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Post by Pikachu on Jun 9, 2009 0:10:36 GMT -5
A few days after the Ramen shop incident, Akane made her way outside of the village wall to begin practicing for the upcoming Chuunin Exams. She knew she needed to learn at least one new technique for it, so she had something to surprise Mai with. She had invited Toshiro along, knowing he probably needed some kind of encouragement. And she seemed to do a good job of providing it.
Her goal for this training would be to learn the Bursting Water Collision Waves technique. It would be a quick way to get a large amount of water that she could use for other attacks, as well as put out Mai's flames. As for Mai's lightning, it was neutral. She had thought of learning an Ice technique, but none of them really suited her. Besides, Mai would have just melted them. She was going to need a water technique.
"All right then, let's see what I can do to start off with."
Akane stood in one spot, and began to focus her chakra in her gullet. She really wasn't sure how it worked, but while there the chakra would turn into water somehow, and she was to force it out of her through her mouth. It sounded gross, but it was a technique she wanted to learn. Her stomach began to feel queasy, and she assumed that it meant she was starting to create water. Using her chakra, she pushed it up out of her stomach and through her mouth. She felt like she was throwing up, and almost did. Instead, a small stream of water just drooled out of her mouth. She stopped the technique immediately, and so hoped that Toshiro wasn't there. From her perspective it looked gross, and from his, well, she didn't want to know.
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Post by Digital ♥ on Jun 9, 2009 1:15:45 GMT -5
Name: Doryou Dango - Mausoleum Earth Dumpling
Element: Earth
Chakra: 30
Rank: Chuunin
Description: Doton • Doryou Dango is a Ninjutsu technique utilizing the Earth Element. After striking the ground with his hands, the ninja is able to overturn the earth into a large dumpling shape chunk of earth the size of a mausoleum. Requiring immense strength, the ninja can lift up the ball and hurl it at the opponent, flattening all in its path.
Toshiro was thrilled to be invited to Akane`s little training session. Henjin had given him a technique to learn while he was training with her. It was just his luck to show up right when Akane started to puke up some water, Toshiro nearly turned around and went the other direction but he couldnt turn down a chance to hang out with her.
Rather than saying anything to her, he just decided to jump right into learning his strangely named technique. It was hard to remember what Henjin had described, but he told Toshiro that Earth was one of the hardest elements to learn. It didnt involve many hand signs, but it needed lots of determination and sheer strength. No wonder Henjin was such a jerk all of the time.
He focused his chakra to both of his hands for a long time. Toshiro didnt want to break his hands on the first try so he took the time to make sure he got it totally right. After about five strait minutes of doing nothing but focusing his chakra to his hands he stared at the ground before him. Toshiro took a deep breath and cleared his head of any distracting thoughts then drove his hands into the ground. Luckily his hands didnt smash up or anything just yet. His eyes fought his will, he desperately wanted to look up at Akane and watch her. But he felt like he had been getting too lazy lately and needed to train up for the chuunin exams. He felt like he was falling behind his two friends.
Once Toshiro`s hands were in the ground he pulled up as hard as he could, but it was a terrible struggle and it was incredibly humiliating, especially in front of Akane. But still he had to try. Toshiro struggled and struggled with the stupid rock for several more minutes. The rock very slowly began to work itself lose. Sweat dripped from his face as he pulled that rock with all of his might, and finally a tiny little rock.
"Hey Akane, check it out." Toshiro held out the tiny rock to her.
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Akane: 5/30
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Post by Pikachu on Jun 9, 2009 7:01:15 GMT -5
Toshiro: 7/30
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When Akane heard the sound of Toshiro practicing a technique, she had to blush in embarrassment. He had probably seen her vomiting up the water, and she knew that wasn't a good sight to see. She was just surprised that he hadn't left right then and there. Still, she had to act as if she didn't care, because she thought if she acted all embarrassed then the rest of the training session would get awkward.
"Good job Toshiro. What technique are you working on? I'm trying to get this Bursting Water Collision Waves technique, but as you saw I'm not doing very well." She said with a bit of a weak laugh.
((Yeah, sorry, not training on this post.))
