Working Hard [Training]

[Kiyoshi]

Raiton: Hirameki no Jutsu (Lightning Flash)
Rank: D
Skill: Ninjutsu
Effect: Causes a blinding flash that can disorientate enemies (up to 10m)
Special: Rat
Drawback: ---
Description:The user holds the rat handseal and closes their eyes, gathering chakra into them. The user then opens them suddenly, and emits an extremely bright flash from their eyes that can temporarily blind and/or disorientate enemies. The blinding effect usually lasts one turn.
Limit: Lightning Release


Greg looked up into the sky. It was a cloudy day, but not yet raining. Greg would wait for it to rain, and when it did Greg would really be able to get his training going. Greg was once again in a small part of the forest in the Rain Village. However, today he was learning a new technique. Often times he would come here and sit, but not today. Today was a day of hard work.

Greg looked into the sky once more before getting started. Greg formed the rat hand sign and then focused all of his chakra to his eyes. He kept it there, and he kept concentrating, until he opened his eyes and released it all. “Lightning Flash!” Greg shouted. He witnessed a little bit of light leave his eyes, but not much.

Greg tried it once more. Except this time he looked at the scroll he had to make sure he was doing it right. He was, he just had to keep working at it. Greg formed the rat hand sign, and then built up all of his chakra into his eyes. After a few more moments of building chakra Greg screamed, “Lightning Flash!” Greg opened his eyes quickly and a small wave of light shot out.

Greg didn’t think he was doing anything wrong. He just needed more practice. So Greg took out his gauntlet and thought, If I have to train anyways why not train with my gauntlet too?

Greg put on the gauntlet on his hand and ran at a tree. He smashed into it with his right hand, tearing apart of the bark of the tree. Then he turned around and formed the rat hand sign. He built his chakra up into his eyes and then opened his eyes and released it. “Lightning Flash!” Another small beam of light came out of his eyes.

Greg tried it again, and again, but each time he ended with the same result. After that Greg started climbing the tree using his gauntlet. Once he got to the top he would jump down and form the rat hand sign. Then he shouted, “Lightning Flash.” Another beam of light came from Greg’s eyes. However, this one was slightly bigger than the others.

This was when Greg saw a rat come scurrying across the area he was training in. It cocked it’s head at Greg and then Greg formed the rat hand sign. He built up his chakra in his closed eyes and he thought, Lightning Flash! Greg opened his eyes abruptly and sent a beam of light at the rat. It was blinded after that and ran into a couple of trees. After that it scurried onward. Greg’s beam was obviously good enough to disable a rat.

Greg kept training. After the rat Greg had put up his gauntlet and just focused on his training the Lightning Flash. He kept working at it and working at it. Eventually he could shoot a fairly decent wave of light out of his eyes. Once it started getting dark Greg stopped training and headed home to sleep.

Greg came back to his same training grounds the next day. Over and over Greg trained. “Lightning Flash!”
“Lightning Flash!”
“Lightning Flash!”

The beam of light increased a little, but not much. Sweat was running from Greg’s forehead. This is only a D-Ranked Technique, Greg thought, I should be able to do this! Greg ran forward and then jumped into the air. He formed the rat hand sign and then filled his eyes with chakra. He could feel the intensity building up in his eyes. Then he released it. “Lightning Flash!” Greg shouted. Light flowed from his eyes, but not enough. Greg fell to the ground. He was breathing very heavily.

Greg needed to do something, but he realized there wasn’t much he could do. Just train and train and train. Greg kept at it. He formed the hand sign, built up chakra in his eyes, then released it. After that the process would start all over again. By the time the sun started to go down Greg’s beam of light had grown considerably bigger.

Greg looked past the trees and saw the sun going down. It doesn’t matter, he thought, I must complete this jutsu. Greg kept working and working at it. Rat hand sign, build up chakra in the eyes, release! “Lightning Flash!” Greg shouted. Greg could almost see nothing behind his wall of light now. That was good. He was almost there. Then Greg felt very dizzy, and he unexpectedly fell to the ground.

