Training mentality [P/T]

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Turtle Claw: Quick Rush
Rank: "D"
Skill: TaiJutsu
Effect: An attack used to strike the opponent's legs.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: User rushes towards the opponent. When they reach the opponent the user will move their right arm up for defensive purposes while bending their knees. The user slashes with the left "Sidearm" weapon against the opponent's knees.
Limit: Must learn from a Master of Meimei Undoushinkei (Divine Reflexes) Style. Must know Demon Claw Stance: Turtle.

Amira stood opposite to Kesuma as he prepared her for the next sparring match with the fellow who obviously had more experience then she did. "Alright look, you need to be light on your feet if you're going to win this fight...so ducking and aiming for his knees would be ideal." Kesuma said getting into the turtle stance and prepared to show her the movement. Amira's lighter female body mimed her sensei in a perfect harmony, placing her hands in the proper places. Swiftly they both drew the two wooden training blades while mirroring the movements of Kesuma. In one movement, Her sensei ducked down into a crouched stance while keeping his right hand up in a guarding position and swiping with the left blade. Amira analyzed this as she prepared her body to preform the exact same motion.

Amira watched in amusement as her sensei brought himself back up to a standing position. Amira now attempted to mimic the simple motions. First she placed her right hand blade up in a defensive position. This allowed her to block any incoming attacks while still going into the crouch that would inevitably give her an opening to strike with a more damaging attack. Flexing the muscles in her knees, Amira swiftly brought herself into a crouching position just as Kesuma had done only a moment ago. Her crouch however was a bit more complicated then Kesuma's simple ducking like motion. Amira kicked out her left leg and brought herself as low to the ground as physically possible. With the acrobatic position, she could easily spring up and attack further, or avoid a lower strike. With her body now in the position, she swiftly brought her blade in her left hand across where the opponent's knee level would be. The air around the blade's slice made a slight whoop as it passed through the imaginary target. "Good, now maybe you can apply that in the ring." Kesuma said briefly pushing his student out onto the dojo floor.

As she landed on the dojo floor with a roll, she looked upon her small male opponent. He was still taller then she was, but only by maybe two or three inches. As they bowed and were thrown their wooden weapons, Amira visualized the technique she had just learned. "Shit..." She muttered quietly as her opponent got the first move. With a brisk midriff swipe, he attempted to hit her with a simple blow. Amira quickly ducked down in the same fashion as before, the right hand blade up to intercept the blade that now completely missed her body. Taking her left wooden Kunai knife, she felt her weapon make contact with his legs just above the knee. To add injury to insult, Amira swiftly brought her right hand blade down towards the opposing leg to strike him twice. The delayed strike however have the opponent time to recover and retreat.

Amira now pressed the attack. Quickly dashing forward, she made her body appear as if it was going to leap into mid air. The fellow obviously prepared for that as he took on a wolf stances guard. Amira however swiftly slid into the crouched position once again to deliver the same punishment as before. Her blades struck twice across his thighs as she brought them both down. The only real issue with being so close to the leg was the knees that were libel to nail her in the face. Amira learned this as the knee connected with her nose causing blood to run down her face. Now feeling angered, Amira swiftly reeled back before throwing her wooden blades at her target. He easily deflected them with a smile as he obviously sensed her rage and frustration; however he failed to see why she had thrown the blades. In that instant, Amira charged once again. As she passed her falling weapons, she ducked under the wide cocky swing of dr opponent and snatched the blade as it fell. Taking the blade in her left hand she took it across his legs once again before pulling it back and stabbing the fellow in the right thigh. His yelps of pain were enough revenge as she was taken from the field to have her nose inspected.

[Nira]

Yes, beware Dr. Opponent's wide cocky swing.

+10, Learned.

[Tetsu]

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Shadowed Object
Rank: "C"
Skill: TaiJutsu/Supplementary
Effect: The user throws 2 thrown weapons in quick succession, the second object tracing in the exact shadow of the first one.
Special: ---
Drawback: Only works within 1st Range Increment.
Description: A technique that allows the user to throw 2 throwing weapons at rapid succession that allows the 1st weapon to hide the second weapon. The 2nd weapon is a shadow that makes it un-noticeable allowing the 2nd weapon to normally hit the opponent if the first does not hit. This technique sacrifices a Rapid Throw so the user has the choice of performing Rapid Throw or Shadowed Object. If user has Improved Rapid Throw then they are able to perform both techniques in the same round, or 2 Shadowed Object techniques. If user has Quick Aim this technique works with Far Shot.
Limit: Must be a Throwing Specialist. Must know Rapid Throw.

The cool breeze made Amira feel comfortable as she stood opposed to Kesuma in the morning sun. She looked at the shadow the that was cast from her own body to check her advantage as she always did. The longer the shadow cast was, the more advantageous it was to her Kagemane based combat. Without another thought, she began to quickly pull out kunai knives from her butt bag that securely held onto her throwing objects. The wooden target that she would be practicing with as always. Taking the blade back by her ear without hesitation, she began to throw her blades at the target. As the first blade left her hand, she watched it travel from point A to B. The shadow the knife cast along the ground as it sailed over towards the target was extremely interesting. Amira focused as se watched the shadow travel along at the same rate and in the same manner as the blade. This gave Amira an interesting idea as she slowly walked over and retrieved her blade that had landed perfectly in the middle.

