Path of Radiance [Training]

[Deleted]

Absorb Radiance
Rank: "C"
Skill: TaiJutsu
Effect: User can meditate to gain temporary Spring Time of Youth Points and use them for various purposes.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: The Akasin can spend time meditating in an area of bright light to gain a pool of temporary Spring Time of Youth Points equal to 2 per Class Level. The Akasin must meditate for 1 minute per point of Spring Time of Youth Points gained in this way. These temporary Spring Time of Youth Points are always burned first when the Akasin activates their philosophy abilities, and cannot be recovered through normal meditation. Whenever the Akasin takes Spring Time of Youth Points burn to activate an ability, the user gains temporary Armour Points equal to 5 times the amount of Spring Time of Youth Points burn taken.
These temporary Armour Points last for 5 minutes per Class Level. In addition, the Akasin can take 1 point of Spring Time of Youth Points Burn to perform an ability called Veil of Positive Energy. The user surrounds himself in a Veil of positive energy, making it harder for undead creatures to harm them. When under the effect, the user gains a +2 sacred bonus on Saves, and +5 Hardness. Both of these bonuses apply only against attacks or effects created by undead creatures. User can dismiss this Jutsu before its normal duration as a half round action on their turn to deal a number of points of positive energy damage equal to 5 per Class Level to all undead creatures within 2 meters of the user.
Limit: Must be a practitioner of The Eight Celestial Gates. Must be a practitioner of the Akasin Philosophy.

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Ever since the Primal Chakra that slept within Claire Sakurai awoke and transformed her into a being of Light, she'd been wanting to do some research on what precidely that meant for her, and what sort or capabilities she would have. Even now, if she were to lose focus for just a moment on her suppression, she would light up like a small sun for dozens of meters. She needed more information. Unfortunately, on this subject it seemed as though very little was actually verifiable.

Still though, there were rumors of others like her throughout the ages. These Lightborne were said to be able to increase their powers temporarily though meditation in well-lit areas, the more natural the better. While lately she herself easily categorized as a well-lit area, somehow Claire felt that that likely wouldn't count. Largely because of that, she was now seated in one of the highest locations of the village, in direct sunlight, the warmth of which helped fend off the natural autumn chill.

The chosen space for her meditation was the mountain of the Hokages, seated atop the Godaime's head. Her Captain, whose likeness she perched on, didn't know yet about the changes to her body. Nobody did except her Partner, Tetsu Nara, and until she had a handle on her new properties she intended to keep it that way. Still, it might be amusing to just flare up a random when standing next to Loki, dazzling her. The reaction would be excellent for sure.

While she smiled at the thought, Claire recognized that she was distracting herself from what meditation even was. She needed to quiet her mind and take in the solitary peace. As she did so, she couldn't help but to smile more. Basking in the sun like this really did feel amazing, whether it increased her abilities or not. The sensation filled her with an increased vigor, making her feel confident and assured. She felt...well perhaps the best way to put it was positive.

She was positive, brimming with optimistic energy. Whether that meant she would be more powerful in a conflict was debatable, but it seemed that the information she uncovered certainly FELT true. Clenching her fist with determination she rose, ending her suppression of the Primal Chakra stemming from the base of her spine and allowing it to fill her body, causing her to radiate Light again. Directing it to her legs, she allowed a portion to seep into her greaves as before at the lake, which would empower her kicks.

In the act of doing so, to her surprise, she felt her skin and muscles tighten, as if becoming suddenly tougher and more resilient against damage. Interesting.

[Skulking Shinzu]

+10 TP

[Ace Detective Nara]

[Enter]

0/5

Fighting Stance
Rank: "E"
Skill: TaiJutsu
Effect: Take this stance when preparing for confrontation. The description assumes you are right handed; if you are left-handed, simply substitute "right" for "left"
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: Stand with your feet high-width apart and take a comfortable step forward with your left foot. Keep your weight on the balls of your feet. The Toes of both feet should generally point forward, but the forward foot may turn slightly inward for better balance. Keep your hands relaxed, hold them above your chin height and a comfortable distance away from the face. Make sure your elbows are in and fairly close to your body, and your shoulders are relatively squared to an opponent.
Limit: Must learn from a Master of Krav Maga.

Why did she have to always go to hard reach places? Tetsu thought to himself in annoyance as he climbed up the face of the cliff that housed the faces of the Hokage, vertically climbing up Lady Sixth, Andromeda’s face as came to rest on her noggin. Getting into a fighting stance, his left foot first, Tetsu threw a few punches, getting the feel for the fighting posture as he climbed up to the top finding Claire right where he figured she would be, sitting atop her favorite person’s giant head. “Yo, what are you doing up here?” Tetsu asked as he held his fighing posture naturally, figuring it would be much more effective than some of the other fighting stances he had encountered. It felt practical and usable in almost any situation, given the time to get into it, as it would require an analytical mind to properly use such a stance for the fighting style that he figured he would attempt to learn a little bit about.

