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Defense was an integral part of a shinobi's duty and luckily for Rikuto, it was honestly his favored thing to do. He was never someone who liked being on the frontlines of battle, less it pulls attention to his unnatural appearance, so being told to just protect the borders of Kusa just felt right. A simple patrol where, hopefully, nothing could go wrong. For today's mission, or patrol, he would be assigned with another genin a boy with flaming red hair by the name Atagi. While Rikuto didn't know anything about the boy he had heard the rumors and they ranged from favorable to unfortunate. Though so long as the other boy was competent in his abilities his reputation meant nothing to Rikuto.[break][break]

The instructions they were given to be exact for this patrol were to keep watch at the river's fork. This was because if a major attack did come in from the Basin Country it would be fairly obvious from that front plus it would also let them watch anyone coming and going from Storm Country or Fire Country should they take the river as direct routes to the sea. Not that Rikuto thought they would do this especially since there were probably faster ways to get to the sea from their respective lands, but it was always good to be safe and not sorry.

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[Uzumaki Atagi]

to every act its own reward

Sometimes, a person had to wonder about the whole bureaucratic structure of the ninja world. One would expect that everything was always crisp, clean, and organized. But if that was the case, why was it that so often shinobi were sent on missions with nary a spot of information on their partners or teammates, whether permanent or provisional? Unless it was intentional on the part of those running things, of course. Well, whether you chose to believe it all made sense or the notion that nobody truly knew what they were doing, shinobi were soldiers, at the end of the day. Especially for genin like him and Rikuto, their kind simply fought when they were told to, and didn’t need to consider much else.

Still, there were always a few things to be picked up– names had power, and this one was no different. The fact that he was a Gure...well, Atagi knew one other fungal fellow, and extrapolated from there. Was Rikuto going to also smell off?

It’s a question which was easily answered when Atagi arrives, who himself was clad in his usual mission attire, reds and blacks abounds, weights affixed, and of course wearing his habitual toothy grin. He’s taken the extra time to scale something tall, perhaps a tree or wall (though honestly in a country of mostly open fields such things were difficult to come by) and came to a landing in a squat, before springing up to greet the other male, reaching out to smack him on the back.

”Mornin’! Atagi Uzumaki, hero aspirant, tajutsu expert, and veritable human dynamo. You must be Rikuto-san, yeah?” he greets his compatriot, voice always a notch or two louder than it really ought to be. The sounds of the water flowing downriver was rapidly approaching outright peaceful, and the grass they stood on swayed gently in the afternoon breeze. Eyes scan it over, looking towards each of the directions that the river split and moved, cocking a brow. ”Seems like a bit of a boring assignment, doesn’t it? Water-gazing, that is.” There’s a little bemusement stuck to his features, as if that was supposed to be funny.

(Gurē Rikuto)

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"Great," Rikuto would say rolling his eyes at the appearance of his mission partner. This Atagi fellow was certainly going to be a waste o his energy and going to annoy the living crap out of Rikuto he could tell. Much less even more when the boy, or man he didn't know, smacked him on the back. Making his clothes practically stick to his body due to the slimy texture of his body. It would almost make a wet sound when he did it. Rikuto wouldn't address the sound though as he looked at the redhead with a rather dark sneer. [break][break]

Looking out at the water and using the natural scenery to calm his annoyance he would respond to the greeting in turn. "Gure Rikuto," he would say not giving much more info than his name as he would continue to look out at the water not even facing the red-head in his introduction. His sourpants energy burned through quite harshly in comparison to the bright light of Atagi's sunny personality. "Better to have a boring mission than something overly hectic," Rikuto would say in response to Atagi's comment about the mission. Honestly, if it was as simple as this Rikuto would be happy as it meant it would be an easy money mission.

