The Base of the Red Flame

Hinoishi dove into his training already planning to dive into the memories of someone new. Hinoishi had found Kio Lee he mainly used taijutus but had great character. Hinoishi wanted to learn through those types of experiences.
Kio stood taking a long breath, he had accomplished how hard he could kick, now it was time to focus on his speed of the kick, he needed to improve his technique and how fast he could move, training these things would possibly guarantee him the chance to overtake an opponent twice his size. Bouncing on his toes a few times he popped his neck and took a deep breath. Lifting his leg he began swinging it, he did it full force while trying to keep his body positioned properly. His eyes starring straight at his target,  his heart raced as he breathed and kept properly breathing. If he was going to push himself to be stronger, then he needed to be all in. 'Peace does not come from laziness,' Kio thought to himself as he kept breathing. Backing up Kio began putting the kick in action, jumping forward Kio spun and brought his foot around with an intense slam into the rock in front of him. His breath was heavy, as he landed on the ground. Backing up he did it once again, his eyes narrowing on the rock as he slammed his foot into it once again. Leaping back and forth over and over,  Kio was panting, he was focused on technique this time. He was slow, but he had to be slow to make sure that he didnt fail the technique when it mattered most. Each day was a new day, and every attempt was progress, if he could learn ninjutsu he could learn anything. Taking a quick breather, Kio stuck his hands on his hips as he looked up at the sky breathing slowing as he caught his breath. Pulling out his canteen he poured it on his face, the sand was hot and so was the beating sun. "How does a village decide this is the best course of action to build in sand." Kio asked him self taking a swig of water. Kio whipped his mouth of the water as he started taking deep breaths again, his eyes closed he slowly felt the air flow into his lungs as he held it, then proceeded to exhale the breath allowing for his mind to release any tension and peace to slowly start filling him. His muscules throbbed from all the training he had been doing lately, but his mind and spirit soared with excitment. Rearing back Kio lept forward still doing the move, slowly he added power into it now working on both technique and Power at once. His eyes didnt waver as he swung over and over, foot colliding with the rock not sure which one was going to brake first, his foot or the stone. Sliding in the sand he gathered his breath, as he licks his dry lips. "No quitting." He told him self nodding. Feeling the heat pour over his body, sweat was dripping non stop. His face was turning red from the scorching heat that was hitting him non stop. Taking off his shirt he wrapped it around his head and poured water on himself again saving the rest for when he finished his training. Patting his arms he kept telling himself he could do it. Hopping a few feet back, Kio took a deep breath. His eyes were tired at this point, his mind was to; however, his spirit was on fire. Pushing off the ground Kio felt his body spin, he held his leg back and released a massive smash with his foot into the stone. Sand going up everywhere as the rock shattered open, his eyes filling with joy. "Whew, still got alot more training ahead of me." Kio said with a happy smile. Hinoishi continued his training finding Kogetsuki's memories and dove in from there on Hinoishi coudn’t find anything he could learn from Kio at that moment so he stepped back into Kogetsuki so he could take more information from his training. Hinoishi found a memory that seemed to be kogetsuki in slight srisis he would enjoy this memory a lot.


-The Sun, Dielli, Sunce, Sole, Rana, Ilios, Ravi. A thing worshipped by many cultures. By many prehistoric cults. Since the start of humanity it has been hailed as the central deity. And even is represented in high status among the legends surrounding the Sage of Six Paths. The status of a Deity is not entirely wrong though. It is the creator of the Earth, the sustainer of life, and will eventually consume the world's spelling celestial downfall. Fires will scorch the Sage’s world. And that is inevitable. However, whether the inhabitants of this world were aware of this or not, was irrelevant. They were too busy squabbling with the already too harsh for them nature of the planet. They had no reason to seek knowledge. However, that wasn’t true for everyone. A shinobi from the Land of Wind had a desire for knowledge. Divine knowledge. The questions of how and why were very important. Those who have knowledge can do anything, because once you understand your surroundings, you can manipulate them however you like. From the very basic building blocks of life, to the tiniest pieces of the universe. Everything was valuable to him. Currently, he was investigating heat, work, and temperature, and their relation to energy, radiation, and physical properties of matter. He sat in his room and placed 2 potted plants next to each other. He focused on their thermal energy. Their temperature. One was colder, roughly 15 C. However once was in direct sunlight which caused it’s temperature to be around 36 C. Before the hot one managed to cool off, he took their branches and intertwined them, tying them together. He then observed, it did take a while, but he could feel the colder one slowly beginning to heat up, and the hot one to cool down. An expected result, he then pulled out a third plant, which was also pretty warm compared to the other ones. The other 2 were both at 27 C, and the new plant was around 34 C. He uncoiled the 2 and then separately connected them to the third. He then noticed something, they were equalizing at an equal pace. Both of the 27 C plants were heating up while the 34 C plant was cooling down. All 3 reached a temperature of roughly 29.9 C, plus or minus the lost energy due to heat radiating off of them into the air. It seemed that if 2 systems were in equilibrium with a 3rd, they were in equilibrium with each other. Kogetsuki placed his hand over the 3rd plant, and began to focus his chakra over it. He was just seeing how it’d react, nothing less, nothing more. Naturally, due to the fact that Chakra was energy, it would gradually heat the plant up, however it was to an incredibly miniscule amount due to being non-Fire Release Chakra, something that amounts to a rough estimate of 0.00037 C change per second. Kogetsuki sighed and stood up. He placed the plants away and walked out of his room and towards the table. He reached for a fruit but then saw that it had been spoiled. He sat down and looked at it, his mind briefly zoned out and specifically focused on the apple. And then he felt it, a very tiny presence of a thermal sense. The apple was dead, so it’s thermal value was irrelevant to his senses. However, there was still growth on the apple. He began to observe it closer. Was it some type of super tiny living being? Kogetsuki sat up and placed the apple down, he went over to get a very shallow dish and he cleaned it thoroughly. He then grabbed a knife and peeled off the skin of a fresh apple, he placed it across the dishes bottom and then scraped it with the knife, he then carefully transferred the infected apple skin onto the dish. He left the kitchen and walked into his basement, where they mostly grew plants because it was moist. He went to an isolated corner and placed the dish down. He was going to wait and see if it grows out, since it could be really anything. And if it is what he thinks it is, it could be incredibly useful for combat. A day passed, and Kogetsuki made his way down to his basement. He checked on the dish, and didn’t notice any major growth visibly, however as he focused he could feel the heat. He then sat down and began to focus on that heat. He needed to clearly picture it. It seemed fluffy? In a strange way. He wasn’t sure how to exactly picture it. When a dog's fur touches you it feels fluffy, that’s exactly how this feels. It must’ve been some type of incredibly small beings that formed a larger group, or rather colony. The only reason he could feel it is because of his 6th sense being a sense on the same level as vision, touch, smell, and so on. When a strand of hair falls on your skin, you won’t feel it. However when multiple hairs pile up in one place on you, you can definitely feel them. That is the same principle when it comes to this. Even still, he had to focus on it. Kogetsuki left and walked to his room. He sat down and took a deep breath, he was still unsure of what to do. He had a free day so he might as well make use of it. He pulled out a piece of paper and grabbed a pencil, he began to think. And then as an hour went by, he got an idea. He began to skillfully draw. He wasn’t entirely sure why no-one else thought of this, but why didn’t any of the great nations develop weapons on the basis of collective chakra? Multiple people are stronger than one in most cases. That was the basis of the design. It was a massive cannon, roughly 10 meters long and 2 meters thick. It had massive wheels and it’s ending was bulky with multiple larger cables connecting it to a 7 meter radius ball that seemed like a power source. The power source had slots for what seemed to be places of intakes of energy. It was a chakra cannon. If he could convince the Kazekage to request the building of such a thing, and get the help of masterful Sealers. They could create an incredibly useful weapon which was much needed for Sunagakure. It worked on the principle of people storing chakra into the massive seal created by multiple high level sealers and then using the massive cannon to semi rapidly fire concentrated blasts of chakra at enemies. It would be far more effective as a defense mechanism since it would be powered off of multiple people and not just one. And when entering a separate mode, which is a charge up shot of chakra, it would be useful against taking out strong enemies. It was only a sketch design and still needed massive amounts of work. While the design still wasn’t properly finished, he did want it to have a mechanism of choosing the width of the exhaust. By increasing the density of the blasts, and potentially beams, they can choose to either make giant blasts for AOE attacks or precise compressed shots to cut and pierce things. This would be especially useful against boss type mobs such as the invading wyvern. Naturally he also had to take into account the amount of power being released by the cannon and given its current design it would need a cooldown of 5 minutes or instant cooling by shinobi after 1 minute of rapid firing or one charged attack. Even the hardest of metals only had a specific heat capacity. It’s practically impossible for regular materials to be able to conduct the energy required to level a village the size of one of the great villages. However with Chakra based enhancements, it could be possible to create attacks that can do a considerable amount of damage, albeit still likely not on that level of power. It is impossible to mimic the vast power of bijuu, especially given how much raw chakra they have, but humanity can still create powerful weapons and learn to fight against them. Sunagakure as of right now was pretty weak, and didn’t have a lot of active strong shinobi. So any edge it could get would be useful. And a weapon similar to this would be a great advancement and would give more resources to further advance technology. A weapon of this type should be relatively easy for Sunagakure of all villages to produce due to the already extremely skilled Puppet Jutsu. Kogetsuki took out a new sheet of paper and began to draw once more, this time a much more detailed illustration of what he meant. He took out a few pages of writing paper and began to write down the ideas. This was transitioning into a draft of an idea. He was likely going to submit this to the Kazekage and check for his opinions on it. However he’d first need to convince the Kazekage that this was a good idea. And how would he do that? Kogetsuki sighed and sat up, he had finished drawing but was pretty tired from it and was getting a headache. He walked down to his basement and walked over to the bacterial colony and sat down. It hadn’t grown a lot but he still meditated over it. Focusing on sensing it and figuring out what he wanted to do. Why did HE think Sunagakure needed such weapons? Well, the village was already poorly fairing against the wyverns. And the shinobi weren’t too impressive. Not to mention that minimizing shinobi deaths should also be a priority. Plus given the fact that having a surprise weapon would be useful too was also a good point. Overall the only losses Sunagakure would face is loss of resources and a smaller loss of time but that was fine. A weapon of that caliber should make up for the lost things. Kogetsuki got up, he was already getting pretty used to sensing the bacteria in large colonies. He began to think about harvesting them and later creating a sort of paper bomb that would disperse them, if he managed to hit a puppet with that he could effectively sense where the puppet would be if it hid away. Though that was more of a last resort than anything. It was still good to have backup plans.Hinoishi continued his training with a familiar shinobi named Hotei.
-Hotei was still recovering from her little skirmish with a fellow Genin from Konohagakure. It was definitely a challenge, and surely pushed this Kazekage strategy. Yet this only opened her eyes to a bigger fact: she struggled with incorporating other Jutsu's into her fighting style. This is what led her rather conflicted mind to her clan's scrolls. Many she studied with for advanced knowledge in the academy.   A true bookworm, if you will. Yet was there anything truly wrong with being a bookworm? Not entirely, since it did bolster results from her as a Shinobi. And as one of Sunagakure's most respected clans, it was expected of her to know an advanced jutsu at the very least. Truly considering she also owed an enormous debt to her family, this would be needed to advance at a greater rate.   And would most likely make up for what little Taijutsu she had. This made the Shadow clone jutsu perfectly efficient for what she wished to accomplish. So this is what she attempted. Finding herself in the libraries of her clan's scrolls. Specifically taking a look at the B-rank section. And there it was, the Shadow clone technique. Something that caught Hotei's eyes. Her rather course-feeling hands gripped it tightly before bringing it to a small desk. Upon opening it, the first entries are entirely what she read. The seals needed to activate it, the cost, the drawbacks, and its history. What interested her the most was how it experienced the same things as the user. Pain, thoughts, fatigue. A truly sentient creature. Sentience obtained through Chakra… it was extraordinary to Hotei. But getting the jutsu came first, afterthoughts could be done later.  Time, time was flowing by. Hours upon hours which brought the day deeper to an ending point ever more. And sooner than later, evening had come for Hotei. But despite her brain being rather sore from all this reading, she wasn't done for today quite yet. She still needed to practice it realistically, splitting her Chakra into a complete physical clone would be a strain physically. Truthfully, if she had not conserved her Chakra with her bout earlier, this entire study would be worthless.  Upon standing up, Hotei began to gather her Chakra! Building it up within the center of her body, trying to incorporate her experience from simple cloning to aid her in this. It was just a more advanced version of a technique she learned as a child, right!? Probably not. But that wouldn't stop her little knowledge on this concept. Trial and error; that is what she had been taught from birth. Now, going back to the gathered Chakra, Hotei began to swell it into larger amounts. Before replicating it into another being as one would a clone, but by dispersing more Chakra into it. Imagining more than a simple mirage of what was something real. Something with more density, something more… real. Maybe this would help the process. Well, only one way to find out!  Her Chakra began to spread more vibrantly. Allowing Chakra into the world on a more intense and gruesome level. Gruesome in the way that it ripped apart her Chakra reserves once she even attempted this. Yet she did, even with prior knowledge. A puff of smoke rose from the ground up to what would be her left, bringing upon a rather… sloppy looking clone. It was deformed. Thin, like a pancake, almost. And it stood unnaturally tall as it wobbled from side to side with little precision in its steps. As if wind was blowing against paper, it was rather demoralizing to watch, if this Kazekage found it within herself to form an opinion on this… thing.  But, it was something. And at least it was progress. Yet, Hotei was feeling rather tired. With the lassie's face being drenched with newly-forming sweat. Due to this, she immediately called back the clone, with it being gone as soon as it came. Gaining back some of the Chakra she had spent in between heavy gasps for air. This had her sitting down, simply resting after hours of studying.

