Rain Dance {Training}

[koira]

Difficulty class; B-rank
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Doton no Jutsu - Earth Release Skill
With this skill, or release, the user is now capable of using, and performing techniques that deal with the element of Earth. This means that any NinJutsu or specialized TaiJutsu that deals the Earth Release will need this in order to be performed correctly.

Rain!
And it had rained forever. Roze shook herself like a dog, trying to get rid of the slight moisture that crept down to her arms. The petite girl was sitting under an old, tall tree which gave her cover with its wide, thick branches, yet it let few drops fall down to its roots now and then. It was warm rain, thus the Yamanaka with sun yellow hair and those rare orange gold eyes didn’t freeze in her hide. Instead she was smiling, enjoying the scent of the fresh, lively nature, even giggled nervously when the clouds roared somewhere far away from her. Of course, all of this was the Amekage’s fault. He had dragged her here, slammed a head band to her hand and abandoned her then. She had no house, no stay, no shelter, only a small tent, and of course she couldn’t place it in the middle of the village. Thus, she was lost in pouring rain now. Everything was his fault, not hers.

It started to seem that the rain would never end, but at least she had a fairly dry and comfy seat, reserved only for her to the show of ‘Nature’s Joy.’ Well. Actually, she had something else in mind.

The girl took a small, shaky breath and moved her hands down from her lap slowly, pressing her palms against the dust dry ground. Roze wasn’t only a poor little wanderer now, she was a real ninja – and, she would be the best! A small, mischievous smile rose to her lips when she thought about it, how would Naga-kun react when he’d see what she could really do? Little did he know, she had been trained by the most self-confident and loudest master in the whole continent! As Master Wing Chu Maya had told her:

“If you really, truly want to become a ninja, all you need is guts.”

The Yamanaka took a deep breath and closed her eyes, concentrating first to what she felt under her palms. Dry, light ground, not thick in surface depths, most likely. In other words, easy target. Next, what was inside of her? Another deep breath and the young woman focused to her precious gift, the chakra which ran inside of her, easy to reach. With all the peace her concentration gave her, Rozy guided the streams of her chakra to her hands, and opened the ‘gates’ there to force her chakra to the ground below her.

Ground was so much different than her primary ‘element,’ water. First of all, it was… solid. Had she ever tried to force her chakra into solid things? Under the girl’s small palms could be seen a familiar glow of chakra, but the process wasn’t going as well as she thought. When it found small routes, made by the smallest of animals, her chakra mixed in the ground, but very, very slowly. And, the purpose of it wasn’t quite filled: She found escape routes, her chakra didn’t really agree to pour in the ground itself. And the girl felt it. In her frustration, Roze let her canine dig in the soft flesh of her lip lightly, but enough to keep her sharp. The slight pain was followed by a deeper breath and new attempt, as the girl tried to push her chakra in the ground, mix it forcefully with the element. Such way was a bit tiring, though, and Roze was the kind to get easily bored and frustrated.

The girl sighed sharply and removed her hands from the surface of the ground, where only small hand prints would show that she had been here. With a small pout, she watched the marks she had left, shook her head and leant back to the trunk of the tree to take a look of the nature’s show again. It was still pouring, like someone had cut open the skies. Roze gazed boredly the wet ground, she’d have to wait for it to dry before she could try to find her way back to Amegakure again… And with that thought, one of her usual light bulb moments came; her eyes widened slightly and gained a curious gleam, and with that the girl crawled carefully closer to the border of her dry area and the wet ground: It was as clear as white’s and black’s would be.

In her new position, the Yamanka leaned forward carefully and placed her palms to the surface of the moist ground, giving a small shudder when the water poured on her before so dry and warm hands. The girl tried to ignore the bothering element, took yet another of those ‘calming’ breaths and closed her eyes, repeating the earlier process, but now mixing in the knowledge she had about water element, too. With water, the power element of nature, she had got so far that the girl could create water out of nothing for her elements. And, water was all around her, always, she could sense it. This time, much of her friendly nature force was in the ground, and she sure knew how to handle it.

