Mind Destruction no Jutsu! [T/O]

[deadlywhencornered]

(OOC: Link to where I found the master: narutoforumrp.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=ouzuisland&action=display&thread=70416)

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Shintenshin no Jutsu (Art of the Valentine)
Rank: C-Rank
Skill: Ninjutsu
Effect: The Yamanaka sends his or her soul into his or her opponent’s mind. Once in the opponent’s body they may manipulate it as much as they want.
Special: The Oval Hand seal directed at the opponent.
Drawback: The soul is only projected in a straight line, making it easy to dodge. If the soul transfer is dodged, the user’s body will be left comatose for at least three of the user’s posts. Any damage dealt to the possessed’s body will be suffered by the user’s body also.
Description: Directing the oval hand seal to their opponent, the Yamanaka is able to propel their soul into their opponent’s body. If the technique is successful the user can they manipulate the victim’s body. If the user has the same Class as the person possessed they may stay within the body for five posts. If the victim is higher Classed than the Yamanaka, then for every additional Class substract one post. If the victim is lower classed than the user, subtract for every additional Class one post. (Distance of 20 meters maximum)
Ex : C-Class Yamanaka possessing a B-Class : 4 Posts
Ex : C-Class Yamanaka possessing a D-Class : 6 Posts
Ex : C-Class Yamanaka possessing an A-Class : 3 Posts
Ex : B-Class Yamanaka possessing a D-Class : 7 posts
Limit: Must be part of the Yamanka Clan/Taught by a Yamanaka

Kysuugi and Kojiro walked into an isolated, grassy park, filled with colorful flowers, trees, and small animals that flitted about anxiously. This was the day when Kysuugi would, in essence, become a member of the Yamanaka clan, and he was ecstatic.

Then, his master spoke, "You know, I was lying to you in that shop about not wanting to teach you."

Kysuugi was slightly surprised. "Really?"

"Yes. I just wanted to see how serious you were about learning these techniques. It's going to be very difficult, so I needed to know how commited you were first."

"Oh yeah, I'm very commited. No need to worry about that," Kysuugi said with a smile.

"Good. Then let's begin."

Kojiro walked about 10 meters away from Kysuugi, then suddenly performed a flurry of handseals, ending with a strange seal that Kysuugi had never seen before. It sort of looked like an oval, perhaps imitating the human brain. At first, nothing happened, except that Kojiro had slumped over on his knees, seemingly dead.

"Master Kojiro?" Kysuugi started to walk towards him, but suddenly, he couldn't move anymore. He felt the presence of something in his body. At first he didn't know what it was, but then he realized it was Kojiro in his body; he was the one in control now. Then, although Kysuugi didn't want to, he was forced to take off both his butt bag filled with his secondary weapons, his vest under his shirt, his flute on his back, and even the headband around his neck, dropping them on the ground around him. After what seemed like ages, Kysuugi could finally move again, and Kojiro had gotten up off of his knees to face Kysuugi, smiling.

"Just to give you an example of what you're going to learn first."

"Did you HAVE to do it like that!? I mean that was so freaky!" Kysuugi asked irritably while picking up his belongings.

"Yes. How can you perform this technique if you don't even know what you're supposed to be doing?"

"Oh alright...God...talk about an out of body experience..."

"No need to get feisty. We've barely even started. But anyhow, what you've just experienced is something called the Art of the Valentine. What you have to do is sever your mind from your body temporarily, and then use it to push your target's mind into submission. From there, you can control your opponent until you have to leave his body and return to yours. Simple."

Kysuugi was awestruck. "Simple? That's like trying to play football while balancing china plates on your head!

"Well, if you think about it that way, you'll never learn how to perform this technique."

"Okay...I guess. Let's go."

Slightly reassured, Kysuugi watched as Kojiro showed him the handseals required to perform the technique, including the strange handseal, which Kojiro identified as "the oval seal." Kysuugi mimicked him, going slowly at first, and then speeding up until he could perform them at full speed. Kojiro had to correct Kysuugi a few times on the oval seal, but eventually, Kysuugi got it right.

Next, Kojiro explained how to control the chakra needed for the technique. He said that it had to be focused in the heart almost like a knife, cutting through the bond between the soul and body until it was completely severed. Kysuugi then grabbed a kunai out of his butt bag and made a shallow cut across his arm. When Kojiro asked why, Kysuugi said that "it helps me get a feel for what my chakra has to act like." Using the cut as a reference, he embraced the pain and imagined his chakra as cold and sharp, like a steel weapon.

