Training with Z (x2)

[JiMmIyZ - Hel]

[Enter]

Walking about in the Leaf Village Amarante couldn't help but stiffle a yawn. SHe was so board with everything, nothing seemed to interest her anymore. She carried with her the wakizashi blade, the kyuushi blade, and her crossbow. Her attire consisted of a black tank top that showed off her stomach and made her breasts rather visible while still leaving enough to the imagination, as well as some long black yoga pants. Her feet were bare. Finding her way to a park in the Leaf she sat down by a bench and sighed. If only something interesting were to happen to her today.

[zarak729]

Great...a park!
Always a great place to train Genjutsu on unsuspecting children! The non-dangerous ones of course. The Kedoin would wind through the people, adults and children alike, looking for a good spot to sit. Clothed in his usual garb, a kimono covered with a black hooded cloak, running shoes and a buttbag which was empty, seeing as bringing weapons to a kids park couldn't end well.

After a minute of searching the Kedoin found a good spot, on a bench next a big breasted female and without shoes. Judging by the weapons she was sporting it would be safe to say she was a shinobi. Ah well, couldn't always find an empty bench could he?

"Mind if I take a seat?"

[JiMmIyZ - Hel]

Eccentric Specialist – (Know and Acting)
Rank: "C" Always 20 Training Points
Skill: Supplementary
Effect: User is focused in an unusual area of study for a member of the user's profession.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: Choose any 2 Skills. These skills the user may gain an extra +1 per die roll when learning the skill and the user gains a +5 insight bonus on all checks with these skills. The user can learn this technique multiple times. Its effects do not stack. Each time the user selects this technique it applies to a new set of skills.
Limit: Must learn from Universal Miscellaneous.

0/20

Noticing some boy walking around the park Amarante's interest was peeked. Now this was somewhat interesting, a shinobi of the Leaf, his headband giving him away. Now just what was he doing here? Probably park like things but still Amarante was curious and sized him up. A simple way of learning about someone was watching the way they walked. Those trained in Taijutsu had a better gait than those not trained in it so by observing how he placed his feet she was able to tell if her was a taijutsu user or not. His gate was rather poor, his feet cleft at awkward and unskilled angles, however so she was able to surmise that he was not proficient with the use of taijutsu and that his movement capability was only about a four while hers was at a ten if not higher. She could literally run circles around this guy if she wanted to. Now just how strong was he she wondered? She took a guess first off, looking this time at his eyes, wondering just what power lies beyond them. She took a guess at his strength being at a C class shinobi as his eyes held a firm but weaker aura about him. She was able to confirm this as she used her sensor abilities to verify her guess but just what were his specialties now if not Taijutsu? Medical, Ninjutsu, Genjutsu?

She had to know so as he approached and asked for a seat she introduced herself to him. "Greetings young one, I am Mable the Magician!" she lied, but she wanted to know more about him. She acted as if she were someone else, a magician, and her attitude was fitting. Hyper, and eccentric. All you would expect from a struggling magician on the street. Bursting from her seat she twirled on one foot and spoke in a chipper tone. “Care to take a seat and be amazed?” She never allowed him to give a proper answer and immediately went on to perform for him, her act all improvised. She in her hands created sparks of fire that would ignite themselves into small balls of fire, which she juggled for his entertainment. She threw them up, starting with three and then, upon performing a few tricks where she threw them under her leg moved onto throwing four at once. “Now this has got to get you excited now huh?!” she exclaimed but she wasn’t done yet. “This is nothing though just wait.” Her act wasn’t finished quite just yet, she was sticking to this magician performance for a little longer. As she hadn’t learnt anything quite yet. Throwing the fire juggling balls about under her leg and jumping up and down with them she moved on with the performance and initiated the next act.

Throwing the balls up high into the air Amarante would watch and track Zakari’s eyes as she did. She wanted to know just how well he could keep up with them. This would give her a few more hints as to what his specialty was. It wouldn’t be quite enough however the next ‘act’ surely would. “Here we go!” she cried as Mable continued with the next act. Forming a few hand signs she was sure to keep track of Zakari’s reactions before inhaling quite heavily and blowing fire from her mouth. The fire she blew created a large dragon that flew though the park, around trees, and then quickly gobbled up the falling balls of fire she had created before circling the sky once more and disappearing. “Tada!” ‘Mable’ cried as she finished her performance. “Now just how was that, great huh?!” confident that she had him enthralled, but probably didn’t, with her performance Amarante decided to take it a little further and continued to pretend she was Mable. “Now, now you know is customary to reward a street performer after they put on a show, right? You wouldn’t want to break customs, right?” She set her hand forward looking for some sort of payment though regardless she wouldn’t actually take it.

