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Byakuran Usotsuki
LV. 10
Experience: 248/550
Hp: 160
Cp: 260
MHp: 13
Dodge Bonus: 21


Suiton: Suigadan (Water Release: Water Fang Bullet)
Stage III: Ninjutsu DC 35 Projecting the spinning tentacle at a target with concussive force.
Ninjutsu: 25
DC: 35
Roll: Count only above 10
Train: 10/10


Suiton: Suigadan (Water Release: Water Fang Bullet)
Stage IV: Ninjutsu + Chakra Control DC 65 Making multiple water tentacles attack simultaneously.
Chakra Control + Ninjutsu = 55
DC: 65
Roll: Count only above 10
Train: 7/10

Byakuran felt as though the world was lining up for him, as though his destiny truly was now spread out before him, the door to it opened by his own efforts...his own optimism. This was the power of his efforts...this was unstoppable song of his soul...this was the roaring gale that cast the sea of his soul into a torrent. The ripping and wrathful water seemed to be responding to his own internal emotions, his chakra flaring up around him as understanding seemed to become almost inherent. Yes. He understood. It was as though the universe was lining up for him in this moment, as though clarity was a song drifting in through his skin. This was the power of his chakra...the power of water... with a rising force, like the birth of a water spout, like the force of a typhoon that wouyld wash away all that rested before it... this was the force that was within him...the radical power which rested within his soul. With this power, with this deafening song, he would rip through all that opposed it. Even if his life existed inside nothing but a fraction of a fraction. He would still fight for everything that he was. For his life, for his will, and for his dreams. For what else did he have? What else could he truly call his own enough to fight for? This village? Don't make him laugh. This was Byakuran Usotsuki's village. Just another mask that had attached itself to this place...it was never truly his.

His clan? That was even MORE laughable. His clan was nothing but his oppressive captor, his enemy, his jailer. They were the thing that had hung over his entire life...the thing that was bringing him such misery. He would never have been forced into this life, into this lie, had he not been born an otobe. While it was true that he could feel the universe around him. Sounds and sensations that no other could feel or hear...but he was an Otobe among normal people. They could never truly understand everything that he was feeling, even his two contacts who knew that he was an Otobe. One couldn't describe to a blind man what it was like to see... and saying things such as "he could feel sound" feel short of the truth of the matter. It didn't truly encompass the range...the spectrum, of what he could perceive. And he could never truly share this with anyone...he couldn't even acknowledge it. He had to hide the world that he could feel around him, had to merely sit back in silent repose listening, but being unable to comment on all that experienced. There was nothing in that sort of existence worth being overly proud over. There was nothing there that he could truly say he cherished. Did he necessarily believe that his clan needed to be destroyed? No. But it was the only way that he would ever be free of them. It was the only way that he could cast off the shackles that placed on him.

What else could he possibly have to call his own...? His contacts...? those that had served as his...parents...? He'd detached himself from them since he'd really committed himself to his training, intentionally avoiding them. Because deep down they didn't really care for him either. He was merely their life line...their meal ticket. So long as he was a good little spy their jobs were easy and they got their pay. No, he couldn't call them something that he could call his own either. The only thing that was truly his was himself...his will, his own soul. Since the beginning, since the very first breath he took int this world, that was the only thing that had ever truly belonged to him. So he would dedicate himself to that. To the one thing that he could call his own...the only thing that behind all the masks truly belonged to him. Was of him, and served him. He would put on all the masks, he would speak all the the lies...because in the end a time would come for the curtain to rise, and all such deceptions would become obsolete... he would be free to show the world his truth...his power...and the one thing that was truly, and remarkably, his own. Byakuran sent forth the water again, this time having built the jutsu up into it's final stage, the water tearing at the rock like steel as caused a resounding crack to echo from where it impacted...

