The Meltdown

[Insidious Apparatus]

Simple, this is a battle between yoshua171 and I.

Daaku vs. Genmyou.

Normal rules apply.

Location: Here

Name:
Daaku Raito

Age:
32

Gender:
He's a daddy!!!

Appearance:
Daaku could be considered and attractive individual. He's dark skinned and even though he's short and only reaches a height of 5'7. Most people that look at him stare at something on him rather quickly, probably because of the bright purple eyes. He has a head of silky hair that's a purple so pale hair that's it seems grey. He dislikes facial hair and feels that his own spiky hair growing from the scalp is more than enough.

Soaking wet Daaku weighs around 185 pounds, which gives him a thick frame from his short stature. Both his arms and legs have developed and visibly bulging muscles but never to an extreme where others would take it. On Daaku's right shoulder blade there is a tattoo of an eye, and on the other the same tattoo is repeated. There are also tattoos of thin vines that snake around below the V-lines of Daaku's waist and curve backward and up around each of his lower sides and by all means this tattoo makes his muscled booty look even better than it already does. He also has a pierced tongue and both of his nipples pierced, which goes all the way back to his younger years when Sanosuke Uchiha won a bet with him.

Daaku's Ninja Apparel:
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Personality:
If one word could could sum up Daaku Raito, it would probably be sarcastic. Regardless of the situation, it a rare thing if at some point Daaku doesn't have some uncensored comment to make. After war ravaged the world, Daaku had a shift in his perspectives. he felt that many situations in the last ninja war were his fault, and they were.

Daaku never let's up in any of his endeavors and from one day to the next he holds fast to each and every belief he has. Nobility and the righteous actions of prosecution of the wicked seem like good ideals but why bother?? More than anything Daaku is a man committed to not only whatever needs to be done but the means to accomplish those tasks. He's intense and brash, a man who loves hard and hates even harder.

Village:
Iwagakure

Chakra Nature
Dark, Earth, Water

Kekkei Genkai:
Burakkuai(Black Eye)- SEALED.

Tarnaic Infusion- Though Daaku may be a Raito that is only his family clan. Long before the ninja wars had broken out there was a clan that became influenced by an entity named Reimulto. His influence over reality bent the laws for many of the ninja that were among the Tarnaic Clan. This was passed down as another bloodline would through DNA.

Sōsu o shōkan (Summon Source)- Daaku's consciousness is connected with the ethereal plane of the were summons exist. Rather than house emptiness, there is an abundance of physical energy which Daaku can drawn on. He has used this force to become a fierce proctor of advanced chakra natures and nature transformation of ninjutsu. Over the years he has grown to combine many elements into fusion releases of physically fueled force. This link to the summon plane also gives Daaku a malleable free form to summon Irritum the Atomic Dragon and Oriens the Black Death Dragon with out the use of a contract. It should be noted that he can also summon other creatures but has no bonded with them as he has already done with the two dragons. This force also acts as a transferable chakatic fuel for Daaku, making his reserves beyond that of any being that has existed.

Kekkei Genkai Jutsu
Kokushibyōton(Black Death Release)- The essence of the black death is an advanced chakra nature that has melded darkness, water, wind and earth into a corrupting substance that Daaku wields. This chakra form be generated into any shape that Daaku desires and expand and react as a malleable destructive force that is able to break down, corrupt and eradicate material all simultaneously. This dark force is able to forms a grain like state that is similar to the idea of moisture and further gives Daaku the power to use darkness to slow and even halt the flow of chakra, causing cold and dark razed areas with said chakra. [No-rank, Chakra Nature/Kekkei Genkai]

Kuchiyose no Jutsu: Oriens(Summoning Technique: Oriens)- Via use of his summon source, Daaku summons forth Oriens which is the embodiment of the nature of Black Death chakra, one of the strongest formats of chakratic essence that Daaku manipulates. The bond between these two is very complicated, so much in fact that Oriens actually knows the Senhappa and can use it himself in many ways, adhering its own nature of chakra to it better than Daaku. This dragon has a high capacity for chakra and when Oriens attacks, his hits can actually shift the nature of incoming jutsu to his own, thus giving him control over the forces used to form the jutsu. Though Oriens can be summoned in a massive state, the makeup of the dragon allows it to shift its form for more localized battles with smaller areas. As a summon, Oriens has the same abilities as Kokushibyōton. (No-rank, Kekkei Genkai)

Atomikkuton(Atomic Release)- Earth, Light, Lightning and Fire chakra have been formed into a flowing substance that simultaenously employs a earth base that is reflective in nature and infused with the fluctuating and current charging forces of lightning chakra. The heat that this chakra lets off is used in combination with light to make a chakratic format that is able to violently detonate with chakra. When enough force is used in such a technique using this nature is is completely possible to cause enemy mutation from the effects of their atoms being moved around when damaged. This type of damage can result in awkward healing afterward. [No-rank, Chakra Nature/Kekkei Genkai]

Kuchiyose no Jutsu: Irritum(summoning Technique: Irritum) Daaku uses his bloodline to manifest Irritum to the physical plane. He is the embodiment of atomic chakra and as the alternate summon that Daaku prefers to use in battle and for other situations, he has learned the use of the Rasenkoa, being able to form and shape it rapidly and in grandiose sizes that outclass the functions of those Daaku normally manifests by himself. when summoned Irritum dispels genjutsu while he is around Daaku as his own spiritual makeup harbors enough force to see through even top ranking genjutsu when they are cast. Alternately when genjutsu are performed, Irritum can also counter them and make the effects more extreme on opponents who use them. (No-rank, Kekkei Genkai)

Ryuseiton(Meteor Release)- This is a grandiose nature of chakra that is the amalgam of fire, darkness and earth chakra transformation into a burning substance that makes the earth tremble with its dense force. This molten earthy material that has the hardness of titanium also has an intense property that can cause it to rapidly accelerate and randomly begin incinerating materials via the chakra that it emits.

Ēteruraiton(Aether Lightning Release)- The fused forces of light, darkness and lightning form a plasma chakra that radiates an extra source of heat and travels many times faster than lightning chakra by itself. This chakra allows Daaku to form and shape jutsu that when released, track their targets and shadow them, using the dark nature within the chakra to extend unto the opponent's forms to make the avoidance of such jutsu next to impossible.

Jutsu
Senhappa(Beam Blast)- Daaku's famed technique that would be classified under the Yang release through its physical nature and might. Daaku channels between his cupped palms a strong physical nature chakra that consists of raw chakra in a concentrated format of diffused and expanding particles. When fired at an object or enemies, though the jutsu may look solid it is not and opponents can be torn apart by the makeup of this technique. Daaku has mastered this technique and readily uses his nature transformation with it do often end battles. He has even been seen using it to destroy villages. (No-rank, Yang/Pure)

Rasenkoa(Helix Core)- This is an A-rank jutsu that Daaku developed alongside the Rasengan with Minato Namikaze via the explicit manipulation of shape transformation of chakra. By using one's chakra control to form a a core of chakra, layers of chakra are molded around this core as it begins to spin rapidly and cause chakra to suck in around it, giving it tearing force. Once stabilized this technique harbors great force and sustains itself. When used it can be held and thrust into enemies to rip them apart with its vibrating and the sucking force of the core that unleashes its power outside on the shell of the sphere. When complete and dissipating, the target is expelled away by the core breaking and can often leave craters. (A-rank, Pure)

Shouryuuken(Rising Dragon Fist)- This is a strike in accordance with Himitsu Tenga-ryu where Daaku gather force in his legs and rockets upward while rapidly spinning his body around at a high speed. even though he is spinning his uppercut connects as if he jumped straight up and struck the opponent normally. The shadow aura of a dragon cna be witnessed when Daaku uses this attack. One would assume that the punch would knock a foe into the air but in fact they normally collapse to the ground. The force of this punch is very effective and the release of spirit force supports both leg and arm muscles at once. (B-rank, Taijutsu/Himitsu Tenga-ryu)

Roketto chūgaeri(Rocket Somersault)- This combination makes use of a swift tripping kick that Daaku times to propel himself off a foes body using another kick. His leg thrusts down at a diagonal four times, each kick gaining more force as spirit energy shapes Daaku's form. The final kick ends with Daaku flipping down to use a frontal somersault kick to the head or torso area. Upon impact with the ground or other surface area, it normally breaks from the exertion of Daaku's kick. (C-rank, Taijutsu/Himitsu Tenga-ryu)

