Training in the Shadows (IO) (Practice) (NK)

Right off the bat Faith began to irritate Alice even more than she already was. '"Remember we're just here to train and not hurt each other. One of the sharpest blades in the world. Blah blah blah." Seriously? Did this girl ever shut up? Who cares about having some 'famous' blade. And if any of these morons gets hurt in a simple training match, then they shouldn't be thinking about raiding a village in the first place.'

It was about this time that Alice realized the other kid, Ryou, was talking to her about some sort of half-cocked plan that probably wouldn't help much. Once again she was forced to roll her eyes. "Yea, sure kid. I can reach them with my Justus from here. So, uh, do that cloud thing or whatever and just try not to get in my way, k?" Man this group was going to be annoying to work with. At least the Ezra guy didn't have diarrhea of the mouth like the other two. He seemed to immediately get into position and ready himself for the fight too. Now that was fitting of the situation. If Ryou hadn't moved his slow ass by now, Alice would speak again saying "Well, what the hell are you waiting for? GO!" If, by some miracle, he actually did begin his move, the young Nara would immediately bring her hands together to form the Rat hand seal. Her shadow would extend outward from her making it's way toward their two dim witted opponents. Hopefully her own teammate was doing something to distract them from the absurdly unusual shadow snaking its way toward Ezra and Faith.

Alice made sure to keep her eyes on all three of her cohorts. She had to watch her 'opponents' for any aggressive actions she might have to avoid while also keeping an eye on her moronic partner in case she had to use her techniques to keep him from getting hit with any would-be attack. The single shadow tendril would have already split into three separate ones by the time Ryou had gotten even halfway between the two teams(or Ezra if Ryou was too damn slow to actually do something useful). Each tendril had it's own separate target. Ryou would be the closest to Alice so, of course, it will have attached itself to his shadow; she allowed him to keep his full range of movement and only kept their shadows connected in the eventual probability that she needed to waste chakra on saving his ass. The other two would follow both Ezra and Faith respectively, attempting to connect with each of their shadows.

WC: 440

(Sorry, just making a quick post) As Erza and Ryou started to charge at each other, Faith would stay back for a second, trying to judge the situation while Everyone else made their moves. As she was about to make her move, Faith saw the that Alice made a handsign, and a strange event occurred. Her shadow shot out and attached itself to Ryou and was trying to shoot out at Faith and Erza.

This was a new technique, The Akari had never seen someone come at her with shadow’s before….. Either way though, this world’s shadows were nothing compared to the light that was in every Akari…. (Yeah… Having problems RPing a Loyalist Akari)

Faith would hold out her blade to the right of her and activate one of her favorate Techniques, Hikariton, Blade Of Truth. Her blade would light up and completely light up everything within 20 meters of her. The light would completely destroy all shadows, and anyone looking at the blade within the light would be blinded unless they had a health beating the power of the technique (60?)
Since Faith had the blade extended to her side, she wouldn’t be effected by the shine, as she wasn’t looking at it, and as Erza was currently running away from Faith and towards Ryou, his eyes wouldn’t be facing toward her sword, and would be immune to this effect.

WC: 233

Also, Not 100% the shadow would be destroyed by the light, but if I don’t know, Faith wouldn’t know, and this would be what she would try.

http://naruto-role-play-rpg.forumotion.com/t25344-hikariton-blade-of-truth

Alice seemed to have a very rude attitude when responding to Ryou's plan of attack. Ryou sighed and turned to the two opponents and gave them the thumbs up. That's when Erza came for the two. Ezra wasn't moving very fast so it was pretty predictable. So in responds to Ezra's attack towards Ryou, he jumped over the wanderer(speed 42). Once he landed behind Ezra, he just did a low sweep aiming for his legs (speed 64, strength 20). This should easily trip the wanderer. Just then, Ryou noticed he was unable to move. As he looked it seemed that Alice, his teammate, had got them both in her jutsu. "W-what are you doing?" He asked, struggling to talk.

