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“Wow once again you’ve found a way to define the term lacklustre perfectly girl” the Great Hoshigaki jeered, very unimpressed with Amarante’s mediocre (at best display).

“Gr shut up!” she shouted in response, angry. “I just didn’t put enough chakra into, that’s all. Yeah just not enough chakra, that’s simple enough to rectify, easy.” Yes, that was it, she just needed to put some more chakra into the technique. Forming the hand signs once again she increased the amount of chakra she put into the technique sevenfold.

The end result though was another small ripple that was barely twice as powerful as the one before it. “I should probably point out that it doesn’t matter how much chakra you put into a technique, if you don’t know how to build it up correctly” The Great Hoshigaki decided to add.

Raising her voice again, “I know that!” Amarante screamed, forming the hand signs once more. This time she focused more on how she distributed the chakra through the technique, guessing at what proportions would be best to get the result she was looking for. Actually, despite raising her voice a moment earlier she was fairly calm and her judgment wasn’t affected.

This was shown as the jutsu was able to take better form this time, easily spinning around the Great Hoshigaki and although it wasn’t able to suck him in at the rate it was currently going it was going all the same.

“That’s better” the large, blue man commented. “Your jutsu is getting good form, now all you have to do is make it go faster, that should be simple enough” he finished, making a gesture of ease with his left hand.

‘Easier said then done’ Amarante inwardly retort. She was really just guessing at how to perform the jutsu at this point and although she was making a little progress, she decided to ask for a little more help. “Hey before I try again how about you give me some pointers?” she asked him.

The Great Hoshigaki was happy to hear that he could possibly help. “Sure I don’t mind” he agreed. “Right now you’re just spinning the water in one big circle, right?” Amarante nodded. “Well try branching out the technique and see how that goes for you.”

‘Branching out?’ Amarante internally repeated a confused look on her face. “What do you mean by branching out?”

“I dunno” the Great Hoshigaki bashfully admitted. “What does it mean to you in relevance to this technique?” he enquired. Amarante still didn’t fully understand what he was talking about and held a confused stare at the man. “Look it’s not going to do you a lot of good if I tell you right away so just think about it for a little bit and then try it again.”

Looking down at her right hand, Amarante heard The Great Hoshigaki speak again. “Remember how I performed the technique? Think about that.

‘How he performed the technique…’ Amarante silently spoke to herself. Hoshigaki’s technique was really powerful. It was spinning in all directions before it sucked him down; water was going in all directions.

Something clicked inside of Amarante at the memory. ‘Water was going everywhere…’ She understood what he meant by branching out now. He was talking about the water needing to spin in a whole bunch of direction not just one and although they had to be spinning one way, it had to have more then one focal point, like water going down a sink (in fact that was probably the best comparison that could be applied).

Armed with this new knowledge, Amarante tried out the technique once more, confident this time would prove to be more fruitful then the previous attempts. Forming the hand signs, Amarante tried the jutsu out one more time, trying to apply what she now had realised.

It showed some major success. Water was now ripping all around the Great Hoshigaki, violently splashing outwards as it circled him. The Great Hoshigaki in response held a large Grin. “Now you’re getting it kid” he commended.

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“Now you’re getting it kid” The Great Hoshigaki commended. “But it’s still not powerful enough to drag me under yet. It was true; Amarante’s jutsu wasn’t sucking him in yet but why? It was pretty much the strength of his jutsu but it wasn’t having the same effect.

Deciding to voice her confusion, as the jutsu died down, Amarante asked the Great Hoshigaki what was wrong. “So why’s my jutsu not sucking you down like you one sucked you down?” she enquired.

“For a very simple reason” he answered, making some hand seals and summoning forth a water clone.

“Well what’s the reason then?” she asked. “And also… What’s with the water clone?” The Great Hoshigaki brushed her of with a wave of his hand and then made his way back to shore.

“He’ll be your target now” he informed her. “I’m cooking myself lunch and I’m getting worried about leaving it on its own for so long.”

“Lunch… but it’s still early morning. Why are you cooking lunch now?” Amarante enquired, confused by his actions.

Because it won’t be ready by lunch if I don’t start cooking it now” he explained. “I’m cooking a spit roast; killed the lamb but only an hour ago in fact” he boasted, making his way into the tree line. “I’m not that far away from you actually, I’m surprised you missed me.”

So was Amarante really. Now that she knew where to look she could see him, her inexperience was really on display right now, it was sort of embarrassing. Turning to the water clone of Hoshigaki now, Amarante interrogated it for the information the real Great Hoshigaki had failed to tell her. “So are you gonna tell me what the real you didn’t and explain to me what I’m doing wrong?”

The water clone Hoshigaki smirked. “But I’m having so much funnel keeping you in the dark.” Amarante’s eyes began to glare angrily. “Okay, okay I’ll tell you. The jutsu sucks their opponent down into the water…” he trailed off.

Amarante patiently waited for the clone to continue… And waited… And waited… But he never continued. As if to try and break the silence Amarante cocked her head to the side in confusion. The Great Hoshigaki in response just smirked.

Amarante just grunted in annoyance. What did he mean he’d tell me, he didn’t say anything’ she internally ranted. ‘All he did was comment on how much funnel he had keeping me in the d-… Funnel?’ why’d he say funnel she wondered?

Then it all made sense, she had to form a funnel like current to help suck her opponent down, it really was a simple thing she was forgetting. Forming the hand signs now, Amarante tried it out. She grafted the vortex now deeper into the water, hoping that it would help her achieve what she had wanted.

It did help and now she was able to suck the clone down under the water. It fell through really quickly, at least faster then she thought it would and almost instantly it broke away into the water and liquefied.

She was having some success in performing this technique now and after the jutsu died down she heard the great Hoshigaki call out to her. “Hey did you destroy the clone?”

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Learned.

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• Mizu No Tatsumaki (Tornado of Water)
Rank: "B" Rank
Skill: NinJutsu
Effect: Creates a spiraling vortex upwards to be used as a defensive like move or an offensive like move.
Special: Handseals
Drawback: ---
Description: A technique where water is is made into a large spiraling vortex that spins around the ninja. This technique can ber used both offensively and defensively. Offensively to attack the opponent,and defensively to deflect attacks. This is in conjunction with the Great Exploding Current in which the water sprouts out in a vortex like form.
Limit: Water Release, must know the Great Exploding Current Technique.



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The Great Hoshigaki entered from behind the tree line, approaching Amarante as she had just successfully performed the great exploding current. “So you do it?” he once again repeated his question.

Amarante cocked her head in a smirk in response. “Well do you see it around anywhere?” she would ask in answer. The water around her was now calm and the clone Hoshigaki was nowhere to be seen, all that remained on the water was Amarante herself.

