The sun had set hours before as Sayuri walked deep into the forest, her bare feet making soft ‘crunching’ noises as her steps broke the small twigs and dead leaves that were scattered along the forest floor. She had come out to clear her head after spending time caring for Azrael. He remained still as the dead in their shared room in the cave. It had been so long since he had spoken to her that she was starting to wonder if he might actually be dead and she was merely imagining that he breathed.
Before she had left that evening she had spent time caring for Azrael, as she had every day since he had fallen ill. Beyond the more obvious medical care, she took time to tell him about everything that had happened since last she had spoken with him. This was typically embellished with tales of the stories in her mind, the things that Jareth showed her. Impressive landscapes of ice and snow, dyed red with the blood of those that crossed her. Or were just unfortunate enough to be in her path. None of the things Jareth showed her were real of course, but Sayuri didn’t know that, she couldn’t tell the difference anymore. Just as it had been with the visions given to her by Azrael, the layers of madness were so many that the truth laid buried where she could no longer reach it. She made Azrael tiny ice figurines to keep him company while she was gone. A small angel that sat on a throne overlooking a battlefield strewn with the corpses of those he judged unworthy of life. She had initially put them on his bed with him, but had soon discovered that that was a terrible idea, as by the end of the day they had melted into the blankets. The cold didn’t bother her, but she couldn’t be sure it didn’t bother him, so she had begun placing them on a small side table. If he were to wake while she was gone, the first thing he would see when he turned his head was her creations. If she weren’t so involved in matters outside their cave now, she would much rather spend her days at Azrael’s side. But it seemed that she was needed elsewhere more often than not now.
Today was not some other figure calling for her aid however. Today she had decided to spend time training. While she had vastly increased her resilience as of late, being able to withstand damage from those she intended to combat was of little use without the power to also kill them. She didn’t prefer to kill those that inspired her bloodlust, she preferred to make them suffer as slowly as possible. Though she could imagine a time when that wouldn’t be practical and the swift release of death would be more advantageous a treatment to bestow on her enemies. Her other sudden motivation was her long standing dream to create an ice castle. She finally had worked out the techniques necessary to make that dream a reality and today she would begin building her citadel. She knew that the castle she built today was likely to be functionally temporary since she was building it in the mountains of the Kirigakure Training Area, and even though she had much more authority than she ever had previously, she was still unfortunately beholden to the whims of the law and the other two princesses that ruled alongside her.
The stars were just beginning to twinkle into existence as Sayuri made the long climb up the tallest mountain in the training area. The air grew thinner and colder as she climbed, her breath forming soft puffs of white as she laboured up the rocky terrain. She could hear the sounds of approaching night; crows speaking the details of their watches, the high pitched yips of foxes as they went out to hunt and the howls of wolves in the far distance. She knew she was being followed by the wolves, she had done nothing to cover her scent and it being winter meant there was little to eat. She fully understood the need to hunt and eat prey. She couldn’t blame the canines for doing what they were created to do, and in fact she welcomed it. So far up the mountain there were no people around, none for miles in fact, and she was hungry. It was all the better if her meal came straight to her. Once she had reached the precipice of the mountain she would stop and look around. She felt like she could see forever, the twinkling lights of the metropolis that was Kirigakure far off in the distance. With barely a thought she would activate her hyoton and snow would begin to fall around her, soft fluffy snowflakes that would quickly cover the terrain around her. With no one around she didn’t feel the need to speak in her mind and would carry on a conversation while she set to work.
“I would have rathered that this be built with the corpses of my enemies as its foundation.”
‘I know, my Queen. Consider this a trial run. You will use today as a way to perfect the process, and when the time is right we shall create a citadel that will fill the coming ages with terror.’
“That doesn’t sound like I get to do what I want right now though.”
‘You will in time, be patient my Queen. See for yourself.’
What had once been a lonely mountaintop with a darkened sky and falling snow was quickly replaced with visions of the future Jareth wished for her to create. A stronghold of ice that glinted harshly in the moonlight. Swaths of bodies filled the halls and floors, not piled indiscriminately but rather part of the structure. The horrified looks of agony and terror frozen forever on the faces of her victims. Those that she allowed to live were shackled with chains made of ice and knelt at her feet as she sat on a frozen throne. Jareth sat beside her, his angular features alight with love and approval as he turned to her. “Without you none of this would be possible. You are the catalyst to the end of days and all you need to do is obey.” His pale hand would reach for her as he spoke, the long claws on his hand grasping onto her arm and digging in.
