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This one was going to be harder than the prior attack, one false move and Yoko could mistakenly kill the woman, perhaps she’d even offer up her own life in protection for the feline, their mastery over the charm genjutsu was simply that strong. There was also the chance that the feline could vent its rage killing the woman, so Yoko had to be careful about how close the arrow came, close enough to scare, but still not kill.
She closed a single eye and measured her breath carefully aiming as per usually before releasing the arrow. The arrow dipped low, knocking the bell of the animal’s collar and scaring it away once more, as per the expected result the genjutsu broke all but instantly the woman was no longer in a docile state instead she was enraged looking frantically around whilst screaming that she would kill whoever shot the arrow. A hero seldom gained the praise they truly deserved.
Yoko made off once more before the woman could find her, knowing that there would be more adversaries to hunt down in the vicinity. Soon the whole village would know, that there was no place for these deadly predators, that a hero was always watching, waiting to put a stop to their nefarious schemes. Had the woman taken the time to look she would have noted the message attached the arrow, instilled with the smouldering hatred that welled up in Yoko’s heart it simply read: Dogs rule!
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After a brief moment of searching she once again encountered a predator, this time it was a ninja cat, Yoko could tell from its distinct markings, small dots around the eyes, and well the fact that it wore clothing and carried a small arsenal of weaponry. Once more she carefully consecrated adding part of her soul to the arrow, in the form of a message “Cats suck!”. Attacking a ninja cat was somewhat harder but still the same general concept, there was just an increased chance of reprisal.
So, Yoko thought it prudent to pin the critter to the ground by way of its clothing, by shooting her round upwards she could calculate the arc, so that the arrow was traveling at a greater angle to the horizontal element, in this case, the floor, in doing so the vertically traveling arrow could clearly penetrate the item of clothing without killing the beast. Of course, to a skilled marksman this task was relatively easy, so within a breath, she had shot the round upwards on its trajectory.
As expected the arrow rained down from above catching the creature off guard, and pinning it to the floor. The creature was now riddled with fear, Yoko could tell by its cat-like calls, its body was practically trembling. Yoko’s maniacal laughter filled the air, for this has been quite the victory. She burst off along the rooftops and into yet another alley, keen to avoid any potential backlash from the ninja cat. In doing so she had struck fear into the ninja cat community, showing them that they were not above the law in Yoko’s town.
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The arrow that held the cat in place must have come loose, because it wasn’t long before it was on Yoko’s trail hissing and snarling, in short it was showing its true coolers. Fortunately, Yoko still had her bow in hand, so was able to turn on her heal and rapidly fire off an arrow, towards the cat but first she needed a clear line of sight. While she was adding part of her rage to the weapon, Johan would keep the opponent occupied, darning back down the alley to engage the cat in close quarters combat.
Deft fingers fed a new arrow to the string, and with a swift motion saw it fire off towards the cat, or to be exact the katana it held between its paws. The arrow whizzed past Johan leaving the large hyena unphased, but stuck true on the cat’s katana the force of which disarmed it, and sent it reeling. However it would not be afforded much time to think let alone act, as Johan’s attack followed shortly afterwards.
Yoko prepared and shot yet another arrow before the cat was able to act, for she knew its instinct was to draw yet more weaponry. As expected the panicked feline attempted to draw a kunai, which was promptly shot from its paw by the arrow the youth had just discharged. With such an impressive display it was little wonder that the cat elected to use the shunshin Jutsu to escape, darting off into the shadows.
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For the time being Yoko thought it wise to retreat to her training area, clearly the attacks had been having a greater effect, but still, there was something missing. She needed to strengthen her hatred of these creatures, to the point that mere contact with a fragment of her soul was enough to significantly damage them. At present, her hate was causing little more than an allergic reaction, not nearly enough power to be considered a true improvement.
Upon her arrival, the youth saw fit to consult the arena’s extensive supply of scrolls: surely at least one of them would refer to this technique and offer some form of instruction above and beyond simply ‘fire over and over’. So, she placed her bow on a small table and pulled up a chair, consulting the literature. The documents were helpful, but finding the correct section to use consumed quite a bit of time, but once she found the appropriate part she was pleased to discover that not only did they have a description but also pictures.
