summoning: the abysmal sage!

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“…Seclusion…” An ancient voice spoke, reverberating the entirety of the dark cavern. It was inhuman and monstrous, yet wise and pained.

This was the voice of Katsushio, the Salamander’s Riptide, Sage of the Abysmal Newts; when he spoke all who heard listened, be them young or old, junior or senior, weak or powerful, for the Riptide was a force of nature. Thus the raising of the heads out of the cold water by the newts was not a strange or questionable occurrence. Their master had something important to say.

“…It is time…to end it…” Slowly did Katsushio speak, and as he did the purpose of his words became more and more clear. For years the sect had been inactive, finding no mortal capable of passing the three rites required to contract them.

“…Go and find the Tokomaru…Naji…”

In the darkness one of the larger newts seemed to grunt in confirmation before diving into the cool water of the underground. The time had come for a new contractor of the newt to be born, though the Sage’s reasons were both unknown and unquestioned.

SUMMONING

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Bathing in Iwagakure was often done in two places: in the few bathhouses the village had to offer or in one of the many streams and rivers surrounding it. Of course fishing, getting water, or swimming were other activities done in Tsuchi no Kuni’s famous Furuiwakawa (lit. Old Stone River), and you may have very well been here for that. But, regardless of the reasons, you were waist deep in the fast currents of the water, half naked, when you first felt something brush against your leg. Whatever it was would confuse you, surely; perhaps it was a fish or a turtle. That thought would soon be cast away, however.

Exploding from beneath the surface of the river was a gargantuan, olive-colored salamander. Such a creature did not fall under the normal classifications—this was a mystical being, made even more so by its human-yet-divine gaze locked onto you.

For several moments it stood there, its head and back exposed to the sunlight, as if it was gauging you. [/blockquote][/blockquote][/blockquote][/justify]

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It was a moment of clarity. For all the struggles Tokomaru Sen had faced in getting to this point in his life most of them had been off the battlefield. All the skills his crafting had allotted him and the experience of frequent missions as well all came together in the young man standing up to his waist in water. It was unlike any feeling he'd ever experienced before. Graduating the shinobi academy to become genin didn't feel like much of an accomplishment, at that point he'd been well past the age that normal students were when they graduated. That had simply been an official point of no return. Now however, he was better.

He'd grown since those years into a formidable warrior. He wasn't the strongest guy in the world and he acknowledged that. He lacked the experience of others his age who had been ninja since their childhoods and wanted to be ninja since birth. He was no genius, he was a shinobi of diligence and hard work. He would need to do more than simply exist if he wanted to improve, he would need to work harder. He would no doubt need more missions, and harder missions at that.

More jutsu to look forward to learning would also keep his growing power from tailing off and dying. Of course there were only two jutsu outside of his Youton arsenal that he could surely say he would learn. The first was the shadow clone jutsu which he heard whispers and rumors about too frequently to ignore. The second was the summoning jutsu which the Chuunin Hyoka of Kusagakure demonstrated. His summon had been birds of some sort and Sen remembered it referring to itself as a phoenix. Though that last part was probably just ego or the bird mouthing off from being in high spirits.

Since the time Tokomaru Sen had witnessed the jutsu unfolding summoning magnificent beasts to aid in whatever tasks the shinobi needed handled, the genin himself had learned the jutsu needed to call forth those beasts. His brows furrowed and his shoulders straightened out. He took a deep breath and then took in his surroundings. It was a bit colder out now than normal so on this day, the Old Stone River was fairly empty. There were no spectators or other ninja in his immediate area so he was clear to try something out he'd been working on. Biting down on the inside of his cheek the young man wiped away at the blooding wound in his mouth with his middle and index fingers of his right hand. He took a small time to examine the blood as well, smearing the red from finger to finger as the small gusts of wind gave him goosebumps across his body.

Then with no warning his hands shot into one another collapsing and reforming each time with a different variation until the final variant was made. With a face of iron determination the genin slammed his hand down beneath the surface of the water and called out the name of the power he designated was his command. "Kuchiyose no Jutsu!" When one exhausted chakra in order to create or maintain a jutsu of some kind one could always feel that chakra escaping into creation. There was no such feeling now as the genin removed his hand from the river and set his hands to rest on his waist. His thumbs sitting inside the lining of black swim trunks while his other for fingers gripped at the outsides of the trunks. He found humor in his ignorance and inability to perform the jutsu and his baritone laughter from his own failure proved as much.

He knew the handseals and he also knew the jutsu's name and mechanics. In knowing those things he knew why it wasn't working for him. He'd yet to find an animal to sign a contract with. He didn't know where to go or what to do find and form a union with any animal, let alone ones he could actually stand to spend time with in and out of battle. Sen wasn't exactly picky but the animal family needed to be one that felt... right. He, in example would probably never sign with a family of aardvarks or rabbits.

With the sigh the young man did nothing but grin and shake it off, it would probably be months if not years before he learned the secrets behind animal family and how to sign a contract with one so for now he would focus on other goals and tasks... like the damn shadow clone jutsu. Sen was in such a good mood over where he'd come from in his power and where he was going with it that his mind hadn't even registered that something rubbed against him in water until he saw the briefest shadow of a seemingly... large creature. Before he could become creeped out and go into a mode of self-defense the creature erupted from the river and towered over him.

