The Hatchling Leaves the Cave [O|T|T|DE]

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The Stance
Rank: "E"
Skill: TaiJutsu/Supplementary
Effect: Stance is a crucial part of using any weapon. This is the basic stance technique.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: Begin with the feet in a 90° comfortably separated at about half a shoulder's width apart. Center the weight on the rear leg. When throwing the user shifts their weight to the front. This causes the hips and shoulders to twist into the throw forcing the body's power into the throwing arm. After the throw is complete recover by returning to the original stance to ready the next throw.
Limit: Must be a Throwing Specialist.

0000 // 0005

The cold wind that swept through the lands of Shimo had been ridiculous in the winter season. Even with the thick robes that covered my body, I had a difficult time moving through the wilderness of the tundra, my destination set to the south of the country. Wazaru had bestowed unto me a map of the land in which I had to search; Hi no Kuni had been a country away, right beneath the Yu borders. Snowflakes began to fall in large amounts, which forced me inside of a small alcove some kilometers from the nesting grounds of my Dragon Master. With what knowledge I had of Katon, I created a small fire that kept me warm and at bay from the darkness of the crevice.

My hands had warmed up well enough for me to flex my fingers and as I reached into my butt bag to retrieve a throwing star, the shape of the weapon reminded me of the falling snowflake. The only audible sounds for miles had been that of the howling wind and the small crackling of the fire I had crafted. Once within my grasp, I shifted my stance to something simple. I felt comfortable in this stance and began to lean backward and then forward as to adjust my weight in a way that I would later get a feel for throwing the shuriken. I just moved my legs and core for now; my arms remained free from the Art of Throwing stance, but they would be used as soon as they warmed up enough to move fluidly.

I pushed my left leg back to support my stance and was ready to prepare a throw as my right arm flung forward, pushing my weight toward my front leg and inside of my abdomen; the shuriken was released into the snowy expanse of Shimo Kuni after I re-positioned myself in the proper stance. I took another shuriken from its slot and threw it, much further than I had with the initial one. I felt my hips and shoulders contort to my hard motion as it whirled through the air. Feeling like I had accomplished my goal, I stood against the face of the alcove, gathering more heat and resting my mind before I ventured further into the tundra lands.

[Nira]

Ah, a stance called... The Stance.

Prepare the marshmallows!

+5, Learned.

[try4]

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-- has Able Learner trait
-- CPNA currently Unskilled: 00

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Coin Pile Numerical Approximation
Rank: "D"
Skill: Skill
Effect: A character with this skill can look at a pile of coins and tell how many are there, within 1d10 percent.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: A character with this skill can look at a pile of coins and tell how many are there, within 1d10 percent. This is dependent on a skill check. Blattaria, because of their natural homeless, and constantly trying to earn money, get +15 on their skill checks for this approximation. For purposes of this skill, a Game Master may rule that constitutes a 'pile'. Each time learned user gets 5 die roll to increase the skill.
Limit: ---

0000 // 0010

The wall had been cool to my hands that had just thrown two shuriken into the wilderness. Had I been truly brazen, I would've ran out to collect my hirashuriken, yet it was not my weaponry that I coveted--it had been my gold. My master, the man who raised me since I was ten, was one of draconian blood; through him, I too began to see it as something to be collected in mass amount. My chilled fingers coaxed my coin pouch open and slid inside its warm enclosure. Like touching smooth pebbles comprised of ice, I maneuvered coins of my 4000 ryo between several fingers one-by-one.

Pieces of flattened gold strode across my knuckles in light thuds as they flipped out of my hold. My coin purse had been given to me by my Master, an inheritance to my time as a Lair Snake. With each coin passing through my possession, I quickly counted ten out as they clang against their neighbors. It was incredible how they felt against my cold flesh. Daringly, I pushed my entire hand into the womb of the purse, seeking to amass a collection of gold plates into my palm. 

