Back to Sand [Travel]

[.:Ryo:.]

"As much as I'd love to stay around and train some more, I really have to depart for this mission," Ryo said to himself, starting out across the desert with both arms behind his back as he ran. His gourd bounced up and down, back and forth slightly as he sprinted across open land. He always hated leaving his beloved Sand Village, but he always knew he'd be coming back. True, he had almost gotten himself killed at the Exams, but he was smarter and stronger now. He would not falter and let anybody down, especially not his village for that was his first priority: defending and upholding it.

"First we're off to River," he muttered to himself, already seeing the border up ahead. He knew that this journey wouldn't be too long, so he was getting pumped already. He always loved the chance to prove himself, to show everybody how hard he had been training. He had learned Quicksand Avalanche, a technique which could bury an army with sand. Ryo just wanted people to stop underestimating him, to treat him like he was a worthy shinobi. He was a very powerful one...

Kicking his feet off in long sprints, it wouldn't take long before Ryo got to the border of Sand and River. He would take a break once he got there.

[pandoru]

{Moved}

[.:Ryo:.]

[Thanks]

"Good thing this country is small, or I'd tire myself out. I can't really afford to stop that much since I have to make it in time for this mission. Maybe I should've figured out a little bit more about it before I just offered it to myself in the Tower." Ryo was used to talking aloud since he was usually by himself, plus he was a bit crazy anyway. He was originally thought to have multiple personalities, but as time went on that thought vanished. Adrenaline pumping through his body, the young ninja took very long steps across the ground. He didn't want to stay in a country, especially a non-shinobi country, for very long. He might not be looked upon too kindly.

"From here I should be able to enter Fire, then Tea, and then get a short boat ride into Sea itself. Perfect." He said the word perfect a lot, but it definitely suited the situation a lot so it was all good. Ryo continued to sprint across the land, going through a few towns here and there, but not stopping for supplies or to talk to anybody. He wanted to get there as soon as possible, and soon the border of Fire and River was right in front of his eyes. He smirked to himself, but, as soon as he got to the border, he stopped. He needed to catch his breath...

[pandoru]

{Moved .-.}

[.:Ryo:.]

Ryo had been to the Land of Fire once before, but it wasn't a place he would exactly like to revisit, so he was glad he only had to pass through. He had his first official fight with a Leaf ninja some time ago when he was much weaker, and much younger. The battle had ended in a draw, something Ryo didn't really mind, but from that day on it seemed like he could only hold hatred for their village. He took a small break, wanting to catch his breath and rest up before he continued to the Land of Tea and, finally, the Land of Sea. Both of those countries had no shinobi village, something that put even a bit of fear into Ryo.

He moved his legs forward again, but he knew this time he would be forced to take a little bit longer to get to his next location. Fire was one of the, if not the biggest, country, so getting across it took a while. Passing through, Ryo realized that everything looked the sand no matter where you went. Deserts, plains, forests, mountains, hills, river, and everything else was just the same. You pass through one place, then another place that looks almost exactly the same, just had different people. Ryo knew that this wasn't true, that the climate changed and such, but it all just felt the same after a while.

Maybe he was just going crazy.

[//Talo//]

.Moved

[.:Ryo:.]

And now there was only way to get to the country of Sea: by boat. Ryo had gotten into Tea with no difficulty, though it seemed like a wasteland with such a low number of people, and now he was trying to find his way to the eastern coast to board a boat. He ran as fast as he could, just wanting to get to his destination before night completely fell and his vision was obscured. Hell, he still had training to do! He couldn't afford to be late or he would become an even bigger disgrace to his own village. He had done badly enough in the Exams, but now if he was late for a simple mission he'd be done for.

The shore was spotted quickly, Ryo's pace slowing down to a simple walk. The docks were spotted shortly after that as he smiled to himself and boarded one of the (free) smaller vessels. He sat down by himself, taking his gourd off and setting it beside him. Everybody here seemed to be by themselves, though he didn't know why so many people would want to go to Sea. He looked for headbands, but couldn't spot any so he guessed they were either ex-ninja or they were civilians. Hanging his head back, Ryo just wanted to get there.

[adero]

Moved

[.:Ryo:.]

[Continued training from here.]

