[Saru Saya]

She should have been more strict. Five minutes was an eternity when it came to tracking someone that knew you were coming. No doubt this would end with her walking into a trap, but at least that fit to real life. She was still alive, so her experience with the machinations of others still more wins than losses. She gives a little glance around her home, hovel that it was, and then laughs quietly at herself.   

"What a life.” 

She mutters to herself as she turns to her kitchen. It wasn’t so much a separate space as folded into the walls away from her bed. She pokes about her icebox for a moment and retrieves a chilled porcelain pot from it. She uncorks it and gives it’s contents a sniff. Satisfied, she indulges in a drink or two.  

The day was one of warmth and sunshine, clear skies and a gentle breeze carrying the day past noon on a rather pleasant note. Throughout the forest the smaller birds sang their songs, while insects of unusual size flitted from place to place. Dragonflies were something else, but getting to deep and finding the spiders or hornets would be terrible.   

In the storied past of Konohagakure more than one shinobi sought to make a name for themselves by taming the forest of death. More than a few had met their demise somewhere in the forest. Between it’s monstrous bugs and terrifying fish, the forest was host to massive examples of typical snakes, panthers, bears, even some wolves. More terrifying things still lurk in the deeper darker recesses. Saya didn’t try to tame the Forest. She just claimed one of the quieter spots as a home. She lived there as any other animal would, and only battled to maintain her territory. … or feed her bird. 

Around her sturdy cabin the forest was a mess with pulp, leaves, and limbs remaining from her recent assault on an otherwise innocent but doomed tree. Otherwise it was peaceful. Inside she was blocked out from almost anything. She couldn’t hear the forest or its creatures, nor see. Her little home lacked any meaningful windows. Kazuto was given what privacy he needed, and it seemed she was just doomed to wait. 

It seemed like an eternity. She had no need for a clock, telling time was a simple enough skill to cultivate. She could feel it in her bones, in her pulse, mentally ticking down each second without really thinking about it. 300 seconds. It really did seem like an eternity. 

She knew the forest, but she wondered how well Kazuto would. What would he do? Saya sinks down comfortably into a simple armchair, and slouches ever so slightly. She draws her bottle up again and sips, grinning some. What would so do? Well, other than stand to fight boldly, she wouldn’t run very far. Create clones, scatter them, create a few obvious paths. Delay the inevitable. Find a place to hide, set a few traps. Lay out some bait.. And wait.   

Seems like the most reasonable outcome to her, but there were other possibilities. She didn’t put a time limit on it.. So the thought of Kazuto continually repositioning himself and evading her for days on end did seem possible. Likewise, who knew what manner of jutsu he was truly capable of. If he could just become a tree, this hunt could take way longer without him even moving. It’s not like she was allowed to just cut the whole forest down.. 

That seemed less likely, though. That made for a boring game. Surely Kazuto would enjoy this as much as she did. He seemed eager so, if he was intent on enjoying the game he surely wouldn’t just turn invisible and walk away. He’d be setting traps.  Preparing an ambush.  Hoping to catch the more experienced kunoichi.  He'd have too.  He'd never stand a chance in a simple fight with her.  Knowing what the other shinobi could do, and their setting, it seemed likely she was going to experience some of those wood jutsu.

"Hmm..” she muses, her eyes tipping up to her ceiling. Eternity was so much time. So much time to plan, so much time to cultivate a dangerous battlefield of traps; and those plant jutsu. This was going to be an interesting evening. 

[Senju Kazuto]

The Senju jumped through the branches as if he were a primate, using them as springboards as he weaved through the massive trees and his eyes kept forward, looking around, getting an impression of the forest, although he would have to admit that the forest itself remained as much as he had remembered from his time during the Chunin Exams, the sun was high but even then the canopy of the great forest shielded the lowlands from the sun save for the faint glow that bounced from and the solitary rays of sunlight that pierced the verdant barrier. Under any other circumstance, he would have feel at ease at such an exercise, but this wasn't a normal circumstance. After all, he was going against a veteran tracker and a former ANBU at that. As his time was dwindling, his mind would race through all the information that was available to him, everything that he knew from the files that were available to him about Saya. The wealth of information that ANBU offered about each of its members present and past and with that he would manage to concoct a strategy. As he travel through the air, continuing to navigate the endless streams of branches, he made up his mind, his right hand coming with a single hand seal as his chakra began to flare and mold, his cells were poured with the life binding energy of his own kekkei genkai as he landed on one solid branch, and before he managed to jump forward, doppelgangers emerged from the bark, six of them and all began to move in different directions, either continuing to go over the branches or daring the lowlands infested with all manner of beasts and insects that for mere Genin were a test that not many would survive. As they all continued to move, some leaving trails and others taking care to leave false leads, they all began the process of setting traps, lines of shinobi wire, nigh unacceptable to the eye ready to spring a trap of flash and smoke grenades. Others contained small yield exploding tags that would create a collapse of branches and tree trunks that had died and turned hollow. The original Kazuto would follow suit, finding a hiding spot in a bushel, remaining still as the shadows hid him as well as they could without the aid of his armor. Now, it was time to wait, and see what would Saya do to catch him.

-tag- Saru Saya -words- 424 -notes- --- -music- ---

MADE BY VEL OF GS

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Jutsu Used:


NAME: Moku Bunshin no Jutsu [Wood Clone Technique]
RANK: B
CHAKRA USAGE: Low
CLASSIFICATION: Ninjutsu/Kekkei Genkai
ELEMENT: Mokuton [Wood Release]
DESCRIPTION:
A clone that is created by altering the user's own cells with chakra with the 'tiger,' 'dog,' and 'snake' seals. It has more endurance than the normal shadow clones and doesn't disappear when hit by the enemies' attacks. Moreover, since it has the ability to merge with plants and trees, it is also great for reconnaissance missions. They have the ability to travel far distances from the user and are able to communicate with the original. The clones can be as simple in function as a wooden dummy for use in the Body Replacement Technique.

The basic concept of the Shadow Clone Technique also applies to the Wood Clone Technique. However, the chakra-composed shadow clone and the cell-based wood clone are completely distinct techniques. By directly touching the wood clone with their hand, the user can absorb the information it gathered or change the shape of the clone. Because clone is made up of the user's own cells, transformed into vegetation when it is changed into a seed and ingested into the body or left on a target, it can be used as a transmission device of sorts.

[Saru Saya]

After the 300 second eternity passes, Saya finally steps to her door. Bottle in hand she swings it open, squinting ever so slightly as she stepped back out into the daylight. The day was still lovely, and little had changed in the 5 minutes she’d been locked away inside. She’d never wanted to leave her home so much in her life, but once she got outside the terrible sensation of wanderlust quickly faded. The anticipation was over, and the hunt was finally set to begin.

