Examination 2: Death's Door

[Chuunin Examiner 2]

(Apologies for my lateness. All is well now.)

This place is a dungeon. On the walls are skeletons of people who have left this world. Meaning this would be your fate as well if nothing is done about it. The trio that remains would find themselves chained to a wall. The chains are made of steel. Time had no effect on these chains meaning that they have recently been replaced. Handseals are not possible on this situation since one cannot form them. Other objects in the room happen to be a torture rack, a guillotine and a chair. This chair had wrist belts and above it was a giant needle.

After a few seconds the pill would lose it's effect and naturally they should wake up to the horrors that awaited each of them. The only way out of this room was the iron barred doors that happened to be locked in front of them. Their first test...escape their bindings. Chuunin Examiner 2 at this point would be no where in sight. He was watching from a point that they could not see though.

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[Sairo Zassou]

The sense of smell... A powerful tool in which a Shinobi uses the smell of their surroundings to figure out their current location. After having passed out in the examination room, Sairo was incapable of seeing what had happened to the others. He was the first to take the pill, and it took seconds for the effect of it to kick in. As the effects started to wear off, his nose would smell the area around him. Decay and dampness could be smelt, but silence was also heard... As Sairo started to awaken, he could feel the effects barely wearing off. Grogginess took over him as he started to look around as best as possible.

Skeletons chained to a wall, iron barred doors blocking the only possible exit, and two other people, also chained to a wall... These were the sights that he had seen. It was at this point that he tried to move his arms, and sure enough... He was chained to the wall just the same. Further looking also showed him a torture rack, a Guillotine, and a chair with wrist belts along with a giant needle. What was thought to be a simple dungeon turned out to be a torture room. There was no explanation for this test, but it appeared that all they would need to do is escape from their shackles and then escape the room.

Sairo had to be sure that his vines and bees were still intact. After a second of focusing his chakra, the vines started to move about within him, the bees swirling around inside of his body. It seemed that those things were still intact. And it was for that reason that he was glad to have been a part of this clan. His vines could exert pressure on the chains from the inside, hopefully causing them to break apart. But he did not try anything noticeable as he looked toward the other two, curious as to how they reacted to being chained up, and how they tried to escape.

His head was able to move around and notice that none of his weapons were removed. His katana still rested at his right side, his pouch to his left with the secondary weapons in it along with a small gourd filled with leaves. The large gourd filled with water and the Great Blade still rested on his back, albeit causing great discomfort for the shinobi. It must have been difficult to chain him up there with that on his back, but they had done it, and now he had to feel the discomfort. His clothing was there, the hood still covering his head. He wondered if the examiner, wherever he might be, would explain the test to them once the effects of the drug had worn off. Things could certainly get interesting in this second test.

[Corvus]

It was an unpleasent journey. Akiko was dropped and battered a number of times on the way down, and she was separated from Omori as well. But she had not only remained conscious the entire time, should she wouldn't be surprised if she had a minor concussion now, but also now Akiko knew how they had gotten in and how to get back out. And she still had the sleeping pill in her pocket.

One of the other Shinobi awoke, time for Akiko to fake the same. Akiko sturred from her motionless state, her heterocromatic green eyes squeezing tight before blinking open. Akiko let out a loud yawn to help with the illusion, looking around out of heavy lidded eyes. As her eyes 'came into focus', her eyes settled on a skeleton. "Bwah!" Akiko exclaimed.

She reacted like she was seeing a skeleton for the first time, though she had studied them extensively while working on her medical techniques. It was a spooky dungeon, with skeletons hanging from the walls, dim lightning, and even a coppery smell in the air. The scent of blood and decomposition lingered in the air. Lovely.

But now that she was able to move about freely, she was able to start trying different ways to get out of the irons around her wrists. The metal was cold and smooth, looking far too new for this damp enviroment. They must have been replaced or installed recently. Perhaps they were installed recently, and the rest of this place was built just for this exam. All her gear was still available too.

Akiko noticed the chains were longer than she expected; at their limit, her hands were just a centimeter apart, just too far to form handsigns. But the little girl had other options. But how to go about it? Should she use her strength and try and rip the chains from the wall? Perhaps. Maybe use some of the God's Flame stuff Omori brought her to try and melt through the metal? An option, but it may be risky. Fire was a dangerous element. Best to leave that for later.

