The Life of the Brawler [Training/Open]

[Jin Hoshigake]

Sekondo Nen (Second Sense)
Rank: "D", "C", "B", "A", "S"
Skill: TaiJutsu
Effect: The brawler depending on the rank of the technique the user is capable of reacting through subconscious mind against attacks against the user in different manners such as being flanked, and from behind. This technique makes the brawler incapable of being surprise attacked.
Special: ---
Drawback: The user may only learn this technique by the class that they are. This means that in order to learn the "C" Rank version they must be "C" Class, if they wish to learn the "B" Rank version they must be "B" Class.
Description: A technique where the subconscious mind, where the subconscious body reacts just as they are attacked while flanked or while their back is turn. The body reacts in such a way to where they are capable of withstanding so much. This technique makes it where the Brawler is incapable of being surprised attacked, a sudden second sense kicks in as their body screams out to them yelling at them telling them to move, duck, dodge or anything else within that manner. If an opponent comes to a Brawler at a bar, and attacks with a sword, or a club, the brawler gains the urge to dodge to the left, or to the right, where they are capable of reacting before the action is completed. This works on whenever they are being attacked. This technique however has a major flaw. The user is capable of dodging only whenever the opponent's class is equal or lower to that of the rank of the technique they know. This means that a "D" Class user that knows this technique can not use this against an opponent that is "C" Class or higher.
Limit: Must be a Brawler

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The form of a large, blue, shark-like creature entered the scene of a frequently visited tavern. He took a seat down at the bar, not planning on ordering anything. He was looking to get into a brawl today, but he already knew he wouldn't have to go looking for one; the fight would surely be coming to him. And yes, it took maybe ten minutes or so before somebody was poking Jin in the back. He didn't even turn. His purely-black eyes were shut and he already knew that a fist was coming for the back of his head. It was like a sixth sense, he just knew that it was coming toward him. If he didn't react quickly enough then his forehead would be smashing against a bottle in front of him on the bar-top. Jin quickly ducked, the fist going above his head as he kicked the man attacking him straight in his ankles. The man bent down, going into a crouch-like position. Jin only smirked as he stood up and took a few steps back. The fight had just begun and there were already many spectators enjoying it. Yes, Mist was certainly an interesting home.

The Hoshigake's eyes were still closed as he put his fists out in front of him, his feet wide apart with no sort of stance shown in particular. He heard a roar of laughter around the tavern as people whispered things like 'Why are his eyes shut? Is he retarded?' Jin only smirked at the comments like these as time slowed down and the little things became all the more apparent. The sounds of drinks hitting against the tables, people whispering a variety of things, and the sound of an attacker charging Jin. He wasn't sure what to do this time because his opponent was coming in a straight line toward him in a bull-like fashion. His opponent's footsteps stopped, and the air whizzed as something came toward him. A fist. Jin quickly stepped to the left, grabbed the mans arm, and smashed his bluish-gray fist into the man's elbow. The man screamed out in pain and gritted his teeth as Jin let go. Both of them took a few more steps back, taking note of each other's movements, but Jin's eyes were still shut. People were definitely impressed by Jin's skill in a simple fight like this one.

His opponent was going into a frenzy now, charging in a very unpredictable manner towards the shark-like man. Jin only smirked more as a kick came towards him. Time slowed down so much that it felt like it had only stopped, but it hadn't. It was still moving, frame by frame, second by second. Jin, though his eyes closed, knew everything that was happening around him just because he was a skilled brawler and could detect movements around him without really realizing it. He knew that those two girls in the corner were talking about the apparently 'hot' guy in the corner. He knew that the gang of Mist genin on his left closest towards the bar were talking about how weird the Hoshigake clan was. And Jin definitely knew that his opponent was trying to send a kick to the right side of his face. And he also knew that it wasn't going to work. He grabbed the man's foot and twisted it, sending the man crashing to the ground. A loud CRACK! rang throughout the room. But he wasn't done yet. He got right back up. Jin heard something splash against the floor. It was either a drink of this guy spitting out some blood.

