Training Outside the Academy

[Jim]

Sugizou
Rank: “C”
Skill: TaiJutsu
Effect: Creates an After Image of Self
Special: ---
Drawback: Can only be done ten times a day after learned due to abuse within Muscles, but each time trained one may do more and more. The user is only capable of making one at a time.
Description: The after image technique is the technique that allows the user to move side to side with extreme speed and towards a general direction creating an after image of the person. When learning this technique a person may only do Ten after images per day. If one wishes goes more then this number tissue has a chance to rip and tear. To be able to do more then ten per day one they must train for each again to create one more. This is the basis techniques for all techniques that may consist or deal with moves that deal with the After Image. This means that if a user wishes to know a technique that uses an after image they must have knowledge of this technique as well. Depending on how many after images a user uses within a technique is dependent on how many times this technique is known.
Limit: Universal Technique

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Jim flopped Wright, his training mannequin, unceremoniously on the dusty earth. He was inside an enclosed training area outside of the Academy, in which he had taught a class on Bunshin just the day before.

After sitting down beside Wright, whose rubber limbs were in all sorts of uncomfortable angles, Jim flipped open the TaiJutsu encyclopedia to "Sugizou," the technique he wanted to learn.

"After-image... interesting, even though it's basic purpose is to increase my speed, it has some strategic side-effects that resemble Bunshin," Jim contemplated.

After studying the article for a few more minutes to get a handle on how to perform the Jutsu, Jim got up, dusted himself off, and decided that bringing Wright all the way out to the training grounds was a complete waste of time.

"I'm not even going to do any real fighting, yet," muttered Jim, shaking his head, "Eh. Oh well. Maybe I can use 'em as a punching bag later."

Shaking this off, Jim set his feet square and attempted to perform the Jutsu.

"Alright, chakra to my legs and feet..."

He could feel the tingling sensation and slight feeling of light-headedness that he now recognized as movement of chakra. Even though he had just become a Nin, Jim had been using chakra all his life without even knowing it. He had always been the fastest runner. When he fished with his brothers, he always seemed to cast in exactly the right spot. Whenever he jumped off of something, like the side of a wall, his feet always seemed to stick onto it for a fraction of a second longer.

It wasn't anything major, but now, everything was different. This was his job--to use chakra, and his life would soon depend on it.

Jim could feel his chakra's movement, but it was too slow. If he had attemped to initiate the technique in an actual field situation, it would have taken too long, and there'd be a kunai in his throat.

Jim growled like a pile of rocks were in his larynx, "Gonna' have to try that again."

Once again, Jim sent chakra to his legs and feet. It was focused and more precise, but still too slow. The process was familiar, now, though. He could now send his chakra there in nearly an instant, if he wanted to.

"Like your life depended on it, Jim. Get that chakra down first, then try running like the wind."

It was like a sudden rush of blood from the head, but Jim got his chakra down to his legs and feet in the speed he was aiming toward.

Trouble is, he fell over like a hobbling old man and was sprawled out on the ground next to Wright.

"Alright, let's try doing that without looking like an idiot."

After about thirty minutes, Jim managed to send chakra to his entire lower body in an instant without losing his footing, which would be critical--considering that he'd have to break into a dizzying run a half-moment later.

The hard part was over, and now all he had to do was repeat the process, but start running as soon as it ended.

With boy-like anticipation, Jim shot chakra into his lower body, cracked a grin, and ran like a jackrabbit.

Jims were all over the place: on opposite sides of the chain-linked fence, in circles on the ground, running over Wright, jumping through the air--it was like watching a kid who just discovered that candy would appear in his hand if he just thought about it.

Actually, a few of his students from class 3b were watching him train, and, not realizing who he was, were quite afraid. After staring at the cage, wide eyed, they hurriedly ran back to their homes.

From the outside of the enclosure, it looked like a sphere of huge black streaks with deep booming laughter emanating from the inside.

"This is so much fun!"

[Masakuni]

+8
(8/30) Sugizou takes 30 TPz. o.o

[Jim]

*edited*

Whoops. : P

Would've written the post differently--for whatever reason, I thought that it was an E-ranker. *shrugs*

[Jim]

Jim kept on with his fun, laughing like a jolly giant.

He was running on the chain fence when his legs screamed in protest, making him plummet into the unforgiving dirt. A cramp had seized his legs with its piercing claws, sending flames of agony throughout his body. He laid on his back, growling like a best, attempting to straighten out his legs, like trying to close a rusty steel door.

After finally managing to straighten his legs, Jim began to recover, purposefully breathing in as much air as he could, oxygen rushing to his muscles.