First things first. Saya gives a glance around, then draws in a breath. She brings her right hand up and places a pair of fingers to her lips. A moment later an ear piercing and shrill whistle fills the Forest of Death. While not marking the start of her hunt officially, it was a sound that some of her previous prey might have found chillingly familiar. In truth it was a call for her friend, Sunamaru. The bird hears it easily enough, tips his wings to the left, and peels away from his glide to rush down to meet Saya.  It was remarkable how well the sound carried, echoing through the trees for nearly a mile around.  Saya certainly had a pair of lungs worth being proud of.

While waiting for Sunamaru to arrive, Saya sets to work. She crosses her fingers in front of her and calls forth a trio of clones. They all share a quick smile with each other, then peel off in different directions. One of them, likely the most successful, speeds off following the footsteps she’d seen Kazuto run off in before she went inside. If he was smart he changed directions, but at least there was a good chance to find some tracks there.

Saya glances skywards, still waiting.

The first clone picks up on Kazuto’s tracks almost immediately, crushed grass leading to chipped bark once he takes to the trees. He wasn’t covering his tracks, but so early in the hunt that shouldn’t be too surprising. Distance helped. The clone follows almost exactly in his footsteps, soaring from tree to tree with remarkable speed and equal grace. Her feet land lightly atop each of Kazuto’s footsteps, her mind working over the situation as she goes.

The situation was fairly obvious, but any information assisted in following her prey. His leaps took him great distances with each stride, the impact of his softer boots barely leaving scuffs on the great trees, but still chipping enough bark to leave subtle marks of his passing. He was running, quickly, but it wasn’t as panicked as true prey. He was playing along, and hadn’t quite gotten serious yet. This made sense, he knew he had five full minutes, and she was only on the first minute of his flight.

Across the forest the various Sayas sweep the area looking for signs of passage. Prey should never be underestimated, even if he ran for the full five minutes, nothing prevented him from literally coming back and hiding behind her little hut. A pair of clones were making much less headway than the first, scanning their surroundings both high and low for signs of human passage. There was actually quite a bit of it, but it was Saya’s own fault. Her steel boots, while protecting her from makibishi and some lesser hidden dangers on the ground, absolutely shredded the bark from trees in her speedy passing.

It didn’t matter, she wasn’t trying to hide. Marking her territory in the Forest of Death was something she felt she had to do, if only to keep the beasts at bey. There were few that were a true danger to her, and she’d spilled enough blood for most of the smarter animals to know better than to assault her domain. The pair of clones remained close to her home, investigating the woods nearby where they could return quickly if needed. If it were Saya, she’d have hidden close by. Hiding right under someone’s nose was always a sound strategy.

While they were making no headway, clone number 1 was still hot on Kazuto’s trail. Sprinting through the trees her smile slowly builds. Kazuto was going to make this a challenge, and she relished that fact. Speeding at breakneck speeds the forest was little more than a blur around her, and yet her keen eyes picked out the faintest details of the forest. Broken branches, shed leaves, twisted bark, and bare scuffed hardwood were all signs she noticed without looking hard, as were the multitude of animal tracks she passed.

The deeper they went the more dangerous these woods were, but the higher they remained the fewer dangers could reach them. There was some slight relief that he wasn’t rushing headlong into spider territory, but as she spies the massive body of a 10 meter long bear, she grimaces. It was still alive, hungry, but had no chance of catching her. Onward she races, until she finally comes across something new.

The clone comes to a dead stop, resting in the same footprints that Kazuto had stopped in. She quickly scans her surroundings and notes the obvious direction in which he fled. Then another obvious direction in which he fled. The game had finally started. Three.. No, Four. No, five! Wait, six paths! Saya laughs softly and shakes her head a little. Kazuto, it seemed, had finally begun to work some manner of plan against her efforts. Without a word the clone promptly vanishes in a puff of unsummoning smoke, delivering this information back to the real Saya and the rest of her clones, in an instant.

[Senju Kazuto]

The sound of the nature would disrupt the silence that had reigned in as he awaited for the woman to strike at either him or one of the clones that he had deployed within the confines of the forest of death. He had expected to hear to the soft clanking that always seemed to accompany the woman. He thought it strange that for someone as esteemed for her actions within ANBU, she seemed to be contrary of that, even in her days within the organization, sticking out like a sore thumb rather that stay within the shadows and strike from there on. It was he would always do, it was what ANBU had thought him upon his ascension from a mere trainee to a full operative of the shadowy organization. Within the deep introspection of the Senju, his clones would continue to labor, traps were set, carefully hidden within the natural guises that the forest provided. Thin layers of cables that were imperceptible to all but the sharpest of eyesight remained, patches of land remained undisturbed with paper bombs of the smoke and flash variety had been buried through the use earth release techniques. Branches that been almost severed, kept aloft by vines that would drop at the put of one of the hidden cables ensuing a crushing trap for anyone or anything that dared to come through the different fields of traps. But as the clones would relay the information of the traps to Kazuto, the Senju would make a mental note of the traps. These would do well as distraction or as a delaying action in case the worst happened. It would be up to the clones to see that she would be defeated or in its effect hampered so he would win the day. Slowly, the clones and the real Kazuto retreated, staying within the darkness provided by the shade of the canopy or the protection of hollowed trees or the very earth. Now he could only wait.

-tag- Saru Saya -words- 342 -notes- --- -music- ---

MADE BY VEL OF GS

[Saru Saya]

Saya pats Sunamaru on the side of his neck, quietly assuring him that action would soon to come. Fed and full the bird was eager to burn off some calories, and Saya was no different. She trusted herself, though, and by extension she trusted her clones. It felt like another eternity while waiting from word back, but once the clone popped she’d get the full experience of the clone’s scouting mission.

"Finally! Alright, time to move out.”

She hops up easily, sliding atop Sunamaru and slipping a hand between his feathers. She grabs the only strap she was permitted for grip, and points ahead. "North, then east. I’ll guide, you run. We’re on his trail now, and he’s finally stopping for some tricks. We’re gonna have to avoid a bear, but no big deal for you, right?”

"Avoid, can’t we fight it?”

"Not right now. Besides, you’ve already eaten. Let’s worry about Kazuto for now. Hunting shinobi is one of your favorite games isn’t it?” Saya grins a bit. "I’m not sure I could ever do it without you, so I definitely need the best of the best helping me.”

The bird ruffles his feathers, the crest on his head suddenly shooting upright. "Of course! Then let’s get to it!”

Saya laughs softly, the sound cut short as Sunamaru suddenly takes off like a shot. She squeezes the strap tighter, holding on against the g-forces as the roadrunner’s acceleration is near instant. From standstill to a bolt of lightning, Sunamaru tears into the woods with reckless and joyous abandon. For as much as Saya loved to fight, so too did the bird love to sprint. He was a proud bird, and Saya knew just how to talk to him.

