Electric Bonds: 1/31/339 A.M.

A Training session between Mozu and Satsujin get crashed by Kidame

Participants:

* Mozu Kai
* Satsujin
* Kidame Hatake

All participants earned a Combat Star in Ninjutsu

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Mozu

January 31st, 399 The final day of January. The skies were partly cloudy and there was a nice breeze coming through. No doubt it would be bringing more clouds with it but for now the day seemed peaceful. Mozu had been spending the day preparing for what he had promised a student of his the day before. He needed to do something for the kid to improve the conditioning of his body. Hopefully Mozu had just the proper plan for this. He had arrived at the training field by 8:00 am to make sure he had time to set up and work a few stretches in. By the time 10:00 rolled around Mozu would have a large tub set up near some pells in the training field and it would have been filled with water. This tub looked similar to an industrial water trough you may see farmers use to set water out for small herds of cows. There were also a few weaved basket pouches of various odds and ends to assist with this training and Mozu was curious if he had prepared enough to properly train his student. This was one of his first training sessions so he was sceptical of his ability. Regardless, the time was upon him and the Hokage believed in him so he had to try at least.

Satsujin

The very next day after he had met his Jonin, it was time to rise and shine earlier than he liked to be as could be seen by his sluggish nature. Getting everything packed he had set up for his weapons and tools, last thing to do was pack a big lunch. Spending the next hour preparing basic foods he could make that would typically last him two days as he didn't he much, he would put it all into a bag and left. Yawning a bit and tugging the hood over his head to block out the sun that sometimes pierced the clouds, yet it was what he mainly liked anyways. Reaching the Third Training Grounds by 10am on the dot, he'd see Mozu there as he just called out. "Mozu-Sensei." The dull voice was more than likely known by this point from at least how he talked, maybe not though. Walking up to him, Satsujin just looked at the water trough, seeing it be filled with water. Glancing over to Mozu, he just asked "What's with the big bath?"

Kidame

The final day of January seemed as good a time as any to go out with a spear to find some fish. He had a very particular fish in mind for this journey though, Japanese Sturgeon. A freshwater fish that Kidame was yet to try. And the perfect place to go about this? The Third Training Field. Who knows, might even get some actual training in too. On the way into the training grounds though something interesting caught his eye. A water trough and two people in the middle of a field. What were they doing there? Why did they have a water trough? Do they have fish in it, perhaps the one he was looking for and could he buy some? It was always good to support local business and the community. He simply began to approach the pair now, his curiosity getting the best of him and he looked up at the larger man, and then the boy to his now right. Waving to them politely.

Mozu

Hearing the call of his name Mozu would think ‘right on time’. He turned to face his student, Satsujin, the self proclaimed frailest of the bunch. He looked him over a bit, taking note of the bag he was carrying. “You can go ahead and put your stuff down. We will begin shortly.” Mozu still talked with his odd cadence, seeming almost like he was talking through the boy instead of to him. He would likely learn this was just how Mozu communicated, though. As he waited for Satsujin to get his things in order, Mozu noticed another boy walk up to them. This one with white hair. Something about him seemed familiar but also new. He didn't know why but it was like he knew this kid from somewhere. When the kid waved Mozu would simply turn his body in the boy’s direction and ask, “Yes, can I help you?”

Satsujin

When Mozu told him that he could put his stuff down and that they'll begin shortly. That's when the boy just started to take off his bag, bow, quiver and tool pouches. Once he did so he heard footsteps coming up to them, casually so it wasn't something to be alert with but he still took a glance towards the approaching person. Seeing the wave, the different colored eyes just stared at him. Satsujin just put his arms behind his head in a relaxed form, whilst it seemed his torso was moving under the cloak if either were to notice it but no given reason yet. Waiting for the boy to answer Mozu-Sensei, he looked familiar like he had seen him at the academy, or around the village once or twice..couldn't tell but at last, Mozu asked him what he could help with.

Kidame

Stabbing his spear into the ground casually he would simply nod as the answer to Mozu's question before placing his signature X over his mouth. Informing the Jounin that he couldn't speak. Or at least thats what Kidame hoped would be implied to Mozu. Leaning forward he glanced into the water trough to find, no fish. None. So what was the trough for? Kidame tried to ask by simply pointing at it and tilting his head. Not sure if this would get his point across properly. Turning now he would bow respectfully to Satsujin, it was always good to try and be polite to your peers. Even if you didn't know them.

Mozu

As he waited for Satsujin to get ready, Mozu would attend to the newcomer. When the boy put an “X” over his mouth Mozu didn’t quite understand what to make of it. Instead he just looked on quizically as the boy peered over into the trough he had prepared. The boy then pointed at the Trough with an almost confused look to him. This prompted Mozu to ask, “What? Do you want the water? I mean there is a river over that way.” Mozu replied as he pointed to the nearby river on the edge of the training field and continued.  “You could get some water there. We are going to use this for a bit of training.” Mozu then turned to Satsujin to see him waiting, “You ready?”

