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With energy and determination restored, Kiketsu returned to his feet. This time he created the seal first and glanced at his fingers. Then he began to pour the correct amount of energy out of his system to perform the jutsu. Soon an explosion of smoke occurred drowning out the sight of Kiketsu. When the smog cleared a new form emerged. It was Kiketsu or had some similarities to him, but the image seemed to be an older version of him. His dreads were longer down to his back. His height was at least a foot higher than the original. There were many rings and piercings on this new body.

The snake like child had decided that a form completely imagined would be the hardest to create. So he decided to construe an altered version of himself. Most of it was from his imagination and just little quirks to increase the difficulty of the transformation. The many piercings, buckles and torn robe needed much attention to craft correctly. Kiketsu glanced at himself and was proud that his mind and body were able to come to an agreement and create the same image. Of course Kiketsu would not be one to grow into this type. At least for now, he only liked his ear piercing and didn’t care for buckles or torn clothing. The form did do its job and proved to be difficult.

After a few seconds the older version disappeared and boy emerged from another sudden burst of smoke. Kiketsu then decided to walk up to his teacher. “I’m done with the first part Cassie sensei. What do I have to do for the second part?” Kiketsu questioned.


Henge no Jutsu:
Part I:
Roll a 1d20. You must get an 11 or higher to successfully complete hand seal and transform into a crude image of an object. You must successfully attempt this 5 times.
Cp: 2-2= 0
Train: 5/5
Experience: +5

If a student successfully performed the jutsu, he was awarded +1 Experience and -2Cp. If a student failed an attempt, he would lose -1Cp. To regain Cp they had to rest for one post to gain back +2Cp.

Controlling your chakra, 5th edition
Chapters 1 to 5
D20 + int mod
DC 10
2/5

DC = 15 - 1 = pass
3/5

Hiru got his spirits back together and decided to pick up the book once more. If his wits sometimes caused him trouble, his discipline was definately his biggest weakness of all for the moment. The break had actually helped him though. After taking a few moments to cool down, the book's content seemed a whole lot clearer, and this section turned out to be only an introduction for the next part...

DC = 2 - 1 = fail
3/5

But the next part seemed ten times as complex. It explained the actual mechanics of it and ways to train it. How to voluntarily change chakra into water. Hiru had seen how to manipulate its force yesterday evening as he was reading in his bed, but this was a whole other story. Something about focus with some jutsu examples... Sadly, it all seemed extremely important, Hiru would have to start over.

DC = 9 - 1 = fail
3/5

Nope, still nothing. Hiru had no comprehension whastoever of what he was reading. This chapter talked about some sort of water clones from Kirigakure but it was hazy and complex. The technique seemed cool but reading was certainly not his forte, he would have been one hundred times beter being trained on the field than in a classroom with some strange book. Not like he had much of a choice for now anyway...

Controlling your chakra, 5th edition
Chapters 1 to 5
D20 + int mod
DC 10
3/5

DC = 4 - 1 = fail
3/5

Even something as simple as a water spit seemed extremely complex to him for the moment, and it frustrated Hiru like hell. He diverted his attention from the book while he cooled off a bit, because he was surely not going to learn anything like this. He put the book down and pet Kaisou a bit, feeding him a nut he picked up before coming in. After a few moments, he returned to his book.

DC = 15 - 1 = fail
4/5

Everything seemed much clearer now. He read about the Mizu bunshin and thought it was a pretty cool and interesting technique. It could probably prove useful in the future, and he took good note of it. He flipped through the rest of the basic jutsus and understood most of them with a new relative ease. He was finally ready to move on to the more advanced techniques.

Uzuki had been in the class for a while, a bit more quiet and observative than he usualy was. He noticed one kid was always finishing his training sooner than all of the other students,his named seemed to be Haru or Hiru or something. Uzuki would need a partner in order to learn the Nawanuke Jutsu. He walked over to the boy and held out his hand for him to shake it. "My name is Uzuki, you seemed to be pretty skilled, how would you like to help me learn a jutsu. Of course that means youl also be learning somethin new so how about it." Uzuki wasn't sure if sensei would be okay with it but the other boy had finished everything else.

Hiru walked into the downstairs training room. His little eyes opened incredibly wide when he saw the huge room full of seemingly complex contraptions. Cassie-sensei had said something about wooden posts that fall from the ceiling...

Hiru looked up and tried to see where that could be. There were logs on sticks, sandbags everywhere, and... finally there they were. There was a switch connected to a rope that lead to a series of wooden posts. There were two squares drawn on the ground. The first one, near the switch, seemed to be the start and the last one the end.

"Okay Uzuki, find a piece of rope while I try to run this once. I'll tie you up right afterwards!", he told him, overwhelmed with excitement.

Dodging Dojo
Wooden posts fall from the ceiling and swinging around. A student must dodge 10 posts to make it to the end.
DC: 15
Formula: 1d20 + Reflex Save (Roll 5 dice in one post. Roll 5 dice in second post.)
Train: 0/10
Experience: +5 per run
Post: -1Hp for every DC fail.

DC = 10 = hit
Hp: -1 = 17

Hiru pulled the switch and charged right ahead. "This shouldn't be too hard", he whispered. When he saw the first log coming straight for him, he ran as fast as he could. Like a little blue flash, he powered forward... aaaand finally got brutally hit right on the shoulder. The hit was so strong he was litterally propelled sideways and almost fell to the ground. "This thing is really dangerous!", Hiru finally realized, a bit shaken.

