Board Thread:Konohagakure/@comment-25955740-20181027233129/@comment-34651819-20181104213258

While Yang was being choked by Ichijama, Hanama completed the preparation of his technique. All it took was one blink, and his assault would have began and finished altogether. Once Ichijama's eyes turned away from Yang to keep track of Hanama and Nene both, Hanama released all of his pent-up chakra letting it flow through his body like an exploding fire through a cavern. In that instant Hanama disappearedand was already charging toward Ichijama and Yang at a speed impossible for either of them to see. Only if Ichijama had pre-emptively set up a defense of her own, or even interrupted Hanama before he could build up his chakra could she have prevented the coming attack.

Like a Peregrine Falcon diving, Hanama was blinded from his sheer speed, but he knew exactly where to cut by only the preparation and calculations took beforehand that he could've only amounted from years of practice with the sword. Coming in from Ichijama's right side, Hanama already took his blade out and with a single stroke attempted to bisect Ichijama from her waist. However, because of her strength and durability as an elite ninja, the cut Ichijama suffered would only cut through skin and muscle but not any internal organs such as her stomach or liver. It would still be deep enough however to draw a great amount of blood, enough to splatter instantly from her side. It was probably one of the deepest cuts she felt in such a long time, especially considering her kekkei genkai which acted as an almost impenetrable barrier so long as she could see a threat coming.

Yang himself was saved only by a few inches from the attack, the side of his black T-shirt ripping open and a light cut could be visibly seen where the tip of Hanama's blade dragged before he delivered his grim cut to Ichijama. Had it been any closer, he would have suffered worse than Ichijama. Hanama was already behind Ichijama, re-sheathing his sword from the one-stroke cut he made. Drops of blood could be seen, soaking into the ground on Hanama's left side as he had already seen to cleaning his blade during the remainder of his hyper-speed. He only looked back, glaring at the back of his sensei's head with a look of anger. He might've been pulling on the lion's tail, but it was hard to tell if it was because he was brave or simply ignorant of the consequences.