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Posted: Sat Feb 21, 2009 8:33 am

Senritsu hummed her small little tune as she gently strolled down the path way that led to her new found companion in thought. It had reminded her of one of the chapters that spoke of humans being social creatures that gladly clung to one another for support and help with food and shelter. Even these days people would greet eachother in hope to have a mutual benefit from it. Though, there were some defective humans that wished to do nothing but be by themselves. Her hand slipped upwards and began to twiddle with the ribbon that was tied in a bow around her neck as she spotted him with the boulders near. Her mind ventured again as to what it was that drew her to him at the bank. Surely it was only the fact he could be of use to her later on as the book had told her was the case. If not it was probably just his personality and the fact he understood her. Blowing off the idea to return to the world before her, she stopped a few feet from him with her smile on her face as she heard his words. "You never went to the Academy, hm? Lucky you," she told him.

Though her mind had caught on to a different subject than just that sentence he'd told her. Sen? That's what he'd called her. Maybe he was a little brave to be calling her by a nickname with just barely knowing her. But, it mattered not, it was up to him with what he wished to call her and she didn't care either way. It was probably easier for him to call her that then Senritsu or something. Mentally shrugging, her mind turned to his face to notice it'd gotten a little deeper in color than it had been before when they were up on the cliff. His radical ride down here must have burned his cheeks. "You should probably get someplace warm before the cold burns your cheeks anymore." She said bluntly before listening to him. "Playing with children isn't my forte. Children bicker and fight over toys and who can be better at something. The worst thing about the Academy is, there's no escape unless you just don't go. I skip most of the time. I'm way behind on my studies for doing so." Senritsu couldn't help herself and giggled at her own choice to stay behind on her work. Though her eyes lit up when she heard he was willing to help her train. "Ah, such a valiant hero to come to the aid of a damsel in distress. Such a strong Gennin in both body and mind. Needless to say, I'd love your help in training me. It would be a lovely change from merely sitting down and watching the birds eat the worms in the morning and people scattered across the street scuffing along like little ants." She yawned lazily and let her fingers play with her red ribbon once again as she watched Sukotto's ever muscle move and contract in motion. His body language was rather fun to watch at times when she caught little motions that didn't fit with him.

Telling a tale
Sukotto has asked Senritsu to tell him about her favorite book; he aims to test just how well her mind can hold on to memories.
1d20(10)+Intelligence(2)+2 Sukotto=14
DC: 10
Train: 2/5

Posted: Sat Feb 21, 2009 11:39 am

A grin slid across Sukotto's face as Senritsu suggested that he take a break to get himself warmed up and then commented on the Academy. "It doesn't get much better after ascending to the higher ranks, either. The older children and adults continue to bicker, but in ways that they consider to be more mature it is pretty pathetic." Something about the female Uchiha caused Sukotto to smile much more than usual. He figured that company from anyone could have possibly done the same, since he had been isolated lately, even more than usual. However, he quickly dismissed this assumption and allowed himself to believe that she made him happy because of who she was and the small bond that the two had already formed. He softly chuckled when she joked about being saved by him. In Sukotto's opinion, Senritsu had saved him from another lonely day of training. Even though it meant quite a bit to him, Sukotto still felt that he would need to form a squad and travel to the bird country to truly take care of the evil that had rooted itself within him as a result of Ichi's death.

Sukotto placed his hand against his cheek and shivered slightly. He was feeling pretty worn out, but he was so close to completing the creation of the technique that he had worked so hard for. "I will get myself indoors after I have finally learned my technique. It's as we said before, we can't allow things to get in between us and our ambitions, can we?" The Uchiha attempted to anticipate her response, "I realize that if I injured myself from over training, then I would be further from my goal. But a loud voice inside of me is shouting at me to continue and I simply won't be able to fully rest until I've finished." With that said, Sukotto turned to face the rock wall and begin another attempt at training. Before he darted off, he described his plans for Senritsu's training. "How about you keep talking about things that you have read and then I will teach you the basic techniques that you'll need to become a genin? I know that it may sound dull, but they can actually be useful in battle. We will definitely get to some more interesting training after you and I have warmed up a little."

