[TANTETSU TOSHU]

Thanks to the paper birds that fluttered around his vision, Toshu could see very little, and yet it wouldn't matter much with the puppet still firmly held by the steel statue. The puppets strength could have easily broken the hold before, and yet now the steel arms, fingers interlocked around it's waist, were going to be impossible to move. Barring a sudden chakra enhanced strength level of power, no amount of prying would free the puppet. Toshu's massive rocky fists would come down hard on the top of the puppets head with the force of a nigh-chakra enhanced strength level blow. The puppet would be unable to avoid the hit, but Toshu wasn't sure it would have been enough to destroy the puppet itself. He would continue to unleash a series of over handed strikes to the puppets firmly held position, likely knocking down or damaging the steel statue itself as he went. It wasn't important now anyways. He had one goal here, and that was to destroy that blasted samurai puppet.

Toshu was unaware of the goings on around him. The release of the shuriken spider puppets, the way he was surrounded by them. None of it was noticed due to the swarm of birds that kept him blinded for the most part. The worst part was that he couldn't even see what kind of damage his barrage of blows was doing to the samurai puppet. All he knew was that the chance of the thing getting out and avoid the blows was incredibly low. After he felt satisfied with his blind pummeling, Toshu's rocky hands grasped for the birds themselves, aiming to crush as many as he could. He felt safe at the moment, but that might not last as he cleared his vision some and finally became aware of his surroundings again.

Being completely surrounded was not that much of a problem, but he was still not sure what kind of power these puppets held. The samurai was a powerful melee combatant, but the others so far appeared to be either ranged or utility based. He kept his rocky armor up, as that, coupled with his base armor, was surely going to be enough to deal with most attacks. Hopefully this wouldn't go on too much longer. If it did, he might have to make a move that would weigh heavily on his heart after all the loss that he had suffered.

[Yuie Tsuki]

IRRATIONAL BATTLE

Banquet and Buzzards

Tsuki's puppet was at near it's hottest boil when the man decided to axe chop it, he'd regret that little detail, as the pinned puppet would be cut open with a hiss. The attack from above meant the wisp of a extremely hot water would blanket for the man's face and head. Armor was great but steam took the path of least resistance, he'd at least get a fogged vision for a second. "My favorite puppet..." The snake puppets spoke in unison, as Tsuki noted this, she secretly contemplated her hopes of victory. She didn't even get to test the man's armor, but she could tell it's two fold combined with his attack; He'd be invulnerable to anything minus her explosives.

"Hmph, master Chikamatsu would be disappointed with my lack of preparation." Tsuki would remark to herself not really knowing what she'd been entering into anyways. 'I'll need an exit plan in mind.' Tsuki would then think to herself knowing her aces weren't designed for golem countering. An army would of been slaughtered, a fast shinobi overwhelmed, but she had no real strategy to pierce a wall of a man. She'd not feel the want to drag out this fight, she guessed this man probably had mountainous reserves to go with his size. She had to lay her cards out just to see what it brought out. She'd learned much about the man in their fight now, he'd used multiple elements and demonstrated near monstrous strength.

Maybe she could still steal a victory from his clutches, but she might not of cared either. She'd been ordered to not make a difference, to just make a presence, maybe she'd be better of being loyal than a loyalist? Her second bird would unload it's entire bird inventory, before both birds would spin a short radius around the man. Each had three egg bombs which they'd drop in short succession ripping the man with metal and wood shrapnel. More importantly causing chaos and confusion. 'My turtle would be too obvious.' She'd think to herself, as she'd send spare strings to her side bags.

Instead of saving her explosion notes for her turret, she'd instead release them out and guide them to her enemy. She'd use the man's steel wall from earlier to hide their travel, as she'd once again blind him with paper birds. She knew none would be able to injure him, but she'd want her birds to be empty of extra weight. As the confusion would die down, the explosion notes would float in low, they'd of rounded the metal wall and glided quickly with the intent to wrap around the rock man. She'd sent twenty-five notes from each bag and made each wave of twenty-five swing around opposite sides of the metal wall.

