-Fruits of travel-[Open/nde]

[~Cody]

It had been a while since Ryuuto completed his training in the ninja arts. The many days and nights of study and practice were akin to his time with Magoichi-sensei. He was now full-fledged ready to take on the world.

The many teachers of the ninja way were constant in feeding paranoia and preparedness into the students. Some even of grade school age trained to kill and handle neigh hopeless and tense situations with a level head and nimble feet.

He recalled as he walked out over the rocky and mossy terrain of Waterfall Country. Ryuuto sought an out-of-the-way,flat partition of land to harvest minerals for his gourd. Ryuuto aloof in his ways pulled th medium sized gourd and uncapped it. He blew nonchalantly over the rim creating a hollow whistle sound made by any sort of jug.

He found his prospect area mostly flat with a few trees that bent and contorted in the struggle for sunlight on this shady mountainside. The ground was firm here to support the few trees here. But soft enough for Ryuuto to compress into sand. Ryuuto placed the gourd on the ground in front he exhaled and shrugged his shoulders.

He raised his hands above his head and focused his release. To change this fertile land into soil it must basically must be stripped of its nutrients to become the desolate material that was sand. Light tremors shook the trees slight. The ground cracked in places as the brownish-yellow sand began to swirl about from the ground.

He held what he had harvested so far propelled in the air until he had enough to fill his gourd. The sand flowed steadily out of the ground and into a monstrous cloud of sand above the young man's head. With one hand holding the sand above Ryuuto uncapped the gourd. With a gesture, the sand spiraled into the gourd filling most of its space with fresh sand. He sighed as he capped the gourd. Ryuuto felt exhausted as he sat next to his reserve of sand.

He sat crossed-legged looking out into the rocky distance.

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Doujou Kirikae no Jutsu (Soil Conversion Technique)
Rank: "C", "B", "A", "S"
Skill: NinJutsu
Effect: When the user does not have sand for them to use in a vast amount for Jutsus the user is capable of taking what sand that they do have to convert materials around them to create more sand. Depending on the type of rank the user is capable of learning this the user is capable of converting different types of material. The higher the rank is the stronger the material the user can convert. When first learned the user is capable of using components from the ground of soft soil to transform into sand. The user is capable of converting two meters of Sand per post when they learn the C Rank version of this technique. When the user learns the B Rank version of this technique the user is capable of transforming small rocks into sand and is capable of creating sand within three meters per round. When the user learns the A Rank version of this technique the user is capable of transforming hard rock into sand and is capable of converting within four meters per round. The S Rank version allows the user to convert sand from concrete and even weak metals into sand as well as the capability of converting sand within five meters.
Special: ---
Drawback: The largest drawback is that it takes time to be capable of doing such a thing as well as it takes an abundance amount of chakra in order to perform this technique. This technique should be used only if the user needs to use as a last chance for a large move. Also the user must know certain ranks of Sand Control in order to go into this tree.
Description: ---
Limit: Must have the Sand Release. To Learn C Rank user must know C Rank Sand Control. In order to learn B Rank the usr must know B Rank Sand Control. In order to learn A Rank the user must know A Rank Sand Control. In order to learn S Rank the user must know S Rank Sand Control.

[~Cody]

-Enter

The village and its caves were miles behind Ryuuto as he headed out. With clearance from the Kage he could come and go as he pleased. The caged up feeling was slowly fading away as he ventured further and further away.

"The world in comparison to the village is like being sent to my room for time-out."

The statement would have affected him years ago when his parents died but now he had grieved and now spoke of them openly. The village was restrictive but served him with a place to stay and a profession to follow.

Could this be forgiven the strict rule and regulation of life with no concern for safety? For now, sure.. He continued as he headed east to the Country of Rice Field. The area was a highland above the many other countries in the middle of the continent. Rocky as it was they were many trails and paths carved into the sides of the mountains.

Ryuuto followed these trails with a recklessness confiding in his own ability and familiarity with the terrain. The steep cliffs and ridges were a minor task in comparision with the well named Earth Country.

[loyal]

Moved.

[~Cody]

Ryuuto for all intents and purposes had taken a vacation from his village. The young ninja had spent his time just outside of the country. If not just within eye-shot of the border. He spent this break just living a normal life. Though just in nearby Rice Country he assumed a new role. But he would not rest. He did light exercises; Running, shadowboxing, target practice just to not be off when he returned.

Ryu had almost become used to this as if this had been his lifestyle they whole time. But, he remembered the chaos. The combustible hatred that had consumed his parents whole seemed to creep up on his as he slept. A cold sweat beaded on his brow as he came upon this conclusion: He owed the village for accepting him and keeping him safe from the impregnable wall blind faith of his brethren.

Ryuuto another life behind where he was just a traveler, a guest to people of another land. And back to the life of military service as a ninja of Takigakure. From his small village he resided in during his respite. He headed east soon to cross the border of Taki no kuni.

-Move to Taki

[✗ Kaeor ✗]

Moved

[~Cody]

"Ahh..."

