Days in the Life of a Sociopath[Training/Invite]

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Observation (0/125 SP)
Rank: "E"
Skill: Skill
Effect: This skill focuses certain powers of observation - sight, smell, hearing, and touch.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: Can be learned by an Animal. A failed check indicates that the character is oblivious until the thing is pointed out to him. This skill is important for ferreting out advancing enemies or ambushes, generally real-time events and actions occurring, versus scrutiny, which covers static objects or areas. A Game Master may roll an Observation skill check for a Character any time there is an NPC, monster, event or happening that a character might notice, even if he did not specifically state that he is monitoring his surroundings. Characters are capable of noticing any event within their perception. Observation reveals only facts, not motivation. If user has 25 or more Ranks in Evidence Analysis user gains a Synergy Bonus +10 to Observation. Each time learned user gets 1 die roll to increase the skill.
Limit: --

It was the start of a new day, and the sun slowly crept through the clouds and into Ame's window. Ame was already sitting up straight in her bed looking aroud her room. When the ray of sunlight rose to her face she got out of her bed, and then immediately started to make it. She carefully layed out the sheets on top of each other, and after plaing the comforter on top, she knelt down, and spread her hands out on top of it. She serveyed the bed to make sure that everything was in order. After observing the bed until she was satisfied she finally, she got up to continue her verry long morning ritual. First she wold go and brush her teeth and throughly floss. Afterward she would throughly examine her teeth for anything she may have missed. She rolled her tongue along her teeth, she felt that she missed a shot, and then restated the process. 

After showering, rushing her hair, she would stand in front of the mirror naked. She would tthrroughly examine her body for any imperfections. s she serched her body, she nticed servel small nicks on her body that she had gotten frrom he last mission, "Acceptable..." Is all she said as she stopped her examination and then went to put on her clothes. When she had finished she again stood in front of the mirror and examined heself to make sure everything was in pristine order. She was a small speck of thing on her shirt, and was immediately disgustted by it. She ripped off her shirt and went to go cchange it into other one. This one too had a small spec of what she assumed to be blood. She sighed as blood was notoriously difficult to get out. Shee went bak into her closet and finally found a shirt that was prestine. " Maybe I should stop wearing white? This is a bloody business afterall...nah." Ame went over to her wall and pulled off her utlity belt and two of her short swords.

As she left her room she turned to give her room one more look over. Her eyes quickly scaned the room for anything that was even sightly out of place. Her eyes were quickly drawn over to her kunia that were on the table under where she kept her swords. One of them was slightly out of place. She walked over to it and using her index finger slightly push it up into place with the others. She then flicked a small piece of dust off from the edge of the table. Ame once again surveyed her room.. Satisfied with what she saw she headed outside, to go to her favorite coffee shop for breakfast. When stepped out into the open she smelt the air, it would seem as if it was raining this morning just before the sun had begin to raise into the sky. Ame looked around as the suns rays glimmered off the puddles, and rain drops on the nearby buildings. Ame actually enjoyed the way a fresh rain made the world smell after it subsided. She took in the scent and began to seemingly glide through the streets of Kirigakure. Today seemed like it could be a pretty good day. 
  

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I'll give it to you this time, but in future please be more descriptive when training something like Observation. Observation is all about your surroundings or whatever you're looking at/smelling/hearing/etc. Like in your post you say you notice some nicks on your person. Where were they? How long was the scratch? Had it scabbed over or had it not been deep enough to bleed at all? What did the soap smell like when your character showered? For observation you want to do more than just the baseline of noticing something.

