Taming the beast within (I/O)

Arantima went into the training ground and the mood on his face was not one that someone should get in the way of. The  look in his eyes was not just a serial killer eying his prey, this was a predator walking towards his quarry and anything that got in his way would find themselves among that quarry and in a most unpleasant way. He blew through the gates to the training grounds and walked right into the 6th grounds and found a nice clearing int he grounds that was already outfitted with targets. He stuck his sword staff into the ground and sat down in the center of all the target cross legged and set his hands closed fisted, knuckles pressed together with palms facing towards the sky in a meditative state.

He tried to reign in his breathing which was rapid and ragged as if he had just run Twenty miles or more, he focused on his breathing techniques. In for three seconds out for Five, In for five, out for five, In for Six, out for Nine then take a full breath slow and release and finally repeat. Arantima would count the seconds as he breathed, his eyes closed and feeling the air as it entered and left his chest as he focused on the feeling of the air rushing into and out of his lungs and throat, normally this would calm his immense nerves but this was not nervousness or anxiety.

Arantima was ANGRY, and he did not know why or at what or because of who.. The Feeling inside of him was just RAGE and.. Hunger.. As he breathed he could feel it better now, smell it better. His eyes flicked open and his eyes were locked on a snake that had just captured a bird in a nearby tree but it wasnt the sound he heard.. no it had been almost silent but it was the BLOOD that he smelled in the air..  He then recalled Mizu's words to him about how he would need to drink blood or he would go feral.  He couldn't even recall how long it had been since his blood had been unlocked, since.. they had that talk, but he had bought pills to help with this..

Arantima reached around his back to reach into his pouch and pulled out a small red pill about half an inch across but the color of blood and he popped it into his mouth and bit down. At once his mouth was filled with ecstasy and his whole being shuddered as his ever cell awakened to feed off this infusion of blood into its system. Arantima was Only Ten meters away from that snake but he could feel its heartbeat.. He didnt even open his eyes as his hand drew a kunai and pinned the creature to the tree by its heart as he twisted and moved at inhuman speed to cover the distance and grab the snake, pulling the kunai free as he finally opened his eyes.

He held the snake limp in his hand as he squeezed it with all of his strength and with his free hand the thumb nail grew to a full four inches and with a slow but methodical slice he cut the snake completely open down its length before holding the snake over his mouth and squeezing the blood to drip into his mouth. The blood dripped onto his face and the bits that did get into his mouth elicited a hissing moan from him before he threw the crushed snake into the woods for another predator or scavenger to take for its own prize.

He used his fingers to collect the blood that had dripped onto his face and licked them all clean, slurping hungrily and loudly with his mouth now filled with his fangs and each fingernail at its full 4 inch length. He looked around slowly, blinking his eyes open as he reveled in his senses, hearing every little leaf bristle, smelling every little thing in the area around him and sensing the heartbeats of every woodland critter for 10 meters around himself.

He looked back towards his Sword staff and held the Ram sign as he disappeared in a small dust-devil and appeared in a similar fashion standing next to the Staff before he plucked it from the ground and Summarily bisected it using its unique trait. He looked at the wire and with one quick motion threw one half of the Demon lance out to its full Fifteen meter range and with a a quick pull and drag with the hand that had been holding that half on the cable that connected the thrown half to the other half still held by him he swung the Blade in a wide arc Three hundred and Sixty degrees at speeds that would Cause The removal of limbs that got in the way of that blade..

Arantima Took a moment and While his Weapon was still swinging The wire suddenly began to shimmer in the light as it was passing and he took his hand off of the wire before it did using the grip of the other blade as his new anchor point. He twisted his arms angle just slightly and the rotation of the blade and wire in mid air changed just enough to wrap it around the nearby target the wire cutting almost completely through the target until the blade finally landed with a solid thunk into the wood as well.

The only thing that he wishes he could have done better was hold the damn wire.. Having to control just the handle with that technique is so limiting. He looked at the target and then hemmed and hawed over the fact that he had almost cut straight through it without having to use anything but that one technique however.. Making it useful enough on its own but one day he might have to improve upon it somehow but that could wait.

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Arantima was not quite used to the beat of a heart, but as he felt the impending thrum of a well controlled heartbeat his nose picked up something on an incoming breeze, it smelled like.. PREY. His neck and shoulders twitched as his clawed fingers curled and creaked, his head cocking to one side as his eyes closed. I can not.. Expose.. I can not.. His mind instantly was awash with images, Blood memories of his father? Memories that were within him that were not fully his own as he watched and FELT claws and fangs ripping into flesh as blood poured down a neck and chest, seeping into clothes and the coppery scent filling everything that he was.

