Physical:
Name: [Tier II] Advanced Speed
Rank: B
Type: Physical
Prerequisites: Character must have the “Enhanced Speed” Special Characteristic.
Training: A 1200 word training post is required to gain this special characteristic.
Restrictions: The Character must have either Taijutsu or Weaponry as one of their specialties.
Description: Further training in high speed movement has given the shinobi valiant speed that can perform olympic sprinters with no effort. By now, the ninja can run twice as fast as their untalented peers, and can usually run for miles on end without breaking a sweat.

Name: Kurōn-byō [Clone Sickness]
Rank: B
Type: None.
Range: Personal
Element: None.
Description: The Shadow Clone is a fairly potent jutsu, yielding onto the field another warm body to throw at the enemy, along with training and espionage applications, given that the clone imparts its memories onto the user. For Takeshi Gouka, the memories imparted are much more potent, but in a flawed way. Upon learning the Shadow Clone, Gouka found he was too in tune with his clones. Upon their death, he could remember the very act of dying itself, could still remember the brief moment of terror preceding the cessation of existence, could remember the phantom of pain as a blade slices across the clones throat. In essence, every time one of his clones dies, Gouka personally experiences the death, and all the trauma one would associate with dying, to the point that particularly brutal clone deaths can place a dangerous toll on his mental stability.
Long-term Effect: Over time, the "death memory" begins to seep in from all forms of clones, not only Shadow Clones. Whether it is truly being remembered, or the repeated deaths of the Shadow Clones has impressed a vivid imagination and mental reflex upon Gouka, is debatable. Repeated use of the clones, and thus repeated experiences of the death trauma, will wear away on Gouka over time. Eventually, he will hold less and less regard for life, any life, even his own. If the trauma progresses long enough, he may even begin to see death a a gift, a sweet release, and happily oblige in dolling it out. Alternatively, the repeated death trauma may simply burn him out, causing him to regard death as no more important than an untied shoe. Only time will tell.
Chakra Cost: None.
Word Count Requirement: 1200 Words

Name: Sensor Ninja
Rank: B
Type: Chakra Based
Physical Requirements: N/A
Training Requirements: An 1200 word training post is required to gain this special characteristic.
Description: The ninja awakens a dormant talent they've possessed and develops a new type of sensory. Now being classified as a "Sensor Ninja" the ninja is capable of detecting the presence of other people through their chakra. A  sensor can detect their targets from a great distance which can extend 100m, as well as differentiate the characters by their signature chakra alone. They can pin-point any individual within their sensory limit even if they are surrounded in a crowd and even locate other sensor ninja. A sensor can determine a person's location and chakra capacity when in a locating position.

Name: [Tier I] Improved Acrobatics
Rank: C
Type: Physical
Prerequisites: -
Training: A 600 word training post is required to gain this special characteristic.
Restrictions: Amongst the Speed, Endurance, Strength, and Acrobatics SCs, members may only possess two of them, unless they possess both Weaponry and Taijutsu as their Primary and Secondary Specialties. If one possess Weaponry or Taijutsu as a Primary specialty, with one other specialty, and acquire Weaponry or Taijutsu as a Sub-Specialty, they may possess up to any three of them.
Description: The ninja trains their ability in more advanced evasive maneuvers which serves the purpose of avoiding enemy attacks. The survivability of the ninja increases as they are now capable of executing quicker flips and twists than their peers.

Name: Improved Perception
Rank: C
Type: Mental Based
Physical Requirements: N/A
Training Requirements: A 600 word training post is required to gain this special characteristic.
Description: The ninja trains their skill in perception and analyzing their environment to more distinct levels. Most physical motions are identified and picked up by the ninja whether its a movement in a leaf or a change in temperature. This skill is handy when faced with Genjutsu as it allows the user to identify the fact they are in an illusion in less time and with less clues than one would otherwise need. However although they can sense the Genjutsu they must rely on other methods of breaking the spell. The ninja also becomes extremely perceptive and observant when it comes to people, being able to pick out mood changes or better understand character. In addition, this skill becomes useful in combat, where the Ninja grows to understand the patterns, habits and the 'rhythm' of the opponent over periods of time.

Everyone has a story to tell. Victory and failure, comedy and tragedy. Some people go through their entire lives never knowing hardship, never knowing pain.  Others go through their life, every moment of joy torn brutally away from them. A conga line of trauma, every moment of happiness brief and fleeting. Some are stronger  for it, some are weaker for it. Some manage to  die, surrounded by the people they love. Some die slowly bleeding out in a ditch, no  more than a broken kunai to mark  their grave, and none but a disinterested enemy to watch their passing.

Takeshi Gouka has only just begun to live his life. He can only pray it does not end as it began.


The Beginning


It was a dark and stormy night. Given, it was night time, so naturally it's going to be dark. For that  matter, this is the village hidden in CLOUDS, tucked away in  the land of LIGHTNING, so the stormy part was probably par for the course as well.

So it was an average Monday night, down at a hospital in the in the Daichu district. The storm ravaged and raged outside, the darkness flickering like a strobe light  with each flash, the windows rattling in their panes with each solid boom. While such storms were common, this particular one had a particular, memorable fierceness to  it. The wind howled across the building, a mournful, hungry keen, clawing for entrance at every crack and crevice.

All these details were lost on Takeshi Hiro, who was currently in the process of becoming a father. He paced restlessly in the waiting room, taking no notice of the  pleasant beige walls, nor noticing the dark, polished wood of the table, copies of various magazines strewn across the top of it. He would occasionally pause to sit in  one of the chairs, plush things with red cushions and a solid wood frame, polished to a luxurious sheen. However, these pauses were short, as he would almost  immediately bouncing up to continue pacing.

Takeshi Hiro was a hard, well-muscled man, the grey tint to his arms, along with their small number of scars and corded muscles, attesting to his trade as a  blacksmith. He had not even taken the time to change out of his work attire when he'd heard the news that his wife, Takeshi Haruka, had gone into labor. As it was, he  stood at 6'6", wearing only his apron, pants, work boots, and bandana across his head, concealing his coal black hair. Worry added new creases to his hard, chiseled  face. Haruka had always been a small woman, with thin hips, and doctors had always warned that the strain of childbirth might be too much for her.

Hiro sighed, mulling this over. Even knowing the risk, she had still wanted a child. Hiro could never bear to tell Haruka, his precious spring flower, no. And so now  he stood, pacing in the waiting room, sick with worry and fear for his wife and soon to be born child. He was broken from his revery when a medic opened the door, a  blonde haired thing with a body thin as a reed, holding a clip board in her finely manicured hands.

"Takeshi-san?" She spoke softly. "It's over. Your wife has given birth to a healthy baby boy. You may see her now." She turned to lead the way as Hiro heaved a great  sigh of relief, quickly following her down the corridor.

The hall was silent, save for the click of the nurse's shoes, the steady thump of Hiro's boots. The walls were a sterile white, only emphasized by the bright  fluorescent lighting. Finally, the stopped in front of a plain, blue wooden door, and the nurse motioned him to go on ahead. He quietly entered.

The room was a stark contrast from the hall, the walls a dark green, reminiscent of pine trees, the dimmed light providing a warm, muted glow. The bed was set against  the wall, directly across from a large window, the curtains drawn against the storm, monitors and IVs and devices to the side of it, all clicking and whirring and  beeping. What caught Hiro's eyes, however, was the woman in the bed, and the small bundle, wrapped in a blue blanket, cradled so gently in her arms. He stepped up to  the bed, silent with awe.

Haruka was a small woman, a full foot and a half under Hiro standing. She had a thin, delicate frame, and porcelain pale skin, unblemished and unmarred. Only a few  lines across her delicate face betrayed the strain she had just gone through. Hiro drank that face in. Her raven black hair hung in smooth tresses across her head,  tidy despite her ordeal, her eyes, a brilliant blue, blue as the sky in summer after a storm, glancing at him momentarily, crinkling in a grin, before turning back to  the small child in her arms. Once Hiro stood next to the bet, she lifted the bundle towards him.

His hands, hands tempered by the heft of a blacksmith's hammer, ever so gently lifted the bundle from her arms, cradling it close. He could see a pale, round face,  surrounded by blankets, a dark whorl of hair on his forehead, eyes closed as he slumbered peacefully. Hiro stared in awe, a wide grin cracking his craggy face as he  looked to his wife, whispering quietly "He's wonderful."

Haruka smiled tiredly. "Yes, he is. Didn't fuss a bit until the doctor spanked him, and even then, it didn't take long for him to quiet down and sleep again."

Hiro chuckled. "Maybe he'll stay like this once we're home too, eh?" He looked back down at the bundle. "What will we name him?"