Before anything else happened, the assailant grabbed a bottle out of somebody's hand and smashed it against the bar-top, creating jagged edges. He then charged Jin and swung out at him. Jin, knowing he needed to detach this guy from his weapon, tried to grab his opponent's hand, but it was proving to be quite a difficult task. The broken glass swiped across Jin's hardened skin once, creating a line of red, but it wasn't that deep at all. Once this had happened, though, Jin grabbed the man's wrist, twisted it so that the bottle came flying out of his hand and crashed upon the floor, and then Jin slammed his fist into his opponent's ribcage, sending him onto his ass as he grabbed his ribs and cried. Jin finally opened his eyes to see the man shattered upon the floor. “You lose.”

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[Leonov]

Learned

...beautiful...

[Jin Hoshigake]

Name: Suiton: Suibun Shuuko no Jutsu (Water Release: Moisture Condensing Technique)
Rank: "D", "C", "B", "A", "S"
Skill: Ninjutsu, Supplementary
Effect: Allows the user to condense water within the atmosphere for use in Water-based techniques.
Special: The user adds "Tiger" to the end of every technique they wish to use this in association with.
Drawback: The water that is drawn from this attack comes from the atmosphere itself. Unlike the Oxyhydro Conversion, which is the combining of molecules in order to create water, this attack pulls the actual moisture out of the air and condenses it. Because of that, the ability is less effective in dry areas, sometimes not allowing enough water to be drawn for higher-level techniques.
Description: A supplementary Ninjutsu ability that is combined with other Suiton (Water Release) abilities, the user will focus chakra into the atmosphere, pulling the moisture out of the air and condensing it into forming an attack. The user must have the corresponding level of this technique in order to use it for a technique. This means that in order to use this ability for "D" Rank Suiton techniques, the user must have the "D" Rank of this technique. If the user wishes to perform "S" Rank Suiton techniques with this ability, they must have the "S" Rank of this ability. Since the technique is simply condensing the moisture in the atmosphere instead of creating the water, this technique is much more chakra efficient than Oxyhydro Conversion. Drains an additional "E" Rank amount of chakra for every rank of a technique (starting at "D") when used in a moist environment. Drains an additional "D" Rank amount of chakra for every rank of a technique (starting at "D") when used in a moderate environment. Drains an additional "C" Rank amount of chakra for every rank of a technique (Starting at "D" Rank) when used in a dry environment.
Limit: Must be a member of the Hoshigake Clan.

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People congratulated Jin as he made his way outside of the tavern and onto the streets of Mist. He could feel the cool mist envelope his body as he took a few steps towards a local lake. He stopped on the left side of a bench and put his fingers together, taking a deep breath. Though he usually learned most of his Hoshigake techniques from his father, he was going to try this one by himself. He wasn't taking on any heavy jutsus lately; he was mostly just going to be doing a lot of D- and C-Ranks because he had tackled an A-Rank not long ago and it had taken him a little while to recover. There was, as always, a substantial amount of moisture in the air. Jin's plan was to transfer all of that moisture, all of this mist, into an actual source of water. It wasn't like the Water Release Mastery that he had heard about from various people around the Mist Village, but it was the next best thing, which was why Jin wanted to get it. He hadn't taken on anything in the Water Release yet, but he would soon, and when he did he would want to have this technique so that he would be able to always have a constant way of obtaining water.

Since this was supposed to be used in conjunction with other Water techniques, there was no real, definite set of handseals to go with it. The user was supposed to just add the Tiger seal onto the end of the set of seals, so all Jin would have to do is just use the Tiger seal, convert the water in the air, and just create a puddle in front of him. He would get to using the Water Release sometime, but for now he was only worried about his clan techniques. The Tiger seal was what Jin considered to be the easiest handseal out of the bunch. He demonstrated it to himself just to make sure he knew what he was doing. He put his palms together and locked his fingers onto each other, holding his own hands basically. He then put his index fingers together and pointed them skyward. This seal was used a lot simply because it was a very, very basic handseal that was used in a mountain-load of techniques. Jin did it multiple times, each time stimulating his chakra supply. This wasn't going to be the easiest technique to learn, but it wasn't going to be the hardest either.

