How Boring... (training)

[Shakou Taishita]

Name:Weapon Proficiency
Rank: "D" "C" "B" "A"
Skill: Taijutsu
Effect: Increases the users accuracy with long range secondary weapons.
D - Increases Accuracy by 10%
C - Increases Accuracy by 20%
B - Increases Accuracy by 30%
A - Increases Accuracy by 40%Each additional A rank training increases the Accuracy by a further 5% (e.g one extra training would be 45%) up to a maximum of 75%.Special: None
Drawback: None
Description: A weapon specialist devotes their training to improve their proficiency with large range attacks using secondary weapons. The main aspect of this training is to improve the accuracy of attacks and therefore make the weapon specialist more deadly.
Limit: Must be a weapon specialist.

OOC: I have to start at "D" Rank, right? I'll just start posting. Also, can I get items from this training? Like can my teacher give me items?

It was a nice day in the Hidden Village of the Mist, well as nice as days get around there. Little was known about the place in terms of knowledge of other places. Shakou, however, knew his home very well. He was walking around the village in his formal gear, whistling a tune to help cure his boredom. His boredom grew too much, so he just sat down. Not that much longer, he fell asleep.

He was suddenly hit in the head after some time. "Ouch! What did you do that for?!" the young guy exclaimed at the shadow of the person that stood over him. After blinking a bit, he noticed who it was. It was one of his teachers, and by the look on his face, he wasn't too happy. "Did I forget something?"

"Yes you forgot something! You asked me to wait for you at the dojo at noon," said Kuwashii, Shakou's sensei. He looked down at Shakou with a dark look, one that the teenager saw a lot. Kuwashii was usually very nice to all his students, but that was because they wren't crazy like Shakou.

"What time is it now?" responded the boy, rubbing his eyes and yawning. He obviously didn't think he was that late.

"It's almost 3'OClock! You've been keeping me waiting! Idiot!" Kuwashii struck Shakou on the head again, resulting in the same scream as last time. "You're still going to train, though." Right after those words, Kuwashii grabbed the back of Shakou's clothes and started to drag him to the dojo.

"That hurts, stop it! Please, Kuwashii-sensei!" yelled Shakou. He whined and whined. Kuwashii tried to ignore his student for as long as possible, but he soon got fed up.

"Shut it! Consider this punishment for making your teacher wait without sending notice!" scolded the teacher. He mumbled for the rest of the way to the dojo. He was so angry that he dragged Shakou up the steps, each time hurting him more and more. Shakou was very relieved when they finally got to the practice range. There were targets set up just for him. Calm again, Kuwashii said, "Alright, I want you to watch what I do. And don't fall asleep. Please, Shakou." Shakou's teacher stood behind white line set up for practice. He threw needles into each target, hitting them perfectly. He then did it again, hitting the needles that were already in place. After a couple more times repeating that, he finally stopped and beckoned Shakou over. "Your turn." Kuwashii crossed his arms, narrowing his eyes to watch Shakou.

Shakou took out his needles and threw at the targets. He was barely concentrating, which made his needles barely even hit the targets. The ninja hoped that his teacher wouldn't be unhappy. Unfortunately for him, that wasn't the case. It wasn't too long until Kuwashii yelled right into his ear, "Do it again!"

"Yes, sensei!" Shakou shouted out quickly. He tried to concentrate more, throwing his needles in an attempt to hit the targets. He saw a bird while in the middle of it, making him miss some of the targets completely. Shakou soon felt a smack on the back of his head from his teacher. "I'm sorry, Kuwashii! I won't be distracted again!" A long, drawn out sigh came out of both their mouthes. Shakou sighed because he didn't want to be hit again. More importantly, he wanted to do something more fun. Kuwashii sighed about how stupid Shakou was at times. More needles came from Shakou's hands, hitting the targets, but not as accurately as Kuwashii. As he reached for more of his needles, he realized that he had thrown them all. "Sensei, may I go get my needles from the targets?"

"Go ahead," said Kuwashii. He had lightened up after seeing Shakou actually focusing. His student went on to pick up all the needles he could. "Perhaps he does have a chance to be a true Shinobi," he thought to himself, smiling about how foolish his student was at times. How odd it was. Sometimes he hated Shakou's stupidity, but sometimes he liked it.

[Shakou Taishita]

OOC: I'm not sure where I'm at, and I'm not sure which rank I'm learning. I'll just keep posting.

Shakou was still picking up Senbon, noticing later on that he couldn't fit anymore in his inventory. He shrugged and went back to the line where he would throw them again. All the ones he couldn't pick up he put away from the practice area. No where special. The gennin aimed at his targets, this time focusing at one at a time. He threw at each individual mark, throwing more accurately then before when he tried to hit them all at once. He was getting better at it, but he still had to learn how to throw more at a time with accuracy. "That was ok, Shakou, but I want you to throw as many as you can at the same time. You can't expect one Senbon to always hit," instructed Kuwashii. Shakou nodded as he started to increase the amount of senbon he would throw by one. This time he aimed at two targets, and threw both of them. He continued to nail the targets until they were all hit.

"How was that, Kuwashii?" asked Shakou happily. He liked to prove that he could do things, especially things involving Senbon.

