Trial by Blood: Try4(Mikutashi)

[-Angel of Ame-]

Mikutashi: Rooftop

The directions and the map are quite clear for the location you must reach. Your final destination is one of the highest towers in all of the sprawling Amegakure no Sato. Using the elevator you rise through the countless levels until you arrive at the highest of floors. The directions tell you to reach for the roof. The way is indicated clearly within the building. It takes you only a few more minutes to make it upon the roof. Its flat surface is ample, and its limits are in the shape of a massive circle. You feel the wind pushing against your clothes. With such a view you have an impressive view of most of the city.

Your opponent has yet to make it.

[This thread is only for try4]

[try4]

Standing atop the high tower in Amegakure gave me a feeling of power. The scope of my eye reached well into the dreary horizon of the country as rain continued to fall on my hooded head. Seeing this task as a mission in which I would require the blood of another, I opted to keep my ninja tool pouch upon my person: there had been tags of explosive and elemental variations within several slots; three kunai and numerous shuriken took up a majority of other open slots within the butt-bag. My tanto hung freely at my waist to the right. As my eyes watched the elevator door, I flexed the claw and gauntlet that had been on my left arm. Surely, my opponent would be making their way here soon... I wondered who it would be and what strategies I could come up with on the elevated battle platform.

[-Angel of Ame-]

Kireme Minamimuki
D-Rank

It took close to fifteen minutes for Mikutashi's opponent to arrive on the scene. The same door that Mikutashi would have used to have access to the roof opened once more. The figure that appeared would be unknown to the young man considering how new he was to Amegakure no Sato, but most shinobi would recognize him as the Shichidaime Amekage, Kireme Minamimuki. The man wore an odd type of uniform that covered all of his body. A helmet his his whole head. A black visor covered the front half of the helmet, granting the man sight to everything before him. Two additional orange visors marked where his eyes were. He did not seem to have any weapons. The man approached Mikutashi, his facial features were completely hidden to no one could know what emotions the man was display, it was not even known if he was even displaying any.

"I am the Shichidaime Amekage, Kireme Minamimuki. Prove your worth to Amegakure." The man called out as he waited to see what his opponent would do.

[try4]

As the lights on the elevator reached the skyline floor, my eyes squinted - the doors began to open as a silhouetted figure stepped out. What I had seen sent a small sense of relief through me. This man seemed amphibious in apparel; could he have known Suiton techniques? The man spoke out to me and revealed his identity. He had been the Seventh Rain Shadow of the Village.. I felt it odd that I had to face off against such a foe. He couldn't've possibly been the original man. He called out for me to strike first.

During the time in which it took the past Amekage to ascend the tower, I had already prepared shuriken with explosive tags. I would throw three in his direction, in which the middle star-blade possessed the tag. I hopped back a meter in preparation of the imminent explosion. In a second or two, the thing would release its potential and had the man failed to move entirely away from the blast radius, he would fall victim to my deception. It would be impressive if he had seen the tag or even knew of my movement. Carefully, I prepared handseals to manifest one of my Shadow Doubles. In another second, with aid from the cloudy environ, the surrounding structures on the building would fluctuate as their shadow became one in the likeness of me. Had Kireme survived the lethal explosion, he would be now facing two opponents.

SPOILER: Click to show

-- 2 movements for gathering/throwing shuriken₃+explosive tag₁; 1 for meter jump backwards; 1 for C-rank technique (12 hand seals).

Technique Used

Shadow Double
Rank: "C"
Skill: GenJutsu
Effect: User completes the Jutsu and nearby shadows gather together, assuming the user's approximate size and shape.
Special: "Handseals"
Drawback: ---
Description: Affects anyone who sees the double. The user is able to perform this technique at a distance of 7 meters plus 6 meters per class level. The duration of this technique lasts for 5 rounds per class level. This technique may be disbelieved once interacted with. User create a shadowy duplicate of themselves at a place they indicate within range. The Shadow Double attacks any adjacent target (regardless of the weapon it appears to wield), as the user desires, starting in the round when they perform the Jutsu. It attacks on the user's turn once each round. After the attack the Shadow Double becomes a Shadow once again until the next round to appear and strike for that round while repeating the process. Each hit deals 1 point of Movement damage to the target. The first time a target is hit, it can attempt a save to disbelieve the effect; this negates the damage and renders it immune to further attacks by the shadow double. It is not incorporeal, and thus can't be in the same area as another creature or object. Each round after the first, the user can take a movement to direct the Shadow Double to attack any other target.
Limit: Must know the Shadow Perception.