He then made the tiger handseal with his master and practiced focusing his chakra into his heart. It had to be focused in a precise place, at the seat of the soul. Since it was in a slightly different place in each person, it would take a while to figure out exactly where it was. So, Kysuugi searched with his chakra, probing his heart, trying to flush out the hiding place of his soul. Finally, after quite a while of searching and patient encouragement from his master, he found it in the deepest recesses of his mind and heart. Letting his chakra unfocus, he then searched for his soul multiple times so that it would be easy to find when he needed to perform the jutsu.

Pleased with Kysuugi's progress, Kojiro decided that he could practice the jutsu for the first time. He stood close to Kysuugi, only a meter or two away, facing him as he said, "Now make the handseals, sever your soul from your body, and take control of my own." Kysuugi nodded, and his hands detonated in a miniature explosion of handseals, ending with holding the oval seal. However, as he tried to separate his mind from his body, his chest and his head began throbbing with immense pain. He fell to his knees with clenched teeth and labored breathing, trying to imagine what went wrong.

"You're not doing it right at all," Kojiro said bluntly. He obviously had seen this type of reaction in training before, so he seemed relatively calm. "You're severing your soul too crassly. You're cutting only parts of your soul out of your body, leaving the rest behind. When you sever your soul from your body, it has to be precise and clean, like a surgeon's incision. Take your time."

Kysuugi managed to nod his head through the pain and waited for it to subside. He didn't know how at this point, but he simply had to do this right. He made the handseals once again, and this time severed his soul from his body very slowly. His cuts were much more precise this time and, though he still felt pain, the pain was greatly lessened. As he continued to cut with his chakra, he noticed that his legs were getting weaker and becoming numb, as if someone had given him anesthetic. Eventually, he couldn't hold his body up any longer, and he dropped to his knees, still holding the handseal. His chakra continued to sever his soul from his body, and the numb feeling traveled up his abdomen and back. Also, his eyesight and other senses were getting weaker, and his face and hands felt the same numbness as the rest of his body. Finally, with one last effort of chakra, his soul was completely separated from his body, which was laying half-lifeless on the ground behind him.

In his soul form, he heard nothing, saw nothing, and felt nothing. It was a void, and Kysuugi felt like he was suspended in it, helpless. He was slightly scared; he didn't know how to move, and he even if he did, he wasn't sure even where to go. All in all, Kysuugi was stuck. Then after a while, he felt like he was being sucked upwards out of the void. He suddenly found himself back in his body, lying down on the ground dazed and confused.

"What happened?" he wondered wearily.

"It's alright. You just forgot to follow the flow."

"Follow the what?"

"Didn't you feel anything trying to push you while you were in your soul form?"

"Yeah, a little."

"Then that's your problem. You didn't follow that force, which caused you to be stuck until your body pulled you back in. Thankfully it did. I remember one ninja in my family who-"

"Oh god, please don't tell me what could have happened. I'm spooked out of my wits already Master Kojiro. Can we take a little break?"

"Sure. Just remember I have a shop to run and all."

"Ok then." Kysuugi was still a bit confused from the whole experience, but he knew one thing: he wouldn't stop until he had finished learning this jutsu. He was always stubborn about this sort of thing, and he wasn't about to stop now.

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[Beltran]

+9

[deadlywhencornered]

(OOC: it says in the jutsu that it takes at least 3 posts, aka 18 seconds to return to your body. I'm working off that premise)

After a few minutes of rest, Kysuugi was ready to try again. His previous failure was slightly humiliating to him, but that only drove him to learn the jutsu further. He absolutely wouldn't give up: not this time.

"Alrighty then, let's do this," Kysuugi said confidently to his master Kojiro.

"Good. Very good. But before you try and take over my body, I want you to practice returning to your body while you're performing this jutsu. When you got stuck in soul form, it took you at least a half an hour before your body pulled you back in. Of course, if you miss your intended target and leave your body defenseless for any amount of time remotely that long, it will get you killed, even if you're simply doing espionage. So, I want you to try and decrease that time before we go any further."

"Ok. So what's the target time?"

"When I first learned this technique, I was able to return to my body in less than 30 seconds, so that's what I want you to be able to do."

"I'll try," Kysuugi said as he took his position about five meters away from his master, ready to perform the required handseals.

Seeing that Kysuugi was ready, Kojiro instructed him carefully,"Just follow any force that pushes you. It always moves straight, but it will always move you in the right direction. At first, it will push you towards me, but then you will find it will push you in the opposite direction. All you have to do is go with the flow. Got it?

