Takeshi takes to the Water Gardens

Ayato's white eyes opened in surprise. He dozed off it seemed, his last memory was showcasing the temporary paralysis tech and telling Sora to use it on him. The fact that he was unable to move, made it safe to assume that the red-haired Hyuuga had executed the tech properly. Hell, one might even think that the kid knew the technique all along, but the strain his chakra system appeared to use suggested otherwise. Regardless it was a decent effort, not only that jutsu but all of it. One might even call it brilliance. Thought that would be too lenient, more like it was Takeshi's unwavering tenacity that allowed for such progress.

The Nova Commander looked at the eyes of the Genin and took a step forward. Yes, the jutsu was strong enough to make Ayato feel mediocre discomfort but not to actually bind him. The Genin would realize as much, Ayato knew full well. But the Hyuuga didn't actually do this to break the student's mentality (Even though it could be a good way to keep him grounded) when the pace was going that well but they needed to keep training. 

"You'll get better with practice. One way to increase its power is to increase your own chakra reserves since Temporary paralysis scales with chakra."Ayato stated coolly and proceeded to think to himself what do next. He had far from drained his own pool of teachable techniques. Perhaps he should ask Takeshi what he wanted to know. "My own uniques techniques, no doubt." But you don't teach someone what he wants, you teach him what he needs. But he figured only the fact that he was willing to keep going was a good sign. "Say, we are sticking to the basics. Next in line is Genjutsu Kai or Release. By using this technique, the user is able to escape Genjutsu they are placed under. Executing the tiger seal will make chakra flow rapidly through your body thus breaking the opponent's hold over your chakra flow, which is how the art of illusion works. “Ayato would pause for a moment put his hands in front of his chest and then speak again “The most difficult part about Genjutsu is to actually realize you are placed under one.” 

Ayato's idea of teaching the Genjutsu release was to trap the branch member in an illusion and force him to break out of it on his own. The Hyuuga executed the Boar → Rat hand seals for the Mist Servant and eerie black illusions of himself started to emerge one by one from trees and rocks. They were twelve in total, surrounding Takeshi Hyuuga from all directions.  They moved slowly and almost ghostlike. The phantoms under his complete control approached the branch member yet their dead eyes would make him unable to read their intentions.  

"Try hitting them."

WC: 476

Takeshi felt the correct feelings when executing the temporary paralysis technique, so when he looked at Ayato step forward. It did make him realize that Ayato was certainly a strong ninja. But the technique had worked. He felt everything correctly. Now that he knew this technique, he was going to practice with his team, so he could hold even the strongest of enemies.

Ayato than began speaking about Genjutsu. Takeshi had heard a lot about Genjutsu in the academy, but had never experienced it first hand. Toaehsi did not know what to expect, but he was excited to learn anything new, especially from a ninja as strong as Ayato.

Takeshi was shocked at the sudden appearances of multiple copies of Ayato. Takeshi heard Ayato to try and hit them. Takeshi grabbed two knives from his pouch and got into a fighting stance. Takeshi took a look at the eyes of one of the copies, he noticed the lifeless eyes and the odd movements of the copies. Didnt know why such a powerful ninja would produce such sad copies of himself. Before Takeshi was able to put the pieces together, two more copies had come from behind him. Takeshi ducked under the grasps and tried to thrust his knife into the back of both copies. Takeshi's knife hit their mark. But nothing had happened, the knives just stuck into their back with no blood, no real reaction at all. Takeshi jumped backwards, flipping back and landing on his feet. Takeshi was about 3 meters from the copies.

Takeshi analyzed these copies. "I struck two of them perfectly. Even if they were copies they would have disappeared. Unless, these copies are just illusions. That would explain why they seem so pathetic for someone like Ayato to have summoned them." Ayato had just talked about illusions. "Wait! Does that mean these are-" Takeshi was cut off by another attacking copy.

Takeshi kept dodging the copies attacks, noticing that his attacks seemed to continue to phase through the copies and never really hit anything. Takeshi was certain these were illusions. No doubt about it. Takeshi had realized that these were not real and it was a bunch of illusions. But the still left the problem of what to do about it. Takeshi tried to remember what Ayato had said.

Say, we are sticking to the basics. Next in line is Genjutsu Kai or Release. By using this technique, the user is able to escape Genjutsu they are placed under. Executing the tiger seal will make chakra flow rapidly through your body thus breaking the opponent's hold over your chakra flow, which is how the art of illusion works." That was it! Takeshi stopped his dodging. Stood still and executed the tiger seal. He felt his chakra flow rapidly through his body and the copies had gone away.

Takeshi felt invigorated, his first run in with genjutsu."That was one hell of an experience" Takeshi knew Ayato was taking it easy on him. But he was more than thankful of him taking the time to show Takeshi Genjutsu. Takeshi had a liking to Genjutsu, he certainly saw the benefit of genjutsu in battle.


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Kenshin I updated my mid thread claim. I included what I did to fix the issue.

"Without the genjutsu release someone would keep punching and kicking the clones until they ran out of stamina,” Ayato said calmly still hiding his presence behind the clones. A moment earlier his brethren was blasting through the illusionary doppelgangers with brute force, but for everyone, he destroyed two more had appeared in their place. Since the red-haired Hyuuga began to puzzle out how to dispel the illusion, Ayato decided it was time to showcase something else in regards to this. 

