A Second Wind [T][P][Training Comp]

[Ryuuchou Meimu]

Post 5
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The medic could feel the Chakra deep within the earth, and he could feel it interacting with the particles and molecules that existed beneath the surface. The process was powerful, and it was quick. Within seconds the ground seemed to be saturated with what he might think to be water if he didn't know any better. He could feel the Chakra at work, changing everything beneath the surface and above. The only problem was that he was affecting such a small area.

Though he had felt and manipulated his Chakra throughout the ground, making it radiate outward as far as he possibly could by the sheer force of his will, but it had not stretched far enough, it seemed. Quickly cutting off the technique to keep it from continuing to drain him of his much needed Chakra, Ryuuchou quickly surmised that he had managed to affect around 8 meters in diameter, and perhaps 3 meters deep. It seemed that he would need much better force if he were going to succeed.

Starting all over once again, Ryuuchou went through the monotonous process of weaving hand seals. His fingers locked together and his palms slaped into each other, only to be pulled apart and unwoven, then put back together in different position. In some seals, his fingers were less locked than others. In some seals, his palms didn't touch, and instead faced away from each other. Each seal, different and unique in it's own way, signified something different. And he had the necessary seals down perfectly at this point, after shaving them down and practicing them so intently.

Each one yielded a greater outpouring of Chakra from his Chakra Points, and a greater power to be tamed and controled, shaped and molded. Pretty soon -- sooner than he had actually expected -- Ryuuchou found that he was dealing with as much Chakra as he had been before, and as much Chakra as he needed to perform the Swamp of the Underworld technique. It was around 25% of what could be found within his reserves at the beginning of a typical day, and he noted that he had been able to bring it about faster because of practicing so much, and because his body was adapting to the great tasks it was being put to, much like a worker adapts to his taskmaster's demands. It was all about changing and growing to survive comfortably.

Holding his final hand seal, Ryuuchou focused now on shaping the Chakra, molding it, and adding power to it. He didn't need more Chakra to work with, and he couldn't afford to go that route. For the present day, he had a maximum of four attempts at learning the jutsu, and he was slowly coming to his limit. He could feel it within himself.

The Chakra fluctuated with Ryuuchou's body, the hand seals that had been woven and the current hand seal that was being held helping Ryuuchou to shape and condense, flex and expand, and ultimately temper the Chakra, in a way. It needed to be strong and unyielding if it was going to plunge into the earth itself, radiate about it and change the state of matter from being totally solid to partly solid and partly liquid, and affect the viscosity and make it become thick and difficult to move in. The brown haired ninja was trying to fill a tall order, that was for sure, but he was more than capable.

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Post 6
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He was so intent on getting the Chakra control perfectly right that time seemed to pass by faster than normal. The Chakra was bubbling within him, and he was doing his best to keep it at a light simmer. He held the same hand seals for almost fifteen minutes, trying his best to power the Chakra without adding to it's amount and over shooting on he jutsu. Like he had learned, even the slightest imbalance would ruin the jutsu and mke everything he was going through all for naught.

The medic came to a point where he felt he couldn't shape or mold the Chakra anymore, and he felt that it was about time for another attempt. Channeling the mass of Chakra into his hand much more easily than the rest of his attempts had been, he tried his hardest to condense the Chakra while it was still in his hand. His hope was that by doing so, when he release it into the earth and let it flow in and outward, having condensed it and contracted it as much as he could, it would bound outward much more forcefully, like a slingshot shooting a rock farther depending on how taught it was pulled, almost.

The young, hazel eyed ninja wasted no time, and quickly thrust his hand down into the dirt once again, a process that he was beginning to feel he was doomed to repeat for the rest of eternity. As he gripped the grass and pressed his palm forcefully against the warm, dirty dirt, he forced his Chakra out rather than just feeling it slide out like he had previously. With more force would come more distance into he ground, and more coverage of the area, meaning a larger swamp, hopefully as large as he was currently capable of at his level and skill.

The energy penetrated the ground like a drill, tossing and turning whatever dirt it touched as it plunged. The ninja male almost jumped in excitement when he realized that he had gotten incredibly close to getting the Chakra five meters deep, but his hold on the grass was as strong as titanium. His hand wouldn't be moving away until he was ready to unlock his fingers and his wrist.

