The Late Arrival [Event]

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A hooded man was walking through the Land of Lightning. His face mostly hidden aside from a few stray blonde hairs that poked out from beneath the hood. He was closing in the Village hidden in the clouds. It was his former home and what he had planned would no doubt be the most fitting of reunions. The man silently walked towards the village prepared for the worst situation possibly, there was no way he was going to leave without raising at least a little bit of hell first. After all raising hell was what he did best. Not too far away there were some storm clouds gathering, the flash of lightning easily seen in the distance. The storm would no doubt be upon them soon.

Turning toward a open area that like was cleared out, most likely an abandoned training area, the Man peered back behind him and noticed the boy following him. Even farther behind the boy and even farther behind the boy was a man. He was being followed and the man following him was also being followed? Rather curious string of events this trip turned out to be. Reaching the middle of the clearing the Man turned around towards the boy, now getting a good look at him. The handle of a sword stuck out from his back making him a swordsman of at least some skill. The Man's hand popped out from under his cloak with one finger stretched out. He flicked his finger back towards himself signaling the boy and the man behind to come closer as he had a rather interesting proposition for them.

The man flipped his hood revealing his a large grin on his face. The older man was quite amusing and would no doubt be fun to watch as events unfolded. The smirk fell from his face almost immediately as the man asked him if he was the one he was looking for. Could he have possibly known what he was planning? No he couldn't of... Although the other seven had certainly been displaying themselves rather obnoxiously lately... Perhaps thats what he was getting at. The boy on the other hand may simply have been in the wrong place at the wrong time.

"All of your questions will be answered soon... Now on to business. I have in my possession a great relic... A weapon. I suspect you may know of it. But before I show you I have a proposition for you both... It will be a contest of sorts, and the winner, will win this prize. I give you both an opportunity to leave before the game starts, for once it we begin I fear you wont get the opportunity to back out."

That same old smirk rose to his face once more as he began to plot the many ways he could continue this little game. Oh he would certainly be raising hell today.

"Well then the game shall begin."

The man pulled a special kunai out of his back pocket. What made this kunai so special was the tag that was attached to it. The man quickly slid his thumb across one of his canine teeth to draw a droplet of blood. The man spread the blood across the seal before dropping it into the ground. Unlike a normal kunai which would of simply stuck in the ground, the kunai went into the ground along with its seal. The seal then spread across the ground over a 50 meter radius, which was roughly the entire training field. While it looked like just a seal on the ground it actually linked itself to each of there chakra signatures. None of the three inside could exit the seal as it would be almost as if they were tied to the ground.

"Alright now listen carefully boys. There is no leaving this seal until I unseal it. As I said before we are going to play a game and there will be no backing out of this one. Now there will be a... loophole I guess? If either of you kills each other I will give you my sword and let you walk away freely... Of course you could try and forcefully take the blade but then you run the chance of losing little Nuibari forever. I'll let you boys talk it out for a minute."

The man was laughing menacingly in his mind, he didn't want to do it aloud as it would make him look extremely weird. While waiting for the two to make up their minds he removed his cloak revealing a nicely pressed suit.

The man wasn't all too sure if the boy was stupid or just overconfident, probably was a solid mixture of both. He stupidly rushed in without even muttering a word but this wasn't what concerned him. The older man who stayed in one spot lifted his hand up like a gun. It took a moment for the man to see the little speck of condensation building up at the tip of finger tip and that really concerned. He didn't see any handseals so he wasn't all to sure if it was a jutsu or not, some jutsu didn't require hadnseals, so he decided to play it safe. His hands came together in a blur of motion quickly molding chakra as he backstepped slightly to the side making sure he was aligning himself directly center mass of the younger kid. If he was going to shoot at him he would most likely kill the boy which would result in him winning the game anyway. Still moving back away from the kids sword and the possible line of fire he would stop briefly before slamming his hands into the ground. Pouring a massive amount of chakra in the ground, a chunk of the earth about 20 meters in diameter, epicenter of it being the older man would turn into a nasty swamp. The boy was on the very edge of the swamps radius maybe 2 or 3 meters from entering a safe zone but if he got out would all depend if he could regain his footing in time. The seal that was once across the ground was no longer visible but the outer ring it created was still there signaling it was still effect.