There was also the option of her Zakuuha. Would their high-frequency blasts destroy the metal? What about the stone walls? Was it worth risking a collapse? Another option to leave for later. Akiko remained where she was, for the time being, it was perhaps best to wait and see how the others reacted. Akiko had noticed the one who just woke up had weird chakra, and when she adjusted which perception she was focusing on, she noticed that he actually had extra things inside his body.

. . .perhaps she should try and slip her hands through the shackles. . .they felt a tad loose, and perhaps she could slip her hands out. She might have to temporarily dislocate her thumb though...

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Reflex Training C rank active.

All items in bio on person.

Omori not present.

No other jutsu active.

Has been awake and using Doujutsu in pulses to make a mental map of the trip here.

[Infinite Swordsman Trace]

Slowly, Trace's consciousness returned to him. Squinting shortly after waking up, he looked around the room and was suddenly hit by a hard scent of old blood and death lingering around the room. Staring simply at his fellow Chuunin exam takers, Trace's blank gaze was first brought to the male who attempted his own way to escape. But Trace's short attention span made him pull at his own chains on the wall behind him. His weapons were still there thankfully, his thirty five blades, twenty five of them contained in his holsters and the other five in their sheathes. His Naginata was still on his back along with his other two Bo staffs, his Kanaami also still was under his clothes. His ice tags and locking tags were also accounted for, as were his thermal goggles, lightning tags, mines, smoke grenade, Makibishi, inspection tool, Kunai and super nova stars. Lastly, his Shuriken were in place also.

With a sigh, Trace would wriggle out two of his unchained, hidden Kumomusha arms and unsheathe two of his blades from his holster. Should his middle arms and bottom arms be ALSO chained (ooc:, they shouldn't even know I have them, so they shouldn't even be chained. So I'll write conditional for each situation. >_>) He would use his top set of arms that were shackled instead. Taking a deep breath, he would line up two of his blades and note how they were before resheathing them. Carefully, he would line up the rest of the chain and stare with uncaring, emotionless eyes at the cold steel that held him to the wall. Quickly, Trace's arms would grab the opposite side's blades holstered on his hips and sliced through them. Depending on how many of his arms were shackled, he would repeat the processes with each set of chains on his arms, resheathing after every time.

As the chains fell to the ground, Trace cracked his neck and took surveillance of the area, noting the torture equipment around. His thoughts immediately went to destroying it, the equipment looked extremely dangerous and Trace didn't like the looks of it.

Nitou-Ryuu Iai: Rashoumon (? , Two Sword Style Draw and Re-sheath Technique: Rashoumon)
Rank: "A"
Skill: TaiJutsu
Effect: A dual sword drawing technique so powerful it split large obstacles in half. The user draws their sword, and sheaths it so quickly splitting a train carriage into half.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: A strong technique that enables the user to cut through defenses and conventional weapons with a single strike with their two blades. The user however must undergo a process in order to be able to perform this technique. The user must have their blades sheathed for this technique to work. The user observes the opponent and begins to breathe quietly watching the opponent's breathe. When the moment comes the user unsheathes their two blades by crossing their hands grabbing the blades on the opposite ends while attacking in a single motion before sheathing the blade once again. This technique is capable of cutting through Defenses of "A" Rank and under while it is able to cut through any overview weapon or item with ease. This technique may be used especially to cut through buildings and others.
Limit: Must have Mastered Ittoryu Attacks (, One Sword Style), Must learn from a master of Santoryu (, Three Swords Style)

[Chuunin Examiner]

A few moments after everyone wakes up, the room can be felt moving. If the young girl was to activate her dojutsu, she see that they were moving downward, and the further they went, the less her eyes could actually see until they reached a point that she couldn't see through the walls. It was apparent that they were now in a new location. Oh, and the pill that she thought she had, for some unknown reason, had been taken from her long ago, so she did not have it any longer. For now, the young girl would simply hang there, as she watched the other two since she hadn't tried anything yet. What was different about her, versus the others, was that she only had her Zakuuha with her and that one other thing. She seemed to have dropped everything else at some point.

The swordsman had been chained up by all six of his arms. He hadn't magically been placed in the chamber. He had been picked up, and brought in. The person that carried him could easily tell that there was something going on right there, so he, just like the little girl, hung on the wall with all his arms tied. The swordsman, though, had a plethora of weapons. He hadn't been careless and lost them on the way somehow.

