[Nara Satoshi]

This is so troublesome But I guess I’ll do it.

"How’s the arm Satoshi? The cut seemed pretty bad back then.”

Chuckling Satoshi was quick to respond back.

"The medics were easily able to deal with it. Didn’t even have to stay beyond a quick fix and just a general checkup.”

The gate guard stationed only could shake his head and let out a chuckle of his own. Adachi was the man’s name and the nara had stricken a conversation with him some time back on accident after the guy had asked about a mission he was returning from. Things had led to them talking a few times when Adachi was assigned gate guard duty from there.

Honestly now that he thought about Satoshi was actually interacting with a lot of the shinobi that took that post beyond the polite checkup. Not surprising but still a sort of revelation that he hadn’t paid much attention to.

Now the reason he was there was not that he was returning from a mission but that he was about to go on one. Nothing too serious but Satsohi would still be leading genin on it and that was a responsibility even more so when it carried some political importance, even if little, due to the nature of the location and connection to one of Konoha’s allies.

Satoshi had made sure to request a bit of information on who he would going on a mission with and he was vaguely familiar of who it was due the nature of his sensing and both of them living in the same village. As always though he would form his opinion and decide on an approach when he met face to face with his teammate for the operation.

He had arrived extra early just in case, why the conversation with the gate guard had happened, in order to be first there as it made for a good example in his opinion for the leader to appear on point and prepared when it came to this sort of things. The one coming with him though wasn’t probably going to be long and that’s why with wave of goodbye to Adachi the nara moved a bit to the center of the main village entrance ready to greet the girl that would be coming with him.

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SA :

SPOILER: Click to show

Kagura Shingan [Kagura Mind's Eye]

After exploring his innate sensory abilities and thanks to his perfect chakra control Satoshi was able to unlock the Kagura Shingan. This ability allows him to find, sense, and track individuals through their chakra over vast range that exceeds ten kilometers. His able to achieve this effect by focusing and opening his mind's eye, though due to the low chakra cost Satoshi is able to keep it active passively at all times (Range is 15km) and increase the range even more with the use of the jutsu(25km). The ability also extends to telling when a person is lying from the fluctuations in a person's chakra made from dishonest emotions or detecting if someone, including him, is under a genjutsu. Also by focusing on a particular chakra, Satoshi can perceive its location and movement with great detail allowing him to track the movements of even those that are faster than him.

@senso

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[attr="class","banglyric"]Our religion is war.
Our church is the battlefield.
Our prayers are our fists.

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The bobbing chakra signature would be felt long before being seen, initially mixed with the noise that he likely felt throughout his life on a daily basis would eventually split away from the others of the morning as this chakra signature grew closer to the gates, and like he was being beelined at by said noise in his mind's eye.

It was Hanabi, dressed up in a dark mission gear: tight black t-shirt and black three-quarter length trousers. Black belt. Yes, she had a fantastic dress sense. No shoes. No need, right? She was in something comfy, and it would be of no concern to anybody else about that. Few people were spread about the gate, and it was unknown to the woman which one it was until, but she wouldn't find out without talking to people. So she did, approaching one of them.

"Are you Satoshi-senpai?" She asked the first person queuing up, waiting for people to come and go from the gate. The man shook his head. So that must've been the only other one. She would have her holstered large kunai by her side, but effectively only carried herself on the journey. Why did she need anything else? But with her target in her sight she made her way to the only other possible person.

So the other black haired man was her leader. 'Doesn't look like much.' The woman perceptibly looked the man up and down. "Yo." She would wave nonchalantly at the man, waiting on his instruction so they could move out. Despite the initial impressions she likely made (and usually to everybody else) she could work well. "Sensō no Hanabi. Satoshi-senpai." she knew him. He knew her. Familiarity done, they could get on with the mission now.

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[Nara Satoshi]

This is so troublesome But I guess I’ll do it.

Satoshi did quirk an amused eyebrow as he watched what would be his teammate ask around if they had seen him. He probably could have stepped in earlier and saved her that time but honestly the nara kind of wanted to see it happen and so hadn’t moved from his spot allowing for Hanabi to reach him on her own.
There were not a lot of people around thankfully for her and that was why it wasn’t before long she was in front of him. His eyebrow did fall to join his other on his brow but the amusement swimming in his eyes remained. He knew well the look the genin had given him. Besides his height Satoshi made for unremarkable sight at first especially when combined with the standard Konoha shinobi attire he was wearing.

He did not mind it as it did reveal bits to him about what Hanabi’s personality was and to building what would be the best way to handle and guide her along the mission. Rising his own hand in a greeting he was quick to reply.

"Yo. You seem ready and it’s just the two of us for the mission so I’ll spare you the loitering. Let’s get going.”

He finished his sentence with a small motion of his head towards the village gates. Expecting to be followed he was quick to move while throwing a small wave in the direction of the gate guard. The nara was pretty sure he would be followed and as they moved, he spoke up.

"You probably do know what we’ll be doing but doesn’t hurt to give a brief summary so we are on the same page just in case.”

Satoshi would pause for a second to see if he would get any response but regardless if he did, he would continue to speak.

"Our destination is one of the bigger routes merchants from Kaze no Kuni and Hi no Kuni passing though Kawa use, that is oddly enough called The Dune Highway despite passing through a mostly forested area. It’s kind of important so both Suna and Konoha usually send out shinobi to guard or maintain it. In this case we are being sent out to clear out a recent bandit infestation. You’ve been a genin for a few years so you know how those can get by now. That’s why we are going in somewhat early to nip it in the bud."

He was probably talking a bit much but on top of it being important information that had to be shared in some way it was also Satoshi way of testing out the personality of his teammate some more in order to see how she would react to the way he was behaving right now and built up his mental profile of her further.

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SA :

SPOILER: Click to show

Kagura Shingan [Kagura Mind's Eye]

After exploring his innate sensory abilities and thanks to his perfect chakra control Satoshi was able to unlock the Kagura Shingan. This ability allows him to find, sense, and track individuals through their chakra over vast range that exceeds ten kilometers. His able to achieve this effect by focusing and opening his mind's eye, though due to the low chakra cost Satoshi is able to keep it active passively at all times (Range is 15km) and increase the range even more with the use of the jutsu(25km). The ability also extends to telling when a person is lying from the fluctuations in a person's chakra made from dishonest emotions or detecting if someone, including him, is under a genjutsu. Also by focusing on a particular chakra, Satoshi can perceive its location and movement with great detail allowing him to track the movements of even those that are faster than him.

