Can Fire singe Lightning? [Open]

[Skulking Shinzu]

Ryu’s flurry of blows struck Lady in rapid succession and demolished her defences. The only silver lining was due to Ryu’s commitment to his attack, he had no way of dodging the blast of Searing Soul energy that involuntarily radiated out from Lady in all directions. Capable of assaulting the soul directly, the attack bypassed all of Ryu’s defences and forced him to cough blood as his organs were violently assaulted by 60 AP worth of damage. Likely caught off guard by this new ability, he’d lose focus for a second, giving Zuruel the opportunity to perform two actions before the rods would be able to pierce through him. Firstly, locking onto the Kunai in Lady’s pouch, Zuruel appeared behind her with his hands already gripping onto her fur. By teleporting to Lady – the origin of the Searing Soul wave – he had avoided the damage from both that and Ryu's rods. Furthermore, with a swift touch of his palm, his own soul energy surfaced and seeped into Lady’s body just as Ryu registered that the Kedoin had appeared, undoing all the damage that had just been inflicted on her last round. “Ryu…” Zuruel spoke as dark seals began to crawl out of his chest and along his flesh, slowly littering him from head to toe in forbidden markings that seemed to ooze dark energies. Things appeared to be getting serious… "You should have gone for me." He said with a frown as his teeth slowly shifted to razor-sharp fangs. A intense aura of evil and malice radiated from the Kedoin - likely causing Ryu to hesitate. Of course, the boy's instincts were sharp. He'd know that if he did nothing, the situation would only get worse for him.

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Flying Thunder God Technique - Duration: Instantaneous. Range: Country to Country so long as the Countries are connected. The technique used as a complement to the Flying Thunder God Seal is a space-time technique in which the user follows the trace of their seal and moves directly to it. Upon completion of this technique, the user will vanish in a flash of yellow chakra and move within 2 meters of the Flying Thunder Dragon Seal. If more than one Seal is within range, the user can determine which is which and select the appropriate seal easily. Because this technique is able to affect anything that is in contact with the user or somehow connected to their chakra, the user can also use this technique to teleport other objects or people. To perform takes up no Movements, however uses up Handseals equal to a "B" Rank Jutsu. Uses up Chakra equal to a Healing Hands (Minor).

Reverse Time
Rank: "S"
Skill: NinJutsu
Effect: User removes the effect of the last round on a target.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: Target is 1 Creature. Range is Touch. Duration is Instantaneous. With a great display of soul control a Soulcaster can force the soul of another creature to revert to the way it was the previous round. By touching a creature or making a touch attack the user removes any effect from the creature's last round. This will heal any damage done and any status effect applied. It will not give back used Chakra or Soul Power. This soul Jutsu has no effect on a dead creature. It can have an adverse effect as well returning damage that was healed last round as an example. User cannot perform this Jutsu on themselves.
Limit: Must be a Soulcaster.

Tenfuin: Rapid Progression
Rank: “B” Rank
Skill: Training
Effect: Allows the user to rapidly transition between Stage Zero and Stage Two.
Special: Dedicated training in using the seal, forcing it to spread faster.
Drawback: Uses the same amount of chakra no matter how fast the seal progresses, so the user may feel as if they run out of chakra faster from progressing the seal faster.
Description: This training method allows the user the ability to rapidly force their seal to progress their seal from Stage Zero to Stage Two. Instead of taking three turns, those with this training will find themselves capable of progressing their Seal from Stage Zero to Stage Two within one turn.
Limit: Must have the Tenfuin Stage Two

[Ryutatsu "Sakurai Sword"]

Even though Ryutatsu took significant blow by taking soul and organ damaging wave from Lady, it didn't delay his reaction times at all. Actually Ryutatsu kicked it into a higher degree of speed. Even for Ryutatsu, it was like moving in flashes. Knowing Zuruel and his connection to Lady that was somewhere close to mystical, it would have been easy to note that Zuruel would try to rescue her. So the fact that he appeared as he completed one set of strikes came as no surprise. It finally brought Zuruel in range as they all fell.

Ryutatsu's Blade was as sharp as ever. Even with Zuruel reversing time on the damage and status on Lady, he had missed some things. Ryutatsu had left a surprise there but there was no time for him to think on that. No even as Zuruel rushed his transformation and spoke Ryutatsu was already striking again. This was pushing Ryutatsu to his limits as the blood leaking out his nose and mouth could attest. But he had trained with the sword practically from birth.

Ryutatsu's narrow-minded concentration on the attack benefited him as he continued his attack. Pain and damage were ignoble, especially as it already started to heal thanks to his healing Skull that was always on him. Zuruel would be familiar how Ryutatsu continued an attack through an explosion just to get a critical hit, and this was no different. Nine strikes as one was now onto Zuruel even as he appeared and grabbed Lady.

Not that Ryutatsu finished there, especially as he aimed for the chink in Zuruel's armor specifically. "I was." Ryutatsu croaked and sheathed with a Dragon's roar. The stunning waves of sound crashing into both of them before they could even react, locked into recovering or trying to recover each other that Zuruel and Lady was. It gave him time to slam his knee and leg into Zuruel in a parody form of Silver moon triggering a Two Layer.

This slam had a second effect of giving him enough momentum to slam another two layer foot into Lady and launch himself from the duo to try to land away from the hole in the ground. As he landed in a flash Ryutatsu performed a very few hand seals and in-acted his coup de grace. It wasn't meant for fun fights but to finish them. However if the fight drew on much longer he would be to exhausted to continue. Besides he figured he could hold from killing the two near immortals.

Zuruel and Lady would find their insides were not just their own, as Roses sprouted from their skin and vines, root, and other plant parts grew within them. Zuruel the shape-shifter would feel it like how he moved his own organs but this time someone else was moving them for him. Thorny appendages were wrapping around their organs but was stopping just short of eating into them for their sake on Ryu's command.

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Gosei Ryuu: Kuzu-ryūsen (Nine-headed Dragon Flash)
Rank: "S"
Skill: TaiJutsu
Effect: This technique is a formidable technique which utilizes Shinsoku (lit. God-speed) to the fullest extent; dealing nine strikes to the most fundamental targets of swordsmanship (Kara Take, Kesa Giri, Saka Gesa, Hidari Nagi, Migi Nagi, Hidari Kiriage, Migi Kiriage, Saka Kaze, and Tsuki), all at the same time.
Special: ---
Drawback:
Description: These points are the focus of the technique as they make up the basis of one’s guarding stance, regardless of style or weapon. So with the Kuzu-ryūsen, attacking all nine all at once, guarding and dodging becomes virtually pointless. Unlike the multiple strike attack, Ryūsōsen, all nine strikes of the Kuzu-ryūsen carry lethal force. However, weight and power play a critical aspect in the effectiveness of the technique. This means, even if the move is executed without flaw, the force behind the technique will differ from wielder to wielder depending on their class in weight and arm strength. Essentially, a "lighter" Kuzu-ryūsen would be overpowered by a "heavier" Kuzu-ryūsen.
Limit: Must Learn from a Master of Burēdono Kenseijin, Must know Gosei Ryuu: Ryusen (Dragon Strike)

Keihatsu Ryuu: Ryūmeisen (Dragon Howl Flash)
Rank: "C"
Skill: TaiJutsu
Effect: A sheathing technique that momentarily stuns opponents around the user.
Special: ---
Drawback: Cannot be used within 3 movements of performing a Battōjutsu technique.
Description: An unusual technique in which one uses the godspeed of Battōjutsu to sheathe the sword rather than to draw it in a practice known as Shinsoku Nōtōjutsu (God-speed Sheathing). The speed and force creates a miniature sonic boom that can be used to temporarily stun opponents with particularly sensitive or acute hearing by affecting their auditory nerves. This technique takes up no movements. Any opponent within 5 meters of the user will become stunned for 1d4 rounds. Any opponent passed the first section whom are within 5 meters will become stunned for 1 round.
Limit: Must learn from a Master of Busōsen (Arms Flash). Must know Keihatsu Ryuu: Battōjutsu (Art of Drawing the Blade).

