Mountains of Mist-Open

[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann]

Genshuku was traveling fast towards an unexplored mountain range. He was unconsious and had no idea what was going on. The two monks were laughing adn joking about how their sensei never spoke until today adn told them to kidnap Genshuku. "He doesn't say a word for 10 years and then he doesn't shut up. What's up with that?" sthe elder monk said to the younger. "I know, it's all bull to me. Come on, the old man's going to get pissed if we don't hurry." said the younger. It took about ten minutes for the duo to reach the hermitage.

The hermitage was more of a grand palace then a dark cave. The main throne room was where teh sennin stayed and the king's rooms were where the students slept. When the two monks arrived, they took gen to the main throne room and tied him to a column. It took a few minutes for Genshuku to awake. As he opened his eyes, he thought, What the hell just happened? All I remember was watching Shiro adn Riku fight. Suddenly the old man interupted Genshuku's thoughts by saying, "My boy. You are truly the one who will continue my legacy!" Genshuku looked up at the old man and said, "Who the hell are you? and what do you mean, Legacy? Also, Why did you bring me here?!" THe old man smiled and said, "My child, You are truly the one who will carry forth my legacy. Train under me adn realize the full potential you posess." Genshuku looked at him with a strange look adn said, "What did you say?" The man replied, "Your abilty, the archaen torch power. I am a master in its skills. You are just scratching the tip of its power now. I can send you deep into the power it has. What do you say?" Genshuku closed his eyes adn thought for a moment. He then opened his eyes adn said, "I have been struggling with controlling this power and what it unleashes inside of me. You say you have mastered it, can you teach me how to use it?" "My boy, of course!" The old man said happliy. "Release his chains! He is now my student." The two young monks did as they were told and untied Genshuku.

Now rubbing his wrist from rope burn, Genshuku looked up at the hermit and said, "What about my wife?" The old man replied saying, "We will bring her soon enough. Your training will begin today! Let's go. You will finish training what you want to learn then you are completely in my hands." Genshuku then said, "FIne, let's go."

[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann]

THe old hermit got up from his throne and walked over to Genshuku and said, "COme with me." He then walked out the door of teh throne room adn walked through the halls of the Palace Hermitage with Genshuku following. They soon reached a dojo that looked like the outside. Genshuku was shocked at the beauty of the dojo adn was soon konked on the head by the Hermit's cane. "FOcus stupid!" said the wroth Hermit. "tell me, what are you trying to learn?" Genshuku replied, "Um, The Sly mind Affect Genjutsu. I was hoping to learn some genjutsu." THe hermit smiled and said, "Yes, Genjutsu will prove to be an invaluable tool during missions. master Sly mind affect here adn tell me when you do." The old man then turned around leaving Genshuku alone in the greenery. Might as well start. I guess He thought sitting down by a indoor river.

There were some insects flying around the river and the many plants surrounding it. That's a good place to start He thought forming the seals and sending out the Genjutsu onto one of the insects. The insect began to look as though it was lost but then it regained control and went back to feeding. Genshuku rolled his eyes at the failure and tried again. Focusing on two insects flying by his head, he tried to force them to get lost in the greenary. He did it but it only lasted 3 seconds. just my luck. It won't work. I just gotta keep trying. He thought. He formed the handsigns again and tried to do it again. THe insects again began to travel in a big circle but regained control and moved on. Genshuku was getting annoyed at his failures now and tried it again. He tried it on one wasp this time. Concentrating, he tried to make it travel in circles like before. "I am seriously going to kill someone if I don't get this." He said. Genshuku tried again to force a few bugs to change direction. Please work, Please Work, Please work. He thought as he forced them to change direction and travel in circles. This only lasted a few seconds angering Genshuku. I am definately going to kill someone! He thought.

He formed the handsigns again causing a few bugs to change direction. They like the ones before changed direction and traveled in circles but only did that for a few seconds. Genshuku took a deep breath and tried it again. He performed the hand signs and concentrated hard on the insects. Sweat was running down his face as he took control of teh insects movements forcing it to travel in a circle. The fly traveled like that for a minute but went its own way after the minute expired. Crap, I can't get this. Why? Gen thought doing the signs again. He was going to keep doing this until he gets it right.

It had been two hours since he started training, Genshuku was sweating like a waterfall adn his thumb was bleeding from his biting. He formed the signs again adn pushed himself hard. He was reaching his limit adn he was going to collapse soon if he didn't get it right. This is going to have to be the last time. Sly Mind Affect! He screamed inside his head taking control of a few flies and causing them to fly around in a circle. That only occured for about two minutes but it was an improvement. Exhausted, Genshuku got up adn walked back to the throne room for more training.

[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann]

Back in the throne room, Genshuku waited for the Sennin to explain the next part of his training. As Gen neared, The old man looked up and said, "Ah, there you are. Your next training is to climb the trees inside the greenary. You cannot use your hands and you must use only your feet and chakra. Good Luck." Genshuku sighed in annoyance, When is he going to start the real training? he thought. However, he just walked out obediantely adn went back to the greenary.

One of the monks walked in behind him. Apparently, the monk was told to help Genshuku with the Tree climbing excersise. He walked in front of Genshuku and said, "Okay, you are going to climb trees using only your feet. The trick is to send your chakra to the soles of your feet. The amount has tobe just right otherwise you'll fall off. You have to build up a certain amount of chakra and maintain it constantly. This allows you to maintian control better. Get it?" GEnshuku looks at him adn says, "Yeah, I get it. Focus chakra to my feet, maintain a perfect amount and use that amount to climb a tree. right?" THe monk smiles adn says, "Yeah that's right. Now go try it." GEnshuku replies saying, "Okay, I will."

