[Raiton] Agnes learns how to shock her foes with Detective L

Cabbage · Apr 4, 2015

{OOC: Let's just presume a time-skip here, and thus assume that all needed medical work has been attended to, for the sake of moving on with the training}

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*A gently wind flew past Agnes, some sand dancing with no particular care around her as it travels past her, the sunlight beaming harshly upon her hair, sweat dripping periodically from the sand covered brown hair that has been said to flow like the wind. Anchiem was bustling with life on this particular day, crowds flowing freely from stand to stand, purchasing water, fruits, carpets, meat, fish, vegetables, and countless trinkets, much of it sold by mountebanks, selling dreams and false hopes. In other words, it was a charlatans paradise, not particularly friendly to frail, naive girls walking alone after being the only survivor of a massacre of her people. No, definitely not. This left her in a much shyer state than her already shy normal disposition, her shoulders broadly up, hedging her neck and face against any unwanted intrusions, for example, all of them. She squirms through the crowds as she hastily walks past them, her body swerving past countless other people. Some mumble complaints whenever she accidentally glazed them, but most merely continued their vivid conversations, arms raising up as their tones animated their discussions about how much a rip-off the newest swords was, or thrashed wildly against the mountebanks and charlatans that thrived in this merchant town. Funnily enough, she was the only one who noticed the wind... the town paid no heed to the one being that truly gave them comfort in the oppressive heat, besides the water of the nearby oasis.*

*She walks more hastily, until she bumps into a taller man. He turns around swiftly, almost going with the motion of the wind, and merely gives a casual look downwards. He has a gruff face, partially shaven, but otherwise having the appearance of having lived with pain for quite sometime, yet, there was an air of comfortability with him, one which confused the poor girl. He also has a mouse... wait, this isn't right...*

*Agnes wakes up, a light sunlight gleaming through a mostly shaded window. She looks across the room, apparently she has been resting for the last several hours, as indicated by a clock located directly across form her location, but otherwise little could be indicative of where this could be beyond a hospital bed. A light blush begins to cover her face, she has once again over-done it.*

Detective L · Apr 4, 2015

A few hours had passed, and a nurse had told Dean that she would be okay. She simply needed rest, according to the medical specialists at the hospital. Dean sat with his head downwards, waiting. He didn't have anything to do, might as well wait. The few hours had already dragged for so long, Dean himself was a bit tired. He lifts his head as the nurse comes out and says;

"She's awake, you can come get her."

Dean walks in, he wasn't really a fan of hospitals. They were usually so depressing, their colour schemes and even the smell. He would only be there a few moments. Agnes was still in bed, and Dean smiled as he walked in. He puts his hands into his pockets, and said;

"Glad you are alright, Agnes. Shall we?"

He smiles as he stretches his right hand outwards towards her.

Cabbage · Apr 4, 2015

*Agnes gracefully grabs Dean's hand for a few moment, to help stabilize her position as she arises from the bed. Her pain has been subsided somewhat, from a constant boom to a low thump, a welcomed change, but one still needing to be alleviated. She sighs though, and lets go of the hand as she walks slowly out, stumbling a few times, once grabbing a desk, but otherwise needing little assistance out. However, she looks pitiful, her stumbling indicating an obvious need for help regardless of her own obstinacy towards receiving the help. Her difficulties are her own and she already bothered her poor sensei enough with her nonsense... or at least that's what she thinks.*

Detective L · Apr 5, 2015

Dean looks at Agnes as it seems she still struggles, but he didn't want to push her. No, he wanted her to be okay. He clears his throat and his face becomes welcoming once more as he speaks.

"Agnes, are you ready to continue training?"

Cabbage · Apr 6, 2015

"I think that it's wiser to follow your judgment here, as I think you already know my answer"

*She coughs after she says this.*

Detective L · Apr 7, 2015

Dean thought about what to do. He didn't want to exhaust Agnes even more than she already was, yet he knew she also wanted to finish her training. Dean came up with a great plan, something that would her better anyway, since she was a great student.

"What about, we discard the physical part of training, the performing of techniques, and you analyse the techniques for me? Like you just explain everything about the technique to me? I think it could work."

Dean says, as he takes out a bottle of Gin.

Cabbage · Apr 7, 2015

"Sounds fair to me."

*She bears a smile as she says this, part of her mental preparation for the continuation of her training.*

Detective L · Apr 9, 2015

Dean smiles as he hears Agnes agreeing. They still had quite a few techniques to cover, but doing it through analysis would be easier for her, Dean didn't mind any method was good for him. Without the need for hand seals, Dean creates chairs for both of them with his Earth chakra. As they sit down, Dean starts talking.

