To Correct A fault [train]

[Lady Jaz]

..Enter from this thread, learning Animal Empathy (Wolf, Strum/Timber)..

Partaking in a failure of my first event since being recruited was not what I had in mind. Initially, I had wanted to impress the late Souzen with my various abilities, but instead, was embarrassed before a former Amekage. Yoko, the black Timber Wolf had not been overly cooperative during the event, and was hurled across that pier like a sack of spuds. Yoko and I had not had much time in properly bonding to the point of knowing how the other feels, and this had cost both of us the fight.

Irritated, I crouched down on the balcony of my secondary residence where Yoko lay beside me with his eyes closed. Neither of us seemed in a good mood, but I wanted to change the miss-communication between my companion and myself. Closing my eyes, I remembered what I had experienced when out at the pier facing Souzen. Yoko had seemed chippy in his barks; his leaping forward slightly and growling did signify that he was upset about Souzen’s being. But his growls were a warning for Souzen not to attack me.

Or at least that was what I had thought. But rather, I honestly felt as if Yoko was simply being territorial since he was the only male in the area before Souzon’s arrival. My mauve coloured eyes snapped open before my head jerked in the direction of Yoko. “Yoko,” I say softly, aware that my tone held a slight harshness to it. Did I blame Yoko for our failure? The wolf raised his head and stared at me. My eyes flicker toward his tail before roaming back up to his face, but Yoko’s tail did not wag. What does that mean?

Gazing directly into the wolf’s eyes, I noticed the intelligence within them. He simply gazed at me, lolling silently. Gingerly, I raise my hand and holds it out toward Yoko’s muzzle. The wolf smells my hand for a few moments before nudging it with his nose, a yawn escaping from his maw as he stretched. “What happened out there, Yoko? I thought we understood each other.” I said softly, leaning forward to rest my forehead against his ruff. Yoko stood up and barked at me.

This bark was sharp and one syllabled. He stood up and moved around to my left and nudged me again, his teeth nipping at my shoulder. The slight growl he emitted from deep within his throat was enough for me to realize that he was unhappy with me for blaming him. Yoko sits down and continued to stare at me, his pink tongue no longer dropping out from the side of his mouth. I sigh in defeat, “I am sorry, boy..” I murmur, gaze cast to the village below the balcony.

Yoko nudges my shoulder again and licked the side of my face. The bark came again, but this time it was ended with a slight whistle-like whimper. Was that forgiveness? My gaze shifted toward his eyes again, this time I saw my own grief reflected in his. Was Yoko sympathising with me? Or at least attempting to understand me this time? Another yawn and Yoko lowered himself back to the floor of the balcony, his head resting between his two front legs. I raise my and and begin to pet his ruff and head before straightening up. Had Yoko and I finally shared some emotion and understanding? Or do I not know my friend as well as I thought?

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Learning:

Animal Empathy (Wolf, Strum/Timber)
Rank: "D"
Skill: Skill
Effect: A character with this skill has insight into a creature's emotions.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: A character with this skill has insight into a creature's emotions—to determine if it is hungry, frightened, maddened, defensive and so on. They can show it that they desire friendship or enmity. This skill can placate angry animals or taunt them into attacking her, as she sees fit. A succeeded skill check can move the animal's reaction one step positive resulting in it either not attacking or possibly allowing the character to approach it. The list below gives examples of Difficulty and the character can emphasize with.

• Trivial - Docile domestic beast
• Easy - Domestic animal (dog, cow)
• Average - Docile non-domestic animal (deer, etc.)
• Difficult - Docile, wild beast
• Very Difficult - Wild, hostile beast (bear, panther, etc.)

Each time learned user gets 5 die roll to increase the skill.
Limit: ---.

05 | 10 [0-49sp] Please refer to the third to last post in the linked thread above.

[Captain M]

On it.

LEARNED

70/125

[Lady Jaz]

To test this theory, I raise up to my full height and turns back into the room attached to the balcony. Yoko raises his head at this and follows me into the room. Mindful of the carpet, I trail around it, my feet touching the white tiles only, I glide around the room through the door and into the hall. “Yoko, stay off the carpet.” I said to the Wolf firmly, meaning the words. Yoko paused midstride in the center of my room, his paw about to trail onto the mauve coloured carpet.

