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The Rain Ring Battle was between Takeshi Yamamoto and Superbi Squalo. Yamamoto, driven by the humiliation from his previous loss to Squalo, trained with his father for the match. His father happened to be a great swordsman with the "Invincible" Sword Technique, Shigure Soen. After training with his father, he mastered the 8 forms of the Shigure Soen Style. Later Dino stated that he would need to transcend the Shigure Soen Style to beat Squalo. However, after Yamamoto told this to his father, his father shouted, "There is no way to transcend it!"
Yamamoto vs Squalo
Aquarion
Yamamoto's battle with Squalo was in the Schools Block B building, where all the windows and doors have been sealed because of the water inside. The battlefield's name was revealed to be called Aquarion. The Cervello then explained that the top floor was acting like a huge tank; filled with water. With the holes made between the floor, Water will keep on cascading down from the top floor so long as the battle continues. Furthermore, the water has been modified to match the consistency of sea water, after the water reaches a certain height, a ferocious monster would come out. The monster was later revealed to be a huge Shark. Because of the state of the battle field, the audience area would be the outside area and the battle would be projected onto a huge screen.
Rules
- There is no time limit.
- A person is only pronounced a winner if they have the other person's ring, even if the opponent is dead.
- Gaining assistance from the outside will result in your disqualification and the person who helped you, both rings would be lost.
- It is not against the rules to kill your opponent.
The Battle
Upon entering the arena, the battle started.Squalo started the battle with an initial strike, flying at Yamamoto. However, he dodged with relative ease, stating that his "Daily Image Training" had paid off. With this, Squalo once again took off towards Yamamoto, this time disappearing, indicating that his speed was so great that Yamamoto couldn't catch up with his movements. Yet, in the nick of time, Yamamoto was able to defend himself in the nick of time by using Shigure Soen's Styles' 7th Defensive Form 'Spraying Rain'. After that one technique, he was complimented by Dino and Reborn at how far his gone in one week and the fact that Yamamoto was nothing less then a natural born assassin. However, at that moment, Squalo cornered Yamamoto and just when Squalo was about to deal a damaging blow, Yamamoto used yet another Shigure Soen's Styles' 2nd Defensive Form : Surging Rain. After being attacked so much, Yamamoto started to make his move, charging forward and using Shigure Soen's Styles' 5th Offensive Form: Early Summer Rain. With the attack seemingly effective, Squalo rose up to reveal no damage had been dealt to him at all. Reborn stated the only possibility of this was Squalo reading the move before he used it. After they exchanged a few words, Squalo charged at Yamamoto and did the same thing as Yamamoto at the same time (supposedly Surging Rain). That way, the first person to see the opponent wins. Squalo however, emerges as the first person to see the opponent and lands a strike on Yamamoto's shoulder. After the strike, Squalo explains why he can read Yamamoto's moves, he had defeated the Shigure Soen's Style a long time ago, much to the surprise of Yamamoto and Tsuna. With this, he then continues to explain that he had heard of the Shigure Soen's Style Technique a long time ago and defeated its successor and 2 apprentices and they had used the same 8 Forms Yamamoto was using. Squalo ended up cutting them up to ribbons. This was then confirmed by Reborn, stating that his ability to see through techniques is even faster then his Ability to deflect them. With the conclusion of his explanation, the battle once again resumes, with both of them charging at each other. Squalo got the first strike with Yamamoto easily dodging it. Squalo then attacked again, missing Yamamoto but hitting a column supporting the upper floor. The shards emitted from the strike hit Yamamoto's eye which caused him to be partially blind (one eye only). Ignoring what happened, Squalo continued attack, forcing Yamamoto to use his 5th Offensive Form : Early Summer Rain. In spite of this, Squalo intercepted and used 'Attacco di Squalo' which sent violent shockwaves to the opponent's body and numbs the opponents nerves, rendering them immobile. Because of Squalo's incredible strength, the hand Yamamoto received the shock wave with was useless. Unable to use his Sword, Yamamoto attempted to escape until his hand recovered. However, Squalo found him and was able to stab Yamamoto a multiple amount of times. With Yamamoto near defeat, Squalo mocked Yamamoto saying he would show him all 8 Forms before he died. However, hearing this, Yamamoto's spirit suddenly rose and faced Squalo once again. Because the Shigure Soen's Style always changed to for improvements and adaptions, Squalo's 8th Form was different from what Squalo knew giving him an advantage. In a flashback, it was revealed that the 8th Offensive Form : Pouring Rain instead of Squalo's 'Autumn Rain'. Underestimating Yamamoto, Squalo also charged at Yamamoto anticipating 'Autumn Rain'. Yamamoto using Pouring Rain, was then able to deal a damaging blow to Squalo much to his surprise. It later explains that each generation makes a new technique to pass on so therefore each person may have a different technique. With this, Yamamoto reveals his newly devised Shigure Soen's Style's 9th Offensive Form. Afraid of what would happen, Squalo then rushed at Yamamoto using "Scontro di Squalo" the technique he used to defeat the ex Sword Emperor. However, Yamamoto's 9th Offensive Form: Mirroring Rain was able to defeat Squalo. With this, Yamamoto won.
Results
At the same time as the end of the battle, the massive Shark was released because of the level of Water. With no intention of letting Squalo die, he asked the Cervello what would happen to Squalo. Their response was ' As the person who was defeated, Squalo's survival is no longer our responsiblilty.' Already anticipating that answer, he attempted to save Squalo but could not because of the massive Shark. Therefor, Yamamoto was officially announced the winner of the Rain Ring Battle. Template:Ring Battles