Sté's Capoeria Training

[Giavi, Sté]

Breakdown and History:

Unknown to them the people that have captured them were getting very uneasy with this thing they came up with. It was a symbol to them and everyday they practice it their sprits grew stronger. Then one day one of the guard's told them if they would dance like that again that they will be beaten for it. To their surprise four people stood up and started to dance. These men were known as heroes for what they have done. They were beaten to an inch of their life when they acted against the guards. And for the remainder of their time they stayed as prisoners they started to dance in front of the guards to show they weren't afraid of them anymore. Then 1 year and 2 months slaves in the mist of night, one of the guards was about to beat someone for no reason at all. One of the four men stood up and attacked the guard using the style of dance they did to show the guards they weren't afraid of them anymore. As soon as that happen they all had the idea that they can over run the guards with this new dance style of theirs which they so happily named it the Capoeira the battle was fierce and long and not many of the sound ninja prisoners survived that night. The four ninjas that had first stared this rebelling were not able to walk out the prisons gates alive.
Once the ninjas that were prisoners of war returned home to find peace, really find the peace they wanted. The kage had told them all that have gotten away from their prison camp not to tell a soul about this to anyone. This made the ninjas that survived angry to know that they can't tell the family of the men and women of how bravely they fought for their freedom and who they can't even tell the family their love ones finally wish. But to tell their families that their loves ones are consider lost in action. They knew the truth and were not able to tell anyone made all of the survivors mad. Even though their was only a few (36) they decided to find another way to express their graduated to the people that dead fighting. By taking to the streets and showing the people of sound their new way of dance fighting Capoeira. Once they took their dancing to the streets many people were interested in it and wanted to know more. So the people of the Capoeira dancing decided to make a secret organization out of reach of the kage's reach and knowledge. As soon as the people of the Capoeira started to recruit people into their secret organization and tell them the truth that what happen to the missing ninjas of the great ninja war. Word of rebelling swept the nation of sound. This made the kage very concerned and got some spies to look into this secret organization that spread these tells. As soon as he had gotten word from his spies that the people the practice Capoeira style of dance were the ones behind this he was enraged. He told his men to kill as many of the members as they could and if anyone is found on the streets or even practicing Capoeira by the ANBU will be punished. The punishment for practicing it was extreme (practitioners would have the tendons on the backs of their feet cut),

As soon as the organization was attacked it lost almost half of their members, this was a great blow to the Capoeira users. To avoid any further deaths they push themselves into hiding and used nickname's to confuse the ANBU. A few years later when it was time to find a new kage the Capoeira dancer's came out of hiding. They came out of hiding to tell their story to the new kage of sound. This kage was more under standing then the one before him. He was not able to turn back the hand of time and fix's the wrong that the kage before him did. So he could only offer them that they will be able to tell their stories of what happen to the people of the great ninja war and practice Capoeira freely. Soon after this the people of the Capoeira opened up a school to teach new people about Capoeira. About 50 years have passed when the great ninja war has happen, and over the years the people of the Capoeira suffered great losses. Almost all the reaming survivors of the Capoeira people that were slaves died. More a banned the ways of learning Capoeira and half their members were killed when the school was burned down. It seems that the teaching of a fighting dance style was almost lost once again. Till a man that had been with the school learning the ways of the Capoeira decided to keep training his clan into such a powerful fighting dance. The man name was Razel the 1st leader of the Hyoushi Clan. Now the fighting style of the Capoeirais being passed down the Hyoushi clan, and the men and women of the clan were able to throw in a few new techniques in to the way of Capoeira.


Training:

Step 1 To learn the simplest of the Capoeira moves takes hard dedication on the person part to learn them. To start off you must focus your attention to your upper body strength since you use it a lot when perform moves. Their is also the leg power while going into it, Your legs must be as powerful as your arms. Also you must mediate for 5 hours straight. This helps the person to be able to use his moves with out distraction's it also helps you focus your thought on combining new moves together to defeat an opponent.

Step 2 After you have grown a bit stronger in you body, you must now get a good sense of balance. When using Capoeira you must be able to perform some tricky moves which deals with a lot of jumping and rolling around. If you don't have a good sense of balance then mastering the arts of Capoeira is nearly impossible then. Another thing in having great balance is that you are able to complete the hardest step in the arts of Capoeira is that when doing any move your back must never touch the floor. If that happen then the move isn't to its full potential.

