[Takahashi Akio]

The air carried the crisp and cool quality of winter as Akio discreetly ventured toward one of the many inviting hotsprings of Akazaya. The young jounin had succumbed to his inner pervert, arriving at the hotspring disguised with Henge as a cute tomboy nearly indistinguishable from his usual stature and appearance. The challenge lay not only in the perfection of his illusion but in the necessity to keep it subtle, avoiding alterations that the water wouldn't interact with if he moved around while partially submerged. Given the number of shinobi that could potentially walk in his disguise needed to be perfect.

As he crossed the threshold into the empty hotsprings area, a serene ambiance enveloped him. Nestled in the heart of Akazaya, these hotsprings revealed themselves as a hidden gem, especially during the winter months, rivaling those Akio had experienced in Hotspring Country. The winter air playfully nipped at his exposed skin, heightening his senses as he approached the billowing steam rising from the hot pools. A tingling nervousness pervaded him—this was the first time he had dared such a brazen act.

With practiced ease, Akio disrobed in the designated area, a towel in hand, before finally making his way to the comforting warmth of the hotspring. The stark contrast between the chill in the air and the soothing heat of the water cast a delightful sensation over him, bringing relaxation to his muscles and rejuvenating his spirit. The steam swirling around him added a magical touch to the ambiance, enhancing the clandestine nature of his escapade.

Had it not been for the disguise, this immersion in the hotspring would have been precisely what he needed after the lengthy journey to Kumogakure. Steam gracefully enveloped the disguised Akio as he reveled in the freedom this secretive interlude offered.

Leaning back in the hot, wonderful water, Akio closed his eyes, allowing the warm embrace to wash away the fatigue from his recent adventures. The sound of trickling water and the occasional rustle of leaves in the winter breeze created a soothing melody. Despite being nervous, the longer he waited the more he allowed himself to be immersed in the serenity. This would have been a perfect place to practice senjutsu if he had the opportunity to return.

As time passed, the gentle ambiance of the hotsprings worked its magic on Akio. The stress of the situation, the cold of winter—all of it melted away in the embrace of the hot, wonderful water. Akazaya's hidden oasis offered a sanctuary where he could recharge, and hopefully the relaxed nature of it all would prepare him for the hard part of his covert operation interacting with partially or fully nude women.

After being disguised as a woman for a good thirty minutes, the tranquility was eventually interrupted when the door to the women's section slid open. Akio perked up, directing his attention toward the entrance before cheerfully calling out in his best girl voice, "Good Evening!" He even went so far as to offer a casual wave, which the visitor would likely miss if they weren’t paying attention.


Lady Kazui

[Lady Kazui]

Don’t just weather the storm.
Dance in it.

❧

As the cold crisp winds washed over the city of Akazaya stress crept nearer and nearer as time came and went - filling the air so to say in ways that made it difficult to enjoy just how beautiful the city was. This was true for Kazui at least. Things haven't been going too great back in the leaf village, aside from rarely seeing her childhood friend and her boyfriend, Reiashi, the woman was also nervous to send Daredemo off to the exams so early into his career. It wasn’t that she didn’t believe in the younger Uchiha, but there was fierce competition out there, ruthless individuals. Sigh It was out of her control, so for now all she could do was support her underling.

With her students Michi and Hisana out enjoying the many activities that Akazaya had to offer, it gave Kazui plenty of time to kill by herself. So instead of letting her thoughts and worries continue to eat away at her strive towards happiness, the ravenette found herself stumbling across one of the many hot springs that the country had to offer.

It was a first for the woman who hadn’t experienced much in her life, however that was mostly due to circumstance and her own fast lone-wolf lifestyle that she at times regrets. Now that she was older however she was content with herself, her feelings to be exact, so she allowed herself more freedom and more relaxing experiences. From the flak jacket that she wore, the slim fitting turtleneck, and the shorts that hugged the woman’s frame - it was all removed in exchange for a brighter and softer robe along with a towel.

Once the designated area was reached, Kazui’s gaze fell lower and lower, tracing her own figure as she hesitantly removed her robe. Her hands were quick however, ensuring that little exposure if any would be shown. "H-Hi. Good evening..” The young woman spoke in a shy manner. She was nervous to say the least, she wasn’t a huge fan of strangers to begin with but being greeted by one while also being undressed, well that was a recipe for disaster.

With an arm tightly covering her chest, Kazui first dipped her feet into the onsen before slowly submerging herself lower and lower into the relaxing warmth of the water. With one final deep breath, the ravenette would exhale her fears and stress away - allowing her mind to clear and her body to relax.

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Always Passively Active:
NAME: Kagura Shingan [Kagura Mind's Eye]
RANK: A
CHAKRA USAGE: Very Low
CLASSIFICATION: Ninjutsu // Hijutsu
ELEMENT: N/a
DESCRIPTION:
This ability allows the user to find, sense, and track individuals through their chakra over vast range that exceeds ten kilometers. This is done by focusing and opening the mind's eye, though due to the low chakra cost many users keep it active often. 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 the user, is under a genjutsu. Also by focusing on a particular chakra, the user can perceive its location and movement with great detail.

Little Know It All - Extreme Intelligence
It was no secret that Kazui was regarded as a scholar when she was in the academy. One of the smartest in her class, the Uchiha often found herself correcting and/or helping out people older than herself. Many considered her very intellectual then, but that was just only the surface of her potential. Now, the girl is regarded as a genius, her IQ is nothing to be taken lightly or to be taken for granted, even as a young chunin. The teen possesses amazing mental capacity, is able to concentrate flawlessly even in the heat of battle, can calculate things in her head with great speed, and is able to remember many things with perfect recollection, even if it’s just useless information that is meant to be disregarded. In addition to that, Kazui is very deductive, competent, and witted. Her mind is the most dangerous weapon she possesses for many reasons. The girl is highly alert, aware, and very analytical, and she is also very ingenious and is capable of thinking outside of the box as well. Not only is she capable of reading, analyzing, and breaking down a person’s fighting style, but she can also determine what kind of person they are just by the way they speak, the way they carry themselves, and their thoughts on certain things. While doing this, it’s incredibly difficult to deceive the girl, especially if one is not skilled in the art of deception. Furthermore, Kazui can formulate numerous plans to certain situations in mere seconds. She thinks 10 steps ahead, and always has a back up plan just incase.

Gone In The Wind - Blistering Speed
As a child, Kazui was born weaker than others. Her health conditions set the girl at a disadvantage physically since birth, however her constant effort and drive to become the best has pushed her far beyond many others the same rank as herself. Her speed is nothing to be taken lightly, she has pushed herself physically to be able to not only outpace her opponent, but outright force them into keeping up with her and pushing them to the brink with her speed as well. The girl is fast, quick, and agile, even rivaling those who dedicated their entire life to the art of taijutsu to the point where if they haven’t specifically honed their speed, then the girl could outright outclass them in that regard. Those with weak perception often have trouble perceiving the girl’s movements, and to a normal human’s eye perceiving her is nigh impossible. All of her movements are inhumanly quick and hard to keep track of, and when used in conjunction with her sharingan, it can make her a formidable opponent for even the strongest of shinobi.