[-Angel of Ame-]

Kireme Minamimuki
D-Rank

Kireme saw the oncoming shuriken. Without missing a beat he advanced quickly before falling to his knees and sliding along the rooftop. As he did so the shuriken flew above his head. While looking up toward the flying projectiles, he noticed the tag when it was much too late. It blew up just above him. Shielding his face with his hands, he slid out of the dust and smoke, his suit charred and dirty in some areas but nothing worse. While still on his knees he began performing hand seals. As he completed the hand seals, Kireme noticed the two Mikutashi before him.

Using the water collected upon the rooftop from the constant rain, the jutsu completed would send a water of water directly toward the individuals, in hopes of dispelling or taking out the fake while taking out the real one in the process. If the technique was successful, it may have been enough to push the young man off the roof.

Suiton: Shougekiha No Jutsu (Water Release: Art of the Shock Wave)
Rank: "D," "C"
Skill: Ninjutsu
Effect: The user creates a situation where a wave can be created, but the user controls exactly when the wave will appear.
Special: "Handseals"
Drawback: After three posts, the chakra fades away and the technique is wasted.
Description: The user performs handseals and gathers chakra, the user releases chakra into a body of water, once that is done the user has three posts to command a wave to hit the target before the chakra fades away. This wave can come from any direction and any place from within fifteen meters of the user at "D" Rank, the wave can come from any place within twenty meters away at "C" Rank. At "D" Rank the wave is eight feet high. At "C" Rank, the wave is sixteen feet high.
Limit: Water Release

[try4]

I had been right in assuming that this man possessed knowledge of the Water Style. As I went to mimic his efforts of sliding, my black doppelganger and myself slid opposite ways: I went to the left in a sliding sprint towards one of the building's structures to avoid the massive wave; the Shadow Double had returned to a blob and scuttled off towards the right. Once I regained my composure, I opted to remain a safe distance from the man and use different rooftop maintenance structures as obstacles between me and he. My clone would move in towards the man quickly having re-manifested into a corporeal form and attempted to tackle the man from his left. Had the Seventh Amekage been looking towards me, then he would have been blindsided by my tackling replication. It would melt back into nothingness at the end of its attack.

SPOILER: Click to show

-- 2 movements to slide away from Suiton tech (for clone and myself); 1 for Shadow Double run; 1 for Shadow Double tackle.

[-Angel of Ame-]

Kireme Minamimuki
D-Rank

Kireme's eyes remained on Mikutashi as he ran out of the way of the waves. The man did not lose any time. Without looking at the shadowed individual. The seventh Amekage returned to performing several hand seals, emulating the last technique he had used. Directing the wave toward the hiding location of the new Rain shinobi. Upon completion of the jutsu though, Kireme was tackled to the ground. As his attention was directed toward his opponent he did not see the clone collide with him and soon he was brought to the ground. The wave was already created, and it was sent in a straight line toward Mikutashi.

Knocking his jaw to the rooftop, Kireme rubbed his lower face painfully through the crack in his helmet as he struggled to his feet, his assailant having vanished completely.

Suiton: Shougekiha No Jutsu (Water Release: Art of the Shock Wave)
Rank: "D," "C"
Skill: Ninjutsu
Effect: The user creates a situation where a wave can be created, but the user controls exactly when the wave will appear.
Special: "Handseals"
Drawback: After three posts, the chakra fades away and the technique is wasted.
Description: The user performs handseals and gathers chakra, the user releases chakra into a body of water, once that is done the user has three posts to command a wave to hit the target before the chakra fades away. This wave can come from any direction and any place from within fifteen meters of the user at "D" Rank, the wave can come from any place within twenty meters away at "C" Rank. At "D" Rank the wave is eight feet high. At "C" Rank, the wave is sixteen feet high.
Limit: Water Release

[try4]

My clone had successfully landed a blow on the former Shadow as he let loose yet another towering wave towards me. Had it not been for the adamant structures in place, the water wave would have washed over me wholly; thankfully, the barrier in which I hid behind caused the technique to split into two on either side of me. My clone had vanished back into the depths of the ground and skated around the amphibious man, this time coming from behind him at a stalking pace. It had extended its left appendage into a lancesque weapon, looking to impale the man from behind.