Twelve coins I counted out in my hand as I released them slowly from my palm. It was a smooth transaction back into the horde that lay within the purse. I pulled three of them out and studied them in my hand as the Katon flame began to flicker wildly off of the alcove walls. My eyes could see the size and true shape of each coin: they had been truly gold in color, and had about the same diameter as the finger hole of a throwing star. Again, my hand slid past the bunched cloth of the purse opening and I withdrew even more coinage. The weight had increased nearly nine fold as I now opened my clutches to count out twenty-seven coins. The way they shined in the flame made my onyx eyes shimmer with greed. I stuffed my ryo back into its abode, fighting the thought that my own shadow had it out to get my coin pile.

As I pulled myself away from the wall, I heard the slight jingle that my purse gave; I knew for certain that I had taken only twenty-seven coins out and that they had returned securely into my purse to rest along with the other 3973 coins to make an even 4000. Stamping out the flame, I exited back into the stark wilderness, my face now covered by much of my hanging black cloths. Before truly exiting the alcove, I had even bitten down on one of the gold pieces, making sure that everything was genuine in craft.

[Nira]

Mm, just a little too short...

Oh, but I love the vocabulary, I do. Ugh, okay, it's just one point.

+10, Learned. So close to the border you're standing in three countries at once.

0-39sp

[try4]

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Katon - Ningenteki Houka Bakudan (Fire Release - Human Firebomb)
Rank: "D" "C" "B" "A" "S"
Skill: Ninjutsu
Effect: The Jutsu leaves a seal on an opponent depending on the rank will blow up causing to begin with causing little damage.
Special: "Handseals"
Drawback: Can reduce the user to no chakra if he does not explode the seal.
Description: When the user completes the hand seals for this jutsu. A pentagram with the Kanji for fire appears in the Centre. It looks as though it is made of orange ink. where as it’s just pure chakra. When this jutsu is first learned, it uses the Chakra from the seal and the seal alone to cause and explosion. As the rank and thus the power increase. More of the users chakra is absorbed but also the person who has the seal placed on them has there chakra drained to fuel the Jutsu. At S rank, it can if placed in the very centre of the person cause there body to explode. This jutsu at higher levels mixes with the opponents chakra causing it to explode. If used too much or too many of the seals are placed then the user suffers chakra depletion and will suffer the effects of a seal themselves or will be knocked out.
Limit: To go above "C" the user must have at least 300TP in fire Jutsu for "S" rank the user must have over 600 fire TP and 800 TP in total to show that they have the chakra control.

0000 // 0010

For miles I ventured into the open white expanse of Shimo Kuni, my back set against the northern side of the country as I pulled myself closer to the border at the south. My eyes scanned out before me in the light snow, only to draw in large amounts of albicant snow piled several meters high in most places. A few dead trees dotted the tundra lands and I moved toward their location as I thought of a way to train a Fire Style technique.

"Hn," my mouth parted a bit as I placed a hand onto the face of one of the trees. There had been at least three dozen of them out there, but I would only need a few to test the ninjutsu on; from fear of frostbite, I moved through the handseals hurriedly as chakra began to pour from my center into my arms. The way that my innate flame seeped through my appendages brought some comfort in the cold climate, yet the amount of heat applied into my hands would cause a terrible burn to anything that I chose to lay my hand on. Walking a bit more into the forest, I placed my palm against the bark of a tree in the middle of the small timberland. I felt a transition of energy from me into the sapling as the heat moved from my body. The Ningenteki Houka Bakudan may have been created for humans, yet it would serve the same purpose in destroying anything mundane. A bright orange glow emitted from the kanji of Fire that had been etched into the bark as I quickly stepped back a meter. I did not know the blast radius of the attack, but I would be finding out soon enough.