"Alright, so you finished Wave of Inspiration, so we will go on from there. Here is the last scroll from Wave of Inspiration."

"Now the next technique after that is one that I only used once so far, and it actually made me win that fight >,>. Anyway, the technique is initiated through the manipulation of your Lightning based chakra which you will send towards your hands. This will cause the electrical energy to crackle around them. Then you will slam your hands onto the ground, and send the current racing through the Earth but this current can be split into multiple tendrils to attack the opponent from multiple angles. A nice technique but you have to keep your hands on the ground, and can't perform any other techniques while this is active."

Cabbage · Apr 9, 2015

*The outside is mellow on this day, not much sunshine, but only a mild wind to alleviate the otherwise stillness that flows through the air. Agnes walks slower than earlier, but manages to retain her balance without much stumbling. She notices little in the way of birds or other animals as she walks, no chirping being heard nor any random scattering amongst the trees and bushes surrounding the hospital. She sighs freely, and looks at Dean as he finishes his explanation for the newest jutsu.*

Hm... he's more understanding than my first impression... interesting guy...

*She then notices a small pond ahead, its stillness only compounding the abnormal air of this day. She smiles slightly, though, and gracefully turns to Dean, if gracefully means almost falling on her face as she turns her body quicker than her legs. She sloppingly pats down her knees though, her eyes upon Dean's the entire time, before beginning her explanation, dropping her hands down to her sides for them to sway gradually and minutely, knowing that she barely has the capacity to move, much less pace as she tends to do during these explanations.*

"This jutsu begins with a simple concentration of Raiton chakra using the similar methodology as I have performed earlier within this training, as in you concentrate the chakra within waves that flows throughout your chakra circulatory system until the immense concentration begins to be exhibited as the crackling of free-flowing electricity, or Raiton chakra technically. Now, for this particular jutsu, one needs to have their hands clapped together as they flow this chakra through both of their arms, to properly prepares the bolt of lightning by concentrating both strands into one potent bolt when it's released. You then slam your hands onto the ground, thus making the ground the conduit through which the bolt will travel. Needless to say, types of environments that act as insulators make this jutsu hard, if not, impossible to use, such as glass or paper. Otherwise, this jutsu will travel towards the opponent, splintering off into more bolts of electricity as it travels towards either the opponent, or long-range from the user. Hence why you needed two strands of Raiton chakra to properly prepare this jutsu, as each new strand formed from the released bolt requires a potent amount of chakra in order to form properly, however, if I have this correct, each new strand of this jutsu reduces the rank of every strand of this jutsu, as the strands divide from themselves, and hence borrow some potency from the main bolt. Thus, while the first bolt formed is B-Rank, dividing into two bolts makes both become a C-Rank, four forms D-Rank bolts, and so on. The other portion of note is that you need to hold your hands down on the ground the entire time as the bolt heads towards your opponent, reason being that the bolt needs continual input of chakra in order to travel to the long-range, otherwise it'll dissipate as it enters the end of the short-range from the user."

"Keeping both of these in mind, it's important to note that the best utility of this jutsu is to distract the opponent from any aerial attacks heading their way, but the aerial attack has to be one of the sort that can strike independently from the user, in other words, not another streaming jutsu, unless if this one is performed with a clone. For example, the user first uses the Great Flame Flower, jumping backward to space out from the opponent as they fire off three fireballs in the air. As they land, the user then creates a Flame Pillar underneath the opponent, and finally begin to concentrate and then release this jutsu. Thus, the opponent's attention is scattered to three different arenas of counters, of which few jutsus are able to counter all three without losing their potency, and thus forcing the opponent into a defensive position while you can take a more aggressive game, and thus initiate a pinching strategy within the next turn."

"Now, the primary weakness of this jutsu is both the streaming nature of this jutsu, as well as the weakening of the power of each individual bolt created after the first. The streaming nature of this jutsu requires continual chakra input in order for it to perpetuate, while the splintering nature of this jutsu means that, as it weakens through each division, it becomes easier to counter. A clever exploit to utilize is to first throw a kunai, sebon, or shuriken, and then counter this jutsu. Because of the streaming nature of this jutsu, the opponent must stop having both hands on the ground in order to dodge the kunai, and thus disrupt their chakra input for this jutsu. You can then use the Great Wind Breakthrough jutsu, to both increase the kunai's speed as well as eliminate the bolts traveling alongside the ground, given that the wind goes everywhere where you can see, but this is only given if the bolts are still heading your way, thus making this counter useful if you are in the mid-long range territory. If in the short-range, just use Hurricane Fist while doing your best shinobi/Naruto impression

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*Agnes smiles more vibrantly as she finishes, hoping that this is another good start for her.*

Detective L · Apr 12, 2015

It seemed as though Agnes' collapse, had made her even more precise in her analysing of techniques. Without her needing to perform the techniques any more, she put all her effort into explaining the technique to the best as she could. This was good, as she touched all the parts of the technique splendidly. She really was something.