With his attention thrown off me, had he even seen the second strike of my Shadow Double, I would leap forward. An Oshi Shunshin forward would close the gap between us significantly as I blurred through raindrops. My doppelganger had been used as nothing more than a distraction had he fallen victim to its blind-side attack or evaded it throughout. I would began to prepare seals as I thought of a way to close in on the man, to invoke direct hand-to-hand combat between me and he. During this time, my clone would be attempting to impale the man from behind--it would sink back into its murky abyssal well of shadow had he failed to gauge the thing as a perception of Genjutsu.

SPOILER: Click to show

-- 1 movement for clone; 1 to make clone change arm to lance/attack Amekage; 1 to jump/Shunshin towards kage; 1 to prepare hand seals.

Techniques Used

Shunshin no Jutsu - Oshi (Body Flicker Technique - Push) 
Rank: "C"
Skill: NinJutsu/TaiJutsu
Effect: A Jutsu that allows a user to rush forward in almost instantaneous speed. Used to draw the user close to the opponent.
Special: ---
Drawback: May use 3 times a day. May perform 1 more each time learned. Passing amount renders the user's legs immobile due to severe pain. Unable to perform again unless gained medical treatment. Must move through an opening. Unable to maneuver around obstructing objects. Can't attack while performing any Shunshin or Variation.
Description: User is able to move forward in a straight line along the ground in almost instantaneous untraceable speed while temporarily masking the user's movements within 10 meters. A puff of smoke is occasionally used to disguise the user's movements. It is accomplished by focusing the user's chi along the ankles and foot. User mostly moves just with their ankles and feet. Jutsu takes up no movements. User may only use this Jutsu half of the movements may allow in a single round while rounding down. Example: User has 5 movements, user is able to perform Jutsu 2 times per round.
Limit: Universal NinJutsu or Universal TaiJutsu.

Prepping Technique

Katon - Ningenteki Houka Bakudan 
Rank: "D" "C" "B" "A" "S"
Skill: Ninjutsu
Effect: The Jutsu leaves a seal on an opponent depending on the rank will blow up causing to begin with causing little damage.
Special: "Handseals"
Drawback: Can reduce the user to no chakra if he does not explode the seal.
Description: When the user completes the hand seals for this jutsu. A pentagram with the Kanji for fire appears in the Centre. It looks as though it is made of orange ink. where as it’s just pure chakra. When this jutsu is first learned, it uses the Chakra from the seal and the seal alone to cause and explosion. As the rank and thus the power increase. More of the users chakra is absorbed but also the person who has the seal placed on them has there chakra drained to fuel the Jutsu. At S rank, it can if placed in the very centre of the person cause there body to explode. This jutsu at higher levels mixes with the opponents chakra causing it to explode. If used too much or too many of the seals are placed then the user suffers chakra depletion and will suffer the effects of a seal themselves or will be knocked out.
Limit: To go above "C" the user must have at least 300TP in fire Jutsu for "S" rank the user must have over 600 fire TP and 800 TP in total to show that they have the chakra control.

[-Angel of Ame-]

Kireme Minamimuki
D-Rank

Having taken his eyes off of Mikutashi for a moment, Kireme noticed a looming shadow above him. Moving along his ran his legs through the shadow double. Both of his feet entered the body of the second opponent as if he did not exist. Knowing that it was genjutsu, Mikutashi hurriedly rose to his feet, all the while working on the same hand seals that he had used several times in the fight. It seemed as if the Shichidaime only had one strategy, and that was to push his opponent off the rooftop and into the abyss. Shinobi were known to be able to land safely while jumping down from long distances, but the tower was one of the tallest in all of Amegakure, a village known for building in height.

As the hand seals were completed, the suit-clad Amekage released another wave, directed toward Mikutashi.

Suiton: Shougekiha No Jutsu (Water Release: Art of the Shock Wave)
Rank: "D," "C"
Skill: Ninjutsu
Effect: The user creates a situation where a wave can be created, but the user controls exactly when the wave will appear.
Special: "Handseals"
Drawback: After three posts, the chakra fades away and the technique is wasted.
Description: The user performs handseals and gathers chakra, the user releases chakra into a body of water, once that is done the user has three posts to command a wave to hit the target before the chakra fades away. This wave can come from any direction and any place from within fifteen meters of the user at "D" Rank, the wave can come from any place within twenty meters away at "C" Rank. At "D" Rank the wave is eight feet high. At "C" Rank, the wave is sixteen feet high.
Limit: Water Release

[try4]

With the Amekage seeing through my Shadow Perception, it left only I to complete the mission assigned to me. This man's movements hadn't been too fast--while I was in stride towards him, he completed the very same seals as twice before. I knew which technique had been called out to wash me away as I altered my course, sliding to the right using momentum and the slippery terrain at my advantage. His third Water Style wave would be avoided entirely once I moved around it. Given that it was a ninjutsu that possesses height over width, it wasn't hard to avoid it by moving sideways. Now, having finished my own kata for the selected Katon jutsu, I continued to rush towards him from his left.

