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Mayonaka, Seisui - The Tranquil Lotus

The moment that Nazo's body showed signs that it was about to move, Seisui focused his mind in on the samurai and let his senses spike in their sensitivity. His body would become ready to react at a moment's notice and as the Yagami charged in, attempting to confuse him with high speed movement and several technically unnecessary maneuvers, the man eventually seemed to begin a spin, his blade in reverse grip so as to impale backwards as he attacked.

As Seisui noticed this likely occurrence, he took a step towards the Yagami, moving even as the blade was moments from moving into its impaling maneuver. The movement, which allowed him to enter Nazo's physical space and move nearly out of the way, Seisui moved his blade, letting the butt of the handle nick the flat of Nazo's blade as it slid back towards him to attack. As he did so he applied pressure, pushing the blade off track and slamming his sheath into Nazo's left side just above his hip before retreating back one step and then ducking under Nazo's blade and slashing at the hand that held said katana in a mostly vertical diagonal sweeping slash.

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Sketcher said
They can still use techniques like that which are 'fast'. They don't have to be controlled to use techniques and we know for a fact that Shukaku can use wind techniques. The point is that it could hit super-fast people too.

I never said that the circumstances for Iyana's attack to hit weren't very favorable. I'm just saying you're giving the Shukaku more credit.

The two times in naruto that we see the Shukaku are when it is IN A JINCHUURIKI HOST. First Gaara, and then one of the former hosts. So we have not once seen it without a host act on its own. So that is not confirmed. I'm not saying it couldn't use those techniques, I'm saying it wouldn't be as intelligent as when it has a host, making its techniques inherently less effective.

SailorMoon said
My point was that, Iyana is the one who underestimated Keiko, lol. All Keiko did was sigh and ignore her, because she didn't feel like talking about what she did in battle. o.O Keiko doesn't even think about Iyana...like, at all, because she doesn't know her. So to someone like Keiko who keeps to herself, and doesn't boast. She thinks Iyana is immature and childish. It kind of seems like Iyana wants to be underestimated, because Keiko is often underestimated, but she keeps to herself and prefers it that. Keiko and Iyana are the same in that sense, but one likes to 'prove' people wrong while the other doesn't mind it. Keiko didn't sigh and turn away from Iyana, because she underestimated her, btw. She turned away, because again... Keiko didn't feel the need to address those comments. When did I say Keiko had underestimated Iyana or have her imply that? o.O It's not 'kinda' true.

That's not unique behavior for Iyana. I did just say that that was what she thought. I didn't say she was correct.

Iyana has the tendency to not consider people stronger than she is until they prove it to her in combat. At current point, Iyana would grudgingly admit that Keiko is powerful, but would not admit that she is skilled because she has only seen her use flower petals and vines to bind the bijuu, neither of which Iyana considers things that would require a lot of skill to achieve.

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The biggest threat to the Shukaku (who is likely running on pure instinct due to its lack of a host atm) would be the Queen, Nerfert (I think was its name), NOT Iyana, who was far enough away to evade or defend against an attack, as well as high above the beast before she plummetted down at it (after it is distracted by a fireball, at the very least).

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Sketcher said
Shukaku has extremely fast wind attacks, if you were looking for speed.

Doesn't count as movement, and that is Shukaku with a host. The Bijuu are stupider when they don't have a host. Also keep in mind that it'd have to choose between Izari, Shijima, Remi, the Queen, Keiko, AND Iyana in terms of using those wind attacks.

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SailorMoon said
It's like the crushes you get in kindergarten when you compete with your love interest and taunt them. Let her down easy, Ko-chan!What? That is totally untrue, lol. Keiko just said she was an immature child(those were her private thoughts, mind you), which she is. >_> She didn't comment on her skill level, that was Iyana being doubtful of little Keiko.I would also like to add Keiko is still unimpressed since probably no one would have landed their attacks or did their attacks unscathed had she not restrained the beast with awesome mokuton.

The Shukaku may be powerful, but the thing is slow and it doesn't have any special sensory (not from any documented case at least). Iyana came from above and is vastly faster than the thing. I planned for her to do that regardless.

I also had Shijima, who had he not been beaten to the punch, would have sunk the Shukaku's legs into that sinkhole before Keiko used her vines.

I'm aware of the fact that Keiko never actually said anything to Iyana. However, Iyana has been dealing with people like her for most of her life. She's used to people underestimating her, or thinking she's immature. There are immature parts of her, and it is true that her toughness is something of a protective mechanism to hide her insecurities, but it'd not be enough to really consider her childish or immature. She is crude and has less tact than most, but that doesn't necessarily make her immature.

Also keep in mind that Iyana is not a mind reader so she was reading body language, which is a good indicator of emotion and reaction towards people. She can do that due to kinda being a taijutsu specialist at her core. Kinda comes with the skill set. So yeah she assumed that Keiko was underestimating her, or looking down on her (one of which is kinda true) because that's what it seemed like.

I never claimed that Iyana's conclusion that she was being underestimated was correct. That's just what she thinks.

