Tuujaimaa

Naruto: Yoshin (AU)

Jikangai, Kinjiro

Ordinarily, the task of managing the Kyuuseishu Island during the festivities was extremely boring. Kinjiro was never really especially suited to do it, and both she and Kyoko knew this, but it was important for Kyoko to be seen to be neutral and effectively taking her out of the action helped a great deal in that regard. Many did not have the vision required to see Kinjiro for what she was, and though the ignorance of the masses was not something she had ever been able to care about on a personal level it somewhat irked her to be placed in a role year after year in which she had to talk to people and refrain from duly chastising them for their stupidity.

And so when the first attack came, it was a combination of both awe and terrible despair that filled the pit of Kinjiro's stomach. She could see in the distance the incorporeal form of the tailed beast struggling against its restraints. In an instant, Kinjiro vanished from her previous location and reappeared directly at the Shrine - she had insisted on some small security measures when she had helped design them - before activating one of her signature techniques.

"Fukutsu no Ishi!"

Immediately as the technique was activated, Kinjiro begun to weave her chakra around the beast in such a fashion as to restrain it. Incorporeal though it was, and breaking free from the shrine, Kinjiro was barely able to suppress the monstrosity for long enough that the remainder of the island might get to work in helping those injured. The beast's manifestation in its current form was impossible, Kinjiro thought, as she wove her chakra more thoroughly into the seal and the beast. The bindings were perfect, and try as she might she could not ascertain any possible reason that the event had occurred - it was by all rights impossible on a fundamental level. The blood seals were intact, and though she was no master of the spiritual she could not detect any anomalies within the spiritual aspect of the shrine... Though she was well aware of her limits in that regard. And just as quickly as she had begun to restrain it, it was yanked back into the prison.

She would need to ask Kyoko to call for Chiyoko - if she could not fix the problem, nobody in the Kyuuseishu could. If nobody in the Kyuuseishu could fix the problem, then all possible emergency measures needed to be activated - and quickly. Calling out to the fragment of herself bonded to Yuhi, Kinjiro relayed all of the information possible in as short a span as possible - she knew that her prodigal librarian would be able to make sense of things as quickly as possible and relay all relevant information to the Kage.

Jikangai, Yuuhi

As the first attack ripped through the walls of the room, Yuhi's first instinct was that of self-preservation. Flooding his body with chakra, he activated the Shikigami no Mai and prepared himself for the worst - it was not in his skillset to attempt to save another, and before he could really register what had happened another attack was on its way. Thanks to Kei's barrier and his own resilience in his paper form, he was left almost completely untouched by the blast, though many sheets of paper were strewn around the room thanks to the sheer force of the blast.

As the chaos begun to die down, Yuhi noticed from the corner of his eye that Riku, the Rankage's advisor, had notched an arrow at their new guest. His mind stuttered for a fraction of a second, unbelieving that someone would knowingly breach the rules of the Kyuuseishu (especially in a crisis, where the proper crisis protocols were to be followed). Commanding an extant sheet of paper in the vicinity of Norio, Yuhi imprinted it with the Kanji for "Stop" and his cube overlaid a seal to counteract the sealing component of the arrow, stopping it dead in its tracks before it had gotten close to Norio. Though Yuhi was also suspicious of his arrival and the almost immediate attack it was just that - a suspicion. If Kyoko had allowed him audience (she always found a way to know about these things) then he was almost certainly not the cause.

"Stow your weapon, Archer of the Mist, or you will be shackled and punished duly under article 6.6b of the Three Nation Accords. We do not attack any parties in a time of crisis unless there is a clear motive that does not equate to unjustified suspicion - please be mindful of the rules of the Kyuuseishu during your stay here." Yuhi called out, internally seething at the audacity Riku had to breach the clearly outlined protocols. It did not even occur to him that due to his blindness he had certainly not read the pamphlets containing the rules.

When he heard Kinjiro's voice in his mind, Yuhi immediately spoke up once more:

"Mistress Kyoko, Kinjiro calls for aid. She requests an immediate audience with Chiyoko of the Moon Tribe to investigate the nature of the breach."

Hyakune su Jikangai, Kyoko

As the events begun to unfold, Kyoko retreated into her mind. Using a genjutsu to slow her perception of time, she thought over every possibility given the information that she had acquired thus far: The only conclusion was that the seals on the nearby shrine had somehow failed - though from what she understood that was all-but impossible. Kinjiro and Chiyoko had constructed the shrines, two absolute prodigies in every sense of the word, and she knew from experience that the work was nothing but impeccable. What, then, could have caused the emergence of the bijuu?

She went over the possibilities in her mind. Everything had happened like clockwork, and the shrine had never failed before. The only new element was the arrival of Norio, and so she would have to question him once things had sufficiently calmed down. Kyoko was confident in the crisis protocols that the Kyuuseishu had drafted up, and though there would be damage and the Chuunin exams were almost certainly cancelled, she was confident that no major loss of life would occur. Injury, perhaps, but that was easy enough to remedy.

Returning to reality, Kyoko witnessed the aftermath of the first blast and avoided the second thanks to both Kikue's crystalline barrier and Kei's barrier. Then, Riku drew his weapon and attacked their new guest. As much as she agreed with the sentiment of suspicion, it was a flagrant breach of the rules that they had laid out, and as she moved to stop him Yuhi had already done so. She was thankful, in truth, as she doubted she would have been quick enough to stop him from firing the arrow and she had no capacity to stop it once it had been loosed. When Yuhi asked her to summon Chiyoko, she nodded gravely. They had worked out a system in which a scroll that had been linked via complex seals to another scroll would allow writing on one to be shared with the other in real time - it had been a complex endeavour that the Yuki clan and the Kyuuseishu had worked on extensively, and it had resulted in a long-distance method of communication that did not rely on the caprice of technology.

She impressed her chakra into the proper seals and sent the message to Chiyoko:

"A Bijuu has escaped from a shrine, briefly, and devastated the Chuunin exams. Sankage Ayameko is missing and Tsuchikage Yoseki is severely wounded. Come to Kyuuseishu Isle anon." along with a seal at the bottom to instantly relocate her if she wished.

Then, she turned her attention to the matters at hand:

"Norio, you are required for questioning. By the authority given to me by the Three Nations Accord as leader of the Kyuuseishu, I, Hyakune Kyoko, hereby place you under arrest until further notice." Kyoko spoke, though her tone was one of necessity, not one of judgement. She gave a meaningful glance to the newcomer to impress the urgency of taking action, though she did not wish to alarm or unfairly implicate him in the slightest. It was a temporary measure in the event of a crisis - and she imparted that through her look as much as she could.

Naruto: Yoshin (AU)

Jikangai, Yuhi

The yearly meetings called by the Kyuseishu were predictably dull - this much Yuhi knew, as he had once had a hand in organising them. Indeed, his was the work that had paved the foundation for the exceptional bureaucratic system which now governed the various multinational events that the organization put together, and though he found the events to largely be a waste of time that could be better spent reading a book or writing a book or categorising various books, he attended regardless. In his time with Yoseki and Kanashi, he had somewhat softened to the idea of more interpersonal interactions - and to his chagrin that had resulted in Yoseki asking him to take the lead for Iwagakure in the upcoming meeting. It was almost certain that the meeting was going to be the same thing repeated a hundred different ways as it was every year, and having a stand-in would free Yoseki up to actually interact more with her people.

It wasn't the worst fate that Yuhi could think of.

And yet, as he took his place at the Kage meeting, he still could not help but feel terribly out of place.

The meeting largely went on as he imagined it would to begin with - pleasantries and such being exchanged freely - and then Ayameko began a proposal which was rather unexpected. She wished for greater international cooperation and the institution of teams from each of the countries, and the creation of a secondary project to facilitate the first? That sounded like it would be a lot of work - bureaucratically speaking, of course - and Yuhi was personally excited at the prospect if only for the longing to perform some work that he deemed worthy of his time. Once he had cracked the metaphorical code for Iwagakure's systems it had ceased to be entertaining, and he was stuck with all of the workload and none of the fun. It would almost certainly happen exactly the same way this time around, but it was at least something to do.

So, when the time came for Iwagakure to say its piece after a rather rousing speech by Kyoko, Yuhi simply nodded in assent and said:

"We will be happy to do our part in seeing this vision become reality."

It was simple, but in speaking for an entire nation Yuhi was wary that anything beyond assent or dissent could be tied directly to him - and culpability was not a good look on him.

Naruto: Yoshin (AU)

Hyakune su Jikangai, Kyoko

As Sankage Ayameko noted her proposal, Kyoko nodded in agreement. It was a move half born of instinct, and half born of the desire to influence the other Kage positively in its favour - she was well aware that the place that her organisation had carved out for itself in the world was becoming less and less necessary with peace having reigned fairly securely for the past thirty years, but as an Immortal Scion herself she could not help but believe that the Kyūseishu's work must be allowed to continue for as long as the three nations existed. It helped enormously to reduce friction between the nations, as well as safeguard against an eventuality that Kyoko knew could well happen at any time: The Bijuu.

Kikue then spoke up, the slightest hint of trepidation obvious in her voice to the Architect of Thought - she knew full well that the denizens of Kirigakure were distrustful by nature of anything that was not the natural cycle of predation. The land had always been a battleground - a self-contained war - and the only victors were the strong. It made sense that Kikue would seek primarily to ensure her strength, and by proxy the strength of her nation, was preserved. Simultaneously - there was a strength that could only be achieved with unity, a state of perfect balance, that was all but impossible in the finely-tuned ways of the now Land of Storms. Without a guarantee - one independent of heartfelt wishes and based solely upon method and result - Kikue would never commit to Ayameko's vision as she had little to gain comparatively to the losses she invited should failure occur.

