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[Ace Detective Nara]

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Psychological Profiling
Rank: "C"
Skill: Supplementary
Effect: Psychologists and psychiatrists can link visible evidence to personality types.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: As a science, it is not exact. Characters can ask for psychological profiles, but only in big events. The Ninja use profiling when there is no main suspect. The ANBU is the biggest user of profiling; its own study found that only seventeen percent of cases were solved by the use of profiling. Profilers draw most of their evidence from the scene of the crime. It is not unusual for profilers to disagree. Example profiles include:
An urbane intellectual who is a manipulation freak.
A blue-collar worker of low intelligence and no remorse.
A victim of great personal loss or anguish connected with the MO.
An antisocial personality looking to articulate themselves.

These would be good profiles to receive if the user is a character assigned to a case. They represent a big clue from the person telling the story. When writing a story, a Game Master needs to think about the psychology of their criminals; however, in game, a Game Master should not want to give too much away too soon. In reality, profiling adds flavor rather than facts. Profiling only gives clues and signals, not a detailed description (for example, the suspect is a highly intelligent person, etc.) By using Sense Motive -40, and Evidence Analysis -40, the user can gain the flavorful insight of a target.
Limit: Must learn from Universal Miscellaneous. Must know Evidence Analysis (20 Points). Must know Sense Motive (20 Points).

It was about 6:30 AM when Tetsu finally made it to the scene of what had clearly been a crime. Tetsu sighed as he lifted his steaming cup of coffee to his lips and let the warm liquid run down his throat as his footsteps could be heard along the wooden floor boards of the house. Tetsu was an acute faced fellow with rectangular glasses stationed on the thin bridge of his nose. He wore a white button down shirt with a pocket and his KMP detective’s badge hanging lazily clipped to it. “Detective Tetsu Nara, Konoha Military Police,” It would read. He wore a navy parka that had read KMP in big white letters, acknowledging his position. “What do we have here?” Tetsu asked with a yawn as he approached the living room that housed a pair of cold bodies and splattered blood along the coffee table that they seemed to have fallen around. He was not in the mood to deal with dead bodies, but alas here he was. “Do you have a couple suspects?” Tetsu asked the captain in charge of the investigation as he would straighten the black tie around his neck.

He received a curt nod from the fellow as he would nod his head to the three individuals outside that were being watched by the officers. “Those three each were house workers that were present during the time of the murder, but the thing is they all seem to have an alibi.” The Captain stated in a matter of fact tone. “Here I’ll talk to them, have the officers bring them to me one at a time outside, I’ll do my best Captain.” Tetsu finished as he walked outside of the building before sitting out on the porch at a table that seemed fairly comfortable, even though it was right next to the street. Tetsu looked over to the officers, and at first they sent over one of the three, and the one that seemed most content to work with them. The fellow was older, well dressed, and seemed very organized. In fact, Tetsu couldn’t see a spec of dirt upon his clothing, which made it hard to imagine this fellow bludgeoning the family to death. Well, to the very least, it implied that he didn’t have a hand in the physical murder of the family inside. “Greetings Officer, my name is Oliver,” the fellow began as Tetsu watched the fellow’s clean gloved hands fold tightly in front of him without touching the table. He was immaculate, and it let Tetsu to believe, at least for the time being, that his fellow was indeed probably suffering from an extreme case of OCD. “Ah…Well it’s nice to meet you Oliver,” Tetsu offered as he extended his hand to the fellow.

