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Iaijutsu Stance
Rank: E Rank
Effect: Allows the use of Iaijutsu Forms.
Special: None
Drawbacks: None
Description: The practitioner moves into a bow stance, their main hand resting over the hilt of the sword without gripping it, and their offhand resting just under the hilt on the sheath; they stand slightly crouched, able to easily move to a kneeling or standing position for their forms.
Restrictions: Must have a Senpai/Sensei of a Kenjutsu Dojo to learn.

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Slowly, the sliding door that led to the Kusagakure's Kenjutsu dojo was pushed open to admit a small figure within. Honey blonde locks were pulled up into their signature pigtails, perfect for staying out of her face whilst she trained. "Raiju-sensei?" She called out quietly, glancing around the room filled with dummies and mats. "Sensei, are you here?" Shuffling footsteps caught her attention and she pushed further into the room, lips peeling back into a smile as her old sensei appeared before her. "Ahh.. Riou," he cooed, nodding his head. "You are here to finish your studies." It wasn't a question; she had no other reason to be in this place. "Then let us begin."

"Yes, sir," she chirped, and stood back to watch even as he moved his hand to pat the hilt of his sword, which was tucked through his obi. "Now, my student. You have already mastered Battojutsu, and that is wonderful. But defense is just as important as offense, and this is why I shall show you as much as I can in Iaijutsu."

Facing her, he took a few steps forward and bent his front knee. "You cannot see," he murmured, a concentrated look flashing across his face, "But I am distributing most of my weight upon this front leg. You must do so as well." His rear leg was kept stretch out, but also bent slightly. "Do not lock your back knee. Turn your toes at a forty-five degree angle.." He did so, whilst speaking. "This is called the bow stance, and it is the building block for the Iaijutsu stance."

From that position he moved his hands, his right hand resting gently over the hilt of his katana. "Watch closely," he sighed. His other hand was held just under the hilt, on the sheathe. "From this position you can move to kneeling or standing, perfect for what I am going to show you soon." With that, he straightened out of the stance quite easily. "Got it?"

"Yes, sensei!"

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"Ahhh.."

The Kenjutsu sensei rose up, smiling at her slightly. "This stance is all I can teach you. You are not capable of learning more. However, I know.. that you can and will put it to good use. If you're still in the mood to train, we can work on a very strong Battojutsu technique?"

His confession and offer made her frown momentarily. Instead of yelling at him for getting her hopes up, she simply shook her head and sighed. "No thank you, Sensei. I need to diversify. Maybe I'll be back at some other time to learn this technique!" With that the girl turned around, frowning again, and left.

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Shunshin no Jutsu, ug‚̏p, (Body Flicker Technique)
Rank: "C" Rank
Type: NinJutsu
Effect: This jutsu is a high-speed movement technique, allowing a ninja to move short distances at an almost untraceable speed. To an observer, it appears as if the user has teleported.
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Drawback The user is only capable of doing this THREE Times per day after learning it the first time. The user is capable of going into this multiple times. Each time learned the user is capable of using this technique an extra turn per day. If the user uses this technique more then stated, the user's muscles will cramp and render the user unable to run about.
Description: This jutsu is a high-speed movement technique, allowing a ninja to move short distances at an almost untraceable speed. To an observer, it appears as if the user has teleported. A puff of smoke is occasionally used to disguise the user's movements. It is accomplished by using chakra to temporarily boost the user's reflexes. The amount of chakra required depends on the overall distance between the user and their intended destination.
Limit: Universal Technique for all Academy Students, this technique is needed however for the Senkou Kensei Kenshiki

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If Raiju-sensei could not help her expand her skills, then there was nothing more she needed from him. The man was a dear "friend" to her, after having spent so much time learning Battojutsu from him.. but he was useless to her now. With a sad sigh, hazel eyes shifted to take in her surroundings. She knew them well; she also knew it was going to take a hellish amount of time to get back to the compound. The Kikkawa knew that she could easily Shunshin a good thirty meters. That would not take her close enough to her home to be useful, however.

"Oh!" Cue the lightbulb.

Riou had come to the dojo looking for training, and had failed in that. But here was a chance to work her body; perhaps to excell her current level of ability with the fast-movement technique. There was a time where she used it continuously to see what her exact limits were: three. After three uses of the technique, all of her muscles (or really, the ones in her legs and stomach area) had cramped up so bad she had fallen over and could not move at all. Thankfully it had been in the family's garden, because she knew quite a few people who would have taken advantage of that. All this idle thought did have a purpose, of course-- before she began training with use of the Shunshin, she wanted to do some stretching first.

Skittering away from the dojo's shoji screen door, so that her ex-sensei could not stumble upon her doings and laugh at her, the blonde tried to decide what to stretch and how. Obviously she needed to get the muscles in her legs, so that was a good place to start. Withering to the ground, long legs sprawled out in front of her body, taut. One arm reached out to curl fingers around her ankle whilst is twin laid atop it. Arching her back, she leaned forward, sighing as the muscles in her legs pulled tightly against her skin and then relaxed. Flexibility was definitely a shinobi's friend! This process was repeated for the other leg as well.

That done, each leg was pulled up and her feet were pressed falt against one another in a "butterfly" style sitting position. Placing her hands dwn on each knee, she wriggled the legs, like a butterfly flapping its wings. The pull this time was around the hamstring area; honestly, it felt good to stretch out like this. Speaking of hamstrings.. that was probably a nice way to go with this. Unfurling her legs she stretched them out again, much like the first time. The difference? Instead of the 'V' from before, they were pressed together. Grasping both of her ankles she bent over until the muscles screamed at her. Holding out, they eventually loosened up again.

"Uuugh.." Slowly standing up, she turned to face the dojo's wall. Pressing her hands up against the wall shoulder-length apart, she took a step back, heels digging into the ground and back straight. Holding this for a few seconds, she pulled back into a standing position and repeated with the other leg. All the while she was thinking of how to loosen up the muscles in her abdomen, but.. couldn't come up with any ideas on that. "Just have to hope for the best, I suppose.."

One more exercise to go. Turning away from the wall she straightened up, crossing her left foot over her right one. Bending at the waist while keeping her knees straight, she reached for the ground and tried to touch her forehead against her leg. Unable to do so, she came back up and rested her leg muscles before doing it again. Once she felt her forehead touch her leg she straightened, and then repeated with the other leg. Already she could feel her legs loosening up and becoming more limber, but the kunoichi knew it would take daily stretching to keep this up, to perfect her Shunshin.

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