Greg woke up the next morning to a bird standing close to him. “One more time and then I’ll get breakfast,” Greg said. Greg stood and the bird walked a little further back. Greg made the rat hand sign, then built up chakra in his eyes, then he burst his eyes open. “Lightning Flash!” Greg shouted. The bird looked into the light, but Greg couldn’t see this. His whole field of vision was blocked with the light. He knew that he had done it. After the light ended Greg saw the bird try to fly up but it crashed into the ground, then it flew up and spun a little. After that it flew straight again.

“I did it,” Greg said. “I really did it.”

[shuraiya]

5 +

[Elgar]

33% warning for grading training not as a Staff Member

[destroyer]

+7. Liked the length but it could've been better with the training, like training on an NPC or something. Also focus on building up the chakra and writing a bit about gathering the chakra.

[Kiyoshi]

Greg decided that he should probably train the jutsu a little more. Even if he had learned it. Greg went to his forest training ground the next day as the sun came up. I hate the sun, Greg thought briefly. Then he got to training. Greg formed the rat hand sign, and then built up his chakra behind his eyes. He built it up and felt it's amazing strength behind his pupils. "Lightning Flash!" Greg shouted suddenly opening up his eyes. Light flooded the forest, and that was all Greg could see for a moment. The light faded and Greg was proud of himself. He once again formed the rat hand sign, and built up a massive amount of chakra behind his eyes. "Lightning Flash!" Greg suddenly shouted. Light once again flooded the forest. Just then Greg saw a snake in the tree. Greg thought it would be perfect to try his technique out on it. Greg formed the rat hand sign, and then built up the chakra behind his eyes. He could feel it's power and depth. He suddenly jerked his eyes open and released the chakra. The snake was immediately blinded and fell to the ground. Greg ran forward with a kunai as it struggled and killed it. "That was fun," Greg said, and he laughed.

[Deleted]

+3

[Kiyoshi]

Fuuton Kaze no Senbon (Needles of the Wind)
Rank: "D"
Skill: NinJutsu
Effect: User hurls a mixture of senbon needles in the form of wind to cut into the opponent.
Special: "Handseals"
Drawback: ---
Description: The ninja gathers air with his hands and mixes it with chakra, by doing this he transforms them into sharp and deadly needles. The needles are almost invisible so it is hard for the enemies to see them. This technique may be blocked by large objects, however something small such as a sword, or a staff will allow the needles to seperate still moving towards the object it was originally sent to. Not a powerful technique as the user is capable of hurling up to ten senbon wind needles that gives out minor cuts. However this could be used as a more of a set up technique to allow the user to perform a more dangerous technique.
Limit: Must have the Wind Release


Greg Kaguya was standing in the middle of a field today. Normally he trained in the forest, but not today. Today it was raining, and heavily. This made Greg want to get right under and soak it all up, thus the training in the field. Greg loved the rain. Even more so during training because it reminded him of Momo, but that is another story.

Greg formed a barrage of hand signs and then held air in between his two hands. He imagined molding chakra into the air. Sure enough his body started to do it. A bead of sweat (or rain, it could’ve been rain) rolled down the left side of Greg’s head. Greg kept focusing on his chakra. More, more, and more. Mold it, slice it, bend it, blend it with the air. There! “Needles of the Wind!” Greg shouted. He then threw a wind senbon, which he knew was going toward a rock. However, Greg didn’t see it leave any scratches. “It must’ve dissipated,” Greg said to himself. “I need more work. A lot more if I want to master this technique.”

Greg formed the hand signs and then focused on the wind in between his palms. Mold the chakra, slice the chakra, bend the chakra, blend the chakra with the air. Send out more chakra, then do it all again. Sharpen the senbon, focus on it. Then… “Needles of the Wind!” Greg shouted. Greg threw the one wind senbon at the boulder. It hit and then just dissipated again. No scratch, no cut to the boulder.

“No quitting,” Greg said. Greg formed the hand signs, then mixed together chakra and air. Molded it, sliced it, bent it, and blended it. Then he sharpened what was left. Sharpen, sharpen, sharpen. “Needles of the Wind!” Greg shouted. He threw it and it disappeared once more as it hit the boulder.

“I can do this!” Greg said, “It only takes time.” Greg formed hand signs again, then mixed together his chakra with air. He made another senbon and then flung it at the boulder. Nothing. Nada. Zip. Greg tried again, forming the hand signs, and then creating the senbon. Again nothing happened. “Just time,” Greg repeated.

