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Flying Water Needles of Death
Rank: B
Skill: Ninjutsu
Effect: Creates up to 500 needles made of ice to strike an opponent.
Special: Handseals, end with Tiger
Drawback: The user cannot control the needles outside of their Ice Creation radius. Likewise, they cannot form the needles outside of their Ice Creation radius either. Lastly, the water must be within the air in order for it to be controlled.
Description: Utilizing the Ice Creation, the Kaishin will freeze water within the air around them, transforming the water into 500 needles of ice. The strength of this ice is dependant on Kuri Buki. The Ice Needles will stay suspended in the air as long as the user holds the tiger hand seal. During this moment of suspension in the air, the user can aim their Ice Needles to strike at the target. Once The Seal is released the Ice Needles will fire off in the last direction they were aimed at.
Limit: Kaishin Bloodlimit. Water Creation. Ice Creation.

~Flashback~

Surome and Katsu trudged down the frozen tundra, just below the icy mountain. They were near the outskirts of Yukigakure, the purpose was for Katsu's training. The boy lugged his usual two bags that Surome forced him to carry, while she carried a single and light bag. "What are we learning today, Surome-Sama?!" Katsu asked with pep, his head turned to the side to face his mentor. "Just be patient.. it has to do with ice, though." She closed her eyes and spoke, right finger ascended. Ice is so hard.. I hate learning this stuff! The young Kaishin internally whined, the two kept walking on. Surome rubbed her chin, how would she teach him such a complicated technique? In truth, "Flying Water Needles of Death" required a multitude of jutsus combined as well as chakra. Which depended on your current situation. Could Katsu learn to form five hundred needles in one go? Ah.. we'll see. She thought to herself as they walked on, icicles formed on rocky ridges above them. Snow plopped down onto Katsu's head and the boy raised his right fist in the air, to shake it in anger. He'll be fine.. Just fine. Surome reassured herself and then would go on to brief Katsu.

"So, Katsu-Kun! We're learning an ice technique today. You'll need to turn water into ice needles. Think you can do it?" She bent over to pat the boy's head. "I guess.. where's the water at?" Katsu questioned as Surome pulled a plastic bottle from her bag. She untwisted the bottle cap and threw the plastic upwards, the water bottle soared through the cold air. Some liquid dripped out as Surome quickly weaved hand seals, then she held a tiger sign. "Now.. Katsu. You mold the water into a thin shape.. and then freeze it." The water droplets in the air began to shake. Each of them got skinnier and skinnier until they looked like senbon. "Ooohh, that's so cool! How do you do that?" Katsu asked with joy, his arms flailed up. The water had shook again and then froze over. Surome still held her tiger seal as the water turned into ice. With the freeze, it now looked like a solid senbon. The woman directed the needles to point to the rocks, about ten were made from the small amount of water.

"Release the seal after you position the needles to your liking, Katsu." She said as she continued to aim the needles perfectly to the rocks. Her tiger seal still held up, Katsu nodded and watched some more. The woman looked towards Katsu and began to explain the jutsu to him, in depth. "First, we either create water or use a source. The water needs to be established in the air. You then need to perform your seals when everything is in order." She released her tiger hand seal and the ten needles flew into the rocks. They dug into the rocks a bit, but not deep enough. "You can harden the needles with extra chakra, go it?" Surome poked Katsu, he seemed to be drifting off. When the boy came back to attention Surome handed him the water bottle, Katsu extended his right hand and grasped the plastic. "Show me what you can do.. kiddo. We have to do five hundred today." She said, then walked off to sit on the rocks.

Five hundred.. Surome-Sama is insane! Katsu nervously thought to himself, he looked down at the bottle of water. Time to make it happen, hm. He placed the bottle in his mouth and looked up, the boy's hands came together. The slipped over one another to cascade through the seals, he tried his best to do them quick. But in the end, he messed up and had to restart. The boy took it at a medium pace and formed his hand seals, he ended in the tiger. He felt chakra surge through himself, the ice affinity rushed up his system. He took the reigns and flicked his head upwards. The water bottle flew upwards and drops of liquid dripped out. Katsu's teeth grit as he took control of the water, it began to bubble up in the sky. His eyes narrowed, the boy manipulated the little drops of water with his chakra. He molded the icy nature and sent it forth, for the water. The little drops of water began to crackle and whatnot.

"You're getting there, Katsu-Kun! Keep going.. make me proud!" Surome shouted, she waved her hand at the boy. His cheeks flushed red, for some odd reason. Katsu smiled and turned back to the water droplets. He continued to send the icy chakra forward in hopes to freeze over the droplets.

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After the boy smiled, he opened his mouth to speak. "Of course, Surome-Sama! I got this for sure!" He said with cheer and looked back to the water.

The tiger hand seal held high, the boy directed his icy affinity to the water droplets. They seemed to suspend in the air, for some odd reason. Was it because he infused them with his chakra? Katsu didn't know why and Surome did not seem concerned with it. The boy grunted as he forced the icy nature to mix in with the pre-made water. It was hard to mix his own molded chakra with normal water. It was like fitting a puzzle piece with another that weren't meant to be. The child had to forcibly alter his own to fit into the water's or, on the other hand, the ice in which he was creating. "Hnng.. just a little more! I can do this, I know I can!" Katsu shouted at himself, he decided to try to alter the water's structure. A bad idea, since he didn't own it. The boy was naturally naive and didn't know better, his icy chakra failed to freeze the watery shapes. The boy took a deep breath and pushed on, he felt his chakra decrease rapidly. The boy was making mistakes and if he were to fail right here, it would add on time to the training. Which Surome did not like at all, and when Katsu messed up... he got scolded.

Crap.. I'm doing bad. Is Surome-Sama looking? I hope not! Katsu feared failure, but also was deathly afraid of Surome's punishments. Katsu had to step his game up, or else!

