The Heavinly Sky Dojo [Open Training Thread]

[~Emi~]

?/60


His right hand swept across the surface of the edge while the other one was firmly holding it up. Even though it wasn’t very tiring to hold it up for a long time, he still felt that he was holding it way to far back. So Emi adjusted his grip a little, and moved his left hand and made sure to have it place far away from the other hand. The strain was immediately put away, and he could feel how the muscles got a lot more relaxed as the polearm was a lot more balanced. Emi made a couple of weak swings in the air, and even though his movements were limited by the bed he was laying in he felt the difference in control he was able to use.

It’s so much I can learn with my polearm, I haven’t even mastered how to use it without any fancy moves yet.

He grinned slightly as his chest hurt from one of his unnecessary fast movements, and he had to put the polearm back down. The beating he had taken had still not been healed, and Emi felt how his limbs started to go numb, so he took a couple of deep breaths to calm the pain. But it wouldn’t go away, and the pain started to spread throughout his body. Sweat poured down his forehead and his lips started to bleed as he had bitten in them to take the focus of the chest pain. To avoid ruining his lips too much, he gripped the polearm and squeezed it as hard as he could. It didn’t take long before he could feel how some of the pain disappeared and his body reached a state of calmness.

I guess I’ll need to hold on to the polearm.

He tried out a couple of stances that would work without causing him any pain, and when he found out that the basic holding the arms in front of him in 45-90 degree angle was the best one, he shrugged his shoulders and focused on the stance. While making small swirling movements, Emi moved his hands along the polearm and tried to locate the one point that would balance the whole polearm. The point wasn’t something that he would be able to use in combat, since he had to turn around the edge so it faced himself, but it would make him able to learn more advanced fighting techniques. When Emi had found a spot he thought was the spot, he tried to balance the polearm solely on his finger, but had to interrupt quickly as the blade started to come rushing down towards his face. His left hand caught the pole before he was hit by the edge, but he still felt the adrenaline rush through him as he knew how close he had been to get a huge scar over his face. Emi then realized a scream had escaped his lips before he had gotten control over the polearm as the door flew up and the sensei rushed in.

Don’t shout in here, I thought something had happened.

When he noticed what Emi had been doing with the polearm, he picked it up and held it one hand.

You shouldn’t be moving too much, but here, learn to do this while you’re still rehabilitating.

With only one finger, he held the polearm over his head and started to spin it. At first, it was spinning rather slowly, but after a short while it was moving almost as fast as Emi’s spinning shield. Without allowing it to slow down, he lobbed it to Emi before walking out from the room with authority of a master. Emi caught the polearm with ease, and when the door had been shut closed, he sat up in the bed and weighted the polearm. He knew that he couldn’t expect himself to spin it nearly as fast as the teacher had been, but he tried to use his palm first to spin it around.

I hope it won’t fall down again.

Even if it was only a brief thought, Emi hesitated long enough for him to lose a little of the focus he required to keep it up. The balance point shifted slightly and the polearm started to leave the hand until he dropped it. Emi was however a little better prepared, and rolled forwards in the bed and successfully avoided the blade. When it penetrated the mattress a small tug was heard. When he finished the tumble, he pulled himself up on his feet and quickly drew the polearm out from the mattress. Stubborn as he was, Emi made a swinging motion with the polearm and carefully started to spin it around over his head again. He knew that he was currently having the palm on the same spot that he had it before, making him realize the balance spot was not there, so every turn the polearm made, Emi moved his palm slightly closer to the balance spot.

[~Emi~]

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After he had safely made twenty-three slow turns, he was fairly confident he had found where the polearm was having the balance spot, so he stopped and held his hand frozen on the spot. After confirming that the polearm was indeed in balance, he tried to memorize the spot as closely as he possibly could. But Emi knew that his memory was faulty, so he took a firm grip around the spot and looked around in the room. There wasn’t much he could use in there, so he instead ripped a piece of fabrics from the sheet on the bed and tied it around the spot. To make sure it wouldn’t glide away or loosen, Emi made sure to make three very hard knots before he had been satisfied with the result. When he tried the second knot, he felt how his chest hurt again, and he fell down into the bed while black sparks flashed in front of his eyes and he passed out.

