Father and Son [T]

[Kaane]

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Suiton: Chiisaimizubakahatsu (Tiny Water Explosion)

Rank: “D”

Type: Ninjutsu

Effect: Creates a small wave of water that rushes towards an opponent.

Special: "Handseals"

Drawback: N/A

Description: The user performs the handseals described in special. There, they release chakra into the water and send a small tidal wave (about five feet tall) towards the opponent. The water moves at a speed of about ten miles per hour, so a direct hit from the water can be painful, but not life-threatening.

Limit: Water Release

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Dawn stretched lazily as he walked to the waters of one of Kirigakure's great bays, reflexively allowing his chakra to flow to his feet as he stepped upon them, watching the small ripples caused by him walking disperse over the calm waters of the bay.  He stopped a dozen yards or so away from shore, looking up at the misty, early morning sky, he stretched once more and said "Something simple to warm up with..." to himself as he prepared for the training regimen he began every morning here.

Reaching down to feel the cold water's embrace against his hand for a moment, he went over the simple sequence of handseals in his mind as he idly twirled the water with his finger, "getting a feel" for it as he normally did when training Suiton here.  Standing up again, he performed the seals once more without committing his chakra to them. 

And then, he jumped straight into it.  He performed the seals at full speed and channeled his chakra into his feet into the water below, willing it to push the water itself forward.  But, the burst of chakra was too uncontrolled, creating a small, foot high-disturbance that barely even crested.  He expected it to fail...but it helped him to go through the motions of what his chakra would have to do before he actually performed it successfully.

He remembered from his years in the Academy just how a Suiton wave successfully formed; unlike most waves that broke on beaches, which were formed from distant winds acting on the top of the water, waves ninja with Suiton abilities used were formed from within the water itself.  By creating a current beneath the water's surface, similar to how the tides could generate small waves, it would therefore push water up and forward with the user's chakra, thus evolving the wave even from the calmest of waters. The technique Dawn wanted to learn was just a simpler, smaller variation of that basic idea.

After reflecting on that for a brief moment, he resolved to get this jutsu on the second try.  Concentrating and then quickly performing the handseals, he let his chakra flow once more through his feet and into the water, calling upon the water itself to be pushed forwards.  His chakra made the current happen, and as he held the handseal, he could easily feel it pushing forwards at a steady, constant pace.  But as he looked up, he could easily tell something had gone wrong. Though his current was working hard beneath the water, it was barely even making a swell on the surface. Obviously, he had overestimated how deep he needed to make the initial current.   He could easily feel the drain of fighting against water pressure rather than working with it.   He was putting his chakra in the right place if he was trying to make a wave of about a B rank's power and height, but with such a small amount of chakra, meant only to make a wave about 5 feet high and traveling about 10 miles an hour, it was doing absolutely nothing useful at that depth.

But he noticed his mistake, and dispelled the jutsu.  He then performed the handseals once more and let the chakra required flow into the water, this time at a much higher depth, almost at the surface.  Pushing his chakra forwards, he found it was much easier, and the wave evolving before him was turning out nicely. As it traveled a few yards more from its starting point, it began to crest and reach the jutsu's maximum potential of five feet in height, travelling at a steady pace...but eventually, it seemed to reach its maximum range, and the wave fell apart. 

Though it was passable for most, Dawn knew that the wave had taken too long to reach its maximum height...he needed it to happen nearly instantaneously for it to be of any use.  The jutsu was only meant for him to train, and he never expected to use it all that much in combat...but still, as a training perfectionist, he wanted everything he did to be at its peak.

So, he decided to give it a go once more, changing the angle of his chakra to push the water up more than forwards at first, making the chakra move less in a line and more in a "rounding a corner" fashion.  He performed the seals one more time and felt the chakra flow from his feet, going slightly deeper this time to gather more water, and then pushed it forward less than a second before he felt the chakra would leave the water entirely.  And, to his surprise, his technique seemed to work quite well.

The water nearly crested and broke as it reached the surface, but he managed to push his chakra forward at just the right time as it created a 3 foot swell before him.  Building on the top of the water and using more to feed its growth, it reached its 5 foot maximum height much more quickly than it did last time, and with some effort, Dawn controlled his chakra imbued within the wave quite well, managing to keep it steady for as long and as far as he could before he finally let it drop, letting it crash down on the water with a solid splash.

