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| - Juro walked silently through the forest, enjoying the stroll. He stopped for a moment. "Something about this place feels...familiar." Juro continued his walk peacefully, while he sensed another chakra signature nearby. It was a powerful signature no doubt, as well as large in reserve. However powerful chakra didn't necessarily mean a threat, so Juro paced on casually but cautiously towards it. Juro raised an eyebrow, as he saw the list come out. "Ah, a bounty hunter. Strong one judging by the potency of your chakra." Juro leaned on a nearby tree and studied the man opposite him. "The Land of Fire requires constant patrols to ensure that no enemies could be hatching any plots against it, that's what I'm here for. How about you, bounty hunter, are you a friend of the Land, or otherwise?" He asked. "Sake eh..." Juro's mind immediately drifted to his dad's old friend, the undisputed sake king, and then back to the man. As he began stretching, Juro cracked his neck. "Whether I'm smart or wise, you'll see soon enough," Juro grinned towards the bounty hunter. "I'm not that young," Juro smiled as his legs tensed up and he bent forward, his left hand forming the seal of confrontation, indicating that a battle was about to start. "Besides, you're a bounty hunter who's probably circled my name already, so why keep the peace when we can have a warm up?" He chortled cheekily, as he prepared himself. Juro nodded at this offer. "If you insist," he said hushedly, but his left hand quickly drew back the sleeve of his right sleeve as he shot forward in a blur of movement. He drew his Wrist-Mounted Senbon Launcher and fired a few senbon from them at the man from his side, before propelling himself into the air while forming hand signs rapidly. While the senbon were still headed for the man, Juro blasted a fireball forward straight towards his opponent as he twisted gracefully to make a landing, hitting the ground gracefully as his two attacks headed straight for the man. Shenron would have had barely no time to rest as two smokebombs flew at him rapidly after the fireball, covering the area in thick smoke as Juro moved stealthily through it. There was a mild momentary silhouette behind the bounty hunter as two kunai pierced the mist, headed for his forehead as Juro leaped in at him, aiming a thunderous kick to his neck. "Make a move, if you dare." A smile crept onto Juro's face as light shone off the Wire Strings attached to his kunai earlier. "As expected, a sensor." Juro smiled atop a branch, having barely used any chakra since the clone had dispersed. Atop the branch, he rolled his sleeves up and hung his senbon launcher on the branch. He leaped down as the smoke cleared, facing the opponent. "I'm gonna gauge your taijutsu, see if it's on point." Juro hinted loudly as he disappeared and reappeared next to Shenron, his arms working like lightning as he aimed a blow at Shenron's cheek. Before the small barrier had formed, Juro quickly dashed away and leaped backwards, as he had time to react instinctively the moment he sensed the man's sudden surge of chakra. "Uncomfortable with taijutsu, sensor type, fair to assume he's skilled with Barrier Ninjutsu too." Juro thought as he read the man like a thriller novel, putting the characteristics together quickly and linking them to a mental chain. As the barrier was still surrounding the man, Juro decided to make things a tad bit uncomfortable for him. He formed the boar sign, before inhaling deeply and exhaling numerous wind sculpted spears from his mouth rapidly towards the man, as he stepped hard on the ground with his right foot, accentuating the power at which he was sending the projectiles. Juro smiled to himself, forming the clone seal while sending the spears at the barrier. Minimal chakra wastage, maximum efficiency. As the barrier was struck by the might of its superior element, Juro noticed two kunai flung up from behind, and in an instant he was off, speeding ahead, as kunai were never thrown in such a javelin-esque manner. The moment he felt a surge of chakra behind him as he had leaped away, he knew what happened. "I've seen that before, the Second's, the Fourth's, Dad's, bro's and Senkai's...the Flying Thunder God. This guy must have marked my kunai while I tossed 'em earlier, in his barrier. The moment he saw my attack coming, he escaped and tried to blindside me. Cunning, but I only escaped thanks to experience." This inner monologue was done with a smile as Juro's plan worked, his fingers crossed in the clone seal. He had always been trying to goad Shenron into charging him. Rewind: Juro decided to make things a tad bit uncomfortable for him. He formed the boar sign, before inhaling deeply and exhaling numerous wind sculpted spears from his mouth rapidly towards the man, as he stepped hard on the ground with his right foot, accentuating the power at which he was sending the projectiles: Rewind End This had been all he had needed to plant the technique. The moment Juro had leaped away upon seeing the throw and Shenron had instantaneously appeared, the Thunder Foot Trap: Sequence Blasts had taken effect, multiplying first and then detonating simultaneously, definitely destroying the two Kunai which had landed behind Juro and turning the area which Shenron had