“Right well then I’m just going to take that as you’ve mastered the technique and move on” he informed her, not bothering to check to ensure if she had or not. “Now come over here and watch me perform this technique I want to teach you, you’re going to love it I promise!” he assured her, a smile on his lips.

Amarante obeyed his instructions and walked to the shoreline, taking a place by his right. “Now watch the hand signs carefully…” he instructed as he began to move his hands to his front. Slowly the Great Hoshigaki formed the hand signs, Amarante taking special note, and performed the technique.

A large tornado of water was formed once he unleashed the jutsu. It first started as a vortex spiralling in the water before them but it quickly transformed into the giant piece of destruction before them. It was so strong; Amarante knew that she could definitely make use of this jutsu if she were to acquire it for her own use but could she control something like this?

Performing the jutsu was one thing to learn but then she would have to learn to control this power. The Great Hoshigaki made it look easy sure but Amarante had a feeling that it wasn’t as easy as he made it look. It probably took out a huge amount of chakra; did she even have that much chakra? No! This wasn’t the time to think like that.

She had to be confident, she’d master this jutsu and she’d do it in record time as well. First try, that’s all it’ll take just one go, she’ll be some sort of prodigy for it as well. Her confidence now boosted, Amarante then turned to the Great Hoshigaki for more instructions as the jutsu died down.

“Notice anything about the hand signs?” he asked her.

She had noticed something about them actually. “Yeah they’re pretty much the same as the hand signs for the great exploding current” she answered, the Great Hoshigaki nodding in agreement.

“Right well that’s because this technique is something of a build off from that one” he explained. “Using the fast current formed by the techniques predecessor, you raise the water and form the tornado. It’s simple really, do able at least.”

‘Yeah that was right, it’d be easy’ Amarante internally agreed. Taking a step towards the lake/river, she decided it was her turn to try her luck at the jutsu. Remembering how she performed the Great Exploding Current, she thought of how she could raise the water in the technique, using ever ounce of creativity she had.

Thinking that she would need a base line of what she was working with, she figured that she should probably try out the jutsu if only just once so forming the hand signs, Amarante quickly whipped up a spiralling current of water. Taking her time to try and raise the water Amarante tried as hard as she could to form a small tornado if any.

Her attempts proved futile however and the jutsu quickly died down, unable to become a tornado like she had wanted instead just being the exploding current she had learnt just a few moments ago. “Hang in their kid, you’ll get it” The Great Hoshigaki encouraged.

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Staring over the water now, Amarante looked upon the form of log which had been drawn in for the Great Hoshigaki’s Tornado and further disturbed by her attempt of performing it. She was thinking of what she could do to help her perform the technique, though nothing was coming to mind.

The Great Hoshigaki interrupted her thoughts. “Well you keep trying and while you do, I’ve got some food to tend to” he notified her, making his way back into the shrubs.

Amarante called after him. “Hey I thought you were going to help me learn the jutsu?” she pleaded, distress evident in her voice.

“I can’t help you as of yet” he insisted. “But when you get to a certain point I’ll interject and give you some advice. Hey maybe I’ll take you on another ‘quest’, that’ll be fun!” Amarante screwed up her face in remembrance of their journey the previous day.

It wasn’t a quest at all, all he did was teleport her to a place full of sharks and have her perform the jutsu or die, it was a fight or die situation which she did not want to be a part of again! “Yeah I think I’ll pass on the quest today” she said in as much of a casual way as possible.

“You’ll do what I tell you when I tell you!” The Great Hoshigaki barked. “But for now just work on the jutsu and get it to a level where I can use it.” After speaking he then fully engulfed himself into the tree line, returning to his spit roast to ensure nothing bad was happening to it. Things like wolves, other shinobi or something of the sort eating it while he was busy training the girl.

Amarante scowled. Great… If she accepted this guys’ help it most likely result in her death at some point but if she didn’t chaces were that she’d never gain strength equal to that of what he was offering her, it really was just a lose, lose situation she was in however she chose to follow the Great Hoshigaki for better but more likely for worse, a choice she may soon regret but still she wanted the strength this guy could give her and she would make that strength would be her own.

Right now however, the guy was offering her a chance to learn a powerful tornado jutsu so she had to focus. Trying the jutsu once again, Amarante tried a slightly different approach to forming the tornado and, forming the hand signs, she cast the jutsu and showed some minor success. The tornado didn’t build exactly but the current picked up a bit to a more noticeable degree.

It wasn’t enough though so she formed the hand signs once more and put more chakra into it, focusing on trying to make the water lift off of the line and continue to peak but once again her effort were futile. She wasn’t discouraged however; she had all day so all she could do was try again.

Training was mainly jutsu repeating the same action over and over again but in different ways. Amarante formed the hand signs, overlooked the jutsu, evaluated the results, formulated a new approach and then try said new approach.

Forming the hand signs, Amarante decided that she would try and bounce the jutsu in a way. She thought that it wouldn’t exactly give her the right way of performing the jutsu but it may help her figure out a better way of performing it. As the vortex quickly formed, she tried out her new approach.

Something went wrong though and instead of bouncing it just lifted up, one foot higher then it usually would have been. ‘Why’d it do that?’ Amarante mentally asked herself. Letting the jutsu die down she went over possible cause in her head.

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Unable to think of any reasons as to why it would just raise when she had attempted to bounce it, she tried the jutsu again. As she moulded her chakra, Amarante paid special attention to how she distributed it.

Feeling how it moved about it in the water she realised that she had actually made a mistake in her attempt to bounce the jutsu and in fact had accidentally just found a way of how to make it rise how she wanted to. Not one to denounce her unintended fortune, Amarante tried to build upon her ability to raise the water.

Forming the hand signs, she managed to raise the jutsu a foot higher in the air again but when she tried to raise it further, the jutsu toppled and broke down. ‘Now why’d that happen?’ she once again asked herself. Was their some fault in her technique or in her method? (The two being very similar but still different).

The jutsu just kind of sputtered as it died so trying the jutsu once again, she tried to see what she had done wrong. The jutsu rose the one foot it usually did but then again when she tried to increase the height of the jutsu, it went out of control and contorted but why?

It seemed as though to Amarante that the jutsu was to thin? The Great Hoshigaki’s looked thicker so she tried to add more water to the jutsu though in order for her to do that she would need to add more chakra, today was definitely going to be another exhausting day for her, the things she put herself through in pursuit of power… Oh well, life goes on.

Building up her chakra, she formed the hand signs and fixed as much water as she could within the jutsu. It was a lot more difficult, just rasing the technique the one foot she maintained the technique as best she could. The technique rose to about two feet in the air and was looking like it could go a bit further but then Amarante had to stop, it was to draining and she collapsed to her knees panting.

“How’s it going over there?” The Great Hoshigaki enquired, peering from behind the tree line. Apparently he wasn’t exactly sure about leaving his post by his spit completely as of yet and so tried to speak to her as best he could in a position where could safely ensure his meals survival.