Courage of the Phoenix
Trainees must combine the skills emphasized in the first three stages of training with the core agility of the taijutsu. The recommended training for this is using one's chakra to run up the side of a cliff while striking various objects on the rock wall with moves learned in the taijutsu's kata. This stage is complete after the trainee has struck every object that they originally set out to hit while still reaching the top of the cliff.
1d20+Agility+Taijutsu
DC: 10+Agility+Taijutsu
Train: 1/8

[1d20+10(Agility)+31(Taijutsu)= 44]

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Posted: Sat Feb 21, 2009 12:18 pm

"Hm...well...at least when your at a higher rank you can choose what you want to do without getting into trouble for it. You can choose to be by yourself and not with a classroom of idiots." Senritsu's green eyes blazed as they kept sights on his lips. He seemed to be smiling and things a lot. He didn't seem like the person to do so much. He almost seemed sort of...awkward when he did it. "Hm..." Her mind held a momentary pause in thinking before jumping back into it's normal blury of thought and scattered equations. "You laugh a lot. Am I really that entertaining to you on an intellectual level? Or are you merely laughing at the fact I'm smarter than you first thought true as most everyone does? It does get tiring to be underestimated just because of age. Even my family thinks I'm too smart for my own good, thinking it'll get me into trouble somewhere along the way." Senritsu shrugged at the comment her parents had given her a time before and moved on to what else she had heard from him. "I hope you don't mind me following you around like a baby chick for today. I really don't have anywhere else to go and your rather entertaining to watch."

She smiled to him as he mentioned what they'd spoken of before, "Ah yes, good for remembering young grass hopper. You learn well." She giggled before silencing herself and playing with her ribbon again. "Injuring yourself while training is stupid. You need to learn your limits like I know mine. Most people just ignore or just completely don't give a darn about their lengths. It pays to be smart in that way. It means you know what you can do and how much you can push beyond that. As for your voice, make sure it doesn't lead you off a cliff you can't survive. it's better to listen to your mind yes, but don't listen to it when you know you can do something better for yourself." The girl's eyes never returned upwards to him as she continued to fiddle with her little toy around her neck. It was all she had to play with while she thought of things in her mind. "Huh...? Oh yes, sure. Gennin..." She sighed, knowing when that happends she'll be forced to do more work and be stuck with people she probably wouldn't get along with because she'd be critisizing their actions and thoughts more often than anything. "Well, you go ahead and inform me on what things it'll be that I'll need to know of. I may have a few questions about what they are and do. I have a bit of knowledge on basic things but you are the more experienced one and have hands on experience with them. I merely have book knowledge." Her eyes rose to see him for a moment before shifting away.

The lost in thought child held her gaze to the sea as it scraped against the boulders it held in it's grasp. "You know...this place...it's sort of how life tears bits and bits away from the human soul. Every person, animal and situation rips a tiny, insignificant piece from every person involved. The place will keep that little piece of yourself for the rest of the universe's life. Even after you and your friends have gone from the world, the situation happened, those memories are there, and they will never be forgotten. It's almost sad...to think you're being torn apart without your own knowledge." Senritsu's face held truly no emotion to what it was she was talking about, just a blank stare as she was caught in a whirlwind of thoughts on the subject as she always did.

Telling a tale
Sukotto has asked Senritsu to tell him about her favorite book; he aims to test just how well her mind can hold on to memories.
1d20(4)+Intelligence(2)=6
DC: 10
Train: 2/5

Posted: Sat Feb 21, 2009 1:09 pm

Sukotto felt that he was beginning to grasp Senritsu's personality quite well. She was much more intelligent than even most of the jounin that he knew, but oddly enough, that made her easier to understand than anyone who had a smaller capacity for intelligence. It also meant that he likely would have difficulty winning arguments with her unless he was nearly sure that his point was correct. Even if that was the case, Sukotto felt that Senritsu still had the capability of convincing him that he was incorrect. The Uchiha wasn't one who often began arguments, but again, he already figured Senritsu's personality to be slightly fiery. This thought made Sukotto smile again and since he knew that he couldn't hide this one, he allowed a laugh to escape his lips. "I suppose that you are more free to choose how you go about your daily life as a higher ranking shinobi, as is the case with me. I've mostly chosen to train alone, but that hasn't really taken me to a happy place and I do feel as if these places take little by little out of me and that is a bittersweet fact. I'd just like to give them a little more something to feed off of, which is part of the reason that I've been smiling and laughing so much with you around."

Sukotto scratched the back of his head and looked Senritsu in the eyes, allowing her too peer through the two small holes that led to what she seemed to be looking for while gazing at him. "It isn't that you simply entertain me or that I find it amusing that someone younger than me is as smart or smarter than me." While keeping his stare fixed on her eyes, he tilted his head slightly. "I've always been one to hide away from the world in my mind." He paused for a moment, allowing his gaze to slip from her eyes, but then quickly reconnected his stare. "I feel as though you are almost able to join me in my thoughts, releasing me from that prison." He decided to wait on the academy level training until he was satisfied with the amount that she told him about her book.

