The Mad Artist [M]

[Syrene]

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Name: The Mad Artist
Rank: C
IIC Length: 48 Hours
Difficulty: Mid-Hard
Objective: An insane member of the Li clan has begun terrorizing the village, dispatch of the man.
Description: A simple looking artist entered the village several days ago, for one reason or another the artist has lost his mind. His ink drawings have literally taken on a life of their own and begun attacking the village. Your job is to dispatch of any of these drawings within the village and deal with their creator, bringing him back to Otokage tower dead or alive. Be aware though, the man is crafty and has escaped capture even by an ANBU.
Reward: 1,900 Ryo (2,800 if taken with more than one PC)

[Enter]

After leaving the Otokage Tower, Syrene started gathering information about the mad artist she and Colm were supposed to be capturing. She wasn't exactly sure where the artist was, but she doubted that ink drawings attacking villagers would have gone unnoticed. It wasn't long before she was able to find someone who was able to point her in the right direction. Her search had led her to an industrial area with several ink creatures patrolling the outskirts. She decided to wait for Colm before engaging the creatures.

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[Enter]

Colm felt Nova follow Syrene from a distance. He wondered how hard the mission was going to be. He hoped he could try out his new techniques and satisfy his bloodlust. Because lately he had been craving for someone to kill. He grinned as he waited in anticipation for the killing.

[Rasik Tutahani]

[Enter]

Rasik was wandering around an industrial area of the town. He had a feeling something was wrong. He then spotted Colm and Nova standing next to a purple haired woman. He approached them and said "I am here to join you on your mission"

[Syrene]

It didn't take very long for Colm to join Syrene. She assumed that he had had his wolf follow her from the tower. Something felt a little off about him, kind of like the feeling she had gotten back at the ramen shop. Syrene shook her head and told herself she was imagining things. She decided to explain the situation to Colm since he still wasn't able to see.

There are several small ink creations not far from us. We'll need to destroy them to get to the boss, but once we start killing his clay creatures, he'll probably start sending out stronger ones, Syrene cautioned. We should probably stick together so we don't get surrounded and picked off one at a time. Also, be careful not to get the ink on you; some Li Clan artists use special inks like sticky or flammable inks.

Syrene had barely finished talking when a white-haired teen approached them from out of nowhere. "I am here to join you on your mission," the boy said before falling silent. Well, that's not weird at all, Syrene thought to herself. How did he even know we were on a mission? She turned to Colm and signed in his hand, Do you know who this guy is? Maybe he was an acquaintance of Colm's and Colm had told him about the mission.

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Colm felt Syrene sign "There are several small ink creations not far from us. We'll need to destroy them to get to the boss, but once we start killing his clay creatures, he'll probably start sending out stronger ones, Syrene cautioned. We should probably stick together so we don't get surrounded and picked off one at a time. Also, be careful not to get the ink on you; some Li Clan artists use special inks like sticky or flammable inks.
"


Colm felt Nova tell him that Rasik was here. Colm felt Syrene sign in his hand, Do you know who this guy is? Colm slowly said yes and told her that he trained with him. Colm got into a better position on Nova and waited to move out. He took off his scarf and put it in his bag. He didn't want it to get dirty during the fight.

[Rasik Tutahani]

Rasik saw the purple-haired girl ask "do you know who this guy is?" into his hand. Colm signed back "yes". Rasik then told the purple-haired girl that he was Rasik Tutahani and he had met Colm earlier and that they had trained together. He then said "I overheard your conversation and I am here to help you track down the mad artist".

He also explained how he was a Kaguya bloodlimit and had trained his bone claws technique with Colm, and how he wanted to put his skills to real use. He had only ever fought the people that had killed his mother. "I want to help you" he finshed. And stood back waiting for an answer.

[Syrene]

Syrene was right about Colm knowing the stranger. He introduced himself as Rasik Tutahani and said that he wanted to help them on their mission. He was wearing an Otagakure headband, which meant that he was a ninja of her village. Colm had also vouched for him, so Syrene didn't see a problem with Rasik joining them on the mission. "My name is Syrene Kedoin. It's nice to meet you," Syrene greeted Rasik.

Colm looked like he was ready to go, so Syrene signed and said, "Let's not waste any more time. I'll lead the way." With that, Syrene turned and headed towards the nearest group off ink creatures. As she got closer, she saw that they were ink rats. When she was about five meters away from the nearest group of rats, Syrene performed several handseals and slammed her hands on the ground. She did this twice more and a total of 15 bird-like kunais made out of stone flew towards the ink creatures.



