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"Ow!", Kuro yelled out, hearing the cracking of a few joints and knuckles as he smashed his fingers together. "That was a bit too hard...", he said to himself, shaking his hands, preparing to try again. He positioned himself once more, and examined his hands again, feeling the small pain in his joints disappear, his warm blood soothing some of the pain in his joints. "Here goes nothing...", Kuro said once more, attempting the bird hand seal. "Tori!", he yelled aloud.

Kuro smiled at his hands after this second attempt at the bird seal. His hands sat in perfect alignment of the Tori symbol, all fingers in the exact proper position that he required. YES!, he thought quite excitedly, but did not say aloud. "Thanks for the demonstration Tai.", he said happily, placing his hands back apart.
He then looked at Tairu, and watched intently as he performed the I or Boar symbol for him. Kuro slowly imitated the seal, and thought that he had the correct positioning of his fingers and palms. It was then he made his attempt. "I!", he called out loud, shoving his hands together, in hopefully he correct position.

Tairu looked at Kuro's successful attempt at the I hand seal. "Very good Kuro, the next hand seal is the Inu (Dog)." Tairu held out his hands with right hand laying flat on top of the left hand which was held in a clenched fist. "That's how you form the Inu hand seal Kuro." Tairu told him. Wow, learning these lessons is so much easier with a teacher Tairu thought as looked back on his training last night. He then looked with disappointment at his attempt at the Kawarimi no jutsu. He hadn't switched places with the pebble on his last attempt. In fact he hadn't moved at all. All right, I can do this I just need to focus. Tairu thought to himself and as performed the necessary steps to do the Kawarimi no Jutsu. Forming the hand seals Hitsuji, I, Ushi, Inu, Mi, and then yelling "Kawarimi no Jutsu" Tairu watched hoped with all his might that he succeed again.

Shinobi can help/hurt each other by either assisting/offering advice/cheering presence or being distracting. As a Student, you can give -1/+1 to others when they are doing lessons/training. +1 to Kuro

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Damn, why am I having so much trouble with his justu when I got on my first try? Tairu questioned as he thought about the difficult time he was having with the Kawarimi no Jutsu. I need to sit down and just focus for a few minutes. Tairu did just that, he sat down closed his eyes and tried to focus on his first attempt at the Kawarimi no Jutsu. So if I put that much chakra out at the Ushi seal, and this much out at the Mi seal... Tairu thought as looked back on his successful use of the Kawarimi no Jutsu. Alright, I think I've got it now. Tairu thought as he opened his eyes and stood up. Tairu formed the hand seals and upon reaching the end said "Kawarimi no Jutsu."

This time a cloud of smoke engulfed Tairu and began to cough as he waved his arms trying to make the smoke go away. Tairu had managed to produce some smoke but hadn't been able to make himself switch places with the pebble. Damn, I need to be able to do this consistently. he thought. Tairu was close to learning the jutsu and he decided to keep at it. I just need to focus properly, like I did earlier Tairu told himself. With a strong sense of confidence Tairu brought his hands together and formed the five hand seals required for the Kawarimi no Jutsu.

Tairu sighed with disappointment as looked at the unchanged position of the pebble. I thought I had it too! Tairu thought. Tairu could feel how close he was to learning this new jutsu and his desire to learn it was strong. I must learn this jutsu so that I can impress To-san." he thought. For Tairu learning this Jutsu was just a small step in proving his worth as a Hyuuga. Putting all of his focus onto the Kawarimi no Jutsu Tairu formed each of the five hand seals and then yelled "Kawarimi no Jutsu!"

Failure again. Something must have been bothering Tairu, maybe he was just exhausted or perhaps he was rushing things. Either way he still failed to do the Kawarimi no Jutsu for a third time in a row. It was starting to become frustrating for Tairu because of his strong desire to learn the jutsu. I'm so close, I just need to get the jutsu down pat and then I'll only have one more academy lesson to go. Tairu thought. Tairu tried to focus on his task by using the breathing exorcise and mental mantra for the second time. Hitsuji, I, Ushi, Inu, Mi "Kawarimi no Jutsu!" he yelled.