Sairo would wake up with all the weapons [you listed] on. His manipulation of vines would allow him escape from the chains that hung him from the wall. Once they snapped off, he would drop to the floor.

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Corvus, you didn't mention your weapons in your post. You only get what you mentioned which was Zakuuha and the God Flame thing. You don't have the pill. It was taken from you already.

Any questions, PM this account of Chuunin Examiner 2

[Sairo Zassou]

As Sairo fell down to the ground, his plan with the vines having worked out perfectly, he looked to the other two, still shackled to the wall. He hoped they would have a way of getting down. If they hadn't gotten down in a small period of time, he would help them down, but as it was now... Sairo was ahead of them in that he was the first to drop down. As nothing had happened to him upon falling, he would start to walk around the room, looking at everything he could. They had moved down and Sairo was unsure where they were now. It appeared that the examiner would not tell them what they were to do.

This was certainly a blind test in that they had no idea where to go and what to do. Were they to kill the other shinobi here or work together to escape? He would look around everywhere, especially at the equipment on the other side of the room. Why were these three things here? And more importantly, why were there only three items? Three ninja and three pieces of equipment... His vines twitched in his hands, ready to pull Sairo away at a moments notice, but with little to go off of, the Stone Shinobi would have to look around and use his observational skills to find everything he could.

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Basically... Just searching the entire room right now. Also, is it possible to get an idea of what the room looks like? Square, circular, other shape? What is now behind the iron bars now they we moved down? Stone? Metal? Just some sort of description of what the room looks like or a general map regarding the placement of the items and the people and whatnot. I'd appreciate it.

[Corvus]

Akiko was looking around the room and still mulling over her escape methods, I could use the wall walking art to get above the shackles, then melt the chains below me with that liquid fire stuff. But do I want to waste it so freely? Do I have other options? When she heard the sound of metal snapping. The broken irons clattered against the ground as Akiko looked over towards the source, as difficult as it was to discern in this rather echo-y room.

One of the other shinobi had gotten loose from their bonds. And it had been the one with the strangest chakra. "Ne, ne, swordless nii-tan, could you help me get out of these?" Akiko tapped her feet against the stone wall to rattle the chains, illustrating her predicament. Aside from all the other issues here, she was dangling from her wrists, and they were really beginning to hurt.

[Infinite Swordsman Trace]

Unable reach any of his blades Trace cursed his helplessness. Quickly he would begin forming Kumomusha silk in his mouth, adding chakra to it. He had a plan, but he moved, Pulling against the chains, he would look for any sign of give, using his obvious Taijutsu master strength to attempt to pull the chains out of the wall first of all. Should that simple maneuver not work, he would once again curse the ineffectiveness. "If I had a sword I'd be able to bust right out of this shit." He growled under his breath. Formulating a plan, he would look towards his bindings, was it a shackle around his arms or just chains? Did it have a lock?

Should there be a lock, Trace would finish chewing his silk with his finessed jaw doing all of the work. Spitting the silk onto his middle right shackle's lock, allowing it to ooze into the lock for a moment before expanding violently into a complete clone of Trace. Should this be successful, the clone would actually break the shackle holding Trace's arm to the wall while the developing clone would simply fall to the ground and slide off his arm as it developed.

The clone, whether or not it was successful would finish forming and stand before Trace. "You can use Taijutsu, can't you?" The clone simply nodded mindlessly. "Good, Take one of my Katana and sheaths and break all these chains using Shishi Sonson." The clone would obey with zero thought of it's own, only obeying it's creator as it removed one of Trace's blades and sheaths and took it for it's own, putting the sheath on it's hip and staring at each chain, deciding on the opposite left middle arm of the one it had broken upon creation, it would wait a moment before unsheathing and slicing through the chain like butter before Resheathing it once more. It would repeat this function several times until the other four chains were cut.

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Kurogane Bunshin no Jutsu
Rank: C Rank
Skill: NinJutsu
Effect: Creates a clone of the user.
Special: ---
Drawback: Takes 1 post to form in mouth.
Description: After having chewn the Spider Sticky for long enough, the user can spit it out and create a clone looking exactly like the user. This is no ordinary clone though, as as soon as the Spider Sticky comes in contact with oxygen the clone will automatically become harder than steel and virtually unbreakable. The clone cannot perform Nin or Gen -Jutsu.
Limit: Must know Kumo Nenkin. Must be of the Kumomusha Clan.

