Training Midst The Rain

[kujira]

Hisan Genkotsu: Hashigodan Kyokaku (Stair Chest)
Rank:|D-C|
Skill: TaiJutsu
Effect: Uses the chest of the opponent as a personal set of stairs.
Special:---
Drawbacks:Must have the opponent stunned or in perfect position beforehand.
Description: |D|- The user jumps towards the opponent and pretends to prepare for a punch to the face. They then use when the time when the opponent blocks their face to lay a kick on the chest of the opponent followed by multiple kicks to the same spots on the chest in the motion of Stepping up stairs.
|C|- The user runs up to the opponent and grabs thier arms while jumping into the air. They continue to stomp on the chest of the opponent until they feel fit where they let the arms go and perform a double kickoff stomp to blast the opponent forward and push themselves back.
Limit: Must know Hisan Genkotsu: Basic Stance; Balance level 4 D ranked Training

As the sun rose in the early morning,its golden rays filtering across the leafy tree tops a young ninja made his way through the dense woodland foilage toward a small clearing up ahead in the distance. Humming lightly to himself Riou Gankaku took off his backpack, spilled the small wooden contents of his bacpack on the ground and set to work assembling a decidingly humanoid contraption.

Riou stood, smiling slightly to himself.It had been difficult but he had assembled the training dummy he had borrowed from the academy and now it stood in the clearing gazing at him with its dull emotionless expression. Now Riou was ready to train the next technique in his mastery over Hisan Genkotsu

Facing the dummy Riou began to go through a method of relaxation and breathing control. Letting his breathing go into a slow rythym in and out,the slight rising of his chest the only thing that mattered right now. Next he let nothingness wash over his mind,letting emotions and problems float away into an empty void. The though of them becoming insubstantial,almost like mist that floated away into the shadows. Now Riou tensed his muscles,preparing them for the swift movements that would be required next,he could feel them coil and tense,almost like spring as he prepared them for the next stage of movement. Now his body and mind were prepared for the technique.

Facing the dummy Riou stared with intense concentration into its dull visage. Realizing his body and mind were ready Riou began to visualize enacting the technique as this was the first time he was to attempt it. Riou visualized himself running up the dummy, the dummy then trying to defend itself from a punch to the face with a wing, then Riou would run up the dummy like he would a stair,raining blows upon it until he lost momentum and balance upon which he would flip back. Satisfied with his mental assesment Riou tensed his body and prepared to attack.

Launching himself like a bullet from a gun Riou barreled out towards the dummy. Raising his arm behind him, his hand clenched in a fist as if to strike the dummy with one blow. Realizing there was no way to fake out an inanimate object Riou imagined the dummy raising its arms to defend itself. Smiling now Riou tensed his muscles like springs and performed a graceful leap unto the dummys torso. Powerful legs sprung into action repeatedly kicking and kicking the dummy,thrusting blows rained down upon it,wood shattering and splintering.

Feeling himself lose balance and momentum Riou performed one last kick,spinning himself in mid air with powerful sweeping movements of the leg he performed one last kick right to the head of the training dummy. Snapping it clean of with a powerful inside crescent kick. Landing gently in the clearing Riou surveyed the broken remains of the dummy. Satisified with todays training as the sun waned in the sky Riou set about gathering the dumm'y's remains into his knapsack and he set off back to the village.

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As the next day inevitably came Riou came back into the clearing. Having returned the dummy to the academy in pieces Riou was not issued a new one and today he stood in the same clearing facing a simple tree.

As Riou went through the same regime of calming his mind and relaxing his muscles he thought back over yesterdays training,deciding today he would push himself even farther and master the technique! Tensing his muscles like a coiled jack in the box he launched himself towards the tree.

Once again he raised his fist in a mock blow before leaping up onto the tree's, his powerful legs working like pistons on the tough unyielding bark. Multiple blows rained down upon the tree piercing through the bark slowly but surely,pieces of bark and sap flying everywhere, then with a flourish Riou leapt off the tree and landed softly kneeling in the clearing. Standing there for seconds Riou stood up slowly gazing at the tree. Nodding his head in satisfaction Riou knew he had mastered this technique. As he left the clearing a loud THUNK! sound alerted his attention to the fact the tree had been split in twain. Smiling he continued his sojourn back to Amekagure.

