Liberation [Cabal/RUN-Force Exit]

[Sand Council]

ROUND V​

[col3]
Saiga
HP: 46,241 [-10816] 35,425 [+1500] 36,925
CP: 5,654 [-7790][-400 From the Chakra Sever Effect] -2356 ((0)) [+800] 800
AP: 10
Notes:

Spoiler

Bloodlust: Ignores up to Rank 3 Bleed
Hachimon: Unarmed Taijutsu costs -10% CP.
First Gate - Gate of Opening: 5% auto-dodge to all sources
Second Gate - Gate of Healing: Ignores first rank of bleeding and Called Shot penalties. May heal all bleeding and called shot penalties by resting for 50% AP cost. (This does not double in Gate of Death). The healing effect can only be used once per battle. Resting while under the Gate of Healing does not stop the maintain of the Chakra Gates.
Third Gate - Gate of Life: Regains 2% max HP every round activated. This gate does not have an Hp cost.
Fourth Gate - Gate of Pain: Regains 2% max CP every round. This gate does not have a Cp cost.
Fifth Gate - Gate of Limit: +10% damage to unarmed weapons. Bolsters unarmed to 60% damage cap.
Sixth Gate - Gate of View: +2 acc/dodge, Instant clone recognition
Seventh Gate - Gate of Wonder: +1 AP This does not double in Gate of Death, +2 Gen save
80% damage buff
Called Shot (broken): hands, neck, head, arms, heart and feet. (fracture): legs.

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Toraono Kuro
HP: 4,489 [-0][-840 from Heaven] [-420 From Bleed I] 3,229 [+1260 Passive 4,489 [~1125 ignored] 5,614
CP: 23,888 [-6095] 19,793 [+429 Passive] [+2340] 22,562
AP: 10
Effects:
[spoilername="Effects"]Immolation Armor: all melee attacks against the user to deal 10% backlash damage to the attacker.
Weapon: +2 acc. weapon Primal (Basic attacks costs 0.5 AP), Chakra Drain (user gains CP equal to 10% of the total damage dealt to a single target), Special Composition: Kinesis (gain +50% kinetic damage buffs).
Great Fortitude: Ignores 1125 damage per round
Awesome Power: +1 to their Secondary stats rather than +.5. This caps at +4 to their secondaries.
Willful: +1 gen save
Bulls Strength: +5% damage with weapon
Human Anatomy: +1 Critical Range to all attacks. All critical hits deal 2.25x Damage.
Healing Factor: +3% max HP regained every round
Called Shot: +5% Called Shot chance. Can cause broken status.
Combat Instinct: +.5 to all Secondary stats each time their opponent lose 20% of their Max Hp, capping at +2 Secondaries.
Weapon Mastry: Unarmed: Unarmed weapon is passively equipped.
Heaven Seal: +2 to all Secondaries. All jutsu cost -15% Cp, Inflict +15% more Damage and have a +8% to any secondary effects. These buffs/debuffs do not count toward the buff cap. In addition the user takes 2% Max HP damage per round.
Dim Mak Stance: Allows the user to cause Suppression up to six times instead of four with their Unarmed Attacks
Rank I Bleed
Sprained Arm[/spoilername]|Katsuro
HP: 45,000 [-1350 from demon cloak] [+1350 Passive[+1345] ==> 45,000 Max HP
CP: 27,982 [-2280] 25,702 [+1650 From Demon Cloak] 27,352
Water CP Pool: 3,712
AP: 11
Effects:
[spoilername="Effects"]Liquid State: While liquid, physical attacks they make deal 60% damage. If the user has Water Absorb, they are immune to all Water jutsu and heal 40% damage from them as well as gaining +5%/+1 from water-based buffs; if not, they only heal 20% and become immune to water-based debuffs. Bleeding chance is reduced by 20%, and 5% extra to get to R5. All Taijutsu attacks deal 15% less damage to the user, and Called Shots are 15% less likely to succeed. User can use Healing Waters once per round if they do not know it, and twice per round if they do. User cannot target self with own water jutsu outside of Healing Waters. User takes 10% more damage from Lightning jutsu in this state and deals 15% more damage with Water jutsu.
Demon Cloak Omega: Gains 5% Max CP at the start of every round. This jutsu has a 10% chance at auto-dodging every attack. This does not stack with other auto-dodge abilities. Basic melee attacks now attack up to 3 targets. Base of 65% Berserk Control. (Rolled out of 100 with a roll of 66-100 meaning a berserked attack) Must be rolled before each action to determine if the Jinchuuriki has gone berserk and attacked a random target. Each Berserk attack lasts for only that one attack. Increased to 85% Control due to loss of -4 acc/dodge. +4 Acc/Dodge, +15% Chosen Elemental Damage
Rain Dance: all Water-based jutsu -15% chakra cost and +6% chance of activating secondary effects. Fire-based damage have a 18% chance of dealing -15% base damage, and Lightning-based damage have a 24% chance of causing 20% backlash damage to the user.
Hyperactivity: +3% Max CP regained every round.
Willpower: The Cancel Jutsu may now apply to Genjutsu of any level as long as the user is aware of it effecting them. If a user affected by a Genjutsu but unaware of it, and casts Cancel, Cancel now has a 30% chance of taking effect anyway. Cancel as a free action once per round. No longer requires handseals.
Healing Factor: +3% Max HP regained every round.
Elemental Aura: Chakra Armor cost .5 Ap less than usual, and gain +1 to overall round limitation.
Jutsu Mastery: All Jutsu cost -10% Chakra, this includes Maintains. All Chakra cost penalties from choosing to use 'Special Actions' are halved.
Sixth Sense: When making an awareness check, the user has a 25% chance to auto-detect the target. This applies to targets in Stealth, hidden by clones, and under transformations. Sneak Attacks to the user have a 25% chance of being detected and losing their Sneak bonus.
Poisonous Chakra: unarmed attacks made towards the Jinchuuriki poisons the attacker. This is treated as a Heavy Poison with an additional +3 Difficulty. Deals 1% Max HP and 200 CP damage to the one coming in contact with the Poisonous Chakra. Once effected, for every 1 AP the target spends, they take the advertised damage. This starts NEXT round.[/spoilername][/col3]