What happened?

He thought as he woke up by the light shining through the window. Emi’s chest was all numb and his eyes hurt from the sudden change of illumination. The polearm was still lying in his hand, a little torn from the impact on the bedframe, but still undamaged. As Emi breathed, his lungs hurt and his stomach was chaotic, but he still held the polearm over himself, trying to figure out if the piece of cloth had been moved. After he had tried it a couple of times, he noticed it was still in place, so he moved on to use only his index-finger. Since the metal blade was a lot heavier than the other end, Emi knew that the point wouldn’t be in the middle of the cloth, but he wanted to confirm it and also the spot was as good to start at as any other. As he tried to balance the polearm using his right index-finger, he made sure to have the left hand right under the pole to make sure he’d be able to catch it quickly if it fell down towards him.

Maybe I should start to do it without spinning it?

The rotation was a more complex move, but Emi wasn’t sure if it made the polearm easier to balance, but he risked it and tried to keep it as still as possible. As suspected, the point wasn’t the balance point, so Emi used his left hand to get the balance back and moved his finger upwards on the polearm. Emi repeated this procedure a couple of times, every time he moved the finger, he moved it less and less. When he finally had to move it further down a couple of times, he knew he almost had reached the final spot. As the polearm was almost perfectly balanced, Emi used his left hand to make the polearm spin around on his finger. While it spun around, it also dangled up and down, which proved to him that it still was not as balanced as it needed to be.

It’s time for you to show me what you’ve got, and if it’s good enough to actually make me look pass the fact u attacked one of my students.

The master said as he barked in and showed Emi to an old man that obviously was some kind of medic. It didn’t take that long before Emi was fully recovered and able to stand up without the constant pain. Without any words or any prolonged treatment, the doctor immediately left the room as Emi stood up, and showed him to a nearby room. It was rather small and had no windows, which made it very dark. Emi grabbed his polearm on the cloth and held it on his right side as he watched the master.

Show me the control you now have of your weapon.

The dark voice said while the old man sat down on a pillow next to the wall. Emi immediately tried to pinpoint the spot he just had found, but since he wanted to hurry doing so, he settled with almost on the spot. The polearm was a little out of balance as he started to swing it around above his head and then down unto his right side. When the finger no longer was able to keep the spinning polearm up, Emi used the whole hand and span it so it’d go behind his back and he would be able to grab it with his other hand. He hit himself a little with the back of the pole, but the movement wasn’t disturb, and Emi was able to fulfill the hand switch and he finished of making an attack in front of him against an imaginary enemy. When the attack was finished, Emi took a step back and made another swing, however towards a higher spot on the fake enemy while allowing his hand to glide downwards on the pole until he ended up throwing it into the air. But Emi noticed quickly that he had miscalculated the power he had to use when throwing it, which made the polearm to turn slowly in the air. So Emi had to hurry himself and catch the polearm in midair even though it still hadn’t turned around, to avoid it falling down to the floor. The action was improvised and it was too hasty for him to actually make anything good from it.

[~Emi~]

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So when he finally caught it with both of his hands, his grip was twisted and he had his hands far from a balance. Afraid that he had failed the test, Emi stood still and awaited the judgment, but stood there in silence. When his eyes wandered to the master, he noticed that the old man still sat there and observed what Emi was doing, without any signs of wanting to stop the show. So Emi made sure to adjust his grip on the pole, so he once again held it like it was supposed to. He calmed down a little by taking a couple of deep breaths to ease his pulse, but then he began to swing it again. Since he didn’t know what the master was expecting, Emi kept on making some of the more advanced attacks he could thought of, trying to press his own limits in every move. But some of the attacks were too hard to make, which ended him up dropping the polearm or losing his balance. Even though it was obvious failures, the master kept on allowing him to continue on with the show, but when he made such a unordinary move that he couldn’t control the polearm, it flew far from himself and got stuck in one of the walls.