Haruka's eyes closed as she spoke. "I'd like to name him Gouka, after my father. It's a good name."

Hiro continued looking down at the babe. "It is, but it is also a warrior's name, Hellfire. It might pressure him to prove himself later in life. What do you think,  Haruka...?" Hiro looked up as his wife remained silent, eyes closed. He reached over, gently touching her arm. "... Haruka?"

Noise. An explosion of screeching sound. Monitors beeping wildly, lights flashing, the heart monitor fluctuating wildly. Hiro could barely comprehend as a doctor and  several nurses burst into the room, shunting him out of the way, shouting incomprehensible jargon at each other. Hiro did not take in a single word. A single sound. He  could only stare at his motionless wife.

Slowly, as if moving through molasses, he looked down at the bundle in his arms, realizing the noise had awakened the babe. He was crying. Almost mechanically, he  began rocking the babe in his arms, murmuring tonelessly down to him. "Hush now, Gouka... Hush..."

Outside, the storm continued to rage.


The Formative Years


While growing up without a mother is never easy, no one can say Gouka's childhood was particularly hard. For now. Hiro's smithing skills were sufficient that few ever  complained if an order became late due to Hiro taking time for his son. That he got along well with his neighbors, the Ningens, who didn't mind watching Gouka while  Hiro worked, also helped. Being that neither Hiro nor Haruka had any living siblings lead to Gouka looking up to Kisuke and Hitomi Ningen as a foster uncle and aunt,  respectively. Their own daughter, Tsume, with 4 years on him, would become like an older sister to him.

By the time he was five years old, Gouka was even helping his father with simple forge work; pumping the bellows, loading coal into the fire (with a long handled  shovel, of course), keeping the quenching barrels properly full. Hiro never forced him to do any of it, and certainly kept him away from anything terribly dangerous,  but nonetheless Gouka enjoyed the opportunity to spend time with his father, and found the work an ample way to pass the time on rainy days.

As Gouka grew and developed, he also found other interests. Amongst his favorites was playing with Tsume, reading his father's books and scrolls on the various types  of weapons, and collections of stories detailing the exploits of legendary ninja. He usually had to have Tsume read them to him, being more wordy and less pictury than  the weapons books, but he still drank in the magnificent stories and legends, the vivid descriptions of climatic battles; by the time he was six years old, he knew  what he wanted to be.

He opened the discussion with his father during dinner one night. It had been a slow day, so Hiro had closed up shop early, returning home and preparing a simple  dinner of rice cakes and ramen. As they began eating, Gouka took the time to study his father. He sat calmly at the other side of the table, having changed into a  plain grey t-shirt and brown, cotton pajama pants upon his return from work.

While Hiro had held together well, he had still aged considerably in the years since his wife's death. Still five years shy of forty, his once coal black hair,  unrestrained by his usual bandana now, had taken a salt-and-pepper look with the flecks of grey in it, his craggy face, darkened by the fire's heat and smoke, with new  lines of sorrow etched into his brow; at the same time, his eyes also had the crinkles brought by laughter. Life had been hard since Haruka died, but Gouka's presence  had certainly been a healing balm.

As Gouka studied his father over his bowl, so too did Hiro less obviously study his son, wondering what topic he had to brook. He took the time to admire how his son  had grown. At four feet tall, in overall appearance, Gouka took after both parents, though leaning more towards his mother.

He had Hiro's hair, the same naturally ruffled locks, though darker in color, closer to his mother's. His face had the same general shape to it as his deceased  mother's, though his eyes proved a darker shade of blue. He wore a black t-shirt, a dragon fighting a tiger on the front, and knee-length, blue cargo shorts.

Finally, Gouka spoke to his father. "I want to become a ninja."

Hiro paused in his eating, setting down his chopsticks as he mulled it over. He had expected as much, knowing his son's interests, but he asked anyway; "Why? You start  school next year, certainly, but for the first few years, the ninja and civilian academies are merged; you won't learn anything beyond reading, writing, history, and  basic math for the first few years. It won't be until later on that the ninja training courses are actually an option."

Gouka looked down at his bowel, deep in thought. "Kaa-san... She named me after her tou-san, who was a ninja himself." He looked up at his father. "I don't know if  this is what she would've wanted, but I'd still like to try."

Hiro sighed. "Hardly the best reason to become a ninja," he spoke blandly. "But, at the very least you'll have a few years in the academy to mull it over."

Gouka perked up. "So you'll let me join?"

Hiro shrugged. "I don't see why not. It's years down the line anyway; plenty of time for you to mull it over and decide if it's truly what you want." He pointed a  chopstick at his son. "That said, if you can't pull off the grades in the basic subjects, you can just forget about it."

Gouka deflated a bit. He didn't mind the writing, and if he could read he wouldn't need Tsume's help as much, but Tsume had shown him math once. He didn't like it.  Numbers shouldn't be allowed to do such things.

Hiro chuckled at the look on his son's face. "But yes, if down the line, if you still feel like being a ninja, you can take the ninja training. Now, let's finish  eating and get some sleep."

Gouka bowed his head to his father, regaining some of his former cheer. "Thank you, tou-san."

Hiro nodded, resuming his meal, all the while thinking 'Oh, my blossom... Is this what you would have wanted for our son?'

Only silence answered him.


The Academy


Gouka twitched nervously in his seat, waiting for his father to finish his breakfast. Gouka himself had only managed to stomach a few bites. Today, today he started in  the academy.
He was nine years old now, and eligible. He'd kept excellent grades in the basic subjects and his father, true to his word, had signed him up without protest. Today,  Gouka would begin his ninja training. With a quiet clatter, Hiro set his bowel in the sink, speaking to his son "Alright, make sure you have everything you need, and  we'll go."

Gouka took quick inventory. He was wearing cargo shorts, with a small kunai pouch strapped to his right leg, filled with kunai personally crafted by his father. He had  a plain black shirt, unornamented, with sleeves cutting off just below his elbows. His hair was a wild mess on his head, and he wore plain, open-toed sandals. He also  had a modest bento slung across his back, extra-full. He gulped nervously. "I'm ready, tou-san."

Hiro allowed himself a small chuckle, slipping into his own sandals as he opened the door to their apartment. In place of his usual blacksmith garb, he wore a plain,  charcoal grey yukata, an equally grey sash wrapped around his waist, a dull-white bandana keeping his hair out of his eyes. He walked briskly out the door, Gouka  following quickly behind, locking it as they began the trek to the academy.

It was early yet in the morning, the sun only just above the horizon as the pair made their way down the quiet streets. On the trek, Hiro took the time to hash out the  details of the day. "Now remember, the Ningens will be picking you up after the academy lets out. I have to leave the village for a while." Gouka rolled his eyes.

"I know, tou-san. You do it every year! Leave the village, travel around meeting other blacksmiths, trading techniques, searching out new clients... Every year! I can  hardly forget my now."

Hiro chuckled again, knuckling the top of Gouka's head, despite indignant squawks of protest. "If I didn't pound it into your head the week before, every year, it'd  never penetrate your thick skull."

Gouka sulked, rubbing the top of his head. Hiro chuckled again as the academy came into sight. "Now, behave in your classes, and behave for the Ningens. I don't want  to come back and find a report from your sensei a mile long, listing your delinquencies." Gouka huffed, but nodded his head.

"Yes, tou-san." Hiro paused, causing his son to stop as well, before knelling before his son, clapping his large, craggy hands to his son's thin shoulders, giving a  gentle squeeze as he looked Gouka in the eye.

"Just do your best, and remember I will always be proud of you. Now, a little gift, for the start of your ninja career." Hiro removed his hands from his son's  shoulders, Gouka eying him curiously as he reached into his yukata and pulled out a packaged wrapped in waxy paper, placing it into his son's hands. "You can go ahead  and open it to admire it, but then it goes in your pouch." Hiro grinned, eyes crinkling. "At least, until you can properly use them."

Gouka carefully pulled apart the package, gasping at what he saw. A twin pair of pronged daggers, obsidian black with a silver gleam on the edges; two sided, split  down the middle as if to be two single edged knives back-to-back, the space between a half-inch wide. The blades came down into a plain handle, a malformed hexagon  forming the cross-guard, with a hole big enough to slip a finger through in the middle. Overall, the blades were 7 inches long, topping out at 10 including the  handles. All in all, they were a fine pair of blades.

Careful to keep the blades out of the way, Gouka launched into his father with a tight hug, eyes shimmering. "Thank you, tou-san."

Hiro smiled, his own eyes slightly glimmering as he returned the hug, patting his son's back. "I couldn't let my son start his ninja career without the finest weapons  available. Something better than mere kunai." They broke off the hug, Gouka taking great care to put away the blades in his kunai pouch. The handles stuck out  slightly, but he was able to fasten the pouch closed over them, so long as they were stored diagonally.