The water suspended in the air began to shake, what little ice held them in cracked. Katsu shook his head and held the tiger sign up, in hopes his chakra would reach the water quicker. To his certainty it did not work, the boy felt disgusting. The ice cracked and sent little shards down, water followed. The ice dropped into the boy's hair, the water splashed his face. The bottle came down and crashed onto his head. "Oops.." Katsu said, he looked down and bent over. The boy grabbed the water bottle.. it was near empty. Near empty, just like his chakra. He sat down in the snow and brought two palms up. Maybe Surome didn't see this.. I hope she's reading her book or something. The boy sighed, he felt his spiritual energy muster up. After that the physical energy followed up and they mixed together. He imagined it like cereal and milk coming together, as one. The spiritual energy and physical energy were complements to one another. His eyes closed tightly and the boy began to breath in long gasps.

In truth, his spiritual energy took more to muster. He needed to meditate and study academics more. Katsu thought of those things as a waste of time, he only wanted to make lots of friends and go on exciting adventures. He couldn't wait to get through graduation. So.. the ice needle technique. Or, was it water needles? Why would they call it water needles if you have to freeze water! The heck. The boy sighed and pondered some more. He needed precise chakra control to freeze the water droplets, shape them into what looked like senbon. Harden them and then aim them all the while maintaining a hand seal. What a crazy and advanced technique. The boy bit his bottom lip and began to get up, his chakra regeneration was near complete. He was ready to resume training the technique, hopefully he would not miserably fail again. The boy stood up and shifted his head, Surome nowhere in sight. How strange. Katsu brought his hands together to weave a few seals, he took another look and didn't notice Surome yet again. He shrugged and went back to his training.

His hands gently created the required seals, the feeling of water and wind rushed throughout Katsu's young body. The fierce wind and crashing waves bounced with inside of him, he felt fired up. Adrenaline pumped into his blood stream and the boy finished his required seals. The prerequisite to the jutsu was complete, it was now onto the main part. Katsu ended the set of seals with a tiger sign, he felt his energy within collide with one another. The boy looked down and kicked the water bottle up, three visible droplets appeared in his view. He then assumed control over them. Katsu constantly molded his icy chakra and sent it forth, for the water droplets. The three droplets soared up with a constant velocity, he had to reach them before gravity did. The boy's chakra vibrated into the water drops, he felt a slight bit of rejection and shook it off. A booted foot took a step forward, followed by Katsu's grunt. One of the droplets began to crackle and pop. The boy was slowly making progress. He had to continue, though. And continue he would. His chakra still rushed outwards, not efficiently, but he managed. The first droplet had began to take the shape of a needle.

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Finally, some progress. Katsu was making excellent progress for his age. One of the water droplets were being properly shaped into a senbon, and better yet.. the ice was forming together with it. If he had molded the shape right and then froze it, he could have it permanently suspended in the air. Then, Katsu surely would be able to aim it and shoot it off. Better yet, he could finish the other two and have a full batch of three deadly water needles. Katsu continued to freeze the small senbon of water, a drop of sweat trailed down his determined face. The boy still held the tiger seal up, in hopes he could master a small portion of the technique right here. The drop of sweat then traveled down his face and stained the snow. Katsu's feet slid in the snow, he assumed a better stance and continued to mold chakra towards the little droplet of water. So far, he had not been able to keep the chakra flow going. But he was slowly making progress, now he was able to have his chakra interact with the pre-existing water. This would turn out good in the end, the technique would be extremely useful in the future.

Katsu's mind skipped a beat and he thought of the Chunin exams, how crazy would it be to enter with a jutsu like this? No one could compete with him, he would surely guide his new friends to certain victory. A smile formed on the boy's face as he continued to muster up chakra and send it to the water droplet. The other two had been given a substantial amount of chakra to keep them in his grasp, just so he would not lose them. However, his goal was the one that had properly shaped into a needle. It was long and then, a deadly narrow point at the end. Katsu hoped this technique wouldn't kill anyone, his hands shook together. He held the tiger seal, still. "Right.. almost frozen." The young Kaishin said to assure himself, he gave himself pep talks here and there. This all done in hopes he wouldn't fail in training, where was Surome-Sama though? She was just here a moment ago.. maybe she wandered off. Good, she'll come back and I can show her I've mastered this jutsu! Thought the young boy, his chakra still aided the droplet of water.

"Surome-Sama, you there? Katsu shouted once more, just to reassure himself she wandered off. No response meant she wasn't there, the boy continued on. The cold mist escaped from one of his breaths.

The boy's legs began to shake in the snow, the ice shard was completely forming now. He was ecstatic, so ecstatic that he could not wait to be finished. The boy's tiger seal worked to help muster up his chakra and continue its constant direction towards the water droplets. All three, now in Katsu's control, were being frozen by his icy chakra nature. He directed it up and out of his body, the invisible force traveled for the ice droplets and reached them. With each burst, the water droplets froze more and more. Katsu was not aware on how to determine if they were properly froze or not, so he waited a bit and reinforced more chakra. He kept going until he felt it was necessary. The first ice shard he had worked hard on now seemed ready enough. It shifted around and aimed towards the wall. The boy grunted and attempted to send it flying. The shard traveled and whistled throughout the wind. The boy's eyes widened as the other two blasted off as well.

"Shit, I ONLY MEANT ONE! Can you not save the rest? Damn it!" The boy groaned as the icy shards smashed into the wall. They broke on contact.. how irritating, Katsu thought.

He sighed and walked over to the wall, the boy stood on his tippy toes. Katsu poked the rocky structure, no damage or dents were made. Oh, that's right. He had to harden the ice shards before shooting them out, huh? That sounded almost impossible to the naive child. How in the world would he go on about that? Katsu's arms came to a cross as he debated within his mind. Ice harden jutsu.. Surome said something about that, didn't she? What did she say about the ice harden jutsu.. I forgot." Katsu sighed, and attempted to fully remember. His eyes came to a close and the boy traveled into his mind. They opened quickly, his eyes widened. He remembered the bit of information his mentor passed onto him. "You can harden the needles with extra chakra, got it?" Is what Surome-Sama exactly said before leaving Katsu to he endeavors. The boy nodded and bent over to examine the broken ice, he'd try to harden these before moving onto the jutsu once more.

