It must be magic! [Ninjutsu Lesson]

[Tsukiya]

A class?

The letter arrived at my doorstep this morning, so I didn't have much time to prepare. I'm not even sure exactly who requested me, but I was told that finally I could start teaching classes at the academy. There was nothing more exciting to me than molding the minds of the young the same way that mine had been by everyone at the temple. While I got myself ready to head over, I thought of the possible lesson plans I could go by, and I kept thinking of the experiences I'd had myself with the art of Ninjutsu. There were plenty of negative things to it, but also many good ones. I suppose I could discuss the elements, or maybe medicine, or forbidden arts- wait, maybe not those. No need to encourage bad behavior in the students!

When I walked into the building, juice box in hand, I was met by a few teachers that had been around for quite a while. One of them pushed a book into my arms and demanded I read it before beginning. I gave him an assuring and apparently convincing nod to make him think I would, but in my mind I was dreading the idea of having to read anything at all. If there was anything my students would almost never do, it would be reading.

I brought everything into the classroom and wrote "Ninjutsu" on the board for students to see as they walked in. Next, I set out a piece of paper on each desk that I expected to be filled by a student. There were four questions listed on the paper to come up with an answer to, then read aloud to the rest of the class and myself. I was seated on the large desk in the front of the room, and all that was left was to wait.

Questions

Spoiler

1. What is your name?
2. What do you think you know about Ninjutsu already?
3. What are your life goals?
4. Do you consent to chance of death during this class?

[ooc: I'll take any number of students, just make sure to post in here within the next 48 hours and I'll begin. I will take a late entry, but not after everyone has had a first post.]

 

[Kurokawa Masaki]

Running with a big smile on his face, Masaki is heading towards his first class in ninjustu from the nice old man with a big mustache. One million thoughts flow through his head, thinking that this is the first step of being a ninja and honoring his mother. After many twist and turns Masaki finally find the right class room, taking a deep breath and entering. The first thing he notice that the classroom itself was empty save on the one person in there. The teacher seemed young which is weird from the other teachers are a bunch of old people. Looking for a seat picking a random spot, Masaki took a seat and read a sheet of paper in the desk.

1. What is your name?
2. What do you think you know about Ninjutsu already?
3. What are your life goals?
4. Do you consent to chance of death during this class?

Answering the question one by one

1.Kurokawa Masaki, 2. Ninjustu requires charka and head sighs to be mold and to be used and also have different types, 3. Became a great ninja like my mother, 4. Yes and I'm willing to take that risk.

Putting his pencil down Masaki put his head down at take a quick nap before class starts.

 

[Toraono Suzuhime]

Shujinko was following the rather blatant arrow that told her to not be late much to her embarrassment. But it was just was meant to be. Upon arriving into the classroom, she saw a familiar face in Masaki. Smiling a bit and waving as she walked into the classroom. Remembering Masaki from the mission they went on together. She remembered that mission because she had sliced a Dinosaur's stomach in half. It was a memorable. But nevertheless, Shujinko took a seat in the 2nd row, reading the sheet on the desk. She retrieved a pencil from one of the hidden pockets in her blouse. She'd begin filling it out.

1. What is your name? Yanchana Shujinko
2. What do you think you know about Ninjutsu already? That it creates/manipulates elements through Chakra manipulation.
3. What are your life goals? Become a Peerless Samurai
4. Do you consent to chance of death during this class? Life is a road of hardships, death is just one. So yeah, consents all around and what-not.

