Seeking refuge from the diamonds

[Samejima]

Finally, something I can do to help!
Naoki was visibly happy about having been deemed worthy to do something, and though there was not much of a reassurance at this point that her safety would be guaranteed, she felt she would be safe if she trusted these people. She balled her fists and raised her hands halfway up her torso, and bounced a little on the spot, to show she'd be more than willing to do it.
She thought about how a tunnelling crew would communicate with her when she was underground when directing her movements, and whether or not the sand would give way while she was down there. She hadn't seen the current state of the village, though some of the people who came by the shop did say something about Suna moving underground. She was about to see just how far down the Sunagakure is, and prepared herself mentally for the task... Assuming she makes it through the training of course. She noticed she was slouching a bit, and corrected herself. Looking around, it didn't look like anyone really minded, so she figured she was safe.
"You're going to train me?" she asked excitedly, because she had been feeling underprepared. Placing full trust in the abilities of all these powerful looking people before her, her gaze lingered on Queen Azame, whom she seemed to be most comfortable with. Naoki knew that the Queen had no end to her duties however, and hoped that either of the two girls she met previously, Yoko or Naito, would be doing the training, as children in general were more comfortable around people of their own gender.

 

[Toraono Kuro]

Yoko stepped forward and bowed deeply to Queen Azame. As her knee touched the floor she spoke out in a formal and direct manner that even if Naoki had never heard anyone speak like that before she would know this was how a warrior of any gender addresses their liege. "Queen Nobuku Toraono Azame, Mistress of the blade... I, Hyou Yoko, humbly request to train Samejima Naoki as a Chambermaiden of the Toraono Clan and House Hyou. I swear on my life that if I am allowed to train her, she will be taught properly and become an able woman of distinction and skill!!"<i></i> As she spoke her request and oath of binding all fifteen of the chambermaidens under her tutelage kneeled behind her in a single file line. They were all very serious as Lord Onimaru head of the Hyou clan stepped forth to stand beside Yoko in approval and placed his hands before his heart in supplication. He was soon followed by Jingo and the black messengers, the panthers of the Toraono Clan. A quick distinct roar resounded from the group of thirty as they joined Yoko in her request and similarly pledged their services as Samejima was officially a guest of House Hyou and if anyone was going to claim her it would be them.

 

[Samejima]

Unsure of what to do, Naoki positioned herself next to Yoko and assumed the same pose, hoping she was doing the right thing. She hadn't been taught a thing about speaking to people of a higher caste, and even if she had, there didn't seem to be much to say on her part. The tension in the room, at least as Naoki felt it, was like a wall.
Ahh what to do did I have to say something there did I mess up the pose did I look around too much did I hesitate too much did I
Naoki's thoughts were in a jumble, and it was all she could do to contain that confusion and not ask someone what she was supposed to do right about now. This was a serious moment after all.
Awaiting the Queen's consent, Naoki knelt silently, fervently wishing she wasn't always such a nervous wreck in serious situations.

 

[Toraono Kuro]

Queen Azame held up her left hand and Kaibudo grasped it with a hopeful smile on his face. "Samejima Naoki, who has crossed the barren storm scourged wastelands alone and unaided to come to Sunagakure for training is accepted as a student of House Hyou and will be trained directly by Hyou Yoko under the direction of Lord Onimaru. May she grow strong and House Hyou grow stronger for their act of selflessness and honor. We of the Toraono Clan welcome you into our service and you will forever be protected and aided by every member of our clan so swears Toraono Kaibudo, Grandmaster of House Toraono. Rise and let the young lady be welcomed properly."<i></i>
With a roar of applause and approval from the other houses young ladies, students, and the lords of each house came to shake her hand, introduce themselves briefly and give her accolades of approval and faith in her success.

After a quick succession of people Naoki would notice she was alone with Yoko and the chambermaidens as they all headed toward a training chamber filled with scrolls of instruction and practice weapons. School was officially in session.

 

[Samejima]

As the Grandmaster finished speaking, Naoki looked up and beamed. Here it is, the start of training!