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[Uzumaki Atagi]

to every act its own reward

That distinctly wet plap of something sticking to something else, like when you dropped a syrup covered pancake on the ground (or really any other surface for that matter) elicits a series of rapid blinks from Atagi, withdrawing his hand and checking the palm once, then a second time; to ensure that he hadn’t somehow gotten the extremity covered in sap on the way over. After ascertaining that there was not, in fact, any strange sticky substance to be concerned about, a shrug of the shoulders is given, and he resumes that jubilant expression, completely unbothered by his compatriot’s sour demeanor. If they had ‘positive’ and ‘negative’ auras, it was difficult to say if either were stronger; perhaps they simply canceled one another out.

The fact that Rikuto didn’t even look his way again might be a little concerning, but ultimately it wasn’t so bothersome on a personal level, so the Uzumaki allows it to slide. Raising his arms up above his head in a stretch, he starts to pace back and forth behind the Gure, almost strictly unable to keep still if he wasn’t required to. Eyes draw a path down the river, then back up it again, over and over. ”I s’pose there’s some truth to that. You know, some places in the world, they say ‘may you have an uninteresting life’ as a blessing? I wonder if that’s somehow actually for the best, or if it’s bad. What’re you good at, praytell?” Well, that came out of nowhere, but a sudden curiosity had overtaken the older genin.‘Standing guard’ wasn’t a duty he hated, but it was absolutely not his strength. Atagi wasn’t a sensor type, he had no special ability to discern real from fake, disguise from not, and his senses were decidedly…normal. Well, as normal as could be, for even your average shinobi kept them honed…or should’ve.

”But really, I don’t understand why we’d be assigned this type of thing in the first place if there was no danger of anything other than litter, or fish. A raft of hooligan children, at worst. D’you have any clue?”

(Gurē Rikuto)

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[Exousia]

Seto ran, the trees a blur around him as he took in the crisp, clear morning air, his bloodstained face split in a wide, almost comical smile. His pale skin practically glowed in this light, and the blood truly made the green in his eyes stand out, especially when contrasted with the bits of gore sticking to his dull-green flak jacket. And to think, all it took was my team’s pathetic lives for me to look this gorgeous. The (now former) Konoha ninja giggled at the thought, his laughter echoing off the trees as he ran a hand through his neon green hair, fingers of his other hand flexing.

He’d been running for awhile now, aiming to reach the border between Hi no Kuni and Nohara no Kuni, and as the bloodied man neared his destination he slowed, his smile slackening as the high of killing his team and deserting at last began to ebb. He had a plan, sort of. It was well known that Kirigakure and Iwagakure hated Konoha- all he had to do was reach one of those two and he’d be welcomed with open arms. Heck, Kiri was known for its brutality, they’d probably give him people to slaughter just for the fuck of it.

Yeah. That made sense.

"Alright then…” The man whispered as he neared the stream that he’d marked out on his mental map; it led right out into the sea, so all he had to do was follow it and he’d be free. Provided, of course, there weren’t any guards watching. Then he’d have to kill them.

Uzumaki Atagi Gurē Rikuto

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Seto
Rank: Chuunin
Specs: ??
SAs: ??
Jutsu Used: N/a

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"Defense, and immobilization" Rikuto would say shortly trying to keep his temper and disgust of others away from his partner. The two needed to work together even if it was for a mundane guarding duty mission. So despite the rather annoyingly bright personality of his mission partner, he would work with him if not begrudgingly. He did bring up a good point though why would they be asked to play guard if there wasn't some sort of danger involved? Unless it was supposed to give the gate guards a day off from their rotations or something. He hadn't heard about any escaped criminals or even missing ninjas in the area so why was there a mission for this?[break][break]

It wouldn't be long before his question would be answered though as he heard the laugh. It wasn't overly loud so if someone wasn't paying attention it would probably go past them, but it sounded like a call to action for them. Even more so when a figure with striking green hair appeared before them not aware of them being there. Raising a hand to silence Atagi Rikuto would cast a single hand seal and begin creating spores in his mouth. Once they were created he would spew out the spores in the direction of the green-haired man and would hopefully explode behind the man, coat him with spores, and restrict his movement so the two could ambush the man.[break][break]

