[TrainingTravel]

[hotoka]

So Rika was all, like, floating about. And after all the floating about, she did some more floating. And floating, and floating, and floating. But, after some hours, or maybe even days, of floating around floatingly, she floated no longer in a river, but rather a sea or ocean, it seemed. So then, she saw some more fishes floating about than she used to while floating about in the many rivers of the Lightning Country. So now in the ocean, or sea, she wasn't quite sure which of the two it was. All she knew, floating about in the sea and/or ocean, was that she was floating towards the Land of Fire.

Like, floating. And floating some more. And even more floating, all around, like floatfloatfloat. She was starting to get fairly bored, floating all about andallthat, but she still floated on, for halting her floating and wiggling about in the ocean was, probably, even boringer. Probably. So then there was more floating, looking at other things floating about also, and then she floated some more. After some bit, she finally floated into some sort of fresh water, and then she floated about in the new country, which was ought to be the Fire Country, probably. So now, she sortof got out of the water, floating about no more, and walking instead. Woah.

«««Move to the Fire Country Plx»»»

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Moved to hi no kuni

[hotoka]

Kagemane no Jutsu, 影真似の術 (Shadow Imitation Technique)
Rank: "C", "B", "A" Rank
Skill: NinJutsu
Effect: The signature move of the Nara family, this jutsu allows the user to control their own shadow and merge it with their opponent's shadow, combining them. This links the movements of the user with the target; the target is subsequently forced to make any movement the user makes. It is an extremely versatile technique, as the user can contract and change the shape of their shadow, potentially grabbing multiple targets at once. The degree to which the user's shadow can be stretched is limited by its total surface area.
Special: "Hanseals"
Drawback: Must Be Learned Multiple times in order to truly achieve something grand. Must hold Rat hand seal until the technique connects with the targets shadow.
Description: Using the shadows of other objects, the user can extend their shadow beyond its normal range. The amount of time for which an opponent can be held is limited by the user's chakra, since the user must constantly maintain the jutsu. The jutsu is also more difficult to maintain at greater ranges or for multiple opponents, since the user's shadow must be stretched constantly. At closer ranges, it requires considerably less effort on the user's part. Additionally, the target can force their way free with enough effort, though the amount of effort required to do so is considerable. There are two tables or understandings for this technique that consists of the Difficulty class of the User as well as the Opponent, and as to how far the user is capable of using this technique. When first learned the user is only capable of using this technique at a distance of Ten meters. Each higher Rank archived, the user is capable of extending the shadow another five meters. The user must first however, learn each rank a certain amount of times before then next rank is obtainable. The C rank version must be learned five times total. At which point the distance is upgraded to "B" Rank training and now extends ten meters each time trained. This version must be learned 3 times total. The "A" Rank version extends the range to Seventy meters, and every additional "A" Rank training extends it another ten meters. This technique caps out at 100 meters. The user is capable of making their shadow split and by doing so takes up the distance of the total form of the original technique. This means that if a user has this technique to where they can use thirty meters and wishes to make this technique split to three shadows the maximum distance is ten meters per shadow.
Difficulty on Escaping: Escaping the Kagemane is a tricky art for some, easier for others. Depending on your Stamina and Difficulty class depends on how well the opponent can escape the Kagemane. The Kagemane is held for a certain time frame depending on Rank of the technique learned. "C" Rank can be held for 18 seconds before it breaks no matter what. "B" Rank 36 seconds, "A" Rank 54 Seconds. For every difficulty class the user is above the opponent, add another five seconds. If the opponent for every difficulty class above the user, subtract five seconds. If the Opponent captured is a Taimaster, subtract 15 seconds additionally. If the opponent is a Tai specialist, subtract 5 additional seconds. If the opponent is a Taijutsu No specialist, leave it as is. After doing the math, the amount of turns held will be apparent.
Limit: Nara Clan Technique

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The Nara clan… Hardly respectable. A group of, simply put, lazy individuals. Although… They are at the least bright, and their techniques are incredibly powerful if used in the right hands. It was something at least worth checking out, she thought some weeks ago. But now… “God, woman… I-can’t-be-bothered! Just do it exactly like I told you to do it, and everything will work out fine.” Having searched the lands far and wide, finally having arrived in the fire country it took her only twelve days to find a Nara clan member walking around, and another four to get him to be helpful in any way.

