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Smiling and waving her hand in the air, Yuki tried to dismiss Kolo. "That's ok, darling," she said, knowing that Kolo hardly knew anything about the shinobi ways. "I think you should go to the library and perhaps check out the Shinobi basics book," the woman suggested, hoping a little reading would give Kolo a better idea for what he was in store for. Yuki truly liked the boy, but she couldn't listen to his rambles right now while trying to teach class. As she dismissed Kolo, Seiko spoke up to Yuki and a frown framed up on her face. "Your attitude sucks," the woman said plain as day as she stood up and walked over to the boy. She had overheard what he and Akemi had been talking about and she was just plain disgusted by how the boy was acting because of it.

"Your parents were murdered in front of your eyes," Yuki said, bending down to eye level with the boy and whispering so no one else could here. "That doesn't make you special. You look into anyone's history on this island and you will find that they've lost at least one loved one right before their eyes," Yuki said, with her emerald eyes boring hard into Seiko forcing him to stare right back at her. "To hate an entire race, because of only one person's actions is ignorant and foolish. What will you do when you find a person who protected you is part of that race?" Yuki asked the boy knowing that he would eventually figure out that from her words the one that protected him from the Meho's was actually part Meho herself. Standing back up and puffing out her chest, Yuki crossed her arms underneath her breasts just like Seiko had portrayed her. "You'll find Tomoko's story much more traumatizing than your own," Yuki said with cold green eyes. "Every Jio and Meho I've met is messed up in the head and you're no different," the woman said turning back to her desk and letting those words sink into Seiko for a bit.

"Aw! Much better, my darlings!" Yuki said with a smile as a clean Raiken and a clean Tenmoki came in the room. "Now we can start your training!" the woman said rolling up her sleeves. "Today we are going to learn about genjutsu," Yuki said as she wrote the word on the board using symbols. "Genjutsu is a shinobi art that attacks either one or several of the 5 senses; Touch, Smell, Sight, Sound, Taste. Our first Kage, Uchiha Ichi," Yuki said as she pointed towards the pencil drawing of the dark skinned young man on the back of the wall, "was a master of the genjutsu art. The best way to understand genjutsu is to defend yourself against it. Today we will be learning about a small technique called 'Kai' which means 'Release," Yuki went on as she wrote the word on the board. "When someone uses a genjutsu they are attacking your brain, making you feel, see or hear something that really isn't there. In order to break free from this attack you must send a wave of chakra to your brain," the woman explained as she pointed at her head. Lacing her fingers together in the seal of the Ram, Yuki began to demonstrate.

"This is the seal of the Ram. Its stands for concentration, which is key to freeing yourself from a genjutsu. The energy you feel within your body, the adrenaline that kicks up when you're excited or scared, that is what you will be concentrating on. That is your chakra, your energy. Learn to control it and bring it to your mind and release yourself from..." Yuki started as her hands left the Ram seal and quickly moved into several other seals the students wouldn't even begin to make out. "Kokoni Arazu no Jutsu," the woman said as the school house walls began to transform into something else. Stacks of books turned into tall trees and everyone's surroundings turned into a jungle.

Once Akiko and Roalen were trapped within the genjutsu, Yuki walked over to Seiko. "Think you can hold henge?" she asked him with her hands on her hips. "I want you to create an image of someone and then hold it for at least 30 seconds," Yuki said to the boy, going on with the lesson as if she had never said a word to him. Tenmoki Yuki knew everything that went on in this village and she knew almost everything about everyone. She was the one that approved people to enter the academy and in order for them to do so, everything about them was to be known. Higher ranking shinobi were no exception.

Learning Kai
Use your chakra to free your mind from the genjutsu in which you are trapped.
DC: 13
1d20 + Sense =
Train: 3/3
Special: +5 to everyone's First Roll.

Kolo: Tell Yuki what you Know [Changed to: Study the Basics]
After hearing what Kolo had to say, Yuki instructed him to better research the Shinobi arts and head to the library to study them up.
DC: 11
1d20 + Knowledge [2] =
Train: 1/3
Special: +5 onto next roll.

Seiko: Training III
Combine what you have learned and practice holding the technique. If you fail the DC, you must start over.
DC: 8
1d20 + Genjutsu + Disguise
CP Cost: 2 + 1 per holding post
Train: 3/3
Notes: Sensei's make sure that the students understand the bonuses with this technique.

Rewards: Henge II
Seiko: +1 Disguise, +1 Chakra, +6 Experience

Rewards: Clean Yourself Up
Akiko: +1 Persuade, +10 Experience
Roalen: +1 Persuade, +11 Experience

Rewards: Listening to Yuki's Lecture
Akiko: +1 Knowledge
Roalen: +1 Knowledge

Rolaen had listened intently as Yuki had given the lecture. Wincing when she had mentioned the part about having to control their chakra, the red head ran a hand over his shortly cropped hair. His eyes quickly danced around as the illusion quickly set into place over the school room, the boy at first panicking. 'Control my chakra. Wonderful! The one thing my clan ISN'T known for!'

Sighing, the young boy nonetheless formed his hands up into the ram symbol, closing his eyes after he was sure he had the symbol correct. "Kai!" He made sure to say it loud enough so that the girl who had come into the school room with him would be able to hear him, just in case she was unsure of the exercise.

