Battle MusicThough perhaps putting too much faith into one person, Arashi trusted her friend to be capable of following through with his plan of action. Especially with her own thoughts elsewhere...
The imposter was certainly impressive, using the means of whatever abilities she hand to place shadows at her command. The darkness was her ally, and as much as she was capable of manipulating sands, she was just as able to deflect her bursts and techniques right back with just as much force. It would be a simple task to deal with her another way, but their mission here was to try and clear her name, not kill the only one who could clear it. Which meant, they had to bring her back alive...
As Arashi rebounded from the latest buffering, her grace her allow her to move around her raised shield, seeing an opening as she twisted her body around to slam the front of her foot directly into her duplicate's chest, knocking the wind from her briefly before reeling her hand back after grazing the ground to regain footing and sending it toward the other female. While she seemed ready, the strike was a clear diversion as her other hand would come flying back against her, hitting the girl straight in the face.
"Wow...never thought I'd get front row for such a fierce bout..."
With her imposter trying to catch her breath, Arashi would look over at Noji briefly, seeing him dodging the swings of one of the shadows, rolling her eyes before she returned her focus back on her own target as she felt something try and take hold of her, disappearing into a veil of sand as the grasping shadows from beneath her feet would struggle to try and contain it.
Though with these fights happening, it appeared that Zakku had accomplished his objective, prompting Arashi to resurface just in time to deflect the light flare off herself and Noji as she stood beside him, using a sand shield to protect them.
With the light giving life to the area, the shadow warriors appeared to hiss and fade back into the abyss, leaving the imposter in horror as she found herself stumbling backward and waving her hands from one side to the next.
"Damn it! I can't...see..."
Waiting out the flare, Arashi would lower her guard as she looked toward Noji, whom seemed to be patting himself off before making her way over toward the woman as she began to summon two spheres of dust from the air, as the flew toward the female's hands, they'd apply themselves to them and flash with a kanji symbol for weight, causing her to fall over and hit the ground upon her face. As she struggled to try and stand, Arashi would then kneel down next to her, a smirk crossing her lips as she shook her head.
"While ya down there...might wanna think of how ya plan on explainin yourself to the gangs...pretty sure they all want a piece of ya..."
"Bitch! Let me go! I saved this village!! I DID!!!"
Narrowing her eyes, Noji would look at the sight and then tilt his head to the side.
"I must say....considering what you have done...I do not think save is the right word..."
With everything seeming under control, Arashi would turn toward Zakku and give him a grin as she extended a fist in his direction.
"Nice work Blue..."
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Sand Control
Arashi is granted two forms of defense by the Ichibi. The first one is a subconscious ability granted by the Bijuu is that there is constantly a barrier of sand clinging to Arashi’s skin. This barrier acts as a shield against her skin, absorbing heavy blows and protecting her. Her sand defense is very tough, being very difficult to break through. The sand has been likened to steel and concrete. The second form is one which pulls sand from her surroundings and the sand piled on her skin to form a visible barrier and dome like barrier around her. The sand is typically pulled from the ground and any nearby source. Arashi’s various dogs often have a plentiful amount of sand carried in their thick coats. As such, the sand is often pulled from their coats to be used to protect the girl. Through the course of her training, Arashi has learned to control both of these forms of defense to a degree, making her much more capable of mounting a defense in a variety of ways. But she still at times must incumbent some cooperation from Shukaku to ensure of it's sustainability.
Arashi can control sand and wind around herself to whip up sandstorms with powerful gusts. The sandstorm often appears when she’s emotionally strained and damaged. If there is no sand around her, powerful breezes will still gather around her. Shukaku enjoys teasing the girl to the point where sandstorms appear. But with the course of time, Arashi had grown more comfortable with this and developed a thick skin towards such actions by the Bijuu.
While Arashi had previous had little to no control over her other sand related abilities, she has a somewhat capable hand at this one. Because of the trauma of her sand attacking her classmates at a young age, Arashi has managed to reign in some of this power. Learning to bend the sand to her will, Arashi can keep it from hurting those she doesn’t want it to hurt. Sand will be gathered from nearby sources to be used as a weapon when this ability activates. This ability typically only activates when Arashi is in severe danger, but it has now become possible for her to do so with ease. Though it is more prone to activating near or on full moons. The sand takes the form of blunt objects or tendrils to bash or choke enemies. During moments of extreme strain, Arashi loses all control over this ability as well.
Ichibi Host
Arashi is the host to the Ichibi. As such, she has been granted a massive boost to her chakra and various other skills. Sand will unconsciously move to her will, even if she doesn’t want it to. She also has a natural affinity with Fuuinjutsu due to the curse marks that appear over her at times. Arashi also has an affinity to wind. However, because of the low number of tails on Ichibi, Arashi has difficulties controlling the biju and rarely sleeps. She rarely lowers her guard as well.
Ultimate Defense
A Skill granted by her continued use and developed relationship with Shukaku over the continued use of his control over sand, Arashi has a stronger connection to the element, allowing her to use it at a much more intensive rate than before. As such, her defenses are much more adapt and capable of taking on stronger attacks and reinforcing itself at faster speed. This adaptation to the sand shield allows for it's reaction time to have increased and make it more challenging for attacks to connect and break through the first layer, while acting still on the natural inclinations of auto-repairing itself for the next strike.
-Jutsu Used-
NAME: Wakamushi Ninatamago [Eggs Becoming Nymph]
RANK: C
CHAKRA USAGE: Medium
CLASSIFICATION: Taijutsu
ELEMENT: -
HANDSEALS: 0
DESCRIPTION:
The user will throw a feint before appearing to throw a real punch. Missing by a slight amount on purpose the user will bring their elbow back and deliver a bewildering strike to the opponent. The strike itself feels as if the opponents to a direct punch, all of the strength the user put into the hit landing square on the opponent, causing at
NAME: Odori [Swallow Dance]
RANK: C
CHAKRA USAGE: Low
CLASSIFICATION: Taijutsu
ELEMENT: -
HANDSEALS: 0
DESCRIPTION:
The user starts with a kick aimed at the chest of the opponent and quickly combos into another kick as they bring their leg back across with their heel striking the same area. It ends with the user jumping off from their free leg and aiming another kick at the same chest area but angled so that its aimed downward to push the foe onto the ground when landed.
NAME: Oshiishi [Stone Weight]
RANK: B
CHAKRA USAGE: Low to Very High
CLASSIFICATION: Fūinjutsu
DESCRIPTION:
An advanced version of Senkin that can be used in an offensive manner. One that requires the user to write the specific seal and weight in kanji upon the object or person of their desire. Weight is variable, anywhere from a few pounds to a ton. When placed on a persons clothes, it is possible for those to crush that person or simply render them immobile. It can also be used as an incarceration technique, if placed on the skin it will not crush but simply render immobile. The seal can be broken with a specific burst of chakra into the seal, much like water and wall walking. Though this naturally requires some knowledge on the art of Fūinjutsu [spec or SA]. The variable weight of the jutsu will increase the cost the greater the variable.
Low (0-500lbs)
Med (500lbs - 1/2 ton)
High (>1/2 ton - 1500 lbs)
Very High (1500lbs - 1 ton)
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