Blood on the Leaves... [ATI]

[JiMmIyZ - Hel]

18/20

Nothing but corpses. The men who had imprisoned her were now nothing but corpses, just like before. These men ended up the same way the five who stole her away for weeks when she was twelve did, dead in a bloody pool after receiving a blast from her chidori. She felt such satisfaction back then but now, she merely held the feeling of resent in her heart as contentment was far from her mind. More blood, more death. She needed more. Electricity sparked from her body, focusing in her hand. She looked to the ceiling as the lightning blade formed. She powered it up further and launched herself to the roof. Her hands erupted with an incredible blast of energy that destroyed a large area and provided an exit to the outside world. She stretched out her wings and took off into the air, flying high into the sky above the Land of Hotsprings, over the tree tops. The black feathers her wings possessed combined with the markings of the curse seal made her look to be something other than that of your average human being, more like a demon.

Or perhaps a fallen angel, flying beneath the heavens. She was fine with either. She didn’t care for her humanity, she cared only for strength now. She survived the seal, she was strong now, she wanted more of this strength, more of this power. She wanted it so badly. As she flew overhead she felt the urge to utilise her strength and formed a quick series of hand signs. She whipped out whirlwinds and combined them with her immense water style prowess and began to create a torrent of unimaginable proportions. The water swirled within the gusts of wind and gave birth to a typhoon that swept through the tree line and uprooted them as if they were nothing. Comparing this strength to her previous strength was pointless. The difference was so great, she never knew that just having the seal would improve her power so much. She had always thought herself somewhat strong but this was just ridiculous. She formed more hand signs as the typhoon died but not before she examined the magnitude and outcome of her water jutsu. It was extensive.

Tree were uprooted, the earth was flooded. It was complete and utter devastation and it did nothing but please Amarante. Her hand signs strung together to form a fire jutsu. Usually this jutsu was rather weak but she felt as though with this additional strength from the curse mark that it would have a little extra kick. She took a deep breath and began to spew fire toward the earth, raining heat down from the heavens to scorch the previously soaked trees. It took a while, it took a lot longer than she would have liked but upon her constant spewing of flame the trees, once black with wet, were now ablaze after drying out from her fire. Soon the entire forest was alight with her efforts and she soared overhead favourably. She wanted this, she wanted destruction. She wanted everything to burn, everyone to burn. She wanted to create death upon this earth. Nothing else could satisfy her, she would not be satisfied until everything and everyone was dead. She flew away from her fire, looking for new targets when by chance, a town did enter her field of vision…

[JiMmIyZ - Hel]

19/20

Ahead of her was the beginnings of a town beyond the hotspings. It was perfect, now she had a target for her chaotic desires. It was late at night so that meant these people would be tucked away neatly in their beds. How perfect. She descended upon the town like a bat out of hell, spewing forth more and more fire to set the town ablaze with her evil intent. At first there wasn’t much of a stir but she was able to continue her efforts unimpeded for a few moments because of that and she found herself enjoying it. Soon enough the first screams were heard and before long, the entire town was screaming as she flew above with dark wings outstretched. She swooped in low toward the ground and flew above it to seek out victims. She continued spewing fire during this time and soon the people were alarmed to her presences as she darted in and out of city streets. It wasn’t long before she found her first victim, a man battling to put out the blaze, presumably trying to save his home and family. How touching.

It was unfortunate that he had managed to catch her eye but Amarante was feeling far too violent to merely allow him free passage from this reckoning. She quickly swung toward him and gripped his clothing before launching herself high into the air. He began to struggle in her grasp but she was fast enough that by the time he freed himself, he was high enough from the ground to die upon impact with the earth. This wasn’t enough however, Amarante didn’t just want this man to die terrified, she wanted him to die terrified and in agony. She darted back toward him and set him on fire before he hit the ground. His last thought would be inflicted with burns, this made her happy. The town began to either flee or attack, each option fruitless. Amarante was a god by this point, no resistance or escape attempt could stop her from taking the lives she had claimed. Lightning shot from her hands and devastated a group of men throwing sticks at her, killing them instantly. She then met with a group of women trying to leave by the village entrance but she cut them off and spewed more fire upon them.