Her chakra tried to find its way in the solid ground again, but this time it slipped in easily, reaching for the water sources inside the ground like to meet old friends. Yet, some of the water had sunk deep, and the glowing energy had to push through the rock and sand, all kinds of ground materials to find it. And, this time the process didn't even strain the source of the chakra so much, it felt so good to success that the usually proud Yamanaka didn't even mind pressing her hands to mud. After all, wasn't mud supposed to have some kind of good effect on skin?

It felt strange, how she was everywhere, her chakra crawled deeper and deeper in the ground, like an over-excited mole. It felt great, actually, thus the fresh ninja didn't really notice when it started to get harder to guide chakra in the soil - she didn't stop before a sudden wave of dizziness hit her, and the girl had to move her hands quickly to her sides to support her body. Slightly surprised, the girl sat there for a small moment, calming down her breath - when had it become so fast, anyway? And now she felt a bit cold, too. A dark glare was given towards the gray clouds up in the sky, and the girl crawled back to trunk of the shelter tree, just to curl up there and fall asleep in seconds.

[Umehara]

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.....Kidding. Learned. XD

[koira]

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Doton Soushi no Jutsu - Rock Creation Technique
Rank: "D" "C" "B" "A" "S"
Skill: NinJutsu
Effect: A technique where the user takes the time to formulate, or create Rock in order to use other types of techniques for great usages.
Special: "Handseals"
Drawback: Must be learned more and more in order to be capable of performing better, and capable of producing more Rock like formations for other types of techniques. Can not be used on Sand Description: What occurs is that the user takes the time to push down into the ground their own chakra. As the user does this the user takes the earth like materials found within the ground which is the components of soil as they begin to formulate and harden them all around in order to create harden rock like materials. The user may slam their hands against the ground in order to use this technique or just by pushing their chakra down to the ground. A user can gain the capability of grabbing onto the very ground and molding a piece of earth into a hardened like rock. The more the user learns and the higher the Difficulty class the user becomes the more they are capable of mastering this type of technique. When first learned the user is only capable of formulating rock into the size of their hand. When the user learns the "C" Rank version this type increases to five meters in radius. Each time learned after that the distance increases by ten feet giving a total distance of thirty five meters in a radius distance. For each Difficulty class the User is the larger number this distance becomes. Each Difficulty class after C The distance increases by Ten meters. This means that if a user becomes S Rank in Difficulty Class and learns the S Rank Version of this technique the user is capable of formulating Rock within a Seventy Five meters Radius.
Limit: Needs the Earth Release

"Maya-sensei..."

It was a strange dream.

★ ☆ ★

"Maya-sensei, what are you doing?"
"Rocks. You have two pretty eyes, use them."
The ageless lady didn't even lie. Master Wing Chu Maya was holding a handful of soil, squeezed her hand to fist around it, and when she unclenched her hand, another small rock dropped to a pile of them at the woman's feet.
Little Raine hurried to them excitedly and took the newest one, examining it with big, curious eyes.
"Maya-sensei, you really did this?!"
The woman nodded and took a new handful from a big basket beside her. Just a few seconds, and another rock took the top position on the pile.
"What is it called, Sensei?"
Chu Maya rolled her eyes and sighed deeply, making it clear that the little girl should be anywhere else, if it'd depend on her.
"Use your tiny brains, Raine. Rock Creation."[/i]

★ ☆ ★

"Rock creation..."
The Yamanaka mumbled words sleepily, and woke up suddenly with a loud sneeze. She blinked slowly, rubbed her eyes and sat up again, amber eyes scanning her surroundings slowly. It was still raining, but the previous storm had settled down a bit. Through the clouds peeked a ray of light, and it lit the area around her shelter tree. How long she had slept, well, the girl had no idea. Instead of boring questions like that, she thought about the dream, memory from far away. She hadn't seen her Master since the woman had left to search legendary weapons.