He held his posture, making sure to keep his breath steady and his feet planted as he didn’t move, he didn’t flinch, but alas he just stood there kind of awkward. He stood there, extending his arm in a quick jab as he was a boxer by nature, and felt some of the same principles applying here with this stance as it was meant to box with as he threw the jab before doing a quick little punching combo there as if he were shadow boxing. Claire was meditating so she probably wouldn’t notice him immediately; which was good since he was standing in a fighting pose and throwing shadow punches, which might give her the wrong idea as he threw another jab from the posture, feeling how it’s movement an simplistic nature was much more applicable than that of some of his other fighting techniques.

[Deleted]

(2) Gate of Healing - Swadhisthana: The Sacral Chakra
Rank: "B"
Skill: TaiJutsu
Effect: Allows the user to heal bodily wounds much quicker than a normal person would.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: Picture Located in the lower abdomen, genitals, womb, its function is desire, sexuality, pleasure, procreation. Its inner state is tears, its color is orange. Its stones are: Coral and Carnelian. This Chakra is the Water Chakra; it deals with Pleasure and is blocked by Guilt. Balancing this Chakra is associated with sexual vitality, physical power, and fertility.
Takes 2 Movements to Activate.
+4 Pain Threshold Bonus to Will.
User becomes immune to Bleed Out. User heals Minor Wounds every 2 rounds.
User ignores Fatigue and Exhaustion for duration of technique.
Heals Ability Drain/Damage to TaiJutsu Damage and Movements for duration of technique.

When technique ends Fatigue, Exhaustion and Negative points return. Unless the user wishes otherwise, the technique ends at the end of an Encounter. Each round the technique is maintained, the user suffers 3 points of Gate Point Damage. Mastery: Each time learned the amount of healing per round is increased by 1 Armour Point. Learning this technique a 2nd time, the user can activate this gate without sacrificing movements for the purpose of using a more powerful gate, without actually performing this Technique or gaining any of the penalties. User cannot otherwise perform the Technique without sacrificing movements. Learning the technique a 3rd time, the user only suffers 2 Gate Point Damage.
Limit: Must be a practitioner of The Eight Celestial Gates. Must know (1) Gate of Opening - Root.

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Tetsu? For someone so unmotivated he certainly found his way into difficult to reach areas. Then again maybe he was just checking on the small sun sitting atop the Captain's stone cranium. She smiled to herself. Meditation didn't mean she wasn't aware of her surroundings, though he had certainly seemed to come to that conclusion, running some taijutsu warmups while he waited for her. Her hips wiggled slightly, considering her approach.

Her control over the Light had improved dramatically since her studying it, and so she slowly suppressed it, allowing it to throb back just a little bit at a time until she was back to "normal". Keeping the Light down, she allowed the Primal Chakra to flow forth through her body from the well at the base of her spine, the sudden overflow of energy radiating from her body to disturb the very air somewhat, as if she were caught in a perpetual light breeze.

Disappearing view for an eyeblink before seeming to flicker back into place, images of her surging out across the gap between heads to either side of the Nara boy before she would appear directly in front of him, a mischievous grin on her face as she assumed her trademark oblique stance.

"Hey," she said, winking before dropping low to place the bulk of her weight on the palms of her hands, legs swinging out in a sweeping kick at his ankles. Even if he tried to jump over it, she would use the momentum to circle around and swing her legs upward, letting the centrifugal force drag her into a handstand form which she would push up hard, springing into the air in a rising kick for his midsection to launch him into the air.

Tetsu was smart though, a little love tap like that wasn't likely to work even at Claire's increased speed. He'd see it coming for sure with how heavily she was telegraphing her movement, and figure out some way of responding well before any sort of impact. In the same moment though, she tried to push it even further, move even faster. Why? Partly because she probably could - she wasn't really sure what her limits were with this new state of being - and partly because she trusted her partner not to let himself get hurt.

[Shallistera]

Tetsu +5, learned
Sets +10

[Ace Detective Nara]

0/20

Kaunta Etoku
Rank: "C" See Description
Skill: TaiJutsu
Effect: User learns how to redirect the power of an opponent's back and apply it to their throw damaging the opponent.
Special: ---
Drawback: May learn up to 6 Times.
Description: The basic concept of Aikido is the ability to perform a throw, or hold by blending with the motion of the attacker and redirecting the force of the attack rather than opposing head on. When redirecting and channeling the redirect into a takedown, or a throw which harms the opponent. The user may learn this technique up to 6 times. When first learned the user is able to redirect 25% of the opponent's fighting power back to the opponent knockback, knockdown, and crater creating. Each time learned the user is able redirect an additional 25%. When the user learns this technique the final time they are able to redirect 150% of the opponent's attacking power back to the opponent causing significant damage. When first learning the user must train 20 TP. Each additional learning the user must train an additional 10 TP on top of the TP needed to learn the technique previously. Example: Learning the technique a 3rd time takes 40 TP while learning the technique the 6th time takes 70 TP.
Limit: Must learn from an Aikido Master.

