Training House [T/P]

[Antonia Aries]

This training, Antonia could do inside her house's yard. She found a tree about 40 meters from her house. She had a big yard and could use it as a decent training ground. She walked about ten meters away from that tree and began training the first of the many technique she had planned to train. Antonia began training over one of the four stances of marksman which was the only one she wasn't familiar with and was the only one she needed to learn before going further advancing her skills. She held her 40 lb Draw Composite Bow with her main, right hand which would be the hand guiding the bow and had her left hand over the string of the bow. She didn't have any arrow loaded but she wouldn't need one at the moment. From this point on, she would proceed getting into the stance which was overall simple. She would move her right leg forward and straighten her right hand forwards. Then, her left leg would be positioned horizontally while her right leg would be pointing on forwards, positioned vertically. Now, both of her feet were taking an equal amount of her body weight and would allow her to move quickly when needed. Antonia stepped out of the Even stance into the open stance, and then, walked right back inside the even stance. She was now practicing over the speed it would take her to get into the stance. She also had an improvised walk, taking the stance in the middle of her step and she repeated going in and out of the stance until she actually felt satisfied with the results she has achieved.

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Even Stance
Rank: "E"
Skill: TaiJutsu/Supplementary
Effect: Natural Position, easy to reproduce.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: One of the four stances a user may learn as they are able to learn just one if they wish. Small base of support in the front-back plane. Body isn't sturdy, so it can move if in high winds. Lowers area for string clearance, especially for large chested shooters. Many Marksman prefer the even stance. In this stance, the Marksman’s body weight is evenly distributed among both feet, and the heels and toes are aligned. The middle of the instep of the foot is aligned with the center of the target.
Limit: Must be a Marksman.

[Deleted]

+5; Learned.

[Antonia Aries]

Antonia would move closer to the target as she would now be practicing a technique that required a shorter range than most of the other technique. After she moved to about ten meters away from the target, she began training over the point blank shot technique. This time, she would be using an arrow as she would need to test her aim within this short distance. The technique she was starting to train now was the Point Black shot technique and it was a technique that would allow her to shot arrows from closer ranged distances with greater confidence. This training would also help Antonia improve her aim and was an important technique, the knowledge over which was required for further techniques.

Antonia was 10 meters away from the home-made target and was now preparing to shoot. She would have to go through a couple of steps before she could claim the training of the technique successful. The first step was to get rid of her arm's trembling when aiming and shooting. She took the open marksman stance and prepared to take an aim at the target. She loaded an arrow and pulled the bows string, making the bow to slightly curve while the string was being pulled. This would give the arrow the required straight and speed to fly when shot, however, this is also where Antonia's main problem was. As she pulled the string, she used quite the deal of her strength and her left hand, which she was holding the string with, was now starting to tremble. Antonia released the string and launched the arrow towards the target, however, as she would expect from her first shot of training the technique, it wouldn't be exactly a bullseye. If the center of the target would be 10 points, she hit on about 3. Her trembling arm displaced the arrow and her aim wasn't perfect as well.

Antonia prepared her second arrow and loaded it to the bow. She had only 5 arrows with herself and hoped that she would get the technique right before she actually had to go and retrieve the arrows for the training of a next technique. She pulled the string again and this time, she put a little bit more effort, strength and thought in pulling the string. First, she pulled it a little more than she pulled it the last time, which itself required more strength. As for thought, this time, instead of putting all the pressure from the bow to her forearm and wrist, she held the string and the bow in a way it would divide this pressure between her forearm, wrist, elbow and biceps. This way, the pressure of the string didn't feel at all big and she was able to reduce the trembling of her arm to minimum. Now, it was time for her to improve on her aim. She aimed the arrow to at the center of the target and released the string. The arrow flew and hit on the target, however, not the center. She pulled the string again. The last arrow hit a little above the 10 mark, so Antonia would have to aim it an inch lower this time. As she did, the arrow flew and struck the center of the target, however, one could consider this pure luck and Antonia considered it the same. She had to be 100% sure of her abilities before heading on an actual battle and in a battle like that, she couldn't rely on luck.

Antonia pulled the string of the arrow again, and again, aimed towards the target, however, not the exact same way as the previous time as she would have to pierce through her own arrow that way and those things cost money and such. Instead, she aimed a couple millimeters above her previous aim. The previous arrow struck 2 millimeters bellow the center of the center so this one should hit the exact center. As she released the string, the arrow flew and hit the center perfectly, aligning with the previous arrow in a perfect vertical line. Satisfied, Antonia went to retrieve her arrows from the target.

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Point Blank Shot
Rank: "D"
Skill: TaiJutsu/Supplementary
Effect: A technique that allows a user with great proficiency to attack opponents without worrying or fumbling at a distance of ten meters.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: With this technique the user is able to fight against opponents within a ten meter radius without the worry or fear of fumbling with their weapon. They gain the courage and ability to perform combat without much effort. This is a prerequisite technique for more popular techniques. What good is an Marksman if they are not ready to battle while in close range.
Limit: Must be a Marksman.

