[Mikazuki Aikawa]

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THE INK IS PUMPING, NOW YOU NEED
TO RUN BECAUSE THE DEMON'S
COMING

This didn't have to end in a bloodbath? Sure it didn't! If Mikazuki had wanted to commit mass murder--she'd have already gone on a rampage without any regard or concern for the lives of her enemies or allies in the area! And as much as Mikazuki was tempted to have a back-and-forth with her psychological intruder, the shinobi was unfortunately far too focused on her mission to be caught side-tracking and monologuing. Perhaps at a different time! But right now, she had to get back into the game! And so, Tomomi would be ignored and promptly forced out of the jinchūriki's headspace!

With Squeakers back in full reign of his body, his attention darted back to his target--Shodaime. He didn't know how long he'd been out--longer than he'd have liked to be, but at least everything hadn't been completely lost during his moments of unconsciousness. Shodaime was missing an arm, Sanosuke was there--suddenly, apparently--and attempting a strike on the white-haired man with the fancy blinding blade. And there were puppets, too. All noted within the blink of an eye, even with his incredible skill and ability to process information and adapt, he didn't have the time to try to fully flesh out the situation when Shodaime was still vulnerable.
    The earth beneath him began to quake and crumble at the sheer power of his cloaked form, and five hands shot out from either side of his form, two shooting out to entrap Shodaime within his clutches once more--each of the two arms curving around the two males that stood between Squeakers and his target so as to avoid striking them. Even if one arm was attacked--while there was no guarantee that it would be destroyed upon impact anyway--the other arm would assuredly ensnare the target. With Sanosuke's attention on the white-haired swordsman, however, there wouldn't likely be any room to focus on the jinchūriki's actions if the Konoha shinobi wanted to keep his head intact. 
    Unfortunately for the enemy shinobi, however, even as Squeakers's cloaked hands moved at blinding speed even greater than they had performed before, he needed no hand seals to control or maintain the technique. Psychological will moved his chakra hands, two sent to protect Shodaime once more, while the other three began to grab and tear at the environment around them--batting trees and vegetation away, the incredible force of his hands attempting to even snap trees at their trunks, and another hand tearing at the ground and ripping apart roots--all while with his ungloved hand, Squeakers was able to multitask and simultaneously summoned his ranmataru blade from where it'd been sealed inside of his palm. As soon as the blade manifested into reality, he flicked his wrist and caught the blinding light from Toshizou's own weapon--redirecting it to momentarily blind the swordsman.
    It was unlikely that Toshizou would have foreseen that Squeakers had a katana sealed inside of his hand, so the sudden appearance of a weapon positioned into a blinding technique--while not necessarily fancy or spectacular in nature--would likely catch him off guard and prove effective even if only for a moment.
    In that moment, however, Squeakers would attempt to make a formal move.
    Away.
    Out of here.
    As much as his heart screamed to fight the swordsman, Sanosuke had already appeared upon the scene and it wouldn't be a proper fight if it was two against one. As much as Squeakers wanted to fight the other man, Shodaime was wounded and they had to act quickly. As much as the jinchūriki wanted to fight, it would be better if he served as a primary source of transportation, protection, and escape. Leaping to make his escape, Squeakers would begin to move with blinding and destructive speed. Everything he touched began to deteriorate, and so it would be impossible for him to move without leaving behind a trail of destruction--but it wouldn't matter how much of the path and forestry was destroyed so long as he was able to get out of there and move at a speed likely unrivaled by anybody else present.


Jutsu Used

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Chakuraāmu [Chakra Arms]
RANK: B
CHAKRA USAGE: Medium
CLASSIFICATION: Ninjutsu
ELEMENT: N/A
DESCRIPTION:
When a Tailed Beast or Jinchuuriki taps reaches into their Version 1 Chakra Cloak, they are capable of using the bubbling chakra which surrounds them as an extension of their body. These chakra appendages can be freely manipulated for almost an infinite distance as a result of its lack of joints. Additionally, they can surge at opponents at speeds that even Sharingan masters have trouble reacting to. These appendages can grow in size and form, but only those who have control of at least half of their tails (majority of tails, if Bijuu has uneven number of tails) or Version 2 Chakra Cloaks can create any number of chakra arms they desire from any part of their body. Just like the original chakra arms, these extra arms can be used as grappling hooks, for grabbing opponents/objects, defense, or offensively. Unlike the original arms, these chakra arms are much thicker, and darker as a result of Version 2's advanced nature. For those who have minimal control, all chakra arms will always cause burns to those who contact them. (can be made cool for those with good amount of control). In the case of the Ichibi Jinchuuriki, these chakra arms will be in the form of sand.

(Was referenced in previous post to be placed on her palm, now de/activated to summon forth her ranmataru katana, as her simple katana is the one that has been visible and in use up to this point)
NAME: Karada Fuinjutsu [Body Sealing Technique]
RANK: B
CHAKRA USAGE: Low
CLASSIFICATION: Fūinjutsu
ELEMENT: -
HANDSEALS: 0
DESCRIPTION:
An upgrade to the Hikin Fuinjutsu [Generic Sealing Technique], the user creates a seal on their own skin for which a multitude of objects can be stored. If cast on the user themselves, the seals become reactive to the body's own chakra, and it becomes more difficult for others to forcibly draw items from the seal. The closer the mark is made to the center of one's chakra coil, at the pit of their gut, the stronger this protection becomes.
    Directly attuned to the user's chakra, seals take up half the space they ordinarily would. And in the case of it being sealed on the user, items can be released via small chakra burst rather than touch.

NAME: Mabayui Bakari no Shotto [Blinding shot]
RANK: D
CHAKRA USAGE: None
CLASSIFICATION: Kenjutsu
ELEMENT: N/A
DESCRIPTION:
Considered a dirty trick among 'noble' swordfighters, this low-level technique is actually very useful. One uses the blade in order to disrupt enemy vision, whether to redirect a beam of light in another's face, or sweep some dirt into their eyes, blinding them.

Equipment In Use

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NAME: Mask
RANK: C
CLASSIFICATION: Defensive / Supplementary
ELEMENT: N/A
OWNER: Mikazuki Aikawa
    DESCRIPTION:
A simple mask that can be damaged and even broken with enough force. Although, similar to a forehead protector, this piece of equipment is capable of protecting the wearer's face to some degree, it only covers the face so the rest of the head is vulnerable. It's main function is that it behaves similarly to a pair of goggles--the mask prevents water, smoke, dirt, or any other similar substances from getting into the wearer's eye and distracting them. Because the eye holes are covered by tinted substance one way, one also cannot see the face of the wearer beneath the mask, although the wearer can easily see out of it.
    ABILITIES:
    Eye Protection
This mask protects the user's eyes from dust, sand, water, wind, and other distracting substances.

NAME: Namida (Teardrop)
RANK: A
CLASSIFICATION: Offensive
ELEMENT: Wind
OWNER: Mikazuki Aikawa
DESCRIPTION:
This katana is about 41 inches in size, including the handle and the blade alone is about 30 inches. The blade is expertly crafted and ornate in design. White silk is folded in perfect symmetry on the handle, contrasting against the black samegawa. A ranmataru menuki is tucked beneath the wraps. The blade holds a breathtaking emerald sheen and decorative waves and marks are present on the flat surface of the blade indicating the steel had been folded over a thousand times when created. The mark "涙" has been seared into the blade near the habaki. The metal of the blade is no ordinary steel--but the rare ranmataru steel, native to the Ranmataru Empire, and it was a superior blade to most. The sheath is rather simplistic, colored white with green wrapping near the top. This katana holds a striking resemblance to Saya Yoi's own weapon of choice, probably because it was given to Mikazuki by none other than the Yuki Lady herself.
    ABILITIES:
    Nearly Indestructible Edge
The blade is also made from the legendary ranmataru steel, which puts it above most other blades it would ever have to clash with. It can, and will, chop swords made from regular steel--not without effort--but with relative ease. It can clash with chakra-enhanced swords without losing its edge or sharpness.
    Chakra (wind) Reactive
The sword also has a ninja seal engraved into the blade, just beneath the "涙" marking. This seal is the kanji standing for 'wind'. This sword is capable of channeling wind-natured chakra through it so that, when amplified by this nature of chakra, its abilities (especially wind-based) become much deadlier.

