prelude of his blades (p,nk,t,inv)

quick inquisitive fox. Indeed an excellent partner to have. However... yen thought as he watched the boy And now fox come into view. If it had been a real battle yen  would've taken advantage and disabled the boy a bit further. However but while the boy was amid his confusion yen smiled and as kuro struggled to get the full picture of the effect at hand. ah it sucks to know that he would hate the next effect. But learning opportunities are few in far. So it'll be good for him. Make him big and strong yen noted as the Fox had quiet an astounding speed his fox bit on kuro which even yen had to admit was smart to do

"She is a smart one" yen quipped weaving another handsign (bird) as the boy 're emerged  a few feet to the q of yens webs weaved a tiger handsign. Yet yen had to not guess the  technique at hand . The mist alone formed around them. As by the time it had gotten nice and thick  Yen had  finished the (brid) hand sign. As he was utilizing the mist now as his advantage  for his earth jutsu. A deludge of mud sprung to life as  lively as mud can get as it sprung forward towards the boy and even would continue onward for about10 meters unless stopped. The mud would spread out horizontally  in a nice 5 meter wide cone. the mud shot out with a speed and power of (20) should the boy get caught in it shall his strength not be on par. He would be swept down a muddy river till he reached where the jutsu fizzled out. (Mud spore: power:20 speed:20. earth jutsu the user uses from the mud  gain +10 power and speed)


The swishing of the boy's cloak would catch yens sharp ears as despite the sharingan being temporarily blind while in the mist yen had his normal eye thankfully. And alone that would suffice as he tilted his head to the side and began to weave another handsign (tiger) the fact that the nice culprit  known as water needles shooting through the mist didn't deter yen as he crouched down his straw hat having  fallen off his head and by now fallen to the  ground as yen shot yet another double netted spider web flower. Towards where was as he suspected the boy's  right foot as this would arrive a lot sooner then the wave of mud that was about to assault the boy yen was more then confident that this would assist him in hitting the boy. (spider web flower: power 59, speed:50, web health:50, strength to break web:59) 

Yen would complete the tiger handsign as the water neddle assault would continue and in a puff of smoke as the visual would suggest yen would seemingly vanish in a puff of smoke and behold yen became a log. Typically used for substation jutsu. It was here yen waited silently as boy and Fox would handle all the rest that would await the dynamic duo that decided to spar yen as he noted the second and  more terrifying effect of his genjutsu would take effect.

For the compromising of one's limb movement is indeed precious however it is short lived overall one grows certain of their way to handle what is normal and absolutely second nature to them. And then there comes the great fear known as what will they do when their world is not as they thought it to be. It would be madness. Insanity. And overall pandemonium not too long from then. The victim would find if they wished to move their arms, they would instead move their legs, (each arm controls the same side leg) if they wished to move their legs they will move their arms in the respectful manner. If they wished to move their eyes, They would instead move their fingers,and each finger in on each hand would move their eyes in a respective manner.  

A truely terrifying effect that would drive even the most sane individual insane. As alone even afterwards they would cherish their movement and all its benefits to  a even greater degree.

Wc:700

Actions:653/1,248


-65 for mad world (25+40 upkeep cost from echoes of pandemonium)

-50 for spider web flower

-20 for mud spore

-15 for sharingan

-5 for transformation technique

Vixie's ears twitched at the sound of the earth moving and transforming into a mud slide rushing towards them. She would leap onto Kuro's back, digging her claws into his cloak as he turned and ran backwards, just straight away from the fight, hopping over the tree stump his Shield had made and continuing to run until her reached the tree his shield was stuck in. He'd yank it from it's spot before using Surface Walk to run up the side of the tree where he'd wait for the attacks to pass him by.

Then his body went completely screwy. As he tried to move off of the tree again, his limbs would do... just... just the wrong things. Resulting in him falling off the tree and face planting on the ground. "Gah! More!? Really!? That's it, I am going to break this! I thought I could just work through it but apparently it just changes as time goes on!"
Kuro would then struggle to put his hands together before pausing for a moment. He knew he'd seen instructions on how to do a genjutsu release before, but what was the handseal? Well, it was just one seal, so the most common seal used by itself would be tiger. Huh. He sure used the tiger seal for a lot of jutsus. Moving on from this revelation, Kuro would figure out just how to move his hands properly while Vixie used Sneaky Feet and vanished in the mist, hiding and waiting to ambush Yen if he moved in to take advantage of the temporarily disabled Kuro.

