The Pirate Menace - Mission thread

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The Pirate Menace
Rank of mission: B
Danger: High
Posting Minimum: 8
Description of mission:
Every nation has that one criminal that just seems to be the worst of the bunch, for the Land of Fire its Robby the Pirate. Wanted for murder, theft, and crimes against the Land of Fire, Robby has terrorised the coastline of the Land of Fire for almost a decade. Its only now that the KMP has really buckled down and went after the guy as he has intercepted some equipment he really should not have gotten his hands on. A shipment of weaponry from the Land of Wind was stolen by him and his crew that can incriminate the KMP if they were to get out on the black market. To combat this the KMP has created a diversionary tactic for the operation with a false announcement of a massacre that could never be verified and has given the go ahead for a mission to take him out.
Mission objectives:

• Find Robby and his Crew
• Take them out and retrieve the stolen goods
• Return them to the Team Blitz Hangout

Reward: 20,000 ryo + 2,500 ryo donated to the Team Blitz Fund

Her Kyuushi blade on her hip Amarante traveled in attire that bore no mark of the Leaf Village. She couldn't risk being spotted and so she carried the bare minimum. A sword, a kunai in her butt bag, and her KMP Chief badge. Her attire was skimpy, a black tank top and short. Her feet were partially covered by wooden sandals. One would call her impoverished rather than a notable police figure head. She was able to act incognito like this, it was a rather beneficial look...

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Juugo Kasui Are Kara Joukai Ame (Fifteen Spikes That From Heaven Rain)
Rank: "S" Rank
Skill: Ninjutsu, Offensive
Effect: Creates fifteen large spikes of water that descend from the sky and attempt to impale anything the user wishes.
Special: "Hand Seals"
Drawback: It is possible to dodge the spikes with enough given speed. In order to achieve maximum damage, the opponent must actually be hit with both phases of the technique. Requires a large enough water source to perform the technique. Drains an "E" Rank amount of chakra per pillar per turn from the user to maintain spikes past the first turn of creation.
Description: One of the most frightening Suiton techniques to ever have been created, Juugo Kasui Are Kara Joukai Ame, or Fifteen Spikes That From Heaven Rain, is capable of doing incredible amounts of damage. Performing the required handseals, the user channels chakra into the water around them. Lifting up fifteen portions of water, the water itself will shape into a large spike, about four meters in height and one meter in width at its' widest point. These spikes, made out of highly condensed water, rise up a total of about fifteen meters into the air. Then, directed by the user's hands, the spikes will descend downwards from the sky at startling speeds, making them difficult to dodge if used correctly. The user can have all the spikes come down at once, or can delay them and drop them as he or she wills, but to delay their drop requires additional expenditure of chakra. The spikes themselves, due to their speed and condensed water form, are each capable of dealing a "B" Ranks amount of damage. However, a second after the spikes make impact with something, they will detonate with a concussive water force, dealing an additional "C" rank amount of damage to anything within three meters of the spike.
Limit: Must have the Water Release. Must have Ochiru Ame "B" Rank. Requires 500 TP in Suiton techniques before this ability can be learned.

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Before she set out into the Land of Fire Amarante decided that she should train up a little and began to build up her chakra. She had earlier that day read an interesting scroll of a jutsu that cause great pillars from the sky to fall down and impale anything the user wished, it seemed like a very useful jutsu for her to possess. A jutsu that called upon the heavens to bring down pikes from the sky? That was something a god should possess and now she was going to practice it. Amarante formed the hand signs and began to build her chakra, throwing it into the air above her. Her chakra began to mingle in the sky with all the clouds and evaporated water and when she believed it was time for the pikes to fall to the earth, nothing happened. Now that was rather distressing, she had imagined great spires of water sticking up from the ground and yet she didn't even get a drop of rain. That was indeed rather odd to occur and so she tried to do the same thing again and began to form the hand signs for the jutsu as she built up her chakra.

She threw her chakra up and into the sky again, throw it up like she just don't dare, and she waited for the jutsu to do something. Anything. Her chakra mixed with the air and began to draw upon It for substance and yet, even after waiting a little while Amarante found that there was nothing. Her attempts were resulting in nothing. She wasn't aware of any other issues with the jutsu, so she just kept on trying and forming hand signs over and over, throwing out chakra over and over, wasting a lot of time and effort with her attempts at learning the technique however nothing came of it and whenever she threw her jutsu in the sky she found that nothing was coming back. Tired from her attempts at seemingly doing nothing, she sat down to rest as she tried to figure out just what was going wrong so soon with her jutsu. As she compared it with her other jutsu one of her other techniques couldn't help but come to mind. The jutsu she was thinking of in this instance was the Kirin technique.

Now Kirin was a very powerful jutsu but it needed a thunderstorm to be able to be utilised. Perhaps this jutsu needed something similar and so she decided to try throwing some water into the air in an attempt at proving this theory of hers. Finding a nearby lake she began to build up her chakra and cast a fire style jutsu, the fireball jutsu, upon It to make the water evaporate and go into the sky. Now she tried again to cast the jutsu and began to form the hand signs, a long string it was getting tiring to form them over and over, and she built up her chakra heavily and then with great energy she threw it high into the sky. She threw it up and let it meld with the air and water molecules in an attempt at bringing down pikes of justice though in the end, nothing. She just couldn't understand it, she was throwing so much chakra into this jutsu for it to amount to absolutely no change? This was preposterous! She was a master of the water style, you would be hard pressed to find someone greater than her, and yet she couldn't even begin to master this jutsu. How annoying.

