Arc like swings,, beautiful sidesteps,, and every motion that can be described as flawless,, is Kimi's only focus.. Beauty and elegance is what gives a style is appeal.. The technique can be perfect,, but if it's sloppy or poorly portrayed,, then it will never be taken seriously.. Kimi believes that with enough practice and dedication,, even some of the ugliest styles can become beautiful.. It is about dedication.. It is about beauty.. Kimi achieves this through swing after swing,, practice after practice.. Kimi,, raises his blade in the sky and continues training..
The beauty in a style only comes from mastery and precision.. I pledge my blade to this mastery,, in hopes to become stronger..
The reason why Kimi is so interested in rapiers,, is his mother's doing.. She,, in her younger days,, had a strong connection with the elements as well.. She made sure to teach him this technique.. He infuses his rapier with chakra.. Then,, he puts in fire.. The flame covers the sword.. Next,, water.. Finally,, Kimi's favorite,, wind.
The use of dummies in training is necessary.. These let ninja know how the moves will interact with enemies.. Two thrusts,, quick and sightless.. Though off balance,, the thrusts are deadly.. Another thrust,, and removal.. The letter i.. Left from a pierce and a slash..
"i" for insult!!
Kimi giggles.. Training is going well today.. Even with rejection,, Kimi smiles and continues training..
The training continues.. Kimi,, makes clones to help him at this point.. They attack.. Kimi defends.. He even lets some of the clones attempt projectile based attacks.. Kimi,, having set himself up for the technique,, deflects a projectile heading towards him with the blunt side of the blade.. Now that the clones tested him,, it was time for him to test himself.. The clones are ordered to dodge attacks.. Kimi jumps high in the air.. He channels chakra in to his rapier, making it glow.. He then thrusts forward, sending out a chakra shockwave.. Clones disperse and Kimi feels pride..
Kimi only has two more moves from his mother's arsenal.. They are much similar to what she called the "First Falling Star",, the technique Kimi just perfected.. The dummies is where Kimi starts.. Two quick chakra infused thrusts.. Almost in a blink of an eye.. Kimi infuses all the elements with the attempts.. The results,, astounding.. Kimi was becoming better than his mother..
I will not be the "girl" you always wanted mother.. I will advance!!
Kimi steps outside the dojo in the back for this technique.. He charges his rapier with wind and a funnel of it flew up from the ground in tsunami like fashion.. It was a powerful area of effect that gave him an idea..
I know what I must do!!
With a smile,, Kimi continues training..
Posted: Mon Oct 01, 2018 5:37 pm
Kondo Kaicho
Masato, having finished his training would look up at the moon. Red...he stared longingly at the moon, affixed on it's properties that metally mirrored his sharingan. 'Ba Bum' his heart pulsated as his pupils widened. "Gahhh!" he grunted, holding his right hand over his face, his fingers keeping his eyes exposed as they absorbed the bloody moonlight.
As he grunted, he fell to his knees, his body turning pale in the moonlight. Ba Bum! his heart pulsed again, sending another painful wave of chakra though his body as his eyes turned red. This time, the crimson hues were not that of the sharingan, but of pure bloodlust. His eyes, seeing clearly in the dark fixated on the populace even further into town. A painful, gargled roar escaped his throat as he fought for control of his body. In a blur, he began dashing to the town's square.
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_β β’ Berserker Discipline _β :Your external training and devotion to taijutsu has allowed you to have moderately increased Strength and Fortitude. _β Your hardened body allows you to mitigate the pain/status effect of an incoming attack for two post per body rank, allowing you to continue the fight until the pain or hazards settle in. _βFurthermore, if lethal damage is suffered then the delaying ability will be nullified for that effect. β’ Brawler Discipline _βYour Speed and Reflexes are moderately enhanced. _β You gain an additional 2 ninjutsu slots per rank. β’ Taijutsu Specialization _β Start with an additional Taijutsu _β All Locked Formless are treated as Complex for interactions with other techniques. β’ "The Good Host" PA x2 _β Implant Chakra Cost Requirements Γ· 2 β’ "Masato Smash" PA _β Masato gains an additional Taijutsu Style. β’ "Adaptive Nature" PA _β Masato gains an additional 2 Custom Slots β’ "Melee Prodigy" PA _β While the eyes of the user are active, every other rank of the eyes (1 tomoe, 3 tomoe, eternal), a slight reflex boost is conferred. β’ "Unity of Ninshuu" PA _β The study of Ninshuu Masato has embarked upon unifies him with those around him. Any religious missions completed with another individual count towards collaboration training with that individual equal to the posts done to complete the mission.