Satsujin

Watching the kid put the "x" over his mouth, he gave him an odd look while he started to speculate and then watched him look into the trough. With the point to the water and an inquisitive look about him, he just looked to Mozu as he started talking. Hearing his response, Satsujin just shook his head a bit while he thought about it. Though, as he looked back to the kid, he bowed to him and giving a scowl towards him, Satsujin heard Mozu ask if he was ready. Looking up to his Sensei. "I'm pretty sure he's trying to say he doesn't talk." Looking back to the boy, he just leaned forwards a bit from the waist. "Your tongue cut out or something?" Glaring back to his Sensei now though as he stood up straight. "Maybe we should see what he wants first. Not sure how I feel about having someone I don't know around me when I'm vulnerable." It was true Satsujin hated his weaknesses being exposed, which is why he wanted to remain secretive on his training from even his teammates.

Kidame

Kidame raised an eyebrow as the adult didn't seemingly understand. Most adults he did this for understood pretty clearly that he couldn't speak. Maybe he should start keeping a piece of paper with him just explaining the situation.. He'd consider it. Thankfully though this man was still asking yes or no questions he could answer. Shaking his head no as he asked if he wanted water. The training part caught his ear though wondering if they would allow him to train with them although as unfriendly as they seemed.

Thankfully Satsujin understood that he couldn't talk but he didn't particularly enjoy the comment asking if his tongue was cut out, he simply opened his mouth. Showing the other genin that his tongue was indeed still in place. Not sure how to communicate what he wanted to say at this point he scratched his head. Before a bright idea hit him. Pulling his spear from the ground now he began to write in the dirt with it. "What type of training are you doing?"

Mozu

With an uninterested look Mozu would turn back to Kidame after Satsujin spoke of wanting to find out what the kid wanted. It seemed Satsujin was more embarrassed than initially predicted. Mozu then watched the boy write something on the ground as he replied. “I guess you’re right. It doesn’t look like he can talk.” After reading the note Mozu would continue, “The training we were going to do was one to work on building up the body, but it looks like we may scrap that for another day. Is there something you wanted to work on?”

Satsujin

Seeing the other boy opening his mouth and noticing the tongue still intact within his mouth, Satsujin just sucked in his cheek a bit. "That's boring, just can't use your voice then." He rolled his eyes a bit while he grabbed his spear. The young man watched as he seemed to write something in the dirt with the tip of the spear. Nodding to his Sensei, he just peered over and saw what he was writing in the ground. Hearing what Mozu had said, the young man looked away a bit, embarrassed to a degree but couldn't be seen other than him looking away. "Always something new to learn at least." Satsujin just glanced back over.

Kidame

Kidame began to think for a moment. What did he need to work on? Quickly now he kicked dirt over the old message he had written, erasing it and beginning to write out: "Ninjutsu?" Stabbing his spear back into the ground and turning to look at the other two, he didn't mean to intrude but since they were all here anyway why not train together?

Mozu

Mozu continued watching the boy continue to react by writing on the ground. In some ways this was comical, like a language barrier they were overcoming. Mozu raised an eyebrow when the boy wrote out Ninjutsu. He then looked to Satsujin and posed the question himself. “Why not? You want to brush up on the basics of ninjutsu. Maybe I can give you guys a better understanding of it as a whole.” He then waited for a response for the two of them as he started thinking over some ideas on how to do this new training.

Satsujin

Hearing the dirt moving a bit and then the same sound of the spear tip lightly grazing the ground enough, he looked to see what was written. Hearing Mozu's question, and what followed after, the boy just shrugged lightly. "Better than packing up and going home, so I'm for it. Could use a bit more guidance in the field anyways if I'm wanting to be better." In his mind after saying so, he continued the speech by saying 'So I can beat you into the ground, Mozu-Sensei..then look for the next big target.' Under the bandages grew a wild grin which when Satsujin noticed himself producing it, stopped it immediately. Now awaiting what Mozu had planned for them.

Kidame

Kidame smiled at the response of these two, it seemed like they weren't that bad. Simply stabbing his spear back into the ground this time he didn't need to write an answer down for this. He simply nodded at Mozu and gave a thumbs up signifying that was something he was more than ready to do seeing as Kidame struggled with basic ninjutsu either way.

Mozu

“Right. Then let's start with a demonstration.” Mozu would raise his right hand up as he held his arm out at a right angle. His hand was straight, almost like he was ready to send a chop out at any moment. He then started to focus his chakra into his hand and concentrated it into a visible form. By applying his natural transformation to the chakra Mozu would create sparks of electricity that arc, spiralling around his hand. “So there are two key fundamentals to Ninjutsu. Shape change and nature change. What I'm doing here is a change of nature in my own chakra. I have a natural lean towards lightning nature so this is the most basic nature change for me. First off I want to see what you guys can do. Show me a technique or, failing that, resonate with your chakra like I showed here. Also tell me what natures you know, if any.”

