[Han]

The two would be lingering in the area for a little while longer - perhaps thirty minutes to an hour - the clones would catch nothing, but perhaps they would get the sensation of getting watched? It was hard to tell but in that time frame, several men would appear from the greenery of the surrounding area. One of them leaping upon Issei, he looked familiar, extremely familiar...

Hyakkimaru.

A kunai to Issei's throat if he did not react in time and three more men surrounding Yuuta so that he could not interfere.

"Don't move, or the boy dies." He uttered, the three men surrounding Yuuta also had kunai out, but they weren't holding them to the man the way the kunai was held to Issei's throat.

"Of course, we don't want him to die, but he can be quite a necessary casualty if it meant we can get you." The leader was speaking, the men were like drones silent but clearly capable of damage. There were a few beats of silence to see if anything was done, if Yuuta tried to move Issei would certainly die as there would be no time to react to save him in such a situation. Furthermore, Yuuta might not notice something familiar about Hyakkimaru if he paid very close attention. Something more familiar than just being the village leader.

"Do you remember me, Yuuta-kun? If not that's rather unfortunate, but I'm here to take my revenge on what you did to Kinko."

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1 Enemy - Kunai to Issei's Throat. 3 Enemies - Kunai Drawn. One to the left, one to the right and behind Yuuta, and the last in front but not blocking Yuuta's view.| UCHIHA ISSEI Gure Yuuta

[Gure Yuuta]

Haunted by the past; True story of Ekibyo.

The ambush happened swift, Yuuta couldn’t even react before the enemy had went for Issei. Normally, Yuuta would've anticipated such an situation and moved to use the spore scattering technique. The jutsu was a defense mechanism for Gure that layered his immediate vicinity with irritating spores. This time was different, flashbacks of the night his son, Roku had been kidnapped played within his mind.

Trying to keep his composure, when one of the men spoke Yuuta realized it was Hyakkimaru from the tavern, only this time his thick accent had vanished.

"Tch… so this is because of my younger sister? Kinko is dead, you people should move on just as I hav…."

Yuuta held his tongue, if all they wanted were himself then Issei would be able to escape. The man couldn't shoulder losing yet another student. He sighed before speaking again.

"Alright, I’ll come without a fight. It would be wise of you to remember how Kinko died. Given our close proximity. If even one scratch is put on that boy. I'll make sure that your death is slow and agonizing”

Yuuta’s tone was one he rarely used, the jounin was sure that Issei didn't understand what was going on or even why Yuuta hadn't used the spore scattering jutsu; it were one of their many tactics as a team and Issei was usually ready for it to be employed especially in this sort of situation. However,  the Uchuha boy hadn't been filled in on the events of Rokuro's kidnapping, let alone of what Yuuta had done to his very own sister. 

"Issei, listen to me. Return to the village and don’t look back. This is a personal matter that I must deal with”

TEAM 3@sato

CODED BY REM OF WW

[UCHIHA ISSEI]

Everything that was transpired around himself happened so suddenly. When his body was brought in and a blade was put to his neck he had no idea what was going on. It was as if he had just dozed off and was now waking up in an entirely different time zone. It didn't make sense initially as to how all of this could have possibly happened. Even more shocking was as to why Yuuta hadn't noticed either, it wasn't like him.

But once the Uchiha had time to look around he could see why. None of them really tried to engage him, and instead seemed to be focused on himself. To make matter worst the person behind it was the guy they were drinking with in the tavern. His voice wasn't even the same anymore. None of this was making sense. They were supposed to be here for a simple mission to investigate what was killing cattle. Not this.

"Sister?"

The Uchiha muttered as softly as he could without trying to give the man holding him a reason to do something crazy. If what the mans word said and Yuuta said added up then this was about him, and not himself, but how? The timing of all this was just too anticlimactic for the Uchiha, but unfortunately there was no say in this for him. all he could do was keep his eyes on Yuuta for an order.

This was all happening so fast. He couldn't even peace together what was going on. The man appeared to know Yuuta, but he wasn't entirely sure of who the guy was in the bar. All he got from him was some suspicion. The next focus of the Uchihas attention was this girl that was supposedly Yuutas sister. Kinko. According to the mans words she was dead.