Shinku Yuki (Rising Snow)
Rank: D
Skill: Taijutsu
Effect: The user strikes powerfully with their off-knee.
Special: --
Drawback: The user must be close to the foe for this technique to work.
Description: The user focuses their weight onto their main-foot, drawing their off-knee up and forward in a punishing knee strike that hits the foe in the groin or stomach. The user than resumes the stance.
Limit: Must learn from a Gintsuki no Seikou Mai Master. Must know Hakanai Kaze (Fleeting Wind)

Tsuyosa Ryuu: Futae no Kiwami (Mastery of Two Layers)
Rank: "B"
Skill: TaiJutsu
Effect: A dual strike technique that allows the user to bypass hardness while delivering a powerful strike.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: Mastery of Two Layers is a technique that focuses on allowing the full use of one's strength and power to be fully utilized at its maximum output. The Futae no Kiwami's principle aspects come from understanding that all matter bears a level of resistance, and that a single blow's impact is wasted upon meeting this resistance. From this, two blows are to be acted to fully transfer this impact. With the fist, the first blow, using the proximal interphalangeal joints of the hand, meets to absorb the object's initial resistance. The first hit allows the user to bypass +2 Hardness per Class Level. Then, with folding the hand immediately to switch over to the proximal phalanx knuckles, delivers the final strike to the weakened object; in addition, the two hits are to be delivered at nearly the same time, with a few milliseconds interval. The 2nd strike deals 16 Armour Points of Damage per Class Level. The result is the complete destruction of the object (Can destroy overview Objects if it bypasses the Hardness), which has no more resistance to sustain itself and collapses into dust. Technique does double damage against inanimate objects while creating a crater 1/2 a meter per 16 Armour Points of Damage. User may relearn this technique multiple times. Each time learned allows the user to bypass an additional +1 Hardness while dealing +4 Armour Points of Damage per Class Level. May be performed once per movement.
Limit: Must Learn from a Master of Burēdono Kenseijin

Tsuyosa Ryuu: Futae-no-Kiwami: Sui (Mastery of Two Layers: Purity)
Rank: "B"
Skill: TaiJutsu
Effect: Mastery of the Tsuyosa Ryuu: Futae no Kiwami (Mastery of Two Layers) allowing the user to perform with their body.
Special: ---
Drawback: Must be learned multiple times.
Description: Through the study of Tsuyosa Ryuu: Futae no Kiwami (Mastery of Two Layers) with the fist the user has studied and mastered to utilize all of their body to perform Tsuyosa Ryuu: Futae no Kiwami (Mastery of Two Layers). When first learned user may perform Tsuyosa Ryuu: Futae no Kiwami (Mastery of Two Layers) with both arms. By learning this Technique a 2nd time the user may perform the Jutsu with their legs. A 3rd and final time of learning allows the user to perform Tsuyosa Ryuu: Futae no Kiwami (Mastery of Two Layers) with all of their body parts so long as they hit with one part before the other. Destructive Force of Tsuyosa Ryuu: Futae no Kiwami (Mastery of Two Layers) applies no matter how the user performs the technique.
Limit: Must Learn from a Master of Burēdono Kenseijin. Must know Tsuyosa Ryuu: Futae no Kiwami (Mastery of Two Layers).

Ken Mai (Blade Dance)
Rank: E, C, B
Skill: Taijutsu
Effect: The user becomes more graceful and agile, increasing their speed.
Special: --
Drawback: The user must train extensively to increase their speed.
Description: The user, through intensive training and study of the flow of the human body, learns to conserve and streamline their motions, making them faster and more efficient. As a result of this training, the user gains more graceful, faster motions and more efficient reflexes, allowing them to move and react faster than normal when wielding their weapon. This does not increase the speed of the ninja ad lib; it increases the speed and skill with which they can handle a weapon. A ninja may only learn up to their rank in this technique.
Limit: Must learn from a Gintsuki no Seikou Mai Master. Must Ryuuchou Koori (Flowing Ice).

Barasenzai (Rose Garden)
Rank: "S"
Skill: NinJutsu
Effect: The ultimate Barabuki (Rose Weapon) technique. This technique implants rose seeds into the opponent's body and then the user performs handseals as the Rose seeds sprout feeding off of the opponent, turning into a beautiful Rose Garden while killing the opponent.
Special: As long as the user holds onto the rose and uses Barabuki (Rose Weapon) the user may move the seeds found within the rose without additional handseals. "Handseals after seeds been planted"
Drawback: ---
Description: The user using the concepts of Rose Control shown in Barabuki (Rose Weapon), Baratake (Rose Length), and Barahoippu (Rose Whip), the user may force the seeds found within the bud of the rose down into the stem, pushing the seeds to the thorns. When the user attacks the user may hit a part of the body. If the user makes skin contact with the rose the seeds are then implanted into the opponent's skin as they lay dormant. Afterwords the user performs handseals to control the seeds. The seeds found inside the body of the opponent burst out sprouting all through the opponent's body. The Rose seeds then feeds off of the opponent's body till finally there was nothing left as the stems and roots found in the roses constricts all around inside the opponent's body before exploding creating a bush garden of roses found on the floor.
Limit: Must be in the Ikebana Clan. Must Know Puranto Ninpou: Haeru.

[Skulking Shinzu]

Even before Zuruel had fully registered Ryutatsu’s stabbing motion, his shield-bearing arm would be raising and would intercept the nine strikes as a flurry of sparks and chipped pieces of metal exploded out from his sturdy shield. Able to shift into a guard position without needing to waste a single movement, Zuruel had managed to block the first of many strikes – although at the consequence of a blunt force striking at his bones as he struggled to withstand the weight behind the boy’s swings. Despite this, little else would reach the Kedoin. Even the electricity bathing the sword would simply stop at the shield and would not travel far enough to reach flesh. Such was the power of the Armiger.

“I know you were… And so does she.” Zuruel had secretly performed two actions when touching Lady. The first, of course, was Reversing Time to heal her wounds and bring her back to the brink of consciousness. The second, was attach several Chakra strings to her. Being a willing creature, Zuruel could manipulate her freely with a twitch of his fingers. Specifically, he forced her to utilise her Crystal Jutsu to encase Ryu’s hand, sword and sheath in a thick layer of crystal a split second before the hilt would strike against the sheath and trigger the Dragon Howl Strike. Denied the ability to make contact, the crystal would keep the sword held in place and prevent it from being drawn too along with the hand forever unable to release its grip. As this was a forced action, it would go through even if Ryu managed to somehow send Lady back into a state of unconsciousness or interrupt her.

The most troubling of all, however, was the simple knee strike. Ryu was fast. However, enhanced with the power of a Stage Two Cursed Seal, Zuruel was as fast. As his Armiger senses trigger to warn him of danger, he did the unthinkable. Rather than maintaining his iron defence, he dropped his guard and assaulted Ryu’s knee with a Three-layer knee strike of his own. Having dramatically enhanced his speed with the seal and already being under the influence of Devil’s Quick Silver, Zuruel would have issues dodging the strike, but none mirroring the opponent’s movements and sacrificing his leg to annihilate Ryu’s. If successful, this would lock the boy into place and interrupt any further actions, blocking off his ability to stop Lady from unleashing a thin beam of pale blue light. Ordinally easy to dodge – however, at this range, the Searing Soul would likely strike its target even before Ryu would realise that it was heading towards him.

Zuruel

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Keen Eye
Rank: "C"
Skill: Supplementary
Effect: The user has mastered the art of using the surface of their shield to locate foes that the user does not look at directly.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: The user has mastered the art of using the surface of their shield to locate foes that the user does not look at directly. User may choose to forfeit their shield's additional Guard Meter for 1 round to improve their defense against gaze attacks for 1 creature. User's chance to avoid having to make a Save against that creature's gaze attack increases to 100%, and the creature does not gain concealment against the user. For every 25 points user has in Observation, the user can simultaneously use this technique against another creature with a gaze attack.
Limit: Must be an Armiger.

[x4] Enduring Shell
Rank: "C" (Special, See Description)
Skill: TaiJutsu
Effect: A technique allowing the user to endure after effects of techniques.
Special: ---
Drawback: May be learned 4 Times.
Description: By tightening up behind their shield and dropping low under its protective aegis, the user learns to minimize the risk they suffer from Jutsus and after effects that would cause them harm. Normally when in Guarding Position the user will suffer a Guarding After Effect Damage (Ex: Burns from Fire/Electrocution from Lightning/Knockback) equal to 20% of the full attack. Each time learned the effect is reduced by 5%. When the user learns this technique the 1st 2 times they train it as a regular "C" Rank Jutsu. When the user learns this technique the 2nd 2 times they train it as a "C" Rank Jutsu +10 Training Points.
Limit: Must be an Armiger. Must know Shield Focus.

Shield Block
Rank: "B"
Skill: TaiJutsu
Effect: Without sacrificing a movement user can protect themselves or another.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: 3 times per day when an opponent attempts to strike the user or an adjacent ally (within 2 meters of) with a melee or ranged attack, the user can choose to block the attack with their selected shield; when they do so they immediately use their shield guard to block the attack and the user does not lose a movement doing so. User makes a block against the opponent's attack with an added +4 hardness to their Guard Meter at any time.
Limit: Must be an Armiger. Must know Shield Specialization.

Uncanny Shield
Rank: "B"
Skill: Supplementary
Effect: User can interpose their selected shield between themselves and danger before their senses would normally would allow them to do so.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: User can interpose their selected shield between themselves and danger before their senses would normally would allow them to do so. A user can react to danger before their senses would normally allow them to do so. The user, when equipped with their selected shield can block the attack even if they are caught flat-footed or struck by an invisible attacker while using the full Guard.
Limit: Must be an Armiger. Must know Shield Block.

