The area in which a rogue member of the Sons of Helios given the name 'Black Beetle' resides. The room is mostly earthen walls and seems to be located where the earth is the deepest and thickest. The room seems to have been filled with prior destruction of the surroundings. This is where our hero Shion Moro would be finding herself shortly.
Posted: Mon Apr 08, 2019 4:08 am
As Shion was ejected from the tunnel chute there in the center of the, staring directly at her, legs crossed sitting atop what was a stone pedestal surrounded by destruction was a man in black metallic suit. "Finally. Perhaps a worthy opponent. Stand, small one." his voice was echoey and robotic in nature. It sounded like the thing that allowed speech to be transferred through their suits was slightly malfunctioned in his. His breathing could be heard underneath as though it was acting like some sort of respirator.
"I will spare not a second longer." From his cross-legged position whether Shion was ready or not the man vanished. Reappearing in front of her with his balled fist coming down on her. However, should it connect she would only feel her body tense as if her very being was being shaken to its core. If the hit connected even if just glancing her the Black Beetle would leave his mark upon her. That mark, of course, being an unknown to Shion unless of course, the two tails decided to be nice enough to tell her. Because if it didn't it was going to cause her some serious trouble. Just in case she had narrowly evaded somehow pulling off the handsigns for a shunsin or something similar if he had marked her he'd be in front of her once more giving her no moment to breathe before unleashing a second uppercutting punch to her gut to send her flying into the ceiling. If that succeeded she would find it all the harder to mold the chakra for whatever it was she was planning on counterattacking with assuming he'd successfully left his mark on her. Dirty dealings done dirt cheap, this wasn't a bout of honor like it seemed at first, it was a bare-knuckle brawl.
Combat Data
Brawler: Your taijutsu is just one side of your skill, as you are also versed in utilizing ninjutsu as well. Your Speed and Reflexes are moderately enhanced and you gain an additional 2 ninjutsu slots per rank. In addition, once every other post all three of your activations in a post can be used for offensive taijutsu.
Berserker: Your external training and devotion to taijutsu has allowed you to have moderately increased Strength and Fortitude. Your hardened body allows you to mitigate the pain/status effect of an incoming attack for two post per body rank, allowing you to continue the fight until the pain or hazards settle in. This means that a stunning effect can be delayed by up to ten posts at S rank. However, you ignore pain anytime you use this discipline for any reason, meaning if you delay having your arm disabled by a skill, you can also ignore the pain from having been stabbed on that post as well. Ex.: A ninja uses a lightning technique designed to stun you. For one post, you can delay that effect from taking hold, and have nine posts to continue delaying effects. Similarly, the pain from the attack itself is also ignored. This doesn't, however, prevent you from being blown away in the wind, or set on fire/drowned for example. Furthermore, if lethal damage is suffered then the delaying ability will be nullified for that effect.
Techniques Used: • Konsen [ Free-for-All ] Rank: X :: Complex - {A} Description: A punch with little force behind it, meant to antagonize an opponent. When used against an opponent of this technique's rank or lower, this technique negates any descriptive increases the opponent has and suppresses any Ninjutsu- or Genjutsu-related bonuses for three posts. • Hyouji [ Marking ] Rank: X :: Spiritual - {B} Description: The user injects some of his or her Chakra into the opponent through a touch. Mark lasts for two posts per rank and is compatible with any techniques that require the user know where a target is, though it does not impart any locational knowledge to the user. This can be used with the auto-grapple rule. Marks can be removed with a rank-appropriate Kai [ Release ] •Hyouryuu [ Drift ] Rank: X :: Complex - {Variable} Description: A technique that automatically activates given the following conditions are met: the opponent is marked, the user is attacking, and the opponent uses a technique to create distance. When the opponent is attacking a marked opponent and that opponent flees, the user can have this technique automatically activate to follow the target without consuming any activations. The rank of this technique is the rank of whatever technique the opponent used to flee. Using this technique, the distance between the user and the enemy remains constant. •Kenka no Mouda [ Heavy Blows of the Brawl ] Rank: X :: Complex - {S} Description: A Chakra-infused punch meant to force the opponent into a brawl. Knocks the Chakra out of a technique the enemy has prepared, in addition to doing regular damage. If the target is marked with the user's Chakra, the next Ninjutsu or Genjutsu technique they activate consumes one more activation than normal. Does not work if the punch lands on medium armor or heavier (B-Rank or higher, for armor techniques).
