To Pick Ourselves Up ~P, NK~

Altar stood at the ruins of the Mizukage Monument, the statue that once depicting Xyxer. The boy was clenching and un-clenching his fists and rolling his hands. His left eye was covered by a piece of cloth tied around his head, his right crimson eye open to the mist. The ever present moisture in the air stuck his hair to his face, tiny beads of water rolling down his jacket.

His body hurt. He was unaccustomed to his recently favored way of travel. It was right hell on his body.

The blades on his sides felt strange. He wasn't used to having more than one weapon on his person. He didn't hate the feeling, but it was certainly different. Unsheathing the blades, the boy would place one in each hand, and roll his shoulders. He didn't really know why he felt the need to hold them. It just...made him feel better.

During one of Xyxer's favored walks, he came across a peculiar site, or at least.. it would be peculiar, if this was a hidden away site. In fact, it kinda' seemed like this was  the only place he met people, upon the broken remnants of his once fine statue. He was positive some puppeteer kid had once promised to build him a bigger, better version, yet.. that boy was nowhere to be found now. Likely chilling on another island, maybe with the wendigos? Shrugging his shoulders, the male didn't allow thought to impede his movements currently.. the recent Blood Games had awoken something inside him, a part of him that had been locked away..

Xyxer approached Altar without a word, his intentions clear as his left arm was curled over his right shoulder, with his left hand clutching the hilt of Samehada, he'd simply approach the male at this point, not bothering to leave his light pace.

Altar knew the chakra signature. He could identify it from miles away. It was almost as familiar to him as Haru's, though that was something he hated to admit. Turning to face the man, Altar would catch him moving his left hand over his right shoulder to grab the handle of the giant Samehada. A weapon Altar knew he couldn't contend with himself hand to hand. At least, not with his own hands.

So this was how it was going to be, huh? The boy would smile beneath the bear mask, a solemn expression, tinged with the slightest bit of excitement. The crimson scarf around his neck accented the armor that adorned his body. Needless to say, there was a lot going on in his head. Nekoda was nervous, almost scared. Kalamity was on the edge of his seat in elation.

The man moved at a leisurely pace towards Altar, we'll say at about 10 speed because that seems pretty leisurely, right? The man made no attempt to divert a course, instead moving at the same speed in a straight line towards Altar. The instant the man reached within 3 meters of Altar, he would let lightning chakra free from his body, the current rapidly electrifying the ground around Altar. The current would move at a speed of 90, carrying a power of 81.

Altar himself, of course, would remain in the center of the flowing electrical current, safe from the lightning. The moment after the current had started, the boy would allow five golden arms to form from the five seals on his body. One would be placed on the right and left sides of the boy, ten inches below his natural arms. One would form from each of the boy's legs, facing outwards to each respective side (right leg has arm facing outwards right, vice versa for the left) at five inches below the hips. The last arm would form on Altar's back, ten inches above the waist.

Of course, if Xyxer took an unexpected action, Altar's actions would change accordingly.

~AP Remaining : 870~

~Jutsu Used~
http://naruto-role-play-rpg.forumotion.com/t22691-v6-chidori-current?highlight=Chidori
http://naruto-role-play-rpg.forumotion.com/t33246-the-thousand-hands?highlight=Thousand

As Xyxer continued to tread onto the position of Altar, he noticed the boy surprisingly calm during this ordeal, perhaps he was accepting his place in the world, and his imminent arrival into the dirt he stood upon. In light of the lightning that soon charged from Altar, Xyxer removed Samehada from his back in a rapid, single arc (125 speed), reaching the ground before him quicker than the electricity that pulsated from Altar. However, once the chidori current did reach the position, which was around three seconds later than Samehada touching the ground, the bulbous creature would simply absorb the jutsu and the power behind it, dispelling it's activation in essence. With that being done, Xyxer could now look upon the weird arms sticking out from Altar. He hadn't seen those before, but they looked questionable.. but hey, who cares? Once that part of the game was over with, Xyxer would kick the sword back up onto his shoulder to let it rest there while he continued to close the three meters from himself and Altar, awaiting the next surprising move.

[205-55 = 150 AP left for Samehada, as per the absorption rules.]

Altar would cock an eyebrow at the man planting the legendary sword into the ground. As the lightning hit the sword, it seemed to...absorb the current, as opposed to being directly hit by it. Typically, the lightning would ride up the blade, scorching it and leaving some trace of it's presence. Instead, it seemed to just disappear on contact. Well, that could prove to be a problem.

