Teacher's Discourse {Training/Private}

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Before meeting Ickichumo in a marked spot upon the map that the older nin had given to Uesugi, the young ninja was under orders to return home to gather the katana that he had inherited from his father. Rummaging through his old things finally Uesugi came to the black lacquered sheath that held his family heirloom within it. For a long time he sat cross-legged surrounded by a mountain of his now strewn clothing and other paraphernalia staring intently at the blade as he had done since he was a child. From it a gathered a sense of ease that he couldn’t comprehend as a child and the only memory that he could associate it with was the warm embrace of his mother, never anything having to do with his father. After some time he stood up and went to where Ickichumo had designated that they meet for the training,

“I’ve seen you using the Shunshin no justu quite skillfully for your age. I mean it’s not often that a Genin like you has an understanding of the technique…” he began as he walked towards Uesugi and gently removed the weapon from his grasp,

“…but I wonder how you would fair against a weapon in a REAL fight” Ickichumo mused aloud as he turned towards Uesugi with a wide eyed stare. Obvious thoughts of violence settled on Ickichumo’s face as he unsheathed the katana and struck out at Uesugi in one swift, fluid movement that almost resembled that of a dance. As the vertical slash struck the ground where Uesugi had previously been standing, the lanky youth’s image reappeared and he wheeled around only to find Ickichumo already upon him with another strike,

But why?! What have I done? he wondered as he poured chakra into his limbs and instantly disappeared towards a thicket in hopes that he could away from Ickichumo. Shivering as he crouched in the growth, he struggled to mute his breathing as he heard the cruch of the Chunnin’s footsteps in the grass just outside the bush that he was trembling in. Why had the training suddenly turned so dangerous? Perhaps Ickichumo actually planned upon slaying the Gennin for the sake of some unknown vendetta.

(OCC: Attempting to learn Shunshin no Jutsu)

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“Oh, Kenchu” came the Chunnin’s voice in a melodic tone,

“As a ninja haven’t you learned that it isn’t about running away? You must confront death or you will never become BETTER!” he bellowed on the last word as slashed the bush that Uesugi had been crouching in and narrowly missing bisecting the young ninja in the process. Sweat dripped down his face as he stared up at the man whom had always been a calm, cheerful man whose students always felt as ease with. The person who stared down at him with cold eyes was nothing like the man that Uesugi had remembered, but his thoughts were interrupted as a swift kick to the gut sent the boy skidding across the damp ground while sitting on his butt. After yelling in a pain for a bit he scrambled to his feet just as Ickichumo dashed over to him with an excited grin on his face as he slashed diagonally across the boy’s white long sleeve. He felt as the coldness of the blade touched his skin with it cold tingling of metal touching his skin, but before the blade could sink into his flesh he sprung backwards using Shunshin no jutsu to create space between himself and Ickichumo,

“Oh? You actually managed to dodge that? What presence of mind” the assailant mocked as he walked towards the wounded Uesugi. The slash mark across his chest began to weep small beads of blood from the opening that had been created as he staggered away slightly from the katana wielding shinobi. A small cry escaped from his parched throat as he disappeared yet again down to the opposite end of the clearing that Ickichumo had taken him to.

Was it meant to be that he died here without ever knowing the future?

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As Ickichumo swung again at Uesugi he again gathered chakra into the soles of his feet and into every anal of his body to further boost the speed at which he could move disappearing an instant before the blade swished through the air before thumping into the grass. Skidding backwards from his high speed movement, Uesugi immediately felt his remaining chakra waning as the energy he expended began to take its toll upon him. His legs wavered as adrenaline threatened to overwhelm as things stood; he had never fought against a shinobi that was not only more skilled than himself yet at the same time had a greater murderous intent than he did. Of course it was natural for that to be the case as he was nothing more than a child, but even with his proficiency with Shunshin no Jutsu he found himself outclassed and overmatched.

“No…” he murmured as he dropped to his knees with tears welling up at his eyes. He had resigned his life already. There was no way that he could make it through this and when he looked up at Ickichumo he saw the face of the man that he had known his entire life,

“Get up ya little welp…sheesh…” he said scratching his head. The malice that flashed wildly in his eyes only seconds before had disappeared,

“…ninjas face life and death every day. Don’t allow your despair to overwhelm. Always have your mind thinking ahead” he said with solid face,

“…that being said…” he continued,

“…it’s time to train ya on the REAL Shunshin no jutsu and furthermore make ya actually be able to wield this thing” he said as he held up the gleaming katana to the sunlight.