Eyes wide with disbelief over the sheer mechanics of a creature that size living in the river without being detected. Unsure of it's intelligence he could only make out that it was staring at him with eyes he couldn't read but what it wanted, he could not possibly know. He only stood there, the water dumped on him from the creature's emergence dripping from his fingertips, his trunks, even his hair and chin. He was supposed to be forming handseals to set up defenses just in case, but it was already too late for that. Whatever this thing was here for... he would have to face it head on.

[Q]

The giant newt was still at first. Several minutes of silence later and she had begun to move slowly into the deeper parts of the river. Naji’s back was burning under the sun, as she was a swimmer and used to being underwater. Open heat like this did horrors to her slime covered body after a long period of time.

As she moved, her massive, black eyes never left Sen’s own grey gaze. She swam around him, uncaring for what he had been doing earlier and if he was on guard. Soon the Rite of Survival would begin—no, that was incorrect. The Rite of Survival had already begun. Of course the young Genin had not known it, and he wasn’t going to until this was all over, but Naji was well aware of her job here.

Upon reaching the deepest part of the river, the center, Naji lowered her lower jaw into the water and opened her mouth slightly. If Sen had a keen eye, he’d notice the current of the river had changed. Its course was now the blackness of the newt’s throat. Rising out from beneath of the surface of the water then was a tail, the tip of it pointing towards Sen’s heart. She wanted to make it clear that she was talking to him.

“You,” The voice was as monstrous as she was, but at its core was a mother’s love. Perhaps this could disarm Sen. “Are of Tokomaru blood, correct?”

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As the moment stretched on it seemed to become more and more real to him. This creature whatever it was had marked him as it's quarry. He wondered if it was going to speak to him but instead it only re-submerged itself and began to swim circles around him. He kicked himself in the ass for not reacting properly and leaving himself open for attack. It was by the grace of god or fate that the amphibian-like creature did not attack him immediately but with seemingly no way to communicate with it, the genin was growing increasingly concerned with the difference in their sizes. It meant he would have to work that much harder to defend himself should he be attacked.

The sensible side in him told him that there was a chance that the situation didn't have to be a violent one but his shinobi training and recently acquired skills told him to defend himself for now and if he could make it out peacefully later then do so. The water up to his waist seemed to pass him by in a different manner than he'd been feeling up to that point. Once posed with its tail's tip his chest did the oversized animal speak and what it said didn't bode well for him. His mother and father had many friends and enemies outside the village but his paranoid mind always made him think someone who came sniffing around and knew his name was one of the latter.

It was something intimidating about the sentience of this being before him that was clearly not human. In his mind he only knew of one kind of creature that matched up to this one's size and ability to speak. It was likely this a creature of a summon family but he didn't bother to get his hoped up. Even if it was a summon it was a good chance it was here to kill him. That thought alone would send his fight or flight response into overtime. ¹His shoulders tensed as his hands went into a flurry of seals before plunging them back into the river as the jutsu was released. There was a chance it could have moved to attack but such a risk would have to be taken, it was likely it wouldn't attack anyhow until he knew he was of the Tokomaru family. "I am. Tokomaru Sen. What is your business with and knowledge of my family?"

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“So then, you are the heir?” Naji asked, her voice rumbling with something akin to excitement. Whether summoning creatures could feel the same emotions of humans was unknown to Sen, but it was clear the massive salamander felt some type of way about hearing that information.

Her black-lidded eyes narrowed, odd giving the nature of a newt’s body, as he performed his hand seals and submerged his hands underwater. She was unsure what kind of child the Tokomaru clan had produced, and if his techniques were even strong enough to hurt someone like her. But in the end such information was rendered trivial. She was going to test him here and then take him across Tsuchi no Kuni in a never-ending gauntlet of suffering, pain, and survival.

“Then it seems,” Naji finally continued. The water had stopped flowing into her mouth, which was now opened wide. “That the Gishiki no Sanzon has begun! Daitoppa!!”

Exploding forth was a massive hurricane of wind, filled with stinging pellets of water that she had been drinking during the short exchange of words earlier. Your time had come, young Genin—your time to become the Shinobi you were destined to be!

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Kiroku Gaijuu (Blasting Wind Domain)¹⁷⁵
Rank: D, C, B, A, S
Type: Supplementary / Fuuton Ninjutsu
Range: 0 - 50 meters
Handseals: No
Chakra: Mid
Special: Allows the user the ability to create, control and move Fuuton (Wind) chakra of their own for multiple purposes, as well as control that produced by nature. Highest rank known determines the strength of the winds, the distance at which one can control them, and finally, the speed at which the user can displace them.

• D: 10 meter range / 3 meter per second
  
• C: 20 ms / 6 mps
  
• B: 30 ms / 9 mps
  
• A: 40 ms / 12 mps
  
• S: 50 ms / 15 mps

Description: Though powerful, Fuuton can become uncontrollable even in the hands of the experienced, forcing its users to focus first on controlling their power in small areas, and then, over time, expanding. As one's experience with the wind release and its control grows, so does the range at which they can become deadly with it.
Domain: Fuuton.