"I believe that I can answer that question, Kikue. Historically, any efforts that have required a multinational approach have been spearheaded and maintained by the Kyūseishu. We have failed in this regard only once, with the Kazekage's betrayal, and though that was a tragedy that does not bear repeating it is only in adversity that we are able to come together and emerge stronger. We will begin a procedure to select from a pool of experienced Ninja proffered by the three nations, and I will personally oversee their training as neutral agents insofar as their training duties are concerned - it is my belief, one that I hope is shared amongst all in this room, that we must needs work together to achieve a lasting peace that we can not only enjoy, but bequeath unto the next generation. If we do not work with a vision of peace, prosperity, and unity we will be stuck forever as the feudal societies we have been stuck as since time immemorial.

Nobody should lose their family, their life, or their home to war - and yet we have all suffered these losses. We must view the world as we wish it to be, not as it is, and commit to a future together. If not, we will perish alone." Kyoko spoke, offering her own thoughts on the matter to the table. Hopefully she would inspire Kikue and Yoseki, as she knew full well that Ayameko already shared her vision for the future.

Naruto: Yoshin (AU)

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 Iwagakure.
【Organisation】
Jikangai Clan/Kyūseishu
【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 artefact 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 artefact 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 lore master and chronicler 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 artefact 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.

With the advent of the Kyūseishu, Yūhi dropped all pretense and joined immediately alongside Kinjiro, being one of only two Jikangai allowed in the organisation. Briefed by Kyoko and given Kinjiro’s blessing, Yūhi felt he could best serve the Jikangai by being the diplomatic link to Iwagakure. He offered the empire his services, and has advised them in strategy and economics for many years.

Yūhi, strangely, found an odd kinship with Yōseki and Kanashi. The three of them had an innate drive that, when combined, proved to be monstrously effective both on and off of the battlefield – and it is with this in mind that Yūhi elected to stay for more than his originally planned tenure. Neither Kinjiro nor Kyoko minded, as he continued to provide updates on the state of Iwagakure – but as he was not a spy of any kind, refused to reveal anything beyond what was legally mandated by the Three Nations Accord… Though his loyalty to Kinjiro is such that any request she thought to ask of him he would perform – fortunately, she has not asked for anything other than the level of information he is legally required to provide as a member of the Kyūseishu.

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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 100 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.

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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 no Shisha no Jutsu

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: Chigoku Inkan: Tengoku no Kami no Inshō [Verbatim Sealing: Heavenly Paper Impression]
Type of Jutsu: Ninjutsu/Fūinjutsu
Rank: A
Range: 100 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:

Name of Technique: Yata no Kesan: Kami no Kin’yu [Yata’s Paperweight: Divine Embargo]
Type of Jutsu: Fūinjutsu
Rank: S
Range: 1 mile
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

⊰Manifest Anima: Planes Divided⊱

Nabriales, Vi, and Sophia

Day 3 - Ominar - 07:30

All things considered, the shop looked harmless enough. Gaudy name aside, Vi couldn't find much to complain about it, but it was the individual that was waiting for her inside that gave her the slightest hesitation to her step. She had met Nabriales a few days ago, yet she was still unable to put her finger on what exactly it was about him that was making her feel so uneasy. Maybe it was his odd horns that let off the occasional crackle of Vis. Perhaps it was the completely laid back way he accepted her offer to be his employee as payment for finding a way to restore the power that she had lost. But perhaps the simplest answer, and coincidentally the one that made her want to grimace the most, was the simple fact that she had to be working under someone for the first time in over a century.

The redhead realized she was stalling, so with a small sigh she placed a steady hand on the door and entered the ridiculously named Victorious Secret. Small rays of light accompanied her entrance, dancing off the multitude of glass containers that lined the walls of the shop. Without really thinking about it, Vi's eyes made a quick pass over the room, sizing up its contents for any possible threats. Thankfully, all she found were bottles filled with an uncountable array of colors shimmering in the daylight and two humans, one of which was her new employer. Vi did not recognize the girl that was next to the enigmatic man, but for now she was of little consequence to the former Exeo.

"Nabriales," she called, striding up to the pair like she owned the place. "You still haven't told me what exactly I'll be doing here."

"Have I ever forgotten your breakfast, Nabri?" The woman chuckled softly, reaching toward the bag on the counter. She pulled it to her and unfolded the top. After rifling through it for a moment, she pulled out something wrapped in wax paper. With a triumphant smile, she handed over the wrapped pile of carbs. Were Nabri to unwrap it, he would find that--as usual--Sophia had gotten him a Salmon and Cream Cheese bagel. If he removed the bagel from the wrapping completely, he would even find a neatly scrawled note which read This bagel paid for an orphan's education. :) <3

Once her brother's breakfast was handed over, the familiar jingle of the bell rang throughout the store, causing Sophia to turn and look at the door. "Welc-" The Descendant's greeting was cut short as a woman with firey red hair--seemingly--unintentionally interrupted her to address her brother.

She wasn't aware he had taken on any part-timers. Interesting.

Nabriales couldn't help but beam as the surprisingly chunky package was passed his way, taking it with a free hand and placing it on the desk while he proceeded to gulp down what should have been a boiling cup of coffee. Alchemy had its perks.

"I suppoooose you haven't, but one day I'll catch you on my doorstep without a bagel and a coffee..." he replied, visibly perked up by the coffee he'd just drunk and the idea of the breakfast waiting for him. As he reached his hand out to pick the hefty bagel up, he was interrupted by the familiar tinkle of the doorbell, and his eyes looked up just slightly to catch a glimpse at the individual responsible for interrupting his breakfast. The second he saw the brilliant flash of red catch on the morning rays he knew exactly who it was - and with a quick glance at his phone confirmed that she was on time quite literally to the second - and picked up his bagel regardless. Scary Prae lady or no, there were practically no forces in the universe that could get between him and breakfast.

He unwrapped the thing with one hand, picked it up, and promptly shoved half of it into his awaiting gullet. Having no free hands and his mouth full he couldn't exactly greet Vi, but as she practically stormed down the aisle a quizzical raise of his eyebrow would be greeting and reply enough. A couple of chews later, followed by a singularly satisfying swallow, he deigned to respond:

"You'll have to wait for orientation for that, hon. Breakfast comes before busywork, you know?" he half-beamed and half-exhaled as he picked up the remainder of the bagel and began the process of devouring it in a fashion almost identical to that which had caused the first half to disappear.

After yet another gulp, and a quick belch, he turned his head to Sophia and asked simply:

"Back to bed?"

"Yes, please! It is far too early. But, I know you don't like getting breakfast on your own, so I am happy to oblige."

"Aren't you just a l'il peach?" he laughed before waving his hand somewhat nonchalantly, poofing Sophia back to her bedroom. It was, after all, a manoeuvre he had practiced often enough to get right without looking, thinking, or speaking.

As Vi walked past the veritable explosion of colors that made up the shop's walls, the redhead could have sworn that her nose was starting to pick up the nostalgic smell of her favorite boot polish. She had no idea what in the Queen's name Nabriales could possibly be brewing to emit such a specific odour, but she was certain that she likely did not want to find out. In fact, she was certain the same sentiment would end up being applied to many of the oddities that littered the all too vibrant store. So until it proved to beome a much more life threatening concern, she decided it was best to act as if it simply didn't exist.

Throughout all of the dark haired man's antics, Vi looked awfully unimpressed. His manners - or lack thereof - hardly fazed her, as did his flippant disregard for her question. After all, even though their previous meeting had been short, he was already living up to the initial impression she had gotten from him.

But when the short one that had apparently stopped by just to supply him breakfast vanished, Vi found herself cocking her head slightly to the side, her eyes lighting up ever so slightly in surprise. Teleportion magic was not something that just any mage could do, especially not as effortlessly as Nabriales had just made it look. The fact that he must have went out of his way to add the small "poofing" noise only added a small note of irritation to her small burst of bewilderment.

So, there was more to this one after all.

"You'll find that I much prefer busywork to senseless idleness," she replied coolly, looking her employer straight in the eyes. "How soon can we begin this orientation of yours?"

"Now, given that I've finished my breakfast!" Nabriales smiled, cocking his head to the side and waving his hand in Vi's general direction. With another audible poof she'd find herself directly outside the shop, just in front of the door.

"The first lesson is remembering that I'm the owner, hon!" he called out, waving a little as he did so. Normally he'd have let interrupting his breakfast lie, but he too had found that Vi had fared exactly as his initial impression had suggested - she was going to be incredibly easy to mess with.

To even a casual observer, it would appear as if the air around Vi had sharply surged upwards in temperature as her eyes crackled with annoyance. Everything, from the playful tone in his voice to that damned poofing sound found a way to grind against her nerves. But Vi was hardly one to let her emotions rule her, so after a brief exhale with her eyes shut tight, she let the frustration drain out of her before she approached the door once more.

The jingling bounced off the shop's walls again as Vi strode back in, her expression once more composed and intent to get through this, no matter what Nabriales had in store for her.

"And what, pray tell, is the second lesson?" she asked the horned man, unable to completely remove every last trace of annoyance from her voice.

"You'll need to know your way around the lingerie section. I used to man it myself, but people kept saying that I didn't have a feminine enough presence!" he chuckled, stepping out from behind the counter and sauntering directly over to his new employee. Surprisingly, he was just barely taller than her (though the difference was somewhat more noticeable by virtue of his horns, now a corona of shimmering iridescent light), and he looked her straight in the eyes and straightened out his smile as much as he was physically capable - which to say was not a great deal.

