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The rest of the day Izaya kept practicing, and when he ran out of chakra they went home and came back again the next day. "I'm sure to get this right today!" Izaya said as he walked into the garage. Old man Waso tapped the boy on the shoulder and when Izaya turned around, he saw the old man had his headband in his hand. Izaya frowned, "Hey what do you think your doing you can't just take my stuff! That's for my hands only give it back!"

Waso, smiled and lept over Izaya's head across the room, landing on the tip of his toes. He turned to face the genin and with a confident voice said, "Come get it boy!" Izaya frowned and ran forward, but once he crossed the room, Waso simply flipped forward, stepped on the boy's head and lept across the room again. Izaya made a frustrated frown and spun around, and then ran after the old man again. However Waso merely side stepped Izaya's hands and lept over to another side of the room.

That's when Izaya got the picture. The genin ran after the old man again keeping his eye on the headband this time. As he ran he counted his steps until he was close enough and then, SHOOSH!!!! WHAM! Izaya shunshined forward but found himself shooting too far and ran right into the wall. The old man gave a pitying look at the boy behind him and then lept across the room when Izaya came to his senses. "There you are!" Izaya said as he ran forth again, counted his steps but gave a small hop to land square on his right foot, added chakra, leaned in, and released!

SHOOSH! He shot across the room like a blur and as he came out of shunshin he quickly spotted the headband in Waso's hand. He reached out to grab it, but he forgot to use chakra to plant himself, so he barely grazed the headband and then slid past a few yards. The old man was going to turn around and taunt Izaya, but the boy wasn't done yet! He merely twisted his body as it sled, palmed the ground, recharged chakra to his right foot, and then a small amount to his left, and released the primary. As Waso turned he only had time to barely crouch and spring his leg's but he wasn't fast enough, as his hand pulled back the headband and his body began to spring back in the air, Izaya appeared, planted his left foot, released the chakra to ground himself and seized the headband in a vice grip.

Waso smiled in that slow motion second, realizing there where other methods he could use to retain the object, but this was just a test and Izaya passed. The old man flew back across the room, did a backflip at the top of his arc and landed with poise. his fingers rubbed together where he had once held Izaya's headband and a smile crossed his lips. Izaya was busy with his head down, tying the headband on, but when he rose up his face held a very cocky grin. "How's that old man for a young guppy- WAAAH!"

From the rafters above a huge phantom seemed to drop down with a mighty fist that hammered into Izaya's left shoulder, SNAP!!! With a thud Izaya hit the ground and cringed as he realized his shoulder had been broken. He fixed it of course as he stood up to his feet, and he found Ibizu standing behind him with his hands at the hips grinning innocently, "What you disrespected the master again! Remember: You will call him master or I break bone...Bonehead! HEHEHE!"

Izaya frowned and wanted to try sticking Ibizu with his bone claws, right there in the thigh above the kneecap, but he couldn't help but think of what was gunna happen in training next. He turned and threw away his frustrations to say in a very confident voice, "Alright master! What's next!"

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Shunshin no Jutsu - Ken'in (Body Flicker Technique - Pull)
Rank: "D"
Skill: NinJutsu/TaiJutsu
Effect: A Jutsu that allows a user to rush backwards in almost instantaneous speed. Allows the user to retreat from the opponent.
Special: ---
Drawback: Takes away the number of usages Shunshin no Jutsu - Oshi (Body Flicker Technique - Push). Same distance applications apply. Same drawbacks apply when over using.
Description: User is able to move backwards in a straight line along the ground in almost instantaneous untraceable speed while temporarily masking the user's movements within 10 meters. A puff of smoke is occasionally used to disguise the user's movements. Supplement of Shunshin no Jutsu - Oshi (Body Flicker Technique - Push) while using same schematics.
Limit: Universal NinJutsu or Universal TaiJutsu, Must know Shunshin no Jutsu - Oshi (Body Flicker Technique - Push)

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The next day Izaya came to the garage he was trained on further shunshin techniques. "Maneuverability is the key to ninja combat...You must be able to think on the fly, and not always can you afford to press your attacks...sometimes you must be able to retreat to avoid sufferage!" The old man shunshined forward to Izaya and hit him square in the chest. He could feel rib's snap and he flew backwards rolling along the ground. The genin coughed some as his chest seemed to heave and malform into the proper shape again; his bones healing as he had gotten used to doing this since he learned the technique.

