Spade

First Name
Spade
IMVU Username
RandAltork
Nickname (optional)
Dustfingers, The Chupacabra
Age & Date of Birth
24 years of age
12th February
Gender
Male
Ethnicity
Sunagakure
Height
6ft4
Weight
90Kg
Blood Type
O+
Occupation
Shinobi
Scars/Tattoos
Spade sports a large tattoo on his back of the King of Spades, he didn't recieve the tattoo until roughly 15 years of age.
Spade is now missing his left arm due to faking his own death to leave Sunagakure.
Affiliation
Amakudari
Personality & Behaviour
Spade is rather cheerful, if not hot headed. He enjoys talking to people almost as much as he does playing with flames. He makes a lot of fire analogies when talking to people. When it comes to kenjutsu Spade has become very serious, going as far as to refering to his sword as one of his flames,which in his eyes is a very important matter. He is never seen with out his katana and gets rather agnry when people mistreat their blades. He also dislikes seeing blades unused saying that a blade should not die on a shelf. He also refers to himslf as "Lower then dirt" due to his lack of clan, however he isnt phased by this, saying it cames as agood thing as nobody has any expectations of him, allowing him to be free.
Nindo (optional)
"BURN"
"My sword is just like one of my fires"
"I have no clan .... and because of that ... I am free"
Bloodline/Clan
None
Family
Unknown.
Spade never new his parents, and no one tells him anything about them. When he was younger it used to upset him however he still realised how he wasn't being held back by anyone and soon grew into a young man with a large sense of freedom.
Ninja Rank
Missing-Nin
Element One
Fire Release
Weapon of choice
A 2.5ft long chain wrapped around his right arm.
Gosutofureimu - A katana consisting of a 4ft long blade and a 1ft long hilt
Jutsu Levels
Jutsu     Percentage
Ninjutsu               85%
Taijutsu                76%
Genjutsu             40%
Fuinjutsu             50%
Kenjutsu              97%
Juinjutsu             90%
Tools
4 x Kunai
13 fireproof playing cards with sharpened metal rims
Jutsu List
Transformation Technique (E-Rank)
Clone Technique (E-Rank)
Body Replacement Technique (E-Rank)
Rope Escape Technique (E-Rank)
Generic Sealing Technique (E-Rank)
Genjutsu (E-Rank)
Heated Flames - Spades fire jutsus burn hotter then normal, this is much like a passive and always happens however his fire jutsus require more chakra then usual (patent)
Chain and Sword: Spade ties the chain around his sword for more reach and techniques
Burning Sword: Spade drenches his sword in oil from a small bottle on his hip before scraping the sword across the metal wrist guard he wears causing the oil to ignite. The fire from the sword can set his opponent's clothes and wounds on fire.
Burning Chain: Spade drenches his chain in oil from a small bottle on his hip before whipping the chain across his wrist guard he wears causing the oil to ignite. The fire from the chain can set his opponents clothes on fire.
Fire Release: Mist Blaze Dance Technique - The user is able to create and blow a flammable gas from their lungs. Once it comes in contact with fire or spark, the gas ignites into a large fireball. Spade uses this in conjunction with his Burning Chain.
Fire Release: Higan - Pointing the index and middle fingers of both hands at an opponent like guns, Spade turns his fingertips into flames and shoots bullets made of fire from them. This attack can set an opponent ablaze. (patent)
Fire Release: Living Flame - Spade ignites the chakra points in his body and theoretically becomes fire, he can still be physically hit but his physical attacks now burn at intense heat and cause burning wounds (patent)
Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique - A technique where chakra kneaded inside the body is converted into fire and expelled from the mouth either as a massive orb of roaring flame or as a continuous flame-thrower. The scope of the attack is altered by controlling the volume of chakra that is mustered. The released flames will engulf their target, and leave a crater on the ground's surface.
Dingo Summonings
Hydra Summonings
Sage Mode
Blue Fire - Spades fire now burns so hot due to imbued Senjutsu Chakra that they have a blue colour (patent)
Sage Mode: Senjutsu gathers - Spade summons two Dog sized Hydras that sit upon his shoulders, their tails merge with Spades skin allowing them to give Spade Senjutsu Chakra while he moves about (Similar to Jiraiya with the two toads)
Collaboration Jutsu: Wrath of the Dying sun - When in sage mode Spade, with the help of a hydra, combines his Living Flame with the blode of a hydra to cause a large solar flare of blue fire capable of melting rock. (patent)
Collaboration Jutsu: Xiuhtecuhtil - When in sage mode, Spade uses his fire and the oily blood spit of a hydra to create a large torrent of blue flame that travels in a straight line (patent)
Collaboration Jutsu: Spear of Ra - When in Sage mode Spade and a Hydra create a large spear of blue fire that is hurtled towards an enemy. The spear is so hot and travells so fast that it is capable of peircing a Susanoo (patent)
Collaboration Jutsu: Magec's Inferno - When in Sage mode, Spade, with the help of a Hydra creates a huge, raging inferno of blue fire by using a form of Mist Blaze Dance and Hydra blood. (patent)
Collaboration Jutsu: End of a Cycle - This is Spades strongest Collaboration. He summons the king of hydras and activates his living flame at which point all two hundred and twenty three heads of the Hydra King spew their oily blood over spade's blue fire. What follows is similar to the explosion of a sun, theoretically destroying everything in 50 mile radius. This attack leaves Spade physically exhausted and drained of all Senjutsu and normal Chakra. However the damage that it does is capable of leveling half a town. It also leaves Spade with severe burns all over his body. Currently he is unable to use and is confident he will never have to. (patent)
CURSED SEALS
Dētabēsu Seal -  Implanted on his own eye and any followers he gains. This seal allows for the upload and download of memories and entire minds including skills, techniques an entire personalities. The seal is comprised of thousands of miniture seals all linked and all with their own purpose for this reason the seal is a lot like a peice of code in a database of computers.
Kesu Seal - One of the many tiny seals located in the Dētabēsu Seal. This seal allows for the complete reomoval of the mind leaving the body to be an empty husk. The mind is stored in what is reffered to as a cloud before being uploaded to a new vessal.
Uploading and Downloading - This a method of usage reelated to the Dētabēsu Seal allowing Spade to download or upload information from individuals with the seal theoretically letting him use jutsu he otherwise had no knowledge of or even allow others to use jutsu they don't know anythin about. It can also be used to move minds to and from empty bodies.
Reboot - The mind of an individual is moved to an empty body with the Dētabēsu Seal (Usually a fresh or preserved corpse). Works much like reincarnation though in theory the reincarnated person never died.
Allies/Enemies
Background Information
Chapter 1: Forgotten faces and distant words
A cold night and bitter winds, something unusual and strange for the sandy village of Sunagakure. Amongst its many houses was a small yet cosy apartment, the people living there were a young family, only recently wed six years ago with a young child the age of five. The parents were not ninja; the father owned a small art shop where he sold the artwork that he and his wife drew. Their life was perfect; their son was ready to be enrolled into the Ninja Academy, the first ninja of their family and business was good. However on one cold night, something strange and unanswered occurred. The parents disappeared, no traces of them remained, no art store and no villagers had any memory of them. The one thing left of them … was their five year old son. He woke up the morning after that night with a blurry memory. Something felt wrong, but how could it be wrong if it had never been, what was this feeling? Deep in the far reaches of his mind were distant voices “Hey ____ it’s time to wake up” “Yeah you need to go train so you can become stronger ____” blanks in the sentences. Who was he? He could visualise the outlines of a man and woman, but no features, no details. In the corner of his room was an intricate design, a king of hearts playing card, with dice in front of the card. Under it was the word Spade. The boy assumed that was his name and took it upon himself to have that name. After all, all he had left were forgotten faces and distant words.
