Getting Hammered [T|O]

[Ookami Zen]

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Tenshin-Chu

Rank: "C"

Skill: TaiJutsu

Effect: User punches their opponent twice, then elbows the opponent, turning around in the process.

Special: ---

Drawback: ---

Description: A basic combo that must be carefully used as it is often predictable. User strikes against the opponent's mid-section with a left punch, and then a right punch in a drunkard fashion before bringing up their left elbow up against the opponent's chin giving a full turn as they enter into Haisei. The first 2 punches are normally performed as the user moves forward after taking a sip of drink.

Limit: Must learn from a Zui Ba Xian Quan Master, or be a Natural Drunkard Boxer. Must know Bēizi Quán. Must know Haisei.

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Ever since the incident, Kami promised himself that whenever he would train his skills of the drunkard boxer, he would do so alone, far from anyone he could mistake for an enemy after taking a sip from his drink. So, he found the quiet place in the village no one would likely to visit. It was some sort of memorial park, one which the elders set up long ago and is only visited once a year for some ceremony. At any rate, it was a perfect place to stand on the grass with his wooden sandals and get ready to practice his technique.

Before drinking and getting himself into the state that would actually allow the Genin to master the sequence, he had to first learn it in the regular way. Have the idea of the sequence in his mind, use the proper kung fu for the sequence before actually going into the drunken state and implimenting the technique in his head. It was time to train!

Taking the neutral position of the drunk, Kami took in a deep breath and began immitating taking a drink, immidiatly sending two punches forward, swinging his hips for each punch, with the proper technique, punching the air and immidiatly turning to elbow his imaginary opponent, turning to the second stance, with his back to his opponent, leaving himself open. Mainly, he found it somewhat funny to fight like that.

He turned around to the same position, doing the same thing once again, putting in full force into each punch, twisting his hips and activating all of his muscles, learning the combo again and again, his elbow striking powerfully, putting enough force into it he actually had to turn around in order to give it his all. It was of course a little bit too much to actually use in battle, the technique was proper, yet not effective. Not sober anyways.

After doing the same thing for a while, Kami got somewhat bored. It wasn't making sense. It wasn't really something he would use. Not unless he was drunk, and he kept jumping back to that conclusion again and again, looking at the sake he had bought not too long ago in order to train, realizing it was unavoidable - he had to drink, if even a little.

[Father 'Suke]

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[Ookami Zen]

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Extending his arm forward, holding onto the bottle of sake, he looked at it and smiled, holding it up into the sky. "Kampaii!" He said and took a sip of the dirk, letting the rice wine go down his throat, feeling the alcohol burning down to his stomach, his body turning lighter, his mind somewhat a blurr, and his feelings changing. Being such an easy drunk was something that made the Genin into a fearsome creature - a beast, once taking a sip of the drink.

His hands dropped down, his could feel himself lose footing, feeling his balance give out as he tried to keep in mind that he was there to train, rather than drink. But one more sip wouldn't hurt, right? Taking another sip of the drink, the thought of training, two punches sent forward, a lot more powerful than before, a lot stronger. With the body relaxed, it was easier to bring out the true power behind each punch.

The speed in which he sent the punches was compensating for his lack of hip movement which came into play later when he sent the elbow forward, striking the air so fast and hard he spun twice on his heel and ended up with his back turned, unsure where he was, the world around him spinning as he repeated the same thing once again, destroying the air and sending his power forward.

The footing he had lost was the factor that created the power behind each punch. His punches weren't correct, the technique taught in most schools for martial arts was put to shame with his punches, yet it was strong enough. Why? Because the lack of balance caused his hips to move in a way he wouldn't expect, in a way that caused his power to be sent through the air with enough power to cause the air flow to change.

The elbow following the punches was aimed high, causing him to fall on the ground as he finished spinning, falling and looking up at the sky. His head turning left to stare at the bottle he held in his hand, smiling at it. "Another sip yea?" He asked with a flushed face, ready to drink again, and train some more.

[Father 'Suke]

KAMPAI!!

