A brief moment passed as his eyes studied the women rummaged through her bag before the headband came sailing towards him. His left hand caught it palm up in the middle of the plate as he ran his thumb across the symbol. The ragged shape of its surface left his thumb dipping in its pits and empty where gashes rested deep within its dulled crevices. The words she spoke resonated even if her voice didn't express what she felt the weight of her dialogue told wonders. The grip around the headband made it feel as if his might were protecting the metallic plate and fabric as he handed the memento back to sumika. "Anyone who would take such a precious memento is scum. Worse than that even." His words were now both serious and sincere clearly allowing the women to see where he stood in such matters.
Now at least hearing some of her story for his self esuka was able to engage and connect with sumika better that he could with the hearsay of others. "Sincerest apologies about your friends. I guess that's why you wouldn't consider this version of the village to be home." He peered as she fanned her tongue and for the first time couldn't help but a little chuckle. "Guess the fire lords don't like hearing an ill tongue towards their hero's." Clearly the statement oozed of sarcasm but it was his first attempt at a backhanded joke to see if it actually stuck with the women. He could tell she was less than pleased with the current state of konoha.
"I do suppose the title goes with prestige. Can't be helped with shinobi I suppose but that's not what i'm after." For a moment his thoughts went to suma who was currently in jail then to kimiku. HIs face furled for a moment as he looked up into the sky. "So what do you think. Is a kunai through the leg fit the crime of stealing for the hungry and less fortunate? Is their a more just approach to a policy where the punishment must fit the crime?" Maybe for the first time his words would actually show some spirit on sumika's grid. Perhaps the women would be able to connect on his level as well. Either way the fact he could speak so freely made a strong impression of the women to him.
His eyes were now back to their usual cedar as he stripped himself down to his true being. Eruka really wanted to understand the women and vice versa. For the first time in a while he actually felt to have an in depth and personal conversation with someone and he wanted to cherish every moment. "You seem to carry a will to protect even at your own behest. Creating an entire village, protected people from bombings with disregard to your own well being. Done things which some people would ask for loyalty a hundred times over." He stopped himself more or less because he wasn't one to rant. He gave the women a polite nod."Regardless of your intentions now you are a shinobi I would proudly call a comrade."The words wouldn't sound to enthused but it was his way of saying he felt sumika could at least be a reliable friend to himself.
Again he refrained his trench coat shifted in the wind as he took a second to take in the feeling of the moment. It was on odd sentiment as he felt a sense of warmth and the chills of night at the same time. The ever complex struggle over his self continued to rage and boil deep beneath his surface. "Do you intend to rebuild while you are here?" Esuka wouldn't be sure if she understood the obtuse question. His mind pondered even with a place as foreign as possible to her, could she call a new konoha home?
((Using this as a bond narrative with sumika.))
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Sumika laughed a little at the joke. The rest of Esuka's words vexed her more than a little bit, though. "That's just about the most loaded question I've ever heard," the puppeteer replied, mouth half full of whatever was left over at the bottom of the bag of chips she'd just upended into it. She didn't seem to care to answer it directly, mainly because the kid had to know that another sentence of context could wildly change any reasonable response. Maybe the thief was an a*****e, and earned the kunai. Maybe the thrower was the a*****e, and it was coming regardless. Maybe they were both assholes, and the only relevant part of the question was whether the hierarchy should exist. Sumika had an interest in not seeming a consummate thinker though, and if the kid had been paying attention he'd be able to conclude her likely response for himself. "That nonsense is why I stay a Genin. Besides, the scale of your justice is off. I've been in a village as it was demolished because someone on the other side of the world spilled a daimyo's tea or some crap."