SHIONxxxxxMORI The big, bad beetleborg made a big mistake in announcing himself to his enemy. Had he kept his position hidden, he may have landed the strike on Shion. Instead, his crackly voxcaster broadcasted his position clear as day, giving Shion enough time to flicker out of the strike zone. The man's follow up blow was also easily avoided thanks to the Nibi's reflex enhancing effects.
Landing not far from her opponent, Shion would give the man little time to formulate a follow up to his assault. It was now or never to turn the tables and seize the initiative from the Beetleborg or she'd run the risk of being on the defensive for the entire fight. "Matatabi, may you please lone me your powers?" Shion cast her request into the nebulous void that was her mindscape. What felt like minutes passed by before she'd finally get a response. An earthshaking roar erupted from the tiny kunoichi as the black and blue flames of the Nibi spread over her body, casting the ruins that served as their battle ground in a navy light. The torrent of flames wildly lashed around before finally coming into the shape of a two-tailed cloak. The flames wreathed around the girl's face danced and flickered, only occasionally revealing the true identity beneath, as the nibi's ghastly grin permanently hovered just above. It was just her an her prey down here; there was no risk of the others finding out her secret... and Shion was more than certain that the beetle boy would not be living to tell the tale.
The Nibi's phantom smile would spread beyond the boundaries of the cloak's face as the girl beneath let out a mad cackle. Should Black have any chakra sensory abilities, or perhaps even if he didnt, he'd sense yet another cloak of chakra layering itself around the girl, only this time it would feel more natural to his opponent's own chakra. The ground beneath Shion would crack as another burst of energy erupted from her. Small bits of the cracking earth would begin to float around her and pure chakra crackled around her body. The pressure generated a small, localized gust of wind scattered the flaming cloak around her and broke the band holding her ponytail in place, sending her hair dancing upwards. After one last triumphant roar of a battle cry, the Bakuton energy collapsed in on Shion. The floating rocks dropped to the ground and the wind died out as Shion's hair fell wildly out of place around her face. With her defenses now in place, all she had to do was wait for Black to make the next move to turn the table.
Techniques Used: - Shunshin [dodge mark] - A-ranked dodge [boosted to S+ to dodge heavy blows via DR] - Activated Nbi Chakra Cloak Version Two - Meltdown [bloodline keystone] [Incango - B-rank // Chakra: 650/850 // Stamina: 200] - - - [Nibi - Chakra: 2000/2000 -
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Posted: Thu Apr 11, 2019 4:27 pm
Hidden? The Black Beetle was not one who was hidden. Perhaps Shion was blind but from the moment of her entering, he was presented before her in plain sight in the center of the room. The Black Beetle was never hidden and likewise, the Black Beetle never hides. With offense having missed there would be no ability to compensate and maintain his pursuit. The girl was fast, and while the Beetle was fast himself he was more tankish than agile. How irritating and deplorably boring it would be if this opponent. This girl of whom he bore witness to as a 'worthy opponent' constantly fled from his advances in fear of pain. Pain was after all proof that one was alive. When he turned to face Shion he called her out. "Just like a woman to run. Far too afraid to marr their beauty." {Since you dodged Konsen the Mark Never Connected He Cannot Pursue. You are in turn refunded the cost of the A-ranked dodge as Kenka no Mouda could no be completed.}
He could have pursued and attacked her, but he let the girl do what it was she desired. He did not want a pitiable fight. "Majestic." He seemed enamored by Shion's transformation. As such he would do the same. His foot would set itself forward digging into the ground as his arms were primed in front of him. Then like Shion the ground began to quake and tremble the appearance of a large black beetle manifested spreading its wings. It would then close its wings around the Black Beetle as a mobious form of chakra enveloped him as the chakra manifestation dissappeared. "Show me what you have to offer child and endure." A mass of chakra began gathering in the the mans fists....then Shion would start being assailed by an unholy number of chakra projectiles as the beetle's fists tore through the air. He would continue to apply the 'heat' ensuring that she'd always remain in his sights through bobs and weaves.
Combat Data
Brawler: Your taijutsu is just one side of your skill, as you are also versed in utilizing ninjutsu as well. Your Speed and Reflexes are moderately enhanced and you gain an additional 2 ninjutsu slots per rank. In addition, once every other post all three of your activations in a post can be used for offensive taijutsu.
Berserker: Your external training and devotion to taijutsu has allowed you to have moderately increased Strength and Fortitude. Your hardened body allows you to mitigate the pain/status effect of an incoming attack for two post per body rank, allowing you to continue the fight until the pain or hazards settle in. This means that a stunning effect can be delayed by up to ten posts at S rank. However, you ignore pain anytime you use this discipline for any reason, meaning if you delay having your arm disabled by a skill, you can also ignore the pain from having been stabbed on that post as well. Ex.: A ninja uses a lightning technique designed to stun you. For one post, you can delay that effect from taking hold, and have nine posts to continue delaying effects. Similarly, the pain from the attack itself is also ignored. This doesn't, however, prevent you from being blown away in the wind, or set on fire/drowned for example. Furthermore, if lethal damage is suffered then the delaying ability will be nullified for that effect.