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[kujira]

Teikiatsu noroshi (Cyclone Skyrocket)
Rank: C Rank
Skill: Taijutsu
Effect: User fakes a head-on attack in order to deliver a more powerful blow.
Special: N/A
Drawback: N/A
Description: The user runs at the enemy, acting like like they are attacking blindly. The user then drops to the ground attempting a leg sweep works to the advantage of the user. If the enemy, blocks or is hit by the sweep. The user will then bring his hand to the ground and throw his feet in the air in a spinning spiral. The user will then drive his feet into the enemies chin, or chest.
Limit: Must know Gouken no Kamae (Iron fist stance)

The afternoon sun hung high in the air,its dazzling brilliance cascading over the landscape of Ame no Kuni. A lone ninja clad in white Gi sat cross legged,eyes closed in the middle of a clearing amongst the dense forestry. Only the thin whistle of the wind was heard as the ninja sat in the clearing meditating,not even his faint breathing heard. In his mind Riou though over the last fews days in the village. The Amekage had left for a mission in the stone and he had not yet been assigned a team, sighing slightly Riou stood up, not one to laze around he immediatly sat up and went to the middle of the clearing,today he would train! So he would would be stronger when the Amekage came back!

Today Riou would attempt to learn a technique he had failed to master previously during his time at the academy.Teikiatsu noroshi...cyclone skyrocket. Standing in the clearing letting the slight breeze in the air wash over him like a cooling mist Riou began to concentrate his body and mind. Muscles began to relax and coil like metalic springs, all the tenseness in his body began to fade. Riou let his emotions fade,letting them fall away like ripples in the water. All the problems and anger diminished into nothingness,sinking into the dark void of nothingness. Breathing lightly only through his nose Riou exhaled letting everything slide out in silence. Now he was ready to perform the technique...now he was ready to prove to himself he was a ninja.

Facing a small dummy he had constructed from branches and tree's the day before Riou began to visualize performing the technique. Mentally pictures began to flash through his mind as he broke down the technique into its basics. The run.....the leg sweep...the swivel of the hips and torso.....holding his body up while performing a spin. All of it seemed so simple as he broke it down. Stepping into a goken stance, one hand forword raised, knuckles outward hand upright,the other behind him clasped in a light fist,Riou prepared to launch himself at the dummy.

With a slight blurring of his figure and a flicker Riou was gone hurtling towards the training dummy. Riou could feel his legs pumping like pistons taking him closer and closer to the dummy. Strafing from left to right as he approached the dummy Riou raised his fist back,cocking it for a demolishing blow. As Riou stood five metres from the dummy he executed a graceful leap in the air, landing in front of the dummy he began to punch wildly for a few seconds,his fists flying through the air, then without warning he crouched downwards delivering a spinning sweep to the imaginary legs of the dummy. His legs swept in a huge arc towards the single pole anchoring the dummy to the ground. With a resounding Snap The single pole broke under the tremendous force of Riou's blow.

The dummy shot upwards, the only thing anchoring it to the ground now gone under Riou's onslaught. Seeing this Riou brough his hands down,twisting his torso and hips brining his legs upwards. Setting his hands swiftly down he pushed himself upwards, his legs shot straight in the air. Tightening his facial expression Riou attempted to cope with the physical strain placed upon his arms holding his entire body upwards. Exhaling strongly he began to rotate his body, his legs spinning and flickering as they executed a veritable rain of blows upon the dummy.

As blows rained down upon the dummy,being spun in vicious circle as kicks bombarded down upon it form Riou's technique it burst apart,simple wood not taking the strain of Riou's blows. But as the wood exploded in a shower of splinters some of the bigger pieces got caught in Rious legs and he fell onto the ground exhausted. As his chest rose and fell rythmically with his breathing his mind went over the training? How effective had it been?