As she walked back to where she had stood only a moment before, she prepared her stance once again. Amira felt her mind focus as she pulled the blade back to throw it again. Paying close attention to the blade as she launched it, Amira used her mental gauge to measure how fast and where to throw the next kunai knife. As the first left her hand, Amira swiftly drew another blade. Taking it back in the same manner, she launched the second blade right after the first towards its shadow opposed to the actual target. The young shinobi watched as the blade sat about half way within the shadow, giving it a half hidden appearance as the two blades struck the wooden target. "Got to be a bit quicker next time I guess." Amira said quickly reaching into her butt bag to pull out another kunai knife.

Amira swiftly began to aim at the target once again. This time she was determined to throw the blade perfectly in the shadow of the first. With that thought in mind, she swiftly drew another blade her butt bag and without hesitation launched it towards the wooden circle. In the following instant, Amira quickly drew a weapon from her knife holster and threw it towards the shadow in quick succession. The blades flew in a synced like pattern as the shadow of the first perfectly in compassed the second kunai. The blades were moving at the exact same speed, which made for an almost untraceable attack. The first blade struck the target first, and revealed the second that produced itself only instants before it struck the target. The satisfying thunk of success made Amira smirk as she came to realize another use for the technique. The Kagemane too could be useful with the shadowed throwing technique.

Amira swiftly ran up to the board and retrieved her knives. In the same moment, she reached into her Breast pocket and pulled out four seal tags. Two were to be utilized for the shadow shuriken technique, while the other two were to shadow the thrown weapon's movement. Amira touched the tag that would be utilized for the Kage shuriken no Jutsu, and began to infuse her Nara's chakra into the tag. Now prepared she fixed the tags onto the ringed ends of the kunai and prepared to throw them at Kesuma who what sat observing only moments before. Now ready to act, she hurled the first blade right at her sensei. The second blade with the active Nara tag was next to go so that it could utilize the shadow as a cover of sorts. The true target was not, but in fact his shadow. As her teacher swiftly caught the first blade, he failed to notice the second blade that had senselessly hurled past him to strike his shadow square in the middle. Taking the opertunity, Amira quickly hurled the third kunai with the other Nara tag at her feet and the last fourth one towards her teacher resulting in his paralysis. Amira sighed as he watched the knife she had thrown miss. She rolled her eyes as her teacher looked at his protege with a sense of pride. "Well done..." Was all he could say as he strained to move under the oppression of the shadow shuriken technique.

[zarak729]

Learned!

[Tetsu]

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Kagemane Shuriken no Jutsu, 影真手裏似の術 (Shuriken Shadow Imitation Technique) X2
Rank: "B" Rank
Skill: NinJutsu
Effect: Entrapping an opponent by using a knife or sharp object and stabbing their shadow along with the user's shadow.
Special: Paper Seals, Secondary Weapon. "Hanseals".
Drawback: Time Limit (See Below.) If you move from the shadow you stand in, the opponent is freed as the shadows are no longer in sync with the tags and knifes.
Description: Bu channeling chakra into any type of secondary weapon or projectile, as well as performing hand seals and placing special paper seals on the weapons, the user can use this technique to freeze and opponents movements with Kagemane. Depending on what rank the user knows the Kagemane depends on how long this technique can be used for. C ranked is 18 seconds. B ranked Kagemane is 30 seconds, A ranked Kagemane is 54 seconds. With the opponent pinned, the user can then use his regular Shadow Imitation Technique to control them at his leisure. This technique you must have more then one sharp object such as a knife, senbon needle or other. The object must have a seal tag upon it filled with chakra as the user has one stabbed against his own shadow, and the other must be stabbed against the opponent's shadow. When first learned the user is only capable of trapping one opponent with one senbon or knife. Each time learned the user is capable of trapping one more opponent with the same drawbacks and holding as that of the Shadow Imitation Technique. Meaning, that you would need two knives on your own shadow to trap two other peoples. You cannot control their movements while using this jutsu, it only immobilizes, and freeze them in place.
Limit: Nara Clan Technique, Must have knowledge of the Shadow Imitation Technique "B" Rank

Amira sighed as Kesuma and Hami-chan continued to pester her about her training habits. Being the Kazekage over the past year or so had taken its toll, and most certainly affected how she trained. Keeping that in mind, she swiftly decided to train her Kagemane once more. Amira first took out a two pairs of sealing tags and began to focus her Nara's chakra into the paper seals that closely resembled exploding tags; however these tags were specifically for the shadow shuriken technique that Amira was now attempting to expand on. First focusing the chakra towards her hands, then into the seals, she felt the slight chakra addition physically altering the properties of the sealant tag that would make connecting her own shadow with that of her opponent more plausible. Soon after infusing the tags with the proper chakra that would make the technique possible, Amira swiftly went to work as she planned out where she would strike her teacher and his annoying son that would be paying for their pestering natures. Amira felt her Kagemane chakra intensify as she walked outside to find the pair waiting for her out in the yard.

"Hey there..." Was all she hear before a trio of shuriken were sent flying her way. "Ahhh!" She exclaimed as she weaved her way around the blade and began to quick draw her own kunai blades. Luckily her tags were still in hand as she began to dodge the thrown projectiles as she fastened the first tag into the end of her fist kunai knife. "What is it with you guys and surprises!" Amira exclaimed as she continued to avoid the blades while fixing the tags onto the ends of the kunai that she planned to utilize to capture the pair who periodically ambushed her in a playful manner. As she finally finished attaching each tag, she also took the time to fix two kunai with fake exploding tags that would act as the distraction so that she could hit the target she was really after...her friend's shadows. Amira observed the setting to notice that their shadows were being cast behind them, which made it more difficult to hit them without the person in question actually getting in the way of the blade.