Techniques Used: •Shooter Stance: Entering Rank: - :: Training Description: The user enters a stance designed to maximize their punching potential at the cost of their ability to perform any lower body technique (such as a kick) in the same post as one of the techniques from this style. The user takes a foot and stands naturally, putting one side of their body forward while keeping their hands up in front of their head to protect themselves. Any techniques from this Style gain a mild strength boost per mastered stage if used while in this stance. + Upgraded Caliber Rank: - :: Training Description: The user has impacted enough on people, a bag, or any other surface worth training their fists. When in the shooter stance, the strength of their strikes is increased moderately instead of mildly.
•Designated Marksman Rank: - :: Training Description: The user has always sacrificed range for power, all up until now. By making their physical offensive techniques of this style complex, the user can send dense chakra orbs from their fists to extend their impacting range as well as allowing them to now "punch" ninjutsu. The chakra orbs will hit with 2x the strength of their normal punch, and travel at 2x the speed of their punch for 30 meters.
• Protective Vest Rank: X :: Spiritual - {S} Description:The user laces their entire upper body in a protective coating of chakra, giving them a defensive barrier capable of defending against Bukijutsu and Taijutsu techniques its rank and lower. If the technique is a physical technique, then the user absorbs and replenishes the rank of stamina of the technique that impacted their armor. The user can continually pay chakra to continue the technique, but increases its cool down. 1 post of usage = 1 post of cool down.
•Suppressing Fire Rank: S :: Simple Description: The user bursts into action, attacking the enemy like a warrior has his enemy pinned down, and it's time to get the job done. The user takes any 5 of the physical techniques of this style and strings them into one powerful and effective combination. Consumes a single activation.
-Suppressing Fire • Shotgun Fist Rank: B :: Complex {S for Damage} - { B+ for Evasion} ((I'm not applying this 2x and 3x s**t cause that's bullcrap and I'm taking it to be interpreted as flavor. There's also a training that I consider passive which enhances speed that I also won't be applying as I'm counting it as a passive increase since it doesn't designate a stance requirement. I'm classifying entering Shooter Stance to be an activation.)) Description: The user flows chakra into their fist, allowing it to form a dense orb around the fist. Shifting with all of their weight and power the user throws a punch, allowing 6 of these fist-sized chakra orbs to fly off like projectiles. Due to the lack of mass to the chakra orbs, they fly at a greatly increased speed, roughly 3x the speed of the user's punch impacting at the strength of a twice the user's punch. These orbs can travel thirty meters before dissipating. Due to the versatility of strike, the user can impact one person with multiple targets, or impact up to three people so long as they are in one direction from the user. • Shot Gun Fist - B • Shot Gun Fist - B • Shot Gun Fist - B • Shot Gun Fist - B Resource Required to Defeat via Collision: {1,125} Resource Required to Defeat Via Evasion: {375}
Factoring Shion's DR Resource Required to Defeat via Collision: {750} Resource Required to Defeat Via Evasion: {125}
SHIONxxxxxMORI To be completely honest, the way the man fawned over Shion's power unnerved her; a feat not many have accomplished. Well done. That's two for two on the weirdo scale for this group; she could only imagine what the others were getting into. One of them probably got stuck with that green dude while the other was spirited away to deal with an annoyance of their own. Whatever. She wouldn't let herself get distracted. Not by them, not by their opponents, and certainly not by her own.
The beetleboy's taunts and calls to action would be met with the twisting, spectral grin that danced across Shion's face as she watched the man's own power-up. Shion would remain motionless until the very moment her opponent made his move. As soon as the chakra bullets began flying, Shion was off. Her already prodigious speed and grace was only multiplied by the Cat within her. Dodging the blasts was like child's play to the girl, though she found the gaps to move around in were getting smaller and smaller the closer she moved to the source of the blasts. Once she was a few feet out, Shion's body seemed to flicker for the briefest of seconds; quick enough that even the legendary sharingan might have missed it.
