Katsu vs That Guy

[Katsumaru]

The dawn's sweet light cast over a forest, it's bright gleam dabbling with the approaching morn's mist. Trees spread out far in the area, varying distances apart, some branches thicker than others. A variety of rocks, some larger than the others, stood in between the trees, nothing but a mere makeshift defense.

• 30x30 Meters
  
• 25 Meter Starting Distance
  

A grizzled man stood in the forest, deep set gray eyes and average in height. He was muscled quite well, figure revealed finely through the ebony tunic. Upon his belt hung a pouch, rightward, and on the opposite, within hand's reach, was a rapier, it's thin blade scarcely catching the sun's light.

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[That Guy]

Another man with dark skin, a serious face, and an unkempt afro that swayed in the wind, took slow deliberate steps out from behind a grouping of trees that had blocked his approach from site. He came to a stop gazing across at the other man through with solemn eyes. A white headband hung from his forehead with obnoxiously long ends that hung down the entire length of his back. His white shirt and black pants hung loose keeping his throwing knives and wires hidden from view. Not hidden from view however was the red sheath that housed his katana. He held the sheath in his left hand in a relaxed and seemingly undisciplined manner, but his grip was strong. He inhaled deeply from the raggedy hand rolled spliff in his mouth before exhaling an incredibly thick plume of smoke.

[Katsumaru]

At twenty five meters away, the war veteran had several moments to act, not wasting the slightest moment. Jiyuu’s very body appeared to spring to life as he demonstrated the shikigami’s ability, chakra-imbued paper sprouted forth from the lower half of his body. ¹ The sight was truly bizarre, for not every day does a man call parchment forth from his body. To make matters even more unsettling, he used the paper in a rather unconventional manner, it simply darted forwards, a large bundle twenty meters long and wide. Moving at six meters per second , it would cover the distance quite rapidly, but not to cause harm, for in this form it was as the appearance would suggest, simple paper. Yet, it created a thick layer to obscure vision.

As the paper moved forth, immediately once it sprung from Jiyuu’s body, his left hand was already in motion. The creation of the paper took no seals, hence the movement was quite fluent and simple at that. His calloused fingers pulled forth a kunai, it’s gleam suppressed by the white parchment wrapped around it. The man flung it forwards towards the approximate location where his foe stood. As the paper still concealed him, Jiyuu did not know the exact position, but that also provided an advantage for the Shikigami. The opponent could not see the approaching kunai.

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1: Crafting Paper Skill; B
2: Paper Speed; B

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[That Guy]

Amon's right hand went straight for the hilt of his katana out of reflex when the sudden motion of paper sprung to life from the other man's body. He didn't understand what he was seeing and he didn't understand what was coming at him so he did the one thing he always did. His sword came out of it's sheath flashing skyward and tearing the sheet in half, but between the parting of the paper there was only more and more sheets of paper obscuring site of his unpredictable opponent.

Even more concerning was the sound of the paper ripping as something hurtled through it towards him. He caught sight of the kunai hurtling with great speed towards him, being unable to effectively move his sword into a parrying position Amon opted to duck. Letting his spliff fall from his lips absent mindedly he dropped as the kunai passed unsettlingly close to the top of his head and through his afro to land in the tree behind him. His hand reached forward in a vain attempt at catching the spliff that fell through his fingers to the ground scattering embers on the dirt. Snatching it up greedily he set it to his lips and stayed low behind the screen of paper and smoked quietly waiting.

[Katsumaru]

Jiyuu’s plan did not work out fully for he had expected the foe to charge through the paper rather than use it as an opportunity for concealment. The two were both in an identical situation, concealed from view. The Shikigami released control of the paper, the curtain falling to the grounds as the sheets fluttered down slowly, concealing the vision for several more moments, the slightest time only in which Jiyuu’s hands danced to form a quick series of seals to perform the simplest of techniques, an academy jutsu. A bunshin appeared three meters beside the tree where he hid, appearing out of thin air. ¹ As this technique was so quit to perform, before the paper fell onto the ground, his actions were concealed, no sign hinting towards the creation of that bunshin. It was identical to Jiyuu, the two impossible to distinguish by the common eye.

Now two bunshins stood on the field of battle, the paper clone, identical in appearance to the foe, had completed its charge and stood above the paper that had fallen recently, completely in the open and revealed, not far where the enemy stood before he too hid behind the trees. The second bunshin, lacking any substance whatsoever, charged ahead, simply running, leaving itself open to attack. Jiyuu, meanwhile, continued to stand behind the trees, a vigilant gaze glancing outwards to see signs of the foe.