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Acting (0/125 SP)
Rank: "E"
Skill: Skill
Effect: Acting enables a character to skillfully portray various roles.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: Acting is most often used as a form of entertainment, though it can also be useful in aiding a disguise or pulling a scam. A skilled actor knows how to research their role in order to provide a realistic portrayal to include mannerisms, speech patterns, dialect or jargon. The Acting skill also confers a cumulative 5% bonus (per level above Unskilled) to Disguise skill check rolls. The list below gives examples of Mastery and what the character can do.
Unskilled Give a stereotyped performance.
Novice Pretend to be a person whose background is not too dissimilar from the character’s own.
Average Play a role convincing to an audience not overly familiar with the part he’s portraying.
Advanced By observing and interacting with a member of a class or profession, he can pass himself off as said.
Expert Can independently ‘invent’ a role such as a lord, member of a cult, wealthy merchant, etc., and can dress and act the part with such skill that he can pass as that person.
Master Can successfully imitate any person well enough to fool anyone not intimately familiar with the person (barring visual familiarity).

If user has 25 or more Ranks in Acting user gains a Synergy Bonus +10 to Disguise (to act in character), Interpret/Perform Mime, Intimidate, and Sleight of Hand. Each time learned user gets 1 die roll to increase the skill.
Limit: --

Ame walked out into the streets of Kirigakure, and like everyday she had to put on a play for those who knew her. She wasn't pretending to be someone she wasn't she was pretending to have emotions that she honestly didn't believe were there. Thoe arounnd taught that she was a well mannered, sweet girl, with a very sad and dark past,  for the most part this was true, so this was the role she was forced to play, on a daily bases. She walked passed her neghbor, and by all accounts would rathe pretend that she didn't exist. This old women had no value in Ame's eyes she was just a waste of space, but she always seemed to like Ame, so Ame would havve to pretend to return the senitiment. Instead of the emotionless stare and wave that her body felt compeled to do, she instead turned to her with a bright smile on her face, and waved at her, "Good Morning, its good to see you." Ame said as the elderly women responded in kind. As the old women thought about how sweet she was, all Ame could think, as her wave turn into a clenched fist, was, "Tired old hag, how are you still alive?"

Ame would soon pass by a flower shop on her way to her favorite little coffee shop. The owner of this establishment always showed interest in Ame, sometimes  bordering on preverted. By all accounts Ame wanted to relocate some of his bodies parts, but for the most part he was also vey nice to Ame. So again she would have to play her role. As she walked by the shop the man commented on how beautiful Ame looked today, and handed her a flower. Ame giggled as she grabbed the flower, "You're going to go out of business, if you keep giving alway flowers like this." She waved good bye to him as she smelled the flower with a smile on her face. She turned around placing the flower into her hair, and greeted others in the area that were familiar with her. As she smiled and greeted others she thought, "You'll never go out of business, that would be an act of kindness from the universe. I have long since given up on such things..." 

Her last target was always both her most challenging, and easiest. There was an old man, that sat outside the coffee shop, every morning. He seemed to be the only one among the general populancce hatt could see right through her. But he was seeing excatly what he thought he was. He saw tthe darkness in Ame, but mistaked it for a girl had lost her parents too young, and who was trying to put up defenses to protect herself from the rest of the world. "Why do you pretend like that every morning Ame-kun?" The old man asked her as she was about to walk pass him. Her fake smile instantly faded into a very cold look. She lloked over at the man, and then in a seemingly solem voice, "My problems are my own, there's no reason to burden others is there? They all want me to be the happy girl, so that is the role I will play for them." This is why the old man was a dangerous one, and at the same time an easy one. Ame felt she could act most like herself around him, but she needed to change her temperment alittle, and had to more carefully wach her words. 

"For them huh? You don't even like flowers, yet you keeping one in your head. You would rather be alone, but you use that inviting smile...I think you do it for yourself, pretending to be the person you want to be. ut you're just too afraid to let anyone in." The old man said to the dark youth, thinking that he was slowly chipping away a the girls hard surface. Ame sighed, and then looked over at the old man with a steely look in her eyes. After staring at the man for longer than normal, for a dramatic effect, to give the illusion that she was mulling over what the old man had said, she then responded, "Maybe you're right. And maybe there's a reason why I keep them at all at arms length." Ame then turned towards the door, as she wlked into the shop. The old man sat there feeling uneasy, feeling thatt he may have forced her to relive unpleasant memories, and brought up uncomfortable feeling to the suurface. Not knowing that Ame didn't feel anything from the encounter. At least that's what she wouuld tell herself. 