Seconds burned by before the explosion had set in. My chakra rippled like a heat wave through the dead tree and caused it to rupture at the point of contact before exploding into bits and pieces of wooden shrapnel. I did not fear losing an eye to a wanton piece of charred wood: my black eyes absorbed every bit of definition that the effect of the ninjutsu had to offer, and my distance had been one of save resort given how small an amount of chakra I applied to the technique. It honestly reminded me of an explosive tag and I had four scores of those, and about ten electrically charged ones. This jutsu would be useful in demolitions, or perhaps as a quick substitute for an exploding tag. My legs carried me further into the small gathering, toward three trees that had been close to one another in proximity. They had practically been growing on one another.

Another string of handseals had been woven on cool hands; the lurid seal that the jutsu created had been pressed into the side of the middle tree as its glow started to wax and wane, noting that an explosion was on the horizon. A louder boom had been produced from this attempt at the Katon jutsu; I had applied more chakra than before to clear out the triplet trees to produce a burned path. Given the amount of time I had spent here, nothing seemed to change in setting on the other side of the forest as I came to the white clearing. I stuffed my warmed hands deep into dark folds as I pressed southward. The technique seemed to drain my chakra much more than I had expected, and from that I needed time to recover. 

[The Creator]

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The expanse was seemingly lifeless. Only the hardiest of plants and the most clever or cunning of animals could survive in what was more like a desert than some of the warmest places in the world.

Above you, a Caw! would accompany the wind, the only two sounds that broke the white silence. If you looked up you would find a vulture spreading its three foot wingspan across the bare sky. It had a red plume of feathers that stood out; a red crest right below the neck of what was a body of black and white colors. It circled you at a height of several meters, perhaps making you unable to identify it.

It was only mildly interested in you. It was a cruel winter and he was hungry because of it, but as far as he could discern, you were not injured. To take you down would be a difficult fight and cost quite a bit of precious energy. He would lazily circle you for several minutes before gliding off to find more easily acquired food.

[Nira]

I do enjoy your descriptions. Length is loads better.

Simple this time, but fire training usually is. Hit and blow stuff up, as such.

+10, Learned ^_^

[try4]

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-- Able Learner trait
-- Direct. Sense currently Unskilled 00

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Direction Sense
Rank: "E"
Skill: Skill
Effect: There are people who always seem to know where they're going as if they had an inner compass.
Special:
Drawback: ---
Description: Can be learned by an Animal. There are people who always seem to know where they're going as if they had an inner compass. The character with this skill is just such a person. They have an innate sense about which direction is north, south, east, west, etc. They need no compass. They also can read the stats and use them to navigate by, although they know nothing about navigating on the seas. They can read signs as well, using such information as the direction a river flows or which side a tree moss is growing on, in order to get a sense of where they are. Look in Task Skills thread found in the Skills and Traits Index for more information. Each time learned user gets 2 die roll to increase the skill.
Limit: ---

0000 // 0005

The horizon went on into the distance as I covered more ground in Shimo Kuni. From my back, I could hear the loud cawing of an avian creature and upon further inspection, it appeared to have red plumage, something that made it stand out against the stark background. I could not make head or tail of the true genus of the creature; it flew around in circles some ways above my head, and as I stopped paying attention to it to continue my quest, it flew ahead of me, and disappeared into the distance of the snow laden plains. It had been headed South, just as I had been.

Once I entered into an area covered with patches of sod, I could tell that my journey into Hotspring Country was one that would soon be rewarded. The North was at my back; the Dragon Wazaru and his lair had been left in upper Frost Country, and that had been the immobile "N" for North that I used to remember where I was tasked to go. All I had to do was keep going in the direction that lay before me and I'd find my way into Hi no Kuni..

As miles loomed past me in the chilly environ, I caught up to that bird with the red chest. It had found its prized meal, the carrion of some mammal that seemed to be just days fresh. My hand instinctively shot to the hilt of the tanto I kept on my person as my eyes scanned the general vicinity. It may have been a wolf that had killed the animal, or it may have been a human--although I cared not. I moved behind a snow dune and noted the direction in which the wind had been blowing. Snowflakes flew steadily and had been carried from the West by a gentle breeze. While I hadn't been afraid of whatever had killed the deer, I kept my eyes peeled for any movement in the area. I felt that nothing could sneak up on me unless it had been something totally invisible, or blended in well in the white layout. I pressed onward, some five meters away from the feeding flying creature that I now thought could have been a buzzard.