The shots consumed the girl in a cloud of smoke and debris, but as it cleared, the man would find no body. Suddenly, a duo of flickering figures, each a perfect mirror of the other, would appear on the man's left flank lashing out with their claws threating to rend the beetleboi should they hit and blacken his flesh should he let ehr get too close. Whether their blows landed or not, their forms would flicker once more as two more Shions would appear on the opposite side doing the same thing. Another pair of slashes, followed by another flicker. This time, Shion would appear crouched at the main's waist, ripping upwards with her claws. Should this land, another Shion would flicker forward to follow through on launching the man into the air with one final strike.
Techniques Used: - Sidestep Rank: X :: Complex [Used at C-rank, boosted to A-rank via DR to dodge the B-ranked attack as per our discord chat] Description: The user sidesteps an incoming attack, leaving an intangible after-image to take the blow.
- Claw-based Formless [C-rank overwhelming // Extra C-rank damage on contact] Augment: Delayed Strike Rank: X :: Complex [D-rank for one after image] Description: The user launches an attack, projecting a solid after-image in front of himself or herself to follow through on the attack. Creates one after-image per rank above D-Rank, each one moving farther and farther forward.
- Claw-based Formless [C-rank overwhelming // Extra C-rank damage on contact] Augment: Multistrike Rank: X :: Complex [D-rank for one after-image] Description: Creates a solid after-image behind the user that mimics the user’s movements and attacks. Creates one after-image per rank above D-Rank.
- Claw-based Formless [C-rank overwhelming // Extra C-rank damage on contact] Agument: Rising Barrage Rank: X :: Complex [D-rank for one after-image // No stam cost for formless augment] Description: The user delivers an uppercut which is then followed through by after-images. The original punch sends an opponent off of their feet, and the trailing after-images hit them farther into the air. Creates one after-image per rank. The damage caused by this attack is C-Rank; if used in conjunction with a Formless Style technique, the stamina cost of this attack disappears.
The man's blows missed and were aptly evaded. As expected. She would of course run rather than endure. This was not a warrior that he sought. It was good that these blows were in fact evaded because with each connection they made to the earthen walls and some of the pillars the impacts were catastrophic leaving unbelievably large craters despite the size of the projectiles. He'd then, through the dust receive the first stirke. "AHAHAHA! YES! I'D THOUGHT YOU A MAN AT FIRST BUT THESE ARE CLEARLY THE BLOWS OF A WOMAN WHO RUNS! DO YOU HONESTLY THINK SUCH PATHETIC ATTACKS CAN PENETRATE MY CARAPACE!" He'd wildly exclaim as every strike Shion made connected. She continued her rapid assault of attacks with the sound of clashing steel and sparks flashing and flying through kicked up dust. The Black Beetle as he was rapidly assaulted had spread his arms wide and welcoming. When Shion bared her teeth, her vicious eyes would meet with the vibrant Blue Lenses of the Black Beetle as he looked down on her. Her several after images in their fierce uppercuts sent him flying and yet his arms remained still wide and amused until eventually, he crashed into the ceiling...
Shion would land down to the ground likely unharmed as the Black Beetle's area of impact flooded with the dust of the ruined earth. He most certainly was no longer in his firmly grounded stance as he was before. Had she done it? A massive chakra projectile was then launched through the dust heading in the girl's direction (however invisible to the naked eye simply making it seem a forceful parting of the dust) if she did not evade or defend herself against it, it would slam her into the ground. Yes, the Black Beetle was very much alive as the dust cleared he would walk out the dust from the impact casually. He'd flex his arms, his veins visibly pulsating through the suit expressing his muscles beneath. In fact it seemed Shion's assault had invigorated him. One thing was for certain. She was not going to crack his shell easily with physical assaults. The massive chakra manifestation of spreading beetle wings glinted like those of an overbearing religious devil taunting Shion.
Then he rose one muscled arm in the air. It looked like he was readying some kind of attack. Like..could it be...A SPIRIT BOMB?! No...it was far less interesting. There were two metal doors high up that opened. This was likely the 'exit'. "If this is all you have little girl, likely holding your strength back for 'HIM' then you are free to leave. You are nothing but a waste of my time." The Ancient art of pro-wrestling smack talk gone ninja. The Black Beetle quite literally calling the tiger a kitten in his presence. So confident was he in Shion's patheticness he did not even fear her next strike against him as he spoke. SO MUCH was the DISRESPECT he didn't even make any other moves when he was very much capable.
Combat Data
Brawler: Your taijutsu is just one side of your skill, as you are also versed in utilizing ninjutsu as well. Your Speed and Reflexes are moderately enhanced and you gain an additional 2 ninjutsu slots per rank. In addition, once every other post all three of your activations in a post can be used for offensive taijutsu.