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A few moments of rest and aggitation later Amarante began to build her chakra again and with the help of the nearby lake she began to build more chakra. She formed a series of hand signs and pushed it into the water, she was taking the roundabout way of utilising the jutsu and as she focused she found that her efforts wer ebeing rewarded, kind of. By her efforts she was now getting the ater into the sky yes but she wasn't getting any shape to the jutsu what so ever. It was just a giant ball of water in the air. She tried her very best to try and shape this ball of water into something, anything but she wasn't able to even alter the ball in the least. In the end the effort was just too great and she let the jutsu fall. Her efforts were getting closer to the end result but nothing was helping so far. She began to calm herself from the rage building within her and slowly she steadied ehrself. She began to build her chakra calmly within herself and readied her hands signs. Forming them in a controlled manner she pushed her chakra out over the lake again and into the water for another attempt at the jutsu, this time she focused not on the amount of chakra but the manner in which she controlled it.

Her chakra began to envelop the water and she watched it rise from the lake as she controlled it ever so slightly. The water took the the sky and as she tried to shape it she found that the water naturally returned to that ball state which she was contending with previously and she tried to rectify it. The water remained in that ball however she tried to use her chakra to force it into a simply pike shape with a pointed end but the water wasn't complying very well and it merely rippled with her action. After a few moments of trying Amarante allowed the jutsu to drop and the water fell back into the lake and she was left to think of what to do. Sitting herself down she began to build up her chakra as she crossed her legs and closed her eyes. Mediating she began to work on her chakra control and motioned it within herself, focusing it in the stomach. The stomach was the source of all energy so this was an ideal area to focus her energy within. Her chakra began to grow greatly and Amarante maintained her meditative state as she moved her hands.

She began to form hand signs and built her her chakra greatly with the action as it was refined with each individual seal. Her hands carved the chakra like an artist carving marble and in the end she felt as though she had come close to perfection with her attempt and she began to push her chakra over the lake, her eyes still closed. She could feel the jutsu begin to take action and within her mind's eye she could see the jutsu take up to the sky as water began to pool however there was still some issues. This technique was meant to have multiple pikes created in the sky however this one had only a single, poorly crafted pike. There was no sharp point to this pike, there was a blunt point to it in its place. While she didn't believe this to be very helpful Amarnate could deal a lot of bludgeoning damage with this but that wasn't the point of this jutsu. She let it fall and once again began to build her chakra, water falling form the sky creating another unnatural downpour over the lake. This was going to be a lot of work, she suspected as she continued to build up her chakra.

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?/100 – 3/10

But hard work was something she was good at, she pushed herself each and every day. She began to swirl her chakra around inside of her and pushed the water out over the lake again. This time her actions were faster and she managed to create the same pike in a shorter time without as much effort. Again she allowed the jutsu to drop and she once more crafted the jutsu's hand signs, building chakra up within herself so that she could expel it out over the lake's water and create her water jutsu. This result was a more pike shape formed by the water, the tip of the pike looked threatening. She had managed to make some real progress but now the real test of skill was to begin. She had to control this pike and keep its shape as it moved, first up she would simply allow the pike to fall by the weight of gravity and use her chakra to control the shape and maintain the image of a large pike of water. It fell and by her whim she maintained the shape of the pike but there was a harder test. She had to ensure the pike didn't hit the water, she had to stop it mid-air. This was a true test of her ability.

She reached out with her mind and attempted to halt the motion of the pike but she was still too wet behind the ears and the pike merely crashed through the water’s surface creating a large wave in its wake. Despite the inability to have the pike stop, she showed success as she managed to ensure the pike retained its shape during the free fall. Again she formed hand signs and created a new pike of water that hovered over the water. Again she allowed it to drop and free fall into the water. As she did so she mused on how much easier the initial creation had become. The water rushed to her will, it shaped itself according to her desire. It was most encouraging. Her whims were not freely met however as the pike pierced the water yet again despite her efforts to stop it but there was some success further. The pike was merely partly submerged into the water. The upper half of the pike had stopped outside the water. Just one more push, one more little bit of effort and a milestone would be reached, she could feel her power growing.

Another string of hand signs, another pike of water pooling itself together from the water. Again it hovered above the lake, its shape holding strong. Now. She let the pike drop and she, with her strength and chakra control, attempted to have the pike pause in its action. The pike was heavy, far heavier than she herself was. Gravity made it incredibly difficult to have the pike stop, the weight was so grand, but Amarante’s will was greater. She threw out her hand and pushed her energy out to have the pike stop its action. The pike immediately, at this action, stopped in its tracks. It hovered in place over the water, keeping its positon. Amarante slowly moved it so that the base of the pike would swing over to the water allowing it to hover on its surface horizontally. It was pointed away from her and Amarante decided to see if she could have it attack. Currently she was restraining the jutsu, allowing for it to be manipulated, but now it was a switch. She set her target and let the pike loose like an archer firing an arrow.