@senso

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[attr="class","banglyric"]Our religion is war.
Our church is the battlefield.
Our prayers are our fists.

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She seemed ready? What gave the man that impression? Did she look like she needed to get ready? Apparently not. But, she didn't question it much further. With the man's direction, she would begin moving as well.

"Hai." Hanabi nodded and they would take off, and little else on her mind than getting the job done. The woman didn't offer much in the way of a hello or goodbye to the gate guard and would be able to keep up with the man fairly easily. Even when he mentioned going over their details, the woman was pretty blank faced. Did he want a response? The woman's eyes flickered to the open road and to Satoshi a few times.

But she didn't need to because he would be doing all of the talking, and it was pretty much reiterating everything that she'd read from the mission packet. "We can deal with all of them at once. Perhaps even scout out to see if there's a main base and take care of that as well? I prefer weeds are not given the chance to re-root themselves." Her word of talk was strongly worded.

The taller lad could lead them for as long as he liked, the woman knew how to work and had been doing it for long enough that she could do her own thing when they got set up. "I purely use Taijutsu for as is Senso's will. Rather useless about Ninjutsu and Genjutsu." she was honest from the get-go, and she didn't require trickery to win, even if she didn't have to not lie by simply not saying it, it would make their day go much easier if he knew ahead of time.

But still, the jog and sway of her body as they moved would allow her to settle into a smooth sort of run, a well oiled machine as she took the time to breathe and focus her energy and making it last the marathon it would take to get to their destination.

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[Nara Satoshi]

This is so troublesome But I guess I’ll do it.

A bit impatient and somewhat of a rough personality shown so far to him though in a way Satoshi wasn’t surprised by that. It was kind of tradition to get either odd or forceful people in his team or when doing missions. Of course, he wouldn’t fully mentally railroad her in that category as they had just met and there was more to be shown. It did give him a better frame in which to approach though and was also a bit comfortable to do so as he had experience with it for better or worse.

It was an interesting tidbit to know she was part of a religion and all that could entail when it came to dealing with them. The information of how she liked to operate was also welcomed so that’s why the nara was quick to reply.

"That shouldn’t be a problem on both accounts. Unless they have missing-nin supporting them it shouldn’t be too hard to get rid of them all. It’s still early for them to attract that kind of support and they also don’t show the signs of being formed by shinobi in the first place. As for locating them well I am kind of a good sensor so should be easy to track their main base down.”

Was he still being longwinded more than needed on purpose, yes, he was but his excuse of wanting to probe Hanabi was still in effect. Unfortunately for her he wasn’t done yet as well.

"Well I’m good at ninjutsu and fuinjutsu in general but a bit more importantly we should be to synergize well with your specialization and me being from the Nara clan and all that it entails when it comes to restraining people.”

Satoshi would after that just maintain a steady pace as they made way toward their location while also keeping an eye on the girl from the sides. It was after all interesting to observe people that were part of religion and didn’t operate as normal shinobi exactly especially when so young or in the early stages.

It wouldn’t be that long before they had crossed into River Country and an on the route they were supposed to clean up. Turning his head, a bit to the left Satoshi would finally speak after not having done so for a bit after his little speech at the start unless Hanabi had tried to strike conversation herself of course.

The reason being that he had sensed something in the direction he was looking at something he voiced as much.

"Alright around three kilometers from here there are some people grouped around. Too far away to be just normal civilian and too close to the road to be some sort of campers. It’s too small to be the main base as well so probably an outpost set up from where they can operate or pick targets. It might not even be made by the group we are looking for but it would be best if we were to check it out nonetheless. There should four people there so we can take two each if it confirms they are bandits.”

He would wait for at least some response before switching tracks and starting to make his way towards the small camp.

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SA :

SPOILER: Click to show

Kagura Shingan [Kagura Mind's Eye]

After exploring his innate sensory abilities and thanks to his perfect chakra control Satoshi was able to unlock the Kagura Shingan. This ability allows him to find, sense, and track individuals through their chakra over vast range that exceeds ten kilometers. His able to achieve this effect by focusing and opening his mind's eye, though due to the low chakra cost Satoshi is able to keep it active passively at all times (Range is 15km) and increase the range even more with the use of the jutsu(25km). The ability also extends to telling when a person is lying from the fluctuations in a person's chakra made from dishonest emotions or detecting if someone, including him, is under a genjutsu. Also by focusing on a particular chakra, Satoshi can perceive its location and movement with great detail allowing him to track the movements of even those that are faster than him.

@senso

OWL

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[attr="class","banglyric"]Our religion is war.
Our church is the battlefield.
Our prayers are our fists.

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"Dominos fall all the same," Hanabi entailed her response rather curtly as they ran. Nothing spectacular about the way she spoke other than making her presence known as someone who wanted to get the job done. It was how she'd operated for the years, and it was her money making, and who wasn't going to be happy for making some good Ryo for doing what she already wanted to do for free??

Hanabi would offer him a little look as he explained his own traits, and she nodded. But one part pertaining to it would have her ask a question. "I don't know what that means." he'd offered up the information specifically about being a Nara and restraining people, but she hadn't dealt with one of them up close before, so it was a interesting query to be had.

After that, it was time to settle into a pace and a layer of sweat wicked away from her skin, making her colder than she would've liked from the clothing she wore, but nonetheless a well oiled engine that was warm enough and limber enough to function if it came to it. Hanabi didn't talk, and she focused on her breathing. It was probably the best thing to do at this point because her speed was bad, her stamina was lacking.

Later on when the sun had risen into the sky and they were still some significant distance out to the proposed area, the man had apparently already found them.

It didn't go unnoticed that Hanabi had heard him give information from something they were so physically far away from. She wouldn't offer a question to him yet about why that was and respected a person having their secrets. It made little difference in the way of war, though, she reasoned with herself that it would make for difficult to sneak up on him. Which was great for her, who met her opponents in the battlefield.

