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Rikkou hoped off the dragon as the bright light from the sun gleamed directly in his eyes.It was soon to be nightfall as he looked at nova"So this is th sound village i have never been here before"Rikkou said as he looked around he listened to nova and continued on as the people carried them to the village palace"Man this must be the life"Rikkou said under his breath as he looked around some more it was so amzaing here he heard stories of how orochimaru used to own this village here
3/?

Rikkou Heard as Nova was a genin fighting jonin level ninja"wow that must have been a tough battle"Rikkou replied as he seen the potrait of drago on the wall and the people let him down one day he would be hokage of his village.But that would be in the future when he was stronger and less reckless.Rikkou had never killed before so he wouldnt know anything about killing and little about fighting.As he thought about retreating and how it could be usefull sometimes
4/?

Rikkou looked at nova as the Light from the sun begin to fade as the only light was from the moon."I am a avenger of my clan now...I know of one more Uchiha i haven't met yet.I look forward to seeing him soon."Rikkou said with a pause."I would like for you to show if that is possible."Rikkou replied.As he wondered what Bloodline the Yakushi could have in his kind.Though they are near sighted he heard that they were pretty Strong and smart.
5/?

(Explain to me what jirobou attacks do)

"I think we should head back to the glass village i heard of coulple of skills that would be of use to me.I think that would be the best place to head for now"Rikkou replied to nova as the day went to night and then to day again.Rikkou shifted his eyebrow and then said"Will you come with me and train there also"Rikkou said as he looked at nova and waited for a reply takeing in all of the scenary.Rikkou wasnt sure if he be coming back to the sound any time soon so it be best if he remembered the place.I am off to leaveing now to go there.I will see you if you come"Rikkou said as he left
6/?

Hedoro

Hedoro sat in the boat, waiting for it to arrive at her destination. Hidden Sound was famous, or rather infamous, for being the home to some of the more dangerous ninja of the past. As such, it was no surprise that many of the stronger techniques could be found here. There were quite a few she could learn to round out her abilities. In fact, she already had her eye on a few. All that remained was getting there, finding the masters of those techniques, and getting them to teach her.
(1 of 9.5)

But the trip was a long one, and she grew bored. She ran through mental images of different fighting situations, planning on how she could use both the techniques she knew, and the ones she hadn't learned yet, to their best effect. She hadn't used most of them in combat yet, but she'd been in enough fights that she could really predict how she'd want to use them, and what an opponent was likely to do if she did. she continued to go through these mock fights the entire trip, doing her best to prepare herself.
(2 of 9.5)

After all, if Sound was really as dangerous as what she'd read, she could be forced into a fight at any time. She didn't want to get in a fight this close to the exams, she'd rather save herself until they started, and unleash her full power without fears of an injury or something. So she'd have to play it cautious, do what she could to not make trouble while she stayed in Hidden Sound. Making enemies wouldn't help her situation at all. In fact, it'd make it much, much harder.
(3 of 9.5)

Finally, she had arrived. She got off the boat and looked around. It was an interesting village, she hadn't seen much like it before. But she didn't have time for sight-seeing, first she had to locate the ones who knew techniques she was after. And the first on her list? The red-headed wielder of the flute, Tayuya. From what she had read, flute techniques were stronger than most people gave them credit for, so she would give them a try. Hopefully they'd prove their worth.
(4 of 9.5)

And if not, then she had wasted her time. But she didn't think that'd be the case. Hidden Sound had powerful techniques, would any of their techniques really be that weak? It was unlikely. So she searched out Tayuya, and eventually found her practicing her flute in a secluded spot. She moved closer, but didn't know if she should disturb her practice. It was important not to start out on the wrong foot. If she did, she'd likely not be able to convince anyone to train her.
(5 of 9.5)

When Tayuya stopped playing her flute, Hedoro went up to her and said she played very well, and that she'd like to learn to play as well. Also, to learn some of her techniques, to go hand in hand with the flute. Of course, she didn't even have her own flute yet, she hadn't known where to get one. It seemed that she wasn't the only person with that problem, Tayuya had a small supply of training flutes, for the various young ninja who came to seek her techniques.
(6 of 9.5)

Hedoro accepted the flute gratefully, and the training began. It started simply, more a music lesson than anything. Hedoro was a quick study, she had a bit of a unique way of hearing, which gave her a good knack for measuring pitch and such. Within the hour, she was even able to play a little tune. Not perfect, nowhere near as good as Tayuya could, but perfectly acceptable for a novice. They kept practicing, and Hedoro's skill continued to grow.
(7 of 9.5)

