Art is not a thing: Its a way[training]

[Asami]

Sumi Tobidougu (Hidden Ink Projectile Weapons)
Rank: D-Rank
Skill: Ninjutsu
Effect: The user spits out wads of ink that become projectile weapons as they fly to the target.
Special: None
Drawback: Attack can be dodged or avoided by opponents.
Description: Focusing chakra into their throat the user can spit out wads of ink at the target. The ink forms into projectile weapons of the user’s choice such as: Kunai, Senbon Needles, Shuriken, Kamas, etc. After the attack hits a target it will instantly dissolve back into it’s liquid state, and evaporate away as to leave no trace. There is a limit of 10 projectiles for Genin, 15 for Chuunin, and 20 for Jounin.
Limit: Clan Jutsu.

0/10

Ink projectiles...seemed simple enough. Rina thought to herself, wandering through one of the rock fields of Tshchi no Kuni. Sketchbook in hand, and small gourd of ink at her side, the stone genin stood, 20 feet away from a particuarly flat and large boulder. Rina decided this was the perfect place to learn this basic technique.

Rina focused her chakra to her throat. Having a mother in the Li clan, she was taught how to create ink from an early age. Focusing on the thick liquid congealing in the back of her esophagus, she pictured ninja weapons. Kunai, long sharp with a rink around their back. Senbon, long shafts of metal with a deadly point. Shuriken, star shaped and sharp, a ring missing from the middle. The geometry of these projectiles in her mind, she pushed the ink from her body to the air. Instead of flying weapons, it appeared the young girl had vomited up a pool of black liquid.

Staring down at her failure, she realized that she needed to add substance to the ink. Gathering her chakra once more, she directed it to the ink and tried to trace out the weapons from the formless blob. Thinking she had them formed, she lurched forward again and spewed forth another pool of ink but instead of being flat, this time it appeared that pieces of the weapons were sticking out of the ink. The ring and handle of a kunai could be seen as well as a few discontinued shuriken and pieces of what would be senbon.

Disappointed, but still determined, she tried again. Inhaling deeply, she gathered the required energy to her throat. Feeling ink fill it, the focused hard on creating just one weapon, a kunai. She thought intently on the shape and form of the weapon. A simple ring, attached to a cloth covered handle. The handle, adorned with a simple yet sharp blade. Her lungs expelled the air and propelled the ink forward. A large portion of the liquid flew about a foot and a half before splattering on the ground, but a single jet black kunai careened forward into the rock, leaving a black stain that ran down the front.

Excited by her progress, she wasted no time to try again. A deep breath and ink immediately began to form from the chakra gathered there. The liquid gurgled and filled her esophagus. This time, she pictured 3 kunai, 4 shuriken, and 3 senbon. One by one, she mentally traced the projectiles until they all glowed with a tiny aura of blue. Rina opened her eyes and lurched forth, expelling the in weapons. They flew true, and the sun reflected off a tiny trail of ink left by the projectiles.

Rina wanted to try one more thing. This technique was fine for flinging the weapons, but the whole thing was rather…vulgar in her mind. She wanted to alter the technique a bit. Instead of regurgitating the weapons, she would rather let them leap off the page, literally. Rina dipped her calligraphy brush in the ink produced by her earlier that was stored in a small gourd. The kunoichi pushed her chakra into the tip of the brush and speedily swished out 10 extremely accurate portraits of ninja weapons on her sketch book. The edges of the flying projectiles seemed to glow with a feint blue aura. With her left hand, she pushed a boost of chakra into the book and the ink trembled on the page. The shapes peeled off of the paper and became three dimensional. With a final blast of chakra, the weapons sped into the stone, now almost fully covering the bolder.

[Masakuni]

+6
(6/10)

[Asami]

6/10

After perfecting the technique in practice, she needed to test it in battle. Rina once again dipped her brush into her gourd of ink and began swiping away at her sketch pad. She pictured a lion. King of the beasts, sharp claws, huge fangs, and flowing mane. In no time, a gorgeous lion was sketched masterfully on the paper. Focusing chakra to her hand, the lion gained a ghostly curelean aura and jumped from the page, and grew to the size of the real beast. Growling, it began to prowl its new surroundings, ready for action.

The fericious beast seemed to act my its own free will, but Rina was able to control it like a puppet. She didnt take it under her control compleatly, but she told it that she was the enemy. The lion suddenly turned and faced the small girl, baring its razor teeth. With a gutteral growl, he bolted at Rina. Eyes wide, Rina barely managed to avoid a fierce swipe thrown at her from the charging feline. The stone genin began to wonder if this was a bad idea, but her hesitation was cut short by another close call.