Nenkin Shuuren
Rank: E, D, C, B, A, S Rank
Skill: NinJutsu
Effect: A simple training allowing a Kumomusha member perform their jutsu involving Spider Sticky Gold or webbing in less time.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: Each rank can only be learned once, and each rank takes one second of the total preparation time. This training allows a Kumomusha member to chew and prepare their webbing and Sticky Gold faster, mainly by training the jaw and tongue.
Limit: Must be of the Kumomusha Clan.

Itto-Ryu Iai: Shishi Sonson (? ?, One Sword Style Draw and Resheath Technique: Lion's Song) / Single Sword Lion Strike
Rank: "B"
Skill: TaiJutsu
Effect: Placing the sheathed sword upright and listening to the "breath" of his opponent, the attack rapidly unsheathes, attacks, and sheaths the sword.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: A strong technique that enables the user to cut through defenses and conventional weapons with a single strike. The user however must undergo a process in order to be able to perform this technique. The user must have their blade sheathed and they are able to perform this technique with just one blade. The user observes the opponent and begins to breathe quietly watching the opponent's breathe. When the moment comes the user unsheathes their blade while attacking in a single motion before sheathing the blade once again. This technique is capable of cutting through Defenses of "B" Rank and under while it is able to cut through any overview weapon or item with ease.
Limit: Must learn from a master of Santoryu (, Three Swords Style)

Note: I'd like to point out that the Kumomusha clone I preformed says it can't use Ninjutsu or Genjutsu. Nothing about Taijutsu.

[Chuunin Examiner 2]

The room itself is a fairly long rectangle shaped room. On the left corner opposite to where they are at which happens to be the lower right corner is a large metal door, no bars but a small non breakable glass look through. To the left of them is the other torture devices and in the center of the room is a long table and towering above it is a menacing pendulum axe. The basic torture room used in certain parts of the world. It can be noticed that along certain intervals of the room are metal plates with 6 holes in them. These are placed along the ceiling and circle around the room.

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Trace's clone would indeed be summoned and able to destroy his shackles with the blade but it'll take at least 6 More seconds to break through all of them. Sairo was wandering around and nothing would happen to him, so he indeed seen the contents of the moving room which seemed to be moving underground. Diagonally.

Keep going.

[Sairo Zassou]

This room... It was certainly a strange one. It was moving downward in a diagonal motion. Why was it still moving down? And how far COULD it move down? This was strange, and with little to go off of due to no explanation of what they were to do, Sairo could not help but wonder at this strangeness of these exams. As he looked to the girl who spoke to him, with Sairo now back over to where he had started, he sighed. Was she really that helpless? Would she even be of any help if he were to help her down? These exams were starting to get annoying. 8 handseals were quickly formed as his left hand would be shot forward.

Five vines would release from his hand, all of them as strong as steel. They would each target different parts of the shackles in an attempt to let the girl down from the wall. With his right hand, he would strike different parts of the walls, ceiling, and floor, all to test the strength of the surrounding area. He wouldn't use it to puncture through, but he had to figure out how strong these walls were, and how much it would take to knock them down if they had to use powerful techniques here.

With luck, the girl would be released from her shackles as the other man would be released shortly as well. "I released you because we might have to work together... It's hard to say what this test will be about."[/color] He said, his first words said to them finally coming out. His deep voice would come from beneath his hood, his facial features hidden by the large cloak.

Bees would start to fly out from his body as they looked at every single bit of the room, making sure to pick up on anything he might have missed. Either he was lucky with where he stepped, or there were no pressure plates anywhere. The bees would particularly look at all the torture devices and see everything they could as well as checking the holes that were in the metal plates that could be seen. This would allow the group to stay where they were while the bees scouted out. They would relay any information they could regarding the contents of the room. This could be difficult, and knowing the nature of the Chuunin Exams... They likely were...

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Tetsubun Tsukene no Jutsu ("Iron Vines Technique")
Rank: "C" Rank
Skill: NinJutsu
Effect: Lets the vines become as harder as rock or even steel. This is mainly to cause more damage or to be better protected against attacks.
Special: "Hand Seals"
Drawback: Can not be used during Vine Sensitivity. Makes the vines extremely heavier then usual.
Description: With this technique the user makes their vines as hard as rock for ten turns. This will increase the damage done by them, as well as it raises their defensive abilities.
Limit: Zassou Bloodlimit Only.