The Minimalist - Chakra Control
There was a problem that Kazui noticed during her time in the academy and that was the fact that she often found herself tiring out and exhausting herself rather quickly, even when she had just started she could feel herself beginning to wilt. So to counter those measures, the girl studied and asked around, trying to find the reason behind it and if there was a way she could fix it. She wasn’t born with massive reserves so while she utilized her justus, she often did so wastefully. But now, the girl has managed to control the amount of chakra she uses in a technique that allows her to fight much longer than before. She uses the absolute bare minimum of the chakra that’s needed, and not a drop more.

Uchiha Bloodline: Two Tomoe Sharingan
Being born within the Uchiha clan, Kazui has been blessed and/or cursed with a power that only an Uchiha can possess and use to its complete and full potential when they have experienced extreme emotions that causes their chakra to pour into their optic nerves, gifting them with the Sharingan, also known as the eyes that reflect the heart. There are three stages to the sharingan, and it is tracked by the amount of tomoe that appears around an Uchiha’s pupil. One tomoe unlocks the eye of insight, it grants the user the ability to see chakra within an opponent or ally and it also gives an increase to the user’s perceptive abilities. Two tomoe grants the user the eye of hypnotism, while in turn increasing the previous abilities that the ‘Eye of Insight’ grants. The girl’s precognition and perception is heightened well beyond what’s achievable by even the most skilled and elite shinobi, allowing her more of a predictive insight on her opponent as well as the world around her. In terms of her being able to track extremely fast objects and people alike, the eye also allows a natural reactive ability that helps her respond more accurately than a single tomoe could ever allow. As for the ability to see chakra, with a second tomoe the smallest and most faint sources of chakra can easily be spotted by the eye without any issue at all. Assigning color and analyzing the flow of the chakra, Kazui can tell which nature is going to be used as well as where the chakra will be coming from.

The Eye of Hypnotism on the other hand is much different than the previous eye, it allows the girl the ability to cast and break genjutsu with no issue at all, in a way only the Uchiha are capable of. It also gives her access to a set of genjutsu only known to those who possess great visual prowess amongst the clan. These illusions are very powerful in nature and are some of the most dangerous known to the art, they are well beyond standard genjutsu, and in addition the illusions can be casted with just a single glare. Those who met her gaze will find themselves under her spell before they can even realize what happened.

Tiny Dancer - Elusiveness
Kazui is one quick girl, which isn’t hard to tell. Thanks to her training, the girl has amazing agility and reflexes that allow her to keep herself out of harms way. Even without her sharingan being active, Kazui possesses sharp perceptive abilities and reflexes that allows her to become an escape artist of some sort as well as a complete nuisance to those trying to fight her. The girl’s reaction speed is superb and not to be taken lightly as it is, however, when the dojutsu is active, taking into account the girl’s great speed and adding her keen reflexes into the mix, it’s capabilities are much more potent and useful to the Uchiha. With this, not only is Kazui capable of keeping track of even the most renowned speediest opponents and attacks, the girl is able to keep up with, and react to them as well with relative ease.

Wake Up To Reality - KME Genjutsu Prowess
As an Uchiha it is believed that Kazui and many of her clanmen were born with a natural affinity for the art of genjutsu, but of course none of it can ever come to fruition if there is no effort placed behind it. However, since she was constantly reminded by those around her about that fact, the girl began to focus on the art more than ever before.

Although her illusions do become much more elaborate, less flawed in a certain sense, and stronger, the true results come more in the form of defending herself against genjutsu. Her vast knowledge of the art as well as her training and extremely high sensory capabilities allow for the Uchiha’s escape efforts to be significantly stronger than it normally is, allowing her to free herself from genjutsu up to 1 rank above what she is typically capable of via the special ability granted to the Uchiha with The Sharingan’s genjutsu escape. It should be noted however that genjutsu reversal does not receive any additional boosts from this ability.

Sleight of Hand - Seals Master
As Kazui grew older and gained more experience and familiarity with the ninja arts, the girl’s chakra control had essentially been mastered along with her speed and accuracy with forming hand-seals. Countless of hours spent training, learning, and even creating new jutsu has made the girl grow familiar with every seal needed to perform any jutsu, every motion for every combination, her body absorbed and memorized - allowing her to flow through the motions with no given thought or effort. Her speed with forming these seals is insanely quick and precise, she’s even capable of stringing together the lengthiest combinations of hand seals and casting jutsu faster than most can even dream of keeping up with, making it appear as if she hadn’t even tried to use any hand-seals to begin with. Her vast knowledge and familiarity with sealing in addition to her refined chakra control has lead her to being able to utilize only a single hand to form a seal as well, though she only does this under certain circumstances.

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[Takahashi Akio]

As the brisk winds swept through the city of Akazaya, cutting through the already chilly air within the embrace of the hot spring, Akio's keen perception couldn't help but catch the entrance of a seemingly reserved woman. Given the nature of the event being held within the city, her arrival suggested she was likely a shinobi, adding an air of intrigue to the unfolding scene. The gusts of wind served as a natural overture, amplifying the hushed ambiance that enveloped the hot springs and shrouding the surroundings in an enticing layer of mystery.

The young sage could feel the blood rushing to his face as the young woman disrobed, and he did his best to hide the fact that he was almost as flustered as Kazui in the moment. This was the first time outside of literature that he was witnessing something so lewd, and honestly he was probably staring a little too much. The young jounin would take a deep breath and attempt to calm himself down. While under the guise of a cute tomboy, he did his best to conceal his covert operation beneath the facade of casual interest. As Kazui hesitated, slowly immersing herself in the warm waters, Akio seized the opportunity to infuse a playful twist into their encounter and scooched closer to Kazui in the water. A mischievous glint in his eye betrayed the fact that this wasn't just another casual observer.

"You must not come to onsen often; you look so stiff and shy. You can relax! I’m not gonna bite unless you want me to, honey," Akio remarked with a playful tone and a wink, employing a fake alias for the moment. "I'm Aki, by the way. I’m all the way from Hot Spring Country, I’m just here to watch the Chuunin Exams. There’s nothing quite as thrilling as watching the up-and-coming shinobi showcase their skills, huh? Do you have a favorite contender you’re rooting for?" he continued, maintaining a genuinely friendly demeanor despite the deceptive layers at play. The success of the disguise prompted Akio to tread carefully, not wanting to give away the true nature of why he was actually at the hot springs.

As the steam rose around them, creating a cocoon of warmth and privacy, Akio couldn't help but revel in the contrast between the chilly exterior and the inviting heat of the hot springs. With a careful eye, he hoped that the rising steam would conceal any potential imperfections in the illusion, minimizing the risk of being exposed. As a seasoned shinobi himself, Akio understood that there were skilled individuals who could easily pierce through deceptive techniques. Hopefully if this chick was one of those shinobi, she was a little too flustered to see through his disguise.



Lady Kazui

[Lady Kazui]

Don’t just weather the storm.
Dance in it.

❧

Kazui tried her best to avoid paying attention to the other woman occupying the onsen. Resting her eyes, the Uchiha sank even further into the relaxing waters, her stress washing away with every passing breath. That is until curiosity happened to get the best of her. Peering through a single eye, Kazui managed to catch a glimpse of the approaching woman who inched closer and closer. Her face glowing a fiery red as she quickly shut her eyes and turned to face the other way. She tried her best to ignore her, but it seemed as if that wasn’t enough to dissuade the woman who insisted on carrying a conversation.