Courage of the Phoenix
Trainees must combine the skills emphasized in the first three stages of training with the core agility of the taijutsu. The recommended training for this is using one's chakra to run up the side of a cliff while striking various objects on the rock wall with moves learned in the taijutsu's kata. This stage is complete after the trainee has struck every object that they originally set out to hit while still reaching the top of the cliff.
1d20+Agility+Taijutsu
DC: 10+Agility+Taijutsu
Train: 1/8

[1d20+10(Agility)+31(Taijutsu)= 50]

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Posted: Sat Feb 21, 2009 1:40 pm

Senritsu watched as Sukotto thought to himself. If only she could see what it was he was thinking...! She bit her lip as she watched him, curious beyond imagination of what it was he was wondering about. It almost spooked her when he laughed aloud, putting her into a semi-shocked state for a split second. "Isn't training alone rather boring? I would get so tired of it. Especially since things would feel a little repeatitive. Without someone to interact with your mind will slow and become stunted due to lack of stimulation. Sure you can do things on your own as you do, but isn't it better trying to understand someone else? Trying to get to know them better and peer inside another person's thoughts and ways of going about things? I'd get bored if I was alone for a long time. Even a few hours alone is tiresome." Senritsu plopped herself down on the ground as she watched the male do what he needed. "With me around? What makes me so special that you'd wish to give this area good memories?"

The younger Uchiha let a smile run through her lips as Sukotto itched his head and looked at her. She pierced through his eyes, and into the deepest part of his heart to try to see what it was he was all about. Sadly, she was torn from her job before succeeding in her awaited conquest as he spoke of her releasing him from this 'prison' he was in. She noticed he had looked away for a moment and a smirk returned to her lips that had momentarily slipped away. "So, I'm breaking you out of prison hm? Sure I won't get in trouble for it?" She giggled and looked at him with a little more serious look. "You know, it won't be long before you won't even be able to look at the floor before I know what you're going to do. It's something I pride myself on. And it also ticks people off. I can even tell when my siblings are hungry even after they are told to not say anything. I find it funny. But yes, I'll rather enjoy knowing what you have going on in that curious little mind of yours. It's part of human nature you know...To always want to learn what they don't already know. I read that in the book as well."

Telling a tale
Sukotto has asked Senritsu to tell him about her favorite book; he aims to test just how well her mind can hold on to memories.
1d20(13)+Intelligence(2)= 15
DC: 10
Train: 3/5

Posted: Sat Feb 21, 2009 5:14 pm

It was a wonder how much enjoyment the girl extracted from simply watching Sukotto's most subtle motions! She could already see details so well and hadn't even developed the first stage of her Sharingan. If she truly had the capability of using the kekkai genkai, she would surely be one of the most skilled users of the bloodline technique. Additionally, she already grasped the world so well from having merely read a few books in her young age. If she were to continue this progress, she'd easily have twice the intelligence of the most skilled shinobi tactician. Sukotto quickly realized that he was beginning to change the subject to ninja business. Senritsu was helping him to realize that there was much more to life than training and becoming more powerful. Building bonds with others who shared similar beliefs as you was what life was truly all about. Sukotto's most powerful bond of this sort had been with Ichi. He wasn't foolish enough to desire any sort of revenge for the man's life. It wasn't that Sukotto was a coward in any way, he just knew deep down that killing the one who had killed Ichi would accomplish nothing at all besides throwing an entire life's time away for a single task that would result in no greater good. However, having this bond severed had woken something evil within Sukotto and he could feel it slowly consuming his body, moment by moment. He had sensed that something in the Bird Country would help him to overcome this, but wouldn't be sure of that until he formed a squad of his own and led them there in search of whatever it was that called out to him.

Before making another attempt at his training, Sukotto responded to Senritsu's well made point. "I can focus pretty well when I'm on my own, but I've never really trained with someone else for an extended period of time, so I wouldn't know what I've been missing out on." Sukotto stared up the large and ominous rock wall that slumbered before him as he continued to speak. "I think that you're one of the few people in the village capable of really understanding me and no one is better suited for creating truly worthwhile memories with me." He glanced back over to her, retaining the smile on his face. "Indeed you are, so you better not let the ANBU catch you, because aiding a prisoner like myself will leave you charged with a crime whose punishment involves the two of us eternally ending up bound together as friends! And I like that you can predict what I'm about to do, it isn't annoying at all. Far too often have people claimed that I'm unpredictable. I think it's just that they weren't looking hard enough." With that said, Sukotto dashed towards the cliff, embarking on another training run.

