Of a Memory... {Hessendan Training}

[Raethen Kaguya]

"Hessendan (Finger Bullets)
Rank: C Rank
In this simple move Kimimaro ejects his fingertip bones as small projectiles and they spin as they fly through the air, meaning they drill into their target on contact. This makes them useful to penetrate tough materials or stubborn obstacles."

Raethen sighed. Today, as with many days lately, he felt insignificant, weak, unable to fullfill his needs for power. For the thousanth time, he repeated to himself the determination builder he created after finding his mother's corpse.

"I will not fall, I will not fail. Their blood shall be mine. I will not fall, I will not fail. By this oath, I swear to the world, to myself, on my mother's grave, all Shinobi who serve the villages hidden in leaves and mist will fall by my hand. I will not fall, I will not fail. My life has only meaning of bloodshed, my own blood being the sealing upon the pact. I will not fall, I will not fail...

Whispering these words absentmindedly to himself as he ambled to a small, forest-surrounded copse, Raethen halted as he reached the middle. Recently, dreaming of his mother's death (as usual), he had recalled a certain technique, one he had slain a single Leaf Ninja with. In a simple, instinct driven moment, Raethen had raised his right index finger and somehow launched the final digit of it outward. It flew with great strength and aim, and thus he decided, lacking any ranged attacks, that mastering this technique could save his life. Or more, kill those the Kaguya boy opposes...

Closing his eyes slightly, Raethen recalled the moment, how he had put great force onto the small digit as to make it powered and accurate, not wavering. Mimicking the motion he reminisced about, Raethen raised his right hand, slacking all fingers but his index.

Focusing power-enhancing chakra and causing the bone to emerge, Raethen pointed the finger to a tree about thirty feet away and forced the bone out, trying to recall every little feeling. To his annoyance, the bone shot about two feet forward before colliding harmlessly against the ground.

Scowling slightly, Raethen forced more chakra into his pointer-finger, and also forced out the bone faster and more forcefully this time. To his slight approval, the bone this time flew farther forward, about four feet, but he also noticed that it flew at a slight upward angle, although Raethen was clearly pointing directly forward towards the tree.

A look of confusion crossed his face, but the Kaguya washed it away quickly, deciding that either too much power and chakra were placed on the bone, or it was simply a fluke. Raethen could feel a slight breeze as it ruffled his long hair slightly and blew some loose areas of his clothes around, but it shouldn't be enough to bend the bone's path, and upward? According the sun's lowly position in the sky and the early hour, Raethen knew the wind was blowing to the north-northwest. His mother had taught him the cardinal directions as to avoid places he might not wish to be.

Too much force, or a fluke, he assumed.

Raethen practiced several more times, experimenting with usage of chakra and force, but, the lower or higher the force, the range of distance only varied a two or three feet at most. Not quite understanding the problem, the confused Shinobi once again dove deep into the pool of reminiscing, practically feeling the bone coming out of it's finger, seeing for the hundreth time it piercing the foolish ninja's skull. Deep in thought for a few moments, Raethen suddenly came to an epiphany.

The bone, he realized, spins to gain speed and proper direction! Raethen felt slightly pleased with himself, but was far too (though invisibly) excited to remain in such a state of mind for long. Pointing his first finger once more towards the tree, Raethen forced the nescessary chakra and force into his final digit, but this time caused it to spiral as it left. To his own enjoyment, the bone did not bend in any way before it lost momentum and hit the ground, about twenty feet away. It amazed Raethen how something seemingly so insubstantial could cause such a difference.

Attempting the technique several more times, Raethen soon began to actually hit the tree with the bone, and decided target practice would be best. Drawing his custom bone-kunai from a small pouch at his waist, Raethen scratched a simple foot by foot 'X' upon the surface. Striding back to about fifty feet this time, he once again practiced firing the bone, eventually hitting nearly every shot in the area of the 'X.' Looking absentmindedly downward to study his index finger, Raethen suddenly realized that this was not the only finger, or digit, on his hand. Perhaps multiple could be used....

OoC: Will continue this next post, obviously.