Once Kuro managed to get his hands into the Tiger Seal, he would push the full strength of his chakra into the Genjutsu Release, shattering the illusion in his head and restoring his body to it's normal state. Kuro would then pick himself up off of the ground, keeping his hands together in a Tiger seal as he pushed out another surge of chakra into a Tiger Rain, a huge cloud growing overhead as rain began pouring down, letting Kuro sense everything the rain touched around him through the mist. He would then raise his shield and prepare to defend himself, guessing he'd spent too much time recovering to come up with a good attack plan before Yen launched another attack... like those webs again.
WC-390

Kuro AP - 410
-5 for Surface walk, -5 Genjutsu Release -40 Water Needles. 360 remaining.
Learning Genjutsu release 500/500
Vixie AP-60/100

(For certain purposes kuro also lost -45 ap due to echoes of pandemonium active. Where if one were to use genjitsu releaseon themselves they will lose ap equal to half the total power of the genjutsu, just a note you can edit or such. For yen can't really turn it off since it occurs whenever he uses a genjutsu)

Yen remained as a log through the ordeal as the sound of the boys frustration was apparent as he remained blissfully still and in all purposes a log where the water needles more or less after dealing with a single one. They simply turned back into bits of water  as the most continued to shift and form around him. Yet yen hardly had to do much to his joy the scampering of the Fox went silent once more and the boy seemed a bit frustrated. Well yen couldn't blame him. Who wouldn't be frustrated after being tossed literally in a genjutsu.  For sakes and purposes it wasn't like i would attempt to make a sparing interesting. Now to simply wait a bit till the boy undo the mist and work up his deduction skills. Perhaps i should've turned into the hat. Welp didn't have much time so let's use the typical log for substitution. After all it makes sense and I could hold this up for quiet some time.


Yen thought as it suddenly began to rain and a mental nodd of confirmation came to yen as it was simply the rain tiger at will. He used it once upon a time. Knew it well and simply loved it's use beyond mere sensory usage. Wether that would help the boy yen was doubtful. Although it had a large range and such it couldn't really reveal the true nature of deception. Nor really be used other then negating most water usages. Thankfully yen knew most his techniques didn't really rely off of external scources so he could simply remain at ease with that.

Yen hence while he waited didn't really plan an attack more or less another fun challenge. Unfortunately if the boy went at the rate he was going he would wear himself thin. Despite him turning into a puddle or not. 

Rather not have the boy just collapse because he's weaving signs for no reason. Perhaps he could utilize the  ideology of choosing what and when to use something. I used webs not for damage but to inhibit, then a genjutsu to inhibit. Seems he's trying to go for a easy hit. But just because it's easy doesn't mean it's correct. maybe I could kick it up a notch. But might burn myself low at that rate.... Perhaps since the genjutsu is undone I could use this as time just to see what he could do. It's a spar. So no harm in that.


Yen thought as he kept a good idea where the boy was utilizing chakra sensory. And with his insects kept within the boy was most likely working with cold dead turkey in this case. And hence yen waited silently and patiently. Now able to keep a more reasonable tab on his chakra thanks to the boy releasing from the genjutsu.

Wc:534

Actions:633/1,248


-5 transformation technique

-15 sharingam

Kuro took a moment to see that Yen wasn't doing anything, able to feel everything his rain touched, getting a feel of the surface of everything around him. Since Yen seemed to be waiting for him, Kuro decieded to go back on the offensive. He would kneel down and activate the Water Clone Jutsu, two water versions of himself rose from the ground, one in front of him and one directly behind him also kneeling down. He would then melt away and slip into the pools of water building up from the rain, swiftly moving himself through the water, his bodi's chakra hidden by the chakra filled water as he rapidly made his way behind Yen. (50 Speed)

As he did so, the standing clone would run forward at Yen with it's water shield in front of it, moving as if to charge into Yen. If not stopped, the clone would indeed slam the center of it's shield into him. (45 Speed) The crouching clone meanwhile would wait to see if the first clone was stopped or destroyed. Once it either missed or was destroyed, the crouching clone would perform the handseals for Snake mouth, releasing the water jutsu from the water in front of it as Kuro let his chakra flow through it. The Jutsu would go up into the air before coming down at an angle as if to smash Yen into the ground. (20 power, 20 speed, 20 health)

Kuro would do his best to stay in the water behind Yen if he started to move around to defend himself from the clones. Once Yen had dealt with his clones attacks, Kuro would make his move, rising from the water behind him hands first and rapidly performing the hand seals for Water Prison, clapping his hands together as he was about halfway out of the water to activate the jutsu. After clapping, he would reach his right hand forward to grab onto Yen as the Water Prison formed around his hand (Forms at 50, 30 health 30 power).

