To Be...Invisible [T][P]

[Inoryu]

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    Inoryu was laughing exuberantly. He let his arms out like a little kid and ran among the space, his fantastical creation that was his own. He had forgotten though, just for a second, that it was snow he was running on, and he saw himself in the illusion, running, and then slipping under the bright sun and landing face first in grass hard as snow, "Ow..." That sucked... 
    He was laughing again as he stood up straight, and soon the pain in his stomach subsided. He laughed some more, he saw it all according to his sense of humor. He couldn't stop giggling, he felt like a child. He calmed his breathing. I'm on an important mission. Though he had a plan, it wouldn't be implemented until the night time after he had spent the day training. He would make his village, the Kusakage, and his parents proud. 
   
    The cold was still evermore present. Even though he was in the grand illusion that he created, he immediately dispelled it. He had been standing in a beacon for predators during the illusion. Any creature with eyes could've seen what he had done to the place. He felt safer in the snow. It was definitely more clandestine. But he had to admit, it was fun while it lasted. He had never had so much fun before in his life, and at such a circumstantial time. He was out and away from his village for a mission for the first time. This was also the longest time he had been on a mission. He was also in the Land of Rain for the first time. He has seen snow for the first time, and has been training in it ferociously. All while focusing on a new Illusory Focus: The Glamour Perception, for the first time. Why is it now that I have so much joy with so many firsts? Or is happiness constantly trying something new?  It was also the first time he has tripped. Ever. 

[Madame Loki]

~Learned

[Inoryu]

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Illusion Focus

//Glamour, 5th time

Rank: "C" (Special, See Description)

Skill: Supplementary

Effect: User has gained mastery over the use of Illusionism.

Special: ---

Drawback: May learn at a maximum of 6 times,

Description: Each time learned the user gains 1 extra point to their Jutsu against the opponent's save for the Illusionary Perceptions (Figment, Glamour, Pattern, Phantasm, and Shadow). When the user learns this technique the 1st 2 times they train it as a regular "C" Rank Jutsu. When the user learns this technique the 2nd 2 times they train it as a "C" Rank Jutsu +10 Training Points. When the user learns this technique the 3rd 2 times they train it as a "C" Rank Jutsu +20 Training Points.

Limit: Universal GenJutsu Technique.

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      Inoryu reverted back to invisibility training. In his current condition, he decided it was the best way to go. He placed together the hand seal of a sheep and he turned all things around him, the tree, the river, and the snowflakes invisible. He shortened the sphere until it was the shape of his body. It was only him now that was invisible. He decided to take a walk. He left footsteps in the snow as he did.
    He kept his awareness onto where he was, and he would walk around invisible until it became second nature to his conscious to be invisible. The river was left in the distance between him and the footsteps he left behind him, and the tree was slowly slipping out of view as he continued onward towards the north east. He continued on in desolate solitude with nothing but him and the snow. 
    The only thing that might have given him away was the footprints that he would leave behind him, but he gave it no worry. The falling snow would fill them in minutes. He tucked his hands in the pockets of his hooded robe. It was freezing, more than usual. He noticed the temperature had dropped a degree or two with the overcast of clouds. 
    He nonchalantly walked passed a Smilodon Cat. It was more massive than the jaguars he was used to seeing in the forest. It took notice of the soft 'padding' of his shoes and the indents of his shoes in the snow, but he couldn't see Inoryu. The genin shifted his hands through a short series of handseals and sent the Smilodon Cat into an illusion. 
    The cat would see the indents in the snow disappear and the snow around him would turn black and reach up its legs to engulf him. From the black snow a giant insect would come alive, a preying mantis as big as he is, connected at the body to the black snow that was encasing the cat, with sharp scythe like blades for arms. The bug raised its arm in threatening display, and the cat had fled. 