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Achilles arrived in, Kumo a few days back, and had begun to resume some of his normal activities, most of which included training so hard his body would literally collapse afterwards, a favorite past time of his obviously. Today however was different, the previous night, Achilles had done night training as well, and had exhausted himself more than usual leaving him to sleep well into the afternoon, when the sudden spike of Chakra and malice filled the air of Kumo. This immediately drew the attention of Achilles, causing him to be forced to investigate the source of the chakra and malice within the confines of his Village. After all, with the current Raikage being gone to Kiri he thought he heard, it was up to him to protect the Village, and that he was going to do.

Using his superior speed, the former Raikage easily made his way across the Village towards the source of all the disturbing feelings he was getting, and was rewarded with an unusual sight. Immediately he noticed that a young Samurai boy he knew of was in the area upon seeing his red spiked hair and the blade within his grasp, who he didn't recognize were the other two however. Taking a few steps closer he was now about fifty-ones meters away from the center of the training area which they all seemed to reside in. He wasn't sure exactly what was going on, but he had a strange feeling about the situation at hand, and also felt a strange pull just in front of him, as if there was a Jutsu active but he wasn't sure what.

Deciding he wouldn't waste any time, he began to channel his immense chakra making his presence known. After all, not many would want to tango with a man called The Lightning Sage, as was emblazoned on the back of his trench vest he was wearing over top of his usual Jounin Vest, and black long sleeve shirt. "I believe a mistake was made." His voice gained a commanding verbal strength as he was attempting to sound serious, "As I know a couple of strangers would know better than to start trouble in my Village." A toothy smile appeared on Achilles face, as he knew how intimidating he could be, and with his new Seal attached to his right arm ready for use at any moment, he had the strength to feel like nobody could touch him. At the same time however, the precarious situation he found himself in, made him feel a bit cautious but not for himself, after all there was a friendly involved here.

Thinking of the boy, he called out to him, "Mind putting that blade of yours down for a moment and explain to me what's going on instead of blindly attacking a superior opponent?" Achilles knew the level of strength residing in the two others as compared to Crono, he was vastly outmatched and simply charging in even with powerful techniques would be a waste of Chakra. For a weaker opponent to beat a stronger, tact and strategy as well as surprise was the only way to win, not trading punches. By the time he had finished calling out to the boy, his chakra was finally manifested and sparks of lightning began to fire off his arms striking the ground occasionally. He hadn't activated a Jutsu yet, but his chakra was channeled to the point where he could rapidly fire them if he needed to, it was a way to prepare for an attack without showing immediate confrontation.

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The smirk that was once held on the mans face quickly vanished as the boy was quick to try and stop him. The man made the mistake of not putting more ground between them, one he wouldn't be so quick to make again. He had finished the first seal when the boy had stopped his charge and reached for his sword, oddly enough he still wasn't in range, but no swordsman made foolish attacks like such without reason. The blade still in its sheath it left only a few options of attack and most of them were purely vertical, using the little momentum he had he was about to continue moving out of the way as best he could when he noticed another set of bullets being fired. Playing conservatively the mans skin turned a dark blackish brown as he angled sideways and slightly dipping his torso back to avoid the blade. Much to his amusement the blade had been surrounded in chakra increasing its striking distance and even an arc of chakra blasted by him, even with his skin encased in doton chakra he could feel the intensity from it. If he hadn't covered himself as such he would no doubt have suffered burns on left arm from the chakra being so close bare skin. It was after this first swing when the first bullet that was fired had pierced the boys right shoulder, zooming past the body following closely behind the arc of chakra. The man could only see two of the other bullets one on each side of the boy making the decision to venture away less desirable.

Utilizing the time he had be given by the surprise attack from the man who used water jutsu he had to attack. While the boy was off-balance and off guard the man quickly swiped his wrist with the same thumb he had bit earlier. In a small poof of smoke the legendary sword known as Nuibari appeared in his right hand. As soon as the sword came out the man noticed the water users bloated chest which was quickly slammed causing a large and intense looking blast of wind flying at him and boy. The words of a 3rd presence rang in his ears but he paid them little attentions as he was still under attack. With less intention of harming the boy himself but letting the mans wind jutsu do it for him he threw the blade with all his might. Nuibari flew forward like a dart towards the boy, but the man help on tightly to the almost invisible wire which was attached to the blade, at most it would only fly 10 meters before he pulled it back in. However the man expected to be hit by the blast of wind long before this happened whether or not blade pierced the boys chest. Luckily enough when the man did get caught in the wind jutsu his Earth Spear technique would protect him from the majority of its attack, he would no doubt fly backwards about 10 meters or so as his armor would protects him from all but the physical force of the wind jutsu.