Courage of the Phoenix
Trainees must combine the skills emphasized in the first three stages of training with the core agility of the taijutsu. The recommended training for this is using one's chakra to run up the side of a cliff while striking various objects on the rock wall with moves learned in the taijutsu's kata. This stage is complete after the trainee has struck every object that they originally set out to hit while still reaching the top of the cliff.
1d20+Agility+Taijutsu
DC: 10+Agility+Taijutsu
Train: 2/8

[1d20+10(Agility)+31(Taijutsu)= 58]

+2 to Senritsu's next roll

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Posted: Sat Feb 21, 2009 6:43 pm

It was fun for the girl to watch people, it always was. Watching the ways people react in situations with their different personalities was rather fun, especially when you get two people with completely different personalities and backgrounds in one room. People watching was fun when you had a mind that could detail every movement the people made. It was like watching a soap opera only she could understand and laugh at. Especially when secrets and lies were involved. It paid well to be able to see through lies and deceit as she could in those situations. Closing her eyes, she sighed, taking a moment to relax herself, letting her arms stretch out before relaxing by her sides. Senritsu herself had never made any real connections to anyone. Never really hung out with anyone or cared about anyone, shoot, her own parents barely cared if she was alive or not. If she dissapeared nobody would notice from her home. They were always too busy worrying about the other children in the house to care what happened to their oldest daughter. Her eyes sharpened to a point of near hatred before letting it whisp away with the icy wind. She never really cared about what they did, so why should she bother to care now?

"Hm...you know you can focus when you're by yourself...but with a person with you, it'll be harder to concentrate. I wonder if you could concentrate when you are with someone who catches your fancy. Is there a girl in the village you care for greatly? Try training with her around and see if you can concentrate without stumbling over yourself." She laughed as quietly as she could at the prospect of Sukotto trying to catch glances at a pretty girl in the village while training. The fact was, she really couldn't think he'd be that way. There were plenty of guys who would, but Sukotto seemed to have more respect for himself and others to oogle a girl that walks by with a decent body. "Hm...so I'm good for making memories? Worthwhile memories at that. Wow, I should feel privilaged shouldn't I then?" Senritsu couldn't help but giggle when he spoke of them becoming friends. "Friends? Is that what you wish? Very well then, I guess I'll just have to keep away from the ANBU so I don't get caught and charged with such a horrible punishment. Hm...unpredictable? Far from. You're easy to figure out. Easy to read. Easy to understand. Perhaps people don't take time to think things your way. Well, I guess I should say 'our' way. Very few people take time to think at all, much less think about the true reason behind everything." Following suit after his body, her eyes took in his muscle movements as they had before, waiting to see if he could make it or not.

Telling a tale
Sukotto has asked Senritsu to tell him about her favorite book; he aims to test just how well her mind can hold on to memories.
1d20(20)+Intelligence(2)+2 Sukotto= 24
DC: 10
Train: 4/5

Posted: Sat Feb 21, 2009 7:43 pm

Sukotto sprinted his way up the side of the cliff and managed to use a few moves from his taijutsu's kata on the various shrubs that jutted out of the stony surface. After feeling his grip on the wall begin to fade, he ran back down, knocking a few more bushes on his way and then landing softly back on the boulder from which he had began from. He opened his mouth and inhaled a deep breath of cold air that felt unpleasantly hot against his lungs. The Uchiha had already been worn out before he started and this was by far the most difficult training that he had taken on in the creation of his taijutsu. However, he was so close to finishing now that he just couldn't force himself to stop. He straightened his posture and calmed his breathing. Greedily feasting on the winter air would only cause him to become sick, so he had to concentrate on pacing his breath so that he could train longer. As his breath finally settled, he looked over at Senritsu and responded. "There are a few girls I care for, but only as if they were my sisters and nothing beyond that. I doubt that a physically attractive girl would cause me to stumble, but someone who I had gotten to know and become emotionally and mentally attracted to would definitely make me slip up."

To keep his muscles warm while he rested, Sukotto moved his arms in their full range of motions and then bent over to touch his toes for a slow, ten second count, moved his arms once again, and repeated this process a few times. "If all people started using their minds as much as you and I, then we wouldn't be so special anymore!" The Uchiha attempted to lighten the mood a little after seeing the expression that had taken hold of Senritsu's face before she responded to him. Something was certainly on her mind and he hoped that a little joke would help to thaw the frozen features that had been present. Honestly he was curious to see how she would respond. He figured that she would either counter with more comical humor, or act as if she believed that he had been serious. She had been able to read him well enough up to that point and he was sure that she knew he was merely joking.