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NAME: Seigen Gurin Mōrudo [Restricting Green Mold][break]
RANK: C[break]
CHAKRA USAGE: Medium[break]
CLASSIFICATION: Ninjutsu[break]
ELEMENT: N/A[break]
HANDSEALS: One[break]
DESCRIPTION:[break]
After doing the Ox hand seal, the Gure clan member use their unique chakra to create mold spores within their mouth. Once done they will release the spores in greenish compact spore pod. The pod travel about 10 meters away from the user before exploding within the air or upon contact with a hard surface. If caught within the released spores, the spores will attach to exposed skin and grow into a green colored mold that restrict movement until its fully matured. The mold uses the users chakra to sustain itself, making it harder for the target to move let alone fight. It takes four posts after being exposed to the cloud for the mold to fully mature and then die, ending the jutsu. The safest way to remove the mold before maturity is by cleaning oneself with water.

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[Uzumaki Atagi]

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Atagi, for his part, had absolutely no knowledge, understanding, or even inkling of his mission partner’s disdain for him. Not that it mattered even if he had known, considering his sanguine nature– more liable than anything else was he to just shrug it off, roll with the proverbial punch, and keep on keeping on. Most people tended to be won over by his authenticity, in the end…then again, Rikuto wasn’t exactly ‘most people’, was he? Shinobi trended towards decidedly unique personages, all in all, though whether that was a good thing or bad thing was up for debate. He was certain most of his graduating academy class’d had some sort of personality disorder, and that wasn’t counting himself, either.

”Defense and immobilization, yeah? How handy! Practical, even. I’m a close quarters guy, myself– I s’pose I could be described as defensive as well, but it’s not that I’m incapable of really laying the hurt on someone, far from it. I’ve just always prioritized keeping others safe by also keeping myself safe, mhm.” Of course, his own descriptor of his abilities was much more long-winded than the Gure’s. The crimson Uzumaki might’ve been a physical overachiever, but the senses, his eyes n’ ears, were surprisingly dull for someone in their line of work. Well. Dull might’ve been an overstatement, but painfully average, absolutely. Still, one doesn’t need to be able to see the invisible or hear the most deafened of sounds to latch onto Seto.

”Wha-.” His first instinct, which is to start yapping again, is cut off by his partner’s silencing motion. He follows suit with a jutsu of his own- a preparatory one, in his case, weaving together two handseals, focusing the maelstrom of chakra that always circuited within him, pulling together a barrier of chakra around himself, a silvery sheen like a second skin an obvious indicator.

He wasn’t going to move until they’d verified Rikuto’s attack worked, or not, and how the strange (if well color-coordinated) man reacted to it.

Nonetheless, his body itches to spring into action and launch an assault. He curbs it.

For now.

(Gurē Rikuto Exousia)

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Jutsu used:

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NAME: Kekkai no Yoroi (Barrier Armor)
RANK: C
TECH TYPE: univeral | Ninjutsu
ELEMENT: None
CHAKRA USAGE: High/ Very Low to maintain
DESCRIPTION:
The user creates a small barrier on the very outside of their skin. While this barrier is not anywhere near as resilient as other barriers because of how stretched thin it is, a normal punch being able to break it, it does protect the user from the brunt of all but the most serious attacks. Its effectiveness comes from the fact that it requires no chakra to maintain and is self repairing. However while repairing it is no longer effective and requires two whole post for the armor to becoming functional again after being hit with anything resembling an actual attack, though being hit with things that would not truly count as an attack would not break it. Requires two hand seals.

