Time To Build Up Those Muscles! [Training]

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'eres a tenner lass, go add yerself a nice kip of fissure fingers


+10

[Natsy]

“Now you are to focus a small, concentrated amount of chakra into your fist just like you had done with your index finger. The same amount of chakra you had used before should be enough.” Taramara said, walking around to face me. She removed the top section of her kimono to reveal a slimmer robe beneath. She had also moved into a fighting stance as well. I widened my eyes for a brief moment yet did as she asked.

Firstly, I already had enough chakra surging throughout my hand already. It was loosely roaming around, searching for something to do. So I concentrated on allowing it to coat the edges of my fist, particularly the knuckles before gradually filling in the rest of my hand. All five fingers were curled into a tight fist while the muscles in my arms remain taunt, awaiting to release some of the tension I had built there. When my eyes moved up toward Taramara to signal that I was ready, the woman advanced on me immediately.

Quickly, I ducked an oncoming blow, somehow aware that she had filled her first with chakra. I turned around and sent my fist forward hoping to catch her shoulder. Taramara shifted her weight at the last minute and sent her fist straight into my right shoulder. Immediately I am sent into the ground, creating a crater as my body hit the surface. Pain shot through every inch of my body, momentarily jarring myself into a stationary position. “Get up.” Taramara said firmly, readying herself for round two.

I climbed to my feet only to have her charge me again. I began concentrating my chakra back into that solid, yet concentrated amount a second time while trying to avoid Taramara’s deadly punch. My hand was still in a ball while my chakra coated the shell of my hand and knuckles before gradually filling in the actual hand. I had ducked a punch to my face only to shove my right hand directly into the kunoichi’s stomach with all the strength that I could muster.

The blow connected this time surprising both Taramara and myself. The master medic was forced back abruptly and had landed five meters away without creating a dent in the ground. However, I did notice that I had left a dent like impression in her stomach from where I had punched her. My entire body was aching from where I had landed, yet I was still standing. “Wow..” I muttered breathlessly just as Taramara brushed away the indentation in her Kimono.

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Rank: D
Skill: Taijutsu
Effect: A simple chakra filled punch. Fairly quick but lacks some of the raw, destructive power of higher techniques. This is mainly used when the Medical-Nin does not have the space to wind up a fully powered strike. Can disorient some foes and usually sends them hurdling backwards.
Special: None
Drawback: None
Description: Looks exactly like a normal punch, only filled with a quick burst of chakra. Still much more powerful than a normal punch, but realitively weak when compared to the rest of the techniques within the fighting style.
Limit: Must be atleast Brawler level.[/ul]
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[Father 'Suke]

Learned

[Natsy]

Taramara straightened her posture and gazed toward the fissure I had created. “Now, the punch you had just performed was a build-up to what you can really do with your chakra. Now do you remember how you created a crater when I punched you?” I nodded at Taramara’s words. She smiled. “That is the more advanced version of what you have just learned,” she said softly, “build up a more concentrated amount of chakra into your first again and aim it toward the ground.”

I nodded, slightly nervous about what was to come. My right hand rose up before me while my chakra blossomed in my stomach. The heat of it was scorching to the point when I wanted to scream and tear at my abdomen. However, I push it upward my right arm, allowing my life’s energy to shot down my hand and pool around inside my fingers before gradually curling them into a tight fist.

My chakra gradually filled my hand in less than five seconds. The heat that had been in my stomach was now within my right hand, burning with the urge to unleash what was building onto the ground below. I began to imagine what it would do to a person should I strike them dead on. But once my hand begun to glow that faint chakra blue, I widened my stance and threw my arm back before thrusting myself forward and driving my right fist into the ground.

A wild cry escaped from my lips as I rammed my fist into the ground, releasing my chakra upon impact as I did so. The moment my chakra was released, the ground below me immediately erupted and cracked beneath the pressure. I could feel the chakra draining out of my body the moment it was released, but my gaze remained transfixed upon the ground before me. As the ground dishevelled itself, large chunks of the earth erupted from the once flattened surface and jutted out toward the sky.

