Dalamadur Temple [P|T|Co]

[Hamura]

Learned.

[Flower]

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Arachnid Appendages
Rank: "B"
Skill: NinJutsu
Effect: The Ōgumo is granted blessings that allow them to better emulate the spiders they are devoted to.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: At "D" Class, the user can temporarily grow another pair of arms (which emerge fully at the beginning of the user's next turn) as a free movement. These arms can wield weapons and make extra off-hand attacks, but do not grant the user extra attacks. The Ōgumo can also use their hands for the purposes that require free hands. The Ōgumo can use handseals with their other arms, however the user is unable to perform multiple Jutsus at the same time. User can use these arms for a number of minutes per day equal to 5 per Class Level. These uses can only be used in 1 minute increments. User gains an extra pair of arms at "B" Class, for a total of 6 arms for most humanoids. This ability cannot stack with additional multiple arm creating Jutsus.
Limit: Must be an Ōgumo.

1. [0/60]

As Akumu was searching for the shadow creatures for about an hour, he started to move into sections of Shi no Mori that he had never seen before. Soon he began to see webbing and marks on the trees that were not from his own techniques. As he got further into the forest, he found some sort of enormous webbed structure throughout a vast part of the woods. As Akumu was walking into the area, a six-armed yuan-ti fell from a tree branch in front of Akumu. "What are you doing here?" he hissed in draconic. Akumu hissed, his first instinct to throw this person to the ground, but then calmed himself and said, "Hunting down the shadow creatures which haunt these woods." The spider-snake seemed to approve and invited Akumu into his web shelter. Akumu entered and asked the spider-snake for his name. He said that it was Shikumo, and took Akumu through several of the rooms -- demonstrating that he was part of the Ogumo clan along the way.

Akumu explained that he was also part of the clan and asked Shikumo if he would be willing to teach him some of the techniques, since he was realtively new to it all. "I will," Shikumo said, "although normally I'm hesitant, you have some demonic aura about you that makes me feel as if Ican train you." After that Shikumo took to teaching him a technique called Arachnid Appendages which he claimed was known by all members of the Ogumo clan who were starting to advance themselves. It allowed a creature to grow two new sets of arms, a skill that Akumu desparately needed -- especially since his other arms mysteriously disappeared. Shikumo took Akumu to a chamber deep within the web shelter that looked like a training arena. And it was here that the master explained to him the art of creating these extra arms.

In order to use this technique, a Ogumo had to connect with their spider heritage and allow their cells to shift in accordance with their will. It took a great amount of control over both chakra and concentration to allow the arms to form, so Akumu thought it good that he was a ninjutsu specialist. Shikumo showed Akumu how to do this by allowing four of his own spider-like legs to disappear and grew two new pairs of arms on his torso. "See?" Shikumo said and Akumu studied carefully, noting that there were no handsigns or requirements. He simply grew the arms from the cells of his body. Akumu looked down at his own serpentine form and tried to make a single arm grow out of his right side. Chakra began to compress there as if he had some sort of shoulder, and his cells rushed there in a moment to stimulate the growth. He wanted as much energy as he could to form there for he knew this would be tough.

[Flower]

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Arachnid Appendages
Rank: "B"
Skill: NinJutsu
Effect: The Ōgumo is granted blessings that allow them to better emulate the spiders they are devoted to.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: At "D" Class, the user can temporarily grow another pair of arms (which emerge fully at the beginning of the user's next turn) as a free movement. These arms can wield weapons and make extra off-hand attacks, but do not grant the user extra attacks. The Ōgumo can also use their hands for the purposes that require free hands. The Ōgumo can use handseals with their other arms, however the user is unable to perform multiple Jutsus at the same time. User can use these arms for a number of minutes per day equal to 5 per Class Level. These uses can only be used in 1 minute increments. User gains an extra pair of arms at "B" Class, for a total of 6 arms for most humanoids. This ability cannot stack with additional multiple arm creating Jutsus.
Limit: Must be an Ōgumo.

2. [??/60]

As Akumu let the chakra build up on the right side of his elongated form, it slowly began to mess with his atoms in that particularly spot. The cells of his body suddenly became more attuned to movement and he wondered briefly if this is how Valerys Kedoin felt all the time. His chakra stimulated his cells to start building on top of one another, as if there was some kind of magnetic attraction there. When enough cells had collected on to one another, Akumu could begin to see a tiny pulsating knob on the side of his body that hadn't been there before. It was not quite a nub yet, but a tiny patch of fleshed out skin. Akumu knew now, however, that he was on the right track and he continued with this method. Shikumo watched from afar and saw what Akumu was doing, fascinated. "So you really haven't been in the clan that long have you?" Shikumo said, "If you haven't even mastered this technique. Look you're gonna have to tune in more to the heritage of the spiders. Your chakra will only get you so far."

