The Hokage Tower's Roof

[Haru Okibi]

The Hokage Tower is where Haru likes to train, it is only accessible from the balcony outside the Hokage Office. No one is to post here unless they are specifically invited by the Hokage.

Chakura Kyuin Jutsu (Chakra Absorption Technique) 

Rank: "C" Rank

Skill: NinJutsu

Effect: The user is capable of draining a small piece of the opponent's chakra by pushing their arm off, making sure that they are close to the opponent.

Special: ---

Drawback: The user must have some sort of ground, or must be within close range of the opponent. What this means is that they must be at least couple of feet from the opponent in a maximum range, or they must have hold of something that is pure chakra such as chakra strings.

Description: The user focuses their own chakra within their body and pushes it towards their very hands. As the user does so they create a somewhat "vacuum" like effect within their own chakra along the palm of their hands. What this occurs is when the user grows close to the opponent and does a punching like motion the opponent will feel a small amount of chakra escape from their very own body and be used towards the user's own special like force. This can be used to further the strength of the user with their own chakra supply. 

Limit: Anyone is capable of learning this technique.

Haru walked up onto the roof of the Hokage building from his office to begin training. If he was going be to Hokage be had better learn some new techniques, to make himself a better Hokage. “The best part about being Hokage is you have hundreds of training partners in the ANBU. For my next training I’m going to need maybe five ANBU.” Haru thought, stretching out his arms as he walked to the middle of the roof.

“I need five ANBU to help with training please. I also need a few jutsu scrolls to train from.” Haru said out loud, knowing there were at last twenty ANBU within hearing distance, but invisible. Five ANBU appeared in front of the young Hokage. All of them wore Bear Masks ad on of them had a small scroll in his right hand.

“Now then, what technique is this?” Haru inquired of the ANBU with the scroll.

“This is a favorite technique of mine sir, it may come in handy in a tight spot when you are left with little or no chakra during a battle.” The ANBU explained slowly.

“Thank you sir, I’ll see what I can do.” Haru said, walking up to the ANBU and taking the scroll from his outstretched hand.

Haru walked away and opened up the scroll. He read the contents. “Chakra Absorption that sounds fun. I’ll try it out.” Haru thought to himself.

Haru walked away from the ANBU and then turned around. When he had finished reading the scroll he rolled it back up and tossed it to the ANBU whom it belonged to.

Haru stood with his hands at his sides and his feet shoulder-length apart. He brought his hands up to his chest and closed his eyes. He started slow breathing exercises to get his chakra flow up to make it easier to perform the technique. In his mind he imagined his chakra as a great light that lit up his entire body. But there were some parts of his body devoid of this blue light. Haru concentrated to work on getting this blue light to every part of his body. As more Of his body was filled with this metaphorical representation of his chakra Haru felt better, like this training was going to be easy and he was going to learn this technique in no time. After a minute of standing with his eyes closed, Haru opened them. The ANBU where still standing at attention. Haru addressed the one who had given him the scroll.

“You sir, how did you first learn this technique? What steps did you take to learn it?” Haru asked him, stretching out his arms again, this time winding them around and around. First the left then the rights arm. Haru waited for the ANBU to respond.

“The first step I took was to gather up enough chakra for the jutsu and send it down your arms. Do that a few times. After that try to make the vacuum affect with the chakra in you hands. That part can be quite challenging.”

Haru nodded, listening to the explanation closely. “Okay then, it doesn’t sound too hard.”

Haru brought his hands up to his chest and put them out flat with his thumb underneath his fingers. He started to gather up chakra his chest. “I wonder how much chakra I’ll need to complete the jutsu. I should try it out a few times with different levels to make sure.”

Haru closed his eyes and concentrated on gathering and keeping all of the chakra in his chest. He imagined it as a great moving ball of gas that he had to keep together. Haru gathered up what he thought was the right amount of chakra for the jutsu and he split it in two. “Okay then, now to push it down my arms.”

Haru had done this many times before with many other jutsu, the chakra flowed down his arms to his hands. Haru let it stay for a moment before releasing it back into his body. “I’m not ready to try it just yet.” Haru thought.

[Haru Okibi]

Haru lifted his arms again to his chest; he looked down at his small hands, as they stayed there, unmoving. His fingers were stretched out but together, and his thumb was underneath the fingers, touching his palm. Both of his hands held there the same way, Haru took a deep breath. “Now to start again.” Haru thought.

He gathered up the chakra from every recess of his body. The same amount he had used only seconds before and then released back into his body. This chakra Haru gathered up in his chest, he molded it with concentration, his eyes still open. “I have to find the exact right amount or it won’t work at all.” Haru thought.

Haru surmised he had about the right amount of chakra to complete the jutsu so he continued. He split up the chakra into two parts. “This should be really easy to do, I’ve done it so many times before.” As Haru thought this he lost concentration on what he was doing and all of the chakra dissipated back into his body.

Haru blew out a raspberry and started again. “I have to keep my concentration up or else I won’t be able to learn this jutsu.” Haru thought. Haru started the process again, this time his eyebrows came down and his face held a grimace of concentration. He dropped his hands to his sides and shook them out, trying to loosen himself up a little. Haru lifted up both arms again and put his hands into the same position as before.

The ANBU stood in front of him, still at attention, as Haru worked. He looked down at his hands and his tongue slid out of his mouth. Haru gathered up the same amount of chakra he had been using and kept it all together in the middle of his chest. Haru molded it into a cube shape and then split it apart into two cubes.