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ponch, you couldn't of hit me the physics dont line up.

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Considering his lengthy distance away from the origin of the attack, Achilles had plenty of time to see the oncoming torrent of wind blasting his way. Gritting his teeth with a scowl now present on his face, he began to flex the muscles in his leg and force a bit of chakra in his feet allowing him to leap off the ground. Performing a front flip high over the tornado style attack which was driving straight towards him, he began to perform the seals needed for his attack. Seeing as how his chakra had already been channeled it was mere moments before his attack was ready, causing a rather fierce looking chakra to rise from his body. Engulfing his entire right arm, a blue bolt of lightning encircled the entire length from his shoulder down to his forearm, along with sparks occasionally sparking off of it's length in an impressive show.

As he landed the front flip, coming down at a much harder speed then he thought he should have, he realized he may have got himself placed in a little trap. From the distortion of chakra he felt while performing his Jutsu, he realized he was now within a sealed boundary. He had a few sealing jutsu along those lines, so it was something not uncommon for him to immediately recognize. Upon landing he began to grip his fist tightly while watching, the events unfold before him, he watched as Crono was sent flying into the air after attempting to slice the Water Bullets fired towards him.

Unfortunately for Crono while he was trying to yell out for Achilles and try to emulate the move used Junpei to keep himself from flying off, he was trying to do too much at one time. So while the Wind Jutsu used by Junpei wasn't fatal it would send the boy flying away from the epicenter of the attack and likely knock him out with some pretty serious wounds. To be blunt about it, Achilles was not happy with the situation and it was evident with the look on his face, as he stood his Chakra literally swirling nearly out of control other then the jutsu prepared on his right arm. "That was a very poor decision you just made." Slowly walking forward, after landing within twenty meters of the trio, he began to stare down the form of Junpei, the rage within him building.

It was no secret that the former Raikage has an enormous temper, when he is finally pushed to the brink, and the attack on a fellow Kumogakure Soldier, was not something he took lightly. Though he had began walking for the first few steps, he quickly gained momentum and turned it, into a full on sprint. Considering he had the advantage of already being at a ready position, not having to stab his blade into the ground in order to keep from flying away after using a Wind Release jutsu, it left him in a good position to attack. Knowing that by the time Achilles would close in the less than eighteen meter distance between him and Junpei, he would be up to his feet and likely ready for an attack, he decided to go all out.

Using his forward momentum as well as the already impressive speed of his jutsu, he thrust his arm forward, "Raiton Strike!" Uncoiling from his arm, the blue bolt of Lightning fired at unreasonable speeds straight for the chest of Junpei, Achilles wasn't leaving that up for chance however as he began to form hand seals again, in an instant already forming another Raiton Strike ready to be fired. Just as well, he also made sure to have a mental image of where the unknown quantity, that strange swordsman was towards his left. As the position of which he fired his jutsu from after his mad dash forward, if uninterrupted would leave him at ten meters away from Junpei in front of him, and seven meters away from the stranger to his front left. If this was going to turn into a two on one battle he needed to make sure he had both of them in his sights. 'If this does indeed turn into two on one I'll have to activate my seal. I hope not, I did just have this placed on my shoulder and I'm still a bit sore from the process, if I have to use it I will be hurting for a while.' It wasn't an ideal situation for Achilles, but if needed he would push himself to the limit to win this battle, and such a strange thing, he had no idea the implications of what would happen and the rewards from actually winning the fatal three way.

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Word Count: 790/1,384
CP: 298.5/315
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The man had witnessed the boys strike fly straight up and back around towards the water user, or rather to say where the water user was. With a blast of wind still incoming he had little time to complete his earth spear and get coverage from the blast. A quick one handed seal and the rest of his body turned a dark blackish-brown granting him protection from anything he was about to endure. With the hand that held Nuibari's wire he gave a strong tug before dropped his body to the ground and shoving his hands into dirt. In a the nick of time as he could feel the pressure from the blast all around him, forcing him to close his eyes to keep them being cut out of his skull or dried into eye raisins. While he was on the ground Nuibari had flown right by him nearly taking a chunk of his shoulder with it but just barely missing. The blast of wind chakra lingered just long enough for his hold to be lifted from the ground and his body lifted in the air about 5 feet up and backwards.