The cleanly fellow refused the handshake. “I’m sorry, but I don’t much like being touched…I suppose that comes with being the butler and janitor of the home.” The fellow began as Tetsu slowly took his hand back from the fellow. “I guess so…” Tetsu grumbled as he let his arms rest on the table. An office walked over with the case file that had been drawn up so far, which Tetsu took earnestly and looked though quickly before returning to the suspect. “So, you’re the butler for the Takemori’s, as you said cleanliness would be part of your job.” He mention as he would sigh. The bodies had not turned up any fingerprints, blood, DNA, nothing. Tetsu could tell that the cleanliness of the fellow and the lack of DNA could indeed be a link, but he was never one to be sure when it came to psychologically understanding the fellow. He was OCD, his straight posture seemed to show he was proud of himself, or was very self-confident. He was curt in conversation, and seemed to not be lying, or to the very least was very use to lying if that was indeed the circumstance. His left hand bulged under his glove, showing a hand deformity, possibly an injury that he was ashamed of, as most perfectionists might be of a deforming wound. Tetsu profiled the fellow as he did his best to write down his findings.

[Spectre of the Falls(Kuroki)]

+10 TP Learned

[Shin'ichi]

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Observation
Rank: "E"
Skill: Skill
Effect: This skill focuses certain powers of observation - sight, smell, hearing, and touch.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: Can be learned by an Animal. A failed check indicates that the character is oblivious until the thing is pointed out to him. This skill is important for ferreting out advancing enemies or ambushes, generally real-time events and actions occurring, versus scrutiny, which covers static objects or areas. A Game Master may roll an Observation skill check for a Character any time there is an NPC, monster, event or happening that a character might notice, even if he did not specifically state that he is monitoring his surroundings. Characters are capable of noticing any event within their perception. Observation reveals only facts, not motivation. If user has 25 or more Ranks in Evidence Analysis user gains a Synergy Bonus +10 to Observation. Each time learned user gets 1 die roll to increase the skill.
Limit: ---

Shin'ichi being the alley dweller he is is squatting on the balls of his feet watching from the shadows. hes been their almost all day, granted he left for bathroom and food breaks and right after he left to get some food from the closest general store He finds that the house that was right across the street from the narrow alley way had huge amounts of police Nin surrounding the building, people crowding it trying to get the scoop on what happened. "Now I'm defiantly not leaving this alley, hate the bloody press" said Shin'ichi under his breath. Shin'ichi begins to climb up the thin alley way to get a better picture. He finds him self perched on an odd outcropping between the two buildings watching as some kind of detective wearing a funny looking coat in the middle of summer. Shin'ichi couldn't talk he was wearing a long grey trench coat. Shin'ichi notices that the detective seems to have set aside 3 people "they must be the suspects!" Shin'ichi says out loud. they all were a bit to far away to really see any special traits but besides the gentleman the detective pulled away first the rest look a bit skittish.

[Ace Detective Nara]

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SP: 35/125
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Evidence Analysis
Rank: "E"
Skill: Skill
Effect: A skill to identify and categorize evidence.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: The Evidence Analysis skill spotlights large-scale inspections, ranging from wide collections of interviews to long information tours. The Evidence Analysis skill is used to "canvass" an area (i.e. interview many people in a short time, seeking information about specific topics or suspicious behavior). It’s also used to tell whether someone has searched an area or body before the user, and to research topics. This skill is common among police, field operatives, amateur and professional researchers, and other inquisitive archetypes. If user has 25 or more Ranks in History, Local (Specific Country) user gains a Synergy Bonus +10 to Evidence Analysis to Profile, and gain Information on people. If user has 25 or more Ranks in Evidence Analysis user gains a Synergy Bonus +10 to Ballistics, Blood Spatter Analysis, Cultures (When gaining Information on Others), DNA Profiling, Know Ability, Observation, and Sense Motive. Each time learned user gets 1 die roll to increase the skill.
Limit: ---

Tetsu sighed as he concluded his discussion with the suspects, and found all of them to be lacking in the ability or motive to kill the family inside. The butler was too much of a neat freak to leave such a mess. The chef was homophobic, and nanny had been out with their child, who was not present at the time. Each of these people had the opportunity, but lacked any of the other real solid motive. What interested in was that the butler said that the master of the house was having troubles at his company, which proved that there might be a connection there, but it was nothing solid. Tetsu would have to go back inside and investigate a bit more. Looking at the crime scene, one would clearly think that they both collided and hit their heads upon the coffee table. Tetsu knelt down, donning some elastic gloves. Feeling the head wound of the woman first, he could tell that the wound was much more round in shape, still blunt force trauma, but definitely not caused by an edge, rather a rounded object, say a bat.

