Training at the Worst Time! [Private Training]

[Anri of the Grass]

Anri arrived at a little shack in the middle of a massive grassy plain. The lands of Kusa no Kuni were so gloriously green, yet so considerably bland. The open field had been littered with various types of trees and plants, but none that would restrict much movement. All in all it was an archer's dream battlefield. Wide open for miles with not so much cover. As Anri walked up to the shack, he had his messenger emu sit beside him at the ready to send any messages.

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Inviting The Blind Beast
And Skulking Shinzu 

[Skulking Shinzu]

Zuruel sighed as he scouted the Land of Grass. Although getting here was no trouble, finding any towns or villages in his mentally exhausted state was quite difficult. Not to mention his suspicious cloaked figure, red hair and the intimidating tattoos beneath his eyes seemed to cause hesitance in any passer-by’s to interact with him. “How much longer…” He thought to himself as he wandered into a large grassy plane with a shack in the distance. “Greetings!” He yelled as he also spotted a figure in the distance amidst the clutter of trees and herbs. “Hmm… I wonder if any Saddilia grow here…” He’d have to check later. For now, he needed to speak to this man and his… Bird? "Could you kindly direct me to the nearest Village? ...I appear to have lost my bearings."

[Cacophony]

Damnit wrong account XP

[Anri of the Grass]

The boy and the bird turned as they both heard some one greet them. The figure had seemed to be lost, yet trying to keep its distance while addressing the Kusakage. Anri took off his Kage hat as he responded to the male in front of him. "Hello... closest village is mine. So I'd like to know a little more about you while we walk towards it." Anri said back to the person with no headband. The Kusakage and his emu walked towards the man assuming he would meet them halfway."My name is Anri Hyuuga. What do they call you, stranger." The hyuuga spoke when they were closer.

[Skulking Shinzu]

“Strange hat…” The figure seemed friendly enough and not frightened of Zuruel. Since he was willing to have a conversation, Zuruel approached the man until he was only a foot away. “You have my gratitude sir.” As much as he tried not to, the Kedoin couldn’t help but eye the man’s hat. Why did it look so familiar? “I am Zuruel Kedoin of Mo. I have travelled here from the land of Fire…” He trailed off at the end of his sentence as he spotted the man’s familiar pale eyes. “Pardon me for asking, but are you a Hyuuga?” Zuruel tilted his head. Having met two Hyuuga in his lifetime, it wasn’t difficult to tell even without an active Byakugan. “Would you happen to know Seto or Tamako? I believe Tamako is what you like to call, a main branch member.”

[The Blind Beast]

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Kama Barai Geri (Sweeping Scythe Kick)
Rank: "D"
Skill: TaiJutsu
Effect: A fierce in and out kick used with a set of crescent kicks.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: As a setup technique, the user performs a fast double in and out technique using their legs performing a double crescent kick technique. This strike has a killing intention, as the attack has the full intention of knocking an opponent out with the capability of breaking bone.
Limit: Must learn from a Master of Goutetsu 轟鉄 (Strong Iron), Must have Mastered Gōken 剛拳 (Strong Fist) - Sei Form

Getting stronger was all Shenjie could think about as he quickly got into the second Goutetsu stance, with a modification, placing his right hand about chest level palms down, and his left hand just below his stomach palms down. Exhaling calmly, he felt the gentle breeze flow around him as his Ki seemed centered. “Osh, I’m ready…” he said quietly as he quickly felt himself preparing to kick the tree that was set out before him. He could feel for quite a ways, and to his understanding he was about 40 meters from a structure and what appeared to be two small blips of people on his tremor sense radar system. He could even hear them talking…as his ears were to hearing as a Hyuuga’s eyes were to sight. Quickly rolling his body to the side to perform the first simple roundhouse kick, Shenjie felt the top of his foot connect with the tree about where his laces would have been had he been wearing shoes. He felt the kick connect as he bent his knee to tighten the leg as his balance had to be perfect.

