Dusting off. (Open)

[::Himiko::]

"The field before you is a lush and dense forest. The arena that will be held here is 100 meters in both width and length. The branches of the trees are thick enough to support the weight of humans; with trees as tall as 30 meters. The area is illuminated well by the sun, which pierces the canopy in beautiful shades of light. Small puddles and stones are strewn about and available for the use of almost any ninjutsu"

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  • 30 meter starting distance from each other at center of forest arena.
    
  
  

[Kuro]

A test of skill was placed before him on the figurative table of life as Shinji stood on a large branch within the dense and lush forest surroundings. Wearing the black long sleeve shirt that had loose sleeves that allowed him to hide his senbon arm shot easily. Black pants would cover his legs along with black boots upon his feet. Over his chest would sport a grey tactical vest with a high collar to help protect the vitals of his neck line. The Kumogakure headband upon his forehead was becoming dull and needed a good polishing, though for now that may benefit him. Along the back of his waistline sat his butt-bag. It would rest just above his right butt cheek making easy access for his dominant throwing hand. The pouch would house fifty-two senbon, two incendiary grenades and ten exploding tags. While within his tactical vest he'd be hiding four kunai, two stun grenades and another ten exploding tags. Overall, the Chuunin would have a total of fifty-seven senbon, but only fifty-two were in his pouch, the remaining five were preloaded within his arm shot.

As he stood to the North of his opponent, a light breeze would brush across from the East to the West. The moisture of the Great Sea could be felt upon the moving air, Shinji would simply take his left hand and run it back through his hair as he wondered what would start this whole ordeal. Thirty meters in front of him would be Kotomi Inohara, the Shichidaime Raikage. Kotomi was also a Chuunin and rumors of possibly affiliation with ANBU, much like Shinji himself. "I was ordered here to test your abilities Kotomi-dono," he'd call out to his opponent. He used the term dono due to the fact even though she was the acting Raikage. She still holds the Rank of Shichidaime. As he thought about it more, he'd wish that Cross had come with him for this battle. Kotomi was a revered strategist during her time serving as Raikage. He'd let out a light sigh as he could only hope that he'd be able to walk away from this when it was all said and done.

[::Himiko::]

OOC: Woulda wrote a bit more detail, but had overnight shifts x.x;;

The light foots steps of Kotomi would grace the moss covered floor within the forest, as she strolled beneath its ancient foliage. Streams of light peeked through the brush to caress the fair and pale skin of Kotomi, and she trekked forward. Though the forest was visually alluring to the senses, their was an ominous hush that could be felt through the air. For such a grand forest, silence echoed forth as not a single bird chirped, nor animal squeak as Kotomi continued to walk. Any normal individual would have turn back now; the subconscious begging to be escape such an area which foreshadowed danger and harm. Kotomi sadly, was not a normal individual...

The young woman would carry on her a set of four puppets, loaded with an assortment of weapons, munitions, and artillery. They were bound ever so loosely in a white fabric, which allowed them to unravel for combat in a moments notice. The puppets known as "Vyzer and Lyzer" road on the back of Kotomi, while the puppets "Kyzer and Byzer" were held by Kotomi, like two attache cases in both hands. Kyzer on her right hand, while Byzer was on her left. The young woman would also be a considerable threat, as she too would be armed to the teeth with various Kunai, grenades, and tactical devices she carried on her.

It would not take long for the stoic eyes of Kotomi would fall on the visage of Hatake Shinji while walking within the forest. Shinji was a loyal member of Kumogakure, though she knew little of him and his abilities. The young man positioned himself among the lush canopy offered by the ancient flora that surrounded them; a mere 30 meters away, while 5 meters above ground. An elegant breeze would wisp and dance between the two, as the young man would speak. Once he ceased the needless chatter, Kotomi would speak as well:

"Interesting you would mention such a thing Shinji" replied Kotomi.
"I too was order to be the one who tested your limits..."