Rock creation, eh?

Roze scowled lightly and clawed a handful of ground to her palms, examined it with faint curiosity, and balled then hand. When she opened it, the ground fell back to the ground in dust. The girl titled her head and stared at the small pile of dust until her thoughts finally cleared, and she snapped fully awake. Oh, she could almost hear her Master's voice in her ears, with that usual word given to her student as a sign of affection, perhaps. Baka.

The Yamanaka gathered the dust back to her hand and clenched her hand tightly around it, this time remembering to feed chakra to the creation. Like she had done to the solid ground earlier, yet the action was much more advanced this time: She did not only push her chakra to dust, she tried her best to clench the material together into hard, solid stone, similar to those she had seen her Master make years ago. Small, not unique with any way, just... a rock.

"Rozy-sensei, what are you doing?"
"Rocks."

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When the girl opened her hand, a small rock fell from her grasp; a feeling of triumph already filled her mind, but disappeared quickly when the rock shattered as it hit the ground, and was replaced with disappointment which showed on her face as a slight pout. Roze poked the pile of dust lightly and took then between her fingers the biggest shard of the rock. It was fully solid, and didn't shatter when she moved it around and even hit it once against the trunk of the tree - instead, it left a mark on the wood.

Rozy muttered a quick apology to the old tree and placed then the shard to ground.

So. It had been a success, somehow - the rock just wasn't as big as she wanted it to be. More chakra, more pressure? The girl gathered the shards and more dust to her hand and clenched it close, this time making sure that she would concentrate only to her target, and try to feel when it was ready. From between her fingers shone a faint, bluish light when chakra played with soil, formulating and re-arranging its smallest pieces, pushing them together. And like a small bell would have rung in her head, the girl stopped leaking out her chakra when she thought she felt something.

The amber eyed girl opened her hand carefully, supporting it with another palm, in case dust would try to slip from her creation again. But, even a single little piece didn't drop, and in her hands Roze held a perfect little stone, not unique with any way, just a rock. But, it was her rock. She turned it around in her hands, tried to break it by clenching, rubbing and hitting against the trunk again; after another quiet apology, the Yamanaka finally had to admit that she couldn't break the rock with normal ways. Her little rock was perfect.

Rozy hummed cheerily as she opened the front pocket of her rucksack, and slipped the stone inside. She wanted to show it to someone and get some praise, but it was also an important key to a distant memory. Maybe Master Wing Chu Maya would get to see it one day.

[Umehara]

LOL.
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"What are you doing?"

"Rocks."

Crack pipe, anyone? Lol. Learned.

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these events occur proceeding the Whispers of War and related Amegakure missions/events

0000 // 0020

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Nimble Moves
Rank: "C"
Skill: Supplementary
Effect: User can move across a single obstacle with ease.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: Whenever the user moves, they move through 2 meters of difficult terrain each round as if it were normal terrain. This technique allows the user to take a 2-meter step into difficult terrain.
Limit: Must learn from Universal Miscellaneous.

The kunoichi led me outside of the village into the surrounding wet land. Given the perpetual raining conditions of the Land of Rain, we were forced to move carefully through the dreary expanses of the open land; with my tanto, I hacked and slashed away at hanging foliage that would have otherwise been restrictive to advancement. The woman had been quick; perhaps it was because I was following her that I could not match her speed; maybe it was me being unused to moving in the environment that I was in. Over wide puddles I lunged, ensuring that none of my equipment within my buttbag fell into the depths of the swamp land that we had entered.

"Who are you?" I asked, repeating her question from earlier. Underneath a gnarling tree limb I ducked to avoid being decapitated; with rain falling in my face, it was sort of difficult to see out in front of me. That, coupled with the dark setting would have placed any other under duress in this situation. Either she hadn't heard me, or she was just flat out ignoring me, but she didn't answer. I grunted and remained quiet as I continued to match her advancements through the wet region. She was extremely limber and moved with more grace than I possessed. I could only hope to keep up with her by using burst of chakra to keep my legs churning through the slippery treeline.