 Hinoishi concluded his training with many shinobi feeling the strength of his new found actual abilities. Hinoishi thought how to portray his new found knowledge and began thinking up on earth style jutsu a way to take control of the battle field. Hinoishi walked over to the training grounds  to use his new abilities. Hinoishi weaves handseal and closes his eyes hearing the movement of rock under him. Hinoishi opens his eyes seeing 4 earth section canes erected from the ground around him in a square. Hinoishi grabs the two infron of him and brings them above his head and crashes them down hard into the earth as the earth splits open and in a 20 meter square around him the ground around him breaks up and destruction ensues. Hinoishi felt bad but still pushed forward weaving handsign Hinoishi slapped his hands into the ground and around him arected many earth and mud pillars creating a 400 meter maze surrounding him taking the place of trees that had fallen from the destroyed ground. Hinoishi moved pillars flush to the ground to even it out. Hinoishi erected a pillar under him pushing him above the pillars as he saw all of suna and the pillars under him Hinoishi bore witness to his new jutsu and new with this he could dominate and protect Sunagakure.




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Approved

Hinoishi woke up and cooked himself some breakfast 2 eggs was all he needed for it would be a day of mental meditation and internal training, Hinoishi’s favorite as it trained his mind and tuaght his body. Hinoishi quickly went to thee training room and sat down in the middle. Hinoishi took a deep breath in,closed his eyes, and cycled through his memory stream. Whenever Hinoishi closed his eyes to meditate he had two options. He could either go and create his own world,or. Go through the past memories of many other Shinobi. Hinoishi didn’t know where these experiences came from but he enjoyed the variety and the different stories each new shinobi had. Hinoishi first found Kio Lee and decided to learn from him as he was slightly familiar but seemed educated and had the ability to teach, Hinoishi dove in...
Today was the day, Kio could feel it. Standing firmly on the ground he slowly bent one direction stretching his back,  switching he bent the other direction stretching his back the other way. A smile filled his face, he didnt know what was going to come from today but he felt pretty confident that he was about to blow this technique out the water. Taking a few bunny hops kio bent forward touching his toes, his eyes filled with excitement as he reached up for the sky stretching as high up as his body would physically let him. His eyes sparkled as he looked up at the sand filled sky, it may be empty there was still something beautiful about the desert. Perhaps he should keep traveling and find a new village to practice the next technique at. Kio began doing jumping jacks, as his mind raced, what was a good technique to learn,  he thought to himself as he counted "1...2...3...4….5…" his mind began to pick up with ideas as he chewed on his lip from his brain racing. There were so many possibilities, perhaps he could learn more kenjutsu, and even upgrade his sword or get a better sword! Kios head was filled with ideas that he just couldn't keep his ideas shut down. Kio eyes sparkled suddenly as he was jogging through the sand. What if I practiced that jutsu next, the Chakra hop, he thought as he sprinted. I could so try to make something cool out of that jutsu, but I think maybe, just maybe, learning more sword techniques would benefit me way better then a jutsu would. Kio couldnt refrain from a conversation with himself, how else would he get his thoughts straight. Standing firmly in front of a new target he took a deep breath, he stretched, jogged,  now it was time for him to get down to the real stuff.  He was going to shatter the rock at intense speeds. Kio began pushing off the ground swinging his foot at the rock,  backing up he would do it on repeat, his eyes focused, his mind keeping track of his technique. He could feel the intense sun on his face, his body burned from the sun as he was slightly red, removing his shirt he hung it on his tanto and stuffed it into the ground with his water hanging from it. Doing some more quick jumps and kicks at the rock he began backing away. He was sick of losing his spars, he was tired of feeling weak, and most importantly he refused to lose because he was weak when the time came to it. Pushing off the ground Kio swung more, he added more and more speed as he pushed himself off the ground into the kick. His lungs burned from the feeling of the training. His mouth began to grow dry, how could he back out now though, it was now or never. Kio slammed a fist into his chest and started walking in circles psyching himself up. Looking towards the rock Kio knew it was time, jumping backwards he starred at the rock and focused. Pushing off the ground Kio felt his body rise with force, fire burning inside of him as he began spinning. His leg rose and he brought it down hard against the stone, he felt the rock shatter, his sweat pouring from him as he let out a loud shout. "Great Leaf Leaf whirlwind!" He screamed as it echoed the rock smashing into multiple chunks from force.
An interaction between kurotagi and usui. Mainly Kurotagi an aspirining shinobi training many different jutsu that he strives to use for the betterment of thos around him when on the battle field . something Hinoishi understood all too well.
Kurotagi had come to the mountains for a bit of enlightenment, his spars previously had been quite nice... apart from a couple mishaps... Anyway, that was besides the point, he doubted anyone would come to him whilst he trained on top of a mountain but who knows. “I think I’ll try, FIERCE DRAGON PALM!” Okay so he began to visualise the jutsu, it was going pretty well up until now, being on top of the mountain helped him to focus as he had no distractions and it meant that he could focus on nothing more than working toward this jutsu. He continued to visualise for 10 minutes or so thinking about nothing more than the jutsu and channeling his chakra, slowly it was channeling veins began to pop out of his head slightly as the focusing became quite intense now. Alright here we go, he decided to try to summon the dragon now. He quickly began channeling all of his chakra into creating the dragon, he wanted a large majestic beast that could cause heaps of damage, come on slowly now... he continued to visualise whilst doing so and boom he opened his eyes... damn it, there was a quarter sized dragon with a small tail... He was upset with the outcome but it wasn’t the worst it could be it was a lot better than yesterday anyway. His morale was damaged slightly but he had gone through a lot more than this in the past and so he would just keep on pushing until he learnt the jutsu. *Okay here we go, he decided to try again, he thought about the spar between him and Shoti, how he wanted to kill Kurotagi and that Kuro wanted to get back at them. Unfortunately though Shoti had no control over themselves without the help of someone else, and so a rematch one on one would be too dangerous for the both of them. Kurotagi visualised the jutsu for about 5 minutes or so, he thought about a huge blue dragon with intricate markings floating majestically through the air. He really, really wanted to learn this jutsu, it would be so helpful to his spars and training in the future. Okay here we go, he began slowly channeling his chakra into the air almost... he pictured the dragon once again, he thought about Shadaro, how much he’s matured and that with more change the Shadaro situation would’ve never happened, come on, come on here we go! Yes! A half sized perfect majestic dragon with intricate markings was summoned, it wasn’t exactly what he wanted but it was a step in the right direction! Perfect, now he’s ready for tomorrow’s training in which he will master this jutsu! Kurotagi had gotten halfway through Fierce dragon palm but he was too tired to carry on practicing that jutsu. So he decided to do one that didn’t require chakra, a Taijutsu technique he had read up upon long ago. It was called Dynamic entry! He didn’t feel the need to visualise this technique as it seemed pretty straight forward, he lifted up a rock and placed it upright on the ground, taking off his cloak now wearing only pants and bandages over his chest. Okay here we go i guess, he got into an offensive stance and thought for a moment. He ran straight toward the rock jumping up into the air delivering a kick into it, though it only sent him flying back slamming into the ground rolling back and damaging his left leg. “ah shoot” he clenched his teeth. Okay it was time to visualise and rest, that’s what he did whenever he was too tired or injured or something like that anyway. So he sat there and thought about how the kick would look, he thought about slamming his leg into shotis skull cracking it. Yeah that sounded pretty good in his mind. Kurotagi got up onto his feet looking at the upright rock again, his leg was still in a little bit of pain but training is tough and he would have to push through once again. He did a few lunges and arm stretches jumping from side to side a few times and doing some breathing exercises. He would think about Shoti once more taking a few steps back before charging towards the upright rock throwing himself into the air going straight toward the rocks upperside, he slammed his foot into it with all of his momentum. “Yes!” the rock cracked in half and both sides fell to the ground… Kurotagi now wanted to learn another earth style jutsu, a similar level to rock armour though just a little higher. So he began to flip through the crisp pages of his book, they were once dampened by him spilling some tea on it whilst reading at the table, and are now hardened and stained, but it’s just about readable. “aha!” he found a jutsu that he liked the sound of Earth Release: Multiple Earth-Style Wall. He would look up into the sky and lie back for a moment, a smirk on his face as he enjoyed the win pushing through his long brown hair. He thought about the jutsu in all of its glory, all the incredible things he could do with it, and how many people and lives he could help with it. The next step in order to learn the jutsu was to imagine how long it would take to learn, he predicted two or three weeks, though it could be much less or much more. He wanted an idea of how long it would take in order to grasp just how much training he would need to do each day. Okay, so now Kurotagi has a pretty solid idea of how much training it will take and how he should spread it out over the time span of the training. He figured today he should just focus on bringing some level of earth out of the ground in order to form a semi large wall of sorts. He continued to visualise the Jutsu in his mind, as he stood up he would stare into the ground, pushing his palms out aiming his hands at the ground, he began to make an attempt at infusing his chakra with the very soil beneath him. “come on, come on, come ON!” Suddenly a large chunk of earth flew out of the ground infused with stone. It appeared as though he had accidentally used Flying thrown stones jutsu instead of the technique he had been trying to learn, oops! It was okay though, he would continue to try, it was not like he expected to master such a delicate jutsu in such a short space of time. Okay it was now time to go back to the second stage of learning the jutsu, visualising it once again he stood; hands facing the ground as he began to channel his chakra, though he did not make an attempt at pulling anything out of the ground, instead he stood there for a moment once again considering all the great things he could with this jutsu. After visualising the jutsu and channeling his chakra he gave it a go again, slowly a small .5 metre high wall formed out of the ground, this was barely anything and no where near close to the full potential of the jutsu... but I guess it was something? Okay well, Kurotagi decided to go back to the book reading up on the jutsu some more, it seemed as though it would take a great amount of chakra and control over that chakra to complete the jutsu. So that’s what he focused on, channeling and controlling his chakra. “come- ON!” Was he able to create a larger wall? Nice, that was the first day of training complete, he created a 5 metre high thin wall of earth, it wasn’t much, but it was a start on his path toward this great jutsu! Usagi strolled through the mountains surrounded by his pack of ninken surrounding him. Haru and Daiki walked along either side of him, while Kotaro rested on the boy's head. The troop was out for some group training, though they had grown lazier as of late and were mostly here to enjoy the are. Kurotagi saw the boy with all of his ninken, how cool, he had never seen anything like that before and was quite curious about sparring them... though it may be a bit difficult he considered it for a moment and thought about the experience he would gain. “hey! You wanna spar?”. He decided to continue onward with his dragon fierce palm training, it had been only a couple of days since he last practiced it but he already had a pretty good feeling he was going to learn the jutsu today! He decided that unlike his previous training today he was going to put in even extra effort in order to maximise the chances that he will learn the jutsu with ease and not have to spend any more time practicing it, he wanted to use it in today’s spars to see how good his technique was... and maybe in future more important fights too! Kurotagi decided to do just what you’d expect him to do, sit against a rock and read up even more about the jutsu, he already had a pretty good understanding off it but you can never have too much understanding for a jutsu as difficult as this one. After reading up on the jutsu for another 30 minutes or so he decided he was going to begin the next phase of his path towards learning Fierce dragon palm, of course this next stage was the commonly used visualisation stage which Kurotagi used very very often! So that’s just what he did, he slowly began too picture the dragon above his head, intricate markings and an incredible majestic wave like tail coming from its back, it looked powerful and strong, enough to damage even the greatest Shinobi, though it couldn’t lower there defence he had other techniques just for that. Okay now that the visualisation stage was done he decided to channel his chakra, although he believed he had already thought about how the jutsu would look enough, he decided to continue on thinking about it whilst channeling his chakra, imagining the markings and it’s immense power once more. He was feeling pretty good now but he still wanted to give it more time, and so he continued to visualise and channel chakra, at a slow, steady pace unlike the previous two training sessions. He felt lucky today but he was still going to put in the extra effort. Okay this could be the time he does it, he began to channel even more chakra and visualise even harder as he began to sweat, his veins popping through his head. “Must... channel... more!” he was going to wait a little while longer before attempting the jutsu in order to maximise his chances. Okay I’m nearly ready, Kurotagi could feel himself becoming exhausted from the amount of chakra he was controlling and the immense amount of focus it took to visualise for this period of time, but he wasn’t ready to stop just yet either as he continued to channel and visualise. Okay this had to be the time now, he would continue to channel and focus his chakra into the dragon like image as he slowly exerted it whilst still visualising he sent out the jutsu... will it work?! He wasn’t sure of that himself, but he truly hoped so and would stop at nothing in order to learn this jutsu! Kio a Shinobi Hinoishi had seen before in his memory stream was training another jutsu Hinoishi enjoyed Kio’s resolve and hope when fighting Hinoishi wishes to use that in his social interactions.