Standing up, she gave another 90 degree bow and said, with her loud fishmonger's voice, "Thank you, Grandmaster Toraono Kaibudo, Queen Nobuku Toraono Azame, for this opportunity!" As the roars died down a little, she lowered her voice in accordance, and straightening up to look at the two, continued, "I, Samejima Naoki, give my word that I will pay all my attention to training and eventually help the village of Sunagakure!" Naoki wasn't sure if that was the right way to use 'give my word', as she had only just read it in a book, but given the non-laughing reactions of everyone in the room, she was sure she put it to good use.

There was a whirlwind of hands to shake and names to remember. With a giant grin still plastered across her face, she shook hands with many and said 'please bear with me' at least twenty times. Struggling a little as she heard everyone's hopes for her and all their awe-striking titles, she felt a little uneasy as all these expectations were a large source of pressure, but she would do her best in the days to come so she could help Suna regain its freedom.

While walking to the training chamber, Naoki asked Yoko, "So, how should I address you from now on? You're going to train me, so I figure you should be called Sensei or something right? Or is there another title I should be using?" She was trying to defuse her inner tension, but quickly realised that she used the wrong topic as it just her more wound up for the training to come. Good thing it was starting so quickly, or she might have burst from the anticipation.

 

[Toraono Kuro]

Yoko grinned evilly at Naoki but responded light heartedly, "I am not strong enough to be a Sensei yet, I would need full Jounin status for that but you and only you may call me Oneesan Yoko when you address me. Now let's get down to business I will need you to fill out some registration forms while we prepare a shadow chamber to enhance your perception of time and train you at a heightened pace. You will simply need to sign in on the training roster, and write sign in on the ledger book, and afterwards answer the questions on the entrance scroll roster. We can contact your family back wherever you came from on what you seek to learn after that. We march on the gates in two days. Remember this thing I tell you now... never doubt yourself, you never know what you can$$ accomplish until the task is at hand."<i></i>


The questions read:

"What do you want to learn?

What do you consider to be your greatest strength?

What is it that pushes you onward?

 

[Samejima]

"So it's Onee-san?" Naoki nodded to herself. Then, "Two days? Isn't that a bit too fast?" She did hear the bit about time, but didn't fully understand it, the only education she's had being from her mother about housework and books full of fables. Still, if Onee-san was okay with her receiving two days of training, she'll be okay with it too.

Signing in on the training roster, and writing sign in on the ledger book, she read through the questions on the entrance scroll roster.

What do you want to learn?

Naoki thought for a while about this, and settled on:
How to tunnel into Sunagakure while being really quiet.

What do you consider to be your greatest strength?
My speed.

What is it that pushes you onward?

A little surprised, Naoki took a bit longer to think about this. So the question's asking what makes me want to keep going... That'd be family right? Dad can't fish like that forever. But then in this situation I guess it would be to help the village... Then again, my family was the thing that made me want to come here in the first place...

Scrunching up her forehead in concentration, and finally settling on what she thought was a suitable answer, she wrote:
Helping people.

 

[Toraono Kuro]

Yoko read what Naoki wrote and smiled. "Well luckily you will only use the underground technique to evade danger, first we have to teach you how to use chakra, while I teach you a basic jutsu. I will teach you how to use kawarimi no jutsu. First feel the energy in the pit of your stomach, close your eyes and let it move with your mind, it should feel swift and vibrate within your limbs. Now open your eyes and channel that feeling into your hands. This is the technique to take an attack and replace yourself with another object so you can surprise attack from another direction or hide or escape. We will use one of these training dummies as your substitution object. First you perform these hand seals in this exact order Tiger → Boar → Ox → Dog → Snake. Practicing these seals allows you to place the proper amount of chakra into each movement for your body size in relation to this dummy so that when an attack is about to hit you switch places with it so the dummy gets hit instead of you. So first watch me use this jutsu then you try it."<i></i> Yoko went through the hand seals one by one with enough chakra in her movements for her hands to glow internally a soft blue each time she focused the chakra just right. She then touched a dummy leaving a seal then she stepped in front of an automatic puppet with rubber ball launchers in its hands and after taking a defensive stance the puppet began shooting a series of small rubber balls. As the balls struck Yoko a burst of smoke covered her as air snapped from the vacuum of her movement before she appeared where the dummy had once been and the dummy suffered the impact of the rubber balls.

