Beyond Highways and Roads...[Tr|T|P]

[Haruka]

"And off we go~"

[Enter]

Magen: Shimonami (Demonic Illusion: Frost Wave)
Rank: "C" Rank
Skill: Genjutsu
Effect: Creates an intense feeling of cold all over a target opponent's body.
Special: "Handseals"
Drawback: This effect is simply an illusion- after it has been dispelled, there are no after-effects.
Description: Gathering chakra-using handseals, the user then sends a wave of chakra at the opponent. This wave, once it strikes the opponent, targets the opponent's brain, or specifically the portion of the brain that deals with touch. Once that area has been affected, a slow, cold feeling will begin to cover the opponent's body. This feeling will slow reaction times of opponent's, and the effect only increases as time passes. If the technique has not been dispelled within five turns, then the opponent's speed will become equivalent to that of a sloth.
Limit: Must know Glamour Perception

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She was several miles away from the village and Haruka was already missing her home. She had all the essential items a genin needed for this trip, and hoped that everything would work out fine for her at the Chuunin exams. The girl had never attended the exams before, so was unsure of what to expect. Still, she had high hopes that she would pass the series of tests and make her village proud. Just to be safe, the girl made sure to bring several scrolls with techniques to train on during the travel to Tea. She didn't want even a minute wasted. Every passing hour could of been an hour to train on a technique.

The girl took the first scroll that came out of her bag and read it. "Frost Wave" she read to herself. It was a technique where she was capable to ticking the opponent into thinking they were under the conditions of extreme cold. "This should do!" she sang. It was a perfect genjutsu to train on while traveling. She did the proper handseals and began to allow the chakra within her body circulate through her. She made sure to focus the chakra on herself. She wanted to make sure she felt the cold from her own gejutsu just to make sure it was working properly.

She had the chakra circulate her own body for a few minutes. But nothing happened. She wondered how to go about learning the technique. She had to somehow trick herself that it was freezing cold. The girl then began thinking about the feeling of being frozen. It had been long ago since she had experienced snow. She remembered as a little girl how a snow flake would feel against warm flesh. It stung just a little, but would melt away into water and drip down her arm. The more snowflakes, the more the cold stung her arm, until she felt very cold. Her mother had to run out of the house and give her a jacket to avoid hypothermia.

Haruka took this flashback to her advantage. She had to mimic that same sensation, but through her genjutsu. She performed the handseals once more and had the chakra flow through her body. She then continued thinking about the cold she felt as a child. Suddenly the same feeling began to overcome her. She would feel that bitter sensation of snow falling over her skin. It was uncomfortable at first, but easily overcomed. She knew that she had to make the genjutsu stronger, or else people would be unsusceptible by the cold. She did the handseals once more and began to approach the technique a different way.

The girl suddenly remembered that in order for the genjutsu to work, she had to trigger a specific part of the brain. That way, she could trick the brain into thinking it was cold; chakra over her body could not do it alone. She began thinking of her anatomy classes during the academy. Which part of the brain registered sensation? After giving it much thought, the girl remembered the location. The "sensory cortex" was the part of the brain was responsible for relaying pain, heat, cold and other sensations. This was where the girl had to focus her chakra and trick her brain into thinking it was very cold.

Without hesitation, the girl quickly began to do the necessary handseals once more. She had the chakra from straight to the sensory cortex which was located to the back of the cerebrum. The chakra would accumulate there and that's when Haruka began to think of the cold that she had felt when she was a child. Suddenly, a chill would go up her spine as she felt the cool touch of snow. It landed all over her arm, and through the rest of her body. The girl crossed her hands in an attempt to warm herself up. It was strange, feeling extremely cold on a 75 degree day. Frosty puffs of air would come out of the genin's mouth as she felt the frigid conditions become stronger. "So this is what it feels to be caught under this genjutsu..." thought the girl, shivering.

[Logi Shimizu]

+10.

I won't move you since there wasn't sufficient 'travel' writing.

[Haruka]

[ooc: whoops, sorry about that ^^;]

Vice Versa
Rank: "C"
Skill: GenJutsu
Effect: Makes the target think that pain is pleasure and vice versa.
Special: "Hand seals" hold last hand seal to keep jutsu going
Drawback: Must hold last hand seal. Easy to tell that it is a genjutsu
Description: This directly effects the nerve endings all around the targets body. A deep stab would be the equivalent to an orgasm to the effected target, and excruciating pain such as a decapitated limb would be unfathomable joy. The point of this jutsu would be to make the target feel “pleasure” and then have them tear their own selves apart to satisfy their new craving for pleasure,
Limit: Must know the Glamour Perception.