[Deleted]

+10; Learned.

[Antonia Aries]

The next technique she had in mind was the Precise shot technique that was more of a skill improvement technique that an actual combat technique. With this technique, Antonia would be able to shoot acurately in an extremely close range. At first thought this would sound easy but it's way easier said than done. It would be a lot more interesting if Antonia had someone to train with but at the moment, there was no one available as she would have to satisfy herself with the target she had before her. She walked closer to the target until she was only a couple of feet away, about 2, probably, and prepared herself to shoot. What made this kind of shooting harder than long ranged shooting was that the shooter didn't have as much ability to aim at the target as they had in a closer range and if they were in combat, not as much time as well.

Antonia picked an arrow from her hip quiver and loaded it onto the bow, pulling the string. The hardest part of extremely close range shooting was the ability to aim. With long distance shooting, the marksman would have full view of the target and would be able to aim precisely while in close range shooting, and espcecially extremely close ranged shooting such as this situation, the marksman would only be able to aim at certain parts of the body as they would be simply closer to their target and not have much of view to the enemy as they would with longed range. Antonia was now trying to aim for the center of the target with only one feet distance between them. As she released the string, the arrow flew and marked a perfect 10 in on the target. This wasn't luck, this was how good Antonia was, however, the target wasn't moving and in a battle, this would be an enemy which would most likely be moving and trying to attack her before she would even be able to load her arrow. Training over this target wasn't going to advance her skills much, so she chose herself a tree from her yard that lasn't surrounded by any other tree in a radius of about 2 meters and that was going to be enough for her training.

She carved targets over the four sides of the tree with her pocket knife and could now begin her training. Antonia loaded her arrow to the bow and as she was two feet from the tree, prepared to shoot, however, in this point, in a battle, the enemy would already be counter-attacking so she sidestepped to the left and quickly found herself at the left side of the tree. She pulled the string and shoot, however, in battle, she might have missed and another attack was necessary. Her enemy would have now turned towards her with a counter attack. In a fight like this, Antonia's main priority would be to avoid face-to-face combat with the enemy as they would be seeing her attacks comming with ease. Her best option in situations such as these were to either attack from the sides or at best, from the behind. Antonia was quite agile and made another series of sidesteps, this time, to the right. With the first sidestep, she pulled the string and quickly launched and arrow, however, her attack didin't stop there as she made a second sidestep to the right, facing the back side of the tree or as it would be in battle, her oponent and launched an arrow as well. After doing so, she lowered her bow and checked if she hit the center of each target. With the three shots she made, she got one perfectly, one that would score her a 8 in a darts game and one would not even hit the target. The results weren't perfect as Antonia began practicing what she just did again and again, until she was able to only score 10's.

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Precise Shot
Rank: "D"
Skill: TaiJutsu/Supplementary
Effect: When it comes to hand to hand combat, the user is able to bring in their bow and arrow into a melee attack without having any problems.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: Another prerequisite technique that brings the Marksman even closer to combat without fumbling or worry of using the weapon. The user is able to get at extreme close range while preparing their weapon and fire at the opponent with precise ability.
Limit: Must be a Marksman. Must know Point Blank Shot.

[Deleted]

+10; Learned.

[Antonia Aries]

The next training Antonia had in mind was a technique that would allow her be mobile in all sorts of different situations she could fall under as a marksman, for an example, shooting while jumping from somewhere, falling down, rolling or hanging of something - situations like these could give a marksman a lot of openings to shoot but without the right skills, these openings would go to waste. Antonia decided to divide her training in three parts. Not wasting time, she began her training. The first part she has decided for her training was to shoot with her bow while jumping from heights, mid-jump and also the second after she lands. For this reason, she climbed one of a tree's low branches and would prepare herself to jump down. Normally, these kinds of tricks would be performed with a crossbow as shooting with one is far easier than shooting with a bow as with crossbows, it's simply pulling a trigger, however, Antonia was quite strong willed and wanted her skills to be flawless, that's why, she began with her training.

Before jumping down from the branch, she pulled an arrow from her hip quiver and loaded it to the bow. As she began her flight down, she managed to pull the string and release it, however, as the arrow flew, it didn't even hit the tree she was aiming for and due to her not being concentrated enough on the ground bellow herself, Antonia landed awry and almost twisted her ankle. She didn't hurt herself badly, this time but this turned to be quite the valuable lesson for as from now on, she would have to concentrate not only on the enemy while performing acrobatics for shooting but over her surroundings as well. She climbed a different branch on a different tree and prepared herself for the acrobatic. This time, a second before she jumped, she made a perfect analysis of the ground bellow her and as she jumped, instead of simply dropping down, she actually jumped higher than the branch. In the middle of the up jump, she quickly took a mid-air shooting stance and pulled the string of the bow.