I gotta focus my chakra to the soles of my feet. He thinks sending his chakra to the soles. He then pulls out a kunai to mark his progress. Feeling the chakra in his feet stabalize, he sprints towards the tree walking up it four steps before losing his grasp. Before falling back down to the ground, he slashes the tree with the kunai. As he lands back on the ground, he looks up and sees the mark on the tree. Damn it, I was only able to make it there. I have to go higher. I will go higher! He thinks. He charges his feet again dna sprints towards the tree again. As he climbs, he accidentally drops teh chakra level causing him to fall, not before marking the level with the kunai. Damn, I made it a step above my first try. Let's do this again. He thinks charging his feet and sprinting again. As he climbed, he began to pant adn he lost his concentration. Unlike before, he poured too much chakra into his feet leaving a crater where his foot was as he fell back to the ground.

Meanwhile the monk looks on thinking, Nice job, so far. Can you keep it up kid? Genshuku panting and sweating like a waterfall, sits down by a tree and takes a little nap. THe younger monk walks in and tells the elder, "Sensei wants us to bring the boy's girl. She is at the mansion where we got him. Let's go." "All right. come on." THe elder said as he and the younger dissapeered in a puff of smoke.

[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann]

OOC: I don't know if this is realistic or not but if not, I'll change it.

After a few hours, Genshuku got up and went back to training. He went into position and began to mold and focus his chakr. He closed his eyes and concentrated hard. The hightest he got was about 2 feet up the tree. I have to go higher. He thought still focusing his chakra. There! he said to himself as he sprinted towards and up the tree. As he climbed, he lost focus and his chakra began to fluctuate rapidly.

Crap! He thoguht as his chakra became too little and he fell off. As he fell back, Gen saw that he made it up half a foot higher then before. Although, he still had a lot to climb. The tree itself was 20 feet high and he made it up 2.5 feet up the tree. At least it's an improvement. I got to keep going. I wonder how Hibiki and Zatoichi are doing? Heh, they're probably training really hard. I got to push harder then, I guess. He said in his mind as he charged at the tree again. As he sprinted up, the old hermit walked in and began to watch Genshuku climb. "You do well my new apprentice. Keep at it and you wlil eventually reach the top." The old man said.

Genshuku fell back down after making it up another few inches. "Crap, I only go higher inch by inch. This is seriously harder then it looks." He said looking at the tree. He then got back up and refocused his chakra. Reaching a stable amount, he ran up the tree making it up about a foot before being forced to mark the tree with his kunai and jumbp back down to the ground. Genshuku, by now, was panting and ready to collapse. Then, he finally realized that Katara was not with him. HOLY CRAP!! Where is Katara!?!? I have to go find her! he thought beginning to run out of the greenary only to be stopped by the hermit. The old senning then said, "Don not worry, I have sent my two apprenteces to get her." Genshuku replied worriedly, "WHy didn't you send me with them?! You-" He then looked at the hermits eyes and turned around out of fear. "I'll go back to training, bastard." He then went back to climbing the tree. What the hell just happened?! My body just moved on its own out of fear. His eyes just seemed to force me to turn around. I can't believe he did that, damn bastard. Whatever, I'll just keep going. He thought angrily.

He refocused his chakra to his feet and sprinted at the tree again. He began to climb again, making it up three steps higher than before. He looked up at his progress as he landed back down on the ground. He only made it up 5 feet. Panting, he said, "I have to go higher!" Gen then charged at the tree once more making it up another foot. Crap, It's still not enough he thought blitzing at the tree once more. This time, Genshuku went up another half footbefore almost falling off. This time, he grabbed onto a thick tree branch and jumped from there. He landed on the ground when the old man said, "Nicely done. You are progressing nicely. Keep it up." Genshuku, who was on the verge of collapse, smirked and again sprinted towards the tree. As he climbed, his chakra depleated and he fell back down to the ground, unconsious.

After a few minutes, Genshkuu reawoke in the atrium. He held his head due to a headache he received from the fall. Ow, my head feels like it was smacked against a wall. Ouch!. As he got back up, Gen looked over at the tree he had been climbing. Apparently, he only made it up 5.5 feet. He smirked and loosend his body up, by crakiing his joints, and molded his chakra. He again to sprinted towards teh tree, climbing even higher then his previous record by two feet. As he came back down to the ground, the hermit walked in adn said, "Genshuku, its time for dinner. Come." The old sennin then walked out of the room with Genshuku following.

[etsukoshiro]

7 Paragraphs Sly Mind effect= +7 TP + 3+ Gen
13 Paragraphs Basic Training= 4+ Tai

[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann]

Later at dinner, Genshuku was eating slowly but he still ate everything. This wasn't as good as the wedding but it was still good food and he didn't want it all to go to waste. As he ate, the old hermit said, "Genshuku, tomorrow we begin your real training. This was a walk in the park compared to what I'll be doing. Our first order of business is stepping up your kekkai to the next level. Like I said before, you've only scratched the tip of the iceberg. After that, you'll be learning the bloodline taijutsu. Then you'll learn the water release and suiton jutsu. Then you'll learn advanced Genjutsu. If a year isn't up by then, I'll start you on something new. Pretty much, most of the jutsus and techniques you will learn from me will be high rank jutsus like B and A ranks. Some will be D adn C ranks but those are for help and diversions. "

Genshuku was still eating but he had heard what the sennin had said. HOLY CRAP! He is going insane with me. I'll be doing nothing but training for this entire year! Oh well, Strength comes only from hard work so I guess I'll comply. He thought. "All right, shall we begin after dinner?" he said in response to the hermit. Genshuku, by now, had finished his dinner and wanted to resume training. "Let's begin then. Come, we're going to my special dojo." the old man said getting up and waking out of the room. GEnshuku roes from his seat and followed the old man out of the dining room.

