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He could not be moved? What manner of power was this? I had scarcely seconds to think, and so instead of throwing him at the boulder, I would bring the boulder to him, switching places with it in an instant, leaving the solid stone as his landing instead of my flesh. Three meters away from the spot I had occupied, and now likely out of harm's way - for the moment - I performed my single handseal, my arms beginning to pull free of my slender frame. As they grew, and as he assumedly crashed into the boulder, two of my threads still bound his foot, while another remained free.

It seemed likely that his encounter with solid stone would slow his momentum slightly, and I attempted to lift him from the debris, one of the threads releasing his foot once he was clear, and attempting to seize his arm, the third thread attempting the same for his other arm. Should I succeed, he would be suspended spreadeagled above the ground.

The moment I had a clear shot, I raised my one free arm and rapidly fired five senbon at him, aimed primarily at his head and throat, their accuracy and speed enhanced by my wrist bound launcher.

I had learned not to count on my plans succeeding, but I would see this man dead.

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{jutsu}Kawarimi no Jutsu (Body Replacement Technique)
Rank: E
Range: Close (0m ~ 5m)
Type: Supplementary
Handseals: -
Chakra Consumption: Miniscule [miniscule]
Kawarimi no Jutsu is an Academy Ninjutsu technique. When in danger the user will quickly substitute themselves with another nearby object - generally a block of wood, but sometimes even another person - the moment an attack lands. This creates an optical illusion, making the enemy think the attack was successful. From this, the user can use the lapse in the enemy's attention to attack or flee from the battlefield. Explosvie tags can be attached to the placement for an added surprise!

Note: Switch is near-instantaneous. This technique can only be used once per three turn. While one can switch with a variety of things it needs to be within reason, switching with a chair, log, fallen tree is acceptable, but switching with a dust particle is obviously not.



Kumo no Kyoei (Spider's Vanity)
Rank: E
Range: -
Type: Supplementary
Handseals: 1
Chakra Consumption: Miniscule to cast, none to sustain. [miniscule]

Intensely vain from a young age, Mitzy was always conscious of her four extra arms. Made painfully aware of her differences to most children, and of the fact that, with her freakish extra appendages, she could not be considered beautiful, the girl worked day and night to conceal them. It took her years of work, but finally, she developed a technique allowing her to retract her extra arms, effectively concealing them within her body. The same technique, when repeated, allows her four extra arms to emerge again, ready to be used in combat.

Note: The arms remain in their state until the technique is performed again, whether concealed or free. Takes one post for the four extra arms to emerge or retract fully, during which time they cannot be used, though the initial two arms are unaffected.



Kumo Kenshi (Spider Silk Thread)
Rank: B
Range: Close (0m ~ 5m), Mid (5m ~ 10m)
Type: Supplementary
Handseals: -
Chakra Consumption: Low per thread [still active - 0]

Although the Sasanagi may spit their threads at an opponent, there are more uses to the creation than simply that. With this technique, the Sasanagi clan member can create lengths of thread for any purpose, and these may also be produced under the Sasanagi's fingernails (for a total of ten threads). Lengths of thread may be used for their sticky properties to subdue opponents, or expelled at heights to ascend quickly; the possibilities are limitless, aside from the range.

Note: These threads are tethers that are roughly the size of an average person’s finger; they’re very visible in broad daylight. These threads possess a reasonable amount of force (capable of lifting and restraining a fully grown man effortlessly). This technique also allows the user to manipulate objects that their webs have wrapped around (such as picking up and throwing objects, or making a person move if they’ve been restrained).

It should be noted that if thread is cut or destroyed in any way, it will become immobile and thusly unable to be used. The user can then “severe” it at their fingernail, and emit another in its place.

Only other Sasanagi techniques may be cast while the user has threads capable of being manipulated active. This technique was created by Daisy.

metal heart, you're not worth a thing ♥

Something within me broke. At his foul comment on wiping his derriere with money, I raised a hand, three threads shooting from my fingertips. Standing only five meters apart, and with him still speaking, I felt confident he would be captured. Two threads would bind his hands to his chair, the other wrapping about his wizened head. Then his neck would break. My threads were easily strong enough to end this boorish creature's life, his head being forced unnaturally to the side with a sickening crack.

"If I am not worth your time, how dare you believe you are worth mine?"

If my plan had succeeded, and his neck had been broken, my threads would release him, one lingering to relieve him of the symbols around his neck, which hovered lightly into my possession.
"I have nothing to offer your warmongering Hokage," I murmured, hurrying now into the village, "But perhaps I have something to offer the Mist,"

This man was undoubtedly a powerful shinobi, judging by his position, and though I saw not how, it was conceivable that my plan could fail. And if it did? Well, I was no slouch either. I had always been a most flexible woman.

There was no turning back now, but what did you have to lose, darling?