The duo remain on the ground for some time, Saya guiding him only by shifting her weight. When she leaned right, Sunamaru turned right, the two acting as a better team than Saya ever had with other humans. She was a loner, and so was Sunamaru. Perhaps that was why the two hit it off so well. Well, that and both were valiant and fearless warriors, even if Saya was the smarter of the pair.

After several hundred yards of tearing up the undergrowth and leaf litter, the bird gives a little hop. His large foot lands on a branch and he starts propelling himself through the trees. Faster and faster the two run, the world around Saya becoming a blur that even she has a hard time keeping up with.

"100 meters.”

Before she can even finishes the words the bird has arrived, and stops on a dime. He perches atop a familiar branch, and Saya gives a slow look around. A hand lifts to comb through her snow tresses, the wind always having a knack for tangling them.

"Yeah.. Right here. Great job..”

Picking out the diverging trail was easy, though it seemed an act of desperation. Sure she challenged him, but all he had to do was cover his tracks better and she’d have been lost. Still, this called for some investigation. She sits up and crosses her fingers again, popping out a trio of clones. With the two still lurking around the periphery of her hut, she was at her limit. Clones were never her speciality, but she enjoyed using them for situations like this.

The three clones immediately start to follow three different trails, however they don’t go far.

"These trails are so obvious..” she mutters to herself, carefully considering the various options available. "Which way would you have gone?”

The bird scoffs. "Like I’d leave a trail running AWAY..”

"Fair..” she notes with a smirk, then leans down to investigate closer. "So obvious. I mean, he knows I’m a tracker. I warned him about that. So.. He didn’t cover his trail at all, then made some clones and split up here. Trying to give me more paths to pick from is certainly a good idea, but it shows a certain desperation.”

Her eyes follow the path that continued on in the same direction he was originally running. As she does her clones switch trails, following a few through the woods to see where they went. "No doubt I’ll be walking into six.. Twelve.. Eighteen different traps, so let’s pick our poison carefully, mmm? My gut tells me that his confidence is growing. With 7 trails to pick from, I’m sure he thinks he’s buying time.. But what would be his play?” 

"We could just go back home and wait for him to come find us. Let him stay hidden all night and wear down his patience like you used to do with your kids.”

That gets a good laugh out of Saya. Oh, that’d be so cruel. "No.. no, that’s a great idea, but then I’d lose the game. We have to find him. I know, you don’t enjoy tracking as much as I do, but there’s going to be a little fight at the end up it, so stay focused.”

The prospect of a fight shifts Sunamaru back to the task at hand. At the same time all 3 of the new clones return to report.

"They’re all mostly obvious trails. Traps, undoubtedly”, says the first clone to the small council of Saya’s.

"If I were him, I would have done the same.”

"But if he was you, he’d have left much less of a trail. Can’t he control the trees, why hasn’t he done that? Build a whole new forest to cover your tracks, and only the sensors are gonna follow you.”

"Good points, but I think he’s trying to play by the unspoken rules of the game. He probably also wants to fight me. I mean, who wouldn’t?” The real smile Saya smiles brighter at her clones, which all return her smile and a little laugh. "Okay, so, I think we’re getting somewhere. As I see it, we keep going straight. I don’t think he knows the Forest of Death well enough to have any designated hiding spots, nor would be know where all the best places to battle are. Because of that, he did this. He’s creating a challenge to see if I’m up to it.. However, he has no real destination in mind. He just wants to find a place to hide. He sent his clones out in every direction, but.. Well..” She points ahead of herself as she trails off.

The other Saya’s look in that direction, then nod in agreement.

"If he doesn’t know where he’s going, then why would he change course?” replies the first clone.

"Exactly.” Saya replies. "Shinobi are creatures of instinct, it's why we train so hard, and the escape instinct says to increase the distance between yourself and your predator. Any direction except straight slows his overall progress down. Prey doesn’t turn unless the predator is on their tail, or if they know of a safe haven near their location. I think we can rule out both of those.”

"But he’s not trying to escape. He’s trying to hide”, counters a clone. This causes Saya to ponder for a moment again.

"I think the same rules still apply. He is in flight regardless, attempting to evade me, to put as much distance between us as possible so that he can set up his traps and lie in wait. While he isn’t trying to actually escape, his is still playing the part of the prey. Run. Hide. Wait. Those are his motives, those are his win conditions.”

The clone nods in agreement. The other two clones also nod in agreement.

"Alright. So, think like a mouse then. How best to avoid the cat?” She points in different directions. "All of these are traps. Each one, and at the end up each of them will either wait a clone.. or nothing at all. The direct path is mine.”

"Of course. I’m not so sure we should even investigate the others, but I suppose fun is fun.” The clone gives Saya a little smirk.

"Well, I think you should. Pick a trail. Follow it carefully, and let’s just report back when we find some traps. I’m going to follow this path to completion, so don’t go popping yourselves too soon. Just if you find something that is of interest or importance. Why am I telling you this, you’re all smart nin.”

"Right.”

"Right.”

"Right.”

All three clones spoke in unison, before suddenly disappearing again. Off they went to cover half of the trails provided, while Saya and Sunamaru set forth once again. They’d have to slow down again. As such, Saya slips easily off of Sunamaru’s back. "Play bodyguard. You know, pull me out if I get in over my head. Trail me at a distance, I’ll track.”

Off she went a moment later, leaping to the next logical tree and scanning for tracks. She found them, and thus her game continued. She was still on Kazuto’s trail, though she never knew when it would end. Careful eyes keep watch for traps, wires, notes, and lord knows what a Senju can do with the trees. She feared a tree suddenly coming alive and trying to eat her, but surely that was just her imagination. Then again, shinobi could do some impressive things.

On the other paths her clones make much better progress, speeding along with no care for their own safety. They were clones, if they fell into a trap and died, all it would do was provide Saya with a better picture of the battleground.

[Senju Kazuto]

There was some serenity in the darkness of the forest. Staying still behind a bush almost like a predator that awaited in the long grass for its prey, however slowly he began to back away slowly as he narrowed his eyes and fingers began to extend and fold back as he began to weave a string of hand seals. Jumping unto a tree he would send for chakra to his feet whilst at the same time his skin and clothes would turn translucent to completely transparent while trapping his scent as well in case either Saya or his summon had a sharp nose to boot their tracking skills. Finding the ideal vantage he would go back into the mental connection that he shared with his clones, two of them sharing the telepathic flashes as the doppelgangers of the woman would be engaging the traps that they had set, probing the framework that his own facsimiles had built within minutes. She was coming, he wasn't sure if exactly towards him but she if anything the information the clones provided would tell him two things, she had not committed the same amount of clones to the trails he had left, and than the number of reported attacks had been a mere distraction, the strange woman was likely heading his way and as he came up with that summation of events, he heard the flap of wings like a wind that snapped the branches from the canopy. Kazuto would look upwards, attached to the bark of one of the trees as if he were another of the wood critters within the Forest of death. His hand moved towards his pouch, fingers caressing the cool metal of a kunai as his eyes kept shot towards the sky, hoping to see something disrupting the pockets of light that pierced the darkness of the forest of death.

