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 Posted: Tue Jul 24, 2012 12:07 pm
 ~Feed the fire, break your vision~
Takeo kept his eyes down as if the currently in control Haruki could tell he was up to something. ' I can brother. I'll tell you what has happened so far. We've had two tests so far for this exam, one in a large room where we had to remain silent, though I think that's what they wanted from us. The other we had to fight opponents of equal caliber to us. The current test is of chess and its being run by our princess. I've already passed it and Koto is in it currently.' Takeo began to notice the tapping sound "Haruki" was making and gave it a quick glance. It looked as though this interaction was bothering the one in control. Was there some sort of mental struggle going on between the two beings inside? Was his brother winning? Or was he just putting up a fight at this moment?
'What can I do to help you brother? Is there anything?'
~Throw your fists up, come with me!~
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Posted: Tue Jul 24, 2012 11:55 pm
  Sharingan, One Tomoe: InactiveThe Stranger took an annoyed shake of his head followed by an annoyed stamp of his foot and a snort. It was as if he was squashing an irritating insect beneath his boot, and he decided to end the debate right then and there.There was a pained sensation as if the cage was on lock down. Haruki gave out a short cry of pain and all was silent the last thing Takeo would possibly hear was, "No... TAKE--" And all was silent, there wasn't even the sensation of pain or concern. All that remained was a void of where Haruki's pain used to be.Beneath his mask the Stranger grinned impossibly wide, he turned and gave the brother a look over his shoulder. Merely one eye was exposed to Takeo, but it was enough to let him know that he knew that someone was misbehaving and had been caught.
He waggled a finger playfully, and clucked his tongue three times. Closing the link down, and thinking to himself so Takeo wouldn't hear, "Hmmm, did you see that Karasu? Of course you did I allowed you to. I just used your link with your elder brother against him making him think that you had a chance of escaping. Kekekee... if only you had the fortitude...too bad he can't hear this. For that matter I can't hear you. Hahaha, oh come now, why the long face?"Unknown to anyone but the Stranger, he had been subjecting Haruki to mental torture, images of his family breaking, dying before him chained and powerless. Visions of his family dying by his hand and then abandoning Ijimeru when she needed him most, haunting displays of torture at the hands of Senri seething with a hatred of blind rage causing the princess any amount of hurt."Sooooo.... a chess match is it? Very well my cruel princess. It seems the game is afoot, I accept your challenge!" He went back to his musings wanting desperately to play a game, he wondered if it would be a sit down game or something more elaborate."Oh what if it were played with people Karasu?! Peons and surfs, criminals and vagrants! What fun we could have, we could see bloodshed. When a piece is taken so too is there lives! How great it would truly be.
Hmmm although, a pretty elaborate sealing jutsu would have to be put in place to keep them from attacking the pieces taking them from the game and of their lives. Possibly a secondary and underlying fuinjutsu to prevent the first from failing and causing a ruckus and a mess in my game.
It could work... perhaps I can ask our fair maiden. Well... she was fair.... until you came... along 'BIG Bird'. Hope she doesn't have to prove her honesty to her betrothed in the light... Hehehehee... no matter..
That would take her away from Hebi... and if Hebi is unhappy she will not play. And if she does not play, I will harm, maim, torture, dismember, disembody, disfigure, and cause lasting agony to the parties involved...
Sigh.... what a lovely day for bloodshed... and tea... or both. Do you think blood will taste good in tea Karasu?"
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Posted: Wed Jul 25, 2012 3:02 pm
~Feed the fire, break your vision~
Takeo flinched as the link was severed and lost. His brief contact with his brother was hurried and it ended so quickly, even though he was only 5 feet away. The look that Takeo earned from the masked boy told him what he didn't understand. He could hear their conversation and had allowed Haruki out of whatever captivity to gather info. He was definitely from Haruki's mind, that was for sure.