Courage of the Phoenix
Trainees must combine the skills emphasized in the first three stages of training with the core agility of the taijutsu. The recommended training for this is using one's chakra to run up the side of a cliff while striking various objects on the rock wall with moves learned in the taijutsu's kata. This stage is complete after the trainee has struck every object that they originally set out to hit while still reaching the top of the cliff.
1d20+Agility+Taijutsu
DC: 10+Agility+Taijutsu
Train: 2/8

[1d20+10(Agility)+31(Taijutsu)= 47]

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Posted: Sat Feb 21, 2009 8:48 pm

Clapping for her companions movements up the cliff, Senritsu could see his chest heaving as he took in the chilly air. It wasn't a smart move. He should not have opened his mouth to take in air but instead continued to breath through his nose. At least then it would have semi-warmed the air before reaching his lungs. She did notice however, he began to do as she was thinking, and it made her smile. At least he was smart. Most boys would have continued to breathe heavily through their mouth with no thought as to later consiquences to the action. Her ears caught his words as he finshed calming his taking of air. "So I take it you have nobody like that? Sad, someone as intellectual as you are would surely get any girl he had his eyes on." She giggled and watched as he stretched to try to keep his body temperature regulated. It would be useless for him to do so unless he got into a place warm soon. His temperature would go down steadily and he may possibly catch a cold from all his adventures outside.

"Hm...if people began thinking as you and I did...wars would be more thought out and less people would die. The wars we fight would be few and far between due to people realizing the uselessness of it all. Then again, weapons would be more deadly. It was in the book as well you know. That people will use any means necassary to win." Shrugging, Senritsu looked at him, gazing into the eyes of the, seeming to be tired, Uchiha. A smirk entered her face as she reacted to his comment with another one of her own. "Hm, only difference between us is, at least I know how to continue my studies of the mind and not my body creating Taijutsu. You'd be like the rest of the world as I shot ahead to continue to be 'special'." She stuck her tongue out childishly to him before whiping it back inside, protected from the chilled air that it had touched.

Telling a tale
Sukotto has asked Senritsu to tell him about her favorite book; he aims to test just how well her mind can hold on to memories.
1d20(17)+Intelligence(2)=19
DC: 10
Train: 5/5

Posted: Sat Feb 21, 2009 11:56 pm

Seeing the way Senritsu looked over him, Sukotto could tell that she was silently scolding him within her mind, but had already come to the conclusion that doing so out loud would be ineffective for the time being. When she spoke about "getting any girl he had is eyes on", Sukotto's heart slightly sank and he breathed a soft sigh. He wasn't sure if he would be able to get any girl he had his eyes on, but that wasn't the main problem in the first place. What really held him back from finding anyone special was that there hadn't been any girls for him to set his eyes on. The Uchiha was extremely picky about the kind of girl that he would choose to get himself involved in. While a sweet girl who treated him decently would be enough in the opinion of many others, he desired a strong connection to his partner. Sukotto wanted her to be his very best friend, someone who would be capable of understanding him and would be willing to open themselves up to him as well. There was one more strange quality that Sukotto desired in a partner that he found rather rare among all people. He wanted her to either be as intelligent or more intelligent than himself and especially have the capability to reason things out and see every side of a situation. The Uchiha didn't think extremely highly of himself or anything, but he could definitely tell the difference between his intellectual inferiors, equals, and superiors. Also, he knew that he wasn't anything near perfect and he didn't expect his partner to constantly make the right decision. However, what he did expect was for her to put herself in the shoes of others and seeing their side of an argument and using this knowledge to change her argument, making it stronger or agreeing with the opposite party more. Finding a partner like this who was mutually interested in him was very rare and he tried to stay positive by taking life one day at a time.

Sukotto shook his head free of the mental strangle that he had placed upon himself and attempted to focus on the subject that Senritsu spoke about next. "You know, I did consider that bit about war. It would be interesting to see how the world would have turned out if it had been led solely by intellectuals." He thought about how to address her statement about him learning his taijutsu. It definitely wasn't his primary fighting style and was quite crude compared to the capabilities of ninjutsu and especially genjutsu, but he still had his reasons. "I'm only training in taijutsu to strengthen my body a little so that it can catch up with my mind. The best weapon in my arsenal is my ninjutsu. While it is powerful in my eyes, I need something to compensate for my lack of chakra and having a solid taijutsu will do just that. Once I increase the power of my chakra enough, I won't have to rely on it anymore and I can focus on my studies more." Sukotto smiled and winked at Senritsu after explaining himself to her. There were alternative and more intellectual ways to deal with the "chakra problem", and Sukotto planned to attempt to teach them to Senritsu. After all, she didn't seem like the type to use taijutsu anyway.

