Saton- Sand

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Saton (Sand) is a versatile material, most often employed by the shinobi originating from Sunagakure for various purposes, including numerous supplementary functions ranging from concealment to disguise. However, the advanced release itself rose to prominence in the hands of the One-Tailed Ichibi no Shukaku and its many Jinchuuriki, whom acquired the ability to manipulate sand through the beast.

This sand is infused with chakra, allowing all Saton users to make faster and more powerful attacks with the seemingly harmless element. Sand includes a wide variety of minerals, allowing the user to select the hardest minerals to create stronger defenses and offenses. On top of this, the element is also possesses the capability to incorporate other materials into the sand, increasing its versatility even further by introducing substances that can alter its properties to a certain degree, such as gold and hail.

When in need of more sand, the user can crush the soil, meaning nearly any kind of earth, with the sand he already has, to create more. Although this sand is more difficult to control than his specially-made sand, it provides the amount needed for large-scale techniques.

Unfortunately, despite its durability and versatility, the sand could be countered by mixing other harmful things within it, such as Explosive Clay, water, oil, and the integration of substances that make the sand heavier, such as gold. With these harmful additives, it makes it bind together easier, which means that the sand crumbles very easily and thus becomes useless.

Restrictions

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2. Saton requires mastery (50% of listed jutsu) of both the Doton (Earth) and Fuuton (Wind) releases.
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Saton no Jutsu (Sand Release Technique)
Rank: S
Range: Close (0m ~ 5m), Mid (5m ~ 10m), Far (10m+)
Type: Supplementary
Handseals: -
Chakra Consumption: - Saton is an advanced chakra nature kekkei genkai. By combining the Earth and Wind Elements simultaneously, the user is capable of creating and manipulating sand for various offensive and defensive purposes.

Note: This release requires mastery (50%) of the Earth and Wind Elements.


Suna Shigure (Sand Drizzle)
Rank: D
Range: Close (0m ~ 5m), Mid (5m ~ 10m), Far (10m+)
Type: Offensive
Handseals: 3
Chakra Consumption: Mid, Low (upkeep)
Suna Shigure is a Ninjutsu technique which utilizes the Sand Element. After performing the required handseals, the user clots together sand into small lumps that are made to hover in the air above the opponent. The user can choose when to make the sand clumps shower down upon them, obscuring vision and effectively distracting the opponent. While this technique does not actually do any damage to them, it is often used in conjunction with a ground-based attack, taking advantage of the opponent's vulnerable state.


Daisan no Mei (Third Eye)
Rank: C
Range: Close (0m ~ 5m), Mid (5m ~ 10m)
Type: Supplementary
Handseals: 10
Chakra Consumption: Mid, Mid (upkeep)
Daisan no Mei is a Ninjutsu technique which utilizes the Sand Element. After performing the required handseals, the user creates an eye made of sand. This eye is telepathically connected to their optic nerve, so the user must keep one of their real eyes closed for the duration of the technique. The user can control the size of the eye depending on its used, although its main purpose is spying, since it can form and disperse in any location on command.

Note: The eye cannot travel more than 10 meters from the user's current position. It can see as far away as a normal eye, and is effected by terrain and weather changes in the same way. Maximum size of the eye is 1 meter in diameter.


Sabaku Fuyuu (Desert Suspension)
Rank: C
Range: Close (0m ~ 5m)
Type: Supplementary
Handseals: 4
Chakra Consumption: Mid, Mid (upkeep)
Sabaku Fuyuu is a Ninjutsu technique which utilizes the Sand Element. After performing the necessary handseals, the user creates a cloud-shaped platform of sand in front of them. The platform is sturdy enough for the user to stand upon them, providing a means of transportation - it can levitate at the user's command.

Note: The platform can be no larger than 2x2x2 meters, and can support no more than two people at one time. If the user is on top of the platform it can continue moving for any distance so long as they continue to feed it chakra, but if they are manipulating it from afar it can only travel a maximum of 5 meters away.


Suna no Mayu (Cocoon of Sand)
Rank: B
Range: Close (0m ~ 5m)
Type: Defensive
Handseals: 3
Chakra Consumption: High x2
Suna no Mayu is a Ninjutsu technique which utilizes the Sand Element. After performing a set of handseals, the user manifests a sphere of sand that surrounds their body for protective purposes. While within the cocoon, the user can view the battlefield through the use of Daisan no Me and is capable of performing certain sand techniques.

Note: The cocoon's size is just large enough to fit the user comfortably inside, and appears to be a giant ball. It can withstand blows from attack equal to or lower than its rank, but will be damaged by attacks of a higher rank. Only Saton techniques can be used while inside it.


Suna Shuriken (Sand Shuriken)
Rank: C
Range: Close (0m ~ 5m), Mid (5m ~ 10m)
Type: Offensive
Handseals: 5
Chakra Consumption: Mid x2
Suna Shuriken is a Ninjutsu technique which utilizes the Sand Element. After performing a set of handseals, the user compacts their sand into up to 5 shuriken-sized clumps. Although they do not seem particularly deadly at first, it is when the user chooses to launch them at the opponent that their strength becomes apparent. Their streamlined appearance allows them to travel through the air at massively high speeds. Unlike a normal shuriken, these are capable of doing severe blunt-force damage to anything they impact.