The rain fell more heavily now, and the drops covered Greg. Many of them rolled of his body, and he loved the feeling of it. Greg attempted the jutsu again. Again nothing. Greg tried, and tried, and tried. Eventually he created a Needle of the Wind and flung it at the boulder. It created a very minor scratch in the rock. “Yes!” Greg shouted. “I did it with one! Now for two at once.”

Greg formed the hand signs and then gathered air in between his two palms. Then he added chakra. This time was more difficult. He had to mold, slice, bend, and blend two senbon at once. “Come on, come on,” Greg muttered under his breath. Greg suddenly knew that the two were ready to be thrown. Greg threw the two and they dissipated as they hit the boulder. “Shoot!” Greg shouted.

Greg tried again, forming the hand signs and then created two Needles of the Wind. Greg knew that they were done and he shouted, “Needles of the Wind!” He flung the two wind senbon at the boulder. Again they hit and disappeared. Greg again attempted, and then when that didn’t work he tried again. After that Greg felt his body wearing down. He was breathing heavily, and it was hard to keep his body up.

“Must…keep…going,” Greg said in between breathes of air. Greg tried again at the two senbon, and again he failed. “No more, time for rest,” Greg finally decided. He walked home, barely able to walk, and once he got there he fell right asleep.

Greg woke up the next morning and ate breakfast, then he headed to his forest training grounds. The sun was bright today, and that was going to upset Greg mentally. Mental abilities had a lot to do with training. A lot to do with it.

Greg started at it again. Hand signs, add the chakra, mold it, sliced it, bent it, and blended it. Two senbon, then he threw them at a tree. Greg was amazed to find that both had left scratches in the tree’s bark. “I guess I just needed some energy,” Greg said.

“Now to speed things along,” Greg said, “I’m going to make five this time.” Greg almost laughed, but held it in. This was a serious matter. Greg formed the hand signs and then added his chakra to the wind. He tried creating five, but it didn’t work. He made about three and a half. “No! No!” Greg shouted, doing the process all over again. And, once again, he didn’t make five senbon.

Greg just kept trying, kept forming senbon. Finally, after training for a while Greg made five senbon, none of which made a scratch on the tree. Greg sat down after all that worked and felt the beads of sweat run down his head. “I need rest,” Greg said. While resting Greg took out a real senbon and examined it. Beautifully created, he thought.

After an hours rest Greg got up and got to his training again. He made five senbon and flung them at the tree. No scratches. He tried again, and again. Still, nothing happened. Greg tried again, and this time two of the senbon left a scratch in the tree. “Yes! Look at that!” Greg screamed. He was very excited.

Greg left after that and went to eat lunch. Ramen, of course. The training food. Greg came back after and immediately got back to training. Hand signs, molding, slicing, bending, and blending. Five senbon, throw them, watch two make a scratch. This went on for some time before Greg finally got all five of them to create a scratch in the tree. After this Greg realized how important rest was. He went home before it even got dark. He was maturing.

Greg came back the next day and found it relatively easy to create six senbon. Each of them made a scratch. His own progress amazed himself and Greg cheered in excitement. “Now, I will make ten,” Greg said, narrating his own training. Greg tried, and of course it didn’t work. He tried again, and again. And again, and again it didn’t work.

Greg tried more and more, creating more and more senbon, until he finally got to ten. “Now for the scratches!” Greg shouted. He flung them all, and all of them disappeared once they hit the tree. “Again!”

Greg did try again, and of course (you could guess), and again. He worked the chakra and the air, sharpening the senbon, and making them stronger and stronger with each use of his Needles of the Wind. Eventually Greg stood up and formed hand signs. He created ten senbon and shouted, “This time for sure! Needles of the Wind!”

Greg threw the senbon, and every single one of them made a scratch on the tree. Greg smiled and looked into the sky. The first time I’ve completed a jutsu in the sun, Greg thought.

[Kiyoshi]

[OOC: Guys, tell me, should I make these shorter? I mean, I work hard at them, but then it seems like not many people read them. So would it be better to make them shorter?]