Of course that was an exaggeration. The UHV's reasons were probably more complex, but she hadn't given a damn why they went around shelling villages and playing terrorist then, only that one of them had tried to turn her into a stain on the wall outside her apartment. Damn sure wasn't about to care about it now. She balled her chip bag up around a bit of Jiton and chucked into a trash can down in front of the building, summoning the sand back after it hit home - no doubt with some guidance during flight. "Rebuild..." Seemed a bit sentimental on its face. Rebuild implied there was something there to replace, something to restore, when there wasn't. "Guess that depends on you all, doesn't it?" Sumika didn't know Lahlil from a stranger on the street, this kid really, either. They could end up fixing things. Or they could do all the same crap everyone else did. Step in the same holes as Taka, and Chie, and Sanae. Only thing to do was wait and see. Intention would have little affect either way.
He chuckled a bit at the women's answer although it was pretty much along what he figured it may be. Perhaps she had already rephrased the scenarios in her head as she formulated her response. He wouldn't really know unless she told him but based on sumika's responses she had a lot more swirling in her mind than she cared to let on. She may not care about the title but at least he could perceive when she felt loyalty towards something she protected it. It was something he could respect and thought about her next statement."My scale is a little more refined than what we see today." His words were bland but clearly he had started to formulate his own conclusion on the way he truly wanted things to be.
"Well I guess if my door falls off the hinges I will know who to blame." His words were a bit more playful as he looked at the crowd below the two of them attempting to shake his own thoughts. Esuka's head would tilt and look down at sumika a small smirk would dance across his lips. "So wanna bet on who throws the first punch?" For some reason she took him as the type who would bet on other people's chaos. If nothing else it would make the humdrum spectacle a little more exciting.
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Posted: Wed Apr 15, 2020 8:23 pm
"Hell if I know." Sumika said as she formed some handseals and a perfect copy of herself sprang into existence right beside her. She unfortunately lacked the luxury of sitting around on a rooftop these days. One of the perks of having wandered off after Uzushio went to s**t was not having to worry about profile or training. Right now though, she needed to hit the road while Lahlil was still preoccupied. Technically, Sumika wasn't even registered as a shinobi here. Might as well tie up a loose end before someone finally bothered to come mess with her. The clone took her place and picked up the conversation directly, while Sumika herself climbed up onto the back of the big puppet.
"I guess I'll take the redhead kid? Though I wouldn't put it past Masato." The clone said, swinging its legs absentmindedly. The puppeteer had left the clone enough chakra for a few mid ranged techniques, but that was about it. Just enough to stoke some trouble if necessary. "If for whatever reason I poof, just like, feed Cobalt and I'll find you. I won't be gone long. Leave him at the hotsprings or something if you got somewhere to be." The clone said as the puppet flapped and the puppeteer departed with a little wave. A moment later the copycat heft a very real sack of ryo. "Alright, what we talkin'?"
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Ashashi walked into the academy smiling as he took in the others inside. He was closed to making it to genin and was determined to make good time with it. His hearing picked up different conversations among the students but he couldn't quite bring himself to butt into any of them. Some sudden shyness seemed to have taken a hold of him. He found a seat and took out the book he was currently reading, quickly losing himself in the letters in front of him.
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Posted: Sat Apr 18, 2020 9:23 pm
School sure seems lively today. Kujaku was welcomed to the cacophony of noise the moment she left the campus building. She was carrying a few textbooks under her arm, as sheโd finished reading what sheโd previously been loaned. The titles varied, but they all seemed to be based on theories of chakra manipulation. While the young Genin usually came outside to read in the sunlight and silence. But if she was being honest the noise, the yelling, the bickering, the arguingโฆ none of it bothered her. Just so long as the girl was outside, now that was what mattered. She carried her books under her arm as she ruffled in her shoulder bag before she came to her usual spot. Which was taken. By a rabbitโฆ? She blinked and tilted her head in a little confusion, just to make sure she was seeing it right. He looked like a young boy, or at least the girl thought. She had no idea how old rabbit kids were supposed to look. Regardless, the Genin walked up to him. โNice day today, isnโt it?โ Kujaku said once she was standing in front him. She closed her eyes and gave him a small smile before motioning to the spot next to him. โDo you mind if I sit here?โ
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Oh for the love of- She stopped for a moment. Ryu and Mina's personality and excitment honestly makes her a bit sick. How can they see the world as a good place? They needed to be serious, not dance around like bunch of morons or getting excited over little s**t. With that attitude, once they realze the world is a cruel place, they may not be able to do well once their world comes crashing on down. Especially Ryu. She doesn't know for sure if he had tapped into his bloodline or not but if he wasn't yet there, the consquences could be dire when his world ends. Being called short again, her fist clenches as she was prepared to give him another love tap but that wasn't the case. Komo wasn't dumb. There was adults here and she could get into serious trouble. With that, her hand relaxed but her body did not. She never seems to be relaxed anyways.