"That's still not enough, my student," he replied softly. The young guy groaned when he heard the words. At this rate, he was going to get very bored. "I also don't think that was accurate enough. Try throwing two again."

Shakou was very unhappy when he responded. "What, I hit every target!" he exclaimed. This was true, but he barely even hit a good spot. It wouldn't do too much damage to another Shinobi.

"Hitting the target isn't enough," Kuwashii said as he patted Shakou's head. He felt how his hair was getting thicker and thicker. "You need to take into consideration that a Senbon thrown into a non-critical point will do almost nothing most of the time. Now listen to me and throw two Senbon at a time at those targets!" Shakou decided it was best to not complain as he repeated the same exercise. He was getting closer to the key points on the targets, but still not enough. Not even having to hear from his teacher, Shakou repeated the exercise again, this time having the same results.

"Kuwashii, can you show me how to do it again?" asked Shakou. It came to him that he learned things by usually repeating what he saw. His teacher, by now, had assumed that Shakou was a visual learner. Without saying a word, Kuwashii pushed Shakou back and gave his student a little time to get ready to watch. After a sigh, the teacher was focused. He threw Senbon at each of the targets two at a time, hitting them all. He even repeated his acts again in case Shakou was distracted. Once again, he hit the needles that he had thrown earlier.

"I hope you caught that, I'm not going to do it again," stated Kuwashii. It surprised him that Shakou was actually watching as he walked up to the line, trying his best to repeat his teacher's actions. He threw his own weapons at the targets, being more accurate then before. He wasn't as accurate as Kuwashii, of course. That didn't upset him though. Teachers were supposed to be better then students. "I suppose that's good enough for now. Why don't you start with three now?"

"Finally," thought Shakou in his head. Something very bad was happening, and it could be noted by him hanging his head. He was growing very bored, unable to focus anymore. Kuwashii knew that Shakou would probably be unable to finish the training completely in that state.

"It's getting late, Shakou. I want you to complete this exercise two more times, and then you can go. Maybe I'll even treat you to something if you try your hardest!" said Kuwashii quickly. He put on a smile. A half smile, really. Shakou shrugged and put three Senbon in between his knuckles. The ninja threw them at the targets and repeated doing so until he had hit all the targets. His accuracy was quite off, which made Kuwashii upset. "Come on. I don't mean complete the exercise badly!" Shakou felt a bash on his head, this time not shouting out in pain. The main reason why was that he expected it.

"Alright, alright," mumbled the boy. He tried his hardest to concentrate, throwing his Senbon as accurately as he could. This time he had at least hit all the targets. He hoped that was accurate for picky, picky sensei. Unfortunately for him, it was not.

"Bah, you aren't even trying! Now I want you to do it well five times!" yelled Kuwashii. Shakou was getting frustrated, but his boredom was greater then that. He nodded slightly to show Kuwashii that he heard him. The targets were hit again, only slightly more accurately before. Kuwashii saw Shakou look at him, to see if that counted as doing it well. "No. That didn't count." Shakou's hung his head in sadness as he went to get the Senbon from the targets.

"Why, why, why. Why does Kuwashii-sensei hate me? I wasn't that late," thought Shakou. For some reason, three hours didn't seem like a long time to the teenager. He then started to laugh to himself silently in his head. "That picky man probably isn't good at tracking. I can probably lose him by doing Kirigakure no Jutsu (Hidden Mist Skill). I'll have to find the right time."

When Shakou was done, he instantly ran back to the line with great enthusiasm. Suspicion was written all over Kuwashii, but Shakou didn't even notice. Shakou threw at the targets with greater accuracy. It was good enough in Kuwashii's book, who expressed it by doing a thumbs up. However, he still had a suspicious look on his face that Shakou was too ignorant to notice. "My plan is working perfectly! I'll just do it one more time!" thought Shakou happily. Giggles flew all around in his head, almost making the person express it in the physical world.

"Four more times, Shakou. Then you're out of here," said Kuwashii suddenly. It was still one more time in Shakou's head. Needles flew through the air at their targets, slightly less accurate then before. Kuwashii had put the minimum accuracy rate based on what his student did last time, so this time he did a thumbs down. Shakou really wanted to leave, but he also wanted to get a little better first. He sighed to help him deal with it as he threw the needles one more time, more accurate then ever. "Impressive, Shakou. You only need to do it three more times."

"Man, I was planning on leaving now, but now Kuwashii wants to keep praising me, "thought Shakou as Kuwashii was patting him on the head. The teacher was way too close for him to be able to escape. He decided to do it one more time. As he reached for his Senbons, he noticed that he barely had any left. "Excellent, I can escape when I'm picking up my Senbon!" Shakou threw the Senbon hastily, too hastily. Most of them hit the targets, but some flew by and his the wall.

Words soon came out of Shakou's mouth. He quickly said, "Sensei, I need to get the Senbon." Kuwashii grabbed Shakou before he could run off to pick them up. He threw his student on the ground rather roughly as he went towards the targets to pick them up himself.

"Let me do it," stated Kuwashii with some sort of dark tone. This completely killed Shakou's plan. He wasn't willing to escape without his Senbon, which he always kept with him. As soon as the teacher was done picking them up, he gave them to Shakou. "Come on, do it again."

