Silent Shadow [T]

[zan'ei]

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Name: Show Me a Move
Rank: D
Type: Training
Difficulty: Moderate
Objective: Train a C-rank Technique
Description: Every shinobi operative should be able to perform at their best. With that being said, here is a simple mission to train any technique, so long as it's C-rank.
Reward: 7000 Ryo

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Stone Replication
Rank: "C"
Skill: NinJutsu
Effect: User creates a clone of earth to control.
Special: Handseals
Drawback: ---
Description: Range of this technique is personal. Duration of this technique is 5 rounds per Class Level. This technique requires a small source of earth nearby. Using this technique, the user is able to create a replica of them with earth. This version looks and carries equipment similar to the user except it being made of earth. The user may create 2 clones +1 per Class Level. While the replications are not capable of sentient thought, they share a bond of sort that allows the user to communicate orders to their clones; the bond is only one way, though, and the clones cannot send orders, thoughts or images to the user. As such, the clones follow the user's instructions to the letter. A Stone Replication is its own person and if caught in a GenJutsu, only the replica will be affected, and not the user and/or the whole group of clone. The clones have 2 Armour Points per Class Level of the user, saves equal to that of the user -2. It may not have more than 2 movements per round. It does not benefit from any Temporary bonuses the user may currently have. A Stone Replication has a Bludgeoning Resistance 15 and takes 1/2 as much earth damage. A Stone Replication may not stray further than 1 mile from the user, although it if is not within 30 meters of the source it was created from, it suffers a -5 penalty skill checks. It cannot use any techniques at all, and carries the very same equipment as the user except chakra-dependent items such as exploding tags. Poison and mastercraft bonuses are not carried over to the clone's equipment. Lastly, it cannot normally perform any activities requiring particular attention, such as sensing chakra, setting off an exploding tag or carrying a serious conversation. Once the clone reaches 0 Armour Points, strays too far from another clone or the user or the duration expires, it disappears in a puff of smoke. While the user can freely replace any clones lost by using this technique more than once, the user cannot control a number greater of clone than the specified maximum. The user can also choose to dissipate a single clone (or more) of their choice rather than the whole group. The user also cannot control any other sort of clone while using this technique.
Limit: Must know Earth Release.

+2TP for D-Class incentive

0000 // 0030

In the fields of Otogakure, Zan'ei found himself alone, as he had liked it. There had been a distant cawing at his back, but that did little to abate the work he set out to do here. With a goal in mind, the Genin sought to summon his chakra energies into his hands and produced seals. The affinity for earthen techniques resonated with the handseals he cast, and slowly, there began to rise from the ground a product of earth and chakra creation. This disfigured manifestation of Zan'ei's spiritual prowess began to mold steadily under his domain; carefully, there had been extremities growing; and the details of a cloak and other apparel. Had it not been for his smooth control over his chakra, the low ninja would have had a difficult time with creating a stone replication of himself.

There stood before him now an image of stone sharing his likeness. The physical characteristics of the clone matched Zan'ei's, yet its body and attire shared the same color of the earth. Taken by this -jutsu, the genin looked over it, studying its movements and distinction. He commanded the thing to move and it did so; he caused it to strike, and so it did with the arm and fist that it was ordered to; he ordered the clone to tackle a large tree near the perimeter of the training ground, and it did, but only to crumble into a pile of stone and then smoke as it disappeared. The durability of his technique was not impressive whatsoever and this made Zan'ei a little disappointed. He would then go back to square one and create another doppelganger, but this time, it was created with a twin.

With two stone replicas, Zan'ei was able to go a bit further and test his skill. Each clone had its own sort of consciousness, so he was able to control them separately. One punched the other; his twin would kick in riposte. Since they shared a similar level of durability, these attacks on one another meant little to nothing---it'd been only a test of reflexes and general ability. What he sought to test next was their lifespan based on their moving away from him. This had been an ideal technique for him to be learning, as it would increase his ability to feign and lure his enemy into a technique of the Nara ichizoku.

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+2TP for D-Class incentive

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Despite their makeshift, the clones proved to be more durable than he had initially assumed. They had been able to run at a decent speed, not only that, but they'd also be able to travel some kilometers from Zan'ei before they dissipated and his chakra returned to him.  He would go through several generations of stone replications before he committed to creating his current maximum of three. The teen's chakra source seemed to be impressive, as he had created at least four generations of clones before moving on to create three clones at once. From the layers of the earth, three doppelgangers rose in loose clumps that would quickly harden with proper chakra control; with a finesse in chakra manipulation, he had been able to form and mold them into his likeness. He figured it'd be best to have them accomplish menial things or objectives that served him, the original, a better opportunity to observe the consequences. A complete example was demonstrated as one clone took on the full force of a grenade tossed into its lap; a better mental one had been if Zan'ei was put in a position that could cause a trap to ensnare him. That was the purpose of the stone replication.

