Hunted or Hunter? (Training, Open)

[fiori161]

• Daisan no Me (The Third Eye)
Rank: "D"
Skill: Ninjutsu
Effect: A technique that allows the user the capability of using their sand to where they can create an eye. This eye of sand is used for spying purposes and information gathering purposes. A simple technique known within the Sand Regiments.
Special: ---
Drawback: When the user uses this technique they are unable to use one of their eyes. Reasons for this are because they need to be capable of seeing and the mind is unable to process so many images. Lack of better words the user literally uses his own eye to see by using Sand. When the user learns this very technique the user is however only capable of using this technique within the distance of how well he is capable of controlling Sand.
Description: The user creates a simple eye that is in the color of brown. The sand is condensed to the point it solidifies and looks like that of an eye. The user keeps a small string of sand that is lined with chakra in order to allow the user to still see.
Limit: Must have the Sand Release, Must know Sand Control.

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Sitting in the building, Fiori wondered how the storm was going. He couldn’t see or hear anything from the outside, but maybe there was a way. He’d have to test it first though; good thing that sand had been blown in by the storm before he got the door shut.

Reaching into his physical and spiritual energy reserves, he drew a small portion of the power out and mixed them together to create his chakras. He channelled the chakra into a nearby pile of sand, infusing the sand grains with energy. Once the grains were fully bonded to his chakras, Fiori used his powers to make a small cloud of sand float over to him. He made the cloud hover above his hand, then he began to shape and condense the sand into a small ball, stopping when the ball appeared the same as an eye, albeit the colour of sand. Once that was done, Fiori placed one hand over his eye and used his chakras to make a line of sand that connected to his retina without damaging his eye. He connected the line to the floating eye above his hand, and then was amazed at what happened. Once the line was connected to the sand eye and his real eye, he began to see from the sand eye as if it was real. Using his chakras, the mercenary moved the eye around the room, stretching the line with it; he could see every part of the room, only in monocular vision though, without moving or twisting his head. But Fiori made a mistake at that point; he took his hand off of his eye with the sand line still connected. As a result, his brain was suddenly besieged by images, causing him to clap both hands over his eyes in pain, the jutsu cancelling on its own.

“Okay,” Fiori said once he recovered from the sudden influx of sensory information, “I can’t have both eyes open and use this technique. Nice to know,” he told himself sarcastically as he drew on his physical and spiritual energy and created chakra from the fusion of the two. Now, he sent his chakra out under the door, into the sand that had piled up from the storm. Once the sand was layered with chakra, Fiori created a sand line laced with the energy and connected it to his eye, covering it with one hand so he couldn’t use it to see. Then, on the other side of the door, he gathered a small amount of sand and condensed it into a ball the size of the average human eye. Then he connected the line to the small eye, and was granted the ability to see from the other side of the door. The mercenary was able to see that there was no more storm, and people were already out in the street, clearing away the sand. Fiori continued to swivel the eye around, taking in the fact that there were two thugs looking around for something. Too bad there wasn’t a jutsu that let him hear on the other side of the door as well. Oh well, you can’t have everything in life.

Fiori cancelled the jutsu and stood up, cracking various joints in his body before opening the door, letting more sand rush in. But he could still climb out; he would have to get back to the library before his client was there. But then, something happened that would put a real crimp on his day.

“There you are. Subject 161, you’re coming with us."

[ｒａａｈｎ]

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[fiori161]

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Fiori didn’t think, he ran on instinct, the two thugs following him. But this was the mercenary’s territory, and he knew these streets as well as any street urchin. He ducked into another building, and waited until they ran past. Fiori didn’t risk opening the door or moving to a window to see if they had gone. But he wouldn’t have to. He knelt down and started gathering his physical and spiritual energies, creating his chakras and channelling them into the sand just past the door: the sand storm had really hit hard. Once his chakras had been infused with the sand, he created a line and connected it to his left eye, covering it with his hand. Outside the door, he began to compact a small amount of sand into an eye sized ball. Once he connected the line with the sand eye ball, Voilà, instant vision. Fiori quickly swivelled the eye around in every direction, and he found nothing out of the ordinary, apart from the abnormal amount of sand that surrounded the buildings.

Fiori cancelled the jutsu and moved out into the street, looking around with his normal eyes. He started to move back to the library. But just then: “HA! Found you!”

