When life gives you honey... [Makido]

[Hitoyama Makido]

Taking mental notes of her stances he could tell that she was not a Taijutsu specialist. Regarding from both the information he had about her clan and her stature she was most suited for ninjutsu combat. Thusly, Makido would attempt to shift this into that style of fighting.

Shortly after he saw something he could only describe as interesting. In a style of fighting that had to be adapted by her, she used the bees as an extension of her own body using them as whipped projectiles to strike. It could work, however it did have it's obvious flaws. Bees, were soft squishy creatures and any medium defense would probably scatter her attack. Showing how easily her bees could be displaced, Makido simply stepped forward pulling his right arm back and snapped it outward. The force of his punch combined with the Tetsutōra method of expelling chakra starting at the shoulder. The force of the punch was somewhere resemblant to that of a brick wall impacting the bees head on.

This would be an obvious hindrance in her plan.

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Just as his arm shot out to block the bees, they scattered, exploding outward to conceal Makido and prevent him from seeing beyond the haze of buzzing insects. It was like a smoke screen which Kaibachi hoped would keep him distracted as she performed three quick kata and held out her arms. Another wave of bees spewed out from both sleeves, reaching out to strike as the other bees moved out of the way to avoid being hit themselves.

However, these conjured bees were a bit different. Unlike the others, they were made of honey and it would be made evident only when he struck them. Upon contact, they would explode in a sticky glob of honey with incredible binding properties. Her plan was to keep the Tsuchikage stuck in place so she could deliver her final blow, a bee who carried a potent venom with its sting that would knock him out cold. Of course, knocking him out would be pointless since she would have nothing to do but wait for him to wake up if her plan succeeded but it seemed like a good idea at the time.

[Hitoyama Makido]

Scattering her bees was an excellent way to attempt to distract Makido and against an opponent more her level her plan would of most likely worked. However, it would take alot more than the efforts of bees than to blind the Yondaime Tsuchikage. Even though this was just simple assessment training, he could not afford to give her any slack. He was not going to hurt her, but he needed to get her thinking.

She was linear, all of her attacks focused in one motion. It was now time to see if she could function dynamically. The bees lifted and Makido could see a wave of bees from her sleeves. However, they did not look normal and infact bore a strange resemblance to the honey Makido had bought earlier. The attack moved at a decent speed, but Makido easily dodged to the left, dashing forward he saw that her hands extended they were easy targets.

Like a blur he was now infront of her, with both of his arms he reached out and grabbed her sleeve of her arm. Shifting his momentum he turned and stood upward hurling the girl high into the air. Due to the significant, weight and strength difference she would be thrown very high.

"Kakadenka" Makido spoke finishing off the execution of his technique. If she would hear it, she would hear the translation "Extremely Overbearing Wife" and this would probably confuse her. The Tsuchikage, had no intention of letting her fall to her death, if it looked bad he could Sunshin to her and catch her gently.

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A high pitch squeel eminated from the young girl as she flew up in the air. However, it wasn't a scream of anxiety. To the contrary, it was a one of excitement. She was giggling with surprise, as if she was on a roller coaster and she wasn't the least bit worried about falling. The bees were a part of her and she had wings. Holding a kata, the bees flew up under her and formed a cloud. She was once again suspended in mid air on top of the bees.

She waved down at the Tsuchikage, eyes squinted and cheeks rosey. It was the first time she had ever encountered someone with such speed and it certainly caught her off guard. If that was him going easy, she knew she was safe when he was giving his all to protect them.

"Kakadenka..."

The phrase hit Kaibachi's ears and at once, her body was racked with laughter. She was literally shaking and her eyes were watering. It didn't make sense but it came out of nowhere and she couldn't help herself.

"W-what?"

She managed to utter in between fits of laughter.

[Hitoyama Makido]

Good

Thought the Yondaime Tsuchikage as he saw the genin balance herself out midair. As of this moment she proved to be a rather competant genin, it was almost a shame she didn't have a proper Jōnin sensei who could teach her more techniques. However, now that she was in the air she was at a significant disadvantage. Her bees would have to travel a large distance in order to get to him, and she needed to maintain enough to stay airborn. Finally, keeping the bees in their would also be a toll; eventually they would tire.

