Seclusion & Resolve [T][P][Needs Grading]

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It has been two years since Kaidou Nagaraku passed his Genin Examination. Throughout that entire time, the idea that was implanted in his skull: "Become a greater ninja!" has been crawling through his mind, always there - gnawing at him like a ravenous wolf starving for food. Kaidou doesn't quite grasp why he has such resolve to become stronger, but it was the only thing he knew how to do (Besides staying quiet; to himself).

Out somewhere in the wilderness, Kaidou roamed. He roamed quite a distance away from his village, and had left behind his humble, makeshift tree home nearly half a year ago. He thought to himself that he could become stronger, in a sense, surviving out in unfamiliar lands with barely any shelter. The entire Ame no Kuni would be his home, until he decided otherwise.

He would learn the land: it's balance, it's strengths and weaknesses, and it would be here where he would grow strong.

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Setsuna Hibana(Instant Spark)
Rank: E
Skill: Ninjutsu
Effect: Creates a spark instantaneously at said target location
Special: Ox
Drawback: --
Description: The user focuses chakra at a certain point on the target and creates a small amount of friction in the air, sparking the area. This can be done almost instantaneously, but causes almost zero damage due to the small nature of the spark. It cannot cause paralysis or blindness, nor any other sort of damage. Usually a prank children use on each other like a game of tag, but with sparks for a small kick.
Limit: Lightning Release

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Kaidou had quite enough of this! For the past several days, he would wake to find some of his stashed food being stolen away by a squirrel that made a game of taking his food and taunting him with the fact that he stole it by waiting for him to wake from sleep, and immediately run off when Kaidou's gaze would fall upon him.

Normally, he would hunt the squirrel down and kill it for food, but he found it amusing that the squirrel made a game out of this. It was like a mutual rivalry, which Kaidou had never experienced before. He did not want to hurt his "rival" in survival, but did want to scare him off - to prove he wasn't someone to push around for free food.

The mere thought of such a silly way to look upon this situation made Kaidou grin. He pondered for a few minutes while he gathered his "bait" (a good sum of nuts) on how he would scare off this little furry fiend without hurting it too much. It came to him that a small, electric shock should scare off a small creature, hopefully.

Two years ago, Raiton was the third and most recent element he had learned to release. It proved to be the most exciting one to him, and also the most dangerous. Yet it could be controlled, it was just a challenge to not release full power when using jutsus of it's nature.

When he returned to his temporary resting place, Kaidou laid down the bundle of nuts on a little leaf, and began rubbing his hands together. Friction would be the source of the spark; it was just up to him to make friction without two forces resisting each other with too much physical contact. After spending about a minute or so thinking about this, Kaidou took his left hand, pressed it against his right hand's palm while focusing his Raiton chakra to his index finger, trying to focus on "just the right amount".

Kaidou found out that when he focused his Raiton chakra and had it pressed against something, it would create a little spark. The first initial amount was too strong, and caused him to jump back. He stopped smiling and tried to repeat the process once more. Kaidou focused on the image of a small flea, and tried to send just that very small amount of chakra to his finger. He felt a slight tingling sensation rush across his palm, and was satisfied with the small "shock". It was now time to wait, and put this idea in to action.

He pretended to sleep, waited very patiently for the hours to pass for his furry rival to come. He could hardly contain his smile, yet he managed to keep his face relaxed. After a long wait, he heard the sounds of rustling and squirrel noises, and he sprang up in to immediate action. The squirrel took a nut, and proceeded to run away.

Kaidou would not let the squirrel escape his grasp this time, and he used his Shunshin no Jutsu to close the gap between him and the squirrel, and focused chakra to his index finger, thrusting it against the back of the retreating squirrel. A small spark occurred, and the squirrel dropped the nut, running much faster than it ever ran before and up a nearby tree.

Several days later, Kaidou was still smiling to himself and was in a new location. The day after the "shocking" event, the squirrel did not come to steal his food. Before he left though, Kaidou took the nuts he had gathered previously and laid them all out on the ground - a gift for the creature that provided him some company.

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[Learned!]