 

[Samejima]

Naoki watched Yoko pull off the technique she was to learn, letting slip a "whoooa" as she saw the dummy taking the attack directed at Yoko. The use of chakra was new to her. She had to memorise the order as well as the shapes of the seals, so she sat down and asked Yoko to show her the seals again. She then practiced the movements over and over while Yoko watched attentively, correcting her whenever she misplaced a finger. The whole process took at least fifteen minutes, since Naoki really wasn't very good with her fingers, but she soon felt comfortable repeating the hand seals.

She felt confident enough to try it out for real after several repetitions, and did all the seals in order one more time just to be sure.

So it was... feel the energy in the pit of your stomach...
Naoki closed her eyes and concentrated, trying to feel the energy. She knew she was supposed to make something blue go to her hands, and focused on trying to find that 'blue'. After a minute or so, she finally got the feeling she had it under control.

Next, get it to go to your hands...
She then tried to get the swirling source of energy to flow to her hands. It was hard to grasp exactly in which direction the source was flowing. Thinking about her source of chakra as a constantly flowing source gave her an idea, and she used the technique her father taught her when they went on a family trip to a river way back when, the Fail-Safe Hand Fishing technique, named by the one who taught it to her. Reading the flow carefully before anything else, in a flash she separated the shallowest part of her chakra from its source and redirected it to her hands. Naoki's hands now glowed with a slight bluish hue. Opening her eyes a little trying not to break concentration, she saw her hands glow and jumped a little in her mind.

Alright! Next are the seals.
Having taken quite a while already, she did the seals as quickly as she could, making sure to keep the right fingers down while doing the ox seal and to have the left thumb out while doing the snake seal, and touched the dummy. Then, stepping in front of the automatic puppet, taking a defensive stance and seeing the rubber balls being shot at her, she raised her arms in defense, waiting for the impact.

There was a loud pop, but Naoki didn't feel a thing. Curious to see if she managed to pull it off, she looked out from behind her hands and saw that she has indeed taken the place of the puppet. She felt wave of euphoria as she realised she'd pulled off her first jutsu, a sign of her first step towards becoming a full-fledged ninja. A triumphant smirk crossed her face for a second, before she replaced it with a good-natured expression of relief. "How did I do?"

[MFT, and edited for typo]

 

[Toraono Kuro]

Yoko cheered "You did great Naoki chan!!" as she kept Naoki distracted from noticing she was being placed under a genjutsu so she could train her chakra usage inside her mind without risking her body. The genjutsu was completed as Yoko cheered Naoki as Lord Onimaru cloaked the entire chamber in shadow so no one could witness their special high speed training tactics, Naito and Jingo entered and Jingo revealed his Hyougan as his eyes went completely black he warped their mental reality so that they could actually train on a mental plane where Naoki could not get hurt. Another chambermaiden with high density chakra transfered a slow steady flow to compensate for the draw of chakra on his body. Yoko smiled as she released Naoki from the sound genjutsu that kept her from noticing the change in surroundings and that she was really inside an illusion. "Let's try henge no jutsu (transformation jutsu) to make you transform and appear to be something or someone else. I will transform into a weapon then back to show you what I mean. Perhaps a sword is in order... Focus chakra into these handseals Dog → Boar → Ram and you can transform yourself and after more training you can transform your allies as well."<i></i> Slowly showing Naoki the handseals without forcing her chakra to glow in her palms this time Yoko then transformed into a black katana. If Naoki picked up the katana she would be able to tell immediately that it was not a real katana by touch but it looked, moved, and swung like she felt a blade should. If not Yoko would simply change back after being on the ground for a moment.