DC = 9 = hit
Hp: -1 = 16

Hiru, still a bit shaken and unbalanced from the contact with the first log, was a bit more cautious for the second. He watched the second cut through the air and head right for him. Hiru completely panicked; instead of dodging, running, or even moving at all, he simply ducked and covered until the log hit him right in the ribs and pushed him to the ground. "How am I supposed to dodge these things...", Hiru thought, starting to get a bit discouraged.

DC = 20 = dodge
Hp: 16

He got back on his feet nevertheless and got ready for the third one. He calculated everyone of his step. Measuring the distance between his body and the log, the velocity of the two bodies, he probably oculd have done very well. But, this exercise wasn't about calculation, it was about reflex. Hiru wasn't really bright enough to do those kinds of calculations anyway. He stepped forward, and, while barely realizing it, his body lept back maybe a foot and dodged the third log.

DC = 18 = dodge
Hp: 16

Hiru was on an adrenaline high from the excitement of finally dodging on of those monstrous logs. He was faster and his nerves were on overdrive. When the fourth log came down, he barely had to think about it. His body twisted downwards and forward, dodging very easily the heavy wooden object that seemed to be heading straight for his shoulder again. Hiru was doing pretty good so far!

DC = 20 = dodge
Hp: 16

Hiru's record so far was 2-2. He might not have been the sharpest knife in the drawer, but he was always realistic. For someone as agile as he was, this was a pretty good score. When the fifth log went down, he didn't panic. He had already dodged two of those just before and he knew all he had to do was the same thing that worked twice before. Without any problem, he pushed a bit towrds the left while going to the right and dodged it perfectly.

Hiru walked back to see if Uzuki had finally found a piece of rope for his exercise. Seeing him still roaming the huge training room, still searching for something, he guessed the answer must have been know.

Still he found this room incredibly exciting, there were so many training possibilities in here. As he gazed around, a specific set of training equipment got his attention. There were five targets placed side by side and a couple of academy shurikens still planted in them.

"This would be so freakin cool..." Hiru thought.

"Hey Uzuki, I'll be right here when you're ready!", Hiru yelled from across the room.

Shuriken training, complement to Cassie-sensei's class
Each student has 10 shurikens and is placed in front of a target board. There will be 3 rings around the bullseye.
0-5 = Ring 1 (+0Exp)
6-10 = Ring 2 (+1Exp)
11-15 =Ring 3 (+2Exp)
16-20 = Bullseye (+5Exp)
Formula: 1d20 + Attack Ranged Bonus
Train: Use all 10 shurikens up.
Experience: Add your total by what you threw.
Points: +1 Shuriken if experience total is 35 or below. +2 Shuriken if experience is 36 or above.
Put in each post:
Training Experience: (Keep adding what you hit together for your experience score.)
Shurikens: (The remainder you have left.)

DC = 13 + 2 = 15 : Ring 3
Training experience: 13
Shurikens: 4

Hiru was overjoyed by his bullseye, finally he had put one in the paying area. He still had a few shurikens left so he wanted to do as well with the others. Hiru threw his sixth shuriken towards the target. Everything seemed perfect at first, the projectile was heading straight for the middle ring; but, it slowly strayed from target and landed on the very edge of the third ring, just short of the bullseye.

DC = 5 + 2 = 7 : Ring 1
Training experience: 14
Shurikens: 3

"Ah crud...", hiru said. He wasn't really dissapointed by this throw, it was a really good one that would definately have hit its target, but still, it was a bit frustrating to come so close. "One throw at a time.", Hiru told himself, getting his head back in the game. Hiru set his feet once more, got a good solid grip on the shuriken and threw it at the target. At the last second, his hand that had gotten a bit moist let the shuriken slip just enough so that it land on the first ring, very close to a complete catastrophe.

DC = 14 + 2 = 16 : Bullseye
Training experience: 18
Shurikens: 2

Ok, Hiru really had to get his focus back. Such a horrible throw was an accident and he could definately do better on his next one. He set back his feet and placed his shoulders in the right angle. This time, he took a moment to dry his hands on his vest before grabbing another shuriken. He focused a while and then threw it.... right in the very middle of the target. Hiru lept again, screaming "BULLSEYE!".

DC = 20 + 2 = 22 : Bullseye
Training experience: 23
Shurikens: 1

Hiru was pumped full of confidence. That was his second bullseye and it was the first time he ever layed hands on a shuriken. He couldn't wait to tell Cassie-sensei about this! Still, he had two shurikens left, and he knew he could put them right in the middle. He did the exact same thing this time that he did the last. Except this time he focused a lot more and threw right in the middle. "Nice !", Hiru whispered with a big smile on his face.

DC = 20 + 2 = 22 : Bullseye
Training experience: 28
Shurikens: 0

This one was his last throw so it had to be a great one. Hiru focused so itensely on the target he could probably have drilled a hole through it ony with his eyes. He dried his hands, set his foot perfectly, his shoulders in just the right angle and got the best grip he could on the metal object. He trough it so fast it's trajectory stayed a perfectly straight line from his release to the dead center of the target. The shuriken landed deep inside the bullseye and the whole target nearly fell backwards on impact.

"ALRIGHT!" Hiru yelled. He then broke out in a strange celebration dance in front of Uzuki.