Its Only a Decidedly Lethal Fleshwound!

[Ashi Kemuri Tenma]

Setting: up in the mountains, there is a medium sized bath house that has gone out of commission due to the recent seismic activity. Although it is sealed off to the public, it is still a working bathhouse, with hot water baths and such...just not manned. The major pool is a large, olympic swimming pool sized depression, filled with water, surrounded by large rocks, and contains many large rocks and rock pillars coming out of it, with kanji carved into them for health and prosperity. The steam rises and slightly obscures vision close to the pool, but a few steps away visibility is fine. There is no roof, so the grey, pre-stormy sky can be easily seen, with the occasional rays of sunlight bouncing off the water. It is almost late afternoon/early sunset, and the light is slowly waning. Finally, the main bath house is sealed, but is a large but now empty Japanese style home, with sliding doors and wooden floors, although the entire area is dusty due to inactivity.

Rules:
-no custom overly powered weapons (what is considered OP is up to you)
-no forbidden jutsu (please. If you feel it is necessary, then go ahead, but please try to refrain from the usage of these techniques).
-death enabled, but only non-canon (you can end the thread by killing someone, but it is not necessary, and doing so is not an actual kill in the main threads)
-have fun (you do not necessarily need to kill someone the first chance you get; the longer it is the more your character gets to shine...)

[Ashi Kemuri Tenma]

Ashi finally reaches the closed hot springs, breathing a sigh of relief. He was afraid that he was going to be stuck in the forest at night, with little/no shelter. Instead, he was going to be able to kick back and relax...

Quickly picking the lock on the door, Ashi walked through the house into the back area, where the waiting hot springs lay. he left his shoes by the back door, and sat down cross-legged by it, reaching in to pull out some food he would have for dinner. Dumping the twigs he had gathered during his long trek here, he started a fire with a match, the smoke smelling sweetly of the forest wood overwhelming any smell put out by the pools. Ashi then propped up some logs to put a kettle on, and sat back reading while he waited for the tea to be ready.

[hotaru]

WITH YOU RIGHT HERE I’M A ROCKETEER

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Ranghe had discovered this abandoned bathhouse a few days ago, and had been enjoying the perks of having an entire spa to yourself just because some people were afraid of a little avalanche. When the other boy had broken in, the kunoichi was off securing a few more supplies so she could make her new fortress a bit more homey. Returning from a back room of the bathhouse with an arm full of towels, she quickly encountered the camper who had made himself comfortable in her discovery. Dropping the towels where she stood, the girl shouted at the boy who was just 5 meters from her position.

“GET OUT OF MY FORT!”

Though it was a childish request, she was quite serious and her face contorted to a mask of rage.

“I FOUND IT FIRST.”

With the boy sitting with his back to her, he would likely be startled by her outburst. Since she assumed she was by herself, her umbrella, ninjato, and fan had been neatly piled near the doorway to that same room, just a few footfalls to her rear. However, her weapon pouch jingled happily with hari shuriken and makibishi, and that was enough for now. With their location towards the back of the spring room, the entire expanse of the pool lay ahead of him. What would happen next? Find out during the next round of posting!

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[Ashi Kemuri Tenma]

Ashi looked over his shoulder, a partially eaten cookie held in his teeth. He set down his book, swallowed, and turned around towards the small girl. He noticed the weapons and such immediately, and saw the rage on her face, and quickly figured out what she meant by her words.

"Oh, I'm sorry. I hadn't realized someone was staying here already," Ashi said sincerely, standing up as he apologized.

"Had I realized someone was here, I never would have intruded. I apologize sincerely for disrupting you. I am very sorry for trespassing. My name is Ashi Kemuri Tenma. Could I offer you a white flag of peace in the form of some tea and cookies?" he stepped to the side, revealing a now whistling tea kettle, a small brown bag filled with assorted cookies, and a small but varied assortment of foods.

Ashi hoped that he could calm the huge rage that the small girl seemed to be experiencing by sharing his meager food supplies with her. He had just hiked through the mountains in a land he was entirely unfamiliar with, and his only chance at not having a long, stressful, and dangerous night in the forest was to make peace with the current occupant and ask to stay for one night.

[hotaru]

WITH YOU RIGHT HERE I’M A ROCKETEER

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"GET OUT!"

Her temper flared as her right hand danced through a quick string of seals. Since one handed signs were such an uncommon occurrence, and since the air was thick with fog, it was unlikely that her opponent would realize what was happening. Her chakra poured from her body and slithered into the hot spring. Picking a large quantity of liquid from the pool, the water ascended into the air and began to fall from the sky. With his back to the spring, it was unlikely that her opponent would notice this either.

As her jutsu set itself into place, Ranghe lept backwards to her umbrella and unfurled it, placing its protective canopy above her form just as the fat drops of "rain" began to fall.

"Last Chance!"

She shouted, dry underneath her umbrella.