[adasuke]

+6
6/30

[Raethen Kaguya]

Silently pondering the possibilities of multiple finger Hessendan, Raethen knew it was unlikely that he could not use more than one digit. Even then, he felt there was more to tap into. Glancing at his left hand, a mental image of ten speed bullets piercing a shadowy Leaf Ninja's ribcage pleased him. Start slowly, he reprimanded himself as both hands raised, all ten digits pointing outward, in subconcious ambition and impatience.

Sighing slightly, Raethen rasied his right middle and index fingers, pointing them to the 'X' marked tree. This required little more chakra use and concentration, and Raethen believed that the necessary energy usage was becoming more apparent to him. As he forced out the bones, they flew towards the tree, but, to Raethen's annoyance, they simply grazed the edges of the bark on either side before hitting trees behind the targetted one.

Brow creasing only partially in confusion, Raethen noticed he had been holding his fingers in a slight 'V' shape. Scolding himself, he brought them closer together, and fired once more. This time, the both hit around the edges of the 'X,' which was a good improvement. Trying several more times and only missing once, Raethen moved on to three fingers. The target tree, however, was rather thin, and the mark was even less volumous, and so Raethen decided to hold his hand side-ways, so that the bullets would fly utop and above eachother in the stead of side-by-side.

Practicing this with substantial success, Raethen consequently moved onto four fingers. However, now there was trouble once more; as the fingers were held together as to avoid the 'V' shape once more, the Kaguya fired, but the bones simply ground against eachother and fell away a few yards in procession from Raethen. Deciding that this formation was unsuitable, he tried a rather odd-looking hand position; it resembled as if Raethen was attempting to slash someone, had he claws, as the palm faced forward but the fingers curved towards the target as well. Firing once more, the bones simply shot at a downwards angle and collided with the ground about half the way to the tree.

Biting his lip, the Kaguya boy once again attempted it with his palm downwards and fingers forward: the result was a bit of a setback, as only the middle and ring finger bones hit the 'X'; the outer finger bones simply struck along the sides of the trees.

A proper solution seemed inevitable to uncover, though evasive as well. After a few moments, Raethen gracefully lowered into a meditative sitting position, legs crossed inwardly. Laying his arms across his thighs, the boy closed his eyes as to keep from distracting himself by vision. Perhaps... perhaps the fingers, if this is indeed an old Kaguya technique, have to be in some position that allows maximum firing... Pondering this for a moment, Raethen decided to keep it in mind, though he moved on to muse other posibilities. It is quite possible that there is, if my first hypothisis is incorrect, that perhaps I could direct the bones in a certain manner as they left my digits, or otherwise in the form of chakra use or bone extracation... Rising from his position, Raethen decided to test his thoughts.

Aiming his four right-handed fingers out once more in the slightest 'V' shape Raethen assumed would not cause the bones to obstruct eachother in midair, he focused his chakra not only to cause the bones to spiral, as usual, to but direct them forward in the stead of the exact direction the fingers pointed in. Watching the ends of his digits carefully, the bones fire, but met with a clash resembling many rocks thrown together with great force. Apparently, too much force had been applied.

Experimenting only with chakra force on direction now, Raethen soon was able to direct the bones at the 'X,' and they all hit, forming a line of bark splints every time it was practiced. Now, to apply the thumb...

Raising his thumb along with the other digits but curving it to aim also towards the tree, Raethen positioned his had as to allow all bones to hit the target, if only slightly on with the end finger and thumb. As he fired the first time, the boy noticed that his thumb bone was larger and more unwieldy than the others, but and the end finger bone shot the fastest, the other bones decreasing only slightly with speed as they grew larger. Decisive action overtook him, and Raethen spent time practicing the certain forces of chakra and exertion until all five bones hit at the same time at the same elevation. This will most likely be far more simple in the battle field when you're not such a perfectionist, and you are instinct-driven... Silencing the usual insulting, undermining voice, Raethen prepared himself for use of his left hand as well.

[/ Toki /]

+ 7

{13/30}

Having a Character that has the Kaguya Bloodlimit too. I have something to tell you, when you train. No, slot points are taken. Only after you have mastered the jutsu, and used it once again. Are slot points taken, also 0/? put 500 for the question mark. When you get 500 TP you turn into a C Ranked Genin. Alright?