 

[Samejima]

On hearing the praise she was just given, Naoki gave herself a mental pat on the back, then proceeded to listen closely to Yoko's next instructions, completely oblivious to the changes happening around her. After seeing Yoko transform into a black katana, her eyes widened a bit as she wondered if Yoko could feel it if she picked her up. She also imagined swinging the katana around too much and Yoko commenting that she got dizzy, and decided against trying it just in case. Yoko transformed back into her usual self within moments. Proceeding as she did the last time, except this time only asking about the new Ram seal, Naoki practiced it in conjunction with the seals she'd just learned. It didn't take nearly as long, so she decided she'd go ahead and try the new jutsu while she was on a roll.

Steady... Find the source, observe the flow, and...

Naoki was once again able to get her chakra focused on her hands, and quickly tried the seals in the specified order. Unfortunately, without realising it, she formed the Tiger seal instead of the Ram seal, and as a result, her concentration was broken.

Don't mind, Naoki! One more time, Naoki! she thought, trying to repsych herself up. Source, flow...

She was able to do it this time, and transformed into a black katana as well.

I did it! ...Now how do I change back? Panicking a little, she broke concentration again and shifted back into herself.

 

[Toraono Kuro]

Content with her mastery of transformation and the ease with which she had learned to use chakra and jutsu in compressed time what felt like forty five minutes for Naoki was actually only five minutes. Unbeknowst to her while she trained in the shadow dimension, Naito and Lord Onimaru fed her body chakra in a small but steady flow so as not to overwhelm her body. The process would simply awaken and amplify her chakra channels and allow them to function briefly at jounin levels. This could only be done while Naoki was immobile and if immobile she would not be able to use actual hand seals without breaking the chakra flow hence she was now in an mental dimension where she could perform all her training mentally while her body was enhanced cell by cell nerve by nerve. Yoko led the illusion training and continued to pour basic ninja knowledge into Naoki's mind. "Your jutsu contemplation is top notch, your next lesson will be in bunshin no jutsu ((clone jutsu)), this will allow you to temporarily distract enemies with a false image of yourself. Like so..."<i></i>
Focusing her chakra and her energies she performed Ram → Snake → Tiger handseals in that exact 3 point sequence, the Hyou method required three seals where others required four. She summoned two images of herself, and crossed her arms as she waited for Naoki to attempt the same feat

 

[Samejima]

Naoki has actually seen this technique. It was one of the jutsus used in the battle she witnessed years ago, only whoever did it seemed to be really good at it, as they were able to create hundreds of copies.
Since all the seals were those she had learned before, it took her a few minutes to repeat the movements so she could get used to the sequence.
It seemed like it was getting easier to control her chakra, and Naoki used this to her advantage as she executed the seals quickly and accurately. Producing two clones of herself as well, she turned to Yoko, while her clones moved with her in tandem.
"Onee-san, I think it's getting easier for me to concentrate!" All three of them spoke at the same time, and as Naoki didn't know they could copy speech as well, she broke concentration and the clones disappeared. "Easier to start concentrating anyway... Say Onee-san, is there a way to keep me focused on the jutsus I use?"

 

[Toraono Kuro]

Yoko smiled again although she couldn't have known that Naoki had gotten dramatically stronger from the Hyou Clan Shadow chamber technique. "Actually for me I keep a song in mind, the rhythm allows me to push onward despite any concerns..." As Yoko spoke Naoki's eyes began to itch and her vision grew blurry until all she could see was black. She could feel Yoko's hand on her shoulder, and she could sense Jingo behind her humming gently she could feel two hands from two different people upon her back as chakra flowed into her seated body and although she could not see she could feel the room pulsing with energy and feel the people distinctly around her, she had not noticed that her instrument was in her hands either but it felt right. Oddly enough the pitch black darkness was soothing and not as scary as it should have been for a nine year old girl but then again Naoki was unique. Then her eyes stopped itching and she could see Yoko clearly again and everyone that she had felt earlier was gone but she did notice she had her instrument in her hands. Yoko looked surprised briefly before she settled back into big sister teaching mode. "So ummm Naoki-chan, would you like to use music to help you train...? If we can teach you to wield your inner elemental chakra it should be a simple matter. I think first we should strengthen your body and spirit with more jutsu and training. How about we try some taijutsu?"