Kio sat against the tree, his eyes examining the ground in which he was actually feeling like he may have the technique under control at this point. It wasn’t easy, and to be honest there are moments so far that he felt like he was failing; he knew that he couldn’t give up yet. Taking a second he ate a piece of chocolate and rubbed his chin to think, he had to figure out what he had been doing differently. Kio took a deep breath and began recapping everything that had happened up to this point. He had failed multiple times on doing the jutsu, but this last attempt was the closest he had been, and he knew that if he continued with this then he had an opportunity to learn his first ninjutsu. Which was proving to be harder than he thought. Taijutsu was a breeze to learn, so he wondered if learning ninjutsu was easier for other people like taijutsu was easier for him. The second thing Kio had learned so far was that there was more to ninjutsu than he had originally thought. If he was to take into account everything he had changed about using the technique then he may be able to push himself past the typical limit and use the ninjutsu like second nature. The only problem with that was, would he be able to keep the system going, and use it fast especially in a  high stake situation. If he had to move fast, that means he would have to use the jutsu fast. Kio thought about the next point, he had to get more familiar with his nature. He always fought and played in the dirt, but maybe there was more to it then just that. Earth was more than just a substance, it was the foundation of life. There was earth everywhere, but it also gave nutrients to the plants. Is that what he was missing? The fact that not only could Earth take, but Earth can also give. When a person dies, they go into the ground, but when they eat they eat things that grew from the ground. Kio smirked, “Its all about the balance of life.” He said softly to himself, “by giving and taking. If I give my chakra to the earth, the earth gives me strength in return. It gives me the opportunity to move and grow, to better myself and even possibly give myself the ability to overcome an opponent that is stronger than I am. Is that what I have been missing? The idea behind the entire concept of what Earth stands for?” Kio asked himself in the rambles, maybe he was just creating an entire solution that made no sense, but to Kio it made sense. Kio nodded and squatted down to the earth, hand gently stroking it. He had a soft smile across his face and gently sat his right palm to the earth and closed his eyes. “Life is all about give and take.” He said softly under his breath as he began breathing in deeply. He was going to treat the world like the world was alive, the chakras flowing through all of it, all he needed to do was simply ask for the ability to borrow the chakra. This was possibly easier said than done, but he was going to try it regardless. Kio stood up and held dirt in his hand, he let it roll around his fingers and he approached a tree and gently sat his other hand on it. Letting the chakra flow through his body he continued to hum to himself, chakra intertwining with the tree and the earth, he wanted to feel the body of nature and feel what they had to offer. Taking a deep breath through both of his nostrils he let out a soft sigh out his mouth as he looked up to the clouds. Today was his day to take and learn this ninjutsu, and no matter what today was the day. When he went home that day he was going to be a ninjutsu user, his element earth was going to be a part of him, and he had plans to turn it into something that others only dreamed of using. When he walked into his house he wanted to brag to his parents that he had accomplished the impossible and learned ninjutsu, that he was a Lee that overcame the stigma and the limits that were placed on him at birth. He was going to prove to them that he wasn’t just an ordinary Lee, he was an overcomer. “You will not be able to use ninjutsu Kio, Lee’s dont have the ability, it's too hard and you're too young of a ninja. When you reach a higher rank and become a better ninja maybe then you can learn ninjutsu.” His father said seriously and annoyed at listening to Kio talk about his ninjutsu ideas. Kio felt hurt just remembering the memory, “Listen son, sometimes you just aren’t born lucky and have to reevaluate what you want to do with your life, it's that simple.” His mother told him setting a hand on Kios shoulder. Kio felt like his heart was shattering, they never had the faith in him to think he could do it. He has lied the past couple days about what he had been doing. How could he tell them he was trying to learn a Earth element jutsu, they would get angry again thinking he was wasting his.  Kio knew this to, squatting down to the earth he gently stroked the dirt some more. There was more to this, he needed to prove that the impossible was possible. If he wanted to teach a generation of Lee’s that it was possible to use ninjutsu, he needed to learn ninjutsu. “Son, sometimes the best thing you can do in life is to just turn and find the other path to go down. An easier path that will get you near your end goal. You may not hit the same goal, but if you can atleast get into the vicinity of it then maybe that's all that matters.” His mother told him in private one day, ‘Finding a new goal that's similar.’ Kio thought to himself, ‘pathetic.’ he grew angrier at the idea of it. The concept that they kept throwing out at him to try, why were they so pushy on making him give up. What did they gain from trying to push him away from his goal? Kio stood up, he began taking deep breaths again. This time he planned to do the impossible as a Lee, he was about to push into a new level of abilities by learning this ninjutsu. Doing some breathing exercises he started to examin his own inner self again. ‘Calm, i just need to keep calm’ He told himself as he started stretching far into the sky and slowly came back down to touch his toes, the entire time his mind racing. Next he began breathing in, holding his breath, and then releasing it slowly. This was a way to reset the brain, to get his thoughts to clear and hopefully just maybe, open up his body to the full potential of ninjutsu. Slowly reaching down for the ground he touched his toes and began counting to 10. Releasing his toes he stretched backwards and began counting to 10, each time he would charge his chakra up some to get his chakra flowing through his body the best he could. Going through the motions of the hand signs he began doing some bunny hops, he was prepared for anything at this point. He had failed over and over, but he knew that he was getting closer every day to succeeding. Taking a long deep breath he started speeding up on the hand signs and would hop at the beginning of each one. His goal was to synchronize so the last hand sign hit as he touched the ground. He wanted to move fast and he wanted to move flawlessly. Taking a deep breath it was finally time for him to use the jutsu, doing the hand signs a few more times Kio took a long draw of air. His eyes became focused and chakra began moving through him fast. Taking a leap up into the air his eyes narrowed, “Ram dog rat bird!” He said loudly, “Tunnelling technique!” Kio screamed as his feet came down connecting to the earth, his body feeling light as he released all the air that he had built up in his lungs. His entire body felt stiff for that split second in hopes it was going to work.
Kio eyes opened as he was underground. His eyes having tears forming in them as he let out a shout and quickly lept out of the tunnel and took off running for home.
Hinoishi moved on from Kio to a different shinobi who was learning lightning release and storm release. They mainly used water their name was Oboreru.
Oboreru wandered up the mountain in search of a nice spot to focus. Today was an important day for the Hozuki. Today he was going to develop a new single elemental release that he can use in combat. He knew that lightning was the strongest against two things: earth release and users of the Hydrification technique. He was the latter  option, and knew that the one thing that countered lightning release was wind release. But his thinking was a bit different. What if he could create a jutsu adapting lightning release into the Hydrification technique? Something that could, at the very least, lessen the damage from the vulnerability, as well as possibly developing other techniques to use in this weird mixture. The mere thought peaked his interests. He eventually found a place and decided to take a rest before doing anything. It took a little while to get up here to the part of the mountain he was on, so he needed to rest his legs a bit. Sitting there also helped him think about how exactly he was going to do this. Prior to coming up here, he had read up on Lightning release. Converting chakra into electricity would be okay for anyone else besides a Hozuki who had the Hydrification technique. But that was not stopping him now. He came all this way, and for what?Just to quit? No, not on this day at least. He was going to do this.  With that thought in mind, he stood back up and looked over the landscape. The clear mountain air gave him comfort, as well as the forest below. The urban life just was not for him as of yet, or rather he had not gotten used to it. This setting was much better for him with the quiet and clean air. Nothing to clog the senses but the sounds of nature.He took a deep breath, then got into a sort of meditative sitting position in the middle of the space he chose. Oboreru then closed his eyes, and with the air fresh and his mind focused, began to attempt to form his chakra into another element. He knew it would take long, but it was worth it. And he had the proper mindset now. Nothing short of someone trying to attack him would take his attention away. His first attempt was a failure. Although he had the proper mindset, he still needed to formulate the thoughts required for the lightning nature. He had not even felt the electricity, and he was under the effects of his clan's hidden! He took some time to clear his mind again before attempting a second time. This time he would focus on forming the electricity instead of just lightning itself. Oboreru went back into that meditative state. In his thoughts, he envisioned a lake. The water from the lake evaporated and formed a storm cloud, though that was not his focus. Yet. From the storm cloud, a bolt of lightning emerged and crashed back down onto the lake the cloud came from. The Hozuki awoke with a jolt, and crumbled to the floor in a stunned manner. He realised that he must have done it, but the electricity shocked him and stunned him due to the Hydrification technique being specifically weak to water. But he had done it.
For the next few hours, he trained in this way, actively trying to make it so that the electricity did not stun him while keeping the potency that it had. On the final attempt he had succeeded. A smile grew on his face as he painfully got up. He needed a drink badly, but he had done it! With some pep in his step, Oboreru triumphantly went down the mountainside and back to the village he was staying in, now with one more trick up his sleeve.
Oboreru then seemed to train storm release something Hinoishi knew nothing about but went along with anyway. Hinoishi was there to observe learn and use what he saw and put it towards his own training. Hinoishi dove back in. Oboreru climbed back up the mountain for another training session. This time, though, he wanted to do more than one thing. The first thing on his list, however, is the biggest, and it wouldn’t be resolved today. But all he cared about was starting. The mountain breeze and surrounding landscape was all he needed to feel at ease as he scaled the mountain until he found a comfortable spot to train. He brought water with him this time, more because he knew that the long training session ahead of him would take a long time. He was prepared for it, had his mind prepared ever since getting the LIghtning release. He had read about the Storm release alongside the Lightning release, and had come to the conclusion to get both despite his clan’s vulnerability to Lightning. Now that he was where he trained for the one, it was time to start the other. He had also brought his scythe, but that would come later. Oboreru went over to the spot he had previously trained for the lightning release. The experience was one that he would have to call on for this, as he was utilizing the Lightning release for this training. The other portion was water release, the one his clan was most known for. The Hydrification technique, one that turns the body into water for various purposes. Now he was going to combine the two, two opposites in his clan, into a separate element. The Hozuki sat down on the spot he had previously trained, and with that training in mind, began to meditate. The first thing that became his focal point was that lake again. Then the lake evaporates, though not all of it. Lakes are larger bodies of water, after all. Then came the formation of the storm cloud. The part that, now he had Lightning release, was his main focus. That brewing, dark cloud filled with potentia, with destruction. He wanted to see where that cloud took him. When the vision came to the cloud striking a thunderbolt into the lake, he suddenly exited his meditative state stunned, like he had with his lightning release training. Maybe he didn't quite have it down exactly? After shaking off the effects of the stun, he attempted again, but found that yet again he had become stunned. While stunned this time, he tried to figure out why. He must have done something wrong, but what? What piece was he missing? When he shook off the effects again, he slowly got up, then grabbed one of the bottles he had brought. As he was thinking about the training so far, he took a few sips from the bottle. Oboreru thought of what was going wrong. He was getting stunned, despite thinking he got over the Lightning release and how tough it is on Hozuki’s. Maybe he needed to focus on that part more than even distribution. With that thought in mind, he sat back down at the same spot and began to meditate once more. He focused on the lightning aspect of the kekkei genkai more than the water part. This, he felt, was mainly due to the fact that he knew the water release by heart, while lightning release was a newly acquired element. Oboreru began his meditation again. He felt like he went longer without being stunned by the lightning element. This cycle went on and on, meditate, become stunned after a little longer, then repeat. It got to a point where he could go for minutes without getting stunned. But for today, he needed a break from this. He had other things on his mind. He went over to the water he had brought for drinking and took a few sips, reviewing what he had done in his head. His combination of water release and lightning release into storm release started off by getting stunned again, like he had with lightning release. Then he attempted a solution by focusing on the element that he had just received due to training. It worked, though only for a limited amount of time. His next training session would have to remedy this problem, and then start applying this new release outside his body. Oboreru took another sip out of the bottle he was drinking out of, satisfied at this aspect of the training. Maybe it would wear off by tomorrow. Who knows? He didn’t. But he did know what worked for him, and if he retained what he had done today, he was certainly ready for what was to come tomorrow. The Hozuki went through the mental list in his head. Two of the three remaining things he wanted to complete today revolved around a presence of water. He went over, took a few drinks from the containers, then went back over to the spot charged with memories, in the most literal way possible. He was about to create some more. Weaving the correct hand-seals, Oboreru breathed out a Surging Sea. This would be enough water for now. He took a seat in the water, then wove the hand-seals for the Water Forge Technique. He wanted this to provide more of a substantial punch to his scythe. Currently, he did not have a chakra infused scythe, so he was hoping this would offset that fact. He then placed his hands on the pole part of the scythe in his possession. This was the second time he would be forming water into something outside of spewing it out of his mouth, the first being the Water Shark Bullet Technique. The latter technique was learned rather quickly, so it was more of a blur to remember how he did it, but he figured it would be something similar to pushing his chakra into the water to form it into a vortex around the weapon. His first attempt failed, the water that was starting to curl up felt back down into the puddle he created. He just didn’t manipulate it properly. So he opted for another try. Weaving the seals again, he planted his hand onto the pole of the scythe. The water curled up the pole until it reached the blade, then began spinning in a small vortex around the weapon. He had done it! He knew it would take more tries, so he did it again and again until he felt confident that he could consecutively do it. When he was satisfied, Oboreru put the scythe off to the side. He would not be needing the weapon for now. The whole point of it being here was to perform this technique, and seeing as he completed it, he resigned the weapon alongside the bottles of water he brought with him to perform his next task.