[Exousia]

Seto heard, rather than saw, the attack coming. His ears had always been particularly keen, so when the rustle of cloth echoed from across the river he didn’t hesitate- the former Konoha Chuunin moved, leaping up and forwards, utilizing a taijutsu technique known as Accelerate and the water-walking technique to rush towards the source of the noise before the spore could even explode. A kunai flashed into his hand, his lips parting in a wide smile as he burst through the tree-line in between the pair of Kusa Genin, glancing between the both of them for a brief moment before he let loose a loud, powerful cackle that echoed across the forest.

"Oh… and here I thought I wouldn’t get to have any FUN for awhile!” He said, charging at the uglier looking one- the redhead seemed more physically capable, so he’d save him for last, to savor the kill. His hand flashed forwards, stabbing and slashing with the kunai, testing the kid’s reflexes even as he formed hand seals with his open hand, not aiming to kill but rather wound, looking to bleed the boy with a thousand tiny cuts.

After the fourth hand seal formed, the green-haired man leapt up, flipping over and twisting in mid air as he breathed in, Katon chakra molding in his gut, only to be expelled in a stream of oil and flame that formed a huge, deadly ball of fire that engulfed the space where the redhead had been standing. If it hit, it would most assuredly cause some serious burns, weakening him for later- and if it didn’t, then the flames would make smoke, catching the trees around them on fire and creating a much more hectic battlescape for everyone involved.

"Let’s see if you kids have any FIRE in your belly!”

Uzumaki Atagi Gurē Rikuto

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Seto

Rank: Chuunin
Specs: Buki Primary/Nin Secondary
SAs: One Handed Seals, Chakra Control, ??
Jutsu Used:
NAME: Kasoku Suru [Accelerate]
RANK: C
CHAKRA USAGE: Very Low
CLASSIFICATION: Taijutsu
ELEMENT: -
HANDSEALS: 0
DESCRIPTION: A very simple technique, by using chakra the user is able to instantly accelerate their selves to their max speed. This can be done in just about any condition, but any techniques that slow the user's movement (such as armor from jutsu or most jutsu that might slow an individual) will still affect them.

NAME: Gensoku Suru [Decelerate]
RANK: C
CHAKRA USAGE: Very Low
CLASSIFICATION: Taijutsu
ELEMENT: -
HANDSEALS: 0
DESCRIPTION: The opposite to accelerate, decelerate effectively allows the user to instantly disperse all their momentum and stop on a dime as it were. This technique however can only be used for movement and the user must be touching the ground. This can not stop the user from taking damage from a fall nor can it stop their movement when being hit from an attack.

Name: Katon: Endan [Fire Release: Fireball]
Rank: C
Chakra Usage: Low
Type: Ninjutsu
Element: Katon
HANDSEALS: 4
Description: After doing the necessary hand seals, the user molds a large amount of oil within their gut before spitting it out, simultaneously lighting it aflame with their charka. The result is a giant fireball, fueled by oil, which burns everything engulfed in it. Since it is both fire and oil mixed together, it is even difficult to be put out by water.

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"Great," Rikuto would say in annoyance as his spore attack didn't seem to work. The man was much faster and more keen on their surroundings than Rikuto was hoping for. This meant this fight was going to be difficult even more so when he came rushing towards him with his attack. Though Rikuto wasn't superfast he could at the very least get one hand seal done which is all he needed for one of his more defensive abilities. Almost instantly after using the handseal a King Bolete mushroom would appear before him to take the hit to stop the initial kunai attacks only letting a few through and scratching his dark clothing up a bit.[break][break]

Things went from bad to worse quickly for Rikuto as their opponent was quick to begin using Katon jutsu which was a huge weakness for Rikuto. Most of his techniques were weak against it so this would be a huge problem for Rikuto and even if he had the defensive measures to deal with most attacks this was the element that was going to be the most difficult for him to deal with. "You are gonna have to take care of this," Rikuto said hoping Atagi had something he could do to help with their situation. "I'll try and give us an opening," he added as he began letting out spores from his body to blanket the area to create a sort of smokescreen for them. this would also have the effect of affecting the green-haired man's eyes and throat by irritating them.[break][break]