Akumu refused to listen at first and just kept trying to make his chakra obey him. It swirled over his body and in the air around his right side, and the skin continued to grow and form until it really was just a nub on the side of his serpentine body. He could not yet move or feel this spot, and so to quicken the pace of his training Akumu decided that Shikumo might be right. He would need to reach into his inner being and embrace the spider within if he hoped to master this technique. "So then, Shikumo," Akumu said, "How does one go about mastering this spider heritage?" As if to answer his question, Shikumo moved up the wall of his web shelter -- climbing up to great heights and expecting Akumu to come along. He could not. "A spider could do these things and more," Shikumo said, "Until you can be like a spider, in psychology and culture, you will be unable to grow the extra arms of our brethren and do what I have done." Akumu was a little hurt, but knew that if he wanted to get better he was going to have to train harder.

So he coiled up into a ball on the ground and closed his eyes, beginning to go into meditation as he so loathed -- once again to master a technique. As he did this, Akumu concentrated on the image of a spider and let his mind move deeper. He seemed to feel Shikumo's presence above him which helped in some regards. As he went deeper into meditation, the spider seemed to flow throughout his body and Akumu began to take on its mind -- knowing the life of a being with eight limbs and several eyes. Knowing the life and powers of a web-spitter. As all of this overcame him, Akumu felt his own body had taken in part of the essence of the spider and when he came back to reality he knew that he had a better grasp now on this technique. "Have you done it?" Shikumo asked, and in response Akumu roared and let his chakra swarm across his body to his right side. As the chakra moved, so did his cells and soon his body was preparing to build this extra arm.

[Flower]

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Arachnid Appendages
Rank: "B"
Skill: NinJutsu
Effect: The Ōgumo is granted blessings that allow them to better emulate the spiders they are devoted to.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: At "D" Class, the user can temporarily grow another pair of arms (which emerge fully at the beginning of the user's next turn) as a free movement. These arms can wield weapons and make extra off-hand attacks, but do not grant the user extra attacks. The Ōgumo can also use their hands for the purposes that require free hands. The Ōgumo can use handseals with their other arms, however the user is unable to perform multiple Jutsus at the same time. User can use these arms for a number of minutes per day equal to 5 per Class Level. These uses can only be used in 1 minute increments. User gains an extra pair of arms at "B" Class, for a total of 6 arms for most humanoids. This ability cannot stack with additional multiple arm creating Jutsus.
Limit: Must be an Ōgumo.

3. [??/60]

Akumu roared as the chakra and flesh around his right side began to twist and morph, building on itself in odd and horrific combinations in order to increase the body at that particular point. It looked as if chakra itself wer leaking out of Akumu (in many ways it was, constructing an aura around his flesh) and molding into an arm. At first it appeared as a nub, just as before, but then it started to grow further and faster. The hard part for Akumu during this process was controlling the growth of muscles and nerves, which suddenly started to form where before there had been none. Although he had arms briefly at one time, now he suddenly remembered the sensation of touching with a hand and his arm twisted into formation faster. As the chakra and cells at the center of the arm began to compress under Akumu's pressure, they slowly turned into bone and made up the core of Akumu's nub -- which had now spread out and was beginning to get close to the elbow. Akumu gave a harsh grin up at Shikumo as his arm started to emerge and the master smiled back, pleased with his budding arachnid student.

At the elbow, Akumu's concentration began to falter at the complexity of the creation and he reached into his mind just as the jutsu was about to end. He could see the spirit of the spider once more and felt it coursing through him, and he let instinct take over as his body constructed the arm with no conscious effort on his part. The chakra began to form a notch in his bone, muscle, and flesh that slowly turned out to be an elbow. Then it sprang forth, growing rapidly to complete the rest of the forearm. Now that he had most of an arm, Akumu waved it around -- feeling its sensation. "Now for the hand," Shikumo said and started to climb down the walls to stand beside Akumu again. He flexed his own hands in demonstration, so that Akumu could observe how it was done, and then looked to him to try. Akumu held out his forearm and the emptiness on the end and began to course greater amounts of chakra through the end. His flesh surged and started to make up a palm, but the digits were the most difficult part.

Akumu once again relied on the spider inside of himself to help him, but now it felt as if his mind was being stretched into five different directions. His chakra split apart and he could barely contain himself as the chakra was followed by flesh. All of his skin stretched out and fed off his chakra, building itself into the fingers -- and then Akumu felt a far greater complexity in his mind. Control over five individual small digits almost overwhelmed him, but he relied on the power and awareness of his chakra and the ever-present essence of the spider within himself. After this was over, Akumu had an arm on his right side which he had created. "Good job," Shikumo said simply, "You were faster than I anticipated." Akumu flexed his one arm and looked at the hand, clean and fresh since it had never seen the light of day -- although scaley with the flesh of his ancestors. Black as his body. "It feels good," he hissed in draconic and then Shikumo told him that he needed to create the other one.