It was time to fight back. The cat turned arround and stared at Rina. Bracing her sketchbook with her left arm, she dipped her brush into the ink and started sketching out weapons. In just a few seconds, the jutsu was complete. Filling the sketch with chakra, the weapons flew the paper and whizzed twords the lion. With a side step, 9 of the weapons missed, but a single senbon managed to prick the beast's leg. In a cry of anguish, it charged his attacker.

Rina ran from the charging animal and found sanctuary in a tree. Her enemy lept with a flailing paw but Rina was out of reach. The kunoichi gave a chuckle and dunked her brush back into the ink. Instead of 10 small weapons, one large windmill shuriken was in the process of being sketched. With some minor finishing touches, the weapon was ready. A burst of energy through the paper caused the two dimensional drawing to jump into the third. Spinning like a fan, the shuriken bolted to the ground, cutting the side of the lion in the process.

Satisfied with the technique, and feeling sorry for her creation, Rina brought the tiger back to her and it jumped back into her sketchbook.

[Masakuni]

+4
(10/10) Learneddd. =P

[pandoru]

Shiro beat meh to the grade.. =[ Just wanted to say Welcome to Iwa ^.^ Glad to have you~

[Asami]

Mouth Control
Rank: E, D, C, B, A, S rank
Skill: Passive
Effect: ---
Special: ---
Drawback: If the mouth’s aren’t used correctly, the clay could not be created the right way, so training into this is necessity.
Description: The Sankuchi member that was born with the mouths has to learn to train into the usage of the mouths in the correct manner, as though they were their own mouths they talk and eat with. The Sankuchi train with their extra mouths often in order to use their abilities to their full potential; by training into their extra mouths, they’re able to create better creations, infuse better chakra and other such things.
Limit: Limited to the Sankuchi
(Note: E rank is for human mouth, D for one extra mouth, C for extra mouth and regular mouth, B for second extra mouth, A for two extra mouths, S for all three mouths. At the same time.)

The small stone genin wondered through the stones. It was high time she started learning jutsu to honor her bloodlimit. She returned to her small but well furnished home and walked over to a book shelf. Removing a dusty leather bound book, she blew the powder from the cover to reveal the title Art is a Blast. She turned to the first chapter for beginners. The book said the first thing a Sankuchi artist can do to begin their training, they must learn to control their first mouth…

Rina stared puzzled at the page. “How the heck am I suppose to learn to control my mouth any more than I can now. After all, it is…my mouth.” Without anything else to do, she started chattering her teeth, folding and contorting her tongue, running her tongue across her teeth, and even attempting to lick her nose. Not feeling any more in control of her mouth than before, she decided she needed to be more creative.

She walked into the kitchen for some brain food and saw a small candy wrapped in plastic. Delighted to find the small treat, she reached onto the counter and went to unwrap it when suddenly, an idea hit her. She popped the morsel into her mouth, wrapper and all. She pressed the candy to the front of her teeth, holding it steady. She used her tongue to lift the wrapper off of sweet treat. She repositioned the candy to peel the plastic away with her teeth and used her tongue to roll it, removing more and more wrapper until the strawberry flavor swept over her mouth as a reward.

Happily sucking on the treat, she pulled the wrapper from her mouth and tossed it in the trash. After the candy had disappeared, she needed to try something new. She walked to the refrigerator and pulled a jar of cherries out. Rina twisted the cap off and dipped her fingers into the sugary liquid. She pulled out a perfect fruit and bit off of the fruit, leaving the stem between her fingers. The stone genin put the stem in her mouth. Rina folded the stem across the tip of her tongue so one half was on top, the other, on the bottom. She moved it in between her teeth and bit down softly, crossing the two halves, forming a loop. While holding the crossed-over stem between her teeth, she used the tip of her tongue to push one end of the stem through the loop she made. She tried to use her teeth to rotate the looped stem toward the end and pushed through. She pulled the knot from on top of her mouth and looked at her creation.