Tetsu did the same with the male, and found similar evidence to say that they had indeed been bludgeoned, but not by this table, at least not initially. Their bodies also seemed to have taken extensive damage. The woman’s body was covered with bruises, as if it had been beaten multiple times. This was something that probably wouldn’t have been recognized until the autopsy, had Tetsu not taken the liberty of looking at the woman’s wrist, which had been broken, probably from some of this extreme damage. It was strange though, that being said, the bodies were not brutalized, and their faces were still recognizable. When most people do such a thing to a body, it is a personal vendetta of some kind, and they normally deform the body, but this didn’t seem to be the case. “Strange.” Tetsu commented as he walked outside again and into an alleyway beside the house to look inside their trash can. He probably looked like he was rummaging through the trash, but in actuality he was looking for something specific.

[Kinzoku]

Shin +5 TP || +8 SP
Tetsu +5 TP || +5 SP

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[Shin'ichi]

TP: 0/5
SP: 8/125
Observation
Rank: "E"
Skill: Skill
Effect: This skill focuses certain powers of observation - sight, smell, hearing, and touch.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: Can be learned by an Animal. A failed check indicates that the character is oblivious until the thing is pointed out to him. This skill is important for ferreting out advancing enemies or ambushes, generally real-time events and actions occurring, versus scrutiny, which covers static objects or areas. A Game Master may roll an Observation skill check for a Character any time there is an NPC, monster, event or happening that a character might notice, even if he did not specifically state that he is monitoring his surroundings. Characters are capable of noticing any event within their perception. Observation reveals only facts, not motivation. If user has 25 or more Ranks in Evidence Analysis user gains a Synergy Bonus +10 to Observation. Each time learned user gets 1 die roll to increase the skill.
Limit: ---

Shin'ichi was absorbed by the sight of the silly detective searching the house through one of the windows, It never crossed his mind that he could be seen as a suspect if he hide on the house looking and spying on the detective doing his work. He watches the detective as he slowly makes his way into the back alley where Shin'ichi was perched on the ledge of the house and he reached for his blade to try and calm himself before he jumps. his breathe was still and the air seemed to choke him as he waited for the detective to walk out of the back alley. Shin'ichi being the idiot he is decides to actually look down at the stupid detective as he rummaged around in the trash for something but he was being very selective, where shin'ichi saw some pretty hard evidence to probably pin it on one of the suspects like a couple photos that seemed to be taken no where near the leaf village, but the detective just threw them aside and continued to search. "this guy must be nuts, geez" says shin'ichi accidentally thinking aloud. He quickly shuts his mouth and jumps down from his perch and out of the alleyway.

[Spectre of the Falls(Kuroki)]

+5 TP + 4 SP Learned
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[Ace Detective Nara]

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Chakra Armour
Rank: "D"
Skill: NinJutsu
Effect: A form of Armour made of Force.
Special: ---
Drawback: Does not stack with Armour.
Description: A personal or touched based technique. The Duration of the Jutsu is 5 minutes per Class Level. An invisible but tangible field of force surrounds the subject. It provides them Armour giving them a hardness bonus of +6. As a force effect, this armour bonus applies normally against touch attacks and attacks from incorporeal creatures.
Limit: Must be a Shape Transformation Specialist. Must know Chakra Armour, Minor.

Tetsu was looking for what would have been the murder weapon, which he came across fairly quickly…a bloody picture frame, which explained the strange bludgeoning shapes of the wounds. Tetsu was about to return when he heard something behind him and his defensive instincts kicked in. His chakra began to flood around his body in a fashion that would mimic a sort of armor that would try to cover his body. It was a technique that cloaked his body in a thin invisible layer of chakra that worked much like a bullet proof vest. It would keep out projectiles, and maybe even work against some other attacks. Heck, Tetsu thought it might even work against chakra attacks. It was like a battle ready response. “Who is there?” He asked turning to face the rough looking fellow that was surely standing behind him. It was not a good place to be in when facing an officer trained in hand to hand combat and ninjutsu of the like, and a Chuunin no less.

