The desert road...how vast[Open/NDE]

[~88~]

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Impeccable Body - Poison
Rank: "B"
Skill: TaiJutsu
Effect: Due to the perfection of the Kamyuja’s body they can endure poisons better than others.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: The user can shrug off poisons that would kill someone else. User gets a +4 bonus on Fortitude Saves against Poison.
Limit: Must be a Kamyuja Member. Must Master Kamyuja.

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What a harsh climate this land held Jai noticed as he walked through town carrying his entire arsenal upon himself: Guitar, fullblade, longsword, knife, axe, Robe, pack waist, belt, JAcket, pants, shirt, vest, headgear, footwear. HIs entire ensembol was dark in charcoal color's and grey lightened tones. The full blade across his back, the long sword tucked at the small of his back between the waist pack which could slide on the belt around himself. He kept his knife in the pack waist and the axe at his hip. The guitar crossed the full blade by it's strap over his back. His jacket, vest, shirt and pants where worn hidden by his dark robe. Black ninja boots on foot walked the hot desert ground. ON his head was a black bandana that kept his long dred lock's neat as they where pulled tied into a ponytail that ran down his back. The sound village symbol was displayed in white on the bandana. USually it was tied on the fret of his guitar, but now he wore it on head proudly.

The wind picked up around Jai as he recalled having stopped off in the port town to get something refreshing from the long patient trip. However he was finding himself a little dizzy as if he had been poisoned back in town. The road was becoming a little shaky and his eyes where finding it hard to focus. He had a sneaking suspicion that town uglies where hoping to make a sad case of him as he was growing more certain that he had been poisoned. He recalled the waiter trying to tell Jai that outsiders where not taken kindly by the desert folk at such a place because outsiders tended to come through with much valuables that bandits where often keen to. IF he wasn't known as capable, he might not even make it to the embassy...the desert was a unforgiving place, not for travelers to come looking for vacations without proper security.

What he also didn't know was that the waiter and most of that town's business district where run by bandit's that fought for random rights of control out in these deserts. The politics of this country where far beyond Jai's understanding. Thing's where getting ugly quick out in the desert and he wasn't very used to it here at all. HE continued making his way down the road when suddenly he dropped to a knee in the hot sun and found himself breathing exasperatedly. "So...I guess it was poison...Might have guessed....those people where giving all kinds of dirty looks...Which means...Right about now...if I turn around...-" Jai said to himself as he breathed and began to feel himself grow shaky in limb's. His eyesight was becoming quite unfocused and he could feel a strange sickness in his gut that he tried to ignore.

IT was then he became aware of being followed from behind. He was sure he had been followed by whoever sought to have at him out here...So far his training as a ninja had allowed him to see thing's like this and though he tried to think otherwise, he was certain that he was going to have to deal with a problem.

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"Well...well...well....Looked what thought it could go far in these part's....not from around, we know....saw you come through the port......we see everyone come through the port..."

Jai waited trying to stabilize himself and almost found himself taken in humor. The voice sounded too average and unintimidating to begin with. IT sounded like someone who liked to bully...like someone who didn't realize that Jai was now wearing his headband...Like someone who was taking too long to catch up to him, and was not aware of what skills Jai had to defend himself with. Jai stayed where he was, looking weak and bowed over the ground like he was about to pass out. He turned his head slowly to give a sidelong glance from the shadow of his robe and burdened figure at what appeared to be five raggedy looking fellows all with sword's at hip, and dressed in rag's like bandits of fortune might seem.

HE slowly turned away from them and looked forward at the road ahead of himself and noticed that while the road was clearly worn in the ground, the same road leading to the embassy from ages of use, that the embassy itself was no where in sight. There wouldn't be any sense in running off like he could get anywhere soon. And besides...perhaps it was as good a moment as any to try his training. See how much he had learned so far...and see if he could take care of himself out in the world on his own. JAi spat on the ground without getting up, "What do you want...? I'm a little unwell, don't need to be bothered...Go away..."

"Oh, we know...we do this all the time here...You know we tend to recognize new guys in these dusty little parts and so to keep it short, we will be letting you go to waste away whatever fancies you came out here for, after we take your valuables and the like...It's only fair that we help you understand that the desert IS in fact A VERY Merciless dry, hot, and forsaken place to just be walking through like you are...Now...it's five-"

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FWWWWISH-WOOMF!

Suddenly Jai whirled around, the flap's of his robe swinging open to reveal his arm's holding the chakra focusing seal. His face was stern, and focused, eye's scanned the four bandit's behind the leader at about 20 meter's distance and closing. His hand's moved through a line of seals quickly before a gale of wind seemed to flow around his robe's. "Aspect of the wind's: Northern aspect..." Jai said before dashing forward a bit quickly with the wind flowing through his robe's. He caught the leader with a sudden sucker punch to his gut, followed by a sudden four punch combo that seemed to leave sunken pocket's to his stomach as gust of air shot into him, making him stagger back on his ass.

The four other's saw this with shock and quickly grabbed their katanas and fanned out to surround Jai. With a surveillance of his surrounding's Jai frowned feeling himself trying to stabilize his vision and awareness through the sickness he felt. He hoped the poison would wear off before it over took him, wouldn't do to pass out out here like this. His vision wavered and then turned blurry. He winced as he heard a shout to his rear as one bandit ran at him with sword raised over head.

Damn...can't see!

Jai Turned around and punched a gust of air at the ground trying to see through blurry blob's and hazy clarity. Dust kicked up into the bandit's face stopping him from cutting down at Jai. With a sudden flurry of punche's Jai sent gusts of air punching into the blurry image of the bandit causing him to stagger back as well. Then with a quick sprint forward Jai slammed a shoulder into the bandit, knocking him over, before turning to see another blurry shape come at him from the side. He knelt down and grabbed the huge full blade from his back with both hands and bowed forward pulling the huge weapon over him to block the downward slash of the third bandit.

