Ode to the Dragon {Training}

[.:Ryo:.]

Suna Shoryu no Jutsu (Sand Dragon Technique)
Rank: "B"
Skill: NinJutsu
Effect: A Technique that is used that enables the user to create a massive sized like dragon that is in the size of ten meters in size. The massive dragon is used as a large creation capable of stomping down against the user's opponents. The user is also capable of allowing the massive dragon made out of sand the capability of spewing out massive amounts of sand towards the opponents. The sand that is used is the dragon's source of sand. Once the Sand is used up or the natural source is used up the Dragon can ont sustain itself and will ultimatly crumble.
Special: "Handseals"
Drawback: The Dragon is only capable of spewing out sand twice whenever created before crumbling.
Description: A Dragon that quickly surfaces from the swirling sand beneath the very user as it is hardened greatly by chakra. The dragon has no wings but has four massive sized legs. The lizard like creature stands about twenty meters in length and can move around somewhat freely and easily by the user's will.
Limit: Must have the Sand Release, Must know Sand Control Rank C

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Upon returning to his home village (which Ryo was happy to do after being in Fire for a couple of days), the Sand ninja quickly caught up on his sleep. He slept for almost an entire day, and, in that time, regained almost all of his Chakra, and his control over that supply of Chakra. When awaking after his very refreshing slumber, Ryo quickly strapped his gourd onto his back and headed straight for the desert, to his training grounds. He needed to nail down the Sand Dragon Jutsu before going onto more. He looked forward to this Jutsu more than most of his other ones.

His gourd hit the ground with a thud, the sand pouring out seemingly invisible cracks. Ryo quickly went right into the technique, handseals now second nature to the rapidly growing ninja. The sand swirling and twisting right at his feet, almost like a whirlpool of sand, Ryo concentrated at least a quarter to a half of his Chakra into this. He wanted to perfect it but still keep energy left over in case he had to defend himself. He wasn't going to make the dragon do anything too straining the first time out. He just wanted to take it out for a test drive before going hardcore with it.

Huge, sandy, but yet hardened, claws grasped the ground. When the ground was released by the claws' clutch there just remained a small pile of sand. A head then came up, followed by two back legs, and a tail that whipped around uneasily. The physical attacks would be devastating, yes, but so would the sand released by the monster's mouth. Everything about it was unique, but it was intimidating just to look at, much less fight.

Ryo unleashed his beast, letting it move around its natural setting (the desert instead of the forest in the Land of Fire) at its own will. He kept it in distance of his Sand Control because otherwise he would need to dispel it. Ryo planned to work on his Sand Control Jutsu as well, but wasn't sure when he was going to get around to that. He wanted to be as ready as possible for the Chunin Exams. He sighed, knowing that he would need a team soon for the Exams.

While Ryo was deep in thought, his creation just sprinted around, jumped around, and pounced on random lizards and snakes slithering around upon the sandy surface. It began in a full our sprint away from Ryo, just a basic run across the ground. Then it jumped, high and far, ending in a roll. It circled back around, running past its master, to pounce on a snake. Upon lifting its paw, the snake was gone. The dragon turned its head to notice five snakes gaining up on him. He quickly ran at the five snakes, smacking them with its paws until Ryo called it back.

"While you may be having so much fun out here," Ryo said teasingly, "We need to get down to business."

[.:Ryo:.]

A dense fog of smoke filled the thin oxygen in the air now, obscuring both the dragon's view and Ryo's view as well. He wanted this amazing beast to be able to use all of its senses, not just its vision, to track down opponents. This would also help Ryo himself in case he was in a situation where he would need to be able to see. The two grenades rolled around the dragon's feet. Both of the beings were in the middle of the smoke, not able to see anything around them. Ryo looked at his hands, but he was barely able to see them, even when they were right in front of his face. He looked at them, but he was quickly distracted by his own behemoth charging at him. The ground shook with intensity. Ryo made sure his gourd was out of the way before backing away, using the vibrations in the ground to detect the position and pace of his monster.

Taking out one of his kunai, Ryo sucked in a large amount of air and waited for some sign of an attack, but none came. It was not until Ryo felt a shadow lingering over him that he took the time to look up, claws and a body coming down on him to crush him into tiny particles. He sent his Wind Arrow upward, watching it blow through the thick smoke, creating a small field of vision, but it was only temporary. It made direct contact with the giant lizard, sending it twirling into the sky and, finally, back onto its feet somewhere else in the smoke. Once again, Ryo was not able to detect its location. He kept his kunai at the ready, tucking it into his right handed sleeve. He wasn't going to lose this time....