As the lightning touched the blade, Altar would form handseals along with the hands forming, the handseals finishing at around the same time Xyxer looked upwards towards Altar, not yet having kicked the blade. Altar would begin pacing backwards at a speed of 60 as the handseals finished, six heads of flame spawning at various points around the two combatants. Two would be about half a meter from Altar, one on each side of him at shoulder level. The remaining four would be one meter from Xyxer, one at each ordinal direction of him, each at about waist level. The four heads surrounding Xyxer would close in on the man as soon as they had spawned, moving at a speed of 95 and carrying a power of 95.

As Altar finished his backpedaling, he would come to rest a total of 5 meters away from Xyxer.

~Remaining AP : 845~

~Jutsu Used~
http://naruto-role-play-rpg.forumotion.com/t27046-fire-release-demon-lantern

Xyxer was starting to grow tired of the games that Altar found amusing. He kept performing his party tricks, and yet they failed to impress the demon that stood before him, shoulders broad, torso willing. He wanted a fight. A competition that could rival the strongest of the entire world.. and he was being given this? "You embarrass the memory of Youta and Haru. Your cowardice in battle taints their reputation.. this is what they made? A shivering, little man, who bunny hopped away from fate? Death has served them well, if they saw you like this.. they'd have killed themselves out of pity for you." Xyxer snarled towards the boy who kept backpedaling. The sword in his hand seemed to pulsate for a moment, the ribbons straining on it's form, yet not entirely shredding, however.. it would be possible to notice a few of the scales had emerged from the weapon, hinting as it's growth in size. 

With the spawns of flame now appearing before him, given that the prior motion had happened before he bothered to even try kick the sword, he'd simply swing the blade upwards behind himself to the most prominent chakra that was behind him and to the left, moving at a speed of 125. Given how the flame wasn't far from the ground, as it was at waist level, the blade would likely absorb it without a hitch. Once that happened, unless something more extreme was to happen, he would step backwards towards that direction, keep his footing fair so that he didn't trip over clumsily as he made his movement through the absorbed jutsu. Of course, once that happened he'd just swing the sword horizontally to cut through the rest of the heads unless something greater was to be dealt with.

[Samehada activated for 30 AP - 120/205 AP

18 AP absorbed if the head is absorbed]

The boy's eyes would widen behind his mask, his voice turning to a roar, echoing itself into the silent, peaceful village. "Don't you fucking speak their names! I'll cut the tongue from your crushed head!"

"Oh, this is going to get good..."
"Cry, Havoc..."

As the man moved his sword to deal with the flame spawns, he would form a snake handseal, nothing visibly changing. However, ten more seals would appear across his body, each laying in wait. The fifteen seals would combine, forming seven combined seals and one left single. Of course, this would finish happening at the time that Xyxer initiated his horizontal swing. Seeing as the man only took a single step back, the distance between them would remain very much the same. As the man initiated his swing, Altar would push off the ground with the arm on his back, propelling him forward and slightly upward (about half a foot from the ground) at 50 speed a total distance of 3 meters, all eight arms forming on his body. Five of the new arms would take the places of the five former, while the final three would take new places. One would take residence on his stomach at bellybutton level, and the last two would form, one on each leg, at shin level.

Once the boy had started moving, seven of the eight arms would attack Xyxer simultaneously. The two at shin level would aim for both of Xyxer's legs (right leg arm aiming for Xyxer's left leg, vice versa), shooting out to hit him in both shins in straight punches, attacking with enough force to shatter the bones. The two under his natural arms would aim to grab both of Xyxer's arms (again, right side arm aiming for Xyxer's left arm, vice versa). The arms would aim to grab the man's arms at the forearm, gripping and crushing the bones within. The arms at his thighs would both aim to grab Samehada and pull it away from it's master, grabbing at the blade and base of the sword and pulling it towards Altar and to his left. If necessary, the hand at the base would let go and attack Xyxer's left hand at the hilt, aiming to crush the bones in the hand and force a release. The hand at his stomach would aim to attack Xyxer's head, aiming a straight punch for the man's face with enough force to knock the man unconscious almost instantly. Afterwards, the hand would recoil and grab Xyxer's head, crushing the man's skull in it's grip. The arm on his back, being the singular arm, would take no action and instead would lay across Altar's right shoulder, draping across Altar's torso in case any defensive measure was proven necessary. Seeing as the arm's full reach was 5 meters, the arms would be upon Xyxer nearly instantaneously after Altar's movement, the man still mid swing when the attacks would launch.