As the vision faded she found that the claws were teeth, and those teeth belonged to a large wolf that had taken the opportunity to attack her as she was lost in the fantasy that Jareth had given her. It didn’t hurt, not exactly. Her nature afforded her protection from pain by transforming it to exquisite pleasure and she looked down at the wolf that was attempting to bring her to the ground and devour her. It was almost comical how hard it was trying, and how ineffectual the beast's attempts were. Not comical enough for her to not do anything about it, and with little more than a thought she would conjure a grotesque and terrifying Ice Forged Sentinel from the snow that had fallen around her. The creature stood tall and moved to the wolf, picking it up and rending it in half. A sharp cry was heard just before the light of life left the wolf’s eyes, and from around her she heard several more whimpers and defensive growls. Gesturing for the Sentinel to drop the carcass, she willed it to clear out the rest of the pack while she knelt in the snow and examined her would-be destroyer.
The snow around the two halves of the wolf was melting rapidly as the hot blood and organs touched it and transferred their residual heat. The blood was beautiful but it was minorly irritating that it was melting the ice crystals around the body, forming two hand seals; Dog and then Boar she would direct Hyoton to form the base of what would be a small castle. The ice filled in the spot on the mountain she had designated for a ‘floor’ and swallowed up the wolf carcass with it, effectively halting the melting it was causing. She had named the technique ‘Ice Wall’, but it was just as efficient at being used to create a floor or a roof. She could hear the whimpering and whining of the remaining wolves from the pack as she cast the jutsu over and over, forming first the floor and then stairs and walls. Once she had created a small one story structure she directed the ice with her hand to create a roof. The castle held several rooms, the walls being twenty meters tall and one meter thick. Each section looked as though it was intricately carved with geometric patterns, the light from the moon and stars causing the entire thing to glitter.
Turning back towards the still living creatures she would raise her hands and direct another stream of Hyoton chakra towards them, intending to use the ice as the medium through which she could launch other attacks. The Sentinel was trying its best, but it was slower than she would have liked, the wolves being sufficiently dextrous that they were able to avoid many of the attacks made by it. Seeing one of the wolves leaping to attack the Sentinel she would form five hand seals; Bird, Snake, Monkey, Horse, Dog. Using the existing ice from the ice wall, a black ethereal looking dragon would fly through the air and crash into the wolf, the damaged corpse flying higher still, Black Dragon Blizzard stopping the wolf before it could attack the Sentinel. Another wolf would growl and run towards her as she moved and she would form six more hand seals; Ram, Bird, Monkey, Horse, Snake, Dog. The ice from the wall would coalesce as she manipulated her chakra into a One Horned White Whale and stop the forward momentum of the charging wolf. She laughed wickedly as the growling and yelping continued, it was not as enjoyable as destroying people, but it was enough for now.
Her attacks continued as she formed more hand seals in quick succession. Swallow Snow Storm took only the Tiger hand seal and just over two dozen small ice clusters rained down on the wolf that had been stopped by the giant whale. The tiny clusters of ice were not enough to kill the wolf, she would need something stronger than that. Tiger, Dragon, Boar, Dog. Four more hand seals were formed and she reformed some of the ice from the wall into a giant tiger that then leapt at the maimed wolf, tearing at it with ferocity as it tried to fight back. It didn’t fight for long as the massive teeth from the Tearing Dragon Fierce Tiger tore into the animal’s neck and silenced it forever. Walking up to the recently fallen wolf, Sayuri placed a hand against it and forced ice crystals into the rapidly cooling body. She was not interested in dealing with more melting ice until after she had created permanence in her castle.
Watching the wolves attack on the mountain she knew that it would be a simple matter to kill them all in one single attack. Wolf Fang Avalanche Technique was directly suited to the current environment she was in. Rat, Hare, Dog. Three hand seals would be all it would take to create a literal avalanche of ice wolves to destroy anything in its path. As destructive and chaotic as she was however, even Sayuri didn’t see the benefit in drawing quite that much attention to herself right at that moment. Instead she would glance over at the two remaining wolves that were growling and hunched down a few meters from her Sentinel. The Sentinel had pieces missing from it and she nearly channeled more ice and chakra to form the Ice Rock Dome of Magnificent Nothingness around it, until she remembered that she could simply make a new one. With the wave of her hand she would dismiss the Sentinel and laugh at the confusion it caused the wolves as it dissipated into a flurry of snow and ice. “Now to finish this up. It has been fun, tiny puppies, but I have work to do.” Forming six more hand seals; Snake, Rat, Dragon, Monkey, Tiger and Dog, Sayuri would create two black dragons out of the ice left by the Sentinel. They swirled together and crashed into the two remaining wolves, forming a vortex of spinning ice and death. The cries of the creatures were heard only for a few moments before the only sounds that could be heard was the whipping of wind and snow and ice.