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

[7/10]

"Let us perfect the art then, shall we?" Ryo said to himself as he did the handseals in the correct order, nailing every single one of them as an explosion of chakra went through his hands. It felt funny for a moment since this wasn't his regular chakra used for most techniques. It started in his hands then proceeded directly into his head, going into the scalp and, eventually, into every separate strand of hair. The air then reacted to the chakra and began to grow and grow and grow, which would be the opening to many other techniques.

Holding the Ram seal while keeping his posture and stance perfect, Ryo suddenly saw his blonde hair in front of his very own eyes. He watched as it grew more and more, hitting the ground and staying there. It was amazing what a shinobi could do with some confidence and a supply of chakra. Ryo never thought he'd be able to grow his hair out and have an actual purpose for it. He broke the Ram seal, his hair very rapidly going back into his scalp. "Done."

[Sayuri "Cupcake"]

+2

[9/10]

[.:Ryo:.]

[9/10 that's annoying]

"Or not." Ryo said, sighing as he twisted his fingers of both hands into the correct seals, ending with the Ram sign and keeping it up. He pumped chakra through his body and into his hands. The chakra exploded there before going up his chest, up his neck, and into his head where it then sank into his scalp and ran into every strand of hair upon his head. The hair, in return, began to flow downward. Ryo could feel it this time, unlike before, as he smirked to himself and watched it hit the ground before him. He then broke the seal and sat down. "Get some rest from all that training."

[Uchiha Satoshi]

Learned

[.:Ryo:.]

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 a 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

[0/10]

Doing the handseals for the technique that he had just learned, Ryo held the Ram at the end and smirked. “Ninpou: Kami Enchou!” He yelled out across the desert, nobody here to see him doing all of his training. His hair suddenly stretched out five feet below him, almost hitting the ground but not quite. He then thought of what he had to do to recall his hair so that it wouldn't stay this long for more than he needed it to. He had to do seven handseals in order to fold his hair up, and use Kai to cut it loose again.

“Monkey! Horse! Rabbit! Dog!” He called out loudly as he did the correct handseals. This was so easy to Ryo because he was a Ninjutsu Master and basically lived off of these handseals. If he didn't perform each one perfectly then his chakra would be awkward in his body and the technique wouldn't be performed properly. He stood straight, his posture perfect, as his hands did each seal without error. He felt a surge of chakra pulse throughout him with each seal completed. His chakra was in order today.

“Tiger! Ram! And Bird!” The chakra went from his hands where the seals were performed up to his head. The chakra then went into every strand of hair, giving it an order so to speak and telling it what to do. This very complex set of actions only took about five seconds to do. Ryo knew there was sometimes a slight pause between the handseals and actually doing the technique so he had some patience when it came to this. It didn't take long before his hair, over five feet long, listened to the chakra.

It began to slowly fold up and bunch back up to the top of his head. Ryo wasn't sure how useful this jutsu would be, but he figured it'd be good to learn anyway. His dirty blonde hair became almost sticky, folding up and up until it was like it was before the Hair Extension technique. Criss-crossing his index and middle fingers, he suddenly yelled out “Kai!” and everything canceled itself so that his hair was back to normal. “Pretty nice.”

[|Ayame Unbound|]

8/10

[.:Ryo:.]

[8/10]

With every handseal completed, Ryo could feel a surge of chakra ignite throughout his entire body. He knew that these hair techniques weren't very powerful, but they could be useful in a rather sticky situation. He felt the chakra build up more and more into his hands before it went up into his scalp. His hair, already down near the floor like before, received the message. The chakra went through every individual strand of hair, sparing nothing. The hair began to slowly fold up more and more until it was atop Ryo's head in a neat little bundle. He smiled to himself. "Good enough for me."

[Tenkai]

Learned.
Add it.

[.:Ryo:.]