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To sum up everything, Katsu had attempted to form his technique once. The hurried rush unfortunately made him lose focus and chakra. He then failed his first attempt. Luckily, his sensei was not around to witness that. So he got out of a dire situation with that one. But, with that, Katsu had to regain tons of chakra in order to continue training. After he gained the necessary amount of chakra, the boy resumed the technique and started over again. With hand seals formed, the boy kicked the bottle up and then begun to mold his chakra. He directed it towards the droplets of water and luckily gained momentary control. The boy took this opportunity to send icy chakra to the water, therefore he froze it over. Once that was established, the boy then moved onto the other two droplet of water. In rapid succession, he froze both of them and had all three completely frozen. With all three shaped into senbon, the boy attempted to fire just one at the rocky wall, to his surprise it wasn't hard enough. The senbons broke and shattered to the ground. He had to use extra chakra to reinforce his jutsu, he will now learn how to do so.

"Hmm.. extra chakra, she said?" The boy stood up, he held a small shard of ice. The senbon was broken in half, the other icy part lost in the deep snow. The boy closed his eyes and took a deep breath in. The boy entered a deep state, where he would focus his chakra into this ice shard.

Harden this ice for my needles improvement.. no problem. Katsu thought to himself, he gripped the ice and had his eyes closed. He felt his energy.. spiritual as well. Both of them collided and attempted to twist together. The chakra flowed with one another in a harmony, not perfect but alright. Katsu clenched his jaw and attempted to achieve the perfect harmony. The ice numbed his hand as his chakra rushed around into the final product. The ice in his hand began to freeze over once more, he felt invisible layers moving over the small shard. The boy opened his hand to notice it, the ice was becoming harder and harder. This would make a perfect ice needle. The boy waited a bit and infused the small shard with just a bit more chakra. He walked over to the wall and slammed the shard into the rock. It held together, oddly, Katsu slammed it so hard. He did not expect the ice to be so durable. A few moments later, Katsu walked back to the bottle of water.. which was empty now. The ice shard formed a crack and exploded in his palm.

Katsu looked down, an expression of utter disappointment. He was planning to use that with his ice needle jutsu.. how tragic. Perhaps Katsu could figure another way to improve his hardening, even without touching it. He needed to harden ice that was almost out of his range. The boy walked over to where Surome sat and found her bag. He unzipped the zipper and searched around inside of it. There, he found a scroll, it was labeled Ice, what a strange name, Katsu thought. He undid the strings from the scroll and began to read.

How strange, it was a diary of sorts! Katsu's eyes filled with thrill.


I trained a bit today.. got the hang of adding needles onto my technique. It was difficult, nonetheless, but in the end I managed. So.. the way I got the hang of it was to actually use my own water.. the water I've created from molecules in the air. With that you leave it in the air, more than enough is created at such a low level. The water is then to be shaped into tiny needles and frozen over with ice creation. The trick to advancing the needles is to freeze them and then focus more chakra into the suspended senbon to harden them. It is hard, especially when not in your reach. But I finally got the hang of it. A few attempts and I could form one hundred hard needles, I tested them on a tree. Ripped straight through, no problem. *Note* Focus chakra into the mass of water, don't attempt individually. *Note*

Katsu rolled the scroll up and walked over to the snow. He brought his hands together to muster up some chakra. The boy nodded in remembering Surome's information. He was lucky to find her diary, he would successfully apply her information into his jutsu. The young child sat down and felt the icy rush, in his veins, in his head.. more importantly at his center. He felt cold and hot at the same time, energetic and determined. The boy's hands together, he continued to regenerate his chakra. The boy's lungs gasped for breath, and he followed their orders. The boy took in deep and cold breaths, which made his throat tingle one the way down. He was almost ready to continue.

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Snow began to fall on young Katsu, the child looked up. White flakes gently drifted down to land upon his black haired head. His spiky bangs dropped down just before his eyes. The boy's hands had been clasped together, they regenerated chakra to better fuel his jutsu. Katsu looked to the side, still curious as to where Surome had gone off to. The longer she was gone the more time he had to master this technique, which made him happy and worried at the same time. Perhaps she got caught up with a book.. or there were worse situations. Those frightening situations blared through Katsu's head, he bit his lip to tolerate them.. so he wouldn't tear up. The boy's chakra surged throughout his body, Katsu had closed his eyes. The young Kaishin's mouth opened, temporarily, to take in some cold air. It was a relief, the icy atmosphere was enjoyable, although he did enjoy a hot fire at the end of the day. Accompanied with some hot chocolate and crackers. Katsu oddly licked his lips, he felt the rushing wind and crashing affinities mix together into ice.

Katsu then released his hands, he felt the chakra ready to go. In hopes to perform this technique correctly, the boy began to weave his hand seals. He took it slow, to achieve accuracy. Chakra control was key in this technique, so he did not please to mess it up. First.. he needed to create water. The boy looked to the sky, he soon finished the required seals. Katsu directed his chakra at molecules in the air, they popped and slowly formed into water. The boy eagerly watched the water form out of thin air, what he could do with this jutsu was the definition of unbelievable. It was such a complex and useful jutsu, a genius must have created it. There was no doubt that much more water could be created depending on the user's experience. Although, Katsu wasn't allowed to be using this technique. Surome stealthily obtained a scroll to better train Katsu, it had many Kaishin techniques in it there were only allowed for experience Genin.

The boy continued to look up, the water formed in the air. Katsu had molded his chakra to have it simply float there, it took some effort. But, in the end, Katsu had managed to control the water he created. The young Kaishin would soon infuse ice chakra into the droplets of water. A few cubic meters were in the air, currently, he could not tell exactly how much. The boy moved the water to the side and began to evenly distribute it. Once most of the droplets were separated, the boy then performed a few hand seals. Katsu's chakra infused to his hands, he then aimed it for the water and released the icy energy onto the droplets of water. A few crackling noises were heard, the water shaped into needles. The ice took over, it froze over twenty needles. Which is all Katsu created, for now. It was time to harden the needles, all the while continuing to freeze them.

The boy's hands started up once more, they produced several seals in accordance to the technique's requirements. With every seal, Katsu molded chakra to freeze the icy senbon into place. He then transferred that chakra to the entire mass of frozen water. Crackling was heard as the boy continued to direct his energy towards the watery needles, or ice. His teeth grit to indicate Katsu's intense focus and dedication. The boy finished his hand seals and held the tiger sign, the ice hardened to a satisfying crisp-like noise. Katsu smiled in relief, there before him, twenty fully formed needles in the air. The young child began to cackle in satisfaction, he moved around and accidentally dropped his hand seal. The needles sparked forward in the direction he turned, towards a snow rabbit.