Chapter 2: The academy
Spade managed to live alone since the age of five, the neighbours and different people around town had all asked if he wanted to live with them. Yet something made him decline, a feeling deep in his stomach told him not to go. He joined the Academy only days after the sudden loss of memories. The children of course made fun of him, simple childish things but one day it got to him. During a day of training Taijutsu he was pit against an Uchiha, this particular kid picked on him the most. When Spade realised he was losing the fight and pulled a chain from the wall and beat the Uchiha across the face with it with incredible accuracy, knocking the boy out cold. When it came to ninjutsu, Spade had acquired a fascination with Fire Style jutsus so much so that he started spying on the Uchiha kids.
He soon developed his own style of Fire Jutsu, the Higan which would become his trademark later in life. He also accidentally learned the Mist Blaze Dance technique when he stuffed up the hand signs for the Great Fireball Technique. Spade eventually graduated the academy and was placed into a team; however that team has since disbanded and Spade trains alone.
Chapter 3: The Dingoes
The sun hung high over the desert surrounding Sunagakure. Today was one of the hottest days since Spade had joined the village causing most people to stay indoors where it was cool. The people who were outside wore large thin cloth tunics too protect themselves from the harshness of the sun. However, like always Spade didn’t were a top so he could keep his tattoo revealed. The large King of Spades playing card was his pride and joy and refused to cover it up. He tightened the chain around his right arm, the now black metal absorbing heat. On his left arm sat a metal bracer used to initiate his burning chain technique. “Maybe black clothing wasn’t the best idea for today” Spade mumbled in a low tone. It was about this time that he realised the solid road of Sunagakure had changed to something soft and obnoxious to walk in “When did …” as Spade looked around he realised he was no longer in Sunagakure, in fact he had no idea where he was. As he looked around he only became more and more lost and the day was heating up “HOW DID I GET IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DESSERT” he complained as he chose a direction and began travelling.
Spade lost track of how long he had been aimlessly wandering the desert. He could swear he kept coming back to the same sand dune and more times than once he came across his own footprints. “This is ridiculous, WHERE THE HELL AM I”. As the day dragged on Spade began losing energy a few times he spotted what seemed to be dog prints “Is there an Inuzuka out here as well?” Eventually low growling emanated from all sides “They are not Inuzukas” he mumbled and he adopted a defensive stance. He performed a set of handsigns and muttered the word “Higan”. Fire sprouted from his fingers as he waited. Soon a group of dogs came over the sand dunes, their fur almost the same as the sand, amongst them were a few larger dogs, one had a large symbol representing fire on its side. Another with large bamboo armour on its shoulders with the same symbol painted on. The biggest of the dogs, had large canine and long fur down the spine, one eye was closed and its fur seemed darker. “Why are there dogs out in the desert?” Spade asked as he watched then surround him.
“We are closely related to dogs yes” The biggest creature stated in a husky tone “But we are not dogs. We are the Dingoes, some simply label us as Desert Dogs, but they usually die soon after.” The other Dingoes all howled in agreement and took a few steps closer “Regardless, you are in our desert, and as such, you will become our meal.” The Dingo barked loudly clearly and order for the others to attack, roughly twenty of these creatures ran forward from all angles including the other two of the three bigger ones.
“Yeah, not going to happen mutt” the flames on the end of Spade’s fingers flared and a loud ratatatatattatata noise began as fiery bullets shout outwards from both hands as if they were guns. He slowly spun in a circle barraging the Dingoes with fire as they got close causing most to run back over the dunes. The second largest Dingo, the one with bamboo shoulder pads was dispatched with a rapid fire shot to the ribs followed by a kick. At this point the other Dingoes stopped their onslaught and began backing away as the biggest of the group stepped forward “Fire Release? But not an Uchiha” for some reason this caused the others to mumble to themselves a few barked in confusion “NOT NECESSARY” the leader cried “You, human ninja from Sunagakure … who are you?”
“Spade” he stated simply, as the Dingo raised its eyebrow he continued “I don’t know my clan, as far as I know I don’t have one, and that doesn’t bother me”. The dingoes once again muttered between themselves “Does it even matter? I clearly just stomped you all yet you question me because I don’t have a clan?” Spade stepped forward letting his chain unfurl and drag through the sand. It was at this point Spade noticed the large scroll on the leader’s side. “Hmmm? A summoning scroll, what would you have one of those for?” The scroll had a different colour then most he had seen. Usually scrolls were black, or at least all the ones he had seen had been. This scroll however was a light brown matching the fur of the Dingoes. It had what looked like bones hanging from the ends, strange bones with holes through the centre.
The lead Dingo stepped forward “In the face of formalities I am Uluruk” He pulled the scroll of his back with his teeth and laid it down before pulling in a string to unfurl it. As it unfurled it was revealed that only one person had ever signed the contract with the Dingoes. “He has long since died. And no one has been deemed worthy of signing our contract” The dingo nudged the scroll to Spade “But you however, while still so weak, have fire hotter than his. Your lack of clan makes you stronger, you aren’t held back or pushed forward, and you simply live as yourself do you not?”
Spade crouched to inspect the scroll; the parchment had strange drawings all through it, almost as if painted with fingers, the one contract that had been signed had the name “Inuuk”. Inuuk had no last name and had signed the contract only fifty years after the fourth Shinobi War. “Inuuk? Huh, strange, he doesn’t have a last name, just like me.” Spade looked up and received a nod from the Dingoes. Uluruk stepped forward and spoke “He was the only Sage we have ever had, however it is up to you if you one day decided to grow, until then we give you permission to sign the contract”
Spade shrugged and made the cut on his hand with one of the Kunai in his pocket, after a moment Spade wrote his name in his blood before covering his fingers with the blood and placing his fingerprints under his name. After that was done Uluruk rolled up the scroll and placed it on his back with surprising efficiency for something with no actual hands “Turn left and head straight, we’ll send Doma with you, he is the best at desert navigation, and he’ll take you back to Sunagakure”. As Spade left with Doma Uluruk turned to one of the bigger Dingoes “He has no clan, do you think he might have relation to Inuuk?” The other Dingo shook his head “Doubtful, but they say, those with no Clan make the biggest changes.”