SA Active

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Enhanced Physical Trait
Due to her extensive training in her early ninja days, Mikazuki has heightened speed, stamina, and endurance. Every day that she has an opportunity to, she still trains to further strengthen each trait. This ability was not gained from heritage or being born into a clan.

Jinchuuriki
After the sealing of Gyūki, Mikazuki's body took on many physical changes.
    One of which, was a change of her natural chakra. It took on a monstrous form, raising to levels that exceed any other normal shinobi of even elite rank. The girl no longer has as amazing control on this new, horrendous amount of chakra as she used to, being unfamiliar with it.
    The second alteration is Mikazuki's physical strength. Gyūki is considered to be the strongest Bijuu out of the nine (the exception being when the Gobi uses its special abilities), and this incredible strength has been transferred over to his jinchuriki. Mikazuki's strength has multiplied, making her far stronger than she ever used to be--even on a day to day basis, her assault prowess and overall strength has been increased greatly for her rank.
    The third change is that Mikazuki now also has access to the tree of Ink Techniques, a style of jutsu that is unique to Gyūki.

Analytical Intelligence
Mikazuki is extremely perceptive and thinks logically – which can give her a great edge over enemy shinobi. Due to her application of knowledge, perception, and analytical skills, Mikazuki can easily dissect a situation and come up with conclusions based on her observations. Picking up on little details and putting reason behind it makes her an intimidating foe. Although she cannot figure everything out right off the bat, Mikazuki is able to analyze things on a much deeper level than most others could at her level.

Tails Present

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Chakra Shroud [No Tail]
When Mikazuki’s chakra shroud is activated, even in its minimal state where not a single tail is present, she is surrounded by a bubbly red chakra that appears to have a circular texture to it--giving off the feel of suckers on an octopus’s tentacle. This raw presence of chakra, even in this state, is harmful to human flesh if one ever tried to lay a hand on it. In this form, Mikazuki’s defense against weapons and elemental attacks is increased, as the presence of the hachibi’s chakra offers some form of protection. In this form, Mikazuki has more access to the hachibi’s chakra pool, and her eyes will begin to turn white. In this form she is able to use ink techniques.

Chakra Shroud [1 Tail]
v1. When the first tail forms in the jinchuriki’s chakra shroud, her physical strength, durability, and speed dramatically increase and she can take a hit even against most other jinchuriki at this stage. Low ranked weapons do minimal damage to the jinchuriki by this time, and her skin becomes even tougher and more difficult to cut through. Two translucent chakra horns appear at the girl’s crown in this form, and can be used offensively in a fight. The jinchuriki’s eyes are completely white at this point--lined with black, and in this form, Mikazuki is still capable of using ink offensively and defensively.

Chakra Shroud [2 Tail]
v1. When the second tail appears, Mikazuki gains even more access to Gyūki’s chakra pool, and the chakra shroud starts to become more corporeal--capable of dealing and taking hits with more power than the previous form. At this point, it is difficult for most weapons to even cut through the chakra and get to the jinchuriki before getting damaged. Her bones become even stronger than before, making her even more unbreakable, and two more horns grow beside its predecessors. With her four horns appearing similarly to Gyūki’s own, she has a broader range of protection and can still use them as a weapon should the need arise.

Chakra Shroud [3 Tail]
v1. When the third tail forms, Mikazuki is offered yet another boost in her strength and speed, whilst her constitution is tripled. At this point, the jinchuriki’s physical body has become durable enough to endure the blows of a sole taijutsu user far above her rank, and with her physical arms feeling almost like steel at this point and her chakra shroud taking on a much thicker, far more powerful form, she can easily deal powerful blows of equal strength. During this time, only the most powerful of weapons can get through to and damage the jinchuriki, as her shroud has already become dense and powerful enough to protect her from most mortal harm. Her jaw and teeth have begun to appear more like Gyūki’s in their strength, and she is capable of breaking lower-ranked weapons with sheer force alone.

Chakra Shroud [4 Tail]
v1. As the fourth tail slowly takes shape, it along with its previous tails elongate slightly and allow for more range. The suckers on each tendril shift and look much more life-like than their previously bubble-like appearance, and, if the jinchuriki wills it, these tails can easily hold on to even the most slippery of opponents and keep them in their place with more range than before. Mikazuki’s physical strength, speed, and durability dramatically increase at this point, multiplying rapidly as she also gains even more access to Gyūki’s chakra pool. Her shroud of chakra does even more damage to the world around her, where even standing in place can deteriorate things in direct contact with her. In this phase, Mikazuki can breathe underwater as though it were air and swim through it twice as fast as normally.

Chakra Shroud [5 Tail]
v1. Another, long tail appears in the cloak of chakra and as her physical strength continues to grow to insane levels, Mikazuki’s body will begin to heal itself. In a single day, all minor and major injuries will be repaired. As the chakra prepares for the upcoming stages, it works to preserve the jinchuriki’s body as well as it can and will even regenerate lost limbs given the right amount of time so long as she is still breathing. Around four days is usually what it takes to regenerate an entirely lost limb. If a lost limb is sewed back on to the open wound, it won't need to regenerate completely--only reconnect--which will take much less time. During this stage, although still capable of ink techniques and all the abilities it possessed before, the jinchuriki is capable of breaking the ground with mere fists alone that sends a powerful shock wave after, easily knocking opponents off their feet if not worse. Powerful war cries can momentarily deafen those nearby.

OUTFIT

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ⒶⓀⒾ of Adoxography and of GS

[Hatake Toshizō]

"on the run". "A man who can't uphold his beliefs is pathetic, dead or alive." SOUR TASTE OF FAILURE Toshizou came down as fast as he could, using the strongest technique of his style, but somehow Shodaime managed to react just enough to deflect the blade. He saw that happening in slow motion, but was still unable to adjust the direction of the blade, and ultimately, his attack didn't kill the traitor, but chopped off her arm instead. A dangerous injury, as she would be bleeding profusely now, but far from fatal if she received treatment in time. The frustration at the failed strike made the Hatake grit his teeth, but there was not much time for him to do anything, for the ever changing battlefield was filled with dangers. He could feel the chakra from both Satoshi and Tomomi leaving the targets with his Kagura Mind's Eye giving great awareness of the fight, and his sharp brain immediately processed all that information. Kazuto was attacking with his Senbonzakura, which forced the members of tje JITE to seek protection within a barrier, putting them temporarily out of the equation. That would've been good if they were the only people he had to worry about, but a quick shift in a presence of a particular chakra alerted Toshizou immediately: the Ame Lord who had been engaging with Satoshi had body flickered to the vicinity. Toshizou sighed as his body attained a level of complete relaxation, quite deceiving to the eyes and could potentially invite people to believe he was vulnerable and attack him, which the puppeteer did, coming with a plethora of puppets at the man. But those attacks would be intercepted and cut down by apparently nothing. "Banshuu no Ha." the calm words came from his mouth. Using his ultimate defence technique, Toshizou created an area of attack of 10 metres radius around himself, and anything or anyone entering in this area was attacked by almost completely imperceptible slashes from his blade. The speed of the slashes is so great it feels like the user is completely stationary, and the use of spurs of increased length of the white chakra blade adds to the difficulty in seeing where the slashes are truly coming from. This technique could block even elemental attacks - with its lighting fast attacks, deflecting, blocking and cutting many incoming attacks. Moreover, as excessive caution, he channeled chakra into his special armour, so even if - by miracle - any attacked passed through his defences, he could absorb most if not all of it. Even though the Jinchuuriki was attacking and attempted to reflect the light to his eyes, with the use of Banshuu no Ha, it was borderline impossible to catch the flickering light at the precise moment of its manifestation, as it would then disappear and reappear in another direction. Speed in itself is not the same as finesse, and that level of swordsmanship was above what the Jinchuuriki could possibly do, even at his level. "Clever bastard." he thought, however. It frustrated him to have to take the defence and potentially let that disgusting traitor escape from his reach, but this act of war from the Hidden Rain Village would not be forgotten. In any case, this battle was basically over and they had lost. Once his technique was over, when no more immediate threats were before him, he would place his hands together and use the Body Flicker Technique to retreat from the battlefield, landing closer to Satoshi. As he reapperared there, he took one of his Military Pills and offered another one to Satoshi, so he could restore some of the chakra he spent. "This is over. It's not worthy it losing one of us because of that maggot. Let's go." he scoffed, getting ready to help his people go back into safety. "You can train a dog with food. You can buy a person with money. But there isn't a man alive that can put down the Will of Fire. Some things will never change. The Will of Fire will never be extinguished" Death Enable Used Late Autumn Leaves as his ultimate defence to avoid the puppeteers attacks. Due to the nature of the attack, wasn't blinded by Mika. Considering he didn't engage in further combat, I assumed Sannosuke went to protect Shodaime instead. Body Flickered near Satoshi, ate one military pill and offered the chuunin one. Assumed defensive position. [Yamato] [647 words]

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Vermillion Eye


Toshi possesses extremely sharp eyesight, which helps him predict his opponent's next attack and movements by carefully observing the subtle shifts of their muscles, joints and the slight movements of their eyes. Some people compare his eyesight to that of a Hawk, and they are not wrong with the comparison. His eyes also allow him to be extremely precise with his attacks, as well as improve his ability with throwing and ranged weapons, granting him great accuracy. he is able to do these things but at the cost of not being as effective in either one as someone with a more focused special ability.