Haru pushed these two globs of chakra down his left and right arms; he concentrated as they moved down. He tried to move them slowly so as not to lose control. When the chakra was down near his hands he just released it back into his body. “A few more tries and then I’ll move onto the next part.” Haru thought.

[Haru Okibi]

Haru had his hands up near his chest and he was in the process of gathering chakra for his next try. He split the chakra into two parts once he had gathered enough of it and started to push these tow pieces down his arms to his hands. “I have to get it down to my palms and there is where I’ll start to refine it.” Haru thought to himself as he concentrated on moving the chakra.

Haru pushed all of the chakra down his arms. He imagined his light blue chakra enveloping his arms as the large glob moved down his arm. Haru could see in his head his skin glowing a bright blue color, it helped him concentrate. “Okay then, this time I think I should try to focus the chakra into my palm more.”

Haru did just that, he started out with his right hand which was the less dominant one. “If I can do it in my right then I can do it easily with my left.” Haru surmised. Haru looked down at his right hand, but did not forget to concentrate on his left while he was working with his right. He started to compress the chakra.

Haru compressed the chakra some much that it became a tiny ball, a little smaller than a tennis ball. Haru imagined it as thus. “Okay then it looks good. I should try out the same process with my left.” Haru thought, turning his head to look at his left hand.

Haru arms were still held up near his chest as he was doing this. He imagined the chakra as a moving mass in his hand and he used his mind to prod the sides of it, pushing each and every sides of the sphere inwards towards the center until it became equal with the ball of chakra in his right hand. “Okay, this is good, this is great. I’m moving right along.” Haru thought.

Haru let the chakra go, it all dissipated back into his body. Haru let his arms fall and he took a deep breath. “Okay, I think I’m ready to start on the next part of the jutsu. Creating the vacuum to suck chakra out of a person’s body.” Haru thought.

[Haru Okibi]

Haru looked up at the ANBU standing in front of him and addressed the one who had given him the scroll.

“You, sir. You said to create a vacuum with the chakra in my hands. I’m not sure I understand you.” Haru began.

“Well, Hokage sir. I find it to be very easy if you mold the chakra in you hands into a long cylinder that is wider near you palm and smaller down your arm. If you try that you may succeed.” The ANBU replied.

Haru nodded to him and lifted his arms yet again. “Cylinder…that sounds reasonable.” Haru thought. Haru looked down at his hands and then looked forward, not seeing anything in front of him, still concentrating on his chakra. He gathered up the chakra from his body and pushed it all together in his chest. Haru split up this chakra and started to push it down each arm.

Haru looked down at his arms again, not seeing anything different but imagining bright blue light engulfing his skin. Haru finally pushed the chakra into his hands. “I have to do this gently now or the chakra will just disappear.” Haru thought.

Haru looked at his right hand and started to compress the chakra into a small ball shape. “I’ll compress the chakra in each hand and then turn it into a cylinder. It may be slow work but it will help me concentrate better.” Haru thought. Haru formed the ball in his right hand and then turned his head to his left hand to do the same.

Then Haru looked back at his right hand do form the small ball into a long cylinder. “If I can do this I can basically perform the technique.” Haru thought. He worked on his right hand, concentrating as best he could on prodding the small ball and making it into a long cylinder.

[Haru Okibi]

Haru continued with prodding the chakra in his right hand until he got the ball into the exact shape he wanted. Haru imagined the chakra in his head; he saw a long cylinder that was wide on one end and smaller on the other. “Okay, now to move onto my left hand. If I can do that I’ll move on.” Haru thought.

Haru turned his head to his left arm and focused on his left hand. “Okay, I have to do this again with my left hand and then I can try it out for real.” Haru thought. Haru worked on his left hand, he concentrated on the small ball of chakra focused in his left palm.

Haru imagined the ball of chakra in his left hand and concentrated on molding it into the right shape. Haru prodded and pulled the ball into the right shape. After a few moments he had molded it into the exact right shape. “Okay then, I think I can try it out for real now.”

Haru let the chakra disappear back into his body. He let his arms fall back down to his sides and addressed all of the ANBU at once.

“Okay then, I think I’m ready. I’d like to test out my technique.” Haru began. Next he addressed the ANBU who had given him the scroll. “I’d like you to come at me first. If I’m doing anything wrong you can tell me.” Haru said.

The ANBU bowed at Haru and then crouched slightly. He stood there for a moment and Haru took this time to quickly perform the jutsu has he had done it before. Haru gathered up the chakra, split it up, and sent it down his arms. Haru left the chakra in his right hand alone and focused on his left. “I’ll only need one hand for this try, I hope I do it right.” Haru thought.

The ANBU started to move and Haru crossed his arms in front of him. The ANBU moved faster and Haru started to run forward. The two met and then ran past each other. The ANBU slumped over and Haru stood up straight.

“That was very good sir. I think you have it.” The ANBU said from behind Haru.

Haru had hit the ANBU on the arm with his chakra charged hand and as soon as he did he released the chakra from his hand. Haru felt chakra run through his body quickly from the ANBU’s body. “I think I have it. He is right, I felt the chakra come from his body and power me up.” Haru thought.

[pandoru]

+30 total

{30/30}

Learned~

[Haru Okibi]

Soshuha (Manipulating Attack Blades) 

Rank: "C" Rank

Skill: NinJutsu

Effect: The user is capable of performing their very chakra down along the very ground. Doing so the user then takes the time to concentrate and begins to lift small blades such as Kunai, or knifes up into the air just a meter and a half up high. The kunai are then are just held there for a brief moment in which is targeted towards the target at hand.