His armor was shimmering over his body, and those that could see chakra like Claire would be able to see that. It gave his body a sense of durability; which was quite the defense indeed. It was almost like extra flak armor to add to his flak vest. He got into a defensive stance as he looked over the fellow he was taking on. His defenses were all activated, his body was reacting on its own. Tetsu thought about reaching for his badge, but did he really need to? His uniform was one after all. He felt like his body was much harder with the chakra. He mentally focused on the armor for a brief moment before he moved forward. He was going to have to be proactive. He would defend himself with as much posture and grace as he could. It was time for some action.

“Hey hold up,” Tetsu shouted a bit as he felt his chakra flowing around his body like a nice cool stream. He was going into combat more often after all now that he was cleared to take on more dangerous missions with his team. He could feel his more durable body protecting itself as he guarded himself against whatever attack the fellow might throw. The chakra armor had to become an instinctive response verse something he cast like a wizard or something dumb like that. He would have to keep on his toes as an officer, especially if he wanted to become a captain. It was time to throw down.

[Nira]

Oi, magic ain't dumb. It's pretty and beautiful!

+10, learned. You're a bit harder to break, now.

[Ace Detective Nara]

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Name: Muscle immobilizer
Rank: C
Skill: Taijutsu
Effect: The user strikes the opponents muscles, paralyzing the hit muscles for a short while.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: The user lashes out with the baton, aiming at a large muscle group. If it hits then said muscle group is immobilized for one turn.
Limit: Must be a part of the KMP and own a KMP baton.

Tetsu was holding his breath as he turned to face the fellow who was approaching him. Tetsu at this same moment made a realization. He heard someone breaking a glass bottle behind him as he turned to find the maid from before coming at him from behind as he only had enough time to draw and extend his police baton. In this moment his attention was completely averted from the fellow to his new attacker, and would remain that way probably until he tied up what was transpiring. She seemed to think that Tetsu was coming upon the truth of the events of the home and had taken some action herself to stop him. She jabbed at him with the shape top half of the bottle she had chosen as her make shift weapon, which invoked a response in Tetsu. He blocked the attack using his 360 degree defense. He used his free left hand and pushed the bottle arm inward as he took his baton and struck the larger muscle groups on the woman’s right bicep. It was an accurate strike, only meant to paralyze the limb for a moment so that she would drop the weapon. This paralysis would also make the nest part much easier.

Now with the opening present, and with the limb paralyzed, he would be able to take the opportunity to grab the woman’s arm and pull it to the side so that he could take his attacking right arm and strike some openings. Had he been holding a knife this would have been a much more devastating attack; however he was being kind to the assailant. He was now offered a large deal of openings as he would take his baton and smacked it with deadly accuracy. He didn’t aim for her head or somewhere that he could kill her with, but instead again targeted the larger muscle groups of the body. There were clusters of nerves in the body that he could target to result in a particularly painful debilitating strike. He felt the metal infused rod strike its target as the woman crumpled to her knees as one of her legs blew out from under her. He could have also attacked her ankle and swept her with the stick, but he felt this would result in a much more controlled position. Striking her leg was an easy way of knocking her down to the ground so that he would take her on and subdue her rather than attacking her further.

The concept of striking and paralyzing limbs is a technique that the KMP has grown to use quite often. He would after this attack move past the arm, doing a yonkyo takedown, forcing the fellow to the ground. He wasn’t going to be doing much more after this as he pressed the shoulder joint into the ground, twisting it to get the tension. He would smack her with his baton a bit on her legs to see if he could keep her legs immobile while he controlled the woman as best he could. It was about this time that he felt a bit awkward…the fellow had just watched a fight in an alleyway. It was tough. Keeping here there for a moment, but at least for these next couple minutes he felt comfortable possibly. He would keep his eyes focused on the fellow as he would hope he would respond to his comments before too long. It was strange indeed.