He could feel all of the water in the air, swarming around him, cooling him off from his last fight, but how could he possibly turn that into actual water? He looked at the lake in front of him and thought about how to remake that. He put his hands together, forming the Tiger handseal, and closed his eyes, a breeze coming through to disrupt the air. He was a Hoshigake member, a unique individual born with the skill to manipulate water in whatever way he wished. Jin suddenly felt inspired as he pushed his hands together even more, the chakra in his body flaring up with the utmost intensity. His eyes shut, he began to think about every property of the air and the moisture within the air and how he was going to turn it into water. In reality, he was barely thinking for a Hoshigake member just knew what to do and how to do it without a second thought. A few drops of water suddenly fell on the dirt in front of him as he opened his eyes and looked down. The brown ground was stained with black drops of water. He looked up, but it wasn't raining. A smirk crossed over his pale-blue lips.

He closed his eyes once more and put his fingers back together to form the Tiger handseal. Feeling a hint of success from his last attempt, he began to go through the air, searching for that moisture which he had found last time. He took all that moisture, all that watery substance, and turned it from the air into water in the middle of the air. Once it was in the air, though, it came crashing down to the ground with a splash! Jin smirked and knelt down, putting his hands inside of his large robe sleeves. He touched the water on the ground and nodded to himself. He had actually turned the moisture, the mist, in the air into water that could be used for a water technique. True, it wasn't a lot of water, but it was still a success in Jin's eyes.

[Tieren]

Learned

[Okami]

+10

[Jin Hoshigake]

Kirigakure no Jutsu (Hidden Mist Skill)
Rank: "C" Rank
Skill: NinJutsu
Effect: A Skill where a user uses the water around them to create a massive mist to fill around the user.
Special: "Handseals"
Drawback: ---
Description: A skill which creates a very dense fog that descreases the surrounding visibility to near zero. It produces an environment perfect for a silent assassin who follows an opponent through sound. This mist can not be blown away by any type of Wind Jutsu.
Limit: Water Release

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Already one who was adept in the skill of using the Water Release because, come on now, he was a Hoshigake clan member! He also had just received the Crying Long Sword, a weapon that was used in their clan for the longest time, which made him more skilled in the art of being an assassin. Jin planned on getting the Sound Release and the Sonar technique so that he could detect people’s movement through the Hidden Mist, which was the technique he was about to learn. Stepping out onto the pond in front of him by putting chakra into his feet, Jin put his fingers together and closed his already small eyes. He knew that he would have to do a set of four of five handseals for this technique so he put his hands together to form the most basic of all seals just to be prepared for it. His blue skin blended in perfectly with the pond, especially since it was night, making the water seem more dark blue. Jin was ready to begin training this technique. He was ready to begin getting stronger.

Thinking about each specific seal that he was going to have to do, Jin sighed to himself. He hated doing handseals, even though he did them all the time, he still hated it with a passion. He sighed to himself as he tightened his hands up more together and began to channel chakra throughout his entire body. There was no fog tonight, no mist whatsoever, but he was about to change that. He could hear random animals splashing around at the edges of the pond, frogs sometimes jumping up and coming back down into the water. Jin was about to use this mist to test his abilities as an assassin. He smirked to himself, showing his pointed teeth. He went through each handseals in rapid succession, nailing each of them expertly. He opened his eyes and looked down, but there was no fog, no mist. Everything was as clear as could be. He frowned to himself and closed his eyes once more, focusing a lot more than before so that he could get it right this time. There was no time for failure, not in Jin’s book.