Special: "Handseals"

Drawback: This technique can not be pushed any further then stated. It can not be re-thrown, can not be directed, turned or any other type of situation. There is no way to redirect these or change directions.

Description: When the user lifts the very blades up into the air, this technique is used to where they give a push towards the blades to hurl them towards one direction. This technique however can not be used for re-directing, and this technique is only capable of pushing forth in at least a ten meter of distance.

Limit: Universal NinJutsu Technique

Haru watched as the ANBU who had given him the Chakra Absorption walked away from him and joined the other ANBU standing at attention. Haru addressed the ANBU next to the first one.

“Now then, have you brought any scrolls you wish to share with me?” Haru asked him.

The ANBU bowed to Haru and lifted his arms out of the long ANBU robes. In his hands he was cradling two small scrolls. “These two techniques are my favorites. The first is called Manipulating Attack Blades and the other is called Roof Tile Shuriken. The second is easier to learn after you’ve learned the first.” The ABU explained slowly.

Haru nodded as the ANBU explained the technique. When he was done Haru walked over to the man and picked the first scroll out of his hands. Haru turned and walked away from the ANBU, as he did the ANBU spoke again.

“If I may sir this technique is rather easy to learn the handseals are Ram, Boar, Rat. Once the handseals are done you have to gather up the necessary chakra and spread it out to the ground around you. Once that is done try forcing the kunai and other objects to lift and then fly through the air.” The ANBU explained.

By this time Haru was standing away from the group of ANBU listening closely. He nodded at the ANBU and muttered a “Thank You” to the ninja. But the ANBU had more to say. His hands disappeared back into his cloak and he brought them back out again a moment later holding a large pouch in both hands.

“This bag is filled with kunai and shuriken You can use all of them in your training.” The ANBU explained.

Haru nodded and looked down at the now unrolled scroll in his hand. He quickly read through it and then rolled it back up. Hem motioned to the ANBU holding the pouch with the scroll. “Trade?” Haru asked happily. The ANBU chuckled underneath his mask and nodded. Haru threw him the scroll and the ANBU tossed him the pouch. Haru caught it and opened up the top flap, he looked inside and smiled. Haru tipped the bag over and dumped the contents of the bag at his feet.

The jumbled mass of iron clanged on the concrete floor of the roof. Haru looked down and then back up at the ANBU they were all standing motionless in front of him. “If I can do this and the next one then maybe the other ANBU may have some more really cool techniques.” Haru thought to himself.

Haru brought his hands up to his chest and started to move his hands and form complex positions with them. “The handseals are Ram, Boar, Rat. I should do them exactly as the ANBU said.” Haru thought to himself. He wanted to practice the handseals for about a minute before he moved on to the next part.

Haru started to perform the short string of handseals over and over again. Haru said them under his breath as he performed each one over and over again. “Ram, Boar, Rat… Ram, Boar, Rat… Ram, Boar, Rat.” Haru breathed to himself quietly. Haru about a half a minute of this, Haru decided to cut his practice short and move onto the actual jutsu.

He performed the handseals again, breathing their names to himself quickly as his hands made the motions. Haru finished the handseals and held the last one; this was customary for him to help himself gather chakra. “Okay, now I’m probably going to need more chakra than with the Absorption Technique. But not much more, I need to focus more on using less chakra for more things to conserve chakra.” Haru thought to himself.

Haru held the last handseal for only a moment to start the chakra gathering process, and then he let his hands fall down to ready position. He gathered up the chakra, not needed to do the warm up chakra gathering process, the last technique had warmed him up considerably. “Okay I should gather it up and then spread it out all over the floor below me.” Haru thought.

Haru started to gather up the chakra and sent it to the middle of his chest. Haru started the preliminary process of molding and shaping the chakra before moving it to where it needed to go. “Okay, here goes.” Haru thought to himself.

[Haru Okibi]

Haru took this large blob of chakra and started to move it down his body. Haru moved it slowly towards his feet. He had done this many times before in tree climbing exercises during his time in the Academy. “Slowly, concentrate and you’ll be fine.” Haru thought to himself.

Haru imagined, like he had done in his last exercise that his skin was being engulfed in the light blue light of his chakra as it moved down his body towards the ground. Haru imagined the chakra hit the ground, which was a huge dark space around his feet. He had to fill parts of it up with his chakra, the parts of the space where the kunai and shuriken rested on the ground.

He could see his chakra lighting up small spaces in the darkness. He imagined the floor around the kunai and shuriken was glowing a bright blue color. “Now then, I have to try it out and see what happens, if anything.” Haru thought to himself.

Haru could still feel the chakra connected to him in some way, which meant he could still control it to an extent. He exerted all of the control he had over the chakra in the floor around him. Haru concentrated, his eyes closed shut tightly and his tongue slipped out of his mouth. Haru prodded the chakra in the floor around him and tried to concentrate it around each and every kunai and shuriken lying on the ground.

Suddenly and without warning, the chakra that Haru could feel in the ground just disappeared from his grip. “Ahh! What the hell happened?” Haru asked himself. He looked up at the ANBU for advice.

The ANBU, who had been watching him closely, knew exactly what had happened. “Sir, try to focus the chakra around the whole area where the kunai lie not on each and every kunai. Try to make it easier on yourself, not harder.” The ANBU explained to the young man.

