[Fuuton] Naruto teaches Takeshii

[Deviation]

Yuri waits quietly in the middle of nowhere, contemplating her life and why she is still single.

"Sigh...where have all the cowboys gone"

/pun
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[Naruto.]

Suddenly, the whole field trembles, as a gigantic dust storm materializes, blinding everything it's in path. The technique soon dissipates, as the God Of Shinobi, Senju Hashirama himself appears, with his hands crossed.


(Fūton: Kiryū Ranbu) - Wind Release: Air Current Wild Dance
Rank: S
Type: Supplementary
Range: Short - Long
Chakra Cost: 40 (-5 per turn)
Damage Points: N/A
Description: After making the Rat handseal, the user creates and controls air currents from the palms of their hands, forming a large field of raging air currents and gusting winds. The technique expands quickly, rapidly spanning through all of the battle field, gathering debris, dust and other small particles in its path. The technique effectively creates a very large controllable "dust" storm.
Note: Lasts 3 turns or until released.

Ah, so you must be the shinobi who requested to learn Wind, yes? May I know your name, young one?

 

[Deviation]

Spoiler

Suddenly, the whole field trembles, as a gigantic dust storm materializes, blinding everything it's in path. The technique soon dissipates, as the God Of Shinobi, Senju Hashirama himself appears, with his hands crossed.


(Fūton: Kiryū Ranbu) - Wind Release: Air Current Wild Dance
Rank: S
Type: Supplementary
Range: Short - Long
Chakra Cost: 40 (-5 per turn)
Damage Points: N/A
Description: After making the Rat handseal, the user creates and controls air currents from the palms of their hands, forming a large field of raging air currents and gusting winds. The technique expands quickly, rapidly spanning through all of the battle field, gathering debris, dust and other small particles in its path. The technique effectively creates a very large controllable "dust" storm.
Note: Lasts 3 turns or until released.

Ah, so you must be the shinobi who requested to learn Wind, yes? May I know your name, young one?

It was quite rare to see a man make quite an entrance, especially for her. She was amazed though and after the man finished speaking, Yuri kindly said:

"Hello. My name is Yurithatsitsbeneaththecalmingshadeofajadetreewhichoverlooksthegallantseawaitingforaknightsokindandntrueandvirtuous. But you may call me Yuri for short. I have come seeking for a teacher to guide me in wind release and am willing to subject to any request you make."

Yuri felt a little ashamed having to ask someone for help but she knew she had no choice. Despite that, the man appeared to be kind in nature and genuinely honest. She smiled after a long pause between them, hoping his reply won't make it anymore difficult for her. After all...this was her first time in a long time meeting such a handsome man.

 

[Naruto.]

He removed his armor from his body and threw it aside, for future purposes. With a slight smile, he listened to his student keenly. After she talked, he sighed slightly, being a little tired from his long journey. He closed his eyes for a moment, and calmed himself down.

Hello Yuri. You must be knowing who I am, yes? If not, don't worry. My name is Senju Hashirama, and I was the founder of Konohagakure. You must've surely heard about my neverending battles with my eternal rival, Madara, the man who once founded this village with me, but eventually turned into the darkness.

The thought of Madara saddened Hashirama a little, a pang of regret running through his mind for his friend had turned like this. He stared at the sky for a while and snapped back out of his thoughts in a moment.

Good, our training will be a little strenuous, but you will be a master of this element, in no time.
Hn. Okay, let's start with a special experiment.

After talking, his smile widened, as he reached for his special blade and took it out of his pouch. He held it firmly and pointed it towards Yuri.

Now, young one, observe me.

He focused upon his chakra and converted it into the Wind nature. He then, let the Wind chakra flow into the blade, slowly. Soon, an aura surrounded the blade he held.

Do you notice this special and magnificent aura? This is Wind natured chakra, which I channeled to my blade. Do you think my blade can cut cleanly through a rock? What are your thoughts?

 

[Deviation]

Spoiler

He removed his armor from his body and threw it aside, for future purposes. With a slight smile, he listened to his student keenly. After she talked, he sighed slightly, being a little tired from his long journey. He closed his eyes for a moment, and calmed himself down.

Hello Yuri. You must be knowing who I am, yes? If not, don't worry. My name is Senju Hashirama, and I was the founder of Konohagakure. You must've surely heard about my neverending battles with my eternal rival, Madara, the man who once founded this village with me, but eventually turned into the darkness.

The thought of Madara saddened Hashirama a little, a pang of regret running through his mind for his friend had turned like this. He stared at the sky for a while and snapped back out of his thoughts in a moment.

Good, our training will be a little strenuous, but you will be a master of this element, in no time.
Hn. Okay, let's start with a special experiment.

After talking, his smile widened, as he reached for his special blade and took it out of his pouch. He held it firmly and pointed it towards Yuri.

Now, young one, observe me.

He focused upon his chakra and converted it into the Wind nature. He then, let the Wind chakra flow into the blade, slowly. Soon, an aura surrounded the blade he held.

Do you notice this special and magnificent aura? This is Wind natured chakra, which I channeled to my blade. Do you think my blade can cut cleanly through a rock? What are your thoughts?

Yuri looked upon the man as he spoke and then paused. She could see a deep sadness expressed on his face. Yuri knew the feeling all too well. The realization that one's power wasn't enough to help a friend. That is one of the reasons Yuri worked so hard in learning new techniques and styles. She hoped to one day be able to change the mind of her friend. Talking wouldn't do much good...no. It would be their blades that would speak the desires of their hearts. With their blood, sweat, and tears they would write the tale of their friendship and how it prevailed. Yuri would not give up until things were as they once were...or however close she could get them to.

She continued listening to the man named Hashirama Senju. When he finished his talk with her, she replied in what seemed like indifference on her part but it had been part of her upbringing with Lili. Not that Lili was a bad teacher, but being an battle-adept Uchiha, Yuri was taught to never fully trust anyone no matter how kind they were to you. It was human nature to do things that benefit the survival of oneself and anyone that said differently was dilluded by their inability to see reality for what it is.