Instead she would grasp at his hand, if he offered it and read his palms. A Medic would have very still hands, if he had still hands it would be obvious he was a medical shinobi. As she expected he had still hands though on top of that she felt that they were rough so he had been using them but not for taijutsu. Fire or Earth style techniques came to mind and she settled on Earth as he wasn’t ‘charred’ in the same way Fire users were. She felt as well that he had figured her out from word one as well. So his abilities were a medical and genjutsu specialist, genjutsu users were always great a ferreting out lies, with some Earth jutsu to act as back up for these talents. Interesting. ”Seeing as though you’ve probably already figured me out, my name is Amarante and no, I’m not a magician though I’d make a great one wouldn’t you say?”

[Deleted]

+20; Learned.

[zarak729]

Okay...not the way he had been hoping this was gonna go. A Magician? Could he really have been so off at his guess that she was a shinobi? Pondering this the Kedoin took a seat on the bench and allowed himself to be amazed, watching with an observant yet skeptical eye. The training could wait a bit.

Truth be told this was the first time he had actually seen a Magician in practice. He was not disappointed, he had held his breath as the fireballs were juggled with such dexterity and finesse just a short distance away from his person. Then thrown up in the sky as the 'Magician' exhaled a dragon made of fire which proceeded to swallow up the goblets of fire and then disappear. Not a bad way to end the show. When the 'Magician' asked for payment the Genin indignantly raised his right hand, palm open and facing forward, no doubt to interject with a reason as for him not to pay but it seemed that his palm was all she needed. Grabbing hold of it she offered a palm reading. Like seriously? After asking for payment she immediately offered him a palm reading knowing he probably wouldn't pay for it either.

By this time he was letting her indulge in whatever she wanted to do, not speaking up until she was done. Finally she admitted it. Her name was Amarante and she wasn't a Magician. "Yeah it was kind of obvious. Magic isn't really real. It was mostly Fire Release right? Most Magicians tricks these days can be reproduced with Ninjutsu and Genjutsu. You could even pull a bunny out of a hat using a Summoning Technique. Maybe next time offer the palm reading before asking for payment and do the juggling act next. But I guess its moot seeing as you got what you wanted. Were you trying to get a read on me or something?"

_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_

--/20 TP

As he said those words his hands were busy with other things. Now that the show was over his attention was diverted back to the task at hand. Genjutsu training. Having already gotten a feel for Phantasm type Genjutsus it was time he branched out to a different perception. Pattern Perception type Genjutsus were different from Phantasms in the way that everyone in range could distinguish the illusion, though not all experience the effects. They affected the mind and were able to cause a variety of physiological symptoms such as dizziness, nausea and the higher ranked ones, instantaneous death.

It wouldn't go as far as that though, he thought as he wove the handseals, he only meant to touch the basics of this Perception. Building up a good deal of chakra the Kedoin held out his outstretched arm, directly infront were a bunch of children, playing away without a care in the world. With a mental signal the abundance of chakra he had gathered in his arm was projected from his hand in a cone pattern, catching some nearby parents in range by accident as well. Right now everyone caught in the blast was being engulfed by his chakra as it seeped into their body, their underdeveloped and practically non existent chakra systems providing negligible resistance. From there they produced changes in the nervous system and the connection of nerves between the eyes and the brain as well. 

Most Pattern Genjutsu was based on the sense of sight, the premature one he intended to test on these kids was of the same kind. A few seconds after his casting the children looked like they were experiencing the first of the effects. A small orb, faded into existence before their very eyes, hovering a few inches from the ground. It was visible to only him and those caught up in cone of chakra he had released. One by one the kids and even a few adults, diverted their attention to the red orb and surrounded it cautiously, after all it could be something dangerous. However soon there was a kid coming closer, filled with curiosity, his hand outstretched. As soon as his finger met the orb though it vanished, it was a premature Illusion after all and he didn't really expect it to hold so easily.

