While the two were given the option to kill the lieutenant, the halls of the room were filled with the cavalry of the bandit brigade. Hachiro turned to face his next wave of foe. His chakra began to create an aura around him, appearing as some sort of god, emanating light from his body. Hachiro rushed forward, bringing his blade to the right, ready to slash the enemy in twain. As he slashed through the mid section of his first foe, his light instantly turned from gold to black....fading faster and faster until the light was gone.
The entirity of the bandit's platoons worth of people paused, murmuring to one another. While they speculated what to do in that moment, Hachiro looked at his hands, trying to assess what had happened? Had his darkness taken away his light? Killing in hatred...or spite....had he been so consumed by these things that he was no longer capable of manipulating the light? "GET THE b*****d WHILE HE'S WEAK!" one screamed out, rallying a mob mentality to encircle upon him.
Hachiro's eyes shifted back and forth as the mob seemed to close in on him at slow motion's pace. "Weak?" he said in a terrifying calm. All their blade's converged on his image, slashing through him...or so it seemed. As the bandits stumbled into the center of where their target had been, they realized him to be nothing more than an after image. [ Learned: Sidestep E Rank ]
Hachiro would appear plastered to the ceiling in a crouching position, ready to launch himself downward, directly atop the enemies below him. His blade became coated in chakra....this time, his chakra was not a brilliant gold, but it flowed and ebbed, appearing like the heat on pavement on a hot day. It seemed to warp the appearance behind it. "Hooooooraahhhhhhh!" Hachiro roared as he descended. As he came down, the chakra rife blade would be slashed, releasing a five foot wide blade of chakra to come down before Hachiro. This widened range of a slash would cut the group of enemies directly beneath him, killing three of them on impact and giving serious wounds to the other three nearby. [ C Rank: Pressure Wave Learned ] Hachiro landed in a sprinter's stance, his katana poised in his right hand and held straight out, behind him. Chakra began to flow through the sword once more, this time to a different means. As the chakra flared about, Hachiro would sling the blade forward, using his left hand to steady the tip of it directly in front of him. This elongated thrusting stance seemed quite obvious to those before him the nature of his next attack. They seemed to laugh, even as their comrades bled out. Hachiro's voice spoke up once more, much more gruff than before. " Just because you know whats coming..." He began as his voice trailed off, leading directly to his attack. The charging attack would be done so quickly due to the sureness of Hachiro's killing blade. His blade's chakra would instantly form into an extension of the blade, increasing its length from the tip by eight feet. This instant growth in the blade's length would pierce the first opponent before realizing what had happened. From there he would continue to lunge forward, the first foe falling all the way to the hilt from the blade's end. The continued motmentum forward would pin all three of the next foe to his blade as the unexpected length gave Hachiro a massive advantage in timing. While the three bled like stuck pigs, Hachiro spoke again. "....doesn't mean you can stop it." The chakra blade extension of the blade vanished. Hachiro would pull back on his blade,allowing the three before him to fall limp to the ground. [ C Rank Drying Pole: Learned ]
Hachiro wiped the blood on his sword with a cloth, returning it to the saya. He glanced over his shoulder to the remaining dozen enemies or so. None made a motion towards him. Was he stronger than the other two? Probably not...but Hachiro's willingness to shed blood for the cause terrified all those around him...especially in the gruesome manner in which it had been done. " Rio-kyuri, Kosei, I'll leave the rest of the cowards to you." Hachiro said turning his back to the opponents, as if challenging them to attack. His hand raised to waive them off as he vanished from the corridor.
As Hachiro had gained the distance away from the group he felt assured nobody would attack, he fell to his knees for a moment, allowing the emotions of what had just transpired to effect him finally. Flash backs of the murderous killings spilled through his head, all tainted in blood. No wonder he had lost his mother's gift. Now he was without mother's light and was never gifted father's power. He might as well have been a b*****d child. He knew somehow that his kills had been brought on by the intense lonliness he had felt...being in the face of such evil in the world alone....where his little sister was alone. He could not stand it. Now, he had become just as tainted as those around him. What would he do? Continue down this path, end the path, keep searching? What to do. What would his brother do? Oh Gods....Daigoro. Daigoro would be ashamed, would he not? He had become just as foul as his father. 'Father!' That was it. He would use this hatred his father had created. His father's own darkness that had tainted him would become the same darkness....the same evil that would force him to meet his end. Hachiro stood, understanding his conviction now and walked from the sewers, a new man.