The genjutsu was almost broken as Naoki grew stronger but Jingo simply refocused his efforts. Lord Onimaru was pleasantly surprised. Naito smiled as well fearing that any sounds emitted by anyone but Yoko would cause the genjutsu to fail she kept quiet.

 

[Samejima]

What... What just happened?

After the recent itching spell, instead of seeing Yoko again like she should have, she saw nothing when she opened her eyes. Just pitch black. It was disconcerting at first, but then she realised this happened before. Some time long before she could remember her parents, everything was pitch black. Not being able to see anything, she actually felt more at ease than when she could see everything.

What a weird thought. Did I just think that?

She then noticed that she was holding her kokyuu, bow and all. She definitely did not remember taking this out. After all, how could she have taken it out when she was practicing all those seals? How could she have thought of moving the katana at all if she was holding something already... And why didn't she feel like putting it down?

Snapped out of her train of thought as she realised Yoko was still waiting for an answer, she shook her head to clear it and replied, "That'd be cool!" with a big smile, giving next to no indication that she was worried out of her mind about what would happen to her the next time she had an itching spell.

Naoki ran back to the entrance where she set down her bag and put the kokyuu and its bow back in, then paused and asked, "Onee-san, do you remember when exactly I picked up my kokyuu? I can't really..." As she considered her question again, she decided it was unnecessary and trailed off, shaking her head again before running back to her former position.

"Taijutsu focuses on physical moves right?" she asked in a chipper way. Making people worry about her at this point in time didn't seem like the right thing to do, especially because they were pressed for time.

 

[Toraono Kuro]

Yoko nodded vibrantly "Taijustu allows you to repurpose your chakra into your body to make you move faster, hit harder, and endure more strain than the average person. When you focus your will and chakra into your limbs you can make attacks flow in a manner that normally one would be incapable of. I call this basic technique ichi-ni,<i></i> Yoko stood up and without taking a stance launched a ferocious punch followed by a beautiful side kick.

Spoiler

The One-Two
A simple set of punches or kicks delivered to an opponent.

Information
Prerequisites: E-rank, A weapon with the Unarmed Damage Type.

Rank 1: 2 Strikes at Normal Accuracy dealing 100 Damage each.
Rank 2: 2 Strikes at Normal Accuracy dealing 125 Damage each.

Rank 1 Cost: 65 Cp
Rank 2 Cost: 80 Cp

"It has impressive potential and allows a lady of your size to unleash an unsuspected combo attack of power and speed that normally only a chuunin could accomplish. Would you like to try it out?"<i></i>

 

[Samejima]

I could actually feel the wind from that last kick! It's got to hurt to get hit by that...

"That was so cool! So we're supposed to concentrate chakra into the limb doing the movement?"

Up until now, Naoki had only been training how to concentrate chakra into her hands. She also hadn't tried kicking or punching anything, because her mother would always scold her about being unladylike. Trying the movements out now, attempting to replicate Yoko's earlier combo, she managed to at least get the motion down.

She would try to concentrate chakra into her limbs now. Balling up her fists, and concentrating on her left fist, she tried to get the chakra flowing into her right leg. She did so by visualising her chakra source again, the one swirling in an unclear direction. Instead of scooping out chakra like the other times though, this time she tried to use the flow to her advantage.

Come on... If you're not going to move for me at least tell me which way you're going! she thought, and closed her inner eyes. She heard the rush of a river, its splash against the banks, and was able to accurately judge which way her chakra truly flowed.

Finally being able to see where and how she should manipulate her chakra, she redirected a large part of it to her leg, and executed the move.

Throwing out a wild punch, "Ichi-" and letting her leg fly, "Ni!" with a big grin on her face.