The next attack seemed to be light from Faith's blade. Luckily, Ryou was facing away from her, which at first it seemed bad that he was facing away from the opponent but he guessed that Alice had his back. Well that was until she entrapped him in her jutsu. If the shadows were broken from the sudden light source, Ryou would be able to move again. He quickly began to weave hand signs for Dust Cloud (speed 64). Once the hand signs were done, he closed his eyes and turned to Faiths direction and fired the long ranged jutsu (speed 50, range 30, 30 meter radius). If Faith was to slow to dodge, she would be engulfed into the cloud of dust. This would blind her temporarily. If she was able to see chakra (idk what the Akari eye does) it would just look like a cloud of chakra.
WC:268
TWC: 884

Well. Ryou flashed the wanderer a thumbs up before charging. That was... friendly, at least. The girl, Alice, was doing something with her shadow. He'd have to keep an eye on that, make sure that he didn't fall prey to it.

Now, as Ryou jumped over Ezra from an unspecified distance, and cleared him with an unspecified distance, we'll assume he jumped from a standstill as Ezra was maybe halfway to the pair, and was aiming to clear just above Ezra's head. Which, due to the distance, he probably wouldn't make. Of course, Ezra would respond. Ryou's first mistake had been putting himself in the air. Ezra's right hand would flit to the hilt of the katana in his left hand, his left thumb pushing the guard forward and out of the sheathe, his right hand picking up the follow through movement, the result being a quick vertical slash (Quickdraw), the Terumi sidestepping left with this action. The blade would cut deep into the soft flesh of the crook of Ryou's right elbow, slicing the tendon, leaving the arm unusable, most likely falling limp to his side. Sure, this could be seen as a bit extreme, but there were med nin available, and the damage wouldn't be permanent. He could get it fixed after this spar.

To add insult to injury, the Terumi would follow through after the slash, bringing his right arm back and bending it, leaving the tip pointing behind him. Ezra would swiftly bring the blade forward towards Ryou, slamming the hilt of the blade into his groin. Cause why not, right? Ryou would most likely frontflip from the offset force, landing facing skywards on the ground. Now, Ezra would take his wide stance and shift further, pushing just off the ground with his right foot, sending him about five meters to his left, the boy resheathing his blade as he moved. The goal of this move, of course, being to dodge the shadow nipping at his feet, so to speak. If it still was.

At no point in time would he need to turn to face Faith, so her blinding sword light of venerable truth of whatever it was called would not affect him, if it continued. With Ryou dealt with for the moment, the Terumi would turn his attention to his next target. The Nara.

Of course if anything changed or something occurred in an unsatisfactory nature, his actions would change accordingly.

~OOC: So I didn't put stats down because it was agreed OOC that we'd even the stats to make it fair and use common sense. If it's requested of me i'll do the maths but i'd rather not cause math stinks.~

Ryou didn't seem very happy about the way Alice had answered him, but he went off to be the instigator of the fight anyway. Which was fine because Alice didn't actually care how the boy felt, she only cared that he did his damn job. So, the two boys were the first ones to act; they charged head on toward each other with, what seemed to be, little or no planning whatsoever. Morons. The two girls stayed back to take on their own 'support' roles. At least Faith had something of a brain.

Alice's shadow had connected to Ryou just as planned, but the idiot did something the young Nara hadn't expected. The incredibly dense child tried to actually jump over Ezra to avoid a slash at his legs, flying just inches above the swordsman's head. 'Are you kidding me!? I just had to chose this idiot to team up with. At least he got my shadows where they needed to be.' Alice thought to herself with complete and utter disgust at the former Sunagakure ninja. 

Of course, everything else that could go wrong, did. By the time Ryou managed to turn himself into Ezra's personal training dummy, Faith had made her 'famous sword' all blindingly bright and whatnot. So, Ryou was now without the use of one of his arms, and Alice was blinded. Hopefully it wasn't permanent, but she couldn't be sure since 'commander Faith' also didn't seem like the sharpest tool in the shed. Alas, there was good news in all of this nonsense. Since Alice's shadows were a non-physical thing that didn't actually have to make contact with her targets, the moment Ryou's arm had been sliced Ezra was also caught in the Nara's trap. Their shadows had intertwined giving Alice the opportunity she needed in order to seize control of the boy's body. On top of that, she was only blinded in one eye thanks to the eye patch covering the one that was discolored. Still, she had no way of knowing when the shiniest blade in the world would stop causing immense light, so she decided to rely on her chakra sensing abilities instead. She didn't need to see her target in order to connect to their shadow. (OOC: I didn't see anything about shadows or getting rid of darkness of any type in the blade of light tech, so i figured this would still work. If you guys disagree, let me know and I'll edit accordingly<3)

