[Suiton] Paths of Water

[JojocIaw]

Starting fresh as agreed. Thank you, again.​

 

[Six Paths]

Appearing in the training field, a large heavy, pitch black coat moves through the field of grass, slowly killing every every plan closeby. As he looks to the right, he sees a red spider lili blooming close to the path he was walking. His eyes, always showing the constant nonchalance, while on the training field, was already an individual waiting for him. Appears as if, he was late again. Looking up to the student, he makes sure he was noticed by him, so he greets him by making a smile and showing his own license.

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Greetings, my name is Kaneki Ken, and I will teach you into the art of water release. Before we begin this training, I want you to explain to me, what is water release? Along with that, I would love a quick rundown between Natural and Shape Manipulation.

 

[JojocIaw]

Koto Uchiha waits patiently for her Suiton teacher but after a while of waiting she decided that he wasn't going to show up. She'd just take a nap, laid out in the field hoping to just pass time. She was sleeping for a good amount of time, dreaming vividly about her goals when suddenly she was woken up by a sinister feeling overcoming her body. She'd pop up in shock only to witness a man draped in all black and wearing glasses approaching her.

"Sensei?"

She thought to herself before he pulled out his identification card and confirming exactly who he was. Luckily for her he got directly to the point and had her explain her knowledge on three different topics.

"Koto Uchiha *Bows* Water release? Water release as i know is one of the five basic elemental chakra natures used by shinobi. It is created by shifting your raw chakra into suiton through either training or natural skill, and once one has learned to control it, it becomes one of the most versatile and useful abilities in this world. Water release comes in numerous forms other than basic liquid that is strong to fire and weak to earth. It is capable of holding chakra draining properties that can drain chakra from both targets and enemy techniques. It can come in the form of sticky liquid also, sticking to objects to both trap and drown them all in one go. Another form is a flammable oil-like water. This water is capable of covering the terrain or targets, enabling sparks, heat or flames to ignite it into pure fire or explosions."

Koto pauses for a moment to think on the next part of what her sensei had asked of her. Nature and shape manipulation.

"Nature manipulation is the basis of using elemental chakras within our body to put to use. It is, in simple terms, the ability to shift raw chakra directly into an element of choice. These elements at their base form are, Suiton, Doton, Fuuton, Katon and Raiton. Though there is a basic five natures that are easier to achieve, there are also advanced chakra natures. These advanced chakra natures come from either further advancing a basic nature or even combining two or more of the basic natures. Examples of this could be Ice Release, a combination of water and wind to create ice that can be used for numerous things. Another example would be wood release, an advanced nature created through combining water release and earth release. Now to move on to shape manipulation. Shape manipulation is simply the ability to add shape and form to our chakra once we bring our chakra into a "physical" form oer se. Shape manipulation allows us to bend and give definite shape to things according to our needs and imagination. Shape manipulation is a base ability needed when creating most techniques, for example when using fire techniques. We use shape manipulation along with nature manipulation to not only create the flames but to also give it defined forms such as fire balls or pillars instead of it being unstable streams or blasts. .."

Koto looks at her sensei in yet another pause, thinking about what she said for a hot moment. Once she had thought on it a bit, she decided she had nothing else to add so would see if her sensei approved.

"I believe that is the peak of my knowledge. Hope I'm not too much of a fool."​

 

[Six Paths]

The Information was not only enough, it was superbly portrayed. Considering I requested of you to consider your training voided, we shall begin with the Method system. This will not be particularly too different, in my personal opinion, even better.

水遁
Suiton​

Element Explanation:
Water is a more or less passive element by nature. It flows freely and takes the shape of whatever it is contained in. I call it passive as it is a yielding element which goes and flows however the external forces and nature dictate it to. For example; still water will move and ripple at the slightest touch, a river flowing straight will move around a rock and take an alternate direction instead of just going through the rock. Wind can cause water to move in different directions. This is one of the reasons why water, a yielding element, is opposite to earth, an unyielding element. That rock in the bank of the river will not move for the water, it will stay firm. If the rock were to walk through the river straight, the water would go around the rock, not the other way around. This is a rudimentary understanding, however water itself can be very powerful and forceful. A large enough mass of water may disroot the rock if strong enough. Water may be condensed to a fine area and move at great speeds to cause a powerful impact. That is where variables come in, which is what any element manipulates, the variables of the properties that can enhance an element's potential. If you want to look at things in terms of balance, Taoism and philosophies behind water and it's general movement. Water is the Yin half, not forceful, yielding and water redirects energy instead of meeting it head on. The Chinese Internal styles of martial arts talk about redirecting your opponents force back onto them which is essentially a property of water (the redirection that is). Force is not met with force rather the force is allowed to continue until redirected suddenly, often times against even harder forces that are much stronger. An example would be if somebody were to punch you. They are traveling in one direction at a certain speed. You simply move out of the way while guiding the fist further in that direction, increasing the speed. Should there be a wall behind them, they make impact with that wall and most often hurt their hand.