Yuuta confirmed that in his threat, but something was strange about his wording. Almost as if he was behind the reason this sister of his was dead to begin with. The Uchiha immediately tried to shake the thought. There was no way that his teacher of all people who hurt a sibling. He ran the villages orphanage. The most selfless thing any human could ever do.

"Teacher.. I.."

The seriousness behind Yuutas tone was one he could not take lightly. He never seen him act in such a manner before. It was as if deep down he was really worried for his well being. Not to say the danger he was in wasn't real, but his tone. It just felt more personal than normal. He'd have to come to gripe about what was going on later.

"Yes Teacher... I'll go."

[Han]

It took a few beats but ultimately Yuuta agreed to go along if they left Issei alone. That had been the plan, and so the man would pull his kunai away from Issei shoving him from the side. A snap of the fingers had Yuuta surrounded now - much closer - by the three men, one of them going to grab him by the arm and twisting it so that he could not do anything funny as they started to escort him away. In the meantime, Hyakkimaru glanced over at Issei and shook his head, sternly.

"Don't try anything funny, kid, you'll die." Shinobi had this tendency to do things that put them in mass danger, whether it was due to a lack of brain possession or simply blind loyalty, it was hard to tell but he hoped that the kid wasn't stupid or blind, hopefully he saw the issue here and would leave well enough alone.

"Do as your teacher says and run along." He murmured once more, and turned on his heel, keeping Issei in his peripheral prepared to engage in if he so dared, but for the most part allowing his men to take care of Yuuta.

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Issei shoved to the side, in peripheral ready to be engaged. 3 Enemies, 1 holding Yuuta's arm to his back, 2 flanking.| UCHIHA ISSEI Gure Yuuta

[Gure Yuuta]

The mind is its own place, and in itself…
can make a heaven of Hell, a hell of Heaven.

Unbeknownst to the Yuuta clones scouting certain of the town, the Original Yuuta was being forced to go along with the madmen. As he walked he turned back to see if Issei were gone. The Gure Jounin hoped that the boy would run into his clones, this was quickly dismissed to do the fact that if things went south, Yuuta would dispel each clone to recover his divided chakra. Having already lost Roku, Yuuta’s was literally at wit's end.

First to die because of him, were Gure Kinko, then Roku got taken Yuuta isn't even sure what's to begin to look. Now, currently this event could very well add the third, Issei. Tch, theses guys must truly and utterly respect kinko; but there was nothing else that could've been done, he thought to himself.

A smile, crept across the jounin's face, Jovial and mouthy; common for Yuuta but belied an aged melancholy. An invisible yet profuse sadness the man has collected over the years stirred within him as the memories resurfaced both good, bad, all leading up until the day Kinko were killed by Yuuta’s hands.

"Yeah, it started with Kinko…. Ha!, prodigy even younger than me….. yeah… that's right… the anniversary of that day is today isn't that, Right, Hyakki?”

A deep dull throbbing appeared in the back of his head. He wasn't sure if he had been hit or if the cause were due to the memories of Kinko resurfacing. Hyakki was just a child then, well so was his sister and look at what type of lunatic she had become.

"So are you taking me somewhere or shall you exact your revenge here? You should of all people should know my sister needed to be stopped. Her poisonous fungi jutsu were unstable.

Yuuta focused chakra throughout his body, readying himself for his next jutsu; spore scattering. He didn't use it at the moment because that's just what they would want him to do. He'll play along for more but if they attacked he'd activate the jutsu.

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NAME: Takehoushi: Sansan [Mushroom Spore: Scattering]
RANK: D
CHAKRA USAGE: Low
CLASSIFICATION: Ninjutsu
ELEMENT: N/A
HANDSEALS: None
DESCRIPTION:
Created as a defense against close-combat fighters, Takehoushi: Sansan is a jutsu that causes a compact burst of mold spores to release from the user before or upon contact. The spores released would temporarily blind or cause fits of violently coughing, if gotten into the eyes or inhaled. While they pose no real threat, the spores will give the user either an opening for a counter attack or allow them to escape. Additionally, it can be used to hide one’s movements if knocked into the surrounding environment(through a wall, into trees, or something).

