Jelly Training ._.

[∴Sayu∴]

((I haven't trained in a while so I've gotten rusty @_@ Bare with me lol))

Sayu had finally made it to her destination, the Land of Sound. Somewhere distant from her father’s home. “I wasn’t able to impress you, daddy. I’m sorry. But this no longer is about you…” She took a deep breath, inhaling the warm air surrounding her as she walked through the damp forest, looking for a place to train. She wanted to find some sort of body of water near by, because she knew she would be doing some intense training for the next few days. Last thing she wanted to do was set camp somewhere far from a water source. Finally, she came across a small pond. It was perfect, and Sayu quickly removed her back pack, letting it slam onto the ground. She wasn’t concerned in setting up camp yet. All she wanted to do was train…

Atsui Usumaku (Transitional Membrane)
Rank: D, C, B, A
Skill: Ninjutsu, Supplementary
Effect: The user is capable of controling the thickness of thier "trasitional membrane". This technique is manditory for all under the Ekitai bloodlimit. This is because it grants them their survival in battles and harsh weather conditions.
Special: ---
Drawback: Switching from ranks that are not next to each other takes 1 post (You cannot instantly switch from D rank thickness to B rank.)
Description: Every Ekitai member begins with the D ranked version of this technique and work their way up. During training, they are required to learn how their transitional membrane is capable of absorbing the air around them in order to "harden". Chakra takes a large role in hardening their transitional membrane because it mixes with the air to help with the process. In order to switch from a higher rank of thickness to a lower, the user must pump the water from inside of their bodies and surface it to their skin. Also, the user leaves their palms permeable (D ranked), thus allowing the usage of the water inside of them no matter what rank their in.

o C ranked: Exact manipulation of human skin. Can withstand any kind of weather conditions a human could. Since skin is more solidified, landing taijutsu based attacks are more affective. Physical attacks now cause pain.

Sayu stretched her arms and legs, making them more flexible for her training. She already knew what she was going to train for ever since she left the island. Something her brother accomplished way before her. Shamefully, she sighed. Being reminded of her younger brother embarrassed her. However, she shook her head, and made a confident grin. “Alright, then!” she said, ready to begin hardening her skin.

Sayu held up her arm and examined her moist blue skin. “Hm, how can I go about hardening my skin?” She stared at her arm for several minutes, in a daze. Her skin was shiny and watery, something she wanted the complete opposite of. Sayu began absorbing some of the warm air through her arm. It made her feel awkward because she was used to absorbing water, not air. Slowly, it began drying her skin, making it loose its moistness. Sayu became slightly terrified. “Holy s**t!” she yelled, halting the absorption of air. Her skin went back to normal.

The feeling of dry skin bothered Sayu. “Ew…how do these humans do it? How can they stand so much dryness?” she said, rubbing her arm. Suddently, she was reminded of her father. If he was there with her at that moment, her would call her a coward. Sayu wanted to prove him wrong, even though he was miles away from her. “No, daddy! I’m no coward…” Sayu said, extending her arm. She began opening the pores to her skin, absorbing air. Again, it began drying her skin, to the point where it had a thin layer of hardness over it.

“That’s it…? That wasn’t so bad!” said Sayu, getting her hopes up. She waved her arm in the air, and made a fist. Suddenly, her skin slowly started oozing. Water from within her was escaping the thin hardened layer over her arm. “No…” she pouted. She allowed her skin to return to its original state. “I don’t understand…how thick is human skin anyway?” Sayu soon decided to take a quick trip to town and experiment…

Leaving all her belongings in the forest, Sayu scanned the market for her first victim. She wanted to feel how thick human skin really was. Slowly, she crept along the crowd of people, spotting a small innocent child, eating ice cream. She reached over to him and gave him a pinch to his arm. The child yelled in pain, causing him to drop his ice cream. He turned around to see who it was that pinched him. Sayu quickly shifted away from him, and looked the opposite way. The child continued looking at her; he was sure that it was her who did it.

Sayu grinned. “What are you looking at? It’s awfully rude to stare.” Still the young boy couldn’t keep his eyes off her. Her skin was out of the ordinary, which was the same thing Sayu thought about him. Both examined each other for several minutes, without moving. Sayu then slowly raised both of her hands and moved them towards the boy’s pink cheeks. She grabbed a hold and stretched them, pressed them, anything that would make her understand the thickness of human skin. The boy was hopeless. He stood there, letting her fuss with his cheeks. Sayu finally got an idea how thick she should make her skin. She removed her hand from his cheeks and patted him in the head. She ran back to the forest to her camp.

