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[Always Lonely] Naruto: Continuum [Always Open]

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Hyakune, Kyoko

Hyakune, Kyoko

【Full Name】
Hyakune su Jikangai, Kyoko

【Alias】
The Genjutsu Mistress; Kyoko, Architect of Thought

【Occupation】
Kyoko is currently standing in for the Mizukage.

【Gender】
Female

【Age】
36

【Sexuality】
Bisexual; Prefers Women



【Birth Country】
Kyoko was born outside of any village, in the Hyakune Clan Compound.

【Current Village】
Kirigakure
【Affiliation】

Kyoko’s interests are her own, but she has connections to Jikangai, Kinjiro and the Immortal Scions, as well as the Hyakune Elders.

【Shinobi Rank】
Kage-level Ninja (S)



【Personality】
Kyoku is a difficult character to explain as her personality adapts to situations and individuals rather than remaining static. As an extremely talented manipulator whose talents lie almost exclusively in her ability to change the perceptions of her allies, friends, and enemies Kyoko is capable of acting the part for any role that she is called upon to play. She can be cold and unfeeling, or she can be warm and empathetic, she can be insightful and wise or naive and ignorant - all of these acts are tools, and she makes liberal use of them depending on how she wishes to be seen. A woman of many disguises is prone to losing track of the constants of her own personality, but Kyoko has certain traits that define who she is and what she does on such a fundamental and inherently necessary level that she will always retain some level of individuality.

Kyoko is a deeply loving person, and the majority of this love is focused upon her sister. Her self-imposed exile is all that keeps her sister intact, and though it pains her greatly to be away from the person she is closest to in this world she knows that it is a necessary evil and feels both the overwhelming sorrow of her loss and incredible ecstasy that her sister is alive and well for as long as Kyoko does not interact with her. Kyoko's love for her sister is indeed so strong that she has no room for love of another in her heart, and though she makes genuine friends she will never take a lover who could replace or intrude upon her sister's place in her heart. Another of Kyoko's inherent traits is her almost legendary intellect - she carries with her the spark of true genius that can never truly be repressed, even if she can fool most people, true genius is impossible to ever truly hide from another. With great intellect comes a great perception of things other people cannot understand, and being separated from her sister has left Kyoko with nobody to share these burdens with. Kyoko is occasionally driven towards a deep melancholy, but always sees the light and returns to normalcy with time.

Despite her great love for her sister, Kyoko is still a Hyakune and still has morals and values that are typically viewed as unsavoury by most. Her self-worth is a constant, but her value of others is largely determined by the power they wield and how they wield it - those with the most power and least inclination to use it earn her ire, as do those with little power and fewer aspirations - but her ire is likely something they will never see for as long as they can be useful, and the last thing they see when they have outlived their usefulness. Kyoko believes firmly in power and knowledge, and while she is very accepting of those who consign themselves to a life of mediocrity as circumstances dictate or simply for a lack of ability to succeed she is the opposite for those who can but do not.

Kyoko seeks knowledge at all cost, especially that which is forbidden, not only to save her sister but also to ensure that the power of eld is never lost and never abused. She will have multiple agendas at any given point, and she will betray and backstab all who get in her way, but she sees these things as small prices to pay for the greater good that she can bring to the world with the knowledge and power that she accrues. It is often said that those who do evil things do not believe that they are evil - Kyoko is no exception to this, and genuinely believes that she is the best person to wield forgotten powers in order to preserve them and protect the greater good. While Kyoko may not agree on the definition of "greater good" with many individuals, she is a fundamentally good person at heart who legitimately believes that the end justifies the means, and she is willing to pay the price that most are not to further herself and keep the world safe.



【History】

The Hyakune clan have, for ages, been the stewards not of a single style, but of many. In fact, their name, Hyakune [百根; One Hundred Roots], was made in homage of the core principle of the clan - Each member would be unique, each would take one of the many roots available to it and grow outwards, away from any of its brethren, but still connected at their very core. Before the clan were even introduced to the concept of Ninjutsu, or chakra at all, they trained themselves in as many arts as they knew how, each member of the clan becoming an authority on their chosen style. This left the clan in an odd state of simultaneous weakness and strength; while the clan members were too focused as individuals to cover their glaring weaknesses, when the clan moved as a cohesive group they were nigh unstoppable simply because they, together, knew so much more than any other clan when it came to the scope of technique. Such was the way of the clan, as its founder Sōgyō-sha had dictated.

Sōgyō-sha had believed - firmly - that weakness should be purged from his sons and daughters at as young an age as was possible, and in his wisdom (and cruelty) he developed a system for which the clan would be raised by, and a system for which the clan would be governed. By nurturing the child's journey from childhood to adulthood with the intention of purging them of weakness, and then foisting them directly into a position of power beyond the scope of their experience, he brought much heartbreak and suffering into the world, and not all of his children survived the rigorous training... But those who did emerged as stronger beings than their lesser brethren, leading the Hyakune clan to heights that others could only dare to reach out to. Children were raised as if in a collectivist society, in which they would all grow up together with no separate households, but largely without the traditional maternal and paternal influence that was expected of such a society. Instead, the mothers and the fathers of the children would train them in the various arts that they had found themselves attracted to, and children would practice everything they could until they found something they had an affinity for - or better - made a new style of their own. To make a new style of one's own was considered to be a sign of future greatness, and such children were lifted from the terrible conditions in which they lived before into greatness, to nurture their talents and to ensure that the Hyakune would always expand, and always grow.

The children, once they reached the age of eight, would quickly become devoid of typical maternal and paternal influences, and were also deprived of guaranteed resources. There was plenty of food in the clan compound's pantries, but the children were forbidden to simply walk in and take what they wanted. The children had to steal, without being caught, and would eat only what they could earn - those who learned to adapt to their harsh conditions were empowered, but some children died from starvation. Pity was not something bred into the members of the clan, after all. The children of the Hyakune believed in one core mantra throughout their childhood, one truth that empowered them: "The crime is not in taking whatever actions you must, but in being caught doing so.". After training for 14 hours a day, every day, for 6 years, the children that had not found their unique talents in the clan were resigned simply to follow what was established and had appealed to them most. They were not disrespected, per se, but they were rank and file. They were unimportant.

Those who forged a new path, who contributed to the growth of the clan, were thrust into positions of power that they had no experience in - they were made an elder of the clan. The clan's "legal" system, as it were, involved a circle of elders who had marked themselves as great individuals that made requests and then voted on their implementation, not unlike the jury at a court. The eldest male and eldest female were collectively the judge of the clan, and had ultimate power should such a need arise. Life on the Council of Elders was a tough one, as every action and non-action had consequences that the rest of the clan would have to face. The once-children who had been born for greatness had power beyond their stations forced onto them, and they either learned quickly or were killed by people who loathed their inability to take action (or their tendency to take the incorrect action.)

Children who survived all of this, who survived every trial put before them, would emerge as the pinnacle of the human world, they would emerge capable leaders with immense, and unique, fighting skills that would put them far above mere mortals, and they could do anything in the world that they so chose... Until the dawn of the Rikudo Sennin. The advent of Ninjutsu, and of Kekkei Genkai, changed the Hyakune clan immensely, for the secrets of their blood were unlocked, and its members found even more avenues to specialise into. With other ninjas rising, and clans coming to fruition, the Hyakune clan were forced to train even more than usual in order to keep up with the flood of Ninjutsu that echoed throughout the world. They belonged to no major village, but their services were offered freely to all as mercenaries, and it is said that each Kage of each village has called upon at least one member of the Hyakune clan in their time of need once. Whether or not such is true is a point of contention, but one thing was certain: The Hyakune clan were walking on thin ice, and in order to persevere, they would have to become the best at an art in which they had no particular advantage.

That was, until, the Hyakune clan realised the extent of their bloodline. Unlike most clans, the Hyakune's bloodline was not singular, it was not one static ability that each of its members possessed. Even their blood, it seemed, followed the clan's founder's vision. Their bloodline, the Tōsei no Eien [Eternal Control], manifested itself as an exceptional level of control over the user's chakra, which often manifested in the form of an aura around the user, an extension of their chakra systems outside of their body. Each member expressed it differently, due to their own personal DNA affecting the bloodline (as the Tōsei no Eien was not on a single chromosome - how the other chromosomes were formed had differing effects on the actual expression of the bloodline, but due to the relative positions of the genes (which remained constant) the bloodline kept its basis). Unfortunately, this meant that each member had to learn their bloodline alone, with no aid from members who expressed a similar bloodline, and the Hyakune's attention was divided as its members struggled to subjugate their new power, as well as practice in the arts of Ninjutsu and Genjutsu. The clan was already markedly proficient at Taijutsu and Kenjutsu, but in a world where Ninjutsu existed, such was not enough to succeed.

Time passed, and as the Rikudo Sennin died and his legacy was divided, the Hyakune took their training further, as a new generation had had time to be born with Jutsu and their Kekkei Genkai. This new generation was quick to subjugate the power that flowed through them, and the Hyakune clan was raised once more to among the top clans of the ninja world. They tentatively allied themselves with Konohagakure, building a new compound there for their older members, and became productive members of the village, providing it with protection in its times of need, and able workers who were much more efficient than the peons that they would have used otherwise. Their assistance came at a steep cost: The Hyakune would be above the law of the village, preferring to keep to their own council of elders, and these terms were agreed to. The newer members of the Hyakune clan remained at their old compound, around 15 miles from Konohagakure, training as they always had for the dawn of a war that nobody could see coming.

Hyakune, Kyoko began her life unlike many of the Hyakune. Most come into this world alone, brave it alone, and die alone with naught but scribbles in books and fleeting memories to acknowledge that they had ever existed in the first place - but Kyoko came into this world with another, with her twin sister Kagami, and the bond of birth was strong enough to overcome the crippling loneliness instilled in most members of the Hyakune to condition them towards a life of combat and treachery. Until the age of eight, many members of the Hyakune live a life good by many standards - they are loved and nurtured by their parents, fed well, and build strong relationships with one another.

At the age of eight, this changes, and the fledgling Hyakune are ripped from the world they know to undergo training to become a member of the Hyakune proper. Most siblings cease thinking of one another as intimately familial, instead considering them to be simply another clan member, but Kyoko and Kagami could not be separated despite the best efforts of their trainers. Such corner cases were rare in the Hyakune, and the Elders decreed that breaking the bond was significantly more difficult than strengthening it in service to the clan. Kyoko's talents lay within her fantastic mind, her ability to manipulate the knowledge she gleaned far beyond most of her lesser brethren (and even more so than some of the Elders, even at a young age) - but she could not work chakra in the same way that the other Hyakune could. Kagami's talents were precisely the opposite of Kyoko's, her talent for manipulating her aura and chakra as a whole was far beyond anything her cousins could have ever hoped to achieve.

Normally, Kyoko's lack of prowess in the field of Ninjutsu would have sentenced her to domesticity or death - but Kagami took her place in many of the tests that required a manipulation of chakra and she was spared the wrath of the Elders for a time. As she came into her own, Kyoko realised that her ability to manipulate people was more than it seemed, and she learned that the path of Genjutsu was her destiny. It did not take Kyoko long to apply her studies of chakra control to her natural aptitude for Genjutsu, and she unlocked the true power of her Kekkei Genkai - a trait that most Hyakune did not achieve until adulthood. It was not mere coincidence that Kagami also unlocked her true power that same day.

The Elders decreed that the two would undergo a dangerous mission to prove their loyalty to the clan, and that if they returned they would be allowed to join them not as fledglings, nor as rank and file Hyakune, but as Elders. Such a prospect was treated with much suspicion by Kyoko - she wondered what precisely could possess the Elders to offer such an illustrious position to two as young as they, and what the mission they were about to undertake would entail. Kagami was all for the mission, and Kyoko could only think that her sister saw the glory and not the trap offered by the Elders - but to refuse them was certain death, so they accepted and were sent to Kusagakure to meet with an emissary that wished to trade with the clan. Kagami and Kyoko travelled to the destination and came face to face with none other than the leader of the Immortal Scions, Jikangai, Kinjiro.

Kinjiro explained that the Hyakune had offered their best and brightest to her in exchange for thrice their weight in gold - for the burgeoning clan, this would give them a considerable head start - and that Kagami and Kyoko were to be the toll that the clan paid. She explained who she was, what she did, and gave them a history of her clan and even of the conception of chakra (questions that had always burned deep within Kyoko's mind), and offered them the chance to willingly join her as equals rather than as slaves. For the first time, Kyoko and Kagami were of differing opinions. Kagami was enraged by the elders' willingness to sell the twins, and demanded that they pay due reparations for their misdeeds, whereas Kyoko believed that Kinjiro could offer a far brighter future than the Hyakune could ever have offered either of them. Kyoko was quick to point out that the clan had tried to separate them, and had only ever allowed them to be together under terms befitting the capricious nature of the Elders - that with Kinjiro, they could be free of those shackles and live as equals with more power than the Hyakune Elders could ever have known.

Kagami agreed, but beneath it all her heart longed for the vengeance and justice denied to her. The pair accepted Kinjiro's offer, and were introduced to the world of the Immortal Scions. After receiving the Gift of Immortality, the pair were set to work using their unique chakra auras to research chakra on a level that their Jikangai colleagues had been unable to beforehand. It was later revealed that Kyoko's Kekkei Genkai afforded her a natural inclination towards the potent sealing techniques of the Jikangai, and she quickly became a favourite among the group. Kagami's talents were useful, but as she had no talent for fuuinjutsu she was not nearly as prized as her sister. Kagami quickly became jealous, and sought other secrets to keep level with her sister as she always had. Years and years passed, and though Kagami grew as powerful as Kyoko did under the tutelage of the Jikangai, she was not favoured nearly so much and largely spent her time with Kinjiro, who offered training that the other Immortal Scions could not offer.

Kyoko knew little of Kagami's activities in the light of the overwhelming amount of research she conducted, and though she tried to connect with her twin, she found that Kagami slipped further and further away each day. Rangether than bring these concerns to the now-distant Kagami, Kyoko asked Kinjiro if she had any explanations for Kagami's behaviour. Kinjiro was remarkably forthcoming, telling Kyoko of the progress that she had made and the bonds that she had been able to create that her sister could not - and her sister had increasingly sought new sources of power to keep up with her as the pair had always tried to be equals. Kyoko attempted to reconcile with Kagami, only to find her missing from her quarters and from the laboratory as a whole. Kinjiro had not sent Kagami away, and both became increasingly concerned with the disappearance of by all rights an extraordinarily powerful ninja.

It was discovered, after several weeks of searching, that Kagami had breached Kinjiro's inner sanctum and stolen from her an artifact of great power - something that had been locked away for good reason. Kyoko expected Kinjiro to be furious, to excommunicate Kagami and herself both, but to her surprise the serpentine woman offered sympathy and a chance for redemption. She would help Kyoko find Kagami and return her to the path of the Immortal Scions - after all, the two were extraordinarily powerful and had fit in remarkably well despite Kyoko's higher popularity taking most of the attention. Kinjiro desired that power to be under her command, and Kyoko desired to save her sister from whatever force was consuming her.

For many years Kyoko searched, using her ability to manipulate and deceive people in order to extract information as to the whereabouts of her sister before every lead was exhausted and she turned to the last people that could possibly have known where Kagami had found herself: The Hyakune Elders. Kyoko's return was met with much mistrust, and she was granted an audience only after incapacitating every able member of the Hyakune who could have stopped her. Each Elder was offered a chance to co-operate, and each refused, before Kyoko extracted all information from their minds and left them none the wiser that she had ever visited. The Elders knew nothing of her current whereabouts, but offered the information that several of the extant Hyakune scouts had failed to report back and had likely been murdered. It was unlikely that the locals had killed them as Hyakune scouts were notably difficult to find and more difficult to kill, so Kagami's intervention (as she was the only rogue Hyakune to Kyoko and the Elder's knowledge) was the most promising lead she had, all things considered.

Some weeks later, Kyoko found herself stalking the trail of her twin sister. The scouts had been murdered in a way that suggested Kagami's distinct glass-based style and it looked like the murders were conflicted - Kagami's style had always been brutal, yes, but it was efficient and quick. Her kills were swift and painless, not the tattered mess of blood and glass and bone that Kyoko had discovered. Had Kagami gone mad? Had she snapped at whatever it was in Kinjiro's lab that she had found? Questions upon questions raced within Kyoko's mind, and the trail had been haphazard, hard to follow - it was mostly subtle memories of stolen glances, a hooded figure in the periphery, and the details were hazy. Still, it was a track to follow, and it was better than nothing.

Kyoko found Kagami weeks later, about to murder another Hyakune scout in the area. Though it was easy to distract her enough for the scout to escape, Kagami soon turned her full attention to her sister - and what Kyoko discovered unsettled her greatly. There was no look of love, of guilt, of sorrow - her eyes were empty, vacant, as if the body was simply a shell stripped of what had made it Kagami, of what had made her sister. A fight ensued, and though Kyoko was gravely injured she managed to subdue Kagami with potent sealing techniques given to her by Kinjiro. After summoning Kinjiro to the location and being healed, Kinjiro offered an explanation after confirming for herself what had happened.

Kagami had stolen a scroll that sealed an extradimensional entity called the "Kyōmen no Oni", the Mirrors' Surface Demon and taken its power into herself, which had complimented her own glass-based style of combat remarkably well. The demon wrestled with Kagami, struggling to take control of her body, and though she had largely resisted and kept her individuality for the time being, it was only a matter of time before the demon won and Kagami was lost forever. The demon could not be resealed without killing Kagami, and though Kinjiro was willing to pay the price, Kyoko could not desert her sister. She worked with Kinjiro to seal the demon deep within Kagami, to allow her to live her own life, but she was they key to that seal - for Kagami to live, she would never be able to meet Kyoko again. With the scroll returned (and thus its power free of the plague of the demon it contained) Kinjiro offered refuge to either Kagami or Kyoko - Kyoko chose to leave, to keep her sister safe, and would operate on the surface world. Though she did not fully trust Kinjiro, she had been remarkably kind to her and the time they had together was something she cherished. Kyoko left Kagami in her hands, and though she was bound by no covenant she offered her services in exchange for knowledge and power - a deal that Kinjiro was all too happy to accept.

Now, Kyoko roams the surface world searching for lost knowledge in the hopes of driving back whatever possessed her sister, or finding something to allow her to wrestle the demon within and subjugate it that she may reclaim her body. In order to gain access to the level of information required, however, Kyoko had to develop a keen interest in world affairs. She discovered a potential lead within Kirigakure, but after the murder of the Mizukage Kyoko stayed to try to keep the village stable in the advent of its civil war.



【Chakra Nature(s)】
Kyoko has no natural affinity for a chakra nature due to being completely unable to use Ninjutsu of any variety. As a true Genjutsu prodigy, she has a strong affinity for Yin chakra.

【Abilities and Special Traits】
Kyoko is among the most proficient genjutsu users alive, easily able to put her foes under genjutsu to control and manipulate their mind. She is able to use these genjutsu in combat to err her foes’ judgement proficiently.

Kyoko has savant-level intelligence, and her IQ is easily 180+. She is one of the most powerful minds of her generation, able to process complex tactics easily as well as discern the strengths and limits of techniques she sees due to her vast knowledge of techniques as a whole. Kyoko is perceptive to the extreme, able to see things lesser people would miss and make bridges of logic to discern reasoning where none seems to exist.

Kyoko is possibly the most skilled manipulator in the world, able to use her natural charm and wit, as well as her body to coerce almost anybody into trusting her, where she is then able to bend them to her desire.

Kyoko is, after her extended training with the Jikangai, quite proficient at Taijutsu. She is easily able to stand toe-to-toe with experts and could fend off masters, though she would have extreme difficulty in combatting raw strength and superior technique. She has learned the Wing-Chun style, and with her incredible mind mastered it within the 6 years she has been practicing. The training given to all Hyakune clan members has also refined Kyoko’s taijutsu skills and her general fitness.

Kyoko is able to create Jikangai Primer Seals in order to utilise their sealing techniques, but cannot create new Jikangai-based seals.

【Weapons, Tools and Equipment】

Name of Weapon or Item: Kuroi Kamen [The Black Veil]
Location: On Kyoko’s head at all times.
Owner: Kyoko Hyakune su Jikangai
Rank: A

Description: The Kuroi Kamen is a black veil that is comprised of two bolts of cloth. Each of these bolts are sealed to allow no passage of chakra into them, but to allow chakra out, and are surprisingly difficult to cut through [they resist most swords easily]. In addition to this aspect of the veil, it is also a mask that covers Kyoko’s ears, mouth, nose and eyes. This mask is covered in seals that filter out any harmful substances that would enter Kyoko’s body, in addition to dampening any particularly loud sounds or sounds designed to have an adverse effect on the body.

Kyoko carries with her, at all times:

- 25 Kunai, each marked with a Kyōsei Keiyaku Kuchiyose no Jutsu seal

- 100 senbon, standard size, in a canister attached to a belt on her waist on her left side. These senbon are coated in a paralytic venom of Jikangai, Kinjiro’s creation (the venom has no known antidote, but one could be synthesised by a medical ninja of sufficient prowess). The venom lasts for 24 hours and only interferes with the somatic nervous system.

- A scroll containing a Kyōsei Keiyaku Kuchiyose no Jutsu that, when she places both of her hands upon it, immediately reverse summons her to her home. [Cannot be used in combat]

- A scroll containing a large volume of books with various sealing formulae and lists of techniques she has encountered in the past.

- A scroll containing several bottles of ink, several quills, and a stack of loose parchment imbued with chakra.



【Kekkei Genkai】

Tōsei no Eien; Tenchi Gensō

Name of the Kekkei Genkai: Tōsei no Eien; Tenchi Gensō [Eternal Control; Heaven and Earth Illusion]
Type of Kekkei Genkai: Chakra Augmentation and Genjutsu/Fūinjutsu

Clan: Hyakune

Rank: A

Description: The Tōsei no Eien is a potent Kekkei Genkai that manifests differently in each of its bearers. Throughout the entire Hyakune clan, however, some effects are universal: All members of the Hyakune clan have gained an "aura" of chakra, usually spanning approximately 20 feet in radius. Their chakra system has been "extended" outside of their body, and the aura is of extremely weak chakra but the fact it exists is enough for the members of the clan. In addition to this aura, the user gains chakra control almost to the pinnacle of chakra control with training. This aura allows the user to exert their almost complete control over their chakra onto foreign [loose, not inside a body] chakra that enters it. It can be dampened to reduce its effectiveness, or it can be bolstered by the user's chakra to increase its effectiveness. The user's aura essentially makes the area in which it spans a "network" in which they may move their chakra, and thus entire jutsu, with ease, allowing them to start the jutsu at any part within the aura. Some techniques, such as genjutsu, can be forced upon victims if they are simply in range of the aura.

Tenchi Gensō

The Tenchi Gensō is a potent evolution of the Tōsei no Eien, one which holds sway over the realm of Illusion and Seals. Through the Tenchi Gensō, the user is easily able to lull people into genjutsu as long as they are within the chakra aura, and minor [B-Ranked or less] genjutsu can be forced onto an opponent simply by pointing at them. The true strengths of the technique lie in its subtle abilities to manipulate illusions, as well as blur the boundary in the mind that separates illusion from reality. Some genjutsu are simply too "fake" for the mind to accept as real. When this natural reservation, this natural barrier is breached, the victim of a genjutsu will believe it to be real regardless of initial apprehension. This does not make the illusions infallible, it merely removes initial apprehensions as to the genjutsu being false. Logic and reasoning can eventually overcome the breaching of the natural barrier, but this undoubtedly makes the genjutsu many more times more potent. This aspect of the Kekkei Genkai is: 地 [Chi; Earth], the mortal coil.

The second aspect is 天 [Ten; Heaven], the aspect transcending the mortal plane. With Ten, two things happen: Kyoko transcends the traditional plane in terms of genjutsu, and can no longer become subject to any genjutsu bar her own under any circumstances. Much as a two dimensional shape cannot interact with a three dimensional shape, the primitive genjutsu of the mortal coil are unable to interact with Kyoko. The second aspect of "Ten" is that she becomes able to influence genjutsu on the mortal plane, as well as her own, as long as they are within her aura. She is not able to hugely alter them, mind, she is only able to change subtle aspects and mould them to her will within their natural progression - she could, for example, choose between whichever torture methods she so chose within a genjutsu designed to torture, but could never alter a genjutsu that lulled the opponent to sleep to them burning alive.

Weakness: However, this aura comes at a steep cost: As the Kekkei Genkai manifests and the user gains their unique version, they are locked into that "version"'s jutsu style and become unable to utilise their chakra for anything outside of it. Kyoko's Tenchi Gensō has locked her in to the fields of Genjutsu and Fūinjutsu, and she is unable to use her chakra for any purpose outside of this bloodline, genjutsu or fuuinjutsu. Genjutsu that are reapplied within the aura after being successfully broken out of are less effective for five minutes, culminating in temporary immunity to that genjutsu after three successful breaks for five minutes.

【Canon Jutsu】

Kyoko is proficient in all canon genjutsu not tied to a kekkei genkai.

【Custom Jutsu】

Name of Technique: Saimin Suimin [Hypnotic Sleep]
Type of Jutsu: Genjutsu; Fūinjutsu
Rank: A
Range: Touch; Eyesight; Tōsei no Eien
Nature Type: N/A
Handseals: N/A

Description: A potent delayed Genjutsu that will activate upon Kyoko willing it. Kyoko manifests a seal on her opponent that they cannot perceive by any means until it is brought to their attention (this can only be done through touch). At Kyoko’s command, the seal activates, and the Genjutsu begins to activate.

Targets affected by the Saimin Suimin are lulled towards a state of half-sleep, immediately separating their somatic nervous system from their control as they fall asleep over the course of thirty seconds. Unlike most Genjutsu, Saimin Suimin does not require any additional input from the user after its effects have taken hold, and the user is able to take other actions for its duration.

The Genjutsu is naturally removed after the target falls asleep, and the lingering effects of the seal prevent the target from being awoken for an hour after the genjutsu has taken hold, after which time the seal naturally dissipates. If the seal is removed prematurely, the target will wake up. Kyoko cannot attack sleeping targets with this seal.

Weakness: Something something dark side.

Name of Technique: Ome Itetsuku [Vision Freeze]
Type of Jutsu: Genjutsu
Rank: D
Range: Touch; Eyesight; Tōsei no Eien
Nature Type: N/A
Handseals: N/A

Description: Ome Itetsuku causes the target’s vision to become locked into the instance it was viewing as the genjutsu was used. If the target was looking at Kyoko against a white background, for example, the target would only see that single image until the genjutsu was dispelled. Ome Itetsuku can be applied if the target is looking at Kyoko from any distance, including up to an additional twenty feet outside of the Tōsei no Eien due to its simplicity.

Weakness: N/A

Name of Technique: Saihatsu Hikaridama [Recurring Flash Bomb]
Type of Jutsu: Genjutsu
Rank: C
Range: Touch; Eyesight; Tōsei no Eien
Nature Type: N/A
Handseals: N/A

Description: A simple genjutsu that permanently remains within an opponent’s mind until it is removed, and can only be removed via an external party.

Whenever the target sees the “Ram” handseal, they immediately suffer a visual effect identical to staring directly at an exploding flash tag.

Weakness: Don’t look at sheep.

Name of Technique: Shūhen Kagizaki [Peripheral Tear]
Type of Jutsu: Genjutsu
Rank: D
Range: Touch; Eyesight; Tōsei no Eien
Nature Type: N/A
Handseals: N/A

Description: The Shūhen Kagizaki creates a tear in the victim’s peripheral vision, meaning that they can never truly focus on the tear due to it being in the peripheral vision, but it will always be just out of sight. The tear manifests itself as an appearance of cracked glass, and is highly disorienting – even the most adept sensor nin will not be able to glean any information from their peripheral vision.

Weakness: N/A

Name of Technique: Tsu no Hikari de Ni [By the Light of the Sun]
Type of Jutsu: Genjutsu
Rank: C
Range: Touch; Eyesight; Tōsei no Eien
Nature Type: N/A
Handseals: N/A

Description: Tsu no Hikari de Ni causes the opponent to no longer be able to see by the light of the sun. Any light provided by the sun will become absolute dark to the victim, and they will be forced to use artificial light to be able to see through the absolute darkness.

Weakness: N/A

Name of Technique: Zenkei Ome Itetsuku [Panoramic Vision Freeze]
Type of Jutsu: Genjutsu
Rank: C
Range: Touch; Eyesight; Tōsei no Eien
Nature Type: N/A
Handseals: N/A

Description: Much like the normal Ome Itetsuku, however, the Zenkei Ome Itetsuku causes the entire landscape around a user to be frozen in place rather than the sole image they were concentrating on at the time.

Weakness: N/A

Name of Technique: Gensoku Jikan [Slowed Time]
Type of Jutsu: Genjutsu
Rank: Z
Range: Touch; Eyesight; Tōsei no Eien
Nature Type: N/A
Handseals: N/A

Description: The Gensoku Jikan is a peculiar genjutsu allowing Kyoko to control an opponent’s sense of time. She is quite proficient with this genjutsu, able to distort the victim’s sense of time so much that one second becomes fifteen minutes - their mind is overloaded with sensory information but the body cannot keep up, effectively slowing them to a crawl and leaving them virtually unable to act. This also causes every one second of genjutsu Kyoko, or any opponent, uses on the victim to be amplified in terms of time, making them more powerful. Kyoko and her target are both immobilised for the duration of the genjutsu unless an Eien no Inkan maintains the Gensoku Jikan. Kyoko cannot attack targets under the effect of Gensoku Jikan, except with Genjutsu and Fūinjutsu.

Weakness: N/A

Name of Technique: Shosai no Kogeru [Burning the Libraries]
Type of Jutsu: Genjutsu
Rank: B
Range: Touch; Eyesight; Tōsei no Eien
Nature Type: N/A
Handseals: N/A

Description: This genjutsu, simply enough, allows the user to completely block access to or alter memories so long as they know the memory they wish to change or block. In addition, the user may create mental blocks that prevent the user from accessing specific memories.

Weakness: The blocks can be overcome with great concentration [not pragmatic in a battle situation].

Name of Technique: Rei Yakedo [Spirit Burn]
Type of Jutsu: Genjutsu
Rank: A
Range: Touch; Eyesight; Tōsei no Eien
Nature Type: N/A
Handseals: N/A

Description: Rei Yakedo causes the target to feel an exceptionally intense burning pain throughout their entire chakra system (and thus entire body) whenever they expend chakra, but does not otherwise affect the opponent. If the target comes within 20 feet of Kyoko, she can instead cause the genjutsu to create the sensation of pain continuously for up to one minute. All but the most hardened of ninja will pass out from the pain caused by Rei Yakedo if it is allowed to cause pain a number of times in rapid succession. Rei Yakedo lasts for up to one minute, excluding any time in which it is activated within 20 feet of Kyoko.

Weakness: The genjutsu can only be placed once every five minutes.

Name of Technique: Hakujitsumu [Waking Dream]
Type of Jutsu: Genfuuinjutsu
Rank: C
Range: Touch; Eyesight; Tōsei no Eien
Nature Type: N/A
Handseals: N/A

Description: Kyoko brands her target with a seal that vanishes upon application, lying dormant deep within them until it is activated (from anywhere) by Kyoko creating a primer seal treated with the target’s blood.

When Hakujitsumu is activated, Kyoko takes control of their body and her own body is disabled, and Kyoko is able to control them for as long as she does not enter combat. She is unable to force the target to harm themselves, to put themselves into harm’s way or to harm another. The target shows no signs of being controlled outwardly, but sensor nin can detect the activation of their chakra and the presence of the seal. Kyoko retains all information gained from using this technique through the seals linking the target and Kyoko together.

For the duration of Kyoko controlling the target, they are trapped in a genjutsu that gives them pleasant dreams, and when the technique ends they awaken with no recollection of what happened during the technique’s duration.

Weakness: The target is able to break free from the genjutsu and end the effect prematurely if control is taken at a moment where they are alert, removing the seal completely. Other people are able to remove the genjutsu effect from the target (and Kyoko cannot stop them as she cannot enter combat while using the technique).

Name of Technique: Ishiki Zansuru [Sensory Banish]
Type of Jutsu: Genfuuinjutsu
Rank: A
Range: Touch; Eyesight; Tōsei no Eien
Nature Type: N/A
Handseals: N/A

Description: Kyoko manifests a complex seal on her target while simultaneously placing them under a genjutsu that completely eliminates one of the following senses according to Kyoko's desire: Sight, Sound, Touch, Taste, or Smell. The Genjutsu cannot be removed by the target while the Fūinjutsu remains intact.

Weakness: N/A

Name of Technique: Gōmon [Torture]
Type of Jutsu: Genjutsu
Rank: A
Range: Touch; Eyesight; Tōsei no Eien
Nature Type: N/A
Handseals: N/A

Description: A versatile technique that places its target in an isolated room with a host of torture tools. Kyoko can use these tools in any way she likes, and pain cannot remove the genjutsu from the victim by any means. The only effective way to be released from the technique is externally, but those with an incredibly high pain tolerance are able to Kai out of the technique.

Weakness: Can be resisted if the victim is particularly strong-willed, but not while Saimin Suimin is active.

Name of Technique: Kyōzō [Mirror Image]
Type of Jutsu: Genjutsu
Rank: A
Range: Touch; Eyesight; Tōsei no Eien
Nature Type: N/A
Handseals: N/A

Description: A genjutsu that allows Kyoko to completely evade any sensory perception available to its target by creating a clone of Kyoko that they can track. For as long as the clone is alive within the genjutsu it will last, and the genjutsu is undetectable to the individual in question. The genjutsu can be brought to their attention by an external party, but due to its subtlety it is difficult to detect except by the most potent of sensory ninja.

Weakness: N/A

Name of Technique: In Somnis Veritas [In Dreams, Truth]
Type of Jutsu: Genjutsu
Rank: A
Range: Touch; Eyesight; Tōsei no Eien
Nature Type: N/A
Handseals: N/A

Description: In Somnis Veritas is a powerful interrogation Genjutsu, allowing Kyoko to directly access the target’s subconscious mind and memories with no interference from their waking mind. This prevents any resistance that is not completely automatic, and automatic resistances will be assaulted until they are broken. The only information that In Somnis Veritas cannot force a victim to reveal is information that they do not know. False information is effective against In Somnis Veritas.

Weakness: Requires the victim be asleep. The jutsu will end abruptly if the victim is forced out of sleep, and heavy mental resistances will delay the jutsu’s effectiveness - But if the target is asleep indefinitely or by unnatural means, this does not apply.

Name of Technique: Setsuri no Hametsu [Providence’s Bane]
Type of Jutsu: Genjutsu
Rank: B
Range: Touch; Eyesight; Tōsei no Eien
Nature Type: N/A
Handseals: N/A

Description: Kyoko crafts a genjutsu of unparalleled intricacy based on her chosen target’s thought processes and general tendencies. As soon as the victim is affected by Setsuri no Hametsu, events will unfold precisely at the target predicts they would. The target will act according to their plans in the genjutsu - which is visible to Kyoko - but will not move in the physical world as events unfold. As soon as Setsuri no Hametsu ends (At Kyoko’s discretion), the target has no recollection of having been within the genjutsu unless Kyoko specifically wills it. Additionally, Kyoko is also able to force the target’s body to move according to the plan while the genjutsu is in place should she desire. If the target leaves Kyoko's Tōsei no Eien, the genjutsu will end and the target is able to remember what happened.

Weakness: Interpret it yourself.

Name of Technique: Zensekai Gensō [Total World Illusion]
Type of Jutsu: Genjutsu
Rank: S+
Range: Within the Tenkan no Inkan.
Nature Type: N/A
Handseals: N/A

Description: The Zensekai Gensō is Kyoko’s most powerful genjutsu, allowing her to completely and utterly take control of an opponent’s senses and mould everything they can possibly sense as she sees fit. The illusion is completely infallible, and no doujutsu or illusion removal technique can pierce it while the victim is within the boundaries of the Tenkan no Inkan. The range is, as aforementioned, within the four Tenkan no Inkan, which Kyoko must place around someone, or as a “trap” for them to walk into. Should the victim be released from the illusion, while they are in the four seals they are immediately returned exactly where the illusion was and will suffer no recollection of being out of it. Kyoko also controls time within this illusion, to such an extent that she may extend the illusion’s time for years. This jutsu is so finely created and maintained that Kyoko can control the entire world of each person within it, up to four people, with one for each of the Tenkan no Inkan. This genjutsu is so powerful that it fools all sapient beings regardless of “immunity” or extenuating circumstances. In addition, Kyoko is able to manipulate the memories and past experiences of people within the genjutsu, causing subtle lasting changes in the victim.

Weakness: Devastating chakra loss; bound to a very specific area.

Name of Technique: Eien no Inkan [Seal of Eternity]
Type of Jutsu: Fūinjutsu
Rank: A
Range: Personal
Nature Type: N/A
Handseals: N/A

Description: A seal that can be imbued with immense amounts of chakra and applied as an addition to an existing seal or laid out in a circle in an area. Natural effects cannot expire while under the effect of the Eien no Inkan, as the seals will use their chakra to fuel whatever effect it is they are prolonging. Kyoko can use this seal in conjunction with a Genjutsu to prevent her opponents from releasing themselves from it, as the seal will reapply the Genjutsu should they be removed from it. Additionally, the victim of the Genjutsu will not remember having released themselves from it for as long as the Eien no Inkan persists. The Eien no Inkan will last for a maximum of five minutes, and can only reapply A/S rank Genjutsu once, B rank thrice, and C and below ranks up to five times.

Weakness: N/A

Name of Technique: Shiketsutai no Inkan [Seal of the Tourniquet]
Type of Jutsu: Fūinjutsu
Rank: A
Range: Personal
Nature Type: N/A
Handseals: N/A

Description: Kyoko creates a seal that bars the passage of chakra through it under any circumstances, instead using the chakra to fuel the existence of the seal. The seal will prevent all sensory techniques reliant on chakra from sensing past them, prevent the passage of any ninjutsu or genjutsu through its bounds, and if applied to the body prevents chakra from reaching any parts cut off by it. This will cause necrosis and kill the body part off as if it were suffering from a complete lack of oxygenated blood.

The seal is a temporary construct unless inscribed in ink, and will dissipate after ten minutes unless it is placed on the body, where it will last until removed or there is no more chakra to sustain its existence.

Weakness: The seal will only last for ten minutes unless placed on the body, where it will last for up to 48 hours.

Name of Technique: Jiryoku no Fū [Seal of Attraction]
Type of Jutsu: Fūinjutsu
Rank: A
Range: Touch
Nature Type: N/A
Handseals: N/A

Description: Kyoko has tattooed this seal onto her left palm. When she focuses her chakra into it, it glows with a faint blue colour and the next object Kyoko touches with her left hand will be attracted to the seal on her palm. It is also able to attract chakra, but not Kyoko’s chakra or chakra in another person’s body. She is able to leave an imprint of this seal on anything she touches with her left palm. The imprint will be attracted to the Sekiryoku no Fū.

Weakness: N/A

Name of Technique: Sekiryoku no Fū [Seal of Repulsion]
Type of Jutsu: Fūinjutsu
Rank: A
Range: Touch
Nature Type: N/A
Handseals: N/A

Description: Kyoko has tattooed this seal onto her right palm. When she focuses her chakra into it, it glows with a faint red colour and the next object Kyoko touches with her right hand will be repelled by the seal on her right hand. It is also able to repel chakra, but not Kyoko’s chakra or the chakra in another person’s body. She is able to leave an imprint of this seal on anything she touches with her right palm. The imprint will be attracted to the Jiryoku no Fū.

Weakness: N/A

Name of Technique: Idōsō no Fū [Never Move Seal]
Type of Jutsu: Fūinjutsu
Rank: B
Range: Personal
Nature Type: N/A
Handseals: N/A

Description: A complex seal that must be drawn onto a solid surface before it can be used [Takes sixty seconds to write]. Upon touching a person, the seal activates after a delay of one second and the opponent’s muscles in their somatic nervous system forcibly contract, leaving them completely unable to move. Additional applications of the seal do not work.

Weakness: Long preparation, requires them physically touch the seal, has a delay, lasts for sixty seconds. Additional applications of the seal do not work for 24 hours.

Name of Technique: Chigoku Inkan: Kami no Sakura [Verbatim Sealing: Divine Blossom]
Type of Jutsu: Fūinjutsu
Rank: C
Range: N/A
Nature Type: N/A
Handseals: N/A

Description: A simple seal that stores another completed jutsu inside it. When activated at the user’s will, the technique is immediately released from the seal.