    
            

[Inoryu]

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    That phantasm would've gotten anybody, Inoryu thought. But he was proud of his peaceful stature, if that was peaceful. It wasn't like ripping through the exoskeleton skull of a giant beetle like he had done in the training before entering Ame no Kuni. Though he did have a sense of primal pleasure: to illustrate in an opponent's mind while staying completely invisible himself, he felt, was some sort of subliminal power. He felt he was breaching a new strength as a genjutsu master.
    He had no one to compare himself to in the village in the art of genjutsu, but he felt that he was definitely worth competition. He made it a point to seek out other genjutsu users when he returned to Kusagakure. 
    The snowflakes were subtle. The way the snow flakes disappeared when they landed upon him was no indication of his invisibility jutsu. There were too many snowflakes all around to use them to try and decipher Inoryu's location, And no one's eyes are that sharp, he concluded. He knew this, and he felt triumphant. He was capable of casting illusions while invisible, he felt he could trump anything that these frozen lands has to offer with ease.
    He came across a winding willow tree. It was thick and its trunk was larger than Inoryu with his arms outstretched completely. He ran up the tree with the tree climbing jutsu, conscious of the sound of his feet hitting the wood, conscious of the snow that fell from him when the tree's branches with his movement. Each time he jumped to a higher branch, the branches would shift and more snow would fall. 
    Somehow the air was more refreshing as he reached higher, like the air there was somehow more healthy. It was also more cold. He had to bear colder winds when they came, but luckily it wasn't really a windy day and he enjoyed the chill in the air. 
    He had leaped all the way to the top of the willow tree and he had a vantage point to the land. To the west was a passage for travelers, he could see a lone wanderer making his way north. He could see the contour of another hill to the north, and a river that was frozen alongside of it to the west; it was the same river he had been training near all this time. 
    He checked himself, he still had ample time left on his invisibility jutsu. He would stand there for a few minutes, watching his surroundings, safeguarded from predators. He breathed in the fresh air, it was exhilarating. 


 
    

[Inoryu]

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    Inoryu stood on the top of the willow tree thirty meters in the air. The glamour chakra was steady around him, but lax somehow at the same time. He was vanished from sight. He smiled, pleased with himself as he watched the north-south passage. 
    In the span of almost a full hour, his jutsu was reaching its limit, and he had witnessed several people come and go. There was one though that had caught his attention. Someone was being carried in a man powered moving shelter, and that most definitely meant some kind of royalty. That person might be exactly what he needed to gain intel. 
    He watched, standing upon the tree, the carriers in view. His glamour chakra faded and he returned visible, seemingly back into the world. He leaped down from the trees gracefully with chakra on his feet to keep him from slipping. When he reached the ground, he performed the technique a second time and he was completely invisible once more. He sped to catch up with these interesting fellows.
    It took him only minutes to find them again. He approached casually, walking around the two guards who wielded katana, and the four who carried the vessel. Inside of the vessel was a young woman. I wonder who she is? And just my luck...we're headed towards Yokoburi. Probably to the Embassy.  
    He scrutinized her to pick up any detail that may help him discover who she was. She wore a royal hairpiece and she kept her hair in a bun. She was beautiful, her clothes were made of fine silk that were pink and red. She may be a princess.  
    Inoryu traveled along with them down the passage, and in no way has the invisibility jutsu betrayed him. They were completely unaware of his presence, even the guards. They went on their way until they reached Yokoburi. 
        

[Inoryu]