Takeo moved away from his brother for the time being. Obviously his time with his brother and existence had just been another means to an end with this creature. He found himself next to Serene and plopped down next to her with a clink from his new armor. "I find it funny we both got armor that looked oddly similar." He laughed as he remembered her "show" to the rest of the room. "Are you planning on strutting around like that for the rest of the exam?"
~Throw your fists up, come with me!~
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Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2012 1:57 pm
Uchiha Koto
"Your first cut..."
Koto entered the homing silently...he seemed distracted. his mind was definitely on something...else.
In truth he'd decided...after the advancement exams were done...he would leave the clan...without the intention of returning...at least not alive.
He had noticed the others...he knew he should talk to them while he had the chance so he began to approach when he felt a hand on his shoulder. He turned and his eyes widened when he saw the face of the stranger that had touched him...
"Who...are you..." he asked...though part of him suspected already...
Koto's Theme (new)
"...Should be your last"
Behind Koto stood a seemingly young woman only a few inches taller than him. Her hair was the color of warm caramel and her skin was a chocolatey brown. Bright green eyes stared into his black ones with a reserved familiarity...
At first glance it looked as two strangers speaking to each other but onlookers would notice an uncanny resemblance in their facial features...
In a low voice barely above a whisper she said to him..."You are Uchiha Koto then? I am Suzume...Sanada Suzume...I am your mother..."
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Posted: Wed Aug 01, 2012 8:32 pm
 A clinking sound followed through the area, and a man dressed in red armor appeared, bowing slightly. "Uchiha Haruki. Your presence is requested for the beginning of the third set of trials. Make your way to the tent on the end of the training field, and present your token of trials." The man handed him a small slip of paper, and his eyes hardened beneath his mask. "Do you accept this challenge?"
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Posted: Thu Aug 02, 2012 6:05 pm
Uchiha Koto
"Your first cut..."
For a moment, however brief, Koto was unable to respond. His father never spoke of his mother... he had always assumed that she had either died in child birth...or abandoned him. For the briefest of instants he held a look of confusion as if he
He soon regained his composure however a looked this woman standing before him in her curiously green eyes. "My mother is dead..." he said narrowing his eyes at her and gripping his katana absent-mindedly. The other genin might be wondering what the two were talking about...and how soon it would come to blows...
He didn't want to believe her...but the evidence was literally staring him in the face... The size and shape of her nose...the curve of her lips and even the position of her ear's and hair style...it was identical to his own....
"You don't believe me...I understand your skepticism...but I know you are of my blood...I can see the evidence in your face... " She said reaching out to touch his cheek, but pulling her hand back when he flinched.
"I should explain...You will be upset with me...but I wont hide from this any longer I want you to know how I wronged you...I was 18 when you were born and your father was my sensei...I was a chunin at the time and trying desperately to become stronger. Like many non-uchiha that serve the clan my clan was defested and absorbed by this one...I was great that they saved be from a clan that devalued and traded it's women as property. I sought to learn and become a powerful shinobi in service of the Uchiha..." She began taking a deep breath as if trying to find her nerve.
"I wanted to become strong for the sake of this clan and would have done anything for the sake of that power...you father was renowned for his talent as an instructor...he was the best teacher and I swore to him that I would do anything to train under him... so he took me to his bed... I gave him my body for the power he offered me." she said looking away and absentmindedly playing with the pink flower in her hair... she was trying to discern his reaction but his face had become emotionless and impassive.
"When it was found that I was with child he halted my training...at first I was resentfull of the life within me...of... your life, but as time passed I softened to your presence...and as you grew with me so did a place for you in my heart." she continued with a smile as she looked down...her eyes began to well up with tears.
"When you were born I knew that I loved you more dearly than I would ever love another, you must believe me my little one. I was young a foolish...I thought he'd be good to you!" she plead beginning to sob...
"What did you do...?" he asked barely containing the rage in his voice while keep a face of stone...
