A Witty Training Title [Open]

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If the boy was being honest with himself, he wasn't expecting the chuunin to offer to learn together. He always assumed the chuunin would treat the genin as children, thinking the lower level ninjas were beneath them in power and thus wouldn't dare to show their own weakness while training with them. That was at least the impression he'd gotten from several of the instructors at the Academy, and some chuunin he'd met while training. Valen wasn't like that though, proving once again that Yuuki's assumptions weren't always correct. His snake wasn't what he'd thought it would be, and neither was he, they were a good pair. The boy took the book which apparently had massive amounts of techniques in it, and listened to Valen's explanation, nodding as the older ninja finished. The young Hyuuga wasn't all too knowledgeable concerning the jutsu levels, but he was pretty sure all jutsus he'd learned so far were below C level. Which meant he would be growing stronger today, even stronger than he'd anticipated. He opened the book with a wide smile as he searched through it quickly to find the lightning techniques, and then opened the page where the C level techniques stood. He didn't want any lowly techniques that served no purpose, he wanted something meaningful. 

"Lightning Release: Lightning Rod" He'd say, perhaps rather quietly as he focused on the writing on the page. Apparently, the technique would summon lightning into the user and transmit it through touch into another person, damaging them. The boy didn't quite understand the basic concept, but that was mainly why he'd chosen the technique. If he got good at what he didn't understand at first, getting good at things that he understood as soon as he read about them would be a piece of cake, right? If the chuunin agreed on the technique, the boy would follow his lead in training it. After all, the chuunin surely knew and had trained more techniques than the boy.

WC: 332, 1029 (stats), 2029 (jutsu)
((Sorry for the rushed, short post, I'm not home so I tried to at least get something out))

From his position a few meters away from the young, white haired youth Valen could clearly see that the boy seemed far too lost in thought. He hadn’t even noticed that Valen himself was there anymore and the crimson garbed shinobi wondered if he should even stick around. A decided to consider a few things in regards toward his intended training in the near future while waiting for the boy to realize where he was. ‘I need to increase my own personal power soon, I feel like I’m hitting a ceiling and I know that’s not correct…’ He thought as he paid attention to his surroundings. The world seemed to be moving ever so slightly slower than he was simply used to, but that was something to figure out later. He began thinking about something simple he could learn right now to pass the time a bit in regards to training while he waited for Yuuki to try his hand at the lightning rod technique. He began to try to match the voice of the now long gone Kazuhiro. After all he’d heard it enough times that he should be able to replicate it if he tried hard enough. He slowly began forming words, controlling the muscles in his throat to change the sound and pitch of his voice when he spoke. “Testing..” He’d say in his own voice. He’d shake his head quickly, that was quite right. He’d work on the issue for a few moments, keeping the dark haired boys voice in his mind as he tried to conform his voice to match it in sound quality and pitch. Obviously the boy’s voice wouldn’t match up to Valen’s body type and size so it would be a poor choice to actually fool someone, but he could use it to practice. “Testing..” He’d say again in a perfect imitation of the young fox summoner. He’d grin as he completed the attempt successfully before deciding that he wanted to try to make the voice come from a different direction. To ‘throw’ his voice if you will. First he tried doing it with his own, speaking words from his lips and trying to cause the words to come from the direction of the training dummies themselves. After a few tries he’d eventually hear his own voice being spoken to him from the desired direction. A small nod was all that could be seen on the young man’s face as he decided that would be quite good enough. He did however need to practice it with a different voice. So he adopted Kazuhiro’s voice once more, trying to get a feel for the way he had to mold the very basic amount of chakra and utilize his throat muscles to cause the voice to travel a distance away. When he was confident he’d try to toss the voice to the same location, attempting to make it sound like Kazuhiro was by the training dummies as well. “Testing..” He’d effectively mouth out into the world. Suddenly he’d hear the voice come back and he’d nod his head in satisfaction at the properly used technique.


