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[.:Ryo:.]

Daisan no Me (The Third Eye)
Rank: "D"
Skill: NinJutsu
Effect: A technique that allows the user the capability of using their sand to where they can create an eye. This eye of sand is used for spying purposes and information gathering purposes. A simple technique known within the Sand Regiments.
Special: ---
Drawback: When the user uses this technique they are unable to use one of their eyes. Reasons for this is because they need to be capable of seeing and the mind is unable to process so many images. Lack of better words the user litterally uses his own eye to see by using Sand. When the user learns this very technique the user is however only capable of using this technique within the distance of how well he is capable of controlling Sand.
Description: The user creates a simple eye that is in the color of brown. The sand is condensed to the point it solidifies and looks like that of an eye. The user keeps a small string of sand that is lined with chakra in order to allow the user to still see.
Limit: Must have the Sand Release, Must know Sand Control.

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Standing just on the outskirts of the Mist Village, Ryo went into his training for the day. He had his back erect, standing tall and sturdy, with his hands in front of him, forming the most basic of all seals: the Tiger. He closed his right eye as sand seeped out of his gourd, surrounding him completely. He had his hood up, as always, so only his eyes peeked out to look out across the open ground. All of these next techniques were going to go by in a flash. They were all lower ranks since he had just finished doing all the chakra-consuming A and S-rank jutsu. Ryo smirked a little bit; he loved saving the easiest ones for the end because then it was a huge relief. He didn’t have nearly as much work ahead of him now. He could finish a dozen techniques before the day was over. He was sure of it.

Lifting his right hand, the chakra inside of the Chuunin’s body flared with intensity. An even wider smirk covered his face now, but he didn’t let his emotions get the best of him. No seals were required for this technique, and it was only a D-Rank, but it was just so important and useful. Ryo just couldn’t pass it up; it would be good for when he was trying to get ANBU for reconnaissance. Closing his right eye with his hand like a claw around it, but not touching it, particles of sand began to form in front of Ryo’s body. A very tiny, almost unseen, single strand of sand led from Ryo’s right hand to the mass gathering in front of his face. The sand in front of him gathered into a perfectly ovular shape. There were no faults at all, even if this was only the first attempt of Ryo’s to do this technique. It was just too easy for somebody of his caliber.

The dark-tinted yellow, circular sand in front of Ryo suddenly changed colors. It became white and elongated a little bit more, giving it a more circular shape rather than ovular. Ryo looked at it and tilted his head a little bit, getting a good look at it. His right eye was still closed with his hand like a claw hovering there. The yellow ball suddenly turned into a miraculous white orb, just floating there. At Ryo’s command, the orb began to twist and turn, moving forward, backward, to the left, and to the right. It moved in all different ways and directions, but Ryo was still unsatisfied. No pupil of any sort had formed yet so it wasn’t technically an ‘eye’ yet, but it was certainly getting there. Adding a tad bit more chakra to the strand of sand that connected the orb to his hand, the orb suddenly stopped. It continued to just hover there, but it was obviously doing something.

As he stared at it, the eye soon stared back at Ryo. Taken by surprise at first, Ryo took half a step back before he realized he had finished the technique. Although the Masamune’s eyes were blue, the one before him was brown. Oh well, it mattered not. This was certainly a peculiar feeling, though. Instead of seeing out of his eyes like normal, Ryo was seeing from his left eye and then he was suddenly a few feet ahead of his body, seeing out of the right. Walking around a little bit and having the Third Eye move around as well, Ryo soon got used to how the whole thing worked. Yes, this would definitely be a useful tool when Ryo needed to gather intel without being spotted. Canceling the technique, Ryo dropped the sand and his arm and opened his right eye once more. Ah, much better. What an oddly awesome sensation.

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[.:Ryo:.]

Suna no Yoroi (Sand Armor)
Rank: "C"
Skill: NinJutsu
Effect: A Think layer of sand that wraps around the user so then they gain the capability of using it as a defense against on coming attacks. The sand is durable, and quite flexable as well that fits neatly around the very user. It may not be as protective as the Sand Shield technique but it helps those that are in need. The Sand Armor is only capable of protecting the user against attacks launched by those who are equal in Class or lower in Class.
Special: ---
Drawback: A technique that has many drawbacks. The user looses an extremely numerous amount of stamina when they have this placed upon them. If the user is a NinJutsu Master they are capable of having this technique up and running for ten posts, and rest for two posts before they use it again. If the user is a NinJutsu Specialist this technique lasts for only Five Rounds and rest for five posts if they wish to use it again. And if the user is a Non NinJutsu Specialist this technique lasts for two rounds before the user becomes to hot and fatigued and rest for ten posts before they are capable of using it again.
Description: A technique that is wrapped around the user's body and sticks on their skin, clothes while hardening greatly. The sand forms into the color of the clothing as well, to show those that attack do not know that the user has a sand armor around them.
Limit: Must have the Sand Release. Must know Sand Control. This technique takes up a total of 10 Meters Radius.

