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[Matsu]

Moku Bunshin (Wood Clone)
Rank: "B" Rank
Skill: NinJutsu
Effect: The user creates a clone made out of wood that would be used for battle against opponents.
Special: "Ox, Dragon, Ram, Ox"
Drawback: If the wood is burned they will not be capable of working.
Description: When first learned the user is capable of creating three clones that are within the size of Medium size. The wood looks similiar to that of a human but the wood is wrapped around the body torso and switched around making the clone look that of a giant tree with awkward shapes.
Limit: Must have the Wood Release

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Back in the grass, on the field that had shown him so much love and improvement over the past couple of months. Matsu would stand among a small patch of dirt as he prepared for his next jutsu with some pre-meditation. His hands focused in a seal, he would allow his chakra to build within, making it able to be easily sensed by those who would pass by. Once he had a steady supply of chakra built up, he would execute the process of learning the Wood clone technique. Slowly he would review the basics of the cloning techniques. Percise chakra control, perfect seals, and focus. It was now time to begin...

Running through the hand seals, Matsu focused as he closed his eyes and started to work on what would become one of his more prized jutsu. The hand seals themselves would come easily to one who had been using them for so long, the chakra within reacting as if called by each individual seal. He could feel it, like a miniature storm of chakra brewing within preparing to be used in this technique. Once completed he would focus his chakra and attempt this summon, attempt number one. The ground beneath him would crack slightly as wood started to push it's way to the surface, the technique begining to take affect.

Slowly he would allow the chakra flow to shape the wood into the cloned form, taking over soon with a mind of it's own. The wood before him crackled as he felt himself drained of more chakra then he had ever used in one technique. Groaning and grinding the beams would twist their way into the shape of a man, Matsu.The clone was standing straight up and down just like it's creator, however the creator would slouch over after that, regaining his original composure. The clone would complete it's self and turn to face Matsu, the same passive look spread across his face.

With that they would bow to each other as they both withdrew a kunai. In the blink of an eye the sound of steel on steel would ring out across the fields. A clash between the two men took place, both pushing but finding themselves to be at a stand still. 'So it was a success...' he thought to himself as he quickly pushed, all his might going into it to force them apart. Quickly he would begin to form hand seals as the clone regained it's composure and ran forward, Kunai ready. 'Ox' thought Matsu as he focused his chakra quickly into making one more clone.

As it began to sprout from the ground, the beams twisting and groaning, Matsu would quickly retrieve his kunai from his pouch once more and prepare for the conter attack. The clone, lightining fast would slash and smash the forming clone apart but that was not the point of it. When he made the slash he left himself wide open, this was Matsu's plan all along. With one deadly accurate throw Matsu would nail his wood clone and cause it to explode into a log. With that he would fall down onto his butt fatigued, he would need several minutes to recover from such strain, especially since it had been a bit since he had trained, he was out of shape...

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Breath slowly returning to him, Matsu would rise once more to return to the training at hand. His chakra had recovered sufficiently enough for at least two more uses, creating the clones as he did last time. If he was lucky he would be able to squeeze in a third. Breathing deep to center himself, Matsu began the all too important sequence of hand seals that would begin his jutsu. The chakra current within him would react as if it had been set ablaze, the chakra flow increasing as it molded with each seal made. He could feel it's sheer power building, the essence of the wood release summoning the technique from within. Perhaps this was why he was a ninjutsu master, his ability to feel chakra was exceptional.

Once more the familiar crackle of the wood rising from the ground would find it's way to his ears as wooden beams started to cleave their way from the earth. The beam it's self would crackle dangerously as it started to twist and bend to form the more perfect characture of it's creator. The wood making the face and torso smoothly, there seemed to be no problem with the technique that he had executed. Within mere moments he would once again have a wood clone standing before him. The perfect wooden replica of himself prepared and ready for combat. This technique would not have been as easy as it was for him to use if he had not learned another breand of cloning before hand.

They would bow to each other respectively, however instead of drawing a kunai like his clone counter part, Matsu would instead begin to form the same series of seals. The ground would crackle as two more wooden beams began to rise, groaning in protest as they were willed into creation. The true Matsu fell to his knee, however the ones forming behnd him would be his guard. In a flash clone A jumped high into the air, throwing his kunai directly for Matsu. Clone B would quickly flash it's way in front of Matsu and block the projectile aside while clone C would jump over top of them both and throw his own towards clone A.

