A Mental Act

Azrael would walk slowly through the training area a group of six behind him, following him for the purpose of his training. These men were all part of the Brigade, loyal to his master Sero and when he requested assistance in his training of new jutsu these six were the first to volunteer. Everyone in the Brigade knew what his skills were, and that being his guinea pig was a likely dangerous situation that they would be putting themselves in. These men however did not have fear of that, they also understood that Azrael would not intentionally hurt them and if they were hurt he could heal them. He had been extremely descriptive of what he was going to be doing and what he needed from his training partners, he needed those that had strong minds not just bodies. He has had one and only one goal since his return to his master, to become strong enough to help his master in his quest to control the Bijuu Kukuo. His attempt to do such was of course an failure, he had always been able to shape the minds of men but this beast possessed a strong mind. It had been the first time he had ever met such resistance to his mental probing, and it was not something that he liked nor would he accept it. Striving every day to increase his own mental abilities so that he could return to his master with pride and subdue the beast that resisted him. Once he found a good position within the training area, Azrael would turn to look at the six men that had accompanied him. Pointing a finger to the first man and beckoning him to come closer to Azrael away from the other men, the man would take two steps before Azrael activated his Akayurei and caught the man's eyes with his own. "Sleep" would be all Azrael would say and the man would pass out.

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Azrael would grown as he watched the first man fall to the ground, subcoming to the power of his genjutsu so easily, "were we not clear in what we asked?" He would ask the remaining five men, his whisper holding only a slight hint of annoyance, "This One was specific in our instructions. We need those with strong minds to test our Genjutsu on, if you are going to fall as easily as this man would you might as well leave as we have no use for you." As Azrael spoke those words one of the men would take a step back from the group, the look of fear obvious in his eyes as he turned to start walking away from them to return to the Hozuki clan district where Sero had stationed the Brigade. "On the other hand," Azrael would state as he lifted his arm into the sky forming a strange hand sign with his hand, over head Never and More would both let out a caw. The man that was walking away would stop in his tracks at Azrael's words, despite only speaking in a whisper, the young Yurei's voice had the ability to reach every ear he could see no matter how far away they were. His words obviously spooking the man, though the caw of his ravens would be what really got the man's attention. Turning to look back at Azrael the man would see him with his arm raised pointing to the sky, as he looked up he would see the unkindness of two hundred ravens flying over his head nearly blocking the light of the sun. The man would look back down to Azrael, "We have no need for cowards." Azrael would state as the unkindness would swarm the man. Ravens picking and scratching at him, to the other four men there would be no change though they did hear the caw and heard Azrael's words before the man that tried to walk away would suddenly start screaming in agony as he fell to his knees.

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"You there," Azrael would state as he pointed to another of the men, "let us see if you fair any better." The man would hesitantly step forward, it was not so much out of fear like the one that had tried to leave it was more out of nervousness as the man did not know what to expect. Azrael could tell the difference between the two easily, he could not fault the man for being nervous all things considered. He just watched two of his brethren fall victim to the short white haired man's Genjutsu in a matter of seconds, to be nervous was to be expected. Azrael would state at the man for several seconds in silence before forming a string of hand seals ensuring that the other man saw the hand signs as they were formed so that his genjutsu would trigger on the man. The nervous look on the man's face would drop and be replaced by a look that said the man was about to puke. Azrael would stand there watching the man as the man would begin to try to fight back the urge to throw up, Azrael's head tilting slightly to the side as he watched the man. "You do not look so good, are you alright?" Azrael's whispered taunt would reach the man's ears causing the man to look back to the Yurei that did this to him, asking the white haired man what he did to him and pleading with the ghost to stop what he was doing. Azrael's head would return upright as he watched the man beg in silence, "we have done nothing. You have done this to yourself, you are too weak and of no use to us." Azrael's whisper carrying his cold heatless words to the man who would take off running away hoping that if he could get away the sickness would stop but he would fall over himself and not get very far before throwing up and laying in a pile of his own vomit.

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Azrael was slightly disappointed in the fact that his request for strong individuals had not been met, sure they were all physically strong but their mental abilities left Azrael wanting. There were still three left that he could try out his different techniques on, the first three were successful enough though he had been hoping for some kind of challenge a mental game of chess so to speak but it seemed as though he would not get that from these men. Still, they were here, and he might as well make use of them. He would point to one of the men and motion for him to come forward, a slight smile on his face underneath his mask. Azrael would watch as the man moved slowly towards him, his eyes locked upon the other as the man moved towards the young ghost. Forming a small string of hand seals as their eyes made contact with each other, locking his gaze with the other man as his sinister smile returned beneath his mask. Making eye contact with him was an extremely poor decision on any giving day, but it was even worse when he was asking you to do it. This particular genjutsu was a variation to an earlier creation of his in which the victim felt as though bugs were attacking their brain, only this one would make the victim think that the bugs were burrowing through their skin and busting through their pores. This would of course cause some psychological damage but as long as they had some actual mental abilities, they would be ok, but if they were weak minded then they would likely die from the damage. Azrael would watch and wait for his genjutsu to take effect, the man would let out a scream about bugs as he began feverishly scratching his skin.

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Azrael would turn to the next one to be his victim, forming a string of hand seals slowly to ensure that the man was able to see him preform them. Of course, by this point it should be obvious to the ones that are remaining what he was doing to them. Seeing your comrades freak out when nothing was actually happening to them was a sure give away, and yet they would still be subdued by his technique. This one would take longer to affect the man, likely to Azrael's benefit as he would not suspect such a late effect. This was meant to be a punishment for those that would need corrective measure for their misbehavior, though the weak minded like with most of Azrael's techniques would be killed by this. The trauma his techniques seemed to cause on the mental welfare of an individual that falls to his genjutsu, seems to be too much for those that were not strong of will. Luckily for Azrael most of those within the brigade had strong wills, they almost have to in order to just be in the presence of his master. The presence of Sero alone could strike fear into the hearts of men, so only those that were beyond fear could be around him, and through that strong will. Though even strong wills fall to Azrael's mind, it just meant that they would survive longer, be his plaything for longer, and most importantly do his bidding. This would be for those that disobeyed, a simple yet effective punishment in which they would believe that they were being burned alive encased in stone and brick slowly as they are unable to move to escape. He has been told that this kind of punishment had high levels of mental damage so now he would see the result.

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Azrael would turn to the final man, forming a long string of hand seals in rapid succession. This time it would not matter if the man saw him form the hand seals or not, it would not even matter if the man would look at him or not. As long as Azrael could keep him within fifty meters of himself then he would be under the effects of his genjutsu. Complete silence would wash over the area, a feeling of dread that would prelude the coming sounds of a beating heart. It would be slow, starting low as if off in the distance some way away from them, but then ever so slowly the beating would become faster and louder until it was echoing within their ears. The Beating heart that would drive a normal man insane and an insane man mad, ever continuing to beat and beat until finally the victims mind would be no longer able to take it and they would break. It would happen to anyone as it has happened to everyone that he had used it on in the past, though today was to ensure that one could live through it if they possessed the strong will that they needed to survive. This was as much a test of these members of the nightmare brigade as it was of his genjutsu technique, the brigade had no place for weakness whether it was from a new recruit or even one in a position such as himself. Azrael would look to the man and watch as he dropped to his knees crying in agony as they beating of the heart was driving him insane, a small smile forming before the genjutsu as well as all the others would end and he would begin to leave without looking back to check on his victims. they were alive that was all that mattered.

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