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“Honestly, there isn’t much you don’t know about the basic Shunshin no Justu. Hell, you’re probably one of the best in terms of your peers. Although…you’re still too green to be trying to play tag with a guy like me” he said with a smile on his face.
Uesugi’s eye drooped in comedic contempt for the Chunnin and his boastful ways, but he kept his mouth shut or else he might be forced to endure hearing about how this same individual made him cry just by attacking him only a few days ago; the sting from the story hurt much more than the scab that healed across his chest. Ignoring Kenchu’s look he continued his instruction,

“…all I need ya to practice now is more of a fluid motion with a more explosive result” he explained. Uesugi stared at him intently now because he could sense that this was where the real teaching was beginning,

“In truth you’re using about 85% of the jutsu’s potential albeit you’re strictly doing it from TaiJutsu approach. Heh heh. Anyway, my point being rather than equally dispersing the chakra throughout your body when you about to flash forward why not channel all of it to one side?” he asked. Uesugi’s eyes widened as he began to piece together the knowledge that Ickichumo was giving him and before the man could elaborate upon his point the young boy already began to attempt.

Stamping his right foot down he allowed an explosion of his maximum output of chakra send him hurtling forward and before he knew he was instantly transferred to the destination that he wanted to go. This time no matter how he focused he could only picture his movement through space AFTER he had already come to his destination. Deciding to take it one step further he didn’t hesitate as he imbued his left foot with as much chakra as he could release at one time as he had before in one fluid motion.

Again he shot forward and this time was able to briefly see the flashing image of a tree rushing towards him and at the last second he was able to roll away before any further catastrophe took place. Raising to his feet a confident smile filled his face,

“So this is the REAL Shunshin no jutsu then?” he asked although he hadn’t expected an answer.

“Yup. Now the only thing to improve is how well you see and react with your “mind’ eye”, brat” Ickichumo responded while ruffling the kid’s head. Although Ickichumo loved playing the wild card, he enjoyed seeing the children of Kirigakure become stronger. Hopefully this one would make a difference on the world, after all he was young, ambitious, and more importantly he was receiving training from the great Ickichumo. At this thought Ickichumo’s face broke out in a self praising smile,

“Shi-shi-shi” he laughed aloud.

[Ancestor Febrie]

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Try to include more of the actual training of that technique

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It was night of the second day of training and Uesugi still hadn’t seen what Ickichumo had meant by learning to wield the katana that had been left as a hand-me-down by his father as well as a reminder of his mother. The lazy older nin was sleeping now so Kenchu stood up and slunk away to a distance further away from where the man was snoring loudly.

Concentrating once again he gathered all the chakra that he could amass in his right foot and raised it in the air about a knee high before stopping it into the ground. Immediately he shot forward through the night where visibility was already extremely poor, but as his body whistled through the space he felt as his feet floated over the ground for a brief moment in time until finally he drew to a halt. Sighing he still felt that there was something that he could improve,

“Maybe if I…” he wondered thoughtfully to himself as he rubbed his chin.

Rather than gathering chakra into his feet to shoot forward the young Genin dug his foot into the ground and began gathering a large amount of chakra into his right leg, but he didn’t release it since the idea was to learn to increase the amount of energy he could gather into the soles of his feet before he was forced to release it. Beads of sweat began to snake down his forehead as the effort was straining until finally he dropped his right foot back onto the ground and sat back in exhaustion; he had realized that the limit to which one could perform the Shunshin no Jutsu was based upon how much chakra they had as well as how fast they were. Even so his training was rather tough.

(OOC: I hope this is better. It’s kinda hard to train this technique directly.)