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It didn’t take long before somebody had to come along and ruin all the fun. Ryo sighed when he saw a fellow Mist Chuunin approaching his training ground. Without saying anything beforehand, the Chuunin suddenly challenged Ryo for the location to train. Ryo simply nodded and took a few steps back. This would give him a chance to train in real combat anyway so it would be good practice for sure. The enemy ninja obviously relied on Taijutsu a lot, so Ryo knew what jutsu he was going to train: Sand Armor. Deactivating the automatic sand shield for the moment, Ryo allowed his sand to roam completely free. Some of it seeped into the ground. Most of it just settled around his feet, sticking to his shoes. Ryo had never even tried to use Sand Armor before so this was going to be interesting. Tripping the enemy Chuunin by shifting the sand, Ryo bought himself some time so that he could quickly complete this technique.

The sand all around Ryo’s position suddenly clung to him. Sand from beneath the ground shot up like a hot spring, hitting his cloak and his face with ferocity. Sand around his feet stuck to his sandals and his toes. Doing a quickly handseal, all of the sand upon both Ryo’s clothes as well as his skin hardened. As soon as he completed this, the enemy ninja got up and immediately tried to throw a few punches Ryo’s way. Wanting to test out the defense of the sand, Ryo allowed the first three punches to hit. The first hit him in the face, which instantly destroyed the armor there and Ryo was sure that he would have a black eye. The other two hit his chest. The first broke the armor like glass, hurting Ryo’s opponent more than himself. The last, however, caused the Masamune to cough a bit. It had certainly interrupted his breathing process, which wasn’t good. Ryo needed to harden it a little bit more and a little bit faster.

Tripping him once more with a simple shift of the sand (did this guy realize that Ryo controlled the battlefield?), Ryo commanded his sand to cling to him once more. This time, though, as soon as the sand hit him, Ryo’s chakra went up in a glorious aura and hardened the sand instantaneously. Before, Ryo had hardened all the sand at one time after the sand was already attached to his body. Now he was hardening it as soon as it hit him so that his chakra and the sand would be fresh. It was a pretty decent plan as long as all went accordingly. His opponent getting back up, Ryo allowed the next few blows to hit him. The first was a knee straight to his grown. Ryo actually thought he gulped when this happened out of fear. A guy needed his jewels, if you catch my drift. The kid’s kneecap was almost shattered when it hit, though. The sound and impact it had was like if somebody tried to punch their way through bullet-proof fiber glass.

Still allowing his body to be hit, punches and kicks did nothing. They all hit and just hurt Ryo’s opponent each time. By the end of the ‘fight,’ if you could even call it that, the enemy Chuunin’s knuckles were dripping with blood and he had damaged his left knee and his right foot. This had been a bit chakra-consuming, though, since every time the armor was fractured, Ryo had to spend both sand and chakra to repair the damage. It was certainly worth it because this way it was incredibly hard for Ryo to be hurt. This plus his automatic sand defense made for the perfect defense in general. After he tried to kick him again and practically fractured his foot, the enemy shinobi gave up and went running back to the village.

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[goliath764]

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[.:Ryo:.]

Sabakusari Joumei ((Desert Chain Lock))
Rank: C-rank
Type: Ninjutsu
Effect: Locks a targets feet by forming the surrounding sand on the ground into hardened sand Shackles, and locking.
Special: Horse, Rat, serpent, dog, tiger.
Drawback: N/A
Description: The user performs the necessary hand signs to mold the surrounding sand into shackles, containing the target with added force. The chains run from underground, and pull inward, making it seem like they are being pulled underground by the chains from a certain area.
Limit: Sand Release.

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After resting for all of about fifteen minutes, Ryo felt that his chakra had replenished enough to the point where he would be able to start doing damage once more. He put his hands together in the Tiger handseal and started to channel his chakra. Half of the sand from his gourd sank into the ground just a little bit below his feet. This technique would be very good in combination with others. It was Desert Chain Lock, which basically enabled the Masamune to keep his opponent stuck there in the ground. It was the perfect technique to go along with Soil Conversion and, as long as it proved successful, Desert Coffin. Only a Hyuuga would be able to defend against it since not many people actually thought about attacks coming from underground while the user is aboveground. Ryo had never used it in a fight, but he was going to change all that in the next fight he would get into.

Putting only about twenty meters of sand into the ground, Ryo took a deep breath and closed his eyes. Although he was a Ninjutsu Master, Ryo hadn’t actually used any techniques with handseals in them for quite a long time so he had to make sure he went through the whole string in a short amount of time. He didn’t want to get rusty and, just in case anybody was watching, he wanted to do it smooth and fast. Starting with the Tiger handseal, Ryo went through all four of them in record time, taking all of about a second at the very most. With each and every seal, Ryo’s chakra flared up more and more, intensifying each time, if only by a little bit. The sand beneath the ground vibrated a bit in reaction to the chakra. At Ryo’s command, the sand shot up from beneath the ground and grabbed Ryo’s ankles. Although he knew it was going to happen, Ryo jumped a little bit. Sand moved very fast when it was commanded by the right person.