This time he was going to go for something different yet along the same lines. The handseals he wove were a bit similar to the last set however a bunch of extra seals were added as well to maximize the range of the upcoming Illusion. The amount of chakra he accumulated was far greater this time as the range was going to be as well, not to mention the greater amount of people who would be affected. So by the time he wove his last seal the majority of his chakra reserves spread out from his body, covering a few meters around his seat and putting thrice as many more people under the influence of the Genjutsu than last time. For a second the world faded to black at the mere attempt of casting such a powerful Genjutsu but he managed to stave off the tendrils of unconsciousness to witness the fruit of his labor.

There was a red orb floating a few inches of the ground, directly infront of him. And a leaf green orb not too far from that. A yellow orb just lazily floating a meter away. Orbs of various colors had appeared all over the park, well not all over but within the immediate vicinity. The gasps and shrieks soon turned into oohs and aaahs as children and adults watched the spectacle with wonder and amazement. The cornucopia of colored spheres did not stay there, slowly starting to drift away into the sky, signalling the imminent end of the Genjutsu, not lasting long before fading away as soon as they reached an appropriate height. A hush fell over the crowd as everyone watched the scene in silence, which lasted only until the last violet orb had faded away, after which they burst into applause for the unknown person who had treated them to such an uncommon albeit beautiful treat.

_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_

Training:

SPOILER: Click to show

Pattern Perception
Rank: "C"
Skill: GenJutsu
Effect: Jutsu allows the user to perform Pattern Perceptions.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: Patterns, like Figments and Glamours, produce sensory impressions, and everyone within range perceives the same thing. Patterns contain an additional, mind-affecting element, and they can cause real, physiological effects. All patterns are Mind-Affecting Jutsus. While everyone sees a color spray, only some of those within the cone actually deal with its effects. Note: that a particular sense is required for patterns to have an effect. Sightless creatures ignore Color Spray, for instance. If you want multiple subjects to be affected by what they see, and you do not care if everyone perceives it happening, pattern might be a good choice.
Limit: ---

[JiMmIyZ - Hel]

Toughness
Rank: "C" Always 30 Training Points
Skill: Supplementary
Effect: User has enhanced physical stamina.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: User gains +3 Armour Points. Every Class Level the user gains an additional +4 Armour Points.
Limit: Must learn from Universal Miscellaneous.


0/30

Whilst she wasn't aware just what he was doing Amarante did notice the hand signs and it confirmed that he was a genjutsu user. It appeared as though his actions were to entertain the crowd, as if her performance wasn't enough. Not that it ever mattered to her at any rate. Amarante had little experience performing genjutsu but her abilities in countering it were up to par, she at least was far from affected by the little show he was putting on. She was more about the physical arts, taijutsu was a favourite pass time of hers. Her prowess with it was great, and she hardly knew any of the special tricks. Her katana use for instance was simply reacting, using her own speed and strength against her opponents. She had gained this advantage over most people with strict regime and daily training. She pushed herself to the extremes forcing herself through relentlessly drawing and sheathing her blade for hours at a time, over and over again. She'd practice this every morning upon waking, drawing again and again until her arms were numb.

On top of this it was a shinobi's duty to train themselves for endurance regularly as well but that wasn't enough for her. She would regularly run a distance that even a mega distance athlete would be impressed by. Mostly her training would be leaping through the trees for hours at a time, leaping through the land of Fire during patrols for instance, turning work into exercise as she ventured through the country side, she found herself developing it to be quite a habit. That said she was unable to simply allow this to be her only training for endurance as there were many different kinds of environments she had to be able to last in. For instance there were a lot of open plains in the land of Grass which she would need to be able to move quickly in so she made sure to involve a lot of field running into her training. Not to mention the deserts of the land of Wind. Running in sand was tough on the ankles but so long as she kept up a good prehabilitation routine she found that she was able to incorporate it into her training very efficiently and strive within the desert environment. It was hot though.

For someone of her size as well however, strength was very important else she would be over powered in a battle very quickly. To this end resistance training was important as she practice lifting boulders off the ground and over her head routinely. That wasn't all though, part of being strong was being able to take a hit and on this end she had two forms of training. The first was simple strike training where she would have training partners strike her with bamboo blades. At first it was just bamboo blades and at first it hurt a bunch however as she got used to the strikes, becoming more resistant to them, she moved onto being strike with wooden swords.While harder to get used to as well she found that after a while she was capable of being struck hard enough for the swords to break after being swung. She was at the level of a professional fighter, her muscles and bones could withstand strike hard enough to disable others but that still wasn't enough for her.

