The Academy was certainly not lacking in melodrama today, that was for sure. Not much of actual interest, unfortunately. At least a couple of the kids clearly considered themselves prestigious, probably some of the elder clan shitheads. Senju, Uchiha, blah blah blah, etc etc etc. The woman turned her attention back to the magnet release scroll. She only really had big techniques left, so Sumika set about replicating them on a small scale. Black Iron Fist was neat, something like she'd have created herself in the past, maybe not terribly useful to someone who didn't plan to use much hand to hand, but still. Why the Falling Spider technique was called Falling Spider was lost on her, but she wouldn't turn down a bit of mobility. Dancing Mad created some weird floating modern art bullshit, and Railgun Technique was everything Sumika could have possibly ever wanted, though she had to tread carefully to avoid putting a wagon sized hole in the side of the nearest building.
[ Black Iron Fist, Iron Sand: Falling Spider, Iron Sand: Dancing Mad, Magnetism: Railgun Technique ]
Next up on the list was a wide array of Doton techniques. In this regard Sumika got what was coming to her after years of faffing about. She absolutely tore through the array of low level techniques. After all, she was what would be considered a low level Jonin in a lot of places, but all this stuff was meant for kids fresh out of the academy or those just starting to learn. Now she had a village's worth of techniques to lock down in a short as hell period of time. At least starting with Doton got the least inspiring of the drudgery out of the way. Mud and rock, shields and projectiles, little of actual interest.
[ Rock Throw Technique, Rock Shield, Rock Hill Creation, Stone Shuriken Skill, Mud Interceptor, Hidden Earth: Instantaneous Body Skill, Ground Shaking Technique, Double Suicide Decapitation Technique, Earth Flow Wave ]
Fed up with the baby stuff, Sumika moved swiftly on to bigger techniques. Again, she decided to keep the training as small scale as possible. They weren't much more interesting, but at least they were good for doing more than just annoying her fellow Genin in a spar or knocking a lecher on his a**. Some of them were actually quite dangerous indeed, probably some of the most deadly things she'd trained in years. Big rock golems, dragons that shot mud or rock or whatever, she didn't care as much as she should have, but it was kinda cool.
It all seemed to just go on forever. Sumika felt she had been training for hours, but she'd blown through so many of the techniques that it'd be generous to estimate her time at even single one. Chores were never her forte, but, hey, they were all here now, and if she got em all out of the way she'd basically have none left for the rest of her life. Well, if that metaphor actually worked that is. She grimaced at the prospect of more training at a later date, even if it could not even generously be expected to be this intense. She rather liked her free time, and all her mischief making required tedious bouts of mental preparation.
Next up was a handful of new techniques and a bevy of augments for them. Sumika had encountered augments before this, but, well, she hadn't really paid them much mind. She'd just treated them like any other jutsu, trained them mostly on their own, and gotten on with her life. Probably not the best approach to learning things that built on concepts from previous techniques, but hey... the puppeteer hated training so it all worked out for the best. Kind. Well, not really if you count all the training she now had on her plate.
[ Rock Bump, Stone Avalanche, Rock Army Shield, Ground Shock Wave Technique, Earth Style Wall, Earth Dome, Rock Avalanche Technique, Rock Wall, Stone Shell ]
The Genin was a bit surprised to find that she was running out of things to learn on this damned giant ninjutsu scroll. She didn't think that would happen anytime soon. At this rate she'd be on to Suiton in no time. Not that she'd be complaining about putting any of this nonsense behind her. Hopefully Suiton would be less daunting, and dirty, than all this Doton nonsense. Mud and crap. The puppeteer was hardly averse to getting dirty, but she always picked up a low level griminess when using the earth-based jutsu.
[ Ant-Lion Technique, Underground Fish Projection, Underground Submarine Voyage, Earthen Rising Spears, Stone Spear, Revolving Split Earth Palm, Pulsating Earth, Rock Pillar Prison Technique, Rock Pillar Spears ]
Sumika set about wrapping up her remaining Doton training and moved on to Suiton. She was in a bit of a rush to get all this over with, not the least of which because that weird Uchiha was hanging around the area. Masako or whatever his name was. Way too many eyeball perverts hanging around the academy right now to be spending time training instead of ******** with them. Not a lot of fun to sit around an train.
[ Stone Guard Creation, Volcanic Dragon Blast, Earth Dragon God Blast, Complete Body Vanish, Dragon Explosion Technique, Trick of Water, Water Mirror Technique, Water Sword, Water Clone Technique ]
With the water techniques came a new batch of low level stuff Sumika absentmindedly blew through. At least she managed to not soak herself in the process. That alone was a minor miracle in and of itself. How they suddenly gave her a whole village's worth of jutsu to play around with was beyond the puppeteer. Clearly just flat out an irresponsible decision.
[ Beach Crab, Water Shield Technique, Breathing Underwater Technique, Water Release: Instant Movement Technique, Stormy Upheaval, Water Pistol, Water Wave Hand, Water Column, Large Projectile ]
At least Sumika couldn't light anything on fire with these water techniques. Even the more violent ones were a bit more controllable than Katon. If you left them alone on a small scale, they tended to just soak back into the ground or run off to the drains. They didn't reduce everything around you to ash. Maybe she was being a bit too flippant, but she hadn't destroyed anything so no harm, no foul.
[ Waterfall Basin Technique, Violent Bubble Wave, Tornado of Water, Violent Water Wave, Water Prison Technique, Water Armor, Whip of Water, Water Chains Technique, Water Demonโs Appetite ]
More water, more chance to get wet and gross. The puppeteer made sure to scale these techniques down as far as possible. The violence factor was also increasing, with interesting effects to boot. Not that Sumika, a master of metal based jutsu, was ever going to be a fan of fiddling around with water. But hey, some of those eye perverts were firebugs so at least it had a clear application.
