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-A Moment Of Development

Shiro regarded his own hand. It was a simple thing. Unremarkable, really. Made of soft pink flesh, underlaid with muscles and nerves, filled to the brim with blood. It was just like the hand of almost every other human on the planet. It was normal. Weak. He clenched his hand into a fist. He wasn't much for fighting with his limbs, anyway. Normally, his sand took care of that sort of thing. Even so, the strength of his physical body was important. There had to be a way to improve it on it. He was no medic, though if he truly desired, he could change that.

There were more traditional avenues of strength still left to him, however. His control over his sand was weak. He had been blessed with a unique ability by his blood. Through the combination of earth and wind chakras, he could mold his power over sand and dust. It sounded like nothing more than a parlor trick, but the power he could wield with it, with the proper training, was immense. He did a disservice to his genetics if he refused to use the talents they had bestowed upon him.

Might as well.

He sat down, crossing his legs indian-style and slipping his pack off his back. He took in a deep breath, reaching out his hands. He clenched and unclenched his hands, focusing on them. They were to be miniature suns, in his mind, one glowing a deep brown colour, the other a vibrant green. He held the two stars, each glowing with unique power, bringing them closer and closer together. He focused his energies, forcing them to collide. For some, this process was impossible. For him, they intermingled and bonded, a third colour flowing out of the mixture. Tan swirled around him, visible only in the spiritual. He opened his eyes, his ears detecting the faintest of sounds.

Well, that's what I'm here for...

-A Moment Of Consternation

“You wouldn't believe what's possible,” Shiro said back dryly. He couldn't fault the boy for being skeptical. It didn't seem possible, at first glance. For chakra to create a beast like this, completely uncontrolled by any human being... He couldn't explain to him how the creature had come to be. He had researched that very topic himself pretty intensively, and there was no definitive answer. No one had a clue, really. They were natural disasters, a part of the world itself. Better to know how to deal with them than worry where they came from.

Better to know how to control them.

“I can only guess, but I assume that the bijuu are something like ghosts. When their bodies died, their chakra persisted, becoming a being of its own. No one knows, of course.” He frowned. The young man was fixated on the beasts. He supposed it wasn't his business what his associate did, but jumping into that mess had to be suicide. With a monster like that, and all those shinobi of repute and infamy, the battlefield would be a zone of complete and utter destruction. Much better to let it be captured, for now.

“As for how they intend to capture it, I haven't the foggiest,” Shiro said with sardonic cheer. “There are methods for sealing the beasts into human hosts, harnessing their power, but as far as I know most or all of those seals and techniques were lost in The War. He supposed that someone knew how to do it, in that mess of conflict. What kind of fools would rush into battle against a bijuu without knowing a single sealing technique? Still, it was sure to be a closely guarded secret.

”Regardless, they're impossible to really control. The jinchuuriki, their hosts, are just prisons. To be able to use their power effectively is nigh-impossible at best.”

-A Moment Of Contemplation

Step.

An idea was starting to form in Shiro's head. If he squinted, he could still see the Yonbi off in the distance, little more than an indescribable figure looming on the horizon. There had to be a wealth of famed and powerful shinobi, fighting to capture the first beast to emerge into the modern world. They would be weakened for days, if not weeks. Even the village that managed to capture the Yonbi wouldn't be able to exploit that power until the jinchuuriki learned to control the beast; a process that took years, even when it was successful.

The villages they left behind would be unguarded. Vulnerable. Undefended, even. It would be a perfect opportunity to conduct some reconnaissance. He wasn't a powerful enough force to pose a threat to an enemy of Kusagakure on his own, but he was intelligent enough to glean some information from those villages while their defenders weren't there to hunt him down. It was either that, or sit here and watch the Yonbi continue to ravage his nation. It wasn't as though the Hidden Grass was going to spontaneously rebuild itself in the meantime. He didn't even know where to find his fellow shinobi.

Crack.

He spun, his hand creeping towards the hilt of his knife. With a twitch of his hand, he suppressed the urge. It could be nothing. It wouldn't do to make himself look like an idiot if he freaked out over a bird or a squirrel. He didn't live this long by ignoring his instincts, however, so he forced himself to be still as his eyes darted back and forth, trying to locate the source of the noise. He turned back to the distant image of the Yonbi, taking in the sight as he expanded his senses. Nothing was simple, not any more. It was a new world.

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Ryuu Fuuin (Dragon Sealing Method)
Rank: B
Type: Supplementary / Entrapment Fuuinjutsu
Range: 0-20 meters.
Handseals: Yes.
Chakra: Mid [to place seal] / High [to activate]
Special: Can restrain an entity for one round, plus one more for each time retrained, up to a limit of five rounds. The user must remain still and maintain the hand seal as long as the technique is active. A surge of chakra High chakra or chakra from a higher Chakra Gate can disperse the dragons and end this technique.
Description: This technique restrains the movement of an entity for a brief amount of time. The user performs the required hand seals, ending with a held Ram seal. Four snake-like dragons, made of chakra, will burst out of the user's seal (which is shaped like a dragon's head) and wrap around the targeted entity, biting into their chakra and anchoring themselves to it. They will hold the entity down and prevent it from moving for a single round before the dragons dissipate.
Domain: Fuuinjutsu. Yuukitai Fuuin 'B'. Shouheki Fuuin 'B'.

Rigouaku Fuuin (Strength Theft Seal)
Rank: B
Type: Supplementary / Entrapment Fuuinjutsu
Range: Hand's reach
Handseals: Yes.
Chakra: High
Special: Can hold a person for one round, plus one more for each time retrained, up to a limit of five rounds. A surge of chakra, such as from a higher ranked Chakra Gate or a Bijuu, can break the seal.
Description: This technique paralyses an opponent for a brief amount of time. The user performs the required hand seals, then places their hand on their opponent. Even a light touch is sufficient. A black '+' shape will appear on the opponent's body where contact was made. Immediately, short black lines will spread out from the initial mark, covering the victim's limbs. The opponent's body will be frozen in mid-motion as the muscles are forcibly locked into position by the seal's chakra, leaving them totally paralyzed until the seal wears off.
Domain: Fuuinjutsu. Yuukitai Fuuin 'B'. Shouheki Fuuin 'B'.