"This..would be my first time.” She informed politely to the spectator from Hot Springs country. Despite knowing that she was often a bit of a prude in most situations, she was often working to at least enjoy her time, however Aki acknowledging her lack of experiences made the jonin look deeper within. She’s right. Kazui thought to herself. And I don’t think she’s much of a threat. Glancing at the woman, Kazui slowly began to relax. Her arms falling down to her side. The full figure of the young woman on display as she remained immersed in the relaxing nature of the onsen. Often being teased for her lack of shape when she was younger, now would not be the case for the now grown lady. Due to being a late bloomer however, it would take some time for the Uchiha to grow more comfortable with herself.

"Aki.” She repeated. "Uchiha Kazui. From the Hidden Leaf Village.” The woman returned the favor as she greeted Akio. "I do have a favorite actually..he’s a student of mine. Uchiha Daredemo.” As the woman answered, she would gently push away further into the water, floating backwards as she continued to face Akio.

"Hmm. You are from Hot Spring country, yes? What is it like to live there? It must be relaxing and welcoming, I’d assume. Is that why you’re so friendly?” Kazui questioned. "Do you get to see the exams often?” She followed up.

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Always Passively Active:
NAME: Kagura Shingan [Kagura Mind's Eye]
RANK: A
CHAKRA USAGE: Very Low
CLASSIFICATION: Ninjutsu // Hijutsu
ELEMENT: N/a
DESCRIPTION:
This ability allows the user to find, sense, and track individuals through their chakra over vast range that exceeds ten kilometers. This is done by focusing and opening the mind's eye, though due to the low chakra cost many users keep it active often. 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 the user, is under a genjutsu. Also by focusing on a particular chakra, the user can perceive its location and movement with great detail.

Little Know It All - Extreme Intelligence
It was no secret that Kazui was regarded as a scholar when she was in the academy. One of the smartest in her class, the Uchiha often found herself correcting and/or helping out people older than herself. Many considered her very intellectual then, but that was just only the surface of her potential. Now, the girl is regarded as a genius, her IQ is nothing to be taken lightly or to be taken for granted, even as a young chunin. The teen possesses amazing mental capacity, is able to concentrate flawlessly even in the heat of battle, can calculate things in her head with great speed, and is able to remember many things with perfect recollection, even if it’s just useless information that is meant to be disregarded. In addition to that, Kazui is very deductive, competent, and witted. Her mind is the most dangerous weapon she possesses for many reasons. The girl is highly alert, aware, and very analytical, and she is also very ingenious and is capable of thinking outside of the box as well. Not only is she capable of reading, analyzing, and breaking down a person’s fighting style, but she can also determine what kind of person they are just by the way they speak, the way they carry themselves, and their thoughts on certain things. While doing this, it’s incredibly difficult to deceive the girl, especially if one is not skilled in the art of deception. Furthermore, Kazui can formulate numerous plans to certain situations in mere seconds. She thinks 10 steps ahead, and always has a back up plan just incase.

Gone In The Wind - Blistering Speed
As a child, Kazui was born weaker than others. Her health conditions set the girl at a disadvantage physically since birth, however her constant effort and drive to become the best has pushed her far beyond many others the same rank as herself. Her speed is nothing to be taken lightly, she has pushed herself physically to be able to not only outpace her opponent, but outright force them into keeping up with her and pushing them to the brink with her speed as well. The girl is fast, quick, and agile, even rivaling those who dedicated their entire life to the art of taijutsu to the point where if they haven’t specifically honed their speed, then the girl could outright outclass them in that regard. Those with weak perception often have trouble perceiving the girl’s movements, and to a normal human’s eye perceiving her is nigh impossible. All of her movements are inhumanly quick and hard to keep track of, and when used in conjunction with her sharingan, it can make her a formidable opponent for even the strongest of shinobi.

The Minimalist - Chakra Control
There was a problem that Kazui noticed during her time in the academy and that was the fact that she often found herself tiring out and exhausting herself rather quickly, even when she had just started she could feel herself beginning to wilt. So to counter those measures, the girl studied and asked around, trying to find the reason behind it and if there was a way she could fix it. She wasn’t born with massive reserves so while she utilized her justus, she often did so wastefully. But now, the girl has managed to control the amount of chakra she uses in a technique that allows her to fight much longer than before. She uses the absolute bare minimum of the chakra that’s needed, and not a drop more.

Uchiha Bloodline: Two Tomoe Sharingan
Being born within the Uchiha clan, Kazui has been blessed and/or cursed with a power that only an Uchiha can possess and use to its complete and full potential when they have experienced extreme emotions that causes their chakra to pour into their optic nerves, gifting them with the Sharingan, also known as the eyes that reflect the heart. There are three stages to the sharingan, and it is tracked by the amount of tomoe that appears around an Uchiha’s pupil. One tomoe unlocks the eye of insight, it grants the user the ability to see chakra within an opponent or ally and it also gives an increase to the user’s perceptive abilities. Two tomoe grants the user the eye of hypnotism, while in turn increasing the previous abilities that the ‘Eye of Insight’ grants. The girl’s precognition and perception is heightened well beyond what’s achievable by even the most skilled and elite shinobi, allowing her more of a predictive insight on her opponent as well as the world around her. In terms of her being able to track extremely fast objects and people alike, the eye also allows a natural reactive ability that helps her respond more accurately than a single tomoe could ever allow. As for the ability to see chakra, with a second tomoe the smallest and most faint sources of chakra can easily be spotted by the eye without any issue at all. Assigning color and analyzing the flow of the chakra, Kazui can tell which nature is going to be used as well as where the chakra will be coming from.

The Eye of Hypnotism on the other hand is much different than the previous eye, it allows the girl the ability to cast and break genjutsu with no issue at all, in a way only the Uchiha are capable of. It also gives her access to a set of genjutsu only known to those who possess great visual prowess amongst the clan. These illusions are very powerful in nature and are some of the most dangerous known to the art, they are well beyond standard genjutsu, and in addition the illusions can be casted with just a single glare. Those who met her gaze will find themselves under her spell before they can even realize what happened.

Tiny Dancer - Elusiveness
Kazui is one quick girl, which isn’t hard to tell. Thanks to her training, the girl has amazing agility and reflexes that allow her to keep herself out of harms way. Even without her sharingan being active, Kazui possesses sharp perceptive abilities and reflexes that allows her to become an escape artist of some sort as well as a complete nuisance to those trying to fight her. The girl’s reaction speed is superb and not to be taken lightly as it is, however, when the dojutsu is active, taking into account the girl’s great speed and adding her keen reflexes into the mix, it’s capabilities are much more potent and useful to the Uchiha. With this, not only is Kazui capable of keeping track of even the most renowned speediest opponents and attacks, the girl is able to keep up with, and react to them as well with relative ease.

Wake Up To Reality - KME Genjutsu Prowess
As an Uchiha it is believed that Kazui and many of her clanmen were born with a natural affinity for the art of genjutsu, but of course none of it can ever come to fruition if there is no effort placed behind it. However, since she was constantly reminded by those around her about that fact, the girl began to focus on the art more than ever before.

Although her illusions do become much more elaborate, less flawed in a certain sense, and stronger, the true results come more in the form of defending herself against genjutsu. Her vast knowledge of the art as well as her training and extremely high sensory capabilities allow for the Uchiha’s escape efforts to be significantly stronger than it normally is, allowing her to free herself from genjutsu up to 1 rank above what she is typically capable of via the special ability granted to the Uchiha with The Sharingan’s genjutsu escape. It should be noted however that genjutsu reversal does not receive any additional boosts from this ability.