With a sigh of satisfaction at the small massacre, Sayuri turned back to the ice castle that she had created. It wouldn’t last more than the winter if she didn’t reinforce it. Summoning another Sentinel to aid as a ladder she went around the entire structure using the Ice Age technique to grant the icy architecture permanence. The roof was what required assistance and with some effort she would climb into the arms of the Sentinel and have it lift her high enough to place her hand against the ceiling. There were no windows in any of the walls, but she had created doorways for each of the rooms and an entrance at what could be considered the ‘front’ of the building with the help of the Sentinel. Eventually she would need to figure out how to create actual doors, but for now this suited her purposes.
‘You have done well, my Queen. This is only the beginning. Soon you will have a mighty fortress to rival any nation.’
As she moved through her castle she would stand outside and admire her work. It was beautiful and cold, a perfect combination. She would turn slowly and look down at the village again, a grin on her face as she considered what else she could do with her ice release. Four simple and innocuous hand seals. Dragon, Ox, Boar and Monkey. Four gestures that with enough power could halt all life on the series of islands that made up the nation of the Land of Water. Deep Freeze could last for years, ending all commerce and trade, fishing and agriculture. It would be so easy to bend this or any nation to her will. She could start with Kirigakure and spread out across the known world. She had already raised her hand unconsciously to begin the act when she heard a sharp command in her mind.
‘No!’
“Why not? It isn’t as though any of these people deserve to live.”
‘You are strong, my Queen. But us against the entire world would only end in tragedy at this moment. I could not bear to be without you and so I beg you to wait.’
His answer was enough to soothe her ego, to convince her that it was worth being patient. Jareth was only partially lying. Without her he would cease to exist, and so in a way he was being sincere. Though his manipulations were always selfishly centered around gaining more power for himself and ensuring his continued survival through her broken mind. Maybe part of her knew that, but it was buried beneath everything else, just as the truth of her life and her past was.
“For you, I will wait. We still have time, and I could not bring myself to hurt you like that.”
‘Thank you, my Queen. Your love knows no bounds.’
With that she would make her back down the mountain, a trek much more tiring after the long hours of creation and destruction. She released her final Sentinel just as the sun began to rise, leaving a pile of snow and ice that created slush as the warm rays of the sun touched them. Once she reached her cave home she would rush to the shared bedroom of her and Azrael, hoping against all hope that he would have awoken in her absence. Her face fell as she saw his sleeping form and with a sad sigh she would crawl into the bed next to him. “One day I will see you wake, my Angel.” She drifted off to sleep with her mind filled with visions of the day when he would rise and share in her nightmares.
[Exit Thread]
Used - Ice Age
Training 5 Canon B-Rank, 4 Canon A-Rank and 2 Custom A-Rank Techniques
2781/2600 WC
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Before she had left that evening she had spent time caring for Azrael, as she had every day since he had fallen ill. Beyond the more obvious medical care, she took time to tell him about everything that had happened since last she had spoken with him. This was typically embellished with tales of the stories in her mind, the things that Jareth showed her. Impressive landscapes of ice and snow, dyed red with the blood of those that crossed her. Or were just unfortunate enough to be in her path. None of the things Jareth showed her were real of course, but Sayuri didn’t know that, she couldn’t tell the difference anymore. Just as it had been with the visions given to her by Azrael, the layers of madness were so many that the truth laid buried where she could no longer reach it. She made Azrael tiny ice figurines to keep him company while she was gone. A small angel that sat on a throne overlooking a battlefield strewn with the corpses of those he judged unworthy of life. She had initially put them on his bed with him, but had soon discovered that that was a terrible idea, as by the end of the day they had melted into the blankets. The cold didn’t bother her, but she couldn’t be sure it didn’t bother him, so she had begun placing them on a small side table. If he were to wake while she was gone, the first thing he would see when he turned his head was her creations. If she weren’t so involved in matters outside their cave now, she would much rather spend her days at Azrael’s side. But it seemed that she was needed elsewhere more often than not now.
Today was not some other figure calling for her aid however. Today she had decided to spend time training. While she had vastly increased her resilience as of late, being able to withstand damage from those she intended to combat was of little use without the power to also kill them. She didn’t prefer to kill those that inspired her bloodlust, she preferred to make them suffer as slowly as possible. Though she could imagine a time when that wouldn’t be practical and the swift release of death would be more advantageous a treatment to bestow on her enemies. Her other sudden motivation was her long standing dream to create an ice castle. She finally had worked out the techniques necessary to make that dream a reality and today she would begin building her citadel. She knew that the castle she built today was likely to be functionally temporary since she was building it in the mountains of the Kirigakure Training Area, and even though she had much more authority than she ever had previously, she was still unfortunately beholden to the whims of the law and the other two princesses that ruled alongside her.
