In a World of Black [Private/Training]

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FIRST TIME [0/10]

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Impeccable Will
Rank: "C" (Special, See Description)
Skill: Supplementary
Effect: User has gained mastery over their own will power.
Special: ---
Drawback: May Learn at a maximum of 6 times.
Description: Each time learned the user gains 1 extra point to their save against the opponent's Jutsu. When the user learns this technique the 1st 2 times they train it as a regular "C" Rank Jutsu. When the user learns this technique the 2nd 2 times they train it as a "C" Rank Jutsu +10 Training Points. When the user learns this technique the 3rd 2 times they train it as a "C" Rank Jutsu +20 Training Points. This technique stacks with other Will saves.
Limit: Universal GenJutsu Technique.

Katsu floated in a sea of blackness; nothing save himself in the void. He felt half-conscious, listless, without purpose. Katsu knew he was somewhere between life and death; the pain in his chest confirmed that. It was a strange sensation; to be so disconnected from your own body that you couldn't sense anything. Of course Katsu's body was currently dying, and Katsu felt a sudden tearing sensation as he inched a little closer to true death, even in his own mind blood filled his mouth and he coughed heavily, more blood floating out into the darkness only to vanish. Clitching his chest in pain Katsu felt himself separate from... himself? His spirit falling away from his body!

Alarmed, Katsu tried to hold on for dear life, literally, but he could get a sense of what he was trying to get a hold of, and he felt himself slip away despite his best efforts. Panicking now Katsu tried to call up his Soulcaster powers; to bring to mind the world hidden from most. Suddenly Katsu was not surrounded by blackness but a roaring maelstrom of noise and colors, swirling in all directions. Clapping his hands to his ears Katsu cried out from the sudden pain, and the world went black again. Breathing heavily Katsu felt more blood rise in his throat, and he forcibly choked it back down, determined not to die.

A few moments of mental preparation and Katsu up the maelstrom once more; trying to last as long as he could through the incredible pain coursing through his being. Katsu was trying to find something of sense within that maelstrom. Something he could aim for. The noise tore at his ears, the colors at his eyes, and the wind at his body, making it so hard to concentrate on anything. The pain was mounting, greater and greater, and after a few moments Katsu couldn't hold it any longer and the maeltrom vanished. Coughing up more blood Katsu tried to recover himself; to collect his willpower for another attempt; another push for life! The maelstrom rose up again, tearing at Katsu's essence once more. His eyes flooded with searing pain Katsu forced them to stay open, looking for anything that might make sense in the maelstrom.

A dot, a tiny dot of black in the maelstrom of color! Katsu had found it. The maelstrom snapped off in a moment, bathing Katsu in total blackness once more. The dot was Life. Life was only a single point in a creature's existence; there was so much more to be found after death. The world was alive with color and sounds and experiences you simply couldn't experience while alive; while trapped in such a limited shell as a human body. The dot was a dulling of the senses, of a boring life compared to the wonders of the afterlife. Thinking on it all, Katsu began to wonder why he even wanted to grasp for his own Life. There was so much more waiting for him if he wanted to move on, so much more he could be!

Faces began to flash before Katsu's face. Satomi; his mother. Shiori and Masumi; his two sisters. Masao; his father. Marii; his Sensei. Katsumi; the girl he gave his first time to... the list ran on and on, and Katsu shook his head. He had an obligation; no, a duty to the people he had connected with in Life. He had to fight to get back to them; to fulfill his duties as a Shinobi of Kumogakure, and to live a full life for the sake of his mother and father! Breathing quickly to psyche himself up, Katsu summoned up the maelstrom once more; grunting at the influx of pain. He searched for the point of blackness amongst the colors; his eyes straining. Once he found it Katsu tried to close the distance; willing himself closer to that black dot. A lance of intense pain struck Katsu through the core, the maelstrom gone once more as Katsu cried out.

So it was going to be that kind of situation? Katsu thought to himself. Gritting his bloodied teeth Katsu reached out to the darkness, calling up the maelstrom once again. Crying out but keeping the Maelstrom active Katsu reached for the black spot, stretching his arm, willing himself to reach for the dot despite the ungodly pain he felt. His arm felt like it was on fire, or perhaps it was being dissolved in acid, but Katsu kept pushing forward... until he saw that his hand which was stretching forward was.... clawed!

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+10; Learned.

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2nd Time [0/10]

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Impeccable Will
Rank: "C" (Special, See Description)
Skill: Supplementary
Effect: User has gained mastery over their own will power.
Special: ---
Drawback: May Learn at a maximum of 6 times.
Description: Each time learned the user gains 1 extra point to their save against the opponent's Jutsu. When the user learns this technique the 1st 2 times they train it as a regular "C" Rank Jutsu. When the user learns this technique the 2nd 2 times they train it as a "C" Rank Jutsu +10 Training Points. When the user learns this technique the 3rd 2 times they train it as a "C" Rank Jutsu +20 Training Points. This technique stacks with other Will saves.
Limit: Universal GenJutsu Technique.

The shock of seeing his hand so changed snapped Katsu's concentration; the maelstrom falling away to leave Katsu in total blackness again. What was going on?! Why did his hand look like... this? Katsu looked at the vicious claws, noting their simple lethality. Something had to be going on with his body. Katsu had to get back.. no, get himself conscious! Summoning the maelstrom again Katsu began to slowly reach forward again, the pain intense and only getting worse the closer he got to that point of blackness in the maelstrom. Worse yet; with each inch that Katsu crept closer to the black spot; each sluggish movement through the swirling colors and changing more of Katsu's body.