After digging her way through the content of the scroll, the youth felt that she should be able to replicate the technique to a high degree of accuracy. So, took up her position in the hall, bow in hand. She closed her eyes for a brief moment as she visualised the information she had previously read, gathering her hatred as she did so. Once she was fully prepared she activated the mechanism as per usual, and a dummy sprang into life darting towards her.
With a swift action, she fired off an arrow, striking true on the dummy and visibly pushing it back, even if it was only a few centimetres. Yet she did not have time to reflect on her handy work instead she turned to the next target, it was darting towards her like its comrade, but again she fired. A similar result occurred with the arrow hitting the target zone right between the eyes. There was, however, a notable difference only two arrows in and she was starting to slow, perhaps the drain of spiritual energy was depleting her more than usual.
Like before she progressed to the next target, and launched arrow an arrow once again. She continued to hold her bow in a readied position, unaware of how many of the time delayed targets were still to spring into life. While she waited for the next to spur into action she allowed her eyes to focus on her handy work from the previous shots. All perfect shots, but then again she was an accomplished marksman: she rarely missed.
However, her keen sense of action was not misplaced, with another dummy springing to life. If she had let her guard down, it would have probably struck her with its wooden sword, but fortunately, she had maintained her vigilance. And so she struck it directly between the eyes with an arrow, the end of which still sizzled with her hatred. In a rather unusual turn of events the youth fired off an additional arrow, this time at the midsection of the target, was it required?
No, the target had stopped upon receiving the required amount of force; so why did she do it? Perhaps it was a by-product of her channelling her wraith into a tangible form? Whatever the cause was, it would have to be adjusted if the technique were to be used in battle. A wasted arrow could spell death for an archer, not to mention the depletion of energy reserves, the technique might not have consumed much in the way of chakra but prolonged use would certainly take a toll.
She took a step back, now confident that the machine had stopped its motions. Lowering her bow she pondered deeply about how to apply the technique on the field of battle. The application of this skill could increase her stopping power but at a price. She would have to be rather selective in its use, not just firing it aimlessly at targets but rather using a measured approach. That being said if she were to use it with her rapid-fire techniques she could probably bring down a large foe in a few seconds. Impressive stuff no matter how you thought of it.
She positioned herself once more, readying the bow, but rather than shooting at the targets immediately this time she considered how the technique made her feel, could she separate part of her soul that did not depend on hate? Could a bane be said to be anything but hateful energy? She was certainly having a difficult time extracting the essence when she tried to perform the technique in this manner, but the added benefit of not clouding her senses surely made it the better alternative if she could employ it successfully.
Instead of negative or positive energy, she instead channelled pure untainted power into it, a substance rather similar to chakra. It was not long before the arrow was shrouded in this energy taking on a faint glow, perhaps a byproduct of the new process. This time when she fired it off, the dummy shook almost falling off the mechanism that held it in place, surely this increase in power was what she had been searching for?
Speed still seemed to be an issue: Yoko would not have all day to imbue her arrows, no she needed to maintain the rate of fire that she prided herself on, so in order to achieve this, she needed to imbue the arrow in less than half a second. To achieve this aim she drew yet another arrow and began to rub it between her fingers, pouring the energy into it in a similar manner as to before, but at an accelerated rate.
This time there was no hue, perhaps its power was not fully charged? There was only one way to be sure. The youth fired it off at a dummy and observed its impact, this time it made almost no noise on impact, but found itself deeply embedded in the target. It was for all intent and purposes a silent kill, had this been a battlefield, the enemy would have been dead, and his comrades would have been unaware of who committed the act, the perfect technique.
Outflank Rank: "D" Skill: Supplementary Effect: User looks for every edge when flanking an enemy. Special: --- Drawback: --- Description: Whenever the user and an ally who also has this technique are flanking the same creature, the user's flanking bonus on attack damage is equal to +2 Armour Points in Weapon Damage. In addition, whenever the user is able to make a full attack (non-grazing attack) against the flanked creature, it provokes an attack of opportunity from the user's ally allowing the ally to make a single movement attack without having to sacrifice any of their movements. Limit: Must learn from Universal TaiJutsu.
