Control the Wind [Katsumi|Musou]

[Oda Nobunaga]

It seemed like the pieces could not be put back together unfortunately, though as she opened the door to the next room, they would glow even brighter! Rather than get pulled in this time, Katsumi would be blasted back into the pedestal if she did not regain her footing in time!

This wind shard laid at the end of a long hallway, and fierce winds blew outward, keeping almost everything that would enter from getting inside!

[Shinomori Katsumi]

She was expecting to be pulled back into the room, but quite the opposite happened. Katsumi was thrown back from a powerful gust of wind, and she yelped when her back collided into the pedestal.

Oooow!

Brows furrowing, Katsumi would roll away and frown. Not knowing what else to do, the archer would attempt to use her new growing ability to change the flow of the wind, or at least lessen it to where she could move forward.

If nothing would work, she would decide to try for the door on the second level and head towards it, opening that one and try the other later.

[Oda Nobunaga]

It seemed she was able to redirect the wind flow enough that she could walk through! However, it was still strong enough that walking through would require every ounce of concentration she could muster!

[Shinomori Katsumi]

Sweetness! It seemed that Kat was able to redirect the flow of the wind enough to where she could move forward, but it took an immense amount of concentration and strength, both mental and physical, to do so. A bead of sweat dripped down her face as she grit her teeth and made her way into the room.

Her breathing was heavy and eyes narrowed sharply, dark locks whipping behind her wildly as she took one step forward slowly at a time. She would make her way towards the shard at the end of the hallway, muscles straining, veins bulging. Never had Katsumi gone through a trial quite as intense as this. She couldn't compare it to anything. Certainly she had gone through plenty in her short life with her father, but... this was a whole other category, another league.

And she would keep going, grunting and growling lowly as she worked her way forward. Katsumi would get that shard, damn it!

[Oda Nobunaga]

The walls seemed to close in, the closer she got, and the wind only got more and more powerful! It got to the point where, if she held her arms out, she could touch both walls, which had iron bars similar to the previous room! The rate the wind was growing, it was going to throw her right back down the hall unless she took them!

[Shinomori Katsumi]

Well, fuckin' fuck! She grew worried about the closing walls and the increase in power of the wind, but fortunately the walls eventually stopped coming in. There were bars all along them like the previous room, and she quickly took a hold of the nearest. She simply couldn't keep walking forward. Kat would be blown away if she tried!

Resting for a minute or so, the archer began to do what she did earlier, pulling herself forward, bar by bar, inch by inch. Every so often she would rest, clinging on for dear life (well, more to avoid hurting her back again.) Katsumi would continue to do so until she reached the third shard, reaching out for it as much as she could, eyes squinting from the powerful gusts of wind.

"Come ooon. Just... a little... further...!"

[Oda Nobunaga]

Once the woman was close enough to the third shard, the winds pulled her in, ripping the bar from the all if she continued to hold it! Her body would fly toward the wind shard, and now she would have three in her grasp! The winds in the path died down immensely, and it seemed like they were only around her, now! With the shards in her hand, she could control them!

[Shinomori Katsumi]

The winds seemed to pull Katsumi in, and the bar ripped from the wall. Holding out her arm in concern for slamming into the wall, instead it connected with the shard. All three were within her grasp now and the winds came nearly to a stop, whirling around her instead.

She stared down at the shards, thumb running over them in her palm. Power ran through her, and Katsumi found that she could control the very wind right now. Testing it out for a few minutes, the girl would them move down the hall towards the door, landing lightly on her feet in the room.

If nothing crazy happened and she was able, Katsumi would glance up through the hole in the ceiling again, and head towards the left staircase, striding up them and going for the door. And she would open it.

[Oda Nobunaga]

Upon entering the final door, there would be a room very similar to the second one she entered, only there would be no pressure plates. The wind was no so terrifying it would lift her off her feet, however, and the shard was floating in the middle of the whirlwind!

[Shinomori Katsumi]

After walking into the room, Katsumi saw the shard floating in a middle of a whirlwind. Looking at the shards in her hand, the archer inhaled deeply. She needed to concentrate deeply if she wanted to do this, and would only try one thing at a time. Katsumi closed her eyes and used all of her mental strength to try and weaken the whirlwind enough to where she would be able to get past it and take the shard.

[Oda Nobunaga]

The whirlwind was indeed weak enough for her to go through and take the shard! However, it would not weaken anymore than the state it was already in!

[Shinomori Katsumi]

Upon opening her eyes, she saw that it was weakened, but still going. And so Katsumi went forward, concentrating hard, and extended her arm. She would take the shard if able and bring it to her chest, mixing them with the rest of the shards.

[Oda Nobunaga]

As Katsumi extended her arm, she would hear a sharp, whistling sound, before she would receive a painful cut on top of her forearm! There was a great deal of distance between her and the shard as well, and that whistling sound that harmed her would be one she could hear well if she tried!

[Shinomori Katsumi]

At hearing the sound and feeling the cut, Katsumi immediately winced and drew her arm back. What the fuck was that?

Eyes narrowing, she bit down on her bottom lip. Katsumi was going to need to run for it and avoid whatever it was that was cutting her. Inhaling deeply, the archer would dash forward, listening careful for that sound. If she heard it, Katsumi would try to dodge and use the wind to her advantage, blowing aside or stopping whatever it was that was cutting her.

[Oda Nobunaga]

As she dashed forward, the wind would come at her quicker from behind, slashing across her legs and back before she could redirect it! She was closing the distance between herself and the shard, however, as it was just a few feet in front of her!

[Shinomori Katsumi]

Nothing she did seem to work, and so Katsumi would simply run for it as fast as she could, yelping as she was cut. She had to make it, and so she pushed aside the pain, jumping towards the shard and grabbing it, if able.

[Oda Nobunaga]

As Katsumi took hold of the shard, she would hear the whistling near her, before it died out! If she looked closely, she could see sharp wind-sickles formed from the intense air-pressure, but those were gone as soon as she took the shard in her hands! All four shards would begin to glow profusely!

[Shinomori Katsumi]

Upon turning around, she saw wind sickles and her eyes widened sharply. What the hell?! Was that... from the air pressure? Fortunately once she had the shard, they went away, and she contemplated if she would be able to do replicate those.

Pushing aside the thought for now and filing it into the back of her mind, Katsumi would stare down at the brightly glowing shards before heading out of the room and making her way down the stairs. She would go to the pedestal and await whatever.

[Oda Nobunaga]

As Katsumi put the shards on the pedestal, they would manifest into a single orb, before breaking apart into an energy that would flow into her body! The same spirit entity from before would appear in front of her, a smile on his face.

"Congratulations, Young One. You have done all I believed you could."

His fingers would touch her forehead, and she would feel a powerful energy surging through her, unlike any she had ever felt. And then, when she blinked, it was all over. She would be back with Haji, almost like nothing had ever happened.

[OoC: Musou earned: Wind Manipulation. Thread locked.]