Standing again, Amarante answered him. “It’s going slowly but progress is being made” she informed him. Rolling her shoulders she heard The Great Hoshigaki address her once again.

“Just a little pointer…” he began. “Try not to focus too much on lifting the jutsu out of the water to much. Remember the techniques rotation speed as well, don’t get too engrossed on making the technique look right. That’ll come with time, just focus on getting the jutsu to work first.”

Amarante took his words to heart. She was focusing a bit to much on how the jutsu looked, comparing it to The Great Hoshigaki’s. She had to learn the technique properly before she could work on how it looked so she decided to mark out the beginning dot points as a base line for her to work off of.

First off:
• The jutsu involves high rotation speed; said high rotation speed will then reach a speed in which it will become easier for her to form the tornado.
Second:
• She would have to use that high rotation speed to raise the tornado from the water
And third:
• She would have to maintain the jutsu.

A path now laid out for her, she formed the hand signs and created the vortex in which she would try and form the tornado. She focused on speeding up the rotation speed. The jutsu ran faster and faster and soon it was going at a speed she was comfortable with to try and raise the jutsu with.

Funnily enough though, the jutsu rose by itself before she tried to move it herself, the rotation hitting a speed where it would just naturally take that form. Happy with this, Amarante added her efforts into rasing the technique and soon enough she was performing the jutsu up to a point where she was able to maintain the technique up to three feet above to surface level of the water. “Not much longer now” Amarante said aloud to herself.

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Happy with her small amount of progress so far, Amarante was begging to notice how hot it was getting. “Great I’m going to be working up a sweat today” she complained to herself.

The Great Hoshigaki, overhearing her complaints, gave his two cents worth. “Working up a sweat is your body’s way of letting you know that you’ve done a hard days work, it’s a good thing” he assured her. “What don’t tell me you’re one of those girly girls who hate getting dirty?” she chuckled.

Amarante answered him nonchalantly. “Used to be” she stated. “But not any more, let’s just say I know what hard work is now and I’m prepared for it.” She then kneeled down by the water and splashed her face to cool herself down.

The Great Hoshigaki was intrigued. “You’re prepared for it huh...?” he trailed off. “Just what do you mean by that?”

“It means I’m ready obviously” she childishly scoffed in response. “No more stupid questions, you’re interrupting my training” Amarante stipulated, forming the hand signs required. She sped the jutsu around as fast as she could and it began to rise from the water.

Hitting the three feet mark Amarante was about to try and beat her record before the Great Hoshigaki interrupted her, grabbing her by the face with his left hand and directing her to look at him in the eyes, surprising her from behind. The jutsu fizzled and faded away as the two stared at each and the Great Hoshigaki spoke.

“Prepared for hard work are you?’ he jeered, a smirk on his lips. “You’re not planning on being a bad girl now are you Amarante my dear” as he asked his enquiry, he began to chuckle, apparently amusement by the idea of her starting trouble.

Amarante glared at the blue man. “So what if I am?” she sneered though clenched checks. “Are you going to stop training me now because of that?”

The Great Hoshigaki chuckled. “Hehe no…” he assured her, letting go of her face. “It’s just going to be more fun now… For me…” after speaking he then backed away, into the tree line to resume looking after his spit.

Amarante shuddered. That was the closest she ever wanted to be to that man or to any man at all really. She shook herself back into reality and tried to focus back onto training the jutsu. “Gr damn it Hoshigaki, you’ve screwed up my concentration!” she yelled after the annoying man who remained silent, though she could swear that she heard him chuckle.

Focusing now on performing the jutsu, Amarante formed that hand signs and started to revolve the water in front of her. The speed kept increasing and eventually within a few seconds it was at the point where Amarante was happy to work with it and she began to raise it out of the water to form the tornado she so desperately wanted to materialise.

The small vortex rose from the water, keeping it’s structure and hit the three foot mark, her personal best to this point, but she kept going. She really needed to get a handle on this jutsu and fast, who knows what thing The Great Hoshigaki might have up his sleeve, she needed all the chakra she could get because if his quest was anything like the last one, if she wasn’t ready, she’d die!

The jutsu continued to rise, slowly and over the course of five seconds it hit the four foot mark. It was almost as tall as her now so she decided that that would be the target goal she would reach. She wouldn’t let the jutsu die until it was at least her height and even then she would keep on going if she could.

The jutsu sputtered and splashed in all directions, Amarante still keeping her concentration despite being splashed a few times. The tornado was now beginning to pull in a bit of a wind current towards it though at this point it was still weak.

It had been ten seconds since she hit the four foot mark and the time consumption was beginning to take its toll. The tornado was now about four and a half feet high and still holding but for how long? Amarante didn’t know. She didn’t give up however, she said she would let it get to her height before she let it drop and she was going to keep that promise.

Four foot eight, four foot nine… Amarante was having trouble holding it now but she was so close. Four foot ten, four foot eleven… The jutsu began to let down but it still held together at leats a little. Five foot, five foot one, yes! She let go of the jutsu, proud of herself.

Not only had she ensured the jutsu reached her height, it was a whole one twelfth of a foot higher then her. The great Hoshigaki remerged from the tree line. “Good work kid, I think you’re ready to go on that quest of ours now.”

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“I think you’re ready to go on that quest of ours now” the Great Hoshigaki informed her. “So how about it?” he enquired, tilting his head. “I promise no sharks this time, except for me of course.”

Amarante took a moment to ponder the situation. The Great Hoshigaki promised no sharks but still something about the deal seemed fishy. “You promise no sharks?” she ensured, the great Hoshigaki nodded. “Alright then, let go” she agreed, her fate was sealed.

The Great Hoshigaki offered his hand. “Well then let’s go” he posed. Amarante took his hand and then the Hoshigaki form some one handed hand signs, so fast that Amarante couldn’t even see them. They were then brought into what seemed like a worm hole, the area around looked all fast moving and swooshy but soon they were at their destination.

Looking around Amarante was happy, there were no sharks in sight and she was standing at a shore line, the ocean in front of her. What the Great Hoshigaki hadn’t told her however was the fact that ‘There were tornado’s everyone around the area!’ There were loads of them, probably over a hundred and the wind that was being whipped up from them was almost deafening.

“This place is renown for it hundreds of tornado’s!” The Great Hoshigaki called out to her, the winds making it almost impossible for Amarante to hear him. “The winds and raging water should make it easier for you to call upon the force of the tornado; it’ll be good for you to try your luck here before you actually learn how to use it in normal conditions.”

“Yeah right!” Amarante called back to him over the screeching winds. Her hair was flipping violently, getting into her eyes. “But if you insist I guess I’ll give it a shot!” she conceded.