Swift as Wind


Toshi is an extremely fast Shinobi in combat (not normal movement speed). Ever since he was a child, he had displayed incredible reflexes and agility, which allows him to dominate the battlefield. His reflexes allow him to escape most harm coming his way, or at the very least be able to react fast enough to counter an incoming attack, preventing himself from being injured by most attacks, while at the same time putting his opponents in a pinch with his counterattack.

Chakra Control


Having only an average chakra pool, Toshi had to develop a refined control of his chakra to avoid being drained too fast in battle. By learning to optimise the usage of his chakra, thus preventing any unnecessary waste, the Hatake managed to conserve his chakra by using only the minimum amount required. This allows him to compete with those blessed with large chakra pools, who can give themselves the luxury of wasting chakra. With the years, he became a true professional when it comes to Chakra Control.

One with the Blade


As a primary specialist on Bukijutsu, Toshi focuses primarly on his Kenjutsu skill, honed throughout his entire life during his Tennen Rishin-ryu training. As such, his sword became a natural extension of his body, and together they act as one. Due to that, he knows how to force a breach on his opponents defence, and is quite knowledgeable of where to strike to make the most of every attack from his blade. That being said, very few people can best him in a sword fight.

Genius IQ


Since he was a child, Toshi was way beyond the curve when it came to his intellect. He aced all of his exams during his time in the academy, which allowed him to graduate at the tender age of 9. He was often the youngest member of his team growing up, and they all came to respect him as an equal when given the opportunity to stand beside him on the battlefield. His memory is excellent and he can recall events and information with rich details, and his mind works at an incredible speed, able to do calculations even during the stress of combat. He is very analytical and a natural strategist, who is quite comfortable thinking outside of the box to find solutions to otherwise helpless situations. His keen mind also allows him to be a few steps ahead of his opponents and adapt to changes in his environment and oveall situation in a second. Toshi always has a Plan B and C under his sleeve, even though he usually does not have to resort to that.

Kagura Mind's Eye


Born with a natural affinity towards sensing chakra, Toshi trained himself to become a capable sensor ninja. With his training, he managed to unlock his Mind's Eye, and with that, the ability to passively sense chakra signatures in the distance (when using the technique), thus allowing him to not only track, but also memorize a person's chakra signature, even if barely any chakra is being used. Due to his proficiency with this technique, Toshi can passively sense chakra up to 400 metres, but when he focus on opening his Mind's Eye, his sensing capabilities increase to incredible 25 km.

Items used:

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messhuaamaa [mesh armour]
OWNER: Hatake Toshizou
RANK: A
CLASSIFICATION: Defensive
RESTRICTIONS: n/a
DESCRIPTION:
Underneath his regular clothing, Toshizou wears a special grade Mesh Armour, made by the best blacksmiths of the Hatake clan, to provide him with extra protection during his activities as a Shinobi. It is made by the same special iron used to craft his sword, also capable of channeling the user's white chakra to it.

ABILITIES:
Durability
Akin to his swords Kanesada, his armour is made of a special iron that is incredibly sturdy. This provides him with increased durability against weapons and attacks in general, allowing him to take far more damage than he normally would be capable of.
White Chakra Armour
When Toshizou channels his chakra through his armour, it can increase its already impressive durability and hardness. However, keeping this activated slowly drains his chakra reserves. Low Chakra drain per rotation. [Takes two slots]

2 military rations pills used (one for Toshi, one offered to Satoshi)

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NAME: Banshuu no Ha [Late Autumn Leaves]
RANK: S
CHAKRA USAGE: Very High
CLASSIFICATION: Bukijutsu
REQUIREMENT: Whit Chakra Blade and Enhanced Reflexes
DESCRIPTION:
One of the strongest techniques of his style, requiring a lot of combat speed and reflexes to be properly performed. A Defensive technique, it requires the user to cease all body movements and enters a state of complete tranquility. The user creates an area of attack of 10 metres radius around himself, and anything or anyone entering in this area, will be attacked by almost completely imperceptible slashes from his blade. The speed of the slashes is so great it feels like the user is completely stationary, and the use of spurs of increased length of the white chakra blade adds to the difficulty in seeing where the slashes are truly coming from. This technique can also be used as the ultimate defense of the style, intercepting attacks - even elemental ones - with its lighting fast attacks, deflecting, blocking and cutting many incoming attacks.


NAME: Shunshin no Jutsu [Body Flicker Technique] 2/4
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.

[TACTICIAN]

Covering Yori for a few battle mod requests:

1) Whether or not Keisuke's clones' 40 fireballs would have broken Junpei's barrier; and if Junpei's colleague Haruko should have been able to body flicker inside Junpei's barrier.

2) The degree to which Kazuto's petals affect Sanosuke, Squeakers, and Tsuki's puppets; and how much difficulty people should have navigating the terrain as a result of the deep forest bloom trees.

3) The health status of Junpei, Haruko, and Shintori.

Starting with point three, as it affects point one. Junpei has been sitting inside a barrier formed from Dark Road Assimilate for two rotations. He is heavily injured from his fight against Keisuke's clones, but his chakra usage and physical movements have been relatively minimal since his injuries.

Tomomi's mental hold on Haruko was dropped in favor of focusing on Squeakers, freeing Haruko. With a reflex SA, fast handseals, and his jonin rank, Haruko's reflexes would mean that he is completing his handseal for body flicker as Shodaime is beginning her Revolving Heaven. Haruko would be staggered back by the effect but ultimately unharmed and would be able to maintain his footing due to his durability SA and active Crystal Armor technique.

Shintori is in a similar situation as Haruko. Tomomi's mental hold on Shintori was dropped in favor of focusing on Squeakers. Shintori will be close to Shodaime when she uses her Revolving Heaven, and while his reflexes (reflex SA, jounin, on par with Haruko's) may allow him to avoid the full brunt of the rotation, he will be thrown back and injured. Being thrown back will cause him to crash through the dense forestry created by Kazuto's Advent of a World of Flowering Trees, causing further injury unless defensive actions are taken (as Shintori has not yet acted in this rotation).

With the Ame JITE's health established, let's move on to point one!

Dark Road Assimilate is an A-rank defensive technique with a 'durability close to steel', whereas Blazing Fire Ball is a B-rank offensive technique that 'can cut through stone'. Each of the forty fireballs is 4 inches (10cm) in diameter: roughly the size of a softball, for context. Junpei is expending additional chakra (High cost) to emit more fog and strengthen the density of the barrier. While two sequential barrages of twenty softball-sized fireballs is significant, Junpei's only focus for two rotations has been on holding and strengthening his barrier. Junpei's barrier is able to hold against the onslaught.

As an additional note, per Jian's OOC notes, each of Keisuke's clones has enough chakra to be able to use a medium technique, and the use of these forty fireballs is a medium cost. As a result of using these techniques, the twenty clones shooting off fireballs will dissipate due to lack of chakra. The clone near Satoshi, the two clones near Keisuke (original flavor), and the two clones near Tomomi, all using Fire Formation Wall, are all also using medium chakra techniques; these clones will dissipate. The clone near Satoshi using Dragons Breath on the raven puppets is also using a medium chakra technique; this clone will dissipate. As the chakra was completely consumed, no chakra is returned to the remaining clones.