Byakuran Usotsuki
LV. 10
Experience: 248/550
Hp: 160
Cp: 260
MHp: 13
Dodge Bonus: 21

Suiton: Suigadan (Water Release: Water Fang Bullet)
Stage IV: Ninjutsu + Chakra Control DC 65 Making multiple water tentacles attack simultaneously.
Chakra Control + Ninjutsu = 55
DC: 65
Roll: Count only above 10
Train: 9/10

Byakuran's hands shook. He was so close now, so close. This was the moment that he had been working towards, this was the instant that he was prepared for. He was not going to unleash the full power of this jutsu, and fully master it... he was so close it was merely a matter of moments away, but in this single instant for him time seemed to freeze. It was like he was having to sit and watch the world pass by in the slowest of motion, as though this single instant in time had been extended by the anticipation within him. This was it, this was the thing that he had been waiting for...the opportunity to be able to fight...to truly fight, in earnest. It was not quite the complete filling in of his weakness, that would be taken care of after his speed training. But for the moment, in this instant, he would finally be able to take up his sword. It would be a heavy costly weapon, and it would be one that he could use lightly... but it was a blade would cut through his foes without hesitation or remorse. A Wrathful messenger sent out by his soul to crush those that stood in his way or threatened his life. He would complete his mission...he would achieve his goals... and this jutsu was another step along that road...more so, it was a step that once taken would mean there was no turning back. He would HAVE power now, he couldn't go back to being the weak little boy who had the option to die as a nothing, He would have the power to rip asunder his enemies...and once he did so...his path towards becoming either a warrior, and Ninja, or a Demon, would not stop... he would either become one, or the others...

The instant seemed to to pas to the next, but his life still seemed to be passing infinitely slower than normal, as though his soul had something for him to know, something for him to reflect on, something to for him to realize. In all these things he merely looked on as the water rose up around him like a titanous wrathful serpent, the oceans water swelling up around him as individual flecks and speckles of liquid shimmered through the air all around the, the churning waters of the forming attack giving off a roar... like that a vicious beast...

Byakuran Usotsuki
LV. 10
Experience: 248/550
Hp: 160
Cp: 260
MHp: 13
Dodge Bonus: 21

Suiton: Suigadan (Water Release: Water Fang Bullet)
Stage IV: Ninjutsu + Chakra Control DC 65 Making multiple water tentacles attack simultaneously.
Chakra Control + Ninjutsu = 55
DC: 65
Roll: Count only above 10
Train: 9/10

This was the moment of his triumph, the pivotal step towards his success...this was the moment that he would finally be able to revel in his the fruits of his efforts...in the power of his jutsu. True, he had learned the water clone jutsu, the water prison and the syrup capture, powerful jutsu all...even the minor vibration, which was a powerful jutsu in it's own right...was still not a true weapon that was designed to kill with a single blow...it could bring not out the full capability of his chakra... but this technique was different...it would allow for such power...it would allow him to crush opponents like the one that had bested him easily, because he at last could fight them on even footing with a jutsu of his own... The water was drawing closer and closer to the rock, the power rippling through the attack seemed to disturb the air as it passed, the roaring of the sound as neared impact all that Byakuran was focused on...all the noise that at this moment he needed to feel...

Byakuran Usotsuki
LV. 10
Experience: 422/550
Hp: 160
Cp: 260
MHp: 13
Dodge Bonus: 21


To take a step forward...this is the speed of one who will surpass all!! (Stage 1 of 25)
DC: Always ten above current Dex
Roll: 10 or more
Train: 9/10

Byakuran stood in the cave, the water dripping down all around, occasionally giving the soft, calming ping as a drop hit the stone. but Byakuran himself was standing in the middle of a rather rather elaborate setup. He was it had taken a bit of time, but by securing several chains to the ceiling of the solid cave, byakuran hand hung several weights from the ceiling...harmless weights, at the moment, though the chains were built to withstand infinitely more than that. His coat placed over a nearby stalactite, the dimly lit cave suddenly seeming to fall still for a instant, save in singular breathing. The this was the start. This was the beginning...now began the journey to move until none could match him. To exceed the speed of normal men...until none could touch him. to surpass until he could not be surpasses....until he possessed the speed of a kage...until he possessed the speed with which he could surpass even his sensei... until he surpassed the speed where people could even lay a finger on him. Until he was able to transcend those who stood in his path. He gave each of the weights a pushing, the ropes causing them all to fall back, swing in a motion that would cause them to hit him if he didn't avoid...but he began to move. Oh boy did he begin to move. He swerved a slid, his steps carrying him around the weights as his hands continue to catch some and push them back again, while others seemed to almost grave him, only to pass by, as he continued to make his way through the trial, bit by bit, his motions began to transcend the realm of thought. He could feel them coming with his senses, and his body merely reacted, this way, that, left, from the front, he swerved about one that just barely grazed him, but he continued... the speed of the weights and his movements seeming to become a complex web of actions and reactions, counters and reprisals, and endless chain of actions strung together as they continued in an endless dance. Byakuran was moving ceaselessly, his motions constant as he fought and battled his way through the trial. He began to sweat, to breath hard, but he still fought his way through the matter. This was not going to be easy...he had made it so intentionally...