〖×【TITLE: Genin】○【RANK: D-Rank】○【CHAKRA: 405|| 410】○【STAMINA: 265 || 295】 Technique Used: ○ [ E Rank ] Side Step ○ [ D Rank ] Pressure Wave ○ [ D Rank ] Drying Pole ○ [ Rank ] ___ Technique Active: ○ ○ ___ Active Mission: ❥ ❥ [ D Rank Training ] Performance [x3] ❥ [ B Rank ] Den of Bears [6/5] [ In progress ]
Posted: Wed Nov 22, 2017 9:07 am
ZAHARAkevalixxxx xxxxxxxxxwith our backs to the wall DARKNESS will fall
How come I've never seen your face 'round here? I know every single face 'round here A man on a mission, changing the vision I was never welcome here
We don't have a choice to stay We'd rather die than do it your way
The ruins, a bit peaceful if a bit decrepit and abandoned looking, but that was just the right area for a special kind of training that would otherwise be a danger for many people around himself. His blood, his legacy is an elemental nature that can be volatile and in the right way, lethal. For what it would do is create an explosion of varying intensity, all dependent on the blast utilized and chakra put out. [1/5]
The Bakuton method was a tricky one, it needed a sense of both chakra control and the whole risk/reward deal to use it. How it was even used was interesting in itself as Zahara went through an open clearing, moving bits of rock and wood in little targets. He drew crude faces on watermelons as well, setting those up further down the line and was throwing out test punches, ready to ease into the training. [2/5]
Explosive release was a Close Quarters Combat fighting element, it would augment his general form of attack. For how it would work, was that the technique would utilize chakra secretion from the skin. With nature changing as well, this expelled chakra would then fully utilize the energy and have it react violently into an explosion. [3/5]
How the explosions really worked were usually left to the interpretation of the uninitiated of the knowledge of explosives. Except his method was not just an explosive device or jutsu that ripped apart things. No, instead it was a form of chakra used in conjuration of hand to hand combat. For now... it was only just the beginning. [4/5]
Zahara threw out a couple of test punches as he had his little area set up, rolling neck and cracking knuckles to better prepare himself. There it was though, a bucktooth face drawn watermelon precariously set on the edge of a little rock, waiting to be slugged. A quick punch was thrown out, a nice right jab with a twist of the arm for additional power and boom. A small pop blew apart the melon, scattering its fleshy red juice every where and Zahara pulled back. Success. [5/5] [1/1] Bakuton: Baku Sukin [ Explosive Release: Explosive Skin ] - Bakuton: Poppu [ Explosive Release: Pop ]
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ZAHARAkevalixxxx xxxxxxxxxwith our backs to the wall DARKNESS will fall
How come I've never seen your face 'round here? I know every single face 'round here A man on a mission, changing the vision I was never welcome here
We don't have a choice to stay We'd rather die than do it your way
The first technique was just the first on the way off the chopping block, but he still had a long way to go if he was going to be a master of his bloodline. A warrior worth his salt with the explosive release could only agree that practice and dedication was just the first step along the path of mastering any kekkei genkai they might have. Zahara began setting up another target now he had gotten the most basic technique said and done and now it was time to move on to more advanced and lethal techniques. [1] For the next technique, it was going to be a area of effect as opposed to a general punch. To set up for this he had set up a small wooden dummy and then next to it two melons. The goal would be for him to first strike the dummy head on with a close ranged attack but extend the reach and effect of the blast to not only hit the dummy but the melons as well. [2] Chakra swelled up his arm as he readied to throw out the attack, energy crackling in his chakra network like a pent up rage or storm system. Tak tak tak, his feet hit the ground at a sprinting pace and the distance was soon closed between him and the mock target. With a thrown straight punch, volatile explosive energy lashed out and slugged the dummy in a haze of pure white energy. The end result had been the upper half of the dummy ripped and the two melon heads popped. [3] Explosive Wave - Bakuton: Baku Shuuha [ Explosive Release: Explosive Wave ] | Training Performance
For the next few techniques, Zahara would need another body to practice some more specific techniques involving grapples, punches and some throws. So he took up the practice of occasionally using clones to substitute for over an actual fighting partner. It was usually a better way of taking on some more strenous measures of training than reading or talking about it. So the man took a few seconds to go through a bit of the seals, and there three electrical clones spawned to life. - [1] Raikou Bunshin no Jutsu [ Lightning Clone Technique ]
They were hollow shells of himself but they were still tangible, fleshy clones that could be hit, struck, whichever. The problem of this though would be that they were just that, electrical clones and hitting one would deliver electrical shocks to his body. However as a Raiton user in the first place, Zahara had developed ways to resist and even ignore his own electrical shocks. It was a simple nature of passive chakra control, being able to phase out small touches and shocks as if it were nothing. [1] Teikou no Kuntou [ Electrical Resistance Training ]
Zahara clapped his hands together though for one method of chakra control and a form of relaxation and it served a few purposes outside its usual use. With chakra flow of the electrical nature, Zahara's skin would come alive with a buzz and crack of the sound of the lightning energy escaping in short bits. The surface of his skin literally began to glow a bright blue to even white as more chakra intensified the glow and then. Flash! Like a wave of inspiration, it lit up the area with an electrical dance of chakra. [1] Touei no Jutsu [ Flickering Light Technique ]
Zahara breathed out as he let the chakra escape his body, the energy swirling through like water and it felt the tingle of the electricity. But now he took a deep breath and looked over at the three clones standing there all brain dead and he then considered what would happen if some innocent came through. He came through with a small idea as an early detection method using the same nature he was just using as he walked around the self-made training arena. In between rocks and other debris of the ruins, neon blue strings were set up that'd mark the area as slightly dangerous as Zahara also put up a single sign in the cardinal directions. - [1] Seidenki Ito no Jutsu [ Static Strings Technique ]
The Sign he put up was "Explosive Chakra at work, please keep out. -Zahara."