With all that was said and done, Kotomi would rest her two puppets from her hands in an upright fashion. She had signal to the young man, that the first move, would be his...

[Kuro]

The idiots in the council were just asking for one of these two shinobi to end up dead out in the thick woodlands. Luckily for both of them, Kotomi was a medical specialist. Though in front of her within each hand were some form of bodies, wrapped within loose white cloth. Assumption would be puppets, yet the Chuunin hadn't ever truly seen the puppet technique in action. Her motion for his move would cause him to reach for his tactical vest with his left hand and his right hand behind his back for the pouch. Seeing as Kotomi's hands were busy with whatever was in the wraps he'd be safe from a quick shot. At least that's all he could hope for.

Before revealing what he reached for he'd pull the pin on the grenades. One to each hand, the pause would be to buy time. Six seconds would traverse before the actual explosion of the projectiles. The pause itself would be roughly no more than a mere two seconds, no less than an actual second. His hands would pull forward and the throw would be made. Two objects, small roughly the size of the palm no bigger. He wouldn't throw a single attack directly at the Raikage for now. The stun thrown by his left hand would be angled toward her right, while the incendiary would be thrown with the same angle toward her left. Trajectory would place the two grenades no more than seven meters away from her original position on each side. They'd remain roughly five meters off the ground. Due to his expertise in secondary weaponry, his accuracy would be uncanny.

Though this wouldn't be everything he had up his sleeve, the real move was only beginning. He didn't expect his plan to work from the start due to her prowess as a Shinobi, but to test ones ability is always key in battle. His right hand would quickly return to his back pouch, fiddling for a quick moment with several items until everything was ready. Quickly he'd draw a senbon, but at that distance she wouldn't even be able to see what he was holding. His second throw would be three times harder and five times deadlier than the first throws were. The sleek needle was a little thicker than usual for reasons unseen by the human eye. Though it wouldn't matter on the way it traveled, thrown hard enough to penetrate a thick concrete wall, it would have no issues passing through a human's body. It was due to this throw that would allow the senbon to catch up to, if not possibly pass the grenades thrown a second before.

Though now it would be all about how the Raikage reacted to the actions taken. Green eyes would watch carefully as the attack would unfold before them. Prepared to react as necessary the Shinobi knew his next three moves easily along with several opportunities to counter any real counter made toward him. He could only hope Kotomi hadn't seen all the way through his plan. His heart quivered as the adrenaline would begin to flow through his veins as it does for every fight he gets himself into, the rush would inevitably be the end for him one day.

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:Passive:

Weapon Proficiency[10,10,60,90]
Rank: "D" "C" "B" "A"
Skill: Taijutsu
Effect: Increases the users accuracy with long range secondary weapons.

D - Increases Accuracy by 10%
C - Increases Accuracy by 20%
B - Increases Accuracy by 30%
A - Increases Accuracy by 40%

Each additional A rank training increases the Accuracy by a further 5% (e.g one extra training would be 45%) up to a maximum of 75%.
Special: None
Drawback: None
Description: A weapon specialist devotes their training to improve their proficiency with large range attacks using secondary weapons. The main aspect of this training is to improve the accuracy of attacks and therefore make the weapon specialist more deadly.
Limit: Must be a weapon specialist.

::Aggressive::

Ryoku-Tama (Power Shot)[60]
Rank: B
Skill: Tai
Effect: The user is capable of throwing a projectile weapon so hard, that it can penetrate threw a hard concrete wall. If used on a human being it can go straight threw the humans flesh and bones.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: Tightening the muscles in their arm and wrist, the user quickly snaps their wrist as they trust their arm froward to send their projectile weapon flying with great speed and force. The projectile does more damage then a regular threw as it can penetrate the hardest of substances. This can slow or cripple an enemy if used correctly, in the hands of a master if can be a deadly weapon.
Limit: Must be a Senbon Taitoku user.

