Hallowed Limits {P}

[Nishiko]

Kami no Jutsu(Paper Release)
Rank: A
Skill: Ninjutsu
Effect: Upon mastering the Wood Release, the user is able to train this jutsu in order to gain the ability to manipulate paper.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: By pushing past normal human limitations, the user may gain the ability to manipulate paper. The paper can be used in extraordinary ways such as slicing through metals, creating animals to fight beside them, and even allow them to fly.
Limit: In order to gain the paper release, the user must first master wood release. The training of paper release must be role-played out and cannot be timeskipped.

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This was not an assignment, it was not a challenge, and it was something she wanted, that was very rare. Nishiko did not want or crave as others did but for once she had a passion, she wanted to learn this and make it her own. I watched her, she did not know. Sheets of paper lay before her, scattered and haphazard. Her hands expertly picked out a likely sheet it was a pale cream paper patterned with golden swirls. Her fingers elegantly folding the paper into two, her nails creasing the paper perfectly before she pushed the loose sheets of paper aside.

What a strange method of training. She continued her folds, her eyes set on the task, taking notice of nothing else. She continued to fold, meticulously slow. Her nails made precise creases, what was it that she was creating? After much time had passed she held up her finished work, balanced delicately in the palm of her hand was a perfectly folded paper crane. I moved from the shadows and spoke. “What are you doing?” A smile crossed her lips and sounded in her voice. “If you make a thousand your wish will come true.” She replied as she caused the birds wings to move by tapping the tale.

She had never made one before, I was sure of this but something in the exactness of her creation made her seem to be an expert. Before I could continue the conversation she had grabbed a square colored like lilacs. Again she began to fold, a different pattern this time, something more complicated. The thin sheet of paper stretched from its normal blandness to something three dimensional as petals folded outwards, she had created a perfectly formed lily. She was amazing this girl. Before I could pass a compliment she was back to a teal sheet of paper, folding a crane again, even I could recognize the pattern.

It was a work of art to watch her gently creasing the paper as she created without notice for her surroundings. She worked like a master, perhaps a hair faster than before. She was already becoming familiar; the pattern was in her mind not her eyes. She required no references or any such things, she simply worked. The smile curled upon her lips showed pleasure in her work, not the normal set determination in her eyes. Another crane was made and placed on the shelf next to the original; she looked at it lovingly for a moment before taking another sheet of cream colored paper before her.

This time she was not making anything she had made before. She folded a new pattern, a strange one. She continued to fold as if she had spent her entire life doing this. Once more a three dimensional object would begin to form… a box. A perfectly formed box that seemingly had no opening, I could imagine her leaving things in these and daring me to get it out without tearing or damaging the paper. What skill did this child… not a child a grown woman, what skills did she possess? What would she possess? She continued to fold as if nothing else in the world mattered.

[Zetsumei]

+10

[Nishiko]

10/100

She continued to ignore me as she worked. She was nowhere near done but she was coming at it from a different method. She sat before her desk now, her hands folded neatly in her lap as she called upon her chakra, her eyes focused on the paper before her. I could see the translucent blue sparks already dancing around her muscular form. There was no such thing as moderation for Nishiko, it was all or none and no turning back, but what was she attempting to do? There was no way she would be able to move onto manipulation at such an early stage, what was she thinking? I said nothing, she would ignore me, it was not in her nature to be accepting of the term ‘can’t’.

Her chakra sparked over the sheet of paper as her eyes narrowed at the scrap of paper. It was a mere shadow next to her power, it seemed impossibly that she could succeed this fast but she would not let that stop her. Suddenly as if by some ethereal power the piece of paper rose into the air, hovering six inches above her head. Her head tilted to the side coquettishly as she let more chakra rise to the scrap of paper. The scrap caved slightly before the ends came to touch ever so lightly. I realized it now; she was attempting to make her origami creation without her hands.

Her speed in learning was amazing. She was using her chakra to create a crease the paper perfectly. How could she do this? It was almost inhuman. The paper unfolded before folding in the other direction and creasing once more. The paper moved faster, not with the deliberate speed of one learning but of skill beyond measure, like that of a master. Her two dimensional object began to take shape, forming itself into yet another crane. It wouldn’t surprise me if she really made a thousand. The finished crane hovered in mid air before sailing over to settle next to the already made creations.