The mist receded but Saiga's body was breaking down with each passing moment. His attacks were no longer landing, too feeble or perhaps too slow to make a connection he would not cease. He was still able to get out of the way of some of the Sennin's attacks in the pouring rain but his chakra had been totally depleted and he was now wasting through his life energy to sustain his attacks.

"What you failed to understand is that not all demons are the same just like all people aren't the same. My bloodline is bloodsworn to protect the Toraono Clan and by extension Sunagakure. You have the answers I need to further protect Sunagakure. Answer my questions and you are free to go, or you can continue to fight and I will get the answers from you later. I won't yield, I won't stop fighting until you do. You should be close to your limit where I am just getting my second wind. Yield, Saiga... I would have asked you questions sooner but we have had too much to deal with since your group attacked."

"I do not know anything!" Saiga potentially lied. He did not know the question, so one could never be certain if the answer was unknown. Saiga wiped the rain from his eyes and dig deep within himself for what might be his final series of attacks.

What Happened?
0.00 Seconds | Kuro Maintains Combat Instinct
0.00 Seconds | Kuro Maintains Heaven Seal
0.00 Seconds | Kuro Maintains Immolation Armor
0.00 Seconds | Kuro Maintains Chakra Extension
0.00 Seconds | Kuro Maintains Summoned Statue

• Ninjutsu Check (Kuro): 11 | Ninjutsu Check (Saiga): 16 Success!

0.00 Seconds | Katsuro maintains Liquid State
0.00 Seconds | Katsuro drops Hidden Mist
0.00 Seconds | Katsuro drops Suffocating Fog
0.00 Seconds | Katsuro -- stealth

• Stealth Roll (Katsuro): 19 | Awareness Roll (Kuro): 11 | Awareness Roll (Saiga): 7
  Katsuro remains hidden...

0.00 Seconds | Chance for Saiga to stumble at the beginning of the round. Roll: 5. Success.
0.00 Seconds | Chance to disperse maintained jutsus (Saiga). Roll: 43. Failed
1.82 Seconds | Kuro's chakra extension ends and will need to be recast.
1.82 Seconds | Katsuro recasts Rain Dance.

• Rain Dance does not target anyone nor does it require a nin-check or a check of any kind when it is cast, making this theoretically not an attack and it is attacks that pull a user from stealth so I am giving Katsuro this until the Head BM makes an official call otherwise.

2.50 Seconds | Kuro attacks Saiga with Leech Seal

• Attack Roll: 11 | Evasion Roll: 5 Success.

4.50 Seconds: Saiga attacks Kuro and Katsuo with jutsu creator to combine Fist of Virtue (Chasity) with Fist of Sin (Sloth) to target both Kuro and Katsuro.