By this time, Kysuugi was already flying through the required handseals in a rush to try the jutsu. "Got it." he said as he finished up with the oval handseal. As he held it, he focused his chakra into his heart, finding his soul in only a few seconds. He remembered what it felt like to cut himself with a kunai. It felt cold, hard, slightly painful...a merciless combination of the attributes of metal, which he applied to his chakra with ease now.

Once more, he began to cut through the bonds between his body and soul. This time, he only felt a pinching sensation in his chest as he severed the bonds, which he cut through in only half the time of his previous attempt. Experience was making him stronger, and Kysuugi was proud of it. As the bonds weakened, he felt the familiar sensation of his body becoming numb, starting with his extremities, and working its way at a moderate pace into the top of his body. He was able to hold himself up longer this time as well, but eventually, he fell to his knees, lifeless once again.

The black void surrounded Kysuugi's soul and blocked out his senses, leaving him floating in nothingness. However, this time, he was ready for this sensation, and actually felt somewhat comfortable with his surroundings. Then, it hit him. Unlike the last time in soul form, he was ready and sensitive enough to feel a certain force pushing him. It was very mild and subtle, as if someone was nudging him, rather than pushing him, but Kysuugi could feel it nonetheless. He also felt as if he was fighting it, pushing against it. Remembering his master’s words, he stopped fighting it, and let it carry him forward towards Kojiro.

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After Kysuugi had slumped to the ground, Kojiro stepped out of the way of the straight path he knew Kysuugi’s soul would take.

"It's all up to you now Kysuugi," he said to himself as he counted the seconds in his head.

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The force had continued to propel Kysuugi forward until he realized that he had probably passed where his master was originally standing. He tried to fight against the force, but it seemed to him that it was hard to stop his momentum, even though he was moving rather slowly. Finally, he was able to stop himself from moving any farther. However, this meant that Kysuugi was stuck again; he wasn’t sure how to get back to his body. He tried to visualize himself in his body, but that didn’t seem to work. He tried to make himself move in the direction that he came, but that didn’t work either. Kysuugi was starting to get frightened again.

Then, Kysuugi had an epiphany. If the force that had pushed him this far was still there, it would push him back. He tried to feel for that force again, once again becoming more sensitive to it. Finally, he was able to feel it, just as faint as the first force he encountered, but still enough to push him in the right direction. Kysuugi let himself go with the flow.

"I'm home free now." Kysuugi thought as he floated towards his body. He was excited that he finally figured out how he could move in his soul form, even though he still didn't know how fast he was going or how long it would take him to get back to his body. Still, he was getting there, and that was all that mattered to him.

When Kysuugi re-entered his body, he felt a little sick, but otherwise he felt great. Getting off his knees, he asked his master groggily, ""How'd I do?"

"Much better than last time. It only took you 10 minutes to figure everything out. But it's still not good enough."

"So I should try again?" Kysuugi asked as he wearily performed the handseals once again.

"Do it. I know you can."

Kysuugi didn't answer back as he held the final handseal. He just wanted to get this phase of the training over with so that he could master the jutsu. He didn't have much time to think about this however, for his steely chakra was cutting through the bonds between his soul and body even faster, taking only around a minute to sever the connections. Plus, Kysuugi felt only a tingling sensation in his heart this time, unlike the pain of previous attempts.

Kysuugi's body dropped to his knees, and he was submerged in the black void once again. This time, however, he knew what he was doing. He reached out with his soul and found the unexplainable force once again, and let it carry him away.

Meanwhile, Kojiro stepped out of the way of Kysuugi's soul once again.

After a few seconds, Kysuugi realized that he had passed where Kojiro should have been, and tried to stop. This time, it didn't take long for him to stop, although it was slightly difficult to fight against the force once he was in motion. Now, all he had to do was find the force that would bring him back to his body. He waited for a few seconds, and suddenly, it was there, nudging him back to his body. Once again, he let himself go and let it carry him.

Kysuugi had made it. As he retook possession of his body, he heard his master say "Exactly 30 seconds. You've learned a lot."

Once again, experience had made Kysuugi a stronger person."It only took me that long?"

"Well, it took you a little while to learn the ropes, but I must say you're doing well. In fact, you've almost mastered the jutsu. Just one more phase to go."

Kysuugi was incredibly eager and excited at this point."What is it?"

