One more time, for old time's sake

Taichi stood in one of the designated arenas within the training grounds. It was a small circle, measuring to be 100 meters in diameter with walls being 50 meters tall. Taichi stood in the center of the arena with his Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan activated, you never know when someone might just try to jump in on Taichi's reminiscing. He felt the sand brush against his face as the harsh winds began to blow his platinum hair backwards. Taichi grabbed a flask out of his royal blue vest and took a quick swig, accidentally splashing it against his bare chest. He realized it was far too hot to be dealing with the heat to have his usual black long sleeve underneath. Placing the flask back into his vest, he checked the weapon pouch underneath the left pant leg of the black cargo shorts he was wearing, ensuring all of his blades were there and accounted for. 

Shortly after he was sure he began hearing footsteps approach from behind him walking through the sand. Was it just his paranoia? Or was there actually someone there? He rarely knew.

Once again, Fu had found herself alone while Wan was off doing things that she wasn’t allowed to accompany him on. Found was leaned over the bar pouting, both of her elbows on the table and her hands placed against her cheeks holding up the weight of her head. She would blow upwards, displacing a piece of hair that was in her face. The Desert Inn was beginning to feel more like a prison than a fancy hotel.

 

“Damn that Wan, always running off without me…” She thought to herself. “I’m not waiting around any longer.” She proclaimed to whoever was around to listen. Fu arose from her seat determined to make something of her day. She grabbed her katana and swung it around her shoulder and made her way to the exit.

 

Fu emerged from the Hotel only to be greeted by intense sunlight. Fu was still getting use to the change of climate, but she was adapting well. Fu wore a white kimono that sat on her shoulders- her arms not actually going through the sleeves. Underneath her kimono she wore her black body suit and around her back was her blade. Around her waist were several weapon pouches where she stored most of her belongings.

 

Fu traversed the village until she found what she assumed to be was the shinobi training grounds. Fu hoped to meet shinobi of the village so that she could learn more about the type of abilities they had. There were not many around, was it because of how hot it was outside? Surely not, she thought, figuring they would be used to the climate. Fu found herself wandering into an area that resembled an arena of sorts. In the middle was a singular person. Finally finding someone, Fu would begin to walk towards them, her footsteps becoming quicker and more frequent.

 

If her pursuit were not impeded, Fu would continue until she got about 10 meters away. Her gate was not hostile, and she had a pretty face. Once she reached 30 meters away, she would yell to the stranger, “Hey! Are you a shinobi of this village?” the 50M walls would cause her voice to echo. Fu would wait for them to either respond or move, if they would not act erratically, Fu would walk closer until about 5 meters away- a normal speaking distance so she did not have to yell. “My name is Fu. I noticed you were alone so I thought we could potentially train together?” Fu would say- hoping that the stranger would reciprocate her energy and not turn her down.

 

Fu stared, blinking at the man, the sun reflecting off her bold, beautiful orange colored eyes.  



WC: 450

Taichi stood in the center of the soon to be arena, breathing in the all too familiar air when he hears a small voice behind him. The voice was a voice that didn’t bring too much attention to itself, but is certainly one that was enjoyed once heard. The Norseman would turn when he would see a woman standing just within the arena, speaking to him, asking him about training. Taichi figured that this would be as good a place as any to get back into the swing of things when it came to combat, so he merrily agreed to the proposition. 

“I would love to train with you! But I shall not hold back. I always believe it is only when you are trying to kill your opponent that you will truly gain the full benefit from your training." As Taichi finished his sentence, he would laugh for a moment, regardless of Fu's response to this. "Oh and my name is Taichi, Taichi Uchiha. The Norseman if you prefer." Taichi would then activate his Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan as he would stare at Fu, awaiting the woman's response. He would already have his plan of attack in order, now it was just time for the battle to commence. 

Taichi's long platinum hair would sit over his royal blue vest, his scars being plain to see without his sweater that he usually wore to cover it. He was more than ready for a fight, but the question was, what was this woman capable of? Was she one that would be worthy to join him in his next step forward in life? The village within the mount? Now was not the time to say, but soon, soon he would have his answer. He would stand in a fighting stance, right hand showing the seal of confrontation and his left hand placed on top of the kunai knives in the weapon pouch. He would ready himself mentally for the fight to come, thanking Odin and the Valkyries for the victory that they had already given to him.