Tetsu could see that Claire had obviously been training her inner chakra, that weird inner working power that she had unlocked, with him present mind you. He could remember some of the strange things it had done to her body, making her glow like a torch, and even augmenting how quickly she could move. Tetsu couldn’t even track her movements when she approached, the image of what looked like a blur approached simply leaving a Claire in front of him. “Hey” Was all she said to him before suddenly Tetsu noticed a strange change in her body’s weight distribution. Tetsu had always been good at finding the center of gravity of both people and objects. It was probably derived of his very mathematically oriented brain as she calculated Claire’s approximate weight in his head, judging from her size and body posture, he figured he could knock her over if he wanted to, but he would have to apply most of the movement to the upper body as Claire’s weight was obviously centered just about her tail bone, which indicated that she was going to throw a kick.

Tetsu realized that she was telegraphing her attacks for him, which was a bit embarrassing since Claire knew him well enough to know that he didn’t know all but shit about taijutsu. He knew where her balance was, and he figured that he could attempt to use this point of knowledge to knock Claire over, but there wasn’t any real attack or dodge he could use to keep up with her. He was of course much slower after all. He noticed her momentum changing as something inside of him urged him to place his right foot forward, grabbing onto Claire’s clothing, about center torso, as he felt her spin kick beginning to develop. He would indeed hop to avoid the attack, but instead of jumping away, he was going to jump right into Claire’ using her extreme strength and lower grounded balance to pull himself onto her torso, wrapping his legs around her hips as he used his other hand to grab high by her neck, it was a strange maneuver he was using (a takedown from BJJ which we don’t have XD) as she was moving so quickly, and he was attempting a counter attack grapple.

Her momentum was the only reason that this was going to work decently as he used her low grounding with a sudden shift as she would bring her weight around again. Tetsu rolled his own hip twisting his shoulders backwards with a lean to his left as he would attempt to throw Claire on the ground using her own force. It wasn’t anything fancy, and there was no method behind this maneuver other than logic and science, since his additional weight in the movement as well as where the fulcrum of Claire’s spinning was located, Tetsu used his own counter movement to throw Claire’s balance off, rolling her over himself, using his legs as the means to do so as he used his hips and his backward leaning to pull off the maneuver that would have proven difficult had he not known how the physics of a throw actually worked. This idea of counter knowledge, the way to produce a counter effectively relied upon the idea of using an opponent’s momentum against them, the result in maximum damage with minimal effort. This concept was the perfect Tetsu mentality. Rolling his body he would find himself attempting to throw Claire to the ground, but alas there was something that he, as intelligent as he was, forgot to think about, as he didn’t’ realize that he too was going to be thrown to the ground, with Claire on top.

Landing with an oaf, Tetsu could feel the movement of their bodies as he landed on his back with the force of Claire’s kick. “Ouch…what was all that for?” Tetsu complained as he unwrapped his legs, letting himself lay there on the ground for a moment before realizing how much power he had added to the throw itself. It was the movement, the timing, and the placement of body weight that made a counter doable, even by such a weakling like himself. He wasn’t physically strong, but takedowns required timing and patience, the idea of using the opponent’s center of gravity to off throw their balance. Tetsu was certain that he could pull such a feat off again, but he would need to practice this concept of “Countering” Much more indebt if he were to have any hope of actually having any affect upon his opponent. He hoped that Claire hadn’t been too off put by his throw, as it been him taking the blunt of the landing. Tetsu didn’t know what to do as he thought about what a counter really was.

[Shallistera]

+10

[Deleted]

10/40

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Claire indulged in a brief moment of surprise, Tetsu rather than seeking to avoid her strike pushing inward where she couldn't exert as much force to cause damage. Unfortunately for him, while he was able to halt her own effective momentum in the midst of her sweeping kick, he hadn't controlled his own effectively. That meant that as they tumbled across Andromeda's rocky scalp, he ended up taking the brunt of the impact with her on top straddling him.

From that position she would invade his mind, enforcing her will upon him through chakra as her eyes took on the crimson tint of the Sharingan. Instead of dominating him however, she was empowering him so as to more fairly compete on her level. His strength, defense, agility, and mental acuity all would increase by a factor of three ranks if he didn't fight off her mental intrusion.

"Do we need a reason to play?" she asked with feigned insult before sticking out her tongue. "Besides, that wasn't a bad move, Tetsu. Your only mistake was leaving your opponent on top. I've got gravity leveraged on my side, harder to stop me from killing you."

Getting her feet back under her, she sprang back while leaning to an almost horizontal position with her knees bent to place her feet perpendicular to the ground. With a small burst of chakra to her feet, the piston mechanisms in her boots fired off while she tucked in her knees and chin, propelling her into a rapid spinning backflip, landing on her feet in a three-point stand.

From there she transitioned into a fighting stance, fists up, bouncing slightly on the balls of her feet. She waited for the mental signal that her buffs went through his willpower to even the playing field, because if they didn't she wouldn't be able to really cut loose.

Once that was confirmed, and he was standing again, she would allow her primal chakra to run wild unchecked, flooding her body with power. With a thought, seven silver orbs would appear from the aether around her before streaking off to their target along pseudorandom flight patterns. The Sakurai herself was following closely behind, as the chakra missiles were more of a distraction than a source of real damage. The real attack was a flying side kick, her body rotating with the blow so that even if she missed she would be able to try again lower with her trailing leg. Hit or miss, she would again fire the piston, reversing her momentum to put some distance between herself and her partner.

