Tears follow my path.. (Travel/Training)

[Art & Ink Blood Stain Senshoku]

OOC: This where my character ends up after his history.. so where else to start?

A blur of color shot through the land as Shingai ran on and on through the Country of Water. He was sweating and tired after running so far from the clan of Ekitai people he lived with. Perhaps a few assassinations before he left the country? Maybe. He knew not. His only goal now was to cause as much havoc as he could before he left the dreaded country he deserted. Perhaps he could find a few people training and slit their throats for his amusement? He knew not. But he continued on through the lands. Bounding through trees effortlessly, climbing over rocks and crossing open spaces of land. Nothing could stop him, and the scent of a nearby person signaled that someone was nearby. Still, he wished to leave this country more than anything. He passed it, and perhaps he would do some training himself.
Since he never entered the Academy, Shingai knew no technique at all apart from those taught to him by the Ekitai. It was time to learn the Academy techniques, starting from the first one;

Kawarimi no Jutsu (Body Switch Skill)
Rank: E-rank, Supplementary
A technique that usually confuses the attacker. The user quickly projects themselves with another nearby object such as a plant (normally a section of a large log), an animal, or even another person within reach, leaving the opponent open to a counter-attack. In the anime, a scarecrow, a boulder, and even mud has been used as a body substitute, though this may not be considered canonical by few fans. A fairly common Jutsu, it is one of the basic Jutsu that a Ninja must learn before graduating to the Genin level. This technique, however, is not strictly limited to the Naruto series, as it is sometimes referred to as Utsusemi no Jutsu (Art of Body Projection) in other manga and animation series. A User can NOT switch with an enemy or a person due to the fact that everything is attempted base. You must attempt to grab the person first to switch him with you, before the technique can occur.

Shingai was bounding through the forest when he was alerted by this desire to train. He hit the ground at last, and halted as soon as he touched the ground. "THUD" was the sound that signaled his arrival to the ground and a stopping to his travel.

An open patch of ground;
A few rocks lay here and there, along with bushes and a few small trees. Snapped and broken twigs littered the ground like rubbish in deserted alleyways, and the surrounding trees made a thick barrier, blocking any view out of the area he was training in from the outside.

The canopy, however, yawned overhead in a wide gap, exposing sunlight to the ground. "Sunlight.." Shingai hissed, covering his eyes. "I, HATE sunlight on my aquatic skin." And truly he was right. All Ekitai cannot survive long in the burning sun, so the Ekitai moved over to a slightly shadier place near the trees.

So he began. He scanned the area around him, spying a large rock that he thought would be perfect for learning this technique. It was a little smaller than himself, but what difference did it make?

At first the technique seemed confusing p how would he transport chakra from where he was standing to the point of the rock, as well as giving off chakra in his body. Was there.. more to it than that? Was there something he was missing? Indeed there was. It was simply in the element of concentration. He must focus his chakra from his body to the object, switching his body into the object he was targeting.

He held the half tiger handseal in front of his face, eyes closed in concentration. He felt the warmth of a chakra flow and pushed his whole supply of chakra towards the boulder.

~Kawarami No Jutsu!~[/i]

Shingai's whole body began shaking, then suddenly, he felt a vast, moving flow of chakra and felt like he had moved. In fact, he knew he had before even opening his eyes! The red stinging glow of the sun had passed his eyelids, glowing like fire under the protection of his eyes. The warmth of the sun had beamed upon him, drying his skin rapidly.

Just to check he was not in a fantasy, Shingai opened his eyes. Sure enough, he had switched places with the large boulder. The large boulder was now placed in the shade, and the glowing heat now beating mercilessly down on him. "Suppose I should try and get use to being exposed to the sun; I am going to the Country of Wind - many barren sandy areas lie there."

Just to make sure, Shingai would try one last time. This time, he would attempt to switch back with the boulder, thus returning the boulder to where it was.