Weakness: N/A

Name of Technique: Kyōsei Keiyaku Kuchiyose no Jutsu [Forced Contract Summoning Technique]
Type of Jutsu: Fūinjutsu
Rank: C
Range: Potentially Infinite
Nature Type: N/A
Handseals: Standard handsigns for Kuchiyose no Jutsu

Description: The Kyōsei Keiyaku Kuchiyose no Jutsu is a Fūinjutsu-based derivative of the original contracts designed to facilitate the summoning process. The seal is inherently incomplete until the addition of blood and a primer seal created by the Chigoku Inkan. The primer seal can be written and given to non-Jikangai members, but is consumed in the process. When the blood of an individual, or a primer seal created from trace chakra of an individual, meets the incomplete seal (and the user’s blood is added in the latter case) a temporary summoning contract is formed that lasts for a single summon. The user can summon the target to themselves, or themselves to the target.

The Kyōsei Keiyaku Kuchiyose no Jutsu has unique limitations determined by the primer seal, restricting the use of the technique if any damage would come to individuals affected by the technique as a result of their being displaced or if they would be displaced upon arrival, resulting in the technique being guaranteed to be safe.

Weakness: Interpret it yourself.

Name of Technique: Saiketsu Fū [Blood Drawing Seal]
Type of Jutsu: Fūinjutsu
Rank: D
Range: Personal
Nature Type: N/A
Handseals: N/A

Description: A simple seal that is connected to the user’s bloodstream. Activation of the seal allows for enough blood for a summoning to be performed without causing a break in the skin.

Weakness: N/A

Yuganori, Kinuko

Yuganori, Kinuko

【Full Name】
Yuganori, Kinuko
【Alias】
N/A
【Occupation】
Professional Silk Bitch
【Gender】
Female
【Age】
29
【Sexuality】
Bisexual; Prefers Women



【Birth Country】
Land of Fire; Yuganori Clan Compound
【Current Village】
Kyokujitsu no Tochi
【Affiliation】
BALANCE
【Shinobi Rank】
Something something A-Rank



【Personality】
Kinuko is a person blessed with both an icy temperament and demeanour, as persistent as the harsh winds of winter and equally as frigid. Kinuko initially comes across as a cold, unfeeling person who is willing to put everything aside for what she wants. It seems that she favours a goal-oriented approach and that the end justifies the means, and in doing so, that she does not place a particularly high value on human lives or the pristine code of ethics that societies try to base themselves upon. This, like much about Kinuko, is not necessarily as it seems. Kinuko is as stoic and implacable as a statue, and this steely demeanour echoes deeply into the depths of her psyche - but despite her resolute nature, she is not cold or unforgiving. Kinuko firmly believes in the cyclical nature of all things, that every action has an equal and opposite reaction, and despite her goal-oriented methods, what she truly favours above all else is the notion of balance.

While possessed of a determination to succeed surpassed by only the most influential and powerful of people, Kinuko will never violate her core set of principles in order to achieve her goals, as her principles are among the few things that she holds sacrosanct above all else in her life. For every action she takes that brings forth a change in a system, she will take appropriate actions to counteract the shift in balance that she has caused. With that in mind, it is important to note that Kinuko's sense of perspective is far greater than most can ever claim - and while her actions may seem to violate her self-imposed tenets at times, it is likely that she is following a design even more grand than what she lets on.

While balance is certainly the core upon which Kinuko's being revolves, how that equates to her general demeanour is a significantly more demanding question. She appears to be stoic and emotionless, speaking only when necessary, but this is merely a front that her actions and non-actions might not disrupt any tentative balances that she becomes involved in. Kinuko's emotions vary wildly, from deeply passionate and smouldering, to worried for her future and for the balance as a whole, to being utterly consumed by one of the less virtuous emotions - but her front only ever shows the cold apathy that is associated with her in order to preserve her most treasured tenet.

Kinuko will often speak only when spoken to, or when necessary information must be disseminated, but she often feels strongly about situations that she is placed into. She will not reveal how she feels for fear of disrupting the balance, but when an opportunity arises to show her true feelings and keep the balance, or even take appropriate actions to counteract her initial action, she will not hesitate to speak exactly what she feels. Kinuko lacks a certain sense of tact that the more eloquent in the world are proficient in, and rather than act recklessly, she chooses to be apathetic. This lack of tact does not mean that Kinuko lacks the ability to perceive when tact is necessary, however, and Kinuko is one of the most level-headed, tactical and reasonable thinkers of a generation - despite her refusal to say things in half measures, she knows that they are appropriate and have their uses, and is adept at understanding the social subtext that can typically go unnoticed - it is, however, a game that she refuses to play despite knowing how.

【Chakra Nature(s)】
Oriton [Weave Release]

【Abilities and Special Traits】
Kinuko is an exceptionally skilled user of Kenjutsu, having trained rigorously in the arts all of her life. Her introduction to the craft was initially peaceful in nature, as a form of meditation and rigorous self-discipline, and due to this her grasp of the fundamentals of Kenjutsu are extremely high. Later in her life, she began using it as an offensive tool, and has practiced rigorously ever since. The only blade she has ever used in her life is Hanashi, which has lead to a great deal of familiarity with her style, and an exceptional level of comfort with the blade that only the most exceptional of Kenjutsu users can claim.

Kinuko is skilled in her clan’s Kekkei Genkai, having saved several ancient texts from destruction that furthered her knowledge on its usage. She has studied the ancient knowledge diligently over many years, and has achieved a level of mastery in it that few members of her clan have ever achieved since the lost glory days of the Yuganori.

Kinuko has a fairly large chakra pool due to her clan’s way of life - heavily invested in mental and physical discipline, which naturally bestows upon its members a large pool of energy.

Kinuko’s chakra control is extremely fine due to years upon years of constant diligence and practice, aided by the old knowledge that she pilfered from the Yuganori before defecting.

Kinuko is not particularly naturally intelligent, but has gained a rather large pool of knowledge from her constant studies. She prides herself on having a moderate capacity to learn backed with an intense dedication and desire to succeed, which has left her quite wise for her age. Kinuko is, however, a prodigious thinker - her capacity to learn is not overly great, but her ability to analyse situations is extremely strong, and she is logical to the extreme, allowing for impressive displays of tactics not befitting her station.



【History】
The Yuganori clan are one of the few able to claim an unbroken lineage from time immemorial, which has lead them to have a more rich and diverse history than others. Most of this history is too old to be remembered, or too new to truly be history, but there are feats and stories within the clan that did truly make history.

From its initial conception, the Yuganori clan was made of like-minded people who had an interest in perfecting the arts of creating fine textiles - typically with silk - when the world was largely bereft of such finery. As has always been the case, those with power desired the finer things in life to prove their superiority, and so the Yuganori created for themselves a purpose and a niche in the unforgiving world of peasants and nobles. Over time, their fame and renown grew, and more people asked of their silks - but while its founders were masters of their crafts, their children had not yet blossomed into their talent, and the demand posed upon them could not be answered promptly. At this point, however, the clan was renowned enough that people were willing to wait, and the clan realised the power that the avarice of the world had given them.

From these days onwards, the clan became more regimented in how it trained its young, for they were determined not to succumb to the same avarice that had risen them up lest it be their eventual downfall. Their children were given a sense of balance and of purpose, and honed thoroughly in their crafts from a young age that the demands for fine clothing and arts could be fulfilled. The continued patronage of various nobility had made the clan fairly wealthy - but their founders' sense of well-roundedness and balance had managed to persist and the clan was far from greedy - the money was aptly used to secure their place in the world, and to help those beneath them who had not yet found their niche.

The tides of history often change without rhyme or reason, and so did they change one fateful day when the nobility no longer required the Yuganori's patronage. The Yuganori were, by this point, relatively noble in and of themselves, but the change in the world did not bode well for their propensity for large funds. They turned their expertise inwards, towards the clans that surrounded them, and offered their services not for money, but for training. This relationship with the other clans quickly grew strong, and soon the clan of craftsmen were as trained for warfare as any of the other clans.

Unlike in most stories, there was no great dissent between the Yuganori and its compatriots - perhaps why they have an unbroken lineage - but as the clan persisted, the times that had founded it and enabled its existence as it was did not. In time, the pursuit of warfare became more and more important, and the Yuganori began to specialise in this regard. With the help of their allies, innovations the like of which have not been seen for ages were made and stored within silken scrolls, that their knowledge might persevere if nothing else did, and all prospered.

When war struck, the Yuganori suffered very few casualties, though their friends and allies did not share such a fortunate fate. Time once again moved on, thinning the other clans but allowing the Yuganori to remain as they always had been. Still, not all things are as they seem, and poor choices in leadership led to the decline of the Yuganori's persistently high fortune. While the clan had largely been kept free of the impurities of sin that its founders had so desperately tried to avoid, their influence was inevitable. Sin crept through the clan's leadership, and as the ages passed their lineage remained the only thing pure about them.

Yuganori, Kinuko was the first bright light the clan had seen since the golden age of the clan. She was a well-rounded individual who saw the balance in all things, as the clan had done in the past, and the sin that gripped the clan's leadership made her shudder. As she grew up, she made efforts to keep her opinion free from bias, and she studied the ancient lore eagerly. In the light of her studies, the leadership determined that they would sell the few priceless artifacts that the clan had retained in order to bolster the state of their coffers. Kinuko refused to allow that to happen, taking the silk-sealed scrolls and the fabled sword Hanashi from the vault in the dead of night and fleeing with them, to a place where her clan could not defile them with sin.

This is where the written history of Kinuko ends, but there is more history in the world than what is written down.



【Weapons, Tools and Equipment】

Name of Weapon or Item: Hanashi [Death Blossom]
Location: Yuganori, Kinuko
Owner: Yuganori, Kinuko
Rank: A

Description: The Hanashi is a priceless artifact of the Yuganori clan that was saved from destruction by Kinuko when she chose to leave her clan.

Hanashi is a katana that is fairly unique among katana as it does not have a blade permanently attached to it. There is an elaborate seal engraved onto the guard in the rough shape of a spider with curved legs, arranged so that the gap where the blade would be is correspondent to the thorax of the spider, and the legs reach to the edges of the square guard to form its boundaries. When Oriton chakra is introduced to the seal, it forms a symbiotic link with the user that allows the user to weave their Oriton chakra through the blade.

Kinuko is proficient with the blade, and is able to create blades made of her silk that are surprisingly sharp due to their chakra content. The blades are flammable and can be cut by sufficiently well-made blades with a higher chakra content than Hanashi’s.

The primary power of the Hanashi lies within the Yuganori clan’s ability to weave seals into the materials that it creates. The user is able to create blades that are imbued with very specific powers and discard them when necessary in order to create additional blades. Hanashi also has the intrinsic property of being able to weave Oriton chakra into anything that comes into contact with the seal, however, and blades can be created of any solid or liquid material if they are easily permeable to chakra.

A little-known ability of the blade is its ability to combat and harmonise with other seals - it is able to weave Oriton chakra through a seal and create a blade imbued with the same power as the seal, removing it from its source in the process. In the same vein, it can also imbue other materials with seals by weaving its fibres through the object in question.



【Kekkei Genkai】

Oriton [Weave Release]

Name of the Kekkei Genkai: Oriton [Weave Release]

Type of Kekkei Genkai: Bodily Modification; Ninjutsu; Fuuinjutsu

Clan: Yuganori

Rank: A

Description: The Oriton is a complex Kekkei Genkai as it has two aspects to it - the first aspect of the Oriton grants its users the ability to create a unique type of chakra comprised of the Suiton and Doton natures that takes the form of silk or other fibrous materials. The second aspect, by far the more complex of the two, causes its users to have sets of silk glands within their body at key locations, such as the wrists and ankles. The silk glands are infused heavily with the Oriton chakra, and are able to create a vast number of materials and thread them together - in advanced cases, this can be used to mix multiple types of materials together to create a single weave, which contains the properties of both materials used.

Typically, the Oriton is used to create silks, which have a strong tensile strength and are extremely malleable, and can do so with enough complexity that the fibres can be arranged in such a pattern that Fuuinjutsu can be woven into them. By changing how the fibres are woven and restructuring the silk, different abilities and effects can be conferred onto them in order to best suit the user’s purposes.

Weakness: The Oriton is a demanding Kekkei Genkai to use and master, requiring almost constant attention and discipline to be used effectively. For this reason, it is very rare to see its users performing other kinds of ninjutsu or genjutsu.

【Canon Jutsu】

Basic Academy Techniques

【Custom Jutsu】

Name of Technique: Tenchi [Heaven and Earth]
Type of Jutsu: Ninjutsu
Rank: C
Range: Personal
Nature Type: N/A
Handsigns: N/A

Description: The user becomes adept at sensing the presence of the internal chakra system within a range of thirty feet (radius) around themselves. The user also becomes adept at sensing the displacement of air, and sensing vibrations through the ground, making it very difficult to sneak up on them or otherwise catch them off guard.

Weakness: Interpret it yourself.

Name of Technique: Kyōsei Keiyaku Kuchiyose no Jutsu [Forced Contract Summoning Technique]
Type of Jutsu: Fūinjutsu
Rank: C
Range: Potentially Infinite
Nature Type: N/A
Handseals: Standard handsigns for Kuchiyose no Jutsu

Description: The Kyōsei Keiyaku Kuchiyose no Jutsu is a seal that does not have a specific location or contract with a being, but is essentially a summoning jutsu. Thusly, if the user acquires the blood of a victim they may summon the victim to them or they may reverse-summon themselves to the victim. This costs no more than a normal summoning jutsu and can be used anywhere, at any time. This technique is unique in that it may also form one-sided contracts with objects given they have chakra/are chakra infused, and that chakra is imbued into a seal. Does not require handsigns if the user is summoning themselves to an inanimate object.

Weakness: Requires the blood of the victim/chakra of the ally/object. Cannot summon a person/object if objects are in the way [i.e., the summoning must keep the form of whom/whatever it summons intact]. The blood/chakra acquired can only be used for a single summoning before new blood/chakra must be collected.

Name of Technique: Tenmaru Kanzen [Perfect Heaven Circle]
Type of Jutsu: Ninjutsu
Rank: C
Range: Personal
Nature Type: N/A
Handsigns: N/A

Description: The user focuses their chakra inwards, manipulating their nervous system in a way similar to that of Genjutsu. The user’s senses become extremely sharply refined, almost as if entering into a superhuman state of awareness, but they lose all ability to perceive anything outside of the thirty-five foot radius range of the technique. The technique can only be initiated on a solid surface, and if the user takes more than four steps in any direction (unless they are reacting to something within the confines of the Tenmaru Kanzen), the state is cancelled.

Weakness: Interpret it yourself.

Name of Technique: Kumonosu no Jutsu [Spider’s Web Technique]
Type of Jutsu: Ninjutsu
Rank: C
Range: Short - Long
Nature Type: Oriton
Handsigns: N/A

Description: Kinuko creates a thick bundle of sticky silk fibres with the 縛る [Shibaru; Bind] seal woven into the threads, causing them to chemically bind to the first item they encounter. Using her silk glands, she is able to keep the fibres attached to her body in order to grab things and manipulate them.

Weakness: Interpret it yourself.

Name of Technique: Mayu [Cocoon]
Type of Jutsu: Ninjutsu
Rank: C
Range: Short-Long
Nature Type: Oriton
Handsigns: N/A

Description: Kinuko creates a mass of Oriton chakra centered in her wrist and launches an orb from her hand. Upon coming into contact with a target, the orb of chakra will reform into sticky silk fibres that are difficult to cut around the hit target, effectively trapping them inside a cocoon of silk. The cocoon will only last for a maximum of five seconds before dissipating.

Weakness: Interpret it yourself.

Name of Technique: Kumo no Su-nai Gijutsu [In the Spider’s Web Technique]
Type of Jutsu: Ninjutsu
Rank: B
Range: 50 feet
Nature Type: Oriton
Handsigns: N/A

Description: Kinuko creates a small ball of highly condensed silken strands, each of which is imbued with a 縛る [Shibaru; Bind] seal. With a single motion, the sphere bursts outwards, causing the strands to cover a large sphere at multiple points. If a target is hit by the strands, the seal binds the silk to their body/clothing/armour. At any point, Kinuko is able to draw the strands of silk towards herself or Hanashi, pulling whatever the strands are bound to towards her.

Weakness: Interpret it yourself.

Name of Technique: Sen'ijō Hōyō [Fibrous Embrace]
Type of Jutsu: Ninjutsu
Rank: S
Range: Short
Nature Type: Oriton
Handsigns: N/A

Description: Kinuko unravels the fibres of any material created by her Oriton chakra while it is inside another person, and directs the fibres to sew themselves into the muscles associated with her opponent’s somatic nervous system. After the fibres have successfully done so, Kinuko is able to forcibly control the muscular movements of the affected opponent.

If Hanashi touches an opponent while this ability is in place, Sen'ijō Hōyō is immediately cancelled, but the fibres remain embedded within the muscles. They cannot be reactivated with this technique, but are very painful.

Weakness: Interpret it yourself.

Name of Technique: Shōshū no Inkan [Seal of Convocation]
Type of Jutsu: Fuuinjutsu
Rank: C
Range: Variable
Nature Type: Oriton
Handsigns: N/A

Description: A seal woven into the materials created by the Oriton. The seal acts as a temporary summoning contract that does not require blood to be activated, allowing Kinuko to transport herself to the silk or the silk back to her. She can also create the temporary contracts with other people (with their permission), allowing them to use the same abilities.

Weakness: Interpret it yourself.

Name of Technique: Hikisaku no Inkan [Seal of Rending]
Type of Jutsu: Fuuinjutsu
Rank: C
Range: Variable
Nature Type: Oriton
Handsigns: N/A

Description: A seal woven into the materials created by the Oriton. The seal is spatially linked to all other Hikisaku no Inkan, in such a fashion that any object that enters into the first will pass through unhindered and be released from the second seal. The Hikisaku no Inkan must be created in pairs in order to be effective.

Weakness: Interpret it yourself.

Name of Technique: Fukyōwaon no Inkan [Seal of Dissonance]
Type of Jutsu: Fuuinjutsu
Rank: C
Range: 15 feet / 5 feet
Nature Type: Oriton
Handsigns: N/A

Description: A seal woven into the materials created by the Oriton. The seal releases a pulse of abnormal chakra every three seconds, causing all genjutsu effects or other chakra-based effects that disrupt the nervous system (e.g., not Ranshinshou) to end, and destroying all C-Ranked or below ninjutsu that comes into contact with it. If the seal is inside a person’s body, the pulses will begin to destroy the vessels of their chakra system.

Weakness: Interpret it yourself.

Name of Technique: Idō no Inkan [Seal of Transference]
Type of Jutsu: Fuuinjutsu
Rank: C
Range: Variable
Nature Type: Oriton
Handsigns: N/A

Description: A seal woven into the materials created by the Oriton. Whenever kinetic energy is applied to the seal, instead of being applied to the object the energy is stored within the seal. At any point, Kinuko is able to release all of the energy stored within the seal.

Weakness: Interpret it yourself.

Name of Technique: Yokoito to Ori [Weft and Weave]
Type of Jutsu: Ninjutsu
Rank: S
Range: N/A
Nature Type: Oriton
Handsigns: N/A

Description: Kinuko creates highly advanced versions of chakra strings, utilising her Oriton chakra to grant the strings immense flexibility and tensile strength (which makes them almost impossible to cut). The chakra strings are able to be woven into other substances of the same shape (such as metal wire, for example) to transform the substance into a Yokoito to Ori chakra string that carries all of the properties of the new material as well as the properties and seals bestowed upon it by the Oriton chakra. These chakra strings will never naturally expire, but Kinuko is able to disperse them at will.

Weakness: Interpret it yourself.

Name of Technique: Hanashi: Nomihosu [Death Blossom: Siphon]
Type of Jutsu: Ninjutsu; Kenjutsu
Rank: A
Range: Immediate vicinity of Hanashi
Nature Type: Oriton
Handsigns: N/A

Description: Kinuko places the bladeless hilt of Hanashi on a person, chakra, a solid material, or a liquid. By utilising Oriton chakra through the seal on Hanashi, Kinuko is able to create a blade made of whatever material that the hilt of Hanashi is currently placed on (this process removes the material from wherever it last was). If placed on a person, their blood is siphoned off to create a blade, which becomes solid. Liquids will also become solid while being siphoned by Hanashi.

Weakness: Interpret it yourself.

Name of Technique: Hanashi: Henkan [Death Blossom: Conversion]
Type of Jutsu: Ninjutsu; Kenjutsu
Rank: A
Range: Immediate vicinity of Hanashi
Nature Type: Oriton
Handsigns: N/A

Description: Whenever a non-Oriton source is the blade of Hanashi, Kinuko is able to permanently convert this to a blade by binding it with a seal to one of the eight legs of the spider seal on the blade. Kinuko is able to recall any of the sealed blades at any time.

Weakness: Interpret it yourself.

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Yuganori, Kinuko

Yuganori, Kinuko

【Full Name】
Yuganori, Kinuko
【Alias】
N/A
【Occupation】
Professional Silk Bitch
【Gender】
Female
【Age】
29
【Sexuality】
Bisexual; Prefers Women



【Birth Country】
Land of Fire; Yuganori Clan Compound
【Current Village】
Kyokujitsu no Tochi
【Affiliation】
BALANCE
【Shinobi Rank】
Something something A-Rank



【Personality】
Kinuko is a person blessed with both an icy temperament and demeanour, as persistent as the harsh winds of winter and equally as frigid. Kinuko initially comes across as a cold, unfeeling person who is willing to put everything aside for what she wants. It seems that she favours a goal-oriented approach and that the end justifies the means, and in doing so, that she does not place a particularly high value on human lives or the pristine code of ethics that societies try to base themselves upon. This, like much about Kinuko, is not necessarily as it seems. Kinuko is as stoic and implacable as a statue, and this steely demeanour echoes deeply into the depths of her psyche - but despite her resolute nature, she is not cold or unforgiving. Kinuko firmly believes in the cyclical nature of all things, that every action has an equal and opposite reaction, and despite her goal-oriented methods, what she truly favours above all else is the notion of balance.

While possessed of a determination to succeed surpassed by only the most influential and powerful of people, Kinuko will never violate her core set of principles in order to achieve her goals, as her principles are among the few things that she holds sacrosanct above all else in her life. For every action she takes that brings forth a change in a system, she will take appropriate actions to counteract the shift in balance that she has caused. With that in mind, it is important to note that Kinuko's sense of perspective is far greater than most can ever claim - and while her actions may seem to violate her self-imposed tenets at times, it is likely that she is following a design even more grand than what she lets on.

While balance is certainly the core upon which Kinuko's being revolves, how that equates to her general demeanour is a significantly more demanding question. She appears to be stoic and emotionless, speaking only when necessary, but this is merely a front that her actions and non-actions might not disrupt any tentative balances that she becomes involved in. Kinuko's emotions vary wildly, from deeply passionate and smouldering, to worried for her future and for the balance as a whole, to being utterly consumed by one of the less virtuous emotions - but her front only ever shows the cold apathy that is associated with her in order to preserve her most treasured tenet.

Kinuko will often speak only when spoken to, or when necessary information must be disseminated, but she often feels strongly about situations that she is placed into. She will not reveal how she feels for fear of disrupting the balance, but when an opportunity arises to show her true feelings and keep the balance, or even take appropriate actions to counteract her initial action, she will not hesitate to speak exactly what she feels. Kinuko lacks a certain sense of tact that the more eloquent in the world are proficient in, and rather than act recklessly, she chooses to be apathetic. This lack of tact does not mean that Kinuko lacks the ability to perceive when tact is necessary, however, and Kinuko is one of the most level-headed, tactical and reasonable thinkers of a generation - despite her refusal to say things in half measures, she knows that they are appropriate and have their uses, and is adept at understanding the social subtext that can typically go unnoticed - it is, however, a game that she refuses to play despite knowing how.

【Chakra Nature(s)】
Oriton [Weave Release]

【Abilities and Special Traits】
Kinuko is an exceptionally skilled user of Kenjutsu, having trained rigorously in the arts all of her life. Her introduction to the craft was initially peaceful in nature, as a form of meditation and rigorous self-discipline, and due to this her grasp of the fundamentals of Kenjutsu are extremely high. Later in her life, she began using it as an offensive tool, and has practiced rigorously ever since. The only blade she has ever used in her life is Hanashi, which has lead to a great deal of familiarity with her style, and an exceptional level of comfort with the blade that only the most exceptional of Kenjutsu users can claim.

Kinuko is skilled in her clan’s Kekkei Genkai, having saved several ancient texts from destruction that furthered her knowledge on its usage. She has studied the ancient knowledge diligently over many years, and has achieved a level of mastery in it that few members of her clan have ever achieved since the lost glory days of the Yuganori.

Kinuko has a fairly large chakra pool due to her clan’s way of life - heavily invested in mental and physical discipline, which naturally bestows upon its members a large pool of energy.

Kinuko’s chakra control is extremely fine due to years upon years of constant diligence and practice, aided by the old knowledge that she pilfered from the Yuganori before defecting.

Kinuko is not particularly naturally intelligent, but has gained a rather large pool of knowledge from her constant studies. She prides herself on having a moderate capacity to learn backed with an intense dedication and desire to succeed, which has left her quite wise for her age. Kinuko is, however, a prodigious thinker - her capacity to learn is not overly great, but her ability to analyse situations is extremely strong, and she is logical to the extreme, allowing for impressive displays of tactics not befitting her station.



【History】
The Yuganori clan are one of the few able to claim an unbroken lineage from time immemorial, which has lead them to have a more rich and diverse history than others. Most of this history is too old to be remembered, or too new to truly be history, but there are feats and stories within the clan that did truly make history.

From its initial conception, the Yuganori clan was made of like-minded people who had an interest in perfecting the arts of creating fine textiles - typically with silk - when the world was largely bereft of such finery. As has always been the case, those with power desired the finer things in life to prove their superiority, and so the Yuganori created for themselves a purpose and a niche in the unforgiving world of peasants and nobles. Over time, their fame and renown grew, and more people asked of their silks - but while its founders were masters of their crafts, their children had not yet blossomed into their talent, and the demand posed upon them could not be answered promptly. At this point, however, the clan was renowned enough that people were willing to wait, and the clan realised the power that the avarice of the world had given them.

From these days onwards, the clan became more regimented in how it trained its young, for they were determined not to succumb to the same avarice that had risen them up lest it be their eventual downfall. Their children were given a sense of balance and of purpose, and honed thoroughly in their crafts from a young age that the demands for fine clothing and arts could be fulfilled. The continued patronage of various nobility had made the clan fairly wealthy - but their founders' sense of well-roundedness and balance had managed to persist and the clan was far from greedy - the money was aptly used to secure their place in the world, and to help those beneath them who had not yet found their niche.

The tides of history often change without rhyme or reason, and so did they change one fateful day when the nobility no longer required the Yuganori's patronage. The Yuganori were, by this point, relatively noble in and of themselves, but the change in the world did not bode well for their propensity for large funds. They turned their expertise inwards, towards the clans that surrounded them, and offered their services not for money, but for training. This relationship with the other clans quickly grew strong, and soon the clan of craftsmen were as trained for warfare as any of the other clans.

Unlike in most stories, there was no great dissent between the Yuganori and its compatriots - perhaps why they have an unbroken lineage - but as the clan persisted, the times that had founded it and enabled its existence as it was did not. In time, the pursuit of warfare became more and more important, and the Yuganori began to specialise in this regard. With the help of their allies, innovations the like of which have not been seen for ages were made and stored within silken scrolls, that their knowledge might persevere if nothing else did, and all prospered.

When war struck, the Yuganori suffered very few casualties, though their friends and allies did not share such a fortunate fate. Time once again moved on, thinning the other clans but allowing the Yuganori to remain as they always had been. Still, not all things are as they seem, and poor choices in leadership led to the decline of the Yuganori's persistently high fortune. While the clan had largely been kept free of the impurities of sin that its founders had so desperately tried to avoid, their influence was inevitable. Sin crept through the clan's leadership, and as the ages passed their lineage remained the only thing pure about them.

Yuganori, Kinuko was the first bright light the clan had seen since the golden age of the clan. She was a well-rounded individual who saw the balance in all things, as the clan had done in the past, and the sin that gripped the clan's leadership made her shudder. As she grew up, she made efforts to keep her opinion free from bias, and she studied the ancient lore eagerly. In the light of her studies, the leadership determined that they would sell the few priceless artifacts that the clan had retained in order to bolster the state of their coffers. Kinuko refused to allow that to happen, taking the silk-sealed scrolls and the fabled sword Hanashi from the vault in the dead of night and fleeing with them, to a place where her clan could not defile them with sin.

This is where the written history of Kinuko ends, but there is more history in the world than what is written down.



【Weapons, Tools and Equipment】

Name of Weapon or Item: Hanashi [Death Blossom]
Location: Yuganori, Kinuko
Owner: Yuganori, Kinuko
Rank: A

Description: The Hanashi is a priceless artifact of the Yuganori clan that was saved from destruction by Kinuko when she chose to leave her clan.

Hanashi is a katana that is fairly unique among katana as it does not have a blade permanently attached to it. There is an elaborate seal engraved onto the guard in the rough shape of a spider with curved legs, arranged so that the gap where the blade would be is correspondent to the thorax of the spider, and the legs reach to the edges of the square guard to form its boundaries. When Oriton chakra is introduced to the seal, it forms a symbiotic link with the user that allows the user to weave their Oriton chakra through the blade.

Kinuko is proficient with the blade, and is able to create blades made of her silk that are surprisingly sharp due to their chakra content. The blades are flammable and can be cut by sufficiently well-made blades with a higher chakra content than Hanashi’s.

The primary power of the Hanashi lies within the Yuganori clan’s ability to weave seals into the materials that it creates. The user is able to create blades that are imbued with very specific powers and discard them when necessary in order to create additional blades. Hanashi also has the intrinsic property of being able to weave Oriton chakra into anything that comes into contact with the seal, however, and blades can be created of any solid or liquid material if they are easily permeable to chakra.

A little-known ability of the blade is its ability to combat and harmonise with other seals - it is able to weave Oriton chakra through a seal and create a blade imbued with the same power as the seal, removing it from its source in the process. In the same vein, it can also imbue other materials with seals by weaving its fibres through the object in question.



【Kekkei Genkai】

Oriton [Weave Release]

Name of the Kekkei Genkai: Oriton [Weave Release]

Type of Kekkei Genkai: Bodily Modification; Ninjutsu; Fuuinjutsu

Clan: Yuganori

Rank: A

Description: The Oriton is a complex Kekkei Genkai as it has two aspects to it - the first aspect of the Oriton grants its users the ability to create a unique type of chakra comprised of the Suiton and Doton natures that takes the form of silk or other fibrous materials. The second aspect, by far the more complex of the two, causes its users to have sets of silk glands within their body at key locations, such as the wrists and ankles. The silk glands are infused heavily with the Oriton chakra, and are able to create a vast number of materials and thread them together - in advanced cases, this can be used to mix multiple types of materials together to create a single weave, which contains the properties of both materials used.

Typically, the Oriton is used to create silks, which have a strong tensile strength and are extremely malleable, and can do so with enough complexity that the fibres can be arranged in such a pattern that Fuuinjutsu can be woven into them. By changing how the fibres are woven and restructuring the silk, different abilities and effects can be conferred onto them in order to best suit the user’s purposes.

Weakness: The Oriton is a demanding Kekkei Genkai to use and master, requiring almost constant attention and discipline to be used effectively. For this reason, it is very rare to see its users performing other kinds of ninjutsu or genjutsu.

【Canon Jutsu】

Basic Academy Techniques

【Custom Jutsu】

Name of Technique: Tenchi [Heaven and Earth]
Type of Jutsu: Ninjutsu
Rank: C
Range: Personal
Nature Type: N/A
Handsigns: N/A

Description: The user becomes adept at sensing the presence of the internal chakra system within a range of thirty feet (radius) around themselves. The user also becomes adept at sensing the displacement of air, and sensing vibrations through the ground, making it very difficult to sneak up on them or otherwise catch them off guard.

Weakness: Interpret it yourself.

Name of Technique: Kyōsei Keiyaku Kuchiyose no Jutsu [Forced Contract Summoning Technique]
Type of Jutsu: Fūinjutsu
Rank: C
Range: Potentially Infinite
Nature Type: N/A
Handseals: Standard handsigns for Kuchiyose no Jutsu

Description: The Kyōsei Keiyaku Kuchiyose no Jutsu is a seal that does not have a specific location or contract with a being, but is essentially a summoning jutsu. Thusly, if the user acquires the blood of a victim they may summon the victim to them or they may reverse-summon themselves to the victim. This costs no more than a normal summoning jutsu and can be used anywhere, at any time. This technique is unique in that it may also form one-sided contracts with objects given they have chakra/are chakra infused, and that chakra is imbued into a seal. Does not require handsigns if the user is summoning themselves to an inanimate object.

Weakness: Requires the blood of the victim/chakra of the ally/object. Cannot summon a person/object if objects are in the way [i.e., the summoning must keep the form of whom/whatever it summons intact]. The blood/chakra acquired can only be used for a single summoning before new blood/chakra must be collected.

Name of Technique: Tenmaru Kanzen [Perfect Heaven Circle]
Type of Jutsu: Ninjutsu
Rank: C
Range: Personal
Nature Type: N/A
Handsigns: N/A

Description: The user focuses their chakra inwards, manipulating their nervous system in a way similar to that of Genjutsu. The user’s senses become extremely sharply refined, almost as if entering into a superhuman state of awareness, but they lose all ability to perceive anything outside of the thirty-five foot radius range of the technique. The technique can only be initiated on a solid surface, and if the user takes more than four steps in any direction (unless they are reacting to something within the confines of the Tenmaru Kanzen), the state is cancelled.

Weakness: Interpret it yourself.

Name of Technique: Kumonosu no Jutsu [Spider’s Web Technique]
Type of Jutsu: Ninjutsu
Rank: C
Range: Short - Long
Nature Type: Oriton
Handsigns: N/A

Description: Kinuko creates a thick bundle of sticky silk fibres with the 縛る [Shibaru; Bind] seal woven into the threads, causing them to chemically bind to the first item they encounter. Using her silk glands, she is able to keep the fibres attached to her body in order to grab things and manipulate them.

Weakness: Interpret it yourself.

Name of Technique: Mayu [Cocoon]
Type of Jutsu: Ninjutsu
Rank: C
Range: Short-Long
Nature Type: Oriton
Handsigns: N/A

Description: Kinuko creates a mass of Oriton chakra centered in her wrist and launches an orb from her hand. Upon coming into contact with a target, the orb of chakra will reform into sticky silk fibres that are difficult to cut around the hit target, effectively trapping them inside a cocoon of silk. The cocoon will only last for a maximum of five seconds before dissipating.

Weakness: Interpret it yourself.

Name of Technique: Kumo no Su-nai Gijutsu [In the Spider’s Web Technique]
Type of Jutsu: Ninjutsu
Rank: B
Range: 50 feet
Nature Type: Oriton
Handsigns: N/A

Description: Kinuko creates a small ball of highly condensed silken strands, each of which is imbued with a 縛る [Shibaru; Bind] seal. With a single motion, the sphere bursts outwards, causing the strands to cover a large sphere at multiple points. If a target is hit by the strands, the seal binds the silk to their body/clothing/armour. At any point, Kinuko is able to draw the strands of silk towards herself or Hanashi, pulling whatever the strands are bound to towards her.

Weakness: Interpret it yourself.

Name of Technique: Sen'ijō Hōyō [Fibrous Embrace]
Type of Jutsu: Ninjutsu
Rank: S
Range: Short
Nature Type: Oriton
Handsigns: N/A

Description: Kinuko unravels the fibres of any material created by her Oriton chakra while it is inside another person, and directs the fibres to sew themselves into the muscles associated with her opponent’s somatic nervous system. After the fibres have successfully done so, Kinuko is able to forcibly control the muscular movements of the affected opponent.

If Hanashi touches an opponent while this ability is in place, Sen'ijō Hōyō is immediately cancelled, but the fibres remain embedded within the muscles. They cannot be reactivated with this technique, but are very painful.

Weakness: Interpret it yourself.

Name of Technique: Shōshū no Inkan [Seal of Convocation]
Type of Jutsu: Fuuinjutsu
Rank: C
Range: Variable
Nature Type: Oriton
Handsigns: N/A

Description: A seal woven into the materials created by the Oriton. The seal acts as a temporary summoning contract that does not require blood to be activated, allowing Kinuko to transport herself to the silk or the silk back to her. She can also create the temporary contracts with other people (with their permission), allowing them to use the same abilities.

Weakness: Interpret it yourself.

Name of Technique: Hikisaku no Inkan [Seal of Rending]
Type of Jutsu: Fuuinjutsu
Rank: C
Range: Variable
Nature Type: Oriton
Handsigns: N/A

Description: A seal woven into the materials created by the Oriton. The seal is spatially linked to all other Hikisaku no Inkan, in such a fashion that any object that enters into the first will pass through unhindered and be released from the second seal. The Hikisaku no Inkan must be created in pairs in order to be effective.

Weakness: Interpret it yourself.

Name of Technique: Fukyōwaon no Inkan [Seal of Dissonance]
Type of Jutsu: Fuuinjutsu
Rank: C
Range: 15 feet / 5 feet
Nature Type: Oriton
Handsigns: N/A

Description: A seal woven into the materials created by the Oriton. The seal releases a pulse of abnormal chakra every three seconds, causing all genjutsu effects or other chakra-based effects that disrupt the nervous system (e.g., not Ranshinshou) to end, and destroying all C-Ranked or below ninjutsu that comes into contact with it. If the seal is inside a person’s body, the pulses will begin to destroy the vessels of their chakra system.

Weakness: Interpret it yourself.

Name of Technique: Idō no Inkan [Seal of Transference]
Type of Jutsu: Fuuinjutsu
Rank: C
Range: Variable
Nature Type: Oriton
Handsigns: N/A

Description: A seal woven into the materials created by the Oriton. Whenever kinetic energy is applied to the seal, instead of being applied to the object the energy is stored within the seal. At any point, Kinuko is able to release all of the energy stored within the seal.

Weakness: Interpret it yourself.

Name of Technique: Yokoito to Ori [Weft and Weave]
Type of Jutsu: Ninjutsu
Rank: S
Range: N/A
Nature Type: Oriton
Handsigns: N/A

Description: Kinuko creates highly advanced versions of chakra strings, utilising her Oriton chakra to grant the strings immense flexibility and tensile strength (which makes them almost impossible to cut). The chakra strings are able to be woven into other substances of the same shape (such as metal wire, for example) to transform the substance into a Yokoito to Ori chakra string that carries all of the properties of the new material as well as the properties and seals bestowed upon it by the Oriton chakra. These chakra strings will never naturally expire, but Kinuko is able to disperse them at will.

Weakness: Interpret it yourself.

Name of Technique: Hanashi: Nomihosu [Death Blossom: Siphon]
Type of Jutsu: Ninjutsu; Kenjutsu
Rank: A
Range: Immediate vicinity of Hanashi
Nature Type: Oriton
Handsigns: N/A

Description: Kinuko places the bladeless hilt of Hanashi on a person, chakra, a solid material, or a liquid. By utilising Oriton chakra through the seal on Hanashi, Kinuko is able to create a blade made of whatever material that the hilt of Hanashi is currently placed on (this process removes the material from wherever it last was). If placed on a person, their blood is siphoned off to create a blade, which becomes solid. Liquids will also become solid while being siphoned by Hanashi.

Weakness: Interpret it yourself.

Name of Technique: Hanashi: Henkan [Death Blossom: Conversion]
Type of Jutsu: Ninjutsu; Kenjutsu
Rank: A
Range: Immediate vicinity of Hanashi
Nature Type: Oriton
Handsigns: N/A

Description: Whenever a non-Oriton source is the blade of Hanashi, Kinuko is able to permanently convert this to a blade by binding it with a seal to one of the eight legs of the spider seal on the blade. Kinuko is able to recall any of the sealed blades at any time.

Weakness: Interpret it yourself.

[Always Lonely] Naruto: Continuum [Always Open]

Hyakune, Kyoko

Hyakune, Kyoko

【Full Name】
Hyakune su Jikangai, Kyoko

【Alias】
The Genjutsu Mistress; Kyoko, Architect of Thought

【Occupation】
Kyoko is currently standing in for the Mizukage.

【Gender】
Female

【Age】
36

【Sexuality】
Bisexual; Prefers Women



【Birth Country】
Kyoko was born outside of any village, in the Hyakune Clan Compound.

【Current Village】
Kirigakure
【Affiliation】

Kyoko’s interests are her own, but she has connections to Jikangai, Kinjiro and the Immortal Scions, as well as the Hyakune Elders.