He did the first handseal, spiking the energy flowing all across his chakra circulatory system. He could feel it pumping through his bone marrow, his veins, and his bloodstream. Everything was just moving together like it was supposed to; it was just completely and totally natural. Jin bobbed his head around as if moving to the beat of a drum just because it all felt so normal for him. He did the second seal and the chakra in his body intensified that much more, ready to come over that brink and spill out across the pond, covering it with an eerie mist, but nothing happened yet. Jin still had two more handseals to go through. He did the third seal and this was where the chakra was put up to that edge, that brink where Jin thought it was just going to slip up and spread out everywhere within a fifty meter radius, but nothing happened. It was just intense. It was just hardcore. It was just how it should be.

And then, with that last, final handseal, the chakra within Jin’s body just spilled out of his body and covered the fifteen meter circumference of the pond. He opened his eyes and looked out around him. Yes, the mist had been created, but it was a very thin mist. If Jin searched hard enough, he could actually see through parts of the mist. Not very reassured by this, he held up his index and middle fingers on his right hand and muttered the word ‘Kai.’ The mist was no more after that word left his pale lips. He had to work on this just a little bit more before it was truly perfect.

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[Jin Hoshigake]

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Holding up his fingers once more, Jin was determined to not only perform the Hidden Mist successfully on the first try, but to fight through it as well. He was going to truly test his skills in this setting. How could it be a more magnificent setting? It couldn’t be. The Hoshigake closed his eyes as he took another step out onto the bed, reestablishing his footing so that he was a bit more comfortable. He still wasn’t completely comfortable walking around with his bow plus the heavy, custom sword on his back. He relaxed his shoulders more and made sure his fingers were together properly to form the most basic of handseals (the index and middle fingers of both hands together in a triangular formation). He began to think about every aspect of this technique from the way the mist was supposed to look to the pond he was standing on to the handseals to his own internal chakra system. He took everything into account; there was no room for mistakes.

The first seal, as always, stimulated the chakra that was running through Jin’s veins and his bones and all the other parts of his body. He could feel it giving him life, giving him complete and total freedom over every aspect of his life that he could possible imagine. With one shot of chakra, he was simply exhilarated. He smirked to himself, shutting his eyes a little bit more so that he could see nothing but the black void of his eyelids. He performed the second seal flawlessly, a smirk still remaining on his pale blue lips. He cracked his neck and went into the third handseal, which just made his chakra pulse more vibrantly. He could feel it pushing that brink, pushing that edge, that limit where Jin knew that he should just forget about the final seal and just go ahead and let the technique come out, but he did that last time and had made the mist too thick. He was going to do it right this time around. He performed the last handseal and allowed his chakra to take control of the battlefield.

Thinking about the exact properties of the mist that was supposed to come up, Jin didn’t open his eyes yet. He just thought about the exact thickness of the mist. He should only be able to see a meter, even if that, in front of his face. He opened his eyes and his fantasy had come to life. He could barely see anything in front of his face. He took a deep breath and exhaled, seeing his breath for a split moment before it disappeared into the mist. Reaching around to his back, Jin gripped the hilt on the Crying Long Sword and unsheathed it very slowly, making an almost unheard sound. His ears flickered because of a rabbit hopping around on the very rim of the pond. He couldn’t see it, so he had to use his ears to direct him. He managed to get to the edge, hitting the pond very lightly as he made his way towards the location of the rabbit. It was true about this technique; for a C-Rank, it was way too powerful. He smirked to himself. He loved wielding this kind of power.