[Shallistera]

+10

[Tetsu]

Void wrong account

[Ace Detective Nara]

10/20

Kaunta Etoku
Rank: "C" See Description
Skill: TaiJutsu
Effect: User learns how to redirect the power of an opponent's back and apply it to their throw damaging the opponent.
Special: ---
Drawback: May learn up to 6 Times.
Description: The basic concept of Aikido is the ability to perform a throw, or hold by blending with the motion of the attacker and redirecting the force of the attack rather than opposing head on. When redirecting and channeling the redirect into a takedown, or a throw which harms the opponent. The user may learn this technique up to 6 times. When first learned the user is able to redirect 25% of the opponent's fighting power back to the opponent knockback, knockdown, and crater creating. Each time learned the user is able redirect an additional 25%. When the user learns this technique the final time they are able to redirect 150% of the opponent's attacking power back to the opponent causing significant damage. When first learning the user must train 20 TP. Each additional learning the user must train an additional 10 TP on top of the TP needed to learn the technique previously. Example: Learning the technique a 3rd time takes 40 TP while learning the technique the 6th time takes 70 TP.
Limit: Must learn from an Aikido Master.

Tetsu felt weird as Claire looking at him, the strange gaze of her red eyes seemed to allure him as he couldn’t look away from them for some strange reason. He knew she was doing some sort of Genjutsu, as that was her specialty, but Tetsu had no clue as to why she was doing this. Pulling himself up, Tetsu got into his left leg leading stance, extending his hands forward, hand open, using a stance from Jujitsu, the hand being ready to capture and deflect blows in order to perform counters easily. Taking in a deep breath as he waited for Claire’s move, ceasing his movement in order to keep track of what his partner was doing, keeping her balance and posture in mind as she launched a number of silver orbs his way, trying to follow behind them. Tetsu calculated his distance from them and each orb that was heading his way, using their trajectory to calculate their approximate hit zone, showing that they were indeed shot randomly, and only three currently heading directly towards his body, the others moving out of what Tetsu would call a contact zone. He thought about how he could throw Claire, keeping an eye on where her center of gravity was as one sphere headed towards his left leg, his head, and his right shoulder. Tetsu moved his leg, ducking under the objects much like slipping a hook as suddenly his popping up head would find a kick coming his way.

Tetsu moved his head to the left side, slipping to what would have been the inside in boxing, however he was preparing a counter as he calculated that if he were to do a shoulder based takedown it would require leverage on the leg and his hand would have to have enough space to shift Claire’s momentum in order to throw her to the ground. It was hard to counter kicks like this; however Tetsu’s absolute lack of training left him almost incapable of responding as suddenly he remembered the captain that had inspired him from the KMP, the fellow’s movements, the way he shifted his hips and locked joints, felt the bones move and using the body’s whole potential to act a lever to bend an opponent’s joints. Tetsu knew where Claire’s body weight was, and how to shift it, as the kick surely put her weight upon her tail bone and lower back; which was what was balancing her right now. He would need to throw his pushing strike towards Claire’s chest, just enough to push her so that she would be knocked over using the point of gravity as the fulcrum for the rotation that was about to take place at Tetsu stepped placing his left hand against Claire’s chest and using the other arm to check the leg just above the knee, using his shoulder to lock the knee so she couldn’t bend it, and or get away.

The push was simply designed to shift her momentum downward as He lifted up on the leg, and pushed down with his other hand that was upon her torso, making it all one fluid takedown. Tetsu also lifted his shoulder twisting his body to the side as to throw Claire away from him, projecting away from the ground as he didn’t want to hurt her. The idea of where the target was being projected due to a counter was extremely important to think about, as the points of contact, direction of force, and where the counter is projected is critical in producing the most damage. For this instance, Tetsu didn’t want to crush Claire, nor was he really interested in fighting atop these stupid heads. He was probably just going to get beat up more anyway, Tetsu thought to himself mid counter as he felt his body’s movement and the way it was being dragged to where he wanted it to be. The throw was simplistic, and untrained, but alas it would get Claire to back off and surely think of new ways to attack him, dare he think about such a thing.

Tetsu inhaled deeply, using Claire’s momentum to throw her as he released the grapple sending Claire off he sent her, making sure NOT to throw her off the ledge or to a position beyond recovery. He wasn’t brutal after all. It was hard enough making enough movement to make it a counter period, as if Claire had not been moving as fast as she was, the sloppy counter would have not been enough to do anything but avoid the attack rather than getting hit directly. He figured the idea of using one’s momentum against them was the traditional Jujitsu way, traditionally going up against armed and armored opponents unarmed. He felt the throw taking place as he let go of Claire and got back into his basic Jujitsu stance.

