Slowly his mind began to clear. His intense focus on nothing and a dark void calmed him. His right arm was now nothing more than a smoke like extension from his shoulder.
Posted: Sun Jun 25, 2017 3:39 pm
Lifting his arm, he examined what would...should be his hand. It held the same general shape. Fingers, thumb, recognizable palm. But it was grey in color and poured like water with a thick fog. He had learned to utilize the Smokey Limb Technique.
Lifting his arm he held his hand palm outward towards the lake before him. as he held his hand out a whisp of smoke followed it. Concentrating, he channeled his chakra through his arm. In response the amount of smoke emitted began to grow, clouding everything in front of him.
Posted: Sun Jun 25, 2017 3:54 pm
Sighing with relief, Masato mentally commanded his chakra to slow to a trickle. The reduction of chakra caused the limb to revert to its original state. With some more practice,this could become quite useful. [Learned: Smoky Limb Technique]
Masato, being content with the manipulation of his own smoke form transformation would begin to work on controlling smoke outside his own form. As his smoke hand faded, he formed two hand signs, attempting to capture and preserve its duration. [1/4] He tried a combination of the horse and tiger sign, sadly this did nothing. Reacting quickly he moved to the dog and rat sign, this seemed to stabilize the smoke, but not manipulate it as it stood in place. Masato was running out of time to manipulate the small puff cloud of smoke that was whisking away. [2/4] With one last chance at redemption, Masato weaved his final two hand sign combination. Tiger and Monkey. With the crossing of his fingers forming the final signal, the smoke before him took form as though it had been pulled back towards him, thinning it out. [3/4] As he realized his success, he willed the smoke cloud forward. In response, it would dark forward, leaving its trail in its wake. He would cause the whole thing to perform a figure eight above him, allowing him to demonstrate his mastery of the technique after a short time. [4/4] [ Smoke Manipulation Learned.
Posted: Sun Jun 25, 2017 5:51 pm
With Taylor having rested a bit, he felt ready to move. Horus sensed this and picked himself up as Taylor got to his feet. "Time to go meet the kage." He said with a smile.
Before this, however, Taylor wanted to get some more training done.
Now that he got used to the movement of the chain, Taylor accustomed himself to another weapon. He maintained the poise of holding a random sword in his left hand, and sword in his right hand. He moved his two hands around to get used to the feel.
Once he had the grips secured, he then practiced dancing around with the two blades. He practiced by only giving each six swipes through the air. Once they dropped and he held the two by their grips, he practiced swinging them around some more. Once he was secured in it, he continued.
His final trick was to truly extend the ability of his weapon. First he dropped one sword and held the other with one hand. He then spun around to get used to the weight of the blade. Once he was sure of that, he withdrew the sword to his side and then swung out again. Again he showed his dexterity by mastering the weight of the weapon. Once done, he dropped the blade.
Once again he had the grips secured, he then practiced dancing around with the two blades. He practiced by only giving each eight swipes through the air the second time around. Once they dropped and he held the two by their grips, he practiced swinging them around some more. Once he was secured in it, he continued.
His final, FINAL trick was to truly extend the ability of his weapon. First he dropped one sword and held the other with one hand. He then spun around to get used to the weight of the blade. Once he was sure of that, he withdrew the sword to his side and then swung out again with more force. Again he showed his dexterity by mastering the weight of the weapon. Once done, he dropped the blade.
(Formless Style: Medium Weapon Sword: Taylor)
Taylor prepared himself for his chain scythe training. He wrapped the chain around his torso while he then wrapped about five feet of chain around each of his arms. He then held the sickle in his right hand while he kept the weighted end in his left. From there, he started with doing a dozen pushups with the additional weight. Once he did so, he continued his training.
