Hidden Pools TRAINING/PRIVATE

[Spirit Of The Falls]

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Name: Claw of the Komodo
Rank: "C", "B"
Skill: ---
Effect: When activated the claws of the Clan member grow slightly, about an inch, and they begin to sharpen and harden with chakra. At B rank a small sac beneath the nails forms and coats the nails with a bacteria that can cause quick death if gotten into the bloodstream.
Special: "handseals"
Drawback: Must strike opponents deep with claws.
Description: When the handseals are done, the fingernails of the clan member begin to grow and sharpen, thickening and becoming tougher than stone. These nails at B rank also are coated in a Diseased Bacteria that festers in an extremely small sac within the finger. ((Diseased Bacteria Added as Custom below))
Limit: Must be of the Tokagekuran, Must be of Lizardman rank, Must have had the ritual preformed.

0/30 Part 1

Gin didn't necessarily love training here, but he did enjoy it because it offered him peace and tranquility from the normal noise and chaos attributed to a ninja village. He stood beside a series of calm pools and light waterfalls, all of them connected to each other as the water fell into one pool, and then fell from that pool to the next and so on. All of the pools were surrounded immediately by hard rock and then lush greens, giving off the appearance of being in a jungle or rain forest somewhere.

A large boulder sat off to the side, about a meter taller than Gin. This would be the target of his training. Gin weaved the intricate hand seals, feeling his chakra start to rush to his fingertips. This was the very point of the technique that he was training, as he was attempting to make his fingernails turn into dangerous claws. Gin could feel the nails begin to stretch, pushing away from cuticles on his fingers. The growth stopped once it reached a full inch, which would have given his hands a very scary appearance had their been any small children around.

Gin then focused his chakra to his now elongated nails once more. The nails right now were thin and fragile, much like the cosmetically decorated ones most females had. But that was all about to change. The chakra spurred growth in his cuticle once more, shooting layer upon layer of nail on top of the inch and a quarter of nail that was already there. Gin began compressing the layers of nail together, thickening the flimsy material, and hardening it simultaneously. Lastly, Gin focused on giving each nail a sharp tip, and a light hook, the better to carve through flesh.

Gin's hands felt slightly heavier with the addition of so much hardened material to the ends of his fingertips. Gin focused his attention on the large boulder in front of him. The claws now at his disposal were supposed to be harder then stone, and should at least scratch the surface of the boulder, if not penetrate it's callous surface. He took several practice swipes, lining his claws up with the boulder. Then he cocked his arm back and swiped the boulder, leaving five deep gashes into the rock.

Using the other hand, he thrust it forwards into the rock, and felt it pierce a full inch into the boulder. He then yanked the hand out, pulling out small bits and chunks of rock with it. They clattered to the ground lightly, sprinkling small debris at his feet. Gin then spun around, extending his fingers and slicing the rock with a karate chop motion, allowing only his new claws to come into contact with the hard rock. The power of the slice made his claws cut through the rock like a hot knife through butter, shooting more rocks and debris out the side of the boulder and away from Gin. The chakra began to recede from Gin's claws, leaving the extra layers of nail to whither away. Gin looked over his work while he waited for his nails to return to normal, seeing the deep marks of abuse he had left on the boulder. He wouldn't be finished until he destroyed the boulder, and soon he would have his chance.

[Spirit Of The Falls]

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It took almost a full minute for the thick nails to wilt away, leaving Gin's hands looking the way they did before he started training. The grown shinobi closed his eyes, listening to the gentle trickle of the waterfalls as they deposited water into the calm pools. The sound alone was enough to relax and revitalize him at the same time, one of the key reasons he liked being here. Just when it seemed he would be too tired to continue, he would just embrace nature and feel rested. Maybe it had something to do with the fact that he was so close to being an animal himself, being from a lizard clan and having a body full of bugs. He would brood over the answer to that question later. In the meantime he was ready to continue his training.