Chapter 4: Naming a sword
RandAltork – Spade, Faucher – Iro
Guest_RandAltork: //Sunagakure was quiet today. There was no shinobi training in the training zones throughout the village; however Spade never used the training zones. Today he stood beside a small oasis hidden in the far reaches of the village, he stood silently his hands in the Ram position as he moulded his chakra through his body “Even balance in all points, focus, silence is key to a roaring flame” he berated to himself in his mind as soon as he was comfortable with the chakra he ignited it with his custom jutsu “Fire Release: Living Flame” his body ignited covering itself with fire hotter than usual “hey its work~” he was cut off as an explosion erupted from his body “Damn it” he muttered as he stood a few minutes later. He tied his pouch; filled with 4 kunai and 13 fire proof cards lined with steel, to his right leg. He fastened his left arm bracer and tied the black chain that measured 2.5 foot around his right arm. He placed a small bottle of oil in his left leg pocket and picked up a large katana that rested on a rock. The blade was 5ft long total, four foot of that was actual blade the other foot was all handle. He went over his jutsu in his mind as he walked over to the dumpling store, he knew Higan, a jutsu he had designed that turned his fingers into fiery guns as well as Mist Blaze Dance. He ordered a bag of dumplings and took a seat and began eating, the large katana rested on his shoulder as he ate\\
Fuacher: -Iro stood from the bench, enjoying the dumpling he had eaten and decided to go back and get more. Tossing the bag away without caring about the rubbish bin not a meter from him, Iro adjusted the swords attached to his back, check their stores of nature chakra, and continued on his way. He once again looked upon the many unclean or simple looking people that passed him by, unsure if he should be disgusted or disappointed. It was then that the small ninja cat Kuto appeared in front of him. Staring down at the small foot long black and white cat on the ground, Iro crouched and lowered his arm so Kuto could run up it to sit on his shoulder. Speaking to the cat without looking at him, Iro questioned Kuto. "So, how are they progressing without me?" Kuto sighs and knows he isn’t going to like telling Iro any bad news. "Well, Aliyah is alright, but that Hyuuga girl is heading for trouble it seems. I hope she doesn’t loose that sword of yours, I know how you get when those go missing." Iro had continued his way back towards the dumpling shop as Kuto had spoken and now it was his turn again to converse. "Make sure that she lives, or at least the blade is not lost. That sword is worth more than her life but it would be troublesome if her life expired prematurely." Any Sage or possible future Sage was worth something, but the Senjutsu blade was far more valuable than even his own life depending on the circumstances. Nearing the Dumpling shop Iro spots someone who he recognises. Seeing the male who had talked to him brashly the last time he had come to Suna, Iro glares at him and turns to Kuto. "You should go." The ninja cat nods and makes a single hand sign, reverse summoning himself. Iro unsheathes the black and white katana attached to his waist and charges the nature chakra in it to be used for a jutsu but not to activate Sage Mode completely just yet. Flipping the sword so that it was held upside down in his hand with the handle's end in the centre of his palm, Iro makes a hand sign while maintaining hold of his sword. "Sage Art: Geyser of the Serpent!" He then stabbed the sword into the ground, and using the blades affinity for water style jutsu as well as the nature chakra stored inside the blade, he released the jutsu. As he stabbed the blade into the ground, a crack began to form in the sand covered earth that split and released an acidic spout of water towards the dumpling stand where the man sat, and would melt the stand and anyone inside it at the time of impact with its acidic properties. Iro would then pull the sword out of the ground and flip it back up into a normal sword stance, ready for the next move if needed. The time it took from sword draw to the next stance was less then five seconds, the water travelling a distance of 10 meters.-
Guest_RandAltork: //Spade finished his last dumpling and stretched, standing as the geyser began “What the heck?” he mumbled, he watched it taking in details quickly before diving to the right of the geyser and performing a series of combat rolls the blade held tightly in his hand . He stared at the sand were the water had hit taking in the fact it appeared … melted. Spade’s eyes soon fell on the man responsible for the attack “Hey, you look familiar” he stated as he pulled the blade from its sheath, dropping the sheath onto the sand. He twirled the blade in his right hand before gripping it with his left and adopting a traditional Samurai stance. Should one pay attention they would notice a black chain wrapped tightly around the hilt and fastened to a large hook on the hand guard. He quickly realised he forgot something and drew a small black flask of oil, he drizzled it over the blade meaning any spark that touched the blade would ignite the steel, he dropped the flask adopting his stance once more “Four foot blade, two foot long chain, total reach … six foot” he mumbled to himself. He took a step forward, keeping the blade vertical. He was careful with his movements, his eyes watching the man as he remembered the way his sensei had read his movements. He soon performed a quick three step manoeuvre closing the distance to four feet and swung the blade in a downward diagonal to the right in an attempt to cut his targe’s collar bone, he hunched his back and crouched his legs as the swing came down, preparing to jump backwards should the attack be blocked. His blue eyes carefully watching the body of his target always avoiding the eyes\\
Fuacher: -Iro watched his opponent carefully, noting their gear and stance. Taking in the information he concluded that the oil would obviously catch flame if struck with sparks or heat, but was it explosive he wondered? Perhaps the chain was meant to get the blade away from his body before the oil exploded, and the blade be resistant to such a blast? But no, his opponent came towards him and swung like a normal samurai would, so that theory was out the window. Now was the time he could initiate sage mode. There were no markings to show he had initiated it, just a substantial increase in his chakra levels. Using the nature chakra in the blade he held to use Sage Mode without having to meditate, a reddish chakra aura glowed around the katana as he moved it to block his opponent’s sword, however to his opponent the blade would be off by an inch. Instead, the aura of chakra blocked the sword so that no sparks would be lit since the blade did not hit anything solid. Making a one handed seal, Iro used an earth style jutsu using his own chakra without the nature chakra added in to save the precious resource. "Earth Style: Stone Spear Pillar." From the ground erupted a single thin chakra inlaid spear like spike of rock that would come up behind his opponent and stop just above his left shoulder missing him but blocking his escape from behind. Another came up almost instantly after the last, this time on the opposite side of his opponent than Iro was, then another on the other side, then another that nearly missed Iro's sword arm and so on until nearly forty of the earth spikes had come up, the time elapsed since the start of the jutsu to the finish only being three seconds from the speed of the spikes rising in an attempt to trap the male. Once all the spikes had risen, whether trapping the man or not, Iro would step backwards away from the spikes and quickly switch out his blades, sheathing the one he held into the empty scabbard at his waist and unsheathing the short sword over his left shoulder all in one motion that took only another half second to perform.-
Guest_RandAltork: //Spade snarled as the trap was set yet a small smile stretched across his face “I guess it was bound to happen” He moved cautiously letting go of his sword, even if it fell to the ground he would not lose it due to the chain. He began performing a flurry of handsigns thanks to his hands already being so close together, “This will hurt, but condensed gas cause larger explosions” he grinned as he finished his jutsu “Fire Release: Mist Blaze Dance Technique” he would exhale after a deep breath and a large cloud of gas would escape his lungs, keeping a thin trail of gas connecting him to the cloud allowed him to mould the shape of the cloud, he began another set of handsigns and pointed his fingers in the direction of the cloud like guns “Fire Release: Higan” fire would sprout from his fingers igniting the cloud causing a large explosive inferno to erupt, the force of the sudden explosion should be enough to break some of the pillars, Torrents of fire would sprout from gaps in the cage, some of which travelled towards Iro, should the flames make contact they would linger and burn hotter than normal flames. He gritted his teeth as the pain subsided and gripped the sword which had not fallen due to the lump of chain holding it between his wrists, the blade however had now ignited turning the sword into a flaming katana. His eyes scanned through the gaps as he prepared to counter any attack. The ground around him had ignited giving him a fearsome appearance to some\\
Fuacher: -Iro jumped back as he watched his opponent making hand seals for a fire jutsu. If he had any experience with those styles he would have to say they were violent and explosive, so getting away from it would be best. As the explosive fireball expanded outwards and shredded the cage he had put the man in. Returning his shortsword to its sheath he quickly switched to the larger buster blade on his back and stabbed it into the ground, the flat side facing the fireball as Iro crouched behind it, using the blade as a wall. He also charged the blade with its own stored nature chakra, causing a wall of green Senjutsu flames to pour over one side of the blade that was facing the explosion. As the fire hit Iro's buster blade, the green fire chakra on the other side melded and repelled the fire, making it go around the blade at an even wider arc than it would have with the blade alone, saving Iro from not only the flames but also the intense heat. As the fire passed by, Iro drew the longer Kusanagi style Katana from the back of his waist and pointed it at his opponent, using his buster as cover. "Blade of the Golden Rat: Divine Tear." A bolt of golden lightning was shot out of the swords tip at his opponent, slower than actual lightning but would still be hard to dodge without taijutsu speed training or a special jutsu. Blocking the bolt would be harder still without lightning chakra. After the bolt had been launched Iro would sheath the blade immediately, not wanting to use any more of the nature chakra within it and resorting to only using the nature chakra in the buster that was still in front of Iro, but no longer spouting out green flames.-