[Corvus]

[skip. There's really nothing I can do this turn]

[Infinite Swordsman Trace]

As Trace's clone broke the other chain, Trace would put his hand on another blade in it's sheath, but decided against it. Each time his clone unsheathed the blade, it would pass through the steel with ease, freeing another of Trace's arms from the chains. During the four more strikes Trace would attempt to make small talk with the others while never looking them in the eye. "So... Anyone know where we are?" He said, looking around at the torture machines and then up at the pendulum axe above. "I'm all for working together, mostly because I don't want to die..." Trace would idly speak as another of his chains was broken by his clone.

"You know, I knew there was something screwed up with that damn pill." Trace would shout loudly towards no one in particular. Why hadn't he doubled the webbing around the pill? If he would have done that, it would have just passed though his system without dissolving... probably. As the final chain was broken, Trace looked around to get a good look at the room. "You know... I don't like the look of those things up there..." Trace would point upwards towards the plates.

[Chuunin Examiner]

Well, bear with me here. I'm not sure what CE2 had planned and he poofed for a bit. Any issues, PM me. Let's get this going again. I hate when shit doesn't get posted in on time.

Trace stands there after getting out of his chains. The small girl crashes on the floor as the chains that held her up were broken by the vines from the Zassou. As Sairo strikes the wall, to test it's strength, he would notice that the strike had done nothing to the wall.

The 25x25x25 meter room was filled with the metallic plates that lined the room. Each plate was .5x.5 meters and there was a distance of 5 meters between each block. In other words, every wall contained 25 of these plates, other than the floor. The six holes in every plate were incredibly small; they seemed about the size of needles. The bees would notice a small device on the table that was part of the torture device that connected with the pendulum ax.

[Sairo Zassou]

[Forgive me for the really late post >.<]

With all three of the shinobi that were working through the exams, Sairo now hoped that they would continue to work together. With limited resources at their disposal, they would have to to escape this room. Perhaps this room was to see how well they could work together and escape as well as how easily they can pay attention to the others at the same time and observe their techniques for a possible fight with the other later. It was a hard thing to say, but that certainly was a possibility.

As his bees started to fly back and report everything they found, Sairo looked up to the plates and started to gauge distance between them. They seemed fairly close together, but perhaps it wasn't something that was activated from the floor. Perhaps there was a switch that needed to be pressed in order to release what might hide insides. He sent one bee to five of the plates that were in front of him and had them actually go into the hole to see what was inside. It looked as though they were small enough for needles, but perhaps that wasn't what was inside.

He then looked over to the giant pendulum ax hanging over a table. there was a device connected to it that would most likely activate it and other things in the room. Perhaps by pressing it, they would be able to figure out what to do next. The room had still been moving downward, but at least the walls were sturdy enough to withstand some heavy attacks. It was finally time to relay information that he had gathered back to his fellow participants.

"My bees are checking the plates on the ceiling. The holes are small enough for needles, but they are checking to see if that is what is inside. There is a device over by that table but I do not know what it does. Perhaps it starts everything in this room which could be what is needed to escape, but I want to hear your opinions first. If either of you have any other means to look around and get a better idea for this room, I'm sure the rest of us would appreciate hearing them. But as far as I can tell, that device is what we need right now."[/color] He said, a soft cough coming from him afterward due to having talked so much. He wasn't used to talking, but now it might be necessary.

[Corvus]

The chains and shackles broke, and Akiko fell to the ground, landing on her tucus. After a moment, the small child stood up and dusted herself off. As the one who helped her began talking, Akiko looked around the room. It looked like the primary architecture was medieval stonework with metal plates interspersed along the walls and ceiling. It looked like the metal plates had small holes in them too. The skeletons on the walls were a nice touch though.

Through the small window a fixed in the wall, Akiko could see that they were moving diagonally downward. And even before the room had started moving downward, they were far more than fifty meters below the surface. By now, they had to be closing in on 150 to two hundred meters beneath the surface. "Um...I have one way," the orange garbed girl said. Akiko performed a series of handseals and as the chakra began to enact her first jutsu after a mere C ranked amount of handseals, she continued to a B rank chain, the latter part being useless and having no chakra within them.