Sōen: Hitomi Gokū (Puppet Performance: Skillful Achievement with a Human Body)
Rank: "A", "S"
Skill: NinJutsu
Effect: A technique that allows the user to take control of a human body and use it to their advantage as if it was a puppet.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: A puppet performance technique where chakra threads are attached to various spots on a person's body; the head, torso, both arms, and both legs. The person being manipulated gains the ability to not only use their own techniques, but the skills of the puppeteer as well. The origins of this technique lie on the battlefield. When a puppet user's puppets were all destroyed, they would begin using corpses. To perform this technique with a living person would normally require both parties to cooperate with each other. However, a highly skilled user can control the target by force if the person is severely weakened or damaged rendering them unable to resist. To perform the higher version the user must learn the "S" Rank version of this technique.
Limit: Must be a Puppeteer, Must master Puppetry.

[x10] Tsuyosa Ryuu: Futae no Kiwami (Mastery of Two Layers)
Rank: "B"
Skill: TaiJutsu
Effect: A dual strike technique that allows the user to bypass hardness while delivering a powerful strike.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: The Futae no Kiwami is a technique that focuses on allowing the full use of one's strength and power to be fully utilized at its maximum output. The Futae no Kiwami's principle aspects come from understanding that all matter bears a level of resistance, and that a single blow's impact is wasted upon meeting this resistance. From this, two blows are to be acted to fully transfer this impact. With the fist, the first blow, using the proximal interphalangeal joints of the hand, meets to absorb the object's initial resistance. The first hit allows the user to bypass +10 Hardness. Then, with folding the hand immediately to switch over to the proximal phalanx knuckles, delivers the final strike to the weakened object; in addition, the two hits are to be delivered at nearly the same time, with a few milliseconds interval. The 2nd strike deals 16 Armour Points of Damage per Class Level. The result is the complete destruction of the object (Can destroy overview Objects if it bypasses the Hardness), which has no more resistance to sustain itself and collapses into dust. Technique does double damage against inanimate objects while creating a crater 1/2 a meter per 16 Armour Points of Damage. User may relearn this technique multiple times. Each time learned allows the user to bypass an additional +2 Hardness while dealing +8 Armour Points of Damage per Class Level. May be performed once per movement.
Limit: Must Learn from a Master of Burēdono Kenseijin

Tsuyosa Ryuu: Sanabi-no-Kiwami (Mastery of Three Layers)
Rank: "S"
Skill: TaiJutsu
Effect: A stronger version of the Tsuyosa Ryuu: Futae no Kiwami (Mastery of Two Layers) by utilizing a third strike.
Special: ---
Drawback: Takes 3 movements to perform.
Description: A greater form of the Tsuyosa Ryuu: Futae no Kiwami (Mastery of Two Layers) in that after when one performs the first two blows, a third one is made by opening their fist to deliver a strike with their palm. This technique sacrifices 3 of the user’s movements to perform. The destructive power of the Tsuyosa Ryuu: Sanabi-no-Kiwami (Mastery of Three Layers) is twice the strength of Tsuyosa Ryuu: Futae no Kiwami (Mastery of Two Layers) in bypassing Hardness, dealing Armour Points Damage, and crater distance.
Limit: Must Learn from a Master of Burēdono Kenseijin. Must know Tsuyosa Ryuu: Futae no Kiwami (Mastery of Two Layers).

[x3] Tsuyosa Ryuu: Futae-no-Kiwami: Sui (Mastery of Two Layers: Purity)
Rank: "B"
Skill: TaiJutsu
Effect: Mastery of the Tsuyosa Ryuu: Futae no Kiwami (Mastery of Two Layers) allowing the user to perform with their body.
Special: ---
Drawback: Must be learned multiple times.
Description: Through the study of Tsuyosa Ryuu: Futae no Kiwami (Mastery of Two Layers) with the fist the user has studied and mastered to utilize all of their body to perform Tsuyosa Ryuu: Futae no Kiwami (Mastery of Two Layers). When first learned user may perform Tsuyosa Ryuu: Futae no Kiwami (Mastery of Two Layers) with both arms. By learning this Technique a 2nd time the user may perform the Jutsu with their legs. A 3rd and final time of learning allows the user to perform Tsuyosa Ryuu: Futae no Kiwami (Mastery of Two Layers) with all of their body parts so long as they hit with one part before the other. Destructive Force of Tsuyosa Ryuu: Futae no Kiwami (Mastery of Two Layers) applies no matter how the user performs the technique.
Limit: Must Learn from a Master of Burēdono Kenseijin. Must know Tsuyosa Ryuu: Futae no Kiwami (Mastery of Two Layers).

Lady

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[x40] Shōton: Kesshō (Crystal Release: Crystallization)
Rank: "C"
Skill: Ninjutsu
Effect: The user learns how to arrange the structural lattice of their crystal techniques. The more the user learns Crystallization, the more crystal can be produced, and the more durable that crystal becomes.
Special: Handseals
Drawback: ---
Description: The user is able to perform this technique at a distance of 120 meters plus 60 meters per class level. The Duration of the Jutsu is 5 hours per Class Level. Crystals draw their strength from their precise structural integrity. The user must learn Crystallization before all other Shōton techniques, to grasp how to keep their crystal in a solid mass. The user infects substances with their chakra, then rearranges their structure into a rigid crystal lattice. Crystallization destroys substances used to create crystal due to this rearrangement. This technique can crystallize solids, liquids, and particles in the air to generate crystal. The user may dismiss any of their own crystal creations with a movement. Crystals vaporize into nothingness as they are dismissed. At first, the user's crystals are no more durable than standard crystals, having a hardness of 10 and only able to withstand 40 armor points of damage before breaking. Only 5 cubic meters of crystal can be created at a time when Crystallization is first learned. The durability and quantity of crystal can be increased with additional training. Each time learned, the user can create an additional 5 cubic meters of crystal.
After learning this technique a total of 10 times, the crystal will have a hardness of 15 and 80 armor points. Crystallization requires an additional 10 TP per tech to learn.
After learning this technique a total of 20 times, the crystal will have a hardness of 20 and 120 armor points. Crystallization requires an additional 10 TP per tech to learn.
After learning this technique a total of 30 times, the crystal will have a hardness of 25 and 160 armor points. Crystallization requires an additional 10 TP per tech to learn.
After learning this technique a total of 40 times, the crystal will have a hardness of 30 and 200 armor points. Crystallization can no longer be retrained further at this point, the crystal lattice is considered perfected.

[x40] Searing Soul
Rank: "C"
Skill: NinJutsu
Effect: User can assault the soul of another.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: Starting at "D" Class a Soulcaster can assault the soul of another. This attack is a 15 meter ray of soft blue light. The user attacks one person by extending their arm out. This attack hits the insides of the user, affects their very life force. At first it doesn't cause much damage however the higher the more the user learns the deadlier the technique becomes. The attack leaves no physical damage, but creates internal damage against the user's life line. People said it feels like having a heart attack while having lost of breathe. Each time learned the user is capable of shooting this technique 5 meters extra. Technique may travel 10 meters per second plus 5 meters per Class Level.
After 50 meters user must train an extra 10 TP per tech - TP Does not go down by Class Level. Searing Soul does an extra 5 Armour Points of Damage.
After 100 meters user must train an extra 10 TP per tech - TP Does not go down by Class Level. Searing Soul does an extra 5 Armour Points of Damage.
After 150 meters user must train an extra 10 TP per tech - TP Does not go down by Class Level. Searing Soul does an extra 5 Armour Points of Damage.

Cap of this technique is 200 meters. Capping increases damage by an extra 5 Armour Points. If the target is undead, the Soulcaster assaults the tethers that bind the body to the material plane, inflicting half the damage instead. This attack has no effect on constructs.

Limit: Must be a Soulcaster.

[Ryutatsu "Sakurai Sword"]

Ryutatsu's sword strikes against Zuruel were less successful than he would have liked, but because of the nature of Rose Thorn, one of the original nine did make it through that impossible shield defense. Zuruel got bit into the side where the crystal armor was weakest as Ryutatsu nearly shattered it before. This time it made it through and bit deeply into his side which made the perfect conduit to numb him as well as cause massive internal damage as his seeds flowed through the general's blood. Ryutatsu had success now in infecting both of the two he was facing. The advantage was his not that he had time to think to far ahead.

For as his knee came up, Zuruel tried to block with a more extensive layered attack. Two layer was difficult, three layer more so. It just wasn't really possible without being able to do it with one's hands. But Zuruel's two layer was enough to shatter Ryu's leg but Zuruel's leg would be just as shattered. And Ryutatsu dampened the damage against himself with his free hand to same a two layer fist against himself to dampen the shock waves within his body. It lessened the damage but not by enough. Luckily for Ryutatsu though it hardly trapped him, it instead sent him flying back as they were in the air especially as there was little time to stop the momentum backwards. Also the numbing of Zuruel's side and insides would further slow Zuruel to make it harder for him to actually stop that momentum.