He turned and could not see anything but the mans throat and the artery that provided life to his body thrumming with each pulse of their heart.  The Ninja that was stalking in the shadows thought that they were hidden, perfectly quiet.. But somehow their eyes were now met with the blood red almost glowing eyes of their target. How does he see me? This should have been simple.. Snatch the kid.. Ransom him off.. He's just a genin for fucks sake. The ninja adjusted their posture to flash their headband towards Arantima, showing the Sunagakure Symbol on the bit of metal attached to the cloth. The Ninja that was approaching then caught his eyes on the glint of the Weapon behind Arantima lodged into the target deeper than it had any right to be.

Arantima shuddered softly as his eyes flicked to the new glint of metal and saw the Suna symbol, just as the Ninja's eyes went wide at the spectacle behind Arantima, Arantim'as own eyes went wide at the Symbol of the headband. Ca... Cant.. Feed.. from Ninja of Suna...  Ane will.. Punish.. Even his thoughts were strained with a voice that was not quite his own. "You.. Should leave now Shinobi. Before You see things you should not. I'm giving you this chance.. To prove I am still a good person!" Arantima spoke as he slowly turned, his clawed fingers grabbing at his Clothes and pulling as if they were trying to rip it off of himself but still in control enough to not yet do so.

The ninja only tilted their head before smirking and seeing the display ahead of him as a nervous and weak Genin trying to puff himself up instead of a creature trying to restrain itself. Now or never.. I'll just knock the brat out and be done with it. The ninja placed a hand behind his back and from it drew out several lengths of ninja wire and formed hand seals with his free hand Once the handseals started he had begun to move in a circle around Arantima's left and soon their was a Thick mist rolling in. Arantima's eyes did not follow the man as he started to move, instead He reached into his item pouch, but held his hand there until the mist began to sprout up and moved in quickly.

The Ninja waited for the mist to be completely around Arantima, which did not take long at all. The wires were then flicked out from his hand in order to try and Ensnare Arantima's throat. Arantima being unable to sense the Chrakra infused wire was caught by it, but seemed unphased as his Twin Demon lance came up and was a blur of solid white whirling that snapped the Wires cleanly as with his other free hand his Fuma shuriken was thrown at the left arm of the man while at the same time Arantima darted for the right side. The Ninja had not left Arantima's Ten meter sense range and though he could not sense the wires coming in, he knew where they would be coming from.

The ninja panicked for a moment as he watched the Wires snap and had only a moment to think about which direction he would dodge and smirked as he drew a Black coated Tanto, catching the Fuma shuriken on it and deflecting the blade back towards Tima, or so he had planned As Tima pulled a wire and the Shuriken split, firing two of the blades, one towards his neck and the other his leg. The Ninja was Swift yet and managed to twist himself enough to dodge both blades, but as he righted himself to get footing to start moving once more He was met face to face with the blood red eyes of Arantima before Arantima's spinning blade came down and removed the Ninja's right arm.

The ninja was a Lefty, luckily for him as he moved to try and stab Arantima in the chest with his tanto Arantima simply reached forward and took the tanto through his hand and grabbed hold of the Ninja's hand holding it.. Before summarily removing the left arm with his Spinning blade and kicking the Disarmed Ninja to the floor. Arantima threw the spinning lance to land squarely beside the mans head as he removed the Tanto from his own hand and licked his own blood before holding the arm above his head and letting the blood drip into his mouth with a horrifying hiss of pleasure at the taste of Human blood at last.

The ninja Watched on in horror as Arantima began to wring out the arm to get at more of the red liquid which Arantima was now drenched in. It was not long before this Ninja was unconscious from blood loss, but it was not the last thing this Ninja would live to see and be horrified of.  There were times he would come back to consciousness to find Arantima above him, just panting heavily and growling, other times he would feel Arantima's body weight atop him and teeth in his flesh as he felt the life draining from his body. Arantima Was not Sated until this body was completely drained and Pale as a sheet.

It was quite some time before he was fully cognizant once more and he blinked several times at what he had done and panicked.. He Sealed the Body in one of his scrolls.. He would do something about this body later.. For now he had to clean off all of this blood before he was seen.