Sayu immediately began absorbing air once more. She also decided to mix in chakra to help her thicken the layer of skin. Slowly, the wetness dried away. So far, her arm was completely dried, but not thick enough. She sat down, and concentrated more on absorbing air. Sayu closed her eyes, trying to ignore the uncomtorable feeling of dry skin. Finally, she managed to create another layer over her arm. She opened her eyes and pinched her arm. It was thick, but not as thick as the boy’s skin.

“More chakra…” said Sayu, making her arm glow bright blue. A small breeze began forming. This was created by Sayu’s arm. It was absorbing more air now, more than before. Soon, her arm had grown another layer. Sayu pinched herself once more. “Ow!” she yelled, closing one eye. It then hit her. She felt some sort of physical pain. This was somewhat rare to the Ekitai, because in their D ranked transitional membrane, they felt no pain. However, this also meant Sayu had succeeded in creating the same thickness of human skin. No only that, her skin was slowly loosing its blue tint, becoming somewhat close to a human’s natural skin color.

“Bleh!” said Sayu, refusing to accept the blandness of human skin color. But she knew she had to get over it. Human skin thickness would allow her to survive in harsh weather conditions. This was indeed necessary…Sayu choose to continue her training. She would now try to harden her entire body…

[∴Sayu∴]

After a few tries, Sayu was finally able to make her other arm human thickness. It was dry and solid. “Hm, it’s not that bad…I mean once you get used to it…” she said, opening and closing her palms. She still had a lot to go. She still needed to harden the rest of her body. Sayu was able to contain her arms in human skin thickness while she moved on to her torso. Sayu activated her chakra and widened her pores. Air swiftly was consumed by her belly, gradually giving it its firm state.

Eventually, her shoulders, back, and breast were also dry and firm. She stopped out of curiosity, and poked her belly lightly. Her finger refused to go through (as it would during her jelly state). “Hmph…no fun…” She continued poking her belly, realizing that she was getting no where. Focusing back to her training, Sayu was ready to thicken her legs. Standing up to her feet, she jogged in place, warming herself up. She began absorbing more air through her legs, creating one thick layer of skin over them.

A little bit of water oozed out of Sayu’s legs as she jogged in place. “Hm…not thick enough…” she said. She absorbed even more air, creating another layer. Little by little, her blue skin began fading to a more natural pinkish tone. At first, it bothered her that she was loosing her uniqueness. However, it she was excited to know that she was able to change the thickness of her skin, something the Ekitai were very skilled at. So far, she had completed thickening her legs, arms, and torso. Now all that was left was her face.

Sayu took a good look in the pond, examining her reflection. She looked awfully silly with pinkish human skin color and a blue face. She chuckled lightly and smiled. Sayu crouched down on her knees, still facing the pond. Feeling a bit dehydrated, she stretched her hands out and scooped up a handful of fresh water, splashing it against her face. Her skin absorbed the water, refreshing her face. “Ah!” she sighed in relief. She was ready to loose the moistness in her face.

Still looking at her reflection, Sayu watched as her face began to transform. It was rather astonishing to her, how easily she was able to do so. Sayu’s face became rigid and dry. She poked her cheek, feeling the thickness of it. “Hm…alittle more…” She began absorbing more air into her face, giving it another thick layer.

Again, she tested her skin out by pinching it. “Ouch…” said Sayu, finally feeling physical pain. She had finally succeeded in solidifying her entire body with human skin thickness.
Sayu took a look at her “new” appearance. She resembled a human so much; you wouldn’t even be able to tell she was an Ekitai. She touched her cheeks, which felt exactly like the boy’s cheeks she had felt earlier. She stretched them just as she done to the little boy. “How irritating! Now I understand what I put that kid through XD…” After experimenting with her new membrane, Sayu still had more training to do. She wanted to be able to harden her body instantly, not one limb at a time.

Without thinking, Sayu allowed her body to return to its original jelly state. The water quickly rose up from underneath the thick layers of human skin and covered her in moist dampness. She felt relieved by this. She preferred her wet skin over any other. After going back to her D ranked thickness, she began trying to concentrate chakra all over her body. Sayu also opened her pores, allowing air to seep through.