"No searching necessary, then." that made things easy. It made fighting easy, when the boring effort of trying to seek out foes only to see them be inferior, unworthy of killing. Well. In this case, these folk were going to meet a death that she made easy for them, and they would have glory in death. That would mean crossing through rivers. This was the more difficult part for their land, while she could use land, in order for them to clear the quickest route of land, that meant doing a bit of swimming. Sure, she could use chakra, but that didn't mean she was going to. Ergo: wet. While Satoshi would be able to walk across the wider set river, Hanabi would be swimming.

But, out on the other side and through more forestry, annoying foliage and such. Hanabi offered in a blunt, crass volume to Satoshi. "I don't do sneak attacks. They'll look me in the eyes before they die." Hanabi only offered that one condition to him, because he was going to be very unhappy if he held other regards and probably find her less than helpful if that was the approach they were going to take.

Which was why she would seldom ever be taken on a mission that required subtlety like that. Now. Investigation? Sure. Reconnaissance? Fine. But a sneak attack was beyond the measure of what she would ever attempt. But, three thousand meters was an easy enough feat, and she was effectively ready for combat as she came to a slow toward the back end of their campsite.

Sure, she wouldn't fight dirty. Didn't mean she couldn't surprise them, though?

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[Nara Satoshi]

This is so troublesome But I guess I’ll do it.

Satoshi offered only a brief hum of acknowledgment when Hanabi expressed her confusion at what exactly his statement meant. She was young and well it wasn’t that uncommon to not be all that informed about the various clan’s in the village and what they were capable of. A miscalculation on his part slightly due to just generally working and conversing with older shinobi or with clan background.

It was easily fixable though and as such the Nara was quick to explain.

"Well my clan specializes in using shadows to various effects, though what is most used and famous is that we can restrain people and paralyzing them on the spot with said shadows thus making shinobi from our clan rather good as support and just capturing targets in general. That’s a rather short version of course as I rather not bore you but it’s why I said we could synergize well as that would give you rather good advantage as a taijutsu practitioner no?”

As expected, it was rather interesting to observe her as they moved though the pace might have still been a bit too much. Satoshi did not change it even after learning that as he expected that Hanabi would notice the change and well probably not have a positive reaction at all. He did mentally note down what minimum bar to set up if they ended up running missions again. Minimum of course because he expected she would keep improving herself.

He also didn’t offer to carry the girl over the river and just let her swim much for the same reasoning he had for not changing the pace. Once she was on solid ground Satoshi did ask her what was on his mind.

"Is it personal choice or not to not use chakra even for the walking techniques. Are the tenets that strict when it comes to your religion?”

Hopefully not too distracting of a question considering they were about to engage opponents. In his mind though things were leaning towards it being a bit of both personal and strict tenets considering her statement about how she wanted to face their opponents should they be bandits.

Shrugging his shoulders as his lips twitched a bit upwards briefly in order to shift his expression into an accepting one Satoshi replied.


"I have no problem with that and well I’m actually glad you said that now before we even engaged them instead of just spring it on me out of the blue in the middle of the fight or something. That would have been rather troublesome.”

After that he would just start making his way towards the campsite. As they walked, he noticed a few off beaten paths that suggested that they moved through here a bit more regularly in order for the path to be this visible considering how fast vegetation grew around here. All points towards them being bandits of course the confirmation would come once they reached the camp.

It wasn’t that long before it became visible. It was a rather small one with just one structure made from wood that would be useful to hide from the rain and offer some form of a cover but not much beyond that. Also, a small fire and logs around where the four people occupying the camp were sitting at. Four males dressed in rugged clothing that showed sign of not being washed for at least a few days.

The nara’s eyes darted through the camp once more noted were they had stored their food and could judge that it was enough for just a brief stay. All that was rapidly assessed while Satoshi and Hanabi closed in on the camp some three hundred meters away. Thankfully the tress and the fact none of them were actually looking in the direction they were coming from hid the approach of the shinobi.

Releasing another hum though quitter that only the genin would hear it Satoshi just stated.

"Yep bandits alright. Again, two bandits each.”

Having somewhat of a beat on the genin by now that would be all he would say before dashing forward trusting that Hanabi would be quick on the uptake to follow and deal wit her own targets. Actually, running now meant that he made enough noise to draw attention meaning the four guys around the camp began turning to see what was happening.

While one of them had already begin reaching for his weapon next to him it was rather too late as Satoshi was already amongst them. A brief surge of chakra into the seal on his wrist made a kunai appear in his hand. It was swiftly buried in the neck of one of the bandits while his arm lashed out and send a second one sailing a bit back and away from the fire.

The nara followed after him and that mean putting his back to the two other still shocked bandits but he was sure Hanabi would have been behind him and thus in the process of taking care of them. Worst case he could still react to whatever they tried.

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SA :

SPOILER: Click to show

Kagura Shingan [Kagura Mind's Eye]

After exploring his innate sensory abilities and thanks to his perfect chakra control Satoshi was able to unlock the Kagura Shingan. This ability allows him to find, sense, and track individuals through their chakra over vast range that exceeds ten kilometers. His able to achieve this effect by focusing and opening his mind's eye, though due to the low chakra cost Satoshi is able to keep it active passively at all times (Range is 15km) and increase the range even more with the use of the jutsu(25km). The ability also extends to telling when a person is lying from the fluctuations in a person's chakra made from dishonest emotions or detecting if someone, including him, is under a genjutsu. Also by focusing on a particular chakra, Satoshi can perceive its location and movement with great detail allowing him to track the movements of even those that are faster than him.

@senso

OWL

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[attr="class","banglyric"]Our religion is war.
Our church is the battlefield.
Our prayers are our fists.

[attr="class","bangtext"]

The man was up front about his boons. Fine. That made it easier for them both on the battlefield, as she had done exactly for him. "You keep them still while I bash them. Sounds too easy." Satoshi would likely detect a bit of disappointment from her voice, though mostly neutral. A mission was a mission, and the stakes didn't feel very high for anybody at the moment.

