Getting Ready for Spring

Regis listened to everyone introduced themselves, seems like almost everyone knew each other, he also watched one of them leave, he seemed busy. But now was time for Regis to say something. "Ah well erm I am Regis Uzumaki and uh I am a close range fighter." he gestures to his wooden training sword. "I also wish to become strong enough to protect people and the village when the need arises." He would say with a smile. Maybe it seemed a bit chidlish but it was true he wised to help people. His eyes would look around a bit taking note of each of them, seemed like most of them like to fight up close other then Youta, maybe that other guy that left as well. He hope he would be able to learn some useful tricks with the new people he was teamed with now. He would put his hands behind him and look to the leader of the group, waiting to hear what was next

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Loghain would nod, thanking Youta with a quick word addressing his promotion. The wolf was grateful, but didn't wish to let the topic linger too long on the minds of the team or even himself. The wolf would simply listen, keeping mental notes of how the other members would answer his inquiry. First to speak was Jun, who stated they were a close quarters combat specialist. Well, one in training since that was where they excelled. Making some money and representing her clan were simple enough motivations. The having fun part would be where the wolf would wonder if the youth would ever find such. 

He knew how Youta operated in the field, so when his teammate spoke up about his tactics the wolf would nod, expecting such an answer from him. When asked about their first team meeting, Loghain would give a hearty laugh. "You need not worry about dissecting any bodies here today." The thought of that day would stick with him. Their teacher taught them a great deal about this career path that day. 

Zeref would mention having something really important that he had forgot and would quickly leave. The wolf would simply shake his head. He understands having important matters to attend to, but that felt out of nowhere and this team meeting was important too. The wolf would begrudgingly accept that there was little he could do. "With the absence of Zeref, I will speak on his behalf. He is a ninjutsu specialist, and he has access to a variety of jutsu of differing ranges. Of course, I cannot speak of his motivations."

Regis would mention that he was also a melee specialist. That was good. The two greenest members both had similar specialties. Hopefully a little bit of friendly rivalry could drive them to greatness. His motivation was to protect the village and its people, which was a very commendable goal. 

"Alright, with Zeref's sudden exit I have to change my plans a bit." He would turn to Youta, offering a shrug. "Unfortunately, I am not sure I'll be able to teach you much in the way of advanced techniques, friend. Still, I plan to show several useful basic techniques that you may find useful." The wolf would then turn to Regis. "Could I see that sword?" He would ask. Expecting the young man to do as requested, the wolf would form hand seals of Ox followed by Horse. A Fuinjutsu seal would quickly appear, showing two crossed swords and then disappear from normal sight. "I think that this technique might be of particular use to you since I imagine you are in need of equipment to fight properly." Loghain would then show the group the wooden sword, then launch it full force as far as his mighty throw would allow. He would pause for a moment, letting the team wonder what he was doing. 

When the sword finally landed somewhere off in the distance, the wolf would smile and form two more seals, Dog followed by Monkey. The sword would materialize in the hand of Loghain. "This is a basic technique that I feel will be of great use." He would turn to Jun and Youta, "This can be of use to you both as well. You can summon armor that you don't feel like carrying around, or any other object you might want to suddenly conjure. Maybe a bin of water for water style ninjutsu, or a boulder. If you'll find yourself wanting something but not wanting to have to carry it around, this will prove incredibly useful." He would then look to see if they could replicate the technique successfully. 

"There is also other basic techniques, like the Body Flicker that may be of use to you. When ready for that, let me know. I want you to get a few basic moves under your belt before we move on to the next training exercise."

"Youta, are you still looking to work on your close quarters combat?" The wolf would ask his comrade quietly while the others were focused on their practicing. If the Shinkou did in fact want to work on such, Loghain had a training exercise in mind for them next. 

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With the introductions out of the way, Loghain wouldn't waste any time getting the group ready to learn to techniques that he had. After getting permission to use Regis' sword as an example, he would place a small seal on the sword, which looked like two crossed swords. The seal would start to fade as the seal was infusing with the sword. After the ritual of placing the seal, Loghain would perform another set of hand seals to summon the sword. Jun was excited to learn this technique as it seemed pretty awesome when she saw it with her sensei performing it. 

Jun took a turn attempting to use this sealing and summoning jutsu. She took out one of their kunai that was in their weapon pouch. She weaved the two hand signs and carefully infused her chakra. She placed her hand on the kunai, hoping to get a sealing to appear. It didn't at first. Jun glared at the kunai blade and grunted. "Alright, if that's how it gonna be." Jun attempted it several more times before finally getting a seal placed. It was sloppy, not quite looking like a solid seal-like Loghain's was, but it still worked. It slowly faded into her small kunai blade. 