Techniques Used:

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Doton: Ba-di-Kawaii no Jutsu (Earth Release: Art of the Pretty Birdies)
Rank: "D" Rank
Skill: Ninjutsu
Effect: Creates up to five birds made out of earth that fly towards the opponent and attempt to inflict damage equivalent to kunai.
Special: "Hand Seals"
Drawback: The technique must be relearned a number of times in order to make a large amount of birdies. The technique is fairly easy to dodge.
Description: After performing the required handseals, the user is then capable of channeling chakra into the earth. For each time that the user has learned this technique, they become capable of creating up to five birds of the user's choice, made out of stone. These birds have sharpened beaks and are used to attack the opponent, moving at the same speed as the normally thrown kunai as well as dealing approximately the same amount of damage. The technique is only capable of being learned up to a maximum of ten times.
Limit: Must have Doton Soushi "D" Rank. Must know Doton no Jutsu.

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Colm felt Syrene sign "Let's not waste any more time. I'll lead the way." Colm felt Syrene leave and motioned for Nova to follow her. Nova walked a few steps before he began to tense up. Colm realized that their were several enemies ahead of him thanks to Nova. The way Nova's fur was flowing, Colm realized that they were small creatures.

They were probably the ink creatures that Syrene told him about. Colm felt a slamming sensation in the ground. He wondered what it was and then shrugged. He got off Nova and had him guide him to where the enemies were. Colm positioned himself until he was right in front of his enemies. Colm performed some handseals and slammed his hands into the ground. He could feel spikes rising up ahead him.

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Mokuton: Kasui No Mokuzai Reizu No Jutsu (Spikes of Wood Raising Technique)

Rank: D,C



Skill: Ninjutsu

Effect: Spikes raise up from the ground at the user’s command to stab the enemy.

Special: Handseals “Ox” “Tiger” “Snake” “Ram”

Drawback: The “D” level training allows the user to raise wooden spikes from the ground around them with a radius of five meters. The “C” level training allows this jutsu to be lengthed by ten meters.

Description: The user gathers chakra and sends it into the ground, at first the user can only extend this chakra fie meters away from their feet in circle around them. After the user does the next level of training, the distance is lengthened by ten meters. The spikes rise from the ground diagonally to hurt an opponent.

Limit: Mokuton Jutsu

[Rasik Tutahani]

Syrene then said "let's not waste any more time i'll lead the way" she turned and walked towards the ink monsters, which he could now see were rats. She performed several hand seals and slammed her hand into the ground three times. He then saw bird-like stone kunai fly towards the rats. Next Colm stepped up and performed hand seals also, slamming his hands in the ground to. After this spikes came out of the ground, flying towards the rats.

Now it was his turn, Rasik contracted his muscles and pushed a bone out of his palm he then took it and threw it like a kunai. It hurled towards the remaining rats. He repeated this until he picked off the remaining rats one by one. He then turned and said "that was easy" as he walked back to the the two shape shifters.

Techniques used

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•Bone Pulling
Rank: "D"
Skill: TaiJutsu
Effect: A technique that allows the Kaguya member the capability of exerting, and pushing out a bone out of their inner body.
Special: ---
Drawback: Whenever used the user undergoes the capability of disease under effect increasing the calcium within their body which makes them closer to dieing unless gaining medical treatment.
Description: The Kaguya at this stage is capable of contracting their muscles pushing their very bones upwards and out of their body when desired. They are capable of dislocating the bone within the body and begin to ease it out without much effort. Because of the bone, calcium in their body the bone is quickly replaced from the one that is eased and pushed out. The way it works is that the Kaguya has a great control within their inner body. They can control their muscles and their bones better then any creation ever. With that saying, the bones and nerves constrict around the bone greatly, as the body works as a squeezer, squeezing out the bone out of the body until it finally pops out of the skin in which is needed later on for other techniques.
Limit: Kaguya Bloodlimit. This is the basic of basics and must be known in order to use other Jutsus of the Bloodlimit

[Syrene]

A couple of Syrene's stone bird kunais missed, but several found their targets. Colm used a jutsu that caused wooden spikes to rise out of the ground while his wolf stayed back to protect him. Syrene was fascinated to see Rasik somehow manipulate and pull out one of his bones and use it as a weapon. Syrene had heard of a clan that manipulated their bones like her clan manipulated their bodies. This boy probably belonged to that clan.