Per Yori's last moderation, the group of (now 30) heading for Shodaime are now effectively arriving on scene; they are not yet in the immediate melee vicinity of Toshizo, Shodaime, and Haruko. They would not impede Haruko's ability to get up the nearby tree to safely shelter inside Junpei's barrier; additionally, as Kazuto's Advent of a World of Flowering Trees takes effect, due to the sheer number of clones, both Haruko and the clones will experience difficulty maneuvering through the dense forestry.

With that, we'll move on to point two. As stated, all parties will begin to have difficulty maneuvering through the densely packed terrain caused by Kazuto's Advent of a World of Flowering Trees. That said, Squeakers will be able to clear a path through the difficult terrain due to the effect of their 4-tails shroud: "Her shroud of chakra does even more damage to the world around her, where even standing in place can deteriorate things in direct contact with her." This clears a path for all parties in Squeaker's wake, but any other terrain in the forested area will count as difficult terrain.

Kazuto's Vibrant Display of a Thousand Cherry Blossoms is an S-rank technique, a "stream of nigh countless petals plunging towards the foe." Tl;dr: they're fast. The cherry blossom petals are ripping through the area in a torrent, albeit at a Very High cost + drain to Kazuto (if he continues the barrage for further rotations).

As this relates to Sanosuke: with a speed SA, tai secondary spec, the use of the Shukuchi speed technique, and his relative proximity to Shodaime/Toshizo's location as of the prior rotation, Sanosuke is able to arrive at Shodaime's location before the cherry blossoms reach. This is true even with having to maneuver through the dense forestry, as the Shukuchi tech allows for immense flexibility in changing direction if need be. What happens after Sanosuke arrives should be decided upon between Toshizo and Sanosuke.

As this relates to Squeakers: With five tails active, their durability is extremely enhanced. They're barrelling through a storm of sword-sharp cherry blossoms, but the increased durability effect essentially means that Squeakers is taking many, many minor injuries. Additionally, their 4-tails shroud ability would affect the cherry blossoms that strike them, causing them to wither/deteriorate after causing minor injury.

As this relates to Tsuki's puppets: Any puppets in the vicinity of the cherry blossoms, including the balloon, get caught in the barrage. As all of the puppets are lower than S-rank and none have durability SAs, they should all be significantly damaged if not completely destroyed by the effect. That said, Kazuto is currently being attacked by 10 moonfish and 10 raven puppets; Tsuki's EJ-level skill with her puppetry and reflex SA would mean that she would be capable of maneuvering her puppets to get in his space, and he will have trouble keeping up the S-rank tech for further rotations if the assault continues.

Bringing it back around to point 3: the health status of the NPC JITE. Junpei's barrier survived the onslaught of the forty fireballs, but taking on a barrage of chakra-sharp S-rank petals directly after the fact will prove too much for the barrier to handle. The barrier breaks, leaving Junpei and Haruko vulnerable to the onslaught. As Junpei was already heavily injured and he has had to hold a handseal to maintain his barrier, he would not be able to react in time to protect himself appropriately, and he will die due to the sharp onslaught of the petals (unless external protection arrives from another character). Haruko's durability SA and Crystal Armor work well to protect him from the attack, but he still takes a few moderate injuries as they cut through him.

Additionally, as we have established that Keisuke's 30 clones have freshly arrived on scene, is it worth noting that the cherry blossom tech is a barrage that isn't differentiating between friend and foe. All 30 of Keisuke's clones that are now in Shodaime's general vicinity will be destroyed by the petals. Their chakra will be returned to Keisuke and the remaining 24 clones protecting him, Tomomi, and Satoshi.

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Edit: Addressing concerns brought forth regarding the efficacy of Vibrant Display of a Thousand Cherry Blossoms as well as Kazuto's movements/positioning during this rotation.

Tsuki's raven puppets have dropped smoke bombs in Kazuto's vicinity, effectively blinding him. Kazuto does not have a sensory ability and has been relying on eyesight throughout the battle; as such, he is effectively blinded. He will not be able to effectively direct the petals in any particular direction or towards any particular target. However, it was stated per Kazuto's last post: "millions of tiny knifes moving to bite, gnaw and tear in a hail of steel that began to tear away everything that was in its path as they began to coalesce into a single point." Kazuto isn't actually aiming the petals; he's shooting blind, essentially, focusing more on overwhelming force than targeted attack.

Kazuo stayed in place the last rotation, electing not to move forward to engage with Tsuki's line of puppet defense, which resulted in Tsuki bringing the puppets to Kazuto to attack. As Kazuto is currently under siege by twenty of Tsuki's puppets, he will have to choose between either abandoning the petal technique in order to effectively defend himself, or take the damage from the puppets full force in order to focus on the petals. In the latter case, he will be unable to effectively aim or direct the petals in any meaningful way so long as smoke is still clouding his vision.

Additionally, while the dense forestry of Advent of a World of Flowering Trees does make it more difficult for the human participants of the fight to maneuver, flower petals are so small that they would have no issue getting through. Some petals will inevitably get stuck in tree trunks and wither as a result, but the sheer volume of petals makes that effect relatively negligible. Since the petals are coming from three sides, which are the Arashi no Kuni side and its flanks, the trees don't provide especially effective cover from the petal technique.

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[Yamato]

Like Haruko, Shintori found himself initially confused by his new position after being freed from the Yamanaka jutsu. He was a bit slower on the uptake than his crystal wielding comrade, and so he had a bit more of a delayed reaction to the situation. Without enough time to react, Shintori found himself being pushed away by Shodaime herself, her defensive technique launching him against the moving branches of the forest. He grunted as he quickly forced himself to his feet, feeling that there was certainly something inside of him that was broken as he finally assessed the situation. The Ame lord and the jinchuuriki being so close to an enemy shinobi was an immediate cause for concern, but the incoming hail of petals was also something to be wary of.

Shintori hastily let go of the kunai he had been forced to draw, forming a handseal and following Haruko's path upwards into Junpei's dome of safety. As he swiftly moved upwards he managed to catch a glimpse of a brief combat exchange between Squeakers and Toshizou, and while there had been a part of him that considered turning back around returning to the fray, seeing both Squeakers and Toshizou withdraw cemented the decision to focus on the mission's true objective. As soon as Shintori regrouped with the other JITE, he immediately interrupted Haruko's words, just barely managing to snatch Junpei as petals broke through his shadowy barrier.

"Forget it. We're retreating. Cover us as we take up formation with the jin."

Shintori pointed in the general direction he had seen the cloaked Squeakers crash towards, drawing a katana to attempt to bat away even more incoming petals with his other hand supporting the now heavily injured Junpei. It wasn't as much help as he would've liked but he was more so relying on Haruko and his crystalline prowess to protect them as they retreated.

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Summary:
Used body flicker to regroup with JITE
Aiding Junpei in retreat

[Hyūga Shodaime]

It seemed as Shodaime's Revolving Heaven had worked to back some of her attackers off of her, though there was a small cost incurred. While Toshizo's attack didn't kill her as he had planned, it did take her left arm off, something she did not expect at all. It wasn't till her defensive maneuver was finished did she realize that blood was splattering around the area.

Where was this coming from? Where am I? What is going on? What is happening to me? She would begin to question in her head as she looked towards her missing arm. She expected to see her hand, but what she saw was nothing. Nothing but a bloody stump where her arm used to be. Her vision began to grow blurrier and blurrier, it wouldn't belong before she would eventually pass out. She knew she couldn't pass out just yet, she would grip her now stump arm and make one last jump into Squeaker's arms to get her the hell out of there. It was the only safe way she could figure to get of the area to safety. It was up to Sanosuke and the JITE to get Shodaime out of the area safely before she eventually would die from the amount of blood lost. 

[Yamanaka Tomomi]

YAMANAKA TOMOMI

NINGYO/HIDARI

Squeakers broke free, excising Tomomi from control. Though it seemed that the forces of Konoha were beginning to overwhelm Ame, it also seemed that the group was ready for their retreat maneuver. Stopping a jinchuuriki from escaping would not be a particularly easy task, even in this manufactured forest. They had plenty of room to retreat - all they had to do was cross the border and they would be freed of their tail. Even Tomomi's senses were beginning to be overwhelmed by the number of things going on. Distinguishing chakra signatures through the hail of chakra-enhanced flower petals was about as easy as attempting to discern meaning from radio static.