Quickly swinging his hips again, he quickly unhinged the knee as he launched the second kick of the kata’s strike. It felt strange as his foot connected with the tree the second time, the resonation of the wood against his foot sounding clear as his intent to crush though the tree was evident. It was no true substitute for Satsui no Hado; however he was doing his best to gain the same strength thought the understanding that sometimes a life had to be taken. He understood this fact of nature that a warrior’s place was to end life, yet he also understood that it was in the same way a warrior’s duty to his protect the people he cared about and was loyalty bound to. He felt that duty, that desire to protect people surging through him as he quickly exhaled stepping into the kick again this time throwing the kick in sequence, doing a few punching moves before going into the kick, rotating his hips with the kick as he performed a roundhouse kick at what would have been a human torso.

He felt the first kick connect as if it had been attempting to slice through the tree, much like the leaf great flash kick; however this time he cocked his hips back, recoiling for only a moment by moving his hips and bending his knee back so that he could throw another kick in succession very quickly behind the first one. This technique plus a grapple could prove to be a fairly tough blow to the target if they were not trained in taking damage much like he was. It was more so an extension than a twisting really as he extended his leg again from the knee as it struck the tree with such a force that he heard the wooden resonation much like last time; however this time it was more so a cracking sound, as if the integrity of the tree was having a hard time holding up against his powerful strike. Feeling the need to retract his leg in the same manner he had extended it, he quickly brought it back down into a fighting stance as he let his leg get the feeling for the strike. The ideal location to make contact with was ideally the upper body with the top of the foot and inside of the ankle where it met the shin. Practicing the Kata would make using this attack in battle much more plausible.

As he prepared to throw the kick again, this time after a quickly breathy exhale, Shenjie quickly twisted his hips, pivoting on his left leg as he kept it balanced for the time being, using his weight to throw the kick. He kept his knee bent as he would use the snapping extension to increase the power of the kick by at least a few degrees as he wanted to make sure that the kick would deal enough damage to take down an opponent with possibly one kick. This kick would prove useful enough in battle that it might result in some serious damage if it were well placed, which was the idea behind Goutetsu after all, but in the same sense Goutetsu had no first strikes, because it wanted the user to understand that even with such a great power, it should only be used in the defense of the one’s you cared for. Shenjie could hear the words Goki use to spout still resonating though his head as he felt his leg connect with the tree once again, his foot driving home the strike as he extended his leg completely creating another thumping sound against the wooden trunk. Shenjie could feel the power of his kick as he cocked his leg back at the bending knee point and quickly extended it again to throw the same strike. It was successful in knocking some of the bark off of the thick jungle tree.

It was after this strike that he heard the two fellows beginning to talk about, what sounded to him like meager things at first. They of course introduced themselves, which Shenjie could hear clearly; however he didn’t know if it was appropriate to approach. It wasn’t every day that in the middle of the jungle you met some dude in a Karate Gi with scraggly black hair who was a blind as a bat. That might cause some alarm, not to mention he was still wearing his Iwagakure headband in possibly enemy territory, as he didn’t quite know how they stood with Kusa no Kuni. He hadn’t thought about it, but he was probably not in a place he should be, but alas his curiosity got the best of him as always. Barefooted and obviously estranged, Shenjie approached the fellows at a distance at first, but as he came into range, weaving through the many thick trees and approaching whatever structure was close to them, he simply stood there, not quite sure who he was looking at, but surely understanding that they probably didn’t have anything good to say about him as they continued to talk about what Shenjie could discern as a village. “Man you guys are weird…” He couldn’t help but audibly utter as he couldn’t quite get a lock on what it was that the two were doing…because he was of course only seeing them through tremor sense.

Traits

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Will of Men, The
Rank: "C"
Skill: Faith Trait
Effect: Men are creatures of will; their will carries them through a harsh world of politics and physical dangers.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: User gains a +1 trait bonus to all Will Saves. At "C", "B', "A", and "S" Class level, gain an additional +1 trait bonus. This trait replaces 1 Freebies.
Limit: Must start with Character; replaces 1 Freebies.

