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 Posted: Sun Jul 27, 2008 7:14 pm
Growing ninja all begin here, when they start their training in the early ages of their youth. They learn skills, assuredly, but also learn the fundamentals about how the village operates, as well as social skills. It is a common place for genin, chuunin, and even jounin to visit, as being permitted a higher rank also entitles those with more experience to teach the ninja who have little experience.
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Posted: Wed Sep 24, 2008 7:06 pm
__As the Academy seemed rather empty for the moment, Kankuro had already prearranged to asist in a Genin's training in ways of her suggestion. So, he already had the puppet necessary for said training, Karasu, out and following beside him. It wouldn't be long until Akoko arrived, so he walked to a wall and leaned against it, his fingers keeping from budging an inch when he reached said wall.
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Kankurou_Kugutsu Vice Captain
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Posted: Wed Sep 24, 2008 7:15 pm
Running late, which had always been a bad habit of her's, Akoko began to jog towards the large Academy building, trying to gather what little bit of time she had left. "Have. To. Run." She said to herself in a huff, her staff hanging at an angle across her back, where she always kept it when it wasn't in use.
Finally reaching the building, she made no effort to slow down as she slammed open the large doors, and made her way towards the small training grounds at the center of the school, near toppling over in her hurry.
After running for five minutes through the halls, she made it to a set of wooden double-doors with the sign 'Training Grounds' on a tablet above them. Only then did she slow herself, straightening her poise, and slowly opening the heavy doors, peaking, meekly inside.
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Posted: Wed Sep 24, 2008 7:29 pm
__Kankuro observed the Genin peeking within the confines of the courtyard, a single eyebrow rose. This, of course, made him look quite silly when you took the face paint into account. Sighing lightly, he said under his breath, "I'd say it was the discipline of a child for being late, but she's about my age." He decided to step forward from where he was leaning, lightly moving his left index finger to cause Karasu's four arms to lift, fists pointing at the door she was peeking from. He rose his voice for her to hear as he said, a serious tone in his voice, "Well, Akoko, are you ready to begin?"
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Kankurou_Kugutsu Vice Captain
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Posted: Wed Sep 24, 2008 7:38 pm
Akoko meeped, not even noticing Kankuro was in the courtyard all ready, but she quickly snapped on it, suddenly growing serious. "Um...Yeah!" She semi-shouted, grabbing her staff off it's harness, and unfastening her pockets' buttons, so she'd have easy access.
Now fully stepping in through the door, she cracked her neck, and stated; "Ready when you are..." As she got herself into a defensive position, her staff tilted, and her attention focused on the demented puppet, and it's puppeteer.
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Posted: Wed Sep 24, 2008 7:50 pm
__Nodding lightly, Kankuro said one last thing before beginning. "Obviously, this training is very dangerous. I hope you're ready..." With that, along with a light twitch of his right index finger, Karasu's upper left 'hand' flew upward, as if there were a hinge on the back of the left wrist, to reveal a hollow left arm. A single kunai came rushing from said arm toward the kunoichi. It's current path would have it graze Akoko's left ear, should nothing be done about it. Another note would be the thin wire attached to the butt end of said kunai, leading back to the puppet.
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Kankurou_Kugutsu Vice Captain
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Posted: Wed Sep 24, 2008 7:54 pm
Akoko did not hesitate at all when the kunai came towards her, she quickly side-stepped, and avoided the blade. "I think I'm ready..." She mumbled to herself, just now responding to what Kankuro had said before attacking her.
She wasn't going to poke-fun at the easy to avoid projectile, because she knew this was just the beginning, also...She wasn't trying to get her a** kicked for being a wise-a**. After a moment's thinking, Akoko jumped back slightly, paying mind to the kunai still, and to Kankuro/Karasu. She had to be sure the knife was finished, and that she wasn't going to be hit with anything else while she was distracted.
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Posted: Wed Sep 24, 2008 8:03 pm
__Kankuro smiled lightly at her simple dodge and light mumble, performing yet another light twitch of his right index finger. This movement had caused the wire that was attached to the end of the kunai to reel the blade right back in, seeming to have it vanish within the arm again. "Well, good to see you're paying attention, at least. Now try to parry what's coming with that stick of yours!"