【Shinobi Rank】
Kage-level Ninja (S)



【Personality】
Kyoku is a difficult character to explain as her personality adapts to situations and individuals rather than remaining static. As an extremely talented manipulator whose talents lie almost exclusively in her ability to change the perceptions of her allies, friends, and enemies Kyoko is capable of acting the part for any role that she is called upon to play. She can be cold and unfeeling, or she can be warm and empathetic, she can be insightful and wise or naive and ignorant - all of these acts are tools, and she makes liberal use of them depending on how she wishes to be seen. A woman of many disguises is prone to losing track of the constants of her own personality, but Kyoko has certain traits that define who she is and what she does on such a fundamental and inherently necessary level that she will always retain some level of individuality.

Kyoko is a deeply loving person, and the majority of this love is focused upon her sister. Her self-imposed exile is all that keeps her sister intact, and though it pains her greatly to be away from the person she is closest to in this world she knows that it is a necessary evil and feels both the overwhelming sorrow of her loss and incredible ecstasy that her sister is alive and well for as long as Kyoko does not interact with her. Kyoko's love for her sister is indeed so strong that she has no room for love of another in her heart, and though she makes genuine friends she will never take a lover who could replace or intrude upon her sister's place in her heart. Another of Kyoko's inherent traits is her almost legendary intellect - she carries with her the spark of true genius that can never truly be repressed, even if she can fool most people, true genius is impossible to ever truly hide from another. With great intellect comes a great perception of things other people cannot understand, and being separated from her sister has left Kyoko with nobody to share these burdens with. Kyoko is occasionally driven towards a deep melancholy, but always sees the light and returns to normalcy with time.

Despite her great love for her sister, Kyoko is still a Hyakune and still has morals and values that are typically viewed as unsavoury by most. Her self-worth is a constant, but her value of others is largely determined by the power they wield and how they wield it - those with the most power and least inclination to use it earn her ire, as do those with little power and fewer aspirations - but her ire is likely something they will never see for as long as they can be useful, and the last thing they see when they have outlived their usefulness. Kyoko believes firmly in power and knowledge, and while she is very accepting of those who consign themselves to a life of mediocrity as circumstances dictate or simply for a lack of ability to succeed she is the opposite for those who can but do not.

Kyoko seeks knowledge at all cost, especially that which is forbidden, not only to save her sister but also to ensure that the power of eld is never lost and never abused. She will have multiple agendas at any given point, and she will betray and backstab all who get in her way, but she sees these things as small prices to pay for the greater good that she can bring to the world with the knowledge and power that she accrues. It is often said that those who do evil things do not believe that they are evil - Kyoko is no exception to this, and genuinely believes that she is the best person to wield forgotten powers in order to preserve them and protect the greater good. While Kyoko may not agree on the definition of "greater good" with many individuals, she is a fundamentally good person at heart who legitimately believes that the end justifies the means, and she is willing to pay the price that most are not to further herself and keep the world safe.



【History】

The Hyakune clan have, for ages, been the stewards not of a single style, but of many. In fact, their name, Hyakune [百根; One Hundred Roots], was made in homage of the core principle of the clan - Each member would be unique, each would take one of the many roots available to it and grow outwards, away from any of its brethren, but still connected at their very core. Before the clan were even introduced to the concept of Ninjutsu, or chakra at all, they trained themselves in as many arts as they knew how, each member of the clan becoming an authority on their chosen style. This left the clan in an odd state of simultaneous weakness and strength; while the clan members were too focused as individuals to cover their glaring weaknesses, when the clan moved as a cohesive group they were nigh unstoppable simply because they, together, knew so much more than any other clan when it came to the scope of technique. Such was the way of the clan, as its founder Sōgyō-sha had dictated.

Sōgyō-sha had believed - firmly - that weakness should be purged from his sons and daughters at as young an age as was possible, and in his wisdom (and cruelty) he developed a system for which the clan would be raised by, and a system for which the clan would be governed. By nurturing the child's journey from childhood to adulthood with the intention of purging them of weakness, and then foisting them directly into a position of power beyond the scope of their experience, he brought much heartbreak and suffering into the world, and not all of his children survived the rigorous training... But those who did emerged as stronger beings than their lesser brethren, leading the Hyakune clan to heights that others could only dare to reach out to. Children were raised as if in a collectivist society, in which they would all grow up together with no separate households, but largely without the traditional maternal and paternal influence that was expected of such a society. Instead, the mothers and the fathers of the children would train them in the various arts that they had found themselves attracted to, and children would practice everything they could until they found something they had an affinity for - or better - made a new style of their own. To make a new style of one's own was considered to be a sign of future greatness, and such children were lifted from the terrible conditions in which they lived before into greatness, to nurture their talents and to ensure that the Hyakune would always expand, and always grow.

The children, once they reached the age of eight, would quickly become devoid of typical maternal and paternal influences, and were also deprived of guaranteed resources. There was plenty of food in the clan compound's pantries, but the children were forbidden to simply walk in and take what they wanted. The children had to steal, without being caught, and would eat only what they could earn - those who learned to adapt to their harsh conditions were empowered, but some children died from starvation. Pity was not something bred into the members of the clan, after all. The children of the Hyakune believed in one core mantra throughout their childhood, one truth that empowered them: "The crime is not in taking whatever actions you must, but in being caught doing so.". After training for 14 hours a day, every day, for 6 years, the children that had not found their unique talents in the clan were resigned simply to follow what was established and had appealed to them most. They were not disrespected, per se, but they were rank and file. They were unimportant.

Those who forged a new path, who contributed to the growth of the clan, were thrust into positions of power that they had no experience in - they were made an elder of the clan. The clan's "legal" system, as it were, involved a circle of elders who had marked themselves as great individuals that made requests and then voted on their implementation, not unlike the jury at a court. The eldest male and eldest female were collectively the judge of the clan, and had ultimate power should such a need arise. Life on the Council of Elders was a tough one, as every action and non-action had consequences that the rest of the clan would have to face. The once-children who had been born for greatness had power beyond their stations forced onto them, and they either learned quickly or were killed by people who loathed their inability to take action (or their tendency to take the incorrect action.)

Children who survived all of this, who survived every trial put before them, would emerge as the pinnacle of the human world, they would emerge capable leaders with immense, and unique, fighting skills that would put them far above mere mortals, and they could do anything in the world that they so chose... Until the dawn of the Rikudo Sennin. The advent of Ninjutsu, and of Kekkei Genkai, changed the Hyakune clan immensely, for the secrets of their blood were unlocked, and its members found even more avenues to specialise into. With other ninjas rising, and clans coming to fruition, the Hyakune clan were forced to train even more than usual in order to keep up with the flood of Ninjutsu that echoed throughout the world. They belonged to no major village, but their services were offered freely to all as mercenaries, and it is said that each Kage of each village has called upon at least one member of the Hyakune clan in their time of need once. Whether or not such is true is a point of contention, but one thing was certain: The Hyakune clan were walking on thin ice, and in order to persevere, they would have to become the best at an art in which they had no particular advantage.

That was, until, the Hyakune clan realised the extent of their bloodline. Unlike most clans, the Hyakune's bloodline was not singular, it was not one static ability that each of its members possessed. Even their blood, it seemed, followed the clan's founder's vision. Their bloodline, the Tōsei no Eien [Eternal Control], manifested itself as an exceptional level of control over the user's chakra, which often manifested in the form of an aura around the user, an extension of their chakra systems outside of their body. Each member expressed it differently, due to their own personal DNA affecting the bloodline (as the Tōsei no Eien was not on a single chromosome - how the other chromosomes were formed had differing effects on the actual expression of the bloodline, but due to the relative positions of the genes (which remained constant) the bloodline kept its basis). Unfortunately, this meant that each member had to learn their bloodline alone, with no aid from members who expressed a similar bloodline, and the Hyakune's attention was divided as its members struggled to subjugate their new power, as well as practice in the arts of Ninjutsu and Genjutsu. The clan was already markedly proficient at Taijutsu and Kenjutsu, but in a world where Ninjutsu existed, such was not enough to succeed.

Time passed, and as the Rikudo Sennin died and his legacy was divided, the Hyakune took their training further, as a new generation had had time to be born with Jutsu and their Kekkei Genkai. This new generation was quick to subjugate the power that flowed through them, and the Hyakune clan was raised once more to among the top clans of the ninja world. They tentatively allied themselves with Konohagakure, building a new compound there for their older members, and became productive members of the village, providing it with protection in its times of need, and able workers who were much more efficient than the peons that they would have used otherwise. Their assistance came at a steep cost: The Hyakune would be above the law of the village, preferring to keep to their own council of elders, and these terms were agreed to. The newer members of the Hyakune clan remained at their old compound, around 15 miles from Konohagakure, training as they always had for the dawn of a war that nobody could see coming.

Hyakune, Kyoko began her life unlike many of the Hyakune. Most come into this world alone, brave it alone, and die alone with naught but scribbles in books and fleeting memories to acknowledge that they had ever existed in the first place - but Kyoko came into this world with another, with her twin sister Kagami, and the bond of birth was strong enough to overcome the crippling loneliness instilled in most members of the Hyakune to condition them towards a life of combat and treachery. Until the age of eight, many members of the Hyakune live a life good by many standards - they are loved and nurtured by their parents, fed well, and build strong relationships with one another.

At the age of eight, this changes, and the fledgling Hyakune are ripped from the world they know to undergo training to become a member of the Hyakune proper. Most siblings cease thinking of one another as intimately familial, instead considering them to be simply another clan member, but Kyoko and Kagami could not be separated despite the best efforts of their trainers. Such corner cases were rare in the Hyakune, and the Elders decreed that breaking the bond was significantly more difficult than strengthening it in service to the clan. Kyoko's talents lay within her fantastic mind, her ability to manipulate the knowledge she gleaned far beyond most of her lesser brethren (and even more so than some of the Elders, even at a young age) - but she could not work chakra in the same way that the other Hyakune could. Kagami's talents were precisely the opposite of Kyoko's, her talent for manipulating her aura and chakra as a whole was far beyond anything her cousins could have ever hoped to achieve.

Normally, Kyoko's lack of prowess in the field of Ninjutsu would have sentenced her to domesticity or death - but Kagami took her place in many of the tests that required a manipulation of chakra and she was spared the wrath of the Elders for a time. As she came into her own, Kyoko realised that her ability to manipulate people was more than it seemed, and she learned that the path of Genjutsu was her destiny. It did not take Kyoko long to apply her studies of chakra control to her natural aptitude for Genjutsu, and she unlocked the true power of her Kekkei Genkai - a trait that most Hyakune did not achieve until adulthood. It was not mere coincidence that Kagami also unlocked her true power that same day.

The Elders decreed that the two would undergo a dangerous mission to prove their loyalty to the clan, and that if they returned they would be allowed to join them not as fledglings, nor as rank and file Hyakune, but as Elders. Such a prospect was treated with much suspicion by Kyoko - she wondered what precisely could possess the Elders to offer such an illustrious position to two as young as they, and what the mission they were about to undertake would entail. Kagami was all for the mission, and Kyoko could only think that her sister saw the glory and not the trap offered by the Elders - but to refuse them was certain death, so they accepted and were sent to Kusagakure to meet with an emissary that wished to trade with the clan. Kagami and Kyoko travelled to the destination and came face to face with none other than the leader of the Immortal Scions, Jikangai, Kinjiro.

Kinjiro explained that the Hyakune had offered their best and brightest to her in exchange for thrice their weight in gold - for the burgeoning clan, this would give them a considerable head start - and that Kagami and Kyoko were to be the toll that the clan paid. She explained who she was, what she did, and gave them a history of her clan and even of the conception of chakra (questions that had always burned deep within Kyoko's mind), and offered them the chance to willingly join her as equals rather than as slaves. For the first time, Kyoko and Kagami were of differing opinions. Kagami was enraged by the elders' willingness to sell the twins, and demanded that they pay due reparations for their misdeeds, whereas Kyoko believed that Kinjiro could offer a far brighter future than the Hyakune could ever have offered either of them. Kyoko was quick to point out that the clan had tried to separate them, and had only ever allowed them to be together under terms befitting the capricious nature of the Elders - that with Kinjiro, they could be free of those shackles and live as equals with more power than the Hyakune Elders could ever have known.

Kagami agreed, but beneath it all her heart longed for the vengeance and justice denied to her. The pair accepted Kinjiro's offer, and were introduced to the world of the Immortal Scions. After receiving the Gift of Immortality, the pair were set to work using their unique chakra auras to research chakra on a level that their Jikangai colleagues had been unable to beforehand. It was later revealed that Kyoko's Kekkei Genkai afforded her a natural inclination towards the potent sealing techniques of the Jikangai, and she quickly became a favourite among the group. Kagami's talents were useful, but as she had no talent for fuuinjutsu she was not nearly as prized as her sister. Kagami quickly became jealous, and sought other secrets to keep level with her sister as she always had. Years and years passed, and though Kagami grew as powerful as Kyoko did under the tutelage of the Jikangai, she was not favoured nearly so much and largely spent her time with Kinjiro, who offered training that the other Immortal Scions could not offer.

Kyoko knew little of Kagami's activities in the light of the overwhelming amount of research she conducted, and though she tried to connect with her twin, she found that Kagami slipped further and further away each day. Rangether than bring these concerns to the now-distant Kagami, Kyoko asked Kinjiro if she had any explanations for Kagami's behaviour. Kinjiro was remarkably forthcoming, telling Kyoko of the progress that she had made and the bonds that she had been able to create that her sister could not - and her sister had increasingly sought new sources of power to keep up with her as the pair had always tried to be equals. Kyoko attempted to reconcile with Kagami, only to find her missing from her quarters and from the laboratory as a whole. Kinjiro had not sent Kagami away, and both became increasingly concerned with the disappearance of by all rights an extraordinarily powerful ninja.

It was discovered, after several weeks of searching, that Kagami had breached Kinjiro's inner sanctum and stolen from her an artifact of great power - something that had been locked away for good reason. Kyoko expected Kinjiro to be furious, to excommunicate Kagami and herself both, but to her surprise the serpentine woman offered sympathy and a chance for redemption. She would help Kyoko find Kagami and return her to the path of the Immortal Scions - after all, the two were extraordinarily powerful and had fit in remarkably well despite Kyoko's higher popularity taking most of the attention. Kinjiro desired that power to be under her command, and Kyoko desired to save her sister from whatever force was consuming her.

For many years Kyoko searched, using her ability to manipulate and deceive people in order to extract information as to the whereabouts of her sister before every lead was exhausted and she turned to the last people that could possibly have known where Kagami had found herself: The Hyakune Elders. Kyoko's return was met with much mistrust, and she was granted an audience only after incapacitating every able member of the Hyakune who could have stopped her. Each Elder was offered a chance to co-operate, and each refused, before Kyoko extracted all information from their minds and left them none the wiser that she had ever visited. The Elders knew nothing of her current whereabouts, but offered the information that several of the extant Hyakune scouts had failed to report back and had likely been murdered. It was unlikely that the locals had killed them as Hyakune scouts were notably difficult to find and more difficult to kill, so Kagami's intervention (as she was the only rogue Hyakune to Kyoko and the Elder's knowledge) was the most promising lead she had, all things considered.

Some weeks later, Kyoko found herself stalking the trail of her twin sister. The scouts had been murdered in a way that suggested Kagami's distinct glass-based style and it looked like the murders were conflicted - Kagami's style had always been brutal, yes, but it was efficient and quick. Her kills were swift and painless, not the tattered mess of blood and glass and bone that Kyoko had discovered. Had Kagami gone mad? Had she snapped at whatever it was in Kinjiro's lab that she had found? Questions upon questions raced within Kyoko's mind, and the trail had been haphazard, hard to follow - it was mostly subtle memories of stolen glances, a hooded figure in the periphery, and the details were hazy. Still, it was a track to follow, and it was better than nothing.

Kyoko found Kagami weeks later, about to murder another Hyakune scout in the area. Though it was easy to distract her enough for the scout to escape, Kagami soon turned her full attention to her sister - and what Kyoko discovered unsettled her greatly. There was no look of love, of guilt, of sorrow - her eyes were empty, vacant, as if the body was simply a shell stripped of what had made it Kagami, of what had made her sister. A fight ensued, and though Kyoko was gravely injured she managed to subdue Kagami with potent sealing techniques given to her by Kinjiro. After summoning Kinjiro to the location and being healed, Kinjiro offered an explanation after confirming for herself what had happened.

Kagami had stolen a scroll that sealed an extradimensional entity called the "Kyōmen no Oni", the Mirrors' Surface Demon and taken its power into herself, which had complimented her own glass-based style of combat remarkably well. The demon wrestled with Kagami, struggling to take control of her body, and though she had largely resisted and kept her individuality for the time being, it was only a matter of time before the demon won and Kagami was lost forever. The demon could not be resealed without killing Kagami, and though Kinjiro was willing to pay the price, Kyoko could not desert her sister. She worked with Kinjiro to seal the demon deep within Kagami, to allow her to live her own life, but she was they key to that seal - for Kagami to live, she would never be able to meet Kyoko again. With the scroll returned (and thus its power free of the plague of the demon it contained) Kinjiro offered refuge to either Kagami or Kyoko - Kyoko chose to leave, to keep her sister safe, and would operate on the surface world. Though she did not fully trust Kinjiro, she had been remarkably kind to her and the time they had together was something she cherished. Kyoko left Kagami in her hands, and though she was bound by no covenant she offered her services in exchange for knowledge and power - a deal that Kinjiro was all too happy to accept.

Now, Kyoko roams the surface world searching for lost knowledge in the hopes of driving back whatever possessed her sister, or finding something to allow her to wrestle the demon within and subjugate it that she may reclaim her body. In order to gain access to the level of information required, however, Kyoko had to develop a keen interest in world affairs. She discovered a potential lead within Kirigakure, but after the murder of the Mizukage Kyoko stayed to try to keep the village stable in the advent of its civil war.



【Chakra Nature(s)】
Kyoko has no natural affinity for a chakra nature due to being completely unable to use Ninjutsu of any variety. As a true Genjutsu prodigy, she has a strong affinity for Yin chakra.

【Abilities and Special Traits】
Kyoko is among the most proficient genjutsu users alive, easily able to put her foes under genjutsu to control and manipulate their mind. She is able to use these genjutsu in combat to err her foes’ judgement proficiently.

Kyoko has savant-level intelligence, and her IQ is easily 180+. She is one of the most powerful minds of her generation, able to process complex tactics easily as well as discern the strengths and limits of techniques she sees due to her vast knowledge of techniques as a whole. Kyoko is perceptive to the extreme, able to see things lesser people would miss and make bridges of logic to discern reasoning where none seems to exist.

Kyoko is possibly the most skilled manipulator in the world, able to use her natural charm and wit, as well as her body to coerce almost anybody into trusting her, where she is then able to bend them to her desire.

Kyoko is, after her extended training with the Jikangai, quite proficient at Taijutsu. She is easily able to stand toe-to-toe with experts and could fend off masters, though she would have extreme difficulty in combatting raw strength and superior technique. She has learned the Wing-Chun style, and with her incredible mind mastered it within the 6 years she has been practicing. The training given to all Hyakune clan members has also refined Kyoko’s taijutsu skills and her general fitness.

Kyoko is able to create Jikangai Primer Seals in order to utilise their sealing techniques, but cannot create new Jikangai-based seals.

【Weapons, Tools and Equipment】

Name of Weapon or Item: Kuroi Kamen [The Black Veil]
Location: On Kyoko’s head at all times.
Owner: Kyoko Hyakune su Jikangai
Rank: A

Description: The Kuroi Kamen is a black veil that is comprised of two bolts of cloth. Each of these bolts are sealed to allow no passage of chakra into them, but to allow chakra out, and are surprisingly difficult to cut through [they resist most swords easily]. In addition to this aspect of the veil, it is also a mask that covers Kyoko’s ears, mouth, nose and eyes. This mask is covered in seals that filter out any harmful substances that would enter Kyoko’s body, in addition to dampening any particularly loud sounds or sounds designed to have an adverse effect on the body.

Kyoko carries with her, at all times:

- 25 Kunai, each marked with a Kyōsei Keiyaku Kuchiyose no Jutsu seal

- 100 senbon, standard size, in a canister attached to a belt on her waist on her left side. These senbon are coated in a paralytic venom of Jikangai, Kinjiro’s creation (the venom has no known antidote, but one could be synthesised by a medical ninja of sufficient prowess). The venom lasts for 24 hours and only interferes with the somatic nervous system.

- A scroll containing a Kyōsei Keiyaku Kuchiyose no Jutsu that, when she places both of her hands upon it, immediately reverse summons her to her home. [Cannot be used in combat]

- A scroll containing a large volume of books with various sealing formulae and lists of techniques she has encountered in the past.

- A scroll containing several bottles of ink, several quills, and a stack of loose parchment imbued with chakra.



【Kekkei Genkai】

Tōsei no Eien; Tenchi Gensō

Name of the Kekkei Genkai: Tōsei no Eien; Tenchi Gensō [Eternal Control; Heaven and Earth Illusion]
Type of Kekkei Genkai: Chakra Augmentation and Genjutsu/Fūinjutsu

Clan: Hyakune

Rank: A

Description: The Tōsei no Eien is a potent Kekkei Genkai that manifests differently in each of its bearers. Throughout the entire Hyakune clan, however, some effects are universal: All members of the Hyakune clan have gained an "aura" of chakra, usually spanning approximately 20 feet in radius. Their chakra system has been "extended" outside of their body, and the aura is of extremely weak chakra but the fact it exists is enough for the members of the clan. In addition to this aura, the user gains chakra control almost to the pinnacle of chakra control with training. This aura allows the user to exert their almost complete control over their chakra onto foreign [loose, not inside a body] chakra that enters it. It can be dampened to reduce its effectiveness, or it can be bolstered by the user's chakra to increase its effectiveness. The user's aura essentially makes the area in which it spans a "network" in which they may move their chakra, and thus entire jutsu, with ease, allowing them to start the jutsu at any part within the aura. Some techniques, such as genjutsu, can be forced upon victims if they are simply in range of the aura.

Tenchi Gensō

The Tenchi Gensō is a potent evolution of the Tōsei no Eien, one which holds sway over the realm of Illusion and Seals. Through the Tenchi Gensō, the user is easily able to lull people into genjutsu as long as they are within the chakra aura, and minor [B-Ranked or less] genjutsu can be forced onto an opponent simply by pointing at them. The true strengths of the technique lie in its subtle abilities to manipulate illusions, as well as blur the boundary in the mind that separates illusion from reality. Some genjutsu are simply too "fake" for the mind to accept as real. When this natural reservation, this natural barrier is breached, the victim of a genjutsu will believe it to be real regardless of initial apprehension. This does not make the illusions infallible, it merely removes initial apprehensions as to the genjutsu being false. Logic and reasoning can eventually overcome the breaching of the natural barrier, but this undoubtedly makes the genjutsu many more times more potent. This aspect of the Kekkei Genkai is: 地 [Chi; Earth], the mortal coil.

The second aspect is 天 [Ten; Heaven], the aspect transcending the mortal plane. With Ten, two things happen: Kyoko transcends the traditional plane in terms of genjutsu, and can no longer become subject to any genjutsu bar her own under any circumstances. Much as a two dimensional shape cannot interact with a three dimensional shape, the primitive genjutsu of the mortal coil are unable to interact with Kyoko. The second aspect of "Ten" is that she becomes able to influence genjutsu on the mortal plane, as well as her own, as long as they are within her aura. She is not able to hugely alter them, mind, she is only able to change subtle aspects and mould them to her will within their natural progression - she could, for example, choose between whichever torture methods she so chose within a genjutsu designed to torture, but could never alter a genjutsu that lulled the opponent to sleep to them burning alive.

Weakness: However, this aura comes at a steep cost: As the Kekkei Genkai manifests and the user gains their unique version, they are locked into that "version"'s jutsu style and become unable to utilise their chakra for anything outside of it. Kyoko's Tenchi Gensō has locked her in to the fields of Genjutsu and Fūinjutsu, and she is unable to use her chakra for any purpose outside of this bloodline, genjutsu or fuuinjutsu. Genjutsu that are reapplied within the aura after being successfully broken out of are less effective for five minutes, culminating in temporary immunity to that genjutsu after three successful breaks for five minutes.

【Canon Jutsu】

Kyoko is proficient in all canon genjutsu not tied to a kekkei genkai.

【Custom Jutsu】

Name of Technique: Saimin Suimin [Hypnotic Sleep]
Type of Jutsu: Genjutsu; Fūinjutsu
Rank: A
Range: Touch; Eyesight; Tōsei no Eien
Nature Type: N/A
Handseals: N/A

Description: A potent delayed Genjutsu that will activate upon Kyoko willing it. Kyoko manifests a seal on her opponent that they cannot perceive by any means until it is brought to their attention (this can only be done through touch). At Kyoko’s command, the seal activates, and the Genjutsu begins to activate.

Targets affected by the Saimin Suimin are lulled towards a state of half-sleep, immediately separating their somatic nervous system from their control as they fall asleep over the course of thirty seconds. Unlike most Genjutsu, Saimin Suimin does not require any additional input from the user after its effects have taken hold, and the user is able to take other actions for its duration.

The Genjutsu is naturally removed after the target falls asleep, and the lingering effects of the seal prevent the target from being awoken for an hour after the genjutsu has taken hold, after which time the seal naturally dissipates. If the seal is removed prematurely, the target will wake up. Kyoko cannot attack sleeping targets with this seal.

Weakness: Something something dark side.

Name of Technique: Ome Itetsuku [Vision Freeze]
Type of Jutsu: Genjutsu
Rank: D
Range: Touch; Eyesight; Tōsei no Eien
Nature Type: N/A
Handseals: N/A

Description: Ome Itetsuku causes the target’s vision to become locked into the instance it was viewing as the genjutsu was used. If the target was looking at Kyoko against a white background, for example, the target would only see that single image until the genjutsu was dispelled. Ome Itetsuku can be applied if the target is looking at Kyoko from any distance, including up to an additional twenty feet outside of the Tōsei no Eien due to its simplicity.

Weakness: N/A

Name of Technique: Saihatsu Hikaridama [Recurring Flash Bomb]
Type of Jutsu: Genjutsu
Rank: C
Range: Touch; Eyesight; Tōsei no Eien
Nature Type: N/A
Handseals: N/A

Description: A simple genjutsu that permanently remains within an opponent’s mind until it is removed, and can only be removed via an external party.

Whenever the target sees the “Ram” handseal, they immediately suffer a visual effect identical to staring directly at an exploding flash tag.

Weakness: Don’t look at sheep.

Name of Technique: Shūhen Kagizaki [Peripheral Tear]
Type of Jutsu: Genjutsu
Rank: D
Range: Touch; Eyesight; Tōsei no Eien
Nature Type: N/A
Handseals: N/A

Description: The Shūhen Kagizaki creates a tear in the victim’s peripheral vision, meaning that they can never truly focus on the tear due to it being in the peripheral vision, but it will always be just out of sight. The tear manifests itself as an appearance of cracked glass, and is highly disorienting – even the most adept sensor nin will not be able to glean any information from their peripheral vision.

Weakness: N/A

Name of Technique: Tsu no Hikari de Ni [By the Light of the Sun]
Type of Jutsu: Genjutsu
Rank: C
Range: Touch; Eyesight; Tōsei no Eien
Nature Type: N/A
Handseals: N/A

Description: Tsu no Hikari de Ni causes the opponent to no longer be able to see by the light of the sun. Any light provided by the sun will become absolute dark to the victim, and they will be forced to use artificial light to be able to see through the absolute darkness.

Weakness: N/A

Name of Technique: Zenkei Ome Itetsuku [Panoramic Vision Freeze]
Type of Jutsu: Genjutsu
Rank: C
Range: Touch; Eyesight; Tōsei no Eien
Nature Type: N/A
Handseals: N/A

Description: Much like the normal Ome Itetsuku, however, the Zenkei Ome Itetsuku causes the entire landscape around a user to be frozen in place rather than the sole image they were concentrating on at the time.

Weakness: N/A

Name of Technique: Gensoku Jikan [Slowed Time]
Type of Jutsu: Genjutsu
Rank: Z
Range: Touch; Eyesight; Tōsei no Eien
Nature Type: N/A
Handseals: N/A

Description: The Gensoku Jikan is a peculiar genjutsu allowing Kyoko to control an opponent’s sense of time. She is quite proficient with this genjutsu, able to distort the victim’s sense of time so much that one second becomes fifteen minutes - their mind is overloaded with sensory information but the body cannot keep up, effectively slowing them to a crawl and leaving them virtually unable to act. This also causes every one second of genjutsu Kyoko, or any opponent, uses on the victim to be amplified in terms of time, making them more powerful. Kyoko and her target are both immobilised for the duration of the genjutsu unless an Eien no Inkan maintains the Gensoku Jikan. Kyoko cannot attack targets under the effect of Gensoku Jikan, except with Genjutsu and Fūinjutsu.

Weakness: N/A

Name of Technique: Shosai no Kogeru [Burning the Libraries]
Type of Jutsu: Genjutsu
Rank: B
Range: Touch; Eyesight; Tōsei no Eien
Nature Type: N/A
Handseals: N/A

Description: This genjutsu, simply enough, allows the user to completely block access to or alter memories so long as they know the memory they wish to change or block. In addition, the user may create mental blocks that prevent the user from accessing specific memories.

Weakness: The blocks can be overcome with great concentration [not pragmatic in a battle situation].

Name of Technique: Rei Yakedo [Spirit Burn]
Type of Jutsu: Genjutsu
Rank: A
Range: Touch; Eyesight; Tōsei no Eien
Nature Type: N/A
Handseals: N/A

Description: Rei Yakedo causes the target to feel an exceptionally intense burning pain throughout their entire chakra system (and thus entire body) whenever they expend chakra, but does not otherwise affect the opponent. If the target comes within 20 feet of Kyoko, she can instead cause the genjutsu to create the sensation of pain continuously for up to one minute. All but the most hardened of ninja will pass out from the pain caused by Rei Yakedo if it is allowed to cause pain a number of times in rapid succession. Rei Yakedo lasts for up to one minute, excluding any time in which it is activated within 20 feet of Kyoko.

Weakness: The genjutsu can only be placed once every five minutes.

Name of Technique: Hakujitsumu [Waking Dream]
Type of Jutsu: Genfuuinjutsu
Rank: C
Range: Touch; Eyesight; Tōsei no Eien
Nature Type: N/A
Handseals: N/A

Description: Kyoko brands her target with a seal that vanishes upon application, lying dormant deep within them until it is activated (from anywhere) by Kyoko creating a primer seal treated with the target’s blood.

When Hakujitsumu is activated, Kyoko takes control of their body and her own body is disabled, and Kyoko is able to control them for as long as she does not enter combat. She is unable to force the target to harm themselves, to put themselves into harm’s way or to harm another. The target shows no signs of being controlled outwardly, but sensor nin can detect the activation of their chakra and the presence of the seal. Kyoko retains all information gained from using this technique through the seals linking the target and Kyoko together.

For the duration of Kyoko controlling the target, they are trapped in a genjutsu that gives them pleasant dreams, and when the technique ends they awaken with no recollection of what happened during the technique’s duration.

Weakness: The target is able to break free from the genjutsu and end the effect prematurely if control is taken at a moment where they are alert, removing the seal completely. Other people are able to remove the genjutsu effect from the target (and Kyoko cannot stop them as she cannot enter combat while using the technique).

Name of Technique: Ishiki Zansuru [Sensory Banish]
Type of Jutsu: Genfuuinjutsu
Rank: A
Range: Touch; Eyesight; Tōsei no Eien
Nature Type: N/A
Handseals: N/A

Description: Kyoko manifests a complex seal on her target while simultaneously placing them under a genjutsu that completely eliminates one of the following senses according to Kyoko's desire: Sight, Sound, Touch, Taste, or Smell. The Genjutsu cannot be removed by the target while the Fūinjutsu remains intact.

Weakness: N/A

Name of Technique: Gōmon [Torture]
Type of Jutsu: Genjutsu
Rank: A
Range: Touch; Eyesight; Tōsei no Eien
Nature Type: N/A
Handseals: N/A

Description: A versatile technique that places its target in an isolated room with a host of torture tools. Kyoko can use these tools in any way she likes, and pain cannot remove the genjutsu from the victim by any means. The only effective way to be released from the technique is externally, but those with an incredibly high pain tolerance are able to Kai out of the technique.

Weakness: Can be resisted if the victim is particularly strong-willed, but not while Saimin Suimin is active.

Name of Technique: Kyōzō [Mirror Image]
Type of Jutsu: Genjutsu
Rank: A
Range: Touch; Eyesight; Tōsei no Eien
Nature Type: N/A
Handseals: N/A

Description: A genjutsu that allows Kyoko to completely evade any sensory perception available to its target by creating a clone of Kyoko that they can track. For as long as the clone is alive within the genjutsu it will last, and the genjutsu is undetectable to the individual in question. The genjutsu can be brought to their attention by an external party, but due to its subtlety it is difficult to detect except by the most potent of sensory ninja.

Weakness: N/A

Name of Technique: In Somnis Veritas [In Dreams, Truth]
Type of Jutsu: Genjutsu
Rank: A
Range: Touch; Eyesight; Tōsei no Eien
Nature Type: N/A
Handseals: N/A

Description: In Somnis Veritas is a powerful interrogation Genjutsu, allowing Kyoko to directly access the target’s subconscious mind and memories with no interference from their waking mind. This prevents any resistance that is not completely automatic, and automatic resistances will be assaulted until they are broken. The only information that In Somnis Veritas cannot force a victim to reveal is information that they do not know. False information is effective against In Somnis Veritas.

Weakness: Requires the victim be asleep. The jutsu will end abruptly if the victim is forced out of sleep, and heavy mental resistances will delay the jutsu’s effectiveness - But if the target is asleep indefinitely or by unnatural means, this does not apply.

Name of Technique: Setsuri no Hametsu [Providence’s Bane]
Type of Jutsu: Genjutsu
Rank: B
Range: Touch; Eyesight; Tōsei no Eien
Nature Type: N/A
Handseals: N/A

Description: Kyoko crafts a genjutsu of unparalleled intricacy based on her chosen target’s thought processes and general tendencies. As soon as the victim is affected by Setsuri no Hametsu, events will unfold precisely at the target predicts they would. The target will act according to their plans in the genjutsu - which is visible to Kyoko - but will not move in the physical world as events unfold. As soon as Setsuri no Hametsu ends (At Kyoko’s discretion), the target has no recollection of having been within the genjutsu unless Kyoko specifically wills it. Additionally, Kyoko is also able to force the target’s body to move according to the plan while the genjutsu is in place should she desire. If the target leaves Kyoko's Tōsei no Eien, the genjutsu will end and the target is able to remember what happened.

Weakness: Interpret it yourself.

Name of Technique: Zensekai Gensō [Total World Illusion]
Type of Jutsu: Genjutsu
Rank: S+
Range: Within the Tenkan no Inkan.
Nature Type: N/A
Handseals: N/A

Description: The Zensekai Gensō is Kyoko’s most powerful genjutsu, allowing her to completely and utterly take control of an opponent’s senses and mould everything they can possibly sense as she sees fit. The illusion is completely infallible, and no doujutsu or illusion removal technique can pierce it while the victim is within the boundaries of the Tenkan no Inkan. The range is, as aforementioned, within the four Tenkan no Inkan, which Kyoko must place around someone, or as a “trap” for them to walk into. Should the victim be released from the illusion, while they are in the four seals they are immediately returned exactly where the illusion was and will suffer no recollection of being out of it. Kyoko also controls time within this illusion, to such an extent that she may extend the illusion’s time for years. This jutsu is so finely created and maintained that Kyoko can control the entire world of each person within it, up to four people, with one for each of the Tenkan no Inkan. This genjutsu is so powerful that it fools all sapient beings regardless of “immunity” or extenuating circumstances. In addition, Kyoko is able to manipulate the memories and past experiences of people within the genjutsu, causing subtle lasting changes in the victim.

Weakness: Devastating chakra loss; bound to a very specific area.

Name of Technique: Eien no Inkan [Seal of Eternity]
Type of Jutsu: Fūinjutsu
Rank: A
Range: Personal
Nature Type: N/A
Handseals: N/A

Description: A seal that can be imbued with immense amounts of chakra and applied as an addition to an existing seal or laid out in a circle in an area. Natural effects cannot expire while under the effect of the Eien no Inkan, as the seals will use their chakra to fuel whatever effect it is they are prolonging. Kyoko can use this seal in conjunction with a Genjutsu to prevent her opponents from releasing themselves from it, as the seal will reapply the Genjutsu should they be removed from it. Additionally, the victim of the Genjutsu will not remember having released themselves from it for as long as the Eien no Inkan persists. The Eien no Inkan will last for a maximum of five minutes, and can only reapply A/S rank Genjutsu once, B rank thrice, and C and below ranks up to five times.

Weakness: N/A

Name of Technique: Shiketsutai no Inkan [Seal of the Tourniquet]
Type of Jutsu: Fūinjutsu
Rank: A
Range: Personal
Nature Type: N/A
Handseals: N/A

Description: Kyoko creates a seal that bars the passage of chakra through it under any circumstances, instead using the chakra to fuel the existence of the seal. The seal will prevent all sensory techniques reliant on chakra from sensing past them, prevent the passage of any ninjutsu or genjutsu through its bounds, and if applied to the body prevents chakra from reaching any parts cut off by it. This will cause necrosis and kill the body part off as if it were suffering from a complete lack of oxygenated blood.

The seal is a temporary construct unless inscribed in ink, and will dissipate after ten minutes unless it is placed on the body, where it will last until removed or there is no more chakra to sustain its existence.

Weakness: The seal will only last for ten minutes unless placed on the body, where it will last for up to 48 hours.

Name of Technique: Jiryoku no Fū [Seal of Attraction]
Type of Jutsu: Fūinjutsu
Rank: A
Range: Touch
Nature Type: N/A
Handseals: N/A

Description: Kyoko has tattooed this seal onto her left palm. When she focuses her chakra into it, it glows with a faint blue colour and the next object Kyoko touches with her left hand will be attracted to the seal on her palm. It is also able to attract chakra, but not Kyoko’s chakra or chakra in another person’s body. She is able to leave an imprint of this seal on anything she touches with her left palm. The imprint will be attracted to the Sekiryoku no Fū.

Weakness: N/A

Name of Technique: Sekiryoku no Fū [Seal of Repulsion]
Type of Jutsu: Fūinjutsu
Rank: A
Range: Touch
Nature Type: N/A
Handseals: N/A

Description: Kyoko has tattooed this seal onto her right palm. When she focuses her chakra into it, it glows with a faint red colour and the next object Kyoko touches with her right hand will be repelled by the seal on her right hand. It is also able to repel chakra, but not Kyoko’s chakra or the chakra in another person’s body. She is able to leave an imprint of this seal on anything she touches with her right palm. The imprint will be attracted to the Jiryoku no Fū.

Weakness: N/A

Name of Technique: Idōsō no Fū [Never Move Seal]
Type of Jutsu: Fūinjutsu
Rank: B
Range: Personal
Nature Type: N/A
Handseals: N/A

Description: A complex seal that must be drawn onto a solid surface before it can be used [Takes sixty seconds to write]. Upon touching a person, the seal activates after a delay of one second and the opponent’s muscles in their somatic nervous system forcibly contract, leaving them completely unable to move. Additional applications of the seal do not work.

Weakness: Long preparation, requires them physically touch the seal, has a delay, lasts for sixty seconds. Additional applications of the seal do not work for 24 hours.

Name of Technique: Chigoku Inkan: Kami no Sakura [Verbatim Sealing: Divine Blossom]
Type of Jutsu: Fūinjutsu
Rank: C
Range: N/A
Nature Type: N/A
Handseals: N/A

Description: A simple seal that stores another completed jutsu inside it. When activated at the user’s will, the technique is immediately released from the seal.

Weakness: N/A

Name of Technique: Kyōsei Keiyaku Kuchiyose no Jutsu [Forced Contract Summoning Technique]
Type of Jutsu: Fūinjutsu
Rank: C
Range: Potentially Infinite
Nature Type: N/A
Handseals: Standard handsigns for Kuchiyose no Jutsu

Description: The Kyōsei Keiyaku Kuchiyose no Jutsu is a Fūinjutsu-based derivative of the original contracts designed to facilitate the summoning process. The seal is inherently incomplete until the addition of blood and a primer seal created by the Chigoku Inkan. The primer seal can be written and given to non-Jikangai members, but is consumed in the process. When the blood of an individual, or a primer seal created from trace chakra of an individual, meets the incomplete seal (and the user’s blood is added in the latter case) a temporary summoning contract is formed that lasts for a single summon. The user can summon the target to themselves, or themselves to the target.

The Kyōsei Keiyaku Kuchiyose no Jutsu has unique limitations determined by the primer seal, restricting the use of the technique if any damage would come to individuals affected by the technique as a result of their being displaced or if they would be displaced upon arrival, resulting in the technique being guaranteed to be safe.

Weakness: Interpret it yourself.