[Artemis]

+2; Learned.

[fiori161]

• Suberi Suna Nami (Sliding Sand Wave)
Rank: "D"
Skill: Ninjutsu
Effect: Not a very powerful jutsu in the least, this technique is mainly used to stop oncoming attacks or to psyche out the opponent. Depending on how strong the user is depends on how strong the sand is on defending attacks. If the user is A Class the user is capable of stopping attacks of B Rank Status in one round but must keep pouring more chakra if they wish to keep it up. This technique however is usually used as a one type of thing, this means that each time an attack occurs the sand falls down to the ground.
Special: ---
Drawback: Not very strong. Only as strong as the user. Lightning attacks can push through. For
Description: The user throws his hand to the side as if calling the sand to follow, it forces the sand on the ground to fly up in front of the user to either attack or defend against oncoming jutsu. This sand is not very strong and will easily be broken down if hit by a powerful jutsu and will revert back to the ground. The sand rises to about the size of a normal human body and will revert back to the ground right after being called upon.
Limit: Must have the Sand Release, must know Sand Control

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Fiori realised that these were no ordinary thugs. First clue: they had metal headbands with slashes through them, meaning they were missing ninja. They weren’t Suna Nin, of that he was certain. Second clue: they had called him Subject 161. Only people from the facility and AKIRA knew him by that. He had been found; about time they had tracked him down.

Fiori turned to the two Nin, already gathering his physical and spiritual energy and creating chakra, infusing the sand that was still piled up in the streets from the sand storm. They drew knives of a strange shape, and Fiori clenched his fist, getting ready to show these people what he was capable of.

“You’re not going to come quietly, are you?” one asked, moving his hand into a quick throwing position. If these Nin were smart, they’d have noticed that the sand just in front of Fiori’s feet was quivering, reacting to his chakra.

“I’m not going to come with you, period,” Fiori said in his cold voice, his orange eyes burning a hole into his aggressors. They launched the knives at him, and Fiori reacted instinctively, throwing his arm in front of him. The sand answered the movement of its master, rising to protect him from the knives. The knives hit the sand, getting stuck in it. The two Nin looked at the sand as if it were from another world. The sand had risen just under Fiori’s eyes, giving his glare even more power. One of the Nin’s morale broke and he ran off into the desert. The other’s vigil just increased, and he drew more knives. Fiori let the shield drop, but his chakra was still in the sand, just not charged. He gathered his physical and spiritual energy and mixing them inside his chakra coil. He started channelling it into the sand under him.

“Your move,” Fiori said, narrowing his eyes slightly. The man took the bait and launched his knives into the air between them. Fiori flicked his hand to the side, and the sand rose up to defend him. The knives impacted into the sand shield, but one was high enough that Fiori had to move his head out of the way. The knife left a shallow cut on his cheek, causing the mercenary to glare.

“You just died,” he said coldly, and anyone hearing him could sense the conviction in his voice. The man started twitching, and Fiori kept his chakra charged in the sand, lowering it to the ground. The man whipped up two knives, launching them at the mercenary. The mercenary reacted by whipping his hand to the side, catching the two knives in the shield. Before the missing Nin could blink, Fiori let the shield go and grab one of the knives, launching it back and catching the man in the throat. Fiori’s eyes tightened slightly, and then he turned and began moving through the streets. No way were they the only two from AKIRA here. They wouldn’t be that stupid. They probably had one of the Eleven there as well.

[ｒａａｈｎ]

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[fiori161]

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Fiori walked through the streets, trying to find some more of this muscle that AKIRA had hired.

“There he is! Call for reinforcements!” Fiori turned and saw another three of them, drawing those same strange knives, spinning them in their hands, giving the mercenary time to draw on his physical and spiritual energies, mixing them to create his chakra and channelling that new energy into the sand at his feet. Thank god for unnatural sand storms. He clenched his hand and threw it to the side as the missing ninja threw those knives at him. The sand rose up like an arrow from a bow, taking the hit from all the knives and leaving Fiori undamaged. The ninja were wide-eyed, and then they drew more knives and launched them as Fiori let the super charged sand lower back down. Then, just before he would have been shredded, Fiori whipped his hand to the side and the sand rose again, taking the knives. Fiori lowered the sand and glared, causing two of them to run off in fear. But the other one, just as Fiori released his chakra, drew more knives and shuriken, determined to take the mercenary down.

