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Cleanse Disease
Rank: "D" "C" "B" "A" "S"
Skill: NinJutsu
Effect: A healer gains the ability to Cleanse Disease.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: A touching technique. Cleanse Disease cures all diseases that the subject is suffering from. This Jutsu also kills parasites. Certain special diseases may not be countered by this Jutsu or may be countered only by a user of a certain Class Level or higher. Depending on the Rank the user knows depends on the rarity the user may cleanse.
"D" Rank - Common
"C" Rank - Uncommon
"B" Rank - Rare
"A" Rank - Very Rare
"S" Rank - Nearly Impossible
Limit: Must be a Medical Doctor.

--/10 TP

"Okay then...you want me to get rid of your chicken pox eh? Can't take two weeks off from the Academy and wait it out at home?" 

"Can't. I'll miss too much work. Don't you have some kind of jutsu to clear this up?"

"I think I do. Let me try."

Today he had been stuck with clinic duty. Not the most exciting use of this time nor the most interesting. Just hour after hour of prescribing pills for common colds, healing up bruises from scuffles and the occasional junkie trying to trick him into providing some very powerful painkillers. Some even went the extra mile, reading up on their diseases and faking the appropriate symptoms. Luckily he had the foresight to bring his Sniper Goggles with Canny Descrier to screen out those ass-wads. Most of them left without a fight, the others had to be threatened with a scalpel which Zakari wasn't ashamed to say he enjoyed doing. And now it was him and Patient X. At least he finally got to try out a new technique.

Honestly he wasn't quite sure how to proceed this time. Removing diseases wasn't something he was used to. Healing flesh and mending bone he could but he was at a loss as to where he should start with a disease like chicken pox. Still pondering on this he decided it would be best to at least get a grasp of how far the pox had spread before anything else. He got her to sit up straight while he started counting the red pox on her face, arms and legs. There weren't many, by his approximation she could be in her fifth day. But he couldn't confirm without a bit more thoroughness. He had her lie face down and lifted up her shirt, after she consented to after warning him not to get too 'handsy'.

There was a higher concentration of the red pustules here which brought his approximation up to 8 days instead. Only a week more before they would vanish on their own accord but that's not what she wanted. Getting her to sit up straight Zakari started channeling chakra into his arms grabbing hold of her arm, into her body. Everyone had a vaccination shot against diseases such as chicken pox and measles in their youth and her medical history stated that this held true in her case as well. If so then her antibodies should have had enough time to build up the proper lymphocytes and phagocytes against the chicken pox. Only that they were in short supply, it took quite a while to build up an immune response and even longer for it too get rid of the chicken pox. 

The chakra that seeped into the girls body targeted those specific white blood cells, the ones fighting off chicken pox, which was how he found them in the first place. Then he started encouraging them to undergo cell division, taking in nutrients and glucose from the body to supplement this process. Slowly the rate of phagocytes and lymphocytes being produced increased, first twice more than before, than double that, and then doubling that once more until soon there were enough antibodies to fight off the chicken pox at a noticeable scale. The Kedoin sat back in his chair and instructed the girl to stay still. Minutes passed but the red pox on her face and body did not fade away as he thought it would. Perhaps the removal of acne was not the responsibility of the white blood cells.

Experimentally he probed one of the red pustules on her arm with a tendril of chakra, encircling it, immersing it in his positive energy. There had to be another way to deal with the pox. Just plain popping them was bound to leave marks but what if he programmed the pox cells to disintegrate in a way to avoid that? It would still be messy, juices and pus would flow with the removal of each zit but he wasn't all that comfortable with this tactic. There was another way. He could sever the connection of the pox from the body so it would stop receiving nutrients and just harden like scabs and fall off. There was a less chance of them leaving marks this way and a lot less messier to remove. A little cauterization of the vessels that connected the pox and the body and soon they watched as the red pox turned grey and hard. Within a minute it fell off her arm on its own, leaving no trace behind on her skin.

"I'll have to do them one at a time," said Zakari, stretching a little before he got back to work. "This is gonna be a while..."

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Tsuchi funshutsu no Jutsu (Earth spewing Technique)
Rank: “C” “B” “A” “S”
Skill: NinJutsu
Effect: A technique where the user takes a deep breath then spits out earth from his/her body, this can be used as a source for other jutsu or it can be used as a projectile.
Special: "Handseals"
Drawback: N/A
Description: The user holds the dragon seal and takes a deep breath expanding his rib cage but instead of oxygen, earth is exhaled. He will only spit out half his body weight of earth then the chakra from his body will then increase the mass according to the level of the jutsu. For a reason it is generally used to create earth where there is none, to allow the ninja to use other earth based jutsu. The earth is in a form of liquefied mud though after a few seconds of being in the open atmosphere it will harden into a natural, solid soil. The radius, speed and the amount of damage of earth varies at each rank. C rank = 5 meters. B = 10 meters. A rank = 20 meters. S rank = 40meters
Limit: Needs the Earth Release

--/20 TP

It had been a while since the Kedoin had last stood in the courtyard behind his house, perusing a scroll to learn some fresh new jutsu. Since his main forte was with Earth Release techniques then it wouldn't hurt to learn a few more, bulk up his repertoire. Glossing over the details of this technique the newly appointed Chuunin realized that it would be quite a convenient and useful one to possess. He would not always have access to soil and dirt whenever he needed it and that could potentially be his doom therefore having this jutsu down would give him a lot more flexibility in those kind of situations.