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The girl took a glance behind her to see that she could no longer see the hidden village of Rain. She was now miles away, deep within the forest without no end. It was warm and humid, an uncomfortable feeling to the genin, but it didn't stop her from moving on. She would take a look at her map to make sure she was going in the right direction. From the looks of it, she would have to stop by the Land of Waves and stay at an inn, due to the fact that Tea was so far away, and she definitely would not make it in one day. It was now noon, and the sun rose high above her. As she walked, she decided to take a scroll out of her backpack and begin to train on a new technique.

Haruka was disturbed by this technique after reading the details from the scroll. "How horrible..." she said, while walking down the road in the forest. But it was useful, after all. A technique that can trick a person into feeling pain as pleasure. The girl would let out a big sigh and decide to train for it. She decided to use the technique on a simple clone, and hoped to never have to use it on a real human being. She began doing the handseals to summon a clone right before her. She looked at the clone with a face of pity, ready to perform the technique on it. She did the handseals for the technique and had the chakra surging all through her body. She then had to apply it to the clone.

First, Haruka had to hurt her clone in order for the genjutsu to work. She took a kunai from her pouch and stabbed the clone in the abdomen, but as soon as she did this, the clone would disperse into thin air. Haruka stood standing there with a blank look on her face. Of course, she forgot that any little hit a clone would receive would make them disappear. She decided to give the clone more chakra in order to have it last much longer than normal. It was the only way to test the technique on someone other than a real life person. She didn't want to hurt anyone. The girl would repeat the handseals and create a fresh clone on the spot. She took the kunai once again and stabbed the second clone in the same location as the other.

This time because the clone had more chakra, it did not disappear like the other. The clone would grab a hold of its belly and kneel down to the floor in pain. Instead of blood, the clone would bleed blue chakra from its body. She had to hurry before it ran out of chakra and disappear. The girl quickly performed the handseals needed to activate the genjutsu and focused it on the clone's wound. But nothing would happen. The clone continued to grasp its stomach in agony until it vanished right before the girl's eyes. She stomped her feet in frustration. What was it she was doing wrong?

Haruka continued to walk along the road and thought about the aspects of the genjutsu. The genin took her arm and pinched it. "Ow..." she thought. That was pain. She then thought about pleasure. She suddenly knew what she had to do. Haruka had to somehow trick the nerve endings in the area of the wound and have them signal to the brain something that brings the opponent pleasure. Then she would be able to trick the opponent into thinking that the pain was something pleasurable. Once again, she made the correct handseals and summoned another clone with enough chakra to keep it alive longer than usual. She then did the handseals that would trigger the genjutsu.

The clone stood before her, and Haruka would use the same kunai as before. She went to stab the clone in the stomach and manged to make a deep wound. The clone did as the other one did, and held its stomach in pain. Now it was time to focus the chakra on the clone's nerve endings. With careful precision, the girl had the chakra seep into the clone's pores and communicate with the nerves. The nerves within the clone would then signal to the brain that it was not feeling pain, but pleasure. Suddenly, the clone began to smile in a demented manner. It quickly ran up to Haruka and snatched away her kunai; with it, the clone would stab itself repeatedly in the stomach, laughing all the way through. The sight would make Haruka sick to her stomach, and she immediately stopped all chakra flow to the clone, which made it disappear in a puff of smoke.

The girl had been so fixated on learning the technique that she hadn't realize she had made it to her destination. The forest began to thin out, and a cool salt breeze would hit her face. From the distance, she would see the sun setting by a large blue sea; it was a beautiful site indeed. She had finally made it to the Land of Waves. The girl continued along the small dirt road, walking towards the town in hopes of finding an inexpensive inn to stay the night.

[N A T S U M I]

Moving, will grade when moved.

+10; Learned. Kinda wish I didn't grade that post -shudders-

[Haruka]

[ooc: disturbing huh? x.x; thanks btw ^^!]

Charged Projectile
Rank: D
Skill: Ninjutsu
Effect: Charges a metal throwing projectile with lightning adding lightning damage.
Special: ---
Drawback: Can only do enough to slightly numb and paralyze (Only for a quarter of a post), if the user tries to make it stronger, it will end up backfiring and paralyzing their hand. Can only charge up to 5 slots at once
Description: The user holds as many kunai/shuriken, or metal projectile for that matter, as they can, up to 5 slots in their hands, and charges them with electricity. Extra lightning damage is added which will slightly paralyze or numb. The projectiles will shock the opponent weakly even if they don't make contact, but at least come close to.
Limit: Lightning release.

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It was a rough night at the hotel. Haruka could barely sleep, due to the excitement as well as nervousness she felt from the exams. She rose up from her bed, drank some tea and didn't hesitate to head out. It was 1pm, and she was sure that she would make it to the Land of Tea by night fall. The girl gathered her things, tipped the host and went on her way. Once she was sure she was walking along the right rode, she would continue her training. She took out her next scroll and was surprised to have come across a D rank. She hadn't trained for a D rank in ages. "This should be simple enough." she thought.