They continued to the academy, a host of other young students and their parents waited. A chuunin stood at attention before them, wearing the standard uniform, his  headband around his forehead. He had a deep tan, and a grizzled appearance, compounded by a wide, gnarled scar across his chin, and the tip of his nose showing clear  signs of having been hacked off at some point. His light brown hair was buzzed short, and he had eyes the color of storm clouds. Despite this, he maintained an easy,  friendly smile that relaxed the harsh lines of his face into something much more amicable.

Doing a quick head count, the chuunin assured himself all were present, before leading into an introduction. He had a pleasant baritone voice that carried easily  across the crowd. "Settle down, settle down. My name is Ishi Goto, and I'll likely be the sensei to some of you for the  next several years. Now, let's go over the  basics..."

Ishi went on to discuss the general rules of the academy, the general classes they would be taking, and what the usual class schedule was each day, along with general  policies such as absence and tardies, detentions, etc. Upon finishing, he gestured the young student to the doors, so they could be sorted and taken to their  respective homerooms. There was a brief wait as the students once again made their goodbyes to their parents.

Hiro kneeled down, hugging his son one last time, speaking softly to him. "I'll see you in a month's time. You be good now, and make me proud."

Gouka hugged his father tightly, sniffling slightly as he let go, nodding determinedly. "I will, tou-san." Hiro smiled as he son joined up with the rest of the  students, waving as his son went through the door.

Gouka walked backwards through the door, waving to his father all the while, smiling happily as he disappeared around the corner. 'Don't worry tou-san. I'll be the  best I can.'

It was the last time Takeshi Gouka ever saw his father again.


The Academy Years


A month came and went without his father ever appearing back in the village. A small Hunter nin squad was sent out, as Takeshi Hiro had had the sense to hire a genin  squad and their sensei for protection along his travels. Neither Hiro, the genin team, nor their jounin sensei were ever heard from again, and despite the Hunter  squad's best efforts, six months later, a small funeral is held for Takeshi Hiro, attended only by the Ningens, Hiro's apprentices, and a young, grieving Gouka. It was  a sunny day when the empty casket was laid into the ground, in stark contrast to the stormy night that saw Takeshi Haruka leave the world. Gouka had only stared on  with unfocused, dull gaze as the hole was filled, unaware even of Tsume wrapping him in a tight hug. He had never known his mother. And now he'd lost his father.

Time passed. Wounds closed, if not healed. Gouka began to accept life with the Ningens, who had graciously adopted him. Most especially, his foster sister Tsume helped  him through his silent grief. As per his father's will, the forge fell into the care of his eldest, most skilled apprentice, until such a time as Gouka was of age to  officially own the shop. Gouka did not envy the apprentice turned blacksmith, Takamura. He was respectably skilled, friendly enough, and besides which, Gouka was too  young. Perhaps when he was older, he would transfer ownership of the forge to Takamura officially.

As it was, Gouka grew, losing himself in training and classes, easing the grief. In his spare time, he read mounds of books, often times with his foster-sister Tsume  over his shoulder. His single-minded training and studying showed readily in his lithe physique, his high grades, nearly top of the class. One year became two, then  three, and by the time Gouka was twelve years old, he was well on his way to becoming a respectable weapons user, always scoring highest in the weapons tests in class.  He even made a partial friend, partial enemy in Hanzoku Kirima, the Nibi host, who constantly tried to remove the dour or blank expressions Gouka usually held. It was  these attempts to escape the ninjutsu user that lead to his remarkable speed.

At 12 years old, Gouka was soon coming up on his graduation. He showed every indication of coming out in the top ten of his class. For now though, he was simply  enjoying a quiet, late dinner of udon and rice with his adoptive family. Kisuke ningen was a bit of an oddity in these parts. He was a fairly average man, somewhat  short at 5'7" with onxy black eyes, but with livid, neon orange hair falling in short, wavy locks upon his head. His wife, Hitomi, by contrast, towered over her  diminutive husband at 6'3", with raven black hair, but emerald green eyes. Kisuke looked up at the clock, frowning slightly in worry and annoyance. "Tsume is late,  again. I swear, she never made such a habit of being late when she wasn't dating." Gouka finished his bowl, downing the broth in a quiet gulp, wiping his face.

"Ne, Kisuke-san, I don't mind going out and looking for Tsume-chan. It's be great practice of my tracking lessons." Gouka grinned devilishly, a Cheshire grin going  from ear to ear. "Besides, what kind of little brother would I be if I didn't annoy the living daylight out of Tsume by embarrassing her in front of her date?"

Kisuke and his wife both chuckled, knowing indeed how it peeved their daughter when they sent Gouka after her. He may only have been an academy student, but such  training was still sufficient to track down a teenage civilian. It was Hitomi who answered the him. "Alright, Gouka, but try to be quick about it. It's late enough as  it is." Gouka grinned again from ear to ear, bowing slightly before putting away his bowl, dashing to his room for his gear, then dashing out the door.

Kisuke chuckled as he observed this, commenting to his wife. "Gouka sure is getting into being a ninja. Even when it's just to pick up groceries, it's still second  nature to him to gear up."

Hitomi smiled at her husband, finishing her own bowl and taking it to the sink. "I imagine it's a useful habit for ninja to pick up, so they're always ready for a  mission. Gouka will certainly make a fine ninja with it."

It was a standard pouch Gouka kept with him, containing the usual assortment of kunai, his father's blades, a spool of ninja wire, and several low-grade explosive  tags. A little over-prepared for an academy student, but Gouka had paid for every cent out of his own pocket. Out the door he ran with it strapped to his leg, over his  cargo shorts, sandals clacking. He wore a navy blue shirt, with a snarling tiger fighting an equally ferocious dragon on the front.

His first and immediate stop was the local park. He knew Tsume had a habit of taking her dates in the park; it was a simple, flat area in the side of a small mountain,  It had a small playground, a picnic area, and a trail leading up the side of the mountain. Lovely view, great place to rest and have a snack; and plenty of places  along the trail to get some "alone time." A quick glance around in the fading twilight quickly proved Gouka to be the only one in the area, so he headed for the trail.

The mountain the trail lead up was fairly modest, certainly compared to the larger crags in Rai, and covered with lower shrubbery and small trees off the trail. Gouka  stopped periodically along the trail, listening for voices; or, failing that, heavy breathing. He made sure to move silently, lest his own footsteps betray his  presence. As he headed further and further up the trail, running out of hiding spots to check, he suddenly notice a piece of cloth fluttering in the breeze, snagged on  a bush. Gouka paused, trying his best to study the cloth in the dim light.

Gouka kneeled down, taking the fluttering piece in his hand. It was a lovely shade of purple, of the  sort of silky cotton used for dresses. Gouka dimly recalled Tsume  showing off a dress of the exact shade a few days earlier. He paused to ponder the memory.

-Flashback-

Gouka was quietly studying, reading some rather dull, dry text on former and current treaties between the hidden villages, when Tsume burst into his room, shattering  the silence. "Gou-chan, look what I got!" Gouka sighed, turning to stare at his adoptive sibling.

At 16 years old, Tsume had grown into a lovely woman, inheriting her father's neon orange hair, if slightly darker, and sea-foam blue eyes. She had a slender, heart  shaped face, and a buxom figure that had caught more than a few leers before either Gouka or Kisuke had firmly convinced the offending eyes to leer in a different  direction. Kisuke  proved the better at the practice, both being an adult, and for managing a peculiar trick that, to a man,  the dissuaded leerers would describe as  like "Seeing a couple of smouldering coals under a roaring fire." For the moment, Tsume wore a modest white kimono, with a gold-trimmed image of a lily tracing up the  side. The purple dress she was showing off did not fit Gouka's definition of modest, and he mentally calculated how many kunai he'd need to brandish to redirect the  leers.

Gouka spoke to Tsume in a dry tone, looking over the dress. "If I had to guess, it stops above your knees, and it shows more bust than your tou-san and kaa-san would  like to see." Gouka allowed himself a small grimace. "More than I want to see onee-chan flaunting too, for that matter."

Tsume simply pouted at him, reaching over and smacking him on the head. "Baka! I swear, you're nearly as bad as tou-san! Can't you at least appreciate that it's a  pretty dress?" She held it against herself, spreading it out. "I got it for my upcoming date."

Gouka shook his head, turning back to his studying as Tsume let herself out the door. 'Yeesh, I wonder what boyfriend she's on now. The weaselly one? ... No, she broke  up with him months ago. Maybe it was the one built like a bear... and dumb as one too.' With that, he lost himself once again in the dull, dry book.