"What I need from you, mostly, is a test subject. Many of my potions work regardless of the biology belonging to whom they're administered, but there are some effects that require different mechanisms of action, pharmacologically speaking, and I need someone who can accurately and succinctly report mental, physical, and emotional effects back to me. I'll also require the aforementioned labour - for appearance's sake if nothing else, darling - and someone to watch over things when I have business elsewhere. Your payment will either be in cash or in any of the various services I can provide, and you'll need to sign a coooouple of documents saying I can teleport into your home whenever I want. I despise Ubers and personally teleport all employees to and from work, you see." Nabriales smiled, his voice losing only the slightest hint of its inherent lilt as he moved on to more serious topic. He figured it best to at least allow Vi to begin this relationship on a level she was comfortable with, because comfort was a luxury that she wasn't going to be able to get used to in the near future.

Vi didn't even bat an eye at Nabriales decision to leave her in charge of the store's lingerie. After all, it hardly seemed like a difficult task for the centuries old Prae, but at the same time she wasn't entirely sure she was well versed enough to actually give useful recommendations. It would certainly be prudent for her to ask the strange man for some pointers on the topic later.

Nabriales small attempt, no matter how unseccessful, at looking somewhat serious was not lost on Vi. Silently, she steeled herself for whatever deranged catch the man must have been hiding regarding their arrangement, as she was certain that the deal was likely too good to be true. Restoring one's Vis was no small task, so it was only logical that something of such a scale would require an equally great cost from her.

But when he finished his little speech, Vi could only scoff lightly. "Is that all?" she asked without breaking eye contact with the man. The list of things that she wouldn't do in order to bring the Spire crumbling down on Aismael's head was quite short, so it went without saying that Nabriales conditions sounded all too tame in comparison. The corona of light emanating from the man's horns seemed to dance with the fiery resolve in Vi's eyes.

"I accept your terms. I don't care about money, just do what you can to make me whole again." The redhead took a quick step, placing her face mere inches away from Nabriales', before she continued, far more coldly, "And it's not hon - certainly not darling either - it's Vist-" But the name caught in her throat. No,that name didn't belong to her anymore. The woman took a small step back as she collected herself for the shortest of moments. "It's Vi. Just... Vi."

Though a smile was nearly always plastered on Nabriales' face, the corners of his lips twisted up in an oddly malefic fashion. It was a smile that gave off the impression of being not very nice at all, a sharp juxtaposition to the mirthful look that almost always accompanied the horned alchemist.

"You clearly don't understand the nature of my work... Vi." Nabriales spoke, before turning around to walk over to the cauldron that he'd been brewing ingredients within - the pungent aroma was far intensified, now, and he moved his hand down to the liquid as if to submerge it within the viscous red liquid, but summoned a glass vial to his hand and dipped its rim gingerly below the surface. As the liquid trickled over the threshold and into the bottle, he used his other hand to beckon Vi over to him while it filled. After he made the motion, his free hand summoned another vial - though this one was clearly far different in nature. The vis it gave off would be palpable, and the weight of it hit him briefly and he stumbled over its intensity. His vis crystal vials were reserved for the most powerful and rare of his potions, and this one in particular was one that Vi would be extremely interested in.

As the liquid reached the two-thirds full mark in the cauldron, he pulled the vial up and placed it on the counter, then thrust the crystal vial towards his new employee.

"I believe in fostering good business, so consider this your down payment. I can't restore you to what you were exactly - I'm not a God-Queen. But I can infuse you with enough Vis to kill lesser beings and we can go from there!"

Vi watched the alchemist's measured movements closely, trying to glean as much information about the process as she could. After all, if she was going to be here for any length of time, it would be prudent to understand how it all worked even if she wasn't personally responsible for any of it. But it was difficult to keep her foucs on his work as the scent that permeated the room became much more potent, almost as if it was trying to whisk her away to some nostalgic place.

The sight of the odd crystal vial that Nabriales produced did a fine job of pulling her back to reality. She didn't so much as sense the vis that was leaking out of thing as she did feel it, forcing her to fight the urge to back away from the stuff. And given it seemed potent enough to make Nabriales slightly stagger, she was certain that it wasn't some mere prank of his. This was the real deal. It may not make her as strong as an Exeo, but it would definitely be a start.

Vi eyed the vial her employer offered her carefully, her eyes an odd mixture of wariness and excitement. But still, she listened to Nabriales carefully, raising an eyebrow at his God-Queen comment. She had never specifically said that she had once been an Exeo, but it was hardly a far leap to make if one were to examine the woman and her situation with any amount of scrutiny. Not that it really mattered at this point, so with a steady hand she accepted the vial from him.

Judging from how Nabriales reacted from the stuff being close to him, Vi figured there was only one way to handle the monstrous concoction in her hand. And that was by tilting her head back and chugging the stuff down in as few gulps as possible.

The first bite of the liquid hitting her tongue wasn't that bad, merely making every surface it touched tingle slightly. But the before she finished the bottle, that small tingle grew into a sharp burning, causing even the stern Prae to wince from the feeling as it slammed into the back of her throat. Vi tried to open her eyes, but every color in the room seemed to be magnified to unbearable levels, quickly overloading her senses. There was a sharp ringing noise in her ears that made coherent thought a mere fantasy. The vis coursing through her system was overwhelming, yet intoxicating at the same time.

Moments passed, which to her heightened senses felt like minutes, but as she came to she realized that she had fallen to her hands and knees. But as her vision returned, Vi could feel power the likes of which she hadn't felt in far too long.

"Well then," she coughed as she struggled to her feet, ready to wave off any offer of help the alchemist may have offered her, "I can definitely work with this." A shaky hand looked for the closest surface to rest on as an equally shaky grin graced her lips. It was one hell of a rocky start, but one that the redhead was more than happy to take.

As the effect of the potion took hold, Nabriales was indeed half-tempted to at least attempt to pre-emptively offer Vi his support, but very quickly rethought that course of action and figured it would be best to let the potion take its course. If one not used to the level of power it provided had taken it, he would probably be teleporting their corpse into the nearest ditch and/or sewer entrance - he was glad that his assessment of her previous nature was correct. Still, even for her, it was likely to be a bit much for her for the next couple of hours. Unfortunately, Vi had already agreed to Nabriales' terms and he really didn't feel like waiting for her to recover before feeding her as many potions as physically possible.

"Give yourself a minute, hon. Then you can go ahead and drink the other vial! Not quite as potent as the first, but it'll certainly get you where you need to go..." Nabriales chuckled, turning around to begin bottling the rest of the potions as he did so. It would only take a brief second for him to summon the rest of the vials necessary, before his eyes lit up with the rainbow glow he was ever so fond of and he turned to Vi again.

"Actually, scratch that - I presume you were skilled with that telekinesis thing that the Prae tend to do, right? Why not try it again - bottle these potions for me as quickly as you can!" he half-questioned and half-demanded, the giddiness obvious in his voice and in his look as he did so. This was, after all, still another experiment to him - and one he dearly hoped worked.

Skilled at telekinesis? Oh, if only Nabriales could have seen what Vi was once able to do. The small grin dimmed a bit, but now was not the time to get caught up in the past. No, right now Vi wanted to see what she could pull off at this very moment.

The Prae's hand glided gracefully across the vials Nabriales had offered her, the tips of her fingers barely brushing against them. Yet as soon as the contact ended, each one took to the air and quickly flew towards the cauldron. A rapid series of popping sounds echoed throughout the shop as each one quickly uncorked itself mid flight, with each one circling around its designated vial for added showmanship. Throughout the entire process Vi's eyes did not once glance at her target, showing just how confident she was in her ability. The bottles swooped down towards the questionable concoction, looking every bit like a bird that was diving towards water for prey. Each one emerged two--thrids filled, just like the one the alchemist had demonstrated for her, and returned to the counter at breakneck speeds. Thankfully they seemed to have been made out of sterner stuff, as the rough landing they were subjected to did not even leave them cracked.

Once more, Vi raised an eyebrow at her employer, only this time the expression seemed to be asking whether or not he was satisfied with the little performance.

It felt good to feel strong again, Vi realized. It had been so long since she had been able to flex her magic like this that she had almost forgotten how satisfying it could be. Her entire body felt light, like she had taken off a weight that she had never even realized she had been carrying. She could feel the vis coursing through her, seemingly imparting every cell in her body with power. She felt... her heart thundering dangerously fast in her chest. The slight buzzing that had been stuck in her ears since she had taken the potion had grown to an unbearable blare. More and more obnoxious spots kept cropping up in her vision and she noticed just how light headed she had become.

And then, Vi was on the floor.

As Vi crumpled to the floor, Nabriales only nodded solemnly. It had not been a question of if but a question of when - and frankly, she had lasted longer than most people would have. Some might even have been killed by the potent energy, especially a Prae - the crystal in their forehead was largely a good measure of how much vis they had taken in, and the alchemist checked it carefully to ensure there were no problems with Vi's health. It wouldn't do to have someone getting seriously injured on their first day at work - the paperwork alone would be horrendous. He'd have to employ another person to do it for him, and then they could be injured... His mind travelled down the path for a few seconds before he snapped himself back to reality and picked the woman up off of the floor with an almighty surge of effort and exhalation of breath.

She hadn't told him where she lived, and he didn't want to chance teleporting her to an unfamiliar location, so off they poofed to his penthouse suite. He laid her down in one of the four spare guest bedrooms, ensured there were adequate provisions in place, and quickly wrote a note on the bedside table:

"Try to rest, hon. I'll be back when I'm done at the store, and we can talk about things then."