Sleight of Hand - Seals Master
As Kazui grew older and gained more experience and familiarity with the ninja arts, the girl’s chakra control had essentially been mastered along with her speed and accuracy with forming hand-seals. Countless of hours spent training, learning, and even creating new jutsu has made the girl grow familiar with every seal needed to perform any jutsu, every motion for every combination, her body absorbed and memorized - allowing her to flow through the motions with no given thought or effort. Her speed with forming these seals is insanely quick and precise, she’s even capable of stringing together the lengthiest combinations of hand seals and casting jutsu faster than most can even dream of keeping up with, making it appear as if she hadn’t even tried to use any hand-seals to begin with. Her vast knowledge and familiarity with sealing in addition to her refined chakra control has lead her to being able to utilize only a single hand to form a seal as well, though she only does this under certain circumstances.

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[Takahashi Akio]

Akio, maintaining his guise as Aki, observed Kazui with a discerning eye, noting every subtle shift in her demeanor. His reassuring smile, warm and genuine, seemed to mirror the relaxing heat of the onsen. "Well, Kazui, you've got nothing to be shy about because you are absolutely drop-dead gorgeous," he complimented, his voice a blend of gentleness and sincerity, designed to ease any lingering reservations she might still have. He could sense there was more to her shyness, perhaps a shadow from her past, but he would be an absolute fool if he chose to probe deeper into such personal territory in their current setting.

As the conversation flowed, the soothing waters of the onsen continued to embrace them, adding a serene backdrop to their interaction. "Ah, Hot Spring country," Akio mused, his tone soft yet thoughtful, as he weaved together a believable story based on his knowledge. "It's probably more relaxing for those who visit. Living there, you're basically always in customer service mode. It's got its ups and downs like any place probably does. So, sneaking away for a little vacation like this is definitely a welcome change of pace."

Akio, noticing Kazui's growing comfort in his company, recognized this as a prime opportunity to delve deeper into her world, especially her connection to the Uchiha clan. "I've had the chance to watch the Chuunin exams a few times," he said, his eyes alight with intrigue about her kekkei genkai. It was less about gathering information, but more because he genuinely found these clan abilities incredibly interesting. "I usually find myself cheering for the underdogs from lesser-known villages. But facing off against renowned clans with incredible abilities, like yours, must be daunting." He then subtly steered the conversation toward a topic of great interest. "Speaking of remarkable abilities, you and your student, Uchiha Daredemo... do you both possess that unique eye thing?"

As the question hung in the air, Akio scooched closer through the water, reducing the distance between them until his shoulder lightly brushed against Kazui's. His voice was laced with genuine curiosity as he inquired, "Is the Sharingan really as cool as everyone makes it out to be? What all can it do?" He was keen to learn more about her clan's kekkei genkai, yet there was a part of him that hoped she wouldn't demonstrate its power right here and now. After the questions left his mouth Akio was a little worried that he hadn’t thought this through properly. If she activated her sharingan to demonstrate it shit would hit the fan really quick.

Most ocular techniques provided some visual benefit that would see through his feeble little henge. In the event she did activate it, he was mentally preparing to break eye contact with her because getting hit with something like a genjutsu binding while naked in the bath would be terrible luck. Hopefully Kazui’s reserved nature meant she wouldn’t want to show off like that.


Lady Kazui

[Lady Kazui]

Don’t just weather the storm.
Dance in it.

❧

Kazui looked down at herself as she sank a bit lower into the warm waters of the onsen. Her gaze quickly found Aki’s own looks as well before quickly shifting away. Her cheeks turned a bright rosy red as she spoke. "T-Thank you.” It was the first time anyone outside of Reiashi had commented on her appearance. Her shyness used to get the best of her but overtime with the boy she had grown used to his kind words, however this time seemed to bring back old times of being a bit introverted.

Nevertheless, Kazui entertained the woman’s company as she was trying to grow out of her reclusive nature. Perhaps talking with her could help. Concerning Hot Sorings country however, Aki’s words made sense. It was probably better for those visiting. "Hmm.” Kazui hummed. "I’ve only ever been once, and it was simply to pass through and get to lightning country. Perhaps I’ll give it a stay on my way home.”

The conversation continued to flow and without much notice Kazui found herself with little trouble talking to Aki. "If I weren’t affiliated with any major village I too would cheer for the underdog.” She mentioned with a nod. "But I am proud of where I’m from regardless. Our clans are prestigious, and so is our history.” It was true, although she wasn’t a very big fan of her village’s history. When questioned about the eye thing, Kazui immediately figured Aki was referring to the sharingan. With a shrug the woman answered, continuing to lightly splash about in the water.

"Well I do..” She had no reason to hide the fact that she was one of the few Uchiha capable of utilizing the dojutsu. Her moniker was Kazui of the Sharingan after all, she assumed most were aware. But in Aki’s case perhaps Kazui’s identity wasn’t much of a big deal - which made the young woman even more comfortable around the tomboy. "As for my student..no.”

The woman shrugged. To her the dojutsu was far from cool, the beginning stages were a strain on her eyesight and it only brought more and more pain the further it advanced. "It’s as cool as you make it..” She stated blandly. "It comes with a lot that would burden even the strongest willed shinobi however.” So how cool could it really be? A sigh escaped the woman’s breath as her gaze returned to the woman before her.

"If you manage to find me wandering around Akazaya, feel free to ask for challenge of any sort I wouldn’t mind showing you the sharingan in action.” With a single finger the girl would tap the side of her face near her eye. "But for the time being, I would like to simply relax.” She mentioned.

"Believe it or not, as a jonin of the leaf. I don’t get much time to myself.”

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NAME: Kagura Shingan [Kagura Mind's Eye]
RANK: A
CHAKRA USAGE: Very Low
CLASSIFICATION: Ninjutsu // Hijutsu
ELEMENT: N/a
DESCRIPTION:
This ability allows the user to find, sense, and track individuals through their chakra over vast range that exceeds ten kilometers. This is done by focusing and opening the mind's eye, though due to the low chakra cost many users keep it active often. 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 the user, is under a genjutsu. Also by focusing on a particular chakra, the user can perceive its location and movement with great detail.

Little Know It All - Extreme Intelligence
It was no secret that Kazui was regarded as a scholar when she was in the academy. One of the smartest in her class, the Uchiha often found herself correcting and/or helping out people older than herself. Many considered her very intellectual then, but that was just only the surface of her potential. Now, the girl is regarded as a genius, her IQ is nothing to be taken lightly or to be taken for granted, even as a young chunin. The teen possesses amazing mental capacity, is able to concentrate flawlessly even in the heat of battle, can calculate things in her head with great speed, and is able to remember many things with perfect recollection, even if it’s just useless information that is meant to be disregarded. In addition to that, Kazui is very deductive, competent, and witted. Her mind is the most dangerous weapon she possesses for many reasons. The girl is highly alert, aware, and very analytical, and she is also very ingenious and is capable of thinking outside of the box as well. Not only is she capable of reading, analyzing, and breaking down a person’s fighting style, but she can also determine what kind of person they are just by the way they speak, the way they carry themselves, and their thoughts on certain things. While doing this, it’s incredibly difficult to deceive the girl, especially if one is not skilled in the art of deception. Furthermore, Kazui can formulate numerous plans to certain situations in mere seconds. She thinks 10 steps ahead, and always has a back up plan just incase.

