Ninpocho Chronicles

Ninpocho Chronicles is a fantasy-ish setting storyline, set in an alternate universe World of Ninjas, where the Naruto and Boruto series take place. This means that none of the canon characters exists, or existed here.

Each ninja starts from the bottom and start their training as an Academy Student. From there they develop abilities akin to that of demigods as they grow in age and experience.

Along the way they gain new friends (or enemies), take on jobs and complete contracts and missions for their respective villages where their training and skill will be tested to their limits.

The sky is the limit as the blank page you see before you can be filled with countless of adventures with your character in the game.

This is Ninpocho Chronicles.

Current Ninpocho Time:

Testing...Testing..Is This Thing On? [Class/Open]

After the round of complaints and compliments from the summoner of the combat doll, Sazawari turned towards his fellow combatants, huddling them together in order to blot out most of the sound his voice would make so that his plan wouldn't be exposed before bearing fruit. "So, from what I've gathered, ye're both pretty keen to get in close quarter with yer enemy, and I ain't gonna be the one to rob ya of that pleasure." He had observed as Bruinetto had given praises to their strengths and advice towards their flaws, and had come to gather that while they both excelled, as much as one could excel at this level of skill, in melee combat and taijutsu, there was a major difference between them and their styles; Whereas the fierce female of the trio was more of an aggresive fighter preferring to close the gaps and strike as fast as possible, Mouko was the more of the patient, enduring kind, able to take a few blows before landing his own. "Me bein' the strongest in ranged combat, I suggest I'd maintain the suppresive fire and attempt to restrict his movements. Meanwhile, I'd want the big burly one" he shot Mouko a glance "to get as close as possible. Maybe even throw some dirt in his eyes or something." He directed the hazy blue eyes towards the third member of the squad, and the confident smirk of a mouth split open to reveal the third step of his strategy. "I don't really know how ye'd get it done, but fuck him up. Bad. When the meat shield here gets his attention and I constrict his movements, could ya get behind and smack him in the head or som'thing? I'll lash some genjutsu at him as well if that'll make it easier to knock'im out." He looked forth and back between them, attempting to register any reaction to his suggested plan. So far, he'd been the first one to provide a suggestion, but if they had something different in mind, he was all ears.
 
Her eyes were fixed on Sazawari as he laid out the details of his plan. She wanted to get this fight over as quickly as possible and wanted them all to be successful! “Well, we don’t know anything about the doll yet and we can be sure that it won’t be like the ones we fought earlier” she said as if to try and remind the two of them that this one would be of a different calibre than the other dolls they had seen so far. “Not to mention that now he only has to focus on one doll instead of three” Giving the doll a quick glance before returning her fixed gaze on Sazawari she would give a slight nod before speaking up again. “Let’s go with your plan first and see how it goes and if it doesn’t… well then we just have to figure something out on the spot.” She offered as a sort of solution to a future problem which she was sure would arise once they got into the thick of it. The plan was maybe a little obvious she thought, but it could work if they did everything right. Thinking of her part of the plan she looked at the room and at the other two, she could use their movements and actions as a sort of cover to skirt around and if she was quick enough attack the doll from behind at the same time as their attacks clashed with it, forcing the doll to do something or be hit from multiple attack. Changing her gaze from Sazawari to Mouko she would wait for him to either come up with a better plan or agree with what they had so far come up with.
 
Mouko looked onward at the teacher that was explaining everything that had gone on during the combat, and what each of them was chosen for them. He shifted his body slightly so that he was still facing the opponent before them, but also in a position to move in front of the other two. He had failed completely against his opponent, completely outmatched by the other two that were in the class with him. He had not even thought about picking up any of the spikes and hurling them at his enemy. They had been right there, but because they were a part of his opponent, he had overlooked them completely as a potential weapon. Although, his true strength was in his ability to work with a team. This team was even better, since they had already been given combat lessons together. "Just stay behind me until you see an opening. I'll take whatever he throws at us, and I won't let you get hurt."

Mouko squared up his shoulders, stepping in front of the other members of his team. He made himself seem larger than he normally would be, hoping that it would not only provide more of a shield between the enemy and the allies, but also obscure as much of the opponents vision of the other two as possible. He did not want Bruinetto knowing what Sazawari was doing until it was too late. They had a small idea of how this fight would be, and Mouko already knew that he would give everything he had in this scenario. He had to redeem himself after his humiliating defeat, "I will not fail again. Setsuko, take your time, strike when you have a clear opening, and not before. Sazawari, you have a keen eye. Watch for anything that could help us in this fight. Call out possible hit zones, and move the opponent around as much as you can. We don't want them taking the time to make complicated hand seals." They were ready, and it was time for them to show the village what kind of shinobi they would be when the time finally came for them to take their headbands.
 
The students had been given their time in order to appropriately consider their options here. This preliminary time was over now and the battle doll was going to get started with its work now. Going through a slew of hand seals. These hand seals were performed exceedingly quick as the seals seemed to be long and intricate for whatever jutsu it was performing. Although a keen eye would notice something about this long series of seals. The seals would begin repeating themselves and the same seals would have been repeated twice. What did this simply imply? That whatever this battle doll was doing it had cast the same technique two times. A strange effect would begin to take place on two of the students, specifically Sazawari and Setsuko.

A dark memory from the back of their minds would come floating to the surface. Whatever this memory would be would materialize itself in their mind only. This dark time in their life and all of the feelings associated with it would plague their surface level thoughts. While still being relatively young there has to be something in their past that would incite fear and discomfort. Perhaps playing on early childhood memories or fears that were more pertinent during their younger years as children. As these unsettling thoughts and feelings emerged what kind of effect would it have on their ability to act here in this situation? Was there something more to this seemingly harmless action besides the psychological impact in may have on them?