-End Flashback-

Gouka was almost certain this shred had come from that same dress. He grabbed the bush it had caught on, pulling it aside to reveal a small, narrow path, obviously  very little used, perhaps cleared only recently even, leading through the trees. It was quickly getting dark, so he hurried along while he could still see. The path  lead directly up the slope of the mountain, curving around trees when necessary, before terminating in a small clearing, not more than ten feet wide, with a crack in  the mountain standing before Gouka. He looked around, but he could see no other way someone could have gone.

Gouka listened. Silence. The crack looked to lead deeper into the mountain, possibly twisting and turning. Such curving, combined with the thick rocks, would likely  keep any noise locked safely away in some forgotten cavern. He eyed the opening. Just barely visible in the dim light, it looked big enough for maybe one person to go  through. There were dark, slightly wet patches along the opening that he couldn't identify. He risked speaking out. "Tsume-chan? You in there?" Silence answered him.

He stepped slowly towards the opening. Cautiously. Touched one of the spots. He couldn't tell in the dim light, but it didn't feel like water, or moss, or tree sap. He  brought a finger to his nose, sniffing. It smelled faintly metallic. Coppery.

Gouka took a deep, fortifying breath. He'd had this feeling before, this sinking pit  in his gut. When he'd asked Hiro about his mother, just before Hiro had answered  him. When the Hunter-nin had shown up at the Ningen's door after his father had failed to return, and again when six months later, when his sensei arrived with the  condolence letter. He slowly reached into his pouch, pulling out one of his father's prized knives.

He considered. He could go get help. ANBU generally patrolled the streets once darkness set in. They could probably help. But then... How long might it take him to  attract one's attention, convince them it was an emergency? It was a long way back down the mountain, back to the village.

Gouka firmed his grip on the knife.

He went into the cave.


Four Years Later


Darkness. Shadows flickering. Couldn't see. Stumbling. Rough walls. Can't see. Feel walls. Slick. Sticky. Air thick with the smell of blood. Gorge rising. Keep  stumbling forward. Heat. Pain. Agony. Keep moving. Can't see. Can't stop. Can't see. Bile thick in throat, vomits, nothing left to heave up. High pitched keening.  Louder. Louder. Screaming. Sounds like screaming. Like she would've if she'd still had-

Gouka bolted awake, slamming his fist down onto the trilling alarm clock besides his bed, breaking it, sending pieces flying everywhere. He panted heavily, covered in  a cold sweat, back tensed, stretching the scarred, mottled tissue of his back. Breathe in. Breathe out. Calm. Only a dream. Again. Just like every night for the past four years. Slowly, Gouka began to relax, getting his breathing under control, wiping the sweat from his forehead.

It was dim, early morning, the sun barely peeking over the horizon, the light through his window giving everything a dim haze. Gouka mechanically swept the remains the  alarm clock, a cheap, poorly made thing, onto the floor, where it joined the remains of several others. He reach to the other side of his bed, grabbing from a large  stack of dozens of more like it, cheap by themselves and even cheaper in bulk, twisting the knob on its plastic casing to wind it up before setting it on the bedside  table.

Gouka sighed, turning in his bed, legs dangling over the side as he sat on it. He surveyed the dim, tiny apartment he now called "home." It was more or less a single  room, a small cubicle in the corner containing a tiny shower with a toilet and sink shoved up against it, the bed he was in up against the middle of the wall, a small  living area with a tiny bookcase filled with tomes transitioning abruptly into a small kitchen area, with room only for a hotplate, a microwave, a sink and a fridge.

Gouka got up, going to a closet crammed into the wall by the bookcase, opening it up. It didn't take him long to assemble an outfit; all he owns are several identical  thin, long-sleeved black shirts, several equally identical close-fitting, ankle-length black pants, and a small assortment of gloves, with a single, knee-length black  trench-coat. He assembled the outfit onto his bed, hopping into the tiny cubicle for a quick, cold shower, to wash off the sweat. After getting dressed, he puts a pot  of water on the hotplate, turning it on while digging around in a cabinet for a cup of ramen. The water boils, he adds it to the cup, and he begins eating before it  cools.

Gouka finishes his meal, suiting up with all his equipment, staring out the window with dull eyes.

His name is Takeshi Gouka. He is 16 years old. Recovery has been a long road, but today, he becomes an official genin.

End

It was a quiet little tea-shop. Cozy, even. The interior walls were a dark, rich rosewood, polished to a gleam, patterns of birds and  fish painstakingly carved into them. Set at regular intervals were little paper lanterns, discretely hiding their electrical nature as they cast a warm glow around the  shop. The tables were small, round things, built for no more than two, though they seated as many couples as they did shogi players. The air had a warm, hazy feel,  thick with incense and steam. Such a lovely shop.

'Such a shame most of these people are going to die,' Toshiro thought to himself as he sailed through the wall, wood splintering and cracking like cheap  plastic, screams of shock and surprise only just going up as he skidded across a table, tipping it over. He waisted no time, kicking out to send the table flying in  the direction he'd just come, wasting no time feeling satisfaction in the shrill shriek it garnered as he scrambled to his feet.

People jerk around towards the shriek, eyes taking in nothing as a whirlwind of blood and gore began to explode from the chest of the people nearest the entry point  Toshiro had just made. As far as he knew, the effects of these things were very, very real, but he'd never found anyone else who could see them.

The creature made short work of everyone in it's path, those few survivin screaming in panic as they stampeded for the exit. It came, and Toshiro clashed against it, a  blade of shadow appearing in his hands as its gore-encrusted claws sought to disembowel him.

At a stretch, Toshiro would describe the things as like some sort of velociraptor, from the old Jurraisic park movies, if those velociraptors had had claws a good food  long that rended stone as easily as they did flesh, and were covered in pale, ash-grey skin all over, stretched tight as if about to burst. The creature had no eyes,  only a smooth expanse of skin where the sockets would be, and mere slits for nostrils, but that had never hindered it sofar as Toshiro had seen. It's maw, a gaping  black hole lined with even blacker, serrated fangs, snapped within inches of his nose.

Toshiro grimace. "You are one UGLY es oh BEE." He shoved back at it, the shadow blade slicing through its taloned hands. The creature screeched as he jerked the blade  up, taking off its head. As quickly as it'd begun, it was over.

Toshiro stepped back, panting heavily, the blade disappearing as if it'd never been. He was alone in the shop now, the customers having fled within seconds. He watched  as the corpse lost cohesion, falling apart like fine ash. Even before he'd killed it, there hadn't been a drop of blood from the creature. Toshiro turned and ran. It  wouldn't be long before the authorities arrived. Best not to stick around and explain a creatue no one else could see.

He burst out the back door of the shop, only a few yards down from the hole the creature had knocked him through, and bolted in the oposite direction.

Toshiro was old, for someone so young. Haggard faced with creases running from the edge of his lips to alongside his nose, deep bags under his dull green eyes, his  hair the color of dried blood, a ragged, greasy mess that he simply swept out of his eyes. His only clothes were a battered brown jacket over a stained white shirt,  and ratty jeans stopping just shy of his battered black sneakers.

He couldn't remember how long he'd been running. He wasn't even sure how he'd gained the ability to turn the very shadows into his weapons, blades an atom thick and  capable of rending flesh like a hot knife through butter. They were just... There, whenever he needed them.

For as long as he could remember, he'd been running from these things. He was getting tired of it.

Name: Henge no Jutsu • Transformation Technique
Rank: E
Type: Ninjutsu
Range: N/A
Element: N/A
Description: This technique transforms the user’s appearance to that of another object or person. However, it is not a permanent transformation and a mental image of what they are transformed into. Certain aspects of a ninja will not change merely by transformation, these things may include injuries, tool pocket placements etc. The jutsu will dispel should the user be injured. The user does not gain the properties of their transformation (ie. horse like strength), and may only transform into something ranging between 1/2 of their regular size, to 2x their regular size. Thus one cannot transform into large creatures.
Chakra Cost: 1

Name: Kawarimi no Jutsu • Body Replacement Technique
Rank: E
Type: Ninjutsu
Range: 10 meters
Element: N/A
Description: After performing a tiger seal, this technique allows the user to alter places in a speedy manner with another nearby object. This is done mere seconds before an attack lands, thus making the attacker believe his or her attack was a success. Whatever object was used to alter places will receive the brunt of the enemy’s attack instead.  The object that the user switches with must be preset somewhere else in the thread, meaning that the object must have received specific mention previously in the thread.
Chakra Cost: 2

Name: Explosive Tag: Activate
Rank: E
Type: Fuuinjutsu
Range: N/A
Element: N/A
Description: This technique allows the user to activate an explosive tag they have planted somewhere. Preferably they should be within close to mid range and visible to the user. You cannot activate another persons explosive tags unless your chakra has been channeled into them beforehand.
Chakra Cost: 1 (per 3 explosive notes)