After a while, we arrived in a clearing. She stopped moving forward and I flipped forward to meet up with her. I checked myself again, making sure that every shuriken and explosive tag I had had remained tucked away in their slots; my tanto was now sheathed beside my fan; the claw and gauntlet extension on my left arm had aided me in grappling on to trees in order to move lithely about the area. She turned to face me and I wondered why she had brought me so far out into the wilderness. Had she planned on killing me?... My hand moved to the hilt of my short sword as she stepped closer.

"My name is..." she stopped advancing. "Noriko. I've brought you out here to prepare you for the Chunin Exams. You seem worthy enough to be trained by me; I'm also training myself to become a member of Amegakure's Neko Division. You seem like the perfect sparring partner." So she had another reason to bring me out here with her.. My hand eased back down to my side as rain continued to fall.

"Well, what is it that we will be training?"

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???? // 0020

Within Shimo no Kuni, Mikutashi and Akuryo trained rigorously in the tundra terrain. Fighting through the biting cold of the country, the two moved side-by-side through dense regions of foliage as they raced back towards the lair of their Master. In a fluid stride, they maneuvered over fallen timber while avoiding other potential disastrous elements in the tundra. 

Competition, as always, had been thick between Miku and his brother. Despite them being allied kin, they always made everything a competition. So a race to Wazaru's lair was imminent. A shunshin carried Akuryo meters before Mikutashi, who had been busy trying to avoid falling into a patch of cracking ice. Irked by his brother's advancements with a Shunshin, Mikutashi took to a higher elevation to avoid ground deterrents; in the treeline, he was free to utilize his speed while maintaining a lithe and steady tempo to his movements. In his youth, Mikutashi was much smaller than he currently is and thus was more capable of ducking underneath thick tree branches and hopping from limb to limb.

Front flipping out of the small forest of Frost Country, Mikutashi returned to the ground and broke out into a hellish sprint. Akuryo was two meters before him and without the aid of a body flicker, Miku had caught up to him. The snow in the area was thick and heavy, but the light and faint step pattern of both Lair Snakes of Wazaru made it so that the snow could not embrace the soles of their feet. Instead, it seemed like they were floating above the snow rather than running through it.


The memories began to fade away as something hit me in my chest.

She had thrown a rock at me. "I will be training you in Nagewaza, amongst other things.." This time, she prepared to throw a kunai at me; I rolled smoothly across the open field, dodging to my right as the kunai landed where I once stood. "Good - you're paying attention to me now."

[Father 'Suke]

+20

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0000 // 0010

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Point Blank Shot
Rank: "D"
Skill: TaiJutsu/Supplementary
Effect: A technique that gives the user greater proficiency within the range of 10 meters.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: With this technique the user has learned how to combat against opponents within 10 meters without fear or fumbling with their weapon. They gain the courage and ability to perform combat without much effort. This is a prerequisite technique for more popular techniques. What good is a Throwing Specialist if they are not ready to battle while in close range.
Limit: Must be a Throwing Specialist.

Noriko conjured up the element of Water and caused the rain to transform into water versions of herself. The Mizu Bunshin no Jutsu, something that I had been quite accustom to seeing, especially when it came to training. Lord Wazaru would use it and other elemental bunshin to test my ability as a fighter. This would be no different, I assumed.

"Now, I want you to hit these clones." She gave me a simple command. I nodded in reply. The stone that she had thrown at me, along side the kunai, I went to retrieve them both. Since this had been her training conditions, I figured I'd play along with her while we were out in the wilderness. Without much thought behind it, I hurled the stone at one of the water clones. Three meters away, the stone went sailing through the air; chakra supplemented it while the constant drizzle proved to be a natural hindrance. In a splash, the doppelganger of Noriko returned to its natural state and I stood there for a second. Over the falling rain, I heard her hiss.

