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Edegaru then lost sight of Marciel and Rawth. Now only Kenji's clones remained. This not only confused him but also forced Edegaru to do something. It made him smile. Edegaru smiled at the craftiness of the ninja. He wondered who was behind this. He then looked around and tried to think of a way to find the real among the imitations. Edegaru decided to change his tactics. He slowly emerged from the ground in the middle of the clone crowd. He did not look around but instead frowned. "I am here." was all he said.

Marciel did not drop his disguise. He maintained the appearance of Kenji, as he moved in. The clones seemed to vanish, so many clouds of smoke about. He wondered if Rawth would take up the challenge as well, catching on. He had to ensure that he was moving in a different angle, so there would be little chance for moving and getting them to collide. He moved in, sliding along the ground. His intent was to knock one of the anbu's knees out, or at least send him crashing to the ground.

(Edegaru's Theme Song: Acid Rain by Dream Theater)

The three ninja had finally worked together and efficiently too. They found their chance and attacked from multiple directions making it difficult to block or much less counter. There was a loud bang that resembled the sound of a thunderclap. Every attack had hit its target. Marciel's leg had connected with Edegaru's legs, Kenji's kick had hit his head, Rawth's powerful punch had landed at his back. Edegaru, however, had not been sent to the ground. He stood, only a bit altered from the attack. Kenji's foot had tilted Edegaru's head a bit back. Marciel's sweep had bent Edegaru's legs slightly. Rawth's punch had moved his chest slightly forward. The loud bang was caused by Edegaru's use of the Iron Mass Technique from the Six Powers Taijutsu style. This had allowed Edegaru to tense his muscles to so near a perfection that they resembled iron. Now with no clones to hide the three, they were all exposed. (Theme song play)With Marciel's leg, Kenji's foot and Rawth's fist still on Edegaru, he slowly began to bring his head back to its normal position. As he did he quietly said "Your...". He continued to bring his head forward "...in the range..". Once his face was visible he finished "..of my Eight Trigrams."

In an instant, Edegaru was in the Hyuuga stance. He then exploded forward in a blur of attacks. He fired four palms at Kenji. Two at his torso then one at his neck and another at his head. He then spun around. He spun clockwise and as he did, he fired two palms at the same time towards Rawth's right ribs then one under his chin followed by four at his torso. Edegaru then spun counterclockwise and swung his palm downward at Marciel's right shoulder then followed it with another to his neck then three more to his torso. Edegaru then slid to Kenji's back and let loose eight palms to his back including one to the back of his neck. Edegaru then shot out from behind of Kenji and jumped a bit in order to add strength to one palm that he shot to Rawth's collarbone. After that, he moved to his back and as he did, he shot two palms at his ribs on his left. Once at Rawth's back, he shot eight palms as well. Edegaru then spun out of Rawth's back and onto Marciel's position. He then unleashed fourteen palms to Marciel's torso.

From the outside, Edegaru was a yellow and black blur. In his eight trigrams, Edegaru was at home. Here, everything moved at his speed. After two seconds, Edegaru spun to a stop, completing a total of sixty four palms.

Rawth had already planned this. He knew this was too happen so he took the liberty of wrapping an explosive tag around the tree, not in order to though but to use it as a substitution jutsu after his eight trigrams was over all of the hits did land, but not any on Rawth. Rawth was midair several feet away from his allies the explosive tag was midair and right behind Edegaru, wasn't fast enough to stop it, and his eyes couldn't slow down time either. The kunai and the tag were behind Edegaru so the explosion would not hurt his ally's , just scorch and send Edegaru flying. Rawth was waiting for this moment. As he was in midair he put his fist up in front of his face and raised both his index and middle finger, activating the tag, setting off the explosion.
"I'm not down yet Edegaru!!!!"

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Letting out a partial sigh, the girl watched as the blond haired man took the beat of his life. The battle they had fought against the one man had been very heated and even though she hated when tests like these continued when the skill level was clearly different, Suki had found herself thoroughly enjoying the show. Too bad the one she had set her bets on had ended the game a little quicker than the others. Suki was not at their level yet, still being stuck at the academy, but the itching in her palms caused her to be aware of just how badly she wanted to join them. It was not her time yet but the feeling bubbled inside of her like pressure did inside of a canister.

She had come out here out of curiosity and had hidden herself out of dangers path. Curiosity at it's highest Suki had stayed glued to the spot. Am I even allowed to be out here?? She thought to herself, taking her eyes off of the scene long enough to notice the two on top of the hill not far from where she was concealed. Eyes widening slightly, she recognized one of the men and gulped. It was an honor to even see the Mizukage but she was not feeling awe at the moment, more like fear, the exact feeling you got when you were caught doing something you shouldn't. If she could blend into the ground, she would have at that moment. If she wanted to escape a scolding she was going to have to sit tight till they left.

Unfortunately for Suki, her legs were beginning to ache from their squatted position. Cursing her luck she did the only thing plausible, turned her attention back to the trio of fighters. Eight trigrams. Something academy students did not get to see very often. Feeling lucky she smirked impishly, anticipating her graduation. Those shinobi were lucky to be able to practice with someone so experienced.