As he flew towards the ground at breakneck speeds Ryutatsu slammed another two layer into the crystal on his hand shattering it. Meanwhile he used his abilities over metal and the fact they were over molten metal and he was wearing metal to slow his descent just enough to cushion his crash. Then as he crashed he completed a series of hand seals to make the vines to start growing in the two. Both would be under extreme pain as their insides were assaulted. And luckily since both Zuruel and Lady were blind their targeting would be off as well as a beam came from Lady. Only all his armor and abilities to roll with the blow and the fact there was nothing to stop him from riding out the shock waves kept him from to great of harm.

Zuruel and Lady would find roses bursting from their skin in random places. It was a grim and beautiful technique that if continued would cause death eventually. It all really depended on Ryutatsu's absolute control over his seeds. Everyone figured out the metal control soon enough. Few though ever figure out his control over wood and flowers was nearly as powerful. As Ryutatsu rolled to his feet, though one leg was now obviously seriously injured.

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[x2]Tsuyosa Ryuu: Futae no Kiwami (Mastery of Two Layers)
Rank: "B"
Skill: TaiJutsu
Effect: A dual strike technique that allows the user to bypass hardness while delivering a powerful strike.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: Mastery of Two Layers is a technique that focuses on allowing the full use of one's strength and power to be fully utilized at its maximum output. The Futae no Kiwami's principle aspects come from understanding that all matter bears a level of resistance, and that a single blow's impact is wasted upon meeting this resistance. From this, two blows are to be acted to fully transfer this impact. With the fist, the first blow, using the proximal interphalangeal joints of the hand, meets to absorb the object's initial resistance. The first hit allows the user to bypass +2 Hardness per Class Level. Then, with folding the hand immediately to switch over to the proximal phalanx knuckles, delivers the final strike to the weakened object; in addition, the two hits are to be delivered at nearly the same time, with a few milliseconds interval. The 2nd strike deals 16 Armour Points of Damage per Class Level. The result is the complete destruction of the object (Can destroy overview Objects if it bypasses the Hardness), which has no more resistance to sustain itself and collapses into dust. Technique does double damage against inanimate objects while creating a crater 1/2 a meter per 16 Armour Points of Damage. User may relearn this technique multiple times. Each time learned allows the user to bypass an additional +1 Hardness while dealing +4 Armour Points of Damage per Class Level. May be performed once per movement.
Limit: Must Learn from a Master of Burēdono Kenseijin

[x3]Tsuyosa Ryuu: Futae-no-Kiwami: Sui (Mastery of Two Layers: Purity)
Rank: "B"
Skill: TaiJutsu
Effect: Mastery of the Tsuyosa Ryuu: Futae no Kiwami (Mastery of Two Layers) allowing the user to perform with their body.
Special: ---
Drawback: Must be learned multiple times.
Description: Through the study of Tsuyosa Ryuu: Futae no Kiwami (Mastery of Two Layers) with the fist the user has studied and mastered to utilize all of their body to perform Tsuyosa Ryuu: Futae no Kiwami (Mastery of Two Layers). When first learned user may perform Tsuyosa Ryuu: Futae no Kiwami (Mastery of Two Layers) with both arms. By learning this Technique a 2nd time the user may perform the Jutsu with their legs. A 3rd and final time of learning allows the user to perform Tsuyosa Ryuu: Futae no Kiwami (Mastery of Two Layers) with all of their body parts so long as they hit with one part before the other. Destructive Force of Tsuyosa Ryuu: Futae no Kiwami (Mastery of Two Layers) applies no matter how the user performs the technique.
Limit: Must Learn from a Master of Burēdono Kenseijin. Must know Tsuyosa Ryuu: Futae no Kiwami (Mastery of Two Layers).

Tsuyosa Ryuu: Kiwami Hazushi (Extremity Release)
Rank: "B"
Skill: TaiJutsu
Effect: A defensive technique using Tsuyosa Ryuu: Futae no Kiwami (Mastery of Two Layers) to dampen attacks.
Special: ---
Drawback: Does not work against head strikes.
Description: A defensive measure used with the Futae no Kiwami. Upon the impact of another's attack, the user delivers a Tsuyosa Ryuu: Futae no Kiwami (Mastery of Two Layers) in the opposing direction of that blow onto one's own body, neutralizing and dampening the attack's force by the vibrations sent on the molecular level. Technique’s strength is dependent on the user’s ability to perform Tsuyosa Ryuu: Futae no Kiwami (Mastery of Two Layers). This technique can only dampen 1/2 damage of Tsuyosa Ryuu: Futae no Kiwami (Mastery of Two Layers).
Limit: Must Learn from a Master of Burēdono Kenseijin. Must know Tsuyosa Ryuu: Futae no Kiwami (Mastery of Two Layers).

Barasenzai (Rose Garden)
Rank: "S"
Skill: NinJutsu
Effect: The ultimate Barabuki (Rose Weapon) technique. This technique implants rose seeds into the opponent's body and then the user performs handseals as the Rose seeds sprout feeding off of the opponent, turning into a beautiful Rose Garden while killing the opponent.
Special: As long as the user holds onto the rose and uses Barabuki (Rose Weapon) the user may move the seeds found within the rose without additional handseals. "Handseals after seeds been planted"
Drawback: ---
Description: The user using the concepts of Rose Control shown in Barabuki (Rose Weapon), Baratake (Rose Length), and Barahoippu (Rose Whip), the user may force the seeds found within the bud of the rose down into the stem, pushing the seeds to the thorns. When the user attacks the user may hit a part of the body. If the user makes skin contact with the rose the seeds are then implanted into the opponent's skin as they lay dormant. Afterwords the user performs handseals to control the seeds. The seeds found inside the body of the opponent burst out sprouting all through the opponent's body. The Rose seeds then feeds off of the opponent's body till finally there was nothing left as the stems and roots found in the roses constricts all around inside the opponent's body before exploding creating a bush garden of roses found on the floor.
Limit: Must be in the Ikebana Clan. Must Know Puranto Ninpou: Haeru.

[Skulking Shinzu]

There would be no nearly this time. Zuruel grimaced visibly as the blade shattered through a large chunk of crystal armour of the side of his torso and pierced through his flesh. An organ or two had been run through, however, being a Kedoin, most were redundant anyway. The numbing too - as electricity flowed through the blade – was of little consequence. He could still fight with a numbed torso. If anything, the action reduced the resulting pain and allowed the cursed assassin to continue fighting with little hindrance. Continuing his action, Zuruel struck against Ryu’s knee to confirm the one theory he had from the beginning – his two layered strike was stronger. If Zuruel’s leg was shattered, then Ryu’s would be obliterated. His bones would practically be reduced to specs of dust and the lifeless limb would barely remain attached to the rest of his body even after the attempt at dampening the damage.

“Finally, caught you.” He snickered as his entire body warped pale white. Zuruel was now a monstrosity to behold. A demon fuelled by the power of the Cursed Seal. An agile one at that. As Ryu continued his assault, Zuruel simply whizzed upwards and out of range with a quick flap of his multiple wings to put a swift end to the exchange. Also, able to sense Lady’s location via echolocation, he grabbed onto his ally while committing to the action to prevent her from falling into the abyss below. Ryu was now in trouble. He didn’t seem to have realised in the darkness of the pitch-black smoke that he was fighting a winged opponent. As Ryu crashed into the molten pit he’d take additional damage from the ongoing inferno while Zuruel and Lady safely remained 20m in the air. Now it was a battle of handseals – and unfortunately, the Kedoin was a lot faster than the teen in that regard.

Even before Ryu had landed, Zuruel had begun whistling. Although, no one would hear this. Disguised, the melody simply blended in with the sound of smoke pouring through the pit – giving away no indication that Zuruel was doing anything. “And thus...” In reduced time, Zuruel had already triggered his Jutsu. Suddenly, the flames around Ryu sprung to life. Before he could even get halfway through his handseals, the entire area around Ryu was enveloped in destructive Chakra. From all directions, the existing flames spewed out hundreds of fiery caustic sparrows that whizzed around in a spiralling fashion to consume the entirety of the bottom of the pit and area around Ryu in a true firestorm of despair. Each bird would violently smack into the teen, dealing 40 AP of damage. Although minuscule individually, the true power of the technique laid in the fact that there were hundreds of them constantly bombarding him from all angles. Each would also completely bypass all of Ryu’s Hardness, deal Acid damage as opposed to Fire and deal double damage to non-living matter such as his armour. There would be no escaping this technique. Not even by phasing through the floor or walls. As quickly as Ryu would begin to sink into anything, the sparrows would have already begun dissolving the ground itself and anything else they could explode into. In a mere second, there would be nothing around Ryu from all angles except a sea of fiery green explosions. “...Checkmate.” He thought to himself. Even if Ryu somehow withstood or avoided the onslaught, Lady suddenly growing limp and lifeless would give indication to his fate. It had been a number of rounds in the dense smoke without a single breath of air and there would be even less oxygen in the bottom of the pit where the smoke was originating from. Just like how Lady had just slipped into unconsciousness from suffocation, the same fate would be waiting for Ryu unless like the Kedoin – he possessed a means of holding his breath for much longer than the average human. The white-haired teen had the right idea by fighting on a battlefield he was familiar with. However, by entering the pit and allowing himself to fall even further into the fiery trap, all he had done was fight on Zuruel's terms.

