[legend="Learning"]
[spoilername="Ability Learning RP"]</B>
6 years ago. While Nanami was still part of SCAR
"Alright, we're in. Alpha Team is in position, let us know when you're in position Bravo Team."
"Copy that. We are 2 Mikes away from our position."
"Copy. Until then, there will be radio silence."
Alpha Team laid out flat upon a building's flat roof overlooking the house of the local governor. Their objective is to smoke out who the illegal arms dealer is that is working with the governor. Zephyr (Nanami) sits and waits while one of her team members observed the governor, waiting outside. The man looked nervous and began pacing around for a brief moment. A nudge was given to Zephyr once someone appeared directly in front of the governor. It was a man clad in bamboo armor. The person walked up and shook the governor's hand.
Darting her eyes to the side for a moment, Zephyr whispered to her comrades, "Act natural. Something isn't right," she whispered to them before moving her arm in front of her partner's head, blocking the kunai with her gauntlets Tristan and Isolde. Looking around for a moment, the woman grabbed the deflected kunai from out of the air and threw it back in the direction that it came from, striking the assassin down.
"This is Alpha Leader. Our position has been compromised. We're moving to our alternate position." Zephyr (Nanami) stated over the radio to Bravo Team.
"Copy that Alpha Leader. We've arrived at our location. We will remain here."
[End]
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"Radio silence until we take the target."
"Affirmative."
The three that consists of Alpha Team removed themselves from the rooftop quietly. Hugging the walls, the three of them continued until the building ended. It was at this time that Nanami pulled out a mirror from her ANBU vest and used it to look around the corner. After making corrections, she noticed a pair of guards clad in similar armor as the big one with the governor. Removing the mirror, she turned and looked towards her teammates, making gestures that there were 2 heavily armored troops making their way through the streets in a predictable fashion. She then directed their positions as if to ambush them. She ordered the other two to split up so they each can flank their own guard. Once a nod was given to her, the two dispersed.
"Now to push them into the trap," Zephyr stated before turning the corner and staying within the darkness. She kept her eyes on the two men as she continued to follow them.
"So, Akishi said that he was going to have a baby. That's why they are sending him home tomorrow."
"That lucky bastard! I'd love to go home instead of being in this shitty country. My wife's been REALLY wanting it lately."
"Then again, your wife is a cow. Anything would work well for her. Surprised she hasn't asked our entire battalion to run a train in her."
"You're such a dickhead, Izumo. My wife is no slut. Except for me, of course."
The two men laughed, and Nanami took this as her way to quickly close the distance.
"What was that?" Izumo asked as he turned and looked behind him seeing absolutely nothing.
"Man, you're just paranoid. There's nobody out here but these hicks. And who knows, maybe there could be that one for you."
"Oh, shut up," Izumo stated before turning around and continuing to walk.
Nanami then set-up a rustling noise to go off at her location just a few moments after she moved. Taking this time to move, Nanami hid in front of a nearby building, just underneath an overhang just before another sound was made at her previous location.
"Seriously! There's something out there! I'm not playing!"
"Fine, fine. Let's go check it out."
The two armored men then turned around and returned to Nanami's previous position, walking directly under where she resided at the moment. She removed a hand from the wall she was holding to whisper, "Take them out." This caught the attention of the paranoid man, causing him to turn around before him and his partner's lives were extinguished.
~I knew there was someone... following us... ~ was his final thought. After the guards were quickly silenced, the two shinobi with Nanami quickly hid the bodies and the three grouped up and returned to the shadows.
[end]
"There is no more Bravo team. How about we settle this like civilized individuals. One of you will fight me to the death. The losing group will commit suicide," the large man in armor stated. Nanami didn't like this deal, nor would she carry it out. Her objective isn't to accept a duel with these war-mongers. Going against someone in a classic duel is against the motto of SCAR.
"The objective still stands. Bravo team must have taken snapshots of the governor and the man clad in armor. Kill everyone except the governor," Zephyr stated while the other two nod in acknowledgement. After this, the trio ran towards the governor's house where the man clad in armor was. Upon entering the estate, she noticed 3 members bound and seated behind the man with their ANBU masks off.
"Welcome, Mist ANBU. I've been waiting for you," the man said as he turned towards the trio, showing off the symbol of Storm upon his kabuto and his chest-piece. The man then waved towards one of the members of ANBU and one of his cronies came and retrieved the bound man to place in the armored man's hand. The man was a large stature, dwarfing everyone there. He stood at 8 or 9 feet tall and was built like a tank. The two ANBU that were with Nanami cringed and cowered, taking a couple of steps back.
"This is the one you called Bravo Leader?" the man said as he placed his small body firmly within his hands and crushed him instantly, causing an explosion of gore to splash everywhere. After the leader was crushed to bits, the armored man threw the corpse to the side. "Next," the man said, causing the other two ANBU to get up and begin to run. This also caused the two ANBU she was with to take steps back.