My gaze focuses completely on him as I stood in the hall beside the inside balcony leading down to the main room down stairs. Said balcony overlooked the living room including the front door, which at present was closed but unlocked. The lightning in the house was turned down to that of a dim glow, but nonetheless both Yoko and I could see perfectly in the late afternoon. Yoko placed his paw down on the tile, scant inches away from the edge of the carpet itself. His ears pulled back as if he were moments from snarling at me.

“Your paws are wet, that carpet is quite expensive. The tiles can be cleaned easily, Yoko.” I explain, keeping the tone of my voice the same. Yoko growled slightly, lowering his head a few inches. He did not like the tone I used. I angle my body toward his now, showing that my full attention was now upon him. “The carpet when damp gets dirty.” I explain, softening my tone now. Yoko’s reply is a growl-like bark. His annoyance clearly evident.

I sigh, lowering myself into a crouch. “Come here, please.” I said, using the regular tone. My gaze watches Yoko’s paws. It is clear that he is deciding wither to walk on the carpet or around it. His paw raises from the tile, his tongue drooping out the left side of his mouth. I narrow my eyes at him, but doesn’t say anything. The tiles, Yoko. Walk on the tiles.. Yoko places his paw on the carpet and proceeds to follow me. His wet paws leaving a trail of dark stains on the mauve below him.

Gasping, I straighten my posture and approach him. “Yoko, what did I tell you?! You did that on purpose!” I snap, placing both my hands on my hips. The wolf growls in reply, his ears pinched back tightly against his head. “Don’t you growl at me! If you are to live in this house with me, there are rules that must be followed. The carpet while it’s raining is off limits.” I say, that firm tone returning. I was upset; that carpet cost me eleven thousand Ryo. Yoko barked at me roughly, his ruff tensing as he stopped walking.

I continue to hold my ground, determined not to show fear to a wild wolf. Yoko could clearly see how upset I was, and he was proving it by showing me his anger. “Say you’re sorry by getting me a towel.” I then say, keeping the firmness in my tone on purpose. Yoko rebound, barking and taking an involuntarily step back. His growls very much in evidence. “The towel now, or I’ll make you clean it!” I warn, folding my arms across my chest.

Yoko stands there, growling further but upon seeing me not moving he turns and trots down the hall to the closet holding towels, sheets and other objects a house holds and brings a black towel back. He drops it at my feet and sits down before me, the towel laying between us in a straight line. At this, I smile at him. “Thanks.” I reply, picking up the towel and heading for the bedroom.

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Training:

Animal Training (Wolf, Strum/Timber)
Rank: "D"
Skill: Skill
Effect: Characters with this skill can train one type of creature to obey simple commands and per-form tricks.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: Characters with this skill know how to train one type of Creature, but can learn Animal Training multiple times to train other types. A trainer can work with only 3 animals at a time and teach it to follow general orders or perform specific things. They can also eliminate vices, such as those in some horses. It takes 1+1d3 weeks of work to train the creature to follow a simple order or perform a technique, but training for a general order takes three months. raining for a specific trick requires 2+2d4 weeks. At the end of the training time, make a skill check. If successful, the animal learns the order or trick. If the check fails, the animal does not learn the order or trick. Look in Task Skills thread found in the Skills and Traits Index for more information. Each time learned user gets 5 die roll to increase the skill.
Limit: Must know Animal Lore. Must know Animal Empathy 30 or Better.


0 | 10

[Draven]

Learned

[Hitora Ryunobu (Uchiha)]

[ENTER with permission]

Hitora arrived at the location where jasmine had told him to meet her at it wasn’t that impressive of an area, some trees of varying sizes, a small stream nothing too massive. Hitora was wearing his normal combat attire, the black skin tight leather outfit along with matching combat boots and gloves. On his chest was a blue bird-like symbol and on his face the small mask that covered his eyes.