-tag- Saru Saya -words- 322 -notes- --- -music- ---

MADE BY VEL OF GS

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Jutsu Used:

NAME: Meisaigakure no Jutsu [Hiding with Camouflage Technique]
RANK: A
CHAKRA USAGE: Medium [Continuous]
CLASSIFICATION: Ninjutsu [General]
ELEMENT: None
DESCRIPTION:
With careful chakra control, a shinobi is capable of manipulating the means to which light affects their body as well as what odors escape them, completely concealing oneself from both sight and smell. While in this state, the user will fail to even cast a shadow. This leaves the shinobi in a state that makes them almost impossible to detect outside of chakra-detection, the other three senses, and noting disturbances to their surroundings.

Kinobori no Waza [Act of Tree Climbing]

[Saru Saya]

It had been a long day so far. From a morning spent with her normal exercises to an afternoon of banter and theorizing on the nature of the elements, she now found herself tracking a skilled target through familiar woods. She leapt easily from one branch to the next, rarely missing her path. Only when she missed did she have to pause to pick up the trail again, when her leap had been too far or too short to land directly beside Kazuto’s footsteps. She was in her element here, loving the thrill of the chase regardless of which side she was on.

She was less reckless than her clones, each of which having had made much more progress along their trails. She smirks some when one of them pops, an explosion in the distance marking the end of some bushes, and a bit of wire and explosives Kazuto had left for her. It seemed a simple enough trap, but the reckless and self sacrificing nature of Saya’s clones lead them to rather short lives. Saya couldn’t communicate with her clones at a distance once they were made. Only when they burst did she gather their memories, but it was enough.

While her progress is slightly less expedient she does eventually find her prey. Kazuto had fallen still and found some shelter to hide behind. Content to wait for her, it wouldn’t be long before the game of cat and mouse they were playing became less obvious in its roles. Saya might seem to be the mouse waiting to be pounced upon to an invisible hunter, but she still saw herself as the predator. Kazuto didn’t stand a chance!

Ignoring the fact that one of her selves had already been dealt a quick and explody end she continues on with confidence, eventually breaking the serene quiet of the small copse the quarry was concealed within. Those heavy boots splinter wood, announcing her before she’s even in sight, but she blinks into view a moment later on the last branch Kazuto had landed on. She continues on without pause, leaving sight again as soon as she had appeared. A moment later Sunamaru lands where Saya had just been, a keen look of predatory excitement shining in his beady back eyes.

Sunamaru stops there, and straightens himself. The crest atop his head quickly pops up, giving him an oddly harmless and comical look as he begins scanning his surroundings. Somewhat out of sight Saya is searching, moving from tree to tree and failing to find a continuation of Kazuto’s path. After only a few seconds she’s back in the tree beside Sunamaru to mutter a few brief words.

"Getting warm”, she says quietly and quickly, drawing her hand up as she dose and pressing it against the bird’s beak. Sunamaru shakes his head and rises up and away from Saya as she does, almost seeming uncomfortable for a moment, then flaps his wings and ascends to a higher branch. He lands above and focuses on Saya, watching her hunt closely for any signs of danger.

That said she drops quickly to the ground, and promptly summons her spear from within her bracers. As she does she keeps her eyes focused downwards, searching for both traps and tracks. She’d find them, to be sure, leading in Kazuto’s direction, however if she remained safe long enough to actually follow them was a completely different matter.

She continues her hunt in plain sight, giving the invisible stalker plenty of time to attack. While she looked ‘distracted’, it’d be foolish to think she was unaware. On the ground were all the telltale signs of prey that had gone to ground, and she was waiting for him to come out. Perhaps because of his clan, the simple patch of woods he’d stopped it held a thousand and one possible places to hide. Sunamaru remained on guard, watching Saya and her hunt closely.

[Senju Kazuto]

Kazuto remained silent, perched high above the soil and grass, invisible through the light bending grace of his technique as green eyes were set upon the white haired woman and her roadrunner summon. The ANBU awaited, silently, allowing the seconds to pass and moment to slowly come to be when he could spring his trap. His hand still held his kunai, the hilt of the weapon wrapped by his fingers, the cool sensation of metal against the warmth of his skin as he continued his vigil. Something changed the parameters of his plan as the bird however landed on a thick branch. It's weight making the limb of the tree to creak with the added mass. He eyed at the creature, still perched and still disguised in the light bending reality of his technique. That could be a problem if he could support Saya, he knew that the bird could summon Saya and the inverse was also the truth. He wasn't sure how efficient would be her escape she would teleport the bird to her, it could snap the traps and cables designed to seize her, but it would also crush her if they weren't careful. It meant the most logical course of action was after all, to be summed by the bird. With that knowledge he could proceed after all. The Senju awaited until the time was right and when it was he would flick the kunai away from his hand, allowing it to fly and sever the wires that the had planted. As if they were byzantine mechanisms, the traps that had been put in place activated, the undisturbed looking earth shook and erupted as a thick mesh of cables violent sprouted from the ground in an attempt to entrap the former ANBU, thin cylindrical constructs that trailed thin smoke emerged in a circumference around the woman, bright flashes of light followed by loud booms that forced birds to take flight from their roost on the canopy resounded in the deep of the woodlands. At the same time, Kazuto took his chance, fingers flicking a quick sign gesture as his body was energized beyond reckoning, a blur of unseen movement traversed the chasm between the tree the branch the giant bird sat, feet found purchase upon an upper branch above the bird and kick hard, the creak and crack of the branch dying in the sound of continued of explosions, his right hand flicked as he prepared a technique, his right grew brighter with the maelstrom of energy in the form of an orb, he plunged towards the bird, the light bending aura peeling away as the orb turned larger and the sound of destruction became apparent. Plunging his right hand forward, the spinning orb of giant proportions fell upon the roadrunner's back like a hammer with the wrath of gods. A louder boom and flash would envelop the bird, the limb would be destroyed in the blast, the shock wave would collapse the tree, making the ancient bark slam against more of the ancient trees as Kazuto attempted to take down the bird.

