- Round One -Yu smirked, a thing that quickly faded. He’d been momentarily distracted by what he assumed would be the quick work of Cho. The man’s size alone usually intimidated his opponents into submission. A solid cross from him? Well, many a man had spent a fair amount of time on their ass because of it. Unfortunately, rather than what was expected Yu witnessed Cho being made a fool of. Steadily, Seiryu subtly slipped out of the way of each new attack. If Cho didn’t change his tactics he’d probably never lay a hand on the shinobi. This Yu realized, but at the very least Cho would distract the man and he and Mao could handle their business with the young girl quickly and then join Cho in his fight. She wouldn’t be a problem to handle right? Dai was a weakling, he always had been, and had a tendency to run his mouth a bit too much. Of course she beat him, and yes he probably deserved every bit of his agony. However, if his new family, his new gang were to ever be respected then they couldn’t let this slide.
Yu cracked his knuckles as Oomi speed toward he and Mao. They’d been through this before, a charging mad woman and nothing to stop her but he and someone he called his brother. It hadn’t been Mao then, it had been Cho, but together they’d managed to defeat a bloodlusted Rin. Though that was years ago and something they could probably even hope to do now. Or at least so he thought. As Yu’s mind raced over a million things his left foot slid back behind his body, extending beyond his shoulder, while his right foot slid forward about the width of his shoulder. This action caused his body to turn, offering his right shoulder to the charging Oomi. Even as he lifted his hands, curling his fingers to resemble the paws of a Tiger he slowly shifted himself so that he’d be directly in Oomi’s path. His smirk returned. He actually liked that she was so eager to do battle. It always made things more fun when the person he was looking to kill was about fighting back.
As Yu prepared himself, so did Mao. His style, however, was less orthodox than Yu’s. He had not learned the Tiger Style Kung Fu that Yu knew, nor the Karate that Cho sought to master. No, instead the man had versed himself in bits of many styles all devoted to the swiftness of movement. His legs parted, his knees bent slightly. As Oomi grew closer, his right foot slid back somewhat, in preparation for quick movement. His left moved forward only slightly, to aid in such movement, just as his bent knees would. His hands were held out in front of him, flat and fingers pointed as if they were daggers. He too smiled ready to prove that he had what it takes to be a member of this family.
The distance between them was closed, fairly quickly, what with Oomi’s perhaps surprising speed. A wicked grin crossed her facade as she bent her knees and quite literally lept from the ground toward Yu. She’d been moving at her top speed so when she leapt with her right knee extended forward, she came at him like a bullet. Yu wasn’t concerned, however. He thrust his hands forward, ready to snatch the girl right out of the air, as he brought his left foot around to take a far stronger stance. He’d misjudge, however, and rather than grasping and in one swift motion tossing her to the ground, she slipped between his hands and her knee collided with his open chest. Oomi’s weight pressed into him like a truck, a robbed him of breath. Still, she wasn’t done. She kicked her left leg out and around the back of his neck, this was supposed to send him crashing down to the ground where she’d step firmly on his face and be done with him.
That’s not what happened, however. Instead, as the girl’s leg swung around Mao made his presence known. Swift hands snaked out to the young girl, one grasping her left leg the other her left arm and literally yanked her from the air and to the ground. When Oomi hit the ground she’d find Mao’s foot coming toward her chest. She couldn’t feel the pain of it, but the wind had been knocked out of her when she hit the ground and thus her reaction to the coming attack was too slow. Mao’s foot slammed into her chest and caused her cave around it. If that wasn’t enough Yu was already recovering and moving to deliver a kick of his own to her head.
These things, of course, just wouldn’t do. The girl drew in a deep breath, infusing the wind she sucked in with her own chakra and exhaled it in a stream toward Yu. This would stagger him slightly, his being so close. It would give her just enough time to throw her hands forward as Mao brought his foot down for another stop. She caught his foot and quickly rolled in Yu’s direction, pulling Mao with her. This Mao did not appreciate at all, but could do very little about. He was pulled over Oomi’s body and nearly thrown into Yu which sent them both stumbling back, but was not damaging enough to prevent either from recovering quickly. Too quickly in fact. Oomi barely had time to stand before the two were charging her a second time.
Yu pressed forward, directly at Oomi, his Tiger stance taken up again. He was the distraction as Mao crept to Oomi’s right side. They both attacked simultaneously, Yu with a double handed strike directed at Oomi’s face. He was going to blur her vision with a tearing strike to her eyes. Meanwhile, Mao delivered a swift piercing strike toward Oomi’s ribs, just beneath her heart, hoping that extended fingers would snake between the bones there. What was a girl to do? Typically she was all for pressing forward, but in this situation her only option seemed to be to move backward, away from the both of them. She kicked off the sand of Sunagakure and flung herself just one meter back, close enough that she could still counter attack but far enough that she wouldn’t be hit by either man.
