Easing the pain (mission)

[achile]

{1/5}

Kael entered the city, his feet tired from traveling to the Capital on foot but other then that he was eager to help and make a difference. As soon as he entered the city proper he could see the aftermath of the attack that had occured here. Burn and blast marks scored dozens of places among various buildings, the ground and even on some of the people he could see moving about. He was only within the gates for a moment before a guard rushed up to confront.

"Who are you? State your name and business here now." The man was on edge and certainly understandable as to why.

"Easy friend," Kael responded with a smooth voice. He reacvhed into a pouch and revealed his headband from the Village of Stone, hopefully and symbol of friendship. "I'm only here to help with the injured. It seems you could use it." The guard stared at the headband for a moment before nodding and turned to start walking away, he indicated that Kael should follow.

Minutes later Kael was brought to an obvious field hospital, a clear sign that their regular hospital was simply maxed out at the moment. Dozens of people sat around, their moans of pain and looks of despair obvious. Kael gave a nod of thanks and began moving forward. Since there seemed to be no real triage done here he would simply start at one patient and move onto the next, helping as many as he could while he was here.

"Hello," he said as he walked up to the first patient. He kneeled down to be at the level of a young woman. Her face was streaked with tears and her shoulder hung awakwardly out of socket in a painful dislocated position. "My name is Kael, may I try and treat that for you?" he indicated the shoulder. She seemed tenative at first by slowly her head nodded up and down.

"Thanks, so what's your name?" "Rei." the woman replied.

As she spoke Kael folded his hands together through the various handsigns needed for his first jutsu. While it appeared to be a simple dislocation he needed to make sure there was no internal injuries in the should before resetting it. Crafting the lens he used his chakra and stared at the inner workings of her shoulder. He could see the bone clearly out of socket and the various damaged areas done from that but no other real sign of injury was present.

"Ok Rei," he started, "where's your favorite place to go when your in the city?" It was a simple tactic used for distracting patients. He didn't want her tense up and cause complications as he reset the joint in place. As she began to tell him about a waterfall set in a cliff nearby he shifted to kneel next to her and placed one hand on top of her shoulder, the other just below. A few encouraging words and questions helped keep her distracted when he suddenly shifted the joint and it painfully slid back into the place. Rei gave a slight cry of pain but seemed to show an inner strength as she didn't even let tears form.

"Great job Rei," he told her, "I'm going to make sling for you and I don't want you to use this arm for a day or two. When things get a little less hectic head over to the hospital have them take a look at it but I'm sure you'll be fine."

Using another simple jutsu he formed a long strip of bandage from the ground. Winding it around her arm and tying the know behind her head he checked to make sure it wasn't uncomfortable before telling her good bye and moving on to the next patient.

{1/5}

Kenzan Metsuki (Seeing Eyes)
Rank: C
Skill: Ninjutsu
Effect: The user gains the ability to see inside small portions of the patient’s body.
Special: Rat
Drawback: The user must be stationary when performing this technique.
Description: The user forms the hand seal, holding the rat seal and holding it in between their eye. The user focuses chakra into a lens on either side, allowing them to see inside their patient’s body in a small area, one roughly six inches by four inches in area. The user can perceive the chakra circulatory system as well as the inner systems of the body when looking through this lens.
Limit: Must be a medic.

Gantai no Jutsu (Bandage Technique)
Rank: D
Skill: Ninjutsu
Effect: Creates a bandage out of surrounding materials.
Special: --
Drawback: Requires concentration in order to make larger bandages. Requires some sort of material.
Description: The user focuses chakra into a nearby material, such as sand, grass, or even water, forming it into an adhesive, sterile strip that’s reminiscent of a bandage. Once formed and applied, the makeshift bandage will remain without chakra input.
Limit: Must be a medic.

[achile]

{2/5}

Moving on from Rei Kael began to look over the countless other injured. The sheer number of them seemed to almost overwhelm the young medic. Whoever had attacked the capital certainly had impressed him if nothing else. Such power was right to be feared, at least by those that knew well enough to even fully understand the depth of what such an attack required in terms of strength.