Instead she channeled chakra to her eyes during this time, awakening her Doujutsu. 100 cubes of air sprang into existence as her first jutsu finished, the low polygon figures placed at random distances from her, those farther rotating and orbiting slower than those near her. And her second jutsu, her Doujutsu, caused her eyes to glow sapphire blue and her awareness to expand far beyond the room, up to a range of 50 meters.

As a side effect, her wings grew slightly from just large enough to poke out of her coat to large enough to be clearly seen, though still vestigial in size. Thanks to her air cubes, the air around her body churned and her hair and clothes shifted with the currents.

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Jutsu used/in use: Tasukeru (Seeing Life)
Rank: C, B, A, S[10]
Skill: Doujutsu
Effect: Allows a full three hundred and sixty (360) degree field of vision and some predictability to physical attacks. Unlike Byakugan, the user sees life in its normal colors during this tech, no details spared. Signs of life, thermal readings and X Ray vision is near perfect. Can also read a determine the difference of a regular shinobi to that of one with a bloodline or if they house any foreign presence by the different chakra waves displayed when observed through Tasukeru. This does not mean one knows the BL right away. Must have encountered the BL before in order to know exactly who they are. The ‘C’ ranked version grants the user up to 50 meters of observing. Each new rank for the Jutsu will add 50 more meters. This can be trained multiple times after all the ranks are achieved in order to add 50 meters onto one’s total. Each extra training is worth an S ranked training.
Special: Although one is born with this jutsu, one must activate the eyes through training.
Drawback: Heavy chakra drain over time, especially when multiple phases of the Tasukeru are accessed. While Taijutsu can be predicted, the Onigami are not designed to have fast twitch muscles. As such, perfect blocking simply won’t happen all the time.
Description: Summoned through will, the scarlet eyes of the Onigami will grow a very vibrant neon red and all life becomes theirs to fully observe. Once activated, the user has a three hundred and sixty (360) degree field of vision, as well as the ability to see into other people’s bloods. For those allied to an Onigami, this jutsu is revered for making the Onigami known as the ultimate scouts.
Limit: Must be part of the Onigami BL.

Fuuton: High Pressure Air Cube
Rank: C[10/10][200]
Skill: Ninjutsu
Effect: The user creates high pressure air cubes.
Special: “Hand Seals”
Drawback: Doesn’t do anything on its own. Can be seen by some doujutsu (sharingan, byakugan ect).
Description: The user performs hand seals to make ten invisible high pressure air cubes in a five meter radius around the user. The technique can be activated unlimited times in a battle. The cubes are 1x1 meters and floats around the user’s body making him/her clothes, hair ect. move (looks cool). The cubes are always moving around the user and do not need constant chakra channeling to it, it’s one time technique. The cubes last until they are depleted by a technique or the user dispels them. The user can control the cubes in a twenty meter radius around them and can make a total of ten cubes when first learnt. Additional C rank training adds five meters to the control that can be trained up to forty five meters and adds ten cubes that can be trained up to one-hundred.
Limit: Must have Fuuton. Must have at least 250 TP in Fuuton.

Reflex Training
Rank: D, C and B Rank[20]
Effect: D Rank - Improves evasive and deflection/blocking skill marginally. C Rank - Improves evasive and deflection/blocking skill slightly. B Rank - Improves evasive and deflection/blocking skill moderately
Special: None
Drawbacks: Cannot learn Quick Strike training.
Description: The practitioner is put through a series of rigorous repetitive movements to improve their ability to reflexively react to attacks by evading or deflecting/blocking with their sword. As they develop their training, their speed and reflexes slowly increase.
Restriction: Must have a Senpai/Sensei of a Kenjutsu Dojo to learn.

[Infinite Swordsman Trace]

Trace and his clone stood side by side, indeclinable from each other as his clone would give back the katana Trace had created for it. Putting the Katana back on his waist, he would draw a blade in five of his hands, leaving his middle right hand free should he need to fight. Turning towards the girl, he would be shocked. "Those are the same eyes Koori has..." He would think to himself. Koori was a gifted medical ninja, but he had no clue what this girl was and what she could do. He also didn't understand what kind of link she had with him, although he assumed it was a clan or a Kekkei Genkai.