Oh no.. rabbit! Katsu thought to himself, he rushed forward, the needles fired behind him. Either he would be skewered.. or the rabbit would be.

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Katsu was ecstatic, he had finally learned how to create water and harden it with an additional jutsu. Just after freezing the created water, the boy froze it over and used another jutsu in the making to harden the ice. The jutsu had been underway according to his plans, no mistakes in this go. Katsu was extremely happy, so he continued on. With a few more hand seals the boy established the water and formed it into the shapes of needles, these needles then froze over quickly with the boy's icy affinity. The young Kaishin hardened the ice which froze over with additional chakra, Surome had taught him this. As the ice successfully formed into perfect little senbon, Katsu turned in joy. He had formed just twenty, but what great progress. It was all then, he got caught up in his happiness. He released the tiger hand seal and the senbon fired off in the direction Katsu turned. What he didn't know.. is that they were fired at a snow rabbit.

The boy turned, the rabbit looked up. The watery needles were extremely quick, he didn't know what to do. Katsu began to run forward, he weaved multiple hand seals. His combat boots pounded in the snow, this sent white power up into the air. The dust blew into Katsu's face and he stumbled forward, the rabbit pounced away. The needles flew downwards and Katsu slipped his hand into the ninja pouch he carried. He found a kunai and quickly dug it out, the boy turned on his heel and slashed the kunai through the air multiple times. The fabric of his shirt began to tear, at least three needles skimmed his left arm, four hit his right. The boy dropped to his knees, Is it ov-? Katsu coughed out, he looked down. A needle embedded into his stomach. Oh my god.. god.. it's so deep.. shit.. The boy panicked in his mind, "Surooome-Saaamaa!" He cried out, hoping for her to come rushing to his side.

After no response was heard, Katsu tugged his shirt off. He looked down to examine the wound, the boy poked the senbon that was three quarters into his stomach. Blood dripped out, the ice only made it numb. He was lucky to not feel all of the pain. The boy pulled his shirt off completely and threw it in the snow. He leaned over the snow, Katsu used one hand to hold him up. The other hand reached down to grab the slippery senbon. He accidentally almost pushed it in some more, Katsu closed his eyes. The boy directed chakra to his hands and attempted to reverse the effects of the needle jutsu. His lip quivered due to the pain, the boy's hand still hovered. Katsu took in a deep breath and had his icy chakra travel down his arm. The senbon began to drip water in the snow, blood mixed in. He began to cough once more, which disrupted the flow of chakra.

"Damn it.. Surooome.." Katsu whined once again, his hand trembled wildly. The boy felt the coldness fade, or bite into his wound at the same time.

Am I dying..? Am I.. dying? Katsu freaked the fuck out, his eyes widened in fear. He had not been injured this severely, and this would seem to be nothing to normal shinobi. The nine year old boy reached his shaky hands to his stomach. He took a deep gulp in and continued to force the chakra to reverse the needle formation. He felt the icy water inside of his body, it numbed his organs. He felt nothing inside for a moment. Blood and ice mixed the rush through the already cold blooded Kaishin child. The flow of chakra soon melted the senbon, Katsu sat back in relief. He found his t-shirt and wrapped it around his head. The boy picked his coat up and tossed it over himself, he snuggled with the fur hood. "Suuurooome-Saaaammmaaa!" Katsu called out, his eyes searched the frozen tundra. He soon discovered a small opening in the mountain, inside were several growls sounding.

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The rescue of the rabbit was successful, Katsu properly scared it away out of harm. The boy was proud, but he soon had another problem on his hands. The senbon were then sent for himself. He had not choice but to pull his kunai out and parry them away, in hopes he wouldn't get cut by the reinforced needles. Unfortunately, Katsu had been hit several times. More than half of the senbon nailed both of his arms, just skimming them. Two had been sent for his stomach, which put him in a crazed state until the boy properly removed them. He had to keep calm and somehow reverse the jutsu he created. By focusing chakra into the wound, where the needles were stuck. Katsu manually took his chakra back and melted the senbon away. He called out for Surome a few times, at that moment. To his surprise, she hadn't come running. Or even shouted back, something was obviously up. The boy got up from his spot, the blood stained snow beneath him.

Katsu heard the growling of what sounded like wolves, from a small opening in the mountain. Perhaps a cave, Katsu cautiously entered to check it out. His hands came clasped together, to regenerate his chakra. A gut feeling, instinct, alerted him that he may need it. The boy entered through the rocky opening, his eyes darted around in the dark. It was cold and wet, he felt water beneath his boots. Dripping was heard, so.. if he were to get into trouble he could properly defend himself. The boy continued the walk, he heard the growling noise once again. "Back up.. freaks..!" The boy heard his mentor's voice.. she was surrounded by wolves in the cave? Damn! Katsu rushed forward, he almost slipped on the rocky floor. The young Kaishin ran forward with his palms still mustering up enough chakra for another watery needle jutsu. He would surely need it, now.. he would make all five hundred to save his sensei.

The boy slipped and almost fell completely on his knees, Katsu's locked palms broke so he could support himself. The boy looked forward, he waited for his eyes to adjust to the dark. The boy's icy chakra was at a standby, so be it wind and water were as well. Just in case he had to use his weapons, he had the kunai pouch slightly open. The boy noticed a group of four white furred wolves surrounding his mentor. He looked up at Surome and she nodded, she gave him to go ahead to perform the tech. Katsu's ears heard the trickle of water, there was a small stream right here? Perfect! The boy brought his hands together and performed a few hand seals, his chakra surged to rise the source of water in the air. He then brought his hands to the tiger seal, the water droplets were separated now.