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Intimidate (0/125)
Rank: "E"
Skill: Skill
Effect: User can change another's behavior with a successful check.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: Characters use this skill to cause others to back down in a contest of wills, to make others afraid. To Intimidate The Difficulty of this check is +10 + 5 per Target's Class Level + (5 x Impeccable Will) + Target's modifiers on Saves against Fear. User gains a +4 bonus on their Intimidate check for each size category they are larger than the target (This does not apply to Traits or Augmentations while retaining the same Size Category. Conversely, user takes a -4 penalty on their Intimidation check for every size Category that they are smaller than their target. Look in Task Skills thread found in the Skills and Traits Index for more information. If user has 25 or more Ranks in Acting user gains a Synergy Bonus +10 to Intimidate. Each time learned user gets 1 die roll to increase the skill.
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Ame walked into the coffee shop and she didn't have to do much to order her usually, she simple raised her hand and they qucikly went to work. She she wanted for her hot green tea, she sat there in silence. Of course there was sounds around her, but she found the atmosphere some what relaxing, usually. Today however, there was a rather loud bunch that was there today. She sighed, as she just decided that she was going to drink her tea outside after it arrived, but it seemed that one of the boys in the group got alook at Ame and made their way over to her. Ame sighed as she figured that she knew why he and hi friends were coming over. But she was mistaken, and her eyes widened as the boy slammed his hand onto her table saying, "You stuck up bitch! I know who you are. You, and your whore of a mother were responsible for my killing brother. Don't let me catch you alone...I'll kill you, bitch!" 

Ame seemed relitively unfased b the threat, and as the boys started to walk away she said to them without looking in their direction, "Was that a threat? If so it was a very poor one...Shall I educate you?" The boys all turned aroud to face Ame who turned back to them with a sinister smile. This boys were no ninja, jjuust a few street punks, and after looking at Ame's sinister grin, the three of them all had chills run down there spine. The people within the shop didn't look to concerned. Unknown to Ame, this coffee shop was also her father's favorite as well, alot of the older customerrs who knew her father thought that she took after him a great deal. He was always a queit gentle soul, until you poked just a little too hard.

Not wanting to lose face the boys mentally forced themselves over to where Ame was sitting. As they made their ay over to her, one of the waiters dropped off her tea. She thanked him and he went on his way, completely ignoring the situation going on. Ame took a sip of her tea and then turned her attention over to the boys standing next to her, "There was no elegances, no soul to that threat. And then that blanket statement at the end? What was that? No nonono it was pathetic. The art of intimidation is exactly that, an art. Your just hacking away like animals." All the while Ame was saying this the boys could hear some snickering from the other customes.

The one who made the actual threat before  grew irriated and went to make a swwing at Ame saying, " It wasn't a threat you stupid bitch!!! I'll kill you!!!" As the boy was shouting Ame moved her cup of tea to the side. She parried and grabbed his fist throwing arm with her left and then grabbed the boy by the throat with her right, as she slammed him to the table. The boy's friends went to make a move on Ame who gave them a stare that over flowed with death as she told them, "One more step, and I will snap your friends neck, and yours soon after...understood?" The two boys stopped completely in their tracks not wanting to make a move in fearr for their lives. Ame then turned her attention over to the boy in her grip.