Name of Technique: Saiketsu Fū [Blood Drawing Seal]
Type of Jutsu: Fūinjutsu
Rank: D
Range: Personal
Nature Type: N/A
Handseals: N/A

Description: A simple seal that is connected to the user’s bloodstream. Activation of the seal allows for enough blood for a summoning to be performed without causing a break in the skin.

Weakness: N/A

[Always Lonely] Naruto: Continuum [Always Open]

Akaritori and Kei - Office of the Judge-Magister - Kyokujitsugakure

Kei's afternoons were ones of strict routine, but not by choice. At 3 pm every day, she brought paperwork to Akaritori who handled the law enforcement for the village - of course, with a leash from Ayameko to make sure she didn't take justice too far. It was a strict schedule due to Akaritori. The Judge-Magister had a very strict schedule and even Ayameko stressed the importance of not antagonizing her. It just saved time and effort to follow Akaritori's schedule in the afternoons.

Knocking lightly on Akaritori's door before she entered, Kei stepped forward, but much of her body was obscured by the stack of papers that she had been asked to deliver. The new, enhanced forms that Akaritori had requested, as, of course, the previous forms had not had adequate detailing. So, after talking to Yui who managed the village's Grand Library, they had produced new forms that provided greater detailing. Yui had been forced to staff three extra people to handle the extra workload. It was, like Ayameko said, best not to antagonize Akaritori.

Of course, Kei's mere presence was antagonizing to the Judge-Magister. Kei was essentially the exact opposite of the Justice of Kyokujitsugakure. Bright, cheerful, if not a bit naive about the world, Kei had the incredible skill to irritate Akaritori without having to do anything but be in her sensory range, which given Akaritori's skill as a shinobi, meant Akaritori was irritated any time Kei wasn't on a mission outside the village's barrier.

Kei followed the routine and placed the paperwork squarely on the left corner of the desk, making sure the stack was as neat as possible.

"Good afternoon Akaritori, more paperwork for you to sign off on. It should be all of the reports on the incidences for the last two weeks. As always, the minor crimes are on top. I believe your first case is the 30 page report on the 4 year old that walked out of the market with an apple."

The Judge-Magister had even less time than usual for the shenanigans and malarkey that followed her naive counterpart around, having been working on the case of "Litre Boxer" the Apple Thief for most of the morning. Given the locations of several people, the exact apple having been stolen, and the brazen and nonchalant way in which the apple had been taken (she had almost managed to make it look like an accident), Akaritori was convinced that there was a deeper meaning to the seemingly innocent and petty crime and had ordered a full investigation of the child, her family, and her acquaintances. She had also detained the child's neighbours and had them interrogated for good measure in case they were also a part of the devious plot.

Of course, Kei did not believe that the child could possibly have been part of an international smuggling ring and had attributed it to "being forgetful" and "being a child". Of course, Kei's childlike mind immediately jumped to those conclusions - Akaritori could almost smell the black magic wafting off of the little creature as she had brought them in for questioning. Unfortunately, she had not been able to extract much information as the child had started crying after the first question and Kei had gone to fetch the child some apple juice to calm them down. It was almost shocking to think that such an obvious ploy would work - only Kei would be fooled by such a ridiculous notion.

"You know full well that that devil child is hiding something from us and I will get to the bottom of it!" Akaritori replied, almost shouting as she stood up from her desk and snatched the massive file away.

"You had to give her some apple juice to "calm her nerves", didn't you?! That was what she wanted, for you to sympathise with her and believe her story!"

"Lady Ayameko was present at the child's birth. We even had Touzoku and Tokumei check for any jutsu that could have slipped through our defense network. I think we probably could have used the original forms for her case, rather than the enhanced ones," Kei responded to Akaritori. "Did you release her yet from custody?"

"No. She is going to stay in the dungeons until I find out a way to either remove the advanced transformation technique she is using or she confesses her guilt. I am yet to offer her the trial by combat, though... Maybe I should go down and visit her after the forms have been completed. I'm not sure who designed this system, but I should really be allowed to offer a trial by combat before the third set of forms have been processed."

"Ayameko did think you were going to say that so she had me bring this..." Kei said, pulling a scroll out of the pocket of her jacket. "It is a release order for the girl so she can return to her parents." Kei put it on the top of the forms that she had just placed onto the desk for Akaritori to take. The area for the forms were like a feeding tray for a dangerous beast that pevented you from getting bisected by the 'claws or fangs'.

"Please make sure she is released by 3:30." Of course, the girl had already been released. But as Ayameko said it was best not to antagonize Akaritori. The leadership of Kyokujitsgakure had conspired to actually replace the girl with a clone under a very advanced transformation technique, so, in essence, Akaritori was right, there was a conspiracy and an advanced transformation technique - just not executed by an international fruit smuggling ring bent on the destruction of the produce exports for Kyokujitsgakure.

The look of hatred that Akaritori projected at Kei could make even the most keen sensor nin wonder why Akaritori did not possess the Killing Intent technique, and it took every force of will she possessed not to outright attack the girl in the office. Of course, that very same thing had happened multiple times and her skill with barriers made her the perfect foil to Akaritori's swift and brutal kenjutsu. She almost considered attacking Kei for the fun of it, but decided instead to focus on the paperwork that she had been given before finding and attempting to bisect her. After all, a tray full of paperwork was even more infuriating than having the mastermind of an international fruit smuggling ring taken away from you beneath your nose.

"I am sure that you have already released her and made a mockery of my system, so you might as well just do whatever it is you were going to do with the girl on your own. I have paperwork to complete. Also, please note that the mat outside of the door is for wiping your feet on and not leaving dust marks on my pristine floors. Also, could you fetch me some coffee, please? I would get it myself but you have presented me with enough paperwork to keep me busy for half an hour and I could not possibly bring myself to get up and do it myself."

Kei performed a Forced Contract Summoning with a cup of coffee, having already prepared for such a situation.

"Let me know if I need to summon cream and sugar," Kei asked, holding the steaming cup in her hands. Like before, she would place it in the 'feeding tray'.

"I take my coffee like I hunt my magic.

Black."

Kei walked out of the office, smiling to herself as she did so. She always loved spending time with Akaritori in the afternoon.

[Always Lonely] Naruto: Continuum [Always Open]

Akaritori, Asaborake

Akaritori, Pride of Exae

【Full Name】

Asaborake, Akaritori

【Alias】
Akaritori, Hokori no Exae [Akaritori, the Pride of Exae]; Judge-Magister of Kyokujitsu

【Gender】
Female

【Age】
39

【Sexuality】
Bisexual; Prefers Women



【Birth Country】
Exae, Alaria

【Current Village】
Yamagakure

【Organization】
Judge-Magister of the Yotogi no Eien

【Shinobi Rank】
Head of the Police Force so probably a Jounin or some bollocks



【Personality】

"For her family, Akaritori made a funeral pyre of Exae."

Akaritori is a woman scarred by the horrors of this world. Once, she was a champion of the Light, of purity and chastity and virtue. Those times died when her family did, and after the atrocities that Akaritori witnessed, she has taken her light to a darker place. Once, Akaritori was a kind woman who wanted to spare the world from its pain. She worked day and night to learn the arts of the sword so that she could stand up for those who could not take up arms themselves, and though she did not realise it, a great evil was born with her - for with conviction there must be absolute belief, and absolute belief brooks no threats to its authority, imagined or otherwise. Akaritori was virtuous to the extreme - she believed that all life, no matter how marred by imperfection, should be protected - for life is a precious gift, and squandering it is a great crime.

No matter how strong one's belief becomes, it should never define them. Conviction should never become the singular facet upon which the delicate balance of the mind rests, but for one as fervent as Akaritori, this downfall was perhaps inevitable. The worst moral crises are those that the mind has imposed on itself by virtue of its own conviction, and it was Akaritori's great faith that finally broke her spirit - for her faith was so great that mere facts could not shake it, and this staunch belief was turned against her. When one life claims another as its own, what can one who believes that all life is sacred do? Akaritori could not hold on to her pristine ethical code and simultaneously save the lives of her people, and this raged inside of her like a great battle for many years - each life she took trying to prevent more of those who she had grown up with from being assimilated brought her closer to her demise.

It is not easy to wash out the blood on one's hands - especially that which is only imagined - and just as each death killed a little spark inside Akaritori, each life she saved brought her closer to the light. For a warrior so ensconced in the light which she so firmly believed in, Akaritori was blind to how it blinded her, and she wandered alone in the dark, unable to see for all of the blood she imagined was dripping down her face. There is only so much that a single person can endure, no matter how brilliant their light may be, and the brighter the light that sustains you, the darker the shadow it casts. The shadow of the candle looms tall even as its light grows dim, and the longer the shadow, the greater the darkness that will inevitably consume it.

Now, Akaritori is but a husk of her past-self. Her core remains sacrosanct, but the morals that surround it have fallen to the darker side of the psyche, and where once a desire to save all life was fostered a great rift has formed, a rift that has consumed purity with vengeance. The innocent must always be protected, such is true to her core, but Akaritori can no longer bear the pain of her failures, and she targets evil indiscriminately. She vanquishes those who have fallen to the allure of "black magics" with the same conviction she once would have fought for their life with, slaying them before they can harm so much as a single innocent with their selfishness. After her fall from grace, Akaritori became much darker, much more prone to fits of grief-driven vengeance. She has become a woman who hunts the forces of night ruthlessly, and is eager to condemn all those who would harm the innocent, even at the cost of everything else.

After finding Windspeaker Touho, Akaritori has begun to reclaim parts of who she was, and in the same vein parts of her have died - she is a fairer, more just individual that is not wont to reckless acts without provocation. Still her heart seethes with rage at the injustices that occur in the world, still her mind burns with the desire to cleanse the impure, but she now has more temperance and patience with which to bolster her almighty power - and those under her have benefited greatly from it.



【History】

The woman known as Akaritori began her life in a peaceful city from across the seas known as Alaria. Exae was a peaceful and prosperous city, with three main districts - Exae, the home of Law, Nykt, the home of Mystery, and Naya, the home of the Wild. When each of the districts of Alaria worked together, the results were legendary, and the city glowed among its brethren like a glittering jewel, a marvel of the works of cooperation and the human spirit. There were times when one or more districts did not cooperate, such was expected, but they were far and few between. Alaria was a glorious city of progress, and all of its inhabitants lived in a golden age. Akaritori was brought into the world on the back of perfection, and she was raised to do nothing else but bask in its glow.

Akaritori was always a happy child, even from her first day in this world. She was never too problematic, never cried too much, and her parents would swear that she'd sleep through the night just so they could get some rest. Love was abundant in the life of this particular child, and it shaped her, over years, into a beautiful child. Akaritori's hair glittered like the sun, and even her body had an almost papery translucence to it, shimmering with all of the hues of the sun. Akaritori was radiant, and her parents knew what that particular fact meant: Akaritori was born with the Hokori no Exae [Pride of Exae]. Gifted with the rare genetic mutation that happened semi-frequently in the city, Akaritori's destiny was carved out for her from the second she could walk.

Though the love never left her life, its presence was withdrawn when Akaritori was taken from her loving family to be trained in Exae's arts of swordplay. It was expected that members of the Pride would be proficient in all of Alaria's customs, from Exae's swordplay to Nykt's artifice to Naya's compassion. Each of these lessons were taken well by the young Akaritori, but she demonstrated by far the most skill in her home district's abilities, those of Exae. Akaritori grew up to be an exemplar of the values that Exae held above all others, and she was chosen to be the Champion of Exae, the fated hero who would guide Exae to a shining new destiny. Many had forgotten that the title of Champion had been the result of a prophecy where doom would come to Alaria. Most, but not all.

It was on her twenty-first birthday that Akaritori was approached by a hooded woman, in the colours of Naya, who pressed a letter to her chest and said: "Persevere, for the darkness encroaches. Seek out Ophiuchus, Keeper of the Precepts.". The letter - white ink on black paper, and the seal of Nykt upon its edges - which warned her of the upcoming battles she would face. Akaritori, a woman who had always been a champion at heart, could not ignore the dark portents that had been revealed to her and she sought out the woman in Naya who had sent her the letter. She found nothing but dust. For three years, Akaritori pressed her concerns to the back of her mind, and continued on her duties as a protector of the innocent. When she turned 24, she woke up one morning to find the letter that she had received three years ago on her bed, with new writing replacing the old. There were only two words on that piece of paper, but the scrawling script and eldritch curvature of the lettering chilled her to her core:

"We arrive."

Akaritori immediately took up arms to find the mysterious beings that had changed her letter, but after a day her search ended with nothing. She chose to retire to her chambers, but as the sun began to set the encroaching darkness revealed signs of a plague within Exae. The next few days are what shaped Akaritori's entire life. After a few days of careful study, it was determined by the healers of Naya that the plague was no ordinary disease, but was a parasitic organism that consumed the mind of its host and used the flesh to build itself a body before roaming to infect others. Very few people were initially infected, but the plague spread quickly if left unchecked, and so much as a single escapee could devastate the entirety of Alaria. Fortune had it that as the plague hit Nykt had a massive argument with Naya about the price of ore and other materials, and despite both Naya and Exae's urging to Nykt that the plague was more important, the council of Nykt would not listen, and withdrew all of their support to Exae, sticking exclusively to their own district.

It was not long until Nykt fell to the plague - three weeks and not a single sound except the crunching of bones and the screams of the damned could be heard from Nykt. Exae and Naya quickly banded together to fight off the army of plague, and a state of war was declared. Exae and Naya both called upon their greatest champions, and the Pride of Exae was to lead the charge into Nykt. Akaritori agreed to the charge readily, and lead the most powerful members of the Exaean Caste to war. The war waged for many years, and in those years, the outskirts of Exae and Naya both fell to the plague, but the corruption was stymied enough that as a whole, the two cities managed to survive. Akaritori was largely successful in her campaign to root out the corruption in Nykt, and after four long years she had managed to save as many innocent lives as possible. The Nayans and Exaeans had managed to halt the corruption in those infected, but they would never be able to cure them. It was enough to survive, but not enough to save the innocent. That was a trade that Akaritori simply was not willing to accept, and she pushed the council to find a definitive cure.

At long last, the combined efforts of Alaria managed to halt the spread of the plague long enough that, finally, Akaritori could take a breath and relax. She went back to Exae, and she asked the magistrates if she could see her family. The reply was swift and brutal: Akaritori's family had died within the first year of the war, overcome by plague before they could evacuate. Akaritori was never told for fear of her becoming too mournful to fight. Akaritori left Exae quickly, and fled to the ruins of Nykt where she began to mourn for her family. As she thought about her family, her sadness gave way to an incredible rage - the loss of everyone she had ever loved, and she had not known for six years. She was furious at the Exaeian Council for not having the decency to have told her, and in a fit of grief Akaritori plundered the last remaining archives of Nykt's knowledge. She learned of the true power of her Pride of Exae, and it was decided:

For her family, who had never gotten a proper funeral, Akaritori would make a funeral pyre of Alaria.

As Akaritori wept, she pointed her sword towards the heavens and asked whatever gods there may be to grant her the strength to avenge her family, to avenge the innocent, and to punish the corrupt that had destroyed her home and her life. No gods answered, but the power that lay deep within her heard her earnest plea and with that power she burned all of Exae to ashes. The pathetic neatness of Exae was nothing before her rage and her grief.

From that day, Akaritori was broken. She was a corrupted shade of who she was, and she vowed only one thing:

Nobody else would suffer like she had. She would protect the innocent, and she would rip apart anybody or anything that attempted to stay her hand. She would seek out the "Keeper of Precepts" that the woman had mentioned for answers about why Exae had suffered - if she could not avenge them, she would learn why they had to die. The woman proved difficult to track down, initially, and Alaria held no more answers for its disgraced champion.

After so long searching, Akaritori gave up, unable to continue in her fruitless search. Of all of the Hidden Villages, Kyokujitsu's strict adherence to peace spoke to her the most, and Sankage Ayameko appointed her as Head of the Police Force, partnered with (much to her chagrin) Kei.



【Chakra Nature(s)】

Hikariton [Light Release]



【Other Specialties】

Akaritori is one of the most renowned practitioners of kenjutsu in the world, and is a true master of the skill.

Akaritori has exceptionally fine chakra control, having practiced it for many years.

Akaritori has larger than average chakra reserves, but not by much.

Akaritori’s skill with her Kekkei Genkai and its corresponding jutsu is masterful to the extreme.

Akaritori has no time for nonsense (especially Kei's shenanigans).



【Weapons/Tools】
Name of Weapon or Item: Masayoshi, Saikōsai no Ken [Justice, Blade of the Supreme Court]
Owner: Akaritori
Rank: A

Description: A beautifully forged Katana whose blade is made of light rather than steel. By using Nyktian forging techniques from Akaritori’s birthplace, steel has been infused with so much Hikariton chakra that it took the form of light rather than steel. Aside from this change, Masayoshi is not particularly more deadly than any other Katana, except for its legendary sharpness and its inability to be wielded by anybody other than Akaritori due to its composition.

Name of Weapon or Item: Kōha Megane [Lightwave Goggles]
Location: Over Akaritori’s eyes at all times.
Owner: Akaritori
Rank: A

Description: An advanced set of goggles designed to protect Akaritori’s eyes from the intense light that she wields. The lenses are tinted so that the light she commands does not blind her without hindering her own moves. The goggles have also been technologically modified to be able to sense heat using thermal vision, and they have a setting to detect the bouncing of light waves much like a geographical graph would display isobars, allowing her to truly detect most people despite their efforts to hide. These tinted goggles prevent all eye-based genjutsu that would work on Akaritori. The goggles have a powerful zoom function that allow Akaritori to view targets in focus from approximately a mile away.

Appearance: A set of white “binoculars” that constantly cover Akaritori’s eyes. The binoculars are made of a white plastic, with tinted black rectangles where her eyes are. They are not particularly thick, only about an inch, but she is never seen without them.

Akaritori carries apt supplies of traditional ninja tools.



【Kekkei Genkai】

Name of the Kekkei Genkai: Hokori no Exae [Pride of Exae]

Type of Kekkei Genkai: Hikariton (Light Release)

Clan: N/A, Unique to Akaritori and several others born in Akaritori’s generation.

Rank: A-S

Description: The Hokori no Exae is an odd kekkei genkai offering the user access to a realm of supercharged and condensed light. This realm of light is not fully accessible to any user of the Hokori no Exae, but instead allows the users to “bleed” the light from it, infusing it into their bodies and creating areas suffused with large amounts of this light. This light has various properties, but as it is supercharged a small amount is very bright, often causing users of the technique to glow. The main ability of this light is that users of the Kagayaki are able to transfer the powerful light into other forms of energy - namely Kinetic energy, Heat energy and Electrical energy. The Hokori no Exae is typically manifested as a set of angelic wings, as is the case with Akaritori and has been known to give the user a Halo as well, which is often seen as an exertion of energy - like a second form of the Kekkei Genkai. The user is only able to access this realm of light via special seals, however, and if they wish to create an area of light they must clearly mark the area with seals.

Users of the Hokori no Exae find that they are much stronger than the average person, and, in fact, than most ninja due to the immense light energy running through their bodies that is converted to other energies, which passively trains their muscles as if they are constantly working out, and thus gives them incredible taijutsu ability.

Weakness: Requires seals to activate outside of the Hikari no Hagai.



【Canon Jutsu】

Basic Academy Techniques

【Custom Jutsu】

Name of Jutsu: Hikari no Hagai [Wings of Light]
Rank: C
Range: Personal
Type of Jutsu: Ninjutsu
User(s): Akaritori
Element Affinity [If Applicable]: Hikariton [Light Release]

Description: The Hikari no Hagai are a series of complex seal tattoos on Akaritori’s back that constantly draw light energy from the Kagayaki’s Realm of Light and bind it into 8 wings on her back. The wings are in two sets of four. Use of the wings is necessary for Akaritori’s light based attacks while not in the Kōyōkū. The wings naturally recharge over time, and require five seconds per wing to recharge. Only one wing may recharge at a time.

Weakness: N/A

Name of Jutsu: Teiden Ken [Blackout Blade]
Rank: C
Range: Melee range
Type of Jutsu: Ninjutsu/Kenjutsu
User(s): Akaritori
Element Affinity [If Applicable]: Hikariton [Light Release]

Description: By converting a sum of Light Energy to kinetic energy quickly, Akaritori can remove all light within a ten foot sphere around her and convert it instantly to kinetic energy, giving her an extremely fast slash with her Katana that is difficult to avoid and carries a lot of strength. The slash is very difficult to avoid due to the fact the enemy, if they are in ten feet [which is highly likely] is unable to see for the duration of the slash. The light is constantly converted until the slash ends. The kinetic energy is also applied to Akaritori’s light-infused muscles, causing her to become much speedier for the duration of the slash. Requires two wings of the Hikari no Hagai, unless in the Kōyōkū. Additionally, Akaritori's speed is even greater in the Kōyōkū.

Weakness: Interpret it yourself.

Name of Jutsu: Hōsha Ken [Radiant Sword]
Rank: C
Range: 10 feet.
Type of Jutsu: Ninjutsu
User(s): Akaritori
Element Affinity [If Applicable]: Hikariton [Light Release]

Description: Much like the Teiden Ken, except opposite. Akaritori channels energy through her Katana and floods an area of 10 feet diameter with light to blind and disorient her enemies, and then converts all of the light used to blind the victims into kinetic energy, creating an extremely fast slash with her Katana that is difficult to avoid and carries a lot of strength. The slash is very difficult to avoid due to the fact the enemy, if they are in ten meters [which is highly likely] is unable to see for the duration of the slash. The kinetic energy is also applied to Akaritori’s light-infused muscles, causing her to become much speedier for the duration of the slash. Expends two wings of the Hikari no Hagai initially, and another if Akaritori wishes to empower her slash.

Weakness: Interpret it yourself.

Name of Jutsu: Teiden Kyū [Blackout Sphere]
Rank: B
Range: 10 feet.
Type of Jutsu: Ninjutsu/Kenjutsu
User(s): Akaritori
Element Affinity [If Applicable]: Hikariton [Light Release]

Description: Much like the Hōsha Kyū, Akaritori creates a sphere of energy, but this sphere forces kinetic energy inwards and completely removes light from the area. Everything inside the sphere is pulled towards Akaritori’s central location but this is a one-time sharp “push”. Akaritori may also create a number of thrusts with her Katana by expending 10% of her chakra, instead focussing the “general” area of kinetic energy into a series of sharp series of thrusts that act much like extra blades. Requires two wings of the Hikari no Hagai, unless in the Kōyōkū.

Weakness: Interpret it yourself.

Name of Jutsu: Hōsha Kyū [Radiant Sphere]
Rank: B
Range: 10 feet
Type of Jutsu: Ninjutsu/Kenjutsu
User(s): Akaritori
Element Affinity [If Applicable]: Hikariton [Light Release]

Description: Akaritori converts the energy of two wings to a sphere of sheer kinetic force, and bolsters it with her chakra [5%] via the Katana. Immediately, everything within Hōsha Kyū is pushed back 10 feet [assuming it can be affected by kinetic energy]. The execution of this move is a circular slash with her blade, which instantly causes the move to be used. Requires two wings of the Hikari no Hagai.

Weakness: Interpret it yourself.

Name of Jutsu: Hōshaha no Kyūzō [Radiant Wave Surge]
Rank: A
Range: 45 feet.
Type of Jutsu: Ninjutsu/Kenjutsu
User(s): Akaritori
Element Affinity [If Applicable]: Hikariton [Light Release]

Description: Akaritori looses a cylinder of sheer light at the opponent, 5 feet in radius. This cylinder of light is centered on her Katana, and upon reaching an enemy is converted into sheer heat energy. This is equivalent to one of the most powerful Katon techniques, Amaterasu, in sheer heat - however - it does not last nearly as long. For 10% of her chakra, Akaritori may also convert some of the energy to kinetic energy, slightly lessening the heat power of the technique but simultaneously causing it to knock back whatever it hits at least 25 feet.

Weakness: Interpret it yourself.

Name of Jutsu: Hikari no Yoroi [Light Release Armour]
Rank: A
Range: Personal
Type of Jutsu: Ninjutsu
User(s): Akaritori
Element Affinity [If Applicable]: Hikariton [Light Release]

Description: By transferring energy from two of her eight Hikari no Hagai, Akaritori can use the light energy to create electrical energy within her nervous system like the Lightning Release Armour, empowering the synapses and generally the musculature of the body while it is active and surrounding the user in an ethereal creamy-white glow. The user’s reflexes and speed are empowered while using the Hikari no Yoroi, but get no defensive bonuses. Hikari no Yoroi does not use the wings, merely restricts the user from using them while the technique is active.

Weakness: Interpret it yourself.

Name of Jutsu: Shukuchi [Reduced Earth]
Rank: A
Range: Close Range - Up to 15ft.
Type of Jutsu: Ninjutsu
User(s): Akaritori
Element Affinity [If Applicable]: Hikariton [Light Release]

Description: Akaritori expends two wings of the Hikari no Hagai to create a marker made of light anywhere within fifteen feet of her, and an identical mark beneath her current location. At any point within the next five seconds, Akaritori is able to instantly move to the first marker she created. For five seconds after that, she is able to return to the marker created at her initial position.

Weakness: Interpret it yourself.

Name of Jutsu: Asaborake no Shihō [Light of Dawn’s Justice]
Rank: A
Range: Medium - Long
Type of Jutsu: Ninjutsu
User(s): Akaritori
Element Affinity [If Applicable]: Hikariton [Light Release]

Description: Akaritori coalesces the light of 6 wings of the Hikari no Hagai into a halo placed behind her back, and dashes forwards at a speed of 15 feet per second. She will strike the first physical object encountered (but can choose should she encounter multiple at once) and will consume the halo of light behind her, creating a massive blast of kinetic energy. The energy can strike from any direction, but it is always in the vague shape of a massive sword (and can be seen faintly as traces of light remain). The power of the strike is extremely high, and unprotected targets will almost definitely find themselves bisected.

Weakness: Interpret it yourself.

Name of Jutsu: Hikari no Kusari [Chains of Light]
Rank: A
Range: Close Range - Up to 10ft.
Type of Jutsu: Ninjutsu
User(s): Akaritori
Element Affinity [If Applicable]: Hikariton [Light Release]

Description: By pooling light from the Kagayaki’s Realm of Light into a small area, Akaritori can convert it to kinetic energy perfectly matching any external output of kinetic energy that the victim(s) in the area make(s). This renders them completely unable to move, but does not affect the internal use of kinetic energy e.g. the beating of the heart. This uses the Hikari no Hagai at a constant rate, sacrificing one wing for every three seconds she keeps the opponent still. Akaritori cannot move for the duration of the technique.

Weakness: Interpret it yourself.

Name of Jutsu: Chikaiki [Oathbreaker]
Rank: A
Range: 20 feet
Type of Jutsu: Ninjutsu
User(s): Akaritori
Element Affinity [If Applicable]: Hikariton [Light Release]

Description: Akaritori suffuses the energy of four wings into her sword and plunges it into the ground. Immense cracks appear through the earth, seeping searing hot golden light, guided by Akaritori’s will. After a second, all of the cracks form, and the earth within a 20 foot radius circle is cracked and splintered, and then completely uprooted, sending shards of earth flying in every direction. There is a small circle around Akaritori in which the earth is not broken, and she is spared from harm. After two seconds, an explosion of light is created in the initial area that deals moderate damage to all enemies within.

Weakness: Interpret it yourself.

Name of Jutsu: Mayu o Nenshō [Burning Cocoon]
Rank: A
Range: Personal
Type of Jutsu: Ninjutsu
User(s): Akaritori
Element Affinity [If Applicable]: Hikariton [Light Release]

Description: Akaritori converts the energy of one wing per three seconds into a blisteringly hot cocoon of light around her or around a target. The cocoon will expend its energy in order to repel attacks by opposing them with equal kinetic energy, and anybody who comes within five feet of the cocoon will be rapidly burned, getting third degree burns if they stay for more than two seconds. Akaritori or the target cannot move while in the Burning Cocoon, and enemies cannot be damaged by any of Akaritori’s jutsu or attacks.

Weakness: Interpret it yourself.

Name of Jutsu: Shikōsai [Arbiter Supremus]
Rank: S
Range: Personal
Type of Jutsu: Ninjutsu
User(s): Akaritori
Element Affinity [If Applicable]: Hikariton [Light Release]

Description: Akaritori forfeits the use of the wings of light, taking them and a vast quantity of light energy into her body as a replacement. For the next two minutes, Akaritori’s assumes the form of an elemental, replacing her physical form with pure light, increasing the power of her techniques greatly but simultaneously removing her ability to use all of her previous techniques except Shukuchi and Asaborake no Shihō.

While ascended, Akaritori is immune to physical damage (from weapons and elemental ninjutsu, etc.), but is more vulnerable to techniques that disrupt chakra and such, and she is no longer gated by use of her wings of light. Her light-based techniques are roughly twice as damaging, and she is able to perform incredible feats of movement, such as being able to run on any solid surface due to her weightlessness. Akaritori’s speed increases dramatically in this form, but she is unable to deal physical damage of any kind.

Weakness: Interpret it yourself.

Name of Jutsu: Kawabe Kasō [Riverside Cremation]
Rank: A
Range: Variable
Type of Jutsu: Ninjutsu
User(s): Akaritori
Element Affinity [If Applicable]: Hikariton [Light Release]

Description: Akaritori creates a sword identical to her own made of light and thrusts it into the ground. Over the course of ten seconds, the sword gathers energy and becomes increasingly volatile, until it explodes in a massive burst of burning light after ten seconds. At any point before this explosion, somebody can remove the sword from the ground, causing a smaller explosion proportionate to the amount of time it took to remove the sword from the ground. Up to four of these swords can be created at once, with a maximum of sixteen during her ascension. The minimum explosion radius is twenty feet. The maximum explosion radius is forty feet. The forty feet explosion is three times as powerful as the twenty feet explosion.

Weakness: Interpret it yourself.

Name of Jutsu: Gijin no Shisen [Gaze of the Righteous]
Rank: A
Range: Variable
Type of Jutsu: Ninjutsu
User(s): Akaritori
Element Affinity [If Applicable]: Hikariton [Light Release]

Description: Akaritori ensnares all allies and enemies within a hundred feet of her, up to a maximum of twenty targets, with chains of light identical to the Kusari no Hikari. She can keep the targets bound for a maximum of thirty seconds, but not while they are within forty feet of a sword created by Kawabe Kasō.

If used on a single target, the technique changes to be more offensive, not only restraining their movement but exerting incredible pressure upon them that threatens to crush them if they are not physically strong enough to resist. The restraints in this version of the technique are less powerful, however, and can be broken with an extreme display of force.

Akaritori cannot move while maintaining this technique.

Weakness: Interpret it yourself.

Name of Jutsu: Chōshinsei [Supernova]
Rank: A
Range: Variable
Type of Jutsu: Ninjutsu
User(s): Akaritori
Element Affinity [If Applicable]: Hikariton [Light Release]

Description: Akaritori creates a small sun, ten feet in diameter, that blazes with intense light. If hit by a sufficient number of attacks (10 from a Jounin), the sun will dissipate. If the sun has not dissipated after ninety seconds, Akaritori’s maximum duration of her ascension is doubled, and half of that added on to her current time, and an explosion is released that heals all allies greatly. Akaritori cannot use movement-impairing effects while the sun is active.

Weakness: Interpret it yourself.

[Always Lonely] Naruto: Continuum [Always Open]

WIP

Shikon

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“I shall bring you rest.”

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【Full Name】
Shikon

【Alias】
Avatar of the Four; Yasei no Matsuei [Scion of the Wild]

【Gender】
Male

【Age】
25

【Sexuality】
Bisexual; Prefers Men

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【Birth Country】
Tsukigakure

【Current Village】
Kyokujitsugakure

【Organisation】
N/A

【Shinobi Rank】
Jōnin

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【Personality】

PENDING

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【History】

PENDING

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【Chakra Nature(s)】

Fūton; Hyouton; Doton; Katon

【Other Specialties】

Shikon’s chakra pool is exceptionally large, granting him a great deal of longevity in fights.

Despite the immensity of his chakra pool, Shikon has very fine control over his Spiritual techniques.

Shikon is a master of both the Hard and Gentle fist styles of fighting, and a true master of all taijutsu.

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【Weapons/Tools】

Shikon carries apt supplies of all ninja tools sealed inside a scroll.

Tengoku no Shidō - Chi ni Teikyō

Name of Weapon or Item: Tengoku no Shidō - Chi ni Teikyō [Heavenly Guidance – Offering to the Four]
Location: Shikon
Owner: Shikon
Rank: A
Description: The Tengoku no Shidō - Chi ni Teikyō is the set of prayer beads that Shikon wears over his chest. The prayer beads are inlaid with symbols of worship to the Four – Suzaku, the Phoenix; Seiryu, the Dragon; Genbu, the Turtle and Byakko, the Tiger.

The Tengoku no Shidō - Chi ni Teikyō allow Shikon to sense the location of an opponent’s tenketsu by allowing him to sense the spiritual energy flowing through people’s bodies within their chakra system (effectively granting him vision of their chakra system, but not of effects such as genjutsu that one with the Byakugan could sense).

Shikon is able to invoke the power of the beads in order to guide Hitodama into a shell of chakra, creating a form of spiritual armour that covers him and grants him access to specific abilities relating to the entity his armour is aspected towards.

In addition to these effects, the Tengoku no Shidō - Chi ni Teikyō acts as a magnet towards any Hitodama within a mile of the beads, allowing Shikon to either purify them and send them to the pure world, or (with their consent) add them to his shell of chakra aspected to the Four. Whenever an individual within a mile of Shikon dies, he is able to convert their soul into a Hitodama if they are willing.

Appearance: See initial picture.

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【Kekkei Genkai】

Kāidǎo

Name of the Kekkei Genkai: Kāidǎo [Enlightened]
Type of Kekkei Genkai: Spiritual
Clan: N/A
Rank: S

Description: The Kāidǎo is a Kekkei Genkai that affords those that bear it a level of unique spiritual insight, granting them access to specific abilities relating to the Jōdo [Pure World] as well as their own soul.
The first gift bestowed by the Kāidǎo is the ability to create small, temporary gates to the Jōdo. Users of the technique can enter the Jōdo themselves through these gates in order to communicate, or can temporarily draw spirits out of the Jōdo in order to communicate with them.

The second gift bestowed by the Kāidǎo is a unique spiritual insight, allowing them to sense the soul and spiritual energy of individuals. Bearers of the Kāidǎo are typically fantastic sensor ninja due to this ability. Through this gift, the bearers of the Kāidǎo can also sense Hitodama.

The final gift bestowed by the Kāidǎo is the ability to astrally project, separating the spirit from the body and sending it to other locations.

Weakness: Interpret it yourself.

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【Canon Jutsu】

Something something dark side

【Custom Jutsu】

Seiryu

Name of Technique: Seiryu no Tachiba [Stance of the Dragon]
Type of Jutsu: Reininjutsu [Spiritual Ninjutsu]
Rank: A
Range: Personal
Nature Type: Hyouton
Handseals: N/A

Description: Shikon shifts the aspect of his chakra towards Ice, and in doing so directs Hitodama in service to Seiryu towards him. By fusing these Hitodama with his chakra, Shikon is able to create a layer of spiritual energy coating him that takes the form of Seiryu.

Weakness: Interpret it yourself.

Name of Technique: Seiryu no Tachiba: Senmon Haki [Stance of the Dragon: One Thousand Gates Breaking]
Type of Jutsu: Reitaijutsu
Rank: A
Range: Melee
Nature Type: N/A
Handseals: N/A

Description: Whenever Shikon attacks an enemy with the Juuken, he calls Hitodama to aid him. Instead of applying the Juuken effect from his own hands, he is able to apply it through any of the Hitodama, allowing him to physically strike an opponent and spiritually strike an opponent from a different direction.

Weakness: Interpret it yourself.

Name of Technique: Seiryu no Tachiba: Fuyu no Ibuki [Stance of the Dragon: Breath of Winter]
Type of Jutsu: Reininjutsu
Rank: A
Range: 32 feet
Nature Type:
Handseals: N/A

Description: Similar in function to the Hakke Kūshō, Shikon sends a precise wave of force at the soul of his intended target, which will knock them back a considerable distance of it hits. The Seiryu-aspected energy will then begin to freeze around the target, binding them in place if they cannot break the ice that coats their body.

Weakness: Interpret it yourself.

Name of Technique: Seiryu no Tachiba: Totsuzen no Kōsetsu [Stance of the Dragon: Sudden Snowfall]
Type of Jutsu: Reininjutsu
Rank: B
Range: 10 feet
Nature Type: Hyouton
Handseals: N/A

Description: Shikon emits a wave of Seiryu-aspected chakra in a ring around him, coating any objects around him with a layer of ice. The ice can easily be broken with sufficient strength, but will prevent any objects or people near him from moving until the ice is broken.

Weakness: Interpret it yourself.

Name of Technique: Seiryu no Tachiba: Ryū no Ikidōri [Stance of the Dragon: Dragonwrath]
Type of Jutsu: Reininjutsu
Rank: S
Range: Melee
Nature Type: Hyouton
Handseals: N/A

Description: Shikon channels the full power of Seiryu, consuming his Seiryu-aspected shell of chakra. A raging storm of ice surrounds an area 10 feet in radius around Shikon, freezing in place all spiritual energy and chakra (outside of the body) for its full duration in the storm and for sixty seconds afterwards. At any point within 30 seconds of creating the storm, Shikon can convert it to a version of the Hakke Rokujūyon Shō and perform a Seiryu-aspected version on any opponents marked by Senmon Haki for each Hitodama they are marked by.

Using this technique prevents Shikon from entering the Seiryu no Tachiba for the remainder of the battle, and removes the Seiryu aspect from Shiken.

Weakness: Interpret it yourself.

Suzaku

Name of Technique: Suzaku no Tachiba [Stance of the Phoenix]
Type of Jutsu: Reijutsu [Spiritual Technique]
Rank: A
Range: Personal
Nature Type: Katon
Handseals: N/A

Description: Shikon shifts the aspect of his chakra towards Fire, and in doing so directs Hitodama in service to Suzaku towards him. By fusing these Hitodama with his chakra, Shikon is able to create a layer of spiritual energy coating him that takes the form of Suzaku.

Weakness: Interpret it yourself.

Name of Technique: Suzaku no Tachiba: Jaaku o Kyōda [Stance of the Phoenix: Smite the Wicked]
Type of Jutsu: Reitaijutsu
Rank: B
Range: Melee
Nature Type: Katon
Handseals: N/A

Description: Shikon concentrates spiritually pure fire into his hand and strikes an enemy with the heel of his palm, knocking them back in a burst of flame. The spiritually pure fire lingers around the target, gradually burning away any chakra on them and dealing Katon damage. Further taijutsu attacks add to the intensity of these flames, which will eventually deal significant damage if the target has been stricken enough.

Weakness: Interpret it yourself.

Name of Technique: Suzaku no Tachiba: Aku no Hōshū [Stance of the Phoenix: Evil’s Reward]
Type of Jutsu: Reininjutsu
Rank: B
Range: 50 feet
Nature Type: Katon
Handseals: N/A

Description: Shikon bids a Hitodama to a target location, which then charges itself with Suzaku-aspected energy after a delay of three seconds. Whenever an enemy comes within five feet of the Hitodama, it explodes in a ten foot radius burst of spiritually pure fire. The fire will double the current intensity of the lingering burn from Jaaku o Kyōda, and will knock them back up to ten feet in the direction of the explosion.

Weakness: Interpret it yourself.

Name of Technique: Suzaku no Tachiba: Toku no Sengen [Stance of the Phoenix: Declaration of Virtue]
Type of Jutsu: Reininjutsu
Rank: A
Range: 10 feet, then 30 feet
Nature Type: Katon
Handseals: N/A

Description: Similar in principle to the Hakkeshō Kaiten, Shikon rapidly revolves while spinning a sphere of spiritual fire around himself. The fire will block all physical projectiles and all chakra, and then the flames are unleashed in a thirty foot radius blast of energy. If these flames hit a Suzaku-aspected Hitodama, they will explode in the fashion of Suzaku no Tachiba: Aku no Hōshū. If an enemy affected by Suzaku no Tachiba: Jaaku o Kyōda is hit by the blast of energy, it is immediately ignited in a massive plume of flame proportional to how intense the flames were.

Weakness: Interpret it yourself.

Name of Technique: Suzaku no Tachiba: Hōō no Oha [Stance of the Phoenix: Tail Feathers of the Vermilion Bird]
Type of Jutsu: Reininjutsu
Rank: S
Range: 75 feet
Nature Type: Katon
Handseals: N/A

Description: Shikon channels the full power of Suzaku, consuming his Suzaku-aspected shell of chakra. 100 Hitodama in the form of vermilion feathers are suspended in the air in a 75 foot radius around Shikon. Shikon can detonate these feathers at will, causing explosions of spiritual fire with a ten foot radius that will apply the effects of Suzaku no Tachiba: Jaaku o Kyōda. Shikon can instead elect to detonate all of the feathers upon using the technique, creating a massive blast of spiritual fire within a one hundred foot radius.