Note: The shuriken can only be fired in a straight line and cannot be manipulated after they are launched.


Suna Juugan (Sand Bullet)
Rank: B
Range: Close (0m ~ 5m), Mid (5m ~ 10m)
Type: Offensive
Handseals: 6
Chakra Consumption: High, Low x2 (optional)

[/b] The bullet can only tavel in a straight line once it has been launched. For a Low x2 amount of chakra, the user can redirect it, but this is only partial manipulation - after the redirect, it still flies in a straight line toward its new target. These bullets do not penetrate like normal bullets.


Gokusa Maisou (Sand Prison Burial)
Rank: B
Range: Close (0m ~ 5m), Mid (5m ~ 10m)
Type: Offensive
Handseals: 5
Chakra Consumption: High
Gokusa Maisou is a Ninjutsu technique which utilizes the Sand Element. After performing the required handseals, the user loosens the ground beneath a target and catches them in a maelstrom of quicksand. If the enemy does not escape they will be swallowed, sinking deep underground. Then, the sand glued onto their limbs applies pressure on their whole body, so they cannot even twitch a finger. The pressure resulting from being buried at such an extreme depth would surely kill any normal human, if not from suffocation, than from the fact that all their bones would break.

Note: Only earth and sand can be manipulated for use with this technique, not metal, rock or any other hard substance. The burial area is a 3 meter sphere with the victim in the center. It takes one complete turn for the captured victim to be swallowed.


Suna no Kanchi (Sand Sensing)
Rank: B
Range: Close (0m ~ 5m), Mid (5m ~ 10m), Far (10m+)
Type: Supplementary
Handseals: 12
Chakra Consumption: High
Suna no Kanchi is a Ninjutsu technique which utilizes the Sand Element. After performing a long string of handseals, the user disperses specialized sand into a specific area. The sand moves about erratically, allowing the user to discern the presence of bodies that it comes in direct contact with. It can be spread across a wide terrain or even float in the air, allowing aerial foes to be detected as well. Once the sand comes in contact with a person, it will wrap itself around them, rendering even invisible targets visible.

Note: The sand can be spread in an area that is a maximum of 20x20 meters. Although the sand wraps itself around the foe to detect them, it is not capable of injuring them or being used for offensive purposes.


Suna Bunshin no Jutsu (Sand Clone Technique)
Rank: B
Range: Close (0m ~ 5m), Mid (5m ~ 10m)
Type: Supplementary
Handseals: 5
Chakra Consumption: High (per clone), Mid (optional)
Suna Bunshin no Jutsu in a Ninjutsu technique which utilizes the Sand Element. After performing a set of handseals, the user will shape their sand into an exact replica of themself. Unlike a normal Bunshin, the Suna Bunshin has the ability to interact more with the environment due to it having physical substance. This allows the clone to carry out limited attacks on its target. The range of the clone is limited however, as it cannot travel very far from the original body. If the Suna Bunshin is injured, the clone will usually revert back to its natural sand state unless repaired. Because of the properies of what it is made of, Suna Bunshins are entirely immune to blunt physical strikes (kicking, punching).

Note: This clone has a High x2 cap of chakra. It is limited to Sand-based jutsu and elementary chakra channeling, including simple abilities like water walking and tree climbing, but not more advanced techniques such as Hien. The user has the option to sacrifice a Mid amount of chakra for their clone if it is damaged, manipulating sand to repair the wound.



Sabaku Kyuu (Desert Coffin)
Rank: B
Range: Close (0m ~ 5m), Mid (5m ~ 10m)
Type: Offensive
Handseals: 5
Chakra Consumption: High, Low (optional)
Sabaku Kyuu is a Ninjutsu technique which utilizes the Sand Element. After performing the necessary handseals, the user calls their sand up from beneath the opponent's feet, encasing and immobilizing them. This hold can be used to either suffocate the victim or in preparation for an even deadlier technique, Sabaku Sousou.

Note: To break free from this bind, the opponent would need to exert a burst of chakra higher than that used by the technique. Only one opponent can be trapped at a time. By sacrificing a Low amount of chakra, the sand can morph further and completely cover the target, suffocating them.


Suna Arare (Sand Hail)
Rank: A
Range: Close (0m ~ 5m), Mid (5m ~ 10m), Far (10m+)
Type: Offensive
Handseals: 7
Chakra Consumption: High
Suna Arare is a Ninjutsu technique which utilizes the Sand Element. After performing a set of handseals, the user gathers their sand into large clumps int the shape of boulder-like formations. These levitate benignly in the air until the user chooses to launch them at an opponent, crushing them beneath the heavy boulders or otherwise doing great blunt-force damage. This technique covers a large range, making it difficult to dodge, and serves the dual purpose of distracting the enemy with an aerial assault.