Step 3 To keep your strength in the arts of Capoeira you must at least do this training regiment for two days out of a week. If not you body isn't going to be at its best when doing your moves.

When training the Capoeira must Train multiple times by completing the basics of Nine types of Pushups, Four types of Sit-ups, and Three Types of Conditioning.

Pushups

Normal Pushups

Finger Pushups

Deltoid Pushups

Reverse Pushups

North and South Pushups

Diamond Pushups

Macaco Hindu Variation Pushups

Hand Stand Pushups

Queda de Rins Pushups

Situps

Crunches

Reverse Crunches

Leg Raises

V Ups

Conditioning

Isometrics - Exercise or a system of exercises in which isometric muscular contraction is used to strengthen and tone muscles, performed by the exertion of effort against resistance, usually of a stationary object.

Plyometrics - a type of exercise using explosive movements to develop muscular power, esp. bounding, hopping, and jumping

Weight Training - Weightlifting done as a training program for improving or maintaining overall fitness, strength, or endurance.


Rankings:

Calouro - Calouro means "freshman". The calouros are applicants to become regular students in the school. During this trial period, the students may determine their real desire to study capoeira, while learning the basic movements and etiquettes of capoeira, as well as the rules and regulations of the style. The instructors also observe the student's attitude and their level of commitment to be accepted as one of the regular students. They are also given a colored rope, also known as cordel or cordão to show their skill level. The rookies are giving a Green rope. (They know all the basic moves D-Rank)


Batizado - Batizado is the ceremony in which the student Fights for the first time in front of three Mestre to prove themselves and when more advanced students move to a different graduation level. Batizado is also the denomination for those who become regular students after their participation in the batizado ceremony. They are giving a Blue rope. (They know all the C-Rank moves)


Formado - are the students who completed the entire system of techniques, and have been formally inducted into the art as a senior practitioner then they are ready to learn move advance moves of the fighting style. They are giving a Red rope.(They know all the B-Rank moves)


Contra - Contra mestres are those formados who have contributed to the school by teaching and assisting their mestres in many different ways. They are giving a Black belt to show they are Contra and assisting the mestres. (They are the same level as a Formado but they also have the power to help train on coming new Calouro's. They are also suppose to know some A-Rank moves to.)


Mestre - Mestre is a traditional and valued title attributed to some capoeira teachers. To become a mestre, the capoeirista must have a long career teaching capoeira and satisfy the following requirements:

Must be indicated to the title by a recognized and well known teacher;

Must be recognized by an at least 3 mestre to be acknowledge as a potential Mestre.

And, more than anything else, must have the popular recognition as a mestre and unanimous acceptance as such by mastering the arts of Capoeira completely.


During classes and formal capoeira settings, students must address the mestres as "Mestre". You may have noticed that in the same circumstances, mestres also address themselves as such. This treatment is part of the traditions of the art form and a recommended behavior within the capoeira circles. They are giving a White rope to show they are the highest of all the rankings.(They know all the moves in the fighting style from D-A Ranks.)


Masters: Their are two categories of the Capoeira. The Mestre and Contra, even though the Contra is not a master of the arts like the Mestre. They are still consider as somewhat of a teacher that can still train Calouros, Batizados, and sometimes Formado and Contra. So for that I will list some of them for training purposes for new recruits:

Mestre

Razel Hyoushi the 3rd (Age: 37)The leader of the Hyoushi Clan is not only the strongest in in his village in Beatboxing but is one of the strongest fighter in the fighting style Capoeira. He is the most determined fighter out of all of them since this fighting style has been in his family since the 1st Razel Hyoushi the founder of the clan. He is located in the Hyoushi clan village and on some of the day's if he is not busy with trying to help out his clan find missions. He takes the time to go to the Hyoushi clan school of Capoeira and give a helping hand in learning the moves.


Kenma Hyoushi (Age: 35)The Third of command in the Hyoushi Clan and brother to Razel, is consider to be almost as strong as his brother in the fighting style of Capoeira. Since he has anything to do in his village since his older brother take on most of the work .He takes his time watching over the genin of the village and teaches them not only beatbox's moves but the fighting style of Capoeira. When ever he is in the village he is found int he school of Capoeira but when he is not at the school he is either roaming the lands finding new students or training the ones he has.