They sooon reached a fireproof room with training dummies, petrified woot, and iron plates. "This is my training room. Due to our bloodlimit, I need special facilities to prevent total destruction. Now activate the torch." THe old man said. Gen replied, "I usually only activate it when I'm in dan-" "I SAID, DO IT NOW!!" the old man screamed, interupting Genshuku. "Okay, Okay, I'lll do it. GOd!! I've only used my bloodline four times. Here goes!" Gen said activating his bloodline. His fingers were flaming right now forming a claw on his hands. "COme at me, try to strike me." THe old man said getting into a battle stance. "All right! Here goes!" Gen said charging at the old man. Gen began to use his claws to chop at the old man. Everytime Gen swiped at the old man, the hermit would dodge it adn move back. After a few dodges, the sennin used staff to knock back Genshuku and deactivated his bloodline. Gen almost instictevely got up adn reactivated the claws. Like before, gen agin began to swipe at the old man who dodged and counterattacked. The counter knocked Genshuku down adn deactiavated the claw. THere is something wierd going on. I'll have to keep going fighting in order to figure out what is going on. he thought getting back up and reactivating the flames. Again he charged and swiped at the old man, only to be knocked back. "Come on. Try harder. Actually try to hit me. I'm getting bored." said the old man coyingly. Genshuku took the bait and tried to strike the old hermit. Like his other tries before, he was knocked down adn his kekkai genkai dissapated.

"Man, he is tough. Even his two apprentices are strong and he is stronger than them. Damn" Genshuku said getting back up. He, again, reactivated the flame hand and charged at the old man. Again, Gen was knocked onto the ground and his kekkai deactiavted. He got back up again and followed the cycle once again. Like the many times before, he charged at the old man with his bloodlimit activated only to be knocked down adn depowered. Why does it keep doing that? It probably isn't his staff or him. THen what is it? he thought as he charged again with his blood power activated. As he was knocked back adn depowered again, he pondered what could be doing it. "You want to know why the Archaen Torch power keeps deactivating. I'll tell you. It's because you lose focus every time your body his hit. When you are hit, your body focuses on the pain and not on your arms. Thus you lose the focus needed to use the bloodline. It's a nifty evolution of our blood. Everytime we lose focus to a certain level, our body automatically shuts off the bloodline. We can only hurt ourselves from outside elements or overuse. Stage 1, which you have, has now danger of that. Stage 2 will have that danger. Beware, now try it again. We will not stop until you get to stage 2." Genshuku got back up and reactiavted the human torch power. As commanded, he charged at the old man only to be knocked down. Gen, again, got back up adn reactivated the torch. Like so many times before, he charged at the old man only to be knocked down. Genshuku, by now, was sweating and panting while the old man hadn't even broken a sweat yet.

OOC: Can a mod count how many times I used the torch thing. THanks. ^_^ or say that I got stage 2. Which ever.

[dragonfire]

Uhhhh....I think you activated it eleven times, if I read it correctly.
(+4 tai and +7 training points if you're training in something.) How many times did you need to use it before stage two?

[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann]

OOC: I need 40 T_T however, i was counting when I wrote this and I counted that I did this thing 30 times. 1 more then what i need if Coal counted correctely. So can a mod say that I got Archaen Torch Stage two. and sorry for the reptativeness. there is only so many ways to say one thing.

IC: Genshuku was panting hard from all the blows and counter moves from the sennin. Damn, he is good. he thought getting back up again. He reactivated the torch and charged at the old sennin. “I will not stop!” he screamed getting knocked back once more and depowered. Like a machine, he got back up and reactivated the torch power and charged at the old man. Like everytime before, Gen was knocked back and his power was deactivated. He got back up and like every time before, reactivated his power and charged at the old man. Once again he was knocked back and depowered. The old man smiled and said, “This makes 14 times, only 26 more to go. Come on, bring it on!” Gen got back up, focused and reactivated his bloodline and charged at the old sennin. For the fifteenth time, Genshuku was knocked back and had the kekkai genkai deactivated. He closed his eyes, took in a deep breath and got back up. Once more, he reactivated his bloodline and charged at the old man. I am not going to give up!! he thought as he was knocked back. “Do you want to take a break?” asked the old man. Gen quickly replied, “No! I’m not going to stop!” AS he said that, he rose from the ground and reactivated his bloodline. Like before he was slammed back with the sensei’s staff.