Yua Lee a young shinobi training the 8 inner gates to become stronger. Hinoishi had the same intentions of training stronger and admired Yua and her story. He wanted tl learn more, a small view into her training wouldn’t be enough.
The mountains were quite an enigmatic region. Yua didn't know much of what lay in there apart from animals that considered the mountains to be a habitat. Animals aside though, the mountains seemed to have been the perfect location to attempt to acquire a new ability she'd been intending to train: none other than the hollowfication seal, something Var defined as her "big project". Hopefully that big project could come into fruition within Yua herself. The mechanics of the seal were quite complex, however, if she were to train and endure harsh conditions, she could possibly acquire it's abilities and ascertain her knowledge of the seal. Hollowfication was the seal Var had placed on her left arm, a hasty decision she'd made when Var inquired about the region of the seal's application. Honestly though, it was a suitable location for the seal, and it wasn't exactly conspicuous or flamboyant so most would be unable to spot it unless they possessed Byakugan-esque sensory. Which was quite a rare trait to observe within people. Either way, the seal's prospect was intriguing to Yua. It was quite similar to the gates, wherein one could access strength in exchange of excruciation. Yua was a resilient young Lee, one who could endure tremendous amounts of pain due to having acclimated to the gates. It was reasonable that she'd be able to withstand pain momentarily. However, while Hollowfication was remarkably similar to the eight inner gates, Yua knew that hollowfication was far from a mere brute strength amplification. She anticipated success in her attempts at the acquisition of the first stage, nevertheless, she had braced herself for futility and failure. And so, she continue to ponder over the seal. She'd have to both mentally and physically brace herself for the likely imminent pain from the seal, and that could only be done via the opening of the eight gates. While she was a master of the fifth gate, it pain felt from it was still quite significant and it was often times depleting. Anything above the 6th Gate meant she would almost certainly be put out-of commission after using them in combat. Which is why Lee's hadn't been observed to consistently use their hiden. The closest she'd ever gotten to being deceased was after she utilised the 6th Gate to defend Ryu against the vile creatures which aimed to infiltrate Konoha. The pain was... Astonishing. While adrenaline managed to surpass the sheer agony she felt within the gate, upon exiting it, she realised that she was mortally wounded, and needed a couple of days to recuperate. However, those times were unfortunate. Today, Yua intended to prevent such dire circumstances. To enhance upon her power to make herself less-reliant on inflicting self harm to become even more powerful. And while learning hollowfication in depth seemed to be on the contrary of what she should be doing, Yua knew that much like the gates, there was a possibility for mastery. And, with the scintilla of faith in herself, Yua forced herself to train the seal. The ambiguity behind the seal was something Yua wished to uncover sooner or later, since, yknow, she needed to know what she was getting into before actually getting into it. Either way, Yua leapt from tree to tree within the mountains, while simultaneously activating sensory as she scavenged for just the right spot to commence with her training. She wasn't the most competent sensory user, but she was far from the worst. A thought hovered around Yua's mind. Combat application. Was this seal even practical? A physical buff was cool, but the seal alongside the drawbacks of the higher gates would probably prove to be quite strenous to one's body. Even a taijutsu master's such as Yua's. So, instead, she'd have to take this slowly. Stage by stage, attempt by attempt. Adroitness was something one can only harness after they adapt themselves to something. As Yua hopped from a singular branch to another, her left arm bumped into a tree, primarily due to how sloppily she was traversing the terrain. She was lethargic already, and the preservation of energy would be essential when attempting Hollowfication's first stage. Yawning as she made her recovery by balancing herself on the branch again. This was, time consuming, to say the least. Yua already possessed one seal. One that likely consumed far more chakra than Hollowfication, though it also posed far less risk. Accelerock was a seal bestowed upon Yua's forehead by Monzaemon, a decent acquaintance of hers. He'd been a drastic help in her preparations for her Chunin Promotional Mission. Perhaps her training regime could range from the usage of accelerock to the usage of the gates, or, if she's feeling dauntless, possibly stack them together. For now, the young Lee would finally arrive at a spot she'd considered suitable for her training. It seemed alright, and she couldn't really damage the terrain much seeing as there wasn't anything significant around. So, it was time for her to go ham. The leaf genin couldn't help but wonder what the seal would truly do. However, she needed to attempt the acquisition of its power first. Once she found her spot, the Lee paused for a moment, as she thought of plausible training regimes and what to start with first. It'd be quite a monotonous process to train for the seal's mastery and acquisition, however, it'd be a process Yua wouldn't regret. With the recent explosion in Iwagakure, Yua knew that something could be up endangering the five nations. And Yua needed to brace herself for an encounter with that something. And so, the Lee initially raised her right fist, as she balled it. To begin with, she'd warm her body up by a couple of generic exercises in order to prepare her body for what was about to come. At first, she approached a boulder in the vicinity, bracing herself to attempt and pummel it with her bare fists. It wasn't reliable, and her knuckles would likely  bleed, however, the whole point for the training regime was for Yua to comprehend and adapt to the excruciation. So, Yua commenced with the exercise. At first, she effectively hurled her fist at the boulder, knuckle-first in an attempt to rip chunks off the boulder and get more resistant to pain. The first time she did it, a subtle 'thunk!' sound was made, indicating that contact had been made. Soon, Yua pulled back her fist only to notice crimson red blood all over them. It pained her to do this, though she needed to push herself even further. This was some sanguinary training, and that was evident by Yua's knuckles after merely a singular punch. However, her resolve wouldn't diminish so easily. The Lee was tenacious, and she would rise. Forcefully balling her fist, Yua tried to be as insouciant as possible to the pain she endured. Then, came her second attempt. Her fist collided against the boulder yet again, sending a decently sized chunk flying off the boulder into the wilderness. Then, came her third attempt. Then the third, fourth, and fifth, and so on, until eventually her fist had become coated in blood, engulfing it completely.  Yua's eyes wrinkled when she shut them tightly as she attempted to deviate from the pain she was suffering, however, her attempt was to no avail. Regardless, Yua knew this was essential. A necessity. She needed to protect those she truly loved, and being an incompetent little brat would accomplish nothing. *Nevertheless, this was a step-by-step process, one Yua could not completely avoid if she desired the power she was attempting to harness. And, Yua was aware of that. Still, it was hardly enough to keep her going after all the damage her fist was suffering. She felt like vociferating to distract her from the pain, though due to the solitude and tranquility of the mountains, she would ultimately decide against it. Now, the most daunting stage was approaching. The opening of the eight inner gates. They were already strenous to keep up with, though Yua would have to learn to surpass her bodily limits to delve deeper in her knowledge of the hollowfication seal and it's powers. She was an adept young user of the gates, though even she was susceptible to pain. Yua's knuckles ached, nevertheless, she would persevere. Her persistent and pertinacious thought process was what kept her going. She was quivering. The young girl, while having mastered the gates, was still vulnerable to at least some of the pain that came from their opening. Not to mention the way she had already battered herself to exhaustion, Yua knew this was a true test for her to aim to surpass her limits. Her heart was pounding against her chest intensely, making her feel as though it could pounce out at any moment, as the Lee paused for a moment. She could do this. No. She absolutely would do this. For Konoha. For her Clan. For... her brother. It was insane what people put themselves through mentally and physically, and to Yua, it was certainly a burden that she'd proven to be incompetent and unable to procure her own brother's life. She wasn't going to be useless anymore, and she would prove it. Actions were far more reliable than words, and Yua would aim to become the most reliable person for her villagers. Riko didn't deserve what she got. Nevertheless, Riko's spirit would live on. In the people she interacted with. A part of Riko's spirit lived on in Yua. She couldn't let her remnants diminish. She. Will. Be. A. Shinobi. The epitome of one. Chanting the same thoughts in her head, Yua didn't hesitate for even a slight moment. Soon, her quivering stopped. Her suspiring stagnated. "I will do what I set my mind on. No matter the little credence or faith people have in me. I will subvert their expectations." Immediately, Yua eradicated her mental inhibitions. Appearing to be dedicated, Chakra would soon surge throughout the Lee's body, as Yua herself was now flowing with adrenaline. It wasn't near insurmountable strength, however, power still emanated from her as light would from a torch as the young Lee shuddered slightly under the sudden transition, proceeding to vociferate.
"Fourth Gate, Gate of Pain. OPEN!" [21]
The Lee's body grew redder, as veins began bulging from certain regions of her body. The fourth gate had been opened. While still being a master of it, Yua couldn't help but tremble slightly under the sheer stress her body was under. Yet, she wouldn't hesitate for even a mere moment. There would be no reluctance, and the Lee would attempt to make slight movements at first, attempting to surpass her own limitations. Weaving a series of seals, Yua produced a shadow clone, which poofed into existence besides Yua, gazing at the Lee in awe. Endurance. Was. Key. The clone Yua summoned was a test to herself. Was she capable of combatting someone while under immense pain? Raising her left fist this time around, Yua bolted in at high speeds, leaving afterimages in her wake as she aimed to strike the clone squarely at its jaw, as hard as she possibly could. Now, it was time for her to activate the seal. She felt competent enough, as though she were finally capable of utilising the seal to her maximum extent. For now. The seal on her left shoulder began pulsating, as chakra would surge and pour out from it too. It inched closer and closer to her face as Yua hastily approached her clone. The seal was a peculiar sight, though it was one Yua would soon learn to adapt to. Yua was paving her way through her challenges, and hollowfication was one of many to come. Soon, the chakra managed to fabricate half of an enigmatic mask-like structure on Yua's face, concealing half of it. It was... a creepy sight, though it was a moment to relish for the Lee. She had done it. Hollowfication Stage 1, it had been acquired. As her fist was about to strike her clone, The Lee yelled out through the partial mask, only half of her mouth visible.
"Hollowfication: Stage One!"
The clone endured the hit, immediately poofing out of existence as Yua felt a spike in her strength she never had before. It was... Fascinating.
Mastery. It was now time for mastery. The clone's poof disoriented Yua momentarily, though Yua's vision had been amplified by hollowfication's first stage. In fact, she glanced at her fist, noticing that the wounds on her right fist was healing slightly faster too. Regeneration was neat, though after Hollowfication would expire the Lee would be a wounded animal, spooked by even the slightest movement. Yua needed to become a master of the first stage. And she knew she was capable enough for it. Sighing, Yua maintained the fourth gate, while simultaneously maintaining hollowfication. For most, this would be enough to break them. But not for this young Kunoichi. Chakra surged throughout the four gates' tenketsu, while more chakra emerged from the seal and formed the face-mask Yua was currently donning. She managed to endure the excruciation, the Lee was surpassing even her own expectations. Yua braced herself though. In order to master it, Yua would have to further her tolerance for pain. Therefore, she must further her pain. It was time to open the maximum possile gate she could without going unconscious due to the severity of the injuries she would face. The fifth gate, the gate of limit. The tenketsu point of the fifth gate at Yua's abdomen would have chakra surging towards it, until eventually, the surge in Yua's strength nearly doubled. It was a sizable increment, though it came with reasonable drawbacks. Appearance-wise, not much changed. However, the pain Yua felt was blinding.
"Fifth gate, Gate of Limit: OPEN!"
The young Lee exclaimed, as her muscles began tensing under the stress of the gate and the seal at the same time. However, soon, something odd happened. Something Yua hadn't been expecting. The pain... subsided. Yua was a master of the fifth gate after all, and accompanied with the slight regeneration from the hollowfication's first stage, Yua was able to acclimate to the gate much faster. However, what was more astonishing was that she no longer felt pain from hollowfication either. It was clear as day, Yua had managed to acquire mastery of the first stage and had accomplished her goals, at least temporarily. Soon though... the opening of the second stage would come. Another obstruction in Yua's pathway to her ninja-way.
Hinoishi felt bad for Yua and her loss of Riko but pressed on intraining never the less. Hinoishi found a shinobi named tenshi in his shinobi stream of memories. Hinoishi felt something in tenshi, something familiar it could have been that tenshi was using earth style Hinoishi carried on anyway.

