“Never a normal night in Suna.” This thought rang through Yasu’s conscious as he looked into the night’s sky polluted by the orange haze of destruction. The non shinobi rushing out in waves chaotically,
“Still this amount of people isn’t quite right.” He noticed headbands on youngsters that were leading these waves, yet despite this the traffick was noticeably less dense than it normally was at the Gran Bazaar His eyes focused a little as he attempted to take in the scenery. Flames filled the street melting sand, and buildings, and from the sound of it people. The smell of chaos filled his nose.
“How unaesthetic.” Ogre stood just in front of him completely motionless, a boulder parting the river of people. The large puppet held three barrels, one in each arm and a third on its back. Making Ogre sit down the two barrels it held, and his two bulky arms reach back to the barrel behind it and throws it high into the air. Yasu simply sighed as he rapidly flashed through hand seals.
“Hmm." As he finished the jutsu, Ogre’s massive form leapt to one of the buildings on fire. The pure heat from it burning the unflinching giant’s feet. The barrel would fall through the sheet of smoke that began filling the sky, smashing against Ogre’s body.
“Suiton: Heavy Breathing!” The water barely had a chance to drip off of him before it began evaporating.
Plumes of cool steam rapidly poured from Ogre as there was a slight crack in the roof as Ogre launched off of it shrouded in and trailed by steam. Approximately halfway through his jump a mercenary most likely working for the arsonists who assaulted this place was slung through the air, and instead of his trajectory ending in a collision with Ogre, an ever so slight mote of chakra surrounded Ogre's hand as he spiked him into an alleyway across the street. Yasubei not far behind his puppet turned his head to look down the alleyway and the Ronin rapidly going through hand seals.
"Stupid steam cloud thing. Fire Style: Great Fireball Jutsu!" As the two continued into the village the massive ball of flame made its way to Ogre.
"This is the legendary jutsu: Ogre style: Backhand technique!" Yasu yelled at the top of his lungs. As Ogre slid on the roof of the building and rotating like a top inside of the ever growing cloud of steam which broke for just long enough for everyone in the area to see his massive form, mid-spin, swat the fireball up through the plumes of smoke that choked out the sky. Not stopping either of their momentum jumped off of the roof he was currently on and into the glass of the building, and as Yasubei followed he threw a handful if shuriken just enough to distract the ronin a bit more as he kept pace with Ogre through the other side of the building. As they ran through the the building Ogre's trail of steam lingered over some of the flames. Though this was a relatively minute amount every single bit of effort mattered. The flames in this building, and the next, and the building after that would slowly putter out, but his jutsu wouldn't last forever and eventually new flames would rise up and take their place. As they traveled through the buildings they encountered no people it seemed as if all of the screams were coming from people outside running for their lives. Most buildings that held worth while goods seemed to have been looted long before Yasu and Ogre got to them.
Yasu passed through dozens of buildings, and slowly he began making his way into the Grand Bazaar. There were going to be so many deaths today, and while Yasu didn't especially care about the people of this village, he cared for the village itself. If it were one or two ninja here or there dead he couldn't care less, but the idea that these people came into his home and were burning down one of the most aesthetic testaments to this country's strength ate Yasu up. On top of everything else he couldn't see the big picture. Why attack Suna, this was a time of piece and there was nothing to gain here. If this was a show of force why did every mercenary have a different get up. Why this disorganized chaos. A group of this many ninjas, with this much power, striking this suddenly could have seized all of Suna by now, yet the chaos continued. Sounds of explosions which were once dim were now cacophonous. The screams that periodically rang out were now ubiquitous.What were they trying to prove?