As the man hit the ground with a soft thud he tucked his body and rolled to lessen the strain his muscles. With the wind now at tolerable levels he snapped his eyes opened scanning the area as quickly as possible. The only thing he immediately noticed was the water and wind user standing over the body of the boy. He had a kunai in hand was going for the kill. Not sure of where the 3rd man had disappeared to he gave Nuibari's wire a tug, letting the blade slide across the ground towards him before picking it and up and getting in a ready position. Next a drop of rain hit his head, snapping his attention towards the sky. The edge of the storm was above them and the much heavier rain could be seen in the distance and was about the blanket the area soon. While peeking up in the sky towards the rain he had found where the other man had gone.

ooc: consitering what the NPC has been doing so far, I was thinking that his actions happened almost instantaneously after seeing what you did.. making um practically fire at the same time. kinda like how he was trying to preform that on me before the reset; but with him being closer[5m], the sword should have reached me before your attack [15m +] although I'm beating my self up after missing that part where that you jumped after firing those bullets, thus causing me to lose tempo in the match and give you a free action while I stood there like an idiot ...damn it.
 

Due to his own slight confusion at the actual affects of the Jutsu, he saw come flying from the caster, Achilles was caught by surprise when halfway through his front flip he felt an uncomfortable force push against his back. Though for just a second, until the uncomfortable feeling became pain he quickly realized his mistake, and grabbed his headband and pulled it down to cover his eyes. He was about to be sent flying and didn't need his eyes dried by the intense wind beneath him, which had just began to burst him into the air as his eyes became covered by the cloth of his headband. His back was fairly sore at this point, to his luck the center of the Jutsu had been far away enough from him that he didn't receive near the full amount of the blast, but his already upward bound momentum had worked against him.

After the intense wind had stopped and he felt his rise in the air slow, Achilles quickly moved to pull his headband back up, and soon began his descent. Upon first glance he assumed himself roughly thirty-five meters into the air, or just over a hundred feet, not exactly where he wanted to be, but he had to act quickly. Forming the Shadow Clone sign, followed by the Ram, sign a Raiton Kage Bunshin (Lightning Shadow Clone) formed underneath him and also began falling, and quickly as well. By the time he made the clone, and moved his feet to balance himself to stand on top of his clones feet giving them the appearance of mirroring each, he was nearly twenty eight meters away from the ground. Thankfully he had began to draw on his chakra before being unceremoniously tossed into the air, but just in case he began to draw more chakra then he had previously, and began to run through a few signs.

Inhaling a large amount of wind into his throat he felt the surge of Chakra through his core before biding his time, in order to fire his jutsu at the exact moment he needed to. Thankfully he did not need to wait long, thanks to the speed they were falling, he was roughly twenty meters away, now. With an instant of moment crystallization, Achilles saw his opportunity, and bent his legs in along with his clone who pushed up with all his strength, as Achilles did the same. Thankfully during the process of him flipping forward when he was first thrown up into the air, he was now falling just above the strange Swordsman, Junpei, and Crono. Pushing off his clone while the clone kicked him up into the air, now removing the danger of hitting the ground from a deadly height, he fired off his, Wind Release: Vacuum Great Sphere Jutsu aimed directly for the Swordsman. While the clone he pushed off of that pushed off him, was now heading towards the Junpei clone, though not perfectly on target, the clone was currently trying to shift his body forward so that it would land on the Junpei clone.

While he waited for his Jutsu to land and his clone to attempt hitting who he thought was Junpei, Achilles quickly began performing hand signs again. His right arm immediately became encased in Raiton again, as a bolt began to form around the entire bicep and his forearm. Achilles himself had managed to land off to the left of where the Swordsman stood, roughly fifteen meters away from him, twenty-five meters from Junpei and Crono. He also made sure to take note of the destroyed terrain fifteen-twenty meters to his back right, he didn't like the uprooted ground, as it left him open to losing track of his enemies, if they tried to hide behind the boulders. He would have to keep a small amount of his attention on that portion of the area as well, which would only serve to annoy the man, who now started to turn his body so that the Swordsman was to his left, and the destroyed terrain was to his right, giving him eye sight of the majority of the area.

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Word Count: 691/2,075

Chakra Pool: 275/315

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