The only item that the young man had brought with him was a small scroll for the lightning release that he owned. Sitting down under a tree, back to its massive shape, leaned against it. The young man waited for his training partner and lover to arrive along with her animal companion most likely, he wondered how long it’d take her to get to the area…

((OOC: sorry for shortness))

[Lady Jaz]

After cleaning up the carpet, I rose to my full height and turned around to see Yoko sitting on the floor in the doorway. A part of me was grateful that it wasn’t on the carpet. I must admit that I was still annoyed with the wolf for disobeying me but at least he made up for it by fetching a towel. Shooting a smile at him, I threw my gaze back over my shoulder toward the balcony. Perhaps we should do more training outside.

“Who wants to run around outside?” I speak aloud, obviously speaking to Yoko. My reply was a bark and some panting. That alone was enough to tell me that Yoko agreed. Smiling back at my wolf, I approach him and the pair of us began to descend the stairs leading to the lobby of my secondary residence before exiting through the back door toward the back of the house. Outside wasn’t exactly a beautiful scene, in fact it merely consisted of trees and a small stream. I had not bought the place biased on its scenery.

Immediately Yoko’s nose went straight to the ground. His nostrils working thoughtfully.
Now from my judgement over these past few months, Yoko’s sense of smell was not nearly as good as a domesticated dog. Reason for knowing this was because I noticed that while hunting, Yoko needed to drop his nose to the ground numerous times to pick up on scents of prey. One time it look Yoko a hike of just over two kilometres before he eventually found the prey he was searching for.

This time, with his nose thoroughly stuck against the ground, Yoko’s ears twitched and his head darted upward quickly. I stop at the movement, wondering what had happened and noticed that Yoko had lowered himself closer toward the ground, sniffing as he did so. His gaze was rolling around the area before him, skimming the ground as well but his nose continued to work at this new scent. Curious, I attempt at my own kind of tracking by knelling down and scanning the area before and around me.

Regular foot prints littered the area, resembling the size of my boot. There were also Yoko’s paws present as well. And as Yoko moved further away from the house and deeper into the brush, I follow him, eyes scanning the terrain as well as the surrounding area. Shadows danced along the yard, moving around trees and jumping over miniature hills. I quicken the pace, keeping myself in a bent position as I scanned the area, testing the dirt and gently grazing areas where I thought a print was present.

That was until I came across a set of tracks that were neither Yoko's nor mine.

The reason I knew this was because the angle of the boot was too bulky for my taste, and the indentation of the print was deeper, as if a person heavier than me had been here. The shoe size was also larger than mine too. Immediately I acknowledged the print’s owner to be a male. Yoko’s nose was pressed against the same print I had been observing, his exhales disturbing the dirt surrounding the print. He was tracking the exact same thing I was. I smile down at the wolf whom completely ignored me for the time being.

As we continued along the path, the footprints appeared somewhat close together, signifying that the person here was walking as if searching for a particular area. Curious as to why this man was in my back yard sent chills down my spine. I allow Yoko to go ahead as I knell down again to examine the print further. Yoko’s body remained close to the ground, his ears perked upward as if listening for sounds from ahead. His nose pressed against the ground.

His movements slowed for a few minutes before picking up again. I moved rather quickly to catch up, noticing that the prints were heading toward the large tree sitting toward the back of the yard. Someone must be around there, perhaps spying on me from afar. However, before I reach even four meters of said tree, Yoko was one and a half meters from it snarling at something behind it. I catch up to him, drawing out a kunai as I did so.

“Who is there?” I say, my tone firm, my body taunt. I position the kunai out before me as I head closer toward the tree. Whomever was there was behind the tree and out of sight. Yoko stopped moving now, standing directly in front of it (less than a meter from Hitora) and continued to growl. I move to a stop beside him, hoping that our visitor would emerge from behind the tree.

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Learning:

Tracking
Rank: "E" (10 TP at all times)
Skill: Skill
Effect: Characters use this skill to follow the trail of animals and other persons.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: Tracking means the user found a trail if they gain the check, while failure means they did not. If user fails this initial skill check, they simply cannot find that particular trail. After finding a trail, further checks may be necessary depending on the situation. Darkness, falling rain/snow, a dust storm, moving from one terrain to another (such as from sand to rock), one trail splitting into 2 or crossing water are examples why a user might need another Tracking check. Look in Task Skills thread found in the Skills and Traits Index for more information. Each time learned user gets 5 die roll to increase the skill.
Limit: ---

0|10

Yoko:

Scent
Rank: "D", "C", "B", "A", "S"
Skill: TaiJutsu
Effect: This extraordinary special quality allows a creature to detect approaching enemies, sniff out hidden foes, and track by sense of smell.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: The creature can detect opponents within 10-meters by sense of smell. If the opponent is upwind, the range increases to 20-meters; if downwind, it drops to 5-meters. Strong scents, such as smoke or rotting garbage, can be detected at x2 the ranges noted above. Overpowering scents, such as skunk musk, can be detected at x3 normal range. When a creature detects a scent, the exact location of the source is not revealed—only its presence somewhere within range. The creature can take a movement to note the direction of the scent. Whenever the creature comes within 2-meters of the source, the creature pinpoints the source’s location. When finding Herbs and Animals (random), Scent may improve searching for them. Learning "D" Rank allows the user to search for Common things, while "S" for Nearly Impossible. Each rank user learns increases chance of finding by 2% for the Rank of Herb, and increases per Rank thereafter. Example: At "S" Rank User gains 10% increase chance in finding Common Herbs and Animals but only 2% Increase for Nearly Impossible Herbs and Animals.
Limit: Must be an Animal, Fey, Monster, or Vermin. Innate Animal Jutsu.

0|10

[Father 'Suke]

PC: +10 TP | +33 SP

Yoko: +10 TP

Two notes for you. When learning skills, please put in Able Learner in your post and any relevant traits that will edit the die rolls accordingly. Also, do know there was a change in Able Learner so you will have to change your freebies due to this.

Able Learner Site Change

[Hitora Ryunobu (Uchiha)]

Hearing the voice of his love again sounding rather distraught as if she didn’t know who was there, he slowly moved the scroll he had brought with him into view, his arm and hand clad in the black leather of his outfit and glove being the first things visible to her and her wolf. He would then slowly stand, keeping his arm and the scroll in her sight at all times, or at least what he had hoped was her sight.

He then stepped around the right side of the tree, left from jasmine’s point of view, a cocky smile on his face as he raised his left hand so that she knew he meant no harm. He then spoke, his voice the same as it always was “Ya got me, you really are a master sleuth.”

He then slowly, with his left hand reached for his mask slowly removing it from his face to show his black eyes. The eyes that could be called death itself to those who angered him, but to those he loved a light of hope always managed to shine through. The coal eyes, staring at the woman, the smile that had the warmth of a thousand fires raging all at once, the young man wondered how long he would need to keep his hands up before she recognized him.

[Lady Jaz]

A gloved clad hand wielding a training scroll suddenly popped out from the right side of the tree’s large trunk. Yuko lowered himself into a crouching position, growling louder still. His tail swayed dangerously and the muscles in his shoulders and hind legs tensed visibly. The wolf was moments from pouncing forward. I move up closer to the wolf’s left side, the hand holding the scroll barely visible now.

But at the sound of his voice, I stopped abruptly, halting Yoko by grabbing the wolf’s ruff gently. “Easy, Yoko its Hitora.” I whisper gently, stroking the fur of my companion. Yoko immediately stopped growling, sensing the tone in my voice. He knew I knew the person behind the tree. “Hitora,” I say louder this time, my tone edging on anger. “Never under any circumstances are you to stick your hand out from behind a tree in front of Yoko or myself! Yoko could have torn it off!”

Sure I was pleased to see him, but not pleased to know that just moments ago I almost had Yoko maul the man to death. Hitora removed that ridiculous mask from his face and revealed those eyes that I loved so much. To others Hitora had such a menacing stare, deadly and alert would best describe those eyes whenever he looked at other people. But whenever he gazed upon me, those eyes, black obsidian as they were, turned to molten lava – without the redness of course – and I enjoyed that look more than I’d like to admit.

“Put your hands down, you look silly.” I say, laughing as I approach him. With one hand wrapped around the scroll and the other around his waist, I pull Hitora closer and embrace him in a kiss before letting him go. The scroll he had been holding was for Raiton no Jutsu. Hitora was indeed a man of his word. I return the scroll to him and turns to face Yoko. Learning how to track my boyfriend was one thing, but having to track much larger animals or human scents, Yoko would need to learn how to track a scent a little more thoroughly.