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[Ookami Zen]

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Stumbling back to his feet, the drunk Genin fumbled about before standing straight. Well, sort off. The only thing that was firm about him was the hand that held the drink, never letting go of it. He was always holding onto it while studying said combo. Taking in a deep breath, he knew he would need at least one more session to master this specific sequence.

Bringing the bottle to his lips, taking a tiny sip, letting the hotness fill his body as a punch was sent forward, causing him to lose balnace that was quickly corrected with another punch, perfectly working on him to make the punches both powerful and fast, a deadly combo by all means - the perfect combination to make anyone fear the drunken Genin.

Following the punches, the elbow was also powerful. When hitting an opponent with it, or having it blocked, Kami would find himself with his back turned to the one in front of him, yet this time, since he had no one in front of him to punch, he simply missed, hit the air and twisted on his heel around to find himself facing the same direction again. Though in his current state he had no idea which direction was correct or not.

Another punch sent forward, the drunken Genin kept going as he fought the air and kept sinding the double punch and elbow, moving forward with each punch, learing that it would be easier to punch that way, not fall down after just one puch and no need to use the scond one to correct his balance, after all, the lack of balance was key in this particular style of combat. So, with his stumbling forward, the punches were getting there, yet the elbow still needed a bit of work.

Moving forward with each punch put a lot of strength into it, and his lack of balance made those unpredictable - causing the style to be that more fearsome. The elbow however did not go so fluently as the punches. He was drunk, sure, but still had some elements implemented in him with the regular type of combat, which he needed to shake off in order to completely master the combo.

Two punches forward, elbow sent too. He knew just how to make it work. Instead of putting strength into the elbow, he just wanted a drink. One more sip! More of that sweet liquer! Two punches porward, and the elbow brought forward to place the drink on his lip and take another sip of the sweet nectar. After all, the style was all based about getting another taste of the beautiful liquid.

[Father 'Suke]

Learned my good fellow

[Ookami Zen]

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Niki-Kyaku

Rank: "D"

Skill: TaiJutsu

Effect: A double hop-kick. Ends in Dokuritsu-Ho

Special: ---

Drawback: ---

Description: The user hops up in the air with their right leg while aiming their left foot to the opponent's chin. The user lands on their left leg as they stand in Dokuritsu-Ho.

Limit: Must learn from a Zui Ba Xian Quan Master, or be a Natural Drunkard Boxer. Must know Bēizi Quán. Must know Dokuritsu-Ho.

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"You know what would be good here?" Asked the Genin the air around him, talking to virtually no one, just speaking him mind. Drunk people tend to do it sometimes, especially Kami, who was a little too drunk and didn't know when to stop. Once the drink touched his lips he'll stay in that state for a while. Luckily, he was alone for now, which pretty much meant he won't harm anyone with his slightly agressive behaviour.

"A good drink..." He said again, answering his own question. Holding the drink in his right hand, Kami took a sip, pulling it away from his lips and laughing loudly, filling the air with his rolling laugh before leaping high and kicking the air, only to fall flat on his face and into the grass, laughing still, holding the drink in his hand, careful not to spill any.

"That was fun!" He said and stumbled back on his feet. "But if I go higher..." He said and leaped higher, kicking up from the ground with his right leg, thrusting himself upward and kicking with his left, only to try and land on both feet, stumble, fall and let the drink nearly fall out of his hand. "That was dangerous! Are you alright?!"

With no answer, the Genin concluded the area was indeed alright, stumbled up on his feet again and began jumping around, kicking off with his right leg each time, trying not to kick but to learn how to land properly. Though eventually he was having too much fun with it and actually kicked off the ground just for the heck of it, kicking in and out, landing, falling, learning.

Eventually he got tired, so another sip went in his throat and another leap high into the air, sending a kick forward and landing on his left foot, holding his knee to his face and taking in another drink. "Ahh! Why did I ever think about stopping? This is great!"