Amira continued to observe as the pair decided that they would continue to throw projectiles at her. Amira began to aim her first blades that she quickly drew to her hand at Kesuma and Hami. This pair of blades consisted of one of the Nara charged sealing paper seals and one of the fake exploding seals. First Amira threw the fake tag seal, then she payed close attention to the shadow of her thrown blade before she followed up the next throwing weapon with the sealing tag. She used the concept of hiding the blade in the first's shadow to allow her blade the hidden wiggle room it needed to get past her opponent. Kesuma was the least active opponent as it was, and would be the second target after Hami-chan. Amira took aim on the boy's shadow that had been cast along the courtyard wall behind him and allowed the second blade to take flight in a hidden fashion. The first tag landed about half a meter in front of Hami just as Amira drew her next two blades following suit by launching the blades at Kesuma and his shadow in the same fashion.

The appearance of what looked like explosive tags caught their attention, making them jump backwards almost a whole meter back toward the wall. This shifted their shadows right into the path of the kunai that held the sealing tags. "Gotcha..." She muttered quietly as she quickly began to mentally visualize the handseals that she was quickly producing as the blades made contact with both the wall and the shadows that were cast over the wall. As the kunai and handseals came to their respective ends, the pair would find that they had becomes paralyzed by Amira's Kagemane enhanced technique. "Wha-?!" She heard Hami exclaim as
He attempted to move his body. Amira payed close attention to the fact that Kesuma however was resisting the technique much more avidly then his some had done. Kesuma's body was moving at an extremely slow rate, however she was so under practiced in the technique that holding more than one foe was much more difficult then she had first anticipated. "Not...so...good after all...eh?" Kesuma strained to say as he slowly reached backwards with much resistance before wrapping his hand around the handle of the kunai knife.

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Physically holding two opponents seemed to be the key issue with her shadow shuriken technique as it now stood. She could effectively keep one target stationary, however keeping two seemed to be much harder than she had first anticipated. Amira quietly meditated across from her teacher and his earth clone that she would be trapping after she discovered how to actually hold two targets in place effectively. She mentally visualized the technique's initiation, first with the infusing of chakra to the sealing tag that was utilized to preform quasi-Kagemane like effects on the opponent at a range without actually preforming the Kagemane no jutsu. She mentally ran through the process of throwing the two tag infused knives into the target's shadow. In the same suit she kept in mind that she herself would have to have a knife in her own shadow as well to connect the Kagemane at a range without the shadows actually connecting. Amira stumbled around the factors that made it difficult or impossible to hold a second target.

First Amira went down to the techniques base, the Kagemane no Jutsu itself. First thing first, the young Nara wondered how she could evenly distribute her technique between two separate subjects without further drawback then the technique already required. Thinking critically, Amira began to think about holding the opponent as a separate split entirely. Similar to the Kagemane, this technique probably required splitting the chakra evenly between the two subjects not in amount but in focus and concentration as well. Overall it would require her to split the chakra in the same way as the Kagemane, except with sealing tags as the shadow medium opposed to the actual shadow itself acting as the medium. The base concepts were the same, she thought to herself as she slowly opened her eyes to actually look at the training scene that physically awaited her attention.

"Just split the chakra..." She muttered quietly as Kesuma sat cross legged across from her with his clone waiting for his pupil to attempt to further her Kagemane shuriken no jutsu's holding capacity with the four kunai knives that she tags fixed to the end, ready to be used. Amira took each knife by the tags, focusing her Nara clan's chakra into the tags. In this process, Amira began to make an empathetic connection between the tags so that they would be division of the same branch just like the actual Kagemane no Jutsu. As the tags reached their peak chakra capacity, Amira slowly took two of the blades and stabbed them down beside her into her own shadow. For this level of exercise Amira decided to focus on actually focusing the technique opposed to actual accuracy. Focusing on the shadows cast along the ground, she swiftly took the remaining two tags and tossed them in rapid succession towards the two shadows cast by both Kesuma and his earth clone. As the blades hurled towards their targets, Amira prepared herself to preform the B ranked amount of handseals.

As her hands moved flashing the handseals, she began to focus on the subtle chakra connection between each of the four tags. Utilizing that concept, she also made it so that the chakra connection between each tag connected both the shadows to her own by the pair of receptor knives that sub rosily connected the pair to her own shadow. Amira watched calmly as Kesuma attemtped to move, but was met with a good deal of resistance. His body was now paralyzed by the Kagemane's chakra that now kept his shadow in place, pinned to the spot it resided. Amira sat quietly for a few moments counting the seconds ticked away. Eventually after about 14 seconds the Kagemane's effects began to wear off. Sighing, she realized that there would need to continue to practice the technique for the best effect. "Damn it..." She muttered quietly as the blades were sent back her way by Kesuma.

[Father 'Suke]

+17
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[Tetsu]

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"Stop! Those are mine!" Some random woman exclaimed from behind Amira as she turned to find a pair of thieves running away from the scene with something in their hands. "Oh no you don't!" Amira exclaimed quickly dashing after the fools who had decide to steal in front of the Kazekage. Amira swiftly drew both a pair of Kunai with sealing tags out from her knife holster. As she sprinted after the fleeing fools, Amira began to focus her chakra down into her stomach as she slowly began to aim her blades at the fellow's shadow opposed to his actual person. "Come on, this has to be perfect..." She muttered quietly to herself as she took aim at the pair's shadows. If she missed, she would have to recover the blades before she could do anything more. As she closed the distance between her and her target to 3 meters, Amira quickly hurled the blade at his shadow before allowing herself to aim at her own shadow. Taking her kunai and letting it fly, she hopped for the best as she began to allow her hands to move and form the seals.