With a speedy back flip, Clone A would dodge clone C's kunai and skid to a halt when he landed. Reaching back behind him he would remove two kunai, one for each hand as he spun them both around the index fingers. With no sound made the clone would charge forward, he would make this solely academy style taijutsu combat. The clang of steel rang out three times in quick succession, clone A managing to drop clone B but was easily dodged and parried by clone C. So now it came down to a battle of one on one, clone vs clone. Both clones circled each other nervously, however they were also in for quite the surprise...

Out of nowehere, the real Matsu would rise, spin and pull two kunai. With one flick of each wrist he would embed each one of the blades into a clone, the clones looking surprised at each other for a moment before they both exploded into a wisp of smoke and turned into logs on the ground. Matsu smiled weakly, he new for sure that the next time around he would not be able to manage all three clones at once, he was just too tired. 'Heh' he thought to himself as he fell face first into the grass, unconcious.

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Hours later he would awake to find himself laying on the ground. It seemed that he had passed out in his training but he would not let that be a deterant. With a smirk he would stand, painfully at first but he would fight through it. With a smile he would think about Kusagakure, protecting it one day with more power then he had now. Slowly he would inhale his breath, steadying his hands and preparing himself for what was to come. With a quick motion of the hands he would begin the hand seals required to begin the invokation of his chakra. He would exhale as he let the chakra flow freely from him, extending one hand out over the ground with his opened palm facing downward, here it came.

With the ground cracking before him, wood would once more rise to do his bidding. The would shouted it's normal protest but it was helpless against one who wielded chakra, he would be free to shape it as his own mind desired and at the moment he needed a clone of himself. SLowly the features of the man who made the clone were easily replicated, however the chakra drain was not so easy to bare. Once more he would find himself making hand seals to prepare it for use, he would make at least one more clone so he could learn to focus on controlling at least two with efficiencey. Although they were wood clones, they still some what relied on his chakra for some of their orders as well as his words.

Once the other beam of wood had stopped it's little protest, Matsu would turned to face them both and smile. With one hand held outward he would hold it in front of them. Both the contenders would reach back and slowly remove their weapons, while he waited. With one quick downward motion Matsu would shouted, "Hajime!" and the clones would quickly set about the task for which they had been summoned from the very earth themselves. Qucikly they would flash forward and clash, the clang of steel on steel would resound through the plains as they were both flung back by the force of their attacks. Both were completely evenly matched, these fights were always interesting.

Clone A would remove a second kunai, clone B would mirror the same thing as clone A and also remove a second kunai. It seemed they were both adapting to the situation before them quite well, Matsu was definitely enjoying this little show, perhaps this was the technique for him. Both clones would charge forward once more, clone A swinging both kunai in a cross chop while clone B would duck and swing his kunai up in a vertical chop towards the face. With a quick spin, clone A would side step and come around from the side, bringing his kunai towards B in a stabbing motion. With a quick turn, B would easily catch A's arm with his own, managing to keep the kunai at bay.

This battle was definitely heating up, it would be interesting to see the outcome. Suddenly both clones seemed to switch up tactics, however comical because they both came to the same conclusion. At the exact same time they would both jump back and launch a kunai towards each other, the kunai clanging against each other and deflecting towards the real Matsu. However he himself did not realize they had bothed attached exploding notes. With a quick roll the real Matsu would move out of the way as the both detonated, sending himr olling into a tree. When he looked up he would see only two pairs of legs standing facing each other, it seemed neither fo them had managed to escape the blast.

With a sigh he would lean back against the tree, this endurance trial was quite testing. He would once again run over the basics of cloning in his mind as he munched on a candy bar he would retrieve from his pouch. Chakra really did need to be infinite, or at least quick to recover, then things would have been alot more interesting.

