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San had a chuckle for a moment at Jame's excuse for doing his entrance. And funny as it was....it was rather true as well. The konin offered a fist for a knuckle bump.

"Well hey there Mr. Jounin. How it feel?"

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San smirked at the comment of James, mumbling under his breath "just wait till the responsibility hits" and chuckling slightly. Continuin with his own train of thought, the Konin nodded to the comment about learning and inquired about his techniques.

"Well yeah, cause your jounin now. Your jobs, responsibilities, and missions are about to get much more difficult and dangerous....even though you have done some ******** up s**t he he he......So yeah. Need help with Anything?"

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San reached his hand out to receive the snow cone. It would wonderful to have, especially at his current state. Speaking, San began to indulge the new Jounin in the art of lightning.

"Well its almost the reverse of your wind minipulation art. You have to think of your chakra like....electrons. Think of the energy and bond that connects everything...but that everything must act like the electrons. That help?"

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James Cameron Poe

King of The Frozen Sand

James bounced on his toes for a moment before moving on to his next technique. He again took his stance. James slowly and smoothly began to coil his bodie's muscles again. James took much longer than he had the last time. Eery muscle was specially placed. Every joint was aligned to its absolute specific position. James breathing pattern fell into a specific rhythm. for this technique to be right, James entire body would have to be aligned properly. James reached the perfect position, and slowly began to open the doors of his chakra flow. James inched the doors of the metaphorical dam open. James moved his way slowly over to one of the practice bags, the largest the dojo had. James started poring more chakra into his body in preparation for the hell he was going to unleash. His glowing chakra armor would spark and crackle even louder as the new chakra made its way throughout his body. James took all the power his body could generate, all the force his chakra could add. When it was all finally gathered he unleashed it in a single blow. James lashed out with his right hand. His roar the chakra infused thunderbolt, and his fist soul filled lightning. The bag virtually exploded, little particles raining down. James relaxed, and shook the tension out. his whole body felt loose from the technique. like every muscle had to go into over drive. then the exaustion momentarily hit him. A wave of pure need to rest, but James had more energy left, and grabbed a quick snack just in case. He turned to his Satetsu elder.

"That technique is amazing, but it takes so long to complete. But if we ever need a gate knocked in then I got it covered."

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San spoke in a teaching tone to his jounin friend. Raiton minipulation was something not exactly difficult, but it was different.

"view the chakra like electrons buddy......feel it..."

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James Cameron Poe

King of The Frozen Sand

James listened to to his teacher's instructions and spread his awareness out. Normally James would not know s**t about lightning jutsu, but his armor technique accessed the static electricity as part of it's process. James reached out into the air and focused. It was a struggle for him to see the electrons outside of his personal field. It was all he needed for space, but he needed more energy to surround him. James poured more chakra into the technique. It was slow going, and James skin began to burn more than once. James could find the electrons in his own personal field, but pulling in others in to make the energy less concentrated and more controllable was a b***h. It was not a matter of chakra control itself. It was a matter of controlling it in a completely different direction. James fought with the energies under his control. All of a sudden the way became clear, and James energy exploded into action. Lightning crashed around the dojo as James had to fight to keep from releasing all the energy into the surrounding area. James used all of his focus and control to reign in the electrons, and energy that danced throughout the room. James focused everything in his body toward the control of the jutsu. Like the Kaiser Cannon, His muscles, breathing, and joints all played a part in harnessing the energy. James pulled the energy not just around him, but into him as well, and fought once again to achieve the perfect balance and not burn himself to death. The pain level he was experiencing was slowly raising, and it was all James could do to focus internally, much less pay attention to any surrounding. James fought and fought, and eventually, he won. A crash of thunder accented the conquering of nature. James stood. wreathed in blue, black and red lightning. he flexed his muscles and moved slowly. James arm shot past where he was aiming. It would take a little bit of practice to get used to this. James had to focus on little movements. Every time he tried to move slowly he moved faster and further than he was aiming. James practiced small shuffle steps like the ones used in fighting. It took a few minutes to get under control. James worked his way through the motions of all the different speeds. He moved slow, then normal then fast, and finally at a speed few if any could match as he dashed around the dojo. leaping off and over obstacles with great speed and strength. It was amazing. The feeling of power was unlike anything James had experienced. James bounced his way over to the exit. grabbing a candy bar from his pack. He would definitely have to show this off and play around with it. James took his new found power out to the world.
(Lightning Armor learned)