At this point he’d begin to wonder if Yuuki had fallen asleep with his eyes open. He’d shake the thoughts out of his head though and continue with his own training, learning small techniques that might be useful later on. After all one never knew when they could use the most mundane of skills. He began the think about what other little tricks chakra could help him with before wondering if he could use it to escape bindings. “Hey, Natsumi..” He’d say to get the little snakes attention. She’d quickly peek her head out from his collar. “There’s some rope in my pack, can you help me tie it around my wrists? I want to see if I can use chakra to escape them. Make it tight or the test won’t be effective.” He’d say, she’d nod helpfully, not really having much to say as he reached into his pack and pulled out a few meters of rope. She’d take one end in her mouth and begin to wind herself around his two held together wrists in order to tie of the rope. Being a snake had it’s advantages in terms of getting into small places after all. Within but a few moments his wrists would be restrained and she would be back where she had began, wrapped up in his collar, awaiting her next instructions or flight of fancy she might have. Valen however would begin to try and utilize his chakra to escape the tight bindings. It appeared his reptilian companion had done exactly as he had asked and made the rope as tight as possible, perfect. That meant that he if did learn how to do this it wouldn’t be a fluke and he could trust that it would be useful in the actual field. He’d channel his chakra very carefully throughout the ropes, kneading it around the fibers that made up the versatile tool. He’d slowly feel the rope give way and the knots would slowly come undone under the usage of a fairly miniscule amount of chakra. He’d grin softly as he felt the ropes slowly give away completely before falling uselessly to the ground below him. He’d nod his head at this before kneeling down to pick up his rope, what? It came out of his pack damnit. At this point he’d begin to ravel it up and tie it off in the middle, making it appear as a small ‘eight’ that he could easily reach in and grab at any moment. So that was another small trick he could use chakra for that might help him out in a tight situation in the future. He’d look down at Natsumi and smile softly “Thank you Natsumi-san.” He’d say with a polite inclination of his head. Of course this would look a tad awkward considering he couldn’t see her very well due to their close proximity. But it was the thought that counted.


At this point a cold wind would blow throughout the field. It was night time in the desert after all so that would in fact be the norm. A fierce shiver would go down his spine and he’d feel himself involuntarily shudder as the chill started to really get to him. It was getting late. He looked down at Natsumi and realized that she was a snake. A cold blooded creature, she needed his body warmth to survive at this point which he simply didn’t have much of. He wondered if she would be able to get enough warmth from him for herself at this point. He began to consider the options and wondered if he could use his latent fire chakra that he discovered with the help of Nano so long ago to warm his body up internally. It didn’t seem like an idea that was far fetched. Silently he formed the Tiger hand seal. It was the hand seal most in tune with the element of fire after all so it would make the most sense to use it instead of any other for this. He’d proceed to begin to focus on his fire chakra and only that one. Bringing it up to the surface, nurturing it like a small candle wick flame in an attempt to increase it’s power within him to keep both him and Natsumi warm. It wasn’t often that he got this much done in a single night, and so he didn’t want the night to end if he wasn’t too tired. He’d like to get more work down after all, to improve himself further if he could help it. He’d begin to focus more on that small fire, slowly guiding the flickering fire within himself throughout his body. He could feel it increasing in strength, getting stronger and stronger as he focused more and more. He slowly pulled back all other chakra sources until just his fire chakra remained and he brought it up to the surface, he could feel the fiery energy flickering just below the surface, the warmth slowly spreading throughout his body. Suddenly the world didn’t seem so cold anymore, as a matter of fact he was downright warm and content. The life giving energy that flowed just beneath his skin would be more than able to keep both him and his snake friend warm. He grinned as he found a new way to apply his chakra in order to help with survival in tight situations in the future. It would come in handy indeed to be able to do such a thing in the future, like on cold desert nights when he was on a mission. Or if he were forced to have to be in the snow country for some reason. This technique could even be used if he were simply cold inside someone’s home, after all why couldn’t it? The was the beauty of most of these low ranking techniques. They weren’t dangerous, and useful in a variety of ways. Indeed they could easily be some of the most versatile skills in existence.


At this point Valen would look toward Yuuki and wonder if the boy was alright, he hadn’t spoken or done anything in quite a while now but shortly thereafter shrugged it off and decided to go on home himself. The boy seemed fine in the chilly night, and it wasn’t like he was in dangerous territory. He was as safe as he was going to get at the moment. So Valen himself began to walk through the village at night, moving toward his home. He wasn’t tired yet, but he had a few minor things he could do at home to help improve himself. That did not however mean he couldn’t keep on working as he moved. After all a shinobi who continued to live was a shinobi who was always learning. Despite what they think they know. Kenshin himself taught that lesson to Valen the hard way, and it was one he took to heart and then some. For that reason he wondered if he could use his chakra to clean himself up after the training. The lightning bolt that came to strike him when he tried the technique kicked up a good deal of sand and debris onto him, he could do for a shower and a change of clothing. But he wondered if he could utilize his chakra to fix that little issue instead. Harnessing his chakra he began to form a layer of the powerful and extremely flexible energy on the surface of his skin. Making sure to make it come out gradually and form just on the skin and under the dirt. The chakra secreting from his body would force the dirt, and sand from his body and cause it to fall to the ground without any form of fuss. He’d proceed to try something similar with his clothing as well with success. That was good, it’d save him precious time at home where he could train instead. He began to consider the true implications of being able to do that little trick and decided that it would do well with blood as well, after all chakra wasn’t picky. That meant he could easily use this trick to get rid of any blood, dirt, mud, a combination of the three that somehow became a reality after every mission. He could do it to his clothes too, granted blood on his clothing wouldn’t really make a lick of difference considering his clothing was all the same colour as blood regardless. The bits of black clothing he DID wear would merely blend in with the rest of clothing all too easily. So it wouldn’t even matter in the end. But it was still a useful thought in terms of other things that could be on the skin. Like poison, oil that could be ignited, or other such substances that could cause issues.


