Dreams of Chuunin {Travel/Training}

[Aaron: The Bee Master]

The gates were now a distant blur as Aaron headed south a book and scroll in either hand. He was off to see the registrar by following the yellow brick road...wait wrong story...Aaron followed the barren, treeless landscape a rough path visible from caravans that had gone on before. He knew he would be in Bird soon.

The sun high overhead and with little brush to hamper his journey Aaron made great time. The familiar landscape soon gave way to less a different type of earth, looser rocks. Still he was not traveling to notice the landscape. Excitement built within him as he journeyed. He really should be training but decided against it, waiting instead until he got to the land of Bird. Surely he was almost there.

Hours passed and the sun drooped low over the horizon. Gnarled, wispy trees littered the landscape as if struggling against a force that didn't want them. Under one such tree he made his camp. He had made great time today and should be in the Land of Bird though where the exact border was he did not know. Still he would find his destination soon enough. After all the capital city called from the land of Birds. He would be in the capital by next evening.

[Elgar]

~Moved to Bird~

[Aaron: The Bee Master]

The night passed peacefully for Aaron as dreams of glory painted his mind. At dawn's first rise he was up and stretching. He still had some time so he would train. Opening one of the books he saw it was filled with Fire techs. Well that would do for now...

Flipping the pages he thought he'd begin the morning with:

Fire Style: Hot Ash Breath.
Rank: C
Skill: Ninjutsu
Effect: Allows the user to expel hot ash from their mouth onto their targets to cause great burns to their body.
Special: Dog, Dragon, Boar, Tiger.
Drawback: The User could easily get caught within the technique, burning himself within the hot ash. Does not discriminate between friend or foe. Only lasts for one post before diminishing into the air.
Description: User forms the needed hand seals and focuses chakra to their throat and mouth. Inhaling, the user release a large wave of steaming hot black ash from their mouth, out towards the opponent. The ash quickly covers an area of 10 meters wide and 20 meters in front of them, leaving the hot ash in a 30 meter Cone expelling from the user, 8 feet high into the air, in about 1 second. This ash hinders all sight while active, except Doujutsu. However only remains within the air for one turn (6 Seconds). This ash upon contact, will instantly burn whoever is caught within, leaving second degree burns (B Rank Damage) along the effected body parts.
Limit: Fire Release

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Aaron read over the jutsu several times. It did not seem overly complicated but still he would take no chances with fire as he looked at the burnt hem of his robe. Removing it for now, he had shorts and a loose fitting shirt underneath. At least it was safer than a robe. He formed the hand seals and began building up his chakra. Four seals were easy. As he took in a deep breath he stopped his chakra in the process. He needed to instruct the bees within him first. Carefully he made sure none of the hive were going to be engulfed in flame. The bees that were out around him would be recalled, the threat from the village long since past.

Facing away from the camp Aaron checked the wind. From what he had read it was a wide cone shaped jutsu. Were the wind to be blowing the other way he could be in trouble. As the wind level was low he licked his finger and held it in the air until he knew he would be safe. Turning slightly he would see a weeping willow in front of him trying to hide behind the other trees. The sunset had obscured him from seeing it the other day. With one final safety check, he would begin again forming the seals.

Chakra would slide upwards from his stomach, the powerful organ lending its strength as he exhaled a mighty breath. What emerged was a burp and a few flakes of dark ash and a very dry mouth. No matter, he could live with a dry mouth. Mastering the jutsu was what mattered. He would try again. "Dog, Dragon, Boar, tiger," Aaron spoke shaping each seal clearly building up chakra to his throat and mouth. With a massive intake of breath he heated the air with chakra blowing out black ash about three meters in front of him. It failed to hit the tree 18 meters ahead of him.

Coughing Aaron gasped for breath as his mouth felt it was on fire. "Wa-ter, wa-ter," he tried saying as he reached into a pouch. Finding a small canteen he poured it on his mouth watching steam rise off his tongue. That burned. Reading the details again Aaron would not call it quits. Reforming the hand seals he pulled chakra into his throat and mouth, more in his throat than mouth. Exhaling a small breath but keeping his mouth wide open a pillar of black ash would shoot forth in a line. It was an insufficient amount to spread out into a clone. Yet again his mouth felt on fire.

Another drink and gargle of water he would change his tactic. Increasing the chakra as he formed each seal he would coat his mouth and tongue in chakra as he took a deep breath. From his stomach he would exhale in a massive release of energy sending hundreds of pieces of black ash outward. Over several seconds it had spread out engulfing a tree five meters away. The bark peeled and charred, and if it could cry out would be in extreme pain. It stretched five feet high in a wide cone like shape hitting about ten meters out altogether. Definitely more potent yet his tongue did not burn as much. He may have found out one of the tricks.

[Aaron: The Bee Master]

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Trying again he took a deeper breath as he formed the seals. He would do it. Air combined with the hand seals and chakra to create something new - ash. A powerful technique. As he expelled the chakra in a massive burst it came out like ash quicker this time filling the air in front of him. Unwilling to stay together hundreds and hundreds of pieces split off making a black cone directly in front of him. It caught the first scorched tree a second time engulfing it. When the ash cleared and Aaron could see again the tree had caught fire. Hot steaming ash on the bark was more than the tree could take as ripples of fire danced over it. Ash to fire, wasn't it supposed to be the other way around? It did not matter as he gazed at the burning tree. He was in love with the destructive power. He needed more if he were to propel himself to greatness.

Giving himself a moment to regain his composure and wipe the sweat from his face he would try yet again. The seals were coming easier now and the ash quicker. "Dog, Dragon, Boar, Tiger," Aaron shouted at the still burning tree, his target lay beyond it. With a might inhale and exhale chakra burst forth in an ashy explosion blowing ash in a twenty five meter cone. He could see nothing, it was as if the mid-morning sun did not exist, only darkness awaited him. The ash would die down only moments later showing a bare willow without her coverings. The protective shade offered by its long, drooping branches was dead. Only brittle branches and scorch marks remained.

Still not enough practice he would try again. Enveloping his mouth and throat in chakra, he would use air and chakra in a different form in his throat to form the ash. The largest inhale and exhale yet turned the day to a moonless night as a torrent of ash spread out in a thirty-meter cone. He could not see the range but it must have been expansive for he could hear a crackling sound far away. Something else was burning. Even though it was more ash than before it took about the same time to dissipate which surprised him. A limit of some sort. Aaron merely grabbed another drink as sweat beaded along his body.

[Aaron: The Bee Master]

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Grabbing the gear behind him, he headed out along a faint trail. He would work his way to the capital now. Time was of the essence. He still thought on the fire jutsu he had been practicing. Part desire to get to the exams and part desire to leave the scene of the fire he caused he hurriedly traveled along his way. He would not stop until he was a decent distance away. He would form the seals once more just to be sure and exhale a fiery blast as he walked backwards. The wind blew the ash away from him and created a black cloud obscuring his travel. No one would be able to follow him, if they were in the first place. Having fun, he decided to Shunshin further ahead.

Feeling a burning in his mouth he spat out a couple pieces of ash burning his tongue. It hurt like hell but he would survive. Nothing could dampen his spirits as he headed towards the capital.
[Exit]

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