First was practicing with his chain scythe. He swiped his arm down and then up as he stepped forward to increase the strength of his second swing. As he raised his sickled up he then loosened his grip on the handle so that could let the weapon drop and hold it by its chain. He then proceeded to swing the chain around as he built momentum. Finally, he leaned his body and arm back as he then threw them both forward with the sickle flying forward. He then regained his center of gravity as he stood up straight and pulled the sickle back.
Next was the weighted end. Taylor began by letting the weighted end fall out of his grip as he held the weapon by its chain. He then swung the weapon by the chain over his head and then to his side. Finally, he let the weapon fly loose forward as he then twisted his body in order to turn the chain in the air. This caused it to successfully wrap around a nearby dummy. Then, with a crack of the chain Taylor called the weighted end back to him.
For hours Taylor trained. He practiced more with the sickle, then the weighted end. Toward the end he used them both at the same time in order to assure his complete control over the weapon. Finally, he threw both chains forward as he wrapped a dummy with them both at the same time. As he pulled the weapon away from the dummy, the sickle sliced it half while the weighted end tossed it to the side. (Formless: Kurisamigama up to B-ranked learned)
To get ready to learn this bukijutsu technique, Taylor readied himself by making sure to secure the grip the weighted end in his left hand, and his sickle in his right hand. Once he was ready, he practiced curving the blade while in mid air. He then continued this practice in order to make sharp turns with his weapon. Finally, he managed to return his weapons to their proper position. (Minor Control: D-ranked for Taylor)
To get ready to learn this bukijutsu technique, Taylor readied himself by making sure to secure the grip the weighted end in his left hand, and his sickle in his right hand. Once he was ready, he threw his chain scythe at a training dummy and practiced pivoting on it. He then continued the training as he found himself gaining speed from this action. Finally, after training, he managed to return his weapons to their proper position.
Once he did it the first time, Taylor got ready to do so again. To get ready to master this bukijutsu technique, Taylor readied himself by making sure to secure the grip the weighted end in his left hand, and his sickle in his right hand. Once he was ready, he threw his chain scythe at a training dummy and practiced pivoting on it. He then continued the training as he found himself gaining speed from this action. Finally, after training, he managed to return his weapons to their proper position. (Pivot: C-ranked for Taylor)
To get ready to learn this bukijutsu technique, Taylor readied himself by making sure to secure the grip the weighted end in his left hand, and his sickle in his right hand. Once he was ready, he then pivoted on his left foot and did a kick flip up with his sickle which fell to the floor. He then caught the chain with his kick so that his weapon flew forward with the momentum. Finally, he managed to return his weapons to their proper position. (Flip!: up to D-ranked for Taylor)
To get ready to learn this bukijutsu technique, Taylor readied himself by making sure to secure the grip the weighted end in his left hand, and his sickle in his right hand. Once he was ready, he slashed laterally with his sickle hand. He then imagined an opponent who would try to dodge it, which then is where his weighted end would come in. Finally, he managed to return his weapons to their proper position.
To get ready to perfect this bukijutsu technique, Taylor readied himself by making sure to secure the grip the weighted end in his left hand, and his sickle in his right hand. Once he was ready, he slashed laterally with his sickle hand. He then imagined an opponent who would try to dodge it, which then is where his weighted end would come in. Finally, he managed to return his weapons to their proper position. (Slice and Smash: C-ranked for Taylor)
To get ready to learn this bukijutsu technique, Taylor readied himself by making sure to secure the grip the weighted end in his left hand, and his sickle in his right hand. Once he was ready, he threw the sickle part at a dummy in a way which wrapped around it. He then threw the weighted end half after retrieving the sickle part and watched it collide with the head of the dummy. Finally, he managed to return his weapons to their proper position. (Smash: D-ranked Taylor)
To get ready to learn this bukijutsu technique, Taylor readied himself by making sure to secure the grip the weighted end in his left hand, and his sickle in his right hand. Once he was ready, he spun the weighted end around with about five feet of slack, letting it twist and turn from the left to ride side of him as he poured chakra. He then threw the weapon as another chain flew with it. Finally, he managed to return his weapons to their proper position.
