This post contains an S rank storyboard mission: Establish dominance and deal with the guards
Barney moved on the mark as Panthalassa disappeared in a poof of smoke. Snow started falling out of the blue and everyone involved was caught by surprise. It was Barney's doing but he wouldn't reveal it just yet. Instead, he stood up and hopped out of the carriage with his arms wide open, embracing the snow and laughing like a child.
(Hyouton no Jutsu) Ice Release Technique
Type: Supplementary
Rank: C
Range: Short-Long
Chakra: 15
Damage: 30
Description: The user can use this jutsu to make it begin to snow down on the terrain, or, much like the “Earth Style Technique” the user can make small pillars or shields of pre-existing ice or make it materialize. If this is used to make snow, then after 3 to 4 turns most of the terrain will be covered.
"Hahaha, let it snow!" he said cheerfully as the guards took a formation in front of him, evenly spaced out. In comparison to the farmers from beforehand, these guards obviously had battle training and were experienced enough to know how to fight. 4 against 1. Nevertheless, Barney knew it would be good for his blood flow to circulate. They have been sitting for the last hour or so and his buttcheeks got numb.
"You're not going further, rebel." one of the guards said, pointing a finger at Barney which he took as a joke and looked around himself as if he was wondering who he was pointing at. As he looked around, he saw that the remainder of the rebels took a safe haven and hid behind the carriage. Bunches of cowards. No wonder they saw the chance to utilize Barney and Panthalassa and choose to exploit their abilities.
"Who? Me? Oh, don't worry. I don't plan on going further anyway." he said as he drew a circle with his foot in the snow around himself.
"Let's play a game. If you can make me leave this circle I won't harm any of you. If not..." he didn't finish his thought before one of the guards started screaming and charging at Barney with his baton. A simple lean backwards while stretching out his foot, allowed Barney to avoid the swing while tripping the guard. He watched almost in slow motion as the guard flew through the air and planted his face in the fresh snow.
Barney turned his focus to the other three and saw them take a step back with a surprised expression on their face.
"Who's next?" said Barney but the first guard got up and charged at Barney yet again. His screaming gave him away, which Barney never really understood. Why did the villains always have to scream like crazy to give their position and intent away. Wait? Who was the villain here?
Barney spun around his heel and avoided the charge yet again, but caught the guard by his collar from behind and pushed him down on his knees. The guard panicked and froze, unable to move and started begging for his life. He sobbed and almost started crying, which made Barney burst in laughter, but then he suddenly spun his leg clockwise and kicked Barney off balance, throwing him on the ground. Immediately he threw himself on Barney and pulled his blade out and put it against Barney's Adam's apple.
"Slow down tiger. You win." exhaled Barney acknowledging defeat as the snow started swirling around them because Barney released ice chakra into his body. The ice chakra immediately spread from Barney's body onto the guard and started freezing him solid. The guard gasped for air a few times and then fell over to the side like a porcelain doll, unable to move which gave Barney the opportunity to stand up and redraw the circle again because the lines got scuffed from the brawl.
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Rank: B
Type: Offense
Range: Short
Chakra Cost: 20 (-5 per turn)
Damage Points: 40
Description: This technique is specialised for those who have great control over their ice release chakra along with fair practice in the arts of the dragon slayer. This is usually used in close combat where the user will release their ice chakra around a part of their body covering them in a pale freezing aura. Which can be quite painful if an opponent is hit by it. When someone/something is contacted by this icy aura created by the user, it will cause there body to be damaged by the Ice chakra Numbing them on impact, Slowing any further movement for two turns.
Note: can stay active for 2 turns at a time
Note: Can't use fire jutsu at the same time
"Okay, three left. Any takers?" said Barney before they all screamed and charged at him simultaneously, which was no surprise. It took courage for the first guard to step forward and challenge him alone. These three however, were a pack and their movements were synchronized. As they charged, they swapped places trying to confuse Barney and to make it harder to predict and react. This didn't phase Barney in the slightest. Ice spears emerged before the guards impaling two of them and lifting them in the air. The last guard managed to move past the ice spears unscathed and enraged by the defeat of yet another two guards, performed two handseals and slammed his hand on the ground. From there, a large circle spread outwards and caught Barney as he was battling the urge to leave his own circle. This in turn disabled Barney from molding chakra and the snow stopped falling as his stamima was drained as well.