It would appear Kaguya could suffer more blunt trauma then normal humans, and he was getting used to the pain where most grown men would crumble under such extremes. Izaya stood up and wiped some spit from his mouth and then made a ready stance, but he was really waiting for the instructions. "Indeed, you will learn to shunshin backwards now...It is the same principle so don't expect some dire effort like before...you just have to be more aware of your surroundings and perhaps have sure timing and chakra control. Now get ready...HERE I COME!"

Izaya watched the old man take a few cautious step's forward and then he dashed forward. Izaya only had a few secoonds to see it coming, the old man reached outwards and threw a small kunai at Izaya. His eye's widened and at first his instinct was to jump backwards, which he did, letting the kunai land with a hard sound into the concrete. What force could send a Kunai into concrete!? Izaya thought to himself. And then the genin saw the tag attached. It was going to explode!.

In the mere second it took him to see all this he landed foot first and immediately summoned chakra, while pivoting to glance behind him. The wall, only 15 meters! I'll barely make it! Izaya said as he released the chakra. The explosion buffeted his face just as the vaccuum of air took him and he was gone, backwards like a blur. He came out after ten meters and planted his feet hard, skidding to the wall where some concrete debrie smacked his face. However he was none worse for wear!

Panting from panic and the thrill of high speed gambling, Izaya eyed the old man wildly, "WHAT IN THE HELL IS THE MATTER WITH YOU!" Izaya said coming from off the wall. He stomped angrily towards the old man pretending to pull up a sleeve like he was really gunna bash the old man in. "You've gone too far old man!" Izaya said, but right as he said it a nervous chord struck in him, and his eye's looked up reflexively. He saw it coming like a comet, the behemoth in black already falling from the rafters above to deliver a bone crunching blow to his chest. Izaya crossed his arm's in front of him this time and felt the heavy punch land, pushing the boy backwards. "Eh...Soooo...your natural instincts are growing eh?" Ibizu said in mock surprise.

Waso behind Ibizu seemed to stroke his beard in contemplation as well. It seemed Izaya was beginning to naturally be on guard for sudden attacks...he was growing fast! Izaya looked up from behind his guard and then smiled arrogantly. Ibizu simply chuckled as he pulled back and spun around to deliver a spinning roundhouse. Izaya was ready for this as well, and his body seemed to dissapear in a blur of motion. He reappeared a few feet away, sliding back to a halt. Ibizu watched Izaya smirk confidently, thinking his new sills were getting him away from punishment.

Wrong...Ibizu suddenly shunshined forward which caught Izaya offguard. The huge man appeared in front of the boy, uppercut him into the air about 2 stories, where old man Waso seemed to appear in thin air to deliver a wild spinning kick to Izaya's left side, snapping some rib's and sending him flying across the room." AAAAAHGGGAAAHH!" Izaya gurgled as he slammed into the floor rolling to a stop. Of course, he healed his ribs slowly again, but his body was pretty bruised from the excursion. The Genin rose to his feet all scratched and bruised over and held his pride. "You know...I'm starting to think there will be a time when these things won't work out as you guys plan!"

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Shunshin no Jutsu - Ko (Body Flicker Technique - Arc)
Rank: "D"
Skill: NinJutsu/TaiJutsu
Effect: A Jutsu that allows a user to rush in an arc in almost instantaneous speed. Allows the user to avoid the opponent's attack and gaze.
Special: ---
Drawback: Takes away the number of usages Shunshin no Jutsu - Oshi (Body Flicker Technique - Push). Same distance applications apply. Same drawbacks apply when over using.
Description: User is able to move in an arc along the ground in almost instantaneous untraceable speed while temporarily masking the user's movements within 10 meters. User may move forward, or backwards if they know Tweh version of Shunshin. This Jutsu is used to get around and behind an opponent without sacrificing multiple Shunshins. Supplement of Shunshin no Jutsu - Oshi (Body Flicker Technique - Push) using same schematics.
Limit: Universal NinJutsu or Universal TaiJutsu, Must know Shunshin no Jutsu - Oshi (Body Flicker Technique - Push)

The next day was more shunshin development. "Today you will need to understand that there are sometimes targets you must reach, often behind an obstacle. Or perhaps there is a reason to hit from a different vantage point...In these moment's another style of shunshin is needed...Observe!" And suddenly Ibizu dropped down from above again, landing right in front of Izaya. The huge behemoth held his hands outwards as if to block Izaya. The genin couldn't see around the big man, but he heard the familiar sound of something coming out of shunshin.

With only enough time to turn his head, Izaya saw himself staring dead at a Kunai tip to his left. He...He shunshined around to get behind Ibizu! But how is that possible, you would have to manipulate chakra during...