To get ready to practice this bukijutsu technique, Taylor readied himself by making sure to secure the grip the weighted end in his left hand, and his sickle in his right hand. Once he was ready, he spun the weighted end around with about five feet of slack, letting it twist and turn from the left to ride side of him as he poured chakra. He then threw the weapon as seven chain flew with it. Finally, he managed to return his weapons to their proper position.
To get ready to practice this bukijutsu technique once more, Taylor readied himself by making sure to secure the grip the weighted end in his left hand, and his sickle in his right hand. Once he was ready, he spun the weighted end around with about five feet of slack, letting it twist and turn from the left to ride side of him as he poured chakra. He then threw the weapon as a dozen chains flew with it. Finally, he managed to return his weapons to their proper position.
To get ready to practice this bukijutsu technique once more, Taylor readied himself by making sure to secure the grip the weighted end in his left hand, and his sickle in his right hand. Once he was ready, he spun the weighted end around with about five feet of slack, letting it twist and turn from the left to ride side of him as he poured chakra. He then threw the weapon as a hundred chains flew with it. Finally, he managed to return his weapons to their proper position.
To get ready to practice this bukijutsu technique once more, Taylor readied himself by making sure to secure the grip the weighted end in his left hand, and his sickle in his right hand. Once he was ready, he spun the weighted end around with about five feet of slack, letting it twist and turn from the left to ride side of him as he poured chakra. He then threw the weapon as an uncountable amount of chains flew with it. Finally, he managed to return his weapons to their proper position. (Illusionary Shackles: B-ranked for Taylor)
To get ready to learn this bloodline taijutsu technique, Taylor readied himself by making sure he was in a proper stance. Once he was ready, he then raised up his arms and extended his fingers forward. This led into him channeling chakra into the bones of his finger tips. Finally, he managed to make bones fire off and leap back to ready himself for the next technique.
Since practice was required, practice is what he would do. To get ready to learn this bloodline taijutsu technique, Taylor readied himself by making sure he was in a proper stance. Once he was ready, he then raised up his arms and extended his fingers forward. This led into him channeling chakra into the bones of his finger tips. Finally, he managed to make bones fire off and leap back to ready himself for the next technique. (Ten Finger Drilling Bullets: D-ranked for Taylor)
To get ready to learn this bloodline taijutsu technique, Taylor readied himself by making sure he was in a proper stance. Once he was ready, he then channeled chakra into the palms of his hands. This led into him merging the chakra with the bones in his hands. Finally, he managed to create two blades within his palms and leap back to ready himself for the next technique.
To get ready further to learn this bloodline taijutsu technique, Taylor readied himself by making sure he was in a proper stance and retreating the original bones. Once he was ready, he then channeled chakra into his elbows. This led into him merge the chakra with the bones at the ends of the elbows. Finally, he managed to protrude spikes from his elbows and leap back to ready himself for the next technique.
To finish learning this bloodline taijutsu technique, Taylor readied himself by making sure he was in a proper stance. Once he was ready, he then channeled chakra into various bones in his body. This led into him to merge the chakra just as he did before with the bones. Finally, he managed to erect bone spikes throughout his body and leap back to ready himself for the next technique. (Dance of the Willow: C-ranked for Taylor)
To get ready to learn this bloodline taijutsu technique, Taylor readied himself by making sure he was in a proper stance. Once he was ready, he then channeled chakra into the palms of his right hands. This led into him merging the chakra with the bones in his hand. Finally, he managed to create a short sword within his palms and leap back to ready himself for the next technique.
To get ready further to learn this bloodline taijutsu technique, Taylor readied himself by making sure he was in a proper stance and retreating the original bones. Once he was ready, he then channeled chakra into left hand. This led into him merge the chakra with the bones at the palm of his hand. Finally, he managed to protrude a sword in his left hand and leap back to ready himself for the next technique.