(Hissatsu Hyōsō) Certain-Kill Ice Spears
Type: Offensive/Defensive
Rank: B
Range: Short-Mid
Chakra: 20
Damage: 40
Description: The user will create a single, or a large abundance, of very large ice spikes that will protrude from the ground. The spikes were shown to have been about the size, taller even, than a small house. The user can make multiple spikes that will rise up simultaneously in the same general vicinity, or a single one.
(Fuuinjutsu: Haisui Chakura) Sealing Arts: Chakra Draining Seal
Type: Supplementary/Defensive
Rank: S-Rank
Range: Short
Chakra: 40 (drains 100 chakra per turn)
Damage: N/A
Description:
This is a simple seal where the user does 2 simple handseals and slams his ground on a surface. Upon that surface, a 2 meter diameter sealing formula circle of kanjis and markings spreads, activating the technique. Any enemy that makes contact with the formula becomes unable to mold chakra as the sealing technique drains his chakra and his stamina. If the enemy manages to escape the seal, he will recover use of his chakra.
Note: Usable twice per battle.
"It was you. Of course. Die vermin!" said the enraged guard.
"One little correction, my friend. Apparently we can't die, so..." said Barney correctingly, enraging the guard even further. He stood his ground and pulled his hands in as he started screaming like a madman. This looked the same as the situation with Hei when he transformed before Barney's eyes. However, this guy didn't seem to have such an ability. Albeit reluctantly, Barney left his own circle and charged at the guard himself, still within the sealing circle unfortunately which made Barney feel sluggish and made it quite harder to move, as the seal drained his chakra and stamima. But even without chakra it was time to put an end to this parade. During his slow charge, Barney lifted his hands in front of him, and from the sleeves of his coat, an array of shrunken and kunai shot out and lodged themselves into the torso of the guard but his focus wasn't broken. He obviously couldn't die, so he was unphased by the tools hurting him and instead kept shouting and screaming even more.
Suddenly, more guards started swarming around Barney and taking a formation. They were like meerkats where one of them alerted the others and they came as a pack to defend their territory. This time however, Barney was quite in a pickle. Without chakra, he could probably defeat at least half of them if they were as ingenious as the first 4, but the rest could possibly swarm and overpower Barney. Or so you may think. The seal started taking a real toll on Barney amd he dropped on his knee, heavily breathing. Suddenly, Myke came running out of hiding and grabbed Barney, lifting him up and pulling him out of the sealing area and to the safety of the carriage.
"Are you alright? Can you continue?" said Myke.
"Thank you Mykey. I'm already better." said Barney after taking a few deep breaths to regain his composure. He climbed on top of the carriage and addressed the guards.
"Alright. Here's how it's going to play out. I will give you all 10 seconds to go home to your wives and to stay inside your warm homes. If you come across a guy that has flies following him, you will move to the side and greet him respectfully. Those that don't comply with these instructions will be buried in snow." proclaimed Barney. Half of the guards immediately ran into the city and to their homes as instructed. The other half stood there looking at each other to see who was left and who was a coward.
"Well, that takes out half without the use of chakra." said Barney with a chuckle, referring to his previous thoughts. Now onto the pressing matter. He jumped from the carriage onto the ground, performing the handseals in mid air and slamming his hand as he landed, causing a massive avalanche to form out of the little snow that was already present, raging towards the guards and burying them completely under a very thick layer.
"And that's the rest. Let's go and see how the Admiral is doing." said Barney to the rebels as he made his way around the snow and into the city, fully expecting Panthalassa to be done by now with his part of the mission.
Rank: A
Type: Attack/Supplementary
Range: Short-Long
Chakra Cost: 30
Damage Points: 60
Description: The user does a row of hand seals and then slams both of his hands on the ground, while releasing his a considerable amount of Hyōton chakra. A giant wave of snow will appear in front of the user and will leave the field covered by a thick layer of snow.