The boy was now sarting to understand what she meant about intimination being an art form. Her long jet black hair had fallen over her face, her icy blue eyes piercing through the ebony locks with a stare that could make death flinch. She raditated a murderous intent because by all accounts she honestly did want to kill the lot of them. Her eyes squinted in on the boy as her grip tightened slightly. She then said, " Do you have any idea what it feels like to have your tongue ripped out through a small whole in your neck, and have your throart follow soon after? Don't worry if you don't you soon will...if you keep this up." Ame had leaned in to whisper this into the boys' ear. As she leaned back the boy got a good looked at the deranged image in front of him. She seemed absolutely calm as she did all of this, and her eyes that were squinted earlier started to widened almost un-naturally. 

"Are we going to have any other problems?" Ame's tilted her head to the side he boy quickly shock hs head no, as the sweat could been seen dripping down his face. Ame let the boy go and then patted him on the face, as her regular demenor seemed to return in an instances. She sighed as she leaned back in her chair and took another sip of her tea. The boys all tried to walk off and away, but in a very stern voice Ame spoke, "Where are you going? Come sit with me. We obviously have MUCH to discuss." The boy looked at eachother, and then back at Ame, who glared at them, and then pointed to the sits at her table telling them rather annoyed, and aggressively this time, "SSSSIIIT!!! BITCHES!!!" Ame really did not like when someone used that word, so she thought it would be fitting if she showed a bit of anger after having being called it more than once. The three of them gulped hard and than nervously made their way to a sit. Ame then ordered 3 green teas for her "guest", and then said, "You clearly have an issue with me. So lets clear the air."
 

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Intimidate (11/125)
Rank: "E"
Skill: Skill
Effect: User can change another's behavior with a successful check.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: Characters use this skill to cause others to back down in a contest of wills, to make others afraid. To Intimidate The Difficulty of this check is +10 + 5 per Target's Class Level + (5 x Impeccable Will) + Target's modifiers on Saves against Fear. User gains a +4 bonus on their Intimidate check for each size category they are larger than the target (This does not apply to Traits or Augmentations while retaining the same Size Category. Conversely, user takes a -4 penalty on their Intimidation check for every size Category that they are smaller than their target. Look in Task Skills thread found in the Skills and Traits Index for more information. If user has 25 or more Ranks in Acting user gains a Synergy Bonus +10 to Intimidate. Each time learned user gets 1 die roll to increase the skill.
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Ame sipped her tea as the boys who she invited to have a drink with her just sat there in silence. Ame lloked up from her cup and then said very strenly to them, "Drink! I'm paying. And you not drinking will greatly offend me." As soon as Ame said this the two boys on the side began to drink the hot tea. The boy in th middle who had caused the commotion in the first place still did not drink. This girl terrofied him, but he refused to be humilated even more. Ame put her cup down and looked at him with a steely gaze, "I get it..." "You don't get shit!!! You and your mother killed my brother." Ame sighed and then said, "And my mother was punish-" The boy interupted her again as he slammed his hand on the table, "But you weren't!!!" 

Ame clinched her fist then took a deep breath. She staired the boy in the eyes and then said, "Ok now I undestand...You're just a child throwing a tantrum. Well listen up, boy." He went to interrupt Ame again, bu shee put up a finger and shot him a glare that forze him in place. His two friends remained silent, as they continued to sip on their tea. He had said enough it was Ame's turn to speak her piece. For his sake he had better listened or he would be joining his brother very soon. "I was not punished you say? That women lied to my for most of my life, she killed my father, very much like she did your brother. She had me do horible things that no child should have to...but yes your right. I was not punished. No instead I turned her in. Basically killing her, my own mother, so people like you could get the justice you deserved, so my father could get the justice he deserved." 

The whole time Ame was talking she was giving this boy a look that said that she would not hesitate to kill him. She was in a rage, many would mistake this as Ame being upset at the boy for being up her dark past. But Ame's anger stemmed from this boy trying to ruin the image she had fostered for herself. The boy was about to speak again but Ame interrupted him as she continued, "Because of her I never knew my father, because of her I'm something less than human.  So yes hate her all you want, for the rest of this life and your next. However, I will NOT allow you to torment me. I will NOT allow you to cause trouble for me. I. WILL. NOT! allow you to pretend as if you were the only victim who did not get the justice they think they desired. There is no justice for what she did to your brother or to me, and we are just humans doing the best we can. So GET! OVER! IT!!"