Another piece of paper rose into the air and began to folding process once more. She never once looked away or deviated from her work, there were no breaks or pauses, she wanted to learn and do it in a timely manner. As the new creation was finished I watched her press more chakra into the crane. She waited a long moment before letting the crane gently brush past her skin. A cut appeared upon her unmarred cheek, droplets of blood gathering as a smile crossed her face. “Paper cut,” she whispered happily as she touched her fingers to the cut.

With a slight wave of her fingers the creation took flight, quickly followed by the previously made creations. One by one they would crash into the wall, crumpling as they made contact and falling useless to the floor. Nishiko was not disappointed however, she overlooked the fallen paper gangstas soldiers that had collected on the floor. She studied them, her brain working quickly as she took note of what needed to be adjusted so as to provide better results. That was her style, always thinking and improving and looking for new ways to create.

[Zetsumei]

+10

[Nishiko]

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A failure would not stop her, not now or ever. Without so much as a word she would continue her work, using her chakra to draw the paper into the air and begin to fold once more. Her speed was not dulled by her apparent failure, no never dulled, if anything her speed increased as well as her determination. One by one the origami creatures came to life, finishing their folding and lying in wait for further commands from the chakra that controlled them. Nishiko continued until she had at least ten of her paper creations hovering before her awaiting orders.

More chakra pressed into the paper, presumably sharpening the edges and serving to make the paper stronger in all. The paper had cut before but crumpled against the wall, something she would not stand for. Cautiously she would direct one of her creations towards the wall with power and accuracy; she had the creature sideswipe the wall with its paper wings. The wing crumpled as it touched against the wooden structure as the creature touched to the ground Nishiko would send forth a second creation after pressing more chakra into it. This one moved with a more deliberate speed, the wing touching against the wall to leave a very thin slash mark.

As soon as he creature skimmed the wall she sent two more towards the already defaced wall. The pair flew tandem to strike the wall, glowing with her chakra as she worked every bit of her knowledge and power into the paper cranes. She smiled as they both skimmed the wall and dove back, leaving a flurry of scratches against the wooden structure. When I looked back to her a smile had crossed her face and an ointment had caused her cut to vanish. Now she brought two of her creations into the air, they hovered facing each other like some sort of paper duelists.

To my disbelief I was correct. Did that damn woman ever train things normally? She flicked her fingers lazily and the two cranes shot at each other, both missing and careening past each other. A look of concentration crossed her face as she struggled to stop and redirect them. The rest and dived once more, one crane wing scraping the tail of the other, causing it to hang limply by small bits of paper. Her control was amazing already. Learning new things was mother’s milk to the girl. She reset the birds and directed them once more. The winning cranes head was severed by an expert wing stroke of the other.

She relaxed for a moment as she collected the loose scraps of paper, using only her chakra to guide the destroyed bits into the waste basket. Once everything was collected she went back to folding by hand, creating countless numbers of cranes before my very eyes with all the speed of a ninja. One by one the cranes piled up, her goal of a thousand not seeming so outlandish after watching her work. I wondered what she would do next, she did not seem to need more practice but with the strength of the control would technically take much longer before she could call herself a master and she would not rest until then.

[✗ Kaeor ✗]

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[Nishiko]

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With her papers all in order Nishiko was ready to jump back into action, but where to go from there? She had already come so far in her knowledge it seemed like it would be nearly impossible for her to continue at her already advanced level but she had her own ideas in mind. Her eyes locked on the sheets of paper in concentration as she called upon her chakra. An ethereal blue glow began to cover her and stream into the paper, there was magic in the air. This world of Nishiko’s was secret… it was forbidden, and though I raised her I was in the dark, I always would be. Without our secrets our world would not exist.

The paper rose and staggered in the air, separating itself into a cone before her. Slowly her fingers moved, flickering like a puppeteer lazily controlling that which was rightfully hers. Slowly the papers began to move in a circle, spinning in asinine ways as Nishiko watched with her hawk like eyes. The papers continued to circle; bobbing through the air until the girl flicked her fingers again, causing the papers to move just a hair faster, her eyes still calculating carefully. Nothing would escape her eyes as she continued to train further into this new and unusual release. She was getting closer by the second yet in reality she was not even half way finished.

