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(I'm not saying that you wouldn't be able to do what you did, but I think that there would also be some internal organ damage, so she might be in more trouble than simply having limited mobility with her upper half)



"The world has forgotten the evil of the Bijuu...

As the final two strikes landed, Atsureki sucked in a quick breath as a fresh tremor of pain wracked through his arm. Still straddling the woman, Atsureki's face was a stony mask as he watched the woman begin to squirm underneath him, no doubt coming to the realization that there was more to those strikes than met the eye. Or at least more than met her eye, but to Atsureki, looking down at the woman was like looking at a Christmas-tree with half the lights blown. It is over then, and there is no reason to keep her alive... damn, Atsureki thought to himself as he began reaching for the kunai holster on his right thigh. As the woman grew limp, Atsureki could only imagine that she was coming to terms with her fate.

Wrapping his hands around a kunai, Atsureki hesitated as the woman opened her mouth to speak. Suddenly though, the woman's limp body went taught as she lifted herself from the ground and pushed backward. She still wants to fight!, Atsureki thought in surprise, his pale eyes growing wide as he pulled the kunai out of its holster. As the woman brought her leg up to kick him, Atsureki cried out as he brought his kunai down to plunge into her leg. As the woman's leg connected with Atsureki's groin, all of the breath was forced out of his lungs. Doing his best to throw himself to the side, it was all Atsureki could do not to roll on the ground and clutch at the family jewels, but the fight was not over. Forcing himself to breath, the pained young Hyuuga lifted himself shakily to his feet, putting his right hand defensively in front of himself.

As much pain as Atsureki was in though, he knew that of the two of them, the woman was the worse for wear. Every male shinobi in the world must have experienced a strike to the groin, whether by accident or with intent, and as much as it hurt, Atsureki knew that the pain would pass... eventually.

"The world has forgotten the evil of the Bijuu...

Smirking for a moment as the woman struggled to her feet, his immediate wince reminded him not to let his advantage make him careless. Honestly I'm not sure whether I'm more pissed or impressed, when your life's on the line there's no sense in fretting over honor. All the same, she will die Atsureki thought to himself as he felt the woman trying to mold her chakra. A half-smile spreading across his lips, Atsureki took a step forward when he felt the woman's chakra stir, and his half-smile turned into a broad grin. She's got spirit, that's for sure, to be able to mold her chakra at all is impressive to say the least. Another time and I'm sure that she would have been a valuable ally, Atsureki thought to himself with a sigh.

As the woman made her way up the side of a tree, Atsureki lifted his hands to his chest, wincing as the fingers of his left hand met with his right. Performing several hand-seals, currents of wind began to swirl around Atsureki's legs, causing his lustrous black hair to billow all around him as he calmly uttered, "Tatsumaki Senpuukyaku." Suddenly the gentle breeze wrapping around Atsureki's legs became a howling gale, his ponytail flying wildly in the air. Bending his legs at the knee, Atsureki suddenly dashed forward, his already impressive speed further enhanced by the power of the technique. Flashing up the side of a nearby tree, Atsureki then sprung off of a branch towards the woman, whipping his leg around to slam into her mid-section.










(Jutsu Name: Tatsumaki Senpuukyaku (Tornado Whirlwind Kick)

Jutsu Type: Ninjutsu, Fuuton ... (Private/Signature, Konaga Sai)

Jutsu Rank: B (-7ch, -4st)

Jutsu Description: Created by Sai to provide versatility and deception, this technique can take multiple forms depending on what the situation calls for. After performing the necessary hand seals, the user's legs are infused with chakra and swirling winds flow about the user's legs. This gives the user a +1 [Active] bonus to speed. This effect will last for 2 posts, or until discharged as an attack in either one of two ways...

Whirlwind Kick: When the swirling winds make contact with an opponent, the force explodes off of the user's legs into them. The force of this technique sends the victim flying an incredible distance through the air about 50 feet away. The initial strike bruises the area strike and rips through the flesh on contact, creating a scar of swirling cuts and wounds. The real danger of the technique is the velocity the kick sends the user away at, especially if they strike a hard surface after being blown back. Such force after being kicked through the air at such speeds can easily break bones and crush a victim's fighting spirit.

Tornado Kick: Instead of discharging on a direct strike against the opponent, the Tornado kick discharges the swirling wind chakra into a six foot tall swirling tornado which speeds towards an opponent in a straight path at high speeds. If caught in the tornado, the victim is sucked in and tossed around inside, suffering a vast array of slices and cuts from all sides, some of them rather deep lacerations. After harming the opponent, the tornado dissipates, but the victim still feels the after-effects of the wounds and has their evasion decreased by 1 rank for one post afterward.