"We can't fight him, he's too strong."
"We need to abort this mission!"
"Shut up!" Zephyr shouted, getting the attention of the armored man before taking off her mask and stepping forward to him. There was a look of anger and determination on her face. There wasn't even a subtle sign of fear present in her body. She was still and composed. "If you wish to have a duel, then so be it. Fight me instead of crushing my comrades," she said to the man before turning her head to her companions that took shelter behind her. "Don't interfere."
"Good, good! I've been wanting to see the raw power of Kirigakure. Show me what you have!" the man said as he dismissed the second captured ANBU and focused on Nanami and exerted a huge pressure, causing everyone in the area to flee except for Nanami.
[End]
However, the man expected this and pushed his hand up for an uppercut. Thankfully, Tristan and Izolde were also defensive weapons. Nanami put her arms together to form a shield and absorbed the attack from the massive uppercut, launching her into the air without taking too much damage. The large man then proceeded to jump in the air to pursue her and started to make a flurry of slashes with his massive sword. Each attack was skillfully blocked by Nanami, though the blade is beginning to bite deeper and deeper into the shield mechanism of Tristan and Izolde. After the flurry was over, Nanami was launched into and through the wall of the governor's estate.
The armored man landed and laughed hysterically. "Is this really the best Kirigakure could offer?!" the man asked as his cronies giggled. Out from the rubble, Nanami shook herself off. Tristan and Isolde were red-hot and with a lot of scars running across it. It was thanks to her ability to move and predict patterns that caused her to take little to no damage from all of the armored man's attack.
"Oh? The crazy woman stands. This is an interesting turn of events!"
[End]
"That may be how a warrior of Storm fights, but allow me to display how a shinobi battles," Nanami said, slowly growing more cocky as she figured out the man's attack pattern. Reaching into her bag, she pulled out a small white orb and threw it on the ground, causing smoke to envelope everything. This caused disorientation in the large man as the smoke covered him.
"You all fight like cowards?" the man asked as he swung his arm, seeing the smoke that was displaced quickly being replaced by the smoke that the ball constantly pushes out.
"Cowards use humans as bait."
"Cowards use hostages to show off their strength."
"Cowards need armor to protect themselves."
"Cowards need an army of men to protect them."
Nanami said from what appeared to be every angle, causing the man to look in all directions trying to pin-point the source of noise. While this is going on, the two terrified ANBU ran up and freed the bound shinobi. Sounds of swords clashing and people dying could be heard.
The sounds of battle suddenly mute for the large man, causing even more confusion. "Wha da helllluuu" the man said in a strange manner, not being able to hear himself speak. However, the smoke cleared and the battle between the 4 remaining ANBU and the cronies take place. Suddenly, the man moves his hands up to cover his head as he begins to see things in his nightmares come to life.
"Fine at bbbbetch! Wir is she?!" the man asked, unable to find the woman anywhere. He'd think that something like this could make her easier to find now that the smoke has lifted, but she remains out of site.
[end]
"Whuh fa hail didjoo do to me!?" the man asked, unable to hear himself speak. The woman appeared directly before the large brutish man and said something to him, pushing him on the shoulder with her foot. The man stood tormented by his own nightmares causing Nanami to spit on him and turn her head towards the battle with the cronies and her ANBU teammates. Nanami continued to watch before noticing one of her partners in danger. As she moved forward, her partner shouted.
"Pay attention to your target! He's the important one!" her partner said as the large man stood up behind her and raised his large blade in the air.
"Ebrywun, attack that woman!" the man said while he was still deafened. All of the man's cronies stopped fighting the other ANBU and all flocked towards Nanami. She turned around and focused on the large brute. Her focus sharpened as all she could think about was the man now. It seemed that all of the other cronies were blurs that were being nearly completely ignored. She quickly dodged all of the cronies, but doesn't mount an offensive against them as they didn't seem important. Her gaze remained on the large man before unsheathing a terrible blade named Samson.
[end]
Holding her weapon, Samson, firmly in her hands, she approached the man and slowly put Samson back into it's sheathe and takes a position poised to draw her blade. The man's eyes open wide having seen this stance before. He pulled himself together and laughed. "I've tot my serdsmen that tiknik! You think you can--" the man said as a flash of light happened and the woman appeared on the other side of the man. Holding the blade in her hand, she turned to the man as his armor began to crumble into pieces and blood shot out from his chest.
She wasn't targeting me!? She targeted the armor!?" the man asked himself before slowly turning around to face the woman. He grabbed his large weapon in both hands and charged after her, blinded by rage and with a swift move to the side, the woman slashed at the large blade, flinging the weapon away from the man's hands. After the weapon hit the ground and planted itself into the earth, the blade snapped in half.
Watching the man, Nanami began to move her feet in a strange manner. More of the man's cronies attacked Nanami in a VERY predictable manner, allowing her to swiftly move away from the strikes and move into a position that would require the cronies to constantly keep moving in order to attack her. The man, bleeding profusely readied his hands and shouts at the woman.
