A circular stone arena surrounded by a deep moat. It is one of a few such arenas currently in use, and is blocked off from the others by 3 meter high netting that runs around the perimeter of the moat. This lets spectators as well as participants see how the other teams are doing.
This match: Tag between Katou Hanae and Minowa Jaeger.
Posted: Sun Aug 11, 2019 7:51 am
Hanae wanted to take a slow, measured stroll out to the center of the arena, but as soon as she saw the lights, heard the sounds, etc., she couldn't help but sprint out there with all her might and strike a pose right in the middle.
"Take it all in! I'm gonna deck everyone who stands in my way, and that's a promise! Where's this minnow I'm supposed to fish up?!"
The slender frame of an eleven-year-old came bounding down towards the designated section of the arena, a sleek, brown, blur following close at the blond child's heels. Rather than slow down from his rapid descent from the South Wing's observation deck to head into the netted area via its entrance, the momentum continued - straight at Hanae's location within. With a clear angle viable, Minowa's legs suddenly take the momentum into what could almost be described as a crouch - before the thighs tense and the calves catapult the young Genin up with the aid of chakra. Reaching the height of his arc, the lithe frame twists, legs coming up and then being pulled down as a weapon to smack with significant force down into his opponent's body. But Minnow - Minowa was not planning for his attack to land at all. As he had flipped in the air, the Kiri-nin had gone through a series of handseals, and the technique was to ignite the very moment he landed on the ground, intending to surf the wave of earth towards his target.
Meanwhile, the animal companion that had been following Minowa had not followed his partner up and above was taking its speedy momentum around to the normal entrance in the netting that Hanae had taken. Its footfalls heavy and steady...
T a i j u t s u Jiyūgata Senpū : Freestyle Whirlwind
• Falling Hurricane Rank: B :: Complex Description: The user imbues their leg muscles with chakra to propel themselves farther in the air, the user then proceeds to flip mid-air to produce momentum as they fall. They then bring down their leg on their opponent as they fall. This technique can be used without launching themselves into the air if the user is already falling. Transfers any damage the user would have taken on impact to the target. { Rank B • { 020 } stamina + { 020 } chakra }
N i n j u t s u Doton
• Doryuuha [ Earth Flow Wave ] Activated by forming a couple of hand seals and stomping the ground, this technique creates a mobile wave of earth 5 meters tall under the user. The user can ride this wave, cause it to crash down on someone, or use it in other Doton techniques. { Rank C • { 020 } chakra }
I have not used a Tamer in this guild before so apologies if I do a bad - I'm trying to be careful -u-'
Posted: Wed Aug 14, 2019 2:56 pm
Aha! And there was her opponent, running-- jumping straight for her! She liked that. Someone who could get down to business. Of course, they were leading with a dropkick, but this was tag, and a game like tag meant one thing: Fish Spit. Hanae made a couple of hand seals and spat a pitiful glob of water at her opponent at just about the time she realized that kick was gonna hurt. Like, a lot. She noped out of there as fast as she could with Shunshin and clung to the nets for dear life as she watched Minowa's attack. Super strong kicks? Ripping up the earth? Was this a joke? Was this all a ploy by her sensei to teach her the value of hard work?
"This is what you call a game of tag?" she halfheartedly called over to her opponent, sweating bullets all the while. While still trembling, the genin made a couple of hand seals, pulled out two small scrolls, and summoned two wooden puppets that looked almost like training dummies. She attached strings to them so they, too, would cling to the nets, never taking her eyes off of Minowa, seemingly terrified out of her mind.
450/475 Chakra 345/345 Stamina
tabJutsu Used: Uo Tsuba [ Fish Spit ] (E) Shunshin [ Body Flicker ] (D) (Cooldown: 6 posts) Kuchiyose Kugutsu: Ni [ Summoning Puppetry: Two ] (D)
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It's okay. I haven't played a puppeteer either! =D
With the click of a tongue, aggressive and frustrated, Minowa took the Fish Spit technique with his arms raised to prevent it getting in his face, not wanting to sacrifice his next manoeuvre. Considering Minowa was named 'it' for the start of this round, he hadn't expected his opponent to react in such a way. But rules said tagging is by the body, and the Fish Spit was a feasible technique to give her an advantage. Seeing the girl flee up the netting, Minowa rode the wave of earth as his hands flew through hand signs with comfortable familiarity. Stepping backwards as the wave was only a few feet from the edge of the moat, the dirt rolled up and into the water, causing splashes and waves through the moat - it was also at the same time Minowa concluded his technique and trees began shooting from the ground, their branches reaching up and sideways, trying to wall-in Hanae to an even smaller enclosure with only water beneath her. Only, as soon as the tree began growing, Minowa was casting his next technique, planning to send roots through the wall to reach up and ensnare the opponent. Five in total, two for one puppet on the left, two for his actual target, and the last for the puppet on the right. A shame serious injury was meant to be avoided, as it would have been a lot easier to boil her or send spiked projectiles through the branches - but there is merit in learning restraint, so Minowa will take the training. At the entrance of their tiny arena, Itoko the Bearcat trotted through...