Forming the hand sign, Amarante tried out the jutsu. The raging waters around her spurred on the vortex and instantly sped up its rotation. “We’re using the power of nature to increase our own strength” the Great Hoshigaki commented. “Humans are the rulers of this world because of things like this, we use the world own power against it.”

Hoshigaki was right, sort. He wasn’t exactly being direct about it but it was pretty much a useful thing, using natures own powers for your own personal benefit. Amarante liked it so she decided to raise the bar and tried her hand at forming the tornado. The swirling winds produced by the other tornados around the area should help with its formation but it wasn’t a guarantee, they just may make it to unruly to control.

Raising the jutsu and forming the water tornado she was craving, Amarante was please that it rose to seven feet with the same effort she used to make it grow to three. The jutsu soon careened out of her control though, she had been to happy with her success that she lost focus and the jutsu toppled over.

“It’s pretty good huh?” the Great Hoshigaki snickered. “To think that the forces of nature can do so much solely by being present.” It was great; Amarante thought that she’d be able to learn so much and pretty much master the jutsu here, it was perfect conditions for learning this technique.

Trying the jutsu again, forming the hand signs, Amarante put in more effort and soon her tornado was of size comparable to that of the great Hoshigaki’s, its size being egged on by the winds and raging water. It was great but unfortunately Amarante began to loose control of the jutsu, it careened back and forth, control being nonexistent and collapsed back into the sea.

“And that’s why we’re here!” the Great Hoshigaki proclaimed. “This place will be a training ground for your control more then anything; I don’t want you killing yourself by accident back in the training ground so we’re doing this here to prepare you.”

Amarante thought that Hoshigaki’s logic was flawed. “I’ll have the same problem here, what’s the difference if I kill myself here or not?!” she bellowed.

“Don’t argue, just do!” the Great Hoshigaki barked back, Amarante pouting in impudence in reply.

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“I think you’re ready to go on that quest of ours now” the Great Hoshigaki informed her. “So how about it?” he enquired, tilting his head. “I promise no sharks this time, except for me of course.”

Amarante took a moment to ponder the situation. The Great Hoshigaki promised no sharks but still something about the deal seemed fishy. “You promise no sharks?” she ensured, the great Hoshigaki nodded. “Alright then, let go” she agreed, her fate was sealed.

The Great Hoshigaki offered his hand. “Well then let’s go” he posed. Amarante took his hand and then the Hoshigaki form some one handed hand signs, so fast that Amarante couldn’t even see them. They were then brought into what seemed like a worm hole, the area around looked all fast moving and swooshy but soon they were at their destination.

Looking around Amarante was happy, there were no sharks in sight and she was standing at a shore line, the ocean in front of her. What the Great Hoshigaki hadn’t told her however was the fact that ‘There were tornado’s everyone around the area!’ There were loads of them, probably over a hundred and the wind that was being whipped up from them was almost deafening.

“This place is renown for it hundreds of tornado’s!” The Great Hoshigaki called out to her, the winds making it almost impossible for Amarante to hear him. “The winds and raging water should make it easier for you to call upon the force of the tornado; it’ll be good for you to try your luck here before you actually learn how to use it in normal conditions.”

“Yeah right!” Amarante called back to him over the screeching winds. Her hair was flipping violently, getting into her eyes. “But if you insist I guess I’ll give it a shot!” she conceded.

Forming the hand sign, Amarante tried out the jutsu. The raging waters around her spurred on the vortex and instantly sped up its rotation. “We’re using the power of nature to increase our own strength” the Great Hoshigaki commented. “Humans are the rulers of this world because of things like this, we use the world own power against it.”

Hoshigaki was right, sort. He wasn’t exactly being direct about it but it was pretty much a useful thing, using natures own powers for your own personal benefit. Amarante liked it so she decided to raise the bar and tried her hand at forming the tornado. The swirling winds produced by the other tornados around the area should help with its formation but it wasn’t a guarantee, they just may make it to unruly to control.

Raising the jutsu and forming the water tornado she was craving, Amarante was please that it rose to seven feet with the same effort she used to make it grow to three. The jutsu soon careened out of her control though, she had been to happy with her success that she lost focus and the jutsu toppled over.

“It’s pretty good huh?” the Great Hoshigaki snickered. “To think that the forces of nature can do so much solely by being present.” It was great; Amarante thought that she’d be able to learn so much and pretty much master the jutsu here, it was perfect conditions for learning this technique.

Trying the jutsu again, forming the hand signs, Amarante put in more effort and soon her tornado was of size comparable to that of the great Hoshigaki’s, its size being egged on by the winds and raging water. It was great but unfortunately Amarante began to loose control of the jutsu, it careened back and forth, control being nonexistent and collapsed back into the sea.

“And that’s why we’re here!” the Great Hoshigaki proclaimed. “This place will be a training ground for your control more then anything; I don’t want you killing yourself by accident back in the training ground so we’re doing this here to prepare you.”

Amarante thought that Hoshigaki’s logic was flawed. “I’ll have the same problem here, what’s the difference if I kill myself here or not?!” she bellowed.

“Don’t argue, just do!” the Great Hoshigaki barked back, Amarante pouting in impudence in reply.

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The challenge was set. She had to learn to control the jutsu under these extreme circumstances and she had to do it fast. They couldn’t stay where they were forever, it was only pure luck that they hadn’t been swept up by a tornado as of yet and they couldn’t count on that luck for very long.

Forming her hand signs she created a tornado of water which towered above her. Using her chakra, she tried to keep the tornado grafted in place but it soon tore to pieces and fell back into the ocean.

Undeterred, Amarante tried again. “Alright the time for sure” she exclaimed, forming the hand signs. She formed another tornado of water in front of her, the tornado quickly taking form, aided in its creation by the winds and raging water around her. She tried with all her might straight off the bat to control her creation but once again it quickly fell out of existence.

“Damn it why won’t it say up!” she screamed in frustration, the high winds carrying her voice away. The Great Hoshigaki however managed to hear her and decided to give her a little advice.

“You know, this is just my personal opinion” he began. “But sometimes less chakra equals more control.”

Confused, Amarante beseeched answers. “What do you mean, less chakra means more control? If I use less chakra I definitely won’t be able to control it.”

“Not necessarily” the Great Hoshigaki alleged. “Here watch me” he requested. He formed the hand signs at a fast speed but from what she knew about him, she was sure he was just taking his time. A tornado of water larger then Amarante’s soon emerged from the water once he had finished with his hand signs and he continued.

“You see, I can control this even though I’m not putting a lot of effort into the jutsu” he claimed. It was true he appeared to be putting hardly anything into the technique and while it could be alleged that it was just because he was more experienced with the technique, there was no reason as to why Amarante, who could also perform the technique, couldn’t control it with the same efficiency.