"Even without my sword, I can still BREAK YOU!"
[end]
</I>
The cronies have all fallen to the other ANBU, leaving just the battle between the brute and Nanami. The other ANBU motioned towards her, but Nanami held her hand out, signalling then to stop. This was her fight, after all. Placing Samson in both of her hands, she lowered the tip of the blade to the ground. Things were going in her favor.
The man smashed his hands together and began to build up rage. Steam began to form around the man and his musculature began to swell by 3 or 4 times his usual build. This turned a giant into a complete behemoth. A loud shout could be heard, emitting a shockwave in his wake. Regardless of how much bigger this man gets, Nanami isn't afraid. Something popped into her head and she began to laugh hysterically in the face of the large monster in front of her. All this did was cause the man to grow more and more angry.
The man delivered a single punch to the ground, causing the governor's house to crumble and the ground to shake violently. Fissures were created in a large spider-web pattern with the man being in the center of it. Multiple arms sprouted from the man's body. "Forgotten bloodline of Ninpocho: Hachiashi!" the man shouted. "People don't use this bloodline, so they don't know how to counter it. What is this bloodline? It's the spider one, you fools!"
"..." All of the ANBU stood by as they watched the man speak to nobody in particular.
"Stop gawking and get back to writing the ability training post!" the man shouted as it jumped up into the air and spat out strange arrows from it's mouth. The ANBU scattered and waited for the man to fall back down.
"What are you doing? Attack me! I ran out of AP!"
"We're saving ours until the next round."
After the spider lands, all of them wait. They wait for about 2-3 days until they finally bumped the B-mod to do the post. The post came up with the results and the next round could proceed. The man attempted it again only for the ANBU to scatter once more. This time, however, Nanami evaded the attack and instantly appeared directly behind the man.
"Crap! You have Quick Reaction!" the man shouted before a swift slash from her sword throws the man back down to the earth.
[end]
"Stop breaking the fourth wall already, damnit! The admin are going to be pissed!"
The man dusted himself off and watched Nanami speak, but couldn't hear her from the genjutsu earlier. His face twisted a bit as it sneezed, creating a massive wave throwing debris everywhere.
While her opponent was acting like a complete jack-ass, Nanami began to analyze her opponent. She noticed that she felt stronger the more damage her opponent took. It was as if momentum was on her side. However, this man was amusing, even though she has to kill him in the end. Pity though.
"You're getting weak aren't you?" the woman asked before the man reached into his pocket and pulled out a scouter. He placed it on his ear and noticed. "My HP is at 59% and.... NO way that can't be right!"
"What is it?" Nanami asked as she rolled her eyes.
"The power level! It's getting stronger the weaker I get! It's over--" the man said before Nanami held her hand up to stop him from continuing.
"Shut up! Don't you dare say it!"
"Nine--"
"Don't you dare do it!"
"THOUSAND!"
"G'damnit! Now I really have to kill you," she said as she continued to pummel him down.
"I'm at 40%! NOOO! Your power level went even higher!"
"Damnit! Get back in character!"
"Fine fine. I'll be back in character for your next ability."
With that said, Nanami ran up to the man and swiftly strikes at him. It was remarkably easier to strike at the man and dodge his attacks. With a feint of her blade, she rams her fist straight into the large spider causing to to careen into the wall of the estate.
[end]
Shaking himself from the wreckage, the man turns and looks to the woman. The man is frothing at the mouth as all four of his arms flex. He places all four of his arms on the floor and began to move towards the woman in a very primordial manner. Jumping over the man, Nanami runs her blade down the man's back, letting blood flow even faster from his body. She took a position where the man was once positioned and moves her weapon's positioning. As the man turned, he felt his body unable to move.
"What did you do to me!?" the creature asked. Weapon still in hand and the hand-seal's final position still in view as the man turned around. "Are all of you shinobi taught to perform handseals with full hands?"
"No, not all of us," Nanami said as the man's deafness finally lifts. Nanami had practiced doing this since she was a child after picking up this after seeing her father do it. Another set of handseals were performed, with her weapon in hand, before her and her weapons completely vanish from view. Her body became completely transparent as she used this as an opportunity to finish this battle.
[end]
After immobilizing the man and going invisible, Nanami now has free reign on this man. A swift slash at the man's left leg completely disabled the leg. A swift slash to the right completely immobilized the man after the bind stops. A few more slashes were made disabling all but one of the man's arms. Returning visible as the bind ends, she stood in front of the man as it started to pull it's way to her.
"You bitch! How could you taunt me like this! Just kill me and get it over with."
"No. Not after what you did to Bravo Leader. I want to make you suffer."
Nanami stated before walking over to the man and slowly moved the tip of her blade into the man's eye, causing the man to scream out loud. Pulling the blade out, she repeated this process for the other eye, completely blinding the man.