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NAME: Gādian Kinoko [ Guardian Mushroom][break]
RANK: C[break]
CHAKRA USAGE: Medium[break]
CLASSIFICATION: Ninjutsu[break]
ELEMENT: N/A.[break]
HANDSEALS: 1[break]
DESCRIPTION:[break]
One of the Gure clan’s defensive techniques, After doing a single hand seals, the Gure clan user instantly grows a fully matured King Bolet Mushroom, whose cap and stalk are naturally thick. This particular fungi is comparable in size to a large Oak tree. It instantly emerges from the ground once the hand seal is made, defending against incoming attacks or stopping advancing or pursuing Shinobi. The durability of this jutsu allows it to withstand blunt force and cutting damage, while being weak against piercing damage or the katon element.[break][break]

NAME: Takehoushi: Kemuridama no Jutsu [ Mushroom Spore: Smoke Ball Technique ][break]
RANK: D[break]
CHAKRA USAGE: Very Low[Activation] | Low[Continuous Drain][break]
CLASSIFICATION: Ninjutsu[break]
ELEMENT: N/A[break]
HANDSEALS: None[break]
DESCRIPTION:[break]
The gure clan ninja first use their chakra and genetics to produce fungal spores from the pores along their skin, blanketing the area and surrounding themselves and their target. The Spores can cover a distance of 5 meters but can extend beyond that if the jutsu is continually used. If used for a prolonged time the area will be engulfed in a fog-like cloud of regular mushroom spores. The low visibility allows the ninja to obscure their movements, making them much harder to track. The spores themselves, will cause irritation to the eyes and throat of the enemy.

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[Uzumaki Atagi]

to every act its own reward

Well, things had gotten hectic in a rather short time, hadn’t they? It seemed Rikuto wasn’t going to have his wish for something boring granted. Their routine, garden variety patrol had suddenly become an engagement with someone who was a rogue actor at best and at worst a hardened criminal. If their erratic behaviour was any indicator, they seemed to be a little…off, mentally, to boot. Despite his general sense for danger and his eagerness to protect, he absolutely does not expect Seto’s confluence of speed, agility, and decision making, making a mad dash through the water to slash at Rikuto.

Thankfully, even if the Gure might have not been as specialized as Atagi was for close quarters bouts, he evidently wasn’t useless, made clear from the sudden springing up of a massive penny bun in order to protect himself from their assailant’s slashing and stabbing. Then all of a sudden he’s under assault and duress, the madman doing an impressive spot of aerial acrobatics before landing nearby and angling to spit fire the way of the Uzumaki. Atagi’s eyes widen a fraction, but his instincts scream, synapses firing, body a cacophonic symphony of ‘get the hell out of there’.

With an excess of force, he kicks against the ground in a step, a snap sounding out like someone had just thrown a firecracker. It gets Atagi out of the way of the fireball, circling about halfway ‘round Seto, where he can throw an attack of his own; it also has the bonus of allowing him to maintain his barrier, which he might need to, since the tightness in his thigh tells him that if he uses Sonido immediately he might tear something. The foliage, the trees in particular nearby, fare much more poorly, igniting from the fireball.

Atagi lets out a ”Kah!” and throws out his leg in a body kick, partly because it’s all he can do given the time and partly to test the miscreant, to see if basic attacks would even work or if they’d have to get creative. Not knowing exactly how (or if) the spores will affect him, he tries to hold his breath, too, which shuts him up for the time being.

(Gurē Rikuto Exousia)

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In the Nick of Time
Atagi has honed his combat instinct and reflexes via dedicated training (and at least one ‘practical experience’ in the form of having life and limb imperiled by a particular Taki-nin) to the point where he can, much of the time, reflexively move in response to threatening stimuli. Most often, these combat reflexes are defensively oriented, a la blocking or dodging. He’s nicknamed them his ‘God-Speed Impulses’, which is an obvious exaggeration.