Of course, if Xyxer moved to react, Altar's actions would change accordingly.

~Remaining AP : 755~

~Jutsu Used~
http://naruto-role-play-rpg.forumotion.com/t33246-the-thousand-hands?highlight=Thousand
(Arm on Altar's back is singular, all others are combined and are moving at 200 speed, and hitting with 200 power.)

For a brief moment, there was a break in Xyxer as he carried out these motions. It was a mental break instead of physical, outwardly there was no chance, but inside.. he saw himself drop into a dark pit, surrounded only by darkness with the faint trickle of water echoing around the circumference. Standing there, Atlas looked around the eerie vicinity.. However, Atlas soon understood what was happening, something was happening within his person, and this was potentially the tide that was going to wash over him. A voice emerged form the darkness, echoing around him whilst a figure started to announce itself before him, "You've done well, Atlas. You've kept him alive, you've tamed my urges. You've done more than we can thank you for.", the voice spoken. Atlas nodded his head solemnly, understanding what was about to occur, while knowing he was almost powerless to stop it from happening. He remained silent while the voice continued, "For that, I can only express my greatest admiration. This boy does not deserve the respect you honour him with.. he deserves the Demon that is feared. The Wrath of Tengakure that turned on it's village.. It needs the Abysswalker of Kirigakure to slit him from throat to balls to see if Shinkou bleed differently. They stole my name, Atlas. This deed will not go unpunished.. and Altar will be the first to suffer it." The voice paused for a moment, before speaking it's final words, "Sleep now, Atlas. It is my turn."


When the true Xyxer came back into being, Altar was still in the middle of his sentence, speaking the spiel about crushing his head. The insect thought himself on the same level as a monster, and it was amusing. He was about to see the true power of a demon, the power of a god. Atlas had begun the swing of Samehada towards the petty flames before him, and he noticed now that Altar had started forming a hand seal. Given how the swing was moving at 125 speed currently, and Altar formed the handseal at 100 speed, his attempt to state that he made that handseal just as soon as Xyxer started his would be an inept observation, and so Xyxer would have dealt with the first flame by the time the handseal had been made given the natural speed advantage he had over him, even with the weapon in his hands. As well as that, given how the arm on Altar's back is 10 inches above his waist, while not being stated as anything larger than an average sized arm (Since I don't want to be a dick and vague it into being a baby's arm, I mean come on), it would take a decent amount of time for the arm itself to reach the ground in order to propel the boy as he had not stated it was already in position. Due to this, when Altar stated that he pushed off from the ground when the swing started, this will instead be used as the travel time for the arm to the ground in order to throw him towards Xyxer since that part was not spoken of prior, and it's the most important part of the movement, with him obviously not stating the motion when he should have. Naturally, as that action would finally be accomplished, Samehada would have cut the second flame down going by simple speed logic, but let's not be too mean.

Xyxer at that point would discard his grip on the famed blade, allowing the rope to tether around his wrist while it absorbed the final flame when Altar had actually started his leap towards the Abysswalker, having a disturbingly large distance for him to travel at this point. He had 3 meters to travel, and yet his arms, given how they have no dimensions on the length, are presumed to be the size of average human arms, 25 inches in length. Therefore, he needs to be within 2 feet of Xyxer in order to be able to do the attacks that he wishes to perform, giving Xyxer around 9.8 feet to prepare for the boy at his own full speed, as opposed to the 50 of his travel. Given how this was a leap, Altar is unable to touch the ground with his feet despite his height superiority due to the arm on his back being the one that had propelled him. Of course, there was no reason for Altar yet to think that anything was different from the plan he had enacted, and it would be rather cheesy for him to suddenly divert his course of action. Now, given how Xyxer had discarded Samehada when it hit the second flame, leaving it to absorb the third without his grip, he was left with his hands free in the same direction Altar was coming from. How convenient.