Although the sand had reacted pretty quickly, its effect wasn’t up to par with that Ryo had been expecting. The shackles were supposed to be made so that the enemy couldn’t possibly get out of them. When Ryo kicked his left foot forward, the sand just sank off and seeped back into the ground. The sand was supposed to be solidified and hardened so that the person couldn’t move. Sighing and grunting a little bit in frustration, Ryo put his hands back together and suppressed his emotions. There was no room for anger or sadness or anything like that in Ryo’s world. There was only greed for power, because power was the thing that kept ninjas alive when they had to go on missions and the like. Ryo wasn’t weak; he was a champion. He went through the handseals once more, going even faster now that he was warmed up. His chakra blasted into the ground ferociously; he was going to get this technique done correctly this time so that he could move on to the next one.

The sand shot up from the ground like a fountain just like it had the last time, but this time when it wrapped around his ankles, it had a little bit of a pull to it. It was as if the shackles were actually pulling Ryo into the ground a little bit. He tried to move, but the technique wouldn’t let him, which was a very good thing. He tried to run forward, charge it, and he just ended up falling onto his own sand. Dispelling the technique, Ryo smirked and sat down. He had gone through three techniques. It was time for a little bit of a nap. He was progressing faster than he had expected, even given the simple nature of the jutsu that he was doing. Good.

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[.:Ryo:.]

Kuchiyose no Jutsu (Jiin) (Summoning Technique (People))
Rank: “D”, “C”, “A”
Skill: NinJutsu
Effect: A summoning technique that allows the user to summon a person the same rank and one rank above as the rank the user knows in the technique.
Special: "Handseals"
Drawback: User may summon only a user by Class depending on what rank they know the technique. Person must have same seal as the user performing the technique. Must have a scroll and seal.
Description: Picture 1-A; Picture 1-B, Picture 2-A; Picture 2-B, A technique where the user uses a seal on a Scroll to summon a person they know. The person who is being summoned must have the same seal as well in order to be summoned. User is unable to summon where other seals are located. The Person is the medium and you need that person in order to bring someone in. In order to summon someone “D” Rank, user must learn “D” Rank Kuchiyose no Jutsu (Jiin) (Summoning Technique (People)). In order to summon someone “C” Rank and “B“ Rank, user must learn “C” Rank Kuchiyose no Jutsu (Jiin) (Summoning Technique (People)). In order to summon someone “A” Rank and “S“ Rank, user must learn “A” Kuchiyose no Jutsu (Jiin) (Summoning Technique (People)).
Limit: Universal NinJutsu

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His teacher, Susumu, looked upon Ryo with curiosity and admiration. “The next thing I’m going to teach you deals with summoning, something we’ve only briefly touched upon in the past. You’re going to learn a jutsu that allows you to summon an actual person.” Intrigued by the very concept of such a thing, Ryo simply nodded. The two of them were standing on their usual training ground on the outermost edges of the villages, in the open plains where there was a small lake and a few trees. This was the perfect place to train. “Take these.” With that, his sensei held out a dozen scrolls, each labeled with a specific seal. Ryo took them silently, never speaking during his sessions with his teacher. “I am going to summon you from my own scrolls so that you can get a good look at what is going to happen. It may feel weird since you have never experienced a summoning of your own body from one location to another. This is a bit similar to the forbidden technique Astral Projection, which we’ve also touched basis on before.”

Doing a few quick shunshins, Susumu placed himself thirty or forty meters across the lake from Ryo. He unraveled a scroll and did a long string of handseals, slamming his flat palm against the scroll at the end. All of the scrolls within Ryo’s bag on his belt gave a little bit of a vibration before Ryo felt himself being transferred the thirty-some meters across the water. He felt his body being transformed, but he was not in any pain whatsoever. He simply felt… weird. It was as if, if only for a few seconds, he was in two places at once, being split evenly between the two. That only lasted for a moment, though. Then, before he knew it, a cloud of smoke was disappearing and, right in front of his face, there stood Susumu. Ryo blinked a few times before his teacher smirked and nodded, patting his back. “Good, good! Now that you know how it’s done, try it yourself. Not on me, though. There is a gennin in the village right now by the name of Conrad. You’ve met him a few times before. He will be your target. Just focus.”

Putting his hands together in the most basic of all the seals, the Tiger handseal, Ryo closed his eyes and thought for a few moments about what he had just seen. He closed his eyes and began to channel his charka. He somehow had to establish a link between his own body and that of Conrad, the person he was attempting to summon. However, establishing a charka link from a distance that possibly exceeds a hundred meters just didn’t seem like a very simple thing to do. Not once had Ryo ever failed to complete instructions given to him by his sensei; he didn’t plan on starting now. He began to visualize the kid. He was a boy of maybe twelve or thirteen years of age. He used mainly Taijutsu, giving him a strong upper body. His hair was black and curly. He had no distinguishing features other than his incredible height. Despite being young, this gennin was probably over six feet tall. His charka circulatory system wasn’t the greatest given his talent in mainly Taijutsu, making a link between the two of them not very difficult.