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Ochiru Ame no Jutsu (Falling Rain Technique)
Rank: "D", "C", "B", "A", "S"
Skill: Ninjutsu
Effect: User creates rainfall
Special: "Handseals"
Drawback: Nothing besides continous mana drain.
Description:
"D" - User uses chakra to throw water either summoned through her Kuchiyose technique or water randomly lying around into the air and suspended there for a few turns, dependant on how much chakra User uses.

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[Ashi Kemuri Tenma]

"I'm sorry, but there is nowhere else for me to go. If it is a battle you wish, then you shall have it." Ashi said quietly, obscuring his hand reaching into the chest opening of the trench coat, obviously grabbing something in his hands with a click. Although she thought it might slip past him, Ashi knew the female shinobi had something to do with the rain: he had been through an entire rainless day, and suddenly it was raining as a kunoichi appeared and got angry at him. It may have been chance, but Ashi left very little up to luck or chance.

Holding his arms in front of him like a monk, both hands tucked into the opposite sleeve, Ashi quickly addresses the woman facing him down. "I have no intentions of fighting, but obviously someone here does. I shall not fight without provocation, but I have no intentions of being unprepared if combat does occur." Moving one hand, Ashi pulls out pack of cigarettes and puts one in his mouth, then lights it, returning to his previous stance. Taking only one inhale, Ashi breathes out a thin wisp of smoke, the hot end of his cigarette glowing in the otherwise darkened, raining air. With that, Ashi jumps back, and as he does so a soft clink is heard, along with the faint tinkling sound of large amounts of dropped metal bouncing, having been dropped out of the bottom of his overcoat, previously concealed. The female kunoichi will get but a second to identify the item before the smoke grenade detonates, a thick cloud of grey smoke quickly rising and obscuring the area where Ashi was standing.

SPOILER: Click to show

Actions: 3/3
1. Concealed actions in jacket (pulling pin on smoke grenade and gathering other items)
2. Jump backwards
3. Deployment of grenade

[hotaru]

WITH YOU RIGHT HERE I’M A ROCKETEER

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After spewing some self richeous nonsense about not wanting a conflict, her opponent leaped backwards into the pool, leaving a metallic object in his wake.

“LIAR”

Ranghe screeched, utilizing a shunshin to put herself out range of any ill effects the grenade might release. Fortunately, it was only a smoke bomb, so she appeared 10 meters to her opponent’s right, unfazed by the blast. Nimble fingers danced through seals and soon her chakra birthed a sheet of ice atop the hot spring pool’s surface. 10 meters square, the reinforced slab of ice floated a fair distance away from where her opponent had ended up, however, if he didn’t move from the pool soon, he’d find that the hotspring was freezing over. Expanding at a rate of 13 meters in each direction, it would only be a matter of seconds [turns] before her ice took over the entire area.

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Name: "Creeping Ice"
Rank: C-ranked
Skill: Ninjutsu
Effect: Creates a creeping sheet of ice, which slowly spread on the field, slowly; reducing temperature in the process
Special: Handseals.
Drawback: Moisture must be available to freeze. Chilling temperature effects all players. The ice is surprisingly not as slippery as other ice sheets, and is possible to stand, run and walk on the ice. This technique relies other supplementary techniques to be truly effective.
Description: Performing a set of handseals, the user infuses an area of land/water in a 10 meter radius with Hyouton (Ice Release) chakra. The area which is infused with chakra becomes solid ice and will slowly creep forth; creating a large ice sheet over time. This ice will continue to spread at a rate of 3 sq meters wide by 0.5 meters thick per turn, and will continue to spread along the floor for as long as the user wishes (removing a little more than a "E-ranked" amount of chakra, per turn). This technique has no real offensive effect, and serves to rapidly drop the temperature of an area, while creating ice on the floor. Temperature drops the air above the ice at a rate of -10 degrees Celsius per turn within the area of effect; thus an epicenter of extremely cold temperature is created at the center, with slowly decreasing temperature radiating outward. This temperature drop will continue until the temperature drops below 0 degrees Celsius or when the user decides to end this technique.
Limit: Hyouton (Ice Release).

Name: "A Deeper Creep"
Rank: [B, A]-Ranked
Skill: Supplementary
Effect: Increases distance in which a "Creeping Ice" sheet grows.
Special: ---
Drawback: A supplementary technique that enhances the distance at which a "Creeping Ice" sheet spreads. When first learned, the user is able to donate additional small sums of chakra to the initial casting of a "Creeping Ice" technique. The user's ice sheet increases its spreading rate by another 5 sq meters wide by 0.5 meters thick per turn. This means that the users "Creeping Ice" sheet spreads at a distance of 8 sq meters wide by 0.5 meters thick per turn, instead of 3. When another "A-ranked" training is performed, the ice sheets gains another 5 sq meters wide by 0.5 meters thick per turn; creating an ice sheet with a total distance of 13 sq meters wide by 0.5 meters thick per turn.
Limit: Must know "Creeping Ice".