To finish learning this bloodline taijutsu technique, Taylor readied himself by making sure he was in a proper stance. Once he was ready, he then practiced various jabs and swipes with his two blades. He increased the speed and power until he was moving at near afterimage strikes. Once he was finished, he dropped the swords and went to the next technique. (Dance of the Camilla: C-ranked for Taylor)
To begin learning this bloodline taijutsu technique, Taylor readied himself by making sure he was in a proper stance. Once he was ready, he then channeled chakra into various bones in his body. This led into him to merge the chakra just as he did before with the bones. Finally, he managed to erect bone spikes throughout his body and leap back to ready himself for the next technique.
To further learning this technique this bloodline taijutsu technique, Taylor readied himself by making sure he was in a proper stance. Once he was ready, he then channeled chakra into various bones in his body quicker. This led into him to merge the chakra just as he did before with the bones. Finally, he managed to erect bone spikes throughout his body and leap back to ready himself for the next technique.
To finalize learning this technique this bloodline taijutsu technique, Taylor readied himself by making sure he was in a proper stance. Once he was ready, he then channeled chakra into various bones in his body even faster. This led into him to merge the chakra just as he did before with the bones. Finally, he managed to erect bone spikes throughout his body and leap back to ready himself for the next technique. (Dance of the Larch: C-ranked for Taylor)
To get ready to learn this bloodline taijutsu technique, Taylor readied himself by making sure he was in a proper stance. Once he was ready, he then merged his hand with his torso and grabbed his spinal cord. This led into him pulling out the massive bone, instantly making a new one in the process. Finally, he managed to swing the improvised whip around and leap back to ready himself for the next technique.
To further learn this bloodline taijutsu technique, Taylor readied himself by making sure he was in a proper stance. Once he was ready, he then merged his hand with his torso and grabbed his spinal cord. This led into him pulling out the massive bone, instantly making a new one in the process. Finally, he managed to swing the improvised whip around and leap back to ready himself for the next technique.
Since this technique was two part, Taylor now practiced the second version of it. To get ready to learn the second half of this bloodline taijutsu technique, Taylor readied himself by making sure he was in a proper stance. Once he was ready, he then channeled a ridiculous amount of chakra into the bones of his right arm. This led into him molding the bones around the arm into one massive lance. Finally, he managed to create this giant bone weapon and dispel it as he got ready himself for the next technique.
Once again, Taylor now practiced the second version of it. To get ready to learn the second half of this bloodline taijutsu technique, Taylor readied himself by making sure he was in a proper stance. Once he was ready, he then channeled a ridiculous amount of chakra into the bones of his right arm. This led into him molding the bones around the arm into one massive lance. Finally, he managed to create this giant bone weapon and dispel it as he got ready himself for the next technique.
Finally, Taylor now practiced the second version of it. To get ready to learn the second half of this bloodline taijutsu technique, Taylor readied himself by making sure he was in a proper stance. Once he was ready, he then channeled a ridiculous amount of chakra into the bones of his right arm. This led into him molding the bones around the arm into one massive lance. Finally, he managed to create this giant bone weapon and also created a bone vine to bind as he then dispel it and got ready himself to leave. (Dance of the Clemantis: B-ranked).
With all of his bloodline out of the way, Taylor returned to practicing the way of the chain scythe. He practiced the art of maneuvering the chain in the air. According to the style, a person with major control could change the direction of the chains while they're in the air. This was his goal now.
Taylor practiced for hours throwing his chain in the air. He tried to change the chains from the base, but nothing worked. He tried to shake the chain, but that just made the sickle or weighted end fumble and stop flying in the air. Eventually, he decided to try something else.
Over time, he learned how to subtly change the direction. He learned by drastically raising or lowering his arms he could change the direction slightly. He learned to get it to the point where the target was changed by a full 90 degrees. Now it was time to get it even further.