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{jutsu}Kumo Kenshi (Spider Silk Thread)
Rank: B
Range: Close (0m ~ 5m), Mid (5m ~ 10m)
Type: Supplementary
Handseals: -
Chakra Consumption: Low per thread [3 x Low]

Although the Sasanagi may spit their threads at an opponent, there are more uses to the creation than simply that. With this technique, the Sasanagi clan member can create lengths of thread for any purpose, and these may also be produced under the Sasanagi's fingernails (for a total of ten threads). Lengths of thread may be used for their sticky properties to subdue opponents, or expelled at heights to ascend quickly; the possibilities are limitless, aside from the range.

Note: These threads are tethers that are roughly the size of an average person’s finger; they’re very visible in broad daylight. These threads possess a reasonable amount of force (capable of lifting and restraining a fully grown man effortlessly). This technique also allows the user to manipulate objects that their webs have wrapped around (such as picking up and throwing objects, or making a person move if they’ve been restrained).

It should be noted that if thread is cut or destroyed in any way, it will become immobile and thusly unable to be used. The user can then “severe” it at their fingernail, and emit another in its place.

Only other Sasanagi techniques may be cast while the user has threads capable of being manipulated active. This technique was created by Daisy.

/attempted exit to kirigakure

Spider ANBU;
Dominatrix, Lolita

They had been seen as soon as they started upon the path towards the mansion. Dominatrix had departed the moment Honoka had given her assent to the mission, heading up the grand staircase and to one of the ornate upper windows, her narrowed eyes observing the two men approach below.
"Honoka, quick, by the wall. This could be a fight," Lolita whispered, dropping the henge jutsu and giving the Genin her first look at her true, childish form. She had pressed herself up against the thick stone wall beside the door, listening carefully. It would be unfortunate for Honoka to prove her allegiance so soon, Lolita did not relish the thought of combat.

Before either man could step upon the marble stairs leading to the double doors of the mansion, Dominatrix had thrown open the first floor window, standing roughly 6 meters above them, and thrown out a jutsu. Chakra burst into life before the two men, a beautiful crystalline wall rising before the stairs, blocking the entrance to the mansion entirely.

"State your purpose here," She demanded, before glaring at the Uchiha,
"You are in the service of the Tsuchikage - or do you forget?"

The man was a foreigner, in the personal hire of Lady Mitzy. Dominatrix was surprised he had even been allowed into the village without being branded an enemy of Iwagakure due to his association, which prompted her to suspect disloyalty. What else, short of denouncing the Tsuchikage, would have proven his loyalty to the village in the eyes of the council? The other - a mere boy - was a Chuunin, if she recalled correctly. She knew nothing to distinguish him from the rest.

She had not launched a lethal attack, given the circumstances, as they had not approached aggressively. But it would remain to be seen what their intentions were.

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{jutsu}Suisho Taijin (Crystal Encampment Wall)
Rank: A
Range: Short (0m ~ 5m), Mid (5m ~ 10m)
Type: Defensive
Handseals: 6
Chakra Consumption: High

Suisho Taijin is a Ninjutsu technique which utilizes the Crystal Element. After performing a set of handseals, the user sends out a wave of chakra that forms an almost impenetrable crystal wall before them.

Note: The dimensions of the wall cannot exceed 5 meters in height, 5 meters in length, and 5 meters in width. It can defend against attacks equal to or lower than its rank. However, if hit with a higher rank attack it will be destroyed.

soil, soil ♥

My eyes were wide as I stepped delicately over rubble. Destruction of such magnitude, it was stark to behold. This was the entrance to Kirigakure? This looked nothing short of the entrance to hell itself, barren and broken. I wrapped my arms about myself, unable to quite suppress the shiver that ran through my body. War I understood, but to justify this? Was there no other way? Still, this was not the place for such thoughts. I had come here for a reason, and I would not be deterred by the mere sight of ruin.

"Excuse me?" I made my graceful way through the blast zone, a pale shade in silks surrounded by dead stone. My voice sounded so plaintive and small here, scarcely the entrance I had imagined. My ambitions were the same, truly. The taking of a hidden village. Would I invoke the same tragedy upon Iwagakure? I shook my head. It would not come to that. It could not come to that. The Hokage had done this on the simple grounds of disagreeing with this nation's practices, with its beliefs. It was nothing short of tyranny.

Yet it was to him I now turned, I realised. The Mist would scarcely be left to its own devices following such a sacking, and even if it were, how could it spare its strength to aid a fallen Kage on the other side of the continent? No, it may be the Mist I sought, but it was the Leaf I would have to sway.

"Anyone home?" I called, my irreverent airs returning to me as I adjusted to the scene. It would not do to seem weak or shaken, not here. I peered behind me - Matsumoto had not yet appeared. It would be some comfort to know he was still with me. Still, with or without him, I would not leave here without the aid I sought. I would prove to these people I could be quite as persuasive as the Hokage, though my weapon of choice would be rather less... Destructive.