They could see a bloom of blood. Shodaime was injured. Perhaps at this point it would be better to give up the chase and allow nature to take its course - it didn't seem like they had a medical ninja besides Shodaime among their ranks and it was fully possible she could bleed out before being moved anywhere to help her.

Still, they couldn't help but want to slow down the progress of the group. From the back of the group, they did their best to conceal themselves from their opponents and let out a noise like the yip of a fox. Who even knew which of them might hear it over the noises of combat all around them, but any who did would find it more difficult to flee, as the difficult terrain would become even more terrible to navigate under the effects of this genjutsu.

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NAME: Kori Shinchū no Jutsu - [Sly Mind Affect Technique]
RANK: C
CHAKRA USAGE: Low [Very Low Continuous]
CLASSIFICATION: Genjutsu
ELEMENT: N/A
TRIGGER: Fox Yip (Sound)
DESCRIPTION:

A shinobi using this technique will typically keep themselves concealed from a group of enemies and let out a high pitched yelp similar to that of a fox. This auditory signal triggers the technique and allows for a single shinobi to keep potentially dozens of enemy combatants preoccupied. By allowing the user to change the enemies sense of direction through recreating the terrain they are seeing, the user will typically replace pathways that lead back to where they came from with illusions of paths that progress them forward. While most commonly used to prevent target's from progressing towards their destination it could also be used to hinder the escape of targets. The one main downside to the technique is that only the terrain can be changed with the illusion, meaning that non terrain objects like corpses typically can't be hidden.

[Senju Kazuto]

Each second more petals flew, each second his hands continued to drawn the trajectory as the tiny blades moved like a stream, striking trees, bringing them down and yet as his energy was exhausted, for all his efforts, all it seemed was to just stall what was an inevitability. Victory was slipping from their fingers, it was a mirage and even as his techniques emerged and changed the landscape, the Senju realized as the shadow of fatigue began to emerge in his mind. We can't win this. He concluded, his hands lowering as he simply allowed the petals to move like a wave that collided upon itself taking anything in its path and drowning it in a sea of knives. As he did so, a hand forged a single handseal. Chakra molded quickly as he tasted the bitter taste of retreat in his mouth. Better to live and fight another day. He added, knowing that he would take this failure, he would let it be a reminded that there was so much to improve. That Konoha still needed of him and when time came, they fight under their own terms. As the last of the waves of petals ended, mechanical terrors came for him and as his chakra flared again he would disappear in a poof of white haze mixed with the scatter petals that wilted as chakra left the, crumbling to nothing else but dust in the wind as he sped away in the direction towards Konoha. Away from the puppets Kazuto simply fell back, hoping to regroup with the rest, allowing his armor to conceal him as he awaited for his countryman to return to the village, where they could assess and plan and hope that this would not happen again. That this could not happen again.

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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.

Item Used:

Shadow Raiment

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What Happens:

Senbonzakura Attack Ends in avalanche of petals

Kazuto uses Body Flicker and moves towards Konoha using cover of trees and his armor.

[TAKEDA SANOSUKE™]

It appeared as though the worst was over once he managed to deflect what felt like thousands of petals coming from around him. When the barrier subsided it seemed as though Toshizo had officially taken his exit from the area. For now it looked like the victory was officially theres as it was clear to him that Squeakers had made a heroic move to get Shodaime out of danger, still her injury needed to be cared for until they made it to one of Arashi many sensory towers.

After an extremely brief skim of the area with his near 360 vision Sanosuke used the Takeda's Shukuchi jutsu to kept up to Squeakers and Shodaime. The sounds of all the aftermath of what transpired and the rain would definitely keep him from hearing whatever sounds were made from Tomomi in the background. The relatively loud and explosive footsteps from the Shukuchi would be nothing more than the icing on the cake to any chance that Genjutsu would have of reaching him. That is if its range could even extend that far.

Squeakers and Sanosuke were pretty well connected so it was likely that by the time he got within that she would know to slow down. He might not have been a medic like Shodaime, but he sure as hell was well versed in these sort of issues and also had his medic kit with him. Once he got within range he'd have Squeakers stop by a nearby tree so that he could make haste with stopping the bleeding of her injury.

Should they not run into any problems he would begin the first part by taking the kit out and putting on gloves inside of it so that he couldn't infect her with any germs he was carrying. Afterward he'd weave two handseals before placing his hands by her now missing arm. "Sorry Shodaime, this is going to hurt and we don't have much time." As the head medic he was certain that while she may not have sustained such an injury that she was familiar with how this was going to work.

Without waiting for so much as a head nod Sanosuke release a small stream of fire from his hand that would seal up the wound and stop any of the bleeding temporarily until they got within reach a Shinobi medic. The roller gauze would be pulled out afterward so that he could quickly wrap around the wound before using medical tape to keep the gauze in place. "Because I'm an idiot and clearly forgot the bandages!"

The Takeda rolled his eyes as he would take it upon himself to use his clans Spectral arm to lift Shodaime frame from ground. He'd make sure that his arm would have her body planted comfortably to his left shoulder so that he could use his left arm to hold her up as he took off running. Squeakers in the meantime would have been pulling security until he was ready. Once her wound was taken care of; should they not run into anymore issues the two of them could run back to Arashi with the rest of his team safely.

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HELLS LAW | WEAPON |

• HEAT END ABILITY NOT ACTIVE -
  
• B RANK ABILITY NOT ACTIVE -

TAKEDA STRENGTH CHART.

• BOOST - Bukijutsu/Taijutsu Strength increase to Sole user at the next rank level ( Elite Jounin ).

SA ACTIVE:

• Devil Bringer | KKG - Allows Sanosuke to use Takeda abilities.
  
• Byakugan | KKG - Provides Sanosuke with 360 view radius minus a certain spot in the back of his head. Ability to see through pretty much anything, microscopic site far and near, and to somewhat discern if he's in a Gen if the timing is poorly used.
  
• Great Sword Prowess | BUKIJUTSU - Allows him to use his great sword at speeds and efficiency that rival some of the better of his rank using smaller weapons, and even a few in the next.
  
• Physical Enhancement | SPEED - Ability to run, dodge, escape, attack on par with Sole Buki/Tai fighters. SN: Doesn't match his skill with theirs. Only the speed they have.
  
• Golden Gloves | PUNCHING SPEED - Sanosuke has an increase the speed of his punches, palm thrust, jabs, and overall arm maneuverability to a level that most in his class would not be able to keep up with, let alone match.
  
• Human Anatomy | MEDICAL PROWESS - Sanosuke is adept with all the functions of the human body starting with the skeletal structure, down its muscular structure, and organs. He has also familiarized himself with the nerves system of the human body in addition to other things like Pressure Points, and of course the body's Chakra Network which he can see visually as well with his Byakugan.
  

POUCH ITEMS

• Gloves
  
• Rolling Gauze use to cover Shodaimes wound.
  
• Medical tape to keep the gauze in place.