Upon heaing this the boy seemed to lower his head in shame. When he looked up at Ame he saw the fury in her eyes and then tried to avoid her gaze as best his could. If it could be compaired to anything, it was like an animal submitting to its alpha. Ame told the boy boy to look at her when she was talking him. The boy immediately looked up as Ame said, "If you continue on this course, you will not have to worry about who killed your brother, because you will be joining him very soon, either by my hand or someone elses. Am I clear!!!" The boy nodded his head in underrstanding. Ame talked to him with the authority and the tone that a mother would have with a child. The conversation continued on and while Ame seemed to be reasoning with the boys, they couldn't help but hear the threatening undertone wto everything she was saying. It was hard for them to tell whether she was a gentle soul trying to help them, or just a rabid animal looking for a reason to pounch. They only thing they did know was that after they finished their tea, they didn't want to cross her ever again. 

They three of them finished their tea some time afterwards, and as they began to leave they all gave Ame a bow, and apologized. Ame didn't know if they were actaully sorry or if they were just terrofied of her, and she didn't care. As far as she was concerned it was all the same thing to her. As the three boys left and closed the door behind them, Ame could hear one of the patrons say, "Sit Bitches! Just like her dad.." He and most of the other partons that had remained silent up till that point started to laugh. Ame who tried to hold back a smile, started to snicker as well. 

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Shunshin no Jutsu - Oshi (Body Flicker Technique - Push)
Rank: "C"
Skill: 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

Ame left the coffee shop ready to truly begin. She had an appointment with his sensei today, and to be as efficient as possible she decided that she might as well train using the Shunshin technique on her way there. Ame’s slow walk steadily built up into a sprint as she started to run forward. She was quite familiar with the technique, she had just never had the time to try it herself. As she ran forward his focused her attention on her feet and her ankles. She understood that the technique use your chi to empower your feet and ankles, and this action caused you to explode forward with a burst of speed. There was also a limit to how many times she could perform this, so she would make sure she did not waste her efforts.

She continued to run and focused on the motion of her feet and ankles as she did so. Every once in awhile she would put a little more force into his her step, to try and imitate the possible sensation that the technique will bring. She stopped for a second and then started to go up and down on her toes, and then started to rotate her ankles, after focusing on those two area, and paying attention to the tension the technique could put on these areas, she knew it would be best if she loosed up a little bit first. After she was satisfied, she went up onto her toes one more time and then exploded forward, making sure to use mostly her foot ankle the take off.

Ame As she ran through the city streets towards the training grounds, she wondered why the technique called for the use of the ankle and foot. As she thought this she stepped on a curve and sprang off of it, making sure to concentrate on her ankles and feet. It was then when she relieved that while the running power came from the muscles in the legs, putting a spring in her step would come from the snapping of the ankles. The motion would sort of shoot her forward like a slingshot. This was Ame’s process, some just barreled forward when learning jutsu, trying to find what sticks. Ame needed to analyze the technique in and out before she could properly attempt it.

She continued to race forward as she flexed her feet and ankles, going through the process in her mind. Now that she understood this base of the jutsu, to second part of it made perfect sense. Ame came to another stop, but this time she was focusing her energies into her feet, and ankles. She wasn’t quite ready to attempt the jutsu yet, she just wanted to master the basics of the jutsu before she attempted the finished product. Slowly she gathered the energies into her feet, and then she released it. She took a breath and started to gather the energies yet again.