Predicting his creature's options. Ryo brought his left hand to his mouth, creating a cone around it in order to perform Great Breakthrough. The giant, to Ryo's surprise once again, leaped at him, but this time decided to go for distance rather than height. Its claws attempted a lash at Ryo, but he jumped into the air and unleashed the gust of wind at the ground in order to ascend himself up and onto the creatures back. Here, he used two kunai to scratch at the creature's back. Before being tossed off, Ryo jumped off of it and used Sand Explosion along with his windmill shuriken to send the dragon onto its hind legs. But, before tipping over, it let out a giant gust of sand at Ryo. He was hit by it, but the dragon had fallen by the time he had hit his back. He was now flat on his back, rubbing his head. "An end to an end..."

[.:Ryo:.]

This time upon summoning his dragon, Ryo was taking on chances. The sand swirled and twisted much more violently than before, even scaring the rather tall young man. His eyes looked down at the sand with interest, amazement, but most of all, fear. He felt afraid, scared, but that was what motivated him to continue this. If he was frightened by his own techniques and Jutsus then that meant it would strike fear into his enemy's hearts as well. This wasn't a sure, bullet-proof plan, but it was an idea that seemed pretty solid at the time. Ryo could only hope that he could scare his opponents then defeat them in a quick and easy battle. He much looked forward to fighting more shinobi, hopefully from the Leaf Village. The Jutsu finished timely, huge claws grasping the sandy floor of the Wind Country, creating a rather creepy grin across Ryo's face.

"This is it!" Ryo shouted to his dragon as it turned to him, its tail whipping around. "You WILL attack me! And you WILL defeat me! ATTACK!" To an outside spectator, Ryo probably looked pretty damn crazy, but to himself and his creation he was a god. He smirked as the dragon leaped at him. The wind arrow he had been molding in his mouth, however, hit the dragon square in the center of its giant face, sending it twirling backward. It caught itself, however, and jumped high into the air, blowing a gust of sand straight at Ryo in midair. To counter it, Ryo used Great Breakthrough to send all of the sand back into the dragon's face. This would've blinded a normal adversary, but since the dragon was composed of sand, it just shook the feeling off.

Dread overcoming Ryo, he quickly went into a full attack, charging at his giant lizard with full speed. The dragon prepared itself, but at the last second, Ryo used sand explosion so that the dragon tilted slightly to one side. This gave the Sand ninja the opening he needed. He leaped up into the air, getting atop the dragon's head. He took out both of his kunai, the dragon trying desperately to shake him off. With one hand burrowed deeply into the dragon's head and the other trying to find his kunai, Ryo would not just be shaken off. He stabbed the kunai into its head multiple times, but the dragon remained as forceful as ever. He was finally thrown off, but he used both of his windmill shuriken and the rest of his kunai to slice through the sand at the dragon's neck. It fell apart right then and there, crashing back onto the ground.

"Pathetic..."

[.:Ryo:.]

Upon summoning the creature this time, Ryo could tell that it was pissed off, not ready to take any more insults that Ryo would throw at him. This time it would be a pure showdown, worthy of Ryo's time and ability. After the dragon had taken its time getting positioned, the two just stood there staring at each other like in an old western. Ready to draw, Ryo made the first move, which had been a first really since usually the dragon was the one that attacked first. This was because, in a logical, realistic battle, the dragon would be used as either an attack method or as a diversionary tactic. It needed to be the attacker, but, as the battles between Ryo and his 'pet,' so to speak, progressed, the monster realized that going for the aggressive approach wasn't always the right approach. This might work out better... Only time would be able to tell. 'Learn from your mistakes...' Ryo thought with confidence.

Ryo dashed forward without hesitation, shuffling from left to right. There was a reason that Sand Village manipulators relied on their sand and not their speed. Some were better at NinJutsu, some at creating and mastering illusions, and others at just TaiJutsu. Ryo was a pure and simple sand manipulator, a NinJutsu artist so to speak. He had no talent for the speed nor the strength of a TaiJutsu specialist. He smirked as two smoke grenades burst in front of him, having used his index and middle finger to throw them out. They exploded as the dragon let out a huge burst of sand, blowing Ryo off of his feet. This gust had been stronger than the last one the beast had conjured. The smoke completely cleared in a matter of seconds. Ryo, who had been on his back from the wind strike, quickly jumped to his feet, but this time it was too late.