Dākukorona Rasenkoa(Dark Corona Helix Core)- This technique incorporates the Rasenkoa and transforms its nature by making the core with a stabilized ball of Meteor Release chakra and then continues to build the jutsu as normal. As the layers of chakra form over the core, it heats up and a black shell of energy melds over the completed mass. When used to strike, opponents are burned quickly as their body is pulled against Daaku's jutsu and they normally catch fire instantly as the jutsu throws them back, the core expanding a blast of molten material. (No-Rank, Ryuseiton)

Ryuseiton: Kurasshu kanketsusen(Meteor Release: Crash Geyser)- Daaku forms medium sized clumps of black molten rock that he throws toward a foe, splattering the chakra as they move and lightning aflame objects they hit in the meantime. Upon impact with the foe or the surrounding area, these stones break open and a geyser of flaming dark molten rock erupts from each one separately. (B-rank, Ryuseiton)

Shouryuu Reppa(Rising Dragon Destroyer)- A variant of the Shouryuuken that with the force of Ryuseiton combines spirit energy into a detonating cover on the fist. When a single punch is thrown, The chakra around Daaku's hand extends and punches the foe with a fist of radiating chakra that can melt their skin. Each successive punch causes even greater damage until a final corkscrew punch launches a dragon of atomic chakra into the opposing ninja that throws them into the air and slams into their abdomen for a returning strike to the ground. Often foes can be severely injured at the end of the attack. (No-rank, Taijutsu/Atomikkuton/Himitsu-Tenga-ryu)

Ni~Tsu ga sasu koto no jutsu(Sunburst Technique)- A mist of chakra begins to spiral around Daaku as he manifests the chakra of the Atomic Release, moving it out in front of his body as the mist begins to pulse. As the mist is drawn into Daaku's fingertip he beings firing grape sized balls of chakra that randomly surround a foe or enemy group from many directions. On Daaku's command, the chakra balls converge a targets in an explosion. Its also possible for ninja to be struck and damaged with the compact balls of chakra before they detonate. (B-rank, Atomikkuton)

Shōgeki-tekina Shisenhappa(Shocking Death Beam Blast)- Rather than pull in chakra between his palms, Daaku streams chakra down his arms that forms into a concave buffer that Aether Lightning chakra feeds into, sparking and causes electricity to jump around Daaku's body. This mass of chakra is quite large and releases a straight shot of Aether Lightning at the opponent. This is backed by the launch of a super charged Senhappa that forms to the lightning which can consume the target in a flowing beam of piercing electricity and ki. Its not unusual for ninja that face this ki to suffer shock trauma afterward. (No-rank, Ēteruraiton)

Forbidden Jutsu
Saikō no doragonhappa(Supreme Dragon Blast)- Daaku charges a mass of chakra in both palms and his open mouth and then leaps high into the air, accelerating himself further via use of his Sokuji Sōshin. Upon reaching a maximum height of 20,000 feet, Daaku gathers extra ambient chakra from above sky itself, each chakra mass is imbued with one of an extreme nature. As each one falls from the sky toward foes and get ever closer, Daaku once again uses Sokuji Sōshin to warp them down to a closer range, devastating everything in the way with a monstrous mushroom cloud explosion of meteor, atomic and aether lightning chakra. As the chaos from the blast dies away another blast of chakra shaped as a dragon head goes off, to level whatever was left. (S-rank, Atomikkuton/Ēteruraiton/Ryuseiton/Pure)

Ēteruraiton no Yoroi(Aether Lightning Release Armor)- This technique begins by Daaku using a series of over 50 hand seals that cause a miniature lightning storm of chakratic force to blast around his entire body. As the lightning dies down Daaku becomes encased in a field of aether lightning that streams into his body, tethering to his nervous system. The connection is immediate and this increase of flow to and from his synapses maximizes the physical force, reaction time and control of everything nerve ending that Daaku has from within. This pushes him to the ultimate state of his own physical being, increasing his raw power and and speed far beyond his normal capabilities, so much in fact that he no longer breathes and oxygen is simply streamed through his pores and directly into the bloodstream to make conduct inside this state even simpler and more dangerous for those around Daaku. Dojutsu lose the ability to track his movements altogether, the lack of his body being in one place at a time causing a massive disturbance in eyes trying to follow his dual-physical form.

His chakra reaches a format where the embodiment of it is released through any means he desires and any ninjutsu Daaku uses can be released inside of a physical strike, allowing him to pummel opponents with massive physical strikes and at the same time string ninjutsu together with ease and room for switching tactics instantly. The use of techniques like a simple body flicker and move Daaku vast distances and by choosing which direction his outreaching chakra field moves in, simply running past foes can cause terrible damage to the surrounding area and their own bodies. He can cause this aura of lightning to form into shapes that move off from his frame and shock ninja involved in battle with pain that is activated straight by the trauma to their nerves. Daaku's own body is also affected by this lightning armor and because of that his facial hair grows longer, normally forming into a goatee, while the hair atop his head gets extremely long and often reaches past the lower back. The hair has the aura flowing directly through it and as such is spikely and very rigid, even turning a golden shade...(S-rank, Ēteruraiton/Supplementary)

Rasenkoa Senhappa(Helix Core Beam Blast)- Daaku manifests chakra into his palm that expands into a Rasenkoa very rapidly, shaking and vibrating with extra force as it starts to shrink and then expand again and again. This is due to the chakra inside the technique tearing apart at itself and the abundance of chakra that makes it whole. When Daaku rushes an opponent with this jutsu, it gains a web of force around the sphere that acts as a destructive nucleus; harboring chakra that tears up a foe on an accelerated level. This is made apparent by the ground around the foe being torn up and even grass and other objects being sucked in toward Daaku and the Rasenkoa as he uses it. Often many foes become trapped inside this web of terror and all at once, the jutsu collapses and detonates in a grandiose explosion. This blast starts a Senhappa that can easily be 10-15 feet wide, harboring the same properties as the tearing Helix Core. Everything in its path is torn up by the constant battering of the two combined jutsu. The devastation of this technique easily makes it Daaku strongest known attack, outclassing all the power of his other techniques even when they are mixed with one of his own chakratic mixtures. (X-rank, Yang)

Himitsu Tenga-ryu(Secret Tenga-ryu):
This is Daaku Raito's further developed style of the Tenga-ryu that he employs when in battle. His physical nature pours forth with an aura of spiritual chakratic compound that seeps on and all around Daaku's form. This spiritual force is a tether to draw out further force in battle. Each movement is specialized, and without need for excessively long chain combinations, the quick damage such a style can unleash in Daaku's hands is excessive.

Physical Aperture- Even though Daaku's muscle mass doesn't increase while using this style, his physical strength is increased easily up to 5 times or more. The impact of his attacks and also his defense is increased by the flow of spiritual force accumulating in a cycle from his body and the generation of chakra.

Hand/Arm Attacks- Immediate movement that can as such be started or shifted from any other given movement to be mixed with chakra base and spirit force as a fist is thrown or a hand is moved to attack. Punches from this method are very blunt and the impact of a fist, or hand can cause abnormal amounts of pain to an opponent from chakra being used to disrupt muscle tissue and also cause blood vessels to rupture. Gathering more chakra during an assault process can be even more devastating as it can thus be used to propel bursts of pressure into enemies that cause imbalance and room for follow up attacks after that, even after a single staggering blow.

Leg/Feet Attacks- In the Himitsu Tenga-ryu, kicks are more than a force to be reckoned with because even from a distance it is still possible to bet hit with one of them. The extension of the legs and feet enable one to lash out at opponents with series of kicks that shatter defenses. From a spinning motion one can kick outwards and use spirit chakra force to stabilize themself but offset an enemy, which leads to latch in attacks and aerial assaults. Some of the more damaging attacks are those that start from a roll, or a flip in a given direction, always with incredible force behind it.

Defensive Formation- When being attacked, Daaku will often remain stable as a strike comes his way and react by reaching out with his spirit to calculate damage. This streamed psychological tactic works wonders, as Daaku is hit and barely reacts, countering using the force or transferred force of his attackers incoming blows. (S-rank, Tenga-ryu)

Weapons
Kegareta Tamashī(Tarnished Soul)- This weapon is the embodiment of the corrupted forces that continued to adhere on Daaku's sword during the Great Ninja War. It is amazingly sharp but doesn't have any special functions other than being able to release quite a bit of spiritual force as with the Tenga-ryu. It's rare for Daaku to summon this weapon but if he does, its all over for anybody in his way...

