Cram Time {P}

[|Ayame Unbound|]

Hana Ninpou: Kamisori Kahen (Flower Ninja Art: Razor Petals)
Rank: C Rank
Skill: Ninjutsu
Effect: Causes a the head of a flower, or flowers, to begin to rapidly spin, creating a saw effect.
Special: "Handseals"
Drawback: The user must have flowers in order to perform this technique. Does not discriminate between friends or foes. Weak to fire.
Description: A dangerous Hana Ninpou that is mostly used on opponents when the user is engaged in single combat. By channeling chakra through the use of handseals into the head of a flower, the user will cause the head, and thus all the petals, to begin to rapidly spin. The petals, imbued with the user's chakra, are hardened, and, in combination with the fast rotation of the flower heads, are capable of cutting through flesh. The user can target a single flower or a field of flowers, so long as the field targeted does not exceed an area of up to ten meters in diameter.
Limit: Must be a member of the Hanakora Clan.

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She was training in a daze now. Her mind had almost completely blanked but the idea of training passed through her head like a mantra. Another Hanakora technique, one far more deadly than the ones she had been training prior to this. She had this and one other technique in mind, oh it looked like her mind was functioning again, yay! Anywho she looked over the scroll as per usual and memorized the needed things for the technique in question. The voracity of the technique impressed her, especially in conjunction with the other technique she had in mind.

For the one millionth and one hundredth time she would begin to perform hand symbols. Hand seals, while useful, were not the most exciting part of training. Alas she would perform them anyways, knowing they were needed and wanting to learn the technique desperately enough to do it. Thus she performed them until she became as accustomed to them as she was to the seals of every other technique she knew. Then came the whole two at once game as she continued to perform the seals but attempted to gather chakra at the same time. Laugh if you will but it’s slightly more interesting.

As she expected she performed that task with little to no problems which really just left her to produce flower saws of death. Her chakra pressed into her handy dandy field of flowers and spread slowly as the kunoichi urged the chakra to extend over a ten meter radius. Easier said than done. So the flowers would slowly absorb the mystical energy as she worked on increasing the space flower by flower. Like seriously if someone tried to get through this thing when she was done they’d probably be dismembered. These thoughts obviously meant the writer was getting bored and thus allowed the kunoichi to succeed in this task.

First came the hardening of the petals which was similar to what she had done before except they were becoming sharper this time. Thus she pressed her chakras, not just into the flower itself but into the petals, hopefully strengthening and sharpening the petals. As the petals continued to sharpen the kunoichi would hum lightly instead of focusing. After a few minutes of waiting time she tested first the stability of the petals which was passable and the sharpness. The gash on her finger should be a sufficient answer as to how that test turned out. Satisfied and only bleeding a little she would move on.

More chakra would press into the flowers and they would begin to spin quickly like little saws, ready to take a nice chunk out of anybody who dared enter the radius. After a deliciously evil cackle befitting of the situation the girl let the technique die as she stared into the wild blue yonder. She was almost there, in fact in her current list there was only one technique left. She sighed and looked around. Time was closing in quickly and there was… well actually there wasn’t all that much left to do. She just needed to get up and do it.

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[Zetsumei]

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[|Ayame Unbound|]

Hana Kamei: Jiten! (Flower Command: Spin!)
Rank: D Rank
Skill: Ninjutsu
Effect: Causes a flower, or flowers, to rise up off of the ground and begin to spin.
Special: "Handseals"
Drawback: The technique is incapable of harming anyone. Weak to fire.
Description: A simple technique that is mostly just for show, this ability allows the user to cause a flower, or up to five meters in diameter of flowers, to rise as far as ten meters off of the ground and simply spin around and around very quickly. The effect lasts for one turn, although the user may hold the Ram handseal in order to cause the flowers to remain within the air, continuing their spin, for a greater show.
Limit: Must be a member of the Hanakora Clan..

