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"Got it." Spotting her bag right where she had left it, she hustled over to it. The scroll for hte jutsu was still laying on top of it, so she rolled it up, tucking that and the message scroll into her bag. While she had it open, Amaya took a big gulp from her canteen of now ice cold water, then shoved it back inside. She slung the bag over her shoulder and started her trek back to the village.

{exit to Iwagakure}

The gorge would begin to shake and rumble as harumi was trying to break the chakra reinforced stone dragon that pinned her against the gorge wall. But then the rumbling would stop, was that a good sign.As the rumbling would stop hyoumaru quickly looked up at the cliff where harumi was pinned, this was bad. "...dammit....ok lets g!" Suddenly it was like the dragon made of stone massive fissures came rippling half way down the dragon untill half of it literalt exploded in to dust, harumi was in basically a crater up in the canyon's wall, standing there arms slumping down.

Jutsu Name: Final Stage - Kyuukyou
Description of Jutsu: Grants the anima a larger boost in skill, and allows for animal transformation.
Cp Cost: 100 + 10 for every post.
Damage: None
Requirements: Anima must be level 25 and jounin.
Training: With the branch leader or elder (who has mastered this level) for 2 months.
Special: +10 mod in the responding skill and ability. (or +14 if there is no ability with the animal) Because of the painful transformation, it takes 1/6 of your health to transform to animal, and another 1/6 to turn back.
Owner: Branch Heads and various elders.

Harumi would hold her arms out to with her head back as she let out a devastating roar, as it echoed around in the gorge it was so loud that the roar would literally shake the ground and crack all the ice, the snow would actually be stirred up as if there was a massive wind, from that single roar that was so loud many would have to try there damnedest to stay on there feet. AS she roared it was a incredible sight, harumi's forearms and shins would begin to pop and snap as if breaking as they extended in length. Her spine begin to pop and snap as it also extended, as well as her rib cage poping out making it larger two ribs at a time. the her face, her entire jaw structure began to snap and pop extend foreward some, her entire body began to extend out thick but short black hair. She now looked like a humanoid cat, but that transformation was simple horrifying. Then she would leap off the wall towards sazel, but there was a great amount of distance between them he could surely move before she got close enough right? she was flying threw the air like a bullet but he would have enough time to move, but suddenly it was as if she kiced her legs and changed her direction, she did this several times going threw the air at him. He legs were so powerful that the kicks pushed out so much pressure that the air could not disperse fast enough and literally acted like a platform for her to jump off of. She was essentially flying as she could change her direction of her jump mid jump, and she did several times she was quickly closing the gap between her and sazel and it she would begin to pull her fist back to swing once she got close enough.

Suddenly a fist of stone would come between them and literally catch harumi and grasp around her tightly as a fist, Shishimaru had literally used her earth and chakra manipulation to catch her mid flight much like a curve baseball and would keep her tight in hand, she would look to hyoumaru and nod ever so slightly. Hyoumaru would nod back to her, then look to sazel. "In her Kyuukyou nothing will hold her long, so i suggest we go NOW!" Hyoumaru would leap and begin heading back with sazel...basically in tow, because if he didnt follow then he would not be able to get out of stone nation fast enough to save his life.

[exit hyoumaru and forcefully sazel to kage tower (kage's office.)]

[dammit nvm this post....dumbass crying ]

[Fire elemental chakra recomposotion]
DC: 70 (1D20 + 1 per 40 in Chakra Control)
13+6, 15+6, 11+6, 11+6, 6+6=86 (passed the dc at 4th roll)
Passes: 3/5]

The cloth wrap, which was harder to burn than the sticky note, succumbed to giglamesh main fire affinity applied to his chakra even easier than than the stick note had. He was making incredible progress, the idea of applying ones affinity to there chakra sounded as if it was a easy thing to do, however it was much easier said than done. Most didnt even know for sure what there affinity was, and for that matter didnt know where is was located in there body to be able to channel it in to there chakra. But giglamesh had already figured out that its not something exactly inside the body as it is, something that affects the body. He may not be right but giglamesh saw the affinities as a brain wave, a algorithm that wassent seen, touched or heard, yet it had more control over the body then it was ever imagined. Much like the world and nature, every thing came from the earth, every thing was affected by the earth, even there human nature. This brain wave algorithm was in everybody, yet this same wave differed from person to person. Not always the same elements, but always set to the five elements, with exception to the two mutations between wind and water, and earth and water which created ice elemental and wood elemental chakra. Both of these two chakra are nothing more than incredibly rare mutations, but they were also elements created by these brain rhythms. Some times these algorithms would not only procure the bodies elemental properties and affinities, but even at times their exact nature. Fire would act irrational and destructive, water tends to act cold and influential, earth usually acts hard headed or mellow, lightning end up acting with out a pattern yet guided, and wind desires to be free and independent. These of course were not true or set, but under most situations these patterns could be seen within those with the matching affinities. But it was time for giglamesh to move on to the next step, he had done the cloth wrap easily, and now he would attempt the cloth wrap again...but instead of single piece he would attempt it on the entire roll, which was tightly rolled and much higher density than the cloth piece itself to it being together so tightly much like a solid flammable object.