Scanning around he noticed a man laying on the ground, a splint on his left leg. While normally such a man wouldn't need his help he noticed something peculiar about the leg. Apparently whoever had helped set the splint hadn't secured the straps to it and now the limb appeared to be slightly off at about mid-calf. Walking up he took a canteen out from behind him and offered it to the man who took it after a moment of hesitation.

"Hey there, what happened here?" he asked.

"Damn building got blown apart and a piece of debris slammed down hard onto my leg. Heard the snap and it hurt like the devil itself. Feels better now though." he said in between drinks of water. Kael carefully moved his hands over the leg as he examined the leg for a few minutes, using his thumbs to press down just far enough to locate the bone itself. The man's griamces indicated that obviously he was still feeling a good chunk of pain the closer Kael got to the off centered portion of the leg. It was clear that the debris had obviously broken this man's leg and with the poor splintting of the limb the bone had healed improperly. Kael could fix it but this would surely hurt.

Seeing a member of the hospital staff roaming around, chaning bandages and what not Kael told the man not to worry as he walked over to speak with the orderly. He explained what he found with the injured leg and the help he would need in order to fix it. If nothing was done soon the man would never walk properly ever again.

Coming back the orderly took a roll of banadages and wrapped them around the handle of the kunai Kael handed to him. The man had a look of concern as Kael moved down near his leg and began unstrapping the splint in place there.

"Now I have some bad news for you friend. This splint wasn't applied properly and your bone had begun to heal inproperly. I can fix it by resetting the bone however before I can do that I need to break it again. I'm sorry but this is going to hurt. A lot."

The man gave a stren look as he obviously realized the serious of the situation before nodding his head. The orderly offered the cushioned kunai handled and the man opened his mouth and bit down. It would help focus through the pain and more importantly the guy wouldn't bite his own tongue off while they went to work.

The orderly came and kneeled next to the man, taking his leg in both hands to help hold it secure. Another villager sat near the patient and offered him a hand in helping holding him still.

Kael breathed deeply as a white glow began to form around his left hand. The glow concentrated there for a moment as Kael ready his concentration. He first checked the kunai the man was biting down on to make sure it wouldn't slip and then felt along the leg for the point of the old break. His hand came foreward and contacted the leg at the precise point. Kael felt the scapel of pure chakra cut into the bone and the patient felt it too. He bucked in pain and a groan could be head creep past the kunai. The villager tried to steady him while the orderly kept the leg as stable as possible. Kael shook his head and brought his hand to the spot again and this time he felt the bone break through completly.

Now the patient screamed. Kael couldn't only imagine the pain he was in an certainly he sympathized with him. However it was an intense pain now or dealing with constant pain for the rest of his life. He might hate Kael today but he would thank him later on, hopefully. With the bone broken Kael placed a hand on either side of the leg off center from each other and pressed. The crepitis of the bones rubbing one another made the patient howl again against his gag but Kael felt the bone slide back into its proper position. Once there he guided the orderly and together they reset the splint. This time Kael made sure the straps where secure and wouldn't slip this time. His patient had practically passed out from the pain by this point which thankfully made him easier to deal with.

Checking to make sure everything was done properly Kael summoned chakra to his hands again and this time a green glow surrounded his palms. Carefully placed hands attended over the break as Kael began to stimulate the repairing of the recently set bone beneath. While he didn't have the time needed to heal the bone completely he would at least be able to get it started and cut down the time the man would be incapacitated by the injury.

Kossetsu no Jutsu (Bond Fracture Technique)
Rank: C
Skill: Ninjutsu
Effect: The user causes a fracture or break in the patient’s bone.
Special: --
Drawback: --
Description: The user focuses chakra into their hand, creating a faint white glow around it. They then press it to the patient’s bone, utilizing a chakra scalpel to partially slice the bone without breaking the skin. A second strike from this technique will most likely break the bone all the way through.
Limit: Must be a medic, must know Chakra Enjitou.

Hone Chiyu (Bone Healer)
Rank: C
Skill: Ninjutsu
Effect: The user stimulates the rapid healing of bones.
Special: --
Drawback: The bone will heal in the position it is in, therefore must be properly set in order for it to properly heal.
Description: The user focuses chakra along their hands, creating a faint green glow along them. They then focus the chakra into the patient’s body, boosting calcium levels and encouraging the repair of bone breaks or fractures. This technique takes four movements to fix a break and six movements to heal a fracture, minus one for every difficulty rank above D the user holds.
Limit: Must be a medic, must know Shosen no Jutsu.