Fuuton: Ranboukazenenten (Violent Wind Twisting)
Rank: C
Skill: Ninjutsu
Effect: The user spins on their heels three times, each spin releasing a violent burst of wind from all directions that is used to repel incoming attacks or push enemies away from them.
Special: Handseal
Drawback: The user can become dizzy after this attack, slowing their reaction times.
Description: The user performs the handseals and then applies chakra to their feet. They thin spin on their heels a total of three times. Each spin releases a violent burst of air that extends about eight feet out. This burst of air is used to displace incoming projectiles and possibly jutsu, depending on the opposing jutsu’s strength and element. (i.e. water or fire would be easy to disperse versus earth which would be difficult due to weight and density). This jutsu is also used to knock opponents who come to close to the user away from them. The user is capable of going into D rank training as many times as they want, each time increasing the number of their spins by one and thus the number of air bursts by one.
Limit: Must have Wind Release

[0/20]

"Sand, fire, and wind. All of them are strong for both defensive and offensive purposes. And I will master all of them." Ryo spoke to himself with a smirk glued to his face as he put his fingers together and straightened his back. His standard Ninjutsu stance was something he was especially proud of, even if he had to do it twenty times during one training session. He twisted his fingers into the handseals, still smirking as he did it. The chakra exploded in his hands and then sped down through his body and into his feet, where it built up until he finished the last seal.

Beginning to spin around on his feet, his entire body whirling around, Ryo's smirk disappeared as he become a bit more serious now. After the first spin, however, only a small wave of air came out. Ryo then found himself on the ground, having tripped over a stick on the ground while doing his second spin. He blinked as he rubbed the back of his head, standing up. "That's annoying." He said to himself quietly before shrugging it out and getting back into his stance. He did the correct handseals before his body was just a blur of colors, spinning on both of his feet with a very odd grace about himself.

With the first spin came both speed and power, but it wasn't exactly the right kind of power. Ryo had a continuous flow of chakra in his body, but that wasn't what the problem was. He hadn't committed to doing a wind-based jutsu for quite some time so the type of chakra flowing throughout his body was a little bit off from usual. He was used to Sand, then he did Fire, and a few universal techniques so everything was mixed up. With the first spin came a mix of fire and wind, something that forced Ryo to stop in puzzlement. "Why the hell do all my training sessions have to be like this? It can't just go smoothly?!" Frustration grew.

Sighing to himself, Ryo straightened himself out and took a deep breath, making sure he was both mentally and physically prepared to give this another go. He then did the handseals much faster than his previous attempt and began to spin. Going into his body, the chakra had that very light, but powerful feel to it, much like how wind really was. It could be light, it could be heavy, it could be weak, and it could be powerful. When Ryo performed this technique he had a light, powerful feeling about himself so that's how he described it inside of his own head. Chakra was everything, after all.

Spinning around on his feet, with the first turn came a rather moderately powered gust of wind. A few rocks and pebbles were picked up, flying across the air for six or seven meters before coming back down to the ground. Ryo made sure he was balanced as he did the next spin. This time it was much more powerful, picking up some of the heavier rocks and carrying them the full eight meters. The third spin was definitely the most powerful as it even uprooted a few plants that were in the ground and sent them flying. Stopping, Ryo was a little dizzy before he regained control of himself. "Cool."

[.:Ryo:.]

[??/20]

Wanting to test out this new technique, Ryo found five people and gave them all kunais, then found two more and gave them each one windmill shuriken. He knew that this was supposed to be able to repel weaponry, so he wanted to make sure it actually could. He wanted to find another ninja nearby as well to see if it could even defend against lowly classed techniques. He thought it would be able to, but he wanted to put theory into practice. He stood in the center of the group of armed civilians, putting his fingers together. "As soon as I start spinning just launch them at me. Don't worry about hurting me."

Doing the handseals, Ryo felt more confident in himself than he had felt earlier, which was always a good sign. He had many things running through his mind, but his concentration was all about this technique. After each individual seal he could feel that adrenaline flowing through his veins, that explosion of chakra, the flow of it across his body, and then nothing at all. Time stopped for a second and his body realigned. His eyes were still closed, and, without realizing it, he was moving. He was already in the first spin without realizing it, and the weapons were launched his way.

The first spin gave off a very powerful wave, and it moved quickly in an eight meter radius. The kunai that were darting through the air were easily thrown back, hitting or stabbing the ground. The windmill shuriken, being much heavier and gaining momentum much faster, weren't brought completely back after just the first wave. They were slowed down after the first wave, almost stopped during the second wave, and were finally sent twirling backward after the last wave. Ryo didn't know any of this until he opened his eyes afterward. He could just feel the chakra in his body, particularly his feet, and his body spinning with the utmost agility.