While she was starting to land, she released the string of the bow and the arrow flew towards the tree she was aiming, and actually hit it, however, not even around the target she has carved on it with a knife and not at all close to the center she was aiming at. Antonia had a long way to go and knew that this training was harder than the previous ones, but Antonia was strong willed and didn't feel like giving up just yet. What was most tiring from this training was climbing trees as she was now doing it for a third time. This time, the tree was different but again had view to the tree she was aiming at. This time, her main issue was her aim that this was what she would have to improve. She already got the hang of the shooting while jumping and managed to perfect her landings - there was only one issue for her to fix now. Before she jumped from the branch, she once again took a look at the ground bellow the tree and this time, traced the target she was shooting at with her eyesight, aiming beforehand. After doing so, she calculated the angle she was going to shoot from while in the air and in her mind, calcualted in what angle she should curve her bow before shooting as well as the power she would need to use pulling the string. As she jumped, Antonia quickly pulled the string of her bow and following her own calculations, lowered the bow so it would be aiming straight against the target. As she began dropping down, she simply guided the bow back to the angle of shooting and when she felt the time was right, she released the string and the arrow flew.

Antonia landed, rolling down on the ground to divide the damage from the impact equally through her body, making it close to minimum. As she walked to the tree she was shooting at, which was about 10 meters away from her, she noticed that she has struck her arrow exactly in the center of the targeet.

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Acrobatic Shot
Rank: "C"
Skill: TaiJutsu/Supplementary
Effect: The Marksman compensates with his skill for awkward attack positions, such as hanging upside down from a branch, sliding down a slope or dropping from a balcony.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: Normally an Marksman must have solid footing on the ground in order to shoot proficiently. The Marksman is only able to shoot at 1/3rd of their normal proficiency. With this technique the user is able to shoot at awkward positions. They may be able to shoot upside down from a branch, sliding down a slope, jumping and falling, or even rolling on the floor. The user is able to now shoot at half their proficiency . When the user learns Shot on the Run they are able to shoot at 2/3rd of their proficiency.
Limit: Must be a Marksman. Must know Precise Shot.

[Deleted]

+10; 10|30.

[Antonia Aries]

The next part of the Antonia's training included a shooting practice from awkward positions, such as hanging from a tree with her head down. This would be a hard practice since the aim should be a harder task and it was definitely worth the try. Before going for the actual training thou, Antonia found herself a couple of good trees that could help her practice. On two of the three trees she found, she carved a target mark and the third one, that was between the two trees, she climbed up to a branch that was about 5 meters up from the ground. Now, Antonia would begin the second part of her Acrobatic shot training. The white haired girl was standing on top of the branch and was now preparing to go for the training. Before hanging down from the branch, she had to check the grounding bellow the tree in case she needed to jump down and also had to check if there was anyone around, because if she hung down from the tree, her skirt would most likely also hung down. After making sure there was no one around, she began her training.

Holding herself to the branch with the lower parts of her legs, Antonia was now struggling to aim towards the target that was on a tree about ten meters away from where she was. It was incredibly hard to aim in the condition she currently was in. She took an arrow from her hip quiver, however, as she opened it, all the other arrows from the hip quiver felled down on the ground and she had only one try to hit the target. She loaded the arrow to the bow and pulled the string. She was swinging back and forth on the branch, trying as hard as she could to aim and at the point where her legs began starting to give in, she released the string and the arrow flew in an entirely different direction than the direction she was aiming at. Instead flying towards the tree she was aiming at, the arrow passed the tree and struck pierced the ground two meters after it. She was far from the tree, yet, the center of the target. Antonia dropped down from the tree, landing on her feet. Her legs were starting to hurt and she would have to rest them for a while. She collected her arrows that felt down from her hip quiver and decided to start a different training while her legs stopped hurting.

The next training would be shooting before, while and after a ground roll. Antonia knew that she couldn't possibly shoot an arrow while rolling forwards on the ground as this was physically impossibly, however, with side-rolls, this was a different story. It was obvious that the girl would dirty her clothes with the day's training but she had to do it to improve her skills. Antonia prepared to do a roll to the left, rolling over her left shoulder. A roll such as this took less than a second, at most a second and during that time, the girl would have to shoot an arrow and shoot it accurately enough to hit the center of the target. Antonia was a perfectionist and she had to do everything perfect, or else, she wouldn't give up before achieving complete perfection. She put the arrows from the ground back inside her hip quiver, holding only one in her hand. As she threw herself side-wards for a side-roll, Antonia loaded the arrow to her bow and after she jumped over her left shoulder and began landing with her right leg, she pulled the string. Before she stood up, she quickly aimed towards the tree she was aiming at, pulled the string and within half of a second, released it, shooting her arrow towards the tree.