The beast had been in a mid-jump, the claws about to come down to strangle Ryo, cutting his circulation off in his throat. Ryo, unable to realize this fast enough, had the lizard's claws slice down onto his throat. If anybody had seen this from far away, it would've looked like Ryo was dead, but alas he was not. He had used Sand Armor to protect his entire body. Ryo threw both of his windmill shuriken as he laid there with the talon upon him. The shuriken came back to take off the monster's entire foot. Without a foot, the monster quickly backed away, making a silent scream. You couldn't hear the scream, but you knew that the beast felt some kind of pain. But, unwilling to back down, it leaped forward slightly, snapping its jaws at the dazed Ryo.

Shaking his entire body, bits and pieces of the sand armor flaked off of him and onto the ground. "This is where it really starts... So far you've been unable to put me into a deadly position. I want you to break that trend right now and strike to kill! For pity's sake, you are a dragon! Act like it..." Ryo was trying to insult his summoning so that it would actually act like the fierce demon it was and attack to kill. There is no remorse, not for anyone. The dragon came at Ryo slowly, snapping its jaws as it did so. Ryo, in response, shot a wind arrow at it to slow it down then used Great Breakthrough to force it back even further. The beast was hit by the arrow, but recoiled quickly after that, managing to get out of the target area of the strong winds that were being thrown at it.

Once it slid on its talons, Ryo used Sand Explosion on its left side to hopefully force it off balance since it had just been sliding across his own slick sand. The explosion sent the dragon wobbling, and Ryo saw an opening, throwing three kunai to its right, hoping to get them stuck into its sand plates. The kunai hit, but just bounced off, not strong enough to effectively pierce the sand. It would take a more strategic or, at least, a more powerful approach in order to dent the beast's sandy surface. Running out of ideas, Ryo did the same thing he did in a desperate attempt. He ran at the dragon with a kunai out. The dragon faked interest, running at Ryo, but, at the last moment, let out such a huge burst of sand that Ryo's body twirled into the air like a stick. It finally hit the ground some twenty feet away. It came running at it master, but he put his hands up.

"That's enough!"

[Tieren]

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(71/80) Almost done

[.:Ryo:.]

[Thanks a bunch - 71/80 - Let's write a badass post and get 9 points! lol]

The dragon cocked its head to one side and looked down at Ryo with hollow eyes, one of its claws up in the air, ready to strike Ryo. What the beast needed to learn was that it needed to attack and defeat Ryo, driving him to the brink of his own life, or else it would be just as useless as any other summoning Ryo could muster up within his own body. The energy built up within the young man, ready to unleash another Great Breakthrough technique if this lizard didn't act soon. The beast just looked down at its master, cocking its head back and forth, looking for some sort of distinct sign as whether to attack or not. It seemed to be stuck within its own thoughts. Ryo wasn't sure if it even had its own thoughts to begin with.

Finally, after much hesitation, the dragon made its move, the claw coming down upon Ryo with all of the momentum the giant lizard could summon up. Ryo then released Great Breakthrough, able to bring his right hand up to his mouth to form a cone around it at the last second. The dragon was much more than astonished, quickly backing out before too much damage had been committed. Ryo smirked, getting back to his feet, a very evil sensation about him now. "I do respect your will to kill me," Ryo said as the dragon backed away, keeping a small distance away from its master. "So I will give you a bit more of an edge." Ryo motioned his hand toward the lizard, the sand quickly bringing the beast down below the ground before it came back up, all shiny and new. In a real battle Ryo knew he would be unable to do this. The Chakra toll it took was unbelievable, but at least now the monster was attacking to kill. That's what Ryo wanted to accomplish in the first place, and now he had done that. This battle would probably mark the end for the technique training. The connection between master and beast was very strong now, and they both knew how the other would react to certain attacks. They were the perfect duo...

"Let us begin..." The dragon wasn't going to hold back at all this time, and Ryo knew that before any move was made. A small bit of wind passed through the middle of the two opponents. Friends turned to opponents by merely learning a technique. After this was all finished both of them knew they would be friends and all would be fine, but at this time, at this specific point in time, they were enemies. There was nothing that could be helped about that. This time the lizard was the first to make the mood, and Ryo was ready for anything. He had retrieved his weapons very quickly before the battle had begun. He focused his Chakra and took one deep breath. Next thing he knew everything had escalated!