Fu would smirk at the man’s comment about not holding back. It almost appeared that he had been waiting for this exact moment. “Is this a trap?” She thought to herself, as he positioned himself into a fighting stance. At the same time, Fu would slip her hands through the sleeves of her kimono so that she was now fully wearing her robe as opposed to just allowing it to drape over her shoulders.

 

Now 5 meters away from the man, Fu would say, “I would be insulted if you held back!”. At this distance she could clearly observe her opponent. His eyes were a crimson red- a trait that was unique to the Uchiha clan. “You are an Uchiha?” Fu would say. “I did not know there were Uchiha outside of the Hidden Leaf? I am going to assume you are not from around here- not that it matters to me because neither am I.” Fu would say- probably boring the man who was clearly more interested in fighting than talking. Regardless if he would respond to her questions, Fu would now allow her hands to fully emerge from the sleves of her Kimono- utilizing the hidden hands technique to produce a kunai with a little something extra attached to it, a parting gift for her opponent.

 

Fu would release the Kunai towards the stranger (Speed 102.5/Sharpness 50). As it closed the 5M distance, a paper would unravel fully to reveal an explosion tag that Fu had fastened to the weapon while her hands had been hidden within her kimono. Once the explosive kunai reached a distance that would be sufficient to harm the stranger, she would trigger the explosion which traveled at 55 speed and created a 1M radius explosion- potentially engulfing him.  

 

Fu did not intend to kill her opponent. Such a technique was to gauge his speed and reaction.

 

As soon as the kunai had left her hand, she quickly placed her right behind her head and gripped the hilt of her katana, unsheathing it. Fu’s eyes remained glued to her opponent ready to react.

wc: 350
twc: 800

AP: 1,035 - 10 = 1,025

“So eager, good.” Taichi thought to himself as the woman’s hands began to quickly emerge from her Kimono. Thanks to his enhanced eyesight he was able to predict the woman’s movement with her hands. Taichi didn’t see a throwing motion, but any type of quick movement was always an initiation of a fight to Taichi, can never be too careful. Taichi threw the kunai he was already holding to deflect the kunai knife, which would rebound off of Taichi’s knife directly down to the ground, being 2 meters away from Taichi and 3 meters away from the woman, Fu. 

Taichi did not simply deflect the projectile, he capitalized by activating his Mangekyo Sharingan technique, Loki’s Mist. While activating the mist, he simultaneously formed the hand seals for Nativity: A world of Trees At the same time as releasing his mist from his eye. The trees would immediately surround them both, the forest would be 25 meters away from Taichi in every direction, creating a dome that was 15 meters tall. The trees would grow to their fullest extent at mind numbing pace. The walls on the sides would be 15 meters tall and the trees would meet in the center forming a dome around them. The ground beneath them would also be completely covered by the roots and branches of the trees that Taichi had created. 

He would create the forest with one hand, while with the other hand he would perform five hand seals quickly to perform one more technique at the same time. He would raise his hand and suddenly a massive Fireball would begin plummeting from the sky. It would be large enough to block out the sky above as the dome began creating. The heat would be so intense, sweat would begin pouring from both individuals bodies. “Come now Fu. Show me what you can do against me!”

Even in the midst of the darkness, Taichi would still be able to see Fu due to his ability to see chakra. Should the need arise, however, he would be ready to merge with the ground so he would be able to get a rough picture of Fu from beneath the surface. Taichi’s plan was put into action and it was time to see just how well Fu would handle herself in a fight of more than just might.

The mist would fill the dome and the true battle would be able to begin, within the mist. Taichi would begin manipulating the mind of Fu, what she would witness would soon be discovered. As he created the forest and the mist, he would be ready for any attack that may come his way to try and stop his techniques from coming to fruition.

AP: 1532
Loki’s Mist: 150
Nativity: 100
Demonic Fire Jutsu: 20

Rem.: 1253

Instead of Fu’s kunai being harmlessly deflected into the sand, she would trigger the explosive tag the moment the two kunai collided, causing a 1m radius explosion that would produce a cloud of smoke and displaced sand, temporarily blocking their view of one another.

 

Just as he had done, Fu did not hesitate to react, completing the retrieval of her blade immediately after releasing her kunai. Pointing the blade directly at the man while raising her free left hand so that it was in front of her, she would begin back peddling, putting distance between him and her the moment of the explosion. As she took her first step backwards, a compressed ray of chakra would extend from her blade. The ray would mimic her blade and extend at in a straight line wherever the man had previously been, and pierce through the smoke at his location. (Speed 150/200 Sharpness) This would most likely cause the man to have to change his position and prevent him from completing his first set of hand signs to produce the forest due to the extreme speed at which the blade traveled. If he didn’t act quickly, he would most likely be pieced directly in his chest. If the fog were produced, it would not be moving fast enough as it neared her in an attempt to catch her in the genjutsu, but would continue traveling towards her at a rapid pace, surely engulfing the smoke caused by the explosive tag. Fu was weary of the substance that approached her and did her best to continue putting space between them.