Satsujin

Listening to his Sensei while his right hand was up and arm was out. It was an odd sight that he was just keeping his hand up like that but then it started to happen while sparks of electricity started to shoot out a bit from his hand. Watching him moving his hand a bit while the electricity arced with the movements, he just listened to him. Pulling his own hand in front of him, Satsujin himself didn't know his exact element but wondered if he could do that. Though, that's when Mozu-Sensei began to explain it more thoroughly to the two. Hearing what he'd like to see from them, Satsujin just looked forward. "I'm not sure of my chakra nature but.." He paused as he turned away from them and took a bit of a breath in. After doing so, he would spit out several small nets of what looked like webbing of a spider. As the nets made contact with whatever they hit, more than likely the earth, they seemed to just stay there. Turning to Mozu, he just said "I can shoot out webbing and with my chakra mixed into it, makes it sticky; Much like spider webs." Though, the boy then held up his right hand. "How can I find out what my nature is?" his eyes looked up to the man that was started to teach them, not fully understanding the idea of it but was indeed interested.

Kidame

Watching the demonstration carefully now Kidame saw something very close to his own jutsu that he had a tendency of using. Grinning he would turn on Lightning Release Chakra Mode (Tier 2). His hair immediately stood up and lightning began to appear around his body flickering. He stared at Mozu, then turned to look at Satsujin's attempt. Kidame's jaw dropping in amazement as webs came out of the fellow Genin's mouth. In response to the Jounin's question though in case it wasn't clear he pulled the spear out of the ground and drew a lightning bolt in the dirt. Proceeding to stab the spear back down into the ground.

Mozu

`Mozu allowed the chakra to dissipate from his hand as he dropped it to his side. He then took note of the change in Kidame as he engulfed his whole body in lightning chakra. “Who would-” He started to say but stopped himself as he looked in amazement as this was the first time he had seen this particular jutsu in person. He then turned to see his student fire off some webs created from his chakra. “Interesting.” He said listening to Satsujin’s question.  He quickly reached into his back pouch and pulled forward a white sheet of paper. “Finding out your nature is easy. Just pass chakra through one of these.” Mozu then did just that as the paper crinkled itself up around his finger. “As you can see this is what happens in the case of lightning.” Mozu then would pass a paper over to Satsujin and ask him to try it out. He then turned to Kidame and spoke, “So you’re lightning as well. Do you know any techniques that are less taxing on your body than the one you just showed?” Mozu was curious if this kid was some kind of lightning prodigy.

Satsujin

Watching the lightning engulf Kidame's body as electricity sparked around him and his hair stood up. Lifting his brows to the sight, he blew out some air while he then turned to do the demonstration of his jutsu. Though, that's when Mozu just said that finding out your nature was easy. From this point, Satsujin watched him pull out a piece of paper and watched the paper crinkle up after a second passed of passing chakra through it. Giving a confused squint while his eyes looked down to the piece of paper he was now handed, he took it and just held it between his index and thumb. Staring at it for a moment, he tried to simply feel the chakra out but was unable to. Trying one more time, he tried to concentrate on the chakra's flow within his body like he did with his web jutsus. As soon as the chakra hit his fingertips, the paper crinkled between them as his eyes darted to Mozu. "Hey hey hey! We got more lightning!" He seemed excited for a moment but then his face just dulled out while he looked away from the others. "Not like it's cool or anything.." he muttered.

Kidame

Letting his jutsu turn back off, Kidame stopped to think about it for a second. Lightning no longer flickering around his body, and his hair quickly falling back down and landing in front of his face. Reaching up and quickly pushing his hair back into place. Pulling out the spear once more he began drawing on the ground. "I have stronger ones, and like.. one slightly weaker one." He scratched his head now. Kind of embarrassed about the fact that he could only use stronger ones. Glancing over at Satsujin he smiled at the fact that they were all lightning. Grinning at Satsujin now he gave the boy an encouraging thumbs up. Drawing in the ground now he'd say "I think it's really cool!"

Mozu

Mozu watched intently as the white haired boy wrote in the dirt of the field with his spear. Mozu was even more bewildered by the fact this kid knew stronger techniques. It was incredible to see what he had done already but to show something stronger how could that be possible. Mozu then looked over when he heard Satsujin’s excitement. “Oh I see. So then we all have something in common. Let’s see…” Mozu stood back up straight and looked around a bit as he tried to figure out what he could have these boys work on. “If we are training ninjutsu then you will need to get better at the speed you can focus your chakra and change it’s nature. Best way I can think of is to have you bend things to your chakra’s will.” Mozu then reached up the the tree over his head and grasped one of the bigger leaves about the size of his palm and held it between his index and middle fingers. “Remember what I had you do with that paper. Do it to the leaf.” Mozu said as he sent his own chakra into the leaf and forced it to also crumple around his fingers. He knew this would prove much harder, but that was the point. Training should never be easy.

Satsujin

Listening to his Sensei while he then started to speak more on them needing to get better at the speed he can focus his chakra and change its nature. It didn't seem to be an issue for this other kid, but for Satsujin, it was gonna be a trip in a half. That's when he noticed Mozu reached up to the tree and grabbed a leaf while he did the same thing from the paper, but now with a damn leaf. Same thing that he did with the paper..but with a leaf? Satsujin already was throwing himself over the mark, not even knowing what his chakra nature was until just now, but that didn't mean he'd give up. Jumping up, he'd swipe out two leaves, the size that Mozu-Sensei had plucked while he just began to hold the leaf between his fingers again. Trying to do the same thing, Satsujin flowed the chakra through his arm to his hand but to no avail. It felt odd this time though, either he missed a step or this was just gonna be a lot harder than whatever that paper was made out of.

