Obtaining New Power (P, Youka)

Rikaro stood on a boulder that resembled a fist, he had grown stronger every since he had met the Raikage. He was now able to take down opponents quickly as well as being able to use strategy faster. He had unlocked Naien the second form of his Meigan as well as a few more jutsu. During the Chuunin exams he had taken down opponents quickly, there however was something about the fifth exams that made him not even want to continue the Chuunin exams. What if he died? He would never be able to find his mom nor rank up to a higher rank as his father wanted him to. He stared at his own hands no longer were they smooth he was sure if he was to face the Raikage again he would stand longer than last time, he even impress the man if they were to ever meet again in life.

    What was he saying Mortarion was the Raikage after all so of course he would see him in the future. Probably not face to face, but Rikaro did not care much of that hr only had to rank up to impress his father as well as to get stronger so he would be able to access his last form of Meigan.

Mortarion found himself stalking the mountain areas of Kumogakure this night. The harsh winds from the elevation blew against his armor almost as if attempting to remove him from its surface. Ever since Ame and getting the second tail under control the damage to his body was beginning to lessen yet most of the pain still persisted. He knew it was only because the beast inside was thinking of a new way to destroy his body from the inside out and naturally that took time to formulate. A quick sigh left his rebreather as he continued walking only to note a unique chakra that he had come into contact with before.

Sure enough it was that of Rikaro, while Mortarion was gone the male had made great strides towards bettering himself and improving his skills, or at least that's what he was being told by the stewards he put in place while he was gone. Striding towards the male in his gun metal grey armor he would speak before getting too close and breaking the males thought train as he seemed to want to be alone.

"What brings you to the mountains, Rikaro?"

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Rikaro continued to stand upon the rock whilst hearing the voice of a known figure speak to him." What brings you to the mountains Rikaro " said the Raikage, Lord Mortarion. Rikaro eyes focused on the bulky figure of the man who was garbed in vicious armor. Rikaro knew the man did not like when people bowed to him so instead Rikaro smiled towards the man and said " Hey there Lord Mortarion. I was just taking a walk and thinking of what has been happening to me lately " said Rikaro as he paused." My mom is still missing and I am still not strong enough to go find her. I still can't find out to access the final form to my Meigan or I do not know if I can get pass these harsh Chuunin exams. I have managed to easily pass by 4 of them out scoring all who were in the exams next to me " said Rikaro as he sat atop the boulder.

" So my lord, what brings a man suchas your self to these trecherous Mountains " said Rikaro. He knew a man of the Raikage's caliber did not take daily walks through the mountains like he did. Maybe the man was just going to train, no that word might even be foreign to the man thought Rikaro. He remembered the last time him and Mortarion had fought, he wondered if he had the same abilities back then that he has now if he could impress the man more than last time.

The decay prince listened to his subordinates words carefully and strove to gleam every piece of information he could from them. Te male seemed troubled in his own thoughts of weakness he pushed on himself for not being able to find his own mother yet. Thoughts such as these were indeed thoughts of the weak, but they were also thoughts he had when he was much weaker as well when his journey first started in these lands. He wanted to hunt down and kill every member of the clan that had abducted him and killed his father from the convent but he cursed his own weakness at that time. So to listen to the male he heard himself very clearly through the males voice.

"Well Rikaro, anything you seem to put your mind to, you are able to do without much trouble. So I doubt these other missions will hold you back much as long as you apply yourself. On your mothers subject, when the time is right you'll be able to set out on your own and find her...I hope"

It was true, much time had passed so his mothers well being couldn't be said for sure, he only hoped that his ninja would find her in good health.

"As for your interesting ability, I wish I could help more, but yours is the first instance of me seeing something like that. If you wish it I'll put scholars and researchers to understanding it more and looking for others like yourself."

Pausing a moment Mortarion walked to the edge of the cliff looking out over Kumogakure and the night sky before speaking once more to answer Rikaro's question.

"I come here to do thinking sometimes as I find solace in being alone for all of my sins. In the void I can hear the screams of every life I've taken and I hold them close knowing that their dreams and ambitions are now my burden to carry for snuffing their lives out."

As Rikaro standed upon the rock he took a seat on it sitting Indian style as the Raikage said "Well Rikaro, anything you seem to put your mind to, you are able to do without much trouble. So I doubt these other missions will hold you back much as long as you apply yourself. On your mothers subject, when the time is right you'll be able to set out on your own and find her...I hope" Rikaro would only nod as the full Moon that orbited the Earth reflected off his deep black eyes." Yeah it seems like I am caught into my own thoughts " Rikaro would say. 

"As for your interesting ability, I wish I could help more, but yours is the first instance of me seeing something like that. If you wish it I'll put scholars and researchers to understanding it more and looking for others like yourself." said the Raikage. Rikaro thought about the man's words. That would help a lot so when the time came he could start his journey." Yes sir, I would like that very much the more heads helping me the better. As they say two heads are better than one " laughed Rikaro as he brought his right hand through his black hair.


"I come here to do thinking sometimes as I find solace in being alone for all of my sins. In the void I can hear the screams of every life I've taken and I hold them close knowing that their dreams and ambitions are now my burden to carry for snuffing their lives out." said the Raikage. Rikaro only thought about what the man said. Indeed every man had sins but Mortarion talked as if his sins were worser than others." Lord Mortarion if you do not mind me speaking, every man has sins but you talk as if your own sins are worse than others. As long as you think that the more a burden will be upon your shoulders " said Rikaro as he brought both of his hands to his lap.