The woman whipped her hair first, thankfully it had already been tied up into a bun but it didn't feel nice when water trickled down the back of her neck. She shook her head at Satoshi as they continued moving, not paying mind to the moistness and dampness in her clothes. They would dry out with the fevered movement. "The latter. Sensō is a tough god. Not fair, but as is the same as life." She bore enough of her own individuality to recognise that it was not always fun to not be able to use Ninjutsu or the other arts, but neither did she feel compelled to need them. Her body had always served her to that purpose.

Perhaps in the future she would find use with weaponry, but that felt far and few between with her interest so poignant on her body currently. She nodded at Satoshi's awareness to her battle plan. It didn't always work with some people but they could make it work, and even if she was unwilling to use trickery: it didn't mean that she couldn't help her own utilise their arts easily through her own help. She didn't mind drawing attention to herself that way, as she would pull her thrill from the heat of the battle.

Others, did not like it so much: it was why she was a bit pickier with her missions to ensure such... inconspicuous behaviour was not necessary as it did not belong in her arsenal. The ground itself was becoming less natural and more man made with the way the path itself became clearer among the weeds and roots, dirt movements from the repeated trodding of boot and foot made apparent from the way the natural foiliage parted from between one another. Hanabi had come to a slower footing as she waited for Satoshi's instruction.

But there would be none, because he would begin to run: and Hanabi's eyebrows rose as he followed behind him. Fine, she could deal with that. They were no more than little men in little houses waiting to prey on others, and was not an existence that she could let them abide by.

"'sup lads!" There was more energy to Hanabi's voice as she would be running at one of the to be assailants, grabbing his own weapon: but the woman would go low quite quickly and turn her run into a slide, pushing out one of her feet to take the man's legs from him and be quickly felled by the sudden change of direction and pace.

Given that Satoshi had not specified a dealings with them, she defaulted to the only one she knew how - death. Satoshi himself had begun to laterally deal with one of them, by a swift Kunai to the neck: it let Hanabi know exactly what the game was. The thug had been thrown away by Satoshi, would be Hanabi's next target: but first, dealing with the one she had felled, she had come to a stop on her low kick and stood up, returning back to her target as he crawled to a standing position, only to receive a boot (foot) to the ass and back on his front as Hanabi kicked into him with a hostile intent.

And stood over him she did, and it would be over ever so quickly for him as she did a quick one-two. One foot to quickly be over his side, and a two to stomp the back of the man's neck, feeling it crack in one too many places as her foot met the floor perhaps a little too easily.

Obviously, that meant one left for Hanabi, one left for Satoshi. Satoshi had already dealt with one, and there was one that had not yet been touched: and had begun to swing at his closest person: Satoshi, with a bat. Probably not a good weapon, but if it was all he had... Hanabi did not feel so obliged to help the Chunin and instead would take the person who had come to a stand again, a little too confused at how quickly the situation had come about.

But Hanabi, she was a strong girl: unfortunately, they had not chosen their career well. Hanabi would hop over to her second and Satoshi's former pickings and yanked him by his chestpiece, some shitty raggedy shirt so that she could deliver a devastating palm push to the man's head, pushing past and through him, who would very quickly find his head pushed between the floor - drawing blood, clearly, but ending his life equally so.

And she would turn to face to see what Satoshi had been up to, not minding the blood dripping from her hand. She could wipe it on a bush later.

---

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NAME: Keimou Shou Ouda [Enlightened Palm Strike]
RANK: C
CHAKRA USAGE: Low
CLASSIFICATION: Taijutsu
ELEMENT: None
DESCRIPTION:
The user forms an open and flat palm with their hands and strikes at the opponent with the full force and weight of their body. Upon impact, the user steps forward and with another push they can instantly double the force used. With the sheer strength required of this style, this simple palm thrust can stop a speeding boulder rolling down a hill in its tracks and with the second push, either break it into fist sized rocks or even send the boulder rolling backwards a dozen feet. When done to a human, the effects can be equally devestating.

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[Nara Satoshi]

This is so troublesome But I guess I’ll do it.

Of course, she would like a challenge, useful to know but with potential to be troublesome in certain situation and missions though not something unsurmountable to take into consideration. Interesting to note that it wasn’t personal choice yet Satoshi had to wonder if push came to shove in that one critical moment would she still adhere to these tenets or throw them away. He didn’t know her well enough to draw conclusion about that matter and well time would tell.

He did focus on taking out the camp after that and with a blink they were among the bandits and dealing with them. The nara planned to go after the one he had thrown but it seemed his teammate decided this to be her second target. He didn’t mind it too much and besides his new number two target had done the work for him by trying to attack him.

Hanabi hadn’t been exactly in his eyesight so Satoshi had tracked how she taken out the bandits mostly with his sensing ability and maybe because of that he appeared distracted and an easier target then the girl that had just rapidly taken out someone with her bare hands. Obviously, the guy wasn’t that smart or was panicked since Satoshi himself had already taken out someone at the start of the fight but he would excuse that misconception.

Still without turning to look the chuunin just ducked making the swinging bat harmlessly pass over his head. Putting a hand on the ground and using it as a support Satoshi twisted his body to the right while extending a leg. The action made his leg collide with those of the bandit with enough force to sweep him off the ground and make him collapse.

Using the momentum of that as he completed the turn the nara rose from the ground in one fluid motion. Not wasting time, he stomped his leg onto the chest of the fallen bandit and thus driving the breath out of the man’s lungs with a painful grunt. It seemed in that time Hanabi had finished with her own targets and so Satoshi just gave her a slight nod before refocusing on the man pinned under his foot.

Sweat was breaking and dripping down the face of the bandit meaning that it was starting to set in what was probably about to happen. To further accent it though Satoshi did take out a kunai and began to spin in hand before crouching down in order to bring his face closer to that of the other man. It was time to get some answers and as such the nara just drawled out.

"Well usually when people like me are involved and things reach this stage for people like you there is one thing that happens as a conclusion. You know what right.”

The only response was a gulp and a slow nod of a head. It was a good start as Satsohi didn’t actually need much beyond some confirmation and as such he asked just one more question out of the blue and fast enough to draw out a reaction even after what he had just said.

"So is your base of operation the one in the northwest of here.”