Kidame

Kidame watched as they both had grabbed a leaf. Shrugging he didn't really see what the big deal was. "It's just a leaf." he thought. But that's when he grabbed two as well, the same way that Satsujin had and tried to focus his chakra into the leaf. He'd never tried to do something like this before so when he did... Zap. The leaf began to burn and he blew it out. Blinking at the leaf slightly confused by what he'd done. Taking the second leaf and trying once more letting the chakra throw from him into the leaf only to have the same thing happen. Once more the leaf had begun to burn and he had to blow it out. Frowning at his discovery and looking at the other two. Unable to help but begin to wonder.. "What am I doing wrong here? The chakra is going in why is it burning?"

Mozu

Watching both of these kids attempt the training, Mozu could quickly see the issues placed before them. He still waited for them to practice a few more tries before he spoke up.”By now you're probably wondering why you are each struggling. Well Kidame you are pushing too much of your chakra through the leaf, and Satsujin you are not putting enough.” Mozu then walked over to the base of the tree and peeled a sheet of the bark off of the tree itself. He wanted to try and challenge himself too while he trained these two. No use letting them catch up to his strength, he needed to keep going. He held the bark out in front of him and started to cultivate his own chakra as his eyes stared intently on the bark. Unfortunately it looked like nothing would happen but Mozu knew this could take some time before he was able to do it.

Satsujin

As he continued to try, he peeked up to look at the white haired kid while he seemed to set the leaves he tried with ablaze. From this moment, Mozu began to explain what both seemed to be doing wrong. Not putting enough? How in the hell was he supposed to put more into it? Lowering himself onto the ground while he stared at the leaf, he tried to flow his chakra again and again but alas, nothing would give. Though, once more, he began to channel his chakra once more through to his fingertips and into the leaf. Once he did, he noticed a small piece begin to curl in, but being so insignificant it was nothing to awe about. Yet, he felt it coming closer had he just kept trying.

Kidame

Picking up a piece of bark as well just for fun he tried it, nothing happened and he placed it back down. Turning back and pulling down another leaf, attempting to pour just a little bit his chakra in this time and watching as it burst into flames even faster this time. His eyes widening in response. Watching Mozu as he grabbed another leaf getting ready to try once more. Glancing over at Satsujin and watching while the very tip of his leaf began to curl. Thinking to himself at this point: "Wow, he's way closer than mine is.. Mine just burns." He poured in again watching it combust instantly this time and simply blinking in response.

Mozu

Mozu took a moment to focus on his own progres as he focused his chakra into the piece of bark. His eyes never left the sheet while he did so. He was totally concentrated on the task at hand, so much so that he didn’t see Kidam grab his own piece of bark and try to no avail. Mozu had no clue if what he was trying was even possible, but that wouldn’t stop him from trying. Either way it would help his ninjutsu, there was no doubt about that. So he pressed on for approximately two minutes of silence. After which he threw his hand down while still holding on to the bark.

He gazed over to the boys allowing his Azure hues to pierce through each of their progress. Kidame seemed to still be having trouble with putting too much in while Satsujin seemed to be getting the basics going. Mozu decided it was time to give another pointer but this time he focused it to just Kidame.  He took another leaf with his left hand and held it out in front of him and spoke softly. “Kidame, think of your chakra like a well, and your drawing on it like a pump. If you crank the pump too quickly the water goes everywhere and you mostly miss the bucket. However, if you crank slowly.” As if to prove his point Mozu would start to slowly build his chakra into the leaf and show clearly how it curled over itself on the tip. “If you slowly apply more and more to it then you can ever control its flow.” Mozu demonstrated this by letting his chakra slowly force the leaf to continue curling over itself until it formed a full roll down to the tip of his fingers. “ You understand? Try taking it slower.”

Satsujin

The boy just focused solely on his leaf and chakra at this point. Wanting to prove that he could do this not only to himself, but his Sensei as well. In his mind, all he could think was 'I'll beat him after I gain what knowledge I can." But in this thought process, Satsujin's leaf slipped from his fingers in a crumbled manner as he had rubbed his fingers too tightly together. Sighing while he grabbed the other one, he took a deep breath and tried to balance himself again within his own mind. Hearing what Mozu had to say to the white haired kid, he just tried to take the advice from that while once again, the tip of the leaf would curl in on itself, yet the rest was unscathed. Still trying to bring forth the chakra into his fingertips and transfer it into the leaf, Satsujin just concentrated on it above all else, the world around him seemed to fade out as he did so, but again, felt like Mozu said before that he wasn't putting enough in.

Kidame

Kidame glanced up at Mozu as they started to give him advice once more. "Like a well huh?" he thought to himself as he watched. Seeing as the leaf began to roll up slowly on Mozu's finger. Kidame nodded this time, taking one more leaf and focusing for a moment. Beginning to pour in his chakra more slowly now he watched as the leaf began to about half way before he got excited and the leaf combusted again. The frown returning to his face now, realizing exactly what he had done and reaching up to grab one more leaf. Hoping this time he'd be able to do it properly.