Purazuma Shuriken(Plasma Shuriken)- Shuriken that have a drive within them that harbor aether lightning chakra. they move through the air faster than regular shuriken and also emit a great shock when hitting other objects such as flesh or a tree.

Haretsu kunai(Exploding Kunai)- Kunai that are several inches longer and thicker than regular kunai. They explode upon impact, the likeliness of being injured by the splintering pieces of metal is very high.

Great Exploding Tags- An upgraded version of exploding tags that explode with a larger area space. They also need an incantation to be activated.

Skills
Shokubai shīrumāku(Catalyst Seal Mark)- For many years after the war, Daaku continued to study the arts of body transformation and also the art of using kinjutsu to force the body to go through cellular mutations that mutate the body by triggering offsets of both chakra and spiritual energy. This kind of force allows it users to become different beings altogether. In Daaku's case the genetic mutation brought about the creation of a more applied form where he used Irritum and Oriens in their base forms to apply a seal on the base of his neck. Without being active, this has given Daaku some vampire-like tendencies; his canine teeth made longer and sharper, also having spaces within them to drain and absorb blood from other beings. He literally gains new levels of power from doing this horrific action.

Stage One- Upon activation of the seal, the mark on the side of Daaku's neck unfurls and fans across his upper body, spreading in a webbed pattern. Daaku's speed increases a bit, but the real force comes from Daaku being able to forcefully ebb spiritual force around his body and now assume a form where when he moves, spiritual emissions from his body target and attack foes with them, breaking their ability to surmise and formulate chakra. There is an increase in physical power, however his strikes now spread tearing into the flesh during strikes. Basically it is the spread of chakra to cause rippling physical damage. Draining blood from foes rapidly restores Daaku's health and triggers resilience to fire, and wind chakra types.

Stage Two- When increasing the flow of both dragon's DNA into his own, Daaku further mutates into a state that takes on a much more lithe appearance where as Daaku normally is quite thick and muscled. His entire body becomes more draconian. Its gains a hardened form that becomes immune to fire and lightning chakra and even more resilient to wind chakra than before. The cellular structure of Daaku adorns him a tail in this form, which he can use as an added weapon for attack and defense as its rock hard bone structure takes little damage. His teeth also get longer and can drain blood faster than before. Using his eyes as a focal point, Daaku can easily disorient enemies by misguiding their spiritual paths and render their jutsu much weaker by breaking the ties inside the chakra. Though slimmer Daaku is also a lot stronger in this form and can lift hundreds of pounds with ease. He retains the changes in power and manipulation from stage one.

Chakratic Subjugation- Daaku's own body and chakra paths are unlike that of any other person, they stem from the nature of the tarnaic and rather than be subjected to the normal means of transfer and draw, his chakra is streamed in through his body through the force of the realm overlaying the physical world. Attempts to damage his tenketsu and so on don't work as he is able to use and manipulate his own chakra without the need of such simple methods. More so he has attained the ability of mold his chakra around other chakra types and cause a piercing nature of force to disrupt their chakra, even when fully sustained during use.

Āsu· Masutarī(Earth Mastery)- Being from the Rock Village, Daaku Raito is a ninja of great strength out of those foreknown from the use of earth based jutsu. Suprisingly he has none earth jutsu in his arsenal but that us because Daaku can manipulate the earth using his chakra alone and much like Sanosuke, can use it to a great extent and fathom many objects and use the earth on whim solely by using his chkara to bond with the earth itself. When he does this however and odd chakra substance adds a golden hue to the earth and as such people are able to know when Daaku is affecting it.

Sokuji Sōshin(Immediate Transmission)- A technique savvy to the enactment of movement through the rending of chakra in a given direction, using the tarnaic in place of space and time which allows the user to be embodied in one place after the next. Like movement with no speed involved a simpler force can be exerted to move to extreme speeds in linear time, albeit chakra consumption can be great.

History: As a child, Daaku had been born into the Raito Clan, birthed with the special talents of the secret clan that his own family was also a part of; this being the Tarnaic. He was raised as any other child in Iwa and he grew up as a teenager, knowing too well that he was to use his talents to bring as much prosperity to his land as possible. Being a Raito and a Tarnaic was no easy task, especially when the talents of Daaku via his Burakkuai had him on a constant missionary outlet to both track ninja and also find out the secrets of other villages even from a young age.

On these missions he was of course sent to Konoha many times and while there he was teamed up with another his age named Minato Namikaze, the two became friends, both keeping track of the other's work and maintaining there status as jounin to the fullest extent and making sure that nobody was able to fell them and that as representations of their respective nations that both upheld their beliefs. Around this time the tow were sent on a mission to the Village Hidden in the Gardens they came across a man also close to their age; a certain Sanosuke Uchiha. This man was sarcastic and butted heads with Daaku right away but as usual Minato made sure that Daaku kept his cool and as more time passed the three became a trio of sorts that was nearly inseparable.

Several years passed and as the nations began to have turmoil with one another for this reason and that, war ended up breaking out and the Great Ninja War began. For awhile Daaku tried to stay out of it as much as possible but it was nearly impossible to do so when war was consuming the lands, so rather than do nothing, he convinced Minato and Sano to do work as mercenaries with him and as such the trio began storming the battlefield and simply massacred any who stood in their way for sake of a better future. Even though they all originally saw eye to eye, Minato left the trio to go back to Konoha, fearing that Sano and Daaku were going to far and instead sought to make peace and quell the fighting.

As the war got more extreme Daaku and Sano faced the ranks of Konoha and a massive battle ensued. During this battle Normatsu Izukaishi and his wife showed up, the battle was horrific and many died, the jest of Sano's rage left him unchecked and going against what Daaku believed to be his nindo, Sanosuke ended up killing Normatsu's mate. It was then that Daaku realized that the war was continuing to take lives that were needed for the future that he, Sano and Minato had wanted all along. He refused to fight after that moment along with the activation of his Burakkuai into a new more terrifying state. This ended up being a deciding battle and the war ended soon after that.

The process to rebuild had begun and in the years that followed many things transpired from Daaku and Minato seeking to finish techniques that were quite similar to he and Sano perfecting the use of a special release that Daaku developed. In this period of time not only did Daaku end up having a drunken one night stand with the woman Minato loved. For several years Daaku was the Tsuchikage but he knew that such a job was not for him. He loved the people of Iwagakure but would much rather travel and teach, constantly developing his own style of the Tenga-Ryu Art.

Such terror had been released from Daaku using his Burakkuai that he sought to seal away the power that continued to progress and evolve into something that had even perplexed Sanosuke, he had wondered why Daaku would ever want to do such a thing, all he was told was, "Do this for me friend else my eyes be the downfall of this world we helped restore..."

Ultimately Daaku wanted to do other things that remain in a stationary role like that of the Tsuchikage, so instead Daaku continued to master and use his influence to prosper and enjoy the world. With the exams over and a slew of new issues arising, Daaku has no problem stepping up to help out...

Miscellaneous:
Tenga-ryu
The Tenga-ryu is the fighting style that Daaku started to develop at the early stages of the end of the Great Ninja War 12 years ago. Its a style that incorporates a high level of both chakratic manipulation and concentration to accomplish, due to the expert forms of chakra fusion and the merge of spirit force to and from attacks. By relinquishing the body's natural lock on alternative forces as a ninja based on chakra, Daaku and his students use a source of power that comes directly from their inner beings, both their will and chakra at once that is infused with a spiritual base.

By empowering themselves with this force, the rates of their physical damage increases dramatically, augmenting each blow with a release of spiritual force that continues to grow as one trains in the Tenga-ryu art. Monstrous power can be gained with the use of this knowledge but there are also things that aren't supposed to be done as well.

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█████████, Genmyou - The Shade of Clarity

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General Data

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Name: Genmyou -Surname expunged from all known records- Zoukasari
Nickname/Alias: The Shade of Clarity.
Gender: Male.
Age: Unknown. 48
Age Appearance: Unknown. 26
Sexuality: Heterosexual.