She was just about to finish when she noticed that her fleeing thief had realized that she had thrown a knife and completely dodged the weapon, thus moving his shadow. "Damn it all to hell!" She exclaimed as she ran by her knives to pick them both up from the ground. This was obviously going to be much harder than she had originally thought. Quickly dashing by her second kunai, she scooped it up in her hand before she sprinted around the corner to continue chasing after her two fleeing thieves. "Get your ass back here." She said throwing both of her knives once again aimed at the fellow's shadow. This time however, she threw the second kunai in the shadow of the first to hide it's path. The first knife was physically aimed at the fellow's body, while the second was aimed at the place that she predicted his shadow would be after he avoided the strike. "I'm going to get you this time you little shit." She said with a smirk as the blades both hurled towards her opponent in an attempt to confuse him and catch him off guard.

As the blades were released from her hands, she quickly drew another knife with a sealing tag from the back slot of her vest and launched it down towards her own shadow. As the cool metal blade struck the shaded ground where her shadow covered, Amira swiftly began to again attempt to form handseals. She watched as her opponent did exactly as she had predicted and avoided the first, letting the second strike his shadow. It was in the instant that she knew that she had one of the two thieves under her thumb. "Your mine..." She said as her handseals finished and the fellow quickly came to a halt. In fact he couldn't move at all, his body was paralyzed in some sort of blood sickening paralysis Jutsu. "What is this technique!" The fellow exclaimed in panic as he found his body incapable of moving. "That's my shadow shurken technique." Amira said with a smirk as she swiftly counted how long she could hold the fellow. Slowly she knelt down and began to hold the rat seal so that she could utilize the deadly combo that was kagamane shuriken no jutsu and Kagemane no jutsu itself. The black shadowy chakra flowed through both tags connecting the pair as if their shadows were connected without any physical connection.

As Amira extended her shadow forward, she came to realize how difficult it was to maintain the shadow shuriken and the Kagemane at the same time. In fact she was able to notice how her opponent was beginning to gain some minute movement. She saw how he was beginning to move his fingers in an attempt to get his body to fight her oppressing chakra. I've got to move fast, she thought to herself as she was beginning to lose control of the chakra tags that connected their shadows virtually. As her shadow quickly connected with the fellow's shadow, Amira sighed with relief as she caught the fellow before he broke out of her other capturing chakra. Her shadow shurken had held the foolish thief long enough for her to capture the fellow with her Kagemane. Walking forward so that the fellow also approached, she brought the fellow to face her. "Now tell me where your fellow went." Amira said why flashing an A ranked value worth of handseals to pick up all three of her seal tags and return them to her body so that she could reuse the tags for another the when needed.

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Amira set her traps as she prepared to prank the next person that came into her office. Childish as it be, Amira was still only 14 after all. Taking two knives and stabbing them onto her desk at the approximate locations that would be occupied by the two chairs. The two kunai blades houses two sealing tags that housed her Nara's chakra, specifically set out for using the shadow shuriken technique. She giggled happily as she measured at about where the shadows would be cast by sitting in the chairs herself to gauge where the light would cast the shadow. Having accurately placed the kunai blades she then went or placing two blades in the shadow that her chair cast. "This is going to be perfect..." She laughed as suddenly there was a knocking on her door. "Come in" she said recomposing herself before her unsuspecting targets entered the room, unknown to the chakra that their Kage was beginning to build up in her feet. As she took her seat, she looked up at the two Chuunin who had decided to come and request something of her. One was Yugo fukimoto, and the other was none other than Kesuma. "We need to talk..." The stated bluntly taking their seats just in time for Amira to flash her handseals to paralyze them. "Yes we do." She said with a childish smirk.

As her handseals met completion, she began to funnel her chakra down into her feet and then into her shadow. In that instant, her Kagemane's chakra began to use the two seals placed in Amira's shadow as transmitters to transmit the chakra out to the other seals opposite her in her visitors' shadows. As she chakra made an invisible connection between the pair and the Kage, the suddenly found themselves unable to move. "Dang it kid...are you serious." Kesuma said in annoyance as he found himself unable to move. Amira watched as he attempted to resist her influence that paralyzed him. His attempts were futile however. "Kesuma, I need to have a little fun that's all." She said before breaking out in laughter. She kept her focus on the tags as the other fellow seemed to not comprehend what was happening to him. Her obvious influence of her was beginning to freak him out obviously. Amira confined her chakra to a condensed focus in attempt to hold her targets in the Kagemane as long as she could. The intense flow of chakra that in totality equaled up to a B ranked amount.

Amira did her best to keep them in place for the next 10 seconds before Kesuma began to resist her more then she would have liked. Amira now had enough chakra infused into her tags so that she could stop holding her chakra into them. Amira sighed as Kesuma's arm suddenly began to resist by pushing forward towards the knife on her desk. Amira then looked at the other fellow who was stultified by not only the black shadowy connection, but because he was scared out of his wits. Amira focused on how the resistance of Kesuma directly was affected not only by his will, but also how long she could hold the technique. She was beginning to lose hold of the technique after twenty seconds passed. She probably only had ten seconds left in her before she would lose control of the technique. It was at this point that Kesuma began to resist much more avidly than he had before. He was now beginning to move his body on top of his arm. Amira knew that her Sensei had a natural resistance to Genjutsu and the Kagemane itself. The other fellow on the other hand was as stuck as he had been seconds ago. Amira sighed as Kesuma slowly wrapped his hands around the knife that held his body in a constant state of oppression. As his hands wrapped around the knife, he slowly attempted to summon the strength to pull the knife from the shadow.