[Father 'Suke]

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[Futabatei Ginko]

The route to the Waterfall Shadow's lair had brought with it the opportunity to spy in on one of Ginko's allies, who, by his lonesome, trained rigorously at a memorial park within the village. Dressed in her empty brown flak jacket and black cloths underneath her slotted apparel, she would appear standing some ways off from Ookami's location, her dual-colored eyes staring at the drunkard as he absentmindedly kicked away at the air.

"Ookami-kun," her voice rang out, just loud enough for the male to hear over his own drunken speech. Gin moved closer towards him, in an attempt to ask him a brief question.

"I am to leave the village soon.. mind if I practice a technique or two with you?" The kunoichi cracked her knuckles as he would continue drinking and occasionally allow a bubble of wanton laughter escape his mouth.

[Janus Yeider]

I had caught site of my team mate, Ginko, walking through the village. She was older than me, and arguably stronger as well, but I knew I had more talent, more. well, aptitude, and more potential as well. Ginko had no hope when it came to surpassing me, and fate had even given her a 2 year head start. No, I was born better than Ginko, and I would continue to be this way. Nevertheless, it had been a while since our team had met, but there was potentiality for us to arrange another mission if we could meet up. So, I naturally gave her a slight head start to wherever she was going, but I followed behind her, taking the air of one naturally using the street.

What I hadn't counted on was the fact that Ginko apparently went with intention of meeting up with that brute, Zen. Despite his fighting nature, he was a good man, really. Amiable, in his way, and rather humorous to be around. He always seemed aware that he had no aptitude for ninjutsu, but his fighting was whole-hearted, and he always seemed to have a fiery nature, and a purpose when he put up those fists.

"Ginko, Ookami Zen. How odd, really. Both of you here at once? How fortuitous I couldn't help but overhear word of 'practice.' How overdue." I would say, having waited until Ginko had finished explaining her need to leave the village soon.

[Ookami Zen]

Stumbling to his feet after th last jump, Kami could hear someone behind him. A familliar voice he recognized. Well, not at first, mainly because his senses were a little dazed, but once he turned around he could see who it was and could only deduce the voice belonged to that very same person.

Looking over at Ginko he smiled, his face flushing red. Taking a sip of his drink he explaimed, "Ginko! You..Never said you had a sister!" He said with a hiccup, smiling and stumbling towards her, obviously seeing double, approaching her. "And so pretty too!" He said with another hiccup, before focusing and looking at her, his vision slowly coming to focus. "Oh...Just you then?"

Before he could answer her question though he heard another voice. Did people come over to confuse him? Another one of his teammates was there, Janus. Looking over at the fellow Genin his smile turned wider as he hiccuped and shook his head. "Janus too?! What a merry day! KAMPAI!" He said, using this as an excuse to take another sip of his drink, only to fall face first down into the grass. 

Instead of standing up, Kami kept his face burried in the grass as he raised his right hard, holding up his drink. "Are you guys alright?!"

[Futabatei Ginko]

It had been clear now to Ginko that today wouldn't be the best of days. First, she was tasked to deal with the academy student nuisances of the village and now she stood before not one but both of her teammates, one in particular, that she had some history with. She turned to face the trailing Janus as Ookami continued to stumble over his own feet drunkenly, "..You." With her feet spread evenly, she stared down the younger boy coldly, still somewhat bitter about the events that caused her arm to be broken years ago.

The approach of Ookami broke her glare on Janus as he mumbled something about her having a twin. It was apparent that she would not be able to train Genjutsu on an already inebriated sparring partner. The jolly ninja fell down with his sake still in hand, which didn't help the situation of 'training' at all. Irked, to say the least, Ginko pulled the reigns on her anger and sought to find common ground with these two.

"I will be starting now.. get ready."

