Reclaiming the Wolf's Den [C-Rank Hunter Mission]

Youta who has had Meigan activated would see two figures with chakra signitures. One up on the wall and one behind the gate where Youta saw him through the small window in the gate. They were both wearing a very creepy mask that was smiling unnervingly at them hiding the faces of the shinobi that were there. Youta would say “One up on the wall and one behind the gate. That is all I see so far. I can give you more info once we find somewhere safe. If we find somewhere.” The others would begin to make their move and Youta would follow. And soon after he moved to follow Sebastian and Typhon as the spear would hit right behind him. It would crash into the ground, penetrating the earth. It went at least a foot into ground and he would also see the other spears land in front of him and they would also burry themselves at least a foot into ground. He would move to be in between Typhon and Sebastian exactly halfway between them.

He would see Ryumi rush towards the figure behind the gate. Youta would watch intently the figure on the wall and the other to see if they would activate any technique he needed to worry about. He would then move to be within 5 meters of Sebastian, still over 50m from the leader, and would nod implying that he has his back and is ready when he is and then would look at Typhon and see if he was ready then look back towards the enemies. Being ready to react to whatever they may throw at them.

TWC-269

OOC:

Seeing that an altercation would begin almost immediately started by one of the fellow bandits who was currently manning the gate, but before she had originally intended to raise an alarm, she’d just immediately start a mad dash to get there when the first spear would be thrown. During this jolt, she’d activate her Hyuuga’s Valor, gaining even more speed. Before Hisako could reach about halfway to the gate which was under siege, all of the 4 spears which had been thrown by Billy from way up on high, wouldn’t have unfortunately landed any blows against the group that was now all moving forward. With the Byakugan still activated, it would instead be seen that each spear would plunge into the ground behind where they were all moving to.

By the time the rogue kunoichi would have reached the gate, the charging, armored skin kunoichi would have already gotten there. It was up to Rasku to avoid being hit by that incoming swing from the gargantuan lass. But, nevertheless, the Hyuuga would keep a level head, for now at least. Had the need really arisen for it, she would obviously shout out for the gate to be closed, but that was all dependent on what the other fighters would do. Opting to hold back slightly beyond the gate’s little entryway in case the other missing nin would pull the switch to close it. 5 meters away from the lumbering Hoshi combatant, to be precise. However, she would use this time, when getting to that said 5 meter mark, the masked woman would activate her own defensive technique, without the need for handseals; waiting to see what would possibly happen next.

WC: 280
TWC: 590

Combat Stuff:

But Billy's made his next move as soon as each of the Haven shinobi noticed him. He activated Feeding Roots, replenishing 100 of his lost AP. He then quickly signed Tiger  → Ram  → Dog  → Tiger to use Lightning Clone technique and at the same time as his clones appear, 5 identical copies of bulging Billies would also appear on each of sides, the string of afterimages of 10 Billies spanning 5 meters and his two clones' bodies would overlap and mimic the two apparitions furthest from Billy on either side. This Genjutsu would affect any character who perceives Billy.  Sebastian upon seeing the afterimages would be debuffed by 30 to both his Speed and Strength.

Billy and his clones then each made a sharp, deep inhalation before rushing down the wall at using Surface Walking - the strings of afterimages between them as they ran. Billy matched the speed of his clones - 150 - and when he was halfway down the wall he reloaded blisteringly fast and fired an exploding tag equipped arrow/bolt from his hip aimed at Sebastian's throat (27.04 meters away according to a certain mister Pythagoras) with the intention to kill, at a speed of 50. Each of the apparitions would appear to fire an arrow/bolt of their own, their bolts' paths parallel to the original by mimicking the original Billy's actions, and his clones would imitate the apparitions. The fake bolts would thus be headed for Typhon and the empty space to Sebastian's right (these would pass through the ground) whereas the fatal bolt would be headed for the leader's throat (this would pierce his throat and more).

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WC: 275
TWC: 500

Battle Info:

Upon spotting the bandit atop the wall, they would begin to form hand seals. In an instant, various duplicates would generate and seemingly mimic the actions of their originator. It was a bit disorienting to witness, the wolf not being used to such visual tricks and ploys but quickly adapting to it. It was just a trick though, for no known clone technique was capable of generating so many duplicates. While it might have been possible for something like that to be developed, the wolf had no reason to believe a common bandit would be on the forefront of new and cutting edge ninjutsu techniques. "Fakes," the wolf would mutter aloud. 