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[Ace Detective Nara]

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Name: Bone breaker
Rank: C
Skill: Taijutsu
Effect: The user smacks as hard as possible with the baton, attempting to break bones
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: The user hits the target as hard as possible, attempting to break a bone. At the first attempt there is a 50% chance the targeted bone will snap. Subtract 10% from this percentage for every rank the target is above the difficulty class of the user and add 10% for every rank the target is under the difficulty class of the user. If the user fails to break a bone on the first try every consecutive strike on the same area increases the chance of that bone snapping by 20%. When the user hits a target with this strike but doesn’t break a bone it will just hurt very bad.
Limit: Must be a part of the KMP and own a KMP baton.

Tetsu would have had the situation under control, except for the fact that after he subdued woman was taken care of, Tetsu felt someone push him down to the ground. Being trained in Aikido, Tetsu gracefully rolled in order to turn and face his new attacker. The woman was spending some time recovering; however now she was joined by the butler, who was clearly looking to fight with him too for whatever reason. “Gosh what is up with you all?” He asked with despair as he got his baton ready to take on both of these individuals. It was at this point that he realized he would probably have to really take out one of these individuals. He figured if he hit them well enough he might be able to break a bone or two. If he applied enough force, he would be able to easily snap a bone. He was met with a quick tackle as the fellow seemed to want to come at him now that he had shown himself to be the accomplice. Tetsu took his baton and let his eyes wander to his target. Using his free hand to swing his baton at the fellow’s left shoulder, he put all his weight behind the blow.

He hoped that this attack would be enough for the fellow to let go of him as he smashed his shoulder blade, putting his weight all into the blow. It was his goal to take out this fellow’s shoulder. It was his best bet of being freed from the takedown attempt as he would throw two quick blows in succession. It was going to hurt a lot, and would probably crack his bones with ease. He could hear the crunch of the fellow’s shoulder blade as he crumpled to the floor and his partner came to try to help him out. Tetsu was feeling a bit more confident as he tried to swing again at her head but she ducked and got a good body strike on him. He stumbled a little bit, but was trying to keep his defense up as she threw some strikes that he did his best to defend against. He kept his focus on throwing devastating blows at this point as he looked over to see the older butler getting up, holding his arm in pain as he seemed fairly pissed off. Tetsu just couldn't help but cause problems wherever he went.

Taking his baton, he would now throw some offensive strikes, swinging it back and forth in a fluid nature, trying to hit soft muscles before throwing a devastating attack in tandem. It was a strategy to keep the opponent guessing as to which strikes really held the intent to break bones. He could see the butler fiddling for a knife with his still good arm as he dealt with this woman. He decided to perform a similar maneuver to his last attack to this woman, but this time he would be breaking her kneecaps. It was going to be quite painful indeed, but he was a much more skilled fighter, and was clearly at the advantage here. Doing his move and swinging towards her knees, he would hear a nice snap once again as the woman would cry out in pain and would crumple forward. Tetsu had effectively neutralized her, now he would have to address the fellow who was indeed wounded, but now had a weapon as well. He would have to finish him off quickly.

[Kinzoku]

+10 TP [LEARNED]

[Ace Detective Nara]

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Name: Baton stab
Rank: C
Skill: Taijutsu
Effect: The user stabs the target with the baton between the ribs or in the stomach.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: Instead of simply whacking away, the KMP officer neatly stabs with the tip of his club, aiming at the stomach or the ribs. If it hits the user will slam all of the air out of the target’s lung. It will take three rounds for the opponent to catch his breath again, minus one round for every difficulty class that the target is above the rank of this strike.
Limit: Must be a part of the KMP and own a KMP baton.