It was a simple enough method, the strings wouldn't harm anyone but give a static zip and alert him if someone were to pass by and give a moment to cease his training. It was better to be prepared than have to explain how he accidentally blew the face off a poor innocent bystander. He was already a foreigner, no need to make his stance even more divided among the other Kumogakure ninja. [1][1] Zahara began dusting off his jacket and rolled his shoulders followed by his neck. Snap crackle pop, the joints snapped and loosened as he bore a wide battle hungry grin as he looked over the three dumb clones. Now he had a great way to expel some of his more pent up rage as chakra swelled up within his chakra network again, and he smiled at the feel of its power in his body. The first clone went at him with a feeble attempt at tackling the real Zahara, yet he was more than capable of dispatching a single chakra shell. [2][2] And sure enough, his hand chop went directly to the clone's neck as it was imbued with explosive chakra in a thin covering emitted from the skin. It was a small detonation as the clone seemed to implode upon defeat while his hand swept across the air, following through. The attack was simple enough, the electrical energy residue scattered around the area as Zahara entered a more relaxed combat stance. [3] - Bakuton: Bakuno [ Explosive Release: Detonate ] - [3] Toward Hard Phys. Formless B
The two clones he had created were already up upon him as Zahara decided to try his defensive blocks and see how long he'd be able to stand with two clones wailing on him, weak as they might be. The assualt was a bit tedious to begin with his defenses as Zahara was like a turtle, tucking in his arms to protect his sides when the clones literally mirrored each other with two kicks. He warded them off easily enough but not so much to leave bruises on the biceps of his arms which would show later, no gain without a little gain afterall. [1] [4] The exchanges went on for a minute or two, long drawn out bouts of the clones throwing quick punches that had to be blocked and deflected. Once in awhile the occasional hit went though, but they were not strong enough to cause any true damage and Zahara began to correct himself. His form was a bit off and was far from perfect and so he would continue to press on the defense, turtling longer as he began to incorporate footwork to lessen the need for static blocking. [2] [5] On and on the training went for a few more minutes and now chakra began to come alive in the black haired man, moving and weaving now to gain an upper hand with one of the two clones. Now he had perfected some of his defense, Zahara moved a bit quicker to press an opening after he threw the first clone to the ground, looping the body up and over shoulders and letting the body fall down his back. This created a good opening with the second clone as its partner was momentarily disabled and he had a clean shot. [3][6] With a sharp intake of air and flexing of the muscles, Zahara broke into a full sprint and literally bullrushed the clone that was just a few feet before him. He picked up the electrical clone in mid-sprint, wrapping his arms around the waist of the body and continued on. Zahara used both his stamina and power to commit the next part of his attack and lifted the body off him with a single hand and at the end of the sprint, slammed the clone into the ground with a slam while he held the shirt of the clone. [4][7] The blow shook the ground momentarily as Zahara exerted his raw physical might over the clone, being adept in just being able to outright overpower another attacker. While the first clone was slammed into the ground and soon began to dissipate back to raw energy, the third and final clone was upon him once more. It had taken a second for the chakra clone to actually catch up to Zahara as he wheeled around, turning on a heel and now chakra flared alive with a wide smile and he moved forward with a couple steps into a run. With an outstretched hand, Zahara pushed his palm into the clone's face, grabbed it and half-thrown and half pushed him off his feet and crushed its head into the ground complete with a flashy explosion that dispersed all on its head. [5][8] Formless Hard Tai B Rank | Bakuton: Hiraken [ Explosive Release: Landmine Palm ]
Chloe sat laying on Bella's back, enjoying the soft bristles of her fur with her arms behind her head in a pillow fashion while she stared up at the sky. These ruins were probably Chloe's favorite place to be if she was honest with herself. It was like Bella and hers fort where they could take on the world from, or even just come here to chill out when things felt like they were getting too heated. This was of course before the thunder of large explosions forced the rocks around her into a tremble. Bella immediately lifted her nose to the air in concern for some unseen danger Chloe found herself doing the same. Whoa, what the hell? Someone lighting off explosions here or something? Propping herself on Bella's shoulders Chloe scratched at her shoulder, an unspoken gesture between them that signaled Bella to continue onward to the source.