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High above, with one final mental command given to them just as the original's consciousness faded away, the remaining crystal clones of Lady sealed Ryu's fate by creating a fresh layer of crystal over the mouth of the pit to seal it shut in complete darkness. This would occur while he was still falling and would be complete just as he landed. There would be no escape from his eventual fate.

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Suffocating: When a creature runs out of breath, it can survive for a number of rounds equal to 1 per 2 points of Toughness (minimum 1 round). Target becomes unconscious. Unconsciousness lasts for an Extended Rest, or with a First Aid: Healing check Average Difficulty. Ryu has been exerting himself for a number of rounds in the dense smoke. It's safe to say he's run out of breath and is suffocation. As he has no points in Toughness, he can survive one round before unconscious.

Auditory Comprehension
Rank: B, A, S
Skill: Supplementary Ninjutsu
Effect: The user comprehends various types of sounds instantaneously
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: A Bard has experienced many different types and used use many different type of sound. At this point, hearing and interpreting sound becomes second hand. The user can now interpret sounds heard, rather then just hearing them, deciphering what type of sound is made, location, what caused the sound, etc. This can even help the bard ascertain the general physical strength of the being that caused the sound. The user must train to understand the different types of sound made, listed below.
B Rank: The bard may accurately identify and decipher sounds within a 25 meter radius.
A Rank: The bard may accurately identify and decipher sounds within a 50 meter radius.
S Rank: The bard may accurately identify and decipher sounds within a 100 meter radius.
Limit: Automatically gained once the user has mastered Art of the Bard by gaining 500 Training Points. Every 500 Points extra unlocks another rank of this technique.

Shout
Rank: A
Skill: Supplementary
Effect: Allows the user to shorten the time of their bard skills.
Special: Vocal Symphony Knowledge
Drawback: Only works on vocal skills. May lower duration time.
Description: After much work the bard has learned to shorten their song into a single musical phrase, taking roughly a C ranks worth of cast time. If the song art they use has any sort of multi-turn effect it will last two rounds maximum, regardless of how long it normally lasts.
Limit: Art of the Bard. Must have 500 TP in Bard Arts.

Fukuwajutsu (Ventriloquism)
Rank: "D" "C" "B" "A" "S"
Skill: NinJutsu, Vocal
Effect: A technique to allow the user to throw their voice and change the center point of bard techniques
Special: Vocal Symphony Knowledge
Drawback: Limited range, may only alter the point equal to the rank of ventriloquism known. Costs an additional D Rank of chakra. Only works with Bard techniques.
Description: Bards work with both voice and instrument excessively, and by utilizing this technique a bard is capable of manipulating their voice in ways impossible with an instrument. At the cost of additional chakra to use the technique the Bard throws their voice so the song is centers at a point up to ten meters away from themselves. Each time this technique is learned an additional five meters is added to the distance they throw their voice, capping off at thirty meters at S Rank.
Limit: Art of the Bard Mastered, 'Singing'.

Name: Enchanting Melody
Rank: B
Skill: Supplementary
Effect: A jutsu enhancement technique allowing a bard to sing or play other Jutsus.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: This technique allows the user to perform Jutsus possible within the Jutsu Enhancement Tree while using their Voice (singing) or playing an instrument as a medium; replacing Handseals. Jutsu Handseal/Chakra Increase: 1/2 Rank. Cannot be lowered beyond 1/2 Rank.
Limit: Art of the Bard.

[x5] Jigoku no Mimi (Hells ears)
Rank: "D"
Skill: Supplementary
Effect: With this technique the Bard is capable of pinpointing the location of a noise within a small area.
Special: ---
Drawback: Cannot be used to hear techniques that silent the user's movement. Must be trained multiple times.
Description: Bards are around sounds constantly and all their training in the musical arts hones their hearing. They are capable of further training their ability to hear to allow them to listen and precisely pinpoint the location a sound is coming from as long as it is within ten meters of themselves. They can continue to train their ability to pinpoint the location of a sound to increase the distance it can be pinpointed from by ten meters each time, capping off at fifty meters.
Limit: Art of the Bard

Sculpt Sound
Rank: D, C, B, A, S
Skill: Ninjutsu, Supplementary
Effect: ‘Edits’ existing sounds.
Special: "Hand Seals"
Drawback: Must know skill in equal rank to the sound being sculpted. Does not change the effect of a sound, only the sound it makes.
Description: Using their skill with sound the bard is able to sculpt sounds into something else. Regular sounds that do not have a technique fall under 'D' Rank. This skill can be used on any sound originating within twenty meters per rank of the technique known. The sound it is sculpted to must be of roughly equal length to the original sound.
Limit: Art of the Bard. Must have 500 TP in Bard Skills.

Exploding Flock
Rank: S
Skill: ninjutsu
Effect: Create Hundreds of improved Fire Sparrows from surrounding fire that explode.
Special: handseals
Drawback: leaves the user exhausted and unable to use high chakra techniques.
Description: User creates handseals and then creates a thin field of chakra that reacts with the surrounding fire. User can use the surrounding fire to create hundreds of copies of the Fire Sparrow Technique. These Fire Sparrows last three posts and fly just like sparrows and can be controlled by the user. However these Fire Sparrows have a lot more punch to them. Each one has the substance and intensity of other fire jutsus and will cause a small explosion that will cause C rank damage. One can imagine the damage can become quite severe with so many fire sparrows. However they are still weak explosions and can be blocked fairly easily and a study defense is not likely to fall even with so many mini-explosions. This can affect all fire within 40 meters of the user. After using this jutsu the user will become very weak from exerting so much chakra to give all the fire sparrows an explosive force they will not be able to use any ninjutsus nor any jutsus above rank C until they have rested for an extended amount of time.
Limit: 750 TP in Fire Release, Must have Inferno Flock, must have source of fire

Caustic Jutsu
Rank: "B"
Skill: Supplementary
Effect: The user can lace some of their Jutsus with a powerful corrosive element.
Special: ---
Drawback: This technique cannot be applied to a Jutsu with the electricity capability.
Description: This Jutsu can affect any Jutsu that can inflict damage upon an object. The Jutsu ignores the object's hardness and destroy twice as much nonliving matter as normal. A caustic Jutsu has no effect on attended objects. Jutsus affected by this Technique gain the acid capability. Jutsu Handseal/Chakra Increase: "D" Rank Jutsu +1, "C" Rank Jutsu +2, "B" Rank Jutsu +3, "A" Rank Jutsu +4, "S" Rank Jutsu +5.
Limit: Must learn from Universal NinJutsu.

[Ryutatsu "Sakurai Sword"]

Ryutatsu grinned, for Zuruel seemed to have under estimated him once more. "...checkmate." Lady was definitely hurting in the smoke, but Ryutatsu was a smith. So the charred air was normal from him. He couldn't last forever in it but it wasn't difficult to exert himself in that kind of atmosphere. Despite his destroyed leg, he was still able to move around quite well.

Ryutatsu had enough time to finish his own jutsu before the green acid birds got close enough to actually explode on him. Just as they would collide on top of him Ryutatsu would blink. As Ryutatsu blinked once more to out of the pit side and into the safety of slightly cleaner air, he watched Zuruel's fireworks. The blind duo wouldn't even know he was there until they did their weird sound thing once more, but by that time Both would have Roses growing from within them, causing massive internal damage. This would ignore any natural armor and most resists that Zuruel had.

But to be on the safe side Ryutatsu sent another beam of searing light directed at Zuruel. Ryutatsu knew how to deal with flying creatures, however flight was not one of his specialties. Luckily though the sealing of the pit was clearing the air. Not that would stay that way for long if they both survive. Beside Ryutatsu had bigger worries of the remaining Sparrows that would have survived the dive into where he was. For them he tossed a infused Quartz.

Suddenly around him would be a domed structure that was beautiful and protective. It designed with fine detail allowing him clean air from the rear and blocked even more of the charred air from the pit. As he finished he would look through the clear structure to his opponents to maintain and control the vines as best he could while coughing. He maybe able to handle the smoke didn't mean he liked it. He felt somewhat to the kneeling position.

He then grimace as he forced himself into the Indian position. Ryutatsu knew he should have trained in him meditation more. But this level at least allowed him some pain relief and allowed to heal the wounds into a better state for the medics to see. The end was near one way or another. Even though there was air filtering in his dome the holes were too small even for sparrows to get through. The acid would eat into the dome and he would simply create another one inside the first making it way to thick to get through quickly.