The wolf didn't seek to make this take longer than need be, so watching the duplicates form would cause him to determine a course of action. First the wolf would activate Genjutsu Release (without seals) to hopefully eliminate the figments. It was only a guess, but one that he would bank on considering the sheer number of duplicates created that far surpassed any known clone technique. The majority of the duplicates would vanish to the wolf upon releasing the genjutsu. 

The Billy bandit on the wall would begin its descent down the wall, to which the wolf would watch. The bandit stepped down like they intended to use surface walking or something, but instead stepped off from the wall which pushed them off far enough to not be able to reach the wall any longer thanks to the forces at play. A diving attack? Once the bandit launched the attack at the wolf would make his move. Activating Chakra Enhanced Strength to amplify his speed and strength to drastic heights. This would occur practically instantly, and immediately following up he would dash towards the wall in an attempt to cut off the bandit. Just as he began his movement would immediately be his own string of hand seals to be utilized (Dog - Bird - Hare - Monkey - Horse - Ox - Rat) at a blindingly fast speed (full speed, should be 220 if I understand the Genjutsu correctly) while moving to activate his own sensory technique to hopefully mask his movements. He would then activate a method to infuse his attacks with wind nature upon completion of the first string (Bird > Serpent > Rat > Clap Hands). 

The wolf would run to meet the Billies at the bottom near the wall. There were no obstacles in the path, along with a lack of loose dirt or any sort of puddles. With the path clear, Loghain would make certain to move forward 5 meters, then diagonally the remainging distance towards the point at which they would intersect.  His two clones directly beside him on the left and right and within reach of one another meant that the wolf would be outnumbered, and the fact that they still existing suggested to him that they were in fact real. He would have to be careful. The Billy in the center would be hit with Lightning Jab then followed with a spear hand to the heart. This would be fatal if it connected. 


Jutsu and such:

Nature Stack gathered (3/6) due to bloodline PB
- 45 AP (Gen Release; 30ap base, 15 additional for Chakra Difference between scaled tech (65)
- 50 ap CES (+70 STR/SPD - Choosing Tai discount)
- 100 ap Dustless
- 30 ap Gale Fist
- 40 ap Lightning Jab
- 100 ap Nukite

All actions full speed. All techniques full speed and power

Typhon saw Ryumi blast past him at blinding speeds and started to move forward himself following after her. He would run while keeping an eye out for any attacks coming his way. Should nothing prevent him from doing so Typhon would stop 5 meters behind Ryumi, standing just a couple paces to her left. He trusted that his teammate could handle her opponent but would be on standby should something unexpected happen.

Even if Ryumi managed to immediately incapacitate the lanky man, there was still another bandit waiting just behind the gate. Ty considered launching an attack at them but would only endanger Ryumi if he sent any disease that way. He would have to remain patient. He was the squad medic anyway. There was no need for him to rush into danger like his more physically capable teammates.

(WC 139)
(TWC 670)

+2 contagion counters (6/10)

The lanky Hyuga that she had swung towards and aimed for his head would have been sent flying backwards by the punch straight to his dome at a speed of 190. His body smashing directly into the wall behind him as he was barely a quarter of a meter behind him. She could feel his blood on her knuckles, his body would have made a small crater inside of the wall, a quarter of a meter deep. Right after her punch had landed, and before he made contact with the wall, Ryumi moved forwards, her legs getting sucked into her body, before suddenly, she was propelled forwards by a blast of air where her legs once were. As they had been sucked up into her body to act as a propulsion device. She was 1.25 meters away from him when his body had smashed into the wall to create the crater, right as she was moving at a speed of 240 directly towards him, her right hand that had just punched him now was fully extended, her arm was a meter in length, meaning she’d only have to traverse 0.25 meters to stab right through him with her technique. Due to her speed, she would ram right through the wall and the lanky man. Her finger would have stabbed right through him, like a massive spear going through his body. She had aimed for his heart with her stabbing motion. Attempting to kill the man instantly, her arm would have also gone through his body as well, rupturing organs, completely shattering his ribcage and spine as well. Her body would have continued to move forwards.

She would have blasted a 2 meter wide hole directly through the wall, the structure of the wall staying intact as she would have completely split the man in half vertically. She would have stopped when she was five meters away from the wall that she had just punched through. The stability of the wall staying in tact while she had blood running down her entire arm, in which Ryumi would have turned her attention back towards the gate, she would have seen the supposed leader right near the gate, a smirk would be plastered on her face when she would have seen the women.