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Flanking an opponent was a common strategy, even a skilled fighter finds it difficult to react when they have to keep track of multiple opponents who threaten them, all the while they skirt around their range of vision. How should one react when turning to find out what an opponent is doing behind you leaves your front exposed for a deadly strike? Was certainly a troublesome question, and one that Yoko was more than prepared to exploit.
By honing her skills she intended to exploit the opportunity attack provided by this small vantage. Furthermore, when trying to guard a larger surface area with the same amount of defensive capabilities it is enviable that the coverage is spread thin: if you only have to protect your face you have a higher probability of doing so than if you must protect your face and body, and so on and so forth. By exploiting this common sense weakness. Yoko could make her own attacks and her accomplices’ even deadly.
In essence, all they had to do is attack the chinks in the opponents armour, to exploit a miss step or misplaced arm. A glance over the shoulder was all she needed to strike, and with her companion along side her she had more than enough opportunity to draw the attention of her opponent. And if not? Well, it meant that they had free rein to attack unabated.
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Tracking Basics Rank: "C" Always 20 Training Points Skill: Supplementary Effect: No Quarry's secrets are safe from the user's acute senses. Special: --- Drawback: --- Description: User gains a +1 per die roll when learning the skill. Further, user gains a +10 synergy bonus with Tracking checks from their Observation skill if they have 25 points in Observation. Finally, when user makes a Tracking check, user may also determine whether the target has lost any vitality, is wounded, as well as any conditions user possessed when the user made the trail. Limit: Must learn from Universal Miscellaneous. Must have Tracking (15 Points).
Tracking, what did Yoko really know about it all? Well, it turned out she had been raised in an Inuzuka clan, so quite a lot. She stood next to her hulking companion stroking the side of his fur as she remised about her youth. Tracking was, of course, the ability to observe an animals tracks and other basic signs in other to develop an understanding of what had occurred in the vicinity, normally in an attempt to track a quarry.
Due to the nature in which this whole thing worked a certain level of knowledge was required to accurately track someone, above and beyond simple observation. For example, the skill required to distinguish footprints was a vital one, could you determine the difference between a walking dear and a wild cat? A rather fundamental skill that one would hope even a novice could understand, but still an important one else you ran the risk of becoming the prey yourself.
Then there was an additional level of complexity that could be factored into a tracking assignment, often it was not simply about looking at an element in isolation such as the footprints or lack of them but also the environment around the ranger. The lack of wildlife in a densely populated area indicated that something or someone could have disturbed them for example. As such it paid to consider the larger picture when it came to tracking, often asking why would my quarry venture in this direction.
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The presence of meat or the remnants of bodies can also be a key guide in tracking, and Yoko was only too aware of this. After making camp for the night a shinobi was well advised to erase their presence from the area, assuming they were in a hostile environment else risk being tracked by a rival villages shinobi. The presence of furs, feathers, could also help to build up an idea of what occurred on a given patch: the bear she was tracking had recently rubbed itself against this tree for example
Together these elements were commonly known as spoor, and with a keen sense of smell offered to her and her companion from her clan’s genetics, she was indeed able to capitalise on the odours left behind by a passing creature. A hyena’s sense of smell is so acute that it could track blood from quite the distance away for example. And Yoko could use this skill in combination with her own keen observations to estimate the condition of a quarry.
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Improved Great Fortitude Rank: "D" Skill: Supplementary Effect: User can draw upon an inner reserve to resist diseases, poisons, and other grievous harm. Special: --- Drawback: --- Description: Once per day, the user may reroll a Fortitude save. User must take the second roll, even if it is worse. Limit: Must learn from Universal Miscellaneous. Must know Great Fortitude.
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Disease? What was that the idea was almost completely foreign to Yoko, bred out of her over generations of interclan breeding. For on the great rolling savannas those of weak fortitude quickly died off, this was after all a clan that specialised in eating raw carrion. If the meat had contained diseases or infections the weakest of Inuzuka would have died off, leaving only the strongest to survive and pass on their natural resistance.
Yoko was no different, she was exceptionally resistant to natural diseases, as for poison and grievous harm, well they were slightly different could one really breed a resistance to either? If it were possible the Inuzuka certainly had not succeeded in doing so, yes their rugged lifestyle have arguably increased their resistance to physical damage but was it over and above the hardships endured by a ninja, doubtful. Rather Yoko relied on a hybrid approach, a marriage of raw genetic superiority and hard training.