"Agnes, you make me seem like the student..Great job on that. You touched all the necessary parts of the technique, even that the splitting of the technique divides its ranks. Nonetheless, here you go."

"Now, the next technique is far more simple in both its performance and the result of its release. The technique starts of by manipulating your Lightning based chakra as you raise your hand to the sky. You will charge the Lightning based energy throughout your body, and release it towards your opponent in the form of a Lightning bolt. A simple technique, but I like it cause it requires no hand seals. What do you think about the technique?"

Cabbage · Apr 14, 2015

*Agnes stretches her arms behind her back as she begins a slow pace. She has to try to walk again, after all, but she watches herself carefully, to keep her pace controlled and not erratic. The air still retains its same stillness though...*

"Hm... this jutsu seems to hold numerous similarities with the Fangs of Lightning jutsu I learned not long before my injury. Both of these jutsus create a bolt of lightning that ends up striking the opponent swiftly, thus making it difficult to properly dodge, but there are many differences between these two jutsus that may further illuminate that there are similarities between the two, but how they are utilize have to be differentiated for some key reasons. First off, the basic preparation of this jutsu is similar to that of the Fangs of Lightning jutsu, in that the user prepares Raiton chakra through the wave methodology for about three waves for an inexperienced shinobi, until visible lightning sparks are seen. The chakra is then released at the apex of the third wave, thus creating a larger bolt of lightning, but then comes the first difference. In the Fangs of Lightning jutsu, it's then released into the air, where it mixes with the heat of the cloud to create a far more heated, yet natural, bolt of lightning that strikes unpredictably at the opponent, thus causing more potent damage. Meanwhile, this jutsu has the bolt of lightning created directly from the hand at which the chakra was stored, thus eliminating the middle man of the cloud, making this jutsu slightly more instantaneous. Thus, this is the central point at which more interesting differences lie."

"The Fangs of Lightning jutsu, because of the cloud creating an air of unpredictability of where the bolt will strike, requires a jutsu, preferably one of which subsists of a Fuuton variety, that is capable of defending all around the shinobi, while not necessarily at a large range or area around them. The most obvious jutsu to use is the Wind Sickle Armor jutsu, which allows the shinobi to completely cover their body with a circulating wind, covering the area around themselves with an aura of wind. Thus, this serves as a passive defense against jutsus such as this, and because it completely covers their body, it serves as a great defense for unpredictable jutsus such as the Fangs of Lightning. Another proper counter for the Fangs of Lightning is the... Peacock Whirlwind Rotation, but please don't tell Castiel this, because otherwise he'll make fun of me and oh..."

*Agnes blushes for a moment before re-gaining her passive disposition.*

"Oh, sorry about that, ahem. This jutsu, meanwhile, has the user directly aiming the bolt of lightning at the opponent, which allows for a more variety of responses. For one, because the shinobi can see the jutsu coming at them, they can counter with a more precise jutsu, yet because the bolt will come at them quicker it allows for less time with more extensive preparations. Thus, jutsus that use an avenue for their performance, such as the Peacock Whirlwind Formation, will mostly be ineffective for deflecting this jutsu and thank Janus for that. Ahem, this leaves swiftly performed jutsus that have little preparation, such as the Great Vacuum Cannon, or the Hurricane Fist jutsus, being the more effective for deflecting this jutsu, as both of these jutsus are swiftly prepared, the former with a simple breath, and the latter with a simple punch, while leaving potential for both secondary damage, as well as being simple to also aim at the bolt (or more accurately the hand at which the bolt will leave), and are lastly large enough to encompass a large amount of land in case if the aim is slightly off. Thus, the philosophy for defending these two jutsus are as follows: The Fangs of Lightning is best defended against by a jutsu that covers a large area around one's being, while this jutsu is best defended through a moderate scale jutsu that has the potentiality of being aimed, preferrably at the hand from which the bolt is created."