Like before, he held on to the "end" of the Chakra, making sure that he was still attached to it in order to better control it as it lay in the earth. He needed not only to increase the distance that it had gone down into the earth, but begin to spread it. Luckily for him, some of his work had seemed to pay off and the Chakra had begun to spread out and change the earth that was below and in front of him. Stretching out a great many meters before him, the earth began to become gooey and thick, much like he imagined a swamp was like. To Ryuuchou, hehad created very thick and odorous mud.

It still wasn't as good as it could be though, so without wasting any time he cut the connection of Chakra, and let what he had sent in work what it could. The swamp did actually become a little bit thicker, probably because all of the Chakra he had pressed into the earth was still working to produce the effect of the jutsu, but soon it stopped changing. After there was no more Chakra to work the area, the swamp started to slowly revert back to it's original form of solid earth, making it possible for Ryuuchou to practice some more.

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Post 7
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He jumped immediately into hand seals, going through the process of weaving them quickly and quietly, making little to no sound as he did so. The way his fingers came together and moved apart at such high speeds and with such grace was extraordinary, especially since at this point in the training, his hands had begun to grow cramped and pain stricken. Moving his hands and fingers together and apart on top of holding incredibl amounts of Chakra in his right hand was beginning to take it's toll on him. No, it was taking it's toll on him.

He pushed through it though, despite being worn out and beaten up by all the work he had done. He needed to get past this and finish it. It would be worth it in the end, and he would be glad that he had done it and gotten through it. He would be stronger both in body and in character because of it.

Though the hand seals were painful, they were indeed necessary. Each one combined more and more of his Spiritual and Physical Energies, creating the Chakra that was pumping from his Chakra Points and traveling the complex maze of his Chakra Network, weaving in and around cells and major organs. With the series of hand seals, it was like he was solving a puzzle. The bits and pieces of his Chakra were the pieces, and he was working to fit them together in just the right way to solve the puzzle, with the solution being the successful production of the Swamp of the Underworld.

The young man felt that if his Chakra were moving like it was in the real world, he'd be experiencing the world in slow motion. It moved through his body so fast that it made his hair stand up on edge for but a second, and then settle back down onto his body. As it circulated all throughout, he was concentrating heavily on molding and shaping it, tempering it like a blacksmith tempers steel to make it stronger while maintaining the flexibility and lightweight. He could add no more to it, but the strength of his Chakra didn't come from the amount of which he used, but from how skillfully he could mold and shape it for it's purpose, and how conservative he could be when it came down to it.

Soon, his Chakra felt more powerful than he had ever managed to make it, save possibly for when he imprinted the Infuin seal upon himself. He began working to condense it and constrict it, forming it into what he envisioned was as tiny a ball as he could manage to compress it into. He thought of his Chakra like some type of gas that could be squeezed and compressed into the tiniest of spaces while retaining it's true mass, and with this image came the idea that the Chakra would only have more pressure on it because of this. The man in the red clothing started the push to what he hoped was the end.

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Post 8
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The small orb of Chakra traveled from the core of his maze of Chakra Network tubes and slowly but surely found it's way to the medic's right hand, which would require some serious pain killers when he was finished. The Chakra felt almost like a sponge within him -- springy, soft and drippy. The Chakra was coiled up as tightly as possible, and it was so compact that Ryuuchou felt as if it had become a liquid and was dripping off from the main sphere that he had compressed. He was reaching the peak of perfection with the Swamp of the Underworld Technique, success was within his grasp.

Without wasting another second, the brown haired medic quickly struck downward towards the ground, pressing his palm roughly into the surface of the earth and shooting the orb of Chakra he had held within his hand deep into it, like it was a pebble and he held some sort of hidden slingshot beneath the skin on his hand. It entered the ground and dug deep down, nestling like a seed that was ready to grow. And it was going to grow, much more than the other orbs of Chakra he had implanted had.

Placing his second hand against the ground, he unleashed the force that had been built up within that small ball of energy, letting it radiate up, down and in every direction. As it came into contact with the earth that laid below Ryuuchou, it ground it up and started to saturate it, as if a tsunami were beginning to soak into the ground after hitting shore. With his eyes shut tight, the medic willed his Chakra to be stronger, and he willed it to move throughout the ground. His hands continued to press more Chakra in as the ground began to change from solid earth, stone and dirt into a more mud like substance, and soon, it resembled something of a bog or a swamp, all because of the power of Ryuuchou's Chakra.