[ Great Exploding Current, Serpent Mouth, Water Fang Projectile, Drilling Water Spears, Strong Water Arm Technique, Water Encampment Wall, Water Dragon Projectile Technique, Water Interrogation Technique, Water Pendulum Technique ]
These lists of jutsu seemed to go on forever, and that in no small way annoyed the puppeteer. Just who could possibly ever use all this? She'd probably forget like 75% of it before she even left the academy. Let alone when she finally got around to using it in a fight. What was the point of any of this nonsense.
[ Water Replacement, Bodyโs Complete Disappearance, Thousand Flying Water Needles of Death, Devilโs Domain Water Torture, Water Blade Barrage, Scalding Water Cannon Technique, Water Release: Pillar Encirclement, Toad Bullet, Destruction Torrent ]
At least the list of Suiton was growing shorter now. A few more from the main list to clean up and Sumika would be in the augment listing. That stuff was a bit of a pain, but it'd only stay on her plate the longer she lollygagged around. Might as well avoid meeting that new Hokage only to be given a mission to go train or some dumb stuff.
[ Water Gathering Gorgon, Sky and Water Convergence, Grand Waterfall Technique, Raging River Force, Crashing Pillar of Heaven, Water Torrent Technique, Water Dragon Whip, Great Typhoon Technique, Water Collision Destruction ]
And there it was, the last jutsu from the main section and on to the augments. Almost done now Sumika, hang in there. Keep going now and you can just sit on your a** for the rest of forever. Never work another day in your life. Okay, probably work at least one more day in your life, but not for like another month at least. You got this.
[ Depth Charge, Grudge Rain, Fish Spit, Water Pellet, Scatter Pellet, Water Shuriken Techniquem, Evil Windmill Water Shuriken, Multiple Windmill Water Shuriken, Water Reflection Clone Technique ]
Dear god, the augment section of Suiton was like half the length of the rest of the scroll. Whose bright idea was this nonsense? Why did everyone and their mother need to modify a jutsu. Was no one in the ninja world lazy? Why couldn't they all just be lazy like her? This amount of work was basically assault. No one was paying her, that's slave labor.
[ Water Body Clone Technique, Water Shark Projectile Technique, Five Sharks Eating, Thousand Sharks Eating, Great Shark Missile Technique, Eight Tentacles, Tentacle Barrage Fury, Multiple Tentacle Hellscape, Water Gun ]
Like five hundred different versions of this dumb Water Gun technique. Seriously? Who spent months coming up with variants to one technique? How did they not have anything better to do with their time than play around with something so fundamentally dumb?
[ Water Gun: Spitfire, Water Gun: Twin Bullet, Water Gun: Rapid Fire, Water Gun: Sure Fire, Water Gun: Water Spirit Wave, Bursting Water Collision Waves, Great Exploding Water Collision Waves, Water Puddle Technique, Water Puddle Transportation Technique ]
All the assholes who created these techniques could have been eating barbecue or something. Floating around in a hot sprint, there was a far better pursuit than turning water into bubbles and filling it with your own hot air. Bubbles. Seriously. And people thought she was the childish one? Give her a break.
Well, at least Sumika was finally on to Raiton, a ninjutsu she found at least a bit more interesting. She kinda liked the feeling of electricity crawling across her skin, though she had no idea why. They were also significantly more interesting to look at, and didn't make you soggy. Numb was significantly better than soggy and muddy. You didn't have to change clothes after Raiton or Fuuton.
[ Lightning Release: Electric Shock Needles, Burst Technique, Cloud Wisp, Lightning Transformation, Current Transfer Technique, Earth Flash, Wave of Inspiration, Electric Overdose, Twitching Limb ]
In Sumika's opinion, Raiton also provided the most utility. Sure, Doton and Katon could do a lot of damage over a wide area, but they didn't round out a ninjutsu user's toolset. Or provide a bunch of help to people for whom that wasn't their primary form of combat. Raiton though. You could paralyze people, trap them, stun them, block attacks, modify attacks, steal info right out of their brain. Useful stuff.
[ Control Loss, Blade Technique, Electric Explosion, Cloud Shield, Lightning Release Bullet: Powerful Breath, Lightning Release: Electromagnetic Murder, Electric Snake, Rising Storm, Electric Gyroscope ]
Katon had the rep for being the flashy ninjutsu, the one favored by all the uppity eye perverts. But Raiton had it's own flashy spirit. Quite literally in some cases. Right now Sumika was just scratching the surface though. There were dozens of different big techniques and she was swimming in the kidy pool at the moment. Not for long, thankfully.
Now things were getting a little spicy. The farther she went up the tree the more using a jutsu felt like injecting lightning directly into your veins. Truly an exhilarating experience. You could stop yourself from getting burned using Katon, but it didn't go through you. It wasn't part of you in the same way when you used it. Raiton was something another all together.
And there it was. The hand of gods itself, Kirin. Probably, well, definitely oversold, but undeniably stylish. She'd use Kirin before she busted out any of those big dumb fireballs. That much was for certain. But, well, she didn't really have time to linger on that exceptional technique. Circumstance demanded that she continue her march towards completion.
[ Hell Thrust, Kirin, Hands of Torture, Lightning Bolt Fang, Lightning Bolt Feast, Descent of Shina, Shinaโs Touch, Sigh of the Yellow Dragon, Raidenโs Fury ]
As unhappy as she was about it, Sumika was running out of Raiton techniques to learn. She felt a palpable sense of satisfaction with having learned so much of that element, she also felt annoyance that she had the downward slop of Fuuton and Katon to go. They certainly weren't the veritable hell of the first two, but they couldn't quite hold a candle.
On to Fuuton. To be honest, she didn't hate Fuuton. It had some neat ideas, and was probably second only to Raiton in terms of utility. Certainly less one note than Doton or Katon. But it just wasn't quite the same. The experience wasn't quite as visceral. There just wasn't as much liveliness. She wasn't really one for flow and form, either.
Fuuton did have one added benefit over the rest of the techniques. Puppets and Jiton didn't play well with water, altering the battlefield didn't exactly work with her either, and god forbid fire every went near any of her creations. Fuuton though? It could actually enhance movements, especially those of Vogel, her currently in development owl puppet.
