Mari landed right on the tailed beast's chest, her feet sticking to the chakra-infused sand of his body. (http://youtu.be/EAGd-Iihgs8) He didn't see her, and she barely maintained her balance. Kinobori kept her feet glued to his sandy skin, but it was constantly shifting. Something about it was worse than trying to walk on water... It was coarse and constantly flowing. Still, she stood perpendicular to the horizon, though she was still about twenty feet or so from where Chiyo had said Aimi was...<br/><br/>Hitomi did not vault into the air as Hitomi or Tashi and his clones had, but she began a steady climb up its massive body. Suddenly, he began to shift, though it didn't slow her down a bit as she hustled up along its sandy skin. Tashi and his clones suddenly felt themselves being thrown around. They needed to grab onto something fast or be whipped off the great beast's limps while it flailed about. The puppet with the blades coming from its head was in mid-air when the Ichibi caught it, squeezing it hard in its claws as it howled in delight. Then it bashed the tiny little wooden figure against a nearby boulder... then again. The wood cracked from each impact, until the sand spirit threw it up in the air... and whirled his tail around to smack the puppet in the air and send it hurtling towards a rock wall dozens of feet away. It landed on the boulder with a loud snap and crumbled to the earth, broken and splintered. The tailed beast laughed high-pitched and gleeful at its victory,<strong>"DAW! NO BLOOD!? OH WELL, SOON- SOON! EHEEHEE!"</strong><br/><br/>The trio of white-clad puppets that branched off from the battlefield suddenly whirled about in unison. Two stood side by side, while a third went atop their shoulders, each of them forming a seal. "Sanbō Kyūkai!" Chiyo said, mirroring their stance. A great tornado formed in-between the three puppets, and the tailed beast looked at it in confusion... until his claws began to melt away, pulled into the whirling abyss. He screamed and narrowed his black and golden eyes on the three, intent on making them his next target. If he had been enraged by the first attack, this one was on a completely different level. For the time being, he pulled away, trying in vain to keep his arm from melting away into the massive dust-storm that the three puppets had been kicking up behind them.<br/><br/>To her left and right, Hitomi saw the other puppets at work. One, appearing as a red-haired girl in buns, was driving two great blades into the tailed beast like ice picks as she made her way up his fat belly. Another split open the sand with two powerful extending arms, opening up a gash in the creature's sandy flesh. It popped its mouth open and spit out grenades into the wound before withdrawing, allowing the sand to quickly heal the wound... and contain the blast within. Mari could see a third one driving its head into the beast and shooting out cables hidden within its skull. Only half of them penetrated the monster's thick hide, but the onslaught was unlike anything she had seen. The wind blew so hard, she almost felt like she was going to be pulled off the great beast. Tashi and his clones as well, those that could remain upon the beast's hand as it thrashed about... they were just fortunate to be on the other side, as certain death surely awaited anything that was sucked into that vortex. Hitomi, thankfully, was also too far away from it.<br/><br/>Still, it was evident by that technique alone that Chiyo wasn't about to let any concerns about collateral damage get in her way.<br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Spoiler: Click to Show/Hide</div><div class="spoiler_body">Targets: Chiyo (16/27, 59%), Tashi's Clones (6/27, 22%), Tashi (2/27, 7%)  Mari (2/27, 7%) Hitomi (1/27, 3%)<br/>Attacks: 3 to Chiyo, 1 to Tashi's Clones (Shake-off attempt), 1 randomly assigned... Chiyo wins!<br/><br/>Shukaku full-attacks puppet three with three slams and a tail! He uses power attack +10! 58, 50, 48, 54! Damage; 26, 29, 25, 28! Overkill! -2 equipment penalty. Cannot be reanimated for 2 rounds. Great cleaves a random puppet/Chiyo... number five! 14 damage!<br/><br/>He spends his last slam attack trying to shake off all those bothersome Tashis. DC 20 reflex for each one to stay on his hand. Failure means that they end up harmlessly dropped to the sandy ground. No need to roll a separate save to stay on his hand while he attacks, just make the 20 and you stay on.<br/><br/>Heals 11 damage.<br/><br/>Round 2!<br/>Tashi; Speed Rank 2, -20 Chakra, Init 20, Shaken 8 rounds. (60 ft. from Aimi, standing)<br/>Mari; Speed/Strength Rank 2, -20 Chakra, -10 Reserve, Init 13, Shaken 9 rounds. (20 ft. from Aimi, climbing)<br/>Chiyo; -85 Chakra, -6 Chakra reserve, Init 12, Shaken 7 rounds.<br/>Hitomi; -4 Chakra, Init 10, Shaken 6 rounds (60 ft. from Aimi, climbing)<br/>Shukaku; -143 HP, Init 6<br/><br/>Puppet One: Uses Total Defense again. +4 dodge bonus to AC.<br/>Puppet Two: Full-attack. Fires four mini-grenades, 16 damage. Very fire resistant...<br/>Puppet Three: Disabled. -2 Penalty. 2 rounds remaining.<br/>Puppet Four: Moves over to Puppet Three and hides. 25 vs 19, successfully hides.<br/>Puppet Five: Full-attacks with eight cables. Four pierce his thick hide, dealing 14 damage after resistance. HP; -14<br/>Puppet Six, Seven, Eight: Performs Sanbō Kyūkai (Three Jewels Suction Crushing) on Shukaku. ...Has special effects! Shukaku's arm is melting away! He is reduced to 2 slams and a tail attack!<br/>Puppet Nine: Full-attacks. Hits twice out of four times, but one's a critical hit! 11, 34 damage.<br/>Puppet Ten: Remains sneaky.<br/><br/>Shaken: -2 penalty on attack rolls, saving throws, skill checks, and ability checks.</div></div>