 

Fu continued to put space between them as she moved as fast as she could backwards without tripping, she was essentially traveling backwards from where she had came so she knew she would be able to travel unimpeded. Fu’s eyes remained fixated on the fog as she traversed away from it, if a forest would begin to grow from around them, she would react accordingly.

 

Wc: 330

Twc: 1130


AP: 1025 - 40 = 985

Spoiler:

As the explosion detonated 1 meter away, brushing Taichi's face with a hot smoke, temporarily blinding a normal person's eyes, but not Taichi's. Taichi could see chakra with his enhanced eyes, so the explosion was more of a surprise than anything. Except for the fact that Taichi could also see the chakra wrapped around the kunai, so it was certainly something he was expecting. Loki's mist continued to flood the entire area just as fast as his opponent could run, but the trees would be closing the dome above them faster than his opponent would be able to escape. Completing the trap that Taichi had set. 

Due to the attack that his opponent would send towards Taichi, blinded due to her inability to see through the smoke, Taichi was easily able to dodge the attack after seeing the woman surge her chakra into her hand, sending it directly to Taichi's head, Taichi could crouch down, seeing and feeling the beam of pure destructive light flash over his head. Taichi, now completing his two sets of hand signs that he was doing at the exact same time due to him being able to perform them with one hand each. Both the Fireball and the Trees would complete the trap, causing his opponent to be trapped within the Mist that would now surround them both.

As the dome would close in from above, the massive fireball would fall down upon them. The heat would fill the dome faster than the desert winds could. Taichi would cackle in laughter as he would hail Loki, Hail Odin, Hail the Valkyries! This is when the beings would begin to flood into the woman's vision. Taichi would become invisible to her, being nothing more than a figment of her imagination. Taichi would flow through the mist, but the creatures would begin to come even closer. 

In the complete darkness, the woman would begin to hear a low grumble, sounding as through a woman was being choked to death, the gurgling sounds of blood and saliva filling a woman's throat as her light within her eyes faded away. Soon after, a light would begin to shine. A small glow that would be unable to create enough light to see anything surrounding, just the light that was glowing from within the body of the woman now dead. Moments afte rthe light began to glow, a hideous monster would grow from that light. A white gown, torn and tattered, ripped apart by her attacker. The glow would cover her body, allowing only her to be seen by the opponent Fu. This specter would now pursue Fu, calling out to her, screaming as best as she could through the swelling that was in her throat from being strangled to death.

Monster 1:

As this first creature would pursue, a second would swiftly join in the hunt of the opponent. This creature was one of nightmares, but of a different sort. A hulking creature, being upwards of eight feet tall, would screech a deafening sound. Causing the entire dome to be filled with the horrid noise. Taichi would be nearing Fu's position, still being completely hidden by the mist and from her perception. Taichi knew exactly how this would end, but he wanted to give her a chance to fight for her life first. The second monster would leap down from the top of the dome and attempt to grab the woman. Being that the illusion would travel as fast as Taichi's chakra potency would allow it to, and it would start directly above Fu, it would be a good chance that the woman would be apprehended. 

Second Monster:

Upon catching the woman, the monstrous creature would hold her down, readying itself to sink it's massive teeth into her own neck. The Noonwraith would levitate above the woman, wanting to see what it looks like, to be on the other end of seeing the light escape a person's eyes as they died. Taichi would be directly beside the woman being held down by the monstrous creature, the Striga, and being haunted by the Noonwraith and laugh. He knew this one was quick in her mind, albeit slightly slow in her execution, but she would do well. Taichi then would cut off whatever reaction the woman would be having at this point and inject a poison of his own making into her heart, causing it to slow down, near to death. She would not die, but merely feel as though she was until her mind would cease consciousness. 

Taichi would take the unconscious woman onto his shoulder and he would leave her to lie in the sand until she would come back to. This would happen in a few hours, or by nightfall. Taichi would spend this time to perform his meditations and prayer to the gods for such an experience.