[ Slashing Wind Skill, Bursting Air Pockets, Spinning Shield of Winds, Wind Release Stream, Propelling Winds, Decapitating Air Waves, Wind Release: Instant Movement Technique, Great Breakthrough, Cutting Whirlwind ]
What was with all the dragons? Like, Sumika kinda understood it. Dragons were cool right? But why did every type of Ninjutsu include dragons? There were other interesting animals, mythological and real, but they got dragons. It's the kinda thing that a teenage boy would come up with, but all these techniques were supposed to have been created by true masters of the art forms.
[ Wind Dragon Technique, Wind Riding, Low Air Pressure Technique, High Air Pressure Technique, Explosion, Tornado Trap, Gale Wind Palm, Pressure Damage, Jade Severe Gale Wind ]
More ninjutusu. Truly this training was threatening to make the woman's eyes glaze over. She was all for getting stronger. She might not have had ambitions towards power or status, but being stronger was certainly not a detriment to her purposes for existing. That did not make any of this more tolerable an experience, however.
Somehow the Fuuton listing seemed even more interminable than of Doton. Every twist of the scroll reveal another column of techniques and tedious discussions of the formation and application of them. As if she needed a detailed description of how use another of the ninjutsu originators' infernal dragon techniques.
[ Air Current Sense, Cast Net, Wind Stream, Solo Flight, Dragonโs Big Job, Chaos Theory, Turbulence, Vacuum Great Sphere, Crack of the Storm Clouds ]
More dragon crap. Dear god, someone please go back in time and check on the creators of these jutsu. At least Fuuton got a weasel in there somewhere, but we still got dragons, because why not dragons. Dragons are cool, right? Who didn't need like a dozen different varieties of dragons in their life, composed from half a dozen different materials? Sheesh. She learned them, because there was little better to do with her time, but still.
[ Twin Dragon of the Storm, Windfury, Drilling Air Projectile, Giant Falcon Blast, Spreading Air Disaster, Orb of the Storm, { Technique of the Three Calamities of Fire, Flood and Storm }, Wind Clone: Stealth Bomb, Wind Levitation: Current Control ]
Well, at least she was away from the dragons for a moment. Though she was not able to keep her eyes from drifting further into the scroll and seeing that there were definitely more. As useful as it was, Sumika was finding Fuuton quite unexceptional overall. It just wasn't that exciting an element. It wasn't mud, or wet, but it was bleh, and that was enough to slightly exhaust her.
[ Wind Levitation: Advanced Art, Vacuum Sword, Greater Projectile Control Technique, Forceful Wind Retrieval, Wind Release: Maximum Cutting, Wind Release: Wind Awakening, Consuming Winds, Consuming Winds, Executioner's Air Waves ]
Sumika was so close to finally being done with Fuuton that she could taste it. Katon would certainly be more interesting, though, of course, she had to trudge through a few more dragon techniques. Of course they were fairly powerful at this point, but after all her training she doubted she'd ever be able to take something similar seriously ever again.
[ Furious Wind Serpent, Furious Wind Serpent, Low Air Pressure: Sudden Drop, High Air Pressure: Sudden Rise, Pressure Damage: Explosion, Beast Wave: Vacuum Wind Palm, Beast Wave: Palm, Supporting Flight, Solo Flight: Gale Skating ]
And here it was. The last set of Fuuton techniques. Her great journey was finally almost over. This time she even got a different animal to go along with her dragon. Truly, she was a blessed woman. The rest of the world couldn't imagine the graciousness she felt. Well, for the falcon, not for the dragon. She also still had a whole other element to learn most of, so it wasn't that great.
[ Dragonโs Final Breath, Chaos Theory: Multiple Advancing Blades, Vacuum Spheres, Vacuum Wave, Vacuum Style: Clear As Wind, Brothers Great Destruction, Greater Windfury, Giant Falcon: Bond of the Spirit, Spiral Shuriken ]
Ah, Katon, the flashy eye pervert element of choice. Sumika was glad to be here. It meant she was almost done. Just a little sprint list. It was also fairly short, considering she'd learned none of it to this point. It was easily the hardest for her to grasp, slightly more so than Fuuton. It just didn't come to her naturally, probably because nothing she personally could do in any ways resemble it.
[ Fire Release: Fox Fire, Flame-Resistance Technique, Cinder Technique, Veil Technique, Flare Technique, Mist Waltz Technique, Fire Release Shuriken Technique, Burning Cinder: One, Flaming Palm Technique ]
The second set of jutsu brought a host of interesting new things, including some trademark jutsu. You had your standard clone, and the shunshin copy all that was fine. The famous Great Fireball Technique too. Always good for putting a big brown stain in the pants of a bandit, despite being relatively easy to actually deal with.
[ Flame Spread Technique, Ember Clone Technique, Many Flowers in Bloom, Fire Release: Instant Movement Technique, Flash Fan Technique, Hot Hug Technique, Great Fireball Technique, Mythical Fire Flower Technique, Flame Whirlwind ]
And there it was! Yet another dragon technique, but this one was specially designed for edgelords. The Aerial Explosion technique was one that Sumika logged in the back of her head. That'd be useful. And of course, she finally got the training for resisting her own fire, a few jutsu after the singeing started. Useful that.
[ Bomb Blaze Technique, Dragon Fire Technique, Incendiary Technique, Bed of Fire Technique, Aerial Explosion Technique, Fireproof Technique, Flame Sphere Technique, Burning Rush, Crimson Earth Spider ]
Hmm, a bigger better clone technique was next on the list. She rather liked the one offered up by the doton listing, this one didn't quite hit that bar. Then again, what was going to every live up to a walking bomb that could actually fight back. The rest of the techniques were fine, but like the Fuuton listing, they didn't do much to inspire beyond being, ya know, fire.
