The Oasis(Training)

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Post 3

Shoko's feet slid to a halt, midl exhausted from all the walking he had been doing that day. He stared off towards his shimmering, cobalt blue reflection on the waters of the grand Oasis. He was back, at the place where just yesterday he had learned how to fully harness the power of water, and without anyone to teach him whats more. The realisation of all these things lead to Shoko feeling somewhat special.

Which was odd. Shoko had never felt special in this life, at least when he was still living in Kumogakure he didn't Fun fact, Shoko never really considered himself hated or despised back then during darker days, what pushed him off the edge was how... uneeded his very existence seemed to be. No one needed to tell him simply because it was that obvious. And that was one of the reasons he left, to finally be of use to someone.

But enough of that, Shoko was snapped out of Oasis's alluring trance by a sudden rough voice that seemed to emanate from behind him.

"Hah, not surprised to see yew 'ere... Shoko."

The young lad's blood froze. Shoko would take a long breath to calm and prepare himself mentally.

"Well it shouldn't be. You've got a lot of explaining to do after what happened yesterday." The shinobi stated confidently.

"Well, just came to grab me things. You wanna arrest me? Make it quick, I'm surprised you can still say that despite being knowing that I was only giving you a well-deserved lesson."

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"I don't know what your deal is Mackerel, but one thing I know is that I meant what i said the day prior. I don't respect the way you teach... and I found out that I'm better off learning by myself."

"Oh, I realised that already boy. But if so, why exactly did you think to return here. It's still my property, and you know that"

Shoko found himself honestly speechless as Mackerel finished his sentence, he tried to respond but he could only gurgle as he tried to think of a proper excuse, not even knowing himself the reason why he had decided to really return. Or maybe he just didn't want to admit it? In that case, the boy decided he would express it in actions rather than words.

Shoko turned away from Mackerel, taking in a deep breath as he walked over the waters of the Oasis. Not a single word was spoken as the ninja advanced silently towards one of the wooden poles jutting out about a solid metre out from from the surface of the water.The boy exhaled, in one swift and precise movement, he jumped gracefully to the top of the pole, landing on a single foot. It was at that moment, Shoko would infuse his invisible chakra into the water. The liquid shifted, then bubbled, and before Mackerel knew it, the young genin had created a mini-vortex on the surface of the water, himself as the epicenter.

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Post 5

Mackerel stared back at the boy, unblinkingly. It wasn't the massive vortex that the man himself had created the day prior, but it was scarily similar to that. How the previously uneducation ninja managed to perform such in such a short amount of time seemed an illogical question. But here it was, right in front of the grizzled veteran's eyes. His former student really turned out to be something in the end.

"Well? I hope this display has answered your question." The young boy said expectantly.

"Boy... we've got some work to do." And so Mackerel would begin to entertain Shoko by teaching him his first ever battle technique in suiton.

Mackerel had insisted that it would be a defensive technique called bubble dome. The man had his student practise creating what first turned out to be a bubble, but then forced him to expand the bubble until it could fit at least five people. Shoko was exhausted by the end of it, only to find out that he still had a lot of work to go. Mackerel gave him a set of hanseals and made him practise focusing his chakra into the bubble in a certain way to increase its density.

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Focused Water Dragon Fang
Rank: "B"
Skill: NinJutsu
Effect: A powerful dragon launched to attack multiple targets.
Special: Handseals
Drawback: ---
Description: Range of this technique is 7 meters + 6 meters per Class Level. Target is up to 5 creatures or objects, no two can be more than 10 meters apart. Duration of this technique is instantaneous. This technique requires a large source of water nearby. User launches a powerful, focused attack at several opponents in the shape of a Dragon. The attack deals 16 Armour Points per Class Level of bludgeoning damage to each creature or object. No single creature or object can be targeted twice.
Limit: Must know Water Release.

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Mackerel munched on yet another apple, watch as Shoko's fingers flickered through a set of handseals, his chakra merging with the moisture in the atmosphere to bring a seven-foot tall bubble into existence that slowly materialised. The mentor gave Shoko a gesture to reduce his chakra input a bit, not wanting the bubble to grow too big then pop(which had already happened many times that day). He was glad that he at least had a student quite dedicated to what he was doing.

"Alright there you have it, now do that other thing I told ya." The bearded man made another gesture with his hands.