-tag- Saru Saya -words- 527 -notes- --- -music- ---

MADE BY VEL OF GS

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Jutsu Used:

Shunshin no Jutsu [Body Flicker Teachnique]

NAME: Chōōdama Rasengan [Ultra-Big Ball Spiraling Sphere]
RANK: A
CHAKRA USAGE: Very High
CLASSIFICATION: Ninjutsu
REQUIREMENT: Knowledge of Rasengan
ELEMENT: N/A
HANDSEALS: None
DESCRIPTION:

In an instant, the user creates a Rasengan of gigantic proportions, larger than their own body. When it impacts, there is a large shock wave unleashed that can send unsuspecting enemy and ally shinobi flying. The technique creates a large crater after having send their foes away in a distance of a hundred and twenty meters from impact.

[Saru Saya]

Saya watches her surroundings carefully, following footprints until her eyes sweep across the coming trap. She couldn’t see the mechanism, but all the signs were there. The natural chaos of the forest, the orderly trample of footprints and signs of human passage were all removed from an area, leaving what looked like inviting virgin soil. No no, that made no sense. She betrays none of her thoughts as she waits for the trap to spring, knowing that no matter the outcome her response would be one of two things.

Either she would be summoned, or she would hide.

With the first twang of ninja wire in tension springing back after being cut she's prepared to move. She releases her grip on her spear and quickly forms a few hand seals. As the smoke bombs and flash bangs are all popping up around her, she’s ducking down into the growing cloud. The thunderous report of the supplementary tools engulfs her in thick smoke, small blinding lights and deafening noise.

Sunamaru doesn’t get a chance to look, the massive rasengan striking him almost completely flatfooted. He has only half a moment to react, and barely turns his head and begins to spread his wings before he’s unsummoned in a burst of smoke and a surprised squawk.

It’s hard to tell what happened to Saya immediately. After the roadrunner is dealt with there’s little more than a thick cloud of smoke there. It fades naturally with the wind, a moment later revealing Saya standing there quite plainly with her spear in hand. Doesn’t seem as though she moved a muscle, and just took all those bombs and bangs like they were nothing.

Of course, the truth was far more complicated. The tail end of her Submarine jutsu still left her exposed to a few of the tools. She was shaken and a little disoriented, but she was safe below ground. She didn’t need to see or hear down here, she just needed a moment to get her chakra back under control. After that she approached the surface and summoned a clone in the cloud of smoke. That done she sinks back below the surface to take a break.

"Amusing. Traps don’t work so well against Jounin. Smart to go after my bird. You knew that your little flashbangs wouldn’t do more than momentarily distract me, and decided to use your momentary edge to at least remove one of the fighters from the battle. Not a bad idea, but now you have to fight me without the element of surprise.”

The clone gives her spear a twirl then levels it in front of her. She points the long, double-edged blade at Kazuto and grins.

"So what’s your plan now? Jutsu? Show me yours, promise I’ll show you mine..”

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Relevant SA's: Blinding Speed, Cat-like Reflexes
Jutsu Used: Dochuu Senkou - [Underground Submarine Voyage]
Kage Bunshin no Jutsu [Shadow Clone Technique]

[Senju Kazuto]

The blue orb came into existence and for a brief second, a sun burn bright blue within the forest, its light radiating trees that would feel the contained might within its smooth surface. Upon impact with the bird, the swirling orb of pure, undiluted chakra turned nova, exploding like an ancient sun that swept the remains of the star system it commanded, the might of its impact slamming the bird summon against the ground as the great yield of the technique left the clearing in ruins, stone and soil cracked violently, ancient trees splintered as sediment flew from the zone of impact as if a hurricane roiled within the epicenter of blinding light until the light dimmed and all that was left was the sound of wounded trees falling to damage, toppling over each other as sun penetrated the forest at last. In the commotion, Kazuto fell, his own hand weaving hand signs as he felt the his own chakra, breathing life through his cells and creating another doppelganger to content with whatever Saya would attempt to do. The bird was now a non-factor on his stratagem and the destruction would have caused anything close to the blast radius to be wiped from their feet. It gave him time and space. And with another flick of his hands he would be enveloped again by the same light bending aura of before. Finding himself attached to the bark of another tree, this one still standing strong despite the destruction visited to its kin. Silently, he watched as the dust settled, finding Saya standing victorious like an ancient deity of old in the midst of the cataclysm. Up in his vantage point he narrowed his eyes at what he saw. No one could stand so close to it and still stand. The Senju thought. She must have escaped, using the moment the traps went off and placing a clone of her own. It was the most sound theory he could come with. But still she remained at large. As the Saya in front of the clone ended her speech, a simple command shared by the mental link of the clone was given. It would not wait for her to continue and begun and attack of its own. With its own supply, it weaved a single set of hand signs, the clone took a quick breath and breathed a surge of tidal waves that rapidly traveled towards the white haired shinobi. A second flick of its hand came in as the air itself, heavy with the scent of earth and dust, ionized and from the hands of the clone, lightning flickered into existence, traveling with the tidal wave as it watered the land and it attempted to swallow the Saya that was before him. Meanwhile, up and away from action, Kazuto weaved a hand seal and awaited his moment to strike.

-tag- Saru Saya -words- 489 -notes- --- -music- ---

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SA Used:

Mokuton Mastery
A Senju in all but name, Kazuto was able to awaken the clan's coveted Kekkei Genkai, Mokuton. It is through the simultaneous use of Suiton and Doton that he is able to use prized element. After further training the high degree he demonstrated in the past has now reached greater peaks in both magnitude and scope. Additionally he has full command of the two elements that form Mokuton with the same ease that he would do with his Kekkei Genkai.

Superior Chakra Reserves
Since birth, Kazuto was blessed with above average chakra reserves. Through intense training and countless missions, Kazuto now boast and impressive pool of chakra which allows him to keep fighting for far longer periods of time without the lingering concern of low reserves nor the fatigue that it would impose. While his Chakra control suffers from this, it's vast quantity makes up for the control.

Battle Tactician
Quick of thought, Kazuto is able to devise plan before, during and after a battle. It is through this keen mindset that he plans accordingly, keeping flexibility of assets in mind as well revising stratagems after correctly assessing the situation at hand, as well the enemies that he will, is or has faced in the past. Through this, he can plan ambushes or lead a fight to the situation and outcome he chooses.

One Handed Seal
After further study and training, Kazuto has gained the ability to cast jutsu with the use of a single hand seal. Although he retains the ability to form the more traditional hand seals, with the use of a single hand he can create use his techniques in a quicker pace than those that require both hands to cast would, as he has forgo the need of bring both hands together, wasting precious seconds in battle, as well use them in combat as if one of his hands were impaired or otherwise not usable.