If it weren’t for him having to teach her their techniques, she would have lopped off at least a limb or two, but this had to be won by wit, something not easily done with a Nara. But alas. Be it due to superiour strategy or him being fed up by her constant pushing, he finally caved and at least gave her the theory of how the techniques were done. An example would be useful, preferable even, but this would have to do. “Ugh, Men...”

Handseal, handseal, handseal… Hmpf. With little to no visual example, this was sort-of, well, hard (“Grr.”). Her shadow had to be manipulated in some way. Which had to be done with handseals. And chakra. Right. Handseals were performed again, chakra creeping down her arms, her back, her legs. It was ought to now affect her shadow. Somehow. In any way… Aaany time now. But it didn’t seem to help much; at best she saw the shadow vibrate a bit.

So again she would try, series of handseals flew about, and her chakra crept down, now faster than before. As it reached her shadow, having taken five point eight seconds, she could feel some sort of control reaching over her shadow. She was ought to be able to stretch it up to ten meters with this technique, but the slow blur she called a shadow seemed to reach no further than one point three meters.

And even that was no easy task to do. It took only four seconds for her shadow to form back to her own, slightly rounder self again. The next couple of attempts didn’t go too well either; or, at least, not perfect. She was now able to stretch it up to six meters, hold the shadow for over eleven seconds, and prepare the technique, minus handseals, within a second.

Time after time, the amount of time this technique took to prepare grew smaller, and the amount of time she was able to hold it in place grew longer. It was now time, she thought, to involve the now sleeping Nara in this technique. Swiftly performing handseals, the chakra shot down to her shadow, and mixed together with it.

The shadow crept forwards, fuelled by Rika’s chakra, as she held the rat handseal. Inching closer relatively fast, at least faster than the sun stretched it, it grew up to the eight meters needed to reach the Nara’s shadow. And when they connected, before the Nara could react, he awoke and got placed in a similar position as Rika.

As she now counted the seconds, she tried positioning her body in more and more awkward ways only her jelly frame could support – stretching the Nara slightly too far in some joints and with some muscles. This ‘dance’ would last up to exactly eighteen seconds, exactly what she needed to call this technique mastered, she figured. And with that, given that she learned it, she would prepare herself for the Nara’s next technique.

[goliath764]

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[hotoka]

So now that was done with, she probably was to just travel. Rain, that could be nice... There seemed to be some sort of trouble going in it, too, so that's interesting. She got up, and dashed off. Passing some trees, some more trees, a valley or two, filled with trees, and what's that? Oh, some more trees. It would take some days to reach her destination, maybe one or two less if she didn't stop for breaks. For a change of scenery -- the amount of trees were getting a bit boring -- she decided to pop in the waters instead. This probably got her there faster, too. So now, some algae, more algae, and oh? Algae. This, too took many hours, too many. Ugh. But after a bit, she got there. Right? Probably. Ugh.

«««MovetoRain»»»

[Ancestor Febrie]

Moved ~

[hotoka]

Huh... Just my luck. Shiki, I remember her... Took me ages to get that stain out, too. But I guess I could amuse myself with her, in some way... So, with a little note folded slightly like a butterfly tucked in her pocket, she headed to the location she was told to meet up with... She wasn't even sure about who or what... Just imagine if it was a trap... That could be interesting<3

[daisy]

Butterfly ANBU, Utada

"Maboroshi? Maboroshi Zarikada? Thank you for coming." Came the woman's monotone voice. Heavy black boots landed surprisingly lightly as the shinobi arrived. A single, bright pink butterfly hovered just above the woman's shoulder, the only splash of colour about her.
"Please, we must be quick. Follow me." The ANBU said, turning on her heel and beginning to run.

She assumed the newcomer would follow her. After all, she had come at the Amekage's direct request.

/exit

[hotoka]

Huh, so that's my... Right. Just one glance at the butterfly was enough to have enough trust in this person for the time being. The slight, comfortable drizzle became a heavier rain, and with a blanket of raindrops covering the entire area, it would be impossible to follow the pair in any way, each corner and path being changed more abruptly than the other, and after a couple dozen minutes, she finally reached something... She wasn't sure. It changed quite a lot since the last time she'd seen it.

«««Exit»»»