Taylor learned how to master the art. He got it to the point where he could literally shake the chain and make the weapon go a completely direction. He literally had his sickle move from in front of him to then circling around him. Once he finished, he wrapped up the chain scythe and smiled. (Major Control: B-ranked).
Horus took off in a majestic take off while Taylor walked over to the Kazekage's office.
__ Swoooooosh!! Shashashashahsssss. Zhi appeared outside of the dojo in a blur, the small cloud sand she'd kicked up and brought with her noisily settled around where she came to a stop. She quickly looked down at the imaginary watch on her left hand's wrist and exclaimed, "Yatta!! Three minutes and forty-one seconds, my fastest time ever! I love it, two more seconds back into my day!" Zhi danced happily in a circle for a couple seconds then gasped. "Oh! I just used them up. Drat!" She glanced back in the direction she'd come. 'Well, nothing I can do about it if I have to wait for Tyler and Hoppy to catch up anyway.' Zhi sighed and tried her best to muster her self control to wait like she knew she should.
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Before Taylor got into his first spar, he wanted to practice his taijutsu. The first technique was designed to come crashing onto an opponent with a high jump kick. First he leaped high into the air. He then quickly descended upon the location he desired to kick. (Dynamic Entry: X-ranked)
The next technique was more utility. It threw forth a barrage of kicks and punches all in the desire to confuse the opponent. Taylor practiced wildly charging in and sweeping away with jabs and flicks. He then finished the technique with one spinning kick. (Dynamic Action: X-ranked)
Next, Taylor practiced a simple tackle. He leaned into his shoulder and charged forward. He threw all of his weight into the hit in order to make it do as much damage as possible. With contentment, he threw another tackle forward before he moved onto his next trick. (Tackle Charge: X-ranked)
For the next technique, Taylor practiced delivering a right hook to drive an opponent into the ground. He kept his feet planted as he leaned into his strike in order to push his imaginary opponent into the ground with his fist. Taylor practiced this maneuver again and again. He felt significantly stronger doing so. (Pressure Palm: X-ranked)
For the next technique, Taylor practiced with a training dummy as he grabbed the dummy by its base, aka where his legs would be. Taylor wrapped his legs around his head as he then held himself upside down. He tightened his legs in order to make sure that he didn't slip. He was sure that he mastered this technique, despite feeling silly. (Peregrine Falcon Drop: D-ranked)
Next, Taylor practiced hitting an opponent. He delivered an open palm strike in the air. Although it was a simple trick, he imagined that he could send an opponent far away if it hit. He calculated that at most, he could push an opponent forty feet away. (Crushing Fist: D-ranked)
Next, Taylor practiced his speed. Taylor disappeared and re-appeared randomly in the air. This was designed to place him right behind of his opponent, like a shadow. Although his manner of practice was hard, Taylor continued to train repeatedly until he mastered it. (Leaf Shadow Dance: X-ranked)
Next, Taylor practiced his fast speed maneuvers on the ground. He quickly darted from one area to the next, appearing in the ideal position to kick up from the ground. He would then kick up and move to another location. Taylor did this multiple times before he moved on. (Leaf Spinning Wind: X-ranked)
Next, Taylor started to perform spinning kicks. He would do one high kick, which was followed by a second, lower spinning kick. That way, in case the opponent ducked the first one, they were swept up by the second. Furthermore, if they dodged both, then being lowered to the ground allowed for easier escape. (Leaf Great Whirlwind: X-ranked)
Taylor's next technique involved a low, sweeping kick. The design of this kick was to kick out the opponent's legs, and make them spin away. If successful, then this kick could launch the opponent a serious distance away. It also did more damage if the opponent collided with something. (Leaf Violent Wind: X-ranked)
Next, Taylor practiced striking with his knee. He performed slight leaps forward with an extended knee. He aimed his knee, raised it, and had himself imagine colliding it with an opponent. Once he finished, he stopped leaping around like a fool. (Knee Strike: X-ranked)
Taylor proceeded to leap up and perform drop kicks down. He brought his heel down on the target area as he practiced the art of the drop kick. Time and time he kicked. Unfortunately he never learned how to make monstrous like quakes, but he did practice kicking, so that was something. (Painful Sky Leg: X-ranked)
Taylor's next trick involved him performing a spinning, heel kick. He practiced short hops as he leaped in the air and spun counterclockwise in order to hit an imagined opponent. Taylor did this multiple times counterclockwise. He then did it a few times clock wise.