PassiveEffects: _β True Belief ___β Increases Stamina by +25 for every style mastered. _β Enlightenment ___β The user is now slightly more skilled at just about everything. Striking, blocking, moving, absorbing, and taking damage. ___β The user's strength and fortitude is increased heavily. _β Shooter Stance ___β Any techniques from this Style gain a mild strength boost per mastered stage if used while in this stance. _β Upgraded Caliber ___β When in the shooter stance, the strength of their strikes is increased moderately instead of mildly. _β Magnum ___β Grants a slight striking speed increase per mastered stage of this style. _β Designated Marksman ___β Allows offensive techniques to be Complex, sending dense chakra orbs from their fists to extend their impacting range as well as allowing them to now "punch" ninjutsu. The chakra orbs will hit with 2x the strength of their normal punch, and travel at 2x the speed of their punch for 30 meters. _β Whirlwind Training ___β The user trains to be better suited to dealing with the shock of landing and training the muscles of their legs and arms. ___β Raises the base level of the user's speed by one descriptive rank per learned stage of this Style. ___β These descriptive ranks cannot be drained by the techniques in this Style. _β Switchblade Training ___β The user may switch directions when landing a flip, allowing for one to flip backwards and then forwards and vice versa without a moment's hesitation. ___β May use up to one technique per post that would lower the descriptive ranks affecting their speed without suffering that reduction. _β Perfecting Balance ___β Balance and endurance are increased, allowing them to run faster than the average person without losing their balance. ___β Every Soft Physical Formless technique used confers one descriptive rank of speed to the user for the duration of the fight. ___β Attempts to throw the user off-balance that are of a lower rank than the userβs highest trained rank in the Soft Physical Formless Style automatically fail to do so. _β Advanced Whirlwind Training ___β The userβs reflexes gain any and all bonuses afforded to their speed. _β Manriki Burabura [ Weighted Swing ] ___β Simple techniques in this Style and related Formless techniques are treated as Complex. _β Kikkyo [ Diligence ] ___β The maximum speed for all techniques in this Style at one rank lower than the highest trained rank of the practitionerβs Hard Physical Formless Style. _β Oni no Nigiri [ Ogre's Grip ] ___β The user needs only a single hand to wield their massive weapon. When wielding it with two hands, techniques from this Style that consume an extra activation when used above the user's body rank do not do so. _β Bounetsu no Jutsu [ Flame-Resistance Technique ] ___βProtects the user from damaging themselves with their own techniques and is able to withstand increasing amounts of heat. _β Teikou no Kuntou [ Electrical Resistance Training ] ___β Protects the user from damaging themselves with their own techniques and is able to withstand mild currents. _β Botany Journeyman ___β -1 post to the D - Rank and the A - Rank missions. _β Sage of Ninshuu ___β -2 posts to the A - Rank and the S - Rank missions. ___β Converts the S - Rank mission's Korabo effects to combine chakra and stamina pools together for all linked persons forever. ___β Reduces ability to Kai out of genjutsu by 1 rank and raises chakra cost of Kai by an additional rank. ___β Genjutsu affects all that are sharing. _β ANBU Shadow | Tactician ___β -1 post to the D - Rank, the A - Rank, and -2 to the S - Rank missions. ___β By Concentrating, Tactician can gain information of one known technique per post of concentration automatically draining A Rank chakra/ stamina. ___β Can alter origin point of projectile techniques by 3 meters per rank [ 12 meters ] _β Doctor | Emergency Specialist ___β -1 post to the D - Rank, the A - Rank, and -2 to the S - Rank missions. ___β May retrain techniques to decrease sustainment cost to E Rank minimum.