Shujinko would place her pencil down and begin looking around at the other two people and the room she was in.​

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[Harumi]

Harumi slipped in the door to the class room, trying not to draw attention to herself. She noticed the only people in the classroom were Masaki, at a desk with his head down, seemingly trying to catch some sleep before class officially started; and Shujinko filling out a piece of paper. Pondering where she should sit, Harumi realized she'd been standing in the doorway for entirely too long. She made an executive decision and went to sit next to Masaki. She was about to tap his arm to wake him, but noticed there was a sheet of paper in front of where she was sitting. This is an academy, after all, Harumi pulled a pencil from her satchel she brought with her and went to work on this assignment. The questions were simple enough:

Spoiler

1. What is your name? Yujiro Harumi.
2. What do you think you know about Ninjutsu already? I think it's made from chakra and you can use it for things like fire and stuff.
3. What are your life goals? I want to become a ranged weapons master, and be able to use 8 weapons at once!
4. Do you consent to chance of death during this class? Uhhh...Death is a risk I'll have to take in the future anyway, and I don't plan on dying as a student, so yeah, I consent to the chance.

Happily, she filled out the questions, sometimes leaving little doodles scrawled across the page. She was excited to be here, finally her career as a student would begin, and after that, she would be a shinobi! She concealed a squeal, she was positively giddy. She finished the last question, which was unsettling, something about 'death during class...' that didn't sound good. Quickly turning to the resting Masaki and tapped his arm quickly.

"Hey! Hey! Masaki, wake up! It's me Harumi, from the mission?"She whispered quickly.​

 

[Tsukiya]

[Sorry for the wait, just trying to give everyone a chance to get in, I'll post later tonight!]

 

[Tsukiya]

What a wonderful sight, students hard at work!

I sat back and watched the three fill out their paperwork, and then got up and walked around my desk with my finger to my chin. I had to think of things to start off with that would really emphasize what could be done with Ninjutsu. From what I gathered already they all had their own goals in the future, some without much of a Ninjutsu influence. First things first, introductions. I picked up all of the papers and let the oral presentation side begin. "Alright, now I'd like you all to give your name to the rest of the class, as well as a quick summary of the answers you put on the paper from the start of class."

I would listen very intently and give each of them the respect they deserved while they regurgitated what was written, because I believed that students could be respected for the dedication and energy they put into their classes and training to become shinobi. After they finished, I would throw in a challenge for them each to display some talent. "Alright, now I'd like you to take turns with a little activity. The core of every jutsu is chakra control, and to truly understand what comes of it, we need to master it at the source. I want each one of you to show me a display of your chakra control, like so-" Even though my abilities were far beyond it, I made a hand seal that most students were accustomed to making and focused my chakra to my feet, walking up the wall and onto the ceiling, from which I would hang and watch. "Begin!"

[ooc: Try to stay true to your character's ability to control chakra so there may be character development if it fits! Always makes the student experience better to be learning and growing as a character!]

 

[Harumi]

Harumi stopped poking Masaki and listened to the teacher. Surprisingly, Masaki didn't wake up the whole time she was poking him. Was he dead? Pushing the thought aside, she watched the man at the front of the room and listened closely to the instructions. The students were to give their name and a brief summary of what they put on the paper. She volunteered and threw her hand up with lightning speed. She enjoyed social interaction. Before the teacher could say anything, she shot up and beemed at the three people in the room, Harumi had expected more.

"Hi, I'm Harumi and I'm 11. I want to be a weapons master in all areas, but I specialize in ranged, at least for now...." She said trailing off, not realizing she was mumbling. "Oh! Sorry! umm... I don't know a lot about ninjutsu, but I think it comes from your chakra and you can use it to do cool things like shoot fire or water." Harumi kept rambling, when she finally stopped she sat and caught her breath.

Now she'd let Shujinko and the seemingly deceased Masaki give their answers.​

 

[Kurokawa Masaki]

Finally after being poked for 15 minutes, Harumi stopped poking Masaki. Can a guy sleep, apparently not, listening to the the teacher announcement. Harumi started to introduce herself, "Hi, I'm Harumi and I'm 11. I want to be a weapons master in all areas, but I specialize in ranged, at least for now.... Oh! Sorry! umm... I don't know a lot about ninjutsu, but I think it comes from your chakra and you can use it to do cool things like shoot fire or water." When Harumi was done with her introduction, Masaki got up popping a few bones, Standing up straight Masaki said, Hello my name is Masaki, for those who don't know me. Even though Masaki did know the other students but he did't know the teacher, getting sided tracked Masaki continued with his introduction, And the reason why i chose this ninjustu is because I wanted to be come a ninjustu master. Once done Masaki sat down and sleep again.

