KAGUYA (Bone Manipulation)

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Since the Forgotten Era, the Kaguya clan has inhabited the Land of Water. Known for their brutality, The Hidden Mist sought aid from the notorious clan in the effort to unify the island clans under one banner.

The Kaguya resisted instead, and fought a bloody war against the newly formed village using only their brute strength and numbers, until the village leader was left with no choice but to slaughter the majority of them.

The few that remained either fled, forced to leave their homeland, or surrendered to the village leader's edicts. Their strength and violent nature were of import at the time, but unbeknownst to the village leader, there are Kaguya that even other clan members fear.

Those clan members inherited an ancient power— Shikotsumyaku— that allows them to manipulate their skeletal structure to weaponize bones for battle. Not only that, these bones are stronger than steel, making them nearly impervious to physical damage.

Not until recently has this fabled power reemerged, and only its inheritors truly know the strength that they possess.

Joining the Kaguya requires a Clan trait, as well as Kekkei Genkai trait.

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Shikotsumyaku (Dead Bone Pulse)
Rank: D - S
Range: Close (0m ~ 5m)
Type: Supplementary
Description: Shikotsumyaku (屍骨脈, literally meaning: Dead Bone Pulse) is a kekkei genkai which gives the Kaguya clan member the ability to manipulate their own bones. Users of Shikotsumyaku possess three unique skills: the ability to control their osteoblasts (cells responsible for producing bones), the ability to control their osteoclasts (cells responsible for breaking down bones), and finally, the ability to regulate their bones' calcium density. So long as their body does not tire out, users can take advantage of these abilities without limit. With Shikotsumyaku, users can grow new bones anywhere in their body. Typically these bones are functionally and visually identical to other bones in the body, such as the spine or ribs. Other times the bones will be similar to standard bones, but with specific alterations. If the user chooses, they can create entirely original bones with no clear parallels. The user's bones can be made denser, increasing their cutting power and rendering them resistant to crushing or cutting. If the user chooses, hollow bones can be produced, such as for use as a flute.

Users can manipulate their bones after or even as they're being formed, causing them to break through the skin. Most often these bones only protrude from the body, enough for the user to grab and remove them or, alternatively, remain jutting out for whatever offensive or defensive purpose the user intends. If the user chooses, the bones can be forcefully ejected from the body. After the bones have either left the body or been retracted into it, the broken skin heals rapidly. If, in the case of removed bones, the user does not already have a duplicate prepared, the relevant body part will be misshapen and unusable until a replacement is produced.

Shikotsumyaku gives its users a huge advantage in combat, as they can produce an endless number of bones to suit any conceivable circumstance. Rarely do users encounter real opposition in a fight, for which reason their path through a battlefield is often left littered with dead bodies. On those infrequent occasions when they cannot quickly finish off an opponent, their ability to strengthen their own bones renders them highly resistant to damage, their bodies being likened to a fortress. Each rank of this technique represents an increase in the bone's defensive and offensive capabilities and potential, as well as the ability to use more advanced techniques within the clan.

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Tsubaki no Mai (Dance of the Camellia)
Rank: D
Range: Close (0m ~ 5m)
Type: Offensive
Description: With their Shikotsumyaku, the clan member pulls from their body a bone, such as an upper arm bone, that has been modified and sharpened to use as a sword. With it, the user repeatedly stabs at their target, doing so rapidly enough to create the appearance of afterimages. Each stab is directed at a slightly different part of the target, from a slightly different angle, and with slightly different regularity, making it difficult to predict each strike. Although targets may be able to dodge these attacks for a time, they will eventually be unable to keep up with the constant and "chaotic" strikes, giving the clan member the opening they need to finally stab and kill them.