Haru nodded with his mouth open. “Okay then, that sounds easy enough, I should try it out again.” Haru started the handseals again. His hands, held close to his chest, performed the complex motions with relative ease. When Haru was done, only a moment or so after he had started, he held the Rat handseal and started to gather chakra.

[Haru Okibi]

Haru reached into the farthest recesses of his body and took chakra from the supply that is body naturally made everyday. He brought the chunks back to his chest and pushed them all together, cementing each piece with his focus and concentration. “Okay then, now to move it down to the floor. I have to move slowly but surely.”

He focused the chakra and moved it slowly down his legs. After a moment or so it reached his feet. Haru pushed it out from his feet and sent the chakra into the floor around him. Haru still maintained a small control over this writhing and moving energy force and with that control he started to focus the mass just beneath the group of kunai and shuriken laying on the ground below him.

Haru prodded and pulled the chakra mass so that it formed into a large round disk shape right underneath the metal objects at his feet. When this was done Haru balked, he wasn’t sure what to do next. “I guess I could release it like any other jutsu and see what happens.” Haru thought.

He did just what he was thinking. Haru released the chakra in a great torrent of power and cringed backwards to watch the affects. Haru saw the kunai and shuriken shake for a moment and then all of them lifted up into the air, half a foot and then a whole foot. Then they stopped, the metal objects shook some more and then fell back down to the ground.

Haru smiled, that was a great try. “Nothing else to do but try it out again.” Haru thought. Haru brought his hands back up to his chest from ready position and performed the handseals again. Holding the last handseal like before. H gathered up the chakra like before and he moved it down to the floor, all like his last try.

“Maybe if I focus it just a little more. I think I can do it.” Haru said to himself. He formed the disk again but this time he prodded it just a little it more to focus the chakra even more. Now Haru was ready to release it and see what happened.

[Haru Okibi]

Haru imagined the great dark space beneath his feet and the great blue disk that hovered just in front of him. This imaginary disk was hovering just beneath a multitude of sharp metal objects, all ready to be flung through the air with the power that this blue disk held. “Nothing left but to do it!” Haru thought to himself.

Haru used his last bit of a connection with the focused chakra beneath his feet ad released it all in a great flux of power. Haru watched the kunai with great interest. Nothing happened for half ad second and then the kunai lifted up without shaking even slightly. They rose up to Haru’s eye level. The kunai and shuriken held there for a few moments and Haru realized he had no idea what to do now that they were floating.

Thinking quickly Haru gathered up a small amount of chakra in his chest and released all of it quickly. This little oomph of power pushed the kunai and shuriken forward quickly. They moved for about a second. Before stopping. Haru watched as they held in the air for another second or so ,and then clanged to the ground.

“Now I know exactly what to do. I just need to try it out on something to make sure it really works. Then I can move onto the next one.” Haru thought to himself. Haru walked up the small grouping of kunai so that he would be close enough to keep control over the chakra in the ground. He addressed the ANBU who had given him the scroll in the first place.

“I think I’m ready for target practice.” Haru said.

The ANBU nodded and spoke. “I have just the thing sir.” He crouched down and bit his thumb hard; Haru saw a tiny trickle of blood run down the face of his thumb. He crouched lower and performed a few handseals, when he was done he thrusted his hand down onto the floor and smoke appeared from nowhere.

When the thick grey smoke cleared Haru saw a large straw dummy held up by a wooden post. The ANBU grabbed the wooden post that held it up and walked away from the group of ANBU. He placed it down about fifteen feet from Haru and walked back to join the other ANBU. Haru started to perform the jutsu.

[Haru Okibi]

Haru performed the jutsu quickly; he wanted to try it out on the dummy as many times as possible in the least amount of time. Haru gathered the chakra up and pushed it down his body quickly. Each successive try was becoming easier and easier for him to do. “If I use enough chakra I can rally hit someone hard with the kunai and shuriken.” Haru thought to himself.

He formed the chakra up into a disk after he had pushed it out of his feet and into the ground and concrete beneath him. Haru focused the disk more and more until he thought it would be enough to raise all of the weapons and keep them raised until he could hurtle them at the dummy. “This is gonna be great and then I can try out the next jutsu.” Haru thought excitedly.

Haru released all of the pent up chakra in the disk and watched as the kunai and shuriken raised them up into the air to around Haru’s eyes level. Haru snapped awake, he was sort of in a trane watching the kunai rise up into the air. He gathered chakra to fling the kunai, and remembered to gather up at least double than he had before. Haru released all of this chakra but as he did so he had one thought in his mind.

“Move the kunai towards the dummy.” Was what he thought as he released the chakra. What he was thinking actually happened and the kunai moved so fast they were almost hard to see. Haru heard a sort of s “fwip!” sound and then heard at least ten more sounds. He looked at the dummy and saw there were ten, maybe fifteen, kunai and shuriken stickin out of its chest.

Haru smiled and pumped his fist in the air.

[Tieren]

Total=Learned!

[Haru Okibi]

Haru finished the Blades attack and he was ecstatic. “Okay then, now onto the next ANBU to see if he has any good techniques for me.” Haru thought to himself. Haru thanked the ANBU who had given him the Manipulating Blades Technique and then looked to the next ANBU on the line. This ANBU and the next one were the last two. After Haru had learned their techniques he would call on another group of ANBU to pass down some of their Jutsu.