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Raiton - Rakurai Shuryuu (Lightning Style - Lightning Stream)
Rank: "D" - "C"
Skill: Ninjutsu
Effect: The user creates a steady stream of electricity against a single target.
Special: Ox - Monkey - Dog - Dragon
Drawback: "D" Rank require both hands. "C" Rank requires one hand.
Description: After forming the needed hand seals the user will create a fist sized orb of electricity and thrust it at a single target as a steady stream of electricity. At "D" Rank the lightning is only capable of knock a target back and inflict minor burns, and could reach a maximum range of 5 meters. At "C" Rank the lightning is able to cause first degree burns and numbness to the affected area, and reach a maximum range of 10 meters.
Limit: Lightning Release

As Kaidou was moving onwards throughout the wilderness, looking for his next temporary residence, rain started pouring down heavily. This was not uncommon, of course, and Kaidou subconsciously brought up his hood. He traveled onward for a good half hour before he stopped in his tracks to watch something that gave him an idea.

Kaidou gazed upon an overflown stream of water gushing against a rock at speeds fast enough to gradually degrade it. Now this is a common thing to see, and common sense, but if it wasn't for the electric shock he learned just several days ago, he would not have thought of the following idea.

He remembered vividly how painful it was to try to learn the Raiton element. All the major shocks and burns [credit for the burns go to the Katon element, as well] he experienced when trying to control the power of lightning, combined with the constant force of a rushing stream, gave him the idea to learn a jutsu that would make lighting a continuous stream that could be used to "degrade" an opponent, per say. The effects would be minor, but repeated minor force would eventually destroy whatever goes against it.

He sat down on the moist grass underneath him, and placed his left arm's elbow on his knee, raising his arm up with the palm open, level to his mouth and started gathering Raiton chakra to his hand. He spent several hours continuously trying to gather a decent amount for this jutsu. While doing so, he thought on how he would construct this constant stream of lightning.

Kaidou imagined what the stream of water would look like if it was calm... Yes, it'd be moving, but it's still a constant force in one place. If something obstructed the path of the water, it would continue building up; crashing against the object. He would start out with a ball that had nothing in it's way, rotating slowly, but surely. If he were to thrust this ball of energy against something, in principal it should keep pushing against the object it is against if force keeps pressing it forward.

First step, create a ball made out of Raiton chakra; unobstructed, constantly moving. Next, Kaidou would thrust the ball forward to impact against an object, and apply more chakra to keep the flow of lightning pressing on forward against the opponent in the way. He looked over at the large rock, and chose that as his practice target.

Kaidou got up from the ground, and walked over to the large rock. It was in between a stream, and was right next to both sides of the land. To the right of him, the water was crashing over and over against the rock, chipping away at it with no signs of subsiding. He gathered Raiton chakra to the palms of his hands, and started forming several hand signs.

The move would be the equivalent force of a charging ox; constantly annoying, like a monkey; [Kaidou smiled at this one.] persistent, like a dog chasing it's enemy - the cat. To top this all off, Kaidou's hands formed the Dragon hand sign: Fierce as a dragon.

"Raiton - Rakurai Shuryuu!"

Kaidou opened both hands; lightning ball immediately hovering in his palms. He pulled his arms back and thrust the ball of lighting against the obstacle in the river's and his way, causing a small indention to be made. As soon as the attack made contact, Kaidou kept gathering chakra to his palms and it kept the ball of lighting pressing through the rock.

Lightning crackled past his face; emerald eyes wide, accompanied by a Cheshire like grin. He was pleasantly surprised to see his technique work, and was even more surprised as it created a hole several meters long from the energy that had continuously burned through the rock. This was not instantaneous, however, but it did fit his idea of the ability: Steadily pressing onward.

The tunnel caused the top of the rock to crumble and fall to pieces, now allowing for the stream's water to overtake the rock and flow above it. Kaidou had learned a technique that could build up damage over time, and it seemed to have a decent range as well. He was satisfied, and as the rain began to slow down, he was already well on his way to finding a suitable place to rest.

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Learned.

