"Nice to meet you Mariko. And don't worry about being late. Everyone gets nervous on their first day." Sumiko motioned over her shoulder to Chie. "The scary looking woman over there is Chie, the actual Academy Teacher. She'd probably put you in detention for being late. But today must be your lucky day, since I get to teach you instead." Sumiko let her smile relax as she rubbed the back of her head with the hand that Mariko had jumped to avoid. The girl seemed to be trying to get a hold of herself but this was looking like it was going to take a while. When Sumiko had said the word genin, the girl looked as if Sumiko was speaking some kind of a foreign language. And if the girl didn't know what a genin was, it was a safe bet that she probably didn't understand what chakra was either. This meant the girl was in for the super intensive course.
Sumiko motioned for the girl to follow her as she made her way to one of the empty desks in the class, pulling up two chairs on either side of it for them. Sumiko leaned back in her chair, threatening to fall backwards if she leaned any further. "Okay, first things first. You seemed really confused when I said the word 'Genin' so I'm going to explain what it means. For starters, you are an Academy Student now. Pretty basic stuff right? Once you graduate from the Academy, you become a Genin, like me. That's the first title in the ninja world and where everyone really begins being a ninja." Sumiko pointed across the room now to Chie. "That person is what we call a Chuunin. They are one step up from Genin, and are usually in charge of leading and teaching Genin. Above that is Jounin, who are super strong usually and take on the dangerous missions. Past that are even stronger ninja like Konin, Sannin, and at the very top, the Kage of each village. Our kage is called the Uzukage. Get it, because we're in Uzushiogakure? Their name is Sanae Uzumaki."
With that out of the way, Sumiko rocked back in forth in her chair, hoping that the girl was able to process all the information that was just thrown at her. "Any questions before we move on?"
Uzushiogakure | Gennin | B Rankโ Chakra: 810 | Stamina: 430 โ AC: 20,900 | Ryo: 11,700 โ Mood: False Confidence | Theme: The Girl I Haven't Metโ
"O-oh..." Mariko looked over at the scary-looking woman, who Sumiko addressed as Chie, stepping to the Top Genin's side to hide herself from the academy teacher's view. The girl was starting to relax a little more knowing that detention or any punishment in general wasn't going to be heading her way, and was more than grateful for having Sumiko as her teacher. Without much hesitation, she followed Sumiko to the desk and took her seat. While her teacher's posture was very relaxed, Mariko sat with proper posture, focusing her attention to Sumiko to prepare for the first lesson. Somewhat concerned for Sumiko having an accident, Mariko thought about voicing it, but opted out, feeling it may come off as disrespectful.
Listening to Sumiko explain ninja titles, she would nod her head every so often as she spoke to show that she was understanding. She learned that there were at least seven titles, that classified ninja by their experience or power. Genin - to Mariko's surprise - wasn't as far up the tree as she had thought it to be when Sumiko first brought it up. It was the start of the Ninja journey. The scary teacher was one title above Sumiko, a Chuunin, but she still considered the two to be 'on par' with Sumiko being the Top Genin. It was pretty much the same thing, right? Jounin were super strong Shinobi who took on dangerous missions... Mariko wondered how dangerous those missions were, yet she wasn't exactly eager on finding that out. Leave that business to them. Konin and Sannin were even stronger than Jounin, and then there was the Kage - Uzukage, the Kage of Uzushiogakure. Mariko's head tilted to the side partially at the mention of the Uzukage's name. Sanae Uzumaki. Sumiko carried that name as well!
Uzu. Uzushiogakure, Uzukage, and Uzumaki. She remembered when her family first arrived here, how much her mother was talking about how nice and helpful the 'natives of the village' were. Gears were turning in Mariko's head as she tried putting some pieces together. After a brief moment of silence, she'd speak, "... Your name also has Uzumaki in it. A-are you and the Uzukage related? Are you... f-family? Are the U-uzumaki... natives... to Uzushiogakure?" They were probably more personal, historical questions than what Sumiko might have been expecting, but it would be clear that she understood the meaning of titles now. Another thought popped into her mind suddenly, which thankfully had more to do with the subject being taught at this moment. "...W-what do I need to learn in order to graduate? Will I be... t-tested?" She was genuinely curious about this subject, and somewhat nervous as well. For someone who knew close to absolutely nothing about the Shinobi lifestyle, Mariko had a feeling there was a ton of work on her plate. Learning about the titles was a great start, and she was feeling a little confident in that regard.
Hands placed on the desk, she began to fiddle with her fingers, averting her gaze from Sumiko temporarily. Mariko felt bad for bombarding her teacher with so many questions at one time.
