Chuunin Exams Final: Nero Yuki vs. Hayate Seiteki

Well... Hayate was fast. Too fast. Nero apparently didn't respect it nearly enough. Nero wasn't even sure what had just happened. He was throwing his dagger, and now there was a clone of it pressing against his throat. Nero looked at Hayate's blank expression, returning one with a smile of repressed anger.

A few plans played out in Nero's mind. All of them, eventually, ended the same. From this short a distance, with Hayate's superior speed, there wasn't anything Nero could do to get out of this situation. Hayate was waiting for Nero to surrender, as far as Nero could tell.

The smile faded. Nero just stared Hayate down.

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Drip.

Drip.

The stage was silent except for the blood dropping from hayates hand.  The flurry of punches and footsteps, metal and jutsu, all ceased.  Even the stands and wind dared not make a sound.

Hayate pressed the dagger an inch higher, forcing Nero to either raise his chin, tiptoe, or purposefully press back against the blade to get cut.  stressed, staccato words escaped from between clenched teeth, as the blade began to shake a bit harder.

"Give. In."

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Drip.

Drip.

Hayate broke the silence. "Give in.". Nero got the message. He didn't force the Hoshi kid or the Kumo kid into submission. He most likely didn't do it to his previous opponents. This was him trying to prove something. Maybe his superiority. Maybe something in Nero he saw as a weakness.

It seemed like Nero had no other option. But then again, giving up was never an option for him either. No option it was. "You give up.". Breaking his silence, which could have been taken by the crowd as serious, maybe even mature, Nero's words revealed his immaturity. It wasn't a "Fuck you." to Hayate, though any other day, it might have been. Not this day. In his mind, it was a valid offer... Somehow. He always had his own way of thinking and this was a time it might have failed him once more.

The calm response was not what he expected. Anger, frustration, defiance, outrage, anything Hayate would have felt. But a genuine offer, as if nero had the upper hand? It took him aback.

Hayate waited a moment, maybe two, considering what this meant.

Then he came to his senses. He had already shown enough restraint. His new convictions were nothing if he slipped back into the same old thoughts he had as an academy student, as a fresh genin.
He had to face the truth. A ninja was merciless. That was just the way the world worked.

His hand, about a foot to the side of nero's head as it held the blade against his throat, slammed in towards Neros temple. Hayate made sure to rotate his hand as it came inwards so the blade wouldn't cut into neros throat. Hopefully the blow should be enough to knock the boy out without permanent damage.

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As Nero's consciousness faded away, he questioned why his offer wasn't taken. He decided he would always have the upper hand in negotiations from now on. As if that was a choice... His CD and missing items would be brought to him to be with him when he woke up.

[Hayate wins, I'll make claims later.]

[WC: 1272. Claiming;

6 Stats
883 words towards Deflect, 1117+883=2000/2000
155 words towards Rain Tiger At Will, 155/4000
Chuunin Rank & Second place rewards? Idk, do I claim that here?]

After knocking out nero, Hayate dropped to his knees, letting his dagger fall from his hand. He clutched at his left arm, holding it steady and letting the medics come.

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Exit
Claiming win
1832 wc
9 stats,
1832 WC for jutsu/skills/etc to be claimed on stat page when we're sure exams are done.

Approved @ both