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After passing almost the whole past night looking through the library for either a book or scroll that had something saying about flying Jutsus, Tenshi almost ended up choosing the whole Earth release stock. But he knew that it was not necessary and maybe even not allowed to bring so many scrolls if he could just read calmly there. So by reading the title of a few higher ranked Jutsus, he found something odd. These names with 'Light/Added-Weight' made him confused for a while, so he decided to read them. And alas, it was one of these that helped him to not be targeted by Earth release Jutsus. So when he finished bringing the scroll with him, he made sure to make it look like it was unlabelled as always with a small non-adhesive tape and kept going to the wilds to see if could learn it. Arriving at the mountains again, Tenshi was ready to do it. He pulled out the scroll, but when he started to read it seemed too hard to understand what he needed to do. He even had small thoughts of giving up, but they were not hard thoughts, he was just having a struggle. Tenshi sat down on the ground, still seeing the hole he was shoved inside before, then sighed. He crossed the legs, leaned the head a bit, and closed the eyes. But it didn't take long and he shook the head, groaning a bit. "It doesn't make sense!". He tried to literally make a force to float while doing this. But it was not something he just wished for happening and happened. No matter how much he concentrated his Chakra on this, he didn't know how to do it yet. The more he tried, the more it seemed to make him weigh down. So when he finally realized he was probably almost getting to the other side of the Jutsu, Tenshi took a deep breath and sighed, staying on the ground for a while. He slowly got up and started jumping. It was one jump, a long pause, then another jump. Tenshi was seeing if he could learn as if he was a bird. But it was not just a simple flying Jutsu, since he needed to lose the gravity of himself and start floating around by lack of weight. After some while of trying to keep calm and fly out of nowhere, Tenshi saw it was going nowhere. He sighed deeply and let himself fall to the ground. But when he was about to hit the ground, he didn't feel anything. "Uh?". Testing it out would be a good idea, so he decided to make some slight movements, not wanting to break what he has done so far. Tenshi's eyes opened wide for a moment before actually hitting the ground. "DARN IT!!!" His yelling echoed through the mountains for a brief moment.* Whining a bit and getting up again was his reaction before letting himself fall again. Tenshi didn't manage to float again this time. He crossed the arms, uncrossed the legs, and pouted, looking to the sky. Then some time having passed, Tenshi noticed something floating in front of him now. The clouds... It was up in the sky and it was not even trying to. He closed the eyes and sighed again softly as got up again, slowly. Finally getting to the stage of peace he needed, he stood still completely and, after opening both arms, he let himself fall on the ground again. He was trusting in himself that it would work this time, so when he let himself fall, it didn't even take much and he started to float. It was lasting for more than before and he was actually not touching the ground as did it.