~~~
The stars were just beginning to twinkle into existence as Sayuri made the long climb up the tallest mountain in the training area. The air grew thinner and colder as she climbed, her breath forming soft puffs of white as she laboured up the rocky terrain. She could hear the sounds of approaching night; crows speaking the details of their watches, the high pitched yips of foxes as they went out to hunt and the howls of wolves in the far distance. She knew she was being followed by the wolves, she had done nothing to cover her scent and it being winter meant there was little to eat. She fully understood the need to hunt and eat prey. She couldn’t blame the canines for doing what they were created to do, and in fact she welcomed it. So far up the mountain there were no people around, none for miles in fact, and she was hungry. It was all the better if her meal came straight to her. Once she had reached the precipice of the mountain she would stop and look around. She felt like she could see forever, the twinkling lights of the metropolis that was Kirigakure far off in the distance. With barely a thought she would activate her hyoton and snow would begin to fall around her, soft fluffy snowflakes that would quickly cover the terrain around her. With no one around she didn’t feel the need to speak in her mind and would carry on a conversation while she set to work.
“I would have rathered that this be built with the corpses of my enemies as its foundation.”
‘I know, my Queen. Consider this a trial run. You will use today as a way to perfect the process, and when the time is right we shall create a citadel that will fill the coming ages with terror.’
“That doesn’t sound like I get to do what I want right now though.”
‘You will in time, be patient my Queen. See for yourself.’
What had once been a lonely mountaintop with a darkened sky and falling snow was quickly replaced with visions of the future Jareth wished for her to create. A stronghold of ice that glinted harshly in the moonlight. Swaths of bodies filled the halls and floors, not piled indiscriminately but rather part of the structure. The horrified looks of agony and terror frozen forever on the faces of her victims. Those that she allowed to live were shackled with chains made of ice and knelt at her feet as she sat on a frozen throne. Jareth sat beside her, his angular features alight with love and approval as he turned to her. “Without you none of this would be possible. You are the catalyst to the end of days and all you need to do is obey.” His pale hand would reach for her as he spoke, the long claws on his hand grasping onto her arm and digging in.
As the vision faded she found that the claws were teeth, and those teeth belonged to a large wolf that had taken the opportunity to attack her as she was lost in the fantasy that Jareth had given her. It didn’t hurt, not exactly. Her nature afforded her protection from pain by transforming it to exquisite pleasure and she looked down at the wolf that was attempting to bring her to the ground and devour her. It was almost comical how hard it was trying, and how ineffectual the beast's attempts were. Not comical enough for her to not do anything about it, and with little more than a thought she would conjure a grotesque and terrifying Ice Forged Sentinel from the snow that had fallen around her. The creature stood tall and moved to the wolf, picking it up and rending it in half. A sharp cry was heard just before the light of life left the wolf’s eyes, and from around her she heard several more whimpers and defensive growls. Gesturing for the Sentinel to drop the carcass, she willed it to clear out the rest of the pack while she knelt in the snow and examined her would-be destroyer.
The snow around the two halves of the wolf was melting rapidly as the hot blood and organs touched it and transferred their residual heat. The blood was beautiful but it was minorly irritating that it was melting the ice crystals around the body, forming two hand seals; Dog and then Boar she would direct Hyoton to form the base of what would be a small castle. The ice filled in the spot on the mountain she had designated for a ‘floor’ and swallowed up the wolf carcass with it, effectively halting the melting it was causing. She had named the technique ‘Ice Wall’, but it was just as efficient at being used to create a floor or a roof. She could hear the whimpering and whining of the remaining wolves from the pack as she cast the jutsu over and over, forming first the floor and then stairs and walls. Once she had created a small one story structure she directed the ice with her hand to create a roof. The castle held several rooms, the walls being twenty meters tall and one meter thick. Each section looked as though it was intricately carved with geometric patterns, the light from the moon and stars causing the entire thing to glitter.
Turning back towards the still living creatures she would raise her hands and direct another stream of Hyoton chakra towards them, intending to use the ice as the medium through which she could launch other attacks. The Sentinel was trying its best, but it was slower than she would have liked, the wolves being sufficiently dextrous that they were able to avoid many of the attacks made by it. Seeing one of the wolves leaping to attack the Sentinel she would form five hand seals; Bird, Snake, Monkey, Horse, Dog. Using the existing ice from the ice wall, a black ethereal looking dragon would fly through the air and crash into the wolf, the damaged corpse flying higher still, Black Dragon Blizzard stopping the wolf before it could attack the Sentinel. Another wolf would growl and run towards her as she moved and she would form six more hand seals; Ram, Bird, Monkey, Horse, Snake, Dog. The ice from the wall would coalesce as she manipulated her chakra into a One Horned White Whale and stop the forward momentum of the charging wolf. She laughed wickedly as the growling and yelping continued, it was not as enjoyable as destroying people, but it was enough for now.