Directing too much of her chakra to her leg as well as putting too much gusto into her kick caused her to stumble forwards yelping as she didn't hit a target, but due to her days spent on a rickety boat she was able to regain her balance quickly. Recovering, she said sheepishly, "Can I redo that?"

 

[Toraono Kuro]

With reluctance and actual effort Lord Onimaru, Jingo, and Naito released their team jutsu Shadow Dojo and sat down to rest. After this passed Jingo's genjutsu faded allowing Yoko and Naiko to wake up from their illusion of the dojo back to the real dojo where Naiko would find her mind fully trained and her body lightly exhausted. Yoko sat down sweating a bit from the strain of maintaining a heightened chakra state to train Naiko as fast as possible in a short time. In one hour and thirty minutes they had accomplished an nine hours worth of training. An entire physical work day of training compressed into an hour and thirty minutes. Naiko would wake up from the jutsu lightly sore, and a bit mentally exhausted but otherwise okay. She would also be able to see that everyone else was worn out. They assumed meditative positions and began to meditate to hasten their recovery. Yoko grimaced a bit as she struggled to assume a meditative seated position. She was actually sore from the day's labors and mentally taxed from the impromptu training genjutsu. She was however all to happy with the results as Naoki improved dramatically. "Please... try it again and use the striking dummy in the left corner... but first let's have a thirty minute period of rest."<i></i>

Spoiler

ooc: After this you make a 200 to 300 word rp towards one of your three abilities that you need to proceed to genin rank and once you complete your taijutsu training you will be awarded the yen necessary to purchase the jutsu you train for. If you are feeling lucky you can make a 600 to 900 word post dedicated to all 3 abilities and post in sand request after marking the post for training and dojo.

 

[Samejima]

After being released from the genjutsu, Naoki saw fit to lie down face up for a little while as she tried to regain her bearings, body feeling a little sore, and mind reeling with questions.

Spoiler

[Calm Mind RP]
When did they get in here? What are they doing here? Have they been here this whole time? Did they see me stumbling just now? That was so embarrassing. And what was with that sudden blackness everywhere? How did I end up holding my kokyuu just now? What was I going to do with it, play it really badly? Because I still haven't tried playing it. And what's with that? Why was I even found with one? Is it related to my birth parents or something? Should I try to find out more? Why's everyone sitting like that?

Sitting up as well and copying what everyone else was doing, she noted all the members of the room. She knew three, but the eldest one… She was a bit fuzzy about his name.

I think he was the head of House Hyou… So his title should be Lord. Then… It was something about a little devil… Ko-oni? No, that's not it, I'm thinking of something else… And aren't those guys usually seen as little red imps? With their little clubs and striped… Wait, I'm getting off-track. I think too much.

Naoki focused on the task at hand, remembering the Lord Onimaru's name, and took a different approach.

I do remember it had something to do with a little devil, but maybe it was a different order… Oni-something? Oni… Oni… Oh!

Reflexively, she smacked her right palm with the pinky side of her left fist. Looking around a bit, it seemed like everyone was focused on recovering, so they didn't really take note of that weird little action. But Naoki now remembered that the name she was looking for was Lord Onimaru.

It would've been a disaster if I forgot…

Naoki saw that they were all meditating, though she didn't know the word for it at the time. All their faces just looked like how Naoki's father described her when she fuzzed out, minus the gaping mouth. She made a conscious effort to fuzz out, making sure her mouth stayed closed.

Hmmm… So I should probably go over the jutsus I just learned. There was the taijutsu Ichi-Ni just now, where I failed badly in looking cool, but I think my power was okay. Before that was Bunshin no Jutsu, which gives me clones of myself. I'll try out the seals again…

Spoiler

[Nimble Hands RP]
As she thought that, her hands moved to form the seals in the order in which she learned them, Ram → Snake → Tiger. As she never really moved in the genjutsu space she was unaware of, the muscle memory that should have been helping her in this action was nonexistent, and she took some time to move her fingers in the right way. She repeated the movements several times, just to make sure she was familiar with them. With each repetition, she repeated the name of the jutsu to herself. She noticed she was getting faster and faster with each repetition, and proceeded to practice the other two ninjutsu she learned within the space of an hour and a half of real world time.

