†A Place Between Heaven and Hell

[shinzo-kori]

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Bliss....

Could any other word describe the majestic view his eyes beheld? How did he find himself upon this paradise, and what would allow him to stay here forever? Was he dead? Only in death could such a place exist, could it not? Well he was here, and the breeze blew against his face, his black hair moving with the shifting winds as well. He stood on top of a palm tree, its trunk limped over almost to the point of snapping and falling to the white sand below. The water, clear, as if the heavens had run a bath to allow mortals to taste true paradise. His blades rested at his side as they always did. He knew this would come, like the mind of a fortune teller he knew that battle was soon to approach him as it always did.

Why is it that when I find my peace, I get disturbed.....

Why did it have to now, when he was just enjoying himself? It seemed things were like this in life, good things only last for a while until they are swept away. Love could be looked at in the same way; love someone, soon to be gone like a vapor of smoke. This place was his new found love; so sad he would have to leave this place soon. He would milk the last few good moments of peace and tranquility he had within this place before blood had to be shed. He would wait for his opponent, still upon the tree looking out into the crystal clear water below. He was intoxicated with the smell of beach water and sand, a smell he knew oh so well upon the shores of Water Country, however this place was different.....it had life.

[Koori.]

Well, there was no two ways about it, Paradise. Koori had to adjust himself and un button all the buttons on his shirt to open it up fully, and let the wind take care of the rest. The sky was as blue as the water below, and all equally quite beautiful. The sand Koori stood upon was bliss as the warmth crept in between his toes with ever step. Sunglasses. He had a pair and was wearing them. The young blonde really had no idea where he had gotten such things, or really, where the hell he was. This paradise could not go and pass Koori by, his inner blood raged as the notebook was drawn forth.

At lightning speeds, Koori's brush would meet ink and paper. This paradise shall be made into a master piece. A smirk found its way onto the Blue eyed mans face with every stroke of the brush. An artist, was at work. No detail could be seen left out of such a wonderful master piece as he finished in a mere five seconds. Truly incredible, to say the least. No, No No No. Wait, whats this? A speck would have seemed to found its way on his art. Another person? In furious rage and anger, Koori ripped up the paper and threw it down to the ground. "God dammit" he said holding his notebook still.

Koori approached the lumped tree that held forth this man. Koori, began pumping chakra into his notebook. This, would not go un answered. As the chakra was still pumped more and more into his notebook with every step, Koori finally felt close enough to speak at a safe distance from the man, which could probably be passed off as about ten meters.

"Excuse me, your ruining my work......."

[yara]

My time was shortened for I was in this white space once more. Completely floating in mid air with all white around me, where was I? I hated coming into my second concious so blissfully that I did not know what happened or how it happened. A blink of both of my eyes and I was standing in front of a giant water bed. Looking up, a man across the water bed was standing upon a palm tree. Tuurning to the right, I would see another man, with a brush and paper in his hands, completely drawn to his imagination it would seem. I would sit down and put my feet upon the water and sit there calmly as I hoped nothing wrong would occur to this dream. My eyes were a bit dipped and the wind would not help it as I tried to yawn. My body was sent back and hit the ground, the gusts were sure strong today of all days. Looking up at the sky I would notice that it was not the same as a normal dream. I would pick myself up and turn around, noticing another palm tree behind me. I would quickly jump to the palm tree and land upon the top and it began to lean, I then pulled out a kunai, with a tag perched upon it's back, and I would spin the loop, then swiftly throwing it at the bottom of the palm tree, and with a quick flutter of a handseal it would explode tremendously, possibly causing the man to lose his balance, or worse, countering my attack.

[shinzo-kori]

† So they came, just as expected to come and take his dream from him. One behind and below him who's voice rang with a tone of anger, but the feeling was mutual. He did not want to share this place with him, nor the other who figured his presence would be overlooked upon this beautiful shore only because of a mere distance from them two. His movement triggered reaction from the start, for though it may not have been true, he was under the impression he was to be ambushed by these two.

Ram.....

One handseal from within his right pocket, all it required as his form span upon the very edge of the palm tree with his left hand extending towards the one below ten meters away. From his hand would a Kunai emerge, almost as if his body had the ability to create bladed projectiles, however it was just an illusion, one that would seem real enough to keep the foe on his toes, truly serving no real purpose other then a time elapse.

