Ukiyo watched as the boy began setting the vines ablaze, completely ignorant of his own safety. It was this that tipped her off of Akir's skill level, knowing a hardened shinobi wouldn't make such a careless mistake. Normally, this would please her; she'd get to see a young shinobi stopped short in their path by a sudden and unexpected tragedy. In this case, setting themselves on fire. But for some reason, again, Ukiyo couldn't help but sympathize. The boy was just enjoying the day, as she was, so Ukiyo felt it was hardly fair to let him endure such pain over something like that. No matter how she felt about shinobi, it was cruel to take it out on him.
He is no different from them. You are. If you let him go, why should you feel any different with other shinobi? Your compassion will be your weakness, Ukiyo, and one day it will get you killed. We don't want that. If he grows up to kill me, fine. But today he is no different from me. That is false. Well, quite frankly, I don't care. He doesn't deserve this, just like you wouldn't. Again, that is false. Oh well I guess. It took only a split second for Ukiyo to think this and make her decision. She sprang off her forward foot and began spiraling forward, catching the earth with her fingers and toes as if she had just fallen, and propelling herself forward with each touch. Her body spun with the momentum, almost wildly as the direction of her spin was never quite stable, as she continued on her path. In an instant water surfaced all over her body just as she collided with the stream of flames coming towards her. She pushed off the ground with both her hands and propelled herself forward into them, spinning rapidly forward. A plume of steam shot out upon impact, hissing violently as the vapor spewed out and filled the surrounding area. There was a moment of quiet when the steam finally stopped, but this was almost immediately cut short. Ukiyo came launching out of the cloud, pulling some of it along with her as she emerged. She was still spinning, though had to launch herself again due to the flames taking some of her momentum, hence the slight delay. Still, her body flung out with water still clinging to it and continued spinning towards Akir.
Globs of water flew off of her as she closed in the gap and splashed across the vines. They too hissed upon impact and steam rose quickly around them. When Ukiyo reached Akir, she was dripping wet with water and the steam was starting to clear. She immediately reached out a hand and grabbed a vine upon reaching him. From the look of it, the vines should have survived after the flames on them had been put out, seeing as they still had a descent amount of mass on them when Ukiyo hit them with her water. As she reached out to grab the vine, Ukiyo planned to pull Akir up to eye level as she spoke in a firm tone.
You're too weak to fight me, so rather than killing you, I will tell you again; please leave. You are not welcome here, nor are any of your kind. If you wish to stay, you will only get hurt. This is the last chance you get before I get serious, I implore you to take it. Ukiyo didn't want to hurt the boy, after all, he reminded her of someone. She used to have a friend in the Academy who was coy like Akir. He was a good soul, always coming to Ukiyo's aid to break up fights and always looking down on those who purposely hurt others. She had no clue how much Akir actually had in common with him, but simply reminding her of a simpler time when she had practically no worries (compared to now, anyway) was enough to pull on her heart strings. Her grip would be loose and Ukiyo would wonder what she would do if the boy refused to leave. Killing him was out of the question, and maiming him would only leave her morose. She looked in his eyes and pleaded with her own that he take her offer. She knew her plants were growing restless as well, and didn't want them to take control. If that happened...well, if that happened then Akir's chances of survival would be non existent. Ukiyo was keeping them at bay as it was, after all. All she could do now was hope he had enough sense to see the mess he got himself into.
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- Chakra: 240/300:
Name: Suiton: Storm Dance
Canon/Custom: Custom
Rank: C
Type: Offensive/Defensive
Element: Suiton
Range: 15m
Specialty: Ninjutsu/Taijutsu
Duration: Maintainable (-5 chakra per post after initial)
Cooldown: 4 posts
Description: Ukiyo spins herself around using her capoeira-style and continues to spin by constantly staying in motion (usually changing her stance to different forms of spinning as she does it, creating a "dance"). As she does this, Ukiyo channels suiton chakra throughout her body, manifesting it on the surface as water. Due to the motion, this water is flown out all around Ukiyo in the form of large "drops" of water that fill the air in a 15 meter radius. Anyone struck by this water takes severe lacerations about 1.5 inches deep. This also acts as a shield against any non-doton jutsu. If 2 C-rank or 1 B-rank jutsu are blocked, this jutsu stops immediately. Katon techniques get -1 vs this jutsu.