They screamed for a few seconds as they were overcome with flame before they went silent and died. Such a glorious silence, Amarante only wished she could deliver this silence to everyone. She dived further and further into the town, killing men and women alike. No one was pared, not even a single child. The night went on and soon the resistence stopped, people just stood there and waited to die. Amarante was only too gracious to allow them that and she burned them all with her fire, purifying them in the most painful of ways. She walked among the dead, searching for more living yet finding none. After a while she figured she had gotten everyone and merely ogled her handiwork. During this time she set her eyes upon the burnt corpse of a child. It was a surreal sight to behold, yet she felt that she felt nothing for them but at the same time, there was a part of her that felt for the kid. She continued to stare at this child and as time went on she began to feel more and more emotion. Before she knew it there was a pair of eyes staring directly at her in the middle of her vision. Red eyes, with three black tome…

[JiMmIyZ - Hel]

20/20

The eyes warped the very nature of space and time around her until she felt nothing and saw only black. Out of the darkness she began to find light, flicking light. This light was brought to her vision by a torch hanging from the side of a stone wall by her. She recognised this place but before she could find realise this she was set upon by those red eyes. They dug deep into her soul and reminded her of her humanity. Here was something she was able to hold onto. These eyes. They reminded her that she was not a demon but merely human. These eyes told her many things and while she rescinded that her heart had grown dark, she was able to retain her humanity and with that her mind. These eyes were not eyes of purity; they were not of good will but instead of humanity. That’s all they ever were, and humanity sparked evil by merely existing. With this rational Amarante was able to come to terms with her lack of empathy, come to terms with her hatred of everything around her, and was able to come to terms with this mark upon her body.

This mark still inflicted pain upon her as the black markings filled her body like a full length tattoo. These markings bore the image of a thousand dragon upon her skin, painting her in the image of her blood and drawing it to the surface. As she began to regain her consciousness the markings began to revert themselves, glowing red once again as they move back to the seal located on her lower back. The pain was now gone. The agony she had felt was now absent as she lied on the ground. It was set her whole world on fire and made her feel as though her body was just one big pile of agony yet now she was able to feel relaxed. After a few moments the curse mark fully rescinded into the seal and took the image of a three headed dragon, returning to black in the process. It was now, after the pain had subsided that she began to feel thirst. Thirst and hunger. Just how long had she been taken into that other world, the world of her imagination? She had no clue but it felt like days despite only feeling as though it had been a few hours in her dream land.

Trying to move she found herself feeling very weak, so weak in fact that she couldn’t lift a single finger. It appeared as though Legion’s underlings had realised that she had begun to stir and they walked to her side. So everything regarding the forest and town were all imaginary as well? Amarante was fine with that. She didn’t feel the need to go out of her way to do those things anymore. They lurked above her wearing nothing but the smallest of loincloths, why could that part be imaginary as well? She really didn’t like them standing there like that; seriously how hard was it to wear clothes? She ached so much but she forced herself to move and meet these lion cloth wearing mean, climbing to her hands and knees though with intense effort. Her mouth was so dry, she wanted water, but even if she wanted to beg these men for it her throat was so raspy and sore that she doubted she could even manage to speak right now. Staring at them, she waited for them to do something as she tried her best to cling to life…

[Natsy]

Learned. Unless this wasn’t training… But really good posts! Thanks for mentioning Kohaku XD

Edit: Corrected. JiMmIyZ - Hel ; add it.

[jimmiyz8]

20 Posts were required however only 50TP was able to be gained plus it was only 5TP per grade as per the description of the seal. Natsy

[acids]

Amarante would find herself completely naked, aside from the fresh black Fuin of the Curse Seal.. Her weaponry and apparel had all been stripped away while she slumbered; yet she would be able to retrieve it --- if she did manage to even get up. About her had been ten or so large men, all advocates of the body arts; what else, several of them had an affinity for electricity, which meant that she had better tread carefully when speaking with these men of Legion.

"Get up, girl." One commanded, noticing that she had finally started to awaken. He was a bald man, about four foot three and wide-set. Once the light in the room had been turned on, she would see more than just a short and stout silhouette, but now the sick smile of a man beyond deranged.

