[Sora Minami]

Sora entered the town without fanfare or obstruction, one hand on her blade as she followed what little sounds she could make out through the eerie silence. The streets were empty, the houses darkened and seemingly empty, though obviously there were people still in some of them; evacuations rarely got everyone out of the danger zone, and even the most thorough sweep could miss people. She wasn’t here to kill civilians though, so any of the ones left alive and in hiding were safe… well. As safe as they could be in a situation like this.

So it was that the black-haired woman kept moving, heading towards the only source of noise she could find, her breathing slow and steady. Until, that is, she hit a wall, her progress stopped by a literal wall that had simply appeared down a path she had already taken, her sense of direction seemingly twisted up in knots. Tch. The genjutsu user… again.

The Kiri Jounin stopped in front of the wall, her face twisting in an annoyed grimace as she reached into her flak jacket and quickly pulled out a single chakra pill, chewing on the supplement. She turned away from the obstacle, putting her back to it as she swallowed the pill, feeling the rush of foreign chakra hit her body all at once- she was going to need it in a moment. Gripping the hilt of her blade again, Sora drew Samidare, holding it by her left hip in a two-handed grip, closing her eyes for a moment as she flooded the weapon with Raiton chakra once more, focusing it into a tight, compacted mass of raw energy.

After a moment, the black-haired woman opened her eyes, swinging her blade up and to the right without a word, unleashing the torrent of Raiton within in a searing arc of crackling chakra that would cut and burn anything it came across in a wide arc. Everything in its path for some fifteen meters would, for the most part, be utterly destroyed, the sheer destructive power of her jutsu enough that it should, in theory anyway, draw out whoever was nearby and force them to either drop the genjutsu to avoid being killed or reveal themself, thus letting her retaliate.

In theory, anyway.

Shouki Kumori Sourei Kobashi Kaguya Toru

Jutsu/SA's/Equipment Used

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Jutsu:
NAME: Ittoryu: Samidaregiri [One Sword Style: Spring Rain Cutter]
RANK: A
CHAKRA USAGE: High
CLASSIFICATION: Kenjutsu
ELEMENT: Raiton
HANDSEALS: N/a
RESTRICTIONS: Must know Saber Jutsu; Must have Chakra Conductive/Raiton Reactive Blade
DESCRIPTION: A unique variant of the Sabre Jutsu developed by a past user of Samidare Samidaregiri works by flooding Samidare with Raiton-nature chakra, which is then unleashed when the user swings the blade, exploding out it in a "cut” that follows the arc of her slash, but with vastly increased range and intense destructive power, as the "cut” is made of pure Raiton chakra and not only cut, but burns and shocks as well. Destructively speaking, Samidaregiri is capable of carving a large, scorched gouge in thick plates of steel.

This is not to say Samidaregiri is a perfect jutsu; it takes a good few seconds to charge the blade with sufficient chakra and, should the user somehow fail to unleash the cut after charging the blade to full, it will erupt upon them instead of their enemy, essentially making this technique almost as dangerous for the user as it is for their enemy. These cuts have an effective range of roughly 15m.
Special Abilities:
The Kunoichi That Goes On And On And On… [Endurance SA]
Perhaps part of her genetics or simply a random quirk of fate, Sora is unnaturally resilient, be it to physical pain or the toils of extended combat. While most Shinobi would collapse in exhaustion at having used all but the smallest sliver of their chakra reserves, she pushes on; while most Shinobi would wilt beneath the weight of sleepless night after sleepless night, she keeps going. This does not mean she does not feel pain/the strain of extended combat, but rather that her threshold for shutting down because of it is far higher than others. To give an example, if she were to be stabbed through her abdomen, she would still feel the pain of the injury, and it would hinder her ability to move/act, but it wouldn’t stop her, whereas a normal ninja might freeze up or shut down from the pain.

Bet You Didn’t See That Coming [Speed SA]
A byproduct of her enhanced endurance, Sora (despite what many would think) dislikes being injured- and with that dislike comes the intense desire to avoid getting hurt, a desire that has pushed her to hone her body until it could move faster than most others of her rank. In short, Sora is fast- very, very fast.

POWAH! UNLIMITED POWAH!! [Chakra Reserves SA]
After a lifetime of utilizing nearly every ounce of chakra in her body just to survive, Sora’s chakra reserves have expanded a considerable amount to compensate- while she’s no Jinchuuriki, her ability to toss out jutsu after jutsu and still have enough chakra to keep going is quite remarkable, a testament to just how much of the stuff she actually has.

I Am Not Left-Handed [Kenjutsu Mastery SA]
Sora is not merely a Kenjutsu specialist- she is a master when it comes to the art of the sword; after over two decades of training, her skills are unrivaled within Kirigakure, falling short only to the Seven Swordsman themselves… some of them, anyway. This mastery allows her a distinct advantage when fighting other Bukijutsu specialists of similar or lesser rank.