What are you waiting for?

The old man rose from his spot without a single word and walked to the polearm. He pulled it out and threw it towards Emi which quickly caught it. The master then walked over to the seat again and pulled out a box with hundreds of small marbles. His hand moved through the box which made the marbles scramble around. “I need you to hit them” He said with a calm voice before picking up a handful of the marbles. It seemed that the marbles did have different colors, like someone intentionally had made sure that no marble was the like. Emi didn’t know why that would even matter, but he prepared himself by entering a defensive stance. The darkness in the room wouldn’t do much to Emi, since he had his eyes, so the marbles would still be clear to him.

Stay focused

A small blue marble was the first one to come flying towards Emi. The speed of the marble wasn’t very interesting, so Emi just made an easy swing and split the marble in two. When the pieces flew to the sides of him, Emi noticed that in the shadow of the first marble, there was a second one. Emi didn’t have time to change the direction of the polearm, and dodge by leaning his back. The rattle when the undamaged marble hit the wooden wall wasn’t loud, yet it made Emi flinch a little. The master didn’t seem to have exploited the flinch, but was instead shaking his head while pouring the marbles in between his hands.

You need to focus, and I said hit…. Not destroy the marbles.

When the master’s gaze wandered back up at Emi, his eyes revealed a man with full determination and focus, something Emi hadn’t seen in a long time. So he firmed his grip on the polearm and prepared to be more serious himself. The next marble that came flying towards him was a bigger yellow marble, so to avoid this one, Emi made a much smaller move and had the marble bounce of his blade. It had been a good thing he was a little more prepared, since the yellow one also did hide a marble in its shadow. To make sure that he would still be prepared for another marble hiding in the previous shadow, Emi made a quick small attack to remove the second one. But after the second marble, the air was clear.

This wasn’t that hard, but it won’t be that useful in fights if I’m not allowed to make any full movements.

When Emi have had a couple of seconds of rest, the green marble flew towards him a lot faster than the previous marbles had done. But he still didn’t need to use his full movement speed, which surprised him as he thought he was being tested for his qualities, but he thought it’d be harder as the time went by. So he made the small move necessary to deflect the marble using the blade. The green marble was followed by two new ones, which strengthened Emi’s suspicion that it would be increasingly difficult. But he deflected them too with ease. To make sure the master would understand that he was prepared for more and faster marbles, Emi started to make a couple of moves in between the flying marbles, to show him that it wasn’t even a little difficult yet. But the master didn’t appear to speed it up nor throw any more than the clusters of three marbles each wave. It was even like he was making it easier from times to time. His frustration grew stronger when he noticed that the old man was taking longer breaks between the waves, and used stronger colors on the marbles, making them easier to see, and therefor hit.

[~Emi~]

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When they had been at it for more than 15 minutes without increasing the pace at all, Emi looked around in the room for a possible reason, and as he parried on of the marbles, he noticed that the entire floor had been covered with colored marbles. Emi had a small area around him that he still could move on, but even those movements would be limited if he didn’t kick some of the marbles away. But as he raised his feet to kick them, a swarm of marbles flew towards him and would all hit his head. Since Emi wasn’t prepared for that huge amount on the same time, he chose to avoid the attacks rather than to deflect them. But a new wave came flying towards him immediately after the first one, which he forced himself to at least try to deflect them. His swing was fast and was able to hit three of them with a single action. But two of them still hit his head and some flew by, missing him completely.

Why do you only use the blade on the polearm? The staff is just as good tool to use as anything else.

