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Post by Director » Tue Dec 27, 2016 8:22 pm

As they approached the direction the notes were leading them they came across the face of a mountain, as Fanho furrowed his eye brows. It seemed strange that heat waves were hazing over the side, sure he wasn't the only one to notice this in a perfect seventy degree weather that eased the area. With a cock of one eye brow he shot a inquisitive gaze over at Zakuro. "Are you seeing what I'm seeing?" It was certainly a genjutsu as far as Fanho could see, one of C-rank at the least fooling Fanho's visual senses well. He wasn't quite sure what lay behind, but he was certain the omniscient leader of the organization sensed them coming. So whatever awaited the duo, they'd certainly find after removing the genjutsu.

He looked over at Zakuro as he placed his hand on his shoulder before forming a hand seal with his other hand. "Just give the word and I'll dispel it."
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Post by Rain21199 » Tue Dec 27, 2016 8:44 pm

Zakuro noticed the heat radiating off of the mountain as well. It was a very simple illusion if it was one, but Zakuro didn't see a point in it at all. He simple passed it off as his eyes playing tricks on him, but Fahno eventually confirmed his suspicions when he stopped Zakuro. Of course Zakuro had very little skill in Genjutsu, which includes breaking Genjutsu, so at the moment he was stuck witnessing the heat. Luckily Fahno could assist him in that area.

"Go ahead. Do it"

Now on alert, Zakuro began scanning the area and recalling the any recent things that any of his senses picked up that stood out. Other than a bird that flew overhead about a mile back and the sight of the mountain itself, he couldn't think of anything that could've initiated the illusion. Maybe his more observant friend would have the answer. "Fahno, what do you think the Genjutsu initiator was? I'm trying to think about it, but nothing's coming to mind." Zakuro's hands curled into fists. He was sensing something off about this mountain, so he was going to be prepared when they approached it.

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Post by Director » Tue Dec 27, 2016 9:11 pm

Well quite frankly Fanho was quite stumped as to his friend on what the initiator was. However he recalled seeing a strange rune that was more than likely a fuuinjutsu as it lightly glowed. But like Zakuro they passed it off as weird markings, from the bandits religious fanaticism. "Probably that rune we passed, or one of those notes we read. If anything they've been imbued with that for a long time." Fanho was already on his toes like Zakuro, the signs were leading him to believe of an impending ambush, which as if God had cued it. A senbon was launched towards the duo, Fanho quickly triggering his lightning instinct he worked out where the senbon had been aimed.

Fanho quickly stepped back presuming Zakuro to do the same as he reached into his butt pouch pulling out a senbon, sending one right back in return up towards a plateau of the mountain, seeing it fly up striking one of the bandits in the chest as he fell from the top with a loud. "AIYEEEEEEEEE!" Falling down, as he died smacking into the ground. As if on cue the rest of his friends, around 30 of them, slid down the hill joining Zakuro and Fanho on the ground with multiple weapons in hand. "Drop your weapons and come with us, you will bow down to the lord!"

With a sigh and a cock of the head towards Zakuro. "Well shall we get to it I presume?" Fanho cracked his knuckles as he readied a stance, his feet shoulder width apart, his fists raised, and his left foot in-front of the right.
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Kugapou • Careless Whisper
C-Rank Taijutsu Discipline
After training in the arts of Kugapou Fanho has became adept at quickly reacting to projectile weaponry and detecting where the projectiles were thrown from, detecting the angle, location, speed, and strength.
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Post by Rain21199 » Wed Dec 28, 2016 6:39 am

Watching as the metal pin soared towards both of them, Zakuro took a single step to his right in order to dodge it. Some of his academy training fluttered back into his mind. Visions of a bearded man towering over him, chanting filled his mind. "In order to save energy in a fight, use as little movements as necessary!" He said that over and over like a mantra.

At the sound of numerous feet dropping to the ground, Zakuro's flashback halted. They were outnumbered ten to one, but being shinobi of the Leaf, Zakuro knew this ratio probably made them evenly matched if anything. As Fahno finished his sentence, Zakuro gave a slight chuckle and began to move. Suddenly, in a flash of blinding speed, Zakuro dashed towards the nearest bandit and gave him a strong roundhouse kick to the chest. If Zakuro was listening, he would've heard the sound of a rib cage imploding, but he was too focused on his opponents to notice.