"Now, on the user's side, these two jutsus allow for different possibilities in a fight. The Fangs of Lightning jutsu allows for a swift combination tactic in regards to how the Fangs is ultimately used. Because the bolt from the Fangs of Lightning jutsu acts as an independent agent once the chakra is released into the cloud, one can better anticipate the usual defenses against the jutsu, namely the two I mentioned. The best exploit against those two jutsus is utilizing a Katon jutsu in order to burn them to a crisp, and thus some simple jutsus are highly useful for this purpose. To name a simple example, the Running Fire jutsu. Now, the user first performs the Fangs of Lightning jutsu, and then the Running Fire, thus forcing them into a large area defense, only to be burned (mind, a higher scale jutsu, such as the Great Flame Pillars jutsu, may be better against more talented shinobi). On the other hand, this jutsu is better used in a combination with a Suiton jutsu, for example the Water Shock Wave jutsu, although many other jutsus also exist for this purpose."

"Essentially, the problem with this jutsu is that the Fangs of Lightning exist, and the time-scale between the chakra shipment to the cloud and the bolt being sent is small enough to lack significance for all but the most minute of time-scales. Meanwhile, it allows a shinobi to begin exploiting its effects to create sophisicated combinations with it. This jutsu, meanwhile, forces the user to not prepare any other jutsu until the bolt hits the opponent, thus leaving the user vulnerable to other jutsus. And while, because of its aiming capabilities, it can be utilized better for defensive purposes than the Fangs of Lightning jutsu, this one lacks the large enough width to be effective for even this purpose. Thus, most shinobi would be better off using the Fangs of Lightning jutsu is most situations."

Detective L · Apr 16, 2015

Once more, Agnes analyses the technique to its core. This always impressed Dean, yet he wasn't sure if Agnes would like it if he told her that she is probably one of the best students he ever had. His smile was enough though, as he wasn't one that usually smiles. Another scroll flies through the air towards Agnes.

"Great job with it, and that Wind Sickle Armor can only be used by Temari, in case you didn't know. Here you go."

"Alright, ready for the next one? Its quite simple, and odd that I never used it in battle before. Through manipulation of your Lightning based chakra, you will generate a large amount between your hands. Then, through shape manipulation, you will form this unfocused Lightning to a whip which can be used to lash at opponents and deliver a shocking hit. Interesting, eh?"

Cabbage · Apr 19, 2015

*As Dean throws the scroll towards Agnes, she merely propels it towards the stump by flicking her two right pointer fingers (pointer and middle) towards the base of a nearby tree to her right, thus forming a mild, small gust of wind that carries the scroll towards the base while allowing Agnes to better absorb Dean's newest instructions.*

"Great job with it, and that Wind Sickle Armor can only be used by Temari, in case you didn't know. Here you go."

*Agnes, although still paying attention to Dean describe what is essentially the Raiton version of the Water Whip jutsu, she couldn't get it past her that the Wind Sickle Armor jutsu is apparently only a shinobi by the name of Temari can use it. She immediately rests
her head on her right hand, palm open as to cover her right cheek, with her left arm crossing horizontally over her mid-chest, she is quite confuzzled over this discovery.*

I've never heard this one before... then again, I don't think I've truly performed it properly in battle... for that matter, I don't think I've performed this at all... time to prove Dean-sensei wrong

*As nods as if she is going to begin her explanation of the newest jutsu, esoterically concentrating Fuuton chakra throughout her body. She, unconsciously, jiggles slightly back and forth. She has a poor capacity for fibbing, with even the frivolous moments of her life.*

"Well, this newest jutsu... is a refutation of your statement! Prepare to be amazed as I perform the Wind Sickle Armor right before your eyes."

*Agnes beams as she releases all the chakra she stored throughout her body, forming... an extremely potent armor lightning, zapping the grass and shrubs around her, burning the field around her position until only burnt grass and a raw ground could be seen. She blushes incredibly profusely, to the point where it is hard to examine where any pale could be, as she deactivates the armor.*

Girl, you are so stupid sometimes... now he'll think you are dumb for doubting him...

*She does a swift bow, keeping the position as she states her apology, her blush gradually lessening as she continues her apology.*

"My deepest apologies Dean-sensei for my momentary arrogance there. It was completely out of line for me, and thus I hope you will forgive my fatuity. Still, I ought not to linger upon such momentary frills for much longer. Now onto this jutsu..."

*Agnes stands straight now, her blush now a nice compliment to her relatively youthful look. She begins a slightly more moderate pace now, moving back and forth as she tends to do now that the pain from her earlier injury is but a mere dull thump that has a mild momentary pattern.*

"This jutsu essentially retains the same features as a whip-variant found within the Suiton field called the Water Whip jutsu, and it is from that which I shall initiate this explanation. The immediate difference between the Water Whip jutsu, and this jutsu is that the Water Whip jutsu has the user perform three handseals, Rat, then Dog, and then Ox, the last of which initiates a large stream of Suiton chakra to charge towards the hand of choice, which then is released in a long stream of water, which takes upon the whip shape that's its namesake. This jutsu, meanwhile, has no handseals being performed, but this comes at a cost of a slightly longer chakra concentration period, of which both hands need to be clasped together, think the Banquet of Lightning, and the method of Raiton chakra concentration I illuminated upon numerous times throughout this training, but this still mostly results in the same whip creation from a large concentration of chakra within one selected hand. Thus, it's mostly the method of concentration that differentiates the two jutsus initially, as they can both perform the same functions as normal whips, for example, binding opponents, delivering potent slashes upon the opponent while maintaining a good distance from them, etc."