"You must manipulate chakra during the shunshin itself to do this! The idea again is more simple then it seems...You see in the shunshin maneuver, time space is distorted...your physical properties are different momentarily, but your chakra energies act the same if not stronger...so what you do is shunshin directly to the side in a forward diagonal...upon zipping in that direction however, you suspend your self from the ground and send a large spike of chakra to the ground like the tree climbing jutsu. Your body will be hurling faster then the pull of chakra, but the magnetic hold will still cling, and you will swing around in an arc, to land where you need by simply planting your feet..." Waso explained before stepping back and then making his way to the other side of the floor. Ibizu turned around now and blocked Izaya off from seeing or getting to the old man. The huge man made a pleasant smile and waited, while Izaya sized the man's arm length up and down.

"OKay, so your saying shunshin to the side of Ibizu, but once I release the shunshin I should suspend myself and tether myself to the center of the circumfrance...like a radial string..." Izaya said rather intelligently. Waso was reminded of the accelerated teaching they taught at the academy these day's. Izaya leaped back from Ibizu suddenly, and then leaned to his left leg and, SHOOSH!!!

The boy was gone like a blur, which with good eye's might have been able to see the sudden curve of trajectory, around Ibizu, and toward Waso. The genin came out of shunshin off balance and almost tripped over, but he caught himself in time. Izaya didn't quite make it to Waso, but he managed to swing around Ibizu well enough. Again the idea of having to plant his feet and ground himself when coming out of shunshin was a very tricky concept, but he at least understood it was possible to perform this technique.

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Ibizu came around to stand in front of Izaya again. "OK let's see if you can at least come close enough to touch me, right out of the shunshin..." Waso said chosing a new location to stand. Izaya waited for a moment to judge Ibizu's massive body size, and the distance from him to the old man. He summoned chakra, leaned into the left foot, and released, but immediately tethered himself with a sting of chakra again. He whooshed around, and came out of the shunshin, this time planting his feet firmly with chakra in the soles.

Izaya's eye's widened as his new surroundings came into view and he prematurely struck out a hand to where he saw Waso's body. However the genin was still off by about four paces. The technique was set up again, and Izaya imagined the same idea as beofre except this time he added a twist. He couldn't see around Ibizu because he was too big, and in the field these situations might apply as well. Izaya didn't have the ability to further percive around such obstacles so he decided to use some help.

He was confident ibizu would attempt to stop him if he ran around the guy, but what if he just leaped over to get a short peek, and then shunshined based of the info then? Izaya stared Ibizu down for a second and then pretended to run to the left. Ibizu leaned over that way, but Izaya bunched his legs and hopped back to the right just in time! His fake maneuver allowed Ibizu to move slightly to the side, revealing Waso's position behind him a bit. Upon landing on a foot, Izaya immediately summoned chakra, and released quickly, tethering himself to the center of the circumference.

Izaya swung around in shunshin and popped out, as he did he planted his feet squarely, pulled an arm back and thrust forward with a flat palm stopping right at Waso's temple. "HAH! I did it, and I faked that big behemoth while I'm at it!"

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Shunshin no Jutsu - Kaunta (Body Flicker Technique - Counter)
Rank: "C"
Skill: NinJutsu/TaiJutsu
Effect: Attacks your opponent. Can't simply use "Kaunta" however way you want. It is a skill that allows you to read an opponent's Shunshin and change its movement to neutralize the opponent.
Special: ---
Drawback: Takes away the number of usages Shunshin no Jutsu - Oshi (Body Flicker Technique - Push). Same distance applications apply. Same drawbacks apply when over using.
Description: A shunshin designed as a counter, reading the shunshin of an opponent in order to alter its course and render it ineffective by predicting and following the same technique with a Shunshin no Jutsu (Body Flicker Technique) Variant of your own. Supplement of Shunshin no Jutsu - Oshi (Body Flicker Technique - Push) while using same schematics.
Limit: Universal NinJutsu or Universal TaiJutsu, Must know Must know Shunshin no Jutsu - Oshi, Ken'in, and Ko

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Another day, more training...Izaya came into the garage early for another morning. Waso was already here, and so was Ibizu. They seemed to be having some sort of argument over something or other. Izaya couldn't help but watch quietly for a moment, as he tugged on his new left handed glove with the metal backhand plate to match the right. He also had a new mesh shirt to cover his body so he wasn't half naked all the time. He still looked very fashionable, but he was young so it didn't truly matter much.