Method System:
Method 1: Basic Projectiles
Method 2: Streams/Water Sources
Method 3: Water Manipulation
Method 4: Alternative Releases (Water/Oil/Syrup)
Method 5: Specifics (Body Liquid)

What I want to request of you in these moments, would be explaining the First method pretty much. Tell me, what is a projectile? What are advantages and disadvantages of them. How can you use them in battle and in strategic maneuvers.

 

[JojocIaw]

What I want to request of you in these moments, would be explaining the First method pretty much. Tell me, what is a projectile? What are advantages and disadvantages of them. How can you use them in battle and in strategic maneuvers.

"A projectile is any object or element moving through a space from the exertion of force. This can range from a baseball being thrown, to a bullet of water being shot from the mouth. In battle, the advantages of a projectile overweighs that of its weaknesses. A projectile allows one to release something at a target, leaving the user open to move on to a new technique while it moves through the air seeing as it doesn't need to be controlled once it is shot. The fact that it isn't controlled once shot could definitely be seen as a disadvantage. Unlike with a stream or sentient being, the projectile in most cases wouldn't be able to change directions and such once it is released. Projectiles can strategically be used in a combination style in my opinion. Once the projectile are shot, one can easily use another technique in order to compliment the said projectile. An example of this would be shooting a disk of water then using a lightning techniques to coat it in electricity so that earthen based techniques wouldn't be so affective against the disk."


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[Six Paths]

Well explained, Projectiles indeed have their own advantages and smart usages, like following up after it. But, along with those... it has it's own disadvantages too. Allow me to show you the words of one of the greatest teachers to be as precise as possible.

Method 1: Basic Projectiles

Alright these techniques involve creating projectiles like shuriken or kunai. Shuriken and Kunai are examples of projectiles and are not limited to that scope. When you hear and think of projectiles, you think of objects that you launch or project towards your opponent. They're something that leaves your possession and treavels towards your opponent. There is nothing different when it comes to suiton projectiles. All you're doing is launching water at your opponent as you would any other projectile. Now, with water and any other element that uses projectiles you tend to use a lot of shape manipulation. Reason is, is because you need to make the projectiles strong enough damage your opponent (pierce them, knock them back with blunt force, etc). Water or any other element at its base is just raw unformed element. By using shape manipulation you form the shape of the projectile you want. As well, you also compress the element to a degree which allows for a certain density which is always good. With these water projectiles, you will be exhaling them from the mouth. You will first inhale and focus the chakra from your core and channel it up into your lungs and mouth. You will then exhale; the chakra you gathered in your lungs helps propel the water, and the mouth is the point of release. You use shape manipulation to then form the water into whatever shape you need it to be, whether it be a ball or something more advanced like a shark. The water is also compressed in a tight container (the boundaries you create by shaping it) therefore when it makes impact with the target they'll generally receive a blunt impact that knocks them back, has the capability to knock the wind out of them, bruise them, maybe break bones or damage the organs and cause shock. Also, if fast enough and small enough, the density from the tightly compressed nature and the speed may be able to pierce like a bullet. Using other mediums of release for projectiles, you would simply channel your chakra into a different location and then follow the rest of the procedures of releasing the water, and shaping it for the desired effect.

Advantages to Method

Techniques in this category are quick releases, designed to attack in short to long range scenarios against big single targets, with normal movement speed. Just like projectiles, once they leave your hand it frees you up to attack again with more projectiles or even other types of techniques. Techniques in this category allow for you to launch several shots in succession in most cases allowing you to barrage your opponents from several different angles possibly or use them as a distraction or ploy to force them in directions that would be beneficial to you. Large enough projectiles will make it difficult for your opponents to avoid, but not impossible. There can be issues with visibility, allowing you to block your opponent's vision while you plot a sneak attack. However visibility aspect is a double edged sword in most cases. You won't necessarily be able to see them unless you have sensory abilities. These techniques are better used in closer distances to disable both the ability to dodge and counter but also to make full use of the speed of these projectiles. The closer you are, the less time they have to hit the opponent.

Disadvantages to Method

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, like Earth Release Technique or the popular hurricane fist into the air. There is the problem of the rapid fire projectiles. As said previously, as you're allowed to fire multiple shots from certain techniques, yet 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 or the area of where they're attacking by using weaker attacks protect against individually weaker fireballs or fire projectiles. 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 they explode on contact, preventing them from melting or heating earth that could be used in a combo with them. 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 (Credit to Scorps)

Any questions? He said in a cold very objective voice. Gazing at her with his silver eyes.

 

[JojocIaw]

This will be good information to look back on, but no questions for now.​

 

[Six Paths]

As to prior notice, you will continue with someone else, I will leave you to him. You were a really good student and I had fun teaching you for as long as it lasted. Hope you achieve whatever you desire.

 

[JojocIaw]

Thank you sensei, and i do apologize!​