It took a few minutes for Chloe to pinpoint the source of the turmoil and she might not have even discovered it if the tremors hadn't continued shaking the ground. A simple sign was careful set in view warning of the use of explosive chakra? Heh well whoever had set this certainly wasn't kidding around. Taking all of this information into account Chloe decided to do the only reasonable thing in her mind, which was to head right into the source of whatever was making the noise. As her faithful steed continued onward Bella grunted in irritation as she scratched at her nose as though trying to remove some invisible web off of her. Chloe frowned and reached over her in an attempt to help brush the phantom menace away and finish their investigation. From where she and her companion where Chloe could make out the shape of a boy who must have been the source of her curiosity. Whistling out a cat call Chloe spoke out loud. "So you're the one making all those explosions eh? Gotta say you sure do know how to impress a girl."
__ Captain Kosei stood at attention and thrust his rapier forward to help Hachiro attack the second in command and the newly arrived boss of the bandits. Once that was done the rest of the criminal scum stormed into the sewer hideout. He watched with his piercing byakugan as Hachiro began slaughtering the enemies of the law. It was time for Kenshin to follow suit so he released roughly five airpalms towards the men in incredibly quick succession. This eliminated exactly five men with expert precision as he ran towards the remaining three. He used his rapier to stab the middlemost man in the thigh. After that he jabbed the blade into the stomach of another man who attempted to swing at him. For the last man, Kenshin stabbed him through the throat in a fatal injury. He moved around and shackled the seven men he knocked out. He took them away from the center of the cistern and arranged them in a circle. Kenshin then collected the ones he confined earlier. The police captain then called headquarters and requested backup officers to investigate the scene for a later time and gather the rest of the apprehended men. There were other men who would, undoubtedly, attack Ada and he wanted to be by her side to assist. Headquarters, however, gave him strict orders to return as many apprehended men as possible to headquarters immediately. Hachiro had already left at this point, likely to do the same. "Rio-Kyuri, finish the rest of 'em off, there are more officers coming!" He yelled as he grabbed two confined them and left the cistern with the KPD headquarters on his horizon. **KPD MISSION - Den of Bears [ B-Rank | 5/5 Posts | COMPLETE ]
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ZAHARAkevalixxxx xxxxxxxxxwith our backs to the wall DARKNESS will fall
How come I've never seen your face 'round here? I know every single face 'round here A man on a mission, changing the vision I was never welcome here
We don't have a choice to stay We'd rather die than do it your way
Three more electrical clones were defeated when the general feel of the training had been getting stale - one landmine palm to each of the little fools. For the longest, Zahara had been still practicing his general methods of delivering the explosion release. A few landmine palms here and there shook the nearby ruins and even rattled the ground itself. The targets he had hit with the technique however were completely obliterated after awhile, it was a general attack that needed to be expanded upon further. 1/5 But there were a few other techniques that he had to zero in the focus on, some other ways to send out explosive release and that was the whole point of coming to the ruins. Random people coming in on his training exercises was definitely a fear, but accidentally tripping up or messing up his explosions would be dangerous. It too a very accurate amount of chakra to make sure that the technique was stable, to make its recoil not kick back and grow accustomed to the shockwaves. 2/5
Still he been practicing methods of chakra control and refining his very technique, it was growing sloppy as he kept the regimen going for a longer time. He had a few workings in his head on how to go about the actual execution of his jutsu without seals. Perhaps later he would devise a method that would actually work -- but for now he heaved himself up and went back to general attacks. 3/5 The next was a purposeful technique that for once didn't attack from the body, or rather from the ground from where chakra was forced out of. Down the ol' blasting range was none other than a group of ugly little duckers comprised of straw, melon heads and more crude drawings of faces scrawled on the front. They were extra shabby looking since they were just pieced together with some rope and were previously broken/blasted apart. 4/5
So Zahara took a deep breath as he focused the chakra needed for the technique and then he stamped the ground with a single foot and pushed forward in the air for dramatic effect -- he felt the disturbance in his little static webbing. Someone had decided to come into his little area, so what better way to show that this chakra was dangerous than purposely portray voodoo mojo shakes. The cluster of melon scarecrows would then been engulfed in a large explosion mixed with half rock and earth and the other just pure energy ripping up from the ground. It had a thundering effect even, echoing off nearby rock and sent a good bit of debris of melon guts showering down, some even plopping like bird s**t on Zahara's good coat. 5/5 Earth Rising Blast
Mother fu--... Zahara swore silently as he brushed off the red juice and fruit with extreme prejudice, dusting himself off like it'd been acid. Then a voice spoke out and he'd just about whipped about with a spin on the foot with a half-spin. Then he stumbled as he was just about to say something when he saw the <********> bear just casually lingering near this woman.