 

[Tsukiya]

[ooc: I apologize for the wait, I was waiting for our third to post and it got to a point that we are better to skip her for now.]

I accepted the three with their responses, though one of them stayed quiet. The only thing that bothered me was that they all gave me a brief summary of what they had written, but none of them actually showed me what they could do with their chakra. I decided that I would force them to with a test; the original plan was to save it for later, but now was the right time. I whistled, calling for an assisting sensei that was outside the classroom. She knew what her job would be, and as such she performed it. "All of you stand at a different corner of the room."

When they were there, the assisting sensei would use earth style ninjutsu to raise up four walls of stone surrounding each of the students. They were trapped within the stone boxes, which reached well over their heads. "Each of you needs to use chakra control and focus to climb out of the wall. Once you have, meet me outside for the next part of class."

 

[Kurokawa Masaki]

Heading towards his corner, Masaki waited on further instructions while the other students done the same. But when Masaki turned around the teacher trap in a wall of earth. 'What the heck?! Masaki thought has he was about to smash his way out of his confined corner when their teacher said. "Each of you needs to use chakra control and focus to climb out of the wall. Once you have, meet me outside for the next part of class." Oh so is a test to see how can we use charka in a way. Channeling the electrons around Masaki, sliding his feet towards the wall than take a step. Feeling that he is steady Masaki took a deep breath and walked up. Though he slip and almost fall, he kept on walking till he is at the top. Jumping of his wall Masaki looked for another students that might of gotten out. Seeing no one, Masaki head towards the exit to meet up with his new teacher.

 

[Toraono Suzuhime]

Shujinko was way to out of it to even notice the teacher was talking until he instructed the trio to move to a corner of the room. She snapped out of her trance and followed suit. Bringing along her katana, it helped her in a way. Gave her assurance and confidence. Although she wasn't entirely ready for the teacher to entrap all of them in a large earthen cage. That part was certainly out in left field. And there posed a big problem for Shujinko when the teacher told them what they had to do. Shujinko was terrible at micro-managing her chakra. Save for when she needed to use her blade. She only knew as much to transfer chakra into Muchimonji to unleash energy waves, and sometimes capable to spit out air bullets. But she wasn't very good at it. She exhaled deeply. Scowling when she saw Masaki scale up the wall with ease. Well, that was one thing he was better than her at. Even as powerful as Shujinko was, there was heavy doubt in the possibility of breaking it down with sheer force... so that just left her trying to complete the lesson.

"Here goes nothing..."

She tried to psych herself up. Putting one loafer on the wall, feeling a slight pull on her feet, she would raise the other leg up, only to fall flat on her head. Clutching the back of her head, she sat up, a pouting look on her face. Growling deeply, she couldn't allow herself to be beaten by a rock! She would try again, only to end up with the same result. Because the wall was completely straight, she couldn't simply run up it...​

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[Tsukiya]

After a short while, I noticed that only one of the students had made it out of the rock walls. I commended him for his work and gave him a nod to follow me for a quick lesson and made my way back into the classroom to see what was happening. Haruka seemed to be working at her own pace so I let her be, but I could hear a struggle from the walls surrounding Shujinko. With a quick leap, I got myself on top of the walls and looked down at the girl sitting on the ground. "I understand where you're struggling here." It was good for me to make a connection to her so she could see she wasn't the only one with her problem. The abilities I'd mastered as a vessel allow my body to absorb chakra of many forms, breaking it down to raw power. With that, I was granted a better sense for strength and use of chakra. I could sense the disruption in her body, and by the looks of it her chakra molding abilities weren't up to par because a focus on taijutsu, whether it was personal or through her family history. "Your goal is to become a taijutsu specialist, and you grip that sword like your life is tied to it. You aren't the first person I've seen with that kind of connection, and I was that way myself for a very long time. I wasn't able to use ninjutsu for the majority of my childhood, so I relied purely on my sword skills. The focus you have on that blade is also the focus of your chakra, so it can be difficult to push it somewhere else like your feet. However, I didn't say you had to walk up the wall, necessarily."