Natural Drunkard
Rank: "C"
Skill: Trait
Effect: The moment alcohol touches the drinker's lips they instantly go under the effects of "Hammered".
Special: ---
Drawback: Unable to learn endurance techniques dealing with drinking Alcohol.
Description: The moment alcohol touches the drinker's lips they instantly go under the effects of "Hammered" gaining the benefits as well as the drawbacks of the effect. The user does not fall out of "Hammered" unless they fall unconscious from taking a series of too many blunt hits. The effects last for 1 hour in which they instantly sober up. The user can instantly fall out of the "Hammered" effect by taking "slashing", and "piercing" damage. The user stays in the effect of "Hammered" through elemental and chakra attacks as long as the effects of the damage does not include "slashing", or "piercing damage.
Limit: Must start with Character; replaces 1 of 5 Freebies.

Heavy Hitter
Rank: "C"
Skill: Regional Trait
Effect: User has trained in martial arts and so their blows are especially painful.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: User gains a +10 Armour Points Trait bonus on damage made with Unarmed attacks. This trait replaces 1 Freebies.
Limit: Must start with Character; replaces 1 Freebies.

Life of Toil
Rank: "C"
Skill: Social Trait
Effect: User has lived a physically taxing life, working long hours for a master or to support a trade. Hard physical labor has toughened the user's body and mind.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: User gains a +1 bonus on Foritude Saves. This trait replaces 1 Freebies.
Limit: Must start with Character; replaces 1 Freebies.

Beggar
Rank: "C"
Skill: Heritage Trait
Effect: User lived on the streets among the worst of humanity, relying on charity or your thieving skills to survive.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: User has +20 Skill points to divide as they wish among History, Local, Tracking, and Pick-Pocket. At each Class Level the user gain an additional +5 Heritage skill Points to place in any one of these skills. User gains +1 Heritage Points per die roll when learning the skill. User chooses between having +10 bonus on Disguise and Forgery, or Heritage Bonus +30 Temporary Armour Points. User has a +5 competence bonus on History, Local, and Sleight of Hand. User gains a +1 bonus to Fortitude. This trait replaces 1 Freebies.
Limit: Must start with Character; replaces 1 Freebies.
(+30 to tracking)
(+30 temporary armor points)

Finite Life
Rank: "C"
Skill: Heritage Trait
Effect: A trait that enables the user to survive after death.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: To be human is to be flawed, limited, and finite; but some humans nonetheless struggle through and work against or despite these limitations. That they live short lives and die gives their time in this life meaning and fuel for art, science, and creativity. Once per day, they do not die until their Temporary Armour Points drop to 0 after taking a death attack, this effect lasts for 5 minutes per Class Level, activation of this technique takes up no movements and happens after a death strike takes place. The amount of Armour Points they gain is 20 points per Class Level. This trait replaces 1 Freebies.
Limit: Must start with Character; replaces 1 Freebies.

Thug
Rank: "C"
Skill: Heritage Trait
Effect: User was a killer, a brute, or a bully, capable of doing anything to get what they wanted.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: User has +20 Skill points to divide as they wish among Appraisal, History, Intimidate, Local, and Tracking. At each Class Level the user gain an additional +5 Heritage skill Points to place in any one of these skills. User gains +1 Heritage Points per die roll when learning the skill. User gains a Heritage bonus on +10 Armour Points in Unarmed damage, or Heritage bonus on +30 Temporary Armour Points. In addition user gains a +1 bonus on all Fortitude Saves. This trait replaces 1 Freebies.
Limit: Must start with Character; replaces 1 Freebies.
(+30 tracking)
(+30 temporary armor points)

Orphan
Rank: "C"
Skill: Regional Trait
Effect: User grew up in an Orphanage. Whether or not they took to their teachings, their strict indoctrination has toughened their body against punishment.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: User gains a +1 trait bonus on Fortitude Saves. This trait replaces 1 Freebies.
Limit: Must start with Character; replaces 1 Freebies