As the practice went on, Tayuya explained more about how to infuse the sound waves the flute made with chakra to cast her first technique, the Illusion Harmony. It was a Genjutsu, and if the opponent heard it, they could be lulled into a barren wasteland, where they would believe they'd be tied down by chains. And that wasn't the worst part, either. They'd also believe they were melting, their skin and muscles sloughing off their bones, while they can't move, making them a sitting target for any attacks. A very powerful and fearsome attack, not for the faint of heart or squeamish. It was for those who sought power, and those who wished to be strong. This fit Hedoro, so she wanted to learn the technique. Also, she didn't have a Genjutsu yet, and this was a fine candidate for her first one.
(8.5 of 9.5)

She had to practice the melody several times, along with exact chakra manipulations, until she began to feel the exhaustion from constant chakra use get to her. But it was paying off, she had nearly mastered the technique. It did take a lot of chakra, though, so she couldn't practice it quite a smuch as she'd hoped. Instead, she went back to just practicing the melody instead. For now, that'd be enough, she could work on the chakra portion more later. With that done, they were ready to move on to the next technique Tayuya was willing to teach her.
(9.5 of 9.5, Illusion Harmony)

Hedoro

Hedoro was a little surprised that she had the opportunity to learn to summon something so soon in her career as a ninja. She'd read about the technique, it was famous. And rightly so, summonings were among the most powerful of all techniques. Some summonings more than others, but overall, all were very strong. She didn't know much about these Doki, but surely they were strong. She wondered if Tayuya would explain more about what this, or these, Doki was, before teaching her.
(1 of 30)

And she did. Before they even began going through what would likely be training from hell to teach the summon, Tayuya began to speak. She told Hedoro what the summon was, that it was in fact three summons. Three different ogres, collectively known as Doki. They were all very powerful, and she had controlled them using the Flute Maniuplation technique. Now that Hedoro had learned it, she could use it to control them too. After she learned to summon them, that is.
(2 of 30)

The training to learn to summon the Doki wouldn't be easy. It would be one of the hardest things she would ever do. Tayuya asked her once more if she was ready for this. Summons weren't something to take lightly. If the summon didn't think you were worthy, it could, and probably would, kill you. Not to mention the sheer amount of chakra needed to perform the jutsu, the complicated nature of the technique; all in all, it was virtually the hardest thing she could possibly try to learn.
(3 of 30)

Hedoro still said she was adamant in her decision, she'd go through with it. But even though she seemed absolute, Tayuya still told her to come back tomorrow. This training would take everything she had, she shouldn't even attempt it when she wasn't at full strength. Even though that irked her, it made sense. Hedoro said she'd be back at the crack of dawn, ready to begin her next step in training. She said goodbye to Tayuya, and returned to the hotel. She'd been told to take it easy; she couldn't very well train in something else while doing that, could she?
(4 of 30)

So she purchased a room for another night, and on a whim went ahead and paid for two extra nights. If this was going to be as extreme as she thought, then it would take more than just a day to learn the technique. After arranging for a room, she decided to get something to eat, and left the hotel. She found a small ramen shop and took a seat, buying a large bowl of plain veggie ramen with a side of meat buns. Digging in, she finished the meal quickly, and ordered a second of everything.
(5 of 30)

She could have kept going almost indefinitely, but didn't want to use all her money. Getting more was complicated, especially in a village where she didn't want to make enemies. She paid her bill and set out back for the hotel, ready to turn in, even though it was still early. It'd take some time for her meal to digest, might as well have that happen while she wasn't doing anything else. Going into her room, she lay down on the bed and just stayed there for several hours.
(6 of 30)

As she lay on the bed, she ran through what she had accomplished, all the different techniques she had learned. All in all, it was pretty impressive, at least in her mind. She'd learned some of the basics, always good to have on hand. And she had learned some obscure moves, ones that may catch the opponent by surprise. She'd even learned one or two very powerful techniques, ones that could come in handy when she needed some extra force.
(7 of 30)

As she thought, several ideas came to her head, ways of using the techniques came to mind. She checked each one for flaws, trying to second-guess her tactics enough to be prepared if they proved flawed. Time passed, and soon night descended over the village. She finally drifted off to sleep, eager to wake up early and resume her training. As she slept, she finished digesting her meal, and replenished her spent chakra from the day's training.
(8 of 30)

She woke up, and could just see the sun beginning to rise. She got ready as quickly as she could, and left the hotel to meet Tayuya once more. Even though she'd already done her best to get there early, again Tayuya was already there before her. Had she slept there during the night, or was she an insomniac? Hard to say, and in the end it didn't really matter. They were both ready to begin, so the training began without further ado. She wouldn't need her flute right away, but she would later.
(9 of 30)