Meanwhile Mouko would be facing a slightly different scenario. As a physical player here in this battle it was best to keep him from having chances at striking the intended target. With this another series of seals was performed as two bursts of smoke would appear. This shroud of smoke would cover the battle doll for a moment. After there would be now two more visions of the battle doll for only Mouko to see. Which one was the real battle doll?

[Timer begins now! Round 0 of 3]

OOC: I am limiting this battle doll to C-rank. Which means every round I will only do up to the maximum amount of AP I am capable of using. I will also display the actions that were taken and how much they cost along with how they would appear in a modded battle. If you feel so inclined you three can also go by the AP your characters are limited to and only do so many actions per post. You can add whatever RP fluff you wish to them as well.

Battle Doll
HP: ????
CP: ????
AP: 4 – 1.5 – 1.5 - 1 = 1 AP to be carried over to next round
Status: Fine
Visible Items: None

Round 0
3.75s: Battle doll performed a hidden action!
- Sazawari is caught in a genjutsu and is unaware!
7.50s: Battle doll performed a hidden action!
- Setsuko is caught in a genjutsu and is unaware!
10.00s: Battle doll performed a hidden action!
- Mouko is caught in a genjutsu and is unaware!
- Two Clones of the battle doll appear! Mouko is unaware of the real Battle Doll!
 
Setsukos eyes tried to focus as best as they could on the hand seals that the doll made. She only managed to get a few of them before its hand blurred into a new one, though she did notice that the same pattern of movements was done twice. “He did something twice” she said in an informative voice to the two others. In the same instance that she had voiced what the doll had done a dull feeling began to appear in the back of her throat. A feeling she had not felt for many, many years. At first she tried to swallow it away but that only strengthened the feeling, just like it had back then. Her eyes widened her lower lip shivering slightly as she turned towards the boys, her voice barely audio able.

***

What she suddenly remembered was an event that had happened when she was five. She had been outside playing with some of the other girls in her neighbourhood when one of the girls had thrown a handful of sand and dust at her face. What had followed had scared the girls and Setsuko white, as out of nowhere Setsuko could no longer breathe. She had inhaled some of the dust which had caused her lungs to struggle inflating. Terror had been apparent on her eyes for the other girls to see and they had all run for help, leaving Setsuko alone, sitting on the street gasping for air while her holding her hands her chest.

***

The memory brought back almost the same feeling of almost being not able to breathe. Her left hand went to her neck gentle clenching it like the Shinobi that had come to help her had done. ‘This happened when I had inhaled dust, but now there hasn’t been any dust around… what did it throw at us?” she thought as she looked at the doll with a calculating face. “A-anyone else… feel something strange?” she asked in a shaken voice as she quickly glanced at the others, hoping for some reaction from them to her words.

While waiting she would think back at the seals she had seen used by the doll. It had been two set of seals which deffinetly meant two justsus having been used, but what type of jutsu? Could he have used a sort of thin mist form and used poison in it? A dust jutsu or maybe a genjutsu? She thought of all the possibilities but the more she thought on it the more she noticed the choking fear that was in the back of her throat. It was almost like her body was trying to re-enact that event from her earlier years. If any of the others were to look her in the eyes now that would see nothing but white fear, fear of dying and fear of having to sit alone while slowly suffocating. Knowing that her fear would be so apparent she forced herself to stare at the floor, trying to avoid as much eye contact as possible.


[MFT]
 
The handseals were faster than Sazawari had expected them to be. Then again, Bruinetto had warned them that their combatant would be slightly above their level of skill. With his gaze and aim fixed at their collective target, he couldn’t help but to notice that the long string of rapid hand movements in truth were several sets of seals, indicating the performance of several techniques. Apparently, the fiery girl of the group had noticed this as well, as she warned them with a hushed tone. Perhaps he wasn’t the only clever one in the group.

The following sensation felt like a heavy blow to the gut. Albeit the lack of physical damage was reassuring, the crushing waves of emotions which suddenly fell upon him threatened to completely overwhelm the young boy. Feelings of fear, of sorrow and of a depthless despair which rose from the darkest corners of his mind, corners he thought he had locked away in what seemed like ages ago. And then the images appeared before his inner eye, conjured by the mind and old scars, both mentally and physically.

A man, broad shoulders, shaved head and a big, unruly beard, sweat upon his brow and a drunken frown upon his face. A fist, closed and raised for strike, before blinding pain shot through his nose and face and the sensation of warm droplets of crimson flowing from his nostrils. He tried to raise his arms in defense, but his tiny bones were no match for the worn and worked arms of a blacksmith. Bruises, broken bones, tears, screams of pain and terror. But not anymore.

It had been years since the abusive partner of his mother, the blacksmith whose name he had chosen to forget, had been in his life. He thought the memories had been suppressed, held down by the layers of disguised anger and carefreeness he built upon them. And then this happened, all the work to forget unraveled and everything coming crushing back like a flood tide, overflowing the dams of emotional barriers he had placed upon himself. However, in difference to all those years ago, he was no longer a defenseless child. He was on the verge of becoming a true shinobi, a master of death. This would not be his downfall.

A stern look, heavily tainted by the underlying rage which he finally allowed himself to feel again, overtook his face, replacing the carefree, almost arrogantly lazy expression on his face. He would not lose to the bastard who tormented his family; He would not let the memories of a forgotten man overcome him. For a split second, he fought the emotions and images his mind pulled forth, but was quickly overcome by a sensation of raging determination; It would be his victory, not that of his fear. Being a utilizer of the art himself, and considering the time of the seals and the lack of visual effects, the probability for being caught in a genjutsu was high. He couldn’t tell for sure, but logic dictated this was the most likely cause. Sadly for himself, and his team mates, he had yet to learn the cancelling technique. For now, his resolve would have to do.