Haruka began to charge the chakra within her body until she felt there was enough to convert it into an electrical current. It took a bit of effort, but within minutes, the current was ready. Now that this step was done, she took a kunai from her pouch and placed it into her right hand. The girl would then close her eyes and attempt to concentrate that electrical current into the palm of her hand. Before she knew it, sparks began to fly out of her hand. Now it was time to take that current and place it within the kunai she was holding. Immediately, the girl would have those sparks collect themselves within the weapon.

The weapon would soon glow with a dimly yellow light, signaling to Haruka that she had managed to have the kunai absorb the electricity that she had produced. The weapon would have a few sparks fly out of it as well. She figured it was charged and ready to go. In order to test it out, the girl would, as always, create another clone of herself. Once the right string of handseals were performed, the girl would summon her clone and keep her walking beside her. With the kunai, Haruka would strike the clone's shoulder. Instantly, the clone would become shocked by the metallic sharp object and fall the the floor. It wasn't long before the clone would disappear in a puff of smoke.

Haruka was glad to see the technique was working fine. Her next test was to see if she was able to charge multiple weapons at the same time. She had a total of 10 kunai's in her pouch, but she knew that she would start off small. The genin took 5 kunai's and slipped them all between the fingers of her right hand. Once again, the genin would begin to focus a current of electricity from her body. Once the current was prepared, the girl would begin to focus it upon the five weapons. Little by little, small sparks would make their way into the weapons. However, they did not glow as brightly as the first one had. She figured she was not using enough chakra to charge up the 5 kunais.

The girl would repeat the necessary steps, except this time she would make sure to concentrate more chakra to the weapons. Soon enough, the kunais began to glow yellow and seemed to be charged up enough to cause electrocution to the clones as well as even paralyzing them. To put this to the test, the girl would summon 5 extra clones. Then she aimed for the clones, each with a separate kunai. One by one, the clones would become shocked by the electrical blow that the kunai's did and about 3 out of 5 became paralyzed slightly. The girl smiled to herself. She continued to practice the technique until she felt confident enough. Then she would look up and see two small islands separated by a large sea in the distance.

She couldn't believe so much time had passed by. The girl continued walking along the road until she had finally reached the islands close enough. She came across a fork road, each leading to an individual island. The girl was unsure which one was hosting the Chuunin exams. She took her map and read it for a little until an old woman would pass her by. Haruka quickly got her attention and asked in a polite tone which island was hosting the exams. "Ahh, yes. The Chuunin exams are being hosted on O'uzu Island this year. There's been a lot of commotion over the few couple of days. I wish you luck if you are attending them!" she said with a smile on her face.

Haruka bowed and thanked the old woman for her help. She made sure to take the right bridge straight to O'uzu Island where the exams were being held. Suddenly, she was glad to be so far from Rain. It was a wonderful experience traveling for once. The area was tropical; filled with many palm trees, tanned people and surrounded by large bodies of water. It was beautiful. Once she had crossed the bridge, the girl would quickly look for the Chuunin exams registrations in order to sign up. She hoped that she wasn't too late, and that there was still enough room for her to get a spot for the exams.


[Exit when moved]

[Zeth Zatachi]

+10 and Moved

[Haruka]

[Enter]

Shōton no Jutsu (Crystal Release Skill)
Rank: "A" Rank
Skill: NinJutsu
Effect: The Crystal Release is a specialized field of Ninjutsu that can create crystal, (providing the user with an unlimited supply of melee weapons,) as well as manipulate already-existing Crystals and crystalline structures.
Special: ---
Drawback: Crystal Release cannot crystallize either raw energy or chakra as they have no physical mass to crystallize, allowing a person with either energy-based jutsu, such Wind Release, Fire Release and Lightning Release, or good chakra control to properly counter it. Crystal Release is also susceptible to a specific sound wave frequency; because crystal requires a very precise build-up of molecules, the proper sound waves can break down the build-up before the crystal can properly form.
Description: Using Crystal Ninjutsu, the user can crystallize any physical material and even the moisture that is present in the air around them, turning them into a weapon. In the case of human targets, Crystal Release can solidify its targets down to the cellular level, imprisoning and even killing the victim should the crystal ever be struck, reducing the mass of crystal and the victim down to crystalline dust. Earth Release, Water Release and Wood Release are all useless against the Crystal Release style: Because the Earth, Water and Wood styles all have physical mass, they can be crystallized, and then turned against the Crystal user's opponent. The Crystal style does this by influencing the arrangement of minerals and the structure of molecules. Liquid, mineral or organic, if it has physical mass, then the Crystal style can effect it,
Limit: Must have Mastered Earth Release or Must have gained two and fifty training points in both Lightning and Sand Release.