Eager young Shoko gave a curt nod, a determined glint going on his his bright caramel irises. For a moment he held his breath, as he concentrated a different channel of chakra in his body, increasing its density. Exhaling, the boy released all of that erratic-density chakra into the bubble.

"Alright lad! Bout time too. But let's see if you really hit the mark eh?" Mackerel scratched his beard and chuckled. The man pulled out a knife from his belt, grinning haughtily.

"Lets just hope you got it right..."

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Post 2



"WHO WHOA LET'S CALM DOWN HERE MACKEREL! THAT COULD KILL ME!" Shoko screamed in protest, clearly concerned for his well-being under Mackerel's apprenticeship.

"Hehe, didn't you say you worked better under pressure?" Mackerel burst into laughter.

"Well... this is different okay just drop the knife please I'm not ready I tell ya."

"Hmmm... Well if you insist..." Mackerel twirled the short blade in his hands before letting it collapse into the sand. "Alright alright, what do you reckon I do to test the integrity of that bubble dome of yours.

Shoko thought about his answer carefully, seeking to know himself whether the bubble dome was serious as durable as it was supposed to be, but at the same time, not wishing to die before his time, and certainly not at the hands of one such as Mackerel.

"I... I want you to use another suiton technique against it." This prompted a shrug from Mackerel, who simply began preparing handseals for the technique he was going to use against the boy. Shoko closed his eyes, concentrating on his flow of chakra to the bubble, making as sturdy as he could while bracing himself the whole time. The bubble was going to have to be quite dense, something he should be able to achieve given this was the boy's twelth attempt at the technique.

Within seconds, a section of the oasis rose, like a gigantic wave, but one that seemed sharp enough to cut through a tree if it managed to collide against it. A feeling of dread passed through Shoko as he saw the jutsu coming for his bubble. He mentally prepared himself to teleport the moment that thing came close enough.

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Shoko stood looking rather sheepish, it had been minutes and surprisingly, the bubble managed to hold despite Shoko's major doubts, but the rather shameful thing was that he had given in to his fear, and teleported way too early. leaving him to watch the jutsu crash against his seemingly unbreakable dome, with it disappearing shortly after thanks to no one continuing its chakra supply. Now he was drying off in the sun, while a jolly Mackerel lounged under the shade of the palm tree "Evaluating Shoko's performance".

The boy scoffed, wondering what was so criticizable about him learning the technique. No doubt, the older man was just probably using that as an excuse to take a break from teaching the eager boy.

"Alright Shoko listen up! After a while of carefully evaluating and criticizing your abilities I've concluded the next technique we're going to be training."

Shoko paused, quite curious but hoping that he got an offensive technique to work on this time.

"Listen kid, for most proteges, it would be two months before their teachers would allow them to even know about such a technique. But for obvious reasons I will let you take a crack at it now."

Shoko's eyes perked, waiting for the name of the jutsu to be called.

"Hope ya like dragons boy, because today we will be learning one of my personal favourites; Focused Water Dragon Fang."

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Post 4

Some minutes had passed after Mackerel had announced to Shoko the jutsu he was tasked with mastering. Now, the swashbuckler stood dominantly upright, chest out and with a rather heroic look on his face, towering behind him and about seven metres tall, was the upper body of a cyan-blue dragon. With closer observation one would recognise this being as a dragon-like beast, whose whole body comprised of pure water.

An impressive sight indeed. Though Shoko did not seem to think so, and Mackerel found himself bewildered at Shoko's lack of reaction. The boy simply shrugged and said "Cool.", the older man couldn't help but feel dismayed.

"Hang on, this doesn't even phase you. What the hell! You telling me you've seen a dragon before?" Mackerel queried rather furiously.

Shoko sighed. The boy quickly began weaving a fast set of handseals, flawlessly directing his ever-flowing chakra into the palms of his two middle hands. Within seconds, a crackling cacophony began to emit from his palms followed by lightning that grew and grew , morphing its figure and shape until he had two lightning hydras anchored to his hands.

Mackerel finally managed to close his slack-jaw.

"Y'know what, forget this shit. Here are the handseals, you already know what to do with them." The older man fumed. "I am taking a well-deserved nap."