Keeping up the pace of the fight he figured now would be time to see if she could handle herself. Completing two quick handseals Makido raised his hands in the air, finishing off in a thrusting motion pointing towards her. At which point two large spherical pieces of earth would erupt from the ground and hurl themselves into her direction.

The impact of the rocks, was not the goal Makido had been expecting. Small creatures like swarm and as such can split apart. As they were almost a meter away, the Tsuchikage would complete another handseal. Doton: Doro Makido spoke turning the large rocks into a blob of mud that would cover her and the bees weighing them down and preventing another scatter.

This would be most difficult for her indeed.

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"Big rocks?!"

Kaibachi didn't expect to have boulders shot at her though she probably should have since she was fighting the Tsuchikage. Her eyes focused on the two large rock formations and noticed something peculiar: they weren't aimed at her. They were fired at either side of her and they wouldn't collide with her but rather, she would be between when the reached her. Her immediate fear that he was going to use some technique to crush her with them and so she had no option but to move out of the way before she became an adorable pancake.

Leaping up off of the bee cloud, she shot forward and high above the incoming rocks until their trajectory would place them behind her . Just after she jumped, the bees sped downward in an all out falcon drop barreling towards the ground. A mere three seconds away from impact, they pulled up and raced forward just in time to catch the falling Kaibachi. The way they were arrayed within the cloud, the shock of her landing was distributed evenly between the bees so that none of them would get squished though her feet would slightly sink into the cloud. Behind her, she heard what sounded like rain pelting the ground. Looking over her shoulder, she saw mud falling from the sky.

"Mud? Playing dirty are we?

The bees that were made of honey, the ones that Makido evaded earlier, were now streaking towards the Tsuchikage with surprising speed. She hoped that they would catch him off guard after her dynamic evasion though it was unlikely. She had to wing the entire fight. She didn't go into the fight with the plan she didn't have time to think one through.

[Hitoyama Makido]

The Tsuchikage still enjoying his simple sparring match could see the potential that this genin had within her. Although the missions she would be sent on were easy he knew instinctively that after this match he would personally assign this girl to a Jōnin instructor, however he figured that she had shown enough of her abilities for him to properly assess her skill. Although she showed good prowess in Ninjutsu, her attacks usually came at the same angle. Any competent shinobi could easily turn this into a distinct advantage.

Makido had a meeting momentarily that he could not afford to miss, however his match with Kaibachi was still going on. Regretfully so, the Yondaime Tsuchikage would have to end this match with his next move. Doing so without critically hurting or wounding the girl would take a little bit of consideration. Completing a small set of handseals Makido struck the ground with his hands. "Doton: Doro Gaeshi" he spoke as a wall of mud arose from the ground to easily protect the Tsuchikage from the oncoming wave of honey.

The wall still up he did yet another set of seals this time, creating a Tsuchi bunshin with the large amount of earth around him. Finally, the last part of his plan, sinking into the ground utilizing Doton:Dochuu Eigyo. Underneath the ground Makido moved surely unnoticed to behind the girls location while his clone identical to him in every way dashed out from behind the wall in a jumping side kick motion. If Kaibachi did not move, she would be struck by the Tsuchikage's clone.

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Kaibachi wasn't as incompetant as she was leading the Tsuchikage on to believe she was. As was common for the Genin, she liked to lull the Tsuchikage into a false sense of security before striking back hard. Instinctively, she rose her bee cloud a little higher in the air when Makido made his wall so that she could see what was going on behind it.

"Two Tsuchikage-samas?"

As one of the the Makido's sunk into the earth, the other ran out from around the wall and leapt at her with a flying kick. Of course, she was prepared to take on his technique head on. Having performed a quick, short set of kata , a torrent of dark bees shot from both of her sleeves at the airborne Kage clone as her cloud of bees rose up higher to place herself out of harm's way. She was assuming that the man she was about to blow up was the clone because she wouldn't want to really hurt Makido. Not that he wouldn't have a way out of it but if he got dust in his eye or got distracted by some important business and somehow got caught in the blast, she didn't want to really have his death on her conscience. His clone was a different story however.

With him being airborne and in mid kick, the chances of the clone avoiding the torrent that descended upon him were quite low. He would be caught in an explosion that would decimate the earth clone. Kaibachi was high enough to avoid any damage herself however. Her eyes quickly scanned the area below for a sign of Makido.