Lashing out with incredible speed for such a big guy, Jin swung the heavy sword at a straight, vertical swipe. It hit the bunny, ending its life with such a clean stroke. Jin sheathed the sword with some difficulty and put his fingers back together to mutter the word ‘Kai.’ The mist cleared and Jin just smirked to himself. What next…

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[Captain M]

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[Jin Hoshigake]

Name: [ Capture the Pets. ]
Rank: D
IIC Length: 1 day
Difficulty: Easy
Description: It seems that Mrs. Yamanagi’s pets have escaped again, and are roaming the village and country, causing trouble for civilians. Cats, dogs, birds and even a few rats are scattered about the area. Find them and return them to Mrs. Yamanagi.
Objective: Capture the animals and return them to Mrs. Yamanagi.
Reward: 1500 Ryo

Setting out across the Mist Village, Jin was a little more than annoyed that his mission was going to be saving this stupid woman’s pets. He sighed and shook his head. He knew it wouldn’t take him that long, what, with the speed at which he traveled, but he knew he’d much rather kill the pets so that nobody would ever have to find them again rather than put up with Mrs. Yamanagi. Stopping in the middle of the street, Jin realized he would have better luck if he scaled the rooftops. Gathering chakra into the soles of his feet, Ryo climbed up one of the buildings.

Upon reaching the top, Ryo saw a pitbull foaming at the mouth with a rabbit underneath its paw. “Well, you got hungry, didn’t you, fat dog?” The dog tried to run away, but Jin withdrew a scroll from his pouch and threw it at the dog, hitting it in the head and shocking it into paralysis. The dog would be fine, though. Jin went over to collect his prize, putting the stunned dog underneath his arm. Jumping from building top to building top, Jin kept his eyes peeled for the next of Mrs. Yamanagi’s animals. It didn’t take him long before he reached the end of the village, looking on at the outskirts. Just in the distance, he could barely make out a cat on a tree branch.

Smirking, the Hoshigake sped forward until he reached the base of the tree. He looked up at the cat, who was clinging to the tree branch for dear life. The dumb thing had managed to get to the very top of the tree and was now scared. Shooting up with a burst of chakra in his feet, Jin quickly reached the top. Just as he went to grab the cat, it lashed out and scratched his hand. Jin looked at the gash and narrowed his eyes at the cat. “Don’t know why anyone would want a little bitch like you.” Jin grabbed it with his free hand and placed it on top of the dog. “Stay there, and don’t fight.”

On his way back to Mrs. Yamanagi’s house, Jin also located the few rats and birds that were missing. He made use of his secondary weapons (scrolls) in knocking all of them out, even drawing blood a few times (he was sure his pay grade would decrease because of that, but it was worth it for a little extra fun). He set them all down on Mrs. Yamanagi’s doorstep, knocked on the door, and left as soon as she answered it.

[Jin Hoshigake]

Name: [ Foot Race. ]
Rank: D
IIC Length: 1 day
Difficulty: Easy
Description: A travelling man is wondering the country of water. He has been going from town to town, saying he is the fastest runner alive. His speed is unmatchable by any normal man. Well he has yet to meet a shinobi of the Mist. He has declared a challenge to the country. Anyone who can best him in a race will earn the reputation as the fastest runner alive. Even if the title is unofficial it would still be fun to hold.
Objective:Race this man and show him the speed of the Mist Shinobi.
Reward: 1500 Ryo

Making his way out to the man who was deemed to be the “fastest runner alive,” Jin already knew how he was going to beat him. On the outskirts of the village, Jin did a few handseals before approaching the man. The area was suddenly covered in a thick mist that one could barely see through. Smirking, Jin went up to the man. “Ready for a true challenge from this village?”

The man looked up at him and returned a smirk. “I don’t think this village can offer me a true challenge, actually. But let’s see what you’ve got. I know they’ve made a mission out of me for dumb ninja like you.” Jin’s smirk started to vanish. He wanted to kill this man. But he also wanted to get paid. The man continued. “We’ll race from here to the village gates, if that’s okay with you.” Jin nodded in reply. “On my mark.” The man said. “Three… Two… One… GO!”

As soon as he had said the word “one,” Jin had grabbed the hilt of the massive sword on his back. Swinging it down as the race was supposed to begin, it slammed directly in front of the first step the runner tried to take. He tripped over the blade of the sword, landing flat on his face. Jin smirked and quickly took off. Because he was a real shinobi, this race was easily in his favor. He had trained here all his life; he knew how it worked. There was a lake, open land, and then the gate. He could glide over the lake easily with his skill in chakra. He did just that, the man’s footsteps behind him slowly disappearing. If all had gone as planned, the Hidden Mist skill would disorient him, not to mention the fall on his face.