Gin repeated the string of hand seals, moving his hands slow and methodically just to make sure he didn't mess them up. After the last seal his chakra instantly surged to his fingertips, molding itself to his fingernails. The nails themselves stretched outwards slowly, extending them an extra inch from the his cuticles. The length for the kimodo claws was correct, but they were still lacking the strength to continue cutting into the boulder.

Chakra continued pulsing into Gin's fingertips, causing more growth to occur. Layer upon layer of new nail material surged out from under each cuticle, stacking upon the first set of elongated nails. The claws had not solidified, and also had not been given shape, so Gin focused on both of these attributes. He used his chakra to meld the thin layers together, giving his new claws an almost steel like hardness. Gin focused his chakra onto the claws, making the tips super sharp, and then added a slight hook to the ends. Now they were the deadly instruments of destruction were complete.

This time had actually taken longer then the first, making Gin slightly frustrated. It was there for a moment and then gone, pushed from his mind like so many needless emotions. He picked his gaze up from his hand to the boulder he had already done damage to. His previous gashes were tattooed on it's surface, embedded deep into the boulder. Gin aimed his attacks on the weak spot he already damaged, bringing his left hand down in a powerful swipe of the boulder. The strike caused a large crack to fracture vertically down the front of the boulder.

Rocks and dust fell from the boulder, but before it could hit the ground he brought his dominant right hand across in a sideways slash. His kimodo claws ripped a chunk of rock off the boulder, his power and momentum launching the chunk into one of the calm pools of water, causing countless ripples to form and reverberate through it. Gin then crossed his arms high in front of him, slashing with both hands simultaneously in the formation of an X. He clawed two nuggets of jagged rock from the boulder, casting lots of dirt and rock chips to the floor as well. His claws were definitely harder than the boulder itself, but his fingertips weren't. A burning sensation on his fingertips caused Gin to look down, and there were blisters starting to from on his scaly skin. He made a mental note to not puncture the rock too deeply, or he would cut into his fingers as well. Now that his hands were hurting he was gonna have to finish wrap things up with the boulder.

[Spirit Of The Falls]

0/30 Part 3

Gin was disgusted with his own carelessness. This emotion did show on his face, twisting his features into a face that could scare a genmaster. He had been too reckless with the kimodo claws against the face of the boulder hurting his fingertips that were now beginning to blister. He waited for the claws to finish withering away, so he could continue hacking away at the boulder with fresh claws. Even though his Kimodo claws were stronger than the stone boulder they were abusing, after a while they began to chip, especially around the tips where they were the sharpest.

The extra nail material finished falling to the floor, reminding Gin of pieces of hollowed plastic. As soon as he was sure his hand was finally clean of the old claws, Gin began weaving the same set of hand seals. His familiarity with the seals allowed him to increase the speed while still methodically forming each one. His chakra surged from his core to his fingertips, sending a light chill down his arms and into each hand.

Gin focused on his fingernails, creating many layered copies on top of each one. They shot out from underneath his cuticle, giving him a light itching sensation. Once the many layers were present, Gin began condensing them together. The material came together, giving the soft individual layers a hardness that could carve easily into stone. The nails were steadily turning into claws with varied thickness. He focused harder and they were easily evened out, all of the nails having the same thickness.

Next Gin poured chakra into his cuticle, making the claws grow in length. The hardened nails began to spread away from his fingers slowly, giving Gin the appearance of a werewolf or some kind of monster with large claws. The claws stopped their burst of growth once they hit an extra inch of length. As soon as they stopped growing, Gin used the chakra that remained to sharpen the ends of his new claws, giving them slight hooks to add to the damage they were capable of doling out. Hopefully, if he ever had to use these claws in a sticky situation they would deal a sufficient amount of damage to end the fight then and there.

The boulder was still in front of Gin and he took his time, both sizing up the boulder and reminding himself to keep a careful approach. He didn't want to destroy the large boulder at the cost of developing large blisters on his fingertips. Gin began slicing the boulder in the same places he had already struck, using stiff fingers and outstretched claws to dig even deeper into the boulder. The fracture in the boulder began to open up even further and Gin began aiming his powerful strikes here as well. He gave another two swift swipes to the fracture, and he watched the boulder split into two, spitting a cloud of dust and tiny rocks into the air. The rocks pelted his scaly skin, but against his scales they didn't hurt much and so his facial expression didn't change.