The young wolf continued to stare at Hitora, yet his aggressive demeanor had diminished. I knell down to the wolf’s height and places a gentle hand upon his head. “While Hitora and I train, I would like for you to train that nose of yours.” I say softly, glancing back at Hitora. I was well aware of a wolf’s sense of smell being somewhat poor to their sense of hearing. Yet I could not rely completely on his hearing when it came to tracking a person.

[Lady Jaz]

Training Begins now; Yoko Only

News was that Lady Mitsukai the new Amekage was planning a scouting type of mission and I believed that having a tracking specialist present would be highly beneficial. Now, earlier on this morning, long before I had attempted to train Yoko for our bond, I had stationed various scents around the yard in hopes of teaching Yoko how to hone his scenting skills using his natural abilities from birth. The scents that I had placed around the yard belonged not only to me, but to various animals that Yoko preyed on.

However, determining which scent belongs to which animal would be up to Yoko’s sense of smell and how he uses his talent. “I will be right back,” I say to Hitora whom probably would have stepped fully out from behind the tree now. So while he moved away into a more open area, I turn my full attention upon my wolf for the next few minutes. Yoko followed me to a large bench-like post which held various objects ranging from clothing to animal skin.

Plucking the rabbit skin from its perch and placing a large tarp over the rest, I turn to Yoko and knell down again. I knew there was a trapped rabbit somewhere in the yard. I had caught it the previous night and had placed it inside a cage and hidden it deep within the forest just outside the gate. I dangle the skin in front of Yoko’s nose and watches as he moved closer and begins to sniff at it. His pink tongue began to lick around it, teeth nipping at the edges while his nose worked at deciphering the scent. “Bring back the rabbit in its cage.” I say, using that familiar firm tone.

Yoko immediately lowered his nose to the ground and began sniffing around the area. His body was somewhat low to the ground, just like he had been when tracking Hitora. The dirt surrounding the area where his nose barely touched blew into the air as he exhaled deeply. With a swift shake of his head, Yoko returned back to the task at hand. Mindful of his paws and movements, the young wolf moved with extreme care, his paw prints almost transparent as he skimmed the ground expertly. He had successfully caught the scent of the rabbit and was in pursuit.

At first, the scent bought him straight to the beam obscured by the tarp, his nose drifted around that area for a few moments before he stopped to the tarps right – the area where I had been the previous night hanging up the skin – and licked the tarp’s edge thoughtfully. A few moments later, his nose moves to the left, south of the tarp and straight toward the outer edge of the yard. His movements swift and sure.

Scent
Rank: "D", "C", "B", "A", "S"
Skill: TaiJutsu
Effect: This extraordinary special quality allows a creature to detect approaching enemies, sniff out hidden foes, and track by sense of smell.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: The creature can detect opponents within 10-meters by sense of smell. If the opponent is upwind, the range increases to 20-meters; if downwind, it drops to 5-meters. Strong scents, such as smoke or rotting garbage, can be detected at x2 the ranges noted above. Overpowering scents, such as skunk musk, can be detected at x3 normal range. When a creature detects a scent, the exact location of the source is not revealed—only its presence somewhere within range. The creature can take a movement to note the direction of the scent. Whenever the creature comes within 2-meters of the source, the creature pinpoints the source’s location. When finding Herbs and Animals (random), Scent may improve searching for them. Learning "D" Rank allows the user to search for Common things, while "S" for Nearly Impossible. Each rank user learns increases chance of finding by 2% for the Rank of Herb, and increases per Rank thereafter. Example: At "S" Rank User gains 10% increase chance in finding Common Herbs and Animals but only 2% Increase for Nearly Impossible Herbs and Animals.
Limit: Must be an Animal, Fey, Monster, or Vermin. Innate Animal Jutsu.

0|30

[Lady Jaz]

After a few moments of aimlessly trotting around the yard, Yoko rose his head and sniffed the air again before lowering his head back to the ground. He used his front paw to scrape at the dirt below, moving the water the rain had made early this morning. Now this was a concern for me since I was unsure if the scent had been washed away, but after a few moments, Yoko was finally able to pick up on the faint scent of the rabbit and was on the search yet again.