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Doton: Deido Bunshin no Jutsu (Earth Release: Mud Clone Technique)
Rank: C
Skill: Ninjutsu Defensive, and Offensive
Effect: Allows the user to create clones out of Mud.
Special: Dog, Rat, Boar, Ox
Drawback: Needs a source of mud that can supply enough mud to make the desired amount of clones. Ex: If there is only enough mud to make four clones, you cannot make eight, only four.
Description: Using mud in the area, the user can create mud clones depending on his/her ninja rank/class. Because the clones are made of mud, they are more durable than most other clones. May take two hits to destroy instead of one. The personality of the clones depends on the user’s personality. The user can channel thoughts with the clones. The weight of the clones and amount of mud needed depends on the user's body weight. Finally, the user can control what the clones say, and control the clone’s actions. The Mud Clones are capable of using any technique that deals with mud.

D Ranked Ninjas: Up to four Clones at a time.

C Ranked Ninjas: Up to eight Clones at a time.

B Ranked Ninjas: Up to 16 Clones at a time.

A Ranked Ninjas: Up to 32 Clones at a time.

S Ranked Ninjas: Up to 64 Clones at a time.

Limit: Must know Earth Release.

Earth had been the only element that Ginko had understanding of and as such, was the source of many of her techniques. While she wished to have been able to train genjutsu with Ookami, that seemed highly unlikely given his current state of mind.. and Janus would maybe prove too smart to fail for her illusions. This left Gin with only one option as she began to perform the requisite hand seals for Doton-related ninjutsu. While she moved through the string of kata, chakra poured from her epicenter into her arms, wherein it channeled through the keirakukei in her hands and fingers. The Genin slammed both of her hands together as she formed the final seal of the Snake - which was most common to earth-release jutsu, as the synergy of chakra in both hands met inside her palms; with this, a surge of spiritual energy began to resonate with her innate affinity for earth as her eyes honed in on a source of mud located some four meters away from the trio.

"Doton: Deido Bunshin no Jutsu." her voice called out metallic-ly, mustering what know-how of chakra manipulation she had to conjure up a doppelganger of herself. Sloppily, the muddy earth began to shift and thicken as Ginko's chakra signature shot out from her body into the soil at her feet. With control, she began to mold the rising mass of mud into her similar likeness: dripping wet slime, the bunshin looked more like a mud man than a kunoichi of her stature. She felt the eyes of Janus upon her back as she struggled with this technique and that feeling of failure began to pang through her body just as her chakra had. This made her lose focus momentarily, as the struggling mass of mud began to decompose on itself. Gin pressed hard to ensure that this earthen replica maintained its composure as it continued to build its mass back up upon her scrutinizing manipulation.

Not much unlike the standard bunshin taught at the academy, this particular technique called for one to be able to mold and craft the earth to their will. Chakra hadn't been the only thing needed to accomplish a ninjutsu, but determination and one's own mental image was required for perfecting their art. Carefully, it appeared that the body of the mud clone began to alter into a lithesome frame despite its slimy composition. She controlled the mud finely to where in about two minutes time she was able to create the gas mask that she herself wore on the face of her replication. Other traits like her garb and hair slowly became prominent as the technique continued to wear on the spiritual energy of Ginko. One thing she wouldn't do is let some young punk like Janus out do her in the art of Doton... it was the fear of failure that enabled her to create a single mud clone from the mass of wet earth those four meters away. Had Ookami been standing and able to see the creation, then he would see that Ginko maybe had a sister afterall, as the clone in time did begin to look like her. The only thing, though, that separated original from duplicate was that the latter's body was entirely brown and composed of earth. The kunoichi kept quiet for a second, looking over her work before she asked openly:

"One of you two go attack it.. Kami---you look like you need an opponent to train your Suiken on, anyway." Gin mentioned. 

[Father 'Suke]

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[Janus Yeider]

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Mokuton: Kasui No Mokuzai Reizu No Jutsu (Spikes of Wood Raising Technique)
Rank: D,C
Skill: Ninjutsu
Effect: Spikes raise up from the ground at the user’s command to stab the enemy.
Special: Handseals “Ox” “Tiger” “Snake” “Ram”
Drawback: The “D” level training allows the user to raise wooden spikes from the ground around them with a radius of five meters. The “C” level training allows this jutsu to be lengthed by ten meters.
Description: The user gathers chakra and sends it into the ground, at first the user can only extend this chakra fie meters away from their feet in circle around them. After the user does the next level of training, the distance is lengthened by ten meters. The spikes rise from the ground diagonally to hurt an opponent.
Limit: Mokuton Jutsu

Training "D" Rank
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My team did not seem to be in the best of shape. Kami drunk, and Ginko seemed almost depressed with what was going on, although I could not tell what beyond my presence was particularly affecting her emotional state. Regardless of that, she decided to try some Ninjutsu, and that was a game which she could, and would never win. I singlehandedly could destroy the beast using my Zassou jutsu, but I'd rather not. Maybe, maybe I too would learn something new in this process.

