Tale of the Foxfire Phantasm [Training]

[Yurisha Gensou]

Limited Invisibility
Rank: "D" Rank
Skill: GenJutsu
Effect: The creature or object touched becomes invisible, vanishing from sight, even from dark vision.
Special: "Handseals"
Drawback: Only works for a short period of time, and it only works when the user does not move or is not touched.
Description: A technique that has a distance of that of ten meters from the user or who the user touches. The center of the effect is mobile with the recipient. The creature or object included becomes invisible, vanishing from sight, even from dark vision. If the recipient is a creature carrying gear, that vanishes, too. Those affected by this Jutsu can see each other and themselves as if unaffected by the Jutsu. Any affected creature moving out of the area becomes visible, but creatures moving into the area after the Jutsu are cast do not become invisible. Items dropped or put down by an invisible creature become visible; items picked up disappear if tucked into the clothing or pouches worn by the creature. Light, however, never becomes invisible, although a source of light can become so (thus, the effect is that of a light with no visible source). Of course, the subject is not silenced, and certain other conditions can render the recipient detectable (such as stepping in a puddle). Actions directed at unattended objects do not break the Jutsu. Causing harm indirectly is not an attack. Thus, an invisible being can open doors, talk, eat, climb stairs, summon monsters and have them attack, cut the ropes holding a rope bridge while enemies are on the bridge, remotely trigger traps, open a portcullis to release attack dogs, and so forth. This technique only lasts a round for every class level the user is starting at their class level "D".
Limit: Must know Glamour Perception of GenJutsus

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Another evening, another attempt at meddling in bandit affairs for the hell of it. For some reason, this group had a cave complex for a base. Not too different from the one she had been stuck in all those years, to be honest. Glancing out at the cave opening from behind the nearest tree, she noticed two guards standing there, watching. Lovely, she thought, getting through here without being detected is going to suck. There's not another way in, though, so here goes...

Walking straight up to the guards, she put on a perky attitude, and was predictably stopped at the entrance. "Hey, who goes there?"
Yurisha's tone of voice shifted, trying to imitate a 'valley girl' tone. "Like, I heard you guys were looking for floozies, and I was all 'I'm cool with that' and stuff, so, like, here I am." I feel dirty. So very, very dirty. That wasn't even good acting, that was a guess, nobody would ever say that, and there's no way--
One guard looked to the other with a goofy smirk on his face, then back to Yurisha. "Wellllll, I hadn't heard anything about that..." He took a few steps forward, looking her over. "...buuuuut I won't say no, if yer offerin' so nicely~"
"Like, awesome!" Wow. That actually worked. Her tone shifted a little shyer, but kept the valley girl accent. "Can we, like, go somewhere more private?" She glanced over her shoulder at the forest.
"Sure, sure!" The guard then turned to his buddy. "Hey, pal, cover for me, will ya? Looks like I'm gettin' lucky tonight." The other guard gave him the thumbs up. "Okay, man. You have fun."

Yurisha had run off well ahead of the guard, occasionally turning around to beckon him on. Once she had reached the forest again, she slipped behind a tree, started slowly making handseals, and waited for the proper timing. Right as she heard him approaching the other side of the tree, she shifted back to the valley girl voice. Little more provoking. "I'm undressing right now," No I'm not. "So, like, you can totally peep if you want to." That was bad, and I am so glad I'm not actually doing that.

The instant before the guard ran around the edge of the tree to get a look at this, Yurisha finished the handseals, and vanished from sight. Limited Invisibility. Won't last long, and it has its limits, but it should be good enough for him. The guard, predictably, was confused. "Where'd you go, babe?" As he turned around and around, trying to find her, Yurisha formed another set of handseals, conjuring a kunai from the shadows. The moment his back was completely turned to her, she shattered the illusion, as she shoved the quasi-real knife into his spine, right where his neck met his shoulders.

"Right here, honey." Her voice was her own this time. Taking advantage of the momentary pain spasm, she darted off behind the tree again, and began making the handseals once more. And again!
The guard recovered soon enough, realizing what happened. "You lying little bitch!" He charged in the direction the stab had come from, the direction she was in just a few seconds before... and completely failed to notice her as he ran by.

Once he was sufficiently far out of the way, Yurisha let out a sigh. One down, for now. Still gotta deal with that other guard somehow, and I have a feeling that if the first one comes back and catches me, he's going to make me keep to my word, and it won't even be consensual any more... yikes. Better be careful, then. Glancing over at the cave entrance, she saw the other guard blissfully unaware of what just transpired with his buddy.

Now, what trick shall I try on this one...