As the rain continued to fall, various puddles littered the yard. However the scent was traveling through them toward the forest. I was mindful of the dents in the ground and had ventured around them on purpose, but retraced my steps as well in hopes of catching the wolf off track. Unfortunately Yoko had taken the bait and was circling the area where I had double tracked and had come to a standstill.

However, as I had expected him to be irritated and growling at this point, Yoko was silent, calm and patient. He moved around the track slowly, his nose straying to the left first, then to the right as if attempting to track the scent in a different manner. Or had Yoko discovered the trick and was attempting to find a way out of it? His nose stopped on his second try and then suddenly Yoko was moving at a fast paste further south toward the forest. His tail as still as a pole as he moved.

The muscles in his legs ripped powerfully as he drove himself into the ground. His movements were fluent, precise. Yoko’s animalistic nature taking hold. His body zigzagging to the left, then to the right. Yoko was tracking my movements step by step and had stopped each time I rubbed the fur against the ground and rubbed his nose and paws along the area before setting off again.

Closer still, Yoko moved swiftly. His eyes scanning the area thoughtfully while his nose worked to its full capacity. A small growl escaped his throat as he stopped, but his attention never strayed from the task. However, at this particular area shrouded by a large branch of the tree Yoko noticed that the scent was there more strongly due to the branch protecting the ground from the rain. That area was reasonably dry and the scent of the rabbit was strong and prominent.

??|30

[Father 'Suke]

+20

[Hitora Ryunobu (Uchiha)]

Hitora, being the man he was, simply smiled at Jasmine and said back to her in a normal tone of voice his mask now clearly removed from his face “Unfortunately I doubt Yoko would have reached me before I disappeared from his sights.” Hitora then placed his hands back down as Jasmine came closer to him, before embracing him with her arms and a kiss on the lips.

Though her other hand had taken the scroll from him to quickly look it over, before she returned it to him. He then smirked at her a bit and said “Ya know, I thought I was the man in our relationship?” Hitora then placed his hand at the small of her back and pulled her closer to him, his lips barely not touching hers, a smile on his lips. He then kissed her passionately on the lips for a good few seconds before breaking their embrace.

“So, are you ready to begin training now?” Hitora knew that the young woman was deficient at using actual jutsu, but that wasn’t a big deal, he would help her learn to properly harness the element of lightning, though how he would do it with her and himself would have to be two separate entities entirely, as he had a way he’d been thinking of for some time, a way that likely would not work for training her. Maybe once they read the information held within the scroll a way for her to learn would be made clear.

[Lady Jaz]

The young wolf trotted over to the dry patch of area while the rain continued to fall. The pattering of the water as it hit the ground mattering his fur, causing it to stick to his masculine frame. Yoko’s nose was firmly against the ground’s surface, sniffing thoughtfully his whiskers gently grazing the dirt below. A couple of times he stopped to inspect a certain scrape, his paws nudging the area thoughtfully.

Then again, he would move along further toward his goal. Just four meters away from the actual cage, it was Yoko’s ears that picked up the Rabbit’s movements. Already his nose was trailing toward the Rabbit’s location, his tail swaying in triumph. But he was not expecting the large rock that I had placed the cage inside. Once Yoko had found the Rabbit there was no mistaking his gleeful behaviour. He practically jumped and leapt around the rock, but without seeing the Rabbit in sight had left the wolf confused.

Yoko was perfectly able to remove the Rabbit’s cage from the rock; he just needed to find out how. The wolf continued to circle the rock, certain of the Rabbit trapped inside. His nose nudged it a few times, his paws digging at the ditch surrounding it. There was also a small hole at the bottom right side of the rock, thus allowing air to travel in. And once Yoko located the hole, it was only a matter of minutes before the wolf picked up the rock with his jaw and dropped it to the side.

Immediately the Rabbit cowered in fear, its small body shuffling toward the back of the cage. Yoko sniffed the cage a few times before picking it up by the handle. For a timber wolf, Yoko was very intelligent. He carried the cage – with the Rabbit in tow – straight to the post where I had hung up the other skins and placed it upon the ground. That was when I moved over to him wielding a large treat. “Good work, Yoko! I am so proud of you!” I gush, waving the treat in front of him.