The body of the bandit tensed for a moment and the pupils of his yes widened somewhat when he heard the question. Obviously though he was about to answer in a negative or throw an insult but the reaction itself had been confirmation enough for the nara.

Sadly, the guy looked like a talker and that made him useless to Satoshi for something else he had in mind that’s why after a low mutter of "I see.” He just stopped spinning the kunai and slashed it through the throat of the bandit. Rising and moving way from the dying man the nara turned towards Hanabi to addressed her.

"Come on, seems like we are going northwest.”

With that he would just begin to move towards their new destination though at a slower pace to start with. The reason for this was that the vegetation of the area they had to pass was thicker then usual and that would be a slow down anyways so no point to set some frantic pace if they are going to have slow patches anyways.

Unless she initiated small talk, Satoshi would remain rather quiet as they moved for short while and it wasn’t until they had passed around four kilometers that he would finally speak.

"Well I expected a group of around seven but it seems currently at the place we are going to there are around fifteen people. So that means either a recruitment drive or some sort of meeting between the group we need to take care of and another one.”

Ducking beneath a tree branch Satoshi would finally emerge into somewhat more clear space mostly due to there being a river passing through only a few meters away from them. Thankfully this one had large enough boulders in it to make crossing it easier. Hopping over them and reaching the other bank the path afterwards would be clearer allowing for increase of pace that would be maintained until nearing their new destination.

---

(Bandit Camp)

Scratching at his brown beard Kaiju looked at the camp and the man from the two groups mulling around and interacting with one another. Two of the more foolish ones from the other group were making catcalls at one the three females in all of the camp. Foolish though because they had chosen the one that would actually string them by the balls instead of Hina who might have let them get lucky before killing them.

Still he returned his attention to the leader of the other bandit group and spoke after taking a drink from his cup.

"Seems like they are getting along decent enough.”

That seemed to make the other bandit leader just laugh and him standing at around seven feet alongside the giant axe leaning on the log next to him made for one intimidating sight if Kaiju was being honest. Despite his inner worries the giant of man named Fiju just cheerfully replied.

"Aye its sems thei do. Be a wender tat. I knew this was a good idea to aree to meet ya. Wit the two ofus workin togetr mean well be able to get bigge haul.”

Kaiju barely had any idea what the other man had said but he still nodded his head in agreement and brough up another laugh from Fiju. Bah the things he did for success.

---

SA :

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Kagura Shingan [Kagura Mind's Eye]

After exploring his innate sensory abilities and thanks to his perfect chakra control Satoshi was able to unlock the Kagura Shingan. This ability allows him to find, sense, and track individuals through their chakra over vast range that exceeds ten kilometers. His able to achieve this effect by focusing and opening his mind's eye, though due to the low chakra cost Satoshi is able to keep it active passively at all times (Range is 15km) and increase the range even more with the use of the jutsu(25km). The ability also extends to telling when a person is lying from the fluctuations in a person's chakra made from dishonest emotions or detecting if someone, including him, is under a genjutsu. Also by focusing on a particular chakra, Satoshi can perceive its location and movement with great detail allowing him to track the movements of even those that are faster than him.

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Their fight was over in this life. Hanabi would offer a light bow to them, but they weren't really much in the way of an actual challenge. She pulled at the corpse's shirt, ripping it from him to use it as a cloth to wipe away the blood on her body and foot, but now that there was nobody else to kill, would watch Satoshi who had instead chosen to interrogate somebody.

She watched plainly. It hadn't occurred to her that he might've not known where to go, but if he could feel things out from very far away without concern, that was the thought that they'd be going off... and so hadn't thought to hold back. What if he'd killed them as well and they were too far away for whatever sensing ability the man had?

But the futile reality set in for him, and Hanabi would watch his life come to an end. When that had been dealt with, Hanabi would offer a comment to Satoshi. "You're scarier than your tiny frame gives off." Hanabi had what many would call a 'big dick energy' as she watched Satoshi with her arms crossed and watching impassively. Some people didn't deserve to live on their earth, and at least they were given a warrior's death.

They carried on to their latent destination and as Satoshi hadn't thought to speak, neither had Hanabi. Never mind their direction. Blood would find them one way or another, even if it meant that she needed to go looking for longer than she wanted. Hanabi had been waiting for something more like this. A slick grin pushed its way into her lips as she listened. If they were quite as easy as they looked, that would provide nothing. But - she felt power coursing through her veins at the idea. "Fabulous."

For if they were ready to fight, the woman certainly had it in her to get even stronger through her mighty god's bestowed abilities. That would be a new sight for Satoshi to see, but even then, through his own sensory ability he would feel little rumbles of what might've been akin to fire in her chakra, by the way she seemed to magnetise in her posture and straighten out her back with a renewed sense of vigour.

---

A hop, skip and jump with a little more effort than what Satoshi had to exert to cross a second river would have Hanabi relatively drier than the first attempt, for its lesser difficulty. Where Satoshi was taking a closer stance and likely in a turn of phrase that would allow him easy access to his ability.

"So, did you want me to flank them from the front so you can take the rear with your shadow techniques?" Hanabi got the concept well enough. More shadow was better for shadow techniques, and that meant simply being on the opposite side of wherever was best for him.

But them growing closer to the camp was growing closer to a fight that Hanabi was itching for. Her small frame made her easy to underestimate, but what any person would grow weary by was a young girl out in the wilderness happening to find a camp of bandits. That wouldn't be an easy explanation. Thankfully, the girl didn't need words.

She'd effectively followed Satoshi's path until she could finally see a camp. "Is this where we part ways? I think I can take that route in." Her voice, was reasonably quieter for Satoshi's sake. Why? She was about to go roll into their camp with all the brazen glory of a bull in a china shop.

But Satoshi might've had a different approach. But, if he didn't - then off Hanabi would go into the camp, sure, a little backward going through thickets and still being in no shoes, it was uncomfortable. But her feet would grow more numb by the second, as did they grow tougher and more calloused.

While Satoshi might've been interested, Hanabi seeing them chat amongst themselves, others a little more loudly than others, had nothing to fear - and nothing to learn from them, unless that was information of more people that needed to be killed. So, she could quickly do a headcount - she wasn't completely stupid, to waltz in with no idea of who was where. Danger could come from anywhere, and so a little... up close surveying would be necessary before she announced herself, and their deaths.