"Not like that."  She pulled another kunai from her butt bag. One of her clones broke into a sprint and separated itself from her. She took aim and flung her wrist forward; in seconds, the kunai cleaved through the watery head of her replication. Her aim had been dead-on. "Try to be more accurate with your throwing. Don't throw without actually taking into consideration the target. There is a single, main target with many different targets on that target.. do you understand?" She was in-depth; confusing. I nodded, either way. Somewhat, I seemed to understand what she had meant and prepared myself for a second go at the point blank throw.

With a calming breath, my eyes honed in on the target. The third and final Mizu Clone of Noriko. Lightly, I held the kunai about its hilt and prepared myself for the approach of the clone. It would break into a sprint towards me as my arm cocked back; coolly, the kunai went sailing towards the clone. Fearless, it rushed right into my thrown projectile and crumpled into a heap of water as I pierced its chest. I felt immediately more comfortable now that I had learned from the Chunin to take aim at an actual target upon the target. 

"How was that?" I asked, waiting to see if I had done what she requested of me before we moved onto other techniques.

[Father 'Suke]

+10

[try4]

"It's alright.. for what its worth," that last bit she had said, I didn't actually hear it but my eyes had been trained to pick up on the lips of others. I stood still while she moved around the clearing, our eyes never ceasing engagement.

"Tell me, can you walk upon water? That is where our next exercise will take place." The kunoichi didn't know that I wasn't from Amegakure; she didn't know that I had left the academy in a fit of rage having found training with the elder Shiru not worth my time.

Hesitantly, I replied: "..No." I expected for her to laugh or fall over, but she wasn't one for mocking. In a serious manner, she looked at me. I could feel the tension in the air thicken as the words left her mouth ---

"You will die if you do not learn how to walk on water. It's essential to any and everyone who can mold chakra. Lets go." She broke into a sprint into the forest behind me and I turned to give chase. 

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Suimen Hokou no Waza - Act of Water Surface Walking
Rank: "B"
Skill: NinJutsu/Supplementary
Effect: Allows a Non-Ninja the ability to perform even more Advanced chakra techniques.
Special: ---
Drawback: Non Ninjas must learn in order to learn Advanced chakra techniques. Ninjas gain this technique for free in the beginning however does not add into Character Class like other starting techniques. Does not work on Animal Companions.
Description: A variation on the Kinobori no Waza (Act of Tree Climbing), the art of water surface walking allows a ninja to walk on water as if it was a solid surface. Focusing an even amount of chakra out of the soles of their feet, they can balance themselves on the very surface of the water. Allows a user to learn up to Any Rank Chakra related Techniques within the rightful restrictions.
Limit: Universal NinJutsu Technique.

0048 // 0070

Noriko had led me to a pool of water within the thicket of Ame Kuni. Somehow, this area felt oddly familiar to me... yet I could not place it. With grace, the Chunin moved out to stand above the water. Given her alignment to the Suiton release, I was certain that her skill with water was extremely high; that, and she didn't show any sign of strain while maintaining a structured stance against the surface. Her voice, feline as ever, called out to me. I stood on the shoreline dripping wet and looking at her with the same attitude I had given Shiru at the Academy.

"Well, c'mon!" Her hand motioned me forward. I stayed put. "..You know, the Chunin Exams may be all about water and if you can't pass this academy trial right here and right now, you had best not even waste your time going to the Exams!" She was determined to train me; uneasily, I moved forward. "Now c'mon!!"

I took in a deep and steady breath as I allowed my chakra to flow throughout my entire body. Composure and total structure were needed to complete this task at my current level. As I began to hone my chakra to fine points against my ninja boots, I dared take the first step out above the surface of the lake. I didn't hesitate when I noticed that my foot wasn't going to sink underneath the water. Remembering my training at the Ame Academy, I realized that I had made it at least this far out on the water. 