Rather than standing on the outside of the crater, I found myself sinking into the ground while the large chunks of earth jutted out from around me. Taramara had leapt onto a raising boulder and had examined the damage while my fist still remained planted within the ground. My body had been arched forward as if I had punched the ground in frustration, yet my fist wasn’t throbbing. Could it be that upon releasing my chakra, the chakra had somehow cushioned my blow?

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Rank: D
Skill: Taijutsu
Effect: An upgraded version of Jab. Although this technique is slower than Jab, the difference in power between the two is immense. The user gathers a great amount of chakra into their fists and then releases it upon their opponent.
Special: None
Drawback: None
Description: Similar to Jab only with a slower wind up and much more destructive power. This is an attack that can cause some serious damage to an opponent.
Limit: Must be atleast Brawler level.[/ul]
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[Nekomata Minh]

+10

Learned!

[Natsy]

//Exit to hospital

[Natsy]

Taramara was waiting by the Dojo when I arrived. Earlier on I had sent out a message for her to meet me should she have time. Evidently she did otherwise she would not be here now. “Thank you for turning up!” I said softly, bowing respectfully as I did so. The woman returned my smile and immediately went down to business. “The Haymaker allows you to focus a concentrated amount of chakra into both your firsts as you bring then down upon your opponent.”

I watched as Taramara demonstrated on the ground just outside of my Dojo. The damage she made was devastating! However, when she climbed out of the crater, she turned toward me as if expecting I do the same. Nervous, I rose both my hands and curled them into tight balls while I focused my chakra into both hands evenly. This took a few moments as I wanted to use a very concentrated amount of chakra so that the impact of my punch would not harm anyone, especially me.

My chakra moved very slowly, almost as slow as the amount moving toward my forehead. And as it filled my hands gradually, I broke into a run away from the building and Taramara and leaped at least five meters into the air while raising my fists like a child having a tantrum. However, after landing on both feet first, immediately I bought my body forward, slamming both my fists into the ground while dropping all my weight upon bringing them down.

Immediately upon contact, I release the stored chakra and leap up and into the air as the chakra surged from my fists (which had formed two small indents within the earth) and into the ground itself. The ground cracked and suddenly the chunks of earth began to cave in on itself, falling apart while large chunks of earth shot up in all directions. I landed two meters away from the four meter crater site and shook my hands.

However, when I stood properly, I began to sway for a few moments and had collapsed onto my bottom. It seems exerting a small concentrated amount of chakra in both hands was enough to leave me feeling physically drained. Although Taramara moved over to inspect the damage I had caused, I wondered what she had to say on my first attempt. Will I have to perform it again, or was it what she had wanted?

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Rank: C
Skill: Taijutsu
Effect: An overhead two fisted strike, this devastating attack usually knocks an opponent down into the ground, creating a crator with the opponents body.
Special: None
Drawback: Very slow due to the wind up but comes down rather quickly.
Description: Gathering chakra into both of the users fists, the user strikes down with both simultaniously in order to severely damage the opponent.
Limit: Must be atleast Champion level and know all D-ranked techniques.[/ul]

Post Number: 48
Byakugō no In charges: 10
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[Nekomata Minh]

Great post, I liked how you worded everything.

+10 Learned

[Natsy]

“Perfect!” Taramara exclaimed with a bright smile. “Now, this technique allows you to send out shockwaves simply by clapping. Focus a concentrated amount of chakra into both your hands and open them wide. Upon clapping, you will have enough strength to create a shockwave fifteen feet wide and with a range of twenty feet.” Taramara explained, stepping to my left to observe.

My chakra flared to life within my body as I casually directed it into both my hands. Like I had done with my knuckles, I focused my chakra into each fingertip before spreading it out evenly along my palm. The layer was at least five centimetres thick and was not visible. Despite the thickness, the actual weight of my chakra suggested that I was carrying something small, but in reality five centimetres was not that much at all.