The girl continued to let the paper cyclone spin, faster and faster it would move, the sheets of paper dancing in and out, never swiping each other but making an escape nearly impossible. Her eyes remained set as she let the papers swirl, sheets dipping in and out of the center that would slice the hypothetical hostage. Not only was she progressing in her skills with paper but she was thinking over tactics. Her mind was running constantly, her insomnia did not surprise me. I continued to watch, stunned, as the paper storm increased in strength and speed, becoming more dangerous by the second.

She spun her fingers in the air lazily as she watched the paper following her movements. This continued for a long minute before she pointed to the wall with a sharp movement. In a flurry of paper and a rush of air the sheets spun out of their cone to slam one by one into the wall, all sticking properly and none running into each other, yet another miraculous show of the woman’s precise control. She gestured for the paper to return. The sheets quivered from their home, imbedded in the wall. But Nishiko would have no disobedience from her creations, not now and not ever.

She gestured once more, a frown crossing her face. The paper continued to shake for a moment before dislodging at rather frightening speeds. Nishiko quickly gestured the paper to slam into the opposite wall, somehow avoiding damaging anything else within the room. She smiled and relaxed in her chair once more as the paper fell from the wall to lie limply upon the floor. She was no doubt debating on how to approach the rest of this training. Even I wondered what else she could possibly do to become any better than she already was. Time would tell though, it always did.

[roko]

did I say +10?

[Nishiko]

40/100

Watching her work was like watching art being created. She never ran out of ideas, she worked around obstacles with ease and she let nothing stand in her path. I would have lost the will to continue ages ago but she persevered. She let herself have a moment to rest, careful not to expend her chakra stores on something as simple as training. She was planning ahead as always. Preparation was required in our line of work after all. After a few minutes she would nod to herself, she was ready to continue her work and gain that which she had been working so hard for. Her chakra gathered without the use of hand seals, a daunting task for most.

She let the energy gather, not trying to rush it in any way for that. In her eyes there was wisdom beyond her years, taking time to reflect instead of rushing. She pulled forth a sheet of paper with her chakra, letting it lie before her as she contemplated her next movement. The chakra rose and the paper began to fold. One precise fold at a time she would work, spending extra time on creasing the edges, making sure all of her work was of the highest quality. She would let nothing infringe upon the perfection she so desired in her training.

A few more folds would happen, the actual process looking rather like a magic trick due to the fact that her hands never once touched the paper. The final result was a rather difficult but expertly crafted paper airplane. With the folding done she would inspect the work, looking for flaws in her folding or something that would make the creation less aerodynamic. She was pleased with her work however, she was sure she would be. With her eyes set she would pitch the plane into the air and let it soar for a long minute, it was a good plane even without the aid of chakra.

Her chakra would stream into the air however, extending outwards to grasp the pale. It was now that the paper plane would be able to perform acrobatics above and beyond the normal. The plane dove down to perform a loop before shooting back up towards the ceiling and circling. A barrel roll caused the plane to drop lower in the air. The mystical energy sparked around the plane like tiny engines, tinting the paper blue as it sailed through the air uninhibited. The miracle of flight was well worth the training. Perhaps one day the paper could even carry her in flight.

With the gentle touch Nishiko had cultivated she brought the plane down for a graceful landing and proceeded to stare blankly at it. She was running out of ideas now, or so I thought. I certainly couldn’t think of anything else to do. But Nishiko would surely come up with something bigger and bolder to take the world by storm and thus progress her learning to an entirely new and unexplored level. She would revel in this and become even stronger than ever before. Slowly the girl began to gather sheets of paper, no doubt preparing for her next venture.

[Elgar]

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[Nishiko]

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[Nishiko]

Suiganmourou no Jutsu (Drunken Sight Technique)
Rank: "C" Rank
Skill: GenJutsu
Effect: A Technique used upon a certain opponent as the opponent begins to see the world around them as if perhaps in a drunken like state. The sense of balance becomes impaired and their body begins to feel as if they were just simply drunk.
Special: "Handseals"
Drawback: A simple technique that can be diverse if the opponent or the user is suddenly hit to knock sense or to disrupt concentration.
Description: When the technique is performed on the opponent, they would suddenly begin to see blurry. Their vision would be disrupted. Their balance would become disrupted. Their sense of smell would become harden. The capability of functioning properly of all body parts is unable to occur because of the fact that each body part of the opponent will not be capable of working correctly. This technique lasts as long as the user wishes as long as the user is undisturbed or the opponent is undisturbed.
Limit: Must know Glamour Perception, GenJutsu Technique to where anyone is capable of learning.

