"Relax; she's tougher than she looks!" Kaede shouted back after recovering from the lariat, and noting that the stony woman was now sinking into the ground. "Clever girl..."<br/><br/>Kaede flickered away in apparent 'jumps' of movement like she'd been earlier, moving out of the watered area and away from the rubble, moving to the grass and softer ground, closer to the Yugakure shinobi.  She kept her eyes open, attuned and sharp...<br/><br/>"So, Natsumi, see her anywhere?" she asked of the woman, her voice quieter, but not much more serious than her smiling visage before, though her form was a bit lower to the ground, wider, coiled and ready to move. "I loathe the ones who don't talk; never get a sense of whether they're leaving or coming back around for round 2..."<br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">OOC</div><div class="spoiler_body">Move: Near Natsumi with Flash Step<br/>Strength Rank 0<br/>Standard: Ready Attack for Interrupt<br/>  -Attack: 27, Damage 13<br/></div></div>