Lining it along my palm and encasing my wrist, I cut it off from flowing down my arm and allowed it to circulate around inside my hands slowly. Already I could feel the effects as it coursed through my hands. Spreading both my arms wide, I embrace the air surrounding me as if I wanted to wrap my arms around the world and hold it close to my heart. For a few moments I simply stood there, relaxed and allowing my chakra to circulate around inside my hands.

After a brief moment, I slammed my hands together by bringing both my arms around in an inward motion as if I was scooping a large amount of ryo that was laying out upon a table. The chakra was released as both my hands touched and a loud TAP filled the area surrounding the Dojo, Taramara and myself. Within a second of the clap, the dirt before me lifted immediately before being sent out in the opposite direction. Chunks of loose rock and part of the ground soon followed as if a large gust of wind had swept the area clean.

No sound came from the clap once the loud tap sound. It was so silent and I could not see the shockwave until I saw bits of the earth that I had uplifted earlier on fly backward and away from me. This was roughly ten feet away at this point before a lone tree shook at roughly twenty meters. Once all was still, I parted my hands and shook them.

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Rank: C
Skill: Taijutsu
Effect: You bring your hands together with such force, that you create a shockwave. This shockwave will knockback most struck by it. This attack may also disorintate those hit by it due to the shockwaves effect on the inner ear.
Special: None
Drawback: Causes no damage. Mainly used as a defensive measure and to disrupt thrown projectiles.
Description: After gathering sufficent chakra within ones hands, you spread your arms far apart then slam them together, causing a wide shockwave to spread out from infront of you. The wave is fifteen feet wide and reaches out twenty feet ahead of you.
Limit: Must be atleast Champion level and know all D-ranked techniques.[/ul]

Post Number: 52
Byakugō no In charges: 11
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[Deleted]

+10; Learned.

[Natsy]

“Now,” Taramara said swiftly before marching over toward a flattened chunk of land and thrusting her fingers into it. After a slight inhale, Taramara ripped out a large chunk of earth and threw it over the top of her head in a hurling motion before turning to face me. “Concentrated chakra is the key to learning these techniques, harnessing concentrated amounts of your chakra can make you a dangerous threat.”

The kunoichi pointed toward the ground where I stood and waited for a response. My chakra flared to life again, surging through my body until I threw myself forward and dug my fingers into the ground. Pain shot up through my fingers as they sliced open the earth yet as I curled them inward, I heaved and drew myself back. Unfortunately the ground did not give way and I stumbled forward and went to my knees.

“Don’t forget to release your chakra, Godaime.” The elder woman said with a chuckle. Blushing, I focused my chakra into my hands as they remained in the earth. My fingertips grew warm as I curled them around the chunk of earth and released the chakra gradually as I slowly stood up, lifting the earth as I did so. The movement was slow, yet the earth rose with roots pulling apart. A large chunk of earth now sat cradled in my hands and was roughly the size of a crate full of fish, yet it weighed next to nothing.

Raising it above my head took a little effort, the debris showered my hair and got in my eyes as I leaned backward slightly. After a swift intake of breath, I hurled the chunk of earth forward with a loud grunt and watched the object sail through the air like a meteor descending to earth. Upon contact with the earth itself, a miniature dent was formed before the chunk of earth shattered and came apart, reducing to rubble.

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Rank: C
Skill: Taijutsu
Effect: You rip up a piece of the ground at your feet and throw it at your opponent. The amount of chakra you use dictates just how much of the ground you are able to pick up. IE: You can pick up a small, shoe sized amount or you can rip out enough that it is the size of a car.
Special: None
Drawback: The larger the amount you wish to pick up is the more time and chakra is required. ( Ripping up a 100 pound piece of ground would require around five seconds and a moderate amount of chakra.)
Description: By focusing chakra into the hands you are able to bend over and rip up some of the ground below you then hurl it at your opponents. Is also extremely useful against flying opponents.
Limit: Must be atleast Champion level and know all D-ranked techniques[/ul]

Post Number: 57
Byakugō no In charges: 12
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[Nekomata Minh]

+10/Learned

Nice post

[Natsy]

//Exit and thanks!