+1 to Akiko's next roll.

Learning Kai
Use your chakra to free your mind from the genjutsu in which you are trapped.
DC: 13
1d20 + Sense ( 0 ) +5 from Yuki = 13
Train: 1/3
Special: +5 to everyone's First Roll.

As he stood he picked up the book on his desk and strapped it back onto his body. Except with this it split right down the center of the mosquito bites this girl held on her chest. Not much to look at was she? A very homely girl, not brimming with confidence do to the body it truly belonged. She didn't look at the ground for fear of scratching out somebodies eyes, nor did she not speak because of fear of killing something. She was almost as normal as normal could be.

Combine what you have learned and practice holding the technique. If you fail the DC, you must start over.
DC: 8
1d20[14] + Genjutsu[3] + Disguise[2]=19
CP Cost: 2 + 1 per holding post
Train: 2/3
Notes: Sensei's make sure that the students understand the bonuses with this technique.

Cp: 3-1=2

She should be an actor. After convincing her teammates that she was naught anything but super excited to become a genin, Orika had ditched the actual exam, leaving her house to spend time in the forests. She couldn't risk anyone finding her and having to confront them about her anxiety over becoming a genin. That step meant that she was actually a shinobi and would have to go on missions at the will of their psychotic Kage, missions where anything could happen. The teen kicked at a clump of dirt with her bare feet and let the ever-present sand seep in between her fat toes. Screw being a genin. Orika let out the breath she'd been holding and sprinted in a random direction, her legs furiously kicking off the ground to go faster, pushing her limits so that the wind slapped against her body as though she were an arrow. Shot from a bow and left with no choice as to the direction she could go in. Forced to fly because other arrows were soaring. "Screw shinobi!" she suddenly screamed, sliding to a stop with an uncoordinated hop at the end. Orika fell on her bottom and skinned her forearms when she tried to catch the fall. The girl looked at her wound and shrugged it off since there was no flowing blood. Still, she should at least wash it out to prevent infection.

The girl looked around for a source of water. Her eyes rested on the shinobi academy, a despicable place where children were brainwashed into believing an ideal that was so contrary to what actually occurred on the battlefield. There was no glory in fighting. There was no "right" path that would leave a shinobi without guilt. As the gash began to sting and the first drop of blood squeezed from the injury, Orika cursed and headed behind the school where she washed her arm out with the pump. When it still wouldn't stop bleeding, she rolled her eyes and strutted into the academy, ignoring everyone as she made her way to the first aid kit... conveniently located in the back of the room. She was no coward. Who gave half a smoke bomb what people thought about her?

For a moment, the intensity of the illusion overwhelmed Akiko and she forgot what she was doing. The trees around her began to spin a bit, disorienting her and almost causing he to stumble. "What is this place?" Akiko wondered aloud. She surprised herself by saying this; usually, she didn't share her thoughts aloud. Yet, she was so taken aback by this place. It was almost as if this place was a mockery of the world that was. The main senses were real enough--she could see, hear, and feel everything that existed in an actual forest. She even felt the warmth of the sun and the crunch of foliage underfoot. Yet, for all its genuine sensations, this place had no soul. She hated thinking in such subjective terms, but it just didn't fit. Shouldn't she be able to sense the life in this place?

Akiko's vision grew a bit sharper as she drew her hands together. She remembered her mission and formed the seal of the ram. "Kai!" she shouted.

Then the forest changed.

Learning Kai
Use your chakra to free your mind from the genjutsu in which you are trapped.
DC: 13
1d20 + 0 Sense + 3 Intelligence = 13. Juuuust barely...
Train: 2/3

The forest had lurched when Rolaen had said kai the first time, briefly disorientating the red head. As the lurching motion came to a halt, however, his eyes darted around the room, frowning as he was able to finally start distinguishing his surroundings in regards to reality versus what was clearly false. The heat was less intense than it had been before, and the jungle growth beneath his feet felt more like paper mache than actual foliage. Shifting his feet, Rolaen attempted to re-make the Ram seal, but his knuckles slammed into his palm instead, causing him to purse his lips in pain.

"Stupid jungle...." He murmured quietly as he heard Akiko's question in his ear, though he couldn't see her when he tilted his head off to the side, attempting to find the source of the voice.

Learning Kai
Use your chakra to free your mind from the genjutsu in which you are trapped.
DC: 13
1d20 + Sense ( 0 ) +1 from Akiko = 10
Train: 1/3

[Since you've been gone Makuta, we've encouraged not pre-rolling and leaving empty posts. It makes for poor RP and character interaction. So, please stray away from that.]

Yuki didn't say a word to Seiko as he left the academy. She merely gave him a nod. She knew that she had just jerked around his moral standings and hopefully they were changing. For now, she sat and watched Akiko and Rolaen, waiting for the Raiken to come out of the genjutsu. With a smile on her face, Yuki flashed it at Akiko, not giving her training too soon, but waiting for another classmate to start it with her. It was always a good lesson to learn teamwork early.

Kai Rewards
Akiko: +1 Sense, +7 Experience

Henge III Rewards
Seiko: +1 Genjutsu, +1 Chakra, +4 Experience

Rolaen: +5 to next roll.