Naruto: Yoshin (AU)

Hyakune, Kyoko and Jikangai, Kinjiro

The Chūnin Exams - First Day

The Chūnin exams had their roots in a history of war and strife, Kyoko noted, but with the peace that had tentatively settled over the land it had been a long time since she had seen them as the instruments of war that they previously were. She knew full well the horrors of war, and what the promotion to the next rank had historically entailed; it was a particularly cathartic experience for her to have helped change the exams into the mere formality that they were now. It was still vitally important to maintain the tradition, as the support offered to the Kyūseishu was given only upon the reputation for proven and continued excellence that she had worked to foster. Though part of her wished to simply do away with the unnecessary effort of organising the entire spectacle, it was a remarkably useful opportunity to get the world powers together to discuss matters of importance and ensure that the Bijuu were securely sealed and adequate safeguards maintained. That particular aspect had fallen to the wayside in recent years, but Kyoko remembered the full extent of the recent rampage and had never quite been able to let it completely slip into the sense of complacency that the world fostered.

As she stood in her office, looking down at the arena that had been constructed and the surrounding festivities, Kyoko could not help but sigh in relief. There were no pressing diplomatic issues that she'd been informed of thus far, no threat from the shrines, and the exams themselves had progressed entirely smoothly up to this point. It was set to be an uneventful year; which was, she supposed, eventful in and of itself. After a few more seconds of surveying the area, she turned around to leave her office and motioned off to the side. One of her attendants dutifully walked over and bowed, awaiting their commands.

"Please ask the event staff to bring the festivities into full swing, Midare." Kyoko asked, nodding down at the young man and patting him on the shoulder gently. He immediately nodded, face flush with a heady red glow, and scurried away to carry out the simple order.

Kyoko herself walked out of the office, and took a practiced route down towards the main staging grounds - she may only use this office once every year, but its walls were just as familiar to her as her office in what used to be Kumogakure, or her home in Kyokujitsu no Tochi, or the underground complex in which she had spent many, many years of her preternaturally long life - she knew the routes like the back of her hand, and the level of loyalty her subordinates showed her ensured that nobody would ever get in her way. It left her plenty of time to think about things to come on the walk.

After a short while she arrived precisely where she meant to, and was promptly joined by another woman. With a slight turn of her head and a nod, she spoke a single word:

"Kinjiro."

"Kyoko." came the reply, the woman's lips turning into a slight smirk before she faced straight ahead.

Picking up a microphone, Kyoko raised it to her lips as the woman beside her flooded it with the Raiton chakra necessary to make the announcement:

"May the Rankage, Sankage, and Tsuchikage please report to the main Kyūseishu building at their earliest convenience. Everyone else is free to enjoy the festivities until the main event takes place in one week's time exactly. Lodgings have been prepared, as usual, and all are welcome to a room free of charge. Please direct any concerns or questions to Jikangai, Kinjiro - who will be serving in a managerial position for the next seven days... And good luck to all of the genin that have come to participate!"

With that finished, Kyoko vacated the stand and made her way to the separate compound specifically for the Kage meetings. The next three days would be going over the old treaties and making amendments as appropriate, and the remaining four days would largely involve a combination of economics and talk on current affairs. In truth, the world was largely in a good enough place that seven days were not really necessary - but having the extra time to interact with the other inhabitants of the world was part of the key to peace, and it was the Kyūseishu's job to maintain peace.

Naruto: Yoshin (AU)

Toko Ling

Name:
Toko Ling.

Nickname/Alias:
Techy.

Gender:
Male

Age and date of birth:
14, Fifth of Januari.

Age Appearance:
13 - 14.

Sexuality:
Homosexual.

Parents:
Wa Ling - Mother.
Ken Ling - Father.

Length and build:
5’3ft, lithe and thin. Rather than possessing a bulky build, Toko displays a thin, and lithe frame which could easily be considered scrawny.

Weight:
90 Pounds.

Favorite weather and season:
Spring and summer.

Village:
Kirigakure.

Birthplace:
Kirigakure.

Organization:
Shinobi Forces.

Clan/Bloodline:
Ling.

Rank:
Genin.

Chakra Nature:
Fire.

Appearance:
Toko possesses a thin frame, rather light skin and a mop of thick, black hair. A set of brown eyes rest above his nose and peer at you with a soft smile stretching across his lips. There isn’t much that would catch your eyes about this boy. He wears clothes that allows for freedom of movement and prefers to move about without much encumbrance.

Toko’s body is what would be expected from a ninja his age. He’s rather small which would lower the threat he’d impose to quite a drastic level. It would be uncommon to gaze upon this boy and expect much of a punch but as most would have learned, the ninja world hides much beneath the surface.

As for clothes, Toko leans against a more laid back attire. A set of, most often, black cargo pants find home upon his legs and hug his ankles with elastic bands sewn into the fabric. Further down, the all too familiar ninja sandals clad his feet, and on a warm day Toko remains in a t-shirt or tank top. Otherwise, a rather baggy sweater covers his torso to protect his skin from the wind. A strap can be seen crossing his chest, ending in a satchel where he keeps notes and tools. The same strap manages its way across his back, where it contains a holster for his crossbow. He dislikes accessories as they get in the way and dresses in a way that reflects his view of life, simple.

Scars have yet to accompany his skin, and fitted bracers attached to his fingerless gloves protect his forearms, from harm.

He’s not very creative when it comes to colours as most of his clothes are either black or grey, however a rather colourful personality can at times make up for it.

Personality:
What lurks behind that cute little smile of his? It’s a question many have asked, but is easily enough revealed once he displays the excited crazyness beneath. Toko doesn’t appear to be menacing in the slightest and sometimes he could appear a bit too innocent. However, those who know him also know that this is far from the case. Trouble, curiosity and excitement follows him like a tail, and Toko wouldn't miss a chance to engage in danger if he could only see a beneficial outcome.

Toko doesn’t feel like he has anything to prove to anyone but himself, though is easily provoked if the right buttons are pushed. These notable sore spots would be his engineering skills. He is a rather proud individual, and is very serious when it comes to his skills. This cannot be said about much else. Toko loves joking around, engaging in mischief and being an imp when his mood allows, and as such, he is known for being a little pest among the more respectable individuals of Kirigakure.

Expressing his mind whenever he feels like it, Toko more often than not tends to step on someone's nerves, and it is safe to say that he isn't fully aware of the fact. He speaks long before thinking, and this has displayed a less than favorable outcome more often than not. He enjoys contact with others, and loves making new friends, though can at times find this a challenging battle. Toko is a rather special boy, and not necessarily in a bad way. The Ling clan is known for producing 'crazy engineers', and it said that this very trait runs in their blood. Toko loves trying out new inventions, whenever he can, and lives up to the extreme intellect his clan holds ever so high.

History:
Toko grew up with a close relationship to his mother and father, both of whom displayed a respectable upbringing for the boy. They raised him well, but throughout his childhood, Toko kept mostly to himself and it grew with the years. Of course, it would be a mistake to believe him shy. Toko's reclusive nature sprung not from a desire to get away, but rather, from his obsession with tinkering, and spending time in his parents' workshop.

It was early that he learned of his mother's struggles with a terminal illness, but it didn’t show itself very often. In fact, she was a uniquely strong woman but with her energy being constantly sapped, it eventually became too much. What could be considered a perfect little family was down one member once the illness finally claimed its prey. Since childhood, Toko’s mother had been an astounding inventor, but the one foe she could not beat was the illness draining her spirit. Her passing was hard on both Toko and his father but together they managed to struggle through it.

As a result of her passing, Toko retired to a more reclusive demeanor. Only the passing of a year was enough to eventually crack a small hole in the shell he had created, and Toko started to speak more and spend more time with his father. Their relationship grew stronger once the mourning had proceeded, and things started looking up.

Ken continued with his missions, and Toko’s grades at school were picking back up. He stepped out of the workshop for the first time in what felt like an eternity, and greeted the world once more. Before and after his mother passed on, Toko’s life was rather straight forward. His Bloodline Limit ability showed itself as early as ten years into his life and has since then been close to his heart. It has been the centre of his combat prowess and what draws his clan’s capabilities.

Toko got along with most people but had at times displayed difficulties initiating meaningful conversation with others. It has however been noted that his ability to maintain social interactions has improved quite a bit over the years.

Since an early age Toko found great interest in the concept of bloodline limits and powers all together. Given the fact that he noticed how he was 'different' at such a young age, he quickly grew interested in what other people could do. He happily spent many hours listening to stories and tales of old, learning about various clans and their feats.

Theme Song:
"Blow them up!"

Weapons:

A mechanical crossbow.

The crossbow designed by Toko, and his father. It is a staple for everyone within the Ling clan to design their own weapon, a rite of passage. Toko's crossbow is mechanical, allowing the string to be pulled back after every shot. It contains a clip, fitting six chakra bolts.

Equipment:
Within Toko's satchel, he keeps tools for reparations of his crossbow if ever needed, as well as goggles and a notebook.

Skills/Abilities:
Excellent - Marksmanship and Engineering.
Good - Athleticism and Acrobatics.

Horrible - All other kinds of jutsu.
Horrible - Melee Combat.
Horrible - Physical Prowess.
Horrible - Variation.
Horrible - Flexibility in combat.

Special Traits:
While wonderful engineers and users of mechanical weaponry, the Ling clan are unable to manage even the simplest of jutsus beyond their own Kekkei Genkai.