Ryu took a deep breath of the winter air. The cold was familiar to his home country in Earth Country. Frigid air blowing down from the mountains making the valleys icy repositories of snow and ice. He donned a thicker hooded traveling cloak and a long sleeved shirt for this season.

Despite this he still headed towards the village ready top pickup his duty where he left it.

[exit]

[ｒａａｈｎ]

wtfhax in bios?

moved to waterfall >.?

[~Cody]

Ryu's hiatus was sudden. The decision was subconscious. It was not up for open discussion with anyone. He remembered that day that he just left. with this situation Ryu figured they knew he needed the time. Having fallen from his seat running the hidden village, he needed time to unwind and think it through.

He placed himself in a void, a place where nothing could affect him. This place was still in Taki no Kuni but away from everything. A forest of high trees away from civilization. A hammock hung between two trees hundreds of feet from the ground. The winds were harsh shaking the thin tops of the trees. His hammock was was secured to several more trees to counteract the elements.

Ryu's days were spent in nature. Mother nature kept him sharp and well fed with its flora and fauna. He had come to a resolution here. There was no one to blame besides the powers that be. Its not like he was stripped of his power but his title was eternal even in death he would be honored as the Fifth. His legend would be passed on but right now it was only plain scrambled eggs. It was time to add cheese, peppers and meats that would make his legend memorable and invigorating.

[Hakuturi]

Slow steps forward from the legs of the young man carried him forward - the gourd located on his back seemingly being a burden to him although he was used to it by now. This clone had been ordered to seek out the area for human life which seemed to be scarce in these parts. This forest of course wasn't the best place to find it probably, but it was his best hope short of actually entering the hidden village which was potential suicide.

The steps had taken him to the base of a tree, it was clear that this area had been occupied by a human recently, exactly what he needed. Following the signs of life its eyes tracked upwards until they were almost parallel with his neck, someone was here it seemed, but they had stationed themselves far and away from the ground. Following the cue of its creator, the liquid bird was formed under his feet taking him further and further into the sky until he would be on the same plane as the one lounging in the hammock. Here were where his first words were said.

"Couldn't help but notice you are out here alone, is there a reason for that?" his question was relatively simple and looked to scope out any information he could of this boy, "I am Hakuturi Shigure of the Mist if you're looking for introductions," his eyes remained still as they looked towards the other waiting for a response.

The real one sat covered in the trees 50 meters off watching the interaction keeping deathly still.

[~Cody]

The swaying of the hammock gave the Former Takikage a peek at a person rising on a bird of water. A blonde haired male wearing a flak jacket. Ryuuto sat up in the hammock as the male spoke.

"Just relaxing here." The male introduced himself as Hakuturi Shigure of the Mist. He knew their was a stale alliance between Waterfall and Mist.

"Well, Hakuturi of the Mist. I am Tokujitakumi, Ryuuto. Fifth Takikage. As a guest of my land, Is there anyway I can assist you?"

Ryuuto was honestly bored and any spark today was worth it.

[Hakuturi]

The fifth Takikage..the shadow clone's eyes seemed to take a spark of life the moment the words came from Ryuuto's mouth. This mission was never going to be a simple one, but with this element added it meant that the potential consequences involved were raised several levels. Of course..it also meant that success could bring the Mist the increase in power it so desperately needed, the type of information a former leader of a village could provide was an incredible thought.

Lips formed into a smile on the clone's face, a genuine one at this turn of fortune that didn't match sinister intentions. "A pleasure to meet one who was great enough to become kage! It makes everything more interesting for me," a slight laugh accompanied his sentence before continuing, "You see, we of the Mist have been looking for test subjects to extract information and..well I'm sure you understand my meaning," pressure was built up from inside of his gourd ready to pop the cork off in case the boy decided to make an aggressive move, he didn't expect him to be too thrilled about the idea after all.

"Come quietly with me back to my village and we won't have any problems, I'm sure you'll be able to get back to relaxing when it's all done," a neutral tone to his words as the smile never faded, he almost always wore it when his emotions picked up no matter the occasion but in this instance it was a signal for number two to make its move.

'Right' crossed fingers handsign and the original Haku created a second shadow clone directly next to himself on the branch in his location 50 meters off - a nod indicated all that was needed and immediately the shadow clone formed several handseals in order to perform the henge jutsu. Now a squirrel was sat next to the original Haku, this squirrel running down the tree until reaching the ground ready for the next phase.

[Hakuturi]

Upon the lack of response from his counterpart, the shadow-clone Haku's smile became a menacing one, thoughts creeping through his head.

'well Mr. Kage, if you won't be the one to come with me it looks like I'll have to make an example of your village'

"On second thought, it was enough meeting you, I'll take my leave." and with that he had descended back towards the ground, now making his way towards the gates where he already had previous knowledge of entrance. The real Haku performed the Henge to transform into a harmless looking fruit bat, instructing the second clone that had transformed into a squirrel to do the same. Now the first shadow clone was headed for the gate with two fruit bats following at a safe distance from overhead, a new plan set into motion.

[exit]

[~Cody]

-exit