By now, the floor was charred where Genshuku’s fingers hit the ground. The rest of the room was uncharred and perfectly clean. Gen saw this as he looked around and rose to his feet. Once again, he reactivated his bloodline and charged at the hermit only to be struck down by his staff. As he fell back his torch power deactivated and he went to sleep for a few minutes. After ten minutes passed, Genshuku awoke again and rose from the ground. He reactivated his blood power and found the hermit sleeping. The hermit was using Gansaku Suimon from the Drunken Fist Style. Genshuku deactivated his power and reactivated it. I have to train this myself now…great. he thought deactivating and reactivating the torch. He was now first activating his power, deactivating it and then reactivating it. He, like before, deactivated his bloodline and reactivated it. Genshuku was shining due to all his sweat. Man, this sucks. I am so tired but I can’t stop otherwise, he’ll do something to me. He thought as he once again turned off the torch stage one, turned it back on and then turned it back off again. He then began to close his eyes and realized he was drifting in and out of consciousness. NO!! I will not fail! I will not fail!

Meanwhile, the old hermit was completely aware of what Genshuku was doing. “That is good, he has become stronger. I am truly proud of him. Of course wouldn’t any father be proud of their son.” He said softly under his breath. Genshuku reactivated the bloodlimit and charged at one of the petrified trees. He clawed at it to no avail and did not damage to it at all. He deactivated the claw and took a five minute break by the tree. He was extremely tired and his chakra was almost completely depleted. I am going to collapse if I don’t take a few minutes to rest. he thought as he fell asleep.

After a few minutes he awoke and got up. The old hermit was still sleeping or at least, Genshuku thought he was. Genshuku then reactivated his bloodline and tried to chop at the tree. He took a breath and deactivated his power and backed away from the unscarred tree. He looked at his hands and found that his hands were starting to bruise and scar. He walked out of the dojo and went to the infirmary. Once there, he opened a drawer and pulled out some bandages. That was a lucky pick. Entropy levels must be dropping. he thought as he wrapped the bandages around his hands. He then walked back to the dojo and saw the hermit still feign sleeping. Man, how long can a drunken man sleep? Hehe he thought as he silently chuckled. Gen then activated his bloodlimit and charged at the tree only to do nothing. He deactivated the torch hand and reactivated it. He, once again, charged at the tree and again did not scar it. He then deactivated his bloodlimit and reactivated it. Once more he charged at the petrified tree only to do no damage. He deactivated his blood power and then reactivated it. He, once again, charged at the tree only to do no damage to it whatsoever. He jumped back and deactivated the torch power. He then reactivated it and charged at the tree to no avail. After landing an ineffective finishing blow to the tree, Genshuku did a back flip back a foot and deactivated his bloodpower. He refocused his chakra and reactivated his bloodlimit. Man, this repetitive. I turn my power on; I attack a stone tree unsuccessfully, and then jump back. Finally I deactivate and then I start the cycle all over again. he thought as he deactivated his bloodlimit. He walked over to the mirror wall and picked up his water bottle and drank it entirely. The water was nice and cold and it contained traces of chakra enhancement, giving it the same feeling and kick as a normal sports drink. Genshuku walked back into position and whipped off some of is sweat off his forehead. He then activated the Archaean limit and charged at the tree futilely. He knew he wouldn’t do any damage to it but he was training. As he jumped back, he deactivated the Kekkai Genkai.

By now, the hermit was awake and watching Genshuku progress. He’ll get Stage two very soon. I better ready myself in case he goes berserk. he thought as Genshuku once again activated his Archaean blood and charged at the tree. Gen jumped back from his last charge at the tree and deactivated his power. He focused once more and activated his blood power. This time he directly deactivated it and then quickly reactivated. Once again, he deactivated the torch blood power and then deactivated it again. This is a much more efficient way of doing this. he thought as he deactivated and reactivated the bloodlimit. The hermit now got up and leaned on the tree that Genshuku used. There faint marks on the tree but they were almost unnoticeable. Genshuku knew he had to do it only three more tries and divided up his remaining chakra into three parts, leaving some for him to live and remain conscious. “Three!” he screamed as he deactivated the torch and reactivated it. “Two!!” he again screamed as he deactivated and reactivated his power. “One!!!” he screamed as he deactivated and reactivated his power. He was now going to collapse since his chakra was almost depleted. “Zero!!!!” he screamed as he deactivated and reactivated it. This time however, his hands were engulfed by flames and his feet were now starting to feel warm. He then charged at the tree landing a single punch before falling back smiling. “I did it. I got stage 2.” He whispered as he fell into unconsciousness on the ground.

[dragonfire]

Yay. You get stage two of your bloodlimit, but no stats.

[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann]

OOC: I'll be going by the name of Akahito Archaen from now on IC. Also I am learning:
Katon - Karyuu Endan (Fire Dragon Projectile)
Skill: Ninjutsu
Rank: B Rank
Description: Karyuu Endan is a Ninjutsu utilizing the Fire Element. The ninja does a string of hand seals and the proceeds to blow a large jet of fire from their mouth.
Limits: Elemental to Katon.

IC: Genshuku awoke and tense and stressed out. Damn nightmare… he thought as he climbed out of bed. He slowly turned his head to view his surroundings. The room he was in was fit for a king. Gen, at the moment, was standing in the center of the room. To his left were hand carved chestnut drawers and a lavish painting depicting a great battle from the previous shinobi war. To his back were three two foot windows with satin drapes. To his right was a four poster bed with a mosquito net. The bed was a king size and was as comfortable as a pile of a thousand feathers. In front of Genshuku were two doors and three wall mirrors. The door on the left of Genshuku was a closet and the other led into the hallway. He then walked forward and out the hall door towards the kitchen.