The pain lessened. After about five minutes, it was dull enough for Jim to crawl over to the Jutsu encyclopedia, still opened up to Sugizou.

“Alright, what did I do wrong…?”

Jim began to read and noticed a sub-heading to what he had read before.

“Chakra Training Method: Step 1 to Sugizou”

He scanned further down.

“This method of training is meant to acclimate the user’s muscles to the strain of Sugizou. The user should proceed with caution and maintain chakra flow in their lower body while attempting the technique.”

“There we go,” grumbled Jim, massaging his right calf, “I didn’t maintain. I just fired up and shot out.”

He continued to read.

“To reach the point where one only needs a minimum of chakra to initiate Sugizou, the user should send progressively less chakra to their lower body while training. Proceed with caution.”

Jim chuckled sardonically, “Heh, ‘Proceed with caution,’ eh? No kidding.”

After a few more minutes, Jim’s legs felt normal again. Not perfect, but good enough to attempt the Jutsu again.

Jim shot chakra into his lower body and initially ran with the same lightning speed as before, but concentrated on maintaing the chakra he had placed.

Because he had to think and run simultaneously, Jim wasn’t quite as fast, but he wasn’t crying out in pain either.

Once he became winded, Jim stopped to rest. That round had lasted for about 10 minutes. His legs were burning, but not painfully. It felt more like he had just completed an intense workout.

It was noon, and Jim took out a pack off his back, unzipped it, and took out his lunch—a bowl of beans and dried steak. He ate ravenously, devouring the whole thing in mere moments.

Still feeling too tired to resume training, Jim took out the Jutsu encyclopedia and read through the entire entry on Sugizou. Apparently, he was in the worst possible position he could be in for learning the Jutsu. As Sugizou harnesses all the collective muscular power of only you legs, the majority of work done for balance and shifting of inertia at the speeds made possible by the technique is put on the leg muscles. The effort needed to learn Sugizou to its full potential is proportional to their size. This makes it easier to learn for light people, as their inertia has less force. For heavier people, however, their legs need to control much more weight. This wasn’t good news for Jim, who’s built like a bear.

Slightly discouraged, but rested, Jim gritted his teeth and attempted the Jutsu again.

“I’ll just have to match the disadvantage with effort.”

Jim funneled chakra into his legs, but made sure to cut off the flow a little bit earlier than before. There was pain while he was running, but it wasn’t unbearable. For the next two hours, Jim rotated resting with practice at that level of chakra. Slowly, the pain began to decrease until it felt exactly like before.

Jim kept this up until about eight at night. With Wright slung over his back, he walked back to his home. He was exhausted, but had managed to decrease the level of chakra he needed to fifty percent of what he began with.

“I’ll get it down tomorrow.”

[Masakuni]

+10
(18/30) ^_^

[Jim]

It was five in the morning, and he had left Wright at home.

“Alright, let’s start this up again.”

Jim started his second day of training at the same level of chakra he ended the first day with—fifty percent. His hopes were fulfilled in that it seemed he hadn’t lost any progress; his legs felt perfectly fine, considering that they were being pushed to their full capacity. Jim’s image was merely a large black blur in the morning light.

In fact, Jim was nearly happy enough to start laughing in elation again, but he reasoned himself out of it; there was still much to overcome besides the amount of time this first stage of training takes for heavier shinobi. The problem of his inertia and controlling his forward momentum loomed, but that was to be considered later.

So, Jim set himself into the groove he formed the previous day. He’d complete the Jutsu with a certain level of chakra placed into his lower body, rest until he felt well enough to attempt it again, and then try it again at the same level of chakra. This would go on until he didn’t feel any pain in his legs. Then, he’d decrease the set level of chakra, attempt the Jutsu, rest, retry, and so on…

He kept this up until noon, when he decided, that finally, he was satisfied with how much chakra he was sending to his lower body. It was just how the Jutsu encyclopedia article described it.

“When you reach the optimum level of chakra needed to initiate Sugizou, a distinctive feeling should be felt in one’s legs—as if a layer of tissue paper is covering them. This is the chakra one sends to their lower body. At this point, one has reached the absolute minimum amount of chakra needed to initiate Sugizou.”

And so it was with Jim.

This level of chakra was about two percent of what he had begun with the previous day. Another change Jim noticed was that it took him much less time to prepare Sugizou, as he now only had to concentrate on a fraction of the chakra he had to prepare and send previously—like throwing down a shot of sake instead of a jug.

With feelings of exhaustion and pride mixed with anticipation of the next hurdle he had to jump, Jim unpacked his lunch, another helping of beans and dried steak, and chomped through the next fifteen minutes.

While he ate, Jim contemplated the next step in his training, silently reciting the encyclopedia.