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Haruka made sure to gather all her things from the inn and make her way back to Rain. She was a bit disappointed that she had traveled so far for the exams just for them to cancel the event, but that wasn't going to stop her from going to the next one. With her bag fully packed, she'd walked down stairs and check out of her hotel room. The girl walked past the bridge that she had taken to get to O'uzu Island and took another look at the Land of Tea before walking back to Rain. The sea shimmered brighter than it had ever done before. Then she would turn around and continue walking the familiar road that got her there in the first place.

As she was walking, Haruka shuffled through her bag and came across an interesting scroll. The base was made of glass and the paper was silky and fine. She never noticed that she owned the scroll before. Out of complete curiosity, the genin opened the scroll and saw on it was the description of the crystal release. Her eyes would widen as she read the scroll. Never did Haruka hear of a crystal release. Was this even possible? thought the girl. She had the powerful scroll in her possession so she figured there was only one way to find out. She was now several meters away from Tea. It was time to make up for the fact that she was unable to join the exams. She was going to learn how to manipulate crystal.

Immediately, the girl take her hand and begin to manipulate the moisture surrounding her. She was walking through a damp forest, so there was plenty of moisture to do this. She opened the palm of her hand and began adding chakra into the air. Soon, a small blue spark would begin to omit from her hand. She continued mixing the air and chakra but the spark would not grow into a crystal. Haruka then wondered how would she go about forming a crystal. First she had to understand the basic structure of a crystal. She bent down to the ground and sunk her fingers into the dirt. She then rose back up with a hand full of dirt and began inspecting it. There were pebbles and small pieces of crystal.

She filtered the dirt until there were only crystals. She took one and examined it. It was a small transparent piece in a cubic shape. It was shiny and smooth. She knew that crystals form from a liquid material first, such as water forming into ice, but with specific conditions. Also, the atoms and molecules in a crystal were made from repeating patterns of the crystalline shape. Haruka was finally understanding how a crystal should be formed. She dropped the pieces to the floor and clapped her hands cleaned from the dirt. Once again, she began mixing a small amount chakra with the moist air around her. Once again, a small blue orb would form in the center of the palm of her hand. It was about 1" inch in radius.

She then began to take that orb of energy and form the crystal. The crystal would begin to form slowly at first. She used her chakra to manipulate the water in the air and turn it into repeating cubic structures. The crystal began to take shape as she continued doing this and after a few minutes, what was left in her hand was a small crystal piece. It was her first crystal creation and Haruka was so proud of it. She took the piece and placed it in her pocket, hoping to make a pendent out of it when she was done with her training. Although she was starting small, the girl was happy to have gotten the basic part of her training done.

After a few hours of walking, the genin would come up to a sign. "Land of Waves" she read. She was doing good on time and was already half way to Rain. Still, she knew she couldn't make it to Rain by nightfall, so she decided to do what she did last time and stay at another inn. After a few more minutes of walking, she finally found a clearing of the forest she was walking through. The sun was setting and the ocean was a deep orange. She was able to see the entire town from the hill she was standing on. It was beautiful. Haruka walked down the hill and towards the inn that she stayed at the last time. She would continue her training in the morning.

[← KIRA →]

+10; moved

[Haruka]

[ooc: thanks Kira!]

Shōton no Jutsu (Crystal Release Skill)
Rank: "A" Rank
Skill: NinJutsu
Effect: The Crystal Release is a specialized field of Ninjutsu that can create crystal, (providing the user with an unlimited supply of melee weapons,) as well as manipulate already-existing Crystals and crystalline structures.
Special: ---
Drawback: Crystal Release cannot crystallize either raw energy or chakra as they have no physical mass to crystallize, allowing a person with either energy-based jutsu, such Wind Release, Fire Release and Lightning Release, or good chakra control to properly counter it. Crystal Release is also susceptible to a specific sound wave frequency; because crystal requires a very precise build-up of molecules, the proper sound waves can break down the build-up before the crystal can properly form.
Description: Using Crystal Ninjutsu, the user can crystallize any physical material and even the moisture that is present in the air around them, turning them into a weapon. In the case of human targets, Crystal Release can solidify its targets down to the cellular level, imprisoning and even killing the victim should the crystal ever be struck, reducing the mass of crystal and the victim down to crystalline dust. Earth Release, Water Release and Wood Release are all useless against the Crystal Release style: Because the Earth, Water and Wood styles all have physical mass, they can be crystallized, and then turned against the Crystal user's opponent. The Crystal style does this by influencing the arrangement of minerals and the structure of molecules. Liquid, mineral or organic, if it has physical mass, then the Crystal style can effect it,
Limit: Must have Mastered Earth Release or Must have gained two and fifty training points in both Lightning and Sand Release.