tried attacking Juro into an inferno. The explosions thrust Juro away, the magnitude of the attack, despite being diminished was still impressive. Now Juro knew his opponent was serious, and to pay a worthy opponent sufficient respect, his Sharingan blazed to life as he landed ahead, his sensory skills prepared to gauge where Shenron would appear next, his eyes scanning where the next device would be thrown. Juro formed five handsigns in quick progression as the projectiles sped towards him given precious additional time thanks to the distance between him and the hunter, and as they were around a few metres away from him, his technique kicked in magnificently. "Wind Release: Gale Force Explosive Breakthrough!" Juro screamed in his head as a powerful, wide and large torrent of air exploded from his mouth, thrusting all the incoming projectiles away back towards Shenron. But Juro wasn't done yet. While blowing the vicious, powerful gust of wind out, his hands moved again, reaching into his weapons pouch before quickly firing a single kunai attached with an explosive tag into the Wind attack. As the kunai was blasted forward at incredible speed, Juro formed the ram hand sign, detonating the tag, making the Wind attack turn into an inferno headed straight towards Shenron. The exploded kunai was also now sent towards Shenron in the form of numerous bits of metallic shrapnel, kept on trajectory by the Wind, and since the flames were not directly generated by Juro, they weren't hot enough to melt the shrapnel. This shrapnel would place immense strain on Shenron's Sharingan, in addition to the fact that Wind enhanced flames were heading towards him. "Flashy," Juro muttered but he was already midair, charging straight towards Shenron as the barrier began to close in. He hadn't expected such a quick opening for him to execute his tactic, eventhough he had certainly planned and visualised it. As he charged at Shenron, powered by his incredible speed, the barrier was not nearly tight enough yet despite it closing rapidly, to effectively constrain Juro's movement (since he had decided to evade the moment the clones had closed in, thus enabling a massive amount of space to exist above before the barrier encased him). As he charged with his leap, Juro spewed out an intense amount of ash at Shenron from his mouth the moment he left the ground, hell bent on concealing his movement past the bounty hunter (as the ash was made out from his own chakra, it would be impossible to exactly land an attack. This also ensured that the clones wouldn't see the Juro, as he was already concealed in ash. Juro had another plan for his sensory abilities, instantly forming a shadow clone and a few inches away from Shenron, this shadow clone of Juro would charge at Shenron with a certain attack. Of course with a Sharingan impeding smokescreen and a double chakra signature behind that smokescreen, Shenron wouldn't be able to discern real from fake, as the plan was set for the curtain closer. Juro felt a sudden surge of chakra and immense power, like a wild rift had torn through the fabric of existence itself. As he sensed the bizarre technique, he only had enough time to activate his Mangekyō Sharingan as his ash and clone disappeared, with him in the crosshairs, approaching the unknown technique...but everything suddenly stood still. Ohoyamatsumi had been activated and time was now, on Juro's side. Gravity and time to a certain extent, to be exact. A technique so powerful, so desired...so dangerous in the wrong hands. Juro had never been forced to use it against a single opponent before, such was this man's great power. Everything had stood still now, Shenron's spiralling void, his absorbed attacks, the shrinking opening to the barrier directly above him and Shenron and himself, suspended in time. However, Shenron's clones at the bottom would be able to move as they were not in Juro's peripheral vision. Juro concentrated harder and the gravity around him lessened incredibly and dramatically for a brief period as he shot straight through the entrance of the barrier. The Uchiha crumpled to the ground as the technique was instantly ended as he shot through it. Shenron probably would be confused as everything would have happened in a furiously instantaneous blur, but Juro had decided that he would honour a worthy opponent by fighting at the peak of his powers. Juro's Mangekyō Sharingan forcibly deactivated as he lay panting on the ground, blood oozing from his nose, mouth and eyes. Juro's eyes now formed a different pattern, more fearsome than any Mangekyō Sharingan, the Rinnegan, as he panted in fatigue and chakra loss, waiting for Shenron to make his move. "Let's go at it for real, then." He coughed as he stood up, silently coming to marvel his red headed opponent's skill, as he let out a smirk, indicating the thrill of battle. Juro merely spread out his hands as the weapons began emerging. "Almighty....Push" came the only whisper from the boy as suddenly an invisible orb of energy seemed to be thrust from him, a potent sphere of chakra which expanded just as the weapons came raining down on him, with the numerous Shenron. The power of the sphere was absolute, and would smash all the projectiles and Shenrons away like a hurricane, an invisible one, powered by Juro's immensely potent chakra. It