Smiling, he gave it one more go, performing the handseals and pushing the water up and forward, this time focusing on the maintenance of the wave's integrity rather than creating it, which he had down pat.  He kept his chakra flowing forward, making small adjustments here and there to its structure and speed when he felt it about to disintegrate prematurely, making the wave much "cleaner," and sturdier in its appearance, and undoubtedly, more effective at long ranges.

He smiled to himself as he let the jutsu fall apart, stretching once more as he took a look at the notes he had brought with him.  He'd get a lot done today, that was for sure.

[Kaane]

(OOC Double Post: Can someone grade this for me? It's been a few days XD)

[~Emi~]

+10, learned

and pm us if you need something graded, because we don't always see things

[Kaane]

(OOC: Ah, thanks, I will next time ^^. Also, I'm sorry for whoever has to read this next one...damn is it repetitive T_T

Also, if someone can offer any criticism for the posts, that'd be helpful...I haven't RPed in a while XD.)


“Hey, Ichiro...thought I’d find you here.”


“Huh?” Dawn let a small smile creep into his normally cold visage. There was only one person who ever called him that. And only one man with that calm, yet firm voice he’d never forget.

Father.

“Oh, hey dad,” he said as he turned around, taking in the view of his dad as he came closer over the water. A tall yet lean man that Dawn had always looked up to, figuratively and literally. The youthful smirk on his face...the perpetual stubble he called a beard that bordered the line between trendy and unkempt…his long, dark hair, held in a ponytail that reached down past his shoulders...the black kimono, fringed with red, that he wore nearly all the time while on-duty...and of course his trademark double-bladed sickle, the symbol of his skill with the Kamashi fighting style. He certainly stood out from other Jonin his age in appearance. But that made him all the more incredible as a father to Dawn. There was a pride in himself, his heritage, and his village that he never let go, no matter the opposition. He passed this pride down to Dawn before he could even walk. And now, Dawn couldn’t imagine anyone else, besides perhaps the Mizukage, he admired more.

He hugged Dawn for a moment tightly before letting him go with a satisfied nod and a smile.

“Figured you’d be training. Mind if I lend a hand bud?”

“Why not?” Dawn said with a smile, trying to hide his excitement under his cool facade. Training sessions with his father always ended up interesting. Surely this’d be no exception.


“Right then…” said his father with a small chuckle. “Remember when I taught you how to make Mist Clones?”

“Yeah, of course.”

“Well now you’ll be learning how to take that a step further using The Hidden Mist Jutsu.”

Interesting...he had always meant to get around learning that. Every self-respecting Kirigakure ninja knew that technique and utilized it well. And it’d be one step further to finally feeling ready enough for missions other than the menial labor he’d been doing.

“I’ve got to head off on a mission in about an hour...so I don’t have all the time that I’d like to spend on this...but you’re up to it anyway, aren’t ya?”

Dawn grinned. “You know I am...let’s do it.”

[Kaane]

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Kirigakure no Jutsu (Hidden Mist Skill)
Rank: "C" Rank
Skill: NinJutsu
Effect: A Skill where a user uses the water around them to create a massive mist to fill around the user.
Special: "Handseals"
Drawback: ---
Description: A skill which creates a very dense fog that descreases the surrounding visibility to near zero. It produces an environment perfect for a silent assassin who follows an opponent through sound. This mist can not be blown away by any type of Wind Jutsu.
Limit: Water Release

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“Now...this jutsu can be difficult to use correctly. But I’ll explain more concerning that stuff later. For now, we’ll focus on actually getting this technique in your arsenal.”

His father stood just in front of him as he clasped his hands together. “First...the handseals.” He began to slowly go through the relatively short string of them, and Dawn followed along at his pace. Handseals had never been that much of a problem for him, but he always took his time when he first learned a jutsu. It was almost like music; each jutsu seemed to have its own rhythm. And he found them much easier to perform them when he found it.

And this jutsu had a very unique rhythm indeed...something he fully expected from a jutsu created by his own village. And it ended with a peculiar handsign...a “split” tiger handseal, with one half held normally above his chest, with the other above his head. It was a bit strange, to end a jutsu on such a weird handseal. But within a few runthroughs, he felt quite comfortable with forming the seals at a normal speed.

“Nice,” said his father in nonchalant approval. “Now, time for the hard part.”

“I’m pretty sure (at least, I hope) that your teachers in the Academy mentioned some stuff about the water cycle, right? Well this jutsu just involves accelerating the natural evaporation and condensation that creates the mist that already surrounds us. Won’t be a big deal for you to master, I reckon,” he added with a smile.