He shot a quick look to his sides, noticing that the girl was visibly shaken and attempting to avoid eye contact with… Well, anything. ”Never took ya for being a scaredy-cat…” the tone of his voice bore a clear tone of contempt and disapproval. He had beaten his fear; Why shouldn’t she? The now cold, sharp glare returned to their opponent. He knew that he should be waiting for his team mates to shake off the effects of whatever had hit them, but the icy resolve in him decided to get things moving. The best way to learn to swim was to jump into the deep. ”Swim or sink…”

A rapid blur before his face as the darts left the blowpipe, aimed for the right and left flank of the doll, attempting to restrict his movements or at least get him moving. Immediately after letting the projectiles fly towards his target, he put the bamboo straw back into the pocket on the inside of his coat and performed a set of handseals of his own. Hopefully, he would be successful. He had never utilized this technique in combat before, but there had to be a first time for everything.

(Jutsu used: Genjutsu, Kinetic – Stun)
[MFT]
WC: 733
 
Mouko was ready to move forward and attack at the front of the team, until the smoke exploded outwards around the doll, blocking his complete vision of it. He did however take a moment to glance towards his teammates, noticing the distant looks on both of their faces. The girl had mentioned that the doll had made separate jutsus with it's hand seals. Simple enough, it wasn't just doing something to Mouko, but the other two as well. He moved his eyes back to the battle at hand, hoping that the other two would be alright on their own, until he saw something he had not expected in this level of combat, there were two more versions of the doll standing before him. If he were to attack one of them, and guessed wrong, then he could be leaving the other two to a fate where they were attacked by the real doll, but if he did nothing, then this fight would become as good as done. He made a sideways glance at the other one last time before he moved. Their eyes were still distant to him, and the doll would be advancing soon if he didn't make up his mind about the situation.

"Here's to hoping I'm right about the scenario."

The only way that his teammates would look so out of it, and not react accordingly would be that they were caught in an illusion. Although, Mouko would be terrible wrong about what was happening in this battle, and end up hurting his teammates. he also knew that there were plenty of ways to release a genjutsu, although only one of them would be effective enough for this type of scenario. The other two were strong, what he was about to do would not hurt them too badly. He dashed to the side, moving behind his teammates. His fists reared backwards, and he hit the both of them as hard as he could in their shoulders, possibly dislocating them if he wasn't careful with his punch. He wouldn't hit them hard enough to break anything, but pain was the best way to free his comrades. If this technique didn't work, then Mouko would just have to spend this battle taking hits for the two of them until they could each focus on the battle themselves.

"Come on you two, time to get your heads in the game!"
 
It seems out of all the students, Setsuko was the one to take the illusion the worst. It came to the point where she seemed unable to even act at this point. That was all the better for the Battle Doll but it was doing nothing to help her team mates. It was only going to get worse for her as time goes on if this were to continue. In order to defeat this battle doll it was going to take all three of them, there was no question about this.

Sazawari was the first to start making his own move here and there were two attacks which were sent towards the left and the right side. The shots were made wide here, however it seemed it was only an attempt to limit where he was able to dodge too. His team mates did not take the time to actually put this to good use sadly. It would have been the perfect opportunity to do so. Had Setsuko been able to take action this would have been useful. Mouko on the other hand who was capable of acting did nothing to follow this action as well. Instead, he was looking to play more of a support role. While the use of pain was a way to relieve a person of a genjutsu that pain should usually be administered by the one who is under the influence of the genjutsu. The body generally has a defense mechanism against self-inflicting pain and the shock that results from it often makes one aware of the genjutsu and gives them a chance to resist its influence. The influence of this genjutsu was strong however. The battle doll was utilizing their teachers strongest asset after all. It just wasn't aided by the use of his inherited powers.

Not having that inherited power would be a con against the doll as the effect of Sazawari's genjutsu began to take place. As this feeling swept over it attempted to thwart its concentration on the techniques it continued to maintain. For now it was not hindering the doll but it could become troublesome overtime. It was now time for the doll to act again as it prepared a single set of seals at first. A similar effect that had been placed onto both Sazawari and Setsuko was now put onto Mouko. They all would be feeling strange phantom pains against them. The source of this damage was illusionary, and so long as they were under the effect of genjutsu this pain would continue. A second set of seals being performed would create a visual effect that only Setsuko and Sazawari would be capable of seeing. Not looking to overwrite the sense it was currently controlling over Mouko. A strange assortment of colors began to encircle around the battle doll. This veil of color distorted their view of the doll.

While the doll has been setting up for the most part, it was now time for it to go on the offensive. With a final set of hand seals it would hold out both of it's hands as flames would begin to pour out from them. “Katon - Gokakyu no Jutsu [Fire Style – Grand Fireball Technique]” A technique that was a known staple to the Uchiha clan, which was being further augmented causing it to spread out. While this made the technique weaker overall, it allowed it to encompass a larger area which would target all three of the students. Just how were they going to deal with this?

[Round 1 of 3 complete]

[MFT]
WC: 590

OOC: I will mention here, that in the battle system here on Ninpocho the RP'ing method of using pain to undo genjutsu really does not apply. So for arguments sake, you are still considered under genjutsu until the use of Kai is employed.

I also rolled for the effects of the Stun genjutsu this round. No maintains were dispelled.