If You Try For Speed, You Do Not Achieve Speed [Bukijutsu Speed SA]
Beyond being a master of Kenjutsu, Sora has practiced for decades to become the faster swordswoman she can be. As such, her Kenjutsu techniques come out faster and move quicker than those performed by others of her rank.

Equipment: Samidare | Spring Rain Blade (Drawn)
SA’s
Unbreakable
Whatever metal and forging process was used in the creation of Samidare, it worked; Samidare is utterly unbreakable by most any means, capable of being engulfed in an S-Rank Jutsu and remaining unscathed. Though it is possible that the blade could potentially be broken by a sufficiently powerful attack (such as, say, a Bijuu-dama), this has never been tested, so it is not known if it would survive.

Sharper Than Your Average Blade
Due to its nature as an unbreakable blade, Samidare bears a cutting edge that is of particular note, which allows it to slice through even steel with little in the way of resistance, so long as the proper force is applied. Additionally, this edge never needs to be resharpened, as it never grows dull or rolls, thus making it perfect for frontline combat.

Light as Spring Rain
Perhaps a quirk of its forging (or perhaps an intentional feature), Samidare is considerably lighter than a blade its size and length ought to be; while this would normally result in a less effective weapon, Samidare loses none of its integrity or cutting power, as it is somehow able to leverage the same amount of force through less mass. This lightness allows the user to swing the weapon about with much greater speed for the same amount of physical exertion.

Chakra Conduction
Being Chakra Conductive, Samidare is capable of channeling all types of Chakra for use in Bukijustu, and, more particularly, it has a slight affinity for Raiton chakra thanks to Sora’s constant use of the blade for that purpose. This affinity does not do anything of real note, but it does feel as if the blade were more eager to drink in Raiton Chakra than other types.

[Shouki Kumori]

… Strange. Not the unguarded gate, but… upon entering, Kumori relied on both eyes and ears for pathfinding, but after all the audial errors he’d made under the effects of a certain someone’s previous illusory effects, the reality of him butting into walls that weren’t there before… and going in circles though he followed an advancing path…

But upon turning around and leaving, Kumori realized that the path out didn’t get him lost – in reality, he’d escaped the radius after a bit, but… yeah, his gut feeling told him: Genjutsu.

They’d gotten lost before… but upon entering again, Kumori remembered the path he’d taken before suddenly meeting obstacles… and all of a sudden, new obstacles appeared where he’d been a moment before! Some sort of mismatching Genjutsu… but it’s clear to see that there’s a boundary to its range of effects. The caster’s nearby.

Even from his position, he could feel the wave of electric energy expand in all directions – Sora must’ve decided to take a violent approach to drawing the Genjutsu caster out. Now, Kumori couldn’t really tell the exact range of effect of this Genjutsu – he just knew that reaching the gate he entered through meant it let go of its hold on him. A clearly more short-range versi-

Wait… why’d he think it was short-range? Well, it was likely the same Genjutsu caster as before, right? The one who had messed their sense of direction earlier, correct? How’d they do that? A Genjutsu couldn’t reach that far from a single position, so unless… and the sounds underground…

The moments of combat in the woods… as if someone had been right by their side all along. A Genjutsu like this, which held a clear range of effect, was likely different, but… if someone wanted to keep a shinobi under a Genjutsu like this while staying undetected, then where could they hide?

That woman… she’s not the only one using the Underground Submarine Voyage!

He’d willingly enter its range once again. His bet was that the caster was underground – therefore, he’d actually put less attention to the Genjutsu-imposed objects in his way, and more attention to his feet… if a crack was caught by his ears from below, he’d leap and be ready to counter-attack with his sword. The fact that the caster was this secretive meant that their capabilities in open combat must’ve been lacking.

But the Jutsu affecting his path-crossing meant that it was also a bit annoying to reach out to Sora again. He just hoped he could make it in time to share his inkling.

[Sourei Kobashi]

Peeking out through the slowly clearing smoke a mist that was no longer maintained, Kobashi saw now sign of a true body and quickly realized he was still trapped within the confines of the illusion. His brain went into overdrive trying to figure some way out of the situation, but was coming up short on ideas. He had been unable to break the illusions of the younger man earlier, he had taken a painkiller which meant trying to break the illusion with pain would require such grievous injuries as to make him useless going forward and his failed attempt at attacking without need for his normal senses had proven ineffective.

Kobashi retreated into the house once more and crouched down while unsealing one of the replacement scrolls for the Shibuki. It was a massive gamble, but it was the only path he could see forward. Before he could detonate the scroll of explosive notes however a massive arc of electricity blew through the buildings around him and the one he was in causing splinters of wood to rain around him. He had seen the technique before and while there was a chance it was more enemies, it at least made Kobashi click the radio on him to whisper out a warning to the others in case it truly was Sora nearby.

"If that was your attack now, fall back as far as you can and as fast as you can."

