Traveling Back Home [T]

[Raika Tatsu]

[[Enter from Okhotsk]]

Raika wasn't sure if he had accomplished what he had set out to do. Not only had he and Okuda failed the assassination mission they had taken on, but he had not succeeded in the Chuunin Exams. Whether his actions were enough or not to grant him official Chuunin status was still up in the air. It had been two years about since he had been back to his village. Things had undoubtedly changed. He'd have a lot of catching up and debriefing to do once he returned. For now, he just had to worry on getting back.

Tatsu found a ship heading to the Land of Thunder, so he bought a ticket for passage and boarded the vessel. Now he simply had to await the long journey back home. At least Nera was with him, so he wasn't alone.

[[Travel to Kaminari no Kuni]]

[Nira]

Random Encounter!

Five small warships stopped the ship Raika was riding on. A warship captain warned that pirates where occupying the sea ahead, and refused to let the ship advance any further.

The marines aboard the warships carried longswords. As many as twenty occupied each warship. It could be a good place to stock up on weapons, if someone was crazy enough to fight all of them.

The traveling ship was going to dock in the Fire Country, the nearby land mass.

[Raika Tatsu]

The travelling had been going well, without any kind of incident, but sadly that didn't last too long. Warships? Really? And they were getting so close...

Apparently pirates were roaming the seas further along, and these warships were keeping ships from sailing in those waters. That was problematic, since apparently the ship would be forced to dock in Hi no Kuni. While not completely horrible, it was unfortunate. The soldiers on board of the warships did not seem to be much of a threat, but Tatsu was not in the mood to fight a bunch of likely innocent soldiers, just for his selfish desire to get home sooner. While disruptive and annoying, pirates could be dangerous, and the possibility of a greater threat among the pirates was not worth fighting these men. Thus, Raika just sighed and went back to his room to wait for the ship to make port in the Land of Fire.

Once they arrived, Tatsu left the dock and used his Kunai Compass jutsu to figure out which direction to go. Thankfully, he knew the Land of Thunder's general direction from Fire Country, and once he had his bearings Tatsu used his Wing Grow technique to sprout wings from his back, then launched himself high into the air. He then flew towards his home country.

[[Travel towards Kaminari no Kuni (though I need to fly over Yu no Kuni--Hot Springs--and Shimo no Kuni--Frost--to get there, so move where it needs to go please.) Thank you!]]

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Techniques Used:

Kunai rashinban (Kunai compass)
Rank: “D” Rank.
Skill: Ninjutsu.
Effect: The user channels a little chakra in a kunai to make it point towards north.
Special: Bird and dragon.
Drawback: Have to know how to use a real compass, or else, the jutsu will be useless.
Description: By using the magnetic forces in the earth, a shinobi can use it to their advantage if they are lost. They lay a kunai on the ground, and channel a little chakra in it. The blade will then point towards the north, while the handle will point to south. This jutsu can be extremely useful when lost or if you don’t have a compass to use.
Limit: Has to know lightning release.

Tsubasa Sodachimasu no jutsu (Wing Grow Technique)
Rank: C-Rank
Skill: Ninjutsu
Effect: Lets the user grow wings of a bird out of their shoulders.
Special: Ram
Drawback: The user may feel some pain, due to the initial outburst of the extra shoulder bones that are used for the rest of the wings to grow on. Cannot Re-grow wings that were ripped or severed from the body. If one wing is removed then it is impossible to retract the wings. If a wing is injured somehow, once retracted they cannot be used for 2 weeks OOC.
Description: The user forms the handseal, and then the extra shoulder bones that come from the Ritual of Talon and Feather burst through the back of the user and they start to grow into wings of any given bird, through chakra increasing the length of the bones, (user chooses) that are twice the length of the user’s arms. Chakra will numb the pain, but it will still hurt. The chakra will also accelerate the growth of the skin, but it will come out with feathers, having stimulated the chemical. The user may then use the wings to fly and perform other techniques that require this jutsu. When the Tsubasa wishes it or has an injured wing they can retract the wings into their body to heal over time or simply to hide them.
Limit: Must be a Tsubasa, must have Ritual of the Talon and Feather performed on them.

[Nira]

Moved to Hot Springs

[Raika Tatsu]

Tatsu flew for a little while before landing to take a rest in some woods. He stayed on a thick tree branch high above the ground. Raika kept watch on the area as he sat down, giving his wings a short break. He let Nera go slither down the tree and hunt for some food in close proximity to the tree, and it didn't take her long to find and kill a rat nearby. It took her a little bit to swallow the creature and be ready for travel, at which point Tatsu went to the ground and picked her up gently, wrapping her around him before using the kunai compass technique once more and launching himself back up into the air. The weather was nice, and the cloud moisture was soothing. Tatsu kept his goggles on to help keep his eyes safe from the moisture as well as the wind. He could tell he was not too far away from his home country, he just couldn't wait to get there.

[[Fly to Land of Frost]]

[Nira]

Moved.

[Raika Tatsu]

Tatsu flew around for a while, and as he felt the temperatures get lower he realized that he was getting closer. No doubt that he was flying over the country of Frost. He landed in a safe area and began walking for a bit, as the sky now was quite cold for the young Tokagekuran. Thankfully he had a good bit of clothes on, keeping him warm, but it was definitely not fun. Still, the ground was better for now. After a few minutes, Tatsu took to the trees, jumping between them in the direction he had been taking, using the Kunai Compass technique any time he thought he might be losing track or the right direction. At one point Tatsu stopped at an inn along a road and ate some food and drack some water, as well as getting some much needed rest. After a a couple of hours, Tatsu went back to the road; once the weather was nicer, he once again took to the skies for his final run to his home country.

[[Fly to Land of Thunder]]

[KoKoKo]

moving

[Raika Tatsu]

Finally, Tatsu was now within the borders of his home country. The land, the trees, the hills, and, of course, the weather. Tatsu landed on the ground and then took to the trees. Thankfully, he knew the direction he needed to go from almost any part of Kaminari to get to the village, thanks to different missions he had taken in the past. He was almost home, where he hadn't been in much too long.

[[Exit]]