The Uchiha decided that she had convinced him that she had truly understood the concepts of her book and her memory was as good or even better than she had hinted about prior to the test that he had given her. He figured that it was time to teach her a little bit about one of the academy level techniques. Sukotto made his way over to the girl while speaking "You've impressed me with your knowledge and memory of your book. You can feel free to talk to me about it anytime, as I've greatly enjoyed hearing about it and about your take on it. Now, however, I would like to show you how to use one of the basic techniques taught at the academy. It is called the Body Replacement Technique. I imagine that you may very well have stumbled across it in your reading, but in case you want to know anything about it or what it does you can feel free to ask." Sukotto then looked down to his hands and formed a few simple hand seals. "Now show me how good that memory of yours is and repeat that sequence of hand seals a couple of times." He then turned back towards the cliffs and began another run at them, deciding to aim for one of the shrubs that was located a little higher than the majority of them.

Courage of the Phoenix
Trainees must combine the skills emphasized in the first three stages of training with the core agility of the taijutsu. The recommended training for this is using one's chakra to run up the side of a cliff while striking various objects on the rock wall with moves learned in the taijutsu's kata. This stage is complete after the trainee has struck every object that they originally set out to hit while still reaching the top of the cliff.
1d20+Agility+Taijutsu
DC: 10+Agility+Taijutsu
Train: 3/8

[1d20+10(Agility)+31(Taijutsu)= 57]

Training for Senritsu:
Body Replacement Technique [Kawarimi no Jutsu]
Learn Hand Seal
1d20 + Spy
DC: 15
Train: 0/2

Senritsu's reward for "Telling a tale":
+1 Intelligence, +15 Experience

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(Would it be wrong of me to ask if you could check my other training I've done? It was never graded by the person who gave it to me. ^_^')

Senritsu felt she had spoken out of turn when she spoke of him getting women. The way he sighed didn't make her feel any better about it either. She brought her legs up to her chest and hugged them, being sure to keep her bright green eyes on him to see if he made any other movements that would let her know she'd done wrong in saying such a thing. Perhaps the reason was, he wasn't into females? If that was so it would explain the reaction she'd gotten from him. It didn't take her very long before realizing he probably wasn't going to respond to her female accusation. Not that it mattered much, but it would have been very entertaining as to what he would have resonded with. She shrugged it off and kept her waiting eyes on him as she waited semi-patiently for him to at least respond to something she'd earlier commented on.

"Well, I wouldn't want to see it. Think, if you see it, it's already come to be. It is already frightening to think about, just imagine if it came to be a reality." She yawned, her eyes closing tightly before relaxing, but still keeping themselves closed off to the world around her. Her head rested gently upon her arms that held her knees as she listened to Sukotto continue on with his words and explain things to her that she sort of didn't care about. He had his reasons for doing things and he didn't need to explain anything to her that she didn't need to know. But she wouldn't be rude to her new companion and let him finish up his words before even letting her head pop up to give a response. "Hm...your studies should still be your primary sourse of strength, even while training in something else. If you don't continue to feed your mind, then your body will soon be further than your mind and that would completely ruin the thought you have." Senritsu felt a tinge of pink rise in her cheek as she quickly put her head back down in her arms as he winked at her. "It's not good to wink at someone so much younger than you, you know. People may think you're a *****> She lifted her head up only enough for her eyes to catch sight of him before putting it back down in her arms and feeling a cold tingle rise up her spine. The cold air was getting to the girl, not that it was really any surprise seeing as how she was in a cut off tank top in the middle of winter.

She could hear his feet getting closer and she quickly looked up as he stood close, the color of her cheeks finally dissipated and she felt solid about her face not giving anything away as to the slight embarrassment she'd felt only moments before. Senritsu stood up, her back placed against the wall of the cliff as she looked up to him and listened quietly. Body Replacement Technique...This jutsu lets the user quickly switch places with another nearby object, such as a plant (normally a section of a log), an animal, or even another person within reach, leaving the opponent open to a counter-attack. Explosive tags can be attached to the replacement for an added surprise. Fundamentally, all ninja know this technique. The handseals for this particular Jutsu are Ram, Boar, Ox, Dog, and Snake. A smile spread across her lips as she fixed her body back down on the floor to repeat the handseals he'd just shown. The first was Ram, the most basic and most common of the ninja handseals. She let her fingers slip into place with little to no problem what so ever. Next, she let her hands glide into the Boar, merely her hands turned upside down, pressed together with her fingers turned inside. Didn't seem like there was much to learning the handseals. What the girl really couldn't wait to learn was putting the technique into action.