Sayguri concentrated on the boulder. He then made the half tiger sign in front of his chest again, spreading his legs apart, and concentrating a large amount of chakra around his body. He then closed his eyes, and pushed as much as chakra as he could towards the boulder.

~Kawarami No Jutsu!~[/i]

Once he found his chakra spreading towards the boulder, he made one final short burst of chakra and felt himself tele-ported to the location of the boulder. Sure enough, he had transported back. This was convincing enough that he had finished the jutsu.

With this finished and done with, Shingai would rapidly disappear among the trees again, and continue his journey.

[Koori.]

Academy jutsu are free as long as you are a ninja. You dont have to learn this.

+5
Learned, otherwise?

[Art & Ink Blood Stain Senshoku]

He never entered the Academy.. he not a Ninja.. meaning he never learnt an academy techniques..

and thanks.

[Art & Ink Blood Stain Senshoku]

OOC: Actually Koori, I found out I do have to learn them Thanks for grading my post.

Daichi Kangoku No Jutsu (Earth Prison Technique)
Rank: D
Skill: Ninjutsu
Effect: Raises Earth in a circle radius around the person of the user's choice.
Special: half Ox
Drawback: N/A
Description: A circle of Earth raises in a space that the user can see from 20 feet away. The wall is about 10 feet high and about 5 feet wide.
Limit: Earth release

Approaching the border of the Country of Water, Shingai would dive into a pool and regenerate himself in the nice, cool liquid as a thick mist began to grow overhead. Shingai rose to the surface of the river, a shadow appearing before his head emerged from the water in a small splash. Shingai then shook his head to remove some of the moist in his hair, before stepping out of the river. His clothes were soaking, yet he could use this to his advantage. Soaking clothes means sopping skin, sopping skin means less dehydration.

He emerged from the lake, dripping rapidly. His body hung from the extra weight of his sodden clothes. He soon felt the returning of the natural feeling of solid ground under his feet, after being underwater so long. It was time to train.

He walked over to the empty, misty area. He was approaching the coast now, so the mist blocked out the sun and destroyed most sunlight. Straightening his shoulders, Shingai would begin to think on how he would learn the technique. It seemed that he would have to push op the dirt from the ground, using it as a large prison over the opponent. Annoyingly, there was no opponent. Shingai would have to train this on his own.

He examined the area around him.
Trees..bushes......more trees.. large rock mound... more trees... LARGE ROCK MOUND!
In an instant his eyes moved back to the large heap of rocks. He was in luck. He bended over, then launched himself up into the air, landing at the very top of the rock mound, swiftly turning round.

Infront of him, a large, open space revealed itself. Perfect. Now from a view, he could train the technique. The handseal he had to make was confusing too him - he tried time and time again, and eventually made a half-Ox seal that seamed neat and real-looking.. enough.

~Daichi Kangoku No Jutsu!~[/i]

He sent chakra down into the ground, lifting up a large amount of earth from the ground. A rumbling sounded and Shingai felt the rocks he was standing on shake beneath him, yet still he held the handseal of the half-Ox. The earth rose.. slowly.. slowly.. it seemed in no rush whatsoever to rise. Shingai refused to tolerate this. He sent more chakra, down, down into the ground. More earth rose, as bits of dirt and mud crumbled away from the large, inwards-rising wall that he was creating. Dust up-roared from the ground in a large mass, and the young Ekitai knew he was doing something right.

He eventually resulted to closing his eyes in concentration. His chakra was depleting. The wall was rising inwards still, but slowly. Suddenly, bits of the large dome started crumbling away. "Just.. a little.. longer.." Shingai stammered. He seemed a bit shocked for a moment, too, that he had spoke. He never spoke many words. He sometimes felt shy, perhaps that was another thing that caused his annoyed rage at everyone. Still, the dome continued to rise. Holes in it were sealed, and crumbling parts of it were re-filled.