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1: Bunshin no Jutsu

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[That Guy]

A sound resonated quite loudly from the tree where the kunai had been. A resounding boom was carried out along the air and with it it also carried Amon's face downwards into the dirt. Rolling sideways to his left and gritting his teeth in anger he glanced back to the tree that had stood so peacefully a moment before and then to the the spliff that had been forcefully put into the ground along with his face. Whoever his foe was, he had taken complete advantage over this area the moment he covered the landscape with his canvas. His attacks weren't the most accurate though so he probably couldn't see where the Amon was very clearly, but all the same the swordsman's only style was getting in close. It seemed he would have to improvise.

With a flick of his wrist a kunai slid out of his sleeve into his palm, in his other hand he quickly pulled out one of his wires fastening it securely to the handle. He sprung into one of the lower branches of the tree beside him and hid himself on the opposite side of the trunk. He waited quietly holding his katana in one hand, the kunai in the other, and his breath in his lungs. Patience, he needed to use patience, rushing into the paper is what nearly got his head blown off before.

[Katsumaru]

Jiyuu’s plan did not work out fully for he had expected the foe to charge through the paper rather than use it as an opportunity for concealment. The two were both in an identical situation, concealed from view. The Shikigami released control of the paper, the curtain falling to the grounds as the sheets fluttered down slowly, concealing the vision for several more moments, the slightest time only in which Jiyuu’s hands danced to form a quick series of seals to perform the simplest of techniques, an academy jutsu. A bunshin appeared three meters beside the tree where he hid, appearing out of thin air. ¹ As this technique was so quit to perform, before the paper fell onto the ground, his actions were concealed, no sign hinting towards the creation of that bunshin. It was identical to Jiyuu, the two impossible to distinguish by the common eye.

Now two bunshins stood on the field of battle, the paper clone, identical in appearance to the foe, had completed its charge and stood above the paper that had fallen recently, completely in the open and revealed, not far where the enemy stood before he too hid behind the trees. The second bunshin, lacking any substance whatsoever, charged ahead, simply running, leaving itself open to attack. Jiyuu, meanwhile, continued to stand behind the trees, a vigilant gaze glancing outwards to see signs of the foe. The shikigami stood twenty meters away from the paper bunshin.

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1: Bunshin no Jutsu

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[That Guy]

Amon heard the charging and spun onto the branch that was above the battlefield. Glancing and reacting quickly he hurled the kunai directly at the hopefully unsuspecting and closest of the two clones to give him the least reaction time before he sprung off the branch and to the ground pursuing the other clone as he tucked and rolled on his landing.

Springing up from his rolling land he gave a violent jerk on the wire that was still attached to the kunai he had hurled at the first clone intending to pull it free and send it directly at the second clone's back. Of course Amon knew that at least one of them was a clone, he could have no idea however that they were both clones.

[Katsumaru]

Jiyuu’s foe was truly a formidable one, reacting rapidly and efficiently with the fine use of weaponry. The kunai struck the paper bunshin directly, sending the paper scattering apart. As the kunai was retrieved through the wire and darting towards the second clone it struck directly. With a loud poof the clone dispersed, revealing it’s nature as no more than a simple illusion. Had the Shikigami charged himself, and were it not for this act of trickery, Amon’s quick reaction would surely have struck him down.

Thankfully, that was not the case.

In that moment where Amon sprung forth to reveal himself to launch the second attack, Jiyuu himself reacted and appeared forth from the tree, eighteen meters away now. As the foe stood not far from the paper on the ground – the masses that had formed the curtain previously, Amon would surely find himself more vulnerable. In the launching of his second attack, Jiyuu’s hands moved to form a series of seals, and upon their completion the paper behind Amon began to stir. The seals were relatively quick, taking but mere moments to complete. Three sheets of paper darted forth at six meters per second, and in their flight, crumbled together, forming a petty, mocking imitation of grenades. Only one of these moved directly towards Amon, the others flew to the left and right, landing five meters away from Amon on their respective sides. When they completed their flight, reaching their locations near the foe, in something that would take only moments, Jiyuu, with but a simple command, triggered their explosion. Each would cover an area of six meters. ¹

The paper grenades lacked sheer destructive force, after all, their explosion was only six meters. This is why they had been placed at such distances, one aimed directly at Amon, and the other five meters to the right and the last five meters to the left. In this manner, the radi of their explosion covered a larger area. When the mental command was given to trigger the explosion, Jiyuu’s left hand reached into his pouch and pulled forth a kunai, blade covered in white parchment. As Jiyuu was not overly talented at the use and preparations of weaponry, the action took several moments and was not completed until after the grenades had been triggered. Nonetheless, after it had been retrieved, the Shikigami flung it forward, but the distance was quite large, eighteen meters, therefore the kunai did not even come close to reaching its target. It landed in the grounds five meters directly ahead of Amon.