Always tense and on her guard, Komo was not prepared for Ryu's stunt. He took a bite out of a book and spat it out as she sighed. No books in the world could help him get smarter for sure. How was he even still alive!? "Huh. Guess I was wrong, He's the-" She was cut off and interrupted by a rather angry ginger-haired female. Mina had succeeded in getting Komo's attention so she missed out on other stuff that had occurred which was the adults questioning on Ryu's intelligence. Komo just stood there, one hand on her hip and the other at her side, her feet slightly back in case she needed to move at a moment's notice as Mina went on and on about her rant. She didn't get most of anyways, rant to her was pointless. If Mina can't learn to control her emotions, she too wasn't going to succeed in becoming a shinobi. Komo had to remind herself that they were all teenagers and of course they can't get their emotions fully under control. Komo just had to learn how to grow up quicker than most teenagers.
Once Mina was done, "Better? Good." Was all she said. She wasn't going to dwell on some stupid stuff. Her head turned to check on Masato who along with a masked rogue was with Ryu. Right at that moment, she saw the green-haired man kissing Masato's bare feet. "WHAT THE F-" She was too flabbergasted to even comprehend what just happened.
Then the black-haired pretty lady had stepped in and got Mori away as well... having him under her boot!? Holy crap. This woman. Wow! Now Komo wanted to get some boots and watch people be under her boot. Now bootlicking doesn't sound so bad... Hmm...
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Posted: Mon Apr 20, 2020 11:51 am
โ Inohachi โ โ Why walk when you can dance โ
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Just as quick as the flash on the camera, the atmosphere had changed all the sudden. With a frown, her finger was at the trigger button of her camera as the other hand supported the weight. Wh.. What was going on? She was actually feeling a bit nervous and she didn't understand why. She wanted food. Food was her comfort and friend. Besides the Akimichi Clan of course! The red haired boy, who was just full of energy and sunshine had tried to take a bite out of a book. Silly boy! What was he thinking? Maybe he thought it was one of those cakes that took the shape of other things. Mmmm. That sounded good actually. Her hand rubbed her chubby tummy as she was imaging some delicious cake.
Right! This was no time to think about food! Maybe she could buy a cake or two when on the way home. Maybe three. Know what, make that six. Oh! There was a mysterious masked man and he even revealed heh ad one hand Oh no. Now ready, she started to take some pictures again, and some really close up ones of his face. She could see his eyes. With a frown, she thought she was imagining things! Pulled the camera away from her face, she scanned through the pictures quickly. She wasn't imagining it. His eyes, so full of sadness that her heart her dropped. With a deep sigh, she figured that was enough pictures for the day. Tucking her camera into the bag, she adjusted the strap to make sure it was nice and tight. Nervously, she walked up towards the blacked haired female in pigtails, wondering if she was the one she was looking for.
As she made her way over, things had taken from anger, to weird. The green ahired man started to kiss the big man's feet, her bare feet shuffled uncomfortably. She had the sudden urge to go behind someone and hide her feet, she didn't know what was the green haired man problem was! This was scary! The adult female went to take care of the situation and Inohachi wanted to get out. Sadly, she agreed with the Akimichi family to come here and meet the Nara that was about their age. Chosuke was suppose to be here but he was late. As always. She wonders what treats stopped him in his tracks and she hopes that he brought her some too. "Um. Excuse me," She started behind Shikarie, "I'm Inohachi Yamanaka, do you happen to be Shikarie Nara?" She questioned, with a smile and nervous body language as her fingers were picking on each other.