Scales crept up the length of Katsu's arm; his other arm soon followed. Large fangs filled Katsu's mouth, and gills appears on his throat. Tiny horns burst from his head, and a tail began to grow from the end of his spine. The pain was unbearable; and many times Katsu had to stop moving through the maelstrom; the pain paralyzing him even while the emotional response to what was happening was worse. Katsu cried openly, there in his mind, as he attempted to inch ever closer to his body, wondering what horrible fate had befallen him. How would his friends view him now? His family? His fellow Shinobi? Katsu wept bitter tears as he inched forward, hanging on to the tiniest bit of resolve, throwing himself forward in the name of the duty he had to Kumogakure.

The spot eluded Katsu for what seemed an eternity; Katsu ever striving to reach it even as it seemed to slip away, but Katsu eventually grew closer and closer. Blood streaming from every pore and his body in shambles Katsu clawed his way through the maelstrom now, screaming at the top of his voice in the physical and emotional pain. And finally, he touched that little black spot, the tiny bit of calm in the maelstrom, and suddenly, he was within the black again. Yet it was a less threatening blackness; the sensation of his spirit being torn from his body was gone, and Katsu felt himself relax into true unconsciousness. He'd managed to survive... now he would sleep...

When Katsu next awoke he was still within the blackness. It was less like waking from sleep and more like waking from hypnosis. Katsu knew he had remained within the blackness, but he had lost track of everything and rested his mind. Now he had to escape this blackness. Yet there was nothing for him to grasp a hold of, no way for him to find the way to leave. Everything was so peaceful anyway... Katsu could sleep like this for a long time... Whoever was taking care of his body would wake him up eventually right? ...No... wait... Katsu was yet alive, but trapped in his own sub-conscious... He was essentially in a coma, right? There were plenty of people in coma's who never woke up...

Of course through that logic Katsu knew that no one would be able to wake him up except for himself; he must do it himself, or stay forever unconscious. Sighing in frustration Katsu tried to...do something. Push at the darkness maybe, or try and move, something, anything! Nothing. Katsu felt himself move, in what direction he wasn't sure, but once he stopped he immediately felt as if he had been moved back. Katsu wasn't even sure he had actually moved in the first place, perhaps a trick of his own mind. Frowning to himself, Katsu tried to think of what to do ne... wait. Was he frowning? Katsu didn't feel his lips move. There was no sensation of his facial muscles trying to move, no sensation of muscles tightening and relaxing in concert to create motion.

So it was like that, eh? Katsu thought to himself. It made a sort of sense. Katsu was trapped in his own sub-conscious, his body completely inert out in the world somewhere. His stillness inside this blackness merely mirrored the stillness outside. So Katsu flailed wildly, or tried to anyway. All he got for his trouble was an intense sense of weariness stealing over his body; sapping his strength immediately. Ugh... so tired...So hard... Katsu thought to himself as he rested his body, panting just a bit. This was ridiculous! So much energy gone for nothing..

After resting for a time, Katsu couldn't tell for how long in the blackness, Katsu tried to reach forward again, perhaps hoping a more concentrated movement would be more successful. For a moment Katsu felt perhaps the tiniest twitch of a finger, then stillness accompanied by that same exhaustion that robbed Katsu even of thought. This was worse than trying to navigate the maelstrom; at least he knew he was getting somewhere in that scenario. Mentally sighing, Katsu waited until he didn't feel so lethargic, and concentrated on that one finger, putting every ounce of effort he could into moving it, fighting against his own awful exhaustion. A full movement! Not a twitch but an actual movement!

Falling back into exhaustion Katsu panted, slowly beginning to realize that he was starting to... hear things. Normal things. A constant beeping noise, the low murmur of voices, the rush of wind against glass. Katsu had begun to wake up, just a little! Success!

[Father 'Suke]

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Shunshin no Jutsu - Oshi (Body Flicker Technique - Push)
Rank: "C"
Skill: NinJutsu/TaiJutsu
Effect: A Jutsu that allows a user to rush forward in almost instantaneous speed. Used to draw the user close to the opponent.
Special: ---
Drawback: May use 3 times a day. May perform 1 more each time learned. Passing amount renders the user's legs immobile due to severe pain. Unable to perform again unless gained medical treatment. Must move through an opening. Unable to maneuver around obstructing objects. Can't attack while performing any Shunshin or Variation.
Description: User is able to move forward in a straight line along the ground in almost instantaneous untraceable speed while temporarily masking the user's movements within 10 meters. A puff of smoke is occasionally used to disguise the user's movements. It is accomplished by focusing the user's chi along the ankles and foot. User mostly moves just with their ankles and feet. Jutsu takes up no movements. User may only use this Jutsu half of the movements may allow in a single round while rounding down. Example: User has 5 movements, user is able to perform Jutsu 2 times per round.
Limit: Universal NinJutsu or Universal TaiJutsu.

The sensation of the drugs was beginning to wear off, and Katsu could feel himself reaching consciousness when a hand grabbed him from behind and drug him back down into sleep; but this time to dream...

A great field, filled with white daisies for as far as the eye could see, surrounded Katsu on all sides, a big blue sky with a bright sun hovering far overhead. Looking about, Katsu spotted the one who must have drug him into his own dreams. Oniryu, the Demon Kensai of the Buredono Kenseijin style. A monster of a man who said that Instinct ruled over Honor; even if he was dead. He had died, losing the battle he was in but winning his war; for his opponent had to resort to Instinct to kill him in the end. He still had grievances against the School for covering up that detail. Ostensibly; Oniryu was Katsu's Buredono Kenseijin Sensei, but he hadn't seen anything of the spirit ever since meeting him in the Land of Wind. Also, the last time Katsu had seen the man he had stabbed him in the forehead. He was a ghost so it didn't harm Katsu, but it certainly had hurt at the time...