The handseals were simple and straightforward, however the description of how exactly he to perform the technique was rather vague and nonsensical: "..inhale and infuse chakra...dust and soil particle catalysis...regurgitate with viscosity of water..." It was a tad bit hard to make out the specifics but he gathered that this wasn't an ordinary Earth Technique, where chakra was used to directly take control of earth and mold it and manipulate it to his will. Rather it seemed like he would have to create an earth source using only his chakra itself. He was pretty sure that was an impossibility in itself, creating a solid physical construct from a spiritual energy like chakra. Like creating earth out of air which was more or less what this technique claimed to do. That didn't make learning the technique an impossibility though, only an inconvenience. 

He took a deep breath, standing still in the middle of the courtyard, just collecting himself and then slowly started gathering up chakra, collecting and storing it in his upper body. One point that the scroll made clear was that he had to expel the earth from his mouth so having his chakra close to his stomach would be convenient. However it didn't take him long to recall that the description started with "inhale and infuse chakra". It would only make sense that the lungs were the organs involved in the jutsu so he diverted it in their direction. The next step would be to form the hand seals, molding the chakra into his lungs all the while inhaling, not quite sure what would happen. And finally the next step, exhaling which should allow him to spit out an earth like substance.

However all that happened was that he felt the lining of his throat, mouth and tongue instantly cover up with a layer of dust, sending him into a coughing fit and running back inside his domicile for a glass of water. After he had washed away the gritty aftertaste it was back to the same spot and figuring out where he went wrong. Apparently he wasn't going about this wrong, rather he seemed to be on the right course provided dust was a kind of earth yet nowhere close to the quality not quantity he needed. Perhaps maybe he should give the scroll a once over and try and glean some more about the theory behind the technique. The bit about dust and soil particles caught his eye, the catalysis bit, not so much. Perhaps the particles were a key part of this technique....

Thinking it over the Chuunin realized that it was indeed an unfeasible idea that he was to create earth directly from chakra, it simply wasn't possible. But just as he could manipulate, shape and control earth he could possibly manipulate dust and soil particulates the same way. Another trial was to be conducted, this time with a rough idea of where to start. After inhalation he started channeling chakra into his lungs, focusing on the particulates. He needed a good amount of earth so he focused on increasing the mass and concentration, churning them together combining and saturating with a good deal of chakra. But he couldn't have his lungs filling up with mud and killing him from the inside so with one great surge of chakra he opened his mouth and exhaled.

As the air left his lungs and traveled up his throat, out his mouth, the effects of the chakra infusion were coming clear. Initially it was a dark brown gaseous substance that emerged from his mouth but small clumps of wet dirt could be seen emerging from it and landing on the dry earth. At first it was a few small clumps but with every passing moment their size and quantity increased until there was pile of moist dirt in front of him. The Kedoin was on his knees, taking deep breaths, physically drained by having to hold his breath for so long and because he had used up quite a bit of chakra as well. After he had rested enough the Kedoin reached out and examined the texture, finding it too wet for his liking. The scroll had mentioned that it was supposed to dry up seconds after contact with air which clearly wasn't happening. There was still practice to be done....

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Tsuchi funshutsu no Jutsu (Earth spewing Technique)
Rank: “C” “B” “A” “S”
Skill: NinJutsu
Effect: A technique where the user takes a deep breath then spits out earth from his/her body, this can be used as a source for other jutsu or it can be used as a projectile.
Special: "Handseals"
Drawback: N/A
Description: The user holds the dragon seal and takes a deep breath expanding his rib cage but instead of oxygen, earth is exhaled. He will only spit out half his body weight of earth then the chakra from his body will then increase the mass according to the level of the jutsu. For a reason it is generally used to create earth where there is none, to allow the ninja to use other earth based jutsu. The earth is in a form of liquefied mud though after a few seconds of being in the open atmosphere it will harden into a natural, solid soil. The radius, speed and the amount of damage of earth varies at each rank. C rank = 5 meters. B = 10 meters. A rank = 20 meters. S rank = 40meters
Limit: Needs the Earth Release

10/20 TP

Squeezing the dirt in between his palms the Kedoin started infusing his chakra into the lumpless mass, attempting to change its shape into long senbon needle. However the chakra bonds did not hold long and the needle fell apart, returning to its original form as mud. His mistake was now apparent, there was too much moisture in the mud. Not only that but this mud was infused with his chakra as well so drying it out wouldn't be easy nor practical in a battle situation. Besides, the mud was supposed to harden after contact with the air as the description stated. If he could get that part down then there would be no problems.

First problem to deal with was that of moisture. Too much and the mud would remain mud, too little and it would harden too quickly, possibly while travelling up his windpipe, and choke him to death which wasn't something that appealed to him...or would to anyone else for that matter. Once more he formed the seals and inhaled, this time he molded his chakra a little differently. Last time his catalysis was not specific, creating earth from the dust and soil particulates in the air as well as increasing moisture via the water vapor in the air. So if he cut down the amount of chakra directed towards the H2O in the air, perhaps by half, then the remaining mixture would be more malleable for earth techniques.