After that slow success. Jun would walk a distance and perform the second set of seals. She grunted, attempting to infuse the right amount of chakra. "Grrrrrrr, come hereeeeee." After a small puff of smoke, her summoning had worked through her chakra control. Jun now held the kunai in her hand and tossed it up in the air to catch it again. "Phew, Easy Peazy" 

Jun would turn to Loghain after finishing. "I already know some of the basics like body flicker and how to release genjutsu. Is there anything you could teach me that is...I don't know...more flashy?" Jun wanted to show her clan something really epic and amazing after returning from training. Maybe she'll be able to shoot like a fireball or make giant energy beams. Maybe then her clan elders will let her learn some of the secret clan techniques. 

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Regis would speak after Zeref and then Zeref would exit quickly “See you later Zeref!” Then looking back at Sabastian “well that was strange but what can you do.”  Then Regis would speak about his battle strengths and how he prefers to be up close and personal when it comes to fighting.  This is the opposite of what will probably work best for Youta however he has been practicing and is no slouch with a blade.  He is not an expert by any means but he is not terrible either however his ninjutsu is his greatest asset so he would prefer to be middle to longer range.  This Regis kid seemed nice if not a little too pure but that will hopefully change during their first missions. Youta remembers when he had to kill his first enemy it is not something you really ever forget but it is for the good of Hoshigakure so it has to be done.  Then Sebastian would joke about their first ever team meeting and Youta would reply “Thank you! I do not know if I ever really recovered from that.  It was a very strange day to say the least and I still do not really get the lesson but Akabayashi had his ways.  The crazy vulture.”  

Sabastian would ask Regis for his practice sword and would make some hand signs. A Fuinjutsu would appear on the weapon in the shape of 2 swords that were crossed over each other.  Even though this did not seem like it would be that useful to Youta it would not be a bad jutsu to learn you never know when it might come in handy. So he would try it a couple of times and would struggle a little bit with it but would eventually figure out the best way to get the seal to stick and be useful to him.  He tried on his water bottle that he carries with him for training.   But like Fu he took a couple of tries. Before he finally got it right to where the water bottle would just teleport back to his hand.  He did not know body flicker but knew the basics of it and would practice it a little while the others were still trying to get the Armory Fuinjutsu down and it made sense to Youta.  Body flicker would take a bit of time to get down to where Youta would be comfortable.

“Jun, how flashy are you thinking about getting?  You can always get flashy but I cannot help since you have earth as your element and I have fire.  But I am sure if you are looking for splashy ninjustsu Zeref is a earth element guy if you want to ask him for some training now as for taijutsu or weapons I do not know who to go to but you can alway practice here and we can try to help. I have some fire I could teach you but I do not know if if it would be much help and but if you want to I can show you if Sebastian is ok with it or he might have something else planned. ”  He would then look to Sebastian, who asked him about hand to hand combat.  And answer “Not particularly but let’s be honest it will never hurt to work on it.  What do you have in mind Sebastian.”  Youta was not sure where Sebastian was going to take this training session but it did interest him to find out so he would stand with Sebastian and wait for his next idea about where this training session should go.

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Regis listened to Loghain and then nod to him when he asked for the training sword that regis carried. He would nod again and hand him the sword. He then watched what he did and how he did it. Taking mental note on how he would look to the others to see what they would try and do. It was interesting to see, Jun really tried to do it and did manage to do it another a couple moments. Then he watched Youta get it as well. It was an interesting jutsu and Regis noted how useful it might be for the future. He would then take his sword back from Loghain if he was done with it. If not he would just grab a stick. But he would try to do it as loghain has. He did the hand seals and then watched his training sword trying to get it have the same symbols and swords on his. Once he was Satisfied with the seal he would then throw it away from everyone and try the hand seals again to bring it to his hands. It would take a couple tries and some edits on the seal but after a couple of minuets he would also get it. But as he was trying to learn it he listened to Jun and Youta. Seemed like Jun wanted something more show worthy then just this and listened to Youtas response on the matter. 

Regis would keep to himself as he listened to loghain ask youta a question and he would just look at his sword. "I am going to have to get Augustus to let me have a real one real soon. And Mary." He grimaced trying to sweet talk both of them. He was in a dangerous line of business now, being a ninja that saved the day, if he was to add some romance to that idea. He shook his head and put the wooden sword away for now and held his hands behind his back. He would just listen for now since he didnt know what to do fully. 