Or her own. But that was a glorious one to be had, if at all.

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[Nara Satoshi]

This is so troublesome But I guess I’ll do it.

A humorless snort escaped Satoshi at Hanabi’s statement before he sent her a small sharp smirk and replied.

"I’ve been told that before.”

Following that short exchange there would be no more talking though as they traveled besides keeping an eye on his surrounding and in general checking if something new entered his range the Nara also divided some of his attention on examining the chakra of his current teammate. If he didn’t know better Satoshi would have thought it was reacting to the rising excitement that had begun to brew inside of her the closer, they got to the camp. That wasn’t the case or maybe not fully as there was something definitely going on.

It was a strange and brief stirring that Satoshi couldn’t associated with anything else he had seen and well the Nara had observed a variety of oddities when it came to chakra ever since the clarity about chakra, he had received due to Kagura’s Mind Eye. Closest he could connect that brief flicker to was the first instance of when bijuu chakra started to enter the network and mixed with regular chakra before drowning it out.

More things too look into when he had the free time but for now Satoshi put the thoughts on the backburner and focused on what he had been asked as the duo crossed the river.

Releasing a quiet hum, he replied.

"Yeah I think we should go along with that. It’s not a bad suggestion and probably better if we do so, more out of cation then anything else. Despite their chakra not suggesting shinobi training you can never fully know and be surprised don’t you think so?”

Something Satoshi got a newer perspective on for and what Hanabi herself could probably attest to. As they neared the camp more and more Satoshi only response before they parted ways was.

"Go wild and if it comes to it, I’ll cover your back though I doubt you’ll need it.”

After that he would smoothly transition into a leap and move about in the trees, circling the camp until he ended up in the rear part of it. It seemed that the leaders of the bandits were at least moderately smart as there was actually a person posted to watch the perimeter. Not that he was doing a good job as he hadn’t looked up yet but at least his boss had tried to be thorough.

Taking a Kunai in hand once more it was simple to just drop down onto the bandit and slice his throat while putting a hand to his mouth so he didn’t scream while crumbling to the ground due to the weight of another person on top of him. The Nara held his hand over the guy’s mouth until most of the gurgling stopped and once, he was sure the bandit wouldn’t make anymore sounds Satoshi jumped back into the tress so he could move into the camp.

It took some maneuvering but he had a clear sight of two people sitting on pair of logs and discussing thing while watching the rest of the occupants of the camp. For now, Satoshi would wait for Hanabi to start things off before he jumped in in order to take care of what would be his first targets.

---

(Bandit Camp)

For now, things were going well and talks were amicable even if Kaiju didn’t get almost half of what Fiju was saying and had to resort to just nodding when he didn’t. Still he made sure to keep track of where his stronger people were.

His righthand man Tanaka, that was usually his shadow and stuck with him, wasn’t that close by and was instead next to one of the tents. The reason for that was because he was busy keeping watch on Fiju’s own top subordinate so he could interfere if they decided to do something. The guy named Suki looked fitting for being the second in command with his bare chest and scar covered body though surprisingly he wielded a pair of daggers.

Airi was still being bothered by the two idiots but with how her hand was hovering over her sword it wouldn’t be long. Hina on the other hand was busy gushing over the sickle weapon of the only female from Fiju’s band of misfits, some crazy bitch that liked blood too much for it to be healthy. Though Kaiju knew Hina could take care of herself after all despite appearing harmless she was deadly with her fists.

Kaito and his brother Adachi were probably also lurking somewhere around the camp but he couldn’t see them currently. A few other of Fiju’s men stood out but he didn’t know or had heard about them exactly. Either way Kaiju was certain him and his people could come on top if things went south.

---

SA :

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Kagura Shingan [Kagura Mind's Eye]

After exploring his innate sensory abilities and thanks to his perfect chakra control Satoshi was able to unlock the Kagura Shingan. This ability allows him to find, sense, and track individuals through their chakra over vast range that exceeds ten kilometers. His able to achieve this effect by focusing and opening his mind's eye, though due to the low chakra cost Satoshi is able to keep it active passively at all times (Range is 15km) and increase the range even more with the use of the jutsu(25km). The ability also extends to telling when a person is lying from the fluctuations in a person's chakra made from dishonest emotions or detecting if someone, including him, is under a genjutsu. Also by focusing on a particular chakra, Satoshi can perceive its location and movement with great detail allowing him to track the movements of even those that are faster than him.

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"'Kay." Hanabi seemed far too happy for the situation to be as serious as it was. But it wasn't for naught: the girl had every intention of stepping up to the plate for her duties, and beginning to take a position closer for her camp.

Maybe she would need some help.


But she took her feet into camp and she would announce herself to them quite eagerly as faces turned to her.

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"What are you doin here?"

"I'm here to kill you on behalf of Sensō, my god." Hanabi beamed at them. Cue the laughter. Hanabi would look between them all, Hanabi had already counted

"Yabedha gedada here." one of the misogynistic men who had been bothering two of the ladies stood up, with more courage than brains. He held with him a demon's club, one which Hanabi could not name. It was not one which she was familiar with. But, a club, and a huge one at that. "I don't think I will." While he appeared to have found Hanabi's presence amusing, the one known as Kaju (and the one she did not know or care about) was much less careless, much less amused and much more quiet as he signalled for one of his men, the right hand man: to quietly take off and out of Hanabi's eyesight.

"onamarchance kid," Hanabi shrugged her shoulders. "You'll have to do." Her head dropped, and a strange like presence would encompass over her body a little bit as the killing intent in their relative 'room' rose. That being said, they did not appear to be superior. Not yet, anywho.

That would perhaps change, but Hanabi did not yet recognise them as worthy opponents. As it would be expected. "yerfunerahl." he would rise the club above him and try to drop it over her head, but Hanabi would simply sidestep it, watching the rest of them standing up and getting ready to fight - placing her palm on the weapon as she focused. Was she... really taking it that easily?

She punched him in the chest, just to test the waters: without much luck - the man pushed him back and she would simply cartwheel backwards, leading to his next attack. "Aaah...." The man threw out a large club at her: and she jumped- offering her own observation via heel to the face.