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?/100 – 4/10

The pike flew straight and true, it produces a large explosion of earth upon impact as its strength was grand. Still this was only the beginning. Amarante moved toward the coast line now, recovering as she travelled so that she could use this jutsu later on. The Pirate Menace, Robby, was on her list. He was causing an uproar along the coast and had to be stopped. Arriving at a port in the Land of Fire’s commercial fishing docks Amarante got to work. First was to find information and to find it she was attacking on two fronts. While two water clones looked for suspicious boats two more were asking around for any information on pirating in the area. As these two questioning clones returned they informed the original that a big heist had just been committed earlier that day. A trading ship was attacked and its wares stolen just a few kilometres off shore. The other clones returned with nothing to report as well and the group of five took off atop a large bird of water that flapped its way to life in search of the area of attack.

The ship was attacked as it passed through a well-travelled path so there was still a chance that some pirates were tailing about somewhere. Many ships were in this area now, the attack was a bold one but from what she had heard, Robby was a bold man. In control of a small fleet of ships, not many dared contest him on the open sea but Amarante was well adept with water. She would challenge him. Her observant eyes peered something approaching the area, it bore the sail a skull and crossbones with the skull possessing a mighty crack. She recognised this as the flag of the ‘The Phantom Plunderers’ which were Robby’s brigade. Amarante cracked her neck and then took her bird off to intercept the crew but they must have spotted her as when she performed the action, a large cannon ball few by followed by a large bang. Under attack already? Amarante held no qualms of fighting. As the clones were tasked with evasion and protection, Amarante herself took it upon herself to handle the offence. She would show no mercy.

Hand signs were easily flicked through and with the help of the almighty sea, she created a pike of great size and she bore it toward the pirate ship. Letting the pike loose, she aimed it a the bow of the ship and fired. The pike sailed through the air with unrivalled speed and struck into the wood with great force. The ship rocked with the intense bolt of power and began to shake as it floated in the water, from side to side. Screams could be heard upon the impact but Amarante wasn’t done yet. As more cannon balls sailed toward her she prepared another water pike, forming the hand signs and aiming toward the ship for a second time before firing it off at them with a great jolt. Again the ship was struck and another hole created. More screaming from the men but the ship had not sunk yet and they were still firing at her. This was going to be an interesting little fight. It was completely one sided, her new water jutsu was to ensure that, but it was still fun. This was her first naval battle, and as she prepared more hand signs for the same technique, she found the process to be most satisfying.

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The battle continued on with the pirates firing cannon ball after cannon ball at her but Amarante fired back her own shots and the pirate ship had begun to take on water mean whilst she was perfectly fine. She wanted this fight to be over quickly else she’d be too exhausted to properly interrogate the defeated pirates so she began to form hand signs and this time she focused on crafting two pikes of water. At her command, the ocean rewarded her with the pikes she had asked, in the number she had asked, but the size was a little smaller than she had wanted. Still, they would do fine and she let them loose again and she watched as they smashed into the ship. It was now unrecoverable, it was going to sink regardless of what the pirates did, but as if in defiance to her they continued to attack with what they could. Firing anything they could at her, crossbows, cannon balls, hell a few pirates even threw forks out of the window at her. Her attack had shook the boat so greatly that most of the cannons were out of commission now however, there wasn’t much left to do.

One final push should do it, she figured, as Amarante formed hand signs once more. Two pikes of water began to draw from the air and pool into heavy weapons constructed from water. She had ensured that she had crafted these two larger, desiring to have them inflict the final blow. The ship was targeted soon after their creation and with a mere flick of the wrist they shot toward the ship and crashed into it with enough force the ocean itself wailed. The water splashed up as if a geyser before swallowing the ship whole. This jutsu of her was like a weapon of the sea king himself. The pirate’s power was no match. Her enemies disposed of she flew in low to meet with them, speaking to discover if she had managed to capture Robby. She questioned the one wearing the largest hat and enquired as to his identity. The man’s name was Captain Grimsley, one of Robby’s commanders. He informed her that Robby was not here and that they were just a scouting party. He ridiculed her stating that Robby wouldn’t stand for this, threatening her with retribution but Amarante had no such sense for these things and she instead offered him something.

In exchange for knowledge into the location of Robby she would spare his life, saving him. He politely refused. Undeterred, she gave him a different option. She would allow him to die but she would save his crew in exchange for the information. He accepted. He gave out a location by the Land of Tea, he was telling the truth, he then stated that a group of over one hundred pirates stronger than he were with him, he was telling the truth. Amarante then created another clone which in turn created a giant bird of water from the crew to latch onto as they made their back to the shore. She created another pike of water, and had it hover above the Pirate Captains head. She was giving him the luxury of not drowning. His crew watched on, pleading for their captains life as the giant pike continued to hover over head but it had already been decided. Captain Grimsley, he was a proud man. He announced as his final words that he had faith in Robby. He spoke truth. He also stated that he did not fear death. He lied. The pike came a crashing down and the water around erupted as shades of red fizzed within the sea foam.