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Blink
Rank: "B"
Skill: Chakra Trait
Effect: The user can teleport a brief distance.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: The user has experienced or traveled through different planes of existence at a young age, and so formed an attunement with the fabric of space. Once per day per class level, the user may teleport 3 meters per Class Level in any direction. The blink teleport may be used in the air or underwater, but it doesn't teleport the user through or into solid spaces unless the user is incorporeal. This brief teleportation takes a weaving movement to use but is an instantaneous action. This trait replaces 2 Freebies.
Limit: Must start with Character; replaces 2 Freebies.

Barasenzai (Rose Garden)
Rank: "S"
Skill: NinJutsu
Effect: The ultimate Barabuki (Rose Weapon) technique. This technique implants rose seeds into the opponent's body and then the user performs handseals as the Rose seeds sprout feeding off of the opponent, turning into a beautiful Rose Garden while killing the opponent.
Special: As long as the user holds onto the rose and uses Barabuki (Rose Weapon) the user may move the seeds found within the rose without additional handseals. "Handseals after seeds been planted"
Drawback: ---
Description: The user using the concepts of Rose Control shown in Barabuki (Rose Weapon), Baratake (Rose Length), and Barahoippu (Rose Whip), the user may force the seeds found within the bud of the rose down into the stem, pushing the seeds to the thorns. When the user attacks the user may hit a part of the body. If the user makes skin contact with the rose the seeds are then implanted into the opponent's skin as they lay dormant. Afterwords the user performs handseals to control the seeds. The seeds found inside the body of the opponent burst out sprouting all through the opponent's body. The Rose seeds then feeds off of the opponent's body till finally there was nothing left as the stems and roots found in the roses constricts all around inside the opponent's body before exploding creating a bush garden of roses found on the floor.
Limit: Must be in the Ikebana Clan. Must Know Puranto Ninpou: Haeru.

Luminosity
Rank: "C"
Skill: TaiJutsu
Effect: User can either restore light to a friend or burn a light ray at an opponent to cause damage and blindness.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: The user can restore light to those who have lost it. By taking 1 point of Spring Time of Youth Points burn, the User can perform remove blindness/deafness, but can only remove the blind condition (this has no effect on deafness). Alternatively, the user can take 1 point of Spring Time of Youth Points burn to fire a single potent ray of blinding energy at an enemy. This ray deals 20 Armour Points of damage per Class Level (30 vs. undead) and blinds the target for 1d6 rounds.
Limit: Must be a practitioner of The Eight Celestial Gates. Must be a practitioner of the Akasin Philosophy.

Shape Crystals and Gems
Rank: "B"
Skill: NinJutsu
Effect: Infusing chakra alters the shape of a gem into an item.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: Range of this Jutsu is touch with a range of the crystal or gem touched up to 3 cubic meters + 1 cubic meter per Class Level. Duration is instantaneous. Using this Jutsu, an existing piece of gem or crystal can be formed into any shape that suits the user's purpose. With this Jutsu a user could, for example, make a crystal sword or a gem statue. Also, the user can change the form of a piece of crystal or gem to allow for holes for exits or entrances. Although fine detail is possible with this Jutsu, moving parts are very difficult to perform. Any item with moving parts crafted with this Jutsu has a 50% change of not working at all. Cannot create Gadgets. Must use a Gem.
Limit: Must be an Alchemist. Must be a Crystalmancer.

Genkai Ryuu: Indeian no Kamae: Seiza (Meditation)
Rank: "C", "B", "A", "S"
Skill: TaiJutsu
Effect: A meditating technique that allows the user to expel their energy, helping the user become more self sustained with their body.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: The user stays within the Genkai Ryuu: Indeian no Kamae (Indian Stance) as they meditate, pushing their chakra around their body. Depending on the rank the user may know of Genkai Ryuu: Indeian no Kamae: Seiza (Meditation) depends on the strength and capability the user is in self sustaining his own body, which means the strength of the technique. When the user first learns this technique Rank "C" they are capable of healing minor external injuries within their inner body such as minor cuts, bruises in which takes an amount of four rounds in order to heal. When the user learns the "B" Rank version of this technique they are capable of healing major external injuries such as injuries that would create scars, large gashes, stop bleeding in which takes four rounds to heal, however they are capable of fixing smaller injuries one round less. When the user learns the "A" Rank technique the user becomes strong within the inner body, within the chakra of their body as they are capable of stopping minor injuries that are internal, such as internal bleeding, and other types as that. At this stage the user is capable of flushing out poisons within their body that are two ranks smaller than their class level. This takes an amount of four rounds to perform as all other ranks of healing is reduced by one round. When the user learns the final version, the "S" Rank of this technique the user is capable of healing major injuries that are internal within their body as the poison capability is reduced to one rank below the user's class level. This takes an amount of five rounds in order to perform while the types of injuries below "S" Rank are reduced by one rank.
Limit: Must Learn from a Master of Burēdono Kenseiji

[Skulking Shinzu]

As the crystal regenerated and sealed the entrance to the pit shut, Zuruel simply grinned with sinister teeth. His eyes could pierce through the smoke and spot Ryu falling while he simply remained hovering high above with a flap of his wings. His own leg had been destroyed and rendered useless – but no matter. A creature of the air had no need for such a limb. Not even bothering to regenerate it, he watched his foe’s fate be sealed as the white-haired teen barely landed on a ledge and narrowly avoided falling into the molten metal. Chuckling, the entire area around Ryutatsu burst into green flames anyway as intended. The explosive sparrow-like creations spiralled around the area whacking into anything they could – including Ryu and his crystal dome if it formed. Capable of bypassing all Hardness and able to eat away at non-living matter with double damage, it wouldn’t last more than a second max as hundreds of sparrows flooded the bottom of the pit and unleashed a vortex of green flames. Ryu would soon find himself showered in corrosive embers if he didn’t already collapse from the lack of oxygen at the bottom of the pit. Due to the faster cast time, plenty of sparrows would smack right into Ryu and set off a chain reaction of explosions before his handseals would complete. Even more if he chose to continue his action of finishing his seals before creating his dome of crystal. Of course, if he did… A surprising amount of pain awaited the clueless Kedoin.

[Ryutatsu "Sakurai Sword"]

Movement hampered and damage compiling did nothing good for the young swordsman. But only a couple of sparrows had the time to slam into him as he finished his hand seals to have the vines burst forth from the Monstrous General. He could somewhat resist the burning of the acid and take the damage from sheer endurance and his experiments in alchemy. Acid was often used in his etchings. But still it wasn't this strong of a version. Dodging movement slowed due to a leg that was basically destroyed. But one leg and years of training allowed him to move so a couple of birds missed and only two hit, and of one of them just did more damage to an already useless limb. The other only partially got him as he moved his cape into it's path to deceive it. 

Zuruel being blind from his earlier use of light and chakra had pelted all around him. Accuracy in this environment was almost null for the both of them. Luckily his crystal formations required nothing but activation. As Alchemical creations for just this event, Ryu used them like bombs or tags and was able to get them up and formed in surprising speed. No hand seals or chakra really needed really. The birds may be able to eat through it but it still gave the boy time he needed. With deft movement he placed a filtered lower mask over his mouth and nose. Already the air was better for him. The dome lasted for a mere second or so but that was long enough for the boy to have the energy use another trick up his sleeve.

The birds was half gone at this point for it being a blind collision around him and having to get through meters thick crystal. Acid may get through but time still was needed unless a bunch exploded on it as they had. Leaving very few birds left Ryutatsu was able to place another barrier inside the first to by him even more time. by the time the acid at through over fifteen meters of crystal the boy was in the shape to move even with his injuries.

He moved towards  the molten metal pit but there was still drips all around them. The flying creature was trapped underground with him. And unlike above it was full of metal. That became a shield and sword for Ryutatsu. The liquid metal could take more acid in this form as it was already melted. Forming a half dome of it around him and using it to take the blows from the birds for him, Ended the assault. And now they were in this echoes cavern with the hissing and popping molten metal and sounds of explosions echoing even the bards hearing would be challenged to get accuracy.

Not that it would help as the molten metal would drip onto and try to grip the flyer even as his insides twist and burst from vines growing feed by Zuruel's and Lady's chakra needing Ryutatsu no more. Assaulted from the inside and out how would the monster form deal with not being able to be free from an enclosure of the Boy's element. Further this was metal that he had personally worked over the years.

