Lakeside Training Grounds [Open]

[Ace Detective Nara]

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Tetsu sighed as he quietly listened to Sakurai, keeping his focus on keeping his Kagemane connected via the Locking tag that impaled both of their shadows. He listened as Claire told him about her life story, and he couldn’t really relate. He had lived in a world of conflict, lies, and power struggles since he was a little kid. He had grown up in the leaf village, and he always found himself not caring for the struggles for power that continued to plague the village. Loki, Goesi, and Amarante, all they were interested in was power and control. Tetsu felt his own control over his Kagemane Shadow technique holding fairly well as he did his best to keep his chakra flowing down into his own shadow as the invisible thread in between each seals that were impaled into the shadows of both Tetsu and Claire as he held her in place. “You know, that sounds peaceful and all….but I can’t really relate.” Tetsu said in a relaxed manner as he relaxed as a bit, letting his shadow influence Claire’s paralysis that would surely give her time to think.

“I grew up here in the leaf village, and my dad abandoned my mother and me when I was only about two years old.” Tetsu said calmly as he kept his focus targeted towards his Kagemane Shadow Shuriken no Jutsu, keeping Claire in one spot wasn’t too difficult; however it took a good deal of his chakra as he continued telling his story. “I’ve only known abandonment…not to mention everyone in this god forsaken village hates me.” Tetsu said thinking about how much everyone despised him, and how much he hated them and their stupid game of thrones. “They play stupid power games with the powerless people of the world, thinking what they want is more important,” Tetsu grumbled in complaint as he kept his focus on keeping his shadow connected with Claire’s. They were sharing both their background and a connection between their shadows that Tetsu was now moderating in a way that kept Claire from moving. He wondered if she had noticed that she was unable to move yet, Tetsu thought to himself as he continued with his story. “So personally I don’t mind doing these missions, but their a pain in the ass, besides I can’t help but not like doing them…because it just keeps us playing their stupid games.” Tetsu said with a sigh as his shadow stayed put to keep things fluent.

“alas, maybe you’re right about not being able to set aside the sword…conflict is all I know, it’s infused with my very being…and yours.” Tetsu said with a sigh of annoyance as he knew it to be true that they couldn’t go back now. “it’s only fitting that we keep fighting for the sake of fighting…yet maybe there is hope yet…maybe we can fight for something like hope.” Tetsu said quietly as he closed his specticaled eyes and exhaled a breath of the fresh air around them. He kept his shadowy focus and channeled his chakra down into his shadow some more as he did so at a well calculated rate that would give him some decent time to hold Claire in place while she continued to glow. It was relaxing sitting there in the quiet as his shadow and Claire’s connected through the chakra thread that connected them in that very moment. The symbolic thought of them connecting on a one on one level like they were was only solidified by the fact that he had connected their shadow through locking tags. Chuckling a bit as he figured Claire wasn’t having a good time being stuck in one spot, he crouched down and placed his hand around the hilt of the kunai.

“Sorry about holding you there like that by the way…I was just trying something out,” Tetsu said as he figured his technique would be deactivated if he removed the kunai from his shadow. Technically, the blade was still charged with the Kagemane chakra; however it was perfectly okay to let her go. Removing the blade from the ground, letting Claire move freely without restraint. His blade was still in Claire’s shadow; however she could easily move about now. If he wanted to trap her again, all he would have to do would be place the weapon back into place; which would be a perfectly fine way to immobilize her again; however he didn’t see much reason behind paralyzing her again. “Claire all the same, maybe people like you and I…we can find something to fight for together eh?” he said lazily as he did his best to keep his cool as he hoped she wouldn’t be mad at the fact that he had used his shadow to paralyze her.

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Claire's attention was split three ways at this moment. Firstly, the struggle to regain her ability to move. Secondly, Listening to Tetsu's story. Thirdly, trying to get this blasted glow under control. Initially she was somewhat irate with him for pinning her in whatever fashion he had done so, but her priority shifted as he reciprocated in telling of his history. Which was his fault anyway really, he was the one who wanted to know what she had been thinking about.