Haruko was almost got off guard by the sudden bombardment of questions. On the one hand, she was glad that the girl was at least still following along with her when she explained the titles held by most shinobi. On the other hand, she wasn't expecting her to suddenly be so curious about her own past. Whatever else was said about Mariko, she was pretty observant for someone on their first day. "You are correct, we are related. Not directly though. She's kind of like a funky aunt off to the side. But don't tell her that I called her that." Sumiko laughed as she remembered one of her first encounters with Sanae.
"As for the village, the Uzumaki are one of the original founding families. Following a series of great wars, the village was partially abandoned for a time. We only recently returned and rebuilt the village following the wars between the other villages." Sumiko was glossing over the topic as not to confuse the girl more. History had never really been one of Sumiko's strong points and she didn't want to say something that was wrong or misleading if she could help it. There would after all be time for history lessons later on. After all, ninja studies wasn't the only course at the Academy.
When it came time to explain what was needed to graduate, Sumiko pulled out a small scroll from inside the desk. She unrolled it so that both Mariko and herself would be able to read it. "In order to graduate, you must first learn the basic ninjutsu techniques, the nine types of formless combat, and answer a test on general ninja knowledge. So it does seem that you'll have to be tested, but don't worry too much about it. I doubt it will be as as bad as my test." Sumiko thought back to being repelled off the ground in quasi-zero gravity as she was bombarded with questions. It definitely wouldn't be that bad.
Uzushiogakure | Gennin | B Rankโ Chakra: 810 | Stamina: 430 โ AC: 20,900 | Ryo: 11,700 โ Mood: False Confidence | Theme: The Girl I Haven't Metโ
Even though they weren't directly related, Mariko wondered how nice it must be to have family in such a high-ranking position. She wouldn't tell a soul about the 'funky aunt' comment, half-smiling for a moment and silently joining Sumiko in her laughter. The small history lesson was easily digestible for the young Academy Student, and it gave her some understanding of the new village her family was residing in.
Sumiko rolled out a small scroll between them, which Mariko began to read as she listened carefully to the requirements for graduation. General ninja knowledge would undoubtedly come with learning as she went, which more than likely included the titles she went over with Sumiko. Mariko was unaware that there were nine types of formless combat. From what she understood, you were either attacking with your hands or a weapon, or defending with either. That covered at least... three or four, maybe? She wasn't sure. Ninjutsu on the other hand, Mariko had never heard of such thing. All of this would need to be learned before she'd be tested. Despite Sumiko mentioning that her test wasn't all that great, Mariko didn't think she could match up to the Top Genin's score.
Her finger tapped on the 'Ninjutsu' portion of the scroll, as she looked to her teacher with a puzzled looked. "N-Ninjutsu..." The way she pronounced it was somewhat off even, but the uncertainty in her voice when she said it would be more than enough to show that she knew very little of the subject. "...What's that? H-how can I learn to do... Ninjutsu?" It sounded mystical in a way. Even Mariko's imagination couldn't come up with anything to describe what this Ninjutsu might look like.
"Don't worry Hisashi, we won't be here very long. I just want to practice some jutsu and then we can get something to eat. Promise." Hisashi nodded as he and Niko entered the academy training facility.
It was true, Hisashi really disliked training that he was not involved in. He strolled over to the nearest corner and got comfortable. With a deep breath, Niko decided she would work on the lesser of her two affinities first. Suiton techniques came to mind when she settled on the three she'd spend time on. Luckily, she had a starting point.
"Alright here goes..." She closed her eyes and concentrated.
She began to pull the moisture out of the air. She was able to pull a little less than a gallon. She then boiled it to evaporate it and repeated the process. When she got comfortable with that she moved on to the next technique. Water started to gather and form into a body. The water slowly molded into a perfect copy of Niko. With a sigh, Niko dispersed the copy and tried again. This time she formed two. After another sigh, she dispersed the copies one more time. Then, she used the technique one more time, but this time she made three and did not disperse them afterwards. She took a step back a smiled. Then she had the clones line up against the wall. The technique she attempted next was forming shuriken out of the water she was able to manipulate. At first her shuriken were sloppy, but they got better and better each round. After getting it down pack, she managed to hit all her clones.
"That's it for Suiton today. Next up, Raiton."
Learned:Mizu Soujuu [ Water Manipulation ], Mizu Bunshin no Jutsu [ Water Clone Technique ], and Mizu Shuriken no Jutsu [ Water Shuriken Technique ]
As Hisashi let out a giant yawn, Niko was continuing her training. Starting with the basics, she wanted to warm herself up. She distributed chakra through her whole body so much it shined. She added more and began to make it flicker like signals. After that she made one large flash of light and moved one. Next on her list, she made small electrical strings out of her chakra. She then placed them all around her. Finally, since she previously made water clones, she thought now she'd try a lightning one. She tried using the same principles but the clone just sparked out each time.
"Hmmm..." She tried a different approach.
