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 Posted: Thu Dec 15, 2005 5:55 pm
"Hmm.....Kyoromi...nope, never heard the name. Then again, I only know about 3 people by name here. I'm not exactly the most loved person at the academy."
He was slightly impressed by the kunai show, and decided to show off a bit himself as he destroyed a nearby tree with a single punch. He used the Explosive Gale Fist, of course, but Nogusuki shouldn't have known that.
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Posted: Tue Jan 24, 2006 8:02 pm
"How many different places are there around this place?" Keno stepped into the clearing looking about as calm as usual, the arrogance long gone. He gazed at the shrine, simply for lack of anything more interesting being around. "This clearing is kinda small. I wonder if it's natural or man made." Stepping near the center he gazed upon the figure of what was likely to be an ancient warrior. "Well then...." his eye sparkles as if the sunlight were being reflected off of the statue. "This could be interesting indeed."
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Posted: Tue Jan 24, 2006 8:05 pm
From behind Keno, Shiro silently leaned in, placing his lips just milimetres away from Keno's ear. He had supressed his chakra to remain unsensed and had moved silently.
".............boo"
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Posted: Tue Jan 24, 2006 8:09 pm
"Are we gonna play the Bushin game again?" Keno says from atop the shrine, seemingly. That twinkle in his eye wasn't for show. "I don't allow myself be snuck up upon so easily, even if I can't feel your energy." He shifted a little, as if wondering whether or not to hop down.
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Posted: Tue Jan 24, 2006 8:12 pm
"But it's my favourite game....."
Shiro said it from his location where he stood, he wasn't a bunshin. The Shiro that whispered was the real deal. He held up his hand in a reverse cradle position, and immediately 8 black bunshin clones lept from the forest to attack Keno.
"Take this!"
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Posted: Tue Jan 24, 2006 8:16 pm
So he wanted to play a different sort of game this time. Keno looked about and saw the eight clones coming his way. He took his large metallic fan off of his back. With ease, and a flick of his wrist, the fan opened full circle as Keno began to perform a simple dance from atop the shrine. "Dance of the Lightning Fan" Suddenly surges of Rai began shooting out in all directions around him, from ground to sky as he performed what appeared to be some sor tof ritual dance with the massive fan that concealed his body depending on one's point of view.
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Posted: Tue Jan 24, 2006 8:20 pm
Shiro smiled in delight like a kid in a candy shop.
"Oooh....."
As the bunshin began to attack with advanced Tajitsu moves, Shiro released a beacon of Chakra into thesky, instantly producing a large black cloud. Thunder boomed, Lightning struck (Keno, due to him being high up with a giant metal fan), winds blew and rain fell harshly.
"Welcome to my domain, kid, and your final resting place!" He said as he looked to the sky with outstretched arms.
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Posted: Tue Jan 24, 2006 8:27 pm
Keno merely grinned as he noticed the lightning coming down upon him. The scene was a bit familiar in his head for some reason as well. But that mattered not. He could have moved, but it would prove to be more fun this way.
As the lightning struck, a blinding light flashed, consuming the body of Keno and his fan. For a moment it sat in suspension as if being held together. When it did finally fade, there was not one, but two Keno standing before Keno, both made of flesh and blood and having the exact same strength the origninal had.
"I'm sorry I don't talk about my personal life much, but I came to this dojo because of what happens when Rai and I get too close. Being struck by lightning is pretty much ineefective on me. Instead it replicates me, time and time again. The more times I get hit, the more I replicate, not losing an ounce of strength in the process. I think it was Kai...or maybe Tut, who finally made it a voluntary act and not a natural one. But the fact still remains. That's why I became a Rai instead of a Kaze."
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Posted: Wed Jan 25, 2006 10:30 am
Shiro simply smiled an evil grin and looked up at Keno, the water soaking his hair and running down his face.
"It matters not. You're in my world now. You forget, its not just lightning at work here. The Storm is where Rai, Kaze, Mizu, Oto and Yami combine and unleash their combined fury. If the Rai doesn't get to you, the others will..."
Shiro was right. If the lightning didn't hurt him, the constant downpour and icy winds would batter away at his stamina, causing freezing and uncomfortablility in his opponent. The darkness provided an excellent medium for stealth, and the sound of thunder would cause almost constant distraction, paired with the lightning flashes, to mess up concentration and negate any Jutsu work. Also, since Keno was high up, the high winds would more than likely cause inbalance. The eight clones now arrived at their destination, four attacking one, and four attacking the other. They each attacked seperate locations to prevent avoiding the attacks,and their advanced Taijitsu moves provided both speed and power.
"You can't compare to me, fool."