Somewhere along my journey, I saw heavy imprints from an unknown creature headed to the East of Shimo. My gaze followed them well until they disappeared in the masses of snow. They appeared massive in make, and for a second, I thought about turning left and checking out what could have made such trackings, but I opted against it. I had a quest to accomplish. Forward I stamped through the snow, my black robes riddled with small specks of white from the now seldom falling flakes.

The sun began to shine now, through great thick clouds of gray. I had finally reached the border of Frost and Hotspring: the snow even began to fade away into brown earth and green grass as I stepped into a forested area. In the sky, the lurid orb had been inching its way slowly to the right, which is what the sun did when it was past noon. The clouds rolled in heavily and covered it once more from my vision once the woodlands began to thicken, and caused me to become immersed in a world of evergreens and browns. Apparently this land stood up to its namesake--I had to pull off a layer of clothing as sweat began to build at my brow. This had indeed been the country just above that of the Land of Fire.

You never knew where you were going unless you paid attention to the environment. I had reached the Land of Yu and I openly welcomed its warm embrace. 

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-- toasty!
-- Requesting to be moved to Yu no Kuni, please

[The Creator]

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White dominated all other colors. Even the plants, whose typically green stalks and leaves would paint the area in a color of new life, were buried by snow and chilled by frost turning even the hardiest of plants a dull white. Out of the white, however, you might notice a grey shape stalking you.

An Omega, an outcast, sent here to test you. Perhaps you were too close to a nest or you were simply labeled a threat. But wolves were not too happy of those who walked uninvited into their quarters. And you were one of those: an uninvited.

He would close in on you: a grey wolf standing of perhaps 2 feet tall and 4 feet long. His fur was ragged and gray, flecked with white specks of ice and snow. His eyes were an angry orange and his muzzle was a black. His lips were rolled back in an angry snarl as he regarded you. His ears were pointed though his left was ripped and mangled. A sign of his status of outcast, perhaps.

He was not strong, you might think, if you were familiar with the pecking order of wolves. But he was eager to prove himself to those who had once cast him out. If you defeated him, though, you might attract more attention from this clan of wolves than you'd like.

[Captain M]

[M is currently reviewing the training/skill roll, will edit this post in a few minutes]

+5 TP, Learned 1!

18/125 SP!

Grats!

[try4]

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-- Able Learner trait
-- Observation currently Unskilled 00

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Observation
Rank: "E"
Skill: Skill
Effect: This skill focuses certain powers of observation - sight, smell, hearing, and touch.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: Can be learned by an Animal. A failed check indicates that the character is oblivious until the thing is pointed out to him. This skill is important for ferreting out advancing enemies or ambushes, generally real-time events and actions occurring, versus scrutiny, which covers static objects or areas. A Game Master may roll an Observation skill check for a Character any time there is an NPC, monster, event or happening that a character might notice, even if he did not specifically state that he is monitoring his surroundings. Characters are capable of noticing any event within their perception. Observation reveals only facts, not motivation. Each time learned user gets 1 die roll to increase the skill. If you are Schooled in Anthropology you gain a +10% synergy bonus with Observation checks that involve noticing disguise checks.
Limit: ---

0000 // 0005

The Land of Hotspring allowed me to remove some garments that I had been wearing, which made me sweat due to the heat of the country. As I ventured further into the forest, I heard a low growl at my back and turned to face a gray wolf that must have been following me since I departed Shimo Kuni--he had had bits of snow in his fur, and I was certain that he could smell the scent of my sweat within the new region. The canine had been obviously adult given its size, but what of its mettle, had that too been grown up past the threshold of doubt? My eyes leered back into the beast's own, fear the last emotion that could be called into my ethos as my hands wove hand seals. With its body low to the ground, I noticed that it had received some battle wound to its left ear. It'd be left with more than just a scar after I through with it.