For a moment, I waved it so he was able to catch the smell of it. However, once I felt confident he would easily smell it again I tossed it further on from him and sent him to go get it. “Enjoy, my friend. You deserve it!” I say before turning to Hitora whom had been speaking. Unfortunately for him, I had not heard most of what he had said until he grabbed me and we kissed again. “Man of this relationship?” I question, a dangerous look in my eye.

I pull away from him then, snatching the scroll all the while avoiding his attempted affection. “Are you trying to tell me something?” I ask, a warning in my tone. Yoko picked up on the tone as well and had risen his head from his reward. Opening the scroll, I glance down at it and read the details carefully. Ninjutsu was something I didn’t specialize in and to be frank, I wasn’t all that comfortable in beginning this either. But I wanted to learn something that Hitora and I both knew, it Raiton was something Hitora was extremely interested in. But why?

20|30; Yoko

[Father 'Suke]

learned Lady Jaz

[Lady Jaz]

Despite I was more in favour with taijutsu, I knew what lightning was and what caused it. A number of things can cause an electrical charge. I also knew that metal and water were conductors of electricity as well. As the rain poured down upon us, I turn my face up to the sky, closing my eyes briefly against the water. Despite at the moment thunder and lightning was not present, we were in the early stages of a storm, or at least just a simple downpour.

So what caused lightning? The blackened clouds high up rubbing together, mixing those ice particles with water particles to create an electrical charge. That could be one cause for lightning. I glance down at both my hands, opening my hands so my palms faced the sky. “I know what creates lightning, yet how am I going to create it without using nature?” I wonder aloud, speaking to no one in particular. Would creating friction be classed as lightning?

I was aware that my chakra control was not the best, hence why I specialised in Taijutsu. Would molding chakra into my hands and concentrating on rubbing the particles in the clouds and sky together work this way instead? Briefly, I began pulling at the chakra deep within me. The pit of my stomach burning once I tapped into the pool of chakra I stored there. The feeling was uncomfortable, hot and tingly. I could easily feel the chakra surging through my chest, moving up toward both my arms and traveling down them to my fingers.

Once all ten fingers began to tingle, I began to concentrate on pushing the chakra out so that both hands glowed with a thin aura. The amount of chakra I was forced to exert would probably exhaust me faster than a regular person; but for once I was thankful for the rain, it hid the sweat forming on my brow. Who knew that molding chakra was so hard! sure my fingertips were tingly, and slowly moving along my fingers to my palm, but I wasn’t able to see the chakra forming at all.

My mind focused on spreading the chakra out around my hand, flattening it as if I were slipping on a blue laced glove. The thought made me smile, yet the water droplets upon my skin continued to roll off when I wanted them to remain sitting there. Blocking out all the noises around me, the birds, the children down the street, Hitora, Yoko.. I concentrated completely on pushing my chakra out through my pores as if ridding myself of toxins.

Raiton no Jutsu (Lightning Release Skill)
Rank: "C"
Skill: NinJutsu
Effect: ---
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: With this skill, or release, the user is now capable of using, and performing techniques that deal with the element of Lightning. This means that any NinJutsu or specialized TaiJutsu that deals the Lightning Release will need this in order to be performed correctly.
Limit: ---

0|30

[Father 'Suke]

+10

[Hitora Ryunobu (Uchiha)]

Raiton no Jutsu (Lightning Release Skill)
Rank: "C"
Skill: NinJutsu
Effect: ---
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: With this skill, or release, the user is now capable of using, and performing techniques that deal with the element of Lightning. This means that any NinJutsu or specialized TaiJutsu that deals the Lightning Release will need this in order to be performed correctly.
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o/2o

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Hitora chuckled at Jasmine a bit nervously and said “It was a joke, calm down dear.” Hitora then smiled at his girlfriend as she took the scroll from his hand, he knew that he would be fine without it for now as he’d already read the scroll and it was in and of itself wasn’t that helpful of a read. Hitora then stood a few meters away from Jasmine so that they didn’t accidentally hit one another if they called down a strike of lightning.

Hitora then put his hands in the ram seal, listening as she spoke aloud; he had no answer and felt that with the training of a release learning it on your own was an important step in training. He then began to circulate Fire Element chakra from his core into his left and right hands; however he basically made them rub against each other, if one could make chakra do that.