"Oh so my week is gonna be like this the whole way through, is it?" Katsu grumbled a bit to himself, summoning a Katana to his hand. If Oniryu was here; it was to either kill or teach, and in either case Katsu would need a weapon in hand. However as Katsu moved to take one of the stances of Buredono Kenseijin Oniryu shook his head.

"You're not fit to wield a blade yet, boy. For now. Footwork. You're quick, but you can't perform Shunshin. That skill will be critical as your training progresses, or else you'll end up dead. Ahem.. Dead, again." Oniryu gave his demonic looking grin, and Katsu rolled his eyes.

"Yes I know I died. Still not even sure what from because you didn't let me wake up properly."

"Not important right now. What is, is that it's created a circumstance where you can be trained without distractions."

Katsu gave a shrug, not relinquishing his sword, "Alright then. How's this going to work then, Sensei?"

Oniryu gave his demonic grin as he too summoned a blade to his hand, bringing it up to point straight at Katsu's throat. Oniryu was six meters away from Katsu, but even at that distance his aura of killing intent was intense. Once again Katsu could see Oniryu only as a wild beast eyeing its next meal with hunger. The next instant Oniryu was directly in front of Katsu, his blade raised high in the air for a vicious downward slash. Katsu barely had time to put his blade over his head in an attempt to divert the blow some and move a bit to the opposite direction before Oniryu struck. The sound of shearing metal filled Katsu's ears as he felt his own blade get much lighter, and as he fell to the ground in a heap he realized that Oniryu had cut right through his blade, Katsu's attempt to divert the blow not so much as shifting the attack a millimeter. If Katsu was hit by that he was dead.

Scrabbling away to gain his feet Katsu had to duck to his right to avoid having his head taken off by Oniryu's blade. Katsu knew full well that Oniryu wasn't going to hold back any power in his strikes. He might make them dodgable, but if Katsu didn't take this seriously from the start he wouldn't last any time at all. Growling in frustration more than anything Katsu tried to remember how Shunshin was supposed to work. It was just a burst of speed essentially, but how to achieve it?

Still trying to get some distance between himself and Oniryu, who seemed determined to either have Katsu succeed at this or die trying, Katsu tried the simplest approach. Stamina to the legs for a big jump forward. His feet slipped out from underneath him, and Katsu crashed into the ground face first. Spitting out a daisy he rolled to his left, barely avoiding another swing of Oniryu's katana. Rolling to his feet Katsu tried again, this time making sure he had a good footing before letting the stamina surge through his legs. The leap he made was incredible, jumping at least thirty feet right into the air, but it wasn't much faster than a normal jump, and worse yet Katsu barely had any control of his jump, having put himself into the air upside down!

“Ah crap!” Katsu muttered as he saw Oniryu take a single step from his position on the ground to appear mere inches from Katsu as he began to fall through the air, “Oh come on that's not even a Shunshin!” Katsu yelled as he performed a quick string of handseals, blasting Oniryu with a blinding light before kicking him straight in the chest to open some space between them. Katsu landed first, and tried once more to perform a Shunshin, this time trying to better control the strength of his kick off. Pure power was not the answer it seemed. This result was better, if only because Katsu didn't send himself careening through the air. He still didn't move much faster than normal, but at least he managed to travel across the ground rather than through the air.

Oniryu slowly regained his vision, having just stood still in a defensive stance until his eyes could see once more. Katsu knew he could probably fight well enough blind, but in that case he might cause a swing to go a bit too far wide and potentially kill Katsu on accident. Katsu thought hard with the time his tactic had given him though, trying to think of what made the Shunshin so quick.

Humans could only move so fast simply because of their size, normally. A person could strike so hard against the ground in order to propel themselves forward so fast. Simply, the power in a human's legs often controlled how much speed they could produce. So shunshin involved powering up your legs for a burst of speed, but thinking on it that would put a great strain on the limbs, potentially snapping an ankle, the weakest part of the leg. Taking that into considered Katsu began to run circles around Oniryu, preparing his stamina, waiting for Oniryu to strike. It happened in an instant of course, as soon as Oniryu could properly see he rushed Katsu in a shunshin of his own, appearing just before Katsu with another deadly strike aimed for his body.

With a quick burst of stamina sent rushing through his legs, and special attention paid to powering his ankles to prevent damage to them, Katsu propelled himself directly forward, right underneath Oniryu's outstretched blade and nine meters past the demonic man, before Katsu fell to the ground in a fumble. Had he actually performed Shunshin then?

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Shunshin no Jutsu - Oshi (Body Flicker Technique - Push)
Rank: "C"
Skill: NinJutsu/TaiJutsu
Effect: A Jutsu that allows a user to rush forward in almost instantaneous speed. Used to draw the user close to the opponent.
Special: ---
Drawback: May use 3 times a day. May perform 1 more each time learned. Passing amount renders the user's legs immobile due to severe pain. Unable to perform again unless gained medical treatment. Must move through an opening. Unable to maneuver around obstructing objects. Can't attack while performing any Shunshin or Variation.
Description: User is able to move forward in a straight line along the ground in almost instantaneous untraceable speed while temporarily masking the user's movements within 10 meters. A puff of smoke is occasionally used to disguise the user's movements. It is accomplished by focusing the user's chi along the ankles and foot. User mostly moves just with their ankles and feet. Jutsu takes up no movements. User may only use this Jutsu half of the movements may allow in a single round while rounding down. Example: User has 5 movements, user is able to perform Jutsu 2 times per round.
Limit: Universal NinJutsu or Universal TaiJutsu.