• Attack Roll (Saiga): 7 | Evasion Roll (Kuro): 5 Miss.
  Awareness Check (Saiga v Katsuro): 10 | Stealth Check (Katsuro): 16
  • Remains Hidden
  This wold place Saiga at -1481 CP, meaning he is burning through his HP when he casts attacks.

5.50 Seconds | Kuro attacks Saiga with Rasen-shuriken.

• #1 -- Attack: 1 | Evasion: 16 Miss
  #2 -- Attack: 9 | Evasion: 17 Miss
  #3 -- Attack: 4 | Evasion: 19 Miss
  #4 -- Attack: 20 | Evasion: 3 CRIT!
  • 48% chance of causing the 'Chakra Sever' effect. Roll: 30. Success!
    #5 -- Attack: 3 | Evasion: 12 Miss
    #6 -- Attack: 2 | Evasion: 11 Miss
  6.25 Seconds | Kuro attacks Saiga with Eagle Drop.
  • Attack Roll: 11 | Evasion Roll: 4 Hit.
    44% chance to be afflicted with the Brain Damage status. Roll: 46. Failed.
  7.25 Seconds | Saiga attacks Kuro with Ura Renge.
  • Unavoidable attack inflicts 15% of Kuro's Eagle Drop.
    Attack Roll f/u damage: 8 | Evasion Roll: 15 Miss.
    7.50 Seconds | Kuro attacks Saiga with Submission
    • Attack Roll: 11 | Evasion Roll: 19 Miss

10.0 Seconds | Saiga attacks Kuro with Afternoon Tiger.

• Unable due to 'tripping'[-/list]
  
  OC: Sorry, been at work. I did a quicky on this so it was not backed up on my account. Sorry. =(

 

[Toraono Kuro]

Kuro pressed on and stepped closer as he showed Saiga just what he meant. "Stop fighting me Saiga, your resistance is futile. I faced you with taijutsu because that was what you wielded I fought you at your strongest strength to strength. Once you resorted to elemental attacks I returned the favor. I will not be denied Saiga. You have honor, you have intelligence, if you only wanted to kill demons you could have called me out by yourself long ago. You studied the Toraono Clan enough to know that no appointed master can refuse a challenge from a warrior. You knew my abilities, you knew what weaknesses I HAD. All I want are the answers to two questions... WHO ordered the attack on Sunagakure? Why do YOU hate demons? You have observed me and my family and clan members long enough to know that we don't have any evil tendencies. We punish our own when they commit crimes. The only difference between me and you right now is that my father and my uncle were of demon blood. Were I not of demon blood I would still be a warrior, I would still serve Sunagakure. Answer my questions, accept some water and proper desert attire and leave Sunagakure in peace. You never harmed anyone you did not challenge so by rights Sunagakure will recognize you as a warrior. Answer my questions and go free, your body is breaking down, you have used the ancient style too long without healing arts. I cannot stand to see you falter when all of our battles have been over grudges neither of us should have. I give up my anger but I cannot give up my honor, or my pride. I will stand here and face you for as long as you want to do battle, or you can answer my questions and leave. You know I do not lie either. I am battlesworn just like anyone else who truly practices martial arts. Call this battle a draw and leave with your honor."<i></i> Kuro gave Saiga another chance to leave as he prepared another rasenshuriken, if Saiga pressed on Kuro would meet him head on and he meant it.

WC:366
MFT

Reactivate Chakra extension
Maintain Combat Instinct
Maintain heaven seal
Maintain Immolation Armor
Maintain summoned Statue
Maintain Leech Seal

Actions:
Activate Chakra Extension
Use Rasenshuriken again (if it misses use 2 AP worth of basic strikes)
Use Submission (if it misses use 4 AP worth of basic strikes)


conditional
If Saiga uses Ura Renge react with total endurance (Kuro has seen this attack too many times now)
If Saiga uses ninjutsu or another jutsu creation use Redirect
if HP drops to "0" or below - Activate Undying Warrior target Saiga
If enough AP remains use - Second wind after Undying Warrior

 

[Ko]

(Sorry I've had work >.<)

Katsuro stayed in the shadows, just watching them fight constantly. It looked like Saiga was starting to tire now and was starting to burn through his strength. A shame too, for had Katsuro not been here to mess things up he probably would have won this fight. Just by attacking Katty he had wasted his time against the fast regeneration the Jinchuuriki had. But it didn't matter at this point now. The Sand-nin had won with a small amount of help from the Missing-nin. Maybe it was time to now move on from here and leave them to their fates. It wasn't important that he stuck around, and in fact it was probably worse seeing as then the questions would start being asking and he didn't need that hassle.