As he kicked clockwise, he imagined his opponent having a weapon. Taylor imagined where and how hard he would have to kick in order to disarm an opponent. He imagined he would have to kick about a moderate amount of strength in order to disarm the typical opponent. It's for this reason why he applied additional strength to the following attempt. (Leaf Herculean Whirlwind: X-ranked)
Next, Taylor practiced his shadow leaf dance again. He imagined having an opponent in his grasp as he first performed a roundhouse kick. He then followed it with a powerful backhand blow, and then a pommeling blow to drive the opponent into the ground. Finally, he finished this attack with a hard hitting axe kick.
The technique exhausted him. The four attacks in such a succession were beyond what he could do. Still, he trained in this technique. Although he lowered the fatigue, his body still needed to recuperate for the next moment, no matter what he did. (Lion's Combo: X-ranked)
Taylor practiced his next technique by imagining himself lifting up a smaller opponent. They would have to be quite small in order for this to work. Still, he practiced retracting his fist as he then shot his fist upward in order to juggle the opponent in the air. Taylor imagined this attack would be quite painful.
Since he couldn't count on being taller than his opponent, at least not at his current age, he practiced leaping in order to do his first hit. He leaped up, delivered a quick punch, which would shoot the opponent up. Taylor practiced this for a while. It was all he could do with his height predicament. (Rising Impact Palm: C-ranked)
Taylor next practiced a spinning kick. He leaped up, and then came down on his imagined opponent. First he practiced the kick with the front of the kick. Then he practiced it with his heel.
Taylor also practiced using this technique with his arm. Taylor leaped up and practiced delivering a slamming punch down. He also practiced spinning to deliver a powerful blow with his elbow. He continued to spin and then strike down.
Taylor decided to be silly. He practiced spinning and then delivering a powerful headbutt. He also practiced spinning in the air and performing an excellent knee strike. He followed it by performing a powerful, spinning butt hit.
All the while spinning and striking with various limbs, he started to feel his chakra go into his moves. He spun and could swear he felt lightning on the arm he performed the technique with. Finally, after performing a spinning kick and having wind chakra explode upon the impact, he realized he was not sniffing glue and that he figured out how to channel chakra into this otherwise mundane technique. (Leaf Thunder Fist: B-ranked)
Taylor's final technique brought him to meditation. He practiced his breathing as he channeled chakra through his body. He exerted equal amount of chakra as stamina. Finally, he struck forward as the chakra and stamina doubled his strength.
Taylor's final technique brought him to meditation. He practiced his breathing as he channeled chakra through his body. He exerted equal amount of chakra as stamina. Finally, he struck forward as the chakra and stamina doubled his strength.
Taylor's final technique brought him to meditation. He practiced his breathing as he channeled chakra through his body. He exerted equal amount of chakra as stamina. Finally, he struck forward as the chakra and stamina doubled his strength.
Taylor's final technique brought him to meditation. He practiced his breathing as he channeled chakra through his body. He exerted equal amount of chakra as stamina. Finally, he struck forward as the chakra and stamina doubled his strength.