Then it leapt.

My right hand had been burning with spiritual energy as I awaited the frontal attack of the wolf. As it spread its fore legs to widen its body mid-air in an attempt to maul me, I, in turn, attacked. The shaggy gray under belly of the beast was in my grasp as our bodies clashed with a moderate impact: he had missed calculated being faced with so wily an adversary. The wolf cried out as it was thrown back towards the ground, feeling the intense heat from the Ningenteki Houka Bakudan I had just learned earlier. I could see the orange glow of the fire kanji burn through its flesh before my gaze honed back in to the beast's orange eyes. Fear, it would seem, had been transitioned to this Omega as he again found himself before the face of an Alpha Male. It only took seconds before the Katon ninja art took hold, resulting in a small explosion of flame that caused the animal to howl in anguish. I had blown his torso into pieces of pelt and meat.

The smell of smoked flesh and blood filled my lungs as I turned back towards the southern direction. I had to Shunshin away from the area, though. The explosion had only been amplified in sound within the evergreen forest and that would have probably alerted its pack. At the rate I had moved, I was certain to have left no visual trail for them to follow. My position had now been well above the forest floor as my fingers gripped into the bark of the thick branch I had landed on. From here, I would leap from tree to tree, trying to make as little noise as possible. I cursed myself, though--the only thing that would have definitely given my location away is that every time I moved through the tree line, pine needles fell to the forest floor.

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Techniques Used

Katon - Ningenteki Houka Bakudan (Fire release - Human firebomb)
Rank: "D" "C" "B" "A" "S"
Skill: Ninjutsu
Effect: The Jutsu leaves a seal on an opponent depending on the rank will blow up causing to begin with causing little damage.
Special: "Handseals"
Drawback: Can reduce the user to no chakra if he does not explode the seal.
Description: When the user completes the hand seals for this jutsu. A pentagram with the Kanji for fire appears in the Centre. It looks as though it is made of orange ink. where as it’s just pure chakra. When this jutsu is first learned, it uses the Chakra from the seal and the seal alone to cause and explosion. As the rank and thus the power increase. More of the users chakra is absorbed but also the person who has the seal placed on them has there chakra drained to fuel the Jutsu. At S rank, it can if placed in the very centre of the person cause there body to explode. This jutsu at higher levels mixes with the opponents chakra causing it to explode. If used too much or too many of the seals are placed then the user suffers chakra depletion and will suffer the effects of a seal themselves or will be knocked out.
Limit: To go above "C" the user must have at least 300TP in fire Jutsu for "S" rank the user must have over 600 fire TP and 800 TP in total to show that they have the chakra control.

Shunshin no Jutsu - Oshi (Body Flicker Technique - Push)
Rank: "C"
Skill: NinJutsu/TaiJutsu
Effect: A Jutsu that allows a user to rush forward in almost instantaneous speed. Used to draw the user close to the opponent.
Special: ---
Drawback: May use 3 times a day. May perform 1 more each time learned. Passing amount renders the user's legs immobile due to severe pain. Unable to perform again unless gained medical treatment. Must move through an opening. Unable to maneuver around obstructing objects. Can't attack while performing any Shunshin or Variation.
Description: User is able to move forward in a straight line along the ground in almost instantaneous untraceable speed while temporarily masking the user's movements within 10 meters. A puff of smoke is occasionally used to disguise the user's movements. It is accomplished by focusing the user's chi along the ankles and foot. User mostly moves just with their ankles and feet. Jutsu takes up no movements. User may only use this Jutsu half of the movements may allow in a single round while rounding down. Example: User has 5 movements, user is able to perform Jutsu 2 times per round.
Limit: Universal NinJutsu or Universal TaiJutsu.