Her attacks continued as she formed more hand seals in quick succession. Swallow Snow Storm took only the Tiger hand seal and just over two dozen small ice clusters rained down on the wolf that had been stopped by the giant whale. The tiny clusters of ice were not enough to kill the wolf, she would need something stronger than that. Tiger, Dragon, Boar, Dog. Four more hand seals were formed and she reformed some of the ice from the wall into a giant tiger that then leapt at the maimed wolf, tearing at it with ferocity as it tried to fight back. It didn’t fight for long as the massive teeth from the Tearing Dragon Fierce Tiger tore into the animal’s neck and silenced it forever. Walking up to the recently fallen wolf, Sayuri placed a hand against it and forced ice crystals into the rapidly cooling body. She was not interested in dealing with more melting ice until after she had created permanence in her castle.
Watching the wolves attack on the mountain she knew that it would be a simple matter to kill them all in one single attack. Wolf Fang Avalanche Technique was directly suited to the current environment she was in. Rat, Hare, Dog. Three hand seals would be all it would take to create a literal avalanche of ice wolves to destroy anything in its path. As destructive and chaotic as she was however, even Sayuri didn’t see the benefit in drawing quite that much attention to herself right at that moment. Instead she would glance over at the two remaining wolves that were growling and hunched down a few meters from her Sentinel. The Sentinel had pieces missing from it and she nearly channeled more ice and chakra to form the Ice Rock Dome of Magnificent Nothingness around it, until she remembered that she could simply make a new one. With the wave of her hand she would dismiss the Sentinel and laugh at the confusion it caused the wolves as it dissipated into a flurry of snow and ice. “Now to finish this up. It has been fun, tiny puppies, but I have work to do.” Forming six more hand seals; Snake, Rat, Dragon, Monkey, Tiger and Dog, Sayuri would create two black dragons out of the ice left by the Sentinel. They swirled together and crashed into the two remaining wolves, forming a vortex of spinning ice and death. The cries of the creatures were heard only for a few moments before the only sounds that could be heard was the whipping of wind and snow and ice.
With a sigh of satisfaction at the small massacre, Sayuri turned back to the ice castle that she had created. It wouldn’t last more than the winter if she didn’t reinforce it. Summoning another Sentinel to aid as a ladder she went around the entire structure using the Ice Age technique to grant the icy architecture permanence. The roof was what required assistance and with some effort she would climb into the arms of the Sentinel and have it lift her high enough to place her hand against the ceiling. There were no windows in any of the walls, but she had created doorways for each of the rooms and an entrance at what could be considered the ‘front’ of the building with the help of the Sentinel. Eventually she would need to figure out how to create actual doors, but for now this suited her purposes.
‘You have done well, my Queen. This is only the beginning. Soon you will have a mighty fortress to rival any nation.’
As she moved through her castle she would stand outside and admire her work. It was beautiful and cold, a perfect combination. She would turn slowly and look down at the village again, a grin on her face as she considered what else she could do with her ice release. Four simple and innocuous hand seals. Dragon, Ox, Boar and Monkey. Four gestures that with enough power could halt all life on the series of islands that made up the nation of the Land of Water. Deep Freeze could last for years, ending all commerce and trade, fishing and agriculture. It would be so easy to bend this or any nation to her will. She could start with Kirigakure and spread out across the known world. She had already raised her hand unconsciously to begin the act when she heard a sharp command in her mind.
‘No!’
“Why not? It isn’t as though any of these people deserve to live.”
‘You are strong, my Queen. But us against the entire world would only end in tragedy at this moment. I could not bear to be without you and so I beg you to wait.’
His answer was enough to soothe her ego, to convince her that it was worth being patient. Jareth was only partially lying. Without her he would cease to exist, and so in a way he was being sincere. Though his manipulations were always selfishly centered around gaining more power for himself and ensuring his continued survival through her broken mind. Maybe part of her knew that, but it was buried beneath everything else, just as the truth of her life and her past was.
“For you, I will wait. We still have time, and I could not bring myself to hurt you like that.”
‘Thank you, my Queen. Your love knows no bounds.’
With that she would make her back down the mountain, a trek much more tiring after the long hours of creation and destruction. She released her final Sentinel just as the sun began to rise, leaving a pile of snow and ice that created slush as the warm rays of the sun touched them. Once she reached her cave home she would rush to the shared bedroom of her and Azrael, hoping against all hope that he would have awoken in her absence. Her face fell as she saw his sleeping form and with a sad sigh she would crawl into the bed next to him. “One day I will see you wake, my Angel.” She drifted off to sleep with her mind filled with visions of the day when he would rise and share in her nightmares.
