Flora Breathing

## Overview

Flora Breathing, is derived from Flower Breathing which is derived from Water Breathing derived from Sun Breathing and is the personal creation of the Yukiame Clan. It is also derived from Water Breathing, which is derived from Sun Breathing. The Flora Breathing combat style mimics flora, specifically plant life, flowers, and certain plants, and mimics it with the user's capabilities, abilities, and techniques. Each move resembles a certain plant. It is noted that this style was made before the Rose Breathing was made. It used to have only four forms, but now, it has eleven forms due to Seikuro making the six other forms. It was also used by Seikuro, and can be best used with very long Yari Spears, which is all round, as it can hook, slash, and slice efficiently.

The Flora Breathing also requires the user to have immense durability, and flexibility in a manner which replicates nature. Each plant is noted to be more painful than the last, and each form takes advantage of enhanced capabilities, although it doesn't require that much strength to use. The creator of this style is the Edo Period Hashira, Saeko Yukiame, who made it to fit her physiology, and has been used ever since. It is the second style used by Seikuro, alongside his main style, Venom Breathing. It should be noted that Seikuro created extension techniques to his liking, and to fit his needs better. It focuses on Thrusts and slashing. It is noted he taught the Flora Breathing, as a secondary style to his students and Mirai.

## Techniques

**First Form: Blossoming Flowers of Beauty-** A technique, known to be very graceful, and elegant. The user rises up to the sky, and performs winding slashes around their opponent, using their spear. The user releases attacks, which are known to be gentle, and winds their circular spear to perform attacks which resembles Blossoms falling to the ground. This technique is noted to be the most gentle of the rest.

. First Form: Blossoming Thorn Vines- An extension technique made by Seikuro, as he did not like the original first form. The user rises up to the sky, and uses their Yari Spear to perform winding slashes, and releases attacks similar to the First Form. However, he applies his muscular density, and unleashes gentle slashes which inject Wisteria unto the opponent, and performs a final upward and downward slash onto the opponent. He also stabs their joints, waist, torso, and heart with the downward and upward slash. He then performs a quick blow onto the opponent's head. This resembles the movements of vines more than Blossoms or flowers, as he does not like flowers. He also believes this form is better fit for him. However, he does not criticize those who perform the First Form. Seikuro never taught it to anyone.

**Second Form: Thorned Spikes of the Vine-** A move which resembles vines, rather than roses. This move uses spiking and thrusting. The user moves in a similar manner to vines in a forest, and dashes forward in this manner that resembles vines, and performs Spikes and Thrusts which resemble painful thorns. The user then releases powerful downward stabs and Thrusts which resemble vines, and also injects layers of poison. The user also unleashes strings of Thrusts and attacks, which each slash being as sharp as thorny vines. The user then repeats the move all over again, until the victim is too weakened. Afterwards, the user releases a vine-like movement, and unleashes Thrusts and slash on the neck, which are fast.

**Third Form: Layered Thorns of the Rose-** A move, where the user first releases tranquil and graveful slashes, replicating that of a rose, and continues to do so, while unleashing the thorn slashes. The user dashes forward, and moves underneath the opponent, while slicing in tremendous speeds before the opponent could react. The user performs slices and slashes immensely sharp as thorns, to the point where the opponent sees the user as thickening the layers of the thorns. The user then thickens each slash with each slash being sharper than the last. The slashes are usually performed at the opponent's neck, but are also performed at the other body parts, in an attempt to weaken them. It is combined with Wisteria poison and with extremely painful toxins.

**Third Form: Extension, Eight Layered Thorns of the Plant-** An extension technique made by Seikuro Yukiame, where he performs the same technique, except he performs thick slashes, and cuts in eight layers. He also unleashes layers of slashes around the opponent's body as to inject them with doses of poison, unto their waist, feet, and legs to immobilize and weaken them, as well as injecting it unto their neck.

**Third Form: Extension, Layered Thorn Spring-** This move disorients the opponent by slashing in a similar manner to thorns and sharp slashes, while doing so in a beautiful way imitating that of a "thorn spring". The user also inhibits the target's senses, through their slashes, and cutting in layers. Afterwards, the user sharply unleashes several sharp cuts onto the target's neck. This was used in Seikuro and Mirai's battle against Daki, known as Warabihime.

**Fourth Form: Elegant Falling Petals of the Autumn-** A technique which Seikuro rises up to the sky, and unleashes tornadoes of consecutive and flow attacks using his Jumonji Yari spear to strike his opponent with painless yet tremendous amounts of toxins.