Kojiro, laughing a little, answered, "Wait and see. Just rest while I check on my shop." He then left the park, leaving Kysuugi by himself.

Kysuugi heeded his instructions and laid down flat on his back, looking at the clouds in the sky. It was all so soothing...but he knew that this break wouldn't last long, so he savored every minute of it as he remembered how much he had already accomplished.

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[Beltran]

+10

[deadlywhencornered]

Kysuugi was sitting on the grass enjoying the surroundings when Kojiro came back from his shop.

"Well don't just sit there," he said with a smile, "You've got work to do."

Kysuugi leapt to his feet. "So I get to take over your body now?"

Kojiro shook his head as put a caged bird on the ground. "Not quite."

"A bird? Really?" said Kysuugi incredulously.

"You don't just take over someone's body, Kysuugi. You have to fight their will first, and trust me, most people have stronger willpower than you might think. So, we'll start with this bird."

"Ok, but how will you know it's me?" asked Kysuugi as he readied himself about 10 meters away from the bird.

"Trust me, I'll know."

Kysuugi didn't answer as he plunged into the string of handseals and ending with the oval handseal. By now, the handseals and the steely sharp chakra associated with them had become second nature, and it only took one clean sweep of his chakra to sever his soul from his body, once again only feeling a slight tingling sensation in his heart. He fell to his knees, and everything went black.

Floating in nothingness once again, Kysuugi knew exactly what to do. He reached out with his senses and found the force that would carry him to the bird in front of him. He let it take control, and soon he was right in front of the bird's body, which, although he couldn't see or hear, could feel as a sort of presence, telling him that it was near. Letting the force behind him carry him only a little more forward, Kysuugi entered the bird's mind.

It was a strange experience. Kysuugi couldn't see still, but he felt as if he were now in a small room, empty but for another, more animalistic presence. At first, he wasn't sure what to do. However, eventually, the other presence began to grapple with Kysuugi, trying to push him out of the room. Kysuugi then realized that this is how the battle of wills took place, and fought back. He had never tried anything like this before, but he was confident in his abilities to adapt to any new situation. He forgot how long the fight took, but his mental concentration and element of surprise eventually won over the bird's mind and forced it away, allowing Kysuugi to take over its body.

As Kysuugi took over the bird's bodily functions, he became even more confused than before. His vision seemed to be slightly blurred, with bright and vivid colors punctuating the landscape. His arms, now wings, seemed to defy his commands, as Kysuugi was completely unfamiliar with his new body. When he tried to walk, he ended up falling over instead. Instead of talking, he could only chirp and squawk awkwardly. All in all, he was stuck.

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After around 10 minutes of waiting while reading a book, Kojiro noticed the bird began to look more distressed and trip on its legs quite often.

"Yep. Kysuugi's in there alright," he with small bout of laughter. He couldn't help himself. Watching Kysuugi struggle to move and talk in the bird's body was hilarious.

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About 20 seconds in, Kysuugi decided to give up on controlling the bird. All he wanted to do was leave it in peace. As his concentration on remaining in control strayed to other thoughts, he noticed the numbing sensation that he received while severing his soul from his body. The bird's mind was on the attack, trying desperately to reclaim its body. Kysuugi didn't really care though; he was happy to finally be able to leave it once and for all, and soon he was kicked out back into nothingness once again.

The next part was much easier for Kysuugi as he reached out with his senses once again, searching for a force that would bring him back to his body. It didn't take him long to find it, and soon, he was back in his body getting up off the ground.

"Nice job for a newbie." said Kojiro as Kysuugi began to stand up. "It took you a while, but you managed to take over the bird's body. How was it?"

"It was interesting at first, but then it was just terrible." Kysuugi answered as he brushed himself off.

"I know. You were hilarious. But anyhow, it's time for you to show me how much you've learned. Stand about 20 meters away from me, and we'll begin."

Kysuugi was visibly excited as he took his position and began forming the handseals. "Ready or not, here I come!" he said as he held the oval seal, feeling the numbing sensation coming over his body once again. It didn't take long before he was on his knees.

The void consumed his senses once more, and the force, which he had now decided was his chakra, pushed him towards Kojiro. His soul kept going until he sensed his master's presence and entered his body, traveling to Kojiro's mind.

It wasn't an easy task to enter his mind. Kysuugi found himself faced with large, hard, thick mental walls that Kojiro had set up in advance, and they didn't seem to be going anywhere anytime soon. He tried pushing with his will against the first wall, but it barely made any difference. He continued to push on the wall for as long as he could before he finally gave up. Or did he?