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A sly grin formed on Shoko's shadowy visage as Mackerel dejectedly threw himself over to the palm tree. It seemed like water-style wasn't the huge obstacle he thought it was. He'd even managed to frustrate his teacher, simply because he was too good a student! But thinking back to it, Shoko's knowledge and skill in lightning style made the manipulation of water 50% easier thanks to some of their shared principles.

Rubbing his hands together, Shoko took a shot at performing the jutsu. Long story short, he finished in twenty minutes Meaning that he was able to make a functional water-dragon with not much effort. Yet again it was the chakra consumption that scared him more than the technique and as such he found the urge to show it to Mackerel quite quickly so he could stop it.


"Eh , wha... Whaddya want lad? I'm busy here come back when your smart arse has done what I asked you to do." Mackerel rubbed his eyes as he was awoken by water drops falling on his face.

Clearing his vision, Mackerel spiralled into a fit of shock as he stared into the face of Shoko's water dragon instead of Shoko himself. The middle-aged man cursed, not finding Shoko's little prank funny.

"Get that thing out of my sight boy. I get it, now don't make me angry this afternoon." Shoko grinned sheepishly before cancelling the technique.

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Vortex
Rank: "A"
Skill: NinJutsu
Effect: User creates a large vortex to deal damage every round, or a decent amount of damage to large creatures.
Special: Handseals
Drawback: ---
Description: Range of this technique is 120 meters + 60 meters per Class Level. Area of effect is whirlpool 15 meters deep, 10 meters wide at top, 2 meters wide at base. Duration of this technique is 5 rounds per Class Level. This technique requires a huge source of water nearby. User creates a powerful and immobile whirlpool in any body of liquid large enough to contain the Jutsu's effect. Any Large or smaller creature that comes in contact with the Jutsu effect take 24 Armour Points of bludgeoning damage. A Medium or smaller creature is pulled into the whirlpool and held suspended in its powerful currents, taking 24 Armour Points of Bludgeoning damage each round on the user's turn. User may direct the whirlpool to eject any carried creatures whenever they wish. A boat that is equal in length or shorter than the vortex's width that passes through a vortex takes 80 Armour Points of damage and is caught up by the current. If the boat’s captain makes a Very Difficult Boating check (or if the boat is longer in the vortex’s width), the boat takes only half damage and is not caught up by the vortex.
Limit: Must know Water Release.

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Shoko almost giggled.

"So Mr. Fish. There anytime left to learn another technique? Honestly, I'm up for just about anything now."

"First of all, never call me that again. Second of all, You shouldn't start thinking that just because you've got a bit of talent you can start getting ahead of yourself." The bearded teacher grumbled. "It's getting late, so we are ending for the day whether you like it or not."

Shoko let out an exasperating groan. There was so much more he wanted to learn, he couldn't just quit now it was way too early for him.

"Whaaaat? You can't be serious Mackerel, I can't go home yet. You've still got a boatload of cool shit to teach me. Quitting now would be pure laziness."

Mackerel scoffed. Young Shoko Natamura was likely only eager because of his self-confidence, and it seemed that the man would have to make a few adjustments to that. Meanwhile shoko waited for the older man's reply, wondering what on earth he was thinking as he stared off into space, a large grin occupying his face. Mackerel's eyes snapped back to Shoko almost sinisterly, knowing exactly what he would have the young lad do.

"Alright here lad. If you're as good as you think, then why not try your had at something really professional. I want you to create the same whirlpool I made back then, I'll even be guiding you through the process but trust me, you'll rethink being so eager once this technique's finished with ya."

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Post 2

Shoko blinked twice, not quite sure if his mentor was really serious. The same technique that almost killed him he wanted the boy to try and master? Even for Shoko that was a mighty task for someone to try and handle, especially when he already had most of his chakra sapped for the day. The confused genin asked for confirmation first before breaking into his trademark sigh. Maybe he should've listened to Mackerel and went home when he had the chance.

When Mackerel asked if Shoko was ready to begin and the boy said yes, The older man began explaining the technique, how to perform it and what it exactly did. It was simply known as Vortex. Mackerel explained that it was a jutsu created by expelling one's chakra along the surface of the water. This concentrated chakra was meant to react with the air that caused friction with the water. An Ekman Spiral would instantly be produced. The water below the surface would be impacted by the frictional properties of the moving surface water.