They each took on the form of needles, shaped to perfection. The boy activated the freezing stage, where his hand performed a few other seals and then the tiger was held afterwards. After Katsu cascaded the necessary seals, he felt his chakra mold and flush into the water in the air. It hard began to freeze, he heard the crackling noise. The senbon in the air had started to turn to icy ones, Katsu looked up. He noticed about three hundred droplets of water in the air. All of them being frozen and hardened into watery needles of death. Although he didn't want to kill the wolves, he would do anything to save his sensei. The young Kaishin had formed all the senbon needed, he turned to the side. The needles followed and aimed down at the wolves. "MUTS!" The child shouted at the top of his lungs, he dropped the tiger hand seal. The needles then froze for a second, the moment passed. The needles all flew towards the wolves.

Good job, Katsu-Kun. Surome thought to herself, she fought a tear that was almost forming. In truth, she could have handled herself just fine. But why pass such an opportunity to improve her pupil's training?

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Katsu had discovered where his master was, the boy assumed to rescue her. With the correct hand seals quickly performed, the boy then formed three hundred senbon in the air. With the knowledge he gained through the training exercises, Katsu successfully froze the needles and hardened them accordingly. With his tiger hand seal held up, the boy positioned himself to aim the needles at the wild beasts. He found a comfortable angle and then proceeded to release the hand seal. With this motion, Surome watched in awe. Her student had learned a B ranked technique halfway through, he was only nine years old. Full of determination and dedication, she thought that Katsu would grow into a fine ninja. The needles that were suspended in the air all shot out towards the wolf. Surome brought her hands up in a victory cheer. Katsu had done his job just fine, he shouted the word, "MUTTS!", just as the needles fired. Same old kid.. same old.

The needles shot down and tore into the four wolves. Yelps and howls were heard in the dark cave. Katsu's chest heaved as he fell to his knees, flat onto his face. "Done.." The boy weakly muttered. The needles were hard enough to pierce into the wolf's bodies. Some had gone clean through and the rest stuck out of the fur. The all screamed and yelped, they ran in a circle and crashed into one another. Somehow, one wolf turned to Katsu and rushed for the downed boy. Surome jumped up and kicked off of one of the crazy beasts. Her hands dug for the ninja wire she kept in her back pouch. It reeled up and she threw it for the wolf's legs. With a tug, the creature fell on its face and came to a skidding stop. She landed near it, bent over, and delivered a blow to its thick head. She rattled the beast's brain and caused it to go unconscious, just as Katsu passed out from exhaustion.

~Present time~

Katsu looked around him, the henchmen had all poured into the ring. Some held kunai and the others wielded large swords and machetes. The boss lie flat on the mat, possibly unconscious. Katsu didn't have much stamina left.. but maybe just enough chakra left for a single jutsu. He had to take the chance, he would completely learn the death needle jutsu he had left off, years ago. The young Kaishin took a few looks around. His hands slipped together to form hand seals, water chakra molded within each seal. It surged throughout his body, a reckless force which wanted to crash out. The water molecules all around him began to bubble and form out of the air, the henchmen came to a halt, they were shocked. The molecules established a thin water screen almost all around Katsu. A drop of sweat hit the mat, the boy's head was matted in perspiration.

"You all are going to pay.. hear me?!" Katsu shouted, the water screen had formed almost all around him. His hands held a tiger hand seal. The boy's eyes filled with anger, not malice.

The boy looked around once again, a few weapons clanked to the ground. Katsu released the tiger sign and the water began to form into small needle shapes. He then started to weave a separate set of hand seals, his ice affinity came through. Katsu felt the icy rush that flowed throughout his young body, ice chakra now ready to mold. Katsu closed his eyes, he finished the set of hand seals. The chakra erupted and moved into the screen of water, the little droplets formed into needle shapes. They soon froze over and aimed for each of the bandits. There were five hundred needles formed, Katsu looked around, he held his tiger seal up. The needles weren't hard enough.. he had to harden them with just a bit more chakra. The young Kaishin nodded and donated more of his reserve and focused it into the icy senbon. The boy opened his eyes, he released the tiger seal.

Several thuds and the bandits all plopped to the mat, as well as Katsu. AnBu agents had stormed the place, due to sensing the large chakra nature coming from the boxing arena. Katsu woke up in a hospital bed, an Iv attached to his arm. He had almost died from severe chakra usage.

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Defensive Throw
Rank: "~D~", "C", "B", "A", "S"
Skill: TaiJutsu/Supplementary
Effect: A technique in which if the user has his sights set on a target ready to attack, the senses of the Throwing Specialist is so in tuned with his surroundings the user is unable to be flanked.
Special: ---
Drawback: The user may only learn this technique by the class that they are. This means that in order to learn the "C" Rank version they must be "C" Class, if they wish to learn the "B" Rank version they must be "B" Class.
Description: A technique where the subconscious mind, where the subconscious body reacts just as they are attacked while flanked or while their back is turn. The body reacts in such a way to where they are capable of withstanding so much. This technique makes it where the Throwing Specialist is incapable of being surprised attacked, a sudden second sense kicks in as their body screams out to them yelling at them telling them to move, duck, dodge or anything else within that manner. This works on whenever they are being attacked. This technique however has a major flaw. The user is capable of dodging only whenever the opponent's class is equal or lower to that of the rank of the technique they know. This means that a "D" Class user that knows this technique cannot use this against an opponent that is "C" Class or higher.
Limit: Must be a throwing specialist.

One who wishes to excel must be in tune with their surroundings, they must be able to be ready when danger nears. It had been a few weeks afterward to the boxing gym incident. If only Katsu had been able to distinguish that there was trouble, he wouldn't have put himself into such a situation. That's why he was at his usual training spot, to establish a skill that would put himself at ease. He would, here, develop a new technique that could allow him to percept attacks that one would not see coming. The boy took a deep breath in and opened a long scroll he had acquired from the local Kaishin dojo.

The young Kaishin leaned against the wall, as the parchment of the scroll rolled open. His brow raised in surprise of the length of the text, quite long. Defensive Throw, Beginners Guide. Katsu moved to the side, in accordance to allow some light for better reading. Briefly, this technique is one's way of becoming alert to surrounding hostilities. One truly must be accustomed to the skill of TaiJutsu and in depth, throwing. Whether it be throwing shuriken, or rocks. One must be comfortable with the skill. The boy's eyes solemnly scanned every line of the scroll, absorbing needed information.