With both feet planted firmly against the fluxing waves beneath me, I stared down the kunoichi. She, despite her harshness, looked playful. That changed quickly as from underneath the surface of the water, four watery variants of her took form. I had been surrounded on all sides.

"Get ready...~"

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???? // 0070

From my right, two mizu-bunshin advanced. Easy. Given the natural dark setting of the environment, it took only seconds for my Shadow Double to emerge above the water's edge, directly in between me and the two clones. Noriko hadn't seen my personal techniques or my battle scheme.. this was a perfect time as any to prepare for the Chunin Exams.

While the chakra needed to create the shadow doppelganger wasn't much, it was just enough to throw me off balance for a moment. While I had been water walking, I managed to lose my concentration on the technique, thus rendering it inaccessible for a mere second. Once I felt how moist and heavy my right foot had gotten, I yanked it back out of the water and stamped it against the surface of the water. I had to maintain a level of homeostasis between chakra and water while I moved and did techniques. This had indeed been on another level of chakra control when compared to tree climbing. My Double was capable of rendering one of the two water clones incapable of attacking while the other hit me with a watery whip. I flipped back into one of the other four clones, obvious unaware and unused to the battle conditions I had found myself up against. Would she left me die out here had I not passed this test?...

An opening. 

The clone from behind me, while it held me in its watery grasp, was rather easy to kick off of. I pushed my left leg back into its kneecap and caused its left leg to cave in on itself; from there, the rest of the body fell like a building without the proper foundation. My Shadow Double had been sent back into the shadows after subduing the second clone, thus leaving two clones plus the original Noriko. I had dwindled her numbers down without wasting any more chakra than I should have. Sure to keep chakra pressed to my soles and heels, I rushed forward, my body low and more ready to slide as I dropped into the Slippery Fist. A Sudden Impact with one of her aquatic doppelgangers left me drenched in loads of water, but that did not quell the fire that burned within me. I went on to continue my assault after I recovered from sliding more than three meters on the water's surface.

During this skirmish, I had actually lost sight of the real Noriko. I couldn't tell the difference between real and water clone, but either way, both had began to perform hand seals. Separate sets; separate ninjutsu. My Shadow Double had re-manifested at my back after my recovery and we stood near the middle of the lake. A danger zone given the water prowess of my foe, but I was too into the battle to think that far ahead.

Spirals of water rose before me in a serpentine fashion; my eyes looked up to meet the face of an angry dragon made of water; I knew then that I had witnessed this technique before. At my back had been a mighty wave cast by the clone, which propelled both me and my Shadow Double into the realm of the water dragon. Its neck and head swirled, causing a massive amount of water to churn before me. It was a surprise that I was still standing above water at the point: my iron will was a testament to how fearless I had become; not even in the face of a dragon did my chakra waver as it came crashing into me and my shadow projection. With no defensive technique prepared in time to parry the blow, I was sent underneath the surface of the water at a blinding speed. Everything I had learned up until now was beginning to fade away; yet this stagnant pool in the outlands of Ame no Kuni wouldn't be my deathbed. I hadn't forgotten the vicious temperament of Lord Wazaru nor the challenge of my brother Akuryo. It was because of these two that I fought against the churning waves; the lack of air was trivial to me, though. I was an advocate of fire-breathing so my lungs had been well-trained to allow me to be submerged for an extended period of time.

Against the surface of the pool, I lifted my hand. Then the other. Slowly, because of how heavy the water was against my body, I pulled myself up. Noriko was still standing before me, yet this time she was directly beside her clone. I panted and pulled in several breaths to remedy my headache. This training session had put me on edge. But I liked it.

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???? // 0070

"So you live after facing the dragon," she commented, casting her Water Clone into a splash of water. I could see her smiling, but my task was far from over. Once I managed to get to both of my feet, I realized that now it felt easier to allow chakra to flow to my soles. I didn't have to think about it, it was more like a reflex. While I did my best to hide the fact that I had practically mastered the Art of Water Walking, I hobbled towards her, my right fist cocked back. Noriko stood there with her arms crossed, waiting from my approach. She was brazen for not moving, I figured she had read through my charade; her leg lifted and hit me in the stomach. I gasped deeply and lost more air than I had underwater. It felt like her leg was made of steel.

