Light Breathing

The **Light Breathing** *(Hikari no Kokyu)* is a Breathing Style derived from the Thunder Breathing.

## **Overview:**

The Light Breathing is a Style that takes from Light as a means to attack and move. Light itself or phenomena are inspirations for some of the Forms. This Style was created by Asahi Azayaka as a branch of the Thunder Breathing. Most, if not all attacks are extremely swift, and some utilize dissuation for strikes.

The Light Breathing's aura, while self-explanatory, is fairly varied. While the more generic named Forms have bright flashes of yellow light as their aura, the Fourth, Seventh and Eighth all have different auras, being composed of small balls of orange light, a wave of faint, red light and finally a true Aurora Borealis respectively.

The Light Breathing can be used with a regular Katana, and whatever Nichirin tools a Light Breathing user has will turn light gold in color, and a notable trait of the metal is that it is absurdly, almost irritatingly reflective.

## **Known Techniques:**

Currently, there are eight known Forms for the Light Breathing

* **First Form: Flashing Slash** *(Ichi no Kata: Shunji Giri)* - The user dashes towards the target, entirely silent and unbelievably fast. The attack will aim for a decapitation then and there.

* **Second Form: Blinding Glory** *(Ni no Kata: Memokuramu Eiko)* - The user twists their body while jumping downwards, slashing at the target’s head or neck. This attack can be a mercy kill, should the opponent provide easy access to their neck for easy decapitation

* **Third Form: Focus Point** *(San no Kata: Shuchu Ten)* - The user will jab at extreme speeds, often destroying the ground below them, the sheer force of the jab can tear off the opponent’s head. This attack must be performed to perfection, considering the user is exposing all their weak points by attacking

* **Fourth Form: Will O’ The Wisp** *(Shi no Kata: Onibi)* - The user will barely dodge incoming attacks, generating after-images and confusing the target, the attack culminating in a concentrated slash to the neck

* **Fifth Form: Dark State** *(Go no Kata: Kurai Shu)* - The user seemingly dissipates, moving as quickly as possible to the opponent’s blind spot. And once a defence is lifted, the user will slash the opponent’s neck out of seemingly nowhere

* **Sixth Form: Visual Static** *(Roku no Kata: Kashi Seiteki)* - The user continuously blocks incoming attacks with spinning sword movements. The movement is meant to distract the opponent’s attention while blocking attacks

* **Seventh Form: Alpenglow** *(Shichi no Kata: Arupenguro)* - The user dashes up, reaching a ceiling or some sort of roofing, and then jumps back down towards the enemy at incredible speeds, slashing at them and causing immense instantaneous damage

* **Eighth Form: Aurora Borealis** *(Hachi no Kata: Orora)* - The user will perform countless, continuous slashes while changing their footwork and ground, slashing wherever there are opponents, and either keeping continuous pressure on a single opponent, or dealing with many enemies at once

## **Trivia:**

* The Light Breathing was originally designed for another story of the same author, but while a few chapters were posted, it is unlikely that it will reach its finish line. The Cloud and Leaf Breathings are both from that story as well.