Three Sided QuaranTP (X2 INV)

[Cadoc]

Improved Scent
Rank: "B" (40 TP at all times)
Skill: TaiJutsu
Effect: User can detect and track creatures by smell at greater distances than normal.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: User can detect approaching enemies and sniff out hidden foes within 20-meters. For strong scents, such as smoke or rotting garbage, x2 these ranges. Overpowering scents, such as skunk, can be detected at x3 normal range.
Limit: Must have Scent.

00/40

Woah, this young man, Sabo was really getting into things wasn't he, he seemed to love the idea of being seen as a hero going as far as to declare himself as such multiple times in rapid succession. Still, the small pipefox could hear the proceedings, the inflexions in his voice amongst other things were all starting to become clearer before her now. One notable occurrence was of that on the people around him, with each cry more enemies approached, crowding round him in a likely futile attempt to overwhelm him.

Quick the daring display of talent. Still, the small pipefox had had her fun honing this sense, it was now time to move onto something else. But what exactly? As she considered her next move she heard the villager cry out their response, this time acknowledging the presence of a brave shield hero. That was bound to get Barbas' nips hard. That stupid fool would eat that kind of praise up in the middle of a training session if it means that that the Kraken Lord might look upon him with favour.

Truly a pet, then again upon further consideration the pipefox considered how much pet like behaviour she herself exhibited, both of the legendary creatures seemed to take great delight in receiving the young Mizukage's praise after all. Still, they knew that they were all a team, a partnership of sorts, and if she wanted to remain useful to that partnership the small pipefox would need to continue to hone her skills.

[Xango]

60/70

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She slowly but surely began practicing with the blade as a tool. To simulate combat, she swung the blade back and forth. She began mimicking strikes that might remove ones head from their body. Taking the spirit blade in a two handed stance, she made a great cleaving strike at the bark of the nearest tree. The blade dug into the wood with a satisfying ripping sound that nearly made her giggle.

She simulated sheathing and unsheathing the blade. It didn't seem likely that she would also be able to create a scabbard, but her innate capability with weapons suggested that hiding the blade until the moment of it's slashing could benefit her greatly. She took her time with measured and precise turnings of the sword. Not too fast and not too slow, a fraction of the speed necessary to do real damage. After a few minutes, she surveyed the damage to the tree she had caused.

Though rippling with energy, the blade seemed to do the approximate damage of any mundane, store-bought weapon. This caused her to huff our heavily with frustration. Was their no way she could make this base technique more powerful? If compared to her Chakra Blade, this spiritual copy couldn't hold a candle in terms of raw damage. As she contemplated methods to strengthen it, she also paid careful attention to the strain of maintaining it's form.

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Sabo +20
Yoko +20
Barbas +20
Yoko's other cohort +20
Shango +10/Learned

[Sabolian]

Post 5
80/110

The assailants were soon done laughing and they were ready to continue fighting the young man, "Yes I am your hero and therefore I cannot lose" Sabo said as he ran towards the group of assailants as they positioned their weapons and then ran towards the young man as well. A slash to the chest came his way, the young man sensed the danger of the sword and would raise his leg faster than he could make contact on him.

His torso area would be terribly open and that would give Sabo a window of opportunity to attack, he placed his kick in the mans abdomen not using as much force as he would normally. The young man took a step back to dodge a shot to the head by one of the other assailants 'Okay just 2 more to go, but how long can I keep by diable jambe activated' Sabo wondered before focusing his attention back on the fight.

The young man jumped onto his palms so quickly that the assailants couldn't read his movements, he sprung off his two palms and then delivered a kick to both of their necks. He fell back onto his palms, his original states before the kicks were made. The young man looked both ways and then turned around just to make nobody was at his back. He flipped back onto his legs and the looked at Shineland. "So, what country did these assailants capture you from"

[Xango]

Weapon Form: Tri-Weapon Transformation
Rank: "B"
Skill: NinJutsu
Effect: User gains the ability to change into 3 Weapon Forms.
Special: ---
Drawback: Must know Weapon Form for 3 correct weapons.
Description: Same as Weapon Form: Single Weapon Transformation, however the user is able to Weapon Form into 3 Weapons at the same time. This allows for combinations such as a Kunai and Chain on one end and a Meteor Hammer on the other, or a Two Swords held together by a Chain. The transformed body has all the properties of the chosen weapons, but is considered a Natural Weapon for all purposes. Note: Weapon Combination must make sense. Transforming takes 1/2 a round.
Limit: Must be a Mabuki. Must know Weapon Form: Dual Weapon Transformation. Must know Weapon Form for the correct Weapon.

