Sayuri was relieved that the students were not going to be able to do lethal damage. Although she had a kunai as well, and she knew that she could do lethal damage with it. But she also trusted her new Sensei and so intentionally pushed the worry aside as she checked her weaponry again. On the left side of her belt was her grandfathers tanto, it’s sheath secured by bits of tied leather which she promptly undid so she could wield the weapon without fear of hurting the young Genin. And on her right thigh she had a pouch tied securely that contained her kunai and her senbon, she patted it briefly to reassure herself that it was there and then assumed a fighting stance. She would hold her sheathed tanto in her right hand, held slightly in front of her with the tip held just below eye level and stood waiting for the moment when she could attack. It had been quite some time since she had actually fought, and the last time her life had been on the line. This time however, knowing that she was relatively safe a grin would form on her delicate features as the group’s Sensei threw a kunai at the crystals in the center of the arena, and an angelic chime would sound.
Sayuri would have liked to bask in that sound, enjoy it as it inevitably stretched out across the whole arena, but she was never given the chance. Immediately after it sounded the Genin shouted and dashed in their direction. Harichimo made it to them first, his impressive speed making him little more than a blur as he ran past her and in to the middle of the group, effectively splitting them in half. She glanced briefly in his direction as he sprinted to the left, easily taking out some of them as he went. Her group, on the right, slowed only for a moment as he leapt through them all. Then with renewed vigor they charged straight for her, shouting their battle cries as they went. She assumed that she must look like the weaker target since none of them knew her, and she had not charged at them immediately. Rather she advanced slowly in comparison, her eyes intensely focused on the group in front of her. She wanted them to come to her, as close as they could get since her weapon was so short. But a tanto still had more reach than a kunai, and she doubted that these students would recognize that before it was too late.
Her size and stature, and choice of weaponry had always made her seem like an easy target, so she had learned to use that to her advantage. Unfortunately, or fortunately depending on how you perceived it, one of the genin decided to throw their kunai at her. She noticed a hair too late and while she dodged the piece of metal sticking into her it still managed to cut a nice clean line across her left bicep. The cut along her arm burned as she moved swiftly in to attack the now weaponless student. Laughter shook her unbidden as she would lunge down towards the students midsection, effectively avoiding his punches, before coming up with her left hand firmly on his throat and smashed her tanto’s pommel into the side of the boys head. He looked dazed as the blunt weapon struck him, and she barely had time to maneuver him so that he was now acting as a human shield between her and the remaining Genin. He wasn’t difficult for her to move, she was much stronger than her small frame would suggest. The other students were now left to figure out how to get to her and not injure their friend. Two of them did not seem to be that concerned and struck out at her regardless, missing her entirely and making short work of the boy she held. He slumped to the ground out of her grasp, groaning and with some minor cuts, but otherwise fine.
Using the momentary distraction of the boy falling as an opportunity to take them unawares, she would release the boy as he fell and dash towards the two that had attacked their team mate. She lunged low again, hitting the side first student’s knee with her sheathed tanto, and as their knee bent from the pain she would put her foot on it and launch herself up and over towards the other one. Her tanto came down again, squarely into the spot where their neck met their triceps. Using her full weight and the momentum of her leap she would push both of her feet into the Genin’s midsection and upper thigh, forcing them to the ground. She was feeling fairly successful as another stinging burn of a cut found the back of her left thigh. Howling is pain she would turn on the assailant with fury in her eyes and release a wave of lightning at the young attacker. They were not quite fast enough to dodge it, as they had not been expecting a jutsu and managed to take the full brunt of its effect, burning him slightly and throwing him back into the remaining group, toppling most of them to the ground.
With an extreme amount of self control she managed to remember that she was not supposed to be severely hurting these Genin, and she would leap back away from them all leaving about 15 meters between the collected bodies and her. Focusing raiton through her left hand again, she would watch with mild amusement as four large earthen pillars rose from the arena floor, nearly all the way to the ceiling and ropes of crackling lightning spread between them caging all ten of the students within a prison of raiton. As she stood and concentrated on keeping the cage active, she watched as one student had the bright idea to touch the lightning and was immediately thrown back from the force of the shock, dropping their kunai in the process. She could see panic setting in to the remaining five that stood, and two of them attempted to use the supernatural walking practice to climb the pillars.
“Clever” she murmured and she intensified her use of chakra and forced even more raiton into the pillars themselves. The two ingenious students both yelped and dropped their kunai to the ground, slightly before they dropped themselves. The smell of ozone hung in the air, along with the faint odour of singed hair and burnt flesh. Confident that her group was subdued as she observed the remain three standing awkwardly, anxiety clear on their faces, she would turn to look for Harichimo. She would give him a pained smile, and then a nod of approval towards his group of students that were now akin to a pile of kittens on the floor; mewling and groaning while curled up with each other.
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- Chakra 165/200:
Name: Lightning Release: Wave of Inspiration (雷遁・感激波 ~ Raiton: Kangekiha)
Canon/Custom: Canon
Rank: D
Type: Offensive
Element: Lightning
Range: 15m
Specialty: Ninjutsu
Duration: Instantaneous
Cooldown: 3 posts
Description: The user generates a large amount of lightning from their hands to attack foes. This small (1m wide)wave of lightning can only travel in a straight line and can only be fired from the user's hand. It travels for fifteen meters at fifteen meters per second. Anyone caught in the wave of lightning will receive minor first degree electrical burns at the point of contact as well as be knocked back one meter. This jutsu can also be applied through direct contact with the users hands rather than fired.
Name: Lightning Release: Four Pillar Bind (雷遁・四柱しばり ~ Raiton: Shichū Shibari)
Canon/Custom: Canon
Rank: B
Type: Supplementary
Element: Raiton
Range: 40m|10m Radius
Specialty: Ninjutsu
Duration: Maintainable (-5 chakra per post)
Cooldown: 6 posts
Description: The user sends a surge of lightning into the ground below, causing four large earthen pillars that reach up to forty-five meters high to jut out from the ground and surround (10m Radius) the enemy which then fire bolts of lightning in between them, creating an electrical fence and trapping the enemy . While the opponent will suffer no damage if they remain still within the enclosed ring, touching the “ropes” of lightning will inflict major 2nd degree burns at the point on contact. For an additional -5 chakra per turn, the user can cause the pillars to become conducted and give minor second degree burns to whoever touches them, forcing a cancellation of jutsu or release of grip on whatever is being grabbed. IE: Would cancel supernatural walking practice.