As Amira began to feel her technique ware off, she did her best to resist her strong sensei. Eventually he was able to dislodge the kunai from the table, releasing him from her control. It was at this point that Amira lost hold of the technique in general, releasing the other fellow who was now in tears because of her little joke. She felt a little exhausted as she realized that the fight with this technique was very similar to that of the actual Kagemane. "Man that takes a good deal out of you..." She said as some sweat rolled down her brow. The Kagemane shuriken no jutsu took a lot out of her in the end. She wiped her brow as she looked back at the knives that she had stabbed into her shadow, hoping she could reuse them. "Sorry about that..." She said with a cheesy smirk rubbing the back of her neck as she hoped that Kesuma wouldn't be too mad that she had spend some of her time training on him.

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Holding her opponents was becoming seemingly easier as she continued to practice the Kagemane like technique. Amira smirked as she now faced her opponent in an attempt to utilize the shadow shuriken technique in combat. With sealing tags wrapped upon the kunai handles that she held firmly, she advanced towards her opponent with an acrobatic sense of zeal. Amira thought through what it was she wanted to do in an instant as she took note of her opponents shadow as she moved forward. In order for the technique to have any effect, she would have to have one blade stabbed into his shadow as well as her own. In order to do this, Amira began to process her options. She could disgruntle her opponent, she thought for a moment. It would buy her enough time to discreetly throw the kunai; however it would leave her right next to her opponent when she would have to form handseals. The little Nara was stumped for an instant as her mind moved a mile a minute. Perhaps it would be more effective to jump over her opponent to throw both blades then, not only giving a discreet throwing of the blades, but also time to form handseals. With that plan solid in her mind, Amira quickly prepared to clash with her opponent.

As she approached her opponent, he quickly threw his pair of kunai into a turtle stance based guard that would easily protect him from possible onslaught attacks. This however failed to prepare him for the kunai blade that would be hurled at his chest. He easily preformed a two step dodge, letting the blade stab into the ground behind him. Perfect, Amira thought with a smirk as she began to engage her opponent utilizing the cat stance. Her opponent's shadow was the focus of her movements as she did her best to maneuver her opponent's body so that when she jumped over him he would be in the blades placement. Swear began to roll down Amira's brow as she swiftly ducked under her opponent's last strike before grabbing him by the shirt and throwing him to the ground. Swiftly she took aim for his shadow, making sure that she could actually hit the black casted mass that was her target from get go. With her aim set, she swiftly launched the blade towards her opponent's shadow so that she could paralyze her opponent effectively.

As the blade struck the shadow right next to her opponent, he flinched as if something was going to explode as he noticed the tag that was wrapped around the hilt. He obviously didn't know the difference between the Raiji upon the sealing tags and those of an explosive tag. As his eyes closed and he covered his face, that gave Amira enough time to quickly form the handseals that the technique required. In that instant she began to form the seals, Amira also began to focus her chakra down into her feet. This focused chakra began to manifest in the same way that the Kagemane did; however there was no need for physical connection since it utilized the seal tags to connect the shadows. "I've got you now..." She muttered as she felt the chakra making a complete connection between herself and the target. Amira now felt confident enough to allow the chakra to hold the technique on its own. As she recomposed herself, her grounded opponent would find himself paralyzed against his will.

Her now captured opponent attempted to move, but found doing so impossible. "Looks like I've for you." Amira said chuckling as she looked at the obvious panic on her opponent's face. He began to do his best to resist her influence; however failed to do so. In fact, he lay there for a good twenty seconds before he could even wiggle a little bit. "Yeah...keep trying." Amira mocked as she took a seat, making sure to keep her shadow inside the blades location. She sat there patiently as her opponent slowly began to struggle against her influence. After thirty seconds or so her opponent began to finally push himself up from the ground as if Gravity was pressing him back down. "Kid this is some evil technique." He groaned as he did his best to fight the Kagemane.

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"Hold him down!" Amira heard one of the doctors shout as the patient that she had been interpreting for suddenly became violent. Amira quickly began to analyze the fellow's shadow in regards to her own as she prepared to restrain the fellow as best she could. Amira quickly drew a pair kunai from her butt bag and a pair of sealing tags that would require her to focus her chakra into them. Amira mentally visualized her hands moving as she focused her bodies chakra down into her stomach before she prepared to preform the technique. As her hands began to form fluid seals, Amira began to focus her shadow's chakra into the tags before she took them and prepared to place them into both her own shadow and the shadow of the patient. 

"I've got em" Amira stated as she took the blade and stabbed it into the fellows shadow, with the tag fixed onto the round back ring of the knife. "now I just have to...Ahg!" she exclaimed as the guy suddenly kicked her right in the face. This needs to stop, she told herself as she quickly stepped back to place the second knife into her own shadow. "this will do." She said calmly as she placed the knife into her shadow before quickly kneeling down, and focusing her chakra and mental focus into restraining the fellow. As her chakra connected with the fellow's using the blade as a medium, The fellow slowly came to a grudging stop, finding his body immobile. "wha!" the fellow shouted in protest as he fought against the oppressive will of Amira's Kagemane shuriken technique. "Amira focused mentally on keeping the fellow immobilized as his mental resistance and will continued to battle her own will over his body. "ugh..." Amira groaned as the doctors suddenly closed in around the fellow as they continued with his treatment. 