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Barasenzai (Rose Garden)
Rank: "S"
Skill: NinJutsu
Effect: The ultimate Barabuki (Rose Weapon) technique. This technique implants rose seeds into the opponent's body and then the user performs handseals as the Rose seeds sprout feeding off of the opponent, turning into a beautiful Rose Garden while killing the opponent.
Special: As long as the user holds onto the rose and uses Barabuki (Rose Weapon) the user may move the seeds found within the rose without additional handseals. "Handseals after seeds been planted"
Drawback: ---
Description: The user using the concepts of Rose Control shown in Barabuki (Rose Weapon), Baratake (Rose Length), and Barahoippu (Rose Whip), the user may force the seeds found within the bud of the rose down into the stem, pushing the seeds to the thorns. When the user attacks the user may hit a part of the body. If the user makes skin contact with the rose the seeds are then implanted into the opponent's skin as they lay dormant. Afterwords the user performs handseals to control the seeds. The seeds found inside the body of the opponent burst out sprouting all through the opponent's body. The Rose seeds then feeds off of the opponent's body till finally there was nothing left as the stems and roots found in the roses constricts all around inside the opponent's body before exploding creating a bush garden of roses found on the floor.
Limit: Must be in the Ikebana Clan. Must Know Puranto Ninpou: Haeru.

Shape Crystals and Gems
Rank: "B"
Skill: NinJutsu
Effect: Infusing chakra alters the shape of a gem into an item.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: Range of this Jutsu is touch with a range of the crystal or gem touched up to 3 cubic meters + 1 cubic meter per Class Level. Duration is instantaneous. Using this Jutsu, an existing piece of gem or crystal can be formed into any shape that suits the user's purpose. With this Jutsu a user could, for example, make a crystal sword or a gem statue. Also, the user can change the form of a piece of crystal or gem to allow for holes for exits or entrances. Although fine detail is possible with this Jutsu, moving parts are very difficult to perform. Any item with moving parts crafted with this Jutsu has a 50% change of not working at all. Cannot create Gadgets. Must use a Gem.
Limit: Must be an Alchemist. Must be a Crystalmancer.

Sutatikku Nagare (Static Current) (20 Meters) (25 Rounds)
Rank: "C"
Skill: Kekkai Genkai Ninjutsu
Effect: Allows the user to manipulate electrostatics and electric charges.
Special: Rat, Dragon, Ram, Tiger, Monkey, Dog, Horse, Rabbit once per 5 turns.
Drawback: Objects must be visible. While actively using this ability, the user must remain perfectly still, and no other jutsu may be used while the user is attempting to manipulate charges. Only metallic objects or semi-metallic objects can be manipulated.
Description: Allows the user to manipulate and control electrostatic, which is by definition electricity at rest. This gives the user the ability to move around both positive and negative charges on objects, which, in the end, can result in the ability to either repel or attract objects to and from each other. It must be noted that this jutsu strictly follows the concept of the Conservation of Charges. That means that without influence, all charges within nature are balanced at zero. Only when acted upon do these charges change. This ability is a requirement for all members of the Kyoudo Clan. When the user first gains this ability, they have only the ability to affect one object at a time within five meters of their person. At maximum, the user may move 10% of an object’s positive or negative charges to another object. While actively using this ability, the user must remain perfectly still, and no other jutsu may be used while the user is attempting to manipulate charges. Due to the relative electrical field produced by every person Kyoudo cannot affect people, and due to the low electronegativity of non-metallic objects, only metallic objects can be affected. It is only through mastery over the element of thunder that one can obtain this ability.
Limit: Kyoudo Clan only

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Luminosity
Rank: "C"
Skill: TaiJutsu
Effect: User can either restore light to a friend or burn a light ray at an opponent to cause damage and blindness.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: The user can restore light to those who have lost it. By taking 1 point of Spring Time of Youth Points burn, the User can perform remove blindness/deafness, but can only remove the blind condition (this has no effect on deafness). Alternatively, the user can take 1 point of Spring Time of Youth Points burn to fire a single potent ray of blinding energy at an enemy. This ray deals 20 Armour Points of damage per Class Level (30 vs. undead) and blinds the target for 1d6 rounds.
Limit: Must be a practitioner of The Eight Celestial Gates. Must be a practitioner of the Akasin Philosophy.

[Skulking Shinzu]

Rolling to see when blindness should have ended:

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[Skulking Shinzu]

Zuruel snickered as he reached into his fleshy body and pulled out a pair of goggles which he immediately slipped over his eyes. Bearing X-ray lenses, Zuruel’s vision pierced through the smoke to spot Ryu’s body which immediately lit up against the background. Combined with Dark Vision, not even the pitch-black conditions could stop the Kedoin from locating his target. At that moment, he begun whistling a range-boosted melody while utilising his wings to always constantly remain within a 40m radius of his opponent's location. Ryu had underestimated one thing. The sparrows were nowhere near the point of exhaustion. There were literal hundreds of them constantly being generated for two more posts. Their numbers for the next few seconds would be never-ending.

One slammed into Ryu during their blind assault only to multiply and be replaced by several more. By this point, Ryu’s technique would have activated, causing an array of plant life to explode out internally from the Kedoin’s body. A normal creature would be left suffocating and gasping for air. However, not a Kedoin. They possessed the unique ability to breathe through their skin. Grimacing and forcing back the pain, Zuruel finished his melody in reduced time and unleashed an array of sound waves. As the crystal dome was not sound proof or a Chakra technique, the sound waves would be heard by Ryu – rendering him under their control.

As the thrilling tune leaked into Ryu’s mind, all panic from the flock of sparrows smacking into his crystal shield would fade away. He’d also forget that he was surrounded by smoke. Simply, he’d stop all his actions and be forced to listen to the tune – preventing him from slipping on his gas mask. If this went as planned, Zuruel would be unable to perform any offensive actions and the sparrows would simply remain hovering in the air as Ryu silently collapsed from suffocation. However, if he somehow avoided the melody, the bombardment continued – with brutal precision. Now able to spot the teen, all the sparrows surrounding Ryu sprung to life and dive bombed at him from quite literally every direction possible. The boy was surrounded by fire – and these creations birthed themselves from these very flames in numbers that ranged in the hundreds. Fifteen meters of crystal was nothing. Non-living matter was like butter to a caustic Jutsu. No matter what Ryu did – whether it was more crystal or a shield of molten metal – the birds would simply out damage anything his defences could withstand in a mere second now that they were specifically guided towards him.

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Dirge of the Soul +20m range
Rank: C
Skill: Ninjutsu, Vocal
Effect: A tune so sad must stop and listen.
Special: Singing
Drawback: Effects enemies and allies alike.
Description: A Mind Affecting technique. The bard plays a mournful tune, telling a sad tale that is so entrancing anyone within a twenty meter radius is forced to stop and listen to the tale. They will not being able to perform skills or violent actions during this time, they must simply listen. This skill lasts for three posts or until the bard stops singing.
Limit: Art of the Bard. 'Singing'.

Far Reaching Notes
Rank: B, A, S
Skill: Ninjutsu, Supplementary
Effect: Increases the range of melodies.
Special: --
Drawback: This skill does not stack. Each rank increases the base distance of a skill and does not stack with previous ranks of this technique.
Description: After years of playing and singing the bard has learned to project their instruments and their voice. With enough effort put in this has allowed their techniques to stretch their limits so as to effect more people. The "B" rank of this skill increases the base distance 5 meters. The "A" rank of this skill increases the base distance 10 meters. The "S" rank of this skill increases the base distance 20 meters.
Limit: Must have mastered Art of the Bard by gaining 500 Training Points.

Each sparrow: 80 AP damage to non-living matter and bypasses all Hardness

[Ryutatsu "Sakurai Sword"]

Ryutatsu was still able to put on his mask just before the tune hit him but now his mind was in a fog. The speed of the tune made have been at the speed of sound but with Zuruel's pain Ryutatsu was able to make it just in the nick of time. A haunting melody filled the chamber, luckily the birds stopped at the same time at least for a moment. He didn't want to fight no more which part of his mind said was quite odd. His mind struggled with himself as he sat down right next to the molten metal and meditated as he listened to the melody. It was healing himself as he listened to a tune so sad not many actions could be taken. It was something to be listened to and not ignored. With his abilities Ryutatsu engulfed the both Zuruel and himself in a dome of molten metal to drown out as much excess noise as possible. It also had a dual effect of adding a layer between himself and the hundreds of acid birds waiting to get at him. Only a few were in the space between himself and Zuruel.

The birds may be able to damage the metal till uselessness. But as long as his magnetic chakra was still infused in his molten metal it would heal the damage done to it as soon as the damage was done. There was enough molten metal around them to protect the music that had so entranced him. Besides he was attending to the metal in a way which made the bird's caustic attack so much less effective. But those few that were between them did strike Ryutatsu causing even more damage to his burned and broken body. He was still alive however if just barely. The worst of the flying birds were striking uselessly on a molten dome that could take the brunt of the damage even if gaps would appear here and there momentarily as a bird exploded against it.

All Ryutatsu could really do was renew himself and his molten dome as he listened to the soulful tone. Zuruel however would find, Ryutatsu was basically subdued at this point and only a matter of time before he would succumb to his injuries as they piled up. But Zuruel would be in not much better condition either as the rose bush and vines were still growing within him. Further They started sprouting from his skin.The roses no longer needed Ryutatsu to grow they had started feeding on the chakra and nutrients of one Zuruel.

