BOOK OF SHADOWS [TRAINING / INVITE]

[yara]

Raitora’s steps were slow and meditated and a look of determination emanated his leer. He preferred his privacy when it came to training and so he constantly looked around in search of any witnesses. His feet proceeded a path hidden in his backyard in search for a proper training ground. His breathing was calm and his chest poked out whilst navigating through the mist. Strapped upon his back were three small scrolls containing the training components of the ‘shadow clone no jutsu’. ‘I must become one with myself.. only then will I know what to do..’ he repeated to himself as he came upon a circular area covered by thick forestry.

His eyes marveled upon the scrolls in his hand as if there was a great power hidden within them. A few moments passed and the chuunins’ steps brought him to the center of the ring. Within a blur a few seals transformed the chakra within him and just a few seconds after roots would begin protruding from the left side of his body into the form of a wooden clone. The wooden clones’ eyes remained closed until the synchronization of its’ molecules was complete. Once complete – green hues, unlike Raitora’s silver, beamed out from his eyelids frantically symbolizing its mokuton chakra.

‘You know the drill… patrol the area…’ Raitora contorted. The clone waited not even a moment after hearing his masters words before disappearing. The scrolls within Raitora’s hand calmly dropped to the west and moisten ground. ‘Now let’s see..’ he said aloud as his thumb unraveled the first of the scrolls.

Kage Bunshin no Jutsu (Shadow Clone Technique)
Rank: "B"
Skill: NinJutsu
Effect: This technique creates clones of the user. However, these clones are actual copies, not illusions.
Special: "Clone Seal"
Drawback: The user's chakra is evenly distributed among every clone, giving each clone an equal fraction of the user's overall power.
Description: The clones are capable of performing techniques on their own and can even bleed, but will usually disperse after 1 or 2 solid blows. They can also disperse on their own. The clones will be created in roughly the same condition as the original. Shadow clones cannot be distinguished from the actual person even by the Byakugan because the clones have the exact same amount of chakra and aren't made from any other substance. A characteristic that is unique to the Shadow Clone Technique is that any experience the clones gain during their existence is transferred to the user once they are dispersed. This makes the technique ideal for spying, since the user can simply send a clone to spy on a target, then have the clone disperse itself without returning to pass the information back to the user. (Cannot gain extra training points through training with Shadow clone.) User is able to make up to 5 clones at a time. Takes the amount of time to perform a "B" Rank Jutsu. Shadow Clones may travel between different threads within the same board.
Limit: Universal NinJutsu Technique. Must be Chūnin or gain Village Scroll.

[yara]

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The hairs on his fingers slid gently across the kage bunshin scroll as if he were a blind man reading brail. A look of inquisition was painted upon his facial features. With but a sweep of his hand did God command a calming breeze sweep the training ground, lifting the paper in his Raitora’s hands for just a few seconds. After a brief skim of the entire scroll Raitora took in a deep breathe; he knew that learning the technique was not going to be an easy task. His eyes stayed focused upon the first description of the technique which illustrated a stationary position and a momentary molding of chakra. This stationary position was not something new to the chuunin however, it struck him as odd that a forbidden technique such as this was created from such a basic position.

As the young shinobi exhaled he slowly dropped a knee and placed the scroll onto the ground a few feet in front of him. Mud was smeared onto his pants from the moisten ground as he recovered to his original position. With little effort Raitora moved his right foot a few inches away from his left which gave him comfortable room to crouch. In a semi-crouched position he then proceeded to swiftly clasping his hands together. As one hand met with the other a feeling of safety swept all over him and like sweat pores in a sauna his chakra pathways opened, allowing his body to relax and properly mold the chakra within him. Raitora began to focus in on the world around him… allowing the sounds of nature to easier place him within a meditative stance.

‘From here I must learn how to properly mold the chakra within every tenketsu, only then will I learn how to completely recreate myself..’ he said aloud with the volume of a whisper. Animals within the forest around him slowly circled the training ground as his aura calmed the vicinity. His chakra began bubbling from the center of his tenketsu pathway, preparing itself for a smooth and swift separation. Raitora knew if he was not careful in separating his chakra he could very well end up killing himself and so he waited patiently. His body temperature began to rise in result of the amount of chakra he was attempting to manifest. ‘When you’re comfortable, release it all into the area in front of you..’ he said to himself as sweat began to appear from his forehead.