Jutsu:

NAME: Kekkai no Yoroi (Barrier Armor)
RANK: C
TECH TYPE: univeral | Ninjutsu
ELEMENT: None
CHAKRA USAGE: High/ Very Low to maintain
DESCRIPTION:
The user creates a small barrier on the very outside of their skin. While this barrier is not anywhere near as resilient as other barriers because of how stretched thin it is, a normal punch being able to break it, it does protect the user from the brunt of all but the most serious attacks. Its effectiveness comes from the fact that it requires no chakra to maintain and is self repairing. However while repairing it is no longer effective and requires two whole post for the armor to becoming functional again after being hit with anything resembling an actual attack, though being hit with things that would not truly count as an attack would not break it. Requires two hand seals.

NAME: Subakage-ryū: Sonído [New Shadow Style: Reverberating Turn]
RANK: D
CHAKRA USAGE: Low
CLASSIFICATION: Taijutsu
ELEMENT: N/A
HANDSEALS: N/A
DESCRIPTION:
REQUIREMENT: Subakage-ryū: Hohō [New Shadow Style: Step Method
When attacked, the shinobi is faced with a choice: block or dodge. Sonído is perhaps the most raw, speed-oriented dodge available to practitioners of Subakage-ryū. When attacked, the shinobi pushes as much physical force as possible into their step and further enhances it with some chakra. In doing so, the explosive acceleration reaches tremendous speeds.
The shinobi repositions a very short distance, generally no more than a meter or two at the most. Moving further with Sonído just does not work, and due to the way they move, will cause the shinobi to trip up and tumble across the ground. While it is easiest to move in a linear fashion, Sonído can be used to circle about half way around an opponent.
Sonído is rather intense, and the force pushed into one point on the ground causes a modest explosive snap at the beginning of the technique, hence its name. Because Sonído is so intense and tough on the body, it cannot be used back-to-back, and doing so will render the shinobi immobile for one round as their body recovers. Extensive use of this technique can cause damage to the body, so it is best to be somewhat conservative.

[Exousia]

Seto’s flurry of slashes were met, not with a fountain of blood, but with a mushroom; his kunai slashed harmlessly through the meaty fungi, barely nicking the boy beneath a handful of times before he leapt back and launched his fireball at the red-head, who vanishes into the flames with a crack of noise that has the green-haired murderer smiling widely. Perhaps he had underestimated the boy if a simple fireball was enough to-

Instinct, and nothing more, screamed for the rogue to move, and so he did, leaping forwards without a thought as Atagi’s kick came flying for his side from behind, the blow knocking him to his right even though he managed, with a fair bit of luck, to avoid some of it. Pain flared up Seto’s side, his eyes narrowing as a cloud of fog like… things expanded out from the ugly one, obscuring his vision and irritating his eyes and throat. Every breath came with fire, and suddenly he was desperate to get out of the cloud, his kunai flying towards Rikuto as he exploded backwards with the Accelerate technique, moving through the trees in order to escape the cloud of irritating fungus.

And as he moved, a single hand seal formed in his right hand, the tag attached to his kunai exploding right next to where the Gure boy had been, potentially engulfing him with its force.

Uzumaki Atagi Gurē Rikuto

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Seto

Rank: Chuunin
Specs: Buki Primary/Nin Secondary
SAs: One Handed Seals, Chakra Control, ??
Jutsu Used:
NAME: Kasoku Suru [Accelerate]
RANK: C
CHAKRA USAGE: Very Low
CLASSIFICATION: Taijutsu
ELEMENT: -
HANDSEALS: 0
DESCRIPTION: A very simple technique, by using chakra the user is able to instantly accelerate their selves to their max speed. This can be done in just about any condition, but any techniques that slow the user's movement (such as armor from jutsu or most jutsu that might slow an individual) will still affect them.