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    The princess had refused to leave her carriage when she reached the embassy. Inoryu hid in plain view with his invisibility jutsu and watched one of her guards enter. He slipped through the door before it shut behind him. He showed the secretary some kind of royal seal paper and Inoryu made the rat seal and the oval hand seal aimed at the secretary, Cupid Eye Jutsu.  He saw what the secretary was seeing. The seal that the guard was showing was a family seal, or some kind of proof of royalty. There he obtained a hint as to who they might be. 
    Inoryu almost blew his cover when he noticed someone, a drunken bastard, almost bumped into him. He moved swiftly out of the drunk's way. Inoryu was swift in execution, and the drunk continued on towards who knows where. Nevertheless, Inoryu had acquired a target. 
    He would take this knowledge and during the night conduct espionage. Hopefully this royal family member has intelligence about Amegakure or some village that could prove useful. He was at the embassy after all, where diplomats, refugees, and Ambassadors stay. There was a wealth of knowledge to gain just waiting to be discovered. 
    He watched as the carriers outside left, probably to return whence they came, and the other guard entered. Inoryu had thought for a second that the guard could see him, as if he looked straight into his eyes, but he was mistaken. The guard went on as nothing was out of the ordinary. Inoryu had picked up a hint though, and that was his mission. And for now, that was enough. He had bigger plans during the night when he could settle in his room. 
    Inoryu waited patiently for the door to open, and with the first opportunity, he exited, like a ghost incapable of moving solid objects himself. He was outside again in the snow. The carriage was gone. He jumped on top of the roof and watched people coming in and out pf the embassy. He would do this until his invisibility wore off, and then he would leave to continue training. 
    
    

[Tetsu]

+33 Tp

Some of the posts could have used a little more. The first one was pretty good though, so got some credit there, just please give it a little lenght more next time okay? ^.^

[Inoryu]

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Illusion Focus

//Glamour, 5th time

Rank: "C" (Special, See Description)

Skill: Supplementary

Effect: User has gained mastery over the use of Illusionism.

Special: ---

Drawback: May learn at a maximum of 6 times,

Description: Each time learned the user gains 1 extra point to their Jutsu against the opponent's save for the Illusionary Perceptions (Figment, Glamour, Pattern, Phantasm, and Shadow). When the user learns this technique the 1st 2 times they train it as a regular "C" Rank Jutsu. When the user learns this technique the 2nd 2 times they train it as a "C" Rank Jutsu +10 Training Points. When the user learns this technique the 3rd 2 times they train it as a "C" Rank Jutsu +20 Training Points.

Limit: Universal GenJutsu Technique.

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    Inoryu had walked invisible for ten minutes. His "Beginner's Luck" had run dry and now ten minutes was his limit. Though he had already made way through the Land of Rain, distant from the main path without being followed. He had a person of interest that he would spy on during the night. And that was just one person that had checked in the Embassy, he was sure there were a lot more where she came from, in the figurative sense of the phrase. 
    He had chosen a spot to train, a secluded place with a large boulder beside an old tree. He was standing at least on half a meter of snow, but the way the snow appeared in this place was picturesque. Between the boulder, the tree, the snow and frozen dirt, this place was perfect inspiration for an artist.
    Inoryu halted before it and observed the details. He couldn't tell what kind of tree it was, only that it was beautiful. He executed a technique with glamour chakra and gave the boulder moss along its side to add to the fabric of the space. It was georgeous: the  dark tone of the rough boulder, the dark brown tone of the tree. He expanded his glamour chakra and gave the tree life, the way Inoryu imagined it might appear during spring. All shades of tones were coming to life, and the small pile of snow that lied against the tree and boulder was the only thing out of place. He glamoured the snow away and marveled at the sight.  
    He kept up this technique for as long as he could. It was about ten minutes. But he couldn't leave the place immediately, he thought that it was the most beautiful place in Ame no Kuni. He could hear a soft tone of music begin to play out of the blue. Serenity in sight and sound. When the jutsu had reached its limit, he glamoured the place again back to the former illusion, and listened to the song that played. 
    It was a soft tone of a wind instrument, back by the soft beating of chimes. It was ethereal, but all too real. It was surreal and it calmed him, this place and song. He wanted something from this place, but he couldn't tell what. He admired this place, and wished he could only have a picture to keep with him throughout all his days to help him remember all what he had been doing out here in the Land of Rain. 
    He glamoured the space again back to its former illusion when the jutsu reached its limit, it appeared now as it might during Spring or Summer. And the song that he felt had changed. The chimes were now soft beats of a bongo drum, and the chimes were faster paced and more up beat. It was true, he wanted a picture so he could hand it on a wall in his home. But in the meantime, he would enjoy this song to his fullest extent. 