Ryo would have this down his first try, he knew it. He began to do the long string of handseals. Each seal provided another stage of charka, another flurry of energy that was oh-so desperately needed in order for this connection to be maintained. Creating charka in Ryo’s own body didn’t even really need charka. The handseals would help him to locate the person he was attempting to summon so that he would be able to use his own charka to spread it throughout the person. Once Ryo’s charka overtook and overwhelmed the person, it would be very easy to transport them from one place to another. Ryo began to wonder if it was possible to transport only parts of a person’s body from place to place… He’d rather not think about it. As he came to the last seals, the charka grew more and more, exponentially-so. The charka easily made its way towards the gennin, filling his body with this strange new energy. Slamming his palm down on the scroll, a cloud of smoke spread across Ryo’s position. When he looked up, the very tall gennin was standing there. “Yo.” It was done.

[goliath764]

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Kuchiyose no Jutsu (Jiin) (Summoning Technique (People))
Rank: “D”, “C”, “A”
Skill: NinJutsu
Effect: A summoning technique that allows the user to summon a person the same rank and one rank above as the rank the user knows in the technique.
Special: "Handseals"
Drawback: User may summon only a user by Class depending on what rank they know the technique. Person must have same seal as the user performing the technique. Must have a scroll and seal.
Description: Picture 1-A; Picture 1-B, Picture 2-A; Picture 2-B, A technique where the user uses a seal on a Scroll to summon a person they know. The person who is being summoned must have the same seal as well in order to be summoned. User is unable to summon where other seals are located. The Person is the medium and you need that person in order to bring someone in. In order to summon someone “D” Rank, user must learn “D” Rank Kuchiyose no Jutsu (Jiin) (Summoning Technique (People)). In order to summon someone “C” Rank and “B“ Rank, user must learn “C” Rank Kuchiyose no Jutsu (Jiin) (Summoning Technique (People)). In order to summon someone “A” Rank and “S“ Rank, user must learn “A” Kuchiyose no Jutsu (Jiin) (Summoning Technique (People)).
Limit: Universal NinJutsu

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Handing him another scroll, Susumu spoke of Ryo’s next target for this particular technique. “This is a man by the name of Jin. He is a B-Ranked Chuunin in the Mist Village. You’ve met him before too; he was in the Chuunin Exams with you. This is obviously going to be harder on you because you haven’t seen him as often and he is not just some D or C-Ranked shinobi. He utilizes both genjutsu and ninjutsu, so his chakra levels are probably going to be almost as high as yours, making it harder for you to create that connection. Good luck.” Ryo thought about how he wanted to go about doing this. He just had to establish that chakra connection like he had done with Conrad. But Conrad was a taijutsu user, making it easier to infiltrate his chakra supply and make that connection. The better somebody’s chakra circulation is, the harder it is to simply surpass it and connect you to it. Besides, this Chuunin was probably unaware he was even supposed to be summoned. What a drag.

Putting his fingers together to form the Tiger seal, Ryo took a few steps back, placing the scroll at his feet, wide open. Straightening his back so that he was standing fully erect, the Masamune closed his eyes and channeled his chakra. The hardest part about this entire process, he thought, was the actual finding of the person. Even though it was narrowed down to the Mist Village, the place was still huge with a plethora of civilians, soldiers, and ninja walking around all the time. The level of chakras floating around the air was too vast. After all, basically everything gave off chakra in one form of energy or another, so searching through it to find that perfect signal was pretty difficult. Ryo was basically roaming around the place blind, just trying to find this one simple Chuunin. He was trying to remember what he looked like since that was how he found Conrad when he was doing the d-rank version of this technique. He thought.

Well, back during the Exams, he had been a pretty quiet dude, which was probably why Ryo was having such a difficult time remembering him. He was an Uchiha, though, because people had made such a big deal about it, which had annoyed the Masamune. So his Sharingan was probably activated and if it wasn’t then he would have dark brown, almost black eyes, as most Uchiha do. His hair would probably also be black. His height would be slightly above average at the very least. That only left clothing. Ryo seemed to remember a robe that bore the Uchiha crest on the back of it. Ryo kept this description in mind, thinking this would be enough to summon the Chuunin. The only thing left was to establish some sort of chakra connection, which Ryo would consider the second hardest part of the process, especially if somebody is trained in chakra circulation. Most Uchiha have excellent chakra control. Great. Just great.