0/40

[/b] she said in reply to Sabo's question. Though she wondered what village the boy hailed from, she would not ask just yet. The mental vision training demanded too much of her attention.

She allowed the spirit blade to dissipate before focusing on her own limbs. The same envisioning process took place once more, but with a change of instructions. Instead of creating a sword from nothing, she allowed her demon weapon gene to take hold of her flesh. It was a struggle not to relax into the familiar morphing her cells expected due to her nature as a shapeshifter. She did not need to rewrite her very cells.

As one of the infamous weaponmen, she needed to react instead of act, to slide her skin, bones, and blood into their new shape through instinct alone. The instinct to kill, to attack, to bring pain. As the thoughts occurred, the flesh if her index and middle finger seemed scooped up by some invisible spoon, molded like so much clay. The two digits were forced into the elongated blade of a scythe. As the scythes blade curved right, a burst of chakra was applied.


She let it radiate through the entire limb. She enjoyed the subtle pressure. Answering her unspoken call, her pinky and ring fingers curved in the opposite direction. They looked somewhat like a pretzel. They began twisting around each other and pulling her skin taut.

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[Cadoc]

20/60

Hmm, yet another display of reassuring speech, claiming that everything was fine because he is a hero was quite the bold claim to make after all. Still, there was little that Yoko would actively object to, simply stating that he is wrong would not be to her benefit at all. Thus, she offered little in the way of open resistance. It seemed Barbas, on the other hand, was keen to interact with the pair: Sabo and the villager. Indeed it seemed unfair to have kidnapped this young girl, but they likely had a purpose in mind for doing so.

Was she to be sold as a sex slave perhaps. With the removal of her teeth and various muscles, she could have been rendered unable to resist the advances of men. It wasn't all that difficult to achieve either. Still, it did prompt the question of whether or not this youth was harmed in her transportation. And whilst she had not openly expressed this pain Yoko thought it best to confirm by asking. “Did they physically injure you?” Not that she intended to offer any form of medical care even if they did.

Still, it would be interesting to know the pain tolerance of a normal villager, would a cut on her knee stop her from walking for example? As such, Yoko eagerly awaited a response to her question, her dreamy voice had made the whole sentence sound somewhat sarcastic, which could have perhaps have confused the woman, but hopefully, her true caring intent was able to shine through in the end. Meanwhile whilst awaiting the reply the young Mizukage continued to use her heavy shield to protect everyone as best she could.

[Cadoc]

20/60

Such an energetic display of abilities combined with batteries about how the mysterious stranger Sabo was incapable of losing. By this stage Barbas was starting to consider that this was actually the use of the hero's heart technique, boosting his powers in response to his desire to be a hero. Still, it waited to be seen whether this was true or not. For the time being the mighty kirin could only hold his heavy shield in place preparing to defend himself as required. Offering only a small response in return. “You have been kidnapped?”

From what the villager had stated things were starting to become clearer, nobody had bothered to add any clarification in the past for the young Mizukage's party, never mentioning why the Kraken Lord had been summoned. Still, it was somewhat revealing to note that they were here because of a kidnapping, what remained to be seen however was which side had summoned them, the kidnapped girl and Sabo or the actual assailants.

There had been no mention of coin or rare artefacts, so if the assailants had truly intended for this to be a mission for her they had failed to meet even the most basic of requirements. Still, he focused his powers on protecting those in the surrounding area in an effort to keep everyone safe through the utilisation of his skill with the shield. Kidnapping people was only good when Lord Mizukage did it!

[Cadoc]

20/40

The small pipefox's senses had been honed to an uncanny level at this stage, with her hearing alone allowing her to detect what was going on in the nearby area. This was especially true when she didn't try to focus just on a specific thing but instead tried to take in all the sounds in the area creating a three-hundred-and-sixty-degree area of observation. In many regards, this was quite similar to the current skill that she was working on.

Only instead of using her uncanny hearing, she was to use her keen sense of smell. If humans had been able to train to achieve an effect like the former they found themselves unable to do the latter, indeed an uncanny sense of smell in which you could detect peoples locations from sent alone was reserved for animals with a heightened level of scent. Of course, like most things, there were ways and means around this.