Name: Kumogakure no Jutsu - Hidden Cloud Technique
Rank: D
Type: Ninjutsu
Range: Close (0 - 5m), Med (5 - 10m)
Element: -
Village: Kumogakure
Description: This jutsu is developed and trained within Kumogakure as a village specific jutsu. After forming the needed hand seal, the user will place their hand over their head and cause a large amount of cloud to gather. This cloud is extremely difficult to see through from someone not of Kumogakure, who are used to looking through heavy clouds, and are more able to do combat while within said cloud. The jutsu involves kneading chakra into the cloud, allowing the user to create extremely thick or thin levels of cloud. Those with doujutsu or chakra sensing techniques are also able to see through this thick cloud but without any aid, then you'll be blind within the cloud. A C-Rank Fuuton Jutsu can blow the clouds away.
Chakra Cost: 4 (2CP)

Name: Raitoningu no Kenshutsu - Lightning Detection
Rank: C
Type: Ninjutsu
Range: Close (0 - 5m)
Element: Raiton
Description: Raitoningu no Kenshutsu is a ninjutsu technique utilizing the lightning element. After performing the required handseals the Hidden Cloud member will be able to send out a pulse of lightning, covering a radius of five metres with the user being at the centre. The dome - like lightning will allow the user to detect any chakra - enhanced traps, people, animals or weapons coming at them from blind spots. This can only be used once per post and anyone who is caught in the pulse will feel a tingling sensation covering their entire body. It's use is to ensure that safety is always maintained for the Kumogakure shinobi.
Chakra Cost: 8

Name: Gōmon no Muchi - Torture Whip
Rank: C
Type: Ninjutsu
Range: Close (0 - 5m)
Element: Raiton
Description: Gōmon no Muchi is a ninjutsu technique utilizing the lightning element. After performing the required handseals, the Kumogakure shinobi will be able to use their chakra manipulation and affinity to make a whip of lightning within their dominant hand. The whip measures to one and a half metres long. If a person is struck by this whip then they will suffer from flesh wounds, first degree burns and also have the effected area made numb. The whip requires a constant supply of chakra, if the user lets go of the whip even for a second then the whip is instantly deactivated.
Chakra Cost: 6 [2]

Name: Hari Jigoku - Hell Needles
Rank: C
Type: Ninjutsu
Range: Close (0m - 5m), Mid (5m - 10m)
Element: N/A
Description: This technique first requires you to preform the other technique known as Hari Jizou (Underworld Guardian Spikes). After that is done, the user may then launch a torrent of hardened hair in the form of needles towards his or her target.
Chakra Cost: 8

Name: Hari Jizou - Underworld Guardian Spikes
Rank: B
Type: Ninjutsu
Range: Close (0m - 5m)
Element: N/A
Description: This is a technique where the user encases themselves in a countless number of sharp needles, but in truth, the spikes are the user's hair. Chakra grants the strands of hair the hardness and shape of needles, endowed with a capacity to injure and kill on par with that of metallic weapons. In addition, if activated in response to an opponent's attack, it can also be used as a counter. The hair is made hard enough that it can withstand blows from certain types of weapons such as arrows.
Chakra Cost: 13

Name: Ranji Shigumi no Jutsu - Wild Lion's Mane Technique
Rank: B
Type: Ninjutsu
Range: Close (0m - 5m), Mid (5m - 10m)
Element: N/A
Description: After forming the needed hand seals, the user will lengthen his or her hair and send it outwards to subdue his or her foe. This can be used in conjunction with Hari ninjutsu to perform mid-range slashing techniques with the hair.
Chakra Cost: 13

Name: Kai • Release
Rank: D
Type: Ninjutsu
Range: Close (0m - 5m)
Element: N/A
Description: By stopping the flow of chakra in their body, and then applying an even stronger power to disrupt the flow of the caster's chakra; the user may dispel the effects of a genjutsu. This can also be used on another individual that is stuck in a genjutsu by preforming the necessary hand seal and then touching them, although it consumes half the chakra cost of the Genjutsu.
Chakra Cost: Cost of Genjutsu + 2CP

Name: Kawarimi no Jutsu • Body Replacement Technique
Rank: E
Type: Ninjutsu
Range: 10 meters
Element: N/A
Description: After performing a tiger seal, this technique allows the user to alter places in a speedy manner with another nearby object. This is done mere seconds before an attack lands, thus making the attacker believe his or her attack was a success. Whatever object was used to alter places will receive the brunt of the enemy’s attack instead.  The object that the user switches with must be preset somewhere else in the thread, meaning that the object must have received specific mention previously in the thread.
Chakra Cost: 2

Name: Kinobori no Waza • Act of Tree Climbing
Rank: D
Type: N/A
Range: N/A
Element: N/A
Description: This technique allows the user to balance themselves on trees and vertical walls by focusing a constant and steady stream of chakra to the user’s feet. Gravity can easy be defined if this technique is mastered, allowing people to even stand upside down. If too much chakra is exerted the user will be pushed away; bark breaking and causing the user to then fall. If not enough chakra is exerted the user will lose their footing and fall.
Chakra Cost: 1 (1 per post)

Name: Kumogakure no Jutsu - Hidden Cloud Technique
Rank: D
Type: Ninjutsu
Range: Close (0 - 5m), Med (5 - 10m)
Element: -
Village: Kumogakure
Description: This jutsu is developed and trained within Kumogakure as a village specific jutsu. After forming the needed hand seal, the user will place their hand over their head and cause a large amount of cloud to gather. This cloud is extremely difficult to see through from someone not of Kumogakure, who are used to looking through heavy clouds, and are more able to do combat while within said cloud. The jutsu involves kneading chakra into the cloud, allowing the user to create extremely thick or thin levels of cloud. Those with doujutsu or chakra sensing techniques are also able to see through this thick cloud but without any aid, then you'll be blind within the cloud. A C-Rank Fuuton Jutsu can blow the clouds away.
Chakra Cost: 4 (2CP)

Name: Raiton Bunshin no Jutsu - Lightning Clone Technique
Rank: C
Type: Ninjutsu
Range: Close (0m - 5m), Mid (5m - 10m)
Element: Raiton
Description: Raiton Bunshin no Jutsu is a Ninjutsu technique that utilizes electricity to create a Bunshin clone. Unlike a normal Bunshin, the Raiton Bunshin has the ability to interact more with the environment due to it having physical substance. This allows the clone to carry out limited attacks on its target, but none utilizing chakra. The range of the clone is limited however, it can not travel further than 10 meters from the original body. If the Raiton Bunshin is injured, the clone will disperse in a discharge of electricity with no offensive capabilities.
Chakra Cost: 7 (Per clone)
Restrictions:

• No weapons, armor, or equipment can be replicated to have above C-rank quality.
  
• Replicated explosive notes, explosive kunai, explosive senbon, and exploding pouches are inert and cannot be set off.
  

Name: Gōmon no Muchi - Torture Whip
Rank: C
Type: Ninjutsu
Range: Close (0 - 5m)
Element: Raiton
Description: Gōmon no Muchi is a ninjutsu technique utilizing the lightning element. After performing the required handseals, the Kumogakure shinobi will be able to use their chakra manipulation and affinity to make a whip of lightning within their dominant hand. The whip measures to one and a half metres long. If a person is struck by this whip then they will suffer from flesh wounds, first degree burns and also have the effected area made numb. The whip requires a constant supply of chakra, if the user lets go of the whip even for a second then the whip is instantly deactivated.
Chakra Cost: 6 [2]

Name: Hari Jigoku - Hell Needles
Rank: C
Type: Ninjutsu
Range: Close (0m - 5m), Mid (5m - 10m)
Element: N/A
Description: This technique first requires you to preform the other technique known as Hari Jizou (Underworld Guardian Spikes). After that is done, the user may then launch a torrent of hardened hair in the form of needles towards his or her target.
Chakra Cost: 8
Name: Hari Jizou - Underworld Guardian Spikes
Rank: B
Type: Ninjutsu
Range: Close (0m - 5m)
Element: N/A
Description: This is a technique where the user encases themselves in a countless number of sharp needles, but in truth, the spikes are the user's hair. Chakra grants the strands of hair the hardness and shape of needles, endowed with a capacity to injure and kill on par with that of metallic weapons. In addition, if activated in response to an opponent's attack, it can also be used as a counter. The hair is made hard enough that it can withstand blows from certain types of weapons such as arrows.
Chakra Cost: 13