Applying these adjustments to his next round of jutsu practice did the trick quick nicely. In no time at all was the youth regurgitating streams of mud which turned into mounds of soil upon contact with air. Each new batch was firmer and more malleable than the last, dry and rigid enough for his to perform basic earth style techniques. But was it enough for say, the Earth Clone technique, which required a much more harder and denser quality of earth? There was only one way to find out and the Kedoin consumed a B rank worth of chakra to create 4 life-like visages of himself from the respective mounds of soil and stone. He water patiently for a moment as the chakra was channeled from his body and into the surrounding earth.

Each mound exploded in a shower of dirt and small stones as the chakra molded the remainining earth into clones of proper shape and size and upon their faces was the non-mistakable visage of the Kedoin. As the dull brown color of the clones faded away and were replaced with the appropriate purples, grays and greens, through the minute and subtle chemical reactions of the minerals within the clones, no observer would be able to distinguish between him from the fakes. Now it was time to test if the clones were as strong as they should be. How hard they could take a hit was a good measure of that and all four clones stood in line as the creator produced a flock of canaries made from earth as well. 

Due to repetitive training and constant use of these two techniques he was well aware of their destructive and defensive capabilities which made gauging the resilience of the clones all that easy. One clone stepped forward from the rest and moved a bit away and once it was a safe distance away the canaries, 5 out of 20, launched at it from different angles. After the dust settled it was clear that the birds did not stand much of a chance as they lay in pieces at the clones feet. The only damage that seemed to have been inflicted were the cracks on its body and slight discoloration of those areas. Zakari continued, attacking the clone with canaries in sets of 5, keeping in mind that a normal clone would crumble with the attack from the last set. Those were its limits and if this clone couldn't take that many then using the Earth Spewing technique was only good for producing inferior quality clones.

However his expectations were not failed, this clone and every other clone also was able to sustain the same amount of damage as one made from the earth beneath his feet. He was hoping that perhaps they could be able to take a few more hits than the usual clones but he admitted that was asking too much. The technique was still incredibly useful in his opinion and allow him to be more flexible in situations where Gaia was not present...

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Status
Rank: "C"
Skill: NinJutsu
Effect: A jutsu Doctors learn to keep a mental status on their patients.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: A touching technique. This Jutsu lasts for 5 hours per Class Level. When the user needs to keep track of comrades who may get separated, Status allows the user to mentally monitor their relative positions and general condition. They are are aware of direction and distance to the creatures and any conditions affecting them: unharmed, wounded, disabled, staggered, unconscious, dying, nauseated, panicked, stunned, poisoned, diseased, confused, or the like. Once the Jutsu has been Performed upon the subjects, the distance between them and the User does not affect the Jutsu as long as they are in the same realm. If a subject leaves the plane, or if it dies, the Jutsu ceases to function for it. The number of creatures that may be affected is 1 per Class Level plus 1 for "B" and "S" Class making it a total 7 creatures at "S" Class.
Limit: Must be a Medical Doctor.

--/20 TP

~Flashback training~

"The Status technique lets you keep a mental touch on a number of patients mentally. It also informs you if and when that patient is harmed, hurt, unconscious, dying and...dead. Its a Godsend for us Medical Doctors, being able to keep an eye on all our patients and knowing their physical condition at any given time. So that's what I want you to learn today instead of dozing off in the clinic. Enjoy," and with that the Doctor was out the door with a swish of her white doctor coat.

The Doctor-in-training got up from the Examination chair, replacing the magazine that shaded his eyes from the light with the book on Medical Jutsu the Doctor left behind. Learning a new technique was indeed more productive than napping all day long, something which he already did too much of at home. Thumbing through the pages he was already thinking up applications of this technique outside the hospital setting. The first was a way to keep track of ones companions and teammates, which would be perfect if he had any to begin with. Provided he did it also allowed him to know know their position and distance from him at the moment which would be immensely useful in case they ever got split up.

Seeing that it was in his best interest to learn this technique the Kedoin made his way out of the clinic and started making his way to the wards, his nose buried in the book, reading up on the technique and how to perform it. Upon reaching the ward he had a good idea of where and how to begin. All that was left was the who and he had a perfect candidate in mind. The patient in room 24B was probably still out of it, having had a major surgery not too long ago with a powerful anesthetic, so he wouldn't complain. Making his way into the dull, grey and rather quiet hospital room the Kedoin stood by the side of the bed upon which the patient was asleep/unconscious. A patient that did not know that he was being practiced Jutsu on was one that couldn't sue the hospital later. A win-win situation if he ever saw one.

First he thought he would get the basics of the technique down and move on the complicated bits later. The core of the technique was the link between the caster and the patient, not only on a mental level but at a physical level as well. There were no handseals involved in the casting of this Jutsu so he had to make do with the manipulation and control of the pure energy/chakra by himself. The Kedoin placed his hands on the patients arm, fingers spreading out across the pallid skin.The initial step was to pool enough healing energy into the patient which he started on right away. Taking deep breaths and closing eyes he cleared out all distractions, which wasn't that hard given the quietness of the room, broken only from the tell-tale ping of the heart rate monitor.

Soon he was in a state of focus and relaxation, able to feel the entirety of the chakra running through his body. Exerting his control over the energy he started channeling it from the core of his being through his arms and into the patient via his hands. Physically it felt like a warmth that was passing over his entire body, along the length of his arms and into the patient. Mentally he was starting to lose focus and concentration as he was depleting his reserves of chakra faster than he could replenish them. However he grit his teeth and pushed on, not stopping till patients body and chakra system was flooded with his and couldn't take anymore. He envied the patient, whom was probably in a state of deep relaxation with all the positive energy imbued in his body.

