Pow Pow The Inferno is where Dante ends up

Rocky areas were not always the best place to be at during a conflict but while out of one it had the potential to be quite the relaxing place and that was just what one person was looking for. The area had a single pond that by some miracle happened to appear in an area this hot, many people from this area always claim that it was a miracle but smart people know the difference between a miracle and a underground water source. With no cloud in sight the area was pretty barren as the hot sun pounded down onto the area with an unmerciful hot streak the like of which many people can't deal with, that was unless they knew how to thrive in this area.

Being one of the people that could thrive in an area such as this, Kain laid on a flat piece of slate rock that he was using as a tanning bed as he laid there shirtless with a damp cloth on his face. His tanto's were within arms reach and he never unequipped his weapon pouch. Though he was tanning, he also never took off his arm's bandages, which were wrapped tightly around his arm up to his elbow for some strange reason. Still through the heat he was cool and not even sweating, the only sigh that he was hot came from the color that he was getting on his chest and upper arm from the sun's rays beaming on him.

Entering the scene rather casually was a more stripped down version of Dante. This area was too hot for him to wear his usual hooded gear, so he would be wearing a black tank top and his brown pants tucked into his steel toe combat boots. He still had all his weaponry equipped, including the braces he wore on his forearms. He was plain as day, with his short spiky hair and vivid light brown eyes. Having two blades with him, a large broad sword on his back and a kitana at his waist. He was well prepared and unphased by the weight of his equipment, for he carried it all the time. True it was hot in this area, but he could handle it.

As Dante approached from the North, he saw what he had come to this area for. A rather tan male lounging around. Yet this was not to some casual encounter about to go down. This was an assassination mission, Dante being the assassin. He had entered the scene silent as possible for an Assassin, his chakra suppressed to the point it didn't seem to exist. Drawing a single kunai from pouch at his side, he tossed it with much force toward the shirtless man. The aim of the fresh attack being his neck, for Dante threw it at such an angle for it to hit in such a way, that is if it would go unnoticed. Yet wasting no time, Dante began making blatant hand seals right after throwing the kunai. Dante had took the initiative to prepare for his next attack. He would probably be noticed at this point. Though he said no words, his actions would definitely speak for him.

The day's breeze carried with it the very weird, it seemed like a foreboding type of thing and a feeling that he only knew of when combat was near. 'eh?' It was funny, on such a lovely day it seemed that there was definitely some trouble brewing and it seemed that he wouldn't get to tan all day like he was planning on, but that was this business. 'Fuck now on my day off theres always someone who wants to party with me.....guess I gotta take care of this' Hearing the slight sounds of a rustling and a few seconds the tale tale signs of a weapon flying through the air. Though he was sure it was at his current position he had to move as little as possible for his own reasons. Thinking on his feet, so to speak, he rolled over in time for the kunai to miss him but bounce and barely knick his ankle, not a big wound just drawing a small bit of blood something that he knew he would regret sooner or later. But as he rolled he made sure the bandages on his arms were loosened allowing them to be on the ground, but as he rolled he allowed himself to raise his head to look in the general direction of the kunai to get a good look at the opponent, but as he did so he would also put his hands together in front of him forming seals that he was sure would come in handy.

"Well, what kind of greeting was that for a guy who's tanning could you not give a heads up to do a formal challenge? why the hell you gotta go all ninja on me?...........oh, wait! hahahahaha never mind then....so, lets do this shall we?" Kain smirked his favorite mood to be in was one ready and waiting for combat to come through to his core and overwhelm him with passion of a possible life or death situation. 'This should be good, I couldn't detect him until the kunai was thrown, must mean hes able to suppress himself, his scent and stuff.....eh oh well lemme at him!'

Dante's initial attack had missed sadly, but this was not the end of his little assault. As the man rolled to his feet. The man began making hand seals as he looked at Dante. At a moment when the man was just about to form his first word, a great flash would occur. This flash would emit from Dante's body itself with the purpose being to flood the man's vision with a blinding white light that would leave him in bright place colored in white. Upon entering this white world, the man would lose complete sight of Dante. If the desired effect went well, Dante would then make a hand sign most likely unneeded. Following in synchronization of the newly made hand seal, his opponent could expect to be faced with a torrent of water colored in red, ready to wash him away by surprise. Dante was a skilled assassin, able to summon such waters in such a hot place. That would leave the man with two options, run or drown. That is if Dante's initial technique had succeeded. Yet he had no doubts in this quick moment of what seemed like a few small seconds. He had always prepared ahead.