Another bandit swung his rusted katana at Zakuro. Even if the weapon did hit it's target, honestly, it probably wouldn't do much. Zakuro caught the man's wrist mid swing, and forced him to stab himself in the shoulder. Still grabbing onto the wrist of the now screaming man, Zakuro smashed his body into the female bandit that stood behind him, causing the rusted katana to pierce her heart, turning the two into a messed up human Shish kebab.

Soon the bandits began to circle around Zakuro. He was surrounded, and the group around him all began to attack at once. Zakuro grabbed four kunai out of his pouch, two in each hand, and leaped into the air around 15 feet up. While in the air, he launched the kunai into the crowd and watched a few men crumble. He landed about 5 feet behind the mob of men that had circled him. Before continuing the assault, Zakuro took a moment to see what his friend Fahno was up to.

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Post by Director » Mon Jan 09, 2017 8:21 pm

Fanho quickly rushed into the fray himself drawing his tanto from its sheath cutting down a bandit that stepped in-front of him with his tanto raised, he however not quick enough to go toe to toe with Fanho. With a larger burlier bandit swung at Fanho as he was finished cutting down the smaller one, he transferred into a cartwheel backwards as he sheathed the tanto charging chakra to the palm of his hand as he formed a volatile runt rasengan, a bright grey baseball shaped ball of swirling light as the cool air steamed and barreled off the ball he smashed it into the burly bandit, as it exploded outwards swallowing two more bandits with him in a relatively large strong explosion that Zakuro could even feel the strength reverberate off of.

With a quick flick of the head both ways, Fanho could see two bandits attempting to flank him as he jumped upwards flicking a kick to their jaws which stunned them, before channeling chakra to the point he glowed red, before releasing a large wave of katon chakra that set ablaze the bandits. Their cries as they burnt, his mind focused on the next few bandits standing before him. At this point his kill count was already at six, and rising sharply. If anything the next few four would end up being easy, and after that the ten remaining split up between Zakuro and Fanho would be simple.

Fortunately for him the other four bandits we're blinded by the earlier rasengan, as he charged after them quickly cutting down one pre-occupied with rubbing his eyes attempting to avoid blindness. He continued on slicing another one down that hazily attempted to fight back, albeit still dealing with the spottiness in his vision. Before moving onto the last two for which Fanho reached into his butt pouch pulling out two senbon, flicking one towards one bandit hitting him in the throat as he gurgled on his own blood dying. The other hitting the bandit in the eye. He glanced towards Zakuro presuming he was doing just as fine. After all these we're really basic bandits, the real threat laid await inside.
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Parkour • Cartwheel
D-Ranked Taijutsu Maneuver
By applying an otherwise basic movement to combat, users are able to close distance between themselves and their opponent using a cartwheel before striking. Being as simple as it sounds, users will cartwheel toward opponents before bringing their feet down on top of them with the momentum gained from the cartwheel. This technique can be used in rapid succession to close more distance.

Hiton • Volatile Runt Rasengan
B-Ranked Ninjutsu
After channeling chakra to his hand with the other hand assisting in control Fanho will begin to form a large grey glowing ball of spinning chakra in his hand that billows with steam of the cool air making contact with it. The Volatile Runt Rasengan is no larger than a baseball. The Volatile Runt Rasengan strikes expanding outwards at 20m^3 at 20 strength causing a burning blinding light to be produced outwards.

Katon • Torrential Wave
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After channeling chakra Fanho's body will glow red with katon chakra for a moment before releasing a torrential wave outwards in a diameter of 5 meters pushing things away with 10 strength at 10 speed delivering the katon passive with Fanho being the epicenter.
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Post by Rain21199 » Mon Feb 13, 2017 8:15 pm

Seeing that his friend was doing fine, Zakuro decided to turn his focus back at the group of opponents that stood before him. They had already begun to attack, but an onslaught of 7 people as weak as they were would be no match for the physical prowess of Zakuro. They all screamed as they ran at him, as if being loud would do anything more than give him a headache. Idiots. A fairly fat, bald man with a very well kept twirly mustache was the first to reach Zakuro. His chest made acquaintances with Zakuro's boot in record time. The large man flew back into the crowd, landing on top of one very unlike bandit.

