BEAST mode (IO)

The fight was over before it had truly begun. Gushiken had ended the fight rather quickly with a fist through the girl’s chest. Just to be on the safe side, his whip would still lash out, hitting and wrapping around her, while avoiding getting Gushiken trapped in the process. That’s the way it goes sometimes. It was a shame really, Anaphiel had no idea what had caused her to attack them like that. Perhaps it had to do with the boar, but that seemed unlikely to him. Either way, when the shockwave had run its course, Anaphiel would approach Enyo and the girl, cautiously and senses tuned in to ensure that she was indeed taken out, but he was still ready to react if she still had the means to try something. Once he got within regular speaking distance, the Hidemori Chuunin would say “Hello Gushiken, your assistance in dealing with this troublemaker is appreciated.”

WC: 155
TWC: 2639

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

416/896 AP remaining

Claiming hit with Water Whip (power 65 + Binding)

It had all happened too fast for the inexperienced Genin to react to.

One second, she and her chunin partner had been fighting a boar, a fairly standard mission. The next a young girl had appeared from the bushes and had immediately opened with launching some fireballs at them. That was fine, Nova had been in weirder fights. Just as she'd mentally declared to herself that they would be capturing this girl alive, another stranger had appeared. The newcomer had reacted quickly and efficiently, proving to be far more effective at dealing with the adversary than Nova and her partner had been. Too effective.

Nova watched with a blank expression as the young girl dropped to the floor, likely lifeless from the combined attacks of Enyo and Anaphiel. Her face was stoic, not revealing any of the swirling emotions going through her mind. The only tell about her true emotions were the laboured breaths as her body entered something akin to fight-or-flight mode. The girl couldn't have been older than 15... Slowly, her gaze settled on the woman who had caused this and she saw red. All of the emotions that were swirling in her chest bubbled to the surface. Slowly, like water simmering in a pan.

Eyes firmly locked on Enyo, Nova walked forwards. At first glance, she could have even seemed calm, going to congratulate a partner for the successful kill. However, someone acquainted with taijutsu would see that Nova's entire body was tense and on the verge of lashing out. The trembling of her closed right fist increased as she got within striking distance of the woman and by now it would be clear to anyone that she was on the brink of attacking. She held back, however. Sending the woman the most hate-filled, volatile glare known to man Nova would speak slowly.

"Why would you do that?" Nova said in a deceptively calm tone of voice. By now, the whole world had faded from her senses. It was just her and Enyo, Anaphiel's presence was barely registering in her mind. She was beyond angry and was only managing to hold herself back because the death of the young girl hadn't quite settled in yet. Some higher, rational part of her brain was fighting to keep Nova from attacking as doing so in the presence of a chunin was a terrible idea. That part of her brain was slowly losing ground, however.

WC: 405
TWC: 2794

Like that, it was all over with. The girl, that happened to be a member of the Hyuuga clan was dead at the feet of Enyo. The Goddess, frowned upon how easy it was for her to catch the girl off guard the way that she did. Truly a waste of potential, but mostly a waste of wits. She attacked those of her village and lost herself within her vortex of emotion which lead to this swift defeat. Her body was brutalized from the attacks that Enyo released on her, mangled even. The woman would sigh and shake her head. Crouching to take up her training bag and towel as if she was done with another session. 

She was approached by Anaphiel, he praised her assistance in the matter. In return, Enyo gave him a scolding glare. She felt that something of this level of difficulty should have been more than simple to deal with by someone of his level of rank. Yet, this was another point to add to her skepticism of his worth towards the village. “Save your thanks, Anaphiel. She was distracted, clearly relied too heavily on her eyes abilities. That, and she didn’t want to fight me, her emotions and rage swelled towards you two. I’m guessing that boar meant more to her than you realized.” Her words hinted to her access of Ninshu, to learn something that was not yet spoken to her in such minor detail only pointed to such. 

But there was another problem before her, or before them. The woman named, Nova approached the Goddess and her body roared with conflict at the brim. A subtle smile emerged on the face of Enyo, her bag and towel fell to the ground once more as she motioned to meet with the woman - minding her step to prevent tripping over the corpse. She practically screamed an question at Enyo, but in response she was glared at almost similar to how she would at a child throwing a tantrum. “Why? Because you couldn’t. It’s not a matter of if you could and you weren’t trying to, you simply lack the ability, or will to do so. That’s why. I’m not so naive as to second guess my decisions. It’s either they die, or I die. Simple.” Enyo wasn’t one to play around with an adversary that she was unfamiliar with. That’s a rookie mistake that she wasn’t obsessed with making. She couldn’t say the same about these two, especially when they clearly had the means to dispatch the opponent. 

However, there was still a pressing matter to address. Enyo didn’t very much like being questioned by Nova, not in the manner that she did without some form of backing. Her body language spoke that she was ready to lash out, and Enyo felt that she deserved to see that lashing for herself. The cloak of chakra would maintain its swirl around the woman as she tilted her head to the side, standing o lay 5 meters away from the woman. “weakness of attitude becomes weakness of character. That’s the door that you’re knocking on.” He words struck like daggers towards Nova. Keeping her well within her sight as she maintained a sense of where Anaphiel was.