"Thanks," he said to them as they left, not really appreciative of a ninja in their country. He gathered his weapons back up before searching for a fellow ninja. Ryo found one, a fire user, that agreed to help him. Ryo ended up surrounded by a ring of fire, sweat dropping off his brow, and the fire user just left. His task would just be to extinguish it. If he didn't then he would probably die since the fire was getting closer and closer by the second. Acting under pressure was something a shinobi had to do, and Ryo wouldn't waste time standing by idly.

Doing the handseals, that familiar surge of energy was sent through his body, and he was spinning in no time. Every spin was at the same level of power and speed, but it was just so much to handle at once. The fire was closing in around Ryo, and he had to concentrate on how his feet were spinning him. After the first gust of wind, the fire died down a lot more, but it was definitely still there; Ryo could feel it. The second burst of wind put it down a lot more, and the third one extinguished it completely. Ryo hit the ground after the last spin. "Too much to handle..."

[Elgar]

+20

Learned

[.:Ryo:.]

Fire Style: Fire Barrier Technique
Rank: C
Skill: Ninjutsu
Effect: Creates a small wall of fire, no thicker than a foot, no taller than five feet, and no longer than thirty feet, in front of the user.
Special: Snake, Dog, Monkey, Rabbit, Ram, Horse, Tiger, placing hands on the ground.
Drawback: The user must place their hands on the ground for a total of three seconds. If they are moved before the spark can occur, then the technique will fail and the user will lose whatever chakra was spent before the technique failed.
Description: The user performs the handseals, creating a large amount of heat within their hands. They then rapidly slam their hands onto the ground, sending that chakra into the dimensions listed earlier. The chakra moves quickly, covering that ground within three seconds time. At that point, the fire will spark, creating a wall of fire that will burn as long as it is able to. If used in an area with other combustible materials, the fire is capable of spreading through them as well.
Limit: Fire Release

[0/20 for 1000 TP!]

Going back to fire, this was definitely a technique that would be useful for a variety of reasons, but mostly just to counter body flickers. Ryo knew it would take a while to conjure, but it could be useful in a sticky situation, which was the whole reason he wanted to learn it. He took a short break before standing up, his back straight, and his hands together. He took a deep breath, in his prime for training at the moment. His hands quickly went through each handseal, but there were more than a few this time so it did take him a little bit of time to perform. He was a Ninjutsu artist, so seals weren't that tough.

"Snake! Dog! Monkey! Rabbit! Ram! Horse! Tiger!" Ryo found that when he called out the names of the seals as he did them it focused him more on what he was doing, thereby improving the overall outcome of the technique being learned. His body was already tingling with chakra, and this type of chakra lit up his entire body with heat and fire. He threw his body upon the ground rather recklessly, his hands going down and sticking into the ground. He had his hands into the ground for a total of three seconds, his hands heated up violently. A spark was ignited, and it was supposed to be followed by a wall of fire, but no wall came. "Damn it."

Things weren't going right in his training, but that didn't discourage Ryo at all. He had to keep his head held high if he wished to finish this thing out quickly. Before he even began this time, Ryo just worked on heating up his body with this newest type of chakra. he hadn't worked with it as much as with sand or wind, so it was a bit difficult to understand, so he just had to let his body feel it out. His body temperature accelerated beautifully, an indescribable sensation like no other sweeping over him. "Let's try this again."

All the chakra was in his hands as they turned a very bright pink, almost red, color. He did the handseals one right after the other, not taking even a moment's break, as the chakra went throughout his entire body, but was mostly concentrated in his hands. Unlike before, when he had cast his body to the ground thoughtlessly, Ryo made sure he just crouched to the ground and dug his hands into the ground here. If he didn't act with at least slight grace then his technique would come out sloppy, which couldn't be afforded.

His hands in the ground for three seconds, Ryo waited for that spark, his body as heated up as ever. The spark occurred just a few feet in front of him, and a full wall of fire was ignited shortly after that. It was about half a foot thick, two feet long, and four feet tall. It wasn't the best that it could be, but it was a start, and that's all Ryo could ask for. He kept his hands dug into the ground, putting more chakra into it as it grew slightly, but it was no use. Keeping the chakra connection strong, Ryo picked up a rock and threw it into the fire. It didn't come out the other side.