Hinoishi found a memory of a friendly duo named Sakyo and Kasato and decided to find the shinobi’s perspective to training. They seemed to help eachother out. Hinoishi liked that He found the memory and dove right in hoping to find something new he could learn from.

First, he needed to get his chakra control better. Meditating to not exhaust himself. Giving faith that Tsuchinori wouldn't try to kill him or Kasato wouldn't interrupt his concentration. Feeling the chakra surge throughout his body, Sakyo started to get better control.Focusing on the flow of his chakra as he'd continue getting a feel. His energy inside being understood, more finely tuned. His body relaxed, concentration higher than normal. Each vein, muscle, nerve, all connected through chakra as he continued with his focus. Soon, his control had been heightened, a new level of chakra control. Before starting his true training, he'd weave a single seal. This seal was technique specific. For the shadow clone jutsu, debatably a stronger clone jutsu than water clones. With this jutsu, he wanted to learn another quicker. There was a specific jutsu he intended to learn. With the shadow clones, it'd make the process much faster. Five clones surrounding him, they'd all be in sync with Sakyo. As Kasato finished his training, Sakyo looked over at his buddy. "Hey! I have that jutsu. It's pretty versatile!" Seeing the beast form from the ink, it was a jutsu Sakyo knew well. Plus, Tsuchinori knew it as well. Perhaps he might give them tips on the jutsu, both of them less experienced with the ninja drawings. "Oops! Gotta get back to training this jutsu!" Going back with his training, he tried to get back into focus. Shutting his eyes, focusing more than before. It was a common occurring thing really. It felt like each training post was just Sakyo concentrating, but more than before. Just constantly improving at the same things. Any move Sakyo made, his clones did a similar one. After all, they had the same mentality as him. All his steps were very much copied in a way. None of the clones straying from what the original did. Very similar steps being repeated continuously. One thing that Sakyo felt was beneficial to learning ice releas... Was the amount of breathing he incorporated into his jutsu. Every time he attempted ice release, his breathing felt crucial in a way. Not that he NEEDED good breathing... It just helped a decent amount. Continuing to breathe, he did it very specific. Taking in a decent heap of air. Matter fact, if it was noticed. Each time he would breathe in, the same exact amount of air was taken in. Breathing out his mouth carefully. His concentration was vastly high. Almost as if he completely forgot about the two genin who were around him. Monk like focus on his breathing, the meditation fully encompassing his body. Oxygen flowing through his veins, giving him vigor he was required to control. First, he started to make his chakra colder. This was needed for the ice qualities. Ice jutsu were made from chakra. Ice needed to be cold. Therefore, when he was using ice, his chakra needed to be cold. Lowering the temperature of his chakra, not effecting him unless it stayed inside. With his breathing being perfected in a way, the next step was easy. With his chakra flowing at a lower temperature, he needed to expel it. If not, his body would rapidly get colder due to the cold chakra being rounded across his entire body. Phewwww. Blowing out normally, it's just the thing he blew out was different than before. A cold puff of icy air would come out of his mouth. It came out as a little cloud, light bluish air to signify the coldness. His clones repeating after Sakyo, doing his every move. With all the cold chakra. Each breath he took, a puff of cold chakra would expel out in front of him. Much like a small cloud, or steam thing. Continuing to breathe out, it could be noted that the breath wasn't pure chakra. He wasn't exactly going to waste all his chakra on just breathing. The chakra expended was actually quite miniscule. Not much else to be done about it. After a couple more, from both Sakyo and his clones. While the breathing helped, he couldn't rely on it. This was just the preparation to learn the jutsu way more smoothly. Eventually, the efforts of his breathing would make the entire place cold. At the top of a mountain it was naturally windy and cold. But Sakyo had dropped the temperature an extra fifteen degrees. Smirking at the accomplishment, it seemed he was getting closer to finishing. Clapping his hands together, immediately the cold would just vanish. His chakra influenced temperature practically gone from the place. But of course, there was something more to this. The chakra was all in his hand, concentrated. With all this cold chakra, it felt like he had a bomb in the palm of his hand. At any moment if he were to lose control, it would shoot out. Obviously not lethal, just making the entire place cold again. But if he wanted to succeed with the jutsu, it'd be best to keep going.Putting his hand to the floor, he focused on putting the cold chakra on the ground. The extra focus he just recently gained helped a lot. The breathing exercises also helped keep his bodily focus stable. Meaning that it was far harder to lose concentration. With the chakra concentrated on his palm, placed to the ground, he furthered the training. This part needed more delicate control of his chakra. If he failed to keep control than he'd have to start over. Meaning this chance was one of the few he had to finish. Otherwise... he might just be stuck trying the jutsu for a long time. Raising his hand slightly, a small tip of ice would grow. The ice was solid, sharp, and most of all, dangerous. Raising his hand more, ice would grow out, thickening at the base the more he and his clones pulled. All of the clones copying of Sakyo helping him succeed. Jumping up and forgetting about the concentration. He learned the jutsu, without completely showing it to boot. All he needed to do was just magnify the amount of chakra when he needed it. His next use of the jutsu, whenever that may be, would be far more potent than displayed today.
Hinoishi moved on to what will be his last memory experience has Hinoishi’s brain was at the point of overloading. Hinoishi found a shinobi named bakegeta. Someone who wouldn’t give up and destroyed their body to become stronger.
Bakegeta began to look at his palms, So many fights and missions….He wanted to be more then some taijutsu expert, He wanted to use what he was born with. Bakegeta took a breather in an out, He began to remember what his affinity was…Lightning, right? Bakegeta asked himself. He was going to shock his opponents with his new arsenal of jutsu’s,  " Do this to become stronger…Make everyone proud… "  Bakegeta muttered to himself. He began to try an test out the controlling of his chakra. He could control it better, The lightning sparking but he couldn’t mold it into something. Bakegeta was somewhat determined to keep on going, He remembered what he said to himself: Breathe, Believe, Try again. He followed this motto until he folded and fell, So he continued. Once more only sparks flew out, He didn’t know how to respond. Bakegeta thought of a different tactic! Bakegeta then just took some time to think, " Okay how about " He began to slap his palms together trying to create warmth amongst. his hands and began to try to control his chakra, Sparks just happened repeatedly but it was like the last time. It was very unlikely he was going to get this jutsu down within the next few minutes, So he began to take breathers. He tried to walk up a tree to test his chakra controlling skills making sure they’re still working. Placing chakra against his feet before then jumping off of it, Back flipping into a land. Bakegeta began to then control his chakra again trying to SLAM his palms together, To form electrical shocks. Once more shocks kept on happening as he began to then, Feel the thing manipulating. It didn’t immediately form a arrow, hell it wasn’t even CLOSE to a arrow like shape, All Bakegeta did was somewhat move it around. He began to be filled with smiles a smirk along his face, " Yes! I did it! " Bakegeta yelled out screaming in joy. As this was just the half way mark, He was just smiling. He began to fire up his mind, Trying again making it more then sparks but to him…They’re just sparks. Bakegeta took a sigh and began to immediately try again, Bakegeta’s shitty arrow seemed to be null. No electricity forming out of it, Bakegeta’s smile turned too a frown He took a deep breath, Breathing in and out. And began to concentrate on the form on what to do, Making the arrow somewhat correctly! But as he threw it, It just disappeared. He screamed out in anger. Bakegeta tried again, HARPOONING THE TREE WITH A THROW! Just kidding. Bakegeta’s arrow didn’t even work correctly when thrown, It just poofed away after the first few seconds.  Bakegeta seemed to be somewhat pissed, Squaring up with the tree and punching it. Out of mostly anger and to make it sure it felt PAIN! PAIN I TELL YOU! Bakegeta went back to his training spot, Hoping that tree understood it’s lesson. Bakegeta trying again. He began to manipulate his chakra flow with his affinity, Making sparks at firsts as this wasn’t the chidori so. Bakegeta slammed his palms together creating a electrical shock. And began to charge backwards, This was Bakegeta’s strike at 100% this was to release steam and anger out of this attack, seemingly to see how strong would this be. Bakegeta took a deep breath in an out, This was just to train better and to become better at the THUNDER CLAP ARROW GOING AT THE TREE!  As it collides, Bakegeta looked at the tree. It seemed to leave a good MARK, on the tree which was good enough for Bakegeta! Giving off a smile, Bakegeta panted out. Finishing his training…That was hard as it was 5:30 AM (Assuming this runs by EST), Bakegeta began to smile, Holy fuck. HE HAS A RANGED JUTSU!  Bakegeta still smiling, Getting up off the ground. And went to find someone with his new jutsu. Bakegeta would remember about hearing the 7 heavenly breaths, This would enhance his body but would directly fuck with his lungs. As this was a technique used for mostly speed, Bakegeta would want to be faster obviously. So he began to train, getting his body worked up first for training. Fighting a log/tree with barrages of punches and attacks, Trying to make him more tensed up ready to train. " Ok…I think we can start now. " Bakegeta looked at his palms before then breathing. He began to inhale and exhale, Trying to FOLD HIS LUNGS. Failing almost immediately, As he continued to try again " Breathe… " Bakegeta knew a few parts of the things of Seven heavenly breaths. As he then kept on inhaling more oxygen, As it reached the maxed amount of air for somebody his age. Bakegeta then began to try and exhale all the air out of his body, assuming it would make him more powerful and stronger in general. It also failing immediately. Bakegeta would try like he did with the arrow and did a different approach. Instead of inhaling alot of air, What if…HE EXHALED ALL HIS AIR! He would then do it, Exhaling until he turned blue. Before then coughing and spitting and inhaling again, " Guess that didn’t work… " He would mutter to himself. Trying to think of another solution on to beat this challenge he had, He had a water bottle on him drinking it down immediately. Bakegeta then would begin his training again, As he would just try and do a mix of both. Repeatedly breathing & Repeatedly exhaling, this would fuck with his throat and lungs. But he did make…little progress, Continuing his breathing training this would make Bakegeta’s lips more DRY AND CHAPPED. So he would drink his water again, knowing how strong it would make him be not the water but the seven heavenly breaths. And went back to training. Bakegeta would then begin his training again. As he would repeat the same thing he did however, He tried to FOLD HIS LUNGS literally. As Bakegeta would obviously fall down, spitting again. His lungs and body hurting as this was just 1/5th of the training on becoming stronger. So he would then begin to get up, Barrage some bark/trees an began to look at his palms and thought about everyone who he fought. Before then wanting to try again. He couldn’t somehow breathe correctly, Fucking up his breathing system. " Man that hurts. " Bakegeta said to himself, Sighing he wanted to be stronger and this was the only way he could well become more powerful. This would make him more determined still, He was listening to something to people said to him and remembered many fights. It would make him regret some decisions he did, Was Sensai’s leg and arm lost because of me?. Bakegeta thought to himself. He began to try and snap out of his delusional mind, Coughing a little. " Ok…Keep on trying " Bakegeta would mutter to himself, He was determined to beat this thing. Bakegeta wanted to get the 7 heavenly breaths so his speed would be faster then his opponents could react with, And he wanted to FOLD. His lungs and enemies, As a way of somewhat focusing on his taijutsu, This was just 1-step towards his journey of becoming stronger. And began to try and breathe in an out again. Bakegeta would then begin to start spitting a little, This training wore him down alot. But yet, He never gave up! The 1st breath just means he’s slowly becoming stronger and more powerful. Which is obviously what he wants, He began to yell out screaming trying not to drop down or fold down. " AaaaaAaaAaAaAaAAAAAAAAA " Bakegeta would screech, His voice echoing out among the forest, Indicating his ability to do this. Before then continuing with his training. Bakegeta had a plan with this, As he got thunderclap arrow. And now Seven Heavenly Breaths, Bakegeta could then train for Kaguya abilites then overdrive. Increasing his strength and taijutsu to a great degree, as popping bones out of his socket and hell skin, Didn’t effect Bakegeta, But it would need time for him to adjust towards ya know…His bones popping out. The pain and such really hurting him, So he began to get up and would try and breathe while walking. This was a test to see if this would work as well, or become a dud like most of his attempts to become stronger. Bake began to then jab at the tree, Giving this tree the 2 piece. as he continued to concentrate on breathing while punching this tree to see if that would work. Bakegeta then would try and breathe through his nose and his mouth, Concentrating on both as he would keep on trying to become stronger. Bakegeta would feel like he’s exhausted due to him training twice a day, But his strength was shitty overall, so who knows. Before then passing out of exhaustion.
Hinoishi opened his eyes and collapsed forward. Hinoishi woke up in the middle of the night. It seemed no one wondered where Hinoishi was. Hinoishi got up and walked to the balcony porch on the side of the house near the forest side and back yard. Hinoishi looked up into the moon and understood what he wanted to protect. He wished to protect sunagakure and the people around him to earn the recognition from the village, the kazekage, and make a name for himself and not his father.