"So, what the hell do we do now?" Trace shouted loudly, his voice echoing off the walls slightly. Armed to the teeth, he was ready for anything that was thrown at him most likely. His clone also stood at attention. "I really don't like this place..." Trace muttered again, his normal eyes looking over the area still.

[Chuunin Examiner 2]

(Sorry for my disappearance guys. Crap hasn't been easy. In regards to what was asked. The holes are ON the roof not on the walls. Apologies for the confusion.)

Trace's question would be answered by the wall near the other side of the room turning and a tv being revealed. The tv would turn on and a man could be seen on the screen. He donned a mask shaded all colors of the rainbow. The face itself was that of an oni. A second of silence would go by and he'd speak in a masked voice to the trio. The jutsu they used still go off but are useless because the holes in the cieling are plated on the inside meaning they'd have to be opened to even be used.

"Hello contestants. Welcome to my hell. Today you three are going to be subject to my tortures. Above you I'm sure you have seen the holes in the roof. Your job is to work together to escape harm. Good Luck."

As quick as it came it went away and the room began to shake. The walls around them soon disappeared. Corridors now in their place. 3 of them in fact. Each holding a different fate for the three. Also noticeable is the holes on the roof continued along the roof of the newly created hallways. North, East, West. Each holding another path. The south being the wall that they were chained to.

Hurry on.

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[Sairo Zassou]

[Forgive me. Been a little busy]

Sairo would look up the TV screen as his bees came back to him, not able to see anything inside of the holes in the ceiling. The words were spoken, and three corridors were opened up. Were they telling the three to split up and search each one individually? No... The man on the screen clearly stated that their job is to work together. That being the case, they would have to choose a path and go down it, facing whatever might come their way.

Once all was done, Sairo would turn to the others and say "Very well... We'll have to choose a path and go down it together. It'll take a little longer, but the man clearly said that we have to work together to escape harm. Any thoughts on a path?"[/color] He looked more toward the girl, knowing that her eyes might give them an idea of what path they could use. His hands extended as 5 bees flew down all three hallways, curious to see if they would find anything that they could relay back to Sairo. This was an interesting task, but the three of them could get through it if they worked as a team.

[Corvus]

Akiko's eyes somehow couldn't pierce the casing of whatever the metal plates concealed. And the structure of the room and tunnels was unimpressive. Normal stonework for the most part, aged, yet in good enough condition for there to be little to no chance of collapse. The tunnels, however, extended beyond her range, and so she wasn't able to tell which of the three paths to take.

"Hm...Suzaku, Byakko, or Seiryuu, which path holds salvation?" Akiko mumbled under her breath. The young girl tried to decide on a path to take. After a moment, she came to a decision and ran over to one of the skeletons on the wall, removing the most symmetrical she could find. She ran over to a point between the three paths and set the bone perfectly upright. After a moment of hesitation, she let the bone fall.

The bone fell with a clack, pointing towards the western path. "Byakko it is," she said, again speaking in a hushed tone none were meant to hear. Akiko spoke in a louder voice this time, rising to her feet and pointing down the western route while looking back at the vine-and-bee-guy and six-arm-sword-guy, "Ne, I vote we go that way."

As she stuck her extra hand in her pocket, she heard and felt cellophane. Her fingers felt around three hard spheres within the pocket. Akiko wrapped her hand around the spheres and pulled them out, looking at her findings for a moment before extending her hand towards the other two, palm open and upward, three wrapped hard candies sitting on her palm.

"Ne, want one?"

[Infinite Swordsman Trace]

Staring at the man on the screen, Trace began to feel rather nervous. Turning towards the girl, Trace politely declined the candy. "Sorry. I don't care for sweets." Trace would calmly say as he turned to his clone, pulling it closer with an empty hand. "Go down the path she just suggested." The clone would nod eerily empty minded as it ran down the hallway to the west.

Turning to his fellow Examinees, Trace would clear his throat and speak. "I sent my clone ahead to scout. If it doesn't come back in a few seconds, it's safe to say that it's not safe at all..." Trace's mind was wracked with different ways he could be killed in this exam. Lions, tigers, Man-bear-pigs... All of them deadly. But he needed to push forward for Otogakure to grow.

As Trace's clone would head down the hallway small clanks would be heard as it ran from it's sheer body strength, the strength of steel to be exact. What would the clone find as it ran down the path?