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[Arkai]

+9

[9/30]

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Sitting in the middle of the woodland glade that had become his sanctuary and training ground Riou ate a small frugal lunch. He liked to sit and just admire the beauty that sat all around him, the way the tree's gently bowed underneath a slight breeze,the scent of pine lingering on his nostrils. Sighing lustly he though this is what life should be like, this tranquilness, this absence of anger and conflict....he could sit here for a lifetime if it was possible.... Suddenly a kunai whipped into the clearing barely missing Riou's head! Standing alert not sensing anyone near he spied a note tied to the Kunai......clasping the kunai firmly he untied the note and began to read.

Barely holding back a gasp of astonishment Riou clutched his head...he was to join a team of ninja on a mission to Iwakagure! With the Amekage himself! Swifty Riou picked up his ninja pack and set of swiftly to stone country, the directions of the Amekage's party travelling in Iwakagure scrawled on it, Riou hoped he could find them before they arrived at the village.

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[EXIT]

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As Riou approuched the clearing his mind was awash with the events of the past two days, the mission with the Amekage....what a failure it had been. With a small twitch in his eye Riou resolved he must train harder to achieve the strength necessary to make sure he never failed the village , the Amekage.....or his father. He would report back to the village after he had purged himself through some training,with a wry grin he started stretching,his failure would be washed away in a fiery tirade of training! It would be a true explosion of youth!

Feeling a gentle kind of sereness fall over him as he sat stretching his muscles and ligaments, this was the time he truly cherished, where nothing mattered at all but the task at hand, all the worries could just fade from his mind, feeling his muscles sitting relaxed yet ready like springs Riou stood up and focussed on the task at hand, he needed to increase his balance while performing the second part of this technique.

Swiftly setting himself into a hand stand Riou wobbled unsteadily, this was the first time he had ever attempted something like this! Shaking he slowly placed one hand over the other in an attempt to move forword crawling at almost a snails pace. His arms already ached from the few seconds he had held himself aloof but he forced himself to keep holding on,this was nothing compared to the shame he had felt when the Amekage's mission had been a failure! Arms quaking with effort slow tears of sweat began to drip of Riou's perspiring body.

The sun waned as the guy as still Riou walked around the clearing in a hand stand, for almost an hour he had been repeating the exercise over and over,sometimes falling from exhaustion but always picking himself up. A veritable waterfall cascaded down his body as his tired,aching,cramped muscles screamed there protest at this harsh unrelenting training. Riou's breaths came in long labouring gasps as he still tried to place on e hand in front of the other, his balance almost crumpling a dozen times as he rose his left hand to place in front of himself, his whole mind and even being concentrated on this one task.

Finally Riou's body succumbed to the taxing physical demands he had placed on it,crumbling upon himself he lay panting in the clearing,his clothing lay drenched in sweat and he couldn't feel his arms , but deep down...he truly felt he had accomplished something significant...maybe the training hadn't worked but in the core of his being he felt he had purged himself of the failure that seemed to permeate him after the botched mission. Barely able to stand Riou went to his ninja pack,unrolling his sleeping bag, his head barely had to touch the soft comforting embrace of its warm folds before he was fast asleep, a small smile on his lips.

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[Arkai]

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[15/30]

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As the early morning sun peaked over the horizon, spilling gold cascading lights over the clearing Riou Genkaku stirred restlessly amidst the simple sleeping bag that he had slept on through the night. It lay in a heap soggy and soaked as one of the many rain storms that frequented this land had visited last night. Rising gently Riou could feel his muscles echoing there displeasure at his movement,it had been hard training last night and maybe he had pushed himself to the edge.......muscles groaning Riou pushed himself towards the center of the clearing and began to resume his training.