Note: Usable only 3 times per battle
After Panthalassa was reversed summoned back to the carriage, he managed to witness the final parts of the battle. The snow had taken over most of the battlefield, and brought the Aburame back to Yume Island, and the stew they had shared. It was very conforting, if not for the fact that his right arm was still limp and blocked at his side.
Glad to see everyone has been taken care of on this side as well! Barney, would you mind helping me with this arm? I had a meeting with a nice Hyuga gentleman that gave me some trouble! And here's the scroll!
Panthalassa said, tossing the scroll to Myke Hauk and walking towards Barney. With the events here settled down, it was time for the next step.
After Panthalassa was reversed summoned back to the carriage, he managed to witness the final parts of the battle. The snow had taken over most of the battlefield, and brought the Aburame back to Yume Island, and the stew they had shared. It was very conforting, if not for the fact that his right arm was still limp and blocked at his side.
Glad to see everyone has been taken care of on this side as well! Barney, would you mind helping me with this arm? I had a meeting with a nice Hyuga gentleman that gave me some trouble! And here's the scroll!
Panthalassa said, tossing the scroll to Myke Hauk and walking towards Barney. With the events here settled down, it was time for the next step.
Barney saw Panthalassa holding his limp arm and walking towards him and he could immediately tell that there was no open wound, which was a good thing because an infection could get nasty on the battlefield.
"Hyuuga you say?" Barney sounded surprised and it got him thinking. "That must be quite an important scroll if they had a Hyuuga protecting it. I'm assuming he managed to land a trigram on you. Phew." Barney knew the Hyuuga were elite fighters and the fact that he only managed to land a single gentle fist strike onto Panthalassa was quite admirable. It proved to him what he certainly already knew, that the Admiral was an elite shinobi. Needless to say, Barney knew what he had to do without much kerfuffle.
"Here, let's see." he said as he ran his chakra for a quick diagnosis just to be 100% sure which tenketsu were affected. Luckily, the job seemed as simple as opening the tenketsu back, so he pressed his palm against the closed tenketsu and channeled his chakra into them in order to forcefully open them. Afterwards he offered Panthalassa a military pill and popped one himself while crashing into the back of the carriage in order to get ready for whatever was going to happen next.
(Iryo Ninjutsu: Kūgeki no Tenketsu) Medical Technique: Open Tenketsu
Type: Supplementary
Rank: A-Rank
Range: Short
Chakra: 30
Damage: N/A
Description: The medical ninja, once having diagnosed the patient as having a Tenketsu traumatically closed, will press one of his palms on the vicinity of the Tenketsu affected and use his own chakra to open it. While one can open several Tenketsu with one use, if the patient has more than half of his Tenketsu closed, the technique will need to be used again. The final core tenketsu (#361) cannot be opened if closed.
Note: Can only be used by medical ninjas
(Hyōrōgan) Military Ration Pills
Type: Healing
Description and Background:Military Rations Pills (兵糧丸, Hyōrōgan) are special pills that replenish one's chakra and nourish the body. It is made up of powerful stimulants and nutrients, said to allow the user to keep fighting for three days and three nights without rest. Replenishes 50 percent of the user's maximum chakra supply per pill taken, along with pumping stimulants into the body to alleviate tiredness. These pills are a basic medicine medical ninjas use or distribute in combat and are essentially dark brown small round pills which are swallowed and absorbed through the mucosa in the stomach. Can only be given out to up to 4 times, excluding the user's use.
Description of Side Effects:
-Taking two pills in a conflict results in hyper-stimulation of the cardiovascular system. The users heart rate and blood pressure increase to the point they become painful for 6 turns after taking the pill.
-Taking 3 pills in a conflict pushes the user's cardiovascular system to breaking point, resulting in heart failure after 4 turns.
-Costs a move per turn to use.