Additional Effects
Whether the technique is discharged or fades after two posts, the user's speed is decreased by 1 rank for 1 post afterward. )[EDIT: WHIRLWIND KICK PERFORMED]

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Kansatsuryoku | Suiton | Special Jounin | Wanderer

"Trust is a fragile thing, easily tainted and broken..."

Gaze flickering back to her opponent, Haruko was met with an unappealing sight - her opponent readying a technique at unimaginable speeds with his legs wrapped in howling winds. Shrinking back, Haruko's back met with the rough bark of the tree and she mentally slapped herself for her fear. 'Now's not the time for that...'

Even with her motion trained eyes, Haruko could barely lock onto Atsureki's moving form. With her upper body out of commission and her chakra flow still in the rut, Haruko's options were dwindling. Her first thought was to obviously dodge but that was just stupid. With his speed, he'll have caught up with her in less than a heartbeat. Taking the hit was risky but by this point in time, it was obvious that death was being an inevitable option. She could pretty much hear the grim reaper knocking on death's door for her. If she was to go down though, then she was at least bringing one of them with her.

Recalling something her grandfather was told her about when she was around 15 and just beginning to learn more advanced shinobi techniques, Haruko remembered being confounded by the mere thought of it. Her grandfather spoke of an 'Overdraft' ability. Something that allowed an shinobi to push past his or her limit and produce one final technique. To the 15 year old her, logic was everything and to be able to utilize chakra while drained of it was a bizarre thought. Now though, she could only pray that it would work. The situations don't exactly overlap but they were similar enough in how she was unable to use anymore chakra...kind of...

Bracing herself against the tree, Haruko closed her eyes and willed herself to focus. Like before with the kinobori no jutsu, Haruko did her best to manipulate the flow of her remaining chakra. 'Come on...come on...' A tingling sensation was felt throughout her body as whatever remaining chakra she had began to seep through her body. Her opponent was getting closer and her only chance was to weaken the force of impact. 'Mizu Bunshin.' Drawing water from all around her, Haruko gathered them as far away from her as she could. Just as she solidified her clone, a strong force of wind could be felt. Pushing off the tree, Haruko aimed to land back safely to the ground but she wasn't quick enough. The kick discharged with the clone and a heavy blast of water and wind knocked against Haruko, sending her slamming harder to the ground than anticipated.

Groaning...Haruko coughed out a bit more blood. 'Damn...' Unwilling to give up, she forced herself to flip around and pull out a kunai. Knowing how difficult it would be control one's position mid-air, she tossed the kuani as quickly as she could towards Atsureki's legs. With his rate of descent though, the attack would most likely hit his mid-section unless countered.

[Combat Ability: Overdraft - USED!]

{Hope this all makes sense.}













Kinobori no Jutsu (Tree Walking Technique)/Kabenobori no Jutsu (Wall Walking Technique)
Rank: D [Chakra Control - No cost] [124 tenketsu closed: -1 chakra/post]
By focusing chakra into the soles of their feet, a shinobi can attach themselves to a hard surface, such as trees or solid walls and walk or run up them with ease. A careful balance must be struck between applying too much chakra, which would crush the surface on contact and thus make you lose your footing, and applying too little chakra causing you to fall off the surface. (This technique costs 2 chakra points to initiate, but has no retention cost) [This jutsu does not count towards an RPC's jutsu limits]

[Combat Ability]
Once per combat, even if the user has been completely drained of their chakra, the user can still complete one final jutsu which they already know by utilizing their "Overdraft" ability. [This jutsu costs no Stamina to use]

Mizu Bunshin (Water Clone)
Rank: D E
Description: A more corporeal form of the Kiri Bunshin, the Mizu Bunshin technique creates a clone of the user with 1/10 of it's physical strength. This clone unlike the Kiri Bunshin, can attack an opponent and threaten to do actual damage akin to the weapons and abilities of the user. It does not posses chakra of it's own, so it cannot use any ninjutsu the user knows, nor can it think for itself beyond carrying out the initial orders of it's creator. Clone disperses after one solid blow.

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Kansatsuryoku | Suiton | Special Jounin | Wanderer

"Trust is a fragile thing, easily tainted and broken..."

