With barely a shinobi's hand down, the blond genin rushed forward at a very respectable speed. And when I say very decent, that means almost equal to my students without the use of chakra. Jiraiya had worked very hard at training his genin.
Instantly activating his sharingan, the Uchiha met him confidently and demonstrating his excellent command of the dojutsu, first holding off the first onslaught, and then beginning to press him systematically, winning through technique and the ability to anticipate strikes by initial movements, despite the gap in speed.
Minato instantly realized that there was nothing to be gained by being close, even with his chakra, and broke the distance, circling around the frozen Uchiha, who only turned to follow him. He tried throwing kunai, only to have the Sharingan catch them and send them back at him, and then suddenly he was throwing senbon back at him, even hitting the blond tangentially in the arm once, before folding a few seals and exhaling a fireball at Minato.
A moment later, the ball disintegrated into many small flames, covering a solid area and preventing his opponent from dodging the aiming technique so easily. Realizing that he simply didn't have time to get out of range, Namikaze suddenly disappeared in a puff of smoke, and the jutsu struck a log he had prepared and hidden.
For a moment, there was only one Uchiha left in the arena, immediately beginning to scan the surrounding space with his sharingan, obviously suspecting the hiding technique, but I could already feel him underground, almost underneath his unsuspecting opponent. Eh, when did he have time to learn doton techniques?
The blond sprang out of the ground and managed to touch Tagari's back, but was forced to retreat when the spot where he had been a moment earlier was split by a flaming tanto that appeared in the hand of the genin who had turned around. It was too late, though - the dojutsu wielder's back exploded and he flew forward, plowing a trench in the ground of the arena.
Namikaze immediately made control with a kunai throw at the motionless body, but the sound of metal hitting metal and then the illusion fading away revealed a metal chunk, and the uchiha appeared on the other side of the arena, with a burnt jacket and part of his short hair, but quite alive and able to move briskly, judging by the hand seals that flashed.
A closer look revealed a metal mesh beneath the gaps in his clothes. The chakra-conducting metal armor that had survived the explosion with only minor consequences.
Meanwhile, the Uchiha blew out a large fire dragon that lunged at Namikaze, causing him to scramble away, as the beast of elemental chakra was not only unexpectedly fast, but also self-targeting. Suddenly, in the sparse clouds of smoke, there were two blondes, and they scattered in different directions-one leading the dragon away, and the other rushing toward the sharingan wielder, who was struggling to catch his breath. And I caught a small flash of chakra, like a swap. Huh, swapping with the kage bunshin, clever.
And still on the way up, the blond man started folding seals.
- Raiton: Chi no Ya (Lightning Release: Thousand Arrows)!
Several dozen thin arrows formed in the air in front of Namikaze, which he sent at the target with a sweep of his arm. The Uchiha reacted almost instantly, creating a technique that I recognized even at such a great distance - Futon: Daitoppa (Air Release: Great Breakthrough), except that it came out weak and only knocked down a fraction of the arrows.
However, it was enough for the genin to dive into the gap and treat Minato to a pair of kunai with kibakufuda coiled on them. The blond was able to escape the blasts, but the shrapnel was a bit too much for him, hurting his leg and face.
The enemy took advantage of the blast, rapidly closing the distance with the weapon in his hand and slashing at Jiraiya's much slower student. I thought the fight was over as Namikaze crouched down.
- Kuchiese no jutsu (summoning technique)! - The sound echoed through the silent stadium, masking the fighters in a puff of smoke.
The sound of metal hitting metal was followed by a gust of wind, revealing a large toad with a sword and a shield, on the back of which a blond-haired genin was perched.
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