Because underneath his clothes, attached to his legs and arms, were weights. Weights that he had taken special care to acquire through his contacts...sent directly to him from the director of the Secret Police at his request... it seemed that even after all this time, his uncle still had his back... even if it was just in the form of small favors such as this. Byakuran was continuing to move against the strain of the weights, his speed being forced to push itself passed it's limits as he

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Suiton: Suitenhōfutsu (Water Release: Water Sky Convergence)

This technique enables the user to control water and moisture. The air becomes saturated with water bubbles and the combat field becomes a water source for use of water techniques. Allows water-based summons that would normally need water to move around to fight in on land in the area by either trapping the target in the same water or maneuvering the water to allow the summing to chase the target. It is able to extract and utilize groundwater, and is very effective in most areas but rocky areas.
Cp cost: 70
Dice Rolls: 4
Damage: N/A
Reflex DC:/ NA
Requirements: Water Affinity, Chakra Control 35, Ninjutsu 30, Chakra 30
Training: 4 stages
Stage I: Chakra DC 20 {d20 + chk mod} Sucking out water from the ground
Stage II: Chakra Control DC 45 Vaporizing the water into the air.
Stage III: Ninjutsu DC 40 Condensing the vaporized water into balls of water in suspension in the air.
Stage IV: Ninjutsu + Chakra Control DC 75 Condensing the water around specific areas or targets.
Special: Creates a body of water only usable by the user and his summons. Allows water based summons to move on the ground. Techniques that must usually be done underwater can now be done on the ground in the area. Techniques that have special effects if underwater now have these effects on the ground in the combat area.

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Stage 1: Sucking out water from the ground.
DC: 20
d20 + Chakra Modifier [19]
09/09 (-1 check, 20 intelligence)

Stage 2: Vaporizing the water into the air.
DC: 53 (Increased from 45 for training purposes)
d20 + Chakra Control [43]
00/10 (-1 check, 20 intelligence, but increased to 10 for training purposes)

d20 [16] + Chakra Control [43] = 59 (pass/fail) [01/10]
Cp: 478 / 548

Having forced to the surface all of the water in the area, Hiru was now faced with the next step in mastering this particular technique: getting all of this water into the air. Not being an air manipulator more than he was an earth manipulator, he wasn't exactly sure how he'd proceed into doing this. After all, no matter how he looked at it, simply trying to project the water upwards wasn't the optimal way to go.

d20 [16] + Chakra Control [43] = 59 (pass/fail) [02/10]
Cp: 471 / 548

Hiru tried to reflect on the very nature of water to see how this particular feat could be accomplished. He knew for certain that the air he breathed did contain volatile particles of water whose concentration had a direct impact on the ambiant humidity. This process was done without anyone "controlling" the air around it, which meant that it was in water's nature to naturally meld with air If it was, he should be able to recreate the phenomenon artificially.

d20 [11] + Chakra Control [43] = 54 (pass/fail) [03/10]
Cp: 463 / 548

How he would go about mimicing this process still eluded Hiru nevertheless. His chakra was now deeply rooted in a rather significant quantity of water but there seemed to be no clear way to vaporize it in the air. If he was a fire user, he could have heated the water to have it turn to vapor and then have it float on its own upwards; but that wasn't the case. The key was somewhere in the water itself, and he had to find it.

d20 [11] + Chakra Control [43] = 54 (pass/fail) [04/10]
Cp: 455/ 548

Despite the fact he was presently stuck Hiru was not under a time constraint at all in the present situation. Indeed, the layer of water his chakra was infused in rested very calmly upon the ground, easily being maintained simply by Hiru's will. If at first he had trouble keeping it from being reabsorbed; it seemed that now, after having put so much energy into pushing it up, his chakra had significantly merged with the water particles.

d20 [03] + Chakra Control [43] = 46 (pass/fail)
Cp: 448 / 548

This fact made Hiru realize that, for some reason, his control over the water had been deepened due to the incredible effort and fusion between his chakra and the ambiant water that had been required to push it out of the ground. It was as though that instead of controlling a gigantic water mass, he was controlling millions of individual water particles with more precision than water even he would have himself created.