Shakou's boredom had grown too high. He didn't care that he didn't have a good chance to escape. "Forget this, Kuwashii! I'm leaving now!" he shouted as he ran away. He quickly did the hand seals to use Kirigakure no Jutsu (Hidden Mist Skill). Mist quickly covered his escape as he ran down the steps. Shakou had forgotten one thing a ninja should do when they're escaping. Being quiet. Kuwashii could easily hear him running down the steps. He had a great advantage. However, he did not chase after his student.

"I should have expected him to do something like that," he thought to himself. He sighed as he let Shakou get away. "He'll get away, but tomorrow he's going to have a greater punishment then what I have given him before." A smile was drawn as his face as he started to think. "And that time, I won't let him escape."

[Sanctioned]

((You can say that he gives you the items. But you have to either use them up or have none left at the end of training. You can't leave with more items then before. Yes you start at D rank

Also, you have posted well over enough for that jutsu. Just pm some mod or assistant to come judge it))

[Shakou Taishita]

OOC: Alright, thanks for the help. Also, I posted a lot in case I could start at a higher rank. Once again, thanks.

[Masakuni]

+10
(10.10) D Rank Learned. =O

[Shakou Taishita]

Name:Weapon Proficiency
Rank: "D" "C" "B" "A"
Skill: Taijutsu
Effect: Increases the users accuracy with long range secondary weapons.
D - Increases Accuracy by 10%
C - Increases Accuracy by 20%
B - Increases Accuracy by 30%
A - Increases Accuracy by 40%Each additional A rank training increases the Accuracy by a further 5% (e.g one extra training would be 45%) up to a maximum of 75%.
Special: None
Drawback: None
Description: A weapon specialist devotes their training to improve their proficiency with large range attacks using secondary weapons. The main aspect of this training is to improve the accuracy of attacks and therefore make the weapon specialist more deadly.
Limit: Must be a weapon specialist.

Learning Rank C
[00/30]

Shakou had a nice, long sleep in his peaceful home. He couldn't believe that he was actually able to get away from his teacher. Thoughts came to mind like "I'm better then I thought" and "Kuwashii-sensei should be a Genin". He snickered as he thought about those things. It came to mind that he had scheduled a lot of lessons at noon with Kuwashii. "Oh no," he thought. "I better not tick him off today!" His head slowly turned to look at the clock. "It's two in the afternoon?! How could I sleep for so long?!" Shakou quickly ran over to the dojo, hoping Kuwashii would be so late. As soon as he entered, he felt a hard strike to the back of his head. The blow caused the poor genin to fall on the floor.

Kuwashii bent down before yelling at his student. "What is wrong with you?!" was shouted into Shakou's ear. "It was bad enough that you were taking a nap when you said you were going to come! I even let you run away in the middle of yesterday's lesson! But guess what I'm to do today!" The teacher grabbed Shakou and dragged him to behind the firing range.

"Come on! I'm sorry!" Shakou shouted. Kuwashii forced him to get up, apparently ignoring what Shakou had said. He tied his student to the wall with ninja wire, making sure the only part he could move while tied was his arms. It was rare that Shakou actually had something to cut, so his plan worked. Even if the genin did escape, Kuwashii would hunt him down with great force.

"We're going to work even harder on your accuracy training! Throw at your target now!" yelled Kuwashii. It would be harder for Shakou because he was tied up and farther away from the targets. The scared boy listened to his teacher and threw one senbon at a time at the targets, being as accurate as possible. "That's not good enough! Do it again!" Once again, Shakou threw them one at a time, with almost no change in accuracy. Kuwashii shook his head, making Shakou upset.

"Sensei, I can't do this! I can't fight like this!" the genin whined. He struggled to get out of the wire, but Kuwashii had tied it down tightly. "This is too hard! I can't even get the needles I've thrown!" It surprised him when Kuwashii smiled in a real way.

"Shakou, something you must learn is how to deal with tough situations like this. You may have to fight while tied to ninja wire. There are even worse situations. Even so, you must be able to be accurate enough to be able to fight!" said Kuwashii, keeping the smile on his face. He put new Senbon in Shakou's Senbon cases, while also putting one Senbon in his knuckles. "Come on, do it."

"Yes, sensei!" responded Shakou with greater enthusiasm then ever. He understood the lesson in this. If he could have great accuracy in the worst of situations, then he could be even better when he was free to do whatever he wanted. Needles flew through the air, hitting each of the targets. It wasn't that great, but it was indeed an improvement. The genin continued to throw his weapons at the targets until he ran out.

[Shakou Taishita]

[??/30]

"Good work, Shakou," said Kuwashii with a normal tone. "You know what to do." He watched his student nod as he started to throw the Senbon at the targets again. It seemed as if the genin had forgotten that he was trapped in ninja wire. Nonetheless, he could not move any other body part well. The targets were all hit yet again, a couple even hitting vital points. A smile spread across the teacher's face.

"How was that?" Shakou said proudly. He threw a couple more at the targets to practice while his teacher talked. Normally someone would feel that Shakou was being disrespectful. Kuwashii understood, though, that his student didn't want to waste valuable time at some moments.