In the instance they were closest, she'd take the strings she was using to be diversion paper-birds and latch them to the explosion notes instead. She'd use the extra control to make it so they'd move faster in their drift, they'd get pushed from one side and pulled from the other. A meat grinder wouldn't work well on a metal man, but maybe enough explosions would knock him unconscious. She'd cross her fingers upon detonating all 50 explosion notes at once.

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NAME: Kugutsu no Jutsu - [Puppet Technique]
RANK: C
CHAKRA USAGE: Very Low
CLASSIFICATION: Ninjutsu [Puppetry]
ELEMENT: N/a
DESCRIPTION:
The fundamental and most used technique of the style, Kugutsu no Jutsu allows a puppeteer the ability to use puppets in battle. While the degree in skill determines the number of puppets that can be controlled, for starters the user can control only one. By making near invisible strings of chakra from each of their ten fingertips and attaching them to their puppets they are able to control the puppet from various distances. However there is a delay between the puppeteers orders and the puppets movements, meaning puppet movement will not be instantaneous, and the response time increases based on distance.

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: Mangetsu [Full Moon]
RANK: A-rank
CHAKRA USAGE: Medium, Medium to maintain
CLASSIFICATION: Ninjutsu (Puppetry)
ELEMENT: None
DESCRIPTION:
Requires a post or more of preparation, but this technique turns a 25 yard radius into a meat grinder, as Tsuki sets up her arm puppets and box and tackle bots up into a perfect circle around an enemies position. Using these arms, the user will manipulate not only puppets, but weapons and even people themselves with a dance of puppet strings coming from every direction. This technique enhances the performance of a puppet within the circle is ten times that it'd normally be just under a shinobi's control, ten puppets can move within the radius as if they themselves were shinobi, up to 100 ninja tools can be thrown, spun or slashed about within the circle. A single person could find themselves completely bound by Tsuki's strings if she decided to strike just for them.

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

[TANTETSU TOSHU]

Toshu's main mission was accomplished. Smashing the puppet, however, proved to be a double-edged sword. He was unaware that he puppet was powered by steam. Something had been powering it, but steam? The system was not something he was knowledgeable about. As the puppet cracked open, the steam within blasted out. Toshu's armor was a powerful defensive tool. Against direct attacks. Had the steam been coming into contact with any place other than the helmet of Toshu's beloved armor, there would be nothing to mention. The ability to see, the ability to breathe, there was no way around it. While the holes and slot were small, the steam was still able to work it's way inside.

With a powerful roar of pain, Toshu's face began to burn and blister. The pain was worse than he would have imagined it could be. His vision was blurry, his skin burned. He immediately turned away from the stream of steam after the initial burns, letting the rest disperse into the air. With his sight well below it's normal ability, and the sounds of explosions and, what he could only assume was shrapnel crashing against him, Toshu reacted quickly. He didn't know what was going on, and for a defensive expert, that was the most dangerous thing. Safety demanded that he have another line of defense, the other two failing could mean the end, and Toshu could not let himself lose after being on the verge of winning the battle.

A layer of black metal covered Toshu's skin, a powerful defense, under a powerful defense, under a powerful defense. The layered armor strategy that Toshu was often known for using. The shrapnel didn't seem to be a problem, but it was the current loss of his sight that made things difficult. It shouldn't be for too long. Then again, Toshu didn't have that much medical knowledge. All he knew was he was currently unable to see much more than hazy blobs with vague shapes.