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'Up and at em Matsu' he thought to himself as he forced himself to stand once more. This would be tough for the hours to come, he would need to force himself to press on each time. He would once more breath in sharply, taking in all the air he could so that he could hold his breath steady longer as he made his hand seals. In a blur they would move through the series, making the wood clone jutsu from familiarity. Exhaling slightly he would use this release of breath to control the flow of chakra slightly as it exploded from him this time in more force then he thought he would be able to produce. His body trembled slightly but he fought it back, determination was how he would win the day.

The ground once again yielded to his desires, he would call forth three beams of wood at once this time, all of them starting their familiar shape shifting. The process of becoming a cloned version of Matsu did not take long, this technique was a useful battle skill after all however it was not instant. The clones were haunched over this time when they first came into being, however the would stand up tall and face each other bowing. As customary before battle, Matsu would give them a moment before declaring, "Hajime!" and with that once more they would be off, however this time the battle was purely weaponless taijutsu. In a flash they would all spring forth at each other and smash together creating a slight gust.

All three clones would fly backwards, twisting in mid air to turn and land upon their feet so that they could continued to watch their opponent. They would wipe their mouths as if they had been bleeding and once more they would circle each other. Clone A would run towards B and throw a punch, B quickly catching the punch and spinning to hsis ide to throw A. While this happened C would take that opening and kick B in the chest so that he was sent skidding backwards, A just landing on his stomach in the dirt. With a hit like that, A would just burst into a log on the ground before them, he had to have been close to six feet off the ground. B and C would circle each other like a pack of wolves rustling prey. Soon however the fight would resume as if A had never existed, as if Matsu had not existed.

Thawp, thump, whack. The sounds of the attacks being blocked as they were launched was the only sound that could be heard. The battle was becoming almost too tense to stand, althought the taijutsu was ametuer it was still enough to make one realize that this was a great battle. C would jump and make a spin kick towards B's head who would bring both arms up to block and then push C back wards. When C landed off balance then B would drive a drop kick dead center into the chest of C. C would fall flat onto his butt, helpless to defend against the onslaught that B would launch. In a flurry of punches and kicks it would end, the clear victor being clone B.

Now his focus turned to Matsu, he would combat the last remaining one on the field so that he was the last one standing, however Matsu held one advantage. With a quick series of hand seals he would make vines grow forth from the ground an ensnare the clone, constricting it tightly within it's grasp. Soon the clone would struggle and groan before it exploded into a cloud of smoke, that was the end for the battle. Matsu coughed heavily as he fell to his knees, his eye sight going blurry. He would take a long nap, wether he felt like it or not. Even though he was a ninjutsu master, at this rank the B ranked techniques would easily wind him.

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Eyes opening sleepily, Matsu would get on his feet. After that little nap he felt great, ready to take on the rest of this training. Slowly he would reach to his sholder and slide the Gi he wore off his torso, nothing but a fishnet shirt underneath. The wind felt great against his bare skin, the top would dangle from the waist of his pants. His bare feet would feel the grass beneath him, feeling as if he were one with the earth around him. This brought a sense of focus to him, making him able to concentrate easier on the task at hand. Centering himself first he would take a deep breath, drawing the chakra required for the technique with this breath from the very depths of his being. His eyes would close as he began to make the hand seals required in this technique, unleashing the chakra from within. The ground would start to crack before him, a wooden beam twisting and winding it's way from the ground with a groan of protest.

This would be the tool of his his new technique, the wood already begining to take it's shape. The chakra surged from his body, finding it's place within the wooden beam that he had summoned up. It would whine in protest as it began to shape a head at the top, working it's way down from there. The beam expanded, more chakra filling it as it started to make a shoulder line, the proccess no longer taking as long as it had when he had first began this training. The torso started, his chakra focus now required more then ever in this part of the technique. The clone was just now coming into being, his feet just having finished when Matsu started the drawing of even more chakra, it was time for the second clone to be created. The ground cracked once more, a second beam coming forth now, also being filled with chakra as it groaned in protest.

The wooden beam would bend and twist, conforming to the shape of human apendages. The legs starting shortly after the feet. Next it would create a waste line, the chakra pouring in would influence it's shift. Once that was complete the chakra would make it's way up the body, creating a torso for this being. Althought it was an exact clone of Matsu, he felt as if he was now creating a new life, that it should be given the same respect that he gave all things he did. The clone would finish, standing next to the first it was an exact replica of Matsu, just as the first one had been. It seemed that the cloning technique had indeed been learned reather easily from when he mastered the Water Clone Technique, this one was different yet in the same time similar to the methods used there. It was now time to summon the third and final clone that this jutsu was capable of.