((yea I know….shut up. I couldn’t think of another way to train my mouth >.<”))

[Masakuni]

+8
(8/?) What level are you training? xD

[Asami]

Clay Manipulation
Rank: E, D, C, B, A, S rank
Skill: Passive, Ninjutsu
Effect: The Sankuchi member will take a wad of their clay and place them into their extra mouth; the mouth will then start to chew the piece of clay for a long period of time. This ability causes the mouth to shape and mold the clay into a small sculpture of whatever the user desires. (Not limited to animal creations, anything can be created from clay.)
Special: ---
Drawback: The next rank can only be trained into if all of the ranks of the four skills under the desired rank is trained into. The sculpture made will be reflected on the user’s ability and skill in the ability, also each sculpture takes time an patience to be made, the ranks making it easier to create, but harder depending on creation size. Creations:
o E – One to Two posts depending on quality of post and Clay Infusion.
o D – Two to Three posts depending on quality of post and Clay Infusion.
o C – Two to Four posts depending on quality of post and Clay Infusion.
o B – Two to Six posts depending on quality of post and Clay Infusion.
o A – Two to Eight posts depending on quality of post and Clay Infusion.
o S – One to Ten posts depending on quality of post and Clay Infusion.

Description: The clay will enter the extra mouth, and using the tongue and teeth of the extra mouth, it will shape, form and mold the clay into a mini sculpture.
Limit: Limited to the Sankuchi

Seeking E rank O/5

Now that Rina had control over her mouth, she could start to learning how to perform her bloodlimit jutus to make her parents proud. She left the small mountain cottage and returned to the rock fields. The day was dying and a cool breeze swept across the girls face. She soon wouldn’t have any more light, so she would need to train fast. Rina had made her way to her favorite place, a wide clearing surrounded with big boulders that glistened with flecks of granite in the setting sun.

Taking her place in the center of the circular clearing, she reached her hands into her bag of precious sankuchi clay. She pulled out a small chunk, about the size of her thumb and squished it between her fingers. It was soft and a bit sticky like any good clay, but this clay was special, this clay was a blast to play with. Rina rolled the clay into a ball between her palms and placed it into her mouth.

It had a very…unique flavor. Earthy, but not gritty. Chewy, but not gummy. Bitter, but not overpowering. The sensation was oddly pleasing, comforting in a way. She attributed this to her bloodline. She began to knead and push the clay around her mouth making it more malleable. The clay ready for sculpting, she used her tongue and teeth to mold the material and create a small sculpture. Feeling as though it was complete, she reached in and plucked the clay mass and examined it. It was crude, but was recognizable as a cricket.

Rough idea in her head, she squished the bug and re-rolled the clay ball. Popping the morsel back into her mouth, she closed her eyes. She visualized a cricket in her mind, her mouth working at the same time. Tiny head with antenna. Oval shaped body with six legs, the two in the back arched with minuscule barbs on the back. Finally, a thin split tail that formed a “V” hung from its thorax. Finally, a small gold outline outlined the now extremely accurate portrait in her mind, indicating to the artist that she had recreated her subject perfectly. Tentatively, she removed the model from her mouth to find a perfect cricket, almost ready to start chirping.

[Masakuni]

Learned. ^_^

[Asami]

Clay Alteration
Rank: E, D, C, B, A, S rank
Skill: Passive, Ninjutsu
Effect: The Sankuchi member has the ability to trigger the growth and life-like qualities of their creations through concentration of their shared chakra sources. By simply concentrating on the chakra they had infused into their creation, the user triggerse it, thusly creating an upset in the creation; a series of things occur. First, the creation grows to the size of how much chakra was placed into them, and they are armed, ready to detonate according to what type of explosive chakra is put into them. Second, the creation gains life-like properties, such as movement and such, but they are a slave to their creators will. (Affected by Clay Control.)
Special: ---
Drawback: The next rank can only be trained into if all of the ranks of the four skills under the desired rank is trained into.
Description: The clay creation will have a triggered reaction within it and it will grow in size and be able to move around as a live creature would.
Limit: Limited to the Sankuchi

Seeking E rank 0/5
Holding her clay cricket in the palm of her hand, Rina stared at her creation intently. Her next step was to make them come alive. She focused chakra to her hands and into the figurine. In a tiny plume of smoke, the tiny cricket grew to the size of a mouse. Excited that her cricket had grown, she needed to move on to the next step.

According to the explination given by her father, he said that making a sculpture come alive required two steps. One, was to infuse it with chakra and make it grow. CheckAnd second, to use that chakra to move and make your creation move. not check. Using the chakra inside the clay insect, she attempted to move the creature, if only slightly.