Though the patients body was not filled with chakra the Kedoin did not remove his hands, not yet. Now it was time for the next step, to 'program' the chakra to identify the condition of the patient. This part was a lot easier than it sounded fortunately as medical chakra was quite attuned to the human body, being used for healing after all. As it washed over and examined every cell of the patients being Zakari could 'see' the patients body as well, and boy did he 'see' everything. From every blood vessel to every nervous impulse to the various chemical reactions in the brain to the content of the patients stomach. All that information which could be collected and summarized into smaller, easier to understand data packets.

Sifting through it all took him a few minutes but pretty soon he had a good idea of how the patient was doing. The surgery had indeed been a success and the site was healing rather nicely. Heart rate, breathing rate, body temperature etc all were normal. Brain activity was good, white blood cell production had increased, hormone levels were within range though his testosterone levels were a bit lacking. Overall this man could be considered as 'fine' or 'unharmed' as well as 'unconscious' which could be easily interpreted from his brain waves. Looked like he had the first part of the technique down, now it was time to move on to the next bit...

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Status
Rank: "C"
Skill: NinJutsu
Effect: A jutsu Doctors learn to keep a mental status on their patients.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: A touching technique. This Jutsu lasts for 5 hours per Class Level. When the user needs to keep track of comrades who may get separated, Status allows the user to mentally monitor their relative positions and general condition. They are are aware of direction and distance to the creatures and any conditions affecting them: unharmed, wounded, disabled, staggered, unconscious, dying, nauseated, panicked, stunned, poisoned, diseased, confused, or the like. Once the Jutsu has been Performed upon the subjects, the distance between them and the User does not affect the Jutsu as long as they are in the same realm. If a subject leaves the plane, or if it dies, the Jutsu ceases to function for it. The number of creatures that may be affected is 1 per Class Level plus 1 for "B" and "S" Class making it a total 7 creatures at "S" Class.
Limit: Must be a Medical Doctor.

10/20 TP

Now came the hard part. The patients body was full of his chakra which could tell him of his condition but the Jutsu called for being able to keep track of subjects at a range. Therefore he had to keep the link between them intact while not having any physical contact with him. He was unsure of doing that though, his understanding being that he couldn't keep up the connection with the chakra in the body if he was not in contact with it. But there was little else he could do but try that and see what happened. Keeping his focus on the feeling and sensation provided by the chakra inside the patient, he slowly lifted his palms away from the patients skin.

As soon as contact was broken so did the link. He couldn't feel his chakra though it was most likely still circulating inside the patient. Replacing his hands on the patients skin re-established the link however as soon as he lifted his hands he lost the link once more. It was obvious that he needed to figure out some way of keeping the link intact without contact. Well, physical contact anyways, contact through chakra was still possible wasn't it? Though his hands weren't supposed to be touching his link to the patient could still be maintained through chakra only. As long as he was connected in that way then he could monitor the patient regardless of physical contact.

Re-establishing contact the Kedoin started replenishing the chakra inside the patients body before coming up with a feasible way to approach the next task. A few minutes of pondering and he had a fresh idea. Once more he took command of the chakra inside the patient and started to slightly alter its flow and function inside the patients body. It wasn't anything too difficult nor complicated for him and within a minute he was done. As to what exactly he had accomplished was programming the chakra inside the body to radiate or pulse from the body. As the chakra was that of a healing nature, as well as his own, then he could receive the transmissions and interpret them within a certain range of the subject.

One pulse was not enough though and thus he had set a time interval of one second between each pulse of chakra. This would give him accurate and reliable data as to the patients condition in as close to real time as it could get. All this was set and done, the Kedoin thought stepping back from the body and walking over to the other side of the room to stand next to the window. The patient was now transmitting his condition through chakra pulses, all he had to do was intercept them and process the information. Right now he couldn't feel anything different, physically and mentally, because as a radio, he was not tuned properly. Taking a seat by the door the Kedoin closed his eyes once more and relaxed his body and mind.

Bringing himself to the point where he was sensitive and aware of all chakra signatures in a short vicinity he set out to identify which one was his. Though he was quite familiar with his chakra there were quite many chakra signatures to sift through and they all felt quite alike. It wasn't an easy process either, the task requiring a great deal of concentration and chakra control. He had a feeling that what he was attempting was a sort of Sensor techniques and he could tell he didn't have the talent to utilize such a skill yet. He had to whittle down the number of sources now. The chakra pulses he was looking for had a frequency of 1 second so he eliminated those signatures that never wavered or were constant.

Next he had to get a feel of the individual chakra types since the one he was interested in, his own, would be healing chakra, not any other kind and this also cleared a whole bunch of choices. Now there were only a few left that fit his criteria but with all the other sources eliminated it was easier to get a feel of which direction each signature was coming for and so he picked the one that was directly in front of him. No doubt it was his. Focusing on his frequency alone and was able to synchronize it with his chakra. For a few seconds he was overwhelmed with the information but re-adjusted pretty quickly and found it no problem at all anymore. He know knew how the patient was doing while sitting on the other side of the room without physical contact, quite a feat.

With a smile on his face the youth got up and exited the room, leaving the patient in his drug induced slumber, making his way back to the clinic room to catch up on his napping...