Daitoppa (Great Breakthrough)¹⁵⁰
Rank: C, C, C
Type: Offensive / Fuuton Ninjutsu
Range: See special!
Handseals: Yes
Chakra: Mid
Special: Distance at which blast can travel depends on the user's Kiroku Gaijuu range, halved. Each time retrained, additional 'C' ranked blasting wind damage is added. However, for every 4th one obtained, chakra consumption for this technique will go up by one!
Description: A staple Fuuton technique, Daitoppa allows the user to blow a single strong current from their mouth, expelled in a cone like fashion forward which carries enough power to knock anything in its way down. This technique is very simple to execute � the user makes the right seals, simply takes a deep breath, and let�s go!
Domain: Fuuton. Kiroku Gaijuu (Blasting Winds Reach) 'C'.

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The Gishiki what?! Every thought the genin put forward was laced and layered with another one. He didn't have the time to figure out who or what the creature was nor it's intentions. His only means to move forward was to defend himself and possibly defeat the beast. Once it threw out the phrase he couldn't understand it spat water at him in a manner he had to assume was a jutsu of some kind.

The wind was powerful and forceful and the water burned as it crashed against his skin. It was the kind of pain that you knew you wouldn't kill in small doses. It was enough to let you know your opponent meant business. It was enough to get you pissed off enough to fight back. Was it wind jutsu with water from the river as a supplementary weapon or was it a water jutsu made stronger by the supporting lungs... or gils of the creature before him. Not all of the jutsu, whatever kind it had been, hit the genin on target.¹With the heave of nothing more than his will and a ample sacrifice of chakra lava erupted from the river in a display of power as monstrous as the creature before him. The moment the lava arose from the river it began to take shape and form cooling and hardening nearly instantaneously, and cutting the genin and the large animal from each others line of sight.

The size of which the lava took was no small formation, taking up diameter of 50 meters and thus, forcing the two beings apart by a minimum of 50 meters. With himself cut off from the view of the thing seemingly trying to kill him he went through a flurry of handseals.²

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Racing up the middle of the temple towards the center black hair and black trunks connected to hands that formed even more seals.³ It had a been a long time since he'd face an opponent so close to his own power that he had to ration out his chakra and play the part of the strategist. He feared just from their difference in size he would have to dispense much more chakra just to stay in the fight. However as it raged on, he hoped he would turn out wrong.

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• CHAKRA REDUCTION I

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[/li][li]Fushokuzai (Corrosion Disolvance Factor)⁶²⁵
Rank: D, C, B, A, S
Type: Supplementary / Youton Kekkei Touta
Range: 0 - 50 meters
Handseals: No
Chakra: High
Special: Allows the user the ability to create, control and move Youton (Lava) chakra of their own for multiple purposes. Can corrode items of equal rank or lower, with the exception of Legendary/Relic types deemed indestructible. Level of corrosion and intensity of lava is determined by highest rank learned, materials of the same rank will take a full turn of contact with lava to dissolve and materials of lower ranked will be melted near-instantly. Finally, highest rank also determines the speed at which the user can control their lava creations.

• D: 10 meters // 1 meter per second
  
• C: 20 meters // 2 mps
  
• B: 30 meters // 3 mps
  
• A: 40 meters // 4 mps
  
• S: 50 meters // 5 mps

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Description: Youton, the marriage of Earth, Fire and Water, yields a new and truly terrifying substance - lava. Birthed from the user's very chakra control and the simultaneous binding of these two substances, the Corrosion Disolvance Factor exists as the user's corrosion gauge. Essentially, as their control over the kekkei touta grows, so will the strength of the corrosion of lava, as well as the size and area of control. In their most basic state, the Youton user is able to summon a fixed amount of Lava within an designated area, and further the birthing by controlling the substance to their will.
Domain: Youton.

• ¹Yōton: Kokuyōseki Kaihō (Lava Release: Obsidian World Dominion)⁶²⁵
  Rank: D, C, B, A, S

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Type: Offensive / Defensive / Youton Kekkei Touta
Range: See
Handseals: Yes.
Chakra: Low - Very High
Special: Grant’s the user the ability to harden lava into obsidian, effectively allowing them to manipulate the battlefield in nearly any way they see fit. Highest rank known determines the speed/rate at which the lava can harden, as well as the strength of the new creation. Area which can be hardened depends on the user's Fushokuzai. Must hold down last handseal until hardening process is complete.

• D: Full Turn
  
• C: 3/4ths of a turn
  
• B: Half a Turn
  
• A: 1/4th of a turn
  
• S: Near-Instant

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Description: By forming a few hand seals, the user can rapidly cool lava they have created, shaping the substance into nearly any form they can think of. From statues to spikes, to stair cases, this versatile technique gives Yōton users access to a different style of combat. However, this ability can only create static objects, meaning functional animals and clones cannot be made with this technique. These creations are also immobile and cannot be controlled or moved further with this technique.
Domain: Youton. Kajiya no Kokuyōseki.