The dragon couldn't fly, but it appeared as if it was hovering across the ground when it came to attack. It spun around the sand at the last second, using its sharp claws at the end of its feet in order to provide breaks. The tail came across to whip Ryo across the face, but he was as ready as ever, using the two kunai he had under his sleeves to catch the whip. The lizard, not ready for such a counter, swung its head down to bite at Ryo's arms. It knew that if it went for his hands it would just bite its own tail, but if it went for his arms then it would go to the source of the problem. Ryo jumped into the air, landing on the dragon's tail. It went to bite for his body and, without a single second of hesitation, Ryo holstered his knives and used Sand Explosion to send shards of sand as sharp as glass to cut the dragon's face up.

It recovered as Ryo's feet hit the ground. Jaws snapped, tearing a piece of skin clean off of his shoulder. He released both of his windmill shuriken toward the neck of the beast, but they failed in their task. The dragon retreated its head, the shuriken just passing each other and skidding off onto the sand in the distance. The lizard whipped its tail across, but didn't keep it there for long. Following up, it leaped at Ryo's head immediately, the sandy claws looking sharp. Ryo swallowed hard, quickly forming his hands into a set of seals before smashing it into the ground at his feet. The dome of shield quickly protected his body, blocking him from the sharp talons that had previously threatened his life.

Ryo backed himself up against the back of the sand dome, then released the Jutsu and did a back-flip, throwing both of his smoke grenades as well as all five kunai at the dragon. The smoke obscured the lizard's vision, weakening it for a moment, before the kunai came to hit the beast square in its eyes. Since it is made entirely of sand there wasn't much damage done, but it was enough to create an opening for Ryo. He charged forward with Sand Explosion, then Wind Arrow, and then Great Breakthrough in all in a row in under fifteen seconds. Sand Explosion sent it wobbling in the smoke, Wind Arrow sent it onto its back, and Great Breakthrough picked up the remains.

Ryo sat down in his sand. "Finally... A good fight..."

[//Talo//]

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{79/80} >< squeeze out a little one and ya got it ^^

[.:Ryo:.]

[Damn, that was depressing xD - 79/80]

"Ode to the dragon, that oh-so fierce beast," Ryo said, bringing his hands down to lift himself up. He slowly twirled his right hand, the one he used primarily for half hand signs, down to the sand, watching it do the same. He had an emotionless face paired with hollow eyes to just add to the lack of emotion. "One connection between master and pet," He said to himself, watching giant claws came out of the vortex. The sand seemed more like a storm than anything else, like a whirlpool with a storm overhead at sea. The dragon turned as it exited the sand, looking at Ryo directly. "No violence for now. I'm starting a bit of a poem... 'Ode to the Dragon,' how does it sound?" The dragon nodded slightly, but awkwardly. Ryo was still a hollow shell of a man. "Yes... I think it sounds nice indeed..."

Even a dragon can tell when a man has gone insane. And that was exactly what was going on in this instance. A giant lizard looking at its half crazed master, cocking its head, trying to figure out what had caused him to go off the deep end. "Set them free..." With those three words the dragon took off, willed by its master. Ryo had it going in no direction or path in particular. This training exercise was over. there had been a long string of battles that took place and now all of them were finished. They had tested each other's strengths and weaknesses and now everything needed to return to its original state of calmness. Like a pond before the rock hits it to make a ripple effect.

But all good things must come to an end. Ryo quickly lashed out on the peace, throwing all of his might and power at his own creation. A series of attacks was unleashed, all of them as furious as ever. The emotionless state was still shown on the ninja's face, but it seemed as if his own rage was what was controlling him. A wind arrow struck the dragon in its side before Sand Explosion sent it tumbling, and five kunai and both windmill shuriken sliced into its neck, spilling sand onto sand. "All good things must come to an end..."

[pandoru]

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Kidding XD Learned.

[.:Ryo:.]

[79.5? THAT JUST LOOKS WEIRD!!! Haha thanks. Added to my bio and all that.]

Ryo slapped the gourd onto his back and proceeded back to his residence within the Hidden Sand Village. He hummed a sweet tune to himself, trying to think up a beat to this new poem, story, song thing that he had devised in his head about the dragon. He knew that this beast would serve him well in combat, and that was the only thing that interested the power-seeking ninja. He hummed the entire way back to his little hut, the gourd bobbing on his back as if to go along with the melody. Ryo entered his house, putting the gourd down and dropping onto his bed. He immediately went to sleep...

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