[Kiyoshi]

Greg decided the next day that he should try perfecting his aim. Greg moved to the forest, and the sun burned down. Greg formed the hand signs and then formed his chakra. He sharpened it and focused it, then he formed ten senbon. "Needles of the Wind!" Greg shouted. He held the senbon then launched them at a tree. They hit in a straight row down the tree. "Alright, in the same spot!" Greg shouted.

Greg formed the senbon then threw them, and five of them hit in the same spot, the five others were a little below.

[Elgar]

+10

[Kiyoshi]

Fire Style: Fire Bolt Technique
Rank: D
Skill: Ninjutsu
Effect: Shoots a very small ball of fire, no larger than a foot in diameter, towards a target.
Special: Rat, Ram, Tiger, extension of one hand
Drawback: When the seals are over, the user extends their hands, shooting the ball of fire from their fingertips, which after repeated use (3 or more times), causes singeing which can slow down the speed of which a user can perform handseals or other finger movements.
Description: The user performs the handseals, converting chakra within the hands into heat energy. The hands are then pointed towards a target and a small bolt of fire, no larger than a foot in diameter, leaves the hand and flies rapidly towards the opponent.
Limit: Fire Release

The sun was out today, and Greg noticed this immediately. The weather was always the first thing he noticed. He hated the sun, but today it might help him to have sunlight out instead of rain. This was because he was going to learn a Fire Style technique, the Fire Bolt. He had figured he needed a technique that was Fire Style, just in case his others couldn’t get through. There would be opponents later on who could stop Wind and Lightning Styles.

Greg opened up his scroll and looked into it. The hand signs were rat, ram, and then tiger. Simple enough. Greg memorized the hand signs and then he read the rest of it. No more than three times huh? Greg thought. Too bad.

Greg then tried it out. Rat, ram, tiger, then he extended his hand. Now, Greg thought, convert my chakra into fire. Fire started sputtering from Greg’s hand and forming a sphere, but it was released before anything really happened.

“I see,” Greg said, “it isn’t as easy as it sounds.” Greg tried again. Rat, ram, and then tiger. He extended his hand and changed his chakra into fire. He started forming a sphere, but again it stopped before anything happened. “Why are easy techniques so hard for me?” Greg wondered. Greg did it again. Rat, ram, tiger, and extended his hand. He tried to make a sphere, and nothing happened. Not only that, but Greg was starting to feel the heat on his hands. “How unfortunate,” Greg commented.

Greg tried once again, and then once more, still getting nowhere. After that his hands were burning, and Greg could feel his skin cooked off his fingertips. Oh well, he thought, I can still train. Greg did still train. Rat, ram, and then tiger. He converted his chakra to fire and then was finally able to create a very small sphere. Greg aimed it at a tree and shot it. It left a small burn mark on the tree. “Again?” Greg said. He did do it again, and the result was the same.

“All it takes is time, chakra, and patience,” Greg said. Rat, ram, and tiger. Chakra to fire. Small sphere. Aim. Shoot. The same result over and over. Eventually Greg’s hands became so burned it hurt to bring them together. “So much pain,” Greg said aloud. He tried bringing his hands together, and he got nothing but pain. He couldn’t make a hand sign right now. Not only that but his chakra was running a bit low.

[Tenkai]

+6; 6/10.

[Kiyoshi]

Greg tied the scroll up and left. He headed toward a small restaurant in the Rain Village. One that was excellent in cooking ramen. As Greg was eating the manager said, “Wow, what happened to your hands?”
“Training,” Greg replied.
“What technique?”
“Fire Bolt.”
“You’re a Fire Style ninja?”
“Yes.”
“Wow, there aren’t many like you are there?”
“What do you mean?”
“I mean, we are in the Rain Village, most people here are Water Style shin obi. I’ve hardly seen any Fire Style ninja my whole time here. Even the village’s jutsus are centered around Water Style shin obi.”
“Yeah, I guess that’s true.”
“Is it hard?”
“Yeah, pretty tough. But, I still get through it.”

Greg smiled at the man then. “I’m going to succeed all others that have ever been in my clan, so I have to get stronger. Not only that but I have to get my friend back,” Greg told him. The man smiled back. “If that is the case then you better keep training,” he said.

After lunch Greg went back home and then went to sleep. Finally, sleep, was Greg’s last thought.