Yu, however, was not so easily deterred. Mao had missed, and was recoiling, shifting himself to deliver his next strike. However, already Yu had stepped forward again to close the distance between he and Oomi. His hands thrust forward toward her chest, meaning to strike her ferociously and knock the wind out of her. He wouldn’t be so lucky. Oomi’s body shifted as she moved into a roundhouse kick, where he might have struck her he found nothing but air as she spun her right leg around, high toward his head. He, of course, ducked beneath this. No need to move out of the way any more than that. He planned on striking her back when it was facing him again. He wouldn’t get the chance. Oomi kicked from the ground, utilizing the momentum of her prior kick to continue her spin in a three hundred and sixty degree radius. Even as she did this, Oomi twisted her body in a manner that brought her back to a horizontal position in relation to the ground. This would add to the power and torque behind her kick, it would add the force of gravity, to the her foot as it collided with the side of Yu’s head, just about where the jaw meets the neck. The force of the blow sent a shockwave of agony through the man’s nervous system, which caused his body to first tense up and then completely relax which resulted in him hitting the ground at about the same time that Oomi did. He’d get up unable to react as quickly, when he could.
Mao, had done nothing to stop the kick. There was nothing that he could have done from his position, but now that Oomi was on the ground he could do something. His feet came down at her like pistons in an engine looking to stomp the life from her. Oomi, rolled out of the way, rolling back away from Yu as well until finally, after three or four of these stomps she was able to shift her body weight and throw her right leg outward to swipe Mao’s feet from under him. She wouldn’t be given the opportunity to get up though, being that Yu was already on the attack again. She didn’t see him coming so when he reached down and literally lifted her up over his head and then slammed her down on her back it came as a complete surprise that she could do nothing about. Luckily, she wouldn’t be hindered by the pain of it at least. Nor the pain of Mao’s foot in her face.
Oomi screamed, a thing of pure anger and rage, as her head snapped back into place after the kick it had taken. A wind curled around her body, a light one that could have been easily mistaken for nothing more than a breeze. Oomi noticed it, however. It was new, obviously barely even cosmetic, but new all the same. Even as she had released her rage in a mighty roar she was already shifting chakra to the gates within her body, filling herself with the swiftness of the wind. She needed to be faster, she needed to be able to counter them both. She needed to be able to focus on what both of them were doing, really. She’d never been too great at multitasking, however, but what she could do and did do is increase her speed. Make herself so much faster than them that she’ll gain the extra time she needs to react to both men.
Yu quickly created a few handseals, having noticed the change in Oomi’s demeanor. There was a look in her eyes that worried him only slightly. He’d end this all soon enough. Beneath him the ground rose and molded into a pillar upon which he could stand. The pillar itself rose to three and a half meters above the others. From there he smirked wickedly down at Oomi who was now standing up. Moa was circling around her, already sure of what Yu was going to do next. There’d be no way for her to escape this technique.
A short distance away, the old woman watched silently. She’d seen it. She knew the signs to look for all to well. This girl was certainly someone worth having a word with, provided she survived this battle. What a coincidence that she might be presented with this opportunity, she thought to herself. It had been nearly fifteen years since she’d left Iwagakure and nearly as long since she’d come across another Saiyama. She leaned back against the nearest building and folded her arms over her chest, a wide grin across her face. Perhaps fate had decided this, perhaps it had decided that before she died she would be given the opportunity to impart some wisdom, to let go of secrets she’d held for so long.
- Training:
Total Word Count So Far: 5,266
Word Count (this post): 1,947
- Jutsu Used:
Chakra Used: -65 / 130
Remaining Chakra: 65 / 130
Active Jutsu:
- “ 体強化 (Kyōkatai - Bodily Enhancement)“:
Name: 体強化 (Kyōkatai - Bodily Enhancement)
Canon/Custom: Custom
Rank: B - S
Type: Supplementary
Element: N/A
Range: Self
Specialty: Taijutsu
Duration: Sustainable
Cooldown: Duration + 1 - 3 posts
Description:
The practitioner draws their particular nature of chakra into themselves and shifts it to the 8 chakra gates spread around their body. In doing so the practitioner is able to increase a single stat by the corresponding amount attributed to the rank of the jutsu in use. In the case of Subayai path Saiyama this is done with Fuuton nature chakra, and effects only their speed stat. In the case of Tsuyoi path Saiyama this is done with Doton nature chakra and effects only their strength stat.
