Really? That's amazing, it really is. I...honestly don't know if my world has it or not. I do have a teammate who's an expert martial artist, but he's never mentioned it before. So I guess we don't have it.
May I ask...what all you can do? And what ninshū involves? If that's not too much? I completely understand if it is.
You may have it without knowing what it is. Most life forms seem to in one way or another, even if they call it something different.
Mm, it's not too much. Ninshū was originally a religion of peace, founded by a man named Ōtsutsuki Hagoromo. It shows how chakra connects us to everything, including one another, and if we focused on those connections, we would be able to communicate more peacefully with one another. His brother Indra branched off of his teachings to show us how we could connect our inner spiritual chakras with the physical chakras of the world, making something called ninjutsu, weaponizing the originally peaceful ideals of Hagoromo.
With ninjutsu, you focus on specific chakra points, and you gather your inner energy in those places, warping them with hand signs to merge them with the physical energy of the world. With it, you can create just about any elemental based attack. My family specializes in fire jutsus, primarily breathing large fire balls or concentrating our chakra energy into balls of fire in our hands which we can then toss. I also use lightning jutsus, which I merge with my weapons to make them move faster than the speed of light. Water jutsus are popular, though not my specialty, and you can combine it with wind jutsus to make ice. There are also jutsus that are hereditary traits only. My eyes, the Sharingan and the Rinnegan, are hereditary traits to the Uchiha. The genjutsu I was explaining earlier is one of my family's many unique techniques that come from it.
Our current leaders are trying to find a balance between it. To use the weaponized ninjutsu to protect rather than cause conflict and to encourage the connections of the original ninshū teachings.
[ He pauses at the final question, the instincts from home being to not talk about it, because talking about it led to people trying to steal your eyes. But Tinya hasn't shown herself to be like that, so he tries to let that worry go. ]
Not every Uchiha has their ocular jutsu awaken. Someone who has inherited the Sharingan has to undergo an intense, emotional experience that releases a very specific type of chakra that concentrates itself in the eyes. With emotional growth and more powerful experiences, the Sharingan becomes more powerful, and can eventually manifest into an advanced form known as the Mangekyō Sharingan. The primary strength of both is genjutsus, which are a manner of illusionary techniques, but it can also be used to call on other powerful jutsus, such as Amaterasu, which creates an eternally burning flame, or it can manifest a chakra-based jutsu called Susano'o, who envelops the wielder in an armor of powerful chakra in the form of an ancient warrior. The Sharingan is extremely powerful, but it drains chakra from the body quickly, and you can end up overtaxing yourself if you aren't careful.
The Rinnegan, however, is the most powerful ocular jutsu that's known to exist in my world, and is only given to those who have met Hagoromo's chakra spirit and he chooses to gift it to them, or if someone somehow manages to get ahold of his and Inara's chakra in some way. The chakra concentrates in one or both eyes and gives the wielder the power to create new planets, new time dimensions, and travel through time and space.
Those who are not members of the Uchiha clan can get both the Sharingan or the Rinnegan, but it requires stealing the eyes of a user. Overuse can also cause injury to the optic nerves that it connects to and it can make the wielder go blind over time. The Eternal Mangekyō is a cure to this progression, but it's highly taboo, as it also requires stealing the eyes of another Mangekyō user. So my family spent a great deal of time either having to hide the status of our eyes, or fighting off enemies who tried to kill us for them, even within our own clan, though that was far more rare.
I'm glad that your world is trying. My foremothers ruled Bgztl, but it was more of an iron fist in a silk glove. We're supposed to look like beautiful flowers, but be the thorns beneath. War...didn't really happen, but they weren't above sanctions which would bankrupt a district.
[she's endlessly curious about other worlds. that served her well in the diplomatic corps (until Mother ruined everything) and she's positively fascinated by the details Sasuke shared]
I've really never heard of that before. But...it sounds like getting Sharingan eyes might be painful. Emotionally speaking. Between that and the Rinnegan, you've got to be the most powerful person I've ever met. I'm sure you could even kick Superboy's ass.