The stone arms made their way in front of him, crossing themselves in an x before his face. If his sight wasn't going to be much use right now, he wouldn't have to worry about blocking his own vision. The man did not notice the paper bombs as they wrapped around his stone and metal covered body. It was sudden. It was unexpected. Suddenly from all directions, Toshu was getting assaulted. The force of each blow shattering the rocky construct he had created earlier. The blasts could even be felt smashing into the armor. It was possible that the explosions were even felt on the black steel that he had coated himself with moments before. However, the blasts went no further as the powerful defensive strength of Toshu held. His massive size and ability to hold his ground made sure that he was still in place when the smoke cleared.

The rocky armor was destroyed, and while Toshu would typically repair the stone armor, he instead found himself on one knee, smoke rising from his Bouhatei. The three layers had protected him well from the explosions, but he wondered how much longer this girl could go. How many more explosions she had. He would rather this battle end soon, with his mission accomplished. With his wife able to come back to their home in the village rather than to a prison or some hideout as missing-nin. Toshu rose to his feet, walking around the steel wall he had made. He walked, carefully, to the front of it, looking to the hazy blob where the woman had been before.

"I would appreciate it, if things ended here. I know not whether you have something else. I know not if you even wish to push things this far. If there is nothing else that you have to use, then perhaps it would be best for you to walk away." Toshu began preparing for one of his most powerful jutsu Making the needed handsigns as he spoke his peace. It would be ready to launch should she still be willing to fight. "If you do not, I will have to take some extreme measures."

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name: Kōton: Mukankaku Gusoku [Steel Release: Impervious Armour]
rank: B
cost: Medium
class: Ninjutsu, Kekkei Tōta
element: Kōton
The Steel Release version of the Doton: Domu technique, the user covers their body in a layer of hard but thin black steel, making them virtually impervious to physical attacks. It can however be shattered by excessive physical force, such as a punch from a 6th Gate Taijutsu-user or a powerful Raiton piercing attack, such as Chidori. In the first case, even though the armour shatters, it would still take a majority of the force for the user, allowing them to escape from harm. The drawback to this technique is that it makes the target much heavier and slower and so is often used either sparingly or with more rooted and rigid fighting styles.

Name: Sando no Jutsu - [Mountainous Earth Technique]
Rank: S
Chakra Usage: Very High
Type: Ninjutsu [General]
Element: Doton
Description
Sando no Jutsu is a Ninjutsu which utilizes the Earth Element. After forming the needed hand seals, the user will cause two gigantic mountains of earth to rise from the ground and sandwich their target. It should be noted that the more chakra an individual has, the larger the mountain can be made.

[Yuie Tsuki]

IRRATIONAL BATTLE

Banquet and Buzzards

Tsuki didn't quite expect her puppet's destruction or bomb attack would come at such effect. The man's armor had clearly slowed him and based by the way he guarded his eyes, it'd appear the steam had greatly effected him. She'd grin with a slight feeling of triumph, but she knew she didn't injure the man and as new armor started to form, she'd know there was no way she could beat him head on head. At least not with her present puppet arsenal, she'd never encountered a man of such tank like attributes.

He was blind even if it was for the moment he was blocking, she'd wager his distracted state followed by shock and some state of poor vision, she'd now and only now have the chance to take a dominating position. The biggest flop of this mission was she had to get to this location quickly and had come expecting something close to an army. His armor was the type to endure an army, but that only put her at greater disadvantage. Executing a single hand sign, she'd deploy her motherbird's balloons, each getting momentous lift from their already great height and positioning.

Quickly casting a few hand signs as her explosion went off, Tsuki would re-direct her omni-directional gear, then launching it in sound veil of her blast sneakily attach both grapples to her floating puppets. One was enough to easily carry Tsuki up, so both would aid her fling into the sky, as she'd literally sling shot herself over the bird puppets and seemingly out of the battlefield. Her grapples doing all the work, she'd be able to still concentrate out a jutsu, it was a shadow clone to fill her shoes. The clone had been left with the greater amount of chakra.