"Yes, I do think you can cut through the rock but so far as "cleanly"...no. No matter what you cut through there will always be debris leftover depending on the speed and size of both objects/forces. But that would be reading too much into it which I want to avoid at this stage. For the most part though, wind is more or less invisible to the untrained eye, allowing to be quite unpredictable. In controlled amounts, I like how it compliments some of the other elements. Wind adds force to water, empowers fire, creates dust storms with earth. To make it more better it also is able to negate/counter lightning, which is prized for its piercing ability. All in all, whether you asked me or not, I shared with you my thoughts on the matter."

As bluntly as it came out, Yuri felt it was the best answer she could come up with. Her friend had once explained the wind element to her so it wasn't like she was totally clueless. She did however regretted her answer because her intentions were't to disrespect her teacher.

 

[Naruto.]

As the magnificent aura surrounded the special blade, Hashirama listened to his student. She told him more than he had asked. A rare thing among shinobis of today. He could make it out that she was genuinely interested in learning this element; after all it was a very powerful and destructive element, as well as rare among the shinobis of the Leaf village.

Debris? No. If you place a tree and a boulder behind it, the blade would cut through the tree and pierce the boulder, like how a bullet makes it impact. One could say that bladed weapons are simpler to use. But, watch me.

Hashirama tightened his grip on the ground, and his only focus was the boulder behind the tree. He outstretched his arm back and used the motion to swing his hand in a frontal arc, so as to release the blade. The blade traveled with speed and cleanly cut through the tree, and pierced the boulder behind it, sticking to the boulder.

My wind augmented blade might have demonstrated, how sharp wind is. What I did was, I gathered my raw chakra and made my chakra as thin and sharp as possible, splitting my chakra into two halves, making them grind against each other, as they sharpened one another to fine pieces. This increased the cutting power of the blade. But, wind isn't only sharp. It can range anything from a small harmless breeze to a giant hurricane. Wind has many forms; blasts, streams, projectiles, gusts, slicing gusts, vortexes, hurricanes and so much more!

After saying this, Hashirama slammed his hands on the ground and summoned forth a scroll. The scroll emerged with it's traditional poof sound and white smoke. He took the scroll and neatly opened it, showing it's contents to his Yuri:

Wind Release is the element that allows us to create and manipulate wind. When you think of wind you think of something that is fast, free flowing, unpredictable, and strong. In the Narutoverse, wind release has a variety of different properties which makes it versatile in its own right. For one, we have the ability to create long and short powerful gusts of flowing wind. Mainly these techniques that are designed to provide resistance against oncoming attacks, reversing the trajectory of weaponry, etc. We can also create short concentrated/compressed bursts of wind that give a pseudo solid form which can be used for blunt force or strong impacts. These would mainly be offensive in nature. There is also vacuum or suction power that can be generated, drawing objects in for close combat or sucking away the oxygen for suffocation. However, one of the more prominent abilities of wind release that we’ve come to know from the Narutoverse is the powerful cutting power that it possesses. Mainly from characters like Naruto, Asuma, and Sora, the wind nature has been shown to be able to slice and cut through things like butter. Wind is the movement of many gases in the air, though we’ve been shown to manipulate just the air itself and call it wind release by comparison due to the relationship.

This is what my sensei and my guide, Ieyasu has written forth his understanding of the wind element.

After showing the contents, he summoned another scroll and repeated the same process.

Soliloquy on Wind

The wind element is truly unique. It is well known that the wind element is my favorite element and was the first element that I learned, that is why I went through the trouble of creating the Atmospheric Pressure element. I wanted to take the wind element to the next level. Trying to explain the ways wind can be used is almost pointless. The ways are endless, one must just be able to attune to learning how to use wind. Yes, it is very true that the wind element is mainly an offensive element but you cannot be restricted. The wind element can also defend as well in its attacks, you just need to keep your mind open. The versatility is one of the reason why the wind element is my favorite. Unlike earth or water, wind exist everywhere. Without it life cannot exist. Where ever you can go, you cannot do there with wind. The pride of the wind element like you said is it's ability to cut. A master of wind must be able to sharpen their winds to extreme levels to be able to cut through anything through sharpening their own self discipline, this is how far I have taken my Atmospheric Pressure element. The winds that it possesses are so strong that is has far surpassed mere cutting, the element instantly turns whatever it touches into dust by cutting at an unimaginable speed and concentration.

The wind element has an unique relationship with other elements. Lightning an element with incredible potency, an element that can burst through fire, destroy earth, electrocute water, even though such destruction is caused by it, the wind element cancels it out. The wind element does not permit lightning through it. Lightning is an element of pure destruction, unlike the four other elements that come together to create the basis of life, lightning is the opposite. It is pure death, yet wind quells it. It is true that wind is weak against fire but is it not for the reason that fire needs wind. Without wind fire cannot exist. When used correctly the wind element is not weakened by fire, it is empowered. The user can create deadlier attacks using this combination. The water element can also be used to strengthen wind, the user can combine both water and wind to create attacks that can quell the largest of fires. Both of these examples shows the substance contained within the wind element. The wind element is the source that allows fire and water to be able to become stronger. Without wind, fire and water would remain weak. The earth element does not directly interact with the wind element, over time wind is what shapes earth altogether. The erosion produced by wind gives shapes to many rocks and mountains, even turning earth into sand over time. The Atmospheric Pressure element turns all earth and metals into sand instantly as a testament to wind.