"You may need to produce another clone, Ginko-san." I would say to her, and immediately regret it. This left me no room to make a mistake, I had to nail this technique on the first try, or my avarice would seem unsubstantiated and I would not seem quite as talented as I had before. I had to be careful, and not let the humorousness of watching my teammate drunk on the ground distract me.

I would gather my chakra, and give it the affinity of wood. The affinity of wood was all about targeting plant cells and causing them to form oddly into things which were useful to me. It was all about providing energy where the plant needed it, and suppressing factors which are undesirable for a wood jutsu. That was the nature of Wood Release; encourage and suppress. Between those two things all but the most advanced techniques could be described. And so, I spread my chakra all throughout the ground, letting it find me all the organic matter which I would need.

Once that had completed, after about a second or so, I would immediately begin contracting the great net of chakra which had spread out through the ground. By contracting the net, I knew I could drag all the wood in the earth with it. Roots, rotting sticks, fungi, all of them were dragged into tight concentration under the target area. With all of that sheer mass it would be much easier to perform techniques; I wouldn’t have to grow my own wood, only alter existing wood. And the technique I had in mind would not even require all that much alteration, mostly just control. So the attack was moments from happening.

Now, I would then need to designate a spike of that using my chakra. Of course, I could manually send chakra to ever part of it I wanted to use in the spike, but that would take some time, and might end up messy. And, screwing up a spike makes the spike much less likely to actually be fatal, so that technique was straight out. The thing that made the most sense was to project a cone of chakra downwards, and then fill in the areas that weren't full. I could proceduralise the broadening of the spike, so that my handseals would designate the entire thing without me having to put any thoughts into it.

With that, I would now need to find a way to make the spike kill whatever it was. The spike would be, after I finished the handseals, under the earth. While intimidating if somebody were to dig it up, a weapon underground is of little use to anyone. I would have to apply some spiritual force to lift the thing into the target. And, while lifting a spike through soft dirt was not particularly difficult, I would have to give the thing much more than the minimal force if I wanted it to be surprising and dangerous, which I did want it to be.

Applying all the chakra I could into it, I amassed chakra right under the spike it self. By using my knowledge of Earth chakra I also softened all the soil which was in the way, so the spike would be able to break through it with ease. That would make my chakra investment in the spike’s force much more efficient. And, without further ado, I performed the technique. “Keisu no Mokuzai Reizu.” I hollered, performing the handseals. the chakra went into the ground, and spike abruptly shot up from underneath the clone. I would control the spike, making sure it didn’t dislodge in entirely. I then amassed more wood around the bass to make sure it stayed rooting, not wanting to reveal my oversight to my peers. With any luck, the clone would be ruined, and Ginko would be impressed.

[Father 'Suke]

Learned Janus Yeider

[Ookami Zen]

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Kozento
Rank: "E"
Skill: TaiJutsu
Effect: The user lays on the ground, head towards the opponent.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: This stance has the user laying on the ground on their side, the advantages of this stance are that most high attacks completely go over them and a lot of the time opponents walk unguarded to the user, the disadvantages is that the user has little movement and the move set is pretty small. When learned the user also knows Nehan-Tenshin, which is the ability to enter in Kozento after being knocked to the ground, thus suffering less damage.
Limit: Must learn from a Zui Ba Xian Quan Master, or be a Natural Drunkard Boxer.