(So I uh, Imma be honest an say I've been laggin on this post as I really don't know how to react tbh. Titan's grip is a simple X of which I'm uncertain its level of strength relative to the situation. I know that the Kaiser armor here is being used as a way to have Titan's grip interact with Vacant Me I think. I was going to use the base evasion so that I could impart a cost on this follow up but uh. In light of this I guess I'll cop out with a spooky shunsin?)
The beast within me had instinctively thought it had the upper hand. Though in a battle among monsters those who prove to be the most monstrous will often come out on top. Beasts used brute force, I typically favor a combination of both. Still despite this there was an elegance to the tactics used by the progenitors of my current temporary species. Awaiting in the dark to pounce. Admittedly though, creature of the night inside of me would have to concede to the fact he was outclassed. Perhaps not in brains but a indisputable brawn seeing as the creature opposing me cloaked in lightning was hardly phased by the orb of siphoning darkness I had produced turning it into but meager ashes of chakra to what it comparably was.
When it appeared before me. Bloodshot eyes of a merciless predator to match my own it had become too late. The cockiness of my beast within made the fatal error of believing himself immune to any and all of the man's advances. As he grabbed my wrist, there was little option but to dispel the cloak of ghostliness for now. From there a sharp pain to my leg, but it would be somewhat cushioned by the later evasive maneuver. Disassembling into a black fog once more I would slip from the man's grip. As much as the other half of me desired to come out unscathed it would be walking with a limp after the strike.
Reassembling, the being I was knew now, leaving himself in the open was foolish and though it was exhausting the body it possesses in mind it spared no second to perform counter maneuvers it dove beneath the earth as a shadowy ghost out of sight immediately before it would fall prey again. True I could not harm him, but now he could not see me. Less the brute had some sensory powers as my ghostly self navigated beneath the earth to plan an escape. If his desire was to defend the academy students he had succeeded. This was a case of biting more than one can chew on my vampirics half part. Yes there were but two ways to disclose my location. Sensory capabilities, or destruction of the Dojo grounds in its semi-entirety. If there were other methods they would certainly surprise the incorporeal being I was. In short this was an attempt at running away. Whether the mad beast above would allow that was another story. Though my vampiric self was willing to gamble that just as it saw him he would it the same. As 'Not Worth The Pain and Trouble'
Actions Used: Voluntary Dismissal of Munashii Watashii KΕ«ton: Shunshin [ Void Release: Body Flicker ] Munashii Watashi [ Vacant Me ] to phase and hide beneath the ground.
Current Weight: 315lbs-100lbs=225x4: Total Bonus Pool: 860 Chakra or Stamina Safe Pool: 860 Chakra or Stamina, [-3] Strength per [50lbs] Lost. C H A K R A β 70/300x S T A M I N A β 380/380x A C β 17500x R Y O β3790 xxxxxxxxxxxxxx β Bloodline/Taijutsu β Ga β Katon / Dotonβ B-ranked Chuninβxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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Posted: Thu Nov 01, 2018 10:14 pm
I N O S H I XX M A E D A
Needless to say, physical combat of any kind wasn't exactly Inoshi's forte. Not that she was completely horrible at it, having her fair share of old-fashioned street fights, but she was better off talking her way out - or in to situations. Starting with Soft Mental, she knelt down and began centering her thoughts solely on improving her own fighting capabilities. Where she lacked strength, speed and precision strikes would become her ace. She was indeed squishy as far as endurance was concerned, so staying on her toes and reacting immediately were vital for her. With a slow, steady exhale, Inoshi spectated some of the other trainees on the floor. Observing their every move closely, noting every detail, including favored movements, breathing patterns, and control of the weapons they wielded. Utilizing Hard Mental, she was able to understand how to mimic one's style as if it was her own.