The wind element to means personifies one thing; change. Change is the entire concept of wind. The wind element never stays still and never stays in one place. One with the wind, is one without rest. Wind represents change because of its interaction with the environment, as you said wind can be very peaceful. As you are walking through this forest right now, you feel that gentle breeze across your face do you not. Is this gentle wind not soothing to the touch and relaxing? I would say it is. You say this because of what you have experienced. But wind can change at any time. How would it feel if you were standing in front of an F-5 tornado coming toward you paying no regard to life, destroying all in its path. Would it not be frightening? Standing there alone, unable to move due to terror as it rages toward you. Thus you must pay close heed to the wind element, though it has to power to be your friend and give you great strength in battle, when used incorrectly it will become your greatest foe. The wind will over power you and turn against you. You must have great discipline over yourself but also be flexible to necessary change if you ever want to become a true master of the Wind element, then to take it beyond.

To me, wind is the element of a warrior; you either live with wind or you die with wind. Have you have seen me use the Hurricane Fist technique to avoid attacks like all these people are doing nowadays? No. I prefer to take things head on. Wind isn't exactly an element that suits everyone, its song is sour and its taste is bitter. Mastering wind and implementing it in battle takes commitment and dedication. Sometimes it may be easier to simply use fire or water, but who wants to take the easy way out. Only one way works for me. The way of the silent predator, the roaring lion, the ghastly paladin. The way of the wind.

These are the thoughts,feelings and the general explanation about the wind element, by a famous wind master.
Before we start our wind training, can you tell me your understanding about chakra, ninjutsu and handseals are?

 

[Deviation]

Spoiler

As the magnificent aura surrounded the special blade, Hashirama listened to his student. She told him more than he had asked. A rare thing among shinobis of today. He could make it out that she was genuinely interested in learning this element; after all it was a very powerful and destructive element, as well as rare among the shinobis of the Leaf village.

Debris? No. If you place a tree and a boulder behind it, the blade would cut through the tree and pierce the boulder, like how a bullet makes it impact. One could say that bladed weapons are simpler to use. But, watch me.

Hashirama tightened his grip on the ground, and his only focus was the boulder behind the tree. He outstretched his arm back and used the motion to swing his hand in a frontal arc, so as to release the blade. The blade traveled with speed and cleanly cut through the tree, and pierced the boulder behind it, sticking to the boulder.

My wind augmented blade might have demonstrated, how sharp wind is. What I did was, I gathered my raw chakra and made my chakra as thin and sharp as possible, splitting my chakra into two halves, making them grind against each other, as they sharpened one another to fine pieces. This increased the cutting power of the blade. But, wind isn't only sharp. It can range anything from a small harmless breeze to a giant hurricane. Wind has many forms; blasts, streams, projectiles, gusts, slicing gusts, vortexes, hurricanes and so much more!

After saying this, Hashirama slammed his hands on the ground and summoned forth a scroll. The scroll emerged with it's traditional poof sound and white smoke. He took the scroll and neatly opened it, showing it's contents to his Yuri:



This is what my sensei and my guide, Ieyasu has written forth his understanding of the wind element.

After showing the contents, he summoned another scroll and repeated the same process.



These are the thoughts,feelings and the general explanation about the wind element, by a famous wind master.
Before we start our wind training, can you tell me your understanding about chakra, ninjutsu and handseals are?

Yuri was taken aback as she read the entire contents written on the scrolls provided to her. Though her demeanor seemingly did not change, Yuri felt quite sad and amazed. It reminded Yuri of her best friend whom she rarely mentioned to anyone. He was quite intelligent, even for his generation of Uchiha. He was to teach Yuri everything about the wind element but due to unforeseen circumstances, he was gone and she was here alone though obviously accompanied by her sensei. She knew that as a true friend, she would have to dedicate herself to the same level of mastery. She closed her eyes, took a deep breath, and spoke quite calmly.

"Chakra is the combination of one's spiritual and physical energies. With it we can do things that could not ordinarily be done such as running at superhuman speed or mimicking elements that can be found in nature such as earth, air, fire, water, and lightning. Though everyone has chakra (some more than others), only shinobi have been shown to be able to utilize it. With training and practice, a shinobi can tap into his chakra and develop techniques to attack, defend, or aid himself or others in battle. This practice is more or less referred to as Ninjutsu or Ninja Techniques. It varies in many ways and styles but it all fundamentally shares the same two principles: Nature Transformation and/or Shape Manipulation. The best example of this would be in the case of elemental ninjutsu. Mimicking an element's properties with chakra and then manipulating its shape to whatever we desire.

What I find intriguing is the use of handseals. None of my teachers has really touched upon why handseals are needed though from experience I would say it is a tool to focus one's concentration. I don't really have much to say on that since I don't really know much about it.

By the way, that information I read just now...very informative. It really moved me. I hope to learn more from you."

 

[Naruto.]

Very good, young one!

Hashirama was impressed by her honest answers, although she was a little weak regarding the concept of handseals.

It's my job to teach you the working of each of these basic concepts. And, I have faith in you. You'll be a master of the Wind element in no time.

OOC:

Chakra: "Chakra" is basically life essence or life force which exists in human bodies and animals. Without it, a shinobi can die. It can be considered "blood" and soul for a ninja. It is the molding of physical energies and spiritual energies in the body. Physical energy is the energy given off by the body cells and can be increased with more stamina and practise. Spiritual energy is derived from the consciousness of the mind and can be increased through great concentration and meditation. It is the basis for all almost all the ninja skills like Ninjutsu, Genjutsu, except Taijutsu in some special cases. It flows through the chakra circulatory system, and in it, there are 361 points aka nodes in the body known as tenkutsu. The function of the tenketsu is to regulate and control the flow of chakra. If these weren't present, then chakra would flow through some specific organ, thus there wouldn't be a balance in the chakra flow. Every ninja in the narutoverse possesses a chakra pool. Shinobis with a very high chakra pool like Naruto can perform a lot of higher ranked techniques like Multiple Shadow Clone Technique, etc. without having the fear of getting their chakra depleted at once. Senju Clan members for eg, have very high chakra reserves and a high physical energy aka high "Yang" energy, thus their naturally strong bodies and on the other hand, the Uchiha clan members have a very high spiritual energy, i.e. high "Yin" energy, thus their proficiency in genjutsu and visual prowess. It is possible to have high chakra if you possess very strong willpower. If chakra runs out completely in a shinobi, then he dies as shown when Kakashi died due to his chakra completely running out against Deva Pein. It can be divided into several types like:

Elemental Chakra
Senjutsu chakra
Bijuu Chakra

Ninjutsu: Ninjutsu means "Ninja Arts" and is something that allows the shinobi to do something that a normal human can't do, like walking on water, manipulating elements, the usage of special as well as bladed weapons, stealth, transformation, etc. The effects of ninjutsu are real. Most of the time, it heavily relies on the usage of handseals as well as chakra. Regular ninjutsu doesn't incorporate the usage of elements for it, like stealth, a basic Rasengan, etc. Elemental Ninjutsu is an advanced form of ninjutsu, which incorporates the usage of basic 5 elements, as well as advanced combinations to create stronger jutsus which have the respective properties of the 5 elements. Elemental ninjutsu is stronger to regular ninjutsu, since regular ninjutsu only uses raw chakra, whereas, elemental ninjutsu uses both Shape Manipulation and Nature Transformation. The perfect Rp example would be that, a Wind natured or a Lightning natured Rasengan would have a greater destructive force than a standard Rasengan, obviously because the elemental Rasengan contains violently rotating chakra as well as the violently rotating chakra is given the property of the respective elements.

Handseals: Handseals are hand gestures, which primarily manipulate chakra and dictate the exact amount of chakra needed for the respective specific technique. Weaving of handseals makes chakra take different "patterns". Some techniques require a large number of handseals, which is related to the complexity of performing that technique and if not weaved properly, in order, or if the user loses focus in between, then the technique is either executed in a weaker state, or it is dispersed midway, depending on the specific technique. A good example is Water Dragon Bullet Technique. It was shown that the technique required a string of 44 handseals to perform, however the Second Hokage, Tobirama could perform it with a single handseal, due to his unparalled Water mastery. It is shown in the manga that with time, a shinobi after mastering the specific technique, requires one-literally no handseals to perform it, an example being Chidori, which required some handseals when Sasuke just learnt it. In our RP, the user can perform any 2 elemental releases of his choice, depending on the elements he has placed as specialties, with one-virtually no handseals/faster handseals. Usually, handseals are performed with both the hands, but Haku, Minato, etc have demonstrated the ability to perform it with only a single hand. The 12 basic handseals are Monkey, Ram, Dog, Horse, Dragon, Boar, Rat, Snake, Ox, Hare, Bird, Tiger.

 

[Deviation]

Spoiler

Very good, young one!

Hashirama was impressed by her honest answers, although she was a little weak regarding the concept of handseals.

It's my job to teach you the working of each of these basic concepts. And, I have faith in you. You'll be a master of the Wind element in no time.

OOC:

Chakra: "Chakra" is basically life essence or life force which exists in human bodies and animals. Without it, a shinobi can die. It can be considered "blood" and soul for a ninja. It is the molding of physical energies and spiritual energies in the body. Physical energy is the energy given off by the body cells and can be increased with more stamina and practise. Spiritual energy is derived from the consciousness of the mind and can be increased through great concentration and meditation. It is the basis for all almost all the ninja skills like Ninjutsu, Genjutsu, except Taijutsu in some special cases. It flows through the chakra circulatory system, and in it, there are 361 points aka nodes in the body known as tenkutsu. The function of the tenketsu is to regulate and control the flow of chakra. If these weren't present, then chakra would flow through some specific organ, thus there wouldn't be a balance in the chakra flow. Every ninja in the narutoverse possesses a chakra pool. Shinobis with a very high chakra pool like Naruto can perform a lot of higher ranked techniques like Multiple Shadow Clone Technique, etc. without having the fear of getting their chakra depleted at once. Senju Clan members for eg, have very high chakra reserves and a high physical energy aka high "Yang" energy, thus their naturally strong bodies and on the other hand, the Uchiha clan members have a very high spiritual energy, i.e. high "Yin" energy, thus their proficiency in genjutsu and visual prowess. It is possible to have high chakra if you possess very strong willpower. If chakra runs out completely in a shinobi, then he dies as shown when Kakashi died due to his chakra completely running out against Deva Pein. It can be divided into several types like:

Elemental Chakra
Senjutsu chakra
Bijuu Chakra

Ninjutsu: Ninjutsu means "Ninja Arts" and is something that allows the shinobi to do something that a normal human can't do, like walking on water, manipulating elements, the usage of special as well as bladed weapons, stealth, transformation, etc. The effects of ninjutsu are real. Most of the time, it heavily relies on the usage of handseals as well as chakra. Regular ninjutsu doesn't incorporate the usage of elements for it, like stealth, a basic Rasengan, etc. Elemental Ninjutsu is an advanced form of ninjutsu, which incorporates the usage of basic 5 elements, as well as advanced combinations to create stronger jutsus which have the respective properties of the 5 elements. Elemental ninjutsu is stronger to regular ninjutsu, since regular ninjutsu only uses raw chakra, whereas, elemental ninjutsu uses both Shape Manipulation and Nature Transformation. The perfect Rp example would be that, a Wind natured or a Lightning natured Rasengan would have a greater destructive force than a standard Rasengan, obviously because the elemental Rasengan contains violently rotating chakra as well as the violently rotating chakra is given the property of the respective elements.