Haru addressed the next ANBU, “Well, do you have anything?” Haru asked. Haru also noticed as he had not before that this ninja had very long hair. It reached past his waist almost past his buttocks.

“Sir, I have a small selection of techniques that I think you will find very interesting.” The ANBU reached inside his robe with both hands and then pulled them out a moment later. He was holding two scrolls in each hand. He tossed the first one to Haru and Haru unrolled it.

Ninpou: Kami Enchou (Ninja Art: Hair Extension)

Rank: "D" Rank

Skill: Ninjutsu, Supplementary

Effect: Allows the user to rapidly grow out their hair.

Special: "Hand Seals"- Horse, Rabbit, Dragon, Dog, Monkey, (hold) Ram

Drawback: The user must hold the Ram handseal for the duration of the technique. The second they release the handseal, their hair stops growing.
Description: The user performs the required handseals, running chakra along their scalp and all the way through their hair. This allows the hair to push from the scalp and outwards, creating a massive growth of the user's hair. The hair itself will continue to grow for as long as the user maintains the Ram handseal. It takes one turn to grow about five feet of hair.
Limit: Universal Ninjutsu

“Sounds fun I guess.” Haru said, slightly apprehensively.

The ANBU chuckled for a moment and then spoke again. “Don’t worry sir, there are more jutsu to come. They are all in a series and they get better and better the more you learn.” The ANBU explained happily.

“I’ll give it a try.” Haru said looking from the ANBU back down to the scroll in his hands. Haru took one last look at it and tossed it back to the ANBU who caught it deftly.

Haru spread his legs out wide and started to stretch out his arms. “This jutsu requires are fair bit of handseals, I’d better concentrate hard.” Haru thought. Haru stretched out his arms by raising them both up as high as he could and then relaxed them back down again.

Haru stretched out his fingers by flexing each one of them then relaxing them. He did this for about thirty seconds, then he took in a deep breath and let it out slowly. “Now I’m ready!” Haru thought.

Haru closed his eyes and concentrated, trying to remember the handseals so he could perform them in quick succession and move on with the jutsu. He remembered them in order, and then said them in his head. “Horse, Rabbit, Dragon, Dog, Monkey, and then hold the Ram seal to finish it off.” Haru thought it sounded easy enough, so he started.

He opened his eyes and then squinted them slightly, like he was mad about something, but he was only concentrating, hard. Haru lifted up both hands and started to perform the handseals for the jutsu. He went through the first couple and then stopped, his mind suddenly going blank. “Ahh! I have to cool it so I won’t forget the handseals in the middle of performing them.” Haru thought.

Haru looked down at his hands to help his mind remember the handseals, a second later he had started again. This time he went through all of them easily, helped along by his saying them in his mind. “Horse, Rabbit, Dragon, Dog, Monkey. And then hold the Ram seal.” Haru’s mind went through them quickly and his hands moved like lightning.

He was now ready to start gathering chakra for the jutsu. He surmised that holding the ram seal during the hair growth would help it along considerably and if he decided not to hold the Ram seal his hair probably wouldn’t grow at all. “I wonder exactly how much chakra I’m going to need to do this jutsu. It is a low level technique so I probably won’t need to use all that much chakra to make it happen.” Haru thought.

Haru took in a long breath and blew it out slowly to calm himself. “Okay then, now for the real thing.” Haru thought. He started to perform the string of handseals quickly. This time saying the handseals under his breath as he performed them with his hands. “Horse, Rabbit, Dragon, Dog, Monkey, Ram.” He said quietly and quickly.

Haru held the Ram seal and started to gather chakra for the jutsu. He shaved off a few small bits and pieces from his reserve. Only a small amount it was a low-level technique and he was pretty sure it wasn’t going to take much to grow out his hair. All he while, Haru was holding the Ram seal and waiting for his body to gather up the necessary chakra.

He held his breath and released the small amount of pent up chakra in his chest. It should invoke his hair to start growing quickly, about a couple of feet very three seconds or so, the scroll had said. Haru’s eyeballs looked up and to the left and right. Nothing had happened to his hair, it was the same length as always. “I must have used too little chakra or something. I use a bit more and see what happens.” Haru thought.

Haru loosened himself up to ready himself for the next try. He figured that if this didn’t work he would only need to try it a few more times to get it down really well. Haru performed the handseals over again, moving his hands faster now that they had trained themselves to move in the way he wanted. Haru shaved off a bit more chakra from his reserves and then gathered it up. “I hope this works out.” Haru thought.

He released all of the chakra and then waited for the results. A moment, then two moments went by, and nothing happened. Haru blew out his breath up wards and his breath lifted the few bangs on his forehead up. “Okay then, its gonna work this time, I can guarantee it.” Haru thought. Haru performed the handseals and then took a chunk of chakra from his reserves. He released all of it. At the same time, holding the Ram handseal. Haru watched with horror as his dark hair grew and grew. It grew past his chin and Haru had to release the Ram handseal to push all of the hair out of his face.

The hair wouldn’t stop growing; it grew down to his chest in the front, down his back in the back, and down both arms in the sides. Haru couldn’t stop it, all he could do was hold it up out of his face so he could see. “Oh no! I’ve used way too much chakra, this isn’t right at all!” Haru exclaimed to himself. He watched it grow and grow past his waist and down to his knees. When the absolute bottom of his hair touched the ground, it slowed and stopped. Haru looked down and saw his dark hair had reached the floor.

The ANBU in front of his chuckled and held up a single scroll. “Your lucky there is a technique just for this occasion. The hair growing technique has a Hair Recall Technique for mess ups like these.”