[Flower]

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Arachnid Appendages
Rank: "B"
Skill: NinJutsu
Effect: The Ōgumo is granted blessings that allow them to better emulate the spiders they are devoted to.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: At "D" Class, the user can temporarily grow another pair of arms (which emerge fully at the beginning of the user's next turn) as a free movement. These arms can wield weapons and make extra off-hand attacks, but do not grant the user extra attacks. The Ōgumo can also use their hands for the purposes that require free hands. The Ōgumo can use handseals with their other arms, however the user is unable to perform multiple Jutsus at the same time. User can use these arms for a number of minutes per day equal to 5 per Class Level. These uses can only be used in 1 minute increments. User gains an extra pair of arms at "B" Class, for a total of 6 arms for most humanoids. This ability cannot stack with additional multiple arm creating Jutsus.
Limit: Must be an Ōgumo.

4. [??/60]

Akumu knew that he needed to start creating his second arm, but it had taken so much skill and concentration to take the first he could only imagine the daunting task of making a second one. Still, he could not afford to balk while Shikumo was watching so he began to push even more of his chakra and awareness into the left side of his body. He tried to mimic the actions as he did before, using his chakra to inspire the flesh and arm to grow. It seemed, however, that he had expended too much of his energy already and had lost most of his concentration. "It is the power of the spiders," Shikumo said, "You must tune back into that energy." And Akumu knew that he was right, so he focused on the image of the multi-limbed, multi-eyed arachnids as before and could feeling his cells churning. The chakra was inspiring them to move, but he had to concentrate harder if he was going to have any hope of them growing as he wanted. Akumu focused his mind, took three deep breaths, and then all of a sudden his mind was much more clear. His cells were beginning to grow once again. He could feel them, ripping through the left side of his body, and forming a nub just as the arm before this one.

He closed his eyes and lost himself to the meditation of creating his left arm, and fell deeper inside of his mind. On the outside, a very similar thing happened as that which occurred on the right side of his body. His chakra began to form and feed his cells, which gradually grew into another arm and hand on his left side. This time, however, it was much more even and controlled than before. And Akumu did not look up, it was as if he was not even paying attention. Akumu had fallen into his subconscious and all of a sudden found himself confronted with the essence of the spider that lay within him. He knew that this could be beneficial, assuming that he could control it and use it as inspiration to unlock all of his arms. As he was exploring the soul energy of the spider, just as happened with his own soul when he was learning the soul wavelength, he began to fall into the collective consciousness of the spider and spider-clan. All he knew was darkness and then a large, overpowering figure which emerged from the shadows. It was a being, half-spider and half-human, which looked upon him.

It was impossible to make out its features, as like Amaraxis the spider hybrid was completely black except for its two glowing eyes. Blacker than the darkness in which Akumu floated -- this was the spider over soul, he was sure of it. "What is your name?" Akumu asked and it told him that its name was Supaidāsouru. He knew that it was here to teach him to master the Arachnid Appendages technique, just as Amaraxis had helped him before. "What must I do?" Akumu asked and the spider hybrid crept forward on its legs -- looking into Akumu's eyes and saying: "Live. Fight. Hunt down your prey." Suddenly, Akumu felt like he had been punched in the gut and his eyes flung open, casting the physical world upon him again. It was then, that Akumu came back to consciousness, that he looked down and saw that his left arm had sprouted from his body. The whole time he was gone it had grown considerably, feasting off of his trance state with Supaidāsouru. Now both of his arms had manifest and Akumu looked down at them with a sneer. "Yessss."

[Flower]

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Arachnid Appendages
Rank: "B"
Skill: NinJutsu
Effect: The Ōgumo is granted blessings that allow them to better emulate the spiders they are devoted to.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: At "D" Class, the user can temporarily grow another pair of arms (which emerge fully at the beginning of the user's next turn) as a free movement. These arms can wield weapons and make extra off-hand attacks, but do not grant the user extra attacks. The Ōgumo can also use their hands for the purposes that require free hands. The Ōgumo can use handseals with their other arms, however the user is unable to perform multiple Jutsus at the same time. User can use these arms for a number of minutes per day equal to 5 per Class Level. These uses can only be used in 1 minute increments. User gains an extra pair of arms at "B" Class, for a total of 6 arms for most humanoids. This ability cannot stack with additional multiple arm creating Jutsus.
Limit: Must be an Ōgumo.

5. [??/60]

Although Akumu thought that now he was done, Shikumo told him that was not the case. "I can teach you to create two more arms," Shikumo said, "Below your first pair. Normally you'd be able to have six but considering your circumstances..." Akumu looked at his two brand new arms and understood the dilemma. "Alright," Akumu said, "Teach me." Shikumo demonstrated the technique to him several times, retracting and recreating his six arms so that Akumu could watch and begin to understand the process by which they had formed. Although he had done it twice now, he had not watched carefully and by observing he was able to sense the best way to form these arms. While he was observing, the burden of the arms became too great and Akumu had to let them disappear -- hoping that he could bring them back relatively quickly now. When he was done learning more about the extra arms, Akumu set out to recreate them. He forced chakra to both of his sides now, which was twice as hard as before, and tried to force them both to grow at the same time. At first it was difficult, but then Akumu thought back to the spider over soul and all that he had learned from his arachnid ancestors.