[Ancestor Febrie]

Learned ~

Much better xD

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(Dr. Abumi-san¡­.you're a cruel one. <>__<>)
(OOC: Trying to learn Great Sword Control Basics)

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Great Sword Control Basics
Rank: "D"
Skill: TaiJutsu
Effect: Learning basics of the Great Sword Control in order to use the style of Sant¨­ry¨± (Èýµ¶Á÷, Three Swords Style)
Special: ---
Drawback: Must be learned if a TaiJutsu Specialist
Description: Once gained the user must go through a series of training regiments to be able to antiquate control and handle the sword. This is the first step. This is the basics; this enables the user to accurately defend, attack and counter basic movements or attacks which ranges from E to D type of attacks. (Reminder this does not mean that you godmod, it just means you are getting faster with the sword.) Can only be used with two hands. At this point the user is capable of learning the E and D Rank techniques.
Limit: Must learn if TaiJutsu Specialist

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Uesugi woke up the next morning to find Ickichumo holding his katana out in front of him with both hands clutched around the hilt and immediately the young Genin stiffened; it was the same stance that he used when he had attacked Uesugi the other day with no remorse in his eyes. The man seemed to have heard the boy because he looked over and dropped the weapon to his side, staring at the youth for a moment before beckoning him over,

"Hold this" he demanded as he tossed the weapon into the air sailing at Uesugi. Immediately panic became rampant in the boy¡¯s body as he waved his hands around nervously before finally managing to catch the hilt with both hands,

"Oi,sensei¡­you know it's unsafe to throw weapon," the boy said when suddenly Ickichumo appeared behind him,

"Now, the point is for you to learn to use the weapon as if it were an extension of your arm. Once you've done that you will have attained the basic level of Great Sword Control" he smiled widely,

"...­believe me it's something you want kid" he explained.

Pointing over to some stumps that had been cleanly cut from nearby trees and explained the essence of the exercise which was to have Uesugi practice cutting through the tree stumps until it became as natural as raising his arm up and down. Skeptical as to how far he would progress with that type of training, Uesugi walked over to the stumps with the katana in heavy in his right hand.

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Uesugi clenched the blade with his left hand lower to the end of the hilt and his right hand stacked almost directly on top of the left hand. It felt foreign this weapon that was supposed to become an “extension” of his arm. Raising it over his head he hacked down upon an already prepared cut of rectangular wood only to watch the wood splinter a small amount before finally stopping the blade’s momentum. Vibrations rattled through the blade and sent numbing shockwaves through Kenchu’s arms. Shaking his hands out he reached for the katana’s hilt once more and ripped it out of the wood before striking again with all his might with a vertical slash that caused the steel of the blade to shimmer with sunlight before becoming embedded in the block of wood once again.

This cycle continued with little progress except for Uesugi’s hands becoming blistered from the continued waves that traveled up the blade only to shoot painfully up his arms. Eventually Ickichumo returned to his nap and the sun began setting while young Uesugi continued hacking haplessly away at the same block of wood until it was chipped in several places from many failed attempts at cutting it. Nighttime met the unfortunate Genin still struggling to understand what it meant to wield a katana properly. Rage and feelings of self-inadequacy filled him causing him to toss the blade aside as he struggled with the bite of inferiority welling up in his heart; the raw emotion made him want to bellow like a mad man towards the sky. It was the rage that forced him to pick up the weapon that he had moments ago cast aside and with a cold precision he swung down upon the block of wood that rested upon the stump. Instead of the ringing sound of the sword’s steel there was a single, fluent swish as the sword split the wood into two even pieces that fell on either side of the stump.

“What…” uttered Kenchu in bewilderment as he stared at his shaking hand. It was then that he realized that the sword would only respond to the internal desire of a person to cut. If the person was simply swinging the sword around it would never do any actual damage, but should the person attack with the intention of cutting something up then the sword will respond likewise.

Testing his theory he went through three more blocks of wood with three devastating blows that left the pieces sheared completely through as if they were made of nothing more than paper. Throwing the last one in the air, Uesugi swung his sword from his hip up in a driving slash splitting the block into two pieces that fell on either side of him just as Ickichumo walked to where the young lad had become a pro at the task at hand,

“Looks like you’re pretty responsive to my great training regiment” the Chunnin said while yawning. He was pleased that it took Kenchu no longer than one day to handle wielding a weapon at that level with some semblance of ease for he had much that he would drive into the boy despite the rebellious streak that this one had. Meanwhile Uesugi was lost in the confidence that had sprung from him attaining a new level of strength; finally it seemed as if he were on his way to becoming stronger.

[Ancestor Febrie]

Learned ~

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(OOC: Learning Shunshin no Jutsu once again. Must master how to train it)

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After his earlier success with achieving a basic level of ability with a katana, Uesugi was allowed to run back to the village and receive a proper meal while Ickichumo checked in with Mizukage-sama on what the status of the village was. Hearing Mizukage’s name made Uesugi cringe as his insides churned at the thought of being surpassed and he immediately ran off quietly in order to train what had become his favorite technique. Last time he had broken his mastery down in steps, the first being maximizing the amount of chakra that he could release from the soles of his feet in order to propel him forward. The next step was to now allow his chakra to push him the entire way without adding extra movements, but in order for the Shunshin no justu to be mastered one should be able to only rely upon their chakra to travel with even greater than before.