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A lava user? Interesting—Naji didn’t know the Tokomaru clan had produced someone of such a unique ability. Chuckling to herself, the massive newt raced up the side of the temple just as Sen did. The only difference was that she was far faster due to her jumping abilities. In just a few moments she was not only airborn but prepared to fire off another powerful wind technique.

As Sen finished his handseals, Naji’s mouth opened and released a proverbial typhoon of cutting wind. It came down like a tornado, intent on ripping straight through Sen’s soft body and into the hard obsidian which he had created.

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'X' Joutou! ('X' Jump)550
Rank: C, C, C, C, C, C, C, C, C, C, C
Type: Supplementary / Taijutsu
Range: Self
Stamina: Mid
Special: Can only be performed during or after the apex of the user's initial jump. Can execute up to 1 mid-air jump before hitting the ground, plus 1 more each time retrained.
Description: Once in the air, only the most advanced Taijutsu users can manage to use their brute strength to actually jump against the air using friction, effectively jumping again before hitting the ground.
Domain: Universal Taijutsu.

Kamaitachi (Cutting Whirlwind)250
Rank: C, C, C, C, C
Type: Offensive / Fuuton Ninjutsu
Range: See special!
Handseals: Yes [No with Fan]
Chakra: Mid
Special: Can capture up to 1 victim in a mini tornado finisher, plus one more each time retrained. This technique requires no hand seals when used with a fan type weapon; however, the technique will requires seals if the arm is used to facilitate it. Distance at which the blast can travel and cover depends on the user's Kiroku Gaijuu range.
Description: This jutsu was brought to fame by a legendary Suna shinobi from long ago, and was named after a mythical creature able to command the winds on a whim. After channeling wind chakra at either their weapon, the user swings it around and brings forth a most intense tornado, coming out from the weapon. Once it strikes the opponent, the tornado tips upward and takes the user up, keeping them imprisoned by the strong currents, and delivering multiple waves of cutting/slicing damage onto their bodies, as well as dropping them hard onto the ground afterward.
Domain: Fuuton. Kiroku Gaijuu (Blasting Winds Reach) 'C'.

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For every inch of detail that went into taking note of his surroundings the genin gained more and more ideas and opportunities and if need be, escape. When fighting for your life no detail was too trivial and idea was too 'anything' to not be at least skimmed over. Not all of them were applicable to the situation and some of them were bound to get him killed but on the way to a winning strategy a few sub-par ones would always be born first. Shit... she's fast. Headseals finished promptly as the off-green colored lizard-esque creature reared it's sentient head and jumped from the top of the temple that separated them much to dismay of the crimson-eyed young man it seemed as if that giant thing jumped again off of thin air and then once more off thinner air.

It wasted no time in advancing in it's attacks and immediately another attack came sailing down, this time the lack of water accompanying the wind made it clear the opposition was using fuuton jutsu. It would probably sting... a lot, but he held his ground and finished his hand movements and from nothing he made something, more of himself to be precise.¹

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Apr 30, 2012 14:17:55 GMT -8 Q said:

The only difference was that she was far faster due to her jumping abilities. In just a few moments she was not only airborn but prepared to fire off another powerful wind technique.

As Sen finished his handseals, Naji’s mouth opened and released a proverbial typhoon of cutting wind. It came down like a tornado, intent on ripping straight through Sen’s soft body and into the hard obsidian which he had created.

All of Sen's hands went to work doing finger gymnastics off one another to further his tactics of victory. He expected the winds of his opponent to interrupt him and do some kind of light damage but as Sens finished their seals yet again², no wind came. It was true that the creature unmistakably fired a wind based jutsu from above but it appeared it's range of attack was not great enough to reach him on the ground. As the lizard began to fall from midair he figured her distance from him on the ground to be around 50 meters.

In only seconds one Sen became seven and without hesitation each of them grabbed one hand with their other hand and began to fly through motions yet again³, though with such talented hand sealing abilities it took nothing more than a second for each of them to finish and simultaneously, they went from being physical unarmed to the exact opposite running around the area in which the creature would land in circles. Fighting a fuuton user of that size would be a challenge and the genin was unsure of what range to fight at. Though he now knew the speed of his lava was second to the speed of the creature's wind but the silver lining was that his own range of jutsu apparently surpassed the range of the other fighter. If worse came to worse he would have the advantage fighting from a distance.

With everything going down so fast his mind was just now starting to recognize the physical profile of the creature attacking him. He had only one question which he didn't bother to ask aloud, although if not for the aforementioned attacking he might have done so. Is... is that a newt?

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• CHAKRA REDUCTION I

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[/li][li]Fushokuzai (Corrosion Disolvance Factor)⁶²⁵
Rank: D, C, B, A, S
Type: Supplementary / Youton Kekkei Touta
Range: 0 - 50 meters
Handseals: No
Chakra: High
Special: Allows the user the ability to create, control and move Youton (Lava) chakra of their own for multiple purposes. Can corrode items of equal rank or lower, with the exception of Legendary/Relic types deemed indestructible. Level of corrosion and intensity of lava is determined by highest rank learned, materials of the same rank will take a full turn of contact with lava to dissolve and materials of lower ranked will be melted near-instantly. Finally, highest rank also determines the speed at which the user can control their lava creations.

