His smile was cut short by his partners words. Apparently their tastes differed in this regard. Motoichi only shrugged, only thinking the tongue would be good confirmation of their kill to the missions officer waiting for them back at the village. Though he could see the wisdom in Kurai's words. There was no need to let scavengers get it. Maybe Kurai intended on bringing it to the town that it had attacked. Motoichi licked his lips as he considered that prospect.
Meanwhile, Kurai had already gotten to work on the boar, wrapping its body up in bandages that had a sash to help carry it. Hoisting it up, Kurai complimented him on the kill. Motoichi smiled and nodded walking with Kurai as they headed back.
"Thank you. You were impressive as well. Without your knowledge of the area, I doubt I'd have made it this far."They trekked on, Motoichi finally seeing that they were taking the boar back to village and not to the town to roast it in honor of their victory. His thoughts were getting a little ahead of himself, probably due to the adrenaline which by now had worn off. It was quite a while of hiking back when Kurai asked for Motoichi to carry the boar. He turned to see the sweat rolling down Kurai's forehead and was about to extend his hand to take the boar when another tremor broke up the ground beneath the both of them. Kurai leaped instinctively behind Motoichi, only stumbling a bit due to the sudden power of the tremor.
Motoichi fell by himself, thinking just fast enough to focus chakra to his feet. The rocks continued to fall as his feet clung to one edge of the schism. He saw the boar fall and reached out his hands, using Chakra Strings to latch onto the boar. The speed of it falling yanked him down a few meters into the new crevice.
Just as he regained his balance, Kurai's voice called out to him.
"This isn't an aftershock, another one is coming, another lot is coming!!"Motoichi whipped his head up to the surface and saw the vague outline of Kurai's white hair rush on. He didn't understand what it was that was coming.
"What do you mean 'a lot'?!" he shouted back, his voice echoing from the depths of the new crevice.
He pulled back up the boar's corpse slowly. The weight of it was extreme. Kurai really had his work cut out for him to have carried it for so long. Turning to hike back up to the surface, Motoichi finally saw what his partner was talking about. A pack, or maybe horde was a better word, of boars were steamrolling across the field. With the weight of the boar, Motoichi knew he'd never make it back up to the surface in time to do something. Those boars were traveling fast. Too fast.
With a touch of sadness, Motoichi cut the wrapped sash and let the dead boar fall into the schism's depths. Now unweighted, he rushed to the surface just as the tail end of the pack of wild boars rushed by. Pulling out his six senbon once more, he threw it out to catch a few of the boars, arcing his shot to hit the leaders of the pack. The senbon didn't slow them down, only angering them further. But it did redirect their attention.
Motoichi smiled as the pack started to bend, changing its course away from Kurai. His smile only got halfway, though, as the pack made a full u-turn and began heading back his way.
"Oh no," he said before turning tail and running.
Now the tables were turned. Motoichi looked over his shoulder and saw the boars hot in pursuit.
"KEEP GOING, KURAI!" he hollered back.
"I'VE GOT THIS!"He sprinted as fast as he could, but not even his fastest sprint was sufficient to lengthen the gap between him and the boars. They were just too quick and he was just too slow. In less than a minute he could hear their hooves pounding the ground right behind him. He waited until he felt the hot breath shoot out from their snouts. Whipping out yet another jutsu, Motoichi would return to where he had last seen Kurai. His body vanishing in a flick of light just as the boar's overtook him. One boar got close enough for a bite, scratching at his skin and taking a chunk of his
hakama pants.
- Chakra 110/150:
Jutsu Used:
- Supernatural Walking:
Name: Supernatural Walking Practice (Shūgyō'shikachō ~ 修業歩然超)
Canon/Custom: Canon.
Rank: E.
Type: Supplementary.
Element: None.
Range: Self.
Specialty: Taijutsu (Chakra Flow).
Duration: -5 chakra every 3 posts (every 2 posts if using on water).