The training began with Hedoro being told to expel as much of her chakra at once as she possibly could. She did so, and felt a large portion of her chakra pass into the air. Tayuya told her to reabsorb as much of it as she could, and she managed to regain most of it. Even so, she had still lost a sizable amount. But apparantly that had been the result Tayuya was looking for. In fact, the exercise had only been to make sure Hedoro could exert enough chakra to actually summon the Doki.
(10 of 30)

She had a moment to rest and recover chakra, then it was on to the next step. The hand seals required. Nothing incredibly difficult, it was nonetheless important that she learn them at least as well as any other technique's handseals. She had to be able to perform them without thinking about them, she'd be too occupied with other matters to worry about concentrating on her seals. Tayuya demonstrated the combination slowly, slow enough that Hedoro could watch each clearly.
(11 of 30)

Hedoro watched Tayuya perform the different signs, and then began to try them herself. Slow at first, to make sure she had the order right, and then a little faster each time. She went faster and faster, increasing her speed until she messed up. Then she started all over again, beginning slow and speeding up. This kept up until she could perform them in just a minimum of seconds, fast enough to not slow her down when doing something else, whether it be playing the flute or fighting.
(12 of 30)

She had mastered the hand seals, the next step was to sign the contract with the summons. Tayuya pulled the scroll out of nowhere, she must have summoned it via a technique. Unrolling the scroll, row upon row of names and fingerprints were written in red. The red looked almost brown, and that told Hedoro what it was. It was blood. This made her pause, she didn't have blood of her own. Would something like that stop her from finishing the technique?
(13 of 30)

Tayuya told her she would have to bite her thumb, sign her name in blood, and then smear her blood to each finger of her hand, and press each finger tip under her name. Then, after the contract had been finalized, she'd have to place the hand that had signed the contract to the ground after performing the hand seals, and only then would she actually summon the Doki trio. But Hedoro paused, she didn't begin writing her name, due to her unique problem.
(14 of 30)

Hedoro was faced with quite a predicament. She didn't have blood, so she couldn't sign her name in her blood. If she didn't do that, she couldn't learn the summon. But she really wanted to learn it, it was a way to get stronger that she just couldn't pass up. That meant, what did that mean? She wasn't sure. But at the very least, she'd quite possibly have to show Tayuya her secret. Only as a last resort, she'd try something else first. Even though she'd shown herself to Tamao, it didn't mean she'd show herself to everyone.
(15 of 30)

She had to fess up to at least a portion of her nature. She confessed she couldn't sign the contract because she didn't have any blood. Tayuya was understandably reluctant to believe her, so she had no choice but to take out a kunai, and slide it between her glove and sleeve. If she'd been a normal person, she would have just cut her wrist wide open, but nothing happened. No blood, no pain. This seemed to be enough to convince Tayuya, at least for the moment.
(16 of 30)

But regardless, it was still a predicament. Tayuya, even as the current master of the Doki, had no idea what to do in a situation like this. If Hedoro didn't bleed, what other option was there? Unless they could find Hedoro's equivalent? That would have to do, they'd find out soon enough if it would work or not. She told Hedoro to write out her name and fingermarks however she could, as long as she used part of herself as the ink, to create a bond between her and the contract.
(17 of 30)

That seemed reasonable, although she still wasn't sure if it would work. Hedoro moved the scroll slightly to the side, and put her side to Tayuya, so she could hide her hand while writing. She pulled her glove off, and began to dissolve the bonds between her chakra and her fingertips. Just a tiny bit, enough for a slight layer of chakra-tainted liquid to form. She wrote her name as quickly as she could, then pressed all five fingertips to the spot under her name.
(18 of 30)

She replenished her fingers' chakra, and quickly pulled on her glove again. Looking down at her name, it was written in a slightly blue-tinged liquid. Unfortunately it'd stay noticeable forever, there was nothing much she could do about that. But if her and Tayuya were the only two who would see the contract, that would have to be good enough for now. She didn't really have any other alternatives, did she? None came to mind, so she might as well put it out of her mind and try to continue on with her training.
(19 of 30)

Tayuya said there was still quite a bit to do. Now she had to work on combining the previous steps together flawlessly, in a mock summoning ritual. The order was hand sign, summon hand and then chakra release. The order was easy, but the timing was extreme. She had to do all of it as quickly as she could, but she couldn't mess up, even once, or it would be a failure. She began to go through the motions, warming up to a better speed as she got herself used to the rhythm.
(20 of 30)

Hedoro went a little faster, but messed up almost instantly. This was a lot harder than she had thought. It didn't seem that difficult, but each time she tried, something seemed to drive her to distraction, to cause her to miss an action or skew her timing. It made it difficult, and she couldn't even think about what the source was. She wouldn't let herself. She just had to focus enough. If she wasn't focusing hard enough, then she would fail, she just needed to focus.
(21 of 30)