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The technique she had in mind now seemed relatively useless. But unlike most useless techniques this one made for a potentially fun combination. She still had some time to kill after all. It seemed as if these exams were taking forever to start and she was pretty much bored out of her mind waiting and y’know, plotting to not be killed. She ignored the fact that these exams were potentially awful for international relations and read over the scroll for what seemed to be a ridiculously simple technique to learn, if not repetitive of everything else she had ever trained. Ever.

It started out with hand seals, as per usual. She began the string as if it were anything else, except she would take the time to go slowly so as to not destroy her chances of learning the technique, as if that would ever really happen. As she became more acquainted with the zodiac symbols she determined she could progress to conjuring chakra at the same time. What a leap! Thus she would perform the symbols over again as she called upon the wellspring of mystical energy in her body. As per usual said energy would rise and flow and stream and all that other weird stuff that chakra does.

With that done she now had to press the chakra into the flowers along the ground. This is still the same flower field that she magically had some three posts ago for those of you who are wondering. The energy was slow to reach the flowers and even less willing to envelop them in a nice warp envelope of chakra. With some urging and foot stamping from the kunoichi this process would begin however. Kana was not one to give up after all. After what seemed like an eternity the process would be underway and the kunoichi would successfully complete the whole imbuing random objects with chakra process.

Now she had to once more forcefully remove the flowers from there stems, a feat which she had all but perfected thanks to previous training. With that done she would use her chakra as a sort of net so as to lift up the flowers, somewhere up to ten meters according to the scroll which she had of course read thoroughly. Her flowers levitated mere inches from the ground. She coaxed them gently with her flowers and crooned soothing words. It was supposed to help flowers grow, why couldn’t it help them fly? With her coaxing the flowers rose up to five meters in height.

Further coaxing and crooning brought the flowers to their maximum height of ten meters where they began to spin as the technique directed. She released the held ram sign and let the flowers fall to the earth in a rain of petals and fragrance once more. She was getting rather bored with Hanakora techniques as of the moment and there wasn’t really anything low ranked left. She didn’t feel quite comfortable attempting to learn a high ranked technique when the exams could start any minute. Thus she would sit down to consider where to go from here, training wise of course.

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[← KIRA →]

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[|Ayame Unbound|]

Doton: Karirisu no Jutsu (Earth Release: Art of the Hunting Squirrel)
Rank: "C" Rank
Skill: Ninjutsu
Effect: Creates up to one tiny earthen squirrel which, with the Ram handseal held, can be controlled by the user and shares vision with the user.
Special: "Hand Seals", hold Ram.
Drawback: The user must hold the Ram handseal for the duration of the techniques. Lasts a maximum of ten turns. May only travel up to 100 meters from the user. While looking through the squirrel's eyes, the user becomes blind to the things around him.
Description: A spying-type Ninjutsu usually used in wooded-like areas where squirrels are common to be found. Creating a squirrel from the ground using chakra, the user will then continue to hold the Ram Handseal, which can be used to control the small animal. The user shares vision with the squirrel and as such the technique can be used for scouting and spying purposes while having little to do with combat. The squirrel lasts for a maximum of ten turns, and can travel only a maximum of 100 meters from the user before the technique breaks.
Limit: Must have Doton Soushi "C" Rank. Must have the Earth Release.

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~~Dark light reactions is full life reflections
Heavens Gate wonder with lightning and thunder~~

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It was so cute and fuzzy it was almost sickening, the pure idea of the technique. A tiny little squirrel of earth, how much cuter could it get? She shook of the idea of the pressing cuteness and thought of the positive aspects of this technique. It was an excellent spying technique she could use in case anything ever happened to Athena or there was some place she would be too conspicuous. With this in mind Kana relegated herself to training it and swore never to use it around Mukuro for fear of the ridicule that would come. No more procrastinating, it was time to train.

The first step was hand seals, go figure. Another set of hand seals meant another dozen repetitions, more memorization. Over and over she repeated the symbols, silently cursing; she hated how boring this was with nothing to truly entertain her. Everything has its reason though. She performed the seals yet again, calling her chakra this time and letting it press into the ground. Ethereal blue sparks danced to and fro across the ground as the chakra was working its way into the earth and imbuing each and every mineral. Her chakra began to compress the earth and prepare for her first attempt at this technique.

