Stunning Dragon Combo Pt. 1

[Hayate]

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Rank: C rank short range offensive(0-5m)
Skill: TaiJutsu
Effect: A three hit combo attack designed to knock a foe into the air and keep them there momentarily.
Special: No hand seals are required to perform TaiJutsu
Drawback: None
Description: The user rushes an opponent and performs a very fast back flip, aiming to kick the foe in the chin with one leg, then in the torso with the other to knock them into the air, followed by a swift uppercut to the chin or torso, depending on whether the foe dodged the first part of the attack, or whether they're in the air already. The speed of this technique is higher than normal because the momentum of a full speed run is transferred into the back flip, then into the upper cut; however it is C ranked because of the speed, and the skill required to maintain the momentum through the movements.
Limit: Universal TaiJutsu Technique

    “I should practice some Taijutsu I think,” Hayate said to himself one morning. Rising from his bed and beginning to get dressed as the sunlight slowly cracked through his window, he hadn’t gotten too much sleep that night. It was too hot, then too cold, just one of those nights that you spent tossing and turning, but it would not stop him. To the training fields he’d go, after getting breakfast of course.

    Birds were chirping, the sun was overhead, today was a good day to train. The other day Hayate had been walking around enjoying the good weather when he saw a ninja in one of the many training halls around the village do a three part combo. Honestly, it enticed Hayate the move seemed powerful and it would fit in with his current skillset so he was set on learning it. Closing his eyes and trying to remember the combo to the best of his ability, he remembered a backflip then two kicks, there was a third part, wasn’t there? Either way, Hayate was not fast enough for it. “Stretching is important.” Bending over and touching his toes, Hayate would get ready to sprint. The field in front of him was relatively flat and he knew the terrain well it has been where he’s spent a majority of his training.



    Hayate got into a runners stance, ready to begin. He took a Kunai from his pack, which he would toss hard into the air, immediately after he began. “To the tree and back,” there was one lone tree near the center of the field in which he was using as a marker. His goal was to return to his original spot before the Kunai landed. Hayate glanced upwards, checking how much time he had. “I’m going to make it!” he gave it his all, trying to beat the falling Kunai. As he got closer, so did the Kunai a good five seconds before Hayate managed to get to his original position he heard the sharp metal pierce the ground with a thud. Sighing, Hayate bent over going to catch his breath. After a few short pants he would retrieve his kunai getting ready to do it again. As he readied himself, he tossed his kunai into the air going to try again.

    Again, breaking out into a sprint Hayate would push his body to the limit, focusing on his breathing and trying to sprint as fast as possible. “You’re not running a marathon, just go fast!” he would say to himself, despite lack of oxygen in his lungs, he kept running trying to beat the kunai, but of course as he was nearly to his original spot the kunai fell once more. Practice, it’ll just take more practice right? Hayate would continue running the same laps over and over. After a few what seemed wasted hours Hayate began to think he was not getting anywhere, he wasn’t getting fast enough for this there was no way these dumb laps would help him. Hayate looked up, the sun was right above him, it must’ve been noon.

    After a few more hours of sprinting he realized he was getting nowhere. The kunai would still hit the ground seconds before he would reach the location. There was no way he was going to get faster at this rate, he thought. After a few minutes of figuring out what to do he realized his uncles had some spare training weights at home, maybe if he would run with the weights he would find results faster. So after running home and getting the weights, strapping them on of course, he would then go to run around the village for a few hours. It was beginning to get dark as he continued his slight jog, trying to keep his speed consistent and slowly speed up. He was beginning to get a bit tired, his headband was absolutely soaked in sweat and most of the rest of his body too. However he could feel a creeping ache come across his muscles, he was beginning to get sore. It wasn’t totally unpleasant though, at least he was getting faster. Sooner or later, he’d be able to perform that combo. He would then set to run home.

    As he finally got back home, a hot dinner was ready for him. Which he happily scarfed down before heading to his room, as he stripped off his weights he truly felt how much he had worked himself the day before. He was definitely going to regret this tomorrow.

