Fooling No One [T|O]

[Tora Tsume]

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When training such a jutsu, in order to actually see if he's got the hang of it, it would be easier to try it first on an animal he knows most about and then go from there. It was somewhat like shapeshifting, but an illusionary sort. Sure, he wouldn't be much like an animal tamer, but he'd be able to asimilate himself with them for a short while which would be pretty beneficial at some occasions.

First thing's first: Decide on an animal to disguise himself as. It wasn't too much of a task, since Tora grew up reading plenty. This has given him some knowledge of the wilderness, and sometimes he would encounter those animals he read about and actually try to see if the knowledge he gained was true, which was a pretty nice test to question the books and see wether those were correct.

Deciding on an animal, Tora knew that the simplest animal to actually imitate, that would be a size smaller was a house dog. Sure, those were common, there were plenty breeds, and yet, they all had pretty much the same type of behaviour. Some dogs were different than others in means of roughness or kindness, but all had the same instinc. So, a general dog would be nice rather than a pure breed.

After that, Tora decided to try and mimic the animal he knew least about, never met and just read about it. Tigers were especially close to Tora's heart, being named after one and it was an actual gift from his parents. So, once he'd take on the faceade of a dog, he'd attempt to master the jutsu with the illusion of a tiger.

All that was left was to find a dog to actually test it on and try it. Luckily, dogs were simple creatures that needed to have their needs tended. So, it shouldn't be too difficult to find someone walking their dog.

[Tora Tsume]

Since the cemetery was located in a residential area, some of those people who lived there actually had dogs, and those were walking their pets next to the gate. So, it was obvious this would be the Genin's destination, and maybe a good place to test out his new skill. Taking the first step forward, he headed towards the gates.

As he walked, Tora formed the seals and placed his hand to his chest. He had focused on the general picture of a dog he saw in one of his books. It was a large dog, that he could easily mimic when it came to size. However, it was just a matter of time before seeing wether the jutsu worked. Luckily, the image in his head was pretty clear so he was pretty confident it would work.

Upon reaching the gate, the jutsu was already cast and he just had to wait to see how it worked. As he walked outside, he sat besides the gate and looked around. Not so much to his surprise he saw some dog owner walking towards him with his dog. For some reason that same person held tighter to the leash and the dog kept on barking towards Tora. Either a mean dog, or one who wanted to play with the new stray.

Luckily, it was pretty clear once they got closer to Tora. "Hi boy! You're new!" Said the dog owner, in which point Tora just chuckled and decided to mess with him a bit, while also training the jutsu. Forming the seals once again, Tora thought of the tiger image he saw on the book, and soon enough, the vision the dog and his owner saw changed.

Growing in size, turning orange and looking with his cold blue eyes at the dog owner, Tora imitated a growl and watched wether it worked or not, hoping that perhaps this little break was enough to have his mind working well and thus mastering the Genjutsu. However, once he saw the owner and the dog cower away, he knew that it had worked pretty well.

Left there, looking like a tiger, he wondered wether he should go into the village and terrorize some late night walker, or just wait it out. He was evil, mean and even cruel. But since he couldn't really benefit from it, he decided he'd stay still for the duration of the jutsu.

[Captain M]

30/30

[Tora Tsume]

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Distraction

Rank: "C"

Skill: GenJutsu

Effect: This Jutsu creates a fleeting image of the user's choosing in the peripheral vision of the intended target, creating confusion.

Special: "Handseals"

Drawback: ---

Description: A Mind-Affecting Technique. Affects 1 living creature. The user is able to perform this technique at a distance of 7 meters plus 6 meters per class level. The duration of this technique lasts for 5 rounds per class level. This technique may be negated. No matter which way the target looks or how rapidly he or she turns the head, the image is always there.

Limit: Must know the Phantasm Perception.

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When he finally turned back to the outside world from his Tiger form back to normal, Tora was already sitting in the field in the cemetery, looking into the distance and trying to calm himself. It's been a few minutes and the little bit of relaxation did help him a lot and it brought some sort of relief, which in turn provided wonderful rest to his mind.

However, it wasn't really enough to make him feel like it was over. He still had some things he wished to learn and master before the night was over and the sun would greet him. The light it provided was surely an annoyance, so he wanted to get it over with quickly so he could get home and sleep some before heading off to his buisness.

The original goal when he came there was to help himself improve in terms of battle. He wanted to strike when the opponet wasn't expecting, so that it would allow him to use any sort of adventage to his side. Be it by forming a friendship with his target, or simpy scaring his wits out of him. Either way, Tora wouldn't hesitate to strike. However, if someone was to catch him, it would prove disastrous.

In order to allow himself the slightest bit of adventage, Tora decided it would be wise to use his Genjutsu skills to fool his opponents in a way that would prove useful both for attacking or escaping. This would be the main point when dealing with an opponent who'd be on his edge, which they usually are once they learn that Tora was coming with a harmful intent. At any case, it was something he would deffinatly use a lot.

His main goal when learning this jutsu was to, surprisingly enough, distract his opponent in order to make a killing blow, or allow him to land an accurate strike when he'd look around. It would also prove useful in situations that required some sneaking. In short, it was a lot of fun and had plenty of potential to allow Tora to advance in the world of shinobi.

"Lets have some fun."

[Tora Tsume]

Training this sort of technique wasn't too difficult. Before some practice, like always, Tora decided to review some theory that would help him. Usually, it's easy to do in front of a book, or a personalize handbook in which he had written his personal notes. However, since he was out in the field, sitting on the soft grass, he didn't have that luxury and had to rely completely on his memory.