Slowly, her body began hardening, creating a thicker membrane. It was happening all over her body; from the top of her head all the way to the bottom of her toes. The process was slow, making her impatient. She added more chakra into her limbs, widening her pores. The process went a lot faster now, creating another layer of skin over her body.
Sayu pulled at her human skin. Something seemed off. She wasn’t entirely sure that it was thick enough. “Hmm…only one way to find out…”

[Naegi˚ 苗木]

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*Licks Yori*

[∴Sayu∴]

^-^;; Thanks Naegi o.o

Grabbing the single kunai from her pouch, Sayu held it over her wrist. If her skin ripped easily, it wasn’t thick enough. She closed one eye, while the other paid close attention to the area where she was cutting. Finally, the kunai had touched her skin, and sliced right through it. Immediately, her wrist ripped open, making the jelly substance within her spill out. Sayu groaned in pain and frustration. She had to regenerate her wrist and try again.

Again, she attempted to harden her membrane. It was becoming harder to harden all her limbs at the same time at a fast rate. But with assistance of her chakra, she would be able to quicken the process. More and more chakra circulated through her skin. It wasn’t long before she had created another layer of skin, and another one, and soon, she was completely engulfed in pink flesh.

Once more, she took a hold of the kunai. She ran it down her cheek this time, which created an immediate cut. “The cheek is a delicate…can’t expect that to be thick o.o” She removed the kunai from her cheek, letting the jelly substance drip from her wound. She moved the kunai over her thigh. She sliced at it, making a light cut. It took awhile before she was able to make a deep wound, which in fact was a good sign, despite the painful injuries.

Sayu was convinced that she had managed to create thick enough skin to resemble that of a human’s. She knew this would benefit her when taijutsu fighting and bad weather. Suddenly, she was reminded of the most important detail of changing membrane thickness. “The palms must always stay wet…to perform jutsus only the Ekitai are skilled at.” Said a distant voice in her head. “Daddy…” Sayu new her father was right, and if he was there to see her forget such an important detail, he surely would be ashamed of her.

Again, she returned to her thin, jelly thickness. She was to try hardening her skin even faster now, as well as remaining her palms moist in order to perform jutsus which needed enough jelly. Taking a deep breath, Sayu began controlling the transformation of her membrane. Her pores opened larger than she’d ever opened them before, sucking in large amounts of air surrounding her. The chakra would also help, quickly hardening her skin to human thickness.

While this was happening, she tried her best keeping her hands damp. Sayu closed her fist tightly, avoiding any air seeping through them. When it was all set and done, her whole body was completely dry. Her face flushed red again as well as the rest of her. She loosened the grip of her fist and opened her palms slowly. They were wet and blue, still under D ranked membrane thickness. “Yay!” she said, as she created a glob of jelly from her palms. Sayu was ready to test out her new membrane by seeing how powerful human skin really was…

[Naegi˚ 苗木]

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{28.30}

.Little More.

[∴Sayu∴]

Horray :] Ty <3

With great force, Sayu punched a tree near by, still in her human skin. Unlike her original jelly state, which did little damage, the human membrane was in fact very powerful. She found herself digging more and more into the tree, stripping it from its bark. She felt great pain, another difference from her original skin, but it was a good pain…a victorious one.

Sayu spinned her body around and kicked the tree, denting it even more. She continued laying punches on it. Nothing went through her skin. It was solidified now, which meant she didn’t have to worry about getting random items stuck within her body again.

Sayu stood a few more minutes practicing the speed of switching from D ranked membrane thickness to C ranked. Eventually, she was able to transform in less than 2 seconds, which was pretty much instantly. Sayu made sure to keep her palms damp and the rest of her skin hardened. She also felt a little less dehydrated than before. The sun was less of a bother to her, because she was protected by the thick layer of skin. “It was all worth it…” thought Sayu. However, her training wasn’t done yet. This was only the beginning…

[Naegi˚ 苗木]

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.Learned.