__With that, and a twitch of his right middle, ring, and pinky fingers respectively, the three other hands each seemed to move upward, as if on hinges, to reveal three more hollow spaces in the arms. Thus, after a synchronized movement of each right finger, a reaction quite similar to the original occurred, from each respective 'arm'. Each had a target in a different part of her body, as follows; the left ear, the right temple, the left kneecap and the right shoulder. It could be noted that, like the first, the other three kunai also had a thin wire attached to the butt ends.
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Kankurou_Kugutsu Vice Captain
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Posted: Wed Sep 24, 2008 8:09 pm
Having expected nothing less from her instructor, Akoko readied herself as the kunai came whizzing towards her. "Time it correctly..." She said to herself, focusing. Within a second, she began to spin her staff, nimbly, it moving through her fingers in a large whirlwind of flips.
As she had hoped, one after the other, the kunai began to fall out of the air, having lost their speed and power with the newly created wind, and then being stopped by the staff itself. She kept vigilant. Akoko now knew that they would fly back into the puppet's arms soon, and she wanted to make sure he'd not try anything fishy beforehand.
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Posted: Wed Sep 24, 2008 8:20 pm
__He smiled lightly at the girl's success, the smile showing quite creepily by the painted markings on his face. This, followed up by him moving, for the first time, his left middle, pinky, and ring fingers, would likely cause quite an interesting reaction. The wire, one could tell after this occurred, served two purposes: To return the kunai to their holster to be used again, and to hide a thin string of chakra attached to the three kunai. So, thanks to the earlier described movements, three of the deflected kunai stopped in mid-air, turned, and, once again, flew toward Akoko.
__The path they were going would have them graze her right knee, left shin, and right hand. Considering her vigilance, it wouldn't be difficult to notice and react to the three kunai, even when one notes the short distance between the Genin and the kunai. It is also of note that the actual damage this attack could cause would be minimal, considering there wasn't any momentum behind said strike. A moment after performing this attack, he twitched his right index finger as the original kunai that she was attacked with was reeled back into place, within the arm.
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Kankurou_Kugutsu Vice Captain
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Posted: Wed Sep 24, 2008 8:27 pm
Having been focusing on the kunai, Akoko noticed as they began to move, and begin their assault again. She knew they were not as dangerous as before, but she still wished to deflect them.
With a swift motion, Akoko parried [[Happy now? >=P]] the attack with a few more flicks of her wrist, only generating half the wind of before, but causing enough halt in their momentum to render them useless.
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Posted: Wed Sep 24, 2008 8:40 pm
__Kankuro smirked lightly when she parried the assault quite easily, as he repeated the earlier action with the three kunai still out. After all, this was training, so he was going to make sure she was the sign of perfection before giving her the chance of a break.
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Kankurou_Kugutsu Vice Captain
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Posted: Wed Sep 24, 2008 8:42 pm
Now, again with the near powerless kunai, Akoko deflected them with a bit of ease and skill with her staff. They stopped mid-air, and she again watched them with intent, waiting for them to move towards her, or for Kankuro to absorb them back into his puppet to launch a new assault.
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Posted: Wed Sep 24, 2008 8:51 pm
__He performed a light series of twitches to the three fingers controlling the kunai, causing them to surround her on three sides, each kunai roughly four feet away from Akoko. One final, synchronized twitch of the right index and the left middle, ring, and pinky finger caused the three kunai to shoot toward Akoko while, at the same time, the fourth kunai shot out of the arm it had been reeled into. The three kunai surrounding her would be aiming toward the left side of her left knee, her right side, and her her right wrist respectively. The dagger that came from the arm would be aiming for her right kneecap though, unbeknownst to Akoko, Kankuro had it planned to stop before actually hitting her.
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Kankurou_Kugutsu Vice Captain
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Posted: Wed Sep 24, 2008 8:56 pm
Now surrounded by four kunai, Akoko was at a loss for what to do, but she had to think quick on her toes. She thought a moment, then...With a slight jump, flew backwards a few feet, out of the path of the kunai.
In case the kunai decided to chase her, though, she began to twirl her staff, in another attempt to deflect the small daggers.
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