The Great Hoshigaki continued with his explanation, throughout Amarante’s thought pattern. “You see having more chakra in the jutsu also adds to the techniques weight, what you really have to focus on is the basic points of the technique, rotation and maintenance.”

Nodding, Amarante agreed with her make shift sensei. All she had to do was focus on rotating the technique, so far she was sort of trying to compress the tornado so it wouldn’t spill over to the side but that would just be hindering its rotation, causing it to fall, she had to remember the dot point and so she tried the jutsu once more making sure not to forget about all the aspects of the jutsu.

Forming the hand signs, Amarante whipped up her tornado of water. It spun around at an increasingly fast rate and was truly a sight to behold. Amarante this time tried to limit the amount of chakra she put into the jutsu but also tried to better control it, after all it was all about control when it came to performing techniques. This time Things worked out for her.

The jutsu was still holding together as she focused the chakra infused water to rotate and didn’t try to stop the jutsu from toppling by constricting its movement. She was able to hold it together for a further thirty second before it finally toppled. The technique took a lot out of Amarante.

Sure she had been limiting her jutsu but still it was a continuous stream all the same and for a Genin to be able to perform a B level technique of the like, she was sure to have lost a deal of chakra. Looking up to the great Hoshigaki to get his opinion, Amarante felt a sense of accomplishment.

He was smiling, obviously proud of his student and it made her feel good on the inside.

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Despite the Great Hoshigaki’s obvious pride in the girl, Amarante spoke up. “So how was that?” she enquired, a smile upon her face in childish glee. The Great Hoshigaki gave his honest opinion.

“Well it wasn’t perfect but it was progress” he berated her progress, a smirk on his lips. “How about I set you a time and you try and match it with your control eh?”

So it was another challenge then was it? Amarante accepted the proposition. “Yeah okay that sounds like a good deal” she commended. Looking around however she wasn’t so sure. “But are we going to have enough time I mean jeez look at these tornados’s around here, we might get blown away.”

Don’t worry about it” the Great Hoshigaki assured her, shrugging it off with a wave of his hand. “If they get to close I’ll send them away or teleport us out of here, it’s not like with the sharks this time. Now I’m going to set this timer for three minutes, ten times the amount of time you were able to perform the jutsu for the last time, so you think you can do it?”

Amarante nodded, confident that she could while the Great Hoshigaki just chuckled. “Hehe well then whenever you’re ready” he assured her, a timer falling out of his sleeve and into his hand. Amarante turned to face the ocean and took a deep breath as best she could, to mentally prepare herself before she attempted the jutsu.

Flipping through the hand signs, Amarante focused her chakra into the water before her. At her discretion, a tornado of water then spouted forth and then the timer began. Amarante focus on channelling her chakra through the tornado’s current, increasing its speed and inadvertently increasing her own control over it.

It was hard to maintain though, the chakra draining was beginning to be too much. Stealing a glance over to the great Hoshigaki, the blue man shook his head indicating that there was still time remaining and in response she grunted in frustration, turning back to her tornado of water.

She was holding on but fading fast, the constant drain on her chakra network beginning to get too much for her and pretty soon, she let go of the jutsu. Panting, her hands on her knees, she looked back over to The Great Hoshigaki. “How long was that?” she enquired, the Hoshigaki shaking his head.

“You only managed to hold on for one minute fifty seven seconds” he informed her, holding up the stop watch. “Another minute three and you would have gotten it.” Amarante grit her teeth, now she would have to do it all over again but this time she would be drained. “Take your time, have a breather and then we’ll go for round two.”

Standing up straight now, Amarante insisted she was okay. “No I can go again” she claimed. “And I’ll get it this time too!” Forming the hand signs, Amarante summoned forth another tornado of water and the great Hoshigaki started timing the technique’s length once again.

Seconds ticked by and Amarante was beginning to regret not resting for a little bit longer though she continued to channel her chakra through the technique. It all seemed as though time was going slower, her efforts seeming to account for nothing and soon her limbs burned with the knowing sensation of exhaustion.

Looking back over to the Great Hoshigaki he once again shook his head again, telling her that it wasn’t over yet and that she had to continue. Grinding her teeth in pain, Amarante did her best to hold on though and tried her very best to keep up the chakra output and for a fraction of a moment entered a state of euphoria, though that moment was short lived and soon she was back to maintaining the technique.

The final seconds were ever approaching and soon enough Amarante had to collapse to the ground, exhausted and spent, the jutsu dying down in front of her and splashing her with its remnants. “How about that?” she enquired as to the time from the large man. “Did I hold out long enough that time?”

The Great Hoshigaki smiled. “Three minutes and two seconds, you made it though just barely” he informed her. Amarante smiled, she would have chuckled but she was still trying to regain her breath, realising that she had been holding it for too long whilst performing the technique. “How about we go back now?” the blue man suggested, offering his hand.

Amarante was quick to take him up on that suggestion and took his hand gratefully and soon she was on her way back to the training grounds.

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Amarante sighed in relief when she suddenly appeared back at the training grounds. It was so quiet in comparison to where she just was, it was so great and she decided to take a minute to appreciate this silence as well as to rest.

The Great Hoshigaki on the other hand had other ideas and quickly ran back into the tree line. “Hey get out of here you!” she heard him holler, the sound of whimpering also apparent. “Stupid wolf should go get his own lamb not mine.” Ah so that was what that was, Amarante had the distinct feeling that it was another shinobi trying to get a mouthful and Hoshigaki protecting his meal.

Looking back over the water now, Amarante remembered that she hadn’t learnt how to use the jutsu yet, she was just using the environment to her advantage before, now she really had to learn it, something that seemed a lot more difficult now that she was back here and partially exhausted.

Still though, she made her way by the shoreline and formed the hand signs for the technique in an attempt to see what she was capable of performing now. Summoning forth a small tornado of water in front of her, Amarante looked it over to see how tall it was. ‘Seven feet, that’s not tall enough’ she mentally noted, the Great Hoshigaki’s was a lot taller then hers was at the moment but still it was nice to know that her time spent in that place full of tornados earlier wasn’t wasted.

If only a little it did help her with the technique and she was now confident in her abilities in controlling the technique all she need to do now was train it to the level she could be able to use her skill in controlling it to her full potential.

Flipping through the hand signs, Amarante poured more chakra into the technique. The Great Hoshigaki had told her not to before but now it seemed as though she would need to considering that she wasn’t in the tornado valley (which she was now calling it).

The water tornado sprouted forth, reaching up to the sky in an attempt to live. It reached the seven foot mark however and then began to spin and sputter out of her control and slowly collapsed into the water once again. “What the..?” Amarante said aloud to herself. ‘Why’d that happen?’

Trying again, Amarante flipped through the hand signs and poured her chakra into the water, forming the tornado. It was a repeat of the previous attempt however and the jutsu once again flopped back into the lake/river. “What’s going on here?” Amarante outwardly questioned.