<333

[∴Sayu∴]

Supaiku Tama (Spiked Ball)
Rank:C
Skill:Ninjutsu
Effect:After forming a glob of jelly within the users palms, they mold spikes into it, and harden by compacting it together tightly, creating pressure and making it hard as a rock. A small piece of thick jelly is then stuck to the spiked ball, creating something similar to a chain.
Special:Dragon
Drawback: The spiked ball might break if crashed into a wall.
Description: After performing the proper handseal, the user quickly shapes and forms a spiked ball from their blob of jelly. Once this is completed, the ball is hardened and a piece of jelly glob is attached underneath it. This serves as a chain in order to spin the spiked ball to attain enough momentum to strike an opponent with a deadly blow. If the user misses, they are able to retrieve the spiked ball back thanks to their “chain” and try again.
Limit:Ekitai Bloodlimit.

It was late and dark, but that wasn’t going to stop her from training. Sayu had kept a few jutsus in mind that were performed in her home land. As a child, she was greatly impressed by them, but unable to achieve them. Now that she was older, she was inspired and willing to go about learning every jutsu under the Ekitai Bloodlimt. She would begin with Supaiku Tama.

Still in her human skin, Sayu opened her palm and began producing a small glob of jelly from it. It was gooey and wet, perfect for creating the spiked ball. Sayu began moving both of her palms in a circular motion, trying to mold the jelly into a perfect sphere. Soon, it was a miniature jelly ball. Sayu smiled at her creation.

“Cute!” she said, bouncing it on the floor. It was very flexible and bouncy. Sayu became distracted for a few minutes with the ball, but then came to her senses after realizing that the ball picked up a lot dirt from the floor, slowing its bounciness. Sayu tossed it to the side, and created a fresh batch.

After creating another jelly glob, Sayu began molding spikes into it. Carefully, she made sharp and pointy spikes on the jelly glob, making it look deadly. After a few minutes of crafting the spiked ball, it was complete. However, it was rather small and it still was in its jelly form. Sayu was unaware of this though, and she threw the spiked ball to see its power.

With great force, she threw the ball at a near by tree. The small ball burst immediately, making the strange substance scatter everywhere. Sayu’s eyes widened. “I think I forgot something…” she said as she stretched her head, embarrassed. Of course, she knew it wasn’t going to be that easy to learn. She was so absentminded; she understood now why she was so incapable to learn jutsus when training with her father…

Sayu took a deep breath and put her arms over her head. She tried analyzing the problem carefully. “The ball needed to be bigger…and stronger…” she thought to herself. Suddenly, she thought of a strategy. She went about making the ball the wrong way. Opening her palm, she created a much larger glob of jelly than last times. The substance stuck to her fingers as she molded it into a ball and then created spikes. It was larger now, but still not hard and sharp.

Sayu figured if she made a larger glob of jelly, it would become harder. “Why didn’t it work?” she said, questioning her self. “Perhaps more chakra is needed…” For some reason, that was her solution for everything. She chuckled at the thought, but knew it wouldn’t hurt to try…

[∴Sayu∴]

Throwing the larger glob of jelly to the side, Sayu opened her palm and made the same sized jelly glob. However, the blue glowing chakra would be more vibrant. It flowed all over her jelly, making it slightly tougher than before. Sayu continued to make the glob of jelly larger and larger. Finally, she molded spikes into it.

It was sharp, but not sharp enough. The spikes were merely as sharp as a butter knife. The spiked ball was also too big for her to even throw. Still, her stubborn nature allowed her to continue the process of making the “chain” for her spiked ball.

“Ok, this is the easy part.” Sayu slowly crouched down and placed her giant spiked ball near her on the floor. It wiggled but stood in its place. She stood back up and created another glob of jelly. She then stuck it to her spiked ball and shaped it into grasping chain. Getting a good hold on the jelly chain, Sayu gave a good tug to the spiked ball. It refused to move due to its heavy weight.

Ignoring the fact that the spiked ball was so large, Sayu continued to pull until she finally had it hanging in the air. She then began spinning the ball, very slowly, trying to make it spin over her head. The ball went at the slowest pace possible. Finally, she went to slam it against a tree. The ball would smash into the tree and burst again as the last one did. Sayu’s jaw dropped and she fell to her knees in disappointment.

“Maybe…too much chakra?” she said, watching the jelly substance drip downwards from the tree. Something was puzzling her though. She failed twice at making the spiked ball sharp and deadly. “Perhaps this has nothing to do with how much chakra I put into it” she thought. It then accord to her, What was it that hardened her own skin? A bright expression appeared on her face as she decided to apply how she hardened her own skin into the ball.