He would crouch and watch in his giant, watery demon turtle form to see how it would end. He might have to heal someone up after this was all over. Seeing as both of them were nearly at the point of being knocked-out while he was just fine over in his little watery form. Maybe he could wait just a little while longer and do something a demon would probably do according to Saiga. He would just have to wait and see what happens.

Actions
Doing Nothing :3

 

[Sand Council]

ROUND VI​

[col3]
Saiga
HP: 36,925 [7060] 29,865 [+9000] 36,925
CP: 800 [-4000][-400 From the Chakra Sever Effect] -3200 ((0)) [+4800] 4,800
AP: 11
Notes:

Spoiler

Bloodlust: Ignores up to Rank 3 Bleed
Hachimon: Unarmed Taijutsu costs -10% CP.
First Gate - Gate of Opening: 5% auto-dodge to all sources
Second Gate - Gate of Healing: Ignores first rank of bleeding and Called Shot penalties. May heal all bleeding and called shot penalties by resting for 50% AP cost. (This does not double in Gate of Death). The healing effect can only be used once per battle. Resting while under the Gate of Healing does not stop the maintain of the Chakra Gates.
Third Gate - Gate of Life: Regains 2% max HP every round activated. This gate does not have an Hp cost.
Fourth Gate - Gate of Pain: Regains 2% max CP every round. This gate does not have a Cp cost.
Fifth Gate - Gate of Limit: +10% damage to unarmed weapons. Bolsters unarmed to 60% damage cap.
Sixth Gate - Gate of View: +2 acc/dodge, Instant clone recognition
Seventh Gate - Gate of Wonder: +1 AP This does not double in Gate of Death, +2 Gen save
80% damage buff
Called Shot (broken): hands, neck, head, arms, heart and feet. (fracture): legs.

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Toraono Kuro
HP: 5,614 [-0][-840 from Heaven] [-420 From Bleed I] [+1260 Passive 4,489 [~1125 ignored] 6,739
CP: 22,562 [-2820] 22,280 [+429 Passive] [+966] 23,675
AP: 11
Effects:
[spoilername="Effects"]Immolation Armor: all melee attacks against the user to deal 10% backlash damage to the attacker.
Weapon: +2 acc. weapon Primal (Basic attacks costs 0.5 AP), Chakra Drain (user gains CP equal to 10% of the total damage dealt to a single target), Special Composition: Kinesis (gain +50% kinetic damage buffs).
Great Fortitude: Ignores 1125 damage per round
Awesome Power: +1 to their Secondary stats rather than +.5. This caps at +4 to their secondaries.
Willful: +1 gen save
Bulls Strength: +5% damage with weapon
Human Anatomy: +1 Critical Range to all attacks. All critical hits deal 2.25x Damage.
Healing Factor: +3% max HP regained every round
Called Shot: +5% Called Shot chance. Can cause broken status.
Combat Instinct: +.5 to all Secondary stats each time their opponent lose 20% of their Max Hp, capping at +2 Secondaries.
Weapon Mastry: Unarmed: Unarmed weapon is passively equipped.
Heaven Seal: +2 to all Secondaries. All jutsu cost -15% Cp, Inflict +15% more Damage and have a +8% to any secondary effects. These buffs/debuffs do not count toward the buff cap. In addition the user takes 2% Max HP damage per round.
Dim Mak Stance: Allows the user to cause Suppression up to six times instead of four with their Unarmed Attacks
Rank I Bleed
Sprained Arm[/spoilername]|Katsuro
HP: 45,000 [-1350 from demon cloak] [+1350 Passive ==> 45,000 Max HP
CP: 27,352 [-1180] 26,172 [+1650 From Demon Cloak] 27,822
Water CP Pool: 3,712
AP: 11
Effects:
[spoilername="Effects"]Liquid State: While liquid, physical attacks they make deal 60% damage. If the user has Water Absorb, they are immune to all Water jutsu and heal 40% damage from them as well as gaining +5%/+1 from water-based buffs; if not, they only heal 20% and become immune to water-based debuffs. Bleeding chance is reduced by 20%, and 5% extra to get to R5. All Taijutsu attacks deal 15% less damage to the user, and Called Shots are 15% less likely to succeed. User can use Healing Waters once per round if they do not know it, and twice per round if they do. User cannot target self with own water jutsu outside of Healing Waters. User takes 10% more damage from Lightning jutsu in this state and deals 15% more damage with Water jutsu.
Demon Cloak Omega: Gains 5% Max CP at the start of every round. This jutsu has a 10% chance at auto-dodging every attack. This does not stack with other auto-dodge abilities. Basic melee attacks now attack up to 3 targets. Base of 65% Berserk Control. (Rolled out of 100 with a roll of 66-100 meaning a berserked attack) Must be rolled before each action to determine if the Jinchuuriki has gone berserk and attacked a random target. Each Berserk attack lasts for only that one attack. Increased to 85% Control due to loss of -4 acc/dodge. +4 Acc/Dodge, +15% Chosen Elemental Damage
Rain Dance: all Water-based jutsu -15% chakra cost and +6% chance of activating secondary effects. Fire-based damage have a 18% chance of dealing -15% base damage, and Lightning-based damage have a 24% chance of causing 20% backlash damage to the user.
Hyperactivity: +3% Max CP regained every round.
Willpower: The Cancel Jutsu may now apply to Genjutsu of any level as long as the user is aware of it effecting them. If a user affected by a Genjutsu but unaware of it, and casts Cancel, Cancel now has a 30% chance of taking effect anyway. Cancel as a free action once per round. No longer requires handseals.
Healing Factor: +3% Max HP regained every round.
Elemental Aura: Chakra Armor cost .5 Ap less than usual, and gain +1 to overall round limitation.
Jutsu Mastery: All Jutsu cost -10% Chakra, this includes Maintains. All Chakra cost penalties from choosing to use 'Special Actions' are halved.
Sixth Sense: When making an awareness check, the user has a 25% chance to auto-detect the target. This applies to targets in Stealth, hidden by clones, and under transformations. Sneak Attacks to the user have a 25% chance of being detected and losing their Sneak bonus.
Poisonous Chakra: unarmed attacks made towards the Jinchuuriki poisons the attacker. This is treated as a Heavy Poison with an additional +3 Difficulty. Deals 1% Max HP and 200 CP damage to the one coming in contact with the Poisonous Chakra. Once effected, for every 1 AP the target spends, they take the advertised damage. This starts NEXT round.[/spoilername][/col3]

