On the Run (Training)

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• Shunshin no Jutsu, 瞬身の術, (Body Flicker Technique)
Rank: "C" Rank
Type: Ninjutsu/Taijutsu
Effect: A High speed movement technique where a user moves from one point to another as if appearing to teleport in a short distance in almost untraceable speeds. User moves in 10 meters
Special: ---
Drawback Able to use 3 times a day when first learned. Each time learned after first time user is able to use it one more time. If user uses it passes the number capable, leg muscles cramp dramatically and user is unable to move till medical treatment.
Description: This jutsu is a high-speed movement technique, allowing a ninja to move short distances at an almost untraceable speed. To an observer, it appears as if the user has teleported. A puff of smoke is occasionally used to disguise the user's movements. It is accomplished by using chakra to temporarily boost the user's reflexes. The amount of chakra required depends on the overall distance between the user and their intended destination. When used this technique does not take up any movements. However a user may only use this technique equal to half the amount of their movements per round rounding down. Thus 3 movements user may use it only once per round. 15 movements user may use it 7 times per round without it taking up a movement.
Limit: User must have a Character.

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Kirin was sitting in a bar, a drink in front of him. No one knew he was an escaped convict convicted of murder here, so it left him to his own devices. As such, he felt his mind drift back to prison, and how he learned his speed. The basic ninja technique, Shunshin, the Body Flicker: a high-speed jutsu used for quick escape and for closing gaps. Kirin closed his good eye and remembered...

(FLASHBACK – 6 Years ago, Age Twelve, Aokusa Deepground Prison)

“You’re pretty quick kid,” Dozer had said to him. Dozer was a ninja prisoner, convicted for stealing. Kirin had just escaped from a group of cons by dodging and running, “but you’ll need to move faster than that to stay alive in here.”

“What’s it to you?” Kirin snarled, his eyes flashing. Quickly, Dozer explained about the Shunshin jutsu, to keep the young kid alive and interested.

“Every ninja uses something called the Shunshin jutsu, or the Body Flicker technique,” Dozer said, “Lucky for you, it doesn’t always need chakra. Some people get by simply with very fast reflexes and speed. It works under a principle of focusing on a single point and moving your body at untraceable speeds. Your muscles can seize up, so relax your muscles first.”

Kirin glared one final time, and then acknowledged in his mind that the ninja convict was right; he needed to be faster to survive here. He closed his eyes and deepened his breathing, letting his muscles relax. “Alright then,” Dozer said, “Now, when I say go, I want you to dodge me by going straight ahead, understand?” Kirin opened his eyes and nodded. Dozer tensed, as did Kirin. Then, without warning, Dozer threw himself at Kirin, who threw himself forward, releasing the pressure he had built up in his limbs. His reactions were fast, and he vanished for a split second, before appearing two metres away and colliding with the ground, rolling as his muscles seized up. After a few minutes, his muscles relaxed, and Kirin got up, breathing heavily.
“That wasn’t bad,” Dozer said, “Remember, tense your muscles when you plan on moving, then relax them as you move. Not only does that reduce the risk of your muscles seizing up during the movement, but it also allows you to move more freely. Remember; a stiff tree breaks, the spry sapling bends.”

“Don’t talk to me about fucking trees,” Kirin spat, clenching and unclenching his muscles in preparation. He rocked backward and forward on his heels, then focused and tensed his leg muscles as he rocked backwards. As he rocked forwards, he pushed and relaxed his muscles, the world around him blurring for the barest second. When the world settled, his leg muscles twitched and he almost went sprawling again. He turned and realised that he had moved about five metres in only a second or two. Short of jumping, Kirin had never moved that distance in that sort of time. It was amazing.

He turned again, and focused, rocking backward and forward on the balls of his feet, clenching and unclenching his muscles. He focused ahead of his body, and closed his eyes, letting a feeling of nothingness flow through his body. His eyes snapped open; he tensed his muscles and threw himself forwards, vanishing from sight, and the world streaking past him. When he came to rest, he felt exhausted, almost collapsing and breathing heavily.

“You did good kid,” Dozer said, “Seven metres is pretty good for a beginner. I honestly didn’t expect more than five. Full range of the technique is ten metres; I’d practice before those guys try and jump you again.” With that, Dozer left Kirin alone in the barren world of Deepground Prison, to perfect his speed in this harsh environment where speed was life, and anything less than that was death.

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(2 Days Later, Aokusa Deepground Prison, West C-Block, known by inmates as “The Meat-grinder”)

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Kirin was moving through the prison, steam rising from the depths of the earth. He had continued with the Shunshin training, but he was still far behind in his own opinion. Suddenly, he had to stop, because two inmates armed with metal wrenches stood in his way. “Hey boys, looks like fresh meat wandered into the grinder,” one grinned. Kirin turned to run, but two others were blocking his exit routes. He turned again and saw his out; they hadn’t covered the diagonals. It was a narrow gap, but he could make it, if he used the Shunshin. Kirin rocked backwards and forwards on his heels, clenching and unclenching his muscles, preparing for the movement. He needed to be quick, or he wouldn’t escape. When he felt the two behind him get close, he rocked forward, relaxing his muscles and throwing himself forward, vanishing in a streak of lines to the inmates. He slid easily through the gap and appeared eight metres away from them, and he just kept running, stumbling as he exited the ‘Shunshin moment’.

But it seemed the fates didn’t want to be kind today. More prisoners were coming after him, and he had to backtrack more than once as he made it to the upper catwalks. One cornered him and he tensed his leg muscles as he lifted himself up onto the metal railing and pushed out on the cave wall, Shunshin-ing across the nine metre gap to a free catwalk with no one on it, the world blurring around him before he slammed into the opposite railing, barely keeping hold as he hauled himself upward. Those two Shunshin’s began to hurt his legs as he kept running. More prisoners came after him, chasing him through the prison. Guards were ignoring the spectacle, preferring to watch the little murderer run for his life.

Kirin reached a turn that led into another hallway. At the end of the hallway was a waterfall, cascading twenty metres away from him. He moved again, tightening and releasing his muscles and moving faster, the world blurring as he managed a ten metre movement with the Shunshin. He kept running, even though his muscles were burning now, and he kept going. He didn’t have much choice; he tightened his muscles and released the pressure, using another Shunshin to make it past the waterfall. He had to bite his lips to stop the yelp of pain as his muscles felt like they were being torn off of his bones. The prisoners ran past him, and Kirin lived to fight another day.

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