[Natsy]

..enter

The night sky was a blanket of thick ink dotted with diamond-like starts that glittered like jewels. The light from the crescent moon shone down upon the forest ten meters away from my house where the lights from various lamps hanging on the low branches of the trees cast the boundary for where my yard ended into the forest. Four large target posts were scattered around my yard, some high in places while some barely poking out from the uneven ground. I had spent the last half an hour throwing kunai at the target posts when I thought about perfecting my ability to sense an attack coming.

I knew inside the house that my family was planning on assisting me with my taijutsu, but none had mentioned when they were going to do so. I had a sneaky feeling that they were going to try and attack me when my guard was down. As I continued to throw the kunai, I focused on heightening my senses to the point when my ears were straining to pick up any kind of sound that wasn’t normal while the hairs on my body could pick up on sensations. I am a woman, and a woman’s intuition was highly favoured in situations like this, so I relied on that as well.

When the entire house suddenly grew quiet, I threw another kunai but kept my senses and mind alert to those around me. My stomach was telling me that I was being watched, and not just from the house either. I stopped throwing and turned my gaze toward the right. Darkness stared right back at me, but I flipped the handle of a kunai in my right hand and threw it at a target, uncaring if it struck the centre or not. But at the faint rustle of trees, I turned my head sharply and flicked my wrist sharply, releasing a shuriken with deadly force.

The small projectile shot from my hand and something dark dashed out from where my shuriken was headed. The projectile struck nothing but the tree trunk, but the dark figure had leaped out and was charging at me. Adrenaline shot through my body, I moved quickly to the right only to have the hairs on the back of my neck stand up, my instinct told me to hit the ground, so I threw myself onto my stomach just as a small fireball shot past me and stuck one of the targets in the backyard. Shocked, my head snapped in the direction where it had come from only to find a kunai shooting toward me.

Rolling to my left, I release another shuriken and the loud clang of metal filled my ears as my shuriken and the kunai cancelled each other out. I twisted my body, knowing that my gut was now telling me to move to my right and found an earthly creature hit the ground where I was once crouching and explode into a series of small senbon-like needles. Moving into a side roll, I throw another shuriken in the direction of another moving shadow, realising that I needed the shelter of the trees, or at least one of the target boards. Ironic as it was, but it was large enough for me to hide behind or use as a shield.

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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.[/ul]

Post Number: 106
Byakugō no In charges: 23
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[Dr. Neuro, RN]

+10

The introductory paragraph really spoke to me. Your posting style and description is the reason I came back to roleplay.. I lost this type of detail. Now I really would like a thread with you. ^.^

[Natsy]

OOC: Thanks darling, and you got it!

Several small projectiles struck the target board, a knife narrowly missing my head. I crouch down and make myself small while my ears strain for any kind of nearby sound. I could hear breathing, but my body continued to warn me that my current position is leaving me exposed somehow. I twist around in my spot and analyse the situation from all angles and find that I am well protected inside this small compartment, but why does my gut tell me that I am not safe? Suddenly heat slams into me and the front section of the target board catches fire and a small spark flies into the booth with me.

Startled, I stomp on the small spark, but I know that I need to seek another place to hide in. Darting out into the yard would be a stupid move, and I just had to find the target board in the middle of the yard as well. Sigh. Why didn’t I think things through properly? I decide to peek my head out and spot another burst of kunai and shuriken heading my way and make a quick estimated calculation before dashing out of the booth and into the open.

Pushing myself forward into a roll, I climb to my feet and throw myself across the yard occasionally throwing out a projectile of my own at any oncoming weapon that strayed too close for comfort. “You lot are really trying to kill me!” I shouted, not pleased in the slightest. I hear my mother’s laughter, knowing that her experience as a jounin had no doubt been the reason why I felt so stuck and defeated. My hands grab a hold of a tree branch before I twist my body around the trunk to get behind it. But the prickly feeling at the back of my neck came just seconds before the pain did.

