Walking into the smoke was one of the last things Akira wanted to do but for the sake of learning: so that fights like against the Mizukage wouldn't go the way they did: he would face against one of his weaknesses. It was not necessary, nor would it last long before he heard a scream from one direction. Though he began to walk faster to the presumed location, all he'd find would be three piles of clay. Clones.
Another voice penetrated through the thick clouds, from behind him. Akira would raise his elbow as the Kusarigama would wrap up around his arm: and a quick shoulder roll would send it propelling in the opposite direction as Akira turned to face a new danger.
A trick?
No. But danger. Akira had to consciously process, between his own paranoia if he was being tricked much like he did to others when they were in a Genjutsu, and what was literal was another thing.
Akira heard the familiar sound of metal, as well as Midori... copying? him? Luckily his spin had already begun and he was strong enough to be able to deflect through the metal as it propelled forward at him, his speeding wheel of doom as he would bring it around to his front: twisting and turning in an artful display (if anyone were able to see unhindered by the smoke bomb) as the Kunai flew off from his body with the greatest ease.
That wasn't even the worst of it. As Akira waited for the next move, the sound, and sight of a growing fire was not something Akira wanted to see.
"FFF-" went to yell, but would drop his own Kusarigama (more of a "let go" and it would spin far away from him) to perform the Shadow Clone technique: it would waft into existence with the sole purpose of grasping at Akira's arm by the forearm: and launching him skyward and out of the way of an oncoming fireball.
He would look down, seeing it engulf the entire platform that they'd been in and setting fire to trees: outright crisping some, and others turning the canopies in the already bare landscape to shreds of ash. He also saw Midori, and her clone: well. Which one was which, Akira didn't know.
Also, the memory of being burned alive was not a pleasant one so Akira had come to learn.
His body would stop defying gravity and he would begin to fall: more keeping an eye on what they were doing so he could respond appropriately, but for the most part performed a handsign, preparing a technique to keep himself safe.
『First Tail』
At this point, and any point onwards because of Kokuō's passive influence, the mood of the Jinchūriki will dictate whether the loss of control is a devastating murderous rampage or a quiet, observing - almost sitting down Bijū watchguard. The further the tails go, the more predisposition is towards that of murderous rampage.
There isn't much of a change except for the immediate coloration of the red and yellow chakra shroud that envelops the Jinchūriki. The form is more solidified, taking the very clear shape of Kokuō - including all of the horns. In Akira, the specific changes before his body is lost in the shroud is you can see his body taking on the very same unnatural color Kokuō possesses, his head and body have started to contort as if to mimic the horse/dolphin shape that Kokuō is.
The first tail form begins to grant speed and strength relative to that of a Jōnin. (or if the user is already a Jōnin, higher than that.) and on top of that, Akira's teeth sharpen that rivals weaponry.
Kage Bunshin no Jutsu [Shadow Clone Technique]
RANK: B
CHAKRA USAGE: Medium
CLASSIFICATION: Ninjutsu [General]
ELEMENT: None
DESCRIPTION:
Kage Bunshin is a Jounin level Ninjutsu technique. The normal Bunshin technique creates a copy of the ninja that lacks any substance. The Kage Bunshin distributes the ninja's chakra evenly among the clones and creates a real copy with form and substance. The clone itself can also utilize any jutsu the original ninja knows, as well as their kekkei genkai. When the clone finally disperses, any new knowledge it has gained along with it's remaining chakra are passed back to the original ninja and any additional clones. This makes Kage Bunshin an excellent training method if the ninja has the chakra capacity and stamina to maintain the Kage Bunshins for an extended period of time. This allows the ninja to essentially reduce the time it takes to train and learn with each clone added. This is especially true when used with Tajuu Kage Bunshin.
Prepping:
Haiu [Shift]
RANK: C
CHAKRA USAGE: Medium
CLASSIFICATION: Ninjutsu
ELEMENT: Fuuton
DESCRIPTION:
A simple jutsu in which after a single handseal [Same as activating an exploding tag] the user uses quick bursts of air out of his body to either propel themselves forward, to the sides or back. This jutsu is very useful in a sword fight as it allows the user to nearly instantly change from stationary to full speed and then back to stationary in an instant. While this jutsu does allow the user so quickly change direction and achieve top speed in an instant, it does in no way speed up the users movements beyond their capability.