"you have to stop....no!" the fellow screamed as Amira continued to suppress the fellows struggling with her shadowy technique. As time went along, Amira began to feel the fellow's will resisting more and more as the doctors continued to do their work. Amira groaned as she now began a mental battle of wills against he fellow's own will that was resisting more and more as things became much more difficult to maintain. As things began to escalate, Amira opened her eyes to find the fellow beginning to move. His movements were minute; however they were still noticeable. "I'm loosing control!" Amira exclaimed as she tried to reconfigure her hold on the fellow's shadow. 

Amira did her best to hold on as the fellow slowly slipped out of her grip. "Guys, I'm not sure how long I can keep him...held" Amira said in a pained tone as she fought with the fellows very will. He slowly began to move his whole body to a forced sitting position as he resisted Amira's Kagemane. "No!" he exclaimed as he suddenly broke away from Amira's control and began to strike the doctors around her. Amira couldn't control the fellow as he suddenly sprung up and ran down the hall. Amira sighed as she realized how weak she had become by holding the fellow in place. She sat down as she wondered how she could optimize her holding time. "how?" she asked herself as she passed out from fatigue.

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“Are you even trying?” Kesuma asked as Amira quickly began to focus her chakra into the tag behind her back. She quickly flashed handseals to charge the tags with her Nara’s chakra before she fixed them to the end of her kunai blades. She quickly focused on aiming at her teacher’s shadow as he swiftly continued to piss her off. Taking the blade back and tossing it towards the shadow of her teacher who was prompting her to do so. As the kunai hit the ground next to his shadow, Amira quickly followed suit by taking her second Kunai blade and throwing it down at her own shadow. “Bloody hell…” she muttered as she began to flash a good deal of handseals. “Your mine!” she exclaimed as her hands met a completion of the seals. When she looked up her teacher had already moved out of the way, thus nullifying the technique. “You suck.” She said quickly forming the rat seal so that she could follow it up with the Kage Nui tendrils that would allow her to retrieve her throwing weapon.

She now began to again aim at his shadow as the shadow tendrils wrapped around the kunai’s hilt. She studied his path of travel as he quickly attempted to flank her from the side that her Kagemane could not operate. Instead of releasing the seal right away, she quickly forced her tendrils to flick the kunai blade at the location that Kesuma’s shadow would be located in approximately two seconds from when she had officially noticed him. “I’ve got you this time!” She exclaimed as her Kunai blade landed right where she had hoped. It was in this same instant that her hands began to move so that he would be trapped. When her hands finally completed the seals, Kesuma seemed to freeze in his tracks. “hmm think you’ve got me he?” he heard her teacher say with confidence as suddenly he seemed to explode into a cloud of smoke. “What!” Amira exclaimed as she turned to find her teacher behind her. “what was that?! Normal clones aren’t affected by anything!” she exclaimed as she quickly drew another Kunai blade with a sealing tag on it to again repeat the process.

Suddenly she found herself struggling to get ahold of her teacher, who was turning out to be a slippery bastard. As she focused once again on capturing her teacher, she noticed that he was switching himself for physical clones…probably shadow clones. “I need to learn that technique…” She said in annoyance as she quickly drew four blades from her butt bag this time fixing tags to all of them. Amira quickly threw down two of the blades so that she would be able to capture both Kesuma and his annoying little clone. As she focused her chakra into the tags, She quickly awaited her teacher to once again come into plain sight. “you make this too easy…” Kesuma laughed as Amira took action. First she aimed for the shadow of the soon to be shadow clone, and then Aimed for where Kesuma would most likely show up. She would have to hold two targets at the same time, but that was not the most daunting task in the world. As she pulled her arms back so that the blades hurled towards the targeted shadows. “I’ve got you this time!” Amira said with excitement as she allowed her hands to move to once again form the handseals.

As the first kunai landed in the Shadow clone’s shadow, Amira quickly began to look for the real Kesuma. He had been switching himself with the shadow clone, and Amira had guessed exactly where he would be going next. “What!” she heard him exclaim as he found himself paralyzed by his pupil. “you figured me out eh?” Kesuma said with a laugh as he had been caught up in an awkward position. Amira made sure to leave both of the knives within her shadow so that both targets were immobilized. “not bad…” Amira said to herself as she began to focus on holding them with the paper seal medium. The Kagemane chakra was not perfect yet, however she could hold her opponent’s there for a good while before they were able to break free. As she sat there and waited for her opponents to force their way free, She awaited picking up all of her gear and returning back to the tower. “is that enough for today?” she asked as she collected all of her kunai and tags before turning and heading home.

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[Tetsu]

Tp: 0/5
SP: 8/125


Observation

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: ---

"nothing...absolutely nothing." Amira said as she looked down her binoculars to see the people walking about the streets of Sunagakure. As she looked at one of the vendors down in the street through the glass lenses, she noticed a few things that seemed odd. The first thing that she noticed about the fellow was that his beard seemed a little too not attached to his face. The other things was that he had obviously just scammed the person who had paid 200 ryo for a unit of desert peaches that were at standard of 100 Ryo per peach. Amira only knew that standardized fact because as the Kazekage, she set some of the food price standards for shops owned and run by the village. As she looked the fellow over, she noticed his crooked toothy grin that was probably a result of his "clever" sale. As she continued to look over the fellows face, she noticed something that she wished she had not. As Amira looked at the poor fellows face, she saw that square on his nose was the ugliest boil she had ever seen in her life. Even from her house's rooftop she could see the disgusting white puss oozing out of the bright red boil. Quickly looking away before gagging, Amira then broke out into laughter. "he looks like some sort of clown!" she shouted as she rolled around laughing before going back to observing the streets of Sunagakure.