The paper that formed the bunshin fluttered away previously after it had been struck by the kunai. It too would have a purpose as it simply reformed ten meters behind Amon. It completed the reformation after the grenades had exploded. ²

And again Jiyuu's hands moved to form a series of hand seals, but as his recent actions have taken some time, he was merely at the beginning of the seals.

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Efficient Sealing: I
Chakra Reduction I

Crafting Paper Skill; B
Paper Speed; B ; 6 Meters per second

1

Pepa Shuryūdan (Paper Grenade) [250 EXP] [Using C rank Paper Explosive addition, 6 meter explosion.
Rank: C, C, C, C, C
Type: Ninjutsu
Range: See Special
Handseals: Yes.
Chakra: Mid
Special: Derived from one's knowledge of
Hatoronshi Bakuha (Crafting Paper Explosive Addition), a shikigami conjures a ball of paper no larger than a fist and uses it as the catalyst of an explosion. The explosion caused by this technique is equal to the respective explosive radius of the user's
Hatoronshi Bakuha (Crafting Paper Explosive Addition). The grenade itself unless triggered through will by the Shikigami is useless, and will not explode if destroyed. It is as durable as ones Hatoronshi no Kami (Crafting Paper Skill), and is as resistant as ones Hatoronshi Genso (Crafting Paper Elemental Resistance). Every retraining of this technique allows you to use one more grenade per post, for a total of five.
Description: The Onmyoji, the original Paper Shikigami, were said to toss nothing but crumpled documents onto the floor and have them erupt into fiery explosive blazes at will. Revered and feared, their mastery of the paper arts was respected by anyone who saw.
Domain: Shikigami, Must Know Hatoronshi Bakuha (Crafting Paper Explosive Addition)

2

Giji Nakama no Jutsu (False Friend Technique) [50 EXP]
Rank: C Rank
Type: Ninjutsu
Range: See Special
Handseals: Yes.
Chakra Same as Pepa Bunshin.
Special: Creates a special Paper Clone of a person other than the user in order to trick and potentially attack the opponent. Clones can exist as far as the eye can see, or until the user leaves the thread, and take no additional chakra for upkeep. Clones move at speeds equal to the user's Pepa Speedo (Paper Speed), and can perform any Shikigami jutsu the user knows. Clones disperse and reform before being defeated. The number of these clones capable of being created is equal to the number of Paper Clones the user can create. Paper clones, like Kage Bunshin, share the user's chakra reserves.
Description: An offset of the Pepa Bunshin no Jutsu, this ability allows the user to create the appearance of someone other than him or herself. The created clone is usually an ally of an opponent that the user has already captured or disposed of. The point of the technique is to catch the opponent off guard, leaving them open to attack from the person they had assumed was their friend.

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[That Guy]

As his kunai flew straight through the illusion amon with a swift tug brought the kunai back towards him as he spun around to see the other ninja he had hit. As he caught the kunai facing where the clone had been he saw a pile of paper where the clone had been and now a ninja who had just launched what appeared to be three grenades of paper. They were travelling fast and they were spread out to prevent him from going to the side which left one option.

Springing straight up into the air above the flight path of the grenades Katsu lay sideways in the air turning his back to the ground similar to a cat rolling in the air. He had only managed to jump as high as two meters above the grenade below him as it went off. The explosion blew him upwards until he collided with a branch some 15 meters from the ground. He clung the the branch his back in pain as he gritted his teeth. "WHAT IS WITH YOU AND YOUR MOTHERFUCKING EXPLOSIONS?!?!" he yelled frustratingly.

With a swift swing of his body he was now on top of the branch gaining his balance, holding his wire kunai in one hand and his drawn sword in the other. From high up he looked down on the man and the second image of him that had just reformed from the where the pile of paper had been. "I wonder how good he is at rolling spliffs..."

[Katsumaru]

If this were not to work, Jiyuu would find himself in a rather tough spot, as his chakra reserves began to fade.