[Captain M]

[M is currently reviewing this, will edit the post when I am done]

+5 TP

Sorry but even with Able Learner you only get 3 SP

3/125 SP

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Shadowskin
Rank: "D"
Skill: GenJutsu
Effect: User's skin takes on the dark and indistinct tones of shadow.
Special: "Handseals"
Drawback: ---
Description: Affects anyone who sees the user. The user is able to perform this technique on the user. The duration of this technique lasts for 50 minutes per class level. User must have the equivalent of at least 1/4 concealment from lack of light to make this Jutsu work.
Limit: Must know the Glamour or Shadow Perception.

0000 // 0010

The color of the vivid greens began to darken as the sun started to fall out of the sky. Night time had began to rise in its place as I moved through the treeline swiftly, glad to be meters away from the warm lands below. By now, I must have been pretty close to the middle of the country; my cool speeds and movements across the terrain enabled me to travel much swifter through Yu Kuni than the trek through tundra Shimo. I would retreat to ground level as darkness fell totally, leaving me to my devices as bits of moonlight shined through the foliage. Had it not been for that light, I would have been immersed in complete darkness and my journey would have had to have ceased until daybreak. Carrying myself through the forest, I sought efforts to train a Shadow technique that would further mask me in the dark element.

As my hands moved through six hand seals, I felt my chakra ooze from my epicenter into my mind, which lead to the physical manifestation of the Illusion Art. Slowly, the shadows from the surrounding environ began to envelop my body: I felt their coolness and welcomed it to sate my body from the hot climate of the Land of Hotspring. With the kata still held, my hands began to turn black as the shade worked its way up my appendages, down to my torso. I was surprised that even my clothing had become blackened by this technique, a true testament to the potential of one's perception of the shadow. Glazing down towards my lower body, I saw nothing but blackness and appeared to be nothing more than a floating head for the time being.

Control enabled me to press the shadows up my neck towards my face as my spirit poured from me more to accomplish the Shadowskin jutsu. First my mouth became engrossed with tangible shadow. It felt like a cool mass had entered into my being, yet it tasted vapid as if though nothing had been there. My nostrils and eyes expelled running shadows and made it appear that I had been leaking blackness from my facial orifices. This technique could be used to instill fear, perhaps, into someone who had witnessed the transition from corporeal into indistinguishable. The rest of my head became covered by the darkness as I released the final hand seal. I lifted my hand towards my face and moved it around, noting how the light of the albicant moon seemed to not phase the composition of the Illusion technique. 

With the Kagaihi technique, I felt that I would be capable of accomplishing numerous feats of infiltration in my shadowed state. I moved through the lands coolly, drawing upon my reserves to make sure that the genjutsu held its effect until I could take no more. My mind thought of ways that this could be used to aid me in escape as well. The only source that I needed to make this jutsu a reality was the presence of shadows or darkness. For a moment, I wondered what Akuryo had been up to in Earth Country, but my mind returned to the understanding of the technique and how it could be utilized. Body Flickers sent me through the forested expanse, appearing as just moving blackness against the background. I'm sure that had anyone been watching, they'd think that their mind had been playing a trick on them.

Within the duration of an hour, the technique wore off. As if to retreat from whence it came, the shadows that covered my body began to pull themselves away back towards the environ. I decided to use the jutsu once more as the same effects from prior coated me in another layer of returning shadows. Even my items appeared to be covered in black once I placed them in my hand, and my chakra began to coat them in shadow. No creature without dark vision would be able to catch my silhouette now. They would have to rely on other faculties to approach me like that wolf from before had.

[Captain M]

+10 TP, LEARNED

[The Creator]

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You found your travels uninterrupted if not pleasantly peaceful.