TEAM 3@sato

CODED BY REM OF WW

[UCHIHA ISSEI]

Once the blade was removed from the neck of the Uchiha he was shoved to the side. The first thing he wanted to do was measure his strength up against theirs, but if he was being honest they were probably on the same level or a little bit lower. There was also that chance they could be a little stronger and better than he was. If he had the presence of mind he would have felt them coming, but he didn't.

He had to keep his word to Yuuta because his inability to measure up could lead to not only his own death, but Yuuta. If he had any plans of his own then he couldn't be in the way of them. So long as he was around Yuuta was going to have to hold back. All Issei could do was clinch his first while Yuuta was taken against his will and turned away in the other direction.

What followed was a threat from Hyakkimaru who wouldn't hesitate to take him down if he tried doing anything stupid. If only he had spent more time training early on after Yuuta left instead of making all of those excuses. Issei could live with the mistakes he made prior to Yuutas arrival, but anything that came after that was on him.

However that wasn't Isseis only dilemma. He couldn't ignore the reality that came from Yuutas mouth. "it would be wise of you to remember how Kinko died." The voice wouldn't stop ringing through his mind. He tried to undermined the message based on his lack of social awareness, but even then he felt a normal person could figure out the underline message behind those words.

"Could he really have done that... What if he betrayed Konoha, and covered it up."

He begin to wonder if that was the main reason he wanted himself to go back. What if the reality that all this caught up to him was the reason Yuuta was willing to give himself up so easily. "If all this happened, why couldn't he just tell me... I thought we were... close." As embarrassing as it was for him to admit the Uchiha thought the two of them solidified their relationship upon his return.

He felt like he was being used by Yuuta. The thought of opening himself up to someone who wouldn't even trust him, but wanted him to be open and honest about his own feelings. It was bad enough that he got to see the worst of them. Now this? "I guess I should leave... Not like there is anything I can do about it.. I'm only a Genin.."

The Uchiha assumed that a situation like this one was best left in the hands of Shinobi with higher pay grades like his mother, or Kazuto. However after about five minutes of travel and leaving the town he'd stop on a branch to reflect on his decision. "If I leave now though, there isn't a guarantee that he'll even be alive.. But why should I even care about this? He didn't even trust me enough to tell me.. He's probably just a murderer."

Issei wanted to just go back and leave the mission in the hands of the higher up, but he felt too attached to the situation. He felt like because Yuuta withheld knowledge of this that he shouldn't be risking his own life to save his, but regardless of his potential guilt he believed Yuuta would have done the same for him. "I just gotta trust he has this situation under control." With that he begin heading back in the direction Yuuta was taken in.

[Han]

The walk was not a very long one, because the man in charge would glance briefly to those that were holding onto Yuuta, his glance was a command of sorts. The one behind that was twisting his arm would slam the butt of the kunai against Yuuta's head sharply in an attempt to knock him out. Now they could simply drag his body with no chance of him attempting to fight back or retaliate, though not before properly hog-tieing the man in an attempt to slow him down even if he did manage to wake up. They were not going to let him go easily. Truly they desired to kill him, but the desire was to draw it out, make it long and full of anguish. Hyakki did not want to make it nice and fast. In his mind, Yuuta was not deserving of fast death. Killing his own sister, killing his leader, it was deserving only of the most painful and wretched death.

In this instance, if Issei arrived sooner rather than later they might even see Yuuta's limp body being carried over one of the men's shoulders. Was he done in already? Or was he alive? It would be impossible to tell as it currently stood.

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4 Enemies (1 Leader to the side) - 3 Enemies, 1 holding Yuuta's arm to his back, 2 flanking. Attempted knock out.| UCHIHA ISSEI Gure Yuuta

[Gure Yuuta]

The mind is its own place, and in itself…
can make a heaven of Hell, a hell of Heaven.

One of Yuuta’s clones would eventually find Issei, and immediately wonder just what had happened and why the hell was a genin trying to head home alone. What struck the clone as weird had been the topic the boy were musing over. Clone Yuuta's first mind was to approach the boy and drive demand answers; however he ultimately decided not too. At this point the clone couldn't cause any unwanted drama.

" Sister? Don't tell me… those fools from back then captured me? It seems Issei isn't in the right state of mind. He’ll just have to figure this one out on his own.