"Stop fighting me Saiga, your resistance is futile. I faced you with taijutsu because that was what you wielded I fought you at your strongest strength to strength. Once you resorted to elemental attacks I returned the favor. I will not be denied Saiga. You have honor, you have intelligence, if you only wanted to kill demons you could have called me out by yourself long ago. You studied the Toraono Clan enough to know that no appointed master can refuse a challenge from a warrior. You knew my abilities, you knew what weaknesses I HAD. All I want are the answers to two questions... WHO ordered the attack on Sunagakure? Why do YOU hate demons? You have observed me and my family and clan members long enough to know that we don't have any evil tendencies. We punish our own when they commit crimes. The only difference between me and you right now is that my father and my uncle were of demon blood. Were I not of demon blood I would still be a warrior, I would still serve Sunagakure. Answer my questions, accept some water and proper desert attire and leave Sunagakure in peace. You never harmed anyone you did not challenge so by rights Sunagakure will recognize you as a warrior. Answer my questions and go free, your body is breaking down, you have used the ancient style too long without healing arts. I cannot stand to see you falter when all of our battles have been over grudges neither of us should have. I give up my anger but I cannot give up my honor, or my pride. I will stand here and face you for as long as you want to do battle, or you can answer my questions and leave. You know I do not lie either. I am battlesworn just like anyone else who truly practices martial arts. Call this battle a draw and leave with your honor." </B><i></i>

"I do not have time for a discussion demon!"<i></i> Saiga announced as his hands raced through an array of handseals. A wall of water erupted around the Cabal lieutenant. Saiga collapsed on the ground as the wall of waves ensconced him. The gates closed one by one in rapid succession as Saiga grimaced in pain. Every bone in his body was broken or fractured. He could feel the grinding within his own body as he coughed up a mouthful of blood that splattered onto the floor. He huffed for air.

