Breathe (Private Training)

[Ren Hart]

Mesesshoku: Karasuseme [Eye contact: Crow Attack ]
Rank: C (40 TP)
Skill: Genjutsu
Effect: User comes into eye contact with the opponent. The opponent then thinks they are being attacked by crows.
Special: "Handseals"
Drawback: Must keep eye contact up to 20 feet away until the victim is affected by the GenJutsu which takes about 2 seconds.
Description: User does the Ram hand seal and builds chakra in his eyes. He then projects the chakra out of his eyes and in to the opponent’s eyes. the chakra makes its way to the brain were it takes affect. to the opponent a flock of crows appears and mauls the enemy. This gives the person performing the jutsu a chance to escape or gain a better position. this jutsu lasts 1-2 turns
Limit: Must have Phantasm Perception

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“Good job, Ren-chan! Now I have something more difficult for you. I want you to create the illusion of a crow attack just from eye contact. You should figure the res, Ren-chan” Master Raiku said as he stepped out of the warm cottage.
“Why outside?” I enquired, but in response he smiked and stood in front of me about 2 feet away.

I started conjuring my chakra while trying to figure out the steps. I started by creating the well-known link between us. Being an eye contact technique I aimed directly for his eyes. I formed the blue strings focusing on the shape of his eyes and making the contour them. Once my chakra was stable I proceeded further.

I pushed the strings onto his retina making them converge into a thin layer of my chakra covering it. This would enable me to project the needed image which the brain would interpret. I started thinking of a crow and pushing the idea onto his eyes trying to make it seem as real as possible. It had used up a lot of my chakra when Master Raiku started laughing.
“Wrong! I see the crow instead of your eyes. Hat off!” He told me coldly.

I didn’t understand why but I was embarrassed by my stupid failure so I took those off. The wind iced my ears and my hair was ruffled in all directions. I understood where the master was hinting. I decided to give it yet another try, but this time I would have to make him see the crow not instead of my eyes but somewhere in the air.

I conjured my chakra again and aimed for his eyes. This time I aimed not for the contour of his eyes but for the whole surface covering it with a layer of chakra. I pushed three quarters of the layer onto his retina making myself a screen for the projection. This time I didn’t just stop there but aimed for the brain too pushing two thirds of the chakra from the retina to his brain. This created a third screen, on his brain, enabling me to influence all three levels.

I began to imagine a crow, back and mean, and push the image towards the first two screens and the idea of the crow, codded in words to his brain where it could be interpreted. I tried to add bits of details too: claws and eyes, feathers and colours, skin and wings. I kept pushing this image about 3-4 times trying to multiply the crows.

“Good. I can see them” said Master smirking when I had finished the technique and sat in the snow tired and drained of chakra.” But there are some problems. First, you use way too much chakra focusing from all your body. Secondly, the crow stands in mid-air like on a string and doesn’t move. Thirdly, when a new one appears the previous disappears. So: scarf and shoes off!”

I listened and took the scarf off leaving the cold metal of my necklaces touch my skin and then I took the shoes off remaining barefooted on the think icy cold snow. The cold had really started to hit home. I decided to take care of the first problem: my chakra consumption or I wouldn’t be able to keep training for long.

I stood up and looked master Raiku in the eyes. I started focusing my chakra to my eyes this time. Eye contact technique…it should’ve been obvious I had to use my eyes. Once I gathered what I thought a sufficient amount I pushed it forward to the pair of black eyes in front of me. I covered his eyes with a layer of my chakra and then created a string between our pupils.

I proceeded by pushing the chakra screen I had formed to his brain and start projecting the image while still keeping the link. Then as I projected it I used the link formed to stimulate different neurons so it would seem real not just something his brain had made up. I kept the amount at one and stopped once I thought it fully appeared in front of him.

“The other two problems remain. And don’t let it appear in stages. Make them seem real.” The bearded man said this time. We could both see that I wasn’t exhausted by the technique this time so I must’ve got the chakra aim right.