Another bandit swung his sword at Zakuro's head. He wouldn't have noticed the blade coming towards him if it weren't for the sound of metal cutting through the air. When Zakuro ducked, the sword was already inches from his head. Quickly, filled with a bit of anger for letting himself get that close to death, Zakuro drove his elbow into the man who tried to cut him. The impact was so powerful, it shot the man's body into the air around a foot. Before his body hit the ground, Zakuro stood and grasped the man's throat. He than proceeded to throw this body into the impeding group of bandits. It smashed into the four men in front of him. They were slightly knocked backwards, but continued as soon as the body fell to the ground, and stopped fully blocking their vision. Of course, they didn't move much, because as soon as their line of sight wasn't blocked by the body of their comrade, they would see Zakuro right in front of them.

Zakuro slightly underestimated their reaction time, and was a bit surprised when they immediately swung their weapons at him. Luckily enough for Zakuro, they were all uncoordinated idiots. It also helped that as they were about to swing, a giant blinding light appeared behind him, blinding them momentarily. He took the opportunity to grab one of them mid swing, and use the momentum of their arm to hit another bandit with it. Interestingly enough, the sword cut straight through the man's neck and lodged itself into someone else's neck.

Using the last few moments of their blindness, Zakuro took a kunai out of his pouch and quickly stabbed the person who he had just grabbed. This hit sent Zakuro's kill count to 10, not including the one bandit trapped under a large fat body, and another bleeding out on the ground with a katana through their shoulder and another person attached to them.

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Post by Director » Tue May 30, 2017 8:36 pm

With four bandits left, they would be dealt with swiftly and efficiently as Fanho accurately sliced one of their wrists carrying a blade in which they quickly dropped allowing Fanho to swiftly use his blade to open the femoral artery on their thigh as they bled out. In which Fanho utilized the bandit dropping to their knees as a backboard, stepping over his knee and shoulder before slicing downward sinking a good portion of the tanto into the next bandits neck as it severed the carotid artery the next bleeding out as well. From here Fanho sheathed the tanto as one of the last two attempted to rush him in which he quickly went in for a grapple maneuver.

In which Fanho quickly threw his right forearm deflecting the bandits swing downward with their club before ushering a backhand towards their face with his left hand. From there Fanho used his right hand to grab the club, and rip it out of the bandits hands before swinging the club's handle into their gut as the bandit keeled over in pain. From which Fanho then knee'd the bandit in the face as he stuck his knee deep into the gut of the bandit, he wrapped his hand around the bandits throat as he clumsily grasped at Fanho's hand trying to pull it away fruitlessly. Fanho was much stronger than the weak bandit. As he focused his attention on the last bandit, Fanho presumed Zakuro would handle the last one with ease.

"Tell me a bit more about your lord will you? My grasp isn't getting any looser any time soon." At which Fanho would tighten his hand a little bit more around the bandits throat as he gave a slight gurgle as reaction before Fanho cocked his head with an inquisitive yet lazy smirk. "Ack! Eug- I'll s-s-speak! May the lord forgive his humble s-s-servant!" Fanho released his knee from his gut as he hoisted him up with one hand easily grabbing at the bandits shirt instead of opting for the throat to let him speak. "He is a strong user of chakra, capable of making anyone believe him, he is a master at the art of manipulation! He-he-he speaks so characteristically you can't but help love to hear what he says. He speaks so eloquently!"

With a sigh Fanho cocked his head towards Zakuro. "Its a genjutsu user, this guy must've been feeding these guys so much genjutsu, they started to legitimately believe it. It hard to discern reality when you've been disconnected for so long." Fanho dropped the bandit to the group as he landed flat on his back before he shot his gaze downward on the man. He gave a sigh as the bandit looked terrified, lost almost as if his whole world seemed to be falling apart. It appeared no one told them their faith was placed in a false god. "Leave, don't ever come back to your lord, or this place or so help me you'll end up like your fellow servants."
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Post by Rain21199 » Fri Jun 09, 2017 5:52 pm

The two shinobi swept through the battle field like a powerful storm, murdering all that got into their way. After only a few minutes of this slaughter, there remained four men standing. Zakuro, Fanho, and two of the bandits. It was evident that Fanho was beginning to interrogate one of the two, leaving the second useless. As Zakuro slowly approached this man, he could see the pure terror in his eyes. He began to slowly back away from Zakuro before turning and breaking into a sprint. However, Zakuro was much faster. He caught up to the bandit in a second, grabbed the back of his shirt, and pulled him to the ground. The bandit began to writhe, tears filling his eyes. "P-p-please, you d-don't have to do this. I'll go away. You'll never see me again. J-just let me go back to my family."