Village: Kumogakure.
Birthplace: Unknown. Uzushiogakure
Organization: Affiliations to Kumogakure, the Antare clan, and possibly others....

Clan/Bloodline: Unknown/Tukkumu shijun.
Zoukasari
Rank: Raikage.

Chakra Nature: Lightning and 'Pure' chakra.
Onmyouton
Appearance:

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In addition to the obvious, Genmyou does not wear a headband and instead -if one looks closely- the symbol of his village can be seen on the forehead of his mask. Genmyou stands at around 6'8 making him exceptionally tall and he weighs just below average for his size with the exclusion of his equipment and such. Genmyou's actual appearance has never been glimpsed by anyone in the village and as such he is a figure garbed in mystery and intrigue.

Personality:

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Genmyou is versatile in all activities he takes part in, this traits stands out. His versatility is mixed just as much with the air of intrigue that seems to surround him as a person. He is secretive, intelligent, serious, but not without humor. To him matters of the village, of battle, and anything remotely regarding his past are things to be given attention and a calm mindset above all others. In this way he is protective in his own way, seeming to have a kind of endearment to Kumogakure. Generally he tends to be fairly good natured, and though he can sometimes be caught up the affairs of his village, he is never truly stressed. It has often been commented, and admired, that despite Genmyou's air of mystery and his rather plentiful responsibilities he never seems overwhelmed or burdened. In this way he is considered charismatic and sometimes even tends to use this trait to his advantage. This charisma also carries over to one of his rather well known mannerisms, corrections and wisdom. Essentially, Genmyou gets a kick out of messing with his adversary's mind while in battle without the use of genjutsu.

This reveals another trait of his for while he is not devious, he is exceptionally crafty in both a social environment and on the battlefield. He is loyal to those he makes his allies, but not to the point of blindness. He is the kind of man who will do what he must even if he knows others may not like it. When brought down to the bare essentials he is a survivalist, a former nomad, and a scholar. Genmyou has an avid love for knowledge and in his free time he finds it extremely rewarding and enjoyable to read, exchange knowledge, or even get into a philosophical discussion or two. In another light, Genmyou enjoys debate and conversation, but he seems to shy away from arguments. When put into a situation where a verbal exchange of negative theme is involved he tends to act as a mediator or he will simply remove himself from the situation until the participants are willing to discuss the issue(s) reasonably. This shows that Genmyou is indeed a very calm individual with an incredibly high tolerance for so called 'bullshit' as it were.

-All information regarding Genmyou's origins going past his life as a young man have been expunged from all known records. Only several individuals may remember of him through their memories, otherwise his past is an elusive, untraceable thing.-

-The following is an excerpt of Genmyou's origins and is all that could be derived from what few records remain-

...he faded back into the larger scope of the world and was at first a kind of mercenary nin. He travelled and exchanged knowledge and living expenses for any task he was assigned. As he did this he was able to acquire a rather sufficient sum of intel on various jutsu, clans, and rumors of the time. He continued to expand his knowledge and skill set until he struck gold. He heard a rumor about a clan based in Kumogakure, this was the first time he had heard of the so called Antare Clan. With a background such as his, it was hard for him to pass up and so he began to travel to cross the continent and reach the Antare clan's base of operations. At the time he did not know many, if any, of the secrets regarding the clan, but he did know they were allegedly the only rivals in fuinjutsu to the uzumaki clan.

It took him a year or two of travel, due to many stops, missions, and such on the way but he eventually reached the country of lightning. Seeming rather suspicious due to his garb, as even at that time he possessed what shinobi see him in today, he was eventually spotted by one of the Antare clan's outposts and watched closely there after. As his renown grew, Genmyou eventually became known as 'The Shade of Clarity'. This title was blatantly ironic due to the unknown nature of his appearance and the difficulty that it was to track him and figure out his exact actions in combat. Regardless to this he began to be a nuisance when his missions began to conflict with nin from Kumogakure causing the shinobi assigned to come back empty handed or the like. Assassination attempts were made, but they could never track him down, and when they did they were met with clever non-fatal traps. Finally the aged raikage of the time requested the assistance of the Antare clan, the accepted, having been watching as a neutral part for some time.

They were easily able to corner 'The Shade of Clarity' but they too found themselves in a difficult situation. Even mid battle he was able to figure out who they were and who had sent them. They soon found themselves outclassed in a very unique fashion, and with words and defensive tactics alone the 3 Antare clan members found themselves in such a disadvantage that they were grateful when The Shade offered them an arrangement. An envoy sent back to the raikage and another to the elders of the Antare clan, Genmyou successfully got his message across. Though the raikage seemed rather threatened and more than a little worried about allowing this 'shade' free reign he did so with the advice of the Antare in mind. The Antare clan elders on the other hand were not as relenting and so instead of simply allowing him into their ranks, an unknown variable as he was, they commissioned him for a series of missions while they attempted to retrieve intel on the shade's origins. They drew a blank, finding only sparse information of his travels and various mercenary exploits, nothing of any solid consequence...Shade of Clarity indeed.

After several months of the grueling missions Genmyou began to grow ever more impatient and with perfect timing, as it was intentional the Antare allowed him entrance. In the years following it became known that Genmyou had been officially adopted into the country of lightning's social ranks and was around jounin rank. Years passed, he studied, trained, combatted, completed missions for Kumogakure, and then when he felt he had learned as much as was immediately useful to him from the Antare, he departed. Traveling to -data expunged- Genmyou disappeared for almost a decade. Strangely every two weeks a mission would end up completed to the fullest and so it was thought that Genmyou had completed these, which he had. When he finally emerged from his recluse, Genmyou returned a changed man, a better man, and a stronger shinobi. He felt no need to test himself against the lesser nin of the jounin rank and he proceeded straight to the death bed of the to-be late raikage. Genmyou looked the man straight in the eyes, and the raikage commanded the two be left alone.

No complaints were made, a mask was removed, a promise made, an identity remained hidden to all but one. The Raikage died only a year later and upon his death, his will was revealed, Genmyou - The Shade of Clarity, was to be named the 3rd Raikage. Some of the village elders were disgruntled, but they were silenced by the will of the people and the guidance of the Antare clan. All was well, Genmyou became the kage of Kumogakure and has been as such for 10 years now. His age is unknown, his true appearance hidden, his identity null, and his skill renowned throughout. He is a man to fear, to trust, to avoid, to approach, he is all of these things, but above all else he is a efficient leader and an elusive enigma.

Theme Song:

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[yt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ji00LVKRDEM[/yt]

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Equipment Data

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Base Weapons & Items:
X shuriken.
X kunai.
X explosive tags.
X smoke bombs.
10 Barrier rods.
X chakra reactive tags (blank).
X chakra reactive scrolls (blank).
Foot Note: His scrolls and tags react specifically to his chakra and the chakra effectively acts like ink forming the seals he wants easily.

Specialized Weapons & Items:

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Name of Weapon or Item:
Chakra Conductive Gauntlets.

Description:
Though really not all that difficult to craft, Genmyou wears streamlined gauntlets on both hands which effectively ease the process of the fuin furidashi slightly. The gauntlets do this by reacting to his chakra when he channels it to his hands and forming a small field of condensed aura around his hands in order to conduct his jutsu. This can also assist with some of his raiton techniques and are very useful. Due to being gauntlets these can also be used to claw, since the fingers are rather sharp, as well as to block some blade attacks. He cannot use these to catch blades due to the fact that only the outsides of the gauntlets are metal while the insides -meaning palm and finger bottoms- are made of a softer material which also lines the metals on the top of the gauntlets.

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Name of Weapon or Item:
Seigennashi no ei(Blade of the Unrestricted).

Description:
Often within it's figurative sheath and hidden on his person, this blade is plainly viewed in his appearance, but not actually on his attire. Rather than the weapon being in a sheath, it is sealed utilizing a modified generic seal, within the strap that would normally hold the sheath on his back. Regardless to this, Seigennashi no ei is a very unique weapon for it does not possess an affinity ability or some such foolishness. Instead, this weapon of unknown origin, is a blank slate for any kind of chakra that is channeled through it. This means that it can carry fuuinjutsu, ninjutsu, genjutsu, and any other kind of jutsu one could imagine with the obvious exclusion of taijutsu. This means that it seems to merely be an incredibly advanced chakra conductor. While this is true, the weapon is unique in one other way, it can channel and store up to seven jutsu rather than just one.