WC:382
TWC:1177
Current AP:1180
Bound Man: -50 AP
Heavenly Body: +10 AP
Propulsion shot: -50
Speed:240
Nukite: Spearhand:-100
Nukite Spear
Power:240
Speed:190
Total AP:990

240 Strength
190 Speed
25 Chakra
25 Vigor

Youta standing a number of meters behind Sebastian at the beginning.He would then see Billy make clones. He would then see billy and his clones take a misstep and start falling off the wall. Seeing billy and his clones plummeting down the wall.  He would see his chance.  And he would activate sage mode.  His ears would elongate and start looking more canine and his nails would start to sharpen and turn into claws. And the Yuumei energy would condense around him forming a barrier around Youta.  As soon as Billy steps off the edge he would as full speed make the handsigns Dragon, Rat, Hare, Dragon, Rat, Hare, Bird, Snake, Boar, Monkey, Dragon, Ox, Horse, Bird then using his Meigan he would see which billy was the real one and which two were clones.  He would move up while making his hand signs getting right next to the wall 1 meter away.   He would release the technique in time to meet billy about half way up. 1 out of each hand and 8 out of his chest these laughing purple streams of intense energy.   They were almost skull looking and would move at full speed towards billy.  They would move around all Youta’s allies.  The eight from his chest would target the real Billy and the separate ones from the hands would target a clone aiming at their hearts.  The 8 aimed towards billy would wrap around each of his limbs and his neck. Then one would aim for between his eyes. One for his heart and one for groin.  Then I’m a split second they would rip his arms and legs off and the one around his neck would bite and rip out his larynx snapping his neck. If it lands and the body rains down landing against the wall. Missing Youta however blood and other bodily fluids rain down covering Youta.

 WC=271

OOC:

Things were starting to get interesting. A byakugan could see many things within it’s field of vision, one of them being what was taking place in front of the actual gates, specifically taking note of the one caster’s transformation to display more wolfish features. Unfortunately, the way to get there was being blocked by a side punch thrown by a giant. For now at least. Hisako would kill two birds with one stone with her next move. Being quite the reactive sort, the kunoichi would manage to be able to punch the wall that was right next to her (the one opposite to Billy running down), before the other kunoichi’s punch would make contact with her ally. There was knowledge that she wouldn’t have been able to actually get in the way of the attack, but with Cherry Blossom Impact, the wall would now be destroyed in a 10 m radius from the spot of impact. So, her fellow Hyuuga, if still hit, would at least have the benefit of not going crashing into the wall, and would be instead sent flying back slightly into the training ground area.

She’d then dash forward, and slightly away from the charging tank to avoid getting within the war path. Making a b-line on that slight diagonal towards the outside, she’d eventually get there in a few seconds if uninterrupted. And, once there, her target would be formed. The leader would choose to go after the one who had yet to actually act against them, standing 5 meters away from the entrance to the fort (Typhon). Continuing the momentum, the bandit would make a mad dash towards the Hoshi lad, keeping vigilance in case someone would try to blindside her. And at the last second; punch. Being used in tandem with a violent burst of chakra from the tenkestu point within the palm of her hand. The right palm would be directed towards the right chest muscle. If the hit would land, the nin would face severe internal damage to his lungs, and would be sent spiraling backwards 10 meters.

WC:  347
TWC: 937

Combat Stuff:

But Sebastian, Youta and Typhon would end their moves within the range of The Archer's Calling which upon missing the Jounin's throat had pierced the ground right beneath him 9 meters from the base of the wall. Sebastian who rushed to meet Billy at the base of the wall, and Youta who was placed 1 meter from the wall would each be dealt 125 damage from the vacuum sphere with a radius of 15 meters that had finished expanding from the arrow.

"Ratsu, wake up, bastard!" Billy upon firing the arrow at the halfway point of his dive was cautious when he saw Youta below him at the base of the wall and called for his ally coughing out in his gruff, smoky voice. Making use of the distance between them, Billy would no longer allow the Meigan user's technique to meet him exactly at the halfway point. Instead, the masked bandit activated Lightness Skill to reduce the speed of his own fall to 1, and with a spare left hand grabbed one of the arms of his clone on the left and put him on the original's shoulder giving him a piggyback ride. In the same motion, while also clutching his crossbow and his waraxe, he used his spare hands to sign Rat > Dragon > Boat > Serpent > Bird for Splashing Carp as he drew his axe back and stretched his legs out to firmly plant them on the wall to use Surface Walking to anchor his feet on the wall when he was 16 meters from the ground.

This meanwhile allowed the clone on his right to fall ahead of the original and the other duplicate to be struck down first, and use Split Second to debuff Youta's Laughing Coffin (-1 power, -49 speed) by hitting the segment that was aimed at that clone, thereby debuffing the entirety of the technique right before being struck by the attack and vanishing in a burst of raiton.