“That is a bad idea,” Fiori said, gathering his spiritual and physical energies inside his chakra coil, fusing them together.

“You’re not that scary,” the ninja said, his voice trembling just slightly. Fiori blinked once as he infused the sand with his chakras, charging up the residual chakra still in the sand, causing it to coil and shift at his feet. The ninja lost it and just started throwing without even bothering to aim. Fiori threw his hand to the side and caught most of the projectiles on the sand shield, but one of the shuriken buzzed over the shield and cut a small portion of Fiori’s hair off.

Fiori didn’t bother with a witty pun; he dropped the shield and caught one of the strange knives, throwing it so that it pierced the ninja’s skull. He dropped like a ton of bricks, and Fiori continued to search for the AKIRA muscle.

[ｒａａｈｎ]

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[fiori161]

• Suna Kunai no Jutsu (Sand Kunai Technique)
Rank: “D”
Skill: Ninjutsu
Effect: The user is able to create up sharp like kunai made out of the sand found around them.
Special: Hand seals.
Drawback: None
Description: The user uses the handseals, allowing them to perform a simple technique using the sand around them. They pour chakra into the sand, creating up to three sand kunai. The user can then hurl the weapons at the opponent. With additional training, the user can increase the number of kunai they can create. Every time learned, the user adds one Kunai to their total.
Limit: Must have Sand Release. Must know sand control D rank. One meter of sand is used for ever five kunai created

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As Fiori advanced through the streets, he began to wonder what AKIRA was doing. Why were they attacking now? It made no sense to attack him now. It had been five years since he had last heard anything from them, and now they’re starting to resurface. Well, maybe it was time to finish them off.

“Hey,” Fiori turned and saw one of the frightened Nin that had run from him earlier. Focusing, Fiori drew on his physical and spiritual energy and created chakras, channelling the energy into a nearby pile of sand. He wasn’t going for defence; he was going on the attack. He brought his hands together and began sliding through hand seals, then holding his hand over the sand, a cloud of it rose up and began shaping and hardening into one of those strange knives that the ninja kept throwing at him. Once the knife had formed, Fiori threw his hand at the ninja, launching the kunai at him. The kunai rocketed across the street and stabbed into the ninja, causing blood to fountain. Fiori kept on the move, searching for more of them to kill.

Fiori turned into a side street, and found two of them. He kept quiet as he gathered his spiritual and physical energies and fused them to create his chakra and began channelling it into the sand that had piled up on the sides of buildings. Once the sand was charged with his chakra, he brought his hands together and began sliding through hand seals, activating the chakra charged sand and causing two separate clouds of it to rise. Focusing, the mercenary shaped the two clouds into the knives, hardening and condensing the sand to give them stabbing power. Once it was done, Fiori whistled, causing the two ninja to turn as Fiori launched the sand knives across the length of the street, catching one in the head and the other in the throat. They both went down, and Fiori moved past them without so much as blinking as the one he had stabbed in the throat rattled off the disturbing sounds of his last attempts to breathe.

Fiori continued to comb the sand ridden streets of Hitofuki, searching for these AKIRA soldiers. When he found another group of three of them, he started drawing on his physical and spiritual energy and began to channel the energy into the sand that had piled up ever so conveniently on the buildings, charging the particles with chakra. Then, the three turned and saw Fiori slide through hand seals and drew those knives to throw at him just as he began to shape the sand into hardened weapons. He launched the weapons across the distance between them and knocked their weapons out of the way. Once he had let those weapons go, he was already moving through the hand seals again as the ninja wondered how the hell this guy could move so damn fast. They began preparing their own jutsu, but Fiori had already finished his and drew up three sand clouds, hardening and shaping them into knives and launching them at the ninja before they could even finish their hand seals. They all dropped, and Fiori again walked past the corpses without blinking. He was starting to get a little annoyed with these people.

“Hey!” Fiori almost groaned as he turned and saw another group of ninja approaching. Gathering his energies, he channelled the chakra into the sand surrounding him. He slid through the hand seals as quick as any ninja, causing three clouds of sand to rise up and shape themselves into ninja knives, which Fiori launched at the ninja before they could blink, stabbing them all in the head. Okay, that part about getting a little annoyed with these people? Screw that, Fiori was starting to lose his cool.