Raitora’s breathing began to get slightly faster due to his heart rate increasing. His chakra pool was not used to separating at such a capacity and was the sole reason for his sudden rise in blood pressure. The teeth in his mouth began to clench as his chakra pool began to work against itself. It was simple mechanics that during the meditative stance chakra would eventually regenerate however, the kage bunshin no jutsu technique worked upon releasing half of his chakra at an instant. ‘It would be easy to kill myself if I am not careful… this must be why its’ forbidden..’ he told himself. Even more sweat began to accumulate on his face as he struggled in keeping his calm. ‘I did not…expect.. for it to hurt..’ he stuttered as his left eye began to close.

By this time Raitora’s chakra pool had separated itself from a quarter-portion and so another quarter was required. A few more deep breaths allowed Raitora to regain homeostasis. He began to focus in on controlling the quarter portion of chakra that had separated itself from the rest. It was becoming easier to regain his sanguinary calm. ‘I will wait a few more minutes, and then focus on the remaining amount..’ he said aloud as his left eye opened back up. The pain he was feeling throughout his body temporarily vanished due to a momentary pause in the separation of his chakra. He knew very well that the second portion he was attempting to gather would be much more painful than the first.

[yara]

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The sun crept its head closer to the center of the horizon meaning it was almost mid day. Raitora knew that soon the temperature within his village would begin to drop dramatically and so he had to conserve what little energy he had left. Luckily for him his chakra separation would keep his body warm throughout the temperature drop. ‘Okay, it has been long enough, let’s begin..’ he contorted with a will to continue. Within his chakra pool the layer surrounding the quarter portion of chakra began to open which would result in an increase in the permeability of the concentrated area. Globules of chakra began to separate from the main pool and attach itself to the secondary pool as Raitora began gathering his energy.

Veins began bulging from his forehead almost instantaneously and his breathing would increase as well. The chuunin had never inflicted this type of pain on his self so he was frightened to the thought of an instant suicide. ‘You’ve been through much worse kid..’ he told himself as memories of the chuunin exam flickered in the back of his mind. The mud beneath him began to bubble with the increase of temperature and his feet began to dig further into the ground as a result. Footsteps to his rear would alert the chuunin that he was not alone but his paranoia would not last for very long as his wooden creation stepped into the training ground. ‘The area is safe – ‘ the wooden clone directed to his master attentively.

‘P…perfec…t’ Raitora responded with a trembling tone. A light rain followed a clap of thunder just a few moments after the chuunin spoke. His wooden clone watched in amusement as his master continued with the separating of his chakra pool. The muscles underneath his left eye would begin to shake once more just like before and a look of defeat began to creep across his facial features. This look of defeat would be short-lived however as adrenaline fueled through him as he roared, ‘aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!!!’ Birds scattered the tree tops in their sudden shock and the land animals stared in a thriller-like suspense.

As if a spirit had possessed the young Raitora his eyes bulged open, a green aura coated his figure and with it his tolerance for pain increased two-fold. He no longer felt the excruciating pain trembling the insides of his body and instead, he felt an overwhelming confidence fill the air around him. This was the beast lurking within the darkest pits of Raitora’s mind – the very same beast that loved the smell and taste of shinobi blood. The hairs on the beasts head began to stand loosely as if the wind were blowing it and the pupils of his eyes swiftly dilated as his secondary chakra pool grew closer to half capacity. A malicious grin crept slowly upon his features and a moment of chaos was established.

‘Kage bunshin no jutsu!!’ the demon boomed from the bowel of his gut. God himself turned from the heavens to glance at his forgotten son and in that very instance would Raitora unleash the bottled chakra within him. Smoke quickly filled the area and a glorious release of chakra emanated to the front of Raitora in the form of a shadow clone. Raitora could feel his body begin to regenerate from its previous tense state as the smoke cleared from his creation. A spitting image of Yarasohyo stared into the eyes of it’s creator and mimicked the same devilish grin as its master.

[Captain M]

20/60

[yara]

20/60

Within the outskirts of heaven Gods head peered down to the earth and began to chuckle to the sight of his savage son Raitora. The earth trembled beneath the chuunin’s feet as he stood in awe to the succession of his training. He could not shake the thought of the impeccability of every feature hidden within the shadow clone; it was as if he was looking directly into a mirror. ‘Anything you can do.. I can do better’ his creation mocked hot-headedly with arms crossed and a slightly tilted head. In most cases Raitora was never one to give up an opportunity to curse someone out however… he found himself speechless in response. With a gulp of saliva he would regain a normal thought process and as the moisture climbed down his throat he let out a sigh.