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Asashi looked up a bit before being adressed, having been able to tell someone was approaching him but not who. His face moved from surprised to a happy smile as he realized the genin was speaking to him and wanted to sit with him. Most genin didn't want to talk to academy students so of course he was more than happy to obligue. ''Sure'' he said to the older girl closing his book and signaling for her to sit. ''Hey you're a genin'' he said pointing to her headband ''that...that's really cool.'' He'd love to be able to leave the academy already to be honest.
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Posted: Mon Apr 20, 2020 2:23 pm
The man recognized Masato....and...kissed....his....feet. " Alright. That's enough!" he said swinging swiftly upward to crack the man's face with a high reaching front kick with only enough force to throw him back on to his bottom. He turned to the children he had been speaking with until Mori's interruption. "If you want to get stronger, follow me. Word is the Chuunin Exams are coming up." He smiled coyly as his black eyes shifted to the deep blood red hue of the Sharingan, then a floral pattern remnant of a cherry blossom formed. With that, his eyes focused on the space before him as it broke apart and spiraled about, forming a dimensional rift , entering through it to a location that was unknown to the children.
[ OOC: I'll Quote you all at next location, we're moving to the tower to train. ]
โThank you.โ Kujaku gave the young boy a slight bow before she turned to sit. The girl pressed the back of her skirt to her legs before she took a seat on the bench next to the kid. โIt really is a nice out, huh? Despite all of the noise.โ The girl said softly as she picked a book from the stack she had been carrying. The Genin gently placed it on her lap and opened it up to a dog eared page before something caught her attention. Kujaku blinked and turned to look at the boy, who seemed to be looking at her in a way sheโd never been looked at before. Then he pointed and the girl followed the gaze, to her handbag that had her headband tied around it. Kujaku was off duty today, but she liked to keep the steel plated band around just in case of...something. โYes, I am.โ The Genin answered with a tilt of her head that made her blue bangs fall to the side. โThough only for a short time; about a year actually.โ Sheโd really only been living in Konoha for that long, but he didnโt need to know that. Kujaku gave him a quick once over. Young looking, but that didnโt mean much. But no headband like hers. โSo does that make you an Academy Student?โ She asked. โHowโre you enjoying it? When do you graduate, Mister-Oh!โ Her eyes widened slightly as something occurred to her. โI never gave you my name. Itโs Kujaku. Kujaku Inuhara. And who do I have the pleasure of meeting today?โ
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Esuka had planned to cast his pick when masato seemed to wrap things up as he took his leave. With a simple shrug of the shoulders he glanced at sumika and smirked to himself. "Well that was anticlimactic." For a moment he actually sounded disappointed. Not that he would admit it but this interaction was probably the most he had had in a while." A brawl would have livened the place up a bit. Was looking forward to gauging everyone's combat abilities as well." Esuka couldn't help but be curious of his classmates abilities. It had been a while since he had seen any of them trained and their progress would have been nice to see first hand.
As masato disappeared into the void esuka couldn't help but hear him say something about the chunnin exams. So it was true that they would be being held soon. "If you ever need a partner in crime or want to spar you can find me around. I'm always looking for someone who can push my limits." His voice was much the same as it had been but he acknowledged that the women was someone he was coming to respect and even consider a comrade. With a simple wave of his hand he leapt from the roof to the interior of the academy as he walked towards the group which contained komo and mina.
Chakra:995/995 Location:Roof of the academy Stamina:700/700 Jutsu used: N/A Mission:Training:
Things were just getting weirder and weirder by the second. Once the brute of a man mentioned the word Ma the greenhaired missionary started to kiss the his feet. The corner of her lip raised in disgust."Gross." That was all she could muster out to say. By the time the missionary was told to stop kissing his feel the puppeteer had strung him up into a tree. It was then that her attention was pulled away from the craziness before her when an unknown voice behind asking if she was Shikarie Nara. Turning around she could see a dark skinned female. She appeared to be shy, as she was picking her fingernails as she spoke. Her eyes subtly shited to the ground where she noticed she wasn't wearing any shoes. Strange. Eh, whatever. This wouldn't be the strangest thing she had seen today. Hell not even in the last 5 minutes."Uh, Yeah I am. Why?" She would ask. Even though the girl was a Yamanaka the girl didn't look to be familiar to her. It was true that their clans often work side by side with each other, mostly accompanied by a member of the Akamichi clan as well. It didn't mean that she knew every member of each others clan. Hell, most of the time she avoids people at all costs.