The Inzuka possessed an ability that allowed them to smell scents like a dog would, and there was even a commonly available operation that modified the internal glands to achieve a comparable effect. Still, this was an innate ability for the small pipefox so she needed to stick it up, honing this scent as she tried to determine the exact distance between everyone in the nearby area. The task was difficult, but she was hopeful that she could achieve it.

[Sabolian]

Post 6
80/110

'Bylgja?' Sabo had never heard of such a village, but he had already came to test if she was lieing once and he didn't feel like using such a technique again, as a hero, he shan't doubt people. he believes what they say even if it's so illogical. He is a hero and Sabo understood that, the perfect hero. "We are in the Land of Waves now" Sabo said feeling bad of the girl.

He watched as her technique was being performed, such interesting wind jutsu, you dont get to see that every day. He observed wondering if he would ever master wind release. 'One thing for sure is that with all this jutsu she has been using, she's no ordinary village girl' Sabo shook his head, 'No no no, stop being paranoid and mysterious, you are a hero, you believe!' Sabo muttered inside his head.

The young man stood up from the ground and then approached an assailant making his way up the hill, Sabo would simply step on his fingers with his blazing hot leg, making him lose touch and then fall back down.

[Skulking Shinzu]

[2] Sabo, +30 TP.
[1] Shango, +20 TP.
[1] Cadoc, +20 TP.
[1] Barbas, +20 TP.
[1] Yoko, +20 TP.

[Cadoc]

40/60

Hmm, the Land of Waves, finally a name was offered up for the exact location that they were in. Of course, the young man hadn't offered something as exact as, we are in the north of the country, or in a specific prefecture. But still, it was more information than she had previously had available to her, and the country itself was quite small. Still, it raised the question of why she was summoned to such a remote set of islands? In an effort to solve this mystery Yoko looked around at the zone they had arrived in.

Her body remained for the most part in the same situation, only a minor shift in her footing and twisting of her body, there was no need to walk closer to bend down, instead her uncanny senses provided sufficient information to her to carry an assessment out. It seemed that there were no leftovers from their summoning, no burning of the floor, no blood or other strange substance that one might have assumed would have been used in a ritual circle.

Very strange indeed. Once everything was resolved in this current round of combat Yoko intended to ask, making inquires on how exactly they arrived in this area. Still, for the time being, she had to focus on defending herself and her allies. Her impressive skill with a shield affording her the ability to deflect attacks largely unharmed at will. Thereby making her a formidable defensive force. Still, there were areas that she could improve on.

[Cadoc]

40/60

Barbas listened intently to the conversation, keen to glean any information that would prove useful to him or by extension his party, including the Kraken Lord. Thus, he was keen to determine where they were in relation to where they had previously been, but also where this young girl was from. He knew that there was quite a significant distance between the Land of Waves and their home country of Water, having travelled the route several times with his mistress.

Still, as of the moment he had little idea where the village the girl mentioned was in relation to the land of waves, was it a village within this country? Was it in another country, were where they in the Land of Waves for that matter: if the village was inside the country then perhaps they were not all that far off? It seemed only right to take measures to ensure the safe return of this girl, after all, if they were to simply depart after saving her then the bandits and would-be attackers could just return?

No, it was a far more heroic course of action to ensure her protection until she returned to her town. But what if she had been sold for money, or taken from the town itself, did they have the means to protect her? Would the very act of returning her to the village not place the rest of the villagers in danger, they could face an attack from these assailants in an effort to save face. Hmm, such an attack could have deadly implications on account of the previous story in which they had struggled to deal with thieves. What were they to do, perhaps his mind was just starting to think more and more like the Kraken Lord's. “Don't worry.”

[Cadoc]

Pinpoint Scent
Rank: "B" (40 TP at all times)
Skill: TaiJutsu
Effect: A version of Scent that allows the user to pin point creatures within a decent range.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: Scent is the ability of using non-visual senses (acute smell). The creature usually does not need to see to pinpoint the location of a creature within range of 5-meters. Visibility still affects the movement of a creature with Scent. Furthermore, a combatant with scent knows an unseen foe’s location only after using a movement to locate it. Furthermore, a combatant with Scent knows an unseen foe’s location.
Limit: Must have Scent. Must know Improved Scent.