Gin folded his arms in front of himself, giving another x shaped strike to the first half laying on the floor. The rock gave under the pressure, fragmenting into many pieces. Gin brought his hands down, using the same momentum to strike the second half with two furious strikes. This half was destroyed as well flinging more debris into the air. A stinging sensation brought Gin's attention to his fingers. He didn't wince, as the pain was not severe enough, but his eyes settled on several bloodied blisters and disappointment finally broke through his calm expression. He walked over to one of the small waterfalls, outstretching his hand under the cold falling water, and letting the cool temperature sooth his wounds. Meanwhile, his chipped claws were falling off, returning his hands to normal.

[Corvus]

+30

[Spirit Of The Falls]

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Poison Reduction
Rank: D
Skill: Ninjutsu
Effect: Decreases the effect of poisons on the body.
Special: Kikaichu feeding on the body.
Drawback: Does not effect poisons higher ranking than D.
Description: Slows the effect of poisons ranked D or lower. The user trains this technique by taking small, non-lethal amounts of different poisons. The Kikaichu then eat the poison.
Limit: Kikaichu no Jutsu

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Gin walked slowly through the dense green plants around the pools. He was ready to leave, dress his fingertips with some bandages and then maybe return and continue with his training. A slight ruffle of leaves on the ground caught his attention, but as he paused to examine the source of the sound all was quiet. After a few seconds without any motions or noise, Gin continued walking. Suddenly there was another ruffling of the leaves by his feet and a quick burst of pain in his lower leg.

A long snake slithered backwards quickly, it's fangs still bared in Gin's direction. In one swift motion Gin drew his katana, lunged forwards and decapitated the snake.
"Eye for an eye." He muttered to the still twitching snake. It was then that he noticed the intense burning spreading up his leg, and the chilling numbness that followed it. All at once he was cold, and tired, his legs shaking lightly in reaction to the venom now pulsing up his leg.

Gin sat himself down on a large overturned log, knowing exactly what he should do in this situation. Immediately he used his chakra to draw out his Kikaichu. Being the hungry little chakra suckers that they were, they sprung to life, gobbling up the small amount of chakra he laid out for them. Gin closed his eyes, then began issuing commands to the bugs mentally, and they understood him fully.
If you don't help me with the poison, there won't be any chakra left for you guys...
Yes, came they're combined voices in unison. We'll get right on it.

Gin could feel the Kikaichu moving inside of his body, surrounding the poison as it spread. They began simultaneously ingesting the poison in small amounts, switching off with other Kikaichu once they reached their limit. Gin didn't want to waste any of their precious lives, and he told them exactly how he felt.
Be very careful with that poison, I don't want you wasting your lives because of my carelessness.
The bugs didn't answer him this time, but he could feel their collective aura convey they're protective feelings towards him.

The Kikaichu continued consuming the poison in his body, and they began to move sluggishly as a result. Gin could feel the burning sensation in his leg begin to subside. The numbness also began to withdraw, leaving the bite wound feeling raw. Kikaichi scuttled outside his body and down his leg to the open wound, their tiny legs touching him like a million gentle pinpricks. They found the bite wound and began eating the poison that was being forced back outside the body by the bugs that were working on the venom from the inside.

The wound began to feel a great deal better. The burning sensation had entirely evaporated, as well as the numbness. Gin still felt slightly weak, but he knew his strength would be returning very soon. The Kikaichu began scuttling back up his leg and into the small holes in Gin's body, rejoining the collective that resided there. The vast majority of his bugs were moving slower than usual but this was because of the venom they had ingested to save Gin's life. It would take a small bit of time before they had recovered from his mistake, but he was grateful for their help all the same.

[Tieren]

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