As soon as he finally reached the marble kitchen, he noticed four figures talking. One was the hermit and two were the monk brothers. Who the fourth figure was, Genshuku did not know, so he hid not to let on that he knew they were there. He then formed a few handsigns and used Hell’s Ears to hear their talk. “So is he what you think he is?” inquired the younger monk. “Oh yes…He is truly my legacy.” The hermit replied. The elder interrupted by saying, “You going to give him the test?” The hermit raised his head and said, “Yes…It’s about time he found his kill. I’ll give it to him today and Genshuku, you can come out now.” Genshuku opened his eyes in shock and stepped out of his hiding spot. How did he? Man, he is good. Gen thought as he walked into the kitchen. He then noticed that the fourth figure was Katara. Katara turned her head and rose from her seat. She walked over to Genshuku and said, “Hello my love.” As she finished talking she hugged him and kissed him on the cheek. “Okay Genshuku, we’re starting again. Katara will be training as well” Said the hermit interrupting Genshuku and Katara’s moment.

The five people walked into the greenhouse. They kept walking until they reached a special clearing beside a tree. The younger monk then pulled out five blank sheets of paper and gave them to everyone. “Okay, these pieces of paper come from trees that have been nurtured and well cared for with chakra. Thus these sheets have special qualities. They allow us to find one’s chakra alignment. Chakra alignment is which element your chakra is aligned towards. If your paper cuts in half, wind, ignites, fire, becomes drenched, water, turns to dust, Earth, crumples, lightning, and so on. My alignment is fire” said the hermit. He then raised his sheet and it ignited and began to burn. The elder held his up and it began to crumple. The younger then held his up and it froze. Genshuku and Katara looked at each other and poured their chakra into the papers. Genshuku’s began to burn and Katara’s became soaked. The hermit smiled and said, “Genshuku, fire element training it is and for Katara, water element training. It’s fitting really; fire element people are usually determined and energetic. Water aligned people are shy and adaptive like the water. Fire and water are also opposites making it a good thing to have both types on a shinobi team. That’s enough of my rambling, let’s begin now. Gen, come with me and Katara, go with my apprentices.”

After a few minutes, the two were back in the fireproof dojo. “The first jutsu you will learn is Katon: Karyuu Endan. This jutsu is basically an enhancement of the Great Fireball jutsu. Now, watch closely” said the old hermit as he formed a few handsigns and blew out a jet of fire. The jet looked like a dragon and the flames were intense. After the hermit finished the jutsu, he turned around and said, “Your turn.” Genshuku replied, “Okay, let’s do this.” As he finished talking, he formed the handsigns and tried to blow out the jet of fire. Unfortunately nothing came out. Crap…. he thought with a surprised expression on his face. Let’s try this again. he thought performing the handsigns again. He again blew out or at least tried to blow out the jet of fire. Like before, nothing came out leaving a bewildered Genshuku.

This could take longer then I thought thought the old hermit. Genshuku tried again and blew out nothing again. Forming a cycle, Genshuku formed the handsigns and blew out a stream of nothing. Once again, Genshuku performed the string of handsigns and tried to send out a jet of fire out of his mouth. Again, nothing came out of his mouth. Gen was seriously getting angry at his inability. He did the signs and tried to blow out the jet of fire again only to get the same results; nothing. Gen narrowed his eyes and formed the handsigns again. He tried to blow out the jet of fire but got nothing. I’ll get it eventually. he thought as he did the string of handsigns and tried to blow out the jet. This time smoke came out of his mouth. Yes!! Finally, I got something he thought as he joyously performed the string of seals again and tried to blow out the jet only to have smoke seep from his mouth. He did the hand sings and said, “Karyuu Endan!” as he blew out the jet or at least he blew out smoke. He took a deep breath to clear his mouth of smoke. Then he did the seals again and shot out a jet of smoke. Well, he could do a good smoke screen but he is getting the idea. That’s good. the sensei thought as he sat down by the mirrors. Genshuku kept performing the seals and trying to blow out fire but all he got was smoke.If I’m fire oriented then why do I get smoke?! he thought yelling at himself. In his anger, he performed the handsigns and poured his self-inflicted rage into the jutsu and tried to send out a jet of fire. Instead of being smoke, it was a small string of fire. It was no bigger then a small piece of thread. Genshuku smirked while he, again, performed the handsigns and blew out the small string of fire. Gen then sat down by the mirrors in order to cool down.

After a few minutes, he got back up and formed the string of handsigns. “Karyuu Endan!” he screamed as he shot out the small stream of fire. It wasn’t as fast, large, or as long as the hermit’s but it was something. He again performed the same string of handsigns and blew out the stream hoping to enlarge it. After that stream dispersed, Genshuku performed the sings again and blew out another stream of fire. “Katon: Karyuu Endan!” He screamed as he formed the handsigns and blew out his attempt at a jet of fire. Gen was getting tired from his lack of sleep but he still kept going. He formed the seals and tried to perform Karyuu Endan. Like before, Gen only blew out a small stream of fire. He performed the seals again and blew out the same small stream of fire as before. He was angry at his lack of progress with the jutsu but he still kept on going. Genshuku just kept performing the handsigns and trying to send out a jet of fire. After a few more tries, he sat down and took a quick nap.