B Rank
+1 Speed or Strength
-20 Chakra Activation + 5 per turn
Duration + 1 post
A Rank
+2 Speed or Strength
-25 Chakra Activation + 10 per turn
Duration + 2 posts
S Rank
+3 Speed or Strength
-30 Chakra Activation + 10 per turn
Duration + 3 posts
**While this jutsu is active the user is only capable of using Taijutsu and Nintaijutsu techniques limited to their own body. In the case of Nintaijutsu techniques they are only able to use such which utilize the element associated with their version of this jutsu. (IE: Buffs created by Fuuton Jutsu allow the user to use Fuuton Based Nintaijutsu while Doton based Buffs allow for only Doton based Nintaijutsu.)
- Wind Release:
Name: Wind Release: Stream (Fūton: Nagare ~ 風遁・流れ)
Canon/Custom: Canon
Rank: D
Type: Supplementary
Element: Fūton
Range: 10 meters
Specialty: Ninjutsu
Duration: 1 post
Cooldown: 2 posts
Description: Wind Release: Stream is a movement technique with no offensive application, designed to allow a shinobi to maneuver mid-air. The shinobi exhales a powerful, concentrated stream of wind from their mouth. This stream has enough force to accelerate the user's movement mid-air or allow them them to rapidly change the direction they're going in. Beyond this, however, it has several unintended effects. When blown into the ground, it's force can help dislodge dirt and sand, creating a small smoke-screen effect. Naturally, this requires loose dirt or sand. The stream has enough force to knock projectiles aside, as well as to make someone hit by it stagger back a few feet, assuming the caster is 5 meters or less away from the person being hit.
- ムエタイ道・至高顔挫傷 {Muetaidō:
Name: ムエタイ道・至高顔挫傷 {Muetaidō: Shikaō Zashō ~ Muay Thai Art: Supreme Facial Crush}
Canon/Custom: Custom.
Rank: C.
Type: Offensive.
Element: None.
Range: Melee.
Specialty: Taijutsu (Striking: Muay Thai)
Duration: Instantaneous.
Cooldown: 5 posts.
Description: This technique needs preparation for correct execution; the user needs to be moving at least 10m/s via their own speed or another jutsu's effect before this technique can work effectively. About 1m away from the foe, the user jumps and attempts a high knee into the central upper-torso area. If successful, they can make use of their other leg in a reverse roundhouse wrapping around the victim, attempting to make them fall backwards. If this goes well, the ninja can use the leg used for kneeing before, extending it slightly and bringing it down on the target's face. This technique causes the target and the user to fall together; thus, gravity amplifies the force of the user's weight put behind the stomping attack. This technique cannot break bones, but the target's nose (if done correctly) will probably snap to the side, along with debilitating soreness of the eyes that leaves the foe's vision fuzzy for the next post. The kneed area suffers minor bruising at maximum, due to it only being a set-up attack.
**This technique does not use Chakra.
**The attacker moves and attacks at their normal speed (this is only increased if other jutsu which increase speed are active)
**Damage done by this attack is only valid with D-3 Strength and above.
- “近江術型ムエタイ道・笑渦る Ūmikata Muetaidō: Shōkadōru ( Oomi Style Muay Thai Art:
Name: 近江術型ムエタイ道・笑渦る Ūmikata Muetaidō: Shōkadōru ( Oomi Style Muay Thai Art: Ridiculous Vortex Kick )
Canon/Custom: Custom
Rank: B
Type: Offensive
Element: N/A
Range: Melee
Speciality: Taijutsu
Duration: 1 Post
Cooldown: 4 Posts
Description: As a proficient Muay Thai artist, Oomi has spent a great deal of time practicing various kinds of spinning kicks. This jutsu combines three types of these into a single devastating blow. Firstly, Oomi delivers a swift Roundhouse Kick, directed at a point just underneath their opponents ribcage. Oomi purposely misses this first kick, however, using it to set up the true goal of this jutsu. Rolling with the momentum accumulated through the missed Roundhouse kick, Oomi continues the spin into a full 360 as she would for a Tornado Kick. As with a Tornado Kick, Oomi kicks off the ground to deliver the final action; a devastating kick to the side of the head (usually near the neck of the lower jaw). However, where this differs is that Oomi twists her body slightly so that her back is horizontal with the ground. This action adds to the torque of the kick, increasing its power greatly with the added force of gravity. This last portion of the kick comes from the Rolling Thunder Kick. Oomi falls to the ground after the kick is delivered.
The force behind this jutsu causes intense pain which overloads the targets nervous system and causes their body to tense. Subsequently their muscles relax immediately causing them to fall to the ground. For 3 posts afterwards (including the post in which this kick lands) the targets body is slow to react to their cues causing -1 Reaction Time.
C Rank Speed is required to perform this technique.
** This jutsu requires no chakra.