星雲 vs. Aimi Kaguya

[|星雲|]

Early Daylight, High Sun, Heavy Shadow.
Area is 50 Meters x 50 Meters.
Opponents Begin 20 Meters away from Each other, Atop the Lake.
IIC: 48 Hours.
No Attack/Prep On The First Post.
All Items on Person, No Need To State Them.



She stood atop the lake, a tiny crest of chakra at her feet rippling in a wavelength of tension that kept her safely atop the water's surface. 20 Meters away, a sluice of water would curl through space and time, bringing her the next opponent as her breath came in quickening gasps. Soon, Broken Scissor Sword might be unsheathed, soon its crooked edge might find a path through flesh and bone, and settle the disquiet of her heart.

Soon.

[Aimi Kaguya]

Aimi pushed aside the vegetation to his side and stepped out from the shadow to the open daylight. He tossed his bangs back from behind his head and let the vegetation go, it swung back behind him with a satisfying swish sound. He let out a yawn and stretched his arms. It was early morning, he wasn't usually up this early unless he had something to do. Today was different though, today he had awaken to explore and explore he had done until he found this lake. Much to his surprise, however, he found someone standing a top of it. Raising and eyebrow, Aimi walked out onto the surface of the lake until he was twenty meters away from the person, perfectly visible. "Hey," Aimi called. "You out exploring too?"

[|星雲|]

Hey...

She heard, and already her left hand would reach within her supply bag, unleashing two small grenades aimed to intercept her opponent at his chest. No words would be spoken in reply as the instant these projectiles were loosed from her grasp, the forming of seals would, in time with their unhindered flight across the twenty meter expanse, allow her to back pedal across the waters surface [3 meters] as 10 clones of water are called from the rippling surface. There are few seconds between the seals forming and the clones bubbling into simulacrum life, and provided she is not pursued, the chakra would no longer be channeled to her feet, causing her to sink below the waters surface just after the smoke from the first thrown grenade, and the fragmented metal shards from the second, riddled the space where her attacker stood. She would be accepted easily beneath the lake's embrace, and lay in wait of her now most likely injured foe, under cover of both water and smoke.

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Frag Grenade Thrown
Smoke Grenade Thrown


Mizu Bunshin no Jutsu (Water Clone)
Rank: C
Skill: NinJutsu
Effect: ---
Special: "Handseals". 10 Clones.
Drawback: ---
Description: Mizu Bunshin no Jutsu is a Ninjutsu technique that utilizes water to create a Bunshin clone. Unlike a normal Bunshin, the Mizu Bunshin has the ability to interact more with the environment due to it having physical substance. This allows the clone to carry out limited attacks on its target. The range of the clone is limited; however, it can not travel very far from the original body. If the Mizu Bunshin is injured, the clone will usually revert back into its natural water state. When first learned the user is capable of having or capable of creating up to Five Clones. Each time learned the user learns this technique the number of Clones is capable of increasing by one. The maximum amount of clones is Ten for the Difficulty Class of D Rank. For each Difficulty Rank Increase the number increases by five of maximum but learning is still one per learned.
Limit: Water Release



Mugen Korosu (Infinite Breath)
Rank: D
Skill: Ninjutsu, Passive
Effect: People under the Hozuki bloodlimit are able to breath underwater for as long as they’d like.
Special: ---
Drawback: Some jutsus may not work underwater.
Description: Due to the evolution of the Sagasu Tribe, the Hozuki are able to breath underwater without the need to come up for oxygen. This may serve as an advantage for hiding from an opponent near bodies of water and surprise attack them. Remaining underwater is also a method of “relaxing” in order to become more energized.
Limit: Must belong to the Hozuki bloodlimit.

[Aimi Kaguya]

Narrowing his eyes the second that she moved her hand down to her side, his body tensed, Aimi flipped backwards and dived into the water. The smoke grenade then burst, followed shortly by the frag. Bits of fragmentation flew through the water all about him but were stopped completely shortly after entering the water, save for sinking to the bottom. Aimi's eyebrows furrowed as he swam his way back up to the surface of the water and stood upon it again. "Now that wasn't very nice," Aimi grumbled, looking up, he saw that he was still covered by smoke and thus still had time to do something to counter. So, making a couple of hand signs, Aimi quickly coated his mouth, lungs, ears and eyes with chakra and allowed his hold of chakra on his feet to disappear slowly so that he sank into the water. Once there, he swam directly down until he felt that he was safely out of eye shot for his attacker up above.

