Kimiko had been silently tracking Kagura and Tamwyn. She'd been unable to find a shop before like she wanted, which was a bit disappointing. She had been trying to get her hands on a new weapon, since she'd recently been reworking her skill set. Rather than focusing on being a Taijutsu user, Kimiko had decided that weaponry would be more efficient of a way for her to fight someone like Satomi.
If she was going to kill Satomi, she'd need to be able to deal a lethal shot in one hit, and she wasn't strong enough of a person to do that with her fists. She'd need to use a blade. That had been part of her reason for learning how to utilize sensory. She could shut off her chakra signature from being sensed by anyone, and thus become the perfect assassin.
She'd noticed the abnormally large chakra signature of Tamwyn the night before, while he slept, as well as the familiar signature of Kagura, and her companion Ina. After some sleuthing, Kimiko noticed that Tamwyn was someone she remembered, a person she'd encountered in Iwagakure during the war.
Having established that, remembering that he was a skilled fighter of no small renown, Kimiko knew that if someone was going to be able to rival the power of someone like Satomi, it was going to be him. That left her with two options: She could try and form a friendship with him, using him for something like taking on Satomi in a group. Or she could use him as practice, seeing whether or not her assassination skills would be up to snuff.
Kimiko was a very intelligent girl. She was able to run through scenarios in her mind quite well, simulating what would happen pretty quickly. Having done that, she decided that forming a friendship with Tamwyn wasn't going to work. He seemed to get along well enough with Kagura. Kimiko's purpose for following Kagura had been more on a whim than anything else, but she didn't seem to be an enemy of Konoha after having spent the time she had with her, especially as she had a Yamanaka companion.
Forming a group wouldn't really work, as Kagura wouldn't want to help kill Satomi, and may even attempt to stop her from taking such a form of revenge. And from what she remembered of Tamwyn, he was too much of an honorable person, having chosen to leave Iwagakure rather than fighting her on the threat of Konoha doing more damage to the village by continuing their fight rather than ending it then and there. A person like that would try and talk her out of fighting Satomi, and may even side with Konoha now that the war had been over, going the route of peace.
No, it was more likely that they wouldn't be any use to her, except for practice. Having travelled with Kagura for a time, and knowing Tamwyn's skills weren't too bad themselves, Kimiko decided that she'd use them to try out her assassination skills, away from the eyes of the Major Nations. There would never be such a skilled group of shinobi to try and take out without her going to the Major Nations themselves, and she wasn't going to practice against them.
It was with that in mind that Kimiko had been following them, maintaining her Chakra Suppression, stalking silently as she went about. Even the Yamanaka wasn't able to sense her, and Kimiko had enough of a working knowledge on them to know that the axillary and support units weren't something to overlook. She needed to take out Ina first, so that she could deal with Tamwyn and Kagura afterwards without someone to warn them.
Leaving Ina near the entrance of the village, Kagura and Tamwyn had gone not too far away, although they had exited the outpost so that they could practice with no concern for their surroundings. And thus, the setup was perfect.
Kimiko waited for them to start their spar, and then she made her move. Cloaked, her Twin Inferno tanto concealed by the cloak she wore, Kimiko approached the exit, her chakra suppressed. Kimiko's Sharingan were active, but as it was simply a Doujutsu, sensory would be hard pressed to notice it, given how small its activation and maintenance cost.
As she walked past Ina, she tapped the girl on the shoulder, and immediately stopped suppressing her chakra and sent a Sharingan: Genjutsu towards the girl, who had turned to look at her, making eye contact in surprise as she did so, having not been expecting a person to be approaching given her lack of sensing anyone of note.
Kimiko was much smarter than the girl. She was able to completely control her actions from that moment on, even though doing so was quite an expensive endeavor. And with that complete control, she simply left her there with the order to ignore Kimiko's passing and not to interfere with what was going to happen. Perhaps Ina could be of use to her, given that Kimiko was able to wrest control of her mind so easily. Someone like her might be useful in the future, given her strange abilities and ties to Konoha. However, she wouldn't be so kind to Kagura or Tamwyn.