Gen woke up a few minutes later and saw the hermit with some tea. “Have a drink” he said calling Genshuku over. “I am sorry to inform you that you’ve been classified as a missing nin. A C rank criminal.” The old hermit said as Genshuku sat down. Genshuku replied, “What?! After what I’ve done for that disgrace of a Kage! He declared me a missing nin! I should-” “Enough! What’s done is done. You can go back later,. Until then, we’ll have to give you a new identity. How about Akahito? Akahito Archaen?” said the old man interrupting Gen’s frustration. Gen then replied coldly, “Akahito Archaen, eh? I guess Katara will be Miaka Archaen.” “That is perfectly fine, Akahito…” replied the hermit coyingly. “You never told me your name sensei or who you are.” Genshuku asked studiously. The hermit smirked as he said, “I am a leaf missing nin turned mist nin. I’m an S-Rank Criminal turned S-rank Hero. I am Sojiro Shishio.” Gen’s eyes widened, Sojiro Shishio? He’s a living legend…awesome “Go back to training Akahito.” Shishio sensei said. Gen/Akahito nodded and stood back up. He formed the string of handsigns and tried once again to blow out a jet of fire out his mouth. After seeing the same results, he again formed the string of seals and tried to blow out the fire jet. Once again, he received the same results. He then formed the hand sings and blew out a small thread like fire jet.

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Akahito wiped of his sweat off his head and formed some handsigns. “Karyuu Endan!” he said as he blew out a small string of fire. “Again!” he said as he formed the seals and blew out the stream. It’s nowhere near perfect but it’s something. He thought as once again, formed the signs and blew out the imperfect jutsu. To most people, this would seem futile and even though Akahito knew this, he kept on going. He just kept on trying. He wanted to be ready for Riku, Shiro, Asko, Zatoichi and ultimately Hibiki. They were strong and if Akahito wanted to beat them, he needed to train hard. As he thought this, he formed the handsigns and tried to master his jutsu. As the flame dispersed from his last attempt, he formed the handsigns and tried again to perfect this technique.

“Karyuu Endan!” He screamed as he performed the hand signs and tried to blow out a jet of fire. This feels like when I tried to learn Sand clone explosion. I will learn this! he thought as he tried the jutsu again. He waited for the flames to disperse before he tried the jutsu again. After a while he formed the hand signs and hoped to shoot out the jutsu perfectly. Unfortunately he only blew out a small string of fire. Akahito twitched in anger and frustration before he formed the handsigns and tried to shoot out of his mouth another attempt at mastering the jutsu. “Akahito! Come drink some water before you burn your mouth off!” said Shishio Sensei calling Akahito over. Akahito obediently walked over and drank a few glasses of water. After cooling his body off, he went back to training. Okay, Gen…I mean Akahito, wow what a dumb name. He- thought before he was belted in the back of the head by a stick. “Stop daydreaming and start training!!” Sensei screamed. Akahito sighed, formed the handsigns and tried to send out the jet of fire. After the flames dispersed, Akahito formed the seals and tried again.

After an hour of nonstop training, there were waterfalls pouring down his face and beads of blood oozing from his burned hands. He looked at a target dummy he had been using as a target and saw that it was barely burn. By now, he had completely forgotten about his burns and tried again. Crap, it’s barely there. I have to master this. I have to… Akahito thought as he once again performed the seals and sent out the imperfect jutsu. It only lasted for a second and went out about a foot before dispersing. After dispersing, Akahito tried the jutsu again only to fail once more. I’m probably overworking him. After all, he is only a genin. the old hermit thought as he watched Akahito try the jutsu once more. “Arggh!” Akahito screamed as he felt a sharp pain run through his body from the burns. He tried to ignore it by trying the jutsu again only to fail and feel the pain shoot through his body again. He tried to ignore the pain and continued training. After all, pain was something Shinobi experience everyday. He felt exhausted and almost on the verge of collapse. Quickly, he decided to head to the kitchen to get something to eat and try to rest a while before training again. After making it to the kitchen, he noticed Katara/Miaka was cooking something and walked over. He then hugged and kissed her and sat down at the table and ate the food “Miaka” prepared.

After about an hour, Akahito returned from the kitchen rested and recharged. Wow, that was some good curry and miso. Miaka really knows how to cook an exceptional meal. Damn…I’m lucky Akahito thought as he walked into the dojo. He then got into stance, formed the string of handsigns and blasted out a slightly larger stream of fire. Finally, at least its bigger he thought as the flames dispersed and he tried it again. After the stream dispersed again from his most recent attempt, Akahito formed the seals and blew out anther failing attempt. Akahito screamed out “Karyuu Endan” hoping to achieve better results but receiving the same one. Akahito formed the handsigns again as he tried and failed for the hundredth time. He became seriously frustrated and tried again only to fail but he left a noticeable burn mark on the dummy signaling some improvement from before. Akahito smirked as he tried the jutsu again hoping that he would master it soon.

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Akahito looked at his burned and bruised arms and then at the burned dummy. He had made some progress within the last hour but not much. He took in a deep breath and let out a roar like sigh. Akahito painfully performed the handsigns and tried once again to perform Karyuu Endan but failed once he saw that the jet of fire he blew out was no more then three inches wide. Again, he performed the string of handsigns, formed the tiger seal and blew out another attempt at the jutsu only to fail miserably. Again, he performed the seals, took in a deep breath and released only a small string of fire. Akahito knew the amount of chakra he was putting into the jutsu was not enough to do the jutsu correctly. I’ll just have to keep trying, I guess He thought as he once again performed the seals and spat out another failed attempt at the jutsu.