"For old times sake if you do not mind. Let us have a battle as it would both help us take our minds off foreign matters" Rikaro would say as he hopped off the rock his mind pondering on if the Raikage would accept.

The wind whistled through the night air as it's velocity picked up and collided with Mortarions armor. Their talking had quickly turned into the young male asking for a match once more. This time however there wasn't any fear in the males eyes like before, only a resolve of sorts to steal himself and attack the rock that stood in front of him once more. The decay prince knew more about the boys attack patterns now that he had fought him once before so he would push the boy to his limits just a tad bit faster this time.

Adapting and surviving were key things to have as a shinobi, and they were the ideals that he strove to engrave in his villagers minds and bodies. Most of his weapons had been left in the kage office, al that he had on him was his wrist mounted launcher and of course his gauntlets. Steeping back from the edge of the cliff he took a ready stance and awaited Rikaro's charge.

As the Raikage stepped back Rikaro took that as a sign to commence his attacks. Rikaro stood on the boulder and jumped off behind it, from where the Raikage stepped back it was a 10 meter distance between them both with the Raikage being left of the cliff's edge which was 2 meters to the Raikage's left. After punching the boulder to rubble Rikaro would do the Seal of Confrontation to give his opponent good luck in the battle that was to commence. 

   Quickly he performed the hand-seals for Shadow Clones producing two clones on his left and right 2 meters in distance between the 3 of them. After producing the clones Rikaro and Thing 1 and Thing 2 would activate their Naien the secondary form of Meigan raising their stamina highly. The clone on his right which was Thing 2 quickly performed the handseals for Hidden Mist which would create a mist from the moist ground below all of their feet which would be hard to navigate through with a normal human eye.

After performing the seals Thing 2 would jump backwards his legs attaching to a tree that was roughly 7 meters in height running up the tree Thing 2 would stand on one of it's branches that stretched out towards the Raikage 2 meters to get a vision of the battle. Thing 2 would also pull out a Black Chakra Rod from the holsters on his thighs and hold them as if they were daggers ready to attack.



 Thing 1 which was the clone to Rikaro's left would stay to the side of and also pull put two black rods in either hand that was 3 feet in length. Rikaro would be agile and hold both of his hands up in his front waiting for the chakra of the Raikage to do some kind of movement so he himself could start doing handseals.


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Ok Rikaro used Shadow Clone jutsu before activating Meigan which left him with 321. The 321 would split evenly for him and his clones which would give each of them 107AP. All three of them would then activate Naien which raises stanima by 10 giving each of them 207AP. From activating Naien it took 10AP leaving the 3 of them with 197AP. Thing 2 would then use Hidden Mist which is 10AP resulting I'm it having 187AP

Rikaro: 197AP
Thing 1: 197AP
Thing 2: 187AP

The incarnation of decay and deaths eyes followed Rikaro easily through each motion he made. He wondered for a moment what strategy he would employ to win this fight or at least attempt so. The boy surely had learned from their last interaction that close range fighting wasn't his best bet so a long range attack was more than likely going to be his form this match. The ten meter gap that was made was something that could be closed instantly for him but he'd be patient for at least the first attack before launching a counter attack.

The handseals that were performed his sharingan quickly picked up as the clone jutsu allowing him to be prepared when the two showed up as predicted. As they came forth one was already launching its own hand seals creating a dense fog over the area they were in rendering his field of view very limited in the past. As the fog rose and covered him from actual eye sight the slit on his forehead opened revealing the byakugan he had transplanted. The pure white eye immediately picked up on the chakra and bodies of the clones and Rikaro under the guise of the fog.

Now he would wait to see what the first sneak attack would be, of course it was no longer a sneak attack but Rikaro didn't know that so this would be a interesting change of event where the hunter became the prey.

Rikaro stood 10 meters in front of the Raikage as well as his Shadow Clone that was to his left. Rikaro and his clones all saw that chakra change in Mortarion's forhead it resembled the same chakra that Rikaro saw his Shadow Clones. A doujutsu, Rikaro would know that his shadow clones caught on to that." How am I going to attack him if he his a doujutsu " said Rikaro to his inner self Mei. Thing 2 which was standing on a branch would look down at the Raikage thinking of a way to attack. The only jutsu they could use besides Hidden Mist was Dark Pulse and that jutsu might prove useful if the Raikage himself attacked with Ninjutsu.

  Rikaro would crouch to the ground and continued to stare at the Raikage pulling out two black rods in either hand from the holsters on his hips. He and his clones had to attack the Raikage just like Rikaro himself did in the past with his own weapon. The 3 foot rods in all of their hands radiated chakra. Quickly Rikaro and Thing one would run the 10 meters towards the Raikage quickly, Thing 1 would duck down below Rikaro's shoulder as Rikaro swung the rod as if it was a sword but with the pointed part extended. The tip of the rod would be going straight forward towards the for head of the Raikage to take out his source to see through the mist. s Rikaro was doing his attack simultaneously Thing 1 would use both of his arms and thrust them forward one into each of the Raikage's kneecaps as he was crouched down yo avoid Rikaro's own attack.

Thing 2 would continue to stand atop the tree awaiting for an opening to attack.