[butterflyart]

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its good but a little too much fluff / chatter

[Yurisha Gensou]

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Before she could figure out what to do about the second guard, though, the first came charging back the other way. Crap-- Rushing the handseals a third time, she cloaked herself, hoping it'd work this time too. To her dismay, however, the guard didn't waver in his course in the slightest. As he approached the tree, seemingly fully aware of where the false valley girl had hidden herself, he lashed out with a kick, aimed right where her face should be.
"Got you now, bitch."

A mere second later, both guard and infiltrator were staring wide-eyed at what just happened. Yurisha had broken her cloaking, and leaned just far enough out of the way that the guard's boot merely scraped her head, rather than actually smacking her in the face. Yikes. Lesson learned: sometimes cloaking doesn't work. Sometimes it's better to break it and move than hope I don't get seen. Is there a way to make it not break upon moving, though?

Yurisha reacted to this first, kicking the guard in the nuts and quickly setting up another chain of handseals while he reeled from the blow. One shadow knife to the throat, a couple minutes of dragging him behind the tree and making sure he stayed quiet, and that was that.

Once that was done, she peeked back around the tree. Surprisingly, the guard's partner still hadn't noticed. Despite this stroke of luck, Yurisha just had to sigh and shake her head at how stupid it all was.

The guards must be crazy...

[¯\_(ツ)_/¯]

Learned.

[Yurisha Gensou]

Crafted Shadow
Rank: D C B A S
Skill: GenJutsu
Effect: User can create enduring Shadows through this GenJutsu.
Special: "Handseals"
Drawback: ---
Description: Each rank of the technique can create a shadow of up to a certain size category from fine to Colossal. At the time of performing the Illusionist chooses whether the shadow created will be a type of equipment or creature. Items created with this GenJutsu are considered to be one-third as real and have one-third the normal strength of the object. There are two types of objects that can be created: Weapons, and Equipment. Weapons created via this GenJutsu are partially real and those who succeed in finding out it is a GenJutsu will still be affected by one third of damage created by the weapon. Those who do not feel that this is a fake will suffer full on attack. Items created have no major significance. They cannot do anything other than look nice or pretty unless they were to harm those who perceive the object such as a stab, or a cut. Creatures shaped are considered one third real with a transparent feel along them. They are one third as strong as a normal creature. Creatures made by this Jutsu have none of the normal qualities such as poisons or helpers. When the user first learns this technique they are only capable of creating objects the size of fine, which is very small and is capable of making just one. When the user learns the "C" Rank of this technique the user is capable of making Diminutive and Tiny objects up to three. When the user learns the "B" Rank of this technique the user is capable of making Small and Medium sized creatures up to five. When the user learns "A" Rank of this technique the user is capable of making Large and Huge Creatures up to seven creatures. When the user learns the "S" Rank of this technique the user is capable of making Gargantuan to Colossal sized creatures up to nine.
Limit: Must know the Shadow Perception

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Several weeks later, somewhere else...

Yurisha was staring intently at her hands, currently making one of the seals for a technique she had done many times before. This was the technique she used on occasion to summon up shadow kunai, but now she began to wonder if that was all it could do. It couldn't possibly be all. That would be a pretty pathetic technique.

Going through the traditional handseals, she summoned up the shadow kunai, feeling and observing how her chakra flowed from her body to give the kunai its manifest pseudo-reality. If she were to progress any further than that, though, she'd have to figure out what to do in order to split and empower that chakra into something greater.

Making the handseals once more, this time more slowly, Yurisha adjusted how her eyes focused, so that it might look like there were two shadow kunai, even if there was only one. Imagination and imagery is an important part of understanding genjutsu; a fake-looking illusion fools nobody. Upon finishing the last seal of the technique, she stared intently at the resulting kunai, vision still off from its distancing.

It didn't look any different from before. Letting out a sigh, Yurisha let her vision adjust back to its proper distance... and was a little surprised when the kunai spasmed slightly, two fuzzy images shuddering out from where the one had been before, before recombining back into the one kunai she had before. It wasn't much, but it was progress.

Closing her eyes momentarily, so as to better picture her attempted result, she went through the motions, just as before, but with an increased volume of chakra flowing through her hands and an image locked in her mind's eye. As she went through the seals, the kunai formed as before, but before she had even finished, the kunai had already begun the split-spasm from the last attempt.

Tearing the kunai in two while still replicating its other half, Yurisha slowly managed to divide it and make it stay that way when she opened her eyes. It took some effort, but she managed it, taking one kunai in each hand and idly twirling them around her pointer fingers by the loop. So far, so good. But could she go further? Could she make more? Could she make them bigger?

Only one way to find out...

