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1/3: Fordon stood up and said "ok i guess ill give the Earth clone a try" he smiled as he did a few hand signs then said "Bunshin no Jutsu!" but all that appeared was a slop of mud with a fatter version of his face. "ok that didnt work as well as i had hoped
2/3: "ok"he said ill focus on making it a perfect clone. so he did the hand signs again then said "Bunshin no Jutsu!" a perfect copy in any way but one appeared. in was about 1/20 the size it should have been."ok thats not t at all." he said and thought.
3/3: he focused on the whole idea of the clone. it was similar to the water clone that he already knew only the water clone was flexible and fast, this was slow but solid. once more he did the hand signs and said "Bunshin no Jutsu" and a spiting image of him appeared. both Fordons looked at their master and smiled. Fordon then let the clone turn into the ground once more.

1/3: Fordon looked at the scroll and read the next move to refresh his memory. he then walked back over to where his was practicing and did some new hand signs and said the under his breath "Koujin Bunshin no Jutsu" and a clone of him appear from dust them a moment later fell apart and scattered.
2/3 Fordon tried again and again after little bit the clone fell apart
3/3 a great amount of effort he made the clone a third time and this time it held. he was able to high-five it before he released it.

once again Fordon walked over to the scroll and began to read.

"rein wants me to go all the way to mist for a meeting. thats kinda a long way and am training" Fordon said scratching the back of his head.

Staring at the boy seriously, Luo's clone muttered, "You would do well to respect your kage genin. If this were another time, I would have killed you for that remark. Leave a clone in your absence to finish this up and head to the mist immediately." Luo's clone couldn't believe the mouth on the kid. It was one of the few reasons Luo usually didn't teach genin unless it was necessary.

"are you sure you dont want me to leave clone here to master?" Fordon asked wanting to still keep training.

Rukodo nodded to Luo's words, accepting them. He looked down at Fordon,"Do whatever you want," He muttered, digging through the dirt to serach for one of his older scrolls. "I'll be awaiting your return." He added, beckoning for him to go, knowing the clone left behind wouldn't be as much fun.

Samedi landed in a different part of the swamps, noting the voices in the distance. He'd have to be careful not to kill them when he fought Zero. The brat had talent, but he was too conceited for his own good. 'Uchiha' did not mean 'god.' It was a lesson he'd had to teach all too often over the decades. Today, it seemed, would be yet another one of those times. He sighed and placed his hands together as if praying, then slowly brought them apart. Pure compressed chakra hovered between them, bright pink and writhing. He brought it into contact with his chest and it exploded, flowing over his body and covering it in a tight armor as hard as iron. It was a bit bulky, and it slowed him down some, but it would protect him from some physical attacks, and with the chakra covering almost his entire body he would seem to be nothing more than a clone made up of chakra. To augment this he performed a quick clone jutsu and created a shadow clone next to him in the same attire.

(Now for some training of my Own.)
Rasengan (Spiraling Sphere)
Description: Developed by Yondaime Hokage and later adopted by Uzumaki Naruto as one of his signature techniques, Rasengan forms a spiral sphere of compact chakra in the palm of the user’s hand. It does not look like much, but it packs a tremendously uber punch, capable of blowing out holes in metal and blasting enemies through most surfaces, whether they be walls, ceilings, or rocks. In addition to the severe knockback power this possesses, the Rasengan is capable of dealing internal damage, making it a very valuable jutsu.


[1/10]
Rukodo picked up a bag of balloons he had acquired in Rain a few days ago. Shortly after Sound's invasion of leaf he helped himself to one of the technique scrolls. Now with the scroll he knew the secret training routine to learn rasengan. Grabbing a balloon filled with water, he tossed it up into the air. Rukodo caught it in his left hand and begin to run chakra through it. Though the balloon moved with the current of the water, it refused to burst. Rukodo crushed the balloon in frustration, water running down his hand. For a moment Rukodo had imagined that he was crushing the heart of a true enemy, blood running down his hands. Yet after a moment he forgot the fantasy and picked up another balloon ready to try again.

[2/10]
Rukodo held the balloon in his hand lightly, eyeing it interestingly. Simply running his chakra through it did almost nothing. He wondered for a moment if his chakra was simply lacking. Yet the thought passed, he had eaten the hearts of 4 other chakras. It wasn't the thing he needed to be worrying about. Instead his control was lacking in this particular jutsu. He spiraled his chakra once more, but the water simply flowed around with his chakra and the balloon
stayed intact. Frustrated he crushed the balloon once more picking up a third.

