BEAST mode (IO)

He’d exceeded the limit of what help he could acquire from his patron summon race, so there would be no other assistance apart from Lunastra. Not like he needed more than her, she was a terrible foe by herself. That didn’t change the fact that the boar was closing in on him now that he’d stopped moving, but she was right on its tail and gaining rather quickly. Of course, Anaphiel didn’t want to take any chances, so he would continue backing up at a speed of 50 so he would outpace the boar. As he did so, he would make a series of three hand seals with his right hand. A surge of water would leave the Hidemori Chuunin’s lips as a long whip made of water formed in his right hand at a speed of 60. The whip itself was ten meters long and five centimeters in diameter at its narrowest point.

Not that it really mattered by the time that the boar had reached where Anaphiel was, Lunastra was on top of it. The massive wyvern swiped one of its large paws against the back half of the boar, foot-long claws gouging out huge chunks of flesh on the boar’s right flank. The force of the blow would also ruin the rest of the boar’s charge, as the applied force to its back half would send its body sideways. Lunastra would charge in for a second attack, this time aiming to rip out the beast’s entrails. Anaphiel would stop backing up the moment the whip had fully formed and would reverse direction, charging forward and closing to within 1.5 meters of the boar’s already injured rear flank, which was currently facing him. Anaphiel would attack with the whip, seeking to damage the area further, and hopefully preventing the boar from using that one leg entirely. Animal that it was, it was still incredibly dangerous and needed to be treated with caution.

WC: 324
TWC: 1728

-5 AP Hidemori Physiology
-10 AP Baioregan Activation
-50 AP Lunastra Summoning upkeep
+50AP Teostra Summoning Upkeep reversal
-20 AP Water Release: Water Whip Activation

601/896 AP remaining

Water Whip: Power 60, attack speed 75

Claiming hit on boar from Lunastra(had conversation with Gonk over discord and we both agree that the hit is valid)
Lunastra's claws have sharpness 100 (all attacks are made with max strength/speed)

Nova would simply remain still, so long as no attacks would come near her - in which case she'd dodge out the way at her max speed - as the huge Wyvern descended on the boar with a savage series of attacks that completely tore out entire chunks of flesh from the beast. Nova considered herself pretty strong, but she wasn't anywhere near that level of physical might yet. It was like a challenge, beckoning Nova to reach new heights. Would she too reach that level one day? It was an exciting prospect.

If the boar wasn't dead after the Wyvern's swipe, Nova would bring out a kunai from her pouch and throw it at the likely stunned beast, aiming to instantly kill it by aiming right between the eyes with a full-power attack. If anything was in the way, then Nova of course wouldn't throw the weapon since angering the Wyvern wasn't a good idea.

If the boar was killed by the attack, Nova would scowl and walk up to the boar's corpse. Once close, she'd spit on it and quietly whisper, "Disgusting beast." before turning back to the Chunin who had felled the creature. "That's it?" She'd ask, looking around the grass field the battle had taken place on suspiciously. Reports could be spotty, and there was a non-zero chance of another beast showing up to try and ambush them again.

WC: 231
TWC: 1749

AP: 340 (Potential +10 if the boar was killed and Nova didn't throw her kunai)
Shadow Clone cooldown: 3/4

Anaphiel would look around after the beat collapsed. With a nod to Lunastra, he would turn to Nova and say “I hope so.” Naturally that would not be the case, his Baioregan picking up a human figure once they entered his range and kept an eye on them as they got closer. “Someone else just showed up,” he would say in an undertone to the other two. “They’re trying to be inconspicuous, so they may wish to do us harm, be on your guard.” As such, Anaphiel would not dispel his water whip, in case that the newcomer wished to do them harm. As an afterthought he muttered “fire and wind,” commenting on their basic elemental natures.