Sasami Hyoushi (Age:32) She is well known in the Hyoushi Clan to be one of the strongest females that know Capoeira and are almost unbeatable. She is skilled to beat Razel and Kenma, but this is only a rumor since she has never fought Kenma or Razel. She was the Mestre of the local Capoeira school in the Hyoushi Clan. She stayed in their day in and day out till the death of her husband Dart came. Then she spent most her time wondering around, till she got over it and went back to the school to teach. then one day when she was teaching she came down with a terrible illness and was rushed to the hospital in Sound village. She is still in the sound village hospital with an illness that the doctors down know about and she is visited by her son Roy Hyoushi. She is still in the hospital not in the best condition to take students on but good enough to give them some pointers.


Dark (Age: 33) Dark is the best fighter when it comes to the style of combinations and trickery in the fighting style of the Capoeira. He was thought from Razel. But soon left after he had master the style and became a mestra. Unlike the most of them he is not from the hidden village of sound but he was a ninja from the hidden village of Stone. Dark was traveling around looking for the best fighting style he can find till one day he came across a fight. In the fight was Razel, Razel had used his Capoeira fighting skill which impressed Dark. For 3 years he trained under him to master the skill, Once he mastered it he sat out to teach the world about Capoeira. His location is hard to pin point since he moves to village to village never stopping to enjoy the scenery. He is also become very picky about who he teaches.


Fang Law (Age: 24) Fang was one of the people at a young age to master Capoeira in one year. He was found out in the forest by Kenma which was about the age of 20 around the time. He found a 9 year old boy who looked like he has been threw hell. Kenma took him back to the his village and took him to the leader of the clan Razel the 2nd. Which Razel accepted Fang into their clan. Kenma then trained fang in the style of Capoeira and was surprise that fang learned the moves faster then he could teach them. When one year passed Fang went to the razel the 2nd and told him he would want to leave to find out more about himself. Since the age of 10 Fang traveled the lands finding himself. From this day Fang is part of any villages and is not consider a ninja but if he had to be ranked as one he would be a A rank ninja. He is a lovely guy that takes on anyone for a students he is sometimes found at orphanages playing with the kids other then that he is a hard guy to track down. Some say he has a weak spot for kids without parents.


Lucien Drake Shitakuma (Age: 37) A Mestre of the fighting style known as Capoeira. Born and raised within the village Lucien was trained by one of the first who founded a clan located within the Sound country. This clan was known as the Hyoshi Clan. Staying around in the area of sound he learned the art of Capoeira for about Ten years, taking the time to perfect his movements and techniques. He is considered as one of the best within the art of Capoeira, but is considered as the third strongest within the Clan of Shitakuma. Usually wears baggy commando kaki's, black shinobi styled sandals, with a short, tight, black muscle shirt who is usually identified by wearing a Fedora hat along his head. Lucien stands about six foot even with white eyes for he can not see, and long black hair that is neatly tied in a pony tail who always bites down harshly along a dried string of grass, toothpick, or cigarette. When it comes to teaching the techniques he knows and loves, the person needs to show that they are worth and worthy in his eyes.


Black Waltz (Age: 38) Waltz was a man of few words when he first joined the school of Capoeira at the age of 15. He was known for his knowledge in combat and his tactician plans. At the age of 18 he mastered the arts of Capoeira. He was a force to be reckoned with. Only by chance he was able to become a Mestra, He was able to save on of the mestra from dying and with that he was promoted for his heroism. But unknown to them waltz was a cold hearted killer that wonder the lands finding the strongest people he can and fight them. The other Capoeira heard last he joined a group of missing nin and now lives in mist village as a shinobi hunter. Nothing much about waltz since all data is being blanked out of him.


Contra

Kenryoku Shitakuma (Age 28) (The First) A Contra of the fighting style known as Capoeira. This young woman was born in the Country of Rice Fields where the Hidden Village of Sound currently resides in. When she was a young woman that was when she found the art of Capoeira. Standing at a small height of five feet even, she enjoys the time to understand the human psychi in which she learns more of the human nature. Being a master of Water Jutsus as well as using the art of Capoeira she is considered as the fourth strongest within the Shitakuma Clan for she was trained under the Mestre named Lucien Drake Shitakuma. Her combinations and trickery is that close to those of the master, though she considers herself far from it. If one would wish to travel and train under her, they would perhaps need to do a great favor for her. Miss Kenryoku is mostly identified in wearing a kaki vest with a short spaghetti shirt that barely covers her belly button. Wearing the mastered styled Arm Guards, and Shin Guards with the signify of the clan, she wears netted stockings along with her black sandals. Her hair is short in placed with a small ponytail in a red ribbon. Eyes in the color of white with silky mid skin tone.


