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Masa is leaving you with 1 hp

Masaraku shook her head and said, "You boys are so stubborn." She pretended to punch him in the stomach, but purposely missed and scooped him up over her shoulder. Then she worked him into a Fireman's carry and ran off to the hospital with him saying, "You owe me ramen. If you die before that happens I'll find a way to bring you back just so I can kill you again." And with that she was gone, off to the hospital with her ally on her back.

9 + 2 = 11 [Just grazed - 3 HP]
Batsu watched in shock as the arrow came closer and closer to his body. For a second his two teachers thought he was gonna just stand there and take the hit head on. That wasn't the case though. Eventually the boy snapped out of his daze and moved to the left. It wasn't fast enough and he ended up being hit in the arm despite the attempt. It didn't hurt like he thought it would though... especially with the tip of the arrow being rounded off. But still, he was hurting. What the hell kind of training is this?!

4 + 2 = 6 [Direct hit -5 HP]
Batsu looked at his arm and there was no bleeding. There was no bleeding, luckilly, because it felt like it should have been. His eyes shot back at the two females and he screamed out, "OWWW This s**t hurts! Why the hell are..." Just then, the one with the bird on her arm shot back and interrupted Batsu mid-complaint. "Look, rather than questioning our methods, you need to watch and dodge the arrows." The woman than pointed her finger up towards the sky. Of course it made Batsu look up. Why the hell did he do that? As he focused his eyes upwards, an arrow rained down from the sky and pelted the boy right between the eyes.

5 + 2 = 7 [Direct Hit -5 HP]
If he thought the first hit was bad then the second hit was excruciating! The boy was hit on the upper bridge of his nose, one of the most sensitive parts of the human body. The blow shot tears straight into the boy's eyes and he stood there covering his face while tears flowed down his face. All the while, the archer loaded her bow and shot another arrow straight at Batsu chest. He didn't know it was coming but he knew it was there when he was hit. The boy doubled over while tears continued to trickle down. This was just sad, three shots into the training and Batsu was a complete mess.[

4 + 2 = 6 [Direct Hit -5 HP]
Batsu still didn't get it. He was so busy crying about being hit that he couldn't grasp the fact that he needed to stop from actually being hit. Hopefully he'd get it soon, otherwise the boy was gonna be in even more pain. Batsu honestly tried his best to suck it up, but right as he did an arrow hit him in the foot... another sensitive area. The boy started yelping and jumped up and down over and over. He hated being hit repeatedly, so he had to do something.

14 + 2 = 16 [Just grazed -3 HP]
Batsu was in enough pain as it was, he was gonna try and do something to stop it from repeating. The boy stood straight up, brushed of the pain and started watching the younger of the two females. By that time it was too late. She ended up shooting another arrow and it was already headed for the boy. He did see it coming so he did his best to move out of the way. Considering the fact that he didn't have that much time to move, Batsu did okay. The arrow only hit his left shoulder slightly. It still hurt, but could have been much worse.

19 + 2 = 21
Batsu lifted his head up from the barrage of pain and saw that another arrow was headed his way. He was not about to get hit again.... not now anyways.The boy continued watching the arrow and right as it got near him, he turned his body to the side causing the arrow to zip past him. The boy sighed a sigh of relief. That was one less arrow that hit him and it was one less pain to endure.

1 (Insta-fail) [-5 HP]
Clearly Batsu forgot that he was still in the midst of training. He was so celebratory of dodging one arrow that he forgot about another one on the way.It was his own fault, because when the arrow hit him in the stomach his celebration stopped and he let out a large groan as he doubled over in pain. Damn... he wanted this to end so bad, but until he grasped the concept of watching your target then he'd be in for a long and painful ride.

Hiru walked into the grove overwhelmed with excitement from having melded in a way with his new weapon. He could actually feel it pulsing on his back, as though he was actually carrying a living being with him at all times. He knew that Shizoni wanted to train him in wielding this new blade, but short of getting his a** kicked Hiru wouldn't learn much from a spar with the Swordsman... his fellow Swordsman as it now stood.

Hiru found a clearing and walked to its center before pulling out his weapon. He swung it around a few times in the air before turning towards Shizoni. "I am ready for whatever training you may wish me to do, Shizoni-sama.", he said with excitement.

Hiru expected this training could go many different ways; but he had never anticipated there would be a trivia involved. Of course, all Hoshigaki had some degree of knowledge of what the great blade was and what it could do. Hiru's father being councilman, he had actually underwent quizzes like this in the past; which usually lead to severe beatings when he had forgotten everything due to lack of interest... Just having to do this again brang the pain from these events.

Still, the definition and history of Samehada was burned into his memory, with a dull tone he nearly recited : "The exact history of Samehada isn't really known, we only know the legend of how it came to be that is passed down from generation to generation. Legend once told of a giant horned shark, Isonade. This great shark that was said to devour whole ships and cause storms had a Remora attached to its belly with which it develloped a symbiotic relationship. It is believed that Samehada was this remora. Samehada attached itself to Isonade’s stomach and absorbed its food to create huge amounts of chakra, and sent it back to the whale's body. ".

After he was done with his story, Hiru raised the blade and looked at it with a smile. "As for what it does, I know it heals its wielder and feeds him the chakra it gathers from its victims. But one thing I didn't know was that it was so... friendly.", he said with a joyful grin. As he finished his sentence, the blade rumbled a bit with a slight purr as though it was signalling its approval.