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It was late, almost 2am. But Haruka could not sleep. She tossed and turned in her bed for hours now. The bed at the hotel was incredibly uncomfortable to her, and she couldn't stop thinking about how upset she was due to the cancellation of the chuunin exams. "All of that training...for what?" she said negatively. The girl shook her head and drowned herself in her pillow. Then she realized that there was no way that she was going to get any sleep. The genin decided to get up and train in the middle of the night. Haruka grabbed her crystal scroll and headed outside. The moon was out, allowing enough visibility. She walked not too far from her inn, where there was a small open area. Haruka decided to train there.

She decided have a warm up first. The girl took the palm of her hand and opened it up before her. She then began manipulating the moisture in the air by blending it with her chakra. The chakra and moisture began to join, and that was when Haruka began forming the crystal structure. Immediately, she controlled the atoms and molecules that made up the water in the air and had it solidify into crystal. She made sure the atoms would repeat in a uniform pattern, so that the crystal could be made. The small orb of chakra and water in her hand began to dry up and form into a crystal.

The crystal was very small and transparent in nature. She took her creation and was able to see her reflection on it. Haruka was glad she was able to create crystal from scratch, but she knew she had a long way to go before mastering the technique. Her next task was to convert other physical materials into crystal. So far, she had managed to create crystal from moist air. But was she able to create crystals from a pure water source? Haruka was about to find out. She walked over to a small pond that had a few koi fish swimming about in it. She observed the water carefully and watched the way it moved. It was going to be much harder to convert the water into crystal because of its denser qualities.

Without further delay, the girl placed her hand in the water. It was cold to the touch which made her flinch a little. Once her hand became adjusted to the temperature, she began collecting a source of chakra from her body. With that chakra, the girl would release it into the water. Once there was enough chakra flowing within the pond, Haruka would attempt to create crystals. Just as she did with the moisture in the air, she began manipulating the water. The girl used her chakra to separate the molecules from one another and rearrange them into a crystalline structure. After a few minutes of attempting to form the crystals, nothing would happen.

Haruka removed her hand from the water and stared at her reflection, puzzled. She was sure she was doing the technique right. Why wasn't there any crystals forming from the water. The genin thought for a while. Perhaps it was because the water was a different property from evaporated air. Although the same element, water was denser, making it harder to separate and recreate into a crystal. She thought that instead of rearranging the molecules with her chakra, she would pack them together strong enough to make the water solidify into a crystal. With this idea in mind, the young girl would put this technique into good use.

[Haruka]

Shōton no Jutsu (Crystal Release Skill)
Rank: "A" Rank
Skill: NinJutsu
Effect: The Crystal Release is a specialized field of Ninjutsu that can create crystal, (providing the user with an unlimited supply of melee weapons,) as well as manipulate already-existing Crystals and crystalline structures.
Special: ---
Drawback: Crystal Release cannot crystallize either raw energy or chakra as they have no physical mass to crystallize, allowing a person with either energy-based jutsu, such Wind Release, Fire Release and Lightning Release, or good chakra control to properly counter it. Crystal Release is also susceptible to a specific sound wave frequency; because crystal requires a very precise build-up of molecules, the proper sound waves can break down the build-up before the crystal can properly form.
Description: Using Crystal Ninjutsu, the user can crystallize any physical material and even the moisture that is present in the air around them, turning them into a weapon. In the case of human targets, Crystal Release can solidify its targets down to the cellular level, imprisoning and even killing the victim should the crystal ever be struck, reducing the mass of crystal and the victim down to crystalline dust. Earth Release, Water Release and Wood Release are all useless against the Crystal Release style: Because the Earth, Water and Wood styles all have physical mass, they can be crystallized, and then turned against the Crystal user's opponent. The Crystal style does this by influencing the arrangement of minerals and the structure of molecules. Liquid, mineral or organic, if it has physical mass, then the Crystal style can effect it,
Limit: Must have Mastered Earth Release or Must have gained two and fifty training points in both Lightning and Sand Release.

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Haruka's plan was to pack the water molecules so tightly together, that the water would solidify into a crystal. With her hand in the pond once more, the girl would begin to release her chakra into the water. The blue energy began to swirl in the water, omitting a small blue light. She then began using the chakra to pack the water molecules against each other. After a few seconds, a small crystal would begin to form. It rose out of the pond little by little, and slowly ate away at the water source. Eventually, a small crystal was formed, about 5 inches high. Still, it was larger than the last crystal she had done before.

The girl smiled at her creation. She was so happy to have made a crystal out of water. The idea of packing the atoms tightly together was excellent, because water molecules were always bouncing off of one another by nature. The girl went to touch the crystal structure that she had just created, but even with the slightest nudge, it would shatter all over the floor. This surprised Haruka. She realized it had no durability. It was made of thin sheets, which were not ideal when being used in battle. Haruka wanted to make sure that she made strong water crystals without them shattering into several pieces with the slightest touch.