Suddenly the arms were sprouting from his sides, as if he was a plant sprouting branches, and them formed into two strong arms and hands -- now with more muscle and chakra flowing through them than before. Akumu flexed them to make sure that they were still operable (they were) and then got down to business on the next two arms. Shikumo guided him through the process and watched as Akumu let his chakra drain down his sides and formed two more places immediately below his first pair of arms. Although his concentration and chakra were already stretched thin, Akumu knew that he could not give up. He forced all of his will into creating a second pair of arms and by sheer will power was able to make his cells obey his command. They formed in spirals around the two new places on his serpentine body that would be his third and fourth arms, collecting as much skin and scales as possible before forming a nervous system. Akumu was albe to watch this time, not needing to go into his meditative states, and heard the words of the spider soul telling him to hunt down his prey. With this as inspiration, Akumu forced the arms to continue growing.

Soon enough he had created them the same way as he had done with the first two, through dedication and will-power they emerged. However, this second pair of arms were not like the first one and Akumu could not get them to respond properly when he tried to move them. "Do not worry," Shikumo told him, "This is common. Your brain is trying to respond to all of the new input and you must learn to concentrate and control your new hands." Although the first two were relatively easy to command, Akumu found that the bottom ones hung limp by his side. He pushed his physical energy into them, partially because he had very little chakra left, and got them to budge just a little and raise his arms up slightly. He tried bending at the elbows, slowly at first but eventually getting them to respond. Then it was as if his arms had fallen asleep and were waking up, so Akumu kept focusing on this area of his body and slowly his arms began to gain consciousness with the rest of his body. The hands were still deft, however, and did not want to respond as readily to his commands.

[Flower]

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Arachnid Appendages
Rank: "B"
Skill: NinJutsu
Effect: The Ōgumo is granted blessings that allow them to better emulate the spiders they are devoted to.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: At "D" Class, the user can temporarily grow another pair of arms (which emerge fully at the beginning of the user's next turn) as a free movement. These arms can wield weapons and make extra off-hand attacks, but do not grant the user extra attacks. The Ōgumo can also use their hands for the purposes that require free hands. The Ōgumo can use handseals with their other arms, however the user is unable to perform multiple Jutsus at the same time. User can use these arms for a number of minutes per day equal to 5 per Class Level. These uses can only be used in 1 minute increments. User gains an extra pair of arms at "B" Class, for a total of 6 arms for most humanoids. This ability cannot stack with additional multiple arm creating Jutsus.
Limit: Must be an Ōgumo.

6. [??/60]

"So close," Akumu grunted as he fought to put as much of his awareness into his lower two hands as he could. So much of it was already strained on his other two hands, but he pushed and pushed until all four of his arms disappeared. Shikumo sighed. "I suppose this was to be expected. You've been pushing yourself very hard. Take a break and we'll get back at it soon." Akumu was not one for taking breaks, but Shikumo explained that this would also have to be part of his training. Part of training was having to stop when you were too exhausted and broken from the exercises. Akumu allowed his energy to replenish and sat within the web shelter, and when Shikumo told him it was time to get back to work Akumu was more than thrilled. He slithered back into the chamber and Shikumo asked him to try forming the arms now. Akumu concentrated on all four parts of his body at once and quickly sent chakra to each of him, the hardest task he had to do yet. The top two arms began to form first, getting more of his energy, but then the third and fourth arms followed behind. In a matter of about ten seconds all four arms had started to form completely, and Akumu was just finishing up on his hands. Shikumo was impressed with how far he had come but now came the hard part and where he had failed before...

Akumu tried to curl the fingers of his lower arms and they would not move until he summoned up the chakra to force them to do so. Once the fingers had enough chakra and physical energy built up within them, it was if they are started to bend of their own accord. Suddenly the fingers were flexing at Akumu's control and he tried to do each one individually. It took a level of dexterity that he did not yet have. However, he found that with a little practice Akumu could ball all four of his hands up into a fist, or do so to each one separately. "Good, that demonstrates that your mind is starting to recognize each arm as a separate entity," Shikumo instructed and Akumu flexed one hand and then the other in succession all around his body. Once all four of his hands were flexing properly, Shikumo said, "Okay now we are going to try something new." From his mouth, Shikumo began to form weapons using a golden webbing that Akumu had never seen before. He made a shield and a sword and set them in front of Akumu. "Now try to pick these up."

Akumu curled his body downward faced all four of his hands in the direction of the two weapons. He reached down with his upper right arm, and even though all of the arms wanted to bend in the same direction he did not allow it. It required a great amount of will power not to do so. His hand reached out for the sword and grabbed at the hilt, flexing open all five fingers to get them around the grip. His fingers were able to get around it and grab the hilt, but when Akumu swung the sword up it was with no grace or finesse. Then he lobbed it back to the ground. "Damn," he cursed, a habit of his, and swung it back up. This time he used too much strength and threw it up into the air, sending it stabbing back down in between him and his master. "You must learn to control your own strength and dexterity," Shikumo said, "Without that you have not truly mastered the power of your arms." Akumu knew that he was right and that this was a trademark for the Ogumo clan, which he was now very much a part of. He slithered over to the sword and reached out his hand. One more time... he told himself.

