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 Posted: Sun Aug 23, 2009 11:32 pm
in this location of water country there sits a water fall that flows calmly down into a 6ft deep pool of water which is connected to some small rivers nearby so that the water is always fresh. the area is surrounded by a forest of trees and bamboo so that it can be very private for anyone who comes. this place is an ideal resting place for traveling Ninja.
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Posted: Tue Aug 25, 2009 10:11 am
Tares walked by a beautiful waterfall and decided to take a break. After a nice nap LT packed his belonging and left.
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Posted: Fri Sep 11, 2009 9:08 pm
As the breeze blew through and swirled around, it became the likeness of Luo as it picked up leaves and twirled them. Sighing, he looked around before casually leaning on a bamboo sprout and waiting for his temporary student.
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Posted: Fri Sep 11, 2009 9:26 pm
The sound of flapping wings passed over the waterfall before the source of the noise revealed itself, a large blue colored bird that swooped down and landed in a clearing within the bamboo, a boy climbed off of her back as he patted her head thankfully. Looking around the boy cupped his hands over his mouth, "Luo?" He called out, not spotting the one whom was supposed to teach him the final stage of the hidden mist sword-style.
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Posted: Fri Sep 11, 2009 9:35 pm
Using his new found ability of the hunter style's agility and speed in silence, Luo appeared behind the boy leaning against a bamboo stalk once more. "I'm right here, no need to yell." He sized the boy up from behind, staring at the hilt of his blade. He had no question in his mind that the blade he wielded was Zane's Aisukami. Which only meant he'd found the blade he'd been searching for. "This could be promising," Luo thought to himself.
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Posted: Fri Sep 11, 2009 10:45 pm
Reiniku turned him self slightly to the right so that he could still see Luo while leaning against Hyousetsu's sturdy frame, his eyes traced Luo's back to Aisukami and a curious look sparked in Rein's eyes. "Something caught your attention?" He asked a small grin appearing on his lips as he asked.
(Yeah sorry....
I Was off studying about stuff....))
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Posted: Sat Sep 12, 2009 9:04 am
Luo smiled lightly shaking his head. "Nothing in particular." He then looked at the large bird and back at Reiniku. "If you would, please dismiss the bird so we can begin." As he spoke, Luo's mind wandered back to when the former Mizukage had to train Zane and him in the seventh stage before his death. He firmly remembered being admitted into the hospital literally the moment his training was complete. The muscle fibers had been torn to the extreme that they were literally hanging on by a thread. However, since then he doesn't remember more than in one instance having to repeat that process. It seemed as if his muscles were adjusting to the strenuous speed of the seventh stage.
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Posted: Sat Sep 12, 2009 1:42 pm
Reiniku nodded as he waved his hand in the air as to shoo the massive bird away, Hyousetsu herself was reluctant to leave but all that changed after Reiniku whispered something about fish back home. She left immediately in a massive gust of wind, dust and snow that nearly pushed Reiniku himself over. Gathering himself he brushed the dust and snow off of his clothing and hair before facing Luo with a 'What now?' face. "How sore does this make your muscles when compared to the sixth stage?" The fact that the pain would only go up just came to Reiniku and it make him cringe slightly from the thought of torn muscles and possible broken bones Oh please don't let it be that bad.... He thought while wiping the cringe off of his face, replacing it with his normal emotionless gaze.
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Posted: Sat Sep 12, 2009 3:26 pm
Luo chuckled as he shielded his eyes from the gust of wind and snow as his hair wafted in the short torrent. He then looked down at Reiniku as he asked his question. "I'll put it to you this way: be glad that your kage is the best med-nin within the five countries. It'll be a surprise to me if you can pick up your sword after this." Luo caught himself saying this aloud and quickly changed the subject hoping not to scare the boy as he saw him cringe for a moment. "The speed comes with learning not to have wasted movements. Your style of movement is not only perfected in its killing style, but graceful. At this point, your blade is not an extension of you, but it is you, and you are it. So we'll begin with a short spar. I need to see where your weaknesses and strengths are so that I can better tune my training style to you specifically. I expect that when we're done with this spar, you know your body inside and out. No effort should be made unless you know it will connect."
((This is where Luo will teach you to control your strength and movement. It's the elegance stage. So I guess if you put on good enough of a show, we can move on to speed.))
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Posted: Sat Sep 12, 2009 4:11 pm
Reiniku listened intently to Luo's explanation, his eyes seemed focused on the horizon with a thoughtful dullness to their sheen. "If Aisukami is to become a part of me...." He began to mutter to himself after Luo had finished speaking, his voice a near whisper. "Wow, it must have taken a lot from Zane just to give Aisukami to me. I'm not going to let him down then." With that Reiniku gripped the hilt of Aisukami with his right hand, pulling it out from behind his back as his eyes closed shut in concentration. Holding Aisukami out before himself Reiniku placed both hands on the hilt as he channeled his chakra though his own hands and into the hilt of Aisukami. The temperature dropped quickly to sub-zero and still dropping states as the beginnings of a light snow and a rolling breeze began to form. Both the wind and the snowfall increasing in intensity, the snow soon becoming blinding due to the fact that mass amounts of the white frozen flakes would come between one's eyesight with whatever object they were gazing upon, the wind soon becoming strong enough to knock over several of the bamboo stalks with chasing noises that echoed throughout the area. A strong blizzard came into existence, even the waterfall itself began to freeze over in an eerie cascade of icicles, some as big as tree trunks themselves, that hung as thousands of sharp daggers just waiting to fall upon the earth or whoever would be unfortunate enough to walk beneath them.