Giglamesh would take the wrap in his right hand, and he would begin to concentrate flooding his chakra in to the cloth wrap roll, as he did so he would simply focus on the ideas and characteristics of fire. Destructive, engulfing every thing it touches, damaging consuming....yet there was such a beauty to fire. So elegantly flowing and dancing on the slightest breeze, yet the very idea of its dance caused destruction. Giglamesh wassent really surprised by this being his main element, because in the right of the characteristics of fire he was nearly a exact copy, when it was his time to dance the only thing that came about was destruction, some times for himself, sometimes for others. The meaning and controlling factor behind giglamesh the flame always changed, but the beauty and destruction of what came out as a result of his dance was always the same destruction.

As giglamesh flooded his chakra within the cloth wrap roll, almost instantly as he began focusing on his fire idea and affinity the roll would begin to smoke from within its center, this time instead of the outside in it was like the affect started at its center. It was nothing more than the smoke rising from the bottom where he held it where the burn was originating, but let him believe what he wants to. The burn was continuing to spread from the bottom and the center of the roll rapidly because they were the closest parts to his hand that was flooding chakra in to the cloth wrap roll. But from sitting on his casket in the harsh cold weather of the tsukami gorge, he was beginning to lose concentration some his arms were cold and nearly shivering. He was getting cold, but he had to push harder he was so closed to being finished, then cold nor winter it self would not be able to keep giglamesh from his goal of fire manipulation which he would not surrender to until this fire manipulation was mastered completely, he had to do this, plus he liked the cold here created a affect of pumping adrenaline to make him more focused and determined to push him self to his limits.

Then as giglamesh looked he seen it, a small fire protruding out form the bottom and center of the cloth wrap roll. Once again he had done it the small flame slowly consuming more and more of the flammable object, which it would continue to spread its destructive ways untill it had nothing else to burn. Much like giglamesh he had different reasons at different times, yet it was true just like fire he would spread and spread his destruction further and further until there was nothing else to burn, leaving behind only the ashes of death behind in his wake. The fire was slowly spreading as he continued to flood his chakra as well as his idea of fire affinity within the cloth wrap roll, slowly making the fire spread till it too was nothing but remains of black ashes within his hand.

As giglamesh continued to flood chakra within the cloth wrap roll, like adding a accelerant to a flame the fire would suddenly flare violently withing giglamesh right hand. He would rapidly drop it from his hand and it would drop to the soil it violently burned as if the cloth wrap was soaked in gasoline before being tightly rolled up, keeping the moisture of some of the gas deep in the center of the roll because of how tightly it was rolled. It flames roared up nearly a foot by giglamesh right foot, and the heat it produced felt incredibly good in the cold grasp of the earth spirit's gorge. Even the earth gods next in the earth nation was a wasteland, while it wassent cold and snowy in the rest of the earth nation it was jut a lifeless as it was here, barren nothing to see for a large area except fro nothing. But that may of been why giglamesh liked it so much here in Iwagakure, quiet desolate, where he could be alone with himself when he needed to be, "they" sent him here...but he was glad they did it was the place he needed to repent for his past wrong doings. As well as to grow and adapt as he was ment to because he would never of learned to manipulate fire in the way he just did in the land where he came from, if he did he would of probably been shaped and disgraced because of his odd characteristics, but instead he fit in with the freaks...but even compared to them he stuck out because he was such a great deal stronger than most.

[Fire elemental chakra recomposotion]
DC: 70 (1D20 + 1 per 40 in Chakra Control)
15+6, 12+6, 12+6, 12+6, 3+6=84 (passed the dc at 4th roll, three 12's in a row O_o)
Passes: 4/5]

With the second attempt a complete success it was time to move on to the next difficulty level. This next difficulty was a large increase because not only was he going to burn wood, but he wassent going to use his hands but his feet and threw his boots. Giglamesh leaned back still sitting on the one side of his casket he would lean in and remove a simple piece of wood a small two by four and slide it out, which he would then set it on the ground of the embankment and literally just put his left foot on it. He would begin to flood chakra threw his left leg and down in to the wood, and he would begin to dwell on the idea of fire. He still didnt know where the element affinities came from, his best idea being a brain wave...and if it was...what better way to add your elemental affinity to you chakra your concentrating on than, thinking about the element and trying to focus it in to the very same chakra your concentrating on.