Spitting up dirt Katsu jumped back to his feet. Just because he had performed a Shunshin didn't mean he could do it whenever he wanted now. He had to refine his technique. Oniryu obviously thought the same thing, for he merely continued with their training. Which meant more sword strikes aimed at vital spots on Katsu's body. Joy. Shuddering a bit Katsu braced himself for Oniryu's next attack, waiting and charging stamina in his legs. Of course he wasn't ready for Oniryu's own Shunshin, so much more controlled and precise, putting him directly in front of Katsu!

“Gah!” Katsu almost stumbled back, spinning on his falling ankle before trying to plant his other foot to create the footing for his Shunshin attempt. It almost looked like Katsu bounced off of the ground itself, at rather high speeds too. Of course bouncing off the earth meant one was in the air and Oniryu was quickly right on Katsu's tail again, his sword aimed to split Katsu's skull like a melon! Unable to do much of anything at that moment Katsu simply avoided the blade by putting himself into a backspin, using his boot to kick off of the flat of Oniryu's blade to get some distance. Hitting the ground Katsu rolled forward twice before coming to his feet, slamming energy into his legs once more to propel himself forward at rapid speed.

That was a proper Shunshin! No errors either, which was a relief because Katsu didn't think he could take any more of Oniryu's attacks while fumbling half on the ground. Still there was a lot to be desired for his Shunshin technique; no less than three steps had almost cost him his footing which at Shunshin speed meant broken limbs at the lightest.

“Better, but not close to Mastery.” Oniryu called out, mimicking Katsu's thoughts.

“Focusing on staying alive over technique, over here!” Katsu retorted, aggravation in his voice. Oniryu merely gave his demonic grin and swung his blade at Katsu from ten meters away. The sharpened blast of wind that rushed towards Katsu split all the grass and flowers in its path, and Katsu gave a shout of alarm before trying to Shunshin to his right only to feel a searing pain in his ankles even as he tried. Crying out Katsu instead just collapsed to his right, out of the way of the wind blade. Of course Oniryu wasn't the merciful type, and quickly sent another blade of sharpened air at Katsu, this one aimed for his torso. Crying out from the pain Katsu shoved stamina into his legs, willing them to move despite the damage he felt he had done to his ankles.

The formless Shunshin saved Katsu, but only got him perhaps a meter or so before he collapsed again, this time clutching his left foot, the throbbing pain too much for him to concentrate on much. “A pity. You've broken your ankle.” Oniryu was standing just above Katsu, his blade in the air, and Katsu gave a simple “Oh shi-!” before the blade swung down and split his skull in two. Katsu blinked, seeing Oniryu standing ten meters away from him, while he was healthy and whole.

“Sonovabitch! This training involves killing me repeatedly until I can stop you from killing me, doesn't it?” Katsu asked, already preparing himself to dodge once more.

“Indeed. The rules are like that of the real world, but here death just means starting over. Ideal conditions.” Oniryu sent another blade of wind at Katsu, and watching the grass be sliced apart Katsu timed it, waiting until the last moment to channel a burst of stamina to his legs, especially his ankles, and zooming off to his right in a blur of motion. Another blade of wind slashed right in front of his face as he landed from the Shunshin, and Katsu almost fell on his back before spinning and channeling another burst into his legs, this time moving directly away from Oniryu, actually catching up to and passing the wind blade, only to watch it slice past him once more as it headed off into the distance.

[Father 'Suke]

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Second Retraining!

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Shunshin no Jutsu - Oshi (Body Flicker Technique - Push)
Rank: "C"
Skill: NinJutsu/TaiJutsu
Effect: A Jutsu that allows a user to rush forward in almost instantaneous speed. Used to draw the user close to the opponent.
Special: ---
Drawback: May use 3 times a day. May perform 1 more each time learned. Passing amount renders the user's legs immobile due to severe pain. Unable to perform again unless gained medical treatment. Must move through an opening. Unable to maneuver around obstructing objects. Can't attack while performing any Shunshin or Variation.
Description: User is able to move forward in a straight line along the ground in almost instantaneous untraceable speed while temporarily masking the user's movements within 10 meters. A puff of smoke is occasionally used to disguise the user's movements. It is accomplished by focusing the user's chi along the ankles and foot. User mostly moves just with their ankles and feet. Jutsu takes up no movements. User may only use this Jutsu half of the movements may allow in a single round while rounding down. Example: User has 5 movements, user is able to perform Jutsu 2 times per round.
Limit: Universal NinJutsu or Universal TaiJutsu.

The wind blade passed Katsu once more, and Katsu gave a sigh before spinning to look at Oniryu once more. He was too far for the man to reach him in one Shunshin, but that didn't seem to bother Oniryu any, who simply seemed to appear in front of Katsu anyway! A quick back-handspring saved Katsu's head from being removed, but it brought to Katsu's attention the possibility of a double Shunshin. For just a tiny moment Katsu had spied Oniryu appear in the intervening space between where he began his Shunshin and the point he appeared in front of Katsu. By performing Shunshin twice in a row in quick succession the amount of space that could be traversed in a moment opened up considerably.