[Cadoc]

+60

[Flower]

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Shield Check
Rank: "C"
Skill: TaiJutsu
Effect: User can slam a foe with their shield to stop their movement.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: When user is equipped with a shield, and if an opponent tries to move past the user, the user can make a combat maneuver against the opponent. The user slams their shield into the passing opponent. The user can stop the opponent from moving past the user for the rest of the turn while the user deals a shield bash against the opponent. An opponent can still attack the user, however they simply cannot move. This technique also applies to any creature who attempts to move adjacent to the user.
Limit: Must be an Armiger. Must know Improved Shield Bash.

1. [0/10]

When Akumu had mastered the extra arms that he had been granted by Shikumo, he picked up the shield and held it in his upper, right arm. It felt empowering to be able to hold a shield again. Shikumo picked up the sword and said, "You want to test them out?" referring to Akumu's arms. He nodded and soon Shikumo was throwing his sword at Akumu, blinking the distance between them in an instant. Akumu threw up the shield, attempting to stop the blade and was able to do so just in time. "Quick reflexes," Shikumo said, "but you'll want to get even quicker than that if you are going to stop an enemy from any direction. As a tank you've got to learn to be fast if you're gonna protect everyone." But Akumu wasn't thinking of protecting everyone -- he was thinking of protecting himself, and probably Valerys his master. Shikumo tried to swerve around his side and Akumu tried to stop him. He shot swiftly that way with the web shield, but it was no use. Shikumu was just too fast and moved around to his back. He dove in with the sword again and this time Akumu was too slow to bring up his shield.

He had to curl his snake-like body instead so that the sword went through mid-air, and then he turned with his shield to block any more incoming attacks. Instead of attacking, however, Shikumo tried to run past him again in order to attack him from behind. Akumu used as much of his physical energy as he could and shot in that direction with his shield, hoping to bash him from the side. Shikumo's spider legs were so fast, however, and he missed yet again. He used his shield bash and went a far distance, however, and Shikumo was right upon him just as Akumu had time to turn around. He threw up the shield and parried blows, and then Shikumo and he broke apart. "Not too bad," Shikumo said, breathing a little heavy, "You'll need to trust your instincts. Listen to your body and predict my movements as I try to get around you." Before Akumu could respond, Shikumo was on him again like a storm. The sword came down, which Akumu blocked, and then Shikumo ran around his left side. Akumu saw it all as time seemed to slow down and he knew just how to block it this time.

Akumu saw his opening and darted forward, shield risen up in his arm and ready to slam his own master. This time he hit, he was not too slow, and slammed into Shikumo who fell into the webbed wall. He laughed the whole time and when Akumu pulled away his shield, Shikumo had some decent injuries. "Good job," he said, "That was almost perfect." Akumu watched as Shikumo began to heal his injuries before his very eyes. Who is this creature? Akumu thought but did not say since he was benefitting Akumu at the moment. "Let's go a few more rounds." Shikumo flew at him again and kept up the quick pace, but now Akumu knew that he could hit him. It required a certain level of speed and strength, and a quick-wit to note the opponent's movements, but as he tried more and more Akumu got better at the technique. The Shield Check manuever started to feel like second nature to him and in a few more minutes of training, Akumu was putting up a real fight for Shikumo who kept trying to move around him to no avail. When they had gone on like this for some time the two of them separated and Shikumo looked at his pupil. "Never let your guard down. Not for a second."

[Cadoc]

+10

[Flower]

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Hanabi no Shinka (Fire Flower of Evolution)
Rank: “E” Rank
Skill: Ninjutsu, Offensive, Defensive, Pre-requisite
Effect: Creates a small flower made of flames with six petals that are each six inches long.
Special: “Hand Seals”- Rat, Dragon, Monkey, Rabbit, Tiger, extending the left hand away from the body, then using the thumb, index, and middle fingers in a triangle-like formation.
Drawback: This ability has no real value beyond using it within a combo attack.
Description: This jutsu creates a flower made entirely of flames. The user performs the required hand seals, channeling chakra through the left hand’s thumb, index, and middle fingers. The left hand is then moved away from the body, and the three mentioned fingers form a triangle shape, while the other two fingers close like the user would make a fist. The built chakra then move upwards and out of the hand, sparking to life and creating a flower with six petals that are six inches long each. If the triangle formation is ever broken, then the entire flame disappears. This ability can almost be treated like a fighting style stance. Each use of a Hanabi no Shinka will require a set amount of petals to be used; after the petals have all been used, the ability must be re-performed. Any time that a part of the Hanabi no Shinka has been destroyed, so long as the whole flower is not destroyed, it will slowly regenerate unless it has been used for an attack.
Limit: Requires the Fire Release

1. [0/5]