"Yet, the true differences between the two jutsus come not from any functional difference nor any preparatory difference, but rather merely from the elements of which both consist. For the Water Whip jutsu, it can eliminate smaller fires with ease, or at least cut and thus divide fires in half, which, if properly aimed, would be effective for stopping streams of fire. Meanwhile, any sized doton jutsu would be effective for blocking any whipping motion done by this jutsu. Thus, the basic elemental strengths and weaknesses, as per usual, apply here, but it's the jutsu's relationship with Raiton that truly differentiates this from the Raiton whip jutsu. The Water Whip jutsu can be utilized to funnel Raiton chakra towards the opponent, thus serving as a makeshift Raiton whip... thus electrocuting the opponent pretty potently. The problem with this... the jutsu of which I am learning can emulate this perfectly, and without the risk of having the opponent taking advantage of Suiton's capability of funneling Raiton jutsu, thus electrocuting the user. Thus, this jutsu actually makes the Water Whip variant mostly useless I'm afraid... yeah... not so good."

*Agnes sighs and then looks more directly at Dean, trying to retain a modest disposition, although a curt smile creeps upon her face.*

"Now, one other important detail one should remember with this jutsu is that while the whip is being sustained, one cannot concentrate any other forms of chakra throughout their body, as this jutsu is a streaming type. Thus, this can leave a shinobi vulnerable to numerous larger scale jutsus, which this whip wouldn't be that effective to counter, especially some of the larger scale Fuuton jutsus, such as the Tornado Wall, the Pressure Damage, or the Infinite Sand Great Breakthrough jutsus. Yet, because the chakra only needs to be funneled through one hand, the other hand be utilizing a shinobi tool, such as a kunai, sword, or shuriken, and thus cover at least some of your weaknesses. Thus, this jutsu is most effective in the truly closer range, and this reduces your vulnerabilities to some of the more potent large scale Fuuton jutsus, as both the Pressure Damage and Tornado Wall jutsus would easily damage both parties in such a range, as well as give the user more leverage in regards to combining this jutsu with some interesting Taijutsu regimes. Yet, one must be careful of jutsus that could repel you far enough away, such as the Hurricane Fist jutsu, or the Infinite Sand Great Breakthrough jutsus, to thus allow the opponent to use the large scale Fuuton jutsu safely. Thus, there's still an element of risk in regards to using this jutsu, it's just that you have little change of accidentally damaging yourself when using it that makes a difference."

*She beams again, truly unable to keep it hidden. She's elated, although for what reason is hard for her to describe... she begins to wonder...*

Detective L · Apr 19, 2015

Agnes tried to prove Dean wrong, however, she failed it seemed. Dean burst out laughing at her, though merely for a few moments. Did she really want to prove Dean wrong so bad? She was really still a child, Dean missed these things. He used to joke around with his own brother too, but that was a time long gone. His laughter was halted, as he got back to the situation at hand. Agnes had outdone herself once more.

"Great job, Agnes. Here is the technique you just learned."

"Now for the next technique, is one of the coolest looking ones. You will manipulate your Lightning based chakra, and channel it to your dominant hand, where the Lightning will then radiate outwards. You will then use shape manipulation and create a hound like shape, that is connected to your dominant hand. This Lightning hound can dash towards the opponent, deal some shocking damage but it stays connected to your hand. So take that into consideration when making your analyses."

Cabbage · Apr 19, 2015

*Agnes profuse blush returns as Dean laughs at her, clearly a more innocent laugh at her silliness, and seemingly recollective as well, yet she internalizes the laugh improperly, taking it as a more forceful laugh against her fatuity.*

Agnes... you are the biggest fool I know... now look at this.