The nigh unbreakable mental wall was taking Kysuugi’s usually calm temper to a fever pitch. It took him long enough, but eventually his frustration began to take over. With a mental war cry, he used his rage accumulated from his failures to plow through Kojiro’s first wall. The next few walls where no match for Kysuugi’s insane amount of anger and frustration, and he soon found his way to Kojiro’s inner sanctum.

Once again, Kysuugi seemed to be in a small room. However, it was much different than the bird’s, as it seemed to have a calm and focused air about it. In the middle of this room, he sensed Kojiro’s mental presence, calmly waiting for Kysuugi’s approach.

“I must say Kysuugi, I never expected you to come this far into my mind,” said Kojiro’s soul through a sort of telepathy.

“What can I say?” Kysuugi said. “I’m a stubborn little shinobi.”

Without warning, Kojiro’s mind rushed at Kysuugi’s, and nearly pushed him out of his mind. He was taken off guard, but he wasn’t about to give up now. He focused his mind and pushed back as hard as he possibly could. However, he was losing the fury that had brought him this far, and was losing the battle. He had only one choice left: he copied his master and calmly focused on pushing Kojiro’s mind into submission, just as his master was focused on doing the opposite. Finally, after what seemed like an eternity of grappling with one another, Kysuugi succeeded in taking control of Kojiro’s body.

Kysuugi had succeeded in controlling someone else’s body, and he was ecstatic. All he could think about was celebrating his victory. However, he also forgot that Kojiro was still trying to retake control of his body. With his mind occupied with other thoughts besides keeping Kojiro’s mind in check, Kojiro forced Kysuugi out of his body.

After letting his chakra carry him back to his body, Kysuugi got up to hear his master speaking to him. “Taking control is only half the battle. You’ve got to maintain control before you can do anything useful.”

“Aww man!” Kysuugi complained. “But I was this close!” he said as he made a pinching hand gesture.

“It was a good job for your first time trying to take control of me. You’re almost there Kysuugi; you just need a little more focus next time and you should be good.”

“Alright!” yelled Kysuugi as he stood 20 meters away from his master. He was ready to try once again. He was so close to completing his training, and he was not one to leave a job unfinished.

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[deadlywhencornered]

"Let's do it one more time!"

Kysuugi flew through his handseals and finished up with the oval handseal, holding it as his chakra easily cut through the bonds between his body and soul. After only seconds of waiting, his soul had completely left his body, now laying on the ground.

Once again, he was in his soul form floating in the black void he had come to know. Thanks to his previous realization that the force pushing him was his chakra, however, all he had to do was command his chakra to push him forward and wait for it to follow him. No wonder "reaching out with his senses" was so ineffective.

Soon, with his chakra pushing him, he came face to face with his master. Kysuugi entered his mind, and he found the same mental walls that had blocked him before. However, unlike last time, he was ready for action. He scanned each wall to find its weak points, where Kojiro's concentration had wavered, and focused on pushing through it. He did so at the first wall with ease, and he repeated the process with each wall he encountered.

Finally, Kysuugi reached the center of Kojiro's mind. Taking the opportunity, he attacked Kojiro with his will as soon as he entered, hopefully surprising him and giving Kysuugi the advantage. It worked. While Kojiro was busy trying to muster the will and concentration to fight back, Kysuugi continued his onslaught and easily forced Kojiro's mind into submission. It wasn't long before Kysuugi was in complete control of Kojiro's body.

Remembering his previous mistake, Kysuugi kept his will focused on keeping Kojiro's mind in control until Kojiro finally gave up his counterattack.

"Now, it's time to have some fun." said Kysuugi with Kojiro's voice. It was strange for him to hear his voice come out that way, but he soon got over it; he had more important things to do right now. He threw Kojiro's bo staff and his small pile of books away from him, and he untied Kojiro's Yamanaka symbol from his arm and dropped it to the ground before Kojiro finally retook control from Kysuugi. Commanding his chakra with ease, Kysuugi soon found himself back in his body.

"Poetic justice: one of my favorite literary devices. I didn't think it would happen to me anytime soon." said Kojiro as he picked up his items and retied his band around his arm.

"I love doing that!" Kysuugi said as he got up from his kneeling position. "So, what now?"

"I think that's enough for today. It's already getting dark. Meet me back here tomorrow, and we'll continue your training." said Kojiro as he walked away. "You better be ready; I'm not pulling any punches with you tomorrow."