Justu Used:

By Kazuto:

NAME: Moku Bunshin no Jutsu [Wood Clone Technique]
RANK: B
CHAKRA USAGE: Low
CLASSIFICATION: Ninjutsu/Kekkei Genkai
ELEMENT: Mokuton [Wood Release]
DESCRIPTION:
A clone that is created by altering the user's own cells with chakra with the 'tiger,' 'dog,' and 'snake' seals. It has more endurance than the normal shadow clones and doesn't disappear when hit by the enemies' attacks. Moreover, since it has the ability to merge with plants and trees, it is also great for reconnaissance missions. They have the ability to travel far distances from the user and are able to communicate with the original. The clones can be as simple in function as a wooden dummy for use in the Body Replacement Technique.

The basic concept of the Shadow Clone Technique also applies to the Wood Clone Technique. However, the chakra-composed shadow clone and the cell-based wood clone are completely distinct techniques. By directly touching the wood clone with their hand, the user can absorb the information it gathered or change the shape of the clone. Because clone is made up of the user's own cells, transformed into vegetation when it is changed into a seed and ingested into the body or left on a target, it can be used as a transmission device of sorts.

The user can use these to track their target as the seeds respond to their chakra only. This and all other uses make this technique extremely convenient and a perfect clone technique that only the most powerful and fully developed dōjutsu will able to see through.

NAME: Meisaigakure no Jutsu [Hiding with Camouflage Technique]
RANK: A
CHAKRA USAGE: Medium [Continuous]
CLASSIFICATION: Ninjutsu [General]
ELEMENT: None
DESCRIPTION:
With careful chakra control, a shinobi is capable of manipulating the means to which light affects their body as well as what odors escape them, completely concealing oneself from both sight and smell. While in this state, the user will fail to even cast a shadow. This leaves the shinobi in a state that makes them almost impossible to detect outside of chakra-detection, the other three senses, and noting disturbances to their surroundings.


NAME: Suimen Hokou no Waza [Act of Water Surface Walking]
RANK: D
CHAKRA USAGE: Very Low
CLASSIFICATION: Ninjutsu [General]
ELEMENT: None
DESCRIPTION:
A slightly more advanced version of the Tree Climbing Skill, this technique allows a shinobi to walk on water as if it were a solid surface. What makes this so difficult is a very precise amount of chakra ust be applied, as balance is harder to maintain on a not so tangible and even moving surface.

1 Jutsu prepared

By Clone:

Name:Baku Suishouha - [Bursting Water Collision Waves]
Rank:B
CHAKRA USAGE: High
Type:Ninjutsu
Element:Suiton
Description:
Baku Suishouha is a Ninjutsu utilizing the Water Element. After forming the needed hand seals, the user will expel water from their gullet. This will then expand into a large volume of water. It should also be noted that a shinobi very experienced with suition techniques occasionally will ride the waves.

NAME: Kangekiha no Jutsu [Inspiration Wave Technique]
RANK: C
CHAKRA USAGE: Low
CLASSIFICATION: Ninjutsu [General]
ELEMENT: Raiton
DESCRIPTION:
After the handseals are completed, the user will generate a large amount of Raiton onto their hands which could be discharged onto a person or object they are in close contact with. The electricity from this jutsu has enough power to intensively damage and electrocute the opponent. Due to it's short range, conductive materials are often used to lengthen it's range, and even improve the electrical power of the technique. Methods such using streams of water or ninja wire are common ways to improving the jutsu's range.

[Saru Saya]

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Oh come on, water? In wave form? Was he trying to harm her, or give her a bath? Even if such a slow moving attack could strike her, unless it caught her against a tree it wouldn’t really hurt. A little smirk forms on her lips as she’s rudely interrupted, and she moves her left hand to her right. She presses a finger against the bracer on her wrist, and her spear is easily unsummoned.

She turns her back on the clone, concealing if she had retrieved anything else from her bracers when unsummoning the spear, but it was pretty frequent that she did. Regardless, the great tidal wave, quick as water could be, would find little more than an empty, if scarred, forest floor to flood. With a quick turn of her fingers the kunoichi uses the Body Flicker technique.

She had other options, sure. She could have just evaded with her feet. She could race to the top of one of Konoha’s trees in a few strong hops, ground dwelling water was a problem for civilians, but she flickered anyway. Saya did tend to use Body Flicker when she was feeling amused, as often as when she was feeling pressed.

This was the former. She appears in the tree above Kazuto, plated boots planted firmly against the solid trunk, above the branch he was standing on. Sticking out at a perpendicular angle to the tree didn’t bother her, it even gave her a good vantage. Some 3 meters above the man, she releases her weapon from its place in her mouth, held between gritted teeth.

It falls into her hands as she released her seal, and both arms quickly reach out. One grips the spout, the other its base and she leaves it hung upside down over top of the Senju. Water pours freely from the simple but bulky leather waterskin, happy to return the dousing if he wanted to just have a splash fight.

"Rude”, she mutters teasingly, since he interrupted her.

She might not seem to be taking the situation seriously, but she certainly was. She just didn’t want to hurt the poor man. Not that he wasn’t strong, but it was such a bother relying on weapons alone. Short of drawing copious blood you were left just hoping your opponent would surrender. So few did. No, some insisted on blood.

She had to wonder which Kazuto was. If it ever came to her sword, how deep would she have to cut before he admitted defeat. She didn’t have the dramatic elemental jutsu the Senju did, even if she’d helped him unlock them. She had her tricks, but most of them were steel, or illusions. She couldn't win a battle of attrition, or force a concession through awe. She had to win more directly.

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Jutsu Used: 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.

[Senju Kazuto]

And then there was an eerie silence after the tempest. Even as he hid in silence, Kazuto knew very well that it was very likely that she wasn't caught in the wave, how would she after all? For someone that wore half of an armory upon herself she was rather fast. He supposed that wearing that armor and swords and weapons was a training on its own right. As much as he wanted to admit it, even with the expediency of techniques that he could release, she would just keep dodging them, gaining distance when her steel couldn't reach him, which let her only with her illusions. He would need to get closer, he concluded. And as water was dropped into his clone and his clone dodged before the stream struck him, he would eye the woman that had appeared after vanishing in blinding speeds. Kazuto supposed that it was a truth that plans rarely survived contact with the enemy. As the clone would look back at the silver-haired woman, it would advance forward. Fingers being flicked as the air around the hand of the clone compressed and sharpened. With a swipe of its arm a wave of slashing wind in the form of a claw would surge, snapping the bark from the tree as it made its way towards her. From his location, Kazuto knew that it would not be enough to defeat her, he knew that his clone had expired, with little chakra left it would follow the wake of the attack and try to tackle Saya, to keep her pin and allow the real Kazuto to prepare. The Senju would flick hand seals, his hand beckoning his chakra to act. The layer of reflective coating around him disappeared, as the trees began to creak and croak in reaction of his own chakra. His cells burned with the fire of renewal as his skin was covered with vine like structure and shell of iron hardened wood. His looked at the action of his clone, the time bought and would commence his assault, hoping that his training in evasion and armor would help him this day.