The clone decided to disperse himself in order to give the Original Yuuta more usable chakra. Before doing so he entertained the idea of simply watching over his student to see exactly what choice the boy would make in terms of his sensei's future. Would he vilify the Jounin without knowing all the information or would he disobey the obvious retreat orders given? Either way, Yuuta wouldn't judge him on his actions. This would become a turning point in the Uchiha’s life where life and death decisions rested on his shoulders.

After Issei ultimately decided his next course of action; the Clone Yuuta smiled and ended the shadow clone jutsu; forcing himself and any other clone to cease to exist. The information on Issei's whereabouts and the unused chakra of the clones filled the Original’s body just as he had been knocked unconscious.

TEAM 3@sato

CODED BY REM OF WW

[UCHIHA ISSEI]

Thoughts continued to swarm the mind of Issei on whether he was making the right choice. It was easy to make the coward move by saying Yuuta was the bad guy just so he could go back to the safe hands of Konoha. It was something the old him would do because that was the kind of person he had become. The kind of Shinobi that made excuses because it became easier to blame any and everything else.

His first team was definitely not a good fit for him, and he used that as an excuse not to put the kind of time and effort Tsuume put in despite not having a Sensei like everyone else. It was easier to just watch her from afar while he did the bare minimum to get by. Yuuta coming into his life changed him a lot. He learned to take more responsibility and control over his actions. Slowly, but surely he came to learn accountability.

And yeah, maybe when he vanished for a while it sort of took a lot out of him, but when the time came where he needed to step up to get stronger he did. Having the presence of mind to do so came from Yuuta. He had to trust him. Even if the evidence seem to point him in the wrong direction of justice. Everyone made mistakes in their lives. He was certain that if his mom opened up more to him about her early days she might have done something just as bad.

In the end it all came down to one thing. Was Yuuta worth dying for? Because that was the situation he was getting into by trying to come after him. Fortunately for him he didn't go too far, but by the time he got within range of the group he could see just barely that Yuuta was being carried. Shock instantly overwhelmed him just as he stopped to regroup himself at a tree.

"Calm down Issei.. No way Teacher would go down so easily.. Focus."

Looking down at his left hand revealed to him how unlikely his survival chances were. He was scared. His left hand couldn't stop shaking. Apart of the Uchiha just wished he could put his head down and look at this like it was business as usual, but it wasn't. He was given an order to leave. If he wanted he still could, but that's where the issue came from.

If he left now was it because of the order given to him? Or because it gave him an excuse not to die. did it have something to do with putting his life on the line for someone he wanted to believe was guilty for his own sake? Or more importantly that he actually grew to care for others outside of his parents. "Childish." The Uchiha muttered while peeking around the tree just to see they were no longer in sight.

"I got so much I want to do... I don't want it to end here, but..."

Again the Uchiha looked down at his left hand. If he truly wanted to be the image Yuuta saw him to be then he had to change. He had to let go of his childish ways and come to accept the real consequences that came with being a ninja. Kazui had lost all she knew, and yet she continued to fight hard so why couldn't he?

After taking a deep breath Issei hopped on to one of the tree branches and kept pushing forward. It was nerve racking, but he had to do it. It was what his insides told him to do. He couldn't hope to save anyone in the village if it meant not being able to save his own Sensei. Once the group that took Yuuta was brought back into sight it appeared as though the group had no thought of him in mind.

As soon as I can calculate an opening, I'll make my move.

[Han]

The group kept moving in silence, one with Yuuta slung over his shoulder, one of the biggest guys in the group. Clearly big enough to carry Yuuta.

Now if Issei paid attention, one had a sword, one was larger and muscular, the third was hard to pinpoint he appeared almost standard as far as shinobi or fighters went. The leader was the one to watch out for, but he too was hard to pinpoint in fighting capacity, or even just general ability and focus. But it did seem he had one thing he was capable of.... His gaze flickered when he captured Issei passively. He looked to the men and whispered something to one of them. The one with the sword smirked and raised a brow, and then the two started to laugh.

They appeared to be having a jolly good time for a moment before the male with the sword disappeared entirely flickering from existence and suddenly if Issei had not been paying close enough attention, Issei would feel a powerful kick to his back that would easily send him flying through the trees and out towards the group of men that were traveling with Yuuta. And all it took was a distracted genin, a body flicker and a man with a sensory ability.

