Subeta, The Sword Master

Senkou nodded as he heard a thunk when his shadow made impact. He sighed, it was a sight of defeat. He knew he hadnt hit Kenshi, the human body didnt make noises like that when impaled. It was more of a squish sound he had been waiting for. No the bastard had done what he had done, used the blasted kawarimi jutsu to escape. If only he had used that sooner, then this attack would have landed. Most people used this jutsu in that method, getting away. Senkou liked using it to bring him closer, and thus unleashing such fast attacks they were nearly unavoidable, unless the opponent themselves used it..

Senkous thoughts wavered as he noticed that the fog was beginning to lift slightly and at a constant rate. His shadow tendrils retracted and disappeared back into the sheath on his back, no longer being needed, and every second he held them out, the more chakra he would waste in the process. This certainly was an annoying opponent. Just good enough to piss him off, yet he kept his head level. As it was, he was probably going to have to come back for his clan some other time, for this one was just being a nuisance, sapping his chakra. Konoha would run out of ninja with his ability soon enough though, and when that time came, the Nara would be destroyed. He would then recreate the clan with a new name and a more powerful reputation.

The mist continued to lift, the surroundings becoming clearer and the sun showing its face once again. However, a looming shadow still made its presence known. Slowly Senkou turned his head to the left and saw a giant wave rushing towards him, Kenshi undoubtedly on the other side or with in the wave itself. He turnd to face the looming monster of water. Already he formulated a plot to make this work in his favor, but there was one piece of the puzzle missing.

Looking over his shoulder he took note of the 100 yards between him and the water fall. That was enough room.

Undoubtedly he means to send me sailing to my death below, well thats not about to happen. I could use shadow possession thanks to this enormous shadow, but with large shadows come large quantities of chakra to keep it held, and I simply cannot spare that at this point. There is only one thing left to do.

Senkou watied patiently till the foot of the waterfall was at his own feet and began to try and swallow him. It was at this point he began running backwards, keeping a steady pace with the water flow and making handsigns. After the eighth hand sign, he performed his technique, hoping like hell it would be enough.

Fire Release: Mist Covering

As he spoke a cloud of vapor began to flow from his mouth which was pointed down at the water. Flowing steadily downwards, it collided with the bottom of the wave and was instantly sucked up. The flammable liquid continued to flow and as it did, went up the length of the wave. Normally this was one time, quick and easy, just a quick cloud and then ignition, but not this time. Senkou kept the technique going, vapor pouring from his mouth at such a rapid and constant pace that for the first time he felt a slight ebbing on his chakra reserves. He was nearing 60% already, this was not good. He continued to run backwards and avoid being swallowed up by the rushing water. At about 10 meters from the side, the wave began to get top heavy and crash down. Also, the rapids kicked in and began tugging at his hold, trying to pull him over the edge. He used his chakra to keep him from going to fast but now was the time.

Making the tiger sign with his hand, a spark erupted from his forefinger and colided with the wave, infused with all the vapor which had poured from his mouth. It had circulated throughly now and most of the wave contained a portion of it. Due to the nature it was spontaneous. As the spark hit, the explosion erupted in a burst of flame and smoke and traveled outwards in a semicircle fashion, tearing away at the water, and forcing the wave to collapse even more.

The shock wave from the explosion and th downpour of water was enough to break Senkous hold on the river top and sent him sailing over the edge of the water fall, suspended in the air 5 meters out of reach of the rocky surfaces. He had to act fast or it was down below and a crushing death for him, but of course, since he had been the one to cause his sudden flying lesson, he certainly had a plan.

His left hand reached over to his right and gripped the bandage, yanking on it sharply, unraveling it and letting it fall, revealing the seal across his forearm. Senkou activated it and A single wired kunai came forth from it which he grabbed with his right hand and threw at the First Hokages head. The Kunai stuck as the wire slid through his fingers. Clenching his fist, the wire became taught, and he pulled back hard on it. The kunai became dislodged and fell to the water basin below, but it was enough to propel Senkou back towards the original battle ground, landing on the Senju's head in a crouch.

That had been close, but he had managed, he looked slightly beaten from the explosion, but nothing even close to a serious nature. He was a shinobi and a few marks werent going to make him incapable. He still had a little over sixty percent of his chakra left and had plenty more in him to work with. That last attack had taken right around ten percent of his chakra to use, considering how much of it he had put into it. But he guessed with those fireballs and the large amount of water, plus manipulating the mist like that, well his opponent was probably worse off than him in this department. He couldnt be for sure, but he had a good feeling. Now he had to find him again. Then again, the opponent would come after him, considering he was the threat to the entire Leaf Village.

With this in mind, Senkou sat in a Sei Za and scanned for his opponent, regulating his breathing and allowing a few inklings of chkara to come back to him. It wasnt much, but every ounce of chakra was precious in shadow jutsu. A split second could determine the difference between a successful attack and a wasted one.