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Training:

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Quick Draw
Rank: "C"
Skill: TaiJutsu/Supplementary
Effect: User has learned how to draw their weapon without taking up a movement.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: The user can draw a weapon without a movement. The user can draw a hidden weapon (With Sleight of Hand) without taking a movement. A user who has this technique may draw a throwing weapon and hurl the weapon within 1 movement. Without this technique, the user may draw a weapon as a movement.
Limit: Must be a Venator.

--/20 TP

Time was a crucial and deciding factor of any battle. Naturally the one whom could weave their handseals quicker or move in to strike faster would be the one to stand tall at the end. Drawing ones weapons in a fluid motion was better than fumbling around a second longer which could have been used to throw it. Not something he would want to kill over, could you imagine how uncool that would be? Therefore the Chuunin of the Leaf found himself in one of the many training fields around the Village. Like all the others of its kind this one had three logs of woods, used for Taijutsu and weapon throwing practice. The little girl he called Patient X was also there, fiddling with the stopwatch in her hand as she quietly watched him get ready.

Other than the black T-shirt and shorts, the Kedoin had strapped himself with various pouches and buttbags across his body, filled with kunai, shuriken and darts, weapons that he would typically carry on a mission. As he fastened the strap of the last pouch on his right thigh he gave the girl a subtle nod who help up a clipboard and prepared the stopwatch. Zakari faced the wooden log in the middle, about 5 meters in front of him, which was to be his only target at the moment. Hands to his sides, he waited for the girls signal to begin...

"Right buttbag, kunai."

His right hand immediately reached back, fingers deftly opening it up and clasping the handle pulling it out and throwing it with one, well-practiced throw. The weapon had barely embedded itself into the wooden surface when the girls next words rang out...

"Left arm pouch, shuriken."

Immediately his hand leapt towards the pouch, retrieving the metallic throwing star and launching it with a flick of his wrist, landing it on target as the click of the stopwatch rang out and the next order was given...

"Right arm pouch, dart...Right thigh pouch, kunai...Left buttbag, shuriken...right buttbag, kunai..."

One after another with barely any time to relax or take a breather, barely any time to even think. All he saw was the wooden log which was rapidly picking up weapons on its bark, all he heard were the girls orders and the clicking of the stopwatch and the occasional rustle of paper, even the thoughts crossing his mind were to move his hands towards the location of the respective pouch/items. Reaching in he would have to know where the item in said pouch was located, which he had also prepared before-hand, placing each kind of item in portions and then once he grabbed hold he was to immediately fling them at the log almost instantly, without missing. This went on for two minutes before the girl finally gave the signal to stop and begin to crunch some numbers while the chrome-head immediately flung himself upon the grass to lie down.

His muscles ached with fatigue and his brow was covered in sweat as he took deep breaths to calm his racing heart which was doing its best to provide oxygen to all his cells. As he lay there and let the cool breeze do its best to cool him down he heard the footsteps of the girl approach him. 

"How did I do?" he asked tentatively, hoping that he wouldn't have to repeat the same process again.

"Pretty good. Speed was consistent throughout and rarely went below the standard. Lets move on then."

Sighing the Kedoin sat up just in time as the girl dropped another batch of pouches and buttbags into his lap, containing a fresh batch of throwing weapons. However this batch was different in the sense that pouches and tags of various kinds were attached to them which meant more options and greater the chances of choosing wrong. Also while in the last round where his target was only one wooden log, this time he would have to alternate between all three. Just thinking about it was was enough to bring the fatigue back but he couldn't back down now, he had to push on and besides he wasn't looking forward to the teasing X would give him if he voiced his uncertainty.

It took him a bit longer to prepare this time, as there were far more different types of weapons now, and no two bags were guaranteed to hold the same kinds of weapons either. He would have to categorize them, position them accordingly for easier reach and identification and remember what kind of weapons were stored in each pouch and bag. No wonder it took him longer than before, his thoughts were still swimming around, trying to keep track of where each kind of weapons were stored but failing at that he found it easier to remember where each kind of weapon was NOT stored instead which. A bit roundabout but more sensible in a way. He stepped back another two meters to give him some more range and gave a small nod to the girl.

"2, pouch 3, red kunai...1, bag 1, green dart...1, bag 3, kunai-"

"WAIT WAIT WAIT! What are you saying?! 2, pouch 3? Red kunai? I don't get it!"

"The first number is the log I want you to hit, 1 to 3, from left to right. The pouches and bags have numbers on them for you to memorize. Red items have an exploding tag on, green ones have ice tags, blue ones lightning...Are you really that dense?"

"......."

"Lets take it from the top then."

"Wait...Give me another minute or thirty to remember all this new crap. Do you have a list or something?"

[Celaena Kamyuja]

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Training:

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Quick Draw
Rank: "C"
Skill: TaiJutsu/Supplementary
Effect: User has learned how to draw their weapon without taking up a movement.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: The user can draw a weapon without a movement. The user can draw a hidden weapon (With Sleight of Hand) without taking a movement. A user who has this technique may draw a throwing weapon and hurl the weapon within 1 movement. Without this technique, the user may draw a weapon as a movement.
Limit: Must be a Venator.

10/20 TP

The hellish training that he was forced to endure yesterday was still taking its toll on him. It took every ounce of his willpower and endurance to get out of bed that day and then promptly fell back in and gave up. He would wish to do the same the day after as well however he was forced out of bed by X and dragged back to the training field for a knew kind of practice, the last one having gone terribly. All he could remember was a blur of fumbling weapons and frustrated screaming, before passing out. This time they would try something different and not as complicated but potentially more dangerous. As he stood on the soil of the training field one could see that today he had come strapped in more than just pouches and buttbags.