Shitakuma Passives

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Kusomimi (HellsEars) X7
Rank: "C" Rank
Skill: NinJutsu
Effect: Without this Jutsu the Clan is capable of just listening with sharpen hearing. What this Jutsu does is by using the chakra along their eardrum, labyrinth system, as well as the outer ear of the body the user makes their ear into something of a sonar. This sonar system enables the brain to remember certain points by sound wave frequencies that hits the ear from a pebble hitting the water, to a person walking along grass. The Sonar system enables the Shitakuma clan to basically see. This is greatly used when Rain falls down for every time a drop hits the ground it emits a sound so basically they are capable to see for the first time in their lives. When first learned the distance that one is capable of understanding and remembering is the distance of fifty meters. After each time learned the distance goes up by twenty meters.
Special: The first time learned the user must do the signs of Dragon, Rabbit, Dragon, Ram. After the first time there would be no need for the seals.
Drawback: Must be trained into this more then once. Without the proper training of a technique such as Kusokesuni and Advanced version sounds could cause dizziness or damage to the user. The sounds to create this must be sounds that are greatly abrupt and fast which must be near the ear like a Flash/Bang grenade.
Description: When sound frequencies hit the ear it creates a sonar in which the mind remembers in a certain distance until the sound waves hit the ear once again. It looks as if the user is capable of seeing in such a way but it is just a technique that enables the user to know where to go and how far objects are at. They are capable of seeing shapes, and size, but the thing is they are not capable of seeing defined objects.
Limit: Only a technique for the Shitakuma Clan

Tremor Sense X10
Rank: "D" Rank
Skill: NinJutsu
Effect: By pouring their chakra into the ground, by using th earth release the user is capable of sensing or seeing in a sense what is along the ground, in the ground, identifying what is around them.
Special: ---
Drawback: Someone needs to touch the ground in order for the person to see. This means that even the user can see by stepping. This also means that the user must be touching the ground at all times. This technique does not work on water, sand, or metal or ice. The ground is to loose for the user to see the vibrations along the ground, or is to concentrated which creates less vibrations.
Description: When first learned the user is capable of seeing in a radius of five meters. After each time learned it increases by ten meters. When ever the user steps, or when another steps in the radius of tremor sense, the mind of the user picks up the vibrations along the feet creating a somewhat of a picture of the user. Since people have water constricted within their own bodies as well as metalic components of the body a user could see the movements of the body in blur like motion, where they can guess if an attack is coming towards them. This is the beginning stage of the tremor sense technique and is the foundation of the tremor sense techniques. When learned their is a thirty percent chance that the user is capable of defending against melee attacks within arms reach. This however does not mean that after each attack someone comes forth to role a die. It just means that the chances of trying to stop melee attacks is not as well or as concentrated as one would wish it to be.
Limit: Anyone can learn, but it takes an extreme amount of chakra unless they master earth techniques or is part of the Shitakuma clan. Can only be learned if learning the blind way of life.

Tremor Sense Advanced X5
Rank: "C" Rank
Skill: NinJutsu
Effect: By pouring their chakra into the ground, by using th earth release the user is capable of sensing or seeing in a sense what is along the ground, in the ground, identifying what is around them.
Special: ---
Drawback: Someone needs to touch the ground in order for the person to see. This means that even the user can see by stepping. This also means that the user must be touching the ground at all times. This technique does not work on water, sand, or metal. The ground is to loose for the user to see the vibrations along the ground, or is to concentrated which creates less vibrations. By this time the user has a more of a sense and understanding over the movement of vibrations. This is not a drawback but by now the user is capable of sensing vibrations off of the sense of ice. Now this does not mean that the user can see with the distance as Tremor Sense and Tremor Sense Advance for Ice, only Expertise gets to allow the user see with Ice vibrations.
Description: When first learned the user is capable of seeing in a radius of five meters. After each time learned it increases by ten meters. When ever the user steps, or when another steps in the radius of tremor sense, the mind of the user picks up the vibrations along the feet creating a somewhat of a picture of the user. Since people have water constricted within their own bodies as well as metalic components of the body a user could see the movements of the body in blur like motion, where they can guess if an attack is coming towards them. The technique here does not stack with the original version the first step of the technique. This means that this technique can never overlay the first step of Tremor sense. What this means is this. If a user knows Tremor sense of a Hundred meters, then they can not surpass that distance with Tremor Sense Advanced. The advanced form is much better to be capable of seeing then that of the First step. When learned their is a thirty percent chance that the user is capable of defending against melee attacks within arms reach. This however does not mean that after each attack someone comes forth to role a die. It just means that the chances of trying to stop melee attacks is not as well or as concentrated as one would wish it to be.
Limit: Anyone can learn, but it takes an extreme amount of chakra unless they master earth techniques or is part of the Shitakuma clan. Can only be learned if learning the blind way of life. Must have Tremor Sense that surpases in distance of Advanced