Racing to the village gates, Jin got there in no time, with the runner nowhere to be found. Nobody ever said that he couldn’t play dirty.

[Jin Hoshigake]

Name: Collapse! (Search and Rescue)
Rank: C
IIC Length: 2 days
Difficulty: Moderate
Objective: Find and extract as many people from the rubble as possible.
Description: A construction site in the village has collapsed! The workers on site and the civilians in the area numbered in the hundreds, and when the building collapsed many of them were trapped in the rubble! Your job, as an experienced shinobi of great strength, is to rescue as many of these trapped workers and civilians as possible while keeping rubberneckers out of the way of the other emergency responders. Not all found will be alive, unfortunately, so you will not be penalized for the ones you can't save.
Reward: 500 for every person found.

Rushing as fast as he could to the construction site, Jin’s speed didn’t mean he cared about these people’s lives; it really just meant that he cared about getting to the Chuunin Exams by the end of the day before registration closed. He could see the site before he actually got to it. The Hoshigake didn’t even know what the construction’s purpose was. What were they building? It just went to show that he knew little to nothing about the happenings of his own village. Not that it mattered. Jin cared much more about his clan than he cared about a stupid village that the idiot villagers had probably caused to collapse in the first place. He sighed. This was more work than the other two missions he had taken on today.

Jumping into the fray without checking with security personnel first, Jin unsheathed his sword and cut straight through one of the walls. Though he was sure this could cause what was left of the building to collapse, he didn’t mind. As soon as he cut through the building, he saw a worker trapped underneath a wooden beam. “Help… Me…” Jin nodded, lifting the beam up with ease and tossing it to the side. He picked up the worker and transported him outside, setting him down for the medics to see to him. So far, so good.

Heading back into the smoky, dilapidated building, Jin walked around the rubble, trying to hear or see somebody. Suddenly, his shark sense picked up a spatter of blood somewhere. Sniffing it out, it brought him to a pile of rocks and dust. He knelt down and quickly went through it. Beneath it all lay a worker, his head bashed in from where the ceiling collapsed upon him. He was dead. Jin frowned. No money from that. He stood up and began to look around more, not sure where to really go. He was about to call it a day and head out of the building when he noticed a hand beneath a door.

Though he realized he was probably dead, Jin lifted the door and looked underneath it. Unconscious, but his chest still circulating air, Jin picked him up and brought him outside of the medics. Before anybody could see anything else to him, Jin took off. Nobody else would be alive in that mess anyway.

[Jin Hoshigake]

Oto no Jutsu (Sound Release Skill)
Rank: "C"
Skill: NinJutsu
Effect: ---
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: With this skill, or release, the user is now capable of using, and performing techniques that deal with the element of Sound. This means that any NinJutsu or specialized TaiJutsu that deals the Sound Release will need this in order to be performed correctly.
Limit: ---

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Returning to his usual training spot, Jin sat down Indian-style, gently floating on the water of the lake. He closed his eyes and returned to training similar to that of the Hidden Mist skill and even with the same intention. He was going to become one with all the sounds around him. Nothing was going to get by him, no matter what. He took a deep breath and concentrated. Chakra seeped out of every pore in his body and covered the area in a twenty meter radius. Nothing was going to get by him.

His ears twitched, his balance perfect. A bird flew out of a tree, its wings flapping loudly behind it. A rabbit was jumping up and down on the edge of the lake, making splashing noises as it did so. The bird that had flown out of the tree now joined an entire family of birds, all of their wings flapping simultaneously. This made a cone of noise that pointed downward, covering everything within it. Anyone who was really paying attention would notice this trivial detail. All of the wings flapping at once, a squawk or two heard from the birds as they traveled away from the Hidden Mist Village.