Her attention was soon then brought back to the dark haired male as he started speaking. The look in his eye had changed. No the ACTUAL color of his eye changed. It was red-with some pattern surrounding the pupils of his eye. Wait, she's heard of them before. What was the name again? Right the Uchihas. Apparently, they can activate visual jutsu's through their crimson eyes. This was soon displayed as he brought forth as he created a portal in front of him. He wanted them to follow through the portal if they wanted to get stronger. Shikarie would hesitate at first. Not because she was scared, but frankly she didn't know if she wanted to go through all that trouble training with these people. Naturally, she would prefer to train alone. On the other hand it would help her get the training in that she originally came to the training ground to begin with. Taking a deep breath she would audibly sigh."I guess...." She would lazily say before following into the portal to the unknown.
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The doppelganger Sumika clicked her tongue as Masato took the initiative and kicked the groveler. So much for the bet. She returned Esuka's wave halfheartedly and tossed the bag of coin into the air just in time for the real Sumika to shunshin in and snag it. The clone poofed a moment later and Sumika popped back down on her perch. She suspected something weird was going on. The Chunin exams had been announced, but she'd seen no sign of the Hokage since she returned to the village. People in the Land of Fire seemed to possess a low level of panic, from what she could see during her excursion, but again, no information had made it down to the genin. Or, at least, it hadn't made it down to the dregs that she inhabited. For now she'd busy herself with genjutsu training. Though she despised it.
Deconstructed Essence: When custom metal armors, weapons, and items are successfully reduced to iron sand by the deconstruction ability, the jiton user is able to retain [1] of the custom abilities of the original item in their iron sand for the duration of the battle. Up to [3] custom abilities from [3] separate weapons can be obtained in a single battle.
Kakumei no Hono Ryu: techs treated as spiritual in strength for collisions
Flame Breathing Pattern: Defend against an activation without using an activation once every 3 posts. Status: Active
Fluid Movement: Techniques used for a blocking, countering or evasive action have their cost reduced by 5 stamina per rank of the technique.
Whirlpool Walking: In the Deflecting Stance, the user can deflect a technique of their body rank or lower once every three posts for no activation, still requiring the stamina/chakra cost paid.
Move As Water: Techniques that target multiple opponents may now have additional reserves paid in order to strengthen the effectiveness of the individual attack to the next highest rank.These can be paid individually, not requiring chakra or stamina to be paid for every split technique.
Riptide: In the Weak Stance, the user may perform 4 activations in a given post. In the Strong Stance, the user may perform an additional offensive activation each post. Each additional technique costs an extra 20 Chakra to perform and must be either basic combat or come from this Style.
Sen Gekiretsu Nagareboshi: All Simple techniques in this Style are treated as Complex when interacting with other techniques.
Unwavering Balance: Any techniques below the user's body rank cannot knock them over.
Dual Elemental Charge: Able to charge Sen Gekiretsu Nagareboshi with an extra element for [ 10 ] chakra.
Magnet Release: Jiton users can freely convert the earth and their Doton techniques into any magnetic material that they can control for [5] chakra and no action cost.