The foe was twenty meters away now and had fallen victim to the explosion. While height proved to be a benefit in battle, as it increases the force of the kunai tremendously, Jiyuu was still in the distance, which had given him a slight advantage. His series of hand seals were close to completion after the enemy had collided with the tree. The paper bunshin, too, had begun its own series of hand seals shortly before Amon was flung into the trees. Both reached completion.

The paper bunshin, through the fine application of chakra, received two enhancements, the latter a bit more subtle. The clone made use of the grandiose ability to perform two jutsu simultaneous, a talent granted by Jiyuu’s affinity with the Shikigami Paper. The second enhancement was one that would allow it to roar with the fiery eruptions that had already plagued Amon. The first granted the clone wings. Immediately upon being imbued with these powers, the bunshin began its move, flying upwards towards the tree, unsheathing the blade that had been strapped onto its side. As the clone was identical in appearance to Amon, it also carried the same sword; already during its rapid approach the blade was held high only to begin coming down once within five meters of Amon, a strike from the air without landing. With these wings the clone, like the grenades, moved at six meters per second, slightly faster than Jiyuu himself could run.

The success relied on the effectiveness of Jiyuu’s own technique. With the completion of his series, the Shikigami’s very own chakra began to prove an obstacle; its intention was to taint Amon’s mind, alter the way the brain perceives the boy. This genjutsu caused no direct harm, but rather, would weaken the legs of the foe, loose and weak as if lacking utterly in strength. Should this succeed, evasion will fall incredibly difficult, if not impossible, considering that the foe was already within a tree.

In that last moment, when Amon recovered from the previous explosion, Jiyuu reached into his pouch once again and pulled forth two kunai. With one in the left hand, another in the right, both were thrown in a high arc to fly not towards Amon, but the branch of the tree.

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Passives
Efficient Sealing I
Chakra Reduction I
Double Casting I
Crafting Paper Skill; B
Paper Speed; B; 6 Meters Per Second

Used by the Clone

Crafting Paper Explosive Addition; C ; 6 Meter Range
Paper Wings;

Jiyuu

Genjutsu Passives
Genjutsu Potency; B ; 30 Meter Range
Genjutsu Duration; C ; Two Round Duration
Genjutsu Effectivness; Affects 1 Target

Used
Ashigatsuru no Jutsu (Jelly Dead Leg) [50 EXP]
Rank: C
Type: Basic Genjutsu
Handseals: Yes.
Chakra: Mid
Special: Affects a single target, plus one more each time retrained.
Description: With this simple illusion, the target will begin to feel their logs loose and wobbly, almost as if they had become glue or jelly. This forces the victim to not feel pain, but instead lose balance and feel wobbly.
Domain: Universal Genjutsu

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[That Guy]

Some people view themselves as devils and demons. Some see themselves as gods and angels. This was Amon's first time seeing himself as anything and an angel was far from the expected. All the same this rather attractive paper doll with wings was flying straight at him and it was frightening as all hell.

He took in a deep breath and exhaled slowly relaxing all his muscles before swinging his blade prematurely in a directly downwards vertical slash as though the angel had reached him already. Although seeming mad and insane a keen eye could spot the barely visible ripple in the air as an edge without a medium cut through the air and split the clone in half still 7-8 meters away.

As he recovered from his attack breathing heavily his footing on the branch shifted and he found his legs numb. He had suffered fatigue from this attack every time he used it but never had his legs gone numb. "What the fu-" but he was cut off by two kunai stabbing into the branch he stood on shaking it. 'thp thp'.

Leaning forward and backwards arms flailing in the air for something to grab onto Amon attempted to regain his balance. The result? Losing all his balance as he fell awkwardly sideways from the branch on a straight drop down all the way to the ground. This was really going to hurt.

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Hitoshirezu (Ethereal Slash)
Rank: A [150]
Type: Offensive / Taijutsu / Kenjutsu
Range: 0 - 10 meters
Stamina: High - Massive
Special: Cut travels 10 meters at thrice the speed of a kunai, plus 10 more each time retrained for a maximum of 30 meters.
Description: The ultimate offensive measure. Once the Kenjutsu master has learned the Art of the Sword and about wielding such sharp steel, they become the cut itself. The level of sharpness they have achieved is so great that the very air can be sliced before them until their target is reached. As such, from a relaxed position, the swordsman may flash-draw their blade, cut the air, and sheathe it. The result? A barely visible razor sharp force lunged at whatever the swordsman aimed at, with the full strength of their blade behind it.
Domain: Kenjutsu. Battojutsu 'A'.