At last all light was sealed from the dome. It was complete. The ear splitting, epic rumbling ceased abruptly. It seemed so quite, all of a sudden. Shingai took a quick look around -
Something was going to happen
And it did. Shingai must not have completely completed the technique, and as a result, the dome started crumbling again. Not a word was spoke from Shingai's mouth, but desperation was painted all over his face. He quickly re-made the half Ox, then started to cease the crumbling of the dome. Chakra was pumped into the large creation, and the crumbling nearly ceased. Shingai re-filled the holes, but held the seal a little longer.
He did not want it to crumble again.

After a few minutes, Shingai would re-open his eyes, then release his hand-seal. This time, the dome would not crumble. It was steadfast now. Unless he released the technique, it would not fall. For reasons he did not know of, Shingai jumped onto the dome. Out of his mind, he grabbed a kunai and stabbed the dome. At last he realised what he was doing. Testing the dome, to see how strong it really was.

A few stabs, and the dome would begin cracking. Nothing that strong, but strong enough. Shingai was convinced. He leaped back up onto the rock mound and released the technique. The large dome crumbled, fell, until the only thing left was a few crusty pieces of mud that lay upon the ground. This would disappear quickly. Then none of it would show, ever again, until he used the technique once more.[/size]

[pandoru]

Daichi Kangoku No Jutsu (Earth Prison Technique)
Rank: D
Skill: Ninjutsu
Effect: Raises Earth in a circle radius around the person of the user's choice.
Special: half Ox
Drawback: N/A
Description: A circle of Earth raises in a space that the user can see from 20 feet away. The wall is about 10 feet high and about 5 feet wide.
Limit: Earth release

Half Ox is the same as the One-Handed Ox seal, which is a B-rank technique. So unless you have that seal, you can't learn this technique.

+8 though, and I'll allow you to stick that into a different jutsu.

[Art & Ink Blood Stain Senshoku]

I had no idea...

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. Can not 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

This technique (I would like to put my TP in that one, please)

[Art & Ink Blood Stain Senshoku]

(Alright, lets pretend he was training the rock release all along )

Shingai would stand at the bottom of the rock mound, his hands forming a few hand-seals.

~Doton Soushi No Jutsu!~

He slammed his hands into the ground, causing a gush of dust to roar from the ground. Chakra dug into the ground, using soil, dirt and bits of stone to create a boulder above ground.
Come on...
A rock began forming above the ground. Shingai's eyes began to light up.
Come... on...!
Dust and dirt would emerge from the ground, forming the large rock out of the minerals underground.
Come on..!
The rock was nearly finished forming.. the minerals combined with chakra were creating a rock before his very eyes.
Com on!
The rumbling would abruptly cease. The rock lay in front of his eyes, made out of minerals and chakra.

~Doton Soushi No Jutsu!~[/i]

Again, Shingai would slam his palms into the hard ground, causing wincing pain in his arms. Chakra would begin to flow into the ground.. gathering minerals and mixing them to form the rock. After enough minerals had been collected, the chakra, along with the minerals inside it, emerged from the ground and formed together.. forming the rock. A large boulder would soon show faint signs of appearance, and the minerals would form together.

Still the chakra continued to flow into the processing rock, and at last it ceased. The chakra had created the large boulder that now stood in front of him.

[//Talo//]

training the rock release

You mean the rock creation technique...? 0_0

Learned for D rank of Rock Creation...

[Art & Ink Blood Stain Senshoku]

Yeh I did mean the Rock Creation sorry ._.

[Art & Ink Blood Stain Senshoku]

After running further on after the learning of the Doton Soushi, Shingai finally reached the border of the Water Country.
Except something was blocking his way. Sea. He had never seen the border of the Water Country before, why had he not guessed it would be water, water and more water?

There was no problem, however, because there was millions of boats in a small harbor he had heard of to the south-east. So he turned to where he thought the harbor would be (though he had no idea of it - he had no compass) and began running in that direction.

Approximately an hour after that, Shingai reached the port. He saw a person directing the boats, and telling people which boat went where. Shingai would walk up to him asking "Which boat goes towards the Fire Country."

