Everwhere And Nowhere [Training]

[The Bearer of Bad News]

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

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When it comes down to it, mobility was the single most important thing in a fight. Well, that and luck. Schatzi had learned that much in her time beneath Iwagakure, in her battle with the lizard woman Karisa. Having proven inferior in both strength and speed, it was a simple fluke that had kept the shapeshifter alive that day. She still remembered clearly that technique the reptile had used to generate instant pressure, placing her on the defensive.

It was only something visible for a split second, but Schatzi was a quick study, so she was confident she could master the trick for herself with a little focus. Perhaps not immediately, considering she had only limited observation and a few theories, but certainly before the examinations to determine whether she was worth promotion. Not that the title meant much to her, but it sounded like a good time, so it would be a shame to be eliminated too early for inadequate preparation.

There was a problem though. Lacking Karisa's physical expertise, she would have to find some way of performing that trick which played more to her strong points. That meant a chakra-based method of acceleration. She mimicked the serpent's pre-battle stance, attempting to gauge how she had been able to move so rapidly from this. It seemed like the hips and knees would go largely unused, preemptively positioned to brace for the stopping point. Which means somehow she was able to launch herself across the distance with only her feet and ankles. Schatzi's motor control wasn't so fine as to be able to do such a thing, even with as much as she knew about humanoid anatomy - and how to dismantle it.

So the main theory was to somehow use her chakra to replicate that effect, perhaps with an explosive burst from the soles of her feet as she moved. But when attempted, the only result was that she fell flat on her face. So either that wasn't it at all, or she was doing it wrong. She generated a thin layer of chakra around her feet next before retrying, in hopes of simply sliding across the ground. This worked better, but the distance was insufficient. She needed to use a stronger burst of movement without using more chakra than absolutely needed.

This was simple enough in theory, but finding the way to do so proved a little more elusive than that. Every time she either didn't go far enough, or didn't go fast enough, and it was rather aggravating to be honest. At least there weren't any more embarrassing stumbles like before, but if she couldn't master this she would be bait for anyone faster than herself. That was unacceptable. She focused, gathering the chakra spread around her feet to a single miniscule point, all but for her toe-tips that she stood upon now. And then released, the burst rocketing her forward as she slid across the ground so fast that she actually vanished from the visible spectrum for an instant. Ten meters later she reappeared. Good. Now to do it again. But first, she funneled a B-ranked amount of chakra to the seal on her forehead.

[Father 'Suke]

+10

[KoKoKo]

+10

[The Bearer of Bad News]

More Shunshin Push: 0|10

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Using chakra control, Schatzi had managed to replicate the instant movement capabilities displayed by the probably-deceased Karisa. But there were limits - the strain that forcing her chakra to explode out like that put on her legs was unreal. If she couldn't grow more accustomed to it, exceeding those limits in an actual dangerous situation could be disastrous. There wasn't much the shapeshifter really felt threatened by, as she was a superior caste of being, but she recognized that others of her caliber and beyond were out there, and that she wasn't immortal. Difficult to kill, certainly, but not impossible.

At least here in her home territory, she had the benefit of safety with which to push herself without causing lasting damage. And any time it got to be too much, she could simply rest and recover. So she practiced, as relatively foreign as the concept might be to a natural genius. Growing accustomed to the stress of near-instant motion was no easy thing, and as she launched forward, she could feel her tendons fraying with each movement. The pain wasn't too extreme yet, but it burned as though her chakra were made of acid or fire. After just a few pushes, she had to stop and recover.

As a healer trained by her former Master, her ability to restore injuries to an unmarred state was limited in favor of purging harmful conditions at the source, but it was sufficient to heal her legs with repeated treatments in the safety of her new place of residence. That alone was enough to allow her to push beyond her combat abilities repeatedly, though it did nothing to soothe the pain. Even with the cause of pain recovered, the signals lingered in her brain chemistry, only to be reinforced as she began to slide about the village once more. She grimaced, but bore it silently. Damaging herself now, where she could recover without trouble was better than dying in the field.

Not every push was one hundred percent successful though. Her limit on reliability at this point seemed to be just three, though occasionally an extra one slipped in with the appropriate properties. Healing was required immediately after those without exception, but it still felt like progress. Being able to do it without healing though, and with a more predictable success rate would be ideal. Ideals were rarely achieved without wasting a lot of time getting it wrong. The price one pays for not dying, or so they say. Which actually they don't, but Schatzi hurt too badly to give a damn what people did or did not say.

Regardless, her training moved apace, relatively speaking. She was more frequently successful at any rate, averaging one in three being a success. Averaging, because occasionally there would be long gaps of failures, or else long strings of successes. No luck on enduring it better yet though. That she supposed would come with time, and with lots and lots of healing. Still, even at the relaxed but persistent pace she was maintaining, her chakra reserves were beginning to dwindle, and she wasn't able to perform the instant movement without it. She just didn't have the necessary physical capability. So for now, she would rest, and recover. Continuing had to wait until she had the necessary stores again.

