Ark 19 Episode 3: Onihoruda-hood pt.1

'How the wilderness looks. '

Thunrian: Kin had been racing along with Daisuke, trying his hardest to Keep up. His own body only a few seconds behind him, as he parkoured. Flip, twisted and turned behind him. Within a few moments the two had finally made it to connor, whom had made a comment towards Kin new color in hair. Kin didnt answer this however, due to the fact that he only breifly knew about it himself. " Well.. lets get a move on then..." \\\\\Later on that day/////// ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HkS_w22lbEs ) The Trio would be in the middle of the wilderness outside of the city. All of them sitting criss crossed apple sauce as Keyth had finally made his way out of the jungle. On his back had been a massive Backpack the size of a SUV. A Bandanna on his head, and camo pants and combat boots. " ALRIGHTTTT!!!!!" Keyth said flicking his nose as he dropped the massive bag infront of the trio. The Bag hit the ground so hard that it caused a crator of 10 feet to errupt from under it. Length and width. " Good Job rounding them up Kin. " Keyth said flicking his nose. " Lets GET THIS SHOW ON THE ROAD! " Keyth could see all of them in there animal form. Daisuke, a Dragon. Connor an Eagle. Kin a wolf. However Kin didnt have an Oni, but he was an Oni in human form. This made him no different then the other two however. He needed to learn how to control his own deominic essence. " I'm Keyth Tasanagi. And I'm gonna be you guy's Sensei from here on out!" Keyth said crossing his arms. He unravled the massive bag and what came out had been massive things training equiptment. From weights, to torture devices. Keyth had given this much thought apprantly. He gave the three there own Medallion. " These were made from my Old Chi-restraint wristbands. I no longer need them. So each of you have your own now. " He gave them all there medallion which as soon as the three of them touched it. There medalliosn took the shape of there 'inner demon. ' "... What I'll be teaching you three about, is what it is to be an Onihourda. What powers you truly have. For the first few minutes. It'll be a book test where I break down everything..."

Tasanagi  ¥: Clearing his throat Keyth began to speak, placing both hands behind his back. "  Onihoruda's, are people who possess, or can use the full power of an Oni. Typically an Oni in human form. Onihoruda's  are able to run for many hours (maybe days) and not lose breath. Additionally, they can exert themselves at peak capacity for several hours without use of rest before showing any sign of fatigue.Onihoruda's possess an incredibly high durability. Having the sheer ability to endure/resist damage at an is extremely high level. This allows  them to take numerous blows of internal or external assaults before succumbing to the effects. For example Keyth Has survived from 300 feet falls, and getting impaled through fatal organs on mulitple occasions. Also surviving explosions with barely a scratch on him. Onihourda's have the incredible ability to defy weight limitations of other members of their race, but not completely break them. Dense, lengthy, or overweight items are easy to move and simple to use in nearly any manner. They can crush, lift, throw, or catch items of great weight. Onihourda's also posssess an overwhelming amount of rage, on many many levels. Allowing them to do incredible... and also, very irrational feats. With this trait, they are  able to empty oneself of all rational restraints in battle and completely immerse oneself in combat becoming a dangerous warrior for both friend and foe. The trait allows the Onihoruda to ignore fatal physical damage as if it never affected them and continue fighting with a frightening level of stamina. The rareness of this trait makes-up in one's opponent being super strong as it boosts the Onihoruda's adrenaline and stamina to the point they are able to wear out their opponent through sheer tenacity and ferocity alone. In most to all cases, Onihoruda  are able to go in a berserk form through sheer rage or when they are imminent damage. They are raging, ticking time bombs on the battle field... Being an Onihoruda typically means there driven to fight. It's all they want to do and will always be drawn to it. In Variation. Dont get this mixed up, Peak humans are still beyond most of these capabilites. Being an Onigami only means that said user is quite feral and animalstic on the battle. This is the base of the Onihoruda's power. However.. it may vary upon the Oni as to how the powers will map out. "