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4 Enemies (1 Leader to the side) - 3 Enemies, 1 Muscular (holding Yuuta over shoulder), 1 w/ Sword (attacking Issei), 1 non-descript.| UCHIHA ISSEI Gure Yuuta

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Leader
SA's-
1. Sensory
2. ?
3. ?

Sword Opponent
Body Flicker

[UCHIHA ISSEI]

The situation as it was did not look good for the Uchiha. The first problem was that the amount of people there now was about a little more than what he remembered when they surprised them. However, it was good to see know that his teacher was more than likely still alive. There was no way they would have killed him so soon and so easily. Especially if all of this was some sort of revenge plot.

Issei knew he didn't have much time to make a decision on what to do, but if he hope to have any chance at defeating them he was going to need his teachers help in the matter. Right now he was out, but that didn't mean at any moment he could wake up. All he needed was to provide that wake up sound so that he could get help from Yuuta. However, in the midst of observing them it appeared he had much bigger things to worry about.

Uh, why are those two gossiping like that?

The Uchiha questioned while reaching for a kunai with an explosive tag on it. Initially he thought that might be an opportunity to attack them given they were having a conversation with one another, but when he looked back in to check where he wanted to throw the explosive wrapped Kunai the man was no longer there. "Where did? O-" Turning back he'd noticed the man that was talking was behind him.

By then it was already too late for him to react in a way that might be able to avoid the attack completely. All the Uchiha could do was brace his forearms together to decrease the impact. Upon it landing the Uchiha would be send flying backward in the direction of the group in front of him. However, just as he was kicked he'd throw the explosive wrapped Kunai at the tree he was at.

The sound would hopefully start the process of waking his sensei while he did his best to fend of the opposition for as long as he could without dying hopefully. The aftermath of the kick would eventually lead him to getting caught in one of the passing trees as a result of the powerful kick. He'd brace himself for the impact of that as best he could bit tightening up his body, but that would only help so much.

A bruise was sure to form on his back at some point from the impact, but for now he'd have to endure the pain for the sake of himself and teacher. On the way down from the tree he'd face in the direction of the group before breathing in, and then exhaling Ash from him mouth to shoot down toward the group.

The Ash would give him a brief means of cover while also adding the potential to wake Yuuta. The ash would disrupt his breathing leading to a reaction hopefully large enough to wake him.

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SA ACTIVE:

• E.P.T. | SOLE REFLEXES | HANSHA 反射 - Fighting up close in combat with Issei will prove difficult to opponents seeing as his ability to see others movements almost before they even fully develop puts them at a disadvantage. This ability isn't however, made to be an excuse for god modding, instead, it is used as a measure to separate himself from those who have not devoted a prioritized amount of time into that area of training.
  
• SUPERIOR CHAKRA RESERVES - Allows him to use his great sword at speeds and efficiency that rival some of the better of his rank using smaller weapons, and even a few in the next.

POUCH ITEMS

• 1x Explosive Tag.
  
• 1x Kunai

JUTSU

• NAME: Katon: Haijingakure no Jutsu [Fire Release: Hiding in Ash and Dust Technique]
  RANK: D
  CHAKRA USAGE: Very Low
  CLASSIFICATION: Ninjutsu
  ELEMENT: Katon
  DESCRIPTION: The user molds Katon chakra before exhaling a large cloud of ash from their mouths that spreads outwards in a ten meter radius. The ash can sting if it gets in a person's eyes, but the true purpose of this technique is to create a smokescreen that blinds enemies, allowing the user to hide or escape.

Skipping Yuuta as a result of himself being unconscious.

[Han]

The male with the sword saw the kunai as it came from a bit of a distance, it zipped by and lodged itself into a tree behind him. He didn't stay still though, that would have been total suicide. So he jumped down to the ground with a quick swing around before the whole thing exploded sending splintered wood everywhere. But he was on the ground, his sword drawn now as he wandered out into the opening where the battle was beginning.

Kind of.

Issei had accidentally hit a tree and therefore was not on the ground, and he expelled some form of ash that the leader saw the hand seals for and motioned for the whole group to move away. Sure enough, the predictive move was a good one because the ash no longer affected them though the big burly male threw Yuuta off into the corner of the forested area they were in, they held their position for now as while the ash would mask Issei's movements they were no longer in the line of fire for it, which was good because it also meant that Yuuta would not be inhaling any of it.