It would seem that they did intend on causing harm, as not much later they launched a trio of meter wide fireballs at them. They weren’t moving very quickly. So Anaphiel was able to quickly point out where their attacker was and which direction they were moving before dodging the first fireball aimed at him by moving 1 meter in the direction that the newcomer was heading. When the second fireball was launched at him, he could see it coming the moment it was launched. That gave him plenty of time to reverse direction enough so that the 2nd fireball would pass harmlessly in front of him. In addition to reversing course, he would make a series of six handseals and a point three meters directly in front of Akako and one meter off the ground, would coalesce into a dark sphere, rapidly expanding outwards to create a black void 10 meters in radius. He was hoping to force her towards him, and should she attempt to close the distance and get within 10 meters of him, he would attack her with his whip in an attempt to bind her with it. His Baioregan would keep him appraised of any movements Akako tried to make and would be ready for them as they came.

Meanwhile, Lunastra avoided the first fireball aimed at her by taking to the air, flying 1.5 meters above the fireball before moving in the direction that Anaphiel indicated. The second fireball aimed at her was avoided by moving further towards Akako’s original point than her current location. This way, when the devouring sphere was created, Lunastra was getting into a position where she would cut off that avenue of evasion and would proceed to close the distance with the newcomer while ensuring that she herself was not hit by the black void of space-time energy.

WC: 426
TWC: 2154

(all stated actions happen at max stats unless stated otherwise)

-10 APBody Flicker activation from previous post
-5 AP Hidemori Physiology
-10 AP Baioregan Activation
-50 AP Lunastra Summoning upkeep
-10 AP Water Release: Water Whip upkeep
-50 AP Space-Time Art: Devouring Sphere Activation

466/896 AP remaining

Devouring Sphere:
Power: 75
Speed: 75

Water whip:
Power: 60
Speed: 75

It seemed that there was no time to celebrate the death of the boar as her Chunin partner had spotted someone heading in their direction inconspicuously. Just in case, Nova made no outward indication that she'd heard him and carried on with her actions mentioned previously. The silence didn't last long, however, as soon three fireballs were launched from the underbrush where the boar had originally come from. Due to the direction she had been facing, Nova had no issue seeing these issues and reacting in time. Plus, the Chunin's warning gave her plenty of time to run out the way due to her speed.

Nova started to run to the right at her max speed instantly after seeing the fireball heading in her direction. With her speed being nearly triple that of the fireball's, Nova would make it 7-meters to the right as the fireball had made it 3-meters towards where she used to be. Whilst running, Nova would bring out a kunai with the hand not currently holding the staff and keep an eye on the girl as she sprinted through the cover and let loose another fireball towards her. 'She looks young,' Nova thought sadly. She didn't know who this girl was or why she was attacking them, but Nova wasn't going to kill her, nor would she allow her partner to do so either.

With this in mind, the moment the second fireball came careening from the girl, Nova threw her kunai towards the girl's left knee, underneath the fireball. She made sure to throw it as fast as she could but had made sure to aim in a non-lethal area so as to not kill the girl instantly if she failed to dodge. Since the girl had aimed her fireball ahead of Nova to account for her trajectory, Nova simply stopped moving so that both the fireballs would just go straight past her if nothing changed.

WC: 328
TWC: 2077

AP: 350/360
Shadow Clone Cooldown: 2/4

Spoiler:

Sweat beads rolled down the face and body of the Goddess as she stood within the middle of the training grounds that she occupied for herself and herself alone. Her days within the confines of the hospital provided little room for self progression and her only exercise was walking around making sure that Ichigo was staying on task and the hospital staff were staying on their toes. The last thing that man needed was for his building to be run into the mud. On the days that she had off, Enyo Gushiken could be found at the training grounds honing her mind, body and soul. Dedicating herself to her arsenal. On this day in particular she has been there since this morning, 5 AM. It was now some time in the evening and she believed she did enough, though she couldn’t resist admitting to herself that she could go another few hours. In truth, she wished she had a sparing partner to help better perfect her move set. 