The one before that was Henge no Jutsu right? I think it was Dog → Boar → Ram.

Again, repeating the seals to herself without using her chakra while also repeating the jutsu's name in case she needed to use it quickly, she was able to fluidly move her fingers to form the seals. Wondering vaguely if she would have to do this for every jutsu she learned, she moved on to Kawarimi no Jutsu, and formed the seals Tiger → Boar → Ox → Dog → Snake. This was the jutsu she'd spent the most time on, and the one with the most seals. She did repetitions of this, and after that tried to randomise in her mind the order of the jutsus to test herself. Finding the results satisfactory, she went back to an immobile state.

Spoiler

Healing Factor RP
Naoki started thinking about the events leading up to this point in her journey to becoming a shinobi. With that fateful battle she saw several years ago, she was inspired to journey out into the Diamond Maelstrom from the safety and warmth (though it was beyond extremely hot in the Maelstrom itself) of her mother and father. She felt no lingering connection with the sea or the weird tasting fish living in them, but her bond with her father was forged out in the open waters, and for that she silently thanked the sea and whoever made it, even if the fish tasted weird and their scales pricked her a lot when she tried to scale them in preparation for dinner.

It wasn't that much of a problem though, I am a pretty fast healer. Come to think of it, I've always healed pretty quickly haven't I? The little scratches from outside are pretty much gone too… she thought, patting the spots on her face where the diamond sands came in contact with her skin. She marveled for a little while at how fast she healed, and thought about telling Yoko and the others about it so they'd worry less about her getting hurt too badly.

30-minute break now over, Naoki asked for permission to use the dummy, and upon being given permission, she walked over to it and stopped about half a metre from it. Taking a deep breath, she focused her chakra, which felt very different now, to her fist and leg, just like before. She tried to channel a normal amount of chakra to her leg this time, and was successful as there was a lot less to channel.

Huh? Am I tired? I don't have as much chakra as I did before… I should rest some more after this one.

Naoki let fly with the technique, and on finding that it was easier to recover from the recoil, she figured she would continue practicing with the diminished chakra flow as she could control herself better. Continuing until she felt her arm getting sore and her knees giving out a little, she then walked back to where the others were meditating and went back into a meditative position. When she saw that everyone had finished meditating, she would ask, "So... what's everyone doing in here?"

[MFT]

 

[Toraono Kuro]

Lord Onimaru stood up and stretched, he was very intense, but his body was small and compact, were it not for his eyes, Naoki could see him passing for a very fit eighteen year old. Yet when she looked at his eyes she could almost feel his spirit reaching out to her. He had very direct and serious eyes, as if he had seen ghosts all his life. He placed his arms behind his back and as he stretched his toes Naoki noticed that his armor was made out of very expensive looking leather that looked like it was great for desert travel and protection. He looked upon Naoki and noted that her eyes seemed to be fading in color, "We are here to ensure your training is completed in the timeliest fashion possible by the safest means available to the Hyou clan, although I must admit I have never seen anyone adjust as quickly as you. In an hour and thirty two minutes you have mastered 3 basic jutsu, and two fighting techniques. Your rate of growth is almost beyond the fastest student in the Toraono Clan. So I am rather pleased and eager to continue your training. We will recreate a shadow dimension full of chakra, Naito and I will transmit high density chakra into your body in a small but steady flow so as not to overwhelm your body. This process should also awaken and amplify your chakra channels to allow them to discover if you have any special abilities. Yoko and Jingo will place you under genjutsu so that time moves at a slower pace for your mind enabling you to compress more training into a limited time without breaking the chakra flow. You will train inside a mental dimension where your body will be further protected from harm and slowly enhanced cell by cell nerve by nerve. What are your other questions?"<i></i>