Now, if Issei was attempting to sneak up he would have a hard time because the leader was keeping a watchful eye on the area and the chakra signatures within it which meant any attempt at stealth would be quite difficult...

Though a kunai would be thrown at the tree Issei was supposedly sitting in by the third male standing next to the biggest one just to see if they could draw the genin out with a weapon.

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4 Enemies -Leader (Sensory - Active). 3 Enemies, 1 Muscular (throw Yuuta off to side, standing ground), 1 w/ Sword (on ground behind Issei, standing ground), 1 non-descript (kunai throw at Issei last known position).| UCHIHA ISSEI Gure Yuuta

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Leader
SA's-
1. Sensory
2. ?
3. ?

Sword Opponent
Body Flicker
Sword Drawn

Non-Descript Opponent
-1 Kunai

[UCHIHA ISSEI]

When Issei landed from the tree it was kind of clear to him that they were probably no longer in the area. It sucked that his plan did not work, but if these guys were in a position to take Yuuta then these guys had to be a considerable threat. Issei had very little time to make use of his position in the ash before he was going to have to come out.

With it being so many of them in the area he didn't have the luxury of waiting. All they had to do was surround him and that within itself could put him in a position he couldn't get out of. He needed to keep them on his toes, but he needed to do it in a way that gave them little room to respond. His only hope was that these guys lacked the experience and talent like Yusuke had.

Two handseals were formed before he'd heard the sound of a Kunai striking in the tree he was standing by now. He didn't know the purpose, or reason behind it, but he wasn't going to stick around to find out. So out of the ash clearing he went. Jumping from the tree he'd do his best to look in the direction of the group of men that were holding his teacher hostage in their last known location.

If they were still in the location, or in a different spot holding their position he'd release a combustion stream in the direction of the group seeing as his teacher was not in sight. Immediately after doing that he'd form another two handseals and do the same. This one aimed at the first one as to create a bigger explosion. The streams were translucent and made crackling sounds as they traveled.

He hoped the technique in general could work to his advantage as it was his own and not common knowledge. They wouldn't have the slightest clue about the explosion so even if they took measures to avoid them, if they did not exaggerate their escape then they'd be caught in it. Hopefully that would buy time to save his teacher.

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SA ACTIVE:

• E.P.T. | SOLE REFLEXES | HANSHA 反射 - Fighting up close in combat with Issei will prove difficult to opponents seeing as his ability to see others movements almost before they even fully develop puts them at a disadvantage. This ability isn't however, made to be an excuse for god modding, instead, it is used as a measure to separate himself from those who have not devoted a prioritized amount of time into that area of training.
  
• SUPERIOR CHAKRA RESERVES - Allows him to use his great sword at speeds and efficiency that rival some of the better of his rank using smaller weapons, and even a few in the next.

POUCH ITEMS

• ---
  
• ----

JUTSU

• NAME: Nenshō-ryū ( 燃焼 ) Combustion Stream x2
  RANK: C
  CHAKRA USAGE: Low
  CLASSIFICATION: Ninjutsu
  ELEMENT: Katon
  HANDSEALS: 2
  DESCRIPTION: Combustion Stream consists of the ability to channel chakra through the forehead, often marked by an intricate translucent third-eye, superheating the surrounding air, and producing a translucent beam of combustive energy that crack like firecrackers as they traveled until erupting violently upon impact with a surface capable of creating a huge radius of fire burning anything in its path. Both in short and long ranges. This ability is mentally driven, requiring only inhalation and focus on the part of the user to initially utilize. Combustion Streaming requires good chakra flow and a properly calibrated focus in order to be effective, as disrupting it can have fatal consequences should the user not be effectively train to a certain standard. Despite superheating the air directly around the practitioner, this technique does not harm the user unless the fiery eruption occurs in the immediate vicinity. If a combustion user uses this skill and the fire stream erupts too close to the user of this jutsu, it could prove fatal. The length of which the stream is able to travel is dependent on the level of the user as well as the explosive radius of the stream. Also the speed of which the stream is able to travel is that of a thrown kunai. Once the user has reached the next level of rank, if needed is able to use the power of the previous rank to preserve chakra, or to only do damage to a certain degree.
  C ➠ RANK - At this level the user is capable of shooting out a stream capable of reaching a maximum distance of 50 meters with an erupting radius of only 10 meters. The degree of damage that can be done on a target at this level is equivalent to a 1st degree burn, and can be sent back flying as far as 5 meters. At this rank explosion is capable of destroying small boulders. The power release from each fiery eruption is also capable of evaporating Suiton jutsu of D rank and below.