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Post by Digital ♥ on Jun 9, 2009 9:17:13 GMT -5
Toshiro tossed the tiny rock away so he could get back to training again. He took a deep breath once again, and then turned back to Akane when she started talking to him mainly to test his ability to not get distracted. He kept thinking of the technique and what he needed to do differently this time. Perhaps the chakra was the key to this whole thing, Henjin had mention that the chakra could slice through the ground.
"I`m working on the Doryou Dango, Mausoleum Earth Dumpling jutsu. Henjin sensei said we needed more earth ninjutsu users so he asked me to learn a couple before learning some other elemental jutsu." Toshiro replied, then went at the ground again this time in a new spot. The genin tried desperately to force his chakra in the shape of a dumpling (though any shape would work for him) but this time all he got was a slightly larger rock than before. It was progress to him though for being a non ninjutsu user.
"Dont worry Akane, I`m sure its just beginners luck for me. I`m sure that it`ll start working soon enough, see?" Toshiro held up the slightly larger hunk of rock in his hands, "Just keep working at it, I`m sure you`ll have it in no time. Cant let Mai beat you now can we?"
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Post by Pikachu on Jun 9, 2009 9:49:47 GMT -5
Toshiro: 10/30
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"Yes, well, I just hope I don't look like I'm throwing up soon." Akane replied.
Not wanting to distract Toshiro any further, Akane went back to practicing the technique. She started to try and figure out why she only made a small stream instead of the gush of it that was supposed to be? Did she not store up enough water in her gullet for it? Or did she need to keep a constant flow of chakra to form into water for it to work out. Either way, that queasy feeling she had in her stomach when using it had to go if she was to perfect it. Therefore, she was going to work on enduring that.
Focusing her chakra once again, she let it flow into her stomach and begin the process of turning it into water. As it twisted and turned inside her, Akane felt like she was going to be sick. Still, if she was to get anywhere with this technique, she had to endure it. She kept up her focus, working on storing as much water in her stomach as she could. Her face began to turn a sickly green, and when she felt like something was coming up, she stopped holding it back. Much to her relief, it wasn't vomit that came up. Instead, it was a nice, steady trickle of water that had at least some pressure. Still, at the most it looked as if she had just swallowed some water and was spitting it out.
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Post by Digital ♥ on Jun 9, 2009 20:06:08 GMT -5
"Its all mind over matter, just dont think your going to throw up." Toshiro told her as he knelt down next to his next targeted spot. He focused his chakra to both of his hands for a third time, the chakra practically glowed at his finger tips. And once he was ready he dug into the earth and streamed the chakra through the ground. Luckily (despite how frail he looks) he had had lots of taijutsu training, so he was pretty strong. Toshiro got back onto his feet and struggled with the earth for a moment.
The earth broke free and Toshiro staggered back, nearly dropping the small boulder on his feet. Carefully with both hands he grabbed the boulder and lofted it off so it wouldnt get in his way. Toshiro repeated the whole process again, but this time the technique worked faster and slightly better than before. When he pulled back against the rock it came with him, Toshiro held the boulder above his head with one wobbly hand (in order to try to impress Akane) then placing both hands under it, he threw it. But its distance wasnt that grand.
"If I have any energy after this, would you show me how to do that technique too? Henjin sensei said I should learn as much ninjutsu, especially offensive, as I can before the exams."
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Akane: 15/30
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Post by Pikachu on Jun 9, 2009 20:49:00 GMT -5
"It would be a lot easier to not think I'm going to throw up if this technique wasn't about basically throwing up water." Akane replied, jokingly of course. It was a strange way to describe the technique, but it seemed rather appropriate to her.
She took a moment to let her stomach settle, and watched Toshiro as he practiced his technique. When he started holding the boulder with one hand, she knew he was probably trying to impress her. And it kind of worked. It was a lot more weight than his frail body looked capable of holding. Even the mediocre throwing distance didn't ruin that.
"Anyway, if we have any spare time I'll try my best to help you out." Akane said as she stood up to get back to work.
Concentrating once again on preventing nausea, she started focusing chakra into her gullet to begin the creation of water. However, at the same time she had to try and keep her mind off of her stomach, which was hard since that was where she had to try and focus her chakra. There wasn't anything stimulating in the area, except Toshiro. So she decided to keep her eyes locked on him, taking in any small detail she could just so she could ignore the nausea. She just hoped he didn't freak out about it.