        

[Draven]

+7 learned

[Inoryu]

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Invisibility

Rank: "C"

Skill: GenJutsu

Effect: Makes the target they touch invisible.

Special: "Handseals"

Drawback: ---

Description: Affects anyone who sees the target. The user is able to perform this technique on the target they touch. The duration of this technique lasts for 5 minutes per class level. This technique may be negated. The creature or object touched becomes invisible, vanishing from sight, even from darkvision. If the recipient is a creature carrying gear, that vanishes, too. If the user performs the Jutsu on someone else, neither the user nor their allies can see the subject, unless they can normally see invisible things. Items dropped or put down by an invisible creature become visible; items picked up disappear if tucked into the clothing or pouches worn by the creature. Light, however, never becomes invisible, although a source of light can become so (thus, the effect is that of a light with no visible source). Any part of an item that the subject carries but that extends more than 10 feet from it becomes visible, such as a trailing rope. Of course, the subject is not silenced, and certain other conditions can render the recipient detectable (such as stepping in a puddle). The Jutsu ends if the subject attacks any opponent. For purposes of this Jutsu, an attack includes any Jutsu targeting a foe or whose area or effect includes a foe. Actions directed at unattended objects do not break the Jutsu. Causing harm indirectly is not an attack. Thus, an invisible being can open doors, talk, eat, climb stairs, summon and have them attack. If the subject attacks directly, however, it immediately becomes visible along with all its gear.

Limit: Must know the Glamour Perception.

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    Inoryu changed the glamoured boulder, tree, and snow invisible. Henceforth he moved the invisibility sphere towards him. He became camouflaged with the world around him from all sides, and he continued to refine his chakra to shape his mold exactly. 
    At this he was adept, but what he wanted to focus on now was to keep his chakra refined and also flexible with his movements. That meant he would have to slightly change his chakra nature. The chakra must be tight enough to fit his figure and nothing else, and it must also move they way he does. 
    He meditated on the jutsu, and he visualized his chakra like a blanket he was wrapped around. With this visualization, he would be able to keep the chakra refined as well as move around freely. He decided to give this method a shot and he went off in a sprint. 
    He sprinted through the vast landscape of snow and he slid along the roof of the frozen river. He inhaled deep and exhaled steadily through his mouth as he went. His Invisibility was active, and he also focused on supplying chakra into his feet so he wouldn't slip...again.
     He slid down a hill and it rose up to send him flying fifteen meters through the sky. He landed with his knees bent and slid on his feet onward. He was going too fast to sprint, but he was skiing for the first time. The gust of wind that he pushed against was brushing against his face and reaching through his clothes to brush his bare skin. But he was having a blast and the cold wasn't bothering him. 
    He pushed more chakra into his feet so he came slowly to a halt. He was out of breath and his adrenaline was super charged. He calmed his breathing and waited for the invisibility to wear off. He was ready to go again. 
 


    

[Inoryu]