Once again, Sayu made another glob of jelly. She though carefully about how she hardened her own skin. She needed layers of jelly, just like she needed layers of skin over her body. Then she would have to compact the ball tightly in order to make it difficult for the jelly to escape, making it harder. She was upset that it took her so long to realize this.

Still with the same jelly glob in her hand, she used her other hand to make another glob of jelly. Then, she molded both of the globs together, making another layer of jelly over the ball. Again, she continued to do this, over and over, making several layers over the moist sphere. Eventually, she had a large, perfect jelly ball in her hands. It was time to compact the ball nice and tight….

[Arkai]

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[∴Sayu∴]

Thanks


Sayu used both hands and tightly compacted the ball, which shrunk its size just a bit. However, it was still big enough to make major injuries on someone. She quickly created sharp and deadly spikes on it. Finally, it was looking more and more like a chained spiked ball. Sayu proudly held her spiked ball. It was perfect and she was happy she had managed to figure out a why to make harden it. She was ready to create a glob of jelly bellow it, and test out her jutsu.

Still holding the sharp sphere in her right hand, she created a glob of jelly with her left. It would easily seep out and she would stick it to the spiked ball. She tugged at it, making sure it was nice and stuck. Soon after, she was ready to swing it over her head. She took a good hold at the chain of jelly she had created and swung it above her. The ball would fly into the air. Sayu quickly extended her arm and began swinging the ball in a circular motion.

It swung smoothly. It wasn’t too heavy like the last spiked ball she had created. It was fast and picked up momentum rather easily. It didn’t take long before Sayu was swinging the chained ball over her head in a dangerous manner. Any one near her would surely be struck.

She tested her new jutsu. Sayu aimed at a tree near by and slammed her spiked ball against it. The tree would be badly injured and if it could say something, it would most likely curse her out….yeah…Anyway, she swung at every tree she could find, smashing the bark right off them. Suddenly, her jelly chain would snap. Her spiked ball would fly off and land in the near by pond, dissolving immediately.

“Nooo!” she said, still holding the last bit of her chain in her hand. She looked at it and threw it angrily to the side. “Now I have to make the chain strong?” she was upset at this, but knew if she didn’t make a strong enough chain, the same thing that happened to her now would happen in battle. Sayu skipped on making the spiked ball for a moment and chose to practice on making a nice sturdy chain.

Sitting down on the ground, she crossed her legs and opened both of her palms. Creating jelly from them, she would add additional layers to it, making it strong just like the ball. She stretched it with great strength. It was difficult to break so she figured it was good enough to be attached to her spiked ball. She threw it to the side and decided to make one more, but first the spiked ball.

After creating a large jelly glob, Sayu added more and more layers, hardening the ball. She then compacted the ball tightly, making it even stronger. She created the spikes and soon had a spiked ball. After that, she chose to begin making her chain. Just as she had practiced, she made a blob of jelly and began adding layers to it as well. It began hardening, and she stretched it out and attached it to her ball.

“Time to test it out again…” she said, grasping her supposedly stronger chain. Picking the ball up, she would begin swinging it over her head, gathering momentum and making it faster and faster. It made her a bit dizzy, but she disregarded this. She continued to swing it, gathering even more force. However, since the chain was less durable due to all the hardening, it was shorter. It didn’t stretch long like it did when it was more flexible.


“Grr....this is so annoying…” she stopped swinging the ball and caught her breath. She was getting frustrated and dehydrated from the constant use of the jelly in her body. She took a sip from her water canteen and closed the cap. That still wasn’t enough to calm her down. She reopened he water canteen and spilled the water all over her, damping her clothing. Her skin would absorb the water, refreshing and relaxing her. “Ahhh…” She gave a small sigh and chose to continue her training.

It was beginning to be repetitive but she had no choice but to re-create the chain. She wanted to distribute enough chakra within the chain to make it flexible. She began ejecting jelly from her palms, and molding it with chakra. It would get slightly harder, but still in its jelly state. Just for safety precautions, she would add one more layer of jelly over her chain. Sayu got up and stretched the chain, testing its durability once more. She even put it under her foot and pulled with her arm, stretching it even more. It was unbreakable so far, and long enough to allow the spiked ball to reach its victim. She chose to test out her jutsu one more time...

[Yun.]

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Good job. ^^ Keep up the good work.