[3/10]
Rukodo noticing he was running out of water filled balloons, decided that it was best he burst this one with his chakra. He tossed it once more, catching it in his left hand. For a moment he tried spiraling the water once more, though the balloon moved with the flow of the water it showed no signs of breaking. He quickly reversed the spiral of his chakra and for a moment the balloon seemed as if it were close to bursting. Rukodo took notice of this behaviour, and tried reversing the spiral again, over and over until the water was spiraling like a wild typhoon. Unable to take the pressure the balloon burst, the water exploding along with it.

[4/10]
Rukodo reached into his bag of goodies to pull out a rubber ball. This would be more complicated then the balloon because the rubber not only was a tougher surface to crack but instead of water air filled the ball. Rukodo tried his previous strategy, spiraling the chakra in different directions. The ball expanded with the pressure of his chakra, but refused to burst.

[5/10]
Rukodo squeezed the ball for a few moments, trying to vent his frustration. This wasn't normally his style as he always tried to maintain a cool head. Yet the training routine for the rasengan, which from the outside looks so simple was much harder. Chakra control wasn't his strongpoint, it just seemed it wasn't necessary for his style of fighting. He loosened his grip on the ball and began to spin his chakra once more, to no more avail then the previous attempts.

[6/10]
Rukodo simply sat there for awhile, pondering how exactly this jutsu could be conquered. He stared at the ball held in his hand, tossing it from hand to hand. He was naturally ambidextrous so it really didn't matter which arm he tried it in. Rukodo caught the ball finally in his right hand, focusing his chakra once more. He imagined a spiral in his mind, trying to blast the balloon by simple chakra control. He closed his eyes, trying to increase the intensity while still maintaning his focus. The balloon bulged and shrunk with the force of his chakra, until he finally opened his eyes to witness the balloon's explosion. The popping noise was like music to his ears.

[7/10]
The third step was the hardest of the three, yet Rukodo was prepared to conquer it. He grabbed another water balloon from the bag and began to spin around his chakra once more. The balloon burst easily, which wasn't the point of this stage. He had to control the rasengan as a continous sphere so it wouldn't burst and waste it's energy. Yet Rukodo couldn't help himself, he liked the image of the balloon bursting.

[8/10]
After both hands were completely soaked he decided to focus more on the jutsu then his love of destruction. He calmly looked at the balloon, focusing the chakra within. He imagined a typhoon, spinning whirling destruction. The thought of destruction caused him to burst the balloon once more. Rukodo really needed to work on his concentration, he was running out of balloons.

[9/10]
Rukodo looked at the balloon, the intensity of his glare could've been enough to break it. He needed control, which was always a difficult thing for him to understand. If he had learned control before in life, he would've ended up somewhere completely different. Yet he couldn't control anything, his lusts for blood and destruction were the greatest though. He willed his chakra forward once more, finally calm.

[10/10]
Finally calm, rukodo began to spiral his chakra once more. There was a difference this time though, it had finally been controlled. Now the balloon barely moved, but the inside spiraled with the strength of the rasengan. His eyes widened as he toss the balloon into the air and tried doing the jutsu on his own. He willed chakra forward into his left arm, changing it into a spiral. Then suddenly his hand shot forward into the nearest tree, blowing it into splinters. "Rasengan." He said, smiling.

Samedi nodded, both of him. "And we shall see if your chakra is 'up to it,' child. I rather suspect the answer is 'no,' but surprises abound."

Both of them drew their 'swords' and pointed them at Zero, intoning together: "Senbonzakura: Ikusenyaiba no Sendo." A ring of blades, full swords formed of the petals in a compressed state, formed behind each Samedi, all of them pointed at Zero. "Genjutsu these are not, child. If they touch you, you will be cut. Even I am not immune to their edge, concentrated as the chakra is." They both assumed a battle stance and pointed the 'handle' at Zero, their chakra blades moving in synchronization to hover forward, their blades forming a complex pattern as they wove though the air, both guarding and ready to attack at once.

((Senbonzakura: Ikusenyaiba no Sendo translates roughly as Cherry Blossom Needles: Thousand Swords of Death))