I had bent over and she stomped her lifted foot into my back. I was forced to kneel now before her. "... I like you," she said. While she allowed me to catch my breath from her heavy blow, I realized just how poor my taijutsu skill had been. One versus one, I was okay; one versus two or more? Deep trouble. With what manner of calm I could muster at this point, I rose to both feet. Chakra oozed steadily from each leg into its respective foot, down into the sole so that I could float above water. Her methods had been wild, but truly fundamental all the same. I didn't say anything to her, but I wanted to know why she had felt like pure steel. With that, I wondered how her heavy body maintained its state above water so easily. To this, she told me her secret.

"I'm of Seitetsu descent. Our steel bodies are trained from the moment we are proclaimed members of the ichizoku into weapons of war. I happened to take after my mother and had the affinity for water, so it all came pretty natural to me."

[Yoshi [Lynx!]]

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Learned!

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Sense Motive 
Rank: "E"
Skill: Skill
Effect: User is skilled at detecting falsehoods and true intentions.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: A successful check lets the user avoid from being bluffed or lied to (see the Acting Skill). The user can also use this skill to determine when "something is up" (that is, something odd is going on) or access someone's trustworthiness.
Hunch: This use of the skill involves making a gut assessment of the social situation. The user can get the feeling from another's behavior that something is wrong, such as when they are talking to an imposter. Alternatively, the user can get the feeling that someone is trustworthy. Very Difficult Difficulty.
Sense Enchantment: User can tell that someone's behavior is being influenced by an Enchantment effect even if that person is not aware of it. The usual check is Very Difficult, but if the target is dominated, the check is Difficult because of the limited range of the target's activities.
Discern Secret Message: The user may use Sense Motive to detect a hidden message transmitted by Acting. In this case the Check is opposed by the Acting check. For each piece of information relating to the message the user is missing takes a -10 penalty to the check. If the success is by 20 or less, the user knows that something hidden is being communicated, but cannot learn anything specific. If the check is beaten by 25 or more, the user intercepts and understands the message. If the check is failed by 20 or less, the user does not detect anything. If the fail is by 25 or more, they might infer false information.

Cannot roll multiple times except for each Acting check made against the user. Each time learned user gets 1 die roll to increase the skill.
Limit: ---

0000 // 0005

When she said that she had started to like me, I didn't think she meant in that way. I could read her body language and it was suggestive; I snorted, wondering why---how, even---she was interested in me. Her eyes met mine and started to flutter in a hypnotic way. I turned my gaze upward towards the rain after she told me about her clan.

"So how can I join this steel clan.. Seitetsu?" I was more interested in how hard her body was than how it looked. 

"Marry me~!" she exclaimed. Her cheeks flustered and for a second, I thought she was serious. Maybe she was. I didn't care, though.

Flat out ignoring her, I pushed forth a suggestion. I needed more training if I was to excel in these Exams. "What else can you teach me?" She looked defeated as I ignored her offer but quickly regained her composure after the let down. 

"Weeeeell..." her foot kicked the water surface a bit. Now she was nervous; her gaze returned to meet mine as she smiled. I figured that she had put some sort of physical interaction into our training regime. "You have to touch--er, catch me."  I knew she had been extremely agile, but I wondered what had been her actual speed. She was heavy, yet fast. It was confusing but I shrugged it off. I would play her game of tag in the wet thickets of Ame.[/font][/blockquote][/div]

[Father 'Suke]