A warm up and a little stretching was required before she truly got physical. Glistening with a little sweat, Inoshi started performing acrobatic movements, most of which were taught to her by Hana, being the excellent dancer she was. Running, sliding, flipping, and somersaulting. All of it could be applied to Soft Physical. She practiced joint locks and throwing techniques with a sparring partner, as well as a few defensive maneuvers that diverted attacks from their intended path. The two engaged in Hard Physical afterwards. Punching and kicking primarily at first. Inoshi was definitely on the slower end in this regard, putting forth more energy and effort into the strike to make up for the power she didn't have. With her being somewhat taller than the average female, she practiced stance work for stability, and learned a few basic blocking techniques to prevent her from receiving too much injury.
Projectile Weapons were pretty easy for Inoshi to grasp. She was surprisingly quite talented with throwing and juggling all sorts of knives. Inoshi practiced throwing shuriken at the target, landing a majority of her marks. They were overall, a ton of fun for the Yamanaka to play with. Once the tools were put back where they belong, she picked up a rope dart and messed around with it for a little while. It was a Small Weapon she was unfamiliar with, but was quite similar to a simple chain she wielded a few times in the past. She picked up several other smaller weapons like swords, tonfas, and whips, practicing her attacks and maneuvers with each of them on a training dummy.
Medium Weapons were a little heavier, but nothing she couldn't handle. Primarily she stuck to swords and staffs, practicing basic forms and striking until she felt a little comfortable. The weight of these weapons fatigued her much more quickly than the others, and it didn't help that she was going back to back with training said weapons. She decided to take a quick break before moving on the the Large Weapons. Holy mother of a heifer. Why anyone would want to wield such massive, heavy weapons and what kind of monsters they had to be themselves was beyond her. Loud grunting and yells full of exasperation echoed throughout the Dojo. Attempts at keeping her momentum going did very little from preventing the weapons from crashing to the ground as she crumbled under their weight and size. She had such a hard time with them in fact, after getting a few swings off she ended it on as good of a note as it was going to get.
Ah, Strange Weapons. Something she felt truly at home with, having used plenty of improvised weapons in her youth. Smashing fools in the back of the head with a mug; knocking big guys down with a swing of a chair; crushing a pair of balls with a well-aimed throw of a rock... all good, good times. Weapons weren't always around, and Inoshi worked best when she could improvise. The less common a weapon to your foe, the more likely you'll be able to succeed in taking them down. That is, if you know how to use it. Getting some good practice swings in with a nearby stick, and tossing a random crate across the room, Inoshi dusted off her hands and place them on her hips, clearly content.
tab β’ Rank E training in all Formless Styles, completed.
Kimi practices and practices no specific style with his trusty rapier.. Swing, block, parry, Kimi goes through all these motions.. He continues to practice.. Moreover,, his practice turns in to what could only be described as dancing.. Kimi dances while preforming thrusts,, slashes,, and swift cuts.. Kimi is having the time of his life.. Then,, when he was finishes,, Kimi decides to go practice his ninjutsu more..
Masato appeared in a whirlwind that spewed sand and air about, masking his arrival. He snorted, exhaling hot wind from his nostrils as he grinded his teeth. He approached a wooden dummy in the Dojo's center. ' TWACK' a single hard punch would be effortlessly thrown from Masato into the figure. The granular pattern had yielded to his strength, splintering and caving slightly beneath the flesh on his bone.
' TWACK, KRACK, BRK, BRK, BRK.' the wood creaked as it was rapidly stricken by yet another fist, then a rising knee, then a series of rapid punches. He had faced so many foe. He had not yielded, ever. This control that wreched beast had over him infuriated him. While he did not turn his focus to the others, he was unable to engage the foe, knowing he would easily win if given the chance.
'CRAKKKKKK' Masato did not hold back for a moment, severing the wooden dummy's upper half and sending it crashing into the wall, crushing the tatami surfacing. " Damn it! I need something stronger than me, I need a new challenge!" His anger was turned inward. He needed a new mountain to climb. He felt he had reached the pinnacle of his current limitations...it was time for a new chapter. A new plateau to conquer.