“All you have to do is put some of your chakra in the water beneath us, give it some energy, and as the water begins to evaporate into the air, use your chakra to suspend it there. Unlike an ordinary mist, it’ll have your chakra in it, accentuating it, making it heavier and thicker. And after a little bit of concentration, your chakra will just hang there without you even having to think about it, sustaining the mist while you go do other things, like scaring the living hell out of whoever you’re fighting, for instance.”

Dawn cracked a smile at his dad’s joke; “I’ve been around mist for...like...ever... I doubt it’s that frightening…”

“People lose their cool pretty quickly when their vision gets obstructed. And that’s why this technique is so effective...it gets people nervous. They make mistakes they otherwise normally wouldn’t make. And you, as the controller of the jutsu, can capitalize on it. But anyways...give it a go for me, huh Ichi? I wanna see what you’ve got.”


“I’ll try my best...” said Dawn as he completed the handseals, ending on the split tiger sign, as he closed his eyes and concentrated on letting his chakra flow through his feet to the water beneath them. He let it spread out, concentrating on the surface of the water as he willed it to begin heating up the water, creating the steam that would eventually cool into mist as he lifted it up into the air.


But for some reason, he just couldn’t lift it. Was he just not using enough chakra? He committed more of his strength to the technique, trying in vain to make the water lift up. He grunted with effort, feeling like he was getting absolutely nowhere. After a few more seconds, his father put a hand on his shoulder and said “stop” firmly. Complying, he let out a sigh of relief and slight disappointment.


Seeing him a bit frustrated, his dad gave his back a good hard pat of reassurance. It was something that Dawn used to hate, but when you had a man’s man for a father, you got used to it. “Always happens the first time around, no big deal...you’re trying to actually lift the water up with your chakra instead of letting the water itself do the work. Once the water evaporates it’ll rise and condense on its own; just use your chakra to “catch” it in the air once you’ve got enough water to make the jutsu work. Then, the chakra’ll do the rest. But now that I see where you are with this...just try and make the mist rise in a small circle around you. We’ll increase the range once you get good at creating and sustaining the mist.”


Nodding as he listened, he immediately performed the small flurry of handseals once more, this time following his father’s advice and committing more chakra to the air around him rather than into the water. There was a considerable amount of moisture already in the air from the mist that shrouded the village’s bay, and he wanted to make the most of what he already had. The chakra he had put in the water in a small, five foot radius around himself began to agitate the water, causing it to evaporate, the steam quickly condensing into mist in the cool, moist air.

Then, his chakra came into play. Having infused the small cylinder of air around him with it, it began to act on the water that had condensed in the air, thickening both the natural and the artificial mist that Dawn had just created into a white wall of haze. The thickness and the heaviness of it...it was palpable. He could feel his skin moisten as drops of the mist landed on his face, and even his kimono and cloak started to feel heavy from water.

But the mist only lasted for a few more moments before it was blown away by the gentle breeze of the bay, the haze and his chakra dissipating as it was carried towards the village on the wind.

“Damn...almost…” he thought as he looked at his father, his face slowly coming back into view as the mist disappeared completely.

[Kaane]

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“Not quite, but you’re getting there...I’m guessing you didn’t put enough chakra into the air. The mist should stay in place even if a gale force wind comes along.”

“More chakra? Seems a bit much for a technique of this level,” Dawn said, wondering if there was some other solution. He had put quite a bit of chakra in the air...he doubted he’d need more.

“Well, try molding your chakra…” he paused for a moment as he thought of how to phrase it: “heavier, for lack of a better word...if you can add more weight to the chakra you’ve got in the air, it’ll become impossible to blow away. It might help it become harder to see through as well…hm...give it a whirl, and use the same radius you were using before.”

Dawn nodded in assent, performing the handseals rapidly and then letting his chakra work with the water beneath his feet, causing it to steam up quickly, rising into the air. Meanwhile, he irradiated the air around him with more of his chakra, but this time, he concentrated on molding it more heavily, keeping a mental picture of how he wanted the mist to be to guide his efforts more easily. He felt his own chakra add a sort of pressure to the air around him, and though his eyes were most likely deceiving himself, he could almost see a faint blue tinge to the mist already swirling around him.

But, he seemed to have made his chakra too heavy for the mist to form properly. As the water he had brought up from the bay came into contact with his chakra, it sunk down, hugging the surface of the water before vanishing in it completely. Still,the fog seemed even thicker than before. He got one part of it right, at least.

“Not quite,” observed his father. “But just a little less chakra, and I think you’ll have it down. Try it one more time!”