[Madame Loki]

Learning: 0/10

Name: Pride and Vanity
Rank: "C"
Skill: Supplementary
Effect: Alters the appearance of Semblance Forge weapons, making them appear more realistic.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: By altering the composition of minerals and pigments in their Semblance Forge weapons, the user is able to create weapons of metal as well as stone. This makes them capable of bestowing whatever sort of color or other aesthetic beauty as the user desires, no matter how intricate, though they remain in their core creations of dirt and rock. That which they see in their mind's eye shall become the reality - a clearer mental image will always result in a more accurate rendition.
Limit: Must know Fluid Fabrication
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"Well look at this? I come home to see my dear friend, and I find he has replaced me... with Claire, fighting on the heads of Hokage no less." Loki would smile as she made her way towards the two of them. she placed the bag that she had on her back and placed it down on the ground. As she placed the bag on the ground, she rubbed her hand across the ground under her fingers. As she rubbed her fingers onto the ground, and channeled her energy into the earth. Her gripped and grabbed at the minerals in the stone. The earth beneath her fingers would begin to turn almost into the fabric, as the earth gave under her finger tips.

She then dug her fingers into the earth and then pulled out a sword, a katana to be precise. The katana looked like it was made of earth, with to Loki was very... ugly. She needed to make them look more like an actual sword. She sighed as she looked over the sword and then focused on the minerals that ran through the earthen blade, "So... how are you Tetsu?... Claire. I hope I'm not interrupting anything." Loki smiled as she rubbed her hand across the blade of the katana. As she the rubbed her hand across the blade, as she rubbed her hand across the blade, she condensed the the minerals that were inside of the katana.

She would begin to the rearrange the earthen katana. As she began to move the minerals around, the image of the sword would begin to change form. The brown began to change color. Loki began to slowly change the pigment of the blade, and of the handle. However, she knew that this wasn't going to change to actual composition of blade. She looked down at the blade and then looked over at Claire, with a curious look on her face. Loki didn't have any romantic feelings for Tetsu, quite the contrary. She looked at Tetsu as more of a little brother... even though she was certain that he was older than her. So she wasn't so much jealous of the time he was spending with Claire as much as she was protective.

"You know Claire... I've never really seen you fight before. Care for a bout?" Loki would smile at Claire as she pointed the earthen sword at Claire. She then looked at the blade and then would make several swings with the blade to make sure that the new image wouldn't effect the feel of the blade as he swung it. The sword would revert back to it's stone like image, and would then crumble into dirt. Loki would look down at the dirt, and then crouch down, and move her fingers through the pile of dirt at her feet. She moved her fingers through her fingers and then channeled her fingers through the pile of dirt.

As she channeled her energies, she would began to mold the dirt together with a smile. She would pull her hand out of the dirt and a katana would from from it. Loki would begin to giggle, as the earth blade was not only formed in the shape of a perfect katana, but also looked exactly like that of a katana as well. The blade and the hilt was the same hue of an actual katana. Loki would make several slashes with the katana, and then would point it right at Claire and then would say, "Of course I understand, if you don't want to. I can be quite intimidating." Loki would smirk as she would continue to try and coax Claire into a spar.

[Deleted]

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OOC: fudging physics a little with the sakurai sword. go with it.

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With his capabilities increased, Tetsu was now proving a more than adequate match for the Sakurai, deftly analyzing and neutralizing every attack she launched even without the benefit of an optical improvement such as the Sharingan. It was exhilarating. Even as he dispersed the momentum of her spinning kick and tossed her across the mountainside, she was already compensating, rotating her body so that rather than landing flat on her back she could bet roughly perpendicular to the ground.

Using her palms spread out to distribute the impact and bending her arms to absorb it, she was able to reverse the fall and spring back to a safe landing, a blast from her pistons abruptly halting her momentum before she had even evened out her footing and surging her back toward the Nara. In another rapid shift of direction, she threw her upper body back and low while extending her toe-tips forward, effectively starting a low slide that would take out the boy's legs from under him if she hit him. To prevent another tackle-counter like before, she hurled out one arm, firing from the palm of her hand another silver sphere, this one larger and more painful if it hit.

At this point-blank range, unless he pulled some miracle counter out of nowhere he would theoretically be forced to either accept one of the hits or dodge. If he dodged, he would be off balance, just for an instant, and she wasn't going to let that go to waste. She intended to chase his dodge with another shunshin, and bring him to the ground. Maybe climb on top of him again. The thought made her grin widely.

Of course, regardless of how things might turn out, the bit - er, witch - would have to ruin everything by showing up just when things were getting good. She had brought some kind of gift baggie for Tetsu, which caused a twinge of jealousy in the rose-maned soldier. With a wink, she would wave down her ambushed sparring partner.

"Take five, Tetsu. We can't have our precious teammate feeling neglected now can we? And she even brought you a present. How nice of her."

All the while she was engaging in a silent mental siege against the other woman - no, the other GIRL, for she was only a few months older than Claire herself. Her gaze based attacks required no handseals, and so gave no visual cue that anything was even occurring other than her lips curling in disgust as her scarlet eyes drank in every minute twitch of Loki's confident swagger and committed them to memory. It was like the older girl's mind was a fortress, though. Claire couldn't find a vulnerable point anywhere, her psychic assault being deflected harmlessly.

Claire's breath was starting to come in more ragged now though. The primal chakra running rampant through her body was starting to take its toll. She estimated she could only maintain this state for another minute or so, maybe longer if she pushed herself. After that she would be completely spent. She'd done that before when she first learned to access the power coursing through her, so she knew what it felt like to be tapped dry, and about how long it would take based on how quickly her condition deteriorated. It wasn't ideal to be laid up in bed for the next four days, but that was a risk she was willing to take to wipe the smug look from Loki's face.