“Hmm…” he thought scratching his chin. It would take an impressive amount of chakra for him to be able to propel himself an entire distance without any movement himself; chakra that young Genin would have trouble mustering quickly.

Sitting himself in Lotus position, Uesugi began focusing on gathering up wells of chakra in a matter of seconds. It had to become second nature to him if he were going to become stronger. With his eyes closed he pulled intensely from the depths of his soul all the chakra he could at the moment, but naturally his body not being used to so much chakra being used at once it was hard for him to extract all of it within the time frame he had set. Eventually he felt his life energy flowing around him and through his limbs, but Kenchu was still dissatisfied as he released the chakra once more to try again.

“HA!” he yelled as he forced even more chakra out in one go this time his body trembling from the effort. During the Shunshin no Jutsu it must be an instantaneous transmission stagnant to being overflowing to chakra and it was a hard thing to do since his own chakra control wasn’t necessarily amazing. He had to draw it out in steps at first if he wanted to pull out the maximum amount of chakra, but after two attempts he was wiped out and could no longer continues. Dragging his feet to his bed he promised he would improve upon it tomorrow without fail. He simply needed to add more power at once than he currently could.

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It was still starting to become light when a small figure slipped out from his sleeping area and quietly moved away to a place of solitude as he attempted to again progress his skills before his teacher woke up. Once the cheerful, yet deadly ninja awoke for the next step in training Uesugi would honestly have no more time to work on his Shunshin no Jutsu. After all in a battle, speed could very well be the key to staying alive. As he had done the night before the young man sat down cross legged and exhaled hoping to dispel any tenseness that had remained in his body after his slumber.

The with a quick intake of breath he drew forth as much chakra as he could from the wells of his stomach and held it for a burst of a few seconds. His body seemed almost strained under the sudden duress of the wild chakra that was now pent up within his body. Once he released the flow of energy again he slumped a little as the effort was extremely taxing and he tried to remember how it felt to draw all that energy within himself.

"Chakra…life energy, huh?" he said thoughtfully as he looked to the brightening sky. It would almost be time to resume training with Ickichumo again.

For a last effort he rose to his feet and now concentrated upon gathering as much chakra as he could, but it was more difficult now because his body’s attention was now drawn in two place: both on the physical and internal planes. It was different when one meditated and drew out their inner energy, but when standing up or doing anything else it much harder to maintain the connection of energy. Clinching his teeth, he continued drawing out more chakra until he finally felt pain and was forced to let it go. Collapsing to the ground Uesugi felt his forehead to find that it was moist. Although he could use the Body Flicker technique, he was no master that much was certain. He would be someday, he would sure of that.

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Ickichumo woke up to find that his student was still napping peacefully in his sleeping bag though it was obvious that the young nin had done extra training while he, Ickichumo had been sleeping. For some reason this thought troubled him for it occurred to him that Kenchu actually had potential especially since he had such fierce determination to go along with his ambition. With this he decided to take a day from training Uesugi to go and do his own self training. He disappeared into the mist, leaving his slumbering charge with nothing more than a scroll of a few Jutsu.

Uesugi groggily awoke to find himself alone with nothing but a tightly wrapped scroll on the ground next to his head and he immediately deduced the meaning of the gesture, but he decided that he would use his time to briefly exercise his ability to use the Shunshin no Jutsu. This would be last time he practiced drawing out large quantities of chakra at once since he would only get better with time. This time he widened his base into a horse stance and clapped his palms together drawing forth tons of chakra. Tiny blue flames rippled in and out of visibility as he roared passionately out into the clearing,

“AHH!!” he bellowed and his thickened by the mass of chakra that suddenly began to swell throughout his being until it finally covered every inch of his body.

