Of Black and White (Training -- Kharashi)

[Ryozo]

Mushihenge no Jutsu(Bug Transformation Technique)
Rank: D
Skill: Ninjutsu
Effect: Transforms a mass of bugs into a solid object.
Special: Tiger handseal
Drawback: One solid hit forces the bugs to scatter, breaking the transformation. Requires the same amount of mass in bugs as the object that it is being transformed into.
Description: The user takes a mass of bugs and by performing the Tiger handseal is capable of using the Henge no Jutsu on them to create a single solid object.
Limit: Kikaichu no Jutsu

The sun was only just reaching its beams like hands over the far horizon. One stray beam reached through a small piece of exposed glass to press light kisses against the rather rough face of a teal-haired boy. It reached towards his eyes, which opened rather suddenly, and then wearily closed once again in protest. After a moment, he rose and ruffled at his hair, shaking his head roughly back and forth.

After preparing himself rather quickly, he stepped outside only to be swarmed by the morning light. It reflected rather annoyingly off of the morning dew, so he trudged forward, jerking at any plant which held dew. He sighed as he lifted his head to the sun, which broke the barrier that was the horizon to stretch all its limbs out over Tsuchi no Kuni. More training today...He thought to himself, planning out his agenda. As he thought, he arrived in an open area. The stone blocks beneath his feet were beginning to unearth themselves, possibly the doing of insects or small animals. There wasn't much wildlife--or life at all, for that matter.

He began to think through exactly how the jutsu worked. He decided on "Mushihenge no Jutsu", which allowed his kikaichu to take the shape and look of another thing. The base of the technique was using Henge no Jutsu on the bugs rather than himself, which really seemed easy enough in itself. The handseals were easy enough to remember. It was just one: the tiger.

Blackness began to slowly develop from within Kharashi's jacket. It emerged gracefully, buzzing into the air. At Kharashi's mental command, they began to form into the shape of a kunai. Hugging up against each other, the chakra-sucking bugs formed a sharp tip and worked their way back. Growing outwards, and then inwards until they formed a small ring at the back.

Alright... Kharashi thought, forming the tiger seal with both hands by lacing his fingers together and propping his middle, index, and thumb fingers up. Concentrating, he pushed his chakra out and into his kikaichu, focusing. In his mind, there was nothing but a kunai. The image whirled around the blackness as he focused, wanting nothing more at the moment but for his bugs to glisten with the shine of metal.

It had worked-- to an extent. Utterly, however, it wasn't believable and thus a failure. The metal was a dull gray and the hand grip was a nice, solid black, but the bugs squirming back and forth creating a ripple-like effect which spread throughout the "grip" of the kunai.

The color dissipated and the kikiachu spread apart as if the plague were at their center. Alright, maybe not so much focus on the metal...He suggested to himself. With that, the small, black insects swarmed together, mimicking their earlier shape and form. Again, the image of the kunai swarmed about within his thoughts, this time without a single focus.

He muttered, "Mushihenge no Jutsu..."

[Axcel]

+8

[Ryozo]

{8/10}

Kharashi closed a single eye as a pale beam of light broke against the fake metal of the "kunai" and shoved into his eye. The coloration was great, this time. There was still a single problem, however. The bugs were still visibly moving individually throughout the form of the kunai.

Once again they rejected each other as the jutsu faded. Perhaps...More chakra will help. He pondered this subject for a time, thinking of what exactly needed to be bettered in order for the jutsu to work. Deciding that a bit more chakra should get the job done, he proceeded to attempt his new strategy.

Again the kikaichu gathered together just as before, and he laced his fingers together while propping his middle, index, and thumb fingers into the tiger seal position. And, just as before, he poured his chakra into the shape while the image of a kunai whirled about his mind. This time, he poured a bit more chakra into the shape, however, hoping to keep the kikaichu still yet attain the coloration he needed.

Come on..., "Mushihenge no Jutsu..."

[Axcel]

Learned.