Emi stopped rubbing the spots the marbles had hit and looked at the polearm. He had indeed used the pole at several occasions, and it had shown to be useful, but to use it regularly, he had never considered that. So he swung around the polearm a couple of turns and then stopped when he held the pole upwards. Emi then waved to the master to throw some more of the marbles at him. This time, he made sure not to avoid any of them, and try to use only the pole. It did have a lot thinner hitting area, which made his aim so much more important. Once again, he was unable to block all of them and got hit by two of the marbles.

I need to use both of the ends equally.

Even if he knew that that kind of use of the polearm was more focused on how to be in closer range with less power, he still saw the potential it carried as he took a step forward and made a right hand swing with the pole part to one of the incoming marbles. The force in the swing was surprisingly hard, and the marble flew up into the roof and got stuck there. But Emi swung around on the polearm again, so the blade would be in the air. The basics where simple, but it took him quite some time to get the hang of it. So when the master finally stopped throwing the marbles, Emi was short on breath and had sweat pouring down from his head.

You will need some more space now

The old man said and made a sweeping motion with his left hand, which send a wind through the room, clearing the floor from marbles around Emi. He then made couple of quick seals, which created three shadow clones. It was the first time Emi had seen that technique, to be able to create clones out of nothing. Emi took a close look to see if he was able to see any difference between them and the original, but failed and entered a defensive stance. All of the clones and the original walked to the box with marbles and picked two big handfuls of the small round glass spheres. When they had picked them up, they all spread around the room, still on one side of Emi, but in several different directions.

Now I really need to keep up my speed and accuracy, I can’t even allow myself to blink.

The few seconds before the clones threw their marbles, the time appeared to be standing still, and then Emi noticed a small shifting motion to his right. When he turned his eyes in the direction, he saw the first spheres fly towards him. Emi didn’t fool himself that he’d be able to parry all of them from all of the targets, but he didn’t want to avoid any from the first cluster. Since they came from the right, and he had to be prepared from all of the other sides too, Emi used the part of the polearm that was closest to the cluster, the end of the pole. But as the rattle from the spheres hit the tree on the pole stopped, he noticed that some marbles were still on their way from that direction, which forced him to lean back to avoid them. Emi was barely able to get back up before more clones had thrown their marbles, this time he wouldn’t be able to block them all by using one end of the polearm, but he would have to use at least three.

[Mist]

+ 60 - learned

I also wanted to say I've noticed a great improvement in you're training emi. Keep up the good work

[~Emi~]

(OOC: Thanks mist <3)

Shunshin no Jutsu - Kaunta (Body Flicker Technique - Counter)
Rank: "C"
Skill: NinJutsu/TaiJutsu
Effect: Attacks your opponent. Can't simply use "Kaunta" however way you want. It is a skill that allows you to read an opponent's Shunshin and change its movement to neutralize the opponent.
Special: ---
Drawback: Takes away the number of usages Shunshin no Jutsu - Oshi (Body Flicker Technique - Push). Same distance applications apply. Same drawbacks apply when over using.
Description: A shunshin designed as a counter, reading the shunshin of an opponent in order to alter its course and render it ineffective by predicting and following the same technique with a Shunshin no Jutsu (Body Flicker Technique) Variant of your own. Supplement of Shunshin no Jutsu - Oshi (Body Flicker Technique - Push) while using same schematics.
Limit: Universal NinJutsu or Universal TaiJutsu, Must know Must know Shunshin no Jutsu - Oshi, Ken'in, and Ko


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It was impossible for him to react in time to block all of the marbles, so Emi sung the polearm and parried two of them as he made a quick jump backwards to gain some more time. Even if he hadn't expected more marbles to be in the shadow of the old ones, a new one had appeared. But thanks to the new distance, he was able to dodge the new one and block away the first one with the pole. As he landed, his gaze wandered up back on the master and his clones. But as he regained his balance and was able to focus on the master, one of the clones bodyflicked in front of him with a leg prepared for a kick.

He's going into close range now?