This time, instead of focusing on the element itself, she focused on the end result. She had used Raiton all her life, but she never once tried a clone. Not sure why, she believed to have grasp one. After it formed, she gave it the command to attack, but the clone dispersed after taking a step. Niko tried again and again until she got a perfect clone. This one could move just fine; but could it attack? That was the question. Niko gave the order and the clone charged and threw a kick. Niko blocked it with ease. It was relatively weak, but the kick was soild. After releasing and creating another clone, she closed her eyes and let it spar with her for a little bit. She was able to tell where the clone was due to the stings she had laid earlier. Afterwards she called to Hisashi.
"Thanks for being so paitent. I'm finished with training today. Don't worry though. You and I will be training tomorrow. I won't go easy on you either." Hisashi barked. "I wouldn't have it any other way!" Niko smiled as they left the academy.
"Where do you wanna go to eat? I heard they have a whole district for food here. Maybe we should check that out?" Hisashi barked. "Oh yeah sounds good! Hopefully they have steak!" Hisashi's mouth began to water as he thought about the juicy, tender, and flavorful goodness that was steak."One things for sure though..." The next words that came out of Niko's mouth crushed Hisashi's spirit morbidly.
"I definitely don't want any steak."
[Exit To Restaurant District]
Learned:Touei no Jutsu [ Flickering Light Technique ], Seidenki Ito no Jutsu [ Static Strings Technique ], Raikou Bunshin no Jutsu [ Lightning Clone Technique ]
Sumiko pulled out another scroll from what seemed like a bag of endless holding. She rolled up the previous one that detailed graduation requirements and placed it back in the bag before unrolling the new scroll. As she unrolled it, she began the task of trying to lay out the basics of ninjutsu. "Ninjutsu, otherwise known as Ninja Techniques are kinda like our secret moves. Using them you can do stuff like make a copy of yourself or create massive fireballs." With scroll fully unrolled, Mariko would see two different diagrams. One would be of a man with all kinds of dots and lines on his body, and the other would be what looked like a color wheel with arrows pointing around it in a circle.
Sumiko placed her finger on the first drawing on the scroll. "Imagine this is you. Just like how you have veins in your body that carry blood, you also have this thing called a chakra network. Each of these lines represents that path they take through the body, concentrating at all these little dots, that are called tenketsu points. Think of the dots like pressure points. Now, everyone has a network like this to some extent. Those who focus on things like physical fighting may have a slightly different network than someone like me who focuses on a special type of Ninjutsu called Fuuinjutsu." Sumiko then slid her finger over to the funky color wheel next. "Along with those differences in chakra networks, people are also inately predisposed to being able to use certain types of elements. Very people in the entire world can use all five of them, with most people being able to use about two of them. The five basic chakra elements are Katon, Fuuton, Raiton, Doton, and Suiton. There are also other types of chakra like Ying, Yang, Fuuin, and Eisei." Sumiko paused, letting all of the information sink in. She wasn't trying to overwhelm Mariko all at once with information.
((Ignore this, training posts so I can learn some fancy jutsu))
While Mariko was busy studying the paper, Sumiko would make a shadow clone that would be free to learn to jutsu. The clone quickly darted out the room before Mariko could see it, meaning that Sumiko would hopefully not have to explain that part of jutsu yet. The clone made its way quickly down the hall to an old classroom that was no longer in use. She slid the door shut behind herself, clicking the lock in place. Sumiko breathed a sigh of relief as she sat down on the cold floor of the classroom. It had been a long time since she had focused on her own training and on improving her own caliber as a ninja. Sumiko slowly called on her own chakra, stirring it to life. It was slow at first, sluggish from disuse. Soon however, it began to flow more readily, coursing throughout her body. It felt good to be able to call upon her own power again. Sumiko concentrated on moving her chakra across her body. She focused it in the palms of her hands. Then she quickly shifted and focused it all in the bottom of her feet. A moment later she focused it all in the middle of her chest. She repeated this routine for several minutes, gathering it in one place and shifting it to another. She could tell her own power had grown so much since she was a student in the Academy. It felt like her power had almost grown ten times, maybe even more. But she needed more of it. [Advanced Training: Concentrate x2]
Now it was time to start learning some of the new techniques that she had discussed with Chie earlier. Sumiko began by pulling out a blank scroll from her bag. Onto this scroll, she drew the symbol required for sealing an object. She then placed a kunai onto the scroll before activating the seal, causing the kunai to be sealed within it. Sumiko then placed her hands on the scroll. She pumped chakra into it for a moment. The seals on the scroll flared with color for a moment and the kunai reappeared on top of the paper. Sumiko learned this and several other seals. [Sealing and Unsealing trained to A rank. Extra learned: Kekkai Houin, Kongounyoi, Karasu Bunshin no Jutsu, Sanzengarasu no Jutsu, Kage Bunshin no Jutsu, Shikoku Fuuin, Kuchiyose โข Rashลmon, Kuchiyose โข Sanjuu Rashลmon, Bunshin Houin, Seijou Houin] [Advanced Training: Performance x1]