Sin Kayuga (Age: Unknown) A well known contra of the arts. Sin had almost mastered the arts of Capoeira at a young age of 15, Not the youngest but still pretty young to master the art's and be consider a contra when he was about 20 he was going to become a Mestre but suddenly disappeared. Some say that Sin joined up with a group of missing-nin from the village of mist and others say he is dead all is very unknown at this point of time.


Sierra (Age:29) A Known contra in the arts of Capoeira. During a young age Sierra had joined the group of Contra to hone her skills in tia since she is unable to use any Ninjutsu moves. Sierra had trained for 6 years in the art of contra till she was recognized from an outside force know as "Vigilante Saints" She joined the group with out ever being becoming a Mestra of the style. Then from that point on all knowledge of her disappeared of her as if she didn’t exist but she could be found in the hidden village of waterfall where she now lives in the hidden village of the Vigilante Saints.


Weapons:

Capoeira Shin Guards (Heavy)
Rank: Calouro-Batizado
Type: Main Weaponry
Effect: Used for Training, but mostly for protection along the newer recruits of the Capoeira style. Reasons why is to keep those who train in shape, increase speed, as well as increase the strength when sticking along the legs. Each guard are strapped along the shins to protect their legs for they are used the most in combat.
Special: These are special types that are mostly known for the Capoeira style. What is really known is the fact that they are used for those of Calouro-Batizado ranking for this would be best of training.
Drawback: ---
Description: Regular looking Shin guards. There is nothing truly special about them other then the fact that they are quite heavy by the massive thickness of metal that is attached to them. What is interesting about them is that there is about for strapping that wrap around the shin guards in a total of four times. The Shin guards all together weigh twenty pounds making it where their tai increases once every four posts depending on the description of the fighting or training.
Limit: None, but mostly known for the Capoeira Shin Guards
Cost 600 Ryo


Capoeira Arm Guards (Heavy)
Rank: Calouro-Batizado
Type: Main Weaponry
Effect: Used for Training, but mostly for protection along the newer recruits of the Capoeira style. Reasons why is to keep those who train in shape, increase speed, as well as increase the strength when sticking with their elbows and upper arms. They are also used to increase the strength so then when those of Capoeira style wish to use their complicated techniques, this helps out so that they do not let their back touch the ground. Each guard are strapped along the arms side to protect their arms.
Special: These are special types that are mostly known for the Capoeira style. What is really known is the fact that they are used for those of Calouro-Batizado ranking for this would be best of training.
Drawback: ---
Description: Regular looking Arm guards. There is nothing truly special about them other then the fact that they are quite heavy by the massive thickness of metal that is attached to them. What is interesting about them is that there is about for strapping that wrap around the side of the arm guards in a total of six times. The Arm guards all together weigh twenty pounds making it where their tai increases once every four posts depending on the description of the fighting or training.
Limit: None, but mostly known for the Capoeira Arm Guards
Cost 600 Ryo

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Capoeira Shin Guards (Mid)
Rank: Formado-Contra
Type: Main Weaponry
Effect: Used for Training, but mostly for protection along the newer recruits of the Capoeira style. Reasons why is to keep those who train in shape, increase speed, as well as increase the strength when sticking with their elbows and upper arms. They are also used to increase the strength so then when those of Capoeira style wish to use their complicated techniques, this helps out so that they do not let their back touch the ground. Each guard are strapped along the arms side to protect their arms. This is the second stage of Shin Guards so the weights decrease as well as speed.
Special: These are special types that are mostly known for the Capoeira style. What is really known is the fact that they are used for those of Formado-Contra ranking for this would be best of training.
Drawback:
Description: Regular looking Shin guards. There is nothing truly special about them other then the fact that they are quite heavy by the massive thickness of metal that is attached to them. What is interesting about them is that there is about for strapping that wrap around the shin guards in a total of four times. The Shin guards all together weigh fifteen pounds making it where their tai increases one every six posts.
Limit: None, but mostly known for the Capoeira Shin Guards
Cost 400 Ryo