Zakuro looked down on the man while circling around him. His face never changed. It was contorted with anger. Zakuro reached the feet of the dark haired bandit before him. His mask had fallen off during the fight, revealing someone who was in their 20s. He begged and begged to be let go, but it almost appeared as though the words never reached Zakuro. The Genin lifted his leg and smashed it down onto the shin of the bandit, resulting in a loud snap and an even louder scream. The next thing the bandit would notice would be the ground leaving his body as Zakuro grabbed his neck and picked him up, squeezing so no air could go through. He pulled the dark haired bandit close to his face before saying in a disturbingly calm voice, "All of those merchants that died. Did you let them go home to their families?" As if someone flipped a switch, he started to scream, "You're all the fucking same. Every god damn one of you. I don't care if you're a piece of shit bandit or a damn missing ninja, you all deserve to die like dogs."

With all of his strength, Zakuro threw the man onto the ground. As he hit the dirt, all of the air in his lungs was forced out. For a moment he laid there gasping for air before Zakuro grabbed onto the collar of his shirt, lifted him half off the ground, and started repeatedly punching his face. Blood began to splatter onto the face of the blond boy, as his victim's face became disformed and flat. It would take about a minute of this beating until Zakuro would be done. He stood up and started to calm himself down. This definitely wasn't like his normal self, but at the same time, these were the first actually life or death fights he's been it. Was almost like something in him started to snap. He felt sickened about what he had just done, but at the same time he felt like he was justified.

He turned to Fanho, watching the other man disappear into the trees before saying, "What did he say?"

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Post by Director » Thu Jun 15, 2017 8:46 pm

Fanho glanced over after Zakuro delivered a brutal beating to one of the bandits. One savage in the way it was carried out with nothing but utter brute force. To the point where it was a bloody paste of shatter bone, cartilage, and blood. From the angle Fanho was looking he could even see grey matter peeking out. The sight wasn't pretty, or remotely graceful. It was an act of savagery, one most violent. However the words Zakuro spoke, it was clear it had built up, and he hit the breaking point. "Me and you need to have a talk. But now isn't the time."

Fanho gave a sigh as he glanced back towards the cavern in the mountain, once hidden by a genjutsu, now glaringly open for the two to explore. Depending on the way the caverns were laid out, it would be a while before the two would discover the ring leader, but they could decimate the ranks within easily enough. "Its a genjutsu user, I presume a practitioner in the art of status. Illusion must not be his strong suit due to the weak attempt at blocking the cavern off."

As they approached the cavern they'd notice drawings of a man shadowed in a shimmering white gown, with the sun behind him. It was odd, strange, and somewhat satisfying to look at them. It was mesmerizing almost as Fanho could catch himself slipping into a trance before shaking it from his head. An odd whispering from within the cave would fill their ears, words barely made sense, and weren't distinguishable. "Pr*#% to t#^ God, #a^ #@ be #o!y in !@# shim#&#(@! light." Barely over a hushed whisper from across the room.

"Be on your guard, I have a terrible feeling that we're already trapped in a genjutsu I can't break." Fanho could feel himself oddly relaxed, but his mind racing through peacefully. An awkward feeling knowing your body should be feeling one way, but reacting completely different against your natural reaction to such a thing. He felt as if he was away from his body, holding an out of body experience, which for most was natural in such a world filled with talent and shinobi. But this was different, this wasn't natural or part of his own talent.
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Post by Rain21199 » Thu Jun 22, 2017 1:00 pm

Zakuro's breathing was intense. His body was all worked up, and even though he just did, he still needed to blow of some steam. Slowly though, his body calmed itself down, his head cleared, and he looked down at his hands. They were covered in blood. The Genin had brutally murdered a man who was just begging for his life, and honestly, Zakuro didn't even bat an eye. He should be feeling cross about this, like he did something bad, but no, he felt... satisfied. Like he just scrapped a bit of muck off of the world, revealing its shiny surface.