Using this technique prevents Shikon from entering the Suzaku no Tachiba for the remainder of the battle, and removes the Suzaku aspect from Shiken.

Weakness: Interpret it yourself.

Genbu

Name of Technique: Genbu no Tachiba [Stance of the Turtle]
Type of Jutsu: Reijutsu [Spiritual Technique]
Rank: A
Range: Personal
Nature Type: Doton
Handseals: N/A

Description: Shikon shifts the aspect of his chakra towards Earth, and in doing so directs Hitodama in service to Genbu towards him. By fusing these Hitodama with his chakra, Shikon is able to create a layer of spiritual energy coating him that takes the form of Genbu.

Weakness: Interpret it yourself.

Name of Technique: Genbu no Tachiba: Nishi no Hoshō [Stance of the Turtle: Sentinel of the West]
Type of Jutsu: Reinintaijutsu [Spiritual Nintaijutsu]
Rank: A
Range: Melee
Nature Type: Doton
Handseals: N/A

Description: Whenever Shikon strikes an enemy, he places a Genbu-aspected Hitodama into the limb that he struck. This Hitodama will gradually petrify the limb it is placed in, taking place over ten minutes, until it is completely turned to stone.

Weakness: Interpret it yourself.

Name of Technique: Genbu no Tachiba: Tsuchi nado Fukutsu [Stance of the Turtle: Unyielding as the Earth]
Type of Jutsu: Reininjutsu
Rank: A
Range: Personal
Nature Type: Doton
Handseals: N/A

Description: Shikon calls a Genbu-aspected Hitodama to aid him, surrounding himself with the Hitodama. The next attack that would hit him is blocked by the Hitodama, which then dissipates. The Hitodama can block physical strikes, non-Raiton elemental jutsu, pure chakra, and spiritual techniques.

Weakness: Interpret it yourself.

Name of Technique: Genbu no Tachiba: Shibara-ji no Ashikase [Stance of the Turtle: Fetters of the Earthbound]
Type of Jutsu: Reininjutsu
Rank: A
Range: Melee
Nature Type: Doton
Handseals: N/A

Description: Whenever a Genbu-aspected Hitodama is within an opponent, Shikon can activate Genbu no Tachiba: Shibara-ji no Ashikase to consume the Hitodama and create a bond between the target’s feet and the earth. While bound, at least part of one foot must remain firmly on the ground at all times, and any additional force exerted trying to overcome the seal is applied to the muscles in the legs. This effect does not cause a great deal of strain initially, but will increase as additional Genbu-aspected Hitodama within the opponent increase. The seal lasts for as long as there is another Genbu-aspected Hitodama within the target.

Weakness: Interpret it yourself.

Name of Technique: Genbu no Tachiba: Dōtai ni Tenchi [Stance of the Turtle: Heaven and Earth as One]
Type of Jutsu: Reininjutsu
Rank: S
Range: Personal
Nature Type: Doton
Handseals: N/A

Description: Shikon channels the full power of Genbu, consuming his Genbu-aspected shell of chakra. Shikon becomes completely infused with earth, immune to all physical damage and all non-Raiton elemental damage, and other chakra-based techniques are 99% less effective against him. Dōtai ni Tenchi lasts for up to sixty seconds, but Shikon cannot move more than two steps in any direction from the location that the technique is activated from without ending it. Shikon can instead grant this effect to an ally, making them unable to move without ending the technique but affording them identical protection.

Using this technique prevents Shikon from entering the Genbu no Tachiba for the remainder of the battle, and removes the Genbu aspect from Shiken.

Weakness: Interpret it yourself.

Byakko

Name of Technique: Byakko no Tachiba [Stance of the Tiger]
Type of Jutsu: Reininjutsu [Spiritual Ninjutsu]
Rank: A
Range: Personal
Nature Type: Fuuton
Handseals: N/A

Description: Shikon shifts the aspect of his chakra towards Wind, and in doing so directs Hitodama in service to Byakko towards him. By fusing these Hitodama with his chakra, Shikon is able to create a layer of spiritual energy coating him that takes the form of Byakko.

Weakness: Interpret it yourself.

Name of Technique: Byakko no Tachiba: Shūkai no Kaze [Stance of the Tiger: Gathering Winds]
Type of Jutsu: Reininjutsu
Rank: A
Range: Melee
Nature Type: Fuuton
Handseals: N/A

Description: Shikon strikes out in melee range, creating a blast of wind that carries sufficient strength to knock almost all people back at least five feet. If the strike connects Shikon gains one stack of Byakko’s Wrath. For each stack of Byakko’s Wrath that Shikon has, a Byakko-aspected Hitodama will strike the same area he strikes upon a successful attack with Shiken, dealing Fuuton-type damage and potentially knocking the opponent back if enough Hitodama attack.

Weakness: Interpret it yourself.

Name of Technique: Byakko no Tachiba: Arashi-Ryoku [Stance of the Tiger: Storm Force]
Type of Jutsu: Reitaijutsu
Rank: A
Range: Ten feet
Nature Type: Fuuton
Handseals: N/A

Description: Similar in principle to the Jūho Sōshiken, Shikon coats his fists with images of the White Tiger Byakko. Each of his Shiken strikes steal significant amounts of chakra from the opponent and grant a stack of Byakko's Wrath (up to a maximum of five every five minutes).

Weakness: Interpret it yourself.

Name of Technique: Byakko no Tachiba: Naimen no Konran [Stance of the Tiger: Inner Turmoil]
Type of Jutsu: Reitaijutsu
Rank: B
Range: 10 feet
Nature Type: Fuuton
Handseals: N/A

Description: Shikon strikes an enemy with Byakko-aspected chakra, placing several Byakko-aspected Hitodama on their body as he does so. His next melee strike will coalesce the Hitodama into a spiritual seal that draws surrounding spiritual energy, and thus chakra, into it. Enemies afflicted by this seal cannot use techniques above two ranks below their highest ranked technique (If the target has an S Rank technique, they can only use B or lower ranked techniques) for the duration of the seal. The Hitodama will return to Shikon after two minutes, dispersing the seal. If Shikon changes stance, the seal dissipates.

Weakness: Interpret it yourself.

Name of Technique: Byakko no Tachiba: Kaze no Minamoto [Stance of the Tiger: Source of all Winds]
Type of Jutsu: Reininjutsu
Rank: S
Range: Personal
Nature Type: Fuuton
Handseals: N/A

Description: Shikon channels the full power of Byakko, consuming his Byakko-aspected shell of chakra. Shikon channels wind into a thirty foot radius circle around him, preventing all passage into or out of the circle, and can move at exceptional speeds within the circle. The circle lasts for ten seconds, and each second he gains a stack of Byakko’s Wrath.

Using this technique prevents Shikon from entering the Byakko no Tachiba for the remainder of the battle, and removes the Byakko aspect from Shiken.

Weakness: Interpret it yourself.

Name of Technique: Shiken [Fist of the Four]
Type of Jutsu: Reitaijutsu [Spiritual Taijutsu]
Rank: S
Range: Personal
Nature Type: Katon; Hyouton; Fuuton; Doton
Handseals: N/A

Description: Shiken changes depending on Shikon’s current Stance, changing which form of taijutsu he uses and the elemental damage that his techniques deal. Shiken has a different effect for each of Shikon’s four stances.

Suzaku – Strong Fist; Katon

Shiken engulfs Shikon in spiritually pure fire, causing his Taijutsu attacks to burn through chakra-based defences and purify bodies of spiritual energy that they encounter, cleaving chakra of abnormal compositions into physical energy and pure spiritual energy (which can only be used to perform spiritual techniques). Hitting an opponent with the Suzaku-aspected Shiken removes the effects of the Seiryu-aspected Shiken.

Seiryu – Gentle Fist; Hyouton

Shiken coats Shikon in a wreath of frost-aspected spiritual energy, causing his Juuken to freeze the chakra within the internal chakra system that they strike. Each tenketsu hit by Shikon while using a Seiryu-aspected Shiken will completely freeze over the course of thirty seconds, preventing passage of chakra and blood through the area. Hitting an opponent with the Seiryu-aspected Shiken removes the effects of the Suzaku-aspected Shiken.

Genbu – Strong Fist; Doton

Shiken infuses Shikon’s body with pure Doton chakra, massively increasing his resistance to physical attacks and rendering him immune to all non-Raiton elemental damage. His Strong Fist carries incredible weight while using the Genbu-aspected Shiken, essentially doubling his physical power. Hitting an opponent with the Genbu-aspected Shiken removes the effects of the Byakko-aspected Shiken.

Byakko – Gentle Fist; Fuuton

Shiken coats Shikon in an aura of fierce wind, increasing the range of his reitaijutsu techniques to ten feet rather than melee. Reitaijutsu techniques become Byakko-aspected, causing them to sever the spirit from the body should they hit tenketsu. If Shikon can attack all 361 tenketsu while using a Byakko-aspected Shiken, he can completely separate his opponent’s spirit from their body.

Weakness: Interpret it yourself.

Name of Technique: Reiho [Spirit Step]
Type of Jutsu: Reininjutsu
Rank: S
Range: 64 feet
Nature Type: N/A
Handseals: N/A

Description: Shikon places a specific Hitodama with which he has a summoning contract on enemies with each strike of Shiken, marking them indefinitely. Shikon is able to use the Hitodama as a reference point, summoning himself to its location and returning the Hitodama to his possession. As the Hitodama is a spirit, blood does not need to be shed to achieve the conditions of the summoning contract. Shikon cannot use Reiho more than once every fifteen seconds.
Weakness: Interpret it yourself.

Name of Technique: Shokei Shimasu [Execute]
Type of Jutsu: Ninjutsu
Rank: B
Range: Melee [Touch]
Nature Type: N/A
Handseals: N/A

Description: More of a style than an actual jutsu, the Shokei Shimasu uses physical blows with an opponent to accomplish a few effects. By thrusting his own chakra in a jab once he has hit someone, he can push an equal amount of chakra out at the point he strikes (but cannot exceed the amount that could occur there - IE Blows to chakra centres are potentially more serious). The benefit of this technique is that Shikon is able to combine it with other techniques to create a potent mix of effects. The second effect of this technique is Shikon being able to 'explode' his chakra. Once inserted into a physical object, the chakra is converted into physical force and moves outwards from where it is. However, the Shokei Shimasu requires the secondary effect to be initiated nearly immediately (unless the person has very poor chakra control and/or a small pool) before the chakra is overwhelmed. The Shokei Shimasu requires a direct exchange of power for it to work. It cannot transfer its power to anything but direct contact from a source of power to the new medium. So, while someone could use the Shokei Shimasu to fire an arrow and have it create a crater from the force of the blow, it could not then be transferred to another person. Shikon cannot convert chakra to force inside of someone else's body.

Weakness: Interpret it yourself.

[Always Lonely] Naruto: Continuum [Always Open]

Jikangai Clan

Clan Name: Jikangai Clan

Clan Symbol

Country of Origin: N/A

Hierarchy and Focus: The Jikangai follow a quasi-ancestor worship hierarchy, with the oldest and most powerful members of the clan being venerated. Yata, the Immortal Matriarch of the clan, is considered to be deific in nature, and all those descended from her have the most power and the most authority. Beneath Yata are the Immortal Scions, figures of legend chosen by Jikangai, Kinjiro to supposedly be immortalised and direct the clan’s efforts from the shadows. Below this are the various sects of the Jikangai, each with a focus on a particular element of Fuuinjutsu. Female Jikangai are more powerful and important than their male counterparts as they are guaranteed to produce Jikangai children.

The Jikangai’s area of expertise is Fuuinjutsu, which they are the progenitors of.

History: The Jikangai clan's origins begin with the matriarch and eternal leader of the clan, Yata, who was born into a wealthy family in a time where chakra was yet to grace the land. Yata's early history is unknown to anyone but herself, but there are a few established facts that the Jikangai are privy to: Yata was among the first to receive the gift of chakra, and in her blood were the secrets to the first sealing techniques. Yata became the first to utilise the nature of the seal to manipulate chakra in ways that could not be achieved within the body, and her rise to power was as swift as it was lethal. Yata later discovered that her sealing techniques were potent enough to affect the flow of time within small areas, and developed this power over many years alone. At some point, Yata gave birth to her first child, Kinjiro, with an unknown father who was on a similar or greater level of power to her, and Kinjiro was born with all of Yata's power except that over time, though she was the first Jikangai known to possess the trait of being "outside time", likely a result of Yata's experimentation with temporal energies.

The earliest members of the Jikangai were not selectively bred or taught like many of the earliest coalitions of clans. Initially, to gain entry to the Jikangai one only needed to be a powerful male (in order to create children from Yata's side to pass her potent sealing power down) or to have an interest in the sealing techniques that Yata offered. Coalitions of like-minded people that were not required to possess specific traits were initially rare, so the earliest Jikangai groupings were not as powerful as many of the other fledgling clans, but as the requirements to join were so simple, many chose to partake of the power that Yata offered. War was common in the early days as people discovered the limitations of their newfound power, but the Jikangai chose to weave seals within their architecture that offered them highly fortified and defensive positions through which to avoid battle. The legendary safety of their strongholds resulted in those tired of war defecting to join the Jikangai, and after a few short decades the Jikangai had members of almost every discipline that presently existed and the means to research many more.

When Yata's first child, Kinjiro, turned thirty two she achieved the secrets of immortality and shared these with her mother, causing the pair to become biologically immortal for a time. This secret gave the matriarch of the Jikangai clan enough time to perfect the seals that would render her truly immortal and cement her eternal reign over the Jikangai. It was also around this time that Kinjiro disappeared from the annals of the Jikangai, taking with her several of the more medically minded individuals of the time with her, and the clan turned from essentially worshipping its most powerful members (those who had most of Yata's blood) to a more expansion-oriented people, using their collective knowledge and sealing prowess to become conquerors. The seal-infused architecture typical of the early Jikangai strongholds became as much a weapon of war as the rest of the techniques within the Jikangai's grasp and they reconstructed many settlements that they took over with their own to ensure that none that came after them could take the land should they be ousted, and other contingents of the Jikangai could take their place.

The love for complex sealing and structures quickly became the largest downfall of the Jikangai, and their promising expansion years were cut short after only a small number of generations due to infighting within the clan, and their own seal-infused architecture being sabotaged by rival members within the power-oriented clan. Many of the less powerful members died during raids from other sects within the Jikangai, or through the defences upon which they heavily relied being rendered defunct and invading parties having enough of a surprise advantage to turn the tide of battle in their favour. The most powerful of the Jikangai survived and chose to withdraw into the heavily fortified structures that they had relied upon in their infancy, abandoning hopes of conquest for mastery over their sealing techniques under Yata's directive.

Yata, the Immortal Matriarch, directed the clan's efforts towards creating a set of seals of unknown form and function shortly after their withdrawal from their expansive phase, and at some point within the next ten years all instances of the Jikangai on the surface world promptly vanished and retreated into a single underground compound. Much controversy was raised over the reason for the disappearance of any large body of Jikangai, but several missionaries remained in the world to quell these rumours and to recruit promising talents into the folds of the Jikangai. Though it would seem, from looking at the history books, that the Jikangai simply erased themselves from the world, nothing could be farther from the truth.

After withdrawing to their underground compound, the Jikangai returned to their original state of pseudo-ancestor worship. Yata once again became the ultimate public authority within the clan (where before she had largely ruled from the shadows) and once the seals she had ordered the clan create were finished, she ascended beyond the mortal scope of power. With her new seals, Yata's presence was dangerous to all non-Jikangai, and though there was no immediate aftermath, the clan grew worried that her unchecked power would draw attention to their hiding location and chose to construct a sphere in which to entrap their Immortal Matriarch and limit her power. Yata herself designed the seals for her gilded cage, recognising the threat that she posed, and willingly withdrew to lead the clan from within a place that she could do no harm. Unfortunately, Yata's prison limited the contact that she could have with her children, and she receded from the spotlight once more to allow the Jikangai to work towards goals she would entrust to the most powerful members of the clan.

It was at this point that the various sects of the Jikangai begun to develop, each with a focus on a particular aspect of sealing, and the clan begun to evolve into the complex society that it is today. In order to avoid stagnancy, the Jikangai offered the secrets of their seals to the world for knowledge and resources that they may have needed through use of their missionaries, who in return recruited brilliant individuals to join the clan. This process has continued since that era, and is still something that occurs semi-regularly within the Jikangai. It is not uncommon for the most powerful members of the Jikangai (those selected to receive Kinjiro's gift of immortality) to directly intervene with mortals of specific interest and prowess to offer them unique gifts in return for their service. Some would liken the Jikangai to would-be Gods, undying beings with a penchant for interfering within the lives of perceived lesser beings for their amusement, but the truth of the matter is far simpler than that: The Jikangai scions are mortal ambition taken to its furthest extreme, with the power to match, and delight in precisely the same game of control that all mortals do, only on a larger scale.

Miscellaneous: The Jikangai are a secretive clan, having sequestered themselves deep underground many years ago. Their primary contact with the surface world is in the form of Jikangai Missionaries, who broker deals and trades with the hidden villages to secure resources and trade influence/information. These missionaries are also sworn to high-ranking members of the Jikangai (such as sect leaders of members of the Immortal Scions) as spies and informants. The missionaries are very easy to find should one wish to contact them, and they can be found within any major village.

Swords & Septims: Adventures in Tamriel (The Elder Scrolls)

As the high elf trudged through the gloaming and the dank that infested the until-recently undisturbed tomb, Aenyarin was very quickly reminded of why she had chosen to step back from the more active parts of her duties. Tombs like this one were not ones she had been intimately familiar with, but she had read enough of the reports to know what could transpire in these hidden-away relics of a civilisation long passed, and she endeavoured first and foremost to not join the ranks of the dead that were laid to rest in here - though she suspected that her own demise may well be significantly more inglorious than the hallowed ceremonies that no doubt accompanied the ancient dead leaving behind their mortal vessels within these very walls.

Merci's magelight was sufficient - it could have been better, she thought - and as it lead the pack of unlikely adventurers further into the depths of the earth, Aenyarin made sure to run over in her mind things that could go wrong. Nordic tombs were frequently infested with traps, and the low light levels did not lend themselves well to rigorously checking wherever one went. Still, if the reports she had read were accurate, the pressure plates that were famous in these tombs had a tendency to exist within the center of the paths to increase the likelihood of the unaware tomb-robbers stepping on them. Aenyarin made a conscious effort to step slightly to the side to avoid any such unfortunate events. When Balen stepped on the very sort of pressure plate she had been worried about triggering herself, she was both amused that one of her lesser companions had triggered the trap, and entirely more derisive that it had been triggered at all. She reasoned to herself that someone had been bound to, but she had expected the Dunmer to be a little more cautious of such things and not quite so wrapped up in his own head that he forgot to look at the ground.

As the draugr begun to animate themselves once more after centuries of inactivity, the group closed in on itself, forming a rough circle with the mages that did not have any obvious physical skills in the center. Aenyarin found herself among the ranks of those in the middle, and begun formulating a plan of action while she still had the luxury of time. When she had to rely on her skill in Destruction magic, Aenyarin had always favoured the element of frost as a means to exhaust her opponents and prolong their suffering - physical pain made the mind much less resistant, after all - but that worked poorly against even living Nords, never mind their deceased brethren. She could hazard a chance at Fire, but she knew very few spells that would not bathe a large area around them in flame and potentially cause harm to people it had no business harming - amusing as it would be to catch the Bosmer or the Nord with a lick of flame, she did not want to endanger herself by endangering her front line of defence against the rising dead.

Unfortunately, before she could finish that train of thought, the dead were already among them. When Venym asked if she could delude the dead into believing that they were still dead, she let out a derisive snort and replied with a haughty quip:

"No more than you can delude your corpses into believing that they're alive again."

The exchange of words did serve as a focal point for the ideas brimming in the Altmer's mind, however, and she may not have been able to delude the dead... But those in the tomb still living could be. She had read once that the illusion of confidence was just as powerful as the real thing, and while she did not know about that specifically, the illusion of an emotion or a state of being often evoked reactions comparable to or greater than the real thing. It was telling of the fragile nature of the mind, and that fragility had always struck Aenyarin as a weak point to be exploited - perhaps there was greater strength in that fragility than she had believed possible. As she allowed the magicka to well up inside her, she concentrated the intent on that of confidence and bravado, a rally, a call to arms. If she could not delude the dead or risk harming the living, then she would put her primary talent to the best use she could by giving her allies the strength of will they needed to fight at their very best.

[Always Lonely] Naruto: Continuum [Always Open]

Jikangai, Yūhi

Jikangai, Yūhi

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【Full Name】
Jikangai, Yūhi

【Alias】
Sunset Rose

【Gender】
Male

【Age】
214

【Sexuality】
Homosexual

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【Birth Country】
Unknown

【Current Village】
Yūhi has been assigned to Sunagakure.

【Organisation】
Jikangai Clan

【Shinobi Rank】
Jounin-Ranked Ninja

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【Personality】
Yūhi is not quite the archetypical librarian and custodian of literature that one would expect, possessing the knowledge and the strict adherence to logic, but with none of the desire to be sequestered away from people. While he is no social butterfly, Yūhi loves to interact with people and educate them on topics that he possesses vast amounts of knowledge on. Yūhi firmly believes in Kinjiro's philosophy of "secrets kept are weapons wasted", and applies this philosophy to most of the esoteric knowledge that he has had the fortune to come across in his time working with Kinjiro.

Yūhi is driven most, perhaps, by a burning desire to know everything. When idle, his thoughts are consumed by the remainder of knowledge that he is yet to obtain, and thoughts of what he could do with knowledge that he does obtain. Thus, contrary to the majority of his kinsmen, Yūhi has a strong desire to travel the world to both obtain new knowledge and share his old knowledge, that people might elevate themselves to his level and beyond. Yūhi's passion for knowledge can burn cold, however, when individuals show either no desire to learn or no appreciation for the knowledge he has to offer - such individuals are beyond his help, he reasons, and often death is the easiest reprieve from the burden of their existence.

As a quasi-immortal, Yūhi values the individual lives of mortals markedly less that most people do. While he has not lived for so long that he has forgotten what it is to have the threat of mortality looming over one's shoulder, he has lived for long enough that he has ceased caring about what he views as petty trifles. Yūhi, even when in his element of sharing knowledge, can come across as cold and sarcastic. He may seem unfeeling or unsympathetic, bordering on completely lacking empathy, but reasons to himself that logic and knowledge are far kinder masters to live under and expects other to obey the rules that he does. Fortunately, many who do not share in his mindset who are particularly vocal about it do not have the privilege of having transcended mortality as he has and are relatively easy to dispatch should disagreements turn to blows. Yūhi has served in an advisory position for a great deal of his extended life, and his passion for sharing knowledge gives him somewhat of a soft spot for those that seek his guidance and listen to him, even if that soft spot is coated in barbs. Yūhi can come across easily as being irreverent and cold, detached from his humanity, but he does harbour a genuine desire to both help people learn and help them advance - even if those desires are not put to use in ways that are typically construed as being positive.

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【Chakra Nature(s)】
Fūton [Primary], Suiton [Secondary]

【Other Specialties】

Yūhi has an average chakra pool, but incredibly high chakra control (to the point of wasting no chakra when he uses abilities he is practiced with).

Yūhi is a master calligraphist, and has studied the various arts for many years. He is, accordingly, extremely adept at forgeries and all things related to writing.

Yūhi is well-versed in an incredible amount of literature, being the co-ordinator of Jikangai, Kinjiro’s personal library and research collection.

Yūhi is biologically immortal, having received Jikangai, Kinjiro’s “Gift of Immortality”. He is immune to all diseases, bacterial and viral infections, and poisons. He cannot die of old age.

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【History】
The Jikangai clan's origins begin with the matriarch and eternal leader of the clan, Yata, who was born into a wealthy family in a time where chakra was yet to grace the land. Yata's early history is unknown to anyone but herself, but there are a few established facts that the Jikangai are privy to: Yata was among the first to receive the gift of chakra, and in her blood were the secrets to the first sealing techniques. Yata became the first to utilise the nature of the seal to manipulate chakra in ways that could not be achieved within the body, and her rise to power was as swift as it was lethal. Yata later discovered that her sealing techniques were potent enough to affect the flow of time within small areas, and developed this power over many years alone. At some point, Yata gave birth to her first child, Kinjiro, with an unknown father who was on a similar or greater level of power to her, and Kinjiro was born with all of Yata's power except that over time, though she was the first Jikangai known to possess the trait of being "outside time", likely a result of Yata's experimentation with temporal energies.

The earliest members of the Jikangai were not selectively bred or taught like many of the earliest coalitions of clans. Initially, to gain entry to the Jikangai one only needed to be a powerful male (in order to create children from Yata's side to pass her potent sealing power down) or to have an interest in the sealing techniques that Yata offered. Coalitions of like-minded people that were not required to possess specific traits were initially rare, so the earliest Jikangai groupings were not as powerful as many of the other fledgling clans, but as the requirements to join were so simple, many chose to partake of the power that Yata offered. War was common in the early days as people discovered the limitations of their newfound power, but the Jikangai chose to weave seals within their architecture that offered them highly fortified and defensive positions through which to avoid battle. The legendary safety of their strongholds resulted in those tired of war defecting to join the Jikangai, and after a few short decades the Jikangai had members of almost every discipline that presently existed and the means to research many more.

When Yata's first child, Kinjiro, turned thirty two she achieved the secrets of immortality and shared these with her mother, causing the pair to become biologically immortal for a time. This secret gave the matriarch of the Jikangai clan enough time to perfect the seals that would render her truly immortal and cement her eternal reign over the Jikangai. It was also around this time that Kinjiro disappeared from the annals of the Jikangai, taking with her several of the more medically minded individuals of the time with her, and the clan turned from essentially worshipping its most powerful members (those who had most of Yata's blood) to a more expansion-oriented people, using their collective knowledge and sealing prowess to become conquerors. The seal-infused architecture typical of the early Jikangai strongholds became as much a weapon of war as the rest of the techniques within the Jikangai's grasp and they reconstructed many settlements that they took over with their own to ensure that none that came after them could take the land should they be ousted, and other contingents of the Jikangai could take their place.

The love for complex sealing and structures quickly became the largest downfall of the Jikangai, and their promising expansion years were cut short after only a small number of generations due to infighting within the clan, and their own seal-infused architecture being sabotaged by rival members within the power-oriented clan. Many of the less powerful members died during raids from other sects within the Jikangai, or through the defences upon which they heavily relied being rendered defunct and invading parties having enough of a surprise advantage to turn the tide of battle in their favour. The most powerful of the Jikangai survived and chose to withdraw into the heavily fortified structures that they had relied upon in their infancy, abandoning hopes of conquest for mastery over their sealing techniques under Yata's directive.

Yata, the Immortal Matriarch, directed the clan's efforts towards creating a set of seals of unknown form and function shortly after their withdrawal from their expansive phase, and at some point within the next ten years all instances of the Jikangai on the surface world promptly vanished and retreated into a single underground compound. Much controversy was raised over the reason for the disappearance of any large body of Jikangai, but several missionaries remained in the world to quell these rumours and to recruit promising talents into the folds of the Jikangai. Though it would seem, from looking at the history books, that the Jikangai simply erased themselves from the world, nothing could be farther from the truth.

After withdrawing to their underground compound, the Jikangai returned to their original state of pseudo-ancestor worship. Yata once again became the ultimate public authority within the clan (where before she had largely ruled from the shadows) and once the seals she had ordered the clan create were finished, she ascended beyond the mortal scope of power. With her new seals, Yata's presence was dangerous to all non-Jikangai, and though there was no immediate aftermath, the clan grew worried that her unchecked power would draw attention to their hiding location and chose to construct a sphere in which to entrap their Immortal Matriarch and limit her power. Yata herself designed the seals for her gilded cage, recognising the threat that she posed, and willingly withdrew to lead the clan from within a place that she could do no harm. Unfortunately, Yata's prison limited the contact that she could have with her children, and she receded from the spotlight once more to allow the Jikangai to work towards goals she would entrust to the most powerful members of the clan.

It was at this point that the various sects of the Jikangai begun to develop, each with a focus on a particular aspect of sealing, and the clan begun to evolve into the complex society that it is today. In order to avoid stagnancy, the Jikangai offered the secrets of their seals to the world for knowledge and resources that they may have needed through use of their missionaries, who in return recruited brilliant individuals to join the clan. This process has continued since that era, and is still something that occurs semi-regularly within the Jikangai. It is not uncommon for the most powerful members of the Jikangai (those selected to receive Kinjiro's gift of immortality) to directly intervene with mortals of specific interest and prowess to offer them unique gifts in return for their service. Some would liken the Jikangai to would-be Gods, undying beings with a penchant for interfering within the lives of perceived lesser beings for their amusement, but the truth of the matter is far simpler than that: The Jikangai scions are mortal ambition taken to its furthest extreme, with the power to match, and delight in precisely the same game of control that all mortals do, only on a larger scale.
Jikangai, Yūhi is among the earliest of the so-called "Immortal Scions" of the Jikangai clan, having been selected to join their ranks at an early age when his extreme talent showed through. Yūhi's early life was fairly common among that of the early Jikangai with the exception that as a male, he was not given the same level of prestige and importance as females as he was unable to guarantee true Jikangai children. This led to Yūhi growing up with an intense drive to prove to his superiors - namely Kinjiro, Yata, and Tensai - that he was able to compete with the champions of the Jikangai.

Yūhi was born in the fourth generation of the Jikangai clan, and was (alongside Tensai) one of the extremely rare cases of early Jikangai males being born with the full potency of the Chigoku Inkan from a non-Jikangai mother. Yūhi was raised alongside the most promising of the Jikangai at the time, even having been directly tutored by Yata and Kinjiro regarding some of the most complex of the sealing techniques the early clan had devised. Still, as a male, Yūhi was not afforded the same luxuries that the early females of the clan were and rather than seek his fortunes elsewhere, he strove to compete with the best of the clan as his grandfather Tensai had done, and to join him in the ranks of the then-legendary Immortal Scions.

Yūhi's particular talents were new to the early Jikangai, being rooted in the discipline of paper and the storage of knowledge outside of conventional mediums. This made him a particularly prized asset, despite the misfortune of his sex, and from the young age of fourteen he had already made such advancements in the field of writing and containing powerful seals within paper that he was approached by Yata with an offer. Yata would craft for him an item of exceptional power, something to set him far above his peers, if he swore himself to her for an eternity. At this point in the clan's history, Yata was not as supremely powerful as she later grew to be, but Yūhi was not easily swayed by her promises of power after the treatment he had received for having been male. He kindly refused, aware of the consequences of such an action, but rather than being excommunicated (or worse), Yata offered to create for him an artifact regardless of his affiliations if he could produce a female heir to carry on his potent blood.

This proved an issue for the young Jikangai, who was exclusively interested in the company of other men, but his desire to bring glory to his clan was such that he attempted to provide Yata with a worthy heir. Unfortunately, this did not happen as planned, and Yūhi was left with but one other option - he turned to Kinjiro before her disappearance, and beseeched of her a way to provide Yata with what she desired to bring glory to the clan. Kinjiro offered him a bargain, though to his surprise one far more palatable than the Immortal Matriarch had offered: If Yūhi swore fealty to her and joined her in researching the secrets of Fūinjutsu she would grant him a child and immortality, with no consequences for him leaving after he had worked under her for at least a hundred years. Yūhi accepted, and through Kinjiro's early mastery of genetics was able to conceive a child with a surrogate mother. The child was female, and Kinjiro confirmed for Yata that the child had the potency of Chigoku Inkan desired in the female line.

Following this, Yūhi was asked to bring a single item of power to Yata with a single wish and she would craft for him an artifact of immense power, as agreed. For many days and nights Yūhi pondered what to ask of Yata, before deciding that he would simply ask for whatever first entered his head as she asked the question. As he came face to face with her, and she asked what he would like crafting, he simply handed her a paperweight and asked her to do with it whatever she felt would most benefit the Jikangai. Yata created from the paperweight a cube holding the secrets to the most fiendishly complex of the Jikangai's seals, able to modify and transmute lesser seals, and work with Yūhi's specialty of paper, and sent him on his way. Immediately afterwards, he relocated to Kinjiro's laboratory to uphold that end of his bargain.

Many years came and went, and Yūhi excelled in his position as loremaster and chronciler for Kinjiro's scientific community. After his hundred years of service were over, he decided to stay in the service of Kinjiro, having grown to appreciate her extraordinary talent and love for the Jikangai - and offered the use of his artifact should it prove useful. Useful it proved, as Kinjiro unlocked several of Yata's secrets with it, and sent Yūhi to the surface world in order to act as a personal missionary. Yūhi will likely return to the laboratory when there is more research to be chronicled or more papers to organise - but until then he is a trusted set of eyes and ears on the surface world, ready to report back to Kinjiro should it become necessary.

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【Weapons/Tools】
Yūhi carries with him, at all times:

100,000 Explosive Tags, sealed into a scroll

100,000 Sheets of Paper, sealed into a scroll

1,000 Bottles of Ink and Quills, sealed into a scroll

25 Kunai, each marked with a Kyōsei Keiyaku Kuchiyose no Jutsu seal

20 Metal Shuriken, each marked with the generic sealing technique to contain 15 paper shuriken.

A scroll containing copies of the entire works of his library in Kinjiro’s Laboratory that requires a primer seal created by the Chigoku Inkan to open. The entire contents can be destroyed is a different primer seal is applied.

<Yata no Kesan>

Name of Weapon or Item: Yata no Kesan (Yata’s Paperweight)
Location: Yūhi’s person.
Owner: Yūhi Jikangai
Rank: A

Description:The Yata no Kesan is a cube forged of an unknown metal and carved with exceptionally intricate seals. The cube has a hollow interior into which its bearer may place objects in order to use the cube’s effects by placing them on a seal atop the cube. Due to the nature of the cube, the space within is potentially infinite and so anything can be inserted into the cube (and, if it is not alive and does not have a strong chakra signature, can be kept there indefinitely).

The cube has three major functions, the first of which is the creation and modification of Fūinjutsu. The cube is able to analyse any and all seals that are placed into its interior (which often requires the bearer copy the seal in question) and provide information on their construction and purpose, as well as provide a counter-seal to negate the seal’s effects if such a seal can be created. (This means that many Jikangai seals, which require Primer Seals created by the Chigoku Inkan, cannot effectively be negated by the cube).

The second of the cube’s major functions is the ability to act as a conduit for its bearer’s Chigoku Inkan, allowing them to perform an extended array of functions with their bloodline. In Yūhi’s case, he is able to apply his Chigoku Inkan to any paper within a 70 foot radius of the cube. The cube is also able to store Primer Seals that Yūhi did not himself create, and can replicate them at will for the future. This is also the case for non-Jikangai unique seals.

The final major function of the cube is its ability to contain and interpret knowledge. The cube is essentially a storage device in this regard with the ability to translate knowledge, such as jutsu, into an appropriate Fūinjutsu that its bearer can understand. This process is reliant on the knowledge of the bearer and the knowledge stored within the cube – as such, Yūhi can use it to understand practically any jutsu due to his strong knowledge of the chakra system and of jutsu in general provided that the cube is able to analyse a sample of the chakra, be it from the jutsu being performed within 100 feet of the cube or if its chakra has been stored in another medium and introduced to the cube. The cube is also able to decipher any linguistic codes given to it due to Yūhi’s immense knowledge of linguistics.

Appearance:

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【Kekkei Genkai】

Chigoku Inkan

Name of the Kekkei Genkai: Chigoku Inkan [Verbatim Sealing]
Type of Kekkei Genkai: Fūinjutsu
Clan: Jikangai
Rank: B-S

Description: The Chigoku Inkan is the gift of Yata passed down to her children on the female side. Female Jikangai will pass the Chigoku Inkan onto their children regardless of the genetics of their partner, but if a male Jikangai were to procreate with a non-Jikangai female the resulting child is not guaranteed to possess the Chigoku Inkan, which would result in the child not being a Jikangai.

Simply put, the ability of the Chigoku Inkan is an innate mastery of Fūinjutsu that extends into manipulation of ninjutsu-like effects. Bearers of the Jikangai bloodline are able to create any effects that they can imagine provided they meet the following requirements: The effect must be understood completely with a single word, the effect must be within the scope of chakra the individual can muster, and the effect cannot defy any laws of nature of physics. The Chigoku Inkan can only apply these desired effects by creating seals in the air around the user or on nearby surfaces that are constructs of pure and fragile chakra, resulting in their effects being rendered null if the seals are physically disturbed or are subjected to any amount of chakra with larger energy or greater control than the seal created by the Chigoku Inkan possesses.

The seals created by the Chigoku Inkan are able to replicate simple elemental techniques without the creator having the elemental affinity necessary to create the chakra, but the seals also have no elemental applications beyond the incredibly minor. The seals are most adept at changes to form due to their Yin-aspected nature, and can be used to perform tasks such as picking locks, exerting physical force (breaking objects, cutting through objects, etc.). As the seals are structurally weak constructs of chakra, their effects on people are highly diminished or negated with even the slightest opposition of chakra unless the Jikangai in question has significantly higher chakra control than the intended target. The primary utilisation of the Chigoku Inkan is the inherent capability with and knowledge of seals and sealing techniques that it provides, but it is nevertheless a fantastic source of utility rather than power, and forms the basis for many Jikangai clan techniques.

Weakness: Interpret it yourself.

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【Canon Jutsu】

Shikigami no Mai

Kami Bunshin

Kami Shuriken

Fūinjutsu: Shishi Heikō

Ura Shishō Fūinjutsu

Gofū Kekkai - Can be used with up to 10 ‘Kin’ tags.

Kyōmen Shūja no Jutsu

Konshin Betsuri no Jutsu

Fūton: Reppūshō

Fūton: Kazekiri no Jutsu

Fūton: Atsugai

Fūton: Shinkūjin – Extremely potent with Paper Shuriken

【Custom Jutsu】

Name of Technique: Saiketsu Fū [Blood Drawing Seal]
Type of Jutsu: Fūinjutsu
Rank: D
Range: Personal
Nature Type: N/A
Handseals: N/A

Description: A simple seal that is connected to the user’s bloodstream. Activation of the seal allows for enough blood for a summoning to be performed without causing a break in the skin.

Weakness: N/A

Name of Technique: Kyōsei Keiyaku Kuchiyose no Jutsu [Forced Contract Summoning Technique]
Type of Jutsu: Fūinjutsu
Rank: C
Range: Potentially Infinite
Nature Type: N/A
Handseals: Standard handsigns for Kuchiyose no Jutsu

Description: The Kyōsei Keiyaku Kuchiyose no Jutsu is a Fūinjutsu-based derivative of the original contracts designed to facilitate the summoning process. The seal is inherently incomplete until the addition of blood and a primer seal created by the Chigoku Inkan. The primer seal can be written and given to non-Jikangai members, but is consumed in the process. When the blood of an individual, or a primer seal created from trace chakra of an individual, meets the incomplete seal (and the user’s blood is added in the latter case) a temporary summoning contract is formed that lasts for a single summon. The user can summon the target to themselves, or themselves to the target.

The Kyōsei Keiyaku Kuchiyose no Jutsu has unique limitations determined by the primer seal, restricting the use of the technique if any damage would come to individuals affected by the technique as a result of their being displaced or if they would be displaced upon arrival, resulting in the technique being guaranteed to be safe.

Weakness: Interpret it yourself.

Name of Technique: Chigoku Inkan: Tengoku no Kami no Inshō [Verbatim Sealing: Heavenly Paper Impression]
Type of Jutsu: Ninjutsu/Fūinjutsu
Rank: A
Range: 70 Feet
Nature Type: N/A
Handseals: N/A

Description: Using the Yata no Kesan, Yūhi may exert his bloodline onto any piece of paper as long as it is within 100 feet of him, allowing him to mark it with a kanji that causes an appropriate effect.
Weakness: Shares the same weaknesses as the Chigoku Inkan.

Name of Technique: Chigoku Inkan: Kami no Sakura [Verbatim Sealing: Divine Blossom]
Type of Jutsu: Fūinjutsu
Rank: C
Range: N/A
Nature Type: N/A
Handseals: N/A

Description: A simple seal that stores another completed jutsu inside it. When activated at the user’s will, the technique is immediately released from the seal.