Eventually her stomach reached a point where it felt like it was going to burst, and she couldn't ignore it anymore. So using chakra to provide the pressure needed, she sent out a burst of water out of her mouth. This time it was a larger stream, and the pressure was enough to at least give some slight recoil. Still, once her stomach was empty, the water stopped. The ground around her was completely muddy, but the sight of a puddle gave her some hope.
Toshiro:15/30
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Post by Digital ♥ on Jun 9, 2009 21:02:03 GMT -5
Toshiro continued to charge his chakra to his hands, except this time he tried to spread the chakra all over his hands to give him a better grip. When he drove his hands into the earth again he let the chakra crack a large chunk of the earth, but when Toshiro yanked it out of the ground and lifted it above his head he stopped suddenly. Toshiro slowly turned his head when he felt like her eyes were burning into him. His cheeks turned bright red but he got right back to his technique.
He took a deep breath as he struggled to keep the much larger boulder in the air. But it seemed like all of this training was helping build up his arms strength. Toshiro took one last breath, then threw the boulder with all of his might on the exhale. He quickly whipped the sweat off his forehead and looked back at Akane with a smile on his face.
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Akane: 25/30
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Post by Pikachu on Jun 9, 2009 21:14:40 GMT -5
Akane had to give a small laugh when she saw Toshiro's face turn as red as a tomato just from her looking at him. Even the fact that she was vomiting up water and drenched didn't seem to change his view on her. She just watched as he lifted and threw another boulder.
"Keep up the good work Toshiro. I can guarantee you nobody will expect that out of you..." her eyes grew wide when she realized the statement sounded like she was saying he was weak, "not that I think you're week or anything. It's just you don't look like the person who can lift somthing like that and...I'm just going to shut up now okay," she ended, blushing a little and embarrassing herself like that.
She focused once again on her technique. Storing up the water again, she found herself not getting queasy as the water stored up in her gullet. With that smal victory, she could actually focus on keeping a stream going even after using up all the water in her stomach. Once the feeling of her stomach being completely waterlogged arrived, she released with another high-pressure stream. This time, however, she kept feeding chakra into her stomach, hoping to fill her stomach with water at the same rate she was taking it out. However, she wasn't able to do it just yet, so eventually the water began to weaken into a small trickle.
She would have smiled, but having a couple dozen gallons of water spewing out of your mouth was a sure way to get yourself into a coughing fit. There was just enough water in her system still that she had to hack out, as if she had drinken something that went down the wrong tube.
"I'm fine Toshiro," she said between coughs, just to make sure he didn't worry.
Toshiro:20/30
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Post by Digital ♥ on Jun 9, 2009 22:10:19 GMT -5
"Heh, dont worry about it. I understand that I look like a frail weakling, but I wont be for long. And then I wont have to depend on my friends for protection, I`ll be able to protect them."
Toshiro chuckled a little at her comment, he wasnt offended by it at all. In fact it was more of a compliment than anything, nobody ever said anything encouraging to him so even if it was a little on the suggestive side (about him being weak, nothing gross just to make that totally clear). Oddly enough Akane didnt distract him as much as she used to, maybe it was because he was so used to her presence that he didnt mind it anymore.
He hardly had to think about focusing his chakra now, Toshiro had very good chakra control. When he was ready his chakra allowed his hands passage into the ground and he broke the boulder free from the ground, the sounds that came from the boulder were grinding and crunching sounds which meant it was nearly free. Then he lifted it with his hands. His arms were bent at the elbows under the huge weight. Toshiro strained to keep the giant boulder in the air, but he took aim at a tree and lofted it at it. The tree snapped in two during the impact and tipped over.
When he turned back around he saw Akane hack up a little bit of water. Toshiro`s first instinct was to make sure she was alright. He rushed to her side and placed a hand on her shoulder.
"Are you sure Akane? I dont want you to choke to death or something."
Akane: 30/30
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Post by Pikachu on Jun 9, 2009 22:29:04 GMT -5
"No, no, really, I'm fine. Just got to make sure I get all the water out in the future." Akane said, giggling just before she coughed up a little more water. She didn't feel the urgent near to cough anymore, but she cleared her throat up a little just to be safe. Once she was secure she was done expelling water from her body, she collapsed onto the ground exhausted.