The rats didn't stand a chance against the trio's combined assaults. Picking her way through the ink puddles, Syrene continued moving forward. She hadn't gone very far when she heard a high-pitched scream. Syrene took a moment to sign to Colm what she had heard before heading towards the sound. Several black shapes were surrounding a small house. The screams had probably come from inside.

As Syrene approached, she saw that the black shapes were really dogs made out of ink. These ink creations were probably a lot stronger than the rats they had just faced. Like before, Syrene stopped about 5 meters away from the nearest dog and performed the Earth Release: Art of the Pretty Birdies technique. This time, she directed all 5 of the projectiles towards the nearest dog. After that, she grabbed a kunai from her butt bag and prepared to defend herself from any dogs that attacked.


Techniques Used:

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Doton: Ba-di-Kawaii no Jutsu (Earth Release: Art of the Pretty Birdies)
Rank: "D" Rank
Skill: Ninjutsu
Effect: Creates up to five birds made out of earth that fly towards the opponent and attempt to inflict damage equivalent to kunai.
Special: "Hand Seals"
Drawback: The technique must be relearned a number of times in order to make a large amount of birdies. The technique is fairly easy to dodge.
Description: After performing the required handseals, the user is then capable of channeling chakra into the earth. For each time that the user has learned this technique, they become capable of creating up to five birds of the user's choice, made out of stone. These birds have sharpened beaks and are used to attack the opponent, moving at the same speed as the normally thrown kunai as well as dealing approximately the same amount of damage. The technique is only capable of being learned up to a maximum of ten times.
Limit: Must have Doton Soushi "D" Rank. Must know Doton no Jutsu.

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Colm felt Nova's fur and realized that all of the enemies were dead. It was over quickly but Colm knew that the battle wasn't even close to finished. Colm felt Syrene sign that she was heading toward the noise. Colm grimaced as he stepped in the ink. He knew that this was going to mess up his boots.

Colm followed Nova who followed Syrene. Nova's fur told Colm that there were enemies ahead of him. Colm performed the four legs technique. He went down on all fours and grew claws and fangs. He and Nova charged at the remainder of the dogs. Colm bit and scratched into the dogs. He grimaced as he felt ink rush into his mouth.

Nova, running beside Colm, attacked with his claws and fangs. Soon all of the enemies were dead. Nova told Colm that something big was on its way. He quickly told Syrene and Rasik about it. He wondered what it was as he collapsed on Nova. Nova then walked toward Syrene and began to follow her.

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Shikyaku no Jutsu, 四脚の術, (Four Legs Technique)





Rank: "D", "C", "B"



Skill: TaiJutsu



Effect: Depending on the Ranking of the technique the user becomes faster, as well as slightly stronger then that of what they were as a human being. Depending on the Technique that the user knows the faster they are capable of going, the stronger they are, but the largest problem is that the more they stay within the technique the more severe the effects become. When the user learns the "D" Rank version of the technique the user is capable of attacking once more then usual within battle because of their speed. When the user learns the "C" Rank version of the technique the user is capable of attacking one and a half more times then normal in every round. When the user learns the "B" Rank version of the technique the user is capable of performing two more attacks then normal per round. When the user is "D" Class the user is capable of sustaining this form for an amount of five rounds. For every Class higher then D The amount of rounds the user can sustain this form is one round her giving a total of nine rounds. This however means that, if they use their speed then that is when the amount of rounds must be placed in. If the user does not use the speed, then the amount of techniques does not take place in.



Special: "Handseals"



Drawback: Takes an amount of time for the user the capability of learning. This type of technique also makes the user tire quite easily. Depending on the rank is dependent on how much the user must rest after using the full strength of the speed style of the Four Legs Technique. For every round the user stays in this technique after the amount of rounds, the user's muscles begins to tear, for they can not stay in that form for very long. For every round they are in with the D Rank version the percentage of muscle tissue breaking is five percent and increases five percent each round. For the C Rank version the percentage of muscle tissue breaking is ten percent and increases ten percent each round. For the B Rank version the percentage of muscle tissue breaking is fifteen percent and increases fifteen percent each round. The moment their muscle tissue breaks they will be incapacitated, and will need medical treatment. Each time using this technique they must take a break of ten rounds for D Rank Version, Fifteen rounds for C Rank version and Twenty Rounds for B Rank Version, or within a time skip version where an amount of rest was created.