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Name of Weapon or Item:
Gen'ei no konryou(Phantom's imperial robes).

Description:
Worn in every waking moment of Genmyou's life, this clothing is his normal attire. Despite the use of the word normal this garb is nothing of the sort. It is fire retardant, heat repelling, waterproof, and is durable to ridiculous levels. Strangely, the cloth never seems to take damage, even if Genmyou does, this leads one to believe that damage is transfered through the cloth but never actually damages it. This is true and is the work of fuuinjutsu being weaved in patterns onto the inside and outside of the robes. Additionally, the Gen'ei no konryou are conductive allowing him to conduct his 'raiton' techniques or pure chakra through them. The last notable property of this garb is it's properties of concealment. Namely this is what distorts his chakra to the senses of doujutsu and sensor nin. This effectively means that unless the sensor nin is incredibly adept and has prime focus, they will receive a headache and be smoothly redirected around his location. Possessors of doujutsu have a hard time looking upon him due to these robes but otherwise it has no effect on things like the Sharingan or Rinnegan. The Byakugan however, will find him an incredibly aggravating individual to attempt to track down.

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Combat Data

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Special Traits
Genmyou is no normal individual and as such his chakra is incredibly unique. Not only is he incredibly difficult to sense even with doujutsu, his chakra's unique state tends to give sensory nin a headache and as such they tend to have a lot of trouble pinpointing his position. Additionally where his normal chakra openings would be, there are actually 3. His body seems capable of releasing chakra from many different places in comparison to a normal individual. Genmyou also appears to have a rather high chakra level in addition to being able to use shape manipulation much quicker than most. It should be noted that Genmyou is immune to his own lightning affinity (he can channel it through his body without being harmed) and that lightning jutsu of C rank or below will not cause him harm. Last of all he appears to be especially durable and is very quick on his feet.

Kekkei Genkai:

Name of Kekkei Genkai:
Tukkumu shijun(To strive for Absolute purity).
Fuen Ametsuchi(Amplification of Heaven and Earth)
Clan:
Unknown.
Zoukasari
Description:
Appearing to modify any natural affinities that the inheritor possesses, but this is not it's sole capability. This kekkei genkai, known as Tukkumu shijun, appears to allow Genmyou advanced control over essentially all of his chakra's aspects. This has apparently altered his natural affinity as well as allowing him, due to extended research and training, to utilize 'pure' chakra. Due to his skill in fuuinjutsu he is capable of effectively programming this purified energy form with purpose utilizing seals and the like. His control over his chakra system is so great that he can willingly pure, fluctuate, speed up, or slow down the flow of chakra within his body to his will. This is actually his specialized form of the Fuen Ametsuchi.

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Techniques:
Note: It should be taken into mind that Genmyou's specialties are firstly in fuinjutsu, secondly in kenjutsu(with a proficiency in defensive taijutsu), and thirdly in ninjutsu.

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Gogyo Fuin(Five Elements Seal)
Gogyo Kaiin(Five Elements Unseal)
Kuchiyose: Raiko Kenka(Summoning: Lightning Flash Blade Creation)
Generic Sealing Method
Fūinjutsu: Shishi Heikō(Sealing Technique: Lion Closing Roar)
Fire Sealing Method: Though the fuuinjutsu is specified to fire he has modified this technique, allowing it to seal other elemental jutsu as long as they are below S rank. Each respective seal can only store one jutsu at a time.

Kage Bunshin no Jutsu(Shadow Clone Technique): Genmyou is capable of distributing as much or as little of his chakra as he pleased to utilize this technique.

Chidori Nagashi(Chidori Current): Rather than utilizing chidori he simply channels lightning chakra into his aura and focuses it into flowing currents of lightning that have the same effect.

Chakra Draining Seal: This technique is not useable and/or practical in combat.

Gofu Kekkai(Five Barrier seal): He does know this technique, but it is not directly applicable in battle.

Name of Technique: Agarisagari(Fluctuation).
Type of Jutsu: Fuinjutsu.
Rank: B.
Range: Contact.
Nature Type: N/A.
Handseals: 3.
Description: By studying and modifying the Gogyo Fuin, Genmyou has developed a technique that utilizes the concept of disrupting other seals and by extension chakra. Unlike the Gogyo Fuin, this technique disrupts chakra even if there are no other seals present on the victim. When the Agarisagaro is placed on an individual it will impede the movement of chakra by disrupting the chakra path ways and causing them to fluctuate randomly. This makes it twice as difficult to utilize ninjutsu or to generally focus and control chakra.

Weakness: If the seal is damaged it will be rendered useless. Additionally it can be removed by the Gogyo Kaiin. The seal can be disrupted by firing chakra into the seal from the outside or focusing it in the seal till it breaks. Breaking this seal by focusing chakra and overloading it is considerably difficult and will waste chakra due to the fact that the fluctuations make it hard to focus and direct chakra.

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Name of Technique: Fuin no kumokui(Seal of the Spider bite).
Type of Jutsu: Fuinjutsu.
Rank: A.
Range: Contact.
Nature Type: N/A.
Handseals: 0.
Description: By utilizing his chakra Genmyou is capable of placing a seal on a tag or an opponent directly that effectively acts like a crack in the victim's chakra system. This causes chakra to slowly leak from the victim's body.

Weakness: Damaging the seal by burning it or cutting it will cease the effects of the jutsu.

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Name of Technique: Junikari Kuchiyose(Pure anchor Summoning).
Type of Jutsu: Space-time FuiNinjutsu.
Rank: C-B.
Range: N/A.
Nature Type: 'Pure' chakra.
Handseals: 3.
Description: By studying the Kuchiyose no jutsu and imlementing the use of his pure chakra with it, he is effectively able to program his pure chakra and use 3 handseals in order to summon a specified object -and only an object- to a designated location. The location is designated by a localization of his pure chakra. This technique takes such a small amount of chakra that it is completely negligible.

Weakness: This technique can only summon to where the specified chakra is located. Additionally, if the chakra is used for a long range summoning the jutsu will become increasingly more taxing with the increase in distance. This jutsu is also unable to summon anything over the size of a person in mass and weight.

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Name of Technique: Fuin furidashi(Seal infusion).
Type of Jutsu: FuiNinjutsu.
Rank: D-S.
Range: Direct contact or aural contact.
Nature Type: 'Pure' Chakra.
Handseals: 0.
Description: Essentially Genmyou has such a mastery of his purified chakra that as long as something is either within his aura (such as his blank tags or scrolls) he is capable of inscribing seals on them. If he is touching the object it takes less time than if it was in his aura, specifically direct contact is 2x as effective as indirect(aural).

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If mentioned in a seal, these will be different, otherwise these apply.

D Rank: Aural contact takes 1 post (afterwards the seal is useable) and direct has no charge.

C Rank: Aural contact takes 1.5 posts and direct takes .5 posts.

B Rank: Aural contact takes 2 posts and direct takes 1 post.

A Rank: Aural contact takes 4 posts and direct contact takes 2 posts.

S Rank: Aural contact takes 4 posts and direct contact takes 3.

Weakness: Without contact this technique is useless, additionally the more complex the fuinjutsu (higher ranked) the longer it takes for this to work.

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Name of Technique: Fuinjutsu: Chousei(Sealing Technique: Modification).
Type of Jutsu: Fuinjutsu.
Rank: D.
Range: N/A.
Nature Type: N/A.
Handseals: 3.
Description: This technique is a small set of interlaid lines and circles that can be applied to any of his fuinjutsu. Effectively, this allows him to activate or deactivated a fuinjutsu's effect by preforming 3 hand seals. This is always utilized in regards to his fire sealing method techniques and has the effect of allowing him to release the jutsu from the scroll or otherwise object.

Weakness: It has no effect by itself and has normal seal weaknesses.

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Name of Technique: Fuin kakari(Seal linking).
Type of Jutsu: Fuinjutsu.
Rank: D-C.
Range: N/A.
Nature Type: N/A.
Handseals: 0.
Description: This is a very simple technique which allows the individual to link seals. This is typically used when regarding summoning seals and allows an object to be transfered from one seal to another through this technique.

Weakness: It has no effect by itself and has normal seal weaknesses.