"I am a demon hunter by vocation, demons killed my family and I subjugate them to fight them with their own power,"<i></i> Saiga announced honestly, answering Kuro's query. "And if I answered who sent us, then what is left of my family would die at his hand,"<i></i> Saiga admitted as Kuro crashed through his barrier. Saiga, meditating on the floor by the time Kuro intruded and assaulted Saiga with a barrage of attacks that he endured. "So i will endure and I will break down everything that I am to save them and get through you!"<i></i>

<B>What Happened

0.00 Seconds | Kuro Maintains Combat Instinct
0.00 Seconds | Kuro Maintains Heaven Seal
0.00 Seconds | Kuro Maintains Immolation Armor
0.00 Seconds | Kuro Maintains Summoned Statue

• Ninjutsu Check -- Kuro: 5 | Saiga: 12 Failed

0.00 Seconds | Kuro Maintains Leech Seal

• Ninjutsu Check -- Kuro: 17 | Saiga: 5 Success

0.00 Seconds | Katsuro maintains Rain Dance
0.00 Seconds | Katsuro maintains Liquid State
1.82 Seconds | Kuro Reactivates Chakra extension
2.73 Seconds | Saiga casts Scorn of Aquarius: Tidal Wall
2.73 Seconds | Saiga drops all maintains and rests fir the duration of the round.
4.57 Seconds | Kuro attacks Saiga with Rasen-shuriken.

• Barrier is destroyed![/url]
  5.02 Seconds | Kuro attacks with a basic strike
  • Attack: 15 | Evasion: There is no evasion roll.
  5.47 Seconds
  • Attack: 2 | Evasion: There is no evasion roll.
  5.92 Seconds
  • Attack: 18 | Evasion: There is no evasion roll.
  6.37 Seconds
  • Attack: 15 | Evasion: There is no evasion roll.
  Kuro grapples Saiga
  • Attack: 7 | Evasion: There is no evasion roll.
    Saiga is bound

Called shot reduction (random) Roll: 80. Failed
Bleed reduction Roll: 10 Success! Rank I bleed

 

[Toraono Kuro]

Kuro held Saiga in a hold that he knew he could easily break but this way they need not fight and as such they could both regenerate. Kuro limited his submission hold to not cause damage but to simply restrain Saiga. "I understand that your family is at stake in this, so I call this battle a draw. You need not hunt me Saiga, if you want to battle I am at your beck and call. We have messengers and telecommunications for just such a reason. I will never hide from you or those like you. If we are done here I have water storage leathers in the building behind you and dunewalker garments that the Toraono Clan provides free of charge to those whom must journey. The storm is broken and once you are healed properly you should be able to avoid any sandwyrms out there. I pray you are able to save your family and though I didn't know them I am sorry that you have lost to what you consider to be my kind. I only wish we could have met under better circumstances when your family was not under threat and this could be a proper match."<i></i> Kuro will release his hold on Saiga and cease the battle as long as Saiga gives him some kind of signal that the fight is indeed over.

IF Saiga decides to stop fighting Kuro will do the following things.

Kuro will pass Saiga a blood crystal as well along with gear and supplies necessary to cross the desert. Kuro will also summon his spiritual side to heal Saiga and release Hyakujuuonouu's statue back to the other realm. "The blood crystal will allow you to send me a message should you need help simply speak into it and I will arrive as swiftly as I can to the area you tell me you are located. I can't send you messages with it, it is a one way communication device. It does not allow me to track you either. The equipment I am giving you is free of emblems so no one will mistake you for anyone but a traveler. I wish you well... may your family be safe."<i></i> Kuro will then turn his attention to his loss of contact with Sousuke and Harupia and run to the area he last sensed their presence.

IF Saiga continues to struggle then Kuro will use everything he has to knock Saiga out and then patch him up and send him on his way.
Actions will be sent after Katsuro's post if Saiga chooses to fight on.

 

[Sand Council]

OC: Been 6 days since Kuro's last post, 6 since last mod and 8 since Katsruo's last post. Last on site post by Katsuro Sat Jun 13, 2015 1:42 pm. As per Topic Inactivity Rules this player can be considered no longer in the topic. Kuro is seeking another topic so I am finishing this one off.

IC:

Saiga​

"I understand that your family is at stake in this, so I call this battle a draw. You need not hunt me Saiga, if you want to battle I am at your beck and call. We have messengers and telecommunications for just such a reason. I will never hide from you or those like you. If we are done here I have water storage leathers in the building behind you and dunewalker garments that the Toraono Clan provides free of charge to those whom must journey. The storm is broken and once you are healed properly you should be able to avoid any sandwyrms out there. I pray you are able to save your family and though I didn't know them I am sorry that you have lost to what you consider to be my kind. I only wish we could have met under better circumstances when your family was not under threat and this could be a proper match."