Gone In The Wind - Blistering Speed
As a child, Kazui was born weaker than others. Her health conditions set the girl at a disadvantage physically since birth, however her constant effort and drive to become the best has pushed her far beyond many others the same rank as herself. Her speed is nothing to be taken lightly, she has pushed herself physically to be able to not only outpace her opponent, but outright force them into keeping up with her and pushing them to the brink with her speed as well. The girl is fast, quick, and agile, even rivaling those who dedicated their entire life to the art of taijutsu to the point where if they haven’t specifically honed their speed, then the girl could outright outclass them in that regard. Those with weak perception often have trouble perceiving the girl’s movements, and to a normal human’s eye perceiving her is nigh impossible. All of her movements are inhumanly quick and hard to keep track of, and when used in conjunction with her sharingan, it can make her a formidable opponent for even the strongest of shinobi.

The Minimalist - Chakra Control
There was a problem that Kazui noticed during her time in the academy and that was the fact that she often found herself tiring out and exhausting herself rather quickly, even when she had just started she could feel herself beginning to wilt. So to counter those measures, the girl studied and asked around, trying to find the reason behind it and if there was a way she could fix it. She wasn’t born with massive reserves so while she utilized her justus, she often did so wastefully. But now, the girl has managed to control the amount of chakra she uses in a technique that allows her to fight much longer than before. She uses the absolute bare minimum of the chakra that’s needed, and not a drop more.

Uchiha Bloodline: Two Tomoe Sharingan
Being born within the Uchiha clan, Kazui has been blessed and/or cursed with a power that only an Uchiha can possess and use to its complete and full potential when they have experienced extreme emotions that causes their chakra to pour into their optic nerves, gifting them with the Sharingan, also known as the eyes that reflect the heart. There are three stages to the sharingan, and it is tracked by the amount of tomoe that appears around an Uchiha’s pupil. One tomoe unlocks the eye of insight, it grants the user the ability to see chakra within an opponent or ally and it also gives an increase to the user’s perceptive abilities. Two tomoe grants the user the eye of hypnotism, while in turn increasing the previous abilities that the ‘Eye of Insight’ grants. The girl’s precognition and perception is heightened well beyond what’s achievable by even the most skilled and elite shinobi, allowing her more of a predictive insight on her opponent as well as the world around her. In terms of her being able to track extremely fast objects and people alike, the eye also allows a natural reactive ability that helps her respond more accurately than a single tomoe could ever allow. As for the ability to see chakra, with a second tomoe the smallest and most faint sources of chakra can easily be spotted by the eye without any issue at all. Assigning color and analyzing the flow of the chakra, Kazui can tell which nature is going to be used as well as where the chakra will be coming from.

The Eye of Hypnotism on the other hand is much different than the previous eye, it allows the girl the ability to cast and break genjutsu with no issue at all, in a way only the Uchiha are capable of. It also gives her access to a set of genjutsu only known to those who possess great visual prowess amongst the clan. These illusions are very powerful in nature and are some of the most dangerous known to the art, they are well beyond standard genjutsu, and in addition the illusions can be casted with just a single glare. Those who met her gaze will find themselves under her spell before they can even realize what happened.

Tiny Dancer - Elusiveness
Kazui is one quick girl, which isn’t hard to tell. Thanks to her training, the girl has amazing agility and reflexes that allow her to keep herself out of harms way. Even without her sharingan being active, Kazui possesses sharp perceptive abilities and reflexes that allows her to become an escape artist of some sort as well as a complete nuisance to those trying to fight her. The girl’s reaction speed is superb and not to be taken lightly as it is, however, when the dojutsu is active, taking into account the girl’s great speed and adding her keen reflexes into the mix, it’s capabilities are much more potent and useful to the Uchiha. With this, not only is Kazui capable of keeping track of even the most renowned speediest opponents and attacks, the girl is able to keep up with, and react to them as well with relative ease.

Wake Up To Reality - KME Genjutsu Prowess
As an Uchiha it is believed that Kazui and many of her clanmen were born with a natural affinity for the art of genjutsu, but of course none of it can ever come to fruition if there is no effort placed behind it. However, since she was constantly reminded by those around her about that fact, the girl began to focus on the art more than ever before.

Although her illusions do become much more elaborate, less flawed in a certain sense, and stronger, the true results come more in the form of defending herself against genjutsu. Her vast knowledge of the art as well as her training and extremely high sensory capabilities allow for the Uchiha’s escape efforts to be significantly stronger than it normally is, allowing her to free herself from genjutsu up to 1 rank above what she is typically capable of via the special ability granted to the Uchiha with The Sharingan’s genjutsu escape. It should be noted however that genjutsu reversal does not receive any additional boosts from this ability.

Sleight of Hand - Seals Master
As Kazui grew older and gained more experience and familiarity with the ninja arts, the girl’s chakra control had essentially been mastered along with her speed and accuracy with forming hand-seals. Countless of hours spent training, learning, and even creating new jutsu has made the girl grow familiar with every seal needed to perform any jutsu, every motion for every combination, her body absorbed and memorized - allowing her to flow through the motions with no given thought or effort. Her speed with forming these seals is insanely quick and precise, she’s even capable of stringing together the lengthiest combinations of hand seals and casting jutsu faster than most can even dream of keeping up with, making it appear as if she hadn’t even tried to use any hand-seals to begin with. Her vast knowledge and familiarity with sealing in addition to her refined chakra control has lead her to being able to utilize only a single hand to form a seal as well, though she only does this under certain circumstances.

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[Takahashi Akio]

Akio, still disguised as the young tomboy Aki, found himself quite content in the warm embrace of the hotspring's soothing waters as Kazui spoke. The shy blush on Kazui's cheeks and her bashful demeanor added to the charm of the moment, and beneath his facade, Akio couldn't help but find it genuinely endearing. It was amusing how the raven-haired woman's presence was gradually breaking down her own walls of reserve.

"Well, you're welcome, hot stuff," Akio responded with a friendly smile, maintaining the girlish, cheerful tone of his disguise. As Kazui opened up bit by bit, Akio silently celebrated his success in creating a comfortable atmosphere for their conversation. It was as if the hotspring itself was working its magic.

Aki nodded understandingly as Kazui mentioned her brief visit to Hot Spring Country. Akio couldn't resist adding a playful twist to the conversation, nudging Kazui with his elbow as he chuckled. "If you have a special someone, taking a dip in a mixed bath can be quite... interesting. Just watch out for the competition," he teased, his laughter genuine. He appreciated the fact that Kazui was becoming more at ease around him.

Splashing a bit of water playfully, Akio continued, "Maybe one day, I'll take you up on that challenge. Though, honestly, I'm not much of a fighter myself. I prefer a more peaceful approach, like enjoying a nice hotspring."

As the conversation flowed, Akio felt a twinge of guilt for continuing the deception, but he decided it was time to reveal a part of his true self. "You know, I’m not that great at lying and I feel a little bit dirty with how genuine you’re being," he admitted with a nervous chuckle. "Actually, I'm not from Hot Spring Country. Now don’t get too mad, but Takigakure kinda has a bad reputation for being evil, ya know, and the truth is that I’m actually a sage from Takigakure."

