Hyuuga Hikaru (Training)

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Sky: Trailing Attack
Rank: "C"
Skill: TaiJutsu
Effect: The user trails an opponent's weapon and ends with a slash at the nearest opening.
Special: ---
Drawback: No true form within the attack so it may come somewhat weak.
Description: After blocking an opponent's weapon the user will circle the polearm in order to reduce or divert an opponent's attack while lunging forward toward the opponent. The user ends with a slash at whatever opening may be available.
Limit: Must learn from a Master of Tensora (天空 Heavenly Sky), Must know Sky: Basic Strikes.

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Hikaru had made her way into the River Country looking for a specific Tensora master. Her pervious sensei had recommended someone by the name of Su Feng so the Hyuuga was on a mission to find her. To her surprise, it didn't take Hikaru all that long to find who she was looking for. Feng seemed to be well known in the area and were locals were more than willing to point the teen in the right direction. It wasn't long before she found herself looking up at a three story dojo with the word "Sky" painted in blue lettering. This sensei must specialize in polearms. Wonderful!

The Hyuuga walked into the dojo to find a woman leading some kind of exercise group consisting of nine other, younger girls. The lead woman turned her head and said, "if you're here for training, hop in with the rest. We're going to learn the trailing attack today." This must be Feng, Hikaru thought as she unclipped her twin spear and joined the group in whatever they were doing. It seemed like they were going to be learning some kind of strike today. After several minutes of stretching and warm ups, Feng turned to the group and spoke.

"Today, you will be learning the Trailing Attack. You'll basically trail your opponent's weapon and attack their opening. More specifically, you will circle your staff to divert the attack while leaning inwards. What you do at that point is up to you. Alright then, pair up and practice!"

The girls paired up with one another and Hikaru was no exception. She looked at her training partner then decided she would practice the technique first. Well, she didn't really have a choice since the other girl had swung her staff at the Hyuuga without any warning. Hikaru spun her twin spear, knocking the attack aside then moved in. However when she moved in, her partner simply held out an arm and pushed her back.
"You'll have to be faster than that newbie!" Fang shouted from the other side of the room.

Since Hikaru needed to work on her speed of deflection, she decided to have her partner simply attack her for a good hour. This was great practice and by the time it was over with, Hikaru could reliably knock away any strike her opponent sent her way.

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After getting the deflecting part down with, Hikaru started to work on the rest of the technique. All she had to do now was lean in and strike. For this part, she had to use a regular bo staff since Feng didn't want her killing any of her students. In any case, leaning in and striking seemed to be a bit more difficult than it seemed. Not only did she have to move in incredibly fast, she also had to find an opening then strike it. This was especially hard to do against opponents who knew exactly what was coming.

Noticing that Hikaru was having some trouble, Feng gave her some pointers such as changing her footing to match her attack style. "If you move in as you deflect, you should have enough time to at least do some damage," the Tensora master said. Sure enough, when Hikaru tried deflecting and leaning in at the same time, she was able to strike her opponent with ease. The only thing she could really improve on was to aim at vital areas but that wasn't part of this technique anyways. Hikaru practiced another hour with her partner then tried sparring with her new master.

Feng and Hikaru sparred a little bit just to test whether Hikaru had truly gotten the technique down. Feng brought her staff down towards Hikaru's head. As soon as she could, the Hyuuga deflected the attack, leaned in, and poked her sensei in the stomach.
"Good job newbie! I hope you come back tomorrow!"
At that, the Hyuuga made camp a few miles away and got a good night's rest.

[Nyu]

Learned.

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Arterial System Training [10 TP]
Rank: "C"
Skill: TaiJutsu
Effect: User learns the most dangerous areas that causes the most amounts of bleeding.
Special: ---
Drawback: Must learn 4 times.
Description: Picture Every time the user learns this technique they learn the locations of arteries and dangerously bleeding potential areas within a single ligament or body part. The user must learn this technique 4 times to know where every single artery and bleeding potential point is located on the body. The user must learn this for the Head, the Arms, the Torso, and the Legs. Listed below is the number of locations listed within each ligament.

Head - 8 Arteries
Arms - 12 Arteries
Torso - 18 Arteries
Legs - 17 Arteries

Limit: Must learn from a Master of Tensora (天空 Heavenly Sky)

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Hikaru got up from her makeshift camp and headed towards her new master's dojo. When she arrived, she noticed that all the students were sitting down and crowded around Feng who was standing next to a very large upright chart. The Hyuuga made her way to the group and sat down on the left side so that she could better see the chart. As she did so, she listened to what Feng had to say. "Today, we will be learning about the arterial system. Specifically, we will be learning about the head area. More specifically, we will be learning where every single of the eight artery and bleeding potential points are located on the head. Listen closely. If you hit one of these points it could be the difference between life and death."