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    It appeared that the visualizing the glamour like clothes had worked splendidly, but he wanted to go again just to be sure. He activated his invisibility jutsu and he vanished from sight. He started with a run and eventually the run had turned into a glide, and soon he was reaching faster speeds as he was driven down hill by gravity. 
    When he reached the bottom he figured that was enough playing around, he didn't want to go overboard. All the fun was leading him further away from Yokoburi. With a last deep breath he turned around and began backtracking his way back to the bustling city. 
    His tracks were two solid lines, and he was curious if anybody had picked up on it and decided to see where it lead to. Maybe a predator thought it as a wounded animal or whatever prey may be out there. Or maybe someone was out scouting. Or maybe this magical act of gliding on snow was a sport and someone was doing the same. Inoryu shrugged. 
    He wasn't walking exactly near the path, but he did make sure he kept it in sight. It was his way back to the path and he dreaded a night out in the wilderness alone in the snow. He wondered if he could survive that circumstance. Luckily, a warm bed and good rest was waiting for him at Yokoburi. 
    He had been walking for about ten minutes and he felt his invisibility wear off. Immediately he conducted the jutsu again. He focused on refinement and flexibility.
    At this point he felt he had it mastered. Thanks to all the chakra refinement training he did with with his father when he was younger, and continuing on with his meditations nonetheless, he wondered if he had the most refined chakra control of the village. But that was for another day. 
    As of right now, he had training to do, and a task at hand. He would fulfill his mission duties and meet with the Kusakage in Kaze no Kuni, in a little more than a week's time. It has been almost a full week since he had recieved the mission, he had a little more over a week to complete it successfully. He had a plan of action, and this invisibility jutsu was a fail safe in case something goes terribly wrong and he needed to flee immediately. Inoryu meditated on several bad case scenarios, and he envisioned himself using Invisibility to escape successfully with whatever Intel he had gathered. He was confident it wouldn't even lead up to that point, but he had to be cautious. 'Safety First' was one of his father's common lingo's and most of his shinobi training up to the point of the Ninja Academy concentrated on caution. 

    

[Draven]

+16

First post was short.

Second post was adequate.

I like your method of training though.

[Inoryu]

OOC: Alright, last one and thank you 

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    Inoryu kept himself snug in his hooded robe and his Invisibility Jutsu. He felt that in that form, he was safe from all manner of harm. Or at least as safe as he could be. The snow was falling in a flurry of crests, the wind had picked up again. He was in the midst of a blizzard, and that meant that visibility was already low. The only way he could be noticed was if, by coincidence, a creature just happened to bump him. But he was being cautious of that as well, he was alert with all of his senses of observation. 
    He came across the tree and boulder, the one which was so appealing in its natural beauty. The invisibility wore off once and he executed the jutsu again, he was firm in the belief that visualizing a cloak was the way to go when performing the technique. It was thin and refined to fit his shape and proportions exactly and he could move around freely without fear of being seen.
    He turned left at that point and made way down the path and onto Yokoburi. A poor villager who had a long path ahead of him walked past, and he hadn't once acknowledged Inoryu. This happened another time when a female passed, and again continuously through the city's entrance where there were many eyes to see. Not one acknowledge Inoryu's presence, not even the few thugs who carried around katana strapped to their waists.
    But the sight of them made Inoryu realize something: that if he were for some reason called to action, the intent and the focus would be too much to keep him Invisible and he would lose the invisibility. But it also gave him an idea. He snagged an apple from the vendor when he wasn't looking, and the apple had become invisible too. When the vendor turned away, he replaced the apple and it reappeared. 
    So it seems the item has to be in my possession...or at least under the 'cloak'. Fine enough. Inoryu walked down a vacant alley where he wouldn't be seen and dispelled the glamour illusion. He used the transformation jutsu to become a fictional character he invented from his imagination: an old geezer in fine clothes named Gempo Ichigaki, whose fine robes were colored white with silver borders. His cheekbones were sagging, he was missing all but two teeth, and he had two squiggly hairs on his crown. This will be my cover.   

{Exit}
  
        

[Solus]

+4

[Inoryu]

[Enter]

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Invisibility, Swift

Rank: "C"

Skill: GenJutsu

Effect: Makes the user they touch invisible.

Special: "Handseals"

Drawback: ---

Description: Affects anyone who sees the user. The user is able to perform this technique on themselves. The duration of this technique lasts for 1 round. This technique may be negated. This Jutsu functions as Invisibility except as noted above. May be a "C" Rank Jutsu but the user performs "D" rank amount of handseals to perform the technique.

Limit: Must know the Glamour Perception. Must know Invisibility.