Because the deeper layers of water move more slowly than the shallower layers, they tend to "twist around" and flow opposite to the surface current. Depending on how strong the winds are and mainly the amount of chakra continuously fuelling the technique(While being appropriately controlled to avoid catastrophe or failure), the motion could be strong enough to create a whirlpool within the Oasis. Mackerel told Shoko that is was dead-on his job to make that happen.

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Post 3



By the end of the lecture, the young shinobi already felt exhausted. Yet strangely Mackerel seemed more into this than Shoko, the obvious glint of excitement in his eyes as he demonstrated the appropriate handseals to be used. Maybe the excitement came from remembering the times of his youth when he was first taught technique by his father. Or maybe he simply liked seeing Shoko frustrated, likely both.

Mackerel stood up this time, as he watched his young protege crouching on top the surface of the freshwater Oasis. He was eager to watch the young lad's development first hand, knowing that he never paid much attention to what happened while the boy was actually learning the technique. That realisation stung him a little, he wanted to be a more active mentor, not some old crone who only ever cares about the end result.

The chuunin aspirant lightly dipped all six hands of his into the warm liquid, closing his eyes as he attempted to amass his chakra. Not too much, and not too little. That was the discipline most ninjutsu styles encouraged. Too little would lead to your jutsu not functioning, while too much chakra build-up would lead to whatever it is you were trying to create, exploding in your face. The deal was the powerful and difficult the technique was, the harder it was to get that particular "sweet-spot". And with everything being invisible and happening inside your body there was no way to predict the sweet-spot.

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Meaning that people like Shoko Natamura would have to make their attempts with little direction and often have to make estimations based on their experiences of learning other jutsus. Aaaaaand, that's it!, The boy's thoughts cried inside his head. Shoko opened his eyes once more and a pair of his submerged hands began dancing through the set of handseals Mackerel had demonstrated.

And with that, the boy's chakra left his body, through all thirty-six fingers that were held by the water. The invisible chakra he amassed in his body began steadily seeping out the water. He could pray that his guess on the appropriate chakra build-up hand been correct. His focused at that point in time would be in supplying a steady flow of chakra from his body to the water.

Luckily, he noticed movement immediately after a few seconds. The shinobi from the village hidden in the sand watched excitedly as the waves began changing. From linear, Shoko began to notice its centripetal movement and rotation of the waves. Shoko waited a few more seconds, but had the smile drained from his face when he noticed it wasn't going any faster, nor growing any bigger.

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Post 5

"Hohoho, hold on boy, you probably know already but you're getting something wrong there." Mackerel called out from his position by the shoreline. Shoko was impressed the man actually bothered to watch him this time.

"Number one error; you got that last handseal wrong. Here, it's like this." Mackerel made each individual handseal for his student to learn and memorise.

"Alright, now that that's out of the way, number two error; Not enough chakra input. I know you were probably trying to play it safe, but for a technique like this... You'll probably need to double your chakra build-up if you wanna get the right going."

Shoko nodded his head, taking in every detail.

"Finally, number three error; You didn't spread out your chakra very far. If you don't spread out your chakra from at least fifteen metres, you will not be making a big enough vortex to actually carry out its purpose. The bigger it is, the harder it is to escape from."

A look of understanding register on Shoko's face before the boy pulled up his sleeves, rubbing all six of his palms together and ready to get to work. Mackerel remained silent as he watched the boy, waiting to see his potential blossom before the man's very eyes. The former privateer had an idea of what Shoko could become given enough time and effort.

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With all the surprising helpful advice that Mackerel had bestowed upon him, Shoko felt more ready than ever to begin again. He started with clearing his mind before regulating his chakra. The boy was in deep concentration knowing that the chakra that he pooled from his tenketsu this time around had to be almost twice as much, but still frighteningly precise in level at the same time.

It took the boy and extra ten seconds before he was satisfied that his chakra control was defined to the appropriate levels. That was something he was going to have to work on, because if he even managed to get the technique right on this next attempt it definitely wouldn't be fit for combat if it took ten seconds just to build-up the chakra alone. He would work on that after the technique was learnt and when he actually knew where the sweet-spot was.

For now he would focus on the task at hand, Shoko stared at his upper left and right arms for they were the ones weaving the handseals at that time. Extra careful, Shoko ran through them slower than usual so as to not make any mistakes. This put his chakra to work by releasing it from his fingertips once more. With that out of the way, Shoko nearly forgot to expand the chakra's reach over the surface of the water.