Immediately suppressing her chakra again, Kimiko's use of a technique would likely only be a small blip if anyone were paying attention, and given that the two of them were focused more on sparring, Kimiko was sure that it was safe enough for her to continue on.
With the two engaging each other's attention, Kimiko looked out to Tamwyn and Kagura, watching their spar. Interestingly enough, they were both within range of Amaterasu, as they had chosen to stay close enough to Ina so that she could sense them. 50 meters. And now it was time to test out her technique's capabilities.
Dropping her Chakra suppression again, Kimiko quickly charged up an Amaterasu in her eye and launched it at Kagura, landing the black flame on her torso. The woman wasn't wearing any armor, so the shot hit her and immediately began to consume her in the black flame. Her death would be quick. Tamwyn, not knowing where the shot came from, or aware that it wasn't some technique of her own design would likely not react at first with any real suspicion, giving her just enough time to charge up a second shot of Amaterasu and launch it at him, aiming for his head this time, given that he was heavily armored.
And with those shots, Kimiko fired a third in quick succession, just to consume Kagura's head in case she managed to remove her shirt without taking damage, and to advance her jutsu further, feeling that she was on the precipice of advancing her abilities with the Amaterasu. With that done, she felt the intuitive ability to be able to despawn the Amaterasu, and she advanced towards the two of them, removing the flame as soon as they stopped moving, their deaths assured. She'd already used the flames once before, and with these 3 uses making it a total of 4, she had advanced her ability and shown that assassination was well within her bounds.
Sheathing her blade, Kimiko wiped the blood off her face, and quickly arrived at Kagura and Tamwyn's corpses, pulling them out of sight of the village's entrance. Her time in the village would likely be short, but nobody would know what had happened to these two for long enough for her to leave without issue. Stripping Tamwyn of his armor and weaponry and anything else of value, Kimiko sealed them into one of her gauntlets using the Lightning Flash Blade Creation jutsu that she stored some of her stuff into.
Kagura didn't really have anything of value, and so she set the stage using Kagura's broken blade, piercing Tamwyn's chest with the weapon, placing the two of them in such a way that it appeared she'd run him through and then he'd immolated himself in order to take them both out.
And then, she headed back towards the village, getting Ina. Keeping the Sharingan: Genjutsu control up, Kimiko got her to collect her things, and then the two of them left the village, heading out. She had some idea of where to go having thought about it this before and having thought of somewhere else to lay low that nobody would associate with her and plan her next stage of attack and to erase her presence from the Land of Wolves before someone began questioning the fake crime scene too much.
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[Exit Land of Wolves, Travelling to SECRET (Messaging a Mod with travel path)]
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-0.5 Sharingan Maintenance
-30 Genjutsu:Sharingan (A++ Int for purposes of the genjutsu)
-30 for 3 Amaterasu uses. (Katon discount)
- Spoiler:
Name: Genjutsu: Sharingan
Rank: A
Cost: Varies
Range: Sight
Speed: Instant
Skill: Genjutsu
Element: Inton
Classification: Group Exclusive (Uchiha)
Handseals: None
Requirements: Tomoe Three Sharingan
Description: Perhaps the most versatile technique in existence, the Genjutsu: Sharingan casts an illusion from the eye that can take on any shape desired by the user. Most Genjutsu are limited to a small range of effects and visuals, but this is bound only by the user's own imagination. The actual illusions that are shown to the target are constructed by the user and as such are not set in stone by this technique; the user is free to create the general parameters of specifically how the target will view and experience this technique. However, the actual effects are limited to only a select few, but they are many more than typically available to any one Genjutsu. Because of its versatility, this technique has varying cost, though for the purpose of dispelling, it is always considered A-Rank, despite the cost.
E: Relaying memories and any other sort of information to the target, and vice versa.
D: Instantly dispel any Genjutsu affecting the target by using this Genjutsu to overwrite and shatter it. Blend illusion and reality to confuse the enemy or disguise certain things; this has as much versatility as the following ranks, but is unable to perform the specific functions of them; it merely allows the illusion to be cast via eye contact.
C: Compel the target to divulge information, no matter how sensitive.
B: Render the target immediately immobile.
A: Cause the target to fall into unconsciousness.