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Laying on the floor, face down into the grass, Kami wasn't really too awere of whatever was going on around him. He could hear his teammates talk, some jutsus announced. He could even hear Ginko request him to attack the clone. He couldn't really refuse to a request of a teammate, so he immidiatly decided to get himself back on his feet and do his best to attack the clone!

Stumbling to his feet, Kami looked around. "You got it! Where is it?!" He asked as he stumbled on his feet, looking around, trying to find his opponet, only to find some piece of mud about to be impaled on a wooden spike thingy. "I'll get this one!" He said as he took a step forward, or at least tried to, falling once again face first into the grass, this time stopping himself with his arms.

He looked up, balancing himself, laying on the ground, almost completely beneath his opponent, head facing the clone as he looked around, trying to find his focus. "Did I get him?!" He asked as he balanced himself into what would seem like an attacking position, while laying on the ground, just trying to actually make it work, unable to bring himself to stand.

"COME DOWN HERE AND FIGHT LIKE A MAN!" He yelled out, really unsure of who he was yelling it, trying to seem intimidating as he stood up, stumbling a few steps back and falling into the same position again, his feet unstable. "Oi...Ginko!" He whispered as he looked at his teammate "I think I'll stay down for now...Freak out my opponent, yeah?" He said, trying to invent a strategy for his inability to stand.

[Father 'Suke]

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[Futabatei Ginko]

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Ookami had been too slow on the draw.. Ginko wondered how on earth she ever got lumped with this guy when he was constantly drunk all the time. She shook her head, confused and slightly aggravated by the inebriated Genin. From behind her, she heard the voice of the pompous Janus, who, in lieu of Ookami, sought to aid her in her endeavors. Even though he had been years younger than she, he was still considered to be of her skill level. He informed Ginko that she would need to erect another mud clone as he performed various handseals. This prompted her to slightly increase the adamancy of her first doppelganger by quickly channeling chakra to the thing. As she felt the ground below her begin to shift and snake towards her clone, she thought the boy was using another Doton technique; however, she would be slightly amazed as the gnarly roots from underneath the ground sprouted outward to impale her bunshin. Apparently, possibly thanks to her last-second effort to enhance the clone's durability, the Mokuton technique did not fully destroy it. Instead, it simply impaled the thing and caused a large portion of its body to become hindered from further movement. Having a connexion with her doppelganger, Ginko quickly made it talk out towards Janus, who in turn might have been startled by the words from the Deido Bunshin.

"..daaamn yooouu.." it managed to say sloppily. Releasing her hold on this now useless clone, Ginko's chakra dissipated as the mud construct began to ooze on to the wooden spikes. She was amazed that Janus had learned how to manipulate both the Suiton and Doton natures to advance into Mokuton.. but kept her mouth shut as she watched Ookami wobble over towards the clone, only to fall down again before the deceased creation. Blankly, the kunoichi looked on.

"Just how drunk are you, you oaf?!" she had come here to train with him yet he fell into one of his Suiken stances, too tipsy to understand the level of concern given her call to leave the village with two Chunin. As the female wove more kata, she focused her energy on the same building process of the Deido Bunshin no Jutsu. Slowly, the crown of another clone began to emerge from the mud before the downed Ookami as its eyes glared at him. The rest of the body soon manifested from the mud remnants in a fashion similar to resurrection given the fact that this was just another copy of the original. This time, she seemed to resonate more with this clone than the initial one, as the two now shared a similar ethos. Given this mental connexion, Ginko attempted another feat with this newly erected bunshin.

Motor functions were common amongst standard clones, yet could a mud clone perform the same feat? Lifting her left arm slowly, the Deido Ginko began to mimic its creator's movement. Mud that did not stick to the clone slid to the ground and maybe on top of Ookami's head had he not moved from his downed position in front of the doppelganger.  

"..Attack.. attack me," it stated. It's words were thick and sluggish, as one would expect to come from a creation of mud. This command was directed towards Janus, who would see the bunshin pointing at him. From the remaining source of mud arose another earthen clone, as Ginko latent-ly summoned another one with her chakra to face off against Ookami.