Tensing his legs he used the new power flowing through him and launched himself with an audible grunt that immediately sent him hurtling towards the space that had only been vacant an instant ago. Releasing the chakra, the youth rested a bit before drawing the chakra forth once more in order to prove to himself that he had the hang of it. This time the chakra came more readily to him and the grass swayed slightly from the force of his chakra; he ripped into his hidden reserves of energy and drew it forth violently boosting his chakra dramatically. Of course the effort could only be maintained at its peak for microseconds at a time, but this was the essence of the Shunshin no Jutsu after all. Overwhelming bursts of chakra that allowed the user’s body to move at speeds normally impossible for the average human body to react at.

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Now that he had managed to get down one aspect of the Shunshin no Jutsu, Uesugi wanted see what the difference was in his ability to use the technique; the basics of a skill were only good if one could apply them in one fluid concept. That was what he had been taught in the academy and he thoroughly believed in that ideology. Quickly gathering his katana from where it lay forgotten by the camp, the young ninja ran to where he had been practicing cutting through the stumps. Gripping the weapon with two hands firmly wrapped around its hilt and gathered explosive amounts of chakra in his limbs as he tensed for a brief second. Then with a quick release of chakra he was sent hurtling at high speed towards the stump where one of the wooden blocks was standing up right.

“…ZUUUuuuu” was the only noise heard as the young shinobi barely managed to catch glimpse of the block and slice horizontally through the block successfully cutting it into two pieces.

After his first attempt he immediately replaced the block and readied himself to attempt the same thing again. Of course since his sword form was still rugged his cuts were not precise and he missed the second time around, but he was fine with that result because he gained a little more insight on how to “see” when using Shunshin no Jutsu. Utilizing the brief overflow of chakra left the user with faster reflexes which meant that it took less time for movement so striking at that high speed wasn’t a problem. It was simply a matter of shifting one’s flow of chakra quick enough to execute another move. Smiling at his revelation, he walked to where the scroll sat and opened it up to see what more he could master for the day.

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Oto no Jutsu (Sound Release Skill)
Rank: "C"
Skill: NinJutsu
Effect: ---
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: With this skill, or release, the user is now capable of using, and performing techniques that deal with the element of Sound. This means that any NinJutsu or specialized TaiJutsu that deals the Sound Release will need this in order to be performed correctly.
Limit: ---

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“Ara?” Uesugi murmured as sat back and read a few of the jutsu that was hidden within the scroll’s contents.

It was more than interesting than he had imagined within the scroll was the art of Oto no Jutsu; a surprising rare jutsu release amongst the Kirigakure shinobi. In fact, to Uesugi’s knowledge the most famous person rumored to be capable of this ability albeit limited capability was the “Demon of the Mist”, Zabuza Momochi.

“Geez…that man…” Kenchu sighed in amazement; he couldn’t figure out how Ickichumo had gotten hold of this scroll, but of course he would be grateful for its use.

Reading the scroll it showed that in order to become effective in the ability to use Oto no Jutsu one had to be able to disperse their chakra into the air around them subtlety which was unique to the other releases which relied and gathering then storing chakra to create devastating results. Deciding that it would be best to start with a simple meditative state, Uesugi sat down in Lotus position. Taking a deep breath he began channeling chakra at the surface of his skin. His skin began tingling as the chakra rested on the surface of his skin and then after the feeling settled he breathed out to release the energy.

First step complete

Now he had to learn to channel the chakra into the space around him in order to enhance he fields of sound that he developed and that were created in the environment around him.

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Giving himself time to incorporate the idea of the first step described in the scroll Uesugi prepared to combine the first step with the second step of using Oto no Jutsu. Granted his actual skill with such techniques would be limited at his age and current level of ability he would force himself to learn it through determination coupled with diligence. Placing his hand on the ground, he once again released a steady stream of chakra throughout his body and it settled upon his skin making more receptive to the air around him. Every sound seemed heightened as he remained in that position without moving for 5 minutes.

“Whoosh….” was the only noise that filled the misty clearing, but Uesugi could hear so much more than that. Beads of sweat dripped from the center of his forehead and his limbs began trembling with the sustained effort of holding the pose while at the same time emitting enough chakra to absorb the sound waves around him.

Kenchu quickly realized that it was not necessarily using chakra to “suck” in the sound around him, but it was maintaining this ability for extended amount of time. Unlike most of the other nature releases there was no big burst of chakra followed by a valley or decrease in the flow of energy when using Oto no Jutsu. The main concept was a steady use of the sound waves around you to control one’s circumstances. Finally cutting off the thread of chakra that ebbed through his body in invisible contour lines he finally stood up with his back and legs paining from maintaining such a stiff movement for so long.