"The boy isn't ready for such training and I don't think the village needs another one of them on the rise, I refuse to bring back the ways of my forefathers by showing him the true powers we posses..." Waso frowned, " Well I'm not saying now, but soon you will have to train him to unveil his greatest assets...He has a lot of potential just like you...and I plan on showing him perhaps my greatest abilities so we should come together to form what is best for this village..." Ibizu threw his arm's up, "You think I am still for this village?! What about my wife, what will the village do for that? They took her, they should give her back...! She was taken from me, and I will never see her again!"

Waso looked away and then at Izaya. "Ahh, you made it...Well Ibizu and I were just discussing your future...We are still learning the basics, but of course I want to turn you into the best you can be..." Izaya made a simple look, unknowing of the things being talked about. "Ok well...I mean I'm sure it's gunna be a long road...But look how far I've come so far!" Izaya said plainly.

The old man smiled warmyly, and then remembered that it was almost about 3 weeks since they started training and already Izaya had learned to dodge and advance like a ninja with shunshin. He had learned to mend his broken bone's, and how to form armor under the skin. He could produce his own bone weapons as well. "You are capable of protecting yourself at the age of 13 boy, but I assure you the real ninjas are far more advanced...they will be cunning and already know these basics that we are discussing...not only that but they are more advanced at such things and have more chakra available to use them...So let us continue..."

Ibizu shook his head disappointingly and then lept up to the second story walkway. This left Izaya to enter the center floor with Waso. the old man began to instruct today's lesson, "Now then boy...you have learned to maneuver fully with shunshin...you can advance, retreat, and get to the proper target...however what of your opponent...I just informed you that your opponents will know these things! And so what will you do when they get the drop on you?"

Waso suddenly shunshined forward and stopped right in front of Izaya. The boy didn't flinch because he knew this was coming. The old man had a way of using physical demonstration after explanation to get the point across. "What did you see just now..." The old man asked. Izaya blinked and then thought it over, "Well I saw you and then you were gone and appeared in front of me..." Izaya replied. Waso shook his head slowly, " Think again...think clearly...remember the scene slower and every detail involved...What did you see..."

Izaya looked into his mind for what he was supposed to remember. The old man was there talking, and then he...shunshined. "I'm sorry master, but you leave me with very little to decipher..." The old man sharply raised a finger to catch IZaya's explicit attention, "Watch closely!" And then the old man shunshined backwards again. Izaya watched with deep eye's and waited until the man was standing a few yards away perfectly still.

"Now...what did you see..."

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Izaya thought over what he just saw. His eye's twitched back and forth as he watched in his mind's eye what happened. He saw Waso, then the raised finger, and he spoke clearly, and then he...He leaned backwards. Only slightly, but he did lean back right before shunshining, of course as part of the directional emphasis before releasing chakra. He disappeared and reappeared some distance away then, and when he did he landed with his feet ground of course. It was as perfect a shunshin as Izaya hoped he could perform himself one day.

"You shunshined of course...right after you raised your finger and told me to watch you leaned back into the direction, charged your feet with chakra, and released it...you appeared there-" Izaya said pointing to the spot, "- and when you appeared you grounded yourself..." Izaya put his hands to his hip's waiting for approval of his explanation. "Okay and when I leaned back what does that tell you...remember when you have shunshined yourself...what do you always do before charging and releasing chakra?"

Izaya recalled the moments, "I always lean into the direction, onto the foot I intend to step off of..." Waso clapped his hands and Izaya looked at him. "Correct...and always if you are paying close enough attention, is this predictable behavior!..." Izaya made a face as if he understood things now. He seemed to come to life suddenly, "So your saying that to prevent the drop coming on me I should always be aware of my opponent during an engagement! That way I can monitor his movement's to see if he intends to shunshin and in what direction!..."

Waso flourished his hand along, "Yes, but more important then that you should always be aware of your surroundings period, like the other day your instincts showed improvement when you where ready for Ibizu coming down from above...subconsciously you knew the threat of danger and recalled where it would come from. You made the appropriate defenses to the best of your abilities, and would have been well off had you not faced considerably better opponents...In the field you must always be wary, and watch out for everyone around you...as your repute grows in the village, it will mirror outside the village as well, and you should know that the enemies of this village see the land as the face of those that protect it the most...so the stronger that you are and the more you grow, the more your life will be in danger and the more you will have to watch those around you...it is like a game hidden in everyday society, played amongst ninja...for instance you know little of Ibizu except that he is stronger then you, has ties to me, and is somewhere often in the rafters waiting for signals to appear on my behalf...But, what do you think he knows of you, and have you considered that while he's up there he is constantly renegotiating how to get the drop on you? Be sure he is watching your developments as well...so should you truly fight him one day he will know what you have learned here...does this make sense?"