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Loghain would watch his team hard at work, grateful to see the others picking up the techniques with relative ease. He wasn't sure if they all fully realized the utility of such a move, but they surely would some day. Conjuring items and gear from another location could prove invaluable, allowing one to travel light. This made it easier to perform stealth operations, or even simply get somewhere more quickly than if they had to haul around all of their gear. 

The Body Flicker demonstration would likely help some, but Jun would speak up about already knowing such. "I want to make these next words very clear to you all. Body Flicker allows for a great burst of speed, but if comes at great cost. Do any of you know what that is?" The wolf would ask, hoping that one of them would be able to answer. Since Jun seemed to be well versed with this technique he had hoped that she would be the one to speak up. If nobody said anything, the wolf would explain his meaning. "It makes you predictable and limits your options to respond." The wolf would pick up a stone about the size of his fist. "Watch." He would say, throwing the rock at a nearby training post. The rock would strike it with thud, the impact not enough to damage the structure but enough to make his point clear. "Why was it so easy for me to hit that target?" It was a simple question with many possible answers. They could attribute it to training, or skill. Neither would be the answer he was looking for, though. "It was so easy because I knew exactly where the target was going to be. You might think it being immobile mattered, but it really didn't. As long as you know where the target is going to be, you can account for it and strike true." This bit of truth was universal, though it applied here particularly. "I don't recommend you use this Body Flicker technique unless you have no other options, and even then, reconsider your options. A savvy enemy can capitalize on it." The tone of the wolf was stern. This was an important lesson that he wanted to make certain that they understood. 

"As for flashy... I don't particularly specialize in flashy. I prefer to focus efforts into efficiency." He would listen as Youta mentioned that their elemental natures were different and so if wasn't very likely that they could teach one another much. Such was unfortunate, but it couldn't be helped. Ninjutsu had a great deal more complications and limiting factors than other specialties seemed to. Taijutsu was typically just simply taijutsu. Not really any pesky natures to really concern yourself with. "I have one technique in my arsenal that I supposed you could use in a flashy manner." The wolf would then form the seals needed for Demonic Illusion: False Surroundings. A sudden surge of chakra would flood to the others, the two training posts near them now appearing to be duplicates of Jun and Regis. "It can also be used in a variety of interesting ways to provide advantages and confuse the enemy. I guess you could make this 'flashy' in a sense," The wolf would add, making sure to emphasize the word flashy. "This is a Genjutsu. Jun claims to know Genjutsu release, I recommend that you all know this invaluable skill. It can and will save your life some day." The wolf would then show them the Tiger seal. "You need to disrupt your chakra flow, usually by focusing on such. Forgive me if my explanation isn't very thorough. I am not really an expert in the more traditional ninja arts." 

Once they all showed that they were capable of breaking the illusion, Loghain would shift to the next phase of this basic training exercise. "Youta, as the other senior member of Team Spring, do you have anything you would like to show the team? Anything that you feel would be beneficial?" If Youta had something, the wolf would gladly let him demonstrate. Otherwise, the next phase would begin. 

"Jun, Regis. I would like to see if you can land a blow against the more experienced Youta. Use whatever you have in your arsenal. Do not bring major harm to one another if it can be helped, though I can mend wounds if need be." He would turn to Youta, "They are both close quarters trainees. I imagine this practice will improve not only their skills, but those of you as well in regards to defending against melee inclined adversaries." 

"Does this seem like a reasonable exercise? I will gladly hear any input that any of you may have." He would then wait, seeing how they would reply. 


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Someone would rush in and immediately run up to Jun and hand them an envelope. They would read it with kind of an astonished look on her face and run to Sebastian and show it to him. Sebastian would read it and dismiss Jun. Youta would look and say “is everything alright?” But before Youta could even get the question out Jun was gone. Youta would be a little worried about his new teammate but would maybe ask Sebastian about it later. If he remembered but right now it is about getting his other teammate Regis for the shinobi world and ready to do some combat.