In truth, Katsu enjoyed reading. Especially when it came to works of literature that were packed with knowledge, something he could use in the real world. Katsu would read it, nonetheless. He picked up the pace, .. It can be perceived as picking up a second sense. You may think that this sounds crazy. But, follow these simple steps and you will see! Katsu continued to read, about ten minutes passed by and the Kaishin felt accustomed with the technique. That's when this strange feeling surged within his body, a voice that was his own yelled at himself. Behind you! Roll to the side!

Katsu thought of himself as crazy, but with reading the scroll it felt all too natural. So, the boy had done what the voice told him to do. He tossed the scroll aside, a motion involving pushing oneself from the ground occurred. Katsu moved himself into a roll, exactly to the left. That's when the wind was disturbed, he heard the whistling. A screen of dusty snow emerged from the rolling motion, a kunai stabbed through the white. The boy regained himself and looked to the side, this instinct was correct, a kunai lie in the snow. Katsu then looked over his shoulder, a black shadowy figure danced along the snow and soon disappeared.

"Hey, you! Get back here, were you the one who attacked me?!" Katsu snarled and shouted, all the while he jumped up and ran in the direction of the figure. How would he catch up to it? His boots kicked up snow as he rushed through the alleys of Yukigakure.

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Kagemane no Jutsu (Shadow Imitation Technique)
Rank: "C"
Skill: NinJutsu
Effect: The Kagemane no Jutsu (Shadow Imitation Technique) allows the user to extend their shadow on any surface, including water, and as far as they know and as long as there is sufficient area.
Special: "Holds Rat Seal" Technique performs after length of normal handseals.
Drawback: Tiring to use repeatedly. The ability is subject to some form of diminishing return and decreases in potency after repeated use. If the user is low on chakra, the performance rate of the technique also deteriorates. Insufficient lightning will make the technique less effective. A particularly strong opponent can also resist the shadow's forced imitation. May only change directions within the span of 60 degrees. When retracting the technique it may only retract by retracing where it has gone.
Description: Once the user's shadow comes in contact with the target's shadow, the two merge and the target is forced to imitate the user's movements. The user and the target could both throw a kunai. It is recommended to keep all weapons in areas where they normally don't keep them.
First Learned user uses technique up to 10 meters. Each time learned gains an extra 10 meters.
After 50 meters user must train an extra 10 TP per tech - TP Does not go down by Class Level.
After 100 meters user must train an extra 10 TP per tech - TP Does not go down by Class Level.
After 150 meters user must train an extra 10 TP per tech - TP Does not go down by Class Level.
Cap of this technique is 200 meters.

Technique may travel 10 meters per second plus 5 meters per Class Level.
Every 20 meters user is able to split the shadow by 1 giving a maximum of 10 splits.
Each split shares the max amount of distance user is able to perform this technique.

Every time used in a single mission that is in the time-span of 1 I.C. day will reduce max distance by 5 meters.
User may hold an opponent for 4 rounds plus 1 round per 50 meters.
Every Class level the opponent is higher than user the time limit reduces by 1 round.
If user is a Master of the Clan the amount of rounds increases by 1 round.

When user's Chakra reduces by 1/4 their max distance reduces by 1/4. Same mathematics occurs the more chakra is used. (Use Honor System).
May only use other Nara Techniques in conjunction with this technique.

Limit: Must be part of the Nara Clan.

~Flashback~

"Before we undergo the training in order to learn this technique, one must mentally prepare them self." Spoke Surome, she tossed a large scroll down in front of young Katsu. The boy sat, he hugged his knees. Surome and he were both sitting at the private Kaishin dojo, where she taught him non-destructive techniques. Today, they were learning about the Nara clan and one of its base jutsu. Kagemane no Jutsu is ideally the most important technique for Nara clan members. Although Katsu wasn't a Nara by blood, Surome had some of the clan's blood run through her. With her father being a Nara and her mother being a Kaishin. Katsu rocked back and forth, he tapped the scroll and it unraveled into an insane length.

Katsu's right index finger raised to read along with the text. "Read all of that, I'll be back in a few hours." Ordered Surome, the door of the dojo slid shut. Hours?! Katsu frowned and began to read. "Kagemane no Jutsu, a technique derived from the Nara clan. One does not necessarily have to be apart of the clan to learn such a jutsu, but acquiring it from a clan member is most suggested." The boy continued to look through the introduction, not bad. "For one to completely understand the technique, first, one must have a feel for the clan's history. The clan mainly originated from the Land of Fire, precisely Konohagakure no Sato. It is noted that the clan is mostly spread throughout the ninja world, nowadays. The clan utilizes their jutsu to capture their opponents with their shadow. Once held in shadow, the opponent usually had a difficult time of escaping..."

The young Kaishin rolled over and blinked his eyes, tiredly. ".. And that is why the technique is so widely spread." The boy had finished reading the history, it kind of gave him a better understanding of the subject. Without further reading about the actual jutsu, the naive child got up and looked down at his shadow. His hands came together to muster up chakra in order to mold to his liking. The child shifted to the side, he felt his energy merge and splash around within. He focused the chakra down to his legs, there he pushed it out. His dark shadow was the target, but it wasn't something.. Physical. Come on.. Katsu groaned, sweat formed at his temple.

He was sending an unnecessary amount of chakra out, he would surely destroy himself at this point. Katsu groaned, his legs began to wobble. The shadow had not budged or shown a single sign of receiving Katsu's chakra. The door to the dojo slid open and in rushed Surome, Katsu's eyes fought to stay open. He was close to fainting, the woman brought her hands up to weave hand seals. Her shadow stretched out and reached over to the Kaishin's. "How far did you even read before trying stupid shit like that?" She questioned. The shadow had locked on and she released her rat hand seal.

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"The Nara clan aren't composed of normal shinobi, Katsu, idiots aren't tolerated! Don't be so ignorant!" Surome shook her hand, so did Katsu. Why did I shake my hand? The thick black line that held Katsu and Surome together, the Kagemane no Jutsu. "I got you.. Katsu-Kun! How silly do you feel?" She laughed out loud and tilted her head back, that's when the same thing happened to Katsu. So, this jutsu links the user and the target. I don't seem to be saying what she is saying, so there's freedom of speech. But I cannot move or do much of anything on free will. What a crazy jutsu! The boy formed a smile, this was exhilarating.