Given that this technique required handseals in order for it to work, and Ryo needed to boost his chakra up in order to establish the connection, he began. His fingers moved in a flash of brilliance; even the mighty Sharingan wouldn’t be able to track such a quick movement. Inside his chest, at the core of his chakra circulatory system, Ryo felt a sudden fire within him burn up. His chakra was sent throughout the village with one job: to find this Uchiha. With a pretty accurate description of what he looked like, Ryo was surprised to find out that it didn’t take that long. His chakra hit this Uchiha with a sudden urge to summon. The Uchiha, surprisingly, allowed the chakra to overtake him, establishing the link. Ryo supposed Susumu, his sensei, had already notified the Uchiha of what was going to happen. Finishing the last seal, a sudden burst of smoke erupted from the scroll. It was done.

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Bo-karu Koukyoukyoku Chishiki (Vocal Symphony Knowledge)
Rank: D, C, B, A, S
Skill: Ninjutsu
Effect: Allows the user to use Gakushi Voice techniques.
Special: Handseals
Drawback: The user cannot perform hand seals when utilizing voice techniques.
Description: This technique is the user's ability to combine their chakra with the vibrations emanating from their vocal cords, creating the unique voice techniques. In order to be able to perform a Voice technique, the user must have this technique of a corresponding rank. Thus, if they want to learn a D Rank Voice technique, they must have Bo-karu Koukyoukyoku Chishiki D Rank. C Rank is required for C Rank techniques, and so on.
Limit: Sound Release

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Taking a break from the Human Summoning techniques, Ryo wanted to focus on a release that he never spent much time even trying to understand: Sound. Jin, the Uchiha he had just summoned a few minutes ago, used the Sound release greatly, so he was willing to help Ryo learn a few things. The very basic of all knowledge was the Vocal Symphony Knowledge, which allowed a shinobi to learn voice techniques. However, in order to learn voice techniques, one must first have the understanding of how to combine chakra with vocal cords in order to make the unique sounds. “It isn’t as hard as it’s made it out to be. Your vocal cords are constantly giving off very minute vibrations. All one has to do is intertwine a small bit of chakra with the vibrations and a faint noise can be heard, usually just a single musical note. The more knowledge somebody has of all the sounds, the more they can change and bend the vibrations to make the sounds that they need. These sounds can be very deadly. That’s one of the reasons why the Sound Release is so powerful; it can’t be seen by human eyes, but it can be heard and it can be felt. I’ll show you.”

Patiently waiting and watching, Ryo thought about this. Unseen, but definitely heard. This was possibly the best release one could have. With his Sharingan activated so that it took even less of an effort, Jin did three handseals, stimulating his chakra. He opened his mouth and a very soft melody came out, like a flute playing just a few notes. He closed his mouth and deactivated his Sharingan. “That’s just how easy it is. That’s really all I can tell you about it. You just have to figure it out for yourself.” With that, Jin and Conrad took their leaves, needing to get back to the Mist Village. After all, they were only supposed to be practice dummies for the Human Summoning technique, which Ryo had already completed two out of three ranks for. Now it was onto Sound Release for a technique or two. He needed to combine his chakra with vibrations emitted from his vocal cords. That couldn’t be too hard, could it?

Closing his eyes, Ryo stood, thinking for a moment before ever doing anything. He smirked to himself and did a few handseals. He thought about how his voice worked, but had never really understood the internal workings of his body, so he just had to direct his chakra to the right spot. He brought it to the back of his throat because he just figured this was the right spot. He didn’t know where to go from there, though. Thinking for a few seconds, he cleared his throat, trying to think of a way to direct the chakra. But that was just it. From a simple noise, he could just latch his chakra onto wherever the noise was coming from. That made enough sense, didn’t it? He cleared this throat again and, as soon as the sound was made, his chakra latched onto the source. When he opened his mouth to speak, though, nothing happened. Vibrations, right? Wasn’t that what it was about? So Ryo just had to think of how to intertwine the vibrations with his chakra to make a beautiful symphony… He smirk grew a little wider.

He hummed a very soft tune, doing the set of handseals again to stimulate his chakra. With his chakra now active once more, he continued to hum, but started to open his mouth. With his throat still thinking it was making vibrations and the chakra attached, when he opened his mouth, a very soft tune came out. That was a bit of a cheap way to figure out how the technique worked, though, so Ryo tried to figure it out while still keeping it active. He added more and more chakra onto his vocal cords while keeping the vibrations up. This was basically like humming with your mouth open, or at least, that’s what it felt like. Like a soft tickle in the back of your throat. Ryo laughed a little bit and stopped the flow of chakra. He did the handseals again and this time his chakra knew exactly what to do. The same tune was made again when he parted his lips, although this time it was a little lower. It was done.