Teshi Sendan (Ten-Finger Drilling Bullets)
Rank: C
Range: Close (0m ~ 5m), Mid (5m ~ 10m)
Type: Offensive
Description: The clan member parts their fingertips, creating holes that expose hardened finger bones. In volleys, they shoot these bone bullets at a target by swinging their hand, causing a loud sound as they're fired. The bone bullets travel incredibly quickly through the air and take a spinning motion. Upon impact, the bullets tear through skin, flesh, and bone. While the bullets aren't able to penetrate advanced shields that use advanced nature transformation, they can indeed pierce regular, man-made armor.



Karamatsu no Mai (Dance of the Larch)
Rank: B
Range: Close (0m ~ 5m)
Type: Offensive
Description: When the clan member is about to be attacked with taijutsu, they will use this technique to sprout sharp bones from all or parts of their body, ideally causing the attacker to skewer themselves. The stronger and faster the attack, the greater the damage that will be done to the attacker. If the attacker is able to avoid taking any significant damage, the clan member can keep the bones protruding from his body, thereby discouraging any additional attacks. If the opponent attacks anyway, the bones can be used to absorb the blow and then capture the attacking arm or leg, leaving them at the clan member's mercy.



Yanagi no Mai (Dance of the Willow)
Rank: B
Range: Close (0m ~ 5m)
Type: Offensive
Description: The clan member produces long, hardened bones from their body that can easily puncture opponents, dealing serious damage. There is no set way in which the bones are used for this "dance", as clan lore likens these movements to the branches of a willow, swaying in the wind. In keeping with this, the clan member's movements while using this technique are mostly evasive and their attacks are primarily parries and counters. The most typical ejection point by most clan members usually takes place with bones sprouted from the palms of their hands, but if these aren't enough he can produce additional bones from their knees, elbows, and shoulders so that they can attack multiple targets at once.



Tessenka no Mai: Tsuru (Dance of the Clematis: Vine)
Rank: A
Range: Close (0m ~ 5m)
Type: Offensive
Description: One of the more advanced Kaguya techniques, the clan member's spine grows longer in order to give them a tail-like appendage. For this technique, the user removes that spine to use as a weapon. Cartilage between the individual vertebrae makes the spine flexible for use as a whip, and the cartilage can be stretched further to increase the whip's range. The vertebrae are also modified to have spikes, making it easier for them to hook into targets. When this spine whip is wrapped around a target, it holds them in place, making it easier to kill them with Dance of the Clematis: Flower, so simply to strip and shred away their skin and muscle with one solid yank.



Tessenka no Mai: Hana (Dance of the Clematis: Flower)
Rank: A
Range: Close (0m ~ 5m)
Type: Offensive
Description: The user concentrates all their Shikotsumyaku powers into the creation of a single bone weapon, which is made as hard as possible with a considerable amount of chakra. Shaped like a large spear, this razor sharp piercing weapon grows on the arm of the user's choice, its size and length compatible the user's height, intended to be lunged forward like a spear, destroying anything in its path. Because of the weapon's large size, as well as the sheer density of the compressed bone, the clan member must have extreme concentration and experience in the use of their clan techniques in order to be able to handle it. The bone weapon can be incredibly destructive, wielded as a sort of battering ram or spear. But a philosophy of the Kaguya clan is that even the deadliest weapon is useless if it can't hit its target. As such, Dance of the Clematis: Flower is usually first preceded by Dance of the Clematis: Vine, which is used to immobilize targets.



Sawarabi no Ma (Dance of the Seedling Fern)
Rank : S
Range: Close (0m ~ 5m), Mid (5m ~ 10m), Far (10m+)
Type: Offensive
Description: Considered to be the ultimate Kaguya technique, while underground, the clan member produces an insurmountable amount of blades comprised of razor sharp bone that sprout from the earth. Because of how quickly the bones appear from the ground, how wide an area they cover, and how high into the air they extend, this technique can do extensive amounts of damage, killing indiscriminately. If any of the user's targets should somehow avoid this technique, the clan member is able to merge with the bone blades. They can then appear from any of them, ideally, one at the target's blind spot, so that they can launch a finishing attack.