“Ox, monkey, dragon, boar, rat, dog, horse, sheep, tiger!” he said as he performed the handsigns and tried to perform the jutsu correctly. Like every time before, he failed but he performed it again and received the same results. It was a never-ending cycle and would remain that way for a while. AGAIN!!! he thought as he formed the seals and tried to send out the jet of fire only to fail at it miserably. “Karyuu Endan!!” he said performing the jutsu once again only to fail miserably. The technique was only a fraction of its true power and Akahito knew it. He needed to reach that point so he kept on training. On the verge of falling over, Akahito performs the handsigns and blows out a longer flame but still not long enough for perfection. Out of chakra, Akahito fell over and fell out of consciousness while Shishio-sensei propped him up by the mirror.

After an hour, Akahito awoke and walked over to the center of the dojo. Performing the string of seals, he took in a deep breath and blew out a 3 inch wide, 1 foot long jet of fire moving at about 1 MPH. The failure didn’t even faze him as he performed the seals again and tried once again to master the jutsu but only achieved nothing. Like before, he formed the seals and blew out the jutsu only to fail once again. My frustration is what is preventing me from learning these jutsus. So I won’t let it get to me. he thought as he performed the seals and again blasted out another failed attempt. Once again, after forming the tiger seal, Akahito blasted out another failing attempt at the jutsu. “Karyuu Endan!” he said apathetically as he formed the tiger seal and sent out a smaller version of the actual jutsu. Once more, Akahito formed the signs and tried to master the jutsu but only ended up spitting out a slightly larger attempt at the jutsu.

“Katon: Karyuu Endan!” he said as he formed the tiger seal and took a deep breath before releasing a small and weak Karyuu Endan. Not letting the failure frustrate him, he formed the seals again and tried once more to master the jutsu. Forming the tiger seal, Akahito unleashed another small and useless version of Karyuu Endan. Man, I am not going anywhere with this jutsu. But, I’ll have to keep trying if I want to master it. he thought as he formed the seals again and blasted out a small and weak version of the jutsu.

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"hahhhhh!!!!!!!!" Akahito screamed as he formed the tiger seal and sent out Karyuu Endan as he tried to perfect it. Man, I am getting nowhere with this jutsu. he thought trying the jutsu again. After performing the vain attempt, Akahito sat down and changed the bandages around his arms and wiped the streams of sweat off his burning face. After stretching out his worn out body, Akahito got back up and formed the seals. He then took a deep breath and blasted out a small but usable version of Karyuu Endan. "Akahito!!" screamed the sensei, interrupting Akahito's train of thought. "We are going to go to your village and request of Otokage that you be returned to normal shinobi status. “All…right…master” Akahito said barely having enough energy to speak. “All right, we leave tomorrow for the Sound Country and village. Be careful, you’re wanted so they won’t take nicely to you being there.” Akahito nodded signaling that he understood. He then walked out of the room to look for Miaka and tell her they were going back.

After telling her that they were leaving mist so that Akahito could become a shinobi again and that Miaka could go through Academy at the sound village. She readily agreed and went to their room to pack. Akahito then went to the main hall of the mansion hermitage and found a cloak about his size and a bamboo hat. Being an idiot, he put them on and found that he is able to hide his identity using these clothes. “You like ‘em, eh? Good, cause that’s our disguise in order to sneak into the country’s back door.” Said the younger monk walking into the hall. “Hey, didn’t see you there. How is Miaka’s training going?” Akahito replied quickly.

“Oh, she is doing great. Her talent in water jutsus is only matched by that of the current Mizukage when he was as young as her. I heard you are having some trouble with yours.”

“Oh its nothing, really it isn’t. I’m just having a block right now. Anyway, are you and your friend coming as well?”

“Of course, we would not leave Shishio-sensei alone. He is getting old and frail so he shouldn’t be doing any ninja jobs. Also, we have permission from Mizukage to go where we need to. So, yeah we are coming.”

“all right, see ya tomorrow dude.”


The next morning, Akahito, Miaka and the other three made their way towards the harbor leading out of the water country and towards the sound village.

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::A New Beginning::

Darkness. Darkness was all around Genshuku, that was all he could see at the moment. All he could see around himself was pure darkness. "GENSHUKU!!! YOUR TRUTH SHALL BE REVEALED!!" said a mysterious voice. Before Gen could figure out what it was, he saw this bright flashing light and soon found himself inside a very large room with a few people standing in it with four people sitting down nearby torches and four people standing up ready to sit down. "He is stablizing finally, it is a good thing we found him when we did." Said one person to another nearby. "Can you two shut up!? We're trying to concentrate!!" Screamed one of the people sitting down as he continued to focus his chakra onto the jutsu. Katara was helping out as she was one of those who were sitting down to help her husband.

A few hours later

"GEN!!!!" Katara screamed as Gen limped out of the hospital room with a bandage over his righ tshoulder. "Ow Katara, man you know I just got out of emergancy treatment." Gen replied painfully as Katara held onto his warm body and placed her head on his chest. "These guys saved your life Gen, they say they are your family." Katara said as she continued to place her head there. "It was our pleasure Genshuku Ayame" Said the bald monk. Who are these guys...I don't like it here. Gen thought as he looked over the lpace where they were and instantly knew this was the manor where Gen adn Katara hid out during their time as missing nin. "You brought us here? why?" Gen asked questioningly. "Because this is a place of gatherign for the archaen" The monk replied quickly. "We would be honored if you joined the meeting that is occuring at this moment." He continued. "Fine...I guess." Gen said as he and Katara were led through the winding halls to a secret room behind a wall where there were about 50 gatherd and discussiong matters. "LOrd Genshuku is in the ladn of water, we need to bring him here"

"Lord Genshuku....I'm going to train and you aren't going to stop me, you got that?" Gen said softly as he pushed Katara away and stormed off to a secluded area, the old botany.