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Fire Style: Inferno Technique
Rank: D
Skill: Ninjutsu
Effect: Shoots small gout of flame towards the opponent.
Special: Ox, Monkey, Rabbit, Tiger
Drawback: Requires the user to exhale and keep their dominant hand cupped over their mouths. Once the user is out of breath or moves their hand, the technique falls.
Description: The user performs the handseals, energizing their hand and their esophagus with chakra. The user then cups their hand over their lips and exhales. The oxygen being expelled from the lungs combusts upon reaching the chakra from the hand, and the user blows it out a maximum of ten feet away. This is different from the Goukakyou no Jutsu in the fact that this comes out as a stream and not a fireball, and also different from the fact that once the user stops breathing out or moves their hand, the technique ends.
Limit: Fire Release

0000 // 0010

Since Katon had been my only release, I would need to increase my repertoire of techniques if I wished to find out about my past. The wolf that I had killed earlier was an easy foe--I wouldn't be as lucky next time, perhaps, if I didn't have any offensive ninjutsu to use on the fly. Coming out of the time limit of the Shadowskin technique, I stepped into a grotto located near the edge of the border of southern Yu Kuni. My venture into Hi no Kuni was soon to be rewarded as I turned a country run through into a day's journey. 

As my eyes adjusted to the lighting of the place, I stretched my hands into various hand seals, making sure to include those of the Ox, Monkey, Rabbit and Tiger into my chakra transition. It was well known that the Tiger Seal was heavily relied upon to summon the fire element within the bodies of man; in the instant that I held the final requisite seal, my body heaved back as I drew in a deep breath. Chakra from within my gullet began to flood out in a mass amount as I pulled my left hand to my parted lips, pressing hard and thin to expose my spirit to the physical plane in the essence of flame. My lungs expelled the gathered breath as my cupped hand controlled the flow of heat from my mouth into the space in front of me.

The Inferno jutsu that I had practiced was one of intense heat, and required but little of me in terms of chakra. My reserves had barely been called on as I steadily controlled my breathing, making sure to keep the lurid stream going on for as long as I could manage. Impressive to say, I had expelled flame from my mouth for about thirty seconds before I removed my hand from my face. The heat of the ninjutsu had little effect on my fingers, but I had to think of another way to make training this technique actually worth my while. I turned to face a boulder that had been located near the entrance of the grotto and I cast kata.

Once again I pulled in a deep breath. I could feel my chest expand as my lungs filled with air and heated chakra from my epicenter. My cheeks had become enlarged as the amalgamation threatened to spill from my lips; pulling my hand to my mouth in a swift motion, I opened the flaming flood gates as the Fire Style jutsu shot towards the massive stone. I had wanted to test the jutsu's actual potency in terms of burn damage. If I could scorch the boulder, then I knew that the flames that I had summoned would be something crucial for a human or other fleshy animal to endure. From about three meters away I stood from the stone as my technique burrowed into its hardy composition. I was impressed with the distance of the ninjutsu, and further amazed at how the chakra that had been running against my esophagus and mouth kept me from burning my own self with such a technique. It didn't take long--about twenty or so seconds--before I noticed smoke rising from the boulder. As I released my hold on my fire affinity, I approached the stone and had been amazed at what I saw.

Black scorch marks covered the once gray piece of earth at the front of its face. I could tell by the way that the markings cast themselves against the surface that the technique fanned out against anything that it made contact with, making this stream attack one that could turn malevolent in the face of close antagonists. Once I felt that I had an understanding of this technique, I moved out of the grotto and bound over into the lush regions of Hi no Kuni. I guess me being so close to my homeland had called the fire spirit out of me.

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--Requesting to be moved to Hi no Kuni, please
--Exit

[Captain M]

Moved & Learned

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Katon - Goukakyuu no Jutsu (Great Fireball Technique)
Rank: "C" "B" Rank
Skill: NinJutsu
Effect: The user is capable of performing a few handseals in which gives them the capability of blowing a large body of fire in size of a large sphere that has great fire proportions and explosive capabilities.
Special: "Handseals"
Drawback: Depending on the Rank, is dependent on how strong or how much the user is capable of doing with the Goukakyuu no Jutsu.
Description: The user quickly performs a few handseals. The user then places the hand over their mouth creating a small like circle. This technique in turn is then to help the user control the great flame. The use then blows out and creates a large fireball that twice the size of a normal human body. When the "C" Rank version is first learned the user is only capable of blowing out the Great Fireball that is cannot be moved or go anywhere else. This also means that the technique does not explode in a fiery explosion, but burns greatly to anyone that is caught within the technique. When the user learns the "B" Rank version then the user is capable blowing the Great Fireball into the distance, sending it away from the use it to hurl towards the very opponent. This technique is only capable of going into a straight line and this is capable of having the size three times the size of a human body. This technique when launched at an opponent then becomes dangerous because at this point the technique can explode causing damage that is even more devastating.
Limit: Must have the Fire Release.