Shiki Narumi

| 250 : Ryo | 300 : AC | 175 : Chakra |
| Genjutsu | Fuuinjutsu | Black Leg | Sobagai Daba Sentou |
((Reductions : Dojo/Automaton))
Fairly pleased with his progress, Shiki happily continued mastering the style. The offensive technique, Swift Dart, was a technique where one would channel their chakra to their hand. After that, one would throw their knife at a decently increased speed while the chakra pierces the air, making the knife make almost no noise. "It could do with my kunai, I guess." Shiki sighed, he didn't see the point of throwing his knives. [1/3]

Shiki instructed Mokujin to block the kunai as he threw them, grabbing a few extra from the dojo supplies. He would have to return them after though, these were lent strictly for training. He started channeling chakra to the blade and to his hand, it was simple for ninja like him, who needed excellent control to perform and maintain illusions and make them appear completely real. [2/3]

With a decent speed, he threw the kunai after kunai at Mokujin, who could deflect most of them with some trouble. The kunai that did land buried themselves deep inside it's thick wooden body. Shiki smiled, the technique proved to be powerful, he just needed much better aim. He signaled Mokujin to return the extra kunai while he took another break, he really was not built for this... [3/3] [[Offensive Technique: Swift Dart Learned]]

Now on to another trick. It was one that complimented the previous technique a lot, Knife Toss. By mastering this, one could then juggle, throw and catch knives by the hilt with ease. He first started this practice by having Mokujin throw knives at him, which he easily catched. [1/2]

Next, he would try and juggle his two knives, which was an easy feat for someone like him. Now that he mastered catching and juggling, he now moved on to throwing. Grabbing his knives, he chucked them at Mokujin, slowly his accuracy had improved. [2/2] [[Trick Style: Knife Toss Learned]]

Now finally at the last technique, Artless Draw. Mastery of this offensive technique would allow Shiki to draw the blade from it's resting place to an offensive slash with much more skill. He wasted no time trying to perform the technique, he saw his wooden trainer perform it already many times during their previous techniques. [1/2]

After an hour or so of practicing, Shiki had now mastered the Artless Draw. It was quite similar to the art of Iaido, the only obvious difference was that Artless Draw wasn't as fast. Shiki and Mokujin both performed the technique one more time, flawlessly drawing their knives from their resting places straight to a sideways slash. [2/2] [[Offensive Style: Artless Draw Learned]]
------Stage 2 Mastered------Stage 3-------
Now finally at the third stage of Sobagai, Shiki felt quite tired. Yet, he still wished to continue on with his training. With every new technique and trick he learned, he felt happy that he achieved it through his hard work. [1]

Knife Punt, a technique where one would drop the knife after dropping the enemy's defense. While it drops, Shiki would punt the knife upward, into the exposed body of the opponent. It could become deadly when properly performed, allowing the knife to land in the opponent's head. [2]

While reading about the technique, it seemed quite simple. It was actually quite difficult to perform, Shiki had a hard time copying his trainer, who landed the knife perfectly in between the other wooden dummies eyes every punt. He continued the training diligently, hoping to best Mokujin's performance. [3]

After hours of hard training, Shiki could now punt the knife perfectly every two or three tries. If it did not land between the eyes of a wooden dummy, it would send itself near where the heart or stomach would be. What made the technique truly deadly was Shiki's adept skill with his legs, able to send the knives exactly where he wanted them with just a simple punt.
[4] [[Trick Technique: Knife Punt]]