[ Cloud Style Flame Slash, Pulse Blast Technique, Incinerating Hail Technique, Burning Long Sword Technique, Burning Clone, Hellfire Whirlwind Skill, Fire Prison Technique, Pillar of Fire Technique, Head Mincing Pain ]
The next set included some interesting options for big areas. In particular, she was fond of Hellfire Clap, a relatively simple jutsu that could potentially allow her to space off faster opponents. Something that would be especially useful were she in a situation that required fighting a significantly physically adept opponent.
Sumika was particularly interested in the Great Flame Rasengan from the end of this listing. Putting that in the hands of one of her puppets would present an interesting challenge for most opponents, provided she was careful with its application. Missing could cost her a lot of chakra right now. She'd need to make sure it would definitely hit.
[ Extinguishing Curtain Field, Fire Release: Demon Lantern, True Hydra Technique, Blazing Clone Technique, Dragon of the Raging Storm, Fire Release: Great Flame Rasengan, Mythical Fire Phoenix Nails Red Technique, Piercing Hell Strike, Fire Lily Technique ]
With the jutsu out of the way, Sumika waded into the augments. These were always sorta neat, but she wondered if she'd actually remember to use any of them in a real fight. Then again, what constituted a real fight, really? She'd been in a couple, and the big bads always pulled out some bullshit anyways. Might as well know it just in case, but it was sorta meh to her.
[ Fierce Flame Fist, Burning Cinder: Two, Burning Cinder: Three, Burning Cinder: Four, Burning Ash Accumulation, Great Dragon Fire Technique, Fire Dragon Flame Projectile, Hydra Technique, Dragon Flame Release Song Technique ]
And there it was, the last few augments before this particular trainin session was completely done. She probably could have squeezed in a little extra, but why rush it, right? It'd be a pain if she was sitting around on her a** immediately with nothing to do. Though... she did have a bit of an idea of what her next task would be.
[ Shatter Force Technique, Grand Fireball, Oil Fireball, Great Fireball Shower Technique, Shadow Clone Technique ]
Masato was glad to learn about the children's identity. This was becoming a rather entertaining event to say the least. He found a great deal of enthusasm behind each of them. Especially though would be Komo. He listened to her reasoning behind the intent to kill. He paused, fixating his gaze on her now. He saw much of himself during his youth in her response, her posture, her general brashness. She was more educated than he was by far, but the attitude and foundation were nearly identical.
Kurama's voice piped up inside his head. " Fool, you've already made up your mind. Just train her. Let's see if you can change her... I know you're already thinking of it." The Uchiha would have to nod in agreement silently with the fox. Before he could even answer though a light green haired man along with a group of bandit looking mercenaries would approach. Masato's eyes shifted lazily towards them. The green haired man began to spit the praise of none other than Masato's dearest mother. A heavy sigh escaped his lips as his gaze turned to the man who'd just asked where Kazuto was. Sadayo intervened and claimed Kazuto wasn't here, which Masato had to assume was true.
Before Masato could muster a less than interested or abrasive comment, the red haired boy who made such a fool of himself over his food just moments ago would strive to outdo himself. Masato watched in...something akin to horror as the boy took a painfully cringe looking bite of the tome of evergreen. As Ryusei took a second bite of the book and managed to get the words " Disgusting. Would you like to know wh-" he would be cut off by an impossibly powerful pull of chakra that would target him and pull him rapidly toward Masato's open extended left hand, leaving the man who attempted to intervene standing alone in the location he once was. The boy would be caught by the hand as it closed around the back of his neck with a firm grasp.With his right hand, Masato snatched the half devoured tome and would crack the top of the boy's head with a firm force. " Are you playing stupid or is this real?" He asked bluntly. Masato's gaze would fix on the missionary as he kept a firm grasp on the back of the kid's neck. " Sorry about that." He said in a somewhat unapologetic tone. He didn't mind ruining the literature in general, but it was unwise to pick the fight in the middle of the village with strangers who just appeared, especially if they carried favor with his mother. " Not that I agree with the boy's behavior but this village was founded with Ma's help. I don't think we need missionaries here pal. Ya' might want to try somewhere outside of the village." He grumbled to himself, aggravated at having to deal with not just actual children but probably the thugs he considered children in terms of ability.
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โฐ Manipulation of Forces | Rank A | Ninjutsu [ Maruton ] | Spiritual This technique pushes or drags targets away from or to the user by releasing powerful solid waves of chakra. It is possible to effect multiple targets at once, causing them to collide with each other but reduces the range of the technique by half. Can drag objects from up to fifty feet away at A rank, doubling it's range per additional rank. The user must replicate the chakra cost of this technique for ever target affected. Has a two [2] post cool down. Targets may resist this technique by applying chakra equal to it's cost in order to stand their ground. If mid air, this requires chakra be paid an additional rank higher than the technique. This actions consumes the target's defensive action.
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The bratty girl sure didn't seem to like her input. Hell, she even tried to insult her by calling her pigtails. The insult didn't really bother her. Taking a breath she would just heavily sigh. "Forget it." Her comment was more directed at herself. The effort in trying to explain to someone that's doesn't see their action were rude when they didn't see it themselves wasn't worth it. To be honest, this whole conversation wasn't really worth it. Mina had leaned over and introduced the annoying girl as Komoriuta. Apparently that was her name. Judging by the pale color of her eyes she was a huuyga on top of that. That could explain the girls personality a bit, but where they suppose to be a bit more prideful? Mina then went on to explain her personality as "strong and opinionated." That was putting it lightly. But Komo heard what Mina was saying and turned around to yell at Mina pretty much owning the fact that she was bitchy. 'At least she knows it' Shikarie thought to herself. When Mina asked her why it was this smelly man that she wanted Komo even seemed appalled to be having asked this question. Her response was forceful. Even included yet another insult, calling Mina daft. Komo went on to rudely explain that she could see his powerful chakra with her Byakugan and even saying the female puppeteer was strong as well. She even hinted at the fact the man had a lot of scars bruises and muscles, which meant he had the experience. Now that was the smartest thing she has heard out of the girl's mouth this entire time. But still, it didn't make Shikarie dislike her any less than she already did.