“Well now that’s two of our teammates gone. Instead of a one on one between Regis and I maybe it should be a two on one. Regis and I versus you?” Sebastian would agree and get into a fighter's stance. Youta knew that Sebastian would be very formidable especially up close so he knew that right now he needed to keep his distance. He would turn to Regis “Any ideas on what to do. This is a good chance for you to learn what to do in combat. I am sure Sebastian will not go a hundred percent against you but still plan your attacks. I will have your back.” You would release Yuumei around him like a cloak and as Sebastian looks at it he loses all vision and loses all control of his limbs and is kind of paralyzed. “Regis do not look at me but now is your chance to attack before he gains any function back.”

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Regis would be excited to try and show his stuff, hoping even if he did badly he would learn a lot about sword play vs real moving opponents. He was about ready to square off as he would reach his sword and get into a fighting stance before he watched someone run up to jun. It was kind of awkward as he just watched and looked around. then jun just ran off somewhere. Regis would rub the back of his neck not sure what to do as he looked at youta. "yeah hopefully, they seemed nice at the very least." he then would looked at loghain waiting to hear that do to next, then youta offered up his idea. "oh that could be pretty cool. i am pretty sure youta could beat me pretty easy other wise," he would smile and look at the two of them. "oh and question, do you know who might be able to teach me some things about a sword, my father Augustus taught me some basics but not nearly enough to defend myself against a bigger threat then a old blacksmith. so I would apricate it if you did know someone you could refer me to." He would smile excited to see if there was or not. Better for someone that would know how to handle a sword teach him then Regis teaching himself and picking up some bad habits about it. It would make him weaker as a whole and he would like to try to be the best swordsmen he could be.

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Jun's sudden emergency and need to depart, along with Zeref having to leave earlier put a bad taste in the wolf's mouth. Surely, this team meeting was important, yet all that would have remained now were two of the original four. The wolf would shake his head and dismiss Jun. This meeting was falling apart quickly, shaking the man's confidence in his leadership. Doctor Terumi didn't face such difficulties in his time at the head of this team, did he?

Youta would bring up a valid alternative training. "That is an acceptable alternative," the wolf would say mentally preparing for combat training. When asked if he knew anyone skilled in the use of the sword, only one man came to mind. "Vaenar Hoshimura. The man is quite skilled with the blade. I do not know if he is looking for students, though. Unfortunately, I don't know many other weapons masters. I will ask around, though. You are right, having an experienced sword-master teach you the ropes will help a great deal I'm sure." 

Youta would then suddenly spring an offensive, cloaking himself in some sort of chakra. The wolf would find his body difficult to move, and his vision start to fade. What in the world was happening? The wolf's heart beat would start to rise, panic starting to take hold. Usually when he suddenly no longer has control of his body, it meant that the beast was coming out and there would be a bloodbath. He didn't want to hurt these two, and he was concerned as to what could have brought this on out of nowhere. Then the wolf would hear Youta's words to Regis, telling him to strike. "So this was your doing? Clever..." the wolf would think to himself, allowing his surge of unease pass by. He still wasn't fond of his movements being restrained, but ultimately he was happy for them springing on the sudden attack. Against an experienced combatant you should take whatever advantages you can. The wolf would see if Regis would act on it or not. 

All it would take is the Shinkou to lose focus or let up once and the wolf would be free. Hopefully his concentration wouldn't break. As long as they could create this sort of on the fly teamwork in a real fight, they might have a chance of coming out on top. 

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Youta would look at Regis and say “now is your chance to try out anything you want on Sebastian. Now is the chance to try something new.” Youta would wait for Regis to do whatever he wants to do then even if it does not really do any damage Youta will drop the genjutsu so that it seems like a real battle because according to what Youta remembers from his studies. That if his opponent gets hurt his opponent then gets released from it. As soon as the genjutsu gets ready for Sebastian to be not in the best of moods even though nobody really likes to be put under a genjutsu from what Youta remembers, the whole blind and paralyzed thing will drive him crazy. He would say to Sebastian “I am sorry, Sebastian I wanted to give him a chance we can work on something else after all all he has is a glorified stick. And I definitely do not want to cause any injuries. But here we go. This ought to be fun.”

Youta would make 2 clones and try to mix in with them so that Sebastian would not be able to tell which one is the real one. But then he would stop and say “Hey Sebastian, do you think I can apply my Yuumei and dark chakra power to these clones? It is something I have wanted to explore in the past but never really go the opportunity to. I have alway wondered what would happen if I actually was able to do that. It seems like it would be interesting if I was able to do that.” He would then think about it some more and wonder what it was that he would have to do in order to accomplish that. He would then get his head back into the fight and try to move around and mix up with the clones and then get ready to respond to whatever Sebastian says and decides to respond with.

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