Desperate Measures [Train]

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+10; Learned.

[N A T S U M I]

In order to read a person’s shunshin, one must first see the direction in which a person travels in. I remembered back at the Academy when sensei was teaching the other students how to shunshin. I regret not partaking in the class, but I once saw two classmates counter each other when they performed their shunshin. One student was about to perform the Oshi shunshin, the other was studying the first person’s body angle. It seemed that with a swift, yet slight turn of the shoulders a person was able to intercept a shunshin.

After performing a quick shunshin back to the village, I found myself at the Ninja academy watching the children. Fortunately for me, four students were arguing about who is the fastest before a fight was begun within the courtyard. One of the children performed an Oshi shunshin in an attempt at fleeing from one of the other children. I moved forward and studied the first child’s movements as he swiftly turned and performed a Ko shunshin. When he reappeared, the second child had already appeared in front of him.

However, I watched as the first child turned slightly to his right before performing another Oshi, and that was when I relaxed my muscles to the point when I propelled myself forward. I gently pushed myself forward, taking one step as I did so. My body shot forward quickly, while my gaze quickly spotted another incoming shunshin as well. It seemed as if the second child and I were going to counter the first child’s shunshin. But which one of us will get there first?

My entire body was relaxed. The muscles lining my legs moved slightly as I moved forward at such blinding speeds. But as I stepped out of the shunshin, I was at least one meter away from the first child and two meters away from the second. If my shunshin had have been accurate, I would have beat the second child by a mere second. As both kids stared up at me in shock, all I could feel was disappointment. I had not reached the full ten meters. I was still stuck at nine.

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Rank: "C"
Skill: NinJutsu/TaiJutsu
Effect: Attacks your opponent. Can't simply use "Kaunta" however way you want. It is a skill that allows you to read an opponent's Shunshin and change its movement to neutralize the opponent.
Special: ---
Drawback: Takes away the number of usages Shunshin no Jutsu - Oshi (Body Flicker Technique - Push). Same distance applications apply. Same drawbacks apply when over using.
Description: A shunshin designed as a counter, reading the shunshin of an opponent in order to alter its course and render it ineffective by predicting and following the same technique with a Shunshin no Jutsu (Body Flicker Technique) Variant of your own. Supplement of Shunshin no Jutsu - Oshi (Body Flicker Technique - Push) while using same schematics.
Limit: Universal NinJutsu or Universal TaiJutsu, Must know Must know Shunshin no Jutsu - Oshi, Ken'in, and Ko.[/ul]

IIC: 64
Byakugō no In charges: 12
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[KoKoKo]

Learned

[N A T S U M I]

“What kind of shunshin was that?!” The sensei had cried out, startling me as I turned from the children. “A chuunin of Iwagakure who doesn’t know how to shunshin, what a disgrace!” My cheeks flared hot as I turned, straight backed toward the elder woman. She regarded me with a glare and folded her arms. “Lucky you’re here, I am about to teach the remaining image. Get in line with the others.” I stared openly at her, showing my displeasure but I didn’t argue with her. The children all began to laugh at me as I moved to stand beside the two boys.

“I was unable to train shunshin due to being thrown into the hospitals at a young age. I am perhaps the best medic in the village and a well-respected chuunin of Iwagakure! It is your fathers that I heal while out on the battlefield, so show some respect!” I spoke clearly, my tone angry. The woman blushed at my words, yet ignored me. “Concentrate on your muscles and mind. You are to move at such a speed that an image of yourself must remain once you shunshin.” The woman said, shooting me a glance to see if I had understood her clearly.

Turning around, I stare at the spot where I wish to shunshin to and relaxed my muscles. My body rocked gently from back to front while I moved into position. It was just like a push, but instead you are creating an after image of yourself. I concentrate on visualising myself propelling forward swiftly before taking a singular step forward. My body’s response was familiar, the world all around me shot forward with such force that I felt dizzy. I could feel myself shooting forward like a star to land and reappearing exactly where I had wanted to be.

I glance backward as quickly as I could to see if I had a remaining image, but couldn’t find one. Turning to the woman, I stare at her as the watches the children reappear on my side of the field. “One more time, chuunin. You were close. The rest of you need to move faster.” She said, this time with a tone that held no malice. I nodded before stepping forward again and concentrating on my muscles. I flexed them gently and widened my stance before relaxing myself. I felt light and smooth and ready.