Hinoishi went back to bed with his new found intelligence eand knowledge. When Hinoishi went to bed he fell into a coma for three days due to the neuro load of the memories of the many shinobi Hinoishi had lived through. Hinoishi was then physically weak for another seven days before he was back to his regular strength. It would take only one for day for the training Hinoishi had just done to pay off.
Hinoishi woke up the next day looked up into the the sky and put his arm out. Hinoishi grabbed the sun blocking it from hi eyes as the kind blew around him. The sound of his jacket adn clothes rippling flew about him. Hinoishi knew that he was ready to take on something bigger something greater then himself. Hinoishi felt he was finally ready to step up to the kazekage’s words. Hinoishi with his new found power that he so painstakingly earned, will continue to strive to the path of greatness that he is on. And to let the red flame burn forevermore.

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Hi Hinoishi so I calc'ed this claim out and I have a few notes. 

The word count is all good, but all d-rank characters know the basic clone jutsu for free so no need to claim it here. Additionally you do not meet the requirements for Tsunori Tenohira as it require weaponry main spec and it is not one of your specs.

so after claiming every other jutsu with the 25% off from training grounds you've used 11,813 of your word count you have 276 words left so feel free to use that for whatever you'd like, but just not the d-rank and E rank jutsu you've claimed. 

Once you fix this I'll approve asap ^^

Hinoishi decided to train again He enjoyed the bukijutsu arts and found it interesting. Hinoishi remembered a shinobi from his past training named Shoti Ashina/ Hinoishi didn’t view Shoti’s memories but he did tae note of his training. Shoti seemed to do the same thing Hinoishi did. Learn a bunch of new abilities in a short amount of time. Hinoishi believed he could learn more from shoti because they thought very similarly. Hinoishi grabbed a plain slice of bread and ate it while he walked over to the training room. He slid the door open and walked through. Hinoishi walked to the middle of the room and sat down. He crossed his legs and began to meditate. Hinoishi billowed his chakra around him. He works on his chakra control while going through Shoti’s memories. Hinoishi finds shoti training for himself and his village. Hinoishi wanted to learn just three things with shoti, hopefully he would actually learn and it wouldn’t be a bust.


The young Samurai known as Shoti Ashina, the future Shogun of the land of iron, had taken it upon himself to train his sword skills further than anyone else in his land. Believing that if he was capable of mastering his kenjutsu, he would be the first person in history to accomplish something no one has ever done before.

“The power of my sword will lead me to victory! No one will be able to reach the power that I'm trying to reach! It will be nearly impossible without my guidance" He said out loud as he pulled out his Crimson katana, his trusted partner from day one.

He close his eyes as the sword blade was completely covered in a red wicked aura quite similar to his killer Intent. “I can feel it, It seems that if I can channel my killer aura within this sword, allowing me reach that limit abit further"

He focused on the sword in his hand, the aura from the blade itself was becoming more powerful and wicked the more he focused on it. The entire dojo was being filled with this aura of his..

He felt the killer Intent within him being unleash, An aura of killing intent flowed out of him, making the air stagnant and cold. His mind stayed focus on the task at hand, controlling this aura of his.

He opened his eyes, his once lilac colored eyes now became as red as the blade he was holding, staring at the training dummy in front of him, he grip his sword tightly taking a deep breath in then out.

“I CALL UPON THE POWER OF THE CRIMSON FLARE! LEND ME YOUR STRENGTH!! ALLOW ME TO CUT THIS THING IN HALF COMPLETELY” He commanded before in one swift motion slice the few dummies scattered around in half with ease, however he accidentally slice a clean blade size hole in the ground under them.

“HELL YEAH!!! IT WORKED! I was capable of cutting something like that with little to no issue, although that did take Alot out of me to do" He collapse to the ground on his knees panting abit, as that attack of his drawn alot out of him.

“Combining my aura alone with my blade increasing not only the striking power and accuracy, but I'm also Able to control the aura within the blade entirely allowing me to perform amazing things. With this now I can start working on some sword techniques in order to make that happen. But I need something I can use for a starter for everything. A sword technique that quite useful. Oh! " He reached into his back pocket pulling out “The Way Of The Samurai" as he flipped through the pages finding exactly what he was looking for.

“Oh? The iaido style can work!! I can use this as way to perform other techniques, look out world the future Shogun Is now making his move. It time I start working on some new Jutsu" With that, the samurai got up grabbing his sword before walking out the dojo now learning the possibilities of combining his Chakra with his kenjutsu created something entirely new.

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While his crimson blade was getting repairs done on it to enhance it further, the young samurai decided to practice getting much better at his kenjutsu skills in his favorite dojo since barely anyone shows up. “Alright my training begins!" He shouted loudly to no one in peculiar, a smile was place on the young samurai who loved his village with a passion.
The land of iron was a desolate place, deprived of the sun and any type of warmth. It was in between the three mountains called the Three Wolves Mountain. Back when Shoti first had visit Konoha, he had been amazed, never having seen nothing but vast fields of grass that snow didn't covered in his entire life. Whereas The land of iron was cold and continually snowing, Konoha seems to be a place of warmth, sometimes being unbearably hot but usually it was a nice balance of warmth and cool something he enjoyed.

That was probably the primary reason why so many people came to the village, for the weather, produce and the protection offered by the village ninja. The land of iron was a cold place, both in the literal sense and the metaphorical sense. [3/10]

In Konoha the people were warm and friendly. Here they were cold and brisque. There was a type of atmosphere about the place that screamed authority and seriousness. It was a place of rules and laws, the two primary aspect that governed the lives of everyone there.

The only civilians that Shoti had met were the wives and the children of the Samurai. Most of the food was delivered there in monthly shipments since the icy winds and the harsh mountains did not allow for any vegetation to grow. Though there was more than vegetables, there weren't a lot of live stocks either.

The only type of live stock that existed in this freezing place were these big cows with lots of hair and small horns. Shoti had never seen cows from Konoha that didn't like the ones in his village before. They tasted the same though and it had soon become Shoti's new favorite food.
This wasn't a place where people made warm friendships and heartwarming relationships. It was a place where either you worked together or died together. There was a type of solidarity here, definitely not warm but a solidarity nonetheless. The air was always one of business, that those who did not work did not eat. Many people had the mindset of one for all and all for one. However was going to be the person to change that.

Shoti snapped out of it before, looking at his sword, it wasn't anything like his original but if he could make this sword as strong as the first one then there might be potential.

Shoti unsheathed his own Silver, Katana, and raised it. "HIYA!!," he replied, before bringing it down and cleaving the dummies in half at an angle perpendicular to the first cut he did a while back, however this one was a perfect cut.

“Yes I did it! My sword skills are getting better but next time I should try my skills against a shadow clone" He pointed out before cheering for his progress, at getting better at cutting

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Shoti unsheathe his katana in a quick motion before putting it back in the holder, in order to pull off Iaido style, he needed to be much more quicker, he needed to manage the smooth, controlled movements of drawing the sword from its scabbard, striking or cutting an opponent, and then replacing the sword in the scabbard. All in one swift motion, which he was close to doing.

He had been performing this action for a couple of minutes now which started to hurt his muscles, honestly it just reminded him of that time he trained with his mother.