Next was time for some elemental jutsu. Sumiko formed a quick set of hand seals and stretched her arm out in front of herself, palm up. A small ball of intensely hot fire appeared in it for a moment. Sumiko used her free hand to drop a small piece of paper on it that turned to ash almost instantly. [Shoukyaku [ Incineration ], Yurika no Jutsu [ Fire Lily Technique ], Taika no Jutsu [ Fireproof Technique ], Suise no Jutsu [ Water Torrent Technique ], Suiryuudan no Jutsu [ Water Dragon Projectile Technique ]]
Sumiko then pulled a striking dummy from the corner of the room into the middle of it. She had been slacking on her own physical training, so it was long past time for her to practice. Placing herself in front of the dummy, Sumiko threw a jab at the dummy before ducking ot the side and throwing a straight with her right, striking the dummy. [Resu Tame Taibu + Rosutoai; Tame Za Kyokudo Stage One mastered]
Sumiko then raised her fists in front of herself. She kept them close and up, focusing on guarding her head. She balanced on the balls of her feet, dancing side to side from foot to foot. [Tame Za Kyokudo Stage 2 Mastered]
Sumiko danced around the target, throwing fake punches at its head. She then skipped back a foot or so and lifted her leg into the air. She brought it crashing down not on the target's head, but on its shoulder with a resounding thud. [Tame Za Kyokudo Stage 3 mastered]
Sumiko jumped back from the target, raising her fists to defend her face. She then kicked off and lunged at the target before diving off to one side. She then spins to he side, delivering a palm strike to the back of the dummy's head. [Tame Za Kyokudo Stage 4 mastered]
For her next attack, Sumiko balled up her fist, allowing chakra to build up in it. She then punched the dummy in the stomach. The built up chakra surged inside it and knocked it away. [Tame Za Kyokudo Stage 5 mastered]
Uzushiogakure | Gennin | B Rankโ Chakra: 900 | Stamina: 520 โ AC: 20,900 | Ryo: 11,700 โ Mood: Happy | Theme: The Girl I Haven't Metโ
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Posted: Sat Sep 01, 2018 12:32 pm
It felt odd to be back.
Not good or bad, just... alarming. Before him were the same structures that initially bred him as a shinobi -- only for him to abandon those structures with imminent haste, surpassing all of the pillars that built him. Yet, still within, lingered the faces and forms of those he'd passed by... not spiritually, nor emotionally, but solely in the quantity which he'd pursued, which appeared least important of all: that of power.
And yet, he stepped in as if nothing had happened or changed. He was teeming with all the fruits of his labor, and all that had changed. Yet somehow, he pretended that all of his differences were nothing. He still even wore that old Uzushio headband.
And then, he noticed her . . . instructing students, guiding them just as Chie would've wanted her to. Holding the proverbial fort. And he almost laughed beneath his breath; it was such an oddity to see how separately they had diverged, in such a short amount of time.
With a raised hand and parted lips, he spoke to the Uzumaki -- to Sumiko -- a barrel of small, simple words. "Hey. Long time no see," he said, casually. And little more than that. Turning his back and facing the wall, he began to prepare his chakra, seeking to utilize the Academy to practice ninjutsu techniques. He felt... odd for speaking to Sumiko so casually, but he was certain that she would only look upon him with a negative glare, now. There was little to be said.
And, in truth, he'd come here to train. Once he did that, he would go. Before her eyes, he would turn from his position and seemingly phase into one of the other rooms, unmarred by his old attachments.
Hisashi barked as he and Niko entered the Academy training grounds. "Alright! I'm ready for whatever you got!" Niko placed her things down as she got ready. "That's the spirit Hisashi! Today we're working on ninjutsu. We're gonna start with Juujin Bunshin. What I want you to do is focus on me okay. Try to be me okay?" She wasn't sure if that was gonna be enough but she had to try. She gave him an example by her transforming into a mini version of him. Hisashi nodded. The process wasn't as bad as Niko expected it to be. She was able to get an almost perfect clone of herself out of Hisashi, minus some of his features like teeth and claws in no time. "Good job Hisashi. Now it's my turn."
Niko tried another transformation. This time she was going for something similar to Hisashi's transformation. At first, she thought more animal than human, and turned into a wolf girl with fluffy ears and a tail. Hisashi couldn't help but laugh. "You look so adorable!" Embarrassed, Niko released and tried again. This time she went more so human, but ended up with a coat of white fur and whiskers. Hisashi was rolling at this point. "Uh-oh! It's the abominable Niko! Everyone look out!" Frustrated, she tried again. This time she got the desired form. She turned to the still laughing Hisashi with a evil look in her eyes. He immediately stopped and started to mind his own business.