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Having left the Homely Woman Town about midway through the morning, I returned to the road ahead of me, now headed east towards the reaches of Fire Country in where lay the village of Mo. I did not know why I had chosen so far out a place to venture, but it was necessary for every purpose: I knew not the next time I would be able to journey to the east, so I took the opportunity to see if there was anything I could learn from the cast away village. Rumor was that it had been tucked away deep within the mountain ranges of Hi, located near the Zoujou-Ten Ocean--these claims proved to hold true as my eyes scanned the regional map in my possession. I bound off into the lush thicket as my mind raced, thinking on what I would encounter on my travels.

For quite some time, the urge of training yet another Fire Style technique burned within me. Had it been because I was born a Fierian native that my will of fire flickered so strongly? Taking a respite near the lowest river in Hi no Kuni, I began to cast hand seals as I turned my body to face the stretching width of the body of water. Chakra seemed to build up in my core as I held the Tora seal in front of me; it was as if though something inside of me fought to be released from my being. I would hold the feeling in for a few seconds more as I leaned back, drawing upon my center of gravity to keep me from falling backwards as I hurriedly moved my upper body forward. As my mouth opened, I placed my right hand to it in an effort to control the flame that was to escape my lips; with a hard exhale, I released a small gout of flame, similar to that of the Inferno technique, above the surface of the river. In lieu of it shooting out in a forward stream, it expanded and had some width to it, as a fireball would. The Goukakyuu no Jutsu had been a far more draining chakra technique in comparison to the one I had learned prior. I hadn't even began to grasp the fullness of the fireball before I ran out of breath. It seemed like I required much more chakra control to be able to continuously feed the lurid flame. And I prided myself on my Katon capabilities. Huh--what capabilities?

Not angry with myself, but determined, I attempted the technique once again, now focusing most of my efforts on expanding the stream into a ball rather than just spouting flames. As my hands worked into the kata, I felt the churning of my spirit within my epicenter as my chest and lungs began to heat up from me drawing in so large a breath. Upon releasing what pent up air and chakra I had, another fireball was created, a bit more larger than the first, but it lacked the reach of the initial attempt. I had only expanded it: the Fireball Technique didn't even make it above the edge of the river bank. Focusing on what I needed to do to get this thing right, I released my hold on the element and gave my lungs a proper rest. This wouldn't work right now, but at least I could get the breathing exercise down for the next time I gave this jutsu a go.

Breathe.

I inhaled and exhaled. What I had been doing here is trying to get down a regimen for all mouth-oriented Katon ninjutsu. One needed to learn how to control their breathing had they ever wished to control the intense flames of the spirit. As my chest began to rise and fall, I felt a sudden release of pressure from within my abdomen. That had been it! Even my stomach had played a part in creating fire, as it served as the lower furnace in which the flame was kindled. Noting this sudden realization, I gave the technique another go by starting hand seals.

Chakra coursed through my gullet as I summoned what remaining spirit I had from practicing this above average jutsu. It took proper control to keep from over exerting myself and the manipulation needed to create such a fireball had almost driven me to my limits as I expelled the technique, my third attempt proving to be much more effective in result than the previous two. This time, it did extend far enough to reach past the bank of the river, and was cast wide enough to be able to be almost twice the size of me. Impressed with myself, I quickly moved away from the place. I didn't wish to linger here any longer, had someone spotted me when I had nearly pushed myself to exhaustion.

Truly, I was becoming more than just a Dragon Hatchling of Lord Wazaru's.

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-- Exit

[Captain M]

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