• D: 10 meters // 1 meter per second
  
• C: 20 meters // 2 mps
  
• B: 30 meters // 3 mps
  
• A: 40 meters // 4 mps
  
• S: 50 meters // 5 mps

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Description: Youton, the marriage of Earth, Fire and Water, yields a new and truly terrifying substance - lava. Birthed from the user's very chakra control and the simultaneous binding of these two substances, the Corrosion Disolvance Factor exists as the user's corrosion gauge. Essentially, as their control over the kekkei touta grows, so will the strength of the corrosion of lava, as well as the size and area of control. In their most basic state, the Youton user is able to summon a fixed amount of Lava within an designated area, and further the birthing by controlling the substance to their will.
Domain: Youton.

• ^{1 & 2}Youton Bunshin no Jutsu (Lava Clone Technique)²⁰⁰
  Rank: B, B
  Type: Supplementary / Youton Kekkei Touta
  Range: See special!
  Handseals: Yes
  Chakra: High [per clone]
  Special: Up to one clone can be made at a time, plus one more each time retrained, for a maximum of five (5). When defeated, clone explodes in a burst of hot magma, spreading its burning essence everywhere. Explosion range covers 5 meters all around the clone. Finally, Lava clones can cast any known general Lava jutsu one rank less than the highest rank known in 'Fushokuzai'.
  Description: With this technique, the Youton user is able to call upon aid from a perfect copy of themselves. Comprised purely of molten lava, this clone retains the user's movement speed and can share linked mental judgement. Best of all, when struck physically, most items slowly sink into the magma pit that has become their body, corroding away at appendages and weapons equally. Finally, when defeated, the clone explodes into a blob of intense lava that aims to take over the nearest opponent available, burning and melting them in place.
  Domain: Youton. Fushokuzai 'B'.
  
  
• ³Yōton: Kajiya no Kokuyōseki (Lava Release: Obsidian Forge)¹⁵⁰
  Rank: C, C
  Type: Offensive
  Range: See Fushokuzai
  Handseals: Yes.
  Chakra: Low
  Special: Hardens lava into obsidian, crafting into portable, handheld objects.
  Description: By sculpting magma into the desired shape, the user will then rapidly cool the substance, transforming it from molten earth to it�s solid, obsidian state. The D rank version of this technique grants the ability to forge 1 pack of standard, overview secondary weapons at a time (such as kunai, shuriken, and senbon) plus one additional pack for each time this ability is re-trained. The C ranked upgrade of this technique allows the user to craft one non-unique, standard, overview style weapon (like katana, staffs, and axes) plus one additional weapon for each time the C ranked version is relearned. These weapons are meant to replace store bought and professionally forged armaments in a pinch, because the durability of the hardened lava can only stand up to one rank lower than the highest rank of the user�s Fushokuzai technique.
  Domain: Youton. Fushokuzai.
  
  
  • 1 Katana, 1 Lariat
    
  • 1 Quarter Staff, 1 Lariat
    
  • 1 Quarter Staff, 1 Lariat
    
  • 1 Chain Whip, 1 Lariat
    
  • 1 Chain Whip, 1 Lariat
    
  • 1 Chain Whip, 1 Lariat
    
  • 1 Kanabo, 1 Lariat
  
  
  

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Landing delicately on top of the temple once more, which Sen had stopped running up, the salamander turned her black eyes to the seven copies of Sen that now stood before her—plus the original. Each one held a weapon in both hands, meaning that a one man army had been formed. Someone with such talent and skill reminded her of Tokomaru-Sama. Eyes narrowed, she pooled chakra in the back of her throat and prepared to assault Sen with another wave of wind. Rearing up, throat clearly expanded, Naji released a blast of wind comparable to a hurricane in a ball. It was capable of wiping out all of the clones and sending Sen Tumbling down the side of his massive temple with ease.

As all of this transpired, it’d become clear that Naji wasn’t actually fighting to kill him. If anything, she was feeling her out and making intentional mistakes for him to make openings in. After all, if he couldn’t even handle her when she wasn’t trying, then what use would he ever be to their order?

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Ten meters away.

Kiroku Gaijuu (Blasting Wind Domain)175
RankB
Type: Supplementary / Fuuton Ninjutsu
Range: 0 - 50 meters
Handseals: No
Chakra: Mid
Special: Allows the user the ability to create, control and move Fuuton (Wind) chakra of their own for multiple purposes, as well as control that produced by nature. Highest rank known determines the strength of the winds, the distance at which one can control them, and finally, the speed at which the user can displace them.
B: 30 ms / 9 mps
powerful, Fuuton can become uncontrollable even in the hands of the experienced, forcing its users to focus first on controlling their power in small areas, and then, over time, expanding. As one's experience with the wind release and its control grows, so does the range at which they can become deadly with it.