"Uh-huh. We'll see about that!" said Kysuugi as he walked in the opposite direction.

"This guy's got spunk. And he has a sense of humor." thought Kojiro as he walked back to his shop. "Well, hopefully he'll keep that spunk as I continue his training; he's got a long way to go before he can be called a Yamanaka."

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[Beltran]

Learned

[deadlywhencornered]

(OOC: Thought I'd come back with a bang, as now I have a lot more free time :3)

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Doton Senbon Soushi no Jutsu (Earth Senbon Creation Technique)
Rank: "D" "D" "D" "D" "C" "B"
Skill: Ninjutsu
Effect: Creates Senbon out of the earth and fires them at the opponent.
Special: "Hand Seals"
Drawback: Must be learned more and more in order to be capable of performing better, and capable of producing more Senbon. Cannot be used on Sand.
Description: Forming the handseals, the User begins to use the Earth Creation Technique to form Senbon in the ground wherever they choose. These Senbon can then fire from the ground at the same speed and strength as if someone had thrown it. These earthen Senbon are shaped like those that are sold in stores and are just as sharp. At D rank, this jutsu forms five Senbon wherever the caster wants. This can be five in different spots, or five all together. The D rank can be learned 4 times for 20 Senbon. Then this jutsu can be learned C rank for 10 more and then B rank for 20 more. Fifty Senbon (after learning 4 D, 1 C, and 1 B rank Jutsu) can be fired from all around the opponent, aimed wherever the caster chooses.
Limit: Needs the Earth Release, must have knowledge of Doton Soushi no Jutsu (Rock Creation Technique) "D" and "C"

"It's been forever since I've trained..." said Kysuugi as he walked back to the sunlit park where he had trained a year before. "Better late then never I guess."

Almost nothing had changed. The ponds, the grass, the flowers, the children playing, it was as though he had left just yesterday. But now was not a time to worry about his how his surroundings were changing. It was time to worry about changing himself.

Kysuugi sat down on the bench and took a scroll out of his shorts, containing an earth ninjutsu which he had wanted to learn for a while. "Doton Senbon Soushi no Jutsu. Sounds promising enough." He read the scroll over a couple of times, reading it to himself, remembering every detail about how to use his chakra and what he was trying to accomplish. "I won't have to worry about running out of kunai anymore...nice," said Kysuugi as he rolled up the scroll and put it back into his pocket. He then stretched out his hands and started practicing the short round of handseals slowly, going faster and faster as he memorized them, becoming acquainted with their natural rhythm. "I still haven't lost my touch, hehe," laughed Kysuugi as he got the seals up to full speed.

Next, he performed his normal ritual for training with ninjutsu and genjutsu. He stood up and clasped his hands together in the tiger handseal, focusing his chakra into his hands, then to his feet, then back to his hands again. "I'll try using the hands on the ground approach first. Seems more direct," Kysuugi thought.

After a long time of meditating and gathering his chakra to his hands, he felt ready to try the jutsu. "Here goes!" His hands then exploded into a small string of handseals, finishing them quickly and efficiently. He then kneeled down and slammed both hands onto the ground, forcing his chakra into the earth. "C'mon....c'mon..." said Kysuugi as he controlled his chakra and began molding the rock beneath him into what he hoped were senbon needles. After some time and effort, he allowed his chakra to lift the molded rocks from the ground, only to discover that they were terribly molded. The three "senbon" he had made were twisted, bent, and dull, far from being usefull as projectile weapons.

"Well damn," muttered Kysuugi. "You could have at least looked somewhat better than this!" He picked up one of the misshapen senbon and threw it far away in frustration. "Back to the drawing board I guess."

Kysuugi got up and checked the scroll again, just to make sure he wasn't doing anything seriously wrong. "Doesn't seem like I did any handseals wrong...I'm doing the technique right...must be the chakra." He then once again held the tiger handseal for a minute or so, gathering chakra into his hands, preparing for his second attempt. This time, he also tried to think about what his chakra would feel like. He did this quite often, trying to form his chakra to the task at hand. He made it hard, strong, and sharp, imitating the senbon he was trying to create, using a kunai he held in his hand for reference. Feeling its coldness, the sharpness of its tip, the hardness of its steel, all contributed to how he would use his chakra.