Though it wasn't the best thing to happen to him, he had a feeling that this was going to be a sad ending to this for some strange reason. As he rolled to his opponent, he was halted in his actions by a blinding light, there was little time to stop it but rather than stare at it he simply closed his eyes at the moment it started, common sense. But there was still a matter to be dealt with, there was a white type of place he was surrounded with, to him it came natural to what he was to do. 'Genjutsu....without a doubt!' His hands switched from completing the seal to forming a single one, with increased speed. 'Genjutsu Release!' He had to act quickly, moving to activate the release just a bit before the opponent thanks to his previous seals still being in the molding process. Hopefully the attempt to release it would work, allowing him to escape the genjutsu but at a risk, he had to be sure to use the proper amount of chakra, too little and it might not work, too much and he might over-exhaust himself either way it was a terrible standing for him.

'Fuck, can't believe I got caught that fast........shit shit shit!' Kain knew the first move was taken from him, but he could make a change and reverse the flow of the battle before it was too late. His mind raced as he started to move, running as fast as he could, moving his fingers in a fashion that would draw his opponent's attention, around him would flood a massive swarm of crows, they were his next move, hopefully, with their increasing numbers, he could take the lead in this dance with his opponent.

Dante smirked for the man had realized what had happened a moment too late. The man had been thrown into his White World Genjutsu and was trying to release it. Dante based on observation would not expect this man to have enough chakra to release the technique but if he did manage he would have greatly exhausted himself in the process. An easier approach would have been through pain but no one ever really thinks of self mutilation as a means of escape. At the point Dante had summoned the red waters to drown the man, it would have appeared the man was on the move. Normally Dante would have expected the man to just be running from the waters of the alternate reality but this was not the case. It would seem that the man did succeed in breaking the genjutsu, which no doubt must have been exhausting. Then on top of that he summoned a massive flood of crows to swarm Dante.

As the crows began to circle, Dante would make a fast single hand seal, flickering from within the flock to a range outside of it. With the clap of his hands in front of him upon reappearing, a great wind would blast its way forward blowing the crows away as the wind chased after the running target. The Great Breakthrough technique is what it was. Dante couldn't believe how reckless this man was being, exhausting such energy. If the wind were to reach the man, it would probably only push him from behind and make him stumble a bit considering the distance between the two was opening up. Calculating, there had to be about 7 meters between them and growing as the man ran. Dante would contemplate his next move as he watched his opponent move.

His attempt at hiding would prove fruitless, even at the beginning he tried to do the impossible it seemed. His opponent wasn't like most of the people he's been facing up until now, but that would only help him to evolve his combat style, he had taken a big drop in chakra and using his crows only seemed to make it a bit worse. 'Shit, I don't think I'll have enough chakra to use to defeat him with jutsu.......then in that case....' Kain would only perk up as his opponent jumped out of the flock of crows, cursing he could see the wind chakra that his opponent was building up. 'Judging by the amount I guess its one thats going to literally blow my mind.....shit shit shit!' The only thing he could do was brace for it with the little time he had. The crows would cluster behind him to help him brace as he turned to face the blast, his bandages would also come to life, implanting themselves into the ground to hold him, but still with the debris coming at him he could only hold his hands infront of him while streaming chakra into his feet. 'Definately not the best situation I could've been in........'

Dante smirked seeing the vulnerability in his opponent. As his opponent held on against the strong winds, Dante would then draw his silver katana. As he drew it the sun gleamed of its edge. Pointing the blade in the direction of his opponent, it was a signal. A signal that Dante was ready to end this man. Upon seeing this signal the man would probably notice more crows coming from all over toward him. Even crows behind him would swarm and fly at the man with their sharp beaks. From every direction, a never ending torrent of crows would attempt to attack the man, wanting to dig their beaks into his flesh. As these crows would attack, Dante would make a hand seal. A seal that would help bring death to the man after these crows.