The boy had covered around 3 feet of the 9.8 feet to touch him with the arms at this point, his feet still off the ground and his arms focused on the attack rather than any form of defensive measure, as that was in his post. Now, Samehada had absorbed the other flame, transferring the AP to him while dropping towards the floor, leaving his wrist by the time Altar had reached 5 feet of the 9.8 feet requirement. Now, it was time for the crescendo, the beautiful masterpiece that Youta would have delighted in if she could have seen what the demon was about to do to her partner. Retribution for not caving into his demands when Youta had spat at him. This was the divine punishment sent to Altar in the form of a creature. Tidebreaker was summoned into the hands of Xyxer when Altar hit the four foot horizontal leap, angled so that he still had room to swing it upwards, which he had started to do as soon as it was summoned in order to build the momentum he wanted. The blade itself at this point had coated itself with water, the pressurized water aiding in the slicing potential of the blade so not only would the boy be in grave danger, but his petty chakra arms as well would suffer the divine wrath of the Abysswalker. The blade when summoned was 1.5 meters in length, meaning that Altar was capable of being captured by 2.8 feet of the blade as it was summoned with the tip of the blade touching the ground, with the spikes of Tidebreaker facing upwards towards Altar's crotch as his feet were half a foot from the ground either side of the blade. The blade swung upwards towards him at the instant arm movement speed of 125, leaving Altar little time to respond to this attack due to his ability to move at full speed, combined with the sharpness of the blade should Altar try to touch it anywhere thanks to the pressurized water.

[Tidebreaker summoned, whatever AP gained from absorbing the fire,

Sharpness booster = Str+Spe/4  125+80=205/4 = 51 Sharpness boost
150 + 51 = 201

Tidebreaker's ability 'Wavefang' activated for 15 AP to attain 70 sharpness

201+70 =271

260 sharpness to break through the jutsu's arms as they're 200 health

10 AP for Samehada to remain bulbous

18 AP absorbed from the fire I think

150-8 = 142 Samehada AP

1005-15 = 990AP

Given how Altar did not state a speed boost or the like, it's treated as if he hasn't used one for the entirety of this post]

As Xyxer tossed Samehada to the side, Altar knew something was awry. He had cast aside the legendary blade that he held in such high esteem...but for what? Noting this, the boy would get his hands ready to perform any necessary handseals, bringing them up and close together at a speed of 125.

As Altar flew towards Xyxer, the man's intentions became apparent as he summoned Tidebreaker. As the sword took form, Altar would form the seal of confrontation at 125 speed, utilizing Void to teleport directly behind Xyxer, well within arms reach, about a foot in distance, facing Xyxer's back. Seeing as it wasn't stated what exactly happened to Samehada, we'll say that Xyxer released it at such a velocity and angle that it flew well out of sight, over the rooftops of Kirigakure and into the distance, maybe like 150 meters away, idk. The instant the boy appeared, he would use his left hand to touch his own chest on the left side, placing the receiver seal of Tralativa on his body, and at the same time as moving his left hand, reach out with his right to grasp Xyxer by the nape of the neck, placing the giver seal of Tralativa on him, and instantly afterwards channel yuumei through his body. Naturally, the boy would be making all of these movements at his maximum speed of 125. On initial contact, the seals placed on Altar's body would react, draining AP from the man as well. Of course, as soon as he originally appeared behind Xyxer, the boy would allow Thousand Hands to return to it's passive state.

Of course, this would drain the chakra and strength completely from the man's body, the boy making sure to keep a firm grip on the back of his neck no matter what would happen to the man's body.

Though it was likely the man would not hear him, the boy would speak anyways. "I have maintained this charade of a helpless boy for too long, Xyxer. I should have killed you when you gave me the option." the boy would say, his voice seething, all the rage that had been building from all the times he had been verbally and physically abused by this man. The same man that was now nothing but dead weight in his grasp. The same man who would die here today.

"Now, bow to your god."

And if anything unsatisfactory to Altar happened his actions would change, yadda yadda.

