[Tai] Strawberry releases his inner gates

[Strawberry]

Talos was sitting in a meditative legs crossed positition awaiting someone of higher light to enlighten him.

 

[Lord of Kaos]

Alright, so let's begin with the basics. Link me your taijutsu training first so I can see how it was and how good your taijutsu is already. After that, I want you to tell me what Taijutsu is and what it encompasses in your own words, and what you know about the Eight Inner Gates in general.

Also, to clarify about the Leg Weight training. We, EIG users, get the Leg Weights as a part of training. While we don't exactly go over the Leg Weights training process, when we finish EIG, we have the ability to use the Leg Weights as well. That means, that you can have them posted in your bio, but you cannot drop them into we are finished here. Understood?

 

[Strawberry]

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Not gonna lie i very rarely used taijutsu previously, and dont think I am very good.

Taijutsu is basically fighting using your body, punches, kicks headbutts. These are often chained into combos like lion's barrage. Taijutsu itself i believe never requires handseals making it very fast to execute and extremely useful when close up to an opponent. Some taijutsu are aided with the addition of chakra to make the blows more powerful or give them certain properties.

The eight inner gates from what i know are 8 point on a ninjas chakra network, each one having it's own location on the body. These points control and limit the flow of chakra within ones body. Through training a person can learn to release these limiters allowing one to perform beyond their normal physical capabilities at some risk to the body. Each gate from 1 to 8 has it's own name and as you increase the number of gate you release the benefits and drawbacks are also increased. A person would deliver more powerful blows but the body suffers more damage aswell.


Okay, understood leg weight are for the training like Lee, i will put em in the bio. And will only be able to drop them.once the training has been completed.

 

[Lord of Kaos]

Omg...Imma cry from this session.....;_;

 

[Strawberry]

I'm not that bad ;___;

I'm just gonna pretend.
Those are tears of love and joy sensei. Joy only fruits can provide the world with.

 

[Lord of Kaos]

Right. The Eight Inner Gates are a series of limiters the body has that naturally prevent one from accessing all of your chakra at once. To prevent too much strain on one individual gate, there are 8 of them throughout the body. These gates are located in various places, each with a different name and location. One may ask about the Gates and wonder what would the purpose of these gates. And the reason of that is simple: without these restraints, the body would consume and utilize too much chakra and life energy, shortening the life span. I associate EIG with Yang as it is a very physical ability, and is closely related to the life of a Shinobi. While not directly stated how, we know that these gates activation is learned through extensive physical training and immense force being channeled to these gates. As you said, essentially utilizing our physical energy into them to do this. But merely channeling the the chakra will not be enough. That is the point of the heavy training of course. By undergoing training, you build your physical energy so that you have a high level of energy. As I believe, each gate requires a higher amount of physical energy to be channeled into it. And as such, you must build a higher tolerance to pain and become more accustomed to this training.

To begin, we start with the first gate. The Kaimon, located in the left side of the brain. This gate removes the limits on the chakra in the brain that naturally prevents us from using all of our strength. By removing this restraint, you start on the path to using your full power. Now, as you are meditating already, your spiritual energy is at a peak, whereas your physical energy is more dormant here. The way I was trained, we forcibly injected chakra into you, centered around that gate to allow you to access that first gate. I will do that now, and then later, have you try to recreate that feeling. Ready?

By the time Quiver finishes his words, he had already channeled a large amount of chakra to his right finger and pokes Talos on the forehead above the left eye, forcibly opening the gate.

So how does that feel? Run a few laps for me before we proceed.

 

[Strawberry]

Talos accepts the words of his sensei and the touch the forehead aswell. As his fingers connected to the head, Talos felt a slight tingle and then slightly more so all over his body, he proceeded to get, up to his surprise it seemed extremely easy to get up. He felt lighter, and stronger.

Sensei I feel a sort of tingle, i feel light and stronger, but overall I cant put a single word to explain it, this feeling is new to me, but I like it.

With that said, Talos dashed towards his left, and began performing laps around the ground which he meditated on just now. His legs attacking the ground mercilessly, he felt slightly faster and running a lot easier. Talos kept on running lap after lap, this feeling, it was great. He did a few push-ups between each lap too.

Talos than brought himself back to his sensei, but he felt slightly tired now. huff....pufff

 

[Lord of Kaos]

"Sensei I feel a sort of tingle, i feel light and stronger, but overall I cant put a single word to explain it, this feeling is new to me, but I like it."

We're going to have to get you a dictionary then because you'll be doing a lot of explaining. >.>

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Now, that feeling feels great right? Feels like you can do anything, huh? Wrong, the first gate is the weakest of them all. Even with the power you gain, there is still much more than can be gained. By now, the chakra I inserted in you has left you, been used up. However, now you know where and what that flooding of chakra feels like. I want you to sit and meditate. As this is your first time opening the EIG, you need clarity and the ability to actually focus. It's something of a paradox; you need peace and inner harmony to first activate the destructive gates.

Quiver walks towards a pebble garden, moving his feet slowly and timely as he moves and continues explaining.