Hooooo-! For ******** sakes this village has too many tamers.
In just a few short seconds, Zahara went from following up some woman's admiration of his explosion to a booze addled drunk chewing on their own tongue while struggling *not* to fall on his own a**.
Quick. Retain composure. Zahara's brain hatched what he needed "Excuse me of I seemed startled, didn't expect a lady like yourself." He lied through his teeth.
He had maintained himself decently with a slight cough to clear his throat as he looked to the side as a melon seemed to land just perfectly. Likea carved out turtle shell, a green rind of one of the melons that very innocent victims to the slaughter landed beside Zahara, a good four or five five feet ahead of him. On it was a crudely drawn face usually reminiscent of a goofball sticking their tongue out, eyes going cross-eyed.
It seemed to say "Doyyiii" but it perfectly matched how Zahara felt mentally in that instance and he swore under his breath. "Ignore the bits of melon, and the professional artistic expressions, they just make good targets." He explained before crossing his arms, why did he feel the need to talk so much? Much less explain a stupid melon expression, but he poked at something that bugged him as he recognized the direction this woman came from. Unfolding his left arm, he pointed at her and where she came from "So didn't you see the sign? Explosion Release's pretty dangerous for a lady." He said.
Bella wasted no time at all and the moment the boy began speaking, the bear moseyed her way over to him. Giving a quick snuff of his cheek and hair the animal would flop back onto her butt and paw at her nose like she was trying to wipe away something that had bothered her. Turning to look up at Chloe, the gave what must have passed for a nod in bear culture and proceeded to roam the area and observe the craters and melons that lay scattered about.
Meanwhile Chloe pretty much lost it completely at Bella's reaction. It was probably the most out of character thing she could ever remember her doing. It didn't occur to her until sometime later that not everyone present could understand bear. Getting herself under control Chloe nodded to her companion. "I don't know how you did it but you managed to impress her. She wanted me to know that she approves of any potential relationship there could be between us." Chloe priced her statement with a wink. Deciding she would keep having fun with it Chloe pressed further in response to the boy's questions. "The name is Chloe by the way, and of course I saw the sign! That's why I came over here dude. Wanted to see some sick explosions ya know?" Walking over to where one of the exploded melons had landed Chloe turned it over to better examine the crudely drawn face. "Sooo.. a lady like myself? That makes it sound like you were expecting somebody at least. I'm curious what kind of lady do you think I am?" Spining around her heel Chloe flashed a kumogakure headband that sat hanging along her waist, and stuck her tongue out at the boy.
ZAHARAkevalixxxx xxxxxxxxxwith our backs to the wall DARKNESS will fall
How come I've never seen your face 'round here? I know every single face 'round here A man on a mission, changing the vision I was never welcome here
We don't have a choice to stay We'd rather die than do it your way
The bear was a bit of a concern for Zahara as he gave a slight tilt of the head as he watched this mammoth of an animal roam about. Smart, most shinobi creatures were, as he watched the motions and glance back to the woman. There were mannerisms and motions that seemed to be understood between the two, a bond even as he looked on with an intent. Interesting. He thought, as now the beast roamed his roughed up staging area littered with wood, straw and melons. He would however be a bit more weary as normal, since normal bears were able to outrun a human no problem - that's not taking into account of shinobi bears. Perhaps it was just paranoia, and a mutual respect of a mighty beast.