But...it's horrible, the idea of stealing eyes. Is there. A lot of people attempting that?
That sounds like it wouldn't be any better than war. People suffering is worse than soldiers dying if you ask me. At least we sign up for it.
[ He's become a far more compassionate person since he was able to come back from his Villain Stage. Protecting the innocent has almost become a compulsion of his. ]
I don't know who Superboy is, but likely. [ So humble. ] Though I'm not infallible. Someone weaker than I am could easily defeat me if they were a decent strategist.
There are. I... haven't been able to return to my home in years because I didn't want them to get attacked because of me.
That...would actually be better. Not that I could say so in front of my great-great and my great-grandmothers. Ours is a long-lived race. Old and petrified. Like a tree.
[she knows there's nothing she can do about the course of her family's past. she also realizes there's probably nothing she can do about its future, despite being the lone girl left. inertia like a snowball going downhill has its way]
...you do realize this is a challenge, right? For me to strategize my way through things to beat you. [she says with a gently teasing lilt to her voice]
[that amusement makes her grin and she hopes he can hear it through the audio]
Ah, but I too can command fire, ice, and lightning. I'm a Coldblood. I've been holding myself back out of consideration for an unfair advantage, but well! It seems I won't have to after all.
You're very skilled. Were it between you and anyone else here, I'd bet on you.
Mm. The blood magic. [ Sasuke hasn't figured out what the hell his does yet, so he's mostly found it useless, but he has heard about coldbloods and their elemental powers. ] Are you any good at mastering it yet?
One and the same. It's keeping me from my birthright--at least I can't use it without a lot of pain and a nosebleed--but it's got its bright side. Like being three Legionnaires in one. And I'm getting there. Fire and lightning are easy. Ice takes a little more...I hate to use the word chill because it sounds like a stupid joke and it's not. But a little more chill.
Of course I have that! Number one, you're damned good. Number two, you're my first friend here. So of course I'm going to have your back.
[ Friends. No matter how many times he hears it, it's still strange for him to have anyone consider him a friend outside of Team 7. He's quiet for a second because of it, before he clears his throat. ]
Ninjutsu might help you control your ice better. If you'd like to learn.
[it's strange to her, too. she'd been one of two dozen of the Legion, but Luornu had been her only true friend. and Lu had been keeping her distance ever since Tinya did what she felt she had to do to come back to life. and Jo still...she couldn't be certain he wasn't still tied to Saturn Girl.
and, sounding genuinely touched]...I would love to learn. Thank you.
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May I ask...what all you can do? And what ninshū involves? If that's not too much? I completely understand if it is.
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Mm, it's not too much. Ninshū was originally a religion of peace, founded by a man named Ōtsutsuki Hagoromo. It shows how chakra connects us to everything, including one another, and if we focused on those connections, we would be able to communicate more peacefully with one another. His brother Indra branched off of his teachings to show us how we could connect our inner spiritual chakras with the physical chakras of the world, making something called ninjutsu, weaponizing the originally peaceful ideals of Hagoromo.
With ninjutsu, you focus on specific chakra points, and you gather your inner energy in those places, warping them with hand signs to merge them with the physical energy of the world. With it, you can create just about any elemental based attack. My family specializes in fire jutsus, primarily breathing large fire balls or concentrating our chakra energy into balls of fire in our hands which we can then toss. I also use lightning jutsus, which I merge with my weapons to make them move faster than the speed of light. Water jutsus are popular, though not my specialty, and you can combine it with wind jutsus to make ice. There are also jutsus that are hereditary traits only. My eyes, the Sharingan and the Rinnegan, are hereditary traits to the Uchiha. The genjutsu I was explaining earlier is one of my family's many unique techniques that come from it.