If even this attack was avoided, Vixie would make her move, suddenly rushing forward at Yen from opposite of where Kuro would be in relation to him, using Speedy Feet to rush as fast as she could at him, aiming for his leg with a Wounding Bite if she managed to get close.

WC-394
AP - 315 (took out ap that I missed last post)
-15 from hydrification actions, -20 water clone, -20 Water Prison, -35 water clone snake mouth. 225 AP remaining

Vixie -20 Speedy feet, -20 Wounding Bite. 20/100 remaining

The rain although comforting was annoying to handle as well as it was an effective screen in both the mist and rain effectively reduced yens sharingan effectiveness and his own normal eye. Despite this the appearance of two drastically weaker in chakra of course. Only awnsered yens simple  question as two clones were created.  well he is doing well but two too many. I'll have to even this up a bit. Yen thought as he cancelled the transformation technique in a puff of smoke and breathing out his own mist from his mouth utilizing his own water from his mouth as an conductor the smoke  appeared releasing his own hidden mist technique this time. The mist thick enough to  not even see an inch in front of oneself. (Hidden mist: speed equal to reaction time: 130)

By this time the first clone would be rushing straight towards yen as  kuro would meld and vanish into the now.almost impossible to distinguish water from chakra and hence easily lose track of exactly where the boy exactly went. Still if smart he's close, if not smart he would be far away. Yen thought  as he still remained blissfully aware of his sorroundings in his own mist  now. The fun part of this was where yen had his own way to handle some of the painful stuff with a simple yet incredibly powerful technique of his own. However this was to wait as yen was knocked backwards  By an incredible forcee. Not as noteble as damage wise but by knocking him back. Yen would then be going and sailing backwards about 10 meters as a roaring sound would come at him as yen was sailing backwards and landed with a swift roll backwards and following its momentum yen would skidd backwards another 2 meters placing yen 12 meters from the duo clones. This would as he soon discovered by water crashing straight into his body and hence knocking him down. Although no damage yen was impressed and hence after taking a nasty beating that would leave another begging for it to be done. Yen began to weave his own countermeasures with a simple (tiger) handsign. 


Now why would yen simply allow such hits to hit him despite no planning. Well for starters it's as he enjoyed thoroughly the fun of granting an individual the upper hand even at the jaws of a person's victory it would even seem too easy. All these attacks or actions. But no bite not even a growl. Just him being flung around. Well the tiger handsign lead to a few of yens particular techniques that would handle multiple threats. As to keep the boy if he was to appear at onepoint on his toes. White feathers would fall to the ground in 25 meters sorrounding yen  as in the rain even the heaven's seemed to make a bold sense. Alas it was but naught but another illusion. Known to place the unfortunate in a deep sleep should they even see a single feather as they were.  With the help of the mist this would in fact make it very unexpected to thoes who would rush into the mist. As such feathers may be unexpected sights to a target. (Temple of nirivana: power: 90).

 Well the illusionary feathers meant little to nothing to yen as he had now  after his casual weave of his handsign was a nice precautionary action. However to his dread yen found that the large chakra signiture being that of kuro appeared behind him. Made him instinctively stiffen up. Alas even yen couldn't expect this. But he casted his techniques and with its grace yen had to admit the boy got him well. But the real question was the boy the winner. As the scampering of the fox could be heard as it was getting set up. Sadly even a fix could not ignore such a sight as white feathers falling and in the end knock out if unable to break free of it. The boy at this point would find himself in a pinch should he  hold yen he shall soon find himself like his clones by that point. Unconscious or in clones case puddles of water. As yen was unable to move due to the power of the now water prision holding him. And the Fox bite at this point was known to yen no where near as effective as even his bugs. Which said quiet a lot there. 

Alas yen noted the power was great. But his genjutsu loomed as the even greater threat to the boy then him individually. 

Wc:762

Actions:523/1,248


-80 for temple of nirivana (40 initial genjutsu cost +40 from echoes of pandemonium)

-10 from hidden mist (sealess)

-15 from sharingan

-5 from transformation technique (ended)

Kuro couldn't help smiling as he managed to catch Yen in his Water Prison, panting slightly as he started feeling the effects of using up so much Chakra. He winked at Yen inside of the sphere as he made his hand inside the sphere into a finger gun, doing a shooting motion at him without actually firing his Water Gun. "Bang. I'm calling a point." 