Izaya thought these things over quietly for a moment and looked up into the rafter's. He saw over on the second story railing, Ibizu waiting there by himself just staring down at Izaya with a smile on his scarred and sinister face. Izaya looked down so as not to give away a sign of apprehension. But what the master said made sense, everywhere around him were ninja of more repute and higher strength. And come to think of it, they could always get the drop on him...they could really end his life at a moment. Izaya found himself opening his mind to a foreign world where septicism was key. He leered at Master Waso and wondered what went through his mind right now behind the stoic face, and Ibizu up there...what WAS his story anyway, how did he get so many rough scars and a huge body. For what did he need such strength...how far did these two go back...and what where they discussing behind his back. Izaya clenched his fist and his face seemed to grow more serious. "I understand master..." Izaya said.

Master Waso lifted his head as if looking through Izaya at something that wasn't on the boy's face. "Relax child, you are amongst friends here right now...we will never hurt you as long as you never hurt us...One and the same we are all pieces of wood in the drift...molecules that make up the whole blanket of mist...You are ours and we are yours...Never forget your allies, never betray them..." Waso said in a calmer friendlier voice so as to reach Izaya's current thoughts and return him to familiarity. Izaya took a deep breath and lightened up, "Right hehe...I dunno you where starting to get a little deep on me Master that's all..."

"Right, now then...the trick here is to read my movements and make appropiate judgements to stop me...get the drop on the drop! Shunshin to me boy!" Waso said as he hung his arms to his sides and got ready to counter the genin. Izaya nodded and subtly leaned onto his right foot, heading forward. SHOOSH! The genin shot forward suddenly, but found himself planting his feet early and holding his hands in a block formation. There he stood only a couple feet ahead and holding a x formation block while his master stood right in front of him with a fist planted square against the block. Izaya's mind reeled, " How did you enter my shunshin!? I Saw you coming at me and then..." The old man smiled and stood striaght lowering his arm.

"Right, I merely read your shunshin and timed it to coincide with my counter. Because I too was moving at the same rate of space and time, you could percieve me. Instead of getting the drop on me, I evened the odds by shunshining as well and so we met up at equivalent paces; you blocked a punch that I prepared and we were brought out of our shunshins upon impact...this is called a shunshin counter!"

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Izaya reflected on the word, "shunshin counter". "Now my enemies won't be able to get the drop on me, cause I'll be watching their movements ahead of time!" Izay tried to jump in the air and shout his excitement, but suddenly he noticed his muscles seize up and he fell to a crouch, palming the ground before he faceplanted. "WHat the hell! Damn...this hurts bad!"

Izaya said as he tried to stand back up. The more he did the more it hurt something terrible, like shards of glass were swimming through his muscle tissues. Waso lept across the room to Izaya quickly and kneeled down to inspect the youngster's legs'. "Bah...we have been over doing it...your chakra has been growing rapidly from excessive training, and your chakra circulatory system is maturing...Your new developements in shunshin I fear are wreaking havoc on your muscles and inner coil of the legs...I apologize it has been sometimes since working with a apprentice to such basic skills, and you are not ready for such work as that you have been doing...too fast, too fast...Hmm...I think we should get you to the medical facility to repair your muscles and then we will pick up where we left off after recuperation..."

The old man helped Izaya up to his feet and then the troupe made their way to the hospital where Izaya was rested. It turned out again he got lucy with only minor injury, that not even medical jutsu was needed...

It appeared that his inner coil was overworking outside it's normal limit, kinda like the effects of a celestial gate but no where near as extreme. His chakra was maturing, his body was reshaping to that of a ninja instead of a normal human being. The doctor said these were the good signs of someone who was training hard and pushing themselves to the thinnest acceptable limit. He said the extremes Izaya was surviving now, would make him strong in the future, but to over due it could seriously impede him in life later. Izaya didn't really care for this talk though because he was still young now. He cared to find his family, he knew he was growing stronger everyday, and that would help make him more honorable in the eyes of his parents.

I know it...I just know they wanted me here to get stronger...They left me here to obtain these skills for a reason, I won't stop, I refuse to slow down! He was thinking the whole time during the visit. Old man Waso was listening to the doctor mostly, but his attention was also divided into watching Izaya's distracted facial expression. He was in a different place in his mind. His brain reeling off other things in his life that were bothering him. Waso knew that this physical maturity would also be mental. it was the crucible that determined if Shinobi would become evil or good. Wether they would sacrifice for their village, or fight selfishly for their own personal desires...