~Remaining AP : 535, +100 if Tralativa goes through, +25 if contact goes through~

~Jutsu Used~
http://naruto-role-play-rpg.forumotion.com/t33075-void?highlight=Void
http://naruto-role-play-rpg.forumotion.com/t31778-tralativa?highlight=Tralativa
http://naruto-role-play-rpg.forumotion.com/t24275-yuumei-infusion#181675
http://naruto-role-play-rpg.forumotion.com/t27897-meiton-evil-matrix

~Draining a total of 470 AP from Xyxer~
~Draining 80 strength and chakra from Xyxer~
~Yuumei Infusion costing 80 Yuumei, 20 remaining~
~Ignoring both the permanent drain effect of Tralativa, and the infusion effect of Yuumei Infusion~

Given how Altar had started to move his hands upwards when Xyxer's own had decided to move forward in place for his finale, this was significant enough for him to speed up the process of which he was doing things. There were a great deal of jutsu that could be performed, and given how close the pair were, he did not want to find out which trick he was going to pull out of the fedora. As such, as soon as Altar's hands had started the movement, the blade of Tidebreaker was summoned instantly at that very moment instead, not caring too much to give the boy much time to perform his jutsu. The blade was summoned in the exact same coordinates as mentioned prior, merely with Xyxer changing the positioning of his hands to allow it to occur faster than before, more fluidly when he released Samehada. When tidebreaker was summoned, Altar's hands had only moved up marginally, and were largely separated still by about two feet due to them being at, let's say, shoulder width apart while lifting up from his waist. Now, alone, that wouldn't be too much of a problem for the boy usually, but this was where things went from bad to worse for the Shinkou. When the blade was formed, with the speed being 125 during that brief moment, Xyxer truly did not care to give him much chance to perform the trick, and so the blade was coated instantly with pressurized water chakra just like would have happened before, but this time there was a difference in the swing. Xyxer put more effort into the swing, activating a more focused version of body flicker when it came to the swing. As such, the blade of Tidebreaker would glide upwards through the air at an astounding speed, (220 speed with a 110 bonus to the strength of the swing) it would be fortunate for the boy, that at this point in time there would be another brief stasis in the male's head, an interruption.

The difference this time was that time was slowed down to the point where you could see each beat of a fly's wings in slow motion, the vicinity around the pair blackened out other than a spotlight that was beaming on the two of them. Xyxer did not care for the rest of the village as this battle was happening, and the darkness fit him just fine, but there was another figure that stood beside Xyxer, a figure he couldn't divert any time to look at or recognize, a figure that would simply speak calmly to the demon that had taken over the swordsman's form, "He is but one of many Shinkou, Xyxer. He is your weapon, and not the Abyss', otherwise he would be in that god forsaken village. Killing him would sate your bloodlust momentarily, that is true, but if you spare his life.." There was a brief pause as the demon started to consider the words that were being said by the alter ego, intently watching the blade as it continued to gain on the male, who's hands had remained too far apart to adequately form a handseal, while the blade was rough half a foot away from connection, "If you spare his life, he can aid you in your conquest. He can bring you more blood, as your warrior. He is your ANBU, Xyxer, and he is your weapon, just as much as Tidebreaker and Samehada. You merely are not utilizing him properly. Teach him a lesson, do what you must, but you don't break your own weapon." The words had accomplished their task, and they had swayed the Abysswalker to let the Shinkou live. Perhaps that clan does deserve his wrath, but those who served him did not, and that was what would happen now. A lesson in power. A lesson in futility.

There was a slight angling of the blade at the last moment of the attack, causing it to turn and slice through the inner thigh and the joining of Altar's arm and shoulder, likely cutting through them before the boy even knew what was truly going on. There would be no crack, no sound coming from the slice itself. For all intents and purposes, it had been the swing of a phantom for how little it left behind, and how much it left intact on it's path. The arm and leg severed, as too would be the arms that were made of chakra that had got in the way of the attack brought forth. It was a brutal, yet beautiful move by the demon who had learned some concept of elegance while it was chambered inside the host. However, there was now the problem of a 50 speed cripple flying towards him, who did not yet know that training had cost him an arm and a leg. Given how he was now losing an excess amount of blood, it was unlikely he'd be conscious for long, but just in case Xyxer would be ready for another equally deadly swing if the boy continued to fly towards him. Of course, since Samehada had already been stated to simply 'drop' from the wrist of Xyxer, it remained by his side throughout this, easily within hands reach if the cripple continued to try and fall into him.

[50 AP for Flashblade, 70 base speed on the jutsu amped up to 95 due to 125 speed powering up rules

same stats as the other post but ofc add 95 speed to it, significantly more strength than before, maybe Altar's limbs are blasting off and will never be found again, who knows

will track full AP costs if Altar requests it, otherwise feels like a waste of time at this point and just fluff for WC]