Name: Ranji Shigumi no Jutsu - Wild Lion's Mane Technique
Rank: B
Type: Ninjutsu
Range: Close (0m - 5m), Mid (5m - 10m)
Element: N/A
Description: After forming the needed hand seals, the user will lengthen his or her hair and send it outwards to subdue his or her foe. This can be used in conjunction with Hari ninjutsu to perform mid-range slashing techniques with the hair.
Chakra Cost: 13

Name: Bunshin no Jutsu • Clone Technique
Rank: E
Type: Genjutsu
Range: N/A
Medium: Optical
Element: N/A
Description: This technique creates identical clones of the user. However, they hold no actual substance and will disperse upon impact of an attack or contact  with an opponent. They cannot disrupt the area around themselves with their movements; won’t kick up dust, crush grass, etc. They are simply optical illusions used to  momentarily fool others.
Chakra Cost: 1CP per 5 clones

Name: Henge no Jutsu • Transformation Technique
Rank: E
Type: Ninjutsu
Range: N/A
Element: N/A
Description: This technique transforms the user’s appearance to that of another object or person. However, it is not a permanent transformation and a mental  image of what they are transformed into. Certain aspects of a ninja will not change merely by transformation, these things may include injuries, tool pocket placements  etc. The jutsu will dispel should the user be injured. The user does not gain the properties of their transformation (ie. horse like strength), and may only transform  into something ranging between 1/2 of their regular size, to 2x their regular size. Thus one cannot transform into large creatures.
Chakra Cost: 1

Name: Kawarimi no Jutsu • Body Replacement Technique
Rank: E
Type: Ninjutsu
Range: 10 meters
Element: N/A
Description: After performing a tiger seal, this technique allows the user to alter places in a speedy manner with another nearby object. This is done mere  seconds before an attack lands, thus making the attacker believe his or her attack was a success. Whatever object was used to alter places will receive the brunt of  the enemy’s attack instead.  The object that the user switches with must be preset somewhere else in the thread, meaning that the object must have received specific  mention previously in the thread.
Chakra Cost: 2

Name: Explosive Tag: Activate
Rank: E
Type: Fuuinjutsu
Range: N/A
Element: N/A
Description: This technique allows the user to activate an explosive tag they have planted somewhere. Preferably they should be within close to mid range and  visible to the user. You cannot activate another persons explosive tags unless your chakra has been channeled into them beforehand.
Chakra Cost: 1 (per 3 explosive notes)

Name: Kai • Release
Rank: D
Type: Ninjutsu
Range: Close (0m - 5m)
Element: N/A
Description: By stopping the flow of chakra in their body, and then applying an even stronger power to disrupt the flow of the caster's chakra; the user may  dispel the effects of a genjutsu. This can also be used on another individual that is stuck in a genjutsu by preforming the necessary hand seal and then touching them,  although it consumes half the chakra cost of the Genjutsu.
Chakra Cost: Cost of Genjutsu + 2CP

Name: Nawanuke no Jutsu • Escaping Skill
Rank: E
Type: Ninjutsu
Range: N/A
Element: N/A
Description: This technique allows the user to free themselves should they be tied up. It is extremely basic.  Using their physical training, the user will  twist and contort their body to loosen their bindings, effectively relieving themselves of the tightness of their bindings and slipping through the restraints. This  technique can only be used if the user is of equal or higher rank than their captor.
Chakra Cost: 1

Name: Chozou no Jutsu • Storage Technique
Rank: E
Type: Fuuinjutsu, Supplementary
Range: Close (0m - 5m)
Element: N/A
Description: A simple jutsu that allows a ninja to seal or unseal any item, mostly weapons, from scrolls or from their body. After forming the necessary  handsigns, the ninja will seal the item into a scroll etc. Scrolls can also be used as ammunition for other weapons or have other seals inside of them, which expands  the number of potential tricks a shinobi can use. The items themselves are unaffected by time. Ninjutsu can also be stored in scrolls, to be released when the scroll  is opened, but require another person to cast said Ninjutsu; else it cannot be sealed.
Chakra Cost: 1 to seal; 1 to unseal.

Name: Suimen Hokou no Waza • Act of Water Surface Walking
Rank: D
Type: N/A
Range: N/A
Element: NA
Description: This technique allows the user to balance themselves on water by focusing a constant and steady stream of chakra to the user’s feet or hands.  Because of water’s nature, this requires the user to be quick to adjust the amount of chakra they must emit to their feet in order to maintain a constant balance.  Users may also walk, run and “skate” across the water when using this technique.
Chakra Cost: 1 (1 per post)

Name: Kinobori no Waza • Act of Tree Climbing
Rank: D
Type: N/A
Range: N/A
Element: N/A
Description: This technique allows the user to balance themselves on trees and vertical walls by focusing a constant and steady stream of chakra to the user’s  feet. Gravity can easy be defined if this technique is mastered, allowing people to even stand upside down. If too much chakra is exerted the user will be pushed away;  bark breaking and causing the user to then fall. If not enough chakra is exerted the user will lose their footing and fall.
Chakra Cost: 1 (1 per post)

Name: Kaijūdentō - Flashlight
Rank: E
Type: Ninjutsu
Range: Close (0-5M)
Element: Raiton
Description: Very simply, the user focuses a small amount of lightning chakra into a glowing orb in the palm of their hand. The light is sufficient to illuminate a path for the user, like, well, a flashlight. Can be "stuck" to objects to act as a lamp for a short time, no more than one post.
Chakra Cost: 1CP

Name: Raikou Senkou Jutsu: Lightning Flash Technique
Rank: D
Type: Ninjutsu
Range: Mid-range (5m-10m)
Element: Raiton
Description: The user gathers chakra into their hands, clapping them together to create a powerful flash and a loud boom, similar to a lightning strike. This  technique is effective at blinding and disorientating opponents, though the nature of it completely removes the user's element of stealth, letting enemies pinpoint the users location. Effects last one post, afflicting both user and target. The user avoids being blinded themself by simply closing their eyes on use of the jutsu.
Chakra Cost: 3CP

Name: Parasu - Pulse
Rank: D
Type: Ninjutsu
Range: Close (0-5m)
Element: Raiton
Description: Generating lightning chakra and forming a single seal, the user lets out a small, electromagnetic pulse into the area in their immediate vicinity. Derived form the Kumogakure no jutsu, the pulse allows the user to detect life forms in close proximity, even within the ground. Useful for hunting small animals, as the pulse is enough to numb and slow them along with revealing their location. Smaller organisms, such as flying insects (mosquitoes, flies) will be killed by the technique, making it also useful for pest control while camping.
Chakra Cost: 4

Name: Shōgeki - Tekina Shinjitsu - Shocking Truth
Rank: D
Type: Ninjutsu
Range: Close (0 - 3m)
Element: Raiton
Description: Shōgeki - Tekina Shinjitsu is a ninjutsu technique utilizing the lightning element. After having their victim coated with water, the Kumogakure shinobi will use a torture method where they draw lightning into their hand and then shock their victim with said lightning, it's commonly used to gain information out of the victim, thus the name 'Shocking Truth'. When unaided with water, this lightning will simply cause an electric shock, causing a tingling sensation. Yet when water is present, it performs the equivalent of a C - Rank lightning attack. The technique itself is simply to have lightning shoot out of ones hand, nothing more and nothing less. The lightning reaches a maximum of three metres before the chakra supply is cut off.
Chakra Cost: 3

Name: Lightning Release: Electromagnetic Murder
Rank: C-A (B)
Type: Ninjutsu
Range: Close (0m - 5m), Mid (5m - 10m)
Element: Raiton (Lightning)
Description: This technique allows the user to create a wave of electricity from their hands. The user can vary its power from a small surge to shock an  opponent to a powerful stream of lightning capable of ripping through solid rock.
Chakra Cost: C (5), B (10), A (20)

Name: Raiton Bunshin no Jutsu - Lightning Clone Technique
Rank: C
Type: Ninjutsu
Range: Close (0m - 5m), Mid (5m - 10m)
Element: Raiton
Description: Raiton Bunshin no Jutsu is a Ninjutsu technique that utilizes electricity to create a Bunshin clone. Unlike a normal Bunshin, the Raiton Bunshin has the ability to interact more with the environment due to it having physical substance. This allows the clone to carry out limited attacks on its target, but none utilizing chakra. The range of the clone is limited however, it can not travel further than 10 meters from the original body. If the Raiton Bunshin is injured, the clone will disperse in a discharge of electricity with no offensive capabilities.
Chakra Cost: 7 (Per clone)
Restrictions:
No weapons, armor, or equipment can be replicated to have above C-rank quality.Replicated explosive notes, explosive kunai, explosive senbon, and exploding pouches are inert and cannot be set off.