*She sighs though, and listens to the newest jutsu. She immediately recognizes a few features of note about it. One, that it requires use of the shinobi's dominant hand for usage, and two, that it holds a streaming nature. She nods as she initiates her newest explanation, carefully controlling both her internal disappointment in her previous fatuity, as well as her nagging wish to do so again, just to see Dean laugh...*

"This jutsu, once again, is another streaming jutsu, essentially funneling chakra from your dominant hand in the same methodology as most other Raiton jutsus and then forming it into a hound-like bolt, that can freely move, but only as long as it remains attached to the hand, or in other words stays leashed. Essentially, this jutsu holds many of the same flaws as the Tornado Lightning jutsu, in that chakra needs to be continually streamed, thus disallowing other chakra concentrations while this jutsu is still being performed, and that for this reason, the user can be left vulnerable to quick strikes or stealth attacks. It also retains the advantages of needing a somewhat larger scale attack or a more fine-tuned attack to cancel out the stream, and thus a projectile type jutsu tossed out precariously won't work. Yet, how these two jutsus streams ultimate look, and how just the looks can change both how they are performed and also how the behavior of these jutsus are similarly change is the next subject that I will discuss."

"Now, the Tornado Lightning jutsu is pretty much a whip that has to be continually streamed in order to function. This essentially means that although it can strike the ground quite effectively, it's dependent upon the location at which the jutsu strikes, meaning that it won't be effective for eliminating jutsus approaching the user from the ground, but instead may be better for creating walls through walls or barriers or the such, yet, because of its streaming nature, it's difficult to perform this function concurrently with any dashing motion. This jutsu, meanwhile, has its feet traveling alongside the ground, thus serving to stop any walls or barriers from developing, as well as any jutsus traveling alongside the ground. If it hits an already developed wall or barrier, however, then it will dissipate after hitting (and hopefully eliminating) it. The last detail to note is that, although the jutsu can travel on its own, it's both dependent upon the user's vision and well as partially their hand motions for complete movement, meaning any method of the opponent to deflect either of these two things from the user will reduce this jutsu's effectiveness. One other important detail to note is how this jutsu's streaming procedure actually works. This jutsu has fluid motion outside of user manipulation, yet still holds a dependency upon streaming chakra being sent to it, otherwise the jutsu will stop. Essentially, by moving one's hand to assist it dodging projectiles and barriers created to stop the chakra from properly being to the chakra beast, this jutsu can be perpetuate for a while. Yet, any user of this jutsu must remember that a projectile aimed, not directly for the front of the jutsu, as I mentioned earlier where I stated that this is an advantage to streaming jutsus, that when fought head-on, they have a concentration advantage of single use jutsus, and instead towards the source of the chakra stream itself, that the stream will stop, and thus the jutsu itself will end. Thus, caution must always be used to prevent this from happening."

Detective L · Apr 20, 2015

She quickly analysed it and correctly too. Dean always enjoyed listening to her explanations, as she could always compare techniques with each other and mention similarities between them. Dean throws another scroll at the seated Agnes.

"Great job, Agnes. Here you go."

"The next technique is one of the simplest in the B rank category. Manipulate your Lightning based chakra, and release from your mouth the Lightning in a condensed form. The Lightning is in the form of a spear, which can be split (dividing its power) and thrown towards the opponent. A nice technique for close range, just don't use it in a rainy enviroment z,z."

Cabbage · Apr 26, 2015

*Agnes gracefully catches the scroll and places onto the nearby stump before sitting down upon it. The day has been long, but it has been long for several days now, between the meals, the injuries, the causing poor old Dean to panic... Agnes has become quite the troublesome student. Still, she has become quite comfortable with this particular element... enough that it seems to come naturally... almost unusually so. Regardless, she listens as Dean explains the newest jutsu, one quite simple in both performance and applications. Thus, Agnes takes a swift breath before beginning her newest thoughts.*

"This jutsu essentially seems to be one similar to the Violent Whirlwind, Great Fireball, and other elemental jutsus which depend upon streaming from the mouth in order to facilitate the jutsu forward. This jutsu is performed by first concentrated chakra within the lungs, which is the case for all jutsus of this type except Katon jutsus, which need to be concentrated within the stomach, and then exhaling the chakra out in a more concentrated manner. This concentrated manner takes the form of a black lightning bolt, which travels at considerable speeds towards the opponent. Thus, the jutsu has a dependency upon the face's location, as well as the user's vision, as the mouth needs to be aimed towards the targeted location to properly funnel the jutsu towards its intended purpose. Keeping in mind that the streaming nature of this jutsu prevents it from allowing other jutsu preparation, as well as the fact that this jutsu can only last for how long as one can keep exhaling out the chakra concentrated within their lungs, this jutsu also has a splintering ability, allowing it to form multiple branches, at the cost of its power per branch created. In a way, this is merely the air-borne sibling of the Banquet of Lightning jutsu, as both need to have chakra streamed into it in order for them to be perpetuated, and both also have splintering potential, but at the cost of power."