Lady was safe for when she went unconscious Ryutatsu did the right thing and force a stop in the growth. Thjat was before the song however. Further all three of them will need medical attention soon with the amount of damage they all had. Even a regenerator as Kedoin would need removal of the viney growths.

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Genkai Ryuu: Indeian no Kamae: Seiza (Meditation)
Rank: "C", "B", "A", "S"
Skill: TaiJutsu
Effect: A meditating technique that allows the user to expel their energy, helping the user become more self sustained with their body.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: The user stays within the Genkai Ryuu: Indeian no Kamae (Indian Stance) as they meditate, pushing their chakra around their body. Depending on the rank the user may know of Genkai Ryuu: Indeian no Kamae: Seiza (Meditation) depends on the strength and capability the user is in self sustaining his own body, which means the strength of the technique. When the user first learns this technique Rank "C" they are capable of healing minor external injuries within their inner body such as minor cuts, bruises in which takes an amount of four rounds in order to heal. When the user learns the "B" Rank version of this technique they are capable of healing major external injuries such as injuries that would create scars, large gashes, stop bleeding in which takes four rounds to heal, however they are capable of fixing smaller injuries one round less. When the user learns the "A" Rank technique the user becomes strong within the inner body, within the chakra of their body as they are capable of stopping minor injuries that are internal, such as internal bleeding, and other types as that. At this stage the user is capable of flushing out poisons within their body that are two ranks smaller than their class level. This takes an amount of four rounds to perform as all other ranks of healing is reduced by one round. When the user learns the final version, the "S" Rank of this technique the user is capable of healing major injuries that are internal within their body as the poison capability is reduced to one rank below the user's class level. This takes an amount of five rounds in order to perform while the types of injuries below "S" Rank are reduced by one rank.
Limit: Must Learn from a Master of Burēdono Kenseijin.

[Skulking Shinzu]

Zuruel’s tune had failed to prevent the boy from strapping the gas mask onto his face. No matter. He simply shifted to singing a different melody which once again – would be cast silently due to his ability to change the audible sound to something else. In this case, the sound of smoke and his fiery creations flapping in the air. Meanwhile, Ryu was under assault from all angles. Hundreds of fiery creations slammed into and annihilated his molten metal. Being non-living matter, it too would be dealt double damage. As a single bird exploded, a hole would be created in Ryu’s liquid dome, allowing half a dozen or so through before able to reform shut. Unfortunately for the teen, this didn’t just happen once or twice. It was happening constantly all around him in numbers spanning in the hundreds. Combined with the pain and exhausted state he would be in from almost slipping into unconsciousness, his control over the dome would be shabby at best. Even without the explosions tearing through the liquid, there would be gaps that sparrows would be able to sneak past anyway before exploding directly at the boy’s body while bypassing all of his Hardness. Naturally, they aimed at his face for maximum damage and to destroy his gas mask. The birds exploding at Ryu’s dome would also result in another problem. Being so close to the explosions, Ryu would be sprayed with molten metal with each explosion. As the boy had elected to use this as a defensive structure against an attack from all angles, he’d literally be showered in the metal rain – which not only dealt massive damage but also slowly encased him in metal and sealed off his movements as it cooled and singed away at his skin.

Zuruel then prepared to release his attack, but hesitated. Something was damaging him. Unrelentingly so. His cells could feel their power being leeched away. Glancing down at his boney-white arm, he spotted small buds piercing out of his flesh with tiny vines. Was this Ryutatsu’s ability? Grimacing, he could feel them growing inside of him. Such was the curse of being a Kedoin. However, it gave one benefit. He knew what was wrong with his body and so, could counter it. Conjuring forth soul energy, he unleashed an invisible blast of power. Although too high up to hit Ryu, it would effect everything within a 10m Radius of the Kedoin – including things inside of himself. Suddenly, the plants began to wither and die as he sapped away at their energy and in turn, used it to heal himself and Lady. This ability to leech at the life of the plants would heal himself 85 AP per turn, while Ryu's technique caused 100 AP worth of damage to his body. However, combined with his minor regenerative abilities, the total healed per turn would hit 105 AP. While Ryu’s plants would be never ending and would constantly cause massive amounts of pain, Zuruel could out heal their damage – resulting in perfect attrition. Furthermore, he didn’t just posses the ability to heal himself. Every point of damage Blight Siphon healed (85 AP), would also heal Lady as they were in physical contact with each other. If this continued, it wouldn’t be long before she was back in the fight.

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Blight Siphon
Rank: "A"
Skill: NinJutsu
Effect: User heals themselves but damage everything around them.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: Target is Personal. Range is 10 meters Radius. Duration is Instantaneous. A Soulcaster can replenish their own soul at the cost of everything around them. This is not always a bad thing, but it will leave large areas devoid of any life. User does Healing Hands (Moderate) amount of damage to everything living (plants, creatures, etc.) in a 10 meter radius and heals themselves or another creature the user is touching Healing Hands (Moderate) + 5 Armour Points per Class Level. This Jutsu does not damage the user nor the target. If no damage is dealt then no healing will be done. The blight of this Jutsu can sometimes draw negative attention from the fey.
Limit: Must be a Soulcaster.

Re-mortality Protocol
Rank: A-ranked
Skill: Taijutsu, Passive
Effect: The user can re-grow lost body parts, and heal minor damage to their bodies.
Special: ---
Drawback: Each use of this technique shortens the user’s life span by a certain amount. The head and heart cannot be targeted with this technique, as they are the only body parts that cannot be re-grown.
Description: Through masterful control over the cells within the body, the Kedōin are capable of re-growing limbs and organs that have been severely damage or completely removed. Since the Kedōin command the cells of the body on the cellular level, they may order the cells of a badly damaged body parts of regenerate. The method of regeneration is different from ones you can find within the medical arts, as this form of regeneration is known as “Cellular Recycling” or “Re-mortality”. If a body part is damaged beyond use, the user will proceed to “recycle” and salvage undamaged portions of an injured structure. The user “consumes” the damaged body part: breaking down tissue to their basic cellular components, reusing undamaged cells and recycling everything else. If the user is able to perform re-mortality through recycling, they are capable of re-growing fully functional limbs/organs within 6 posts (36 Seconds); minus 1 post (6 seconds) for every rank the user is above “B-Class”. If there is nothing left for recycling and the body part is completely lost, then the above duration is doubled as it takes longer to reconstruct cells from nothing. Kedōin also benefit from minor wound healing with re-mortality. Wounds no larger than 4 in3 (10cm3) can be healed at the same rate as their re-mortality passive; closing up as if never existed. Each time the user regenerates through any of the above means, the user’s life span is lowered by 1 year. Healing minor wounds does not consume any time.
Limit: Kedōin Blood Line. Automatically gained after 500tp.

[Ryutatsu "Sakurai Sword"]

Ryutatsu grunted time and again as a few birds got through to him. His damage was racking up. Luckily with how his magnetic field was operating the damage was less than one might assume even with the corrosive abilities of the birds. Further Even at the close range the molten metal would fly back outward from him before it could really hurt him. It was a cycle of explosion shower and outward flow. The metal was one giant mass to Ryutatsu, which gave him the time and ability to think about his next move as soon as the song would free him from it's grips. 

Suddenly the dirge stopped and the burned and battered boy could move again. Abet he was a bit sluggish to his usual self but that was still fast by most people's standards. The bad thing about the birds was they worked on matter and are easily blocked by a sword. The withered husk of a blade that soon burned up dropped from Ryutatsu's hand. A blade of pure chakra energy formed in one hand and without seals Ryutatsu used Chidori in a way that was never meant for but lightning was of him. 

Inside the dome became a rock bed of electrical strikes as lightning flowed from the boy to the dome and from the dome to the boy, striking everything within. It gave him just enough time to wave his sword around in defensive forms even though he wasn't standing. It wasn't the best or even prettiest form of the sword. But fewer and fewer Birds were getting through. Meanwhile, Zuruel would discover that the Persistent plant that was the bloody death roses feeding on him were protected by an invisible damaging sheath of force. 

On it's own it wasn't much but Zuruel was getting sapped of energy at twice the rate he was and further some of the damage wasn't healing quick enough to be reversed. Also Lady wasn't receiving the healing energies as it was taking all Zuruel had to heal himself. The Roses fed on more than his blood and bone but also on chakra. With all that he had spent on big flashy explosions and large attacks, Zuruel even with a cursed seal would feel the drain. Especially with now two forms of drain in his own attempts at healing and that of the roses. 

At this point Neither Zuruel nor Ryutatsu can do much beyond defend against and heal the damage from each other's check mate attacks. And even those attempts on both sides were feeble. Ryutatsu looked like an accident in a forge happened as Zuruel had blossoms coming out of him. But if Ryutatsu could find respite from the birds another story would happen. For while his physical energy was down, he still had plenty of chakra.