Time Stack:
1.66s: Sazawari equips himself with a Blow Dart Gun!
2.50s: Mouko attacks with a basic strike against Sazawari
- HIT!
3.75s: Battle doll performs a hidden action!
- Mouko is under a genjutsu and is unaware
4.17s: Sazawari attacks with a basic strike
- RP'd as a miss mainly because you were aiming for the sides and not the doll
5.00s: Mouko attacks with a basic attack against Setsuko
- HIT!
6.25s: Battle doll performs a hidden action!
- Setsuko and Sazawari are under a genjutsu and are not aware
6.66s: Sazawari attacks with a basic strike!
- RP'd as a miss mainly because you were aiming for the sides and not the doll
9.99s: Sawari performs a hidden action!
- Battle doll is caught under a genjutsu and is unaware
10.00s: Battle doll uses Fireball using special action for Grand Fireball and using the minor affinity move Spread for an additional target. Targets are Setsuko, Sazawari, and Mouko
- Not rolling for hits, we will determine this via your next RP

Notes:
- For doing nothing this round, Setsuko has 3 AP next round
- Sazawari did 3 Ap worth of actions this round [Equipping a weapon 0.5, two basic strikes 0.75 AP [unless you have the Primal augment], and a level 1-2 Gen which is 1 Ap], since the battle doll technically did actions in round zero I carried over 1 AP from last round since 1 AP can carry over. You will have only 2 AP next round
- Mouko only used 1.5 AP this round, for two basic strikes leaving I will consider you starting at 3 AP much like I did Sazawari. You will also have 3 AP next round.
- As I mentioned, in the battle system there is no portion where if you do so much damage that it disrupts the genjutsu. However, damage will undo any bind including illusionary ones. Using your clones to hit yourself when you are bound as a conditional is a good idea #protip
- This time stack business really is just more practice for me with my b-mod training :p
 
The sudden impact of something hard against her shoulder sent a shock of pain through her arm that for a few seconds seemed to numb the entire limb. Looking over the numbed shoulder she was Mouko. “What the..?!” she exclaimed momentarily forgetting that feeling inside her head that seemed to jolt back with a scream saying ‘you can’t breathe’. The thought sprung to mind as she decided to ignore the pain in her shoulder and the fact that Mouko had hit her. Looking back to the doll that was now doing more hand seals, but this time the effect almost immediately made itself known to them. Out of nowhere a prickling was begging to crawl up her back, almost like a small midget with a needle and on a quest for revenge. Quickly she spun her head around trying to locate the source of this pain. Nothing! Her eyes widened at the empty space behind her. “What the hell” she said out loud, her voiced filled with annoyance. First a traumatic memory from her childhood which she had hoped she would never remember and then this constant prickling pain at her back and now this multi coloured veil that seemed to obscure the doll, making it impossible for her to see if the doll used more hand seals of if it was just standing there idly… which seemed very unlikely.

This day had started out great and she had been in such a good mood as well when she had entered this classroom. But now, that mood began to worsen as she became more annoyed and irritated. Taking a deep breath she began to rationalize what she had seen and how that could be linked to the effects she was feeling. The doll had used hand seals which had almost immediately caused her to remember something that she was not supposed to. Second time it had used hand seals the pain that was now becoming an added source of irritation had appeared. Both of those events had been triggered by the doll but she had neither seen nor heard it go off. “Fuck me!” she hissed as her eyes narrowed and shot to the doll behind the covering veil of colours. “It is a genjutsu!” She hissed again as she took another deep breath, trying to ignore the dry feeling in the back of her throat from the constant memory and trying to calm her mind enough so that the constant jabbing of pain at her back wouldn’t get the best of her.

Then suddenly, out of nowhere a roaring sound erupted, followed by a wall of heat and then flames. Her eyes widened and her mind went temporarily blank before instinctively reacting to this new threat. The flame was wide, wide enough to hit all three! ‘Fuck, I don’t have anything that can block that!’ she tossed a quick glance in Moukos direction, sincerely hoping that he would have anything to either offset the flames or barrier them with! Putting trust into her teammates, she also decided that she herself could help to minimalize the damage done by moving herself further away from the flames. With quick feet she began to back away, increasing the distance between herself and the flames. ‘That bastard! He used the distortion to conceal the hand seals’ she noted to herself as she drew her hands up in front of herself, her mind focusing on what she knew now that she had thought it all through. “Cancel” she muttered to herself focusing on removing the effects of the genjutsus she had identified on herself, namely the memory and that annoying pain!

Having increased the distance far enough to give the flames a wide berth and having hopefully dispelled the illusions put on her she would give both the others a quick glance to make sure none of them were in more danger than they could handle and then her eyes set on the still distorted doll. Tensing her jaw her right hand dug into the pouch strapped to her waist and fished out two kunais and with a hand movement she had one in each hand. “Take this you piece of shit!” she growled as she hurled both towards the distorted doll, one of them aiming for the place where she thought to doll was while the other was aimed three feet to the left of the first kunai. This would at least narrow down the direction it could move. She hoped that one of the kunais would at least force the doll to move or maybe even hit!


Jutsu Used:

[MFT]
Word Count: 765
 
The hit against the shoulder made Sazawari swing out in reflex, aiming to strike with a backlash fist, and in the same time interrupt the technique he was trying to utilize against the user of the jutsu he was currently effected by. "The fuck!" the curse was blurted out in frustration and primal rage, unleashed in a fleeting moment. For an instant, he cared not wether it was friend or foe he struck, he wanted to ruin something. A feral snarl escaped from his lips as he turned towards the other student who had struck him. "Stop it! Now!" A bark of a command, short and rough, but clear in its message. He turned towards their common target, intent to annihilate it in his next move.

The genjutsu riding Sazawaris mind might have been intentionted to curb him, leave him wounded and weak and prepared for slaughter. he long burried memories of earlier years and the pain that followed had reopened old scars, and the pain was blinding, blurring his vision in a crimson mist. In the focus of his view was the newsprung source of old agony, the combat doll presented as their enemy. The fire technique blazing towards them with a roar of heated air was blinding in itself, the light of the fire overwhelming for the mere human eye. A slight alteration of the wearing of his welding goggles, and they no longer rested on his forehead but protected his eyes and dimmed the light of his vision, allowing him to avoid the searing source of lumination to effect his eyes.

He quickly withdrew a note from the top of his backpack by reaching over his shoulder, producing a small piece of apperance ordinary paper and pencil. The heat of the fireball was pressing dangerously close. He had to finish this quickly or see himself undone, at least for the moment. He had honestly come to believe that they could defeat this adversary; a loss at this stage would be crushing. Infusing the paper with a piece of his chakra and drawing down the required notes, he conjured a second item from his inventory which he threw towards the last seen poisition of the origin of the fireball, hoping that the combined speed of the fireball and the object, and the relatively small, fistsized item, would allow it to pass through the worst of the inferno and make it to the target.