His Chakra continued to channel itself throughout the earth for sometime, changing the state that the earth within the distance was in. Where there had once been solid rock, Ryuuchou had torn the earth up and liquified it with the power of his jutsu, saturating the ground and changing the viscosity of the soil, making it similar to an incredibly thick pudding, a gross combination of earth and water that could be comparable to quicksand. Anyone victim who fell into the trap would need a miracle to escape, and even with that they might be hopeless if caught within the technique.

[Ryuuchou Meimu]

Post 9
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The ninja had managed to bore into the earth because of the power he had molded and shaped into his body and then released. His Chakra had been able to pound through meters upon meters upon meters of solid earth and turn it into a thick, liquidy goop designed to ensnare and trap his enemies, and if he did something right or got lucky, to kill them without too much of a struggle.

However, one casting of the jutsu wouldn't do. He needed to practice it more, and then he needed to practice maintaining it. Removing his hands from the ground and allowing his Chakra flow to cut off and stop fueling the technique, Ryuuchou laid back in the sun, and as the earth began to harden once more after his jutsu, he began to drift into a deep, peaceful sleep. He would resume training in the morning when his Chakra was at it's full once more.

~The next day~

Ryuuchou awoke with a start, ready to continue his training from the previous day. The sun greeted him, as did a soft summer morning breeze. He felt incredibly rejuvenated, and he felt that his Chakra was at full once again.

His hands came together in a loud clap like thunder, and the fingers on each hand moved desterously in and out of each other, forming the various hand seals required for the casting of his jutsu. Sixteen. Sixteen hand seals could change such a great amount of earth, and do so much damage. To think that sixteen hand motion held so much power was incredible, but it was the medic's reality. With his eyes closed, Ryuuchou could feel the power that they granted him, causing his Chakra to funnel forward from his unseen reserves, and with his control over the energy he was able to measure it perfectly. His hands gripped tightly together in the form of the Ram hand seal, aiding him in his Chakra control.

The male's brow furrowed, giving his face the look of confusion. He continued to focus on his Chakra control, letting the levels of Chakra contained in one location of his body rise and fall, moving in and out like the ocean's tide. The medic was paying close attention to his Chakra, and he focused it in and out of each part of his body as he molded it into the perfect "shape". Instead of changing it and condensing it into the shape of a small little orb, he thought that the shape of a screw -- a tiny, twisted and sharp object -- fit the theme better, seeing as he was burrowing his Chakra deep into the ground and twisting it up to create the thick goop that made up the swamp.

He slowly took his hands apart for a moment, replacing the Ram hand seals with a signature move that helped him focus his Chakra; palm to palm. Though not a real seal, it did help him to concentrate on the work at hand, and for the moment, he was building up his Chakra to a sizable level -- 25% of his total reserve energy -- and attempting to focus it into a tiny pin size, so as to penetrate the earth more easily. He also had the plan of allowing the screw of Chakra to screw around in a way. He planned to control it in the ground only by twisting, allowing each twist to release Chakra. This way, he would be able to progressively change the state of the earth from that of solid ground to that of the swamp. He knew what he was going to do and how, and so it was time to start again.

[Ryuuchou Meimu]

Post 10
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With the Chakra built and shaped, molded and charged as much as it possibly could be, Ryuuchou thrust his hand toward the ground and allowed the "screw" shaped Chakra to burrow in, keep his hand pressed down and gripped onto the grass. The screw curved it's way down into the earth about two and a hald meters -- the half way point for the depth of it's affected area. He let it settle there for a moment before slamming his left hand onto the ground, awakening it and sending it ripping into motion.

It began to turn around and around, slowly turning through the earth immediately around it. That was the first to begin the process of change. As the screw turned around and around, the earth was once again crunched up and turned from coarse soil to a more fine consistency. As the spinning began to increase, the Chakra started to ripple off of the main concentration in waves that started to grind against and ultimately through the earth for a distance of about 20 meters, slightly less because it had yet to be truly refined.