“Chakra Training Method: Step 2 to Sugizou

“Once one reaches the optimum amount of chakra needed to initiate Sugizou, the technical aspects of performing the Jutsu, as it is shown on paper, are complete. One may even be capable of using this Jutsu in the field, however, one will find that it is nearly impossible. The human body isn’t made, much less accustomed, to move at the speeds made possible by Sugizou. As a result, it has been shown that when ninja unaccustomed to the rigors of Sugizou attempt to use it in the field, they easily lose control of their bodies while attempting relatively simple movements, like a running jump, suddenly stopping, or any kind of significant change in course. All of these simple movements are staples in any breed of TaiJutsu, and movement in general. So, to use Sugizou effectively, one must train themselves how to operate normally at the speed Sugizou creates.”

Jim wiped his mouth off with his sleeve and, feeling rested and mentally prepared to tackle the issue, shot a full dose of chakra into his lower body.

“The method for this training is similar to the first step, in that one will send the maximum amount of chakra to the lower body, in order to assist in training. The purpose, however, is to support the joints and tendons in the strain that it will receive and make the body accustomed to moving fluidly at the speed of Sugizou.”

He shot off like a crossbow bolt towards the opposite chain linked fence, his torso leaned forward to balance off his weight.

Five feet before the fence, he suddenly turned toward the right wall and attempted to push off. Jim didn’t change direction. In fact, it was as if he had never stopped running. His boots skidded across the dirt as if it were ice.

Jim’s body was thrown violently against the fence by his own inertia. He was standing, but he’d been in better non-battle situations.

“Alright… I guess that jumping and gently patting the ground isn’t going to get me anywhere. I’m gonna’ have to keep my feet on the ground at much as possible, to keep the traction.”

After slowly righting himself and taking a quick breather, he shot chakra into his lower body.

“Alright, I’m a bear. The ideal body type is a twig. So, I need to compensate by keeping a greater awareness of my inertia and weight. When I want to turn, I’ll lean my entire body over in that direction—obnoxiously so. That should keep me on course. When I want to jump, I’ll need to align my upper body to the target. When I want to stop, I’ll have to lean back and slow down to a point where I won’t skid.”

Jim nodded in self-satisfaction.

“That sounds good enough,” he chuckled, “that didn’t even come from the book.”

So, Jim began to create a set of secondary reflexes. Not an entirely new set, just an exaggerated form of the current ones, so it wouldn’t be too difficult to learn quickly.

Moving around the enclosure, Jim almost looked like a drunken lightning bolt bathed in black—zigging and zagging and leaning his upper body over to the point where it was nearly touching the ground. After he felt fairly comfortable with just running, Jim attempted to jump off and onto a fence.

And so this went until about seven at night. With many a scratch and internal bruise, Jim had managed to run, change direction, jump and move effectively while within the speed of Sugizou. Not that it was easy by any stretch of the imagination—he had put more effort into this session than yesterday. And to be honest, he didn’t show any signs of letting up. He had said that he’d, “…get it down tomorrow,” and today was that day.

Jim was determined to master Sugizou by morning, and there was one last step to complete.

[Jim]

“Chakra Training Method: Step 3 to Sugizou

“This is the final step. Once it is complete, one should be able to effectively use Sugizou in the field. Simply, it is the combination of steps 1 and 2. One must be able to move with the fluidly achieved in step 2 with the optimum amount of chakra achieved in step 1. The process should be similar to that of step 1 in that one should start this regimen with the full amount of chakra, then slightly decrease the chakra, once mastered at the previous level of chakra.”

Jim was in what he liked to call, “a fully conscious semi-conscious state.” He was beat, and his battered body sure looked the part, but his movements didn’t show any signs of it. Ironically, this was the best condition he could be in for the third step, as anything he did now would leave a greater mark on his reflexes.

“Alright, this should go faster than step 1… I already have Suggy down at around two percent…” Jim said with lids half-shut, “all I have to do is use the reflexes I learned in step two.”

Jim relaxed himself, got into his forward stance, set his chakra level at seventy five percent, and shot out. There were several scary moments when his exhaustion nearly got the better of him, but his reflexes kicked in—saving him from many a tree branch and fence.

And so Jim continued, nearly without realizing it himself.

70, 65, 50, 40, 25…

Finally, just as the sun rose across the horizon, Jim reached two percent, and promptly fell asleep.

Around seven, his pupils from class 3b arrived at the academy and noticed a giant man slumped across a tree stump. Hilarity ensued.

[Exit to Tsuchikage Tower]


OOC--Alright, that should do it. First learned Jutsu! ^_^

[Masakuni]

Damn straight it should.
+10
+2
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+12
(30/30) Learned. =P