Spider ANBU;
Succubus

Having never been one for sitting quietly, or for carefully laid plans, Succubus had been the natural choice for the more... noticeable missions. While Dominatrix orchestrated each ANBU's movements, she had given Succubus a small amount of free reign in this matter. The important part of their work currently was simply distracting the Iwagakure Council - giving Mitzy a chance to gather her strength and return. What better distraction than an explosion? The Tsuchikage had forbidden harming the citizens, but perhaps collateral damage was acceptable? This was war, after all!

Still, Succubus had chosen a mostly empty building as her target - the home of Councilman Honda. A large building, near the center of Iwagakure, but containing only his staff, whom she assumed would be able to escape. If not, it was no skin off her nose, after all. Standing atop a stony tower adjacent to the building, she giggled, performing handseals.
"Long live the queen!" The kunoichi cried, before spewing an enormous stream of fire at the Councilman's expansive home. Though most buildings in Iwagakure were as solid as their namesake, the interiors were not, and the fire hurtled through any openings, resulting in the entire upper half of the building catching fire.

She giggled again, dancing upon her stone perch. If that didn't make them come running, she didn't know what would! Still, why miss a chance for more destruction? Continuing her handseals, the firey kunoichi was intent on making them remember the woman they had treated so poorly.

The Spider ANBU had made their first explosive move!

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{jutsu}Dai Endan (Great Fireball)
Rank: A
Range: Close (0m ~ 5m), Mid (5m ~ 10m), Far (10m+)
Type: Offensive
Handseals: 6
Chakra Consumption: High

Dai Endan is a Ninjutsu technique utilizing the Fire Element. After performing the necessary handseals, the user will first gather the fire into their mouth. Then, they will spew a massive stream of fire twice the size of Endan and twice as powerful. This technique can also be shot as one large fireball double the size of Endan.

♥

He raised valid points. My main intent behind assuming the role of two of Kinomura's companions had been the ease with which it granted us leave of the boat. If we took on no disguises, we would have to leave the boat without being seen, or risk the alarm of both the group of men we intended to tail, and the crew themselves. But of course, maintaining the ruse as two of his henchmen was impractical. Perhaps, as we had done this entire venture, we would simply play it by ear. I laughed quietly at the thought.

At his comment on my making the final decision, I laughed still more. He was so serious about it all, and it almost sounded as if he was reluctant to leave me in charge. Oh, but perhaps he was right. Given my lack of physical strength, and the subtle nature of my combat style, I was typically amongst the best in the strategic department - but I was hardly acting the genius on this trip. Emotion had dulled my senses, the quiet desperation I felt whenever I thought of my village making it difficult to think calmly and rationally. But to him, I was simply the Jounin in charge of this operation, and a rather underwhelming one at that.

"Forgive me, darling, you must think me dreadfully blasé about this whole affair," My smile faded and I looked away from the boy,
"Truthfully, there is a lot more riding on all of this than is apparent... I suppose it is not your concern though. That is the shinobi way, after all, non? Unquestioning, unthinking tools - that's how we raise you. Such a wonderful tradition our hidden villages uphold..." I tailed off, eyes distant. It was hardly the time to preach, but when one was surrounded by examples... Still. That was why I was fighting. To change things, wasn't it? To make the lives of young shinobi like Matsumoto fuller, to broaden their horizons and their minds, rather than filling them with duty and sacrifice.

I stood up, tossing my hair as if to dismiss such thoughts.
"Let us take stock of our surroundings then. We shall simply slip free of the boat after our targets do so, and we must know when that happens," I moved over to the door, listening against it, before pushing it gently open. Motioning for the boy to follow, I slipped out into the hallway, keeping to the doorways as I moved. I could see feet passing at the top of the stairs, on deck, and waited until the sounds faded away, before heading upwards, keeping low as I peered out.

Seeing an opening, I sprinted across the shortest span of deck and hopped lightly over the side of the boat, releasing a single silk thread as I did so, which grasped the railing along the side of the boat, suspending me above the water. I swung myself towards the hull, adhering to the wooden surface with the inherent... stickiness spiders' possessed, and was now in position to observe the goings on without being seen, as long as I took care to duck below the railings.

However Matsumoto chose to position himself, once again, we watched.

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{jutsu}Kumo Haru (Sticking Spider) [10]
Rank: D
Range: -
Type: Supplementary
Handseals: -
Chakra Consumption: None

Taking after spiders in so many respects, the Sasanagi, with the ability to excrete their sticky substance from their pores, are capable of adhering to almost any surface, at almost any angle. As long as a portion of exposed flesh is touching the surface, a thin layer of the sticky fluid will keep them attached securely.

Note: This ability merely ensures the Sasanagi against gravity, they can still be knocked off.