Name: "Creeping Ice Defense"
Rank: C-Ranked
Skill: Supplementary
Effect: Increases the defense of the ice created by "Creeping Ice".
Special: ---
Drawback: The effects of this technique will only work on an active "Creeping Ice" sheet. The defense of this technique cannot stack with other techniques that increase the defensive properties of ice.
Description: By Donating additional sum of chakra to the "Creeping Ice" technique, the user can protect large areas of actively expanding ice they create. The additional chakra reinforces the ice, and allows it to withstand more damage. The "Creeping Ice" takes the same defense rank as the user, covering 30sq meters of the user choice. The user's legs simply donate the chakra to the ice, and so if the user is a "C-ranked" ninja, their ice withstands a single "C-ranked" attack. For every ran the user is above "D-ranked", the distance in which this technique can influence is increased by an additional 10sq meters.
Limit: Must know "Creeping Ice".

Name: "Creepiness everywhere"
Rank: C-Ranked
Skill: Supplementary
Effect: A add-on technique, used to increase the purposes and effects of "Creeping Ice", and all ice sheets created by "Creeping Ice".
Special: ---
Drawback: The effects of this technique will only work on an active "Creeping Ice" sheet.
Description: A add-on technique, that advances the capabilities of the "Creeping Ice" technique and all the ice created by the respective technique. By undergoing an additional "C-ranked" training, the user can command their "Creeping Ice" to move on top of any surface, in three dimensions. Ice sheets will literally spread upward into trees when left unchecked. This technique offers no other abilities, beside allowing "Creeping Ice" to move in 3 dimensions. The speed, movement requirements, chakra costs, and heat reduction abilities of "Creeping Ice" remain unchanged as this is technique is merely supplementary.
Limit: Must know "Creeping Ice". Must Have 250tp within Hyouton (Ice Release).

[Ashi Kemuri Tenma]

Feeling the ice beneath him due to his bare feet, Ashi swore and looked down. Noticing the ice, he dived off the side of the expanding ice into the waters beneath, which would remain warm due to their underground heating. Underwater, he was flashing handsigns as the ice sheet overtook his location, giving Ranghe her last confirmable position of him underwater. Suddenly, a shadowy shape quickly swam out from the center shadow; possibly a clone techinque? The ice cover obscured the view due to the depth of the shapes (4 feet under steaming ice).

[hotaru]

WITH YOU RIGHT HERE I’M A ROCKETEER

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The kunoichi stared in complete shock. Had her opponent, knowing that she could create that could withstand the heat of a hot spring, willingly dove underwater? Sadly, this fight seemed to be over already. Quickly allowing her right hand to form the needed seals, the amount of sheeted ice suddenly doubled, rapidly sealing off the top of the remaining open space above the pool. Now completely imprisoned by her steel strength ice, he would have to exert massive force in order to escape a fate known to many a crustacean.

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Name: "Creeping Ice Defense"
Rank: C-Ranked
Skill: Supplementary
Effect: Increases the defense of the ice created by "Creeping Ice".
Special: ---
Drawback: The effects of this technique will only work on an active "Creeping Ice" sheet. The defense of this technique cannot stack with other techniques that increase the defensive properties of ice.
Description: By Donating additional sum of chakra to the "Creeping Ice" technique, the user can protect large areas of actively expanding ice they create. The additional chakra reinforces the ice, and allows it to withstand more damage. The "Creeping Ice" takes the same defense rank as the user, covering 30sq meters of the user choice. The user's legs simply donate the chakra to the ice, and so if the user is a "C-ranked" ninja, their ice withstands a single "C-ranked" attack. For every ran the user is above "D-ranked", the distance in which this technique can influence is increased by an additional 10sq meters.
Limit: Must know "Creeping Ice".

Name: "Creeping Ice Expander"
Rank: , A, S-Ranked
Skill: Ninjutsu
Effect: Doubles the effects of actively used "Creeping Ice"
Special: "Handseals"
Drawback: The size gained will be influence by how much the user successfully spread their creeping ice sheet from "Creeping Ice". Same drawbacks as "Creeping Ice".
Description: By performing a set of handseals on an actively spreading "Creeping Ice", the user can force the expanding ice sheet to literally double, triple or quadruple in size in an instant. By donating an additional sum of chakra, the user can force the ice sheet to expand and double, triple or quadruple in size, depending on what respective rank they obtain. If the user's ice sheet was only 10sq meters by 0.5 meters thick in size, the ice sheet can now reach 20, 30 or 40 sq by 0.5 meters thick when paired with the respective ranks of this technique.
The ice sheet will also rapidly chill the area, dropping the temperature by another 20 degrees Celsius for all ranks within this technique; stacking with the dropped temperatures created by an already "Creeping ice". This furthers replicates and expands the use of "Creeping Ice", and further helps to create more ice, with a suitable climate to survive in. Temperature of course, are capable of dropping below zero.
Limit: Must know "Creeping Ice". Must Have 250tp within Hyouton (Ice Release)

[Ashi Kemuri Tenma]

Ashi simply rested near the bottom of the bath, waiting for the ice to give out. Perhaps the kunoichi didn't realize, but ice would not be able to stifle a naturally fed hot-spring. He continued waiting, breathing easily thanks to the underwater breathing technique.