As he felt the stinge of the heat upon the tip of his nose, he decided he had no time to wait, performing the seals for the kawarimi technique. Switching place with the kawarimi target he had thrown, he hoped to land close to his target; The combat doll. As he spun around he withdrew his sword and delivered a sidewards spinning slash, hoping to catch the target off guard. He knew how he would end this; Nothing was left out to coincidence. He was clear of his purpose. If there was one thing he truly despised, it was the feeling of discomfort, at any level or degree. The amount of... 'Discomfort'... he had experienced so far during the skirmish was beyond anything he had imagined. Of course, nothing he couldn't take. He had been driven through the regime of Kumiko, suffering the torture of the dreaded Tsukiyoumi technique. Compared to that, this was child's play. The crimson blur before his eyes seemed to clear, leaving behid a sense of determination, a level of mission to complete. And in that enlightening moment, he saw everything. He knew, down to the tinniest detail, what to do. This was his moment!

[MFT: 604 WC]

Actions:
Put on welding goggles - N/A
Inscribe Chakra-Suppressing seal - 0.25 AP
Throw kawarimi target - N/A
Kawarimi - 1 AP
Basic attack - 0.75 AP

Total - 2 AP
 
Memory had always been a fickle demon in anybody's life. They could save a person, or crush them depending on the memory. There were those that people hung onto for dear life, and those that they tried their hardest to forget. Mouko was no different in these aspects, even though he had spent a large portion of his life meditating and finding inner peace within himself. There was really only one memory that could inspire fear in the young ninja, one that he had worked for six years of his life to forget. It was the deep seated darkness inside his own heart, something he had never truly managed to master himself. Mouko saw something hideous standing before him, the size of one of the great bears he had seen in his school books. It had paws the size of the boy's chest, and a great snout covered in some kind of black chitin covering it's face with great fangs sticking out on the sides. Actually, the beast had many such protrusions of the dark ichor colored chitin all over it's body, with random tufts of hair sprouting out from them. It represented all of the things that could destroy a man. From where Mouko was standing, he could actually feel the anger wash over him, instantly inspiring fear in the warriors heart. The sensation made the boy's legs weak, and he fell to his knees almost instantly, staring up at the beast. The first time had had ever seen the creature was when his uncle, a great monk in the Wind Country's very own monastery, had wanted to show Mouko what kind of evil could live inside even the youngest person. He wanted the boy to realize that without the proper guidance, these creatures could consume their hearts. This monster, so large that the very shadows creeping along it's sides could not hide all of it, was that very creature existing in the boy's heart. It was the same thing that he had been training to fight all of these years, and the only thing that haunted him in his childhood. Mouko could not do anything but stare at the monster with a sense of hopelessness. Maybe this was the very moment that he would be consumed by the darkness within him. Whatever the doll had done to him was not going to end well for the shinobi, and there was absolutely nothing he could do. His idea of helping his comrades come out of their genjutsus had failed horribly, meaning that he had done nothing but harm them further. It was exactly the opposite of what the boy wanted to do for the two of them. The dark creature eventually raised it's great jaws, opening them as wide as twice the size of Mouko. The fury in it's eyes only turned more fierce, and the hunger from it's being wrapped itself around the boy. He had to run. He had to escape.

Mouko moved his right foot underneath himself, and pushed as hard as possible, using his hands to carry him as far back in the room as he could go. He wanted to escape the great maw of the beast. He had worked so hard the last six years, just to be eaten by the very creature his Uncle had been training him to control. He swore that if he survived, he would devote himself to bettering his ability in the combat situations, but as it stood, he was useless against the great creature.

"I'm sorry guys."

ooc: Ah, did not realize that. That's what I get for trying to do something cannon ^^

MFT: 590
Actions:
Mouko runs back.
 
The trio all had their own ways of attempting to deal with the massive blast of flame they were confronted with. As Setsuko attempted to maneuver to safety while the attack at hand had a large range this caused it to be not as concentrated and would continue to spread in all directions without having a clear intended focal point for the attack. Her actions would allow her to avoid a good portion of the attack but she would not come out unscathed. It was not a direct hit but the sheer heat from the flames was enough to cause slight burns and damage to her skin. Mouko being caught in the moment by the genjutsu placed upon him took another approach and went on the defensive in his moment of panic. Fleeing from the immediate area and forsaking some of his effectiveness in being able to actually counter attack served a purpose here. His frantic movements allowed him to avoid the range of the attack and come out of it unscathed. This came at the cost though of leaving his two comrades to do all of the fighting now.

The one who seemed to be the most clever was the only one to come out of this unscathed and come out in a favorable position. Utilizing the Body Switch technique he was then capable of not only evading the fire but was in clear line of sight for an attack against the battle doll. Releasing an attack from the blow dart the doll was caught by surprised as it was struck dead in the chest by the boys attack. First blood had been drawn on the against the battle doll, and while it was not a strong or debilitating blow it was enough to stain its pride. Yes, with a consciousness there came pride in this creation of Bruinetto's. It was now where it decided that it was going to go into overdrive as it went through a series of hand seals and finished off on the Tiger Seal. Opening it's mouth it would release a stream of ash would bellowed out as a large mass encompassing a rather large area which would now encompass both Sazawari and Setsuko. This technique had two uses, for one it served as a smoke screen and for those within it would take damage over time. While stuck within the the field of smoke Setsuko would finally manage to overpower one of the genjutsu that had taken a hold of her. Free of the effects of Exposed Mind she would find her thoughts being clearer as phantom pains would disappear. From within the plume of smoke an attempt at targeting the battle doll would be futile. Between the effects of the Aurora Borealis still lingering and surrounded by smoke there seemed to be little hope.