[Exit Thread]
Used - Ice Age
Training 5 Canon B-Rank, 4 Canon A-Rank and 2 Custom A-Rank Techniques
2781/2600 WC
- Ice Release: Black Dragon Blizzard - Canon B-Rank
- Ice Release: Ice Rock Dome of Magnificent Nothingness - Canon B-Rank
- Ice Release: One Horned White Whale - Canon B-Rank
- Ice Release: Swallow Snow Storm - Canon B-Rank
- Ice Release: Tearing Dragon Fierce Tiger - Canon B-Rank
- Deep Freeze - Canon A-Rank
- Ice Release: Earthen Consecutive Chains of Ice - Canon A-Rank
- Ice Release: Twin Dragon Blizzard - Canon A-Rank
- Ice Release: Wolf Fang Avalanche Technique - Canon A-Rank
- Ice Wall - Custom A-Rank
- Ice Forged Sentinels - Custom A-Rank
- Trained Techniques:
- Name: Ice Release: Black Dragon Blizzard
Rank: B
Power: B
Cost: 10
Range: 50 meters
Speed: 95 m/ps
Skill: Ninjutsu
Element: Hyōton
Classification: Yuki Exclusive
Hand Seals: Bird → Snake → Monkey → Horse → Dog
Requirements: Ice Release
Description: An Ice Release technique formed from already existing ice. After forming the needed hand seal the user will thrust their arm to send out a black ether-like dragon to strike their opponent. As it flies through the air it will begin to turn. When it hits the target it will use its motion to launch the opponent high into the air. The dragon is black in color, too, for some reason.
Drawbacks: Requires existing ice to utilize.
Name: Ice Release: Ice Rock Dome of Magnificent Nothingness
Rank: B
Power: B
Cost: 10
Skill: Ninjutsu
Range: 1 meter radius
Element: Hyōton
Classification: Yuki Exclusive
Hand Seals: N/A
Requirements: Ice Release, user must stay still to utilize
Description: The user quickly freezes the surrounding air and creates an ice dome around themselves and/or allies to act as a defence. It is strong enough to withstand the assault of many explosive tags at once, remaining almost undamaged.
Drawbacks: N/A
Name: Ice Release: One Horned White Whale
Rank: B
Power: B
Cost: 10
Range: Whale is 100 meters long and 12 meters wide
Speed: C-
Skill: Ninjutsu
Element: Hyōton
Classification: Yuki Exclusive
Hand Seals: Ram → Bird → Monkey → Horse → Snake → Dog
Requirements: Ice Release
Description: This technique allows the user to create a humongous whale with a long narwhal horn out of preexisting ice to attack their opponent. The user needs a source of ice in order to use this technique. The large bulk of this technique is capable of creating great destruction upon landing.
Drawbacks: Due to it's size and lack of speed, this technique is used more as a distraction, or to block an opponent's movements rather than attack.
Name: Ice Release: Swallow Snow Storm
Rank: B
Cost: 10
Range: 200 meters
Speed: B
Skill: Ninjutsu
Element: Hyōton
Classification: Yuki Exclusive
Hand Seals: Tiger
Requirements: Ice Release
Description: This technique creates a cluster of ice needles in the shape of miniature swallows out of preexisting ice, about thirty, which the user then launches at the opponent. These needles can change direction in midair and will maim the opponent with their sharp wings.
Drawbacks: Unlike many Ice Release techniques, this technique may be melted by a katon technique of equal rank due to the small masses of ice used.
Name: Ice Release: Tearing Dragon Fierce Tiger
Rank: B
Power: B
Cost: 10
Range: 40 meters
Speed: A-
Skill: Ninjutsu
Element: Hyōton
Classification: Yuki Exclusive
Hand Seals: Tiger-> Dragon-> Boar-> Dog
Requirements: Ice Release
Description: The user manipulates pre-existing ice and forms it into a giant tiger to launch at their opponent. It is cold enough to freeze and destroy any Water Release technique B rank and lower that it comes into contact with.
Drawbacks: N/A
Name: Deep Freeze
Rank: A
Power: Varies
Cost: Varies
Range: Varies
Element: Hyōton
Skill: Ninjutsu
Classification: Yuki Exclusive
Handseals: Dragon-> Ox -> Boar-> Monkey
Requirements: Ice Release
Description: This technique is how the Yuki convert water into Ice. After weaving the required seals, the user is able to turn any water within range into ice. If they're touching a body of water, they may turn the entire body of water into ice providing they pay the appropriate cost. This may be used to turn even water droplets and vapor into ice for their use. As with all Ice Release techniques, this technique chills the environment around them. Opposing Suiton techniques may only be frozen if they involve water vapour or droplets, or they create a relatively still body of water such as Water Prison or Exploding Colliding Wave. Things like Water Beast and Water Whip can't be frozen, as the length of contact the user would have with them would not suffice to freeze the jutsu. The amount of chakra needed to freeze an opponent's technique is equal to the amount they paid to create the technique.