"How does it feel to be helpless? To know that your death is coming soon. It messes with your head, does it not? Now you understand how Bravo Leader felt when he was crushed by your very hands," she said as she went to swing, removing the man's last arm. However, unknown to her, the man grew another arm and grabbed her weapon and flung it away. "Impressive trump card. Though, I should have left you with one eye so you could see the finale."
[end]
Even without a weapon, Nanami took the same stance she did while she had a weapon. The position where she was poised to unsheathe her weapon and slash at the man. She performed the jutsu with the same movements, using her hand as the cutting edge, causing blood to explode from the man. Shrieks and howls of pain could be heard as the woman did this with all of the blade jutsu she knew until the final blow caused a hole to appear in the man's chest.
Her hand found it's way into the man's chest allowing her to wrap her fingers around his heart. With a quick closure of her fist, she caused the organ to crush upon itself, instantly killing the man. Removing her hand from the bloodied remains, she turned and looked to her fellow ANBU. "Alpha Team, collect the governor, replace his memory of us with Storm Shinobi, and then return to the base. Bravo team, clean up this mess. We were never here," she said as she turned her head back to the man and placed her mask upon her face, leaving bloody marks upon the ANBU mask.
[end]
After the governor was returned to ANBU HQ, Nanami was forced to watch the governor as her punishment for allowing Bravo Leader to die. She sat in a chair just outside of the governor's cell. The ANBU already extracted information from him, so the man just awaited his stay of execution for treason against the Water Country. Nanami opened a magazine and began reading it. Even though it looked like she wasn't paying any attention, she really was.
~She's not paying any attention, maybe i can--~
"Put that thing away. I'm not here for your amusement nor your pleasure. Unless you want me to hack it off, put that thing back into your pants," Nanami commented from behind the magazine. The man grumbled and did as she said before flipping her off.
"I saw that," Nanami said as she continued to watch a close eye on the governor. She did this for several nights, only taking the time away from him to eat. She didn't get much time to sleep or use the bathroom, but she constantly watched him.
"Will you please go away! A man has his needs! It's been 3 days already!"
"And? I won't let you diddle yourself because that's absolutely gross. You are 72 years old. You really shouldn't be thinking of that anyway. And you must have a vivid imagination to try to do that with me when I'm fully covered."
"Damn right! But 72 is still young and full of vitality!"
"Can you make children?"
"Maybe?" the man asked, not being sure of his ability to produce off-spring.
"Then shut up if you aren't certain. Anyway, you won't need it where you're going."
"Can I please do it REALLY quick?"
"No."
"Stupid, frigid.."
[end][/spoilername]
[spoilername="Core Ability Opportunist"]
Shadow Step
Counterattack
Sniper
Feint
Counter Disarm
Flash Counter [Ranked up to rank 2]
Sneak Attack
Quick Step [Purchased 3 times]
Total: 19 points[/spoilername]
[spoilername="Creating Weapons"]Tristan and Isolde
A pair of heavy-set gauntlets that appear to be created for defense. These iron gauntlets are widened at the forearms to double as a shield to protect the user from damage if the need arises.
Damage Type: Unarmed
Unarmed Special: May use Handseals while armed with an Unarmed Weapon
Accuracy: +0
Augments:
Samson
A single-edged sword with a curved tip. There is a weight on the tip that increasing the swinging speed. This weapon was fashioned after reading a story of an emperor who had a bad habit of putting his enemy's to die on a pike.
Damage Type: Slashing
Slashing Special: May naturally inflict Bleeding
Accuracy: -1 / +5% damage
Augments:
Aquarius
A black bow that has a special spot with a barrel. The barrel has rifling throughout to make the attacks more accurate. This bow was built for the soul purpose of dismantling a person's movement rather than causing bodily harm.
Damage Type: Ranged
Ranged Special: +3 Called Shots
Accuracy: +2
Augments:
- Branch: Sentinel
- 101: Shinobi 101 Taijutsu - Unarmed can use Slashing Jutsu
- 1: Technical Pacifistx
- 2: Called Shotsx
- 3: Illusionistx
- 4: Stalkerx
- 5: Duelistx
- 6: Insightx
- 7: Nimble Handsx
- 8: Quick Reactionx
- 9: Combat Instinctx
- 10: Defensive Techniquex
- 11: Fearlessx
[spoilername="Ability Learning RP"]</B>
*Learning Insight
<i></i>6 years ago. While Nanami was still part of SCAR
"Alright, we're in. Alpha Team is in position, let us know when you're in position Bravo Team."
"Copy that. We are 2 Mikes away from our position."
"Copy. Until then, there will be radio silence."
Alpha Team laid out flat upon a building's flat roof overlooking the house of the local governor. Their objective is to smoke out who the illegal arms dealer is that is working with the governor. Zephyr (Nanami) sits and waits while one of her team members observed the governor, waiting outside. The man looked nervous and began pacing around for a brief moment. A nudge was given to Zephyr once someone appeared directly in front of the governor. It was a man clad in bamboo armor. The person walked up and shook the governor's hand.