"Now, the more interesting aspect of your statement actually as to do with the potential for this jutsu backfiring in the rain. One of the biggest concern for any proper shinobi should be how the environment can be utilized against themselves, and also how opposing shinobi may terriform the environment to their own advantages. There's an immense field of topics for this genre of battling, and it would be an immense task to describe them all, but for simplicity's sake, at least for now, the best method for using Raiton in the Rain is single use jutsus that leaves your body immediately is okay for usage, while any jutsus that either lingers upon the user's body, is streamed from the user's body, or splinters from the user's body is generally dangerous to use. Mind, this is just an oversimplification of the full depth of the explanation behind it all, but I currently wish to keep myself upon the subject, if you don't mind anyways Dean-sensei."

*Agnes then does a swift nod before smiling.*

Detective L · Apr 27, 2015

Agnes does a great job with analysis once more. Dean looks into his bag, as he grabs another scroll, and tosses it towards Agnes in a swift motion. The B ranks were quite many, but it seems like Agnes didn't even notice that they had been training for quite a while now.

"Great job, and I don't mind. Here you go."

"Next in line. Use your Lightning based chakra, with great precision, to create a clone of yourself made completely of Lightning. This clone is capable of using Ninjutsu and Taijutsu techniques as well as he has all the normal moves the user has. Also, Lightning up to B rank can be used by the clone. When the clone is hit, it forms back to natural pure Lightning. A nice technique, since it can use Taijutsu too."

Cabbage · May 9, 2015

*Agnes, almost on instinct at this point, flicks the scroll onto the pile of scrolls using a slight gust of Fuuton chakra, seemingly understanding the jutsu, but tacitly wanting to read it later. She does a slight smile, but it seems as if the B-Ranks are lasting as long as they did with Suiton and Fuuton, never-ending amounts to be learned, and learning them requires an indefatigable attitude of studiousness, quite tiresome to say the least. She sighs quietly, knowing that regardless of its repetitive nature, her sensei has to continue such activities for countless students after her, and has done this for countless students before her, well, that and how obnoxious she must have been to the poor sensei throughout the training thus far, with her receiving a cut into her right hand, and then being sent to the hospital, and only now being back to the necessary health to properly training status. When she dwells upon it, it has been sometime since training began... interesting really. That, and her ability with Raiton is strangely more intrinsic than Fuuton... although she is both the vestal of wind and a native of the Country of Wind. Although being the vestal of a particular element doesn't actual require the person having any skill in said element... she thought that being a native of the Country of Wind lent her a more potent Fuuton affinity... yet here she is, making potent lightning armors... why is this?*

*She tilts her head slightly to the right as she continues her pontification, completely unaware of the fact that she had a jutsu to explain... as periodically has happened throughout her trainings thus far.*

Why am I so curious about this? I... I guess I may not know everything about myself yet... hm, an experiment is to unfold, this time to not embarrass poor Dean about my casual idiocy again, but instead for myself. First hold out my hand...

*Agnes complies by holding out her left palm opened, it facing the sky. She then begins to concentrate some chakra into the hand, predicting, from her unfocused, but concentrated chakra, that a small gust of wind will blow from the hand.*

And then concentrate chakra into it. Easy really, it should result...

*As she thinks about the process, the chakra forms... into a small bolt of lightning that covers her hand momentarily before dissipating into the air. Agnes tilts her head more to the right, almost comically at this point, as if she just learned what hands were... and then notices Dean, sitting, boringly but patiently, expressionless at her. She blushes, however much she tries to control it, knowing that, once again, she wasted the poor sensei's time.*

Girl, it's not worth it anymore...

*Agnes audibly sighs this time, and pats down her knees, before clasping her hand in front of pelvis, hands facing downward, as she begins to twiddle her thumbs, looking at the thumbs as she speaks.*

"Um, sorry about that Dean-sensei. I probably aught to begin now..."

*She then unclasps her hands before clasping them behind her back before beginning her newest explanation... of the lightning clone, or at least she hopes that that's the jutsu needing explanation.*

"Well, the lightning clone jutsu is essentially the Raiton variant of the Shadow clone jutsu, in that the clone can use Ninjutsu, Taijutsu, as well as up to B-Rank Raiton jutsus, which leaves this jutsu with, while limited options, more options than some other clone jutsus, which is where I shall initiate this explanation. The first clone I've ever learned, from Guv back when I was living on the streets in Ancheim, is the E-Rank illusory clone jutsu. This particular clone jutsu doesn't create an actual physical clone, but rather one based upon illusion, which accounts for its E-Rank power, hence its low cost of chakra input towards its creation. This is good for creating a distraction to cover your being, but doesn't carry any physical power nor chakra capacity, hence far fewer strategic options for usage. The next clone I learned, also from Guv back when we were living in the Land of Rivers, while he was learning from the Six Paths of Pain for some reason, is the Water Clone jutsu. This jutsu is more powerful than the E-Rank clone jutsu, allowing the clone to use C-Rank and below Suiton jutsus. However, this clone is unable to use any Ninjutsu or Taijutsu, unless if I am mistaken here, and also transforms back into water if it or yourself move too far away from each other {past short-range}. Finally, the one thing that gives the E-Rank jutsu an advantage over this particular clone jutsu, is that the water clone depends upon having a water source around in order to utilize this jutsu, while the basic clone jutsu doesn't have any environmental requirements for usage. However, both jutsus are indefinitely inferior to this clone jutsu I'm afraid."