KLANG!

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Aspect of the Four Winds

Rank: "D"

Skill: NinJutsu

Effect: User taps into one of the directional winds to give them a bonus.

Special: Handseals

Drawback: ---

Description: Range of this technique is personal. Duration of this technique is 5 rounds per Class Level. Target is the user. User takes on the seemingly discordant characteristics of the four winds, making their actions movements and unpredictable. The user gains one of the following benefits based on the aspect they select at performing:



North Aspect: +1 enhancement bonus to Movements.



South Aspect: +10 competence bonus to Jump Good and +1 Fly maneuverability.



East Aspect: +1 luck bonus to Saves.



West Aspect: +2 luck bonus to Range Attack Damage.


Limit: Must know Wind Release.

Air Kick/Punch



Rank: "D"



Skill: NinJutsu



Effect: User may release compressed blasting air from their limbs.



Special: Handseals



Drawback: ---



Description: Range of this technique is 1 meter per Class Level. Duration of this technique is 5 rounds per Class Level. Target of this technique is line or cone shaped emanation. A more offensive technique found in Wind Release. Air Punches or Air Kicks are small, compressed formations of air that can be fired off from the limbs of the user. This tech applies an air blast in the sense that involves the firing of compressed or solidified air at an opponent in a distant fashion. This technique may be applied in conjunction with TaiJutsu techniques. User may apply this technique to the ground, spewing the compressed air within a radius. Radius of the technique becomes half of the user's range. These blasts deal 6 Armour Points of bludgeoning damage per Class Level.



Limit: Must know Wind Release.

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A quick hand reached for the bandit's ankle, and gripped hard. Focusing his eye sight, Jai found a moment of clarity and could see correctly. He yanked the bandit's foot, letting the full blade fall back into position and stood up to look at the fallen foe. With a step forward he kicked mightily at the bandit, sending him rolling over the ground a few meter's away before spinning around to swing the quickly grabbed axe from his hip at the incoming fourth sword. He swiped the attack away and began to dodge wild strikes from the fourth enemy while the fifth also found time to join in.

It wasn't hard to dance around with these joker's...the desert was an open stage with plenty of room for moving around. Jai looked for an opening in between the bandit's and finally found it by throwing the axe at the ground to stop one bandit from advancing. Then grabbing the knife from his waist pack, he side stepped an incoming thrust from the other bandit, and slammed the knife into the bandit's shoulder while rushing past him, swinging a foot under to trip him into a forward tumble. SPinning around Jai watched as all the bandit's began to regroup while their fifth comrade seemed to scream in agony from the knife at his shoulder.

Jai stood some 15 meter's from them breathing through the nausea and vertigo he was experiencing. IT seemed the poison was going under and he was able t handle it after all. His kamyuja bloodline was strong enough to hold off such poisons. HE wasn't going to give in to such a cheap trick. Jai smiled, and wiped dust from his shoulder and then looked at the four pissed of bandit's. "Well...I must not be the one eh fellas?"

"You fucking show off! You think you can come around here and just get by! FUCK YOU!"

JAi paused feeling a little thrown back by the sudden ferociousness of the wild bandit. But it only triggered the chaos hiding inside. Jai went calm as the bandit's began chaging after him with bloodlust and rage in their faces. The moment of fun had passed, and the game was over. "No........Fuck you...." JAi uttered calmly and darkly under his breath as he dropped down to dig into the earth with his right hand and lift up to fling a chunk of hard ground at the center bandit. It smashed into his face taking him down quickly before the other two bandit's swung horizontally with there sword's. Jai grabbed the huge full blade again pulled it, and sunk it down right before him like a pillar into the ground creating a huge vertical defense to block the four swords swinging at him.

With a sudden furious swipe of his hand he broke each of the four swords in half, as well as chopped the huge full blade in half causing a display of sparks to flash in the air. His mighty ripped and strong right hand held firm across his face as the bandit's backed up and realized Jai was nothing to mess with. "Get the fuck outta here...now..." Jai told them with a dark tone that seemed to express he was barely getting started.

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The bandit's fled in fear, and Jai found himself regaining his full sense of well bieng, now that his body had adjusted to whatever poison he had been suffering. He looked around and saw the disturbance the fight had left as impressions in the area. SOmeone would be able to see a scuffle had happened here. The sun was hot and Jai was beginning to sweat. He to his vest and jacket off and went over to the bandit with the knife in his shoulder. He threw the items on his body and told him he could keep them as reminder's of this little moment. along with the knife. Even the full blade would be something to show and tell back at the port town.

"There you go...a little something for you guys after all eh...But, I'll be taking that water..." , JAi said after snatching a canteen from the bandit's side and drinking all the water in it before throwing the empty canteen at the bandits head. "Don't fuck with me again..." Jai said as he began walking off feeling lighter and cooler and refreshed. He only kept his katana, and guitar as far as item's now. The rest of his apparel as well. HE didn't look so burdened and looked more suitable for traveling around as a ninja. Besides, he only needed his katana, and he liked to keep his guitar.

His body felt better and the road was easier to travel without the burden's from poisoning. After a long 3 hour journey he began to see what appeared to be a huge looming structure in the far distance...something like a tower or such. IT'd take still a while to reach it. But it was definitely the embassy. "So...wind country and the embassy...perhaps I will find someone to train me in the sword there..." Jai said feeling a soft breeze come over him. The road under his feet had a very worn look to it, like many had traveled this road since ages long ago...



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