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+10; 10|40.

[Ren Hart]

10/40

For dealing with the other problems I created a link between me and the old man’s visual system. Yet, it wasn’t a proper technique link because I didn’t need him to have the illusion the crow was aiming him, which was given by the link between pupils, but only to start see the flock of crows ( which I would hopefully be able to make).

Also the bridge would ensure that anything I imagine he will see and I wouldn’t need to keep the eye contact for now. This would be like a mutual agreement: my imagination pushes the image he pulls it into his mind. I started to imagine a flying crow: the black silky long feathers on its wings would be starched, its heavy dark body and its oval head with an open long beak and little mean dark eyes. After that I pictured more crows the same way.

“They are not moving; they look all the same and face the wrong way. Butt bag down!” I heard and took it off still focusing on the idea of the crows. I pictured them back turned at me with their beaks open towards my master. I started to give each a distinct image and make the skin curled on their feet different colours, the claws and winds different lengths and the crows different sizes.

“Bad. Still not moving but they don’t look so alike now.” I ignored and went on with my imagination. I opened my eyes and added to the picture in my mind the right shades of light and shadows so it would seem real. Even touchable. Then I pushed myself more and started to picture the flapping of their wings and the bending of their bones, articulations. I started to picture the air from under their wings and sparkling eyes heading towards their target.

“They move their wings, but they don’t actually move. Plus they are way too slow.” I started thinking that maybe I should view this as a movie not a painting. That I should put cadres per second and that way everything would seem more real. I began to make each cadre and alternate them fast in my head. Each would have a different angle of the wings and it would move forward by 0.01 mm.

“Good. It’s moving. But they don’t seem dangerous.” Master Raiku concluded so again I started working on the way the crow looked. I added some details…. Make the beak uneven and the look meaner and sharper as if cutting through you. “Better but you do need to actually use it with the technique. Jacket off!”

[Holy Grail]

10+

[Ren Hart]

20/40

I took my jacket off and I was left in my black cotton t-shirt in the freezing air of winter and I pressed on with my training. The blending of the two parts of the technique shouldn’t be too hard. I performed a quick round of handselas and started focusing chakra to my eyes. I could feel it building up. Meanwhile I kept the eye-contact with master Raiku.

I started pushing the chakra onto the old man’s eyes making a layer that covered them and attached the string between our pupils. I could feel it was moulded the way I wanted and I started pushing the layer to the bearded man’s mind. Once it reached the visual area of the brain I checked if everything was stable. It was ok to be slower this time and since I was trembling because of the cold I didn’t want to take any chances.

I started remembering the image of the flying flock of crows and as if I took a DVD from a library of videos I started playing it in my mind and channelling every bit so that it would be transferred to master’s brain. The chakra screen ensured that it would be received and I was aiming to control the real feel of the technique through the string.

“You put it together indeed but there is still trouble in it. The lighting is as before and it doesn’t seem natural. Plus at a point the crows just pass through me, they don’t stop at aiming me and mauling me. You need to make them do that. T-shirt off.” Master Raiku said grinning. “Fuck off pervert.” I thought to myself but obeyed.

As I laid my t-shirt on the jacket the cold pierced through me. It was an arctic cold and I was left in a black laced bra with red roses shaped on it and a pair of trousers. The bearded man kept looking me in the eye and in no time I started conjuring my chakra to my eyes. I still had a pretty interesting amount left but this couldn’t go on much longer. I would need rest as the cold drained chakra as well.

I started establishing our connection again. I translated the layer of chakra that I had formed over my eyes to his dark eyes and the further to his visual centre. When I formed the link between our pupils I took care to make it more solid so when I had established it part of the chakra would go further than the eye, into his brain and allow me to control the movement area.

I projected the image of the moving crows making them move angry and looks mean while I played with his visuals so he would adjust the shadows and light himself on the illusionary crows attacking him. That way he would perceive them as real. I targeted his auditory system as well so he would be able to hear the flapping of their wings and their cries. It was those little details that made the difference.

