I've got a sinking feeling...[T]

[Karma]

Doton - Shinjuu Zanshu no Jutsu (Double Suicide Decapitation Technique)
Rank: "D" Rank
Skill: NinJutsu / TaiJutsu
Effect: A technique where the user hides within the ground for a brief moment to surprise attack the opponent from under ground.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: The user takes the time to push into the ground by using their Earth Release. The user pushes into the ground quickly so that to be used against the opponent later on. The user at this point cannot necessarily move within the ground at this moment, but the user does know by feel of when an opponent is right above. When an opponent is right under the user reaches up to take the opponent and drag them back down to the ground in one fell swoop without movement or notice. The opponent is unable to move for one post and the user is capable of slamming out of the ground with one movement.
Limit: Needs the Earth Release

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Karma would make his way to the outskirts of the village. He followed the main path until he spotted an opening in the trees that was marked by his kunai. He left the path and walked the few meters to the gap in trees where he made his way through into the open area on the other side. Here was a 25 meter by 20 meter area with a pond near the back. He had only found this location not long after becoming a genin but he valued the privacy of it. Here he intended to make his new training area. The first order of business was to learn Doton - Shinjuu Zanshu no Jutsu (Double Suicide Decapitation Technique). Karma knew that it would be invaluable for offense and defense in combat, as well as a good stealth ability. Really there was no reason for him not to learn this ability.

Karma took off his jacket and hung it off of a tree branch and lay his shoes near the trunk it was attached to. He found that when first learning earth release techniques it was best to feel the earth. He set his stance and spread his toes so he could feel the cool damp grass and soft moist dirt between all his toes. He let the aromas of the area fill his nostrils as he let himself attune with the area. Having never actually learned an earth release, outside of how to manifest earth chakra for earth release, before he wasn’t entirely sure what he was doing. He had read that the key to this technique was to visualize yourself sinking while focusing one’s chakra in their feet.

So Karma did just that. He had closed his golden hued eyes, and allowed earth nature chakra to flow into his feet and he cleared his mind of everything except sinking down. He got caught wondering a couple times. At first he made it about thirty seconds before hethought about what he would make for dinner but he caught himself. He lasted about a minute longer before the image of his dad made its way into this thinking. He contemplated their waning relationship before he snapped back to the task at hand. He was training, he’d have time to worry about his father later. There is no way he could protect him without knowing at least a few jutsu.

Taking a deep breath in, he let the aroma of moist earth fill his lungs. Earth chakra was swirling through his feet and he was sinking, in his mind. That is, until he actually began to descend! This startled Karma, a sudden loss of footing will do that to a man, but he had started to sink! With his feet covered in mud he reaffirmed his footing and tried again. Focusing. He felt himself begin to descend into the ground again. He made it to his knees when he began to wonder, had he learned how to use the Double Suicide Decapitation Technique…?

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LEEEEEEEEEEEEEEARNED!

+10 tp

[Karma]

Doton - Dochuu Eigyo (Underground Fish Projection)
Rank: "C" Rank
Skill: NinJutsu
Effect: By using the similarity of Doton - Shinjuu Zanshu no Jutsu (Double Suicide Decapitation Technique) the user is capable of moving through the earth and all around.
Special: "Handseals" before performing
Drawback: Technique cannot be used through Sand
Description: The user uses the basic Doton - Shinjuu Zanshu no Jutsu (Double Suicide Decapitation Technique) as they slam down into the ground. Doing so the user is capable of moving about within the ground capable of rising, singing and capable of pushing through the very ground in multiple types of ways. This type of attack may be used so then the user may move away from the very opponent and attack at the moment's notice.
Limit: Needs the Earth Release, Must have knowledge of the Doton - Shinjuu Zanshu no Jutsu (Double Suicide Decapitation Technique)

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Karma would sink underneath the ground. He had done it, he learned the double suicide decapitation technique! He would propel himself upwards above ground. Now it was time to add to that technique. It was time to learn Doton- Dochuu Eigyo. Allowing him to move while underground. This will surely make his combat effectiveness increase exponentially. Karma would focus earthen chakra into his feet once more and sink below the ground. 

Karma's mission now was to envelop his body with earth chakra. He would begin to concentrate, focusing on every part of his body. It was easy enough to focus chakra into a specific body part, but it took much more control to focus it everywhere. He let the feeling of calm and quiet fill him, to be a part of the earth itself. As he did so he just began to sink farther.