As Feng spoke, Hikaru dedicated every word to memory. "This artery at the top is called the anterior cerebral artery. Its job is to supply oxygenated blood to medial sections of the frontal and superior medial parietal lobes. These areteries are connected by the anterior communicating artery. This artery has five different branches but that's not all that important. All I want you guys to know is what it looks like, how to hit it, and what kind of effects hitting it may cause. Now if you look at this in depth chart, you can see…" Hikaru stopped listening for a moment as she activated her Byakugan.

She had almost forgotten she was a Hyuuga and could see through people's skin and look at their arteries herself. As she looked around, she quickly spotted the anterior cerebral artery on each of the students and Feng. She even located her own anterior cerebral artery. The main thing she noticed was that each person's artery was located at a slightly different position, probably because no two people were exactly alike. In this regard, Hikaru was unsure how people intended to strike the arteries with 100% precision unless they were gifted enough to possess the Byakugan.

In any case, the Hyuuga continued listening to Feng's presentation and made sure to locate the arteries herself. The next one was the middle cerebral artery which was located just under the anterior cerebral artery. The third one was the posterior cerebral artery which didn't seem to connect to the two previous arteries. The fourth was the basil artery which was connected to the posterior cerebral artery. The fifth was the external carotid artery. This was connected to the posterior cerebral artery. The sixth was the internal carotid artery. This was also connected to the posterior cerebral artery. The seventh was the vertebral artery which was connected to the basilar artery.

The final arteries were the common carotid arteries. After learning and memorizing each of these eight major attack areas, Hikaru stood up, bowed, and made her way home. It was amazing how much simpler some things were with the ability to see through virtually anything. It's times like these where it's just so good to be a Hyuuga. Hikaru arrived at her camp and took a well deserved nap. She hoped they would learn something else the next day, but she couldn't be sure.

[Nyu]

+8

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The next day, Hikaru came back and demanded Feng repeat her presentation so that she would understand it better. She made sure to locate the arteries herself. They went over the one that was the middle cerebral artery which was located just under the anterior cerebral artery. The third one was the posterior cerebral artery which didn't seem to connect to the two previous arteries.

The fourth was the basil artery which was connected to the posterior cerebral artery. The fifth was the external carotid artery. This was connected to the posterior cerebral artery. The sixth was the internal carotid artery. This was also connected to the posterior cerebral artery. The seventh was the vertebral artery which was connected to the basilar artery.

The final arteries were the common carotid arteries. After learning and memorizing each of these eight major attack areas. There really wasn't anything else for the Hyuuga to learn. In any case, the teen made her way back to camp feeling confident that after repeating the lesson she had gained some useful knowledge.

[Exits for Konoha]

[Mist]

+ 2 - learned

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East Wind: Honor the East Wind
Rank: "E"
Skill: TaiJutsu
Effect: User holds the polearm to the chest for countering purposes.
Special: ---
Drawback: Useless if an opponent never attacks.
Description: Picture User stands facing the opponent with both feet pointing forward shoulder width apart. The user holds the polearm right under the hand-guard with the right hand and the middle with the left hand. The polearm should be diagonally across the chest and about half a foot in front of the user. The blade end should be above the right shoulder and the blunt end should be pointing down at the user's left side.
Limit: Must learn from a Master of Tensora (天空 Heavenly Sky).

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Hikaru had searched the land thoroughly for a East Wind dojo and she finally found it. She made sure her hands and feet were clean, her nails were short, and her borrowed uniform was washed clean. After saluting to a familiar woman, Hikaru asked her to teach her the basics of the East Wind style. The man agreed and got her started by showing her the cat stance. It was a fairly simple stance to which the woman simply stood straight up. Hikaru stood up straight and held her arm out and asked, "how's this?" Apparently, she had no idea what she was doing because the sensei brought his palm to his face.

"You're doing it wrong! Now look and learn!" The sensei repeated the stance and Hikaru tried to imitate it as best as possible. She had no idea what she was doing wrong. She was standing with her hands holding her twin spear to her shoulder. In any case, it turned out she hadn't reacted fast enough to the command, and was supposed to sit in "Shame." The Hyuuga had absolutely no idea what this was supposed to mean so she copied her sensei again when she showed her how to do so. After ten minutes of 'punishment,' the sensei realized that his new student' wasn't going to just pick up on things, he was going to have to teach her.