My movements had been accelerated against the wet terrain, as I utilized sliding in my favor. Once I had closed the gap between he and I, my palms would delve low towards my abdomen before pushing outward to hit the man in his chest. "Sotsuji Shindou!" I exclaimed, the [ 火]-kanji on my right palm sure to have been placed on his left breast had I landed the blow successfully. The faint orange glow would intensify as it mixed with a small portion of his chakra, which would set the explosion off as he was launched upward and away from me. The resulting force of me propelling him backwards would result in me falling backwards and coming to a rigid halt on the skyscraper rooftop. The former Amekage had yet shown me anything worthy of his ranking.. I thought he must have had a one-track mind when it came to battle situations. Although hopefully, I wouldn't have to worry any further had this been the final technique to stop him in his tracks.

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-- 1 movement to dodge/fall into Slippery Fist stance; 1 to finish seals for D-rank tech; 1 for sliding towards Amekage; 1 for Univ. Tai technique.

Techniques Used

Tsurutsuru Kobushi (Slippery Fist)
Rank: E
Skill: Taijutsu
Effect: A low stance that relies on upward motion and momentum.
Special: None
Drawback: Most of the user’s attacks are ground based, limiting their airborne range.
Description: A fairly underrated stance that was developed in Iwa sometime ago. Due to the crouched position the user must take to perform this, many ninjas and other interested people find it uncomfortable and unwieldy. This stance focuses on heavy movements based on focused momentum behind every blow. Users of this stance have found it helpful to wear shoes and gloves that slide easily on many surfaces, but still do not slide off of a target.
Limit: Universal TaiJutsu

Katon - ningenteki houka bakudan (Fire release - Human firebomb)
Rank: "D" "C" "B" "A" "S"
Skill: Ninjutsu
Effect: The Jutsu leaves a seal on an opponent depending on the rank will blow up causing to begin with causing little damage.
Special: "Handseals"
Drawback: Can reduce the user to no chakra if he does not explode the seal.
Description: When the user completes the hand seals for this jutsu. A pentagram with the Kanji for fire appears in the Centre. It looks as though it is made of orange ink. where as it’s just pure chakra. When this jutsu is first learned, it uses the Chakra from the seal and the seal alone to cause and explosion. As the rank and thus the power increase. More of the users chakra is absorbed but also the person who has the seal placed on them has there chakra drained to fuel the Jutsu. At S rank, it can if placed in the very centre of the person cause there body to explode. This jutsu at higher levels mixes with the opponents chakra causing it to explode. If used too much or too many of the seals are placed then the user suffers chakra depletion and will suffer the effects of a seal themselves or will be knocked out.
Limit: To go above "C" the user must have at least 300TP in fire Jutsu for "S" rank the user must have over 600 fire TP and 800 TP in total to show that they have the chakra control.

Tsurutsuru Kobushi: Sotsuji Shindou (Sudden Impact)
Rank: D
Skill: Taijutsu
Effect: Knocks the target away from the user.
Special: None
Drawback: None
Description: A technique developed to push away an opponent rather than harm them. An inexperienced user of this stance and technique will need to slide on a surface in order to gain the proper momentum. This is an open palmed strike that is aimed towards a target’s torso. The user swings his/her palm from below the targets waist or lower half. If it connects, the strike will usually send the target flying backwards. Of course, weight and other factors will need to be considered.
Limit: Universal TaiJutsu

[-Angel of Ame-]

Kireme Minamimuki
D-Rank

As Mikutashi worked his way around the third wave with a mixture of both agility and exploiting the terrain. With the rooftop now covered in water, there was less friction upon its surface, making it easy to simply slide along it. Still, it was hard not to see his opponent coming. As the young fighter closed the distance between both combatants, Kireme waited until Mikutashi was right by his side before he seemingly vanished into thin air. He simply used an incredibly fast moving technique that brought him directly behind the new Rain shinobi. When Kireme was behind his opponent's rear, he hit their Mikutashi with his right arm, and put his right leg behind Mikutashi's legs. This was all to destabilize his opponent and push him off the roof.