Finally, after practicing a jutsu she made earlier, she decided she would learn the inspiration of the jutsu. She and Hisashi practiced going back and forth as fast as they could. They kept practicing and practicing, as if they were doing suicides (B-Ball Drill). They soon tired out but were moving at a blink of an eye by then. "Okay Hisashi. I think you've earned a break. Ten minutes okay?" Hisashi barked in understanding. "Gotcha!"
Learned: Juujin Bunshin [ Beast-Man Clone ], Shikyaku no Jutsu [ Four-Legged Technique ], Shunshin no Jutsu [ Body Flicker Technique ]
After the break, Niko and Hisashi were back at it. This time they were going over Suiton techniques again. This was just to test Hisashi in his Juujin Bunshin. When Niko was younger, she used to watch all the boys in her class play tag with water. She couldn't for the life of her remember what the jutsu was called though. She just remembered what to do. She gathered water in her mouth and spit it at Hisashi. Hisashi mimicked her and soon enough they were playing the game. The game got very intense however and pretty soon they were running all over the Academy shooting everything in sight.
When they calmed down, Niko decided to teach Hisashi more jutsu to be able to use in that form. She was already good at pulling moisture out the air, so molding it wasn't that hard. She didn't have enough to make what she wanted though. Still, she was able to use what she got. She showed Hisashi what he needed to do, and after quite a few tries, Hisashi was able to create a sword like Niko's. It was about the size of a katana and was sturdy for the most part.
"Good job Hisashi! We're almost done. A few more things okay?" Hisashi nodded as they moved on.
Learned: Uo Tsuba [ Fish Spit ], and Mizu no Yaiba [ Water Sword ]
"You're doing really well Hisashi. I just might have to reward you after this. What would you like?" Hisashi looked at Niko then barked. "STEAK!" Niko just laughed. "Okay, okay. We've still got a few things left to train. Now that you can do a little more, I wanna try combining techniques."
They spent the next hour practicing Korabo. Using techniques like the lightning bolt, they were able to make it immensely stronger. They even came up with some good combos using Niko's affinities to their advantage. Niko was becoming more and more confident in herself and Hisashi.
When they were finished, Niko rubbed Hisashi's head. "I'm so proud of you! Only one more to go!"
It had been such a long day for Niko and Hisashi. From the late start, all the way up to this point, they continued training. Niko even made her own jutsu. Today had been such a good day for them, and to top it all off, it was time for Hisashi to learn one last jutsu. This one, however was gonna be tough.
Hisashi is a special wolf who has access to two different affinities. One of them happens to be Doton. Being almost completely unfamiliar with these techniques, she could only tell Hisashi what they do in theory. It was up to him to perfect it. "I understand!"
Niko stood quite a distance from Hisashi. The technique that he will be learning will eliminate these types of situations. Hisashi took a second, and then immediately jumped into the ground. What's supposed to happen next, is Hisashi coming up form the ground to pull Niko underneath. What actually happened, is Hisashi failing miserably for nine tries straight. Niko could see Hisashi growing frustrated.
"You can do it Hisashi! I believe in you!" That's all he needed to hear. Hisashi then tried one more time to pull her down where he was from. Then, as if by pure luck, on the tenth try, Hisashi managed to pull Niko under. Surprised, Niko instantly started laughing. This had really been a productive day, even with the start. "That's right Hisashi. If you get knocked down nine times, you get up ten. Remember that." Hisashi nodded. "I understand!"
"Alright Hisashi! That's enough for today! Time to go eat!" Hisashi barked happily as he followed Niko out. "STEAK! I earned you and that is why you'll be super AMAZING! I just know it!
Chie had little to do while at the academy. She knew that she had to train the kids, but Sumiko was doing a good job with them. What was she supposed to do? As she looked around, she saw a bunch of genin graduates who were just chatting mindlessly chatting along the side of the building. Since Chie was already in a bad mood, the young woman approached them and told them to go off and do some missions.
โWe donโt have to listen to you anymore!โ One of the kids said. He bore a bad haircut and even worse attitude. โExcuse me?โ Chie said as her face contorted as the response. โI am the academy teacher here. You will not talk to me like that.โ She said with her arms folded. โAnd Iโm a genin graduate, so you donโt have any say over what I do.โ The kid said. The nine other kids in his group seemed more nervous, but slowly started to agree as they started to get loud. Chieโs eyes flared.
โWho was your teacher? Because I know none of you disrespectful brats came from my classroom.โ She said as metaphorical fire spat from her mouth, and steam erupted from her ears. โWhat does it matter? Weโre graduates now?โ A kid from behind bad haircut said, as the rest of them cheered on. Chie was about to start throwing hands, but then an idea came to her. โFine.โ She said with raised hands. She moved away and waited until she was on the other side of the academy. Once there, she used the transformation jutsu to appear as a scary looking older man. โIt worked well for the Lady Uzukage.โ Chie said as she brushed off her new form. Unlike San, however, Chie did not plan on going easy on these kids.