Finally the resistance gave out and she fixated a stern glare on the boy with her Sharingan. It was always said never to make direct eye contact with a Sharingan user, though she wasn't really sure why, so hopefully it would intimidate him just a little bit. After all despite the telling of his depressing life story, it had absolutely nothing to do with the matter at hand, which was figuring out why she was illuminated in such a fashion as presently.

At this point it consumed the entirety of her left arm, all the way around the shoulder, with a minor gleam crawling in weblike veins up her neck to her jawline. She'd lost all feeling in that arm now, though it still seemed to be responding to her commands as she flexed it again. That was good at least, and even from the start it had never actually been painful except for the stabbing migraine she had developed. Probably from exposure to so much bright light.

"Jeez how about a little warning next time, buddy? Pulling this stuff at random is how you get hit. And no matter how you look at it you're wrong anyway - the entire village doesn't hate you because at the very least I don't hate you.But what does any of that even have to do with my condition? You asked me what I was thinking about at the time, and I told you. Now I'm glowing. And it doesn't show any signs of slowing down."

By a visual estimate the light had to have increased in its total covered distance by almost another meter, maybe a little more. Although with the direction change her shadow was no longer pointing straight ahead at Tetsu but rather stretching long and dark off to the right, away from her luminous side. She felt less worried about it now than before though, since at least so far there was no pain in the transformation itself and she still had full control probably.

[Solus]

+20 to both

[Tetsu]

[Wrong Profile...Sorry X-X]

[Ace Detective Nara]

20/60

Tetsu couldn’t help but find himself chuckling at her annoyance. To think that she might actually not hate him was really quite humorous. She was Goesi’s stanch hearted warrior, which entertained him quite a bit at the thought of her hand himself being…acquaintances to the very least. “Sorry about that, I was actually seeing if holding your body in place would stop the advance…which proved to be a negative I suppose…sorry about giving you the life story thing, I thought we were having a moment” Tetsu said scratching his chin with a chuckle as he noticed how the angle of her Shadow changed with the position of the light and her body. It was now beside her to his left, her right, as he wondered as to what exactly he could do for her right here and now. “Anyway, you’re right about one thing, this light doesn’t seem to be slowing down.” Tetsu said as he quietly walked back over to where the knife had been located earlier and also picking up the one he had thrown at his heels. “Okay Sakurai, here’s your fair warning, Take a look at these knives, they have a thin thread of chakra connecting them.” Tetsu said simply walking through her shadow and wedging it in ground before walking behind her left side that was glowing like a lamp. Simply wedging the knife behind his heel again Tetsu would continue explaining what he was going to do.

“I’m going to use these tags to hold you still while I inspect you’re back for a moment,” He said as calmly as possible as someone who actually cared about such things might react poorly to such a suggestion. Despite any protest, Tetsu would quickly weave the seals to activate the jutsu as he hoped that she would hold still long enough for him to follow the veins to their source. “Maybe there’s a source of power for this light that we are not seeing.” He said calmly as to give her reason as to why he would be inspecting in such a manner. He wouldn’t doing anything more to her paralyzed body other than place his hand upon her back, feeling for any knots in the chakra flow that might exist. His basic understanding of medicine probably wasn’t finite enough yet to answer or fix these problems; however he might be able to recall something from one of his books with his perfect recall memory. His shadowy charka continued to flow through the invisible conduit line that connected the two knives as he held her still not for fear of her reacting poorly, but for fear of her reacting if he hit something that was sore.