[achile]

{3/5}

Kael remained with the broken leg patient for a few moments, his jutsu continued to aid in the healing for a short time before moving on to the next patient.

This one seem different. While physically she looked fine it was obvious from the child's posture and slight movements that something was bothering the young one. Moving forward Kael kneeled down and began speaking with both the mother who held the boy in her arms and trying his best to be friendly with the kid also.

Children where always difficult to work on. They naturally where wary around strangers and being as almost every medical jutsu Kael knew involved making physical contact meant he would need some help from the parent.

Given the skin color, condition and other indicators obviously the boy had picked up an infection, not uncommon when this many injured and homeless where crowded together. A quick placement of the back of his fingertips on the boy's forehead confirmed a fever and a rather high one. While not serious yet it could get considerably worse if it went unchecked.

With the boy's mother helping Kael managed to reach out and start converting the heat from the fever back into healing energy for the body. The boy's complexion cleared up considerably and he even started to smile toward the end of the medic's healing touch. All positive signs.

Kanetsu Kirikae (Heat Conversion)
Rank: C
Skill: Ninjutsu
Effect: Converts heat energy from a fever into healing energy.
Special: --
Drawback: Causes extreme fatigue after three rounds of use.
Description: The user focuses chakra into the patient’s body, using it to convert heat energy and infuse it into the body’s white blood cells, reinvigorating them and helping them to fight off the fever.
Limit: Must be a medic, must know Kanetsu no Gyou.

[achile]

{4/5}

Kael was just finishing with the boy when suddenly a commontion started up behind him. He turned to see several villagers begin to furiously start clearing rubble away from what appaered to once be a shop of some kind. A dog nearby was barking furiously and it was apparent from their furious actions that they believed they had found something.

Wasting only a moment to give the mother advise on keeping her son healthy Kael leaped up and moved into a full sprint over to the rubble pile. Other villagers had joined in and where helping to clear away the mess. As he got closer Kael noticed what looked like a hand beneath a large chunk of rubble. Those already there where trying to clear the rubble away from the sides of the much larger chunk in hopes of reaching the trapped person since they lacked the tools to get the big piece out of the way. Fortunately he wasn't just skilled with his medical jutsus.

Moving closer Kael slid to a stop and knealt down to look between the debris and sure enough someone was trapped beneath. He quickly urged the others to stand back as he postioned himself on the corner of the broken shop. Chakra flooded through his entire body as quivering arms slowly managed to force the trapping debris upwards. Even with his strength level it was a chore and he could already feel his strength start to ebb.

"Grab em!" he ordered as he noticed the villagers simply staring at him shock. One man managed to recover his senses and darted in.

"We got four people down here!" the man called back and the young medic heard him start to shift debris around as he began to extricate the trapped group. At first others seemed hesitant to go in and help as they saw the strain that holding the pile up was putting on Kael. Carefully he repositioned himself to brace his shoulders underneath the pile and give him better leverage. His arms weren't so strained but now his whole body was starting to feel the weight of what he was holding up. Carefully two others ducked past him and now the sound of rocks and wood being tossed aside was far clearer then before.


It seemed like they took forever underneath the rubble and Kael was afraid he wouldn't be able to hold it up for much longer. The first two men came out, one carrying two kids and the other a man old enough to be there father. Just as he felt the pile start to come back down the man reappeared with a woman in his arms. The second he was clear Kael dropped the pile and stepped away as a cloud of dust shot up everywhere.

[achile]

{5/5}

Kael let out a barrage of coughs as he tried to clear his lungs from the dust that had engulfed him. It took several moments for the dust to drift away and settle back to the earth. Once it did he saw his four new patients on the ground in front of him. from there appearences it was obvious they all needed medical attention. Unfortunately Kael knew without even hesitating that he simply lacked the chakra to help them all. In fact with the injuries they may have he probably only had enough to save one of them.