JUTSU

• NAME: Akuma Hikigane ( 悪魔引き金 ) Devil Trigger
  RANK: A
  CHAKRA USAGE: High ( Activation ) - Medium ( Drainage )
  HANDSEALS: 7
  CLASSIFICATION: Bukijutsu - Taijutsu
  ELEMENT: N/A
  PREREQUISITE: Devil's Soul, Devil Bringer, Chakra Control SA
  DESCRIPTION: Currently the strongest known transformation amongst the Takeda, and is also the true form of the Devil Bringer. In the history of the clan only a few throughout each generation have been able to awaken this power. After a Takedas' first successful transformation all that is needed to transform now are 7 handseals and a tight clenching of the right fist. In this form the users physical prowess surpasses that of the original transformation. Its power also is no longer attached to just the arm, but Instead spread throughout the users body providing an equal amount of power on all cylinders. The transformation alone requires a certain level of chakra control as it can be pretty demanding given its substantial increase in power throughout the body. "Requiring" the user to have chakra control as a special ability. The transformation takes the form of a "demonic"— Not to be taken literally—silhouette, emitting a 'colored' aura according to the nature of the users personality out of the users right arm. The transformation acts as a projection of the users true self. Each form looking different than the next. Its appearance usually centered around that of a humanoid muscular system with a demonic face. The eyes of the user also glows like it does during the Devil Soul transformation. This ability also allows the silhouettes weapon to take the form of whatever weapon the user has. Each attack being accompanied by the silhouette using a right-handed version of the attack, and in the process empowering the weapon to harness its strength at will. Members of the Takeda clan who achieve this stage of transformation tend to either already be, or eventually become master of weapons. SN: Each user is required to post what their silhouette looks like in this form. The user of this technique should remain cautious of their negative emotions as any major slip up could result in the transformation regressing to Akuma Tamashī | 悪魔魂 | Devil's Soul
  Non-Specialized ➠ Cannot Learn
  Secondary Buki - Tai Str ➠ Sole Buki - Tai Str
  Primary Buki - Tai Str ➠ 1 Rank Increase With Sole Buki - Tai Str
  Sole Buki - Tai Str ➠ 2 Rank Increase With Sole Buki - Tai Str
  
  NAME: SHUKUCHI | 縮地 | REDUCED EARTH
  RANK: B
  CHAKRA USAGE: Medium
  CLASSIFICATION: Taijutsu - Bukijutsu
  HANDSEALS: N/A
  REQUIREMENT: Devil Trigger - Speed Related SA - Taijutsu or Bukijutsu Specialist
  DESCRIPTION: Shukuchi Is a High level close range combat technique developed and utilized by the Takeda through many years of training in the art of close range combat. This technique relies heavily on the strength boost provided by the Devil Trigger as a means to propel the users legs to greater speeds without the need of having to utilize momentum based on an explosive first step. With this the user is able to reach max speed instantly, but with the increase in strength from the transformation combined with further training into improving ones speed the user is able to move at such a high speed that their body becomes invisible to the naked untrained eye. The only thing left in its wake are the explosive footsteps of the user on the ground leaving this as an only means for an opponent to track them. However, while this is considered to be a drawback the speed boost given provides an even bigger upside.
    The Shukuchi makes it harder for the enemy to track the movements of the user up until the moment they decide to strike. As such this technique is best used in situations where the user has a speed advantage over its opponents as the only time they'll be able to see the user is at the moment they make an attack, and thats solely dependent on the abilities of the opponent. Those who are inferior in overall close range combat maneuverability will have a hard time tracking the user even at the point of attack however, those who are of equal to the user, or are faster will have an increased chance of seeing what the move the user is about to make right at the point of the attack. This attack in no way shares an equivalence to the "Body Flicker jutsu" and as such is not instantaneous. The speed of this technique are also vulnerable to the likes of Doujutsu with strong visual prowess IE: Sharingan, Byakugan, etc, but are no less susceptible to its speeds if the foe is incapable of matching the users own.
    Given the boost in strength provided by the Devil Trigger transformation the user of this jutsu is capable of of stopping on the dime and changing direction. Although, in the case that the user decides to make a sharp shift in lateral direction while using this they'll briefly become visible to the naked eye before making another speed burst. Being able to stop on the dime also doesn't come without any form of consequence as the user is require to plant a foot into the ground to stop themselves. By doing this they are unable to make any forward movements, but in the case they are attacked immediately afterward the user can use the momentum from stoping in order to move into the very direction they were stopping themselves from moving.
  
  NAME: Katon: Faia Kasui no Jutsu [Fire Release: Fire Stream]
  RANK: D
  CHAKRA USAGE: Very Low
  CLASSIFICATION: Ninjutsu
  ELEMENT: 火 Katon | Fire
  DESCRIPTION: Activated by two handseals - Tiger then Boar. A skill where the user creates a small mass of fire within their hands, not having any really true shape but just being a wild flame. The flame is then aimed at the opponent and fired off as a stream for no further than eight feet from their person.

NOTE: Sanosuke is still hidden due to the use of the hidden rain jutsu. It has been 14 day since Haru last posted and IMO should have been enough time for some posting to have taken place. Given the serious nature of this thread and how longs its been going on in addition to us all agreeing to a cease fire I believe I more than have the right to skip. The rules say 96 hours and since the 31st of May there has been no update from Jian, and by default Neko loses his turn as they probably haven't made anytime to check for the thread.

[Yamato]

While he had managed to weather the storm of fire, Junpei had no time to react as the petals came crashing through. There was a brief moment where he was aware of his ally, Haruko, standing beside him wearing his crystalline armor, saying something before he was hit with a wave of pain, and then a hazy nothingness.

Junpei barely managed to stay on his feet after being covered with dozens of lacerations, blood pouring out of his body. His consciousness faded in and out, but through the haze he realized he wasn't falling dozens of feet to the ground. He was being supported by something, and he felt something being shoved into his mouth. There wasn't much he could do to resist or influence the world around him so he simply swallowed the pills, mumbling to himself as he teetered on the brink of darkness.

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[Yamato]

Haruko had been forming a long string of handseals in preparation to go to the ground when the dome of hardened smoke was breached. Shintori had just barely managed to reach them and redirect their orders as the hail of petals broke through. Still maintaining his handseal, Haruko used his own armored body to take the brunt of the blades, grunting in pain as a few broke through his defense and cut through his sides. He was painfully chanting a sutra as Shintori helped in deflecting some of the wave of petals, but when he finished his chant a rumble came from down below.

A massive, crystalline dragon burst from the earth below, it's massive 80 meter long body writhing upwards and scooping the trip of JITE onto its back before flapping its wings and heading straight for Arashi no Kuni. As the three swiftly exited the combat zone, Haruko was aware of some sort of strange yip, but he gave it no mind. His crystal armor fell away from his body in pieces as he focused his chakra entirely on the dragon beneath his feet, checking briefly to see that Shintori was attending to Junpei, feeding him both a blood pill and a military rations pill.

He wasn't in the healthiest of states, so he didn't notice how the terrain shifted strangely and subtly, though flying in a straight direction was simple enough. Along the way he noted Sanosuke carrying a now armless Shodaime with Ame's jin hopefully not too far behind. With a smooth hand movement, Haruko controlled the crystal dragon to swoop a bit closer to the ground, closer to Sanosuke and Shodaime, in case they wished to catch a ride on his summoned creation.

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SA's:
- Shoton
- Large Chakra Reserves
- Fast Hand Seals
- Reflexes
- Durability

1/4 Body Flickers

Jutsu:

NAME: Shunshin no Jutsu [Body Flicker Technique]
NAME: Kesshō: Ōwatatsumi no kami [Crystal: Mighty Dragon God]
RANK: S
CHAKRA USAGE: Very High
CLASSIFICATION: Ninjutsu
ELEMENT: Shōton
DESCRIPTION: This technique requires combining the necessary set of Tenchi Kaigen Kyoumon hand seals. The user must hold the last seal while chanting a sutra, to which a large crystal dragon shoots out from below or above in the sky/clouds. The user is able to manually control the dragons movements with hand gestures. The agile dragon reaches eighty meters in length with a wingspan of sixty meters, large enough to wrestle a bijū. Though the dragon can also cause a large catastrophe by flying remarkably high and plummeting into an area of interest sending large shards around the perimeter.

[Yuie Tsuki]

It'd seem for the most part the konoha shinobi were disembarking from the conflict. She'd not ignore their actions and if their were puppets left continue to press her attack. The attacks destroying some of her puppets, she'd no longer need to 'string them along'. So many of her strings would shift to the rest of her team allowing her to assist them all in swiftly escaping. Pulling them to her with their every move to speed up their own retreat.

Noting the enemy puppeteer with one of her left behind ravens, she'd recognize the attempt to release a genjutsu. It's trigger was a noise based one, so with a swift signal sent to all of her puppets. Tsuki would cause their speakers to release a sharp screeching distortion to drown out any attempt for this genjutsu to hit. However this transmission was on a different frequency than the radios. Over which she'd do her best to direct each individual, as to the path that'd be hardest to catch up on by their opponents. She had a good idea the position of everyone and where they were going, as well as a good few eyes on the changed battlefield.

"We've got the target, konoha shinobi are disengaging. Everyone let's get back to Amegakure." Would be the gest of her initial message to everyone, but then she'd shift individualy to her JITE members and give them a very quick explanation of the best path through the new woods. Afterwards attempt to give situational advice to those on the team. Her puppets pulling in behind them, those that survived. As the moonfish and more offensive puppets would chase to the edge their enemies, they'd too stick to an edge of Tsuki's extended battlefield.