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    Inoryu had done some calculating with the hand seals and he figured a way to cut the Invisibility jutsu's hand seals down to "D" rank's amount of hand seals. He had to subtract the two last hand seals before the very last one. Through this he achieved full invisibility, but there was a catch. The invisibility didn't last as long. 
    He meditated on the strategies he could implement with this jutsu, and even though he first considered the invisibility jutsu to be a defensive technique or a technique to escape, this version was meant to enhance offensive strategies. 
    Since the jutsu only lasted for one round, the only things he could think of was using that moment for a preemptive strike. Unless the foe or opponent had a jutsu to see me, I should be able to land an attack while invisible every time. He thought of using his tanto, in particular, and striking at an organ of his choosing, determined by the circumstance he was in. 
    Or maybe he would use the "Swift Invisibility" to conduct the more proper and defensive invisibility to flee or use the time to think of his next move. The jutsu wore off and he reappeared sitting on the boulder beside the tree. This was his favorite place in Ame no Kuni, but he hadn't explored Yokoburi. He knew that if he were going to, he would love it. It was a tourist spot after all. But he didn't want to get too attached to the land.  
    He deftly executed the small set of four hand seals with precision and he turned invisible again. He counted the seconds, One...Two...Three...Four...Five...Six. Six. For six seconds this new version of invisibility allowed him to be invisible. He had six seconds to attack his opponent.  

[Inoryu]

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    Inoryu kept working on his new invisibility jutsu. Maybe if he practiced it, the "Swift Invisibility Jutsu" would eventually last longer. For six sends he would vanish from sight and reappear. Then he would do the four hand seals and vanish again, and reappear again after six seconds. He continued to do this for the entire morning. 
    "Six seconds, six seconds, six seconds, I guess that's all this jutsu's got," he performed the four hand seals to the "Swift Invisibility Jutsu" and next he perform the hand seals for the original "Invisibility Jutsu." Now he had ten minutes of invisibility time and he decided to go for a walk. 
    The Land of Rain was becoming more and more familiar with each passing day. This day marked a week within this land, and he had spent the entirety of it training. But that was due to the mission he had to prepare for. He needed a fail-safe just in case things got a little out of control. And thus, he had been working on the "Invisibility Jutsu" all this time, making sure it was ready in his arsenal if the need ever arise. But he was ready now. 
    He walked down the path. No one was on it this day but him thus far. He sat at a point off the path and on the boulder and waited for the jutsu to finish. He would continue training for possibly another half an hour with the Invisibility Jutsu.

 
    

[Inoryu]

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    Inoryu just sat there on the stone boulder. He hadn't done anything for a while but watch the clouds in the sky drift along without a worry in the world. The air was fresh, and there were no passerby for what seemed to be ages. 
    Until his ears picked up the sound of numerous people approaching, he completed the two versions of invisibility as quickly as possible. One for the swiftness and practice, and the other for the duration. He watched as a big crowd of people made their way towards Yokoburi and they were in a festive mood for celebrations. I wonder what's all this about? Inoryu had to stand on the stone, safe from anyone bumping into him accidentally.  
    He could hear them all speaking at once, their voices were indistinct. He heard laughing, jolly sounds and jovial noises. It seems to be one big party. Oh well, it's none of my business,  Inoryu thought as the party goers passed by him. He had been invisible and none of them spared him a single glance. But he sighed delightedly, he had never seen a crowd so upbeat and happy. He could recall his own times when he felt that way. 
    Sometimes he would hear an upbeat tune in his head and it would elate him. He would nod his head to the tune and be in a good mood. It hasn't happened for a while, but seeing the crowd was the same affect, except the feeling wasn't inside him, it was outside. He laughed and giggled like a little kid, and then he reappeared. There was no reason to be so focused on the invisibility. What he needed to do was practice the Swift version anyway, so he didn't concern himself with the duration of the original version.          