Shinkū Taigyoku (Vacuum Great Sphere)200
Rank: B, B
Type: Offensive / Fuuton Ninjutsu
Range: See special!
Handseals: Yes
Chakra: High
Special: Creates a 10 meter wind blast in the form of a large ball that can travel and crash into anything the user targets, producing a nasty explosion of torrential slicing winds soon after. Distance at which wind sphere can travel upwards and outwards depends on the user's Kiroku Gaijuu range, and the size of the wind blast is equal to the size of the ball. Each time retrained, size of ball increases by a meter. However, after every third retraining, chakra consumption will increase by one.
Description: After a deep breath, the user will allow the air to mix with their chakra; compressing the mixture into a large ball of wind to be expelled with great force. Flying at impressive speeds, this jutsu soars towards its target in attempt to crush anything within it's path. The force of this wrecking ball can match the concussive force of many exploding notes, barreling through jutsu of equal prowess.
Domain: Fūton. Shinkuu Gyoku (Vacuum Sphere).

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40 EXP @ Sen

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Since the last post made in this thread the chakra/stamina & consumption rules have been revamped considerably and the result is no matter your pool or chakra/stamina reduction mastery you can only use a fraction of the jutsu you could have used before the update with the old system. It would be unfair to calculate current exhaustion levels for jutsu used in the earlier posts based on the system that wasn't set up until after those posts were made. That being said I suggest we continue on in this thread as if both Sen and Naji have fresh and full chakra pools.

If that's not acceptable I can go back and calculate how much of Sen's pools remained by then end of my last post in the form of a percentage based on the old system. From there I will apply that percentage here and carry on the fight using the new system. For me, just saying they have fresh pools is a lot less tedious and annoying.

Between the seven of them the genin thought himself to be in a good situation to alter his tactics on the fly if he needed to. But he was more worried about why

[/i] he had to fight this massive amphibian instead of how[/b] to fight it. I hate this mystery shit if there's something he... she.... it wants why won't it just say so?!

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May 12, 2012 13:59:22 GMT -8 Q said:

Landing delicately on top of the temple once more, which Sen had stopped running up, the salamander turned her black eyes to the seven copies of Sen that now stood before her—plus the original.

Eyes narrowed, she pooled chakra in the back of her throat and prepared to assault Sen with another wave of wind. Rearing up, throat clearly expanded, Naji released a blast of wind comparable to a hurricane in a ball.

With a glare that expressed his growing annoyance with the situation he saw the precursor to the newt's next attack clear as day. It's throat became wide and full with what he could only assume was air imbued with chakra to form a fuuton jutsu. With a mental signal to the six clones he commanded he sprang into action.¹ Seals in the singular form were made and his hands touched the ground calling forth a torrent of lava that shaped itself to his whims forming a rubber shell over the all the youton humans but one.

Meanwhile, in unison the clones themselves made a swift motion that was sure to take no longer than a second as well. Their left hands twisted in tandem with their right hands forming a seal and their palms slammed into the ground immediately after² as the rubber wall created by their creator engulfed all but one of them. That one served as a lookout and when/if the fuuton jutsu struck it would also serve as martyr. But, all of that was in addition to the function it shared with it's twins, a function they would all carry out as one. Underneath the peak of the temple where the assaulting newt positioned itself, the ground heated. With a motion of the clone's fingers flicking back upwards, six geysers erupted from the obsidian temple's peak.

Four of the geysers shot out at forty-five degree angles from the four corners of the peak pointing in the directions of north, south, east, and west. The other two shot straight up into the air from the temple's peak into the newt's still attacking position, erupting in a manner that spread the both of them out to cover the peak equally. It wasn't an instant victory but given that each of the geysers were a whopping ten meters wide he knew one of two things would happen: the animal attacking him would be hit and he would be impressed with himself, or the animal attacking would somehow pull off a dodge and he would be impressed with it.

Unsure if he'd finished the fight he played it safe and prepared for another assault. There wasn't an astounding amount of time to do much of anything but there was enough to do something. Without missing a beat every Sen still standing formed more seals behind their rubber wall ready to fight on if needed.³ As none of them had changed positions the distance between them remained at ten meters and the genin called out over the distance. Though he was young his face was firm and his baritone was rugged it didn't command respect or obedience just yet, but it did demand to be heard and to be considered, projecting itself from behind even the rubber wall. "Call me crazy but if you can talk then why aren't we talking instead of fighting?!"

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• CHAKRA REDUCTION I

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[/li][li]EFFICIENT SEALING I, II, III[/b]

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[/li][li]Fushokuzai (Corrosion Disolvance Factor)⁶²⁵
Rank: D, C, B, A, S
Type: Supplementary / Youton Kekkei Touta
Range: 0 - 50 meters
Handseals: No
Chakra: High
Special: Allows the user the ability to create, control and move Youton (Lava) chakra of their own for multiple purposes. Can corrode items of equal rank or lower, with the exception of Legendary/Relic types deemed indestructible. Level of corrosion and intensity of lava is determined by highest rank learned, materials of the same rank will take a full turn of contact with lava to dissolve and materials of lower ranked will be melted near-instantly. Finally, highest rank also determines the speed at which the user can control their lava creations.