[∴Sayu∴]

Yay! Thanks Yun n_n

The process was soon to be repeated once more. Standing up, Sayu would extend both of her arms and open her palms. While pumping the water within her body to the surface of her skin, she took a hold of the jelly that emitted from her palm. It was thick and moist, perfect for the creation of the spiked ball. She molding the jelly, as a child would do with clay, into a medium sized ball. Soon after, she added a layer of jelly to that ball, and another one, and eventually it was tough and hard.

Sayu continued the process of creating the spikes, pinching and squeezing them into shape. She would rotate the ball to its side to make sure she had spikes surrounding it entirely. After creating the spikes, Sayu would take both of her hands and tighten all the layers together, hardening the ball even more, making it more deadly.

The spiked ball was now complete. Sayu held it with one hand, ignoring the pinching of the spikes onto her skin. She would now begin the process of making the jelly chain. She produced yet another glob of jelly from her palm, just as gooey and moist as the last one. Adding chakra to it, she would begin hardening it, but keeping its flexibility. Once she was done, she would attach it to the spiked ball. Tugging it lightly, she would maker sure it was stuck so it wont fall off.

Everything seemed to be going well. The trail and error she had went through actually benefited her well. Now that the chained ball was complete, she would lift it over her head and spin it. If nothing would go wrong, the ball would swing over her head smoothly without giving her too much trouble.

Sayu began swinging it. The ball would spin over and over, catching speed. It would soon begin to make loud whooshing noises, cutting the air around it. Sayu got accustomed to the heavy ball swinging over her head and she began scanning for the next tree she would ruin.

After picking her target, she gave the spiked ball a forceful throw. It pierced the tree, making a huge hole upon it. Sayu continued smashing more trees, hoping that her jelly chain would not snap. She practiced on her aim as well at the force in which she swung it. She learned that the faster she swung it, the heavier and stronger the ball’s impact would be. Learning how to control the chained spiked ball made it easier for her to handle it.

After smashing over a dozen trees, the ball seemed to look like it was going to crack. This would make sense, since the ball wasn’t flawless. Sayu decided to give it one more throw, hitting a large rock near by, to end the spiked ball’s life span. It would smash into the rock, chipping a little bit of its body away. Then the ball would burst, emitting all of its jelly guts.

Relieved that all went well, Sayu smiled as she fell upon the blankets she had set up earlier for sleeping. She was tired from all the training and it was late enough. “Hope I didn’t forget anything when learning my jutsu…” she said yawning to herself. She then reassured herself that what more could she possibly learn? She mastered the jutsu, which took her all night. She only had a few hours of sleep before dawn. “Better rest up for tomorrow’s training…” And with those final words, Sayu would cover herself with the little bit of blankets she had managed to take from her mother’s closet and drift to sleep.

[Yun.]

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add it.

[.Sekko.]

It was nightfall, Daichi was roaming the darkness. By the moonlight she saw the places that lied ahead. Some areas of the forest was too dark to enter so she avoided those places and continued to only wonder deeper into the places that were easy for her to see it. The sounds of bugs buzzing in the night reminded her of the boy she had killed earlier in the day, for some reason she still felt his presence strangely enough as she felt the flute she had stolen hanging at her right side, off of one of her belts.

All of this was before she had seen the girl, laying in the darkness covered in a blanket, her bluish skin seemed to almost glow in the dark and Daichi approached on nimble light feet with her bone in hand. She stood above the blue girl and held the bone high above her head before she sent it down so that it may stab into the girls leg. This action however was not brought about by any malicious intent what-so-ever but more curiousity. Can blue people bleed?

[∴Sayu∴]

Sleeping peacefully, Sayu could hear the sound the ocean waves made when she lived in her native island. They were soothing to her, something she missed dearly about the Mukizu island. It was all a dream, of course. She was no where near her home, in fact, she was currently sleeping in the darkness of an unfamiliar forest. But that didn't stop her from dreaming. She chose to go along with it.

Minutes later, Sayu was to be awoken by an unusual feeling. Something was poking at her...piercing through her thin skin, making it ooze the jelly substance resting inside of her body. What was it that was waking her up from her dream? "Perhaps if I ignore it, it will go away..." thought Sayu, still half asleep. She searched for her dream just for a few more seconds before realizing the what ever was bothering her wouldnt stop.