The quick was incredible fast, and Emi had to almost lay down on the floor to dodge it. But for some reason the attack disappeared into thin air and Emi felt a strong pain in the lower chest. He had been hit. To avoid further damage, Emi rolled away towards the wall in the back and quickly jumped back unto his feet. The marbles on the floor was not that far from him, so he would have to be careful not to trip on any of them. Neither of his opponents was within any hitting range, so he was able to calm down a little and take a deep breath.

You're way to slow, you need to step up that movement before you can fight any taijutsu fighter.

The words had barely left the masters tongue as one of the clones twitch and then disappeared. Emi was a little more prepared this time, but since he didn't know where the clone would appear, he just bodyflicked in another direction from the clone. A wind blew pass him as he reached hos destination, it hadn't been far but it was enough to dodge the incoming attack. The clone did however not appear to be surprised and turned to face Emi again. Something that made Emi curious, was why neither one of his opponents had any staff nor polearm, something he had expected to fight.

You show some promise, I hope you'll advance further.

The masters clone that recently bodyflicked entered a pose revealing he would do it once more. So as the clone disappeared, Emi did the same backwards. But as he reached his spot, he noticed that the clone was making several quick short bodyflicks in an arc, which made it possible for him to follow Emi with his eyes. A quiet curse could be heard from Emi as he tried to predict where his opponent would stop. But as the clone was about to take the last flick, Emi decided not to risk anything, so he jumped high into the air to try to land on the roof.

Clever, but not good enough.

The clone landed behind Emi and kicked with his leg towards Emi's right arm. Without turning around, Emi looked behind him long enough to be able to see the attack coming, so he rolled with the attack since it was so high. Since they were still on the room ceiling, he had to force out some chakra into his arms and legs quickly to make sure not to fall down. After a rapid stream of kicks, Emi jumped away from the clone, and then back unto the floor. Emi had started to be able to read the movements of the bodyflick, but he knew he would have to test it some more.

Come at me.

He screamed and used his own bodyflick towards the clone on the ceiling. But Emi was greeted by a smile, and an immediate bodyflick away. Even though he didn't know what direction the clone had went for, Emi used his guts and bodyflicked in that direction, hoping he would guess right. When he stopped, his eyes wandered the room quickly to see where the clone was. To his great surprise, the clone had stopped barely 10 feet away and Emi was able to swing with his polearm towards him.

[The Roar of the Falls]

+10

[~Emi~]

Shunshin no Jutsu - Zanzō (Body Flicker Technique - Remaining Image)
Rank: "C"
Skill: NinJutsu/TaiJutsu
Effect: Affects the enemy's mind and will power by making after images.
Special: ---
Drawback: Takes away the number of usages Shunshin no Jutsu - Oshi (Body Flicker Technique - Push). Same distance applications apply. Same drawbacks apply when over using.
Description: A Jutsu to move so swiftly that an image of the technique's user is left behind while moving within 10 meters. Most often it is used to dodge an incoming attack and get behind the opponent to perform a counter-attack. When first learned user is able to perform 1 after image within 10 meters. Each time learned user is able to create an extra after image within 10 meters. May learn to perform up to 5 after images within a single Jutsu. Supplement of Shunshin no Jutsu (Body Flicker Technique - Push) while using same schematics. May be used with other Shunshin no Jutsu - Oshi (Body Flicker Technique).
Limit: Universal NinJutsu or Universal TaiJutsu, Must know Shunshin no Jutsu - Oshi, Ken'in, Ko, and Kaunta


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The attack missed the clone with less than one inches, but as Emi landed on the floor, he noticed that the clone was gone even though it hadn't bodyflicked. His eyes scanned the room and found the proper amount of clones and master standing around him, so one of them had moved faster than he could even notice. The thought made him a little uncomfortable as he would no longer be able to predict any movements nor avoid the incoming attacks.

You're still to slow.