• D: 10 meters // 1 meter per second
  
• C: 20 meters // 2 mps
  
• B: 30 meters // 3 mps
  
• A: 40 meters // 4 mps
  
• S: 50 meters // 5 mps

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Description: Youton, the marriage of Earth, Fire and Water, yields a new and truly terrifying substance - lava. Birthed from the user's very chakra control and the simultaneous binding of these two substances, the Corrosion Disolvance Factor exists as the user's corrosion gauge. Essentially, as their control over the kekkei touta grows, so will the strength of the corrosion of lava, as well as the size and area of control. In their most basic state, the Youton user is able to summon a fixed amount of Lava within an designated area, and further the birthing by controlling the substance to their will.
Domain: Youton.

• ¹Youton: Idai Gomuheki (Lava Release: Great Rubber Wall)⁶²⁵
  Rank: D, C, B, A, S
  Type: Defensive / Youton Kekkei Touta
  Range: See Special!
  Handseals: Yes
  Chakra: Low - Massive ---> High
  Special: The size, range and shape of the defensive wall created depends on the user's highest 'Fushokuzai' rank. Due to the unique 'nature' of the defensive wall this rubber barrier can block attacks of equal or below rank compared to the level of the technique known. This jutsu can also be used to reinforce existing barriers 'stacking' the total defensive ability either for chakra (only Yōton or Doton releases) or non-chakra based defensives such as gates and doors.
  Description: Youton: Idai Gomuheki is a unique defensive based Youton jutsu altering Youton chakra's physical form. After performing the necessary handseals the user slams both their hands on the ground creating an enormous torrent of lava from the ground directly in front of them. This then forms into a wall of unique nature possessing immense durability due to its conversion into a rubbery material with a consistency that allows the material to deform when attacked, meaning it can both absorb and dissipate the force behind a blow rather than just simply obstruct it.
  Domain: Youton. Fushokuzai.
  
  
  • B-rank jutsu: 1 headseal needed = .5 seconds
  
  
  
• ²Ōityue (Shooting Magma Geyser)⁵⁰⁰
  Rank: C, C (x9)
  Type: Supplementary / Youton Kekkei Touta
  Range: 0 - 50 meters
  Handseals: Yes.
  Chakra: Mid (used x6)
  Special: Strength of corrosion and the distance the geyser can appear depends on the user's highest 'Fushokuzai' rank. Geyser starts as a 1 meter whole, and grows by 1 meter each time retrained.
  Description: Ōityue is a offensive ninjutsu technique, utilizing the Youton release. After forming the needed handseals, the user places their hand on the ground, transferring their youton chakra and allowing their lava to move to the area of their liking. The lava can only go so far, and after that the area will begin to heat up, allowing the enemy to realize something is going on. Finally, with a quick command of the index finger pointing upwards; a massive geyser of lava will shoot up.
  Domain: Youton. Fushokuzai 'C'.
  
  
  • C-rank jutsu: 1 headseal needed = .5 seconds
  
  
  
• ³prepping
  

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E X P E R I E N C E!

[/color] advancing with each attempt


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¤ EXP: 8125

post count!
By default, all posts In-Character automatically increase post count and will yield 1 EXP point.

• Three hundred and nine posts

[/b] ^{(309 EXP)}

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base exp![/size][/color]
Normal, non-clan, non-bl characters, with no special additives, start with 1,000 EXP. Characters that start off in Clan start with 500 EXP. Characters with a Kekkei Genkai or Kekkei Touta start with 250 EXP. (Older accounts that started with KT/KG characters started with 300 EXP.)

• First character possessed Kekkei Touta

[/b] ^{(300 EXP)}

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• 300 [Account's Original Profile]
  

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mission payouts!
In addition to acting as the army for their country, the ninja village also acts as a business by essentially contracting their armed forces out to private parties. Each day clients will come to the village and pay for the services of the ninja, requesting jobs that can range from the mundane, such as walking the feudal lord's dog and keeping it safe, to the assassination of deadly wanted criminals. These jobs are thus divided into difficulty ranks, each of which are assigned only to certain shinobi - D, B, C, A, and finally, S. If the mission is completed successfully, the client will then pay the village, which in turn pays the shinobi after taking a percentage. Missions are an essential way of keeping your village afloat, and keeping yourself in the game.

• Twenty-Four D-rank missions

[/b] ^{(600 EXP)}
[/li][li]Eight C-rank missions[/b] ^{(400 EXP)}
[/li][li]One B-rank mission[/b] ^{(100 EXP)}

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• 50 [Kenjutsu Clash]
  
• 25 [Deliver the Blank Scrolls]
  
• 50 [Border Patrol]
  
• 25 [Deliver the Blank Scrolls II]
  
• 25 [Race, Genin]
  
• 50 [Desert Diplomacy!]
  
• 50 [Hostage Situation!]
  
• 25 [Way Too Drunk For This!]
  
• 25 [Help Me!]
  