The man appeared suddenly in front of the group. Electric aura cloaked him as his hand rose and his arm jolted forward to grab the neck of one of the kids. Most of them dodged, but one unlucky child was not so fortunate as he was slammed into the side of the building. A loud gasp came from his open mouth as most of the kids panicked at the sight of a threat. However, two of the kids did haphazardly form seals as they shot two fireballs at the manโs location. However, even as both collided onto the man, the moment the embers faded the lightning armor remained.
โI see your teachers have failed you.โ The man said. He retracted his arm from the wall but kept his grip on the boyโs neck. โVery well, hereโs some hands on experience!โ He shouted as he threw the one man by his neck at two of the terrifying children. Three of the kids tried to leave, but the man was not having it. He formed one handed seals and fired four fireballs at each of them. The fireballs knocked them to the ground as someone was caught in his peripheral vision trying to raise a staff to hit him with it. Instinctively the man raised his hand and caught the blunt weapon.
โMy turn.โ He said as he placed his other hand on the weapon. He then used both arms to toss the weapon with the staff wielder still holding on twenty feet into the air. As he began to fall in front of him the man cocked back his fist to deliver a powerful punch. However, just before he could, two of the genin tackled him and forced him to move away from his initial position and be pushed slightly into the building.
โSo there is a will to fight.โ He said as the two genin tried to pin him into the wall. The man pushed his hands back to the wall as he kept the hidden enough so that the incantation circle he formed was not seen. โLetโs see it put to the test!โ At that moment a powerful whirlwind fired from both of the manโs palms. This propelled him away from the wall and easily knocked the two genin viciously away from the point of impact. As the man got thirty feet of distance, he saw two of the genin forming handseals together. The earth started to move beneath the man as it threatened to swallow him into a river of mud. โChildren need to learn the cycles of the elements!โ The man shouted as handseals formed. A stream of lightning flew from his hands as it traced along the mud river, thus robbing it of its ninjutsu properties. The chain lightning threatened to follow its current straight to the source when a girl and her shadow clones appeared. All four of them performed the same technique which erupted in a giant sphere of wind erupting from her person. The technique was able to neutralize the chain lightning technique, although its activation disbursed the three clones the girl had summoned.
The man was about to close the distance when he felt his body freeze. It started at his legs as it threatened to encase his own body, despite being protected by the lightning armor. โGenjutsu of this kind are too easy to detect.โ He said as he formed a few seals. Soon the boy who tried to genjutsu him would see the man disburse into flower petals. Darkness then would swallow the boy as it would appear to him to be as black as night. The man then made a run for the defenseless boy when the two taijutsu genin from before each wrapped themselves along the manโs legs. This stopped his movement just enough that, by the time that he kicked them off, another genin was able to kai out her friend out of the technique.
Finally, the man turned just in time to see the girl, along with the two doton genin from before, form handseals at the same time. When all three finished their seals a massive bombardment of wind ninjutsu erupted from their direction. The man rose his arms to defend himself, and the cloak of lightning disbursed from around him. Just as the man was about to activate the technique once more, he saw the staff man from before followed by the two taijutsu ninja. With more strain at the fact that three of them were attacking at the same time, he stepped out of the way of the step and performed two back flips to dodge the other two. It was as he landed, however, that he felt the ground start to swallow him. Another kids utilized that moment to capture him in the ground. This was followed by the genjutsu child who tried once more to make himself freeze solid. The man broke through the illusion and the ground breaking just in time for fire to fly at him. He rose his arms to shield himself, but at that moment, the boy with the bad haircut, rushed right at him. Wind chakra was channeled into his fist as the man made a last second decision to catch the fist.
Chakra exploded everywhere. The collision knocked some of the kids to the ground. When the dust settled, the transformation jutsu faded, and Chie smiled as she had the still caught fist in her hand. โI guess youโre right. You can handle yourselves on your own.โ She said as she discarded the boyโs final gambit attack. She then walked into the center of the group and pointed at them individually. โAlthough you failed quite a bit on your own, when you worked together you did quite well. Do remember that in case we get truly attacked.โ Chie said as she left the group. She smiled and hummed to herself as she returned to inside the academy.
(This is a Drill: A-ranked x10)
While in the academy, Chie figured that she might as well study some ninjutsu. First she learned how to infuse the wind element into the rasengan. She then learned how to do so on a much larger scale. Then she learned how to propel rocks at the opponent and cause them to explode. Furthermore Chie learned how to make an impossible wave of water emerge. Chie next learned how to create a whole arena of fire which ignites upon the target. Finally, with the help of clones, Chie learned how to create a beam of lightning which could reduce something to ash.