Tremor Sense Expertise X3
Rank: "B" Rank
Skill: NinJutsu
Effect: By pouring their chakra into the ground, by using th earth release the user is capable of sensing or seeing in a sense what is along the ground, in the ground, identifying what is around them.
Special: ---
Drawback: Someone needs to touch the ground in order for the person to see. This means that even the user can see by stepping. This also means that the user must be touching the ground at all times. This technique does not work on water, sand, or metal. The ground is to loose for the user to see the vibrations along the ground, or is to concentrated which creates less vibrations. By this time the user has a more of a sense and understanding over the movement of vibrations. This is not a drawback but by now the user is capable of sensing vibrations off of the sense of metal. Mtal is to constricted and the vibrations is weaker so this is why this is needed. Now this does not mean that the user can see with the distance as Tremor Sense and Tremor Sense Advance for Metal, only Expertise gets to allow the user see with Metal vibrations.
Description: When first learned the user is capable of seeing in a radius of five meters. After each time learned it increases by ten meters. When ever the user steps, or when another steps in the radius of tremor sense, the mind of the user picks up the vibrations along the feet creating a somewhat of a picture of the user. Since people have water constricted within their own bodies as well as metalic components of the body a user could see the movements of the body in blur like motion, where they can guess if an attack is coming towards them. The technique here does not stack with the original version the first step of the technique, as well as the second step. This means that this technique can never overlay the first step of Tremor sense, and Tremor Sense Advanced. What this means is this. If a user knows Tremor sense of a Hundred meters, Tremor sense of Fifty Yards then they can not surpass that distance of fifty meters with Tremor Sense Expertise. The advanced form is much better to be capable of seeing then that of the First step. When learned their is a Ninty percent chance that the user is capable of defending against melee attacks within arms reach. This however does not mean that after each attack someone comes forth to role a die. It just means that the chances of trying to stop melee attacks is not as well or as concentrated as one would wish it to be.
Limit: Anyone can learn, but it takes an extreme amount of chakra unless they master earth techniques or is part of the Shitakuma clan. Can only be learned if learning the blind way of life. Must have Tremor Sense Advancedthat surpases in distance of Expertise

Shitakuma Actives

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Boxing Passives

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Boxers Mentality
Rank: ["D"], ["C"], ["B"], "A", "S"
Skill: Supplementary
Effect: By fighting on and on, a boxer becomes more proficient when an attack may come by. This happens usually when the boxer becomes unable to see the attack. However by being in combat for so much they can feel when an attack is coming making them less able to be flanked.
Special: ---
Drawback: The user may only learn this technique by the class that they are. This means that in order to learn the "C" Rank version they must be "C" Class, if they wish to learn the "B" Rank version they must be "B" Class.
Description: A technique where the subconscious mind, where the subconscious body reacts just as they are attacked while flanked or while their back is turn. The body reacts in such a way to where they are capable of withstanding so much. This technique makes it where the Boxer is incapable of being surprised attacked, a sudden second sense kicks in as their body screams out to them yelling at them telling them to move, duck, dodge or anything else within that manner. This works on whenever they are being attacked. This technique however has a major flaw. The user is capable of dodging only whenever the opponent's class is equal or lower to that of the rank of the technique they know. This means that a "D" Class user that knows this technique cannot use this against an opponent that is "C" Class or higher.
Limit: Must learn in a gym that teaches Bokushingu (Boxing), Must know all Basics