The butler was not yielding either. All these fairly aggressive people, Tetsu grumbled to himself as he twirled his baton, circling with the fellow who had a broken shoulder and a knife in his abled right hand. This was a baton verses a bladed weapon. Tetsu was experienced in Krav Maga, so he wasn’t estranged to the idea of taking on an armed opponent. Having decided that he was going to engage, he figured he would go in with a counter stab attack with his baton. It was a technique that was often implemented by the KMP and was an attack that Tetsu had used in training before. It was going to be much more difficult to apply these techniques under stress. He would have to aim precisely and take action properly. He would have to block with his free hand a strike with his baton quickly. It was a knife fighting technique, but with a stick rather than a knife. The receiver of this attack would probably be grateful for that fact.

Tetsu stepped in as the fellow lunged at him with the knife. The first strike was quick, and Tetsu was only able to deflect the blow. He waited now for the second blow so that he could act preemptively. He would have to be quick and throw the stab with his baton. He blocked the blow once again but this time moved in a stab with his baton to the fellow’s lungs. His target on the fellow’s body. He wanted to strike right on the floating rib, the last rib. It was the best way to get the full effect of the stab. He wanted to knock the wind out of the fellow. His stab connected and he could feel the ump of the air being pushed out of the fellow’s lungs. It was a devastating blow. He could feel the success of the attack. He held onto the guy’s arm now as he retracted his club from the fellow’s sternum. He had just knocked the wind out of the guy, and with it having knocked out the fight. All he was doing now was controlling the knife hand.

Now going under the fellow’s extended arm, he would produce a sankyo hold before making a circular turn that would flip the fellow over onto his back. Putting his knee to the fellow’s stomach. He would have jabbed the fellow in the stomach again; however he felt kind of bad for following up with another attack. He could visualize the attack going down on the ground as well. He was going to hold him until some more officers came. The stomach jab had proved quite useful; however he did feel that it only worked if one had the appropriate opening. He waited for a moment keeping eye contact with the fellow he was watching while he took on these two crazy people.

[Kinzoku]

+10 TP [LEARNED]

[Ace Detective Nara]

0/10

Name: Side poke
Rank: C
Skill: Taijutsu
Effect: The user hits the side of the opponents rump, causing severe stomach pain and vomiting.
Special: ---
Drawback: If done incorrectly the target could vomit over the KMP officer.
Description: The user strikes the side of the opponents torso, at the first strike the target will suffer from severe stomach ache, nausea and dizziness for two turns. A second side poke, whilst the opponent is still suffering from the effect of the first strike will result in immediate heavy and intense vomiting.
Limit: Must be a part of the KMP and own a KMP baton.

Tetsu had control of the fellow now, and he was sure he wasn’t likely to fight back. That was not to say for the woman whom was now hobbling towards him, plowing into him with her damaged knee. Tetsu scissored her body with his legs, getting her into a guard as he prepared to defend himself. She was wincing with pain, but her adrenaline seemed to be fueling her. Tetsu’s back was against the pavement as he dropped his baton only for a moment, using his left hand to hold the woman back while he reached for his baton. He envisioned his attack. He would attack her side with his baton, aiming at her diaphragm. It was going to cause her quite a bit of pain and would probably make her dizzy and nauseous. This was an attack that was familiar to the members of the KMP. He was serious now that these individuals were doing all that they could to resist arrest. He prepared himself to defend against a barrage of punches as he wrestled with the woman. She had caught him off guard, but that wasn’t going to happen again if he could help it. Preparing himself, Tetsu moved to begin working on his attack.