Akio rambled on, hoping that Kazui wouldn't react negatively to his confession. "Ryu, the sage I was apprenticed to, disappeared suddenly. The lizards started seeing me as the new sage, even though I never got so much as a single official training session from Ryu in the 5 years that I was apprenticed under him. It just feels like I'm not quite at the level I should be at to be their sage, you know?" He paused for a moment before adding wrapping around to the fact that he had given her his actual nickname, "You can still call me Aki, though. That's what my close friends call me anyway." Akio's worry over how Kazui might react was palpable, and he awaited her response with a mixture of anxiety and anticipation.

Hopefully she would take it as a simple habit that shinobi pick up to withhold information, because akio definitely wasn’t a fan of the idea of having a naked scuffle with another jounin level shinobi.

Lady Kazui

[Lady Kazui]

Don’t just weather the storm.
Dance in it.

❧

Although she were beginning to relax, Kazui couldn help but still feel a bit tense, after all she was fighting through years of sheltered feelings and thoughts. Still, the woman had to admit that the water was relaxing and comforting enough to even be shared with others though if it were up to her she’d still prefer this time alone as most others would as well. Aki’s words bounced off the jonin as she mostly paid the flirty compliments no mind.

Dark grey hues watched the disguised woman as she approached closer, nudging Kazui on the shoulder. Her gaze quickly shifted to where contact was made before returning to meet with Akio’s own before shifting away yet again. The rosy hue of her cheek deepened at the realization of Aki’s joke. Well there was a special person in fact, and the ravenette’s mind couldn’t help but think back to the night of the fair.

"R-Right..” An embarrassed and shy undertone trailed her words.

With a gentle push and kick of her legs Kazui would swim out a bit further away from where she’d been, before turning to look back towards Akio as they explained that they preferred the more peaceful approach, and for once.. "Agreed.” The young woman voiced, nodding in agreement to the lady’s statement. "Though all I’ve ever known is…work.”

Things fell silent as Kazui listened to Aki explain that they were actually from Takigakure and that they’d been training beneath the sage for quite some time yet there was some slight frustration in their lack of training with the actual sage. The ravenette was aware of the animosity between their villages without a doubt, as well as incidents revolving around individuals she had known that lost their lives at the hands of Takigakure shinobi. This didn’t change much about the situation however, the raven haired teen remained calm - lifting a hand and waving off Aki’s confession. "Hai Hai..” She spoke softly. "Whatever.”

What caught Kazui’s attention more however was the mention of Aki undergoing sage training. She had learned of the art in short from her friend, Mairusu and Yakitsukeru, but they didn’t have much else that they could explain to the Uchiha. "You were an apprentice under Lord Ryu of Takigakure, hmm? Then surely you are a formidable kunoichi in your own right. I mean one must be, to even dream of reaching the point of actually utilizing senjutsu safely in battle.” Batting her eyes, the woman shrugged before returning her gaze to the sage. Just from speaking with her, the jonin was able to determine that they were a very extroverted individual, these types often took personal space as a suggestion. However, it was familiar to the types of personalities found in the land of fire. Their energy was often an exuberant warmth, which often helped put the Uchiha at ease. Much different than the freak of nature she knows as Kunikunosaku.

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NAME: Kagura Shingan [Kagura Mind's Eye]
RANK: A
CHAKRA USAGE: Very Low
CLASSIFICATION: Ninjutsu // Hijutsu
ELEMENT: N/a
DESCRIPTION:
This ability allows the user to find, sense, and track individuals through their chakra over vast range that exceeds ten kilometers. This is done by focusing and opening the mind's eye, though due to the low chakra cost many users keep it active often. 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 the user, is under a genjutsu. Also by focusing on a particular chakra, the user can perceive its location and movement with great detail.

Little Know It All - Extreme Intelligence
It was no secret that Kazui was regarded as a scholar when she was in the academy. One of the smartest in her class, the Uchiha often found herself correcting and/or helping out people older than herself. Many considered her very intellectual then, but that was just only the surface of her potential. Now, the girl is regarded as a genius, her IQ is nothing to be taken lightly or to be taken for granted, even as a young chunin. The teen possesses amazing mental capacity, is able to concentrate flawlessly even in the heat of battle, can calculate things in her head with great speed, and is able to remember many things with perfect recollection, even if it’s just useless information that is meant to be disregarded. In addition to that, Kazui is very deductive, competent, and witted. Her mind is the most dangerous weapon she possesses for many reasons. The girl is highly alert, aware, and very analytical, and she is also very ingenious and is capable of thinking outside of the box as well. Not only is she capable of reading, analyzing, and breaking down a person’s fighting style, but she can also determine what kind of person they are just by the way they speak, the way they carry themselves, and their thoughts on certain things. While doing this, it’s incredibly difficult to deceive the girl, especially if one is not skilled in the art of deception. Furthermore, Kazui can formulate numerous plans to certain situations in mere seconds. She thinks 10 steps ahead, and always has a back up plan just incase.

Gone In The Wind - Blistering Speed
As a child, Kazui was born weaker than others. Her health conditions set the girl at a disadvantage physically since birth, however her constant effort and drive to become the best has pushed her far beyond many others the same rank as herself. Her speed is nothing to be taken lightly, she has pushed herself physically to be able to not only outpace her opponent, but outright force them into keeping up with her and pushing them to the brink with her speed as well. The girl is fast, quick, and agile, even rivaling those who dedicated their entire life to the art of taijutsu to the point where if they haven’t specifically honed their speed, then the girl could outright outclass them in that regard. Those with weak perception often have trouble perceiving the girl’s movements, and to a normal human’s eye perceiving her is nigh impossible. All of her movements are inhumanly quick and hard to keep track of, and when used in conjunction with her sharingan, it can make her a formidable opponent for even the strongest of shinobi.

The Minimalist - Chakra Control
There was a problem that Kazui noticed during her time in the academy and that was the fact that she often found herself tiring out and exhausting herself rather quickly, even when she had just started she could feel herself beginning to wilt. So to counter those measures, the girl studied and asked around, trying to find the reason behind it and if there was a way she could fix it. She wasn’t born with massive reserves so while she utilized her justus, she often did so wastefully. But now, the girl has managed to control the amount of chakra she uses in a technique that allows her to fight much longer than before. She uses the absolute bare minimum of the chakra that’s needed, and not a drop more.

Uchiha Bloodline: Two Tomoe Sharingan
Being born within the Uchiha clan, Kazui has been blessed and/or cursed with a power that only an Uchiha can possess and use to its complete and full potential when they have experienced extreme emotions that causes their chakra to pour into their optic nerves, gifting them with the Sharingan, also known as the eyes that reflect the heart. There are three stages to the sharingan, and it is tracked by the amount of tomoe that appears around an Uchiha’s pupil. One tomoe unlocks the eye of insight, it grants the user the ability to see chakra within an opponent or ally and it also gives an increase to the user’s perceptive abilities. Two tomoe grants the user the eye of hypnotism, while in turn increasing the previous abilities that the ‘Eye of Insight’ grants. The girl’s precognition and perception is heightened well beyond what’s achievable by even the most skilled and elite shinobi, allowing her more of a predictive insight on her opponent as well as the world around her. In terms of her being able to track extremely fast objects and people alike, the eye also allows a natural reactive ability that helps her respond more accurately than a single tomoe could ever allow. As for the ability to see chakra, with a second tomoe the smallest and most faint sources of chakra can easily be spotted by the eye without any issue at all. Assigning color and analyzing the flow of the chakra, Kazui can tell which nature is going to be used as well as where the chakra will be coming from.