Capoeira Arm Guards (Mid)
Rank: Formado-Contra
Type: Main Weaponry
Effect: Used for Training, but mostly for protection along the newer recruits of the Capoeira style. Reasons why is to keep those who train in shape, increase speed, as well as increase the strength when sticking with their elbows and upper arms. They are also used to increase the strength so then when those of Capoeira style wish to use their complicated techniques, this helps out so that they do not let their back touch the ground. Each guard are strapped along the arms side to protect their arms. This is the second stage of Arm Guards so the weights decrease as well as speed.
Special: These are special types that are mostly known for the Capoeira style. What is really known is the fact that they are used for those of Formado-Contra ranking for this would be best of training.
Drawback: ---
Description: Regular looking Arm guards. There is nothing truly special about them other then the fact that they are quite heavy by the massive thickness of metal that is attached to them. What is interesting about them is that there is about for strapping that wrap around the side of the arm guards in a total of six times. The Arm guards all together weigh fifteen pounds making it where their tai increases once every six posts depending on the description of the fighting or training.
Limit: None, but mostly known for the Capoeira Arm Guards
Cost 400 Ryo

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Capoeira Shin Guards (Light)
Rank: Mestre
Type: Main Weaponry
Effect: Used for Training, but mostly for protection along the newer recruits of the Capoeira style. Reasons why is to keep those who train in shape, increase speed, as well as increase the strength when sticking with their elbows and upper arms. They are also used to increase the strength so then when those of Capoeira style wish to use their complicated techniques, this helps out so that they do not let their back touch the ground. Each guard are strapped along the arms side to protect their arms. This is the third and final stage of Shin Guards so the weights decrease as well as speed for they are the masters.
Special: These are special types that are mostly known for the Capoeira style. What is really known is the fact that they are used for those of Mestre ranking for this would be best of training.
Drawback: ---
Description: Regular looking Shin guards. There is nothing truly special about them other then the fact that they are quite heavy by the massive thickness of metal that is attached to them. What is interesting about them is that there is about for strapping that wrap around the shin guards in a total of four times. The Shin guards all together weigh ten pounds making it where their tai increases one every eight posts.
Limit: None, but mostly known for the Capoeira Shin Guards
Cost 400 Ryo

[Giavi, Sté]

Perfect! Sté thought to himself as he ran up to the Capoeria Dojo. He looked around a bit unsure if he really wanted to go in. After shruging his shoulders, he decided to enter the dojo. Upon entrance, Sté was amazed to see all of the other students training with each other. Sté was happy that he didnt recognize anyone like he had in the Senbon Dojo. He stood there unsure of of who to talk to or where to go. Looking over to his left, Sté sees an older man practicing with a student. Ok, he's the oldest one around so he must be a master or something. Sté thought to himself as he approached the two. "Um, excuse me." Sté was a little nervous. The man ignored Sté and continued to finish up the practice runs with the student. Sté stood there and waited.

Another 30 minutes passed and the the two had finished. The man tunred to Sté. "Thank you for waiting, you've come to train no?"

"Oh, yes." Sté said while giving a bow. "Has a legal guardian escorted you here?" Sté was even more nervous then before. "Uh, no sir. I live on my own." The man gave a curious look. "How old are you?" "Fifteen sir." Sté bowed again trying to be as polite as possible, he really wanted to be accepted for once in his life. "Wait here." The man said while walking to a room down the hall. Sté stood there with a slight look of dissapointment and frustration on his face. He knew that he was wasting his time. "Great, for all I know, this expensive looking place might have a monthly tuition attached to it." He thought to himself. The man came back with a uniform and a green belt. Sté's heart began to race. "Change into these clothes and join the students over there." The man pointed to a group of students that were practicing the basic fighitng stance/dance of Capoeria. Sté bowed his head. "Thank you sir." "Cheif instructor from now on." The man said as he walked off. Sté shrugged his shoulders and walked into a dressing room and changed his clothes. He tied the belt tightly around his waiste. "I hope I know what the hell Im doing." Sté exited the changing room and quickly joined the other students who were practicing the dance like fighting style. There was a much older student that was facing and demonstarting the style for them. "Weird." Sté though to himself as he bagan to copy the moves by moving his left leg back and his right arm forward and his right leg back and his left arm forward in a mechanicle motion. It felt weird but it was fun.