The next day was rainy and Greg went to his forest training grounds to train. Usually when it rained he went to the field, but Fire Style Techniques were very different than his other techniques. Rain this heavy might help to smother out his jutsu. Greg got to his training once again. Rat, ram, and tiger. He created a small sphere of fire and shot it. It hit a tree and again left a small burn mark.

Greg tried again. Rat, ram, and then tiger. Extend the hand, morph chakra, create a flaming sphere. Shoot it, and the small sphere left another small burn mark. Greg tried again, and again. At this point the flaming sphere got a little bit bigger, and left a little bit bigger burn mark. However, also with the bigger sphere came more damage to Greg’s hands. He could already feel his fingertips burnt once again.

Greg tried it again, and again, getting the same medium-sized sphere. “It’s better than the small sphere I guess,” Greg said. Still, it didn’t feel to him like he’d accomplished much. The rain kept falling, and luckily it helped his hands to not feel so much pain. However, it also took more chakra to create the Fire Bolt and to sustain it in the rain.

Greg tried once again. He made the hand signs rat, ram, and tiger and then he created the flaming sphere. “Fire Bolt!” Greg screamed launching the flaming sphere at the closest tree. It left another burn mark, just like all the other flaming spheres. Greg tried again, and again. Now his hands were starting to feel the pain. Bad. Not only that but his chakra was almost drained. “I must keep going,” Greg said. “Rest can help sometimes, but only if you work hard.”

[Kiyoshi]

Greg brought his hands slowly together and felt the pain and he dropped them again. “Just one more time,” Greg said. He lifted his hands and formed rat, ram, and then tiger. He extended his hand and started turning his chakra into fire. Fire kept forming into an orb. More, and more. Then Greg shouted, “One final time! Fire Bolt!!”

That was when Greg shot a blast of Fire Bolt. A sphere one foot in diameter. It hit the tree and left a big burn scar. “Yes!” Greg shouted. He let his arms drop and he realized he couldn’t feel his hands. Not only that, but his little amount of chakra wouldn’t be enough to walk home. Greg sat down right there, and he fell asleep.

Greg woke up in the middle of the night. He realized his hands weren’t fully healed but he had to try it one more time. Greg formed the rat, ram, and tiger hand signs. Then he created the Fire Bolt and shot it. Sure enough it was as big as Greg could get it. “Good job,” Greg told himself. He walked home in the dark.

[atem.]

[+4; Learned]

Took you a while to learn that one. If you ever need someone to check your training, go ahead and shoot me a PM. I don't want you to leave the thread sitting here for months at a time. >_<

[Kiyoshi]

(OOC:Alrights, thanks so much.)

Shield of lightning
Rank: C
Skill: Ninjutsu
Effect: Causes lightning to strike nearby targets (Up to 5 meters) to the user.
Special: Dragon, Ox
Drawback: The concentrated strikes of lightning close to the user will easily give away the users location, making stealth impossible. This will only stop projectile metals (Like kunai and shuriken) taijutsu, and certain projectile ninjutsu, such as rocks and wood. The user must concentrate on targets, so if they don't see some kunai coming at them from behind, then the lightning won't hit them, and the user will take some kunai to the back!
Description: The user performs the handseals, and then focuses on targets around him/her. Lightning will strike the target. The user must be prepared to react fast to stop oncoming projectiles/taijutsu. The lightning can hit anything within a 5 meter radius of the user.
Limit: Lightning release

Greg Kaguya walked out of his house and watched the rain fall slowly from the sky. “Good day to train,” he said. This would be his first time training himself how to use a C-Ranked technique. The Shield of Lightning. Greg badly needed to learn this technique. He had offensive moves, distraction techniques, and even techniques to blind an opponent, but he didn’t have any moves to help his defense. This jutsu was very important.

This jutsu wasn’t exactly a defensive move, but it could be used to defend himself from weapons and opponents. The rain kept falling and Greg loved it. Greg then started walking to his field for training. The field was where Greg always went when it was raining. Greg got there quickly, and when he did he formed the appropriate hand signs. Dragon, then ox. Alright, I’ve got it, Greg thought.