She would normally go and check her results after a shot but the roll still wasn't done and she actually had one more oppertunity to shoot towards the target and this was the moment when she would be landing. As her right leg landed, she prepared to jump again and as her left leg landed, she threw herself up in the air again. As she jumped, for a second, she loaded an arrow to the bow, pulling it from her hip quiver almost instantly and as she began her second landing, she pulled the string and within a flash, released it, firing an arrow towards the target. She would now have to go check on her results which she would be almost satisfied with. The first arrow marked a perfect score, hitting the center of the target, however, the second arrow shot a little bellow the first one, marking a 7, instead of a 10. As a perfectionist, Antonia went for the same training another couple of times before she herself was satisfied with the results, or, hitting a perfect 10 the both times.

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Acrobatic Shot
Rank: "C"
Skill: TaiJutsu/Supplementary
Effect: The Marksman compensates with his skill for awkward attack positions, such as hanging upside down from a branch, sliding down a slope or dropping from a balcony.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: Normally an Marksman must have solid footing on the ground in order to shoot proficiently. The Marksman is only able to shoot at 1/3rd of their normal proficiency. With this technique the user is able to shoot at awkward positions. They may be able to shoot upside down from a branch, sliding down a slope, jumping and falling, or even rolling on the floor. The user is able to now shoot at half their proficiency . When the user learns Shot on the Run they are able to shoot at 2/3rd of their proficiency.
Limit: Must be a Marksman. Must know Precise Shot.

[Antonia Aries]

Antonia would now return to her hang-and-shoot training. The last time, she really hurt the lower part of both of her legs as the skin of the tree was too rough and her weight, even not that much was pulling her down and caused her skin to hurt. This time, she planned on using a technique she has learned in the shinobi academy that would help her in a situation like this. She again climbed the tree that she climbed the previous time she trained shooting while hanging down and got on the exact same branch she did the previous time. This time, she would achieve success, she had to. Again as she did the previous time, she hung herself down the branch and again, as she expected, it was hard to aim at arrow while trying to balance herself on the branch and while waving back and forth. Because of this reason, she used the so commonly known act of tree climbing academy technique and slightly let herself fall from the tree. As she would just be about to completely fall, she moved her feet and attached them to the branch she has been hanging from until this moment.

She was now standing, instead of hanging with the head down. She pulled the string of the bow and as she expected, it was way easier for her to aim while she was balanced than before, with this, she aimed towards the target she created and released the string, however, failed to mark a perfect score - she hit the tree, but not the target she carved onto it. She loaded another arrow, this time, she was careful and wouldn't let the arrows fall down from her hip quiver. She aimed again, this time, aimed a little above what she aimed the first time as back then, the arrow struck bellow the target. Upon releasing the string, the arrow would fly and would hit the target in the center. Antonia was satisfied with being able to strike a 10 on the target, however, not satisfied enough to call it a training. She knew that hanging down was the hardest possible position for shooting, however, she had to do something harder to claim her training successful.

Exactly from the position she currently was, standing upsides down from a tree, she jumped up and instead of landing over the branch she would be hanging from, put her left leg on the base of the tree and thus, began running upwards the tree. She has noticed something moving in the bushes next to the tree she was at. When she climbed about 10 meters up the tree, she kicked a branch and by releasing a blast of chakra through her feet repelled herself down the tree. She was now sliding downwards, almost vertically through the tree. The only part of her body that was in contact with the tree was her right foot as it barely slid towards the tree's surface. When she got to about 5 meters from the roots of the tree, she again repelled herself from the tree using her right leg, jumping backwards, doing something similar to a back flip. As this back flip began, she loaded an arrow to the bow and pulled the string. Then, she found herself in a position where she was in the air with her head down, flying and about to fall down. Her aim, eyesight and arrow had to be fast so she could catch and kill whatever there was in the bushes under the tree. Antonia had to act quickly. As she found herself in the upside down position, she quickly analyzed the grounding, searching for the creature which was actually a small rabbit, which was normal for the winter season. "Dinner." Antonia said quietly, aimed and released the string, allowing the arrow to fly.

The kunoichi landed a second after the bow struck the ground. After landing, Antonia walked to the place the rabbit was and she noticed that she has pierced it through it's left ear and was now pinning it to the ground with an arrow. Antonia was merciless and hungry. She was going to eat the rabbit for dinner. She prepared another arrow, aimed towards the pinned creature and shot.

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Acrobatic Shot
Rank: "C"
Skill: TaiJutsu/Supplementary
Effect: The Marksman compensates with his skill for awkward attack positions, such as hanging upside down from a branch, sliding down a slope or dropping from a balcony.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: Normally an Marksman must have solid footing on the ground in order to shoot proficiently. The Marksman is only able to shoot at 1/3rd of their normal proficiency. With this technique the user is able to shoot at awkward positions. They may be able to shoot upside down from a branch, sliding down a slope, jumping and falling, or even rolling on the floor. The user is able to now shoot at half their proficiency . When the user learns Shot on the Run they are able to shoot at 2/3rd of their proficiency.
Limit: Must be a Marksman. Must know Precise Shot.

[Umehara]

+20

Learned.