"That was good, for where your skill level is. I want you to try throwing two at a time now," instructed the man. He watched closely at what Shakou was doing. "Perhaps I inspired the guy," was said in his mind. "I wish he was like this all the time." The genin narrowed his eyes at his targets as he threw his weapon of choice, nailing each target. Some of them hit good places, some of them would've only caused minor damage. It was good for a first try in both of their minds. Shakou continued to throw senbon at the targets. When he was on the last target, he realized he had no more needles.

"Sensei..."

Without being able to say anything else, Kuwashii threw the last two needles his student needed. Shakou grabbed them when he had a chance. He instantly threw them at the target, nailing it perfectly. With a sudden burst of joy he said, "Wow, look what I did! You did see that, right?! That was so cool!"

Kuwashii waited until Shakou was done cheering. In the meantime he gathered the Senbon for his student. Oddly enough, they were both finished at the same time. He put the senbon in the cases for Shakou to use. "Yes, yes, that was good," commented Kuwashii. "Lets see if you can do that again!" Shakou threw two needles at a time, like last time, at the targets. He kept repeating the process, getting slightly more accurate every time.

"Sensei, can we move onto three Senbon?" asked Shakou. As usual, the genin continued to practice while his teacher thought about it. He wasn't actually doing that well. In his hastiness, he had not hit the targets in a great fashion.

"Getting hasty now, are we?" questioned Shakou's teacher. "Unfortunately, you are not ready. Repeat this exercise again." Kuwashii pondered about how Shakou learned things. He sometimes had sudden bursts of greatness, but it could then fade away in an instant. "Hopefully he won't get bored," prayed Kuwashii.

Shakou was far from being bored, but that sometimes could change suddenly. He shook his Senbon cases to indicate that he was fresh out. Kuwashii quickly retrieved all the Senbon and returned them to their owner. Shakou proceeded to repeat the regular exercise, getting used to the restraints on his body. He took a more slow approach, hitting the targets in where critical parts would be. Kuwashii opened his mouth and said, "Alright, that's good. Be a little quicker this time around." With a slight nod, Shakou threw the needles again, faster than last time. He tried as hard as he could to throw them the same way he did earlier. His accuracy was indeed better then his normal accuracy. Understandingly, it was not as great as when he took his time to attack.

"Come on, sensei. Let me start throwing three at a time!" pleaded Shakou. Luckily for him, Kuwashii gave a thumbs up to Shakou to let him start using three at a time. The genin started to think on how he would be accurate enough to hit all the targets in critical points while using three at a time. His teacher started to gather the Senbon when he noticed that Shakou wasn't doing anything.

[Masakuni]

+10
+10
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+20
(20.30)

[Shakou Taishita]

[20/30]

The day was coming to an end. It was a nice day, well as nice as days get in the Hidden Village. Shakou had stopped planning on what to do on the next exercise. Kuwashii was also done with what he was doing, which was gathering all the needles for his student. Like always, the Senbon were placed in the cases of their owner. The young genin's eyes were still closed from when he was thinking.

Shakou's eyes started to slowly open. As he was doing so, he reached for three Senbon for this exercise. When they finally opened, they began to inspect the targets. The boy realized that all the targets were in different places. "Did Kuwashii-sensei do this?" asked Shakou in his mind. "How did he do that so silently in quickly?" In truth, Shakou had actually fallen asleep while thinking. Strangely, his dreams were about hitting the targets with three Senbon at a time. Even odder to the both of them was that Kuwashii wasn't mad at his student for sleeping during training.

The genin started the exercise at a slow pace, which he had planned. Doing so in the two needle exercise seemed to work earlier, so it was easy to think that the same concept would work for the three needle exercise. In fact, it did work. Shakou hit most of the targets well, probably only messing up a couple because he had gotten used to the other way the targets were set up. It was apparent that Kuwashii wanted him to be able to hit them accurately and be fast at the same time, so he restarted the exercise. He was slightly faster at hitting the targets then before, and his accuracy was almost the same as before.

"Come on, Shakou," complained Kuwashii. "You know that I want you to go fast. Hurry it up!" Shakou made a face showing that he knew that, but Kuwashii wasn't paying attention to his body language. Instead, he just looked at the targets waiting for the trainee to throw them at a quicker rate.

In desperation, Shakou threw them as fast as he could. It ended in disaster. Many of the needles missed their targets and hit the wall behind them. Almost none of them even hit a good spot. The genin hung his head as he wanted to go home more and more. It wasn't even that he was bored. The true reason was that he never had a chance to eat without making Kuwashii wait even more. In other words, Shakou had not eaten at all the entire day. The only thing that was in his mind that was even worse then being hungry was the anger Kuwashii would have at his bad performance.

"Idiot! Why can't you do anything right?!" yelled the teacher. "Actually hit the targets!" He threw three needles at the targets without even looking, hitting them perfectly. Shakou looked at the sky with a sad look. When he was done, he threw the last of his needles at the targets at medium speed. All of them hit the targets. A few hit vital points, but most did not. Kuwashii simply gave him some of his own needles.

"Why aren't you getting my own needles?" questioned Shakou. He inspected the needles, noticing that they had poison on them. An annoyed look was on his face. "Can't you warn me that these are poisoned?"