Darting her eyes to the side for a moment, Zephyr whispered to her comrades, "Act natural. Something isn't right," she whispered to them before moving her arm in front of her partner's head, blocking the kunai with her gauntlets Tristan and Isolde. Looking around for a moment, the woman grabbed the deflected kunai from out of the air and threw it back in the direction that it came from, striking the assassin down.
"This is Alpha Leader. Our position has been compromised. We're moving to our alternate position." Zephyr (Nanami) stated over the radio to Bravo Team.
"Copy that Alpha Leader. We've arrived at our location. We will remain here."
[End]
</B>
*Learning Stalker
<i></i>"Radio silence until we take the target."
"Affirmative."
The three that consists of Alpha Team removed themselves from the rooftop quietly. Hugging the walls, the three of them continued until the building ended. It was at this time that Nanami pulled out a mirror from her ANBU vest and used it to look around the corner. After making corrections, she noticed a pair of guards clad in similar armor as the big one with the governor. Removing the mirror, she turned and looked towards her teammates, making gestures that there were 2 heavily armored troops making their way through the streets in a predictable fashion. She then directed their positions as if to ambush them. She ordered the other two to split up so they each can flank their own guard. Once a nod was given to her, the two dispersed.
"Now to push them into the trap," Zephyr stated before turning the corner and staying within the darkness. She kept her eyes on the two men as she continued to follow them.
"So, Akishi said that he was going to have a baby. That's why they are sending him home tomorrow."
"That lucky bastard! I'd love to go home instead of being in this shitty country. My wife's been REALLY wanting it lately."
"Then again, your wife is a cow. Anything would work well for her. Surprised she hasn't asked our entire battalion to run a train in her."
"You're such a dickhead, Izumo. My wife is no slut. Except for me, of course."
The two men laughed, and Nanami took this as her way to quickly close the distance.
"What was that?" Izumo asked as he turned and looked behind him seeing absolutely nothing.
"Man, you're just paranoid. There's nobody out here but these hicks. And who knows, maybe there could be that one for you."
"Oh, shut up," Izumo stated before turning around and continuing to walk.
Nanami then set-up a rustling noise to go off at her location just a few moments after she moved. Taking this time to move, Nanami hid in front of a nearby building, just underneath an overhang just before another sound was made at her previous location.
"Seriously! There's something out there! I'm not playing!"
"Fine, fine. Let's go check it out."
The two armored men then turned around and returned to Nanami's previous position, walking directly under where she resided at the moment. She removed a hand from the wall she was holding to whisper, "Take them out." This caught the attention of the paranoid man, causing him to turn around before him and his partner's lives were extinguished.
~I knew there was someone... following us... ~ was his final thought. After the guards were quickly silenced, the two shinobi with Nanami quickly hid the bodies and the three grouped up and returned to the shadows.
[end]
*Learning Fearless
"Bravo team, you have execute authority. Kill everyone except the Governor. He needs to be brought back for questioning....." Zephyr said as she and the other two shinobi awaited their confirmation. "Bravo team? Respond.""There is no more Bravo team. How about we settle this like civilized individuals. One of you will fight me to the death. The losing group will commit suicide," the large man in armor stated. Nanami didn't like this deal, nor would she carry it out. Her objective isn't to accept a duel with these war-mongers. Going against someone in a classic duel is against the motto of SCAR.
"The objective still stands. Bravo team must have taken snapshots of the governor and the man clad in armor. Kill everyone except the governor," Zephyr stated while the other two nod in acknowledgement. After this, the trio ran towards the governor's house where the man clad in armor was. Upon entering the estate, she noticed 3 members bound and seated behind the man with their ANBU masks off.
"Welcome, Mist ANBU. I've been waiting for you," the man said as he turned towards the trio, showing off the symbol of Storm upon his kabuto and his chest-piece. The man then waved towards one of the members of ANBU and one of his cronies came and retrieved the bound man to place in the armored man's hand. The man was a large stature, dwarfing everyone there. He stood at 8 or 9 feet tall and was built like a tank. The two ANBU that were with Nanami cringed and cowered, taking a couple of steps back.
"This is the one you called Bravo Leader?" the man said as he placed his small body firmly within his hands and crushed him instantly, causing an explosion of gore to splash everywhere. After the leader was crushed to bits, the armored man threw the corpse to the side. "Next," the man said, causing the other two ANBU to get up and begin to run. This also caused the two ANBU she was with to take steps back.
"We can't fight him, he's too strong."
"We need to abort this mission!"
"Shut up!" Zephyr shouted, getting the attention of the armored man before taking off her mask and stepping forward to him. There was a look of anger and determination on her face. There wasn't even a subtle sign of fear present in her body. She was still and composed. "If you wish to have a duel, then so be it. Fight me instead of crushing my comrades," she said to the man before turning her head to her companions that took shelter behind her. "Don't interfere."