This caught Karma off guard and he hesitated. His decent stopped but he was flustered now. Though he did notice that the earth around him was more malleable now. Almost like he was in a mud bath. Interesting, so that means he was on the right path, he just needs to focus on propulsion, figure out how to move his body through the ground instead of just sinking further. 

[Karma]

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Karma began to think about what it was that caused him to ascend and decent in the double suicide technique. He assumed that it was gravity or some such that pulled him down into the ground. But upon further inspection, he descended too fast for that to be the case. He must have been using his chakra to pull himself into the ground. Upon ascending he took note that the ground was firm beneath his feet as he  when he was surfaced. He must be pulling himself and using his chakra to reconstitute the ground.

With this knowledge Karma practiced this. He descended and ascended into and out of the ground a few times. He would go slowly, and then try to speed up his actions. Yes he seemed to be right. What was instinctual at first but he could now control the process consciously. It also seemed that it took more chakra to employ this level of control, the speed seemed to drain more then the slower movements. So he ascended and sat on the ground and pondered. 

Inner monologue, "So, when I focus chakra in my feet I can ascend and descend, manipulating the earth below me. So if I want to propel myself around underground then It would seem that I need to focus my chakra in other areas of my body. I would assume that, given this logic, if I wanted to move forward then I would want to focus the chakra in front of me, opening up the ground. I also need to focus behind me. To loosen the earth ahead of me and harden the earth behind me. I also wouldn't want to focus underneath myself or I will sink as well. The same must be true if I want to move backwards or side to side. Yes, this makes sense. Time to put my thoughts into actions then." With that Karma would stand up after his thoughtful meditation on the subject and prepare himself for round two of trying this jutsu.

[Karma]

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Karma straightened his posture and prepared himself. He would focus at his feet and descend into the ground at a reasonable pace. After getting to acquainted with it, he could feel the temperature of the ground around him. Cold and hard. Yes it seemed that training in the winter was good for learning this level of control because it was harder, taking more chakra. If he didn't get it this time he would have to take a rest and gain back some chakra to start again. He thought of the earth around him and focused.

He concentrated chakra in front of and behind him. He would loosen the earth in front of him and allowed the earth behind him to harden, focusing his chakra in this way he felt some movement, but he was also descending. "Damn it," he thought. He was focusing on his feet to much. But he used his training to push himself upwards a little bit to keep from descending further. He leveled out the chakra in his feet to support him but not push him.

Then he just kept thinking of moving forward. In theory he should be moving forward. Almost like he was moving through the earth like a fish through the water. Yes, this was it! Like a fish through water, he imagined the earth differently now and his chakra control not so much as life energy but the fins of a fish. He could feel himself making some progress now. But was it enough of an understanding to use the technique at will?

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Learned.

[Karma]

Deido Nohara no Jutsu (Mud Field)
Rank: D
Skill: Ninjutsu
Effect: Causes the area (10m x 10m) around the user, given that it is earth and stone, to become mud.
Special: Rat, Dog, Boar
Drawback: It does not work in certain environments, such as tile and metallic floors.
Description: After the hand signs are performed, the user slams his/her hands into the ground. If the environment allows it, the area around the user will become a thick and heavy mud. No chakra is required to maintain the state of the area.
Limit: Earth Release, Water Release

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For this next Jutsu, Deido Nohara no Jutsu, Karma found a nice open area that would provide useful for training. He needed an area to produce a large field of mud in. This wasn't a pretty technique but he knew he could use it o set up other powerful techniques with. Though this time it would prove to be challenging. He was going to need to mix his earth chakra with water chakra to perform this feat. After having just trained two earth techniques that required decent chakra control, Karma felt that he was good in this department. The hard part would be mixing in the water chakra. He knew how to access water release, but he never actually produced a water technique before.

Karma stood in the middle of an open area and Focused his chakra. He though about the stillness of the earth, patients, and he thought about the ever changing water and how the two mingled with each other. Water loosening the soil and rock, but the heaviness of the earth weighing down the rock. He let these two feelings well up inside of him. He pictured the two forces meeting and interacting, not letting the water overpower the earth, but allowing the water to seep into the earth, keeping a ratio of 2 parts earth to 1 part water.

With this he made the Rat, Dog, and Boar hand-signs and slammed his hands onto the ground. As he did so he felt his hands in a muddy mess. standing up straight and looking around he had made the area around him muddy. Not the 100 square meters he initially wanted but a good 10 square meters. He sloshed the mud with his feet and felt like it was a good consistency though. The only question now was, could he do it on a larger scale?

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Learned