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Hyuuga Atsureki
Akatsuki| Hyuuga Clan | Genin

Atsureki's eyes widened in confusion as Sai slipped into the shadows. Atsureki's brow furrowed as he looked from side to side, what did Sai mean when he said "force it out of you"? Falling into a defensive stance, Atsureki began inching slowly backward as he tried to ready himself for whatever came next.

Hyuuga Atsureki
Akatsuki| Hyuuga Clan | Genin

Atsureki lurched forward as he was struck by Sai's blade, crying out in pain as the steel ripped through his flesh. Atsureki looked to the shadow's, shock and confusion equally mixed on his face at Sai's words. Rising to his feet Atsureki began moving around more carefully this time, moving his head from side to side as he tried to find Sai, but it was hopeless. His fists tightened in anger and fear, why is Sai doing this, would he really kill me?! I don't want to die! I can't die... not now!

There was only one way he would be able to make it through this alive, the byakugan. But how could he activate it when he had never been taught! Sweat beaded down his forehead as he continued to move about aimlessly, hoping for some kind of sign to Sai's presence, though he knew there wouldn't be one. I know that the byakugan is a doujutsu, one that only members of my clan can unlock, but how do I do it!, Atsureki thought to himself desperately. He forced chakra into his eyes, hoping that by doing so he would activate the byakugan, but nothing happened. What was he missing!

Hyuuga Atsureki
Akatsuki| Hyuuga Clan | Genin

Atsureki cried out in pain as he felt the Sai's blade cut through his other arm. His breathing came out in labored breaths, a combination of fear and pain. Blood flowed freely down Atsureki's arms, soaking into his long sleeves and dripping on the ground. He stared at the ground, his eyes wide, his long black hair hiding his face. He was going to die, Sai was going to kill him... he would never see that world that they had spoken of, he would never see Haseo freed from his burden... he would never see anything.

NO!, Atsureki screamed in his head,I won't let it end like this! I won't die blind! He continued to stare at the ground while trying to see beyond the limits of his vision, trying to tap into the power of his blood. He was the descendant of a long and proud line of Hyuuga! He would not die without a fight, he would live to see the world reborn! His eyes grew wide, his teeth clenched in concentration. He clenched his fists with such force that his knuckles grew white.

His vision began flashing back and forth from his regular, limited vision to the strange all encompassing sight of the byakugan. But each time his eyes gained that extraordinary perception it sent pain lancing through his head, as if it was too much information for him to handle all at once. I won't let something as insignificant as pain keep me from that world!, Atsureki thought to himself as he began pouring chakra into his eyes, letting it seep into the area surrounding them. His vision continued to flash back and forth, how could he maintain it what was he doing wrong!

Hyuuga Atsureki
Akatsuki| Hyuuga Clan | Genin

As the blade came down at Atsureki's shoulder, his whole body seemed to relax and then in one swift motion he spun his body out of harms way, while positioning himself in such a way that he was in a position to strike at Sai. "I SEE YOU!", Atsu cried out, his voice a mixture of jubilation and indignation as he brought his lunged at Sai with his middle and forefinger. Sai would be able to see that the veins around his eyes were bulging out, his stark white eyes showing his exhilaration at his success.

It was in fact Sai's words that had held the key to unlocking the power of his blood. One word actually, instinct. Atsureki had been trying to force his eyes to see, as if he were trying to force his heart to beat. But now he realized that the byakugan was like any other part of his body, it was as natural to use the power as it was to breath. Forcing his body to do what it would do naturally only lead to the power locking up, as if it were a defense mechanism against improper use. A genetic barrier that kept hyuuga clan members from unlocking this mighty power before they were ready.

Hyuuga Atsureki
Akatsuki| Hyuuga Clan | Genin

Atsureki was not terribly surprised that Sai had managed to parry his strike aside, it would hardly be worth learning from him if he could be struck so easily. Looking up at Sai, Atsureki's face was a mix of confusion and awe. "Your body... it, it glows with chakra. I can see my own chakra, but it is nothing compared to yours, your tenketsu are barely visible behind the glow. I was taking a shot in the dark really when I attempted to strike at you. But your chakra also seems... wild? As if it's trying to break free of its vessel", Atsureki said, bewildered by the sheer amount of chakra that Sai seemed to posses... it was amazing.