Of course Katsu had to survive long enough in order to try to take anything away from that knowledge. Turning to his right Katsu performed a quick Shunshin to get some space from Oniryu, trying to think of how to perform a double Shunshin. As he landed Oniryu performed his own Shunshin to get in Katsu's face once more, and ducking under the swung blade Katsu performed another Shunshin, and just as he landed he attempted to perform a second Shunshin without any time to recover himself. Two things went wrong immediately. Firstly, Katsu wasn't sure of his footing, and his feet quite simply slipped out from under him. Secondly Katsu had no stamina in his legs, and couldn't even create any force to propel himself forward. The end result was that Katsu faceplanted into the dirt, and an instant later he felt Oniryu's blade rips through his torso, piercing his heart.

Blink. Katsu standing again, unharmed, “Shit, can't use a double like that...” Katsu looked for Oniryu, spotted the man, and quickly Shunshined in the opposite direction. He had an idea. Once Katsu landed Katsu pumped even more stamina into his legs, more than double what he needed in order to perform a Shunshin, but he held back on the amount of force he put out when he started to move into his first Shunshin movement. His control let him complete his first Shunshin without any trouble, and still left stamina in his legs that he could attempt another Shunshin with.

Glad that that had managed to work Katsu went to perform his second Shunshin in rapid succession. He tapped into the extra stamina he had stored in his legs and was just about to move into his next Shunshin when he realized that his original Shunshin had left his footing more than poor, and he knew he wouldn't be able to complete his Shunshin at that rate. The time it took for Katsu to set his footing again gave Oniryu enough time to Shunshin in from his near thirty meter distance, a vertical strike meant to split Katsu in half coming down from above. Nearly panicking Katsu moved into his Shunshin, making sure that his landing and stored stamina were going to be enough to handle a second Shunshin.

Katsu landed, and immediately went for the second Shunshin again, but this time he made it work! The second Shunshin carried him an additional ten meters forward, and Katsu landed, albeit barely. There was a serious sting in Katsu's legs and his footing was absolute garbage after that double, and Katsu couldn't react at all as Oniryu flashed into view and slammed his sword through Katsu's eye.

Blink. “Well, can't win them all, I guess.” Katsu muttered to himself as he reappeared in the field, completely unharmed once more.

[Yoshi [Lynx!]]

+10, very nice post!

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Shunshin no Jutsu - Ken'in (Body Flicker Technique - Pull)
Rank: "D"
Skill: NinJutsu/TaiJutsu
Effect: A Jutsu that allows a user to rush backwards in almost instantaneous speed. Allows the user to retreat from 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: User is able to move backwards in a straight line along the ground in almost instantaneous untraceable speed while temporarily masking the user's movements within 10 meters. A puff of smoke is occasionally used to disguise the user's movements. Supplement of Shunshin no Jutsu - Oshi (Body Flicker Technique - Push) while using same schematics.
Limit: Universal NinJutsu or Universal TaiJutsu, Must know Shunshin no Jutsu - Oshi (Body Flicker Technique - Push)

Oniryu would sheathe his blade; approaching Katsu in a non-threatening manner. “Alright you have the basic concept down, you'll need more than that to be effective though. You've been only moving forward, which makes your movements easily read. Add in more variety.”

Katsu gave a quick nod, expecting Oniryu to attack him in order to force him to learn or suffer, but the man merely stood there, as if waiting. Shrugging, Katsu put hand to his chin to think of how he was going to improve his technique. After a moment Katsu decided to see if he could simply attempt the technique by himself. The first thing Katsu noticed as he tried to set his feet for a reversed Shunshin was that the footing wasn't very suitable. Katsu had to set his feet one way to go forward, and another way to go backward. Frowning at the limitation Katsu focused on setting his feet backward now, to prepare for the Ken'in Shunshin. Slamming the stamina into his legs Katsu pushed off backwards, and very nearly snapped his ankle.

Falling to the ground at the sudden pain in his legs Katsu grunted, wondering what he had done wrong. Of course. Katsu was moving backwards. He had to distribute the stamina in his legs in a different manner in order to properly protect his limbs from being damaged by his own movement. How silly of him. Shaking his head Katsu once again set his footing to move backwards; this time ensuring that he placed the stamina in a manner to better support a backwards movement. Katsu moved into the Shunshin, trying to just get himself to be propelled backward. He managed it, of course, but his landing was abysmal. While he had attempted to shift his footing to better accommodate a backwards movement Katsu had overcompensated; and when he landed from the Shunshin movement he didn't have the ability to properly place his feet, and he tumbled to the ground, the sound of snapping bone filling the air for a moment.

Crying out in pain Katsu barely noticed Oniryu approach and unsheathe his blade and sheathe it again in one swift motion. Katsu completely missed the part where Oniryu slashed through his form once more, and didn't even know he had been slain once more until. Blink. Katsu was whole again, standing roughly ten meters from Oniryu once more.

Sighing in frustration Katsu simply continued with his previous efforts. Filling his legs with stamina and placing his feet, this time in a more neutral stance rather than one only for moving backwards, Katsu tried once more to perform a reverse Shunshin. While much better than previously, mainly because Katsu didn't break anything, Katsu still couldn't get his footing right as he landed. He tumbled to the ground once more. Sighing in frustration Katsu eventually got back to his feet, dusting himself off, trying to think of what he was doing wrong. He had the stamina in all the right places. He had the footing for the take off, but he couldn't manage the landing properly.