"Good, good! I've been wanting to see the raw power of Kirigakure. Show me what you have!" the man said as he dismissed the second captured ANBU and focused on Nanami and exerted a huge pressure, causing everyone in the area to flee except for Nanami.
[End]
*Learning Defensive Technique
Adjusting her grip on the dual gauntlets, Tristan and Izolde, she ran up to the man and began to throw a flurry of punches in his direction, causing the large armored man to laugh. All of her hits were doing absolutely nothing. This caused Nanami to jump back before the man took a quick swipe at her with an oversized sword. Nanami calculated that the size of the sword with the size of the man would leave her with enough time to throw in a few punches to a couple vital points and leave before the blade had enough time to make contact. And the fact that the weapon relies on range, Nanami ran in quickly and pulls her arms back to deliver a massive blow. However, the man expected this and pushed his hand up for an uppercut. Thankfully, Tristan and Izolde were also defensive weapons. Nanami put her arms together to form a shield and absorbed the attack from the massive uppercut, launching her into the air without taking too much damage. The large man then proceeded to jump in the air to pursue her and started to make a flurry of slashes with his massive sword. Each attack was skillfully blocked by Nanami, though the blade is beginning to bite deeper and deeper into the shield mechanism of Tristan and Izolde. After the flurry was over, Nanami was launched into and through the wall of the governor's estate.
The armored man landed and laughed hysterically. "Is this really the best Kirigakure could offer?!" the man asked as his cronies giggled. Out from the rubble, Nanami shook herself off. Tristan and Isolde were red-hot and with a lot of scars running across it. It was thanks to her ability to move and predict patterns that caused her to take little to no damage from all of the armored man's attack.
"Oh? The crazy woman stands. This is an interesting turn of events!"
[End]
*Learning Illusionist
<i></i>"That may be how a warrior of Storm fights, but allow me to display how a shinobi battles," Nanami said, slowly growing more cocky as she figured out the man's attack pattern. Reaching into her bag, she pulled out a small white orb and threw it on the ground, causing smoke to envelope everything. This caused disorientation in the large man as the smoke covered him.
"You all fight like cowards?" the man asked as he swung his arm, seeing the smoke that was displaced quickly being replaced by the smoke that the ball constantly pushes out.
"Cowards use humans as bait."
"Cowards use hostages to show off their strength."
"Cowards need armor to protect themselves."
"Cowards need an army of men to protect them."
Nanami said from what appeared to be every angle, causing the man to look in all directions trying to pin-point the source of noise. While this is going on, the two terrified ANBU ran up and freed the bound shinobi. Sounds of swords clashing and people dying could be heard.
The sounds of battle suddenly mute for the large man, causing even more confusion. "Wha da helllluuu" the man said in a strange manner, not being able to hear himself speak. However, the smoke cleared and the battle between the 4 remaining ANBU and the cronies take place. Suddenly, the man moves his hands up to cover his head as he begins to see things in his nightmares come to life.
"Fine at bbbbetch! Wir is she?!" the man asked, unable to find the woman anywhere. He'd think that something like this could make her easier to find now that the smoke has lifted, but she remains out of site.
[end]
*Learning Duelist
<i></i>"Whuh fa hail didjoo do to me!?" the man asked, unable to hear himself speak. The woman appeared directly before the large brutish man and said something to him, pushing him on the shoulder with her foot. The man stood tormented by his own nightmares causing Nanami to spit on him and turn her head towards the battle with the cronies and her ANBU teammates. Nanami continued to watch before noticing one of her partners in danger. As she moved forward, her partner shouted.
"Pay attention to your target! He's the important one!" her partner said as the large man stood up behind her and raised his large blade in the air.
"Ebrywun, attack that woman!" the man said while he was still deafened. All of the man's cronies stopped fighting the other ANBU and all flocked towards Nanami. She turned around and focused on the large brute. Her focus sharpened as all she could think about was the man now. It seemed that all of the other cronies were blurs that were being nearly completely ignored. She quickly dodged all of the cronies, but doesn't mount an offensive against them as they didn't seem important. Her gaze remained on the large man before unsheathing a terrible blade named Samson.
[end]
*Learning Technical Pacifist
<i></i>Holding her weapon, Samson, firmly in her hands, she approached the man and slowly put Samson back into it's sheathe and takes a position poised to draw her blade. The man's eyes open wide having seen this stance before. He pulled himself together and laughed. "I've tot my serdsmen that tiknik! You think you can--" the man said as a flash of light happened and the woman appeared on the other side of the man. Holding the blade in her hand, she turned to the man as his armor began to crumble into pieces and blood shot out from his chest.
She wasn't targeting me!? She targeted the armor!?" the man asked himself before slowly turning around to face the woman. He grabbed his large weapon in both hands and charged after her, blinded by rage and with a swift move to the side, the woman slashed at the large blade, flinging the weapon away from the man's hands. After the weapon hit the ground and planted itself into the earth, the blade snapped in half.