Greg then got his five senbon and three shuriken out. He used his wire to tie them down and then Greg knew what he was going to do. He got his double bladed kunai out and threw it at a couple of the strings of wire. Three senbon were launched.

Greg formed the hand signs, dragon and then ox, and he then focused his chakra into becoming lightning. He focused the lightning on hitting the tree senbon. Nothing happened. The senbon were now within three meters of Greg. He tried again. Dragon, and then ox. Suddenly a lightning bolt came down and struck one of the senbon. The other two still came at him and Greg ducked. The two missed.

Greg walked over and got his kunai. He planned on doing it again. He threw it and this time two senbon came at Greg. Greg formed dragon, and then ox. He focused his chakra on the weapons, but nothing happened again. They got closer and Greg tried again. He hit one of the senbon and stopped it, but the other flew through the air at Greg and stuck into his arm. “Uhh,” Greg moaned. He reached forward and pulled out the senbon. Blood trickled down his arm, mixing with the rain. “That hurt,” he said.

Greg got the kunai, and despite the pain in his arm he tried again. Three shuriken came at him. “Shield of Lightning!” Greg yelled. He formed dragon, and then ox and sent lightning at the shuriken. Two lightning bolts hit two of the shuriken this time. The last shuriken almost hit Greg, but he jumped in time. After that Greg got all of his stuff together and walked to his place in the forest. He needed to train with other items. He was running out of weapons, so he’d have to train on trees. Too bad I can’t train in the field, Greg thought.

[atem.]

[+10]

[Kiyoshi]

Greg then tried training in the forest. Greg formed the dragon sign, and then the ox. “Shield of Lightning!” Greg shouted. Greg shot down two beams of lightning, crushing two trees apart. Greg needed to do better and he knew it. Dragon, then ox, and then focus your chakra. Greg again created two lightning bolts to zap two trees.

Greg trained over, and over. Eventually he was able to use three at one time. Greg jumped into the air and when he did he preformed the hand signs, then he focused his chakra and zapped three trees as he fell to the ground. Then Greg ran in front of a boulder and destroyed it with all three lightning bolts hitting it at once. “Yes!” Greg said.

Greg trained over and over, working harder and harder, but eventually his chakra ran out. He had to go home. Greg did go home and unfortunately the next day the sun was out. Greg went back to the forest and trained. Once he got there he realized that he could use four at once now. Greg set up his senbon with the wire and then threw a shuriken to release them. The five senbon flew at Greg. “Here it goes,” Greg said. “Shield of Lightning!” Greg preformed the dragon, and then ox hand signs. Then he shot down five beams of lightning to deflect everyone of the senbon. Greg had learned the technique.

[Kiyoshi]

Even though Greg had learned the technique, he was not done. He still had a lot of training to do. Greg kept working at his jutsu. Greg set up more senbon and then he set them off with another shuriken. This time from all around his body. Greg shouted, "Shield of Lightning!" Greg shot lightning at two in front of him, and then he spun on his right foot. As he spun he located the other shuriken and shot them out of the air with lighning. Greg stopped after a full rotation and sweat beaded down his forehead.

"One more time," Greg said. Greg set up the senbon again, and then he set them off. Greg spun again and then this time he shot the senbon out of the air. Until he got to the last one. He was too tired to get it and it stabbed him in the arm.

Blood trickled from his arm and Greg pulled out the senbon. "Ow," Greg said, "I have to try again, and get it just right..." Greg stood up and set up the senbon again.

[Kiyoshi]

Greg got ready, and then threw a shuriken. The shuriken set off the senbon and they flew at him in a circular motion. Greg jerked around and formed the needed handsigns. "Sheild of Lightning!" he shouted. Greg then shot all the senbon out of the air with his lightning. Except for one, that scratched his air in the same place as the other one he had missed.

Greg stood and noticed that his chakra was starting to run low again. Still, he had to keep going. Greg tried his technique again, and this time he stopped all of the senbon. After stopping all the senbon Greg set up a tent that he had brought with him and he entered it. He was so tired upon entering it he didn't even lay down his sleeping bag. Greg was asleep in seconds.

Greg woke up the next morning at 6:00, and upon waking up he walked out of the tent and started training again. He set up senbon and tried out his technique. He got all of the senbon. "Yes!" Greg said.