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Posted: Wed Jan 25, 2006 11:15 am
"Who ever said I was trying to compare?" It was true there were several elements working against him, but Keno wasn't as much a novice as Shiro had assumed. It was clear Rai wasn't going to work, but that didn't mean Keno had such limited experience in the other areas. He didn't need any jutsu to resist or manipulate the wind whenever he needed. In fact, his base nature made him as cold as the air itself. So ice wasn't a problem either. He pushed his shades over his eyes, which were made especially dark, essentially to keep anyone from seeing them. The thunder might be of a little help, but he doubted it was going to pose much of a problem.
"You assume because you hinder my ability to see and hear to my optimal, I am unable to tell where you are. You also believe that I am less susceptible to the elements of the cold and wind than you are. That's all well and good, but I told you before I am a warrior of a different nature, and most certainly not a ninja first and foremost. You fight smart, but you underestiate me for being a mere genin of lower status than yourself." Keno didn't seem upset about this in the least as he started using his martial arts style of origin, Kaze Sentou. Rather than avoid the attacks, the identical warriors manipulated them, parrying each and turning the numbers against each other.
"Regardless of what you call it, or how long it took you to master, taijutsu is still physical." The two hopped down and stood back to back, one facing Shiro, the real one, the other awaiting the clone's approach.
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Posted: Wed Jan 25, 2006 11:38 am
Even as the taijitsu clones were dealt with,they continued to attack, without any signs of ever slowing down. Shiro smiled as Keno hopped down.
"You may be a great warrior, but we are still ninja. Your Jutsus are ineffective and your Taijitsu isn't as good as mine. You have no hope of defeating me. But don't let that stop you. Show me what you've got!"
Shiro stood tall, one hand out and the other behind his back, ready for any sort of attack that may be directed at him. He was not affected by the storm, as he was used to fighting and living in these conditions. That was what gave him the advantage. He knew how to work optimally in storms, whereas there was extremely little chance that anyone other than Storm Nin could react the same way. Nothing could hide from him. Two more Taijitsu clones lept from the darkness in the forest to attack Keno, while the other ones simply followed Keno in.
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Posted: Wed Jan 25, 2006 11:48 am
"I'm not exactly sure what makes you think I'm trying to defeat you," Keno spoke as he lept high over the two clones that approached him. His left arm began to glow a light blue as he molded his chakra into Rai. He cleared his voice, as if continuing with a casual conversation. "Afterall you attacked me did you not? Wouldn't that mean you aim to defeat me for some reason?" As he came back down, he thrust his left arm, open palmed, towards the other Keno, his intention becoming clear as a third Keno appeared out of the glowing light.
The two idle Keno shifted their positions so that they were now prepared to deal with the clones while one would deal with the real one, or simply stand by. "I'm not sure why you yourself aren't trying to attack. I'm sure you're woking on some other technique as I waste my time with them. If so, I'll be more than glad to wait for you to finish." One thing one might notice was that none of the Keno seemed to be in the least bit effected by the storm. He was not skilled enough to manipulate every element it was true, but there was a reason his focus for so many years was Kaze. The other two Keno took the offensive and immediately began weaving through the Shiro clones, their fans now closed and moving like giant steel beams, which they swung easily. There was even a Rai charge on them in case one got the bright idea to try and swipe the fans, which was unlikely to succeed even if they proved immune.
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Posted: Wed Jan 25, 2006 12:06 pm
As the big beams beat through the black clones, one would notice how, after the clone dispersed, they re-combined again.
"Hehe....you waste your time and energy one my clones...not a smart move..."
Shiro sighed a bit and shook his head.
"And I initiated the attack because I wanted to see how far behind you are. Think of it as an advance test."
Shiro removed his hand from behind his back and snapped his fingers, doing nothing...for the moment.
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Posted: Wed Jan 25, 2006 12:20 pm
Keno had read up on this somewhere. These Bushin wouldn't be destroyed, they would simply reassemble and keep attacking. Further still was that their attacks weren't as fake as they were. Chances were that these weren't exactly those same clones, since Shiro was likely to try and prove his superiority with a uniqe alteration of a basic technique. To either end, the two Keno decided to take the defensive. Afterall, no point in wasting energy on something that wouldn't die. They'd keep the third Keno only within the reaches of Shiro and fend off the clones.
"In battle, the only smart move is the one that achieves victory. Trial and error never hurts anyone so long as they take the necessary precautions."
A smirk crossed on his lips as he placed his fan into the ground firmly and lept to stand on the top of it. He was sure Shiro wanted something now. "You never learned to ask a simple question? I could have told you how far along I am without wasting near as much energy as you are using your approach." He crouched carefully, placing his hands on the fan for balance so that he did not lean too far forward or backward.
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Posted: Wed Jan 25, 2006 5:41 pm
"But this way is so much more fun. Besides, we're ninjas. It would be rude of me to just ask you."
He seemed to move intantly, using his superior speed to kick teh fan out from underneath Keno. He had used a high-powered Chakra-enhanced kick, not just a regular one. If the fan had indeed fell, Shiro would strike upwards with two Chakra blades.
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