"Why should I? You wouldn't have listened to me anyways." It was obvious that Shakou's mentor was very sour. He was losing his patience while Shakou grew hungrier and hungrier. And bored. The genin carefully noted that all the needles had the poison tips on the bottom. He continued to throw them at a good pace, which resulted in good accuracy. Kuwashii, without saying a word, decided to release Shakou and let him go. Shakou washed out his cases to get rid of the poison carefully. After that, he gathered his needles and put them in their cases. Kuwashii just stood there, pondering on how he should judge his student.

The sun was completely gone. A day had passed by. A day of restrained training. Kuwashii wondered if he should have tested Shakou's accuracy while he was free to move. Somehow he could tell that he was right to let him go at that time. Perhaps the rumble of Shakou's stomach could be heard by the teacher.

[pandoru]

+10

Learned.

[Shakou Taishita]

Name:Suichuu (Underwater)
Rank: D
Skill: Ninjutsu
Effect: Allows the user stay underwater for some time.
Difficulty Class
* D Rank Difficulty Class - 20 minutes
* C Rank Difficulty Class - 40 minutes
* B Rank Difficulty Class - 80 minutes
* A Rank Difficulty Class - 120 minutes
* S Rank Difficulty Class - 180 minutes
Special: ----
Drawback: After returning to surface the user must rest half of the time used underwater. As example, if the user has stayed under for 20 minutes, he’ll have to rest 10 minutes before the jutsu can be used again.
Description: Simple technique used by channeling chakra to mouth, lungs, ears and eyes. With chakra moved to mouth and lungs the user gathers air from the water and is able breath underwater, chakra guided to ears protects from the aching caused by pressure, lenses of chakra protecting eyes work like swim goggles.
Limit: Anyone can learn it, the techinque doesn’t even need a scroll, smart ninjas should be able to figure out the process on their own.

[00/10]

The sun rose again, showing that it was a new day. It rose rather later then usual, but it wasn't past noon. This time Shakou was determined to be to training on time. He tied his forehead protector to his head and put on the rest of his Shinobi gear. The genin checked the mirror to make sure his hair wasn't covering the symbol of the Mist. After that, he jumped out a window and ran to the dojo.

The dojo was as great as ever. When Shakou reached the top of the steps, he noticed that all of the usual stuff set up for him was gone. There were other students practicing. One of the teachers came up to Shakou and asked, "You're looking for Kuwashii-sensei, right?" He thought for a bit before thinking further. "He's at a nearby lake. I can't really remember which one, but he told me he wanted to teach you something different."

"Alright, thank you!" Shakou responded before running off. The teacher went back to teaching his students, thinking if Shakou could handle the training. Kuwashii usually didn't teach anything else then accuracy. However, he had a strange connection to Shakou. He had trained in the same releases, along with other things, as Shakou, so it would be easy for him to train him in almost anything.

The genin came to the closest lake he could find. He looked around the area, using his hand to shade his eyes as he looked. All of a sudden Kuwashii jumped out of the water, landing in front of Shakou. "Guess how long I was in there!" shouted Kuwashii as he flew through the air.

"I don't know. About one minute?" responded Shakou as he shrugged. He wasn't that interested. It seemed that he didn't know about the jutsu that Kuwashii used. A laugh came out of his teacher before he began to speak again.

"One minute?!" he exclaimed. "Don't you know anything about Water Style Ninjutsu?" He soon calmed down after laughing at Shakou more and more, which made him kinda hang his head. "I used Suichuu, Shakou. It allows one to breathe underwater for a long time."

"Why are you teaching me this, Kuwashii-sensei? This is a simple technique that I could learn from anyone else," asked the genin. "I thought you specialized in accuracy training." His eyes narrowed as he continued to ponder about his mentor's intentions.

Kuwashii started to smile again, but this time he didn't have any outbursts of laughter. He happily said, "Everyone should start somewhere, my good pupil." It was unusual for him to be so joyful, which made Shakou start to think that this was someone using Henge no Jutsu. However, there was a very low chance that someone would actually do something like this. "Do you remember your training about how to focus chakra?"

"Everyone knows about that," stated Shakou. It was something they learned in the academy. He was already pretty good at it, being able to walk on water and trees quite well. "Get to the point, please."

"I want you to go to the water and instead of focusing your chakra on your feet, I want you to focus it on your mouth, lungs, ears, and eyes," said Kuwashii. He was pretty sure that Shakou wouldn't understand why he would need to do so, so he continued to speak. "Obviously, you need to focus on your mouth and lungs so you can breath. You need to focus on your ears so you will be protected against pressure. Finally, focusing on your eyes is so you can actually see."

Shakou thought about the technique. He wondered if there was any catch for that jutsu. "How long did you say you were underwater, sensei?" he questioned.

"Ah, I was there for about thirty minutes. I was waiting there for sometime," he responded. The teacher pondered on why Shakou would need to know about such a thing. "Would you like me to demonstrate it again?"

"That would be helpful."

"Well, I can't. In case you've been wondering about what the catch to this jutsu was, it is that you cannot use it again for half the time you were in there."

"So you're saying..."

"Yes. I cannot use Suichuu again until after 15 minutes. Any more questions?"

"Not at all," said Shakou. He quickly focused his chakra and dived into the water. It was pretty cool to him that he could breath underwater for so long. The Shinobi threw Senbon through the water, swimming down to get them all. There was another thing he didn't know. This technique wouldn't last forever. After twenty minutes, he started to feel himself unable to breathe. He tried to swim back to the top, but he soon passed out.