Suddenly a strange green-haired man entered the scene shouting EVERGREEN at the top of his lungs. He started asking them to change religions and offer everyone a free book. He sure seemed passionate about this religion of his. Shikarie herself wasn't a religious person so naturally, she wasn't interested. But this man did strike her as odd. Why would he come here talking about religion then abruptly start asking if anyone has seen this person called Kozuto? The new red haired boy seemed to be incised by the mentioning of the word "free." He took one of the books from the green-haired man and took a bite?!"What the-" She was completely shocked that the boy seriously just took a bite out of a book? He does know how reading works right? He then started to rapidly pace back and forth critiquing the flavour quality, claiming it was missing the "zing." "That's because it's a book....You're not supposed to eat it." Never did she think she would have to explain to someone why a book tastes like s**t, but here she was.
Dropping her hands to her side she started to observe. Her eyes shifted to the adults to see how they were responded. The man who Komo so desperately needed to become her mentor seemed to be very angry with the man, his guard also seemed to be up. Looking to the puppeteer the woman was going to allow the man to continue speaking, but the tone in her voice dropped off. Another adult had taken it upon himself to also enter the scene claiming the missionary could get himself killed if he didn't watch himself. Shikarie squinted her eyes and nodded Mina with her elbow. When Mina would look at her Shikarie was nodge her head, suggesting that they get behind the adults. It had become clear that this missionary wasn't just a simple missionary he tried to have other perceive. All she wanted to do today was get a little training in and relax for the day. So far, she hasn't had the chance to do either. Now she's gotta deal with whatever it is that is about to go down.
Finally bored with the training she'd been doing, Sumika formed a few seals and a large owl appeared at her side. It was easily twice her height, and though folded at the moment, its sizeable aerofoils were twice again as big. With a flick of her finger the puppet unfurled its wings, ready to flap. "Chop chop, Cobalt." She called as the lazy panda yawned and hauled itself up. The puppet's wide wings swept forward a moment later at the behest of another finger, disturbing the messy mop of platinum hair and coaxing the puppet airborne. A few flaps to gather itself, and the owl's gleaming talons snatched up the cable attached to the panda's harness hauling it into the air as Sumika climbed aboard. A woman riding a panda, being carried about by a big owl. An interesting sight to say the least, even in a village full of the uncommon. She wasn't concerned with actually interrupting what was going on, but she'd at least play the part of an audience. Wind whipped about as Vogel cleared the top of the Academy building, and circled to drop Sumika and Cobalt on a portion of the roof with a better view before bouncing to halt next to them with a surprisingly lively set of movements as it slowed its momentum to a halt with a clatter. The puppet busied itself with a practiced ritual of grooming its impossibly black feathers as Sumika craned her head for a view over the panda's considerable cranium. It was nice to see that her penchant for theatrics translated well from silly sideshow stuff to something that big, but for now she gave most of her attention to the goings on below, while absentmindedly scratching the backs of Cobalt's ears. What were the weirdos of the Leaf up to these days?
โFine then. Youโre bitchy. Like really, really unpleasant.โ Mina blinked, a blank and honest look on her face. The redhead had been trying to be polite because there honestly wasnโt any reason for the two girls to fight. Mina didnโt really like Komo though. In their last encounter, the two of them had had a go at each other. The Hyuuga had some unfavorable things about the redheadโs mother and the rest was history. Bad history. But there wasnโt any real reason to be unpleasant; they were both Konoha shinboi after. On at least some level they should be able to work together and be cordial to each other. But in this instanceโฆ hey, she was literally asking for it. โShikarie, just be thankful if you donโt get put on a squad with her. Sheโs prettttyy strong, but also tough to work with.โ There, problem solved. Mina was being honest but also acknowledging Komoriutaโs strength and everything should hunkydory now. Right? For the brief peaceful moment after it was anyway. That was before Komo decided to call Mina stupid.
Mina was a lot of things. Excitable, kind of loud, and pretty forgetful. But she was a hard worker and the girl put a lot of work into her studies. She was by no means a genius, possibly like the Nara next to her, but she wasnโt stupid. And to top it all off, Mina hated hated hated being called an idiot seriously. โIs there a problem with asking questions?โ The girl asked. Her voice was hushed, but it was directly focused on Komo. The Genin had her eyes covered by her bangs as she started to walk forward. โPeople learn things by asking questions, we gather that knowledge and use it to become better as people.โ She spoke as if she was reciting from a textbook, her tone flat but with anger brimming under the surface of her words. And as Mina spoke she could feel power flow through her arms and a second later those limbs were coated in pale red electricity, sparking on and off for a moment before staying constant. In the near vicinity every piece of metal started to tug towards the girl and the ground around her started to churn into black sand. โAnd if we donโt, then the next best thing to do would be to ask. Because there are no stupid questions.โ Mina snapped her head up to stare at Komo as the distance between them closed, her red eyes glowing faintly with the same electricity as her stare shot daggers at the other girl. โSo just because you have eyes that can see everything doesnโt mean that you know everything. Wanting to learn is a sign of getting older.โ Like as if a switch flipped on, the emotion surged into her voice and the anger that had been just below rose to the surface. โSo thereโs one thing Iโd like to know about you now.โ Mina took her final step inches away from Komoriuta and looked down on her with an expression made of storm clouds. โIs why donโt you grow the ******** up?โ Mina meant it two ways: a show of how she thought Komo was childish and that she was short. The Genin was tunnel focused so hard on Komoriuta at the moment that everything else was just going on in the background. She was dimly aware of the Evergreen man, and of Ryu eating the book. But right now only one thing had her attention.
Base Jutsu: Magnetic Manipulation Location Bonus: Iron Bullet Taijutsu x6: Leaf Thunder Fist, Bruising Sky Leg, Cherry Blossom Impact, Rising Drop, Liger Bomb, Kaiser Fist Raiton: Doton: Weights Training: 35/200]/spoiler]
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Esuka's all black tunic blew in the wind as he walked towards the academy. His brown eyes peered just above the color of the tunic as his face was exposed from the bridge of his nose up. It wasn't something he usually wore out but at the moment he wanted to be as concealed as possible. As he approached his eyes caught the gigantic owl and panda puppets as they perched themselves upon the roof of the academy. For a moment he racked his brain as he thought of all the shinobi in the village.