He felt the hilt of his baton brush his fingers as he gripped it, pulling it to himself as he brushed punches away by moving his head or using his shoulder to block them. It was a bit painful, but he did his best to remain under control. Taking his baton hand, he quickly whacked the woman in the side, which made her recoil. This was the moment that he was looking for. He had targeted her vital organs, which was what all KMP officers are trained to do. He was utilizing his training to the maximum at this point. He was going to be using this opening to throw other attacks as well. Seeing her recoil at the pain, Tetsu figured that she was probably feeling dizzy, and nauseous from the damage he had just dealt to her body. She was already receiving quite a bit of damage but the additional strike seemed fitting as she was literally on top of him. This was the final straw for him, as he was holding back at this point. He was done playing nice. Having struck her, he was now going to have to get her off of him. Pulling her up above him, he quickly scissor swept his legs, rolling her over as he got into a mounted position.

he wasn’t that use to being on the ground, but he was doing his best as he quickly stopped himself from throwing another strike. This would have caused the woman to uncontrollably vomit; which would only result in him getting thrown up on or her drowning in her own vomit at this point…gross. Tetsu held her there for a moment before the officers arrived to take the suspects away. They were injured, and were being tended to, but once Tetsu explained the attack, it was clear that they would be handled with less care than before. Tetsu has utilized his training to a T, and he was going to be making a mental note to use that attack much more often. It was a strike that could be used to non-lethally neutralize an opponent, and Tetsu was all about that as an officer of the law.

[Kinzoku]

+10 TP [LEARNED]

[Ace Detective Nara]

Defense Against Punches, Mounted (Bucking Hips)
Rank: "C"
Skill: TaiJutsu
Effect: Being on your back with someone straddling you (mounted) and throwing punches at you is the second worst position you can be in (the worst is the same position, except you are face down). However, it is a fairly common position to be in when mistakes are made earlier in the fight. While there is no magical solution to this problem, there are tactics that can inhabit or at least reduce the number of punches thrown. This technique introduces the idea of bucking your hips, which is a fundamental principle in ground defense.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: Starting Position On the ground, face up, with an attacker straddling you. If you are mounted, you still need to establish a good position. Keep your elbows down and your hands near your face. Jam your elbows into your opponent's thighs or your knees to prevent him from sliding up. Good grapplers will try to get their knees up under your armpits. This inhibits your arm movements and gets the attacker away from your hips. You want the opposite: You want your elbows down and the attacker on your hips, where you can buck him off. As punches start flying, buck your hips to throw the attacker off balance. Your hip should move upward and toward your head. Imagine that there is a tennis ball on your stomach and you want to pop it to someone standing at your head. The attacker will probably have to "base" himself out with his hands. This gives you a chance to trap and roll and at the very least it stops him from punching. Be sure your hands stay up- not every movement of bucking will inhibit a punch, and you should still try to defend against the punches with inside and outside defenses. Tips some attackers will lean their weight backwards like rodeo cowboys to maintain balance. While this inhibits your ability to trap and roll, it does reduce their punching ability since they cannot punch with much power when their weight is back. When attempting this technique or the variation, do not reach out with your arms or straighten them, which would expose you to an arm bar.
Variations it is also possible, if the attacker is fairly close to you, to try to "hug" him tightly to your chest. This inhibits his punching ability. From there, work toward a trap and roll.

Limit: Must learn from a Master of Krav Maga. Must know Groundfighting in Level 1 - Yellow Belt.

*Flashback*

Tetsu stepped into the Jiu-jitsu gym feeling like he was ready for a good work out. He had not really been too familiar with ground fighting, but he figured it would be important to learn. He wore his Judogi that he wore when he did Aikido, and had his white belt tied around his waist. As the professor approached and motioned for him to join him and his students on the mat. He was a thin looking fellow, dark skinned, and stark faced. He probably could have chewed him up and choked him to next Tuesday. Tetsu bowed politely before getting on the mat himself. The fellow didn’t speak much, and neither did any of the students as they started doing some sort of hip escape it looked like, but before that they began doing what looked like a body bridge. It was what Tetsu would later come to find out was a method of keeping an attacker from punching you while in mounted position, but also worked to free up the fighter so that he could do other moves. Tetsu was of course unaware of this fact as he got down onto the mat and began doing the weird bridging motion for whatever reason. It left him a little confused, and wanting to know a bit more about what they were doing. It was just plain weird.