Chie also figured she should learn some genjutsu. From the highest power of genjutsu she read of three insanely powerful techniques. The first inflicted a target with an avatar of fury. The second afflicted them with an avatar of hubris. And the final one inflicted them with an avatar of thirst. All of these techniques were incredibly powerful, so Chie of course learned them all. As she did, she felt herself reach the peak of her power. It had been a long time since she had done so.
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All jutsu learned are available to teach.
PassiveEffects: _โ Korabo S-ranked ___โ Able to use Korabo up to A-ranked with herself. _โ Electric Resistance Training ___โ Negates harm from own lightning ninjutsu _โ Ninjutsu Alchemy ___โ This technique allows Chie to passively Korabo two jutsu together. The limitations of this are as such. First of all, the technique works passively only up to one rank below Chie's current Korabo level. This means that if Chie's Korabo level is A-ranked then it can only be used at a B-ranked potential, which means that Chie can only Korabo two B-ranked techniques to use the korabo skill at A-ranked. This assures that this benefit does not allow the user to passively perform techniques one rank higher than they can usually. Second of all, this technique only applies when Chie korabo's with herself. If she korabos with an ally or a clone then this benefit is non-applicable. Finally, an additional charge of 10 chakra per rank of the final product technique is required to be paid. So if the user Korabo two B-ranked techniques, (the user must also pay for each individual skill), then the final technique would be an A-ranked skill, and thus would cost 50 more chakra to perform this way. Overall this technique's only purpose is to make Chie more cool by utilizing all of her elements and having them combine into super cool ways like a wizard should. _โ Hidden Mist Vision ___โ Sees clearly during hidden mist technique, or mist in general. _โ Fire Resistance Training ___โ Negates harm from own fire ninjutsu _โ True Belief ___โ The user has meditated and trained long enough in this monk art to understand how important true belief is. By understanding the power of the spirit over the mind, and the mind over the body, the user has increased their stamina by sheer will power alone, as well as increased their toughness and durability. Increases Stamina by +25 for every style mastered. _โ Enlightenment ___โ Meditation and spiritual exploration and understand yields interesting results. Due to the greater understanding of the self, the user is more aware of the connection between their mind, body and spirit, and how to utilize that connection. The user is now slightly more skilled at just about everything. Striking, blocking, moving, absorbing, and taking damage. The user's strength and fortitude is increased heavily. _โ Impact Resistance ___โ The user acclimates to using the cestus in a battle setting by pounding away at a training dummy with the cestus. By analyzing the feedback of different forms of strikes, the user finds a way to minimize any damage they may take from their own strikes. Upon completing this training, the user suffers no recoil damage from techniques from any non-Rigorous Taijutsu or Bukijutsu Style up to either the highest trained rank in this Style or the highest trained rank in the Hard Physical Formless Style, whichever is lower, and does not suffer damage from striking anything harder than their fists. _โ Focal Point ___โ The user meditates through combat, taking time to narrow their focus to their Chakra pathways. In so doing, they become innately aware of when they are being observed in combat, and can pinpoint the locations of anyone below their rank observing them within one meter. _โ Thread Walking ___โ By using Chakra to focus the mind, the user becomes able to balance enough on thin platforms to use Bukijutsu techniques without any penalties. Covers only balancing on solid structures at least one inch wide, not moving or unstable structures. Also allows the user to balance and move on wires during its activation. _โ Advanced Thread Walking ___โ he user is now able to both run and fight while balancing on threads and wires without penalties, though doing these things at the same time is widely regarded as infeasible. _โ Blessed Rain ___โ The user's informed of the incoming costs of what is to come, and as such, must practice their chakra control through controlled bursts from various parts of their body. Their chakra pool is increased by +35. _โ Insight Rain ___โ The user will practice extending themselves into the atmosphere, in a sense. After much dedication, the user develops the ability to sense hostile intent in the immediate area. As to where, however, they cannot be sure. _โ Torrential Blessings ___โ Having completed all that the user may learn, they have but one task left to complete: the user must practice controlling the flow of chakra, and be sure that their control is the finest that it can be. By doing so, they must repeat the exercise performed earlier with Blessed Rain, all the while, they perform technique to the brink of exhaustion. This training receives no reductions. Chakra pool is increased by +65. _โ The Task of the Next Generation ___โ Upon the master of the school of Shigure Souen Ryu, it's the user's responsibility to develop the next generation! The user is granted one [1] custom slot usable only for a personal Shigure Souen technique. _โ Whirlwind Training ___โ The user trains to be better suited to dealing with the shock of landing and training the muscles of their legs and arms. This makes for faster movement and stronger kicks, raising the base level of the user's speed by one descriptive rank per learned stage of this Style. These descriptive ranks cannot be drained by the techniques in this Style. _โ Switchblade ___โ This is a training technique that teaches the user how to switch directions when landing a flip, allowing for one to flip backwards and then forwards and vice versa without a moment's hesitation. After this training is complete, the