"Where is that guy?" pondered Kuwashii. His eyes widened as he realized how long the genin was in there. "Oh no..." He quickly jumped into the water, instantly focusing his chakra to where he needed. The time was already up for how long he had to wait until he could use it again. He found Shakou floating to the bottom. Before his body hit the bottom, he grabbed him and pulled him out.

Shakou's eyes began to open as he blinked over and over, being back in reality. "You alright?" asked Kuwashii hastily. It was obvious that Shakou was going to be alright, but one could never be too sure.

"Yeah, I think I will. How long was I out?"

"Not too long," said Kuwashii. "You were down there for a pretty long time. About twenty minutes." He reached out his hand, which Shakou grabbed. The mentor helped the student up, the student still thinking in amazement for how long he was in that other world.

OOC: 27th post <.<

[Umehara]

+7
7/10

[Shakou Taishita]

[7/10]

The time of the day was passing by. They had both moved on to a deeper lake, one where someone without mastering the technique could drown. Shakou understood what to do completely. He focused his chakra the same way as he did before, jumping down into the lake. This time, however, he messed up in focusing on his lungs. It was not long until he was forced to come out of the water.

It was apparent that breathing should be his first priority. When the waiting period was over, he focused this time only on his mouth and lungs. He closed his eyes and jumped into the water, making sure he didn't go too low where pressure would hurt his ears. In fact, he stayed just beneath the surface of the water. Kuwashii watched with interest, not saying a thing. After the twenty minutes were up, he came out of the water and rested for ten minutes.

The next step was being able to focus his eyes. He decided to not do his lungs and mouth. Instead, he would just float on the surface, looking down clearly yet unable to breathe for a long time. He was forced to keep flipping over and over to keep himself breathing while also keeping the jutsu up so head could see. Soon he thought that he was ready to proceed.

The final step would require him to focus both of the previous things he practiced on. Instead of focusing on all of them, he decided to only combine the three he worked on. After focusing chakra on his mouth, lungs, and eyes, Shakou jumped into the water, swimming at low depths to prevent pressure from taking over. He swam along about five feet deep for twenty minutes. When he got out of the water, he didn't seem to even notice or care that he was really wet.

After ten minutes of rest, it was time to go as deep as possible with the jutsu. He would have to time this perfectly so he would be able to survive. The genin focused chakra at all the points needed for this technique before diving into the lake. He swam deeper and deeper, trying hard to ignore the beautiful life in this alternate reality. He could feel his ears aching, signaling that he was not doing it correctly. Shakou was forced to swim all the way up to the surface, just about when the twenty minutes were up.

"Dammit, what am I going to do?" Shakou thought when he rested again for ten minutes. Kuwashii was peacefully sleeping under a tree. "Why isn't that guy helping me?" With a sigh, he decided to ignore his lazy sensei and proceed to practice more. His main focus was now on his ears, which threw him off after about two minutes underwater. It became apparent to him that he would have to focus on all of them evenly.

The wait was not long before he could use the technique again. This time haw certain he could do it right. He focused as much as he could onto each of the four points. The young boy jumped into the water, swimming down and down as far as he could. He had timed it so that he would only swim down for ten minutes. For the other ten minutes he would swim back up. When he got to the top, he jumped out and landed on the ground. The genin then proceeded to rest, wondering if his teacher planned on teaching him anything else.

[psyche]

Learned!

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[Shakou Taishita]

Name:Fuuton Kaze no Senbon (Needles of the Wind)
Rank: D Rank
Type: Ninjutsu
Effect: ---
Description: The ninja gathers air with his hands and mixes it with chakra, by doing this he transforms them into sharp and deadly needles. The needles are almost invisible so it is hard for the enemies to see them. Because the needles are made of air they cannot be blocked or deflected. The only way to ensure safety is to dodge them.
Limit: Wind Release

[00/10]

Kuwashii still awoke after taking a long, nice nap. His student was skipping pebbles across the lake. He decided to show him a little introductory to the next jutsu he was going to teach him. Fuuton Kaze no Senbon (Needles of the Wind). The man gathered the air needed and mixed it in with his own chakra. He shaped them into needles and threw them into the lake in front of Shakou.

Shakou was trying to ease his boredom when suddenly he saw huge splashes in the water. It was caused by the invisible needles that flew by him. He stared in amazement, already knowing that his teacher had done something. He could hear the footsteps of his mentor getting closer. "That's a demonstration of Fuuton Kaze no Senbon (Needles of the Wind)," said Kuwashii. "It will be useful for a ninja like you."

"You don't need to explain it to me," responded Shakou quickly. "Just tell me what to do." He had waited far too long, and Kuwashii could tell. His eyes were focused on what his teacher was doing. The wind itself started to focus into his hands. The genin tried to imitate what Kuwashii was doing as much as he could.

"Mix the air you gather with your chakra," instructed Kuwashii. "Focus on nothing else but molding your chakra and the air you collect. After that, shape them into needles." After he was done making his wind needles, he threw them into the water, all resulting in the same splash as before. Shakou tried to make many needles, but he soon got out of control. Kuwashii simply went back to his resting spot, now intending on making his student learn by himself. Besides, he had to learn how to do this himself. He could not learn from watching when Wind Techniques came along.