There was still enough water in the pond to continue practicing the technique. This time the girl would make a larger, more durable crystal from the water source. She began accumulating chakra in her hands and placed her palm over the pond. This time, however, she made sure to add more chakra to the water in order to make the crystal larger and stronger. After a few seconds, the pond was glowing bright blue. It was filled with enough chakra and it was time for the girl to begin blending the two elements together. She made sure that the water and chakra mixed well before attempting the next task.

Once this was done, she began making the water molecules pack tightly together. However, now she focused more on doing individual sheets of crystal so they could lay on top of one another. She wanted to establish enough layers in the crystal structure in order to keep it from breaking so easily like before. Haruka continued placing layers upon layers of tightly condensed water molecules, and soon the crystal would begin to rise out of the water, taking form. Little by little, the crystal would submerge out of the pond and continue growing.

The pond's water was now about eighty percent crystal. Haruka stopped her chakra flow and began examining her structure. It was much larger than the last one, around 20 inches high. It was also more turbid, meaning it was not as transparent as the last crystal due to the fact that she added many sheets to this crystal. The girl would then perform the final test. She went to touch the crystal to make sure it was strong. After a few hard knocks, and one brave punch, the crystal would only make a small crack. She still had to practice making it stronger, but for now, it was the best she could do.

[Defiant]

+14

I like your style, and the way I'm picturing it looks cool and very mystical. But, you lose points for this...being the wrong training, Now, I understand why you'd chose water to do this, but crystallizing water means you're turning it to ice. In -my- opinion, you should try to crystallize more of a mixture like mud, or hell even the minerals in the earth. Sorry~ I still like the writing though

[Haruka]

From the description of the crystal release:

Earth Release, Water Release and Wood Release are all useless against the Crystal Release style: Because the Earth, Water and Wood styles all have physical mass, they can be crystallized, and then turned against the Crystal user's opponent. The Crystal style does this by influencing the arrangement of minerals and the structure of molecules. Liquid, mineral or organic, if it has physical mass, then the Crystal style can effect it

This was what I'm training for. I'm currently learning to crystalize all of the physical masses. Water is one of them. I feel like this is the right training, even though it's technically ice, it's still the crystallization of water that I'm focusing on. It's not mystical training btw; even in the description it says that crystalization focuses on rearranging the molecules...but thanks anyway.

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Shōton no Jutsu (Crystal Release Skill)
Rank: "A" Rank
Skill: NinJutsu
Effect: The Crystal Release is a specialized field of Ninjutsu that can create crystal, (providing the user with an unlimited supply of melee weapons,) as well as manipulate already-existing Crystals and crystalline structures.
Special: ---
Drawback: Crystal Release cannot crystallize either raw energy or chakra as they have no physical mass to crystallize, allowing a person with either energy-based jutsu, such Wind Release, Fire Release and Lightning Release, or good chakra control to properly counter it. Crystal Release is also susceptible to a specific sound wave frequency; because crystal requires a very precise build-up of molecules, the proper sound waves can break down the build-up before the crystal can properly form.
Description: Using Crystal Ninjutsu, the user can crystallize any physical material and even the moisture that is present in the air around them, turning them into a weapon. In the case of human targets, Crystal Release can solidify its targets down to the cellular level, imprisoning and even killing the victim should the crystal ever be struck, reducing the mass of crystal and the victim down to crystalline dust. Earth Release, Water Release and Wood Release are all useless against the Crystal Release style: Because the Earth, Water and Wood styles all have physical mass, they can be crystallized, and then turned against the Crystal user's opponent. The Crystal style does this by influencing the arrangement of minerals and the structure of molecules. Liquid, mineral or organic, if it has physical mass, then the Crystal style can effect it,
Limit: Must have Mastered Earth Release or Must have gained two and fifty training points in both Lightning and Sand Release.

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Now that Haruka was comfortable making crystals out of pure water, she would move on to a different physical element. Her goal this time was to create a crystal from wood. She walked to the nearest tree and observed it. Of course, wood was very different from water. She needed to understand the structure of wood and attempt to transform it into crystal. The girl began using chakra and focusing in her hands. She then touched the bark of the tree she was standing in front of and allowed the chakra to seep inside of the tree trunk. She remembered that wood is an organic substance, and that it must be approached differently from water.

She knew that the tree was very hard and stable. So there was no need to waist her chakra on making the atoms and molecules pack together tightly as she did with water. The girl was a bit puzzled at how to approach this, but decided to give it a try anyway. She began fusing the chakra with the wood and focused it on the individual sheets of bark inside the trunk. She then attempted to make the tree form a crystalline structure. However, after a few minutes, nothing had happened. The tree was unable to form into crystal. Haruka was convinced that she was doing something wrong.

She thought back again to wood's property. As she mentioned before, it was an organic structure. It needed nutrients from the soil and water to survive. Human beings also needed water and nutrients to survive. What was the one thing that humans and trees had in common? They were made up of cells. That's when it hit Haruka. "Of course!" she said out loud, in a cheery tune. Immediately, the girl would take her hand and place it on the tree. She triggered the chakra within her body to begin focusing chakra through her hand and onto the bark of the tree. With that chakra, she would then focus it into the individual cells of the tree.