Lost in his thoughts he heard the sound of a scream from within the next building over, and since it was the closest scream he had heard in a while he had to investigate. Now that he had come to a stop, it was obvious that this building was different than the rest the building had a little meat shop in it with a hole in its rearmost wall exposing what must have been a freezer at sometime. All that remained were charred meats and a little rubble. And a once hidden room. The room was relatively simple having no real decorations The iron trapdoor in the middle of the room showed the primary function of this space. After a boulder had fallen nearby it had warped the door frame causing it to jut open partially and the sounds of panic Yasu heard indicated to him that smoke was probably beginning to pour inside of the once sealed chamber beneath. Ogre jumped into the room followed immediately by Yasu. Together they managed to removed the door, and almost immediately a dozen and a half men with scars and burns came out pointing wakazashis, knives, katanas, and an array of other weapons at Ogre and Yasu. Yasu's brain remembered the Suna mission board that he pulled his gathering missions from at night and if memory served correctly about half of these men had bounties on their head for charges such as blackmailing, bribing public officials, and trafficking. Then Yasu caught a glimpse of the forty women and children that came up after them.
"No where in the village is safe. We need to evacuate."WC = 1075
- Jutsu used | Chakra 105/140:
- heavy breath:
Name: Suiton: Heavy Breath
Canon/Custom:Custom
Rank:D
Type:Supplementary
Element:Suiton
Range: 5-meters
Specialty:Kugutsu
Duration:6 posts
Cooldown:8 posts
Description: Yasubei or one puppet he is controlling with Suiton expels a thick steam out to a five meter radius of themselves. This effectively acts as a cover for the puppet, wraps around corners, and moves through even minute openings to cover its radius. Anyone with perception of at least C-Rank will be able to see blurry movement within, and anyone with perception of B-Rank or higher will only be mildly inconvenienced by it. On this and subsequent posts if the puppet moves it leaves behind a five foot trail of steam even if Yasubei no longer has control over it. This steam doesn't inhibit ones ability to sense chakra, if they have such an ability.
If Yasubei uses this technique on a puppet that does not have Suiton that puppet must expend 1 liter of water as ammunition which is absorbed into the puppet. If Yasubei uses this technique on more than one puppet, the second puppet costs ten additional chakra, and each subsequent puppet costs five more.
A jutsu of equal rank can end this effect on any area it overlaps with, and Futon techniques count as a rank higher against this one. When this justu ends the steam lingers for 6 more posts
- Puppet Technique:
Name: Puppet Technique (Kugutsu no Jutsu ~ 傀儡の術)
Canon/Custom: Canon.
Rank: E.
Type: Supplementary.
Element: None.
Range: 30m.
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. Unless durability is enhanced by a separate technique, these chakra strings can be broken by any D rank technique that causes blunt force, cutting, or piercing damage.
This technique cannot control living people; it can only control corpses, or Human Puppets currently in the user's locker.
- 3 kinds 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
- The legendary Front Hand Back Hand Combo:
- Back Hand:
Name:Back Hand
Canon/Custom: Custom
Rank: E
Type: Defensive
Element: None
Range: Touch
Specialty: Kugutsu/ KKG (This Isn't A Body)
Duration: Instantaneous
Cooldown: 3 posts
Description: With a dismissive swipe Yasubei uses a chakra coated hand, either his or a puppet's, to dissipate a single jutsu of E-rank or an E-Rank projectile.
The Legendary Front Hand, Back Hand combo is so jarring that it mildly affects a targets combat awareness. If the attacker has been hit by the "Front Hand" technique and that technique's duration hasn't expired, this technique can instead block a single C-Rank or lower jutsu or deflect a single C-rank or lower projectile from that attacker.
- Front Hand:
Name: Front Hand
Canon/Custom: Custom
Rank: C
Type: Supplementary
Element: None
Range: Touch
Specialty: Kugutsu/KKG (This Isn't A Body)
Duration: 8 posts
Cooldown: Once per Thread
Description: Basically what it says on the tin. Yasubei or a puppet he is controlling hits the target knocking them back up to 35 meters and delivering only negligible irritation at the point of contact. The damage done to the targets pride, that's another story. If the attack misses this justu goes on cooldown.