    Hayate definitely was sore, there really was no doubt about it each step led to a shockwave of pain through his whole body, the training was beginning to take a toll on him but it wasn’t too much to stop. He would continue on with this regiment for a few more weeks each day getting as sore as the last, until about a week or so he would find himself actually enjoying the runs and not being very sore after. By the end of the month he felt he was finally ready to beat that Kunai. Back to his original training field, he positioned himself in where he had begun the training and now was ready to finish it. Tossing the Kunai in the air he launched himself forward trying to keep as much momentum as possible, as he reached the tree he began to sprint back to his original position, however the Kunai still beat him by a similar margin as last time. In a fit of rage Hayate kicked the Kunai lodged in the ground, nearly slicing his toe off! “DAMMIT!” he shouted in pain as his toe began to bleed. Swiftly he would begin to wrap his toe in a bandage to prevent any further bleeding. As he was patching himself up, he noticed the weights still on his legs. He had gotten so used to training with them that they felt natural.

    Reinvigorated by his discovery, Hayate stripped his weights and got into his original position before taking his now bloodied Kunai and tossing it in the air. Immediately Hayate was off running as fast as he could towards the tree, he felt faster. As he hit the tree he knew he had made it, the Kunai had not even begun to fall. Still running as fast he could he made it past his original location with seconds to spare before the Kunai falling just moments after. Hayate’s face filled with pride of his achievement. Quickly after his short self-celebration he was back to cleaning up his mess and preparing for the next part of the combo.

[Hayate]

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Rank: C rank short range offensive(0-5m)

Skill: TaiJutsu

Effect: A three hit combo attack designed to knock a foe into the air and keep them there momentarily.

Special: No hand seals are required to perform TaiJutsu

Drawback: None

Description: The user rushes an opponent and performs a very fast back flip, aiming to kick the foe in the chin with one leg, then in the torso with the other to knock them into the air, followed by a swift uppercut to the chin or torso, depending on whether the foe dodged the first part of the attack, or whether they're in the air already. The speed of this technique is higher than normal because the momentum of a full speed run is transferred into the back flip, then into the upper cut; however it is C ranked because of the speed, and the skill required to maintain the momentum through the movements.

Limit: Universal TaiJutsu Technique

    Now that Hayate was definitely fast enough to pull off the maneuver he would have to create a dummy capable of performing the move on. His solution was a straw bag filled to the brim with hay, and a cut through the center allowing it to slip off the post when being kicked upwards. That way if he got the kicks right, the hay dummy would go flying.

    After setting up his training materials, Hayate got ready to do the move, running swiftly towards the dummy he would do the backflip. His right leg coming up to kick the sack hard in the center, immediately after his left leg rose giving a solid kick to the upper part of the sack. The sack barely budged. Hayate then nearly fell onto his back, but luckily caught himself with his right arm before spinning out onto his butt. “I must’ve not kicked it hard enough.” he’d say to himself, getting back to his original post attempting the maneuver. This time Hayate was running faster, much faster than the last, seconds before he made contact with the sack he did another backflip again connecting the kick to the center of the sack before meeting it again with a kick to the upper part, he hit it much harder than last time. The sack itself was disfigured but it did not go upwards any meaningful amount.

    Hayate sighed, “Maybe i’m not fast enough yet?” he would then go grab another hay filled sack, placing it again on the training post. As he slid it down he realized “Maybe the order of my kicks was off?” It made enough since, he had to kick it upwards before he could use his lower leg to kick it upwards too or he would just kick it back. Hayate quickly went back to his original position ready to strike the hay sack once again, sprinting towards it he did a backflip this time using his right leg to kick it at the top upwards as if he was kicking the chin of someone, before bringing his left leg back up to hit the now airborne bag in its center sending it upwards. The hay sack soared, reaching a great distance into the air. This filled Hayate with the utmost confidence, now that he had the basics down he could really start training the technique.

    “Time to increase the weight.” is what he thought to himself as he strapped his training weights onto another hay sack. Placing the hay sack back onto the training pole he was ready to go for it again. Returning to his original position and then sprinting towards the hay sack he did another backflip. Using the momentum he would meet the bag at chin level, striking it upwards with his right leg sending it flying. Swinging his left leg up to kick it in the center of its mass he missed. He had used too much power in his right kick, it did not allow him time to connect his second leg. The sack went flying, but barely compared to the last time. Without the following left kick he was not going to send anything flying, even a sack of hay.