The real Tsuki flung into the air would quickly cast her puppet summoning technique, as she'd pull her free flyer puppet out of a scroll. It'd cling to her as she'd reach peak height, her hands then weaving out the seals to reactivate her free-flyers engine. She'd use it's fans to draw her into the sky, as she'd hover high in the sky and drift so her body was right in front of the sun. At her height he'd not be able to see her through the glare, she'd release her gear's grapples and reel them back to her. It was time to watch and act as her shinobi nature intended.

Her clone taking on the role of her would grin at seeing the man emerge to face her, she could barely market it, but her eyes caught the subtle squint in his eyes. She could of been a puppet and he'd of probably not known the difference. "I've still got you surrounded!" Tsuki's clone exclaimed through the speaker of her ghost snake puppets, the puppets would once again draw and fire upon the man. Even though the arrow volley would be weak, the clone attempt to enhance the arrows travel with strings, if they failed she'd be able to control the arrow heads which would bust off. She maybe could utilize their small size to her advantage.

However Tsuki's clone didn't know the man planned to crush her and the remaining puppets on the field in one jutsu. Tsuki was out of range high in the sky, but she was there purely out of stealth, even she'd be shocked to see a man summon a mountain on top of a mountain. Even if it's effect would just be to squish her what seemed like remaining puppet opposition.

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NAME: Kugutsu no Jutsu - [Puppet Technique]
RANK: C
CHAKRA USAGE: Very Low
CLASSIFICATION: Ninjutsu [Puppetry]
ELEMENT: N/a
DESCRIPTION:
The fundamental and most used technique of the style, Kugutsu no Jutsu allows a puppeteer the ability to use puppets in battle. While the degree in skill determines the number of puppets that can be controlled, for starters the user can control only one. By making near invisible strings of chakra from each of their ten fingertips and attaching them to their puppets they are able to control the puppet from various distances. However there is a delay between the puppeteers orders and the puppets movements, meaning puppet movement will not be instantaneous, and the response time increases based on distance.

NAME: Kage Bunshin no Jutsu [Shadow Clone Technique]
RANK: B
CHAKRA USAGE: Medium
CLASSIFICATION: Ninjutsu [General]
ELEMENT: None
DESCRIPTION:
Kage Bunshin is a Jounin level Ninjutsu technique. The normal Bunshin technique creates a copy of the ninja that lacks any substance. The Kage Bunshin distributes the ninja's chakra evenly among the clones and creates a real copy with form and substance. The clone itself can also utilize any jutsu the original ninja knows, as well as their kekkei genkai. When the clone finally disperses, any new knowledge it has gained along with it's remaining chakra are passed back to the original ninja and any additional clones. This makes Kage Bunshin an excellent training method if the ninja has the chakra capacity and stamina to maintain the Kage Bunshins for an extended period of time. This allows the ninja to essentially reduce the time it takes to train and learn with each clone added. This is especially true when used with Tajuu Kage Bunshin.


NAME: Saiteki Kudō [Optimal Drive]
RANK: B-ranked
CHAKRA USAGE: Medium, Very Low to maintain
CLASSIFICATION: Ninjutsu
ELEMENT: Joton [Cleansing Release]
DESCRIPTION:

The peek of steam power techniques, this technique is an improved version of the Steam Boil technique, unlike it's counter parts this technique creates a hot enough steam to run an average sized steam engine at optimal condition, this means it allows the engine to put out the most energy without it having any adverse or risky side effects. Engine effects are made notable on steam powered items.

NAME: Kugutsu Kuchiyose no Jutsu - [Puppet Summoning Technique ]
RANK: C
CHAKRA USAGE: Low
CLASSIFICATION: Ninjutsu [Puppetry]
ELEMENT: N/a
DESCRIPTION:
A useful technique for puppeteers, it allows one to seal a puppet within a scroll and summon it at will with the use of a hand seal. Depending on the scroll they seal it in, they can seal a number of puppets away at a time.