This time it hadn't been the original speaking, so Emi quickly turned to the clone that had done so and looked him from toes to his head. It had a couple of marks that he was indeed the one fighting Emi, so he entered the basic stance and really stared at the clone. But as he changed his mind and was about to charge the clone, he felt a strong pain in his lower back. The shape of the clone vanished slowly into the thin air in front of him, like if it was a short lasting genjutsu clone.

If you move fast enough Emi, you will fool your opponents eyes that you're still there even after the bodyflick.

His vision was a little blurry and covered in hundred of spots as he forced himself to his feet. The kick in his back had left a strong pain pulsing and he could feel how the back started to cramp up a little on him. To move fast would now be harder than it had been before, but Emi knew that bodyflick was the ability to move the body beyond what it normally was capable of. To make sure the clone wouldn't attack him again before he'd be ready, he closed his eyes and hoped the training wasn't going to be brutal enough to force him to fight, and took a couple of deep breaths.

Don't imagine yourself to stand on the spot you want to reach, imagine yourself to be in the spot you're in at both moments.

The thought made Emi confused, since the sentence was made to think a little to much. But since Emi now had made himself get some additional time before the next attack, he cleared his head and allowed the sentence fill his mind. He knew he wasn't that good with theoretic problems, so instead of analyzing the meaning, he tried to figure out how it would look like if he saw it happen in 3rd person. A big battlefield popped up in his imagination, very basic and with several circles around him to mark some major distances from himself.

So, imagine myself in both the spots huh?

To make it as simple as possible, he put out a copy of himself about 15 feet away from the first one. Since he wanted to pretend he was in both the spots, he made sure to make all of the range indicators around the second one as well.

I think I need something to focus on

Because of the empty space, he found it a little hard to even get a feeling on how it would be to stand in either one of the spots. So Emi drew up a little environment, first with some tall grass, then a couple of tree to the right and then a small puddle to the left. But even though the area would make it easier, he created a human image a couple of feet in front of the foremost image of himself.

I should make it into someone I know

Emi decided rather quickly to take his rival, the young and cocky earth user, and put his face on the anonymous image. He then entered the first body looking around himself and trying to learn whatever that one would perceive from the environment. It didn't take long at all, but he stayed in the body a little longer just to make sure it was burned into his mind. Emi then pretended that he quickly moved, while still trying to keep the last position in mind. When he reached the next image of himself, he did the same, stayed and observed the surroundings.

Now I just need to do it in one go.

But as he erased the two images of himself, he felt something hit him quickly in the arm. He woke up and saw the clone charging towards him ready to punch Emi in his upper body. Emi took a deep breath and quickly drew in as much information on the surroundings he could, and then bodyflicked to the left. His focus was on both the spots, and neither one of them, his physical body moved, but his mind left a piece of himself behind.

[Deleted]

+10; Learned.

[~Emi~]

Multi-Dragon’s Strike
Rank: [C], C, C, B
Skill: Taijutsu
Effect: The user attacks incredibly quickly, so fast that it looks like he/she is attacking multiple places at once!
Special: None
Drawback: You must use 2 Sugizou plus one for each extra attack.
Description: The user attacks multiple times so quickly with his/her staff, that it seems as if the user attacks multiple times at once! This technique attacks twice the first time learned and another time each time extra it is learned. This means the second time learned you can attack up to 3 times, the third time learned you can attack up to 4 times, and the fifth time learned you can attack up to 5 times.
Limit: Must have a Bôjutsu Training Scroll or Bôjutsu master. You must know C rank in Staff Knowledge for the first and second times, B rank in Staff Knowledge for the third and fourth times, and A rank in Staff Knowledge for the fifth time. Must be able to use Sugizou.


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The move had worked better than expected, and when Emi appeared next to the clone, he was even able to see the after image of himself. It was far from perfect, but during a quick fight, it would probably make the opponent surprised. The clone did however not appear to be very flatfooted, so Emi made sure to make a quick attack to the clones lower thigh. But the attack missed, and Emi got a little out of balance. Which the clone took full advantage of as he kicked Emi fast in the waist. The force from the kick made Emi glide back 12 feet and hit the wall.