What a flat out denial...
+5 TP
+7 SP
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Shunshin no Jutsu - Kaunta (Body Flicker Technique - Counter)
Rank: "C"
Skill: NinJutsu/TaiJutsu
Effect: Attacks your opponent. Can't simply use "Kaunta" however way you want. It is a skill that allows you to read an opponent's Shunshin and change its movement to neutralize the opponent.
Special: ---
Drawback: Takes away the number of usages Shunshin no Jutsu - Oshi (Body Flicker Technique - Push). Same distance applications apply. Same drawbacks apply when over using.
Description: A shunshin designed as a counter, reading the shunshin of an opponent in order to alter its course and render it ineffective by predicting and following the same technique with a Shunshin no Jutsu (Body Flicker Technique) Variant of your own. Supplement of Shunshin no Jutsu - Oshi (Body Flicker Technique - Push) while using same schematics.
Limit: Universal NinJutsu or Universal TaiJutsu, Must know Must know Shunshin no Jutsu - Oshi, Ken'in, and Ko

0000 // 0020

Noriko took off quicker than I had anticipated. She vanished from my line-of-sight in an instant, and I had to actually take the time out to figure out which way she had moved. My head swiveled to the left as I heard her giggle, then it quickly darted to the right once I noticed her move again. Was this Shunshin? I couldn't even keep up with her movements in the rain. The woman, keeping true to her flirtatious nature, wagged her bottom in my direction.

"You don't have the stamina to keep up, Mikutashi-kun?" she teased before flitting off again. That had me hot. With my own Shunshin, I followed after her in hot pursuit; we rushed through dense areas in the forest with no signs of letting up. While we moved, I started to catch on to when she would use the Body Flicker and how. It was weird that my eyes were beginning to catch these small differences in her movements, yet I didn't complain. She would use her left leg to initiate the Shunshin, the follow through with a forward thrust of her hips and right leg to see it all the way out. We pushed and arced in the wet land of Ame with little difficulty in maneuverability; she was five meters ahead of me and I felt the gap closing until she pulled out a trump card.

She had vanished from sight wholly. It was rain that fell in front of my face and I could not keep up with where she had displaced herself to. Was this a sort of variation to the technique? I was stumped for a second until I felt her hot breath on the nape of my neck. Her tongue, how it pressed against my wet skin---that sent chills up my spine. Before I could turn to grab her, she pushed me over and I found myself falling down into the depths of the swampland. I reached out and grabbed a slippery branch with chakra-laced fingers before I plummeted into the murky pits of bile.

This game she was playing. It was intense. I had to focus on keeping up with her, guessing her movements and staying sane all in one go if I wanted to continue on to another lesson in her impromptu training session. Fuck.

[Yoshi [Lynx!]]

+7

[try4]

0007 // 0020

I pulled myself up with both my clawed and chakra covered hands on to a thick branch capable of supporting my weight. I could hear Noriko giggling in the endless rains, but could not see her; left, right---I moved my head back and forth as I scanned the environ, searching for my feline prey after being spooked by her previous tactic. Barely, I noticed a shift in the direction of the rain, which was brought about by a swift and instantaneous movement: I had found my quarry. She had used another shunshin to skitter to the west and I immediately gave chase after her. Impressed by her speed, I wondered just how many times she could utilize the technique before her stamina wore thin...

For a while, we jumped through the upper thicket; I was careful to avoid obnoxious branches and kept all focus on capturing my target. Lightning strikes in the background illuminated the forests and offered a momentary light to further aid me in that endeavor. During a vicious boom of thunder, she slipped to the left in a broad arc -- I noticed the way her body was contorting to the left; when she would arc, her torso would seem to twist and her right arm always moved. This is what gave her Ko Shunshin away. I immediately followed suit of her the moment that she flexed her body this way; I was about a second behind her, but all the same, we moved in the same direction at about ten meters.

My right hand reached forward as I attempted to grab her. We had both body flickered to the same place and this was unexpected; she, having been in front of me, turned her head slightly to see me reaching out. With another, much more serious burst of chakra, the Neko ANBU zoomed off in a straight line elsewhere. I was closer now then I'd ever been and that made me confident. I could catch this mouse.

[Father 'Suke]

+7