[Antonia Aries]

Antonia began her next training right away. She found a good straight forward path in her yard which was actually with the sizes of a little forest and this straight forward path had no trees within it's way and gave her a good 80 meters of running space distance. She walked her way towards the path and found carved targets over a couple of different trees. She chose the trees at random but she would be using them to shoot. She carved targets over about 40 trees while having only about 15 arrows with herself, she would shoot at random targets that she saw along the way. She also mar,ked a couple of distant trees so she could improve the distance of shooting while she was running. After doing this, she stood on the start line and began her training. Antonia has always been agile but this time, she felt that this training would prove to be hard. Hard or no, she darted herself towards her improvised running field. At the fourth meter, she saw the first target that was 15 meters away from her. She quickly pulled herself an arrow from her hip quiver, loaded it to the bow and with the matter of less than a second, released the string, allowing the arrow to fly towards the target.

Antonia didn't have enough time to check if she hit the target as she had to continue running. She was already passing through the sixth meter of the running field and she has skipped seven targets, which would be seven chances to shoot. She had to improve her speed on loading and shooting an arrow or else she would be way far from the goal she set herself. She was coming closer to another target - she was about two meters away and after this target, on a tree next and a little behind it, she could already see another target. She prepared two arrows in her left hand, ready to load and shoot them. The first one she loaded instantly and pulled the string, aiming towards the center of the target. She had only a second to shoot the arrow and be able to shoot another one so her aiming time was reduced, yet, she released the string and the arrow flew. The next tree was behind the one she just shot at. A rule that she has placed to herself was not to stop no matter what, so she quickly loaded the second arrow she had in her hand, pulled the string and shot.

The kunoichi continued running forwards. She knew that she probably missed one of the two shots she has made, if not even both of them but she had to continue. She and 12 more arrows in her hip quiver and she had to shoot them all before stopping or reaching the final. She continued her shot on the run training by looking up another tree she has carved a target on with her knife earlier. She quickly pulled an arrow from her hip quiver, loaded it, pulled the string, released it and sent the arrow flying towards the tree. She again had no time to check if she marked a score since there was already another tree with a mark, this one was about twenty meters away from her. She pulled an arrow and loaded it, this time, pulling the string with her maximum strength. Just as she prepared to shoot, she passed through the tree and lost her chance to shoot. No. She had to shoot at that target at all cost. Normally, she could always shoot while running and the reason she was doing this training was to actually improve her accuracy while shooting and increasing her distance. She turned back without stopping to run forwards. She was going to do something risky but she had to shoot at that target.

With the already loaded arrow, Antonia now aimed at the second opening she got towards the distant tree. Just as she got the perfect aim and was about to release the string, she tripped over something, released the string and the arrow flew in a different direction than the planned one. As for Antonia, she turned running forwards to try and keep her balance but it was too late and she soon, felt down on the ground, injuring her knee.

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Shot on the Run
Rank: "C"
Skill: TaiJutsu/Supplementary
Effect: User becomes more proficient with the weapon in where they are able to shoot proficiently within the range of 2/3rd of their total range.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: Normally an Marksman is only able to shoot within the range of half of their proficiency while on the move. This technique increases the range up to 2/3rd of the total proficient range. So a user is able to shoot within 20 meters instead of 15 meters if they are proficient at 30 meters.
Limit: Must be a Marksman. Must know Precise Shot.

[Deleted]

+10; 10|30.

[Antonia Aries]

Ignoring the wound on her knee, Antonia went back through her steps and examined what she has achieved before tripping down. She has shot 5 arrows and still had ten arrows in her hip quiver, however, the accuracy of these 5 arrows was what mattered the most at the moment. Apparently, she only had only 2 out of the five arrows make a perfect hit. The distant arrow which was also the final one she shot didn't even land close to it's target as it landed on the ground 5 meters before it. Antonia retrieved her arrows and returned to her start-line. Her leg wasn't really in pain as there were mostly scratches, however, she wouldn't be able to wear skirts in public for a while. Anyways, she was now preparing to go for another run. She had all her arrows retrieved and had 15 arrows in her hip quiver. This time, she would ignore all the close ranged targets and would aim towards the ones in long range - more than 10 meters.

Antonia began running through her improvised running field and was now looking only for trees in long ranged distances. This could actually prove to be something useful in combat because long ranged enemies turned out quite often more dangerous than the close ranged ones and taking them out first would be a good idea, while running through / from the close ranged ones. After three meters, Antonia saw the first target over a tree approximately 13 meters away from where she was. She had less than a second to pull an arrow from her hip quiver, load it to her bow, pulling the string, aiming and after she had all this done, she released the string of the bow, sending the arrow flying towards the target. Not having time to check if she hit, Antonia found herself a new target. This was the target she failed at shooting at her previous attempt and she had to make it now. She quickly pulelled and arrow from her quiver, pulled the string of the bow and aimed. Under no circumstances, she had to miss her first chance and rely on turning back, running backwards and shooting, but she was about to miss that chance.