It was best to start off with small numbers. Even Shakou understood this. He gathered a small amount of wind and focused a little chakra so he could make one simple needle. The genin threw it at the water, resulting in a small splash. Everyone has to start somewhere. He repeated to do this exercise, this time focusing more chakra to better shape the needle. The genin threw the near invisible needle into the water, this time resulting in a bigger splash then before. The water did not splash as high as Kuwashii made it, however.

This time around Shakou started to make two needles out of the wind. However, due to his hastiness, he was blown back far away, resulting in him hitting against a tree. He simply groaned and rubbed his neck. He had to think about how he wanted to shape the needles. To help himself do so, the teenager took out his solid Senbon from one of the cases on his belt. It seemed a bit worn out from all the previous training it went through. That didn't mean the needle couldn't be used in combat.

Time passed as he inspected the needle. He was getting to know how exactly he would want to shape the wind needles. After he was done, he threw it into a tree, keeping it somewhat lose. The plan was to try to hit it out of the tree using a wind needle. He decided to take a step back and create only one needle of the wind when he tried to do the exercise he made up himself. When the needle was created, he threw it towards the Senbon he had placed. It make it fly through the air and fall onto the ground. This caused a smile to go across Shakou's face.

After a couple times of repeating this exercise, the genin judged that he had learned how to make one needle well. It was time to start making and using two. He focused his hands and drew air into them. Chakra flowed to the air and blended with it, resulting in the creation of two needles of the wind. They were then thrown by their creator at two new Senbon that were placed for training. One of them was barely hit, not making it come out. The other one spun through the air until it landed on the ground. Shakou ran over to put both of the regular needles into new emplacements for the exercise. He went back to creating two wind needles. Both of them were his best wind needles yet. Shakou threw his needles at his marks, hitting both of them. This exercise was as good as done to him.

The time came for him to start using three of those wind creations at a time. This would be the last part of the entire learning session. He would go to Kuwashii to see if he still had to practice. Three senbon were placed in very different spots. They were spread out, all of them in very unique places. Shakou closed his eyes as he concentrated on what he had learned before. Things like how he should shape them and how much chakra he should mix in with the air. A gust of wind came by, making the genin's black hair messy. It didn't bother him though. When he was finally finished, he opened his eyes.

He instantly started to make the needles, this time not using too much chakra. Much care was needed to make these things perfect, yet Shakou tried to do it as fast as possible. After they were shaped, the ninja threw them all one by one at each of the targets set up by himself. They all were hit, making them fall to the ground like rain drops. Shakou was certain that he had mastered the technique. He grabbed all of his Senbon that he had hit and ran over to his sensei.

Several kicks went into the body of Kuwashii before he finally woke up. As expected, the attacker was Shakou. "What do you want?" asked Kuwashii before letting out a huge yawn. He got up quickly and looked down on his pupil. The same grin on that boy's face was there. The smile of being able to do a new technique. "I'll check your work some other time. You go get some rest." After those words, they both went on to their separate paths for the rest of the day. Shakou's biggest desire to do was to eat.

[shigetsu]

Learned.

[Shakou Taishita]

Past Training Thread

[6/30]

Today was a day where Shakou Taishita would not let anyone distract him. It appeared to him that he did not get much training done by being competitive with that guy. He was too distracted to actually learn anything. He got up early, around when the sun was rising up, just so he could throw at the targets that were set up the day before. Like the day before, he started at the thirty yard post.

He took out one of his senbon, thinking about how he should throw it and where it would hit. The genin threw it at the neck of the target, and then he threw another senbon. For this technique to work properly, one would have to hit someone in a good place. Shakou continued to hit the neck of his mark one by one by one by one. Many of the senbon collided with eachother and fell off, indicating that he should try somewhere else.

Senbon flew through the air at the small points of the body. Both eyes were punctured along with every single finger. Shakou's aim was to hit everything he could at a good range. He then started to throw at the neck again. After choosing a spot, Shakou started to throw the senbon at it. His past training and the gloves helped him hit the same spot every time, making most of the needles fall to the floor.

Thirty-five yard post. That was the next place he was at. He threw his needles at two targets this time, hitting them in a sequenced order. First the upper part of the right arm. The next one went to the lower left leg. A needle went straight for the chest. The finishing move was right to the neck. After that, needles went straight toward the middle of the head over and over again. Shakou simply took senbon from some source so he wouldn't have to run all the way back to the targets.

It was time to practice on three different targets at the thirty-five yard post. Much more difficult while throwing one senbon from a far range at a time, but yet he needed to do so. Shakou took out his senbon and threw them at the targets one at a time, aiming directly at any place that would cause more damage. His main focus, as usual, was the neck, which was hit several times. This technique was supposed to be mainly an assassination technique in his eyes.

Shakou decided now that he should back up to the forty yard post and only attack one target at a time. One needle was thrown at a time at each of the arms, meaning to incapacitate their hand seals. The genin focused mainly on his throwing skill, however. He flicked his wrist to throw each individual needle silently. Each attack was carefully utilized by the genin. He experimented on the easiest way to flick his wrist to make the needle fly through the air.