Kekkei Genkai:
Chakra Crystallization
The ability to manifest chakra into a solid state, it is an ability practiced by the Ling bloodline as their specialized combat maneuver. At a young age, the user of this Kekkei Genkai chooses to link his or her spirit with a single shape which will later be accessible for conjuration. The bolt is the absolutely most common shape the Ling bloodline has connected themselves to, which compliments their otherwise technological pursuits.

The shape, in this case a bolt, can be manifested at will, but cannot be telepathically launched or in any way used as a weapon in itself. As the user of this ability grows in power, they are able to imbue their conjured item with various effects ranging from elemental fire to poisonous strikes.

It has been noted that not a single member of the Ling bloodline has been able to manage even the simplest of ninjutsu or genjutsu. It is safe to assume that the feat is impossible for them. It is speculated that chakra flows through their bodies in a different way and cannot be conjured into jutsu the way many other ninja can.

Toko is currently able to manifest a maximum of six chakra bolts.

Jutsu (Kekkei Genkai):

D Rank Jutsu

Name: Chakra Bolt.
Type: Bloodline Limit.
Rank: D.
Range: Personal.
Hand Signs: None.
Description: The most basic of techniques. This ability allows Toko to summon a bolt made out of pure, crystallized chakra. It has a blue transparent color like chakra usually does and acts like any other solid crossbow bolt. However, these manifestations are unaffected by environmental disturbance such as wind.

Name: Fire Bolt.
Type: Bloodline Limit.
Rank: D.
Range: Personal.
Hand Signs: None.
Description: A basic addition to the Chakra Bolt, Toko infuses the bolt with the element of fire, turning the blue transparency into an orange hue.

C Rank Jutsu

N/A

B Rank Jutsu

N/A

A Rank Jutsu

N/A

S Rank Jutsu

N/A

Toko does not possess any summons.

@Shard

Mostly seems fine - the only thing I really have to say is that Konoha hasn't existed for a while. The remaining constituencies of the Land of Fire banded together to become Kyokujitsu no Tochi (Land of the Rising Sun) with Kyokujitsugakure as its capital. It's quite different from Konoha due to the history of this world in particular, which disregards quite a lot of the established canon.

The intro is a little sparse on details, but there's a fairly comprehensive post below it by Innue about what Kyokujitsu no Tochi is, I'd recommend giving that a read. :)

Alternatively, feel free to join the Discord and ask any questions there! Other than that, once you've read up on Kyokujitsu no Tochi and decided if you want to remain there or join the Land of Earth's empire or Kirigakure you're accepted and can move the character over to the characters tab once the appropriate village is selected.

Naruto: Yoshin (AU)

Is this still accepting characters? If so, I have one stored, I'd attempt to post.

@Shard

We are indeed! Post them up here and I'll get them reviewed :)

Naruto: Yoshin (AU)

Tsuchikage is fine, yo.

Move them to characters and shit yo.

Naruto: Yoshin (AU)

Behold the Rankage(formerly known as the Mizukage). As a note, I can't think of any really good titles for her right now, so if anyone has some actually good suggestions (especially if they translate into japanese well) feel free to share them. Beyond that, I'd like to note that her history gives a pretty good idea of what sort of person she is and that--eventually--I will get around to writing her personality. It's just that I can't figure out how I want to write it right now, and everything else is done. So yeah. Here ya go!

Anzen-sei, Kikuë

General Data

Name: Anzen-sei(Preservation), Kikuë(Chrysanthemum branch).
Nickname/Alias: Kiku/ Taking suggestions for titles.
Gender: Female.
Age: 31.
Age Appearance: 31.
Sexuality: Bisexual.

Village: Kirigakure.
Birthplace: Kirigakure.

Organization: N/A.
Clan/Kekkei Genkai: Anzen-sei/Tengoku no Tehai.
The Anzen-sei has risen to prominence, though it was always a clan of fair size, it has now become hugely influential due to the three kage in a row that were of Anzen-sei birth. Beyond this it should be known that they are matriarchal, with the women tending to be the leading figures, though they do not discriminate against the men of their clan. The fact of the matter is simply that their kekkei genkai tends to arise in women more often than men.

Rank: S rank.
Position: Mizusenku; Rankage.
Chakra Nature: Water, Wind, and Lightning.

Additional Appearance Details

Standing at 5'9 and possessing a lean, subtly muscled build, Kikuë of distinctive features, generous curves, and an air about her that screams authority and self-assurance. Her movements are deliberate and strong, her decisions made with confidence, and she is a woman of grace and determination. Everything about her appearance simply reinforces these facts. While she is infrequently seen with her kage's robe, she is such a well known figure in her country—and especially in her village—that she doesn't need to.

History: Once, relative peace reigned, then the bijuu escaped and destruction on an unprecedented scale threatened Kirigakure. As all the villages did, they provided what aide they could to quell the fury of the tailed beasts, and in time they even succeeded. Then came the long recovery and so it was that the wounded land of lightning was brought under the mantle of Kirigakure and the waters they controlled. However, those whom lead it now, did not then for at the time it was Kikue's mother, Anzen-sei, Norikiri who lead the village through the latter half of those dark times. She led them so that they might emerge from the storm and once more into the light. Successful, Norikiri's health—having fought alongside Kikue's grandmother, Hidaiko—had long since begun to decline. So it was that she barely survived Kikue's birth. Though Norikiri did live for another decade or so, her daughter, Kikue did not have long to learn from her gracious and wise mother. Still, the girl cherished every moment and when her mother passed, she cried for only a day—even at the tender age of 10—and the very next day she was as steel, hardened against the world and ready to take it on like the two women before her. For another five years, Kirigakure went without a kage, but the girl knew that this could not last. So, like many children during the chaos of almost two decades ago, Kikue was forced to grow up very quickly by the pressures of the world.

Her family, without a proper clan head, had trained her hard, and in secret she had trained herself harder. When she did not know something she did not just attempt to learn it, but instead found the experts on the topic and had them teach her. When she found her limits, she bore down on them, and waited till they were whittled away, like the ocean against stone. So she learned quickly and she learned well and when those five years had passed, she took up the mantle of clan head, and then promptly walked through the village, into the kage's office suite, sat in the chair and dared the world to wrest her from it.

For the next 6 years the powers that be, in the form of many factions, attempted to remove Kikue from her position. However, by virtue of their very nature they were each defeated and then either exiled or made to swear their fealty to her name so that they might be bound to her will in kind. Had they perhaps been capable of trusting one another they may have been able to band against her, but that was simply not how things played out. Instead, she turned what might have been one united front, upon itself. She used every tool available to her, leveraging their friends, family, and assets against them until each of her detractors were laid low before her so that she might deal the decisive blow to their operations. With each adversary she defeated, a new problem arose, but she persisted, almost as if undaunted by the magnitude of the task she'd taken upon herself. The truth however was different, as behind closed doors she would sometimes cry, and on many nights she would lose sleep, and her health may have declined if she had not taken care of her body's needs and kept up with her training more by necessity than anything else.

As the assassination attempts and rebellions began to diminish in frequency—certainly because she had personally dealt with the former, and quelled the latter with considerably effort—she finally began to get to the huge problems that plagued her village and, indeed, her country. It was at this point that everyone in her country had either come to respect or fear her as she had proven to them all that, no, they indeed could not wrest the mantle of kage from her shoulders. With this proven and the internal conflicts of her country largely quelled, Kikue began her work.

Over the next decade, Kikue would proceed to turn what was a weakened village, and the country it ruled, into a powerful, and fully functioning, empire. With the Land of Lightning already subsumed, she began to organize their resources even as she reestablished trade more strongly with other nations, made allies, and used what remained of the resources in the Land of Lightning in tangent with the resources of her own Land of Water, to revitalize that part of what her mother had christened the Land of Storms.

So it was that Kikue re-established the defenses of what had been the land of lightning, helping the Antare clan rebuild their seal network outposts, known as Bastions. Once they were re-established she bid the Antare to make more, and grateful for her assistance, they agreed, formally making a pact with Kirigakure as they had once done with Kumogakure so many years ago. Thus, on every landmass, in—or near—every village, civilian or otherwise, in the Land of Storms, at least one or more Bastions were established and the seal network was drastically broadened. All the while, Kikue had fostered her relationships with other clans as well, bringing in the Kanagata soon after she had the Antare, and then employing their talents in tangent with those of the Antare to create a great electromagnetic grid around both the reforming Kumogakure and of course Kirigakure as well.

With her rule already cemented over both nations, she decided that she would elevate herself to a position greater than just the kage of a village, and so came into being the first Rankage(Storm-shadow) who presided over the entirety of the country's territory. Once this was done, the Land of Storms was divvied into what amounted to three territories, with Kirigakure and the islands to the north, northeast, and east of it being the central territory, the former Land of Lightning being the Northern most territory, and all the islands within their territory to the south being the third territory. Each territory had its capital and within each capital—Kirigakure aside—would be a Senku(Herald) who would take care of their territory and report back to Kikue and her constituents back in Kirigakure.

So the leader to a revitalized Kumogakure lost the title of kage, and instead became the Raisenku(Lightning herald) while the islands to the south had Namigakure and its leader, the Umisenku(Ocean herald), both of which Kikue outranked by design. Still, with time egos were healed and pride restored and so the Land of Storms thrived and along with it so did Kikue. All the while, despite the bulk of her time having been spent leading her people, Kikue had risen to new heights of power, going from a somewhat capable B rank at the age of 15—though her official title had been Chuunin—to a rather terrifying S rank kage as the years swept by.