d20 [15] + Chakra Control [43] = 58 (pass/fail) [05/10]
Cp: 441 / 548

Perhaps this was where the answer lied, he thought. This much more intense control over the water from its deepest structure would allow for more precise manipulation which would translate into many more possibilities with the controlled element. There was probably a way for him to isolate the water particles and control them directly rather than focusing on the total mass as he did for his shark tank jutsu.

d20 [20] + Chakra Control [43] = 63 (pass/fail) [06/10]
Cp: 434/ 548

He therefore proceeded to isloating as many water particles from one another to see what the effect would be. This exercise required extreme concentration and chakra control, but, after just a few seconds, the results revealed to be phenomenal. It seemed that simply the very act of dividing the mass to its most basic level turned out to cause the giant puddle to vaporize into the air.

d20 [20] + Chakra Control [43] = 63 (pass/fail) [07/10]
Cp: 427 / 548

Even Hiru was surprised at how conclusive his first try at an unknown technique proved to be. Wanting to increase the spped of the vaporization, he changed his strategy from simple separation to a multi oriented manipulation aimed at isolation and push of the water. The result was instantaneous. In a matter of seconds the ground became practically wet and the air became imcredibly heavy from the concentration of water.

d20 [04] + Chakra Control [43] = 47 (pass/fail)
Cp: 420 / 548

Hiru was glad he had this part down as well. He was a bit surprised by this technique's complexity but his honed chakra control skills proved more than sufficient to figure out how to accomplish this most important portion of the technique. Now, all that was left was to use this chakra and water charged air to his advantage, otherwise all he had accomplished was a technique to create a hostile environment to nosebleeds.

d20 [12] + Chakra Control [43] = 55 (pass/fail) [08/10]
Cp: 413 / 548

Focusing on fine tuning his chakra control now that he had found a way to efficiently vaporize water particles into the air without the use of Doton or Fuuton, Hiru moved his chakra from one particle to the other through the air as to feel as many of them as he possibly could. He even came to a point where he could distinguish the mollecules he had pushed upwards from those already inside the air with great ease.

Suiton: Suitenhōfutsu (Water Release: Water Sky Convergence)

This technique enables the user to control water and moisture. The air becomes saturated with water bubbles and the combat field becomes a water source for use of water techniques. Allows water-based summons that would normally need water to move around to fight in on land in the area by either trapping the target in the same water or maneuvering the water to allow the summing to chase the target. It is able to extract and utilize groundwater, and is very effective in most areas but rocky areas.
Cp cost: 70
Dice Rolls: 4
Damage: N/A
Reflex DC:/ NA
Requirements: Water Affinity, Chakra Control 35, Ninjutsu 30, Chakra 30
Training: 4 stages
Stage I: Chakra DC 20 {d20 + chk mod} Sucking out water from the ground
Stage II: Chakra Control DC 45 Vaporizing the water into the air.
Stage III: Ninjutsu DC 40 Condensing the vaporized water into balls of water in suspension in the air.
Stage IV: Ninjutsu + Chakra Control DC 75 Condensing the water around specific areas or targets.
Special: Creates a body of water only usable by the user and his summons. Allows water based summons to move on the ground. Techniques that must usually be done underwater can now be done on the ground in the area. Techniques that have special effects if underwater now have these effects on the ground in the combat area.

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Stage 1: Sucking out water from the ground.
DC: 20
d20 + Chakra Modifier [19]
09/09 (-1 check, 20 intelligence)

Stage 2: Vaporizing the water into the air.
DC: 53 (Increased from 45 for training purposes)
d20 + Chakra Control [43]
10/10 (-1 check, 20 intelligence, but increased to 10 for training purposes)

Stage 3: Condensing the vaporized water into balls of water in suspension in the air.
DC: 40
d20 + Ninjutsu [40]
06/09 (-1 check, 20 intelligence)

d20 [12] + Ninjutsu [40] = 52 (pass/fail) [07/09]
Cp: 349 / 548

Even Hiru was surprised at how succesful his first try had proved. He had anticipated that such a complex technique would have required significant trial and error but it seemed that, as far as the basics were concerned, he was doing great so far. Without abandonning control over the water, he simply dissipated the water particles back into the air and, as suddenly as he had found himself submerged, he was now breathing fresh air. Humid air, but still fresh.