His eyes shooting open Reiniku released the tension that had been growing in his muscles ever since the birth of the blizzard as he rocketed forward in a dizzying blur of motion that made him appear almost evil as he moved, the snow behind him exploding outwards in a massive gust of wind that pushed the bamboo behind him almost to their breaking points while the snow the wind carried rained back down onto the earth in mass amounts. Reiniku flew forward as he glided across the thin surface of snow that had already began to build, he turned the blade in his hands so that the tip was facing the earth and the hilt was diagonally facing the sky, nearing Luo from the front Rein brought Aisukami's tip upwards in an upper-cut style slash that was aimed to cross his chest diagonally from Luo's bottom left side to his right shoulder.
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Posted: Sat Sep 12, 2009 4:21 pm
As the temperature dropped, Luo didn't seem to flinch. By now, he'd grown accustomed to the conditions Aisukami was capable of making. As visibility lowered, Luo's left eye caught site of the attack, as his right eye just barely kept up since it was not as accurate as the sharingan transplant. In one swift motion, Luo grabbed Senbon Sakura with his left hand over his back and unsheathed her, bringing her blade down to swiftly stop the attack short at his side. Then in the same manner of speed, Luo's body pivoted around Reiniku's left side as he quickly switched hands, slicing diagonally upwards from the left side of the boy's hip, to his right shoulder blade. As he did so, Luo's mind ran through the three courses of action Reiniku could make, and how to counter or attack for each one. "Zane must really trust the boy to give him Aisukami. He and that blade were truly one entity." he said as he briefly looked at his own Senbon Sakura.
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Posted: Sat Sep 12, 2009 4:51 pm
Reiniku wasn't shocked when his blow was blocked and as Luo had pivoted around his left hand side Reiniku had just caught his incoming attack in the corner of his eye with barely any time to spare. Reiniku had himself grabbed onto the sheath of Aisukami, pivoting the opposite way that Luo had moved as he used the iron coating on the sheath attached to his back to catch Luo's blow while simultaneously turning Aisukami in his hand once more so that it was backwards in his hand with the tip pointing outwards toward Rein's right hand side. He once again pivoted while estimating Luo's position in his head by taking the general direction Luo had been moving in and adding a few inches based on the time spent blocking. Bringing the tip of his blade in a right hand spin that left the reserved tip moving in a stabbing like motion toward where Rein estimated Luo's neck would lay. To anyone watching it would almost appear that Reiniku had eyes in the back of his head although to any experienced swordsman they would know right away that all of Rein's moves were well placed stabs at the dark. Please hit! Reiniku mentally yelled as he moved, hoping that by the time he spun completely around Luo would have either of been forced to jump back by his attack or shocked enough to give Reiniku enough time to retreat once more into the cover of the snow.
(Sorry about that wait, it was dinner time here.)
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Posted: Sat Sep 12, 2009 5:27 pm
As Reiniku's next attack came, in the middle of the pivot the boy took, Luo's left hand casually popped the lower end of the sheath on his back, and he tilted his neck sideways and lowered his shoulder to allow the sheath to come over it, and in fact sheath Aisukami within it. He then looked up at Reiniku without attacking the now defenseless boy. "Three unnecessary movements, although the general attack was good. Grab your blade and try again. However, this time know where your opponent is. Do not turn your back to an opponent unless you are certain in every way that he will be where you attack, or will move into the area you wish to put him." Luo stayed still with his neck tilted, waiting for Rein to grab the katana. He had ingenuity. He just needed more confidence. "One more thing, you're improving on your flow of movement, but like a river you must be swift and always moving."
((It's fine, same here.))
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Posted: Sat Sep 12, 2009 6:05 pm
Reiniku sighed to hide his shock from Luo's latest move, it was surprising to him that Luo sheathed his own blade with such ease. Gabbing onto Aisukami once more he unsheathed it to keep the blizzard going just seconds before it would have died. As he did so he fixed his sheath and backed away from Luo, letting the snow fall increase to its original state before he launched himself forward once more, he took a path that lead him straight for Luo without any deviations in the path. Once he was close enough to Luo Reiniku brought Aisukami around for what would look like a horizontal strike for Luo's gut area but as the sword neared cutting range Reiniku himself shifted his weight and turned the blade so that the tip would be traveling directly upwards towards Luo's chin.
(Ugh, crap post but I am mildly suffering from writers block...)
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Posted: Sat Sep 12, 2009 6:35 pm
As Reinuku attempted another frontal attack, he flipped backwards at the moment the boy's feet stopped to attack leaving an afterimage in his wake. As he landed, he launched himself at Reiniku's body, an after image left in his position as he turned his blade and attempted to ram his hilt into his now exposed stomach since his blade was now connecting with Luo's first image. His strength was overwhelming to most, so Luo pulled the punch so to speak, however he did deliver it at a speed and strength of attack that would prove more than painful. The boy's comprehension for fluid movement was beginning to grow, but in order to make the process faster, Luo knew he couldn't just dance around him without attacking. It was the fear of being hit that restricted his movements. If hit enough, Luo knew the boy's attack speed, and fluidity would improve, for the sole hope of not being struck.
((Don't worry about it. We all get writers block.))
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