As things calmed down in her country and her village she finally began to find time to relax and think, and it was around this time—age 27—that a certain blacksmith visited her village. The two had a blossoming friendship and as they grew closer, Kasumi eventually—about 6 months ago—found her inspiration and so created a weapon that Kikue would use for probably the remainder of her life, a weapon known as Kessaku: Shushi Kara Saku Hana. With this masterwork given unto her, Kikue knew that Kasumi was likely to soon leave her life—at least for some time—to wander in search of her inspiration once more.

Kikue on the other hand, has no intention of leaving any time soon and given her track record, who knows what she might tackle next. Surely we will soon find out.

Personality: TBA/Discover Icly.

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Equipment Data

Base Weapons & Items:
X Kunai
X Explosive tags
X Shuriken
X Wire
X Smoke Bombs

Specialized Weapons & Items:

Name of Weapon or Item: Kessaku: Shushi Kara Saku Hana(_{傑作 - 種子から咲く花} 'Masterwork: From Seeds Bloom Flowers').

Description: An elegant and slender staff comprised of two halves forged by Masazane, Kasumi. The staff is made from spiritually-aspected metal infused heavily with Kikue’s chakra. The metal is organized in such a fashion that its core is crystalline and its outer layer leans more towards the spiritual – this results in the outer sheath of the weapon being able to move through purely chakratic constructs unhindered while still interacting with physical objects, and the crystalline core of the weapon acts as a seeding point for the crystallisation of chakra, allowing the rapid formation of crystals where such would not ordinarily be possible. This is particularly effective for solid materials that contain chakra, rather than pure chakra which is inherently impressionable. As a spiritually-aspected material, the weapon is also capable of interacting with Kikue’s familiar, Kujira, essentially turning the whale into a conduit for all of Kikue’s crystallization techniques for the duration that the masterwork is touching Kujira and Kujira is touching whatever it is that Kikue wishes to affect.

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Name of Weapon or Item: Fūma Shuriken(_{風魔手裏剣} 'Wind Demon Shuriken').

Description: She has eight of these kept in two groups of four, each within a single crystal, all of which contain four additional crystals, thus allowing her to summon all of them at once, or any number individually. As to the nature of these weapons, read it and weep. Beyond this it should be known that all eight of the shuriken are already infused with her chakra. Both small, marble-sized crystals are embedded into their own metal bracelet, each of which adorns one of her wrists. These bracelets are additionally attuned to her chakra, allowing her to bind them back together—as well as naturally holding them together—so that if they should incur damage she can repair them with relative ease. They also have a very very small fuinjutsu on them that allows her to summon them back to her should she lose them so long as the fuinjutsu remain undamaged.

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Name of Weapon or Item: Treated Holders.

Description: Rather than a simple item, this refers to all of the various pouches that a shinobi might use to store their various weapons and tools. Essentially, the outside has heat and fluid resistant coatings in addition to being marked with seals, protecting the user's explosive tags or other incendiaries from being easily detonated. Should the pouch containing her explosive tags be breached, they will be shifted into a seal or crystallized so as to be protected from anything that might cause them to detonate without Kikue wishing them to.

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Name of Weapon or Item: The Survival Guide to Living in Kirigakure.

Description: An item typically kept in Kikue's office, though it may be summoned to her the Survival Guide to Living in Kirigakure, or the Survival Guide for short, is an item that Kikue—or anyone introducing a foreign shinobi into Kirigakure, not including ambassadors—must give to their foreign guests, particularly those who are shinobi that intend to work for and live in the village. The Guide is, in actuality, infused with a fuinjutsu that is activated upon opening it to its third page—which is where the actual reading begins. Once opened to its third page, the book will have drawn the smallest amount of chakra possible from the reader, which will then be used to activate the jutsu. Once activated, the fuinjutsu will pull the reader into what appears a random stretch of ocean that just so happens to be infested with...mmm, about one-hundred or so sharks. These sharks are those that Kikue may summon and are collectively known as Jissai no same. This item is both a metaphor for the somewhat cut throat nature of Kirigakure nin, and also a way to scare the absolute shit out of people purely for Kikue's own amusement.

With very few exceptions, the fuinjutsu will pull its reader(s) back to their prior location before they are actually harmed by the sharks—aside from being jostled, wet, and otherwise affected by being abruptly teleported underwater. There have been cases where Kikue has used the Survival Guide as capital punishment.

Summoning

Kujira(_鯨 'Whale').


Description:
Kujira, a giant spiritual whale, has been one of several spiritual familiars to members of the Anzen-sei clan for generations. For the last there generations in particular, Kujira has been handed from Grandmother, to mother, and then finally to Kikue, who is its current companion. Due to being bound to one another on an exceptionally deep level, Kujira is capable of telepathically and empathically communicating with her companion nigh instantaneously.

Additionally, due to their bond, Kikue is capable of channeling jutsu through Kujira's form, using her as a catalyst and origin point for her techniques, thus expanding her range monumentally. Beyond this it should be noted that Kujira is effectively autonomous and sentient on a level at least equal to an intelligent human making her capable of decision making, advice, and conversation should she wish to provide it. The great spirit also has a unique property of sorts that becomes apparent only when a living creature moves through its form—particularly a human. When the aforementioned occurs, the whale generates physical energy, which it can then store for later. Kujira may use this physical energy to solidify its form and influence the physical world if bade to by Kikue, or if it should wish to do so. It should be assumed that Kujira has a measure of physical energy stored at any given time unless it is stated to have exhausted its stores.

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Jissai no same(_{実際のサメ} 'Actual Sharks').


Description:
Stored in a set of fuinjutsu that have been crystallized by her kekkei genkai, Jissai no same refers to a frenzy of sharks with an exact number that varies. To release them, Kikue simply sends a pulse of chakra through the crystal formation—which she wears on a bracelet on her left wrist—while it is placed in any body of water with sufficient volume to hold the sharks. As mentioned, the exact amount of sharks varies, but this seems to be either because Kikue will find actual frenzies of sharks in the wild, using Kujira, and then seal them, or because she has a static amount of the same sharks sealed separately, but all encapsulated in the small chakra crystal. The reality is it is the latter of the two and she can choose how many sharks exactly she releases at once, while she may also seal them once more in the same manner that one would disperse a summon.

These sharks, while not trained per se, do seem to be attracted to chakra signatures, but will totally ignore Kikue, effectively not recognizing her as prey. As such, Kikue can guide these sharks with jutsu or by simply letting them loose in an area where her opponent's are trapped.

Combat Data

Special Traits
Kikue is relatively fast, and at the very least is supremely agile and flexible.
Kikue is not particularly strong or durable when compared to others.
Basic training with taijutsu and various weapons.
Theoretical mastery of jutsu/chakra theory.
Exceptionally observant and perceptive.
Extraordinary Chakra control.
Prodigious multi-tasking.
Genius-level Intellect.
Immense chakra pool.
Dabbles in fuinjutsu.
Ninjutsu aficionado.
Mentally agile.

Name of Kekkei Genkai: Tengoku no Tehai(_{天国の手配} 'Heavenly Arrangement').

Clan: Anzen-sei.

Description: An ability passed down to one in three members of the Anzen-sei clan, the Tengoku no Tehai is a kekkei genkai that one might say is similar to crystal release—but they would be wrong in all of the most meaningful ways. While the Anzen-sei's kekkei genkai does focus on crystallization, it is not of a mineral sort, but instead of an energetic variety allowing an inheritor to literally crystallize chakra or energy itself, arranging it into specifically ordered formations for a variety of purposes. This allows an inheritor to simply give chakra a solid form when it otherwise not have one, which can allow the storage of jutsu, effects, and even the creation of specialized tools purely out of crystallized chakra. As such, the Anzen-sei kekkei genkai may either preserve the programming of chakra—typically known as jutsu—or it may destroy it in favor of a different sort of ordered formation. As a result, the Tengoku no Tehai has made the Anzen-sei clan members well known for their ninjutsu, and in particular their inventiveness, not to mention typically exceptional chakra control, which is a side effect of their kekkei genkai, as without such they would be incapable of properly utilizing it. Beyond this there is little else to know, though it is notable that the Anzen-sei's Tengoku no Tehai does not have any traditional or necessarily inherent affinity weaknesses due to its nature.

**It should be noted that while inheritors of the Tengoku no Tehai may have more than one elemental affinity, that their kekkei genkai will only be naturally attuned to their dominant affinity. This essentially means that their kekkei genkai will be far more inefficient when used with any other element.

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Techniques:

Canon Jutsu

Kirigakure no Jutsu(Hiding in the Mist Technique)
Kanchi Suikyū(Sensing Water Sphere)
Suiton: Amearare(Water Release Hail)
Suirō no Jutsu(Water Prison Technique)
Mizudeppō no Jutsu(Water Gun Technique)
Suiten: Tōryō hōi(Water Release: Pillar Encirclement)
Suiton: Hahonryū(Water Release: Tearing Torrent)
Suiton: Suiben(Water Release: Water Whip)
Suiton: Suiten Hōfutsu(Water–Heaven Convergence)
Suiton: Suiryūben(Water Release: Water Dragon Whip)
Suiton: Goshokuzame(Water Release: Five Feeding Sharks): While she can use this in the normal method, she also possesses four scrolls containing this jutsu, which she replenishes whenever possible.

Chakra no Ito(Chakra Threads)
Shunshin no jutsu(Body Flicker technique)
Chidori Nagashi(One Thousand Birds Current)

Kanchi Kekkai(Sensing Barrier)

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Custom Jutsu

Name of Technique: Ura Jōshō no Jutsu(_{裏上昇の術} 'Reverse climbing technique').
Type of Jutsu: Ninjutsu.
Rank: E.
Range: N/A.
Nature Type: N/A.
Handseals: N/A.
Description: Using the same principles of the tree climbing technique with sufficient chakra control, the user may cause themselves to be pushed away from something with varying degrees of force depending on the amount of chakra applied.

