Making his way to the well lit graveyard, Shinji was about to escape the shadowy veil cast around the cemetery. This was the safe eerie blanket of darkness that was hugging the cliff, but Shinji hesitated. Why? Because something wasn't correct. He was glad he wasn't foolish enough to venture around Sunagakure at the past midnight hours with his guard down and without Samehada. Because without the blades unappeasable hunger, Shinji wouldn't be aware of the threat that was hiding in the shadows.
Samehada shuddered and cringed organically, signalling a strong opponent was lurking around, but who and where? Shinji scanned the lit graveyard and saw no one. He knew walking out into the lit area would only set him up for an ambush, so he remained in the shadows.
"Not in the graveyard at least I can't see him, and Samehada didn't start freaking out until I got here. That cliff looks like a great spot to set up an attack. Hidden in shadows looking over such a sore thumb of an area and the elevation makes it a vantage point." Hidden in the same darkness, but across from the area the target was suspected to be in, Shinji thought of his options. He could run and call it a day or he could fight this entity. He knew he wasn't powerful and running was in his mind, but he felt it was time to make a stand. The Kazekage had trusted him with the title as a Sunagakure Genin and he couldn't disappoint her. It very well could be an ally up there, but why would they hide in their own village?
"He's after my bounty! Shinji fired through his mind, with a sweat beginning to form on his brow. It made sense to him. Maybe the Mizukage had tracked his location and sent Anbu after him. He peered into the darkness as if he could see the figure, who also couldn't see him.
Taking advantage of the darkness, he withdrew a single kunai making not a sound and slid his finger in the open loop. He then replicated this action three more times, until his right hand's fingers were all occupied with kunai. Decent potency, but not enough. The vibe Shinji was getting from this chakra was something else, so drastic measures were needed. Silently clothing the four kunai's handles with three bomb tags each(twelve in total), Shinji felt a bit more prepared. But he wasn't done there, still in the shadowy veil, he formed the half tiger seal, activating his Coy Blade jutsu. This would allow Shinji's weapons to be thrown and swung at much faster speeds than normal. With him being a Kenjutsu Adept, the blades would already be thrown faster than the chakra signature could move, or perviece(having no CS in Taijutsu or Kenjutsu). They would also be tossed with absolute silence, thanks to the Coy Blade jutsu.
With a typical headstone in a graveyard being about one meter and each being two meters apart, that made about three meters worth of space from the beginning of one headstone to the beginning of the next. The row of five headstones was facing Shinji, so that put roughly fifteen meters in between him and the foot of the cliff. Not foolish enough, thanks to Samehada, to run into the seemingly lifeless graveyard, Shinji made a chakra reinforced leap into the air. This leap concealed by the ominous shadow, placed him about eight meters high into the air. Another Half-Tiger seal was formed, activating his Ghost Step technique. The Ghost Step gave him another ten meters, positioning him eighteen meters high and still hidden.
With one swift movement, his left hand would reach back and latch onto Samehada. Shinji would graciously pay the chakra toll and extend the now blade towards the cliff side. He would remove the blade quickly, but safely allowing it to do him no harm more than the chakra toll of using the blade. The blade being "alive" in a sense, would use its ability to be used as a flail in collaboration with its greed, to stretch and locate the hidden foe. A bit heavy, but with speed boosted via eliminated friction, from the Coy Blade jutsu, it would arrive in roughly one second. But sadly the blade couldn't stretch as far as Shinji expected. Only reaching about ten meters out into the graveyard, but in seemingly an instant. The contorting of Samehada's organic frame would guide Shinji to his next attack, which would be immediately after Samehada would point at the hiding force. With blade still being in Shinji's left hand, he would harden it, to make it act as this pointer. Aiming greedily towards the strong chakra signature that it is so eager to taste and two meters above. Samehada would also move itself to continue to point at the foe given movement was made, maybe out of generosity or maybe out of greed.
Confidently extending his right arm in front of him right after Samehada pointed, Shinji would allow the four kunai to slide off of his fingers safely and with precision and speed. Enhanced with the Coy Blade jutsu, they would move at a pace faster than even a Taijutsu adept, letting them reach their targeted destination in much under a second, with the typical throwing knife traveling 15m/s. Thanks to Samehada, Shinji would have knowledge of to where the foe is and the kunai would be tossed in that location, even if movement was made. Because of the lighting, the kunai would barely even flicker in the starlight to warn the foe, this being because of the travel speed of the blades.
For a maximum area of effect the kunai would be tossed in a small spread centered around the location Samehada was pointing. Using his mind eye, like everyone possessed, Shinji would imagine a human body at the end of Samehada. One blade would be aimed directly above the targets head, one slightly off the targets right arm, one slightly off the left arm, and the last at the targets chest. Knowing the throw speed of his weapons, Shinji would detonate the twelve tags when they reached the darkness across from him. If his strike landed, the target would be severely dismembered and ultimately killed. With much less than a second given to dodge, Shinji would be amazed and maybe even love for dodge to be employed. It would completely boggle his mind.
Again with his target waiting on the cliff, hidden in the same darkness he was in, but adjacent, Shinji felt his plan was fool proof and also executed to his best ability. Combining all of his actions, it would take about six to seven seconds. Only one and some measly change of those seconds would be visually seen.