In the last moment she had available to shoot, Antonia released the string and sent the arrow flying towards the distant target. The arrow flew with a swift noise and Antonia actually saw just how it flew, just a millimeter away from a tree blocking it's path and hitting the tree with the target. She didn't knew if it actually hid the target but there was already another tree in her aim and she was already starting to pull an arrow from her hip quiver. Antonia pulled the string, aimed and shot. Antonia remembered back when she carved the targets on the trees and remembered that some of the targets were actually hidden from her eyesight, normally as they were behind bushes. Now, on her way, she was seeing a tree with a bush under it and remembered that she actually carved a target onto it. She pulled another arrow from her hip quiver and loaded it to the bow - she felt that she was actually getting better at loading her arrows as she noticed that it took her less time to actually pull one from her hip quiver and load it and now she had a bigger amount of time to shoot and aim which was really good for an archer. Using ones memory was also something really important for a marksman as they would have to remember the targets last position and deduce their new one and such. For an example, if an enemy was next to the tree before they saw Antonia, they would now most likely be inside the bushes preparing to attack. Marksman wasn't simply pulling the string and shooting - it was logic and deep calculations that made a shot successful. Now, Antonia remembered where exactly she carved the target on the tree behind the bush and aimed at it. She released the string and the arrow flew.

Antonia stopped mid-step and went to check over her targets. First, she checked the one that was closest to her which would be the one behind the bush. As she looked behind that bush, she noticed that she had a perfect score. From the other three targets, she missed only one and it wasn't a complete miss but more like a 8 out of possible 10 points over the target. She was satisfied, however, not quite done with the training yet.

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Shot on the Run
Rank: "C"
Skill: TaiJutsu/Supplementary
Effect: User becomes more proficient with the weapon in where they are able to shoot proficiently within the range of 2/3rd of their total range.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: Normally an Marksman is only able to shoot within the range of half of their proficiency while on the move. This technique increases the range up to 2/3rd of the total proficient range. So a user is able to shoot within 20 meters instead of 15 meters if they are proficient at 30 meters.
Limit: Must be a Marksman. Must know Precise Shot.

[Deleted]

+10; 20|30.

[Antonia Aries]

After spending half an hour for preparations for her next training, Antonia was ready to go for another run. This time, she choose trees on both sides of her - both her left and right and choose them all in fifteen meters distance from her, or more. She also walked inside her house and took twenty-five more arrows, which now totaled at forty in her hip quiver. With the new targets carved, she had forty targets and forty arrows inside her hip quiver and she wouldn't stop this training until she shot a perfect score with each one of those arrows. She stepped before the start line of her improvised running field and after she took a deep breath and got a good grip of her bow, Antonia darted herself forwards and within 3 seconds, she launched six arrows towards different targets to her left. She was now running through an area where she has placed targets to her both sides and she had to shoot them quickly. Two of the targets, just like the last time were hidden and she had to shoot at them too and match a perfect score. One of the targets, she had carved small and it was invisible, hidden behind leaves of a tree. Antonia, however, remembered it's location and as she shot at it, the arrow flew and pierced through the middle of the leaf that was in front of the target.

Not having enough time to check if she made a successful shot, Antonia had to turn left and right and shoot at great speeds, locating and aiming towards targets. Pulling and loading arrows now took her even less time than before and she was able to shoot and load two arrows per second. Her aim was also improving greatly as she saw how a couple of her shots made it directly to the centers of the targets. Her arms have got used to the pressure by pulling the string and now she was able to shoot arrows out with greater speed and strength. This time, instead of starting running from the start of her running field, she made herself a new start with a couple of obstacles on her path. The first one was a rock that was about two meters in height and she was now running towards it. She has already shot half of the arrows from her hip quiver, however, about 2/3 of the targets were before that rock, so, she knew she has missed some. As she ran towards the rock, she flew chakra through her legs and began climbing it using the tree climbing technique she knew from the shinobi academy, however, instead of stopping when reaching the top, Antonia repelled herself up and backwards from the rock, using the same method she used when she was training her acrobatic shot. Now, she found herself about 15 meters from the ground surface. Landing wasn't a problem for her, however, while in the air, she had to shoot some of the targets that she has missed. While flying upwards, she aimed and shot two of the targets which took her about a second, loading arrows and pulling strings included.

While in the air, the kunoichi analyzed the surrounding area searching for a place to land. Landing on the ground from a 15 meter distance could be painful even for her and she could break a leg or two. After analyzing the area, she saw that she was flying towards a tree. She was with her head downwards and her legs were in the air. With a little effort, she managed to make contact between her feet and the tree's surface and from this point on, she relied mostly on the tree climbing technique. Antonia began running down from a 10 meters of height. While running down, she saw a couple of targets on her way and shot at them. When she reached the ground, the kunoichi continued running forwards and this time, with a single leap, jumped over the stone. While in the air, she shot two more targets that were in a 15 meter distance from her. As she landed, she made a roll on the ground so her full body would take the impact from the landing, however, while rolling, she could still shoot and she knew it. The second her feet touched the ground, she kneed up and shoot two arrows, one directed to her left and the other one to her right, both aimed at targets. Antonia was now near to another hidden target that was on a tree, behind a tree with a target. The two trees were connected with the years and one would normally only notice one of the targets, however, Antonia knew about both of the targets and thus, aimed and shot towards them.