[pandoru]

Learned.

[Haru Okibi]

Haru just stood there, hands up keeping the hair out of his face. His hair had now reached to the floor and Haru didn’t want to move fearing his hair would start to grow again. Haru looked up at the ANBU who had given him the Hair Growing technique, he was still holding the “Hair Recall” scroll in his hand.

Haru, through his hands holding up his hair nodded at the ANBU. The ANBU nodded back and threw him the scroll. Haru had to sacrifice holding up his hair to catch the scroll, which he did. “I hope this technique can get rid of all of his hair. I really can’t live like this. I hope the next couple techniques are interesting or else I may get mad.” Haru thought.

Haru unrolled the scroll and had to hold it with one hand. The other hand pushing the hair from his eyes, he read it to himself.

Ninpou: Kami Souki (Ninja Art: Hair Recall)

Rank: "D" Rank

Skill: Ninjutsu, Supplementary

Effect: Allows the hair to fold in on itself several times so that it looks like the original layer of hair before the Hair Extension technique.

Special: "Hand Seals"- Monkey, Horse, Rabbit, Dog, Tiger, Ram, Bird

Drawback: Requires a (very) small but constant amount of chakra to keep the hair folded in the way that it is. This means that if the user runs out of chakra then the hair will let itself all loose.

Description: The user performs the required handseals, strengthening the hair follicles and giving them all almost stickiness. Then, the user controls the hair using their chakra and pulls it in on itself, over and over, and tightens itself so that all the hair grown from the Hair Extension technique is seemingly invisible. The user must perform the Kai technique to cancel the hair folds. 

Limit: Must know Ninpo: Kami Enchou

Haru looked up at the ANBU and tossed him the scroll. He started to explain the technique to make it easier for Haru to learn it.

“Perform the handseals and gather up the same amount of chakra as you did before. Gather it up and quickly release it, all the time thinking and concentrating on what you need to do. That’s all.”

Haru nodded underneath his right hand, holding the hair out of his face. “This is gonna be hard, if I can’t see my hands doing the handseals I’m not going to learn then very quickly. I guess there is nothing to it but to do it.”

Haru dropped his hands from his hair and he let it fall back down into his face. He just stood there for a moment, going through the handseals in his mind over and over again. “Monkey, Horse, Rabbit, Dog, Tiger, Ram, Bird. I have to remember them all if I want to do this blind.” Haru thought to himself.

He took in a breath and the hair around his mouth concaved for a second before coming back to normal. Haru lifted up his hands and started to perform the handseals, his head and eyes moved downward instinctively even thought he couldn’t really see anything past the hair in front of his eyes. “Dammit this is gonna be really hard to do.” Haru thought to himself.

His hands moved slowly, his mind tried to imagine the motions of his hands, trying to correct the motions on the fly. Haru stopped, he couldn’t continue like this. There had to be some way for him to complete the handseals quickly. “No… I don’t think there are any shortcuts to this one. I’m going to have to go the long way.”

Haru lifted his arms up and the hair lifted with them. The hair shifted in front of Haru’s face, he could almost see, but he knew that when he put his hands back down he would be bathed in darkness again. “Monkey, Horse, Rabbit, Dog, Tiger, Ram, Bird. I have to remember all of it if I want to do this. I can’t be forgetting the handseals in the middle of things.”

Haru lifted up his hands to start the handseals. He tried to concentrate, eyes open, on the motions of his hands without actually seeing them. “This is going to be really hard, I should start again.” Haru thought, stopping his hands and then starting over again. His hands starting moving again and as his hands moved he kept forgetting which handseal was next.

He started again but this time, because he couldn’t see his hands, he messed up on the third handseal. Haru let his hands drop and stood there for a few moments before lifting his hands up to try again. “I hope I can do this, its getting sort of tiring.” Haru thought to himself.

Haru started the handseals again but the same thing happened. He had started and did the first three handseals, then on the Dog handseal, his hands just didn’t move the way hey should have and he had to stop. “Dammit, I have to find some other way to do this. I can’t keep doing it this way.”

Haru started again, this time he closed his eyes and imagined each of the handseals in his mind, concentrating this time very heavily on doing it right. He said the handseals over and over again in his head. “This time is different, this time I’ll will myself to get it right.” Haru thought to himself. Haru started the handseals again, his will helping along his concentration.

Haru performed the handseals quickly, saying them under his breath as he did. “Monkey, Horse, Rabbit, Dog, Tiger, Ram, Bird.” Haru didn’t even realize he had completed the handseals until a few seconds after the last handseal was finished. Haru started to gather up the chakra, the same amount as with the Hair Extension. “Finally, this is getting better. Now I can work on the chakra gathering an control, something I am much better at.” Haru thought.

Haru had gathered up the chakra and relaxed, just releasing it when he had enough. Haru lifted up his hands to lift the hair out of his face and he looked down to see the hair near his feet slowly start to rise. “Just like the scroll said, the hair will fold in on itself and get shorter and shorter.” Haru thought.

Haru looked down and saw that his hair had stopped rising. “What happened?” Haru thought. Then Haru remembered what the ANBU had told him, he ad to concentrate on what he wanted the chakra to do, recall the hair that had been grown with the last jutsu. Haru tried it again. He performed the handseals quickly, his eyes closed, his mind concentrating on keeping his hands moving and doing what they had to do. “Now onto the chakra part, but I have to remember to concentrate on what I have to do.” Haru thought.