A puppeteer by no means, using her chakra to move something was entirely out of her element. She started by staring at the small insect, willing it to move with her mind. After several minutes and a minor headache, she met no success. Next, she tried wiggling her fingers over the figurine, but that just made her look silly. Rina closed her eyes and pictured the cricket in her mind. She almost could feelthe chakra pulsing through the clay.

Focusing on the energy surging through the tiny insect she pretended she was sculpting but instead of focusing on the exterior, she moved inwards, seeing the network of chakra lacing the inside. She made a tiny adjustment to one leg, and the creature twitched in her hand. It was small, but she was sure it moved.

Adrenalin pumping, she moved her focus to the back leg and again, it twitched like the other. Broadening her sight to both hind legs, she managed to lift them and touch them together. Akward and robotic at first, the appendages rubbed together and produced a feint chirping sound. With more practice, the chirping got louder and louder, until the melody filled the air much like a real cricket’s would have.

[Umehara]

Learned. And don't think it makes you look silly.

You're training. They shall fear your clay powers!

[Asami]

Clay Control
Rank: E, D, C, B, A, S rank
Skill: Passive, Ninjutsu
Effect: The Sankuchi member’s sculptures, once created and altered to size, must know how to control their creations, having given them lifelike abilities, the creations are slaves to the member. This ability is how well the user can control their creations and how many they can control at a time, reflected by the user’s ability and skill with in the ability.
Special: ---
Drawback: The next rank can only be trained into if all of the ranks of the four skills under the desired rank is trained into. How many can be controlled:
E – One small creation
D – Two small creations or One medium creation
C – Four small creations or Two medium creations
B – Six small creations or Four Medium creations or One large creation
A – Eight small creations or Six Medium creations or Two large creations
S – Ten small creations or Eight Medium creations or Four large creations or One huge creation

No limited to just this, mixing is allowed as long as it follows the above rules.
Ei: Two small = One medium, Two medium = One large, Two large = One Huge
Description: A Sankuchi members ability to be able to control his or her creations of clay.
Limit: Limited to the Sankuchi

Seeking E rank 0/5

Rina look happily at the chirping cricket. Chirping was great, but the only way she was going to get anywhere with the Sankuchi bloodlimit is if her creations are mobile. She ceased the chirping of the clay insect and closed her eyes and once again envisioned the interlacing web of chakra acting like the circulatory system of the creature.

She used the same technique as she did the last time. Rina focused on one section of the bug, the front right leg to be exact. Moving the chakra in the appendage, she felt the cricket twitch a bit. Rina brought the field of vision to include three more legs. She struggled to control all four, but with a few tweaks to her system, the statue began to rock back and forth. With an extra of push of chakra, the insect hopped from the girls hand and landed on the ground.

She could feel as if the cricket had become a part of her. When she thought for it to move forward, it feebly but surly hobbled forward. After a few minutes the fluidity of the movement increased and it began to actually walk like a cricket. With most of the kinks worked out, she began doing more complicated movements like hopping, rolling over, and more chirping. The little bug melded with Rina’s thoughts, making it effortless to control.

Now Rina decided to test the range of her creature. She brought the bug to her feet and it gave a little chirp. Steadily hopping forward at about half a foot per jump, her creation had gone at least 60 leaps before she could feel her control start to wane. Persevering, she managed another 40 before the clay creature flopped onto the ground uselessly. 50 feet, not very long, but great for a first attempt.

[Masakuni]

Learned. ^_^

[Asami]

Clay Infusion
Rank: E, D, C, B, A, S rank
Skill: Passive, Ninjutsu
Effect: While the Sankuchi member is molding the clay into whatever he or she desires, there is one necessary step that has to be taken in order for the creation to get the right outcome. While the user’s extra mouths are chewing the clay, the user must also infuse their special chakra into the clay in order to do a few things; infuse with explosive property, give the life-like property, and infuse with chakra to make it grow to an intended size.
Special: ---
Drawback: The next rank can only be trained into if all of the ranks of the four skills under the desired rank is trained into. Infusion:
E – Infuse to E ranks, add one post. Small explosion, enough to knock back things/people or cause small burn wounds.
D – Infuse to D and down ranks, add two posts; deduct one for each lower rank. Moderate explosion, knock back people/things, can give whiplash and little bigger burn wounds.
C – Infuse to C and down ranks, add three posts; deduct one for each lower rank. Medium explosion, can break through doors and weak walls, cause 2nd degree burns
B – Infuse to B and down ranks, add four posts; deduct one for each lower rank. Large explosion, can break through walls, topple trees, and knock people across rooms. 3rd degree burns.
A – Infuse to A and down ranks, add five posts; deduct one for each lower rank. Big explosion, can destroy houses, equivalent to a small bomb. People will burn to death in these.
S – Infuse to S and down ranks, add six posts; deduct one for each lower rank. A Huge explosion will incinerate and decimate anything and everything. Equivalent to a small A-bomb.