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Name of Technique: Tsuuro shougeichiten(Pathway blocking point).
Type of Jutsu: Fuinjutsu.
Rank: B.
Range: Contact.
Nature Type: N/A.
Handseals: 4.
Description: An interesting technique, Tsuuro shougeichiten effectively acts much like a strike from the gentle fist style in that once applied it blocks chakra. Unlike the Lion closing roar or similar techniques however, this seal instead blocks chakra in such a way that the path is effected much like the blood stream is by a blood clot. This effectively means that overtime Tsuuro shougeichiten causes a blockage in the chakra stream which can create a build up in pressure. This varies in how long, but the more chakra that is being used/the faster the flow of chakra, the quicker this will occur. If the seal is not removed this blockage can effectively rupture a chakra pathway and cause chakra to rampantly flow into areas of the body where it should not be, this is incredibly painful. Additionally, if the seal is removed -of course depending on how early after it is applied- the chakra blocked will suddenly rush to move and fill the space. If the seal was placed near a chakra exit, this can cause chakra to randomly eject from the victim's body and thus waste their chakra.

Weakness: The seal will break after a certain amount of chakra has built up as the pressure acts about the same as overwhelming the seal with chakra. If the seal is damaged or removed it's effects are nullified. This seal requires some of the user's chakra to be stored within the seal in addition to the effort needed to create the seal.

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Name of Technique: Ryuutsuuro Fuin(Dragon-pathway seal).
Type of Jutsu: Fuinjutsu.
Rank: A.
Range: Contact.
Nature Type: N/A.
Handseals: 5.
Description: By executing the 5 hand seals, forming the seal on something or with his chakra and applying it the user effectively boosts the victim's abilities. The victim's chakra system speeds up and is improved in it's ability to release chakra thus allowing their body to be faster and stronger. This also means ninjutsu seem to unexpectedly come out stronger than normal, the effected part will usually not notice the difference due to adrenaline. However, after around 10-15 posts everything goes wrong and the seal's effects wear off. By the 8th or 13th post the individual will begin to feel fatigued, by the 9th or 14th they will feel slightly tired and then by the 10th or 15th they will find themselves incredibly fatigued.

Weakness: This technique can only be overloaded with chakra if the user can focus their chakra to the seal rather than letting it flow. Additionally the seal can be removed or damaged to cease it's effects, though any chakra used before hand will still have caused some portion of the desired effect. This jutsu takes around 2 posts to fully activate and thus seems more gradual. A-S ranked individuals can forcibly slow their chakra system and skilled B rank individuals may be able to do so as well.

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Name of Technique: Denkou Ooi(Lightning Mantle).
Type of Jutsu: Ninjutsu.
Rank: A.
Range: N/A.
Nature Type: Lightning.
Handseals: 8.
Description: Through studying lightning release armor and then utilizing his ability to conduct lightning through his body with no ill effects, Genmyou is capable of making a mantle of lightning around his body and within. This mantle allows him to move at high speed, though nowhere near as fast as lightning release armor, it takes a rather skill individual to track his movements without the aid of a doujutsu. This jutsu essentially amplifies his speed and strength, the strength aspect is much weaker than the speed. If an individual comes into contact with the mantle they will find themselves damaged, be it through burns or shocks.

Weakness: This jutsu, though not all that chakra taxing, makes it difficult to utilize other jutsu while it is active. Prepared jutsu do not count, additionally Denkou Ooi only lasts for a maximum of 10 posts and has a cooldown time ranging from 1-5 posts.

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Name of Technique: Inadzuka(Flash of Lightning).
Type of Jutsu: Ninjutsu.
Rank: E-A.
Range: N/A.
Nature Type: Lightning.
Handseals: 3.
Description: Inadzuka is a raiton technique that by itself can either be used much like a chidori, or can be fired off in a bolt of lightning. This rank, depending on the charge time, will be stronger or weaker and can thus vary in it's damage.

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E Rank: With no charge time at all, this rank of Inadzuka can be spammed at will, but does no damage. It causes a slight prickle of electricity if it hits, but otherwise only forms static in the air.

D Rank: This rank has a half a post charge time and no cool down. It causes a light shock that would cause the body to hesitate and bristle slightly. This rank also causes static to gather towards it, hinting that it may be slightly magnetic.

C Rank: This rank has a 1 post charge time and no cool down time. It causes a stun effect if it hits and it gathers enough static to form a D rank lightning jutsu. The static can be felt slightly, but otherwise has no effect at all.

B Rank: This rank has a 2 post charge time and a 1 post cool down time. A stun effect lasting 1 post is caused in addition to burn damage, possible piercing, and normal lightning damage. Additionally the static gathered is equal to the dispersed form of the C rank technique and is now obviously felt, it still has no effect.

A Rank: Getting hit by this rank, which is the highest form of this technique, causes incredibly painful damage and would make a chuunin likely pass out and cause a jounin a rather dangerous amount of damage. If it hits it becomes painful to move afterwards. This rank has a 3 post charge and a 2 post cool down time, additionally the static gathered is equal to the dispersed B rank technique.

Weakness: The charge times, cool down, and relative weakness of the technique in general.

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Name of Technique: Kawa no Shijun(Streams of absolute purity).
Type of Jutsu: Ninjutsu/supplementary.
Rank: C-B.
Range: 50 yard(250 foot) hemisphere.
Nature Type: 'Pure' Chakra.
Handseals: 2.
Description: This technique allows Genmyou to exude his 'pure' chakra and then control it to form streams of energy that act much like water. These 'streams' of chakra are incredibly conductive of any kind of jutsu whether they are his or not, and he is capable of conducting or utilizing other jutsu through this.

Weakness: This technique can easily amplify ANYONE's jutsu that passes through it.

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Name of Technique: Gateway of the Ouroboros.
Type of Jutsu: Barrier Ninjutsu.
Rank: B.
Range: N/A.
Nature Type: 'Pure' Chakra.
Handseals: 6.
Description: By utilizing his barrier rods, Genmyou is capable of using this technique to set up a barrier of varying size and shape. Typically the barriers will be in the rough shape of a box/cube, but they can vary in shape. These barriers work by connecting barrier rods with a flat plane of chakra. This process means that if an individual is caught between two barrier rods while they are forming a barrier they could very will be cut in half or the like. These barriers are incredibly effective against chakra-based attacks. Lightning affinity jutsu below B rank will conduct into the 'pure' chakra and be channeled throughout the barrier. All other affinities can have their desired effect.

Weakness: Power taijutsu techniques or piercing attacks can easily cut, break, or pass through the barrier.

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Name of Technique: Douji kaido(Synchronous Divergence).
Type of Jutsu: FuiNinjutsu.
Rank: S.
Range: Direct or indirect contact.
Nature Type: 'Pure' Chakra.
Handseals: 16.
Description: Douji kaido, a technique created some years after Genmyou's study with the Antare clan, it is a technique to be feared by all those who posses an advanced affinity. The jutsu is simple, it is a seal, that after being conducted through his chakra using Fuin furidashi, is capable of essentially tearing merged affinities apart. This technique works through the seal quickly infecting the jutsu with Genmyou's 'pure' chakra, latching onto the intermingled affinities, and then causing a divergence which splits the jutsu in half, -altering it's trajectory- and destroys the synchronicity of the affinities by doing so.

Weakness: Despite the explanation of Fuin Furidashi, this technique takes 4 posts to charge if done so directly and 6 if done through his aura.

Name of Technique: Idou no Himotsuki(Removal of Restriction).
Type of Jutsu: FuiNinjutsu/supplementary.
Rank: B.
Range: Direct Application.
Nature Type: N/A.
Handseals: 5.
Description: Utilizing his blade, Genmyou channels a fuinjutsu through it and/or stores one within and utilizes this later. Once prepared with hand seals, Genmyou will stab his blade into the ground and call out this technique's name. Once done the seal will appear inscribed around where the blade's location of piercing/contact. He will quickly say the name of the seal and it will expand outwards covering a space with a 6 yard diameter with the blade at it's epicenter. Anyone who comes into contact with the sealing area will be affected by whichever fuinjutsu has been placed therein. The seal for this technique appears as the normal seal (seen in the link) overlaid with whatever seal he is using.

Weakness: This technique can only be held as long as his blade remains in the ground. Once one or more individuals enter the area of sealing it begins to drain Genmyou's chakra respectively to fuel whichever fuinjutsu is being utilized. This technique can only remain active for up to 20 posts, this can vary in relation to which fuinjutsu is being utilized through it.