- OOC Note:
Basically my post broken down and because and explanation will more than likely be needed. I know I add unnecessary crap so this may help. I was walking to the graveyard(Before Teiji arrived and Blaine did his actions) and with Blaine being an S-Rank ninja, Samehada sensed/smelt, whatever it does his chakra. "Kisame Hoshigaki's blade, the Samehada, is attracted to intense chakra, allowing him to hunt down such individuals.[17]" Click Here for Proof This would be before I even entered the graveyard in my first post. With Blaine entering the thread if he had been there prior Samehada would have alerted Shinji.
Shinji scanned the graveyard and saw no one(Teiji would have not yet entered the thread). No other spots looked great for hiding except a 20 meter cliff that was covered in a shadow. So Shinji is still on the rim of the graveyard that is lit by starlight. There is no reason to not stay in this shadow, like how his target is taking advantage of its presence also. Making him hidden in the darkness that Blaine is using, but across from his location. Shinji equips 4 kunai and puts 3 explosive tags on each(right hand). He then uses his Coy Blade Jutsu, to enhance his weapons speed and eliminate noise. He does a chakra reinforced jump to end up 8 meters high, then used a Secret Art: Ghost Step to move 10 meters higher. That puts him 18 meters high, looking at the 20m high cliff. So he is 2 meters from eye level with hidden Baline. Using his free hand(left) to grab Samehada and stretch it forward using its ability to be used as a flail. Click Me for Proof.
Samehada's hunger then lunges or stretches to try to reach Blaine. I doubt it can stretch 15 meters, so it doesn't reach Blaine. It just points at his location, because it wants a taste of his S-Rank chakra. Using that knowledge, Shinji immediately threw his 4 kunai with bomb tags, that were on his right hand, at the location pointed at. Throwing knives(Kunai) are typically thrown at 15 m/s IRLClick Me for Proof it says 55kmm/h. I did the math and it converts to 15 meters a second. Being ninja, I think they probably throw them faster. If not and ninja's throw them at the same speed as normal humans, alright. I have adept in weaponry, so I should be able to throw faster than whatever the speed normal ninja's can throw them at, making that 1 second (minus) a. I also have Coy Blade which eliminates all air friction activated making that 1 second (minus) a (minus) b. I'm going to say that is at the least, lower than half a second.
The 15 meter space between Blaine and Shinji being the graveyard. "There were about fifty headstones laid out in a 5x10 plot. Each with about 2 meters of space until the next."<--- First Post. Being lazy, I am going to say a gravestone or whatever you call them are 1 meter from one end to another, which is probably an over estimate. So about 3 meters from the start of one gravestone to the next. Multiplied by 5 equals 15 meters.
But there is still that 2 meter high difference. Cliff is 20 meters high, I am only 18 meters high, so 2 meters of distance remaining. Pythagorean's Theorem mumbo jumbo from the whatever-th grade. "A" squared + "B" squared = "C" squared. Yay math. Please check my work, because I suck and almost failed Algebra 2. 2 meters high = A, 15 meters across = b and C= the distance my kunai are traveling. So 4+225=229. Then find the square root of 229 to find the distance my kunai need to travel, which is . . . 15.13 blah blah blah. Basically still 15 meters, so my kunai should still arrive in the estimated time.
As you can see work was put into this post, so yes I want my god damn cookie.
- Jutsu Used:
Name: Secret Art: Coy Blade Jutsu
Rank: C
Type: Kenjutsu
Element: N/A
Range: Blade in hand
Duration: Maintainable
Hand Seals/Charge up: Half Tiger
Description: This technique was created to rid the resistance water places against objects, mainly weapons, while submerged. With the same concept of a chakra coating, Shinji creates a thin coating that simply displaces the water or substance that is around the blade. This eliminates friction and allows the blade to move even faster than normal, due to the air molecules also being pressed away from the weapon. Shinji can apply this technique to projectiles and they will hold the enhancement until the technique is dispelled. Due to the air molecules and other surrounding substances being displaced preventing friction, along with faster attacks, the blades also have the tendency to be absolutely silent.
Name: Secret Art: Ghost Step
Rank: C
Type: Kenjutsu
Element: N/A
Range: 0-10m
Duration: Instantaneous
Hand Seals/Charge up: Half Tiger
Description: Ghost Step allows Shinji to move at speeds he normally cannot, but only for 10m per use. This Kenjutsu is a necessity to common Samurai in the ninja world, for without this technique, their difference in speed with common ninja would be easily bested. It allows Shinji to move at Taijutsu speeds equivalent to his Kenjutsu skill level. So currently Shinji is at Adept, so for quick instant, Shinji would move at a Taijutsu adepts speed. What gives the Samurai the edge for the quick duration of this technique, is that this technique can be employed basically anywhere, land, air, or sea. It also leaves a trail of afterimages, giving the technique some extra style.
And Also Samehada's toll which is a D-Rank amount of chakra
- Items Used:
4 Kunai
12 Bomb Tags
Feel free to check on my weapon amounts, I purchased a crap load like a week ago in my updates.
Chakra Remaining: 163-10 from Samehada-25 from two rank jutsu used and Ninjutsu adept reduction= 128