Mozu

Mozu took a moment to think over to himself. It seemed that Kidame would pick up this training faster than Satsujin. That was to be expected though. Satsujin seemed like he just learned about his lightning affinity while Kidame was able to do “That” jutsu. It only made sense that this would be easier for him. However it started to look like Kidame was just a lucky sort who only knew how to go all out. If he kept that up with that jutsu of his it is liable to put him in the hospital. Hopefully he is able to learn a little moderation so that doesn’t happen. With that again mozu lifted up the bark in his right hand and started to focus his chakra. He would leave the boys alone for some more time to see how they progressed.

Satsujin

Still focusing on the leaf purely, his eyes just glued to it to see any progress as he kept drawing on more chakra to move towards his fingertips. After he kept doing it for a few more minutes, the tip turned in on itself a bit more. Progression came in small increments while he didn't seem to be excited about it. A scowl towards the leaf, he just wanted to keep pushing it into the leaf. Again while he thought he was getting ahold of it, he again found no progress to be made. Taking a deep breath while he pulled himself back to just try and relax for a moment, he huffed a bit. "I can't tell if I'm just doing something wrong with it.." he muttered to himself.

Kidame

With the new leaf he took it even slower than last time, watching the leaf slowly begin to roll inward towards his thumb. He smiled this time, turning his focus away from it for a moment to watch how Satsujin was doing. Honestly though he was getting pretty good at it. Turning his attention back to the leaf making it curl all the way up to the half way point. Making sure it didn't burn up this time as it got even closer to his thumb. Turning his head to look at Mozu to see if he could do it with his bark yet. And seemed his wasn't working all that great as well.

Mozu

His focus on the bark he held was unwavering. He kept trying to focus his energy into it even though there was no signs of the sturdy material bending to his will at all. His face tensed and his grip tightened as he gathered more chakra into his hand and a slight glow would be seen around his hand. The amount of chakra he was focusing at this point was starting to cause a light effect as the electric nature of it swirled into the bark. This was soon followed by a trail of lightning forming around his hand and the back itself like small discharging arc waves. However the moment this happened mozu would widen his eyes a bit and the chakra stopped. Everything vanished and Mozu was standing there with an unscathed bit of bark in his hand.

Satsujin

Now back at it as he pushed himself forward and began to watch the leaf once more. He slowly pushed his chakra through his arm and into his hand, while it reached the fingertips all that would happen was..nothing. Sighing once more, he tried to do it a bit faster, perhaps he was going too slowly, but still it was like the moment he got it to the leaf, his chakra dispersed from it. Growling at himself, he just full sent his chakra quickly to the leaf as he noticed one of the sides begin to curl in but nothing past that point. Was he retracting it too fast or letting it go too early? Either way, he knew he'd finish this by the end of the day, or he'd stay out here all night trying to do so.

Kidame

Kidame blinked as he watched the lightning arc from the Jounins hand and began glowing, trying to bend the bark. His jaw dropping in slightly amazement as he watched. Turning his attention back to his leaf now he curled it entirely. Showing Mozu before turning to pick up a piece of bark to continue trying with that one. Focusing his chakra into a smaller piece of bark just to watch it burst into flames as he zapped it again. Frowning at it for a moment before picking another small piece of bark off the tree and beginning to slowly very, VERY slowly.. Pour his chakra into this piece of bark. Watching as nothing happened this time. Hearing the frustrated growl of Satsujin he would try and give the other Genin an encouraging smile as if to say: "You can do it!"

Mozu

Almost as a break from his character Mozu would give off a soft smile. He dropped his arm once again and turned to see that one of the boys had picked up a piece of bark wanting to try and imitate Mozu’s own boldness. He was quick to correct this by holding out a larger leaf to the boy and speaking softly, “The bark is too tough, I’m not sure it is even possible. Either way you still havent mastered this step. Rolling the leaf is fine and good but the goal is to be able to make it crinkle up and crumple around your fingers nearly instantly. Now that you can roll it, try to imagine your chakra getting erratic. Do the same in every direction and then branch it off from there. And Satsujin, Keep going but you gotta put more behind it. Think about how you used that jutsu earlier. You just gotta pull that same level of energy here but mold it into electricity. Imagine your chakra is formed into a bead don’t let anything touch this bead. Protect it all you can and then, all at once, make it touch everything. It may take a lot of concentration to do so originally but soon it will become second nature. It's like an explosion but you want to keep it contained until the right moment and then it bursts forward into a brilliant display of sparks.

Sastujin

Listening to his Sensei's speech, Satsujin just looked over to the white haired kid seeing his smile. Scowling under the bandages, the boy just looked down to the leaf and would take a deep breath and let it out trying to calm himself more than anything. Once he felt like he was, he immediately began to concentrate on the flow of his chakra, envisioning his chakra to be like a bead, just as Mozu said. Keeping this bead safe within himself as it traveled through his arm to his hand and then his fingertips, he let it burst forward against the leaf but nothing. Again and again he kept trying it, eventually being met with small crumbling near the edges of the leaf, but nothing extraordinary.