She would continued this for the next couple of minutes until it became as easy as breathing. She needed to be able to do this in an instant, and on the fly. She would never have time to stand there in concentrate like she did at this moment. She started to take steady breaths and attempted to match her gathering and releasing of energy in her foot with her breathing. She breathed in, and as she did so she could feel the energy swell up in her ankles and flow down into her feet. As she released her breath, the energy slowly faded away. She took in a breath, and then let it out, and then again...and then again…

The wind blew through the area flipping her long black hair around her. She looked out in front of her saying to herself, “It’s time to move…” Ame then took for as she started to run forward again. Now she need to learn to gather her energies while she was on the move. Such things was always more difficult than one would think.

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Ame took off through the city heading towards the training ground. As focused energy into her feet and ankle, or at the very least she tried to. It was as she had suspected, it was far more difficult to focus on task that relied on such precision as she also focused on her surroundings, so she would not misstep, or fall. She did not let this failure deter her as it fell well within her own set parameters. She continued her run to the training grounds and refocused herself as she ran. Her eyes darted around her to make sure that nothing would cross her path and then she started to focus her energies yet again.

Ame could feel her physical energies starting to swell up inside of her ankles and her feet. The energy very slowly built as she felt renewed strength enter through her toes, and then slowly crept up the arch of her foot. The energy then swelled up into the heels of her feet, and then swirled to the joints in her ankles. Ame could feel the power courses through her feet, and felt it slowly spread up into the rest of her legs. Ame was a little hesitant to let this feeling fade, as she enjoyed the feeling of the power. With a sigh she let the energy disperse.

She came to a stop again as she re-stretched her limbs. When strengthen muscles it was best to stretch them periodically, to keep them flexible. Ame believed that the same concept could be applied with the current situation. The focusing of physical energies empowered the body, so she needed to keep her body loose to better take in the new sensation. After rolling her ankles she once again took off down the street as she began to focus her physical energies yet again. She leapt forward and focused on her feet and ankles as the energy started to slowly build again.

The speed in which Ame could focus the energy had indeed increased, but it still wasn’t quite where she needed it to be. It needed to be instant, and as easy as breathing if it was going to be of any use to her in the coming days. So she released the energy that she had gathered and began to channel more of her energy into her feet. As she focused energy, she was focused to avoid colliding into some children that had wandered into her path. She jumped into the air and flipped over them as the energy continued to build with her body. As she landed she could feel the power that was now flowing through her legs.

After the first couple of steps she released the energy and immediately prepared to begin again. She ran forward and started to gather the energy yet again, and this time it felt as if the energy didn’t fill or swell up inside of her, it felt more like it was poured into a container. A container that was specially made for it. Ame was satisfied with this turn of events, as it meant that she was ready for the next step. Now she needed to learn how to properly release the energy, to get the burst of sudden speed that she was seeking. Ame came to a stop, she wasn’t in any rush, she was already going to be early, and her sensei was never on time. This gave her time to contemplate her next course of action.

Ame held the energy that was still resting inside of her body. She knew that she was going to need to release the energy, to help her explode forward. So that meant she need to burst the energy with her legs. Ame squated down for a second and then sprung back up, she then got into a running stance, and pretend to spring forward off of her starting point. This may seem odd to most, but Ame was gathering much needed information to help her accomplish this jutsu.

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Ame continued a series of motion that focused on explosive moment. This was to give her a basic feeling of her own starting power, so she could accurately apply the physical energies in her body. After her series of “test” she stood there looking forward at the entrance to the training grounds, that was no more than 5 meters in front of her. She needed to give herself a boost of speed that would help her exploded forward about 10 meters. The concept was no different than getting a quick start off a race line. Ame sudden launched herself forward, not using the jutsu, only her basic strength. She made a curious noise and then walked back to her starting point while rubbing the back of her head.

She then focused her energies into her foot, to get a clear feel of things. Ame knew that if she used to much energy she would over shoot her target, and cause added stress on her joints and legs that she did not need. While not putting in enough would but her in all kind of awkward positions. She closed her eyes and then started to focus her energies. As the power built into her feet and spread to her ankles and then the rest off her legs, she got into position. She pushed all of the energy down into the bottom of her feet, and looked as if she was about to attempt the jutsu, but she stopped. This was far too much force put into it.