It feels good to be back here Gen thought as he began to train once again, the art of wind manipulation. First he took the air around his body adn began to charge it with his chakra. As he began to create a few small needles with the air, they burst releasing a massive gust of wind knocking Gen backwards and onto his back. Gen spit out some excess saliva adn got back onto his feet and tried again. Taking the air around his body, Gen tried to form needles but they broke releasing a massive gust of wind. Damn it! he thought as he got back to his feet again adn began to try and manipluate the wind again. Okay Gen...try and take the widn, enfuse your chakra with it...just let it mix calmly and you may just get it. ACK! he thought as he tried to create a small sphere of widn which exploded causing a shockwave, knocking Gen backwards. "Gotta try again" He said as he rsoe to hsi feet, fixed some of his russled hair adn began to enfuse his chakra with the wind as he started to shape a sphere of wind in his palms. However, that sphere exploded due to the fact taht Gen didn't put enoguht manipulation into that form.


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Training Fuuton [7/20]

IC: Trying again, Gen began to manipulate the wind into his hand. Like everytime before, the wind exploded creating a massive gust of wind knocking Genshuku backwards. "Shit" He said as he got to his feet adn began to enfuse his chakra with the wind. Putting in what he felt was the right amount of chakra into the air, Gen began to gather that air into his palm in the form of a sphere. Suddenly the sphere broke releasing all the wind gathered and knocking Genshuku backwards into a tree.

Rising back to his feet, Gen began to release his chkara into the air once again and tried to contain it in the form of a sphere. Like everytime before, the sphere burst creating a jet of wind blowing Gen into a larger tree. "Damn it..." he said getting back up and removing his flak jacket. Gotta be calm...gotta be calm he thought as he began to manipulate the wind again. I have to get the chakra use perfectly he thought as he energized the air and shaped it to his likign. The shpae then burst adn released the wind trapped inside it.

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Training Fuuton [7/20]

IC: Not even daunted by the effects of his most previous attempt, Gen tried once again to perform wind manipulation. He took his chakra nd mixed it with the air around him and tried to shape it, unfortunetaly, he failed miserably adn the shape broke upon creation. Trying again, Gen took air chakra and began to shape it only for it to fall apart and release the air within it. damn it he thought as he tried to do it again by taking Wind chkara and shaping it to his will. This time, Gen couldn't even manipulate the wind so he bit his lip and tried again. Following the same pattern as before, GEn took the air and mixed it with his chakra creating wind chakra and then began to manipulate it to his will. Again, the form disentigrated and broke forcing Gen to try again.

"ARGGH!" He screamed as he took the air around him and began to try and shape it to his will. He was now putting in random ammounts of chakra into the air as he tried to shape it. One after one, each attempt disentigrated on impact causing gen to nearly destroy the botany, until he caught himself losing control nad calmed hismelf down. AFter calming himself down, Gen focused his chakra onto mixing perfectly with the air so that he could manipluate it perfectly allowing him to master the release.

Trying to find another way to learn this, Gne begins to look aroudn and notices the tree he'd hit a few times trying to learn wind release. Obtaining an epiphany, Gen ran over to the tree nad grabbed a leaf and then ran back to his spot with leaf in hand. Holding the leaf between his two hands, Gen began to try and cut the leaf using his chakra mixed with the wind. 'HAAAAAHHH!!!" He screamed as he began to mix the forces to try and cut the leaf. The leaf was slightly cut after a few minutes of chakra enhanced wind cutting it. Damn this is harder than I thought Gen thought to himeslf as he began to combine omre of his chakra with the wind creating a grinding effect of sorts. Gen began to imagine an extremely fine and sharp blade as he enfused more of his chakra with the wind as he continued to cut the leaf.

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Fuuton [13/20]

Gen continued to try and cut the leaf with his wind chakra, geting 100% very slowly. I've got to keep trying this he thought as he mixed his chakra with the wind creating a grinding action that would cut the leaf. "Haaah!!" He screamed as he began to imagine grinding the air and his chakra together on the leaf in order to cut it in half. "Come on" He screamed as he kept imagining the leaf being cut by an extremely sharp and fine blade. Waterfalls cascaded down Gen's face as he continued to cut the leaf slowly, very very slowly. It had been over an hour since Gen had started cuting the leaf and he was 63% through the entire leaf.

It had been an hour and 20 minutes since Gen started cutting the leaf and he was now 65% through the leaf. By this piont Gen was hitting near empty in terms of chakra so he decided to take a break and nap a bit.

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Fuuton [13/20]

After wakign up from his nap, Gen stretched and got a new leaf from the tree as the old one had blown away during his nap. "Gotta start fresh I suppose..." Gen said as eh held the leaf between both hands nad grinded Wind and his chakra together creating wind Chakra. "COME ON!!" He screamed as he pushed his chakra and the widn together trying to master the chakra style. He kept on imagining the widn and his chakra grinding each other creating a blade of sorts, an extremely sharp and fine one. "MUST KEEP GOING!!" He hollered as he grinded the two forces together on the leaf as he continued to try and cut the damn thing. He had now taken off his shirt due to the sweat that was pouring down his face and body. "HAHHHHHHHHHHHH!!" He yelled at the top of his lungs as he pushed the two energies together on the single point. Why is this so difficult? he thought as he continued to slowly cut the leaf.