It was then Kuro would notice the white feathers falling around him and Vixie curling up to sleep. Weird. He felt like he should have noticed them a lot earlier since he was relying on his tiger rain to sense everything around him. It was almost like the feathers weren't there at all. Funny. Kuro then decided it was officially nap time, releasing all of his jutsus, his rain, mist and Water Prison slipping away as he fell onto his back, almost immediately falling asleep with a large peaceful smile on his face, without even continuing the suspicion of the feathers not being real to it's conclusion of realizing it was a genjutsu. He was confident that he'd earned a win and well, he WAS just plain tired from using so much chakra from his strong but limited pool.
WC-204

The water prision ended and yen noted that the other techniques ended as well.  As for his mist  he kept it up and closed his sharingan as he awaited the boy to wake up by  a nice surprise to the boy he nodded. As he spoke.


"You counted one. I counted two for you.. But now I'll count five to two kuro my freind" yen stated as with a bird hand sign yen cleverly pre formed the earth release earth pillars. Five flat top pillars about 3 meters high came into existance. One an inch in between each of the boy's armpits, one between the boys legs. arms  One right over the boy's head. And the final one would be right over the boy's left shoulder. (Earth release: earth pillar spears: health, power, speed:40)


Yen finished would begin to have some fun with the boy unconscious and his furry friend as it was a good time to mess with the two. A ram hand sign later a clone of yen would pop up  against the tree. Slouched and seemingly unconscious. While yen himself hopped up in the tree and vanished into the thick mist as he didn't do much more then simply slouch back himself and waited patiently for the boy to wake up. More then confident that the Fox he heard yawn and curled up in a furry ball. It was quiet a cute team. To yen but asleep in combat was alone not a good thing.

Wc:248

Actions:493/1,248


-20 for earth release earth pillar spears

- 10 for clone technique

Kuro was at peace as he slept, dreaming of baking at a shop while Vixie entertained guests. Once he finally snapped awake from the Genjutsu, it didn't take long for him to realize what had happened to him as he carefully got up and avoided touching the pillars. "Ooohhhh those feathers were another genjutsu weren't they!? Dammit! I knew something was fishy but I was too tired to care!"
Kuro would look over to Vixie who yawned as she woke up, looking over at Kuro then resuming her sleep. She had used up most of her energy before the genjutsu hit. "Well looks like Vixie's tuckered out. Guess I'll just have to keep going on my own... Or I could... no, no, they'll all just tear up the area, and we don't want to do that... getting tired myself. Feels weird continuing to fight after falling asleep like that.... not to mention I'm just about out of tricks since my jutsus went away. Hm. Maybe I can... try something new."
Kuro would start to build up his chakra to try out a technique he'd thought of but never attempted, but he stopped when he noticed the slumped over Yen clone. "Oh, you're tired too. Maybe we should stop there then. I'm kind of running out of environmentally safe tactics." 
WC-219

TWC- 5439

Yen waited patiently as he relaxed after the boy woke up a little later. And he seemingly was able to finally realize he was stumped into another genjutsu.  And was openly wondering his next actions. As he adressed the clone yen had to admit it was amusing yet also very grand. After all of that yen would hardly need to worry about collapsing from exhaustion.

 Yet yen with a weave of a tiger handsign would end his hidden mist technique. And immediately follow with three handsigns  (ox, ram dragon) yens chakra actually began to become in fact grey as it surged about and throughout his body in a seemingly and personal harmony. A grey aura of pure uninfluenced by the elements chakra sorrounded his being as yen had more then enough time by now since the boy was preoccupied with the clone to utilize this as an evening ground. 

By simple gauging the clones strength and it's attack yen decided that upon his utilization of his techniques his yin chakra would flux throughout his body and being. Enhancing his speed and chakra  By a decent amount. (Body and soul: chakra and speed +40, aura health 100 aura power:100)

Naturally the aura alone was one that yen designed personally for its uses were for pure safety reasons. Enabling him to simply reduce the effective damage of elemental attacks by the sheer power of the aura till the attack is basically useless like water splashing on skin. Or a fire that may burn but does no destruction of clothing or skin and such. This effectively allowing yen to play abit with such attacks and such while not having to suffer from any true damage. Although his chakra alone wanted to say otherwise as he was now straining a bit.