"Because this jutsu can use Ninjutsu, Taijutsu, as well as up to B-Rank Raiton jutsus, giving it an infinitely larger repertoire {fun fact, I never knew how to spell this word before now, eh, said it so often, but never had to spell it out. Funny how this RP works

} of jutsus to use. Also, because it's made of Raiton chakra, it holds no environmental dependencies, unlike the Water Clone jutsu. Thus, this jutsu holds an extremely large variety of usages, so varied that for me to even begin to explain them would easily make this... exhausting... sorry for the laziness here Dean-sensei..."

"However, this jutsu is only truly useful as long as you don't know the Shadow Clone jutsu, given that that jutsu is of the same rank as this one, but can use any jutsu that the original shinobi knows, regardless of its rank. So... yeah. Also, the only advantage of this jutsu, that it disperses into lightning when struck, can be emulated easily with the lightning strike armor jutsu being used by the clone... so yeah. Thus, this jutsu is useful to me at the moment, but possibly not forever. However, I have many questions about the clone jutsus in general, so this might take a bit Dean-sensei. First off, this clone, the water clone, and the earth clone I've heard about before can do anything basic that the shadow clone can do, correct? By this, I mean they can wield tools, inform the user of many potentialities, as well as give the user chakra to eliminate genjutsus from their being? Also, when these clones disperse, do they allot to the user any information they individually gathered while on the field? More bluntly, do they have any special differences from the Shadow Clone jutsu besides their jutsu usage limitations and their formation? A bit more specifically, do they have a Rank limit for Ninjutsu or Taijutsu? For example, are they only capable of utilizing B-Rank Ninjutsu or Taijutsu? Or does that not exist? Finally, are they able to create clones themselves? Or is their chakra capacity to limited for such a feat?"

*She breaths out before blushing slightly again, she may have just went overboard on this one...*

{OOC: One last question that is more technical, exactly how is the chakra distributed between each clone? I've read the shadow clone description, and it says that the chakra is evenly distributed, and yet the water clone jutsu has the clone holding one-tenth of the user's chakra, and this clone and the earth clone jutsu holds no such detail as to their chakra distribution. Do they merely take up the chakra of the Rank itself (e.g., 20 points for the B-Rank clones), and then use the chakra pool from the user whenever they use a jutsu? If this is the case (which it seems to be from what I've seen during my tourney fight), then does this apply to all clones?}

Detective L · May 11, 2015

Since it states nothing, I always used it/taught that it simply gets made with 20 chakra points, and use chakra from the user. However, best to clear the issue with Scorps (bless his soul, he was inactive for a while ;-; )

Dean listens to Agnes, as she analyses one of the more versatile techniques of Lightning, the Lightning Clone. He smiles as she talks, taking everything she was saying. For such a young girl, she had quite a large amount of knowledge and also an uncanny manner of explaining them. She was truly one of a kind. Dean listens to her questions though, reminding him of his personal student, Panthalassa. He always liked asking questions.

"Great job, Agnes. As for your questions, let me try and answer them all for you. Yes, these clones are capable of handling basic tools like kunai etc, as for breaking the user from a Genjutsu using chakra, I am going to have to say no, since they would not be able to realise the user is in a Genjutsu, and should they be told, I am not sure they have the capabilities to release a string enough chakra surge to free the user (They are simply made of B rank anyway). They do not give you any information they had gained, that is a quality of the shadow clones only. They are basically just a Lightning variation and much weaker than a shadow clone to be honest, as for ranks, I would say limited to B rank, since they themselves are simply B ranked techniques. They can not make clones for themselves, unfortunately. Anyway, here you go."

"Alright, the next technique is a nifty addition to anyone who likes Kenjutsu. Whilst holding a sword or bladed weapon, you will channel your Lightning chakra into said object. This increases it vibrating frequency, and gives it more cutting power than a standard Wind technique. It basically adds a plus 15 for Kenjutsu techniques used after this has been activated. What do you think about it?"

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