She took a good look at herself, and noticed that she was drenched from all the water. Between the techniques and the puddle she had forgotten was there, she was all wet. Her outfit looked like it might just get ruined by all of it...or at least would take ages to dry.
"Well, I think its safe to say this outfit is done," she looked down at it again before looking up at the sky for no apparent reason," Hey Toshiro, I wanted to ask you something. I've been thinking of changing my outfit a little bit. You know, get something a little more exciting than some tan pants and shirt. I was wondering if you had any suggestions. As long as it isn't something tacky like that Inoko girl's outfit."
Toshiro: 25/30
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Post by Digital ♥ on Jun 9, 2009 22:41:40 GMT -5
Toshiro nodded his head when Akane said she was fine, but just to be on the safe side he stayed nearby just incase. He continued to work on his technique while she spoke to him. Toshiro laughed when she laughed, and didnt when she spoke. He felt the chakra in his body zoom to his hands, and once he was prepared Toshiro drove his hands into the earth. The large chunk of earth began to break free from the ground, it looked much more like a dumpling now than it did before. He grinned a little bit, a really strong attack had such a whimpy sounding name. Toshiro made a note not to say it ever again.
His hands ripped the massivle boulder free from the ground, and Toshiro attempted to hold it up with one hand. He nearly dropped it though, so he handled it with both hands like he normally did. When Akane asked him about clothing options for herself he dropped the boulder behind him, the impact shook the ground around him causing him to jump a little bit.
"Umm... You`re asking the wrong guy, I wouldnt know what to suggest. Im pretty plain myself." Toshiro lifted up the same boulder and threw it off to the side so it wouldnt get in the way.
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Post by Pikachu on Jun 9, 2009 23:02:42 GMT -5
Akane hadn't expected Toshiro to drop the boulder in response to her question. She sort of knew it might freak him out a little, but not that much. Still, nothing she could do now.
"Oh, come on. I'm sure you have some kind of opinion that would help me. Besides, I like that you keep it simple. I'm afraid that if I asked Mai or Inoko that things would get too far out of hand. Mai because she gets excited about everything, and Inoko because she seems like the person who is really into that sort of thing."
There was a bit of another reason behind her asking. She knew of his crush on her, and through that concluded he would be the best person to ask. If she just pushed him a little bit he'd do whatever it took to help her. Besides, all the time crushing on her meant he had to have some ideas, right? Unless he was a closet pervert, it would work out fine.
Toshiro:30/30
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Post by Digital ♥ on Jun 9, 2009 23:13:07 GMT -5
Toshiro still didnt have much of an answer for her. He was a guy after all and fashion was definitely not his thing. He scratched his head before getting ready for his last attempt at the jutsu, Toshiro was really really tired by that point and didnt have much chakra left. This time the dumpling shaped boulder was absolutely enormous, Toshiro impressed himself that he could lift the thing. It weighed a ton, and gravity was against him. But he stayed firm on his feet and when he threw it, the giant mausoleum sized boulder plowed through several trees. Toshiro exhaled deeply and flopped back onto the ground. He kept his light purple eyes on her though.
"Umm... I think that you should keep it simple, about the only thing I can suggest are some more earthy colors. Forest green would look really amazing with your brown hair, it would bring out your eyes more than the sandy color does."
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Post by Pikachu on Jun 9, 2009 23:32:23 GMT -5
Akane sat up once Toshiro finally succeeded in learning his technique. She clapped to give him some sort of way to say 'congrats' to him learning it. He needed the encouragement after all. Still, it was amazing to see such a little guy lift massive amounts of earth like that. Then again, now that he could do that, she'd have to stop thinking of him as a little guy. Didn't want him to squish her after all.
As for his comments about clothing, it was a bit more than she thought she would get out of him. She wasn't really concerned about colors at the moment, more of the style. Still, she did say any opinion would be helpful. Besides, how could she reject the compliments? She blushed a little bit at the thought before speaking.
"And you said you didn't know anything about fashion. That's more help than I would have gotten out of Mai."
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