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Genjutsu was not something she worked a lot in. In fact up till now she had not trained into it at all. The lack of balance bothered her, I could tell by the look on her face. It was something that she had a strong feeling could come back to haunt her one day if she continued to do nothing about it. With that I watched her scour over countless scrolls containing the training techniques and information needed for countless genjutsu. She sorted them easily into two piles. One she wanted and one she did not. Once she had finished searching through the scrolls she drew one from the keep pile and began.

Her eyes closed as she began to work through the hand seals. One by one she would work through them, placing them deep into her seemingly endless memory. Though she spoke little she retained much information. After a few repeated progressions through the zodiac dance she would increase her speed. I watched with some level of pride as she quickly progressed through the steps for the technique. She had always been so advanced that it should not have surprised me. After working through the speedy repetitions she would begin to draw upon her chakra. It was the next logical step after all.

I watched as she began to glow with the mystical energy. Normal eyes would not have seen what I did but my own abilities allowed me to watch her chakra gather. She worked effortlessly as she drew the mystical energy to the surface. She had done well the first time but it was not good enough for her, it rarely was. She wanted perfection, not mediocrity. It was one of those traits that had made me wish to teach her in the first place. She drew on her chakra a second time and I let my enhanced sight fade away. It was quite a perfect chakra draw this time, I knew as well as she did that she would not try something so simple again.

The next time she formed the hand seals I knew she would attempt the technique. This was what drew my curiosity. She was quite new to the art of illusion; I wanted to know what method she would use to complete the technique. Hand seals drew the chakra from the system and I watched her stare into the mirror intently. She was casting the spell on herself. It was a good way to try it though it was only one method. This would show her what the results of the technique would do and thus familiarize herself with it. It was important to know what exactly your techniques could do.

She squinted into the mirror for a long minute before letting the technique subside. Instead of moving on however she began to form the hand seals and gather the chakra once more. The speed of the zodiac symbols was impressive I knew the chakra was gathering just as quickly. Once that was done I watched her but my own vision began to blur. My sense of smell was not as strong as it once was, I could barely detect her personal scent. My head began to spin as well; it was quite similar to the effects of alcohol on the body. I laughed loudly. She knew I was watching and exactly where I was. I had to admit she was good.

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[Takeuchi]

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[Nishiko]

Displacement
Rank: "C"
Skill: GenJutsu
Effect: The subject of this Jutsu appears to be about two feet away from its true location.
Special: "Handseals"
Drawback: This technique does not work on those who are two or more classes stronger then that of the user, or if they are considered to be one higher of a specialist then that of the user. Such as a Non Specialist cannot use this on a Specialist or Master, and a Specialist is unable to use this on a master.
Description: The subject of this Jutsu appears to be about two feet away from its true location. The creature benefits from a 50% miss chance as if it had. This technique makes it seem as if the user is one place, but in actuality is only two feet to the left, or to the right.
Limit: Must know Glamour Perception.

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Without any hesitation she would dive into another scroll. Her gold eyes danced as she began to study the information the scroll had upon it. She was determined to make up for the previous lack of illusionary arts. Determination and perfection, they were excellent skills to have in a student, I only hoped they would not fail her in the real world. She was training for something in particular, I was fairly certain I knew what. If I could I would have gone with her but I would not allow myself to become a mother hen, she needed to work by herself, to prove she could do it.

Her eyes closed once more as she began to perform hand seals once again. They always had to be committed to memory. The mind of a ninja was a bottomless pit of hand seals more often than not. It was not memorizing them that was difficult, it was causing them to become part of the subconscious memory. If one had to take the time to think about what hand seals were needed and performing them it would be most detrimental in battle. Not that Nishiko was one for straight forward battle but sometime it was needed. She progressed through the string of zodiac symbols a handful of times before picking up the pace.

The girl worked through the faster set of seals a few times until she became familiar with that speed as well. I could tell she was moving as quickly as she could with seals so she could move at that same speed in a battle situation. The next step was to draw upon the mystical energy we all carried within us. To summon her chakra was absolutely necessary for the technique after all. She worked through the hand symbols a few more times, her eyes watching in the mirror. I noticed her eyes locked upon her own hands in the mirror. It was impressive, she was memorizing what the reverse of the hand seals looked like. If someone else performed the technique she would know.