It would not only cause her to overshoot, it could also cause damage to her joints if the shock is too much. Ame slowly let the energy spread back through her legs. She pushed the energy down the the sole of her feet, once again. However, this time she spread the energy into her ankles, and partially up her legs up the the calf. She held the energy there and let her body familiarize itself with it. She then looked in front, and made notice of her destination. She took several squats and rocked back and forward to see the power she was now packing within her legs.

She felt like this was the appropriate amount, and all that was felt for her to do was to test it out for herself. He looked forward and then took a deep breath. She bent her knees, and with a quick snap of her ankles, and a firm strong push off of her toes, her feet let the ground. She shot forward like a bullet being shot out of a gun. The only thing that was left in her wake was a small cloud of smoke. Ame disappeared from sight, having successfully complete the shunshin technique. As reappeared 10 meters ahead of where she was. The shunshin had taken her 5 meters into the training grounds. This was actually where she wanted to by.

Ame looked back at where she was and then looked down at the ground at her face. her face wouldn’t show it but she was happy with the results, this jutsu would become very useful. But she wasn’t done with her training just yet. She needed to lower the time it took her to gather the precise amount of physical energy need to preform the jutsu successfully, and she already had an idea. Ame stood there inside the training grounds, as she focused her physical energy into her legs. Instead of focusing it blindly into her legs and contorting it from there, and just gathered the energy in the areas needed.

The energy quickly began to build around his ankles as if it were an ankle brace. It also started to gather at in the toes of her feet, and in the calves in her leg. This process took Ame an instant to achieve, and as she opened her eyes and flexed her ankles she exploded forward 10 meters again in a small puff of smoke. She re-appeared and seemed to be checking her nails for dirt as she said, “Hmmm…” She seemed to be pleased with the jutsu thus far, but there was still things to improve upon, she wondered if she had enough time to explore such improvements.

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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)

Ame waited for a moment for her sensei to arrive, but soon all that came was a messenger bird. The note that it delivered said that her sensei would not be able to meet with her this today, “something came up” and they were going to have to reschedule. Ame sighed because she knew all it meant was that he found some loose woman. She shook her head and just went back to training her shunshin. Now that she could move forward it was time for her to learn a treating motion. She drew her swords and then started to shadow box. She wanted to be able to perform these techniques in battle, so it only made sense for her to put herself in battle situations.

As she swung her sword at the air and gracefully dodged non-existence blows. As she shadowboxed she gathered her physical energies into her legs and feet. She noticed that it was more difficult to gather the energy while engaged in this fighting motion. She was fine with this, as it fell within the desirable parameters. She released the energy as she continued to shadow box, and attempted to re focus the energy, the energy swelled with her feet ankles and legs once again, and this time it formed rather quickly. After the second attempt Ame stopped. She knew that she needed to go over the practical application of using the shunshin backwards before moving on.

The concept was in theory was relatively easy, but she knew that theory and practice rarely actually coincide. She gathered her energy much like she would when performing the regular shunshin. Now she jumped back back without releasing the energy within her body for the extra boost. She felt how her muscles reacted to the backward momentum of her step. She also took notice of how far she moved when she made the backward step. The motion of the move needed to be natural and not exaggerated, the opponent couldn’t realize what was happening until it was executed.

Ame continued to go through the motions as she judged not only the amount of energy she needed to put into the step, but also the strength she needed to put into the motion itself. Ame got into a fighting stance and then started to slightly lean back while going onto her toes. She felt the tightening of muscles in her calves and then movement on her ankles. She did this one more time and jumped back using just the strength of her calves and the spring in from her ankles. She looked at how much distance she had covered and felt that she had gathered all the information that she needed.