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Arantima Washed himself in the nearby lake and did the same with his clothes. His mind was clear now however, and it was certain to Tima now that his blood pills would not Do in the long run, he had been running for a few weeks on them but the difference between human blood and the pills was just.. Orgasmic. He felt lucky that he wore very little white as he scrubbed the Clothing free of the blood.. The pool of water he was bathing in was luckily large enough that he did not turn the entire volume red with it, as he took his clothes out to dry he used his Twin demon lance to hang them across the clearing, securing the blades into trees and hanging clothes along the wire.

He sat there is his small clothes watching the fire he had started to keep himself warm and maybe help dry his clothes faster. His eyes stared into the fire as he he reviewed everything that just happened in his mind. He pulled the scroll out and pulled the body from its seal.. He looked at the pale form and the dried blood without touching the body. He sniffed over and over and over again, getting the scent stuffed into his olfactory centers before he let out a soft grunt. There was nothing left of the man, just a pile of flesh and bone, and he recalled the feeling of the Wire wrapping around his neck and the thought that.. if he had not been fast enough that he might have had his head removed.

He Idly rubbed at his throat and looked at the man again, wondering why he had tried to kill him. What had he done to garner any sort of hate? Had the man been watching him and his treatment of the snake? Why would that make him a target? He looked over at his clothes, he wore no symbols of any great house or clan, and his ninja arm band was simple enough and this man was also a Suna Ninja.. Or so it appeared. Arantima didnt bother thinking about it any further as he used his sharp nails to cut the clothing off the man and started to burn it all to ash. He likewise threw the severed arms on the fire and smelled the air as they began to cook, finding that the smell was not so unpleasant..

Arantima Took himself and began to meditate, his eyes closed and his fists pressed knuckle to knuckle resting in his lap as he squared his shoulders and took in a deep breath, held it for a moment and released it. He began to let his chakra flow through himself freely and even stretching it out onto the surface of his skin to try and feel through his Chakra network instead of his regular senses. He shuddered as he felt the rippling of Chakra around himself and kept those sensations in his mind as he opened his eyes so he could try and pinpoint what he was feeling. He looked and kept note of all of the things that he could ping with this sensory skill he was trying to cultivate.

There was danger in being unable to tell if an incoming attack was infused with chakra or not, as evidenced by the wire that had he not also been utilizing chakra his blade would have bounced clean off of. He brought out a few Makibishi and infused them with chakra basically and tossed them lazily a few meters away to get a measure for how far away he could sense them. He noted that the distance he could sense them while still be able to make more to test the range was about 5 Meters, which was actually perfect for his purposes.

He Nodded once to himself and closed his eyes again, taking another deep breath holding it and letting it free after a moment to right himself again before now holding his chakra flow from moving at all.. He focused hard on burying his chakra flow into the deepest pits of his body and sealing it away so it could not be sensed at all. It felt like he was trying to push his own heart away and stop it from beating at first but as he kept restarting and trying over and over again it began to feel like making a fist.. It took some concentration to flex those muscles but it would shut down on command.

He Stood and Looked at the.. he was expecting the sun but he had been out all day it seemed training alone in the grounds and now the Moon was out casting its pale light over the clearing. He Dressed himself and left the body where it lie, hoping that the wildlife would take care of it before too long its clothing was all burned away and any defining features were unrecognizable.. Leaving identifying the man a daunting task. After Arantima was dressed and his weapons were all squared away, every last Makibishi recovered he looked back at the grounds he had been at all day.. They looked like a battlefield.

The targets he used were ruined beyond repair and there was a Disarmed and blood drained corpse rotting away in the moonlight as he turned and looked at a branch that was far away before forming a seal for Body flicker and launching himself for the weight bearing sturdy branch, a soft dustdevil appearing where he left and right before he landed one appeared on the branch as his foot fell onto it and he caught the trunk of the tree as he looked back from the new place.. All he could see now was the fire.. No body.. No damaged targets.. Just a fire burning in the distance in the moon lit clearing.

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[Exit and claim]

Claiming 25% Training ground Discount

75 WC per stat with Discount makes a total of 40 Stat points. Using 20 Of those to reduce Strength to 25. Placing the other 20 into speed making it 95 Base before Bloodlines.

Training Chakra Supression with 25% discount 1500/1500

Training Chakra Sensory with 25% discount 1500/1500

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