It was not the end the heart desired but it was the one the soul needed. Saiga stopped wrestling the demon-beast... temporarily. He did not trust the demon, but his body was breaking down more rapidly than he could have planned. He did not release the final seal, something he could have done. Perhaps should have done, but there were things a man could not come back from with his head held high. "No," Saiga announced. "Consider this a victory," Saiga added. If this was an alternative circumstance, perhaps he would have enjoyed this battle. If he was not nursing a festering hate for demons, but this man demon defied his nature at least for a short time and so could he. His pride was not worth the lives of his family or any innocent for that matter.

When Kuro relinquished his hold on Saiga, he stood upright but his legs were bowed and his arms were crooked. The gates threatened to turn his body to powder if he allowed it, there was a limit to human endurance that some such as himself were willing to transcend. That did not, however make him immune to pain. Much like there is a difference between being 'brave' and 'fearless' the same could be said of such a man. Yet pain was something he could endure and was willing to, not for the sake of pride but rather benefit. Tim,e being a commodity that was far too precious to waste on something as superficial as 'comfort.' He did not ask to be healed, and while his ego might have been diminished in accepting such a dark gift as well as the bloodstone, neither were the first forgotten treasures he allowed to taint his soul even if it was for a 'righteous cause.' He would remain defiant in his own way, by using these powers he had been gifted for a righteous cause. Surely the gods would not see a difference, but his acts were of beneficence never to himself in this life or the next.

"The blood crystal will allow you to send me a message should you need help simply speak into it and I will arrive as swiftly as I can to the area you tell me you are located. I can't send you messages with it, it is a one way communication device. It does not allow me to track you either. The equipment I am giving you is free of emblems so no one will mistake you for anyone but a traveler. I wish you well... may your family be safe."</B><i></i>

Saiga wordlessly nodded. The fight would have continued for hours, longer than he could safely give his time. He accepted the wares, worst case they hastened his demise. He was already playing a dangerous and terrible game where he would have to live with his choices forever.

Man cries, his tears dry up and run out. So he becomes a devil, reduced to a monster.

<B>Topic Left​

 

[Toraono Kuro]

Kuro nodded to Saiga as he left without taking the time to heal his injuries. They both had too much pride... Kuro had already focused and though he had not used it he was now certain he would have to give up some of his life energies to get stronger.

Flashback:

Changes

– What Kuro learned after dealing with the Cabal -​

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Akuma Kuro had always been a taijutsu master and never saw a need to change until he faced the Cabal, unlike Djinn and sandwyrms they were versatile, dedicated, and although multipronged in their assaults, their single-minded dedication to the destruction of Sunagakure and its people was so thorough that Kuro could not even revive the dead as he had with Djinn. His trump card was gone, a one shot save that Kuro believed he would have forever. Many limitations had been discovered, many boundaries had been pushed and Kuro had found his multi presence strained and even lost the powers within two of his bodies. Now he needed to rebuild himself and focus beyond taijutsu where his love of battle was and become something a little more and also a little less in other aspects. Everything was about equivalent exchange and he needed to maintain his energy balance with his other bodies but their skills would be different and with that effort he began to change. Leaving his mastery of unarmed weapons behind, Kuro forged a stronger mind in his original body, his willpower in his original body magnified by his 3rd eye was unchallenged. He could now focus beyond even the most dynamic of genjutsu. A weakness of his other bodies but not his original and he capitalized on it by giving up access to his natural weaponry. He would now have to focus on his taijutsu skills instead of relying on natural aptitude and training but in doing so he had now gotten rid of a serious weakness. His chakra capacity and life energies began to balance with these changes as well as he focused on his strengths and weaknesses directly for each body he possessed and began to change from within.

Mouko Kuro had originally been the body of Kuro’s cousin and the blood of his branch family had been exceptionally potent in the summoning of beings. As such once Kuro was forced to slay and absorb his wayward cousin a great deal of that potential summoning prowess was passed on and intermingling with the demon blood Kuro naturally possessed was magnified to a heightened state. The transference of souls and augmentation of blood left Mouko Kuro’s body very receptive to the blessings from his tiger contract which was originally his clan’s gift but was burned away fighting the Cabal member Urufuu. Kuro partially restored that summoning gift through training the blood of this particular body to be receptive and give off more chakra for his contract summons. In this form he was now a contract master. It even allowed the progress of his natural aptitude for taijutsu to increase 10 fold. His natural awareness of depths and perceptions of flawed surroundings was diminished a bit but he found he could still focus his enhanced sight and gain about the same results as his natural tracking abilities from his original demon tiger bond was modified.