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Her destination ahead of her the giant bird of water carried Amarante over the seas under the direction of one of her four remaining clones whilst she rested. This jutsu was incredible but it was taxing. As she travelled she continued to practice, it was a long trip after all. She formed the hand signs over and over to ensure she never forgot them. She practised building her chakra, meditating, and finally she practised by performing the jutsu. She could make up to fourteen pikes with this jutsu but at the moment, two was the best she could manage. So she worked on the third. It took several hours but after training for three, she managed four. She was ahead of schedule. Her powers sometimes even surprised herself. As she soared high in the air she rested to regain the strength she had lost only to be confronted by the image of a ship on the horizon. It bore a flag overhead, a skull and crossbones, and she moved to intercept it as a result. Her powers not yet fully restored she swooped down as she formed hand signs, intent to finish the ship off quickly. Her fingers weaving expertly with the series at this point, she created the pikes without effort.

From the sea and sky, water pooled together until four great pikes of liquid floated by the giant bird of water that Amarante stood upon. Attacking with the sun behind her, the pirate ship wouldn't even know that they were under attack until it was too late. The pikes rained down as if the gods themselves had inflicted it upon them. They crashed into the ship and reduced the wood to splinters with their contact. The ship began to sway to and fro with the impact and spat up waves in the ation. The pirates were running about like chickens with their heads cut off, it was so sudden and they were already on the way out from the assault. Before the pirates could even manage some self defence Amarante had already instigated the next attack and had began to form more pillars of water from the air around her and from the oceans below her. Again four pikes of water pooled into shape and hovered around her form. She held them there for but the briefest of instances before flicking her hand forward and launching them at the ship once more. This time, it was the end of the pirates.

These men had done nothing to her and yet she rained her power down as if she were a god casting judgement. It was the most unholy of exercises. Such cruelty and yet as she did this she could only think of how to improve this unjust strength, only thinking of herself. The men jumped ship so as to help themselves and Amarante swooped down. Finding someone important she enquired as to the pirates identity but it appeared as though this was still not the Pirate Robby she was looking for so she left them and continued on her path. Robby would most likely already be at the meeting point and these men were most likely on their way to join them. The thought of hundreds of men was tempting but at the same time warning for her efforts. She had had an easy time so far but against a fleet of ships it could be a different story, not to mention she did not necessarily want to destroy such a fleet. Still, much preparation must be made and so she began to meditate once more to replenish her energy and to ponder her jutsu further. To this point, she had managed rather well but she would need to work on her self much more. A surprise attack would not work on the fleet as it did a single ship but this water jutsu, was beyond perfect for this situation...

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?/100 – 7/10

In her minds eye Amarante focused on her jutsu. The heavenly pikes were something to be feared, it made sense they were named as such but she was only scrapping the surface of the power they could grant. She began to ponder this jutsu further in the recesses of her mind and as if guided by the hands of a god she began to envision a field with a large source of water and began to train. She formed the hand signs in this illusionary place first and then sent her chakra into the water around her. The water rippled but in no time at all she had in her possession four pikes of water that hovered above the water. She began to aim them over the lake in front of her and she shot them off into the distance. The pikes, all four of them sailed off until she could no longer see them and she stood alone as the lakes water rippled toward its edge. Again. She did the same thing creating more pikes of water and holding them before herself as she readied to pitch them over to the distance. A simply flick of the wrist was all it took and they sailed over the horizon and out of sight. Such strength in these pikes, she thought to herself but then something odd happened. Out of no where, four more pikes pooled themselves out of the water before her.

They took shape and hovered in the air seemingly allowing for Amarante to inspect them. They were larger than Amarante's, they held more water and therefore more weight. Their creation was much faster than her own meaning that whoever was capable of creating these pikes had much more strength than she did herself but that wasn't the most shocking part. After a good few seconds of meandering the pikes took off like bullet. They flew over the water with such strength it caused giant waves beneath their wake as the moved. It was so much more powerful than her own, such strength. She looked around to see just who had created these pikes but found no one. Not one to be upstaged Amarante formed more hand signs and created four more pikes of water before herself. They formed quickly and they held more water and weight than she had previously, these four pikes were comparable to the pikes created by the other individual. Next was the hardest part however as she now had to fire these pikes over the water with the same amount of strength. She clenched her fist tightly then pushed out her palm and sent the pikes soaring through the air.

They flew with such speed they created pulses in the water beneath them just like the other pikes summoned by the other individual. Amarante held a smug grin for a moment before more pikes of water pooled form the water again. This time, five pikes of great size had formed. She was at a loss for words for the briefest of moments as they shot off into the distance with power almost unbelievable to her. It was as if as Amarante grew in strength, so did this foe, in almost equal terms. This other person was challenging her. She didn't like it but she wasn't going to be made a fool of and she formed more hand signs. She expended a great amount of energy and in an instant she began to pool the water together before herself as she shaped a half a dozen pikes from the water. She used as much strength as she could muster and in an instant she had before six, SIX pikes of water larger than any of the other pikes had been. They shaped themselves and then readied for the shot they were created for. Amarante took a moment to ready herself and then, they flew through the area and shot off into the distance creating in their wake several large crashes of water. Her smug grin returned, Amarante couldn't help but be proud of herself.