And that man dropped in tandem with her own feet hitting the floor. She would clink her fingers together, turning them away so palms were facing outward as she stretched, and performing a similar move from early as she stepped over the man to stamp over his windpipe, a sick squealch of noise as heel met the inside of the back of his windpipe.

"hOLY Fuck-" was one of the resounding noises that Hanabi perceived amongst the commotion she'd suddenly caused, and off she would dart to one of the lesser men, jab: and thrice more to make one more drop, sliding underneath another to use his body to twist into another's weapon.

Still nothing special. But the big bads were getting ready, Kaju unsheathing his daggers as he made his way over to Hanabi, one of the women had already held out a sword and making her way to Hanabi, another trying to find a sweet spot to drive his own weapon into Hanabi's neck, but all moving very quickly.

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[Nara Satoshi]

This is so troublesome But I guess I’ll do it.

Hanabi’s entrance was certainly attention grabbing and Satoshi was able to witness from his vantage point how the focus of everyone was slowly shifting towards the girl. There were a few around that looked dangerous but she could probably deal with them well enough and in the meantime, it was his turn to act.

The two guys he had picked out definitely had the appearance of leaders, though sometimes appearances could be deceiving. Regardless their reaction was varied with the big one appearing amused even as things soured not even bothering to reach for his axe while the bearded man seemed weary with obvious apprehension radiating from his body.

Those things were noted but before they could leave their place Satoshi acted and dropped down from his perch. Seeing as the big one might be a bit troublesome to quickly take down the nara was already going through the handseals as his chakra surged to respond while he fell. Landing a bit behind the two bandits just as he finished the jutsu his shadow quickly came alive and surged towards theirs and managing to trap them on the spot with a successful Shadow Possession jutsu.

Both of them froze on the spot and were trying to say something though Satoshi was ignoring the profanity that were being thrown at him by the large man. He caught in his peripheral vision that some of the other bandits were turning their attention towards him in order to see what was going. That’s why he just moved his arm to the side and mimicked the picking up of the grip of a weapon. Since both of the bandits were forced to mimic him, they did the same but while the bearded one grabbed nothing but air the other one had actually managed to get the axe in his grip.

With no hesitation Satoshi made a forceful motion that looked like he was trying to hit his head with some imaginary weapon. Obediently the axe wielding bandit repeated the motion to bloody consequences as the weapon buried itself into his head. Death was almost immediate and he felt through the connection of their shadows the body start to slacken. Not wanting to put it to waste he used the last of its strength to his advantage.

Doing the motion for a throw he aimed it to the left, the direction the other bandits was from the now dead one. Maybe for the better the bearded man never did see the blow itself come as he had turned his back in order to also mimic the motion though the scream he let out as he was hit did still resonate through the camp.

Releasing the jutsu Satoshi deftly moved to the now downed bandit and finished the job with a quick reach for the axe pulling it out of his back and using it to decapitate him. He was forced to drop his impromptu weapon in order to dodge the attack of the sickle wielding woman. Grabbing her foot as she passed the nara spun adding more momentum before throwing her at the other female that was also charging him.

Dashing after them Satoshi drew a kunai and rapidly closed the distance. He dodged a few haphazard strikes as they tried to gain their footing. With their ruined balance It was easy to follow up with swift slashes to their throats. A sigh almost escaped him as the two women dropped to ground with their last breaths escaping them. It was always strangely hectic and messy to fight bandits or well when it was in this open sort of ways.

Casting a look around him and seeing where everyone else was positioned Satoshi moved to start taking care of the other threats leaving the ones surrounding Hanabi to her but still keeping an eye on them just in case things got dicey.

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Jutsu Used :

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NAME: Kagemane no Jutsu [Shadow Imitation Technique]
RANK: D
CHAKRA USAGE: Low
CLASSIFICATION: Ninjutsu
ELEMENT: N/A
DESCRIPTION:

The basis of all the Nara Clan techniques. The use extends their shadow over any surface in an attempt to connect with an enemy's shadow. Once they touch, the shadow's merge, connecting the target with the user. The target is then forced to imitate the movements of the user. On its own, the range of this technique is approximately thirty yards. However, with each use the Kage Mane yields diminishing returns; this loss in length is approximately a yard per use.

SA :

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Kagura Shingan [Kagura Mind's Eye]

After exploring his innate sensory abilities and thanks to his perfect chakra control Satoshi was able to unlock the Kagura Shingan. This ability allows him to find, sense, and track individuals through their chakra over vast range that exceeds ten kilometers. His able to achieve this effect by focusing and opening his mind's eye, though due to the low chakra cost Satoshi is able to keep it active passively at all times (Range is 15km) and increase the range even more with the use of the jutsu(25km). The ability also extends to telling when a person is lying from the fluctuations in a person's chakra made from dishonest emotions or detecting if someone, including him, is under a genjutsu. Also by focusing on a particular chakra, Satoshi can perceive its location and movement with great detail allowing him to track the movements of even those that are faster than him.

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[attr="class","banglyric"]Our religion is war.
Our church is the battlefield.
Our prayers are our fists.

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six down, nine to go.

Hanabi had already dispatched of three of their kind, one stamped on, one impaled by the other - and the final one had Hanabi withdrawing a knife from the man's own belt and slicing his throat, and that had been dealt with quickly enough, but that didn't mean the danger was over. It was far from.

Satoshi had taken care of three himself and would be quickly working his way up to more. It was of no surprise that Hanabi had continued into action but had not taken quite so much care of her surroundings, now finding herself surrounded on all sides by two ladies, a single man - their presumed leader (not that Hanabi knew of that yet) and one from the rear which she hadn't even noticed yet: hidden under cover and waiting for the girl to be herded into him.

Unbeknownst to her the woman was getting corralled, and while she had accounted for her surroundings like she had done in her own fights, her lack of awareness toward whom she believed insignificant and unworthy ticked one box: arrogance. It came easily at the girl as she evaded the attacks from the three of them and dancing between them as she fought, it was becoming progressively more difficult, trained or no: when one slice followed another and so on the edge of her own seat as she continued to dance and fight around them. That, and her escape was closing off with one more cutting off her escape, meaning that it was in her interest to get some fresh air and away from the rest of them.