Billy who had been falling at a speed of 1 was falling 150 times slower than the clone that had vanished. This gave him ample time to react to the part of Laughing Coffin that was aimed at him and the other clone, the part that was halfway to the halfway mark (12 meters) when the first clone perished to it. Billy instantly activated Shimi Daikon: Fading Stem (+70 Speed/ +60 Strength) and thrusted his axe forward towards the Laughing Coffins using a Splashing Carp (+50 power) amplified Death Thrust - creating a cone like area of effect that expanded out at a speed and power of 250 with a width of 40 meters and its maximum range of 50 meters aimed at Youta. This attack took out the laughing coffins on the way to its target before it could come to harm him from any angle. The edge of the 40 meters wide area of effect would be placed at the base of the wall on the ground. Typhon and the invisible shinobi Sebastian whose attacks would never have reached billy would inadvertently also be caught in this range as well.

Any target caught by this technique will be subject to a stat check. If their strength is less than the power of this technique, any enhancers they have active will end prematurely and be forced on cooldown. In case the target's strength is equal to or higher, they will be able to resist this effect but still suffer from damage equal to 250. Any techniques in this range with a lower power would also be immediately ended, thus dissipating the debuffed Laughing Coffins before they came to harm Billy or his remaining clone. Splashing Carp would add an additional effect to this technique - a large river of water 5 meters in diameter would make its way along the length of the wall at jutsu speed along with Death Thrust and explode into a pond 12 meters in diameter on the ground with Youta's current position as the center at a speed of 250.

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WC: 669
TWC: 1169

Battle Info:

The falling Billy would go about his actions as originally intended it would seem, firing his crossbow at the wolf upon reaching the halfway point. It was unfortunate for them that Youta had moved into action when he did, and timed his technique specifically to reach the Billy at the halfway mark of the wall. The path wasn't blocked despite Ryumi's size, thanks mostly due to the fact that she was fighting on the wall on the opposite side of the gates as Billy had been (as Hisako pointed out). The tendrils would no doubt destroy the clones and subdue or kill the real bandit before he would be able to do much else. 

Seeing his comrade spring into action and seemingly handle the falling Billy, the wolf would shift his focus. He would still spring into action to avoid the direct piercing of his throat by the arrow as stated by moving forward the five meters forwards which would have allowed the arrow to slip harmlessly behind him. Or at least that is what the wolf would have expected if it were not for the fired projectile to be in the direct line of Youta's ninjutsu technique which would no doubt clash with and destroy the arrow as it went about its actions. The arrow was only moving at a speed of 50 (per Billy's post) and had a power of 125. If for some reason his jutsu would not be able to contain and disrupt the shot, it was no matter to the wolf. He was of hardy stock and even a small amount of damage wouldn't matter in the grand scheme. Even if he was damaged, due to the nature of the tech (or maybe just how sturdy he was) the wolf would not bleed from it. Since Youta had things handled, he would refrain from heading to the bottom to meet the target and assessed the battlefield. 

The wall in which Ryumi intended to slam Raksu into would crack, a large chunk roughly the size of the bandits would hurdle forwards as various bits of the wall around it crumbled to pieces upon the dislodging of this chunk. The large chunk of wall would rush forward to strike into the back of Ryumi's target, creating the opportunity for her finishing blow to no doubt connect since Raksu would slam into it and allow her to follow through as his momentum of flying through the air shifted from impact with the large chunk of wall. As that attack landed another bandit would no doubt be eliminated. That would be two down, only one left to go.

The wolf was honestly impressed and surprised by how his comrades were handling things. Perhaps he wasn't even needed for this task? A contemplation for another time. The cloaked wolf would watch as the remaining Hyuuga decided to rush over to Typhon. With the immediate threats of the other two bandits practically gone, the wolf would keep his distance from the bandit as he rushed through, moving if need be to be maintaining strict distance of 3.2 meters from them. They seemed to be focused on Typhon. While the wolf didn't wish to see anything bad happen to his friend and comrade, he figured it best to allow them a chance to defend themselves before he stepped in.



Jutsu and such:

Nature Stack gathered (4/6) due to bloodline PB
- 25 ap CES (+70 STR/SPD - Choosing Tai discount) (upkeep)
- 50 ap Dustless (upkeep)
- 15 ap Gale Fist (upkeep)

Nukite and Lightning Jab were timelined away from happening, so refunded their ap costs.

1185 ap remaining

Note: All actions full speed. All techniques full speed and power