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?/100 – 8/10

As if to merely spite her, the next events were shocking to say the least. A swirling mist of darkness began to form beside her. It built up power as Amarante could only stand back and watch. Suddenly a hand of pure evil reached out from the spinning dark and it began to react with the water. Many pools, streams, of water began to pool amongst themselves and as Amarante watched the events unfold, she couldn't help but count them. Fourteen. Over a dozen pikes of water. They hovered above the water as the shape of the black mist took shape. Just as Amarante was about to realise who it was the pikes shot off into the distance and soon, the world of her minds eye was embraced in the whiteness of a grand explosion. Her eyes flickering open in the real world again, she couldn't help but smile at the events that just unfolded. Who was this spectre in her dream world? Who else would, nay, could it be? It was herself of course. It seemed as though the curse mark was shedding light on the situation, forcing her to grow stronger, leading her to greater strength. The seal on her back burned for a brief instant as she arrived on the scene.

Amarante took shelter high in the sky to avoid the eyes of a great many ships in the area. They were all departing, venturing off in all different direction. Dozens upon dozens of ships. She looked into her minds eye as she scouted the area, searching for her target. After a few moments she found the strongest aura in the area. It was docked in a group of five ships, it appeared as though these ships were not to move out with the dozens of others. 'It must be Robby' she thought to herself as she remained in the sky. She decided to remain her for a further amount of time, until the other ships had left the area. That way she both had the time to recover and for the enemy forces to slim down. She closed her eyes and meditated again, not as deep this time but enough to start recovering chakra. This jutsu was incredibly taxing, she had to be in prime condition. A little over an hours passed and most of the fleet was gone, only the five ships still docked were left. It was afternoon now, the sun was beginning to set. She calmly assessed the area. It appeared as though no one had discovered her yet. She kept above the clouds to keep vision of her to a minimum and now that it was time to attack, she first had to pick her target.

With her minds eye she discovered the more powerful ships and selected them. The two right next to the ship that Robby, or at least who she suspected was Robby, were the first target. They would be sunk first. Her ambush, was ready. She stood in toe with her remaining clones, 4 of them, and took the initiative. She held more chakra so she would be the first to attack out of the five but first, she began to activate the curse mark. From the low of her back tribal patterns of red began to stretch over her skin until they settled in place and turned to black. Power began to flow through her and she felt as though nothing was stronger. She formed the hand signs with this evil power and readied fourteen pikes of water from the clouds. Taking aim, she deviated the targets and the pikes and then with a snap of the fingers, the assault was on. From the heavens themselves, fourteen pikes of water crashed down and slammed into the fleet. Six pikes crashed into the ship to the left of Robby's and destroyed it in an instant. The men inside, the wood, they were all shattered in an instant. The same fate was met by the ship on the right of Robby's ship. Another six pikes crashed into it and the ship was sunk just as quickly...

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?/100 – 9/10

Twelve of the fourteen pikes had struck the ships to either side of Robby's leaving only two remaining. The two were aimed at Robby's ship to both warn him and to upset the balance of the crew, creating chaos on board. Atop a large bird of Water Amarante and her clones began their rapid descent to the ground. Amarante was not yet done however as their was still plenty of time left before she reached the ship meaning she could deal with the other two. She formed the string of hand signs again and built up her chakra. Another fourteen pikes of water began to pool into existence and she aimed these fourteen yet again to deal with the other ships. The first six crashed into the ship further to the left and the second six into the one to the furthest to the right. Just like the first two ships to sink they were dealt with without difficulty. They sank and the men on board were all dealt with. If not dead, injured, if not injured then drowned or drowning. The final two pikes were not aimed at Robby's ship as they were last time however as a second barrage would send this ship to the bottom of the ocean as well. And she had plans for Robby, she couldn't let that happen.

Instead these pikes were aimed for the shore line. On the shore were a few men seemingly tasked with guarding from land based attacks. It was a shame they weren't ready for an aerial strike. The pikes rained down upon these men and crushed them instantly. Only the men on Robby's ship were left and Amarante's make shift squadron of herself and her clones descended upon it ready to fight. As she touched down the clones followed behind her with the clone in charge of the giant water bird using the avian to take off into the sky once more. The group moved quickly but before much of anything could be done the pirates were on deck with their swords drawn. They charged Amarante's group but the water bird crashed into them from the side knocking the majority of the men off the deck, sacrificing it in the process but now the enemy was even thinner in ranks. Her clones then engaged the majority of the remaining pirates, taking them on in combat whilst the original headed toward Robby. She cut down all the pirates that attempted to bar her path until she reached the captains room door. With her sword she cut it down and entered to room to meet Robby. A woman wrapped around his arm, he held a confident smile as he turned to acknowledge Amarante. ”Ah, so you're the one who's destroyed my ships. Interesting, I wasn't expecting such a pretty girl.” Not one to be taken back by flattery Amarante merely drew her blade in response “Your time roaming the seven seas is over Robby. You're coming with me.”