The Eye of Hypnotism on the other hand is much different than the previous eye, it allows the girl the ability to cast and break genjutsu with no issue at all, in a way only the Uchiha are capable of. It also gives her access to a set of genjutsu only known to those who possess great visual prowess amongst the clan. These illusions are very powerful in nature and are some of the most dangerous known to the art, they are well beyond standard genjutsu, and in addition the illusions can be casted with just a single glare. Those who met her gaze will find themselves under her spell before they can even realize what happened.

Tiny Dancer - Elusiveness
Kazui is one quick girl, which isn’t hard to tell. Thanks to her training, the girl has amazing agility and reflexes that allow her to keep herself out of harms way. Even without her sharingan being active, Kazui possesses sharp perceptive abilities and reflexes that allows her to become an escape artist of some sort as well as a complete nuisance to those trying to fight her. The girl’s reaction speed is superb and not to be taken lightly as it is, however, when the dojutsu is active, taking into account the girl’s great speed and adding her keen reflexes into the mix, it’s capabilities are much more potent and useful to the Uchiha. With this, not only is Kazui capable of keeping track of even the most renowned speediest opponents and attacks, the girl is able to keep up with, and react to them as well with relative ease.

Wake Up To Reality - KME Genjutsu Prowess
As an Uchiha it is believed that Kazui and many of her clanmen were born with a natural affinity for the art of genjutsu, but of course none of it can ever come to fruition if there is no effort placed behind it. However, since she was constantly reminded by those around her about that fact, the girl began to focus on the art more than ever before.

Although her illusions do become much more elaborate, less flawed in a certain sense, and stronger, the true results come more in the form of defending herself against genjutsu. Her vast knowledge of the art as well as her training and extremely high sensory capabilities allow for the Uchiha’s escape efforts to be significantly stronger than it normally is, allowing her to free herself from genjutsu up to 1 rank above what she is typically capable of via the special ability granted to the Uchiha with The Sharingan’s genjutsu escape. It should be noted however that genjutsu reversal does not receive any additional boosts from this ability.

Sleight of Hand - Seals Master
As Kazui grew older and gained more experience and familiarity with the ninja arts, the girl’s chakra control had essentially been mastered along with her speed and accuracy with forming hand-seals. Countless of hours spent training, learning, and even creating new jutsu has made the girl grow familiar with every seal needed to perform any jutsu, every motion for every combination, her body absorbed and memorized - allowing her to flow through the motions with no given thought or effort. Her speed with forming these seals is insanely quick and precise, she’s even capable of stringing together the lengthiest combinations of hand seals and casting jutsu faster than most can even dream of keeping up with, making it appear as if she hadn’t even tried to use any hand-seals to begin with. Her vast knowledge and familiarity with sealing in addition to her refined chakra control has lead her to being able to utilize only a single hand to form a seal as well, though she only does this under certain circumstances.

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[Takahashi Akio]

Akio found himself drawn into Kazui's aura, sensing the underlying tension beneath her attempts to relax. He empathized with the struggle to break free from years of sheltered feelings, recognizing the courage it took to even share this moment with others. As Kazui's gaze shifted away, Akio's eyes lingered on her form, maybe a little too long in the grand scheme of things.

A playful smile tugged at Akio's lips as he noted Kazui's embarrassed reaction to his jest. Not only did he enjoy how embarrassed she got at the mention of doing this with a boy she liked, but he was also enjoying the moment because he was a pervert and this was the first time a plan like this had actually bore any fruit. In recent years, he had thought that he had grown out of it a little bit, but maybe this was evidence to the contrary.

Silence enveloped them momentarily, broken only by the gentle lapping of water against their bodies. Akio absorbed Kazui's agreement to his preference for tranquility, a shared sentiment amidst the chaos of their respective worlds. "I guess that's true, sometimes the solace of peace is a rarity amidst the whirlwind of duty," he murmured, the weight of their shared understanding echoing in his words.

As Kazui waved off his confession about Takigakure, Akio sensed a complex interplay of emotions beneath her calm facade. He acknowledged the unspoken tension, choosing instead to steer the conversation towards more neutral ground and actually entertain her question a little bit.

"Ah, yeah the path of the sage can be tough." Akio remarked, his tone carrying a mixture of reverence and determination. "I don’t know if I’m quite at the point where i’d feel comfortable enough to use it in battle against another jounin. So I don’t know if I’d go so far as to call myself formidable."

Her subtle compliment didn't go unnoticed, but Akio was just being honest. It was unlikely that he’d be able to actually generate natural energy in a real combat scenario. Rather than dwell on it too long, as Kazui's gaze returned to him, Akio would meet her gaze with his own before suggesting something that was maybe a bit unorthodox.

"Do you want to see it? I don't mind showing off a little bit. I can’t imagine there’s all that much intel to gain from just seeing sage mode.” Akio would chuckle a little at the suggestion. Partially due to the conversation and naturally being a little flustered from being in the presence of a naked woman, Akio had completely forgotten the fact that he was still henged.

In the event she expressed interest entering sage mode would give away his whole disguise, and hopefully she was just as apathetic about him being a dude as she was about the fact that he had originally lied. Who knows, maybe she wouldn't care or maybe the rules against conflict during the Chuunin Exams would save him in this instance.

Lady Kazui

[Lady Kazui]

Don’t just weather the storm.
Dance in the rain.

❧

Kazui drew in a gentle breath and exhaled a puff of condensation as the warmth from her breath met with the cool crisp winds that washed over the mountains of Akazaya. She was becoming more and more ‘used’ to Akio as the two continued to share time and stories between one another. She had to admit that it was better than sitting in such a spacious onsen alone, despite her antisocial demeanor. Regardless, the ravenette sank a bit lower in the onsen, covering herself up to her collarbone in the calm waters of the heated spring - her company spoke of the need for peace while the woman herself equipped herself with a Hinoki, or a small bath bucket, dousing her long strands of ebony with warm water. "You can say that again.” She voiced as a hand gently combed through her hair.

"Peace is what brings forth such great things. Such as prosperity, new developments … you name it.” She waved a hand vaguely. "Though I suppose in order to truly cherish moments like this, we have to go through tough times? I mean, we’d never appreciate the sunshine, if it weren’t for rainfall.” The woman mentioned, her voice trailing off towards the end of her statement as her mind raced. It was a sad truth that she herself had just fully realized.

Akio’s words however managed to snap the jonin out of her trance. His determination and grit for mastering the art of senjutsu could be sensed through their tone, and this determination is what truly interested Kazui. A smirk curled over her lips as she’d dip both of her hands into the onsen before quickly bringing them up to splash water over the accompanying kunoichi. "Don’t speak so harshly about yourself.” She mentioned as she turned her nose up towards the sky. Hues of darkened gray cut towards Akio as Kazui side-eyed them for a bit. "If it were so easy, there’d be more of ‘you guys’ to be found.” She mentioned, oblivious to the fact that more sage’s existed beyond the ones she had met personally.

When asked if she wished to witness sage mode in all of its glory, only then would Kazui’s demeanor switch from a bland expression to a wide-eyed look with her smile tugging at the corners of her lips. "S-Sure.” The woman answered, shaking the shocked look from her face before she swam closer, intrigued to see what all of the hype was about.