Well let's play a bit with the boy some more since I'm running somewhat to a different level. But we shall have some fun here. Yen thought as he dropped down from the branch he was slouched in. His shadow would flash over the boy as  Yen would land softly on the ground a meter behind the boy and would speak. "I'm a bit tired yes but I'm fine for now. Thing is that yeah it's quiet dangerous as you noticed by now to simply go on the offensive and yet keep attacking  sometimes it's better to make your opponent come to you and not let them as you saw twice. Get caught in a genjutsu  or a cunning trap by the wise. Every attack despite how they are done nor the handsigns  show a risk. Its why if a hunter is cautious even with a wounded animal they must still attack from afar. Or an opponent despite not doing anything must be more cautious then the person attempting to slash at them."

Still yen was certain that kuro was getting a bit of a learning experience from this as yen held out five finger. "Five to two the score is naturally kuro. After all you got a point thanks to your clone. But five to me simply because while you slept the spikes were formed around ya. You are doing well press yourself for going a step forward. Not giving up. In the light of your weakest moment you can gain lots of insight but your kinda low of reserves. Still you can press forward. When low on your reserves you begin to figure and try to find a way to stay afloat. Staying conscious despite the lack of chakra. You realize how reckless ones chakra use becomes and further wonder how much longer you can last. Ideals that may help with preserving your chakra in the future. Still go on and start using your chakra fully. Remember hopefully the attacks that are eviormentally dangerous shall not be used. As. We preserve and maintain nature. Especially outside the village.."

Yen spoke and nodded at the boy  encouraging him to keep going. Yen noted the boy was nearing his half way point through the use of his sharingan hidden and now reactivated behind his wonder patch.

Wc:647

438/1,148


-40 for body and soul

-15 for sharingan.

Kuro closed his eyes and took a deep breath and smiled as he exhaled. It seemed Yen was still ready to go... well, Kuro did manage to catch his breath a bit from the quick nap, so he figured he could keep going a little bit. "All right. I don't have a whole lot left. I'm still working on battles that last awhile... but I think I've got one more trick up my sleeve that I can try out. After that... well then I'm gonna have to start playing by ear."
Kuro would grin and put his hands together, opening one eye and looking over at Vixie and shaking his head slightly before focusing back on Yen, performing the handseals for Snake Mouth once more, this time causing the jutsu to rise up from the water behind him. The water snake would rush forward straight at Kuro's back and towards Yen. As the jutsu would reach Kuro, he would liquify, letting himself be swallowed up by the water. The snake would then turn away from yen and begin to coil upwards as Kuro began working his magic. 

Kuro would spread out his own special chakra filled molecules throughout the justu, bonding with it and assimilating the water throughout it and increasing it's power. The eyes of the jutsu would begin glowing bright blue, Kuro able to see through it's eyes as if they were his own. He could feel the entire body of the jutsu as it moved and flowed, focusing in on Yen as he got his bearings. He then began moving the mouth of the jutsu a bit and slowly shaking his head side to side. Once he felt he had full control he focused and pushed his voice through the mouth of the snake, his voice deepened by the larger size and more liquid form. "Now this is more like it! This is what being Hozuki is all about! I AM WATER!"

Kuro would then rush forward at Yen with his new water snake form, ready to crash into him with his mouth closed so he could more easily keep his eyes focused on Yen. If Yen didn't avoid the jutsu and just let it crash into him with his powerful aura protecting him, Kuro would pull himself back into the body of the snake as the water washed around Yen, reforming with his shield in hand as the water carried him into Yen, holding it in front of him to give Yen a smack in the face with the hard steel if he tried to just stand there and laugh Kuro's attack off. Once that hit or missed, he would reach his left hand to the ground, grabbing a stone and using Rock Cane to make a simple blunt stone staff and attempt to sweep it into Yen's ankles to try and knock him off his feet.

If Yen did move out of the way and avoid the attack, and moved late enough that Kuro wouldn't have time to turn the snake head into him, Kuro would turn the Snake to get as close to him as possible before pulling himself out of the snake's system, reforming further back in it's body as it sped past Yen before leaping out at him with his shield held in front of him as he tried to semi-tackle him. Once Kuro hit the ground, whether he hit Yen or not, he would roll to his left and grab a stone in his left hand and use it to create a Rock Cane which he'd use to swing at Yen's side and try to give him a smack to disorientate him enough for Kuro to step forward and hit him with the flat of his shield once more.

WC - 628 
TWC- 6067
3067/4k Water Beast Tamer

Actions: 225
+5 post not doing combat, -5 rock cane, -20 Snake Mouth, -35 Water Beast Tamer = 170 remaining