Loki's Mist: 75 upkeep
EMS: 5
Mayfly: 50

Despite her efforts, Fu had misjudged her opponent, and he was easily able to evade her attack. Fu was sure that he would not be able to get any type of move off with the speed at which her attack traveled, but alas, with his magical crimson eye, he was. Unfortunately for Fu, Taichi was able to complete his set of hand seals which he was able to form with singular hands and encased Fu in what appeared to be an inescapable trap.

Her surrounding became dark and she could feel an intense heat nearing her. Fu continued to move backwards from where she thought the man was to make sense what was going on while trying to protect herself from any further attacks.

Fu could no longer see Taichi and the fire from above was now close to breaching with the earth and incinerating her. In a haste attempt of survival, Fu would perform 5 hand seals with her hand that was not occupied by the hilt of a sword and she would produce an impressive amount of wind chakra, enough to hopefully wade off any sort of fire attach that neared her.

It appeared she had protected herself from the fire above, but it was not until shortly after that her worst nightmares would manifest. “What the hell is going on here?” Fu would think to herself. Never had Fu been caught in a Genjutsu before so such an experience was uncommon ground for her. Fu, like an animal, had found herself in survival mode. How ironic- the huntress had now become the hunted, but the statement wouldn’t be perfect until she discovered the demons that would be pursuing her shortly.
 
Fu watched as a woman manifested and transformed into something otherworldly. The sounds it made as the process ensued were grotesque and Fu found herself no longer moving, but instead struggling to move at all due to what her eyes were witnessing.

“What is that thing?!” Her heart skipped a beat. “I have to run.” Fu told herself, attempting to cause her muscles to move yet they wouldn’t. “N-no I can’t run. I have to beat it!” Fu would yell towards the beast. "Die!!!!!!!!!"

Fu’s hand was gripping the handle of her sword so hard that her hands had turned white. As the beast neared, Fu would raise her blade above her head, to free herself from this hell and cut down the beast. Just as the beast came within striking distance, Fu would bring her blade down with incredible speed (140 Speed), a speed much faster than the beast was capable of traveling. Due to the momentum the beast had, Fu’s blade would appear to slice the beast in half, but just as she had done so, the second beast which had formed while she was busy fending off the first, would capture her.

 
The enormous beast would catch her by surprise, pinning her down and knocking the wind out of her. The sudden impact would cause her to lose consciousness and she would fade in and out as the man appeared. She could barely make him out as she looked up, her eyes half closed. “A-am I really going to die?” She would ask, just as he injected her with something that would knock her out cold. 

Metal Crucher 140 speed

wc: 551
twc: 1680

[exit to this thread]

1680 towards Fuinn Spec [1680/4k]
max stats 32 AP = 32 Total Bonus AP
Taichi Chakra Sig.

The individual struggled within Taichi's dome of torment. Taichi did not laugh, though, for he was stern. He was not merely torturing the poor soul for his enjoyment, although he did enjoy it. He was doing it as to teach the young woman what being a shinobi was like. It was misery, it was hardship, it was torture in a lot of ways. Taichi simply watched as the woman struggled against the monsters that he had created, she tried fighting them, but unfortunately they were in fact illusions and they were unable to be killed. The strikes that Fu would launch would be seemingly impossibly dodged or blocked, only for the illusions to continue charging the woman.

Finally the woman succumbed to the forces at hand and collapsed under the ground under the perceived weight of the Striga that was now rearing it's head back, dramatically posturing over it's prey. Just as the illusion would sink it's large teeth into Fu's neck, the poison would be injected into Fu, causing her to pass out, feeling as though she had just died. Taichi then threw Fu over his shoulder, dispelled his creations and then left the training grounds. He walked into town, over to the bar, he felt like drinking after such an experience. When he neared town, he formed two branches and had them wrap around her body. These two branches would be controlled by Taichi, allowing Fu to look as though she was still alive and well. 

Taichi would lead the now unconscious Fu to the bar, where Taichi was still hoping to find an old friend. He entered the bar and he had Fu walk over into the corner where she would stay for the remainder of the night. She would look asleep on the table with a coat laid over her. Taichi would ensure that no one would mess with her and that she would be safe. In a day or so she would awaken, remembering everything that had happened to her. Taichi would then buy himself two bottle of whiskey, and ready himself for a night of drinking, hopefully with an old friend.

EXIT

TWC: 2151

+1552 towards V7 Temple of Nirvana (Previous Progress)
+599 towards Mind's Eye of the Kagura (599/1875) [Max stat Disc.]

Formally exiting Suna to Kazan as stated in my "Odd page in the book" post

Taichi's last post, claims, and exit from this topic have been voided