However it didn't take long for him to remember the girl after all their weren't to many puppeteers who hung around the leaf village. Admittedly he didn't really know much about the women or her personality still curiosity killed the cat. As he leapt upon the roof his hands still placed in his pockets as he approached the women's panda puppet he gazed upon the action down below. "Sumika if I am to guess correctly. What exactly do we have here?" It almost seemed as though he were speaking more to himself than actually asking the women a question. Despite his young age his demeanor was poised and attentive.
As he activated his sharingan he scanned the chakra networks which rested below. Some were fainter than others and some surged as the chakra raced along the network itself. Then as if to shift perspective his eyes were reading the muscle movements of those below. With his other sensory techniques he could feel the tense situation which seemed to be escalating as the spoke. "Seems to be quite the interesting predicament don't you think? So much tension what exactly happened?" He asked the women who sat atop the panda. His voice even keel and calculating. His resolve seemed to be pushing himself and his personality into the deepest and darkest catacombs as he felt a sense of coldness in the way he perceived those below. In a sense once more the strong picking on the weak made his blood boil and he was ready to pounce at the slightest misstep below.
Chakra:995/995 Location:Roof of the academy Stamina:700/700 Jutsu used: N/A Mission:Training:
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Post 2: Kaia would arrive at the academy and getting there her heart had changed a bit. Something about arrogance was so appealing at the moment and feeling so capable seemed like such a waste. Kaia's clone arrived behind her... still abiding strictly although that's what clones did for the most part... just incase she rewinded the technique to keep it fresh. Kaia knew clones could start conflict amongst one another. The feelings the clone felt began to enrich towards Kaia....until... it was broken... Kaia's jaw dropped. Kaia then went to reapply the technique modifying it slightly, "oh you are mad are you?" The same technique applied through her words and tone. The clone was backorder control... Kaia could notice the sudden change in demeanor... Kaia became compliant... The clone smiled, "ah now who is the clone?" Kaia laughed... The clone laughed too. They weren't going to harm each other they couldn't, suddenly the clone could only see Kaia and the areas around her began to block off.. Then her eyes turned a demonic red, her skin tone tanned, her canines sharpened, her outfit accentuating her breast and figure. The clone cringe at the sudden shock... It did not really expect it.... "There is only one me...." Kaia flashed handseals pacing demonically towards the clone, the clone would back away towards a statue... the statue would come to life and take human form placing a hand on its shoulder... The clone would jump up turning around and slapping the hand off then Kaia would place her hand on the clones shoulder forming handseals. The clone would then turn swinging with a punch... Kaia appeared to get clocked... laying on the ground holding her face rolling back and forth crying until she vanished on the floor... The area around the clone would turn into a red field with flames everywhere.... Then Kaia would pop up right in front of the clone where she left off, throwing a punch that split into infinite hands. The clone would fly back but not poof... Kaia snickered covering her mouth... Then she flicked some seals as the clone tried to get up... It would try to dispel all the casted genjutsu but all would seem to vanish but the flames and red field.... The clone's eyes became bewildered as it stubbled back and looked around unreserved... Kaia cackled over the crackling flames. The clone would catch on to her poise and eager to break it would form handsets but upon finishing would vomit then get dizzy and topple over.... The clone would dispel, but s**t Kaia was on a roll... Forming seals chains would erupt from between her legs creating a huge dome... She had been working on this technique she vanished then reappeared in the middle of the dome then formed seals creating multiple shadow clones. The clones would then surround the academy forming handseals forming one dome over the academy soon a huge implosive power wiped everything out.... smoke wouldn't clear anytime soon, the only thing for sure was the academy was standing, but nothing else around it did... talk2hand Once the doe would drop the smoke would and debris would zoom towards the center of the explosion and sucked into a vacuum, then a poof of large smoke would disperse around Kaia who had her hands up and out with a seal on both palms. Lightning and thunder would crash and roll around her for a brief moment with a short rain that damped the smoke. In an instant Kaia would vanish several times as lightning struck to only reappear in seven different locations around where she initially was standing then would reappear in her original location before the lightning discontinued.
Sumika gave a derisive little snort as the new kid asked her what was going on. "Hell if I know. They were shouting about something and I was bored." She said flatly, without turning her gaze away from the nonsense going on below. This was a bit troublesome though. The puppeteer knew someone like Masato would be aware of her reputation, but if she was recognizable to some wet behind the ears kid after playing the part of the lowly Genin for the last few years since San's departure form the picture, it'd make it much harder to get away with the stuff she got away with in the past. The last thing she needed was watchful eyes on her everywhere she went. It made mustering the forces of chaos significantly harder, especially when the kage got involved.
The panda let out a huff and little grumble, prompting Sumika to sigh and slide off his back, her black flowing outfit catching the light strangely as if made of millions of tiny pieces. If the kid was curious, then Sumika's companion was equally so. Esuka would find that Cobalt was quite real, especially as the panda began to try to root around in the bag attached to his hip. The puppeteer's exceptionally small stature might have made the panda look even bigger than it was, but Cobalt's head was easily the size of the Uchiha's entire torso. Of course he wouldn't go biting anyone without Sumika's permission, but the kid didn't need to know that. "So kid, tell me what you know about me? How'd you know who I am, hmm? Also, it's rude to not introduce yourself." Honestly, she didn't find him very interesting considering the way he was talking. Far too self serious for her taste. But a potential source of information was a potential source of entertainment.