The Great Hoshigaki seemed to answer her. “I hope you’re not falling back into bad habits so soon?” he called after her. “Remember what I told you? About less chakra being better among other things?” Amarante’s thoughts clicked in remembrance.

“Yeah I remember now!” she assured him. “Sorry.” It was true she was back into her old way of thinking, that more chakra meant more control, it was a conceited way of thinking and she was quick to rectify it. She flipped through the hand signs, using a lesser amount of chakra for the technique this time and focused instead on the speed of the jutsu, funnelling her chakra through the technique.

The results were eminent and her tornado sped up and rose to a height comparable to that of when she was in the tornado valley. Comparable but not quiet their yet, she still had some work to do. She needed to make the jutsu go faster she after waiting for the jutsu to go down, Amarante tried again.

This time the tornado she formed was more prominent, its speed was at the moment the same but Amarante was working quickly. She tried thinning her chakra as a means of making it go faster and it did work. It’s speed was much faster now and she was able to raise its height to what she wanted it.

Successful, Amarante thought that she had earned herself a little break and so after letting the jutsu die down, she went back down and sat down under a tree in the shade, the day really heating up.

(OOC: That took soooo long...)

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Learned.

[JiMmIyZ - Hel]

Suiton - Teppodama
Rank: "C" Rank
Skill: NinJutsu
Effect: Allows a user to shoot a ball of water out of their mouth.
Special: "Handseals"
Drawback: ---
Description: The Teppodama is a Ninjutsu technique utilizing the Water Element. The ninja does some hand seals which then causes a a big ball of water to come from the users mouth and then hit their target.
Limit: Water Release




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Cooling off in the shade of the tree, Amarante was soon interrupted by the Great Hoshigaki who demanded that she continue training. “Hey quit lazing around and do some damn training” he barked, kicking her in the leg.

“Oww” Amarante complained, rubbing her leg. Looking up at the Great Hoshigaki she held a scowl on her face. “Come one I just finished training the freaking tornado of water technique, can’t you let me have five minutes to myself?” she pleaded. She was fairly tired, the jutsu had drained a fair bit out of her and she was beginning to get hungry.

Hearing a slight grumble coming from the girls’ stomach, the Great Hoshigaki used it to his advantage. “Hey I’ll make a deal with you then” he proposed, a smirk upon his face. “You manage to learn the jutsu before lunch time and then I’ll share my spit with you.” Amarante’s curiosity was peeked.

She could smell it cooking nearby and it was very tantalising. Weighing her options, Amarante decided to give it a go. “What jutsu am I going to learn then?” she enquired. She wasn’t prepared for a really difficult one like the shark projectile technique or the water tornado but she could attempt a lower level jutsu with enough confidence.

Putting a finger to his chin in thought, The Great Hoshigaki thought of a technique he could possibly teach her. “I’ve got it!” he exclaimed, snapping his fingers. Walking over to the lake side, he formed some hand signs and then spat out a large ball of water, said ball of water reaching the other side of the lake and smashing against a tree.

“Wow what jutsu was that?” Amarante asked in astonishment. It was similar to her pressure jet technique which she learned for situations where there was lack of a water source but this one was stronger.

“It’s the Teppodama technique” the Great Hoshigaki elaborated. “It’s a technique which may prove useful later on in your training plus it’s just a useful one to know as it doesn’t require a water source.”

“So how’s it work?” she enquired, curious to the fundamentals of the jutsu. She imagined it would be like the pressure jet technique but it’d probably be a little different.

“You focus your chakra into your throat, mixing it with the saliva and then you just spit out the ball of water really” he bluntly explained, hardly answering Amarante’s question. “You won’t really know how to do it until you actually do so give it a go and see what happens.”

Shrugging Amarante decided to give it a go. “Don’t laugh if I mess it up!” Amarante warned, walking over to the lake side. Choosing a tree to aim for she prepared herself to perform the jutsu before being reminded of something. “Hey umm would you please show me the jutsu’s hand signs again?” she asked not having memorised them like she usually did.

Chuckling, the Great Hoshigaki complied. He formed them slowly so that Amarante could get a good look and memorise them easier and then once he was done he signalled Amarante to give the technique a shot, pointing to the tree she had chosen for her target having previously taken note of it.

Taking a deep breathe Amarante, prepared herself for trying the jutsu. Flipping through the hand signs, Amarante focused the chakra in her throat and tried to spit out the ball of water. The result was just a small ball of spit coming out of her mouth and flying a few feet in the air, landing in the river/lake.

The Great Hoshigaki found this amusing and began to chuckle. “Hehe you really are bad when it comes to performing jutsu aren’t you?” he criticized, Amarante becoming annoyed with his words.

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Amarante yelled at the Great Hoshigaki, agitated with his attitude and laughing at her attempt of performing the jutsu. “Gr hey I told you not to laugh!” she bellowed, a scowl on her face.

The Great Hoshigaki put up his hands in defence. “Hey you said nothing about chuckling, they’re different things you know” he joked, winking his eye. “Either way I’m sorry just try the jutsu again and let’s move on hey? Remember you haven’t exactly got that long to master the jutsu before you’re time limit expires.”

He was right, lunch time was fast approaching and she really did like the smell of that lamb, the scent once again catching her nose. “Right well just try to keep any comments such as that to yourself” she commented, forming a hand sign to begin the jutsu again.

The Great Hoshigaki chuckled again. “Comments like what?” he jeered, unremitting to stop his teasing as he found it amusing.

Ignoring the large man now, Amarante focused her attention on learning the jutsu, once again targeting the tree across the lake/river. Focusing her chakra in her throat Amarante attempted to spit out the ball of water like she had seen The Great Hoshigaki do so though her attempt was unrewarded.

She had made only a slight amount of progress, the ball of spit she now spat out only twice the size of what it was the first time she tried the jutsu but all she really could do was try again so she formed the hand sighs, focused her chakra and spat out another ball of water.

This time her ball of water was a quiet a distinct portion larger then the previous ones, being the size of a tennis ball now. Said tennis ball of water travelled a few feet in front of her, five to be exact, before it landed in the water of the river/lake and disappeared from existence.

Smiling Amarante was proud of herself, she was getting the hang of this jutsu a lot quicker then she thought, her training with the pressure jet must be helping her along. Forming the hand signs again, Amarante tried on increasing the range of her jutsu rather then the size of the ball, she’d work on that a little bit later.

Spitting out another tennis ball sized ball of water, the ball went six feet this time before crashing back into the water/lake. ‘Not there yet’ Amarante internally noted, forming more hand signs and preparing to try the jutsu again. Spitting out another tennis ball sized ball of water, the ball went ten feet before landing in the river/lake again.