[destroyer]

+7. More failures when learning something, less successes.

[fiori161]

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Fiori was not happy right now. He rounded a corner, and saw another larger group of ninja, all grouped up and ready to knock down. Fiori started to gather his physical and spiritual energies, and managed to start the hand seals once his chakra was created before the ninja noticed him. He released his chakra into the sand, supercharging it and sliding through the hand seals of the jutsu he was using. He raised the clouds of sand, but before he could shape it and down three of the ten ninja, he got assaulted by ninja weapons. Most missed; one slashed open his arm and caused him to lose control of the jutsu. He moved and ducked behind a building, holding his bleeding arm. They wouldn’t send all of them to finish him off. Which was what he was going to count on; he had already begun to gather his physical and spiritual energies, mixing them to create his chakra. Once his chakra was at a satisfactory level, he began to channel it into the sand that had piled up on side of the buildings, totally saturating it. He brought his hands together and slid through the hand seals, causing three clouds of sand to rise, but before he could start shaping it, his arm flared in pain and he lost concentration. The sand fell back down, and Fiori instantly berated himself.

“Come on,” he told himself angrily, his composure starting to slip, “You’ve dealt with worse pain than this, Fiori. Now focus!” He gathered his chakras again, bringing his hands together and sliding through the hand seals. His chakra caused three sand clouds to rise, and the sand began to shape and harden into the knives that the ninja kept throwing at him. He held these sand knives in the air for a few seconds, and then three of the ninja came around the corner with weapons ready. Fiori flared his chakra and launched the knives into their chests. They crumpled and hit the ground as Fiori rose up, his orange eyes burning. He rounded the corner, gathering his chakra and slipping through hand seals, channelling the chakra into the sand that was piled up. His chakra hardened the sand into the shape of knives and shot out, stabbing into more of the ninja. Once they fell, the other ninja started throwing weapons at him, but in their fear they missed him totally as he gathered more of his chakra and started channelling it into the sand as he slipped through hand seals. The sand rose up in three deadly knives and stabbed them out into three of the remaining four ninja. They crumpled down, leaving only one left, who wasn’t going anywhere.

[Deleted]

Learned.

[fiori161]

Fiori moved faster than the ninja and slammed him into a wall.

“WHO SENT YOU!?” Fiori roared, all composure lost in the rage that had just engulfed his mind. The ninja couldn’t breathe, and Fiori slammed him against the wall a second time. “I am not going to ask again,” Fiori said, his flaring chakra causing sand to shift around them. Suddenly, the ninja gurgled, and Fiori watched as the man died. Fiori let the corpse dropped, and saw two symmetrical holes in his neck.

“Hello Fiori,” a female voice said, causing the mercenary to turn. He saw a girl about his age approach, with short blue hair and pale skin, with glowing red eyes. She was wearing a short skirt and a tank top, and Fiori saw a twisting tribal pattern on her right arm. “It’s been a long time.”

Fiori needed a moment, then he realised who he was looking at. “Subject 29,” Fiori said, “Tsume the Wind Goddess.”

“You do remember me,” Tsume said, “I was starting to wonder if you would. How long has it been, Fiori?”

“Five years,” Fiori said, “I didn’t think you’d stay with the Eleven.”

“And I didn’t think you’d leave,” Tsume countered. “But that’s beside the point; I’m here to bring you back.”

“They sent you?” Fiori said in disbelief, “Why didn’t they send Hayasa or Kanami? Why the hell did they send you?”

“Couldn’t tell you,” Tsume said, shrugging, “I have no idea. Actually, what might interest you is that bringing you back to AKIRA is my secondary objective; my primary is to keep my eye on you.”

“If you think that I’m going to go easy on you Tsume,” Fiori told her, “you’re going to have a rude awakening.” The sand rose up behind Fiori, emphasising his point. Tsume smiled a wry, one-sided smile, giving Fiori a look of affection.

“The Sand Demon indeed,” Tsume said, “Don’t worry; I’m not going to fight you. But I would suggest not killing everyone in your way.”

Fiori suddenly switched out of his rage and his gaze slightly softened. “Tsume, I’m going to give you one chance to leave me alone. If you don’t take it...” Fiori left that hanging as he left, heading back to the library. He still had a client to meet.

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