Having not put too much trust in their durability, Zan'ei figured that numbers outweighed endurance. Most genin in Otogakure wouldn't be able to subdue three clones at once; and then to think that there had been a fourth, himself, waiting for the opportune moment to strike, it added a lot of variables to just how functional these clones could be, despite their elemental affinity. He would know them merely as scapegoats and cheap surrogates. His stone replications had no true sentience and so were dumber than a box of rocks. Since he had little time to train his techniques, the genin would now spar with two of the stone replications. One was merely ordered to stand and wait until it was commissioned to join the fray. As this had been his first time fighting against the replicas, he was impressed by their durability, after all. He had been a taijutsu specialist, but their earthen nature proved firm and hard to break through. His thrown shuriken and kunai did little to disturb their continuity. With a bit of skill in feigning, he managed to re-position himself so that one clone struck the other; this would prompt Zan'ei to instruct the final clone to enter the fighting arena.

While three versus one was ultimately an unfair advantage, Zan'ei had one thing that his replications did not: a brain to think. He had always been a critical thinker and even in the tides of hand-to-hand combat, was able to swiftly dodge and calculate his next few movements in order to have the clones actually attack one another. With a bit of misdirection and feign, he had shown great promise as a novice fighter. The blows exchanged between the clones slowly chipped away at their hardness, until one was destroyed by a vicious leg drop from another. Zan'ei coolly rolled two meters away from the dust cloud, where he should have been laying in lieu of his replicated kin.

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+2tp for D-Class incentive

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Having grown bored of his stone play-things, Zan'ei found another way to train. It involved him using this technique for furtive means. With the proper hand seals, he summoned forth the sixth generation of stone replications. These had been tasked with the assignment of scouting the training ground for an opponent. When one would happen upon someone else that didn't look like itself, the genin gave the command to attack. A group of Genin had also been practicing their craft in the fields of Oto kuni when one member had been ambushed by the rather cumbersome clone. Try as the genin might, the tenacity of the stone doppelganger had been great. With the use of a Suiton ninjutsu, one member of his team had managed to defeat Zan'ei's clone. The two others had already been rushing towards the area where the jutsu had been cast, and the original wasn't too far behind them.

As he looked on, three genin engaged in combat with his other two replicas. They seemed pretty skilled, given their training, yet the clones of Zan'ei proved to be mighty. Taijutsu had been ineffective against these stalwart stone combatants. One low-ninja had been able to stop a clone in its tracks and Zan'ei commanded it to move. It would seem that his message hadn't been relayed and so he assumed that a genjutsu must have been cast in order to cause the stone warrior to stop cold in its tracks. This brought useful information to Zan'ei, who didn't realize that these replications could be manipulated by the illusion arts. With but one clone left to fend off against the other training genin, Zan'ei summoned another two from the depths of the earth to join their ally. One ninja commented on the fluxing wave of clones and groaned; the others found this an opportune time to train their techniques of the Water and Wind styles.

Soon, Zan'ei had grown bored of toying with these Genin. It presented no real challenge to him, other than that to control his chakra reserves in order to keep creating clones. Once it seemed like these louts had had enough, Zan'ei called the surviving stone-men off. They would simply stop fighting and turn slowly back towards the forest. The genin sat and gathered themselves as the trial came to an end. Zan'ei left the training grounds satisfied with today's work.

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[Hoarfrost Imp]

Learned

Turn your mission into the tower for payment and credit.

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resuming mission//training from grade

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Name: Show Me a Move II
Rank: C
Type: Training
Difficulty: High
Objective: Train a B-rank Technique
Description: Up the ante and go after a B-rank technique. You're gonna need it.
Reward: 17600 Ryo

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Fast Mover
Rank: "B"
Skill: Supplementary
Effect: User can move faster than normal.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: User gains a +1 extra movement. This Jutsu can stack with other movement increasement Jutsus. User may only learn this technique once.
Limit: Must learn from Universal Miscellaneous.

0036//0080

Back within the confines of Hidden Sound, Ajit further worked on his speedy movement. For him to truly ascend to the level of shadow-stalker, he had to adjust his mobility to a higher level. Leaving where he left off before, he summoned three earth clones to use for the training exercise. Running circles around them would be easy, no doubt, so he was forced to add an element that would make making movements more critical. In lieu of arms, each clone wielded serrate-edged blades that ran down the width of their makeshift and hardy bodies. One lethal swing would be all it would take to subdue the original prototype.