As he watched the creature for a time, the woman broke into laughter and he spun back 'round when it happened, giving a confused if inquisitive look. Was it the melons or his over-reaction to the bear? Nope, when she spoke it pretty much explained that she was laughing at the reactions. Zahara glanced back at the bear once more with a subtle grin working on the corner of his mouth, if it were true then the animal really was intelligent. He looked back at her and gave a slight pacing back and forth, shedding his coat then and began to beat the dust off of it before putting it back on.
Relationship? Zahara considered what she meant but perhaps not in the way she thought, as he gave her a side-long glance. Short, perhaps not more than a hundred stacks, give or take. He crossed his arms and hadn't said anything still when she said her name, explaining also why someone would ignore the sign and expressed an interest in his explosive ninjutsu. He took longer to follow her with his eyes and weighed exactly her potential been as a partner, ninjutsu? Genjutsu? He didn't see any weapons and then she examined the melon.
No comment. He thought as he uncrossed his arms and held his hands behind his back this time, leaning back and slightly rocked once on his feet out of slight boredom. She thought he had been expecting someone in particular while in actuality, he hadn't but she been curious to a question he had no answer to or how to answer. Rolling his shoulders, she turned to face him, he took note of the playful demeanor but what caught his eye had been the headband.
With a nod, he gestured to the headband and then put both hands behind his back. Stretching, he gave a quick yawn with a final dusting of his sleeves and precariously adjusted his gloves. "Considering your stature, the bear, and all that," Zahara began as he crossed his arms "A tamer of sorts, unsure what else than perhaps a ninjutsu user. Am I close?" He finished with a light shrug and had begun to slowly pick up some of the melon bits and straighten up his training area.
"Zahara's the name, but I'll be honest. I didn't expect you to have a headband."
Finished with her investigation Bella came roaming over back to Chloe's side and watched with emotionless black eyes while Chloe spoke with the boy. She managed to follow it at the beginning but rapidly lost interest, the social dealings of humans had always bored her to no end. Mostly it was the all the talking they did, and about nothing important for that matter! Nuzzling at Chloe's legs Bella tried to get her attention back to herself. Even going so far as to make playful swipes at her legs.
Unconsciously reaching out to pet Bella as she came near Chloe causally ignore her as she felt her companion nearly knock her over with her bumbling. Of course she hadn't meant it, but she was a one and a half ton bear after all. Hopping over her shoulder Chloe straddled Bella's shoulders like she was a horse, all while listening to Zahara as he spoke. Narrowing her eyes at him as he his last statement she responded rather aggressively. "What the hell do you mean you didn't except someone like me to have a headband? Like I'm-" Before she could finish her sentence Chloe was promptly interrupted as Bella like out a huff or small grunt that caused Chloe to simply let out a sigh at her partner. Continuing her train of thought at a much more calming demeanour. "Well I do have one alright?" Chloe took a second to breathe and collect her thoughts and keep the sarcasm out of her voice. "Nah.. I mean not like I can't use that fancy stuff, but Taijutsu was always my secret talent. What can I say? I'm a beat my head against a brick wall until the wall beaks kinda girl. I'm also made out of metal, and no not figuratively like some corny story about how the main character get stronger through some dumb personal conflict. I mean like I can turn my body into a really strong metal." Feeling like she just spilled the beans on her whole life story to this boy Chloe let that information just hang in the air for a little bit before she spoke again. "So.. do you have a squad?"
ZAHARAkevalixxxx xxxxxxxxxwith our backs to the wall DARKNESS will fall
How come I've never seen your face 'round here? I know every single face 'round here A man on a mission, changing the vision I was never welcome here
We don't have a choice to stay We'd rather die than do it your way
This woman was something else, Zahara thought as he observed some of her retorts to what he'd been saying. She broken into a small fit of exactly what he meant but he felt there wasn't much need to explain. There were a wide variety of Shinobi, some were bound to be out of the ordinary and certainly not roaming around with a full-sized bear. What tripped his interest more was that she was not just a tamer, she was also hand to hand much like himself. He instantly went from a care-free posture to a more intent and ready stance, shifting his weight from one foot to another.
"I meant exactly that, it's not everyday you see a tamer with a freakin' bear stroll by." Zahara finally gave a short answer and shrugged his shoulders as if it didn't matter. But he didn't let his interest show when she went on talking of her talent for Tai and made a mention of turning to a type of metal. Was she referring to a bloodline that she inherited, or a very specialized form of Doton?
Zahara finally broke and gave a cheeky grin, eyes narrowing that spelled a look of both cockiness and excitement. "No. I happen to be solo right now, I'm a foreigner to the village so I don't know anyone. But you truly have my interest when you mention what you can do." He chose his words carefully and folded his arms, rolling the shoulders once more and a long exhale came through his nose. He flicked a glance at the Bear, then back at her.