The earth pressed from various directions to create the guise of a squirrel. When Kana felt it was complete she would draw it forth from the earth. The creature was perfect, weren’t all of her creations? The creature rested on the earth, its brown skin the same tone as the earth beneath. Through the control of Kana’s chakra it turned its head to the left slightly. She urged the little creature to step forth but it remained frozen in place. Well that was a bit incorrect. The creature was able to move everything but its legs, as if it was rooted to the earth.

Rooted… that was the problem. She had created the squirrel but her chakra had not completely detached from the earth thus keeping the creation from moving about. She quickly found the base of her chakra and severed the link between the ground and the squirrel. Her freeing of the woodland creature was a success. Using her chakra the kunoichi was now able to fully control the disgustingly cute and fuzzy creature she had created. Now it was the distance she had to test. Using expert chakra control the female would direct the squirrel further and further away until she had reached the edge of her range.

One hundred meters was a long distance that alone made it more powerful than any other spying technique she had. She ended the technique and sighed. She still decided she would never use it around Mukuro unless it was life and death. It was much too cute and fuzzy for her taste and Mukuro would surely give her hell for it. She sighed and looked around once more. She was still so far from her mastery of earth releases, from progressing to her next step that it was painful. She just had to get there, she would be happy once that was complete, then she could rest for a long while.[/font][/blockquote]

[Zetsumei]

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[|Ayame Unbound|]

Mind's Eye of the Kagura
Rank: D, C, B, A, S
Skill: Passive
Effect: The basic technique needed in order to learn all Sensor Techniques.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: The basic yet complex ability that allows Sensor's to find, sense, and track individuals over a vast range. This ability is done by the user closing their eyes and opening their mind's eye in order to see the advanced chakra systems around them. At A rank and above, Sensors no longer need to close their eyes in order to access their mind's eye. The user of this jutsu can only sense those up to the equivalent class rank of the rank they know. (i.e. If the user knows up to B rank in this jutsu they can sense characters of all the way from D to B rank. The basic range of this technique is ten meters.
Limit: Must fulfill all requirements to become Sensor in order to learn this technique.

~~To see the world in a grain of sand~~

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It was something completely new and exciting. How could the knowledge hungry kunoichi resist such a temptation? The words of sensory techniques swept the nation by storm for sure. The possibilities were amazing and nothing could keep Kana away from the question of power. A scroll lay within her hands. A small village boy had offered to help her train her first stage of the technique. It was almost as if she was back home in Kumogakure training. She finished reading the dictation and set the scroll aside. She was fairly certain she was ready to embark on the training of this technique.

Her eyes closed as she worked on concentrating on sensing the chakra of the small boy. He had hidden somewhere, she had to attempt to find him using her sensing abilities alone since she would be unable to open her eyes for the time being. She visualized her minds eyes opening, allowing her to sense things she had never dreamed of before. She breathed in deep breaths, keeping herself focused on the technique at hand. She immediately sensed her own chakra stirring beneath her skin but that was not the intended result. She pushed the image out of her mind as she strived to move further away from her own body.

She felt something in the distance. It was a strange sensation between seeing and feeling. It was soft though and difficult to place. She had to increase her concentration and discern the exact location of the child. She continued to breathe calmly and smiled as the chakra sensation began to get slightly stronger. She focused first on finding the direction of the technique. It was not in front of her… no it was slightly to her left… just slightly though. To her left meant it was something south, south west. She was confident in that decision, now she needed to look into the exact distance.

She knew the distance has to be somewhere within a ten meter range, it was the maximum range for Mind’s Eye after all. She calmed her breathing and focused intently on the direction of the boy who was aiding her. She envisioned reaching out one meter at a time. Meter by meter the distance would pass before her, stretching outwards until she hit what was perceived as a sort of hot spot. She was almost positive this was the location of the boy now she just had to confirm her theory. She continued sensing for a long minute before slowly opening her eyes.