"He said he would only continue training me If...I relinquished my parental rights...and gave you to him...in the end the power i aquired was effective...but hollow...I kept an eye on you though...over the years...I know about your...challenges..." she said through terars
"I don't want your forgiveness, I haven't earn that. I don't want your love, I don't deserve that. I just want you to know that you mother loves you... and one day...I'll earn your forgiveness I promise" she finished wiping the moisture away from her eyes.
"I see..." he began softly looking down his bangs obscuring his eyes "so my mother is dead..." came and disturbingly calm voice from Koto...
"...She died when she sacrificed motherhood it self for the sake of a clan that will look down on her no matter how much of her soul she gives them..." he continued with a bitter and acrid tone to his voice...
"You're nothing but a courtesan who sells her body for for a different currency..." he all but spat at her while raising his head giving only the faintest glint of crimson red from behind his bangs...
"Very well then 'mother'...If you want to earn my forgiveness do one thing for me...Seek out that man...and tell him now... once the commencement ceremony is over...death will come for him..." he said in a low growling whisper looking into her eyes with his birthright brought to bear...all she could do was nod...nod a walk away before taking one last look at the son she had left behind...as she left his eyes returned to normal and he leaned against a wall contemplating the murder he would commit before leaving this clan behind for good...
(Sharingan Unlocked)
Sharingan Active (Koto's Darkside Awakened)
"...Should be your last"
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Posted: Thu Aug 02, 2012 11:10 pm
Sharingan, One Tomoe: InactiveAs he watched the room in stride he noted three new developments. One was expected, the second was surprising however the third, was most peculiar indeed.
The one that was expected was the man coming out of the third quarter of the chunin exam testing arena. He bore red armor of the northern swordsman, not of any shinobi he had seen previously. He took a moment to ponder on its weight, mobility and durability.
He made an announcement calling upon Karasu stating that it was his turn. He had a a second moment to ponder if his princess realized he was still in control. It was of little consequence, however the next thing that caught his attention was the response from Takeo."How wonderfully odd," he thought to himself. He looked up to Koto and realized a lovely woman was speaking to him. Strangely enough there was an uncanny resemblance despite her coloring. He narrowed his eyes for a moment then walked towards Takeo. Looking at him with... approval? In those void like holes where Haruki's gray rings should be."Boy. I misjudged you, you are smarter than I gave you credit for, I like that."With that he turned to look at the boy in front of him and the cold hatred radiating from his body. Much like the loathing from the captive ruler of the underworld, the Stranger was locked in place as he witnessed something beautiful.
The hatred, the desire to spill blood, the unbridled fury burned in his veins and awoke his birthright. Crippled or not, he now bore glowing crimson eyes, filled with one thing only. A hate only born of the Uchiha line. Without listening in to his conversation with the now crying woman, or waiting for a comment from Takeo he walked towards Koto.
He gripped his shoulder, staring him in the eyes fully with admiration. As a matter of fact, the fierce pride in his eyes looked like it should be on an older brother witnessing the accomplishment of his younger brother. Over coming some great obstacle."Welcome to the Clan."He said it low enough for only Koto to hear. There wasn't an teasing, malice or spite in his tone. As a matter of fact it was genuine pride. The Stranger saw the need for murder, pouring from the boys every pore, tainting and poisoning the very air of his aura. To him it was a wonderful event. And should he stay around long enough after his little game, he would find a way to celebrate with him.
Sessouresu despised and sought strength, not senseless murder. While what was in Koto's eyes was out of righteous fury, and moral hatred, it was still the longing of it. The reason the Stranger just knew what he wanted to do, well it takes a murderer to see murder in another man.
Despite the smile hidden by his obscuring, grinning mask he was sure that the other man could sense it. The moment took only a moment to speak, grip him and then release him and continue on his way.
He was very much like an over grown child, with the abilities and skills of a trained warrior and the sense and wants of a deranged, sociopathic teenager. Instead of seeing right and wrong or the knowledge of morals, he simply saw and acted. It was very simple, and dangerous.