00/40

The small pipefoxes sense of smell had undoubtedly increased, heightening to a level that others of its kind might normally possess. Instead of the standard ten-metre range, she had managed to effectively double her capacity able to detect allies and enemies alike at a standard range of twenty-metres. Naturally, she could further increase this range depending on the strength of the scent, with stronger scents covering a larger distance, as they would for an untrained nose.

Still, there was work to improve on, without the visual senses to guide her it was difficult to pinpoint the exact location of someone, she could build up a rough idea of where they were, but if she wanted to be hyper-accurate with her guidance and attacks then surely, it was far more effective to obtain the ability to sense their exact positions? To this effect, the small pipefox attempted to utilise this skill on her companions and the other people around her.

She took a deep breath using her newfound sense of heightened smell to sort through the particles in the air. It really was a strange ability to attempt to explain, there was no real mechanical thought behind it. Instead, it was something she merely had to train her mind to do. In much the same way that someone would normally sense a direction from the scent, they were unaware of the exact mechanics behind it only that their body knew which direction to move in. This ability to the pipefoxes mind was much the same, however, time would tell how effective it was.

[Skulking Shinzu]

[1] Cadoc, +20 TP.
[1] Barbas, +20 TP.
[1] Yoko, +20 TP.

[Xango]

20/40

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Within seconds, those fingers took the shape of chain links. Their heavy metallic loops sunk towards the ground. They looked awkward and misshapened. Out of place next to the smooth gradation forming the scythe. Her untransformed thumb was like the head of a grub caught between hazardous metal shining.

Normally, forming two separate weapons in this fashion was her limit. But the point of this training was to increase her prowess. Sympathetic sweat formed beads along her forehead. She stared at her own thumb as if it might hop off and crawl away at any second. With a sigh of concentration, a final push of chakra was forced into her hand.

She guided it along the ridge of her thumb. With grunting frustration, her thumbnail visibly sharpened. It became like the end of a claw, then stretched at bizarre angles until it took a form similar to the sword of her spirit blade. She surveyed her work with a twitching of her mouth that could almost be called a smile. Though this particular formation was ugly and cumbersome, a bit of practice seemed like it would finally lead to her forming three distinct weapon forms at once.

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[Sabolian]

Hero's Heart
Rank: "C"
Skill: TaiJutsu
Effect: This Jutsu imbues the user with great bravery and morale in battle.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: Performed in a weaving movement. A soul using technique. A personal technique. The duration of this technique is 1 hour per Class Level. This Jutsu enables the user to gain great bravery and morale in battle. The user gains a +2 morale bonus on Attack Damage, Will Save, and +10 to Skill Checks.
Limit: Universal TaiJutsu Technique.

Post 1
??/10

Sabo realized the situation had changed, 'How many of the assailants are they?' his mind continued to collide through negative thoughts 'Will I be able to continue protecting everyone here? how long will it last before someone gets hurt or possibly even dies' he had to calm himself down or he could possibly have a mental breakdown. "I am a hero" Sabo muttered quietly.

'I must be brave enough to protect everyone, even if it costs me my life' Sabo took out his cigarette from his mouth and then dropped it on the floor, he stepped on it with his red leg, but that would just light it up again as well as destroying it. Sabolian sat on the floor and then took a new cigar and lighter out of his pockets 'this always makes be feel better'

Sabolian made use of the two and then began blowing smoke out of his mouth at 10 second intervals while looking up into the sky. The young man could feel his strength rising, his will rising and his morale rising. 'Yes, what was I saying earlier, I can do this! I can protect everyone, after all I am a hero' Sabolian said with a smug look on his face.

[Cadoc]

00/60 (Same technique)

Yoko's initial queries about whether the woman had been physically harmed seemed to prove true, based of her speech alone that was. However, her seeming unwillingness to disclose exactly what they had done to her, or in what manner she had been harmed seemed to imply that it could have been something of a sexual nature, or at least something she did not want to openly discuss with others. As a result, Yoko did not press the matter, instead, the young Mizukage focused instead on her own training.

The familiar jangling of a chain rang through the air and was easily detected by the Kraken Lord's uncanny sense of hearing. It seemed improbable that this woman was skilled in the ways of using a chain as a weapon, thus, the possibility that it was, in fact, her form of defence seemed somewhat unlikely. Instead, the implication was that the chain had been used in some form as part of her transportation through away from her village to where they currently were.