Ame began to shadow box again, and as she does so she began to focus her physical energies. The first time she gathered the energy, she felt it was to appropriate speed, but the quantity was was incorrect for what she was trying to do. She released the energy and then refocused as she sent swipe with her sword. She felt that in this moment everything was absolutely perfect. It was so perfect that her body moved on its own. With a slight movement from her ankles, the energy built into her calves and feet and then exploded in a burst of energy.

Ame was lifted off of the ground as it felt as if she was being pulled backward by some unseen force. She disappeared from the spot she was in with a puff of smoke. The wind from her momentum whipped her hair around in front of her, as she stepped her foot on the ground and came to a stop. She landed rather gracefully, as one would expect. She looked over at her previous position as she sheath her blade. Ame began to walk forward as she was going to try the jutsu again. However, she could feel the fatigue beginning to build within her legs. “I see, I would be unwise to continue any further than this. I appears that my limit is only three, for now...I will need to rectify this very soon.” Ame said as she sat down on a rock and began to rub down the muscles in her legs.

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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)

Ame decided to call it a day as she rested her her body from training the Shunshin Technique. She didn’t believe in overworking herself, feeling that it caused much more harm than good. The next day she found herself in the training grounds. She had scheduled to meet her sensei again today, hopefully this time he would not flake out. She was going to be learning the Shunshin- Ko. She went about preparing for this a very different way than the previous one. She pulled out her sword and a kunia. She threw the kunai into the ground at her feet and then placed her sword in the dirt. Ame proceeded to draw a line in the dirt, that was in the shape of an arc.

She knew that her limit was only 3 uses per day, so she was going to have to make the very best of each attempt. The arcing line that she had created extended from where she was standing to a couple of meters behind the kunia. Ame looked at the line she had created and envisioned herself following the path of the line while performing the shunshin. However, in every scenario she saw herself having to perform two shunshin to get to her destination while following the path. Ame leaped forward, on the line imitating the flight path she would take while using the shunshin, and then then she leapt again to get behind the kunai. Ame groaned as she wondered how she could fix the problem.

She knew that couldn’t cause for her to perform two shunshin, as that would defeat the purpose of this stage of the jutsu. Ame started to walk back to her starting point as she looked down at her feet. As she watched each foot take its step, she wonder, “Perhaps I am performing two.” Ame got a sudden idea and then quickened her steps. When she arrived back to the starting point, she leapt forward again, only this time she only pushed off with just the strength of one foot. She then landed and pushed off with the other, and landed behind the kunai. She was positive that this was the correct method but the application was just a bit off.

She quickly returned back to her starting position and then channeled the energies in her foot. With a slight push off she disappeared in a puff of smoke. Before she took off she felt that if she landed on the foot, it would cause the motions to be too choppy. So instead of coming to a stop, she just tapped her foot on the ground to change the course of her shunshin while maintaining the forward momentum. She soon appeared in a puff of smoke behind the kunai. Her hair flowing around her as she came to an abrupt stop. Ame looked down at the kunai with a satisfied look on her face and went back to her starting point, and then turned her back to the kunai.

Ame channeled her energies into her feet and legs. She took a breath and then with a burst of speed she vanished. She turned her head slightly to get a good look of the kunai while she was in mid shunshin, her inside foot tapped the ground and redirected her towards the kunai. When she came out of the shunshin she was standing behind the kunai with her sword drawn, as if preparing to strike at it. There was still one more step for Ame to take, she needed to make sure that this would be ready for battle. She picked up the kunai, and as she had done so many times before she started to shadow box.

As swung her sword at the air pretending to be engaged in battle with a formidable foe, she instantly gathered her energy and then disappeared. When she reappeared she would be standing behind her would be attacker with her her blade placed above her head in an attacking position. As she swung down and then sheath her blade afterwards. She then took a sit and started to rub down her legs, as she waited for her sensei to arrive.

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