Wanting to keep doing what he could, Satsujin would continue his focus on it, feeling it becoming a tad bit easier to get the edges to do as he pleased but now it was the whole leaf. In that time, he would keep going as the leaf would begin to roll a bit over itself, yet it wasn't like the demonstration Mozu-Sensei showed earlier, or even what Kidame could probably do. Yet, progress was progress as all would say in it. The leaf would continue to roll up while he then just threw it to the side, reaching over and grabbing another on the ground. Doing the same thing this time, Satsujin would notice at least from the first time he tried it on this one, that he was capable of getting the entire length of the edge to crumble and turn in on itself ever so slightly.

Kidame

Taking the big leaf, he began to concentrate on the flow of his chakra once more, trying to visualize everything that Mozu said. Stretching his chakra out throughout it in an eratic fashion. The leaf simply poofing into ash this time when he tried it. "This is going to be harder than I initially realized it seems.." He thought to himself shrugging taking another larger leaf, letting his chakra stretch out through it evenly once more. Watching the leaf begin to crinkle ever so slightly before it poofed once again as Kidame struggled to focus his chakra in that many directions. Much less while keeping it under control, it was nothing like lightning release chakra mode.. He looked up at Mozu once more now and tilted his head almost as if to say: "You got any other ways to explain it?"

Looking over at Satsujin he tried to see just what exactly he was doing to make his leaf crinkle before realizing they had both been two very different pieces of advice and that more than likely, what Satsujin was doing wouldn't be helpful to his endeavour.

Mozu

Mozu continued to watch these two as they seemed to progress quickly through the training. He nodded as he watched Satsujin was now able to curl the entirety of the edge of the leaf. It was incredible that by just a few words these kids seemed to be able to learn so much. Mozu never considered himself much of a teacher but it seemed like he was starting to enjoy being one. He then looked over to Kidame as he read the kid’s expression. He seemed quizzical like he wasn’t getting the training at this point. “Confusing? I bet. Lightning is the hardest nature to explain because it is so freeform and lively. The best I can say is think of it like a river. The river will always want to flow with its current, while still wearing away the ground on its banks. Now if you want that river to do something else it is very difficult to do. Lightning is the same, Letting it go is easy, having it hit every direction it wants to. However controlling it, guiding it to go here or there is going to be difficult. You will have to build dams and levees to force this river to bend as you want it to. But ultimately the river still follows its current. You are just changing where that current leads. Be the guide, not the dictator.” Mozu wasn’t sure anything more he could say would even be helpful as it was a difficult nature. The best he could hope for would be that they kept trying and figured it out first hand, as that is truely the only way to learn this any better.

Satsujin

Not even focusing on what the others were doing at this point, the boy was honed in on this leaf like it was his biggest enemy yet. Drawing forth more chakra from himself and guiding it through his arm, to his fingertips, letting it rush to the leaf, it curled in a bit more each time but not as much as it could've been. Satsujin, dedicated to learning this as it was his first step just closed his eyes to concentrate tenfold, the boy flowed more chakra this time to the leaf while the middle now crumpled yet now the edges were untouched by it. Not seeing his progress but just trying to feel the way through, he kept doing it over and over again until it felt right.

If either looked over at this point, time after time, the leaf would curl in more on itself. Opening his eyes finally to look at his work, Satsujin then threw the leaf to the side, grabbing another in its spot and just continued doing what he was doing, not even bothering to look at possible failure once more. Now it was becoming second nature to get the initial curl on the edges, and crumpled lightly in the middle but it took a good four tries or so before he could do it like before.

Kidame

Kidame raised a brow at Mozu's explination before turning his attention back to the leaf. Like a river? Well that makes a little more sense.. Dam's and levees? "Suppose I've always broken through dams and levees.." Not really the type to hold back his chakra. This was an interesting experience for him. He'd never actually met a problem he couldn't solve by going all out. Either way Kidame was determined to make it work. Staring at the leaf calmly now he took a deep breath, closing his eyes. Taking in the sounds around him, the wind in the leaves of the river flowing just a bit away from them. Opening his eyes now he'd let his chakra spread throughout the leaf. This time it didn't combust though, it began to crinkle inwards towards his thumb, although not as fast he'd like he was able to make it crinkle about half way before it returned back to its normal state. Kidame had clearly cut off the chakra too early but he was starting to put the right amount in. Visualizing the river and the enviornment around him was a helpful way to think about it.

Mozu

Seeing that both of these kids were starting to make their own progress he decided now was a good time to leave them to their training and return to his own. With that, Mozu moved back over to the base of the tree and sat down with his back against it for support. He then raised the piece of bark out in front of him and called his chakra. Before he stopped he believed he had discovered a key to being able to do this and so he once again built on his chakra while spiralling an arc around his hand. There was another brilliant display of sparks but this time they felt more controlled like they were only flares of light with no destructive force to them. As the energy flowed from his hand into the bark something started to change. It wasn’t anything big, but the rough chips of the bark on the outside edge were receiving the effects of the chakra. Bits of the bark were starting to curl downward toward Mozu’s hand. It wasn’t anything outstanding but it was a show of progress. Mozu, seeing this, would squint his eyes slightly as he tried to focus more on the task at hand.