[Ryozo]

Kikaichu Tracking (Destruction Bug Tracking)
Rank: D
Skill: Ninjutsu
Effect: Allows the user to find a female kikaichu by covering it in a small amount of chakra and sending it towards an opponent. The kikaichu will land and remain motionless while emitting a scent that the male kikaichu can smell as well as allowing the user to understand the location through the chakra.
Special: Tiger handseal to cover the bug in chakra; then launching the bug at the opponent without their knowledge.
Drawback: If the opponent discovers the bug, they can remove it, giving off a false information to the person using it as a tracking device.
Description: The user performs the Tiger handseal to cover the female kikaichu in chakra. The bug then flies off towards the opponent, moving stealthily to avoid detection. It is very small and difficult to see. Once it has landed on the opponent, the user can use both the chakra and the scent that it excretes to the males of its kind to allow the user to always be able to track the opponent.
Limit: Kikaichu no Jutsu

The light darted just past Kharashi's head. Gracefully, it had bounced off of the steel-gray of the "kunai", which hovered only feet before him. He had moved so that the light didn't push into his black disks, and now he stared at a perfect clone of a kunai. Successful, he commanded all but two of the bugs to return within his body-- their colony.

If he were to be a Shinobi Hunter, he would need to track his opponents. The Kikaichu were able to expertly do such a thing, and so he left but a single female and a male.

A moving object...Kharashi's eyes darted about, searching for a fit target. The current area was mostly lifeless, with a few different types of plants here and there. So, he decided he would travel towards the more busy area of the village to find what he needed.

As he walked, he thought of the requirements for the jutsu. Simply, it was chakra and a single handseal: tiger. Just as before, the process of the jutsu was simple and easy to remember and perform. It was tweaking and perfecting the tracking of the bug over a fair distance that took work.

Rising from Kharashi's shoulder, the kikaichu and the shinobi arrived in a rather busy part of the village: food, stores, and trading. The bugs were rather unnoticeable in the chaos of the main street, and so it was easy to train such a jutsu here. Coating the female kikaichu with chakra, he sent her off, holding the tiger seal by lacing his fingers and erecting his middle, index, and thumb fingers.

She prowled around for a suitable target of the many that were at her disposal. Landing stealthily and gracefully upon a man, they rounded the corner and vanished. For a moment, the male and Kharashi were able to follow the man easily. Then, he round another turn and suddenly the scent dissipated from the male's nostrils. The man continued to flee and Kharashi was only left with his vision and the female's memory to track her down.

Eventually, they located the man just off the main road, apparently in his home. Kharashi didn't like to lose his kikaichu, or for them to die, and so even one small bug would bother him. Reunited once again, they set off to try the jutsu once more.

Coating her with chakra and repeating the now signature tiger seal, Kharashi sent her off and she landed alone upon the back of a stranger. This time, he had used a bit more chakra in hopes that it would increase the strength of the jutsu.

They watched as she and her host rounded a bend...

[remix]

+7

[Ryozo]

{7/10}

From vision, the two disappeared. Tracking was made easy through the jutsu, to Kharashi's surprise. It had worked, and for a moment he felt he should celebrate another jutsu complete; until any trace of both the female Kikaichu and the host disappeared.

Kuso...Kharashi thought, quickly moving around the same bend. He followed a small, straight trail until he came upon a small house on the outskirts of town. As he neared it, the male kikaichu picked up the scent again, and they found the bug inside. She came scuttling out, and they turned back towards the main street.

The problem is distance...He thought, need to increase that...They arrived once again in the clamor of the main street. One more time...He thought as his female kikaichu was covered entirely in his chakra. As he held the tiger seal, she flew off to land on a little girl. She ran off down the street, weaving in between adults, kids, and pets alike, turning corners and moving in unpredictable movements. Perfect for training such a jutsu.

They followed her scent, hoping it wouldn't fade...

[remix]

Learned.

[Ryozo]

Mushitate no Jutsu (Bug Shield)
Rank: D
Skill: Ninjutsu
Effect: Creates a small buckler-type object of bugs in front of the user’s extended arm.
Special: Tiger, Ram
Drawback: Is easily pierced by almost any rank jutsu.
Description: The user creates a small shield of bugs in front of their extended arm, mostly used to block projectiles.
Limit: Kikaichu no Jutsu

The small girl was fast. Faster than Kharashi had expected. She wreathed back and forth, giggling the entire way. And once, Kharashi simply stopped and waited to let her get ahead as to test his jutsu. This time, he was able to follow her no matter where she went.

Finally, he decided the jutsu was a success and caught up with the girl, calling all his kikaichu back. As they reentered and rejoined with their colony, he made his way back to his original training spot. Along the way, he decided a more defensive jutsu was in order.