Taylor's final technique brought him to meditation. He practiced his breathing as he channeled chakra through his body. He exerted equal amount of chakra as stamina. Finally, he struck forward as the chakra and stamina doubled his strength. (Oukashou: X-ranked)
Taylor did not arrive in three minutes and forty one seconds. Horus did arrive first, however. The large bird cast a shadow over Zhi before flew around and landed by where Taylor eventually showed up. The boy arrived at a walking pace and waved when he arrived. "I'm glad you're so enthusiastic to train." Taylor said honestly. It was good to see people who were so passionate. The girl seemed around his age too, so hopefully they could be friends. Taylor and Horus were around ten feet from Zhi and stood closer to the dojo building. There was an extended awning over the dojo, and there were training dummies between Taylor and Zhi. It was undoubtedly an excellent place to train. "Whenever you're ready, we can begin." Taylor said with a smile. At that moment he then bent down and took out with his right hand from his thigh pouch a kunai and his fuuma shuriken. He brought the kunai to his left hand while he unfolded the shuriken within his right hand by swinging his right arm down. He remained crouched and with his arms to his sides as he waited for Zhi to move. She was incredibly fast, so he wanted to see what she would do first. Horus, meanwhile, did not show any signs of fighting. In fact the bird flew momentarily to the top of the awning seven feet away from Taylor to his right. The bird knew his skills and wanted nothing to do with this fight, until it became necessary.
Masato removed his headband for a moment, wiping the sweat from his headband. Settling himself against a boulder outside the dojo, he relaxed his muscles and sighed. After several minutes a cloud of dust came into sight. His interest piqued, noticing the small girl dashing ahead of it, creating it. Sighing, he realized how bubbly and eccentric the child would be. Being seventeen himself, she was much younger than himself, and... just incredibly...loud.
He was about to ask the girl if she had some sort of mental health disturbance when yet another new face appeared. A smaller framed male, blonde hair and colorful clothing. The sight of all the brightness gave him a headache. But, at least like Masato, he favored the color green. The boy seemed to challenge the girl to a fight, drawing his fuma shuriken in his right hand and a kunai to his left. The four winged avian creature was also noted watching from afar. Masato's interest now souly focused on their spar. This might be worthwhile.
Posted: Wed Jun 28, 2017 5:03 pm
__ Zhi's eyes were closed while waiting, focusing on trying to sense the area around her. Her parents always said she was good at looking for people; sadly that was the reason she wasn't allowed to play hide and seek with the other students. It almost became a habit to suppress the ability when not needed. Horus flew into range first, landing nearby and Taylor arrived shortly after. If she didn't know that this was just how fast slow people could be then she might've actually been upset. Instead, she sprang back to liveliness when spoken to. "Ooooookaaay!!" Zhi bounced up and down while Taylor readied himself for their spar. The only tools she had were some shuriken, a bow and her arrows. Well, she didn't want to play with any of those just yet.
Still hopping in place to get herself pumped up she'd say aloud while starting to gather chakra through her body for a technique her pops had been helping her work on for some time. Most of the chakra was focused in her legs to allow for the use of this version of the Shunshin technique. "Ready... set..." Unleashing all of her strength and the chakra needed to facilitate the Jinton's Shunshin, Zhi would nearly vanish in an instant, "GOGOTYLERGO!!!" Her voice would explode from behind Taylor, her hands cupped around her mouth to focus the noise right at him. She couldn't help but play the prank instead of taking this super seriously right off the bat. Depending on how he reacted, she might change her mind. Still, she was pretty sure she still didn't do it right. Papa was definitely faster. Look back to where she came from, there was a bit of a trail left behind. She'd have to try it again to make sure she did it right next time. ** LEARNED - Jinton: Shunshin no Jutsu [ Speed Release: Body Flicker Technique ] 1/2 Posts ** Basic Training: Performance 1/3 Posts
Taylor's eyes widened when Zhi disappeared from sight. He knew that she was fast, but he couldn't anticipate her appearing right behind him. When she did and shouted, Taylor was so startled that he tripped forward. He nearly fell on the ground before he managed to regain his balance after stumbling. "Yikes." Taylor shouted as he took a breath. While he knew the body flicker technique, he was still startled by the use of it. Horus meanwhile enjoyed the show of his human partner being frightened by the young speedster. "Hahaha. Nice work there." Taylor said with a smile. He then resumed his previous bent knee position and switched himself to face her. "Now let's see how you stand this!" He said as he brought his left arm with his kunai across his face. He then swung the blade down in a horizontal manner as a gust of wind flew from the blade. This gust would not harm Zhi, but it show some combat intensity. It was just a simple technique designed to let her know it was time to fight.