5 points: May turn a small body of water into ice, such as a small lake, with 200-500 cubic meters of water in it. This requires the entire post to accomplish. Turns water droplets or vapor for fifty meters around them into ice particles which may be used for their techniques B rank or lower.
10 points: Can now turn huge ponds and similar bodies of water into ice, equal to roughly 1,000 cubic meters of water maximum. Water droplets and vapor in the 100 meters around them are converted into ice for their usage of A rank techniques or lower.
15 points: May now turn small lakes into ice up to 4,000 cubic meters of water that takes two posts to complete, with an area equal to 200 meters around them getting all water droplets and water vapor frozen for their usage. S rank techniques may now be utilized at this level.
25 points: Intent on ruining the natural balance of the area they're in, this amount of chakra allows lakes and other such bodies of water up to 10,000 cubic meters in volume to be frozen for the user's usage. This takes three posts to fully accomplish. Water droplets and vapor within 400 meters is frozen for their usage, and the central 10 meters around the user is cold enough that those within not able to utilize Ice Release receive a minus to Coordination as the air numbs their extremities. Takes two posts to freeze water in the air. Debuff has a one point upkeep.
35 points: This level of usage is meant purely for fun, or for utter destruction of an environment. Lakes of colossal size, up to 15,000 cubic meters of water, are now able to be frozen by the user. This takes four posts to complete, but is devastating to the wildlife and livelihood of any nearby communities. Water droplets and vapor for their thread is frozen for their usage and any clouds in the sky begin to ice over which prevents further precipitation, with the central twenty meters around the user being so cold that all but the user suffer a minus to Coordination. It takes two posts to freeze all the water in the air. Debuff requires a one point upkeep.
Drawbacks: Effects everybody within the thread, allies and enemies alike, in some fashion. Whether this is due to being within the range of the cold debuff or by having all potential sources of water in an area frozen, everybody is going to be impacted somehow and probably not in a good way. The droplets and vapor all falls to the ground when frozen, meaning an opponent could potentially utilize it as shrapnel before the user gets off a second jutsu. The higher levels of usage could easily cause devastation to an environment by robbing the only source the local wildlife has for fresh water for months or even years as the thick ice slowly melts. As such, great care must be taken in order to not royally fuck up the world on accident. Unlike most Ice Release techniques, a sufficient amount of heat can melt this ice as the chakra is more widely dispersed (B rank katon). The debuff in the latter stages is only active for one post after the target leaves the area of affliction, as they warm back up enough to retain basic levels of motor skills.
Name: Ice Release: Earthen Consecutive Chains of Ice
Rank: A
Power: A
Cost: 15
Upkeep: 5
Range: Contact
Element: Hyōton
Skill: Ninjutsu
Classification: Yuki Exclusive
Handseals: N/A
Requirements: Ice Release
Description: The user causes ice particles to form on a target. If used on a living creature, the target will freeze to death unless they are able to mould chakra. By coating themselves with chakra and dedicating all their energy to keeping themselves warm, they can avoid death; if they use their chakra to perform a technique, they will start to rapidly freeze again. Its usefulness in neutralizing shinobi is on par with Fire Release: Heavenly Prison. In order to prevent freezing, the target must pay an upkeep of 3 points of chakra every post to avoid the negative effects of this jutsu.
The amount of posts one may put off warming themselves depends on the target's constitution. Once the target falls below E tier Constitution, they will die. The target must warm for an equal period of time as they spent fighting without warming, regardless on if they have received any actual debuffs, in order for their maximum number of posts to reset:- E tier: One post before Constitution falls one tier. One tier penalty to Strength, Speed, and Coordination
- D tier: One post before it falls to E. One tier penalty to Speed and Coordination, -- to Strength
- C tier: Two posts before it falls to D. -- to Strength, Speed, and Coordination
- B tier: Two posts before it falls to C. -- to Speed and Coordination, - to Strength.
- A tier: Three posts before it falls to B. - to Strength, Speed, and Coordination.
- S tier: Three posts before it falls to A. - to Speed and Coordination.
- X tier Constitution is entirely unaffected.
Drawbacks: This technique can become extremely stamina consuming to maintain if the target does not have low amounts of Constitution, assuring that the user will always use more stamina chilling their foe than their opponent will spend fighting the effects. Coating their flesh with an A rank or higher chakra armor or cloak would prevent the effects of this technique, with the only notable exception being Steel Release due to the way this technique is used. Metal is easily made cold, after all. The target can melt the ice on their skin by releasing a burst of katon element chakra of C rank. This has the (un)fortunate effect of burning their clothing off, too.
Name: Ice Release: Twin Dragon Blizzard
Rank: A
Power: A
Cost: 15
Upkeep: 5
Range: 60 meters for tornadoes.