Robby merely smiled. “Is that so. Unfortunately I'll have to decline your invitation. I love the sea far too much to ever leave it!” He leaped at her, pushing the woman to the side as he slashed at her with his sword. The two were locked in a heated battle, a clashing of swords. The cramped walls of the Captains office were constricting so Amarante's laid a plan to fool Robby. A simple plan really, she cut down the walls of the ship asfter parrying an attack from the pirate king and fled outside, Robby followed her. A poor choice as by the time Amarante touched the water, Robby following, she had already flicked through a series of hand signs. A great number of pikes of water now floated in the sky above the clashing duo, ready to rain down and Amarante's plan was set fully into action. They sailed down toward the water and crashed down upon Robby's immediate vicinity. The Pirate avoided them but found that a giant wave was created in their wake. In all actuality it was the entire basis of Amarante's plan. She couldn't actually kill him, no no no. Instead, he was offset by the wave but Amarante was used to moving about both on top of and within water. She was able to quickly navigate the tide and get in close. With her sword drawn she was ready to take him down, but not kill him of course.

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?/100 – 10/10

Her plan had been set off without a hitch but she didn't take Robby's own ability into consideration properly. It appeared as though he was also just as adept at moving about on the water, it made sense. A pirate such as he was on the water all the time, it was only natural, so because of this Robby was still in the game whilst Amarante was beginning to feel exhausted. Having performed the jutsu three times already, she was nearing her limit. The two continued to clash swords but as the time went on she was losing ground. Robby still had a lot in reserve but Amarante had expended hers as she took out the other ships. She was quick to think of another plan though. A plan with seventeen phases. The first phase, break away and form hand signs. In this phase she used all her might to get a distance from Robby, set her sword in her mouth and then quickly flew through the hand seals. The pikes from the heaven were then created in phase two. Phase three, one of the pikes reigned down and crashed a mighty wave. Phase four through seven created more waves and soon both Robby and Amarante were in striff. The many waves created from the pillars of water spraying out of the water.

It was chaos and the two were merely trying to keep themselves alive at this point but it was all according to plan. Phase eight was kicked into gear and another pike struck the water spraying a great amount of water all over as if a geyser. The mist clouded vision but Amarante gained a foot hold and charged under the guise of the mist, at the same time Robby also got a foot hold, a little later however and he found himself on the defensive, but not for long. By the time phase nine took hold, he was winning the fight amidst the waves. As the pike struck Robby had turned the tables. Phases ten through thirteen were then in effect as he was readying to deliver the final blow. With his sword he stabbed straight through Amarante's heart, leaving him paused before her as the fourteenth and fifteenth phases took into effect. Amarante grasped the sword plunged into her chest as Robby smiled in victory, and then... Phase sixteen. From the air, an additional pikes of water sailed toward the water right by Robby as, splash. The girl, Amarante, splashed into water. Unknown to Robby, Amarante had switched places with one of her clones during the cover of the mist.

So the victory he claimed, was merely a false victory. He was off guard so when phase sixteen occurred, he was so far off balance, he was defenceless. Another giant pillar of water splashed up upon the impact of the fifteenth pike of water and from within emerged the real Amarante who had hidden herself in the spraying mists of the previous phases. Her hand was covered in electricity, the crackling sound of which was easily hidden within the sounds of raging waters, another part of her devious plan utilising the fifteen pillars. The Pirate was unable to defend himself from this and was shocked into unconsciousness as a result as the lightning spread through his body. He fell in a slump whilst Amarante snatched his heavy body up. The raging waters which she had created with her powerful jutsu were still a problem but she was able to escape them with aid from one of her clones who created another giant bird of water beneath her feet allowing for her to head up into the sky with Robby in toe. One clone down now, she watched as two of her clones defended the clone utilising the water bird technique. The giant bird of water approached the group and quickly they retreated with Robby captured.

Utilising her sealing jutsu Amarante bound the captive and set off back for the leaf village. It was a hard days work but she had come out victorious, leaving nothing but a wake of chaos behind her...

[Madame Loki]

~learned~

[JiMmIyZ - Hel]

Speed Effect
Rank: "B"
Skill: NinJutsu
Effect: User gives a target a haste effect that lets people gain 2 movements.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: Target is Creature Touched. Range is Personal or Touch. Duration is 3 Rounds. By speeding the actions of the user's soul or a target's soul, the body and mind speeds up as well. By touching the target it speeds up their movements for 3 rounds. Those affected by this technique will have a small blue glow until the technique stops.
Limit: Must be a Soulcaster.

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Flashback training:
Back in the Leaf vilalge as she was a young girl it was the Great Hoshigaki who introduced her to meditation. The man was surprisingly spiritual and he was the one to teach Amarante how to work with her own energy to increase her strength. He instructed her on how to focus her energy and stated that she was a being focused on both speed and counter attacks so she should, rather than by doing what he did which was to increase his strength, focus on energising her body. So as she closed her eyes, her positioning mirroring that of Hoshigaki's who was cross legged with his palms to the sky, Amarante began to look internally within herself. Chakra was the key apparently and so she did as instructed and began to focus the energy of her chakra. It built up inside her and while she felt it energising her muscles she found that the effect in which she was supposed to be achieving was rather lacklustre. The connection between mind and body, it wasn't present with this style of energizement. Still it was all she had and she continued to build this strength up within herself. She was at first under the impression that because speed was the desired outcome, then she would need lightning chakra.

