Extra Training before a C Rank

Napa’s attack was rendered fairly ineffective. Senshi had been quite skilled to think on his feet and react in such a quick manner. Max would be glad to have such a shinobi as an ally and teammate. Still, this was no time to pause. Senshi was still as much of a threat in this spar as ever. Max would take note as Senshi would perform a hand seal. A lone Tiger seal. Hmm, what could that be? Napa would take a defensive stance, hoping to block whatever attack was coming his way.
 
Then nothing had happened. Wait, what would he use the Tiger seal for? Max would quickly run through his mind on what all could be going on, was it some sort of Genjutsu. It didn’t seem to have the ‘flash and pazzaz’ of your standard Ninjutsu. Ninjutsu…hmm. Max would immediately start performing handseals, the threads weaving through one another seamlessly as he makes the seals for Raiton: Jibashi (Speed: 30 for seals). Then as Senshi turned his head towards Stein and Max, it dawned on him what jutsu that might have been. He had the same jutsu under his own belt. The Temporary Paralysis Jutsu! Luckily for him, such an ability would not work on Napa for he had not been a ‘living target’ for the jutsu. Still, it seemed as if Senshi had written Napa off and wanted to focus on Stein. Max would play along, not allowing Napa to move an inch, maybe this could play into his favor. Stein on the other hand would prepare himself for a fight.
 
Senshi was fast, that was a fact. Faster than he had expected by a good bit. Still, Stein would move in to meet the target by stepping forward, meeting the boy head on. Max would start to channel his chakra, focusing it into Stein as the conductive rods throughout his body began to arc. With a burst of speed, the puppet would attempt to shift backwards, hopefully dodging the blow and rushing forward with an outstretched fist (Speed 55 to move towards Senshi, Speed 80 to both attempt to dodge and then press the attack by using Steins “It’s ALIVE!” mechanism to channel Raiton: Jibashi into Stein’s speed stat, Strength: 35 for the strike)
 

OoC: Steins strike isn’t hard enough to actually hurt you, but Max doesn’t know this since such a hit would easily hurt him.

AP:165- 40 AP (20 for Jibashi and 20 for "It's ALIVE!") - 5 for "Stench of Death" upkeep = 120 AP left.

Senshi blinked as Stein moved backwards and to the side dodging the blow of his weapon and the striking out at him. He had not expected such speed, and he was partially distracted by Max weaving hand seals. He recognized them easily as the Raiton Jibashi technique that he had just shown Max. The seals were not nearly fast enough and Senshi knew that with how close he was he could easily dodge the bolt of lightning he was expecting to come at him. As such he prepped himself to move away to dodge the bolt of lightning and force it to hit the puppet instead if he could. He was however extremely surprised when instead the puppet made contact with him. He turned his head back to the puppet fully with a single eyebrow raised.
 

The hit had stung a little, but it had simply felt more like someone had slapped him. He cocked his head to the side slightly at the puppet wondering why it held back its strength. He automatically assumed that the puppet was significantly stronger than that and that Max had decided to hold back so as not to hurt his teammate. He took one hand off his blades hilt lifting the sword backwards as he stepped forwards and struck with all his strength. The Taijutsu: Aerial Strip technique wasn’t too strong so he figured he could use it easily to push the puppet back and get him the room he needed to use his sword. He didn’t know how long the Paralysis technique would work against Napa and so he turned slightly to check on him. It was certainly difficult to keep his eyes on so many opponents as once and he knew he was leaving himself open to attack.  

Taijutsu: Aerial Strip: 80 Speed, 80 Strength


Total AP: 380
AP Used: 10
AP Left: 370

Post: 5/6

Stats for Spar:
Health: 40
Chakra: 30
Stamina: 40
Speed: 60
Strength: 60
 
TWC: 12627
Words this post: 296

Techniques:
Medical Ninjutsu - E Rank
Kenjutsu: Spanking
Temporary Parylysis

Senshi was able to shrug the attack of Stein off with relative ease? How was that done so easily? Max would look, almost astounded by how strong his ally had been. In his moment of temporary confusion, Senshi had stepped forwards and placed an incredibly strong punch into Stein, launching him back with quite a bit of force. It had done some damage, but it likely wouldn’t have destroyed the puppet, though minor repair might be necessary in some places to mend the underlying bones and such. If such a strike had been directed at Napa, it would have surely destroyed the fragile puppet. Speaking of Napa…
 
As Senshi turns to look back, Napa would  be dashing towards Senshi at his full speed (55 speed, Sharpness 72), his Kunai ready to be thrust into the shoulder of the boy. Stein had been a bit damaged, but since he wasn’t so much a living thing he wouldn’t mind Max pushing his body to the limits. Stein would also press forwards, trying to launch an attack of his own fueled by a continuous chakra flow from Max (Using Undead Puppetry’s active to boost his speed and strength; Speed 65 Strength 45) as well, hoping to catch Senshi in a two-pronged attack.
 
