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Usagi focused on his hands as he flashed through the signs one by one faster than he did while practicing. At the the last sign, Usagi's voice trailed Sayuri by a half second.
"Jutsu Shou." He said as he felt his hands pulse. It wasnt strong enough as he felt the mousiture from the watery attack ebb and then flow at a slightly weaker strength. The tornado tore through and covered the gap between the two ninja quickly as Usagi had a quick thought.
Kawarimi! he thought as he was hit with a slightly weaker, but still potent water cyclone. He poofed away as a wooden chair took his place and was splintered into peices.
He popped out from under the table with a little more distance between himself and Sayuri. His face was non descript as he spoke.
"Wasn't good enough...damn...Sayrui, hit me again please?" He said as he started forming signs to counter the attack.

(18/20)

Usagi finished the last sign as he followed Sayuri's attack by a split second once again. "Jutsu Shou!" He said as his hands pulsed a little stronger than the last time. The water seemed to physically shake as the cancel technique hit it, but once again it wasn't strong enough as it ripped through the table and went for Usagi. He once again used kawarimi to poof himself out of the way as he rolled out of the hallway. His hair was jutting out at odd angles but he didnt seem to mind as he spoke.
"Hmmmm....That one...didnt have to be so strong haha." He said as he hadnt noticed the damage he inadvertantly caused. The table was splintered and only a few stray chairs were left as he slapped his hands once more and the pulsed with the right amount of strength.
"There we go..."

(19/20)

The winds picked up around Usagi as she was right... She put in quite a bit of chakra in this attack. He sped through his hand signs as Usagi blurted out his command.
"Jutsu Shou!" He said as his hands came together in the last sign and pulsed invisibly. The man made storm buckled and stood shakily, it then shattered and evaporated into the air as Usagi took a deep sigh.
"Dang...that was a strong attack." Usagi said as he slapped his hands together like he was dusting them off. He 'looked around' as he realized there were only a chair or two standing as he chuckled. "Oh well... That cant really be the only attack you know right?" He asked Sayuri.

((Jutsu Shou- Complete
No problem, ill be back in about an hour or less, i have to go pick up my brother from school and then ill be right back.))

Shigure finally walked outside, noticing that Sayuri had left, but not Usagi. He decided he'd continue training for the Jutsu Shou, knowing it could save him whenever he would need it. But he knew it would cost him chakra, and afterwards it could knock him out due to that freaking Curse Seal, Orochimaru, gave him. Shigure walked out into the field that Usagi & Sayuri had trained on, and make a single clone. He felt the strain and winced, but kept going. He sat back as the clone got ready. Soon, the clone shouted out "Tornado Fist" and came running as Shigure. Shigure made the needed seals and prepared himself.

Jutsu Shou 11/20

"Jutsu Shou!" Shigure shouted as he focused as he focused his chakra. But it seemed as though he had failed because the attack kept coming. He had no choice but to dodge the attack. He did a back hand spring then flipped over his clone that went flying into the house, breaking a gigantic hole in the side of the house from the jutsu. Shigure once again got ready as the clone turned around and charged again. "Raining Needles!" the clone yelled. The clone summoned a scroll and threw it into the air. the umbrella levitated and began to spin spraying out needles in every direction.

Jutsu Shou 12/20

"Jutsu Shou!" Shigure shouted after making the needed seals. The needles faltered for a second, but then continued to rain down. Shigure had no choice but to use a technique to save himself. He used his Ice Defense, and a layer of ice condensed over his head, blocking the needled as they came down. Once the needles stopped, the ice disappeared and Shigure was left standing there rubbing his neck. "This sucks.... I can't even use chakra without getting stabbed in the neck" Shigure muttered to himself. He walked into the wooden house of Jason's to rest up so as to be ready.

Jutsu Shou 13/20

Shigure walked inside, and his clone dissipated in a wisp of smoke as Shigure sat down in front of the fire that was burning. It was rather cold inside the house, when suddenly a thought occurred to him. Why not burn the house down? Jason could just build a new one. Shigure stood back up from his spot in front of the cozy fire and walked out the front door. He turned around, facing the building and took some more paces backwards. He made some quick hand seals and cupped a hand around his mouth. Suddenly, a dragon of flames burst out, and consumed the house. Soon, it was nothing more than a smoldering pile of ash.