Yawning slightly, Sayu would peak open her eyes and turn to the location of the poking. All she could see was a pale, white figure standing infront of her. Recovering from the bluriness after rubbing her eyes, Sayu could soon see that it was a young girl, probably a few years younger than her. Dispite her souless appearace, Sayu coundn't help but think the girl was rather attractive in her own way.

Sayu looked her "bleeding" leg and then back at the girl. Puzzled, she noticed the girl seemed abit paranoid. Sayu wasn't upset at her though. The physical pain the pale girl inflicted on her was non-existant. Instead of yelling or questioning her, Sayu would give her a polite greeting. "Hello there..."

[.Sekko.]

Daichi was surprised when the older blue lady had woken up. She lifted an eyebrow and stabbed get again, wiggling the bone into her leg until a bluish substance protruded. Satisfied, but not completely since the girl wasn't bothered by it she pulled the bone out, licked the tip and moved back a little. She finally realized that the girl was staring at her now and this shakened her. Was the blue young woman going to attack? No, it seemed not or else it would've already been done... Daichi hesitated she wanted to try to kill the girl but she awaited advice from the voice that frequently haunted her

'Hmm' the voice in her mind said 'probably not worth killing...' Only Daichi could hear it. It was sort of a non-existant dialog that occured in her head every now and then when she imagined something talking to her. Like always though there was no real person making the voices she heard. It was just something that happened to the Kaguya every now and then but now it was happening more often
"I see," Daichi replied to the voice, althought Sayu might've thought that Daichi was speaking to her. The girl then she lowered her voice to a whisper it was in a sort of apologetic tone "I didn't mean to..." she blinked a few times and turned her face wondering what to do next
'You can leave now, she doesn't have anything valuable I suppose'

But Daichi stood thinking for a moment 'You want to stay and try to train with her?' She was asked and Daichi nodded in responce, she then rose her eyes to face the jelly person "Hello..." She said sofly looking at her blood stained clothes and then at the bone she had in hand

[∴Sayu∴]

Sayu's head tilted to the side slightly, puzzled by the girl's strange behavior. She continued to poke at her leg, and even took a liking to the taste of her jelly substace. 'Is she human...?' thought Sayu while looking at the girl's bone extending from out of her body. Sayu was still alitte unsure of how the human body worked, but she knew for a fact that what the girl was doing was not normal human behavior. Her clothing was also stained with blood...

Sayu chose to ignore the strange signs the girl was giving off. For some reason, she was actually relieved that she wasn't alone in the forest. "I didn't meant to..." said the girl in a soft whisper. She then chose to return Sayu's greeting with a hello. With a warm smile, Sayu would sit up straight and remove the covers from herself, exposing her entire body. She felt stuffy anyway, and wanted to give the girl her full attention.

"It's still a bit late. I still have enough blankets for the both of us if you'd like to rest up. I'm planning on training in the morning though. But I'll make sure not to make took much noise..." she would say, inviting the girl into her imaginary bed. Sayu didn't wait on the girl to answer. She didn't want to seem like she was pressuring her. She would lay back down and close her eyes while leaving enough blanket space for the girl...

[.Sekko.]

Daichi didn’t know what the girl was going to think of her. But being there at that moment made her oddly nervous. She still left jumpy as she always did around strangers but now in a scared way. The Kaguya gasped a little bit at how warm and open the young lady was; Sayu was being so nice to her even though she barely even knew the girl. Daichi felt strangely warm and embarrassed, her cheeks reddened and she hung her head and let her hair fall above her eyes to hide her expression... She never really felt this way before

The Kaguya didn’t want to kill the girl anymore, she was too nice. The girl mentioned it was late and she was right. Daichi had been active since early morning and she had grown very tired since then, she snuck a look at the sky. It was a black dotted canvas, with the moon shinning fully above them. She put her hand over her mouth and yawned then she threw the bone of a weapon aside and looked down at the girl who had already snuggled back into her blanket. She made sure not to invade space and to keep sort of a distance from the girl but she didn’t feel it necessary to leave just yet. It was late, and she was exhausted now. Her eyes felt weighed and heavy so she laid a meter or two away from the jelly girl and slept without any blanket whatsoever she fell asleep in the green grass and she would wake out and be gone in the morning before Sayu even knew it

[Exit -Ill bother you later-]

[∴Sayu∴]