Looking up, he was slightly surprised to find that there were now several people on top of the water, or rather, what appeared to be several people. More than likely, they were clones. Clones could be dealt with easily, what he needed to know was where the real one was or if the real one was among the clones. He swam out under the lake on his back, trying to see if the real attacker was among the clones or not.

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Suichuu (Underwater)
Rank: D
Skill: Ninjutsu
Effect: Allows the user stay underwater for some time.

Difficulty Class

D Rank Difficulty Class - 20 minutes

C Rank Difficulty Class - 40 minutes

B Rank Difficulty Class - 80 minutes

A Rank Difficulty Class - 120 minutes

S Rank Difficulty Class - 180 minutes

Special: "Handseals"
Drawback: After returning to surface the user must rest half of the time used underwater. As example, if the user has stayed under for 20 minutes, he’ll have to rest 10 minutes before the jutsu can be used again.
Description: Simple technique used by channeling chakra to mouth, lungs, ears and eyes. With chakra moved to mouth and lungs the user gathers air from the water and is able breath underwater, chakra guided to ears protects from the aching caused by pressure, lenses of chakra protecting eyes work like swim goggles.
Limit: Must have Water Release

[|星雲|]

OOC: As you didn't state your distance....ever....in swimming 'out under the lake', that task is left to me. As the clones were created from the water immediately surrounding me, in order to 'see if the real attacker was amongst the clones or not' (though deciphering that for a kaguya would be next to impossible) 'swimming out under the lake on your back' would of course have to bring you closer to the clones as opposed to further away. So you've swam, we'll say, within five meters of me, albeit, on your back. I'll let you face me, even though underwater, and with me being composed primarily of water, you'd most likely have no idea where I am.

Smoke covered the area above the mid-sized lake as fragments of metal rained helplessly down. Five meters away from Kuraiumi and her clones, the young man chose to enter the Takigakure shinobi's domain, and in the middle of his swimming inquiry as to the nature of the clones, they would oblige his curiosity by converging on Aimi's position in an omni-directional swarm, cutting off all possibility of escape as they dove through the water that was their birthright, seeking to manipulate the movement of his form weighing down his body with their own watery mass. As they'd begun their movements immediately upon his journey beneath the depths and had such a short distance to travel to overtake him, it would take little effort to adjust their bodies around his own, making sure to keep his hands spread apart, three clones to each arm, preventing any further bothersome handseals. Three of the remaining clones would deliver a number of water-pressure hardened punches to the boys face, neck, and the back of his head, as they swirled about, further obscuring his already negligible vision beneath the lake. The final clone simply pushed again Aimi's body, edging her closer and closer to Kuraiumi, who'd been forming handseals for the entirety of her turn. This last clone was the final assurance that no matter what maneuver their opponent attempted, he would not free himself from the entrapment of their bodies, as Kuraiumi's chakra rose, and she prepared herself for the ending of their little battle.

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1 tech prepped.
Water Clones Active From Last Round.

[Aimi Kaguya]

OOC: Such is why I searched for you among the clones rather than in the lake itself. And it would not be next to impossible to seek out a real person from a clone. Depending on how the real person acts, anyone can tell a real person from a clone, especially if before hand the clones have attacked while the real stayed put. Granted, I know you haven't attacked other than the grenades, I am simply stating the fact that not as impossible as you say. now, as for the distance stuff, that was my fault. I was rushing, won't happen again. I apologize.

IC:

Oh no you don't Aimi thought to himself as he saw the clones moving above the lake. As they approached, Aimi flipped his body in the water and began to swim up to the surface while holding his arms down at his side, palms flat, pulling two sharpened bones roughly a meter long out of them. As the clones came into close proximity of Aimi, he began the first dance of the Kaguya. Though his movements were slightly hindered in the water, they would still suffice. Lifting his arms up, Aimi jabbed out at the clones aiming for the heads. The first clone he struck at with his left hand with a quick jab to the head, followed immediately after by another quick jab to a clone opposite it with his left hand. Simultaneously, Aimi jabbed out with his right hand at two clones to his right.