Description: What happens is that the clay inside the mouth is able to be infused with the chakra of the user, in fact its necessary for it to work correctly; the chakra helps for the rest of the abilities to work.
Limit: Limited to the Sankuchi
"Flash Blast"
Rank: D
Effect: Bombs created explode with more blinding properties. A blinding flash appears with explosion, much like normal light bombs
"Claymore"
Rank: C
Effect: Sets a clay bomb into floor. The bomb will explode with an upward explosion once activated. Activated remotely or by being tripped by opponent.
"Incendiary Blast"
Rank: C
Effect: Clay bombs explode with more intensified heat than regular. This heat can cause serious burns
"Concussion Blast"
Rank: C
Effect: Clay bombs explode greater force exerted on air pressure. Blast do not cause any major damage, but can easily knock over even the heaviest of objects.
"Tagging Bomb"
Rank: C
Effect: Commands clay bombs to latch on opponents. The can either latch on secretly or directly. Whatever the choice, the bomb explodes inward, seriously injuring the opponent.
"Shrapnel Blast"
Rank: B
Effect: Clay is molded over a metallic object. Once exploded, the metallic object is completely destroyed and reduced to fast moving scrap metal. These metal scraps can pierce through flesh easily.
"Implosion"
Rank: B
Effect: Blast explodes inward rather than outward. This causes a shift in air pressure toward the center of the blast, causing a massive suction effect which draws enemies in to explosion.
“Gravity Bomb”
Rank: B
Effect: A large bomb explodes over head. Rather then explode outward normally, the blast in concentrated downward. Victims aren't hurt the the force of the blast, but rather what the blast does to air pressure. The air pressure is forced downward from the blast with such an extent that it actually causes major crushing damage.
"Gash Blast"
Rank: A
Effect: Explosion have special properties. Chakra makes the bombs explode in a concentrated straight line, rather than a radius. This blast, since concentrated in a single line, has a strong "slicing" effect.
"Garuda"
Rank: S
Effect: Once this bomb detonates it will not leave a huge explosion, but seperate itself in miniscule bombs. These miniscule bombs scatter into the air and any living thing that breathes them in will be infested with them and once they explode, they destroy the body from the inside within seconds.

*-*The types of clay bombs are acquired when the rank of Clay Infusion is learned.*-*
Seeking E rank 0/5

This was it. All of her training thus far in the pottery arts had led up to this moment. It was time to learn the reason her Bloodlimit was one of the most feared in all the world. Rina walked over to the small cricket figurine lying in the dust. She picked up her precious creation and stared at the potential weapon. A small pang struck her heart that her little “friend” would cease to exist in a few moments. Remembering that it was just clay and not a real creature, she pulled herself together.

With a light peck on the crickets head, she sent him hopping from her hand a good 30 feet away. She closed her eyes and pictured the chakra inside of the beast. Blue with the chakra she pushed outward with the energy inside and opened her eyes to see the result. The cricket appeared unchanged, but with a closer inspection, one of the legs and fallen off, causing the insect to be lopsided. With the skill of an artisan, she reattached the limb and the figurine hopped from her hand to the ground once again.

Once the potentially deadly creature was at a safe distance, she focused on the chakra lying dormant inside the bomb. Instead of pulling it outwards, she pushed it inwards. With this, a small crack rattled the air and a white plume of smoke rose from the site of the noise. Excited, Rina ran to inspect. She saw that a different leg and exploded, but not the whole thing.

Scraping together a bit extra clay, she molded another leg to replace the missing one. For the third time, she released the cricket to a distance far enough away that she would be injured by her own blast. All of a sudden, she remembered something…it was a few years ago when some Sankuchi members were demonstrating their skills for a feudal lord looking for body guards…in order to make the statues explode, they said a word…what was it again….oh! Katsu! Remembering the “magic” word, she yelled her command to the insect. “KATSU!” Hearing the word, the cricket exploded in a glorious burst of flames and smoke, acompinied by a deep and resounding boom.

[pandoru]

Learned~