It was time soon for Ibizu to have a talk with Izaya. About his history...About the Ancestoral Kaguya. If only to remind the boy of where his focus should lie...

ooc: For now I'm establishing that the strain of shunshin is a real issue for the body, also some character development. In my next post I'm going to have him recuperate, flesh out some development stuff that strengthens resolve and then I'll go in depth at what the shunshin is like. It'll make more sense cause Waso will want Izaya to counter this time!

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The day after the hospital, Izaya was lazing around the house at home in the "morning glory". He was busy standing at the balcony of his room on the second floor. He was watching the street below and all the people walking around this way and that. Their were gull's up high in the air sqwaking around and such looking for scraps that kids often fed them. He looked around and found his gaze cross over to a family that was tending to their 4 yr old son. The child had apparently lost them in the crowds, but they had found him and were nurturing him with their love right now.

Izaya seemed to lean forward and bury his head on the railing, looking at the family with thin squinted eyes over his crossed arms. "I'll bet that kid is in heaven right now you now!" Said a gruff voice from the background. Izaya didn't even turn around at the sound of Ibizu's voice. The huge big white haired man swaggered his way up to the railing and held his arm's crossed over his massive chest, hidden behind his black sleeveless robe. A long silence passed while Izaya kept watching the family cheer the boy up. and then they left, walking their now smiling kid down the road. Ibizu spoke again, "You know I always wondered what it would be like to have a family like that...All nice and warm and all to come home to everyday..."

Izaya seemed to frown at this. Why is he here can't he see I just want to be left alone? Izaya thought to himself. Ibizu turned his back to the railing and leaned against it, placing his hands there. He seemed to looked upwards into the sky above where a smile crossed his scarred face.

"You know kid...People always look at other's and what they have when they should be focusing on getting those things for themselves...When we stop to find satisfaction in other's possessions we are only fooling ourselves with a taste of what we want to own...Everyone who owns things they want are never content just owning those things cause they are looking at other things they still don't have yet...But...you can never move to the next thing unless you seize what you don't already have yet..."

Izaya was listening now though he didn't look like it. Ibizu slapped the boy on the shoulder, "Did you hear what I said Kiddo? You won't get nowhere watching what other people have! You want something you gotta get it yourself! Look how beautiful the is today eh!" Izaya turned to rub his shoulder, and then looked up into the sky. He turned his back to the street and rested it on the rail now. He looked up and noticed the mist wasn't obscuring the clouds. "Yeah see when you look at the sky you don't see things that you want...it's like nothingness is bliss there...you can just feel good without desire in your mind..."

Izaya kept staring up there and somehow the frustrations and depression in his heart seemed to go away. A slight smile curved to his mouth and him and Ibizu just sat there staring up into the clouds for at least half an hour. The sound of the streets below drowned together to form some rhythmic trance behind them and their focus was only on the sky above and nothing else. After a while in the middle of the drum Izaya said in a comfortable voice, "You now Ibizu...I'm glad I met you..."


...The next day Izaya came to the garage with his leg's in working order though they still were a bit tight. He came in with a new discipline on his face now, coming in, he took off his coat and set it next to the door. Ibizu was already lounging on the walkway watching below while reading some ninja manga series. Izaya gave a simple glance up there and then he set his sight on Master Waso who was standing with his back against the wall on the other end of the room.

His arm's, Izaya noticed were folded unusually across his chest, where they were usually held behind his back. Izaya also noticed the rather stiff manner old man bounced off the wall, and began taking steady steps forward. Watch out... Izaya told himself in the head, remembering what his master had told him about watching the actions and gestures of other people around him. "You're late today boy...How will you learn if you are not at class?"

Izaya opened his mouth to speak when suddenly the old man swung an arm out at Izaya throwing something to him. Izaya was prepared though; his arm moving sharp to swipe away a kunai with his bone claws which popped out the right fist. Izaya watched the old man then lean forward onto his left foot, and immediatly Izaya leaned forward on his as well. The counter...NOW! Izaya said as he saw his master's body disappear only a fraction of a second before he did. From above and out of the corner of his peripheral, Izaya saw Ibizu drop his magazine.

The object, Ibizu, and everything else in the room besides the old man and Izaya seemed to slow down while the two rushed across the distance to each other. Waso's left hand revealed another Kunai which he pulled back slash Izaya with. Izaya swung his arm in a parry maneuver to connect his claws with the Kunai. The two deadlocked, and fell out the shunshin upon impact. The magazine fell faster at normal speed, and Ibizu suddenly marveled at his own clumsiness. Izaya and Waso however locked gazes, for a long serious minute.