Blocking : Samehada

Using a weapon to block an attack from another weapon is an essential skill to the survival of all shinobi. Obviously the techniques for blocking with a kunai are not the same as blocking with a spear. The size categories are Small(kunai and smaller)/Medium(katana and smaller)/Large(Kusarigama and smaller/Huge(15 feet or 25 pounds and smaller).
Cp cost: ---
Dice Rolls: 2 Rolls
Damage: N/A
Requirements: Strength 18, Dexterity 18, Samehada 5
Training: 1 stage
Stage I: Samehada DC 15 Stop weapons from hitting you with a melee weapon.
Special:
*Against physical attacks, use the formula 1d20 + Samehada against attackers attack score. If the Block is higher, all damage from the attack is negated and victim takes chakra damage through a damage roll as though he had just been struck by the blade.
*Against ninjutsu attacks, use the formula 1d20 + Samehada against jutsu's evade DC. If the Block is higher, reduce jutsu damage by chakra drained x2 through a damage roll as though it had just been struck by the blade.

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Stage 1: Stop weapons from hitting you with a melee weapon.
DC: 15
d20 +Samehada [10]
3/10

d20 [06] + Samehada [10] = 16 (pass/fail)

As soon as Shizoni was finished explaining what the first part of the training would be, he went into combat stance. Hiru gulped a bit in nervousness, as a Swordsman was about to come charging at him "not holding back". His eyes focused on his opponent, he held on to Samehada's handle firmly and got ready for the first attack.He barely had to wait a quarter of a second for his opponent to charge at him with a downwards slice, which Hiru managed to block with a bit of luck by simply tilting his massive weapon.

d20 [08] + Samehada [10] = 18 (pass/fail)

His opponent did not stop there, as soon as his blade came in contact with Samehada's scales he immediately initiated a rotating motion and, as he came down from his jump, immediately swiped his katana at Hiru's legs horizontally. This time, it appeared the blade itself reacted almost before Hiru did as it swung downwards, preventing the slide from even coming near it's wielder's knee.

d20 [17] + Samehada [10] = 27 (pass/fail)

Shizoni went for the final attack of his first combo as he pulled his blade back in a flash and thrusted it right at Hiru's chest, probably an old habit from having trained with Nuibari so much. However, the blade's massive size made it extremely easy for Hiru to block the attack as he only had to slightly angle his sword that was already facing down to obstruct the katana's trajectory. Once the combo was finished Hiru grinned slightly as he noticed Samehada growing slightly bigger with each attack.

Blocking : Samehada

Using a weapon to block an attack from another weapon is an essential skill to the survival of all shinobi. Obviously the techniques for blocking with a kunai are not the same as blocking with a spear. The size categories are Small(kunai and smaller)/Medium(katana and smaller)/Large(Kusarigama and smaller/Huge(15 feet or 25 pounds and smaller).
Cp cost: ---
Dice Rolls: 2 Rolls
Damage: N/A
Requirements: Strength 18, Dexterity 18, Samehada 5
Training: 1 stage
Stage I: Samehada DC 15 Stop weapons from hitting you with a melee weapon.
Special:
*Against physical attacks, use the formula 1d20 + Samehada against attackers attack score. If the Block is higher, all damage from the attack is negated and victim takes chakra damage through a damage roll as though he had just been struck by the blade.
*Against ninjutsu attacks, use the formula 1d20 + Samehada against jutsu's evade DC. If the Block is higher, reduce jutsu damage by chakra drained x2 through a damage roll as though it had just been struck by the blade.

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Stage 1: Stop weapons from hitting you with a melee weapon.
DC: 15
d20 +Samehada [10]
8/10

d20 [10] + Samehada [10] = 20 (pass/fail)

Shizoni visibly took his time to see if the training was sinking in. He noticed Hiru had taken a short pause to feel the chakra building inside the blade and decided for pedagocial purposes to let him assimilate the exercise. However, pedagogy was no reason for slacking so, after a second or two had passed, he struck directly at Hiru's massive weapon to let him know the time for contemplation was over.

d20 [10] + Samehada [10] = 20 (pass/fail)

The blows were coming in a more rapid succession this time. Hiru had been staggered by his mentor's opening blow but managed to maintain his balance well enough to sweep Shizoni's attack lateraly as he had thrusted once more aimed right at his vital spots. As he progressed, he could more easily manage the variations in chakra flow that came from the blade's constant interactions with his body.

d20 [20] + Samehada [10] = 30 (pass/fail)

After the attack, Shizoni pulled his arms back while rotating on himself and tried to slash Hiru from under as though he was trying to split him two from the bottom up. His move had been incredibly quick but Hiru managed to place Samehada horizontally about at knee height to prevent the slash from cutting directly bewteen his legs. It seemed his progeny was now safe for another day.

d20 [20] + Samehada [10] = 30 (pass/fail)

Hiru realized that the massive weight of the weapon made blocking a lot easier since just putting it into an attack's path was often enough to stop it, but he wanted to go back to basics and try the classic block, which was basically attacking an attack with your weapon. When Shizoni lunged at him with a classic slash, Hiru swung Samehada forward right at the katana and intercepted the blade as it was heading for him.

d20 [07] + Samehada [10] = 17 (pass/fail)

The effect was all he had hoped for and more. Not only did his opponent's swing completely stop, but he also managed to reverse his impulse, pusing him slightly backwards when Samehada clashed with the katana. Shizoni, with a grin, pulled back for a while, realizing Hiru had nearly mastered all the essential aspects of this technique which differed slightly from regular blocking techniques with conventional weapons.