Using 7 technique coupons, and an additional Training Coupon Base Jutsu x8: Iron Clone Technique, Iron Clone Manipulation, Iron Shield, Iron Sand Pellet Canon, Magnet Release: Pushing/Pulling Technique, Iron Sand Gathering Assault, Iron Sand Prison, Iron Sand Barrier Location Bonus x7: Iron Sand Drizzle, Iron Sand: Steel Cage, Iron Sand Coffin, Iron Sand Funeral, Black Iron Fist, Black Iron Angel, Iron Sand: Falling Spider Taijutsu x6 (x7) : Bolstering Kaiser Armor Training, Kaiser Armor Mastery, Kaiser's Annihilation Hammer, Dual Forces, Counter Force, Elemental Doubling, Snaring Forces, Hidden Force, Elemental Body Flickering, Harmonizing Elements, Combining Elemental Training, Streamline Force, Invigorating Forces, Elemental Tripling, Primordial Armor, Spinning Backfist, Cross Tackle, Comrardery, Kiai!, Power Chop, Form of Destruction, Oblivion Fist, Oblivion Fist: Havoc, Round Fissure, Side Fissure, White Fissure, Hooking Fissure, Upper Fissure, Double Fissure, Straight Fissure, Nerve Strike, Flying Fissure, Moving Fissure, Absorb and Redirect,Triple Fissure, Quaking Armor, Fissure Cannon, Grappling Stance, Champion Stance, Strangulation Hold, Dominating Mount, Dropping Spear Charge Raiton x7: Manipulated Lightning Technique, False Darkness, Thousand Birds, Electric Fog, Pure Lightning Kunai, Lightning Release Bullet: Powerful Breath, Lightning Strike Armor Doton x7: Volcanic Dragon Blast, Mud River, Boulder Throw, Rock Plate Coffin, Body of the Stone Warrior, Volcanic Earth Clone Skill, Rock Pillar Prison Technique Weights Training: 42/200
โYou know whatโฆโ Mina growled as she stared daggers at Komo. Just who did she think she was? The redhead had spouted all of that and the black haired girl didnโt have the decency to engage in a little verbal banter. Where was even the fun in that? Just why did she have to be soooo mature? The red head took a moment of silence before she closed her eyes. The girl took in a large breath, large enough that it puffed her torso out, and held it. Only for a few seconds though before the Genin let out a long and slow breath out. Slowly the anger dissolved from her face as if it had been made of sugar and then splashed with water. โYeah, I do feel better.โ Mina narrowed her eyes slightly and bent down to make eye contact with Komoriuta, as the red head placed her fists on her hips. She was about to say something-something really super witty and clever-until she saw Komoriuta look away. With a small sigh Mina turned her head to see what the big deal was.
The sudden shock to her system melted any anger or frustration she had been feeling, and instead replaced with confusion and a general uncomfortable feeling. She watched on in mild disgust as the missionary started to lick the feet of the homeless man. Then get kicked away like a used toy. โJust what happened while you were pissing me offโฆโ Mina muttered to Komo, not expecting a real answer. Mina rose to her full height and walked over to the pile of books that the green haired main had been lugging around. The young girl looked mildly weirded out by the group of mercenaries who seemed to loom over her like ominous towers. Mina leaned down and tried to examine the spines of one of the visible books. โEvergreen, huhโฆ?โ She whipped her head left to right, to make sure the missionary wasnโt looking, before she snatched a book and scuttled back to her spot in the group.
That was when Mina saw it; an actual wonder of a performance by the homeless man. His eyes lit up (actually lit up!) a dark red Everyone in Konoha knew what the man just used: the Sharingan! Mina breathed out in wonder; as sheโd only ever read about the technique but never seen it. And the Genin continued to watch in wonder as a freakinโ portal just opened up next to the man! โMaybe he is the real dealโฆโ she muttered to herself. She listened on as he started to talk about training and getting strong, and the upcoming Chunin Exams. โYouโre kidding! Thoseโre happening already?โ Mina exclaimed, her face dropping in bewilderment. It was only the biannual event of the year! So many cool ninja from all over got to show up and strut their stuff! Just the idea of seeing so many new ninja filled Mina up with excitement! On top of, sheโd finally be putting all of her training to good use! โYou bet Iโm in!โ Thatโs it, the Genin was fired up now. With an energy that couldโve powered a city, Mina enthusiastically jumped into the portal with zero abandon.