[Father 'Suke]

Learned| +10

[The Bearer of Bad News]

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Things were looking up. Schatzi had managed to bring her safe, reliable, and effective pushes to four. But it didn't seem like enough. Not just yet. One more should be sufficient, at least for now. It would give her an edge against most of those who only trained to the bare minimum without pushing beyond. Advantages were good, only a fool plays fair. So the training resumed when she had sufficiently recovered. And it felt like it was going well. Even the burning agony that came with surpassing the limits of the body had been reduced a dull throb...mostly.

There was still the matter of her limited ability to endure the technique itself, regardless of how much she felt it. That more than anything else was holding her back. But limits were meant to be surpassed, and she was making every effort to do so. The explosive bursts of chakra reverberating through her legs was continually eroding their strength still, so she had to heal frequently, but overall they were less intense than earlier. If she kept at it, further growth would be forthcoming soon.

Still, there was only so many ways to do the same thing without it getting tedious and boring, so she had to find ways to make it more interesting. None were readily apparent, which was irritating, but for now she just had to keep pushing. One time the tendons in one leg actually snapped from the wear and tear gone unhealed for too long. That hurt like hell, and from this she actually did scream, literally blind from the pain. When her vision wasn't dark anymore, it still took almost several straight minutes of consecutive heals to restore to working condition.

Her limitations, as proved by that moment then, were still very much in effect, and very much a danger in and of themselves. But it was clear that she was growing accustomed to more aggressive usage, requiring more attempts before she injured herself. The actual injuries however went largely unchanged, and never too long without being healed lest she risk something becoming permanently damaged. So it seemed that even if she could condition herself to use this ability more often without hurting herself, eventually her body would break down no matter what through repeated use. Something to keep in mind.

Almost done with this round of training, Schatzi decided to amp her pushes to the next level, attempting to use them with greater rapidity than before. Progress across the surface of the land was swift, but her fraying tendons were already starting to scream with pain. She had to stop and recover again. It was so frustrating, this upper limit on movement. She was a superior being, she shouldn't have anything like limits. She might have been pushing those limits farther and farther out with practice, but it was unfair for them to even exist for something such as herself.

[Deleted]

+10; Learned.

[The Bearer of Bad News]

Shunshin no Jutsu - Ken'in (Body Flicker Technique - Pull)
Rank: "D"
Skill: NinJutsu/TaiJutsu
Effect: A Jutsu that allows a user to rush backwards in almost instantaneous speed. Allows the user to retreat from the opponent.
Special: ---
Drawback: Takes away the number of usages Shunshin no Jutsu - Oshi (Body Flicker Technique - Push). Same distance applications apply. Same drawbacks apply when over using.
Description: User is able to move backwards 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. Supplement of Shunshin no Jutsu - Oshi (Body Flicker Technique - Push) while using same schematics.
Limit: Universal NinJutsu or Universal TaiJutsu, Must know Shunshin no Jutsu - Oshi (Body Flicker Technique - Push)

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Schatzi was pleased with her progress for the time being. But this instant movement was restricted - it could only move in a straight line, and it could only move forward. Good for laying on some close-range pressure, but terrible for escapes. Showing your back to the enemy was tantamount to permission to execute you. It was dangerous. So it had to be adapted to work in reverse. If there was the capability to "push" then there should also be the capability to "pull". With that it would be possible to retreat while still watching the enemy attacks.

Trying it out, she attempted to reverse the explosive flow of chakra that she had been accustoming herself to, so as to launch herself backwards. It worked...sort of. What she ended up doing was launching herself backwards headfirst in a somersault, which ended with her knocking her head against the paving stones. That proved painful, exceedingly so. Balance was going to be an issue for sure then. All right, she could live with that.

Curving her body into the shape of a "greater than" symbol, she again launched herself backward, tucking her elbows in for balance while raising her arms forward to place as much of her weight forward as possible. She slid along the surface of the ground for a moment, though without the same speed as she had achieved moving forward. The position worked well though, until she extended too far and fell on her rump. A faster recovery into a stable stance once she was done then, should solve that issue.

She got up, dusted off. Still plenty of endurance left. Three more tries before she would rest a bit. The sliding burst worked well, thought still too slow for her liking. Once she reached its end, her arms extended out and wheeled forward, trying to counterbalance her weight so that she could assume a stable stance. It did work, in fairness, but it was still awkward and slow, a delay which likely could not be afforded. Most likely this would be unnecessary entirely once she got used to it. Right now "pulling" was just awkward and difficult.

So in order to become more accustomed to the concept of "pulling" all she had to do was perform it continuously, right? Well, in theory that was the case. Practically she wouldn't know if that was the way to see results efficiently until she actually started to see results. Irritating. Still, she "pulled" herself again, attempting to move at god-speed as before when she was moving forward. That too worked only in part. Yes, she flickered out of the visible spectrum for a moment, only to collide with an unfortunately placed wall and shatter the majority of her skeleton. The pain caused her to immediately black out. At least given time there was no injury she couldn't repair. Small blessings.

[Deleted]

+10; Learned.