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[Learned!]

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Raiton - Raikyuu (Lightning Ball)
Rank: "D"Rank
Skill: NinJutsu
Effect: Creates a ball of lightning used to where the technique is capable of being hurled towards the person.
Special: "Hand Seals"
Drawback: The user is unable to move while using this technique.
Description: The user does an amount of handseals as they quickly concentrate on the chakra along the palm of their hands. The technique is used to where they create a small ball of lightning to where the user is capable of hurling it towards the opponent. This technique is weak however and is only capable of paralyzing an opponent for approximately one round no matter how strong the opponent may be.
Limit: Lightning Release

It's amazing how achieving one possibility opens up doors for so many more; branching off each other like a butterfly effect.

This was what Kaidou had thought to himself as he lay on the ground; cover of night, blanket of rain. He had traveled a good distance from his last stop, coming upon a medium sized, oval shaped basin that connected to the stream of water he was last located. He thought to himself that this would be a suitable place to stay for awhile while he improved himself.

When he was traveling, his mind had thought of the technique he last learned. There were many more things he could learn just from the acquiring of that technique. For instance, he could take it a step further to only use it in one hand and ascend the range/damage; could create a volley of lightning "bullets" that could represent the stream's trait of pushing through any obstacle.

However, when he opens his eyes from a restful respite to the hopeful glare of morning sun, he would take the most basic direction. When he was training Rakurai Shuryuu, he had made a small ball of lightning chakra in the palm of his hand; gauging a feel of how much chakra he should use on the technique. This ball was the basis for a constant source of energy.

So, taking that idea once more, Kaidou thought of a different use for it. What if he created the ball, and then threw it at a target? It would be the exact opposite of his previous technique: Instead of being the unrelenting force, it would become a temporary obstacle in the way of any opposing forces.

Essentially, it would be a technique that would slightly paralyze an opponent for a short while, hence the "temporary" aspect of Kaidou's last sliver of thought. It would be weak, but even the weakest creature on Earth still has a role in life; weakest technique having a role in battle. It would take little amounts of chakra, and grant little pockets of opportunity.

Kaidou slept through the night, smiling with the prospect of learning another technique; one step closer to being stronger. He had a dream: a dream of his family, of happiness, and then.... Gone. Dissipated was his feelings of being alone, once more from that desire to be grandiose. His eyes flashed open as the sun was rising; clouds floating ahead and covering it's orange-hued glares.

Covering his eyes with his hand, he stood up off the ground. He moved his hand away, and took a moment to let his eyes readjust. Oh, speaking of temporary obstacles, Kaidou just thought of another technique; blinding an opponent for a brief moment. Funny, that, he thought to himself. Though, it was long past time for self appreciation, and was now time for self improvement.

Using what he previously learned back at the stream, Kaidou opened his left hand's palm and gathered Raiton chakra once more to it. Using the same amount he first did when learning Rakurai Shuryuu, he formed several hand signs, and a ball of pure lightning energy that hovered above in his hand was formed.

The energy that crackled in his hand was weak compared to what it truly could be... but it would do for now. Kaidou had to test two aspects of this technique, and the first is to see if it would truly paralyze a person. With no regard to himself, and no hesitation to look around for targets, Kaidou raised his right arm and thrust the ball against it.

Lightning rushed in to his veins, and all his muscles tensed painfully, causing him to grab his arm and fall to one knee, biting his bottom lip to suppress verbal outburst. Okay, not so smart, but it proved to him that paralyzing did come from this technique. He counted the seconds he was unable to move; storing it in memory for later use.

When his body regained full functionality, he repeated the same process. This time, instead of subjugating the Raikyuu on himself, he pulled his left arm back and hurled the ball forward in to the basin. When it came in contact with the water, a small circle of lighting crackled and one fish floated to the surface; no movement.

Kaidou had figured out what he needed to, and now he would be enjoying a light breakfast as he watched the hovering clouds. He thought to himself that he would focus on Raiton jutsus for a bit since ideas just keep flowing through his mind; power of raw lightning more addicting than the humble taste of this cooked fish.

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