The next step, of course, was to attack two marks at a time. He exchanged times when he throw at one target, aiming at different places. This time the genin used the way he liked throwing the senbon the most, and it made it even more of a success. He quickly jolted his wrist to make that single senbon fly through the air, one at a time at the intended targets. Shakou was getting more and more used to this technique.

[Shakou Taishita]

[??/30]

Three targets at a time when at the forty yard mark. Shakou had to pace himself by not being too hasty as he flicked his wrist and took out another senbon. Perfect time was needed to make the needles hit the lower parts of the legs. This type of hit would slow down enemy advances. All of his attacks were hitting the targets nicely because Shakou had learned the best way for him to throw the senbon.

He barely even flicked his wrist in the first place. Shakou utilized strength as the biggest part of doing it. By doing so, the senbon easily flew out of his hand, flying accurately towards the intended target. This was his own style of doing it. Others would probably not do it the same way as this genin. Before continuing his training on the targets, he practiced with an imaginary needle his technique. The genin hoped that he had learned it well enough.

Shakou proceeded to go to the forty-five yard post, where he threw one senbon at a time at random places on one target. Though it looked like he was just throwing them without thinking, he was actually tallying how many times he actually hit where he was aiming for. The needles usually flew out of his hand directly where he needed to hit, which would be useful in real combat.

Now started the process of hitting two dummies at a time. He used his same technique, this time aiming right for the neck. His way of flicking his wrist was still working very well. Shakou had been aiming at the same spots every time, resulting in the needles hitting against each other. There was no way he could really miss, because there were no distractions.

Needles flew from Shakou's hand, each time hitting one of three different targets. These were specifically aimed at the chest. He utilized the same flick of the wrist he had gotten used to by now. It would be hard for him to start missing at the range he had practiced at. His targets were far too littered with needles, so he was forced to go over there and take them all out. After fitting all of the needles he could in his cases, he ran back to the posts. Now he felt that he was ready for the fifty yard post range.

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20.30

Reason for Editing: Edited Score to include both post.

[Shakou Taishita]

[20/30]

Shakou took out his senbon and got ready to throw it at the target. However, this time he was unable to really even reach the target. His technique, for this far range, would not work as well. He figured out that he had to move his wrist more with the same strength to throw it farther. This was going to be his way of throwing it from extreme long range, while the other would probably stay for close range.

The genin continued to practice with this new way, hitting the targets the same way as usual. Straight to the neck of the dummy, that is. He flicked his wrist more while using the same amount of force. None of the needles missed their intended spots, making Shakou quite happy. Shakou was starting to get used to this new style of flicking his wrist.

He now started to attack two of the dummies at a time from the fifty yard post. Once again, Shakou flicked his wrist more to make the needles fly farther and faster. Still getting used to it, he sometimes missed the dummies slightly. This was not to be accepted, so he threw at the targets again, aiming for spots that could easily be missed. Soon Shakou realized he should control his attacks more. The genin flicked his wrist a little less hard then he usually did to give him more control.

Now was the time to start attacking three targets in one exercise. He grabbed senbon from someone else, not caring how they reacted. Shakou then started to throw at the three marks from fifty yards away. The needles successfully flew through the air and hit the heads of each of the targets precisely. It came to mind that different situations would need different movements.

Shakou moved back to the fifty-five yard post. He tried to flick his wrist a little harder then usual to hit the single target he was aiming for. Unfortunately, that didn't work. He then reverted to his new way of attacking, which ended up in hitting where he aimed for. His main goal was to attack the neck again. Shakou knew this technique probably wouldn't work from the maximum range, so he planned ahead.

Now it was time to hit two targets from this range. Shakou focused his eyes on the stomaches of the dummies before taking action. The genin then threw his senbon right where he aimed, hitting it right on the mark. He then turned to the other target and aimed at the same place. Like before, the hit was a success. Next body part to hit was the neck. Shakou repeated the same thing he did last time, resulting the same way.

He moved on to trying to hit three targets from the range he was at. The teenager decided to speed up his aiming to make his training more useful in the real world out there. Shakou went with a steady pace as he flicked his wrist and took out new senbon to throw. Most of the targets were hit in the critical spots he was aiming for. The others merely just hit the targets, still enough to cause some minor pain.

Sixty yard post was where he stood now. Shakou, this time, did not try to change the way he threw the senbon. It was a smart move, for the needle still reached it's designated spot. Now he wanted to attack the hands of the target, switching from left hand to right hand. In battle, if he took out the hands, then he would have a huge advantage. At least, against most opponents.

Two dummies were now under attack from Shakou. He threw his senbon the same way as always. At this rate, it might even bore the genin. However, he shrugged it off and continued to fling the needles right towards the targets. He started to aim at the unique spots in the body, hoping that it would entertain himself to do aim at different places all the time.

The genin started to aim for three dummies to hit from the sixty yard post. He threw his senbon one by one at each of the targets. He started at the very top of the body. Then Shakou started to throw lower and lower, making a line from top to bottom. It entertained him by doing so, so it was good. He was getting very good at flicking his wrist to make the senbon fly and hit the target.

Shakou decided to go because he was sure he was good enough at it. He would find out tomorrow. Today, however, he didn't really care. The genin simply returned the senbon he borrowed and retrieved his own. After putting them all away, he left the dojo to do whatever he felt like doing.