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[goliath764]

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"Setsudanki" (Serration)
Rank: D, C-ranked
Skill: Ninjutsu, supplementary
Effect: Adds sharper triangular edges to solid iron sand. Maybe paired with most Iron sand creations.
Special: Add Dog hand seal to choice creation.
Drawback: Only works on solidified Iron sand.
Description: By adding a simple handseal to the end of a certain clan technique, members can add a dozens sharp triangular edges their Iron sand creation. These Triangles are no less then an inch in size and add additional slashing and cutting power to there weaponry or Iron sand techniques.
Upon learning the C-ranked version of this technique, the user may further elongate the sharpen triangle to 6in. in length, increasing there deadly nature further.
Limit: Masamune Bloodline. The user may only learn the C-ranked version of this technique after gaining 300 TP within clan techniques. "C-ranked" control in both "Polarity Field" and "Iron sand Transmutation".

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Sitting down Indian-style with a large heap of iron sand in front of him, Ryo began to contemplate all of the different techniques he still had to learn within his own bloodline. He scratched the back of his head and began thinking of the few that he didn’t know. Most of the ones he still had to learn were lower-ranked so he would focus on those ones first. He smirked to himself and put his fingers together, the iron sand in front of him twisting a little bit as the Masamune’s chakra connected with it, forming the bond. Doing a quick set of handseals, a small bit of the iron sand rose up and began to spread around the outlying area, creating a dense fog. Being on the outskirts of the village, there were a few merchants with shops set up alongside the road who began to question the fog. They simply shrugged it off; they weren’t going to be alive for much longer though.

Closing his eyes, Ryo began to focus on the particles of iron sand that made up the fog. He began to concentrate on every single little, tiny grain of iron sand that was floating around the area. Iron Serration was simply adding small bits of triangles within the iron sand. However, combining Serration with the Iron Fog technique proved to be a lot more difficult due to the fact that the iron sand was everywhere, but barely visible. Ryo focused harder. He concentrated on twisting the fog so that every little bit of iron sand within it sharpened. The first stage of Iron Serration dealt with tiny, but deadly sharpened triangles that would scrape across the opponent and cut them. This didn’t seem like much, but with Iron Sand it was literally thousands and thousands of those triangles cutting all the pores on the opponent’s body. Ryo would have this completed in no time at all; he just had to focus on sharpening the sand particles.

Standing up, Ryo straightened out his back so that he was standing at his full height. He did the seals for Iron Fog once more, thickening it, and added the Dog seal to the end of it, beginning the Serration technique. All throughout the air, now, little sharp triangles spread throughout. They were less than an inch overall, but this was how the D-ranked version was supposed to be, so it was alright. Doing the handseals once again, Ryo spread his chakra with the first set, putting it all around the area that he was standing in. It spread for a good fifty meters without stopping. Again, he added the Dog seal to the end of it so that those tiny, but oh-so lethal triangles were added into the mix. As the Iron Sand moved around all the merchants and children playing and women working and whatnot, they all began to feel a little poking on their skin. They realized that this fog wasn’t natural, but by now there was nothing they could do about it.

The Serration particles were moving faster now, but actually seeing fog move at a high speed is impossible. Nobody would know what happened. They would all suddenly just receive tiny cuts upon their skin just a tad larger than that of a paper cut, but over time it would hurt. And then they would be dead. Getting a hundred little paper cuts on your throat would do you in for sure. Ryo sighed and sat back down in front of his iron sand. He did another set of handseals, adding Dog to the end of it again, and watched as the iron sand in front of him moved straight up. All along the sides of it were tiny, sharpened triangular edges. Ryo smirked. He could really use Iron Serration for almost every single offensive Masamune technique in the arsenal. He was done with this for now though.

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"Magunechikku Arashi" (Magnetic Tempest)
Rank: C-ranked
Skill: Ninjutsu, supplementary
Effect: Uses polarity field and Iron sand to defy gravity.
Special: Dragon only
Drawback: The user is an exposed target when in the air. The user may be harmed if knocked off the disc when high in the air
Description: The users take a small sum of Iron sand, and forms it into a round, flat, Iron disc. The disc is roughly the same diameters as the users body. By standing upon this thin disc, the user can hover about the ground, and move about a field with much more ease and speed. A user speed and mobility is increased by .5 (5%) The polarity field lets the user lift his own weight (or the weight of others) via the iron sand. More then one disc can be created, and the jutsu itself does not require much chakra to maintain. The users ranks effects how high the disc can hover from the floor.
A D-ranked user may move up to a maximum height of 10 meters.
A C-ranked user may move up to a maximum height of 25 meters.
A B-ranked user may move up to a maximum height of 40 meters.
A A-ranked user may move up to a maximum height of 50 meters.
A S-ranked user may move up to a maximum height of 65 meters.
Limit: Masamune Clan. "C-ranked" control in "Polarity Field" and C-ranked in "Iron sand Transmutation".