Techs Used

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[Madame Loki]

-learned-

[Anri of the Grass]

Anri looked at the male while he was speaking. It seemed that would be the polite way to pay attention. He listened for a while while Anri lead Zuruel towards the village gates. "Yes I am a Hyuuga, but I'm afraid I don't know of those two Hyuugas. Yet so you know, I'm a mere second branch member." Anri said as they got closer to the gates. "Take this..." Anri said as he handed Zuruel a note. "This should get you in the village no questions asked. It will also let you do anything my Genin would normally do. I'm sorry I can't give you the tour, I have business else where..." Anri said as he handed Zuruel a note.


This is Zuruel, He is to be treated as a Grass Genin. Including missions and our training areas.

-Anri Hyuuga, Reigning Kusakage

 Anri then headed back to the shack in the middle of the plains. He was supposed to find a ninja of his, yet wasn't able to find him yet. Emu in tow, Anri found the little abandoned shack. And what seemed to be another person there, training away as if they were alone.

(OOC: I found you Tetsu XP)

[Skulking Shinzu]

Zuruel stroked his chin. The fact that Tamako knew Seto always lead him to believe that the Hyuuga were a tightknit community. Since this Anri person didn’t, however, it created a doubt in Zuruel’s mind. Were there even perhaps, distant Kedoin that would have no idea who Zuruel was even if he introduced himself? The thought was depressing. “Thank you Anri.” The Kedoin accepted the note gracefully and checked its contents before waving the man off. “Who was he?” He thought to himself. The note referred to the ninja in the village as his Genin. Was he a academy instructor?

[Exit]

[The Blind Beast]

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Joudan Sokutou Geri
Rank: "C"
Skill: TaiJutsu
Effect: A strong forward kick capable of launching an opponent into the distance. The user steps forward and kicks really hard.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: The user quickly thrusts their leg forward towards the chest of the opponent. By concentrating on the inner energy of the opponent they quickly exhale outwards thrusting with enough power to send the opponent flying into the distance. Depending on the Class of the user is dependent on how far the opponent can fly off. If the user is "D" Class the user flys Five Meters. "C" Class Ten Meters, "B" Class Fifteen Meters, "A" Class Twenty Meters, "S" Class Twenty Five Meters. The technique attacks forward as the user exerts out their energy within the kick. When connecting to the body the nervous system in the body reacts badly as it begins to spaz out creating a shock to the body.
Limit: Must learn from a Master of Goutetsu 轟鉄 (Strong Iron), Must have Mastered Gōken 剛拳 (Strong Fist) - Sei Form

Shenjie noticed the fellow departing with his compatriot as he seemed to be having a moment before approaching him. He was standing by the shack just watching him which was kind of unsettling. It was in that moment that Shenjie felt as if he could show of a little bit of the Shitakuma Form Goutetsu Karate. Quickly inhaling as he crouched down and brought his arms close to his chest as he quickly brought himself all the way back up, inhaling the whole way up as he stretched, preparing for the next form in the kata.

Next he opened his stance into a wide legged stance, putting all the pressure on the feet and toes as he focused his Ki down from his stomach down into his feet as he prepared to show off the powerful kicks of the Goutetsu style that he had mastered all those years ago with Goki-sensei as he felt his hips moving as he stepped forward turning his body to the side, preforming a side kick that was simply a modified front kick as it was a quick thrust, seeking to strike through the opponent; however it was simply air this time as he retracted his foot, bringing it back to a ready stance of the second Goutetsu stance. This stance was modified in that it his right arm was flat up by his face parallel with the ground and his left arm was placed in a low block position ready for the next kick as he exhaled.

“You know I know you’re over there.” Shenjie said casually as he quickly stepped forward one step before inhaling once again, using the power of the breath in order to enhance the kick as he felt his body powering up. His natural strength was enough to utilize this kick to its maximum without the gates as he exhaled calmly extending his kick with his back foot into a powerful front kick that was designed to power though the tree that was before him that had become his target; which he knew would have to be destroyed by the kick, using his power and Ki flow to push through the tree.

