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As the explosions went off, a small giggle escaped her as the excitement of the match continued. It was almost like a break of her serious countenance, and it was obvious that she was enjoying herself completely. She turned to face him, noting which tree she had seen him jump out of in haste of avoiding the exploding kunai, striking a stance as she waited for the dust to clear. She was completely alert of the area around her, and her two remaining clones moved in to stand a little behind her, striking a ready pose as well. Now it was his turn to make a move.

"Naomi is having fun," she said with a grin at him, shifting about in her defensive stance slightly.

As soon as Naomi heard the sound of blades being unsheathed, she was in the middle of her own jutsu. One of the kunai shot through the settling dust, and would have hit her had she not performed her body replacement technique with one of the clones, which burst into sudden smoke as the kunai made contact with it. Back flipping to avoid a second kunai as soon as she had switched with the clone, the second clone threw itself in front of the kunai heading towards her, giving her time to bring out one of her own shuriken to throw at the approaching blade and deflecting it in the air, a mere foot from in front of her. Sliding back on the ground slightly, she dug in her heel and pushed off, channeling some of her chakra into her feet to speed up her rush of him. As soon as she got close enough, she threw a series of 3 quick, successive punches at him.

((I'm sorry, is he aiming to trip her, or is the kunai arcing back to hit her in the back? I'm a little confused, sorry. ><''))

As he pulled on the rope, causing the kunai, which was actually a shuriken, to loop around and come at her from the back, her eyes widened slightly. She had not expected that. In the blink of an eye, she had reached out and grabbed hold of the rope, whipping it around her wrist and jumping up in a spread eagle so that it passed under her. As it was directly beneath her, she thrust her legs down so that she landed on top of it, pushing it to the ground and holding her weight down on it. With the rope around her wrist, she channeled some chakra into her hands and arms, pulling on the rope with a force one would not think capable from her.

((I think this should work. Not sure if it is an intangible rope, or an actual rope, so if it is the first one, let me know and I can come up with something else.))

As he let go of the rope with his left hand, instead only having the rope wrapped around his right wrist, she gave another violent tug. Even if he still stayed standing, the pressure on his wrist would be less than comfortable. As he slapped his right hand with his left, sliding so that he was no longer supported by his legs, she took a step back, twisting the rope around her elbow and shoulder, giving another pull. However, it was then that she noticed the tag clasped in his hand. At the same time, he pushed off of the ground into a handstand of sorts.

Immediately, she dropped the rope, but she was not fast enough to avoid his feet slamming into her. Quickly, she threw her hands in front of her in a blocking position, which absorbed the majority of the impact. Still, she was sent flying back hitting the ground on her back and sliding several inches in the dust. "Pretzeling" her hands above her head, she pushed off the ground, flipping herself up and into a crouched stance on the ground, a small trickle of blood falling from her nose. Her fingertips grazed the ground as she looked at him, a small grin creeping onto her features.

"Oh, Naomi is quite enjoying herself," she said with a playfully innocent tone. Reaching up, she quickly wiped the trickle of blood from her nose, tossing the few droplets to the side. Bringing her fingertips down to graze the ground once more. The explosion radiated through the area, causing another cloud of dust to settle around the arena. Between the two of them, there was not going to be any of the arena left when they were through. In a flurry of fingers, almost as if using the dust as a sort of cover, she performed Bunshin no Jutsu, creating 4 clones of herself, each of them striking the same low position, like a spring ready to release. As the dust settled, she saw her opponenent in a defensive stance, waiting for her to attack. She knew that there was going to be some trick up his sleeve, but she was getting anxious for this battle to be over.

Pushing off of the ground, the 5 Naomi's ran at him with breakneck speed, each of them poised for an attack. Which one was the real Naomi? The first two, clones, aimed to punch him, though as soon as they made contact, they disappeared into smoke. The third and fourth ones flipped over him, the fifth Naomi aiming a kick at his chest. The third Naomi made a punch at his back at the exact moment the fifth clone made it's attack, but the fourth was the real Naomi. Planting her hands, she extended her left foot quickly, aimed at the back of his knees, while she pivoted her hips and aimed her right foot at the middle of his back.

Throughout the battle, Naomi had learned one thing...this guy rarely made mistakes. Looking down at the tags on the ground, and the tags fluttering in the air, she knew that there were too many for her to try and remove to a safer location, away from her. Therefore, there was only one thing for her to do...run.

Taking a few steps backwards, she slid a kunai from her belt, attaching her last exploding tag to it before she turned and just began running, full tilt until she was at the edge of the arena. Running straight up the wall, she did a back flip in the air and twisted around, releasing the kunai. At first, it looked as if it were heading straight for him, but it fell a little short, sticking in the ground at his feet. Naomi was once more running around the outer edge of the arena, leaping over the remaining trunk of one of the willow trees and activating the exploding tag just as she was running behind him along the outer edge of the arena.