It was a bit vague on what exactly he was going to do in case the genjutsu was near enough to listen in, but given the other two knew his capabilities and his tendency towards explosions it should have been easy enough for them to piece together what was about to occur. Kobashi planned to wait only thirty seconds, hopefully they'd have enough time to make distance through use of body flicker or some such to get away. At the end of the waiting period Kobashi intended to detonate the entirety of the scroll with the roll position slightly in front and under himself. Naturally Kobashi also intended to increase his density to survive the blast. Ideally the subsequent blast would take out the genjutsu user, produce more destruction to the town and launch Kobashi further into the town where he at the very least could position the final scroll and potentially still make good on the information gathering secondary objective.

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[Kaguya Toru]

I would know him in death At the end of the world Sora Minami Shouki Kumori Sourei Kobashi

Two things happened within a rather short span of time. Sora ran into a wall and immediately got annoyed with this and unleashed a large arc of electricity. The arc broke buildings and sent debris into the air. It also ripped into the soil and ground beneath. The genjutsu did not end, which meant the target was not dead. However Kumori would hear some coughing... Whether it was a civilian or not that would be difficult to determine but soon after their radios would spark to life, a voice low and deep telling them to get out of radius immediately.

The coughing wouldn't stop... But presuming the other two shinobi got out of the way immediately with thirty seconds and the explosion going off well there wouldn't be a need to address the coughing because it along with everyone else in the area would be absolutely obliterated. Kobashi only surviving because of his own density, however the entire genjutsu radius would really go up into flames.

The only way the trio had to determine if the genjutsu user was dead or not was the genjutsu itself. But now the entire area was gone up in flames...

Kobashi would be landing somewhere not in the village.

Now they could decide if they wanted to collect anymore intel or call it a day. There was no way that whoever was pursuing them would have survived the blast regardless.

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3/3 enemies down

collect intel or run away?

ooc note: apologies for this nonsense post

OWL

[Sora Minami]

Sora was getting really damn tired of this shit.

Her attack slammed into the ground with a roar of thunder and the crackles of lighting, blasting through buildings and anything in its way… and yet, she felt no change in her senses. The imaginary wall behind her was still there, the genjutsu still in effect, as if she hadn’t even been aiming in the right place. Her temper flared, breathing growing heavy as she slid Samidare back into her sheath, determined to find the little bastard behind it and end him- only for her radio to crackle to life, Kobashi’s voice ringing out a warning to get clear while he handled their sole remaining enemy. It was a warning the black-haired woman heeded, pushing herself through the false wall and out of the genjutsu while she still had a chance, her body moving up onto the rooftops while she still could, utilizing the thirty seconds she had to make it to the edge of the village once more.

She turned around just in time to watch the explosion engulf a huge section of the village, the shockwave almost knocking her off her feet and off the wall entirely. Almost. It took only a few moments for the Kiri Jounin to regain her senses, sky-blue gaze focusing on the huge, smoking craterKobashi had left in his wake; if that hadn’t killed their foe, nothing would.

"I’m going to get what intel I can. You should go collect our exploding friend; I’ll meet you at what’s left of the gate." Sora said, forming a single hand seal as she uses her own radio to call out to Kumori who, hopefully, was far enough outside the blast radius to still be in fighting shape. Two shadow clones form around her, one heading left, the other right, while she herself moves forward, scouring the remaining buildings for anything that might be useful. They don’t have much time, but there should be enough for her and her clones to be fairly thorough- after all, most everyone in the town ought to either be dead or incapacitated by now.

And if they weren’t… well. She still had plenty of chakra to burn.

Shouki Kumori Sourei Kobashi Kaguya Toru

[Shouki Kumori]

Kumori knew to heed the warning of a man who wielded the Shibuki, and it immediately made the elder shinobi turn 180 and perform the Body Flicker Technique. If Kobashi was planning to unleash Shibuki now, then he wouldn’t leave anything behind – no witnesses allowed. Shibuki’s area of effect was huge, and wielded by a Sourei only made it even more terrifying.

Reaching the other gate to the village in time, Kumori awaited the inevitable- ah, there it was! The explosion sent out a huge shockwave outside of the direct rapture of fire and heat, which was powerful enough for the old man to need an arm over his face, lest he got slapped by the wave and lost his foothold. Shibuki’s just as destructive as I remember… he admired the lightshow a few moments after, watching a shadowy form fly away from the village, Is that him?

He caught the subsequent call from Sora and the command to go pick up Kobashi. He’d definitely densified his form to survive the explosion, but that must’ve been his form that he spotted earlier. "Roger,” he replied back through the radio before going off at the direction of Kobashi’s fall, taking the time to confirm no surviving resistance left in the decimated town. The fires rampaging near the center meant he was forced to arc around the danger zone, but he continued to make his way towards wherever Kobashi had landed.

…

"We’re going to rendezvous back at the gate. No corpse is found yet, but the Genjutsu’s worn off… can you still move?” Kumori would ask the man who took flight after finding his landing, offering an arm to rest on should Kobashi’s reserves have reached their limit after that show. The man had already taken a painkiller, tanked the most damage, and his patience was likely running thin as paper.

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.