The next peice of wood came just as the first two had, little effort put forth by the caster as it made it's way out of the ground. His chakra control was something that was always praised by his family, it was even better then that of his sisters. The flame of chakra within his belly expanded as it was fed from the depths of his chakra system, drawing all it needed to put forth into this technique. The feet started to form, offering a stable platform for the clone to stand on, soon after followed by the legs once again, it was like clock work. Peice by peice the chakra put the clone together, the never ending source of a ninjas power. It was truly a marvelous thing, the way it could animate almost anything it entered, make almost anything that was considered harmless into an unstopable comabt machine.

All three clones would then turn to face their master, a smirk on their face. Giving a small salute, one would remove a kunai and start to spin it on his fingers. The other two would start doing random acrobatics. There was no point to this really, they just felt as if they should show off their capablity, to show him that he had been successful. With a smile he would raise two fingers before his face, cancelling the use of his technique and returning the clones back to what they were to begin with, wooden logs.

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Hand seals, the sound of his hands slapping against each other in a smooth rhythm could be heard. This was the sound of a Genin hard at work, one who carried the pride of his village within all his actions. His only goal, his main drive was to prove that he was worthy of the title of Genin, worthy to serve his village. At the last hand seal he would take a deep breath, drawing on the chakra within slowly. He could feel it summoned from every area of his body, the pull against his chakra system was noticeable at first, until it slowly faded away. Slowly it would build in the center, his mind focused completely on the goal of the chakra. As the flame grew bigger he would take one more breath, releasing the chakra from within in a wave. The ground would crack in two places at once, the same wooden beams from before would be seen making an appearance once more.

The beams sprouted up from the ground quickly, moving with intent towards the surface. Both would groan softly as they started to bend and shift to the will of the chakra that was within. Slowly it would push against the inner fabrics of the wood until it expanded into the shape of a man. Before him were two unfinshed wooden replicas of himself, however the chakra was not done. Slowly it would move within, making the features life like, adding color and shadow to the features of the clones. Each clone would in turn smile, the chakra inside them granting them life just like any other being in existance. They were both capable ninja, able to wield all the ninjutsu knowledge at his disposal. It was like having a team that all knew what the other wanted, that made quite a good team.

With a bow they would move into a basic taijutsu stance, preparing to make the charge towards their master. This was where he would even the fight out. With another sequence of hand seals he would draw upon chakra from within once more, making one more beam of wood surface from the ground. Quickly the chakra would pulsate through it, making it's nature change slowly to that of a humans. Filling in the colors just as the previous incarnations had been. The new clone was already in the stance when it was created, already aware of what it's purpose would be. This was to be a quick little spar between master and creation, helping to improve upon two skills at once, ninjutsu and taijutsu.

The first two clones would charge in, both fists already drawn back and prepared to launch the first strike. A smirk would appear on Matsu's face as he and the new clone would both catch the punch, a smile on their face. It was an even fight, each one already expecting the other to do exactly what they had just done. Would victory be able to be achieved this way? Of course it would, he had done it several times before. With a smirk both Matsu and his clone would flip the others over them, rotating with the flip they would extend a foot outwards into the other clones guts. This was the improvised skill that he had learned back in the academy days, use your oponents moment against them, it would be their own downfall. In this instance it proved true, both clones exploded back into whisp of smoke.

With that done they would face each other, just once more to go before he could rest agan. With a smirk he would charge forth, the clone not seeming too surprised by the rashness of his actions. It would enter a stance that would be the reaction to his drawn fist, the clone obviously assuming that he would come in for a punch to the face like all standards taijutsu techniques seemed to entail. However this would not be so, at the last moment he would alter his path, spinning low, around, and aiming a kick right for the jaw of the clone. With a high back kick, the clone would go flying and land on the ground. With an attempt to stand it would fall back down, obviously defeated. With that it would poof back into a log, the chakra in the clone all used up at this point.

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