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How many people in the shinobi world can actually float into the air? Not many, but Ryo was about to join that small crowd. Magnetic Tempest used the Masamune’s ability to defy gravity and allow them to suspend themselves in the middle of the air. Ryo was pretty excited to learn this technique just because floating in mid-air seemed so awesome. The first stage of learning this technique would be creating a small, flat disc that he would be able to stand on. This didn’t seem hard at all, right? Ryo closed his eyes and stood up, looking down at the iron sand at his feet. He took a deep breath and put his fingers together to form the most basic Tiger seal. He would have this technique down in no time for sure. His hand suddenly moved into the Dragon seal. He looked down at the iron sand in hopes that a disc would just appear there due to him doing the seal.

Well, that didn’t happen. Ryo closed his eyes and put his fingers back into the Tiger seal. He pictured a flat disc of iron sand that he would be able to stand on and float around on. He pictured the exact measurements of it and its uses from being something he stood on to something he could throw at his enemies. Pushing his fingers into the Dragon handseal, Ryo released his chakra from the core of his body down into his feet, finally pouring it out into the heap of iron sand at his feet. He opened his eyes and, when he looked down, he was standing on the disc. He was still on the ground, though, so he still had a ways to go before this technique was perfected. Taking another deep breath, he thought about the perfect way to do this. Getting fifty meters into the air and then suddenly falling would really suck so Ryo wanted to finish this in one trial so that he could move onto the next technique.

The best part of the Masamune’s bloodline was the Polarity Field, which, among other things, allowed for excellent movement. The Magnetic Tempest wasn’t an offensive technique nor a defensive one, but a supplementary. The Polarity Field allowed for the Masamune, with the proper knowledge, to literally make up, down and down, up. The very idea made the Masamune tickle a little bit. He smirked at his own silliness. This would be such a fun technique to use in battle. He did the Dragon seal again and slowly began to lift off the ground. Sure, he could’ve shot off the ground like a rocket, but the chances of him falling off would be increased… a lot. He laughed a little bit as he watched the ground get smaller and smaller. To his surprise, Ryo didn’t even have to put a lot of strain on his Polarity Field. It simply came natural to him. Ryo stopped about thirty meters into the air and looked around. This was quite the view.

Wanting to test out the limitations of the technique, Ryo began to move around horizontally, vertically, and diagonally. Everything was possible, but the distance was limited. When he got to about forty meters or so in any direction, Ryo could feel a very tough pull on his chakra because his polarity field could only support the distance so much. Ryo also figured out that he was faster when he was on the disc than when he was on his own two feet. Speeding off to the ground, Ryo figured he had this technique pretty much mastered. The iron disc fell apart and became nothing more than simple particles in the mass of it on the ground. He took a deep breath and thought about what to learn next.

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"Iron sand weapon crafting" (secondary)
Rank: C-ranked
Skill: Ninjutsu
Effect: Allows the user to solidify Iron sand into the shape of secondary weaponry
Special: Boar only
Drawback: Weapons created cannot be sold within stores. After 1 minute (10 posts) the user must recast this technique.
Description: After performing the handseal, the user suspends a certain amount of Iron sand into the air. The user command their Iron sand to compress and solidify, creating an assortment of secondary weapons. The Iron sand shifts about and reforms, leaving behind 5 slots worth of either Kunai, Shuriken or Senbon needles. (5 Kunai, 15 shurikens or 25 needles). These secondary weapons act in the same mannerism as their real counterparts, but once they land and hit there mark, the weapons return to their Iron sand state. These weapons are just as sharp and deadly as their counterpart, looking no different as well.
Limit:Masamune Clan. "C-ranked" control in both "Polarity Field" and "Iron sand Transmutation".

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Sitting down once more, Ryo looked at the pile of iron sand that lay before him. There were only a few C-ranked techniques that he had left to do so he wanted to finish them up before he returned back to the village. Closing his eyes, he knew the exact two techniques he wanted to do next: Secondary and Primary Weapon Crafting. Who needs a real sword when you can have an iron one, right? Smirking, he thought about how he was going to go about this. He figured since it was such a low-ranked technique he could just picture the weapon in his mind, do the handseal, and form it and then be done with it. That seemed simple enough. So, Ryo closed his eyes tight and thought about all the secondary weapons out there. There was a plethora of them.

The first thing that came to every ninja’s mind would probably be the kunai; that’s exactly what the young Masamune had thought. All of the Mist kunai that Ryo came across always had a bandage around the handle. Then the thin part of the blade would start, a line going down the middle to the tip while the other two ends sprang out left and right, then came back diagonally to the tip, forming a triangular blade. Ryo determined how sharp it should be, how long the blade was, and how long the hilt of it should be. His fingers, originally in the Tiger handseal, twisted and turned, forming the Boar seal. When he opened his eyes, a perfect kunai was staring him down. Not happy enough yet, Ryo changed the seal back to the Tiger and did it again, this time five kunai forming instead of just one. He smirked. Now, he would go onto the next weapons.