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Research Data

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Project Name:
Blade Sealing.

Status:
Incomplete.

Description:
This project is still in it's base level of development. He has thought of the concept of allowing a blade to change it's shape without some overly external source, but he does not yet know the process needed to do so.

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Project Name:
Soul Techniques.

Status:
Ongoing/Incomplete.

Description:
Unlike his blade sealing, this research is an ongoing project and it will probably remain as such. Though he has no techniques in this category at all as of yet, he is continually working towards finding new and unique ways to utilize souls in jutsu. This project is kept largely as a secret due to it being a rather 'touch' subject in general.

[Insidious Apparatus]

Sometimes Daaku had to question his own motives for doing things like randomly challenge the Raikage to a battle on the outskirts of Kumohagakure. More often than not however there was no reason to do such a thing. This time around motive was quite simple. Daaku knew too well that the Raikage had claimed he could easily defeat the former Tsuchikage and that there was no way around it. If one were to say such a thing to Daaku normally e'd just laugh but it had been a violation to a man like Daaku's pride even if the entire thing had been a joke in itself. The last time something like this had happened Daaku ended up beating the hell out of a man that claimed to know the secrets to destroying a user of the Tenga-ryu.

"Well, the way I see it you are a man of great power, seeing as how you ARE the Raikage. I can't assume otherwise because if I did then it would compromise the way I view the Village Hidden in the Clouds." Even saying that made Daaku feel out of the ordinary. It was awkward to stand before a man who went around wearing a mask that obscured his facial expressions and otherwise attire that covered his entire body. "What I mean is that power means a lot for a Shadow of their respective village and you have gained that respect and then some to be in the position you're in to lead Kumogakure."

The landscape was fairly favorable for a battle even if it was going t end up being on a higher caliber than some of the other fights that had been happen in this area recently. Either way Daaku was getting himself more and more excited just thinking about what to expect from this great man. He couldn't help wonder how amazing Genmyou probably looked under all those clothes...

"Well shall we begin??"

Daaku snickered and waggled his pointer finger at the Raikage. "I sure hope I wasn't wrong about ya..."

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Words gliding through the air to reach his ears, he listened in silence, 'cept the sounds of life that he naturally made. The Shade, upon Daaku's conclusion, glanced to the sky and then back. A smile had formed on his face beneath the mask, though Daaku could not see it, and his eyes lit up slightly in amusement and pleasure. Yet there was no arrogance like the words Daaku referred to would suggest, only interest and curiosity. Bowing graciously, Genmyou rose back and began to speak, the mask not seeming to muffle his words one bit. "Do excuse those words Daaku-san. I merely wished to gain your attentions as quickly as I could with as little effort as possible. I am a busy man, and i find bad news and gossip travels far faster than good."

It was true, people tended to dwell on the negative aspect of things far too much, it was rather unnatural, Genmyou thought. "As to preconceptions, I hope I was correct as well. Yes...let us proceed." Genmyou did not seem to move much, his robes obscured a good deal of his movements, but he did move his right foot forwards and his left back with a foot or so separating them diagonally. His hands on the other hand could be seen moving, as well as his shoulders. His left arm was now bent at the elbow and drawn backwards somewhat so that his wrist was just in front of the beginning of his torso. His right hand was held in a kind of box shape so that the hand was horizontal and approximately a foot in front of his chest and angled so that the tips of his fingers diagonally pointed to his left and away from him rather than directly across.

It was a stance all right, and beyond those movements he made none, though he was distinctly observant to what lay around him. Thus, he awaited.

[Insidious Apparatus]

"Heh."

Nothing else really needed to be said, it should had already been ascertained by Daaku previously that Genmyou had sought Daaku's attention. It was unnecessary to use such a method though, Daaku was also quite busy and it was never hard to get in contact with him, especially being brother of the Tsuchihage and former leader of the rock himself. He was pleased nonetheless. Any man who took a stance like that meant business. Many other ninja might not have been having the same thoughts that Daaku was having yet they made perfect sense. He was to be on guard and not underestimate such an opponent. The robes that the Raikage wore looked like they'd be a hindrance for taijutsu and yet this apparently wasn't at all the case.

First Daaku took a single step forward and flicked his left wrist out, producing several plasma shuriken. Already when he threw the first one it had ripped through the air at a high velocity toward his foe and yet he was already gown, turning and looking from the left of Genmyou as he threw another plasma shuriken. Movement from the Raikage would cause the ninja tools to follow him just as a jutsu infused with the same type of chakra would. It was simple to angle the shuriken thrown secnd to collide with the first one and send a spray of riveting static twice as thick as normal because two shuriken had hit each other. In the time it had taken to do this task, which was small Daaku moved his hand up and caused the area around Genmyou within 6 feet to begin to tremble. This produced an outline of red in the area.

At first Daaku was going to use a jutsu but decided against it for the time being.

"Rise." The earth did, splitting and shaking as earthen materials were launched at the Raikage from the lit up zone. It was a start Daaku enjoyed. The wave from the shuriken could knock him into the rock closing in regardless so Genmyou would have to specifically avoid or counter both sets of attacks to remain unharmed. Battles were a test of both ingenuity and power, the abilty to think fast and then produce results from those thoughts.

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█████████, Genmyou - The Shade of Clarity

Daaku moved, and acted, and he responded in likeness "Chidori Nagashi". First one of his hands twitched slightly and the gauntlet that covered it began to glow ever so lightly. The glow would be difficult to notice due to its grey coloration matching that of the armor itself. He noticed the trajectory and jumped to his right, away from both his adversary and the shuriken. At around the same moment he heard the ground rumble slightly. Using his readied hand, and preping his other one he readied himself and dodged to the side as the shuriken whizzed at him 'so they follow me too? How clever....' Preparations finished he suddenly focused the chidori nagashi into his hands and distributed his preparation as well.

The shuriken came back, he turned and then jumped to the side slightly as they passed. His hands moved out, and then both vanished "Generic sealing technique" each shuriken found itself sealed into a generic seal which linked to a scroll in another seal located somewhere on his person. He'd used up too much time now to avert the earth, so he'd have to make camp elsewhere, so to speak.

With that done he utilized his left hand -as he again had his body so as to keep Daaku in his right field of vision- and summoned a wet chakra reactive tag to his hand and ran chakra through it quickly. Jumping even further away from the attack and wreathing himself using Denkou Ooi, he amplified his speed and appeared to flee. However 2 rods would seem to appear, separated by 20 yards, as he moved. Then as he got 20 yards from these he threw out 2 more, and planted a seal on the ground. Using the kai hand sign the seal activated quickly and the seal links he'd run through the thrown rods earlier allowed the area to be fully instilled. Upon that tag was inscribed his modified fire sealing method. In this case, he'd specified earth and though the rising earth a good 22 yards behind him couldn't be stopped, anything of that affinity that entered the field would be. Only earth created directly from the user's chakra pores, and not drawn from the ground, would work within the field. Of course, he didn't much mind that.

During all this, he'd made sure to keep a close eye on Daaku, he wouldn't miss a single beat, after all his actions had only took around 10 seconds max, if they'd been preformed that was....

[Insidious Apparatus]

"Figures." The low mutter came from Daaku's mouth as he watched Genmyou make short work of both of his attacks.

It was largely to be expected but what Daaku cared about was that the Raikage had sealing techniques which was amusing because so did Daaku. This battle he wouldn't be using them but it did make sense. The rumors he'd heard were quite true, it was no wonder many had fallen before Genmyou's might because their own powers had been rendered completely ineffective. For the time being it didn't matter much what this man tried to seal Daaku was already into his next line of thoughts. This man had yet to attack Daaku in any way, which meant that he was trying to see all that Daaku was capable of.

Sure it was a simple and workable strategy to use in any kind of battle, considering the fact that knowing more about your opponents could save your life. Daaku didn't really care for battles where famous and apparently legendary ninja chose to do nothing however. It was almost like a tease to the former Tsuchikage because he then felt the need to make the Raikage defend himself on a higher level. "I like your style, that sealing technique was smart Genmyou-sama. Bravo." By the time the second syllable of the word 'bravo' had been said, Daaku was already next to his opponent and swept down low, using a giant spiral of his body to first kick at the Raikage's chest and then his waist. The speed at which kick was delivered was ridiculous as to be expected from Daaku but he hadn't finished.