Guest_RandAltork: //Spade would take a couple of jumps back and breathe deeply “Pheeew that was hot” his deep blue eyes feel on the large buster sword “He seems to have most of his jutsu in his swords, or maybe that just help” he watched him draw the katana and fall forth a lighting technique, and a burst of rapid speed and drove the tip of his katana in to the ground and let the chain fall from his arm, he threw the chain into the lightning bolt causing the electricity to travel through the chain, into his sword and back into the ground where it would be nullified, as the lighting his the chain he performed a set of hand seals and pointe his fingers in Iro’s direction like guns “Fire Release: Higan” unlike before he began a barrage of fiery bullets a loud ratatatatattatata coming from his fingers, the fire would be scattered but rapid making reading the attack difficult and causing dodging to be hindered. His eyes watched the sword waiting for the lightning to finish at which point he would be ready to tie the chain around his arm with expert speed and draw his still burning sword from the earth “Damn lightning, if I can keep him back I can grab the sword again”. His blue eyes waited for him to make his move so he could meet him in the middle “Come on come on” \\
Fuacher: -Iro stays behind his bustersword, keeping away from his opponents fire jutsu. "This is some hot shit, kid. Nice form, but lacking power." Clasping his hands together under the cover of his buster blade, Iro bites his hands and performs a couple hand signs then slams his palm onto the earth. "Summoning Jutsu!" A large cloud of smoke appears to the left of his enemies attack, and from it comes an eerie glow. A head appears out of the smoke, then another and then a third. The Yellow and Grey patterned scales for each head was different but they were all attached to the same creature. The Hydra was about the size of an average pickup truck, and was currently holding a hand sign. From behind the bustersword, Iro spoke quickly as he released another jutsu. "Water Style: Waterfall Basin!" From his mouth, Iro spouted a large amount of water that flowed down the sandy road towards his opponent underneath the fire bullet like projectiles like a split river flowing quickly across the ground from either side of the bustersword. The Hydra then released its jutsu as it too spoke."Lighting Style: Mountain Shockwave!" Pounding its clawed hand into the ground, it released electricity into the earth that travelled into the rivers as it approached his opponent. The lightning style jutsu also made Iro's opponent’s blade unable to be touched without getting shocked for another few seconds while the collaboration of the two jutsu's resolved.-
Guest_RandAltork: //”tsch” Spade mumbled as he noticed the rivers and lightning “Don’t worry, I won’t let you break” he jumped up onto the remains of the stall and onto a nearby roof to avoid the water that flooded the streets as well as the lightning that was collaborated with it. Steam rose from his sword as the fire was extinguished. He focused as much chakra as he was willing before biting his own thumb causing it to bleed “Summoning Jutsu” a large cloud of smoke rose beside him revealing a large dog like creature, though its structure was smaller, and its fur the same colour as sand, a Dingo. This creature had large steel and bamboo shoulder pads and strange markings along its fur, in its mouth was a large kunai. “Young clanless, let us fight” the Dingo spoke. Spade clambered onto the dingo’s back and began performing hand signs as the beast jumped across rooftops, “Fire Release: Mist Blaze Dance Technique” He let out a large cloud of gas that hung low over the water and close to Iro regardless of whether the lightning’s arcing ignited the gas Spade performed a small set of hand signs and pointed only his right hand fingers at the cloud “Fire Release: Higan” a single bullet of fire would collided with the gas cloud causing another inferno to flare potentially causing the water to evaporate under extreme heat. Spades sword had also been tempered to withstand the heat due to his fighting style, at worst he would need the rope on the hilt redone.\\
Fuacher: -Raising an eyebrow at his opponent, Iro followed his action by grabbing his bustersword out of the ground and jumping with it up to the rooftops, following the male as he holstered the buster on his back. "I guess I aughtta step this up a notch." As the explosion nearly destroyed the street below, his Hydra left the village using a reverse summoning jutsu so he did not get hurt and because he was no longer needed. Iro thought it time to start using some Sage Jutsu, so he used his already bit finger to do another summoning jutsu, this time a smaller Hydra that sat on his shoulder. Already knowing what to do, both Iro and the Hydra began making hand signs. "Collaboration Senjutsu: Sparking Rain!" The Collaboration jutsu was a mix of a Razor Rain Jutsu, which shredded through any Ninjutsu it came into contact with but did not drain chakra from the people it touched, and the Black Rain Jutsu, which was not drained by the Razor Rain since it was not, for the most part, coming into contact with it. Black Rain Jutsu created a rain of oil onto a target area which in this case was the block of street where his opponent and his summon was headed. All the fire in the street was drained into extinguishing by the Razor Rain before the oil rain came down, so it mattered not if any flames were about. Iro then threw a volley of five explosive tag kunai aimed at where his opponents summon was about to land on the next roof that was currently smeared in oil. Upon impact the oil and kunai would explode, and hopefully for Iro the Dingo as well.-
Guest_RandAltork: //Spade watched the jutsu begin “Damned Sage” He muttered, the dingo turned his head and grinned “I hope you are afraid to fly clanless” at that moment the dingo was hit by the explosion but positioned himself so Spade would take the shockwave. Spade landed beside his sword sliding up to it along the sand resulting in a variety of cuts along his chest and face. The dingo staggered and managed to perform a reverse summon jutsu leaving a small smear of blood in its place “Damn it Rook” Spade muttered as he used his sword to help himself up, the lightning would have subsided by this point, he wrapped the chain around his arm once more and pulled the blade from the earth. He adopted the samurai stance once more, his breathing heavy, blood trickling from his nose and forehead. “This jutsu …. Seems to cancel out Ninjutsu, let’s see what I got left” he jumped back up onto the rooftops and face Iro now standing 4 ft from him “You have a few impressive tricks I’ll admit, your swords are impressive as well” he gripped the sword with only his right hand and before swinging it horizontally, however he let the sword go letting the chain extend, meaning the sword was guaranteed to reach “Whip” he muttered as he pulled his right arm across his chest causing the blade to arc horizontally aiming to cut a gash into Iro’s chest\\
Fuacher: -Iro sighs as yet another sword style comes into play, but is slightly concerned about the chain being used to extend the length of the swing. If he isn’t carful it could catch him off guard. Using what nature chakra is left in his buster blade to sustain his Sage Mode for another few seconds, Iro uses the Senjutsu enhanced speed of his to quickly draw the shortsword off his left shoulder and to spin around so that his back is facing his opponent, the short blade held upside-down in his right hand that he wraps around his body to block his opponents blade, rotates to his left and as his right hand passes the point of his body closest to his opponent, drops the short sword as its nature chakra flares up in a pink chakra aura. Iro is facing away from his opponent when the blades tip hits the ground, its affinity for earth chakra allows it to cut and raise up a slab of stone directly underneath Iro and launch him up and above his opponent which Iro then does a backflip and lands behind the male, drawing a simple kunai and attempts to hold it up to the males throat.-
Guest_RandAltork: //Spade grinned as the cold steal pressed against his throat “We both have each other here don’t we” the blade tugged on the chain as it fully extended despite being pushed a little off course. With a sharp jerking motion he tugged the chain due to being off course instead of coming back hilt first it turned slight and was now coming back sharp side first, the travel was a bit wonky due to the chain still being slightly slack however it would collided with Iro unless he moved. Should Iro move spade would side step to the left and catch the blade with his right hand. There was no special technique used, it was simply a retrieval of the sword with a more beneficial outcome in the process. He kept the gin and leant his head back slightly to get the kunai away from his neck “So, what’s the outcome?” Spade asked as the blade hurtled towards them\\
Fuacher: -Iro unfortunately had to move to his right to avoid the sword impaling his face. Now a few feet away from the male, he watched him retrieve his blade. Iro put his own kunai away as it seemed the male was done fighting. Assessing all he knew about the male he seemed to know what he was doing and was an exceptional fire stylist. Not bad for someone on their first lifetime. "You have done well against me, Dust Fingers. Your blade, should have a name if it does not already. Gōsutofureimu I think will do." Iro straightened up out of his stance and adjusts his trenchcoat, brushing some dust off of it. "I give you the name of Sannin for this village. I hope to see you around, Dust Fingers." Iro walked away from the male, the smaller summon he had done earlier disappearing off his shoulder as he let his sage mode vanish. Along with the summon went three of his four blades to be recharged for later use.-
Guest_RandAltork: //Spade walked over to the sheathe of his blade and grinned as he slid the blade into the sheath "Dust Fingers aye? And Sannin?" He looked down at his sword "Gōsutofureimu" he said softly. Spade strapped the blade to his back and grinned as he stretched "Aye, catch you around Edo-Ossan" he took a seat amongst the ruined street and sighed as his stomach rumbled loudly "We destroyed the dumpling store" he mumbled as he looked at the ruins of the small stand "heh, guess sensei’s training came in handy, those swords are impressive"
After this battle with Iro, spade dedicated himself to Kenjutsu training, eventually treating the sword as a part of him, never parting with it and refusing to let others wield it. Over the course of a few months Spade’s capability with a sword sky rocketed, his attitude also changed now having a more respectable nature much like swordsmen of ancient times. He has been spotted cleaning his blade in a slightly ritualistic manner, even putting it on a stand in his living room and thanking it before going to bed.