(Vacuum Sword: E-ranked)
Regenki
Posted: Wed Jun 28, 2017 6:01 pm
__ Zhi laughed along with Taylor, but took note of how he seemed to refocus rather intently after the dust settled. She hopped back to put herself out of the immediate reach of his weapon but became curious when she "saw" chakra forming around its blade just before he'd swing it at her from afar.
Zhi figured this was some kind of jutsu, so she'd start to prepare chakra through her body just like before as she tensed her body to hop away again. A mostly invisible wave of chakra-infused air flew out toward her necessitating a prompt response. 'One more time!' Vwwsh!! Only a slight stir came from the ground below her feet as she pushed off, disappearing once again. The initial step took her counterclockwise around Taylor, but by the end of the motion she'd be behind him again but off to his left. "I call it... Radical Good Speed! I think I have it down now. Mhmm." She yet again sacrificed her chance to actually counterattack, but at least she definitely had her clan's technique figured out. ** LEARNED - Jinton: Shunshin no Jutsu [ Speed Release: Body Flicker Technique ] 2/2 Posts ** Basic Training: Performance 2/3 Posts
The moment Zhi re-appeared was when Taylor disappeared. The first time completely caught him off guard. Now, he was ready for round two. He re-appeared just where she stopped. Once he re-appeared he leaped into the air and did a twirl. His right arm rose as he spun and as he faced the girl his arm came down, releasing the projectile. The fuuma shuriken spun like a buzz saw through the air diagonally down at her position. The weapon would come toward her legs rather than her torso or head. This would make it much easier for her to leap over or side step the weapon so that there was no real danger to her. Taylor was only designed to spar, not maim or kill.
(Body flicker: D-ranked)
Regenki
Posted: Wed Jun 28, 2017 6:33 pm
__ Being so focused on her progress, she lost visual sight of Taylor. It looked like he could move pretty fast too when he really tried to. Her natural sensory ability let her still somewhat keep an eye on him as he got the jump on her. Get it? Jump! Well, she didn't have to waste any time looking for him since she could sense him anyway. Papa constantly told her that being fast didn't mean it was easy to react to things, so it was important not to waste energy or time on excess motion. Zhi shuffled backward as the unfolded shuriken flew down at her. It landed in the sand right at her feet and she just stared at it for a second. "Wheew."
While Taylor would be falling back down to the ground she pulled a shuriken from her pouch. Jinton chakra flowed through her left arm. She would throw the simple little ninja tool as her eyes moved up to her opponent. Thanks to the special shuriken technique it would fly twice as fast as she could throw it anyway, which was pretty fast compared to most at her level anyway. However, it was only aimed to land a shallow cut at the left side of his torso. ** LEARNED - Jinton: Shuriken no Jutsu [ Speed Release: Shuriken Technique ] 1/1 Posts ** Basic Training: Performance 3/3 Posts [1/2 Training]
Taylor landed and deflected the oncoming shuriken with the kunai in his left hand. He brought it up to his torso and before he could truly think the weapon already clashed with his blade and knocked off to the side. 'The speed she moves at also correlates to the speed of her projectiles. Looks like direct attacks won't work.' He said as wind chakra was channeled into his weapon. A gust of wind then shot from the fuuma shuriken and shot it forward to catch Zhi off guard. It would be a low attack, aiming once again for her ankles.
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