Once again, Kysuugi felt ready to try the jutsu. He calmed his nerves, then executed the flurry of handseals and threw his hands to the ground, releasing his chakra into the dirt and rock. This time, his chakra seemed more powerful in a way. More ready for the task at hand. Concentrating, Kysuugi kept the image of five perfectly formed senbon in his mind, and tried to project it into his chakra. Slowly but surely, he could feel his chakra molding the earth into senbon shapes, strong and sharp. When he felt they were ready, he commanded his chakra to bring them up from the ground.

"Oh please look right...c'mon...", said Kysuugi as his chakra revealed his new earth senbon. "PERFECT!"

The senbon were perfect. Exactly as the jutsu described, there were five senbon of earth that looked exactly like real senbon, floating, supported by Kysuugi's chakra, at chest level. He touched one and felt its tip. It was both hard like steel, and sharp like a knife. All in all, the senbon were exactly how he wanted them to turn out.

Then, the senbon dropped to the ground, as Kysuugi had lost his concentration.

"Grrr...can't lose them now...there's still one part left..." said Kysuugi as he stood up and lifted them up using the tiger handseal with the chakra still left in the senbon. "Now, I just to throw these at something...Aha!" Kysuugi pointed them at a tree and concentrated yet again. "Now, I just need to-...oh shit..." Kysuugi ducked for cover as the senbon flew over his head and hit another tree.

"Wrong tree...imbeciles...I guess I need to work on controlling them," said Kysuugi as he plucked them from the tree and levitated them again with another handseal. "I hope I get this right...these senbon can't take much more with the chakra that's left in them..."

Thus, Kysuugi began concentrating once more, trying to get a force of chakra behind them to propel them towards the tree they were facing, about 20 feet away. "Alright now....let's do this..." said Kysuugi as he began focusing more and more chakra around the senbon. Then, after he had gathered enough chakra, he released it, propelling the senbon towards the tree, landing them in an irregular pentagon on its trunk.

He wiped the sweat from his brow, which had accumulated from concentrating in the summer heat. "Success at last! exclaimed Kysuugi, who then sat down to eat a small bag of chips he had with him. But he was far from done. He was going to keep training and training until he felt ready to go back to Iwagakure proud, being able to tell his kage that he had something to show for his year and a half long sojourn in Cha no Kuni.

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[deadlywhencornered]

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Doton - Shinjuu Zanshu no Jutsu (Double Suicide Decapitation Technique)
Rank: "D" Rank
Skill: NinJutsu / TaiJutsu
Effect: A technique where the user hides within the ground for a brief moment to surprise attack the opponent from under ground.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: The user takes the time to push into the ground by using their Earth Release. The user pushes into the ground quickly so that to be used against the opponent later on. The user at this point cannot necessarily move within the ground at this moment, but the user does know by feel of when an opponent is right above. When an opponent is right under the user reaches up to take the opponent and drag them back down to the ground in one fell swoop without movement or notice. The opponent is unable to move for one post and the user is capable of slamming out of the ground with one movement.
Limit: Needs the Earth Release

Kysuugi woke up on the park bench groggily, wondering where all the time went. "Dammit, dammit dammit dammit dammit all..."

By now, he had spent who knows how long in the park, simply retraining his body which was as out of shape as ever. Even then, it had still been weeks since he last tried to learn something new. He was sore all over too; but today he felt like he was back at his best, all the same.

"Heh, maybe I can finally show my face in Iwa again..." mused Kysuugi as he got up and went through his bag of scrolls he had taken to Cha no Kuni with him. He had some Doton in it that he wanted to try for the first time.

"Mm...sounds interesting,"said Kysuugi to himself as he read the scroll. He'd spent most of his time on hardening his body again, but he knew he'd have to work on loosening up his chakra too.

He read the scroll over twice, not wanting to miss any details. Then he stretched out his fingers, still aching from practicing punches the day before, and slowly went through the required handseals. Despite his lack of practicing ninjutsu, handseals were always one thing that came to him naturally, so he easily increased his speed until he got them up to his standard.

Now came the hard part; he had to put his chakra behind the seals, the last time he did so being weeks ago. "Well, this'll be fun," said Kysuugi as he closed his eyes and let his hands slide into the tiger handseal. It felt great to have the chakra flow through him once again like a second pulse, ready for anything and everything. He spent some time focusing his chakra into different parts of his body, straining sometimes, but managing to get his chakra to flow where he wanted to. Then, he slowly relaxed as he let his energy flow away. Yes, he was definitely ready to get this puppy started.

But still, Kysuugi had his doubts, kicking at the ground with his foot. It wasn't rock, but compacted dirt and plant roots weren't the easiest thing to just phase into. "No point in waiting any longer I guess," said Kysuugi. Very true. He'd waited a whole year before he began his training again.