[Han]

Unable to see the incoming attack, but seeing Issei the group of men were cautious... It was the crackling the set the leader off who motioned with his hand, and the group bounced back but not quite soon enough to avoid the full blast radius. Still, they did not get the full brunt of it even with two coming at them one right after the other. The leader was perhaps the least damaged, whilst the big burly guy had sustained the most of the blast, albeit he was simultaneously able to withstand it due to his overall larger nature. He was obviously powerful and resistance heavy. Still, he had several first-degree burns almost upon contact and was quite in a bit of pain as a result.

His body now covered in marks, whilst the leader only had a few singes along with his outfit. The last shinobi - the one that had thrown the kunai - was quick to dodge, but was now laying up against a tree after the blast, having not been able to immediately recover when he did dodge because of the power of the blast.

In the meantime the shinobi with the sword was well out of radius and was standing there with a small smirk on his features as Issei seemingly had completely forgotten about him. He approached from behind once again whilst Issei focused his efforts forward on the three others, with the intention to cut him down with the katana he held.

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4 Enemies - Leader (Sensory - Active) Least damaged from blast. 3 Enemies, 1 Muscular (burnt from blast), 1 w/ Sword (attacking Issei from behind), 1 non-descript (against a tree from blast).| UCHIHA ISSEI Gure Yuuta

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Leader
SA's-
1. Sensory
2. ?
3. ?

Sword Opponent
Body Flicker
Sword Drawn
SA's-
1. Speed
2.

Big Opponent
SA's-
1. Tank (Damage Resistant)
2.

Nondescript Opponent
SA's-
1. Evasive Maneuverist
2.

Non-Descript Opponent
-1 Kunai

[UCHIHA ISSEI]

So far Isseis plan was working out. From the looks of it he might not have gotten all of them, but at least one of them seem to display symptoms of being hit. However, he didn't have much time to waste with himself being outnumbered. Two handseals immediately followed before he'd attempt to use the body flicker technique to close the gap on the group. More noticeably the biggest guy out of the group who appeared to sustain the most damage.

However, Issei remained unaware of the Shinobi that was coming at him from behind having focused more of his attention in front of him. So just as he tried to leave at the last second the Uchiha would take notice of his presence. If only just out the corner of his left eye. Had he been keeping his eyes open and paid attention he might have had a better chance to avoid the attack.

Instead he was pretty much left wide open. All Issei could do was try avoid the attacking by flickering away as he intended, but that would not avoid any major damage. If the unmarked fighter was aiming for his back then he'd successfully strike his back leaving a painful, long, and bleeding scar behind as he tried running moving forward.

Now only about 10 meters in front of the guy on one knee did Issei try to gather himself, but the pain from the attack was pretty hard to bare. He couldn't believe how could he have let his mind slip so easily. All he could do was draw out a Kunai and finish what he started. Being on all one knee wasn't going to help him at all.

Afterward he'd release a flammable gas in the direction of the other group. Specifically the bigger guy before tossing the kunai up slightly above his head and forming two more handseals. From the looks of it the fighter with the sword was more close range based which gave himself somewhat of a chance to defend himself from up close.

Nevertheless, the vast majority of his focus remained on the people in front of him. With that he'd release a stream into the group about 15 meters in front of himself before catching the kunai with his left hand. If given the chance he'd try to body flicker into one of the nearby tree trunks behind him. If not he was more than likely going to be at the mercy of the swordman and blast.

If the latter decided to approach him, much like Issei, he'd get caught in the aftermath of not only the combustion explosion, the next explosion that would occur afterward that was much larger than the first one. So ultimately either he was going to try to flicker away to one of the trees while sustaining injuries from the fire, or himself and everyone was going to be put out of commission from the next.

If his teacher would not be able to get up after this then there was no telling what was going to happen right now. He was gambling a lot of trying to weigh them down as much as he could on his own, but now it was looking more and more like he was going to die. The cut on his back was no joke, and the burns he'd get as a result of that explosion wasn't going to make things any better.