[Janus Yeider]

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Hyouton - Tsubame Fubuki (Snow Storm Swallows)
Rank: "D" Rank
Skill: Ninjutsu
Effect: Creates ice swallows to push forth to attack towards the opponent.
Special: "Hand Seals"
Drawback: Must be learned multiple times in order for the user to be capable of truly mastering.
Description: When first learned the user is only capable of creating up to Five Bird like swallows in the size of a large like kunai. The user either creates the snow or uses ice around them in order for the user to create the technique to push forward towards the user. Each time learned the amount of Swallows may increase by five. The maximum number a user is capable of using is Twenty each. Every time the user gains a new Difficulty Class the Maximum number increases by Ten.
Limit: Must have the Ice Release

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It seemed my good comrade Ookami was done for the count. He lay drunken upon the ground, but I assured myself it was some drunken secret that I was too young to be aware of something that would yield him more power eventually. And Ginko seemed determined to get this clone made of mud mastered. How sad, she had to work so hard for such a simple technique. I’ve already mastered a technique in less than that time. But, the clone somewhat endured my attack last time, I had to grand it that. This time I planned to eviscerate it.

While I had demonstrated one advanced release already today, I had intention of demonstrating another. I combined my water and wind affinity chakra, and sent it swirling into the ground, gathering up all the water I could. I also sent it through the air, gathering moisture, all of this preparing for me to make ice. The secret to gathering water is be able to use it in all its forms. The air was full of moisture, and the ground was laden with water, so I had no problem making plenty of ice at the moment. It helped that my ally had stirred up all the mud in the area, and then dispersed it in a convenient puddle. The mud would probably noticeably dry up as I evaporated much of its water and brought it into a dense pocket of humidity before me.

I then dispersed that cloud in five different, smaller pockets of water. I intended to make each and every one of these into a sharp bird of ice. With such a bird it would be easy to slice into the mudded flesh of the golem before me. I ramped up my chakra into the clouds, making each one a sphere of my chakra. All I had to do was compress that chakra into the shape I desired, and that would allow me to compress the vapor into that shape. Once that had happened it would have been possible for me to freeze the birds.

So, I pictured within my head the shape of a bird. The feathery nature was unimportant, but I wanted the design to still be aerodynamic so I could minimize chakra waste. The picture of a bird with its wings spread, feathers separated and head outstretched with its beak forward came to me. The thing had a relatively flat belly and its feet were tucked up. I could animate the thing with my chakra so it could walk, but in that form it would fly fine without any extraneous chakra manipulation.

I then compressed the chakra into the outside form of that shape. It wasn’t particularly easy, but I started by making the beak in a similar way to the way I made my wood spike. That was some information which was pertinent to more than one jutsu. I then imaged the shape once more, and mentally traced it, keeping my chakra circulatory system in mind. It worked, although not with the best precision. These birds may not have been the most aesthetic, but they would certainly be fatal when used correctly. Once I managed to get the first cloud into that shape I simply traced that chakra circulatory pattern, and memorized it. I could use that as a template for all birds. I did so; applying that chakra pattern to all the other four dense pockets of moisture. All that remained was the process of freezing.

Freezing, really isn’t all that bad. The most effective way to freeze water is to manipulate all the heat into a few molecules and evaporate them off. But, of course, at the moment I’m dealing with gaseous water and I want to make it solid, so I’m going to have to allow the water to cool down some. I allowed the wind to blow by, taking all the heat off the water, and letting it drop to liquid temperature without a shape change. I then Allowed the water to cool even further, making into the crystal ice which would make it effective for combat.

When the birds formed before me and began flying, circling, I put the entire process into handsets so it would be easily repeatable. I also sent a pulse of chakra to sharpen the beaks and the edges of the wings into dangerous points. I then sent the dagger-like birds to fly by the golem my ally had created and slash at the mud, pecking into it, freezing some of the water (for I had allowed them to drop to excessively low temperatures) and ultimately, demonstrating my techniques potential.

[Father 'Suke]

+10 Futabatei Ginko
+10 Janus Yeider