Today he donned his trademark cloak with two buttbags on his person and he carried more than just kunai, shuriken and darts, such as boomerangs, senbon, pouches and tags, individually or attached to the before-mentioned items in various combinations. Also he had his Melody Arm and Dual Release Pouch Projector on. There was no doubt that he had brought his A-game and he would need it lest he wish to make a trip to the Konoha Hospital. With this thought in mind he used his manipulation of the Earth Release to create the maximum number of Earth Clones he could without overexerting or fatiguing himself, which turned out to be 8. Clones though they were they could not produce weapons of their own so X distributed the surplus he had lying around in his closet. As soon as they were all armed Zakari stood still for one moment, apprehensive about this idea, before going through with it and giving his clones a mental command he didn't want to.

The eight clones lined up in-front of him would immediately begin to withdraw kunai and shuriken and take aim at him as Zakari immediately sprang into action. His hand would disappear into the folds of his cloak and pull out a kunai, throwing it at the ground in front of the clones, all in the same motion. The clones, inherently slow as though they were due to their dense composition, hadn't even raised their weapons when the tag attached to the thrown kunai ignited and went off. The explosion scattered debris all over the field, Zakari raising his arms to prevent any from harming his face, a small smile visible. He was honestly expecting the worst, a challenge that would test him to his limits, but looked like he was way to fas-

From the cloud of dirt and debris two kunai emerged, aimed straight for his chest. His arrogance had been his undoing as his body tried to react in time to deflect or dodge the attack. Almost immediately he knew that dodging was not an option, he had to deflect them but he wouldn't make it in time, the surprise of the attack had cost him the valuable moments he could have used to withdraw something to deflect with. He was incredibly limited as to how much he could react before they hit him...

Move...move...MOVE DAMMIT! 

Clang! Clang!

The sound of metal hitting metal would meet the auditory senses as the weapons would land harmlessly at his feet. The Chuunin, having escaped a truly terrifying and dangerous situation, was breathing quickly and deeply, his heart pumping to the max with all the adrenaline in his body. His right arm was raised over his chest, the Melody Arm being more than enough to block attacks of this caliber as it was basically a metal gauntlet for his arm. Not to let his opportunity go to waste Zakari immediately pulled his cloak open, arms leaping inside and pulling out every kunai and shuriken he had to spare. With an incredible display of speed and agility he began to launch every weapon he could get his hand on through the cloud of dust that was all between him and an indeterminable number of clones, not intending to give them the chance to retaliate.

He could hear the clangs as the clones did their best to deflect his strikes which quickly turned to thuds as they collapsed under his onslaught and the metal sank into their earthen flesh. The thuds would disappear, rather be replaced by the sound of what was clearly the projectiles finding a spot in the ground, no targets in the way. Once the cloud of dust settled would be four clones, those that had survived the initial explosion, their bodies no longer recognizable with the assortment of knives, shuriken, darts, senbon and the occasional boomerang that littered them. He reached down and tried to pry out one of the kunai that had embedded itself to the hilt in the chest, the same place where one would have sunk itself into his chest had he not thought fast. It took him a few tugs before he realized how hopeless it was and decided to wait till some time passed and their bodies broke down a bit before giving it another go.

It was a risky, stupid and dangerous way to do it but it was apparent that he had learned something new, though not in a way he would ever want to learn something ever again.

[Celaena Kamyuja]

He flipped the card which had a number ten written upon the white sheet. He approved the performance of drawing the weapon. [bLearned

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Training:

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Know Ability
Rank: "E"
Skill: Skill
Effect: Some characters are schooled in the art of careful observation and are able to discern Skills and other Abilities of a target.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: Some characters are schooled in the art of careful observation. Thus, even without the aid of Chakra, they can observe an individual and attempt to glean a valuable piece of information about them. This ability requires a skill Check and approximately one hour of observation for each thing studied. For example, if a User watched a man cutting wood for an hour, he could make a Know Ability Skill check. If successful he could learn that the man has a Carpentry Skill, can perform an amount of Movements per Round, or anything pertaining to the work they are performing. The user can apply this skill to nearly all statuses and abilities, as well as Skill Level Associated with a character. Look in Academia Skills thread found in the Skills and Traits Index for more information. If user has 25 or more Ranks in Evidence Analysis user gains a Synergy Bonus +10 to Know Ability By Observing for 1 hour this is considered as a Trivial Difficulty. Shorter the observation increases the difficulty. Each time learned user gets 1 die roll to increase the skill.
Limit: ---

-/5 TP

There were many ways to gauge ones ability, over the course of a battle being one of them but not the most ideal. Observation was another. There were many valuable pieces of information to be garnered from just watching how one moved, talked, interacted with others and so on and forth. And that was why he was here, in one of the many training fields across the Village, observing others practice their techniques, brushing up on his observation abilities.

No doubt all three of the ninja were of the Genin level, they were all at least 10 years of age. The chances of all three of them being super geniuses and early Academy graduates was heavily against that happening. First he started on the red headed girl that was practicing her shuriken toss. She retrieved them from a pouch on her thigh and was throwing them one at a time at the wooden target, trying to hit the bulls-eye and doing a rather poor job at it. Not one shuriken landed on target, some of them completely missed altogether and she was only standing ten feet or so away. Even he could do as much. Also the way she was throwing it was quite lackluster as well. Her posture was poor and she was throwing from her arm rather than her wrist. In fact it was rather irritating to watch, he felt the urge to jump in and start showing her the right way to do it.