No sooner had Haruko launched her attack did she notice her mistake. 'Damn it. Another attack.' Toying around with her chakra, Haruko 'tsked' knowing that her chakra flow was still cut off. 'Screw him and this strange technique.' Using her legs once more, Haruko pushed herself to the right and rolled as quickly as she could out of the way. Sadly, her 'quick' still wasn't enough to beat the wind completely and her back got caught up in the winds. Holding in a wince, Haruko was forced forward due to the power of the winds and connecting harshly to the ground wasn't helping her wounds at all.

Breathing rather heavily, Haruko could barely move her arms and legs anymore but she knew she had to keep going. With her cloak covering her body, Haruko moved her left had back as subtly as she could to pull out a smoke bomb. She would hold onto it for now. If her opponent chooses to approach her again, that's when she will throw it. Still obvious to the abilities of the Byakugan, Haruko could only assume that with the smoke, her opponent wouldn't be able to find her exact location. Giving her a chance to recompose herself.

"The world has forgotten the evil of the Bijuu...

As he landed lightly on the ground, Atsureki crossed his arms over his chest as he watched the woman struggle to her feet. Bruised and battered, suffering from multiple lacerations on her back, a kunai still stuck in her leg, and obvious internal injuries, it was amazing that the woman even had the will to carry on the fight. As Jouji approached, the feel of his chakra signature making his presence known long before he actually came into the range of Atsu's vision, the proud young hyuuga smirked. "You have lost, miss, I know that you don't wish to accept it, but you lost any chance of escaping the moment we found you. Even should you manage to defeat me, you are outnumbered and outmatched." Atsureki spoke, his words cold and hard, he would offer the woman no compassion, she needed to understand her situation, and the futility of continuing.

As the woman began inching her hands towards a pouch hidden under her cloak, no doubt thinking to surprise him with a sudden attack or diversion to aid in her escape, Atsureki's smirk turned into an angered glare. "FOOLISH WOMAN! I can see every move you make! Stop toying with me!", Atsureki barked as he began stalking towards the woman, pulling a kunai from the folds of his robes as he did so. Just as Jouji landed behind the woman, Atsureki was a few strides away, his pale eyes burning with fury. "You are surrounded, if you surrender now, then I can promise you an honorable death." Once he was close enough, Atsureki would feint by stabbing at the woman's neck with his kunai, but would pull back immediately as she attempted to react to the attack. Atsureki would then kick out with his leg to imbed his kunai from earlier further into the woman's leg.

Watching the fight with a cold silence, Sai wasn't particularly impressed on the fight occurring before him. The overall tactics on both of the combatant's parts were sloppy in some sense, but he could see talent in both of them. At the very least however, Sai was able to ascertain a bit more about the woman, and the fact that she was able to utilize a ninjutsu despite being struck my the Hyuuga's Eight Triagrams Sixty Four palms. That at least displayed that there was more to this woman then met the eye... and Sai would be interested in learning what other unique abilities she might have.

Naturally, the entire scenario in fact was a test of the woman's abilities and Sai had no intention of having her killed so flippantly for simply being in the Chakra Forest. Although he was sure Atsureki had every intention of killing on command as he was told, which pleased Sai, Sai had every intention of stopping the fight at any point where a killing blow would be dealt. As the fight continued on, the woman showed an unyielding spirit as she continued to fight despite being surprised, cornered, and on the losing side of the battle. As he watched the two reach the end of the fight, Sai knew it would be time to leap into action soon, and for the first time since he had arrived, moved from his stoic stance.

What came next was surprising as he saw Atsureki's final attack push the woman to the limit. He saw the kunai raised, expecting it to make a final last-ditch attack, only to hear the woman speak of killing herself before placing the kunai to her neck. Reacting immediately, Sai was simply gone from his perch, his great speed carrying him across the distance between himself and the woman, his arm appearing just in time to grip the woman's forearm before the kunai pierced her neck. Int he woman's weakened state, her strength no matter how hard she would try would budge the kunai even an inch closer to her neck to achieve the goal of death she seeked...

"You would end your life when you have so much yet to accomplish?... rash, but respectable in a way I suppose. It shows dedication to one's own ideals and an unwillingness to subscribe to a fate that you yourself did not control." His arm continuing to restrain her forearm, he made a quick twist, using his knowledge of the muscles and nerves in the forearm of the wrist which forced the woman's hand open causing her to harmlessly drop the kunai to the ground. "Atsureki, you may stand down now, you did well." His grip remaining strong, Sai suddenly jerked the woman back and released her, turning himself around to face the woman with about five feet between them, taking up a position with Atsureki in the background, both of them staring at her with a cold expression.