There was but one that had yet to feel its wrath as it stared over towards the fleeing Mouko. Lifting up its leg it would smash it against the ground channeling fire chakra through the floor. The fleeing Mouko drawing it's attention as a seal would appear on the ground where he was fleeing towards. Upon stepping on the seal his chakra would activate as a bright geyser of flames would erupt blasting him up from the ground and into the air. The attack could have been much worse had it's full effectiveness been implemented but there seemed to be something different about the battle doll now. It was fighting much more aggressively and while before it seemed to be holding back and fighting with kid gloves it seemed much more serious now as one could swear you could see a gleam of red in the glow of its eyes.

Notes:

Technically, since Setsuko is not aware of the genjutsu just yet she cannot use Cancel. Here is some tips here for genjutsu. When your character is struck by a genjutsu in a battle and they make a full hit you are unaware of the fact you are under a genjutsu. It will take two rounds before you undergo a Gen DC vs Gen Sav check to see if you realize you are under a genjutsu. If you have the genjutsu in your inventory you will know what it is by name. This genjutsu was cast in Round 0 and this will be Round 2 and it would be next round you would gain the chance to realize you are under a genjutsu. I am just letting you know on the technical side. I will allow for the sake of RP that figured it out and used Cancel on your own.

When you begin doing conditionals for your battle you can add a conditional where you will reflexively utilize Cancel if you are aware you are under a genjutsu. This only works on one genjutsu per round though. Since it is not instantly cast you could word it as such.

“If Setsuko is aware of a genjutsu reflexively use Cancel as her next action not interrupting the current action she is performing.”

When you use reflexive technique they interrupt the current technique you are using. So say you were 0.5 seconds away from using your attack if you react reflexively you will interrupt what you were doing. Then after your reflexive action results depending on how you worded your actions you would continue on with the action that was interrupted. This could be a real pain in battle and stop you from fulfilling all your actions because of timing.

Mouko, there is no real movement system per say when involved in battle. So you essentially took no actual actions this round. I will translate what you did into something the battle system says you can do. Essentially, you took a defensive stance. Anybody is capable of using a defensive stance. It gives you extra dodge while forsaking accuracy.

Citing from the Ultimate Battle Rules
Defensive Mode works as following
This costs .5 Ap to enter or swap effects.
The user may gain +1 Dodge by lowering their Accuracy by -2. This may be done twice for +2 Dodge, -4 Accuracy.
This may be further modified by the Defensive Technique ability.
So I will presume you gained +2 Dodge and lost -4 ACC for the round so that you may better deal with the fire ball.

Sazawari, just keep doing what you are doing. This all is just a method of getting you guys a little more familiar with the battle system after all.

So here is the list of all your actions I interpreted from your fighting if you didn't list them all..

Setsuko
- Use Cancel against Expose Mind [C Rank – 2 AP]
- Equipping a Weapon [0.5 AP]
- Basic Attack [0.75 AP]
- Basic Attack [0.75 AP]

Now this is 4 AP, as opposed to the 3 you were allotted for the round. I will give you a little leeway and say you have the primal augment on your weapon which allows basic strikes to cost only 0.5 AP. Which was just Rp'd as two attacks. Remember in order to actually use weapons in the battle system you need to equip them first.

Setsuko Revised:
- Use Cancel against Expose Mind [C Rank – 2 AP]
- Equipping a Weapon [0.5 AP]
- Basic Attack [0.5 AP]
= 3 Ap used, 2 Ap next round

Mouko
- Enters Defensive Stance [Style Shift – 0.5 AP]
= 0.5 AP used, 2.5 AP with only 1 being able to be carried over to next round. You will have 3 AP for next round.

Sazawari
- Put on welding goggles - N/A
- Inscribe Chakra-Suppressing seal - 0.25 AP
- Throw kawarimi target - N/A
- Kawarimi - 1 AP
- Basic attack - 0.75 AP
= 2 Ap used, 2 Ap for next round

Now I will show you my actions for the Doll

Battle Doll
- Use Scalding Ash Cloud targeting Setsuko and Sazawari using minor affinity move Focus [2 AP]
- Use Searing Eruption targeting Mouko using minor affinity move Debilitate [2 AP]

Maintains:
- Clone on Mouko
- Exposed Mind on Mouko
- Aurora Borealis on Setsuko
- Aurora Borealis on Sazawari
- Expoded Mind on Sazawari

It is important that if you have a technique that can be maintained to be sure to list that you are maintaining it. Otherwise, it will be dropped on the next round. You don't want to lose a technique you spent time and chakra on in a previous round when you can keep it cast for X amount of time.

Round 2 of 3
Time Stack:
0.00s: Sazawari uses Body Switch to dodge Fireball!
- Setsuko is partially hit! [25%] with fireball!
1.25s: Sazawari inscribes a chakra suppressive seal.
1.67s: Mouko enters a defensive stance!
- Mouko evades a fireball!
5.00s: Sazawari attacks with a basic strike!
- Sazawari hits the Battle Doll! CRIT!
5.00s: Battle doll attacks with Scalding Ash Cloud targeting Sazawari and Setsuko!
- Sazawari and Setsuko are partially hit [50%]! Considered under the effects of Smoke Screen!
6.66s: Setsuko uses Cancel!
- Setsuko dispels Exposed Mind!
8.32s: Setsuko arms herself with Kunai
9.98s: Setsuko attacks with a basic strike!
- Setsuko misses the battle doll!
10.00s: Battle doll attacks with Searing Eruption
- Hit! Failed to be a sneak attack
 