Thinking, Katsu decided to place a bit extra stamina in his legs as he performed his next Shunshin. The logic was that the extra stamina could be used for a minor but rapid movement of the legs to better facilitate a landing from a backwards Shunshin. With nothing else to go by Katsu quickly enacted his little plan, slamming the stamina into his legs and pushing off into the Shunshin, and while quickly in the middle of the movement Katsu used his remaining stamina in order to move his legs back just a little further than the rest of his body. It went off without a hitch, and Katsu landed fairly gracefully from his movement.

Just to be sure he had it down however Katsu performed the exact same thing once more, and again, concentrating on refining the process that he had learned so that he wouldn't have to worry about falling flat because of some tiny foul up...

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Shunshin no Jutsu - Ko (Body Flicker Technique - Arc)
Rank: "D"
Skill: NinJutsu/TaiJutsu
Effect: A Jutsu that allows a user to rush in an arc in almost instantaneous speed. Allows the user to avoid the opponent's attack and gaze.
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 move in an arc along the ground in almost instantaneous untraceable speed while temporarily masking the user's movements within 10 meters. User may move forward, or backwards if they know Tweh version of Shunshin. This Jutsu is used to get around and behind an opponent without sacrificing multiple Shunshins. Supplement of Shunshin no Jutsu - Oshi (Body Flicker Technique - Push) using same schematics.
Limit: Universal NinJutsu or Universal TaiJutsu, Must know Shunshin no Jutsu - Oshi (Body Flicker Technique - Push)

Thinking that he had gotten the ability to move backwards mostly down Katsu turned to Oniryu once more, who merely snapped his fingers. The daisies and tall grass that had covered the field was shortened down to just a couple inches off the ground, while thousands of wooden pillars each about a meter in diameter and five meters in height rose from the ground. A number of bulls-eye targets appeared on the ground as well, apparently randomly placed, yet always exactly ten meters from each other. Many of the pillars, Katsu noticed after studying the area thoroughly, were set directly in the paths of the targets. He had an inkling of the training that was coming next and just said, “This part is going to be painful, Sensei.”

Oniryu grinned evilly, his filed teeth flashing in the sunlight, “Good, you understand the purpose. Get to it, boy.”

Rolling his shoulders Katsu stepped onto the nearest Target, looking around at all of the targets set close enough for him to Shunshin to. Three were straight shots, but four others were half hidden by the pillars dotting the landscape. Obviously the test here was to learn to perform Shunshin in a non-linear manner, in order to further increase the options he had when performing Shunshin to lower the chance someone could read his movements. But how to turn his Shunshin movement from a straight line to a curved one?

Without anything coming to mind immediately Katsu simply shrugged and decided to go the route of simple experimentation. The first thing was to complete a basic Shunshin between two targets without a pillar separating them, and attempt to see if he could manipulate his path of travel any. Choosing one of the three targets in plain view Katsu performed a Shunshin towards it, and in the middle of the movement he attempted to try and shift his weight to his right, in an effort to move his path of travel towards the right, essentially curving it.

The attempt was disastrous. Rather than shifting his weight to his right the effort caused him to lose his balance during his Shunshin movement. Katsu's feet left the ground and he flew Shunshin speed directly into one of the wooden pillars, his torso wrapping around the pole as every bone in his chest crumbled from the impact. Blink. Katsu was standing on the target he had left from, completely unharmed. That didn't work. At all. Apparently changing the motion of a Shunshin during the act was far too difficult for Katsu to pull off at that point. So that meant trying to make the path of travel an arc from the start of the movement.

Katsu turned to one of the targets blocked by one of the pillars. If he was going to attempt this he better go for the end result and take the pain in the interim rather than trying to do it with kiddy gloves on. Preparing himself, Katsu tried to visualize his path of movement from the target he was standing on to the target that he was aiming for. His path was straight as an arrow and went right through the blocking pillar. Concentrating further, Katsu tried to imagine himself pushing off harder with his left left while at the same time leaning to the left as well. In his mind he saw his path start to curve to the right a bit, and nodding to himself Katsu moved into his Shunshin, enacting what he saw in his mind.

Katsu bounced off the right side of the pillar at Shunshin speed, spinning through the air for ten feet before slamming into the ground. His left arm was a mangled wreck and he felt a rib piercing his lung. Blink. Hale and whole once more Katsu sighed in frustration, “Shit. I curved a little bit but that wasn't enough.” Not sure how to continue Katsu just tried what he had done before, trying to see if he could push the curve farther. No less than three attempts saw Katsu run right into the pillar again. It seemed that no matter how far left or right he tried to shift his weight or push off harder, there was a limit to how much change it did to the path of travel.

Thinking still Katsu wondered if the trick was a double push? Rather than trying use up all the stamina for a normal Shunshin at once it had to be separated into two mini-Shunshin instead. That way you could perform part of a Shunshin off center of your target, then perform another part of the Shunshin to correct your path, creating an arc of movement. Without a better option coming to mind Katsu decided to enact that theory. He stored up the normal amount of stamina in his legs in order to perform a Shunshin, but just as he theorized Katsu only pushed off with half of that stamina in his left leg, aiming just to the right of the pillar blocking his path. The tiniest moment after pushing off with his left leg Katsu pushed off with his right leg, and lo and behold his body rushed forward, reaching the point just to the right of pillar before curving back to the left and landing on the target he had been aiming at!