She wore a black sports bra that hugged around her neck, covered more of her upper body than most did. Black leggings and shinobi boots. A bandaged around her head and right eye with glasses. The bandages can also be seen around her entire right arm and hand. The side of her stomach showed the burn wounds that took up her right side. Even on her face and neck from under the bandages her scars can be seen peaking, even though on the left of her face the scars were visible. But it did not take from her stunning beauty. Her short black hair drenched with a mixture of sweat and water. Her six pack abs flexed, her body was in top condition. Well toned and at her full disposal.

Spoiler:

She gathered her belongings, a duffle bag, towel and bottle of water. The bag contained a few weights within it that someone with her strength found to be both easy and challenging to work out with. A few jumping ropes, bands for resistance training and a 350 pound small medicine ball. She sighed as she took a few sips of her bottled water, surprised that it still maintained its chill. She would have to thank Ichigo for the canister when she returned to the hospital, it was a thoughtful gift. Leaving the grounds she would travel along the pathway where the other training grounds eventually met. As she walked she felt...strange. Something tugging at her intuition as she navigated further along the path. She found herself standing before a particular training ground. Her eye scanned over and away five, no...four occupying the space. At first glance, she figured they were training, but with a closer look she noticed one was down...the boar. “Is that a familiar? Did someone thing happen?” She thought to herself. She recognized Anaphiel due to working with him on missions. There was another woman seemingly at his side, Enyo took note of her physique, it was nice. She took chair of herself and if the Goddess had to guess, she placed her as a Taijitsu expert. There was also this flying beast that seemed to be ignoring them and focusing on the last person, she immediately determined that it was a summoning - clearly Anaphiel’s. 

Now, there was the matter of the other one...a woman, young with bare feet. She was throwing fireballs at them. Under normal circumstances, there wouldn’t be any warrant for concern at this, because it is a training grounds - but something was off. Enyo was sensing a hurt from this girl. Anger! Immediately she linked the deceased animal to this girl. That upon also realizing that the girl had no dealings, or proof of being a Kumo shinobi. The duffle bag fell along with the towel and water. 

From Enyo’s positions she was facing the back of the girl without shoes, due to her changing her trajectory to avoid the kunai, it placed her back towards Enyo. These orbs were summoned by Anaphiel before the girl and she moved impressively well to gain some distance from them. She moved well, her reaction time was nearly spot on. It was apparent to Enyo that this was another practitioner of Taijutsu. A grim smile formed along the face of the woman. Fate seem to have bestowed her a sparing partner, what’s more, this partner is not of Kumo blood, which means that she could go all out! Her left eye beam with fire and electricity as her blood coursed her body at a rapid pace. Enyo was originally 10 meters behind the woman, as she was backing up 7.5 meters. That would be placing her 2.5 meters closer to Enyo. It was apparent that she was not expecting her there, but something told Enyo not to let her guard down. As she was backing towards Enyo and she entered 5 meters of her passive sensory the Goddess mind echoed. “Sharpen thy will, hammer thine body, be the bulwark against the wicked...” Her hands weaved seals as the woman was locked into back paddling to escape the spheres. An aura of invisible chakra would expel from Enyo to take hold over the girl. She would feel her body immediately become constricted into place, as if she was being bind by steel chains of a power of 25. This was temporary paralysis. It would be clear that there was another at this point. Granted of that landed, or not while she was locked into her back paddling the next move was going to take place regardless. 

Enyo was cloaked in a golden chakra that held a DR of 80. Her speed and strength increased to 115 each. Her muscles grew more toned and her breathing was aligned with everything around her. Her right fist was formed and sent towards the ground at a speed of 115 and power to match, creating a meter crater on the earth as she did. But also from this a rippled of force erect from her in a 360 degree angle up to 16 meters at a speed and power of 83. The very earth rised and fell in the span of the ripple like a domino effect. Up to the 11 meters anyone caught in the wave aside from Enyo will be sent flying in the air 16 meter and take a toll to their speed by -50. Thus the girl will have her speed reduced from 80 to 30 in one fell swoop should she be hit, but the ripple. Enyo would smile in that as she would then follow up with one last move before awaiting to see what would come next. As she removed her hand from the earth at a speed of 115 she would then chakra chakra into her left arm as she twist her hips and threw a straight fist at the girl. - Whether she was in the air due to the earth shaker, or avoided this will come next in a session of combos - Crimson chakra with a tinge of black tint outlines would crackle around her fist as she released a fist sized sphere with a power/speed/health of 145 at the woman. 