The cheif instructor came towards Sté and the other students. He motioned for Sté to come with him. Sté followed the man curious as to why he was interuppted. The two approached another student who was practing all kinds of flips and kicks. Sté wasnt too surprised with his performance though. "I can do that." Sté thought to himself as thecheif instructor called his name. "Yvan."

Yvan stopped, turned and bowed. "Show our new student Sté around. Start the basics with him." Yvan bowed again. "Yes cheif instructor." The instructor walked away again. Weirdly enough, Sté didnt remember ever telling his name to anyone but he ignored it because there was a bigger problem. Sté automatically recognized Yvan as one of the students who sort of bullied him back at the mist academy. "How have you bee?' Yvan asked. "Fine." Sté said while following him. "First and foremost we start and end the day with working out our lower and upper body. Balance and form is crucial. Without it, its nearly impossible to do anything right. Believe me, I had to learn the hard way." Sté noded to what Yvan was saying. "So, lets just continue with what you were doing earlier and Ill persoanlly teach some of my own tricks afterwards." Sté had no idea why this jerk who use to pick on him was being nice all of the sudden.

In the process of learning

Ginga
Type: Taijutsu
Rank: D rank
Effect: None
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: The ginga (literally: rocking back and forth; to swing) is the fundamental movement in Capoeira. To accomplished this stance is by maintaining both feet approximately shoulder-width apart and then moving one foot backwards and then back to the base. This movement is done to prepare the body for other movements.
The rest of the body is also involved in the ginga: coordination of the arms (in such a way as to prevent the body from being kicked), torso (many core muscles may be engaged depending on the player's style), and the leaning of the body (forward and back in relation to the position of the feet; the body leans back to avoid kicks, and forward to create opportunities to show attacks). The overall movement should match the rhythm of the person.
Limit: Only a Mestra or a Contra can teach a Calouro these moves. Which most are found in the their schools were they teach the Calouro, the most school are in the hidden village of the Hyoushi Clan. The rest of them wonder around.

[Giavi, Sté]

"So, how long do we have to keep this up for?" Sté asked with a slight look of bordom on his face. "Tired already?" Yvan responded. He smiled at Sté but, Sté wasn't amused at all. He was ready to move on. "This is exactly why I train myself." He thought to himself while continuing the Ginga. "Nope I'm not tired, just bored out of my mind, that's all." Yvan glared at Sté, feeling as if he was weak and lazy. "Look, this stuff doesn't come easy. It takes years of practice and hard work." Sté rolled his eyes at Yvan. "Your just saying that cause I trounced your sorry behind again and again back at the Academy." Sté was definately trying to push Yvan's buttons. Yvan smirked slightly to Sté's statement. "You think your so perfect and naturally gifted don't you?" Sté shrugged his shoulders in a non chalant manner. "Well, perfect is one thing. I however am not naturally gifted. My father trained me." Yvan smiled. "Yeah, before he tried to escape the village and was killed for treason. "Treason?" Sté said with confusion. "What do you think this is, the Land of Fire? Last time checked people seem to do whatever the hell they want around here". Yvan looked over ast Sté.

"Like this?"

Yvan spins around while ducking low and sweeps his foot right into Sté's ankle. Sté didn't see this coming. He gasped slightly while his ankle was easily kicked. Sté lost his balance went into the air and landed roughly on his back. Yvan stood over him with a smile of victory on his face. Sté was furious but he played the part. "I see what's going on here, since your the higher ranking student, its crucial for you to keep a sense of order towards the lower ranks like me." Yvan turned away. "Nope, that was just pay back for humiliating me at the Academy." Sté got up to his feet and dusted himself off. "Well, all in all, authory figures have never been to my liking. Watch yourself Yvan, I only play by my rules." Sté continues the fighting stance with his new rival Yvan. "So much for nice. As if I need kindness anyways." Sté thought to himself.

He would take a quick breather after practing...