With the first step and stage of the technique going of very well, Ryuuchou focused his mind on the Chakra, and while keeping it spinning round and round in order to grind up the earth, he began to put into effect the second step and stage of the Swamp of the Underworld Technique; the actual swamp creation. The Chakra, being so much contained into such a small package, expanded on Ryuuchou's command, and with his guidance it spread out through the earth located around the original concentrated "screw". With so much Chakra came a change in the state of the earth, and the energy began to actually saturate it and make it change from dry, to moist, and finally to a liquidy, soupy type of mixture that made Ryuuchou cringe upon sight.

With the first two steps being finished up quite successfully, it was time for the third and final effect of the Swamp of the Underworld Technique; Ryuuchou would need to use his Chakra to change the viscosity of the liquid, making it grow thick and glompy, giving it the properties of a quicksand like substance. This was done easily enough, since his Chakra had already spread throughout the liquidy and water earth.

With a minor fluctuation in his Chakra, the medical ninja began to literally stir the earth that had taken on a more watery property. Since the Chakra was present in the substance, he would shift and arrange it so that the soup moved about and, through being stirred, or more similiarly, whipped, it would begin to change, it would begin to thicken and become heavier, and over time this process bore it's fruit quite obviously. With a quick toss into the swamp, Ryuuchou placed a ball of rolled up paper toward the center. The paper was swallowed up and had disappeared sooner rather than later.

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[Ryuuchou Meimu]

Post 11
82/90

The medic cut off the flow of Chakra once again, allowing the earth to return to normal. Ryuuchou felt that he would practice the technique one more time -- the actual casting of it -- and then he would practice maintaining it for a little bit before finally allowing himself to say that he had mastered the use of the Swamp of the Underworld Technique.

He slammed his hands together like had at least three hundred times before in his life -- most likely much more -- and began the process of casting the jutsu. His fingers weaved in and out of the formations of various hand seals with the practice of a master. The speed at which he could change the direction of his hands and fingers, and the skill with which he could move them in and out perfectly with barely any error was remarkable on it's own, but what was still even more so was the fact that these hand seals were the precursor to something much, much greater.

With their completion, which was marked by Ryuuchou slapping his palms together, a great deal of energy began to travel in and out of the ninja's cells and organs, traversing his entire body in loops, zigs and zags. He concentrated hard on the path that this Chakra took, as he wanted to spend it wisely and to it's fullest potential. It wasn't an inexhaustible resourse, after all, and he had to conserve what he could.

Nevertheless, his concentration almost always paid off. The Chakra was manipulated without too much difficulty, the only thing hindering him being his exhaustion and his continuous use of Chakra. Thanks to his special, unique and unofficial hand seal, his Chakra was soon enough prime and ready to be used. He made a final effort before beginning the actual process of casting the technique by funneling all of the Chakra into his right hand.

With a quick drop down to the ground, Ryuuchou planted his right hand firmly into the earth, and projected his Chakra forward with a slight push. It traveled about two and a half meters, and sat without motion or action for several seconds. With the bringing down of his left hand though, the Chakra that had been shaped into something similiar to a screw began to turn about slowly, but surely picking up speed with each rotation that it made.

The earth closest to the screw was changed first. It became more of a fine powder than soil or rock. With this first hurdle overcome, the Chakra that was produced and pushed outward with each spin was able to travel further out, grinding up the earth as it did so, eventually grinding up all of the earth within a twenty meter distance, as well as extending five meters into the ground from the surface.

After this, the Chakra that had caused the grinding began to spread out among all of the dirt and settle into the fine earth, causing it to become saturated because of the immense power and amount of it in proportion to the ground up rocks and soil. The earth soon became so saturated that the fine powder had been changed into more of a soupy, liquid mixture. The next and final step would solidify the effect of the swamp.

Using his precise Chakra control, Ryuuchou began to take control of the Chakra that had settled and ultimately created the soupy mixture. Though it was now heavier because it had become nearly one with the earth to form the substance, he was able to shift it around and change it without too much of a problem. As it was effectively stirred, the soup began to thicken and become heavy and much more goopy that it originally had been. It was almost like making cookie dough. It was tough at first, but over time it was easier to mix, and eventually the soup was being whipped, coming out in the form of something like very thick mud.

With the swamp having been fully formed, Ryuuchou need only continue to spare a portion of his Chakra every so often, and with his current amount of Chakra, which was about 50% of what he was capable of producing, he'd be able to maintain the swamp's current state and viscosity for about a minute and a half.

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