Should this connect it would be enough to puncture her torso through to her back. Damaging her organs in the process. Enyo would maintain her guard to see what was to come next from this. 

[WC: 1,236]

Spoiler:

He must not have been looking in the right direction, as for some reason the singularity was created in front of him, and closer than he’d have liked. It was at this point his Baioregan noticed another person, one with lightning and earth chakra natures, but he had other things to worry about. He backed away, stopping the flow of chakra to the expanding sphere while mentally telling Lunastra to return home so that she would not get hurt by his careless mistake. She disappeared in a puff of smoke and he would stop backtracking once he’d moved just beyond the 15 meter mark. With her gone, and him constantly keeping an eye on their attacker, Anaphiel would beckon Nova to move towards him, he had a plan, and it required the close combat shinobi nearby. It was at this point that he’d notice that the newcomer was an ally; Gushiken Enyo was charging the woman from behind. He would start moving towards her now that the sphere was collapsing and was no longer a threat,. She made a couple hand seals that he couldn’t quite make out, not long after she started glowing with a golden light and then punched at the ground. He could see the tremor, and would modulate his speed so that he would be moving slow enough to not get caught in the earth-based attack as it spread out and would reach the edge of its range shortly after the tremor dissipated. Once that happened he would charge towards the attacker (not Enyo) at his max speed. Upon closing to 10m he would start lashing out at akako with the whip, hoping to subdue her or cripple her should Enyo’s attack not worked. Also keeping an eye on his surroundings to make sure that he was ready to take on anything that came his way with hostile intent.

Should Enyo’s attack succeed, Anaphiel would casually walk over to her and say “funny meeting you here.”

WC: 330
TWC: 2484

(all stated actions happen at max stats unless stated otherwise)

-5 AP Hidemori Physiology
-10 AP Baioregan Activation
-10 AP Water Release: Water Whip upkeep

441/896 AP remaining

Water whip:
Power: 60
Speed: 75

Truth be told, this whole fight was moving a little fast for the poor genin. Fistfights? Nova got; excelled at, even. Being in a ring, one-on-one was where Nova felt comfortable. So, from the moment the chunin had summoned a massive fuck-off beast she had been off-kilter, not able to operate to the best of her ability. Then her partner had proceeded to create an all-consuming void that bent space in a way that hurt her eyes to look at. She backed up far enough away to where she wouldn't be caught in the void and mentally shuddered. She was in the middle of a serious fight, the likes of which she'd never seen before. She had to be careful, lest she steps on the toes of some powerful people.

Once the sphere had dissipated, Nova did what the chunin instructed and begun running over to trail him towards their attacker, making sure to keep her speed down to stay behind him and not run past him. The arrival of a new person was worrying to Nova; was this another attacker? The newcomer looked strong in the same way that Nova was. A practitioner of taijutsu, then. Despite her initial fear, Nova suddenly liked the idea of this newcomer being an enemy; fighting someone up close and personal was where she was most comfortable. Unfortunately, the newcomer looked like an ally as she started to launch attacks at Nova and Anaphiel's adversary.

While running, regardless of what Anaphiel did, Nova would make sure to keep out of the range of the ripple of the earth-shaker that emanated from Enyo, backing away if need be. If allowed to get close, and not end up getting in the way of any other attacks, Nova would run up to the girl and attempt to deliver a chop to her neck to knock her out.

WC: 315
TWC: 2389

AP: 350 - 10 = 340
Throat Chop Speed/Strength: 110/50