Summoning up more kikaichu, Kharashi decided on "Mushitate no Jutsu". While not as simple as the past two jutsus he had only jut learned, it was still a fairly simple and easy-to-use jutsu. It consisted of two seals: the tiger, once again, and the ram. It was simply hardening a mass of kikaichu into a shield that could withstand small attacks, such as a kunai.

He got to work immediately upon re-arriving at his training spot. First, the tiger seal. The kikaichu began to mass together before Kharashi, half his fingers laced; half propped. Then, the ram, which was similar to the tiger, though slightly modified. The fingers lay atop each other rather than laced, and so those fingers who are propped were uneven in height. At this seal, the bugs were in a buckler-like form, hovering just in front of their master. They became coated with Kharashi's chakra. He was rather satisfied with their form; however, there was no way to tell if he had succeeded as it was.

The black thing hovered there for a moment. A shuriken was pulled from within his pouch at his thigh, and thrown towards the mass. Upon collision, it immediately divided, allowing access by the shuriken, which continued to fly until it stuck into a tree.

He had expected as much. There wasn't a time yet that he had succeeded the first time in attempting the jutsu. The kikaichu hovered together once again as to retry the jutsu, awaiting their chakra-coating. Tiger, Ram...He thought as he flashed through the two, simple seals, and coated the obsidian mass in chakra. Again, a shuriken flew and passed through, though the second time it was unable to stick into the tree because it's speed had been slowed by the shield.

Not good enough...Kharashi scolded himself. He simply had to tray again, repeating the process rather monotonously. It was simple enough, tiger, ram, coat, throw...and fail. One simple part of the equation needed to be removed.

His hands laced and propped, the bugs formed together. Then, once they lay atop each other and were propped at uneven height, it was done and chakra coursed through the shield like blood through a body. Another glint of metal, another shuriken launched...

[Axcel]

+10

[Ryozo]

Poison Reduction
Rank: D
Skill: Ninjutsu
Effect: Decreases the effect of poisons on the body.
Special: Kikaichu feeding on the body.
Drawback: Does not effect poisons higher ranking than D.
Description: Slows the effect of poisons ranked D or lower. The user trains this technique by taking small, non-lethal amounts of different poisons. The Kikaichu then eat the poison.
Limit: Kikaichu no Jutsu

For a moment, the sun was blocked out as a silver shuriken passed by. Kharashi looked up towards the sun, which lay in the opposite direction of the buckler-like mass of kikaichu. The jutsu was a success, and so the kikaichu were sent to rest within his body. He gathered up the stranded shuriken: one in the tree, and one near the tree on the ground, and finally the deflected shuriken rest in a crack between a slightly uplifted stone and another.

He was a bit hungry, so he decided he would let his kikaichu rest and take a small break to get some food. The sun was high in the sky, nearly at its peak, so Kharashi assumed it was now nearly noon, and lunch time.

He crossed through a rather dirty alleyway to get to the main street, and his food. He felt a slight pain in his leg, and bent down to investigate. A rather large spider had bitten into it, and he swatted it off. Brushing around it with his hand, he noticed a bit of swelling, but decided he would be fine.

As he made his way through the main street to find a nice place to eat, the venom from the spider coursed through his body as if it were blood. His kikaichu noticed the foreign substance and investigated the thing, deciding it was unfamiliar and negatively affecting the body. They started at the source, and though they worked very slowly, the swelling would decrease over a few hours. While they didn't work fast enough to stop a lethal toxin, it still helped.

However, Kharashi was oblivious to this as he sat at a sushi bar. He was rather hungry, and ate quite a bit, and by the time he had finished he examined his leg again to see that the swelling nearly vanished. Internally, the poison still loomed around, and he felt a bit sick. He rose and payed. Turning, he was rather preoccupied with his stomach, which felt quite uncomfortable, and stumbled into a rack. He looked up open mouthed at his clumsiness, and a small jar fell onto his face, giving him a few small scratches. A liquid poured into his mouth and he began to cough.

A new poison had invaded his system and the kikaichu viciously attacked. They were nearly done with the spider's venom, but a new invader came in. While preoccupied with the new poison, the spider's venom went uncared for and ravaged his body.

They split their forces, and a minimal amount of kikaichu went to the spider's venom in order to exterminate it. Kharashi went home for a bit after apologizing and paying a bit of Ryo, and laid down. He decided that training wasn't the best thing to do, and fell asleep.

During his sleep, the fight against the invaders was able to speed up. The kikaichu began to understand how to fight off such poisons, but still weren't completely great at it. The spider's venom, however, had been completely eliminated. All that was left was the poison from the shop...