She stood and made a bee line for the location she had discerned just moment before. She passed through a low set of bushes before reaching a tree. She peered around the solid trunk and found the boy relaxing lazily beneath the tree. As he spotted her he jumped up and smiled toothily before saying he’d get his sister to help her continue. It was so cute that the little one understood the process she needed to continue training this technique. The kid was cute there was no lying about that. She went back to her scroll once more to continue reading up on the technique.[/font][/blockquote]

[Zetsumei]

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[|Ayame Unbound|]

Mind's Eye of the Kagura
Rank: D, C, B, A, S
Skill: Passive
Effect: The basic technique needed in order to learn all Sensor Techniques.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: The basic yet complex ability that allows Sensor's to find, sense, and track individuals over a vast range. This ability is done by the user closing their eyes and opening their mind's eye in order to see the advanced chakra systems around them. At A rank and above, Sensors no longer need to close their eyes in order to access their mind's eye. The user of this jutsu can only sense those up to the equivalent class rank of the rank they know. (i.e. If the user knows up to B rank in this jutsu they can sense characters of all the way from D to B rank. The basic range of this technique is ten meters.
Limit: Must fulfill all requirements to become Sensor in order to learn this technique.

~~And Heaven in a wild flower~~

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0|10 {C Rank}

The boy had returned with his sister, who was only a few years older than him. The girl it turned out was perfect in her strength range thus allowing her to help Kana progress with the technique. She spoke with the girl at length, thanking her and explaining the instructions. The girl was only too happy to help. The brother beamed at his accomplishment and ran to help his sister find a spot to hide. So this is what her training had come down to, playing hide and seek with a bunch of kids. She smiled ruefully and got comfortable so could close her eyes and beginning the process.

A small amount of chakra snaked through her to reach her mind and spark. One of the keys to this technique was visualization thus she ‘watched’ as her minds eye opened to the world around her. It was a strange sight really. Just as before the first image to enter her mind was her own wellspring of chakra and just as before that was not important. She pushed the image away and let her mind’s eye see further than just herself. Small bits of chakra danced through her mind, after effects of techniques long gone. She pressed them out of her mind as well, she had to remain focused.

She decided the best course of action would be to follow the process she had before. First she would uncover the direction of the young girl helping her. She envisioned a compass rose surrounding her range so as to allow her to find the cardinal directions. Her sight pressed north. There were small nuances meant only to distract her. As she reached ten meters she knew that was incorrect. She moved eastwards. Her second vision sensing nothing once again. It was like a radar sweep in her attempt to find anything. She turned south, vision extending outwards once again but to no avail.

Trying not to feel dejected she moved west. She hoped the girl was that way, if not it meant something went wrong in the technique. She pressed out to the extent of her range. And there it was! The ethereal blue glow of the girl’s chakra filled her mind… but what was the distance? She was not quite as far as the boy had been meaning she was closer in Kana’s ten meter range. She measured carefully and decided that the female was roughly six meters away. She double checked her calculations until she was satisfied with them. She was almost positive but she had to be sure.

Her eyes opened slowly, the position fixed in her mind. It was rather annoying to have to close her eyes to do this but that would be remedied in time. She rose to her feet, feeling the strange sensations that were the after effect of this technique. She made her way due west, measuring out the distance as she walked. As she reached the six meter point her eyes read the scene. Disturbances in the leaves and a small piece of cloth caught on the bark of the tree led her to look upwards. Her eyes locked on the smiling girl. The girl jumped down saying she’d get their older sister to help.[/font][/blockquote]

[goliath764]

OH NO SENSOR PAWNAGE!!!

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[|Ayame Unbound|]

Advanced Chakra Sensing
Rank: D
Skill: Passive
Effect: A technique used to differentiate between chakra signatures.
Special: ---
Drawback: --
Description: This skill is used in conjunction with Mind’s Eye of the Kagura. This passive ability allows the user to differentiate between separate chakra signatures. A person will be able to tell if the chakra is that of a human or an animal. Also once the user sees an individual’s chakra signature once they will automatically recognize that persons chakra signature from then on.
Limit: Must know Mind’s Eye of Kagura.