Berserker: Your external training and devotion to taijutsu has allowed you to have moderately increased Strength and Fortitude. Your hardened body allows you to mitigate the pain/status effect of an incoming attack for two post per body rank, allowing you to continue the fight until the pain or hazards settle in. This means that a stunning effect can be delayed by up to ten posts at S rank. However, you ignore pain anytime you use this discipline for any reason, meaning if you delay having your arm disabled by a skill, you can also ignore the pain from having been stabbed on that post as well. Ex.: A ninja uses a lightning technique designed to stun you. For one post, you can delay that effect from taking hold, and have nine posts to continue delaying effects. Similarly, the pain from the attack itself is also ignored. This doesn't, however, prevent you from being blown away in the wind, or set on fire/drowned for example. Furthermore, if lethal damage is suffered then the delaying ability will be nullified for that effect.
Techniques Used: •Shooter Stance: Disrupted Rank: - :: Training Description: The user enters a stance designed to maximize their punching potential at the cost of their ability to perform any lower body technique (such as a kick) in the same post as one of the techniques from this style. The user takes a foot and stands naturally, putting one side of their body forward while keeping their hands up in front of their head to protect themselves. Any techniques from this Style gain a mild strength boost per mastered stage if used while in this stance. + Upgraded Caliber Rank: - :: Training Description: The user has impacted enough on people, a bag, or any other surface worth training their fists. When in the shooter stance, the strength of their strikes is increased moderately instead of mildly.
•Designated Marksman Rank: - :: Training Description: The user has always sacrificed range for power, all up until now. By making their physical offensive techniques of this style complex, the user can send dense chakra orbs from their fists to extend their impacting range as well as allowing them to now "punch" ninjutsu. The chakra orbs will hit with 2x the strength of their normal punch, and travel at 2x the speed of their punch for 30 meters.
• Protective Vest Rank: X :: Spiritual - {Maintained} Description:The user laces their entire upper body in a protective coating of chakra, giving them a defensive barrier capable of defending against Bukijutsu and Taijutsu techniques its rank and lower. If the technique is a physical technique, then the user absorbs and replenishes the rank of stamina of the technique that impacted their armor. The user can continually pay chakra to continue the technique, but increases its cool down. 1 post of usage = 1 post of cool down.
Attacks Vs Protective Vest 37.5+37.5+37.5= 115 {Rnd UP} 25+25+25 = 75 + 115 = Total Attack Strength 190 - 150 = 40 Protective Vest Maintained - 150 Remaining Protective Vest = 110 Stamina Bonus: +75
•Reiki no Mouda [ Heavy Blows of the Aura ] Rank: X :: Complex {S} ->> {S+} - VS Nin {B} Simple Evade {A} , Complex Evade {A}, Spiritual Evade {B} Description: A Chakra-infused punch. The main power of the punch is not located in the fist, but around it; should the punch not make contact, a wave of Chakra will carry the full force of the technique outward and deliver it to the target as an invisible blast of force. Damage is one rank lower if the punch makes a direct hit. The wave of energy flies in a straight line if no target is marked with the user's Chakra, and flies straight for the nearest Chakra marking the user has laid down otherwise.
SHIONxxxxxMORI Shion tried. She genuinely tried not to let the man's taunts and jabs get to her. Unfortunately, it seemed her temper was something that could never be tamed. Now, dont get me wrong. The comments themselves arent what set her off. Shion was a small girl; she gets this type of s**t a lot and has gotten used to it. No, what set her off was the audacity of this hypocrite to claim he was tough while hiding behind a shield. "You talk a big game... about you're endurance and how you're taking hits," Her words would trail off momentarily as the initial impact of the man's shot struck against her. With the help of her preternaturally enhanced reflexes, Shion instinctively triggered her bakuton aura and literally batted away the bullet with the back of her hand and sending it spiraling into the side of the cavern. "You're a coward letting his shield take the hits," She'd continue without missing a beat. If he wanted a punch, she'd give him a damn punch. She'd crack his skull so hard it'd wipe that tegrity preaching smirk off his dumb face.
Following a quick crouch, Shion would propel herself towards the black beetle, jets of bakuton erupting from her feet once she was close enough to close the gap. As she soared through the air, she'd rear back her fist for a clearly broadcasted punch. With lightning Speed, Shion would race past the man, missing him by a foot, and stop herself by pivoting on her heel. With the added momentum of the strike, Shion would wheel around and deliver a crushing blast into the man's center-mass. This was no normal punch however. This was the pinnacle of her bakuton enhanced abilities, and I dont mean some puny S-ranked bakuton strike. This was a beast of her own making and probably the most formidable technique in her arsenal. A rocket's blast erupted from her elbow, driving the punch forward even faster to deliver it's massive payload. Once her fist was mere inches away from the man, she'd simply say, "Take this one, big guy." Then, a two-pronged explosion would rip through the air, engulfing the man in a conical explosion that, in all honesty, probably not only threatened to turn the man to dust, but also the room. Should this blow land, what would follow next could only be described as a rapid onslaught of Bakuton punches and kicks as Shion followed through with every last hit.