Chapter 5: A new Chuunin
Spade learnt the Giant Fireball jutsu only a month or two before being promoted to chuunin. By spying on a group of Uchiha children he slowly learnt the technique over the course of two months, in fact he had mastered it before the first Uchiha child. Keeping this fact to himself he later revealed it during the chuunin exams to the surprise of the audience. Alongside his Giant Fireball Technique he also developed his Living Flame jutsu; derived from his Higan he ignites his body using fire release from every single chakra point in the body allowing him to jump into tornados to form fire tornados. He is also able to deliver burning attacks while deflect most taijutsu due to the fire, however unbalanced chakra causes large scale explosions which have almost killed him in the past.
Chapter 6: The Third Hydra Sage
RandAltork – Spade, Faucher – Iro
Guest_RandAltork: //The sun was beginning to set signalling late afternoon. The sky was painted a brilliant orange and purple, the skyline of the mountains around Kumogakure a solid black causing wondrous contrast. A soft, steady wind blew through the town causing the afternoon to seem cold. As shopkeepers began closing their stores, and mothers began calling their children home, Spade would still be wandering the streets. He was tall for his age, standing roughly 5ft7; he had long black hair that covered blue eyes. He wore no shirt exposing a finely toned body. On his back was a large tattoo of the king of spades playing card. Around his neck were a Sunagakure headband and a thick bead necklace. A black chain reaching 2.5ft was wrapped around his right arm while his left sported a metal wristband. In his hand he held his blade Gosutofureimu; a long katana, the blade reaching 4ft while the hilt reach only one foot. Spade was well known in Sunagakure for his fire techniques and flames that burn hotter than usual. He was known for his signature move, Higan, where he fires bullets of fire at his foes. He was also very efficient at the Mist Blaze Dance technique and the Great Fireball technique. He had recently mastered a jutsu he names Living Flame that engulfs his body in searing hot fire. He was also the second person to have ever signed the Dingo summoning contract. Spade sat upon a rocky outcropping watching the sun set, a small scroll opened out in front of him. This scroll was full of fuinjutsu but also mentioned the forbidden art of Juinjutsu however did not teach any techniques in that path. He looked down at his blade which had rested against the rock in grabbing distance and grinned as he went over the fight where his blade was named\\
Fuacher: -It had been over two hundred years since Iro had been to the north where he had reigned over those that opposed him. The entire land that Kumogakure stood upon had been created after his final battle with the original seven Mist Swordsman, the broken mountain peaks the result of his last jutsu before collapsing and having to be brought out by allies. His memories returned to him quickly, but he did not show tears nor pain over that battle. Instead he looked at it as a learned lesson. Even a Sage can be pushed too far. Landing on both feet upon a still boulder, Iro was now behind the young male he had defeated not too long ago. Iro had pale skin that was cracked in several places, showing he was not alive at all. His yellow eyes further showed this. His white hair might have made him look old if his body had not been brought back in the form of his 24 year old self instead of the older body he had died in so long ago. A long black coat covered him that had black flames on the bottom, the coat of a sage. Black armbands came down out of the coats sleeves to cover his arms and protect them even though he could just regenerate his limbs if harmed now that he was undead. Black pants and open toed shoes were covering his lower half. He had the same piercings as Tendo Pain from the forth shinobi war, but in reality Tendo Pain had stolen his piercings to use their chakra signal abilities. Strapped all over his body were five of the seven blades Iro had made to counteract the mist blades, each sword of his attuned to a different chakra nature and able to constantly absorb and store nature chakra for him to use. Speaking to the young man, who he had dubbed Dust Fingers because of his fire jutsu, Iro intended on teaching instead of fighting that day. "Ready, Sannin of the Sand?"
Guest_RandAltork: //Spade rolled up the scroll just as Iro had arrived behind him. He would never get used to being called Sannin of the Sand, though he figured if someone such as Iro named him the Sannin, he must have done something right, from his memory the fight had been pretty levelled out though he suspected Iro was not fighting at his full potential, even so he got a chance to use his fire a bit more and his sword. With a grunt he stood up tucking the small scroll into a pocket and lifting Gosutofureimu up by the sheath. He rested the blade on his shoulder and turned to greet him “Evening ossan” Though he called everyone ‘Old Man’ he never meant it in disrespect.  He tilted his head and grinned “No better time than now is there? Most of us don’t live very long, and even less of us get a second chance” he smirked and readjusted the sword; he always held it so the bottom of the hilt rested in his open palm and the sheath rested against the corresponding shoulder. He rolled his neck, loud pops coming forth. “So, what exactly are we doing today?” He stretched and hopped off the outcropping, landing on the smooth pavers of Kumogakure’s roads. He tightened the chain around his arm and turned to face him his blue eyes scanning the numerous swords he owned, in particular the large buster sword, that had been the one to annoy him most when that battled\\
Fuacher: -Iro rolled his eyes at the young lad. "Dust Fingers, you annoy me to no end." He said it as a statement of fact, not a threat. He hated being called an old man even though he was one. He just couldn’t understand the boys fascination with that concept. Biting his finger and making a hand sign, Iro planted his palm into the ground. A cloud of smoke appeared from where he had struck the ground and when it cleared Iro held a large scroll in his hand, the outside coloured black and blue in a spiral around the scroll. "I agreed to allow you use of my contract, and now here we are. Are you ready to take on a second contract? It has many perils that come with it. I normally would not allow anyone to do this, or use this to test them morally, but you have skill and I think you can handle it." Iro set the scroll on the ground and unrolled it, showing the multiple slots to input ones name and handprint in blood. Currently only two spots were taken up, the second spot with Iro's name within it and one more just before him, the name illegible.-
Guest_RandAltork: //He grinned happily at Iro’s comment “Ahh I’ve gotta do something while I can” he let out a small laugh before stretching slowly. He watched closely as Iro drew blood “Didn’t know the dead could bleed, learn something new every day don’t you Ossan?” He continued to watch as a cloud of smoke puffed around his hand leaving a large scroll behind “Huh? Isn’t this the scroll for your Hydras?” He crouched down in front of it to gain a closer look; he attempted to read the name of the first name but to no avail. “It’s a lot like the scroll the Dingos gave me to sign, the patterns are different but everything is the same.” He looked up at Iro and grinned slightly “And you are allowing me to sign this? Heck, will the Hydras be happy about this?” he traced over the space where he would most likely sign his name\\
Fuacher: -Iro watched as Spade glanced over the contract, a wise decision considering his life might be on the line if he signed it. "If they have a problem with it, just tell them that you know me." Waiting for Spade to make his decision, Iro leaned against the rocks and watched his movements.-
Guest_RandAltork: //Spade shrugged and bit his thumb, he waited for it to bleed before covering his index finger with the blood and righting his name, although it would only be a singular name. He then dabbed each finger in blood and touched them under his name leaving a bloody handprint to seal the contract. He stood back up and wiped his hand on his pants, leaving a faint red mark on the fabric “I’ll live, I’m not ready to die so easily y’know” his comment was true, and he had been looking into ways to preserve his life but for now it wasn’t important, what mattered was he now would have two potential summons “So, what are these Hydras good at exactly?”\\
Fuacher: -Iro pushed off of the rocks he was leaning against and rolled up the scroll, reverse summoning it back to its hiding spot before straightening up and speaking. "Hydras as you might have guessed are similar to dragons except for one major difference. When their head is cut off, it grows back two fold. Of course a Hydra can stop the multiplying process if it choses too but most do not, since the more head it has the more powerful it becomes, in most cases. Let me show you why." Jumping up on top of a large flat rock shelf, Iro makes a hand sign and uses his already bleeding finger to make another jutsu, this time slamming is palm down with greater force. "Summoning Jutsu!" A large cloud of smoke appears and when it clears a seven headed Hydra the size of a large skyscraper is in its place. The Hydra has its four legs sprouting from its serpent like body covered in white scales. Each of its heads has a different colour in a design around its forehead and eyes, a small slot carved into its foreheads that is surrounded by brass metal. Iro stood upon the centre head crouched and watching Spades reaction.-