‘What exactly are you capable of?’ he questioned anxiously to the silhouette copy of himself. With bouncing shoulders and squinted eyes the shadow clone’s chuckle permeated the atmosphere for a few seconds before responding ‘Everything that you know, I know..’. Raitora nodded in response and scanned the area between them at the scroll. ‘It is time for step two. I must learn how to break a connection with you, and transfer the chakra and information stored within you back to me..’he said and as he spoke his mind opened to new ideas and possibilities. Raitora knew very well that being able to relay information with a clone just by dispersing it was going to help him hunt. His eyes readily scanned the details of the next step, which in lamest terms detailed the complete opposite of what he originally was doing.

‘Okay, so instead of repulsing my chakra I will have to concentrate on absorbing it..’ he calmly contorted just before taking in a deep breath. As he exhaled his fingers gently wafted up and down like waves in the ocean as he slowly crept down into a semi-crouched position. Raitora could very well sense his own chakras radiating in and out of his creation and so much like the method of separation, which involved concentration of his inner tenketsu, he would open the tenketsu circling his outer layer in attempts to increasing its permeability. Raitora expected there to be a discomfort however was surprised to the fact that he felt absolutely nothing. Spikes of adrenaline attacked the roots of anxiety creeping from within the deepest pits of his mind and an overwhelming sense of confidence filled him. It was in instances like this in which Raitora knew he would never lose.

Without much effort the lone wolf began to focus on feeling the chakra within the clone itself. The chakra was comprised of Raitora’s chakra pool and so it would be a simple task to locate the source of it. Once located his chakra would be allowed to seep out into the area in front of him in attempts to making a connection with the shadow clone’s body. If anyone were watching from the outside in they would see the chuunins muscles bulging through his shirt because he had been flexing for quite some time now. In his mind he was beginning to make a connection with the shadow clone however, it was not complete and therefore required more synchronization.

‘Okay, I am going to do this..’ he said. Raitora could physically feel the strings of chakra pulling along the pool of his shadow clone. He found that inhaling and exhaling had lot to do with the repulsion and absorption of the clone – and to disperse his clone using his chakra would rely heavily on both motions occurring simultaneously. ‘Get relaxed..’ he told the shadow clone. Raitora realized that it was much easier to concentrate on the shadow clones chakra if it became relaxed. The clone nodded to its master and became slack. His position was still straightforward however, if looked at from the front it would seem as if he was leaning slightly to the left.

[Father 'Suke]

+10

[yara]

30/60

The beasts body began to drink the chakra stemming from his shadows roots. A grin blissfully painted itself upon him as he drank from his own auras. His nostrils would begin to flare as he filled his cups with the blissful presence enchanted within every pore of his body. It was as if he could not have enough as the simultaneous process began to pick up speed – draining and filling him with life at the same time. Raitora was completely hooked and one could see the hunger becoming increasingly stronger if they stared into his eyes. The pupils in his iris began to dilate much like before except this time there was no pain and instead pleasure.

A river of chakra ran in and out Raitora and his shadow copy rapidly now and there was no mistaking it – he was going to dispel his creation successfully. The seconds counted down to zero and a plume of smoke dispersed into the area with an intensive explosion. It was of no harm to the chuunin however it sounded as if a bomb had gone off in the backgrounds of mizu no kuni – everyone stopped and stared into the distance confusingly. The information written upon the strands of chakra within the shadow copy immediately copied itself into the original Raitora.

His eyebrows jumped in response to this and in a split second a plethora of information was transferred into him. ‘Aha..’ he said with a smile. It was now in which he began to peer down into the last step of the kage bunshin training which required more swift and connected chakra conversions. The chakra that had been stored within the clone was successfully carried back to it’s original hosts’ pool so he still had a plethora left to use. Raitora waited not even a moment more until clasping is hands together and rushing through the first step once more. The pathways within his body had become used to the transition now and so it made it ultimately easier to separate and control.

With a slight push the shadow clone was created once more but at a quicker pace than before and with less of an explosion. Raitora was amazed at how quickly the technique was coming together and now he wanted to test out the shadow clone’s potential. He knew that the information the clone had would eventually relay to him in the instance of it being destroyed however, he did not know exactly what types of information were going to be readily available. ‘Both of you..’ he said, pointing to the wooden clone as well as the shadow copy, ‘Patrol the area for a few minutes and return back to me..’ he said with pointed fingers aiming into their minds.

The clones’ nod were simultaneous and they shifted into different directions so swiftly it created a gust of wind powerful enough to raise the clothes on Raitora’s body. As he waited for the clones swift search of the area he peered over to the other scrolls upon the ground. There was only one other technique in which he was interested in learning – and that’s because Raitora loved explosions. He saw no other use in having the shadow clone learn techniques as it already could use the vast array of jutsu he had already learned.

[yara]

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