- Bakusobu Naitoro [ Blast Rush Nitro ] Rank: X :: Complex [Used at B-rank for +12] Official Description: An upgraded version of Blast Rush Turbo that pushes things behind the user ten feet back, and instead shoves the user 30 feet in any direction. As an added bonus, the user can now use Blast Rush Turbo and Nitro twice, moving half as far in each direction per hand used. Guild Description: Speed is moderately increased per rank used.
- Tābo Panchu [ Turbo Punch ] Rank: C :: Training Official Description: After thrusting themselves forward with Blast Rush Turbo, or any other method from this bloodline that increases their speed, the user can convert all of that speed into damage on contact. Whenever the user makes contact with any attack after a skill from this bloodline that increases speed, the user can convert the speed they built into strength. Guild Description: See the above.
- Hauzā Inpakuto [ Howitzer Impact ] Rank: S :: Complex Official Description: This skill is a combination attack that, after the first attack hits, the rest will continue to strike the enemy until it is over. After blasting forward with a burst of explosive chakra the user attempts to punch, kick, and or headbutt a target. Immediately following that attack they will burst off again, ahead of the target and knock them away again. This is similar to the Hidden Lotus attack, but far more damaging, and far less recoil intensive. It should be noted that each impact itself has a burst of bakuton chakra comparable to the Landmine Physical Method. Guild Description: Cannot be interrupted once the first hit lands. At the end of the technique, an opponent hit by this will be unable to continue combat and need immediate medical attention due to several broken bones, ruptured organs and scorched skin.
Augmented: Meltdown [all 4 remaining charges]
S-rank At S++++ Speed, converted to S++ Damage and augmented four times with A-ranked damage and an additional C-ranked damage.
Active Effects: - Meltdown: 0/5 Charges [0/7 post CD] - Nibi Stage Two: 2/6 Posts
In a crackily voice, these would the few words he'd say correcting her in her assumption. "SHIELD, WHAT SHIELD? YOU THINK I'M LIKE THE OTHERS USING PATHETIC DEVICES. THE SHIELD AS YOU CALL IT... IS MY WILL!" A MASSIVE INFLUX OF CHAKRA EMITTED FROM THE MAN. However...what manifested was not a Beetle. Instead, it was a Kabuto. Then followed by a suit of black armor. There was no body in the armor but the transition from a Beetle manifestation to a suit of samurai armor would hearken back to the Black Beetles days before, his days unknown to Shion. His days as a Samurai. A Samurai who surrendered his sword due to the dishonor he brought upon his family, A Samurai who had nothing on the verge of seppuku then saved by a man to become something and someone else. If not a Sword then he would be that mans shield. A shield for the man that deemed a swordless samurai worthy of saving. What was the Black Beetle's story? Perhaps a certain comrade would coax it out of one of the Black Beetle's comrades for another day.
The entire Room quaked the earth rumbled. The Old saying about an unstoppable force vs an immovable wall. It was logical to deduce that what was protecting the man was the standard that all the UHV suits had that would protect against one unnamed attack after a set period of time and do so again. This was, however, not the case. It never was. He bared his stance, wide, feet grounded in the earth as craters formed the immense pressure of him anchoring himself in letting Shion begin her assault. He would take it all. He would make her regret having to dare call him a coward when all she had done was run thus far. As Shion came barreling in nye near instantly her fists the explosions would be met with immediate opposition. His armor began to crack. First would be the helmet although not all the way. Then a satisfied smirk, finally...he looked down at Shion's shadow in her cloak of flames where almost triumphantly he'd say as if everything were occurring in slow motion his face flicker is the burst just momentarily. "I CAN FINALLY FEEL IT."
After that time stood still no longer. His armor fragmented shattering, the remnants of his spiritual armor aswell being eaten away, a device on his belt buckle blinking rapidly before saying 'failsafe ac...' but it didn't get to finish before the man ripped it out himself. Shion's conicular blast would absolutely begin disintegrating the earth around where the man once stood. His figure obscured by the raging flames and explosive fire. His armor was nye near non-existent and while his physical features were difficult to discern as Shion began laying into him one blast after the other in rapid succession it would feel like despite her strength she was striking the hardest of steels. He was essentially rag-dolling on a physics perspective but all the while he seemed to be giving soft chuckles with each of her hits. When her onslaught finally ended he'd be thrown into a hollowed wall and Shion could finally look to the exit above her a likely breathe a sigh of relief as there didn't seem to be any activity for a good minute or less behind the cover of rubble... Then a Voice.