He wondered how chakra really acted, but he had no way of telling if this was a good way or not until suddenly he felt his arms tingling his hands more so. He then shot the chakra that felt tingly up into the air, doing what he could to ensure that it was able to enter the cloudscape above. “Raiton no Jutsu!” at first the clouds did nothing, always dark, always rainy soon a loud crack would be heard from the clouds with a bright flash of light combined with said crack of thunder.

With a grunt of anger, Hitora knew that he had did something wrong but at the same time he had done something right. He thought back to the feeling in his hands and arms from the tingling, he then shook his hands since they still felt a bit strange, he didn’t quite have the word to describe it. Hitora then put his hands back into the ram handseal and began to focus his chakra from his nucleus through his body to his arms and into his hands. He continued to focus on the chakra and the sensation, trying hard to recapture that feeling from before.

After a few moments the feeling suddenly came to his arms and hands. It was about the same as before and Hitora figured that if he put more of this chakra into his hands it would make it so that he could get some kind of real effect from his attempt and the young black haired man did so, bringing as much chakra into his hands as he could all of it the same tingly sensation as he could possibly get. He then closed his eyes for a moment and opened them slowly again and shouted at the heavens as he tilted his head back “Raiton no Jutsu!”

The young man felt the, what could only be described as, electric chakra leave his hands and fly up into the air suddenly, entering the cloudscape and with a loud crack of thunder a bright flash of light emerged from the clouds and cracked again, inches above the large tree that Hitora was under before suddenly disappearing. All of which happened in the blink of the eyes, but the crack was loud enough that other people in the surrounding area’s would hear it quite clearly and wonder what was going on.

[Father 'Suke]

+10

[Hitora Ryunobu (Uchiha)]

1o/2o

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Smiling as the crash of lightning came from the skies and nearly hit the nearby large tree, Hitora then noted that his hands didn’t feel the same way they did after the first attempt. Hitora then placed his hands into the ram seal again and began to generate more chakra from the core of his being. He then closed his eyes as he continued to charge his chakra, now it was full on lightning chakra that he was generating from his core. Hitora’s hands then began to glow faintly in a blue like shade of light that most would never notice unless they had special eyes like the Sharingan or the Byakugan.

“Raiton no Jutsu!” The light around his hands suddenly disappeared and the energy flew up once more into the cloudscape, lancing through the clouds and suddenly with no warning or time to react the crack of thunder cracked like a whip. Hitora then watched as a bolt of lightning suddenly lanced in its usual jagged like shape down to the ground.

However in order to get to the ground it had to go through a tree, the tree that Hitora had been behind only moments earlier before the training started. The tree split in two and a loud pop could be heard as a small explosion occurred and the tree itself caught on fire. The fire was violent looking but it didn’t last too terribly long before the heavy rain pour that was normal to see in the village and the country put the flames out.

Hitora then smiled at his progress with such a vague and confusing in its basics technique. Hitora then placed his hands together in the ram handseal again and began to let the lightning chakra flow from the core of his being and felt it enter his arms and his hands, feeling it generate at the almost perfect amount, it felt like it could still cause a full strike of lightning to leave the clouds yet he didn’t overcharge the chakra which caused the light around his hand to be emitted. The young man with the obsidian eyes, smiled with the noting of the progress.

Hitora then let the energy leave his hands wordlessly, with an almost kind of six sense to it he could feel and almost see the chakra lance up into the clouds once again, before the chakra fully entered the clouds this time, a large bolt of lightning came from the clouds. This time he had some semblance of control over the lightning and was able to control where it struck. Aiming the chakra controlled lightning at another tree, slightly smaller than the first tree he’d split, he watched the bolt travel fast.

It travelled faster than the speed of light, but knowing where it would hit, the lightning could be seen for the barest of seconds. Hitora then watched as the tree instead of splitting exploded, splinters going everywhere for a few meters, thankfully Jasmine was safe from the sharp debris from the exploded. Hitora, being closer to the tree, felt the ground shake and covered his eyes with his arms, before quickly falling from his feet and onto his ass.

With a chuckle to himself, he placed his hands on the ground and pushed himself up to watch Jasmine to see if she were making good progress or not…