Guest_RandAltork: //Spade crossed his arms, his sword now in the crook of his right arm, He watched carefully as Iro summoned the hydra although nothing could of prepared him for the size of the beats that followed “I did not know that was one of them, why didn’t you summon him last time we fought”. Spade’s eyes narrowed on the different colour markings “I’m assuming each head has a different chakra nature, am I right?” one hand sat loosely on the hilt of his blade I a non-threatening manner “I also going to assume a beast like that requires an excessive amount of chakra usage” he ran a hand through his hair and took in the details of the Hydra before looking back up at Iro to await his response\\
Fuacher: -Iro was surprised as to how fast the boy caught on to the Hydras secrets, but no matter. He had not guessed everything. "You are correct about the chakra natures, but the usage of chakra is little when using Senjutsu chakra instead of normal chakra."  Hopping down from the Hydras head he landed next to its clawed foot then walks over to Spade. "I did not summon her in the fight because I did not need too. Also, her name is Cautara. Use it." He awaits Spade to introduce himself.-
Guest_RandAltork: //Spade raised an eyebrow “Senjutsu chakra? Isn’t that the chakra sages use?” he grinned about being correct when it came to the chakra natures. “Cautara.” He said softly under his breath before walking over to the Hydra. He stood in front of her and looked at her closely before smiling, still holding onto the blade Spade would bow in traditional greeting, after standing straight he would begin introductions “Cautara, I pleasure to meet you, My name is Spade, I hope we can work together well in the future” He looked up at her four heads, keeping eye contact with each equally\\
Fuacher: -Staring down at the little human, Cautara huffed a laugh and then leaned in close, each head larger than Spade was and could easily eat him in a single bite. Cautara: "You better be as strong as Iro here, or you may not be welcome to fight with me." As if to case the point Cautara's left most head came forth, its eyes and scale design whiter than its normal scales. As the eyes came forth a small genjutsu would be cast in the direction of Spade, not meant to put him in an illusion but simply to stir the chakra in his brain a little to give him the sense of euphoria if it made contact. Iro now came forth and nods to Cautara before reverse summoning her back to her home. "That is only one of the many Hydras you can summon, each one with different abilities and strength, along with weaknesses." Iro turned back to Spade and motioned to his back. "If you prove worthy to be a Hydra Sage, you can have one of my Senjutsu Blades. If you ever meet one of the Seven Mist Swordsman, these blades were created by me to counter them. It will be tougher for you against them if you ever face one even as a Sage alone."
Guest_RandAltork: //Spade grinned “Only time will tell Cautara” he suppressed the Euphoric feelings from the genjutsu, gripping the blade tightly with his right hand until it subsided. He looked back to Iro “Huh, will be interesting to get to know them all” He listened to Iro and raised an eyebrow as he mentioned Hydra Sage “Huh, all in good time” He waved a hand to the offer of one of his swords “If I can’t beat one of the seven swordsmen with my own sword, then I’m not worthy of carrying one of yours, though I thank you for the offer” he grinned and leaned on his sword “Hydra Sage huh? Huh, maybe one day, maybe one day”\\
Fuacher: -Iro raised an eyebrow at Spade, not sure if he was ok or not. Perhaps showing him Cuatara was a little too much for him this early on. Still, the fact he had already made a contract and did not know about Nature Chakra....it concerned him. "You have no idea what Nature Chakra or Senjutsu Chakra is do you? Well, I suppose its time to learn then." Iro sat down with crossed legs and sat completely still, as in rock still. He had not gathered Nature Chakra that way for awhile but he still remembered how to do it.-
Guest_RandAltork: //He shook his head “No no no, I know what the Senjutsu chakra is, it is what sages use, it just never occurred that it would make summoning easier” He took a seat across from Iro. The moment he had seen Iro sit he knew what he was going to be doing … meditating. Spade rested his sword across his lap and rested his hands gently on the sword as he closed his eyes, he meditated a lot in order to boost the spiritual side of his chakra, his physical side already being at top form for now. His breathing was slow and steady, he listened carefully for Iro to speak\\
Fuacher: -Iro lifted his hand, a small stone in it, and quickly threw the small stone at Spades head. The point was to chastise him for doing the meditation wrong. Of course Iro had not told him it was going to be different but he did not care that much. "You are supposed to be focusing on being able to sense nature chakra. Not simple meditation boy." Iro went back to his position, already in Sage Mode without showing any of the normal signs of it because of his resurrected body.-
Guest_RandAltork: //Spade rubbed his head and flicked the rock back at Iro “Oh yeah, so what should I be doing to sooner sense Nature, what makes sage meditation different to standard meditation?” he hadn’t opened his eyes, his voice was calm and mellow his breathing slow and steady. His chest rose and fell in conjunction with his breathing. His sword lay perfectly horizontal, his method of meditation was slightly adapted to incorporate his sword, since learning Kenjutsu he had become more and more focused and treating the sword as a part of him. He sat perfectly crossed leg, his position was perfect. He slowly began to drone out the background noise of Kumogakure. He began pushing his chakra through his body in an attempt to link his chakra with nature\\
Fuacher: -Iro waited for Spade to mess up. It was inevitable for him to. No one ever absorbed nature chakra perfectly the first time. Even he hadn’t. Just learning to sense nature chakra could kill him if he took in too much. Luckily Iro would be ready for it and would be glad to imply it if need be, which there would be much need.-
Guest_RandAltork: //He sat in silence, listening as the wind blew over the mountains, how it made the fabric of his pants vibrate softly. His chakra would begin to develop into the chakra of nature. Slow but surely he had started absorbing nature chakra, however as a minute past, the flesh in the centre of his chest would slowly start to turn to stone, it began stretching across at a slow but constant rate, occasionally it would stop and even back track a few centimetres before growing again “Huh, Iro, I believe I might be doing it wrong” he remained calm despite the happenings, a strange trait despite his hot headedness in most other situations “Mind uhh, stopping this then giving me some tips?”\\
Fuacher: -Iro opens his eyes and sees the stone starting to form, the scales and sharper features appearing on him. It was strange, seeing both Dingo and Hydra traits appear. None the less, Iro nods and stands up. "Very well." Suddenly Iro would swing his larger buster blade at the top of spades head, the flat side first, and hopefully whack him on the head. All the nature chakra in his body, if the whack was successful, would be drain into the buster blade and save him from becoming a statue. "You took in too much. You have to balance the nature chakra with your physical and spiritual qualities. Try again." Iro holstered his buster blade and sat back down, beginning to meditate again.-
Guest_RandAltork: //He rubbed his head and grinned slightly “Right, balance, that’s all it is” he readopted his position. Once again taking a deep breath to start before slowing his breathing to a steady pace, in through the nose and out through the mouth. Slowly his chakra would begin to adopt the chakra that nature held. Unlike before the nature chakra would stabilise slowly. He stayed in this position, the chakra travelling through his body at an even rate. Five minutes passed without any issue, a lack of stone was usually a good thing\\
Fuacher: -Iro stayed in meditation, sensing Spades chakra the whole time. It seemed he was a fast learner, but had yet to become aware of the nature chakra around him. It would be obvious when he did. Most people would have some form of exclamation or at least show some form of satisfaction at having attained censorship of the chakra. Iro would wait until such a time that became a reality-
Guest_RandAltork: //As his chakra stabilised with the nature chakra he took in a big breath of air, as if surprised or gasping for air after being submerged under water. His chakra would final level out now being Senjutsu chakra. His breathing soon calmed yet his eyes remained closed as he continued to focus on keeping his Senjutsu chakra stable\\
Fuacher: -Iro opens his eyes and watches Spade carefully. He nods in approval and stands, drawing his smallest blade, a short sword, and held it in his right hand at the ready. "I think that’s enough. Stand up." He would point to one of the boulders nearby. "Punch it as hard as you can." With the Senjutsu in his system, Iro suspected Spade to be much stronger than normal.-
Guest_RandAltork: //Spade stood, opening his eyes with a slight yawn. He stretched getting a feel for moving with the Senjutsu chakra in his system. HE nodded “righteo” Spade approached the boulder and popped his knuckles before performing a simple punch into the boulder, his movements were quick, and apparently his strength was as well. His arm went into the rock to about mid forearm before the rock split into quadrants “Woah, this sage mode stuff is intense” he said with a slight bit of surprise in his voice\\
Fuacher: -Iro nods and tosses him the small shortsword. "Here, take nature chakra from that for now, so you can practice while using it." He had to admit, the kid was making fast progress. Then again, he would have to implement this in battle and that would be the hard part.