POST NOTES: Issei lands and Immediately forms two handseals. Just before he gets a chance to body flicker away he is struck from behind only allowing him to move so far. While on one knee he grabs a kunai while tossing it up above his head simultaneously and does two more handseals, releasing a combustion stream into the gas. The ignition from the Stream and gas will be enough to clear most of the area. Issei tries to leave, and will escape most of it if the swordsman retreats first. Yuuta will most certainly be awake after this explosion.

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SA ACTIVE:

• E.P.T. | SOLE REFLEXES | HANSHA 反射 - Fighting up close in combat with Issei will prove difficult to opponents seeing as his ability to see others movements almost before they even fully develop puts them at a disadvantage. This ability isn't however, made to be an excuse for god modding, instead, it is used as a measure to separate himself from those who have not devoted a prioritized amount of time into that area of training.
  
• SUPERIOR CHAKRA RESERVES - Allows him to use his great sword at speeds and efficiency that rival some of the better of his rank using smaller weapons, and even a few in the next.

POUCH ITEMS

• 1x Kunai
  
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JUTSU

• NAME: Shunshin no Jutsu [Body Flicker Technique]
  RANK: D
  CHAKRA USAGE: Low
  CLASSIFICATION: Ninjutsu [General]
  ELEMENT: None
  HANDSEALS: 1
  DESCRIPTION: By invigorating one's entire body with chakra, a shinobi can seemingly disappear and reappear in another location faster than most people can see. Often times one's movements are disguised with the use of an extra element, be it a smoke bomb, leaves, water, sand, etc. in order to hide the user's trajectory from those with skilled eyes. Though it mimics teleportation, it is important to remember this jutsu merely boosts the agility of its user. As useful as this technique is, it can only be used 4 times in a battle thread, and any more usages beyond that result in muscle tears in the legs from overexertion. The hand seal for this technique must be held until the shinobi reaches their destination, making it impossible to utilize other techniques regardless of any preparation.
  
  
• NAME: Katon: Kasumi Enbu no Jutsu [Fire Release: Mist Blaze Dance Technique]
  RANK: C
  CHAKRA USAGE: Medium
  CLASSIFICATION: Ninjutsu
  ELEMENT: Katon
  DESCRIPTION: After performing the necessary hand seals, the user is able to create and blow a flammable gas from their lungs. Once it comes in contact with fire or spark, the gas ignites into a large fireball.
  
  
• NAME: Nenshō-ryū ( 燃焼 ) Combustion Stream x1
  RANK: C
  CHAKRA USAGE: Low
  CLASSIFICATION: Ninjutsu
  ELEMENT: Katon
  HANDSEALS: 2
  DESCRIPTION: Combustion Stream consists of the ability to channel chakra through the forehead, often marked by an intricate translucent third-eye, superheating the surrounding air, and producing a translucent beam of combustive energy that crack like firecrackers as they traveled until erupting violently upon impact with a surface capable of creating a huge radius of fire burning anything in its path. Both in short and long ranges. This ability is mentally driven, requiring only inhalation and focus on the part of the user to initially utilize. Combustion Streaming requires good chakra flow and a properly calibrated focus in order to be effective, as disrupting it can have fatal consequences should the user not be effectively train to a certain standard. Despite superheating the air directly around the practitioner, this technique does not harm the user unless the fiery eruption occurs in the immediate vicinity. If a combustion user uses this skill and the fire stream erupts too close to the user of this jutsu, it could prove fatal. The length of which the stream is able to travel is dependent on the level of the user as well as the explosive radius of the stream. Also the speed of which the stream is able to travel is that of a thrown kunai. Once the user has reached the next level of rank, if needed is able to use the power of the previous rank to preserve chakra, or to only do damage to a certain degree.
  C ➠ RANK - At this level the user is capable of shooting out a stream capable of reaching a maximum distance of 50 meters with an erupting radius of only 10 meters. The degree of damage that can be done on a target at this level is equivalent to a 1st degree burn, and can be sent back flying as far as 5 meters. At this rank explosion is capable of destroying small boulders. The power release from each fiery eruption is also capable of evaporating Suiton jutsu of D rank and below.