A bo shuriken slams into my left arm and throws me onto the ground. I knew exactly who that came from. I land roughly in the brush, shrouding myself in between a cluster of large leaves and the whole night becomes silent. My chest is raising and falling so hard that I feel winded, my eyes are wide and I can feel blood trickling down my arm steadily. Looking at the wound, I glare out into the night and knew that my mom was out there smiling at the fact that her projectile hit its mark. Removing the shuriken, I don’t heal the wound because the healing hands technique will give away my position, so I turn around and crawl through the brush as silently as I can.

A had barely made it two feet when another fireball struck the area closest to me, followed quickly by another four. I am able to see the kunai inside and knew that my cousin was using a Katon technique. Frowning, I curl myself up and peer out into the night to attempt to see my attackers. Movement from the tree four metres to my right tells me that someone is aware of my position, I launch my mother’s shuriken and scrambles up the nearest tree with the aid of a shunshin. But when I come to a halt, a smile tears across my face at the sound of someone grunting.

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[/b]
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.[/ul]
Post Number: 107
Byakugō no In charges: 23
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[Natsy]

“Come on, sweetie you said not to hold back!” Mom’s voice rung out into the night. I turn my head and try to pin point where my mother is. But the sensation in the back of my neck picks up again and I pull myself back just in time to see a kunai fly past me. Damn it! I need to hide again! Leaping onto the next branch, I twist myself sharply to the right and land on another branch and moves to head around in a circle. More noises flood my ears as movement follows me. “She was just here.” Someone - my cousin – whispers and I move forward and peek around the side of my tree before hurling a senbon.

I move once again and glance up to see a flaming kunai shooting right toward me. My body forces itself forward and I descend to the ground sharply, landing on my knees. Pain shoots up both my legs and I fall forward and roll toward my left toward a bush. “Damn it! I lost her!” Another cousin hissed. I hold my breath and pull out a kunai and wait. The darkness is piercing and the silence screams. I am uncomfortable, cold and bleeding but at least I am not seriously injured. Staring out into the night helplessly, I strain my ears to listen to any kind of movement and suddenly my gut tells me that someone is nearby.

I tense and my breathing draws to quiet, shallow breaths, my legs are drawn in so I am in a foetal position but my muscles are locked and my concentration is so focused that I am almost certain I know where my hunter is. I do not move, and I allow my body I soak in the language of the forest; telling me its secrets and whispering to me in the only way a forest could: through sound, smell and vibration. The faint thumping sounds coming at least four metres from behind me says that someone who is heavy footed – my youngest cousin Kylah – is moving forward, but her steps are hesitant. That tells me she does not know where I am.

A slight breeze flows past me, carrying the scent of my mother’s perfume. That tells me that my mother is at least two metres to my left. She is the closest person to me at the moment. I frown but continues to obey the forest by keeping silent. The faint rustling in the brush to my right tells me that my entire family has me cornered whether they knew it or not. I need to move out of my position without getting detected. “Honey, you are bleeding. Are you okay?” My mother’s voice echoes throughout the forest, giving away her position. She is less than two metres away from me now. Shit!

I do not answer her, knowing that she asked the question because she doesn’t know where I am. I smile slightly, but remains completely still. A sensation from my lower leg urges me to shift while alarm bells sound in my head demanding that I move. But I am stuck. What am I going to do? I turn my head slightly and spot my mother’s shadow right beside me, her gaze searching the trees and suddenly a thought occurs to me. Placing the kunai gently on the ground, I look further out into the forest somewhere near the yard and allow my chakra to burst to life as my fingers formed that of an +.