"Oh hey can one of you toss me my comics please! I was getting right to the best part and oh my clumsy hands...tsk,tsk,tsk..." Izaya smirked and pulled back retracting his claws. Master Waso did the same and spoke, "I am glad you have taken some time to clense your mind..." Izaya replied, "Yes, in fact that is why I'm late...I was stopping this morning to look at the clouds is all master..." Waso nodded and then Looked at Izaya's leg's. "How do your leg's hold up today..."

Izaya spoke, "They are fine enough...I just have to train my shunshin technique to make them more used to the strain...I can feel the tension when I release the chakra, but I think I should be able to handle it three times in one day...Its not just the muscles, I can feel it in the my chakra...it's like forcing water through a pipe that has a partly closed valve, the extra force tends to try breaking out the pipes...I don't want to blow my legs up thats for sure..."

Old man Waso nodded in agreement. "Very well, we will be done with the shunshin for now...Run that Magazine back up to Ibizu and we will move on to the next lesson..." Izaya nodded respectfully and did as he was told. Old man Waso noted the display of respect and noticed that Izaya was definetly turning into a proper ninja.

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Tsurutsuru Kobushi: Sotsuji Shindou (Sudden Impact)
Rank: D
Skill: Taijutsu
Effect: Knocks the target away from the user.
Special: None
Drawback: None
Description: A technique developed to push away an opponent rather than harm them. An inexperienced user of this stance and technique will need to slide on a surface in order to gain the proper momentum. This is an open palmed strike that is aimed towards a target’s torso. The user swings his/her palm from below the targets waist or lower half. If it connects, the strike will usually send the target flying backwards. Of course, weight and other factors will need to be considered.
Limit: Universal TaiJutsu

"Okay boy!, Now let us say that you are out of shunshin ability...you are in a close range encounter and you need distance...again these things can happen fast so you need to be able to adjust your strategy on the fly! Hone your instincts and know when the time to separate is apparent...this sill will seperate you from your opponent, but it must be trained well to the point of reflex to be made useful...Now come at me hard!" Waso instructed. Izaya nodded and unleashed his bone claws. He ran forward quickly, leaped up and came down with a forward double handed thrust.

Waso ducked down under the two hands and pushed with a strong right handed palm to Izaya's abdomen. The genin felt the impact send the wind from his gut, and he was suddenly thrown backwards into the air, into a backflip where he regained his composure, and landed in a crouch. The genin frowned noting how his momentum and velocity was turned around. He rose up to his feet retracting his bone claws. "Hmm...interesting..."

That's right you see with a strong palm strike to the abdomen, you can displace a blast of chakra which is like the effect of using to much on the tree walking exorcise; it repels you instead of bind you. The abdomen is the location of a bodies center of mass, all appendages equal out their weight there so you will always have a reliable result by striking with this technique there. Now you try...it's not that hard, you just have to get the placement and motion's right..." Waso tutored. The old man waited until Izaya was ready and then he came at the genin with his Kunai in hand.

Izaya ducked a strike and then backflipped to gain some distance, but the master pressed his attack. The genin tried to side step and strike the abdomen but his arm was too weak, and the chakra misplaced so Waso simply felt a thud and kept moving. Izaya danced around, watching his master, waiting for the chest to open, and again he tried the technique and found the chakra to be right!

His master's grey tunic seemed to ruffle as a blast of repelling energy sweapt over him but it didn't push him back, it merely stayed him from advancing for a second. Izaya noticed this, and leaped away from a slash. As he landed in a crouch he eye'd Waso's advance and saw the opening. Stepping forward, Izaya thrust both arm out straight and planted them square at his master's abdomen. Once connected the replling chakra was sent and a basslike clap went out as Waso was blown back into a series of back flips that ended in a screeching halt.

Izaya stood and looked at his hands. "It worked!...Hmph...perhaps I can keep Ibizu off me now!" Ibizu looked over the railing and smiled at Izaya who returned the glare. "So you think your strong enough huh!" Izaya waited for what he knew was coming. The big hulk leaped over the railing, and seemed to spiral as he shot towardss the genin. "Whoa WAIT!" Izaya said with wide eye's. The genin rolled backwards into a backflip that carried him a few feet away as the big Ibizu crashed into the ground with a loud impact. "C'mon don't get scared now let me see your strength bonehead!"

Waso laughed as Ibizu carried on with a heavy dash forward. Izaya frowned in concentration. Alright! I can do this! Izaya said to himself as he squared his feet and held his hands at the ready. Izaya watched the big hulk coming and then shot his arm's forward, "Backoff!" Izaya shouted as he released the chakra...