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: Mangetsu [Full Moon]
RANK: A-rank
CHAKRA USAGE: Medium, Medium to maintain
CLASSIFICATION: Ninjutsu (Puppetry)
ELEMENT: None
DESCRIPTION:
Requires a post or more of preparation, but this technique turns a 25 yard radius into a meat grinder, as Tsuki sets up her arm puppets and box and tackle bots up into a perfect circle around an enemies position. Using these arms, the user will manipulate not only puppets, but weapons and even people themselves with a dance of puppet strings coming from every direction. This technique enhances the performance of a puppet within the circle is ten times that it'd normally be just under a shinobi's control, ten puppets can move within the radius as if they themselves were shinobi, up to 100 ninja tools can be thrown, spun or slashed about within the circle. A single person could find themselves completely bound by Tsuki's strings if she decided to strike just for them.

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

[TANTETSU TOSHU]

The decision was made, and while Toshu didn't enjoy doing so, he would have to follow through with his threat. He would have to unleash one of the strongest jutsu in his arsenal against a woman who managed to do nothing except burn his face with steam. Something that was his own doing in the first place. However, he was also standing in the center of the plateau himself. Maybe it wasn't such a good idea to use the jutsu. Then again, he did have one strategy to get through the attack just in case he needed to use it in situations like this.

"I'm sorry it came to this then." The arrows once again hit and broke apart on the man's armor, falling to the ground in a pile as he began to unleash the jutsu. From the edges of the plateau, to Toshu's left and right as he starred at what was slowly becoming a less blurry image of the woman. The shadows they cast over the battlefield and the seemed to blot out the sun itself. The image of Iwagakure's symbol emblazoned on the outsides of them. A fitting symbol for the jutsu that would hopefully bring the village some semblance of peace in the coming years. Maybe even the world if things went well. It would take a good bit of timing to get this down, Toshu didn't have a lot of chances to practice this after all. The two halves of this massive mountain began to slam closed over the entire plateau, the full 300 meter area, suddenly covered under Toshu's powerful Jutsu.

As for the man himself, Toshu had used another tool of the Iwagakure shinobi. Their personal jutsu. Usually taken for espionage missions or escape, Toshu used it now in his quest to save Iwagakure from itself. As the stone closed on the battlefield, Toshu began to meld into it, becoming one with the mountain that he had created. Toshu moved up the stone, rising from the top to stand on his created mountain. Starring up into the sky as he began to think over the battle. Thinking of things he could have done differently while remaining oblivious to the woman who soared in the sky above. If his eyes were in a better state, maybe he would have realized that she had used a clone to replace herself. Sadly, all he knew was that the battlefield, and all that was left on it, was crushed by the might of the Sando no Jutsu.

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Name: Sando no Jutsu - [Mountainous Earth Technique]
Rank: S
Chakra Usage: Very High
Type: Ninjutsu [General]
Element: Doton
Description
Sando no Jutsu is a Ninjutsu which utilizes the Earth Element. After forming the needed hand seals, the user will cause two gigantic mountains of earth to rise from the ground and sandwich their target. It should be noted that the more chakra an individual has, the larger the mountain can be made.

Name: Iwagakure - [Rock Hiding Technique]
Rank:: D
Chakra Usage: Low [Continuous Drain]
Type: Ninjutsu [General]
Element: Doton
Requirement: Must be an Iwa Shinobi
Description
Iwagakure is a Ninjutsu utilzing the Earth Element. This jutsu allows the Iwa nin to change their appearance by blending and merging with the surrounding rock. This allows the ninja to move unseen, which assists in attack and escape.

[Yuie Tsuki]

IRRATIONAL BATTLE

Banquet and Buzzards

"Hmph..." She'd scuff to herself way out of audible range to her opponent, he'd clearly won the battle in shows of force. She had the ability to fight an army, but he had the resilience of a tank and the ability to crush an army in one jutsu. Tsuki lost her arm puppets in the chaos of the scene, she no longer could cast her hundred strings. An absolute shame, but she didn't want to remain in the fight. She didn't see a trick left in her inventory worth risking being in a second or third mountain summoning.