Watching the man, Nanami began to move her feet in a strange manner. More of the man's cronies attacked Nanami in a VERY predictable manner, allowing her to swiftly move away from the strikes and move into a position that would require the cronies to constantly keep moving in order to attack her. The man, bleeding profusely readied his hands and shouts at the woman.
"Even without my sword, I can still BREAK YOU!"
[end]
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<B>*Learning Quick Reaction
<i></i>The cronies have all fallen to the other ANBU, leaving just the battle between the brute and Nanami. The other ANBU motioned towards her, but Nanami held her hand out, signalling then to stop. This was her fight, after all. Placing Samson in both of her hands, she lowered the tip of the blade to the ground. Things were going in her favor.
The man smashed his hands together and began to build up rage. Steam began to form around the man and his musculature began to swell by 3 or 4 times his usual build. This turned a giant into a complete behemoth. A loud shout could be heard, emitting a shockwave in his wake. Regardless of how much bigger this man gets, Nanami isn't afraid. Something popped into her head and she began to laugh hysterically in the face of the large monster in front of her. All this did was cause the man to grow more and more angry.
The man delivered a single punch to the ground, causing the governor's house to crumble and the ground to shake violently. Fissures were created in a large spider-web pattern with the man being in the center of it. Multiple arms sprouted from the man's body. "Forgotten bloodline of Ninpocho: Hachiashi!" the man shouted. "People don't use this bloodline, so they don't know how to counter it. What is this bloodline? It's the spider one, you fools!"
"..." All of the ANBU stood by as they watched the man speak to nobody in particular.
"Stop gawking and get back to writing the ability training post!" the man shouted as it jumped up into the air and spat out strange arrows from it's mouth. The ANBU scattered and waited for the man to fall back down.
"What are you doing? Attack me! I ran out of AP!"
"We're saving ours until the next round."
After the spider lands, all of them wait. They wait for about 2-3 days until they finally bumped the B-mod to do the post. The post came up with the results and the next round could proceed. The man attempted it again only for the ANBU to scatter once more. This time, however, Nanami evaded the attack and instantly appeared directly behind the man.
"Crap! You have Quick Reaction!" the man shouted before a swift slash from her sword throws the man back down to the earth.
[end]
*Learning Combat Instinct
<i></i>"Stop breaking the fourth wall already, damnit! The admin are going to be pissed!"
The man dusted himself off and watched Nanami speak, but couldn't hear her from the genjutsu earlier. His face twisted a bit as it sneezed, creating a massive wave throwing debris everywhere.
While her opponent was acting like a complete jack-ass, Nanami began to analyze her opponent. She noticed that she felt stronger the more damage her opponent took. It was as if momentum was on her side. However, this man was amusing, even though she has to kill him in the end. Pity though.
"You're getting weak aren't you?" the woman asked before the man reached into his pocket and pulled out a scouter. He placed it on his ear and noticed. "My HP is at 59% and.... NO way that can't be right!"
"What is it?" Nanami asked as she rolled her eyes.
"The power level! It's getting stronger the weaker I get! It's over--" the man said before Nanami held her hand up to stop him from continuing.
"Shut up! Don't you dare say it!"
"Nine--"
"Don't you dare do it!"
"THOUSAND!"
"G'damnit! Now I really have to kill you," she said as she continued to pummel him down.
"I'm at 40%! NOOO! Your power level went even higher!"
"Damnit! Get back in character!"
"Fine fine. I'll be back in character for your next ability."
With that said, Nanami ran up to the man and swiftly strikes at him. It was remarkably easier to strike at the man and dodge his attacks. With a feint of her blade, she rams her fist straight into the large spider causing to to careen into the wall of the estate.
[end]
*Learning Nimble Hands
<i></i>Shaking himself from the wreckage, the man turns and looks to the woman. The man is frothing at the mouth as all four of his arms flex. He places all four of his arms on the floor and began to move towards the woman in a very primordial manner. Jumping over the man, Nanami runs her blade down the man's back, letting blood flow even faster from his body. She took a position where the man was once positioned and moves her weapon's positioning. As the man turned, he felt his body unable to move.
"What did you do to me!?" the creature asked. Weapon still in hand and the hand-seal's final position still in view as the man turned around. "Are all of you shinobi taught to perform handseals with full hands?"
"No, not all of us," Nanami said as the man's deafness finally lifts. Nanami had practiced doing this since she was a child after picking up this after seeing her father do it. Another set of handseals were performed, with her weapon in hand, before her and her weapons completely vanish from view. Her body became completely transparent as she used this as an opportunity to finish this battle.