Chouryuko Kuro would close his eyes intermittently to focus on his true gift his enhanced sense of hearing, although this in turn was offsetting to his natural connection to his other bodies it enabled a heightened sense of mind for this body. It allowed him a purity of focus that allowed him to combine jutsu into one massive jutsu like his original body was capable of naturally. To find himself capable of this same feat in an alternate body all but made Kuro roar with pride. It wasn’t often he overwrote the gifts of the bodies he had procured over his trials and destiny but to have it be something so prophetic in this particularly versatile body gave it a credence all its own. This form was now capable of a type of destructive capacity he could never have envisioned for his original form and it brought him a sense of mirth and enthusiasm to use the changes the Cabal had inspired in his multi-present form to find the source of their leadership and wreck untold havoc upon their lives.

Judgment of the Elders​

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The masters of each family within the Toraono Clan gathered to stand in judgement of Toraono Kuro and his decisions during the Cabal incursion. His foolish attempt in the maw had injured many, his lack of action against Kaito in the bar had cost many lives. His efforts in the Obsidian palace and his actions in the hidden tunnels beneath the dojo had saved many lives. He had led the capture of many cabal and prisoners. He had stopped the bombs in many areas and used burnt out equipment to tell everyone trapped of the escape tunnel that is now currently the entrance to the village. All of Kuro in his six avatar forms sat before the Elders in judgement. Toraono Kaibudo, Hyou Onimaru, Byakko Yanshi, Oushi-Ouja Nabeshin looked upon their lord in judgement. His father Kaibudo stood first and made the opening gambit as he walked around his son and his son’s aspects, to stand behind his son Akuma Kuro. “Your abilities and efforts have been remarkable, but you have lost the trust of many Sunans for not preventing the Cabal attacks or the actions of Djinn far better than you have. You revived many of those that died to Djinn’s attacks and sealed him as a statue beneath the sands under the eternal watch of the Throne of Bone. Despite your efforts I know that the main reason your success has been limited is because your training was incomplete for what you truly are and what you can actually do. I taught you to be a jack of all trades and as such you mastered none. This oversight will be corrected. After evaluating your victories and capacities for each of your avatars it was noted that you were functioning below full capacity in order to enable to you and your alternate forms to support as many people as possible. After our tactics and capabilities were nullified by the Cabal’s intel our own counterintelligence in turn corrected every weakness we had except the openness of the dojo. We will now correct the mistakes made in training you. Three parts of you will be retrained by myself, Master Nabeshin, and Lady Yanshi. Your taijutsu alone is not enough and your capacity for ninjutsu and genjutsu has changed. With this acknowledgement three parts of you will be further trained by Master Onimaru, in order to bring out your full capacity for ninjutsu. Your avatars will be separated, they will only support themselves. Your true potential will be exploited and brought out to its fullest do you understand me my son. You are Lord of the Toraono Clan and bearer of our standard, you will no longer be allowed to HAVE weaknesses.” Akuma Kuro bowed before his father in reponse as Kyojin Kuro went to train under Master Nabeshin the mountain master of the Oushi-Ouja. Mouko Kuro went to train under Lady Yanshi and drill in the Byakko clan martial arts. Chouryoku Kuro stood and bowed before Master Kaibudo much to his surprise he had expected his son to come master more taijutsu but Akuma Kuro with a stern look of acceptance in his glowing eyes rose to his feet with Sharingan Kuro and Sanryoukyougan Kuro to go train under Master Onimaru to perfect their usage of ninjutsu. Kaibudo soon discovered why the veiled Kuro had been chosen to train under him. He was the all points master Kaibudo had sought to make Kuro into. He could sing genjutsu, His body emitted powerful pulses of chakra that damaged whether they hit directly or not. He could command aid in the form of demon spirits, he could unleash jutsu as terrifying as his hand to hand skill. Kaibudo was elated at the progress of his son’s perception of his own muli-prescient weaknesses. Reports came back from the other masters in days instead of weeks. Kuro in all his forms had made vast improvements at the cost of excessive muscle mass. They were all a little leaner but far more deadly in battle. Toraono Kuro had evolved in response to the Cabal, now what would those who sent the Cabal against them do now?

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