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Jutsu used:

By Clone:

NAME: Jūha Shō [Beast Tearing Palm]
RANK: B
CHAKRA USAGE: Medium [Continuous]
CLASSIFICATION: Ninjutsu
ELEMENT: Fūton
DESCRIPTION:
A powerful technique of wind nature chakra that can cut and slash through most materials like most wood and stone. The activates it by channeling chakra in their right hand, and then swipes a slicing chakra wave which appears to be controlled by user's will and thoughts. A user is also able to use the technique in a rapid-fire, successive motion. Though the longer it is used for and how many times it used can be very chakra taxing and is not recommended for prolong use.

NAME: Mokuton: Mori no Yoroi [Wood Release: Forest Armor]
RANK: A
CHAKRA USAGE: High [Medium to Maintain]
CLASSIFICATION: Ninjutsu
ELEMENT: Mokuton
HANDSEALS: 16
DESCRIPTION:
After molding the chakra properly and by using their cells as a medium, the user is able create armor in the form of bark over their vital parts body as well as vines to protect the joints granting an almost undiminished mobility and speed to the user. The wooden plates are highly durable, being comparable to the strongest alloys, whilst the vine skin provides adequate protection without hindering the mobility of the user too much, combined these two act to lessen the trauma on the user. It is important to note that it is more susceptible to fire-release techniques. The vines themselves provide not only act as a layer of protection but give a slight boost of strength to the user, allowing for their strikes to hit harder as long as chakra is being fed into the armor. In addition the armor can manifest thorns on the gauntlets and grieves for extra damage. The armor will repair slowly repair damage as long as the user maintains the technique active and has any chakra left.

SA Used:

The Branching Path

A true-born Senju, Kazuto has mastered Mokuton. Hailed as the one greatest master of the Kekkei Genkai, his abilities with Mokuton are held in high regard, mastering the many techniques for which the clan is renown whilst also bending his ingenuity to create a discipline of his own referred by those within the clan as merely the branching path and by him as Senbonzakura. His techniques can either be great in power and scope or subtle and deceptively simple, creating either durable wooden constructs, imaginative tools for a wide range of occasions or deadly hails storms of cherry blossom petals which Kazuto wields with great mastery.

Might of Heroes


Descendant of a great lineage, the blood of great and legendary heroes of the clan courses through the veins of Kazuto as they do with any other Senju. As such he has been bestowed with robust pools of chakra upon his birth. Through intense training and countless missions these pools of chakra have expanded quite considerably, becoming a Furnace of Might within him, allowing him to fight for longer periods of time and casting powerful techniques without much concern to run out of stamina. Although this chakra makes his control suffer, his impressive reserves make up for this deficit in control.

His mind is as keen and sharp as blade recently sharpened by a whetstone. Through the learning of tactics, records, on field experience and on the fly ingenuity, the Senju is able to plan before, during and after a fierce fray. It is thanks to this that he can discern the correct course of action and what stratagems and actions should he take. He is able to read and keep the Flow of Battle as flexible as possible. His tactics range from the most subtle ambush within dark corridors to even the most brutal and grim battlefield.

After much study and training, Kazuto achieved the ability to weave hand seals and cast techniques with just One Hand. A rare skill among shinobi and a sign of great prowess, the Senju is able to form hand signs forgoing the need to bring the digits of both his hands together, he is able to string a number of techniques without worrying during a fray to be unable to complete techniques if someone targets his hand, as he is able to defend himself with the off-hand by either the use of a technique or by wielding a weapon.

[Saru Saya]

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Her toes curl in her boots before she even began the action. She knew it was coming, and she never enjoyed doing it. Still, it was well worth the sting. She flashes a spark of Raiton in her legs, and relocates herself. The tree she was sticking too cracks sharply from the force of her acceleration, the impact of her first arrival fracturing the tree at the same time. A third step accompanies the first two, and in the span of a blink she’s moved.

While hard to follow for even the sharpest eyes, the force of her movements show her path. From above Kazuto directly to the branch the clone was standing on. From there back to the trunk just below the large branch he stood upon. Fleeting was breath-taking in its speed, but it hurt like the dickens. Using it to frequently could fry the poor woman’s nerves, so it was used only sparingly. When she had too. When situations like this truly made it vital.

Landing below the branch and out of Kazuto’s reach for the moment, she quickly lowers her right hand to the hilt of her katana. In a flash it’s out, Futon chakra easily channeling through her sword, Tsubasa. With an enhanced cut it cleaves with utter ease through the full width of the branch, detaching it from the tree and removing the clone’s floor from beneath it.

It was a beautiful act in her opinion, the impact of her movement causing the whole branch to shake, even as she is cutting through it.  From there she moves, leaping up onto the bottom of the falling trunk and racing quickly along the underside. That it's falling doesn't bother her, some chakra in her feet and she sticks to it like glue. She waves between the few sticks in her way, gracefully dancing through the leaves as she nears the limb's end. She twists and leaps, propelling her into a neighboring tree to perch upright in the lower branches of the tree.

Meanwhile Saya is regaining her composure. Below ground she’d recovered fully from the flash bangs she’d suffered and already was peeking her head above ground. She shared no immediate bond with her clones. Once detached she trusted them to act but had no control over them. She had no idea what had been going on, but moves herself off behind a tree before crawling out from below ground.

The sounds of jutsu and action above draw her eyes up. She remains hidden, watching for now. After a moment she quickly hops up into a lower branch and hides amid the foliage.

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SAs: Cat-Like Reflexes, Blinding Speed

Jutsu Used: NAME: Isshun [Fleeting]
RANK: B
CHAKRA USAGE: Low
CLASSIFICATION: Taijutsu
ELEMENT: Raiton
HANDSEALS: N/A
PREREQUISITES:A Rank Shinobi, Shunshin no Jutsu, Enhanced Speed, Enhanced Reflexes
DESCRIPTION:

Seeking a way to free herself from the constraints of her own physiology, Saya developed this technique for rapid maneuvering in a close quarters fight. Inspired by Shunshin no Jutsu, this technique won’t allow for the same range that the Body Flicker is renowned for, but it attempts to compete in speed. When needed the user surges a charge of lightning chakra into their legs and feet. While immediately painful, it is no more painful than over exertion. The jutsu is over in a flash, overpowering the nerves in the legs and causing them to fire with immediate results. In an instant the user is allowed 2 steps of 5 meters each.