Kireme had put all of his weight behind the young fight to push him off.

Kouho and Haiho (扣歩・擺歩, Kouho and Haiho)
Rank: "C"
Skill: TaiJutsu
Effect: When an opponent attacks, you circle around his side, and appear behind him.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: When someone attacks with their right hand, put your right foot behind their left, with your two feet pointing towards each other. After that, follow up with your left foot, circle behind your opponent's left side and you appear behind the opponent. This can be followed by a throw; when behind the opponent's rear, hit their neck with your right arm, and put your right leg behind their legs. You should not necessarily hit the opponent's neck too severely, as the opponent will have lost their balance already depending on the speed of the attack, not the strength of it.
Limit: Must learn from a Master of Goutetsu 轟鉄 (Strong Iron)Must learn from a Master of Goutetsu 轟鉄 (Strong Iron)

[try4]

For less than a second, it appeared that the Amekage had had the upper move on me. He had impromptu-ly adjusted his stance, and ended up to the side of me; I was to assume that he had wished to shift spots with me. Given my standing as a practitioner of Nagewaza, my reflexes had grown two-fold: I was much quicker to riposte this man's switching of stance than any other movement I had previously. 

My hands would overpower his own grasp over me, as we once again swapped places in position. He had returned to his original standing near the ledge of the tower while my back was to the middle-ground. I kicked off of the man and flipped backwards. This feat would happen so suddenly that I felt as though he had no time to truly react--my show of reflex had been displayed before he could even finish his entire movement. Had my kick reached his chest, it would cause him to fly backwards and slide, thus possibly falling to his demise. I was a meter in the air before I fell back to the ground, and in the middle of my flip, I barely managed to pull out a kunai and hurl it at his general direction. I landed flatly, ensuring that I wouldn't slide anymore. I had planted my knee into the flat structure--my weight had been stable.

SPOILER: Click to show

-- 1 movement for Nagewaza tech; 1 for kick; 2 for obtain/throwing kunai.

Passive in Play

Defensive Throw 
Rank: "D", "C", "B", "A", "S"
Skill: TaiJutsu/Supplementary
Effect: A technique in which if the user has his sights set on a target ready to attack, the senses of the Throwing Specialist is so in tuned with his surroundings the user is unable to be flanked.
Special: ---
Drawback: The user may only learn this technique by the class that they are. This means that in order to learn the "C" Rank version they must be "C" Class, if they wish to learn the "B" Rank version they must be "B" Class.
Description: A technique where the subconscious mind, where the subconscious body reacts just as they are attacked while flanked or while their back is turn. The body reacts in such a way to where they are capable of withstanding so much. This technique makes it where the Throwing Specialist is incapable of being surprised attacked, a sudden second sense kicks in as their body screams out to them yelling at them telling them to move, duck, dodge or anything else within that manner. This works on whenever they are being attacked. This technique however has a major flaw. The user is capable of dodging only whenever the opponent's class is equal or lower to that of the rank of the technique they know. This means that a "D" Class user that knows this technique cannot use this against an opponent that is "C" Class or higher.
Limit: Must be a Throwing Specialist.

[-Angel of Ame-]

Kireme Minamimuki
D-Rank

This small body skirmish between young shinobi and former Amekage came down to reflexes and excellent timing. Still, Mikutashi had the upper hand for this small battle and the former Amekage was sent pummelling down to his death. While falling though, Kireme Minamimuki's body turned to water. Revealing to the few that could see that he had been a doppelgänger.

A member of AnBu came onto the rooftop from the same way Mikutashi had come. He gave Mikutashi a bag of ryo for compensation for his trial and soon vanished into the shadows.

[Act 1 and 2 complete]
[Will alert another staff member to pay you!]

[Father 'Suke]

Transaction Complete

[try4]

Peering over the ledge, I witnessed the man's body turn to water; I expected him to be a replication.. As I turned to face the building elevator, a masked man entered and approached me. Had this been another challenge? My stance lowered into an offensive one - these Amenin excelled in Suiton, so I prepared myself for one of these arts. To dodge left or right...

"Here," came the gruff voice from behind the feline mask. A large sack was hurled towards me. It fell into my grasp and instantly the bloodlust faded from my body. This had been my second payment for mission completion in Amegakure. This sack contained well over ten-thousand ryo---I was certain of that. Before I could raise my head to meet the face of the masked guard member, he had vanished. I ran towards the elevator and departed the looming tower. Now, I had been free to explore the realm of Ame no Sato.

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-- Exit