"The seal... does it feel good to know that you survived?" He started to laugh, and then all of his cohorts began to chime in with a mighty boom.

As the shortest one lifted his hand for silence, the room fell mute. "We have an assignment for you. Legion wants for you to come with us." Amarante had little room to argue at this point. It was either die or listen to these followers of evil. "By the way, you can call me Paku. Get your shit on and follow me." He snapped his fingers and turned down the corridor towards the initial mouth of this cavern. To her left had been her belongings; to her right, a door that led further down into Legion's lair; to her front, a wall that was perhaps breakable; and at her back, Paku and his henchmen. What would the Hokage do? Would she find a way out, search for Legion, kill everyone in her vicinity... Or...


Or would she rise and quickly succumb to evil? She's hadn't the slightest idea as to harness this incredible chakra. The power of the Curse Seal surged through her body once more before she decided to make a move, and then it was then that she would have to choose.

[JiMmIyZ - Hel]

One of the group spoke though in terms of her listening to him, Amarante would only catch every other word. She was not in the greatest of condition despite the fact that she had survived. Most importantly, right now. She wanted water, she wanted so much water. She needed it! Just like in her dream like state, Amarante used her chakra to fulfill her desires, drawing moisture from the air and creating a downpour of rain to wash her naked form. The water dripping upon her skin felt great, it washed her, the dirt and grime of her journey combined with her weeks of anguish just flowed as the water hit her skin. Forcing herself to her knees she began to use her hands to clean herself further before cupping them and drinking. The human body was an amazing thing. It could go for weeks without food but water, it could only sustain itself for a short number of days without it. These goons must have been somewhat caring for her she felt, at least she hoped. Naked as she was she could only imagine just what they were doing with her while she was unconscious. She hoped nothing.

Allowing the water to stop, she moved to her items, painfully standing as she climbed to her feet, stumbling a little with the effort. She reequipped herself and got dressed once more. Thinking of just what she should do, as she had understood at least that this pawn of Legion had instructed her to follow him to meet with Legion a second time, a familiar burn at the site of her curse mark plagued her as it drove a deep pain into her body. It served as a reminder to her that she had no clue just how to use it, she had no idea what the capabilities of the seal were, nor did she know just would happen to her if she were to use the seal. She only knew it meant power and that's all that mattered to her.

Following behind diligently, Amarante decided to go along and meet this Legion again. She had no qualms about going to the dark side, she did not fear what it would do to her...

[acids]

She had been commanded to emerge back into the murky forest of Yu country; and here, she would find a test to represent her growing mastery over the evil Fuin.

"It's simple really," Paku explained, moving slowly around Amarante once she stood within a meter of him. There had been another, a male, opposing the Konoha kunoichi. He was bound and obviously helpless; a child taken hostage by this guild of evil from some small village in the mountain side. "You are to kill the child. Hehehehe.."

With so simple an instruction, he hoped that the girl wouldn't find the task so difficult. But on a second thought, he figured he might as well explain how to do it properly....

"You need to harness the evil within you.. get it churning somehow. Activating the Curse Seal, initially, should be done with angry thoughts to quicken the process. At least that's how I learned and I'm already capable of going into stage two.."

Amarante needed to channel her chakra to activate the Fuin; she had the dormant stage of the Curse, and now was the time to harness it's primary power. The little boy was blindfolded and obviously more helpless than the Hokage had formerly been. He whimpered, "H-hello?.. Please don't kill me, my older sister is looking for me!"