[Giavi, Sté]

Upon re-entering into the dojo, Sté saw all of the students sitting on the floor and listening to a very tall, intimidating man speak. Sté casually made his way to the dressing room without even aknowledging the fact that there was an important meeting going on. His mind was on other things; upcoming exams, his slightly distant team mates. He couldn't possibly be any more anxious then he was now. After changing, he exited the small room and bumped into someone. It was Yvan. He whispered with
anger. "Are you trying to get yourself thrown out of here?!" Sté
frowned at him. "What the hell do you care?" he tried to walk around Yvan but he grabbed him by his collar and pulled him close. "Just in case you didn't know, it my ass who's on the line when you mis behave." Sté smirked with amusment. "That's odd, I don't remember asking for a baby sitter. Is there any reason in particular why I'm geting such special teatment?" Yvan shook his head. "Beats me, I'm just following orders." Sté rolls his eyes and pushes Yvan back so that his collar was free from his grasp. "Your pathetic, following orders and such. Where's your sense of dignity?" Yvan stared at Sté as he walked past him and joined the rest of the students. The man that was giving his speech watched Sté as he sat down.

"Ah, how very nice of you to grace us with you presence Giavi." Sté found it disturbing that this man knew his last name. He played it cool though. "Sarcasm, that's cool." The man glared at Sté. Sté rubbed his nose while absent mindeldy looking around. "You missed a very important speech. And the consequences are double the amount of training." Sté shrugged his shoulders. "Bring it." The man nodded slightly. "That will be all." He walked back into his office and the students got back
up and continued their training. Yvan approached Sté. "This way." Yvan lead Sté to a isolated dark training room. "Nobody has been in this place for a long time." Sté was a bit surprised. "What about you?" Yvan shook his head. "Nope, only experts train in here. I have a long way to go, you however....." Sté was confused. "Me what......Yvan, what exactly is going on around here. That big guy that was talking knew my last name. How is it that everyone knows my name with out asking first?"
Yvan switched on the lights to the room. The room was as long as a football field and completely empty, except for the numerous holes in the walls, floor and ceiling. "The hell?!" Sté shouted. Yvan sighed to himself. "This doesn't look like much but its very easy to become over whelmed. If you look closely, the diameter of the holes are just wide enough for a-" Sté cuts him off. "Kunai to fit through." Yvan nods. "Yes. The objective is to reach the end of the room and obtain that scroll and come back alive with the least amount of harm done to the body." Yvan points to the scroll at the very end of the room. The scroll was placed on a self that was nailed high onto the wall. "This room is actually a huge machine. Upon pulling this switch, the automated system behind the walls will launch kunai through each and every hole. One at a time or all at once." Sté checked to see exactly how the holes were patterned from one another. "So, this is my punishment for missing the speech.?" Sté asked. Yvan nodded. "Yes." Sté smiled. "Well then, I guess I will miss speeches from now on." Yvan was surprised at Sté blind courage. "This is the perfect opprotunity for practicing my after image effect." Yvan nodded in approval. "Watched and be amazed, Yvan." Sté said while
placing himself at the starting point.

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Sugizou
Rank: “C”
Skill: TaiJutsu
Effect: Creates an After Image of Self
Special: ---
Drawback: Can only be done ten times a day after learned due to abuse within Muscles, but each time trained one may do more and more. The user is only capable of making one at a time.
Description: The after image technique is the technique that allows the user to move side to side with extreme speed and towards a general direction creating an after image of the person. When learning this technique a person may only do Ten after images per day. If one wishes goes more then this number tissue has a chance to rip and tear. To be able to do more then ten per day one they must train for each again to create one more. This is the basis techniques for all techniques that may consist or deal with moves that deal with the After Image. This means that if a user wishes to know a technique that uses an after image they must have knowledge of this technique as well. Depending on how many after images a user uses within a technique is dependent on how many times this technique is known.
Limit: Universal Technique