When Sadayo gave him permission to talk about the illustrious magnificence of Evergreen he perked up even more. The missionary's enthusiasm was truly an infinity pool as he stared at Sadayo. "Well, we're living in Evergreen's universe right now! How special is that?! Everything you see around you is because Evergreen made it so! You know when people talk about mother nature, that's Evergreen! And where do sages get their great powers?... You guessed it, that's Evergreen too! Even the New Konohagakure itself was inspired by the wisdom of the Mother of All! I can't wait to tell you m-" The overzealous missionary was cut off mid-sentence when Ryusei began chomping on one of the Tomes of the Mother. Oh cookies, this wasn't in our common scenarios training booklet at all! What do I do?! Stay calm, Brother Mori, the Mother will show you the way... He thought before he watched Ryusei spam the saliva soaked pages of his holy text at his feet while Shikarie helpfully admonished him. WIth a deep inhale he took one long confident step forward. "I BELIIIIIIIIIIEVE THAT THE MOTHER OF ALL CREATED THE UNIVERSE!" He sung out the chance while elevating the prayer hands above his head. "The goddess Evergreen can nourish you, but not like that mister!" Brother Mori wagged his finger at Ryusei with a stern face while trying to be intimidating but clearly failed miserably in that presentation. He thought longer and considered the worst possibility of all, what if Ryusei was possessed by an unholy force?! "I BELIIIIIIIEVE THAT JASHIN HAS A HOLD OF YOU! I BELIIIIIIIIEVE THAT THE MOTHER HAS SENT ME HERE!" He pointed an accusatory finger at the orange-haired lad in an overdramatic display of faith. Brother Mori then dramatically turned to Akuko as he spoke his warning to him. "Oh my goodness! I feel so incredible to be sharing my faith with you!" Brother Mori then moved in and attempted to overtly twirl his goatee with his fingers. It was then that Masato appeared to him and his eyes widened to the maximum in response. "Ma? It...can't...be...PROPHET MASATO?! SON OF THE MOTHER?!" The fanatic immediately dropped to his knees before Masato while bowing precipitously. He then began motioning to kiss Masato's famously bare feet. Masato looked just as impressed in person as he did on the faith posters that Brother Mori had on his bedroom ceiling.
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As if letting the missionary speak wasn't just one mistake. The rooftop dumpling boy chomped and spat out one of his managed books and ultimately dragged on the missionary's spiel. She pinched the bridge of her nose and bowed her head, glaring upward at the mistake she permitted. It got worse arguably because Masato spoke. At least one man had the sense to approach this... sensibly! Granted, Sadayo wasn't sure if she recognized one sensible man from the trees. The first nitwit to fall from the trees was very much determined to intervene on a much, grander scale.
Sadayo idly rolled her neck from one side to the other, visibly irked, as her mistake chipped away at whatever little bits of peace were left among the group. Her ponytails following to suit in a lethargic droop, rolling along wearily. The mother sent you here to test my patience. The woman heaved a long sigh. The exuberant love affair for religion was fine. Even bringing in Jashin's hold was acceptable. Annoying, but Sadayo could only display so much restrained regret without losing her face.The inevitable exchange between Masato and a dedicated missionary was frankly where it soured. Call her response whatever you will, a call of action to preserve one's right to a comfortably level of personal space, call a heretic's intervention, favoritism, or even some moderate level discomfort of the sight of someone actually trying to bring their precious mouth to a mass of skin and dirt. Over plants.
"Okay. That's enough of that." A few stomping steps forward brought Sadayo to a kneel where she went enough to snatch at Mori's ankles. She would pull him along the grass, backwards, until he would be a good six feet away from the bulk of the group. Her boot to be planted on the center of his back. Granted all this was possible under the circumstances that Brother Mori wasn't able to scramble away empowered purely by zeal the sight of Nature's estranged son would instill to him. Not enough force to pin and hurt him, no. A dusty boot-print was certain to come of a successful plant.
"Didn't anyone ever tell you not to meet your heroes? Besides, we lick boots around here. Feet kissing is taboo." Despite her poorly made joke, Sadayo didn't falter to lose her grip on being the bad cop. She felt like she was owning the moment. She cast her glare toward Mori's armed help before re-channeling her attention to Masato and the orange dumpling boy. Hey, somebody said she had power. Sadayo likes to think she has just a little extra power that overrated magic eyes couldn't exactly see.
"Brother's right. We can't digest books." Her tone dried up from the bitter scolding she gave just moments before. "Wood fiber just doesn't agree with us. Just think, if that book was a laced if poison ink than the best case scenario could be that you might be foaming at the mouth by now." Her deadpan expression honing in on the Dumpling Boy as her tone slipped into sound more gloomy than hollow. "Then again," Her tone swapped for something lighter sounding but her neutral stare remained the same. "Some kids eat paste and turn out just fine." Then she looked up. Her tone changed again. Sadayo looked up at him through the parting of hair on her forehead.
"He was harmless until you dropped the 'M' word." Ma. Mom. Mother. "I suppose he would've recognized you anyway. Mnnn." It was so tempting to moan and grumble about the inevitable but the mess was encouraged and easily her own fault too. Sadayo looked down at her bossy boot. It felt reasonably wrong to impose herself onto a person preaching good faith but it took a tough cookie try to do her job. "Just don't touch him. Please". She stepped back.
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His eyes focused on the young man for a moment as he preached his religious beliefs. Being a scholar in his own right esuka could appreciate the flavor of the man but still didn't believe in his tactics. To force ones belief on another was just another form of oppression in his eyes and should not be tolerated. Still the longer his sharingan studied the mans chakra and movements the less he trusted in his true intentions. However when he flung himself at masato's feet he couldn't help but shake his head in disbelief. He only briefly looked to the side when the women next to him spoke and the panda began to rummage for something in it's pack.
"Apologies...I am esuka. As far as how I know you and what I know..."He paused for a moment as his eyes focused on the women who dragged the boy off of masato's feet. She was clearly the more troublesome one to worry about and esuka sensed that she had more than a couple tricks of her own up her sleeve. "There aren't many of the iron sand amongst the leaf especially not that control puppets. Your name carries mixed feelings on the rare occasion it is mentioned. Nothings to horrible but most seem to think you just enjoy to stir up mischief." His voice carried the same air of indifference but if the women paid attention she would catch the tiniest bit of admiration for her work.