I hopped into the hole and pulled my sword off of my back, taking it out of its sheath. As I spoke, I focused my chakra around my blade, showing as a blue flame that wrapped around the metal like a snake, seeming to have a life of its own. "When you have a specialty like kenjutsu and other things are difficult, you must adapt. If you can not adapt, you can not survive." I jabbed my sword into the wall, sliding it in with ease while my assistant reinforced the wall to keep it from breaking. "If you can't use your feet to climb, use whatever you have at your disposal." Showing off a bit, I flipped myself up, holding upside down with one hand on the hilt of my sword. Pushing off and pulling the blade out of the wall, I landed feet first on the top of the wall and smiled down. "Haruka, keep up the good work. Masaki, keep watching, this is a good lesson. Shujinko, it's your turn...adapt."

[ooc: sorry again for the wait, I think I'm just gonna go on the two day for everyone rather than wait for all three to post. If someone gets left in the dust I'll do my best to cover you in my post.]

 

[Kurokawa Masaki]

Looking at his teacher's sword in wonder, channeling charka into a weapon to the weapon stronger, depending on what type of weapon it is. Masaki's Bloodline include using the electrons around his surroundings to 'charge' up his weapon. Seeing how easily that his teacher channel charka in his weapon and also show off a bit. Looking at his bo staff activating his bloodline, eyes turning neon green, Masaki 'feel' his charka moving around the staff itself, but having a light shocking feeling in his hand. Stopping the flow of charka, Masaki shake the numbness of his hand. Looking at his new teacher Masaki ask, " So...... Sensei what are we learning exactly?" Not really sure on what they will learn.

 

[Toraono Suzuhime]

Shujinko was getting pretty steamed at this point, upset that she couldn't manage to get over this stupid wall. She wasn't quite strong enough to simply jump out, or break the wall itself. And so her teacher came to assist her on the matter, sympathizing with the child with his own tale in order to boost her confidence. While it did work somewhat, using his exact method was out.

"I'm sorry sensei, but I can't use my family blade as a stepping stone. I can't disrespect my ancestors like that, however I do have an alternative, an adaptation."

Shujinko smiled up at her teacher, brandishing a small whittling dagger. It wasn't her usual ritual dagger, she left that at home. She used this to whittle in her free time, so she didn't mind using that. While the hilt of it was much smaller than that of her sword. She'd have to be a little creative.

"Okay... phew..."

She sighed lightly. Taking in a breath before she began running up the wall with her bare muscle. Getting as far as she could in the vertical incline before she would spring off of the wall, infusing her dagger with her chakra, much like she did when she used Muchimonji for attacks, and stabbed at the wall. Feeling a bit of resistant, but using her impressively unnatural strength(Bull's Strength) she managed to sink the smaller blade inside of the rock. Poising herself on the wall, she jumped with great force towards the opposite spire of mineral, repeating what she had just done, infusing the tiniest amounts of chakra into her knife in order to sink it into the rock. She continued this process until she reached the top, grabbing up on the ledge, she used her muscle to once again pull herself out. Resting herself on the edge of the rock-wall. Somewhat satisfied that she didn't need to actually do the lesson and instead 'adapt' like the teacher had instructed.​

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[Tsukiya]

I was extremely happy to see that more than one of my students was progressing with such a quick lesson. It took me a second to realize that while adaptation was definitely a good thing to know, the main goal of the class was to give them a better understanding of ninjutsu. Masaki, however, wasn't quite grasping what it was that I'd tried to teach them. "Excellent job Shujinko. The idea I'm trying to get across with that short moment is that as a shinobi, you need to be able to adapt. There is a chance that whether it's on a mission or in battle, you'll be too low on chakra to use any jutsu, or maybe you'll be out of tools or healing supplies. I could name a plethora of things that could go wrong at the worst times, and some of them most likely will. If you can make sure you're prepared for those situations and you can think 'outside of the box' a bit, it will make you a better shinobi a hundred times over. I have faith in all three of you."