He moved in a black blur. Heavy-set, the clones had a difficult time keeping up with the man's reaction speeds as they clumsily swung their blade-arms around trying to land a blow. Ajit ran and slid between the legs of one then spun around another before flipping coolly over the third. These doppelgangers were but stepping stones to a higher control of body and understanding battle schemata. For some time he ran around, trying to out-maneuver his opponents; had it not been for their elemental composition, their bodies would have tired long ago. The Sound ninja felt minor fatigue as he had a fine control over his breathing, which enabled his muscles to go the extra mile, gaining a breeze of the second wind. He found the streets of Dante a much daring gauntlet, as it possessed the trait of unpredictability, which allowed him to instinctively go with the flow of the city. Manipulating his own creations was just a means to an end and eventually the allure vanished and he was left to find more exciting modes of training.

The Otonin ran through a field of rice paddies that had turned into a swamp due to a heavy rain. His feet sailed softly across the watery fields due to a fine control over his chakra. Ajit had slowly begun to realize his potential as a fast mover across the lands. His stride was well paced; there was not a movement wasted as he surveyed ahead of his next footfall, as it had been best to keep ten steps ahead than just two. The way that he weaved through the working Lideren class in the fields and their mechanical operations... it was a smooth grace. Several men shook their fist at a moving blur as they slowly turned to wave goodbye to the fleeting shadow.

[4]

[Cadoc]

+12tp

1 post

[zan'ei]

0048//0080

The Joumyaku district opened before the eyes of Ajit as he slowed his movements, to thoroughly absorb it all. He had been in a rush for no particular reason other than to satisfy his personal lust for ability; to that end, he would have to adopt a more meaningful means of training. Of course. Stealth. He was a shinobi without the shunshin---how would he manage? The shadows had clung to the city's diverse architecture and in some instances, they even loomed across great spaces to create corridors of darkness. Through a swarm of bodies, he rushed to his coveted alcove; the way that he managed to move; his pivot proved flawless as he carefully feigned around passerbys, who had themselves stumbled over nothing and therefore drew the crowd's attention each time it happened.

And Ajit remained safe -- tucked within the embrace of the shadows. This made him appear to be a fast-mover; yes, the way that he operated had made his movements appear to be body flickers, from having cast himself great lengths in the absence of light. Yet it was truly his feigning efforts, coupled with his use of the environment. Only the Butai elitists could have kept up with him throughout his entire training exercise in Joumyaku.

[5]

[zan'ei]

----//0080

Despite his furtive prowess, Zan'ei would eventually fall to a stumbling block. While he had been preoccupied with sailing over the head of a gathering crowd with poise and cold confidence, he managed to maladroitly roll into the members of Team Hayabusa. This trio had all possessed a high level of speed; they even had access to the techniques of Shunshin. As the conglomerate rose to their feet, curses were spat toward Zan'ei and immediately, the chase was on. The Nara man dashed towards the tavern but was immediately impeded by an arcing body-flicker, which left him mere seconds to react in.

With access to above-average reflexes, the genin slipped through the open legs of the bulky low-ninja that threatened to squeeze him; as Ajit continued to run, he hit a right turn and spun off of the walls of a corridor with chakra lacing his heels. The Hayabusa trio raced after him still, but this time the kunoichi in the group advanced forward with several quickening body-flickers. By this time, Ajit had made it to the rooftops and flipped daringly over several buildings to further out-pace his pursuers. He displayed an exceptional show of control over his body and foresight as he nimbly adjusted to the obstacles each building had managed to manifest in its construction.

[6]

[Cadoc]

+20tp

2 posts

[zan'ei]

0068//0080

The Joumakyu district opened into numerous alley- and streetways. Had one such as Ajit spent numerous nights sprawling these dark streets, then perhaps they’d be able to keep up with him. The genin coolly transported his frame across spacious gaps and through networking corridors. With a swift glide, he managed to safely create space between he and Hayabusa’s kunoichi leader.

An increased adrenaline rush coursed through his veins as a kunai whizzed through the air, cutting only his already battered cloak; with the woman keen on his heels, Ajit turned abruptly to face her—this unseen movement causing bewilderment. Weaving through her subpar taijutsu, the Nara descendent smoothly twisted the woman into a pitfall; he was off in another direction entirely after such a display in combat expertise. The two henchmen of Captain Hayabusa would lose the trail of the Shadow and went off to rescue the former from travesty. She cursed at them in their folly—they should have kept after that daring Ajit...

[7]

[zan'ei]

[----//0080

His footsteps quickened still despite overcoming Hayabusa with his cunning. The district Habu lay before him; as the hub of Otogakure, here lay the tower of the Sound Shadow. The looming building emanated a cerise color which was peculiar because Ajit had never seen such a radiant energy...

Using his refined form of parkour to navigate the cyber village, the genin managed to catch several glimpses of ANBU operatives spying on him. He had been moving like a demon fleeing a crime scene after all, but upon eventually reaching the tower, his movements slowed to a cool pace. The youth was searched and told those stationed outside that he had missions to turn in.

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+12.