Weakness: N/A

Name of Technique: Idōsō no Fū [Never Move Seal]
Type of Jutsu: Fūinjutsu
Rank: B
Range: Personal
Nature Type: N/A
Handseals: N/A

Description: A complex seal that must be drawn onto a solid surface before it can be used (Takes sixty seconds to write). Upon touching a person, the seal activates after a delay of one second and the opponent’s muscles in their somatic nervous system forcibly contract, leaving them completely unable to move. Additional applications within twenty four hours of the application of the seal do not work.

Weakness: Interpret it yourself.

Name of Technique: Yūhi ga Jōshō [Sunset Rose]
Type of Jutsu: Fūinjutsu
Rank: S
Range: Within the 188 “Jōshō” tags.
Nature Type: N/A
Handseals: N/A

Description: A very powerful sealing technique, requiring 188 tags be placed around whatever is to be sealed. Anything, of any size, can be sealed within this technique. Upon placing all 188 tags and forming a Snake handseal, the user seals whatever was in the tags into a large scroll folded to look like an origami Rose.
Weakness: The number of tags that must be kept in place for the technique to function is very large, and the technique requires 65% of Yūhi’s maximum chakra to function, in addition to the chakra embedded into the 188 seals.

Name of Technique: Chigoku Inkan: Yasakani no Magatama [Verbatim Sealing: Yasakani no Magatama]
Type of Jutsu: Fūinjutsu
Rank: S
Range: 100 feet
Nature Type: N/A
Handseals: N/A

Description: The Chigoku Inkan: Yasakani no Magatama allows Yūhi to copy jutsu that he has identified with the Yata no Kesan, regardless of the requirements necessary to use the jutsu. The Yata no Kesan creates seals internally to mimic the chakra pattern necessary to complete the jutsu as well as give it form, and can either perform the jutsu directly or place them into a Chigoku Inkan: Kami no Sakura. Doujutsu techniques cannot be copied by the Yasakani no Magatama, and all techniques copied by it cost 10% additional chakra in order to compensate for the seals required to perform the technique.

Weakness: N/A

Name of Technique: Yata no Kesan: Kami no Kin’yu [Yata’s Paperweight: Divine Embargo]
Type of Jutsu: Fūinjutsu
Rank: S
Range: 500 meters
Nature Type: N/A
Handseals: N/A

Description: The Yata no Kesan: Kami no Kin’yu allows the bearer of the Yata no Kesan to prevent all usage of a specific technique within a mile radius of the cube. In order to do this, the Yata no Kesan must first have knowledge of the technique stored within it, and the technique must be able to be converted to a seal. The Yata no Kesan places a seal over the seal representing the technique, which will prevent all chakra from being moulded into said technique within the mile radius, but will suspend all other functions of the Yata no Kesan until Kami no Kin’yu is cancelled. This does not apply to Chigoku Inkan: Tengoku no Kami no Inshō.

Weakness: Interpret it yourself.

Name of Technique: Jiryoku no Fū [Seal of Attraction]
Type of Jutsu: Fūinjutsu
Rank: A
Range: Touch
Nature Type: N/A
Handseals: N/A

Description: Yūhi has tattooed this seal onto his left palm. When he focuses his chakra into it, it glows with a faint blue colour and the next object Yūhi touches with his left hand will be attracted to the seal on his palm. It is also able to attract chakra, but not Yūhi’s chakra or chakra in another person’s body. He is able to leave an imprint of this seal on anything he touches with his left palm. The imprint will be attracted to the Sekiryoku no Fū. Yūhi can also place these seals on other people or objects, and can use it with his Yata no Kesan or Chigoku Inkan: Tengoku no Kami no Inshō.

Weakness: N/A

Name of Technique: Sekiryoku no Fū [Seal of Repulsion]
Type of Jutsu: Fūinjutsu
Rank: A
Range: Touch
Nature Type: N/A
Handseals: N/A

Description: Yūhi has tattooed this seal onto his right palm. When he focuses his chakra into it, it glows with a faint red colour and the next object Yūhi touches with his right hand will be repelled by the seal on his right hand. It is also able to repel chakra, but not Yūhi’s chakra or the chakra in another person’s body. He is able to leave an imprint of this seal on anything he touches with his right palm. The imprint will be attracted to the Jiryoku no Fū. Yūhi can also place these seals on other people or objects, and can use it with his Yata no Kesan or Chigoku Inkan: Tengoku no Kami no Inshō.

Weakness: N/A

[Always Lonely] Naruto: Continuum [Always Open]

BEHOLD THE CRAZY SNAKE LADY.

Jikangai, Kinjiro

【Full Name】
Jikangai, Kinjiro
【Alias】
Hebi no Hōyō [The Serpent’s Embrace]; Saisho no Renkinjutsu-shi [The First Alchemist]
【Occupation】
N/A
【Gender】
Female
【Age】
Unknown
【Sexuality】
Bisexual



【Birth Country】
Unknown
【Current Village】
N/A
【Affiliation】
Jikangai Clan
【Shinobi Rank】
Officially Unranked; Kage-level Strength



【Personality】
Jikangai, Kinjiro is the product of hundreds of years of relative isolation and an upbringing laden with privilege. Kinjiro could easily be described as cruel, sadistic and merciless, but these descriptions are not accurate. It cannot be said that there is no truth to these descriptors, but the truth that they highlight is merely a fraction of the whole, an overly focused look at something very large. Kinjiro is cruel and sadistic in that she enjoys inflicting pain on others for the sake of research, and during operations she may often "forget" to apply the full measure of anaesthetic, but outside of her magnum opus she is not particularly violent or sadistic, preferring to keep her tongue civil (albeit sharp) and her fangs concealed. Kinjiro is merciless in that she will offer no mercy to those who obstruct her goals, but she is not entirely unkind and often will not choose to mete out unnecessary suffering for those who have not wronged her. Kinjiro is pleasant outside of her work, and while she could not exactly be described as being merciful, she is certainly not merciless. Kinjiro is opportunistic in the context of mercy - she will not be merciful for the sake of mercy, but she can easily feign mercy should it provide her with a larger benefit in the future. That is perhaps the connective tissue that binds Kinjiro's personality together: Kinjiro sees opportunities much more easily than most other people, and she possesses a high enough intellect that she might bide her time enough to extract as much opportunity as possible. She is not rash, nor does she consider herself to be too analytical (though she would argue that there is no such thing); Kinjiro sees the usefulness in people in a timespan that extends past what most would consider to be useful. In a way, Kinjiro is very patient.

Kinjiro suffers (she cannot see it as such, but it is definitely a malady) from hubris, having been raised to believe that she was entitled to anything she wanted. While she has mostly disregarded this with logic and experience, there are still hollow notes that ring in the symphony of her life, forming a haunting reverie that persists throughout all she does. One cannot truly escape the fetters of one's past when they are ingrained into you, like cutting out the heart and expecting to live even with its absence. Kinjiro rarely angers - but she has a temper - and will often turn to her cruelty when somebody triggers this temper. A gruesome fate awaits any who tread on her path without her consent, and even crossing paths by being in the wrong place at the wrong time can prove fatal when such crossings actively obstruct her goals. Kinjiro sees herself as privileged, above law, and this can often lead her into situations in which she finds herself temporarily at depths she did not expect, leading to moments of weakness and erred judgement. Perhaps hypocritically, Kinjiro detests others using status as a get out of jail free card, and she has a particular hatred for those in law who bend the rules to their advantage at the expense of others. She reserves her most cruel punishments for these types of people, and corrupt authority figures, or sadistic nobles, find themselves at the mercy a woman who has, quite literally, the fangs of a snake.

One of the things most likely to catch Kinjiro’s temper is people who have power, but refuse to use it based on some petty morals. Kinjiro despises the idea that people can be restricted by what she sees as, frankly, minor concerns - such as a desire to be pacifistic, or a desire not to kill a single person for the greater good. Kinjiro will often execute people who hold to flimsy morals for the sake of principle when there is something much greater at stake. Secrets kept are weapons wasted, and Kinjiro knows this too well, having kept a large amount of her secrets from the world. People who keep secrets for selfish reasons anger Kinjiro, but she does not keep her secrets for selfish reasons - she knows that with her knowledge readily available, the world would become a darker place due to selfish people exploiting others for the sake of their personal gain. Kinjiro will seek to stop this from happening at all costs.

Kinjiro, overall, has a very jovial personality - she may be sadistic in how she takes her pleasure, but she is generally pleasant to be around given that you are not on the receiving end of her punishments. She exudes a genuine warmth to those who know her and are familiar with her ways, but somehow still retains a cold air, an aura of sophistication and cruel elegance. Surprisingly, Kinjiro has an air of approachability about her, an odd charm, that despite the obvious danger she inherently poses affords her a natural charisma with most individuals. She is as close to a man-made deity as many of those who interact with her will ever lay eyes upon, and she wholly expects to be paid the same level of reverence one would offer while in supplication to a God, and is often not disappointed at the results.



【History】

The Jikangai clan's origins begin with the matriarch and eternal leader of the clan, Yata, who was born into a wealthy family in a time where chakra was yet to grace the land. Yata's early history is unknown to anyone but herself, but there are a few established facts that the Jikangai are privy to: Yata was among the first to receive the gift of chakra, and in her blood were the secrets to the first sealing techniques. Yata became the first to utilise the nature of the seal to manipulate chakra in ways that could not be achieved within the body, and her rise to power was as swift as it was lethal. Yata later discovered that her sealing techniques were potent enough to affect the flow of time within small areas, and developed this power over many years alone. At some point, Yata gave birth to her first child, Kinjiro, with an unknown father who was on a similar or greater level of power to her, and Kinjiro was born with all of Yata's power except that over time, though she was the first Jikangai known to possess the trait of being "outside time", likely a result of Yata's experimentation with temporal energies.

The earliest members of the Jikangai were not selectively bred or taught like many of the earliest coalitions of clans. Initially, to gain entry to the Jikangai one only needed to be a powerful male (in order to create children from Yata's side to pass her potent sealing power down) or to have an interest in the sealing techniques that Yata offered. Coalitions of like-minded people that were not required to possess specific traits were initially rare, so the earliest Jikangai groupings were not as powerful as many of the other fledgling clans, but as the requirements to join were so simple, many chose to partake of the power that Yata offered. War was common in the early days as people discovered the limitations of their newfound power, but the Jikangai chose to weave seals within their architecture that offered them highly fortified and defensive positions through which to avoid battle. The legendary safety of their strongholds resulted in those tired of war defecting to join the Jikangai, and after a few short decades the Jikangai had members of almost every discipline that presently existed and the means to research many more.

When Yata's first child, Kinjiro, turned thirty two she achieved the secrets of immortality and shared these with her mother, causing the pair to become biologically immortal for a time. This secret gave the matriarch of the Jikangai clan enough time to perfect the seals that would render her truly immortal and cement her eternal reign over the Jikangai. It was also around this time that Kinjiro disappeared from the annals of the Jikangai, taking with her several of the more medically minded individuals of the time with her, and the clan turned from essentially worshipping its most powerful members (those who had most of Yata's blood) to a more expansion-oriented people, using their collective knowledge and sealing prowess to become conquerors. The seal-infused architecture typical of the early Jikangai strongholds became as much a weapon of war as the rest of the techniques within the Jikangai's grasp and they reconstructed many settlements that they took over with their own to ensure that none that came after them could take the land should they be ousted, and other contingents of the Jikangai could take their place.

The love for complex sealing and structures quickly became the largest downfall of the Jikangai, and their promising expansion years were cut short after only a small number of generations due to infighting within the clan, and their own seal-infused architecture being sabotaged by rival members within the power-oriented clan. Many of the less powerful members died during raids from other sects within the Jikangai, or through the defences upon which they heavily relied being rendered defunct and invading parties having enough of a surprise advantage to turn the tide of battle in their favour. The most powerful of the Jikangai survived and chose to withdraw into the heavily fortified structures that they had relied upon in their infancy, abandoning hopes of conquest for mastery over their sealing techniques under Yata's directive.

Yata, the Immortal Matriarch, directed the clan's efforts towards creating a set of seals of unknown form and function shortly after their withdrawal from their expansive phase, and at some point within the next ten years all instances of the Jikangai on the surface world promptly vanished and retreated into a single underground compound. Much controversy was raised over the reason for the disappearance of any large body of Jikangai, but several missionaries remained in the world to quell these rumours and to recruit promising talents into the folds of the Jikangai. Though it would seem, from looking at the history books, that the Jikangai simply erased themselves from the world, nothing could be farther from the truth.

After withdrawing to their underground compound, the Jikangai returned to their original state of pseudo-ancestor worship. Yata once again became the ultimate public authority within the clan (where before she had largely ruled from the shadows) and once the seals she had ordered the clan create were finished, she ascended beyond the mortal scope of power. With her new seals, Yata's presence was dangerous to all non-Jikangai, and though there was no immediate aftermath, the clan grew worried that her unchecked power would draw attention to their hiding location and chose to construct a sphere in which to entrap their Immortal Matriarch and limit her power. Yata herself designed the seals for her gilded cage, recognising the threat that she posed, and willingly withdrew to lead the clan from within a place that she could do no harm. Unfortunately, Yata's prison limited the contact that she could have with her children, and she receded from the spotlight once more to allow the Jikangai to work towards goals she would entrust to the most powerful members of the clan.

It was at this point that the various sects of the Jikangai begun to develop, each with a focus on a particular aspect of sealing, and the clan begun to evolve into the complex society that it is today. In order to avoid stagnancy, the Jikangai offered the secrets of their seals to the world for knowledge and resources that they may have needed through use of their missionaries, who in return recruited brilliant individuals to join the clan. This process has continued since that era, and is still something that occurs semi-regularly within the Jikangai. It is not uncommon for the most powerful members of the Jikangai (those selected to receive Kinjiro's gift of immortality) to directly intervene with mortals of specific interest and prowess to offer them unique gifts in return for their service. Some would liken the Jikangai to would-be Gods, undying beings with a penchant for interfering within the lives of perceived lesser beings for their amusement, but the truth of the matter is far simpler than that: The Jikangai scions are mortal ambition taken to its furthest extreme, with the power to match, and delight in precisely the same game of control that all mortals do, only on a larger scale.

Jikangai, Kinjiro is the first born child of Yata, and is considered to essentially be a figure of legend among the Jikangai as the closest approximation of Yata's power within the clan. When Kinjiro was born the Jikangai were not nearly so powerful as they became as their existence was allowed to continue, and her earliest memories are those of working tirelessly alongside her mother to bring glory to the Jikangai in whatever ways were possible. As the child of Yata, Kinjiro was born with an immense amount of potential and was offered the finest tutelage and guidance that her mother could offer, but in doing so was instilled with a set of values that has not survived the test of time. Even from infancy Kinjiro's life was designed to cultivate within her an intimate knowledge of sealing techniques, sealing theory, and sealing applications, and she excelled at this.

Kinjiro's adolescence was a time of learning and discovery. Yata encouraged Kinjiro to follow whatever discipline she felt suited her the most, and though it came as a surprise initially, Kinjiro chose the pursuit of medical science. Of course, Kinjiro's primary talents and motivations were intimately linked to her mother's sealing arts, but she discovered ways to transmute the knowledge of seals into knowledge of the body, and immediately set to performing the macabre experiments that are so often associated with the archetypical "mad scientist". Kinjiro's nature led to the majority of her adolescence and young adulthood being mired in research, only really communicating with Yata and the other most powerful members of her clan, and while this could be considered to have stunted her social growth, it resulted in a set of extraordinary accomplishments for somebody so young.

Kinjiro's first accomplishment was gaining an advanced understanding of medicine that was hundreds of years beyond her time, with a lack of social prejudices and a natural aptitude for research contributing to her discoveries. Her second accomplishment, perhaps her most useful for the early Jikangai, was the secret to creating structures whose architecture included designed for seals that the structures themselves comprised the framework for. Though this initial discovery was not particularly advanced, it paved the way for many of her brethren to create the fantastical structures that the early Jikangai were known for. Within the space of six months, Kinjiro had created a laboratory for herself with seals ingrained into the structure that slowed the passage of time. Unfortunately, Kinjiro's position as the firstborn of Yata and the first true non-Yata Jikangai resulted in her being outside time, so she did not experience the temporal dilation that her structure was intended to provide. This resulted in Kinjiro aging at a pace that seemed to be too fast for her to make sufficient advancements to attain immortality in while her body was still able to withstand the process.

Kinjiro first petitioned Yata's assistance in this regard, asking her to craft a seal that would freeze her body in time while she continued to work on attaining immortality. Yata, who was also ageing, agreed on the condition that she would receive the results of Kinjiro's treatments first. Kinjiro's scientific mind approved of this idea, wanting to view it from a third person perspective before trying it herself, and begun to work on creating a structure to house Yata's new seal. Unfortunately, due to the potency of her blood, Kinjiro was not able to benefit fully from the effects of the powerful seal, and was only able to slow time down enough to grant her ten extra years within the space of one year. This was enough for her to create the most rudimentary version of her elixir of immortality, which she administered to Yata with no observable side effects. Another year of refinement gave Kinjiro the perfected formula that she guards to this day, and when her body had aged to forty two, she became effectively immortal.

Though her advancements were great, she felt that under the yoke of her mother's interests Kinjiro had outlived her usefulness with the elixir of immortality that she had provided. She chose to sequester herself away in her laboratory, transporting the structure deep within the ground away from the prying eyes of Yata and the other Jikangai in order to work on her research in peace. Kinjiro maintained close contact with her mother, but let her know that she was going to serve her own interests until such a time as that she considered her research into medical science complete. Yata agreed, but carved into Kinjiro's soul seals of binding to ensure that she could not shirk her duty to her clan.

For many years Kinjiro's research continued, resulting in her creation of the Iryō Ninjutsu. These techniques were introduced to the majority of the world through the infamous Jikangai missionaries and would quickly become a staple of any large civilisation. It was at this time that Kinjiro begun to realise the extent of the work that remained for her to complete on the subject of the human body and she formed the first scientific community, taking promising members of the Jikangai (and having the Jikangai missionaries direct any particularly competent individuals to her) and sharing with them the fruits of all of her research under the condition that they made it their life's work to continue the research and share its secrets with no-one until Kinjiro agreed. Though the initial number of participants was small, numbering at four, the community thrived with upwards of a hundred members after a decade of its inception and their work continued. In this period, Kinjiro made ground-breaking discoveries regarding the nature of the elements and created her "Philosopher's Stone" technique.

After creating this community, Kinjiro directed her attention to the matter of the seals imprinted upon her soul. As much as Kinjiro loved her mother and their clan, she refused to be bound by her mother's directive for the remainder of her preternaturally long life. Kinjiro began experimenting with ways to reach the Pure World, where the spirits of the dead resided, and due to her potent blood quickly unlocked the secrets of the seals necessary to beckon souls from the Pure World to this world. Combining these secrets with her technique for weaving seals into architecture, Kinjiro created the Jōdomon in order to ask the spirits beyond how to remove the seals from her soul. By contacting the earliest Jikangai that had not been sworn into Yata's service in a manner similar to hers, she gleaned the secrets from the dead and at great effort and expense removed Yata's hold over her. She had originally intended to destroy the Jōdomon to ensure that its secrets would never fall into the hands of another, but given that she had broken the hold of the only being able to control her and the secretive nature of her laboratory (and even more secretive nature of its inner sanctum) she decided that its worth was too great for her to destroy if only she would ever have access to it.

Kinjiro's life, at this point, longed for purpose. She had researched solidly for a great many years and was filled with the desire to experience the burning level of curiosity and passion that she once did when she was younger, but there was little else left for her to discover that her colleagues were not already working on. With no knowledge of her own left to research as obsessively as she liked to, Kinjiro turned her eye for improvement inwards and begun the process of upgrading her body. In order to remain both effective and relevant, Kinjiro knew that she would need weapons that went beyond her mastery of anatomy and sealing techniques, but her wealth of knowledge on the body was the strongest point she had to work with and would result in the highest level of competency. With this in mind, Kinjiro decided to take into herself the aspects of animals that had the most lethal and useful qualities, and settled on snakes for their extraordinary perceptive nature and exceptional lethality with their various concentrated venoms.

After her transformation, Kinjiro's passion for life was reignited. It is a common saying that every woman, at some point in her life, becomes her mother. For most this is a horrifying revelation, but for Kinjiro it was oddly liberating - there were many worse fates than becoming an ascended being, after all, and Kinjiro visited Yata once more to ask how she could further the clan's agenda with her own research having been completed enough. Yata noted that Kinjiro had removed the seals on her soul, to which Kinjiro confirmed, and applauded her ability to not only defy Yata's will, but also in remaining loyal to the clan and to her mother. Her request, this time, was more serious than any of her others, however - Yata required Kinjiro give birth to a child, to keep the concentrated power of her bloodline flowing through the ages. Kinjiro agreed, but under the condition that she could choose the father and whether or not he would be involved in raising her children. Yata agreed, but on the condition that she would play an active part in raising the children. Kinjiro had never expected nor wanted otherwise, so agreed to the terms and set out to procreate.

Unfortunately, Kinjiro's various bodily modifications rendered her unable to have children in her own body, but her advances in medical science were sufficient enough that she could create children through use of a surrogate. Kinjiro chose the father of her child to be Jikangai, Tensai, the first architect to take her initial ideas and develop them into something extraordinary. When the time came to welcome her child into the world, Kinjiro received an unexpected surprise - she had created two children rather than the expected one. She named her children Tsu and Ishiki, and handed them both over to Yata in order for them to gain the guidance necessary for them to become Jikangai proper.

After completing this last duty to her clan, Kinjiro decided to live a life of hedonism and luxury until such a point as she felt compelled to return to research. This lifestyle continued until Yata called Kinjiro back to action, sensing that the world would once again have been of her unique talents. Yata and Kinjiro both felt that the Jikangai should be the guiding force of the world, and she is the only individual with the freedom to act that both mother and daughter could truly trust. How Kinjiro’s re-emergence will affect the world cannot be said, but there is at least one guarantee: The world will change, for better or for worse.



【Chakra Nature(s)】

Katon; Suiton; Fūton; Raiton; Doton; Yin; Yang; Onmyōton

【Abilities and Special Traits】

Kinjiro has modified her body very extensively through her research, and is, in some regards, more snake than human. Kinjiro has the ability to transform select parts of her body into that of a snake, and some of these transformations are permanent. Kinjiro has the forked tongue of a snake (and its associated organs) with which she can sense. Kinjiro also has the fangs of a snake and venom glands, which can produce any of the poisons in her repertoire, as well as produce a highly concentrated acid capable of easily dissolving steel when chakra is concentrated into them. The acid is coated in a layer of chakra until it leaves her mouth, protecting her from its effects.

Kinjiro may metamorphose into the form of a snake at any time. She can take the form of a King Cobra, and is 18 feet long when she does so. Her transformation is taxing on her chakra, so she does not transform lightly. As a Cobra, Kinjiro possesses all of her human form’s abilities, but she does not have any seals on her body (except for the Snake-Keeping-Precepts) seals, which are beneath the scales and so cannot be seen. In her Snake form, Kinjiro is completely indistinguishable from an ordinary snake (except for the fact that she can become very large).

Kinjiro is exceptionally well-versed in the human anatomy thanks to her centuries of research, and is able to strike with lethal accuracy at almost any point on the body. In addition to this, thanks to her research and natural chakra control, she is exceptional at Iryō Ninjutsu. It should be noted that Kinjiro is the original creator of Iryō Ninjutsu, and she is hence one of the most proficient users of the art to have ever existed.

Kinjiro is a master of Taijutsu, preferring close combat to ranged combat due to her nature. She is also exceptionally proficient at Kenjutsu.

Kinjiro is one of the few true masters of Fūinjutsu.

Kinjiro’s chakra pool is only around 30% larger than average, but her control over her chakra is immense.

Kinjiro has the affinity for every element, but is unable to use elemental jutsu herself. This does not prevent Kinjiro from moulding the elemental chakra, but the only application she has for elemental chakra is within seals. In addition, Kinjiro’s Onmyōton is restricted solely to Fūinjutsu.

Kinjiro is immune to all poisons, all bacterial or viral infections, and all forms of disease due to a series of complex seals and bodily modifications.

【Weapons, Tools and Equipment】

Kinjiro’s Laboratory is a massive underground complex beneath the village of Kusagakure. The seal is essentially inside a vast underground box that is protected by three layers of seals. One can enter the laboratory through a very specific spot in Kusagakure, or one can use the Kyōsei Keiyaku Kuchiyose no Jutsu in order to transport themselves inside the laboratory. The Lab is easily as big as Konohagakure, and contains four main sectors - The Alchemical sector, the Surgical sector, the Living sector and the Fuel sector.

The Alchemical sector contains a vast surplus of alchemical reagents and chemistry equipment. The Alchemical sector is lit with seals that contain fire. The light is emitted much as a lightbulb would emit light, and the heat is transferred throughout the rooms as a form of central heating. There are fume cupboards which seal of the toxic fumes into small wooden boxes, which are occasionally deposited on the surface, or kept to use within the Totem of Venom. The floors have seals written on them that convert carbon dioxide in the air into carbon and oxygen, replenishing the air supply, and giving Kinjiro a large amount of coal for the Fuel sector. These two types of seals are found throughout the entire laboratory.

The Surgical sector contains the three operating theatres and the prisons where Kinjiro’s test subjects are kept. There is a kitchen in the Surgical sector where food can be prepared for the prisoners. The Surgical sector contains vast supplies of drugs and medical tools, as well as a catalogue of every poison and antidote Kinjiro has ever encountered - she also keeps a separate, hidden catalogue of her unique venoms and their antidotes.

The Living sector is, much as the name implies, where Kinjiro and her allies live. It is very luxurious, and has its own personal kitchen and waste disposal systems. The Living sector is often only home to between 10 to 20 people at a time, so it is the smallest of the sectors, but it is the most well-kept.

The Fuel sector contains the furnaces and generators for Kinjiro’s laboratory. There is a massive brewery in the Fuel sector which provides alcohol for Kinjiro’s experiments, as well as drinking alcohol for Kinjiro and her allies. The Fuel sector is the largest sector, taking up the spare space that the Living sector does not take up. The brewery in the Fuel sector is excitedly primed to create some of the most exquisite - and strong - alcohol in all of history, so that one of Kinjiro’s allies in particular may sate her habits.

The Lab does not grow its own crops or raise its own animals, so food must be brought down from the surface. Fortunately, Kusagakure is home to many fertile lands which provide Kinjiro’s lab with all of the sustenance it needs. The Lab produces its own water, however.

Hebi o Tsūka Doku

Name of Weapon or Item: Hebi o Tsūka Doku [Snakes-Passing-Venom]
Location: Kinjiro’s body.
Owner: Kinjiro Jikangai.
Rank: A

Description: The Hebi o Tsūka Doku are an elaborate set of two wooden bokken which Kinjiro has modified for her own uses. The bokken have several seals drawn into them in order to augment their capabilities. The first seal, one of Kinjiro’s Kamikasu seals, prevents anybody except her from wielding the blades. Whenever anybody else attempts to pick the blades up, they will immediately turn to and attempt to use the second seal’s effect.

The second seal is essentially a stored version of the Ranshinshō. Upon coming into contact with an opponent (through skin or light clothing) the Bokken immediately use Ranshinshō upon the victim. However, each time a bokken uses this, the derangement of the controls is changed, so the technique is exceptionally difficult to counter, even by other skilled medical ninja.

The Bokken are also very heavily infused with Doton chakra, giving them a legendary hardness that is exceptionally difficult to cut with even the sharpest swords. The bokken are, however, still completely blunt and can only cause blunt trauma.

Appearance: Twin wooden bokken swords, each kodachi-sized (about 60cm long, including the hilt). The blade of each sword is covered with intricate ink patterns, each of which constitute a seal.

Hebi Shūshuku Emono

Name of Weapon or Item: Hebi Shūshuku Emono [Snake-Constricting-Prey]
Location: Kinjiro’s body.
Owner: Kinjiro Jikangai
Rank: A

Description: The Hebi Shūshuku Emono is what looks to be a perfectly ordinary coil of rope, reaching to 45 feet in total length. Each fibre of the rope has had seals woven into it, each of which contributes to a major seal pervading the entirety of the rope. As Kinjiro wills it, the rope is able to leech chakra from whatever it is touching, as well as move according to her mental commands. The rope is extremely fast, and is impossible to cut with conventional methods due to the nature of the rope. The rope is fireproof and is hydrophobic (it repels water). The rope is a conduit for a much crueler technique, listed below.

Appearance: A rope.

Doku

Name of Weapon or Item: Doku [Venom]
Location: Kinjiro’s body.
Owner: Kinjiro Jikangai
Rank: A

Description: Kinjiro, being a master of natural and synthetic poisons, understandably carries a great deal of poisons around with her. She has the quirk of making none of her poisons lethal alone [except those in the Chōzō no Doku, whose purpose is genocide] as she prefers to see her victims suffer before they succumb to her embrace. She has employed a few unique poisons that bring chaos and suffering to all who are unfortunate enough to ingest them - except Kinjiro and her allies.

Appearance: Varies.

Kinjiro carries apt supplies of all ninja tools that could ever possibly be needed in a scroll sealed into another scroll.

Kinjiro carries an entire operating room (sterile and with access to all of her surgical tools) in the first scroll.

Kinjiro carries immense vats of salt in the first scroll. [Segetibus Cavete]



【Kekkei Genkai】

Chigoku Inkan

Name of the Kekkei Genkai: Chigoku Inkan [Verbatim Sealing]
Type of Kekkei Genkai: Fūinjutsu
Clan: Jikangai
Rank: B-S

Description: The Chigoku Inkan is the gift of Yata passed down to her children on the female side. Female Jikangai will pass the Chigoku Inkan onto their children regardless of the genetics of their partner, but if a male Jikangai were to procreate with a non-Jikangai female the resulting child is not guaranteed to possess the Chigoku Inkan, which would result in the child not being a Jikangai.

Simply put, the ability of the Chigoku Inkan is an innate mastery of Fūinjutsu that extends into manipulation of ninjutsu-like effects. Bearers of the Jikangai bloodline are able to create any effects that they can imagine provided they meet the following requirements: The effect must be understood completely with a single word, the effect must be within the scope of chakra the individual can muster, and the effect cannot defy any laws of nature of physics. The Chigoku Inkan can only apply these desired effects by creating seals in the air around the user or on nearby surfaces that are constructs of pure and fragile chakra, resulting in their effects being rendered null if the seals are physically disturbed or are subjected to any amount of chakra with larger energy or greater control than the seal created by the Chigoku Inkan possesses.

The seals created by the Chigoku Inkan are able to replicate simple elemental techniques without the creator having the elemental affinity necessary to create the chakra, but the seals also have no elemental applications beyond the incredibly minor. The seals are most adept at changes to form due to their Yin-aspected nature, and can be used to perform tasks such as picking locks, exerting physical force (breaking objects, cutting through objects, etc.). As the seals are structurally weak constructs of chakra, their effects on people are highly diminished or negated with even the slightest opposition of chakra unless the Jikangai in question has significantly higher chakra control than the intended target. The primary utilisation of the Chigoku Inkan is the inherent capability with and knowledge of seals and sealing techniques that it provides, but it is nevertheless a fantastic source of utility rather than power, and forms the basis for many Jikangai clan techniques.

Weakness: Interpret it yourself.

【Canon Jutsu】

Basic Academy Techniques

Chikatsu Saisei no Jutsu

Saikan Chūshutsu no Jutsu

Ranshinshō

Chakura no Mesu

In'yu Shōmetsu

Shōsen Jutsu

【Custom Jutsu】

Name of Technique: Kyōsei Keiyaku Kuchiyose no Jutsu [Forced Contract Summoning Technique]
Type of Jutsu: Fūinjutsu
Rank: C
Range: Potentially Infinite
Nature Type: N/A
Handseals: Standard handsigns for Kuchiyose no Jutsu

Description: The Kyōsei Keiyaku Kuchiyose no Jutsu is a Fūinjutsu-based derivative of the original contracts designed to facilitate the summoning process. The seal is inherently incomplete until the addition of blood and a primer seal created by the Chigoku Inkan. The primer seal can be written and given to non-Jikangai members, but is consumed in the process. When the blood of an individual, or a primer seal created from trace chakra of an individual, meets the incomplete seal (and the user’s blood is added in the latter case) a temporary summoning contract is formed that lasts for a single summon. The user can summon the target to themselves, or themselves to the target.

The Kyōsei Keiyaku Kuchiyose no Jutsu has unique limitations determined by the primer seal, restricting the use of the technique if any damage would come to individuals affected by the technique as a result of their being displaced or if they would be displaced upon arrival, resulting in the technique being guaranteed to be safe.

Weakness: Interpret it yourself.

Name of Technique: Hebi Shiin Mizu Gijutsu [Snake-Tasting-Water Technique]
Type of Jutsu: Ninjutsu
Rank: C
Range: Extremely Long - 500 metres
Nature Type: N/A

Description: Kinjiro, using her snakelike senses, maps out extremely accurately the positions of all living beings within an extremely long range of her. She is also able to taste residual chakra in this manner, and can determine whose chakra belongs to whom and what techniques have recently been used in the area. If she has never encountered the technique before, she will not know what it does, but will recognise it in the future should she detect a similar chakra signature. Kinjiro is also able to create a seal with the Chigoku Inkan that can grant her knowledge of techniques gained through this technique to other people by applying it to their foreheads.

Should any technique be used within a fifty foot range of a primer seal created by the Chigoku Inkan, Kinjiro will immediately gain full knowledge of that instance of the technique should she detect it with Hebi Shiin Mizu Gijutsu.

Weakness: Interpret it yourself.

Name of Technique: Suigin no Kaijō [Sea of Quicksilver]
Type of Jutsu: Ninjutsu
Rank: B
Range: Personal, then Potentially Infinite
Nature Type: Onmyōton | Doton | Katon; Suiton; Raiton

Description: A specialised version of the Kenja no Ishi in which the user is able to bypass certain restrictions due to a significantly higher chakra cost and preparation time. After kneading chakra into a metal or water for at least sixty seconds, the user excitedly primes the structure of body of water, keeping the chakra bound to the physical form with a seal. The user may release the technique instantly, or at any point in time from any range. As soon as the seal is released, all of the substance is transmuted to mercury.

Weakness: Interpret it yourself.

Name of Technique: Hebi mane Inago Gijutsu [Snake-Imitating-Locusts Technique]
Type of Jutsu: Fūinjutsu
Rank: B
Range: Vast
Nature Type: Doton

Description: Kinjiro inscribes an immense seal onto an area, which then proceeds to produce vast amounts of toxic salts in the soil. Not only does the immense amount of salt kill all plants on the land, the salt will damage all infrastructure and reduce the water quality of the area (if a river or source of water is within the seal). The seal naturally degrades after producing enough salt to ensure no natural life can grow or thrive within the area.

Weakness: Interpret it yourself.

Name of Technique: Jiko Shōhi Maru - Go Yōso [Self-Consuming-Circle - 5 Elements]
Type of Jutsu: Fūinjutsu
Rank: A
Range: Personal
Nature Type: Katon; Suiton; Raiton; Doton; Fuuton

Description: By using the her affinity for each of the elements, Kinjiro may focus elemental chakra upon a seal on her midriff, which then glows with the colour of the corresponding element. Upon choosing an element, all elemental chakra of that nature will be absorbed, negating their harmful effects upon her. Kinjiro gains a corresponding amount of elemental chakra from performing this technique. However, the seal can only absorb one element at a time, and can only switch elements once every 120 seconds.

Weakness: Interpret it yourself.

Name of Technique: Kokoro ga Mai Tejun ni Hakai [Heart-Breaking-With-Every-Step]
Type of Jutsu: Fūinjutsu
Rank: A
Range: Touch
Nature Type: N/A

Description: A seal placed over the heart of the victim. The seal draws chakra from the victim with every instance of movement and accelerates the rate at which the heart circulates chakra throughout the chakra system. With every step, more chakra is added to the seal over the heart, and upon the victim taking the hundredth step while branded with this seal the chakra over their heart will violently explode inwards, destroying the victim’s heart and lungs, and killing them almost instantly. Each step taken reduces the available chakra pool of the victim by 1%. Kinjiro is able to create latent versions of this seal that can activate and deactivate upon being primed with a seal created by the Chigoku Inkan. If the primer seal is applied once, it can be activated or deactivated from any distance if the same primer seal is created again using the Chigoku Inkan.

Weakness: Interpret it yourself.

Name of Technique: Hebi Kamu Shin'nyū no Jutsu [Snake-Biting-Intruder Technique]
Type of Jutsu: Fūinjutsu
Rank: A
Range: Personal
Nature Type: N/A

Description: Kinjiro has tattooed onto her body seals from pure chakra that are invisible to the naked eye except in the presence of chakra. These are simple containment seals manifested and maintained by the Chigoku Inkan that contain various weapons coated in various non-lethal poisons. Upon being struck with significant force or upon Kinjiro willing it, the seals will extrude whatever is contained within (though not completely release) them forcibly. The objects can be retracted with a simple application of chakra.

Weakness: Interpret it yourself.

Name of Technique: Kuchiyose: Hebi Hakidasu Kemuri Gijutsu [Summoning: Snake-Spewing-Smoke Technique]
Type of Jutsu: Ninfūinjutsu; Kuchiyose no Jutsu
Rank: A
Range: Fairly Large
Nature Type: N/A

Description: Kinjiro summons her Chōzō no Doku [Totem of Venom] at a nearby location. The Totem is a fairly large wooden structure, roughly 20 feet tall, and two carvings shaped like winged snakes protrude from the sides of the totem, reaching a total span of 15 feet. The wood is charred and looks worn well beyond its time, but despite its apparent visual weakness the totem is easily harder than any metal due to the amount of chakra woven into it over its centuries of existence. The bark of the wood is etched very finely with what look like ancient tribal patterns, but are in fact seals carved into the totem. The totem is fireproof and is extremely difficult to actually damage physically. The Totem is essentially a primitive “plague spreader”, and it will release noxious gases containing a mixture of extremely potent poisons and bacteria, spreading death and disease wherever it goes. There is a seal on the base of the totem that binds it to the ground, and unless the seal is removed it becomes incredibly difficult to move so much as an inch. At Kinjiro’s command, the snake protrusions become animated, and slither off of the totem in order to do her bidding. The snakes can relay simple visual and auditory information to Kinjiro, and can spread smaller amounts of the toxic smog that the totem spews from their mouths. Their bites are extremely painful and almost certainly lethal, but the snakes cannot leave an area of 2 kilometers around the Totem, or they will become inanimate. If the snakes are destroyed, they will reform on the totem, but will not be able to be animated again until Kinjiro places more seals upon them. Additionally, the snake’s bites can apply the Hebi nusumu Hikari Gijutsu.

Weakness: Interpret it yourself.

Name of Technique: Hebi nusumu Hikari Gijutsu [Snake-Stealing-Light Technique]
Type of Jutsu: Ninfūinjutsu
Rank: A
Range: Personal
Nature Type: N/A

Description: Kinjiro moulds her chakra into a seal and applies it to a victim upon touching them. She is also able to apply the seal to an object, and have it bind to the first person that touches the object. As soon as the seal binds to a victim, it begins leeching tiny amounts of chakra from the victim and assimilating them into itself, gradually causing the seal to become a part of the victim. After three days, the seal cannot be removed by any means short of cutting the affected limb from the body. When the seal is fully matured, it converts the victim’s chakra into a potent toxin that is spread throughout the victim’s body, targeting the eyes and the chakra system specifically, slowly causing them to shut down. If this toxin is introduced into the body of a victim who is not branded with the seal, a seal will form and mature over the course of seven days. After another week of the toxin being present in the victim, the victim will become blind and unable to mould their chakra in any way. The poison, after performing these functions, continues to be created in the victim’s body, but it is excreted from the victim’s pores, and trace amounts are left on everything they touch. The poison has no known antidote.

Weakness: Interpret it yourself.

Name of Technique: Jiryoku no Fū [Seal of Attraction]
Type of Jutsu: Fūinjutsu
Rank: A
Range: Touch
Nature Type: N/A
Handseals: N/A

Description: Kinjiro has tattooed this seal onto her left palm. When she focuses her chakra into it, it glows with a faint blue colour and the next object Kinjiro touches with her left hand will be attracted to the seal on her palm. It is also able to attract chakra, but not Kinjiro’s chakra or chakra in another person’s body. She is able to leave an imprint of this seal on anything she touches with her left palm. The imprint will be attracted to the Sekiryoku no Fū. Kinjiro can also place these seals on other people or objects.

Weakness: N/A

Name of Technique: Sekiryoku no Fū [Seal of Repulsion]
Type of Jutsu: Fūinjutsu
Rank: A
Range: Touch
Nature Type: N/A
Handseals: N/A

Description: Kinjiro has tattooed this seal onto her right palm. When she focuses her chakra into it, it glows with a faint red colour and the next object Kinjiro touches with her right hand will be repelled by the seal on her right hand. It is also able to repel chakra, but not Kinjiro’s chakra or the chakra in another person’s body. She is able to leave an imprint of this seal on anything she touches with her right palm. The imprint will be attracted to the Jiryoku no Fū. Kinjiro can also place these seals on other people or objects.

