He nodded at Akane's comment, responding, "Exactly my point. There are Hundreds of styles that are within each general style. Again, as an example, Ninja Tool Arts actually have almost as many jutsu as Ninjutsu does, certainly as many as Genjutsu does. Its actually quite a wide branching style, with tons of varied jutsu that only become more effective the more creative you are, especially if you take crafting skills as well."<br/><br/>The stranger caught his eye though, and instantly made Hakuro feel Uneasy. In Martial Artists, there exists a....sixth sense of sorts, a warning when someone else has true skill or talent. The largest "imbalance" in this mmo, is that real life Martial Artists have a huge advantage in physical combat, as they already know how to move, analyze an opponent, and have honed reflexes. Hakuro was a trained Martial Artist IRL, and Iori set his hair on end. He was a real fighter, and someone to be wary of as an enemy.<br/><br/>"A even four huh?" Then The teams were decided without input from the boys, though it was a decent pairing. Two highly skilled opponents, and two unknowns. However, Akane's comment about not doing anything too destructive made him grin, and he formed his own half tiger seal, starting to form hand seals rapidly. His movements were imprecise, showing he was using his own memory to cast the skills rather then the AI.  "Confident, aren't you Uchiha? I'll teach you why they called me the God of Ninjutsu!" Quickly popping several colored pills into his mouth, he began to cast while chewing.<br/><br/>Monkey, Dragon, Tiger, Ox, Monkey, Rat, Dragon. "Mirror Style, Mirror Clone!" With that, water began to trickle up from the ground, to form to large floating "panes" of mirror glass that seemed to perfectly reflect what was in front of them. The only difference was, that the water forming the mirrors were formed of swirling rainbow water, shimmering in every color under the sun. One mirror reflected an Image of Iori, and the other, Akane. The disturbing thing happened next.<br/><br/>The mirror images moved Independently of the real world variants, and then...stepped THROUGH the mirror into the real world. At first, they appeared to just be a regular Water Clone, albeit with colored water instead of pale blue. Then, as the colors solidified, they mirrored the colors of the originals Perfectly. the Image of Iori dropped a hand down to its blade, taking a stance opposite of the other. The one facing Akane lept up into the trees as well, moving a hand across her eyes. Disturbingly, the Duplicate's eyes spun in red and black, mirroring her own single tomoe Sharingan. It also took a battle stance, mirroring Akane's own.<br/><br/>While the rest were distracted, Hakuro quickly offered advice. "Ayaka, Akane is a quick learner, but you'll be at a big disadvantage close range due to her sharingan. Same with long range, but you might be able to overwhelm a single Tomoe. Stay clear of Iori. He's a real world martial artist. If he gets close, its over. I'll try to handle him." He dropped his left hand, pulling out the scroll he always carried with him, and slammed it into the ground, flipping it open and, after biting a thumb open, smearing a small bit of blood onto the sealing jutsu, releasing his own Ninjato. He caught and drew in the same motion, flicking his sheath to the right side as his left maintained the half Tiger Seal.<br/><br/>"Well, good luck with Akane, if Iori doesn't get me, I'll try to help with her."<br/><br/>(Ok, I know its a bit flashy for a first jutsu, so I'll explain. He was popping food pills, which raised his max chakra pool (these specific ones boost total pool, rather then restore lost chakra) so he could cast it. Normally he could only create one clone before he'd be out of chakra (at this point in time). The clones are going to mirror you pretty much perfectly, except they are WEAKER. They move slightly slower, and they can ONLY do moves that they physically see you do. Think of the Shikimaru vs Temari battle. There are ways around mirrors. Because they are also weaker/slower, you can also overpower/strike faster, to a degree. Any other questsions, shoot em to me in the OOC thread!)