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SA:
Puppet Goddess
Tsuki's abilities with puppets is amazing, it can be argued as the greatest puppetry thanks to her performance of a hundred puppets. Her puppets are almost all unique constructs of her own design, she mostly abandoned the standard build of the wooden goofy haired puppet. Tsuki not only controls a hundred puppets though, she uses them as if they were a living army and overwhelms even small divisions of shinobi or large militia of angry bandits or civilians.

Amazing Chakra Control
Tsuki's chakra control is beyond amazing as she not only casts hundreds of chakra puppet strings, she controls them in such away to re-invent puppeteers. Her abilities going beyond even puppeteering though, as she's able to call upon her advanced element of Joton a less flashy but still impressive feat. Tsuki's chakra control is easily comparable to that of someone in clan known for having great chakra control.

Incredibly Intelligent
Tsuki is highly analytical and is quick to look over many details and still save the majority to her memory. Her brain erases and stores information almost effectively as a computer, as she often replays camera feeds to relive memories, to know she wasn't fooling herself with over confidence. She also almost always thinks out her own personal missions, she's they type of person whose thought ahead not only many moves, but has consider a few cheats along the path.

Cleansing Release
Tsuki isn't well known for her cleansing release, but wanting to give her clan's name more name for her own sake, she'd device a steam boiler system they could power. Steam power being an effective manner to power her puppets, it could also be used for some form of steam powered armor by others. Tsuki even considers designing them as the village tinker. Tsuki in moments of intense embarrassment or frustration will however break out in a sweat of her own cleansing chakra, possibly a means to vent her pent up self.

Prestigious Reflexes
In order to escape a sticky situation, Tsuki is known to have amazing reflexes, show cased even in her puppetry when she flickers between puppets to control. After designing the omni-directional mobility gear Tsuki studied it hard, she was a natural and became a professional with it, it combined with her shinobi swiftness make her a ghost in the battlefield; completely untouchable by human means. Her puppetry even giving her extra grappling abilities to yank herself out of harm or others into it.

Advanced Engineer
Tsuki is not only good at making up plans on the spot or deciding a course of actions to be taken, she's also quite smart when it comes to fixing things or designing trinkets. Tsuki's skills go from steam engines, puppet mechanics and even some computer designing. She knows how to work with all of her equipment excellently and is even capable of repairing certain things on the field. Tsuki's know how and know who, makes her a lot of villagers go to for technical assistance. Tsuki's also the most capable in the village at working the different designed surveillance gear, as she's taken it into her personal protocol to fix any of the broken technology in Amegakure.

Jutsu:
NAME: Hyakki no Sōen [Performance of a Hundred Puppets]
RANK: S-rank
CHAKRA USAGE: High, Medium to keep active.
CLASSIFICATION: Ninjutsu (Puppetry)
ELEMENT: None
DESCRIPTION:
A technique in which a puppet user, shows the true might and display of their skill, as they not only cast a 100 strings, but they control 100 puppets a number similar to a small militia. Tsuki uses a system of puppets designed to pull puppet strings to accomplish this feat, but she also can use a network of clones or human puppets to accomplish the same feat less skillfully.

NAME: Fuyo Buki-ko [Floating Armory]
RANK: A
CHAKRA USAGE: Medium
CLASSIFICATION: Ninjutsu [Puppetry]
ELEMENT: -
HANDSEALS: 0
DESCRIPTION:
An upgraded version of the manipulate advancing blades. This technique allow the user to control up to five weapons with a single chakra string, although this is reduced to three if the weapons are particularly large. This effectively allows a puppeteer to wield dozens of weapons and attack from multiple angles even should all their puppets be broken or otherwise unavailable.

NAME: Jōki Doraibu [Steam Drive]
RANK: C-ranked
CHAKRA USAGE: Low, Very Low to maintain
CLASSIFICATION: Ninjutsu
ELEMENT: Joton [Cleansing Release]
DESCRIPTION:

An improved version of Steam Boil, this technique gives the steam engine real drive, instead of making the engine just run, it allows it to perform at respectable abilities and makes a more note worthy mark on power out put. Engine effects are made notable on steam powered items.

Items to Note:
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Helping Hand & Stick Bug x7 (one for each person on her team, plus two for herself.)
Maximize is being worn
Motherbird1 - Detonated to release inventory. (Big Ass Balloon, 50 Oorigami fighters, 20 Oorigami divers, and three special eggs.)
Motherbird2 - Attempting to do what other did last round and attempt to swoop in to pull Shodaime from the fight.
Raven 40 (10 repositioning to stick to Kazuto, 30 Strategically set)
Moon Fish 40 - (10 after Kazuto, 10 after Satoshi, 10 after Toshizo and 10 after the clone brigade / acting obstacle)
Stealth Snake 30 - (Surrounding Toshizo, those closest would be readying to strike those leaving, six archers are opening fire on cloes, three are playing quarterback)
Heidi - (Using camera's to pick a path attempting to sneak up / Rush on Kazuto)
As usual, I'd be using Omni-gear, to avoid the petals if they tried to form around my character, but I feel my attacks would interrupt and if not the distance and sheer amount of cover would prevent it from being aimed on my characters with them so off put from everything. If the fireflys disable and shadow stops, I would have Tsuki move in closer, but just to point out I had setup stick bugs earlier and they all do extend my characters range.
~~Scrolls for each stealth snake type have been distributed among the team. (Used last round)~~

[String Count:
Using Floating Armory; 50(OF) + 20(OD) + 40(MF) + 10(SS) = 120 / 5 = 24 Strings
Single String Puppets: 10 (Raven Puppet) + Hiedi + 7 SB + 1 Motherbird + 1 Optimizer + 20 Stealth Snake = 40
Single String Jutsu: 26 Devote to Puppet Snare Toshizo, + 5 Soen: Hitomi Goku - [Puppet Performance: Skillful Achievement with a Human Body] Shodaime = 31
Total: 24 + 40 + 31 = 95 ( five still free )

General Statement: My puppets were enroute prior to Kazuto performing the blooming jutsu, so I don't think it's fair to have him say he casted and guided the flowers unscathed and they only appear at the end.

Words. -- Tags Notes.

Template by Kuroya of THQ & GS.

[Mikazuki Aikawa]

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THE INK IS PUMPING, NOW YOU NEED
TO RUN BECAUSE THE DEMON'S
COMING

With the enemies starting to retreat, it allowed Squeakers some more breathing room. Even though he and his allies had made it through--it'd been tense nonetheless. In his eyes, the shadow boy and mind-transferring puppeteer of the other team had been his greatest hinderances. The others were dangerous, sure. But being caught off-guard by their techniques (none of which he had been familiar enough with to even predict prior to his engagement with them), there was little ability for him to even fight back.
    But it seemed things were turning in their favor, now.
    And now, as they made their escape, with the threats dying off in the distance (figuratively, Squeakers was almost certain no lives had been lost yet), it meant that his attention would need to focus next on the impending doom of their target. Blood loss was a nasty thing. Squeakers had no idea if there were any medics on the team--it seemed foolish to think that none of the JITE operatives would be trained in the medical arts to some capacity, but then again, Squeakers didn't have much faith in others to begin with.
    Without saying a word between them, Squeakers and Sanosuke halted their escape shortly to deal with the most pressing matter. Squeakers wasn't a highly-qualified medic, but he knew a thing or two and came as prepared as one who wasn't an officiated medic could be. Between the two of them, Squeakers was certain that Shodaime would survive. Squeakers had bandages, and while the wound was far too great for him to cauterize, himself, he knew that Sanosuke had an affinity for fire-based techniques. Which meant that forcing the wound shut--even if it would be extremely painful--was going to be easily attainable. And, whether Sanosuke wrapped off the cauterized wound with his own bandage technique, or opted to borrow Squeakers's supplies stored in his own medical kit, it made little difference. The wound would be dressed, one way or another. Once that was completed, Squeakers took his sole blood pill and helped Shodaime take it--as she was likely on the verge of losing consciousness after pushing her body so much despite its grave injuries.
    The blood pill would help her recover from dancing on death's doorstep due to blood loss, and bring her back to a more stable state. Though, it would be better, still, if Sanosuke or Squeakers continued to transport her instead of allowing the woman to rely on herself for the time being. They could stabilize her, but she wasn't in top condition.
    Satisfied, Squeakers glanced up at Tsuki's initial message and brief warning of how they would have to follow her guidance on the best path through the woods. Why, is something fishy afoot? I heard a great deal of commotion back there, but the only reason I could think of that would hinder me from properly escaping the forest on my own would be if someone is playing tricks on us as a last ditch-effort to keep us from leaving. And, well, Squeakers knew all too well how to deal with tricks.
    Turning back to face the depths of the forest where he had just fled from, Squeakers puffed his chest and concentrated his chakra, before releasing it in a sudden burst as he snarled out something fierce. A disruptive wave crashed from his aura, and causing some minor damage to his surroundings in the meantime. 
    Alright, Squeakers thought to himself, turning back to face Shodaime and Squeakers. Let's get the hell out of here. No more pit stops.