It had been a human being he would have probably damaged their body pretty intensely, and furthermore it would have sent them a good distance backwards as his foot connected with the tree with a strong thud, knocking off bark and leaving a jagged wound upon the wooden exterior of the trunk as he damaged it a good bit by sole striking it. “Damn it not powerful enough yet.” He cursed under his breath as he prepared his body to again follow the Kata to perfect the form. Moving his body once again to the side as he prepared to throw another front kick at the tree, he inhaled letting his Ki flow as he did his best to keep his body moving and pushing through the target; which was one of the most important part of the Ansatsuken Styled Karate that was all about hard strikes and heavy takedowns. He focused through the tree, letting his energy burst from the kick as he prepared to make contact.

The tree itself resonated with a loud snapping sound as his kick smashed through the tree knocking it down (to the side as to not crush the cabin.) “What is it you’re doing over there?” Shenjie asked as he exhaled leveling his hand down his body as he had to refocus his Ki within his body as he let the fellow approach. “Is there something I can help you with sir?” He asked as the young martial artist was much more peaceful than his killing styled martial art would lead on to believe. He was a warrior, and as such he had to understand the need to take life when required, and to preserve life all the same. He waited patiently as he let his Ki settle within his body.

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[Anri of the Grass]

Without seeing him, it seemed the man before Anri had sensed him from pretty far away. This worried Anri as he quietly approached before speaking up. "I am Anri Hyuuga, Reigning Kusakage. You seem very talented. May I train with you?" Anri said as he activated his Byakugan to try to see this man, and if this was a set up for an ambush. Unless the enemy had lifeless chakraless beings nearby ready to strike. The coast seemed clear so Anri de-activated his family eyes, as he approached the man training he extended his hand to try to greet the man. The man before Anri was a lot more interesting then it would seem at first glance...

[Madame Loki]

-learned shen-

[The Blind Beast]

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Gentle Touch
Rank: "C"
Skill: TaiJutsu
Effect: A chakra technique applied to weapons allowing the user to strike with heavy non-lethal Damage.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: All Gurus learn to master the art of the Gentle Touch, a mystical technique that involves with dealing non-lethal damage with focusing bursts of Chakra. By investing at least 1 point of Spring Time of Youth Points in this ability the user can charge a weapon granted by their Philosophy with a rarified form of Chakra Energy. All attacks made with that weapon deal additional damage equal to the user's Indomitable Fortitude, but all damage dealt by the user while this ability is active is non-lethal. A user can assign Spring Time of Youth Points to their Gentle Touch ability as Handseals equal to the Rank of this Jutsu. For every point of Spring Time of Youth Points invested in this ability, the charged weapon deals an additional 4 Armour Points of Weapon Damage. This ability only works against living targets; undead and constructs are immune to its effects.
Limit: Must be a practitioner of The Eight Celestial Gates.

Shenjie relaxed himself as the fellow approached, seeming not to trust him too much, as it was clear that being in the woods by yourself training was indeed quite the oddity. “Sorry if I scared you Anri of the Hyuuga clan, my name is Shitakuma Shenjie.” He said curtly as he opened his stance and quickly placed his hands beside his hips. “Osh of course you can train with me, but first I need to know what you’re capable of…come at me with all you’ve got, and don’t worry you won’t hurt me.” Shenjie said as he quickly got into a modified version of the second Goutetsu stance, putting his right back hand just under his elbow and bending his front hand a bit. This was a maneuver designed to help attack and defend at the same time. Focusing his chakra within his body, his prowess with the inner flow of his chakra and that of the gates was extremely proficient. He could feel his Ki flowing down to his hands as he exhaled calmly as he prepared himself for combat. It wasn’t going to be anything extraneous, but Shenjie knew that if he went all out on this fellow he might hurt him.