~~Hold infinity in the palm of your hand~~

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Kana stopped the brother and sister from leaving just now. She wanted to add on to her technique before she would progress to the next rank. She looked over the scroll that outlined all the sensor techniques and absorbed the information. She was a fast reader and a fast learner so hopefully she would be able to execute this technique fairly well. She explained to the kids what she needed and they rushed to oblige. She reminded herself to do something nice for these kids for being so helpful. Finally they were ready. As with Mind’s Eye of the Kagura her eyes would need to remain closed for now.

Her eyes were closed and she activated her mind’s eye technique once more. This was one of the techniques that worked in direct relation with the base technique. She needed to be able to differentiate between the chakra signatures of separate people. The two little ones were ready to start their plan. A strange chakra signature moved into her vision. It was small, much smaller than the children, much too small. It couldn’t be a human at all. Whatever it was moved closer to her. The signature began to take place. “Is that… a dog?” The creature yipped and licked her hand. She petted the pup without opening her eyes.

The children took this as their cue to begin the next step of the plan. Two figures, the children, moved into her sight range. She had to try and differentiate who was who by their chakra signatures alone. She tried to think back to her time spotting each of the children. The girl was stronger than the boy but that was not what she needed to differentiate them from one another. The girl’s chakra was softer, more docile than the males. The boy however had more of an edge something more wild and untamed, now she just had to see which was which when compared to each other.

She looked at them both. She called out her ruling; she believed the boy was the one on the left. They told her she was wrong before running in circles with each other, confusing Kana’s sight and resetting themselves once more. She looked closer this time, determined to get her answer right. She couldn’t use mind games to get her answer she had to use her sensing powers alone. She yelled out her answer once more. They were far enough away to make this all the more difficult for her. She believer the boy was on the right this time.

They told her she was right. Kana beamed and opened her eyes. It was another level of sensor to add to her arsenal but there were so many left to learn. She could spend ages working on mastering this alone. She would not devote her entire time to this but she was fairly certain she would master it if nothing else. She was sure it would help her somehow. The possibilities were endless and she was strong. She would master this certainly, with no time to waste. It would be good not only for her but for her team back home.[/font][/blockquote]

[Koori.]

Learned.

[|Ayame Unbound|]

Mind's Eye of the Kagura
Rank: D, C, B, A, S
Skill: Passive
Effect: The basic technique needed in order to learn all Sensor Techniques.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: The basic yet complex ability that allows Sensor's to find, sense, and track individuals over a vast range. This ability is done by the user closing their eyes and opening their mind's eye in order to see the advanced chakra systems around them. At A rank and above, Sensors no longer need to close their eyes in order to access their mind's eye. The user of this jutsu can only sense those up to the equivalent class rank of the rank they know. (i.e. If the user knows up to B rank in this jutsu they can sense characters of all the way from D to B rank. The basic range of this technique is ten meters.
Limit: Must fulfill all requirements to become Sensor in order to learn this technique.

~~ And eternity in an hour.~~

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0|50 {B Rank}

The siblings returned with their sister, a girl of perhaps fifteen who fit perfectly within the strength range I had to work with at the next level of the technique. The children gave a garbled explanation of what they were doing. I laughed before explaining myself in more precise terms. The girl rolled her eyes at her siblings and said she would be happy to help me train. It made me wonder how boring life could be in this town that they found something like this fun. Surely at least the oldest sister knew what a pain training could be. But I digress, I was procrastinating.

I settled down once more and closed my eyes. I shifted to get myself comfortable. With this technique discomfort could be a real difficulty. The children arranged themselves somewhere around me. I would have to work on my range for this technique soon enough. I let the visualization come to mind once again. My mind’s eye opened slowly, as if awaking from a slumber. I was determined not to be hung up by my own chakra this time thus I focused particularly on finding someone of the girls rank. It was strange to focus on a particular strength class but I was determined to do it all the same and as they always say where there’s a will there’s a way.