Satsujin

Throwing the current leaf to the side so he can brandish the next one the same way and find pure results, Satsujin continued to focus his chakra through his arm into the leaf. Wanting to get this training through, nobody knew but from the continuous flowing of chakra and pure concentration, his forehead was sweating while it stuck against his skin. Opening his eyes to watch the work of this next leaf, the boy wanted to make sure he could do this. The moment his lightning chakra reached his fingertips the leaf would crinkle around the middle, then slowly begin to curl in once more. This was really difficult but either of the two with him could tell he was wanting to master this as fast as he could but keep it within pristine eyes so he can do it further. Having a thought on if he could imbue his arrows with this chakra was the first thought for when he mastered just the simple flow and going up form there.

Kidame

Glancing at the other two now he'd grin. Tossing aside this leaf and grabbing a new one. Staring at the leaf intensely for a moment now that he knew the secret to making it work. Letting his chakra flow into it he would watch as the leaf quickly began to crumple around his thumb, it only taking a few moments. This wasn't quite good enough for Kidame though so he frowned. Knowing he could make it happen faster with just a little more chakra flowing through it. He glared at the leaf before tossing it to the side once more retriving a new one for him to use.

Once more he would begin to focus, closing his eyes and listening to the river nearby. Tuning out the two that were next to him and the crinkling of the leaf from the other Genin. Fully focused now he quickly let his chakra begin to flow through his hand now.

Mozu

Taking all of his surroundings and silencing them one by one. Mozu would start to meditate only on the bark and himself. He made sure to keep an ear out towards his pupils, but this did not waver his focus. His chakra once again flows into the bark from his hand. The bark started to peel itself away as it curled down toward his hand. Mozu did enjoy seeing this result , but he was not satisfied by the fact it did not wrinkle in on itself. He needed to up the power even more and make it faster, but this sheet was done. He quickly tossed it aside and grabbed another piece off the tree. Then Mozu started to gather his chakra once more.

Satsujin

Loving the progress that he was making, but wanted to do more and more each time, he flowed the chakra into his fingertips. Actually wanting to make this training worth the effort he was putting in. Satsujin just watched the leaf now continue to curl every so often in on itself as he pumped his chakra into the leaf but it was difficult each time to just see little results. Grabbing another leaf to replace it, the same process over and over. The interval between the curls would get shorter from four to three, then three to two. It wasn't too much longer, but he wanted to make sure he could do it all in one go!

Kidame

As he flowed his chakra into the leaf he kept his eyes closed, feeling as the leaf swiftly crumpled around his thumb this time with ease. Glancing over at Mozu he showed the crumpled leaf. Pushing his hair back out of his face now he grinned. Knowing he'd done it properly this time around, and with relative ease at that. Dropping the leaf to the ground he peeled a small piece of bark off the tree just for fun at this point pouring a ridiculous amount of chakra into it and watching it burn casually. Dropping the piece of bark and doing jazz hands, almost as if to say. "Ta da!" Needless to say Kidame was excited that he'd finally gotten the leaf to crumple. He'd now return his attention over to watching Satsujin do his leaf.

Mozu

Once again when Mozu allowed his chakra to flow into the bark bits of it instead peeled and curled their way down toward his hands. He knew he would need to cause the reaction much quicker in order to get the bark to react as he wanted. It may take a few more tries yet. However his attention was soon divided by Kidame wanting to show off his leaf. It seemed the boy finally got the leaf to behave properly. “Good. Now do two more. Make sure it wasn’t a fluke.” He then turned his attention  over to Satsujin and asked, “How bout you, almost got it?”

Satsujin

Still focused on the training he was tasked with of flowing his chakra, he was slowly getting used to the feeling. He was hoping to have it done in just a little bit, but that's when Mozu broke through his concentration. With that, as soon as the chakra hit the leaf, it curled all the way in and Satsujin's eyes widened. "I WAS JUST ABOUT TO BUT I DID IT?" He seemed confused and excited yet at this point, he threw it to the side, grabbing another one and trying to do it. The edges curled in while the middle crumpled lightly and he tried it again. "Come on, you can do it." He mumbled to himself in determination. Feeling the flow of chakra in his arm, he felt it becoming easier to start, but doing it in one go was the issue.

Kidame

Raising an eyebrow at the Jonins request for him to do it twice more he would grab two more and then whilst holding one in each hand.. Crumple. They both would crumple around his thumbs at once and he'd then proceed to give Mozu to big thumbs up showing him. A big grin on Kidame's face as this happened. Shaking the two leaves from his thumbs now he picked up his spear and began to walk off towards the river. All of this training had made him hungry and he was sure that the other two would likely be hungry as well. Crouching by the river for a moment he sat and waited patiently for fish to swim by before quickly stabbing through one making sure to carefully pull it off the spear once dead he'd wait once more for a fish. Waiting a little while longer this time before once again.. Quickly stabbing into the water and catching it with relative ease. Taking both his fish back to Mozu now he began to write into the ground with the butt of his spear. "Wood." His intent was for him and Satsujin to share a fish and for Mozu to get his own.