[Kuro]

~Learned.
~Add It.

[Ryozo]

Mushikawarimi no Jutsu (Bug Replacement Technique)
Rank: D
Skill: Ninjutsu
Effect: Allows the user to switch places with a mass of bugs pre-placed in an area in combat.
Special: Ram handseal
Drawback: There must be the same mass of bugs in the point of transfer as the user. Cannot use if legs are being held too tightly to physically escape.
Description: The user performs the Kawarimi no Jutsu using bugs pre-placed in a battle, allowing them to switch places rapidly.
Limit: Kikaichu no Jutsu

Kharashi walked indifferently from the Kage's tower. The mission had been a success...and yet, he had encountered his first death as a shinobi. He knew this was something that would be a regular thing, but for the first time it was not a welcome feeling.

To take his mind off of such things; because he should, he went back to training.

Of all his techniques, none allowed Kharashi an easy escape route. Though he knew Kawarimi no Jutsu, it didn't suffice in Kharashi's eyes, and so he decided to settle for something similar: Mushikawarimi no Jutsu. Simply, it was like Kawarimi no Jutsu, only he was replaced with a mass of kikaichu rather than a log, which he found more useful for multiple reasons. The kikaichu could attack in his place, and he coukd pre-set the location for which he wanted to reappear.

Again, it was a simple jutsu as far as handseals were concerned. Kharashi noticed a repeating pattern in the handseals that appeared with his jutsu. The ram, again, so there was little remembering to do. He simply needed to concentrate on the area in which he placed his kikaichu, and activate the jutsu just as if it were a simple Kawarimi no Jutsu. It was rather simple, and so Kharashi hoped he would learn it quickly.

The blackness once again drained from within the confines of Kharashi's body, spreading like a plague out and into the clear air. Behind a tree, they sat in a mass. Kharashi moved to an open area and thought through the jutsu once again. With his fingers atop each other, with the propped fingers, index, middle, and thumb, at an uneven height, he formed the ram seal. Within his closed eyes the figure of his kikaichu behind that very tree swirled about. He concentrated on it near desperately, and he began to pour his chakra into the completion of the technique.

When the light flooded into his eyelides as they slid open, he set upon a view of a rather open area. The stones were beginning to unearth themselves, just as they had been; and there were definitely no trees within sight. This meant the jutsu was an utter failure, he hadn't moved a bit. He glanced over to the area where the bugs were; they were leaking out the sides of the tree a bit so he could tell they were still there. He sighed.

Another glance to make sure the kikaichu were still in place and he made to try again. Again he set his fingers atop each other with just those three propped up; the ram seal. He closed his eyes, he felt this would make the training easier. In battle, he knew, there wouldn't be enough time to close his eyes and concentrate, but that was what he felt was needed at the moment. The image of the kikaichu buzzing busily about near the tree swirled around in his mind, and he concentrated for a moment before feeding his chakra into the completion of the technique.

Slowly, his eyelids parted to let the colors and the light of the world in with open arms. Though, this time, there was less light and possibly more color. Browns, greens, purples, yellows, the trees and flowers around this area were a bit easier on the eyes than the goldenrod stones of before. Letting this soak in, he realized the jutsu had mostly been a success. There were, however, complications that prevented Kharashi from celebrating yet another learned jutsu.

Time and chakra.

The first was a simple change in his thinking process. He needed to imagine the place and transport there within the same instant, removing the entire concentration phase. Chakra was done by lessening hte amount of chakra he used uo in order to fulfill the jutsu's requirements and transport places. The bugs were now in his previous place, and so he used them once again. Quickly, he formed the Ram seal, and pumped chakra, though a bit less than before, out to complete the technique. He looked up...

[Nira]

^_^, + 10 learned.

[Ryozo]

Tandokunonarabi Mushi Ryuuki (Single Line Bug Projection)
Rank: D
Skill: Ninjutsu
Effect: The user extends a solid line of kikai towards an opponent.
Special: Extension of the Aburame shinobi’s arm.
Drawback: Doesn’t move very fast, so it is easy to dodge.
Description: The user extends a single arm, sending out one solid wave of bugs that attempt to attack the enemy. It doesn’t move very fast nor can it turn with any real efficiency, meaning this attack has difficulty keeping up with anyone that is moving.
Limit: Kikaichu no Jutsu

A grin crossed the teal-haired boy's face. Now back at his original, open training spot, the jutsu was a success. Looking over, there was a dark mass in his previous spot, which soon scampered over to Kharashi at their mental command. Flowing into his jacket, they took their places back within his chakra-filled body.