Glancing up from his blood soaked, steady hands, Zakuro listened to what Fanho was saying about Genjutsu. 'Of course... I hate Genjutsu' If there was one field Zakuro was terrible at, it was the application of Genjutsu. None of the concepts stuck to him, regardless of how fast of a learner he was. It seemed like every single time he tried to break out of a genjutsu, he failed. "Hey Fanho, you know that I, uh, really can't break out of Genjutsu, right? Like, I can, but I'm honestly terrible at it."

Of course when the two men entered the entrance of the cave, Zakuro felt it too. His head felt like it was flipping between two emotions. Serenity and anxiousness. He was anxious to fight. The serenity, that emotion was simply foreign. It was something he shouldn't be feeling. Hell, it had been a long time since he was this calm while he wasn't sleeping.

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Post by Director » Fri Jul 07, 2017 10:17 pm

Again the words would rush over their ears the further they got in the clearer the words seemed to come out. The louder it also seemed to boom in their ear drums. It was like a steady beat, far and in-between, but consistent and never faltered. "Pr*ise to the God, #a^ to be ho!y in !@# shim#er(@g light." He could start making out what it said, and even began to complete the phrase. The young specialist jounin caught himself repeating the phrase in his head even when it didn't pop in. Fanho wiped his brow as he peered around looking for someone, or something but to no avail. "Just keep your eyes peeled. I'm really not feeling good.... About... This."

A cooling sensation washed over him, his mind going to peace albeit his body was screaming no, and screaming anxiety his brain ignored it completely filling him with a sense of peace. He couldn't place why he felt so calm, or at peace other than genjutsu. Which it was something he couldn't fight or kai. He was just simply stuck in this trance. The words got louder once again this time someone appearing right of the dark lunging at him. Even in the darkness which his doujutsu pierced, the assailant came out of no where startling him, that was if Fanho even felt the anxiety and fear of being surprised.

As the assailant lunged Fanho ducked underneath his swipe, the man utilized a naginata which came close to Fanho barely swooping underneath his chin, a good inch away from his neck, but still too close for comfort. Which Fanho retorted with a well placed runt rasengan to the attacker's gut as it poofed into non-existence. Shadow clones? He couldn't place where he, or it had went. Just that it was gone, and he couldn't see them. If it was a genjutsu that would explain why Fanho couldn't see him in the dark. However Fanho couldn't shake the feeling things were about to get weirder.
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Ninjutsu • Runt Rasengan
B-Rank Ninjutsu
After the user has began to channel chakra to their hand with their other hand assisting in the control a small blue ball of spinning rotating chakra appears in their hand no larger than the size of a baseball. The Rasengan is a concentrated ball of fast rotating chakra in the palm of the user's hand. Using pure chakra, the spinning ball of chakra hits up to a strength of 20 that sends the target spiraling off into the distance. The only downside to this jutsu is that it requires the Rasengan to remain in the user's hand.
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Post by Rain21199 » Mon Jul 10, 2017 11:20 am

Zakuro felt useless as the oncoming calmness filled his body. He could hardly fight it, let alone stop it. The Chuunin knew that his biggest weakness was genjutsu, and here he was, being caught right in the middle of one. He wasn't scared, just worried as to what would come next. If this person they were up against was a master of genjutsu, in the oncoming fight, Zakuro would be next to useless. That was something that couldn't be allowed to happen. Fanho was a capable shinobi without a doubt, but Zakuro dreaded the idea that he would be pitted against an opponent that was possibly stronger than him while Zakuro stood staring into a corner as he was trapped in an illusion. All he could do know was try to block out all of the sound around him and look towards his feet as he walked. Zakuro also began breathing through his mouth instead of his nose to avoid any scent triggers. He couldn't break out of Genjutsu easily, but he could at least try his best to avoid entering one.

In order to continue walking through the cave, Zakuro followed the feet of Fanho, disobeying the order to "keep his eyes peeled." He made sure to stay very close to the guy as they weaved through the tunnels, however, suddenly his companion's feet vanished from view. Startled, Zakuro looked up to try and find Fanho's location, but his eyes were met with only darkness. In the distance he heard some form of fighting, but oddly enough he couldn't see where it was coming from. "Fanho?" Zakuro shouted. The name of his friend echoed through the emptiness of the cave. He felt alone. Normally he would be panicked in this situation, but instead he couldn't have been calmer. In fact he was just about ready to lay down and take a nap while he waited for Fanho to find him. Deep down however, he knew that this was neither the time nor place for that, and decided to wait until the man reappeared.