Esuka couldn't help but c**k his head in curiosity as the women attempted to place her boot in the center of the boys back. It only begged to wonder what kind of traveling companions they actually were or how they came to work together at all. The only thing that broke his gaze from the oddities of the evergreen situation were the red sparks which were radiating off of mina. As he glared in her direction his eyes shifted once more as he saw the faint chakra lines in the girl now racing. Mina and kumo going at it again huh. He shook his head the two had it out for each other for as long as he could remember. Even though he didn't interact much with them he still recognized all his comrades from the academy. Shikarie was a tough one to read although she seemed to be both nervous and perturbed by what was going on in the academy below. "How did you wind up with a panda anyways?" He asked the bit of curiosity which leaked through his tone was inevitable. "Why stay a genin? Do you think so lowly of the higher ranks or do you just choose to stay away from the limelight? On the rare occasion your name is heard people definitely say you have the talent and ability to move up the ranks." His eyes once more shifted to the women as he spoke his stare blank but studying the women as he sought out her answers. "Perhaps you aim to rid the corruption of this village from the shadows? Or perhaps you just enjoy the anonymity that the shadows can bring?"The last set of questions fell flat as they were both directed towards sumika and also an inner reflection of the struggle which he now undertook himself.
Chakra:995/995 Location:Roof of the academy Stamina:700/700 Jutsu used: N/A Mission:Training:
"HA! Panda's from Sunagakure." Sumika said, casually referencing the now defunct village. She seemed to ponder the other answer, but really she was just trying to figure out what to do with the suggestions. A younger Sumika would have let an insult fly. The idea that she was seeking to solve anything was a bit absurd. If she'd had the drive the puppeteer could have been a kage. She had the connections. A bit of training, a few more missions. If she cared about any corruption she'd have taken the lead herself. At least it confirmed something, though: What reputation she had was rather limited. She doubted the kid wanted the real answer to his question, but why not give him the option.
"Do you want a serious answer to that?" She asked, again as casually as if they were shooting the s**t at lunch while she plopped down on the edge of the roof and busted out a bag of chips clearly marked as exceptionally spicy. "If you don't, then it's because no one offered a promotion." Cobalt's head immediately whipped around at the sound of the bag opening, and he trundled over in a bit of a hurry. For her part Sumika didn't seem terrible fussed about what was going on below. The kid going full grovel for that meatheaded jackboot was more sad than funny, honestly. Sadayo's joke was bad, Masato had a stick up his a**. The others, well, she hadn't been around for them, so nothing of note. Maybe if she launched something at one of their heads this would get real. She entertained the thought, aiming a finger gun at Masato's big dumb head. A ball of jiton formed in front of it and for all the world it looked like she was actually about to fire. "Bang!" She said, as the ball poofed into a little cloud of metal that settled back into her clothes as she held out a chip for Cobalt.
So it was true that this women was well traveled. If she got her panda from the sand it would explain a few other things as well. Her casual demeanor was a fresh change of pace. For the first time in a while he felt as though he were conversing with friend rather than having to lecture or be lectured by someone. Still his thoughts wondered if she even truly cared to actually give him a straight answer even when she offered one. However the lips hidden under his trench coat would curl with a slight grin.
"Well I doubt a promotion would have played into your cards anyway." His words were a bit more sarcastic this time around reading the first sign of emotion he had showed her. "No one ever wants for nothing so yes I was looking for your honest answer." His words would reach her with sincerity as she sat and looked over the academy. The finger she pointed at the man didn't even cause him to flinch as she pretended to shoot masato. "Hmm...I wonder who would have been faster on the draw?" Esukas words though playful still head their air of morbid curiosity. "Perhaps we will have to test our skills sometime. I am curious about puppets after all." Once more he glanced towards sumika as he truly wondered how skilled she was as a shinobi.
Chakra:995/995 Location:Roof of the academy Stamina:700/700 Jutsu used: N/A Mission:Training:
Sumika licked the dust off her fingers and fished around in her own concealed pack again. She pulled out an old Leaf headband from her pack and tossed it in Esuka's direction. "I'll turn you into a puppet if you try to run off with that." The metal plate was pitted, scratched, its polish long since lost to time and exposure. "That headband belonged to the Hokage that lead the village when I was a kid right around your age. Taka. Four leadership changes ago, maybe. You won't find her name in the records of this village now. Gave that to me straight off her forehead. Basically no one I knew from then is still around, at least that I know of. No one remembers them, they're all fuzzy even in my head." She said as she tapped on her temple and chomped on another spicy chip.
The puppeteer fished out another headband, this one with a whirlpool on it, holding it up so he could see. "This is my Uzushiogakure headband, a village I helped found with my sister Sanae after Konoha was destroyed. A place to start over, replaced by some weirdo's interpretation of a place that'd been turned into a bunch of rocks." She tucked it away again and fished out another chip for her panda. "And now I'm back here, in my home," she continued, putting an emphasis on the word home that could, generously, be called sarcastic instead of scathing, "and everything's in the wrong spot. Hell, the whole thing's in the wrong spot."
She gestured lazily in the direction of the dojo with a chip, far too busy to actually bother eating the thing at the moment. "And whose names are on the buildings? Saegahara and Raiken and some other replacement who took next man up too seriously." The chip snapped in her mouth and she stuck out her tongue a moment later, fanning at it in a pointless attempt to ward off the heat. "The point being, everything here is the next war away from being renamed for another dead person. That's what prestige gets you. Your name on a building until the hero after you gets topped by a celestial dickhead or psycho cultist."
The woman shrugged and went for another chip, fending off the panda without a second thought as he tried to take the whole bag. "I evacuated a bunch of people from Konoha when it got bombed back in the day, people with glass all in 'em, ain't my name on the arts center though. If all I'm gonna get is a name on a building at best, I might as well keep, like, replacing hinges with tin so they break when someone opens the door. Or removing all the screws from some a*****e dignitary's chair. It's way more fun."