[KoKoKo]

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Shunshin no Jutsu - Ko (Body Flicker Technique - Arc)
Rank: "D"
Skill: NinJutsu/TaiJutsu
Effect: A Jutsu that allows a user to rush in an arc in almost instantaneous speed. Allows the user to avoid the opponent's attack and gaze.
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 move in an arc along the ground in almost instantaneous untraceable speed while temporarily masking the user's movements within 10 meters. User may move forward, or backwards if they know Tweh version of Shunshin. This Jutsu is used to get around and behind an opponent without sacrificing multiple Shunshins. Supplement of Shunshin no Jutsu - Oshi (Body Flicker Technique - Push) using same schematics.
Limit: Universal NinJutsu or Universal TaiJutsu, Must know Shunshin no Jutsu - Oshi (Body Flicker Technique - Push)

Something felt off for a moment though, Katsu thought to himself. In fact it wasn't really a true arc in the end was it? It was just two lines in two directions connected together, rather than an actual curved line. While the distinction was mostly an academic one Katsu knew there would be some kind of problem later if he didn't learn to perform a real curving motion. Looking for his next target Katsu once more performed a Shunshin, once again pushing off stronger in one leg than the other in order to move offcenter of a line, then almost immediately pushing off with his other leg in order to bring himself back into that line, resulting in his two-line Shunshin. He was trying to figure out the difference between a true curve and his two line Shunshin.

Katsu think he had it however. It was the shifting of weight. You had to shift your weight before the Shunshin somehow. Enacting that idea Katsu aimed for the next target, shifting his weight to his left side before kicking off with his right leg. Only to end up flying up into the air, smashing against one of the pillars head first. Blink. That wasn't it. Frowning Katsu concentrated, trying to think of something else that moved like he was attempting to. After sorting through a bunch of different animals Katsu eventually came to the conclusion of the snake. The snake was renowned for its movement, sliding from one position to the next seamlessly. More than one Martial Art style had grown around the movements of the snake, and Katsu felt it was appropriate for this technique.

The shift in the weight was the key, Katsu thought, but not a completed one. Performing another Shunshin first started to shift his weight to the left, bracing his legs and then leaping forward ever as his weight continued to shift to his left. Katsu then attempted to shift his weight back to the right but promptly lost his balance and fell. Another lethal impact, another blink, and Katsu tried the Shunshin once again. Shift weight to the left even as you leap forward, reach the point where you feel you might fall, and then shift your weight back to the right. Just like the movements of a snake sliding across the ground at high speed.

Katsu fell a second and a third time in his attempts, his timing and shifting movement just a little off. Controlling his center of gravity was definitely going to be important whenever Katsu tried to Shunshin later, he thought. However Katsu would eventually get the concept down, through trial and error. Shift your weight one direction and push off during the middle of that shifting, then during the rapid movement of the Shunshin you shift your weight back in the other as you landed. You had to keep your center of gravity directly beneath you in order to pull it off successfully or else you risked falling and hitting something at Shunshin speed...

[Yoshi [Lynx!]]

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Shunshin no Jutsu - Kaunta (Body Flicker Technique - Counter)
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

Katsu finally turned back to his Sensei, “So what's next?”

Oniryu pushed away from the pillar he had been leaning on and motioned with his hand. All of the pillars and targets faded to be replaced with the flowers and high grass again, “You've got the basic movements down but you need to learn how to read an opponent's movements and counter them. Just running around the battlefield won't get you anywhere in combat except tired.

“Perform a Shunshin, any direction or method you like.”

Shrugging Katsu immediately moved to Shunshin to his left, perpendicular to the way he was facing Oniryu. When he landed Katsu looked towards where Oniryu had been standing to see what he was going to do, only to see the man wasn't there. “Where are you looking, boy?” Katsu whirled around in time for Oniryu to grab a hold of the front of his shirt and bodily toss him across the meadow. Katsu bounced twice before he could right himself and land on his feet. Thinking it wouldn't be good to remain in that spot Katsu performed a Shunshin in a backwards arc, curling around to his right. When he got there Oniryu was already lining up a punch to flatten Katsu.

Laying on the ground letting the stars fade from his vision Katsu thought about how Oniryu had been able to know exactly where he had planned to travel to. Katsu knew he wasn't the best at subtle movements compared to a lot of Shinobi but to be read so easily felt shameful. Slowly Katsu rose to his feet, dusting himself off, “I think I know how to managed to follow me so easily. It's the difference between our experience for sure, but I think the basic technique involves watching the opponent's movements and watching for a specific setup. When you just run normally your stance can be pretty wide on options. Whether you lope, gait, stride, or sprint there's a dozen different ways to set yourself before you start moving with a normal run.

“However Shunshin is a little different, isn't it? You need a great amount of stability in order to kick off the ground with the force needed to achieve Shunshin speed. That limits the ways you can set your stance as you move into a Shunshin. Besides that there's also which direction you plan on traveling. Shunshin, at least at my level, requires you to either move directly forward or directly backward in order to maintain the power. Meaning my stance is further limited in options, allowing for a quicker assessment of where I might go and then your response is that much swifter.”

Once again Oniryu nodded at Katsu, grinning at his quick understanding of the situation. “You have the concept, now utilize it.”

Katsu was quickly greeted with Oniryu's performance of Shunshin away from him! Scrambling, Katsu rushed into his own Shunshin, having to use two Shunshin in order to catch up to the man as he landed. Oniryu stood there for a moment longer before vanishing once more, only the tiniest inkling of his planned direction coming to Katsu. It was just enough to let Katsu know which direction to look in order to follow. He was still failing miserably at this point. Reaching Oniryu's side Katsu watched carefully, trying to see which way he was going to go next. Katsu had at least found that Oniryu was spacing his Shunshin movements very specifically, so that Katsu had time to both catch up if he made a mistake and get at least a glance before Oniryu vanished again.