Thankfully he contained himself and continued with the observation. As she continued to throw and open her pouch he would get a glimpse inside where he would make out kunai as well. Kunai were more of a close ranged fighting weapon so it was a reasonable assumption that she might be as well. However given her already lackluster skills in throwing shuriken, something that most if not all Academy Students could do by the time they graduated, he had a feeling she was just not suited for Taijutsu at all. The girls frustration was starting to show as she began to miss more shots as time progressed, this was definitely something new to her. Finally the supply of shuriken ran out and she began to retrieve the projectiles with a morose expression on her face.

[Celaena Kamyuja]

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Training:

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Know Ability
Rank: "E"
Skill: Skill
Effect: Some characters are schooled in the art of careful observation and are able to discern Skills and other Abilities of a target.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: Some characters are schooled in the art of careful observation. Thus, even without the aid of Chakra, they can observe an individual and attempt to glean a valuable piece of information about them. This ability requires a skill Check and approximately one hour of observation for each thing studied. For example, if a User watched a man cutting wood for an hour, he could make a Know Ability Skill check. If successful he could learn that the man has a Carpentry Skill, can perform an amount of Movements per Round, or anything pertaining to the work they are performing. The user can apply this skill to nearly all statuses and abilities, as well as Skill Level Associated with a character. Look in Academia Skills thread found in the Skills and Traits Index for more information. If user has 25 or more Ranks in Evidence Analysis user gains a Synergy Bonus +10 to Know Ability By Observing for 1 hour this is considered as a Trivial Difficulty. Shorter the observation increases the difficulty. Each time learned user gets 1 die roll to increase the skill.
Limit: ---

4/125 SP
-/5 TP

His attention turned to the two other members of the team, a kid in blue and the other wearing green, whom were standing still and facing each other. For a few moments they maintained their positions motionlessly before unexpectedly springing towards each other, fists raised. A sparring match between the two it would seem as the third member of their team was content to sit and observe a ways away. The Chuunin returned his scrutiny to the match, trying to gauge their abilities to a degree.

Their fistcuff wasn't progressing everywhere, both delivering punches to the opponents upper body and blocking the others blows, an equally paired match that went on for ten seconds before both leapt backwards realizing the futility and changing tactics. The boy in blue would instantly start weaving handseals which the boy in green would try to intercept by throwing shuriken. The boy in blue seemed to be well aware of his limitations, knowing he wouldn't be able to fire off his technique in time, and would dive to the right as the projectiles whizzed by, missing him by an inch or two. His reflex speed was good and he immediately withdrew a kunai to make his counter, his opponent deflecting with with a kunai of his own. The boy in blue took the this time into advantage by forming handseals once more, this time successfully finishing and exhaling an orange sphere of flame that advanced to his opponent whom began to run in the opposite direction, quite comedic from his perspective. Thankfully the ball of fire dispersed only a few seconds after formation, the user collapsing to the ground.

Given their young age and lack of experience it was obvious that he lacked the larger stores of chakra but it was still quite surprising for him to keep the technique going for as long as he did.
Both him and his partner may have been the same level on Taijutsu but the former had experience in Ninjutsu as well, pulling off, by his guess, a C rank technique and keeping it going for a while. He needed to refine his chakra control some more to pull it off but the Kedoin was sure that the kid would get it eventually.

[N A T S U M I]

+5; Learned.
+10SP
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Training: ((God save me my first B rank))

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Demonic Illusion: 5 Binding Pillars
Rank: "B"
Skill: GenJutsu
Effect: An illusion of wooden pillars rise up and pierce through the opponent's arms, legs, and chest.
Special: "Handseals"
Drawback: ---
Description: A Mind-Affecting Technique. Affects anyone who sees the user. The user is able to perform this technique at a distance of 30 meters plus 15 meters per class level. The duration of this technique lasts for 5 rounds per class level. This technique may be negated. 5 wooden pillars rise from the ground and pierces the target's legs, arms, and chest preventing them from moving. The opponent feels no pain from the Jutsu but is Paralyzed for the duration of the Jutsu. 
Limit: Must know Phantasm Perception.

--/70 TP

His Genjutsu training had been put on the back-burner for too long and now it was time to remedy it. First he would procure an exceptionally powerful Phantasm techniques known as the 5 Binding Pillars, an illusion that would conjure wooden pillars staking the victim through various limbs and induce paralysis. A perfect Genjutsu for stopping fights and...uh...stopping anyone reaching for that last slice of pizza? Who knows, maybe. There were plenty of applications for this techniques, he just didn't want to think of them all right now. Time to get to work then.

The basis of the 5 Binding Pillars technique could be summed up in one word; Paralysis. In medical terms it was known as loss of function in muscles, this could either be temporary or permanent and it had many causes. The most common one was damage to the central nervous system be it via a stroke, electrical discharge in the body or a multitude of other reasons. Sensory neurons were often damaged/affected side by side with the motor neurons so pain rarely accompanied paralysis and therefore he didn't have to worry about producing any for this technique, allowing him to focus more on the paralyzing aspect of it. This left him with more chakra and hopefully a less complex way to approach this technique.