‘Damn it’s still not going far enough’ Amarante once again inwardly complained to herself, forming the hand signs again. Spitting out another ball of water, she was pleased with her result. The water ball managed to make it all the way across the lake/river and slammed into the tree just like The Great Hoshigaki’s before, said blue man taking it upon himself to comment about it.

“That’s good work girl, now you just have to focus on making it bigger” the blue man instructed.

“Yeah I know that” Amarante answered him. “Just give me a minute and then I’ll have it done.” Flipping through the hand signs again, Amarante tried to make the water ball bigger, more like the great Hoshigaki’s.

The outcome was a football sized ball of water travelling across the lake and slamming into the tree albeit barely. ‘No I think Hoshigaki’s was bigger’ she inwardly thought to herself, once again forming the hand signs.

She spat out another ball of water, this ball equal in size to that of Hoshigaki’s, though the ball only went halfway across the river/lake before slamming back into the water. “Well that’s coming along now” Hoshigaki commented, pleased with the jutsu’s size. Amarante wasn’t going to let this praise go to her head however.

The Great Hoshigaki’s Teppodama reached all the way across the river/lake and he made it look easy so hers had to do that too so she formed the hand signs once more to try and push her jutsu all the way over to the tree across the lake.

Amarante focused her chakra in her throat and then spat out the water ball of the size of her previous attempt and it went across the water and slammed into the tree she was aiming for, just like the Great Hoshigaki’s had. Smiling Amarante congratulated herself.

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[JiMmIyZ - Hel]

Water Style: Mythical Leviathan Waterball Jutsu
Rank: C
Skill: Ninjutsu
Effect: User spits out five small water balls from thier mouth at the target
Special: "Handseals"
Drawback: Can be dodged, must spit each water ball in successtion
Description: User does said handseals and forms chakra within thier mouth. The user then spits out a small water ball that will break on contact with anything. The ball does not explode, it simply bursts, causing C rank force damage rather then anything else upon contact. The user, continues to spit out four more small waterballs, creating five in total in the end. The user must spit out each one individually, rather then all at once.
Limit: Water Release, Teppodama




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“Gyah it’s not ready yet!” the Great Hoshigaki complain very loudly. He was checking his spit which had been on the fire for a while now, a clone of him having been given the task of rotating it so it wouldn’t burn. “Just a little bit longer and it should be good for eating, until then though we’ll have to wait.”

Sighing, Amarante stretched out her back. “‘Sigh’ so what are we going to do in the mean time?” she enquired. She had been all pumped up during her training, she didn’t exactly want to stop.

“I can show you a variation of the Teppodama if you want?” The Great Hoshigaki offered.

Amarante’s interest was peeked and so she went along with it. “Sure I could always use some more jutsu” she consented. “So what is it?” she asked with a tilt of her head.

“Follow me back out here again” the Great Hoshigaki instructed, walking back out to the water side. There he took place next to the water and summoned five water clones. The water clones walked out upon the water and took places facing the original. “Now watch closely” he beckoned, forming the hand signs, Amarante looking them over for any discrepancies.

The Great Hoshigaki then proceed to spit five balls of water, one after the other, at his clones, destroying them in the process. “You see…” he began. “This is just a way of using the technique against multiple opponents. The balls are smaller but they still do a little bit of damage.”

Amarante was still impressed. It did seem like a convenient jutsu to know and so she decided try her hand at it. “Let me take a shot at it” she motioned, Hoshigaki moving a side to let her have a go. “I’m just gonna try and spit the balls out right now rather then try aim at some clones.”

The Great Hoshigaki nodded his head in agreement. “Do whatever you think you need to, to learn the jutsu” he approved, taking a back seat for now.

Amarante focused her chakra in her throat, forming the hand signs. She had to make sure she did build it all up at once; she had to build it repetitively, the jutsu requiring five balls of water to shoot from her mouth and not just one like the original teppodama jutsu.

Trying her luck, Amarante spat the water first water ball from her mouth, it was larger then the Great Hoshigaki’s and while she was proud of herself for that it probably wasn’t something to be proud of. As she tried to spit out the second ball, Amarante coughed and gargled a little bit. She’d messed up with the first and now the whole jutsu was ruined.

Catching her breath, the Great Hoshigaki commented. “You really are terrible; I’m saying that far too often.” Amarante tried to argue but she ended up coughing, choking on the water in her wind pipe. “This jutsu requires precise chakra control or else you’re just gonna end up drowning yourself. You sure you’re up to it?” he enquired, rasing an inquisitive eyebrow.

Amarante screwed her face in frustration, of course she was up to it and she was going to prove it. She formed the hand signs and spat out a ball of water, not quiet as big as the last one but still bigger then Hoshigaki’s. It was quickly followed by a second, the second being smaller then Hoshigaki’s.

That was all she could muster at this level of training but she didn’t drown herself (yet) so she was happy that she could continue and master this jutsu in no time at all. The Great Hoshigaki seemed to mirror her confidence as he decided that she could practice on her own.

“I’m going back to watch my meal now, try not to kill yourself” he warned a bit too casually. Amarante just ignored him; she wasn’t going to drown herself..?

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Watching as Hoshigaki retreated back into the tree line, Amarante looked back across the river/lake. She had a little bit of time before Hoshigaki would call her back over, their meal being ready for eating so she decided that she would learn the technique variation before he did so

Forming the hand signs, Amarante tried the technique out one more time. The outcome on this attempt was Amarante was able to spit out two balls of water, one a little larger then The Great Hoshigaki’s and one a little smaller. It wasn’t perfect so she tried once again, forming another set of hand signs.

This time she was able to spit out two balls of equal size which were equal to that of Hoshigaki’s more or less. So she had that part of the jutsu down, all she needed to do was increase those two balls of water into five, simple really.

She tried to create three balls this time and as such adjusted her chakra proportions to include it. Forming the hand signs, she pooled her chakra and spat out the first ball of water. Its size was that of which she wanted, so she then focused on the second. The seconds size was a little bit smaller then she would have liked but she still proceeded onto the third, failure to do so could result in her drowning herself.

The third one was way too small, her chakra guessing being really off, and it quickly splashed away into nothing. A little disheartened, Amarante tried a different approach. She would try and spit out all the five balls of water at once using a continuous stream of chakra, having to guess at what point in time she would be able to spit the water ball, and then see where that would get her.

Forming the hand signs, Amarante focused her chakra into her throat and spat out the first ball. It was smaller then it was supposed to be but still she continued with the jutsu. The second ball was quick to follow but she built up the chakra a bit longer and it was of adequate size. The third also was of the right size and now she was up to four and five, uncharted territory up til this point.

She took her time building her chakra, careful to not get trigger happy, and she successfully spat out a ball of water of the correct size, now came ball number five. She concentrated a lot harder this time, she didn’t want to screw it up this close to performing it right and when she spat out the ball of water it was of the correct size, a reward for her efforts.