Note: The user must know Suna Shigure in order to use this technique.



Sabaku Sousou (Desert Funeral)
Rank: A
Range: Close (0m ~ 5m), Mid (5m ~ 10m)
Type: Offensive
Handseals: 8
Chakra Consumption: High
Sabaku Sousou is a Ninjutsu technique which utilizes the Sand Element. After wrapping an opponent with sand using Sabaku Kyuu, the user performs another set of handseals. The sand implodes, crushing whatever is within it and producing a sizeable fountain of blood. When used to kill a person, the death is so quick that there isn't even time for the victim to feel any pain. However, the user is able to control the amount of pressure exerted, allowing them to either break bones or completely liquefy the target.

Note: The user must know Sabaku Kyuu in order to use this technique. Furthermore, it cannot be used in the same turn that Sabaku Kyuu was used to trap the target. The user must wait until at least the turn after to perform this technique, but has the freedom to wait as long as they want otherwise.


[Sabaku Rou (Desert Prison)
Rank: B
Range: Close (0m ~ 5m), Mid (5m ~ 10m), Far (10m+)
Type: Defensive
Handseals: 9
Chakra Consumption: High, Mid x2 (upkeep)
Sabaku Rou is a Ninjutsu technique which utilizes the Sand Element. After performing a set of handseals, the user launches their sand at an opponent, whether they be on the ground or in the air. The sand quickly envelopes them, forming into a perfectly airtight sphere that traps the enemy. Because of the user's immense control over the sand, they are capable of fine-tuning the size to fit the opponent they wish to secure.

Note: The user must know Sabaku Kyuu in order to use this technique. An attack of a higher rank is capable of breaking the prison from the inside or out.


Ryuusa Bakuryuu (Quicksand Waterfall Flow)
Rank: S
Range: Close (0m ~ 5m), Mid (5m ~ 10m), Far (10m+)
Type: Offensive
Handseals: 10
Chakra Consumption: Massive, High x2 (optional)
Ryuusa Bakuryuu is a Ninjutsu technique which utilizes the Sand Element. After performing a set of handseals, the user claps their hands, creating a massive amount of sand from preexisting elements, in the form of a wave. This wave moves forward in the same manner as a tidal wave, covering and "drowning" any person in the vicinity. Not only does this attack do a lot of damage by itself, but it covers the surrounding terrain in sand, allowing the user to consecutively use this technique or use the sand for other techniques.

Note: It takes one turn from the time of handseal completion to the time when the wave rises from the ground, as sand is being created. Only a small amount of sand is required for use to begin the technique. If the user sacrifices a High x2 amount of chaka, they are capable of reusing the sand to form another wave; this can be done continuously, so long as they have the chakra to sustain it.


Sabaku Taisou (Desert Imperial Funeral)
Rank: S
Range: Close (0m ~ 5m), Mid (5m ~ 10m), Far (10m+)
Type: Offensive
Handseals: -
Chakra Consumption: Massive
Sabaku Taisou is a Ninjutsu technique which utilizes the Sand Element. After flooding the field with Ryuusa Bakuryuu, the user slams their hands into the ground repeatedly, creating shockwaves that compress the sand. Whatever objects that have been covered by sand - whether they be human or otherwise - are subsequently crushed.

Note: The user must know Ryuusa Bakuryuu in order to use this technique, and it must be active.


Sabaku Soutaisou (Desert Layered Imperial Funeral)
Rank: S
Range: Close (0m ~ 5m), Mid (5m ~ 10m), Far (10m+)
Type: Offensive
Handseals: -
Chakra Consumption: Massive
Sabaku Soutaisou is a Ninjutsu technique which utilizes the Sand Element. After flooding the field with Ryuusa Bakuryuu, the user slams their hands into the ground repeatedly. Instead of crushing those trapped beneath the sand, this technique utilizes all the sand in the area to form a pyramid that traps all targets within.

Note: The user must know Ryuusa Bakuryuu in order to use this technique, and it must be active.


Suna no Yoroi (Armor of Sand)
Rank: S
Range: Close (0m ~ 5m)
Type: Defensive
Handseals: -
Chakra Consumption: High x2, High (upkeep)
Suna no Yoroi is a Ninjutsu technique which utilizes the Sand Element. The user manipulates their sand, using it to cover their entire body in a compacted layer that provides additional defense. Although quite effective, maintaining the armor requires a large amount of chakra. Furthermore, the armor breaks away upon impact, indicating that its sole purpose is to absorb impact long enough for the user to destroy the opponent. Another weakness is that the additional weight of the sand leads to decreased levels of speed.

Note: No seals are needed to apply the armor, but it still takes a full turn to cover the user completely. Movement speed is lowered by half. Suna no Yoroi is capable of withstanding attacks below C rank, but any assault B rank and above will break away the area that was hit, revealing the user's body. Damaged portions of the armor can be repaired for an additional Mid worth of chakra (stacking with the upkeep cost); otherwise, the user's exposed regions will remain so.
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