...Izaya flew straight into the air and went spinning flimsily right into the wall at the other end of the room. "HAAhh! Let that be a lesson boy, you can't push a boulder with a simple skill like that! Your getting strong bonehead, but you'll never beat me!" Ibizu shouted arrogantly. Izaya peeled himself from the wall and landed on his feet if a bit shakily.

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Updraft
Rank: C rank short range offensive(0-5m)
Skill: TaiJutsu
Effect: A three hit combo attack designed to knock a foe into the air and keep them there momentarily.
Special: No hand seals are required to perform TaiJutsu
Drawback: None
Description: The user rushes an opponent and performs a very fast back flip, aiming to kick the foe in the chin with one leg, then in the torso with the other to knock them into the air, followed by a swift uppercut to the chin or torso, depending on whether the foe dodged the first part of the attack, or whether they're in the air already. The speed of this technique is higher than normal because the momentum of a full speed run is transferred into the back flip, then into the upper cut; however it is C ranked because of the speed, and the skill required to maintain the momentum through the movements.
Limit: Universal TaiJutsu Technique

"So then...you think your ready to learn some combat eh? Ready to learn methods of beating your opponent up huh? I wonder the shape of your physical being though, let's try some general ninja maneuvers...you know the kinds of things outside the normal kick and punch..." Waso said as he quickly flew through some handseals. Suddenly from the concrete two bunshins appeared rising from the material. As they rose, one looked to the other and ran at him. The stone bunshin stuck a foot into the other's gut, then backflipped kicking with the other foot which launched the one upwards and when it dropped back down the bunshin performed a fluid uppercut sending the clone up higher into the second story air.

Izaya watched with fascination at the aerial stunt performed like a true ninja.
The first clone landed squarely, while the second too some time hanging in the arc before plummeting down to land on it's head which smashed into rubble. The rest of it's body disassembled as well. Master Waso waved a hand at Izaya for him to show what he could do. Izaya looked to the stone bunshin and then ran forward as fast as he could. "Check this out!" Izaya said as he shoved a foot into the stone clones gut, then lept into a back flip kick. The stone genin's head smacked backwards, but didn't lift. Izaya landed in a crouch and had to take a breather right quick.
As he rose up to deliver the uppercut, he found he just didn't have the momentum..

This sure is harder then it looks Izaya said to himself. He tried to stand up on his feet and look over at Waso like he wasn't really tired from such an effort. He really truly wasn't tired out, but there was no way he could perform that maneuver like the clone did. Izaya Rubbed his foot too noticing the bruise he suffered. Man I gotta toughen up! Izaya said as he looked to his master.

"Hmph...no good boy, you will begin pushup's for the rest of the day...How many are you good for?!" Waso inquired with the firm tone of a master. "Um...I can perform roughly 500 every morning..." Izaya said in a hesitant tone, getting down to perform pushup's. "You will do 1000 today!!! Begin!" Waso demanded as he turned his back to the boy and signaled for Ibizu to watch and make sure the pushup's got done. Izaya began but in his mind was another story. MAN Ain't no way I'm gunna perform that many damn pushups that son of a bitch thins he's gunna run me into the dirt!...No...No cmon man I got to do this i can't think like that...10....15....20....30...40...I'm gunna do it!

Izaya said in his head as he counted off the push ups. He rattled his way up to around 250, and then he began to slow down some. His muscles burned, his joint's aching, but that was because he rattled along. Usually he was used to doing this many pushups but this was only half way to what he was used to. In one day he would have to push double!

He reached 500 pushups and then proceeded to perform another 500 which took all of about another hour completely. Many times Ibizu pointed out Izaya was doing them wrong and made him re-do the routines. However Izaya finally finished his exorcise and stood up sweating. "1000...1000 pushups master! No more please..."Izaya said in between deep breaths."

Waso looked Izaya over and nodded in approval, then he motioned to the outside world, "Now, Go run all the way to the martial district...and once you get to the martial district you will run down every single street you can find and think off...after that you will run to the Hokage tower, then you will leap over into the water and run as far as you can go as long as you have the chakra to stay afloat and then come running back here in exact reverse pattern...This will strengthen your mind and your body...Be gone!"

Izaya shook his head and looked to the ground. He eye'd the stone clone standing idly in the corner. Master Waso saw this and was quick to move, dashing to the stone clone he performed the updraft maneuver perfectly, sending the clone to land on it's head and decay to rubble. He then turned to Izaya and nodded, "In good time...Now go!"

"Yes master!" Izaya said before turning and heading out the door. Ibizu of course hopped down from the rafter's and followed Izaya on his journey. The young genin of course would be doing this routine for the next month, building up his physical body to handle the heights of taijutsu he would need to learn in the future.

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