[Inoryu]

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    Invisibility on, invisibility off. Invisibility on, invisibility off. He could feel his chakra draining but he persisted with the training. Invisibility on, invisibility off. Invisibility on, invisibility off. Inoryu was out in the snow by his lonesome. This would be his last training session before he would get to work, and this little trick was his last to be learned. Time had run out. 
    He continued with his jutsu and felt half of his chakra pool drain over time. But he managed to use some of his chakra to use the original Invisibility jutsu and stay invisible as he made his way back to Yokoburi. 
    His visualization and hand seals were second nature with the Invisibility Jutsu now, and he was sure he could use it in confidence in battle or to flee a situation. But even now, as he shuffled through the snow, invisible, he considered the many possibilities that could go wrong on his espionage mission. 
    He entered the city and traveled down the bustling city's more private passages, like the roof tops, for instance, so he wouldn't be bumped and cause concern. He made it to the Amegakure embassy where he waited patiently. There was still eight minutes left in the duration of the invisibility jutsu. He would watch the door closely to determine if there were any persons of interest entering or exiting the building.     

[Draven]

+20

[Inoryu]

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Kontantei no Jutsu: Choushu (The Mind Spy Technique: Hearing)

Rank: C-Rank

Skill: Ninjutsu

Effect: In the Mind Spy form, the user may hear what is going on around them.

Special: Dragon, Rat in "Mind Spy Form"

Drawback: Same as Art of the Valentine/Mind Spy

Description: Once the Yamanaka's Mind is free to roam, he/she can now hear his/her surroundings as if him or her was present.

Limit: Yamanaka, Kontantei no Jutsu

 
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    Inoryu had grown tired of the wild and decided to venture through the city. It was a tourist attraction after all. And even in the snow he found the place warm and inviting. There were streamers led through the crowds by children playing, there were food stands that served tasty foods to keep you toasty in the frosty conditions. There were a bunch of people out and about shuffling through the snow. 
    The many single conversations came together as a singular indistinct sound. He was merely wandering about when he found a vendor with one of his favorite meals. Fried eel!! His mouth was watering as he virtually pushed and shoved people out of his way towards the vendor. And there they were. Filleted and stuck on a stick, marinated in that 'Oh so tasty', delicious, out of this world sweet sauce. This is unbelievable. Who would of thought that I would find this treat in the land of Rain? They must have the same imports as us from the Land of Waves. Finally he stood before the vendor and bought five of them.
   
    He stood among the others among a public bonfire and devoured the eels on a stick quickly. He giggled when he realized he had acquired some intel, "Yokoburi has an 'Eel on a Stick' vendor which means, that they are probably supplied by the land of waves like the Grass in terms of seafood," Inoryu joked. But it did bring his mind back to the task at hand. That can't be the only intel he would gather, there's got to be more. That particular intel was just a fail safe so he wouldn't come back empty handed. But what really interested him was military strength. He might be able to find intelligence or politics in the Amegakure Embassy.  
   
    He hid himself in an alleyway and made sure no one was looking. He made the oval seal with his hands, Mind Spy Technique. He exited his body as just a conscious, and he watched his body behind him slip along the alley wall to a seated position, just as he expected. He was hidden by a dumpster.
    He focused his intent on breaking the sound barrier as he was. He knew that while in the mind spy form, he was deaf to the world, and it was his intention to change that. He took to meditating while in that form, concentrating only on the deaf solitude of his sense once being there. 
   
     It was subtle at first, the sounds began to break the barrier and a sense of hearing was beginning. He would let the sound breach him and he would focus his meditative intention solely on listening, despite already having done a technique. Slowly, the noise of the world began to appear. 
    Then disappear. He was strengthening his skill with hearing while in the form, and he knew this because before he hadn't thought it possible. He went again into meditation, and his focal point was his sense of hearing. He was using chakra to gather the sounds of the world around him, but it didn't take much chakra from a genjutsu type shinobi. He went at this for five minutes before he returned to his body; listening to sound as it came and went.