Balance. Peace and anger are ever present, even in one another; you can never have one without the other. The push-pull nature of life leads us to perform many great things, even for the wrong reasons. Meditate on these statements and realize that there is a balance to everything in the world. By activating Eight Inner Gates, you alter this balance, sacrificing ninjutsu and genjutsu use for taijutsu empowerment. This imbalance will only cause you damage and pain in exchange for this power. Messing with the balance of Yin and Yang can only end badly. But if you intend on following this path through, you need to balance pain with peace. Force with passiveness. Action by Nonaction.

Wu-wei.

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[Strawberry]

Talos nodes once, following his sensei into a garden, listening to him explain peace, destruction and balance. Talos sits in the center of the yin yan sign, closing his eyes he begins to meditate, calming himself and senses however keeping in mind the feel of chakra flow he felt prior. He continued to meditate and think on the words presented to him. He was still, his breathing slow, track of time now lost....

 

[Lord of Kaos]

Now, concentrate on that point where I surged chakra to. Focus on it and channel chakra to it. You will feel momentary pain but do not fret, this is common. You have to work past this pain in order to achieve greatness. Apply greater pressure until you feel it burst.

 

[Strawberry]

i listen to the words of sensei. Remembering when he had initially channelled chakra onto a spot on his forehead using his finger. Attempting to replicate that on his own, Talos focuses on that one single point. I begin channelling my chakra slowly into the point, using precise chakra control i begin increasing the flow of chakra into the point a bit of pain begins to emerge as i increase the flow greater and greater. As i feel comfortable i surge a much greater amount of chakra into that point than before, finally feeling as if i had burst through it. Like a dam of chakra had been broken and the chakra set free. The pain? what is pain? Talos thought, a mere tingle before what i had attained. Talos felt lighter once more, more agile, every muscle in his body itching to twitch. Talos opened his eyes. as a grin came over his face.

How did i fair? Dear sensei.

 

[Lord of Kaos]

Try again, you merely pooped your pants. z.z

 

[Strawberry]

O_O


Talos knew something had gone wrong, had he jumped the gun and opened the ninth gate or messed up the process.? Anyways he had embarrassed himself infront of his sensei. Now it was about his honour. Talos had to prove to his sensei his worth and ability. He needed to be more careful, more precise and more focuses.

Talos takes his pants off but it was okay his armour covered his mightyness. Talos once again began to focus on the very same point on his head once more. Chaneling chakra into it slowly but precisely , with more care and control then he had done previously. He slowly increases, the amount little by little getting comfortable with the sensation and the slight pain that began to induce on him. Then increasing his chakra flow to a greater amount he poured a mass of chakra into the point. The chakra surged through the gate bursting it open. He felt a similar feeling, it was like before. The restraints taken off, muscles ready to twitch and this little itch people called pain it was nothing....

Sensei this power..... It's great, I feel like I can fight a god.... Well maybe not a god but a weaker demi god.

 

[Lord of Kaos]

Now that you have opened the first gate on your own, we are able to start training! The first thing you learn is relatively easy to do, learning to use your newfound speed. As you will notice, you are now faster than before. This will allow you to outrun certain attacks using sheer speed. I'm going to release several small bursts of fire, I want you to use your new speed to outrun the fireballs as they approach you. It will give you the chance to become accustomed to the new speed as well.

*releases multiple fireballs towards Talos*

From here on out, the training gets easier and quicker.

 

[Strawberry]

Talos listened to his sensei, holding in the urge to let loose and test this new found power. Talos nodded slightly as he had acknowledged the instructions of his sensei. His sensei released multiple fireballs, making Talos smirk, what a sight it has always been to see his fire style. His body ready, mind clear, Talos sprinted to his left at the height of his running abililty getting away from the initial few fireballs. Then in quick succession dashing diagonally to his left and sprinting again, faster than he had ever sprinted before dodging another set. Finally he stared head on as a final fireball headed his way, Talos performed a quick dash to his right dodging the last fireball.

 

[Lord of Kaos]

Spoiler

(Chiratsuki Kaihi) Flicker Evasion
Type: Defensive
Rank: B-Rank
Range: Short-Long
Chakra: N/A
Damage: N/A
Description:
A skill usable by all EIG users and masters, once one has opened at least one of the EIG, he will move at high speeds to dodge, attack or defend from techniques. The ability pertains to movement in the battle field, meaning running, walking, jumping, dashing, etc and its speed depends on the Gate currently opened.
Note: This version can only be used by EIG masters with at least one gate opened

With this new tool, you can use it to effective move at high speeds, speeds equal to whichever gate you opened while using this. An ideal jutsu for quick escapes or for supplementing taijutsu attacks. Now, before we continue further, I should detail the key traits of the first gate for you.

(Kaimon) - The Gate of Opening: The user activates The Gate of Opening or First Gate, which is located in the brain. This gate removes the restraints of the brain on the muscles so 100% of their strength can be used whereas normally, a person can only use 20% of their muscles' strength to keep them from disintegrating. Unlocking this gate allows the user to use the Front Lotus. This gate adds +5 damage to Taijutsu and the user becomes 1.5x faster. User suffers -5 damage.