[N A T S U M I]

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[Yurisha Gensou]

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Letting the kunai she was twirling around her fingers fade, Yurisha placed her hands back together in the ever-familiar handsealing posture. If she could make two kunai with that technique, what about three? The less she'd have to make handseals in the middle of a fight in order to summon up ammunition, the better. It was worth a shot.

Replicating the motions and chakra flow she had done for two kunai, she kept her eyes open this time, to see if she could do it without having to block out her sense of sight for concentration. Doing so in a real battle would be incredibly stupid and dangerous. The kunai split most of the way in two, but then began to waver slightly back toward one.

That would never do. Pouring slightly more chakra into the technique, she counterbalanced the lack of focus with more energy to work with. That said, the amount was still rather small -- expertise in Genjutsu brings fine control of one's chakra usage, and it was no different with her. Once she got the two kunai to stay without her having to closer her eyes, strain her focus, or even hold the seals any more, she smiled, ready to move on to the next step.

Starting again from one kunai, she shifted her modus operandi on the summoning a bit. Instead of trying to split the kunai in two, she tried replicating the two kunai to the sides of the one, effectively combining her new understanding with the old version of the technique. As with the two-kunai attempt, the two side kunai wavered as they were summoned, but as she closed her eyes for focus, relying on her mind for the imagery, the wavering begin fanning outwards.

Once she could feel three there, she slowly opened her eyes, shifting her chakra flow to cover for the deficiencies opening up in her focus. It took a couple minutes before she could hold the three without strained focus or closed eyes, but eventually she released the handseals, holding the three shadow kunai in one hand, like a deadly fan of illusionary knives. That might have been because they were. Shadow Perception techniques are like that.

Still, the technique had to be good for something bigger than kunai... that would be the next step in her experiments with shadow creation. So far, so good.

[Yurisha Gensou]

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Playing around with the triple kunai summoning before letting them fade back into the nothingness from which they came, Yurisha returned her hands to the sealing position, thinking how to shift her modus operandi this time. Starting her chakra flow low, she went through the motions, sparing just enough focus to bring up the standard single kunai.

From there, she watched closely, with open eyes this time. Presumably this would require a lot less precision and more just brute chakra force. Flooding the single kunai with excess chakra, she began honing it into a familiar shape -- that of the sharp, curved knife-sword hybrids she'd wield when she really needed a solid weapon rather than an illusionary one.

Once the knife-sword had formed properly, she relinquished the seal, taking a careful grip of the weapon she had created. It lacked the weight of her real swords, but, as she remembered from her uses of the kunai before, that didn't mean it was any less lethal. It might actually be faster, albeit possibly not useful for parrying. A good trait to keep in mind.

Returning her focus to handsealing the blade, she began to split it in two as she had done with the kunai, only with a significant increase in the chakra flowing through it. As she had done it two or three times before already, it came more naturally, even accounting for the swords' increased size relative to the kunai. Taking a moment to feel how they suited her usual dual-wielding style, she gave them a few practice swings to check their speed, then began splitting their essence into a third blade.

The third took a little more effort and more than a little more chakra, especially since trying to split among the blades already existing just made them begin to fall apart, but in the end, she managed to pull them together -- or apart, rather. It was only then that the fact that she couldn't use three swords at once struck her.

Oh well. There's gotta be some practical use for it, right?

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+16; 26|30.

[Yurisha Gensou]

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Hearing a rustling from a bush not too far away, Yurisha whirled about, intending to grab one of the shadow shortswords, but her hand slipped, and the shortsword in question rocketed off toward the bush. It was then that she realized that as illusions, the swords did not need to obey the laws of reality. Granted, disobeying the laws of reality would lead to the illusions being disbelieved, but the perception of shadow had the special property of maintaining partial realism even in the face of disbelief. The tradeoff could be worth it.

As an unfamiliar figure rolled out of the bush, Yurisha gestured, launching the other two swords off after the figure. Lodging the swords into the ground as the figure rolled aside again, she sent them spiraling upward, dancing in tandem with the others, before sending each off in different directions, seeking to confuse the strange figure.

With the vanishing of the swords, the strange figure felt confident enough to rush her. Drawing a knife, it came within less than a meter of Yurisha... and then was promptly stopped in its tracks by all three swords piercing it from behind, the tips of the swords hovering less than an inch from Yurisha herself. Velocity is a cruel mistress.

Taking three steps back to allow the figure room to fall over, Yurisha removed the swords and examined the figure. No surprise that it had been one of those bandits from her earlier invisibility foolery. They couldn't hate her that much, could they? All she did to them was kill a perverted guard...

Oh. Right. Killing people is bad, even if they did ruin her life. Even if bandits like these are responsible for kidnapping and slaughter and so much worse. So much for that.

[Zetsumei]

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