The man sighed, then pointed towards a leaving boat "You just missed it." He said flatly. "Thanks." Shingai whispered before diving down off the waters edge into the sea. "Strange kid." The man said in confusion.

Meanwhile, Shingai was under the water, using his infinite breath. When he reached the boat, he jumped aboard and hid in the bottom of the boat. He was on his way to shore, and the Fire Country.

[👺 Usiel]

Moved

[Art & Ink Blood Stain Senshoku]

Thanks Heero XD

Fire Release Skill (Katon no Jutsu)
With this skill, or release, the user is now capable of using, and performing techniques that deal with the element of Fire. This means that any NinJutsu or specialized TaiJutsu that deals the Fire Release will need this in order to be performed correctly.

At last Shingai reached the Fire Country, and he had got there un-noticed by the people he was aboard with. Too bad for everyone else on board, the boat would not reach the shore.

He did not want any Water Nin on his path, so before jumping off the boat into the sea he stabbed as many holes as he could in the boat, forcing it to take in water.
Heh..heh.. heh.

After that, he jumped from the boat and swam to shore with his infinite breath.
Suckers.

After arriving at the Fire Country, Shingai would train the Fire Release. He was a traveler, and he would travel the globe for releases.

In the distance, cries of the people 'board the sinking boat were herd, as it eventually silenced. No-one would every have evidence of what he had done.

Katon Release, was the technique he would learn. The first step was, indeed, to mix up chakra in his stomach. He focused hard, on the shore of the Fire Country, and breathed in. He sucked in chakra, molding it in his stomach, which he then shot out, failing miserably. A gust of wind would fly from his mouth, but not even the smallest bit of flame was intermixed with it.

Shingai closed his eyes - this was normal. It was a hard technique to learn, he could not believe he would acquire it in one shot. Again he inhaled, molding chakra in his stomach. Surely this time, something would happen. Unfortunately, he found he could not wait any longer. Before his chakra had molded properly, his breath ran out, and he was forced to blow out before the chakra had completed its process in forming to fire. Thus, Shingai blew out another large gust of wind, but nothing more.

Again he tried, this time with a hint of annoyance and desperation. He decided to mold his chakra before sucking in and blowing out, that might help him learn it. So he did this. Molding chakra around in his stomach, he began slowly preparing to exhale. This time, he imagined the inside of his body. The cord of which carried chakra to the mouth was a long, thin tube. For the fire chakra he was creating now to reach his mouth, he would have to send the chakra up that cord in the process of exhaling.

At last the chakra was ready. He sucked in air, puffing his cheeks and chest up like a balloon. He leaned back, then sucked the chakra up through the tube, or at least, thats what he thought was happening. He then exhaled like anything, imagining his body firing a blast of chakra from his mouth. This time, imaginary thoughts had become reality... or at least, to an extent. A small, blazing fireball shot from his mouth outwards, hitting the grass and causing a small flame, before disappearing - it was too cold for such a small flame to rampage at the moment.

He was a little satisfied at this, but it was not enough. A tiny fireball was not too be called the "Fire Release", now, was it?

He would try again. Molding his chakra as quickly as possible, he felt the vibrating warmth inside his stomach. Flame. He then inhaled once more, sending the chakra up, up that tube - would it make it? Only time would tell. At the point where he could inhale no more, he would blow out in a small, running line this time. Last time, he had shot out all the air in one, small blast. This time, he was planning on blowing chakra slowly, to create a longer-living fireball.

A glowing blaze cut through the foggy sky, lighting up Shingai's body and everything around him in a reddish orange glow. When the fire ceased blowing from Shingai's mouth and the flame disappeared, the glow disappeared instantly, aswell. A small shot of smoke fired from Shingai's mouth, aswell, as the flames way of showing a small disappearing goodbye.

This was a much more enchanting result. It raised Shingai's spirits a little, and made him think he was getting closer to learning the fire release he wanted. But still, just to make sure for this small session, one last try?