Ducking underneath another attack would have her be backing off, still happy all the while as she went to get some space, but moving past one of the camp tents would reveal the fifth, hidden assailant who grabbed at her wrist - causing her to try and kick at the genitals of the slim, male: quite easily blocking her strong attack and wincing slightly- but holding a grip nonetheless.

So, it was certainly looking shady between the grunts and the growls of the fight. "Got her," He was certainly calm and confident about being able to hold her. The girl herself on the other hand, had to recognise they had some skill. But with that, could definitely let loose some - and the will of Senso would offer her that, in her feeling more energised than before, stronger. Yet, no less in danger as she grappled with the man, enclosed folk readying on her: the man withdrew his own daggers, and quite successfully managed to stab the girl in the shoulder - eliciting a harsh yelp from the girl. Angering her, and allowing her the opportunity to lean forward and bite the man - and his nose, and ripping it clean from his face.

Oh, to be a savage. But still, danger.

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[Nara Satoshi]

This is so troublesome But I guess I’ll do it.

Finished with those that were around him Satoshi moved towards the next pair he had marked to take out without even casting a glance in their direction. That’s why understandably both of them were surprised when not only he moved in their direction but also threw a kunai at one of them. Finally looking at their somewhat pale faces Satoshi surged into motion and rapidly closed the distance between them. One of them tried to slice him with his sword but the nara evaded the slash by simply ducking before rising and burying a kunai in man’s throat.

Gruesome and not that fast but it was easier to ensure they would die then aiming for their chest after all sometimes they did actually wear protection so it was better just in case to aim for the soft parts. As the bandit began to fall Satoshi smoothly spun on his foot and lashed out with his other into a kick right in the face of the other bandit that had tried to charge him in rage. Unlucky for him though the nara was able to sense the assault and react to it appropriately. Before he could hit the ground Satsohi followed with his kunai to finish him off.

He was also keeping an eye and ear out towards were Hanabi was and as such Satoshi did wince a bit when he heard her yelp of pain due to getting stabbed. It wasn’t serious and she was handling it so far but in way it was his fault for giving her this much freedom even if she had it under control despite the injury. After handling so much himself and only recently getting back to accompanying genin on missions Satoshi hadn’t taken into account his view might be skewed a bit in what people could handle a bit more then assumed.

It was time to wrap things up though and with a surge of his chakra he moved towards the edges of the camp and putting everyone that remained into direct view of him. Fishing out a tag Satsohi was quick to shout out.

"Cloe your eyes Hanabi.”

As soon as he said that he would throw the tag behind him before activating and making a harsh light emanate from it. It was so bright it blinded everyone that hadn’t turned or closed their eyes while the nara himself was saved from it due to having his back to the sealing tag that and well he didn’t exactly need to see due to his sensory. While it was a bonus to blind them the true effect of the light was that it stretched his shadow towards all of the remaining bandits exponentially and after doing the handseals and channeling chakra into it in order to activate the signature jutsu of his clan Satsohi now had them all in his grasp.

Not waiting around, he was quick to flow in another handseal and soon hands emerged from all the shadows that were now connected with his. The appendages then began sneaking their way up the bodies of the bandits before reaching their necks and grasping them before beginning to tighten to cut off the airflow. It wouldn’t take long before the bandits would start succumbing to the technique and dying. Satoshi would then only release the technique when he was sure all of them were dead.

Looking around the camp he would move closer towards his teammate and say.

"Well that should take care of things. Sorry I had to cut your fun like that but you know better safe then sorry just in case. You okay?”

Oh, he wasn’t that sorry and while Hanabi probably could have taken care of things on her own he rather play it safe then letting her risk more injuries. She could enjoy a good brawl some other time.

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Jutsu Used :

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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, compounding in exertion and difficulty each time. with 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: Shoudo Fuin [ Illumination Seal]
RANK: C
CHAKRA USAGE: Low to Medium
CLASSIFICATION: Fuinjutsu
ELEMENT: N/A
DESCRIPTION:

The user prepares a tag and fills it with chakra it can then be attached to any surfaces or weapons. Once activated the seal generates bright light that is nearly blinding nonstop until the chakra poured in to the tag runs out which is around five to fifteen minutes. The user is able to adjust the brightness of the light by making slight alteration to the seal allowing it to be also used as lantern of a sorts.

NAME: Kagemane no Jutsu [Shadow Imitation Technique]
RANK: D
CHAKRA USAGE: Low
CLASSIFICATION: Ninjutsu
ELEMENT: N/A
DESCRIPTION:

The basis of all the Nara Clan techniques. The use extends their shadow over any surface in an attempt to connect with an enemy's shadow. Once they touch, the shadow's merge, connecting the target with the user. The target is then forced to imitate the movements of the user. On its own, the range of this technique is approximately thirty yards. However, with each use the Kage Mane yields diminishing returns; this loss in length is approximately a yard per use.


NAME: Kage Kubi Shibari no Jutsu [Shadow Neck Bind Technique]
RANK: B
CHAKRA USAGE: High
CLASSIFICATION: Ninjutsu
ELEMENT: N/A
DESCRIPTION:

A signature killing move of the Nara Clan. Once the target is bound by the Kage Mane, the user channels their chakra into their shadow, causing it to form hands. These hands then creep up the opponent, coiling around the target and strangling them. It is possible to make the physical shadows more slender, in order to target more specific body parts.

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Kagura Shingan [Kagura Mind's Eye]

After exploring his innate sensory abilities and thanks to his perfect chakra control Satoshi was able to unlock the Kagura Shingan. This ability allows him to find, sense, and track individuals through their chakra over vast range that exceeds ten kilometers. His able to achieve this effect by focusing and opening his mind's eye, though due to the low chakra cost Satoshi is able to keep it active passively at all times (Range is 15km) and increase the range even more with the use of the jutsu(25km). The ability also extends to telling when a person is lying from the fluctuations in a person's chakra made from dishonest emotions or detecting if someone, including him, is under a genjutsu. Also by focusing on a particular chakra, Satoshi can perceive its location and movement with great detail allowing him to track the movements of even those that are faster than him.

@senso

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