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Shoko's fingers moved subconsciously, as if conducting an invisible orchestras he willed his chakra to spread out. The invisible energy diffused into the surface of the water, it's span growing larger and larger as the boy put more effort and will into it. His chakra continued to stretch, only halting when it had reached a fifteen metre radius from the boy, which by then Shoko almost cancelled the chakra flow completely in his attempt to stop its growth.

The determined shinobi shot a glance back to his seemingly dedicated teacher, who still seemed to be watching him throughout his endeavour. The man gave the boy a quick thumbs-up signal to the boy to let him know that everything was okay and that he should carry on. This new supportive side of Mackerel honestly just creeped Shoko out, but at the same time, they both realised that it improved his teaching skills and made it easier for Shoko to cope.

The genin for once was overcome with the desire to actually make the man proud. And so his jutsu would begin, the chakra infused into the surface of the Oasis would be doing its job of significantly accelerating the Ekman spiral. The surface of the water began to shift, then its current changing from linear motion to circular around Shoko, more intense than his first attempt. I can do this. I know I can do this. Shoko kept his concentration on providing the flow of chakra.

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Post 8

But this point in time the ever-expanding swirl was becoming more and more visible. Shoko could see the works of his chakra and relished in the feeling that came with it. Unlike last time, Shoko could feel, no, he could see the swirl growing faster and faster, meaning the deeper waters were also being affected by the technique as well. Shoko backed away from the water and scooted back to the safety of the shoreline before he resumed his efforts.

An actual vortex grew, every second it actual grew bigger and spun faster. The feeling made Shoko feel high, just knowing he was the one causing all this. But he limited his thoughts, knowing that only a little break in concentration would lead to the jutsu instantly failing. The water swished about a clockwise direction this time with a new fierce intensity, unmatched by any natural whirlpool.

"Good Job lad! This is amazing coming from you. I'm actually proud kid." Mackerel called out.

"Now let us see how long you can hold it Aye? Haha, this is going to be quite some fun."
Mackerel marvelled at the sheer centripetal force and speed produced by the technique, it was nothing he hadn't seen before but it coming from Shoko was what made it out of the norm. There truly was something bright in that kid, and Mackerel would devote himself to unlocking it.

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Rising Water Slicer
Rank: "B"
Skill: NinJutsu
Effect: User releases a linear wave of water that travels at high speeds to attack the target.
Special: Handseals
Drawback: ---
Description: Range of this technique is 30 meters + 15 meters per Class Level. Effect is a Line attack. Duration of this technique is instantaneous. This technique requires a small source of water nearby. A continuous line attack starting from the user's location. This attack is 2 inches wide and 3 meters high. The user releases a linear wave of water that travels at high speeds to attack the target. This technique deals 14 Armour Points per Class Level of slashing damage while bypassing 5 Hardness. Anyone within the line attack is affected.
Limit: Must know Water Release.

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A shirtless boy fell backwards into the surrounding sand. Exhaustion was evident judging by his physical appearance and his six long arms seemed little more than stiff logs laying in the sands of the Oasis. Shoko Natamura sighed.

"Do tell me Mackerel. How does it take me one day to learn a technique, only to have to train it over and over again for three days until it became "battle-worthy?" The ninja hissed irritably.

Mackerel, the boy's mentor in the art of suiton, simply scoffed at the boy's statement. He knew just how ignorant the young lad could be at times despite being quite the capable shinobi.

"Listen here kid. Three days ago you did indeed manage to learn to create a vortex. But your timing was awful, your whirlpool was as slow as snail, and it still lacked the strength and endurance to pull in and capsize real ships." The hardened teacher responded. "Before you could even dream about performing that technique in a real scenario, I had to make you perfect. Or at least decent enough to get the job done in a real battle. You should even be lucky that took you only four days. Took me a week just to learn the jutsu back in my day, then ya shoulda seen how long it took me to properly condition it."

Shoko rolled his eyes. The middle-aged man did have a point. Shoko rolled to his side and got up by his knees, eyes locating Mackerel.

"Alright alright. So yeah, I guess we're done now. Anything we supposed to work on or can I go eat out today?"