Tasanagi  ¥: Kin raised his hand. "... Ok... But, what exactly... is an Oni? " Keyth snapped his fingers, responding with his head up high. " Oni (鬼) are a kind of yōkai, creatures from Japanese folklore, variously translated as demons, devils, ogres or trolls. They are popular characters in Japanese art, literature and theatre Depictions of oni vary widely but usually portray them as hideous, gigantic ogre-like creatures with sharp claws, wild hair, and two long horns growing from their heads.They are humanoid for the most part, but occasionally, they are shown with unnatural features such as odd numbers of eyes or extra fingers and toes. Their skin may be any number of colors, but red and blue are particularly common. They are often depicted wearing tiger-skin loincloths and carrying iron clubs, called kanabō (金棒). This image leads to the expression "oni with an iron club" (鬼に金棒 oni-ni-kanabō?), that is, to be invincible or undefeatable. It can also be used in the sense of "strong beyond strong", or having one's natural quality enhanced or supplemented by the use of some tool. In the Japanese religion of Shinto, impurity and pollution are states of being that are considered to be unholy and corruptible, and range from physical harm, filth, varying things stemming from the phenomena of death, to immorality and continued vice. In Japanese folklore and mythology, demons and malevolent spirits are said to be attracted and even born from such impurities, and humans are mentioned and shown in stories of old and in modern works, to be capable of transforming into demons through such degrees of corruptible impurity. Hence, as the Satsui No Hadou is a state of being born of an intense and nearly maddening desire to kill and dominate without consequence and conscience, such an impure state has drove many into an infernally powerful being, completely transcending and removing themselves from their humanity into something once greatly feared and abhorred. " Kin looked puzzled but soon nooded his head as the lesson carried on.

Tasanagi  ¥: " Another thing to note however... " ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gcshz4lBJPQ ) Keyth said squatting down to there heights. He place a hand on Daisuke and Connors chest. " You feel that.... I dont. Do you know what that means?" Kin looked at them puzzled, before he gripped his own heart as well. " Your hear doesnt beat... not normally anyways. An Onihourda's heartbeat does not beat in the conventional sense of a heartbeat. Their hearts are much stronger than a human heart, and as such only beat once every four hours. An Oni's heart is about a few centimeters bigger than the conventional sense, and has much larger valvues that allow twice the blood flow of the norm.This beat is enough to sustain the bloodflow of the body for said amount of time, and actually outputs more blood pressure upon their body, which adds to their physical capability. Because of these stronger rushes, they would also push out bad dieseases or antibodies, using the increased amount of red and white blood cells, to fight anything that may cuase the body to become currupt, sickly, or in stale conditions. Reason being: the body the oni inhabits, doesn't wish to fall pray to convential diseaes such as the common cold and any other wordly diseases that attacks the body in any form, shape, or way. This comes in handy. You see... the Oni doesnt want the human to die. You guys are there free rides to being real again. The only thing that an Oni ever cares about... taking mortal form again. So they do whatever they must to make sure you guys stay healthy. Ever wonder why you dont get sick... you dont catch colds. Nothing seems to keep you down for long? Well... this is why..."

Tasanagi  ¥: " But here's the Key part, the most important part that I want all of you to know... The Essence. An Oni's Essence is essentially a secondary energy source, that purely and soley belongs to the Oni itself, and is not apart of one's chi flow. For an Onihoruda yes this means, that the Essence differs from Chi heavily, because of it's mystical and unearthly origins. It Forms a dense shroud of corosion around the Onihourda. This essence can only been seen by Onihoruda's, although Masters of Hadou can Sense it's prescence, they will not be able to physically see it.The shroud, is a translucent color with bubbles of corosion (reminiscent of boiling liquid) forming all along it, provides a degree of physical protection, but can also harm the user if used to a certain extent. This is because without proper training, the physical body of the mortal plain is not capable of weilding or withstanding this energy for any circumstances what so ever. The source of the corosion shroud differs between users. For Onihorudas who have not learned how to control their Oni and established a dominace, it is the Oni 's Corosion that surrounds them. The Oni's Essence will tend to be harmful: individuals near the Onihoruda will experience a Major physical discomfort to the point of vomitting, nuaseia, or even sever diaherrea; those who come into contact with the shroud will suffer a painful burn wherever they touch it, not a simple burn resulting form simple "heat" but a burn resulted from the massive amount of friction emitted and coliding with the human plain. An otheerwordly burn, even acustomed flame users can be hurt by. The Onihoruda themselves suffer an increasing amount of corrosion to their body that can eventually damage body parts beyond the point of use. This will happen every single time it is improperly used, resulting in 3rd degree burns to whatever part it was used or from, and this burn will have to heal on it's own, as medicine will not help it. This shroud is typically acquired through a growing rage and/or the weakening of the vessel that keeps the Oni within their body, and consequently leaves the Onihoruda in terrible physical conditioning without mastery. While a Onihoruda has never been observed to completely lose control of themselves, they become more animalistic and aggressive. One advantage of this is that the shroud can act on its own, responding to threats the Onihoruda may not be aware of. Which falls into the Technique I want to teach you all. And is also the soul purpose of this training. Unlocking how to channel the Oni's essences is Key to your power. However, using the essences is dangerous. Deadily dangerous... its a double edged sword. It caused the Death of my father. And when I teach you all this, if you survive. Take heed to my warning... Dont miss use this power. The Technique... is called the Akuma... no hintshitsu... " Keyth said closing his eyes as he drifted into a flashback.