[Gurē Rikuto]

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"Damn," Rikuto would say bracing himself as his mushroom blocked the majority of the blows. Still, he wouldn't find himself unharmed as a few slashes would knick him here and there causing him to bleed slightly. The only issue with this was his dyeing technique was surface level so while he looked like a normal shinobi in skin tone the rather dark entry points of the slashes made him look rather odd. The only good thing was the blood from the wounds would cover the majority of the black skin hiding underneath keeping his natural skin hidden for the most part. Not that Rikuto could focus on that right now as the fight to defend Kusa was more important right now.[break][break]

Time practically flew in the battle so Rikuto wasn't able to react as quickly as he wanted to for an offense, but he could defend still quite a bit. Weaving the hand signs needed he would begin growing a pair of wings from his back. They would make the purpose of spreading the spores out, even more, to continue to restrict their opponent's movements, but they wouldn't last as a kunai would come heading his way. Bending his wings forward to use them as a shield to protect from the kunai he wasn't expecting the explosion from them. While it protected him from the major portion of the blast it did destroy his wings leaving him without them. "Fine well do this the hard way," Rikuto would say as his body began sinking into the ground. He would sneak up on the man hoping to catch him by surprise by traversing the underground network. Appearing behind the man with a kunai in an attempt to stab him in the back.[break][break]

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•NAME: Nihada: Yousei Tsubasa Seichou (Second Skin: Fairy Wing Growth)[break]
•RANK: C-Rank[break]
•CHAKRA USAGE: Low [drain][break]
•CLASSIFICATION: Ninjutsu[break]
•ELEMENT: n/a[break]
•HANDSEALS: 8[break]
•DESCRIPTION: After preforming eight hand-seals the Gure clan member causes four large fungi to grow from their shoulder blades. These fungi appear as a meter long, thin white membranes in a elongated diamond shape with a curved tip and mushroom gills on the bottom edge. These wings are under the complete control of the user, however they are not capable of flight. Instead, by flapping them the user creates enough wind movement to spread spores or smells over 20 meters, increasing the distance of many Gure techniques and abilities. They can also wrap around the users torso, providing the same protection as leather. Similar to other gure techniques, the wings are weak to katon and raiton.[break][break]

NAME: Ikō [Migration][break]
RANK: D[break]
CHAKRA USAGE: Very Low to very high [Depending on Speed and Distance][break]
CLASSIFICATION: Ninjutsu | Clan Ability[break]
ELEMENT: N/A[break]
HANDSEALS: 1[break]
DESCRIPTION:[break]
The first jutsu created by the Gure clan and the first ability the clan members are taught, Iko is the basic of all the Gure clan techniques. Named after the Great Migration of the Gure's past, Ikō enables the Gure to merge their body with the ground and flora. Once merged the Gure member can only be detected by chakra sensing, additionally the clan member can travel at varying speeds when merged; due to their genetics being similar to Fungi, the Gure clan is able to use their chakra to replicate the symbiont nature of their Fungi brethren; Then, using the underground network of organic matter, consisting of things like plant roots, decomposing organic material, soil and water veins, the clan can travel anywhere with high speed. Individually, A gure clan member can only cover a certain amount of area before needing to emerge. The max area an jounin level Gure can travel is normally 10 kilometers, however there are a unique few (Elite jounin) who have pushed this limit to 15 usually due to skill or special abilities. Younger less experienced Gure clan members are commonly limited to 1-5 kilometers depending on the rank, Genin being able to pull off several meters to 1 kilometer max and Chunin being able to move 5 kilometers max. Sp. Jounin and average jounin 5-10. It should be noted that this jutsu can be used by multiple Gure clan member’s together to increase its range and strength. It should be noted that Iko is an infiltration and travel jutsu and the merging process isn't fast enough to evade jutsu.

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