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Yvan had no faith in Sté, he knew that Sté wouldn't survive this
seemingly impossible test. Countless people have died trying. Yvan reached over and pulled down the switch, the test began. "Whenever your ready." Sté could hear the machines behind the walls power up. He was geting more and more excited. He jumped up and down while stretching a bit. "Ok, kunai to my left, kunai to my right, kunai above and below me.
The holes on the floor is what I need to watch first, I have to keep moving or I'm dead." The kunai were flying out of the holes, at a very fast rate. Sté was taken by surprise a bit at the speed of the kunai. "You don't have to do this Sté." Sté ignored Yvan. "No need to act nice Yvan, its just embarassing." Yvan smiled. Sté gathered chakra into his arms and legs, once he saw the opprotunity to leap into the death trap, he went for it. Sté actually dove in head first. He felt the kunai whizz right past every part of his body. Before he landed, he placed on hand on the ground and performed a one handed, hand stand. The kunai kept coming, Sté hit the splits, spun around on one shoulder and rolled up to his feet. Without time to waste, Sté was eaning back and forth while leaving after images of himself behind. pon watching him, it looked as if he was moving at an incredible high, hich he was. Sté, using his flexability, bent his body forward into a one handed cart wheel and follwed with two, two hand back flips. After the second flip, he bounced himself into the air while using the after image effect, the front side of his body was facing the ceiling. "Sté focused more chakra into his the bottom of his feet and placed both on the ceiling so that he was haning upside down. He had realized that there were less holes higher up. He took a couple of akward looking leaps and decided to let himself fall from the ceiling because it took more chakra for him to focus chakra the way he was doing. Right when he hit the floor, he rolled and flipped himself onto his feet. He took a quick glance and was hardly half way to the scroll. Sté had to conserve his chakra more. He ducked and spun around while performing one backflip. After that, he hit the spits and his cheek was cut slightly. Sté frowned and picked up the pace.

Yvan was watching with much amazment and entertainment. He had never seen anyone get this far. Other students began to crowd around and watch Sté. It was unusual to hear the action from the room last as long as it had.

Sté just wanted to reach the scroll before his chakra was all used up. He used the after image effect again and took a track runner's leap and once his right foot hit the ground, he used the after image effect again and followed with a difficult corkscrew kind of aerial. The kunai went right past Sté perfectly. By now, Sté was more then half way to the scroll which addded to his confidence. There was still one problem though, the amount of holes and the speed of the kunai increased as he got closer to the scroll. Sté would be forced to use nearly all of his chakra once the scroll was obtained.

After Sté made the corkscrew flip, he incresed the amount of chakra in his arms and legs. By now, he was feeling more and more comfortable with using the after image effect right at the perfect moment.

Sté used the same flip pattern as last time: one cart wheel, two back flips. After the second backflip, leaped into the air and performed a series of upside down spins and turns, he woiuld again use the after image effect. His only issue this time was that it became harder to predict which kunai would be coming athim because the amount of holes incresed.

Sté felt a cut on his right shoulder, a cut on his leg and a cut on
his back. At least he was fast enough to prevent himself from getting stabbed. Sté was only a couple of feet away. He leaped once, performed one back flip. He dodged to the side as a kunai came down at him. Just as soon as he dodged, he bent over to his left side as a kunai flew right past his neck from the front while one went over him from the left. He dove and hit a roll. He was right in front ofthe scroll but it was placed high up ona shelf.

Sté focused his chakra into his feet and ran up the wall. He reached and grabbed the scroll. To his surprise, behind the scroll was another hole. A kunai would then shot out of the hole and for Sté's forehead. Sté was one step ahead though, he hit a backflip with the after image effect, in order to avoid the kunai. Yvan tightened his fist in
excitment. The students around him began to cheer. "Who is that kid?" "Is he new?" The students were asking Yvan a ton of questions, but he ignored them. From observing Sté's face, he was exausted. Maybe he was in over his head after all. His chakra was nearly gone, but Sté didn't care. Just as soon as he began to make his way back, the machanics behind the walls
could be heard coming to a hault. Yvan looked over and saw the master of the dojo standing right beside him with his hand on the switch.

Sté looked around and then at the entrance. "What the?!" Sté was furious. "Hey! I'm kinda training here if you don't mind!" The man looked at Yvan and then back at Sté. "This party is over, you fail." Sté was confused. "I what?!" Yvan bowed towards his master. "Please sir, Sté did all that he could." "No, excuses, the last thing I need is another death on my hands." The master walks off. Sté begins to walk back. "What of load of crap! I was so close too. This place is a joke! I have never been sooooooo insulted in all my life!" Sté kept ranting on and on. Yvan prayed for him to stop. "I mean, how are any of the softies around here supposed to get any stronger when the higher authorities are too siiiiiiiiiiissy enough for them to do anything!?" "Sté! Not now!" Yvan shouted. "Just rest a bit ok?" Sté looked at Yvan. "Tch! Rest? Listen to me Yvan, there's plenty time for rest when....." Sté passes out from using too much of his chakra. He had used the after image effect 5 times