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Always Passively Active:
NAME: Kagura Shingan [Kagura Mind's Eye]
RANK: A
CHAKRA USAGE: Very Low
CLASSIFICATION: Ninjutsu // Hijutsu
ELEMENT: N/a
DESCRIPTION:
This ability allows the user to find, sense, and track individuals through their chakra over vast range that exceeds ten kilometers. This is done by focusing and opening the mind's eye, though due to the low chakra cost many users keep it active often. 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 the user, is under a genjutsu. Also by focusing on a particular chakra, the user can perceive its location and movement with great detail.

Little Know It All - Extreme Intelligence
It was no secret that Kazui was regarded as a scholar when she was in the academy. One of the smartest in her class, the Uchiha often found herself correcting and/or helping out people older than herself. Many considered her very intellectual then, but that was just only the surface of her potential. Now, the girl is regarded as a genius, her IQ is nothing to be taken lightly or to be taken for granted, even as a young chunin. The teen possesses amazing mental capacity, is able to concentrate flawlessly even in the heat of battle, can calculate things in her head with great speed, and is able to remember many things with perfect recollection, even if it’s just useless information that is meant to be disregarded. In addition to that, Kazui is very deductive, competent, and witted. Her mind is the most dangerous weapon she possesses for many reasons. The girl is highly alert, aware, and very analytical, and she is also very ingenious and is capable of thinking outside of the box as well. Not only is she capable of reading, analyzing, and breaking down a person’s fighting style, but she can also determine what kind of person they are just by the way they speak, the way they carry themselves, and their thoughts on certain things. While doing this, it’s incredibly difficult to deceive the girl, especially if one is not skilled in the art of deception. Furthermore, Kazui can formulate numerous plans to certain situations in mere seconds. She thinks 10 steps ahead, and always has a back up plan just incase.

Gone In The Wind - Blistering Speed
As a child, Kazui was born weaker than others. Her health conditions set the girl at a disadvantage physically since birth, however her constant effort and drive to become the best has pushed her far beyond many others the same rank as herself. Her speed is nothing to be taken lightly, she has pushed herself physically to be able to not only outpace her opponent, but outright force them into keeping up with her and pushing them to the brink with her speed as well. The girl is fast, quick, and agile, even rivaling those who dedicated their entire life to the art of taijutsu to the point where if they haven’t specifically honed their speed, then the girl could outright outclass them in that regard. Those with weak perception often have trouble perceiving the girl’s movements, and to a normal human’s eye perceiving her is nigh impossible. All of her movements are inhumanly quick and hard to keep track of, and when used in conjunction with her sharingan, it can make her a formidable opponent for even the strongest of shinobi.

The Minimalist - Chakra Control
There was a problem that Kazui noticed during her time in the academy and that was the fact that she often found herself tiring out and exhausting herself rather quickly, even when she had just started she could feel herself beginning to wilt. So to counter those measures, the girl studied and asked around, trying to find the reason behind it and if there was a way she could fix it. She wasn’t born with massive reserves so while she utilized her justus, she often did so wastefully. But now, the girl has managed to control the amount of chakra she uses in a technique that allows her to fight much longer than before. She uses the absolute bare minimum of the chakra that’s needed, and not a drop more.

Uchiha Bloodline: Two Tomoe Sharingan
Being born within the Uchiha clan, Kazui has been blessed and/or cursed with a power that only an Uchiha can possess and use to its complete and full potential when they have experienced extreme emotions that causes their chakra to pour into their optic nerves, gifting them with the Sharingan, also known as the eyes that reflect the heart. There are three stages to the sharingan, and it is tracked by the amount of tomoe that appears around an Uchiha’s pupil. One tomoe unlocks the eye of insight, it grants the user the ability to see chakra within an opponent or ally and it also gives an increase to the user’s perceptive abilities. Two tomoe grants the user the eye of hypnotism, while in turn increasing the previous abilities that the ‘Eye of Insight’ grants. The girl’s precognition and perception is heightened well beyond what’s achievable by even the most skilled and elite shinobi, allowing her more of a predictive insight on her opponent as well as the world around her. In terms of her being able to track extremely fast objects and people alike, the eye also allows a natural reactive ability that helps her respond more accurately than a single tomoe could ever allow. As for the ability to see chakra, with a second tomoe the smallest and most faint sources of chakra can easily be spotted by the eye without any issue at all. Assigning color and analyzing the flow of the chakra, Kazui can tell which nature is going to be used as well as where the chakra will be coming from.

The Eye of Hypnotism on the other hand is much different than the previous eye, it allows the girl the ability to cast and break genjutsu with no issue at all, in a way only the Uchiha are capable of. It also gives her access to a set of genjutsu only known to those who possess great visual prowess amongst the clan. These illusions are very powerful in nature and are some of the most dangerous known to the art, they are well beyond standard genjutsu, and in addition the illusions can be casted with just a single glare. Those who met her gaze will find themselves under her spell before they can even realize what happened.

Tiny Dancer - Elusiveness
Kazui is one quick girl, which isn’t hard to tell. Thanks to her training, the girl has amazing agility and reflexes that allow her to keep herself out of harms way. Even without her sharingan being active, Kazui possesses sharp perceptive abilities and reflexes that allows her to become an escape artist of some sort as well as a complete nuisance to those trying to fight her. The girl’s reaction speed is superb and not to be taken lightly as it is, however, when the dojutsu is active, taking into account the girl’s great speed and adding her keen reflexes into the mix, it’s capabilities are much more potent and useful to the Uchiha. With this, not only is Kazui capable of keeping track of even the most renowned speediest opponents and attacks, the girl is able to keep up with, and react to them as well with relative ease.

Wake Up To Reality - KME Genjutsu Prowess
As an Uchiha it is believed that Kazui and many of her clanmen were born with a natural affinity for the art of genjutsu, but of course none of it can ever come to fruition if there is no effort placed behind it. However, since she was constantly reminded by those around her about that fact, the girl began to focus on the art more than ever before.

Although her illusions do become much more elaborate, less flawed in a certain sense, and stronger, the true results come more in the form of defending herself against genjutsu. Her vast knowledge of the art as well as her training and extremely high sensory capabilities allow for the Uchiha’s escape efforts to be significantly stronger than it normally is, allowing her to free herself from genjutsu up to 1 rank above what she is typically capable of via the special ability granted to the Uchiha with The Sharingan’s genjutsu escape. It should be noted however that genjutsu reversal does not receive any additional boosts from this ability.

Sleight of Hand - Seals Master
As Kazui grew older and gained more experience and familiarity with the ninja arts, the girl’s chakra control had essentially been mastered along with her speed and accuracy with forming hand-seals. Countless of hours spent training, learning, and even creating new jutsu has made the girl grow familiar with every seal needed to perform any jutsu, every motion for every combination, her body absorbed and memorized - allowing her to flow through the motions with no given thought or effort. Her speed with forming these seals is insanely quick and precise, she’s even capable of stringing together the lengthiest combinations of hand seals and casting jutsu faster than most can even dream of keeping up with, making it appear as if she hadn’t even tried to use any hand-seals to begin with. Her vast knowledge and familiarity with sealing in addition to her refined chakra control has lead her to being able to utilize only a single hand to form a seal as well, though she only does this under certain circumstances.

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