Her arrows flew towards the targets. Antonia was again about to load an arrow to her bow. When she got her hand inside her hip quiver, she noticed there were only two arrows inside. She got them both in her hand and loaded them at once. The two targets were straight forwards, however, one was to the left and the other was to the right. With this old bow of hers, Antonia pulled the string, released it and the arrows flew, both hitting their targets. Antonia now stopped her run. She was breathing a little heavily. She used chakra, ran a great amount of distance and made a couple of hard landings. Not to mention that her arms were starting to hurt now after shooting 40 arrows for about 20 seconds. She gave herself some time to rest as she went back and examined her shots. Apparently, her accuracy was improving as she got about 35 perfect shots out of 40 possible.

=====[20 out of 30]=====

Shot on the Run
Rank: "C"
Skill: TaiJutsu/Supplementary
Effect: User becomes more proficient with the weapon in where they are able to shoot proficiently within the range of 2/3rd of their total range.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: Normally an Marksman is only able to shoot within the range of half of their proficiency while on the move. This technique increases the range up to 2/3rd of the total proficient range. So a user is able to shoot within 20 meters instead of 15 meters if they are proficient at 30 meters.
Limit: Must be a Marksman. Must know Precise Shot.

[Draven]

Learned

[Antonia Aries]

The next training Antonia had in mind was a training that would increase her shooting distance and would improve her aim when aiming towards distant targets. Up until this point, Antonia was able to only aim and shoot at targets, at a distance not more than 30 meters, 20 meters while running or perform acrobatics.With this training, she would be able to aim at shoot at 45 meters of a distance while being able to do so at a distance of 30 meters while running or performing acrobatics. The preparations for this training were a little more complicated as she had to re-walk all the steps she has walked up until now, including running, performing acrobatics and such. After she carved targets at a couple of distant trees, she began her training.

Antonia pulled an arrow from her hip quiver and loaded it to her bow. She decided to improve her aim, well, like one would say, meter by meter or in her case, 5 meters by 5 meters. The first tree was 30 meters away from her. Antonia pulled the string, Her hand wasn't at all trembling as she has already got used to pulling the string. As she released the string, the arrow flew towards the target which was 30 meters away from her. Antonia could clearly see that the arrow actually hit the center of the target she has been aiming at. The next target stood at 35 meters away from Antonia. She again pulled an arrow from her hip quiver and again loaded it to the bow. As she pulled the string, she aimed and shot the arrow forwards but apparently, the distance the arrow could travel was capped at 30 meters as it hit the ground about 3-4 meters before the target. Antonia had to do something to improve that and she had an idea what to do. First, before shooting, she lifted her hand with the bow a little upwards. This way, the arrow would first fly up and then forwards and might manage to hit the tree as it dropped down. The second thing she would add to her next shot would be additional strength while pulling the string of the bow. It was time for practice now. Antonia pulled another arrow from her hip quiver and loade it to her bow. Pulling the string, just as she planned, she added more strength doing so and as she released the string, the arrow flew faster and managed to actually reach the tree Antonia has been aiming at.

However, as Antonia used her pocket binocular to see if she hit the center of the target, she would notice that she wasn't actually exactly in the center, and due to that reason, she loaded another arrow to her bow from her hip quiver and pulled the string. This time, she would have to improve on her aim instead of the shoot speed and power. Her eyes were starting to hurt because she woke too early to train and her vision was getting blury but she had to go through this training. Her arm was trembling but she somehow managed to stable it and as she released the string, the arrow shot and after examining the target with her binocular and saw that she scored a perfect score, Antonia moved on with her next training which would be again 5 meters away from the tree she chose. Happily for Antonia, she had a really big yard which's fence was bordered by a forest and she had access to a lot of trees by just jumping over a fence and so, finding trees in different distances was quite easy for her. The next tree was 40 meters away. She pulled an arrow from her hip quiver and loaded it, pulled the string and upon releasing it, she allowed the arrow to fly and marked another perfect score. She was doing good with the shooting, however, the last target would prove to be harder. She loaded an arrow to her bow and pulled the string. To b able to send an arrow 45 meters away, a great deal of physical strength was required and this was the time Antonia admired the people that were able to shoot arrows in distances even doubling that. The hand which she was using to pull the string was trembling and it this was doing against her proper aim. Antonia took a deep breath as she released the grip over the arrow a little bit, allowing her arm to rest for a second. Then, she pulled it hard once again, pushing her own physical capabilities to an extend. Just as she felt that she couldn't bare holding the string much longer, Antonia aimed towards the target and shot, letting the arrow fly and hopefully hit the center of the target.