    Hayate realized he couldn’t just hit as hard as he liked and still be able to get proper air on the sack. Returning to his original position, getting ready to do the maneuver once more he would do a backflip bringing his right leg up trying to kick the bag with enough force to move it upwards but not send it flying, however his kick was too light this time. When his second kick connected the bag was still firmly placed on the training pole. Hayate fell down onto his back, the wind getting knocked out of him as he gasped for air. He was fast enough, he knew how to do the kicks? What was wrong, why couldn’t he just get it right. Hayate’s fist rose, slamming down on the ground as he panted, going to sit up ready to do it again. Returning to his original position he did the same maneuver, backflip, right kick up, left kick up, however the left kick came into late, he missed the bag once again. He was not able to control his right kick well enough yet. Again, and again he continued doing it until the sun went down. As the orange haze of dusk began to set, Hayate realized this was his last chance to get it.

[Hayate]

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Rank: C rank short range offensive(0-5m)

Skill: TaiJutsu

Effect: A three hit combo attack designed to knock a foe into the air and keep them there momentarily.

Special: No hand seals are required to perform TaiJutsu

Drawback: None

Description: The user rushes an opponent and performs a very fast back flip, aiming to kick the foe in the chin with one leg, then in the torso with the other to knock them into the air, followed by a swift uppercut to the chin or torso, depending on whether the foe dodged the first part of the attack, or whether they're in the air already. The speed of this technique is higher than normal because the momentum of a full speed run is transferred into the back flip, then into the upper cut; however it is C ranked because of the speed, and the skill required to maintain the momentum through the movements.

Limit: Universal TaiJutsu Technique

Sprinting towards the training dummy and away from the past failures he did the backflip his first foot launching the bag into the air, swiftly following was his second kick which launched the bag high into the air. Mid air, Hayate spinned going to land on one of his arms before spinning and landing on his two legs. A smile came across as his face as he watched the bag fall down. As the bag fell he felt accomplished, but he knew he could send it higher. However the ache in his body and the lack of sunlight meant that was for a different day.

Finally to perfect the combo, he would have to add a punch into the combo. At least, that’s how the guy he observed doing it did it. Back to his familiar spot he would ready himself to face his also familiar opponent, the weighted hay sack. Breaking into a sprint, doing a swift backflip, bringing his right leg up at the ‘chin’ of the bag and instead of a second kick with his left, he now used it as a guide, however he put too much force into it, sending the bag flying horizontally a few meters. Hayate himself was able to recover from his fall, before landing on his two feet. With a sigh, he would go back to retrieve the dislocated bag.

After finishing the reconstruction of his dummy, he went to strike again. Again in his familiar position to do his once again familiar combo, he would then use his left leg to guide the sack into a position allowing him to follow up with a strong punch. As he brought his fist up towards the bag it slowly slipped away from his knuckles, with a sigh he would go to land himself comfortably and set himself up again. Just like with the last kick, he was not able to truly control his movements. Sure he could send it flying, but he needed to know when to reserve his strength if he wanted to truly hit them hard.

Again and again he would practice the maneuver. Sometimes he would hit the bag too hard sending it flying, other times he would not hit it hard enough making his punch come just a moment early. Unless he could get the timing right, he would never be able to perfect the Stunning Dragon Combo, or at least that’s what he had been calling it to himself. After a few more failures, he finally began to get frustrated. Returning to his original position he swiftly jolted forward, a quick backflip followed by a right kick upwards, then using his second kick as a guide to get the sack into position before following up with a powerful punch. The hay sack was sent flying upwards, hovering in the air momentarily before falling to the ground.

Hayate would continue to doing the maneuver, a few more times before increasing the weight. There was no point in training solely on hay sacks, his enemies would most likely be heavier than that. After spending the whole day training, as the sunlight began to fade he was finally to the point where his training weights matched that of another person, around 170lbs. This would be the real test, if he could do this he wouldn’t look dumb trying it in battle. Quickly returning to his original position Hayate did the movements he knew too well at this point, sprinting forward quickly matching that with a backflip. His right leg coming up to connect the sack in the ‘chin’, his left leg now kicking the bag into position and his fist connecting with the weighted bag. Pulling his arm back, and moving his shoulder back with it he would send a punch with all of his might. As his punch connected Hayate knew he was getting good at the technique and he enjoyed watching the bag fly just as far as last time.

As Hayate fell, moving over to catch himself on his feet he would watch the hay sack fall down. A huge grin would appear on his face, an accomplished one for sure. Now he would head home and get some well deserved rest.

[Skulking Shinzu]

+30 TP. Learned!