"Listen up. The Kagemane no Jutsu, briefly, is a technique which allows the user to extend their shadow on and across any surface, which also includes water. However, there are many disadvantages and restrictions to this jutsu. It also has its pros. Ready, Katsu-Kun?" Surome taught and then questioned, the boy slightly nodded as much as he could. Surome then walked to the side, Katsu was forced to follow. This is amazing! He pondered the possibilities of this technique. That's when Surome suddenly dropped into the splits. "Yooow!" The child cried out, the woman had bursted into laughter. "That's your punishment for being so naive."

A few moments later and Surome was sitting adjacent to Katsu, she held a different scroll in her hand. The boy rubbed his legs as he still felt a slight sting. "So, let's begin. Once the user casts the jutsu, it's up to them to make sure the shadow connects with the target's. Some members of the clan are extremely intelligent and can properly coordinate strategies and better the battle for themselves. So, once the shadow reaches the two merge into one. You know exactly what happens when they merge. One is forced to move as the user does and whatnot, but freedom of speech is granted. That's why interrogation induced by this technique is great!"

Surome took a moment to breathe, Katsu patiently waited for her to speak once more. His teacher looked back up and began to speak once again. "Users can better their shadow by having a reliable light source present, or even creating it themselves. Pre existing shadows should be taken into account, one should think of them as fuel. They can increase the shadow's size and allow for better travel. Now, there are many downsides to the technique. It is in fact very tiring. Overusing it can cause the jutsu to fade with time. Make sure you've enough chakra and don't be your usual naive self, Katsu!" The boy nodded, the two stood up and began their training. That's when Katsu partially faded back to the present.

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Surome had wove her hand seals slow, so the young Katsu could properly follow along. The boy brought his hands up and slowly formed the required hand seals. He felt his chakra surge within and flow throughout his body. Surome nodded and the boy paid attention, she showed her chakra flow and had it move down her legs. Visible for Katsu to view and follow along. The boy had his chakra travel down his own legs, there it fought to escape his bare feet. So it had, and flowed to his own shadow. The boy had mocked Surome, her visible chakra flowed into her shadow and stretched outwards.

The boy did so and so his shadow stretched outwards, soon the two would clash. The boy's brows furrowed, he would prove himself here. The shadows moved along the smooth wooden floor of the Kaishin dojo, Katsu's eyes met with his master's. The shadows met with one another and connected. Katsu swung his right arm forward, and Kurome's momentarily did the same. "AHA! I got you!" He pumped his fist in delight, Surome's seemed to do the same. Surome frowned, which slowly turned into a grin. Her left hand rose up, and so did Katsu's. "Still so naive.. We have to work on that."

~Present~

The snow kicked up from behind Katsu's black combat boots, the boy had screamed from the top of his lungs. "Stop! I'll have you arrested..!" His attempt of intimidation fell on denying ears, as the person who tried to kill Katsu continued to run. The teen's teeth grind against each other, his expression went from confused to clearly angry. The figure continued to run, through the dark night in Yukigakure. Kagemane.. I will! Katsu thought to himself, he turned the corner and there the figure was faced with a dead end.

Katsu brought his hands together in order to weave hand seals. They quickly cascaded the required seals in order to execute the shadow possession technique. Katsu's chakra flowed within and kicked around, he pulled it up and managed to hold some close. The boy ended the set of hand seals with the rat. His chakra picked up and flowed down to his legs. There it had fought down to his combat boots and flowed into his shadow. The teen's shadow stretched out and traveled towards the figure's. Katsu dropped his hand seal, he had caught the figure.

"Now.. Who are you? Don't make me do something I don't want to do." Katsu threatened he brought his hands up, and so did the figure.

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The figure began to budge around, Katsu had felt a drop in his chakra level. This was the first time he used this technique in battle and time was running out. The teen's legs began to wobble, his shadow started to shatter and retreat. The figure nodded and looked around, he took a step in the snow. Katsu had instantly brought his palms together to muster up enough chakra to continue. His shadow now broken, Katsu had to instantly regain it. The figure turned and, with a sickening grin, began to sprint towards Katsu. The boy's eyes widened in confusion, why wasn't he running?

Katsu turned around, there was a solid earth wall behind him. Shit, it was a trap. Katsu turned back around and the man had suddenly punched him in the cheek, Katsu did as best as he could to roll with the punch but the wall behind him ended him quickly. He swiftly spun around and the fist crashed into the wall, just as Katsu skidded to the side. His hand came up to quickly perform a set of hand seals. His chakra surged into his shadow and caused it to stretch forth. The black curved through the white snow and latched onto the man's shadow.

Katsu held the rat hand seal and examined the figure, it was proven impossible due to the shadow the wall gave off. The teen took steps backwards and led the man to walk forward, out of the dark. What he saw was unbearable, the boy continued to flow his chakra through the shadow to maintain control. A person with a mask on, tons of complicated straps ran through it which would prove difficult to undo while holding him with Kagemane no Jutsu.

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Kage Kubi Shibari no Jutsu, 影首縛りの術 (Shadow Neck Bind Technique)
Rank: "C" Rank
Skill: NinJutsu
Effect: ----
Special: Must be done while Kagemane is active, "Hanseals"
Drawback: ----
Description: After capturing an opponent with the Shadow Imitation Technique, the user can then further extend their shadow up to the target's throat in the shape of a hand, which chokes them to death. Additionally, it can be used to bind the limbs of exceptionally strong targets who can move, even while bound by the Shadow Imitation.
Limit: Nara Clan Technique, Must have knowledge of the Shadow Imitation Technique "C" Rank

~Flashback~

"There you go, Katsu, acting all high and mighty again? Pfft." Surome mocked the child, he was locked by her shadow. Under her complete control, he was being tortured! Katsu let out cry after cry as Surome held herself in the splits position. Which unfortunately forced Katsu to do the same, it was the Kagemane no Jutsu that had sent him into this unfathomable torture. "Had enough? I want to teach you more of the Nara clan jutsu. Rest your chakra!" Surome shouted before standing up, she let her shadow crawl back. The boy fell over, he rubbed his groin. More, Huh? The Kaishin lie on his side, he glared at the new scroll Surome left behind.