As she noticed a woman whose desert garb exposed her face, Amira decided to take a closer look at her. "who are you?" She asked looking the overall posture of the woman over. Her cloth cloths were simple, and the dark blue coloration didn't seem offsetting as far as the young Kage could tell from where she was laying down. She did however notice something oddly metallic in the purse of the woman. When she looked more closely at the object, the metallic shine off of the surface reminded her of a bomb...wait A BOMB!? Amira suddenly began to panic as she took the village's binoculars and stuffed them into her butt bag. Quickly jumping down into the street to tackle the woman with the bomb, Amira was just about to collide with the woman when she looked down and noticed that the bomb had just been a radio. Sighing with relief, Amira slammed into the woman, unable to stop herself. When she looked down at the shocked woman who quickly slapped her in the face, Amira stood up with  a slight laugh. "uh...sorry ma'am, I thought you were a...well...a terrorist." Amira said laughing while rubbing the back of her neck awkwardly. As she watched the obviously pissed off woman get up and storm away, she looked across the street to find that big boiled sales boy was right across from her. She looked at the disgusting, infectious boil and almost vomited again. "Damn dude, that's gross." she said as she quickly turned away to unleash her lunch. 

[Tetsu]

0/5
SP: ?/125


Observation

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: ---

As Amira looked inside of the small chest, she searched for some of the old things her mother had passed down to her and Yamimaru, her sister, when she had died. As she looked through the old dust covered things, she quickly noticed something was a bit different from some of the other objects. She noticed that there was quite a few papers and books, but only one metallic kunai knife that seemed to be the only metal object within the small chest. "hmm that's strange..." Amira said taking out the weapon so that she could take a closer look at it. As she looked over the obviously aged weapons, she noticed a few key things about the weapon that made it unique. The first things Amira noticed was the rust upon the blade, showing that it had not been used for quite a while, or had been exposed to the elements at some point. The next thing that stuck out was the engraving that ran all the way down the blade. "hmm for those you love..." Was all that Amira could read of the characters as she put the weapon down on the ground before going back into the trunk and looking for other interesting things that might come in handy. 

As Amira began to again look through the chest, she quickly pulled out the useless objects. She noticed that there was a small figurine inside of the chest that resembled what the young Nara thought was a very little wooden figurine. "wonder what this is?" She asked herself as she looked at the cracked wooden torso of the small wooden man. "was this made...with Mokuton?" she asked herself as she looked the wooden man over with interest as she saw how naturally formed the wooden statute appeared. The knots on the wooden torso and the awkward branch like twig that formed the nose helped Amira discern how the doll was created. "I never knew mom could preform Mokuton too...I guess that's why I can preform it." Amira said looking at the back of the doll for a moment before she noticed the engraved phrase Etsu upon the back of the wooden replica of her father. The wooden engraving was faded, and worn from time; however the scolding facial expression upon the face of the wooden figurine confirmed that this was most likely a mini figure of her father Etsu Nara. "that's dad..." She muttered quietly as she looked at the crack's location upon the wooden chest of the doll. The wooden crack was exactly over where his heart was...which made Amira sigh with grief for her heartbroken father. 

[Promeleon]

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[Tetsu]

0/5
SP:24/125

Observation

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: ---

As Amira looked around the cute little apparel store with her friend Kanji, She began to look at the equipment itself in inspection of the quality of the good. As she looked at one of the newer flak vest that the store was selling, Kanji came over to her sporting the new dress she had just tried on. "Don't I look great!" her friend exclaimed as she tried to have Amira inspect the dress. Amira was about to reply that she looked lovely in the dress, when suddenly, Amira heard something that sounded like metal grinding along a scabbard. Amira quickly turned around because of that fact, to find a fellow drawing a long sword. "give me everything you've got!" the fellow exclaimed as she was suddenly faced with an angry looking bandit. Amira quickly went to looking the fellow over the fellow for any weaknesses. As she peered at the fellow's mid section, Amira noticed that there were some bandages along his torso, which were not as fresh as they should have been. Amira judged this by how browned the bandages appeared, and by the dried blood that seemed to cover the center of the fellow's chest. Obviously this guy was desperate for something, which might have been medical help Amira surmised by the fellow's untreated wound. As she continued to inspect the fellow for further weaknesses or possible exploits, she noticed something else that caught her off guard. 

When she looked at the fellow's right arm, She noticed a tattoo for one of Suna's Infamous gangs. She didn't know what the odd symbol meant; however the odd black swirls that filled the circular pattern reminded her of the Nara Clan's family insignia. She was very familiar with the crest and also knew that the Nara had a strong influence with the bandit's within Kaze no Kuni. As Amira quickly drew a kunai blade from her hidden knife holster, she also noticed how the fellow seemed to be hiding something behind his back. A grenade? perhaps an explosive device of some sort?" Amira asked herself as she suddenly heard a click that told he that her worst fears were coming true. "Grenade!" she exclaimed as suddenly a round projectile was being thrown directly at her and Kanji as the fellow seemed to run away with nothing. Amira quickly jumped up to catch the grenade in mid-air. As she sailed for the round explosive, she looked around for somewhere to throw the grenade that was away from them. Amira then noticed a small port hole near the roof that would easily fit the grenade. Not thinking twice when she quickly redirected the throw towards that window, The explosion that followed outside was enough to startle anyone. Amira quickly tackled the fellow and detained him while someone was yelling "My Cabbages!" outside. "oops, sorry." She muttered to herself as AnBu and police forces were dispatched to their location. 