For a moment the world was dark as he closed his eyes and nodded in what seemed to be half satisfaction, and half relief at having successfully mastering another technique. Immediately after, however, he began planning the next technique. There were multiple choices. However, he decided to complete the rather simple ones that came from the Aburame clan before moving on. There was only one he could think of:

Tandokunonarabi Mushi Ryuuki.

It was very simple, it didn't even require a handseal. In fact, the bulk of the technique was simply a command to his Kikaichu...as if that was difficult. It simply required the shinobi to extend his arm, and a mass of Kikaichu would relieve themselves of the sleeve into a thick, dark line which drove itself towards the target.

His Kikaichu understood easily. With this assurance, Kharashi extended his right arm forward, hand slightly at a slope down from the wrist, fingers bent just a bit. The arm itself was raised just above a perpendicular line to its socket, and so the bugs cascaded out like an obsidian waterfall.

However graceful it looked; it wasn't performed correctly. Kharashi sighed, and the insects withdrew. This technique was rather...simple, so it saddened Kharashi a bit to have somehow managed to fail it on the first attempt. The next time he decided it would be best that his arm was perpendicular to the shoulder rather than raised slightly, giving the kikaichu an easier exit.

His thoughts completed, he did as such: fingers bent slightly, wrist and hand lined with the arm, arm perpendicular to the shoulder socket. This time, the kikaichu, rather than falling out, flowed out in a straight line. Kharashi decided a tree to their right would be the target, in order to test turning. While Kharashi knew the technique had a slow turning speed, the current technique's turning speed was almost non-existent as it strained to coordinate every bug within its mass.

He shook his head and the blackness returned in order to commit to the technique once more. He repeated his earlier motions, finding that his arm was placed effectively and was sure that it wouldn't matter very much once the technique was mastered. Once again, the mass answered the mental call and appeared from within the hand-covering sleeves. At first, Kharashi thought to celebrate a success once the bugs swept to their side at a fair speed, but his hopes fell crashing as the mass suddenly fell apart afterwards.

For a moment, he sat stunned at such a...simple failure, but sighed and called the bugs back once more. The training seemed suddenly monotonous as he allowed the bugs to flow from him once more. This time, as they turned, he wasn't sure whether to hope or throw himself into pessimistic ways...

[Axcel]

+10

[Ryozo]

“Concussion Bomb”
Rank: D-rank
Skill: Ninjutsu
Effect: Powerful wind released from a clay bomb
Special: Refer to “Katsu”.
Consumes 1 slot, for one mouth.
(Maximum size: small sized creature)
(Maximum amounts: 2 creatures for one slot used)
Drawback: Time and preparation. Does not harm
Description: After molding and infusing a piece of clay, the user may form any creature they wish from the clay (spiders, birds, etc. Small size). This clay creation moves about, fulfilling the users desires. Upon command, this clay creature burst violently, but in a non-lethal fashion. From the burst of the clay creature, a powerful wind is released instead of an explosion. This wind covers a radius of 10 meters, and can knock down any unsafely secured items, sway trees about and kick up little debris. When contact is made with an enemy, the burst may knock them off balance, or feel like the equivalent of a hard punch (if used correctly). Anything beyond 10 meters will just feel the strong wind
Limit: Must know "Katsu", Kuchisaki Seichuu (Mouth Control) at least once, D-ranked "Touji Hyu-zu" (Clay Infusion) and D-ranked "Touji Itonami "(Clay Life)

Kharashi was satisfied. The jutsu was a success, even though it shouldn't have had as many failures as he had made. It looked like he was still an amateur with these abilities of his. However, he had now mastered all of the simple, universally known Aburame jutsus (it was possible individual members of the clan made their own, but that wasn't Kharashi's concern at the moment). So, he decided to move onto the next simplest thing: Sankuchi. Within his Sankuchi bloodlimit, he had already learned almost all the simple jutsus, save for one: "Concussion Bomb".

As with most Sankuchi jutsus, the only handseal required was the unique "Katsu", which activated the bomb. Since this was an explosive technique, Kharashi couldn't just use his training clay and thus had to use real clay in order to assure his correctness. However, because the training clay will "pop" rather than explode, Kharashi decided to use it until he felt that he was capable of creating the right kind of explosion, so as to waste less real clay.