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Post Number: 108
Byakugō no In charges: 23

[Natsy]

An exact replica of myself appears crouching down in the distance of four metres and the rustling of the trees signals my family into action. Projectiles of various kinds shoot in that direction followed quickly by my three family members. I use that moment to leap up and take to the nearest tree while my clone disappears. “It was a shadow clone!” I hear Kylah shout and I smile. My mother turns around and observes the area where I was standing while I quickly pat myself down gently to see how many weapons I had. Despite I had used the projectiles around me besides my own, I knew that I was running out.

A frown creases my forehead as I continue to analyse the situation. My mother was the biggest threat out of the four of us; with her being a Jounin would make her more susceptible to picking up on my moves, while Kylah and Sara were Chuunin like me. With a thought in mind, I carefully pull a senbon from my bag and grip it tightly while my mother continues to approach the tree I am crouching in. I have a clear shot while my eyes and senses continue to flick around to keep the positions of my cousins in check. If one of them moves out of my line of sight, I will be caught.

The forest at this hour was almost impenetrable. I could barely see the outlines of my surroundings, and had to rely on my senses of hearing and smell to determine where my family members were. The large leaves branching off in all directions continued to provide me with enough shelter, but as my mother continued to move forward, I gave a sharp flick of my wrist and release the senbon with such force that my Mother’s body was sent back at least thirty five metres. Her scream startled my two cousins as I quickly leaped from my branch to another one to avoid being discovered. The prickly sensation assaulting my left side told me that I was open for attack from Sara.

She was looking around wildly, but another I sent another senbon in her direction, she dodged to the right and my senbon struck the tree. A sensation raised the hairs on the back of my neck as another projectile came hurtling toward me, but from which direction? My ears strained and my body began to take over, I allowed the forest to begin telling me its stories once again and a wisp of air from my far left told me the answer to my prickly feeling, I threw myself to the ground and crawled crab style along the ground and rolled forward to avoid Kylah’s kunai and Sara’s agitated response. “Aunt Marcia!” Sara’s voice rung out in the forest, my senses flared out to the point when the sound of my cousin’ voice vibrated off the tree trunks behind me.

How on earth did she get behind me so fast? My mother’s answer came far away, but Kylah had not spoken. I realised then that she had me in her sights and was waiting for me to move into a striking distance. Suddenly self-conscious, I lower myself to the ground and listen to the forest again. A sight rustling in the trees close by told me Kylah’s position, but exactly where was the cousin with the ebony coloured hair? My head began to pound while the hairs on both my arms and the back of my neck stood up, she was so close that I had a vague feeling that she was… I look up and see a dark figure smiling down at me…


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Post Number: 110
Byakugō no In charges: 24

[Natsy]

Frozen like a deer caught in the sights of an archer, I stare up at my cousin and she returns my stare with a wide smile of her own. She has caught me to the point when all she has to do is to drop from the branch and throw her.. I squint slightly and spot a hand axe. Hand axe?! As she moves her leg inward in preparation for the jump, I perform a quick after image and shoot sharply to the left in the direction of the house. The ten metres is quickly eaten up by Sara whom had apparently found me just moments before I performed the shunshin. Shit!

I turn around after stepping out of the shunshin and arch my back backward and land roughly on my bottom. “You’re a tricky one, Rosie. I got to hand it to you, there.” Sara’s voice taunted from less than a metre away. I know where she is, but from the slight muffled sound of her voice, she has her back to me. Turning my head, my suspicions were confirmed and I let loose a senbon to her left shoulder with enough force that it sends her flying into the opening of the back yard and landing on her chest and side thirty five metres away and out of this exercise. My mother is on the porch observing the entire scene with a mug in her hands.

I know now that I am left with Kylah, who is now somewhere on the ground at least eight metres away. Immediately I duck into the forest, now becoming the hunter. My movements are sure and precise, my attention darting all around me while I continued to allow my steps to remain light, almost feather-like. Kylah’s movements had ceased the moment Sara had left the battlefield; I knew my cousin was thinking up a new battle plan. After moving deeper into the forest, I come to a halt roughly seven metres into the forest and glances up toward the trees while stilling myself to the point when I was capable of hearing the noises of the forest around me.