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Post by Director » Thu Sep 14, 2017 6:40 pm

Fanho barely heard his name called out. He peered in the darkness his doujutsu to no avail, even his friend Zakuro was gone from the vicinity. He could barely make out what light peered into the tunnel with his doujutsu, but everything else was a deep darkness surrounding him. "The hell is this genjutsu?" Suddenly the words boomed in their ears like nails on a chalkboard, a drum stick on the bass, and a megaphone on full blast. It hit like a freight train bringing Fanho to stumble and grip his ears, it piercing through his hands. "PRAISE TO THE GOD, THAT TO BE HOLY IN THE SHIMMERING LIGHT."

"AGH!"

"ZAKURO!" His words echo'd into nothingness, his friend wouldn't be able to hear them. They were entrapped in a genjutsu which controlled their hearing and vision. Fanho only saw what this rogue-shinobi wanted them to see, and only heard what he wanted them to hear. He could only damn the person, but slowly unravel this genjutsu and a way out. Unfortunately, this genjutsu expert had other plans as slowly materializing one of his followers a bulkier set man with muscular features. But still retaining the animal mask made out of bright white porcelain.

Who was this man? Was all that could cross Fanho's mind, whether he was real or not was the next question. A projection maybe, a real devout follower to allude to the fact it was a genjutsu. All would be told in due time, after he worked his way through it. He had trusted Zakuro would hold his own in this. The masked figure's voice crackled through the air, like static in the stillness. "Do you trust your friend on his own?" Fanho rolled his eyes, as he cracked his neck. "I don't need to answer that. You'll find your hands full soon enough." With a grin Fanho gripped his Chokuto as he charged towards the porcelain figure sliding his blade from its sheath, driving the blade in axe swing like full force.
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Post by Rain21199 » Thu Oct 19, 2017 6:24 am

Nothing but darkness surrounded the boy. He looked around, trying to find anything but an endless void, but alas, there was no light, no sign of an end. He was scared. He had no idea where Fanho had gone and what would happen to him. Zakuro only experienced Genjutsu a few times, but it was always in a lighter setting within the village. He never actually experienced the full force of its power. Suddenly in that instance Zakuro heard a voice destroy the terrifying silence that he was just in. However, this voice brought no comfort with it. Instead, it sounded unnatural. Zakuro couldn't help but shudder at the sound of it.

"PRAISE TO THE GOD, THAT BE HOLY IN THE SHIMMERING LIGHT."

The Genin covered his ears, but it didn't deafen the booming voice. No, it was coming from within him. This must be a part of the genjutsu. Zakuro cried out. "FANHO, WHERE ARE YOU?" He prayed that he would get some answer, but none came. There was nothing but silence. He was alone.

He then heard a footstep behind him. Zakuro quickly turned, expecting, no, hoping to see his friend, but it was just a masked man. The figure stared at him and laughed. "You will die here, all alone." It unsheathed a blade and charged at Zakuro. The genin, afraid and unsure of what to do, stood completely still. He knew that one hit with that weapon would be the end of him, yet at the same time he welcomed his fate. It took only a few seconds for the figure to make its way to Zakuro. It was only when the man in the mask began the sword swing that would end the boy's life, that Zakuro realized he was throwing everything away. He quickly took a step back and raised his arms. The blade rose, but Zakuro quickly side stepped, grabbed the man's wrist and pushed it away. Using his free hand, Zakuro made his hand into a point and jabbed the man directly in the throat. He then quickly widened his stance, grabbed the figure's throat and waist band of his pants, lifted him into the air and threw him down. As he did so he let out a blood curdling roar. Zakuro wasn't going down without a fight.
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*[Totem Style • Turtle's Shell]
D-Ranked Taijutsu Stance
This stance is focused on resilient defenses at the sacrifice of nearly all offensive ability. The user holds their hands open and their body perpendicular to their target. They use their strongest points to absorb incoming damage, protecting their core. Often they will grab or redirect attacks to simulate them sliding off a turtle's shell.