From there he blurred out and swept down low into a sweeping kick to knock the Raikage's leg out from under him, using the counter momentum to leap back into the air as red specs of matter and spiritual energy shined off Daaku. His leg thrust down twice, thrice, then four times, each kick getting stronger and stronger, Daaku well aware of the Raikage's defenses and moving his body to still catch a hit even as Genmyou defended or countered. "Roketto chūgaeri!!!" The final kick was a forward somersault sent at the top of the Raikage's masked face...

Daaku shot backward immediately after using this kick, and propelled himself further backward as each great exploding tag went off. He'd used a thin membrane of chakra to cover the already near invisible appearance of these tags after each hit that the Raikage was more than likely unaware of.

"BOOM."

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█████████, Genmyou - The Shade of Clarity

Finishing his set up, and before Daaku chose to speak or attack, Genmyou began to prepare something anew. Earth wouldn't work now, but what other skills did this man possess? Utilizing 3 hand seals he activated the Junikari Kuchiyose and then waited briefly. The man said something, seeming to congratulate his maneuver, that was never a good sign. Anyone he'd ever fought who then congratulated something he'd done, had always had something to do even worse than the last. He was right, on the final syllable of Bravo the attack came, but he felt it coming before he saw it. This would be his reaction.

The Junikari kuchiyose active and his aura surrounding him, he summoned a whole plethora of shuriken from the seals on his person. These shuriken effectively created a spherical floating barrier around him, then his Chidori Nagashi connected to them and they spun with utmost speed. Genmyou's eyes might have narrowed, but in his left hand something glowed a pale grey once more. His other hand held something as well, though it was different from the 1st. A flash of what appeared to be metal for a split second, and then nothing, the glow in his left hand was distinctly gone.

"So you're skilled in Taijutsu as well..." he spoke aloud, it was more likely that his opponent would retreat rather than continue to strike as the sphere of shuriken tore at anything coming into range. Either way, Genmyou would not just stand idle if an attack didn't hesitate, or one did break through. If it did, he had a reaction, and a quick one, after all he was using Denkou Ooi for a reason.

Even if he was hit, the charging of grey would occur around his hands, and eventually so would the brief flash.

[Insidious Apparatus]

"This is more fun that I thought it would be originally Genmyou, you seem to have such an awareness of your surroundings, its really amazing to be honest. I'm more than thoroughly impressed. In most cases shinobi that battle me, even other kage level ninja have such a different approach than you have taken. Kudos for that." Daaku had taken a little bit of time to see just what Genmyou might be about but now all of that was obvious. Defense was key to victory from what Daaku had seen thus far as no sort of attack had been at all used against him, the former Tsuchikage had halted his line of attacking and for good reasons too. The sky above both men was blazing with the suns rays shining down above them and Daaku enjoyed this warmth on his face quite a bit. It was better than what else was happening at the moment. "Do you like the weather?? I'm certainly enjoying it"

Daaku sighed and sat down on the ground and crossed both legs underneath him before looking up and the Raikage. "Kokushibyōton." Daaku's specialized advanced chakra natures that he was able to manifest and control on a basis close to whim. As the man sat and stared at Genmyou whom stood idle not even twenty feet from Daaku's being, the shuriken that were suspended in the field around Genmyou started to rattle and then their appearances changed First they looked more warn and even a bit rusty but within two or three seconds they had all vanished, completely eaten away by the substance Daaku used.

After this Daaku remained seated and spoke with his eyes both closed, not saying much of anything. From where he sat, there had begun a spread of a blackish coloring along the ground that had the faint smell of decay. Chuckling, the advanced chakra nature user smiled and touched one finger to the ground, causing it to once again tremble but much unlike it had previously before Genmyou had chosen to seal off the area Daaku specifically targeted before. "Here it comes, I hope you can now begin to amuse me in some fashion. I hate to remain bored during an entire battle ya know??"

The blackened ground and earth began to rise once more but then stopped, seeming to break apart rapidly into what appeared to be sand or some form of dust...

"The Kokushibyōton is nothing to play around with Mr. Raikage." Daaku had given a fair warning and at that stood up and started to float over the space he'd been sitting. Technically he'd been floating since the ground below him going down an excess of 25 feet had been broken down, this was added to the rest of material that had also been taken over by Daaku's forces, both generated from within and also stabilized from what little was left of the earth in a 15 foot radius. All of this grain contorted and moved itself upward and behind where Daaku was still floating and then started to take a more familiar shape. A towering giant replica at least four times the man who controlled it turned and looked at the Raikage and then screamed...

A miniature wave of a material made to corrupt and eat away at anything in its path spewed from the giant Daaku's mouth in a rush at Genmyou and his immediate soundings and the area all around his person. As both hands drew in closer and were cupped, Daaku said..."Take this as well..." Making the use of Sokuji Sōshin to instantly appear behind the Genmyou, he released a flux of physical energy directly at his foe. "Senhappa!!!" The particle beam moved outward and showered the back area where the Raikage was located. Normally a split second charge of the Senhappa wasn't terribly powerful but being in contact with the black death chakra caused a meltdown and ensued a dual explosion all around the Raikage.

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█████████, Genmyou - The Shade of Clarity

His shuriken did very little to impede Daaku, he took a hit and then managed to sense the next few and dodged them respectively. His eyes narrowing as Daaku retreated and began his little speech, he smiled behind his mask. It appeared things had worked marvelously, though that hit was hurting quite a bit. He was glad that his robes and the field of lightning chakra conducting around and through his body softened it a bit. Allowing chakra to flow from his gauntlets and out of his chakra system, he created several flowing streams of chakra around him. Most were about as thick as the average serpent and none looked too dangerous, if at all. This was all done in the time that Daaku spoke to give him 'kudos' apparently. With Daaku's comment on the weather Genmyou used some sealing tags and then flowed chakra from them into the smal streams of chakra which flickered for a moment. "Kawa no Shijun(Streams of absolute purity)," he stated the name of the technique and began walking forwards. His shuriken dissolved and he could almost taste the advanced nature in the air. He could certainly feel it, that was for sure 'dark, water, earth, and wind' that is what his aura told him. Each chakra had its own distinct feel and flavor to it, it seemed he'd need to begin using that.

Sighing he held out his right arm and hand out from his body at a horizontal angle. There was a flash and some smoke and then a large blade, appearing to be a great-sword of amazing quality -ornate designs to match-, materialized in his outstretched hand. Channeling chakra through the blade he utilized the 6 seals he'd placed in it earlier when a flash had been seen briefly. Of course now he utilized something more external. Chakra wreathed the blade, appearing as a pure white coloration, barely visible really. "Douji kaido(Synchronous Divergence)," he stated simply and as the behemoth rose and struck down he flexed his aura to be primarily in front of him with some behind him by 3 or so yards.

Upon the blast of chakra entering the field its earth affinity chakra was stripped from it outright. The sound did not however stop Genmyou from noticing Daaku's vanishing act. Turning from experience now he slashed with the blade, his movements amplified by his lightning jutsu: Denkou Ooi. Furthermore they were amplified by his conducting chakra through his body directly to amplify its speed and the elasticity of his muscles and such. Daaku appeared, and as predicted, attacked. Genmyou would use the flat of his blade to block the beam completely. At least it'd look like a block, rather the entire beam had been absorbed by the blade's 7th sealing slot.

"You're certainly difficult, but trying the same tactics only works so many times. Even less so with me," there was a kind of fire in Genmyou's eyes as even as he blocked the attack he angled his body and dashed forwards at Daaku as he continued to release the blast. The tip of his blade would touch the ground briefly as the blast subsided. He used Junikari kuchiyose rather quickly, it would teleport a sealing tag onto the ground just below Daaku just as Genmyou jumped back and flashed away.

The Kokushibyu it seemed could not enter the area as it simply destabilized from being stripped of its earth affinity. This meant that Genmyou was not jumping towards his death at all, not even towards damage as he'd also done something unique, he'd used his other barrier technique, Gateway of the Ouroboros, to redirect the remainder of the former Kokushibyu's blast around the field easily. He had done one other thing, as the Senhappa would seem just ever so slightly different than it had before, though it was the slightest of differences really. Genmyou's aura rebalanced around him invisibly so as to be evenly spread out once more.