[Katsumaru]

The sword strike cut through the clone effortlessly. Again the paper dispersed, but it was of little use, for it began to reform yet again, this time after the paper fluttered towards to stand seven meters directly to the right of the tree.

The plan had gone slightly differently from what Jiyuu had anticipated, but with Amon’s descent his fate was surely sealed. The kunai descended in their arc, flat sides slamming against the tree and falling onto the ground, following a similar path as the foe. After all, they had been thrown towards the branch where he had stood previously. In that moment when he fell, the Shikigami’s hands formed a single seal. The two kunai, with their attached exploding tags, were activated as soon as Amon hit the ground near them. With his descent and numbed legs, evasions of the tags would fall rather difficult. At a five meters the explosion was weaker than the previous grenades, but nonetheless deadly, for it can easily tear through skin and flesh, wounding fatally if not outright killing.

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Exploding Tag Activate

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[That Guy]

As Amon fell he noticed the kunai above him falling after him. Strange that a ninja would aim for the branch to trip him rather than kill, stranger still that they wouldn't stick. And then he saw them, the tags he had seen so frequently before everything got loud. "More motherfucking explosions?!" Amon had just wanted to fall to earth and feign death and let the ninja ignore him as weak. This fight was really wearing on him, but simply exploding was out of the question at this point in time.

Again he cast off his wire kunai swinging it around a branch letting the wire suddenly tug him as he rerouted about ten meters away where Amon let the wire go before he landed gracefully. Of course this graceful landing only lasted a moment, Amon did not feel the landing at all and his legs did not tense or flex to hold his weight up. He rolled along the ground fast and roughly bumping rocks and sticks along the ground.

Pulling out a spare kunai, the afro cut his legs just enough for a sharp shock of pain to wake them up again. Genjutsu as well? This crafty ninja was just full of tricks that didn't involve fighting. As soon as his legs had feeling again he sprung to his sword stance holding his standard kunai (no wire anymore) in one hand and his sword in the other.

[Katsumaru]

The finale has come. Jiyuu thought to himself as his hands moved yet again, tenketsu opening as the chakra begun its flow. Arrogantly he had assumed that the exploding tags will end this battle, but he was mistaken, and now came the time for the enormous. The foe was coming closer and he had to end this quick, else he would expose himself to the blade – a battle that the Shikigami could not win.

In that time when Jiyuu formed the hand seals, the paper bunshin burst into movement, covering the distance rapidly with its enhanced speed, sword still in hand. From two meters behind Amon the clone struck outwards with a direct lunge aimed at the foe’s back.

This served as a slight distraction, for as the lunge was near it’s completion, Jiyuu’s handseals, too, reached their pinnacle. The man portrayed the fine abilities of the Shikigami at their height as masses of paper flooded forth from his body, forming a wave of incredible size. At forty meters wide and twenty-five high, it darted forwards at eight meters a second, darkening the grounds as the paper tsunami rushed towards Amon. Unlike many other creations, the wave itself could not explode, but should it connect, it shall bash upon the enemy and slam them into the grounds furiously.

And in that moment, should the enemy be pinned down, Jiyuu, with but a mental command, would order the clone to explode, sending the foe, if caught within, to a fiery death.

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Efficient Sealing 1
Chakra Reduction 1

Crafting Paper Skill; A – 40 Meters
Paper Speed; A – 8 Meters Per Second

Baku Kamishouha (Bursting Paper Collision Waves) [100 EXP]
Rank: B
Type: Ninjutsu, Offensive
Range: 30 meters.
Handseals: No.
Chakra: High
Special: The user releases an incredible wave, equal in size to the user's maximum allowed size of paper creations, comprised of hundreds of sheets of paper towards the opponent. The wave itself is generally wider than it is taller, so that is a wide area of effect. The wave will travel up to 30 meters and will attempt to bury anyone caught within the wave under the mountains of paper. Because the paper is filled with the user's chakra, the user is capable of knowing the location of anyone who was caught within the wave, and can then proceed to follow up with other Paper Ninjutsu attacks. The wave's strength is dependent upon the user's own Crafting Paper Strength and Paper Elemental Resistance.
Description: A wave of paper that rolls across the ground, similar to a tsunami wave, and attempts to catch opponents within it.
Domain: Shikigami

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