Name: Kangekiha - Inspiration Wave
Rank: C
Type: Ninjutsu
Range: Close (0m - 5m), Mid (5m - 10m)
Element: Raiton (Lightning)
Description: The user will first create a protective wall of water (must be done with a water technique, it is not included with just this technique). They will  then form the needed hand seal and emit a bolt of electricity into the water which will increase its defensive effectiveness and stun any targets who attempt to pass  through.
Chakra Cost: 6

Name: Daibakuhatsu - Great Explosion
Rank: B
Type: Ninjutsu
Range: Close (0 - 5m)
Element: Raiton
Description: Daibakuhatsu is a ninjutsu technique utilizing the lightning element. After performing the required handseals, the user will create a small sphere of lightning, roughly the size of a tennis ball. They will then be able to throw this ball of lightning to a specific area, whatever the ball of lightning lands on it will stick to that surface. After five seconds, the small sphere will cause the explosion equivalent to three explosive tags. Anyone caught in the five metre blast radius will suffer from second degree burns, and receive some internal damage.
Chakra Cost: 13

Name: Yōso no Renshū - Element Practice
Rank: E
Type: Ninjutsu
Range: Close (0m)
Element: Variable
Description: The most simplistic of techniques, it is precisely what is says on the tin; practicing elemental manipulation. The technique serves no purpose in battle, but simply serves to give one practice with their respective elements, and more importantly, using elemental chakra. Those with an affinity with fire focus on the raging ferocity of the flame, generating small flames along their fingers and palms, shifting them back and forth from hand to hand. Those with an affinity for wind focus on the free-flowing, easy-going but erratic nature of wind, coaxing the air into tiny whirlwinds in the palms of their hands, spinning leaves like tops. Those with an affinity for lightning focus their minds on the wild, erratic, spastic and unpredictable nature of lightning, tracing small sparks in electrical patterns from hand to hand. Those with an affinity for earth focus on the resilient, unyielding nature of stone, taking small rocks and pebbles and slowly shaping them in their hands. Those with an affinity for water focus on the flowing, flexible nature of water, gathering a small trickle and coaxing it into intricate patterns with their fingers.
Chakra Cost: 1 per post

Name: Kumogakure no Jutsu - Hidden Cloud Technique
Rank: D
Type: Ninjutsu
Range: Close (0 - 5m), Med (5 - 10m)
Element: -
Description: Kumogakure no Jutsu is a ninjutsu technique utilizing no element. A technique that imitates that of the Kirigakure no Jutsu, once the user has  performed the required handseals they will be able to call upon a thick and heavy cloud that will appear almost out of nowhere. The cloud will be able to cover a ten  metre radius around the user and only the user is able to sense where others lurk within the cloud. Those with doujutsu or chakra sensing techniques are also able to  see through this thick cloud but without any aid, then you'll be blind within the cloud. If a C - Rank or above fuuton technique is activated, then the cloud will be  blown away.
Chakra Cost: 4

Name: Kuchiyose no Jutsu - Summoning Technique
Rank: C
Type: Ninjutsu
Range: N/A
Element: N/A
Description: A powerful jutsu, Ninpo Kuchiyose allows a ninja to summon animals and objects to fight on their behalf. The ninja normally signs a blood contract with the animal species, which allows them to summon different size and skill levels of creature. Signing this contract also allows the animal to reverse summon the human ninja to their location.
Chakra Cost: 5 (C Rank Summon), 10 (B), 15 (A), 20 (S)

Name: Kage Bunshin no Jutsu - Shadow Clone Technique
Rank: B
Type: Ninjutsu
Range: N/A
Element: N/A
Description:  Similar to the Clone Technique, this jutsu creates clones of the user. Unlike the Clone Technique, these clones are actual copies, not illusions. The user's chakra is evenly distributed among every clone, giving each clone an equal fraction of the user's overall power. The clones are capable of performing jutsu on their own and can even bleed, but will usually disperse after one or two solid blows. They can also disperse on their own. The clones will be created in roughly the same condition as the original. Because the chakra of each clone is evenly distributed, the user and each clone will contain the same amount of chakra after deducting the initial chakra cost. All remaining chakra on the clone after it is dispersed is refunded to the user. Clones automatically disperse if their chakra supply hits zero, but are not influenced by the 10 chakra minimum for survival.
Chakra Cost: 15 (Per clone)
Restrictions:
No weapons, armor, or equipment can be replicated to have above C-rank quality.Replicated explosive notes, explosive kunai, explosive senbon, and exploding pouches are inert and cannot be set off.

Name: Shunshin no Jutsu [Body Flicker Technique].
Rank: B-S. (B)
Type: N/A.
Range: B-rank:10m or less A:rank 25m S rank: 50m
Element: N/A.
Description: This technique is a high-speed movement technique, allowing a ninja to move short to long distances at an almost untraceable speed. To an observer, it appears as if the user has teleported. A puff of smoke is occasionally used to disguise the user's movements. It is accomplished by using chakra to temporarily vitalize the body and move at extreme speeds. The amount of chakra required depends on the overall distance and elevation between the user and the intended destination. The B-rank variant allows one to travel upwards of 10m from their current location, the A-rank grants 25m of travel and the S-rank allows the user to travel upwards of 50m from their current location. This jutsu cannot be used in a combat oriented situation.
Chakra Cost: 9/15/25.

Name: Fuin Konran - Seal Disruption
Rank: E-S (B)
Type: Weaponry
Range: Close(0m)
Element: N/A
Description: Requires Chakra Conductivity or a chakra conductive weapon, and Expert Infiltrator. A specialized weaponry technique designed for use in disrupting barrier or alarm seals, the type typically used to detect or keep out intruders from an area. Typically speaking, the user channels their chakra into their weapon of choice, and then uses the weapon to mar a seal and force the chakra into the seal. This disrupts the function of the seal, rendering it momentarily inert; enough time, say, for a speedy user to bypass the seal before it resumes functioning. It should be noted that generally, this technique is limited to disrupting the seal for a few moments, enough for the user to perform a single action. However, is the user overloads the jutsu (uses more chakra than necessary), they can render a seal inert for two full posts. An even greater application of chakra can outright render the seal useless, though this is generally impractical, being prohibitively chakra intensive.
Chakra Cost: (Cost of Fuin) + 3
Overload: Maximum cost of next rank up (Overloading a C rank seal would cost the max of a B-rank jutsu, 15 chakra, and so on. S-ranks would be 50CP)
Destruction: Twice the Cost of the Fuin.

Name: Kyatchi to Tsuisuto - Catch and Twist
Rank: C
Type: Weapons
Range: Close (0m)
Element: N/A
Description: Utilizing his unique pronged daggers, Gouka catches an enemies weapon provided it is a thing enough blade, between the prongs of his dagger. Then, giving his wrist a sharp twist, he can yank the weapon from his opponent's grasp, disarming them. Naturally only works against blades, and against larger blades, ninjato sized and up, he must attempt the catch as close to the hilt as possible to have enough leverage; otherwise he can only twist the blade aside, not yank it from his opponent's grasp. The inability to disarm, only turn aside, also applies if the opponent is simply stronger than Gouka.
Chakra Cost: 5

Name: Mangūsusutairu - Mongoose Style
Rank: C
Type: Weapons
Range Close (0-5M)
Element: N/A
Description: Between natural speed and channeling chakra into their limbs, the user strikes quickly with their weapons, darting back and forth out of range. For those of equal rank to the jutsu, the strikes  are hard to avoid completely, and it's harder to hit the user back. Above rank will only find it mildly difficult.
Chakra Cost: 6 per attack/evasion

Name: Sairento Kosatsu: Silent Strangulation
Rank: C
Type: Weapons
Range: Close (0-5M)
Element: N/A
Description: The user simply loops a coil of wire around the opponent's neck, choking them off. Ineffective if the opponent is not caught by surprise, or proves  stronger than the user, allowing them to jerk the wire off. Dizzies and disorientates enemy for one (1) post if used for two (2) posts, renders unconscious if used for  four (4).
Chakra Cost: 6CP, 3 CP per post.