Haruka began making the chakra seep into the cells of the tree's bark and take control of the water stored in the vacuole, a special plant cell compartment that stored H2O for the tree to use. Once the chakra was within the cell's of the trees, she began packing the atoms together, causing them to solidify. This would begin to expand the plant cell and cause it to burst. This would happen to the rest of the trillion little plant cells on a microscopic level. In Haruka's eyes, she would see the crystal structure begin to form out of the wood. The crystal would project from the bark of the tree and grow. It was about 25 inches high, much larger than her water structure.

Haruka then realized she had forgotten an important step. She needed to make the individual sheets of crystal in order to make the durability of the wooden crystal stronger. The girl went to touch the crystal just to check if it would break easily. After a few hard knocks, to her surprise, the crystal did not break at all. Although this shocked her, it began to make sense the more she understood the structure of wood. It was much thicker than water, and had many cells that made up the tree. Because each individual cell was crystallized, the crystal was already strong enough to with stand physical damage. Haruka now understood this concept, and figured she did not have to make layers of crystals with wood.

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[Haruka]

Shōton no Jutsu (Crystal Release Skill)
Rank: "A" Rank
Skill: NinJutsu
Effect: The Crystal Release is a specialized field of Ninjutsu that can create crystal, (providing the user with an unlimited supply of melee weapons,) as well as manipulate already-existing Crystals and crystalline structures.
Special: ---
Drawback: Crystal Release cannot crystallize either raw energy or chakra as they have no physical mass to crystallize, allowing a person with either energy-based jutsu, such Wind Release, Fire Release and Lightning Release, or good chakra control to properly counter it. Crystal Release is also susceptible to a specific sound wave frequency; because crystal requires a very precise build-up of molecules, the proper sound waves can break down the build-up before the crystal can properly form.
Description: Using Crystal Ninjutsu, the user can crystallize any physical material and even the moisture that is present in the air around them, turning them into a weapon. In the case of human targets, Crystal Release can solidify its targets down to the cellular level, imprisoning and even killing the victim should the crystal ever be struck, reducing the mass of crystal and the victim down to crystalline dust. Earth Release, Water Release and Wood Release are all useless against the Crystal Release style: Because the Earth, Water and Wood styles all have physical mass, they can be crystallized, and then turned against the Crystal user's opponent. The Crystal style does this by influencing the arrangement of minerals and the structure of molecules. Liquid, mineral or organic, if it has physical mass, then the Crystal style can effect it,
Limit: Must have Mastered Earth Release or Must have gained two and fifty training points in both Lightning and Sand Release.

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So far, the genin had managed to convert two physical masses into crystal; water and wood. The next obvious step was to crystallize the earth itself. She walked over to a nice dry patch of land and sat down, crossing her legs. She placed her hand flat on the ground and felt the earth below it. Soil was made up of small individual particles of rock, organic material, minerals and metals. It was much different from wood because it was not a living thing. She knew she would not be able to form a crystal by inflating the cells, because there were none. Water molecules were constantly moving, so making it into crystal was much more difficult.

It occurred to the girl that maybe transforming earth into crystal would be the easiest mass of all. The elements were already perfectly deposited into the soil. All Haruka had to do was figure out how to crystallize them. Immediately, the young woman would begin to activate a flow of chakra to her right hand, where she was still touching the soil. A bright blue light would begin to emit from her hand and fuse with the earth she was touching. Still not sure how exactly to go about forming the crystals, Haruka did what came to her mind first, fusing the chakra with the individual particles of dirt.

The chakra would pick up the particles and attempt to fuse them together into a repeating crystalline structure. After several seconds of doing this, Haruka would remove her hand from the dirt and observe the end result. To her surprise, only a small crystal was formed, about 5 inches high. She tapped the crystal with her fingertip and it broke right before her. It was unstable and weak, as well as small. This was not what she had in mind when making a crystal out of the earth. The girl scratched her head in confusion, and attempted to form the crystal another way.

She began to think. As she mentioned before, the earth was made of many different mineral deposits. She thought of diamonds. The reason diamonds were the strongest mineral was because they were not made with impurities; meaning, they were able to form from carbon without the mixing of other minerals. Perhaps this was why she was unable to get a stable crystal going. She was mixing all the particles of the earth together and making an impure concoction. Haruka had a plan now, and she was hoping to make the best of it. She took her hand once more and placed it on the ground.

As she did before, the chakra in her body began to flow out of her hand and into the dirt. Swiftly, the chakra flow would blend with the dirt and begin to do what she wanted; separate the individual mineral atoms and molecules before fusing them together into a crystal. With her chakra, she managed to separate several minerals, such as quartzs, silicates, iron, nickle, cobalt, etc. Her chakra took each of those molecules and formed them together in their own individual crystals. She continued pumping chakra into the dirt until several large crystals were made in a matter of seconds. They were almost 1 foot tall and when she tapped the crystals with her hand, they would not break.

