by failing to focus chakra into your feet in any one post.

The opponents were taken to this arena in their sleep by an ANBU captain, and will begin the fight by waking up on top of the forest.

Ai Takahashi will post first. You may begin!

Hayoa woke from his slumber quite groggy and disoriented, then realized he was in some canopy of a massive forest. Right, the chuunin exams in Morigakure! He jumped to his feet and began to focus chakra into them so he wouldn't fall. That would be VERY unpleasant. He quickly began and charge of chakra into his hands and preform handseals at the same time. From what he could see, the was an archer, so he might have his hands full on this one. He would activate his sharingan and wait, watching Ai's moves closely.

It was difficult to keep focus on the chakra in her feet AND continue fighting, but Ai knew the alternative was much less appealing. She had fallen out of these trees as a child and had spent several days in the hospital. She had been lucky; it could have been much worse for her.

"Alright! Let's test what you've got!"

She finished her hand signs and dropped to her belly. Laying flat on the ground, she took aim for her opponents legs.

"Water style: Gunshot Jutsu!"

The 5 balls of chakra enhanced water shot from her mouth, straight for her opponents legs at 65 mph. She knew that if they hit, he'd only be taken off of his feet and maybe end up with some bruised shins, but a low level technique like this would also help her determine his level of reaction, speed, and recovery. Either way, she would get something from this.

As soon as the water left her mouth she began charging more chakra and weaving hand signs, ready for the next step.

Spoiler:

Chakra: 150/160

Hayoa watched as Ai dropped to the canopy and spat 5 water balls at him. A simple thing to avoid. He jumped diagonally to the left and finished his hand seals at the same time, launching an oil bomb right at Ai. Phase one initiated. He still charged chakra inside his body so he could enact phase two.

As he landed on a branch 20 feet away from the initial jump, Hayoa redirected chakra into his feet to hold himself up. He now watched Ai closely, anticipating her next move. He began another set of hand seals as he waited.

140/160

Name: Gamayudan (Toad Oil Bullet)
Canon/Custom: Canon
Rank: C
Type: Ninjutsu (Supplemental)
Element: -
Distance: 0-10 yards
Description: Charge equal to hand seals. After a charge, the user converts chakra into an extremely sticky oil and spits it from their mouth at 40MPH. This oil is ten feet in diameter (Approx. 524 cubic feet) and will stick to anything it touches, making it hard for the victim to move. This oil is extremely flammable and can be ignited by any Katon jutsu, giving the Katon a 10% strength bonus. The oil can be washed off by a B-Rank Suiton jutsu, but the oil will still remain on the waters surface and can still be ignited. After use, there is a 3 post cool down.

Ai was impressed. 65 mph projectiles were not easy to dodge but her opponent made it look simple. That told her he was quick and had incredible reaction time.

She barely had time to put this together in her head when he launched his counter attack. Something that looked like oil was moving toward her at a high rate of speed. There was no way she would be able to stand up AND get out of the way in time. She would need a quicker way to get out of the way.

She finished her hand signs and inhaled deeply. Fusing the air with chakra, she blew it back out with such force that she was lifted into the air, 35 feet above the trees. She just missed the oil as she soared into the air.

She wouldn't be able to stay up here forever, but at least it would give her a chance to recover. And, while she was up here, she would be able to take a break from concentrating chakra into her feet.

One less thing to worry about for a moment, she thought to herself.

Spoiler:

Chakra: 130/160

Hayoa smirked as he watched Ai launch herself into the air to avoid the oil. The oil bomb hit the top of the trees and spread out, catching in the leaves. He would use this later. But for now, he had an idea, which would help him recover from the constant chakra foothold on the branches. His charge came to completion and his hands began to tingle. Time to play. He finished his hand seals and grinned. He looked straight up and launched the fireball at the stick ascending Ai.

Next, he used the his sharingan to watch her path closely. He activated his fuuinjutsu and would watch anxiously as he tried to anticipate where she would travel next. His battle skill's weren't the best, but his cockiness wouldn't let him give up. He continued his chakra foothold and held a defensive stance.

90/160

Name: Limb Disabling Seal
Canon/Custom: Custom
Rank: B
Type: N/A
Element: Fuuinjutsu
Distance: Contact
Description: Charge equal to hand seals. After charge, chakra is sent through the users hands, giving him the ability to plant up to 2 seals on a single target or 2 targets. The seal is planted on contact and disables the limb closest to it(Planted on shoulder disables that arm) but it can only disable limbs, not any other part of the body such as an organ. The placement does not matter for the whole limb to go numb, as long as the seal is near or on the limb. The limb is disabled for 6 posts but can be broken with a surge of 30 chakra. After use there is a cool down of 7 posts.