Approaching the man he looked at him stopping five feet off and two feet to the right. Taking three over exaggerated steps in a comical child like way diagonally, he took the paper and spoke to him."Genin to center knight, Check."He continued off towards the proving grounds, whistling a song like murder as he went.
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Posted: Mon Aug 06, 2012 7:18 pm
 Character Theme: And Dignified Like A Blooming Flower --------Training Start--------
As Serene sat, her shins and forearms now covered by new guards (with the rest of her still practically uncovered) she folded her arms, thinking of more areas she needed to improve herself. The techniques she had developed so far, they were excellent in attacking the enemy, but not so much in controlling enemy movement. If she had some way of controlling Haruki's movement in their fight, the battle could have easily been more in her favor. She needed to be able to gain control of the battlefield, she lacked the ability and stamina for wide reaching techniques that would limit the area the enemy could move in, however she knew that the easiest way to gain the field advantage was in setting the field, placing traps to make certain areas dangerous for enemies to enter. However, with her preference to keep herself as light as possible, she couldn't just carry around a bunch of trap components around with her. Plus she wasn't skilled enough with traps to set them quickly mid-battle except for the most basic ones. Plus they typically lacked the punch she was looking for, a few kunai flung at an enemy was hardly much of a deadly trap if your opponent was skilled. Serene knew she needed something different.
Serene was at a disadvantage over other ninja because her fireball jutsu was pretty much all she had, so she needed to find ways to use it in inventive ways to get the drop on opponents. Even though it was all the same technique, manipulating it so she could use it differently would make it much harder for the enemy to see what was coming. So in thinking up a way to set a trap for enemies, it was already known that it would be based off of her fireball jutsu. The question was how to implement it.
For a fireball to be used as an effective trap, it first needed two things. First was permanency. Instead of the eruption of flame, it needed to stay in an inactive state in an area for extended periods of time, and it would be most useful if it could be done without a constant drain on her chakra reserves supporting it. Not only could some people follow the line of chakra from her to it, making her lose the element of surprise, it would also weaken her in the long run. She needed to make something that could exist for a while independent of her and her own chakra. And second she needed it to be able to be triggered by an enemy. If it was directly connected to her she could activate it at will, but that would again make it more visible and be more draining on her. Most traps had a trigger of some sort, a trip wire, a seal that reacted to chakra, something. Serene needed to figure out something like that.
As she continued to turn the idea over and over in her head, it finally hit her. The explosion of chakra could be triggered by chakra, but it didn't have to be her own chakra. In fact, she could make it so that her own chakra was the only one that wouldn't trigger it. It would be better than a mundane trap, it would be one she and she alone was immune to. She would set it so that once a source of chakra came close enough, it would complete the reaction, causing the explosion to commence. Since an enemy would already have to be in close range to it in order for it to activate, escaping the blast would be highly unlikely. Coming in close proximity to the trap was practically a death sentence, unless the target could withstand the full force of a fireball.
Now the only problem was the trap itself. She would have to make a smaller version of a fireball, one that was incomplete and unable to effect its surroundings until more chakra was added. It seemed difficult, but if there was one thing Serene was an expert of, it was shaping the fireball jutsu to her whim. Making a small sphere wasn't difficult for her at all, it would be a bit tougher to leave it in an incomplete form and yet still shape it, however Serene was sure she could do it, it was much less difficult than making it a small cylindrical shape that could travel long distances before exploding. This new technique, however, required an even more difficult touch. This was the kind of thing that she needed to be able to place precisely, and with such precision she would need to use her hands. She had to somehow eliminate or at least reduce the heat of the fireball, and make it solid so she could manipulate it. It was a tall order, especially for a mere genin. But Serene was more than an expert of the fireball technique, she was the expert. It may have been the uchiha that created the technique, but very few had dedicated as much of themselves to mastering it. She already had the knowhow for it, she just needed to apply it... unfortunately in the holding area was not the best place to try it out, so she'd have to wait...