Weakness: N/A.

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Name of Technique: Kiyō Sonae(_器用備え 'Dexterous arrangement').
Type of Jutsu: Ninjutsu.
Rank: D.
Range: N/A.
Nature Type: N/A.
Handseals: N/A.
Description: Channeling chakra through one's own muscles, nerves, and other necessary tissues—typically within the arms, wrists and hands—the user enhances their ability to skillfully manipulate objects as well as increasing the speed at which they can do so. This technique should not be utilized for extended periods of time as it causes undue strain on the affected body parts. Despite this, it is relatively useful, and while it is a simple technique based on typical principles, it does require decent chakra control to fully utilize. This may make techniques such as Chakra Flow or other projected chakra-based abilities.

Weakness: Listed above.

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Name of Technique: Junsei Hairetsu(_純正配列 'Flawless Arrangement').
Type of Jutsu: Kekkei ninjutsu.
Rank: C-S.
Range: N/A.
Nature Type: Variable.
Handseals: N/A.
Description: A technique that allows an inheritor of the Tengoku no Tehai kekkei genkai to manipulate the nature and various intricacies of the crystallization process, Junsei Hairetsu facilitates much of the kekkei genkai's use. It is with this technique that an inheritor may dictate the structure of their chakra crystals, thus allowing them to choose if the crystallization will store a jutsu, the properties of a chakra, or will return it to a blank state such as in Junshin Muku. This also allows them to alter the crystalline structure of already crystallized chakra, or to make chakra crystallize into particular formations—it is possible for this to be done without the chakra becoming physical.

Weakness: Sufficient disruption of focus can lead to inconsistencies and greater weakness of crystallized chakra.

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Name of Technique: Tsukekomu Meirei – Tengoku Kaizen(_{付け込む命令- 天国改善} 'Imposed Order – Heavenly Refinement').
Type of Jutsu: Shape-manipulation; Kekkei ninjutsu.
Rank: S.
Range: N/A.
Nature Type: Variable.
Handseals: N/A.
Description: A shape manipulation ninjutsu that capitalizes on a Tengoku no Tehai inheritor's ability to crystallize chakra. This technique is achieved by exuding 'chains' of invisible and incorporeal chakra, which are arranged in crystalline patterns, locking the 'threads' or 'chains' of chakra into one another to create branching pathways of chakra that spread out from the user. These branching crystalline pathways of chakra may be bound to anything in the inheritor's surroundings provided it is either non-elemental, attuned to the user's chakra, or an element which they have an affinity for. This binding is largely irrevocable and will not be revoked unless the user wills it or it is forcibly severed but such is no easy feat as even severing the user's direct connection to the chakra bound to an object, material, or element under their control will not unbind said severed chakra from the material, object, or element in question.

This first aspect of the technique allows an inheritor to control the position and movement of anything bound to these chains of chakra, but the truly notable application of this technique is not this, but rather that it allows the user to crystallize attached materials and substances rapidly and with incredible ease, as well as to have incredibly precise control of all that is bound through the rapid and skillful alteration of the crystalline structure of the 'chains'. However, due to the intricate chakra-control one must possess and the incredible amount of alterations in structure that this technique requires to make it truly viable, it is one that few can use and even fewer may ever master and in addition to this it can make prolonged use of the technique mentally draining. Beyond this it should be known that due to the structure of the technique's chakra pathways and the fact that they bind to physical—and potentially some energetic—substances, any chakra involved in the technique becomes nigh impossible to easily seal or absorb via traditional methods.

Weakness: Figure it out and/or see above.

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Name of Technique: Ten Meisatsu - Shinjitsu Kyo no Reigai(_{天明察 - 真実虚の例外} 'Heavenly Insight – Truth without exception').
Type of Jutsu: Sensory kekkei ninjutsu.
Rank: S.
Range: N/A.
Nature Type: N/A.
Handseals: N/A.
Description: This sensory technique ties directly into Tsukekomu Meirei – Tengoku Kaizen, allowing an inheritor to expand their perception through the same pathways that they likely use for jutsu. Not only does this afford them a greater awareness of their environment, but it also expands an inheritor's understanding of the techniques they utilize by way of the aforementioned technique. Unlike its parent technique, Ten meisatsu is not particularly taxing on an inheritor's mind. The depth of the user's awareness of their surroundings can be increased by depriving the user of their conventional senses—instead allowing them to perceive sound, light, sensation, and even smell through the extended pathways of chakra rather than with their sensory organs. Ten Meisatsu's base state however acts more like a sixth sense, allowing the user to sense the movement, expansion, state, and other properties of the chakra pathways through which their awareness is born. It should be noted that almost any material, energy, or object connected to the pathways of chakra through which this technique flows may be analyzed with exacting precision.

Weakness: The user's expanded perception is channeled through all pathways that are connected to them, as unlike Tsukekomu Meirei, this technique transmit's the user's will like a conduit, and as such must retain a measure of contact with the user.

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Name of Technique: Yukei Taigen(_有形体現 'Tangible Embodiment').
Type of Jutsu: Ninjutsu.
Rank: C-B.
Range: N/A.
Nature Type: N/A.
Handseals: Three.
Description: Imparting a measure of physical energy and/or chakra to Kujira, Kikue bids her familiar to become as a barrier, solidifying a small portion of its vast body. The affected portion of Kujira's body, during the use of this technique, behaves as if it were flesh—albeit very durable flesh. If Kujira takes damage during the use of this technique, that damage is 'healed' upon Kujira's return to its natural incorporeal state.

Weakness: The technique typically only last for a rather short duration, making it useful to briefly block someone's path, block an attack, or perhaps to crush something beneath Kujira's tremendous simulated weight. Additionally, while damage taken during this technique is healed when it ends, Kujira may be somewhat weakened while the damage remains.

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Name of Technique: Junsei Sōki(_純正想起 'Flawless Recollection').
Type of Jutsu: Kekkei ninjutsu.
Rank: A.
Range: Chakra contact.
Nature Type: Variable.
Handseals: Four.
Description: Simply put, Junsei Sōki is a technique that utilizes Kikue's kekkei genkai to “recall” and then reform a crystallized version of any technique that Kikue has crystallized in the past 12 hours, with her chakra having the potential to “remember” the correct crystal structures to replicate up to 12 different jutsu. While the technique can be utilized to “copy” almost any technique, the copied techniques may not be functional if she herself lacks the necessary elemental affinit(y/ies) necessary to preform it. Nonetheless, this may allow her to study and properly ascertain the nature of potentially any jutsu she has encountered within a 12 hour period.

Weakness: Included in the technique.

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Name of Technique: Junshin Muku(_純真無垢 'Tabula Rasa').
Type of Jutsu: Kekkei ninjutsu.
Rank: S.
Range: Chakra contact.
Nature Type: N/A.
Handseals: Three.
Description: Requiring that the user first make physical or chakratic contact with any jutsu—barring techniques that do not utilize chakra—this technique allows an inheritor of the Tengoku no Tehai to crystallize the technique of another and—in the process—alter the imposed order placed on the chakra making up the technique, until it is reduced to its base state, essentially rending the technique null. This does not necessarily allow the user to utilize the chakra that once composed the reduced technique. The speed that a given technique depends on two factors, the first being how much chakra is utilized in the technique, and the second behind how much chakra the inheritor uses to attempt Junshin Muku. If the inheritor uses an equal or greater amount of chakra than the affected jutsu, then the crystallization will be faster, the inverse is also true.

Weakness: Included in the technique.

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Name of Technique: Suiten no Hari(_水神の針 'Ocean God's Needle.').
Type of Jutsu: Kekkei ninjutsu.
Rank: B.
Range: 50 meters.
Nature Type: Water; Wind.
Handseals: Three.
Description: Using Tsukekomu Meirei – Tengoku Kaizen, the user will gather a fair amount of water into the rough shape of an overly thick spindle, the outer layer of which will then crystallize after which point it will condense, the water being highly pressurized therein, and the construct becoming a much smaller, more dangerous spindle or spike. The user may then launch this construct as a projectile through several possible means, these being raw kinetic energy, a small focused blast of wind chakra, or even a small amount of the spindle exploding backwards.

Additionally, the user may choose to make more than one of these constructs and can also alter the structure of them freely, allowing them to be more or less dense so that they might be used as weapons rather than projectiles. Last, but not least, it should be noted that the user may cause a single construct to split into multiple smaller constructs, all of which remain pressurized. On contact with a target, they will pierced and then the outer casing will shatter, causing the water to rapidly depressurize, resulting in an explosion in which the crystalline fragments of chakra will spread over the various droplets of water, forming blades, essentially creating shrapnel.

Weakness: An individual can dodge, though blocking or hiding behind something is generally more effective. Additionally, causing them to detonate prematurely is useful.

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Name of Technique: Kami no Maku(_神の幕 'God's curtain').
Type of Jutsu: Kekkei Ninjutsu.
Rank: B.
Range:
Nature Type: Water; Wind.
Handseals: Two.
Description: Providing Kujira with chakra, typically while she is at an altitude high enough to support clouds, Kikue will bid her companion to extend her crystalline chakra through the surrounding atmosphere, drawing—or creating—moisture from the air to form clouds, which will gather and then continue to spread out from Kujira's form at varying rates depending on the amount of clouds already present, the humidity, the location, and of course the amount of chakra provided. This technique, due to its properties, may be utilized to wrest control of existing clouds from nature or to create clouds outright.