The Kaimon, or the Gate of Opening, is the first inner gate, which you just opened, and upon opening it, you gain an increase in strength and and a slight increase in speed. Now, a note that I should add, EIG users have a passive increase in taijutsu damage, +10 if Im correct. This, plus the +15 damage boost for the first gate being opened, gives one a +25 taijutsu damage after the first gate is open, but the +10 is only valid after training is done. With this increase in damage, the subsequent attacks one can perform are enhanced and more deadly. Even basic taijutsu such as D or C ranked taijutsu becomes more dangerous with this boost. One of these jutsus, is named Primary Lotus but before we reach that one, there is a lesser Lotus related jutsu.

Requiring a chained weapon, you attack them and deal a barrage of strikes with the weapon and then use said chain to bind and launch them into the air where you then attack them once more and knock them back to the earth. I'd suggest a kusarigama for this jutsu.

(Hachimon: Gourai Rensa) - Eight Gates: Strong Thunder Lotus Chain
Rank: B
Type: Attack
Range: Short
Chakra Cost: N/A
Damage Points: 40
Description: A taijutsu attack were the user opens the first gate and does a combo with a chained weapon to wrap up his opponent and launch them into the air.After that the user will launch himself in the air and begin a barrage of strikes,
knocking his opponent back towards the ground. He will then finish them off with a strong strike right into the ground itself.
Note: Requires 1st gate opening

 

[Strawberry]

Talos having his first gate open, understood the instructions, eyeing a dummy a few meters away, Talos took off towards it, withdrawing a Kusarigama from behind him. Slashing the dummy twice with the bladed edge of the kusarigama he performed a third upward strike launching the dummy into the air and simultaneously swing the chain- weighted side in an arc such that it wraps around and binds the dummy. As the chain as binding him, Talos jumped up into the air, getting above the dummy, Talos using his left hand eliminated some of the slack on the chain and performed a drop kick from above sending the dummy crashing into the ground.

No, questions on this one so far.

 

[Lord of Kaos]

Now that we have that one out of the way, we can begin with the actual lotus jutsus.

The Front Lotus, or Primary Lotus as it's called in the dubbed anime, is a powerful and useful jutsu. By combining it with the Shadow of the Dancing Leaf, it becomes an effective combo that can easily incapacitate a foe by drilling them head first into the earth. The jutsu itself is more or less a restraining grab and slam into the earth, made more effective if you have a means to prevent them from countering by using their arms. In Rock Lee's case, he used his bandages to wrap around Gaara and aid him by preventing his movement. After restraining them, you flip over your head and begin to rotate at high speeds as you slam his head into the earth, remembering to spring out of the way at the last moment to avoid yourself being drilled into the earth.



(Hachimon: Omote Renge) - Eight Gates: Primary Lotus
Rank:B
Type:Attack
Range:Short
Chakra Cost:N/A
Damage Points: 40
Description: Front Lotus requires the opening of the first of the Eight Chakra Gates, giving the user five times their normal strength. The user launches the opponent into the air and then uses Shadow of the Dancing Leaf. Once behind the opponent, the user restrains them and pile-drives them into the ground head first while rotating at a ferocious speed. Because it uses one of the chakra gates, the user is left extremely fatigued, making this technique a "double-edged sword". However those who have mastered the use of the Eight Gates can use this technique without any strain to their body.
Note: Must first open the 1st Gate

A video of Lee performing it on Sasuke from one of the many games can be seen below:

[video=youtube;XCr9dAsQ2iI]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XCr9dAsQ2iI[/video]

 

[Strawberry]

Talos nods as he takes in more information about another tai technique. Finally deciding to try it out, he singles out a dummy about 5 meters away from him and picks up a general purpose chain laying nearby. Talos runs head on at the dummy, blitzing his way forard with the added power and speed of the first gate he performs an upwards flying kick with his right leg sending the dummy flying into the air. As the dummy was sent flying, Talos goes after him using the shadow of the dancing leaf, positiong himself right behind the dummy. A single flick of his right wrist sent the chain flying over the dummies body twice, with talos catching it ultimately in the other hand as he tightly grips the dummy with his arms right after. Positioning the dummies head downwards and begining to rotate clockwise, Talos darted down tot the ground like a drill, jumping out at the last minute smashing the dummy into the ground.



I like this one better than the last, no questions on this one either the video seems to show it off nicely.

 

[Lord of Kaos]

And now we move on to the Second gate.

(Kyūmon) - The Gate of Healing: The user activates the Gate of Healing or 2nd Gate (also named Rest Gate) which is located in the brain. Forcibly increases one's physical strength and temporarily re-energizes the body. This gate adds +10 damage to Taijutsu and the user becomes 2x faster. User suffers -10 damage.

Located across from the first gate, the Kyumon gate allows you to become even faster and stronger than you become after the first gate is released. It adds a +10 damage to your attacks, which when combined with the passive +10 boost due to being an EIG user causes jutsus to effective raise a rank in damage, moving C ranked taijutsus to B ranked and so on and so forth.

Now to open it, it will require much more work, exercise and effort than the first gate, meaning you will need to push yourself harder to open it. Try exerting pressure and chakra on the location of the second gate, forcibly causing it to open.