Through frequent exposure to poisons, and abstract creations she was starting to build up a natural resistance. And had recently noted that it was exceptionally rare for her to be effective in an extremely negative manner by the elements at the local alchemist lab, many of which were toxic to hold in one’s hands. Yoko could only theorise that this would aid her in the battlefield where a certain level of physical fortitude was required for force marches and the like.
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Grim Determination Rank: "D" Skill: Supplementary Effect: When others turn and flee in the face of overwhelming odds, user has only just begun to fight. Special: --- Drawback: --- Description: When exposed to chakra fear, something inside the user snaps and fills them with an even greater determination to overcome their foes. When the user makes a successful save against any fear effect, the user gains a +2 competence bonus to weapon damage against the source of fear. This bonus lasts until the encounter ends or until the user misses another save against fear. After missing a fear save, the user cannot use this technique for 24 hours as their self-confidence is too rattled for the user to focus themselves. Limit: Must learn from Universal Miscellaneous. Must know Fearless.
00/10 +2tp for being C-ranked.
Genjutsu, illusionary magic debilitating stuff, it could bring even a battle-hardened foe to their knees and reach havoc amongst the enemies back lines. All the more reason to bolster one’s defenses against the fool stuff, Yoko had no intention of breaking down on a battlefield, to be stuck in a delusion of a grass field, whilst her friends died all around her. No instead she had built up a level of determination, and as it turned out this was the most important factor when dealing with genjutsu.
Well, that and a bit of luck. But still, the determination to continue fighting regardless of what illusions are presented on the battlefield is a sizable boon, many people lacked the courage to jump through illusionary fire, or to stand fast in the face of a towering dragon. If Yoko could tap into her inner determination and hatred of chakra induced fear in general then surely she could use it as a miniature version of the bane technique she had just learned.
In so much as her actual attacks would carry more weight, perhaps due to some supernatural reason, but being able to increase ones damage in the middle of a life and death battle was certainly an ability that the youth was keen to learn, and one that she would no doubt have to train and work on for the rest of her life. After all, who knew when a fight would break out, they were after all shinobi’s living in a kill-or-be-killed-world.
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Mind's Eye Rank: "C" Always 20 Training Points Skill: Supplementary Effect: Gain an additional resistance to GenJutsu. Special: --- Drawback: --- Description: Gain an additional +2 to Will saves against the effects of GenJutsu. This additional modifier stacks with Iron Will. Limit: Must learn from Universal Miscellaneous.
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Yoko took a moment to read over a scroll from the library the past techniques focusing on increasing one's mental resistance were fairly straightforward they increased the power of one’s will and thus resistance against not just genjutsu and other chakra induced visions but also real world phenomena like a particularly gory battle, after all with a weak state of mind the sight of a decapitated person’s head screaming aloud due to some incantation was more than enough to break some people.
Instead, however, this technique seemed to deal with a clarity of mind, or rather the mind’s eye, Yoko took this to mean the ability to view the world for what it truly was, which was distinctly different from the aforementioned strength of will training that a shinobi would normally undergo. No, this training wouldn’t be as effective with other tasks such as those that required concentration, in order to maintain, but as a trade off it did make one make effective against the horrors of the real world.
The youth grasped at the scroll and read through it intently things were certainly taking an interesting turn but how to unlock this power? After all one couldn’t’ simply put two fingers on their forehead and cry “open third eye” such an idea was crazy, to say the least. No instead she had to devise a clever method in which she could perceive things for what they truly were, in the latter example, an animated corpse designed to invoke fear rather than the remains of a comrade.
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Both views were after all true, but just from a different perspective. So, in short, the youth had to shift her perspective so that she was more logical? Yoko couldn’t help but ponder if this was indeed the case, did she simply have to view things under the cold harsh light of strict logic? If so it would be a rather tall task for the young shinobi, she had after all struggled in the past, to tell the truth from delusion.
But perhaps this made her all the stronger, due to her derangement she had been battling strange fears for quite some time, and as she liked to think of it, she had simply seen beyond the veil. She had seen the great horrors of the beyond, so while others ridiculed her for being ‘insane’ she could actually take the view that she was already viewing the world for what it really was, a cold cruel place, that tries to beat one to their knees.
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