For the fourth time, Shingai mixed around his chakra inside his stomach. The tingling feeling rapidly fell upon him, sending a short, warm feeling up his spine. It was ready. Shingai inhaled as fast as he could, then blew out in a large gust of flame. It whipped and burnt the ground, then rose into the air and disappeared, leaving Shingai breathing heavily.

Oh, how could one last try hurt? This time, he would use as much chakra as he had to cause a burning rage of fire to spurt fro, his mouth. This was the big one. Shingai molded a huge amount of chakra inside him, sending it up to his mouth. He then inhaled as much air as he possibly could, forcing himself forward and exhaling like never before, creating a huge, glowing gush of flame that burnt the ground to a coal-colored black. Still, the flame could not survive. It vanished before his very eyes the instant he stopped exhaling.

[Art & Ink Blood Stain Senshoku]

Sparking hope light up the day and Shingai's spirits. It was just what he was hoping for. Yet; something was missing. Most fire jutsus involve blowing out the mouth, such as Ryuuka No Jutsu, Goukakyuu, Housenka and others. But not all of them require blowing out the mouth. Some, require a much more.. difficult.. procedure.

Out of other chakra points. Some jutsus require infusing your weapon with flame -Shingai's eyes traveled down to the Dokiyaiba- and sometimes even other parts of your body. It seemed strange, but Shingai would have no choice but to try it. He unsheathed his Dokiyaiba ("Wrath Blade") and began swinging in infront of his face in deep thought.

Chakra was inside your body, and it could be channeled out into other things. But metal? Shingai had never done this before. He decided to do a small test before using actual flame for the training.

He would hold the Dokiyaiba with an outstretched hand that reached above his head. He then said the words - "Come on chakra, do your stuff." And at that instant a glowing warmth of chakra inside him was felt to creep up his arm and into his hand, halting at the blade. He could not feel it moving further. He gave a slight push, and felt the chakra start to push up through the handle and through the blade. He knew this, because the handle then felt warm under his fingers, and the blade began to slightly glow a beautiful bright blue.

Still concentrating his chakra into the blade, he reached it down in front of his chest. "*Whoa*.. this is wierd." He breathed. At last he would cease the flow. The glowing would cease, and disappear from the Dokiyaiba entirely. Now it was time to try it with flame.

Flame chakra. A mixture of physical and spiritual chakra, that could be used for battle purposes. That was what he was creating. It took a while to do it, but all the same he had it in the end. He sent it down his arm. A slight burning feeling arose to the other things he was feeling at that present moment. On a hot day, this would have hurt him greatly because of the heat, but the chilly day allowed him to withstand it, at least, until it was over.

The glowing warmth spread into his hand and down his fingers, into the metallic handle of the blade. Now it was time to unveil the true power. The chakra in the blade must cause the blade to flame, so he must increase its power - one problem.
How would he do that without burning his arm off at the same time.

He had it. A small burst of chakra out his fingers and through the handle would heat the blade to the point of flaming without hurting his body.
....BOOM.
The sound rang out. A small, hot shot of chakra came from his fingers and lit the blade to a full, red-hot flame.

He swiped the blade through the air once. Uh-oh. The flame went out. Completely. Nothing was left of it. How could such a small force of pressure destroy the flame, especially in one try? It was time to make this flame stronger.

He sent flame chakra up into the blade. Another...
..........................BOOM.[/u]
The blade ignited in fury. The wonderful dancing flames flickered in the dim light. Now, it was time to put this new, improved, more-powerful flame to the test. Would it go out? Shingai could not wait to see.

Swoosh.. Swoosh.. Swoosh.. Slice..
He swung the blade around several times infront of him. It was allot better this time! None of the flames went out - they did not even die out one bit. It was a controlled flame, so it did not hurt his skin or send off much smoke at all. He had completed the second step, of fire training. [/size]

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Third step. It may be hard, but completing the other two steps gave him the courage to try it. This was the most dangerous of all three - burning flame upon a limb of your body, without destroying it. Sounds risky, doesn't it? It was a risk he was willing to take, as long as it meant learning the Fire Release.

