John's start to a better warrior. (p) (nk)

John smiled and got up. "very well. then let's start with the Larch dance. if i remember correctly, it was done by having many of my bones sticking out, as a form of defense." John said.  John gestured to his body as he continued. "the stronger the attack, the stronger the defense will be." John said as he picked up a small rock that easily fitted his entire hand. John threw it up a bit and caught it several times. john was gonna use it as a form of reference. John slammed the rock towards his chest. two things came to John's mind. first off, the larch technique didn't come out. second, the rock hurt like hell. John started to cough. "that hurt..." though John didn't know why it hurt. he was a kaguya. his bones were stronger than a normal shinobi's. of course, the chest area were more muscles and fat than bones. at least John thinks. "that's gonna leave a mark tomorrow..." John said, as his chest hurt. John looked at Salzem and spoke. "well, the Dance of the Larch works like that. only that the bones should come out. John tried again, a bit harder and it hurt even more. John staggered backwards a bit, and held his ground to not trip. "jesus, this hurts...why did i even think about this?" John rested a bit and tried again for the third time. John felt something inside his chest this time. John felt his bones poking his chest.it still hurt, but John still felt the bones poking at his skin. just a bit more... John smashed the rock at his chest for the fourth time. this time, John's rib bones came out and blocked the rock. John smiled and the smile became bigger and bigger as he was finally successful with such a difficult technique.John cracked his neck and looked at Salzem. "that's pretty much it. the stronger the attack, the stronger the counter-attack. i can also spin around as a form of attack, while sticking my bones out." John said to Salzem.slowly, John's bones slid back in to his body. John then threw a punch at his chest as hard as he could and his rib bones came out and blocked the attack. John smiled at how effective it was.John's smile grew bigger. this was a great thing for John. not only was he gonna learn a dance from his clan. he was one step closer to getting to the truth of what happened all those years ago. soon, he'd learn one dance after the other. and for some good measure, he'd learn some taijutsu moves to even it out. and then... John would have to wait until then what would happen. right now John had to focus on mastering this dance. sure, it's gonna take a while to do, but at least he'll get there shortly. John knows in his head that it's not something that's gonna happen overnight. it's going to take it's sweet time. John can't speed through this, for if he does, he won't master his techniques. only by doing them one at a time, will he be able to master each and every dance.

Salzem's eyes widened when John began hammering the rock against his chest. What was he doing? what kind of weird, sadistic ritual did this jutsu entail? Then his ribs started coming out, piercing the skin and becoming prominent and obvious on the outside. And the most disturbing thing was that John seemed to not have a care in the world! Having reached his peak for weirdness, Salzem looked away, unable to stare at the grotesque display in front of him any longer.

"Yes well... I think I need to go... Perhaps some other time...?" Salzem said quickly before disappearing. what he had said hadn't exactly been a lie. He needed to find a trash can.

EXIT

(WC: 1329)

Claiming 6 stats for Zeefalvora and 600 ryo

John smiled as the ribs went back inside his body. John cracked his neck as he stared to go back home. tomorrow was another day. another to train. another day to learn the dances. this was perfect, John thought. this will surely make him stronger. getting him closer to the truth all those years ago. although it'd take a long time to find the one who adorned his body with scars. and it wouldn't be pretty.


(exit, 2202 wc. 2000 to learn 10 finger drilling bullets. claiming 11 stats. closed)