Shisume sighed as his sandals crunched once more against the pure white snow. He watched as his clone fell through the air with a gash across his back, blood staining the innocent white ground a crimson red. The clone dispersed into a flurry of snowflakes right before the moment of impact, floating in with the rest of the snow storm. Shisume looked down the side of the steep mountain, his breathing steady despite the thin air. He could almost see the faint outline of his village, but the blizzard impaired his vision. He shook his head and shifted his weight. The snow creaked and crunched.
Such a relaxing sound… Crunch. Crunch. Crunch.
Shisume stretched his arms high above his head, yawning deeply. He suddenly clasped his hands together in a strange formation, almost like two vertical finger guns put together. The snow in front of him churned and swirled in the form of a circle before a figure slowly slid out of it. An icy replica of Shisume rose out of the ground, sluggishly gaining color and details before resembling Shisume perfectly. The short, spiky, brown hair, the piercing blue in one eye and deep purple in the other, the simple Yukigakure ninja outfit. Every last detail was remarkable. Shisume’s hand itched as he reached for his ninja tool bag, retrieving a hand full of senbon. His clone instead took out a kunai knife, going into a defensive stance. Shisume leaped into the air, his senbons beginning to shimmer a sky blue. Once they were completely enveloped in this light, he threw them right above his head. He then clasped his hands together once more, this time in a series of complicated formations.
“Ice Needle Rain!” Shisume shouted.
The senbon multiplied rapidly until they formed a several-layered dome above the clone. Every single one glowed an icy blue. Shisume felt the crunch as his feet hit the snow once more. The clone simply threw his kunai above his head and quickly performed a series of hand formations, too fast for the human eye to track. He caught his kunai in one hand and braced himself for the hit. Even though Shisume could not see the hand signs, he knew what the clone was going to do. It was his clone, after all. He narrowed his eyes.
“Fire!” he yelled once more.
The senbon rained down, all focused on a singular point: the clone. Shisume watched with suspicion as the clone was impaled time after time in all the vital areas. The shower stopped almost as quickly as it started. The clone was mid-fall, his face full of surprise, his body and head peppered with the glowing needles. Suddenly, there was a burst of smoke, and the clone was gone. A simple log instead took his place, covered in thousands of needles. Shisume narrowed his eyes and turned around, looking up. His clone was exactly where he expected him to be, behind him in the sky, falling with a kunai. Shisume smiled as he himself quickly pulled a kunai, leaping into the air. He held the kunai forward, preparing to skewer the clone. He successfully hit him, the knife sinking into his chest. Blood splattered the snow once more as the clone burst into a storm of snowflakes and floated away.
Word Count: Exactly 550 words.
Really sorry for how boring it is, the limited amount of words didn't couple well with my descriptive writing. Didn't come out too well, and doesn't really make sense that my character could defeat his clone so easily if they are the exact same in strength and such. But oh well! Guess that is just one of my many writing flaws; I write a little too much.
If I do win (Which I doubt; lol) I would like to funnel the donation to second place, because I dont wanna take someone's donator playing opportunity, but I did want to write and see if I could write anything good (which I didn't, xD) Anyway, PEACE!
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