[end]
*Learning Called Shot
<i></i>After immobilizing the man and going invisible, Nanami now has free reign on this man. A swift slash at the man's left leg completely disabled the leg. A swift slash to the right completely immobilized the man after the bind stops. A few more slashes were made disabling all but one of the man's arms. Returning visible as the bind ends, she stood in front of the man as it started to pull it's way to her.
"You bitch! How could you taunt me like this! Just kill me and get it over with."
"No. Not after what you did to Bravo Leader. I want to make you suffer."
Nanami stated before walking over to the man and slowly moved the tip of her blade into the man's eye, causing the man to scream out loud. Pulling the blade out, she repeated this process for the other eye, completely blinding the man.
"How does it feel to be helpless? To know that your death is coming soon. It messes with your head, does it not? Now you understand how Bravo Leader felt when he was crushed by your very hands," she said as she went to swing, removing the man's last arm. However, unknown to her, the man grew another arm and grabbed her weapon and flung it away. "Impressive trump card. Though, I should have left you with one eye so you could see the finale."
[end]
*Learning Shinobi 101 -- Taijutsu [Unarmed weapons can use slashing jutsus]
<i></i>Even without a weapon, Nanami took the same stance she did while she had a weapon. The position where she was poised to unsheathe her weapon and slash at the man. She performed the jutsu with the same movements, using her hand as the cutting edge, causing blood to explode from the man. Shrieks and howls of pain could be heard as the woman did this with all of the blade jutsu she knew until the final blow caused a hole to appear in the man's chest.
Her hand found it's way into the man's chest allowing her to wrap her fingers around his heart. With a quick closure of her fist, she caused the organ to crush upon itself, instantly killing the man. Removing her hand from the bloodied remains, she turned and looked to her fellow ANBU. "Alpha Team, collect the governor, replace his memory of us with Storm Shinobi, and then return to the base. Bravo team, clean up this mess. We were never here," she said as she turned her head back to the man and placed her mask upon her face, leaving bloody marks upon the ANBU mask.
[end]
*Learning Sentinel
<i></i>After the governor was returned to ANBU HQ, Nanami was forced to watch the governor as her punishment for allowing Bravo Leader to die. She sat in a chair just outside of the governor's cell. The ANBU already extracted information from him, so the man just awaited his stay of execution for treason against the Water Country. Nanami opened a magazine and began reading it. Even though it looked like she wasn't paying any attention, she really was.
~She's not paying any attention, maybe i can--~
"Put that thing away. I'm not here for your amusement nor your pleasure. Unless you want me to hack it off, put that thing back into your pants," Nanami commented from behind the magazine. The man grumbled and did as she said before flipping her off.
"I saw that," Nanami said as she continued to watch a close eye on the governor. She did this for several nights, only taking the time away from him to eat. She didn't get much time to sleep or use the bathroom, but she constantly watched him.
"Will you please go away! A man has his needs! It's been 3 days already!"
"And? I won't let you diddle yourself because that's absolutely gross. You are 72 years old. You really shouldn't be thinking of that anyway. And you must have a vivid imagination to try to do that with me when I'm fully covered."
"Damn right! But 72 is still young and full of vitality!"
"Can you make children?"
"Maybe?" the man asked, not being sure of his ability to produce off-spring.
"Then shut up if you aren't certain. Anyway, you won't need it where you're going."
"Can I please do it REALLY quick?"
"No."
"Stupid, frigid.."
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[spoilername="Core Ability Opportunist"]
Obtaining Techniques:
Shadow Step
Counterattack
Sniper
Feint
Counter Disarm
Flash Counter [Ranked up to rank 2]
Sneak Attack
Quick Step [Purchased 3 times]
Total: 19 points[/spoilername]
[spoilername="Creating Weapons"]Tristan and Isolde
A pair of heavy-set gauntlets that appear to be created for defense. These iron gauntlets are widened at the forearms to double as a shield to protect the user from damage if the need arises.
Damage Type: Unarmed
Unarmed Special: May use Handseals while armed with an Unarmed Weapon
Accuracy: +0
Augments:
- Vanguard
- Steady
- Raid
Samson
A single-edged sword with a curved tip. There is a weight on the tip that increasing the swinging speed. This weapon was fashioned after reading a story of an emperor who had a bad habit of putting his enemy's to die on a pike.
Damage Type: Slashing
Slashing Special: May naturally inflict Bleeding
Accuracy: -1 / +5% damage
Augments:
- Crippler
- Silencer
- Steady
Aquarius
A black bow that has a special spot with a barrel. The barrel has rifling throughout to make the attacks more accurate. This bow was built for the soul purpose of dismantling a person's movement rather than causing bodily harm.
Damage Type: Ranged
Ranged Special: +3 Called Shots
Accuracy: +2
Augments:
- Crippler
- Silencer
- Steady
Activating her Astral Cursed Seal, the girl jumped up and struck a pose, placing a peace-sign over her eyes. There were no marks left on her body as she jumped into combat against 3 ruffians ganging up against a child. She held her pose for a moment as the men turned and looked towards Nanami. 