I tackled the problem of the crows passing through him as well. By the string that reached to the control of the movement and distance perception I sent off the idea that the crows were attacking him. Having the presence of the crows near him and the idea that he was attacked by crows into his mind the brain would make the necessary connections and it would move the crows in such a way that the illusion would be true for the master.

Once I cut off the connection and knew I had placed the genjutsu I looked at his eyes that even for him were reflecting panic. I knew I succeeded somehow.
“You can take the jacket back on.” He said when the effect stopped. “It’s not over here Ren-chan. And I have to say I love the bra.” He added scanning my body.
“Don’t call me that. I’m a boy… I’m a boy.” I said to myself angered by his remark of my female body appearance when I missed the clothing. I took the jacket on as fast as I could but left the zipper undone.

[Umehara]

+8

[Ren Hart]

28/40

“Now. Between us is about 2 feet. I want you to take that to 20 feet.” Master Raiku said smirking and I knew he had something up his sleeve. It was no way it would make it easy for me. I stood in my place and waited for him to move. He just went 20 feet away in no time and looked me in the eye. Maybe it won’t be so hard if I do get my chakra to him.

He kept the eye contact and I started focusing my chakra to my blue eyes that must’ve turned grey by now. I started to form the layer over my eye and push it so it would reach the old man. Mid-way I realised just how much effort it was to push it to him. A layer would be easy to transfer if the persons were very close but this way it wasn’t going well.

I changed my plan and started all over again. This time I pushed the chakra towards my master so it would flow to him like a river as I focused it to my eyes. The chakra would flow to his eyes going further to the brain and taking the shape of a screen on his visual area. Then it would aim for the movement system and finally some would stay in his eye to ensure that everything seemed real.

As I used this method everything was easier and there was no dramatic effect to the way the technique would act. I went on and started to push the image of the black aggressive crows. As the image moved to my target I could see bits of ideas: the claws, the long shiny open beak, the silky feathers and the small devilish black eyes.

I went on and started to play with the neurons, making him hear the craws and the flapping of their wings so they would not only seem a mute movie. Then I went to the other area and made his brain interpret their movements as aggressive and see them as attacking him and trying to bite him. I knew his mind would make the connections and the effect would be the one I desired.

I stopped the technique and saw it take effect. It didn’t take long, if I used it maybe I would have time to escape, but it was powerful enough. I saw panic pierce through his eyes which was obvious because genjutsu toys with your mind in such ways.
“Good job.” He said yet I felt suspension in the air.

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+7; 35|40.

[Ren Hart]

35/40

“Of course I need you to work on speed again. Everytime you fail to place the technique you have to take something off.” Master Raiku said before disappearing somewhere. Speed was something I often didn’t care about in my trainings but he would always remind me it can be the speed you react at that saves your life. It was his pleasure to train me to act fast.

I started to gather my chakra with my eyes closed. All my other senses were alert as the old man could appear at any time and to anything. I slowly positioned my hands so the row of handseals would follow quickly when I would spot the withe—beard. I opened my eyes and focused on the place he was before trying to track his current position with my hearing and smell.

Soon my master appeared in view moving around the open icy field rapidly. My eyes started following being ready to aim for him. A slight slip of the foot and I managed to get the two seconds I needed for placing the genjutsu. The moment I made eye contact the stream of chakra was pushed onto him and the connection established. From there it wouldn’t matter if he moved or not. We were linked.

Once my chakra reached his brain, visual, auditory and movement system I started projecting the image I had of the crows and sending impulses to his system so that his brain would think it hears the crow’s attack, and my master would start to think that the crows had him as an aim, thus being in panic in the following moments.

When the genjutsu stopped he said: “ It was luck, I only slipped.”
“Not really. You were bound to make a mistake. We are not perfect. Speed is not everything. You need to have a brain too.”

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+5; Learned.