• 25 [Runaway]
  
• 25 [Missing Portrait Pt. 1]
  
• 25 [Murder Mystery Pt. 1]
  
• 50 [Missing Portrait Pt. 2]
  
• 50 [Murder Mystery Pt. 2]
  
• 50 [Delivering The Parcel]
  
• 50 [Filtrating the Festival]
  
• 25 [Suicidal Thoughts]
  
• 25 [Wake Up !]
  
• 25 [Suicidal Thoughts II]
  
• 25
  
• 25 [My Glasses?!]
  
• 25 [Wake Up! II]
  
• 25
  
• 25 [Help Me! II]
  
• 25 [Baby Please!]
  
• 25 [Manual Labor Pt. 1]
  
• 25 [Wake Up! III]
  
• 25 [Suicidal Thoughts II]
  
• 25 [Murder Mystery Pt. 1 II]
  
• 25
  
• 25 [Runaway II]
  
• 25 [Teacher's Pt. 1]
  
• 100 [Kage Tower Surveillance]
  

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thread payouts!
In-Character achievements refers to anything done by the player ICly that will somehow contribute to their overall progress. Whether you succeed in a mission, survive an enemy ambush, or hunt down a particular target, any form of in-character interaction earns you a fixed amount of experience. On top of this, the maximum per post a player can attain is 10 EXP, with the minimum being 1 EXP.

• forty-five threads

[/b] ^{(2059 EXP)}

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• 86 [Kenjutsu Clash]
  
• 20 Tsuchikage's Tower (Archived)
  
• 23 [Scroll Down I]
  
• 52 [Borders and Nobles]
  
• 36 [Scroll Down II]
  
• 35 [Coming & Going]
  
• 30 [The Sandora Saggar]
  
• 66
  
• 18 Iwa Hospital (Archived)
  
• 116 [FREE KUNAI]
  
• 20 [Low Class Escorts]
  
• 66 [Earthly Extrusions I]
  
• 55 [The Negotiator]
  
• 5 Tsuchikage's Tower (Archived)
  
• 12 [Sand Trek]
  
• 10 [The Horizon]
  
• 29 [Way Too Drunk For This]
  
• 23 [Gutter Bitch]
  
• 25 [Locating Luke]
  
• 30 [Swiper Swiped Me!]
  
• 35 [Murder Was The Case]
  
• 60 [Swiper Swiped Me! Part 2]
  
• 60 [Murder Was The Case Part 2]
  
• 20 [Earthly Extrusions II]
  
• 60 [Postal Parcel]
  
• 60 [Prose of Construction]
  
• 60 [Filtrating the Festival]
  
• 30 [Jumper]
  
• 20 [I'm Comin' Home]
  
• 30 [ambiguous.]
  
• 12 [Ashes & Earth: Season 1]
  
• 68 [Prose of Construction II]
  
• 57 [Dark Days, Bright Nights]
  
• 120 [Prose of Construction III]
  
• 20 [Two the Hard Way]
  
• 64 [That May Work]
  
• 70 [That May Work II]
  
• 10 [heart & soul]
  
• 59 [That May Work III]
  
• 84 [Prose of Construction IV]
  
• 103 [Unite or Disband]
  
• 20 [R1M1: Bit Vs. Haru]
  
• 40 [summoning: the abysmal sage!]
  
• 120 [Foreshadowed]
  
• 20 [Earthbound Alliance]
  

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event & bonus payouts!
Outside of the life of a shinobi, special events may occur that may change the way one thinks, acts, or even lives. These special events test the very makings of each and every participant, and serve as a defining point in the site's overall story. Taking place in the form of Chapters, they serve to narrate the product of everyone's RP at once, as well as the direction the forum will go.

• Nine bonus' and/or events

[/b] ^{(4348 EXP)}

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• 100 [The Horizon]
  
• 500 [The Milestone Club - 500 Members]
  
• 568 [March for Memories I]
  
• 1080 [March for Memories II]
  
• 250 [Fina's 25th Birthday]
  
• 700 [Base EXP Adjustments]
  
• 100 [May for Missions I]
  
• 1000 [The Milestone Club - 1000 Members]
  
• 50 [May for Missions II]
  

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unpaid links!
NRP is a wildly growing site and no one is perfect amongst it's members and staff. Sometimes threads, events, missions, ect are graded or posted in by staff but EXP yielded has not been awarded to the member. In such rare occasions the links should be provided here. So that evidence is on hand once a staff member is able to get around to it.

• One unpaid link

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• 80 (Has not been paid out yet) [April for Adventures]
  

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revamp!
A Revamp refers to the moment when a player decides to keep their most essential parts of their Character and what makes them essentially unique - name, clan, birth, history, appearance, etc. - but wants to change a technical aspect of them, such as their Types, Releases (basic elements only!) and Jutsu - up to the whole build! When recreating, whether it be through a scrap or even a revamp, please include the following information at the bottom of your post:

• Last revamp

[/b] ^(6/13/2012)

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• Previous Character: ^{[Original Profile]}
  
• Death Thread: ^{(N/A for Revamps)}
  
• Total EXP: ⁽⁴⁴⁵⁰⁾
  
• EXP Used: ^(4450/4450)
  
• EXP Lost: ^(None)
  

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