A New Partner: Levi!

As Jack walked to the training field, he thought about what he was going to be doing.  He planned to help a new genin he had met in town train and hopefully make another ally.  The genin's name was Levi Omi, and Jack was hoping to teach him a few jitsu while he trained himself to do Body Flicker.  As he arrived, he noticed that Levi had yet to arrive, so he started his training, using his chakra to speed himself up, making a Flicker between where he was and where he is now, although you could still see his movement from place to place.  As he continued his training, he faced the path from the village to training ground, awaiting Levi's arrival.

WC 123

Normally Levi wouldn't associate with people in town, but today he met Jack, a fellow Genin who seemed to been at training longer then him. Jack seemed like a likeable guy and someone who could understand him better then the others from his own class. But enough about that.

Today Levi was supposed to be meeting his uncle, a ninja from his clan, but in a different village. His uncle was there to talk him into moving in with him and carrying on the legacy there. Levi didn't want that, he would be telling his uncle just that. Well he would if the old man ever showed up that is. 

The promise to meet Jack instead seemed like a better one, so Levi dressed in his usual clothes: white shirt, blue button up, baggy khakis, and sandles. Making sure everything looked right, he penned a letter for his uncle denying his offer and telling him were he could be found.

Shutting his front door he started to walk to where he said he would meet Jack, instead he took off at a run enjoying the feel of the wind through his medium length brown hair. His tall frame seemed at ease, even though it looked like he could trip at any minute.

Making it to the spot, just outside the village, Levi looked at how quick Jack was moving on his own. "I bet I could still out run him." He thought as he made his way towards Jack.  "I'm surprised this is the place you wanted to meet." Stopping a few feet away, he smiled or smirked, depending on how you saw it.  "Levi Omi, last of the Omi clan in Konohagakure Village. How may I help you Jack?" As he spoke there was a hint of sarcasm in every syllable, more on instinct then on purpose.

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"Well, I suppose we should start with teaching you a few basic jutsu, ones that I learned before graduating from the academy." These shouldn't take too long with a teacher, after all, it took Jack a day to learn two from a teacher. "Substitution Jutsu lets you trade place with any object you have on hand and go about fiftymeters away, using chakra to make them think they've hit you for about a second.  It's used in combat situations.  Surface Walking lets you use you're chakra as an adhesive to walk on water or any other surface you normally couldn't.  It can be used in a variety of situations.  Which would you like to learn first?"  While speaking, Jack continued to body flicker in a triangle, expanding it as he went a greater distance, but keeping himself in front of Levi.

WC 141

"You've already learned two jutsu, otherwise you wouldn't be a genin right now.  Also, both of the jutsu I named can be learned by an academy student, so you would have no trouble with them.  Anyway, since you'll be learning substitution, we should get started now.  When performing substitution, you should have something solid, with a good amount of weight behind it,like a log." As Jack spoke, he slowly raised the speed of his flickering, along with the distance, until he was pushing to his maximum. "You go get that training dummy over there, and I'll get everything ready with it." Assuming Levi retrieved the training dummy, Jack would proceed to sswiftly kick it three times, snapping it in half.  He would then hand the top half to Levi. " Back up about 15 feet, when I hit the count of three, I want you to substitute with the top half.  First set it down next to you.  Don't use your arms, use only your chakra. 1... 2..." As he said three, Jack body flickered about 15 feet away from Levi, Throwing the lower half of the dummy at him at about half force. " 3! ", Jack shouted as the lower half of the dummy flew at Levi.  Hopefully he could at least get the dummy in front himself, otherwise he would be having to carry him to the hospital.  Well, this should work, after all, Ari used it nicely on Zak.  That was a good memory, I should try making more of those, Just to even out the good and the bad.  Anyway, lets hope he doesn't get broken by this.

WC 271

Damn, this kid was having much more difficulty then Jack himself had.  " This is one of many ways to teach, and is the fastest that I know of.  Since this jutsu takes less focus than most, and tends to be needed in the middle of a fight, you should learn to use it when there are consequences for failure.  For example," Jack said as he slid a kunai out of his right pouch, positioned on his hip. " In a fight, most enemies will attack you from a range, using things such as kunai or shuriken. In this case, it will be a kunai.  I hope you succeed this time.  Then again, it will be more entertaining if you fail.". He pulled the kunai back preparing to launch it at Levi.  " Risks need to be taken to ensure a speedy progression... 1... 2...". Jack launched the kunai forward, shouting "THREE!".  This should work, after all, he was almost successful last time, and this time he had to block much less, although much more painful if he did fail.

Since this isn't a battle, I believe we shouldn't include sharpness, damage, or health, and just estimate for training.

WC 177

Levi had dealt with a lot more damage then a bruised up arm. One time before, his father had dislocated and broke his left rotary cup in a training simulation. Pain was nothing to Levi, but he isn't as healthy as he once was. The academy after all, took a lot out of him more then he had to begin with.  Exhausted he stood there and listened to Jack. So far he had done good, now was for the real test. Resetting the top half of the training dummy, he tossed the other one towards Jack, watching it land near his feet.

Getting back into position, he felt the tingle of pain from his left arm. The shoulder didn't seem to hurt as much as the forearm, especially when he made a fist. Part of him knew he would need to see a professional healer when this was all over, but he would take care of that later.  All he needed was to focus now at the task at hand.  

Seeing the kunai, he swallowed hard. He knew from training, that they were sharp and fast weapons, hardly missing their mark. Where Jack was aiming made Levi very nervous.  The fact that he could be impaled by a kunai his first day out on his own, made this moment all the more concerning.  What would his father say if he failed?  Gripping his fists, he nodded at Jack who threw the kunai. The closer it got the less nervous he was.

Closing his eyes briefly, he heard the this of blade into wood. Opening them, he saw the dummy half in air, with the blade sticking out of its sternum.  Knowing that could have been him, he sighed softly.  The body top dropped and he dug the blade out, holding it in his hand, still not believing that he did it and with such little health taken away. He was wounded, true, but he would always remember Jack and his guidance.

"I did it, what's the other one again?" Smirking as only he can, he rotated the blade in his hand, letting himself get used to the weight, for the day that he bought his own.

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