The dust cloud again parted a man covered in burns but not the least bit less rigid as he before appeared. A crunch of something and the faint whisper of 'failsaf...' from a rock landing on a device that seemed to try and produce a barrier to protect itself but failed. In that tim he'd reappear through the dust near her cloaked form, it searing his flesh but himself seemingly unphased. Near Shion he'd dive into an immediate crouched stance position only to whisper after the intended blow for her stomach."Taken." The man then would release a single punch where should it connect would be so obscenely powerful she would be launched into the wall with such force one would believe the back of their skull would crack on top of the neck near snapping from whiplash. Her stomach would cave in, internal organs would likely take obscene damage where vomiting of blood would have been unavoidable, the familiar sound of crunching ribs to be repaid in kind for his were jagged out his body perhaps their crack would bring her returning memories. The entire cave would actually send a reverberating crater and everyone in the building would feel the resulting tremor the resulting air pressure from the impact literally would cause slight cutting marks in the cave walls.
There was no 'Warriors code of Bushido' here, no, that was thrown away a long time ago. Whether this attack struck or not...he'd never know. Because if Shion were to recover and steady herself through the smoke and dust where he stood the man known as the Black Beetle was unconscious. Unconcious but still standing. His arms had gone limp his stance stayed wide yet firmly planted. He would not move. His head was snapped back looking to the opening in the roof that was the exit grinning. It took some kind of monstrous resolve to stay standing even after falling unconscious, it was almost awe-inspiring. Like a man looking to the heavens above. What Shion would do from here. ((Thank goodness her squad had a healer if she did sustain significant damage.)) was now up to her. Do what they were set out to do and kill this 'Son of Helios' or walk away taking the victory for what it was and bow out.
Combat Data •Fortitude For Damage Reduces S+++++ to [A] •Fortitude For Damage Reduces 4x [A] to 4x [E] •Fortitude For Damage Reduces 4x [C] to 4x [E]
•One Shot One Kill At: S+++++++ {Would Require Eight Disadvantages to go below S+ Damage} •Speed: S++++ {Requires Four Disadvantages to Evade below S+}
Brawler: Your taijutsu is just one side of your skill, as you are also versed in utilizing ninjutsu as well. Your Speed and Reflexes are moderately enhanced and you gain an additional 2 ninjutsu slots per rank. In addition, once every other post all three of your activations in a post can be used for offensive taijutsu.
Berserker: Your external training and devotion to taijutsu has allowed you to have moderately increased Strength and Fortitude. Your hardened body allows you to mitigate the pain/status effect of an incoming attack for two post per body rank, allowing you to continue the fight until the pain or hazards settle in. This means that a stunning effect can be delayed by up to ten posts at S rank. However, you ignore pain anytime you use this discipline for any reason, meaning if you delay having your arm disabled by a skill, you can also ignore the pain from having been stabbed on that post as well. Ex.: A ninja uses a lightning technique designed to stun you. For one post, you can delay that effect from taking hold, and have nine posts to continue delaying effects. Similarly, the pain from the attack itself is also ignored. This doesn't, however, prevent you from being blown away in the wind, or set on fire/drowned for example. Furthermore, if lethal damage is suffered then the delaying ability will be nullified for that effect.
•Gamankurabe [ Endurance Contest ] Rank: X :: Simple {S} Description: A very basic endurance technique. When faced with an incoming physical attack, the user plants their feet and leans in to the attack. Incoming complex techniques are treated as simple when interacting with this technique. Gains a mild bonus to fortitude per rank.
•Sousoushin [ Belligerence ] Rank: S :: Spiritual Description: A suffusion of the user's body with their fighting spirit, flooding their muscles with Chakra. Increases the strength of Taijutsu and Bukijutsu techniques mildly per their rank, as well as the user's fortitude. Any enemies who are marked with the user's Chakra also gain this bonus to Taijutsu and Bukijutsu strength, but allies do not. If no enemies are marked, Formless Techniques are treated as complex for interacting with other techniques for this technique's duration. Lasts for seven posts.
One shot, One Kill Rank: S :: Simple Description: Its time to finish the opponent, and take them down with one swift attack. Focusing all their intent and attention into a single crossing punch, the user unleashes the almost instantaneous bomb of a punch for the opponents head or torso. This technique is enough to send even the most stable and grounded of fighters flying unconscious, often demonstrating how dangerous the user is, in both speed and power. This technique gains double the user's speed and strength modifiers.