Mission Completed 

[WC: 542]
[Total WC: 2,501]

Spoiler:

The look that he was getting from Enyo was surprising, all things considered. He returned her glare and words with a raised eyebrow. The attitude she was giving him was unnecessary, but he didn’t particularly care. The two fights in a row had taken a toll on him and he would definitely need to get some rest. However that thought process had to be delayed slightly, with Nova questioning the need for the girl to die. “She was a threat and she needed to be taken down. The likelihood that she would keep fighting regardless of being subdued was high, so it was better in this case to prevent that from happening. Sadly it’s a part of shinobi life, Nova, and it’s something that you will have to come to terms with if that’s an issue for you.” He paused for a moment, looking at her. “Not every situation will turn out like this one, but there will be times where you will need to take a life when you would prefer otherwise, either to protect yourself, a teammate, or the village.” He looked between the pair of women in front of him. “And fighting each other won’t do anyone any good, especially not with the anger in your heart. We are all Kumo nin and I would prefer you not attempt to air any grievances you have at this time, at least not until you’ve had a chance to cool down.” He would then attempt to direct Nova away from Enyo and out of the Training Grounds. “I’ll see you later, Gushiken,” the Hidemori Chuunin would say to her as they left.

Should Nova attempt to resist his attempt to escort her out of the training ground, he will perform the handseals needed for temporary paralysis one-handed while standing right beside her. Should that kick in, he would then pick her up, and carry her out of the Training Grounds.

[EXIT with Nova, unless interrupted] (will post claims later)

WC: 321
TWC: 2960

-5 AP Hidemori Physiology
-10 AP Baioregan Activation
-10 AP Temporary Paralysis activation

401/896 AP remaining

Temp Paralysis stats:
Speed: 45
Power: 45

Regardless of the act of killing a young girl, Nova could tell that she and this 'Gushiken' would never get along in the best of circumstances. Something about people like her rubbed her the wrong way; people who thought they were better than her purely because they saw her as some brainless thug. As the woman explained to her the reasons for her actions, Nova would quietly seeth as anger boiled inside of her. The act of punching the woman in the face became more and more tangible in her thoughts as the woman carried on speaking. When she approached, Nova would stop as well, the tiny rational part of her brain knowing that it wouldn't be able to hold her back from punching if she got any closer.

"You talk like killing a teenager was the only way this mission could have gone, Gushiken," She spat the last word, her blue eyes seemed to flash an angry red for a second as she moved her head, "Do you honestly think that a kid would have been able to pose a threat to any of us? That our lives were in danger? Killing is the coward's way out. If anything, you're the weak one."

Nova clenched her fist hard enough for her nails to draw blood out of her palm as she locked eyes with Enyo, the pain managing to draw her out of the angry haze and calm her down somewhat. "One week. Meet me on these training grounds in one week and we can deal with this like real Kumogakure ninja. If you don't show up you'll only be proving to yourself how much of a coward you are."

After saying this, Nova would then see Anaphiel begin to speak. She turned her seething gaze to him, barely even listening to a single word he was saying. When he approached her to escort her, Nova would step back and say, "Fuck off, I can leave on my own. We're done here."

With that said, Nova would then turn around and stomp off back towards her apartment.

[Exit unless interupted]

WC: 353
TWC: 3147

Claims:

• 1 C-Rank and 1 D-Rank Hunter completed
  
• 8200 Ryo (C-Rank mission + D-Rank hunter with doubled rewards)
  
• 102 AP (40 mission AP + 62 trained)
  
• 2000 words for Monstrous Strength
  
• 1100 words into Chakra Barrier Seal
  

Approved

Enyo stood and listened to the words that were spewed at her from the mouth of Nova. She spoke from a depth of pure emotion, nothing more and nothing less. Enyo, understood the frustration that came from her, but that wasn’t enough to make her regret her decision. It wasn’t in her nature to fill sympathy for the lives of outsiders. She wasn’t going to start now, either. Nova was showing signs of a hopeless passive aggressor. Which was odd considering her style was anything but passive, or gentle for that matter. “Very well, you have a deal. I’ll meet you here in one week. We will settle our differences in combat. Despite your childlike tantrums, you have heart. But your limited in your approach to the world of a shinobi. I’ll teach you the error of your thinking then.” 

The goddess couldn’t help but to noticed that anti-conflict nature that Anaphiel possessed. It wasn’t something that she was use to in the land of Kumo. Everyone knew that the law of the land encourages conflict to be settled with fist, so why was he acting so passive about the entire thing. This called for a skeptical glare from her to him. He was acting quite strange for her own liking. She wouldn’t bother wasting her breath on something so light. 

She would return to her belonging, picking them up and departing from the training grounds. She looked forward to trading fists with Nova, she seemed like a world of fun. Just how much could she be pushed to break that level of thinking. That box will be her end someday. 

Exit
[WC: 271]
[Total WC: 2,772]

Mission Claims:
8,200 Ryu 
20 AP

Character Claims: 
27 AP
27 Stats 
Vigor: 31 -> 48
Chakra: 15
Speed: 65
Strength: 65 -> 75

Jutsu Claim:
Dark River Breaking Seal 1K
Genjutsu Release 250 for Handsealless mastery
[V7] Gigavolt 1.5K Power Mastery 


Dropping remaining 22 words. 

Approved