So with this in mind she began to build this lightning styled chakra within herself. Her body became interlaced with the element, her body became static to the touch. She felt as though reactions were improved, her ability to manipulate the muscles increased ten fold, it was a perfect notion of increasing her speed. Confident that she had completed what Hoshigaki had instructed her to do, she stood with a cocky smile but the Great Hoshigaki was already well aware of her actions and he reprimanded her for it. Confused as to why he was reprimanding her Hoshigaki plainly stated that it was the usage of chakra which was wrong. This only further lead to confusion, Amarante was informed just a moment ago that it, chakra, was the key to the whole concept. His words were contradictory. Annoyed Amarante berted his teaching style and his conflicting statements but Hoshigaki put it aside and told Amarante to look over her situation. The amount of chakra Amarante had been using was great, it would soon exhaust her. Now with that in mind Hoshigai explained that the jutsu would be activated for time which would make utilising it difficult.

Amarante was forced to retreat back into her meditative state and ponder the situation further, albeit regrettably. So she was to not use chakra but chakra was the key? Such conflicting statements. This was the first time that Amarante had tried to meditate and so she was finding the sense of tranquility required difficult to attain, the conflicting words of Hoshigaki weren't any help for that either. She found herself simply building up some chakra and thinking as a result, and she remained in this state for some time. From the corner of her eye she peered at Hoshigaki's form for a moment and discovered something rather shocking. He was encased in a dull blue glow which to Amarante was impossible. If he was utilising chakra in such a way she would have sensed it but here he was, simply encased in a glow that should not exist. How, how was this possible? So chakra was the key but this 'chakra' was not detectable by her mind's eye. She could only conclude that amongst this impossibility that the chakra she was faced with was not actually chakra at all but something else. It then clicked in her mind, the key was chakra. Don't use chakra. After meditating on it for over an hour, she finally understood.

[JiMmIyZ - Hel]

?/40 – 2/4

Flashback training:
If the key was chakra but the energy Hoshigaki was utilising was not chakra then of course the only answer left was for the energising of the body by means other than chakra, meaning that the key was to 'not' use chakra but further issues arose. If not chakra, then what? Perhaps chakra would have the answer. A force other than chakra within the body. A different kind of spiritual energy, if she was to trust her own chakra, would she find such a thing. Chakra was spiritual energy, not physical. Perhaps were the spirit and body connect, the other energy source would present herself. The connection between mind and body, the soul. She had no choice. She had to concentrate on stepping into her own shadow. Her mind traced in on itself. It took several days of meditation for her to step into this place, she didn't eat, she didn't sleep, she merely used her utter exhaustion to enter a comatose state and retreat into the unconscious thoughts of her mind, during this time it was up to Uchiha and Hoshigaki to protect her at risk body. Near death, Amarante found herself in a state of perpetual discourse with reality.

She stepped into a word of black, were nothing but a word existed. She dared not realise this word as it was, as with all man, the word that resounded within her existence. None should know this word else they know themselves. Such a thing, would destroy the self. Here however, she found something else within the darkness. A light. She followed this light, reaching it to touch it lightly. This caused the entire area to illuminate and as she was blinded by such brightness she found herself in a savannah. Dirt and grass existed here, with a sun hanging over head. There was nothing else here. Endless did this place seem but she was not alone here. In the grass ahead of her something moved as quickly as the wind itself, she recognised it as a sprinting cheetah. It moved swiftly across the earth and she realised that this was the embodiment of what she sought. Her eyes were drawn to this beast, she couldn't look away from it, and in her wonder she found the world slowing down. The cheetah's movement looked as if in slow motion and she was drawn to the beasts legs.

The muscles contracted in such a fine way, it was empowered by the basic instinct. In comparison to humans, beasts were in contact with their souls in moments of life and death as they constantly moved along a knife edge. Humans have forgotten that feeling and in doing so, lost their connection with the soul She understood that at this moment. So was she to tread the line of life and death to find such a connection? She already had. A this moment her body was crying for both rest and water, this was the line of life and death. She had made a connection with her soul in this instance and now, the benefits of being human were made abundant. Humans held the ability of higher intellect, most anyway, so now that she had made this connection, she had the ability of higher thought to properly utilise this. She found her spiritual body react to this thought, her muscles began to fill with strength. She could feel a type of energy within herself, energy she hadn't felt before. It was different from chakra but at the same time, not so different. She retreated frm the spiritual world to find herself being cared for by Hoshigaki who was hydrating her. She had made the connection, her glowing blue hand was proof of it.

[JiMmIyZ - Hel]

?/40 – 3/4

Flashback training:
The connection made it was time to make sue of the power she had discovered. After filling up on food, water, and resting for an adequate amount of time Hoshigaki was set to become a partner. It was a simple game of tag where he would incrementally increase his speed. He was it of course. Amarante was still rather new at this connection with her soul and so she had to take a few moments of meditation before she was encased in the blue glow of the spiritual energy but when she was, Hoshigaki of course was ready for the game to begin. The sounding bell, metaphorical sounding bell, was rung and Hoshigaki took off with a crashing start. He charged her with a great burst of energy and Amarante was already at her limits. She kicked off the ground as quickly as she could and found Hoshigaki on her tail straight away. She began to push to her left, leaping with a mighty burst but Hoshigaki was right there still. The serpentine manouver, she tried it, From left to left, right to left, left to right, she tried all the combinations of random movement but nothing.