On the horizon as dusk began to fall is where Nadja could spot the tower that was once a glorious beacon and university, at least from the books that Nadja had read up on the Land of Fire, which now had recently been turned into something else. There wasn't much detail or information about what had happened after a 'Madara' had taken over the local lands but it was still quite a noticeable landmark and even if she couldn't find any of the local soldiers that Goji had spoken about, perhaps there might have been some left of knowledge or forgotten books worth noticing about these events and the moon. Nadja had a feeling that there was something special or different about the moon but it was tough to put her finger on. Pressing on, she kept walking towards the tower as the sun began to cast a long luminous orange fan overhead painting the sky in its glow, providing limited light for Nadja to keep going.
It wasn't long before Nadja would reach what could be called the outskirts of the tower with some rubble dotted around the flattened surrounding field, tracks definitely showing going towards and away from the tower along the main path that lead to its gate. Flattening her dress out and entering a somewhat stealthy approach, Nadja observed the tower for a moment and tried to spot if there was any movement or action surrounding it. Sure enough when scanning along the towers ramparts and walls is when she saw black cloaks moving back and forth around, though it was too dark to see specifically what they were doing, was it looking for something or perhaps they were just on guard? Nadja could be in a tricky situation if she approaching the wrong way and got caught out being surrounded by the occupants, even worse if they were the soldiers and Nadja took them out which would probably hurt her impression on the army she was trying to get in contact with. Turning her attention towards the gate which looked like the easiest and most accessible way in, Nadja began slowly making her way towards the tower and tried to think of what would be the best explanation for why she was here . . .
Would they accept her if she asked to join or would they see right through the false charade, should she just be honest about wanting to try and find more information on the rock she was carrying, if they would even be interested in that. Nadja began to worry before even realizing that her feet had already carried her to the entrance of the tower where a taller man in black leather armour stood in the shadows of the gate making him hard to see with the fiery brazier in front of the gate causing his shadows to jump and stretch to give a more intimidating aura about him. Stepping forward out of these shadows with one hand on a sword at his waist, he called out.
Halt, if you dont wish to be filled with arrows and holes, speak quickly about why youre here
Nadja quickly held he hands freely at her side to show no weapons and no quick movements or hostility towards her aggressors. The last thing she wanted to do was try and escalate it.
I am trying to find a group of soldiers that have been moving through these lands, looking to find their camp and ask for assistance for my people.
Before she even knew what she was saying properly, words began spilling from Nadja's mouth asking for help about the compound, and the more she spoke about it, the more she thought perhaps it was the best route to go.
We have a compound that was ruined by the cataclysm just south east of here, a group of refugees that need help and I was sent out as a messenger to request aid.
The eyes narrowed down on her as Nadja stole a glance to look around, and this close she could count 4 others around, 2 atop each side of the walls on either side of the gate that held bows ready to shoot down at her. Looking back to the main gate guard, she tried to put on her best innocent face.
Well I can point you in the right direction which is to the west past the lake till you reach what used to be the old Village which is now Castle Black. Its the central fortress where you might find most of us and where you may be able to ask for help. Its best not to ask the Lord Commander as he is too busy for something so trivial, but if you try and ask one of the Ravens under him, they may grant your request though I cant promise anything.
Lowering his hand from his sword, the guard gave a sharp whistle and in the corner of Nadja's eye she could see the bows lowering and the others who had a target on her slink back into the shadows with their form disappearing. Motioning Nadja to come forward, he pulled out a small piece of paper with a map of the Fire Land on it and showed her where to head towards. He explained to head towards this direction and to look around asking for the Crows or Raven, instead of pointing out where a camp was, to go to this section and meet people instead. Nadja nodded in understanding that security was a priority and that such important information couldn't just be given away so freely, and instead could meet people that may take her as an escort instead. Bowing her head in thanks, Nadja backed off slowly, thinking about the information that was given to her and wondering if all of the soldiers were as secretive as him or as stealthy as the archers that had overwatch on her, still she had to appreciate their skill. Eventually after a far enough distance, Nadja began heading towards the destination shown to her on the map and directions given to her by the guard to try and find part of this army that was roaming the land.