Name: Sekai Isshū - Around the World
Rank: D
Type: Weaponry
Range: Close (0-5M) to Mid (5M-10M) depending on the amount of wire used
Element: N/A
Description: Simply, the user strings a number of small weapons along a wire, usually and/or shuriken, and whirls the wire around them, keeping foes at bay,  lest they be lacerated by the flying weapons.
Chakra cost: 4CP, 1CP per post

Name: Mikadzuki no Chōshō - Mockery of the Crescent Moon
Rank: C
Type: Weaponry
Range: Close (0-5M)
Element: N/A
Description: The end result of a genin seeing "Mikadzuki no Mai" and asking themself "Yes, but how can I do that? The jutsu works on the same basic  principle as its inspiration, utilizing five (5) standard bunshin instead of tangible clones. The user and clones surround the target, the clones "attacking" in unison  to confuse and distract the target. Notable less powerful than its inspiration, only one front of the attack being tangible, and leaves the user open to counter-attack  if the target correctly identifies which assault is real.
Chakra cost: 5CP

Name: Supin - Spin
Rank: D
Type: Weapons
Range: N/A
Element: N/A
Description: Taking a throwing weapon, senbon and kunai generally working best, the user throws the weapon with a slight spin to it, akin to a bullet. The spin stabilizes the thrown weapon, increasing it's effective range and power. For example, a kunai thrown at long range would hold accuracy and damage close to that of being thrown at mid-range.
Chakra Cost: 3

Name: Mangūsu no Kiba - Mongoose Fangs
Rank: D
Type: Weapons
Range: Close (0-5M)
Element: N/A
Description: Dual-wielding a weapon in each hand, the user quickly leaps at the enemy, bringing both blades down from on high, aiming for the shoulders; like a Mongoose striking a cobra. The attack relies mostly on speed, and works best from behind; attempting it on a faster opponent from the front can easily leave the user open to mid-air counter-attack.
Chakra Cost: 3

Name: Shōgeki Ha - Shock Blade
Rank: B
Type: Weaponry
Range: Close(0M)
Element: Raiton
Description: This technique requires Chakra Conductivity or a Chakra Conductive Weapon. No frills, this technqiue simply coats a weapon in raiton chakra, allowing for each cut of the blade to inflict numbing across the entirety of a limb, as well as first-degree burns around the area of the cut.
Chakra Cost: 13CP (4CP per post)

Name: Engetsu Tachikata - Crescent Moon Cutter
Rank: B-A (A)
Type: Weaponry
Range: Close to Mid-range (0-10M)
Element: Raiton
Description: Charing their blade with Raiton chakra, the user lashes out in a broad, horizontal slash, launching a crescent of lightning-chakra at the foe. This crescent of chakra can reach up to a meter and width, and travel up to 10 meters before dissipating. Contact with the crescent deals damage dependent on the rank; at B-rank, equivalent of being struck by a B-rank bolt along with mild lacerations, at A-rank, equivalent to an A-rank bolt and bone-deep lacerations.
Chakra Cost:
B-rank: 14CP
A-rank: 23CP

Name: Raitoningu no Kengen - Lightning Manifestation
Rank: C
Type: Weaponry
Range: Close (0 - 5m), Med (5 - 10m), Far (10m+)
Element: Raiton
Description: Raitoningu no Kengen is a weaponry technique utilizing the lightning element. Using their lightning affinity, the Kumogakure shinobi is able to  enhance any weapon they possess and coat it with lightning chakra to give it a more powerful hit. The lightning will be able to numb the area where the weapon strikes  and also cause minor burns. Any weapon can be enhanced by this attack, Kunai, Shuriken, Blades or even Arrows. The technique can only be used on weapons though, once  the weapon has struck something the lightning will fade away.
Chakra Cost: 6

Name: Ayatsuito no Jutsu - String Reeling Technique
Rank: D
Type: Weaponry
Range: Close (0m - 5m)
Element: N/A
Description: Ayatsuito no Jutsu is a technique utilizing wire. This string can be used in rappeling, or as a method to tie down and restrict the movement of an  opponent. The properties of the wire also allows the user to guide fire down it with any number of Katon Jutsu.
Chakra Cost: 4

Name: Kage Shuriken no Jutsu - Shadow Shuriken Technique
Rank: D
Type: Weaponry
Range: Mid (5m - 10m), Far (10+)
Element: N/A
Description: It's an extremely simple technique where two shuriken, like the Fuma Shuriken, are piled one onto another and thrown simultaneously. However,  depending on the way it's used, it can prove its absolute efficiency. The trick is to somehow draw the enemy's attention towards the upper shuriken. Then, to deal with  the path of the lower shuriken. If the enemy notices both shuriken, the technique ends up losing all of its efficiency.
Chakra Cost: 3

Name: Gyoko Mizu: Congeal Water
Rank: D-B
Type: Ninjutsu
Range: Close (0-5M) to Mid-range (5m-10m)
Element: Suiton
Description: Very simply, the user draws in water from the surrounding air, congealing it into a small pool. Has additional benefit of only drawing out pure  water. Chakra usage and the time the technique takes is inversely proportional to how damp the air is. Ie, it will take less chakra and work faster on a foggy day,  compared to desert conditions. Useful for purifying suspect water sources.
Chakra Cost:
Rank D(Foggy, rainy, etc): 3CP, 1CP per post (Minimum 1 post)
Rank C(Normal conditions):6CP, 2CP per post (Minimum 2 posts)
Rank B(Desert, or otherwise dry conditions): 12CP, 3CP per post (Minimum 3 posts)

Name: Mizukiri no Yaiba - Sword of Draining
Rank: C
Type: Ninjutsu
Range: Close (0m - 5m)
Element: Suiton (Water)
Description: A jutsu that utilizes water to create a sword. The sword can be wielded in the normal fashion, allowing the ninja to cut and stab like a normal  blade. This sword can also go through most fire jutsu of equal rank and below.
Chakra Cost: 8 (2 per post)

Name: Mizu Bunshin no Jutsu - Water Clone Technique
Rank: C
Type: Ninjutsu
Range: N/A
Element: Suiton (Water)
Description: Mizu Bunshin no Jutsu is a Ninjutsu technique that utilizes water to create a Bunshin clone. Unlike a normal Bunshin, the Mizu Bunshin has the  ability to interact more with the environment due to it having physical substance. This allows the clone to carry out limited attacks on its target, but none utilizing  chakra. The range of the clone is limited however, it can not travel further than 10 meters from the original body. If the Mizu Bunshin is injured, the clone will  usually revert back into its natural water state.
Chakra Cost: 7

Name: Water Release: Water Drowning Technique
Rank: C
Type: Ninjutsu
Range: Close (0m - 5m), Mid (5m - 10m)
Element: Suiton (Water)
Description: The ninja first does a string of hand seals, which causes a column of water to rise from a nearby water source. It can be guided to strike a target  in a number of angles.
Chakra Cost: 5 (1 per post)

Name: Baku Suishouha - Bursting Water Collision Waves
Rank: B
Type: Ninjutsu
Range: Close (0m - 5m), Mid (5m - 10m), Far (10+)
Element: Suiton (Water)
Description:  Suiton • Baku Suishouha is a Ninjutsu technique utilizing the Water Element. After forming the needed handseals, the user will expel water from his/her gullet. This will then expand into a large volume of water. User is left vulnerable when using this technique, and it requires an entire post to create a pool of water. 3 posts can mimic a lake.
Chakra Cost: 14 (3 per post)

Name: Ja no Kuchi - Serpent Mouth
Rank: B
Type: Ninjutsu
Range: Close (0m - 5m), Mid (5m - 10m), Far (10+)
Element: Suiton (Water)
Description: This technique allows the user to generate a spinning column of water which will take the form of a snake with a gaping jaw. This snake can twist and follow its targets and swallow them. After it has swallowed them, it turns into a river that carries the enemy away.
Chakra Cost: 15 (4 per post)

Name: Kurotchishotto - Crotch Shot
Rank: D
Type: Taijutsu
Range: Close (0m)
Element: -
Description: Kurotchishotto is a humiliating taijutsu technique. By appearing in front of the opponent, the user will charge a small amount of chakra towards their dominant leg. Performing an upward kick at the opponents crotch area, they will be able to force them up into the air by a metre where a second attack could take place. If the victim was a male, a great deal of pain will be dealt after the kick has been made.
Chakra Cost: 3

Name: Nise Te - False Hand
Rank: E
Type: Genjutsu
Medium: Optical Illusion
Range: Visual
Element: N/A
Description: A very simple jutsu, after performing a single hand seal, one or both of the user's hands will be placed within an optical illusion. To the outside observer, the hand (or hands) will appear completely normal, appearing to perform normal actions as necessary. The one exception, however, is that they will conceal the usage of hand seals. If the user were to engage in a long line of seals for example, it would merely appear as if the user had clapped their hands together and stared at them intensely for several seconds before suddenly performing a sealless jutsu. Given the Optical nature and simplicity of the illusion, it can be maintained for ten posts.
Chakra Cost: 1CP per post.

Name: Akai Me - Red Eye
Rank: E
Type: Genjutsu
Medium: Optical Illusion
Range: Visual
Element: N/A
Description: A very simplistic jutsu, the user will perform a single seal and, upon activation, cause their eyes to appear to possess a vivid red glow. This jutsu has little use beyond intimidation purposes, which will be lessened if the user is seen performing the seal. Given the optical nature and simplicity of this illusion, it can be maintained for ten posts.
Chakra Cost: 1CP per post.