The silvery eyes of the Sotsuji, looked up from the crumbling floor of the cave, out to where the rain had finally ceased and had settled in to the parched soil of the outside. The mist was fading, the sun barely managed a to get it's rays through to the leaves of the trees which reached out for the warmth....and there, by one of these majestic plants, was someone whom she had never thought to see again.
"Ukiyo....it's been a while"
It wasn't like Tenmei didn't want to see the green haired female again. No, it was quite the opposite. The sheer pleasure, the relief of seeing her old opponent alive and well was evident in the soft curve of her lips, and the dimmed fire light in her eyes.
She looked well....a little different than she remembered her, definitely stronger, but well all the same. Unlike Tenmei herself.
For all the time she had been alive, the lightly tanned female had rarely looked worse than what she was now.
Her eyes were encircled with dark smudge like rings, she was thin, like she had not been eating well.... and the bandages which were only just holding the female together didn't do much to hide the pain that was displayed clear in the two mist coloured eyes.
Though none of the physical pain compared to how she felt when her eyes dropped to the ankle which still bore the hand printed scar of the familiar burn. It was
her fault. Just the way it always was.
Just fighting back the tears that balled up in her chest, choking away the apologies she wanted to relay again...and again; made her tired all over again.
'Look at you. Look at her. You didn't deserve to win the exams.
You just keep holding yourself back and look where it has gotten you. You deserve what's coming to you'
He was right. He was
always right. Tenmei carefully stepped out to the sun light, feeling the warmth breeze over her skin, the way it had done when she walked out on to the battle field back then as well.
Tenmei had no interest in fighting her again, she had no interest in trying to make this a repeat of the battle they had. Hell, she was in no state to fight anyway after the attack from Seven Bells.
In fact, the only concern the female had now was for the young Uchiha, still in the cave, still fighting those people who wished to cause him physical pain....and emotional torment. Even from here she could sense his torment. It broke her heart to have to do this.
Again.
"Ukiyo....I am so sorry. I never....I didn't want to hurt you. Or anyone. I didn't even want to do those stupid exams. It was only because he made me. I'm not strong....like you.
Next time....okay?"
There was no false hoods in her words. No want for fight. No joy.
There was only the tired, hollowed out sound of someone looking for the pride that had been shattered by a person she didn't even know.
Masanori was gone, and that was her fault. She was sure that Kichirou now hated her, along with everyone else she fought back then....Tenmei wasn't sure why she thought that Ukiyo would be the exception. But even so, as the words were passing through her lips, Tenmei shifted her weight to the other foot, leaning against the broken leg until the pain was enough to trigger the
substitution technique. Instantly disappearing with an average sized branch, taking the place of where she was standing a moment ago.
Where she found herself....where Tenmei ended up was as far as she could get, but she knew it wasn't good enough. Even in her secluded home, away from the gossip of other people, she had heard about her near legendary speed. So...Tenmei did the only thing she could do in this position: And that was to use her kekkei genkai to make her as difficult to follow as possible.
As soon as she had taken the place of the branch, Tenmei kicked out her foot, unleashing a dangerously hot heatwave to catch on to the trees, igniting them on contact. It would spread and grow and hopefully get the attention of anyone nearby.
She had, had enough for the day
- Chakra 180/200:
Name: Dragon Install
Canon/Custom:Custom
Rank: C-A
Type:Offensive
Element: Katon
Range:10 meters
Specialty:Taijutsu
Duration: 1
Cooldown: 6
Description:
The user throws a kick accelerating the Heat in their leg to such an extreme they send out a wave of heat in an arc in the direction they kick, which expands in a 90 degree angle at 15 meters per second.
C rank: The heat wave scalds on contact Dealing 1st degree burns with the wave but second degree burns if the target is within 1 meter.
B rank: The heat wave is hot enough to ignite the air into a flicker of flame before becoming a heat wave after the initial meter. Dealing second degree burns with the wave and third degree if the target is within the initial meter.
A rank: The wave ignites the air becoming a rolling wave of fire as the heat ignites the oxygen for the full range of the attack, dealing third degree burns to afflicted areas at all ranges.
Name: Subtitution Technique (変わり身の術 ~ Kawarimi no Jutsu)
Canon/Custom: Canon
Rank: E
Type: Supplementary
Element: N/A
Range: N/A
Specialty: None
Duration: 1 post
Cooldown: 5 post
Description: With this technique, a ninja replaces moves at high speed and switches with a nearby object at the exact moment an attack lands. This creates an optical illusion, making the enemy think the attack was successful; experienced ninja can even make it appear that their Substitution is bleeding. From this, the user can use the lapse in the enemy's attention to attack or flee from the battlefield. Explosive tags can be attached to the replacement for an added surprise. It's a basic ninjutsu even taught at the Academy, but it's a useful art that can be applied in variety of situations.