Guest_RandAltork: //He twirled the blade in his left hand while holding his katana in his right "Huh? What exactly do you mean" he gave the sword a few swings becoming used to its weight, shape and size\\
Fuacher: -Iro pinched the bridge of his nose and nearly whacked Spade again for the hell of it. "Feel the nature chakra in the blade and take it from that, no meditation needed for that. It skips the staying still part and helps in battle." Iro pulled one of the black and white katanas off his waste and drained some of the nature chakra into his body to activate his sage mode. "Piece of cake."
Guest_RandAltork: //Spade looked at the small sword "How would I go about pushing Senjutsu chakra into my Katana? Since I’m more likely to use it" He made the connection with the short sword and could feel its chakra "Oh, and what of the Sage Mode? Y'know, the cloak and stuff?"
Fuacher: -Iro simply stared at him a moment, about to laugh but held it in and kept his face stoic. "The cloak is not a sage thing, but if you want one then just buy one yourself. Also, you can’t put nature chakra into your sword for storage, only to amplify the fire chakra used to coat it in flame or what have you. My blades are made especially for the purpose of storing nature chakra, which is why the Seven Swords of the Sages are unique. Now, practice using Sage Mode and Ninjutsu."
Guest_RandAltork: //Spade grinned rubbing the back of his head "The cloak would be cool" he mumbled, he then pointed to his eyes "And the eye thingy that sages get, I can't see my own eyes you know" he grinned and took a step back before facing the wall of the mountain "Hmmm I wonder what my fire is like in Sage Mode" He put his hands together still gripping his two blades "Fire Jutsu: Giant Fireball Technique" he used one of his simpler techniques to test, he breathed in before breathing out in the form of continuous flamethrower, the fire started exiting his mouth as standard orange fire before gradually changing to a blue white flame as his naturally overly hot flame mixed with his new found Senjutsu power\\
Fuacher: -Iro watched Spade test a fire style jutsu, the blue and white flames burning hotter than even Iro could make them so far without using his buster blade. Watching him progress Iro bite his finger again, reopening the wound from earlier and did another summoning jutsu. Two small dog sized Hydras each with two heads sat on the ground, watching Spade finish up his Senjutsu fireball. "Dust Fingers, come over here. Put this guy on your shoulder." Iro took one of the Hydras and placed it on his right shoulder, the Hydra clinging to him.-
Guest_RandAltork: //Spade stared at the melting rock for a moment before grinning "Now that’s a fire" he tilted his head and looked back to Iro. He walked over to him and nodded allowing the Hydra to be placed on his shoulder, he turned his head to the Hydra and nodded in greeting before looking back to Iro "So Ossan, what do these guys do exactly?"
Fuacher: -The small Hydra on Iro's shoulder clapped its claws paws together in a hand sign as it began gathering nature chakra, sending it into Iro. "They gather nature chakra for you so you don’t have too. If you do not have one of my blades, this way is the next best thing and is what most sages use in combat." The Hydra on Spades shoulder began to gather chakra as well, storing it up until it was able to send the right amount into Spades body to give him sage mode.-
Guest_RandAltork: //Spade nodded "Fair enough, i do a lot of moving so they'll probably be a huge help" he felt the sudden increase in Senjutsu and took in a deep breath, his pupil stretching into the more tradition Sage shape however didn’t fully form the same shape as it does for most sages. He grinned "Definitely a big help" he looked at the Hydra on his own shoulder and grinned\\
Fuacher: -Iro nods and unsummons both Hydras-"You may wish to practice this with your Dingos as well, since you have both contracts. Having two different summons in the battlefield will increase the amount of strategies you can use." While Iro did not have two summons himself he was planning a trip to the Village Hidden in the Library to search for more contract scrolls.-
Guest_RandAltork: //he nodded "I can see that being a good idea, Uluruk said something about becoming a sage when a met him" he shrugged and held the short sword out "So what are the names for each of the Hydras, i feel it would be rude of me to summon them and not know their names"
Fuacher: -Iro took the short blade and sheathed it once more before answering. "Most don’t have names. Only the important ones do. This is mostly because some of the Hydras, if granted a name, would want one for each head. Do you want to memorize every name on a two hundred and twenty three headed Hydra? I don’t think so." Iro sat down and let Spade practice for a while as he rested from summoning Cautara earlier. He usually did some combat when he summoned her and the lack of motion was making his muscles stiff.-
Guest_RandAltork: //he grinned and sat back down "It would probably catch them off guard wouldn't it?" he stayed quiet for a while absorbing more Senjutsu chakra before stopping to talk "Imperfect Sages would gain Hydra like qualities right? It would be pretty interesting if they could regrow heads"
Fuacher: -Iro shakes his head with his eyes still closed. "The human body cannot regrow such a wound with nature chakra alone, or even with medical Senjutsu. But if you go and look in a mirror you will notice that your face has already taken on some features of both Hydras and Dingos." Iro was currently staring at his serpent like nose and his extended dog ears.-
Guest_RandAltork: //He put his hand to his face "Hydra and Dingo? jeez, I should probably focus on that, why do you think that is though?" he wasn't concerned about it, it didn't matte since he would be stronger than the one commenting on it during a fight though he was confused "Huh, so I have an imperfect sage mode then?"
Fuacher: -Iro nods and watches him gander at his facial features for a moment. "Indeed. However you have still to master it in a combative situation. Maintaining that balance is difficult while focussing on where to strike next." Iro drew the smaller shortsword once again and struck the ground with it in front of him, his stance still cross-legged. A large fissure in the earth would open up around Spade, the sides of the newly formed chasm widening too fast for him to get a hand or foot hold. "Lets see how you learn on the fly....or should I say fall."
Guest_RandAltork: //Spade laughed "Yeah i can see that being~" he was cut off as he began falling "GOD YOU AND YOUR CHASMS" he bit his thumb and looked around, a nearby rock fell in front of him, he pressed his hand on it careful not to push it away "SUMMONING JUTSU" A large Hydra sporting three heads appeared under him gripping to the sides of the chasm "Hey sorry for the conditions get me back up there and I’ll make you a Barbecue out of him" he grinned as he landed on the centre head, red scales surrounding its eyes and lining its jawline. "Don't get cocky little Sage" it muttered in a deep grumbling voice, clearly this hydra was a male. It positioned itself so it could crawl up on side of the chasm using its large talon like claws to grip into the wall, as it reached the top spade flipped off its head, performed a reverse summoning jutsu and prepared for another "SUMMONING JUTSU" he yelled as he landed, he was clearly becoming tired however two Dog sized Hydra's appeared on his shoulder, their tails wrapped around his arms, they both adopted a position to gather and transfer Senjutsu chakra, spade adopted his own handsigns, the ram and started a quick flurry of handsigns "Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique" he breathed out a large orb of blue white flames, that began melting stone even as it formed. It soon shot towards Iro measuring 8meters in diameter\\
Fuacher: -The flames engulfed the area where Iro was standing, but when they cleared, a medium cart sized Hydra with full red scales stood in its place. Opening its mouth, it unrolled its tongue to allow Iro to step out of its mouth. Iro patted the nose of his red scaled Hydra as it closed its mouth, rubbed his fingers across the fireproof scales. Unsummoning his Hydra, Iro nods in approval of Spade. "Well at least you can summon them fast enough."