Standing there Riou brought his hands up to his sides , gently holding them palms outwards.Using the same breathing exercise he had been taught time and time again he began to focus his mind a task akin to sharpening a knife in his mind. Emotions began to swirl together in a tempest of hues,forming a cacophony of feelings. Exhaling ever so slowly Riou could almost see them disappear into a black gaping abyss, soon a single feeling remained, something intangible that couldn't be placed. It was akin to cold harsh steel , that was the only way it could be described. Turning his palms inward one behind in back the other knuckles out, vertically straight Riou stood in a goken stance ready to begin.

Eyes staring intensly at the training dummy that lay set up a few metres away, Riou mentally invisioned what he was about do. Setting himself lower in his stance Riou uttered a short crisp "hiiiii! Moments passed and then with no warning Riou shot off towards the dummy like greased lightning,his movement becoming a blur to normal humans. Slight clouds of dust rose as his feet rose and fell, pounding the ground as he pushed himself farther and farther.His muscles screamed their protest at his movements , both from the today and the ramifications of his training yesterday, but it mattered not and Riou continued raising his fist as he approached the dummy.

Riou could feel the tendons in his arm tightening as he arched his fist backwards for a crushing blow,he could feel his entire body focusing every single ounce of energy into the punch, his whole being pouring into this one blow and as he stood,scant feet away from the dummy he shouted out, letting his fist fly.... But something happened,he didn't even punch the dummy instead following through with a low leg sweep, his legs arching and sweeping swinging through like hammers on the dummy's feet.

Feeling his legs hit the dummy with the force of a descending sledge Riou suddenly thrust his hands down, pivoting his hips as he did so,sending his body in a complete vertical reverse. Legs spun once again, battering the dummy's head in a barrage of blows so fierce the thick wood panelling began to shatter, chipping and flaking amonst the blows. The muscles screamed in Riou's arms, quivering and shaking with the effort that kept him aloft but still he held on.Sweat running down his body in small rivulets dripping onto the dusty clearing.

With a final flick of his arms, a twist of his hips Riou delivered a powerful kick to the dummy's face, his leg forming a vicious hooking arc that hit straight into the dummy's head with a technically perfect roundhouse kick, the splintering of wood heard through the clearing as the dummy's head flew off into the clearing resembled a mangled piece of wood. Gently lowering himself to the ground Riou lay panting and gasping for air,overall extremely happy with the training, but had it been enough?

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[Arkai]

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[24/30]

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As the red sun lowered,descending upon the horizon Riou Genkaku stood in the Goken stance, One hand behind his back, the other knuckles facing out,vertically straight like an arrow. His legs lowered, coiled like springs ready to pounce. Eyeing the now repaired training dummy Riou grinned ever so slightly so himself, was there ever a training session where he had not broken the training dummy? Laughing at his own Zealotry and rushing the dummy that stood scant metres away.

OOC: I don't actually know if Zealotry is a word but I like it

Swiftly Riou approached the dummy as it stood there,the same bland expression always on its face, mocking him , toying with him. Raising his hand he forced it into a fist, the knuckles tightening until they were white. Approaching the dummy Riou let out a loud Kiai, letting it ring out through the clearing even scaring a small amount of birds nesting in a big oak tree to his left. His fist descending in a vicious arc Riou prepared to literally knock the block of the dummy.

But then he missed the punch! But instead he lowered himself spun his body, rotated his hips and performed a low leg sweep,his legs rotating like the blades on a helicopter scything through the fake wooden panelling of the dummy's legs, then lifting his arms and rotating his body upward he stood perfectly vertical upside down for scant seconds.His arms quivered ever so slightly as he held his body aloft in this position. Then his arms moved swiftly sending his body spinning like a top, his legs splayed outwards, assaulting the dummy's head with a calvaclade of blows designed to mangle and destroy the head.

Minutes Later.......

Riou stood in the clearing, letting the cold breeze wash over him and cool his sweat drenched body, had the training been succesful? Had he mastered the technique? Sighing softly he turned his gaze towards Amekagure No Sato , he should return to the village and report back to the Amekage, their was something he needed to ask him,something he felt he was prepared for.....the eight gates. Sighing again he left the clearing heading swiftly towards the Amekage's office.

[Exit]

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[Arkai]

Learned.