Yoko focused on her shield once again, deflecting attacks that had come at her, presumably due to her seeming lapse in concentration: the assailants had noted that she glanced away for a brief time and assumed that this was an opportune time to strike out at her. However, they were mistaken, Yoko's uncanny senses made her impossible to flank in this fashion save for some of the strongest warriors in the world. Thus, moving her shield to block the attack was tantamount to child's play.

[Cadoc]

00/60 (Same technique)

Barbas observed the proceedings, the clatter of chains the rise of a new hero. It seemed, that this young man must have truly craved to be a hero, after all, he had been talking about it for an extensive period of time now. Normally, one would have expected a fake to have given up the act, indeed if it was only for comic relief then most people would have tired from the joke and moved onto something else. This boy, however, or rather man, continued to declare that he was a hero, as he cut through opponents like they were made of paper.

An undoubtedly impressive display of skill for someone of his level. Barbas, watched on growing continually unrestful at the small number of people who were attacking him, much to his chagrin the numbers were only marginally increasing. With a new member joining the fold every few minutes, but with the rate at which they were injuring themselves the amount attacking him at any given time seemed to be remaining the same. The young hero, on the other hand, seemed to be presented with an ever-growing number of attackers.

Still, he thought that perhaps they should be grateful that they had managed to keep this young villager safe for so long. After all, she was seemingly the lure that drew these assailants in, although it had occurred to him at this stage that they might have continued to fight even if they had killed or recovered her if only to save face in some form of stupid revenge against the people who had bested them. Indeed, it seemed like being held off by essentially what amounted to a ragtag gang of kids must have been quite embarrassing for a professional killer. “Is that all you have got!” he declared to the attackers seeking to provoke them.

[Cadoc]

20/40

Still the small pipefox worked tirelessly to augment her sense of reality to the extent that she was able to perceive someone's location from the scent alone. Such, a technique was extremely powerful when used against would-be flankers or stealth attackers, as it bypassed one of their greatest advantages the inability to see them with the naked eye. Invisibility, for example, was rendered all but worthless when used against this uncanny form of detection.

The small pipefox only needed to continue her training onwards if she was to unlock this rare skill, in doing so she attempted to correctly ascertain the exact number people in the surrounding area along with their position relative to one another. A difficult task no doubt, but one that she felt confident she could achieve through diligent training and determination, after all, when one saw such a scenario unfolding with the naked eye you were able to gauge relative position and distance almost instantly.

In her mind this was because of how often creatures used their eyes, they had in effect trained their sense of sight to be able to achieve this task. Thus, whilst at the time being it was quite difficult to locate everyone especially when they were moving in the future should she continue her training she remained confident that she would possess the uncanny ability to detect exact locations thereby mastering the technique to the fullest.

[Sabolian]

Hero's Heart, Greater
Rank: "A"
Skill: TaiJutsu
Effect: Advanced form of Hero's Heart.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: Performed in a weaving movement. A soul using technique. A personal technique. The duration of this technique is 1 hour per Class Level. This Jutsu enables the user to gain great bravery and morale in battle. This Jutsu functions like Hero's Heart, except the creature gains a +4 morale bonus to Attack Damage, and Will Saves, +20 to Skill checks, and temporary Armour Points equal to their Class Points.
Limit: Universal TaiJutsu Technique. Must know Hero's Heart.

Post 1
??/80

Sabo looked around and no assailant seemed to be on him at the moment, 'maybe I should use that time to observe the others, their skills are all very fascinating' Sabo had never seen such skill with someone using a shield, in all the tournaments he's entered he always breaks his opponents guard with a combo of kicks, he wondered if he would be able to break their's.

Sabo looked carefully at her movements, truly amazing, she must have done a lot of training. The young man turned his attention to Shineland that seemed to be working on a jutsu. Sabo was shocked, 'A village girl could do that, did she just turn how finger into a chain?' Sabo tried not to look into her too much, but it was astonishing that a village girl could do that.

Sabolian stood up from the ground 'To clear my mind, I should work on my hero pose' the blonde haired missing ninja took his position at the end of the hill, he stood with the wind blowing his blonde hair ferociously and with his right leg out forward, his left leg was brought back and his hands were on his hip. 'Yep this is pretty good' Sabo said confidently.