Weakness: N/A

Name of Technique: Shōsenshin Jutsu [True Mystical Palm Technique]
Type of Jutsu: Iryō Ninjutsu
Rank: S
Range: Medium [15-20 feet]
Nature Type: N/A

Description: Kinjiro, the creator of the Shōsen Jutsu, only released a fragment of the jutsu’s true power unto the world, as medicine as advanced as the true technique would have shook the world too deeply. Kinjiro’s Shōsenshin Jutsu does not require actual physical contact with the recipient, and can be used from a considerable distance away provided that the user knows the feel of the victim’s chakra extremely well. The technique’s true power lies in its ability to not only create cells, but to provide them with an environment in which they naturally regenerate and keep in - allowing the Shōsenshin Jutsu to heal wounds that could not otherwise be healed. Additionally, the Shōsenshin Jutsu can read DNA and create cells from the DNA provided they are given a large enough amount of chakra, allowing Kinjiro to create the body parts of individuals at will so that the body will not reject them. A side effect of the Shōsenshin Jutsu is that it suppresses the victim’s immune system for its duration so that the body does not harm itself inadvertently. The immune system will not resume normal function until a second Shōsenshin Jutsu is applied. The Shōsenshin Jutsu is too difficult for any ordinary medical ninja to even hope of performing, and without the Fukutsu no Ishi active, Kinjiro cannot perform it alone. Two people can perform the technique if they both have sufficiently high chakra control.

Weakness: Interpret it yourself.

Name of Technique: Kenja no Ishi [Philosopher’s Stone]
Type of Jutsu: Ninfūinjutsu [Kinjutsu]
Rank: S
Range: Within 3 feet of the user, can be increased to 10 feet with sufficient transmission of chakra.
Nature Type: Onmyōton | Doton | Katon; Suiton; Raiton

Description: The Kenja no Ishi is the product of Kinjiro’s early alchemical work into the art of transmutation. By changing the structure of the protons and electrons of given molecules, Kinjiro is able to change any given element to another element. She cannot easily transmute compounds in this manner, requiring at least thirty seconds of focus in order to transmute even a basic compound, such as water, into metals.

When used with the Onmyōton, Kinjiro can immediately transmute any metal into any other metal within a 3 foot radius of her by touching the surface of the metal she wishes to transmute and branding it with a seal. The transmutation is permanent, even if the seal is removed, but one with knowledge of the seals could reverse the effects of the seal if it remains. The transmutation ripples out from the seal, and will increase or decrease the volume of the material as necessary as it adds or extracts protons from the nuclei of other elements.

When used with the Doton, base metals (Copper, Zinc, Nickel, Iron, etc.) can be transmuted into precious metals (Gold, Silver, etc.) or into other base metals. This transmutation takes at least four seconds to work, and requires contact with the metal to be transmuted constantly until the transmutation is finished.

When used with the Katon; Suiton; Raiton elements, the user is able to transmute all metals and basic compounds into other basic compounds or metals with a seal, taking at least 10 seconds to fully prime the seal. When the seal is excitedly primed with chakra, the transmutation occurs instantly.

Weakness: Interpret it yourself.

Name of Technique: Hebi-Iji-Kyōkun Gijutsu [Snake-Keeping-Precepts Technique]
Type of Jutsu: Iryō Ninjutsu | Fūinjutsu
Rank: S
Range: Personal
Nature Type: Onmyōton [Yin-Yang Release]

Description: Kinjiro is able to mould her chakra to replicate life, converting her chakra directly to Yang chakra in order to breathe life into reality, and for as long as Kinjiro has a physical sample of something that is alive she can replicate it perfectly. For as long as even a single cell of exists, she can replicate the entirety of the organism it belonged to. This cannot be used to grant life to the dead, as she can only return flesh and not the soul, but she is easily able to reconstruct any number of lost organs or limbs, and can save anybody for as long as they are not yet dead. Kinjiro has concentrated the exact chakra required to create her entire body into seals and distributed them among herself, allowing her to completely heal any injury on her body as soon as it is made. These seals must be activated with a primer seal created by the Chigoku Inkan before they will trigger, but a primer seal is automatically created should Kinjiro receive a blow with the capacity to kill her.

Weakness: Interpret it yourself.

Name of Technique: Hebi Shūkai no Hābu Gijutsu [Snake-Gathering-Herbs Technique]
Type of Jutsu: Fūinjutsu
Rank: S
Range: Infinite
Nature Type: N/A

Description: Kinjiro places a fragment of a soul bonded to hers, or a fragment of her own soul, within a seal and brands a victim with it. As soon as the seal is branded, it disappears completely from sight and can only be seen by those branded with a primer seal created by the Chigoku Inkan. The seal can still be removed, but it is exceptionally difficult. While the victim is branded with this seal, Kinjiro has a latent “perception” of whatever the victim perceives, allowing her to essentially use people as her eyes and ears. By sacrificing the portion of her soul bound to the seal, Kinjiro is able to summon herself to the location of the branded victim, or summon the victim to her.

Weakness: Interpret it yourself.

Name of Technique: Kamikasu [Divine Imposition]
Type of Jutsu: Ninfūinjutsu
Rank: S
Range: Potentially Infinite
Nature Type: Onmyōton [Yin-Yang Release]
Handseals: N/A

Description: Considered to be Kinjiro’s most powerful technique, this technique utilises the infinite power contained within the idea. By moulding her Yin chakra into a unique seal, Kinjiro may impress an “idea” onto an object. The ideas that Kinjiro may impress upon something are very much open-ended, and she may choose to impress the idea that should X happen, the branded object will react by performing Y. Then, Kinjiro impresses her Yang chakra into the object, causing the object to forcibly perform the action, even against its owner’s will. Kinjiro has limitless application with this technique, and is essentially able to impose her will onto any inanimate object.

Weakness: Interpret it yourself.

Name of Technique: Shūki-Gai [Outside the Cycle]
Type of Jutsu: Fūinjutsu
Rank: S
Range: Personal
Nature Type: N/A

Description: Kinjiro is able to disperse a ring of exceptionally potent seals up to ten feet in distance away from her, creating a circle with a radius of ten feet. Time is slowed within these seals, but any individuals that possess the Chigoku Inkan are completely immune to its effects. For every second that would occur outside of the ring, ten seconds pass within the ring (time is slowed to one tenth of its normal pace). The ring lasts for up to three seconds, and can only be used once per day. Kinjiro cannot attack any targets within the range of Shūki-Gai for its duration.

Weakness: Interpret it yourself.

Name of Technique: Hebi shi-ka Higai Gijutsu [Snake-Assimilating-Victim Technique]
Type of Jutsu: Ninjutsu
Rank: S
Range: Within the Hebi Shūshuku Emono.
Nature Type: N/A

Description: While a victim is bound with the Hebi Shūshuku Emono, Kinjiro and at least one assistant (two is preferable) may perform this technique. Kinjiro begins by resting her palms on either side of the victim’s head, on their temples, and channelling her chakra through the victim’s body in a manner similar (but not identical to) the Shōsenshin Jutsu. The assistant(s) place their palms over the heart and the lungs, and any additional assistants help with the control of the chakra. The result of the technique’s completion (which requires roughly 30 minutes) is that the victim is permanently transformed into a snake, with their DNA changed and their body completely transformed. During the transformation, a black liquid begins to leak from every orifice of the victim, containing their DNA and their memories, which can be drunk or assimilated through a seal in order to gain the memories of the victim.

The technique is excruciatingly painful, and the only reason the technique is able to take place is that the rope binds the victim. The technique is extremely useful as a torture technique, as the metamorphosis can be left unfinished and only the memories that Kinjiro wishes to extract can be forced to leave the body. Unfortunately, if the transformation is stopped prior to completion the victim will die as their body no longer functions without the assistance of Kinjiro and her assistants. This technique is very difficult to perform, and often requires Kinjiro use the Fukutsu no Ishi, even with assistants. It can only be performed once every week due to chakra restrictions not only on Kinjiro, but also on the Hebi Shūshuku Emono, which loses its power for a week until it can recharge.

Weakness: Interpret it yourself.

Name of Technique: Kindan no Shomen [Forbidden Writings]
Type of Jutsu: Fūinjutsu
Rank: S
Range: Personal
Nature Type: N/A

Description: Kinjiro possesses the unique ability to write seals over one another due to her bloodline and incredible chakra control. By layering the seals with chakra and writing them in her own blood, she is able to keep the purity of the seal’s shape intact, and may write up to three seals over one another.

Weakness: Interpret it yourself.

Name of Technique: Jōdomon [Pure World Gate]
Type of Jutsu: Ninfūinjutsu
Rank: S+
Range: Stationary
Nature Type: N/A

Description: Kinjiro has created an elaborate gate bound with several of Kinjiro’s more powerful Onmyōton seals. The gate forms a passage to the Jōdo [Pure World], where the souls of the deceased reside. Kinjiro is able to cross over into their world temporarily to converse with the souls, and she is also able to temporarily bring souls from their world into our world temporarily as long as they have a host to reside in. This technique was the basis for the Kuchiyose: Edo Tensei, but it is not even nearly as cruel to the souls or to the hosts (who regain normal function after the spirit leaves and are not harmed). Kinjiro avoids using the gate if possible due to the Pure World rejecting those who do not belong there, and will try not to go there if she can help it. The gate is usually not active due to chakra costs and the potential for abuse.

Weakness: Interpret it yourself.

Name of Jutsu: Fukutsu no Ishi [Indomitable Will]
Type of Jutsu: Fūinjutsu
Rank: S
Range: Personal
Element Affinity (If Applicable): N/A

Description: A series of seals created with several years of intense research and the pinnacle of both Fūinjutsu and Iryō Ninjutsu. The seals are tattooed to the entire body, except the face, and leave a particular sigil: 支配 [Shihai; Dominate] on each of the eight gates. Then, tracing along each of the Tenketsu, the sigil: 縛る [Shibaru; Bind] is tattooed. The result of this, as well as the powerful seals that connect the sigils, is that the bearer gains complete dominance over their Chakra system when the seals are activated. The sigils passively control the user’s chakra system as defined by their will, heightening their control to an extremely fine level, but the true power of the technique lies when the user pours an exceptional amount of willpower into the activation of the seals. In this state, each sigil glows a very light blue, with the 支配 [Shihai; Dominate] seals glowing a much stronger blue. The user’s chakra levels increase twofold due to the gentle tapping of the gates, and their chakra control becomes so immensely fine that they are able to do several things:

Firstly, they are able to release their chakra as a “physical” form in the likeness of water, and control it completely and utterly. No chakra absorption techniques will affect this mass of chakra unless the user is damaged on one of the eight main sigils, causing it to malfunction. This “water” is able to be used for any technique that the user may use at any given range, allowing for intensely strategic combinations or uses of jutsu.

Secondly, the user’s chakra dominates all other chakra in its presence, unless the chakra’s owner has sufficient (extremely high) control to counteract the power of the Fukutsu no Ishi. The “water” passing over techniques comprised of loose chakra will absorb them and purify them, converting them into the user’s chakra. Each time this is used, one of the eight main sigils dims slightly, and after all eight are dimmed the active component of the seal is negated.

Thirdly, the user gains a “long-range” version of the Jūken, which allows them to strike chakra through motions of the body and the extension of their chakra and vast control. It may also be used to disrupt the flow of the enemy’s natural chakra system and even cut it with sufficient medical application - much like the Rasenshuriken - albeit much more controlled. Surgery may also be performed in this manner, using the target’s own chakra to form tools inside of their body.

However, bearing the extreme discipline necessary to fully activate this technique is mentally and spiritually exhausting. Spiritual energy must be expended to keep the technique active, and this prevents the user from having a particularly large chakra pool, cleaving existing chakra to Physical and Spiritual energy in order to sustain itself if necessary.

Weakness: Interpret it yourself.

Jikangai, Yūhi

Jikangai, Yūhi

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【Full Name】
Jikangai, Yūhi

【Alias】
Sunset Rose

【Gender】
Male

【Age】
214

【Sexuality】
Homosexual

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【Birth Country】
Unknown

【Current Village】
Yūhi has been assigned to Sunagakure.

【Organisation】
Jikangai Clan

【Shinobi Rank】
Jounin-Ranked Ninja

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【Personality】
Yūhi is not quite the archetypical librarian and custodian of literature that one would expect, possessing the knowledge and the strict adherence to logic, but with none of the desire to be sequestered away from people. While he is no social butterfly, Yūhi loves to interact with people and educate them on topics that he possesses vast amounts of knowledge on. Yūhi firmly believes in Kinjiro's philosophy of "secrets kept are weapons wasted", and applies this philosophy to most of the esoteric knowledge that he has had the fortune to come across in his time working with Kinjiro.

Yūhi is driven most, perhaps, by a burning desire to know everything. When idle, his thoughts are consumed by the remainder of knowledge that he is yet to obtain, and thoughts of what he could do with knowledge that he does obtain. Thus, contrary to the majority of his kinsmen, Yūhi has a strong desire to travel the world to both obtain new knowledge and share his old knowledge, that people might elevate themselves to his level and beyond. Yūhi's passion for knowledge can burn cold, however, when individuals show either no desire to learn or no appreciation for the knowledge he has to offer - such individuals are beyond his help, he reasons, and often death is the easiest reprieve from the burden of their existence.

As a quasi-immortal, Yūhi values the individual lives of mortals markedly less that most people do. While he has not lived for so long that he has forgotten what it is to have the threat of mortality looming over one's shoulder, he has lived for long enough that he has ceased caring about what he views as petty trifles. Yūhi, even when in his element of sharing knowledge, can come across as cold and sarcastic. He may seem unfeeling or unsympathetic, bordering on completely lacking empathy, but reasons to himself that logic and knowledge are far kinder masters to live under and expects other to obey the rules that he does. Fortunately, many who do not share in his mindset who are particularly vocal about it do not have the privilege of having transcended mortality as he has and are relatively easy to dispatch should disagreements turn to blows. Yūhi has served in an advisory position for a great deal of his extended life, and his passion for sharing knowledge gives him somewhat of a soft spot for those that seek his guidance and listen to him, even if that soft spot is coated in barbs. Yūhi can come across easily as being irreverent and cold, detached from his humanity, but he does harbour a genuine desire to both help people learn and help them advance - even if those desires are not put to use in ways that are typically construed as being positive.

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【Chakra Nature(s)】
Fūton [Primary], Suiton [Secondary]

【Other Specialties】

Yūhi has an average chakra pool, but incredibly high chakra control (to the point of wasting no chakra when he uses abilities he is practiced with).

Yūhi is a master calligraphist, and has studied the various arts for many years. He is, accordingly, extremely adept at forgeries and all things related to writing.

Yūhi is well-versed in an incredible amount of literature, being the co-ordinator of Jikangai, Kinjiro’s personal library and research collection.

Yūhi is biologically immortal, having received Jikangai, Kinjiro’s “Gift of Immortality”. He is immune to all diseases, bacterial and viral infections, and poisons. He cannot die of old age.

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【History】
The Jikangai clan's origins begin with the matriarch and eternal leader of the clan, Yata, who was born into a wealthy family in a time where chakra was yet to grace the land. Yata's early history is unknown to anyone but herself, but there are a few established facts that the Jikangai are privy to: Yata was among the first to receive the gift of chakra, and in her blood were the secrets to the first sealing techniques. Yata became the first to utilise the nature of the seal to manipulate chakra in ways that could not be achieved within the body, and her rise to power was as swift as it was lethal. Yata later discovered that her sealing techniques were potent enough to affect the flow of time within small areas, and developed this power over many years alone. At some point, Yata gave birth to her first child, Kinjiro, with an unknown father who was on a similar or greater level of power to her, and Kinjiro was born with all of Yata's power except that over time, though she was the first Jikangai known to possess the trait of being "outside time", likely a result of Yata's experimentation with temporal energies.

The earliest members of the Jikangai were not selectively bred or taught like many of the earliest coalitions of clans. Initially, to gain entry to the Jikangai one only needed to be a powerful male (in order to create children from Yata's side to pass her potent sealing power down) or to have an interest in the sealing techniques that Yata offered. Coalitions of like-minded people that were not required to possess specific traits were initially rare, so the earliest Jikangai groupings were not as powerful as many of the other fledgling clans, but as the requirements to join were so simple, many chose to partake of the power that Yata offered. War was common in the early days as people discovered the limitations of their newfound power, but the Jikangai chose to weave seals within their architecture that offered them highly fortified and defensive positions through which to avoid battle. The legendary safety of their strongholds resulted in those tired of war defecting to join the Jikangai, and after a few short decades the Jikangai had members of almost every discipline that presently existed and the means to research many more.

When Yata's first child, Kinjiro, turned thirty two she achieved the secrets of immortality and shared these with her mother, causing the pair to become biologically immortal for a time. This secret gave the matriarch of the Jikangai clan enough time to perfect the seals that would render her truly immortal and cement her eternal reign over the Jikangai. It was also around this time that Kinjiro disappeared from the annals of the Jikangai, taking with her several of the more medically minded individuals of the time with her, and the clan turned from essentially worshipping its most powerful members (those who had most of Yata's blood) to a more expansion-oriented people, using their collective knowledge and sealing prowess to become conquerors. The seal-infused architecture typical of the early Jikangai strongholds became as much a weapon of war as the rest of the techniques within the Jikangai's grasp and they reconstructed many settlements that they took over with their own to ensure that none that came after them could take the land should they be ousted, and other contingents of the Jikangai could take their place.

The love for complex sealing and structures quickly became the largest downfall of the Jikangai, and their promising expansion years were cut short after only a small number of generations due to infighting within the clan, and their own seal-infused architecture being sabotaged by rival members within the power-oriented clan. Many of the less powerful members died during raids from other sects within the Jikangai, or through the defences upon which they heavily relied being rendered defunct and invading parties having enough of a surprise advantage to turn the tide of battle in their favour. The most powerful of the Jikangai survived and chose to withdraw into the heavily fortified structures that they had relied upon in their infancy, abandoning hopes of conquest for mastery over their sealing techniques under Yata's directive.

Yata, the Immortal Matriarch, directed the clan's efforts towards creating a set of seals of unknown form and function shortly after their withdrawal from their expansive phase, and at some point within the next ten years all instances of the Jikangai on the surface world promptly vanished and retreated into a single underground compound. Much controversy was raised over the reason for the disappearance of any large body of Jikangai, but several missionaries remained in the world to quell these rumours and to recruit promising talents into the folds of the Jikangai. Though it would seem, from looking at the history books, that the Jikangai simply erased themselves from the world, nothing could be farther from the truth.

After withdrawing to their underground compound, the Jikangai returned to their original state of pseudo-ancestor worship. Yata once again became the ultimate public authority within the clan (where before she had largely ruled from the shadows) and once the seals she had ordered the clan create were finished, she ascended beyond the mortal scope of power. With her new seals, Yata's presence was dangerous to all non-Jikangai, and though there was no immediate aftermath, the clan grew worried that her unchecked power would draw attention to their hiding location and chose to construct a sphere in which to entrap their Immortal Matriarch and limit her power. Yata herself designed the seals for her gilded cage, recognising the threat that she posed, and willingly withdrew to lead the clan from within a place that she could do no harm. Unfortunately, Yata's prison limited the contact that she could have with her children, and she receded from the spotlight once more to allow the Jikangai to work towards goals she would entrust to the most powerful members of the clan.

It was at this point that the various sects of the Jikangai begun to develop, each with a focus on a particular aspect of sealing, and the clan begun to evolve into the complex society that it is today. In order to avoid stagnancy, the Jikangai offered the secrets of their seals to the world for knowledge and resources that they may have needed through use of their missionaries, who in return recruited brilliant individuals to join the clan. This process has continued since that era, and is still something that occurs semi-regularly within the Jikangai. It is not uncommon for the most powerful members of the Jikangai (those selected to receive Kinjiro's gift of immortality) to directly intervene with mortals of specific interest and prowess to offer them unique gifts in return for their service. Some would liken the Jikangai to would-be Gods, undying beings with a penchant for interfering within the lives of perceived lesser beings for their amusement, but the truth of the matter is far simpler than that: The Jikangai scions are mortal ambition taken to its furthest extreme, with the power to match, and delight in precisely the same game of control that all mortals do, only on a larger scale.
Jikangai, Yūhi is among the earliest of the so-called "Immortal Scions" of the Jikangai clan, having been selected to join their ranks at an early age when his extreme talent showed through. Yūhi's early life was fairly common among that of the early Jikangai with the exception that as a male, he was not given the same level of prestige and importance as females as he was unable to guarantee true Jikangai children. This led to Yūhi growing up with an intense drive to prove to his superiors - namely Kinjiro, Yata, and Tensai - that he was able to compete with the champions of the Jikangai.

Yūhi was born in the fourth generation of the Jikangai clan, and was (alongside Tensai) one of the extremely rare cases of early Jikangai males being born with the full potency of the Chigoku Inkan from a non-Jikangai mother. Yūhi was raised alongside the most promising of the Jikangai at the time, even having been directly tutored by Yata and Kinjiro regarding some of the most complex of the sealing techniques the early clan had devised. Still, as a male, Yūhi was not afforded the same luxuries that the early females of the clan were and rather than seek his fortunes elsewhere, he strove to compete with the best of the clan as his grandfather Tensai had done, and to join him in the ranks of the then-legendary Immortal Scions.

Yūhi's particular talents were new to the early Jikangai, being rooted in the discipline of paper and the storage of knowledge outside of conventional mediums. This made him a particularly prized asset, despite the misfortune of his sex, and from the young age of fourteen he had already made such advancements in the field of writing and containing powerful seals within paper that he was approached by Yata with an offer. Yata would craft for him an item of exceptional power, something to set him far above his peers, if he swore himself to her for an eternity. At this point in the clan's history, Yata was not as supremely powerful as she later grew to be, but Yūhi was not easily swayed by her promises of power after the treatment he had received for having been male. He kindly refused, aware of the consequences of such an action, but rather than being excommunicated (or worse), Yata offered to create for him an artifact regardless of his affiliations if he could produce a female heir to carry on his potent blood.

This proved an issue for the young Jikangai, who was exclusively interested in the company of other men, but his desire to bring glory to his clan was such that he attempted to provide Yata with a worthy heir. Unfortunately, this did not happen as planned, and Yūhi was left with but one other option - he turned to Kinjiro before her disappearance, and beseeched of her a way to provide Yata with what she desired to bring glory to the clan. Kinjiro offered him a bargain, though to his surprise one far more palatable than the Immortal Matriarch had offered: If Yūhi swore fealty to her and joined her in researching the secrets of Fūinjutsu she would grant him a child and immortality, with no consequences for him leaving after he had worked under her for at least a hundred years. Yūhi accepted, and through Kinjiro's early mastery of genetics was able to conceive a child with a surrogate mother. The child was female, and Kinjiro confirmed for Yata that the child had the potency of Chigoku Inkan desired in the female line.

Following this, Yūhi was asked to bring a single item of power to Yata with a single wish and she would craft for him an artifact of immense power, as agreed. For many days and nights Yūhi pondered what to ask of Yata, before deciding that he would simply ask for whatever first entered his head as she asked the question. As he came face to face with her, and she asked what he would like crafting, he simply handed her a paperweight and asked her to do with it whatever she felt would most benefit the Jikangai. Yata created from the paperweight a cube holding the secrets to the most fiendishly complex of the Jikangai's seals, able to modify and transmute lesser seals, and work with Yūhi's specialty of paper, and sent him on his way. Immediately afterwards, he relocated to Kinjiro's laboratory to uphold that end of his bargain.

Many years came and went, and Yūhi excelled in his position as loremaster and chronciler for Kinjiro's scientific community. After his hundred years of service were over, he decided to stay in the service of Kinjiro, having grown to appreciate her extraordinary talent and love for the Jikangai - and offered the use of his artifact should it prove useful. Useful it proved, as Kinjiro unlocked several of Yata's secrets with it, and sent Yūhi to the surface world in order to act as a personal missionary. Yūhi will likely return to the laboratory when there is more research to be chronicled or more papers to organise - but until then he is a trusted set of eyes and ears on the surface world, ready to report back to Kinjiro should it become necessary.

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【Weapons/Tools】
Yūhi carries with him, at all times:

100,000 Explosive Tags, sealed into a scroll

100,000 Sheets of Paper, sealed into a scroll

1,000 Bottles of Ink and Quills, sealed into a scroll

25 Kunai, each marked with a Kyōsei Keiyaku Kuchiyose no Jutsu seal

20 Metal Shuriken, each marked with the generic sealing technique to contain 15 paper shuriken.

A scroll containing copies of the entire works of his library in Kinjiro’s Laboratory that requires a primer seal created by the Chigoku Inkan to open. The entire contents can be destroyed is a different primer seal is applied.

<Yata no Kesan>

Name of Weapon or Item: Yata no Kesan (Yata’s Paperweight)
Location: Yūhi’s person.
Owner: Yūhi Jikangai
Rank: A

Description:The Yata no Kesan is a cube forged of an unknown metal and carved with exceptionally intricate seals. The cube has a hollow interior into which its bearer may place objects in order to use the cube’s effects by placing them on a seal atop the cube. Due to the nature of the cube, the space within is potentially infinite and so anything can be inserted into the cube (and, if it is not alive and does not have a strong chakra signature, can be kept there indefinitely).

The cube has three major functions, the first of which is the creation and modification of Fūinjutsu. The cube is able to analyse any and all seals that are placed into its interior (which often requires the bearer copy the seal in question) and provide information on their construction and purpose, as well as provide a counter-seal to negate the seal’s effects if such a seal can be created. (This means that many Jikangai seals, which require Primer Seals created by the Chigoku Inkan, cannot effectively be negated by the cube).

The second of the cube’s major functions is the ability to act as a conduit for its bearer’s Chigoku Inkan, allowing them to perform an extended array of functions with their bloodline. In Yūhi’s case, he is able to apply his Chigoku Inkan to any paper within a 70 foot radius of the cube. The cube is also able to store Primer Seals that Yūhi did not himself create, and can replicate them at will for the future. This is also the case for non-Jikangai unique seals.

The final major function of the cube is its ability to contain and interpret knowledge. The cube is essentially a storage device in this regard with the ability to translate knowledge, such as jutsu, into an appropriate Fūinjutsu that its bearer can understand. This process is reliant on the knowledge of the bearer and the knowledge stored within the cube – as such, Yūhi can use it to understand practically any jutsu due to his strong knowledge of the chakra system and of jutsu in general provided that the cube is able to analyse a sample of the chakra, be it from the jutsu being performed within 100 feet of the cube or if its chakra has been stored in another medium and introduced to the cube. The cube is also able to decipher any linguistic codes given to it due to Yūhi’s immense knowledge of linguistics.

Appearance:

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【Kekkei Genkai】

Chigoku Inkan

Name of the Kekkei Genkai: Chigoku Inkan [Verbatim Sealing]
Type of Kekkei Genkai: Fūinjutsu
Clan: Jikangai
Rank: B-S

Description: The Chigoku Inkan is the gift of Yata passed down to her children on the female side. Female Jikangai will pass the Chigoku Inkan onto their children regardless of the genetics of their partner, but if a male Jikangai were to procreate with a non-Jikangai female the resulting child is not guaranteed to possess the Chigoku Inkan, which would result in the child not being a Jikangai.

Simply put, the ability of the Chigoku Inkan is an innate mastery of Fūinjutsu that extends into manipulation of ninjutsu-like effects. Bearers of the Jikangai bloodline are able to create any effects that they can imagine provided they meet the following requirements: The effect must be understood completely with a single word, the effect must be within the scope of chakra the individual can muster, and the effect cannot defy any laws of nature of physics. The Chigoku Inkan can only apply these desired effects by creating seals in the air around the user or on nearby surfaces that are constructs of pure and fragile chakra, resulting in their effects being rendered null if the seals are physically disturbed or are subjected to any amount of chakra with larger energy or greater control than the seal created by the Chigoku Inkan possesses.

The seals created by the Chigoku Inkan are able to replicate simple elemental techniques without the creator having the elemental affinity necessary to create the chakra, but the seals also have no elemental applications beyond the incredibly minor. The seals are most adept at changes to form due to their Yin-aspected nature, and can be used to perform tasks such as picking locks, exerting physical force (breaking objects, cutting through objects, etc.). As the seals are structurally weak constructs of chakra, their effects on people are highly diminished or negated with even the slightest opposition of chakra unless the Jikangai in question has significantly higher chakra control than the intended target. The primary utilisation of the Chigoku Inkan is the inherent capability with and knowledge of seals and sealing techniques that it provides, but it is nevertheless a fantastic source of utility rather than power, and forms the basis for many Jikangai clan techniques.

Weakness: Interpret it yourself.

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【Canon Jutsu】

Shikigami no Mai

Kami Bunshin

Kami Shuriken

Fūinjutsu: Shishi Heikō

Ura Shishō Fūinjutsu

Gofū Kekkai - Can be used with up to 10 ‘Kin’ tags.

Kyōmen Shūja no Jutsu

Konshin Betsuri no Jutsu

Fūton: Reppūshō

Fūton: Kazekiri no Jutsu

Fūton: Atsugai

Fūton: Shinkūjin – Extremely potent with Paper Shuriken

【Custom Jutsu】

Name of Technique: Saiketsu Fū [Blood Drawing Seal]
Type of Jutsu: Fūinjutsu
Rank: D
Range: Personal
Nature Type: N/A
Handseals: N/A

Description: A simple seal that is connected to the user’s bloodstream. Activation of the seal allows for enough blood for a summoning to be performed without causing a break in the skin.

Weakness: N/A

Name of Technique: Kyōsei Keiyaku Kuchiyose no Jutsu [Forced Contract Summoning Technique]
Type of Jutsu: Fūinjutsu
Rank: C
Range: Potentially Infinite
Nature Type: N/A
Handseals: Standard handsigns for Kuchiyose no Jutsu

Description: The Kyōsei Keiyaku Kuchiyose no Jutsu is a Fūinjutsu-based derivative of the original contracts designed to facilitate the summoning process. The seal is inherently incomplete until the addition of blood and a primer seal created by the Chigoku Inkan. The primer seal can be written and given to non-Jikangai members, but is consumed in the process. When the blood of an individual, or a primer seal created from trace chakra of an individual, meets the incomplete seal (and the user’s blood is added in the latter case) a temporary summoning contract is formed that lasts for a single summon. The user can summon the target to themselves, or themselves to the target.

The Kyōsei Keiyaku Kuchiyose no Jutsu has unique limitations determined by the primer seal, restricting the use of the technique if any damage would come to individuals affected by the technique as a result of their being displaced or if they would be displaced upon arrival, resulting in the technique being guaranteed to be safe.

Weakness: Interpret it yourself.

Name of Technique: Chigoku Inkan: Tengoku no Kami no Inshō [Verbatim Sealing: Heavenly Paper Impression]
Type of Jutsu: Ninjutsu/Fūinjutsu
Rank: A
Range: 70 Feet
Nature Type: N/A
Handseals: N/A

Description: Using the Yata no Kesan, Yūhi may exert his bloodline onto any piece of paper as long as it is within 100 feet of him, allowing him to mark it with a kanji that causes an appropriate effect.
Weakness: Shares the same weaknesses as the Chigoku Inkan.

Name of Technique: Chigoku Inkan: Kami no Sakura [Verbatim Sealing: Divine Blossom]
Type of Jutsu: Fūinjutsu
Rank: C
Range: N/A
Nature Type: N/A
Handseals: N/A

Description: A simple seal that stores another completed jutsu inside it. When activated at the user’s will, the technique is immediately released from the seal.

Weakness: N/A

Name of Technique: Idōsō no Fū [Never Move Seal]
Type of Jutsu: Fūinjutsu
Rank: B
Range: Personal
Nature Type: N/A
Handseals: N/A

Description: A complex seal that must be drawn onto a solid surface before it can be used (Takes sixty seconds to write). Upon touching a person, the seal activates after a delay of one second and the opponent’s muscles in their somatic nervous system forcibly contract, leaving them completely unable to move. Additional applications within twenty four hours of the application of the seal do not work.

Weakness: Interpret it yourself.

Name of Technique: Yūhi ga Jōshō [Sunset Rose]
Type of Jutsu: Fūinjutsu
Rank: S
Range: Within the 188 “Jōshō” tags.
Nature Type: N/A
Handseals: N/A

Description: A very powerful sealing technique, requiring 188 tags be placed around whatever is to be sealed. Anything, of any size, can be sealed within this technique. Upon placing all 188 tags and forming a Snake handseal, the user seals whatever was in the tags into a large scroll folded to look like an origami Rose.
Weakness: The number of tags that must be kept in place for the technique to function is very large, and the technique requires 65% of Yūhi’s maximum chakra to function, in addition to the chakra embedded into the 188 seals.

Name of Technique: Chigoku Inkan: Yasakani no Magatama [Verbatim Sealing: Yasakani no Magatama]
Type of Jutsu: Fūinjutsu
Rank: S
Range: 100 feet
Nature Type: N/A
Handseals: N/A

Description: The Chigoku Inkan: Yasakani no Magatama allows Yūhi to copy jutsu that he has identified with the Yata no Kesan, regardless of the requirements necessary to use the jutsu. The Yata no Kesan creates seals internally to mimic the chakra pattern necessary to complete the jutsu as well as give it form, and can either perform the jutsu directly or place them into a Chigoku Inkan: Kami no Sakura. Doujutsu techniques cannot be copied by the Yasakani no Magatama, and all techniques copied by it cost 10% additional chakra in order to compensate for the seals required to perform the technique.

Weakness: N/A

Name of Technique: Yata no Kesan: Kami no Kin’yu [Yata’s Paperweight: Divine Embargo]
Type of Jutsu: Fūinjutsu
Rank: S
Range: 500 meters
Nature Type: N/A
Handseals: N/A

Description: The Yata no Kesan: Kami no Kin’yu allows the bearer of the Yata no Kesan to prevent all usage of a specific technique within a mile radius of the cube. In order to do this, the Yata no Kesan must first have knowledge of the technique stored within it, and the technique must be able to be converted to a seal. The Yata no Kesan places a seal over the seal representing the technique, which will prevent all chakra from being moulded into said technique within the mile radius, but will suspend all other functions of the Yata no Kesan until Kami no Kin’yu is cancelled. This does not apply to Chigoku Inkan: Tengoku no Kami no Inshō.

Weakness: Interpret it yourself.

Name of Technique: Jiryoku no Fū [Seal of Attraction]
Type of Jutsu: Fūinjutsu
Rank: A
Range: Touch
Nature Type: N/A
Handseals: N/A

Description: Yūhi has tattooed this seal onto his left palm. When he focuses his chakra into it, it glows with a faint blue colour and the next object Yūhi touches with his left hand will be attracted to the seal on his palm. It is also able to attract chakra, but not Yūhi’s chakra or chakra in another person’s body. He is able to leave an imprint of this seal on anything he touches with his left palm. The imprint will be attracted to the Sekiryoku no Fū. Yūhi can also place these seals on other people or objects, and can use it with his Yata no Kesan or Chigoku Inkan: Tengoku no Kami no Inshō.

Weakness: N/A

Name of Technique: Sekiryoku no Fū [Seal of Repulsion]
Type of Jutsu: Fūinjutsu
Rank: A
Range: Touch
Nature Type: N/A
Handseals: N/A

Description: Yūhi has tattooed this seal onto his right palm. When he focuses his chakra into it, it glows with a faint red colour and the next object Yūhi touches with his right hand will be repelled by the seal on his right hand. It is also able to repel chakra, but not Yūhi’s chakra or the chakra in another person’s body. He is able to leave an imprint of this seal on anything he touches with his right palm. The imprint will be attracted to the Jiryoku no Fū. Yūhi can also place these seals on other people or objects, and can use it with his Yata no Kesan or Chigoku Inkan: Tengoku no Kami no Inshō.

Weakness: N/A

Akaritori, Asaborake

Akaritori, Pride of Exae

【Full Name】

Asaborake, Akaritori

【Alias】
Akaritori, Hokori no Exae [Akaritori, the Pride of Exae]; Judge-Magister of Kyokujitsu

【Gender】
Female

【Age】
39

【Sexuality】
Bisexual; Prefers Women



【Birth Country】
Exae, Alaria

【Current Village】
Yamagakure

【Organization】
Judge-Magister of the Yotogi no Eien

【Shinobi Rank】
Head of the Police Force so probably a Jounin or some bollocks



【Personality】

"For her family, Akaritori made a funeral pyre of Exae."

Akaritori is a woman scarred by the horrors of this world. Once, she was a champion of the Light, of purity and chastity and virtue. Those times died when her family did, and after the atrocities that Akaritori witnessed, she has taken her light to a darker place. Once, Akaritori was a kind woman who wanted to spare the world from its pain. She worked day and night to learn the arts of the sword so that she could stand up for those who could not take up arms themselves, and though she did not realise it, a great evil was born with her - for with conviction there must be absolute belief, and absolute belief brooks no threats to its authority, imagined or otherwise. Akaritori was virtuous to the extreme - she believed that all life, no matter how marred by imperfection, should be protected - for life is a precious gift, and squandering it is a great crime.

No matter how strong one's belief becomes, it should never define them. Conviction should never become the singular facet upon which the delicate balance of the mind rests, but for one as fervent as Akaritori, this downfall was perhaps inevitable. The worst moral crises are those that the mind has imposed on itself by virtue of its own conviction, and it was Akaritori's great faith that finally broke her spirit - for her faith was so great that mere facts could not shake it, and this staunch belief was turned against her. When one life claims another as its own, what can one who believes that all life is sacred do? Akaritori could not hold on to her pristine ethical code and simultaneously save the lives of her people, and this raged inside of her like a great battle for many years - each life she took trying to prevent more of those who she had grown up with from being assimilated brought her closer to her demise.

It is not easy to wash out the blood on one's hands - especially that which is only imagined - and just as each death killed a little spark inside Akaritori, each life she saved brought her closer to the light. For a warrior so ensconced in the light which she so firmly believed in, Akaritori was blind to how it blinded her, and she wandered alone in the dark, unable to see for all of the blood she imagined was dripping down her face. There is only so much that a single person can endure, no matter how brilliant their light may be, and the brighter the light that sustains you, the darker the shadow it casts. The shadow of the candle looms tall even as its light grows dim, and the longer the shadow, the greater the darkness that will inevitably consume it.

Now, Akaritori is but a husk of her past-self. Her core remains sacrosanct, but the morals that surround it have fallen to the darker side of the psyche, and where once a desire to save all life was fostered a great rift has formed, a rift that has consumed purity with vengeance. The innocent must always be protected, such is true to her core, but Akaritori can no longer bear the pain of her failures, and she targets evil indiscriminately. She vanquishes those who have fallen to the allure of "black magics" with the same conviction she once would have fought for their life with, slaying them before they can harm so much as a single innocent with their selfishness. After her fall from grace, Akaritori became much darker, much more prone to fits of grief-driven vengeance. She has become a woman who hunts the forces of night ruthlessly, and is eager to condemn all those who would harm the innocent, even at the cost of everything else.

After finding Windspeaker Touho, Akaritori has begun to reclaim parts of who she was, and in the same vein parts of her have died - she is a fairer, more just individual that is not wont to reckless acts without provocation. Still her heart seethes with rage at the injustices that occur in the world, still her mind burns with the desire to cleanse the impure, but she now has more temperance and patience with which to bolster her almighty power - and those under her have benefited greatly from it.



【History】

The woman known as Akaritori began her life in a peaceful city from across the seas known as Alaria. Exae was a peaceful and prosperous city, with three main districts - Exae, the home of Law, Nykt, the home of Mystery, and Naya, the home of the Wild. When each of the districts of Alaria worked together, the results were legendary, and the city glowed among its brethren like a glittering jewel, a marvel of the works of cooperation and the human spirit. There were times when one or more districts did not cooperate, such was expected, but they were far and few between. Alaria was a glorious city of progress, and all of its inhabitants lived in a golden age. Akaritori was brought into the world on the back of perfection, and she was raised to do nothing else but bask in its glow.

Akaritori was always a happy child, even from her first day in this world. She was never too problematic, never cried too much, and her parents would swear that she'd sleep through the night just so they could get some rest. Love was abundant in the life of this particular child, and it shaped her, over years, into a beautiful child. Akaritori's hair glittered like the sun, and even her body had an almost papery translucence to it, shimmering with all of the hues of the sun. Akaritori was radiant, and her parents knew what that particular fact meant: Akaritori was born with the Hokori no Exae [Pride of Exae]. Gifted with the rare genetic mutation that happened semi-frequently in the city, Akaritori's destiny was carved out for her from the second she could walk.