[Tetsu]

TP: ?/5
SP: ?/125

Observation

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: ---

Amira hated when she had to search her office for things that she had lost. "bloody hell, Where did I leave that map?!" Amira exclaimed as she rummaged through the scrolls on her bookshelf. She noticed three small scrolls that were obviously not maps; however the map seemed to allude her view.  As she looked at all the leather bindings of the books and the papyrus scrolls that cluttered her office, Amira tried to find the map. She suddenly noticed something that had not been on her bookshelf when she had looked this morning. Taking a closer look at the small black object that caught her attention, Amira realized that what she was looking at was a little listening device that was very similar to some of the gear the village recently bought. "what is this doing here?" Amira asked herself as she picked up the little device in her hands. She looked over the small black box and realized a few things about the microphone device. The device was obviously on right this moment, Amira observed looking at the red light that flashed at the front of the device to indicate as much. Amira looked around the room for a moment in search of any more flashy red lights as she crushed the listening device in her hands. 

"What do you want!?" She exclaimed as she noticed another listening device sitting right under her desk. Amira noticed it by the red light alone, and the fact that she had left nothing shiny and plastic under her desk at any point. Amira analyzed the small black box and found it to be very similar to the one that she had crushed only moments ago. It was in this instant that she went on a seek and find for as many of these damn listening devices as she could find. "holy crap!" she exclaimed after she ended up finding 30 of the damn things in her office all hidden in horrible spots. She even found on inside her hat, her DAMN hat for God's sake. "what do these people want to know about me?" She asked as she suddenly found yet another listening device under her bookshelf itself, and more importantly who had the time to do all this? Amira asked herself as she smashed each new device that she found. As she looked under the bookshelf, she suddenly found the map she had been looking for. "There it is!" she exclaimed as she reached under the shelf to grab the map. Unknown to her, Amira also pulled out another listening device with the map. "what is this!" she exclaimed when she finally noticed the device when she pulled the map open on her desk. "this isn't okay..." she said with a sigh as she went back to her work before having her whole office searched. 

[Tetsu]

TP: ?/5
SP: ?/125

Observation
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: ---

"What is that?" Amira asked as she looked inside the old box of Kesuma's things to find a good deal of old objects that he had obviously been trying to hid in his bedroom. She shuffled through his box and noticed that there were three boxes wooden pine boxes inside of that larger cardboard box that felt course to the touch. She felt the smooth grain of the box and noticed something immediately when she ran her hand along the smooth wooden grain. "This wasn't cut..." She said as she felt how smooth the grain was, without and gouging from a saw or knife. Being very familiar with how wooden structures felt, she was also able to discern that all three boxes came from the same tree. Their similar scents only supported her theory as she placed each box on the ground one by on. As she looked at the carvings on each box, Amira figured that some craftsman had created in the land of wind. The Wind crest that was carved into the side of the box helped proved to her that the boxes were indeed crafted in Kaze no Kuni.

"I wonder when he got these made?" Amira asked as she turned the box over to look for a date of creation. When she finally found it, she found out that these boxes were over 40 years old when she finally found the date. "Holy crap...these are old." she said to herself as she realized that these boxes must have been in Kesuma's family for a generation or so. Amira looked at the box and noticed that there seemed to be a name carved into one of the boxes. "Basuna?" Amira asked herself as she noticed that there were different names on the boxes. One of the names was Kesuma's. "Those use to belong to my siblings...when they died I kept a few of their things." Kesuma said startling Amira from behind her. "Ah! Don't sneak up on me like that." Amira shouted as she placed the box on the ground gently.

[Tetsu]

TP: ?/5
SP: ?/125

Observation
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: ---

"Tell me what you see?" kanji asked as she and Amira used their binoculars to see what was going on outside of the village. "It's sand Kanji...just sand" Amira said as she scanned the barren landscape for anything that might not be sand. As she looked to her left she saw something in the distance that resembled a small little person. "Wait...what is that?" She asked herself as she focused in on what appeared to be a red colored man walking down the street. He seemed average in stature, but his corse skin and odd coloration put Amira on edge as she tried to see where this creep was going. Amira looked around the open courtyard and found that the fellow was just outside of the wind district, on basin street. "What's he doing there?" she asked herself as she looked around at the few other people that seemed to be gathered in the courtyard. She noticed that all that was in that area was storage units as well, which intensified how weird it was that the red man was there. It wasn't until we saw a fell approach red that she noticed something too shady.

As the fellow spoke with red, Amira noticed that the red fellow was reaching into his pocket. For what? She asked herself as she tried to focus in on his hand removing the object. When she saw him pull out a bag of Ryo, Amira assumed the worst of the pair. Amira looked over at the other fellow and saw that he was handing a plastic something to the red guy, which Amira tried understand, but couldn't. As she focused in on the label on the bag, she noticed that it said a few things that had some kind of chemical composition on the side. The non mistakable organic chemistry indicated to Amira that this guy must have been buying drugs. "Go figure with skin like that." She said sarcastically as the fellow began walking away. "What are you talking about Amira?" kanji asked as she put her binoculars down. "Oh it's nothing, don't read into it too much." Amira said rolling over and looking at the light blue coloration of the sky