d20 [06] + Ninjutsu [40] = 46 (pass/fail) [08/09]
Cp: 342 / 548

As proud as he was, Hiru knew that to attract water onto himself was one thing, but having it wrap around an other target would be more of a problem. Still, he had learned the water prison technique in the past and figured that the basic principle would be somewhat similar. Focusing all of his attention on a frog hopping nearby, he willed the water particles to condensate around it as it moved.

d20 [19] + Ninjutsu [40] = 59 (pass/fail) [09/09]
Cp: 335 / 548

In an instant, the frog found itself completely submerged in a thick bubble of water. It actually swam upwards as though it was trying to get out. Hiru watched it carefully as it moved around in his artificial pond just as it would in a normal one. It's at that moment he realized he was well on his way to mastering this technique once and for all. All that was left now was to accomodate for the movement and he'd be good to go.

How much...time had passed? Months had come and gone, disappearing without a trace. Green eyes surveyed the sea with placid neutrality, golden brows crinkling with the passing of moments even as the sea waves made similar creases. How nice it must be, to be like the ocean tides...so...free... A sigh left his lips.

He allowed himself to fall back on the beach, resting on top of the white sand. The sun was bright, blinding him a little, and his eyes instinctively snapped shut. But the clear, cloudless blue was beautiful - well the usual kind of beauty Kiri unfailingly possessed when it wasn't the stormy season anyways - the sand itself was snugly warm, the cool ocean breezes preventing higher temperatures that could scorch the human skin.

So one might wonder, what exactly, was he doing out here on the beach? There were better places to be, like the Fubuki Estate... But he had stopped going there recently. Months ago, when he hadn't heard from Nero for a while, he paid Hatsuyuki-chan a visit: she said Nero might've gotten sent off to their Yuki winter estate for training because they wanted Nero to leave the Academy early, and serve Kiri as soon as possible. It was probably a good thing, or perhaps the clan knew all along, the chaotic events that would happen in the time afterwards.

He had avoided the chaos, by staying in the studio the village leased him when he was supposed to, avoiding crowded places, and for the most part darting about anywhere but the village. He had spent a lot of time with the Fubukis during the chaos, their compound was situated in a good spot, and plus with the amount of ... security ... that existed in that place, sure enough, there had been no visits from the Vikings. The Fubuki were for the most part welcoming - Hatsuyuki at least, very warmly so - probably curious why a villager would seek refuge in their estate for the last time they were host was when they sheltered Kirigakurians during the brutal brawl between the Earth and Water Go-ryu Masters. A lot of infrastructure was destroyed that time.

Less with this event, given how less well-equipped these new invaders were. He would say more damages were done by the citizens because, that day, he had fully attended to attend the Academy (royally late, for certain) had not part of the building erupted with water. Needless to say, for obvious reasons, he never bothered going again, even after hearing that repairs have been made...

"How troublesome..." He groaned.

Too much time had passed, and the pressure to graduate was mounting. The irritating same question: of why didn't he graduate, why so many exams have passed and he always either did not qualify or purposefully missed the dates, why was he skipping classes and never bothering making up assignments... He couldn't even go to the village library, because the Stupid Ditcher Principal was probably going to be there. That hypocrite.

There was no choice, wasn't there? The only other library around in the village...would be up north, with the Fubukis.

Henge no Jutsu
Cp: 20/20
Chakra Control: 3
DC: 13
Formula: 1d20 [X] + 3 [Chakra Control]
Successes: 3/10

With a light poof! the boy on the beach vanished, the shell he had been examining falling soundlessly to the side of a solid likeness. It would have been an odd sight to the civilian eye, the shape of a boy's body cleanly engraved into the sand, and yet, all that was left was a print. Shell-Inori merely sat back for a moment, wondering if he got all the details of the shell in...? But there was nothing he could use to see. If only he could get closer to the ocean maybe. The low-tide waters was as close as to clear, he could probably get a decent reflection from there.

He didn't give any mind to how strange a sight it would be, a shell hopping gradually towards the edge of the water, so intent he was in his goal. Besides, form first, right? He can worry about behaving like a shell at a later time. How hard can it be? There was only a little more work until absolute freedom. Nobody will even discover that he had chosen to live as a shell.

Henge no Jutsu
Cp: 19/20
Chakra Control: 3
DC: 13
Formula: 1d20 [19] + 3 [Chakra Control]
Successes: 4/10