After the shot, Antonia's left hand was at a lot more ease than it was. She walked to the target she shot at and noticed that she had all 4 targets shot and all of them, she struck in the center. She was happy but a little tired, however, not entirely done with this technique.

=====[0 out of 30]=====

Far Shot
Rank: "C"
Skill: TaiJutsu/Supplementary
Effect: This technique allows a user to fire with proficiency at a larger distance of one and a half times its normal distance which would be at a total distance of 45 meters with exceptional accuracy.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: This technique allows the user to be able to shoot at a target at 45 meters into the distance instead of the normal 30 meters. This increases the user's mobility attack as well as the stationary attack allowing the user to shoot at further distances without worrying too much about close combat.
Limit: Must be a Marksman. Must know Precise Shot.

[Deleted]

+10; 10|30.

[Antonia Aries]

Continuing after a five minute rest, Antonia would now continue her Far Shot training. The last couple of times she shot, she felt great pressure over her forearm as she tried to pull the string to an extend where the arrow would actually reach a distance of 45 meters and she felt quite unease about that as if it came to combat, this pain could prove to be a problem. Not moving from the shooting spont she was up until this moment, she pulled an arrow out of her hip quiver and loaded it to the bow. As she pulled the string with her full strength, her arm almost instantly began to tremble and this was her main problem because it turned into a great problem when she tried to aim. The target was 45 meters away and Antonia closed her left eye so her aim would be more accurate. She was trying to ignore the pain over her forearm as much as she could as she released the string and the arrow flew. Using her pocket binocular, she saw and noted that she didn't hit the center of the target and decided to try until she hit the center, twice, in a row. Antonia kneed down so she had a better grounding and more equal positioning of the weight over her body and pulled an arrow out of her hip quiver. After she loaded it to the bow, she pulled the string as hard as she could. There was still pain, however, Antonia was apparently getting used to it because she didn't feel it as severe as she did the previous times she pulled the string so much. This pain reminded her that she actually needed a better bow because the one she was using at the moment was, well, almost artificial and was about to break any second. The pressure that was over Antonia's forearm was also reflecting over the bow as it began releasing odd noise, as it was going to crack soon.

Antonia released the string and the arrow flew with great a great speed towards the target. With this shot, Antonia closed her left eye so her aim became more accurate and as she used her binocular to see if she shot the target, she saw that the arrow struck it exactly in the center. "1/2." Antonia said to herself and pulled another arrow from her hip quiver. She loaded it to the bow and pulled the string, again using as much as strength as she could. She was now sure that she was getting used to the pain as she now barely felt it. with all the practice she has gone through, the trembling of her arm was also fading and now, she could aim properly and faster. Plus, she was no longer feeling pain from her knee which she injured earlier and her accuracy now should be at it's best. As the white haired girl released the string of the bow, the arrow flew towards the target hit the center of it, two millimeters to the left from where the first arrow was. Antonia smiled and went to retrieve her arrows so she could proceed with the training. While she did, she thought how good of a job she has done and how much more she had to do before she claimed the training a successful one and how she needed a new bow and a lot more "how"s. For now, however, her main concern was to proceed with the next part of her training and that was exactly what she did after she put her arrows back inside her hip quiver. Her next training required both precise aim, accuracy and on top of that, she would have to shoot while she was on move. Up until this point, she has trained to shoot arrows while on move with the cost of 1/3 of her shooting distance and she planned to keep this as it was. However, this time, the distance of shooting wasn't 20 meters but 30 and this could prove to be hard to accomplish.

Antonia returned back to her improvised running field and carved a couple of new targets. This time, some of the arrows were at a distance of 20 meters, some were at a distance of 25 and some were at a distance at thirty. She left the old targets as they were as they would also help her with her training in a way. The girl loaded an arrow and darted herself through the running field. The first distant target soon appeared before her. She pulled the string with a great amount of strength and as she released the string, sent the arrow flying towards the target. The rules of this training was the same as the rules of the previous training - no stopping no matter what and Antonia didn't plan on stopping until she shot arrows at all 15 distant targets she has marked. Her run continued as the second distant target appeared before her. She pulled an arrow from her hip quiver, pulled the string and shot the arrow towards the tree. She didn't have enough time to check if she hit the target's center and it was hard to say from a distance such as this, especially while on the run, however, her intuition told her that she was doing a good job as she continued running through the running field.

=====[10 out of 30]=====

Far Shot
Rank: "C"
Skill: TaiJutsu/Supplementary
Effect: This technique allows a user to fire with proficiency at a larger distance of one and a half times its normal distance which would be at a total distance of 45 meters with exceptional accuracy.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: This technique allows the user to be able to shoot at a target at 45 meters into the distance instead of the normal 30 meters. This increases the user's mobility attack as well as the stationary attack allowing the user to shoot at further distances without worrying too much about close combat.
Limit: Must be a Marksman. Must know Precise Shot.