At this point our sword wielding hero would arrive at home and enter his home with little effort and began to wonder about that simple little fact. He used absolutely no effort to open his doorway to get inside. Couldn’t other people do the same? Like religious zealots that DID inhabit his village to destroy his property? He furrowed an eyebrow at that thought. After all it could have happened already and he’d never have known it. At this thought he began to move toward his room. He did have a few scrolls on basic sealing on hand. After he saw Hikari studying a scroll on it before when she worked on his cloak for him he had a tad bit of interest about the subject. Not enough to warrant truly studying it, but more of an appreciation and a desire of wanting to truly understand what a comrade could do. He quickly found said scroll and opened it up quickly to the first bit. “Fuinjutsu Lock and Breaking..” He would read out loud. The two techniques could be considered the basics of the basics in terms of fuinjutsu but they did provide a chakra seal to prevent entryways to be opened. He’d have to practice the breaking too so he could let himself into his own home. Lest he do something silly and lock himself out and need to go find a Fuinjutsu user, probably Hikari, to let him into his own home. He doubted he’d live that one down for a while. If she let him live it down at all. With these thoughts in mind he carefully read the instructions for the  techniques, noting that it didn’t require hand seals. That would certainly make things faster when he had to leave in a hurry. He slowly moved toward his front door, selecting a place just above the door knob. Of course he put the seal on the outside of the door. It would be quite stupid otherwise after all. This way anyone who DID try his door or try to break it down without being strong enough, would understand what happened. And probably leave the dwelling of the shinobi that could kill them in their sleep alone.  The seal would only appear on the outside of course. Which of course meant that he could only break it from outside. He’d channel chakra into his index finger and slowly the appendage would glow blue and he’d poke the wooden door at the place specified before. Just above the door knob. Suddenly a blue seal about six inches in diameter would appear and a small wave of chakra would expand around the door. Effectively locking it tight unless one knew how to unlock the seal to allow themselves entry, or could bypass the strength of his chakra within the seal. Which granted wasn’t too powerful, after all he didn’t want to break the technique by shoving in too much chakra, that would do at all now would it?


With that done he would begin with the final technique he intended to learn before going to frickin bed. He did after all, have to get back into his home. The Fuinjutsu Breaking was the brother/sister seal to Locking, and you’d need it to get by the door without shattering the thing into countless splinters of wood. Something he course did not want to do every time he wanted to get into his damn home. He’d read a bit more from the scroll and note that the process was similar to how he applied the seal in the first place. All one had to do was channel the chakra into their finger until it glowed a bright blue, and then touch the seal that would become visible upon touching the door. So at that point Valen would channel the low level of chakra required to do that and see his finger glow a bright blue. He’d proceed to touch the door to test out the theory that the technique could reveal seals as well so long as it was on the surface and sure enough his locking seal appeared to the naked eye. He nodded his head at this development and proceeded to move his still brightly lit finger to the seal. He’d channel his chakra into the seal and slowly see it temporarily unravel. Allowing him inside his own home once more. Of course the seal was only temporarily unlocked, to allow him to get into his home easily before relocking again. But that was the whole point of the seal after all, a second lock for his home. He’d proceed to enter the building and note the small fluctuation of chakra on the door the moment the seal reapplied when he closed it. Good, that meant it was working. With that out of the way he decided that it would be a good time to get some rest. It was after all extremely late. He did however have the fortune of being off duty for the next couple of days so he could sleep him and train some more tomorrow if he wished. Which sounded like the perfect plan for him. He would move toward his bedroom, unslinging Crimson End and setting it against the wall as Natsumi slithered down from her perch on his neck. She would need to get some rest too after all. So with that thought she simply dispelled herself to the summon realm. He’d resummon her tomorrow, they’d long since gotten used to each others presence and like shinobi, the young snake was always learning. It was rather refreshing how quickly she did learn actually. He briefly wondered if the snow haired youth ever woke up from his daydreams, or if he simply died on the spot. He assumed he’d find out tomorrow after a good night’s rest. After all it wasn’t like he himself killed him right? The lightning from his technique hadn’t even touched him in the slightest. But none of that mattered now, his training was done, it was far too late to consider doing anything and if the boy decided to stay out lost in thought all night it was his time to waste. So with that Valen would lay down and get some rest.


[EXIT]


3045.
TWC: 5070

Claiming 24 stats (max stat baby) as well as the following
Fuinjutsu Breaking: E Rank
Fuinjutsu Lock: E Rank
Rope Escape
Chakra Cleanse
Ventriloquism
Inner Flame
Lightning Rod

Approved