Beneath Jin, deep under the water, some of the fish were swimming around, creating bubbles in their wake. And, subsequently, they were also making very slight noises as they disturbed the underwater. A few feet away from the center of the lake where Jin was sitting, a frog was jumping from lily pad to lily pad, kicking up a few drops of water each time he did so. The lily pads also glided across the water, creating slight, but noticeable, noises each time. Jin took a deep breath. These were all sounds that he could hear normally. He needed to delve deeper. He needed to hear more. He needed to pay more attention.

He put his fingers together to form the basic Tiger seal and concentrated more. A few feet beneath the ground, earthworms were wiggling their way to the surface of the Earth to taste the delicious rain that had come a few hours ago. The worms displaced the soil, moving it around, and even eating it, making the slightest noises. Nobody would notice this unless they were trained to notice it. The bunny that Jin had heard earlier was traveling into its rabbit’s hole, displacing the soil just as the earthworm was doing. Jin’s ears twitched one last time as, miles away, a team of shinobi were traveling towards the village gate, their footsteps loud against the soft soil. This was the beginning of something very good.

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[Water Adept]

+10

[Jin Hoshigake]

Name: Sho-Ro Nagai Subeta Sutansu (Crying Long Sword Stance)
Rank: E
Skill: Taijutsu
Effect: This is the most basic stance of using the long sword.
Special: None.
Drawback: This must be learned in order for all other techniques dealing with this sword to be learned.
Description: The user stands with the sword at a diagonal angle in front of them.
Limit: Must have the Crying Long Sword.

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Wanting to learn how to use this Hoshigake sword that was handed down to him from a dear friend, Jin unsheathed the sword from his back and stood on the lake’s surface. As soon as he unsheathed it, the sword nearly dragged Jin into the lake. Grasping it tighter with both of his hands, Jin shook his head a little bit. The muscles in his arms were all straining from the sheer weight of this sword. It was a completely balanced piece of metal with no one piece being heavier than any other piece; that made it unique, but odd to wield since the hilt was heavy, and everything attached to the hilt was heavy as well.

Straightening the sword out in front of him, Jin bent his back a little bit. He placed one foot behind him on the water, and angled that same foot a little bit so that it was horizontal while the foot in front was vertical. His right hand grasped the hilt closer to the blade with his left hand clasping the hilt closer to Jin’s body. Trying to get the handle of the sword a bit more, Jin took a step forward and slashed with the sword going forward. It cut through the air with ease and, once again, almost dragged Jin to the bottom of the lake. Jin had never felt this weak in a long time. He reassumed the stance, one leg behind, one leg in front, and he slashed once more at the air molecules in front of him.

This time, instead of almost drowning, he steadied the sword after making the slash. He put the sword back in the sheath and shook his head a little bit.

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[Defiant]

+5

[Jin Hoshigake]

Name: Sho-Ro Nagai Subeta Sutansu (Crying Long Sword Stance #2)
Rank: E
Skill: Taijutsu
Effect: This is the second most basic stance of using the long sword.
Special: None.
Drawback: This must be learned in order for all other techniques dealing with this sword to be learned.
Description: The user stands with the sword behind their back vertically, flicking their wrist out in order to strike.
Limit: Must have the Crying Long Sword.

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After taking a break and meditating a bit both to regenerate his amount of chakra and to let his body heal a little bit, Jin stood right back up on the surface of the water with the intention of getting a better handle on this damn sword. Unsheathing it once more, Jin tried to remember exactly how the second stance was carried out. Ah, yes, he remembered. He grasped the sword with one hand. That was a mistake. With a splash, Jin fell straight into the water, dragged down by the sword. He quickly grasped the hilt with his other hand and returned to the surface of the water. It was a good thing he was a Hoshigake.