She improved upon this by being struck with steel beams, the first time she tried this she was hospitalised due to the force of the strike and the density of the instrument. She wasn't deterred however and quickly returned to the training type, constantly being struck with more and more force until it was as if she were herself made of metal. It took months to reach this level and the bruises were painful. The human body was not meant for this kind of abuse but she fought it and eventually adapted, becoming almost super human. Bludgeoning weapons still had an effect on her however it was a reduced effect thanks to her training. She was able to now bend the metal she was struck with rather than break and welt. Her body was a capable force. Even masters of taijutsu recognised that her efforts were comparable to the natural talent possessed by other fighters and form practitioners. It made her powerful, it made her though.

This guy was not tough however, the opposite more over. He seemed fragile in comparison to her. "I'm afraid my palm reading doesn't exactly work like you would think. I don't get whims of the future or anything of the sort. It only tell me of the present, your present condition actually. Nothing to magical, unlike that Genjutsu of yours. Interesting little trick, you seem to have everyone mezmorised. Seriously though, I had a giant dragon of fire. You'd think I'd get a bit more of a reaction wouldn't you think, eh?" the crowd had not paid nearly as much attention to her dragon as they did to Zakari's genjutsu. Honestly, you'd think they would. "Wouldn't bother trying that genjutsu on me by the way. Genjutsu of that level has no affect"

[KoKoKo]

+20

each

[zarak729]

"Ah well. I suppose dragons aren't all that interesting or maybe that Genjutsu was a bit too mesmerizing. Its not like I was trying to affect anyone with them though, I was just exploring another branch of Genjutsu. The way you said it won't affect you makes me think you have a very high Genjutsu resistance. You a Chuunin here or something?" Tired yet satisfied from the exertion would the Kedoin lean back in the bench, giving himself time to regain a decent modicum of chakra before continuing on with his training. 

_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_

Training: 

SPOILER: Click to show

Enchantment Perception
Rank: "B"
Skill: GenJutsu
Effect: Jutsu allows the user to perform Enchantment Perceptions.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: Enchantments affect the mind and cause the recipient to think and act in ways that the subject would not do otherwise. Jutsus from this Perception always have the mind-affecting descriptor. Consequently, Enchantments affect only creatures (and not all creatures). Enchantments are the "catch" all Jutsus that do not follow in the "Charm", nor "Compulsion" category and are the prerequisite Perception before moving into the 2 more advanced Perceptions.
Limit: Must know Pattern Perception and Phantasm Perception.

Spoiler:

SPOILER: Click to show

OOC: God help me, my first B rank

--/70 TP

Enchantment type Perceptions were a branch of Genjutsu in a league of their own. Having learned the basics of the prerequisite Pattern and Phantasm Perceptions would allow him to finally perform Genjutsu of the Enchantment type. The main effect of Enchantment Genjutsus were that they could be used to manipulate the behavior of those they were cast upon. From inspiring senseless rage to instilling an addiction to fortifying mental strength, one would be hard pressed to find an accomplished Genjutsu user without a couple of Enchantment Genjutsus. And Zakari was planning to stock up on every Enchantment technique within his reach.

Enough time had lapsed, his chakra levels were within acceptable limits for another bout. The target this time? There was a child sleeping, his head on his mothers lap, on the bench to the right. Brown curls framing a rotund face that had an expression of blissful slumber, the maternal unit peacefully reading a fashion magazine, none too likely to notice the following antics of the Kedoin. The goal was simple, awaking the child using Genjutsu. Not really impressive nor cool in any way but still, he had to start somewhere right? Lets see, how would he go about accomplishing this feat. He was only used to casting Genjutsu on targets that were awake so the Genin was left to contemplate for a short duration, coming up with a plan of action.

Coming up with something plausible didn't take long. Molding chakra and folding handseals Zakari tried to convey the his intention into the Genjutsu he was about to cast. 'Awaken' 'Wake' 'Wake up'. Building up the chakra and preparing to release it he realized that due to the unstable nature of the Genjutsu he couldn't control it to aim at only the child, the mother would be affected as well. Seeing as she was already awake then there should be no adverse effects of the technique on her, at least that was what he hoped as the final seal was woven. The build up chakra was released and instantly assaulted the mother-child pair, seeping into their body, conveying his instructions. All the while Zakari watched on eagerly with his peripheral vision.