user may use up to one technique per post that would lower the descriptive ranks affecting their speed without suffering that reduction. If this Style is being learned as a rigorous Style, the user gains the ability to use Somersault to evade once per post without it consuming an activation, but only against opponents whose body rank is at or lower than the userโs. This Somersault cannot be immediately followed by an attack. _โ Perfecting Balance ___โ The user trains their body, pushing it to the extreme. After dealing with their own personal momentum and flow, the user works on balance. By training the body even more past their normal limits, the user's balance and endurance are increased, allowing them to run faster than the average person without losing their balance. Every Soft Physical Formless technique used confers one descriptive rank of speed to the user for the duration of the fight, and attempts to throw the user off-balance that are of a lower rank than the userโs highest trained rank in the Soft Physical Formless Style automatically fail to do so. _โ Advanced Whirlwind Training ___โ The user becomes one with their momentum, learning how to harness their body as an almost perfect machine. After completing this training, the userโs reflexes gain any and all bonuses afforded to their speed. **LEARNING - [ -Rank | JutsuTypeHere | / Posts ] [ ] [ ]
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Eyes focused on the two diagrams displayed on the scroll before her, Mariko still managed to listen to Sumiko's explanation of Ninjutsu. It was as mystical as the girl assumed it would be, her eyebrows raising at the thought of being able to create a living copy of herself. Fireballs were interesting too... but a little too dangerous right now. The first diagram had a figure with dots connected by lines from head to toe. The second was a color wheel of sorts, the inner circle being legible only due to her exposure to a map presented to her family before they arrived in Uzushiogakure. The circles titled after the five major hidden villages: Fire, Wind, Lightning, Earth, and Water.
Sumiko went on to explain the first diagram with all of the dots a lines, which represented a chakra network. Apparently, everyone had one, despite Mariko having no clue what a chakra network was until now. Her teacher would be able to see Mariko intentionally examine her arms and torso, trying to see this... 'chakra network' system. Unable to see anything other than her skin, she looked to Sumiko, and then back at the diagram as her teacher started to explain the color wheel. The wheel represented the elements and Mariko's thought process was closely tied to her teacher's explanation of the elements. She began to wonder which out of the five elements did she have a talent for using, if any at all? The other four types were completely foreign, however.
"U-um..." Mariko paused a moment, looking at the diagram once more. "How can I... find out which elements I c-can use? ...I can't really see my chakra network." Glancing back at her arm, the corner of her lip curled downward in confusion.
It had likely been some days now, one? two? a week perhaps? They all blended together. What was apparent now though, was the one whom punished them had now taken the position of Kage. Likely Sadayo with having to serve the same sentence as Kyomei they have been within talking distance of each other. More over knowing that Chie had received said promotion after their treatment it may have been a bitter pill to swallow. The times at Sadayo's home would have been quiet ones. Sadayo may have made attempts to try and reach out to her since then but she would have grown accustom to one word answers akin to "I'm fine." or "No thank you." Devoid of baras and hatas. It was a painful thing likely in those hours in which Kyomei's interactions were like those of a shambling husk with a soul missing. She had not abandoned her faith however, otherwise she would not be shutting herself off so often to meditate. She hadn't carried her Shakujo since, it was now at Sadayo's place of living gathering dust, it was, in turn, replaced with a broom. Another tool of which she was well acquainted. But at this time in particular. Kyomei Nenemaru the FORMER Great and Powerful Exorcist would finally open up. Having finally thought it unfair she was so distant from the one who was sheltering her. But what would come from her mouth sadly would not be good news.
Sweeping the days lunch wrappers and loose litter into a dust pan she'd speak, a voice akin to someone who had accepted defeat, or rather was simply tired. "Sadayo...I think I will be retiring as an exorcist. If Shinobi want to confine demons in their people, then I suppose bara...who am I to tell them no. I realize now more than ever, the shinobi world has no place for exorcists like me..ba..and if they did...they wouldn't deserve them. If the demons do rage, if these children grow to become villains, then that is the balance of things, lives lost for foolish pursuits of power. The Wu-wei, it means without action. I think I've been taking such strong stances about this because I'm an exorcist. I shouldn't let that job cloud my judgement, I should be true to my beliefs. So retiring my title as an exorcist, I can simply remain devoted to the tao. It will prove simpler this way."
Sweeping the last of the litter she would toss it into the waste basket, in a metaphorical sense it was as though she was throwing a part of herself away with the trash. Although, it seemed she had made up her mind. That showed in the glazed expression in the smol girls eyes as litter sprinkled into the trash, there would be no changing it, at least not with words. Not looking at Sadayo but the bread crumbs of a soba sandwich slowly falling she'd continue. "I deeply appreciate everything you've done for me Sadayo-okฤsan. But you don't need to stand up for me anymore. Just focus on being a BETTER Shinobi. Perhaps when something happens, the shinobi world will open its eyes to all the bad hidden beneath the 'good intentions'."
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