Now he found himself facing the other who stood upon the opposite tree at a good distance, further then the previous opponent. Clank, the sound of impact as a Kunai lodged into the flesh of his beautiful tree, the paper upon its hilt blowing in the wind. His body applied pressure to his feet, his chakra adding to this effect as the palm tree bent more, almost to its limit before springing his form into the sky yet forward towards the other opponent.

Boom

As his form reached its maximum height, gravity would pull him in and his hands would each each reach at his sides retrieving four Shurikens, each within the grasp of each knuckle. The sound of metal wires dragging along the material of his clothing could be heard like the sound of a zipper, and the only way there identity could truly be seen would be through the glare of the sun. Each Shuriken found themselves bound to about fifteen feet of wire each, and as his form grew closer to the foe, his body would spin. He now found himself much closer to the foe then he probably expected, enough to allow his Shurikens to even pass the boy had he missed.

"Big Mistake!"

As his body created a 360 degree spin, it added to the momentum and speed of each Shuriken. The two within his left hand unleashed first, the bottom aimed for the boy's right leg, the top aimed for his arm, only hoping the breeze might possibly add to the speed, however it would blow to the left because the breeze blew towards the shore and not away from. The two within his right hand aimed for the opposite side, however a little off more as to catch him if his form tried to shift to the left in hopes of avoiding the first attack. The breeze blew towards the shore, so if anything the Shurikens would blow at the boy rather then away from him, making its chances of leeching onto the flesh, or at least clothing of the opponent, greater.

Don't lose track of the other.....

This was the thought in his mind, for by this time the explosion would have created a cloud of sand, destroying his beautiful dream, and the one responsible would pay. He would quickly look over to his left, helped by his perifial vision in spotting the other as his left hand fell to the hilt of his Wakazashi. His right hand lifted to his chest forming the one handed Ram as before, only now revealing the truth that it was indeed a jutsu, however impossible to a fool lacking imagination to believe it was the Genjutsu False Throw.

Once he would feel the tug of the Shurikens at least making contact with the boy, he would tug. The boy may have had the slight weight advantage, but his balance upon this thin palm tree did not compare to Tatsu's upon the ground. Following the connection with his handseal and his flow of chakra, the manipulation of the Figment Perception caused another Kunai to form from his hand firing straight ahead for the boy's torso, all the while his left hand slowly easing the steel blade from its sheathe. Whether the Shurikens landed, it wouldn't matter because he was ready for anything.

[Koori.]

The other warrior had decided for whatever reason to enter the frey. This would only make drawing their corpses that much more excellent for Koori. A Kunai, was drawn forth from the explosion and thrown at Koori. Having put a great some of chakra into his notebook, Koori had flipped it open, and easily side stepped the Kunai as it flew towards him. He looked upon it as it flew past his face just barely, no red coloring to show signs of an exploding tag, so he ignored it as he dodged.

At lightning fast speeds, Koori drew six beautiful creations, six large completely black bears. That growled and snarled at the men before them as they exited Koori's canvas. The man who jumped forth from the tree that he had once blown up, would soon be met with three fierce black as night bears as they ran towards their target. The other three bears, ran forth and hoped over the once bent over tree that had now exploded, and would meet in battle with the man who probably had been the one to throw a kunai upon him.

Choju Giga (Super Beast Imitation Picture)
Rank: C-Rank
Users: Sai
Sai draws creatures on his sketchpad, and then uses this technique to bring them to life. They can act as they normally would (for example, a bird can be used for espionage or flight, while a tiger would attack his target), or he can control them for other purposes.
Level: 39
Stage 1: The user of this technique is able to create multiple small to large creatures such as insects, birds, rodents, small cats and dogs, tigers, lions, large snakes, bears, etc. With a maximum of twenty at once for small creatures and six at once for large. This is the standard level of Choju Giga available to most Genin and Chuunin.
Stage 2: The user of this technique is able to create huge creatures such as large dragons, birds for flight, and various other creatures. With a maximum of two at once. This is the next and final level of Choju Giga available to most Jounin.

[yara]

My eyes, the great source of my every move would flicker to the front in an instantaneous matter. The brave warrior sailing through the air, just made my heart pound a little. Signs of the zodiac, flying through my fingers, signalling my next objective if they were bold enough to watch. Still upon the palm tree I would fall backwards, melting into the ground, my very body now in tune with the earth. Now my body completely merged with the earth I would wait until the time was right to come up, which would completely be random because about a brief three minutes I would stay in the ground and pop up completing handseals, which then earth branches would begin to wrap around the ninja with a paper and ink upon his hand, truly he would not have seen it coming. I would then jump out of the earth with full force and still in the air I would throw three shuriuken while placing a tag on the hole where I had just gotten out of.