The two by four laid on the soil of the embankment of the tsukami lake, and giglamesh seemed as if he only had his left foot atop the piece of wood, when actually he was attempting to flood a massive amount of chakra in to the board trying to also apply his fire affinity to that very same chakra. He had barely just started and already burn marks where creeping out from under his boot, the would incredibly rapidly turning black creeping out from under his foot like the slow grasp of death. He was useing his foot as most would think it would be harder to use there feet to exert chakra, and because it not the most common way to release chakra to alot of people it most likely would be more difficult. However giglamesh had a few jutsu where he did focus the chakra in to the ground threw his feet so he was already accustomed to doing this, even his jutsu Hannafubuki Chiru Hitosashi, the cherry blossom spreading dance, giglamesh used the entire chakra for the technique threw that of his feet so he wassent that differental to useing his feet for chakra as some wold believe. Not to mention giglamesh had a incredibly high level of chakra control for his age and rank, he was only a chunin ranked shinobi, however he had already defeated and killed many jounin in combat at this point, several of them with ease.

It wassent long before nearly the entire surface of the wood plank was black from temperature burns from is chakra. From being dried out so heavily steam was rising out of the wood, but as that "steam" turned black giglamesh knew it wassnt steam but. The edges of the wood plank were beginning to warp and curve from the heat and soon to be fire. It was funny every time giglamesh had picked out a task of which he thought was going to be a great deal harder than the last, it seems to progress even quicker that the last attempt. This however would be proven to be correct with his last attempt he had up next for his last attempt to prove he had mastery over the fire chakra recomposotion, this next one....it wassent going to be easy in the slightest and on a entirely different skill level that that of the last few tests he had done....not even on the same difficulty page even.

As the Chinese proverb goes "Where there is smoke, there is fire." And it was completely true. Not much after the wood plank turned black, its ends began to curl and wrap, and smoke began to roll out, ember began forming at the ends of the fire, then there it was fire had began to flare out from a few spots on the wood plank under his left foot had began to catch aflame. First the sticky note, then the cloth wrap, then the tight cloth wrap roll, now the wood plank, all had succamb to the fire affinity and giglamesh chakra. The next task however was going to prove to be much more difficult, on a entirely different scale than that of his last four attempts. He wassent looking forward to the next one, it was going to prove to be a much larger hassle then he last few attempts, but in his mind it was what he needed to prove he had complete control over his ifre chakra.

Much like the last times he kept flooding chakra in to the wooden plank as he did before with the other items, and much like before it caught on fire quite rapidly and also much like the previous attempts after catching on fire and he kept flooding chakra in to the object, the object then would heavily flare with flames. Mush like the center of the board was soaked with a flammable liquid and the flames finally reached it the wood board would violently flare outwards nearly blasting apart. The sound on splintering and popping wood came out from the board as it violently went up in flames, giglamesh had moved his foot as to not cause damage to it and he sat above it for a minute to to try and warm himself some to get ready for his next attempt. He would stand and begin to walk away from his casket unsheathing one of his katanas from his right side with right hand as he was getting ready to perform his next attempt, which was going to be nothing short of a performance it he was going to be able to pull it off as his next attempt at fire chakra recomposotion.

Rai would arrive in the gorge in a short time. And it was as he had expected it to be.. colder than hell. He was better prepared for it this time which would help. But it couldn't even hope to completely take away the chill. Nothing could take away this cold. And Raisuke knew he would be here for a while. It may be hours or even days that he might have to wait for his sensei. After all, there was no way for Giglamesh to know how long he took on his first step of training in the Canyon. Unless he was spying on Rai. Which wouldn't really be much of a surprise. It seemed like that man had eyes everywhere in one way or another.

After a few minutes Rai would get to looking around. It would seem as if someone had not been here too long ago. There was what appeared to be fresh footsteps. But they were heading the other way. Whomever was here had already left this area. He was probably better off. Training with Giglamesh-sensei always made him look weak. He knew it was so that his strength would grow.. but that didn't take away the embarrassment. With that thought, Rai would close his eyes and cross his arms over his chest. Sighing gently he took in the cool air. He was ready for the long wait that he would have to go through waiting on his sensei.

While waiting, Rai got to thinking. Why had his sensei not taught him any new jutsu? He pretty much just always beat Rai up. Sure he might have been teaching him endurance and building up his pain threshold.. but that would only go so far in a battle of shinobi. Rai didn't have that many skills. He would be so much stronger with jutsu at his disposal. Maybe that was why his sensei led him down here. Hope only got you so far though. Rai would have not be so impatient and just wait...