Haru gathered up the chakra, after the handseals were finished and pulled the chunk of energy together in his chest. Then he spent the next few moments concentrating on what he wanted to do. “I want all of the hair to fold in on itself, I want all of it to disappear, I want my long hair to be hidden.” Haru thought. Haru released the chakra still thinking about what he needed the chakra to do.

He lifted his hands to keep the hair out of his face and watched the hair near his feet start to rise very quickly. Haru watched the hair rise past his ankles, then his knees. In a few seconds his hair was back to normal, so far as he could see.

The ANU spoke again. “Remember, Hokage sir, when you want the hair to come down again you can use the “Kai” technique to let you hair fall back down again and use it.”

Suddenly, another ANBU appeared in front of the five and spoke. “Hokage sir, there is a young Kouba ninja seeking entrance to your office. The ANBU at the elevator doors have stopped him and they are awaiting your orders. Also, your package is ready and waiting on your desk.”

Haru nodded and moved to the stairs leading back down to his office.

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[Haru Okibi]

Haru came back up to roof and the only ANBU standing there was the ANBU who had given him the Hair Jutsu. Haru walked to the middle of the roof and faced him, Haru was only standing a few feet away. The ANBU started to explain more about the Hair Jutsu.

“You should always have your hair grown long ready for battle. But if you don’t fancy long hair you can grow it long and then perform the Hair Recall technique. To cancel the Hair Recall technique just use Kai. Once you’ve cancelled the Recall technique you can use most others.” The ANBU explained.

Haru nodded to him. “I think I should change my hair look around a bit. Maybe just grow the hair out in the back like this ninja has.” Haru thought.

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A few minutes later Haru had done just that. His hair was normal except for a little length in the front and a lot of growth in the back. The hair in the back hangs down to the back of Haru’s knees. The ANBU tossed Haru the next technique and Haru un rolled it and read the contents.

Ninpou: Kami Baindo (Ninja Art: Hair Bind)

Rank: "C" Rank

Skill: Ninjutsu, Offensive

Effect: Sends the user's hair darting forward to wrap itself around the target.

Special: If the user is currently performing the Hair Extension technique, None. If the user is not performing the Hair Extension technique, the same Handseals as the Hair Extension technique, including the holding of the Ram handseal.

Drawback: Can be easily dodged.

Description: The user holds the Ram handseal if currently performing the Hair Extension technique or performs the Hair Extension technique. The user then directs their hair en masse towards the opponent, where the hair will attempt to wrap itself around the opponent and bind them. The user may add additional pressure and attempt to crush the opponent, but it is normally very difficult to perform such a feat.

Limit: Must know Ninpou: Kami Enchou

The ANBU started to explain the technique that Haru had read. “You don’t have to do the handseals, your Hair is already extended, but you do still have to hold the Ram handseal. So now you’ll have to gather up enough chakra to do the Jutsu and then release it.”

Haru just nodded in understanding. He stood away from the ANBU and tossed the scroll back to him. Haru shifted his legs outward so that they were a little more than shoulder length apart. Haru wanted to stretch out to get ready so he lifted his hands and put them forward, then be bent over at the waist and tried to touch his toes.

Haru lifted himself up and then pointed his hands up to the sky, which was darkening very quickly now; he would have to learn maybe one more technique before he turned in for the night to start again tomorrow. Haru stretched his hands up and then relaxed them. He did this a few times before relaxing his hands for the last time. “Okay now to really start.” Haru thought.

Haru started to go through chakra gathering exercises to get ready for trying the jutsu. “If I can go through this fast enough and learn the next technique then I can go take care of some paperwork and then turn in I guess.” Haru thought. Haru imagined his whole body and it glowed a light blue color in certain spots. The brightest place was his head and face where Haru kept the most of his chakra. He wanted to spread it out over his entire body so that he could benefit from the power it gave him.

“Okay then, the next step is to spread out my chakra.” Haru thought. He started to take chunks of chakra from his head and other areas and spread them all out throughout his whole body. It only took a minute or two for Haru to complete this task. When he was done he started to power his body up and get the chakra in his body moving so that it would be easier for him to gather chakra later on.

Haru completed this task by breathing in great deep breaths and then letting them out slowly. He started to do it faster and faster until he felt light headed, this got his chakra really moving. “Now how much chakra should I use for this jutsu? I wonder if its should be more or less than the Hair Extension?” Haru thought. Haru surmised it would probably be more than the Hair Extension technique, but not too much more.

He started to gather up chakra for the Jutsu. Haru took the small chunks of chakra from around his body, much easier now that he had just done the chakra exercises. Haru gathered up the same amount of chakra he had used for the Hair Extension jutsu. “I think I should try this out first because if the chakra amount turns out to be the same I don’t want to be wasting a lot of extra chakra.” Haru thought. Throughout all of this he was holding the Ram handseal steady in front of his chest.

Haru gathered up all of this chakra and put it all together in his chest. Haru prodded and pulled the swirling mass of bright blue light and shaped it into a sphere. As perfect as he could make it, which was pretty good. Haru imagined the ball in his mind getting rounder and smoother with every prod and pull. “Okay then, now to release it and see what happens.” Haru thought. Haru was ready to release it now so that’s just what he did.

Haru took all of the pent up chakra and released it. The chakra flowed outward into the air and Haru used his concentration to direct the chakra towards the long locks of hair he had just grown with his last technique. “I hope it works.” Haru thought, just before releasing all of the chakra into the air.