Though the love never left her life, its presence was withdrawn when Akaritori was taken from her loving family to be trained in Exae's arts of swordplay. It was expected that members of the Pride would be proficient in all of Alaria's customs, from Exae's swordplay to Nykt's artifice to Naya's compassion. Each of these lessons were taken well by the young Akaritori, but she demonstrated by far the most skill in her home district's abilities, those of Exae. Akaritori grew up to be an exemplar of the values that Exae held above all others, and she was chosen to be the Champion of Exae, the fated hero who would guide Exae to a shining new destiny. Many had forgotten that the title of Champion had been the result of a prophecy where doom would come to Alaria. Most, but not all.

It was on her twenty-first birthday that Akaritori was approached by a hooded woman, in the colours of Naya, who pressed a letter to her chest and said: "Persevere, for the darkness encroaches. Seek out Ophiuchus, Keeper of the Precepts.". The letter - white ink on black paper, and the seal of Nykt upon its edges - which warned her of the upcoming battles she would face. Akaritori, a woman who had always been a champion at heart, could not ignore the dark portents that had been revealed to her and she sought out the woman in Naya who had sent her the letter. She found nothing but dust. For three years, Akaritori pressed her concerns to the back of her mind, and continued on her duties as a protector of the innocent. When she turned 24, she woke up one morning to find the letter that she had received three years ago on her bed, with new writing replacing the old. There were only two words on that piece of paper, but the scrawling script and eldritch curvature of the lettering chilled her to her core:

"We arrive."

Akaritori immediately took up arms to find the mysterious beings that had changed her letter, but after a day her search ended with nothing. She chose to retire to her chambers, but as the sun began to set the encroaching darkness revealed signs of a plague within Exae. The next few days are what shaped Akaritori's entire life. After a few days of careful study, it was determined by the healers of Naya that the plague was no ordinary disease, but was a parasitic organism that consumed the mind of its host and used the flesh to build itself a body before roaming to infect others. Very few people were initially infected, but the plague spread quickly if left unchecked, and so much as a single escapee could devastate the entirety of Alaria. Fortune had it that as the plague hit Nykt had a massive argument with Naya about the price of ore and other materials, and despite both Naya and Exae's urging to Nykt that the plague was more important, the council of Nykt would not listen, and withdrew all of their support to Exae, sticking exclusively to their own district.

It was not long until Nykt fell to the plague - three weeks and not a single sound except the crunching of bones and the screams of the damned could be heard from Nykt. Exae and Naya quickly banded together to fight off the army of plague, and a state of war was declared. Exae and Naya both called upon their greatest champions, and the Pride of Exae was to lead the charge into Nykt. Akaritori agreed to the charge readily, and lead the most powerful members of the Exaean Caste to war. The war waged for many years, and in those years, the outskirts of Exae and Naya both fell to the plague, but the corruption was stymied enough that as a whole, the two cities managed to survive. Akaritori was largely successful in her campaign to root out the corruption in Nykt, and after four long years she had managed to save as many innocent lives as possible. The Nayans and Exaeans had managed to halt the corruption in those infected, but they would never be able to cure them. It was enough to survive, but not enough to save the innocent. That was a trade that Akaritori simply was not willing to accept, and she pushed the council to find a definitive cure.

At long last, the combined efforts of Alaria managed to halt the spread of the plague long enough that, finally, Akaritori could take a breath and relax. She went back to Exae, and she asked the magistrates if she could see her family. The reply was swift and brutal: Akaritori's family had died within the first year of the war, overcome by plague before they could evacuate. Akaritori was never told for fear of her becoming too mournful to fight. Akaritori left Exae quickly, and fled to the ruins of Nykt where she began to mourn for her family. As she thought about her family, her sadness gave way to an incredible rage - the loss of everyone she had ever loved, and she had not known for six years. She was furious at the Exaeian Council for not having the decency to have told her, and in a fit of grief Akaritori plundered the last remaining archives of Nykt's knowledge. She learned of the true power of her Pride of Exae, and it was decided:

For her family, who had never gotten a proper funeral, Akaritori would make a funeral pyre of Alaria.

As Akaritori wept, she pointed her sword towards the heavens and asked whatever gods there may be to grant her the strength to avenge her family, to avenge the innocent, and to punish the corrupt that had destroyed her home and her life. No gods answered, but the power that lay deep within her heard her earnest plea and with that power she burned all of Exae to ashes. The pathetic neatness of Exae was nothing before her rage and her grief.

From that day, Akaritori was broken. She was a corrupted shade of who she was, and she vowed only one thing:

Nobody else would suffer like she had. She would protect the innocent, and she would rip apart anybody or anything that attempted to stay her hand. She would seek out the "Keeper of Precepts" that the woman had mentioned for answers about why Exae had suffered - if she could not avenge them, she would learn why they had to die. The woman proved difficult to track down, initially, and Alaria held no more answers for its disgraced champion.

After so long searching, Akaritori gave up, unable to continue in her fruitless search. Of all of the Hidden Villages, Kyokujitsu's strict adherence to peace spoke to her the most, and Sankage Ayameko appointed her as Head of the Police Force, partnered with (much to her chagrin) Kei.



【Chakra Nature(s)】

Hikariton [Light Release]



【Other Specialties】

Akaritori is one of the most renowned practitioners of kenjutsu in the world, and is a true master of the skill.

Akaritori has exceptionally fine chakra control, having practiced it for many years.

Akaritori has larger than average chakra reserves, but not by much.

Akaritori’s skill with her Kekkei Genkai and its corresponding jutsu is masterful to the extreme.

Akaritori has no time for nonsense (especially Kei's shenanigans).



【Weapons/Tools】
Name of Weapon or Item: Masayoshi, Saikōsai no Ken [Justice, Blade of the Supreme Court]
Owner: Akaritori
Rank: A

Description: A beautifully forged Katana whose blade is made of light rather than steel. By using Nyktian forging techniques from Akaritori’s birthplace, steel has been infused with so much Hikariton chakra that it took the form of light rather than steel. Aside from this change, Masayoshi is not particularly more deadly than any other Katana, except for its legendary sharpness and its inability to be wielded by anybody other than Akaritori due to its composition.

Name of Weapon or Item: Kōha Megane [Lightwave Goggles]
Location: Over Akaritori’s eyes at all times.
Owner: Akaritori
Rank: A

Description: An advanced set of goggles designed to protect Akaritori’s eyes from the intense light that she wields. The lenses are tinted so that the light she commands does not blind her without hindering her own moves. The goggles have also been technologically modified to be able to sense heat using thermal vision, and they have a setting to detect the bouncing of light waves much like a geographical graph would display isobars, allowing her to truly detect most people despite their efforts to hide. These tinted goggles prevent all eye-based genjutsu that would work on Akaritori. The goggles have a powerful zoom function that allow Akaritori to view targets in focus from approximately a mile away.

Appearance: A set of white “binoculars” that constantly cover Akaritori’s eyes. The binoculars are made of a white plastic, with tinted black rectangles where her eyes are. They are not particularly thick, only about an inch, but she is never seen without them.

Akaritori carries apt supplies of traditional ninja tools.



【Kekkei Genkai】

Name of the Kekkei Genkai: Hokori no Exae [Pride of Exae]

Type of Kekkei Genkai: Hikariton (Light Release)

Clan: N/A, Unique to Akaritori and several others born in Akaritori’s generation.

Rank: A-S

Description: The Hokori no Exae is an odd kekkei genkai offering the user access to a realm of supercharged and condensed light. This realm of light is not fully accessible to any user of the Hokori no Exae, but instead allows the users to “bleed” the light from it, infusing it into their bodies and creating areas suffused with large amounts of this light. This light has various properties, but as it is supercharged a small amount is very bright, often causing users of the technique to glow. The main ability of this light is that users of the Kagayaki are able to transfer the powerful light into other forms of energy - namely Kinetic energy, Heat energy and Electrical energy. The Hokori no Exae is typically manifested as a set of angelic wings, as is the case with Akaritori and has been known to give the user a Halo as well, which is often seen as an exertion of energy - like a second form of the Kekkei Genkai. The user is only able to access this realm of light via special seals, however, and if they wish to create an area of light they must clearly mark the area with seals.

Users of the Hokori no Exae find that they are much stronger than the average person, and, in fact, than most ninja due to the immense light energy running through their bodies that is converted to other energies, which passively trains their muscles as if they are constantly working out, and thus gives them incredible taijutsu ability.

Weakness: Requires seals to activate outside of the Hikari no Hagai.



【Canon Jutsu】

Basic Academy Techniques

【Custom Jutsu】

Name of Jutsu: Hikari no Hagai [Wings of Light]
Rank: C
Range: Personal
Type of Jutsu: Ninjutsu
User(s): Akaritori
Element Affinity [If Applicable]: Hikariton [Light Release]

Description: The Hikari no Hagai are a series of complex seal tattoos on Akaritori’s back that constantly draw light energy from the Kagayaki’s Realm of Light and bind it into 8 wings on her back. The wings are in two sets of four. Use of the wings is necessary for Akaritori’s light based attacks while not in the Kōyōkū. The wings naturally recharge over time, and require five seconds per wing to recharge. Only one wing may recharge at a time.

Weakness: N/A

Name of Jutsu: Teiden Ken [Blackout Blade]
Rank: C
Range: Melee range
Type of Jutsu: Ninjutsu/Kenjutsu
User(s): Akaritori
Element Affinity [If Applicable]: Hikariton [Light Release]

Description: By converting a sum of Light Energy to kinetic energy quickly, Akaritori can remove all light within a ten foot sphere around her and convert it instantly to kinetic energy, giving her an extremely fast slash with her Katana that is difficult to avoid and carries a lot of strength. The slash is very difficult to avoid due to the fact the enemy, if they are in ten feet [which is highly likely] is unable to see for the duration of the slash. The light is constantly converted until the slash ends. The kinetic energy is also applied to Akaritori’s light-infused muscles, causing her to become much speedier for the duration of the slash. Requires two wings of the Hikari no Hagai, unless in the Kōyōkū. Additionally, Akaritori's speed is even greater in the Kōyōkū.

Weakness: Interpret it yourself.

Name of Jutsu: Hōsha Ken [Radiant Sword]
Rank: C
Range: 10 feet.
Type of Jutsu: Ninjutsu
User(s): Akaritori
Element Affinity [If Applicable]: Hikariton [Light Release]

Description: Much like the Teiden Ken, except opposite. Akaritori channels energy through her Katana and floods an area of 10 feet diameter with light to blind and disorient her enemies, and then converts all of the light used to blind the victims into kinetic energy, creating an extremely fast slash with her Katana that is difficult to avoid and carries a lot of strength. The slash is very difficult to avoid due to the fact the enemy, if they are in ten meters [which is highly likely] is unable to see for the duration of the slash. The kinetic energy is also applied to Akaritori’s light-infused muscles, causing her to become much speedier for the duration of the slash. Expends two wings of the Hikari no Hagai initially, and another if Akaritori wishes to empower her slash.

Weakness: Interpret it yourself.

Name of Jutsu: Teiden Kyū [Blackout Sphere]
Rank: B
Range: 10 feet.
Type of Jutsu: Ninjutsu/Kenjutsu
User(s): Akaritori
Element Affinity [If Applicable]: Hikariton [Light Release]

Description: Much like the Hōsha Kyū, Akaritori creates a sphere of energy, but this sphere forces kinetic energy inwards and completely removes light from the area. Everything inside the sphere is pulled towards Akaritori’s central location but this is a one-time sharp “push”. Akaritori may also create a number of thrusts with her Katana by expending 10% of her chakra, instead focussing the “general” area of kinetic energy into a series of sharp series of thrusts that act much like extra blades. Requires two wings of the Hikari no Hagai, unless in the Kōyōkū.

Weakness: Interpret it yourself.

Name of Jutsu: Hōsha Kyū [Radiant Sphere]
Rank: B
Range: 10 feet
Type of Jutsu: Ninjutsu/Kenjutsu
User(s): Akaritori
Element Affinity [If Applicable]: Hikariton [Light Release]

Description: Akaritori converts the energy of two wings to a sphere of sheer kinetic force, and bolsters it with her chakra [5%] via the Katana. Immediately, everything within Hōsha Kyū is pushed back 10 feet [assuming it can be affected by kinetic energy]. The execution of this move is a circular slash with her blade, which instantly causes the move to be used. Requires two wings of the Hikari no Hagai.

Weakness: Interpret it yourself.

Name of Jutsu: Hōshaha no Kyūzō [Radiant Wave Surge]
Rank: A
Range: 45 feet.
Type of Jutsu: Ninjutsu/Kenjutsu
User(s): Akaritori
Element Affinity [If Applicable]: Hikariton [Light Release]

Description: Akaritori looses a cylinder of sheer light at the opponent, 5 feet in radius. This cylinder of light is centered on her Katana, and upon reaching an enemy is converted into sheer heat energy. This is equivalent to one of the most powerful Katon techniques, Amaterasu, in sheer heat - however - it does not last nearly as long. For 10% of her chakra, Akaritori may also convert some of the energy to kinetic energy, slightly lessening the heat power of the technique but simultaneously causing it to knock back whatever it hits at least 25 feet.

Weakness: Interpret it yourself.

Name of Jutsu: Hikari no Yoroi [Light Release Armour]
Rank: A
Range: Personal
Type of Jutsu: Ninjutsu
User(s): Akaritori
Element Affinity [If Applicable]: Hikariton [Light Release]

Description: By transferring energy from two of her eight Hikari no Hagai, Akaritori can use the light energy to create electrical energy within her nervous system like the Lightning Release Armour, empowering the synapses and generally the musculature of the body while it is active and surrounding the user in an ethereal creamy-white glow. The user’s reflexes and speed are empowered while using the Hikari no Yoroi, but get no defensive bonuses. Hikari no Yoroi does not use the wings, merely restricts the user from using them while the technique is active.

Weakness: Interpret it yourself.

Name of Jutsu: Shukuchi [Reduced Earth]
Rank: A
Range: Close Range - Up to 15ft.
Type of Jutsu: Ninjutsu
User(s): Akaritori
Element Affinity [If Applicable]: Hikariton [Light Release]

Description: Akaritori expends two wings of the Hikari no Hagai to create a marker made of light anywhere within fifteen feet of her, and an identical mark beneath her current location. At any point within the next five seconds, Akaritori is able to instantly move to the first marker she created. For five seconds after that, she is able to return to the marker created at her initial position.

Weakness: Interpret it yourself.

Name of Jutsu: Asaborake no Shihō [Light of Dawn’s Justice]
Rank: A
Range: Medium - Long
Type of Jutsu: Ninjutsu
User(s): Akaritori
Element Affinity [If Applicable]: Hikariton [Light Release]

Description: Akaritori coalesces the light of 6 wings of the Hikari no Hagai into a halo placed behind her back, and dashes forwards at a speed of 15 feet per second. She will strike the first physical object encountered (but can choose should she encounter multiple at once) and will consume the halo of light behind her, creating a massive blast of kinetic energy. The energy can strike from any direction, but it is always in the vague shape of a massive sword (and can be seen faintly as traces of light remain). The power of the strike is extremely high, and unprotected targets will almost definitely find themselves bisected.

Weakness: Interpret it yourself.

Name of Jutsu: Hikari no Kusari [Chains of Light]
Rank: A
Range: Close Range - Up to 10ft.
Type of Jutsu: Ninjutsu
User(s): Akaritori
Element Affinity [If Applicable]: Hikariton [Light Release]

Description: By pooling light from the Kagayaki’s Realm of Light into a small area, Akaritori can convert it to kinetic energy perfectly matching any external output of kinetic energy that the victim(s) in the area make(s). This renders them completely unable to move, but does not affect the internal use of kinetic energy e.g. the beating of the heart. This uses the Hikari no Hagai at a constant rate, sacrificing one wing for every three seconds she keeps the opponent still. Akaritori cannot move for the duration of the technique.

Weakness: Interpret it yourself.

Name of Jutsu: Chikaiki [Oathbreaker]
Rank: A
Range: 20 feet
Type of Jutsu: Ninjutsu
User(s): Akaritori
Element Affinity [If Applicable]: Hikariton [Light Release]

Description: Akaritori suffuses the energy of four wings into her sword and plunges it into the ground. Immense cracks appear through the earth, seeping searing hot golden light, guided by Akaritori’s will. After a second, all of the cracks form, and the earth within a 20 foot radius circle is cracked and splintered, and then completely uprooted, sending shards of earth flying in every direction. There is a small circle around Akaritori in which the earth is not broken, and she is spared from harm. After two seconds, an explosion of light is created in the initial area that deals moderate damage to all enemies within.

Weakness: Interpret it yourself.

Name of Jutsu: Mayu o Nenshō [Burning Cocoon]
Rank: A
Range: Personal
Type of Jutsu: Ninjutsu
User(s): Akaritori
Element Affinity [If Applicable]: Hikariton [Light Release]

Description: Akaritori converts the energy of one wing per three seconds into a blisteringly hot cocoon of light around her or around a target. The cocoon will expend its energy in order to repel attacks by opposing them with equal kinetic energy, and anybody who comes within five feet of the cocoon will be rapidly burned, getting third degree burns if they stay for more than two seconds. Akaritori or the target cannot move while in the Burning Cocoon, and enemies cannot be damaged by any of Akaritori’s jutsu or attacks.

Weakness: Interpret it yourself.

Name of Jutsu: Shikōsai [Arbiter Supremus]
Rank: S
Range: Personal
Type of Jutsu: Ninjutsu
User(s): Akaritori
Element Affinity [If Applicable]: Hikariton [Light Release]

Description: Akaritori forfeits the use of the wings of light, taking them and a vast quantity of light energy into her body as a replacement. For the next two minutes, Akaritori’s assumes the form of an elemental, replacing her physical form with pure light, increasing the power of her techniques greatly but simultaneously removing her ability to use all of her previous techniques except Shukuchi and Asaborake no Shihō.

While ascended, Akaritori is immune to physical damage (from weapons and elemental ninjutsu, etc.), but is more vulnerable to techniques that disrupt chakra and such, and she is no longer gated by use of her wings of light. Her light-based techniques are roughly twice as damaging, and she is able to perform incredible feats of movement, such as being able to run on any solid surface due to her weightlessness. Akaritori’s speed increases dramatically in this form, but she is unable to deal physical damage of any kind.

Weakness: Interpret it yourself.

Name of Jutsu: Kawabe Kasō [Riverside Cremation]
Rank: A
Range: Variable
Type of Jutsu: Ninjutsu
User(s): Akaritori
Element Affinity [If Applicable]: Hikariton [Light Release]

Description: Akaritori creates a sword identical to her own made of light and thrusts it into the ground. Over the course of ten seconds, the sword gathers energy and becomes increasingly volatile, until it explodes in a massive burst of burning light after ten seconds. At any point before this explosion, somebody can remove the sword from the ground, causing a smaller explosion proportionate to the amount of time it took to remove the sword from the ground. Up to four of these swords can be created at once, with a maximum of sixteen during her ascension. The minimum explosion radius is twenty feet. The maximum explosion radius is forty feet. The forty feet explosion is three times as powerful as the twenty feet explosion.

Weakness: Interpret it yourself.

Name of Jutsu: Gijin no Shisen [Gaze of the Righteous]
Rank: A
Range: Variable
Type of Jutsu: Ninjutsu
User(s): Akaritori
Element Affinity [If Applicable]: Hikariton [Light Release]

Description: Akaritori ensnares all allies and enemies within a hundred feet of her, up to a maximum of twenty targets, with chains of light identical to the Kusari no Hikari. She can keep the targets bound for a maximum of thirty seconds, but not while they are within forty feet of a sword created by Kawabe Kasō.

If used on a single target, the technique changes to be more offensive, not only restraining their movement but exerting incredible pressure upon them that threatens to crush them if they are not physically strong enough to resist. The restraints in this version of the technique are less powerful, however, and can be broken with an extreme display of force.

Akaritori cannot move while maintaining this technique.

Weakness: Interpret it yourself.

Name of Jutsu: Chōshinsei [Supernova]
Rank: A
Range: Variable
Type of Jutsu: Ninjutsu
User(s): Akaritori
Element Affinity [If Applicable]: Hikariton [Light Release]

Description: Akaritori creates a small sun, ten feet in diameter, that blazes with intense light. If hit by a sufficient number of attacks (10 from a Jounin), the sun will dissipate. If the sun has not dissipated after ninety seconds, Akaritori’s maximum duration of her ascension is doubled, and half of that added on to her current time, and an explosion is released that heals all allies greatly. Akaritori cannot use movement-impairing effects while the sun is active.

Weakness: Interpret it yourself.

Shikon

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“I shall bring you rest.”

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【Full Name】
Shikon

【Alias】
Avatar of the Four; Yasei no Matsuei [Scion of the Wild]

【Gender】
Male

【Age】
25

【Sexuality】
Bisexual; Prefers Men

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【Birth Country】
Tsukigakure

【Current Village】
Kyokujitsugakure

【Organisation】
N/A

【Shinobi Rank】
Jōnin

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【Personality】

PENDING

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【History】

PENDING

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【Chakra Nature(s)】

Fūton; Hyouton; Doton; Katon

【Other Specialties】

Shikon’s chakra pool is exceptionally large, granting him a great deal of longevity in fights.

Despite the immensity of his chakra pool, Shikon has very fine control over his Spiritual techniques.

Shikon is a master of both the Hard and Gentle fist styles of fighting, and a true master of all taijutsu.

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【Weapons/Tools】

Shikon carries apt supplies of all ninja tools sealed inside a scroll.

Tengoku no Shidō - Chi ni Teikyō

Name of Weapon or Item: Tengoku no Shidō - Chi ni Teikyō [Heavenly Guidance – Offering to the Four]
Location: Shikon
Owner: Shikon
Rank: A
Description: The Tengoku no Shidō - Chi ni Teikyō is the set of prayer beads that Shikon wears over his chest. The prayer beads are inlaid with symbols of worship to the Four – Suzaku, the Phoenix; Seiryu, the Dragon; Genbu, the Turtle and Byakko, the Tiger.

The Tengoku no Shidō - Chi ni Teikyō allow Shikon to sense the location of an opponent’s tenketsu by allowing him to sense the spiritual energy flowing through people’s bodies within their chakra system (effectively granting him vision of their chakra system, but not of effects such as genjutsu that one with the Byakugan could sense).

Shikon is able to invoke the power of the beads in order to guide Hitodama into a shell of chakra, creating a form of spiritual armour that covers him and grants him access to specific abilities relating to the entity his armour is aspected towards.

In addition to these effects, the Tengoku no Shidō - Chi ni Teikyō acts as a magnet towards any Hitodama within a mile of the beads, allowing Shikon to either purify them and send them to the pure world, or (with their consent) add them to his shell of chakra aspected to the Four. Whenever an individual within a mile of Shikon dies, he is able to convert their soul into a Hitodama if they are willing.

Appearance: See initial picture.

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【Kekkei Genkai】

Kāidǎo

Name of the Kekkei Genkai: Kāidǎo [Enlightened]
Type of Kekkei Genkai: Spiritual
Clan: N/A
Rank: S

Description: The Kāidǎo is a Kekkei Genkai that affords those that bear it a level of unique spiritual insight, granting them access to specific abilities relating to the Jōdo [Pure World] as well as their own soul.
The first gift bestowed by the Kāidǎo is the ability to create small, temporary gates to the Jōdo. Users of the technique can enter the Jōdo themselves through these gates in order to communicate, or can temporarily draw spirits out of the Jōdo in order to communicate with them.

The second gift bestowed by the Kāidǎo is a unique spiritual insight, allowing them to sense the soul and spiritual energy of individuals. Bearers of the Kāidǎo are typically fantastic sensor ninja due to this ability. Through this gift, the bearers of the Kāidǎo can also sense Hitodama.

The final gift bestowed by the Kāidǎo is the ability to astrally project, separating the spirit from the body and sending it to other locations.

Weakness: Interpret it yourself.

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【Canon Jutsu】

Something something dark side

【Custom Jutsu】

Seiryu

Name of Technique: Seiryu no Tachiba [Stance of the Dragon]
Type of Jutsu: Reininjutsu [Spiritual Ninjutsu]
Rank: A
Range: Personal
Nature Type: Hyouton
Handseals: N/A

Description: Shikon shifts the aspect of his chakra towards Ice, and in doing so directs Hitodama in service to Seiryu towards him. By fusing these Hitodama with his chakra, Shikon is able to create a layer of spiritual energy coating him that takes the form of Seiryu.

Weakness: Interpret it yourself.

Name of Technique: Seiryu no Tachiba: Senmon Haki [Stance of the Dragon: One Thousand Gates Breaking]
Type of Jutsu: Reitaijutsu
Rank: A
Range: Melee
Nature Type: N/A
Handseals: N/A

Description: Whenever Shikon attacks an enemy with the Juuken, he calls Hitodama to aid him. Instead of applying the Juuken effect from his own hands, he is able to apply it through any of the Hitodama, allowing him to physically strike an opponent and spiritually strike an opponent from a different direction.

Weakness: Interpret it yourself.

Name of Technique: Seiryu no Tachiba: Fuyu no Ibuki [Stance of the Dragon: Breath of Winter]
Type of Jutsu: Reininjutsu
Rank: A
Range: 32 feet
Nature Type:
Handseals: N/A

Description: Similar in function to the Hakke Kūshō, Shikon sends a precise wave of force at the soul of his intended target, which will knock them back a considerable distance of it hits. The Seiryu-aspected energy will then begin to freeze around the target, binding them in place if they cannot break the ice that coats their body.

Weakness: Interpret it yourself.

Name of Technique: Seiryu no Tachiba: Totsuzen no Kōsetsu [Stance of the Dragon: Sudden Snowfall]
Type of Jutsu: Reininjutsu
Rank: B
Range: 10 feet
Nature Type: Hyouton
Handseals: N/A

Description: Shikon emits a wave of Seiryu-aspected chakra in a ring around him, coating any objects around him with a layer of ice. The ice can easily be broken with sufficient strength, but will prevent any objects or people near him from moving until the ice is broken.

Weakness: Interpret it yourself.

Name of Technique: Seiryu no Tachiba: Ryū no Ikidōri [Stance of the Dragon: Dragonwrath]
Type of Jutsu: Reininjutsu
Rank: S
Range: Melee
Nature Type: Hyouton
Handseals: N/A

Description: Shikon channels the full power of Seiryu, consuming his Seiryu-aspected shell of chakra. A raging storm of ice surrounds an area 10 feet in radius around Shikon, freezing in place all spiritual energy and chakra (outside of the body) for its full duration in the storm and for sixty seconds afterwards. At any point within 30 seconds of creating the storm, Shikon can convert it to a version of the Hakke Rokujūyon Shō and perform a Seiryu-aspected version on any opponents marked by Senmon Haki for each Hitodama they are marked by.

Using this technique prevents Shikon from entering the Seiryu no Tachiba for the remainder of the battle, and removes the Seiryu aspect from Shiken.

Weakness: Interpret it yourself.

Suzaku

Name of Technique: Suzaku no Tachiba [Stance of the Phoenix]
Type of Jutsu: Reijutsu [Spiritual Technique]
Rank: A
Range: Personal
Nature Type: Katon
Handseals: N/A

Description: Shikon shifts the aspect of his chakra towards Fire, and in doing so directs Hitodama in service to Suzaku towards him. By fusing these Hitodama with his chakra, Shikon is able to create a layer of spiritual energy coating him that takes the form of Suzaku.

Weakness: Interpret it yourself.

Name of Technique: Suzaku no Tachiba: Jaaku o Kyōda [Stance of the Phoenix: Smite the Wicked]
Type of Jutsu: Reitaijutsu
Rank: B
Range: Melee
Nature Type: Katon
Handseals: N/A

Description: Shikon concentrates spiritually pure fire into his hand and strikes an enemy with the heel of his palm, knocking them back in a burst of flame. The spiritually pure fire lingers around the target, gradually burning away any chakra on them and dealing Katon damage. Further taijutsu attacks add to the intensity of these flames, which will eventually deal significant damage if the target has been stricken enough.

Weakness: Interpret it yourself.

Name of Technique: Suzaku no Tachiba: Aku no Hōshū [Stance of the Phoenix: Evil’s Reward]
Type of Jutsu: Reininjutsu
Rank: B
Range: 50 feet
Nature Type: Katon
Handseals: N/A

Description: Shikon bids a Hitodama to a target location, which then charges itself with Suzaku-aspected energy after a delay of three seconds. Whenever an enemy comes within five feet of the Hitodama, it explodes in a ten foot radius burst of spiritually pure fire. The fire will double the current intensity of the lingering burn from Jaaku o Kyōda, and will knock them back up to ten feet in the direction of the explosion.

Weakness: Interpret it yourself.

Name of Technique: Suzaku no Tachiba: Toku no Sengen [Stance of the Phoenix: Declaration of Virtue]
Type of Jutsu: Reininjutsu
Rank: A
Range: 10 feet, then 30 feet
Nature Type: Katon
Handseals: N/A

Description: Similar in principle to the Hakkeshō Kaiten, Shikon rapidly revolves while spinning a sphere of spiritual fire around himself. The fire will block all physical projectiles and all chakra, and then the flames are unleashed in a thirty foot radius blast of energy. If these flames hit a Suzaku-aspected Hitodama, they will explode in the fashion of Suzaku no Tachiba: Aku no Hōshū. If an enemy affected by Suzaku no Tachiba: Jaaku o Kyōda is hit by the blast of energy, it is immediately ignited in a massive plume of flame proportional to how intense the flames were.

Weakness: Interpret it yourself.

Name of Technique: Suzaku no Tachiba: Hōō no Oha [Stance of the Phoenix: Tail Feathers of the Vermilion Bird]
Type of Jutsu: Reininjutsu
Rank: S
Range: 75 feet
Nature Type: Katon
Handseals: N/A

Description: Shikon channels the full power of Suzaku, consuming his Suzaku-aspected shell of chakra. 100 Hitodama in the form of vermilion feathers are suspended in the air in a 75 foot radius around Shikon. Shikon can detonate these feathers at will, causing explosions of spiritual fire with a ten foot radius that will apply the effects of Suzaku no Tachiba: Jaaku o Kyōda. Shikon can instead elect to detonate all of the feathers upon using the technique, creating a massive blast of spiritual fire within a one hundred foot radius.

Using this technique prevents Shikon from entering the Suzaku no Tachiba for the remainder of the battle, and removes the Suzaku aspect from Shiken.

Weakness: Interpret it yourself.

Genbu

Name of Technique: Genbu no Tachiba [Stance of the Turtle]
Type of Jutsu: Reijutsu [Spiritual Technique]
Rank: A
Range: Personal
Nature Type: Doton
Handseals: N/A

Description: Shikon shifts the aspect of his chakra towards Earth, and in doing so directs Hitodama in service to Genbu towards him. By fusing these Hitodama with his chakra, Shikon is able to create a layer of spiritual energy coating him that takes the form of Genbu.

Weakness: Interpret it yourself.

Name of Technique: Genbu no Tachiba: Nishi no Hoshō [Stance of the Turtle: Sentinel of the West]
Type of Jutsu: Reinintaijutsu [Spiritual Nintaijutsu]
Rank: A
Range: Melee
Nature Type: Doton
Handseals: N/A

Description: Whenever Shikon strikes an enemy, he places a Genbu-aspected Hitodama into the limb that he struck. This Hitodama will gradually petrify the limb it is placed in, taking place over ten minutes, until it is completely turned to stone.

Weakness: Interpret it yourself.

Name of Technique: Genbu no Tachiba: Tsuchi nado Fukutsu [Stance of the Turtle: Unyielding as the Earth]
Type of Jutsu: Reininjutsu
Rank: A
Range: Personal
Nature Type: Doton
Handseals: N/A

Description: Shikon calls a Genbu-aspected Hitodama to aid him, surrounding himself with the Hitodama. The next attack that would hit him is blocked by the Hitodama, which then dissipates. The Hitodama can block physical strikes, non-Raiton elemental jutsu, pure chakra, and spiritual techniques.

Weakness: Interpret it yourself.

Name of Technique: Genbu no Tachiba: Shibara-ji no Ashikase [Stance of the Turtle: Fetters of the Earthbound]
Type of Jutsu: Reininjutsu
Rank: A
Range: Melee
Nature Type: Doton
Handseals: N/A

Description: Whenever a Genbu-aspected Hitodama is within an opponent, Shikon can activate Genbu no Tachiba: Shibara-ji no Ashikase to consume the Hitodama and create a bond between the target’s feet and the earth. While bound, at least part of one foot must remain firmly on the ground at all times, and any additional force exerted trying to overcome the seal is applied to the muscles in the legs. This effect does not cause a great deal of strain initially, but will increase as additional Genbu-aspected Hitodama within the opponent increase. The seal lasts for as long as there is another Genbu-aspected Hitodama within the target.

Weakness: Interpret it yourself.

Name of Technique: Genbu no Tachiba: Dōtai ni Tenchi [Stance of the Turtle: Heaven and Earth as One]
Type of Jutsu: Reininjutsu
Rank: S
Range: Personal
Nature Type: Doton
Handseals: N/A

Description: Shikon channels the full power of Genbu, consuming his Genbu-aspected shell of chakra. Shikon becomes completely infused with earth, immune to all physical damage and all non-Raiton elemental damage, and other chakra-based techniques are 99% less effective against him. Dōtai ni Tenchi lasts for up to sixty seconds, but Shikon cannot move more than two steps in any direction from the location that the technique is activated from without ending it. Shikon can instead grant this effect to an ally, making them unable to move without ending the technique but affording them identical protection.

Using this technique prevents Shikon from entering the Genbu no Tachiba for the remainder of the battle, and removes the Genbu aspect from Shiken.

Weakness: Interpret it yourself.

Byakko

Name of Technique: Byakko no Tachiba [Stance of the Tiger]
Type of Jutsu: Reininjutsu [Spiritual Ninjutsu]
Rank: A
Range: Personal
Nature Type: Fuuton
Handseals: N/A

Description: Shikon shifts the aspect of his chakra towards Wind, and in doing so directs Hitodama in service to Byakko towards him. By fusing these Hitodama with his chakra, Shikon is able to create a layer of spiritual energy coating him that takes the form of Byakko.

Weakness: Interpret it yourself.

Name of Technique: Byakko no Tachiba: Shūkai no Kaze [Stance of the Tiger: Gathering Winds]
Type of Jutsu: Reininjutsu
Rank: A
Range: Melee
Nature Type: Fuuton
Handseals: N/A

Description: Shikon strikes out in melee range, creating a blast of wind that carries sufficient strength to knock almost all people back at least five feet. If the strike connects Shikon gains one stack of Byakko’s Wrath. For each stack of Byakko’s Wrath that Shikon has, a Byakko-aspected Hitodama will strike the same area he strikes upon a successful attack with Shiken, dealing Fuuton-type damage and potentially knocking the opponent back if enough Hitodama attack.

Weakness: Interpret it yourself.

Name of Technique: Byakko no Tachiba: Arashi-Ryoku [Stance of the Tiger: Storm Force]
Type of Jutsu: Reitaijutsu
Rank: A
Range: Ten feet
Nature Type: Fuuton
Handseals: N/A

Description: Similar in principle to the Jūho Sōshiken, Shikon coats his fists with images of the White Tiger Byakko. Each of his Shiken strikes steal significant amounts of chakra from the opponent and grant a stack of Byakko's Wrath (up to a maximum of five every five minutes).

Weakness: Interpret it yourself.

Name of Technique: Byakko no Tachiba: Naimen no Konran [Stance of the Tiger: Inner Turmoil]
Type of Jutsu: Reitaijutsu
Rank: B
Range: 10 feet
Nature Type: Fuuton
Handseals: N/A

Description: Shikon strikes an enemy with Byakko-aspected chakra, placing several Byakko-aspected Hitodama on their body as he does so. His next melee strike will coalesce the Hitodama into a spiritual seal that draws surrounding spiritual energy, and thus chakra, into it. Enemies afflicted by this seal cannot use techniques above two ranks below their highest ranked technique (If the target has an S Rank technique, they can only use B or lower ranked techniques) for the duration of the seal. The Hitodama will return to Shikon after two minutes, dispersing the seal. If Shikon changes stance, the seal dissipates.

Weakness: Interpret it yourself.

Name of Technique: Byakko no Tachiba: Kaze no Minamoto [Stance of the Tiger: Source of all Winds]
Type of Jutsu: Reininjutsu
Rank: S
Range: Personal
Nature Type: Fuuton
Handseals: N/A

Description: Shikon channels the full power of Byakko, consuming his Byakko-aspected shell of chakra. Shikon channels wind into a thirty foot radius circle around him, preventing all passage into or out of the circle, and can move at exceptional speeds within the circle. The circle lasts for ten seconds, and each second he gains a stack of Byakko’s Wrath.

Using this technique prevents Shikon from entering the Byakko no Tachiba for the remainder of the battle, and removes the Byakko aspect from Shiken.

Weakness: Interpret it yourself.

Name of Technique: Shiken [Fist of the Four]
Type of Jutsu: Reitaijutsu [Spiritual Taijutsu]
Rank: S
Range: Personal
Nature Type: Katon; Hyouton; Fuuton; Doton
Handseals: N/A

Description: Shiken changes depending on Shikon’s current Stance, changing which form of taijutsu he uses and the elemental damage that his techniques deal. Shiken has a different effect for each of Shikon’s four stances.

Suzaku – Strong Fist; Katon

Shiken engulfs Shikon in spiritually pure fire, causing his Taijutsu attacks to burn through chakra-based defences and purify bodies of spiritual energy that they encounter, cleaving chakra of abnormal compositions into physical energy and pure spiritual energy (which can only be used to perform spiritual techniques). Hitting an opponent with the Suzaku-aspected Shiken removes the effects of the Seiryu-aspected Shiken.

Seiryu – Gentle Fist; Hyouton

Shiken coats Shikon in a wreath of frost-aspected spiritual energy, causing his Juuken to freeze the chakra within the internal chakra system that they strike. Each tenketsu hit by Shikon while using a Seiryu-aspected Shiken will completely freeze over the course of thirty seconds, preventing passage of chakra and blood through the area. Hitting an opponent with the Seiryu-aspected Shiken removes the effects of the Suzaku-aspected Shiken.

Genbu – Strong Fist; Doton

Shiken infuses Shikon’s body with pure Doton chakra, massively increasing his resistance to physical attacks and rendering him immune to all non-Raiton elemental damage. His Strong Fist carries incredible weight while using the Genbu-aspected Shiken, essentially doubling his physical power. Hitting an opponent with the Genbu-aspected Shiken removes the effects of the Byakko-aspected Shiken.

Byakko – Gentle Fist; Fuuton

Shiken coats Shikon in an aura of fierce wind, increasing the range of his reitaijutsu techniques to ten feet rather than melee. Reitaijutsu techniques become Byakko-aspected, causing them to sever the spirit from the body should they hit tenketsu. If Shikon can attack all 361 tenketsu while using a Byakko-aspected Shiken, he can completely separate his opponent’s spirit from their body.

Weakness: Interpret it yourself.

Name of Technique: Reiho [Spirit Step]
Type of Jutsu: Reininjutsu
Rank: S
Range: 64 feet
Nature Type: N/A
Handseals: N/A

Description: Shikon places a specific Hitodama with which he has a summoning contract on enemies with each strike of Shiken, marking them indefinitely. Shikon is able to use the Hitodama as a reference point, summoning himself to its location and returning the Hitodama to his possession. As the Hitodama is a spirit, blood does not need to be shed to achieve the conditions of the summoning contract. Shikon cannot use Reiho more than once every fifteen seconds.
Weakness: Interpret it yourself.

Name of Technique: Shokei Shimasu [Execute]
Type of Jutsu: Ninjutsu
Rank: B
Range: Melee [Touch]
Nature Type: N/A
Handseals: N/A

Description: More of a style than an actual jutsu, the Shokei Shimasu uses physical blows with an opponent to accomplish a few effects. By thrusting his own chakra in a jab once he has hit someone, he can push an equal amount of chakra out at the point he strikes (but cannot exceed the amount that could occur there - IE Blows to chakra centres are potentially more serious). The benefit of this technique is that Shikon is able to combine it with other techniques to create a potent mix of effects. The second effect of this technique is Shikon being able to 'explode' his chakra. Once inserted into a physical object, the chakra is converted into physical force and moves outwards from where it is. However, the Shokei Shimasu requires the secondary effect to be initiated nearly immediately (unless the person has very poor chakra control and/or a small pool) before the chakra is overwhelmed. The Shokei Shimasu requires a direct exchange of power for it to work. It cannot transfer its power to anything but direct contact from a source of power to the new medium. So, while someone could use the Shokei Shimasu to fire an arrow and have it create a crater from the force of the blow, it could not then be transferred to another person. Shikon cannot convert chakra to force inside of someone else's body.

Weakness: Interpret it yourself.