Handseals: Handseals are hand gestures, which primarily manipulate chakra and dictate the exact amount of chakra needed for the respective specific technique. Weaving of handseals makes chakra take different "patterns". Some techniques require a large number of handseals, which is related to the complexity of performing that technique and if not weaved properly, in order, or if the user loses focus in between, then the technique is either executed in a weaker state, or it is dispersed midway, depending on the specific technique. A good example is Water Dragon Bullet Technique. It was shown that the technique required a string of 44 handseals to perform, however the Second Hokage, Tobirama could perform it with a single handseal, due to his unparalled Water mastery. It is shown in the manga that with time, a shinobi after mastering the specific technique, requires one-literally no handseals to perform it, an example being Chidori, which required some handseals when Sasuke just learnt it. In our RP, the user can perform any 2 elemental releases of his choice, depending on the elements he has placed as specialties, with one-virtually no handseals/faster handseals. Usually, handseals are performed with both the hands, but Haku, Minato, etc have demonstrated the ability to perform it with only a single hand. The 12 basic handseals are Monkey, Ram, Dog, Horse, Dragon, Boar, Rat, Snake, Ox, Hare, Bird, Tiger.

Hashirama-sensei was nice enough to share his knowledge about chakra, ninjutsu, and even on handseals. She appreciated it very much and was smart to take notes for later observation and analysis. She then put her hands in her pockets and calmly glanced over to Hashirama and said, "So what's next? Or did you need me to answer something for you?" She didn't mean any disrespect by it. On the contrary, she was even more anxious to show off and impress the man. It was in her nature to showcase her talents not as a means to rub it in their faces, but to prove how to do it better so as a lesson to others. Despite her seemingly lack of interest, Yuri was a very caring individual who wanted nothing more than to help others like she had been helped. She smiled warmly and waited for Hashirama's answer.

OOC: It would have been nice if they incorporated a difference in chakra usage for those with high yin/yang chakra. For example if Uchiha, Nara, Yamanaka clan bios had a smaller chakra pool but perform techniques with half the chakra cost or at a lower rate than most and bios with high Yang energy like Kiyoshi, Gyojin, Uzumaki, etc. to have a larger chakra pool but techniques cost more. More thought could be put in it but I am too lazy. Would create an interesting dynamic no? .-.

 

[Naruto.]

OOC: Indeed. I never thought about that idea. o_o Why don't you suggest it to the mods?
They make it everything equal in the RP, I guess.

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Next?

As Hashirama said these words with a smiling face, he took out a special paper from his pouch.

Here, Yuri. This is a special chakra paper. It has been made from trees fed with chakra. It will react to the chakra nature you channel to it. This is commonly used to test what affinity a shinobi has. Before we start wind training, let me check if you have the wind affinity. This is an exceptionally rare affinity. If fire natured chakra is channeled, it burns and turns to ash, for water, it turns damp, for lightning, it wrinkles, for earth, it will turn to dirt and crumble away, and finally for the wind nature, it will split exactly in half.

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Now, start by closing your eyes and meditate. Calm down your mind and let out all the unnecessary thoughts. Your only thought should be splitting the paper in half. Chakra continuously flows in your body; it can be described as breathing, meaning it happens naturally. Imagine stopping your breathing. What did you do? You took control of something that happened naturally. Similarly, you're going to learn how to "take control" of your chakra flow. Now, focus on the flow of your chakra in your body and let it be steady. Remember, chakra flows in our chakra circulatory system, like how blood flows. Once you focus, picture an image of wind blowing away anything, and then focus on the properties of wind in your mind(free, calm, sharp and fast flowing). Then, make your chakra "mimic" wind's properties. This is known as nature manipulation; making your chakra mimic an elemental nature. For splitting the paper in half, you need to do something I told before; imagining splitting your chakra into exactly half and making these two halves grind against each other, while they sharpen each other into fine pieces. This is one way of forming wind chakra. Once you feel the newly formed chakra nature, channel it into the special chakra paper. This won't happen instantly, but requires a lot of concentration and focus. If done rightly, it will split it into exactly half. A good example of how wind has raw cutting and shredding force. An average shinobi may take hours to get it right. Impress me!

 

[Deviation]

Spoiler

OOC: Indeed. I never thought about that idea. o_o Why don't you suggest it to the mods?
They make it everything equal in the RP, I guess.

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Next?

As Hashirama said these words with a smiling face, he took out a special paper from his pouch.

Here, Yuri. This is a special chakra paper. It has been made from trees fed with chakra. It will react to the chakra nature you channel to it. This is commonly used to test what affinity a shinobi has. Before we start wind training, let me check if you have the wind affinity. This is an exceptionally rare affinity. If fire natured chakra is channeled, it burns and turns to ash, for water, it turns damp, for lightning, it wrinkles, for earth, it will turn to dirt and crumble away, and finally for the wind nature, it will split exactly in half.

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Now, start by closing your eyes and meditate. Calm down your mind and let out all the unnecessary thoughts. Your only thought should be splitting the paper in half. Chakra continuously flows in your body; it can be described as breathing, meaning it happens naturally. Imagine stopping your breathing. What did you do? You took control of something that happened naturally. Similarly, you're going to learn how to "take control" of your chakra flow. Now, focus on the flow of your chakra in your body and let it be steady. Remember, chakra flows in our chakra circulatory system, like how blood flows. Once you focus, picture an image of wind blowing away anything, and then focus on the properties of wind in your mind(free, calm, sharp and fast flowing). Then, make your chakra "mimic" wind's properties. This is known as nature manipulation; making your chakra mimic an elemental nature. For splitting the paper in half, you need to do something I told before; imagining splitting your chakra into exactly half and making these two halves grind against each other, while they sharpen each other into fine pieces. This is one way of forming wind chakra. Once you feel the newly formed chakra nature, channel it into the special chakra paper. This won't happen instantly, but requires a lot of concentration and focus. If done rightly, it will split it into exactly half. A good example of how wind has raw cutting and shredding force. An average shinobi may take hours to get it right. Impress me!