Taking one more step forward, I shoot along the ground with such force that the world was nothing but a blur. The wind snapped at my hair and burnt my face. Something that had not happened on any of my previous shunshin. When I reappeared on the exact spot I had shunshin from first, I turned around and was rewarded with myself standing in the area where I once stood a second ago. A bright smile tore out across my face as I glanced toward the tutor. She nodded once and began encouraging the children with their progress.

IIC: 76
Byakugō no In charges: 15

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Rank: "C"
Skill: NinJutsu/TaiJutsu
Effect: Affects the enemy's mind and will power by making after images.
Special: ---
Drawback: Takes away the number of usages Shunshin no Jutsu - Oshi (Body Flicker Technique - Push). Same distance applications apply. Same drawbacks apply when over using.
Description: A Jutsu to move so swiftly that an image of the technique's user is left behind while moving within 10 meters. Most often it is used to dodge an incoming attack and get behind the opponent to perform a counter-attack. When first learned user is able to perform 1 after image within 10 meters. Each time learned user is able to create an extra after image within 10 meters. May learn to perform up to 5 after images within a single Jutsu. Supplement of Shunshin no Jutsu (Body Flicker Technique - Push) while using same schematics. May be used with other Shunshin no Jutsu - Oshi (Body Flicker Technique).
Limit: Universal NinJutsu or Universal TaiJutsu, Must know Shunshin no Jutsu - Oshi, Ken'in, Ko, and Kaunta[/ul]
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[Celaena Kamyuja]

Hmm…
Plus Ten

[N A T S U M I]

Staring around the group, I spotted another chuunin performing a body flicker that caused the dirt to swirl around them before they disappeared. Staring at the spot for a few moments, I lowered my gaze to the ground at the tips of my boots. I was standing in dirt, dirt that looked relatively loose. To experiment, I kick at the ground with the heel of my boot and saw the dirt come loose. For a moment, I simply stood there and attempted to relax my body. The effects of the body flickers I have been doing today were starting to kick in, but I knew that if I didn’t complete the tree, I was never going to.

Rocking myself gently back and forth, I concentrate on the cleared space before me. Other children continued to shunshin forward and back on both sides, but I pay them no heed. Instead, I allow a small, almost untraceable amount of my chakra to drift out through my pores and into the atmosphere surrounding me and directed it to the ground at my feet before I entered into the shunshin. And to my luck, I was able to spot a small amount of dirt raise into the air just as my body disappeared from view upon my taking a step forward.

As I stepped out of the shunshin and reappeared ten meters ahead, I was startled by the sound of a child’s voice. “How did you do that?!” He asked me, wide-eyed and mouth agape. “Focus a small amount of chakra into the dirt you stand on and then release it as you are about to shunshin.” I explained while conjuring up another thin layer of chakra and directing it to the ground. “Watch carefully.” I said encouragingly, looking down at the ground as I did so.

While the child watched my feet, a small amount of dirt began to flare upward like a tornado and engulf me as I took a brief step forward. My body disappeared from view and shot across the ground in break-neck speeds before reappearing on the other side of the field ten metres away. I turn back to face the child who was attempting to mimic my movements. Dirt started encasing his body much like a particle storm mist before he too, disappeared from view. A second later he reappeared beside me grinning widely.

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Rank: "D"
Skill: NinJutsu/TaiJutsu
Effect: A Shunshin variation that creates swirling dirt and earth to disguise the user's movements.
Special: ---
Drawback: Takes away the number of usages Shunshin no Jutsu - Oshi (Body Flicker Technique - Push). Same distance applications apply. Same drawbacks apply when over using.
Description: User is able to perform any of the 5 Shunshin no Jutsu (Body Flicker Technique) with this Jutsu as well as any advancements of Shunshin. Instead of creating a puff of smoke the user uses an amount of dirt found near the user to rise up and swirl around the user to disguise their movements as they perform a Shunshin no Jutsu (Body Flicker Technique).
Limit: Must know The 5 Shunshin no Jutsu (Body Flicker Technique).[/ul]
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[Celaena Kamyuja]

Hmm. Plus ten
Confident.