However that's when the shattering roar of earth shifting would be heard, she'd not feel it from the sky, but she'd see the mountain created almost collapse. The plateau he'd built his own mountain on existed for geographic reasons, it'd of been less sound taller and now it was taller. A new mountain was made so the mountain beneath it would have to question it's support ability. The mountain was tunneled into greedily though and the caverns weren't all up to date, so with the added weight they'd all shatter.

Tsuki couldn't help smiling as she'd she dust spit from all down the edges of that mountain, it appeared all the caverns would cave in near at once, the new mountain wouldn't much be effected, but it'd shift in height as the mountain below caved into it. 'There goes my mission.' This area was the important thing according to her superiors, it was the mines worth holding, the resources in it greatly worth trading. Now the mines had been not only sealed, but collapsed. She might as well be guarding the mountain next to this one or the one across from that one.

He'd seem to be unaware of her current position and with the sudden shift downwards, he'd probably find himself paying more attention to his footing than the air. Her motherbirds would detach their balloons, as Tsuki would latch herself to both birds, by her puppet strings. Then guiding them forward and herself with her free-flyer puppet she'd exit the battlefield as swiftly as a drone. She had bad news for her employers, but by delivering this news first, she'd surely have some positive effect on this battle. The loyalist could now re-position forces assigned to meddle in that area to another now first. In an even battle any shift worth making is worth making first.

As for the duel at hand Tsuki couldn't of felt less prepared or ashamed, but his last trick though frightening would bring a smile to her face. He'd accidentally crashed his villages world stock, he'd put them at more of a disadvantage. Amegakure would surely benefit and profit from this knowledge, Tsuki's new missions were set in her head as she'd leave this failure behind her to the better man. [Tsuki exit thread]

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NAME: Kugutsu no Jutsu - [Puppet Technique]
RANK: C
CHAKRA USAGE: Very Low
CLASSIFICATION: Ninjutsu [Puppetry]
ELEMENT: N/a
DESCRIPTION:
The fundamental and most used technique of the style, Kugutsu no Jutsu allows a puppeteer the ability to use puppets in battle. While the degree in skill determines the number of puppets that can be controlled, for starters the user can control only one. By making near invisible strings of chakra from each of their ten fingertips and attaching them to their puppets they are able to control the puppet from various distances. However there is a delay between the puppeteers orders and the puppets movements, meaning puppet movement will not be instantaneous, and the response time increases based on distance.

NAME: Saiteki Kudō [Optimal Drive]
RANK: B-ranked
CHAKRA USAGE: Medium, Very Low to maintain
CLASSIFICATION: Ninjutsu
ELEMENT: Joton [Cleansing Release]
DESCRIPTION:

The peek of steam power techniques, this technique is an improved version of the Steam Boil technique, unlike it's counter parts this technique creates a hot enough steam to run an average sized steam engine at optimal condition, this means it allows the engine to put out the most energy without it having any adverse or risky side effects. Engine effects are made notable on steam powered items.

NAME: Takuto Mojiretsu [Grappling String]
RANK: C
CHAKRA USAGE: Low
CLASSIFICATION: Ninjutsu [Puppetry]
REQUIREMENT: Sole Puppetry Specialization
ELEMENT: N/a
DESCRIPTION:
A useful, but difficult to master skill. This technique requires an entire hand's worth of puppetry strings, the user sending five strings to latch onto a surface before quickly wrapping their hand around the strings and finally shortening the strings at a high speed. While this could be used to rapidly pull light objects towards the user, it is more commonly used to pull the user towards to object they anchor the strings onto. This effectively allows a puppeteer to use their puppet strings as a grappling hook and quickly move around the battlefield.