Hoshigaki was used to such tactics in chase, he had a great deal more experience than her so when it came down to it, tactics were of no use. She had only one option, run faster! She kicked off yet again pushing with as much might as she could muster. Her legs felt as though they were going to buckle underneath this strength and she found herself at her limit. She wanted to use chakra right now but that would defeat the purpose of the training. The soul, she had to make use off this energy. She had only touched on it, right now the energy surrounding her was not being made use of at all. Reinforce the body. She channeled this newly discovered energy into her limbs, focusing on the legs at first but then the hips and the abdominals. She spaced the energy out so that she was able to accommodate the greater strength she was placing on herself. The blue light began to glow brighter as if it were accommodating her whims. With this soul energy, she could feel herself growing stronger but was it what she was looking for?

There was only one way for her to find out so she took step, focusing on her foot placement and she kicked off the earth. Her action was so powerful due to this reinforcement of the limbs via her soul energy that it created a small crater in her actions wake. Just one large kick was enough to push a large hole in the earth, her speed also shot up in response. It was as if a barrier in her strength had been broken and she could simply move faster. Like the wind she breezed through the trees. Each step was like a leaf caught in a gust, she moved with such quickness but as she increased her speed, Hoshigaki did the same. As if bringing her violently back down to reality the moment she gained confidence, he swooped through with a quick step and appeared right in front of her face wearing a wicked grin. She tried to escape him but he shadowed every footstep, it was impossible for her to get away. She needed distance, she needed to move faster and faster. Just how fast was Hoshigaki? And how fast could she push herself before her body gave way underneath her feet?

[JiMmIyZ - Hel]

?/40 - 4/4

Flashback:
On the run from Hoshigaki Amarante couldn't evade him. She'd push down onto the earth with her speed effect increase but he'd simply match her. She began to attempt to draw on more soul power but there was a limit to just how much strength she could muster from the effect and she learnt that the hard way. Her ligaments were straining, her muscles aching but Hoshigaki was still right on her. She began to gain some better footing as she moved and as her foot touched the ground she began to push up but as she did she heard a loud click. Her kick off the ground was weaker than she expected and after the click she noticed herself falling to the ground. Her push had strained her muscles. Injured, the game of tag had to stop. This was important but at the same time a real let down. She had wanted to get away from Hoshigaki but the man was just too fast and experienced but at least that speed and experience allowed her to grasp the limitations of her speed effect technique. That was valuable information she could use later.

End Flashback:
Back atop the flying bird of water, the sealed Robby on board, Amarante flew over the clouds, out of sight from those below but she needed to drift toward the earth soon. Up ahead was an area of extended cloud loss and the clones were reaching an exhaustion point. She herself had been suffering from a lack of chakra so she decided to touch the ground and travel on foot from this point. Carrying the weighted down Robby on her back now she leapt through the trees but her progress was let down from the additional weight. She had to combat this lack of speed due to the added weight with a jutsu but chakra was low so instead she relied upon the soul techniques. She began to glow a dull shade of blue and she felt her speed increase in a mere moment. Her feet began to push through the branches and she was off like a bullet. As swift as the leaves themselves she moved without difficulty but the blue glow of the soul jutsu attracted attention. She was still within the land of fire but there were bandits afoot. They noticed her blue glow and the person she carried on her back and they moved to intercept her. Immediately the slower of the bunch were left behind and she pressed onward as the quicker men gave chase.

Her clones were gone by this point and she was left without a means to defend herself. That said, if she could make it to the 'safe zone' where the ANBU routinely patrolled her pursuers would most likely back off. It was just a few kilometres ahead. Empowered by her own soul Amarante could feel the strain on her legs lift as she continued to allow the technique to grow in strength. She reinforced her legs and abdominals with the strength only to find this insuuficient. The upper body had a lot to do with the speed one moved so she of course allowed the jutsu to crawl to her torso and arms as well. She was now fully aglow with the blue glow of her soul and she moved with ease through the trees. The bandits were still on her tail and they launched attacks at her from behind to strike at her ankles but she darted in a serpentine manouver to avoid the attacks. Side to side, she moved in random directions to ensure that the attacks never made contact. This would usually slow one down but Amarante's skill and increase in performance made it so she didn't miss a beat. Swiftly moving from one branch to another with a powerful kick she managed to increase the distance between herself and her pursuers to a point where it made it difficult for them too impede her.

Another swift kick and she was in the safe zone where the ANBU normally patrolled. Due to the intense speed that Amarante maintained and the increased threat of ANBU the bandits backed off and Amarante found herself on her own. Kick, push, she darted through the trees coming across a few ANBU which recognised her until she found the village gates in the distance. Mission success.

[Draven]

+40 -learned-

[JiMmIyZ - Hel]

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