Coating his hand with a protective chakra, if he struck the fellow, it would reduce his strike to nothing more than gentle strikes that would simply cause the fellow to feel the strike instead of the strike hitting with full power like Shenjie was capable of doing. The chakra took a moment to flow over his hand’s chakra network as he got into his posture exhaling as he kept the constant flow moving as he waited for the fellow to prepare himself. “Show me what you’re made of, and then we will see what we have to work with.” Shenjie said as he kept his focus keeping his chakra flow focused on protecting the fellow after he would make his move whatever it would end up being. His relaxed posture and chakra flow would be easily noticeable by the Byakugan of the Hyuuga fellow, just as Shenjie could feel his heart rate. The Hyuuga and the Shitakuma clans had always gotten along as they were both extremely chakra sensitive and sensory typed clans. He kept his focus on keeping his chakra flowing through his whole body as he kept an eye on how Anri was moving, as he would be within his accurate Expertise tremor sense range soon enough as he kept his breath relaxed and ready with chakra flowing towards his hands.

Keeping his mind focused as Shenjie did his best to keep himself prepared for the movements of Anri, he couldn’t let the young fellow catch him off guard that would be a disgrace to his marital art. Keeping that in mind as he continued to channel his chakra through his body to his hands, he made sure to keep his focus on protecting the fellow from his hard Goutetsu trained strikes as he kept his mind focused on keeping the fellow alive, and yet making sure that each strike he took was a new lesson to applied to learning the Shitakuma Style Goutetsu Karate. He wanted to make sure that each strike stung enough for the young Hyuuga to understand his mistakes in his Taijutsu. The chakra flow as gentle and coated the hand almost like a glove; however it was invisible to the invisible eye, It was the first step in understanding how to manipulate one’s chakra with their own in such a way that he could perhaps disrupt the flow. It was an interesting though, Shenjie thought to himself silently as he waited for Anri’s movements, doing his best to track the fellow as he closed his eyes, his off white Gi and Black belt representing his mastery of Goutetsu upon his waist clearly present as he was indeed an assistant Sensei of the style at his own dojo. The gentle touch maneuver would allow him to gently teach the fellow the basics while still training himself to react.

The cool movements of the wind could be felt on Shenjie’s blind face as he kept the composed expression as all fear of the things around him was voided. Shenjie was blind and consequently he could drown out the things he didn’t want to hear or see very easily. The chakra flowing to his hand was constant and relaxing as he exhaled again, making sure to keep himself in a good enough humor to strike when ready. Goutetsu had no first strike in theory, it was always a reactive respone; however in times of desperation or in order to protect the people you cared about it adopted a new principle of fighting for what you believed in over all else. That tenant was still true to this day as Shenjie continued to channel his chakra, allowing it to create a cushion for the fellow to receive his blows as he did his best to think like a sensei instead of the blind beast of Iwagakure. He kept his chakra flow constant and prepared as it was a simplistic flow that would allow him to make simple and responsive strikes without killing his opponent; which was honestly a great relief to Shenjie.

[Passives still active]

[Anri of the Grass]

Anri being pressed for time apologized and gave the martial artist a piece of paper with something written on it. It was directions from where he was to Kusagakure, and then Anri wrote another note for Kyo and Alex. The note for Kyo and Alex stated:


I have to stop by the village quickly. I understand if you guys have to bail, something came up. If so I will see you at the village. If not I will see you both as soon as humanly possible, since I still plan on meeting the Mizukage in the Land of Whirlpools. Please send the Emu back with this pen and paper, perferably a response.

-Anri Hyuuga


"I'm sorry, I would love to train with you anytime. Follow those directions and go into the Keep. You'll find me there." Anri said to Shenjie as handed the bird the note, a blank piece of paper and a pen. "Go find Alexander and Kyoikki buddy." Anri said to his bird as he slapped its behind to send it to its target.  Anri then ran back to the village gate and the Emu went the opposite way towards the grass ninja left in the country side.


[Exit]

[The Blind Beast]

Shenjie bowed to the fellow, figuring his business was important, beside the fact that his stay was further extended than it should have been. With that Shenjie would pick up his gear and make his way towards the land of Wind.

[The Blind Beast]

[Exit]