Testing his limits, he attempted to control both of the puppets using only one hand. He found that it wasn’t as hard as he had imagined it would be. This would free up his other hand though, and so he would use it to pull out his own Kunai from his jacket. He would launch it at the arm gripping the boys oversized sword (Speed: 75, Sharp:72). Senshi would likely be able to block the attack, but if he did it may be enough of a distraction to allow the time needed for his puppets to strike.
 
This was it, Max’s last ditch effort to show what he could do. No matter the outcome, he felt glad to know that Senshi was a friend and ally. The progress that he had made in such a short time was without a doubt impressive, and Max would have to push himself a bit harder if he wanted to keep up with his comrade.
 



OoC: Since they only need 4 strings to control combined and I have five strings available on one hand, this should be little to no problem to do. I’m just RPing it out as Max slowly but surely testing his limits, especially since Senshi asked him just how much he was able to do and how many puppets he would be able to control at once.

The Senshi smiled as his punch sent the puppet skidding backwards. He was rather pleased that he had been strong enough to do so. With how large and strong the puppet looked he had not thought that his attack would do so much damage. In fact he had been expecting the puppet to shrug off his attack in the same way that he had shrugged off that initial punch. Since it hadn’t happened that way he felt a certain amount of pride in himself for this small accomplishment. It was too bad that Max was able to recover from his surprise before Senshi could see it. The young Genin could have probably used that boost in his confidence after all.
 
 Senshi noticed the approach of Napa and realized that the temporary paralysis technique obviously did not work on a puppet. That was good information that he would need to remember. Better to learn this in a spar then when he really needed it in a life or death battle. He hadn’t been counting on it working anyways it had merely been a test to learn some new information. Out of the corner of his eye Senshi noticed Stein also moving to close in, at a rather fast rate of speed as well. It was surprising that the man was capable of moving that fast. Shrugging off his thought he prepared himself to combat both of the puppets at once but his ears perked as he heard the sound of an approaching weapon.
 
It was come from the direction that max was in and Senshi couldn’t help but smile at his teammates intricate use of tactics. He knew that the boy was trying to trap him by bringing three points of attack to him and he could only admire the skill with which he was pulling it off. However Senshi had already found a way out of the trap that he was in. Taking a quick short step forwards he turned on his heel so he could see the three approaching threats. His arm swung around resheathing Bastuodosodo as he did so. He didn’t remove his hand from the blades hilt as both the puppets and the approaching kunai were incredibly close. He was certainly cutting his response to the threats far too close for his own comfort. He felt his hand tightening on the blade as his addrenillen pumped strongly through his veins.
 
He needed to time this attack perfectly, both so that he did not accidentally break the puppets and so that he didn’t get injured himself. He had only spent a bit of time practicing this technique and he knew that he was no where near mastering it just yet despite how much training he had been doing. None the less this was just a training spar and this was the last move either he or Max would be making in it and Senshi felt that he had a strong enough grasp on the technique in order to pull it off well enough here. As the puppets continued to approach his mind moved at what future people would call warp speed. It was almost as if his memories and thoughts of the attack passed in less than a tenth of a second through his mind.
 
The Great Cleave weapons technique was often performed with a fast quick slash from a blade like Bastuodosodo that was too large for a conventional sheath or that was placed upon the back. It needed to be an exceptionally large blade to be used properly since it was meant to be an attack that covered a lot of area. Senshi’s eyes narrowed on the approaching blades as he planned where he wanted to land his attacks. He would be aiming first to hit Napa’s kunai and push it off with the first initial part of his swing. Then he would hit Max’s kunai out of the way as it was the second closest item to him. Finally his blade would smack into Stein’s Kunai if he performed this properly. Then he would attempt to resheathe the blade as the technique called for.
 