Smirking Amarante tried the jutsu one more time, spitting the five balls of water in the correct way, her timing down, and so she decided to up the ante. “Hey Hoshigaki!” she called the man. “I could use some of your water clones out here!”

The man begrudgingly trudged forth from the tree lines. “And why can’t you use your own?” he whined, obviously not taken to the idea of being some kind of servant of hers, to her displeasure.

“I don’t feel like wasting the chakra” she bluntly replied, closing her eyes and looking towards the lake. “You’ve worked me hard today, it’s the least you could do.”

The Great Hoshigaki still wasn’t very happy. “You’re getting lazy is all” he remarked, agitated, though he still formed the clones said clones running across the water to pose for targets for the over enthusiastic Amarante.

Smirking, Amarante spoke aloud. “You don’t know how much I’ve been wanting to do this” she exclaimed, taking aim on the suspecting water clones. The Great Hoshigaki wasn’t too pleased with her comment as said as much.

“You know you’re not exactly pleasant to spend time with either” he proclaimed, apathetically.

Amarante just waved him off. “Then we’re just two unpleasant people who are forced to hang out with each other because other people can’t stand us. Now shut up and watch me kill your clones she squealed in delight, Hoshigaki smiling at the notion.

Forming the hand signs, Amarante cast the jutsu, aiming for the clones in the middle of the lake/river. The first ball of water was dead on target and struck the clone in the chest. The second however wasn’t as direct and struck the targeted clone in the arm. She made up for it with the other strikes however, striking them each squarely in the head, something that Amarante was quiet proud of.

The Great Hoshigaki spoke up. “Hn after that second shot I thought you’d screw it up but I guess you made up for it with the other three didn’t you.”

(OOC: Thanks to Solus for grading my last post.)

[Ancestor Febrie]

Learned ~

[JiMmIyZ - Hel]

Suiton no Tate (Shield of Water)
Rank: "C"
Skill: Ninjutsu
Effect: The Suiton no Tate acts in a manner similar to the Suna no Tate. By using water and combining it with the users chakra, they can allow it to move around the body to deflect small incoming projectiles or even use it for techniques.
Special: "Handseals"
Drawback: The shield can not really block taijutsu attacks, constantly absorbs a very very small amount of chakra.
Description: Small currents of water flow around the body of the user, capable of deflecting small jutsu or even extinguishing C-rank or lower katon techniques . This jutsu activates automatically unless the user himself chooses to "disable" the ability in a situation. Does not acquire the awareness of the user to defend (can block strikes that the user can't see, like the sand shield has been known to do).
Limit: Water Release





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Rubbing her stomach, Amarante began to feel a little full. She was enjoying the offer of a meal that Hoshigaki had given her, though as always she was acting a little spoilt. Turning to the large man, she demanded more. “Hey Hoshigaki get me some more would you?”

The large man waved her off. “Get your own girl” he said through yawning. He had already eaten three times as much as her and was in no mood to move around unless it was to get ‘himself’ more food, not for the girl who was closer to the spit then him.

Agitated, Amarante retorted. “Hey I told you to stop calling me girl!” she bellowed, throwing her plate at the troublesome Hoshigaki. The plate however would not make it to him; it was swept up by spray of water which sprung forth from the water left behind by the clone (who was spinning the spit) almost automatically.

Surprised, Amarante looked on bewildered. “W-what the hell was that?” she asked her tone loud and shocked.

Tilting his head to view what had happened; The Great Hoshigaki stretched his back out and answered before lying down on the ground on his back. “Oh that, that was just the shield of water technique” he informed her, uninterested. “When there’s a water source present it sort of kicks in automatically, it’s a pretty handy jutsu to have actually.”

A very handy jutsu indeed, to have a technique that reacted automatically to danger, Amarante had to have it. “Teach it to me!” she pleaded, the Great Hoshigaki raising an inquisitive eyebrow, Amarante repeated her demand. “Teach it to me!” desperation was evident in her voice.

Standing, The Great Hoshigaki gave into her pleas. “Sigh I just can’t say no to you when you have such a pitiful look in your eyes” he berated, indicating for Amarante to follow him to the waters edge. Walking out onto the water, he then turned to face the girl. Now watch my hand signs he beckoned, as he moved his hands in front of him.

Amarante memorised them and when The Great Hoshigaki was finished a wall of water surrounded him acting as a shield. “Now the point of this jutsu is to shield you from things, as per its name the shield of water but first off you’re going to need to know how to summon the water around you so come out here and give it a shot.”

Amarante was quick to react and very soon she was out on the water a few feet away from him. “Before we continued I’d just like to know how strong the shield is” she asked, curious to the techniques strength.

Putting a thumb to his chin in thought, The Great Hoshigaki answered her. “Well it’s not incredibly strong but it should be able to deflect small jutsu, kunai and the sort. It’d also be able to distinguish C ranked fire style jutsu.” Amarante was impressed; the jutsu really would come in handy if she was going up against a fire style Ninjutsu user.

“Just one thing” the great Hoshigaki intervened. “The Jutsu constantly absorbs a small amount of chakra but not much, well not much to someone like me at least hehe” the large man then laughed, proud of his chakra level.

Amarante thought it over for a moment. ‘It would take a portion of her chakra constantly but it’d also be good in case of a surprise attack…’ Deciding that it was worth the chakra loss, Amarante continued with the jutsu. “The technique benefits out weigh the drawbacks so I’ll go ahead with it” she said aloud to the Hoshigaki.

Rolling his shoulders, the Great Hoshigaki returned to shore. “Right well you give it a go and once you can bring up the shield call me and I’ll help you with the next part of training.”

Amarante nodded her head. “Right will do” she replied as he entered the tree line most likely going to get something else to eat. Focusing now on the task at hand, Amarante tried out the jutsu, forming the hand signs and seeing what would happen.

The result was that the wall of water she was trying to create sputtered a few feet in the air and remained positioned up to her knees in height. Amarante smiled, this jutsu may be easier then she thought.

Letting the jutsu die down and recede into the water, Amarante tried it again. She was fairly good at moulding the right chakra, her training in the water tornado earlier that day must have been helping her along so she was able to make some quick progress.

The technique this time raised the water to around her waist before it stopped its lift and remained in place ready to protect her from all attacks that would come below the belt.

Letting the jutsu dispel once again, Amarante formed the hand signs again, casting the jutsu while infusing a little more chakra then with her previous attempts. The end result was that the jutsu sprouted from the water and formed a protective dome all around her protecting her from all angles like she wanted.

“I think I’ve got the chakra proportions down” Amarante said aloud to herself. “But that’s probably only half the battle. Hoshigaki said that he would teach me the next step in the jutsu after I could do this so I guess I should call him over.” She fumbled with the idea for a moment before calling out but eventually gave in and shouted.