Tasanagi  ¥: //////FLASHBACK///// "You are not like me, I am Oni. But you are Kin to me, you are Onihourda. I wish to teach you a technique, the Key to my grappling style as a whole. I'm sure you already know what grappling is but i'll also be giving you my description to the following as well. But before I get into further detail with that. What I'm about to teach you is an ability only Onihoruda's can use. It is called the 'Akuma no honshitsu'. Or Demons essences. Within the Demons essences, you wil be able to utilize a multidue of things, and it wont be something easy to learn. The reason why my other students cannot use it is because they are indeed Human. But, you...are not. I can teach the others the powerful grappling techniques, but you I can teach the full ability to. While releasing your Akuma no honshitsu, you will release the demonienergy within yourself. This is not your chi, rather your inner hadou. So in your case, your Dark Hadou. When it begins to radiate..." Momatsu said as he began to pace. Allowing his to show. " When using this ability the user is able to rapidly heat the air in a large area and generate hot air from around their body. The air is significantly hotter, making it able to blister, dehydrate, and damage away targets. Using this will allow you to destroy any potential threats that may linger in the air, and will allow you to detect anything around your aura for a further disturbance. This aura can hurt those within it, or not. It's your choice, but with it constantly pumping around your body. No one will be able to see it ever unless they too are Onihoruda. Or possess a strong enough chi mastery to sense it. With this aura the user can nest any form of organic substance or creature onto oneself like a leech. The user can use this as a means of attack be attaching to the opponent and acting like a leech to drain their life force or other energies. Another kicker with this aura that with it, the user is immune against any sense suppressing or sensory attack abilities. The user may unintentionally/intentionally make themselves immune to such sensory attack abilities. And once you are in a hostile situation, weather your aware of it or not. It will activate due to your Hadou feeling the disturbance rather than yourself. And activate automatically which will then aleret you of upcoming dangers." Keyth blinked, listening intentively before scratching the back of his head. " Now how do i use this within my grappling techniques you ask? well lets give a description of grappling first like I said I would earlier. The Art of Grappling is the ability to use certain techniques, with a varation of counters which can be used and applied to an opponent in order to gain a physical advantage during a fight. This is only achieved if one is truly calm in combat. If angered, you will not possess the control to become a grappler. But anyways these abilites include such as improving relative position, escaping, submitting, or injury to the opponent. Grappling is a general term that covers techniques used in many disciplines, styles and martial arts that are practiced both as combat sports and for self defense. Although Grappling does not include striking or most commonly the use of weapons." Keyth nodded his head folding his arms and tilting his head to the right. " I know a bit of grappling tactics though excuting them is the hard part." The cat like Sensei nodded circling Keyth with his hands on his chin. " I see, and I understand but with the Auma no Honshitsu... your aura once someone enters it slows down your time perception by three seconds. Allowing you to kind of expect what the opponent will do. ( Unless they have http://powerlisting.wikia.com/wiki/Unpredictability <- Or something along those lines. ) Now with this three second gap, it will allow you to take advantage of the time frame. And to do what you need to do to incorporate your attack into a grapple." The cat like Sensei had guided Keyth into an Open plain where he walked away from him. Activating a device that allowed silver Manicans to appear out of the ground around Keyth." I want you to simply focus on grappling, every time you strike them you will be shocked horribly. And enough times... will kill you. Focus on your surroundings... and pay attention." Keyth looked around at the Manicans before looking back at the Sensei. " How do I activate my Akuma no Honshitsu?" Keyth said confused at the Manicans approached. " You'll learn. Or die... begin."  /////FLASHBACKOVER//////

Tasanagi  ¥: " Now that, that's out of the way. Each of you... put on your medallions. Put on one of these back packs, put the weights on your wrists, ankels and even on your waist. Each weight is over 875lbs. Which all of you will be forced to wear all the while surviving for three months... without the use of your chi. " Keyth said smirking to himself. Pointing up to the top of a mountain not to far off. " Reach that mountain within three weeks, and you'll be strong enough to use the essence's. Did I mention... that me and the Maru Jeitai... will be trying to Kill you? " As he said that a lunge of Maru Jeitai soliders leaped out of a helicopter. " Oh... and the Pada Army troopers... annndd... a few Black glove Socitey members..." The rest of the pursuers leaped down from the helicopters. A platoon of 85 men and cybrog stood behind Keyth wheile he stood there with his arms crossed. " I'll let you three get a head start...............BEGIN!" [3:11:49 PM] Tasanagi  ¥: ( All done. )