“Got it,” said Dawn as he repeated the jutsu for what felt like the umpteenth time. Just as before, he let his chakra disperse into the air in his vicinity and beneath him, feeling the water evaporate and rise up, mingling and mixing with the energized air around him until it reacted, thickening the already dense fog of the morning. And then, as though he conjured it from nowhere, the mist became a cloak of white, dense fog, hiding him at the center of the small circle he had created.

Outside of the circle, his father squinted, having lost sight of Dawn completely. “Good job! Come on out, I need to test the mist.” he said.

Dawn obeyed and walked out of it, still holding the handseal as he feared he would lose control of his chakra if he let go. “Oh, you can let go of the seal now,” said his father reassuringly. “Your chakra should be doing its thing.”

As he let go of the seal, his father went through a blindingly fast flurry of handseals and took a deep breath, then blew out a concentrated blast of wind towards the small cloud of mist; a Fuuton jutsu, obviously, meant to test the fog’s durability. And much to Dawn’s surprise, though the mist blew away at first, his chakra remained unaffected, reforming the mist as quickly as it had been temporarily dispelled. If the mist had been at a larger scale...the air blast wouldn’t even have made a dent in it. It was nearly perfect...all he had to do now was increase its range.

[Kaane]

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“You’ve got this Ichiro...just one last push!” said his dad with an encouraging smile. “Get the range down!”

Alright! He was almost there...if he could just muster the strength to fill more of the air around him with chakra, he’d have it down perfect. He had heard of true masters of this technique who could cover whole battlegrounds in this mist...why couldn’t he?

With his inner confidence written on his face, he closed his eyes and quickly flew through the handsigns, forcing his chakra into the ten feet wide circle of air around himself once more, and using a smaller portion of his strength to let the vaporized water rise up from the bay and react with the chakra in the air. Almost instantaneously this time, he had formed a swath of fog around him, just as thick as it had been before.

“Alright…” came his father’s words through the mist. “Push out!”

And Dawn did so, slowly adding more chakra into the air as he held the split tiger sign, feeling the area influenced by the mist begin to increase slowly. He reached out his senses, feeling the concentrations of chakra within the air. He dispersed any unneeded clumps of energy that formed, and he used the excess to fill in areas of the mist that were lacking in thickness. It was a long and arduous process, and it put a slight strain on his chakra reserves to maintain his control over it for that long, but eventually, he had managed to cover a sizable section of the bay with his mist jutsu. Dropping the handsign when he felt as though the chakra would take care of the rest, he sighed and took a few deep breaths from exhaustion. He hadn’t used that much chakra to create and maintain something of this caliber in a while...but it was one step further in the right direction. The direction of honing his abilities and becoming a stronger ninjutsu specialist.

His dad called him as his breath slowly returned to him: “Hey, get rid of the mist for a second! If you have the strength, you should do it once more to get it down right!”

Though Dawn was admittedly somewhat tired, it wasn’t anything he couldn’t handle. And besides, now that he had the hang of controlling the chakra that made up the mist, he could probably quite easily do it once more, hopefully without wasting as much chakra as he did before.

“Gotcha dad!” he said as he held the tiger handsign for a moment, willing his chakra to disperse from the air, thus letting the mist fall apart. Then, with an approving wink from his father, he completed the sequence of handseals once again, this time forcing his chakra out to the jutsu’s maximum range as fast as possible, making the minute corrections to his chakra’s flow that he had made before, only more quickly and more efficiently. Meanwhile, he pressed another segment of his chakra into the water, feeling it rise into the chakra-filled air. He began to sweat and breathe heavily in effort...after all those attempts at this one jutsu, the fatigue began to bear down on him...but thankfully, he managed to see the jutsu through to the end; before he knew it, he had created the massive mist that the jutsu had called for nearly instantaneously.

“Finally…” he said to himself as he let go of the handseal, the heavy fog staying suspended in the air without him even having to think about it. His father then came through the mist, applauding his son’s efforts and hitting him with a friendly slap on the shoulder.

“Now that’s my boy!” he said with a smile as he looked around at the white wall of haze that surrounded them. “But we’re not done yet. Now that you’ve got this jutsu figured out...it’s time to learn how to use it.”


"You're kidding..." Dawn said in fake, joking sarcasm. Whatever his dad had in store, he could tell that this was the part where he'd make things interesting.

"Don't worry...I think you're gonna like what happens next."

[Draven]

Lots of "fluff" (talking) but you made up for it length and actual learning the tech.

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