Speed: A
Skill: Ninjutsu
Element: Hyōton
Classification: Yuki Exclusive
Handseals: Snake → Rat → Dragon → Monkey → Tiger → Dog
Requirements: Ice Release
Parent Technique: Black Dragon Blizzard
Description: An advanced version of Ice Release: Black Dragon Blizzard in which the user releases two dragons of black snow that merge into a massive tornado. As one can imagine, this flurry of wind and ice would be very unpleasant to get caught in. This technique manipulates existing ice instead of creating ice. The funnel is two and a half meters in diameter.
Drawbacks: N/A
Name: Ice Release: Wolf Fang Avalanche Technique
Rank: A
Power: A
Cost: 15
Range: length of the mountainside
Speed: A+
Skill: Ninjutsu
Element: Hyōton
Classification: Yuki Exclusive
Handseals: Rat → Hare → Dog
Requirements: Ice Release
Description: This technique allows the user to cause an avalanche when near a mountain and transform the falling snow into a pack of wolves to attack the opponent. This technique has a weakness to lightning-based techniques, as seen when the wolves completely dissolve when attacked by Kakashi Hatake's Lightning Cutter, giving it a unique disadvantage compared to other techniques of the Yuki clan.
Drawbacks: Requires a nearby mountain, Raiton counts as one rank higher against this technique.
Name: Ice Wall
Rank: A
Power: Varies
Cost: Varies
Upkeep: 10
Range: C | 0 - 50 m. B | 0 - 100 m. A | 0 - 200 m. S | 0 - 500 m.
Speed: S
Element: Hyoton
Skill: Ninjutsu
Classification: Group Exclusive - Yuki
Requirement: Yuki Clan
Parent Technique: --
Hand Seals: Dog → Boar → Hand directed towards wall
Description: After performing the required hand seals and channeling Hyoton chakra into her hand, Sayuri extends her arm, symbolically guiding the creation of a wall of ice. The amount of chakra spent on the technique determines the walls length and the power, as well as the number of posts to complete the technique as follows;
C: 10 chakra - 1 post
B: 15 chakra - 2 posts
A: 25 chakra - 3 posts
S: 35 chakra - 4 posts
As long as the Ice Wall exists the temperature around it lowers considerably, causing additional discomfort to anyone adversely affected by cold and within 10 meters of the wall. Regardless of the length of the wall, the height and width are set at a maximum of 100m tall and 10m thick. The length, height and depth can be less than what is paid for, but never more. This does not require an empty space, the wall will form in and around anything in its path encasing obstacles, including people within it.
Drawbacks: This technique, as with most Yuki techniques, does not function in extremely hot and arid regions such as the entirety of the Land of Wind, though this can be worked around should the environment be altered beforehand. As this is still Yuki Ice it has all the same advantages, limitations and drawbacks of Yuki Ice (one rank higher against Katon and Scorch, one rank lower against Doton and Lava. Though due to the drastic temperature change, this is not weak to steel and imposes a one minus penalty to Coordination when a Steel user turns their skin into Steel as long as they are within 10 meters of the wall.)
Name: Ice Forged Sentinels
Rank: A
Power: A
Cost: -
Upkeep: -
Range: 50m.
Speed: -
Element: Hyoton
Skill: Ninjutsu
Classification: Secret
Requirement: Be Sayuri, or learn directly from Sayuri
Parent Technique: Ice Forged Guardians
Hand Seals: --
Description: Using Ice or Snow as a medium, Sayuri can create one or more clones of herself. These are not perfect clones as they are borne from the deeper and darker emotions that Sayuri usually represses. Since they are created from fear and anger they are twisted and grotesque versions of her, with spikes coming off of their large and crystalline forms. These clones cannot perform techniques, however unlike their weaker counterparts may perform ranged and melee attacks. Each clone has 2 spikes that may be used for ranged purposes. The spikes on their arms may be launched using the projectile rules for thrown items with their Strength and Coordination being the same power of the technique when used. Because they cannot use techniques they do not possess any of Sayuri’s chakra for their own use. The clones cost 10 cp per post to maintain, with a maximum of 5 clones available at any one time. When they are struck with a sufficient amount of damage they will shatter and become piles of snow and ice. The clones can be created anywhere within a 50 meter range of the user assuming there is snow or ice to draw from, otherwise they must be created next to Sayuri. The clones can move up to 50 meters away from Sayuri, if they roam farther than that they will revert to piles of ice and snow.
Drawbacks: Sayuri cannot cast this technique if she has less than 55 cp available, the minimum required to create 5 clones and maintain consciousness for a single post. It is required that Sayuri maintain her concentration on the clones, meaning that if she takes heavy damage in contrast with her Constitution all the clones will be dispersed. The user must stay within 50 meters of the clones or they will disperse. - E tier: One post before Constitution falls one tier. One tier penalty to Strength, Speed, and Coordination