The small zipper undone on the pouch, Kharashi reached his right hand inside. It was divided into two areas: training and normal clay. Taking out just a slight bit of training clay ((1 slot)), he clenched his fist and allowed the gray, malleable to fall into his handmouth. The fist tightened and loosened as the mouth worked with the clay, and when the hand opened to reveal its palm, two gray hummingbirds sat still on it.

They were infused with his chakra and immediately fluttered with life. They took flight quickly, seconds had already passed. Training clay, Kharashi remembered, only held its user's chakra for twelve seconds, so Kharashi had to do everything quickly or he would risk starting over. Of course, Kharashi felt that this time limit could help him in the end.

He brought up a single hand, keeping his index and middle fingers erect while his thumb, smallest and ring fingers were all in towards the palm, "Katsu."

The Hummingbird's stopped their beating wings and became motionless. Rather than "popping" like the training clay should, it simply fell to the ground like normal clay. Kharashi sighed, and felt that this would be a rather tedious jutsu to master. Walking over, he picked up the Hummingbirds. They were rather malleable once again, and so he decided to simply re-mold them, because they had gotten smashed when they hit the ground.

Swallowing the clay, his handmouth re-molded them into large moths. When they were released, they immediately began to flutter about. When Kharashi commanded it with his hand back into the "Katsu" position and when he voiced that very word, the moths acted very much the same as the previous Hummingbirds: all action stopped and they began to fall to the hard ground. However, opposed to the Hummingbird incident, the moths, after falling nearly halfway from their altitude to the ground, "popped" as the training clay should. Gray pieces scattered over the ground and Kharashi sighed again: to take so long to explode was another failure. On top of that, he wasn't even sure if he had caused the right kind of explosion.

Collecting the scattered pieces, he committed to trying until he felt he was good enough. Training clay, unlike normal clay, could be used over and over, because it simply was scattered into many small pieces when it "popped" rather than exploding, so it returned to its clay-like, malleable stage, so when he began to re-mold it with his handmouths and the chakra pushed into it, it felt as if it were new again.

Out emerged two small, hare-looking, gray creations. They leapt from his palm onto the hard ground. They quickly moved so that their time limit would not bring itself upon them before Kharashi could fulfill his goal, and once they were a few meters away, Kharashi brought his hand up.

"Katsu." He called, with his hand in the seal for katsu; index and middle finger extended, everything else in towards the palm. They both "popped" immediately, the chakra vanishing from the area creating a small gust of wind.

Kharashi nodded. Perhaps he was ready for normal clay, but he decided not to try yet. It was in his favor, he expected, to try at least once more to be sure he hadn't simply fluked. So when he bent down to take up the training clay, he fed it into his palm once more to form it into a small robin and a brown recluse. As they both moved out, he concentrated on their forms and his chakra within them. He hoped he hadn't fluked.

His hand up and in the 'katsu' position, they immediately released a blast of wind and popped as he spoke that monotonous word, katsu.

Kharashi grinned: success. He collected the gray clay and stuffed it into his pouch with the rest of his training clay. As he brought his hand out, he gathered a bit of the white, normal clay ((1 slot)) into his hand along with a bit of hope. As he squeezed at the clay with his handmouth working its white substance, he formed it into two dragonflies. While he wasn't on a time limit, he still sent the two white insects out into the air rather quickly in order to test his success.

Perhaps it was his anxiousness that made his handseal change, but this time he brought both hands up. He clasped them together, allowing the middle and index fingers to stay erect, and the thumbs to simply meet, and called out to his clay, "Katsu."

[Axcel]

Learned

[Ryozo]

“Incendiary Blast”
Rank: C-ranked
Skill: Ninjutsu
Effect: A clay bomb that burns its enemies in its explosion.
Special: Refer to “Katsu”
Consumes 2 slots for one mouth.
(Maximum size: small sized creature)
(Maximum amount: 1 creature for two slots used)
Drawback: Time and preparation.
Description: After molding and infusing a piece of clay, the user may form any creature they wish from the clay (spiders, birds, etc., Small size). This clay creation moves about, fulfilling the users desires. Upon command, this clay creature will explode, releasing intense heat from its blast. This explosion reacts violently with the air, allowing for a special combustion, which emit more heat then normal. This explosion covers a 10 meter radius, and can cause anywhere from 2nd and 3rd degree burns (depending on how close you are). Anything past 10 meters, receives intense heat that singes clothing, hair and most like leave minor burns (past 16 meters is harmless).
Limit: Must know "Katsu", Kuchisaki Seichuu (Mouth Control) at least once, C-ranked "Touji Hyu-zu" (Clay Infusion) and C-ranked "Touji Itonami "(Clay Life)

When the white creature reacted, it was instantly shattered by a strong wind. Kharashi was no more than seven meters from the blast sight, and was knocked backwards, off balance, with his

hair flailing about in his face. He grinned, and lowered his hands. Another jutsu: complete.