**Fifth Form: Wisteria Petal Rain-** The user dashes forward, in a petal manner, and injects doses of Wisteria poison. The user then performs thrusts, and cuts which resemble Petals falling onto the ground. The user then cuts and injects targets, to immobilize them, and kill them. The user then performs tornadoes of whips and vine-like strikes and slashes to disarm and cut multiple areas on the neck at once alongside trapping the opponent. The user forcefully slashes the opponent with the maximum amount of painful toxin, and aims only at the neck.

**Sixth Form: Lilies of Eternal Despair-**

**Seventh Form: Lavender Rain-**

**Eighth Form: Orchid Nectar Bomb**

**Ninth Form: Vine Whip-** The user channels the flexible and resilient nature of vines, extending their arm with incredible speed and accuracy to deliver a long-ranged strike. The whip-like motion of the attack allows the user to disarm opponents or bind them, leaving them vulnerable to following attacks. Afterwards, the user unleashes several gentle vine whiplike slashes, which inject painless toxin to the neck to weaken the target. Afterwards, the user performs a singular spear slash which twists and curves gracefully around their opponent.

**Tenth Form: Deserted Forests and Jungles-**

**Eleventh Form: Petal Dance-** The user moves swiftly and gracefully, mimicking the delicate dance of the petals in the wind. This technique enhances the speed and agility of the user, to swiftly evade attacks and slash, strike, and perform sword thrusts in great precision. The user performs swift yet gentle thrusts, strikes, and slashes resembling the Petal Dance, and then finally beheads the opponent with their Yari Spear.

**Eleventh Form: Thorns of Eternity- Flora of Hate-** As the Eleventh Form of Flora Breathing, it replicates and copies all of the previous movements, but unlike the rest of the Yukiame Clan's breath styles, it gives off additional movements. The user rises up to the sky, and performs winding slashes around their opponent, using their spear. The user releases attacks, which are known to be gentle, and winds their circular spear to perform attacks which resembles Blossoms falling to the ground. The user rises up to the sky, and uses their Yari Spear to perform winding slashes, and releases attacks similar to the First Form. However, he applies his muscular density, and unleashes gentle slashes which inject Wisteria unto the opponent, and performs a final upward and downward slash onto the opponent. He also stabs their joints, waist, torso, and heart with the downward and upward slash. He then performs a quick blow onto the opponent's head. This resembles the movements of vines more than Blossoms or flowers. A move which resembles vines, rather than roses. This move uses spiking and thrusting. The user moves in a similar manner to vines in a forest, and dashes forward in this manner that resembles vines, and performs Spikes and Thrusts which resemble painful thorns. The user then releases powerful downward stabs and Thrusts which resemble vines, and also injects layers of poison. The user also unleashes strings of Thrusts and attacks, which each slash being as sharp as thorny vines. The user then repeats the move all over again, until the victim is too weakened. Afterwards, the user releases a vine-like movement, and unleashes Thrusts and slash on the neck, which are fast. The user Does this while repeating and performing all movements of the previous forms in rapid succession all over and over again, while mostly targeting the victim's neck, and slashing it, while also thrusting other body parts to weaken the victim. Then, the user performs thick and painful Thrusts and slashes, and cuts the opponent's neck, and throat multiple times with sharp, harsh, and violent slashes and thrusts. This is Seikuro's most brutal technique, used also by Mirai and the rest of his students, as an attempt to learn both styles. It was also used against Muzan Kibutsuji, although Seikuro combined Venom Breathing's final form, with this form, alongside the other techniques of the combat styles of his.

**Twelfth Form: Lungs Filled with Flora-** A technique Seikuro taught to his student, Mirai, and Sakura as well. Initially, Seikuro taught of it as cheesy but due to Hatsume's suggestions, he evemtually made it. The user repeatedly strikes the lungs of the opponent with painful amounts of Wisteria-toxin, and unleashes a barrage of slashes and strikes which resembles flowers. The user then strengthens the sharpness and intensity of their blade, and swings it towards the opponent with the slashes being flower-shaped and directed towards the neck and chest, to mimic the Hanahaki Disease. The user then unleashes all their skills, to carry flower-like slashes.

## Trivia

This was created the same time the Nebula Breathing was made, as well as the Nightmare Breathing of the Hanabusa Clan.

Seikuro uses this only as a secondary style, and uses all of the forms of this style, but has rarely used the elegant forms, due to his unelegant demeanor.

Seikuro mixes Venom Breathing, and Flora Breathing's Final Form together, to create his most powerful attack, alongside combining all of his styles, and using all of his skills. This was remarked by both Akaza and Kokushibo to be "incredible".

This style actually will be used for Ayumu.

The twelfth form is inspired from the Hanahaki Disease.