He flew through his handseals and began focusing his chakra into his feet, hoping to let them sink into the ground, followed by the rest of his body. "C'mon... muttered Kysuugi as he kept pushing down with his chakra. Then, he noticed that the world seemed to be slowly rising around him, accompanied by the sound of dirt giving way beneath his feet. Which could only mean... "Hey, it's working!"

But as he got deeper and deeper into the ground, he noticed the ground seemed to fight back harder. Whether it was just the pressure of the ground, or it was his chakra not working hard enough or something else, he didn't know. All that he knew was that around the middle of his thighs, he stopped completely, stuck in the ground.

"Well...umm....damn."

Kysuugi began flailing out of reflex and trying to pull himself out of the ground with his hands and arms. It wasn't quicksand that kept pulling him farther down at least, but the same principle kept his legs stuck in the earth. “Aww, just c’mon with the…GRAH!” he yelled as he mustered enough strength to pull himself out completely with his arms. Strangely enough, as soon as his legs were out of the ground, the earth reformed where they had been, leaving no trace of him ever being there.

He watched the dirt and sediment in wonder. He knew that some of Iwagakure’s best could run through the ground like it was air, but he couldn’t even get halfway down in it. Plus, he knew he was naturally drawn to the earth release, so it should have been a piece of cake, right? Well, whatever his so called “elemental alignment” his teachers in the academy talked about was, he knew this would now be a lot harder than he thought.

Kysuugi sat down on the ground and clenched some of the dirt in his hand. The dark brown soil felt grainy, but it was moist from a rain yesterday. He could even mold some of it into a crude ball. “Know your enemy more than you know yourself,” he thought as he let it drop from his hand, wiping the rest off in his pants. In this case, he knew his enemy was powerful. Fighting it with all but the most powerful chakra was impossible in his case. So, when you can’t fight your enemy, “you have to work with him…”

It was so simple; all he had to do was let the earth help him, not fight with it. Kysuugi jumped to his feet, invigorated, and held the tiger handseal once more. If he could just get his chakra to make him one with the earth, instead of pushing the earth to make way for him, then the jutsu would be a cinch! “Hmm…sounds like what one of those crazy old monks from the hills would say,” he thought, laughing to himself, “but it could work.”

Slowly, he made his chakra try and mimic the earth he had just held in his hand, almost trying to disguise himself to be admitted into Club Terra Firma. Slowly his body began to feel like the dirt beneath him, a little more rigid than usual. He could’ve sworn he almost slipped into it without even trying the jutsu. But it was probably just his eager mind playing tricks on him; anyone who saw him could see he was excited, even in his state of meditation.

After some time of rearranging and changing his chakra, Kysuugi stopped holding the handseal and let himself come back to normal. “Ok…let’s do this,” said Kysuugi as he quickly performed the required handseals and let his chakra begin to flow into his feet. “One with the earth…one with the earth…” Suddenly, even faster than before, the earth started giving way beneath him, and Kysuugi was soon engulfed by dirt on all sides until it took him under completely, leaving a small layer of dirt on top of his head to hide him from view. Part one of the jutsu was complete.

However, he couldn’t celebrate yet. The second part of the jutsu had yet to be executed, letting Kysuugi jump to the surface as easily as he went down. He sure as hell wasn’t going to die by suffocating in the darkness of the ground. Despite this fear, Kysuugi kept calm. He knew the layer of dirt on top of him was thin, and he could dig himself out if he needed to. But if he wanted to pop out of the ground like those ninja from all those years ago… “Aww cmon, not the right time Kysuugi…”

He almost took a lungful of dirt right then and there. But he quickly regained composure, and started focusing his chakra into his feet and legs again. He’d surmised from reading the scroll that if he had just enough power in his legs, and he used the earth to help him, that his chakra would push him out with ease. So, quickly, he tried to make his chakra like the dirt around him once again as he kept focusing more and more into his legs. When he thought he had enough, he released the chakra like a flat platform against the ground, thus pushing Kysuugi up, up, up, out of the ground and back to safety. Just like before, as soon as he left the ground, it reformed back to its original state.

“Whew…that was close…” said Kysuugi as he brushed himself off. It really was close. Who knew what would’ve happened if he froze up like before. He was ok, and he seemed to have successfully performed a new jutsu, so he relaxed for a while on the park bench and managed to sigh, “I’m never giving up this stuff again…”
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[|Ayame Unbound|]

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