The infant would stir in his sleep, yawning, and then raising his arm to rub his tiny, puffy face. For a moment he was lost in the cuteness of the babies face before realizing that his Genjutsu had failed. Turning over on its side the baby resumed its nap, plopping his thumb into his mouth, only adding to its cuteness level. The mother seemed quite unaffected, just as he had hoped. Yet he still hadn't succeeded, the angel faced baby was still asleep. He needed to try another approach and soon two words jumped out at him from the dark depths of his consciousness that may have proved to be the answer to his problem. Hypnick jerk. To those unfamiliar with the term it is better known as the 'falling sensation' one experiences while asleep.

Having some knowledge of this involuntary twitch Zakari got to work. The physical symptoms of hypnic jerks included increased heartbeat, rapid breathing, sweating and the mental part was the 'feeling of falling'. Incorporating all those symptoms into his next set of seals his chakra build up once more before rushing towards the pair on the nearby bench. This time the results were instantaneous, the chakra besieged and took control of their nerves, firing off impulses to produce the symptoms he wanted to induce. Twitching slightly for a millisecond before waking up with a crying tantrum, little tears forming at the corner of his cute eyes. His mothers attention turned towards him, with a little jump, confused as to why her child suddenly started bawling for no apparent reason. As she tried to hush him back to sleep, the cries of the babe not receding anytime soon, Zakari suddenly felt like an ass. He didn't really hurt the pair in anyway, just inconvenience them a little bit, still the feeling that he just did a really shitty thing didn't look like it was gonna fade away anytime soon...

[JiMmIyZ - Hel]

20/30

Comparing me to your average chuunin is somewhat insulting"[/colour] the teen jeered. She was far above that of your average chuunin, she was a former Hokage, and the current Police Chief. She was something to be reckoned with. She recalled on several occassion she had proven this, the first was when she was twelve. Kidnapped by former Mist Ninja she was held captive, beaten, and raped for weeks on end. This, while at the time being extremely weakening, in the end forged her to be a weapon. It gave her body, upon being healed by the ever so capable Gosei, an edge over the others. It made her much stronger. Capable of taking more hits, capable of lasting longer from the drugs they had continuously pumped her with to keep her held down. The next majuor occurance was the chuunin exams. A time when she needed strength beyond all she could muster, she was stricken with the poorest of luck and before the games began her leg was shattered. There were no take backs or do overs with the chuunin exams however. She was forced to toughen up and keep going or die. They were her only options and considering that she was still here today. She chose the former.

There were two other occasions she was put to the test as well. The KMP revolt. This was a challenging time for her, still a fresh faced genin with little experience she was met with unfortunate circumstances as a result of her inexperience. She was forced to learn a valuable lesson that day. The lesson of humility. A tough lesson for her to learn, it was her own actions that forced it upon her. She took it in stride however and she was made strong for it. Her training routine since then was relentless to ensure she was never caught off guard by that again. Swinging her blade until she couldn't even grip it anymore. Performing water jutsu, and lightning jutsu, until she passed out. She even sought out taijutsu masters from around the world and fought with them, her blood ran like a river on those days but she was still here. The bruises, the broken bones, the utter defeat. It all made her stronger upon healing. It made her a weapon, she held no gender anymore.

She watched the genin as he tried to enchant a child. It was rather amusing really, reminded her of Gosei though he was a master this kid couldn't even enchant a new born into sleeping. Even though it was. She continued to monitor his progress and give notes where she felt she needed. "Genjutsu usually starts by affecting the sense, touch, sight, sound, and taste. You can use these sense to teach yourself the basic before moving onto the more difficult ones later on" she advised, crossing her arms and continuing to monitor his progress.

[Father 'Suke]

Z - +20; 20|70
Jim - +10; learned

[zarak729]

"Thanks for the advice, I'll keep it in mind next time I try it," speaking those words he got off the bench, stretching. Pressing matters had to be attended to back at his domicile."Unfortunately I have to run, I have been meaning to organize my stuff. Weapons and gadgets have been piling up in the my bedroom, just the other day I stepped on some caltrops. Not something I'm willing to experience again. I'll see you later then. Bye!"

And with a little wave the Kedoin set off to organize the collection of weapons, gadgets, knick- knacks, doo-dads and ding-a-loo's back home...

[JiMmIyZ - Hel]

[Exit]