Techniques Used: •Shooter Stance: - Rank: - :: Training Description: The user enters a stance designed to maximize their punching potential at the cost of their ability to perform any lower body technique (such as a kick) in the same post as one of the techniques from this style. The user takes a foot and stands naturally, putting one side of their body forward while keeping their hands up in front of their head to protect themselves. Any techniques from this Style gain a mild strength boost per mastered stage if used while in this stance. + Upgraded Caliber Rank: - :: Training Description: The user has impacted enough on people, a bag, or any other surface worth training their fists. When in the shooter stance, the strength of their strikes is increased moderately instead of mildly.
•Designated Marksman Rank: - :: Training Description: The user has always sacrificed range for power, all up until now. By making their physical offensive techniques of this style complex, the user can send dense chakra orbs from their fists to extend their impacting range as well as allowing them to now "punch" ninjutsu. The chakra orbs will hit with 2x the strength of their normal punch, and travel at 2x the speed of their punch for 30 meters.
• Protective Vest - 75 Rank: X :: Spiritual - {Maintained} Description:The user laces their entire upper body in a protective coating of chakra, giving them a defensive barrier capable of defending against Bukijutsu and Taijutsu techniques its rank and lower. If the technique is a physical technique, then the user absorbs and replenishes the rank of stamina of the technique that impacted their armor. The user can continually pay chakra to continue the technique, but increases its cool down. 1 post of usage = 1 post of cool down.
SHIONxxxxxMORI Shion struck the ground hard, still carrying much of the momentum of her pummeling. It seemed her gambit had done the trick, or had it? Oh, you've got to be kidding me. From the smoke, the tattered, burned, and broken form of Black Beetle appeared before her. Though, maybe appeared is the wrong word. It's more like... flashed. In a burst of speed she'd never seen, even outspeeding her own Nibi-enhanced agility, Black Beetle was upon her. Instinct kicked in as she pushed her body beyond its limits. In the blink of an eye, Shion's form had flickered from sight, but this was not her usual after-image technique. In what seemed like an instant, Shion appeared behind the man staggered and short of breath. Her hand balled up into a fist and rocketed towards the small of her opponent's back, but stopped once she realized the situation -- Black had fallen unconscious; she had won.
Shion straightened herself out, the flames of the Nibi's cloak fading from around her, and examined the man's still-standing body. The girl let out a short breath as she drew her blade and lashed out at the man's neck, ending the fight once and for all. No feeling of joy filled her. No resounding sense of pride or triumph, nothing except for a voice. "I never took you as the type to mourn an opponent, child. Shouldn't you be celebrating?" the echoing purr of the Nibi stirred in the back of her skull. "What's to celebrate?" Her response was audible, spoken aloud as though speaking to herself; in a way, she was. "So, you do have a heart after all? Seems I may have misjudged you. I offer my sincerest apologies." the demon-cat cooed. Shion's face remained blank as she wiped her blade off and jumped up through the exit. "Even if it's to protect your own, you don't celebrate the loss of life." Her tone was sunken, almost a low grumble. "C'mon. We've got three more to deal with." A soft chuckle filled her head before slowly fading back into her mind's recesses. "As if I have a choice?"
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Posted: Thu Apr 18, 2019 7:49 am
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Even with his neck left to bleed out or even if said cut was intended to make him headless. His body never went limp. A Testament to the mans fortitude. Shion's path was rather clear now...well almost clear. The sheer amounts of destruction this area had undergone triggered something. The mausoleum-like location that was once the black beetle's domain began to shake violently. A cave in. That was what was occurring. The exit was above her a failsafe in motion causing the large gaping maw of the doors to start slowly shutting. The remnants of the man's belt would shine beneath the rubble. Had he only used it he'd very well likely still been alive. In fact, one could say he'd have been the utmost of healthy and the fight would have stretched on much longer. Despite the burns. Despite his now deceased existence, the Black Beetles remains showed signs that not a bone was broken or a muscle torn, his cause of death, one could suppose...was he had recklessly pushed himself too far and it was very well in one could sayShion's 'fortune' that was the case because he had essentially tanked every hit aside her first.
None of that mattered now, however, the metal doors were closing and Shion needed to exit. When she did she'd find herself in a long corridor. One could guess it lead to that big auditorium thing from earlier. The body of black Beetle still standing firm even when rocks were falling atop it. Before a large one crushed it in its entirety causing a 'crunch' very bettle like in nature.