[Haru Okibi]

Haru stood there, in front of the ANBU and waited for nothing, because that’s exactly what happened. Haru stood there for a few seconds and then when he realized nothing was going to happen, his shoulders slumped over and his hands fell to his sides. “I’d better try it out again. I should use just a little bit more chakra.” Haru thought. He lifted his hands to form the Ram seal and started again.

With the seal formed, Haru started to gather up some more chakra. This time he gathered up a few more small chunks of chakra to add to the mix. Haru prodded and smoothed the sides so that the chakra would form into a large sphere shape. Haru took a few extra moments to smooth the sides over a little bit more; this would refine the chakra and help it do more. “This should work out I think. I don’t think this technique is going to require anymore chakra than what I have now.” Haru thought.

Haru took all of the pent up chakra and held it his chest, just waiting a moment until he was ready. Haru just stood there for a moment, standing with the Ram handseal held near the middle of his chest. Haru was ready, he released all of the pent up chakra in a torrent of power and like before he directed towards his hair. “This has got to work. I know I used enough chakra but I hope I can actually perform the whole jutsu. I’m going to need the ANBU’s help for that.” Haru thought.

Haru had released the chakra and he felt his hair start to move around behind him. The entirety of it lifted up into the air behind Haru and it started to move around behind him. A few seconds later his Hair dropped and stopped moving. Haru’s shoulder’s slumped and his arms fell, breaking the Ram seal.

The ANBU spoke up and started to explain. “Your doing it right, but let me tell you try something else. Keep going with gathering the chakra and releasing it. We’ll work on control later on, okay?”

Haru just nodded, he gave no more sign that he understood, just a nod. “Sounds like a plan. I’ll follow his lead, this is his technique.” Haru thought. Haru just continued what he had been doing. He gathered up the necessary chakra for the jutsu. The same amount he had used in his last try, which was just a bit more than the amount of chakra used for the Hair Extension technique. Haru pulled and prodded the great chunk of chakra and made it into a great sphere shape.

Haru released all of the pent up chakra and directed it all towards his hair. The long locks that fell down his back all the way to the back of his knees. He felt it start to move around, but without more direction it wouldn’t really do anything. Haru tried to turn his head to see, but as he turned his hair moved farther from his vision. Haru just put his head back straight and waited for the chakra he had released to dissipate.

Haru did it again. He gathered up the chakra, chunks of it coming from all different places in his body. Haru took all of the chunks and gathered them up, pushing them all together in his chest. This was getting easier and easier now. He prodded and smoothed all of the chunks down until the great chunk of chakra was formed into a large sphere shape. “I can’t wait to work on the next part of the jutsu. I wonder how I’ll be bale to actually control my hair to grab something or someone.” Haru thought.

Haru smoothed down the great ball of chakra and then released all of it in a great torrent of power. Haru turned his head slightly and saw his hair flipping back and forth after the chakra was released. All the while Haru was steadfastly holding the Ram handseal, which helped him gather and mold the chakra and then keep it controlled after he released it. “I hope I can move onto the next part now. But I’ll have to listen to this ANBU, he is the Master of this technique.”

The ANBU spoke up and started to explain. “Now we can move onto the next step. Controlling your hair to grab something or someone. It is easier than it sounds; you just have to concentrate on what you want your hair to do. The power is all there in your chakra, you just have to concentrate.”

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[Haru Okibi]

Haru looked up at the ANBU member eh had just listened to his explanation about the jutsu and now he was psyched up to get started on this next step. Haru formed the Ram handseal once again and started to gather chakra in his chest, like before pulling small amounts of it from different parts of his body. “I will learn this technique in no time and then move onto my last technique today.” Haru thought excitedly.

The ANBU lifted up his hands with his palms out. “Woah, woah, woah! Not just yet, let me continue before you jump off the handle. Try practicing on an inanimate object first.” The ANBU made a few handseals and then thrust his palms to the ground. Just a few feet to his right, a plume of smoke appeared. When it cleared there was a human sized dummy standing up. “Try to grab and lift this dummy, when you have done this you’ll work on a moving target.” The ANBU explained.

Haru nodded and then re-formed the Ram handseal. Just like a minute ago, Haru broke off small pieces of chakra and gathered them all up in his chest. All the while he was concentrating on what he had to do with this chakra, grab and lift that human sized dummy standing a few feet away from him. But as he started to mold the chakra, his concentration was tore away from his objective to helping his body control the ever-growing mass of chakra.

Haru had smoothed down the chakra in his chest enough and he decided to release it without delay, the more tries he had in the least amount of time would be better in the long run. Haru released the chakra and he felt his hair start to grow slightly longer, long enough to travel to the dummy and grab it. “Its working!” Haru thought.

The hair darted out from behind Haru and started to move towards the dummy. The long black locks wrapped themselves around the dummy and then relaxed, they came back to their original place behind Haru a moment later. “I must not have had enough focus on my objective. I need to think harder and have better focus.” Haru started again, forming the handseal.

He gathered up the chakra and smoothed it al down, Haru did it faster this time it was getting easier every time. All this time he was focusing on what he had to do, letting his body and instincts work with the chakra. Haru released the chakra and it did exactly what he wanted it to. It darted out from behind him and quickly moved towards the dummy, wrapping itself around the wooden man and then lifting it into the air.

The ANBU clapped once. “Great job sir! Now we can move onto the next step, grabbing a moving target.”