A lot of factors would determine what would happen but Senshi was hoping that with the boosted speed and strength of the technique that he was looking to use would send Napa and Stein skidding backwards away from him giving him a comfortable operating space. While at the same time negating Max’s kunai that was flying at him. It would add a nice flare to the end of the battle to knock away the three attacks at once. Plus it would give Senshi a chance to truly try out this technique that he knew he would need in the long run of his hopefully successful ninja career. His hand tightened on the blade and he felt it sliding from the sheath as he pulled it forth. It was moving far faster than he had ever drawn it before and he could feel the chakra flooding his muscles make the swing stronger as well.
 
As he pulled the blade he directed it to the side at a slightly odd angle from what he was used to. It pulled on his shoulder muscles slightly since he had not put in enough practice to use this much extra speed and strength yet. He would need to ensure that he stretched his muscles out appropriately to ensure he didn’t tear or injure anything. Akihana-sama had afterall put the fear of god into him over that face already. He didn’t need another reminder to take better care of himself. His blade swung around aiming to hit Napa’s blade, he was near enough to Senshi that the base of the blade near the hilt was where his kunai would hit. If he wasn’t careful the puppet would take the brunt of the swing instead of the kunai.
 
Senshi didn’t think Napa was fast enough to change his approach or attack, or at least he hoped so. The two other outcomes would be Napa taking the brunt of the swing or Senshi in getting hit with the Kunai. His blade continued in its arc moving too fast and too strong for him to stop even if he was hit with the kunai. It would connect about the midway point with the Kunai Max had thrown deflecting it away with the extra pure strength the boy had added in sending it flying away at an odd angle from both Max and Senshi no longer a harm. As Senshi’s body turned directing he swing towards Stein’s blade he was beyond surprised how close the puppet was.
 
He realized he should have started off defending against Stein first. His blade was aimed to connect at the end of the blade. IF he wasn’t careful Stein’s kunai would slide down the blade and onto the hilt and cut his fingers. Instead of allowing that to happen he angled the blade and released it allowed the full strength and speed of it but now that he was letting it go he watched as the blade spun in a crazy circle before crashing into the ground pushing dirt up as it acted similar to a buzz saw and sent the dirt flying in ten foot spouts of air. When it finally came to a stop the blade was sticking into the ground at a diagonal angle almost completely up to the hilt and deep rivets were cut into the earth showing the blades path to its current resting place.
 
Now with no weapon in his hands Senshi held them in an almost sign of surrender to his teammate as he spoke. “I think that was the six moves we agreed on. Either way I’m not certain I could draw a weapon fast enough to contend with your counter attack.” Senshi gave a slightly embaressed smile at admitting that weakness. He reached one of his hands higher wiping the sweat off his face while he watched Napa and Stein ensuring they didn’t jump the gun and attack any further. “Do you have any recommendations for me to work on Max-Sempai?” Senshi would listen to anything Max had to say giving his thanks regardless of what it was. He knew taking constructive critiscim was a serious boon to his fighting capabilities. Someone who wasn’t him evaluating his skill and technique would have to improve him.
 
“As for you I think you did excellent. Napa doesn’t have much strength or durabilitiy but he’s surprising fast. Stein has more strength and durability and he can move incredibly fast. Backed up by your tactical and strategic thinking and assistance with that weapons throw and your ninjutsu you’re a true force to be reconned with Max-Sempai. I think you’d be a good candidate for Chuunin.” The Genin gave his younger, blonde teammate a smile as he spoke. To be honest other than Napa’s weaknesses he figured that if Max could out think his opponent it wouldn’t matter. Going all out Senshi was certain he could use his brute strength and higher speed to take Napa out quickly and then revert to his preference of stealth and attacking to at least put the pressure on Max and Stein. He wasn’t at all certain that he could actually win however.
 
Senshi gave a slight bow after waiting for Max to say anything he would want to say and to answer any further questions. “It was a pleasure training with you Max-Sempai, I hope we can do so again sometime. I will see you at the gates for the mission, don’t forget your list of supplies you need so I can fulfill them as quickly as possible. I shall see you later.” With that Senshi would turn collecting his gear, moving to Bastuodosodo last. He planted one foot near the blade and taking a deep breath he pulled channeling lightning chakra down to the blade to make it simpler to pull out. He was pleased as the blade moved through the dirt, initially with a lot of resistence but as the lightning chakra went to work the blade slide out easier crackling with energy. With alight twist of the blade and a slight twirl for effect Senshi sheathed the blade gave a final bow to his teammate and left the training grounds.
 

