Suigetsu's recklessness does mean he leaves a lot of openings, even if he's dangerous to close with for long enough to steal a significant portion of his chakra. Still, Shoma can whittle him down a good bit, and Suigetsu clearly grows a mixture of amused and frustrated as Shoma keeps dodging.

"You're faster than that Sasuke asshole," he says after a bit, huffing. 

Shoma has honed his ability to move quickly, his taijutsu having grown more sharp due to his constant battles he'd had with other prisoners. He keeps draining Suigetsu's chakra, pleased with himself when he noticed that his consistent effort was working. His training had also helped him be able to endure longer stealing of chakra. 

"Oh, you've fought him?" he asks, however never stops his attack and movements. "I don't think I want to go up against him," he replies. He then starts absorbing the chakra, focusing some of it in front of him before he lets it all out in a sharp burst, aiming to try and knock the other down so he could have an easier angle to be able to move forward and attack.

Suigetsu starts breathing a bit more heavily.

"Yeah. He's a pain in the ass. Decided to test some fancy lightning technique on me."

Shoma focuses his chakra, deciding to wait a few seconds more. 

"Guess it wasn't the best fight?" he asks. "I'm surprised you didn't fry, what with water and lightning not going well together," he says. Shoma is then quick to dart forward, sensing a gap and he pushes his hand against Suigetsu's chest, activating his seal and began heightening his draining of chakra. He never took too much that would kill anyone however. He only takes enough so that his opponent is rendered in capable of moving out of weakness. 

Suigetsu punches him in the face.

Shoma isn't expecting the punch so it rocks him off balance and he quickly darts away, out of reach of any potential attacks.

Suigetsu laughs, sharply, and pursues.

Shoma does his best to dodge the attacks, having to keep his steps quick as the other continues pursuing him. He quickly pushes himself upwards and flips over the other, landing behind him and he aims a sharp attack at his back, quickly darting backwards in case the other lashes out.

Suigetsu bursts into water again, dropping to the floor and flowing around Shoma's feet.

Shoma's eyes widen as the other bursts into water. He tries to dart out of the water, however knows he is defeated so tries one last ditch tactic. He quickly activates the more advanced part of his seal, using all his energy to absorb a higher amount of chakra, knowing that he has yet to master this technique so he will ultimately lose. however he won't do so without a fight. He quickly concentrates all the chakra beneath him before he activates his move, blasting a hole through the ground. It was a sure fire distraction. However, he'd made sure not to create a large explosion that would result in major damages.

Suigetsu flows to the side and reforms - and he actually looks like he's having trouble keeping together, water dripping from his skin - and he launches himself at Shoma.

Shoma lets out a weak groan as he hits the ground, his energy is sapped up. He shakily gets to his feet, however isn't quick enough as his opponent launches at him, Shoma easily being hit and he hits the ground. He tries to get up again, the sudden and strong use of his seal having also sapped most of his own chakra.

"Hah! Do you give?"

Shoma looks at him, taking in deep breaths. "the only way i'll ever give up is being knocked out," he says. He manages to get to his feet again. "I've been through a lot worse than just being tired," he says.

"I'm happy to oblige, then."

And he'll start going for a knock-out blow.

He waits until the others hand is close enough and quickly grabs it. However he doesn't go for a retaliation blow. He instead uses his seal once more and saps some chakra from the other again, the connection making it easier to do so and he absorbs it into his own body. He then quickly darts away, no longer feeling weak. "You fell into the oldest trap in the book," he said with a grin. "I'm not going to just lose because I used up too much energy," he says.

He laughs, turns into water - 

And surges for Shoma, aiming to wrap around him.

Shoma darts away, trying to avoid Suigetsu from being able to make his move. 

Suigetsu is able to spread out his water a lot more than he indicated earlier, and can fairly easily make it difficult for Shoma to avoid any of it.

He's surprised at the capacity in which Suigetsu can spread his water. He tries to think of any attempt to avoid being trapped. He then thinks of one. He stops trying to dart away, instead moving forward and letting himself end up right in the water. He then uses his swift release, beginning to spin around on the spot, watching as the water created a tornado around him. He figured that if he did this, it would become more difficult for the other to be able to use his attacks. He then quickly pushed all the water away, watching as it went in all directions.

Suigetsu glomps back together with an annoyed expression on his face.

"Okay, you're annoying me..."

Water bursts from the gourd on his side into a whip, slashing at Shoma's face and filling his field of view.

He quickly shields his eyes with his hands, however is blinding as some of it gets in his eyes and he has to clench his eyes shut, momentarily distracted

Suigetsu darts around him, and turns his arm into a whip, moving to knock Shoma out.

Shoma blinks away the water, managing to catch sight of the water whip, quickly holding his arm out. He tries to think of something he can do but can't think of anything, simply trying his best to avoid any major damage to himself.

Suigetsu presses his attack.