Going over the scroll that outlined the technique he realized that the instructions paid particular importance to the visual facet of the illusion as well. Five wooden stakes were to burst out of the ground underneath the opponent and pierce the opponents legs, arms and chest inducing paralysis and as gruesome as it was supposed to look it emphasized that the target was not supposed to feel any pain whatsoever. It was outlined with red, capital letters actually, 'NO PAIN.' Other than that it was pretty straightforward, the handseals not too complicated and the estimated expenditure of chakra per successful casting meant that it wouldn't drain him in just one go. Alright, now to practice on a subject.

A squirrel landed into the clearing and Zakari took this a sign from the Universe to go ahead and try it out on a cute, little, innocent, defenseless critter, which only further proved his belief that the Universe sucked and/or he was horrible at picking up the signs. Amassing a sizable collection of chakra his fingers wove into the required handseals, projecting the spiritual energy from his body and overtaking the body of the little woodland creature in an instant. It would enter through the tenketsu, chakra points for the layman, and directly into its nervous system, overloading its neurons with electrical discharge, which should effectively stun it. The visual aspect would have to come later, right now he needed to test the induction or paralysis.

His target stopped for a mere moment and then fell to the ground, bringing a smile of success to the Kedoins face...which quickly turned into a visage of alarm as its body started shaking like a leaf in the wind. Instantly he was on his feet and a second later he had shunshined himself next to the squirrel, still wracking over in what could be pain. Placing his hands upon the thrashing mammal he would seep medical chakra into its body, trying to gleam some idea of where he went wrong. Strangely he couldn't detect any active pain receptors, which meant the animal wasn't in pain, therefore the conclusion he came to was that the animals motor neurons were overactive. Overloading them with electrical discharge was the wrong way to proceed, rather it was completely the opposite of what he should have been doing.

What he should have done was reduce or completely eliminate the connection between the brain and the muscles entirely. He would remedy this by programming the chakra in his next casting to eliminate all nerve synapses travelling to and fro from the brain and the motor neurons. Obviously he would have to be careful as to extend the same command to the link between the heart and the brain or the lungs and the brain which could result in an unnecessary death. However he realized his fears baseless upon his recasting on the still thrashing squirrel as the new batch of chakra overtook its frail form and it finally stopped, muscles arrested in paralysis. With a breath of relief the Kedoin sunk to his knees next to the minuscule mammal, waiting to determine exactly how long it would take for the technique to wear off...

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--/70 TP

It would be a while before his chakra inside its body diminished and the squirrel would break free from the technique. Till then Zakari would spend perfecting the next phase of the illusion, the visual aspect of it. His habit of meditation finally came in hand, the blank expanse of his mindscape a perfect location to do so. In here he could visualize, create, bend and alter reality as he saw fit, his go to place when he was having a hard time learning Genjutsu with a visual component. With a clap of his hands, a snap of his fingers would have been cooler and more appropriate but sadly it was a skill that eluded him no matter how hard he tried, a facsimile of his body appeared before him, only it had no visible features that could be observed, reminiscent of a mannequin.

The five locations that were to be pierced were the limbs and the chest, adding in any more would be pointless and any less might reduce the duration and effectiveness of the technique. No point messing with that. However he was going to be having a hard time imagining anything with the posture the clone had taken, standing up straight with its arms on its side. For convenience he waved his hand and the clone shifted its position, leaning back, bending down a bit and clasping his hands in a seal. Good, he could clearly see an opponent taking this position and getting caught by his Illusion. Next he would have to visualize the wooden pillars rising from the ground and piercing it into paralysis. He would slow down and take his time at this part, the pillars had to be as realistic as possible which would add its potency to the Genjutsu.

First he would tackle the arms. With another wave of his hand a crack appeared in the white surface upon which they were standing. And then another and another until a wooden pillar emerged from the fissures and pierced the limb of the unflinching practice dummy. Moving in closer he would observe the wooden pillar, running his hand over the surface and comparing it to a real one in looks and texture. Immediately he could see that there was discoloration in a few places where the brown wood had turned black and grey which he rectified within moments. The consistency of the surface was quite authentic, nothing to be added or improved there. Moving further he would take a gander at the point where the post had penetrated the mannequin. 

Of course there was no blood or gore seeing as this was a mannequin and also because it would have felt like an unnecessary addition to the technique, perhaps even subconsciously slipping in commands to activate the pain sensors which was a big NO. The post simply pierced the arm from one side and came out the other which he found acceptable but kind of...bland. Nevertheless he continued on and another post emerged from the floor and skewered the other arm, this time no discoloration and a slight rub of the surface confirmed that the texture was the same as well. However it still felt a bit drab, clearly anyone who got caught in the illusion could tell it was fake, shouldn't the visual aesthetics be so as to convince the victims that it was as real as possible?

It was probably best not to give it too much thought right now and continue. Next two posts appeared behind the clone and penetrated it through the thighs and the final one emerged from the ground directly in front of the dummy and went straight through its chest, completing the illusion. But he couldn't shake the feeling that it looked a bit off. Like something was missing... Maybe if he switched places with the mannequin he could get a more in-depth view of how the technique worked and what kind of improvements could be made, if any were required. A wave of his hand found the clone standing up straight as it was created initially, all signs or traces of the existence of the posts gone. With a nod to the clone the original would wait for the technique being cast upon him...