Enkou resumes training the next day, practicing the techniques he wanted to learn. He felt he had mastered being able to use the Second Sight technique, so he moved on to the Nakagawa Style, a taijutsu style that lets one sense their surroundings with chakra projection. He progresses farther with it today, actually sparring with some people while trying to use it. He then trained in the Chakra Aura technique, which allowed him to project chakra and increase his ability to sense his surroundings. He trained these techniques for a while before trying to find a place to rest. However, before he finds somewhere to rest, he hears screaming and the sounds of people fighting. He rushes over to it, and finds out that people are being attacked. He can’t tell what it is, they don’t have heat signatures, he can only sense them by sound and smell. Whatever they were, they smelled very strongly of gingerbread. First he uses the technique he had just mastered, the Second Sight technique. His eyes were covered in a black film, but since he was already blind it did nothing. Then a black aura formed around his ears and the rest of his face, enhancing his other senses. This let him hear the sounds and smell the scent of the strange attackers more easily. He then unleashes a very fast kick into one of the enemies, the end of his foot trailing in flames. The kick made contact with something not human. It crumbled under his foot. He then follows it up with a flaming punch, and this time it crumbled completely, burning up as it fell. And this time he could feel the sensation of what he had punched. A sensation that made no sense. He had just punched a gingerbread man. Not letting this confusing surprise slow him down, he wades into the fight letting his ears and nose lead him into the smells of peppermint and gingerbread.
Passives
Flaming Fists - Strength + 7, Speed + 6
Shikaku Kaon - Passive: Non-Sight based Perception +20 | Character is considered Blind Kaji Jinchi - Passive: Fire Jutsu +5 Fire Damage Katon • Flame Trust - Passive: Taijutsu Techniques Add +10 Fire Damage
Katsurou grins and gives his Hyuuga friend a thumbs up to agree with the battle plan, "Sounds like a great plan!" A single flap of those large, chakra wings sent the male Gekkou sent him into the air. A nice gleam of a smile crossing his face as he got to fight alongside of that fierce tiger once more. This now means he cannot let her expectations of him slip, as this would be their first fight together since he took the win in their match during the Chuunin exams. His right hand gripping the hilt of Kuchibashi, as he flies carelessly through the air. "Here we go~!" The male said as he dived into a drove of these gingerbread monstrosities with his sword and gauntlet in hand. A powerful flap of his wings sending the baked assassins flying in every direction, "Haaa!" A solid, quick thrust of a sword and Katsurou had flown through one such a cookie, causing it to explode and take out two more nearest it. A grin crossed his face as the next flap of his large heron wings sends him spiraling up into the air, while feathers rained down and around him. The wind chakra enhanced feathers darted out and struck down six more of those underbaked cookie monsters, resulting in each of them once more taking out another two of their own kind. Gingerbread and candy cane rained down on the streets like some child's dream as cookies with candy weapons were laid to waste, before the remaining feathers faded harmlessly into chakra so not to cause unneeded harm to the surroundings, or those nearby trying to run for shelter from the assault.
[ Perception: 12 | Reaction: 21 ]
Passive [1] Shirasagi no Jou: Str +20 and Spi +19
Actives [1] Shirasagi no Jou: Sagi no Tsubasa: Spd +39 [975]
Activated [1] Flying Swallow Technique: [69.5 Damage [added to Hane Shuriken] | -10 Opponent's Reaction] [2] Shirasagi no Jou: Hane Shuriken: Attack Speed: 89 | Damage: 58
Mikoto stops fighting and looks around him. With the heat of the overbaked gingerbread, he could see the huge amount that he and others defending the village had destroyed. He could feel the people mourning around him, as several of the bodies with fading heat were not those of the gingerbread. He takes a moment of silence to honor the dead. He then worked his way out of the dead and destroyed. He had trained here for a while before these showed up, and he worried about his own home.
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Posted: Wed Jan 18, 2023 7:47 am
With a surge of movement, KAtja and Katsurou rushed forward into the mass of gingerbread. As Katsurou darted about in the air, his sword a shining flash of movement as it cleaved through gingerbread and candy cane alike, Katja remained on the ground, singling out stronger-looking gingerbread soldiers and defeating them as quickly as possible, one by one.
These dual fronts of attack seemed to be quite effective, and within a few short minutes, the center of the village was empty but for a few shinobi and piles of crumbs that had once been enemies. Winded, Katja allowed her stance to relax, the threat eliminated, more from the work of her companion than herself. Another failure. She did her best to push this disappointment from her mind, and focus instead on the fact that the village had been saved.
”It seems these invasions are endless, Kasurou… We can’t catch a break.” she mused aloud, with a sigh, when her friend had landed.
Walking over to his friend, Katsurou sheathes his sword on his back, though the gauntlet obviously remains, "That is true, but it looks like we have some breathing room now." He leans up against the side of the building as lightly pants and catching his breath, "So how have you been doing, Katja?" The Gekkou male looking more toned as he had been training rigorously, since the Chuunin Exams and the constant attacks since then as well has helped. "I will not lie... I honestly hope for some normality for a while." A light laugh leaving him as his right hand works on unfastening the weaponized piece of armor from his left arm. Once free from the equipment, Katsuoru flexes his fingers and gently shakes his hand, "Still getting use to the weight of that gauntlet though. It is new still but seems to be in fine condition." His gaze falls to his more somber friend with a soft, warm smile. "Hey now... what has you so down? I would not have been able to do all this by myself."
[ Perception: 12 | Reaction: 21 ]
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Posted: Tue Jun 13, 2023 8:34 am
”I have been training my mind, body, and spirit for the trials to come, however they show themselves.” Her answer was flat and emotionless, almost like a mantra, something repeated over and over until it loses conscious meaning. Something she had told herself so many times that the words were just sounds she made when she felt unimpressed with her performance. She was her own coach, and she was a harsh one.
She looked down in admiration at his new gauntlet. She had never been one for equipping armor, much less something so heavy, but she could see how effective it had been in the right hands.
”That is an impressive piece of equipment. Where did you get it?”
Katja scoffed lightly at Katsurou’s attempt to soothe her disappointment. His statement was false, and they both knew it. Had she not been here, he simply would have flown about and slain all his enemies anyway, her absence unnoticed. Too little, too late, that’s all she had ever shown her skill to be.
”It just feels like every time my technique is tested, It comes up lacking. I feel disheartened every time I try to defend those who need it. Perhaps I should have remained a healer…”
With another sigh, Katja turned from her friend to look around the village center, the relative quiet a welcome change from the sounds of panic that had come before. Katsu had saved them, and for this at least, Katja was content.
”At the risk of sounding like a bird, always making the same call, I will have to train harder.