--------Training End--------
Training word count: 855+/500
Training bonus: Focus Type - 50% off abilities based off Great Fireball Technique
New Jutsu
C Rank - Great Fireball Technique: Burst Mine
Jutsu List
C Rank - Photon Shift (Kekei Genkai)
C Rank - Great Fireball Technique
C Rank - Great Fireball Technique: Widespread Ruin
C Rank - Great Fireball Technique: Blazing Sword
C Rank - Great Fireball Technique: Explosive Shot
C Rank - Great Fireball Technique: Fire Phalanx
C Rank - Inverted Great Fireball Technique: Flame Eater
C Rank - Iaijutsu
C Rank - Battojutsu
D Rank - Iaijutsu: Blazing Slash
D Rank - Battojutsu: Slip Strike
D Rank - Blindsense
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Posted: Mon Aug 06, 2012 9:01 pm
~Feed the fire, break your vision~
Takeo shrugged when Serene didn't answer. Her mind must have been elsewhere. Something caught his attention though. He hadn't been paying attention but when Koto had returned but a different voice speaking caught his attention. A woman that looked strangely like him was talking to him. The tone of her voice sounded soft and gentle and it reminded him of the tone his mother used with him sometimes. Perhaps that was his mother? Why was she here?
The conversation didn't seem to go well as Koto's tone turned, something Takeo hadn't witnessed before this. The way he was gripping his swords and the tone of his voice was dangerous and Takeo wondered what the story was, even though he knew it wasn't his business. The tears the woman shed said something though, this wasn't just a checkup on her son something had been said.
His final thoughts to this woman were lost to Takeo as all he could see now were his older comrades eyes, blazing red with their clans ability. An ability he didn't possess yet. His thoughts turned to himself as the woman walked away from Koto.
Am.......am I falling behind? Am I not a member of the clan yet? Can I still beat anyone? His gaze feel down to his knees as he sat on the ground. He held his hand up in front of him. A feeling was rising from his bones, he could feel it. It was angry. It was furious. It roared in its body's container. His hand tightened into a fist, a strong fist. Gripping harder his nails began to dig into his hand, drawing blood. HOW?! HOW AM I FALLING BEHIND?! His tightened fist burst into flame, becoming warm, then hot, then scorching in a matter of seconds. Staring into the flame, Takeo smiled. This was his flame and no one could beat it. But what does that matter if I don't have the Sharingan? If I can't stand up to Ijimeru, or Koto, or Sessouresu, or Haruki......... His fire died out in an instant and his jaw tightened. ..............then what does it matter?
~Throw your fists up, come with me!~
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Posted: Tue Aug 07, 2012 11:56 am
Vinycent11 Sharingan, One Tomoe: InactiveHe had deactivated his Sharingan long before he entered the room. Everything was much as he left it. Serene concentrated; Takeo was moping, Koto was brooding, Scarf boy and Monocle-Man hadn't moved an inch in a long time.
The Stranger had a moment to wonder if they were still alive then thought better of it and remembered he couldn't care less. He realized he had finished his trial in little more than one fifth of the time it took the Koto and Takeo to finish theirs.
Now that left him with what he was going to do with his time. He had a couple new jutsu ideas, he did always have his box, plus half of Serene's. The latter which did him no good, but he had a plan for that as usual.
He rubbed the back of his head and was reminded he still had five chips which jingled in his sleeve. He could always gamble, maybe get that Koto kid a new weapon. "Could be entertaining, eye do like a challenge." He began to walk towards the back of the hall where space was from everyone else and the gambling den was located."Hmmm, now what to do I wonder..."
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Posted: Thu Aug 09, 2012 10:52 am
A clinking sound followed through the area, and a man dressed in red armor appeared, bowing slightly. "Uchiha Yasuhiro. Your presence is requested for the beginning of the third set of trials. Make your way to the tent on the end of the training field, and present your token of trials." The man handed him a small slip of paper, and his eyes hardened beneath his mask. "Do you accept this challenge?"