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_β β’ Berserker Discipline _β :Your external training and devotion to taijutsu has allowed you to have moderately increased Strength and Fortitude. _β Your hardened body allows you to mitigate the pain/status effect of an incoming attack for two post per body rank, allowing you to continue the fight until the pain or hazards settle in. _βFurthermore, if lethal damage is suffered then the delaying ability will be nullified for that effect. β’ Brawler Discipline _βYour Speed and Reflexes are moderately enhanced. _β You gain an additional 2 ninjutsu slots per rank. β’ Taijutsu Specialization _β Start with an additional Taijutsu _β All Locked Formless are treated as Complex for interactions with other techniques. β’ "The Good Host" PA x2 _β Implant Chakra Cost Requirements Γ· 2 β’ "Masato Smash" PA _β Masato gains an additional Taijutsu Style. β’ "Adaptive Nature" PA _β Masato gains an additional 2 Custom Slots β’ "Melee Prodigy" PA _β While the eyes of the user are active, every other rank of the eyes (1 tomoe, 3 tomoe, eternal), a slight reflex boost is conferred. β’ "Unity of Ninshuu" PA _β The study of Ninshuu Masato has embarked upon unifies him with those around him. Any religious missions completed with another individual count towards collaboration training with that individual equal to the posts done to complete the mission.
PassiveEffects: _β Enlightenment ___β The user is now slightly more skilled at just about everything. Striking, blocking, moving, absorbing, and taking damage. ___β The user's strength and fortitude is increased heavily. _β Shooter Stance ___β Any techniques from this Style gain a mild strength boost per mastered stage if used while in this stance. _β Upgraded Caliber ___β When in the shooter stance, the strength of their strikes is increased moderately instead of mildly. _β Magnum ___β Grants a slight striking speed increase per mastered stage of this style. _β Designated Marksman ___β Allows offensive techniques to be Complex, sending dense chakra orbs from their fists to extend their impacting range as well as allowing them to now "punch" ninjutsu. The chakra orbs will hit with 2x the strength of their normal punch, and travel at 2x the speed of their punch for 30 meters. _β Whirlwind Training ___β The user trains to be better suited to dealing with the shock of landing and training the muscles of their legs and arms. ___β Raises the base level of the user's speed by one descriptive rank per learned stage of this Style. ___β These descriptive ranks cannot be drained by the techniques in this Style. _β Switchblade Training ___β The user may switch directions when landing a flip, allowing for one to flip backwards and then forwards and vice versa without a moment's hesitation. ___β May use up to one technique per post that would lower the descriptive ranks affecting their speed without suffering that reduction. _β Perfecting Balance ___β Balance and endurance are increased, allowing them to run faster than the average person without losing their balance. ___β Every Soft Physical Formless technique used confers one descriptive rank of speed to the user for the duration of the fight. ___β Attempts to throw the user off-balance that are of a lower rank than the userβs highest trained rank in the Soft Physical Formless Style automatically fail to do so. _β Advanced Whirlwind Training ___β The userβs reflexes gain any and all bonuses afforded to their speed. _β Manriki Burabura [ Weighted Swing ] ___β Simple techniques in this Style and related Formless techniques are treated as Complex. _β Kikkyo [ Diligence ] ___β The maximum speed for all techniques in this Style at one rank lower than the highest trained rank of the practitionerβs Hard Physical Formless Style. _β Oni no Nigiri [ Ogre's Grip ] ___β The user needs only a single hand to wield their massive weapon. When wielding it with two hands, techniques from this Style that consume an extra activation when used above the user's body rank do not do so. _β Bounetsu no Jutsu [ Flame-Resistance Technique ] ___βProtects the user from damaging themselves with their own techniques and is able to withstand increasing amounts of heat. _β Teikou no Kuntou [ Electrical Resistance Training ] ___β Protects the user from damaging themselves with their own techniques and is able to withstand mild currents. _β Botany Journeyman ___β -1 post to the D - Rank and the A - Rank missions. _β Sage of Ninshuu ___β -2 posts to the A - Rank and the S - Rank missions. ___β Converts the S - Rank mission's Korabo effects to combine chakra and stamina pools together for all linked persons forever. ___β Reduces ability to Kai out of genjutsu by 1 rank and raises chakra cost of Kai by an additional rank. ___β Genjutsu affects all that are sharing. _β ANBU Shadow | Tactician ___β -1 post to the D - Rank, the A - Rank, and -2 to the S - Rank missions. ___β By Concentrating, Tactician can gain information of one known technique per post of concentration automatically draining A Rank chakra/ stamina. ___β Can alter origin point of projectile techniques by 3 meters per rank [ 12 meters ] _β Doctor | Emergency Specialist ___β -1 post to the D - Rank, the A - Rank, and -2 to the S - Rank missions. ___β May retrain techniques to decrease sustainment cost to E Rank minimum.