Ergo War
B l o o d l i n e Mokuton: Senju Clan
• Jukai Heki [ World of Trees Wall ] Rank: C :: Spiritual Description: The user creates countless wooden branches that grow at high speed from the ground. The wood interlaces to form a wide, net-like wall with an impressive defensive power. Blocks techniques up to B-Rank for 1 post. { Rank C • { 020 } chakra }
• Ki Eda no Jutsu [ Tree Limb Technique ] Rank: C :: Spiritual Description: The user summons forth five thick tree roots from the ground. These roots can then be used to shelter, shield, or impale, depending on the user's whim. Unfortunately, they don't stretch too far, only reaching out to about 2 meters from the user. { Rank C • { 020 } chakra }
Posted: Sun Aug 18, 2019 10:06 am
Holy cow. Holy cow, this person was crazy. Hanae had never seen someone charge anyone down with such single-minded devotion during a game of tag. She also hadn't ever seen someone use wood, but that was more normal. After all, people manipulate lightning, and that's way cooler than boring old wood. Heck, she could kinda manipulate wood. Kinda. A little bit.
Speaking of which, when she saw the wall of trees start sprouting, she knew this was it: she had to deck this person in the schnozz right now, or she'd have to start getting creative. She was just about ready to execute a classic "jump-over-the-wall-and-PAWNCH" maneuver when Minowa's roots started snaking toward her. She braced herself and had her puppets form a wall in front of her, but it was too little, too late: even if the roots didn't get her, she was effectively pinned against the net.
"Oi! Using sticks is against the rules! Come down here and let me deck you in the face!" she shouted at her opponent. "Why's someone like you in the Chuunin Exams in the first place?! Were you bored?! Get a hobby!"
435/475 Chakra 345/345 Stamina
tabJutsu Used: Kugutsu no Jutsu (Used last time alongside Kuchiyose Kugutsu, but forgot to subtract its cost.) (E) Kugutsu Formless (D)
Minowa flicked a hand, motioning for Itoko to climb the wall of branches, and the Bearcat took to the wall running, scaling the vertical surface as easily as if he was still on the ground. The branches rustled as Itoko climbed, his claws scratching at the bark. With the roots of the second technique stretched and steady pinning his opponent, and Hanae's shouting sounded unhappy. As soon as Minowa's animal companion had begun climbing the wall, Minowa cast what he planned to be basically his last jutsu for this battle... For Minowa the casting of the technique would only be obvious by the drain on his already minimal chakra pool - and hopefully he would hear confirmation by Hanae verbally - as she has so far been constantly doing. Minowa walked along the edge of wall, unsheathing his Kusarigama as he neared the water's edge. The World of Trees Wall technique had spread out to shelter him from view as he crouched at the water's edge, posture alert and ready, listening for confirmation of the Genjutsu had worked or not before he would finally move to go in for the kill. Figuratively.
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G e n j u t s u Illusory
• Kyouboku Toukai no Jutsu [ Forest Destruction Technique ] P/S. Sense[s]: Sight // Sound, Touch Base Duration // Upkeep: 3 Posts // 20 Chakra Source: Phantasm Description: A Genjutsu that can only be used in forests. The opponent sees, hears, and feels trees falling all around them, threatening to crush them. Falling trees and other debris can cause physical pain and a physical reaction, same as if it occurred with real trees, though these wounds vanish with the banishment of the technique. { Rank C • { 040 } chakra }
Posted: Fri Aug 23, 2019 6:09 pm
Up came a cute little critter to break up all the scariness, only to plunge Hanae into even more scariness, as if things weren't bad enough already. She saw the cute little critter and had been about to call out to it when, out of nowhere, the forest started throwing itself at her.
"What the hell is--oof."
The wind was knocked out of her as--in her mind, at least--a falling tree whacked her right in the ribs. She felt the ground leave her feet as the impact sent her flying, not realizing at all that her feet hadn't been on the ground in the first place. Being suspended tends to do that. The logs kept rolling, one after another, gradually chipping away at her. Her legs made some nasty sounds when they got caught, her collar did too, and then a thick branch bounced off of her head. That flipped the "survival" switch somewhere deep within her, flinging her into a frenzy. She started punching, lashing out with all her strength whenever she saw a log. She even hit one, which meant her hand was now embedded in wood. In the real world, she had managed to stick her hand through the head of one of her wooden men.