"Well, you caught a glimpse of what I do. I'm also partial to breaking faces with my fists." Zahara said as he casually walked over to a melon pile and picked one up. He tossed it up in the air then and as it came back down, he threw a quick straight jab as chakra swelled in him. His fist connected and the innocent melon was engulfed in a bright display of white-red chakra. Turning back to her, he rolled another melon from the ever-dwindling pile to girl and then said "How about a demonstration of this metal you refer to?" As he spoke, the remnants of the melon he just obliterated finally hit the ground in the opposite direction, plopping across the ground.
Chloe felt her eyes roll in their sockets. It was hard to tell what this boy was actually thinking but he was either really good at saving face or he genuinely hadn't meant what he said to sound the way it did. Either way it was at least slightly refreshing to know he didn't think lesser of female nin, or rather at least cared enough to hide that he did. Letting his compliment pass without a response Chloe instead took an interest in his foreigner status, the thought sparking back memories of her own time and birth outside the village, Chloe grimaced and forced them out her mind least they might over take her and she fall into a self loathing loop.
Poor Bella having become to overcome had fallen into a sleep so deep that she didn't even notice how Zahara blow up a melon only just a few feet away. Chloe was a different story entirely, of course the girl never could resist a challenge before and that sure as hell wasn't going to be changing now. With a calm expression and tilted head Chloe lifted her right arm on display. Her fleshy pink kissed skin began to turn into a reflective black as her entire arm was quickly overtaken by the metal from her bloodline. Stepping off of Bella's comfortable back and past the melon that lay ignored at her feet, Chloe causally strode over to a boulder of an absolutely massive scale that must have been apart of the ruins architecture at some point. With nothing more than a deep breathe to focus herself, Chloe filled her metal enhanced arm with her full strength. Striking the forgotten stone with such a pent up force of chakra that the rock exploded outward into a thousand pieces of pebbles, dust rapidly clogging the around around her.
Emerging from her cloud of victory with a s**t eating grin and arms fully outstretched Chloe shouted, "Well?! Damn well better be enough to convince you." Walking over to Zahra Chloe was struck by another idea. With her right arm still covered in her black steel, Chloe used her chakra to create the shape of a handle that would stick out of her palm. Grasping it Chloe pulled out a large bat like creation that was lined with spiky buds along the heavy end. "I guess I can also make s**t but the tools become useless after my metal armor ends." As she spoke Chloe handed the Kanabo to Zahara to see if he wanted to give it a few test swings or inspect it for himself.
((Yeah I caved and used my training posts to learn some bloodline jutsu don't judge me >. > ))
ZAHARAkevalixxxx xxxxxxxxxwith our backs to the wall DARKNESS will fall
How come I've never seen your face 'round here? I know every single face 'round here A man on a mission, changing the vision I was never welcome here
We don't have a choice to stay We'd rather die than do it your way
So power came in pint sizes afterall as Zahara looked on at the melon left alone, spared another day only for one of the rock structures of these ruins turned to rubble. This turned from a simple act of display of power to another hydra to slay altogether and he felt compelled to give it all he had in his own way. "Power seems to come in small forms after all." Zahara said with little excitement in his voice as he looked at a stone structure roughly the same size as the one she just destroyed.
He curiously took the weapon first, its iron clunking to the ground and with a piff as sand pillowed up. It looked light, but to him it was a lead weight as he was more accustomed to breaking jaws with his fists. it was a simple weapon and he wondered if he could incorporate it one day in his style. But, Zahara smirked now as he pointed to the rock structure that he had been studying earlier.
"That thing will become rain from right here." Zahara said as his body became flared alive with a bit of visible chakra, red and blue energy swirling around his limbs. From his offhand, Zahara snapped his fingers as a tiny little ember came alive on the tip of the Kanabo, sitting like a bird on a branch as the excess red and blue chakra swirled to it. The chakra now was gone from around Zahara's body and now swirled into this ember and pulsated around it, intensity of its energy visible as the ember burned bright. [1/1] - Cinder
With a carefree flick of the wrist and with a one handed swing of this massive club, he used it just to fling this little ember off and into the air like a pop-fly ball. He jabbed the metal club into the ground after the swing with a single hand resting on the pommel of the weapon, turning his head aside to give her a side-long glance. The ember landed on the top of the boulder and at first it gave a little sizzle and puff of smoke as it snuffed out without so much as a climatic pop. "Boom." He said, as if the little ember was all he had to show but he turned around and let the weapon clatter to the ground. Soon as he turned around, the entire bolder became enveloped in a violent light as en erupting tore through the stone, originating from where the ember had landed. This was his biggest explosion yet, its size completely overtaking the structure in question. From the brief few seconds the explosion went off, it was gone and with it the boulder only to be replaced by scattering bits of a jagged earthen crater, rocks pointing up at the sky like bony fingers and a depression in the earth a few feet deep. - Bakuton - Overflow
"It's not just my fists that can use my bloodline."