For some reason I was wary of my using my usual training method this time. I had no idea what to do to change it however so back to my old stand by I would go. I started to the west this time. I was letting my Mind’s Eye work even slower this time around because I knew it would be more difficult than ever to locate this girl. I let the chakra stream forth slowly, measuring out meter by meter as I carefully focused on finding the girls unique chakra signature. Step by step I would continue onwards, searching the entire western pass within a ten meter area.

My search was fruitless however meaning I would need to move to the west south west pastures. Once again I let my second sight stream outwards as I combed the area in what I hoped would not be another wild goose chase. I let my sensing sight stream over every bush and twig, around every tree and in every crevice. Meter by meter the search progressed at an annoyingly slow rate. Once again I reached the edge of my limit meaning I had hit yet another dead end. I had to resist calling out in frustration. This stuff really sucked sometimes.

I was getting tense and frustrated. That wasn’t going to get me anywhere in this technique. I let the muscles in my body loosen and let the stray thoughts drift from my mind. My mind especially count not be crowded at this time. I was ready to move to the southern passes now, or at least I thought it was. I let my mind drift to the south and exhaled deeply, centering myself and finding the focus I would need to continue on. I started out carefully, I couldn’t stand to overwhelm myself, not when I was almost half way there… or so I hoped.[/font][/blockquote]

[Zetsumei]

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[|Ayame Unbound|]

~~A robin redbreast in a cage
Puts all heaven in a rage.~~

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10|50 {B Rank}

In the southern passes I would resume my thus far fruitless attempts at locating the female with these strange new sensory powers. It felt as if time had slowed. I would drag through the pass inch by inch making sure to leave no stone unturned so to speak. I searched from the ground up through the trees but to no avail. It seemed like this rank would be much more difficult than the others, I knew this of course but I always hoped it wouldn’t be true. Rather dejected I would move south east hoping this time I would be taking the appropriate course of action so to speak.

Chakra would stream slowly, passing over everything like a fog, rolling and wrapping and all but clinging to everything it touched. From the flat of the ground to the top of the trees the chakra would stream and pass around everything before streaming further into the ten meter radius. Still nothing caught my eye or my mind’s eye in all technicalities. With a lack of chakra signatures to view I still felt slightly dejected. I couldn’t help but pray that my inability to find the female so far was a lack of direction as opposed to failure. A small sigh passed my lips as I transferred to the east passes.

In the eastern passes my sensory abilities would continue their smoke like ventures over every stone and up every tree and still to no avail. I was beginning to feel very dejected and loose faith in my abilities. Was it possible that this was something I just could not beat? No I banished that thought from my mind. I would conquer this insanity and find the female if it took every ounce of chakra to do so. Call me outlandish but I was determined. With that in mind I would move to the north eastern field. I had almost gone full circle so perhaps I would get lucky and my worries would be for naught.

My concentration was set and I focused intently as I let my chakra pour outwards to stream into the surrounding area once more. I let the chakra stretch forwards thus reaching my maximum range and still to no avail. Was this female really anywhere? I only had one direction left to check and I was beginning to worry. I continued to search the field in hopes of uncovering something I had missed but it just was not happening. Again I had to wonder if I was doing some wrong but first I would check the northern passes just to be safe. There was no sense in worrying just yet after all.

It was beginning to strain on my chakra, sad that I was getting so weak so fast. Physical exhaustion and lack of sleep played a large part I was sure. I was determined to finish all the same however. I simply wanted to finish this technique and then perhaps I would move onto something easier like I had before. High ranking techniques just took it out of me for some reason and thus I would procrastinate more before returning to the work that actually needed to be done. I took a deep breath to center myself once more and nodded slightly. I was going to succeed this time.[/font][/blockquote]

[Koori.]

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[|Ayame Unbound|]

~~ A dove-house fill'd with doves and pigeons
Shudders hell thro' all its regions.~~

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20|50 {B Rank}

I only had the northern pass left to view. Would my luck come through and save me from admitting a miserable failure on a technique? God I hoped so. I would take a few deep breaths to center myself and regain my focus. I could not let thoughts of failure distract me. Not now. It was hard work just to clear my mind, yet another sign of the exhaustion that was slowly over taking me. Come to think of it, it was rather dangerous to be closing my eyes when I was this tired. But alas my training would continue and closed eyes were indeed part of the training for now.