Shaking the water off of his body a bit, Jin took his right hand and grasped the hilt of the Crying Long Sword tightly. He then let go with his left hand. For a few moments, he staggered, but he quickly stabilized himself so that he wouldn’t fall straight back into the lake again. He then began to move the sword with his right hand behind his back. He twisted his wrist in such a way that the sword was almost perfectly vertically aligned with his spinal cord, the blade’s tip coming to the top of Jin’s neck. He put his left foot behind his body horizontally while his right foot remained out in front in a vertical fashion.

Flicking his wrist out in front of him, Jin made a diagonal slash with the sword. The blade hit the water hard, making another huge splash. This sword was going to be fun, he could already tell.

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[Defiant]

+5

[Jin Hoshigake]

Name: Omori Waza (Weight Technique)
Rank: C, B
Skill: Taijutsu
Effect: Training this allows the user to actually wield the sword with ease.
Special: None.
Drawback: None.
Description: The Crying Long Sword itself is very, very heavy, so without training this the person will never be able to use the weapon to its full advantage. If you train just using weights, doing daily exercises, and using the sword in daily training, then this technique will be accomplished just from that. If you don’t train this then you will be much slower than usual. The C-Rank version of this allows the user to wield the sword with two hands. The B-Rank version allows the user to wield the sword with one hand.
Limit: Must have the Crying Long Sword.

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Having struggled throughout the stances with the weight of the sword, Jin made his way away from the center of the lake, towards the outskirts of it. Untying the sheath from around his back, he heaved the great long sword onto the ground and set it down, leaning against a nearby tree with the tip pointed towards the sky. Stretching his arms out, Jin hit the ground. His palms flat out in front of him, he bent his elbow and began to do push-ups. His back straight so that his butt wasn’t sticking up into the sky, Jin kept his legs straight as well, his feet making an impression upon the ground. His chest was pointing towards the ground directly below him. His head was angled upwards a bit. The muscles in his arms strained only slightly, push-ups second nature to the shark-man now.

After at least a hundred push-ups, Jin stood up and stretched his arms out more. It had been a good warm up. He then began to do laps around the lake. He knew that his legs would also need their strength in order to sustain the weight of the sword when he made slashes with it. Doing laps around the lake, Jin would peer around. He was on the outskirts of the village now. He could just see the outlines of the village and random passersby. He needed to take his mind off of the fact that he was running. It wasn’t that he minded the physical exertion; he was just bored when he ran. He didn’t really have anything to think about or to do. He just wanted to get some training done before he went off to the Chuunin Exams. The muscles in his legs started to get sore as he was finishing at least the fiftieth lap. He had lost count after a while.

Figuring that he had done enough of these damn laps, Jin returned to the tree, his sword still standing against it. Getting into a ‘Brawler stance,” Jin jumped between each of his feet, his elbows bent so that his fists were in front of him. He began to punch at the tree, the muscles in his arms twitching with each blow that he dealt to the bark. He was relentless, hitting the tree harder and harder each time. After a while, Jin’s fists began to bleed. The bark began to wear and chip away, shards of wood littering the ground on Jin’s side of the tree. His blood stained the tree, red drops and spatters lining the trunk. After what seemed like an eternity, Jin stopped. He was out of breath. He wasn’t used to going through training exercises like this. He was a brawler, yes, but those fights were usually short. A few blows here and there, and that was the end of it. Jin slid down. He sat and regained his strength.

After a few minutes of recovery, Jin stood up. He eyed the sword suspiciously. “Alright,” he said to himself. He grabbed the hilt of the sword with one hand and attempted to heave it up. The sword’s tip went straight to the ground. His arm sore, Jin grabbed the hilt with his other hand and lifted it up. He winced a bit, a sharp pain going through his body, but he never stopped. He made a diagonal slash from left-to-right against the tree, dark bark giving way to light bark. The tree was mutilated by this point. There were all shades of brown where some hits had been deeper than others. Jin continued to stab and slash at the tree, the sword getting lighter that each time Jin used it. After a while of slashing and stabbing, though, his muscles gave way, and he was forced to put it down.

“That’s enough of that for now…”

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[Tieren]

+10 Learned!