How to approach it though was something of a sticking point. Mental attacks were clearly useless. That meant Claire would have to attack her body. But what good were physical attacks against someone who could phase through solid objects as easily as breathing? Similarly her Earth release techniques would be useless. Her battles against Captain Gosei had taught her that much. That left three options. Explosive flames heavy on chakra use that could accidentally harm Tetsu, well aimed kicks made by empowering her greaves with the same primal chakra that was increasing her speed, strength, and cognition at this very moment, and the Lightning techniques passed down by her mother. Given Loki's fussing with her created sword, Claire felt it was only proper to challenge her in kind.

Sakurai.

With a thought, dozens, perhaps hundreds of tiny sparks of lightning began to wink into existence, floating aimlessly about like the falling cherry blossoms of springtime. Holding out one hand in front of her, the blossoms would all streak inward toward her palm, coalescing into a large orb. Closing her fist around it, the energy exploded out to form a rough sword shape. The energy involved was densely packed enough that even made of lightning it would still carry enough physical impact to equal Loki's shoddy dirt blade, even if it might not be the physical equal of a proper steel weapon.

Swinging the lightning blade out to the side and behind herself, she took a completely open and vulnerable stance, though her limbs all were bent ever so slightly, such that she would be able to move in any fashion or direction near-instantly.

"No better way for a team to learn how each member works and best form strategies than a good old-fashioned rumble. Watch closely Tetsu, we'll be counting on you in the future."

[Nekomata Minh]

Learned loki and tetsu

+10 Setsy

[Ace Detective Nara]

0/5

Gyaku Hanmi (Opposite Stance)
Rank: "E"
Skill: TaiJutsu
Effect: Hanmi in Aikido is a triangular stance with the front foot facing forward and the rear foot perpendicular to the front, facing sideways.
Special: ---
Drawback: Picture It is important to have the right foot work in most instances. One's success in executing Aikido techniques depends on the proper Hanmi. Triangular stance. Most often aikido techniques are practiced with the opponent in predetermined stances. This is to facilitate learning the techniques and certain principles of positioning with respect to an attack. At higher levels, specific Hanmi cease to be of much importance.
Description: The user and the opponent have opposite foot forward.
Limit: Must learn from an Aikido Master.

I’ve got you now, Is all Tetsu could think as he released Claire, in that instant clasping his hands together to form the rat handseals that was iconic of his Kagemane no Jutsu technique. Tetsu kept his focus extending his shadow quickly, letting the tendrils flow forward, three at the present as he knelt downward, still stationary, but more so that the sudden burst of energy that was hurling at him would slip just over his shoulder as he slipped his head to the side to avoid the attack. His shadow would surely intercept Claire’s attempt to take him down. “kagemane no Jutsu Complete.” Tetsu would chuckle with feign pride as he would influence Claire to mimic his movements. Standing up, Tetsu got into a stance, right foot forward, making a triangle with his front foot facing forward and his rear foot perpendicular to the front facing sideways. It was the basic stance for the martial art that he had been attempting to study while preparing for some of the more intensive KMP training exams that he had yet to take part in. He could feel how he was standing equal to Claire, her matching stance mimicking his own as he would release her quickly, not attempting to humiliate her as he stood there in the stance, holding the posture, his hands open and ready to intercept blows.

Tetsu’s ready posture was something that was more art form than practical as Aikido was more spiritually inclined than his self-defense form that he was more familiar with at this point. Tetsu held his posture, suddenly turning to Loki who had made an appearance and was jabbing at Claire trying to get a rouse out of her…which wasn’t all that hard to do to be quite honest. Tetsu couldn’t do anything but sigh and hold the posture as he figured the two giants of power would duke it out. Tetsu would be the first one to admit that he wasn’t all that strong. He didn’t have to be, since he wasn’t a straight up fighter to begin with. His balanced posture reflected this as he held his balance, flexing his fingers ever so slightly as he held them out in front of him. “Loki, Lay off it,” Tetsu would complain without looking her way as he would continue to hold his posture, turning on an axis to practice simple movement in the stance as he kept his body upright and calm while addressing Loki. Tetsu wasn’t in the mood to have a quarrel with either of them as he didn’t have any words to respond with, not really caring for Loki’s bullshit today, just like he didn’t have much time for Gosei’s either.

Alas his balanced stance, perfect for redirecting motion and countering held, spending a moment thinking about the ways to maneuver in the stance before exhaling and releasing it. Tetsu would cross his arms, hoping that Claire and Loki would to the very least be civil, and not obliterate him while he was trying to be relaxed…worst case scenario, he would be sweeping up ashes, best case, he would be calling the medical corp. “Please be calm down you two…” Tetsu would urge probably unheard as he would shake his head in annoyance muttering, “God what a pain…”

[Madame Loki]

Learning: 0/10

Katon no Jutsu (Fire Release Skill)
Rank: "C"
Skill: NinJutsu
Effect: ---
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: With this skill, or release, the user is now capable of using, and performing techniques that deal with the element of Fire. This means that any NinJutsu or specialized TaiJutsu that deals the Fire Release will need this in order to be performed correctly.
Limit: ---
Heat Mastery, when a user reaches to a point where they gain the full potential and understanding of fire and Heat the user is capable of many things. A technique such as this is a mastery of all Fire Techniques to where they do not have to worry about Minor Burns.