"Also..." Ayato went on to pick up a stone from the ground and then bring the hand that held it near his head.  With his elbow pointed to where the rock would supposedly hit.  The taijutsu user rocked his body forward extending out the arm and the stone took flight, traveling towards Takeshi Hyuuga’s right upper leg. Despite being a dick that timelined, the Nova Commander made sure not put his entire body weight behind it. Thus the projectile wouldn't cause anything more than mediocre discomfort if it hit Takeshi during the time he attempted to cast the genjutsu release. It would be a different case if it was a kunai or a shuriken.

 "If the one trapped in the genjutsu knows the release, this does not mean you have to let him use it. The clones provide a decent distraction, so after matching their movement all you need to do is throw a projectile. Best case scenario you end the fight, worst you stop the focus of his chakra he needs to dispel the illusion. "

If Takeshi re-did the genjutsu release, Ayato would not make any attempt to stop him this time. Instead, deciding to move on with the explanation of Genjutsu and how it worked. Showcasing it first and explaining the advantages did more than intended. It was important to show Takeshi genjutsu’s practical use, and the openings it created on a target’s normally ironclad defenses. 

"Do you know why genjutsu is rarely used?" Ayato asked politely, his eyes captivated on the setting sun. But he wasn't expecting a response. He was going to ask his own question with his own words. Takeshi would not know the answer. Something is learned with experienced, not by attending classes or reading scrolls."Naturally, most shinobi prefer the real, tangible effects or ninjutsu and taijutsu. Perhaps even weapons that can supposedly slay the gods of time and space themselves. All of them are preferred over the imagined effects of genjutsu. " Ayato paused for a moment to catch his breath, in order to make sure that his mouth and tongue would not dry from an excessive dialogue.

"Genjutsu is also difficult to perform because there are high barriers to learning. Such as requiring precision in the chakra control in order to manipulate the target's senses and make the illusion realistic. Most shinobi lack the requested to do so, myself included." Ayato stated cooly and then turned to meet Takeshi Hyuuga’s gaze. "But this jutsu is simple enough for even non-experts to be able to use it. Don't see why you can't. First, you need to control the chakra flow on the target system and affect his five senses. Then the false images within his mind are going to appear." Ayato finished, waiting for Takeshi Hyuuga to do as he was told this time.

WC:552

As Takeshi was performing the Genjutsu release, he felt a slight discomfort in his leg. The pain was enough to catch Takeshi attention for a split second, but Takeshi finished performing the Genjutsu release. Takeshi could hear Ayato’s voice telling Takeshi how to perform the technique that Ayato had just performed on Takeshi. Takeshi was just about to perform the technique that Ayato had performed on him, until he caught a glimpse of the rock that Ayato had thrown at Takeshi. The rock was not very big and Ayato had chosen that rock to just show a point. “If that was something sharp, that would have not been pleasurable. “Takeshi thought to himself. But just then, an idea came to Takeshi’s mind.

Takeshi had been reading about Genjutsu quite a bit over the last few weeks, partly because he was fascinated with the technique in and of itself. But also partly because he wanted to see if he could actually use it in battle. The genjutsu that Takeshi had taken an interest in specifically was the Demonic Illusion: Descending Hell technique. Takeshi grinned because of how quickly the idea came to his mind and he began performing the proper hand signs. Boar, Dog, Bird, Monkey, Ram. Takeshi finished the hand seals and pointed an open hand toward the sky directly above Ayato, as to continue the illusion. Takeshi wanted Ayato to believe this ruse so he also said, “Throw a rock at me. I’ll throw one at you!” Takeshi had his hand pointed directly toward the illusion that would be forming over Ayato’s head. Takeshi began to lower his hand, as if he was controlling the trajectory of the huge rock mass, toward Ayato’s actual location.

Takeshi was thinking he performed the ruse well enough that even Ayato would believe the genjutsu was the real deal. Also due to the fact that Ayato had a giant fireball the size of 40 meters in diameter, and would begin to feel the raging heat of the fireball. Takeshi was interested in what Ayato’s reaction would be to this. Takeshi’s main goal here was to try and show Ayato that he understood what he was talking about, but not to just tell him, but to show him.

WC: 374

Throw a rock at me and I throw a rock at you screamed Takeshi in the middle of his lesson. And before Ayato knew it there was a massive meteorite in the sky ready to destroy Ayato and the rest of humanity! Takeshi was a genius apparently, that within seconds he could go from green as summer grass shinobi who couldn’t hold a kunai properly to Madara Uchiha. Good lord!

Or it was just bullshit. See, when you want to cast a genjutsu properly against a Hyuuga of the Byakugan make sure the dots cross. And maybe use false surroundings to make the air currents around that illusionary fireball move. Anyway, the Lord of Hyuuga would cast his mastered genjutsu release without any handseal and break free of his brethren’s illusion unless interrupted somehow.

“Nice. Did you get that out of your system!?”Ayato would say, as his frown narrowed down to what uncomfortably looked like frustration. “Look someday in your career you will come face to face with grave danger and when that happens you will be cursing at your bloody self for fucking around during training.”

He would then take a second to compose himself. “Enough for today, I expect better from you in the future, Takeshi Hyuuga.” With a gust of wind, the taijutsu expert would fuck off into the sunset.

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Claiming jutsu with 25% discount 
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1125 to Hyuuga Bolt 1125/1125
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