Straining his mind wasn't the first thing on Tora's bucket list, yet he knew that much like a muscle, if he'd stretch it enough and drive it to the edge without breaking it, it would grow stronger. This is why he did this memory sort of training, reviewing his notes, his ideas, his rights and wrongs, it was all in order to help his mind become sharper and perhaps still be in buisness once he gets older.

First thing he could remember about this sort of jutsu was that when casting it, visualization was useless. No one could really visualize anything that goes on in their peripheral vision, which is why thinking about it would only make his head hurt. Instead, it was about affecting the target's chakra in a way that would bring their vision to the point where they constantly think they see movement around them.

Moreover, it is important to note that when casting the Genjutsu, it isn't affecting the eyes, it affects the mind. Movement around any one person is percieved both vie the visual nerves and via a 'feeling' that person has. When being looked at, or when something moves, it compless the person to move their head, turn and watch, see what was it. This is the main point to realize when dealing with this jutsu.

Why is it that we feel someone is watching us? Because of that inner feeling that compless us to turn around and see who it was. Most often than not, we create eye contant, and honestly, it's awekward. This is the same feeling that makes the person we're looking at to suddenly turn around and look at us - this is the feeling Tora would have to pinpoint in order to master this Genjutsu.

[Tora Tsume]

Taking in a deep breath, Tora finally stood up. It was time to find himself a fun little test subject to see wether his theory would work out. Sadly, he had already scared away that dog walker, who would've worked perfectly as a fun little toy for the Genin. But, he couldn't lose hope just yet! After all, so fat the night has been full of surprises, and he was eager to at least find another person.

Walking over to the gate, Tora smiled as he saw some drunks walking by. It was just around closing time at some of the Kiri bars, and it was a lovely thought to have them looking all around, thinking there's someone there before passing out. Perhaps these little games brought Tora joy, much like a psycopath would find joy in tormenting helpless creatures. Either way, Tora could just shrug it off and go about his day.

Forming the seals, Tora focused on the drunks who walked by. Since he only wanted to try it on one of them, he chose the one was was still walking somewhat straight. Casting the Genjutsu on him and disrupting his chakra, Tora knew he had done it right - or not? It was hard to tell wether the drunk was looking all around because something was bothering him or simply because he was drunk.

The alchohol filled air was soon pierced with a loud yell from that same drunk. "Who the fuck..?!" He yelled out as he buddies laughed it off. Still, he kept spinning around, trying to see something, perhaps something that wasn't even there, before falling to the ground and closing his eyes. Evidently, the jutsu worked just right.

The rest of the drunks laughed it off and picked him up, carrying their clearly drunk friend away. It was nice to have some fun with them before walking back, Tora was deffinatly satisfied with his work, especially after having to clear his mind and pretty much start over and review all of the material. A nice little bit of sucsess that Tora deffinatly found satisfying.

[Captain M]

LEARNED

Training Genjutsu has always seemed like a bitch to me(I've never actually trained it, I thik I've always gained them through revamps and recreations).

You seem to manage quite well.

[Tora Tsume]

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Suichuu (Underwater)
Rank: D
Skill: Ninjutsu
Effect: Allows the user stay underwater for some time.
Difficulty Class
D Rank Difficulty Class - 20 minutes
C Rank Difficulty Class - 40 minutes
B Rank Difficulty Class - 80 minutes
A Rank Difficulty Class - 120 minutes
S Rank Difficulty Class - 180 minutes

Special: "Handseals"
Drawback: After returning to surface the user must rest half of the time used underwater. As example, if the user has stayed under for 20 minutes, he’ll have to rest 10 minutes before the jutsu can be used again.
Description: Simple technique used by channeling chakra to mouth, lungs, ears and eyes. With chakra moved to mouth and lungs the user gathers air from the water and is able breath underwater, chakra guided to ears protects from the aching caused by pressure, lenses of chakra protecting eyes work like swim goggles.
Limit: Must have Water Release

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Illusions were a good way to work the mind of his opponents. It proves proficient and very strong. However, if posed a real threat Tora would have to actually flee and most illusions won't help him too much. This is why he decided to change it up a bit and get himself a little underwater adventage. After all, he wouldn't be able to call himself a kirinin if he wasn't a natural in water.

In order to completely turn off his persuers, or perhaps to stalk his prey, Tora decided to use the waterside adventage and actually learn what many always wished to know - to breathe underwater. Simply put, he wanted to use the oxygen in the water and turn it into air for his lungs. He would do what fish do, only instead of gills that do it naturally, Tora would use his chakra skills to create the same effect.

Before he could try it, Tora had to find a water source, which luckily enough wasn't too difficult to find in the land of water. Walking just a short distance away, he found a nice little lake over looking the cemetery where he had spent his night. Walking into the water, the Genin could feel the cold liquid surround him as he stepped forward and allowed it to cover him up.

Standing deep in the lake, the water just barely rejected by his lips, Tora formed the seals and molded the chakra around his mouth, lungs, eyes and ears. What better way to test it than to go all in? So he did. Walking right into the water, the Genin submerged and slowly moved lower, sinking into the water and to his amazement, breathing! The seals did enough of the converting to allow him to actually breath underwater.

The chakra around his ears and eyes also prevented from any pressure to affect it, so he could go a little deeper without having his eyesight affected and his head exploding due to the increadible mass of liquid on top of him. He had barely spent a minute underwater and he could already see the benefits of the jutsu. However, just in case, he decided to stay under for a bit longer, to see just how far he would be able to take it.

Not too long after, the now wet Genin rose up from the lake and took a deep breath of fresh air. "Fucking refreshing." He said calmly as he stepped out of the water, breathing slowly and steadying his breath, calming himself and giving himself a small rest - he earned it.

[Captain M]

LEARNED!

Welcome to C-Rank.

Where C-Rank techs are 20 TP, B-Ranks are 70 and you can train A-Ranks!