didn't take too much effort or chakra to ensure that the blast took out all the oncoming projectiles. Juro dashed away from the previous epicentre and landed away from the previous attack. He grimaced and look down at his waist. There was a gash which was bleeding, probably a stray weapon from Shenron's arsenal earlier, getting somehow through the defensive manoeuvre before it had been deflected away by the defensive manoeuvre. "He somehow detected me through the ash and accurately set off a trap in the very area I was headed. Coupled with the ash, he still saw through it, possibly possesses some form of advanced heat sensing to detect me through a heat field of ash. No matter, I still have enough chakra." Juro thought. Three hand signs were formed by Juro, as he activated his anti sensory barrier. Conventional sensing would be useless now, as Juro also stomped his legs again. numerous explosive tags again formed a bridge between Shenron and Juro, rapidly multiplying towards the red haired man. "I haven't been hiding any power, power is a tool which arises from need," Juro shouted, "Those who have power, should refrain from using it!" He finished as he clapped his hands, as hundreds of explosions split the ground and roared deafeningly, destroying any weapon of Shenron's strewn nearby. In the extreme heat all around, and his own sensory jamming barrier, Juro leaped through the blaze towards Shenron. "Dance with the devil, why don't you!" He roared as he prepared to land a lightning quick punch by making use of his invisibility where sensory was concerned. "He still fails to realise how every move is a learning process," Juro thought to himself as his body was paralysed. Despite evident shock, Juro instantly realised, or felt what was up—the man had established some sort of mental or perhaps even sporituconnection with him by means of some unnatural method,which was definitely Genjutsu as the Rinnegan were immune to visual tricks. Clever, but against the wrong opponent. With another well timed but less powerful Shinra Tensei, the twenty four blades would bounce off as the invisible shockwave hit them. The moment Shenron activated his lightning, Juro had already countered. A thick layer of sticky, sebum like substance shot out of the pores of Juro's skin almost like a humanoid shaped net towards Shenron's attack. There would be a bright blast of blue light as the technique collided with Shenron's cancelling each other out, but simultaneously by means of the Naraka Path, Juro had already summoned the King of Hell. Making use of the link between Juro and Shenron thanks to Shenron's telekinesis, it's' long tongue attached to Juro, hence effectively binding Shenron himself to the creature if he allowed the mental link to progress, or unless he found some incredible way to break the bind of the King of Hell himself. It slowly dragged Juro into its mouth as Juro smirked on the inside. "Let's see you get this," he thought to himself. Flashback "Sharingan, sensor, analyst/strategist, ninjutsu, decent fuinjutsu, and most likely an state passed the sharingan to slow down time. Okay, lets do this." before heaing out Shenron pause. "Now that I think about it, he might have something waiting for me when I return, so maybe I'll send a clone in first." he thought creating a shadow clone, it would soon teleport back to the battlefield. During his return the man had just opened his eyes, revealing his true ability, the Rinnegan. "An interesting development, I was expecting the Mangekyo, but not the eyes of the Sage....interesting indeed." he thought as he stared down his opponent from the skies, noticing the blood falling from his face. When the clone stared down at his opponent, Shenron gains a connection a visual chakra connection. By using the chakra transfer technique, with the chakra exertion technique, with the basics of genjutsu as the base, Shenron is able to place a seal on his opponent through his other his sense, vision. An art that only true master of fūinjutsu could learn, the pinnacle of seal placing, a technique worthy for some known as the God of Fūinjutsu. During his staring the clone would conjour up the Flying Thunder God Seal and place it on his belly Flashback Ends "Absolutely relentless," Juro growled. "Amatsumi–!!!" But he never finished his technique sentence as he was drawn into the void and into another dimension. Juro sighed in dismay as he realised he'd been marked all along. The new dimension was a hellish one, but Juro decided to just wait for the victorious bounty hunter to get him. "Night battles...perhaps a day battle would suit my intellectual skills better." He sighed to himself. He raised his teeshirt, revealing the sealing formula which Shenron had placed on him. "Better not waste this move," he thought as the Rinnegan technique erased the seal from his body. He was still young, and despite his higher functioning intellect, he knew he'd have to brush up on his Space-Time as well. He decided to wait for the man to show up, as his right eye closed and he deactivated his Rinnegan. "Looks like the old bag still has fans..." Juro said. "Don't forget...we will face each other soon after that again." Juro called out. "Next time it should be in the daytime," the young Uchiha thought with a yawn.
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