"God dammit! Not fair, not fair, not fair!" she screamed as she continued to flail. "What part of this is tag?! I'll kill you when I get out, you b*****d! You won't even have a face left to punch when I'm done with you!"
435/475 Chakra 325/345 Stamina
tabJutsu Used: Hard Physical (D) x2 (Boosted to Spiritual by discipline)
Hearing the pained outburst, Minowa slipped into the water, Kusarigama in hand. Submerged, Minowa pushes himself under the water, under the branches of the Jukai Heki [ World of Trees Wall ] that had extended out over the water. Sticking close to the earthen edge upon which the net was stationed into, Minowa drifts up, and throws up the sickle end of his weapon, aiming for the less damaged of his opponent's two puppets. If landed, the Kirigakure nin would push up out of the water with his feet, keeping the chain tight, before tapping into his muscles and using the leverage of the landed sickle to launch a kicking attack at Hanae. Meanwhile, Itoko run across the top of the wall, and over onto the netting, on the opposite side from which his human partner had appeared from.
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Apologies for delay/rushed post - work has increased -u-'
Kyouboku Toukai no Jutsu [ Forest Destruction Technique ] [ 2 out of 3 posts remaining ]
B u k i j u t s u Shintō Musō-ryū: Silent binding death
• Grappling hook Rank: C :: Simple Description: The practitioner will throw the sickle in the air, attempting to get it lodged into a solid object such as a tree or building, then using the chain as a rope will pull him or herself up to whatever the kusarigama has lodged itself into. Optionally, the user can choose to pull the chain tight and run along the length of the chain. { Rank C • { 020 } stamina }
T a i j u t s u Jiyūgata Senpū: Freestyle Whirlwind
• Swinging Fury Rank: X :: Simple Description: The user grabs support above them, either after propelling themselves in to the air after a flip or jumping up and grabbing it after running. Once they have grabbed hold of the support, they swing up using the momentum that got them there and bring up both feet before kicking out. The user can then dismount with a somersault or a flip if they wish. This technique gains one descriptive rank in power for every descriptive rank in speed the user has going into this technique, but the user’s descriptive ranks in speed are reset if this technique makes contact with an opponent. { Rank B • { 040 } stamina }
Posted: Wed Aug 28, 2019 6:37 pm
While Hanae was busy flailing about, Minowa's plan would go off without a hitch. There would be a slightly concerning crackling as his feet landed smack in the middle of her sternum. For a brief moment she would be quiet, the air having suddenly and violently left her lungs.
For Hanae, the illusion wavered. She got a glimpse of the situation, enough to know that what had just nearly knocked her lights out wasn't another log. With her one free hand, she performed the necessary seals for the Beach Crab technique and used it on herself. The crab caught onto her leg and yanked her down in the vague direction of her opponent. With that pull to get her just a bit closer to her opponent's face, she reached out with a puppet-head-ensconced fist to try and keelhaul Minowa.
"...face...!" she sputtered defiantly, not only breathless but also probably very injured. And effectively blind. She only had the feeling of his kick and a brief glimpse at reality to go off of, after all.
425/475 Chakra 330/345 Stamina
tabJutsu Used: (Forgot about the -5 Stamina cost to Taijutsu, so: +10 Stamina!) Isonagi no Jutsu [ Beach Crab ] (D) Hard Physical (D) (Boosted to Spiritual)
Blue eyes narrowed as Minowa witnessed Hanae begin performing one-handed hand-signs, meanwhile brown eyes narrowed as Itoko performed a leap down, onto Hanae. Driving the opponent down and to the side, but also faster than expected thanks to the Isonagi no Jutsu [ Beach Crab ]. With the sickle of the Kusarigama embedded in a puppet, Minowa had planned to wrap the remaining chain of the weapon around Hanae, and still attempted to do so, even as the puppet-encased swing came down at him, blooming pain across the jawline.
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Kyouboku Toukai no Jutsu [ Forest Destruction Technique ] [ 3 out of 3 posts ]
B u k i j u t s u Shintō Musō-ryū: Silent binding death
• Wrap Rank: X :: Simple Description: The basic entangling of the chain with a target, this can be used to catch something to pull yourself to a higher ledge or to entangle an opponent making a wide swing with the weapon. Unless the opponent exerts Stamina at a rank equal to this technique or uses an appropriately-ranked escaping technique, they will be trapped for one post. { Rank C • { 020 } stamina }
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