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Mattysandwich
Posted: Wed Nov 07, 2018 4:36 pm
Niko Hatake:Niko... Uchiha?! The Mysterious Red Eye!
When Niko entered the dojo, she did so on a mission. Training dummies and then leave before the man she did not know came an started something with her again. It was get in, get out. No stops, no hey what's ups, just throw and go. Niko beelined for the dummies. She stood some feet away and threw a dart. The kunai hit the dummy right in the head. Bullseye. Niko would throw another one to make sure. The kunai hit the end of the other kunai pushing it in deeper. She had gotten that move down pack.
Niko this time threw a pair. She was aiming for the chest with both. Both of them nailed the dummy right in the chest. Niko was starting to become confused. Who would leave a note telling her to practice her throws. She was already proficient enough. Yeah she could use a few tweaks here and there but still. Not enough to leave a not saying she needs work. Maybe some one was messing with her.
Niko was still at the dojo and even if the note was a joke, she took the time to be happy since she got some more training in. She continued on launching a three of a kind. All three hit the target in a vertical line in the chest. Niko had found her signature throw though, one that she was happy with extremely. She took her two kunai and waved out her hand. Red lightning ran through them and the dummy. With a sigh Niko was done.
In an attempt to avoid drama, Niko gathered up all her kunai and then left the dojo after cleaning. She just really wanted to get in and out, and that exactly what she did. Maybe when she was ready, she would come back and find that man. Today was not that day though. With a smile, and The sun starting to set, Niko continued to walk unsure of where she was going.
So, this was the guy. She walked with confidence to the training man. Her hand invaded personal space and placed itself upon his stomach. βZippidy dee, zippidy pow! Youβre a demon host now.β She said as a powerful, overwhelming pain would force the man to his knees. The demon left her, and she felt at ease. Of course, with the demon gone she could continue her goal of heading east.
Posted: Fri Nov 09, 2018 8:29 pm
A figure appeared before Masato as he was consumed by his desire to encounter a stronger power. A stronger opponent. A stronger him. The hand on his stomach would be not unseen, but it was there as soon as he detected a presence. The hand was delicate yet forceful. The palm, even after removed would leave the feeling of pressure upon his abdomen. "What the he-GAHH" He started before crying in a sudden wave of pain. Normally, he could mitigate the pain and move through it. This was different. Every muscle in his body tightened, keeping him from moving besides the involuntary action of falling to his knees. Upon the center of his being from the point of contact blood would start to flow as though something were carving upon his body. First a circle. Then within the circle several lines that intertwined and seemed to be contained by the circle. Finally, a swirl like mark that ran from the center of the circle to the top, extended out of the outline. The trickle of blood would almost instantly stop as the emblem was completed. The emblem turning black from it's red beginnings. This was the seal of the entity within him now. The only gate that restrained this, the nine tailed demon. As though a sign of finality, Masato's body would fall to the floor and reveal the scorch marks upon the granular wood in the shape of nine tails.
As Masato laid uncouncious, his mind would be freed. Masato would dream. The young Uchiha found himself standing in the sands of the land of wind once more. He could not remember immediately what he had been doing. He was short of breath...he had been running. Exhaustion? He turned to see what it was he was running from. Behind him was a giant red monster that resembled an ape. " Y...You!" He exclaimed, remembering his encounter with Son Goku, the four tailed beast. Suddenly a pain he had long forgotten resurfaced, causing him to look to his left arm. It was exposed. His lapel incinerated away and his arm itself was red and raw. It had been subjected to an intense flame. " That scar...the burn." he said to himself, recalling the incident. No...this was that moment. The moment he turned and ran! He ran from a foe stronger than he was. His anger flared, his body stopped. His pride demanded it. It was a second chance. It must be! He had to face that demon once more. Masato pivoted, moving back toward Son Goku.