Jutsu

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NAME: O-jū no shōgekiha [Tailed Beast Shockwave]
RANK: C, B, S
CHAKRA USAGE: High
CLASSIFICATION: Ninjutsu
ELEMENT: N/A
DESCRIPTION:
A tailed beast or Jinchuuriki taps into their large reserves in a burst of emotion. By either roaring, or a violent wave of the arms, the can send a powerful force of pressure and destruction that moves outward in a circular motion, with their body being its epicenter. For those who have minimal control, these are usually brought about when they are enraged in their Initial Jinchuuriki Form, or their Version 1 Chakra Cloak. The C-ranked version is capable of moving away Ninjutsu, Taijutsu, and projectile attacks of similar ranks, while serving as successful Kai due to the rush of chakra for a range in all directions for 20 meters. The B-ranked version of the jutsu is attainable when they are in their Version 2 Chakra cloak, which pushes everything mentioned above in all directions for 35 meters. When in Full Bijuu Mode, the S-ranked version can do 100 meters.

Items Used

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Medical Kit

1/1 Blood Pill

Tails

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Chakra Shroud [No Tail]
When Mikazuki’s chakra shroud is activated, even in its minimal state where not a single tail is present, she is surrounded by a bubbly red chakra that appears to have a circular texture to it--giving off the feel of suckers on an octopus’s tentacle. This raw presence of chakra, even in this state, is harmful to human flesh if one ever tried to lay a hand on it. In this form, Mikazuki’s defense against weapons and elemental attacks is increased, as the presence of the hachibi’s chakra offers some form of protection. In this form, Mikazuki has more access to the hachibi’s chakra pool, and her eyes will begin to turn white. In this form she is able to use ink techniques.

Chakra Shroud [1 Tail]
v1. When the first tail forms in the jinchuriki’s chakra shroud, her physical strength, durability, and speed dramatically increase and she can take a hit even against most other jinchuriki at this stage. Low ranked weapons do minimal damage to the jinchuriki by this time, and her skin becomes even tougher and more difficult to cut through. Two translucent chakra horns appear at the girl’s crown in this form, and can be used offensively in a fight. The jinchuriki’s eyes are completely white at this point--lined with black, and in this form, Mikazuki is still capable of using ink offensively and defensively.

Chakra Shroud [2 Tail]
v1. When the second tail appears, Mikazuki gains even more access to Gyūki’s chakra pool, and the chakra shroud starts to become more corporeal--capable of dealing and taking hits with more power than the previous form. At this point, it is difficult for most weapons to even cut through the chakra and get to the jinchuriki before getting damaged. Her bones become even stronger than before, making her even more unbreakable, and two more horns grow beside its predecessors. With her four horns appearing similarly to Gyūki’s own, she has a broader range of protection and can still use them as a weapon should the need arise.

Chakra Shroud [3 Tail]
v1. When the third tail forms, Mikazuki is offered yet another boost in her strength and speed, whilst her constitution is tripled. At this point, the jinchuriki’s physical body has become durable enough to endure the blows of a sole taijutsu user far above her rank, and with her physical arms feeling almost like steel at this point and her chakra shroud taking on a much thicker, far more powerful form, she can easily deal powerful blows of equal strength. During this time, only the most powerful of weapons can get through to and damage the jinchuriki, as her shroud has already become dense and powerful enough to protect her from most mortal harm. Her jaw and teeth have begun to appear more like Gyūki’s in their strength, and she is capable of breaking lower-ranked weapons with sheer force alone.

Chakra Shroud [4 Tail]
v1. As the fourth tail slowly takes shape, it along with its previous tails elongate slightly and allow for more range. The suckers on each tendril shift and look much more life-like than their previously bubble-like appearance, and, if the jinchuriki wills it, these tails can easily hold on to even the most slippery of opponents and keep them in their place with more range than before. Mikazuki’s physical strength, speed, and durability dramatically increase at this point, multiplying rapidly as she also gains even more access to Gyūki’s chakra pool. Her shroud of chakra does even more damage to the world around her, where even standing in place can deteriorate things in direct contact with her. In this phase, Mikazuki can breathe underwater as though it were air and swim through it twice as fast as normally.

Chakra Shroud [5 Tail]
v1. Another, long tail appears in the cloak of chakra and as her physical strength continues to grow to insane levels, Mikazuki’s body will begin to heal itself. In a single day, all minor and major injuries will be repaired. As the chakra prepares for the upcoming stages, it works to preserve the jinchuriki’s body as well as it can and will even regenerate lost limbs given the right amount of time so long as she is still breathing. Around four days is usually what it takes to regenerate an entirely lost limb. If a lost limb is sewed back on to the open wound, it won't need to regenerate completely--only reconnect--which will take much less time. During this stage, although still capable of ink techniques and all the abilities it possessed before, the jinchuriki is capable of breaking the ground with mere fists alone that sends a powerful shock wave after, easily knocking opponents off their feet if not worse. Powerful war cries can momentarily deafen those nearby.

OUTFIT

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ⒶⓀⒾ of Adoxography and of GS

[Hatake Toshizō]

"on the run". "A man who can't uphold his beliefs is pathetic, dead or alive." END The battle was over, with all their enemies engaged in retreating, the main goal of the Leaf forces was to make sure everyone could go back without any further issues. Toshizou would be making sure people were okay and capable of moving on their own, otherwise he would offer them assistance, or even carry them if he had to. It was a failure, they allowed Shodaime to get too far before they were able to intercept her, giving them a very small window of opportunity to retrieve her, to the point termination became the only choice, and even that was hard to accomplish, mainly because they had a well-trained Jinchuuriki at their disposal. "To think they would be so bold as to invade our land with such a weapon... What are we doing?! This is infuriating..." he couldn't help but to think that. But he wouldn't say a word, not here, not now. Still, his facial expression did very little to hide his discontent. Things had to change, otherwise the future would be looking really grim for the Land of Fire. Knowing their landscape better than most, it wouldn't be too problematic for them to safely make their way back to the Hidden Leaf. For better or for worse. "You can train a dog with food. You can buy a person with money. But there isn't a man alive that can put down the Will of Fire. Some things will never change. The Will of Fire will never be extinguished" Death Enable Exit post [N/A] [213 words]

[Yamato]

Due to Haruko's crystalline armor, Shintori managed to avoid the brunt of the damage from the sharp petals, though it also came at the cost of severe injuries to Junpei. Thankfully, Haruko had been preparing a set of seals before Shintori arrived and notified them of their change in plan, which meant that it was only a moment's delay before a crystal dragon came from the earth to ferry the JITE out and away from the battle. While Haruko focused on their transportation, Shintori moved to assess Junpei's condition, noting wryly that he was practically mortally wounded.

He carefully set his comrade in a steady position, reaching into one of his pouches and withdrawing a handful of pills before coaxing them into Junpei's mouth. Once he was certain that their battle was over, he also withdrew a few rolls of bandages, though there were so many lacerations on his fellow JITE's body that even as he applied them it felt as if though he were plugging an entire dam with just a few river stones. It wasn't long before Tsuki's puppets came to aid in navigating back to their side of the border where hopefully they would be able to actually stabilize Junpei. Shintori didn't voice his concerns out loud, but he bitterly hoped that this VIP had been worth risking losing several JITE operatives as well as showing Ame's jinchuuriki hand.


[All JITE NPC's Exit]

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