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Grenade: Incendiary
Rank: "C"
Type: Secondary, 1 per Slot, Explosive, Grenade
Effect: Hand grenade designed to be filled with incendiary materials, or used primarily for incendiary purposes.
Special: ---
Drawback: May harm the user if not thrown right.
Description: Incendiary grenades (or thermite grenades) produce intense heat by means of a chemical reaction. The body is practically the same as that of a smoke grenade. The grenade has a death distance with fire within 5 meters radius while having a severe burning/wounding distance of 15 meters radius within the point of origin. It takes 6 seconds before it explodes.
Limit: These types of items may be capable of being bought inside any Weapon Shop.
Cost: 1,500 Ryo Each

Grenade: Stun
Rank: "C"
Type: Secondary, 1 per Slot, Explosive, Grenade
Effect: A stun grenade, also known as a flash-bang, is a nonlethal weapon. These grenades are used to temporally neutralize the combat effectiveness of enemies by usually disorienting their senses.
Special: ---
Drawback: May harm the user if not thrown right.
Description: A stun grenade, also known as a flash-bang, is a non-lethal weapon. These grenades are used to temporally neutralize the combat effectiveness of enemies by usually disorienting their senses. When making contact it releases a flash of light that momentarily activates all light sensitive cells in the eye, making vision impossible for approximately 5 seconds until the eye restores itself to its normal, un-stimulated state. The incredibly loud blast produced by the grenade adds to its incapacitating properties by disturbing the fluid in the ear which also lasts approximately 5 seconds until the ear restores itself to its normal, un-stimulated state. The flash bang has a radius damage of 15 meters. It takes 6 seconds before it explodes.
Limit: These types of items may be capable of being bought inside any Weapon Shop.
Cost: 1,500 Ryo Each

Senbon (Overview)
Rank: "B" Rank
Type: Secondary, 57 per Slot, Piercing, Senbon
Effect: Senbon is metal needles with a point at both ends.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: Needles that is 6 inches in length and 0.078" (2 mm) thick. They often serve a medical purpose, being used to strike acupuncture points. They have little killing power, but can be thrown with great accuracy. A user with proper medical knowledge can effectively use senbon in battle to incapacitate or even kill their target. To make these needles more effective, the user can poison the tips of the senbon. An added benefit of throwing these at the enemy is that these are smaller than a kunai or a shuriken, making it harder to see and dodge.
Limit: These types of items may be capable of being bought inside any Weapon Shop.
Cost: 5,700 Ryo per Slot, or 100 Ryo Each.

Tag: Exploding
Rank: "A"
Type: Secondary, 80 per Slot, Explosive, Tag
Effect: Exploding tags are scraps of paper inscribed with a special writing, centering on the kanji for "explode" (爆, baku). Infused with chakra, they will explode after a set amount of time, remotely, or after being ignited by flame. The tags can be attached to a surface or wrapped around a weapon to be thrown at an enemy.
Special: ---
Drawback: May harm the user if not put right.
Description: Paper that is 2 inches by 6 inches in size and 0.039" (1 mil) thick. These papers are exploding tags that are able to harm and kill opponents or just simply explode within a certain radius. They can be placed on targets, wrap around a weapon, or even thrown at opponents. Tags have a killing diameter of 1 meter, and a wounding diameter of 2 meters. Tags can be activated to explode within 6 seconds, or by a simple technique. May be attached to 3 items without taking up room in a single slot.
Limit: These types of items may be capable of being bought inside any Weapon Shop.
Cost: 12,000 Ryo per Slot, or 150 Ryo Each.