His hands felt about her lower back, following the light veins beneath her shirt till he found himself feeling a giant not just at her tail bone. “Holy crap, Sakurai…did you hurt your back or something?” He asked, forgetting that she might not be able to move her lips to respond as she was paralyzed by his jutsu after all. She must have been doing something extreme to have built up so much blockage of her energy right there, Tetsu thought to himself as he continued to maintain his shadow’s connection to hers through the mutual blade which stabbed them both there, allowing him a basic manipulation of her shadow with ease as he inspected the knot a bit. Tetsu closed his eyes and tried to remember what he knew about primordial chakras and their structure…he wasn’t too familiar; however he had read it somewhere that they were based upon specific emotions or emotional responses. The first gate was survival, he recalled as his eidetic memory allowed him to recall the general synopsis of mystic’s book he had read once before. His shadow continued to connect to Sakurai’s through the blade, the chakra string connecting them acting as a method of transferring his clan’s specific chakra into her shadow as he prepared to do something ballsy…even for him.

“Sakurai…I’m willing to bet your scared for your life right now…or at least are concerned about what will happen.” Tetsu said thinking about what he was going to do to get her to relax as he thought about his chakra flow that was indeed channeling down through his feet into his shadow and then through the seal to its twin that was currently set in Sakurai’s shadow. “Well, relax or something.” Tetsu said scratching the back of his neck as he wasn’t very good at calming people down. “You know, think of something that comforts you, a happy thought…anything.” Tetsu said trying to see if by cutting off her survival instincts, and the fear for her survival, he could possibly relax this rapid progress, or even make it more controllable if possible. If she could control this chakra that was clearly being fueled by her buildup of energy down by her tail bone, in what Tetsu thought was simply one of the 8 important Kentetsu, but actually was Sakurai’s Chakra gate fueling her luminesce. His shadow remained resolute as he thought about releasing it; however he still wanted to make sure Claire wasn’t going to react out of survival and attack him. In a hand to hand fight, Claire would probably win every time.

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80/90

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The Light was now, rather suddenly, under control. It receded into her body as though nothing had ever happened, outwardly. In truth it took her constant attention to hold it back, but it was now obedient at the least. This was an improvement certainly. In her mind, she played over and over again the melody her mother had taught her, which allowed her to focus more effectively. "Close your eyes."

Thinking for a moment, she completely released the Light inside her, allowing it to run wild from every pore of her body. The brilliant shine surged out in all directions like a miniature sun, bathing the area in the pure light of day despite the dark of night. Suddenly she was completely unrestrained, as she no longer possessed a shadow for the Nara to manipulate. But while it didn't seem to bother her, she didn't know how that would affect others, like Tetsu.

"Try to open them, see if it hurts or it's too bright or something. If you cant handle it, I think I can shut it off now."

While he tried to adjust, she would begin experimenting, trying to limit the Light without quite stopping it, attempting to actively control how bright and how dim it could be. There wasn't a lot of success there, for now it seemed something of an all-or-nothing affair. Maybe with time she would be capable of more subtle alterations but for now it was normal Claire or shining like the sun only. Could be worse though. Could still be completely beyond her control.

The implications of her affect on shadows sunk in not too long after. She could use this power to significantly improve the range of Tetsu's shadow if she stood behind him, and with good positioning on her part the shadows of their foes would be extended greatly as well, resulting in a larger and easier target for his abilities. She would have to tell him as much later, but for now she just had to think about how else to use it.

On one hand it would be excellent for navigating dark enclosed spaces like tunnel systems, but on the other it would basically paint a massive bullseye over her head for any hostiles in the area, so maybe that wasn't such a great idea. Well...on the more mundane side, it would never be too dark to read things? That was probably pretty lame actually. This newfound power seemed to have a very limited range of applications where it would actually be beneficial. What a shame.

[Solus]

+10 to both

[Ace Detective Nara]

Putting Shadow Shuriken on hold at 30/60

Tetsu sighed as he stood back up, backing away as he figured he shouldn't be there. Putting his hands in his pocket he would take his right one out just for a moment to pat Sakurai's head. "Well looks like you've figured it out, I'll see ya later." Tetsu said making a very undramatic exit as he left to make his way back home.

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Considering the late hour, Claire figured Tetsu had the right idea and gathered up her things to head home. She would be back in the future, but for now it was time to leave.

[exit]