Training for Senritsu:
Body Replacement Technique [Kawarimi no Jutsu]
Learn Hand Seal
1d20(17) + Spy(3)=20
DC: 15
Train: 1/2

Posted: Sun Feb 22, 2009 11:11 am

((Not at all ^^))

At first, Sukotto noticed that Senritsu seemed to expect him to say or do something more than he had and it only took him a moment or so to figure out exactly what it was that had been missing from his previous set of words. He had become so caught up in his mind that he had forgot to respond to her comment regarding having his eyes on a girl. After he had completed his training attempt, he made his way back over to her and saw that she had already perfectly matched the hand seals that he had shown her, no surprise there. "Nice work, Sen! I have to apologize, because I got a little caught up in my mind. I don't have any girl that I really care about because there haven't been any that I've had my eyes on yet; no one has seemed to have what it is I've truly wanted in a partner." He allowed a smile to pass over her face and it remained, as she continued to lecture him about valuing his studies more than his physical training and even as she claimed that people would possibly think of him as a ***** after he winked at her. "You should have seen how much studying I've done to prepare for this taijutsu. It isn't all about physical training, you know. I believe that pushing yourself to your limit is a true test of your mind. I realize that pushing yourself beyond this point is silly, and I do it more than I'd like to admit to you, but no one is perfect and I really am working to calm this addiction." He looked her in the eyes and continued, "And all I did was wink at you after you stuck your tongue out at me, silly. I hightly doubt that qualifies me as a *****. Besides, I'm not that much older than you. You may even be able to surpass me in every skill and ability someday. You've definitely already beaten me on many of them, so it could happen much sooner than either of us expects it to."

The Uchiha turned to try another training run. He sprinted towards the rock wall and planted one of his feet against the hard surface, gripping it with his chakra. SUkotto then ran up the side of the cliff, snapping his arms out every now and then to lightly brush against the various shrubbery that was located along the wall. Occasionally, he would plant one foot to the wall and then use it and his momentum to snap a kick with the other leg, targeting the bush and sweeping his foot right through it. As he felt his chakra begin to fade, he would turn around and run back down the side of the cliff, using pure speed to power his attacks on his descent.

Courage of the Phoenix
Trainees must combine the skills emphasized in the first three stages of training with the core agility of the taijutsu. The recommended training for this is using one's chakra to run up the side of a cliff while striking various objects on the rock wall with moves learned in the taijutsu's kata. This stage is complete after the trainee has struck every object that they originally set out to hit while still reaching the top of the cliff.
1d20+Agility+Taijutsu
DC: 10+Agility+Taijutsu
Train: 4/8

[1d20+10(Agility)+31(Taijutsu)= 61]

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Reward for "Sense Training":
+1 Sense, +11 Experience

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Posted: Sun Feb 22, 2009 4:33 pm

Senritsu was busy caught up in doing her handseals to realize he was coming up to talk to her again. It was when his feet were in the girl's sight did she look up to hear his voice. "Hm...Well, I hope you find a girl that suits your fancy before you fall out of the marrying age. After that it's down hill for ya, nobody wants to marry an old fart." Giggling, she watched him smile and continue to speak. "Studying for a Jutsu that deals with the body? Strange, never heard of something like that. Besides, pushing your body to the limit is diffferent that putting your mind to it's limit. I don't even want to both giving a monolague of how it is because it would be tiresome and boring and I really just don't feel like doing it. Beyond that, if you'd like, I'll help you calm your addiction." She smiled and stuck her tongue out at him again. When he spoke about age she shrugged and started to play with her ribbon once more. "True, you aren't much older than me, you could be my older brother or perhaps a boyfriend or something. Oh that reminds me, how old are you anyways? I'm thirteen," she said bluntly. "As for the whole surpass you thing, you have too much experience on me for me to pass you by so quickly. The only way I will be able to is if I keep my head out of the clouds every minute of the day and stick my nose into training. And to tell you the truth, that gets very annoying to me. I suppose I might have my short times of true training but other than that, if it's not interesting I take my time with it and day dream a lot."

It wasn't a lie, Senritsu was a very relaxed person and only did things that she thought were worth the time and effort. Then it reignited a thought in her brain, reminding her she was supposed to be doing something at the moment she'd forgotten about. Letting her fingers cross though each other, she tilted one of her elbows up so it was completely sidewise as her opposite hand stood straight up. She put her middle and ring finger of her errect hand down onto the back of her other hand and smiled. There was another one she'd remembered, now she'd done three, Ram, Boar, and Ox. Next would be Dog. It was all too simple for her to remember this one, simply put one hand over the other closed fisted hand. Simple and easy. Next, Snake. She clasped her hands together as if to make a prayer, and it was done. She finished going through the seals without any sort of trouble at all. "Sukotto, what's next?"