Atsui Usumaku (Transitional Membrane)
Rank: D, C, B, A
Skill: Ninjutsu, Supplementary
Effect: The user is capable of controling the thickness of thier "trasitional membrane". This technique is manditory for all under the Ekitai bloodlimit. This is because it grants them their survival in battles and harsh weather conditions.
Special: ---
Drawback: Switching from ranks that are not next to each other takes 1 post (You cannot instantly switch from D rank thickness to B rank.)
Description: Every Ekitai member begins with the D ranked version of this technique and work their way up. During training, they are required to learn how their transitional membrane is capable of absorbing the air around them in order to "harden". Chakra takes a large role in hardening their transitional membrane because it mixes with the air to help with the process. In order to switch from a higher rank of thickness to a lower, the user must pump the water from inside of their bodies and surface it to their skin. Also, the user leaves their palms permeable (D ranked), thus allowing the usage of the water inside of them no matter what rank their in.
o B ranked: A harder, rock like layer of skin. An Ekitai under this rank becomes stronger when landing physical attacks. Little pain is received when attacked by physical attacks. When attacked with too much force (B rank or above) limbs might crack off.

Sayu would wake up in the morning and notice the girl was no longer there. ”What a strange visitor… she thought while stretching and folding her blankets. “No matter! Time for more training!” She became somewhat encouraged, perhaps because she was more energized from a good night’s rest.

Sayu already knew what she wanted to train on. She was prepared to learn the B rank thickness of her Transitional Membrane. Already standing up, she would begin with opening and closing the pores of her membrane. This was a way of exercising them in order for them to extend larger. Larger pores would make it easier for her to absorb air to ‘harden’ her skin.

After a few minutes of stretching out her pores, she would begin the process of using her chakra to her advantage. She activated it, making her skin glow even bluer than it already was. Her skin would now have the assistance of chakra and begin absorbing the air. Slowly, her arm would begin drying up. It would create one layer of thickness upon her.

She knew this thickness was no where near B ranked thickness. She would have to continue adding layers to her arm before it was “hard as a rock”. Sayu would continue this process, grasping more air than she normally would. Doing this would exhaust her, however. Too much dryness would dehydrate her, making her loose energy quickly. She began breathing harder, bothered by the uncomtorable feeling of the dryness of her skin.

“Ah!” Sayu would halt the hardening of her skin. It was too much for her to handle. She would loose all the layers she created as she quickly went for her water canteen. Sayu drank the entire thing, robbing it of its water. Sayu sighed disappointedly. This was going to take a lot of getting used to. She wasn’t quick to give up though. Again, she would begin absorbing the air around her through her arm’s pores. The moist, jelly skin would begin hardening into a thicker dry skin. Again, one layer was complete. Gulping, Sayu ignored the dryness and continued. She would feel her skin slowly solidify.

She then realized that she wasn’t entirely sure how thick a rock can be. She wanted her skin to be the precise thickness of a rock. Returning her skin to the normal jelly state, she would begin doing some experiments. Sayu leaned down on the floor upon her knees and hands and began searching for a pebble. Hopefully, she would get an idea of how many layers she would have to create in order to be thick as a rock.

She felt silly doing this, and for some reason she was reminded of the strange girl that had paid her a visit late last night. ”I’m glad she didn’t catch me training…I must look so ridiculous!” Sayu would giggle to herself until she finally came a cross a rock, around the size of her hand. She would immediately grasp it. Examining it, she would feel the thickness of the rock, and bang it against another rock she had found lying around.

One of the rocks was stronger than the other. Ironically, the stronger one was smaller than the other. The larger one would chip off easily while the other was immune to destruction. Sayu took good note of this. She wanted her skin to be the hardness of the rock that was stronger. That was her goal. Sayu would take the stronger rock and place it upon a larger boulder that would serve as a “stand” for it. There, she would constantly look back at the rock, which was her inspiration.

“If that small can be strong…so can I” said Sayu, admiring the bravery of the inanimate object. She began to absorb the air around her once more. It began leaving a few layers of thickness over her one arm. Soon, another one, and another. Sayu would continue this process for several minutes before she found herself in human skin again….

“What?” she said, puzzled. Sayu questioned why she had ended up with human skin instead of rocky skin. Angrily, she would return to her D ranked thickness once more. Her stubbornness wouldn’t let her think clearly, and she began the process all over again. Maybe she would get it right the second time?