He once again tried to create fire chakra inside him. Mixing his provided spiritual chakra with that of his strength chakra (or "physical chakra") he created it. The hot glowing feeling lit up his stomach. He would first try heating up his hand. This was the smallest chakra-contained part of your body, but it seemed the easiest to send chakra to.

He sent it down his arm. The glowing feeling gave him another spine-tingling shot of warmth that shot through his whole body. It found its way into his hand, and his hand too began to glow with heat. Now the chakra was there - how was he supposed to set his hand on fire without burning it?

He remembered the previous step. He had given off a small burst of chakra that had created a source of controlled flame to blaze around his blade.
around[/b]
The word burnt into his mind. Around. Around his blade, as a seeming layer. It did not mean it had to burn on his hand, but around it.

(Example: Chidori.
When using the technique, the users hand is not zapped to pieces - why is this? Simple. When the ball of Chidori is created on the users palm, it is not actually ON their palm. It is, in reality, floating in the air, only held there by chakra. Now you may be asking: What about the electricity that come from it?
As seen in this picture:
The Chidori's lightning extends AWAY from Kakashi's palm, thus not touching it.
Another Example: Rasengan.
As seen when taken a picture of Rasengan from a side view, you will notice it does not touch Naruto's palm. When the ball is created, it too hovers above his palm, only held there by chakra)

So. The ball of flame was to be created around his palm. Not touching it. He nodded, and began trying to do this. A small ball of flaming chakra showed around his palm, however faint. It slowly grew to life, and became a ball of flame surrounding his palm. Still, it was too small. Shingai decided to create a bigger, more powerful one.

He sent more flaming chakra into his hand. The ball increased in size, and changed from a faint orange to almost red. It was growing in power and strength, but it still looked a little incomplete, didn't it? Oh how would you know. Anyway, he would charge even more chakra into his palm, creating an even more powerful blazing ball of flame that nearly burnt his hand. He had to control it.
Control it..
Those words told him something. This was his technique. If he did not want it too and he did not let it, it would not hurt him at all. In fact, he would force it not too.

Taking it on with all fury, Shingai increased the ball of flames power to a mind-dazzling extent. It burnt his palm slightly, but he forced himself to live with it. Now his hand was shaking. Shakin at the power of the flaming technique surrounding his palm, only growing in power by the minute. At last it grew too much. He would release the technique, and destroy the ball of flame he had created. Was he finished?

Actually, no. He had further practice to do. That was not enough. Not yet.. not yet.. not yet... close, but not quite yet.

He stood straight again. His mind racing over thoughts. Perhaps.. no. He felt sure he had finished creating the fireball over his palm. But now, it was time to do this technique on his foot or leg.

This was even more risky. Putting it on his whole limb.. how more tricky could it be? Shingai could not think of an answer, so he simply tried the technique anyway. He focused and molded more fire chakra, of which he had made alot of today already. Certainly he was getting good, and he definitely thought he was. When he began it took him ages to create the fire chakra! Now it only took him a few seconds.

He pushed the chakra down into his leg. It started at about his shin, and ended in his foot. This was the place he would surround with flame. Another short, burst of chakra and the flame seemed to ingite around his leg, burning him for a split second at first. Wait.. it was more than a split second! Something was burning.. burning..
What was it?

Instinctively, he released the technique immediately. He trouser leg was burning. He blew on it hard, and resulted to diving into the nearby ocean or sea. As he returned to the surface, the flame on his leg disappeared. He would have to jump back up to shore and try again.

Now he was wet, there was little chance he would be able to do this. Still, there was no harm in trying.