Your feet are now fast enough, but why do you limit your attacks to such slow motions ?

Emi knew it was a huge difference between his bodyflick and his normal attacks, but that was the first time he actually thought that he could attack in the same manner as he made the feet move faster. Since he now was a couple of feet away from the awaiting opponent, Emi took two steps from the wall and made a couple of swings in front of himself as fast as possible. Neither one of the attacks was faster than the attacks he normally did, so he focused his energy on two attacks only, using the same energy he would use in twice as many attacks on only those two. The polearm made swishing noise as it cleaved the air, and the attacks had indeed become fast, even just a little.

Well done, this makes me believe you'll manage my more advanced jutsus in the future.

Even though Emi had successfully made the attacks faster, he felt how his arms and chest hurt from the strain. It was however not anything he hadn't thought of, as it was a common feeling when he used the bodyflicker, but he had expected the result to be a little more promising. Since his opponent still waited for him to prepare to fight, Emi massaged his shoulders and arms quickly to get some of the movements back.

You're no longer allowed to move, you need to attack the projectiles with your polearm, otherwise you'll get zapped by that clone.

The master said and pointed on the clone closest to Emi, and the rest of the clones poured out a lot more marbles on the floor, making it impossible to move more than a feet without tripping on one of them. Emi took a firm grip on his polearm again and looked for the clone that would be throwing the marbles at him first, but noticed that the master himself was holding a bunch of small spheres. So he turned towards him in an offensive stance and prepared to chop them through. The balls were all colored in a bright green color, making them really easy to spot. So Emi imagined it to be easy as long as he kept up a proper pace with the polearm.

These balls will make a small fog when they're destroyed, which will make the next two appear rather close to you. So this is a test of how fast you can take them out before you gets hit.

Before the master had finished his sentence, he lift his hand above his head, and threw two of the balls towards Emi in a normal throwing speed. Emi didn't even try especially hard to hit them, as he was used to kunais and shurikens coming at him. But he attacked them at the polearms max range, so he wouldn't need to react too fast on the second incoming pair. The smog created from the small balls was dark, yet he was surprisingly able to see pass them a little, and two small green dots were coming towards him through the clouds.

The smoke doesn't help that much.

The master didn't reply on the statement, but as Emi attacked those new incoming projectiles with just a little force, he noticed that the smoke just got thicker and lingered on in the air. So Emi tensed his muscles and prepared to act faster next time. Even though the spheres were still clear green, Emi barely noticed them before they entered his max range. He quickly swung the polearm towards the first one, pushing really much of his force into the attack to make sure it went as fast as possible, he then turned the edge and followed through his motion by doing a upswing. Since his muscles ached a little when he made the first swing, he relaxed a little on the second one, allowing the smoke to get a little closer than he was comfortable with.

[Deleted]

+10; Learned.

[~Emi~]

Multi-Dragon’s Strike
Rank: C, [C], C, B
Skill: Taijutsu
Effect: The user attacks incredibly quickly, so fast that it looks like he/she is attacking multiple places at once!
Special: None
Drawback: You must use 2 Sugizou plus one for each extra attack.
Description: The user attacks multiple times so quickly with his/her staff, that it seems as if the user attacks multiple times at once! This technique attacks twice the first time learned and another time each time extra it is learned. This means the second time learned you can attack up to 3 times, the third time learned you can attack up to 4 times, and the fifth time learned you can attack up to 5 times.
Limit: Must have a Bôjutsu Training Scroll or Bôjutsu master. You must know C rank in Staff Knowledge for the first and second times, B rank in Staff Knowledge for the third and fourth times, and A rank in Staff Knowledge for the fifth time. Must be able to use Sugizou.