It had been too late to save Ryou's arm, but Alice could prevent the secondary attack from making the kid even more useless than he already was. The signature technique of the Nara clan was immensely useful. After slicing Ryou's arm, but before any other movement could be done, Alice had binded Ezra's movements, still letting Ryou retain his. Once this was done, Alice performed the Tiger hand seal without any hesitation. A dense mist immediately began to cover the entirety of the clearing in which this group of unusual teammates and sparring partners were gathered. The mist was so thick that no one would be able to see even 5 inches in front of them. It gave some relief to Alice knowing that one of her opponents would have already been immobilized and the remaining one would have a hard time finding her. It also helped to offset that annoying blinding sword that Faith had. Alice couldn't help but wonder how everyone would react to this turn of events.

hidden mist used
shadows
WC: 583

(OOC: I Respectively Disagree with what Jace said about how the light wouldn't get rid of it, it might not be said immediately, but I do feel like the light would be enough cause a shadow to disappear, especially because the power of the Shadow is about half of the power of the light. However, since there is no direct rule on that, we decided not to use jutsu powers and only what makes sense, and the fact that this fight is just for fun, lets go ahead and say it happens. However, for future reference, once the battle is over, lets ask A mod to give us a ruleling on that.)

Judging by the way the young girl was covering her eye, Faith was pretty sure she got her. Also, looking over at her own partner... Faith realized the boy had gone to far and had cut way to deep and probably would take some time to fix. A little bit of the Akari’s heart would break seeing an ally in pain, but it didn’t show on the woman’s face. Ryou was a warrior and he better damn well suck it up and act like it.
However, as the mist started to appear, and the dust cloud came at Faith, she was forced to back up, trying to gain some ground. When she got a save amount of distance away, (I believe you said 30 meters, I think you are about 10 meters away from Faith, so she would back up 20 meters away, so that she is just outside the range.)

The Hiden Mist would start to set in, however, this proved to be known problem for the Pink haired Akari, as she had her [url= http://naruto-role-play-rpg.forumotion.com/t27932-akari-mission-gear?highlight=Akari] Golden eyes [/url] on.

What was a huge problem was the fact that she had a smoke screen right in front of her, covering the Blocking her sight from Erza Ryou and Alice. Faith would for a split second closer her eyes to consider the situation. There were a few key factor’s of note to consider.
The first thing that The Akari noticed was that Ryou Kenshin was hurt, he probably could still fight for a bit, but it would be better for the long term if the fight wrapped up quickly so that he could get the medical treatment he needed.
The second thing that Faith realized was that she didn’t know what was happening to her partner, he was probably still caught up with Ryou, She didn’t hear the sounds of any combat happening with them, so she doubted that was what that was. That being said, Faith would think back to when she was a child… and her father taught her about how to move silently, like an assassin.

(BSing rest of the post, becase I need to post)

Faith would surpress her chakra, and walk around the dust cloud, but still in the mist, trying to remain stealthy, until she found Alice, who should would place the back of her sword to her neck, trying to take her as a hostage and end this fight quickly.

Alright...I can see now why I shouldn't have jumped. Ryou thought as he witnessed Ezra easily figure out his plan and cut his arm to the point where he couldn't move it on his own. Just then, in a twist of fate, Alice stopped the katana wielder. On top of that, the Nara made a mist to hide them. Ryou saw this as his opportunity to draw back and heal. The Lycan moved away from Ezra position so he couldn't use Ryou's healing time to strike. He jumped off the right about 10 meters, still hidden a bit in the mist. On top of moving he reached out his chakra using chakra sensory to be his eyes in this mist. 

Healing wasn't going to be easy with only one hand because Ryou needs two hands to perform the hand seals. The Kaguya had to force the one hand to move with the other to support it. This wouldn't be easy but he soon got it. Making a green light of chakra appear in his good hand. Now with the healing chakra, he proceeds to heal his arm. While using chakra sensory, the Lycan noticed that Faith's chakra had disappeared. Damn it, Ryou thought, They could be looking for me. Even more unfortunate was the fact that Ryou hadn't learned to diminish his chakra. One top of that bad news, Ryou could only stop the bleeding and seal up the wound. The Lycan would have to use one arm to fight both of them. 