Arching his back to simulate throwing off his opponent, it wouldn’t be perfect like this every time when in combat, because of course there would be a person literally on top of him. He hoped that he wouldn’t end up in such a disadvantaged position though. He bucked his hips, bridging, as an attempt to get his body use to the motion. It was something he would have to get used to, as he would probably end up on the bottom position a lot more than he would have liked while training with these experienced ground fighters. He would hopefully eventually get to get to guard sweeps and other things and tricks that he could use to his advantage. These things would come with time, but first he would need to learn the basics. This practicing of the basics was an essential part of any martial arts practice. He was used to this methodology, so he just kind of went along with it. He was pretty sharp when it came to just figuring stuff out, and was a natural learner. Well when the time came for them to really look at their technique. Tetsu was doing his best to keep up as he rolled back and forth on his shoulders, keeping his hips bucking up and down.

Using his hip escape practice much like a moment to see if he was use to the idea of being on the ground, Tetsu tried to orient himself. He would have to visualize an attacker attempting to beat him up from this position, but it was hard without the subsequent weight. He thought about it for a moment before he tried to add an arm push to try and move himself out from under the attacker. It was a valuable escape indeed, but would need a maneuver called a trap and roll to really do anything. All this would do is create space so that the person on the bottom could avoid getting hit and or move a bit more. He was keeping his body on the move, using the maneuver well before they continued on to the next escape. These warm ups would keep them occupied.

[Kinzoku]

+10 TP [LEARNED]

[Shin'ichi]

0/30

Keihatsu Ryuu: Appā Surasshu (Upper Slash)
Rank: "C"
Skill: TaiJutsu
Effect: User performs an upward Battōjutsu (Art of Drawing the Blade) followed by a downward strike.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: Picture The user stands in Keihatsu Ryuu: Battōjutsu no Kamae (Art of Drawing the Blade Posture). Grabbing the handle of the sword near the Tsuba, the user thereafter steps forward with the front leg while unsheathing the blade in an upward vertical attacking motion across the body. This attack is able to knock an opponent upwards to 4 meters into the air. The unsheathing takes no movements as it is a blinding strike dedicated to knock an opponent into the air at blinding speeds. Upon sheathing the sword, the user must sacrifice a movement to do so.
Limit: Must learn from a Master of Busōsen (Arms Flash). Must know Keihatsu Ryuu: Battōjutsu (Art of Drawing the Blade).

Shin'ichi stares at the officer dumbfounded and partially mesmerized by his shimmering armor, being a thief its quite enticing to see such shine armor adorned by a detective fighting in an alley. He subconsciously rests his hand on the tsuba of his sword and takes a lower stance slowly cracking his knuckles over the sword. It was like he couldn't help him self but to want the shiny armor the officer adorned and that trench coat would be nice too. His right hand rests on his blade prepared to strike at the first opening he gets while his left is casting hand seals to throw a black veil over his face to try and hide his identity from the detective. "I'm sorry for the inconvenience officer but i'm going to need that uniform of yours." yes he hasn't realized that it is a jutsu effect that causes the shiny armor but cut him some slack he is quite slow.

In an instantaneous movement, Shin'ichi shunshined straight into the officer and what feels like forever he draws his blade from its scabbard it rang against the metal locket on the throat of the scabbard, the blade quivered as he drew the blade upwards aimed for the throat of his opponent though he was sure he would be blocked know one would just let them get hit by a strike to the throat, so he dug his feet down into the dirt alley and used the momentum from the flash like slash to sheathe the blade and strike once more but this time aimed for the officers abdomen. "its nothing personal just business" he said as he sheathed his blade once more.

the dust that was picked up by his attacks was starting to clear and he saw the standing form of the officer. shocked from the officers survival he shifted his stance to a lower stance and launched the blade past the officer not aiming for him yet aiming between his legs. Shin'ichi was faster than his sword he shunshined under the officer and caught the grip of his blade and threw it into his scabbard and quickly grabbed the tsuba pressing the blade against the locket once more. the blade sang as Shin'ichi ran the blade long upward slice cutting from the officers left Achilles heel to his right shoulder blade.