1 Da Capo – Home Once More [Private] Sat Nov 12, 2016 12:59 am
Keiko
D-rank
The first indication that she was nearing home was meeting the bodies of water that surrounded her homeland. Water as far as the eye could see, littered with little islands across the horizon. Not to mention the soft layer of mist that rested gently in the air, hugging familiarly against her skin. Taking in a breath of the air of cool humidity that she had grown up in, Keiko allowed the first smile to touch her lips in days finally grace her delicate visage. As much as she loathed to have to come back against her will, it was refreshing to be back in an environment that undeniably went hand in hand with her very existence. This was the air she could breathe without the stifling dryness that put her throat in agony. The water that was readily available for her many water-based techniques. And the land … well, the land that she didn’t need to walk on.
It took only seconds for the ice to form, small crystals first appearing in her immediate surroundings, beginning with the bottoms of her boots. And then it began creeping outwards, a thin sheet of ice that separated the hyōton-user from the ground. Lilac eyes sparkled as the magenta-haired kunoich began running forwards, the ice moving like it had a mind of its own, always following underneath her, never breaking stride. Now she could move even faster than before, but but that wasn’t the best part. Reading the edge of where land met water, Keiko continued gliding right onto the surface of the water, bypassing the need to take a boat to get through to the village. It was thrilling how her chakra responded instantly to her. Gone was the exhausting feeling that weighed down on her with every burst of chakra used, gone was the resistance that used to disagree with every hyōton-technique she used. Her time in Sunagakure really did help her training, as tiresome as it was.
In no time at all, she had entered the village, with little trouble at all getting through security. After all, she was a shinobi of Kirigakure. Now … what was to be her first course of action? Common sense would be to report her return, but the resentment she still felt towards being summoned back instantly cast away that idea. The administration more than likely already knew about her return the moment she set foot on the land, and it wasn’t as though Ayakashi was here to scold her. Reporting to the office could be done later. Her intentions upon coming back was to see what was requested of her, maybe do a handful of missions to satisfy people, then return to Sunagakure. Nice, quick and easy. Hopefully. So if she wasn’t going to report to administration … then she might as well pay her parents a visit first. No doubt her non-shinobi adoptive parents would be overjoyed at her return, especially since she had limited her contact with them in the months that she had been away. Cancelling the Stage of Ice technique that she had activated to increase her travel speed and convenience, she opted instead to travel through the village by foot.
540 | 540
It took only seconds for the ice to form, small crystals first appearing in her immediate surroundings, beginning with the bottoms of her boots. And then it began creeping outwards, a thin sheet of ice that separated the hyōton-user from the ground. Lilac eyes sparkled as the magenta-haired kunoich began running forwards, the ice moving like it had a mind of its own, always following underneath her, never breaking stride. Now she could move even faster than before, but but that wasn’t the best part. Reading the edge of where land met water, Keiko continued gliding right onto the surface of the water, bypassing the need to take a boat to get through to the village. It was thrilling how her chakra responded instantly to her. Gone was the exhausting feeling that weighed down on her with every burst of chakra used, gone was the resistance that used to disagree with every hyōton-technique she used. Her time in Sunagakure really did help her training, as tiresome as it was.
In no time at all, she had entered the village, with little trouble at all getting through security. After all, she was a shinobi of Kirigakure. Now … what was to be her first course of action? Common sense would be to report her return, but the resentment she still felt towards being summoned back instantly cast away that idea. The administration more than likely already knew about her return the moment she set foot on the land, and it wasn’t as though Ayakashi was here to scold her. Reporting to the office could be done later. Her intentions upon coming back was to see what was requested of her, maybe do a handful of missions to satisfy people, then return to Sunagakure. Nice, quick and easy. Hopefully. So if she wasn’t going to report to administration … then she might as well pay her parents a visit first. No doubt her non-shinobi adoptive parents would be overjoyed at her return, especially since she had limited her contact with them in the months that she had been away. Cancelling the Stage of Ice technique that she had activated to increase her travel speed and convenience, she opted instead to travel through the village by foot.
540 | 540
- Chakra:
- Name: Ice Release: Stage of Ice (Hyōton: 氷の舞台 Kōri no butai)
Canon/Custom: Custom
Rank: C
Type: Supplementary
Element: Hyoton
Range: Adjustable, maximum of 10 meters squared in any one direction, moves with user.
Specialty: Ninjutsu
Duration: Maintainable, -5 chakra per post after activation.
Cooldown: Duration + 2 posts.
Description: A supplementary jutsu for speed / travel purposes. The user channels chakra outwards, creating a 4-inch sheet of ice with an area of 10 meters squared, forming path in any direction that stems from the user. It can also be created mid-air, used as an emergency platform to break a fall, or enhance a jump - as long as it does not exceed the jutsu range. The user is able to stand and move on the ice, the decreased amount of friction increasing their speed by one tier. As the user moves, more ice is created to maintain the path, and any left overs will dissipate the moment it is out of the user’s range. The entire sheet of ice can be broken by any C rank projectiles, and the more the ice is stretched to its full potential, the less weight it can bear. [When 5 meters squared of ice is used, it can support approximately 120 kg (or two individuals). When the full 10 meters is used, it can only support the user itself plus weapons or a small weight - approximately 60 kg.]