Description: The way this works is simple, the user's spine becomes more agile, and more curve like to accommodate the sudden sensation of walking and running on all fours. Their arms slowly extends forth a few inches to allow them to move along the ground easier. Their teeth extends into fang like creations as their nails grow into claws. As they do this, their muscle mass becomes more lean, as if contracting against one another in which gives them the agility and strength. Chakra can somewhat be seen as it oozes out of their body in a small way showing the strength and strain within this technique.



Limit: Must be part of the Inuzuka Clan in order to learn this technique.

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Raking Claw Swipe



Rank: C



Skill: TaiJutsu



Effect: Slice the opponent with the claws of the front paws



Special: ---



Drawback: ---



Description: Bringing the paw upward, slash downward to inflict damage upon the target. This move is usually used from a jump to increase the damage done.



Limit: Must be a clawed animal companion.

[Rasik Tutahani]

After finishing off the rats they heard a scream, Syrene signed to Colm that we were going to head towards the noise. After making their way through the puddles of ink the approached a house which was surrounded by ink dogs. They growled at them just before Syrene used her stone bird jutsu and took down one of them. Colm then performed his jutsu that allowed him to run on all fours, the one he had trained with Rasik. Colm and nova took out the remaining dogs.

After the dogs were killed Rasik rushed towards the house and went in through the front door. He looked in the room he was in and in behind a couch was a family of three. A man, a woman and a little girl. He told them that they had killed the ink monsters. They were safe they thanked him and he said back, "no problem". Then he went back outside to see what else was going on.

[Syrene]

Colm made short work of the rest of the dogs, but that seemed to take a toll on him. He collapsed onto his wolf, but not before warning Syrene and Rasik that something big was approaching them. So far they had been going to the enemies, but now it looked like the mad artist was going on the offensive. Rasik told the family outside that they were safe before coming back out.

"We should move away from this house," Syrene told the others. Colm needed to rest and she didn't want to put the family in more danger. It would also be to their advantage to choose the location where they would encounter their enemy. When they found a good spot, Syrene reached into her butt bag and retrieved several makibishi. She scattered them in front of her, since that was the direction the wolf thought the attack would come from. The makibishi probably wouldn't do much damage to the ink creation, but it should at least slow it down.

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Colm was still too tired to move around. Nova started moving so he guessed that he was following Syrene. He would have to rest up so he could face whatever was coming. Colm motioned for Nova too take a high vantage point. Whatever the thing that was coming was, Colm didn't want to be in it's way.

Colm felt the change in temperature as Nova headed away from Syrene and into a building. In quick and fluid motions, Nova bounded up the sets of stairs. Nova pushed his way through the doorway and onto a roof. Colm could feel the breeze on his face. This way Nova would be able to tell him when the creation was coming.

[Rasik Tutahani]

After Colm finished of the dogs and Rasik had alerted the family, Colm said Nova sensed a large creature approaching. Syrene decided it would be best to move away from the house so the family would not be in more danger. They moved to a suitable location and Syrene placed her makibishi in the supposed direction of the attack.

Nova and Colm went into the building and went to the roof. Rasik then sat down away from the trap and performed his bone claw technique in preparation for the fight. He extended them to their full eighteen inch height. He then strengthened them so they wouldn't break like they had during his training with Colm. He walked up next to Syrene and said "I'm ready".

Techniques used

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•Bone Claws
Rank: "D"
Skill: TaiJutsu
Effect: The user pushes the knuckles of their fingers a little outwards and quickly exerts out three claws from the indents of the knuckles into three like claws.
Special: ---
Drawback: Calcium builds up every time the user releases the claws.
Description: The user exerts outwards three claws from their inner part of their skin that is located near their knuckles. The bones along their fingers and the muscles along their fingers push out the bones in a hardened shape form. The bone solidifies making it seem like three large like claws as the claws are pushed out in a distance of approximately eighteen inches in length.
Limit: Kaguya Bloodlimit, Must know Bone Pulling

[Syrene]

Now that the trap was set, all Syrene could do was wait. Colm and his wolf had gone up to the roof of a nearby building so that they would be able to see whatever was coming. So far the ink creatures ad been getting bigger, so it made sense that they would be facing an even larger ink creature next. Rasik stayed by Syrene and started messing with his bones. Once he was finished, he told Syrene he was ready.