Doton:Tsuchi Baindo
Rank: C Rank
Skill: Ninjutsu
Effect: Literally Doton: Tsuchi Baindo means Earth: Earth Bind. The reason why it's called such is because of the effects of th technique. As a Ninjutsu the technique utilizes chakra. Here the user forms the handsigns and collects whatever takes part of the landscape/ground and forms strips of cloth out of it. With Doton it manipulates stone or dirt.
Special: Rat, Boar, Dog, Ox, Tiger
Drawback: One must have Earth Release to perform.
Description: The Earth forms white strips looking much like bandages that rise from the ground and wrap tightly around the opponent. The strips are thick enough that they cannot be cut through with a kunai, and are wrapped tight enough to leave the enemy immobile.
Limit: Earth Release.

[yara]

Modified.

[shinzo-kori]

He avoided it....

The Shurikens attempt, failure. He was to busy to even allow disappointment to cloud his mind, for from the corner of his eye could the opponents six beast be seen approaching him. He spun upon his left heel, the attached Shurikens following the momentum added by the pull of his waste as he made an attempt to catch the beasts with the Shuriken or the wire.

Since I'm stuck....

What was it he hoped to do one may ask, and the answer would be to keep his opponent in range. If the Shurikens, with their sharp edges, found themselves lodged into the flesh of the animated looking beast, he would pull back to cause the blades to drag along the art work in hopes of ripping the image from his path. If the beasts somehow caught the wires or Shurikens, he would pull back, obviously causing the beast to get upset and make them reel him in where he would easily use their strength to add onto his next attack. Had they some how dodged the blades, it would create an opening for his next attack.

I wont forget you....

As for the boy who melted underground, unless it was some different style of the technique, was using the Double Suicide Decapitation technique. Tatsu didn't worry to much, for he knew he would only be limited movement either up or down, so there would be no sneak attacks, however it left him to be the only one who could fight off these beast including its master, common to most situations Tatsu finds himself in anyways. Hopefully the fact that three that had broken off to go attack the boy who no longer stood above the surface would by him enough time to finish the three upon his plate. The Shurikens would of course be met with the closest one in range of the attack, leaving the others still free to attack.

[Koori.]

|Modified to state four shurikens.|



The splash of ink could be heard in the distance as two botches of ink collapsed to the floor. The third bear, would also meet the same fate, as his opponent threw four shurikens at his creations. Their other opponent, fell into the ground an was now completely covered with sand and out of sight. Double Suicide technique no doubt, Koori knew it as he himself had it. He to be honest didn't think it would work in sandy areas, but he had been proven wrong, unless this technique was different and new, and he had made a false assumption.

The bears that went after that boy were halted as they hovered nearby the where the boy had fused with the ground. The first one, let out a loud roar sound, to alert that he had found the boy. You can fool a bears eyes, but not there noses. The three bears began to dig into the sand to find their prey. How far down they had to dig was anyones guess, but a smirk could be found on Koori's face as he watched them begin the decent.

Koori, himself had not been standing idly by waiting to get attacked, no no, he was on the offensive right now. There would be payment, for artwork ruined, and that was a fact. Koori could no be found in full sprint, forming handseals, towards the standing crafty man, who had defeated two bears, and by now had probably defeated the third. Projecting his chakra forth, Koori would make his target immobile long enough to hopefully get in a quick strike and then concentrate on his next target. His opponent would be believe that his foot, had gotten caught within the ground and it would not be able to be pulled free on normal means, as this was an illusion.

Magen: Daichi Fusen (Demonic Illusion: Ground Slip)
Rank: "C" Rank
Skill: Genjutsu
Effect: Causes the opponent to believe that a part of their leg is caught within the ground.
Special: "Hand Seals"- Monkey, Ox, Horse, Rabbit, Reverse Dragon
Drawback: The effect is only illusionary, meaning that it does nothing to the opponent if they break the illusion.
Description: Gathering chakra via use of handseals, the shinobi releases this chakra to attack the opponent's brain. The brain, thus effected, will cause an illusion within the mind stimulating the senses of touch, sound, and sight. Within the opponent's vision, a small portion of the ground will gave way underneath either their right of left foot, causing them to lose their balance slightly. They will then find that the ground is seemingly closed again, except now their foot is caught within the ground. Unless dispelled, they become unable to move away from that spot.
Limit: Must know Phantasm Perception