Concentrating, she tried again, and again,a nd again. Each time, she messed up almost instantly, but she made it a tiny bit farther each time. Finally, after three dozen attempts, she finally made it through the hand seals successfully, and instead messed up by putting the wrong hand down to the ground. It had seemed like such an easy step, she must have gotten overconfident. She knew to be more careful about that now, however. Next time would be different.
(22 of 30)

Except it wasn't. Somehow, she must have told herself the opposite hand twice, because she put the wrong hand down again. Even at that, Tayuya didn't say anything. That in itself was odd, she had seemed to be such a stickler for perfection up until this point, why would she have changed now? But Hedoro didn't have time to worry about that, she had a summoning ritual to perfect. She could ask later, for now she had to focus, focus, focus!
(23 of 30)

Steeling her resolve, Hedoro prepared herself before the next attempt. Thinking through each step, she visualized herself performing the ritual correctly. Nodding, she tried to do it again, and actually got past the second stage. But when she tried to release her chakra, only a small amount left, not nearly enough to summon a clone, let alone an actual summoning. Hedoro cursed quietly and began to redy herself, to try the procedure once more.
(24 of 30)

But Tayuya stopped her. It was getting late, and she'd already lost a lot of chakra. It was time to call it a day, and resume in the morning. Hedoro only now noticed she felt exhausted, almost to the point of losing consciosuness. When had that happened? Unless that had been why she had been doing so lousy in her attempts to summon the Doki? That had to be it, there didn't seem to be any other reason. She nodded, saying she'd be back in the morning, and returned to her hotel room.
(25 of 30)

On the way, she picked up a quick supper and ate just as quickly. Even when she was tired, she could do simple activities like this without problem. Paying her bill, she went to the hotel, went inside of her room, and crawled into bed. She fell asleep almost instantly, and only awoke after dawn had been broken for some time. Waking up, she got ready and made her way to meet with Tayuya. She felt good, ready to continue her training. She was wide awake and her chakra was full, there was no reason for her to mess up as spectacularly as she had the day before.
(26 of 30)

Yet she did. She had greeted Tayuya when she first arrived, and got right to work on trying to perform the entire ritul. But yet, each time she messed up! Sometimes near the beginning, sometimes near the end, sometimes only a small detail, and sometimes spectacularly. She couldn't figure out what it was, but vowed to not give up. Straightening up, she readied herself for yet another attempt. It ended in failure too, which was what she'd expected.
(27 of 30)

Hedoro wasn't stupid, she knew something was up. She'd been paying more attention to the moments when she failed than the moments she succeeded, and she knew for sure that something was messing with her. Tayuya hadn't said anything about it, but she had a feeling it was connected to the contract. If that was the case, and if Tayuya hadn't said anything, then obviously she had to deal with it herself. And she would, she could be very persistent.
(28 of 30)

She continued trying the ritual over and over for the entirety of the day, and didn't even finish it, not even once. Finally, it came time for them to part ways. Tayuya told her that tomorrow was the final test. She'd shown good perseverance, but tomorrow, she had one chance and one chance only. If she didn't perform the ritual correctly on her first try tomorrow, that would be it, she would get no more attempts. She told Hedoro to get lots of rest, and not to show up until midday.
(29 of 30)

Hedoro went back to the hotel room, not even bothering with supper. As she went in her room, the concierge reminded her this was her last day. Of course, he was talking about the room, but she took it to mean for the summoning. She grumbled something nasty, went into her room, and went to sleep. She slept late into the day, and only woke up a little before noon. She got ready, and was resolved to do her best. This was her last chance, and she didn't intend to lose. Whatever that disturbance was, she'd defeat it with pure willpower!
Tayuya stood waiting, and Hedoro got ready. She didn't try right away, instead she tried playing a melody on the flute to calm herself. It seemed to have worked, she felt calmer now. Readying herself, she began the ritual. Something seemed odd, though, and she only kept with the ritual through sheer stubbornness. There was no disturbance. She'd been expecting it, and it wasn't there. That had been almost as disturbing as when it had actually been there, whatever it was.
But she hadn't messed up, and pressed on to the end excitedly, slamming her hand aginst the ground as she released a huge portion of her chakra. In a poof of smoke, something appeared in front of her. It was the trio known as Doki. She'd done it? Had they really accepted her as their new master? One of the three nodded. They had been the source of that disturbance, and had been testing her resilience and persistence the past three days. She had been tenacious and hadn't given up, they would accept her as their new master. They disappeared once more, and Hedoro raised a fist in the air to show her success.
Tayuya congratulated her, she had done well. That was the last technique she had to teach her, but she'd be keeping an eye out for any up and coming powerful ninja using a flute and Doki. She better not disappoint her! Hedoro vowed not to, and returned to the hotel, to do some thinking, and resting.
(30 of 30, ADV Summon Doki)