He sent more flame chakra into his leg. A small burst, but nothing came. "Uh..oh.." He would begin with a slight sign of sadness. He tried again. A small burst of chakra. Nothing. Nothing at all.
A BIG BURST OF CHAKRA!!!
Huge flames surrounded his shin and leg. This time, it did not go out. It did not stop. And it did not burn. What more could you ask for?[/size]

[Umehara]

+23 Total.
23/30

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OOC: Whoa.. that took ages t post all that... and man.. 23tp.. it was worth it..


Smoke steamed from Shingai's mouth. It filled the air with a faint blackness. Frying heat surrounded his body. He was sweating like no other. The intense heat he had used had basically destroyed his body. What now?

Polishing. Just incase he had missed something.

First came the fire spitting, the easiest thing in fire techniques. He knew he ad surely completed this - but wait, there was something he had not done. In the first time he spat a fireball, and only the fire time he spat a fireball, was it really a fire-ball. Apart from that, he had only spat long gushes of flame that weren't fire-balls at all. This he decided to try.

This time it was not a long gush. It was a short burst instead, that had to be done quickly or it would not work as a fire-ball. He sucked in air, creating a mix of his spiritual and physical energy to create flame, blowing it all out in one burst. A large fireball shot from his mouth and blew outwards.

It took a long time to disappear, even after Shingai stopped exhaling outwards. The rushing, bubble-sounding flame would still disappear though, after a short time. Still, the longer the better, so why want it to stop?

After doing this he decided to move onto the next step. The flame around the sword. Last time, the flame was controlled, but also not very strong. It was time to kick it up a notch this time.

He once again reached his arm outwards above his head. He shot chakra down his arm, through his hand and into his blade. His blade and his arm heated up noticably, and he was ready to take the next step. This time, it would be more powerful.

A slight slash of his blade along with a sudden largish burst of chakra ignited his blade on fire. The flame engulfed the blade in fire, causing huge flames to dance around his sword as he swung it through the air. These were a little less controlled, so the smoke filled his nose. But this did not stop him. He was convinced this was polished, now.

Now for a little fun. He ingnited his blade using the same method as before, and started swinging around with it rapidly. Glowing trails of flame followed the Dokiyaiba as he swung his Katana through the air.

[pandoru]

+7

learned.

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Bounding through the trees effortlessly, Shingai stopped with an uneasy halt. There was a country off his path he wished to visit before he continued to the Wind Country.
The Country of Sound.

To would take him a great deal of traveling to get there, but he wished it for the sake of learning two releases. One, the Sound release. Two, the lightning. He had only just passed by Konoha, so you could imagine how far he had to run to get to the Sound Village.

It would take him four days to reach the valley of the end. He stopped at many small towns to re-stock, obviously stealing - he had no money anyway. At last, when he got there, he marveled at the two great statues on either side of the waterfall. One large leap, and he was over the falling river of frothy, white water and over to the other side. There, he would do some of his biggest training yet. Starting, with a simple jutsu.

Jibaku Fuda: Kassei (Exploding Tag: Activate)
Rank: "E" Rank
Skill: NinJutsu
Effect: The user is capable of activating a different type of Exploding tags. By utilizing their chakra in which they placed upon the tag before hand the user is capable of making the tags explode out forth in a devistating fasion.
Special: Ram
Drawback: ---
Description: A Simple technique where the user performs the Ram seal as they utilize a fraction of their chakra into the very Tag, allowing the tag to explode forth. The tag looks like yellow wordings and is not the familiar red wordings along the tag. Each tag that is used must be done before hand, and this is used as a time mechanisim in order to be capable of being used.
Limit: An academy Jutsu that all is capable of performing if they wish to do so.

Shingai carried several exploding tags.. yet he could not use them as of yet. He was a stealthy type, and would need this jutsu to activate exploding tags. These can be very sneaky, if used correctly.

A rock was found a little further past the Valley of The End. It was largish, and very suited towards what Shingai wanted to train this on. He trudged over to the solid bolder, and slipped and exploding tag from his pocket. He pasted it over a selected area of the boulder, and took a few backward steps away from the boulder, so not to die in the explosion,
if there was one.