Having trained with Shikumo for some time, Akumu said his goodbyes and agreed to return when he needed more help with the Ogumo techniques. He knew that he needed to get back into the Shi no Mori before day came so that he could try to hunt down the shadow people even further. As he entered the forest, Akumu grew two of his newly developed arms and looked down at his left hand -- feeling the chakra course through his nervous system. Akumu concentrated on his left hand and began to send all of his chakra there, it moved through his body and piled up inside of his palm. It almost burned because of the raw strength. As Akumu continued to build chakra here, he thought on the fires that he often created and used for destruction, using it as inspiration to transform his own chakra into flames. The area was already burning so much from the energy that it was an easy task to turn it to fire, where it spread throughout all of his fingers as if they had been covered in gasoline. Controlling the fire, however, was a different matter entirely and Akumu found that he had to focus his awareness precisely in order to shape this fire. Soon it was folding over itself and creating long strands of flame, however, and Akumu knew that he was getting somewhere when they started to look like petals.

[Cadoc]

+5

[Flower]

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Raiton – Karasuhebi no Jutsu (Thunder Style – Shocking Snake Technique)
Rank: C, B
Skill: Ninjutsu
Effect: Allows the user to spawn a raiton based snake from either of the palms of their hands. It can stretch out for up to ten meters from its origin, and slither around rather rapidly, at the speed equal to that of a taispecialist of the user’s rank. From here, the snake can either snap at its target, or wrap around an unsuspecting victim, delivering hundreds of shocks at once. Additional ‘C’ ranked training can increase the distance the snake can travel by ten meters each time, for a maximum of up to fifty meters. Additional 'B' ranked training allows the user to apply the constricting attack. Snake does not loose speed of movement when farther out from the user.
Special: ‘Handseals’
Drawback: Cannot do other handseals unless one knows one handed seals. Some attacks do not discriminate against friend or foe. Snake can be destroyed. If used more than five times (learning the B ranked version raises this to ten) by a single hand, said appendage will grow numb and unusable for the next two turns. If 'coil-and-shock' attack is used, the entire snake is destroyed and must the entire technique must be recast.
Description: Through their talents in the Raiton release, the user is allowed to use their chakra to manifest a snake that will do their bidding. This snake is made comprised of pure lightning, and has advanced intellect of its own. It can communicate with the user mentally and follow orders well. This snake is useful for quick gashing and shocking attacks, and if one can manage to coil around the user, the equivalent of a strong 'B' ranked worth shock coarses through their body whole, constricting and shocking. Since the snake is made of raiton essence, it can be cut by blades ‘B’ rank or higher. However, it takes only a ‘C’ ranked extra charge to regrow the lost appendage; the severed part quickly blows up to blind all in the area except the user himself.
Limit: Raiton Release

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Having learned to manipulate fire a little bit more on this voyage, and seeming to keep the shadow people at bay, Akumu began trying to manipulate his lightning energy as well. He did not know as much about this release as either fire or wind, so it would take some effort. But he remembered some of the scrolls that he had read at Dalamadur Temple that explained how to change lightning energy into a snake. He was very interested in this transformation and had memorized the handseals, performing thm day and night to remember them. Now he could perform those handseals thanks to Shikumo and regrew his arms, pushing chakra into them and beginning to weave his finger tips together (an amazing feat of dexterity demonstrating his mastery over his new hands). As the handseals came together, Akumu pushed his chakra throughout his hands and tried to manifest it into lightning energy. At first it did not respond, but with a little practice he could hear tiny shocks coming from his fingertips.

Akumu continued to press his chakra into his hands and into the air, weaving these tiny electrical shocks into tiny currents of electricity that ran through the air -- grouping and coming together at some point. Akumu watched it happen with fascination, the electricity lighting up the darkness of the forest and his own black scales. The electricity formed together into a mass of electrical currents and Akumu filled it with his own chakra. As much as he possibly could. When his chakra had built up enough and the elctrical current was swirling about on its own, the electricity fell to the ground in a small ball and then faded away. "Ah, I see," Akumu said and began to weave the handseals again. He would need to form it into a snake before it fell, giving its own sort of sentience and electrical life. His chakra ran through his body surging into his palms and readying itself to be released.

Holding up his hands, electricity suddenly sprang forth in thick electrical currents (much stronger than before) and began to build up in the air in front of him. Akumu connected with his own snake-like heritage and could see a snake being formed out of the lightning. "Yes!" he hissed as the lightning sparks and churned, thinning out and beginning to make the snake's serpentine body. All the while Akumu let his chakra run into the creature, filling it with his strength and power so that when it was free it would be able to move on its own. When it was done, the electrical snake fell to the ground and Akumu found that it was connected to his own chakra network still -- feeling the electricity pouring out from its form as it remained stable in this physical world. "Go," Akumu said and the chakra in the snake began to move, pushing it forward through the sand.