Chloe watched with an intense curiosity as Zahara created a tiny flame in between his fingers. At first Chloe stood with arms crossed wondering what exactly it was that he hoped to accomplish with spit of fire. Even more so after hearing his bold claim of destroying a rather large rocky face, a small chuckle escaped from her lips but kept her mouth shut and let the man work. After all if he did happen to fail it would make it all the more sweeter this way. It seems as though fate would have something different to say in the matter though, as the rock that Zahara had so coolly called out was completely overtaken in a violent explosion that easily dwarfed anything she had seen before.
A wordless breathe escaped her mouth as she took in the full beauty of the flaring lights and eruption, a sight so magnificent in her her that Chloe found she only had three words to describe it. "Holy s**t dude!" Turning back to face Zahara Chloe grabbed both of his shoulders in he excitement. "That was <********> awesome! Look at little volcano jr over here." Releasing him Chloe teasingly punched Zahra shoulder. "I mean that whole.. cool guys don't look at explosions thing was a little corny, but still man! I don't think I could top that." Surveying the remaining rubble once more Chloe was pretty confident that he would be a great squad mate. "Speaking of topping that.. you wanna maybe go to the dojo or academy and train up?I should kinda stop by there so I could by there to finish up my training." Hand up like she was scratching the back of her neck Chloe tried to keep up the illusion of her normal aloofness even despite how awkward she felt making plans with another person. Eventually Chloe managed to bumble out further. "...Aaaand maybe we could team up? Ya know by squad mates or whatever? O-only if you want to I mean."
ZAHARAkevalixxxx xxxxxxxxxwith our backs to the wall DARKNESS will fall
How come I've never seen your face 'round here? I know every single face 'round here A man on a mission, changing the vision I was never welcome here
We don't have a choice to stay We'd rather die than do it your way
Zahara cracked another one of his rare smiles borderline teeth showin' once he heard the reaction to the blazing inferno. In his mind he was glad the technique worked in the first place. If it hadn't then he'd be playing it off but he didn't need to, but he was now wondering just how effective that blast would've been with an even stronger fire release. The Dojo or Academy would not be a place to find out, he would want to field test something like that.
He was lost in thought for a moment, standing around as he considered a few things, eye flicking at the girl as she was talking. Right. Training. Squad. The other parts of needing to contribute to the village as he thought back to what the Raikage gave orders on. "Yeah, I am technically under the orders of the Kage to train my martial and jutsu knowledge among a few other things." Zahara agreed with the woman with going to one of the two, casually popping the joints in his hands just out of habit. "I wouldn't be opposed to that, perhaps make a day of it - see what makes the other tick and strengths and weaknesses."
Zahara went on to agree with the proposition, though completely oblivious to how it might sound only with him stretching momentarily. "Up to you where to go, I've got a lot to do still. Earth. Fire. Lightning. Quite a few elements to catch up on... Heh."
Chloe heaved a mental sigh As Zahara agreed. She had never bothered to go out of her way to get to know someone, let alone try to get them to form a group together. Most people had either didn't know what to do with her or stayed in their little cliche, and Chloe was pretty fine with that. Considering how awkward she probably was at it Chloe was glad that it had taken precious little convincing to get him to agree. Feeling a strange sense of renewal Chloe bent over to pick up a small rock, one that until recently was probably apart of the scenery. Testing it's weight in her palm she chucked it at Bella, who was fast asleep this whole time and had begun to snooze rather loudly. "Yo Bella you fat lard wake up it's time for us to go to some training!"
Bella, who was having a rather wonderful dream of becoming the queen of all bees and being brought the finest honey available, started rolled over on her side failing like mad as she felt the rock boop her noggin. The fury in her eyes only subsiding as she heard Chloe's voice and used it to focus on her surroundings. It took her a moment but Bella quickly waddled along to take her place along side Chloe with a happy grin. Kissing the spot where the rock had landed Chloe climbed over onto her champions back and began taking off in the direction of the village. Before getting too far away she shouted back out toward Zahara. "Bella and me are gonna head tot he dojo! Race ya back to the village!!" With that the girl and her bear took off out of the ruins.