I motioned for the two to follow me outside, and told Harumi to come out when she was ready; I couldn't give her any special treatment even if she was struggling, because she would need to figure things out for herself in real situations as well. Outside I had set up three dummies on wooden posts and made of rock, and behind them were three full of hay and had a ring of about a six foot diameter around it. "Using only Ninjutsu, I want you to first obliterate the rock dummies, then using concentration and chakra control I want to you do whatever damage you can to the hay dummies without scattering hay outside of the ring." It would be a challenge, even for an experienced shinobi.

 

[Harumi]

Harumi was frustrated. This stupid wall was impossible to climb, would she be stuck in here forever?! She knew that Masaki and Shujinko were out, she heard them. Harumi could probably just jump out, but she was determined to do this with chakra.

'Gah! Why am I putting myself in this situation?!' Harumi screamed, but then she felt static on her limbs and torso.

Was this finally the chakra she sought? Yep. Harumi stuck her hands out and they gripped the wall like magnets, she did the same with her feet, sticking she gently crept her way up the wall like a spider. As she peaked the top, Harumi released her chakra and fell to the ground, tired and kinda chakra drained.Why was this so hard? Had Shujinko really made it out using ninjutsu? Sliding down to the floor, Harumi took a deep breath and thought about how she did that and how she could replicate it. Harumi sat there for a while and thought, then saw that the rest of them were outside. Quickly following out, Harumi sort of expected ridicule, but maybe these two weren't like that. The air felt good after being in that small space for a while. The class was assembled around some stone dummies, Harumi just made it out in time to hear the assignment. Destroy the dummies using only ninjutsu? Harumi was completely chakra drained and she only knew two ninjutsu...ugh.

(OoC: Sorry I didn't post for so long, I'll be on top of it now.)​

 

[Tsukiya]

[Bump|I don't want to continue without posts from the other two as well, I apologize for making you wait Harumi.]

 

[Kurokawa Masaki]

Looking at the targets Masaki started to make a list of Justus that he can use. Mostly Masaki knows water, lighting and some storm Justus, but had not practice on the storm justus. Hearing some heavy breathing Masaki turned Harumi finally walking out of the class room. 'Looks like she gotten out uh. Masaki thought, looking back at the targets Masaki decided to use a lighting justu powered up by his bloodline, but will feel drain after this. Hoping to get the targets in one shot Masaki flip though some hand seals for Storm bolt, with his bloodline ability called Storm Manipulation he can converted to a storm justu. Pouring charka into his finger tips Masaki took aim and fired. Hitting a dummy Masaki lay down feeling drained. Looking at the other students Masaki decided to make a conversation. Hey guys I haven't seen you since our mission together what's up? Looking at his class/teammates, with a questioning gaze. I'm mean we barley talk to each other since that mission we had together. By the way Shujinko nice job taking down that wall. Having a small chuckle at the end. But looking back at the next targets with a thoughtful expression. How in the world can they destroy the hay dummies without scattering them. Thinking about which justu to use, Masaki decided to wait for a idea to pop up, it can't too hard think about right? But most of my ninjustu either shocks or destroy the targets that Masaki use it against, Oh well.

 

[Tsukiya]

I looked around at my students and I had nothing but a smile on my face. All three of them came in with whatever knowledge and skills they had, and I'd gotten them to adapt all of that to new situations. They would now know that having awareness and adaptability on the battlefield is one of the most important things a young shinobi can possess. Being that I am of a higher rank, I have never had much concern for awareness because I trust that any situation can be fixed or reversed when I'm put in it. My hope is that these students will be able to say the same in the future.

"You've all done great today. Take what you've learned today, and put it into every mission you embark on. Good luck, kiddos!"

[Topic Left | It's been hard to get everyone posting together, but we've gotten to a good point in the lesson, go get yo' rewards]