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Naw lol xD
She just really dislikes being underestimated, and it was fairly apparent that Keiko was doing so. She loves proving people wrong, so she did so ^_^ :3

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^^;

Posted. Take that Keiko! Iyana ain't no child :P

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Tetsujin, Iyana

The RPM of her chakra reaching the optimal point for her purpose, Iyana soared higher and higher till she was several hundred meters above the Shukaku. As she began to taper off her descent she watched Keiko's roots and Izari's tentacles bind the massive beast. Even as they did Remi's fireball hit and so the beast was thoroughly distracted. Smirking at this, Iyana figured her angle of attack just so and then began to dive bomb towards the ground, flattening her chakratic wings along her back. The wings would temporarily shrink as she pumped more chakra into her katana. Descending rapidly, Iyana neared the Shukaku's a few meters above the Shukaku's left arm moments after the fireball had hit. At this she called out the technique, activating one of her newer jutsu, "Dōki junkan(同期循環 'Synchronous Circulation')!' Suddenly the majority of her chakra cloak would mould around her katana, and then expand becoming a great sword that was at least three times the size of her own body. Then the blade's chakra would synch with the chakra within her katana and a high pitched humming would be heard by all within a half a mile as she sliced at an angle with her chakratic blade, solidifying it as it made contact with the Shukaku's left arm and cutting diagonally all the way through it.

However she didn't stop there, instead she continued to plummet, her wings barely unfurled as she then sheared through the Shukaku's left leg carrying her momentum throughout before she snapped her wings open and swooped back upwards, the massive blade fading as her wings formed.

She was out of breath and she knew that she'd only be able to pull a lesser version of that technique off maybe once before she'd be dead tired. As she leveled out, landing on the ground and reabsorbing the chakra from her cloak, she saw Izari nearby, but despite her pride she leaned on a nearby tree. She wasn't done, but she'd nearly exhausted her reserves. "Hehe, bet Keiko can't do that," she stated, smirking even as she took in deep breaths, directing her comment at Izari. Her attack would likely prove especially effective as the beast would have some trouble trying to reform its lost limbs since her lightning chakra had been infused through the blade, afterall the beast was made from sand, and sand was technically earth, which was weak to lightning.

Still, on the inside she considered herself lucky, as while she was certainly skilled, things had luckily been optimal for her to preform her maneuver. She was just happy that she'd managed to do some damage.

Reitemu, Shijima – Tsuchi no hokkyokusei

Watching as the beast was bound, Shijima waited for his chance, beginning to knead his chakra through the earth where the Shukaku's feet now stood. Then it happened, Iyana, a girl he had seen briefly in a few previous battles, managed to shear off two of the bijuu's limbs, providing him with the perfect opportunity to finish incapacitating the bijuu till the Empress arrived or the Queen could deal with it. Slamming his foot down on the ground, Shijima sent a shockwave through the earth beneath the Shukaku and as its body fell down due to its lack of leg, a massive sinkhole formed beneath it, pulling its remaining leg under ground and then solidifying and sending spiked formations of earth into the beast's body. Shijima intended to incapacitate the beast from the inside out whilst simultaneously disallowing it use of its remaining leg. He wasn't sure how successful the maneuver would be though. Still, at least for the moment the Shukaku would have lost access to at least three of its limbs.

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AeronFarron said
Does anyone else need to post on The Empire vs Shukaku fight?

Just me I think, I'll get to it ^_^

Yog Sothoth said
still I think the shouting is unnecessary since there already are thought bubbles and internal monologues which tells the reader what is to come next. Like for example, Star Wars characters never shout the name of their force attacks despite how powerful they are, and Superman never says Heat Vision, he just uses it. Realistically, I don't think anyone would ever shout their attacks if they had special powers unless they were trying to be goofy or sound melodramatic. it just doesn't make sense in a dangerous situation, especially if you're fighting enemies that can move at insane speeds.

Idk, it just seems to be a trend in anime. Obviously it's tactically ridiculous, but hey it sure does add a nice touch sometimes. Plus, if your attack has a cool name, why not fucking yell it out as you use it, it sounds kinda cool. In fact I tend to have my characters not say the names of their techniques sometimes.

I honestly don't see the point of this whole discussion.

Altered Tundra said
So, I guess I should say this. It's looking like that starting sunday, that my internet will be shut off for the entire month. I don't know if that's the case, but I'll try to find out what is really gonna happen this week.

D:

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Mayonaka, Seisui - The Tranquil Lotus

Nodding his head and taking three steps further into the clearing while Nazo neared the center, the Mayonaka quietly untied the Tōrenai-men to naikō, the ancestral sheath of his clan's even more ancient blade, Chinmoku. However, Chinmoku was different from generation to generation as with each passing inheritor the second portion of its name would change to suit the individual, their lineage, and their style. As such, it was more than an ancestral blade, it was a weapon that with each passing wielder was reforged and revitalized in both name and form, a blade that would never dull, a blade that would never die.

"This is Chinmoku," for a moment he unsheathed the blade before slipping it back into the Tōrenai-men to naikō and inhaling softly to compose himself fully. Shifting his stance, Seisui stood at a slight angle, his left foot first as he shifted his sheathed blade onto his right shoulder where he began to pull the sheath up and off of the blade, eventually shifting it to reverse grip in his left hand even as he switched his blade to his left shoulder. His stance was strong, but essentially unreadable like the rest of his body language. The blade's tip faced diagonally back and upwards and its edge was aimed forwards towards Nazo. Throughout he kept his eyes on the Samurai of the Yagami clan, and Seisui made sure to keep his eyes on the man, knowing of his clan's prestige. "Kita-muki Renge-hen(北向き蓮花片 'North Facing Lotus Petal')," Seisui stated calmly before finishing his breath by exhaling. "Know that my blade is not just Chinmoku, but rather Chinmoku: Yōikō no sharakuna ginren(沉黙: 容易光沢、洒落な銀蓮 'Silence: Simple Match of the Boldest Silver Lotus')," he stated with an almost unearthly calm as he watched his opponent's stance.

He could tell from that stance, and the look in Nazo's eyes, that this was to be an intriguing battle. He looked forwards to testing the man's style against his own skill and the age old Shizukana-ryū-ji no, a style that had existed for hundreds of years, fostered from the very beginning by the Mayonaka clan.