Once again she would perform the required zodiac symbols and call upon her chakra, letting it wash over her own mind. It was a key aspect in learning the technique after all. She crooked her head and glanced oddly at the mirror. She stepped a foot or so to each side in turn, watching the results in the mirror with keen interest. I was not sure what technique she had learned but she was quite intrigued by the results. I was as well but I was sure I would learn what came of the technique in time. She had cast the technique on me last time after all, I had no doubt she would do so again.

She ended the technique she had placed upon herself and performed the hand seals yet again. Hand seals meant the gathering of chakra as well. Suddenly she moved, her entire body jumped to the side. What an odd technique. It could be used quite effectively in battle if it did what I thought it did. From the darkness I appeared and reached out to touch the Nishiko that I saw. Nothing hit however. Where was she really? I heard her quite and awkward laughter as she let the technique fade away. My outstretched hand was two feet away from where she stood. Very effective.

[Takeuchi]

+10

[Nishiko]

Doton no Yoroi (Shield of Earth)
Rank: "C"
Skill: NinJutsu
Effect: A Thin like layer of earth is used to surround the user as a protection against on coming like attacks. The stronger the user is the stronger the technique becomes means the stronger the defense is to help the user.
Special: ---
Drawback: This Technique is ineffective against Lighting Techniques. The user becomes weighed down and is unable to perform fast movements such as the After Image technique.
Description: A thing layer of earth is used as a protection around the user. The layer makes the user seem a little darker then usual but this type of technique takes up a lot of concentration, chakra and understanding. When attacked by certain attacks such as TaiJutsu attacks the feel of the attack seems less then that of normal. This technique is capable of protecting the user against two "D" Rank like attacks before the shield begins to break. For every Difficulty class the user increases the technique increases in strength allowing the user to withstand more. When the user becomes a C Rank difficulty class the user can withstand Two “C” Ranks of Jutsus before they start to break within the user. When the user becomes a new difficulty of "B" then the user is capable of withstanding One "B" Ranks of Jutsus before they start to break within the user. When the user becomes a new difficulty class of "A" Rank the user is capable of withstanding One "A" Rank of Jutsus before they start to break within the user. When the user becomes "S" Difficulty class the user is capable of withstanding Two "A" Ranks of Jutsus before they start to break within the user
Limit: Needs the Earth Release

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Her next technique brought her outside under the cover of night. It was nearly three in the morning; no humans were awake at such an hour. Most of the night life was silent as she stepped off the porch into the soft earth. She knelt and let her fingers brush through the loamy soil below. So it was an earth technique. She was truly branching away from her normal training these last few days. Yes she was obviously preparing to go out and face whatever was causing these oddities within the country. I would not stop her but I could make sure her preparation went well if nothing else, that was my job.

The technique seemingly did not require hand seals. Instead of going through the normal zodiac dance required she would press her chakra directly into the earth below. Slowly she would let her chakra infect the soft soil that was our back yard. This was slightly more difficult for her, I could tell without activating my extra senses. She always used the hand symbols as a medium. Despite her excellent skills this was something quit new to her. Even the most advanced student would be caught for a long moment by the oddness of this particular technique. She persevered however.

She would not let something such as the unknown stop her. I taught her long ago not to be intimidated or afraid of the unknown. Her chakra continued to imbue the earth, but for what purpose I wondered. She would begin soon enough of I was sure, once she knew that the soil was indeed rich with her mystical energy. She continued to press all the energy she could gather into the earth, it was as if nothing else mattered at this time. She simply needed to make the soil her own, just like she had made so many techniques her own in the past.

The earth began to move, sliding up her body and pressing against her skin. She worked carefully; making sure an entire body part was covered before moving on to the next one. She started low to the ground, covering her feet with the chakra imbued soil before moving on to her ankles and calves. With those secured she moved on to her thighs and waist, up to her hips before stopping to double check. I could tell the feel of the soil against her skin was uncomfortable by the look on her face. Her stomach and chest came next, then finally her head and neck. She moved her body unsurely, experimentally.

“Attack me.” I did not question the command. I knew of the technique, knew she was aware that I was watching. From the darkness I would appear throwing a punch of a rank equal to that which her technique should be able to defend. Her armor held though by the look on her face she still felt the results of my technique. As I drew my hand back the armor began to break, small piece of soil falling away from her and back to the earth from whence it came. It had served its purpose though, it was exactly what she had needed.

[Takeuchi]

+10

[Nishiko]

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