"You," he pointed to one of the bystanders, "go get help. NOW! A medic, doctor, hell anyone just go!" the bystander turned and ran while Kael moved over to the family of four. First things first he directed the others to lay them out flat on their backs and got his new assitants to stabilize their necks with their own hands. If somehow they had managed not to shatter their necks already it might help to keep them from doing so now. Kael rapidly moved from person to person checking for a pulse and sign of breathing. Amazingly enough all four where still alive at the moment.

Rapidly Kael began to assess them. Starting first with the father he began running his fingers over the top of the man's skull searching for any sources of bleeding or possible fractures. Moving on he looked at both ears checking for blood or other bodily fluids leaking out. He also made sure to check for bruising behind the ears as all of them would be indicative of bleeding in the brain.

Moving down he checked the throat both for an open windpipe and to make sure the man's spine was still intact. He continued down, apply pressure and checking with his fingers along the body as he searched for injuries and broken bones. Suprisingly the man seemed to be in rather good health with the exception of a broken arm. Kael used another jutusu to increase his oxygen intake.

Both children where ok with the exception of some bumbs and bruises but Kael knew from experience that they could compensate for internal injuries rather well until they crashed hard and fast. He took a few moments to apply his healing hands to both in turn. Nowhere near long enough to treat the numerous injuries they had but hopefully enough.

While checking the mother's throat he discovered that her windpipe was deviated to one side. A bad sign during an assessment. His finger's danced rapidly as they moved down to her torso. With proper placement had pressed down and found that one side of her chest went down farther then other. One of her lungs had collapesed! Kunai in hand Kael cut off the tattered remains of what had once been a shirt and began searching every inch of her skin both front and back. If it was a regular deflated lung a wound on her chest would be letting air into her chest cavity which would crush one of her lungs. If there was no hole that meant it was most likely internal bleeding that was crushing her lung.

Kael searched for another minute, stopping to see if any help was coming from the hospital area but still nothing. Another jutsu to help her oxygen flow but the young medic could already see her lips turning blue and signs that she may soon die if nothing was done. He couldn't use his healing hands on her until he managed to drain the blood from her chest cavity.

Directing others to help the carefully sat her up while still stabilizing her neck. Kael took out a kunai and quickly held it over an open flame to help sterilize before coming back. Confirming which lung had deflated he moved to her right side and felt for the bottom of her rib cage. Doing so he carefully sliced into her flesh, deep enough to pierce the muscle wall but hopefully not enough to damage the lung.

Blood started to seep out of the wound rapidly and the instant it did the woman began breathing easier. As moments went by the blood still coming from the wound was obviously not from his incision but more from the collection pooled in her lungs. Another minute and Kael woudl begin his healing hands, the reinfalted lung helping force the remainder of the blood out. She would still need medical attention from the doctors but at least for now she and her family would live.

Sansokyoukyuu (Oxygen Supply)
Rank: D
Skill: Ninjutsu
Effect: Widens the respiratory passages to allow a higher oxygen flow.
Special: --
Drawback: User must maintain for at two movements in order to make sure the passages remain fully open.
Description: The user focuses chakra out into their hands, creating a faint, green-white glow around the user’s hands. The chakra flows into the respiratory system, widening the passages and stimulating the flow of oxygen. After two movements, the flow is restored normally, clearing most obstructions via chakra.
Limit: Must be a medic.

Shosen no Jutsu (Healing Hands Technique)
Rank: D, C, B
Skill: Ninjutsu
Effect: The user heals injuries that repairs physical damage.
Special: --
Drawback: certain injuries may be impossible to cure or may take a long time to cure. The amount of chakra used is proportional to the injury required to be healed.
Description: The user gathers chakra into their hands, creating a bright green glow around them. The user then forces the healing chakra into the body of the patient, healing physical damage. This technique requires three movements to heal a minor injury and six movements to heal a major injury, minus one for every rank in this technique above D the user possesses, to a minimum of one. Starting at B rank, the user is able to heal critical injuries with this technique. Healing a critical injury requires sixteen movements, minus one movement for every rank above B the user possesses. Remove one movement from this process for every difficulty rank above D the user possesses.
Limit: Must be a medic, must know Gantai no Jutsu.