The next two things that came to mind were shurikens and senbon needles. Starting with shurikens, once again, Ryo closed his eyes and thought about it, this time standing up with his body fully erect. Shurikens had four blades, each one coming off the main circular base and angling just a little bit, making them ideal for spinning when they’re thrown. The whole in the middle of them, Ryo guessed, made them more aerodynamic or some stupid crap when they’re thrown. He really didn’t know; he just knew what they looked like. After imagining these, before doing the Boar sign, Ryo thought of what senbon needles. He knew that these would definitely be easier to form than anything else because they were so thin and light without any complicated shapes. Shurikens were probably the hardest ones to make because they had so many shapes and whatnot.

Twisting his fingers into the Boar sign, Ryo kept his eyes open this time, watching the iron sand rise right in front of him to form two kunai, five senbon needles, and three shuriken. Smirking when he saw it happen right in front of his eyes, Ryo felt pretty bad-ass. He knew his power, but not his limitations. He felt he could do anything he set his mind to, and always thought he was right no matter what it was. He suddenly flicked an outstretched arm forwards toward a random tree in the distance. These weapons should be able to go as far as his polarity field would allow him, so he was simply testing that. The weapons soared through the air with ease, hitting the old tree and splintering the bark. Pleased with his mastery of the technique, Ryo canceled the technique, still standing up. The iron sand that he had used for the weapons soaked back into his main supply. Time to go onto the next one…

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"Iron sand weapon crafting" (Primary)
Rank: C-ranked
Skill: Ninjutsu
Effect: Allows the user to solidify Iron sand into the shape of Primary weaponry
Special: Dog only
Drawback: Weapons created cannot be sold within stores. After 3 minute (30 posts) the user must recast this technique.
Description: After performing the handseal, the user suspends a certain amount of Iron sand into the air. The user command their Iron sand to compress and solidify, creating a Primary weapon. The Iron sand shifts about and reforms, leaving behind a primary weapon of the users choice, which appears similar to the original in every way. He or she may command their Iron sand to form into any primary weapon that has No special attributes to it. For example, One may create a simple sword, a lance or a even a mace out of Iron sand. This primary weapon acts in the same mannerism as its true counterpart, if the weapon was a sword for example, then it may be used to slash or stab just as any other sword would. The primary weapon that is crafted retains the same hardness as its original as well. Once the time period of this weapon expires, it revert back into its Iron sand state.
Limit:Masamune Clan. "C-ranked" control in "Polarity Field" and B-ranked control in "Iron sand Transmutation". The user must have at least 400 tp within clan techniques as well.

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Now that he had finished the Secondary Weaponry technique, it only made sense for the young Masamune to continue on with Primary Weapons, another C-rank that probably wouldn’t consume too much of his time. Ryo stood up once more, tired of sitting down while trying to perform techniques. This time, however, he got closer to that tree he had been practicing with earlier when he learned Secondary Weaponry, wanting to test out his new weapons on a target of some sort. The most basic primary weapon that any shinobi could think of would definitely be a simple sword. Just like he had done with the secondary weapons, Ryo thought the only thing he would have to do would be to picture the weapon, do the handseal, and he would be done with it just like before. He hoped so anyway.

Since primary weapons were usually more complicated than secondary weapons, Ryo knew he would have to spend a little bit more time thinking of the appearance; he wanted it to be perfect in every single way. The hilt had the handle at the bottom, and then split to the left and to the right in order to support the blade. The blade shot straight up, a line up the middle as well as along the two sides, forming the triangular blade at the very top. The more he thought about it, the more Ryo realized that a sword was basically just a more complicated version of a kunai. The blades were quite similar and the handles were similar, the kunai’s just being a bit more simplistic. Ryo put his hands together, stimulating his chakra as he formed the Dog seal. He opened his eyes to watch the magic happen.

His chakra began at his core, building up there until it came down to his feet and seeped out into the pile of iron sand. The iron sand reacted almost immediately to the Masamune’s wishes, knowing the picture he had painted in his mind. The iron sand rose right on front of the tall Mist shinobi and twisted and contorted until a perfect replica of a great sword was made. It looked like a genuine weapon. Grasping the hilt of the sword with his right hand, the blade suddenly hit the ground, sticking into the dirt. Not only was this a sword, but it was one made out of iron sand, giving it a pretty heavy feel. Ryo sighed a little bit. This is where being a Ninjutsu Master sucked instead of being more Taijutsu-oriented. He wouldn’t have it any other way, though.

Using his left hand to help lift the sword, Ryo practiced swinging it back and forth, up and down. He wanted to get a good feel for it now to practice before he ever tried to use it in a combat situation. He looked at the tree, focusing on his target. He steadied his hands, slowed down his breathing so that the hit would be accurate and deadly. Suddenly, without warning, Ryo allowed the sword to spring free. He swung fast and hard at the trunk of the tree with the sword. As the blade smashed against it with intensity and ferocity, bark went everything in small splintering fragments. Ryo smirked and dropped the sword, sweat dripping off of his brow. He sat back down with his iron sand and thought about the next technique he wanted to perform.

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