Shoti remembered crying out while his mother holds his feet down as he had tried to go through what had to be his thousandth sit up. He honestly lost count the number of times she had made him do them, even right now his stomach was hurting just thinking about it.

Heck, his entire body was aching and sore from the sheer amount of exercises that Hazel his mother had been putting him through since they had first started. All Shoti had wanted was to be stronger and doing require help from the one person motivating him to do better which gave him the power to move forward.

Tying his hair into a ponytail using a rubber band from his pocket, he closed his eyes, placing his hand onto his sword handle. He concentrated breathing in and out before, quickly drawing out his sword swinging it forward, his movements were fluid as he then decapitated the dummy in a savage slash. After performing the slash, he drawn his blade back into his holder satisfied by the way things went.
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Shoti unsheathe his katana in a quick motion before putting it back in the holder, in order to pull off Iaido style, he needed to be much more quicker, he needed to manage the smooth, controlled movements of drawing the sword from its scabbard, striking or cutting an opponent, and then replacing the sword in the scabbard. All in one swift motion, which he was close to doing.

He had been performing this action for a couple of minutes now which started to hurt his muscles, honestly it just reminded him of that time he trained with his mother.

Shoti remembered crying out while his mother holds his feet down as he had tried to go through what had to be his thousandth sit up. He honestly lost count the number of times she had made him do them, even right now his stomach was hurting just thinking about it.

Heck, his entire body was aching and sore from the sheer amount of exercises that Hazel his mother had been putting him through since they had first started. All Shoti had wanted was to be stronger and doing require help from the one person motivating him to do better which gave him the power to move forward.

Tying his hair into a ponytail using a rubber band from his pocket, he closed his eyes, placing his hand onto his sword handle. He concentrated breathing in and out before, quickly drawing out his sword swinging it forward, his movements were fluid as he then decapitated the dummy in a savage slash. After performing the slash, he drawn his blade back into his holder satisfied by the way things went.
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One after another, the young samurai continued to learn a new Jutsu one after another, although not the best in strength he could use them in battles to gain the edge in a fight.

Peacock Whirlwind was used by his brother, however he wasn't to sure he could pull it off so easily, however maybe he could create it in his own way

Similar to his wind bullets, he compress the air within his Katana, adding his charka within the mix as he began to focus on the air within his sword.

He swings his blade with force creating a powerful gust of wind that send the dummies, flying viciously across the dojo. The young Samurai now had a way to deal with low rank electric projectiles.
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It was time for Shoti Ashina to learn his most strongest techniques of all time, with this he can perform more things than he could with his haze Clones. This will be his most used Jutsu just for the mere fact of the potential came with this.

Unlike the haze clones, which it's numbers can confuse many however with the lack of power behind the jutsu, it merely just use to distracted the opponent allowing for an opening. However it was nothing compared to the shadow clone.

Shadow Clones are actual copies, not illusions like haze cloens. The user's chakra is evenly distributed among every clone made, giving each clone an equal fraction of the user's overall power. The clones are capable of performing jutsu on their own and can even bleed, but will usually disperse after one or two solid blows. They can also disperse on their own. The clones will be created in roughly the same condition as an original.

Shadow clones cannot be detected by the Byakugan because all the same amount of chakra and aren't made from any other kind substance, making them indistinguishable from the actual person. The same thing might go for sharingan as it's merely used to keep track of the original user's movements.

The characteristic that is unique to the Shadow Clone is that any experience that the clones gains during their existence is transferred to the user once they are dispersed. This makes the technique ideal for spying, since the user can simply send a clone to spy on a target, then have the clone disperse itself without returning to pass the information back to the user. Any extra chakra the clone has when it disperses is also returned to the original.

"Ok, so I have to...make this sign...and uhh...do something with chakra. And focus my own...imagine....? Ok, sound simple enough. I think I remember now!” And so Shoti began his attempt to use Shadow Clone jutsu. Standing up, he crossed his fingers and shouted, "SHADOW CLONES JUTSU!" And poof! Just like that, Shoti found himself surrounded by three Clones of himself who all looking around. Huh, he didn't put in that much chakra but he did it!.

“Huh, that was easy!" Shoti remarked, prompting the responses from his clones all at once. Not understanding clearly, real Shoti shouted, "ATTENTION!" and all noises died down with all clones giving him an undivided attention. Studying him as if real Shoti is an undiscovered specimen. Real Shoti walked toward a nearest clone and poke him. And again. “Whoa, it-ahem-he's solid! Alright dispel"

Poof! All of his clones disappeared, replaced by smoke that slowly fading away. Leaving Naruto alone in the dojo- "SHADOW CLONES JUTSU!" Never mind, Shoti is surrounded by his clones. Poof! His clones disappeared and Shoti proceed to practice by summoning his clones, dispelling them, and repeat. This is...AWESOME! He can summon up to three clones of him at anytime, 9 Being his limit!
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Shoti decided the best he was going to learn some techniques faster, was with the help of his shadow clone. Summoning just one shadow clone while also adding transformation technique to spice things up, he created a complete different person well sorta. “Alright lets begin, my most powerful sword technique right now, vaccum blade training begins, oh I shall call you Heart!" The clone nodded as it got ready to spar
Everyone watched in fascination as Heart the handsome clone leapt forward to cross blades once again with a dashing at Shoti. Shockwaves spread through the air as the sharp katana blades clashed with one another. Not a single blade budged until they broke off and started over again to gain an advantage.

It was an amazing fight, most of the audience that had gathered could tell, but their appreciation was hampered by the fact that for the life of them, they could not even begin to follow the movements of the two. There was only one exception to this, and their eyes constantly flickered from place to place as the battle unfolded at speeds far faster than untrained eyes could perceive as the two consistently increase their speed to gain the upper hand in the fight.

“Assassination Technique" Heart muttered as he leapt towards Shoti who trying his best to coat his sword in wind Chakra to activate his technique, however he underestimated his clone speed let alone his strength, and was constantly kept on his feet throughout the duration of the battle. Shoti intercepted the attack mid-swing, stopping the blades made by his clone as his heart race.

Undeterred, Heart pushed him back with brute force, and Shoti was forced to leap high into the air as he used Iaido style, setting him up for Heart next assault. "There's no escape," he said as he leapt into the air after Shoti. "Peacock Whirl-!" The blades were once again forced to a stop by Shoti interrupting his technique, who spun around, creating a small whirlwind with his blade that forcefully separated the two.
He notice his clone wasn't even panting which caused the samurai to sigh as Heart decided to attack from a distance now that he had some space*. "Wind Release: Peacock Whirlwind!!!" The projectile was launched at Shoti, who almost looked surprised. This flying Whirlwind was…unconventional. He really didn't his clone to using that, especially right now.

'Shoti deflected the technique away by using Peacock Whirlwind of his own, causing the two wind techniques to clash together. The audience watched with awestruck expressions, as this was the first part of the fight they could actually see, as the aftermath of the wind send a gust of wind although out the dojo*.

Shoti took this opportunity to exhales wind-infused chakra onto his Shurikens, he focus hard on the Shurikens until the whole Shuriken was engulf with the wind making them widespread lethal fan blades. To test this out, he toss them straight toward Heart who immediately tried to counter it.

Heart made the unfortunate choice of trying to stop the oncoming attack using his sword which, completely shattered upon impact, Heart realizing his defeat only bow down as a sign that Shoti had won this putting an end this jutsu training.
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“Alright Heart, since you can't use your sword right now just come at me with your hands instead. While you're doing that I'm going to try and use my phoenix saga fire technique" The clone nodded before rushing toward Shoti.

Shoti throws punches and kicks toward heart in an attempt to stop him, while heart simply dodged around them all. He smirked, and dropped a kick into Shoti's stomach; who was flung backwards crashing into the ground.

Shoti slowly got up before focusing his fire charka to his mouth, concentrating as heart rush toward him. Shoti held his breath. He counted slowly. One. Two. Three. Exhale. One. Two. Three. Watching the flame escape from his lips and curl in soft tendrils. Inhale. One. Two. Three. Pause. Feel the heat expand in his chest. Exhale. One. Two. Three. Sense the licks of fire gently caress his cheeks.
When heart got closer getting ready to strike, shoti sucked in as much air as he could and went through the proper hand-seals, slowly. Once he formed the tiger seals, he dropped his hands down and slightly behind himself to avoid burning them and blew out all the air and chakra he had held in his lungs. spittings a volley of small fireballs into the air; at a glance, it can appear as though there was only one fireball that then burst into many. The many small flames move wildly through the area, catching his clone off guard as it tried to dodge.

Upon dodging, shoti used his charka to direct the attacks of the fire ball toward heart who was having a difficult time dodging the attack, once he was struck he completely disappear. The Crowd that was still onlooking was shocked to find out the handsome samurai was nothing more than a clone, causing them to all leave as a result.
Shoti had completely collapse to the ground, exhausted from all the hard work and training he went through today. His body was aching for him to stop which he should've but he was dedicated to learning one more jutsu.
All this training had him thinking about his mother, he chuckle at how protective she was back when he was young, there was an incident that she told him about that he still remember to this day.

Back then Hazel was busy. She was always busy these days because of Shoti. She literally couldn't let him out of her sight lest he walk off and get into who knows what kind of trouble. Once when Shoti was only a year old they had gone to a park and she had put Shoti down for only a couple of minutes as she talked with another mom.

Though, when she looked back at him she found him crawling across the street heading towards some expert samurai's who were eating at a ramen stand. Thankfully the two of them saw shoti and where able to get him before he got run over by a cart, but the incident still stuck with her. Since then she'd taken to leaving Shoti with shadow clones whenever she had to do something else.
It was thanks to her he still managed to make it this far, so he had to see his dream come true to show all that hard work she did for him wasn't for nothing.

He slowly got up closing his eyes as his body got surrounded by charka from all over, he had to turn this charka into armor which was the hard part but he could do it. He focus on charka around his body.

Soon he could feel the bando's Chakra armor surrounding him, not only did he feel more protected, he could feel his strength increasing slightly as the charka around him that was once blue now became a blazing yellow of pure Chakra.

After he was done learning the technique, he quickly collapse to the ground completely tired from all the hard work he put his body through, the young ninja had completely fallen asleep satisfied with his training .


wc- 3,591

Rasengan  A rank
earth release added weight rock technique A rank
Minus field A rank
Sharingan genjutsu B rank
Wind]pressure damage B rank
vacuum wave B rank
Wind Release Air Bullets B rank
rock Shelter B rank
Earth Flow spears B rank
Toujinbo
Earth Section Cane B rank
B rank Tearing Earth Palm
Moving Earth Core 276wc/750wc training started
Moving earth core
Whistle Trrigger
One handed seals

all with claims with 25% off due to training grounds and wc from all the posts in this thread

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