"Okay so you have to put your left arm more forwards and let your left leg slide behind your self. It's not so much that your stance is wrong, it's more like you're not getting into the stance properly." Sighing, Hikaru placed herleft arm slightly stretched forward at shoulder height and put her leg in the correct position. The sensei shouted, "Good! But sighing shows disrespect! Now get back in Shame!" About ten minutes later, Hikaru's second punishment was over and she silently performed the Cat stance.

She took a good thirty minutes and continuously got into and got out of the cat stance. Pretty soon, the whole set of motions was pretty natural. So natural, that the Hyuuga found herself in the cat stance even when she didn't mean to be. I really hate taking commands like this. At least when I'm on missions I have freedom to act on my own judgment.

"Good job, now we can move onto the next stance!" The sensei shouted from across the dojo.

[Nyu]

+5

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Shunshin no Jutsu - Oshi (Body Flicker Technique - Push) [10 TP]
Rank: "C"
Skill: NinJutsu/TaiJutsu
Effect: A Jutsu that allows a user to rush forward in almost instantaneous speed. Used to draw the user close to the opponent.
Special: ---
Drawback: May use 3 times a day. May perform 1 more each time learned. Passing amount renders the user's legs immobile due to severe pain. Unable to perform again unless gained medical treatment. Must move through an opening. Unable to maneuver around obstructing objects. Can't attack while performing any Shunshin or Variation.
Description: User is able to move forward in a straight line along the ground in almost instantaneous untraceable speed while temporarily masking the user's movements within 10 meters. A puff of smoke is occasionally used to disguise the user's movements. It is accomplished by focusing the user's chi along the ankles and foot. User mostly moves just with their ankles and feet. Jutsu takes up no movements. User may only use this Jutsu half of the movements may allow in a single round while rounding down. Example: User has 5 movements, user is able to perform Jutsu 2 times per round.
Limit: Universal NinJutsu or Universal TaiJutsu.

Hikaru let out a deep breath, feeling good about all the progress she had made so far. She was ready to head back now, and turned around to face the direction of the forest, where Someone was waiting for her. Hikaru preformed a shunshin using her shunshin no jutsu for practice's sake. Today she would be increasing the number of times she could use that jutsu. The sunset was painting the sky different colors, and it was indeed time to go back. She thought idly with an actual smirk, a faint one, but one nonetheless, that someone would probably be happy to see her like this. She felt the same way about killing as she did pretty much, and usually when she was out this late, it was because she was killing things to crush her urges. She figured that she would be happy to see her so happy, and not caked in blood. She thought about this right as she used another shunshin, when she thought of something.

These shunshins were very powerful...but they had one great weakness: someone blocking them. She needed to come up with something that would help her counter this weakness, so that the shunshins would be useful. She came up with a great idea, simply increase the number of shunshins she could do. She performed a shunshin as quickly as she could, and simply sat and rested for a day to let her legs heal up. She focused the chakra water essence that she controlled using her shunshin, and glided across the floor. Hikaru performed a shunshin using her shunshin no jutsu for practice's sake. This was another one of those instances where she would have grinned, but she still could not. Instead, she turned around, causing the Shunshin to arc.

If the expression were in the least bit possible for Hikaru to achieve, she would be grinning, quite deviously, from ear to ear. But she could not, so her face remained in the same, straight, indifferent look it always had. She had obtained what she thought she would not be able to do, and for that she was quite happy. Hikaru performed a shunshin using her shunshin no jutsu for practice's sake. She then waited for a day since she had to. But she wondered...what she was looking at performing a lot more shunshins. Did she have what it took? she was going to find out, and perhaps get off of her butt to do it. She did just that to. She started walking forwards into the light of the plain, performing shunshins as much as possible.

It was at this point that she tried to perform it one last time making it her fourth that day. This either works or it doesn’t! she thought as she tried it again.

[|Ayame Unbound|]

+6

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[6/10]



Hikaru cringed in pain as apparently using another shunshin proved to be a little more than she could handle. After healing up, she decided to get back to training. She was ready to head back out now and so she went back to the forest where her training area would be waiting for her. Hikaru performed a shunshin when she arrived just so she could get back into the habit of it. Today, she would truly be increasing the number of times she could shunshin. The sun was unseen as it was covered by a thick layer of clouds. On any other day, she would probably just have stayed home, but she was determined to learned this gosh darned shunshin to the next level.

