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"Yes Sensei." Shinzu said as he changed he stance slightly. He also decided to empty his pockets to help with his balance. As he took all the items out of his pockets he also pulled out his father's old headband. Bloodstains and all Shinzu always kept it with him. He reverently set it on top of the rest of his items before returning to his stance. The shuriken hit the second ring but was oh so close to hitting the third ring.

Throw Shuriken
10 +3 + 1 = 14
6/10 14 points
1-4: outside the rings. {0 points}
5-9: outermost ring. {1 point}
10-14: 2nd ring. {2 points}
15-19: 3rd ring. {3 points}
20+: bulls eye. {4 points}

Shinzu focused hard for the next one. He knew he didn't have many shuriken left so he had to make these last four count. He prepared himself mentally and got himself into his stance. He threw his shuriken and once again he hit the third ring.

Throw Shuriken
16 + 1 = 17
7/10 17 points
1-4: outside the rings. {0 points}
5-9: outermost ring. {1 point}
10-14: 2nd ring. {2 points}
15-19: 3rd ring. {3 points}
20+: bulls eye. {4 points}

"Alright another good one." Shinzu said to himself as he prepared to throw the next shuriken. He practically stared the target this time as he played out what was going to happen in his mind. Then he quickly pulled out his shuriken and threw it. It hit the edge of the second ring. "That could've worked better."

Throw Shuriken
10 + 1 = 11
8/10 19 points
1-4: outside the rings. {0 points}
5-9: outermost ring. {1 point}
10-14: 2nd ring. {2 points}
15-19: 3rd ring. {3 points}
20+: bulls eye. {4 points}

(OOC: I messed up so there's no need to count the 9.)

Before Andou asked about the headband Shinzu was already preparing to throw the next shuriken. He focused and once again got himself ready. Then he quickly grabbed a shuriken and threw it at the target. It wasn't a halfbad throw in that it hit the middle of the second ring.

Throw Shuriken
12 + 1 = 13
9/10 21 points
1-4: outside the rings. {0 points}
5-9: outermost ring. {1 point}
10-14: 2nd ring. {2 points}
15-19: 3rd ring. {3 points}
20+: bulls eye. {4 points}

Shinzu knew he could do better so he closed his eyes. He took a deep breath to control his breathing for the next throw. He eyed the target and imagined where the shuriken would hit. It hit in hte middle of the third ring. "I hoped that one would be a bullseye. Oh well."

Throw Shuriken
16 + 1 = 17
10/10 24 points
1-4: outside the rings. {0 points}
5-9: outermost ring. {1 point}
10-14: 2nd ring. {2 points}
15-19: 3rd ring. {3 points}
20+: bulls eye. {4 points}

Then he heard the Teacher's question. "It was my Father's, he died during Mistress's invasion two years ago. One of his teammates was able to retrieve his headband and he gave it to me and told me not to let anything happen to it. That's when I decided to become a shinobi."

Their rotation came full circle once more and it was now Shin's turn to take a try at the Henge Test. He started off with a mundane object like the rest of his classmates but he decided to spice it up a little bit. Instead of doing something boring like a chair or everyday like a kunai, Shin decided to think a little outside the box.

He took a little time to ponder the situation but when he finally made his choice, a little half-smile/ half-smirk came to his lips. He kept his small audience in suspense as he simply began performing the handsigns and molding his chakra, without making it clear just what he was going to imitate, he'd let it come as a surprise.

Henge number two and Henge number three fell before the might of Shin's chakra control like dominoes. First he waited for one of those hermit crabs to show himself and then he performed a stunning transformation that had all the little critters running for the hills. A giant crab tended to do that to rodents, and some light hearted people as well. He kept the form for a few good moments before shifting straight to the next one.

He simply released one technique and was then immediately starting on his next henge. The next animal he henge into was a straight up badass. It was just simply one of the most dangerous animal in the sea or out of it, as this bad boy at times might snatch its prey off of the land. That was just how fearless of a creature, the killer whale was. Shin would let the awesome black and white Rorschach patterns of the orca stun his audience before releasing that form as well.

Failure's tended to happen sometimes, most often when people grew very cocky. It had happened to Shin a thousand times but he never seemed to learn his lesson, for good. He'd always dust himself off after his progress got to his head right before an epic failure, but the lesson would be forgotten by the time the next exercise came around. It was quite sad. So this time around Shin made a promise with himself to try and work on his fatal flow, and shrink his ego a little bit.

It was then and only then, when he'd cleared his head and set a goal did Shin retry his last henge. And boy was it a beauty. If you have to ask just who it was that the mini-swordsmen ended up henging....you obviously weren't paying close enough attention. Because it was.....it was...indescribable.

"His name was Umi, Umi Akara." Shenzu answered. "He actually died protecting my mother, she's a former ninja, she left the shinobi order to take care of me." Shinzu said emtionally he truely missed having his fun loving father around.

He was about to say he wasn't that hungry and wanted to move onto kunai when his stomach growled loudgly. "Maybe ramen is a good idea Andou Sensei but I don't have any money could you maybe pay for me? Just this once I promise I'll pay you back."

"Yay free Ramen time!" Shinzu said as he practiclly jumped up to follow Andou to the ramen stall. He was glad that Andou would pay for him he really didn't have any money and his mother refused to make him any lunch, her way of protesting him becoming a ninja. He figured that'd only last till next week she'd probaly find a way to deal with it by then.

[exit to ramen stall]

((I really love your style Dimi, you're always so interesting to read!))

Kawarimi exam
Mokujin will launch a controlled attack at the student. The student must in turn dodge the technique with his kawarimi and reveal what his replacement object is. That last part is without importance but logs are so last decade…
d20 + dodge bonus + chakra control
DC:
Successful replacement, in opponent’s melee range: 25
Successful replacement, clear of opponent’s melee range, in opponent’s sight: 33
Succesful replacement, clear of opponent’s line of sight: 41
Score:
Successful replacement, in opponent’s melee range: pass
Successful replacement, clear of opponent’s melee range, in opponent’s sight: honorable mention
Succesful replacement, clear of opponent’s line of sight: highest honorable mention

Roll = d20 [9] + chk mod [46] + dodge rating [19] = 74

When Mokujin was done explaining the exercise, Hiru was very confident he could do fairly well. He had been in a combat situation before and if his sensei did indeed hold his attack back, he should be able to escape it pretty easily. He watched Masanori go first. When he saw the young blonde boy get knocked hard in the chest, Hiru's heart skipped a beat, convinced his teacher had just killed a student. He was deeply relieved to see his partner turn into a stool and reappear a few yards right. Still in the opponents sight and melee range but still, not bleeding on the ground.

Hiru then decided to go next. He walked up to the front of the gym. For a few moments he stood there, in an eye lock with the living puppet. Pretty soon, he saw Mokujin launch a fairly slow attack, clearly held back, aimed right at his nose. As the sensei landed his punch, you could see Hiru’s head snapping backwards, with his face nearly deforming from the attack’s strength. However, a second later, Hiru’s falling body vanished in a cloud of smoke, transforming into mild syrup, too diluted to be sticky*. Simultaneously, the real Hiru appeared close behind Mokujin, a kunai pointed at his lower back with a huge grin on his face.

This technique is a work in progress by Hiru that will have to be approved before it is given full effect, it was used only for RP purposes and in no way had any effects on the attacker.