The rustles coming from the branches to my left cause me to duck slightly, but the object is so small that it could not possibly be Kylah. She doesn’t know the transformation jutsu, but she does know Doton. A frown creases my forehead as I study the creature’s movements knowing that my ability to see in the night is not that of a cat’s. All I see is the outline of the creature, but no colour other than black. If it was an earthly creature, I wouldn’t know… Or would I? Taking a deep whiff of air, I draw the scent of the forest deep into my lungs, the heavy smell of dirt invades my senses to the point when I wonder if that creature really is Kyla’s.

Nonetheless, I move out of its way and head deeper into the forest until I find a tree large enough to shield my body if I stand the length of the trunk. The large trunk blocks the majority of my body from two sides which enables me to focus on the areas where I am open to attack. The forest is still and reasonably quiet aside from the sounds of the crickets in the distance. I knew that should they grow silent, my hunter is nearby. Lowering myself into a crouching position, I strain my ears and relax my muscles. The sounds of the forest soon flooded me, and I welcome the news it was willing to provide..


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Post Number: 111
Byakugō no In charges: 24

[Natsy]

The soft moonlight shone through the forest, peeking through the trees casting small shafts of light. Although the moonlight was not strong, it gave enough vision to the forest to enable the ground to become visible. The trees stood tall and branches poked out along the trunks like the legs of a stick insect. Leaves shrouded the majority of the branches and cast even more shadows along the forest floor. Small creatures scurried along the moss covered ground and darted beneath round bushes that littered the ground.

A twig snapped from behind me followed by a soft rustling of a nearby bush. I am unable to determine exactly where it is; all I know is that it is somewhere behind me. My heartbeat increases until it is pounding in my ears. The cool metallic feeling of the senbon sitting in my right hand is comforting despite I lack the knowledge of where my cousin’s current position is. Slowly, I shift toward my right, pressing my back against the tree as I gingerly peer around the trunk to see the source of the noise. Nothing appears in my immediate vision, but the sound of another bush rustling causes me to pull back and press my back up against the tree.

The source of the sound is directly behind the tree. I am not pleased with this knowledge and continues to hope the forest will tell me more. Forcing my heart rate to regulate itself, I am able to listen to the noises once again. The faint sound of breathing tells me that Kylah is nearby, her exact position remaining unknown. The senbon grows warm in my palm as I turn around to face the tree. However, the moment I turn, the hairs on the back of my neck stand up and the sensation of a dull pain suddenly starts to build from behind me. I am stiff now, my muscles locked in place. Just then, I hear a swift intake of breath and the sound of fabric scraping against something and I know that my cousin is behind me.

Throwing myself sharply to the right, I land on my side and throw my hands back behind me as I crawl backward. The glint of the blade strikes the tree right where my head was and the handle of the axe is nothing but a black mark. My gaze then snaps back to Kylah’s direction as she readies herself for another throw. Inhaling sharply, I am on my feet and darting through the woods, senbon clutched tightly in my right hand. The nearest tree had a low enough branch for me to jump up onto and I decide to take it. The sensation in the back of my neck does not fade as the faint whoosh suddenly alerts me.

The second hand axe strikes the tree right beside me as I push myself upward and into the tree. My left hand grabs a branch in front and I pull sharply on it and propel my body forward, twisting around as I did so. I land backward on another branch and flick my wrist, releasing the senbon the moment I landed. The small projectile is unseen in the darkness and sails across the forest before embedding itself in something hard. I hear no grunt, and that signifies that Kylah was not the object it had hit. However, I step to the right and flick my wrist again, an underarm throw and this time my senbon hits its mark, Kylah’s right shoulder takes a direct hit, the senbon sticking out of the point when her joints meet.

My cousin lets out an ear-splitting scream before the momentum of my throw sends her back thirty five metres… “Game over!” I shout out into the distance.


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Post Number: 112
Byakugō no In charges: 24