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Urutora Oto Shindou (Ultra Sound Vibration)
Rank: "C" "B"
Skill: Ninjutsu, Vocal
Effect: Sound waves vibrate bones painfully.
Special: Singing
Drawback: Cannot be used more than twice during battle, due to this jutsu having a minor effect on the user (who suffers a mild pain). If the user uses this technique more then twice, he/she may fall victim to this jutsu.
Description: The user send a powerful and high pitched noise directly at an opponent. The user may use their vocal cords or weapon to emit the sound, which is launched at a 60 degree radius. The sound waves do not target hearing, but rather an opponent bone structure. The sound waves hits the solid bones and bounces off of them, causing them to vibrate. This vibration is extremely painful to the opponent, can tamper with an opponent's actions. The opponent can still move and hear, but attacks and movements are severely hindered (C- rank=3 post, B-Rank=6 posts). The duration of the jutsu depends on the distance from the user that the target is, decreasing by one third with every increment of one third. [ex: Someone 5 meters away from the C version get the full effect, but someone 15 meters away gets hit by the effect for only 2 posts] C-Ranks reaches a maximum of 30 meters, B-Ranks reaches a Maximum of 60 meters.
Limit: Art of the Bard, 'Singing'.

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As he was training with his electrical snake, Akumu suddenly saw one of the shadow people emerge in one of the trees beside him. He cursed himself for being so nonchalante and didn't know what else to do except try to attack it with his vocal cords. Although usually physical attacks would not hit them, perhaps if he could train his voice enough then he could destroy the shadow forms. His chakra rose up through his gut into his throat, and Akumu began to build up a burst of sound energy -- which he knew a little about. Although he never used it offensively, his study of sound energy's ability to manipulate audio waves and channel into an ethereal power was astounding. He knew that blasting out sound that could vibrate and injury somebody's bones would have to be highly concentrated, so he allowed his body to fuel massive amounts of chakra in his neck so that he could unleash it all upon this shadow person. In a moment he opened his jaws and released all of his pent up power.

A burst of sound energy flew out of his mouth but stopped short at about five meters, dissipating when the chakra faded away. He cursed and the shadow person realized in an instant what he was trying to do, vanishing in the blink of an eye as his technique failed. Akumu slithered further into the forest, eager to see if anymore would come after him. As he continued with his journey, Akumu began to practice the Ultra Sound Vibration technique, building up various levels of chakra throughout his throat and imbuing them with sound chakra. As the bursts became saturated with his chakra, Akumu would unleash them upon different trees throughout the forest to determine how much damage they would do. In the beginning, it was not much damage at all barely scratching the bark off of the trees. As he practiced more and more, however, Akumu's control over the sound techniques became more acute and he could force the sound energy to create devastating effects on a cellular level.

At this degree of strength, the sound waves hit the tree and he could sense them washing over each and everyone of the plant's cells on the exterior -- slowly pushing its way inward and tearing apart an entire section of one part of the tree. When he knew that he was capable of real attacks with his Ultra Sound Vibration, Akumu used his Detect Evil technique to start searching for the shadow people. It took some time, but eventually he found one that he was whispering to him slightly from the bushes. He reared back his head and sent chakra flooding into his throat, building it up behind his mouth like an explosive. The shadow person made as if to run and Akumu wanted to catch it. It was about fifteen meters away and beginning to fade, but the speed of sound is fast. Akumu's technique flew out of his mouth and toward the shadow person at unbelievable speeds, ripping apart the air and part of the shadow person's arm as it dissolved into nothingness. The mass looked down at its stub before disappearing. Akumu bent up and smiled, pleased with his technique and what he had accomplished, but even more pleased that he had finally learned how to hurt one of these shadow creatures.

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Shunshin no Jutsu - Oshi (Body Flicker Technique - Push)
Rank: "C"
Skill: NinJutsu/TaiJutsu
Effect: A Jutsu that allows a user to rush forward in almost instantaneous speed. Used to draw the user close to the opponent.
Special: ---
Drawback: May use 3 times a day. May perform 1 more each time learned. Passing amount renders the user's legs immobile due to severe pain. Unable to perform again unless gained medical treatment. Must move through an opening. Unable to maneuver around obstructing objects. Can't attack while performing any Shunshin or Variation.
Description: User is able to move forward in a straight line along the ground in almost instantaneous untraceable speed while temporarily masking the user's movements within 10 meters. A puff of smoke is occasionally used to disguise the user's movements. It is accomplished by focusing the user's chi along the ankles and foot. User mostly moves just with their ankles and feet. Jutsu takes up no movements. User may only use this Jutsu half of the movements may allow in a single round while rounding down. Example: User has 5 movements, user is able to perform Jutsu 2 times per round.
Limit: Universal NinJutsu or Universal TaiJutsu.

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As he moved further into Shi no Mori, Akumu decided that it was about time that he started getting back to Dalamadur Temple. He wanted to get there quickly, instead of dealing with all the shadow creatures, and pushed his chakra throughout his body and into his muscles and nervous system. His serpent-like body was already fast and agile, but he knew that with the right kind of training he would be able to make himself even faster. Maybe he could even reach super-powered speeds. He slithered along the ground in a straight line, going faster as he continued to increase the amount of chakra that was being poured into his body. The chakra mixed with his physical energy and began to power his serpent-like body, causing it to twist back and forth even quicker through the sand. He tried to swerve around some of the trees, but found that at these fast speeds he was liable to hit them and could only move in a straight line. Soon he was able to cross ten meters in half the time as before, simply off the power of his initial chakra.