As he would move towards the four tail demon that destroyed his home a new, unfamiliar voice would echo in his subconscious. "Bahahahaha. You couldn't beat him? You're so weak, not even worth a meal!" Masato froze. He didn't know this presence. But the voice was preying on his darker fears. His strength. It was nothing. He had accumulated this power and was still far from strong enough to defeat this monster that took away everything that he cared for. Masato ran from that thing.
Masato closed his eyes, hesitation had set in. When he opened his eyes he would find himself in a strange place he never had laid eyes upon. A burned forest surrounded him. The ground was composed of thick mounds of dark grey ash that blew about like snow. The trees that remained, rather, what remained of them were still glowing with hot embers like veins running through them. Masato moved forward, discovering the area for himself. As he traveled into the closest reaches of the landscape he would see a light in the distance. Once he grew closer it would be revealed as a towering inferno. The closer Masato grew to this infernal tower of flames, the harder it was to breathe. He could grow no closer than one hundred feet. The flames were hotter and more intense than anything he had experienced in the past. His hand raised up to shield his eyes from the fire. Just as he did so, the voice from before roared from behind the blazing cyclone. " Human! You're so weak you couldn't stop Son from destroying the Sand Village! Release this damned seal and I can go kill him myself."
The offer forced Masato to sneer. He was offended. He was angry...and hurt. The beast spoke the truth. Masato, five years ago, was incredibly weak. His fists clenched, he roared back. " Like hell! I'm not that man! Not now! I'm not some weakling you can scare into submission!" The voice from within the prison bellowed with laughter, amused by the retort." You're not the first to hold me prisoner, but you are the first to claim you can defeat one of my own without my help. When I break this child's seal, I'll devour you in all your arrogance!!!" The voice within grew increasingly more violent as the flames seemed to shiver as the being that spoke threw itself about. The flames...began to soothe him somehow as they faded from his reality, bringing him back to a wooden floor beneath him.
Masato would stand, not realizing the several hours that would have passed between the sealing and now. The scorched marks left behind on the ground behind his napping spot would total in nine long strands. " Looks...like I'm bound to follow in Nariomi Sensei's footsteps." he said in a hushed tone, kneeling at the marks with his fingers brushing against the gain. He wondered what was to become of him now. The being within him was clearly the Nine Tailed beast. Outside of it's tail count....and it's voice. Masato knew nothing. He would need to seek out guidance...understanding. He would head to the one person within the whole village who he thought may have answers for him. The Uzukage. Masato would walk out, his body not quite to it's normal limits due to the tremendous strain put upon it by the beast's arrival.
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_β β’ Berserker Discipline _β :Your external training and devotion to taijutsu has allowed you to have moderately increased Strength and Fortitude. _β Your hardened body allows you to mitigate the pain/status effect of an incoming attack for two post per body rank, allowing you to continue the fight until the pain or hazards settle in. _βFurthermore, if lethal damage is suffered then the delaying ability will be nullified for that effect. β’ Brawler Discipline _βYour Speed and Reflexes are moderately enhanced. _β You gain an additional 2 ninjutsu slots per rank. β’ Taijutsu Specialization _β Start with an additional Taijutsu _β All Locked Formless are treated as Complex for interactions with other techniques. β’ "The Good Host" PA x2 _β Implant Chakra Cost Requirements Γ· 2 β’ "Masato Smash" PA _β Masato gains an additional Taijutsu Style. β’ "Adaptive Nature" PA _β Masato gains an additional 2 Custom Slots β’ "Melee Prodigy" PA _β While the eyes of the user are active, every other rank of the eyes (1 tomoe, 3 tomoe, eternal), a slight reflex boost is conferred. β’ "Unity of Ninshuu" PA _β The study of Ninshuu Masato has embarked upon unifies him with those around him. Any religious missions completed with another individual count towards collaboration training with that individual equal to the posts done to complete the mission.