Yuri took the paper from Hashirama's hand and held it between her index finger and middle finger. She listened closely to his instructions and proceeded to calm down like he asked. She took a deep breath and resigned herself to her thoughts. As she focused on the paper, she slipped into her mind. A bright place, full of light and warmth. There she proceeded to sit down and look down into a small water pond she created with her imagination. A sadness swept her face as she looked upon the water's reflection. It had been so long since she had time for herself let alone time to look at her feelings. She had had so many goals and dreams yet to come true. She had learned many things and seen many faces, been through many ordeals, only to arrive at the same point. She felt a little frustrated and in anger, created a stone in her hand and threw it at the water, causing many ripples. Then out of nowhere a small child appeared. It looked like her when she was a child. Yurn bend down forward a bit and looked at the child.

"You must be me, huh?"

"(Timidly)...yes."

"Aw, its okay. I won't hurt you."

The two hug for a minute. It is something Yuri really needed. Not words but just simple affection. The feeling of being wanted...needed. Yuri, despite her stoic attitude was no different than everyone. She just wanted acknowledgement. With that, she returned back to reality as she looked at the paper in her hands. Now calm, she thought hard on what wind felt like. She remembered all she could from experience but despite all she could think about was fire, causing the paper to burn up. It took several long and arduous hours of focusing and wasted paper to finally get the point of wind. She thought to herself, "Wind isn't meant to divide like people think. It is meant to meant to carry, carry our hopes and dreams to places unimaginable. To bring us closer together. To make our burning passion stronger, our tears more meaningful, and break through obstacles in our way. It protects us from the things we either cannot see or destruction we can't avoid." Instead of focusing on the negative theological aspect of wind, Yuri looked at the positive aspects of it. As he focused more on that, she began to see progress. Why? Looking at things from an opportunistic POV allowed Yuri to concentrate. It gave her an unimaginable courage and confidence. Soon enough she was able to cut through the paper cleanly. A smile overtook her face as she then turned to Hashirama.

"I think I did sensei!"

Soon enough Yuri changed to a more stoic face, realizing she showed a vulnerable side of herself.

"Ahem...how did I do sensei?"

 

[Naruto.]

Your thoughts about Wind, are very interesting and very beautifully said, Yuri.

The smile on his face got wider, as he watched the paper being cut precisely into two halves.

You got it pretty quickly. As expected. Just focusing doesn't help, one needs to put their heart and soul into it, which is rare in shinobis these days. All they want is to kill and plunder, in the name of peace.

Anyway, here's a simple question for you:

Can you tell me what projectiles and streams are?

 

[Deviation]

Your thoughts about Wind, are very interesting and very beautifully said, Yuri.

The smile on his face got wider, as he watched the paper being cut precisely into two halves.

You got it pretty quickly. As expected. Just focusing doesn't help, one needs to put their heart and soul into it, which is rare in shinobis these days. All they want is to kill and plunder, in the name of peace.

Anyway, here's a simple question for you:

Can you tell me what projectiles and streams are?

After an extended recess, Yuri is nowhere to be seen or heard from. Kakashi arrives from behind some bushes and proceeds to have a talk with Hashirama.

"Shodaime, Yuri has fallen ill and is unable to proceed with her training. I will be taking her place instead. Luckily she was able to fill me in on what's happened. With your permission, I will be proceeding from this lesson onwards although I cannot say how long I myself will be here.

Anywhore, from my experience, projectiles refer to techniques that you can launch in groups and travel farther than streams. Streams refer to something that requires a constant, steady flow. The best way for me to explain this is with fire. This particular technique can be sustained with my chakra as I keep blowing into it, manipulating my breath to take on the properties of fire."

Kakashi weaves the Snake → Ram → Monkey → Boar → Horse → Tiger as he gathers his chakra inside his lungs. He then takes a deep breath, and upon exhaling he breaths a steady, streamed fireball through a ring made by his thumb and index finger which he maintains away from Hashirama.

"Now a projectile is a bit different. Instead of a constant, steady flow to maintain its power, projectiles once launched lose their power the farther they travel. This explains why most projectiles are made for short to mid range. Although they are speedier, they aren't individually strong since you are dividing that damage potential depending on the limits of the technique. The nice thing though about projectiles is that they allow a way to pressure your opponent. Fighting against one technique is, for the most part, easy to counter. However, with projectiles, they come in from many angles that it can easily overwhelm anyone. This acts as a nice distraction for the user to take advantage of for other techniques."

Kakashi once again weaves the Snake → Ram → Monkey → Boar → Horse → Tiger as he gathers his chakra inside his lungs. He then takes a deep breath, and upon exhaling he breathes out several, small fireballs through a ring made by his thumb and index finger which he maintains away from Hashirama.

"I don't know if you can do this with every projectile technique but I assume you can control all the fireballs since they contain your chakra, allowing you to concentrate on hitting several spots. Am I right or did i misinterpret it?"

Spoiler

(Katon: Gōkakyū no Jutsu) - Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique
Rank: C
Type: Offense
Range: Short-Mid
Chakra Cost: 15
Damage Points: 30
Description: After performing the necessary hand seals Snake → Ram → Monkey → Boar → Horse → Tiger, a ninja inhales air, and utilizing a large amount of fire chakra, spews a large fireball from their mouth after blowing through a ring made by the thumb and index finger of the user, incinerating everything in range. The fireball ignites externally. The fire ball can present itself in 2 forms: it can either be created by a stream of fire and sustained as a gigantic ball of flames in front of the user spanning up to short range or be released as a slightly smaller ball of fire which will travel towards the enemy up to mid range.

 

[Naruto.]

Hashirama waited for a long time, and after some time, heard the rustling of jimmies leaves nearby. He diverted his attention there, as he watched the famous white-haired man appear before him in style.

Sick, you say? Ah. May she get well soon. So, you're the renowned copy-ninja, aren't you? It's good that she told you everything. It will be a pleasure to train a jonin.

Hashirama was still a little surprised, but nonethless, he was quite happy at Kakashi's answer.