Guest_RandAltork: //Spade stood and went to speak though small blue flames replaced words, he turned and coughed before speaking properly "Gotta be able to learn on the go y'know" he rubbed his throat slightly irritated "Man, even I can feel that fire\\
Fuacher: -Sitting once again, Iro sheathed the small shortsword on his back. “You have come far in such a short time. Yet there is always more to learn. Now let us try collaboration Ninjutsu without using Senjutsu. After you get the hang of it normally then we can amplify it."
Guest_RandAltork: //He leant on his sword, the two Hydras still resting on his shoulders but not gathering Senjutsu "Collaboration Ninjutsu?" he thought for a moment "Explain"
Fuacher: -Iro stood again, a little annoyed that Spade was not smart enough to figure it out but at least he was learning fast. "Collaboration Ninjutsu. This can be done with even two people if they do it right. Basically, it is two jutsu that become one stronger jutsu, for example." Iro summoned another medium sized Hydra and stood on its back. Using the buster blade on his back to gain Fire Chakra he made a fire jutsu hand sign. The medium Hydra also made one and expanded its mouth as if there was liquid in it. "Collaboration Ninjutsu: Hydra Blood Fire Dragon!" The Hydra expelled a large amount of reddish brown liquid from its mouth just as Iro released a jet of flame from his mouth. The flame hit the liquid and ignited it making a larger fire jet that burned like napalm and formed into the shape of a dragon head as it flew forwards over a hundred yards to hit a mountain peak in the distance and blow the top off of it upon impact.-
Guest_RandAltork: //Spade grinned "Oh? seems simple enough" he reversed summoned the two hydras before summing a new Hydra, this hydra was roughly the size of a large house with only two heads, he turned the face the Hydra and nodded in greeting before facing the mountain side and bring his hands into a Fire release hand sign "Collaboration Ninjutsu: Wrath of the Dying Sun" Spade stood in front of the hydra's two heads and performed his living Fire Ninjutsu, causing his body to ignite in a now blue flame, the fire encased him totally giving him a demonic or even draconic appearance, the two hydra heads, while slightly startled by his blue flames breathed out a large amount of the same reddish brown liquid, it collided with Spade's fire before erupting outwards in a now immense arc resembling a solar flare of blue fire, the rock in front and below the fire melted rabidly, the solar flare digging deep into the rocky surface. As the jutsu ended he took a deep breath the fire around his body extinguishing leaving trails of smoke to rise from his body, what was left in the wake of his jutsu was molten rock soon solidifying to leave a decimated pathway and side of mountain "Huh .... that was kind of cool" he reverse summoned the hydra and turned to face Iro, Spade's Sage eyes had adopted a curve towards the outer top tips of the rectangles\\
Fuacher: -Iro could see that Spade was already getting the hang of it, yet the jutsu he had just used was far too self-destructive. He would need to work on that. "Good enough I suppose, but in a real battle that jutsu is far too large to use safely, and its easily followed by a counter attack from above or too your Hydras." Iro walked over to him, careful not to step on any melted rock and stopped infront of him. "Do you have any other chakra natures I might need to know about?"
Guest_RandAltork: //spade grinned "Destructive is me, it’s how I am I guess, anyway the hot air rises, they can go above all they want, they'll still feel the burn, maybe I should leave that for if i wanna burn a village down then?" he listened to Iro's question "Nope, I’ve tried other chakra natures but i get nothing, Though I have my Kenjutsu, which I’ll soon be developing some abilities on, why?"
Fuacher: -Iro decides it was time to show Spade what the final result of his training would do. "Let me show you thinking that I think you should work to surpass." Of course if Spade ever got that powerful then Iro might have to pay Konohagakure a visit with him. Summoning Cautara again, Iro jumped up to her head and, instead of making hand signs, took the five swords out of their sheaths or off his back and slid them into the proper slots, the metallic holes in each of her heads action as a channel for the blades to imbue their nature chakra. Clasping his hands together, Iro and Cautara created their ultimate jutsu. "Forbidden Sage Art: Five Chakra Blood Bomb!" All five of Cautara's heads put the tips of their noses together at a single point, five different colours of chakra, green for fire red for water gold for lighting pink for earth and brown for wind all mixed into a single sphere of black energy that pulsated with purple electricity. Slamming his palm onto the centre head, Iro sent some of his chakra into the ball to launch it forward. The orb flew several miles before impacting, making the horizon and sky turn pure white. As the light faded the spire mounting was now a pile of rubble as a cloud of smoke rose into the sky from it. Iro was panting from the exertion it took to make that jutsu. His five blades were all stuck sharp end first into the stone where Cautara had unsummoned from lack of chakra. Iro was pleased with his work, and hoped it inspired Spade in the future.-
Guest_RandAltork: //Spade sat back and watched Iro’s display, when Cautara was summoned he nodded in greeting, still in his imperfect sage mode. He raised an eyebrow as he inserted the five swords into Cautara’s heads However he was not ready for the display of pure destruction. He sat gobsmacked at the result of the jutsu “THAT WAS ENOUGH TO MAKE YOU TIRED, OSSAN, WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT” he stood up to get a better look at the now altered mountains “YOU ERADICATED A MOUNTAIN YOU CRAZY OLD MAN” he thought to himself “Heh, I’ll beat it one day Iro-ossan, trust me, it’ll be something to bring you to your knees” he grinned and sat back down “Thank you Ossan, for this new power” he finally let his sage mode vanish leaving him somewhat drained, he took a deep breath and grinned “Sage mode huh, let’s see where it takes me in the future” he stared out at the horizon, still in awe over the amount of damage it did\\
Fuacher: -Iro grabbed Spades arm and pulled himself into a standing position, leaning on him a moment to catch his breath. "That is why I am the Great Northern Sage. Half these mountains were made by an even larger version of that jutsu when I was fighting in the First Shinobi War." If he had all seven blades, then he could have made that jutsu do so much more damage than it had done.-
Guest_RandAltork: //He smirked and helped Iro stand without falling "Impressive, but I’ll make your seven swords look pitiful" he grinned and sat him on a small boulder and stretched before rubbing his face to check if all alterations had left\\
Fuacher: -Sitting down to rest, Iro watched Spade already planning out how to surpass him. He would have to watch that kid, but hopefully he would make a good alley. Seeing him check his features that were already cleared, Iro took his buster blade off his back and would slap at him with it again just for the hell of it, attempting to hit him with the flat side of the blade to knock any extra nature chakra out of him and to lay him flat on his back for good measure. "It’s going to take a while before you surpass me boy, but at least you have enthusiasm."
Guest_RandAltork: //Spade stumbled any residue Senjutsu chakra drained from his body "Pffft, you're old and dead, it can't be that hard" he grinned and drew his sword in a very ceremonial way. "I don't respect people often ..." he adopted a tradition sitting position known amongst samurai and placed his sword and sheath in front of him, "Thank you Iro-sensei .... you old coot" he said with a grin as he touched his forehead to the ground\\
Fuacher: -Iro made an annoyed sound but nodded anyway just to keep him happy. "Yeah, whatever. Just dont piss me off when my chakra is back up or I’ll use that jutsu on you next time." He would not waste his ultimate jutsu on a single person unless it was a Jinchuuriki; however an entire village was another story. "Now be off with ya. Don’t you have some ramen shops to devour?"
Guest_RandAltork: //Spade grinned and sheathed his sword standing up and stretching "Pffft, you're old and creaky, we'll see one day" He tilted his head causing his hair to fall to one side "Until next time Old Man" he walked past him bumping him slightly, as he rounded the corner he let 10 ryo fall from his gauntlet which he had stolen from Iro's pocket "A sensei should always buy his student Ramen"
Training sessions like this occurred on an almost daily basis for the better part of four months. Eventually Iro and Spade left Kumogakure to train in the mountains that the Hydras inhabit. Over the course of four months Spade learned the names for a few of the different Hydras he summoned. However Spade never managed to balance his chakra to degree that he would master Sage Mode leaving him with an Imperfect Sage Mode. However through rigorous training Spade is getting closer to a perfect balance yet it seems the features will follow over regardless. Iro and the Hydras still haven’t managed to find out why he takes on both Hydra and Dingo features when entering Sage Mode