PassiveEffects: _β Enlightenment ___β The user is now slightly more skilled at just about everything. Striking, blocking, moving, absorbing, and taking damage. ___β The user's strength and fortitude is increased heavily. _β Shooter Stance ___β Any techniques from this Style gain a mild strength boost per mastered stage if used while in this stance. _β Upgraded Caliber ___β When in the shooter stance, the strength of their strikes is increased moderately instead of mildly. _β Magnum ___β Grants a slight striking speed increase per mastered stage of this style. _β Designated Marksman ___β Allows offensive techniques to be Complex, sending dense chakra orbs from their fists to extend their impacting range as well as allowing them to now "punch" ninjutsu. The chakra orbs will hit with 2x the strength of their normal punch, and travel at 2x the speed of their punch for 30 meters. _β Whirlwind Training ___β The user trains to be better suited to dealing with the shock of landing and training the muscles of their legs and arms. ___β Raises the base level of the user's speed by one descriptive rank per learned stage of this Style. ___β These descriptive ranks cannot be drained by the techniques in this Style. _β Switchblade Training ___β The user may switch directions when landing a flip, allowing for one to flip backwards and then forwards and vice versa without a moment's hesitation. ___β May use up to one technique per post that would lower the descriptive ranks affecting their speed without suffering that reduction. _β Perfecting Balance ___β Balance and endurance are increased, allowing them to run faster than the average person without losing their balance. ___β Every Soft Physical Formless technique used confers one descriptive rank of speed to the user for the duration of the fight. ___β Attempts to throw the user off-balance that are of a lower rank than the userβs highest trained rank in the Soft Physical Formless Style automatically fail to do so. _β Advanced Whirlwind Training ___β The userβs reflexes gain any and all bonuses afforded to their speed. _β Manriki Burabura [ Weighted Swing ] ___β Simple techniques in this Style and related Formless techniques are treated as Complex. _β Kikkyo [ Diligence ] ___β The maximum speed for all techniques in this Style at one rank lower than the highest trained rank of the practitionerβs Hard Physical Formless Style. _β Oni no Nigiri [ Ogre's Grip ] ___β The user needs only a single hand to wield their massive weapon. When wielding it with two hands, techniques from this Style that consume an extra activation when used above the user's body rank do not do so. _β Bounetsu no Jutsu [ Flame-Resistance Technique ] ___βProtects the user from damaging themselves with their own techniques and is able to withstand increasing amounts of heat. _β Teikou no Kuntou [ Electrical Resistance Training ] ___β Protects the user from damaging themselves with their own techniques and is able to withstand mild currents. _β Botany Journeyman ___β -1 post to the D - Rank and the A - Rank missions. _β Sage of Ninshuu ___β -2 posts to the A - Rank and the S - Rank missions. ___β Converts the S - Rank mission's Korabo effects to combine chakra and stamina pools together for all linked persons forever. ___β Reduces ability to Kai out of genjutsu by 1 rank and raises chakra cost of Kai by an additional rank. ___β Genjutsu affects all that are sharing. _β ANBU Shadow | Tactician ___β -1 post to the D - Rank, the A - Rank, and -2 to the S - Rank missions. ___β By Concentrating, Tactician can gain information of one known technique per post of concentration automatically draining A Rank chakra/ stamina. ___β Can alter origin point of projectile techniques by 3 meters per rank [ 12 meters ] _β Doctor | Emergency Specialist ___β -1 post to the D - Rank, the A - Rank, and -2 to the S - Rank missions. ___β May retrain techniques to decrease sustainment cost to E Rank minimum.
Niko would make her way to the dojo. The man was nowhere to be found last time, so she was assuming she would be safe. As she walked in, she did a quick once over. The man was nowhere in sight. With a smile, Niko started with a shadow clone. With another smile, they would begin formless sparing with each other. Dodges, evades, grapples and throws: these are everything that was worked on by Niko and her shadow clone. Afterwards, they took a small break. Niko had her shadow clone study the scrolls while she went on to continue trainings of her own.