"Perhaps you would like to take fate back into your own hands. You said earlier that it was your goal to disrupt the chains of power. That is our goal as well. Perhaps you would like to join us in our pursuit to overthrow the establishment and institute a justice of our own. Would that interest you?"

White Water Lilly

Lance Fulgurant

"You can never know my pain..."

[Stamina: 136/165 ... (82% of maximum)]

[Blood Sacrifice: Stamina = 0] - [Shadow Blade: Inactive (Passive Sensor)]

[Konaga Clan , -2 stamina per post]
[Samurai Class: [Channel] , -2 stamina cost from all Taijutsu]
[Samurai Class: [Channel] , -1 stamina cost from all Shadowplay Kenjutsu]

[Attributes: Agility (+1 rank Evasion), Speed (+1 rank Speed), Cunning]
[Combat Ability: Evade]
[Specialties: Combo (2 actions per post), Summoner (Dragons)]

Current Pain Stress Degree = 0 (Stamina = 100%) , Die Rolled = d20

0 - 1 : Pain Level 3
2 - 3 : Pain Level 2
4 - 5 : Pain Level 1
6 - 20 : Pain Level 0

(I'm not sure whether to be happy or not, on the one hand, Sai said that Atsureki did well, but on the other hand he secretly thinks that Atsureki sux crying )



"The world has forgotten the evil of the Bijuu...

As the woman cried out in pain, Atsureki sighed before lifting the kunai to stab into the soft tissue of the woman's flesh, a pity, I had almost hoped you would have one last trick up your sleeve. Before he could deliver his killing blow however, the woman pulled the kunai out of her leg, leaving a ghastly hole in her flesh. As the woman lifted the kunai to her own throat, Atsureki merely lifted a questioning eyebrow, after all what did it matter by who's hand the woman died at this point. He had beaten her, and to the proud young Hyuuga, that was the important thing. As the woman spoke her last words, Atsureki's face was a mask of stone, until Sai suddenly appeared, gripping the woman's wrist.

Eye's widening, everything seemed to click into place. A test... the whole fight was a test... but did I pass?, Atsureki thought as he let his eyes return to viewing the world around him in the light spectrum, the battle having drained him of much of his chakra. In the future I'll have to conserve my chakra, had I not been able to lock her Tenketsu, the outcome might have been very different indeed, Atsureki thought as he brought up his right arm to gingerly hold his left, his mind already reviewing the battle to see where his shortcomings were. He would learn from every fight, from every wound, and one day he would even surpass his master.

"Atsureki,", shaken from his thoughts at the sound of Sai speaking his name, Atsureki met the man's always cold gaze attentively, "you may stand down now, you did well." Eyes widening once more in surprise, it was all Atsureki could do to suppress the stupid grin threatening to split his face in two. Maintaining his composure as best he could, Atsureki simply made a small bow, the act hiding his sudden grin from the man, before standing erect once more, his face quickly reverting to a stoic mask. As Sai jerked the woman around and moved to stand closer to himself, Atsureki kept his pale gaze fixed on the woman as Sai made his offer.

As the woman stood there, weighing Sai's offer, Atsureki couldn't help but wonder if, should the woman make the smart decision and joined them, if the two of them would even be able to work together. In truth he bore the woman no ill will, after all, he had simply been following orders when he attacked her, but could the same be said of her? He had suffered injuries, but for the most part his were minor, but this woman on the other hand was almost dead by the looks of her. Glancing at Sai, Atsureki wondered if the man had in some way planned for the two of them to dislike each other, but the thought was quickly pushed out of his mind. In the end, whether they disliked each other would be of little consequence, their common goal would serve as enough of a motivation to work together, especially with the whole of the shinobi world against them.

At the woman's words, Atsureki rolled his eyes, here this woman was, with a chance of living to see another sunrise, and yet she still questioned her good fortune. "You aren't trying to do yourself any favors are you?", Atsureki said as he began walking past the woman, still gingerly clutching at his arm. Sai would be more than capable of speaking with the woman, and without the pain-dulling effects of adrenaline coursing through his system, his arm was beginning to pain him more than he had expected. Stopping next to Jouji, Atsureki closed his eyes as he thrust his arm out in front of the man and said simply, "My arm was burned in the fight, would you be so kind as to heal it?"