The boy undid the scroll and began to read it, "Shadow neck bind technique, derived from the Kagemane no Jutsu or shadow imitation technique. The neck bind technique, a move created with combat in mind and a new edge to the Nara's trap and capture style." The child looked down to his shadow, he imagined this technique unfold before him. One's shadow would stretch out and travel to the others, if successfully captured, the shadow would travel up the enemies body and attempt to strangle them by wrapping around the neck. Huh, so that's how I think it'd go underway. Let's see what the scroll says.

The boy turned over and brought the scroll closer, his finger ran across the words he already read. He found his place and then proceeded to read where he left off. "The technique was created with the concept of inflicting direct damage, while one's ensnared in the user's shadow, by using the shadows as a physical entity. It is noted that the shadow can cause as much damage as one's own fists can. The shadow can be shaped to the user's will, making it slender gives the possibility to break one's finger. Gouge an eyeball out, etcetera..." Katsu's eyes lit up, he thought of it as such an amazing technique. Full of possibilities and discovery, he surely would enjoy training this. The boy's brow raised as the door to the dojo slid open.

Surome walked in, she was munching on a skewer of dumplings. She bent over near Katsu and placed a skewer in his hand, he gladly took it and began to chew down on the dumplings. A few minutes passed and the boy's energy had returned. His chakra now flowed anew and was almost completely replenished. He licked his lips of the delicious dumplings and swiftly hugged his mentor for the care. "Thaaank you, Surome-Sama." He said, his voice muffled through her clothing. The mentor patted his head and pointed to the wooden skewer, the boy nodded and stood up. His hands came together as she picked the skewer up, she stood five meters away from Katsu.

"Make the shadow travel up me.. And don't grab anything.. Kiddo! Just snap this damn skewer." She ordered and awaited Katsu.

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Katsu gave Surome a nod and rose up, his palms came together. Although his chakra was back, he still had to muster it up for proper use. The boy began to weave a set of hand seals, after he felt his chakra surge up just enough for use. There he went, his hand seals were done with and the rat hand seal was held. The boy closed his eyes all the while the chakra within him surged down to his legs. He felt the power and it made him tingle, the tingling sensation swam down to his bare feet and escaped into his bare feet. Which then it delved into his shadow and caused it to budge outwards.

With the black mass, now with chakra Katsu considered it to be somewhat massive, traveling across the planks of the dojo. It was slow at first, that's how Katsu took it. He didn't want to mess up and disappoint his mentor, for her punishments were unbearable. The chakra rushed through him and down into the growing shadow. The hungry black was hunting, it hunted for Surome's shadow. Once it reached her general area, the shadow darted forward and locked into hers. The two shadows merged into one and the thick line had appeared on the dojo floorboards. The boy had her and was ready to send his physical shadow up.

Now, how the hell would one do this? Katsu looked around for a hint of advice, Surome's head dully bobbed around and was subjected to follow Katsu's. The boy looked towards Surome's shadow and brought his hand up. The chakra flowed down his chest and into his legs. There, it escaped through his legs and down into his bare feet. That is where it escaped to his shadow and swerved through his pre-existing one. I'm so close, time to do this for real. The boy's jaw clenched as his shadow reached Surome's ankle in the form of a fist. It tugged up her pant.

With some more effort, he had to fist slowly travel up her leg. All the while his chakra was flowing into the shadow and moving up his mentor. "Katsu.. You're slow!" The boy got spooked and fell backwards, so did Surome. She shook her head in disappointment and walked over to Katsu, on a knee she held the scroll to his face. He grabbed it and began to read, the young Kaishin honestly had not finished his reading beforehand. "..This technique was mainly created for strangulation, however it can be used to attack other body parts. Grope females inappropriately and steal important documents from people. The longer it takes while the technique is active the weaker it becomes." So, he was taking too long was it?

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The boy continued to read from the scroll, his eyes scanned from left to right. "The smaller the distance the shadow has to go, usually how far one is to another, depends on the shadow's strength. The technique exactly weakens with each passing minutes." The boy rolled over and yawned, Surome looked down at him and sighed to herself. "The slender turned shadow can break one's finger, however noted experiences prove that this can prove worthy to escape GenJutsu. They do this by wrapping the shadow around their finger and await the GenJutsu to go underway, once it does they swift-fully tug at the finger and are considered safe."

Katsu stood up and glared at Surome, she backed up just a bit and waited for him to begin. The Kaishin then brought his palms together and mustered up enough chakra to suffice for the jutsu. His energy traveled up and evenly distributed to needed parts of the body. The shadow flowed across the floor and traveled to Surome. Once he latched onto her shadow he focused a second and more physical chakra to attach to Surome. His chakra pulled forward and delved into the shadow, which helped him pull up the formed fist. The shadowy fist traveled up Surome's leg and grasped her forearm, he manipulated her fingers and snapped the skewer.

~Present~

Katsu's shadow had successfully connected to the figure's, the Kaishin tilted his head and began to speak. "I need you to talk, right now!" Katsu shouted in the alley, he heard a slight chuckle. I'll force him to talk.. I have to find out. Katsu undid his rat hand seal and his palm rose. The extended Palm focused chakra into the shadow and created a hand. The teen's chakra flowed through the shadow and reached the man's. A hand reached up over his leg and traveled up to his back, he could see the black wrap around. The boy thought back to his past and pieced together the steps to perfecting this technique.

"Buahaha, you think some stupid stuff like that will effect me? Damn ignorant kid!" Screeched the figure, Katsu felt his shadow slip. He had to restrain this fiend. The boy's teeth grit against one another and his brow glistened with sweat. Multiple hands attempted to form around the man. The Kaishin focused more and more chakra to hold the person down, the shadow was vibrant with Katsu's energy. Multiple hands came forth and held down the man, they held his arms together and his shoulder still. A Palm clenched around his neck. "Shi-Shit.. This is just like that one time. You god damned Kaishin, I'll murder you all." Katsu blinked.. He almost lost it for a moment, but in the end he brought the rat hand seal up and more hands formed to restrain the fiend.