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Loki looked at Claire with a smile as she summoned her lighting sword. Loki would then dissolve he blade of earth, and then stared into Claire's red eyes. They were strange, and yet somehow familiar, she couldn't quite put her finger on it. She hadn't really paid much attention to her eyes the last they meet but they certainly were not red the entire time, "Bloodlimit, obviously... red eyes, tomoes... is she..." Before she could finish her thought she would turn her head over towards Tetsu, "Oh Tetsu don't be like that. I'm not going to hurt your girlfriend. I just wanna play a little. Isn't that right Claire? We're just going to play."

As Loki said this she started to focus chakra into the surface of her hand, as the chakra flowed across her hand, she began to move it rapidly. She didn't understand why, but when she looked at Claire especially her eyes, she became to filled with a burning desire to knock her down a peg. Loki had no idea where this feeling was coming from. She fires of her desires continued to burned, and as the fires in her soul burned so did the chakra that was gathering around her hand.

The chakra would continually become more and more excited. It would begin to move rapidly around and through itself, as the chakra rubbed against itself. She channeled her intentions into her hand, and then soon the a tiny flame would begin to flicker in the palm of her hand. Loki would look down at the flame for a moment, "Well, that's new... didn't know I could use fire. Seems the I have been blessed with another gift... but still, I am denied another. Claire before we begin can I ask you a question?" Loki would look at Claire with inquisitive eyes as she would still feel the light flames licking the surface of her palm.

As the heat came off of the small flame she would focus more chakra into the fire as it continued to skip across her palm. She would then move the flame around her hand with a smile, as she would continue to look into the mighty flame. Being this close to a flame, would cause most discomfort, and maybe even burn them, however this was not the case for Loki. Loki wiggled her fingers and pushed the flames in between them. What was once a tongue of flame became a line, that zigzagged through her fingers. The stream of flames then connected into a circle and began to spin horizontally.

"Those eyes... I know what they remind me of, I've never met my father, but I've heard stories of his eyes. Can you see the flow of magic, or chakra? Are those eyes of your's... the Sharigan?" Loki would ask plainly. Even if Claire didn't give her an affirmative answer, Loki would be able to deduce it herself once the fight began. She had her suspicions, but she had exactly been given a picture of her father and his Sharigan, she just got a general description, and Claire's eyes didn't exactly match up 100%... after all she was told her father had 3 tomoe circling his pupil. Loki could make some educated leaps, as to why that maybe the case, but she would rather have concrete information.

She would continue to move the flames in a circle over the palm of her hand. it was becoming a rather simple thing to do at this point. As the ring of fire swirled over her palm it would begin to shrink in size, and heat. It wasn't long before it was no more larger than silver dollar. She would clench her fist over the flames and they would disappear. She would open her hand hand once again, but this time when she opened it a sword of pure chakra would form and Loki would take hold of it. It was a dark purple in color, and had a black outline to it. Loki called it "Pillow Talk". Regardless of whether Claire had given her any kind of answer she would say, "Well now that out of the way... shall we begin?"

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Loki was playing with fire. Both literally and metaphorically. Claire had every intention to burn her to a crisp - only metaphorically. Since Loki decided against swordplay, the Sakurai scattered her blade back into its component fragments before sending them surging forth on a swirling cloud of stinging distraction. She was already following behind it, throwing up her leg in a curved sweep that dragged the rest of her body into the air with it.

"Got it in one! They aren't my mother's eyes, the eyes I spent my nights dreaming of, but the legacy of my father will do just as well against the likes of you!"

From that position she would swing down with a brutal axe kick a single meter from Loki's current position. The debris kicked up by the impact should obscure her vision further if she was arrogant enough to remain in place, which Claire halfway expected, but she felt it prudent to keep on the move, rolling into a handspring double-kick that would launch her through and past her opponent's position. If she moved, Claire would be freely mobile to handle any counter attacks. If not, she would find that the Sakurai's boots crushing against her breast was a painful experience that couldn't simply be phased through and would also disrupt her chakra, making it more difficult to cast her jutsu.

Swinging around harshly at the top of the Rokudaime's brow, she would immediately bring a cupped hand to her lips and blow a massive gout of flame back from whence she came. The explosion that came after would probably be visible in the Village below, but that wasn't important. What was important was that it would buy her more time obscured to reinforce herself physically and mentally without Loki seeing, boosting her attributes and covering herself with a nearly invisible barrier of chakra.

She was blowing through her reserves quickly doing this however, and it wasn't interacting well with the Primal Chakra coursing through her system. She was tiring out more quickly than she had estimated, and likely would't have more than a few seconds to continue the battle. That wasn't going to stop her from trying. Creating a fresh field of blossoms, she would scan with her enhanced vision for Loki, trying to determine how the bit - witch - could have avoided the blitzkrieg, as no doubt she had. Something like that wasn't going to down the aggravating thorn in the rose-maned girl's side so easily.