Something strange was going on, and it was hard for Bruinetto to explain it. He had never encountered a situation like this during his initial tests with the battle dolls. Then again, when the battle dolls were being tested he only had the two of them pit up against each other. Two automatons battling up against each other in a very scripted scenario. It was all very experimental and he was putting a lot of limits on them at the time due to the intensity of his research. What he was seeing here was nearly unprecedented. "This is remarkable.. the consciousness that are given to these automatons are generally just a blank slate of logic. It is all very basic methods of thinking and should be very meticulous and well orchestrated. The type of behavior that it is showcasing now, it's not just a series of logical based thoughts. It is actually experiencing things outside of its general chain of commands. Even when they were speaking before it was merely them projecting my thoughts. Has this thing managed to become, self aware?" This was the kind of break through he had been looking for every since he first witnessed the creation of Sousuke-sama known as Kitchenzilla. The creature could sustain itself and had a sense of awareness. The creature may have been limited to an animal-like mentality as far as he could fathom at the time but if that was the case his own incarnation of the same ideas was reaching a level far beyond than what he originally figured would be possible. However, if this really was the case then that means his students were now in trouble. He had been limiting the creation to a point where it was intentionally steering away from harming them and coming at them with techniques that were just above their ability. It was now utilizing techniques to the height of the potential he had set for it. While he meant to give them a challenge, he never wanted them to be put into any real danger. The danger here now was real, and he had to stop it. Pressing his hands together to form a hand seal he would attempt to disrupt his maintain of the technique.

There was no response from this, as a sudden dread began to overwhelm him. This being was synced to his chakra and was using him as a long distance battery and he could not disrupt the link from a distance. There must have been a flaw in the programming, or some kind of error in the particular model he was using. One that he had overlooked or perhaps wasn't even aware of. All this meant was that he was going to need to stop this thing manually and he was more than ready for that. Pressing his hands together he formed a flurry of seals as he released a burst of wind which struck against the cloud of ash that was surrounding the students. The ash cloud being dispersed they would be free from its effects. A slight bit of inhalation was more than likely a minor irritation to their throats but nothing which would require immediate medical attention. "Seems I have overpowered this thing. I think that nice shot from Sazawari damaged the remote control seal. It's not fighting fair anymore.. so I will have to stop it." His eyes transforming to reveal the Sharingan he caught the doll and locked onto it dead in the eyes. From the ground chains burst forth and would wrap around the doll. These spiked chains digging into its frame as its entire body would be pulled taunt as it now stood on its tip toes with its arms spread out. The students would not see any of this, but could see the reaction on the dolls body.

"I was attempting to make an opponent that was just a little bit stronger than you, however what I ended up making was something with twice your ability even with the limited parameters I have set. You kids did excellent considering the disadvantage you were at, along with the fact that you were facing a watered down version of myself."
Walking over towards the doll he would walk around it as he opened up his coat. In the sleeve of his coat were small seals which when imprinted with chakra would release a summoning seal. Taking out one of his tools he would remove a plate just behind the neck of the doll. Placing one hand against the seal he performed a one handed seal in the other. The doll becoming lifeless as his genjutsu would falter with no chakra system to be controlled anymore. "While what happened here was exciting for my research, I didn't mean for you to end up as guinea pigs as a result. Due to this, I will take you all to a place of your choosing no expense to you all. Even an experienced shinobi can make a mistake, and I must make amends to you kids." He gave off a nervous smile as he rubbed the back of his head. "You kids have a lot of potential for growth. I would like to help you kids continue with your training. Trust me, next time we will do something more.. conventional."

[MFT]
WC: 885
 
The veil of ash that had surrounded her and caused her lungs and eyes to sting lifted, as if a great wind had carried it away like the storm carries sand of miles. Setsuko, having instinctively dropped down to get closer to the ground when the ash had enveloped her to prevent herself from making a larger target found herself looking around while coughing out the remnants of ash that had found its way into the lungs. ‘Not fighting fair?’ She thought to herself while another set of coughs assaulted her lungs. Wiping the tears that the coughing had caused from her eyes she looked at their teacher, Bruinetto. ‘How long had the doll been out of his control?’ she asked herself, feeling a mixture of emotion go through her as she thought about how the outcome could have been, had he not intervened when he did. His first notion that the attack her fellow student Sazawari had hit the doll with had damaged its controls almost caused her lips to curl up into a smile. ‘If an attack of that magnitude was enough to cause the doll to go on a rampage, then what would happen if it took a direct hit from someone like Bruinetto?’ she had to almost stop herself from giving a mocking laugh as she stood up straight while brushing the dust of her clothes.

She listened to him explaining his actions of attempting to make a doll that would be slightly stronger than themselves. A smirk spread across her face as he praised them for their effort in trying to defeat the doll, which in hindsight would have been impossible for the trio without the intervention of their sensei for this class. “Hopefully, next time things will go a little smoother” she said as she checked herself for minor injuries on her arms and shoulders, making sure that she had not missed any or anything was more serious that it felt. Having made sure that she was not missing any limbs or numbers on her hands she nodded at the satisfaction that despite feeling beaten up she had no injuries which she herself or others could not heal away. Turning her attention back to Bruin she listened to him as he explained that despite what had happened being interested for his research, it had not been in his intention for it to happen. Upon his proposition to bring them to a place of their choosing Setsuko could already begin to imagine the places she would love to go but bit back on her remarks and culled her thoughts as she took a step closer to Bruin. “One can only learn from ones mistakes Sensei and I accept your apologies…” as she was about to finished her sentence a half devilish grin spread across her face as she looked at him “And about that place, does it only involve food or can it also be shopping?” as she ended her question she knew that he had most likely meant food, but she had to try! A girl could never have too many dresses… or shoes for that matter~.


[MFT]
WC: 523
 
The cloud of singed dust that spewed forth from the doll would initially get into Sazawaris mouth and nose, causing a violent caughing fit which resulted in him doubling over in an attempt to regain the breath he lost to the ashes inhaled into his lungs. Unlike Setsuko, who took the blast in the eyes, Sazawari had already provided protection for his visual organs earlier by the use of his goggles which he originally had utilized to shield himself from the blinding light of the flash grenade. Struggling to inhale and exhale without intensifying the sensation of burning in his throat and mouth, he eventually heard the voice of the doll master through the roar of his blood pulsing through his veins thumping in his ears.