Excellent demonstration of the famous Fire Style technique, he said in amazement, as he watched the man in action. You're right for the most part. Let me add my input.

Saying this, he took a deep breath and spoke:

Projectiles: Projectiles are objects which are propelled into the air. For eg: shurikens, kunais, etc. These are thrown towards the opponent. Now, projectiles move in a certain fixed direction, unless their direction is externally changed by blowing wind, water, etc. Coming to the element, wind projectiles are wind jutsus which are "flung" at the opponent. For eg: Blades of wind. Several wind blades are released from the hand or from the body. Once these projectiles are released, one can't alter their trajectory and it is out of your control now. With projectiles the user gathers all their chakra into one central focus point and releases the chakra all in one burst or divided in several bursts of compact wind chakra with its own set of energy, meaning the chakra is concentrated at one single point and thus the area of damage is short compared to streams, however due to the concentration being large, one single point when hit by a projectile faces massive damage.

Streams: A stream is a constant and well defined flow of an any material. For eg: a stream of wind. Here, you gather chakra, and then simply release it in a steady flow outwards toward your target and you maintain that steady flow until the chakra you've built up for the technique is no longer there. This means that streams have their power spread out evenly throughout the technique as opposed to several individualized burst of chakra that have their own capabilities, meaning you have to constantly focus on your chakra, however, you're free to alter the direction of your attack, since you still maintain the control over it until the amount of chakra that is built up gets exhausted.

I don't know if you can do this with every projectile technique but I assume you can control all the fireballs since they contain your chakra, allowing you to concentrate on hitting several spots. Am I right or did i misinterpret it?

OOC: Once the fireballs leave you, you can't change their trajectory, nor control them. They are self-sustaining and independent once they leave your mouth. Same for wind projectiles. You covered up the advantages and disadvantages, which is great!

Let me add mine too.

Advantages Of Projectiles: The advantages of projectiles are that once you release them, you're free to follow up with other techniques. You can materialize a large no. of projectiles and attack the enemy from different directions. Now, this hinders the vision of the enemy to you, and vice versa. While he's busy dealing with the projectiles rushing through different directions, you can follow up with a sneak attack or an attack that immobilizes him, thus making it harder for him to evade them. They go towards the opponent quickly, and hence are useful in short range.

Disadvantages Of Projectiles: The disadvantages of projectiles are that, though quick in release, once projectiles are released you have no control over them. It's generally the same in every case with projectile based weaponry minus attachments like wire that allow you control. However in the case of chakra based projectiles like these, after exhaling exit from the point of release there is no real control over the projectiles. The direction you've launched is where it will go and it could be very easy to avoid them with basic techniques that could move you out of the line of fire. There is the problem of the rapid projectiles. What are rapid projectiles? These are projectiles divided into several parts, i.e. several wind disks fired at once, etc..now the disadvantage here is that, they don't all have the power of that particular rank, their collective power combined = the rank of the technique as a whole. What this means is, as you divide the projectiles into several shots, they considerably get weaker allowing for your opponent to exploit the weakness. Some techniques may converge at a single point (usually the target) so that they may not be able to avoid harm by just attacking individual shots, there is still that possibility. Those who try to cover a wider range with more projectiles will leave themselves at a disadvantage. The opponent can protect just their frontal. Another big disadvantage is this method is that these techniques aren't very prone to combos with other techniques, especially those of other elements. The projectiles are generally so compressed and dense that the possibility of combos isn't much. The sheer concept of a projectile makes it less prone to be comboed with wind or lightning as the projectiles would require insane precision to be comboed with a wind or lightning technique. Projectiles aren't also very usable with water for the same reason as earth as the projectiles would simply "rupture" and not deliver its effect due to the small time in contact with the combo technique. The main disadvantages are that projectiles are fast yes, but less versatile in combat and for the most part, easy to defend.

Advantages Of Streams: With constant streams, you have a set level of power coursing throughout your entire technique, as opposed to projectiles where you may end up releasing several projectiles with limited strength. You also have a larger range of wind with these techniques for the most part. With projectiles just covering single points, to a certain distance, constant stream based wind techniques provide you with a wider area of attack.

Disadvantages Of Streams: The biggest disadvantage that streams seem to have is the weakness of being unable to perform another technique while the one they currently use is in effect. With projectiles, you channel all the chakra for the technique into that one (or several) shot(s) of wind and once it's released, you're freed up to preform even more techniques for attack or defense, etc, etc. However, with a constant stream of wind, you're constantly fueling the chakra and feeding the technique. Without Yin Yang release to possibly control more elements at once, the user must stop the technique they're doing to change natures or even techniques of the same nature. This gives your opponent various openings, attacking you with a technique that forces you to maintain that technique while they attack from different angels. If they have the free hands and you don't they can easily take advantage of that, leaving you helpless.

Now, if you're all clear, we can start with method 1. Ask if any questions.

 

[Deviation]

Kakashi was anxious to get started and replied in a short, yet to the point reply.

"Excellent. Let's move on shall we?"

This information was quite useful to Kakashi and one he copied down and placed in one of his pockets for safe keeping.

OOC: Thanks senpai. That will help me loads. <3 No questions at this time.

 

[Naruto.]

I apologize. I forgot to reply to yours. <.<
Got buried in the subscribed threads.

With a poof sound, a scroll appeared on the ground, the smoke dissipating away. He neatly opened up the scroll and revealed the contents to the son of the White Fang:

Scroll of Brilliance

Method 1: Tangible Blasts

Alright, for the most part, the techniques within this method consist of large and powerful gusts that you exhale from your mouth or release from another point of the body or simply out of thin air. These gusts contain a few essential properties. These wind techniques can either be long lasting, forceful gusts that have the ability to blow back various items and people/animals of various sizes. These powerful gusts apply a strong pressure in whatever direction release and, therefore any object that comes into contact will be forced back into the direction essentially. If in direct opposition (where one is coming in the direct opposite direction of the wind) or cornered against a wall or obstruction that prevents the flow, the pressure from the wind can have tremendous affects. The second type of skill these techniques may possess are blunt force; wind that is so compressed and refined that once it makes impact with the target it creates a blunt force, almost as if it was hit with a solid object. So techniques that create compact spheres will make impact in similar a way to a bullet or if the wind is spread out a little more like a wall, it could create the sensation of a solid wall impacting, etc. On that note there are distinct ways to casting the two different types of techniques in this section.