Kain would form a seal as his opponent would draw his katana, it was going to get real from this point on in, he reached into his pocket and withdrew a tag and threw it down onto a rock. With the wind jutsu finished and a new foe ahead of him he had no choice but to allow himself to take the opponent as he is and prepare ahead of time, there wasn't much to lose anyway as it seemed that he was about to get pwned. 'Not like this I won't!' With the movement of his right arm upwards with the palm of his hand in his face, he clenched it with his left arm as the flurry of his own crows began to swarm him, their numbers undwindling but back in a larger force, though he knew it was a risk he had to do something for this. The swirling mass of crows would encircle him as the enemy's crows came at him, then from the top of the mass a man just as Kain would have the nerve to sprout from and spin in the air using the bandages on his left arm for an initial attack to strike the opponent. The bandages would harden like steel as 4 of them would attempt to strike the opponent, leaping over both masses of crows, moving in a sparratic fashion when not engaged in the enemy they all seemed to seek his destruction. Meanwhile, the right hand held one of his tanto's with the bandages of his right arm wiggling and prepared for battle.

Dante smiled, it was done. From the point he had drawn his sword it was over. His opponent was already caught. His opponent had fell victim to the Dusk Crow Genjutsu with the drawing of his sword being the catalyst. Dante knew it had succeeded, for his opponent would stop all movement. In the genjutsu, his opponent most likely thought he was still defending himself and counter attacking. Yet the reality was he was a sitting duck before Dante's eyes, standing motionless. The crows he had envisioned were just part of the genjutsu. The seal he had made was for his flicker. As Dante disappeared from his current position, he would re appear behind the man. His blade already in motion to cut the man in half at the waist. The last thing his opponent would hear before his death was a dark laugh echoing from within the genjutsu he was trapped in.

Substitution was all that he would need, it seemed that his opponent was playing hardball, but luckily for him he was able to perform a substitution seal before hand. He smirked as he subbed with a rock, which he was able to tag as he switched out, allowing it go boom as the rock was cut in half. But from a distance away he came out from behind a larger rock, breathing slightly heavier as he tried to help himself recover from the heavy use of chakra he just went through. Though he was pretty sure that his opponent wasn't dead yet he still had to catch his breath, keeping his sharingan active just in case of a sneak attack. 'bitch! thats what you get for trying to cut me in half!' With a smile on his face he hoped that he was ok enough to move from here and try to find another spot to stay hidden at.

As Dante's blade came into with the man, the unexpected happened. At the point of contact, the man had substituted with a rock that had been tagged. 'Son of a...' He thought to himself as he made moves to change direction. Dante moved quickly as possible from the rock as it lit up and exploded. Dante was pushed by the concussive force as well. He had managed to escape with minimum damage to his being from the blast and debris. Dante stood, a little scruffed but okay. His eyes were intense. Things were about to get a bit more serious, for Dante was annoyed. A distance away, Dante could see his opponent near a large rock he had walked out from behind. Dante sheathed his kitana and made hand seals rather quickly. With the final seal, three clouded creatures formed in a shape similar to hound dogs. These dogs were vicious and would charge toward his opponent quickly, ready to rip the flesh from his bones. Two of the dogs would run and try to flank the man from both sides and bite his legs, while another would charge head on and jump for his throat. Dante himself would draw his kitana once more and run behind them. His sword charged with storm chakra causing sparks to run along its edge.

'Damn dogs! WTF is with everyone and damn dogs!' Kain sighed as he looked to see his opponent release dogs made out of clouds, and not only that they seemed to be intense monster dogs that had it out for him. "Looks like I hit a sensitive spot on this guy!" Kain smirked a little as he got ready for the dogs, streaming chakra into his feet he prepared for another little rush of power as a seal entered his hands and his tanto was drawn. He focused hard knowing that it would take careful measures to make sure that he didn't jump the gun too soon or too late and be trapped. The ever present barking and the threat of the dogs came close to home as he was being flanked, a good measure but ultimately would bring him to the edge of his capabilities. "Handle this you mutts!" Kain waited until they were just close enough to hear their breathe's before he would flicker to the back of his opponent, spinning around with his tanto in his right hand his left would be planted on the ground with the bandages dug into the ground and the ones on his right hand shooting out towards the enemy, he used the ones on his left hand as a balance type spring that would help with his maneuverability later on.

