Living up to the Name [Training]

[Nekomata Minh]

Titan of Stone  The Blind Beast

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Improved Toughness
Rank: "C"
Skill: Supplementary
Effect: User is tougher than normal.
Special: ---
Drawback: User may learn up to 10 Times.
Description: User gains +6 Armour Points. Points recover after a day's rest. This technique allows the user to gain a greater benefit compared to Toughness. This technique may be learned any number of times and stacks with itself and the Armour Point Bonus provide by the Toughness Technique.
Limit: Must learn from Universal Miscellaneous. Must know Toughness.
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This got intense fast. A lot going on in such a short time. She didn't expect this kind of battle to form so quickly. Guess that is how it is sometimes. She needed to get familiar with this sort of thing. All on the bucket list of becoming stronger. Junko watched from where she was in the air. Krystal making her move to dodge her attack as fast as to be expected. All in all, this wasn't the first time she has seen her use that lightning based move. Well all she did call it was lightning. She wasn't aware that is was plasma yet. But even then, Junko didn't have the time to worry about it. Her eyes were on her opponents. She watched as Shenjie had formed his counter to her attack. All in all she didn't see it coming, but it was one heck of a way to evade her fireball.

The sudden yell of who knows what, startled her making her pay attention as all she saw was some foreign energy charge in her katon attack, soon causing them to explode in a large spectral of mixed colors. The heat came to her quickly, making her tense up. Her skin was already used to heat as it was though. Her chakra flowing constantly only ment it effected her even less. Her body gradually through these long years had been hardening to handle a lot of punishment. As if expecting something to come that would make it push that hard in the first place.

Her skin sensed the heat, but naturally due to this fact alone, Junko was not bothered by it. Heat was her friend. That didn't mean this kept her from negative effects though. The after effect, made this dangerous. Junko couldn't see anything at all. Only feel the chakra below her. The black ash that flew at her, only singed for a moments notice. She'd curl her body up regardless to block anything critical being damaged. Her tail now curling around her waist to stay out of trouble.

Sadly, that wouldn't be all the trouble she'd receive now is it? Junko totally not expecting anyone to come up here this quickly. She could only notice that Shenjie's chakra couldn't be felt down below anymore. But where was he? She looked around. Nothing in front of her or at the sides. Although that didn't silence the sickening feeling. And her sickening feeling was right! She'd gasp as she'd feel his tensed hand on her clavicle, only being able to get a glance off, before she felt her whole body being shunted around. The weight of her body, turned against her as her momentum was shifted to be a disadvantage. She couldn't lash out to grab him, and avoid this. So she could only yell out in surprise as she was flung back down.

She would be flying in sideways with her back facing Krystal unable to halt herself. She thought on if she should launch her fail safe, but she opted out of that to keep it as a surprise. Now was no time, to lose her cool. So she'd take this hit with full intention. Her body, bracing from impact as she felt a searing energy get closer. This must have been Krystal's. So that was his plan? To throw her into the mocha neko, to go for a double? This guy... Junko being the sneaky neko she is, would very much fly into Krystal if the very woman didn't do anything to stop that. However midway down as she forced her eyes to stay open noticing Shenjie coming down for another attack. He was planning something. So she needed to counter..

[1] With that in mind, regardless if Shenjie could hear them, she performed more handseals. And with ease, she built up some air, by inhaling deeply, the released it using a powerful exhale and her chakra. This would make a strong gust of wind burst out towards Shenjie to smack right into him as he came down, which even if he could kick through she at least drive him off course. The defect of this, will be she'd collide into Krystal a little harder due to the added down force from that move.

If she didn't move out of they way or did something to soften the impact or even catch Junko, she might even get knocked over most likely or at least staggered. Not that it was going to be good for the raven haired neko. As she'd be colliding right into Krystal's body encasing technique which she can only imagine will sting somewhat. All worth it though. To test her might against all odds. She wasn't showing her true strength yet. Not until she knows how to fight these two...

[Shallistera]

+10, learned

[Titan of Stone]

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(1) Gate of Opening - Muladhara: The Root Chakra
Rank: "C"
Skill: TaiJutsu
Effect: Allows the user to perform extraordinary prowess using the extra power granted from the Celestial Gate.
Special: ---
Drawback: (Fortitude 15) User could become Fatigued for the rest of the encounter plus 1 minute.
Description: Picture Located at the base of the spine. Its function is survival and grounding, its inner state is stillness and stability, its color is red. Its stones are: Garnet, Ruby, Onyx, and Obsidian. This Chakra is the Earth Chakra; it deals with Survival and is blocked by Fear. Balancing this Chakra gives energy to the physical body, controls fear, increases overall health and helps in grounding.

Takes 1 Movement to Activate.
+2 Pain Threshold Bonus to Will.
+4 morale bonus against Fear.
+2 enchantment bonus to Weapon Damage.
+2 enchantment bonus to Movements.

Unless the user wishes otherwise, the technique ends at the end of an Encounter. Each round the technique is maintained, the user suffers 2 points of Gate Point Damage. Mastery: Learning this technique a 2nd time, the user can activate this gate without sacrificing movements for the purpose of using a more powerful gate, without actually performing this Technique or gaining any of the penalties. User cannot otherwise perform the Technique without sacrificing movements.
Limit: Must be a practitioner of The Eight Celestial Gates.

Krystal's golden eyes watched the confrontation as it went into the sky while her body remained tensed and ready to bolt. As she saw Junko get grabbed she felt an unfamiliar pulse echo through her body but it was deeper than that it felt like it was in her chakra. Her footing felt even more sure as Junko was thrown at her and she would shift herself as she flew through the air on a collision course with the mocha amazon. Once she came into range, Krystal would swiftly grab and turn Junko completely shifting her entire momentum and sending her skyward once again but behind Krystal and out of the path of the blind man's attack.

Now with her magenta meteor taken care of her eyes focused on her attacker as he became a green shooting star. Using the same stance from a moment ago, Krystal would position herself while forcing her chakra to pump through her making the sound and scent of her lightning ever stronger until finally. The first gate opened. Crimson would bleed through out her lightning in a rush as she roared and grabbed the incoming leg with one arm and threw her other fist up straight into the man's groin. With the man committed to his actions the impact would echo like a thunderclap from the two conflicting forces.

After the initial strike Krystal would swiftly turn and bring the man down into the ground face first her body blazing in the crimson lightning storm that flowed from her mocha skin. After that action she would swiftly jump back from the crater they created making room while keeping both the blind man and her neko in her sights.

/used parry, shunryu active

[Shallistera]

+10

[Titan of Stone]

After the blow had been struck Krystal would let out a breath hot enough to looke like steam as her eyes gained a red glow around the gold. using her enhanced speed and power she would run and leap grabbing a hold of Junko before carrying her off in any other direction wanting their affairs to be between them alone.

/exit with Junko Nekomata Minh