Only having a couple of jutsu that don't need hand signs, Ryou brought forth a bone from his good hand. Ryou's only thing left to do was find the one chakra that he sensed, Ezra's. If Ezra didn't hide his chakra, Ryou would find him. Also, if Alice happened to still have a hold on him, he would approach Ezra from behind and aim at the back of his head. Seeing that Alice was being held and neck point, Ryou would find out that this was a hostage situation. "Well...This has been exciting." The young Lycan would exclaim.   
Used: 
Chakra Sensory
Medical Ninjutsu
Dance of the Willow
WC:351
TWC:1235

Well. This had been an interesting turn of events indeed.

His cut had connected with the junction of the boy's elbow, slicing deep into the tendon, severing it and rendering the arm useless. However, before he could bring his arm back around, he had been trapped. Looking to his feet, the boy would notice his shadow merged with another. So, the Nara girl had caught him in his carelessness. Damn, he'd have to remember that trick later. It could be incredibly deadly if used well. The boy would form a tiger handseal, a thick mist covering the area from Alice's direction. Wait...

That could be useful.

Of course, as was the nature of the jutsu, Ezra would mimic any action the Nara girl performed, and if she tried anything too bad, he would alert his companion. Meanwhile, Ryou had left and, seemingly, if the chakra signature could be trusted, come back. After waiting a while to see, the boy would confirm it was, indeed, Ryou. God, how he wished he could grab hi-

As the young Terumi was thinking this, two of the Asura seals placed on his ribs would activate, an arm forming and knocking the bone from the boy's hand, also knocking the hand aside in the same motion, and the other grasping Ryou by the neck, lifting him up with ease. Of course, this would happen regardless of whether Faith had been successful in her hostage taking attempt. The arm would squeeze his throat lightly so the boy could still breathe, but it would certainly show no weakness. He didn't want Ryou getting away. This could be a victory in the making.

Well this girl certainly had some potential after all. Not only was she somehow able to make her way through Alice's mist undetected, but she had managed to sneak up behind the Nara and place the back of her blade against her neck. Unfortunately, Faith just happened to be standing in a place where it was impossible for the two girls shadows not to intertwine. So, of course, even though the blade was pressed against Alice's neck, it was far from a victory. Now that Faith had also been caught in the shadow imitation technique, the incredibly intelligent, dark-haired girl smiled. She no longer had to move to end this, thanks to the gift she received from Ren. 

Smirking at the situation, two of the asura seals placed on Alice would activate. The first would force the blade away from her neck and out of Faith's hands, throwing it a few meters to their left. The second arm would then extend, only after the sword had been safely thrown away, with incredible speed and force to grab hold of Faith's neck. At this point Alice would let the mist disperse, no longer having need of it. Unfortunately what she saw when it was all gone was Ryou in practically the same situation Faith was. 'Damn. This idiot went and got himself caught even after I saved his ass.' she thought to herself as she bit her lip in frustration. 

"I have Faith with my asura arms the same way you have Ryou. I think we should call this round a tie, don't you?" Alice said loud enough for all three of her cohorts to hear. It was a short and sweet fight, but it gave her the insight she needed into Faith, Ezra, and Ryou's capabilities. If Ezra agreed, then Alice would let Faith down and release her shadow imitation technique, allowing everyone to gather themselves after their little skirmish.

WC: 320
TWC: 2,108

Faith walked up behind Alice, using the silence and assassination way of of walking that she had used since she was but a young girl, she readied her blade to put it up against the eye patch girl's throught, a slight smile appearing on her face as she did, thinking she had won the battle, however... the problem was that Faith was unaware of how Alice's shadow worked. Due to this, she moved unknowingly right into the girls trap... or preahps not even a trap, but into a unintentional kill zone made by the girl. Being caught by the shadow, Faith let out a low swear. She was probably the most experienced person of the group, but now, she was basicly out of the fight now, and was going to have to sit on the sideline for the rest of the battle.


Time to see what the rest of the battle unfold while she was stuck in this situation.


WC: 159

TWC: 1514