The first thing he picked up was the mentioning of his own name amongst other words, and eventually the buzzing sound of adrenaline faded, allowing him to pick up the entirety of what was being said. According to Bruinetto, Sazawari had been the one to end the battle. So his plan had worked out more or less the way he had hoped for; With victory. Despite the harsh treatment of his throat and lungs, he managed a smile through the grit in his face, allowing the rows of white teeth to shine through the grey, ashened face. Despite the apperant screw-up regarding the level of strength of the doll, Sazawari would not let that dampen his mood, or lessen the value of his success. "Pft, quit making excuses man, I beat it!" Perhaps a bit rude, some might say, but with a slight twinkle in his eyes as he removed the goggles and a crooked grin, it was obviously spoken with a sense of humor and in friendly mockery.

He wiped the soot of his face with the sleeve of his coat, avoiding to look like a racoon with the white, clean circles around his eyes where his goggles had shielded him. The promise of dinner made him light up even further. After the experience with the memories of his past which had tormented him during their trials, everything that provided a distraction was welcomed. He also noticed the comment of his fellow sootee regarding the shopping which caused him to chuckle for a moment, before he considered the request. Being a girl, despite her lack of femininity during combat, she undoubtly had certain agenda at mind. However, compared to her probable desire for clothing or shoes or jewelry or whatnot, he had a more practical approach to the situation; There were plenty of usefull stuff in the shinobi stores down main street which he'd love to attain, had he only had the funding to purchase it. Perhaps this was the chance. "Yea, shopping might not be a bad idea either, eh? There's some pretty neat stuff down the roads I reckon would be usefull."

[MFT]
[WC: 481]
 
Mouko was much too busy with his visions of his own dark soul to afford a second glance at the wall of dust heading towards him. The ash hit him pretty hard just as the great beast wrapped its hands around the boy's neck. The air seemed to have no way of escaping the boy's lungs as he choked violently on the dust cloud. His goggles of course would provide protection for his eyes, but the vision would also feed the fears deep within him for quite sometime. The event was, all in all, possibly the worst experience of his young life. The darkness within himself was literally choking the life out of him. His arms were useless as they rose up and wrapped themselves around the hulking figures monstrous appendages. His face began to purple after a few seconds, until suddenly, it was all gone. Just gone. Mouko spewed out air from his lungs, actually throwing up on the floor due to the asphyxiation.

After a few moments of recomposing himself, and getting more air back into his lungs, Mouko stared up at the instructor. He was ready for some sort of trick or possible combat maneuver the man could pull off to "teach" the class yet another lesson. His body was tired from the fighting of the day, and he wasn't sure how much more torture he could take for just a simple combat lesson but he would continue. Sazawari did not seem as inclined for peace as Mouko was, spouting off some nonsense how they had scared away the doll. Mouko however, saw it as what it always was in the great sands, luck. The three of them could have easily been targeted by the sensei and sentenced to death.

"We will work harder in the future, and next time, we won't be so ill prepared." Mouko was standing at this point, ready to move either towards a fight or towards the door at his earliest convenience. He had things he had to get out of his mind before he ever started another training session. Things were just getting started for him in this village.

As he began to notice that his sensei was not going to make a move to attack the three of them again, Mouko walked up beside Setsuko and Sazawari, putting his hands over the two of them in a show of friendship. "Plus, the three of us together are too strong already, just think of what a little training will do for us." He gave his sensei a huge smile and let out a booming laugh that soon turned to coughing fit, putting the young boy back into a kneeling position.

[MFT: 455 words]
 
Looking over to Sazawari he laughed for but a moment. “You succeeded in landing a lucky critical strike. However, that's only a hypothesis that you disrupted it's main control seal. Until I have a chance to look over it later on back at my lab I will not know the true source of it's malfunction.” To be completely honest he wasn't exactly sure how viable the hypothesis of the main control seal being the reason why the battle doll began to malfunction. While he felt that his commands were being received by the doll there was no sort of response. This could have meant one of two things. Either the control seal was not responding. So that when he sent out some kind of signal to be relayed and accepted by the battle doll it was not properly being received and it was going by its own normal protocol that has already been established. The other though, was that even if the messages were being received the battle doll was not listening to these commands. This would mean the battle doll was ignoring its established protocol and was listening to its own input and stimuli based on the consciousness implanted within it as opposed to the outside source. If that really was the case, then inadvertently Bruinetto has made a break through getting closer to Sousuke's work.

“As I said, I did overshoot the strength of the battle doll. I set him up at what would be, a C-ranked opponent. Which in turn would probably be a genin with some actual battle experience who has been graduated for awhile. I would estimate that the lot of you are roughly fledgling D-ranked. You all did exceptionally well considering the handicap which was presented against you. The only thing that was lacking was over all team synergy. Had the three of you actually worked in tandem, I think you could have pulled something off than just a lucky shot. Being a strong solo-act is one thing but being able to work with your comrades is a pivotal ability. If your actions work in line even an opponent much stronger than you who isn't prepared for it will be taken off guard. A strong opponent will pick at the weakest link in a team and even up the odds. At least, that is what I would do.” Placing his hands up behind his head as he stared over the three students for but a moment. They had put a lot of effort into this lesson and certainly should have learned a lot.

“I suppose since I put you guys in some danger and you ended up being my guinea pigs for an unintended experiment, I can up the ante just a little bit more. The lot of us will have to go meet up in Golden Crystal District. There we can do a little shopping and after that we can head over to the Diamond Crystal District and have some fancy food. Be sure to bring an appetite because you kids are gonna need it! Unless you kids have any other questions, class is dismissed.”

[MFT]
WC: 525
 

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