This sudden redeployment is severe and requires a great deal of skill to accomplish. It is not a stealthy technique and is well known to break stone and crush wood with the force exerted after the first hop and into the second. Due to the stress placed on the body this technique has a 2 post cool-down time.


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NAME: Iaido [Quickdraw]
RANK: C
CHAKRA USAGE: Very Low
CLASSIFICATION: Bukijutsu
ELEMENT: -
HANDSEALS: 0
DESCRIPTION:

Iaido is a style of quickdraw. The secret behind the speed of this quick draw comes from two separate movements. The user will begin with their hands close each one on the opposite side of the tsuba [guard]. The two movements needed to take out the sword in an instant faster than one can raise their guard come from the pulling motion onto the sheath as the user takes out the sword as well as flicking the sword out with their thumb increasing the speed of the pull onto the handle.



---Also Flying Swallow with a Futon Focus.

[Senju Kazuto]

The clone had spent all its chakra, turning into a wooden dummy that would fall apart. It was all that he needed from the construct for it had done its function, it had contributed to give him enough time for him to strike Saya or at least the Saya that was in front of him, assuming would be the death to him, even if it was in the midst of a friendly spar. As the slash of air would die and the branch would collapse along with the clone, the Senju would take aim at the present shape of Saya, muscle and vine fibers working in unison and chakra being spirited through his body as he felt lightness about him. He took a first step and then a second and suddenly ran, speed and strength combining about him as he would use the concealment of the sound of collapsing timber for his attack. Steps echoing on the bark until he leaped, last adjustments made into the air as momentum began to carry him away into the silver haired woman. A foot would land first into the branch she stood. A second would stabilize him, a third would take the momentum from his bounce and propel him forwards as chakra burned through his muscles and drive him forward with a short controlled burst of speed, eyes aiming at the back of the woman. He would be a blur of warm browns and greens, his armor granting him a slight boost of strength before striking at the woman. He would aim for her back, his mass and momentum increasing the power of his strike. Placing all the strength on his shoulder he would hope and wait that she would not dodge. Hoping to at least knock her out. Hand flicking hand seals in preparation.

-tag- Saru Saya -words- 322 -notes- --- -music- ---

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Jutsu Used:

NAME: Mokuton: Mori no Yoroi [Wood Release: Forest Armor]
RANK: A
CHAKRA USAGE: High [Medium to Maintain]
CLASSIFICATION: Ninjutsu
ELEMENT: Mokuton
HANDSEALS: 16
DESCRIPTION:
After molding the chakra properly and by using their cells as a medium, the user is able create armor in the form of bark over their vital parts body as well as vines to protect the joints granting an almost undiminished mobility and speed to the user. The wooden plates are highly durable, being comparable to the strongest alloys, whilst the vine skin provides adequate protection without hindering the mobility of the user too much, combined these two act to lessen the trauma on the user. It is important to note that it is more susceptible to fire-release techniques. The vines themselves provide not only act as a layer of protection but give a slight boost of strength to the user, allowing for their strikes to hit harder as long as chakra is being fed into the armor. In addition the armor can manifest thorns on the gauntlets and grieves for extra damage. The armor will repair slowly repair damage as long as the user maintains the technique active and has any chakra left.

NAME: Fūton: Kaze Sanpo [Wind Release: Wind Walk]
RANK: D
CHAKRA USAGE: Low
CLASSIFICATION: Ninjutsu
ELEMENT: Fūton
DESCRIPTION:
This technique allows the user to create a wind like base under their feet, reducing friction and enhancing the user's speed. The user doesn't seem to be levitating unless under close inspection which they seem to be about 1.5 - 2cm off the ground. Apart from enhancing speed, this technique gives the user the ability to walk on water and evade projectile attacks with ease.


NAME: Kasoku Suru [Accelerate]
RANK: C
CHAKRA USAGE: Very Low
CLASSIFICATION: Taijutsu
ELEMENT: N/a
DESCRIPTION:
A very simple technique, by using chakra the user is able to instantly accelerate their selves to their max speed. This can be done in just about any condition, but any techniques that slow the user's movement (such as armor from jutsu or most jutsu that might slow an individual) will still affect them.


NAME: Keimou Ranningu Ouda [Enlightened Running Strike]
RANK: B
CHAKRA USAGE: Medium
CLASSIFICATION: Taijutsu
ELEMENT: None
DESCRIPTION:
The user runs at their opponent and shoulder tackles them with the full weight and force of their body. The force of the blow is concentrated into the shoulder and released upon impact. The user, upon impact will immediately stop their body which will allow the force of the blow to hit the singularity of the attack instantly, creating a shotgun like effect. The force of the blow will very quickly spread through the targets body and carry them backwards several dozens of feet. The downside is because they focus all their weight into the single blow, a miss will through them off balance.

1 Jutsu Prepared

[Saru Saya]

Indeed, her grin only grew as she watched herself severe the branch and run across it. A nice maneuver if she said so herself, but what a waste of Fleeting. It would have come in handy now if she noticed Kazuto. For some reason, though, it didn’t seem like she was going to.

It seemed a little strange that her clone would be caught off guard.
Kazuto wasn’t invisible, and from a distance the real Saya could see the
man rushing at the clone. From behind it made sense that she couldn’t
see the man, but surely she should be able to hear him sprinting nimbly
through the branches.

The clone remained unaware of the Silent Senju sneaking like so many shadows through the branches above. Kazuto definitely had the clone dead in his sights. There was little she could do on her own, but she was not on her own. Unwilling to sacrifice her clone so easily, the real saya forms a subtle hand seal.

The clone reacts immediately, but more to Saya’s arrival than Kazutos. Saya appears in a flash of smoke directly between Kazuto and the clone, crouched low and staring at the man with broad smile. Hands already close together she touches her bracer, filling her hands immediately with her bo staff.

Some 6 feet of solid wood, wrapped in leather and fitted with steel reinforcing rings at each foot of its length it was a sturdy and combat tested weapon. She rises up quickly, weapon held in both hands, and thrusts it upwards into the bottom of the man’s oncoming arm. She forces his hand up, having about as much trust for Kazuto’s hands as she did your average Hyuuga. No no, getting touched by people like Kazuto would not do. He had that Rasengan thing, terrifying as it was. He’d just hit Sunamaru with such a thing, and Saya did not want to test out the sensation.

Deflecting his arm upwards she rises and twists, pushing the staff up into his arm pit and attempting to throw him off balance and off of the large branch all three were suddenly perched upon. The clone Saya quickly flips backwards, gaining some space and drawing her katana in the same fluid motion.

"Whoa”, mutters the clone, surprised Kazuto could get behind her like that. She clears her throat, and sets to refocusing on the fight.

Jutsu Used: Shunshin no Jutsu, 1/4 for the real Saya.