[::Himiko::]

Kotomi would not sit idly by as her opponent prepped his first set of attacks before the young woman. The shinobi telegraphed his next set of moves to the woman, as he began to fumble and remove various objects from his attire even at the distance of 30 meters. With threads of pure chakra, Kotomi would animate both her puppets kyzer and byzer. At this distance to her puppets, the connection of her life imbuing chakra would work at a near instantaneous pace; actions taking less than a second to perform. Single strings of chakra from both of Kotomi's index fingers would pierce the while cloth and circulate inside the puppet like blood to veins. With command over Kyzer, the puppet to her right side, Kotomi would engage the marionette's flamethrower artillery placed in its mouth. With a mere flick of her finger, a huge flame measuring 30 meters in length would burst forth to meet the grenade and possibly the hidden senbon at the half way point between the two foes.

The stream of liquid fire burned with such intensity, that it would be capable of prematurely detonate the grenades and smelt senbon all at once. Since the objects would converge onto Kotomi in a neat single file line, engulfing the objects in an intense flame should be easy. Kotomi was unaware of the hidden senbon shot due to her average human eye sight, but this should have mattered little, as it would have been the easiest object to stop. Regardless of the amount of power placed behind the senbon, the intense stream of fire was capable of melting it. If not the fire, then the premature detonation of the grenades would surely place the senbon off course if allowed to explode behind the moving object. This flame attack lasted 6 seconds.

During this projection of fire, Kotomi would command Byzer to burst from his bound prison, and accelerate toward Shinji. It would circumvent left from Kotomi's position, and attempt to move toward the ninja at an arch. It would hover above ground, and be lifted at least 5 meters within three seconds. At the end of 6 seconds, this puppet would be no less than 20 meters away from Shinji, and within attacking distance. At the same time, the puppet would be 10 meters away from the center of the explosion, well away from the blast zone. Kyzer would be revealed as well, but not by Kotomi's actions. The embers of the flamethrower attack would unveil this puppet, as the cloth that bound it would burn and fall off. At the end of his attack, Kyzer would be standing at the side of Kotomi.

She did not change her position at this time, and used her remaining amount of actions to turn on her Mono-goggle on the right side of her face. Thermal and 25x zoom allowed Shinji to come a bit closer to the eyes of Kotomi.

"Your move once again" she uttered below her breath.

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Puppets used:
Kyzer: Flame thrower: 39/40
Byzer

Chakra Ito (Chakra Strings)
Rank: "C" (1 Freebie) + (10 x 19)
Skill: NinJutsu
Effect: Chakra strings are a technique usually used by puppet users to allow them to control their puppets in battle.
Distance: 200 meters
Special: ---
Drawback: Must learn multiple times.
Description: The user is capable of controlling a puppet depending on the distance of the puppet. If the puppet surpasses a certain distance then the chakra strings simply disconnect leaving the puppet down along the floor. When first learned the user is able to control a puppet within the distance of up to 10 meters. Each time learned the distance increases by 10 meters. When the user reaches 200 meters there's an additional 10 Training Points needed to learn the technique. When the user reaches 400 meters there's again an additional 10 Training Points needed to learn the technique. These extra points do not go down by Class. User may learn an unlimited amount of times.
Limit: Must be a Puppeteer.

Kugutsu no Jutsu (Puppet Technique)
Rank: "C" (30 x 5)
Skill: NinJutsu/Supplementary
Effect: Allows the user to effectively control puppets with lesser chakra strings allowing greater control per puppet.
Special: ---
Drawback: Must learn multiple times. Is able to learn 5 times max.
Description: When the user learns this technique they will reduce the amount of chakra strings needed to control a puppet. When user learns twice they will be to control Small Puppets with 1 Chakra String, Medium Puppets with 3 Chakra Strings, Large Puppets with 5 Chakra Strings, Huge Puppets with 9 Chakra Strings, Gargantuan Puppets with 11 Chakra Strings, and Colossal Puppets with 13 Chakra Strings. User must learn this Jutsu 3 times in order to control a Gargantuan Puppet. User must learn all 5 times in order to control a Colossal Puppet. After learning twice user will be able to control Small Puppets with 1 Chakra String regardless of continuous learning.
Limit: Must be a Puppeteer. Must know Chakra Ito (Chakra Strings)