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Posted: Fri Aug 10, 2012 12:36 am
 Yasuhiro Uchiha
Yasuhiro looked up as an armored man approached him. Obviously it was his turn to do whatever this trial was. He had spent the past several minutes in thought after his confrontation with sessouresu. He no doubt had to gain this boys respect before the exams were fully done and over with. He could prove to be a valuable companion. Then again respect was probably the only, and hardest thing he could earn. He was trrible at the whole making friends thing... then again it didn't really seem like the one eyes boy wanted friends very much.
Looking up at the man he saw his eyes harden challenging him to accept the task before him. From the mans size and the sword at his hip he wondered what would happen if he was intimidated by his stare, which to be honest he was, it was unnerving. This man had seen combat more then likely, yasuhiro, as of yet, had not. However there was no point in turning back now.
Standing up he took the paper with a . "If i wasn't going to accept I would have dropped out a while ago don't you think?" he said keeping his air of comfidence he had maintained when confronting sessouresu. "If you hesitate you die" he said his voice and expression going cold for a moment as he remembered his fathers lesson. Then slowly he walked out.
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Posted: Fri Aug 10, 2012 12:27 pm
Character Theme: And Dignified Like A Blooming FlowerSerene kept the new technique in her mind, she would have to wait for a chance to actually use it. This part of the exam certainly was taking long...She chose not to wonder what the test actually was, doing so could only make her nervous. She couldn't really prepare for it, it was an unknown, and probably part of the test was adjusting to an unknown situation.
Serene closed her eyes, preparing to get more used to using her blindsense, using her senses other than sight to observe the world around her. It was when she did that she felt a large amount of heat coming from Takeo. He had used some kind of fire technique, but it seemed...different. It burned full of rage. Serene opened her eyes again to look at Takeo, and what he had been looking at. Koto...it seemed he too had unlocked the clan ability. Was that the cause? She hadn't seem Takeo's eyes turn red yet, she expected the sharingan was an ability he was lacking. She could see how seeing others gain it while he trailed behind could be more than a bit discouraging.
"So, it looks like Koto's unlocked his Sharingan...that makes quite a few in our group with it already..." Serene spoke as she approached Takeo, a soft smile on her face as she looked Takeo in the eyes. "You know, you're lucky, Takeo. You might not have unlocked it yourself yet, but you will eventually. My eyes might be the right color, but I'll never be able to see as clearly as a full blooded uchiha can. In a way, its like everyone else is leaping ahead, while I'm still just crawling around after them."
Serene looked around at the others around them. All of them Uchiha, all of them having the potential that she never would. If Takeo thought about it, her situation was much worse off than his own. He may have been progressing slower than everybody else, but he still had the potential that Serene never would. Yet her smile didn't fade. Instead, there was a determination in her eyes. "But, its doesn't mean I'll never be as good as the others, or that I'll forever be behind them. All it means is I'll just have to crawl as fast as they leap. Because there are many paths to power, and some people have it easier than others, or at least make it look easier... But in the end its not about who's more naturally gifted or who unlocks what ability first, its about who works the hardest... The only thing we can really control is how hard we push ourselves, the rest we just have to wait and see..."
Training word count:
Training bonus: Focus Type - 50% off abilities based off Great Fireball Technique
New Jutsu
~None~
Jutsu List
C Rank - Photon Shift (Kekei Genkai)
C Rank - Great Fireball Technique
C Rank - Great Fireball Technique: Widespread Ruin
C Rank - Great Fireball Technique: Blazing Sword
C Rank - Great Fireball Technique: Explosive Shot
C Rank - Great Fireball Technique: Fire Phalanx
C Rank - Great Fireball Technique: Burst Mine
C Rank - Inverted Great Fireball Technique: Flame Eater
C Rank - Iaijutsu
C Rank - Battojutsu
D Rank - Iaijutsu: Blazing Slash
D Rank - Battojutsu: Slip Strike
D Rank - Blindsense
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Posted: Fri Aug 10, 2012 4:15 pm
~Feed the fire, break your vision~
Takeo's eyes slowly moved from his hand to his red haired friend. His emotions clearly getting to him, he gave no reaction to her still in her revealing state of dress, a first for him. As he listened to her speak, he realized she had figured out what he was feeling and was trying to cheer him up. Her comments did sting a little, as far as he knew out of the genin, only he and Yasuhiro were Sharingan less. He felt some anger slip away as she spoke of herself compared to his current state. He had never thought of this fact, that Serene would never have a Sharingan. For a moment, he felt bad showing this to her, but then thought different of it. This fact was blatantly known to her, but she accepted it. Even more, she was working more to surpass them.