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[and she listens carefully]
...sometimes, it's impossible to not weaponize something. Even if that thing was meant for peace.
You can control fire, lightning, and ice? Sweet Mistress, that's amazing! But, if I may? How do the Sharingan and the Rinnegan work?
cw for talk about eye trauma
[ He pauses at the final question, the instincts from home being to not talk about it, because talking about it led to people trying to steal your eyes. But Tinya hasn't shown herself to be like that, so he tries to let that worry go. ]
Not every Uchiha has their ocular jutsu awaken. Someone who has inherited the Sharingan has to undergo an intense, emotional experience that releases a very specific type of chakra that concentrates itself in the eyes. With emotional growth and more powerful experiences, the Sharingan becomes more powerful, and can eventually manifest into an advanced form known as the Mangekyō Sharingan. The primary strength of both is genjutsus, which are a manner of illusionary techniques, but it can also be used to call on other powerful jutsus, such as Amaterasu, which creates an eternally burning flame, or it can manifest a chakra-based jutsu called Susano'o, who envelops the wielder in an armor of powerful chakra in the form of an ancient warrior. The Sharingan is extremely powerful, but it drains chakra from the body quickly, and you can end up overtaxing yourself if you aren't careful.
The Rinnegan, however, is the most powerful ocular jutsu that's known to exist in my world, and is only given to those who have met Hagoromo's chakra spirit and he chooses to gift it to them, or if someone somehow manages to get ahold of his and Inara's chakra in some way. The chakra concentrates in one or both eyes and gives the wielder the power to create new planets, new time dimensions, and travel through time and space.
Those who are not members of the Uchiha clan can get both the Sharingan or the Rinnegan, but it requires stealing the eyes of a user. Overuse can also cause injury to the optic nerves that it connects to and it can make the wielder go blind over time. The Eternal Mangekyō is a cure to this progression, but it's highly taboo, as it also requires stealing the eyes of another Mangekyō user. So my family spent a great deal of time either having to hide the status of our eyes, or fighting off enemies who tried to kill us for them, even within our own clan, though that was far more rare.
cw for talk about eye trauma
[she's endlessly curious about other worlds. that served her well in the diplomatic corps (until Mother ruined everything) and she's positively fascinated by the details Sasuke shared]
I've really never heard of that before. But...it sounds like getting Sharingan eyes might be painful. Emotionally speaking. Between that and the Rinnegan, you've got to be the most powerful person I've ever met. I'm sure you could even kick Superboy's ass.
But...it's horrible, the idea of stealing eyes. Is there. A lot of people attempting that?
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[ He's become a far more compassionate person since he was able to come back from his Villain Stage. Protecting the innocent has almost become a compulsion of his. ]
I don't know who Superboy is, but likely. [ So humble. ] Though I'm not infallible. Someone weaker than I am could easily defeat me if they were a decent strategist.
There are. I... haven't been able to return to my home in years because I didn't want them to get attacked because of me.
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[she knows there's nothing she can do about the course of her family's past. she also realizes there's probably nothing she can do about its future, despite being the lone girl left. inertia like a snowball going downhill has its way]
...you do realize this is a challenge, right? For me to strategize my way through things to beat you. [she says with a gently teasing lilt to her voice]
But. You can hold them off?
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To do that, you'd have to see me actually fight like I do in battle, not just in training.
I haven't lost yet.
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Ah, but I too can command fire, ice, and lightning. I'm a Coldblood. I've been holding myself back out of consideration for an unfair advantage, but well! It seems I won't have to after all.
You're very skilled. Were it between you and anyone else here, I'd bet on you.
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Hn. I appreciate the confidence in me.
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Of course I have that! Number one, you're damned good. Number two, you're my first friend here. So of course I'm going to have your back.
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Ninjutsu might help you control your ice better. If you'd like to learn.
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and, sounding genuinely touched]...I would love to learn. Thank you.
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