By now, the other clones had begun to pile themselves on top of Aimi. The two clones that were left on his left arm he immediately taken care of by a a jab and a slash from his right hand. Now that his left arm was free, he brought it around in a slashing movement at the clone that was on his chest, though it had been able to get in a few hits before taken care of. Crossing his arms, Aimi took care of two clones simultaneously with a stab to the head, one behind him and one to his right, and the last one he slashed out of existence. Though this had taken only a few seconds to perform, the four clones that had been designated to strike at him had done their job well. He did feel the effects of their strikes, though he knew they could have been much worse. Now close to the surface, roughly two meters, Aimi swam up to the surface, retracting his bones as he did, and stood up on the water, looking around for his attacker, only to find that they weren't around. "Where are you...?" Aimi mused to himself.

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Yanagi no Mai (Dance of the Willows)
Rank: "C" Rank
Skill: TaiJutsu
Effect: A TaiJutsu technique dedicated to the arts of moving fluently to attack multiple ranges around using fluent motions while using two concentrated features along their arms as primary weapons.
Special: ---
Drawback: As long as the bones are within the very palms, it slowly begins to take the effect of the Disease as it is needed in order to keep the arm from becoming weak, and then failing.
Description: Extending from both palms are two lance-like bone protrusions, usually around 1-1.3 meters in length, which is a little smaller than a typical katana. It takes quite a bit of balance to even begin with this graceful dance of death, for each attack is a graceful dancer-esque motion, flowing like water between each motion. As such, this very dance is quite flexible, allowing for a large range of motion from strike to strike. Thus, it is indeed possible to flow from strike to strike, or instantly change up how one would have struck before, within the motions of the arm of the human body of course. Due to this nature, it is most effective when used to battle groups or swarms of enemies, as it makes it much easier to create a perfectly harmonic balance of attack and defense. This is known as the First Dance of the Kaguya. With this dance, one is able to strike 4 different directions within 1 movement (2 with each hand). They may not concentrate the strike on one area, but will spread the strikes about them to multiple targets.
Limit: Kaguya Bloodlimit, Must know Bone Pulling

[|星雲|]

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I was going to ignore posting this, but I feel its my obligation as a GM to inform you of a few things.

Oh no you don't Aimi thought to himself as he saw the clones moving above the lake.

The clones never moved above the lake. The dove in, while you were mid-swim, which I stated. Remember, you can't simply state that I did something I didn't do. That counts for clones as well.

As they approached, Aimi flipped his body in the water and began to swim up to the surface while holding his arms down at his side, palms flat, pulling two sharpened bones roughly a meter long out of them. As the clones came into close proximity of Aimi, he began the first dance of the Kaguya. Though his movements were slightly hindered in the water, they would still suffice.

Remember, movements are counted when you, you know, move. Flipping and swimming means you're already 2 movements in; considering the fact that you're only 5 meters away from clones who've already dived in from every direction (that's what omni-directional means) and are seeking to restrain your arms, wasting two movements on such actions is a tad pointless. As a taijutsu specialist, you've only got 6 movements. You cut that down by a third in way that, considering that the clones moved immediately on your position, its negligible that you'd even be able to begin your taijutsu, especially considering, as you so eloquently stated, that your movements would be hindered by water, but also, that they'd already be there by the time you finished wasting movements.

Lifting his arms up, Aimi jabbed out at the clones aiming for the heads. The first clone he struck at with his left hand with a quick jab to the head, followed immediately after by another quick jab to a clone opposite it with his left hand. Simultaneously, Aimi jabbed out with his right hand at two clones to his right.

That's your Kaguya Dance. Keep in mind you have to strike out in 4 different directions for the Dance of the Willow, so "jabbed out with his right hand at two clones to his right" requires more detail to make that a valid hit.

By now, the other clones had begun to pile themselves on top of Aimi.

Again, they'd been surrounding you at this point.

The two clones that were left on his left arm he immediately taken care of by a a jab and a slash from his right hand. Now that his left arm was free, he brought it around in a slashing movement at the clone that was on his chest, though it had been able to get in a few hits before taken care of.

First, none of the clones were on your chest, as stated. Even the final clone is pushing you towards me, and since I allowed you to face me, and you were on your back, the clone would have to be behind you in order to push you towards me. You cannot change the direction or actions of a clone if I've already dictated otherwise.

Also, even if i let your first attempt count as a legitimate Dance of The Willows, this part of the post places you at about 4/6 in terms of movements.