He returned the smile, a bit of his spark back in his eyes. "Thanks Serene. I guess you know my feelings better than I do." Something clicked in his mind though. "So where do you think you and I stand? Am I better than you are just because of my heritage?"
Generally curious in her thoughts, he wondered to himself if he was better than she. She seemed to be quicker than he was and also proficient with fire jutsu to an extent that impressed him. Her swordplay was pretty good from what he'd seen of it and she seemed pretty smart and able to analyze things fairly well. When he stacked his own odds against those things, he felt pretty weak. The only thing going for him was his strength and his fire. He only had two earth jutsus so far, but both were fairly weak and mostly defensive. She could easily get around them with her agility and speed. She was definitely another rung he had to climb up.
~Throw your fists up, come with me!~
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Posted: Sat Aug 11, 2012 10:48 pm
Uchiha Koto
"Your first cut..."
Koto raised a strange eyebrow to Haruki’s behavior before he left...he wondered just how many of his comrades noticed that...development. He didn’t want to think about that now...he could only choose to continue with the consideration of his plans...and the advancement of the advancement testing. He spent some time pondering, how to proceed especially now that he could activate his sharingan. By the time Haruki had returned he’d decided on his next course of action and found a corner of the room to meditate. He ignored the presence of the others and to all onlookers it looked as though he was simply brooding.
Koto was in all actuality training. He wanted to get used to his Sharingan and be able to utilize it immediately. He knew he wouldn’t be able to master every aspect of it at once, but he could focus on the benefits of it defensively it would be extremely beneficial to him. The question for him was how...
He thought of the technique Kotetsu te had taught him. It gave him physical speed and strength and the offensive benefits were obvious but how did that translate into defense? He spent his time meditating thinking very carefully on this question. He knew that the sharingan would allow his eyes to react to his opponents more quickly on a visual and mental level, but he knew that even if he could see a move coming he might not be able to do anything about it physically. The is where his Kotetsu te’s technique came in.
By keep himself in a prolonged state of what he had come to call “The Dragon’s Soul Reborn” and simultaneously activating his sharingan he could see through his enemies moves and effectively counter them even if they were his equal or better physically. First, he had to gain better control of his sharingan.
As he sat there continuously meditating, his eyes closed tightly, he activated his sharingan and immediately noticed the gentle pull at his chakra reserves. He worked at maintaining it for as long as he could and found that while noticeable the amount of chakra he lost to its use was negligible at best. he deactivated his sharingan and then opened all of his tenketsu. the drain was significantly greater, but it was nothing he hadn’t gotten used to as of late.
He then closed his tenketsu he prepared to activate his Sharingan once more. his logic was that keeping his sharingan active was less of a strain than keep his tenketsu open without need. He activated his sharingan then opened his tenketsu and was shocked by the sudden and drastic increase in the rate at which his chakra began to deplete. He immediately deactivated his sharingan and the rate of the decrease return to what it normally was when he kept his tenketsu in an open state.
After closing his tenketsu, it became apparent to him that rather than adding to the drain, his sharingan multiplied the drain on his chakra ten fold. He would need to think of a way to mitigate that...
(Training: Dragon's control of the air sphere Brank - 2000 - 25% =1500/513 Remaining - 987)
Koto's Theme (new)
"...Should be your last"
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