When Akumu realized that he could, in fact, make himself quicker through chakra, he wondered to what extent he could do this. It was a long trek back to the temple, and he had more than enough time to test it out and perfect the technique. He sprung forward repeatedly in intervals of ten meters, running as much chakra through his muscles as they would allow. Each time he tried this he got quicker, until it seemed that he was just a blur moving in front of the tree line. After doing this for a while, Akumu realized that he was wearing himself out and that he needed to rest for a minute. As he was coiled near one of the trees, he began to her the whispers of the shadow people and knew that they were close -- a lot of them. They must not have liked what he did to their companion's arm with his Ultra Sound Vibration technique and had returned in mass. Akumu knew that this was not the time to take them on, and relied on his knowledge of speed to help him avoid their growing numbers (of which he never saw, only heard).

He ran as much of his chakra as he could throughout his elongated body and began to dash forward, needing to cut short because one of the trees. He caught a glimpse of one of the shadows who was starting to catch up, and cut across a different path -- trying to travel instantly the distance across the trees so that the shadows couldn't catch up. He did move quickly, so fast that an average human may not have even seen him, but it was not quick enough for the shadows which were right on his tail. The adrenaline from the chase enhanced his powers of concentration and his physical stamina, making it easier to power his Body Flicker technique now that it was starting to improve. All of a sudden he found it easier to weave his body at such intense speeds, and he was moving faster than before. Now, rather than a dash, Akumu was almost instantly teleporting the ten meter gaps as he raced his way out of Shi no Mori, the Forest of Death. As he began to master the technique, the shadows fell away unable to keep up. It seemed that as fast as they were, his shunshin had been able to keep them at a distance long enough to escape their grasp.

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Greater Shield Focus
Rank: "C"
Skill: Supplementary
Effect: User is skilled at deflecting blows with their shield.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: User's Guard Meter gains a +2 Hardness against attacks, reducing the effect of an attack against the Guard Meter. This bonus stacks with the bonus granted by Shield Focus.
Limit: Must be an Armiger. Must know Shield Focus.

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As he got out of Shi no Mori, Akumu escaped the shadow creatures and found his way back to the temple. It had been a long night, training with Shikumo and exploring the forest, but now it would seem that it was finally over. Akumu sprouted two arms from his side and grabbed his light shield off of his back, wanting to do a little more work with it before he went to sleep. Although it had been a long day, he knew that he did his best training when he was tired from a day of work. He held the shield on his right forearm, up and in front of himself so that he could inspect the stance. He brought his serpentine body further apart, coiling himself out, so that he was stable in a strong position and then held up his arm higher. The development of his stance seemed to give Akumu some sort of strength, and he wondered how powerful his shield could become. Wanting to test out what he was learning, Akumu decided to go into Dalamadur Temple and move down into the labyrinth below the chapel. There were several booby traps set down here that he could use to test his shield. He took to the dark and shadowed hallway, letting his shield rest on his arm as he prepared himself and entered one of the rooms. As he opened the door there was a click and several senbon were shot from a device up ahead.

Akumu raised his shield to block them, putting his muscle into the defense and blocked them all as they hit his shield. None of them had been able to get around his defense, but he knew that this was not a real test. Not yet anyways. He moved past the first trap and on to the second, which was triggered by a peddle on the floor. He slithered over it and set off a string of kunai that rained down on him from above. Akumu hissed, spat, and threw up his shield -- bracing his arm and muscles for the impact. The kunai hit repeatedly at his shield, causing Akumu to readjust his defense and support his weapon even more. One of the kunai got through and hit the side of his tail, but being stopped by his natural defenses. "Hmm, unfortunate..." he said as he thought about it, and did not yet move on. He stopped to gather the kunai and set them back up, deciding that he wanted to try this one another time before moving on. He slithered to the peddle and prepared himself, moving his arm and shield into place above his head to block the attack that he knew would come.

The kunai screeched as they launched out at him once again, the sound of metal upon metal filling the room. Akumu's shield and defenses were already prepared, and because of his misstep last time he paid especially close attention to all of the kunai. His arm was slightly jolted by the strength of the secondary weapons, but held strong and he covered a wide a area as possible with his shield. Suddenly all of the kunai hit and it was over, and he had blocked them all. Akumu slithered onward them, prepared to move on to the third trap. The third trap was further down the hallway and composed of holes in the wall, which as Akumu moved across sent out several spears from the side wall. This was particularly hard to avoid, and Akumu twisted as well as he could behind the shield -- the spears hitting the metal and also himself as they got around his first defense. His body mostly blocked the rest of the spears, but some of them even did slight damage to his body. This made Akumu upset and he slithered back to the other side, prepared to try once more to cross this hallway. He raised his shield, preparing it with his muscles before getting ready to cross.

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