*[Totem Style • Cobra's Strikes]
D-Ranked Taijutsu Stance
The user folds their hands over where the thumb and fingers make a cone-like point. Their defenses consist of dips and sways to dodge attacks. Their offenses are focused on pin point application of pressure using these points and lightning quick strikes.

*[Totem Style • Bear's Endurance]
D-Ranked Taijutsu Stance
The user takes a stable stance with their arms wide and their legs slightly past their shoulders. They are turned slightly so either shoulder is facing their opponent. This stance emphasizes powerful sweeping blows that are designed to break bones and cause great damage. Defense is resilience and forcing through to cause your own strikes to land through theirs.

*[Totem Style • One With All]
C-Ranked Taijutsu Discipline
The user focuses on their animal spirits and drops into a pseudo-meditative state. They focus their mind against goading and unnecessary internal distraction. While like this they have a lessened sense of self, seeing themselves as a vessel through which the animal spirits flow. However, they are more capable of switching between their stances with absolute fluidity, often doing so mid action.

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Post by Director » Thu Nov 23, 2017 8:11 pm

Fanho's axe cutter swing was easily dodged before he felt a piercing sensation jab his throat causing him to utter a guttural gurgle into the silence that was filled with brutal punches and kicks. The jab had caught Fanho off guard as he was lifted into the air before curling up into a ball before he was thrown with such force into the ground it had cracked and splintered the very rock beneath him. GUH! Take another one of those, and I might not make it. Fanho quickly reacted with a spin kick while balancing on his hands seconds after the throw. Before flipping back into a face forward presenation ushering a straight judo chop to his masked opponent's side of the neck as he came down, then a palm thrust into their abdomen to knock the breath right out of them as he made a grunt recovering from his own neck wound that made it slightly hard to breath.

He could hear his own friend grunt in the darkness, as if he was now fading into existence before fading right out. Something about this was all strange, he would've heard his friend be embroiled in a fight like himself by now. Why hadn't he heard anything from him? For now he'd have to just keep pushing forward hoping that his friend was handling himself well. It was all the condolence he could offer until he figured a way out of this damn hell they were in. It was clear who they were facing was a Genjutsu expert, but to what degree? Fanho had yet figured that much out.
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Post by Rain21199 » Fri Jan 19, 2018 10:21 am

The spin kick was fast and threw Zakuro off guard. This guy was skilled. The kick knocked his feet from under himself. It wasn't very hard to catch himself before hitting the ground, but in order to do so he had to stop the fall with his hands, leaving him defenseless. The very second Zakuro got on his feet, he was met with a chop to the throat. He immediately started a coughing fit, yet again leaving him open for the next punch. This one knocked him straight to the ground. He keeled over, on his knees, gasping for air. This was not looking good at all. He couldn't lose. Not here, not now. Especially not when he had to protect Fanho, wherever he was.

Zakuro got up on one knee. Using the foot firmly planted on the ground, he forced his body up. His hand was curled into a fist, and if the man in the mask didn't dodge, it would be driven straight into his chin, probably knocking the poor soul into the air. From there, Zakuro would deliver a sharp elbow into the assailant's stomach, and finally follow up by grabbing his shirt collar and smashing Zakuro's head into the man's nose, more than likely breaking it, making it even harder for the guy to breath.

After Zakuro took a moment to breath. He was going to have trouble from here on out, so a moment to rest was worth getting a few extra hits in.

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Post by Director » Thu Jan 25, 2018 7:51 pm

Fanho flipped backwards barely dodging the fist aimed for his chin. However to his assailant it'd appear as if he had just got clocked. With a step backwards he fell into the elbow softening the blow enough it wouldn't do any damage. As the masked man grabbed Fanho's collar in reaction Fanho held his forearms to block the headbutt. At least so far he'd prevent letting this guy knock him unconscious. Something wasn't clicking yet in Fanho's brain as it was racked with what had been happening to the two. The brutal strikes, and rudimentary fighting style all seemed too familiar to his friend.

The inability to hear or see his friend. The fact he could hear whispers of a distant battle, but the cave would only go so far. The thoughts began to mesh together leading Fanho to a probable conclusion. The genjutsu fooled the two into thinking they were opponents. "This cheeky punk. Well I'm tired of these games, time for the real puppet master." The young Awai would have to end this now if he were to ensure the two were ready to fight this genjutsu expert. With all his might Fanho used his arms to unfold in an attempt to push the masked man away which he deduced to be Zakuro.