At the finishing of the preparation procedure, Shingai made the tiger Hand-seal and yelled:

~Jibaku Fuda: Kassei!~[/i]

A little more strain after the starting of the technique, and the tag began to spark, the flaming line moving across the tag while setting off a small amount of sparks, spraying across the boulder. At last it reached the end, but only a small explosion would engulf the boulder in smoke -
BOOOOM![/u]
Smoke flew around and engulfed the boulder like a smoke bomb had been set off, and the tag, once the smoke cleared, was gone.

Still, it was not a brilliant result. He decided to try again. he prepared, pasting the tag down onto the boulder.

~Jibaku Fuda: Kassei![/i]

The tag began to spark again, but this time, Shingai sent a whole lot more chakra into the tag. It began glowing white, shining, then it blew up in a massive orange uproar of dust and a dark black cloud of smoke. This was a much better result than before - if the tag sparked, it would take a longer time to activate. If the tag simply glowed then exploded, the enemy would have barely any time to react.

It was time for one final test. Shingai brought out two kunai from his weapon holster along with two exploding tags. He attached the exploding tags to the kunais, slinging them towards the boulder.

~Jibaku Fuda: Kassei!~[/i]

The tags began glowing on the ends of the kunais in mid air, hitting the rock with a "clang!". At the instant they began spinning and falling to the ground, the tags on their ends blew up, sending tiny shards of rock flying everywhere. Just incase, Shingai held his hands over his face and squinted his eyes defensively. As the rumbling ceased, the shards stopped flying from the black smoke, and eventually the smoke disappeared too. It was all over, so Shingai removed his hands from his face. The boulder was no more. It seems two exploding tags were too much for it.[/size]

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Muteikei (Shapeless)
Rank: E
Skill: Taijutsu
Effect: A stance that allows for defense everywhere around you, due to flexibility.
Special: none
Drawbacks: None
Description: Standing relaxed with the sword held almost carelessly in his hand, his other hand dug into his right pocked, even while he yawns, how come there are no openings? That is probably what most swordsmen or fighters would think when faced with the stance that is one of the core techniques of the Yajuu no Mai. It has no set form like most stances; instead it varies between the users. They can stand casually, but any intent on attacking them will be met instantly by the sword that was casually held moments ago. That is truly where its name comes from, it has no set shape yet there are no openings in which to attack and an attack from the user can come from any angle possible.
Limit: A sword of Kodachi length or greater (Katana or bigger)

Well, now that the rock had been blown up, a little more training would be done. His Dokiyaiba was indeed larger than a Katana, by width of the blade and a slight advantage in length as well. As he met the requirements, it was time to train the Muteikei.

In the description of it, it seemed there was no real trick to anything. The "shapeless" stance seemed a little less strict than most jutsus, allowing him to stand in whatever position he wanted. He chose the following -
He spread his legs apart, approximately half a meter from heel to heel.
One had was to the blade, and the other was hovering above his weapon pocket.
His posture was as straight and high as possible, so as to look as strong and large as he could.

It was by chance that at that moment, three robbers would fall from the trees, aiming knives or small swords at him, surrounding him in a 3-way pack. "Hands up." The one who seemed to be the leader ordered. "What do you want from me? I have no money." Shingai would reply casually. "You asked for it, kid! Get 'im, boys!"

The first one to launch was the one who placed the order. In his version of the Muteikei stance, Shingai gave a great slash as his Dokiyaiba sliced through the air. A splashing of blood ripped from the gangs leader's shirt, and he fell to the ground with an "URRGH!" With an agile spin, Shngai swung the Dokiyaiba back towards the other two, killing them instantly with one foul swoop. The sword had slashed across and cut deep into their chests.

At the end, Shingai would stnd into his Muteikei stance again. "There really are no opening in this." Shingai breathed, before sheathing his sword again. "Well.. that was boring.."