She was confident that nor would Loki be able to defeat her with any alacrity. Which meant a battle of attrition. One she was going to lose almost certainly given her quickly-deteriorating condition. The P.I.P.-Boy on her right wrist blared warnings as her pulse and blood pressure soared to dangerous levels, her nerves frazzling with an overload of energy while her chakra resources plummeted. The Sakurai ignored it. She was here with two medics, and her Captain back home was a third more skilled than either. She was in no real danger of anything more than a few days in bed.

[Shallistera]

tetsu +5, learned
loki +10, learned
sets +10, learned

[Madame Loki]

Learning: 0/10

Katon - Goukakyuu no Jutsu (Great Fireball Technique)
Rank: "C" "B" Rank
Skill: NinJutsu
Effect: The user is capable of performing a few handseals in which gives them the capability of blowing a large body of fire in size of a large sphere that has great fire proportions and explosive capabilities.
Special: "Handseals"
Drawback: Depending on the Rank, is dependent on how strong or how much the user is capable of doing with the Goukakyuu no Jutsu.
Description: The user quickly performs a few handseals. The user then places the hand over their mouth creating a small like circle. This technique in turn is then to help the user control the great flame. The use then blows out and creates a large fireball that twice the size of a normal human body. When the "C" Rank version is first learned the user is only capable of blowing out the Great Fireball that is cannot be moved or go anywhere else. This also means that the technique does not explode in a fiery explosion, but burns greatly to anyone that is caught within the technique. When the user learns the "B" Rank version then the user is capable blowing the Great Fireball into the distance, sending it away from the use it to hurl towards the very opponent. This technique is only capable of going into a straight line and this is capable of having the size three times the size of a human body. This technique when launched at an opponent then becomes dangerous because at this point the technique can explode causing damage that is even more devastating.
Limit: Must have the Fire Release
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"I see... I suppose that makes us cousins. How... unsurprising." Loki would say seemingly unfazed by this new bit of information. She lazily flicked her wrist as Claire's axe kick would come down. Loki didn't bother to move, and then kick would come down on top of a tenkai barrier. Loki would watch as the kicks collided against the barrier and would feel the power inn her blows. Loki smirked as Claire bounced back and launched out a Fire Ball at her. The fire ball would come close to connecting to Loki's barrier, but she would swipe her hand as the Tenkai barrier would release, and in turn push the Chakra of the Fire Ball jutsu away, dispersing it.

"My mother's family seems to want nothing more than to cause me pain, why should I expect any different from my father's side? Foolish and naive." Loki smirked at Claire and then brought her finger to her mouth much the same way Claire had done herself. Loki didn't have the Sharigan, but she was very good at copying what she saw none the less, and her knowledge of Chakra was matched by very few. The chakra gathered into her lungs as she took in her breath as her fingers came towards her mouth. It would seem as if she had performed the jutsu before, as she didn't even attempt to use Hand Seals.

As she drew in air she mixed it with the chakra in her lungs. The Chakra along with the air became excited as Loki used the chakra to rapidly move the molecules that were inside of the air. This excitement would build up the heat she was producing in her lungs, and as quickly as she drew in the air, that air became super heated and was begging to be released. Loki would give the air exactly want it wanted. She would being to the blow the super heated air out from her lungs at Claire's direction.

As the air would begin to pass over her lips, a thin layer of chakra would begin to form. This was not only to help protect her mouth from the fire that was to come, but to also, provide more friction for the air to give the final push that it needed to spark to a stream of flame. The air would hit the chakra layer and flames would begin to shoot out of Loki's mouth. The flames blazed as Loki poured her chakra into the flames to increase it's intensity. Every bit of air that she had gathered was rapidly leaving from her lungs.

That super heated air burst into flames as it left Loki's lips and headed towards her cousin. The last bit of flames would leave her lips. Loki's pursed lips would turn into a smirk, as flickering bits of flames would flicker out the side of her mouth. She would lick her lips, "Well that wasn't exactly the same. But I think I get the gist of it. Interesting." Loki would take in a breath and then let out a sigh. As she let the sigh out sparks of flame and a bit of smoke would follow. Loki would begin to giggle, as she she stood there defiantly, almost mockingly, and stared at Claire, "Any more goodies you want to show me?"

[Ace Detective Nara]

[Switching this to my RP thread]

Tetsu didn't quite know what to do for his friends as they went pretty all out as far as he was concerned, fighting each other pretty avidly as he backed up trying not to get involved, as he was a bit too lazy for that. What was the point of getting into a conflict that you weren't part of after all. Claire was pretty good at fighting, much better than he was, so he would put his faith in her ability to not get completely destroyed by Loki. She was the fighter after all, he was but a forensics analyst in the end. Tetsu backed up, sitting down and enjoying the show as he weaved a few hand seals, letting his shadowy tendrils rise up from his shadow if Claire needed some last minute assistance, but as far as this fight went Tetsu was just going to protect himself and keep Claire from getting hurt too badly.