[legend="Enchanter Stance"]It was in his youth -- too many years, too many moons ago -- that Keita was granted his abilities with Genjutsu, the art of illusion. Practice and refinement from there was the challenge that the Old Ones had given him. It was for Keita to develop the best way for these illusions to be most potent: for himself, and for others. He found through his increased focus on the spell -- although, it leaves him able to be attacked -- works splendidly for this task. Keita already wasn't one of the strongest fighters, but he was one of the strongest minds. While this put him at a disadvantage in terms of being damaged, he could not be ensure to inflict chaos onto one's mind. Possibly bringing them over the edge into insanity.[/legend]
[legend="Jutsu Expansion"]Children often question why things are and why they are not another way. In the Academy, where all those brutes of children fought to be the "king of the class" and other ridiculous titles, Keita had this same wonder over jutsu. What would it take to bring one to the next level of strength -- as children in the Spartans were taught jutsu by their rank. One could infuse the hand seals with more chakra than necessary, but that only really increased the raw strength of the jutsu. It was going to take something more in order to bring the level of strength of all jutsu to their tier.[/legend]
[legend="Healing Factor"]This is one of the two gifts granted to Keita when he stood before the alter within the Temple of the Five and spoke with the Old Ones. The Shaman had to be able to out-last the other fighters in order to ensure they could endure to heal their injured bodies. We were not the strongest that the village had to offer, so the Old Ones chose to ensure that we were strong enough to endure whatever may come to bring us harm. The Shaman must stand. How was it, if not by divine cause, that the other medics in the other countries manage to survive? If not by pact with the Old Ones, then they must be the weaker shinobi in their villages. It was a shame the most valuable could be the most expendable.[/legend]
[legend="Human Anatomy"]Ceaseless days of Keita's early childhood were put towards learning the basics of medicine. One day, he would be expected to list every muscle in the body; the next: each organ. Keita's parents wanted him to be the best physician their family might ever have due to his ability with chakra. It begged the question of why they might sell him, then. Had they gotten bored of him so soon? It had only been twelve years. Anyways, it should be needless to say, but Keita, because of these teachings, became intimate with the human body. He knows darn near everything that the medics of the city of Maruishi did.[/legend]
[legend="Shattered Reality"]There is an interesting phenomena that occurs when one's mind is ensnared with chakra: their grip on reality lessens to the point where they cannot distinguish what is real from what is an illusion. That phenomena became a trademark of a shinobi, coined as genjutsu. Under the grip of the genjutsu, a victim's defenses are lowered as they are lulled into a false world, generally believing to be safer than they are. A skilled manipulator of the mind can easily take that opportunity to inflict true damage...or they could render one's mind shattered, destroying the view of the world by shattering the world they are in...and thus shattering their mind.[/legend]
[legend="Mind Crush"]With expertise in the arts of illusion, it is easy to modify one to be more fitting for the circumstances. Perhaps you didn't need to hold one in an illusion for but a few moments; why not make that illusion more powerful than one is accustomed to? Maybe you need to hold one out for minutes, or even hours. By weakening the focus needed, it is quite easily to suspend a Genjutsu to last as long or as shortly needed. Either way, they would be in Keita's world, where his strength, unlike those brutes in the reality, championed above the rest. Right where they needed to be.[/legend]
[legend="Elemental Illusion"]Electricity is an interesting phenomenon. In other countries, it allows for amazing contractions to work. It animates machinery. It creates light much like a fire would. When used on a person, it causes spasms of a muscle. Contractions and relaxation in frequent repetition, much like how burnt oil might fuel a piston. One could only wonder how profoundly this might harm someone in battle, where each fraction of a second is crucial to one's survival. Through the channeling of the lightning element into the illusional world, Keita was soon to find out. It was the first of the Five that Keita had made pact with. He'd use that raw power to ensure his next opponent would have a nasty sting.[/legend]
[legend="Bull's Strength"]To say that Keita was completely and utterly weak would be a terrible mistake. He had, after all, graduated within a single year as a Spartan. He was as fit as any of those warriors; he had simply chosen to make his mind as his dagger. While not on par in Taijutsu or Ninjutsu as those of the Main Branch might be once they specialize, Keita can pack a punch if need be. Keita knows quite well how to throw a fist. He knew how to make any number of illusions with them. He knows how to make something hurt. Badly.[/legend]
[legend="Clarity"]One part of being an illusionist is the need to be able to recognize one. This point was not lost on Keita. As he practice the illusional arts of Genjutsu, one of the people he would first test the effects of a written jutsu, or demonstrated one would be on himself. Through that constant self-torture, Keita became familiar with the generalities of how it felt to be under any and all Genjutsu. Once he was able recognize that was only when he could bring himself out of any. The power bestowed to him would be useless otherwise, wouldn't it? Using Genjutsu on another while under the influence of one was nearly impossible, after all.[/legend]
[legend="Duelist"]Combat was rare for the Sennin these days. Combat did not suit a leader, now did it? Not one within this country, where his kind were known for their wits rather than their brawn. He was an adviser, he needed his mind to be his strongest weapon. His battles were ones of the mind, and those opponents were rare enough that Keita could concentrate his entire effort onto them. That practice, he learned soon enough, showed him that that forced concentration upon an enemy provided a beneficial effect. Now, whether or not such would work in battle, it was for the Jun to learn soon enough; until then, he would hone his mind and how effective he can be when battling against a single opponent at a time.[/legend]
[legend="Fearless"]He had spoken with a god. He brought together two factions that might have warred against each other within the sovereign state of Earth. He had sparked the acceptance of a religion. Keita may not have been in many fights, but he had been trained close to death and brought to that point repeatedly. What was there to fear after that kind of life? Keita did not mind what the Old Ones, what the governmental leaders, what the government or its enforcing shinobi, what the world had to offer. Keita would take it face-first. Unflinchingly. That would be how he would reach teleos.[/legend]