Training for Senritsu:
Body Replacement Technique [Kawarimi no Jutsu]
Learn Hand Seal
1d20(17) + Spy(3)=20
DC: 15
Train: 2/2

Posted: Sun Feb 22, 2009 5:17 pm

The Uchiha grinned as Senritsu lectured him about finding a girl before he reached an old age. He scratched the back of his head and wondered why such things had to be so troublesome, but then figured that most things that were good in life took a lot of time and effort to achieve. Finding the right girl was pretty much the best thing that he could imagine happening to him, so he figured that it would make sense if it also took the most work and patience. "Hehe, I could be like an older brother or even a boyfriend, but I suppose only time will tell, hey?" Senritsu was much different from most of the shinobi in Shimagakure. She grasped that Sukotto had more experience than her and thus had more time to enhance his skills and abilities. In addition, she didn't seem to care too much about surpassing him. He had intended to strike one of her fiery chords to see how easily he could get her going, but it was obvious that she had a good degree of control over her emotions and wouldn't let silly things bother her.

Sukotto's jaw dropped a little as the girl flawlessly completed the first stage of her Body Replacement training. While it was the easiest stage of the three, it took most academy students at least a few fails before they had the seals down. He figured that she must have read up on the seals in her studies and that led him to believe that many of the training assignments that he would give her would come naturally. "The next stage of training emphasizes chakra control and is even more important than the hand seals. Form the Ram seal and get your chakra moving throughout your entire body. Picture it smoothly flowing through your chakra network like a river flowing down a slope, but the end of the river is also where it begins." He hoped that his explanation hadn't confused Senritsu. It wasn't that she wasn't capable of understanding what he meant, but he was capable of mixing up his sentences and making things more complicated than they really were. "Then pick a random, roughly human sized object in a safe location to switch places with. Focus on that object and the immediate area surrounding it. Finally, imagine replacing that object with the stream of chakra that has been built up in your network. You won't be switching places quite yet, but you will be ready to as soon as you have finished this stage." The shinobi nodded at Senritsu after explaining her next training session and then proceeded to make another attempt at his own.

Courage of the Phoenix
Trainees must combine the skills emphasized in the first three stages of training with the core agility of the taijutsu. The recommended training for this is using one's chakra to run up the side of a cliff while striking various objects on the rock wall with moves learned in the taijutsu's kata. This stage is complete after the trainee has struck every object that they originally set out to hit while still reaching the top of the cliff.
1d20+Agility+Taijutsu
DC: 10+Agility+Taijutsu
Train: 5/8

[1d20+10(Agility)+31(Taijutsu)= 51]

Training for Senritsu:
Body Replacement Technique [Kawarimi no Jutsu]
Manipulate Chaka
1d20 + Control
DC: 15
Train: 0/2

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Posted: Sun Feb 22, 2009 6:09 pm

"Why are you smiling when I'm telling you off about finding a girlfriend? You're an odd one alright." Shrugging, Senritsu watched as he had another nervous movement of scratching the back of his neck. She bit her bottom lip as she wondered why he wouldn't just verbalize his thoughts instead of driving her into the ground with only thinking them. "Time? Tell what? I don't see anything between us other than a few intellectual conversations and a few lessons." A smirk crossed her face as she played with him. True, nobody knew what would happen in the future, feelings change and it was often so that best friends of opposite genders soon found 'love' in their future, but nobody could tell the future, not even the most skilled of ninja. Senritsu couldn't help but laugh when she saw Sukotto's face drop. "What's so funny? Didn't expect me to have the brains?" She smirked to him before listening to what he had for her to do next. So, Chakra was next. Senritsu wasn't bad at it, but it wasn't her best either. She'd have a bit of trouble with this one for sure. She let her fingers slip into the Ram seal and listened to him as he tried to explain how to do it.

So, basically it's like a strange out of wack picture. Senritsu forgot the name for it but she knew how it went. Every energy must return to the source. It was the reason for everything, energy was renewable and could be reused multiple times. Sighing, she prepared herself to do what she could. It wouldn't have surprised Senritsu very much if she failed her first few tries to get this whole, regulating through every nerve in her body. She tried to push the chakra down to her feet and up and through her arms just to see if she could even regulate it to a concentrated place in the first place. Her eyes sharpened as she stared down at her hands still in the Ram seal. Senritsu wanted to hurry up with this Jutsu so she could go on to whatever else it was the Uchiha before her had to show her. She knew Ninjutsu and Genjutsu would be her more favored Jutsu, so she knew trying to learn to keep her body up to shape to learn Taijutsu would sort of be pointless. Though getting her stamina would help her out in the long run.

Training for Senritsu:
Body Replacement Technique [Kawarimi no Jutsu]
Manipulate Chaka
1d20(5) + Control(1)=6
DC: 15
Train: 0/2

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