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not sure if you have this added to your profile or not, but you have the stage zero and this

Tenfuin: Stage One
Rank: "B" Rank
Skill: FuinJutsu
Effect: Increases physical speed, power, and endurance. Increases the user's chakra level.
Special: Channeling a small amount of chakra into the seal.
Drawback: Drains chakra at a rate of 3% per turn, meaning that this ability, on top of using chakra to fight, can quickly tire the user out.
Description: Stage One increases the user's physical strength, speed, and endurance by a large amount. They become much more capable of fighting hand to hand, as their body responds more quickly than most forms of training can produce. Their strikes become strengthened twofold, their muscles suddenly capable of performing at higher rates than normal. Beyond that, they are capable of fighting for much more extended periods, as their body seems to thrive off of the battle. Even beyond all of the physical attributes gained by the Seal, the user's chakra level will increase a substantial amount, allowing them the ability to perform jutsu as if they were one Difficulty Class above their current level (please note, this does not mean that they can use this ability to learn jutsu faster or to learn jutsu that their rank does not allow them to learn, but rather allows them the ability to perform more jutsu for less of a cost). When the Tenfuin Stage One is gained, it takes three IC turns to spread the seal all the way across the body. After the First round they will reach times .03 (3%) times their movements. After the Second Round they will reach times .06 (6%) times thier movements. After the Third Round theu reach the full .10 (10%) times their movements.
Limit: Gaining Stage One is a long process in which is forced upon the user immediately after receiving Stage Zero. This process is highly dangerous, and during this process, many hundreds of potential recipients and experiments have perished. Pain beyond imagine is forced through the user's body, stretching out their physical and mental limits. The power of the Seal somehow prohibits people from going unconscious as this pain soars through their body, thus they either remain awake or they perish. As Stage Zero of the Seal is placed upon the user, the seal rapidly drains the user of their chakra, pushing them into levels of below 5% of all of their chakra. This chakra is pumped throughout the body, forcing it to be ready to perform the remarkable feats that the seal allows the body to do. This process lasts for Twenty Full Length RP posts, in which the user must describe the chakra changing each part of their body to become more proficient. These “Pain” posts are graded by the admin like training posts, requiring the user to gain the proper amount of “TP” (apply Difficulty Class) with one exception- the maximum number of points capable of being allotted at once are 5.

[JiMmIyZ - Hel]

(OOC: I've added it to the BIO and everything so I'll take my leave now.)

Outside again, she was free from the encroaching walls of the underground caves. It was suffocating in their but now, now she was free. Free to do what she liked, free to act how she liked. No man held her in any kind of restraint, so long as she could see the sky there was nothing that could hold her. Not fear, not man, nothing. The one guiding her began to explain just what was necessary for her to do next, though honestly she wasn't really listening. This one was nothing to her, he was not Legion, he was not someone she should be taking orders from. He was nothing. Still, she thought she may as well kill the kid like he instructed. Hell, with these guys present, she was doing the kid a favour by doing him in. She merely walked toward the kid as she felt the familiar sting of the curse mark start to encase her form, lacing her skin with the tribal pattern of the dragon. Her hand began to spark with electricity until the sound of the chirping lightning blade encased it dousing everything around with bright blue light. She quickly plunged her hand into the kids chest as her wings protruded from her back.

The child falling lifeless on the ground, she launched herself into the air, away from any of the dark masters men. They would not catch her now, she soared high into the air out of their reach. None could catch her. She was free. Her heading was the land of Fire now, she was heading home with a new power. If only Kohaku could see her now. She was strong.

{Move to Fire - Direction Sense [70TP - 108 skill points - learned 14 times]}

[Yoshi [Lynx!]]

Moved to fire, enjoy your stay.

[JiMmIyZ - Hel]

{Exit}

[acids]

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<pout> now you know how i feel about those styles of an exit...

"So it seems that fear has encompassed her..." Paku said, watching the woman take flight as she tore through the child's torso with her Lightning Blade. The sight of such an attack had thrilled the Raiton-based user; he himself had mastered the technique, and had found it remarkable that she too knew of it's usage. Hmm... he mused as he stuck a fat finger in his mouth. He then smiled.

As Amarante departed from the black forest towards the Land of Fire, Paku made mention of just how silly she was in leaving so soon. He had taken a liking to her and her body; she would have been the ideal candidate for learning the  Joutai Ni no Tenfuin..

But perhaps later on, she would seek out the sinister powers of Lord Legion, or another one of his umbral ranking ilk, to master the secondary state of such a wicked seal. With each flap of the wing, the trickling of blood from one of the black leaves within the forest dripped into a settling pool. Kohaku's essence would remain invigorating the soil of Yu no Kuni..

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