Kain was side ways, thanks to the flicker that he used to allude the dogs, his body was parallel to the ground and his tanto was streaking upwards from behind the enemy in an attempt to tear him a new one, but a bigger new one. 'Got ya!' He used his speed in an attempt to hurry and draw more blood hopefully this would be enough to take is opponent down or weaken him greatly.

Dante running toward the man behind the middle dog was faced with another unexpected event. Just as the two dogs were flanking him, the man disappeared in a flicker. 'Damn it.' The two dogs had stopped in there tracks searching, then with the reappearance of the man behind Dante, they would charge in that direction. Noticing this Dante still kept running forward. Dante being in a forward running motion had unknowingly avoided the man's tanto attack for he had moved forward out of its range. However there was another attack from a bandage had shot toward Dante. However it would come into impact with the broad sword on Dante's back as he jumped forward, leaping over the middle dog he was initially running behind. The dog was now coming toward the man behind Dante, lunging for his right arm. The other dogs would come after this and attempt to flank the man once more. Dante coming from his jump, had rolled to the ground so that he may be facing the direction of his opponent about 5 meters away. Dante sheathed his Kitana and then drew his broad sword. As he did so the sword itself erupted into a flash of blue lightning that would extent forward toward his opponent. The lightning would branch off four times as it headed for the man. A bolt of lightning would come at each of his sides, one to his front, and one from overhead. Like any lightning, this lightning was unpredictable and could possibly branch off again or even change direction at any moment.

His opponent was a good fellow on the draw, able to block his attack like that on some ol'gangsta shit, using the broadsword to block his bandages, but that wasn't all as he jumped over the mutt that he was running behind. He could tell this was going to have to be a fast move, the bandages that he was using as a balance would need to come into play as he lunged forward but not before he reversed his swing with his tanto into reverse in an attempt at digging it down into the mutt's head just as he lunged. The timing would have to be precise as he would kick off of the tanto that would dig into the ground and the dog's mouth, but using that kick and the bandages to fling him backwards as there seemed to be lighting coming from the enemy, 'Damn, this is going to be a bit rough!' He knew that with the attack at the mutt that it would possibly explode, absorb his chakra, or send out some kind of lighting attack, so he prepared himself for that and the attack coming form the enemy.

He watched as they branched off into 4's, he knew that with this kind of attack it would be difficult to dodge if it kept going like this. So as he was flung back which gained him some distance between the attacks as well as dodging most of them, all missed except one from above as it ended up hitting the side of his stomach, the shock from it rippling through his body it was only through sheer persistence that he was able to continue his moves but at a bit of a slower pace. Still alive, Kain would land his feet onto the ground and attempt to shroud himself in crows as they would come flocking back quickly with the simple movements of his fingers to control them. But additionally with them he knew he'd have to take a bit of an offensive too, withdrawing kunai and launching a full set of 7, taking an interval of 4 seconds between each 2, leaving the final one to be thrown a bit higher than the others to his opponent. Kain was still running, the crows becoming a thicker flock covering his position from the enemy as well as trying to provide a better advantage by using less chakra.

[Its Over, You didn't mention avoiding the other dogs flanking you.]

As the man stuck his tanto into the head of the middle dog, the others came in and bit him on each of his sides, their teeth sinking deep into the flesh, pulling at the thick meat. With the bite they both would have sent a surge of electricity into the man. One dog was enough to immobilize, but with two it was more than enough and would be very painful. As the man would be unable to move at this point he would fall victim to the four bolts of lightning at once. As the lightning hit, the dogs disappeared, and the man would be dealt even more pain. The electricity flooding every ounce of his body would be felt through out every nerve from head to toe. The man would most likely go into cardiac arrest from so much pain and die instantly. After this had all passed. Dante would draw a kunai, throwing it quickly into the body that would now have fallen to the ground lifelessly. Attached to the kunai, an explosive note that would detonate the moment it hit, blowing the body to pieces. Dante's blade returned to normal after this and he would walk off into the distance with his mission accomplished.

[Exit]

ah dead -.-

But good match