Glaring at Oniryu's form Katsu noticed him leaning ever so lightly to his right side, and just as Oniryu twitched in Katsu's vision he performed a Shunshin in the direction he thought Oniryu was heading. Disappointment. Katsu had gone the complete other direction! The movement he had though was Oniryu's preparation to Shunshin was actually bracing himself before preparing to go the other way. He'd jumped the gun, and lost his chance that time. Performing Shunshin to reach Oniryu's side once more Katsu again glared at the man, trying to catch every detail.

Oniryu smiled and began to lean backwards ever so slightly, his feet sliding in the tall grass just a hair to Katsu's perception. Not straight back but at an angle, it was going to be a Shunshin Arc! But which angle? Katsu couldn't tell, and as Oniryu vanished Katsu just chose one of his two more likely options. Failure again, but not so bad this time. He had gotten the direction right but the arc shape was wrong, so Katsu ended up roughly five feet farther from Oniryu than when they had both started, but much closer than the 20 meters he had gotten wrong before.

Still close enough to catch Oniryu with a single Shunshin Katsu watched again, noting a quick twitch that had Oniryu apparently aim for an Arc around Katsu, but another twitch seemed to suggest he was going to aim directly to his left. Not quite sure which one was truth and which was false, Katsu went with his gut feeling and followed the arc movement. Landing from his Shunshin Katsu looked about, was his guess correct?

[Nira]

Yeah sure, you guessed correctly. Arc it is.

Or whatever.

Ugh, drank too much coffee, I'm filled with too much hype.

In any case, +10 Learned.

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Shunshin no Jutsu - Zanzō (Body Flicker Technique - Remaining Image)
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

Oniryu however was not standing nearby but was roughly fifteen meters away. Katsu had guessed wrong. "How the..? I was sure that was the right choice. What did I do wrong?"

Oniryu gave his evil grin, "Nothing, boy, besides being naive. What went wrong is that I used the next technique you're going to learn. Shunshin Zanzou. By increasing the rapidity of my steps during a Shunshin and giving off misleading body language I can create a situation where your eyes tell you that I am planning on going in more than one direction at once. It tricks the mind into thinking that there is two or even more of me, all moving to different positions within the Ten meter range of a single Shunshin. It's nothing but a feint, in the end, but it's a very useful skill to train well.

"Here, I'll show you once again. Look well, boy." Oniryu said a moment before vanishing, Katsu completely bewildered as he thought he saw a total of five Oniryu standing at different points all within ten meters of Oniryu's first position. In the moment before he had launched himself Katsu had seen the strange way in which he had set his stance. It was dead center under Oniryu, allowing for him to move in any direction he wished, although Katsu wasn't sure how he didn't snap his ankles with that stance. He assumed it had to do with his greater experience with Shunshin.

Still, it was impressive. How to replicate that though? Katsu set his stance, for a movement forward. Oniryu had said it was about increasing the number of steps in a Shunshin combined with misleading body movements. Katsu thought he had best focus on the increasing his speed first, to make sure he could handle it before moving on to the other part. So the first thing to do was to increase Katsu's speed during a Shunshin. Which meant needing more stamina, right? Or else a more efficient use of the stamina he used for an existing Shunshin. That would probably be a better use of training in the long run.

Setting his stance Katsu concentrated on his legs, feeding the stamina he needed in order to perform a normal Shunshin, then backing it off just a small bit. The goal was to perform a normal shunshin with this lesser amount of stamina, and then using the extra in order to increase the speed. Breathing out slowly to calm himself Katsu attempted to perform the Shunshin using 95% of the normal amount of stamina he used. It was nearly a success, with Katsu falling out of the Shunshin speed just a meter or so too short. He could get used to this. Nodding to himself Katsu repeated the attempt, trying to focus his stamina to the utmost, to control it without flaw. The result was similar. Just a few steps short of his original destination, stumbling out of Shunshin speed to nearly fall off his feet.

Frowning, Katsu shrugged. It was going to be a slow process apparently. Yet slowly bit by bit Katsu would figure out a more effective method for his stamina during a shunshin. It took just a tiny bit less each time in order to actually complete his normal Shunshin, and eventually Katsu found that he could complete a normal Shunshin with only 50% of the stamina he had been using when he had first started his Shunshin training. That was definitely a marked improvement but now Katsu needed to be able to use that extra stamina in order to increase his speed and hopefully create the illusion of a second Katsu when he performed a Shunshin.

Taking a breather in order to recover his stamina Katsu thought about how to utilize the technique properly. If he simply pumped the stamina back into his legs and attempted to move faster it'd just result in him losing control and crashing. Trying to go beyond ten meters with a single Shunshin was almost impossible, one just lost control and was likely to run into something. Yet perhaps that "extra" distance could instead be used to create the illusion?

Shrugging to himself Katsu just decided to test out the concept. He set his stance, and summoned up the amount of stamina he would need, and concentrated on creating a false path and a true path of travel in his mind. The false path led towards his left, the true path straight ahead. With a spurt of movement Katsu rushed first to his left just a bit, trying to create the illusion that he had performed the entire Shunshin in that direction, and then immediately used the rest of his stamina to correct his path and run directly forward. When Katsu landed at the end of his Shunshin he looked towards his Sensei with a quizzical look and a question, "How was that, Sensei?"

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