Cooldown: None.
Description: Supernatural Walking Practice is a basic ninja technique. It involves using chakra flow to channel chakra to one's hands or feet, allowing him/her to walk on, or cling to, surfaces that normally do not allow it. This includes, but is not limited to, walls/ceilings, trees, and even water. Should the flow of chakra stop for any reason, the user will immediately fall off of the surface they are walking on, or plunge underwater.
- Generic Puppet Strings:
Name: Puppet Technique (Kugutsu no Jutsu ~ 傀儡の術)
Canon/Custom: Canon.
Rank: E.
Type: Supplementary.
Element: None.
Range: 50m.
Specialty: Kugutsu.
Duration: -5 per post.
Cooldown: Duration +1 post.
Description: This jutsu generates long, fibrous, malleable chakra strings from each of the user's fingers. They are partially intangible to prevent tangling; this jutsu cannot be used to bind people. The condensed chakra takes a hue of variable color depending on the user.
Use of this technique on puppets is only available to those with the Kugutsu specialty. However, people without skill in Puppetry can still generate chakra strings to control weapons they have the specializations to wield, within 30m. This consists of whipping them around like a flail or yo-yo, or controlling their path of travel when thrown.
This technique cannot control living people; it can only control corpses, or Human Puppets currently in the user's locker.
The user pays a certain amount of chakra upon activation to determine the strings' durability; if severed the strings can be reattached to the same target for 15 chakra.
5 chakra = D-rank jutsu that cause blunt-force, cutting, or piercing damage can break the strings.
10 chakra = C-rank jutsu that cause blunt-force, cutting, or piercing damage can break the strings.
15 chakra = B-rank jutsu that cause blunt-force, cutting, or piercing damage can break the strings.
20 chakra = A-rank jutsu that cause blunt-force, cutting, or piercing damage can break the strings.
25 chakra = S-rank jutsu that cause blunt-force, cutting, or piercing damage can break the strings.
- 3 Types of Strings:
The following applies not to the rank of the jutsu, but rather the rank and the skill level of the user.
Multiple control:
The chakra strings at this rank are more tailored to controlling the base functions of many puppets as opposed to putting an astounding amount of effort into the control of few. Using this technique depending on the user's rank they are able to control up to 10 puppets, though the trade off is each of them operate at the user's speed and reaction time, -1 rank. (Stat increases from items and jutsu do not count towards this. However, those from clans do.)
E rank = 2 puppets
D rank = 3
C rank = 4
B rank = 6
A rank = 8
S rank = 9
SS rank = 10
Balanced Control:
Using more focused control on the puppets the user wields they are able to focus more into their puppets movement, and therefore they no longer receive the negative influence to their speed that the mass control strings had. However, the puppets still receive -1 to reaction time and less puppets are able to operate at this capacity per rank.
E-C rank = Max of 2 puppets
B-A rank 4
S-SS rank = 5
Focused control:
The user, with these strings, is able to literally control their puppets with such mastery as if they were basically human themselves. The concentration at this level requires they dedicate themselves into only one or two puppets, but they operate without any negatives what so ever, and move at the user's speed and reaction times.
E-C rank = 1 Puppet max
B-SS rank = 2
- Body Flicker:
Name: Body Flicker Technique (瞬身の術 ~ Shunshin no Jutsu)
Canon/Custom: Canon
Rank: D
Type: Supplementary
Element: None
Range: All
Specialty: Ninjutsu
Duration: 1 post
Cooldown: 3 posts
Description: Shunshin no Jutsu is a basic Ninjutsu technique. The ninja will appear and disappear in an instant, allowing them to retreat or attack suddenly. To facilitate the movement, the ninja will often use nearby elements such as mist, sand or leaves to mask their appearance or disappearance. This jutsu cannot be used in combat; only as a way to escape from a fight or thread.
Post: 765
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Trained Endurance E-0 to D-0 750/750
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