My mind’s eye would open and see that which was hidden, not lights or colors or shapes, no the nature of chakra at its purest is what I would uncover. My senses would draw on the surroundings to let me know what range I had attained at the least and drawing on the chakra signatures of anyone in the area… except that there was no one in the area. A sigh escaped my lips yet I would not open my eyes. What else could I possibly do? It was not often that I encountered a failure as spectacular as this and I was determined to over come it.

“Are you sure you’re in the range?” I called out, letting my voice travel as my eyes remained closed. A giggle passed and I was assured she was in the range but the question was where? I had searched from the earth to the sky, where else was left to look? The idea hit me like a boulder. Yes I had searched the grounds all the way into the trees but I did not once think to turn my gaze below the earth’s surface. The technique my opponent used to hide would be simply. Her chakra should even leave traces, I have no idea how I could have missed it.

Shocked with my foolishness I would resume my search. My mind’s eye was open further than before, to that which I could never see with my normal eyes. I searched the ground looking for any trace of chakra it would be faint since it was not the chakra system of the female I was searching for but the bits of chakra she had left behind when entering into the earth. I swept the area with my minds eye keeping low to the ground for those ethereal blue traces of chakra. Out of the corner of my minds eye, if such a thing existed, my attention was drawn.

Cautiously I would investigate, letting my sight drop further below the earth, following the trace chakra down to what was unmistakably the form of a human. She opened her eyes and stood, sure of the location now. She followed the path to where she had calculated the female would be and stamped her foot down. “Here.” She announced. In an instant the female in question burst from the earth, letting dirt fall from her form as she grinned. “Took you long enough.” She replied happily. Kana smiled and clapped the girl on the back as she thanked her. It had been a good exercise but was it enough?[/font][/blockquote]

[Zetsumei]

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[|Ayame Unbound|]

~A dog starv'd at his master's gate
Predicts the ruin of the state.~~

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30|50 {B Rank}

I decided I deserved a few minutes to relax and think. Thus I would talk with the children, debating on what we could do next to train me for the technique. It was one of the younger children who had the brilliant idea of how the technique should really work. I was completely floored with the suggestion. It seemed so simplistic that I could not believe I hadn’t thought of it before. The amazing idea? Why not try sensing multiple people at once. With an idea in mind we knew exactly how to proceed. I really owed these kids ice cream or something.

Once more I would settle myself in a comfortable position and closed my eyes thus allowing my mind’s eye to open to the strange world of chakra vision as I liked to call it. The two youngest children had hidden themselves, the idea being they were less skilled and should be easier for me to spot. The eldest had placed herself outside the range of my sensing so as not to confuse me or draw my attention away. I counted my blessings and worked on letting my sensing flow in more of a dome pattern as opposed to a straight line.

Slowly I let my chakra stream outwards in a dome like fashion. I had to extend my skill so I could see all at once. I had gotten beyond the point of being distracted by my own chakra. Now as I streamed out I noticed the faint glimmer that I recognized as the boy. I was surprised by the speed I was able to use on this technique now. I was most definitely improving. I pressed more chakra over his being so I could see the boy clearly and thus read everything his chakra could tell me. One down and one to go. I just had to seek out the little girl.

More chakra would pour outwards to complete the dome. My range was completed now it was the sensing that mattered. What senses were left? I could see all but not specific enough. I needed to see the little female who was hiding somewhere within my sight. I looked over the area searching for those subtle chakra signatures which would evolve into more once I could pinpoint them. I was getting better with speed and sensing but… yes there she was! I had spotted them both I was fairly certain. I called out the locations for confirmation; I did not want to have to start over completely if I was wrong.

Success was mine. I let my eyes open once more as I reveled in my completion. I let myself relax once more. I was so close to doing what I needed to complete this technique. The obvious move to progress from here would be sense two higher level people and then all three of them. The children would continue to help me. They made the process much more enjoyable, with them I was sure I would be done before I knew it. And with that I would prepare myself for the next session of training.[/font][/blockquote]

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