Hikaru shunshined two more times, then decided to take a break for a day. The next day, she sat idly until she felt her legs could take another round of shunshin. God this is boring, juts sitting here. I wonder why using shunshin too many times causes such stress on the legs. I mean I can do one, it just hurts my legs. In any case, she felt the same way about shunshins as she had before. They were pretty boss and practical in battle but they weren't worth the trouble or time to train thoroughly. Even so, she shunshined three times in very quick succession then took another break for a day.

The next day, Hikaru awoke and instantly performed three shunshin. Then she took the rest of the day off since it wasn't like she could do it any more times. After spending the day running around and building her leg muscles, she took a long nap until the next day arrived. Once she awoke again, Hikaru performed three shunshins then concentrated. She then shunshined once more to her right and waited to see if her legs would be alright or not. If my legs aren't okay then I guess I have to do the exact same thing over again.

[N A T S U M I]

+4; Learned.

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Shunshin no Jutsu - Oshi (Body Flicker Technique - Push) [10 TP]
Rank: "C"
Skill: NinJutsu/TaiJutsu
Effect: A Jutsu that allows a user to rush forward in almost instantaneous speed. Used to draw the user close to the opponent.
Special: ---
Drawback: May use 3 times a day. May perform 1 more each time learned. Passing amount renders the user's legs immobile due to severe pain. Unable to perform again unless gained medical treatment. Must move through an opening. Unable to maneuver around obstructing objects. Can't attack while performing any Shunshin or Variation.
Description: User is able to move forward in a straight line along the ground in almost instantaneous untraceable speed while temporarily masking the user's movements within 10 meters. A puff of smoke is occasionally used to disguise the user's movements. It is accomplished by focusing the user's chi along the ankles and foot. User mostly moves just with their ankles and feet. Jutsu takes up no movements. User may only use this Jutsu half of the movements may allow in a single round while rounding down. Example: User has 5 movements, user is able to perform Jutsu 2 times per round.
Limit: Universal NinJutsu or Universal TaiJutsu.

Hikaru knew she had to work on her shunshin techniques before she engaged in any serious battle. She was already capable of using it four times in a single day, but she wanted to use it so many more times so that she would have some leverage in battle. Hikaru had arrived at her usual training area and started by jogging around. Something she had neglected in her previous training session was simply to build her leg muscles. Simply using shunshin again and again certainly increased one's ability in the long run but it was mostly based on muscle performance.

After running for two miles, the Hyuuga stopped and panted a bit. She ran across a nearby pond and when she reached the end she shunshined to shore. Well that's one out of four for the day, she thought as she caught her breath. She then went around running up and down trees. After running up and down ten trees, she performed another shunshin. Well that makes two out of four for the day. After taking a short break, Hikaru simply ran around through the forest and performed another shunshin. When she was done for the day, she shunshined one last time.

The next day, Hikaru ran around her training area and kicked aside some wooden dummies to make more running room. Right after she kicked aside the last dummy, she shunshined to the center of the training area and picked up a thirty pound rock. She then walked around with it like a boss because she had to build her leg strength. When she was done with that, she dropped the stone then shunshined away before the stone could land on her feet. Yea I'm such a boss! she thought to herself as she shunshined two more times for good measure. She had done enough training for the day.

The next day, Hikaru decided it was time to try pushing the limits of her shunshin technique to five uses in a single day without suffering the side effects of over usage. She stood atop a house and looked at the other rooftops which were about ten meters away from each other. It was a perfect training scenario. Hikaru shunshined once, then twice, then three times and found herself a little out of breath. She then shunshined a fourth time and felt her legs ache. It's still difficult to do four of these suckers, I wonder if I can perform the fifth. Holding her breath, she performed shunshin a fifth time, hoping she would make it to the next building without being crippled with pain.

[|Ayame Unbound|]

+7

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Hikaru gasped as her legs apparently weren't ready to take so much pain. After healing up, she made her way back to her training area because she was sure she could complete this gosh darned jutsu if she tried hard enough. Today she was confident that she would be increasing her daily shunshin usage from four to five. To get things started, the Hyuuga used one shunshin to go straight forwards, a second one to go straight to her left, and a fourth one to go to her right. She then realized that she probably didn't have the guts to try it again immediately after recovery so she waited another day.

Upon waking up, Hikaru used shunshin once, twice, then three times. I wonder if I can do the fifth one. I can do it, I’m sure, but I don't know I my legs can take it. There was something about risking leg injury that made it very difficult for the young Hyuuga to train shunshins. In any case, she performed the fourth shunshin the took a few more steps. Concentrating and hoping her legs would hold out this time, she performed shunshin a fifth time. I really hope this works! If not, I guess I can just do the exact same thing over again. No big deal.

[exit]

[|Ayame Unbound|]

Learned