Weakness: Kujira acts as the anchoring point for Kikue's control of said clouds, and without her the technique is at the very least significantly more difficult to achieve if not outright impossible.

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Name of Technique: Nageki no Namida(_嘆きの涙 'Tears of lamentation').
Type of Jutsu: Ninjutsu.
Rank: C.
Range: N/A.
Nature Type: Water.
Handseals: N/A.
Description: A relatively simple technique builds from Kami no maku, Nageki no namida causes even more moisture to accumulate in clouds under the influence of Kami no maku, increasing the weight of the cloud to its breaking point until raindrops are released. Kikue and/or Kujira may control the force of the falling rain, making it a drizzle or a deluge. If allowed to takes it natural course, Nageki no namida will start as a drizzle and gradually become a more and more powerful deluge so long as there is moisture or chakra to sustain the effect. As the rain comes from clouds uncer the control of Kami no maku, they all contain Kikue's chakra.

Weakness: Kujira acts as an anchoring point to allow Kikue control of the clouds and the rain they produce. The technique is significantly more difficult to achieve without the great spirit to aid her.

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Name of Technique: Chisō o Yaburu(_{地層を破る} 'Break the Strata').
Type of Jutsu: Ninjutsu.
Rank: A.
Range: N/A.
Nature Type: Lightning.
Handseals: 3.
Description: Typically utilized after the use of Kami no Maku—usually with the assistance of Kujira as an origin point—Kikue will channel chakra through the chakra pathways in the clouds, effectively guiding the natural process of lightning formation and then directing it via chakra. As such this allows her to cause and guide the path of naturally potent lightning bolts by first catalyzing their creation. While this does reduce the amount of fine control that she possesses over the path of the natural lightning, it delivers an exceptionally powerful attack with a destination in mind revealing that while she cannot alter the trajectory of these lightning bolts, she can decide where they hit.

Weakness: Affinity weaknesses. DODGE. Some sensory techniques can detect where they lightning will strike.

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Name of Technique: Mienai Arashi(_{見えない嵐} 'The Unseen Tempest').
Type of Jutsu: Ninjutsu.
Rank: B.
Range: N/A.
Nature Type: Water.
Handseals: Two.
Description: Utilizing her specialized shape-manipulation technique and/or Kujira, Kikue either spreads her influence, or utilizes already established pathways, to create either singular currents or systems of them underwater. The strength of these currents depend on the amount of chakra utilized to create them, but can indeed become so powerful that they could hold most people underwater, or even pull them further and further down—though this force can be turned to other purposes. These currents are typically not at all visible above water and are difficult to discern even with most sensory techniques due to the complexity of Kikue's shape-manipulation technique.

Weakness: Affinity weaknesses, don't be in the water, otherwise figure it out.

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Name of Technique: Hidoi Megami(_{ひどい女神} 'A Harsh Mistress').
Type of Jutsu: Ninjutsu.
Rank: A-S.
Range: N/A.
Nature Type: Water.
Handseals: Two.
Description: Utilizing her shape-manipulation, Kikue wrests control of a body of water and then uses that control to create waves of varying shapes, sizes that may move at various velocities. This technique can create anything from weak waves of a tide flowing in and out, to tremendous tsunami-size behemoths. Similarly she often utilizes this technique in tangent with Mienai Arashi so as to create even faster and/or more powerful waves.

Weakness: Affinity weaknesses, don't be in or near the water, otherwise figure it out.

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Name of Technique: Tenrai Katsuryoku(_天来活力 'Divine Breath').
Type of Jutsu: Ninjutsu.
Rank: A-S.
Range: N/A.
Nature Type: Wind.
Handseals: 3.
Description: Either using herself or Kujira as an origin point, Kikue performs the necessary handseals, thus moulding wind chakra and sending it through the crystalline pathways of her shape-manipulation technique—for maximum effectiveness at least—after which point she will use this dispersed wind chakra to manipulate the pressure systems in her and/or Kujira's environments. This allows her to better guide and control the movements of her clouds, to choose the direction in which her rain falls, or to create either gusts or galeforce winds. The larger the area she is manipulating wind within—without somewhat automating the process—the less control she has over the entire system.

Weakness: See above. Additionally, affinity weaknesses. Figure it out.

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Name of Technique: Ikari no Suijin(_{怒りの水神} 'Wrath of the Ocean God').
Type of Jutsu: Combination ninjutsu; Kekkei ninjutsu; Ninjutsu.
Rank: B-S+
Range: N/A.
Nature Type: Water; Wind; Lightning.
Handseals: Ten.
Description: Essentially bringing to bear the full extent of her power Kikue utilizes all of the tools available to her to create what amounts to the perfect storm. The resultant destruction caused by this technique—especially with prolonged use—is such that she cannot risk using it within 3 miles of civilization, at least not at full power that is. However, due to the sheer power of the technique, Ikari no Suijin requires a certain measure of preparation to execute in addition to a hefty chakra price, even for her. As a direct result of this she is only capable of fully controlling the resulting storm for approximately 15 minutes before it becomes beyond her control. This gives her an operative time of about 10 minutes to fully utilize this technique before she must begin “winding down,” so as to contain the destructive forces involved.

Weakness: See above.

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Name of Technique: Tengoku e no Hashi(_{天国への橋} 'Bridge to the Heavens').
Type of Jutsu: Kekkei ninjutsu; Supplementary; Pseudo-fuinjutsu.
Rank: S.
Range: N/A.
Nature Type: N/A.
Handseals: N/A.
Description: Typically a non-combat technique, Tengoku e no Hashi is an advanced use of an inheritor's shape manipulation, allowing them to create a crystal formation that can be effectively attuned to any chakra signature. Once attuned this crystal will be capable of detecting the signature, or acting as a conduit to the attuned individual's will—though the latter is typically only applicable to inheritors. In essence this allows an inheritor to create one or more of these crystals and then place the elsewhere after which point they may then use them as transmitters, beacons, detection apparatus, or points of origin for their chakra. However, these crystals take roughly five minutes to create and require that an inheritor devote 85% of their total focus on the task lest it fail and their chakra—not to mention effort—will go to waste.

Weakness: Due to the focus and time required to create these apparatus it is generally not utilized in combat. Additionally, while these crystals are at least as durable as steel, they can be destroyed with some measure of effort.

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Name of Technique: Suijin-kyō(_水神強 'Ocean God's Breath').
Type of Jutsu: Supplementary ninjutsu.
Rank: B.
Range: N/A.
Nature Type: Wind; Water.
Handseals: Two.
Description: Using a mixture of her specialized and normal shape-manipulation to control her wind and water affinities, Kikue will draw the necessary elements from the water around her and supplement them with conjured air, to supply her body with much needed oxygen. This technique also cycles out the carbon dioxide when she would otherwise exhale, essentially getting rid of her body's waste products and supplying her with the necessity of air without her ever necessarily using her mouth or nose. This technique also seals her nose so that water or other substances do not enter through that avenue.

Weakness: Entirely supplementary and uses a small continuous amount of chakra so long as it is active.

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Name of Technique: Toga Kōsui(_都雅河水 'Sinuous stream').
Type of Jutsu: Ninjutsu or Kekkei ninjutsu.
Rank: C.
Range: N/A.
Nature Type: Water.
Handseals: N/A.
Description: Either using normal shape-manipulation or her specialized technique to achieve this effect, Kikue draws forth—or generates—water of varying amounts, which she may then submerge some portion of her body. She may then move this water, and thus her body, with greater ease across surfaces, or through another body of water. This technique is most effective on or in bodies of water.

Weakness: Affinity weaknesses, beyond that, it's up to you to figure it out.

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Name of Technique: Kara Ichi, ōi Shōjiru(_{から壱多い生じる} 'From one, Many Arise').
Type of Jutsu: Kekkei ninjutsu; Supplementary.
Rank: A.
Range: Contact.
Nature Type: N/A.
Handseals: N/A.
Description: A technique only applicable to items composed of crystallized chakra, this technique allows an inheritor to easily restructure such items with their shape-manipulation, thus turning one weapon into many by way of splitting its mass, as well as then rejoining the constituent sections. In Kikue's case this technique is utilized almost solely on her masterwork, a weapon which was made for her by Kasumi.

Weakness: Requires at least one point of contact with the object in question.

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Name of Technique: Tsumi no Meiwaku(_罪の迷惑 'The Burden of Sin').
Type of Jutsu: Kekkei ninjutsu.
Rank: C.
Range: N/A.
Nature Type: N/A.
Handseals: Three, if any.
Description: Utilized one of two ways, Tsumi no Meiwaku is a technique that requires an inheritor's chakra become affixed to some measure of their target's body. When utilized intentionally, the technique is typically achieved by sending chakra through the ground at an opponent and, on contact, causing it to crystallize rapidly over the surface of their body until they are totally encased. This can be achieved in other ways as well though, and typically is in Kikue's case. It should be noted that Tsumi no Meiwaku may also be utilized to entrap portions of the body rather than the entirety of it. Additionally, once an individual is entirely encased, any attempt to externalizing chakra, will result in the strengthening of their bonds as the chakra will simply crystallize and add to the net density of their prison. This technique may be utilized—at any time—on the user as a last minute defense, and will crystallize far faster than it would when used on another.

Weakness: The technique can be broken out of by way of purely physical means, or may be avoided outright at times depending on its source. There are additional ways that one could break free, but they will be left up to the imagination.

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Actual Rankage.

Move 'em over to dat character tab yo