1) For Gusts: You'll gather your fuuton chakra through your body to the point of release and then you will release a steady, fast, and powerful gust of wind. You're gathering a fixed amount of chakra and then you're steadily releasing that chakra in the form of wind. You'll need to make sure it's fast and wide as the speed will give more momentum and force behind the technique.

2) For Blunt blasts: Think of projectiles. You'll gather a fixed amount of chakra like you would for any technique and then you would use shape manipulation to compact the wind into a compressed form like a ball, or whatever the technique entails. You'll then release the technique towards your opponent. The wind will be fast so it'll make impact quickly and once it does, it'll make a blunt impact almost like a solid.

OOC: Now, I want you to analyze this method for me, and list the adv and disadv for this method. u_u

 

[Deviation]

Spoiler

I apologize. I forgot to reply to yours. <.<
Got buried in the subscribed threads.

With a poof sound, a scroll appeared on the ground, the smoke dissipating away. He neatly opened up the scroll and revealed the contents to the son of the White Fang:



OOC: Now, I want you to analyze this method for me, and list the adv and disadv for this method. u_u

After analyzing the scroll, Kakashi was able to understand it quite well. However the fact remained that he wasn't that great with explanations. Nonetheless, he gave it his best shot as he cleared his throat and proceeded with his reply.

"Well...anything I say will be pretty much a copy of what is written on here. So far as an analyzation...this method covers gusts of wind which can be categorized into two parts: Wide-scale gusts of wind and small-scale gusts of wind. One is used to cover wider areas suited well to counter larger techniques or against multiple enemies whilst the other covers a more concentrated point of contact. So far as advantages and disadvantages...hmm that's a hard one. Advantages I see when looking at the techniques, is most of them don't require handseals which is a plus when on the offensive. Disadvantages...hmm...not quite sure. Never really delved much into wind which is why I am here. Hmm...Don't the gusts take a while to gain speed and power? I assume it's not an instantaneous technique so for the bigger ones you need room and time for them to grow, or am I wrong?"

 

[Naruto.]

Yes, they do, indeed., said Hashirama, giving a warm smile to his student's explanation. He learnt fast, true to his reputation. Teaching a jounin was simpler than he thought. Instead of speaking for a long time, he decided to summon another scroll.

Advantages

To one extent, the long gusts, these technique aren’t necessarily the longest in range but many of them are definitely wide and the width of the technique is very crucial. These techniques essentially make it difficult to avoid when one is within length range of the techniques. These techniques can drag out and if not immediately defended, there is enough pressure to prevent your opponent reacting in the way they would want.

In reference to the blunt force blasts, these are where the real damaging factors of this method come in. These techniques are compressed and powerful and they almost simulate an actual solid object making impact. Small and medium sized weaponry or objects can be deflected, potential bone breaking/crushing can occur if hit with a considerably powerful technique. Disorientation, hesitation/inability to quickly rebound from a powerful strike, etc. Earth based techniques can be combatted with techniques like these.

Disadvantages

As stated before, wind is a flowing entity and, even though it can produce powerful techniques, it is a yielding element in some degrees like water. What I mean by this is, for gusts especially, if a solid enough entity is used to defend, the wind cannot force its way through but it will go around. Earth based techniques are especially preferred when blocking wide gusts. The wind will simply move around the solid entity when it realizes it cannot force its way through. Unlike earth or other solid entities, when opposed, wind does not simply drop it diverts the energy around and continues to flow. As well that energy used to find an alternative route is energy lost by the overall technique.

For blunt force blasts, there is a completely different issue. Though fast as all wind techniques, these technique encompass a vastly diminished range with wise than with the gust based techniques of this method. This provides more room for opponents to avoid such techniques without necessarily needing a wide defense/counter. As well, the construction for techniques like this is to compress the wind in order to have it flow in a much tighter and compact space. Since this is indeed, not a solid entity, the wind will most likely disperse upon immediate impact. These are short lived techniques and generally shorter in range. Though these sudden dispersions can be explosive and cause damage, they still encompass a significantly smaller space.

He tossed the scroll to Kakashi and waited for his response.

 

[Six Paths]

With the long haired wood shinobi slowly leaving the battlefield, leaving whoever was there behind, I cross paths with him, as I continue walking towards the location he just left. With hs busy time-schedule he might have not been able to continue lecturing, so I take over from him there, as I continue my walk, my view is still covered by a slight hill, but my visual field increases with each step, until I see the individual I was signed to teach. Grey hair, a tall stature and a face mask. He was resting under the shade of an oak, reading a book from the famous writer Jiraiya-san, but the title of those was indicating that the books were very unorthodox to be read by a man of his age. Sighing a little as I awkwardly smile, I meet him while I look in his eye, the other was surprisingly enough covered by his own headband.

With a calm voice, I greet him, while introducing myself in a very kind manner. I hadn't known the progress the student was in, but I knew that it wouldn't be problematic itself. Hashirama's way, while strange it was perfectly well and working, but it being far to advanced for my ability, I was forced to start new, before even this art can be perfected by me. As the thoughts simply dwell up to much, I just begin.

Greetings there, I am Nikodo Uzumaki and will from today on be your new Wind release teacher. It is a pleasure to meet you.

I wait as the person before me replies, starting off the training with simple introductions first, before beginning work.

 

[Naruto.]

Betrayer!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1111!!!!!eleven!!!!one!!!!!!!!1!!!!! >________________________________________>