Syrene tried not to get too tense as she waited for Colm to signal them. Being alert was a good thing, but being too stiff could actually make you move slower. She was holding a couple of shuriken in her left hand for a long-range attack and had a kunai in her right hand in case the enemy got close.

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Colm felt finally rested up. He felt Nova tense up. Nova then told him that a rhino was charging toward them. Colm groaned as he realized how big and strong a rhino was. He got out a piece of paper and wrote Rhino Incoming, few minutes left till attack and put it on a rock. He then dropped it off the build. He started thinking of a strategy to combat the rhino.

He decided that when the rhino was directly above the house, he and Nova would jump on it. They both would then attack the rhino together. Colm lightened his weight to 50 lbs so Nova would have no trouble pouncing on the rhino. He knew that in a few minutes they would go into battle. He waited in anticipation for the rhino to approach.

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Warped Visage: Mass Alteration





Rank: C-ranked



Skill: Taijutsu



Effect: Allows the user to alter body mass and shape as desired.



Special: ---



Drawback: ---



Description: Through their blood line abilities, the user is capable of changing their body mass. The bone, fat and muscle cells of the body are commanded to shift position, thicken, stretch, reshape, and grow in such as manner as to allow the user to be appear stronger, taller, shorter, thinner, voluptuous and/or fatter; suiting their current desires. The user can alter the mass of the body to give the appearance of being a very muscular man, a very buxom woman or being a direly emaciated man; deceiving all. It takes one post to alter height, weight and girth. Unless through other techniques, the user may never alter their body mass in such a way that exceeds the maximum height of 2.43m (8feet), and may not be smaller than 1m (3feet). The user cannot exceed the maximum weight past 226.7kg (500lbs), and may not be lighter than 22.6kg (50lbs) as well. Looking muscular does not denote enhanced strength.



Limit: Kedōin Blood Line.

[Rasik Tutahani]

After extending his bone claws, he went and sat down next to the building to wait. He sat down and looked up to see a rock come flying down and hit the ground. He picked it up and read it to Syrene. Rhino incoming, few minutes left till attack. He then went back to where he was sitting and tried to think of a battle strategy.

He decided that after the makibishi went off he would attack the rhino, going straight for the neck. After doing so he an ink creature racing towards then in the distance. He got up and told Syrene,he then prepared to fight by standing about three meters away from the makibishi.

[Syrene]

It wasn't long before Colm spotted something and sent them a message in the form of a rock. It landed near Rasik and he read it aloud. "Rhino incoming, few minutes left till attack." A rhino would be the biggest ink creation they had faced yet. The minutes seemed to tick by slowly as she waited. Soon she was able to feel the vibrations from the creature's heavy footsteps. Not long after that, the creature entered Syrene's line of sight.

It  was definitely a rhino, and it was angry. It ran right over the makibishi trap she had set and slowed down before coming to a stop. It pawed the ground angrily, looking for the source of the attack. Syrene threw the shuriken she was holding at the rhino, and all of them hit. It was pretty hard to miss such a big target when it was standing so close. The shuriken didn't seem to do much damage, but they drew the rhino's attention to Syrene. The rhino furiously charged towards Syrene. She barely had enough time to dodge the rhino before it slammed into the building behind her. I hope Colm's alright, Syrene thought to herself.

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Colm could feel the rhino attack. He felt the rhino paw the ground angrily. Colm thought that he probably fell for the trap that Syrene had made. He felt the rhino charge the building. For a few seconds he was off balance, but Nova dug his claws into the ground. He backed up a couple of paces.

With a roar Nova threw himself off the roof. He leaped threw the air and tackled the rhino. Nova put his claws do he could ensure maximum damage to the rhino and little to himself. Nova and the rhino both flew back five meters. While Nova was in the air, Colm threw kunai and shuriken at the rhino. It did a little damage to him but now the rhino would be defenseless. Nova grimaced as he dug his claws into the ground as he landed. Colm left the rest up to Rasik.

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Leaping Tackle



Rank: C



Skill: TaiJutsu



Effect: A hard tackle on an opponent.



Special: ---



Drawback: Causes slight harm to the user.



Description: Taking a five meter head start, the user leaps off the floor and throws their body at the target of their choice. Leaping claws out to ensure maximum damage to their target and little to themselves as they make contact with the enemy. The target and user will be knocked back 5 meters, and may fall. Throwing their self causes the user a slight pain, but they sustain no real damage in the collision.



Limit: Must be a clawed animal companion.