[Haruka]

Shōton no Jutsu (Crystal Release Skill)
Rank: "A" Rank
Skill: NinJutsu
Effect: The Crystal Release is a specialized field of Ninjutsu that can create crystal, (providing the user with an unlimited supply of melee weapons,) as well as manipulate already-existing Crystals and crystalline structures.
Special: ---
Drawback: Crystal Release cannot crystallize either raw energy or chakra as they have no physical mass to crystallize, allowing a person with either energy-based jutsu, such Wind Release, Fire Release and Lightning Release, or good chakra control to properly counter it. Crystal Release is also susceptible to a specific sound wave frequency; because crystal requires a very precise build-up of molecules, the proper sound waves can break down the build-up before the crystal can properly form.
Description: Using Crystal Ninjutsu, the user can crystallize any physical material and even the moisture that is present in the air around them, turning them into a weapon. In the case of human targets, Crystal Release can solidify its targets down to the cellular level, imprisoning and even killing the victim should the crystal ever be struck, reducing the mass of crystal and the victim down to crystalline dust. Earth Release, Water Release and Wood Release are all useless against the Crystal Release style: Because the Earth, Water and Wood styles all have physical mass, they can be crystallized, and then turned against the Crystal user's opponent. The Crystal style does this by influencing the arrangement of minerals and the structure of molecules. Liquid, mineral or organic, if it has physical mass, then the Crystal style can effect it,
Limit: Must have Mastered Earth Release or Must have gained two and fifty training points in both Lightning and Sand Release.

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Just as Haruka had predicted, making crystals from the earth itself
was much easier than from the other elements. She finally got a hang on how to create crystals. But there was one problem; her crystals were still too small. She noticed that so far every crystal she had made for the past couple of hours were not even more than 1 feet. She needed to make them larger in order for the crystals to function properly and be used in conjunction with other ninjutsu techniques. Because earth was easy to work with, she decided to continue making her crystals from the soil instead of from water or wood. This way she could have endless material to work with when learning how to make larger crystals.

The girl would repeat the process of making the crystals from the earth by placing her hand on the ground and allowing her chakra to seep through the pores of the dirt. The chakra made its way into the ground and began organizing the individual molecules that made up all the basic minerals in the earth. Once she had established this, she began to make the crystals rise up from the ground. Just as before, several crystals would come out, around 7 to be exact. They were incredibly small, only 10 inches in height. The girl frowned at her creation. What happened? She stared at the mini crystals in disappointment.

She realized that maybe she was going about making larger crystals wrong. Haruka began to brainstorm again, trying to figure out how to go about doing this. She was able to make individual crystals from the minerals in the earth. But what if she chose to make one crystal instead of several. That way, she would concentrate all of her chakra on that one crystal and make it larger. Making several crystals only managed to deplete more chakra and did not allow her to make large ones. Wit this idea in mind, the girl would attempt to make the crystal larger. She took her hand and placed it on the ground once more. Then she began adding chakra to the ground.

The chakra was quick to make its way through the dirt and blend with the minerals. This time, however, Haruka focused on making one big crystal instead of several as she had planned out before. It took a few more seconds than usual, but the more she allowed chakra to combine the molecules of the minerals together, the larger the crystal structure got. She continued doing this for several seconds before the crystal was almost as tall as she was; it rose over 5 feet tall. Haruka then removed her hand from the ground and stared at her creation. It was huge. She had never made a crystal so larger before. She proudly clapped her hands to rid of all the dirt and yawned. In the distance, she could see the sun rising. It was already dawn.

The girl hadn't even realized she had trained all night. This worried her a bit, because she still had a long way to go before reaching Rain. The girl went back into her hotel room and grabbed her belongings. She checked out by the front desk and made her way through the familiar road she had walked several days ago when going to the Chuunin Exams. She made her way into the damp forest and continued following the path that lead to the Rain Village. She was too tired to train and so decided to continue when she arrived home. Several hours would fly by and it was already 10am. She rigid winter air would bring a chill up her spine. Maybe she should had worn something a bit warmer.

In the distance, the girl would see a bright light. It was the end of the forest, and she had finally made it to the lands of her hometown. Too tired to run, the girl would continue walking at her slow pace until she reached the clearing. There, she would be faced with a large valley, and in the distance, over 50 meters was the village gates of Rain. Although she was upset about the cancellation of the exams, she was still glad to be home. Staying at hotels were starting to bug her. Suddenly, the girl would get a strong craving for green tea and began to pick up her pace. In no time, she would reach the gates of her village and walk right in. It was good to be finally home.


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[Beltran]

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