Through the Mountains [O/TT]

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By the time he had trekked through the plateau-laden lands into the "dry soil and honed earth" mountain range, the sun had settled across the horizon; darkness sank in flatly as Tsugahara climbed up the trail, his thoughts pure and blissful. He didn't mind the quietness of the mountain - it soothed him. But--[on occasion]--the thought of some predatory animal or rouge coming across his path wavered at the lower cusp of his mind. Meditation had calmed him plenty, but its tranquil hold on his ethos quivered in these settings. At all times did his left hand lay at his back, his fingers wrapped coolly around the tsuka of Total Darkness. 

He wouldn't be making his extended journey in the low light of the night, the low autumn moon had been blocked out of the sky by the colossal mountains. At a level ground, he decided to rest from his quest and meditate to calm his mind; Doton, too, had managed to stamp its way in there as well. Even with his buttbag--[which housed goggles, some flint, numerous spike shuriken and sets of knives; a scroll, grenades and his flashlight lay separate in slots also]--and his katana at his side, Tsuga kept his mind especially opened for any sound of peril. With how silent it was, he thought that even the most elite assassin's steps would echo in the still chasm... probably.

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Doton Soushi no Jutsu (Rock Creation Technique)
Rank: "D" "C" "B" "A" "S"
Skill: NinJutsu
Effect: A technique where the user takes the time to formulate, or create Rock in order to use other types of techniques for great usages.
Special: "Handseals"
Drawback: Must be learned more and more in order to be capable of performing better, and capable of producing more Rock like formations for other types of techniques. Cannot be used on Sand
Description: What occurs is that the user takes the time to push down into the ground their own chakra. As the user does this the user takes the earth like materials found within the ground which is the components of soil as they begin to formulate and harden them all around in order to create harden rock like materials. The user may slam their hands against the ground in order to use this technique or just by pushing their chakra down to the ground. A user can gain the capability of grabbing onto the very ground and molding a piece of earth into a hardened like rock. The more the user learns and the higher the Difficulty class the user becomes the more they are capable of mastering this type of technique. When first learned the user is only capable of formulating rock into the size of their hand. When the user learns the "C" Rank, version this type increases to five meters in radius. Each time learned after that, the distance increases by ten feet giving a total distance of thirty-five meters in a radius distance. For each Difficulty class the User is the larger number this distance becomes. Each Difficulty class after C The distance increases by Ten meters. This means that if a user becomes S Rank in Difficulty Class and learns the S Rank Version of this technique the user is capable of formulating Rock within a Seventy-Five meters Radius.
Limit: Needs the Earth Release

The crescent moon gradually warped its way around the mountains onto their opposing face. Tsugahara looked up as the profile of the moon appeared to glance at him through curtainous clouds that hid most of the moon's light. He would stand himself up and dust off blandly: it was time to train. While he had been in meditation, his mind began to play out Earth style techniques in the realm of his mental. He would need a certain technique to excel further into Doton - he would need Doton Soushi no Jutsu.

He remembered hearing of Iwagakure's most basic technique that led their forefathers to creating the land of Earth. His own native country of the Stone was built on that same principal. With a controlled inhal- and exhalation, his hands slowly shifted into the requisite seals; chakra began to course into his moving hands as he focused on the vision of what he sought.

Earth Style: Rock Creation Technique.

While chakra circulated through his fingers, a generous amount of it too seeped into the pores of the earth, making the soil around his feet ebb with energy. He reached down as he'd done prior at the steppe and pulled loose earth from the land at his toes. Tsuga began to ball the earth mush into a molding form - exactly what could he create with the basis of the jutsu? Chakra focus and manipulation caused the ball to stretch out into a four-star shuriken shape. It was obviously bigger than a standard one but not as large to be considered a dai-shuriken. Tsugahara managed to work the ball into the weapon shape with mind power and spiritual assistance--the crafting with his hands had also provided the physical medium aid. He noted how it was hard: he pumped a constant amount of spiritual energy into it to make it such. As his essence withdrew from the medium, it began to revert to its natural state. A most essential ninjutsu indeed was the Rock Creation.

He found himself performing the technique thrice more, each time altering the shape of the medium: a tanto, more smaller shuriken and then, a crude looking flower. He was trying for detail, thus enhancing control and manipulation endeavors. Tsugahara took notice of how he could make manifest the thoughts of his mind to the physical. That is what he loved most about ninjutsu, its connexion to all three parts of man--[mind, spirit, body]. 

Getting a little drowsy, Tsugahara thought to perform the creation technique once more before heading to bed. Again, his hands worked the kata; his center ushered out chakra into his extremities before he slammed his hands into the ground. A slab of earth was pulled forth as his mind began to focus. The way he moved chakra through his body was incredible for one not trained at an academy. With ebb and flow efforts, his chakra worked the bulking material down into the shape of a small bird from about fifteen minutes of pure concentration. The detail had been much finer than that of the flower he had prior crafted. If he could breathe life into the figure, he was sure that it'd become animated and fly away. Using a lot of his brain power in the light of night caused him to become incredibly sleepy, but the moonlit endeavors proved to be most fruitful for the wandering non-ninja. He would lay to rest safely in the dark holds of the mountain side. He was sure no one, not even the moon, would be able to see him in such a shadow-laden place; well, not until the sun rose above the mountain, anyway - but he'd be well awake before then.

[Draven]

o.o

No block quotes please

+8

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Tsugahara was now some several miles down the trail as the sun sprang to its apex in the reaches of the sky. The mountain air was heavier than that of low land; he could even smell the rain on the winds as he neared the forest-lands of Rain Country. As a respite from his traveling, Tsuga opted to train his Doton skills again, focusing on the technique he had tried to master on the night prior.

His hands worked their way into a set of six kata; chakra began to churn within his being as he slammed his hands into the ground: "Doton Soushi no Jutsu!" The earth gave way to his hands as he pulled the raw element from the land. His chakra filled the soil as he began to physically and spiritually subjugate the medium. For starters, he placed great emphasis on creating just a ball the same size as his head. Its circumference had been craggy  and he needed to fix it. With chakra manipulation, he sought to smoothen out the brown ball as it truly began to become spherical. 

He turned and rolled the ball down the path from which he came; like a bowling ball it went off, gaining speed the further down the incline it went. Amazingly, he was able to keep the held form of the ball some several meters before it dispersed into the face of a rock wall. His control over Earth style was increasing. Tsuga smiled with little effort, satisfied with his work before he returned to the path way.

It would be about a day's journey now, and he was on his p's and q's in the event of something random happening.

[Draven]

+2

Nothing odd would be spotted, it would seem you are still alone with your throughts. (Nothing Encountered)

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Fate seemed to have blessed the man of Ochi on this journey to the rainy lands of Ame. Tsugahara had successfully traveled the mountain path with no peril pushed his way. With a half smile, the non-ninja stepped into the muddied region; oh, how he had wished for an umbrella in this drizzle.

"To Amegakure no Sato... I wonder how long I'll be walking through these bog-lands," as he moved his right hand before him to lower a branch, his foot sank into a muddy hole.

"..yare, yare," Tsuga moaned.

——exit [to Ame-no-Kuni]