Crossing his arms, Aimi took care of two clones simultaneously with a stab to the head, one behind him and one to his right, and the last one he slashed out of existence. Though this had taken only a few seconds to perform, the four clones that had been designated to strike at him had done their job well. He did feel the effects of their strikes, though he knew they could have been much worse.

See how you've confuzzled the timing? If the clones attacks went through, that would mean that the six clones meant to restrain you had successfully bound your arms, as their actions are a joint maneuver, as described in my post, you can't acknowledge two totally different scenarios simultaneously.

Now close to the surface, roughly two meters, Aimi swam up to the surface, retracting his bones as he did, and stood up on the water, looking around for his attacker, only to find that they weren't around. "Where are you...?" Aimi mused to himself.

And that's the rest of your movements. Keep in mind, you've essentially described yourself moving into position directly above me in this span of time. Even though its arguable (read 'highly unlikely') that you'd be out of the water at all, my actions in response won't change much, so I can respond as if your list of implausible actions magically occurred exactly the way you posted.


If I were you, because when I first started out, I didn't believe people, I'd PM a mod, show them the battle, and have them re-explain everything I just explained to you for confirmation.


Again, I'll be posting as if your actions placed you where you said they would, so I'm not pointing out all of this in order to negate any part of your post, or to force you to edit, or anything like that. I'm just point it out, as its a small part of my function on the site.

-Naitome

Death Attack.

As Kuriami had previously formed handseals, it took little effort for her to watch the movements of her opponent, and simply track his path through the water as he struggled against her clones. By the time he would reach the surface of the water, so startlingly close to Kuraiumi without apparently even knowing where she'd been, a large limb had already been formed, and would wait only long enough for her opponent to break the surface of the lake as he rose, before closing around his head. With two tons of lifting force, the crushing pressure of the technique would rip the boy's head clean off of his body completely, effectively killing him, as he'd spent all of his time without paying attention to Kuriaumi at all, hindered as he was. By having more than enough time to perform the technique, and due to the boy's lack of paid attention/location of her as an opponent, as well as his own sluggish actions, it would be quite next to impossible for him to avoid the attack at all, but even so...
...Nope. Dead guy is dead. She'd wait to collect the head as a trophy.

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Prepped Tech:

Suiton: Mizu Assai Hira no Jutsu (Water Release: Water Crushing Palm Technique)
Rank: B
Skill: Ninjutsu, Offensive, Defensive
Effect: The user creates a giant palm of out of water that extends from their arm that is capable of lifting great weight or crushing an opponent.
Special: Handseals
Drawback: Holding the arm continuously drains chakra, as well as exertion, like moving heavy objects requires additional use of chakra.
Description: The user performs the handseals and then extends his or her arm out. Water rushes down from the shoulder joint and moves outwards, creating a giant hand. This hand is capable of lifting up to two tons, but can also be used offensively and defensively.
Limit: Suiton no Jutsu

[Aimi Kaguya]

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I'm sorry, but I was under the impression that you wanted to fight, not waste my time with a simple two post kill. It's frustrating, to me, to go into a fight expecting just a bit of leniency with the consideration of two things: one, I'm a lower rank and two I accepted the challenge knowing full well I was going to lose. I asked for a spar, this was not a spar. This was just an excuse for you to flaunt a bit of power and not give me so much as a chance.

As a lowly C rank, I will not negate or argue the point that I lost this: I went into this with every intention to lose. But things like this is not conduct becoming of someone of higher rank. Just saying.

[sandninja]

The character fighting you isn't a B rank. She's a C rank. And she has....what, 115 more TP than you? And she used two techs? You're both lowly C ranks. It's only a waste of time if you take it like that....everything you'd need to help you get better was quoted and posted for you to learn from. Not doing so....is unbecoming of ANY character, regardless of their rank.

Just saying.

[Aimi Kaguya]

Feb 19, 2012 12:41:28 GMT -7 @sandninja said:

The character fighting you isn't a B rank. She's a C rank. And she has....what, 115 more TP than you? And she used two techs? You're both lowly C ranks. It's only a waste of time if you take it like that....everything you'd need to help you get better was quoted and posted for you to learn from. Not doing so....is unbecoming of ANY character, regardless of their rank.

Just saying.

My point is I asked for a spar and got killed. That's not a spar, that's not fun.