----EXIT----------

Jutsu: Speed of Draw and swing: 120, Strength of Swing: 120, Sharpness of blade: 93, Health of Blade 50

OOC: This is only meant to deflect your attacks not to injure so feel free to reduce strength/sharpness so that no-one is actually injured

Total AP: 370
AP Used: 40
AP Left: 330

Post: 7/6

Stats for Spar:
Health: 40
Chakra: 30
Stamina: 40
Speed: 60
Strength: 60
 
TWC: 14392
Words this post: 1720

Claiming:
142 AP

Techniques:
Medical Ninjutsu - E Rank
Kenjutsu: Spanking
Temporary Parylysis
Great Cleave

Max would watch as his three pronged attack was parried with what looked like ease. Senshi would swing his sword with such speed and precision that it managed to block the attacks while still not managing to destroy his puppets. That took a certain level of precision and skill that wasn’t seen every day. Max would, upon his attack being stopped, give a slight bow accepting his own defeat. Senshi was clearly the superior shinobi. The two puppets would not press attack any further, as they respected the wishes of Max.
 
“You are both a capable opponent and a good friend. You could have easily made that maneuver easier on yourself and destroyed my puppets, but you opted to just parry the attacks. Thank you.” Max would say, clearly showing his respect to the superior Senshi. Napa would scoff, but he knew it to be true as well. Stein would remain silent, unmoving and awaiting whatever orders Max would give him.
 
Senshi asks about what he can do to improve. Max had to think about it for a moment, since he had barely been able to keep up with the weapon specialist. He had only the most basic on things to pass on to the Genin. “The first time I met you, you had only been an Academy Student. In that small window of time you have easily surpassed me through hard work. My primary suggestion is that you continue to gain strength at this rate. If you do, I could see you easily making Chuunin. Maybe even Jounin not long after.” Max would say, clearly proud of his comrade. It wouldn’t be long before Napa would chime in, “Know the capabilities of your moves as well. It worked out for you this time, but a misplaced move in an intense fight for your life could easily prove disastrous. And you should have pressed the attack on Max. Pressuring him would help break his focus and make it harder for him to try and set up traps. Plus, if you manage to hurt the boy during training it would only make him stronger in the long run.”
 
Max would scratch his head. Napa was right, but Max also knew that Senshi had been trying not to hurt the boy or his friends. Not everyone trains with Max as ruthlessly as Napa does, which is probably a good thing for Max. He would have a lot of scars if everyone was as hard on him as Napa had been.
 
Then Senshi would say that he had faith that Max could become a Chuunin. The boy, flushed a bit in the face, would smile and thank Senshi for such a compliment, “Thank you for such kind words, Senshi, but I am unsure that I am ready for all of the responsibilities of the Chuunin rank. Plus, I hear that they are rather difficult. Maybe once I get a bit more experience under my belt I’ll consider it. Until then I’ll have to up my training!” He would say with a smile. Nodding as Senshi reminded him of the list of materials, he would have to try and remember that. Those materials would prove to be incredibly useful for many of his projects.
 

Max would return the bow and then wave Senshi off. Napa would give him a cold look that Max understood and then they would part from the training grounds, ready for the mission ahead. Hopefully it will prove to not be too difficult.

Right as Senshi had been leaving, Max had unknowingly started to "sense" for Senshi's chakra signature, trying to utilize the abilty once more. This time it manages to prove effective, as Max can sense the presence of Senshi's chakra. It would take some time getting used to such a skill, for it wasn't something that Max had been used to. Luckily he had been fairly proficient with his own chakra and so it would make sense that he would figure the technique out with a little bit of practice.

Napa would nod but Max knew what this failure meant. Napa wouldn’t shut up about it for at least an hour, of this much he was certain. Napa didn’t like when Max failed…

---Exit---

WC: 7462
Claims:

37 stats

Half WC:
Chakra Suppresion (1000/1000)
Chakra Sensory (1000/1000)
Raiton: Jibashi (1000/1000)
Leaf Whirlwind (625/625)
Full WC:
Memorizing Senshi's Signiture (2000/2000)(this isn't exclusive so using the WC elsewhere too)
Basic Medical Jutsu (500/500)
Skillful Achievement with a Human Body (3337/4000; Using Remaining WC to start this Tech off.)

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Ah, I thought it was exclusive. Just going to put the WC towards the Jutsu.

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