The completion of this last jutsu signaled the completion of all the universal Genin-ranked jutsu within the Sankuchi bloodlimit. Along with that, he had already mastered all universal Genin-ranked Aburame jutsu, so Kharashi decided that, for now, he was done. With that, he turned to head home and likely to rest.

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Kharashi awoke to the light flooding in. He wearily turned to the window, before slowly standing to ready himself for yet another day of training; unless a mission presented itself at some random point. Once readied, he stepped into the light and began a walk towards his previous location.

Once there, he began to think through his options. Being done with both the simplest jutsus of Sankuchi and Aburame meant he either was to branch out or begin his more advanced training. After a short pause for pondering, he decided it was best to simply stay within what he knew best and move on to Chuunin-level jutsus.

The first thing he decided on was a new type of bomb: one more dangerous than his current; the Incendiary Bomb. Being a Sankuchi bomb, the only seal it required was the Sankuchi's unique "Katsu". The bomb is mainly a heat-type, reacting with the air to form an explosion different from the norm. More heat is emitted from the creation, so it causes serious burns to anything within ten meters of the jutsu. Being that the previous jutsu had been released only seven feet from Kharashi, he knew to be careful with this jutsu; heat cannot differentiate between friend or foe, after all.

Beginning with the training clay ((2 slots)), his hands began to chew and mold. Kharashi's chakra began to pour into the gray clay, and when the clay was revealed, a single figure stood on his palm: a small Robin. Kharashi lifted his hand and it flew off, blotting out the sun for a moment. As it swooped low, Kharashi's hands came up in the katsu seal: thumbs together, index and middle fingers erect, and the rest down in towards the palm. Twelve seconds was all he was alloted with training clay, so there wasn't time to mess around.

"Katsu." More chakra was required for the jutsu. It felt weird to Kharashi; all his previous bombs required little chakra, all being Genin-ranked. The chakra was of a general different nature, too. The bomb was entirely fire oriented, and though Kharashi was able to deal with such chakra it wasn't a normal thing for him. All these combinations ended in failure for Kharashi. Just as it had with the previous jutsu, the bird simply fell to the ground as lifeless as it should be.

Though a sigh managed to escape from between Kharashi's lips, he had expected such an outcome. The jutsu was a higher level than what he'd been working with lately, and even a Genin-ranked jutsu ended the same way at first. So when he picked up the gray stuff and began to mold it into another type of bird, he wasn't disappointed.

Once the chakra was flowing through the sculpture, out emerged another Robin. Kharashi hadn't been feeling very creative, he simply knew that the jutsu would take a while to master and wanted to get it over with. Again Kharashi formed the "katsu" seal, mimicking his earlier hand formations, and called out to the bird his command.

A slight amount of progress was achieved...but Kharashi was far from satisfied. In fact, the only progress that was achieved was the fact that the clay actually "popped" like the training clay should. However, the "pop" was very weak, and also did not activate until the clay touched the hard ground. Without a sound, the creator of the sculpture gathered up the scattered pieces of the malleable gray stuff, and went back to work. Since training clay was reusable, he didn't have to reach back into the pouch at his side for more clay, and rather used the scattered pieces again.

This time, out emerged a spider from the handmouth, infused with Kharashi's chakra. Quickly, it crawled from his hand and down his leg until it hit the floor, from where it scuttled across the ground towards a tree. Seconds past and it was halfway up the tree and Kharashi's right hand was forming the one-handed katsu seal, with all his fingers save for his middle and index in towards the middle. When he called out the simple, but now monotonous command, the spider acted no different from its predecessor. It fell lifeless from the tree, and upon hitting the ground made a weak "popping" noise and its pieces scattered over an area of about five meters.

Kharashi sighed: he hated making no progress.

[adero]

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