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But there were no time to think of that, as he heard that there were two more projectiles coming towards him. He didn't know in what direction or height they were coming towards him in, but as the previous balls had been identical, So Emi suspected the next wave to be like the other two. As expected, the next two dots appeared in the smoke precisely where he thought. The polearm flashed through the air, a little faster than he previously had attacked, but he now had as main goal to decrease the strain the speed put on him. As Emi was about to cleave the second ball, his right shoulder cried out in pain, and he glanced on the target. The small ball passed him and hit the wall behind him, leaving a big black stain on the wall.

I guess I'll leave you with a warning on that one, it was after all your first miss. But miss more, and you'll get zapped.

Emi held the polearm loosely with his hands as he tried to stretch the aching shoulder. The speed really put a lot of strain on his body, something he knew the bodyflicker did too. After a quick stretching, massage and several deep breaths, he was good to go again. The pain had vanished, but had left a numbness in the shoulder. So to avoid putting to much force in the shoulder, he used his feet to move away some of the marbles behind him, and move two feet back. Giving himself two feet longer reaction time.

Maybe I should rest some before I ruin my muscles?

But as he stood up straight with both of hands on the polearm again, he heard a quick "Heads up" before he heard the sound of the small balls flying through the air. He waited until he was able to notice them, prepared that they would come from the same direction as before, before he sliced them in half. Emi had managed to destroy them very close to the first clouds, which just made the current smoke thicker, and not cover a bigger area.

Starting to get a little to easy for you? well then, the spheres wont come from the same angle anymore, be prepared.

Emi was no longer able to back away any further, because that would only mean the wall behind him would be in the way, so he stood his ground and waited. To make sure that he would be able to attack the balls, he made sure to guide his vision by the sound of what direction they came from, which was slightly more to the right from the original spot. When the small green dots appeared in the dark smoke, Emi noticed that they were directed to his lower stomach rather than towards his chest.

So he's changing it all now is he?

To make sure he hit them both before they reached him, Emi speed up the first attack, and allowed the second one to linger a little longer. Since he still was able to move a little to the sides when pushing away the marbles, he wouldn't mind that much if some of the balls got to close, he had to save his shoulder for the pain. After those balls, the waves started to come in a more rapid pace, as Emi didn't appear to have much difficulties hitting them now, the distance to the smoke was to great.

The speed will now increase Emi, I wont allow you to have it too simple.

The fact that it now would be fast scared Emi a little, as he expected the speed to increase significantly. So he quickly moved awa some marbles to the left, and moved there to get a clearer vision ahead of himself. Then he heard it, the swishing sound of not 1, not 2, but 3 balls. He didn't know how he knew the amount, but they all made a clear sound as they flew through the air. So even before he saw the spheres, he made a fast swing towards the area he expected the first one to come from. His prediction was close, but he had to change the course slightly before he could cleave it.

One down.

His eyes quickly moved to the second dot in front of him and really forced his arms with all his might to hit it as fast as possible. The shoulder screamed of pain as the second ball exploded into a cloud of smoke, and Emi turned his attention to the last one. The two first balls had been hit very fast, so Emi got optimistic he would be able to hit the last one too before it reached him. So he changed the direction of the polearm with a complaining shoulder and forced his muscles in the arms to move the heavy polearm towards the last one. Emi's smile got bigger the closer it got, but as he was about to make the last push with the polearm, a flash went pass his eyes and his shoulder stopped reacting.

I missed?

He could sense a small tug and hear the small explosion as the ball hit him in the chest as his vision got blurry and finally he blacked out.

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+10; Learned.

[~Emi~]

Emi could hear distant voices as he's eyes started to open, his vision was blurry and his body felt weak and numb.

Don't you worry, you just need to rest some. You can come back to finish the training when you feel a little better.

It was the masters voice, and as the man walked out from the room, Emi noticed that he had been carried to his cold and dirty student apartment. He was home, ready to rest and regain his strength.


[Exit]