After pushing his friend far enough away he weaved the seals quickly to kai out of the genjutsu, the darkness fading quickly around him. The illusion of his friend as this porcelain masked man fading as well. While Fanho was free'd from this trap, his friend was still stuck in la-la land under the genjutsu. He'd have to subdue his friend long enough to kai him out of the genjutsu. Fanho with a grin on his face now that he had just figured out their opponent sprinted towards Zakuro with new found energy ready to throw down.

He quickly ushered a palm thrust into his friends chest before hopping and rotating his body into a spin kick to Zakuro's side. "Come on, just play punching bag for a bit longer." These attacks would knock the breath out of him, but not harm in any severe way. From there he'd drop down before tackling his friend to the ground pinning his arms with his knees. From there he'd form the hand seals to kai once more, but this time holding his palm to his friends head. If his plan had worked, Zakuro would also be free'd from this dirty trap.
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x2 *[Basic Jutsu • Kai Release]
D-Ranked Ninjutsu
A rather simple technique that allows the user to escape from a genjutsu. The stat requirements for this technique can be found in the genjutsu rules.
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Post by Rain21199 » Tue Feb 13, 2018 10:24 am

Despite being smaller, the masked man was extremely strong. He pushed Zakuro away with ease. Hand seals were never a good sign, except it almost looked like he was doing a kai. Was he trapped in a genjutsu as well? The darkness around Zakuro was unnatural. He could assume that he was stuck, but there was no way he could break his way out. His skill in genjutsu was just too low. He hated these stupid illusions so he never had a use for learning genjutsu, except it may come in handy with situations like this.

The masked man charged at Zakuro again. It seemed like nothing changed after he performed the kai, which means he was still Zakuro's enemy. He went in for a hit to his chest, but Zakuro decided to take it. As the man approached, Zakuro cocked back his fist and swung. His fist slammed into the man's face as he delivered the palm to his chest. It knocked the wind out of Zakuro, but he should be hurting too. To his surprise, a leg found its way into Zakuro's side, causing him to gasp for air and fall to one knee. This was it, Zakuro thought, he would likely end it right here. Zakuro was expecting to see him draw his little sword and try to end it, but instead he grappled with the Genin. Pinning his arms down and reaching for his face. Zakuro was still trying to catch his breath, forcing the air into his body but he could do little more than some short shallow breathing. That stopped him altogether from fighting back. He just didn't have the strength. Then, in an instant, he saw the light again. The shadows faded away and he saw the face of Fanho looking at him. He looked determined.

In between breaths, Zakuro strained out his exasperation. "Fanho!"

Zakuro would need a minute to lay down and catch his breath, but at least the battle was over for now. Genjutsu just pissed him off.

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Post by Director » Mon Apr 09, 2018 7:10 am

Fanho fell off to the side of Zakuro on his hands and knees as he rolled over into sitting on the ground. He was panting heavily as he rubbed his cheek from where Zakuro had slugged him. He rolled his eyes before falling backwards and taking a quick breather. "Try to control those sluggers okay? They're not fun to take to the face. Especially with my beautiful mug." The Awai sighed as he coughed catching his breath it easing pretty quickly he returned back to his sitting position to check in on Zakuro. "This guy uses Genjutsu, but I figure he isn't too strong. Not physically anyways. I can keep the genjutsu in check if you can just smash him into non-existence." Fanho cocked his head around as he glanced further down the cave where he presumed their culprit to be.

"He must be down there, hiding and laying in wait. These genjutsus were seeing are probably traps, I would be surprised if they weren't." Fanho stood up as he dusted off his pants, shirt, and cloak. Rolling around in a dark damp cave really helped to cramp his style. He cracked his knuckles as he held a hand out to help Zakuro stand up. "Let's squash this out, and make this guy regret bringing our attention to him." As he stared down through the cave Fanho figured the man had sensory style to sense they were coming. This was an earlier suspicion of his, but it was only confirmed now that he had fully reflected they were detected coming in. Its why they had to deal with the welcoming committee of this cave's home owner's association.
Character: Awai, Fanho | Rank: Hokage | Village: Konoha | Color Code: [b][color=#682860]
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