Jutsu Shou 14/20

Shigure watched as the building fell, crackling and sparking as the flames had consumed it. "Well, that was fun" Shigure thought to himself. He then sat down, and started regaining chakra. He thought about many things. What it be like in the next Chuunin Exams? Would he pass? If so, what would happen afterwards? All these thoughts swam through his head as he tried to focus on his chakra, when suddenly, he had a thought about Orochimaru. What would he want him to do? It was scary indeed, but he had no choice if since he bared the Curse Mark which marked him a slave.

Jutsu Shou 15/20

Shigure finished regaining his chakra and stood up. He cracked his neck, back, knuckles and surprisingly his toes. He then rubbed the spot where his curse mark was and felt nervous. What if he was attacked and had to use a large amount of chakra? He could possibly die from the pain it would induce. He simply shrugged it off and walked back into the field. He decided to test some of his Taijutsu so as to not hurt himself with chakra. Shigure ran up to a tree and jumped into the air. He struck out a leg and pulled his other in close. Soon, he started spinning like a wild beast heading for the tree.

Jutsu Shou 16/20

"Konoha Dai Senpuu!" Shigure shouted as he started picking up speed and was soon a small tornado. He thundered towards a tree and started making deep gashes in the trunk from where his foot hit, also giving off tons of wind, blowing some of the leaves off of the tree's. He flew off, and landed on his feet, a few beads of sweat condensing on his forehead. "That wore me out? I really need to work on more Taijutsu" Shigure thought. He sat down, cross-legged, trying to catch his breath after the somewhat tiring taijutsu. Soon he would get the Jutsu Shou down... hopefully.

Jutsu Shou 17/20

Shigure stood up again after regaining his breath. He stretched a bit noticing he was a bit tired. He smacked himself in the face to wake himself up further. He did some squats then stood up directly after about 20, fully erect. He got ready and made a clone, feeling again the strain on his shoulder. The clone watched as Shigure rubbed his shoulder. Soon Shigure nodded and waited for the clone to strike. The clone made some hand seals then watched Shigure. Soon, a flame dragon burst form his mouth, heading for Shigure. "Jutsu Shou!" Shigure shouted, dumping a lot of Chakra into the move.

Jutsu Shou 18/20

Finally, the move was successful, and the flame dragon suddenly disappeared in an explosion of steam and smoke. Shigure fell down to one knee as the pain from the Seal on his shoulder burned, like a thousand needles being thrust into his shoulder. He fell to his hands and knees as his clone came dashing over to help him up. Shigure was lifted up by himself, and they both went and sat under a tree. The clone disappeared in a cloud of smoke as Shigure breathed hard leaning his back against the tree. "Well, at least I did the freaking Jutsu" Shigure gasped in between breaths.

Jutsu Shou 19/20

Shigure stood up, staggering as he started walking towards Usagi. He stood right in front of him, and smiled. "You know, I don't resent you. I don't even hate you. I just want to give you my respect" Shigure said with a slight smile. Shigure then turned around and started walking off, his traveling cloak flapping in the wind that had suddenly kicked up. Soon the pain on his shoulder would disperse as he walked towards the docks, heading for his home village, Hidden Moon. He staggered and winced as he continued, and had to stop and lean against a tree for support. His body was awfully tired.

Jutsu Shou 20/20 Completed

Usagi made his way down the path to Heaven as he thought about his mental shopping list. There were several herbs he didn't have and he heard this was the best place to get them.
As he passed through the dilapidated gates, his nose picked up the sharp sent of sulfer as he instinctivley sent out his aura and ran for the nearest area to conceal himself. He was healthy enough to fight again as he realized he came to the wrong place at the wrong time.

Gana stopped his destruction as he seemed to know he was being watched by someone stronger than the pathetic villagers he had been fighting so far. "WHo is there?" he roared as he turned towards the rubble, his blackened eye seeming to shine as the rubble of the building blew away from Usagi as Gana's glare intensified upon his opponent. "Your stronger than the others, arent you?" he said as a twisted smile crept across his face as he slowly walked towards the shinobi, clenching his fist tightly as a gale of wind began encircling it like a glove. "Why would you attack me though is the real question as his cloak began shifting from side to side as though something inside if it was moving back and forth

Tamao

Tamao looked at the boat as she boarded it. Having learned all she needed to from Hidden Craftsman, she was pressing on, to see what else she could find out. She had heard of another village that was recently discovered, another village that was actually floating in the air. That made her nervous, she remembered the problems she had had at Hidden Soul. But even so, she had overcome those problems, so there was no reason why she couldn't do the same thing here. After all, the sky stayed the same almost no matter where you went, right? So she'd go there, study what she could, and return from it stronger than when she left. She wanted to make sure she could hold her head up with pride whenever she met Hedoro again.
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