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Name: Katon: Great Fireball Technique
Canon/Custom: Canon
Type: Ninjutsu (C Rank)
Element: Katon
Distance: 50 Feet
Description: A technique where chakra kneaded inside the body is converted into fire, and expelled from the mouth in a massive orb of roaring flame. The scope of the attack is altered by controlling the volume of chakra that is mustered. The released flames will engulf their target, and leave a crater on the ground's surface. At its largest, Goukyaku no Jutsu is 10 feet in diameter, and can travel at 40 mph. Requires hand seals. This technique can leave severe third degree burns at its center (a five foot radius from the exact center) while the rest of the fireball gives off second degree burns. 6 post cool down.

(OOC: Hayoa, please reword your jump. Her jutsu allows her to shoot into the air much higher and faster than you, so there's no way you could be able to match her there. You can still shoot the fireball, but it will be hard to angle above her from how low you are. If anything, you can shoot it up at her from down where you are.)

OOC: The deed is done.

Ai had less than a second to move out of the way. In fact, there would be no way for her to avoid the fireball all together, but she wouldn't take a direct hit at least.

Her body moved faster than her mind could even think, almost on instinct. She tilted her head, changing the direction of the air she was breathing out and changed direction, flying further away from Hayoa.

The heat of the fireball was intense as it flew past her. She felt the skin on her face and hands burn and her face even began to blister. She knew she had been burned pretty bad, it was probably a second degree burn. It hurt, but she'd have to deal with it later.

Now with more distance between herself and Hayoa she let the stream technique fade and started her descent to the ground. She began charging chakra and weaving hand signs as she dropped ready for the next attack. She also made sure to put chakra into her feet so she'd be able to stand again on the canopy when she reached it.

Spoiler:

Chakra: 120/160

Hayoa grinned to himself as he watched the fire ball graze across Ai. His hit had landed, but she had avoided the majority of the damage. Her wind stream cut off and she was now falling toward the canopy. Perfect, within a matter of second's she would hit the ground, seeing as free fall acceleration is 9.8 meter per second, a helpful fact he learned from a book. He was causious with his moves, still holding his footing to the canopy with chakra. He began to charge chakra in the core of his body, waiting to see where she would land. The sharigan was becoming more and more useful in this fight, he was able to follow her movements closely, but still keep a fair distance. He felt pretty well matched, but in the end, there would be only one winner, and hopefully it was Hayoa.

90/160

They were around 60 feet apart when she hit the canopy. By letting the stream technique fade rather than cutting it off completely, she landed softer than she would have from a normal fall. Instantly, the chakra focused into her feet re-gripped the the canopy and she steadied herself from the drop.

She finished the hand signs she had begun weaving on the way down. Out of the ambient water in the air, 2 extra versions of herself appeared at either side of her.

Immediately, both clones began weaving hand signs while Ai began charging chakra in her body and weaving a separate set of hand signs.

Spoiler:

Chakra: 100/160 (34/160 while clones are active)
Clone 1: 33/33
Clone 2: 33/33

Hayoa held himself to the canopy with chakra. He watched carefully as the two clones appear out of air and pondered for a minute, but he could keep a constant view of Ai since the clones were visible because of his sharingan. He grabbed a kunai from his belt, careful not to touch his leg. Last time he did that, Dominic Edrick slammed his face into the ground. He charged at the forward, crossing the oil in the process. The 60 feet gap was being closed slowly, but he stopped fifteen feet out. He had a defensive stance ready for whatever either of these clones or Ai had in store.

90/160

Ai made sure the chakra in her feet was holding to the canopy as she watched Hayoa run toward her and the clones. When he stopped about 15 feet from her she put her plan into action.

One of the clones, finished her hand signs. She released 5 water enhanced chakra "bullets". The balls flew straight for her opponents chest at 65 miles an hour. They would cross the 15 feet in less than half a second. He would have to have the speed and reaction of a jounin to even have a chance of dodging. At this range, she was confident he would be hit. He'd probably get staggered back and it would leave a pretty nasty bruise on his torso.

Ai and the other clone took off running toward him, closing the distance. Ai continued charging chakra and weaving hand signs. The clone with her just charged chakra as she ran preparing for the next step.

Spoiler:

Chakra: 100/160 (34/160 while clones are active)
Clone 1: 23/33
Clone 2: 33/33

Due to Hayoa Uchiha not posting within 36 hours of his opponent, Ai Takahashi, he his disqualified! Ai Takahashi will advance to the semifinal round against Shizen Uchiha!

Congratulations!