The ancient forest was a place of danger for the average man. Lurking beasts, poisonous plant life, enemy nin hiding in the shadows looking for easy targets. No normal person could survive long on their own. Luckily, the white haired boy that sat on the forest floor was a bit more than that. Even if he was only a ninja in training he had the capabilities to survive, and train here.
Today was no different than any other day of intense training. He helped at the tea shop, did some basic form and target training at the Colosseum, then came here for more hands-on experience. His usual black, and white haori outfit was replaced with a basic t-shirt with armor plating underneath and baggy pants, and both were showing signs of overuse with dirt, and tearing. Ryuichi himself was dirty, but otherwise had no injuries. He simply sat on the ground silently with his eyes closed.
When he opened his eyes he was met with a small rumbling in the ground. He shot up, and pulled a white kodachi from a hidden sheath in his pant leg, waiting for whatever caused it.
From the thick greenery of the forest soon came a massive boar with one broken tusk. The beast was over 10 feet tall, and covered in scars that stopped it's thin fur's growth in select spots over it's own body. When it saw Ryuichi it came in for an attack, making the ground shake. With a blink of his eye, Ryuichi caused a small screeching sound to resonate from him as his single-tomo'd Sharingan came to life. And with a single glare, and a flinch from Ryuichi the massive boar simply stopped running, and fell to the ground on it's side, squeeling as if in pain.
"Will Genjutsu- Sear of the mind." Ryuichi said, breathing heavily due to the strain of chakra that he was yet to get used to. The boar would get up soon due to this being nothing but illusionary pain. Right now Ryuichi had two options. Try and get a clean kill on the boar, or relocate to continue meditation.
Before he could make a decision his red eyes caught faint movement from the shadows on the forest in the same direction the boar came from...
Today was no different than any other day of intense training. He helped at the tea shop, did some basic form and target training at the Colosseum, then came here for more hands-on experience. His usual black, and white haori outfit was replaced with a basic t-shirt with armor plating underneath and baggy pants, and both were showing signs of overuse with dirt, and tearing. Ryuichi himself was dirty, but otherwise had no injuries. He simply sat on the ground silently with his eyes closed.
When he opened his eyes he was met with a small rumbling in the ground. He shot up, and pulled a white kodachi from a hidden sheath in his pant leg, waiting for whatever caused it.
From the thick greenery of the forest soon came a massive boar with one broken tusk. The beast was over 10 feet tall, and covered in scars that stopped it's thin fur's growth in select spots over it's own body. When it saw Ryuichi it came in for an attack, making the ground shake. With a blink of his eye, Ryuichi caused a small screeching sound to resonate from him as his single-tomo'd Sharingan came to life. And with a single glare, and a flinch from Ryuichi the massive boar simply stopped running, and fell to the ground on it's side, squeeling as if in pain.
"Will Genjutsu- Sear of the mind." Ryuichi said, breathing heavily due to the strain of chakra that he was yet to get used to. The boar would get up soon due to this being nothing but illusionary pain. Right now Ryuichi had two options. Try and get a clean kill on the boar, or relocate to continue meditation.
Before he could make a decision his red eyes caught faint movement from the shadows on the forest in the same direction the boar came from...