S: Forces the target under the control of the user. This is considered the height of Uchiha Genjutsu and is renowned for its ability to even control Tailed Beasts. This cannot, however, force the target to inflict harm upon itself, such as suicide, damaging or removing an organ, or allowing itself to be sealed without a fight.
This technique's affinity for Genjutsu unlocks in the Sharingan a new height of power over illusions, allowing the Perception boost granted by the Uchiha Dojutsu to apply to Genjutsu. Alternatively, the tier boost can apply to Intelligence for the purpose of recognizing Nightmare Genjutsu. When the user's Perception or Intelligence (depending on the type of Genjutsu in play) is higher than an enemy's Intelligence, the user can incite the D-Rank function of this technique to immediately dispel the enemy's Genjutsu.
While this technique is powerful in its own right, it does improve with higher levels of the Sharingan. A Mangekyou is able to add one tier to the user's Intelligence solely for the use of Sharingan Genjutsu. An Eternal Mangekyo does the same, but with two tiers.
Drawbacks: Levels B-Rank and higher, which partially or completely wrest control from the target, can be fought against with sufficient Intelligence. A target with two tiers less Intelligence will be unable to resist the effects at all. With one tier less, the target can reduce the Rank effect by one, dropping control to unconsciousness, unconsciousness to paralysis, or paralysis to compulsory information divulging. With equal Intelligence, the target can drop the Rank effect by two. With higher Intelligence, the target can resist or dispel this technique at will. To realize that one is caught in this Genjutsu, they must have equal or higher Perception than the user's Intelligence level, at which point they may be able to utilize the Genjutsu: Kai technique or one of the other methods for illusion breaking. The best defense is a high Intelligence, of course. Every post that a target is affected by this technique will increase that target's Intelligence for the sole purpose of resisting this technique by one plus until they reach a point at which they can dispel the illusion at will. The illusions caused by this technique can flawlessly blend reality with illusion, though any attacks taking place in the real world must have a counterpart present in the illusion itself, so that at no point will a target be struck by an invisible attack.
- Spoiler:
Name: Amaterasu
Rank: A
Range: Sight (50 Meter Maximum)
Speed: Equal to User's Perception
Element: Katon
Skill: Ninjutsu
Classification: Open
Requirements: Mangekyou Sharingan
Hand Seals: None
Description: This technique is considered the height of Fire Release Ninjutsu, as it casts upon the focal point of the user's vision black flames that will burn and consume all they touch for seven days and seven nights. The fire is cast from the eye with the same Speed as the user's Perception when bolstered by the Sharingan, which can make it quite deadly when used by fresh eyes. As the Uchiha's vision deteriorates, however, so, too, does Amaterasu's Speed.
Level 1: The beginning stage for all that awaken Mangekyou Sharingan that possess the power of "fires from hell". The user is able to release the deadly flames at any point in view, and they will burn the target and anything touching the target until it is gone. One shot per use.
Level 2: After four uses of the first level, the user will automatically progress to this stage, where he is now able to release up to five shots per use in rapid succession, greatly increasing the chances of hitting a moving target. Each of these five flames will do as the first level: burn everything they touch for seven days and nights or until nothing is left to burn. The user is now able to forcefully extinguish those flames, if desired, using this level.
Level 3: With four uses of the second level, the user is now able to direct existing flames to any desired target at the Speed of his Perception. Visual acuity generally begins to fall by this point, however, so Amaterasu may not move quite as fast as it initially could, but the damage it can cause becomes tremendously widespread with the power of this level.
Weaknesses: The black flames may burn anything, even water, but they are slow to do so and may be escaped with that weakness. Amaterasu cast upon clothing or chakra can be cast aside so long as that which it touches is removed from the target, but be careful not to touch any part of the flames, lest they spread to the flesh and the target be forced to remove parts of themselves to be free of a grim fate. Because this fire is cast with the Speed of the user's Perception, it is possible that it may be avoided, by keeping out of the user's visual focal point, or by outrunning it as it spreads. Amaterasu can only be spawned 50 meters away from the user although it may spread from there.
Amaterasu used: Level 1 4/4 times, Level 2 unlocked 0/4