(it will be interesting training to strike at Tenketsu with a Konoga as my target, i'll be able hit others tenketsu with ease if I can manage to hit yours)

Hyuuga Atsureki
Akatsuki| Hyuuga Clan | Genin

Atsureki nodded as he took the scroll in hand and opened it, looking over the jutsus of his clan. As he did so he released the byakugan, it was amazing how simple it seemed to be able to control the power now, like it was almost second nature. As he deactivated his doujutsu he couldn't help but feel more vulnerable, going from 360 degrees of vision back to regular sight felt almost unsafe, as if without warning he could be attacked from his many blind-spots. A slight shudder rushed through Atsureki at that moment, he would have to work to become less vulnerable even without the byakugan.

Sighing slightly Atsureki moved back to the task at hand, picking a technique to learn. It became clear almost immediately, he would of course need to learn the true forms of Jūken rather than what he had learned to mimic from watching his father. Looking up at sigh with an almost apologetic grin Atsureki said, "Well I suppose the first thing I'll need to learn is the true forms of Jūken, I imagine the rest of the techniques build off of the basics of my clans taijutsu style."





(kk, I'll be sure to keep that in mind, should it actually affect the number of posts to learn the techniques or should it just be an rp thing?

also I was thinking of trying to come up with a taijutsu style for Jūken which would of course incorporate all the hyuga techniques into the actual style as techniques to be learned before one can proceed to the next stage of the style, what do you think? And should something like that count against the normal limits of taijutsu styles for the various classes, or should it be like how bloodline/clan jutsus don't usually count against the total number of jutsu allowed for a class?)

Hyuuga Atsureki
Akatsuki| Hyuuga Clan | Genin

Atsureki nodded before walking a few paces away and setting the scroll down. Turning to face Sai, Atsureki fell into the stance described in the scroll, right arm held away from the body, palm forward facing the opponent, while the left arm was cocked at the side, palm facing up. He positioned his right foot forward and held it slightly to the left, while his left leg was held back, bent slightly at the knee to hold the majority of his weight on his back foot.

Taking a deep breath, Atsureki turned his back foot so that it was perpendicular to his body and launched himself forward, activating his byakugan as he did so. Sai stood there burning like a fire, his chakra points barely visible behind the glow. Catching a small glint of what appeared to be more focused chakra at the joint that connected Sai's shoulder to his torso, Atsureki thought to himself, that must be it!

Atsureki threw his left arm forward and up to attempt to block any incoming attack from that side, while he launched his right middle and forefinger at Sai's chakra point. But just as he threw his strike, the glow seemed to diminish, it was nothing more than a spike in Sai's violent chakra as it looked for away to escape his body. Damn!

Hyuuga Atsureki
Akatsuki| Hyuuga Clan | Genin

Atsureki stumbled to the side as Sai pushed him, his byakugan eyes widening as he saw the blade sail just a hairs breadth away from his back. If he had been an enemy I would be dead right now... I can't afford to remain this weak, Atsu thought to himself, setting his face in a determined grimace. Spinning his body to the right in order to utilize the momentum of Sai's push to his advantage, Atsureki positioned himself so that he was facing Sai once more.

Not wasting a moment Atsureki immediately pushed forward with his back foot, launching himself towards Sai. He used every second to study Sai, trying to find a way to determine the difference between one of his chakra points and the chakra that seemed to soak every part of the man's body. He thought about what he knew of the Tenketsu, comparing his own internal chakra coil with Sai's.

The internal chakra network moves throughout the whole body, each tenketsu is connected to another to allow chakra to flow throughout the body. Sai's chakra network is masked by the intense amount of chakra that pervades every part of his body, but there are certain parts of the body where chakra is produced that every human shares, most of them focused in the abdomen, Atsureki thought to himself, trying to gain some kind of insight from this knowledge.

All he could think to do was try and focus on Sai's abdomen and try and pin-point one of the Tenketsu there. He could see several points that seemed to glow brighter than the chakra surrounding them, however with the amount of chakra being produced it was hard to say what was a tenketsu and what was simply the man's violent chakra flaring up. How could he possibly tell the difference!

And then it struck him like a bolt of lightning, he could use his own body as a reference! The Tenketsu isn't exactly the same for every person no, but they are similar enough that he could use his own body as a kind of map to Sai's own chakra network. He could easily pin-point his own chakra points, the key was to match those up with Sai's own.

All this he figured out in the time it took to spin around and then launch himself toward Sai. He picked a point on his own body, and attempted to match it up with Sai's. There was a bright point of light, brighter than everything else. That's it!, Atsureki thought to himself as he threw his arm out towards Sai, straightening his middle and forefinger and pushing chakra through them to push into the tenketsu.