Mozu

Mozu gave a small sharp exhale before replying “If a question breaks your concentration then I don't think you were very close.” With that Mozu would again take a piece of the bark and hold it out in front of him. This time Mozu took into mind what it was like to form one of his signature jutsu. The electricity spiraled around his hand and struck the center of the wood. At that instant the piece of bark would quickly pull in on itself. The center of it cracking and splintering on itself. A strange charing formation would feather out like veins in the bark as it pulled on the edges and brought it in toward his hand. He understood now. It needs to be all at once, not a build. He thought on this for a moment but decided it would be best for the genin to learn this at their own pace and figure it out in time. He then looked down to see the note Kidame left him and confusedly offered him the shredded bark he had just crumpled as he was unsure what the boy really meant.

Satsujin

Annoyed by how Mozu told him how if a question breaks his concentration, that he must not be close. Mumbling to himself about it, he started to just go back to the attempts of trying to curl the leaf in. Getting a fresh leaf, Satsujin simply focused while he then watched the leaf crumple and curl in on itself more than before. Again getting a new one, the progress was becoming clear whilst it would slowly start to curl as far down to touch his thumb, but to no avail past that. Giving a death glare at the leaves, he was so close but only a few more times he felt. He could tell he was that close to it, wanting to just get it done and over with, but at the same time, wanting to succeed in this.

Kidame

Kidame watched dumb founded by the fact that Mozu actually didn't understand. Taking the messed up piece of bark that was given to him he shook his head. Drawing a camp fire on the ground this time, surely he couldn't mistake what Kidame meant now right?

Mozu

Mozu would cock an eyebrow to the confusing mute. Why couldn't he just tell us what he wants? This weird game of charades is tiring. So he wants a campfire huh. Easy enough. Mozu quickly started gathering up a few sticks here and there from under the tree, looking for the most dry ones to form a pile with. After a minute or two he had a good pile going as he placed it in front of the boy. “Good?”

Satsujin

As the other two seemed to do as they wanted, the boy was still focused on his work at hand. The leaves he used were sat next to him and thrown about. The one currently in his fingers began to curl in further while he stared at it. Taking a form around his thumb and index finger alike but this wasn't enough with the slow process. Throwing it to the side, Satsujin picked up another as it would begin to do the same, but this still took a good few tries to get it to act like that.

Kidame

He nodded this time as Mozu brought him the wood. Taking the piece of bark that was given to him and placing it under the pile of sticks before shooting his chakra through it. Using the new trick he'd learned to light the fire. No longer would he need matches to start fires at least. As the flame began to trickle upwards Kidame would take the spear snapping it in half before stabbing both fish in the ground near the fire. Allowing them to begin cooking slowly. Kidame watched the fire carefully whilst the process was on going, making sure to turn the fish. Wanting to cook both fish through evenly for his new friends here.

Mozu

While Kidame was tending to the fire, Mozu would move over to Satsujin and check on his progress. He watched as his student was able to start getting the leaves to crinkle around his thumb but it moved slowly. He needed to speed it up.  Mozu still did not offer any guidance, as he was sure at this point figuring it out by trial and error would be more beneficial. He glanced back at Kidame to see how the fire was going and opted to just wait until the boys were finished.

Satsujin

Still needing a bit more time, he continued to try and make the leaf curl around his finger. Wanting to do it now that he knew the slow process could be done, Satsujin started pumping more chakra into the flow. The leaf as he did so would begin to curl at a faster rate. Over and over he tried, yet he didn't stop. Wanting to simply do it all in one go, Satsujin three the leaf aside, grabbing one more. Taking a deep breath and focusing on his chakra being a bead like Mozu-Sensei said to do before, he allowed the flow of chakra to go through his arm. When reaching his fingertips, the leaf wrapped around his fingers at a faster rate than before. Surprised at himself, he felt capable, but could he do it more times in a row to prove he had fully developed his skill of it? Picking up one more leaf, he would continue to try.

Kidame

As the fish began to finish crisping up on the outside and cooking through he pulled them off the heat. Giving them a moment to cool before offering one of the two fish to Mozu. Taking his own fish and beginning to pick off the meat on one half. Munching on it slowly, enjoying the taste of the crisp skin and the tender inside. Unable to help but grin at the tasty snack he'd just made Kidame would wait for a moment before offering half of the remaining fish to Satsujin. Hoping that the other Genin would take it since it was always a pleasure for Kidame to cook for others.

Mozu

When offered, Mozu would happily take the cooked treat. Its always a pleasure to partake in fresh food. Unlike Kidame he just opted to take whole bites out of his fish. A hint of a smile could be seen as Mozu thought the cook on the fish was very well done. It tasted great in fact. There wasn’t much talking at this point, just a group of guys enjoying a fresh cooked meal.

Satsujin

Still focusing on the chakra flowing into the leaf, he would begin to curl the leaf on itself, slowly warping to his thumb's form. Excited for how the progress was, he would do it with three other leaves in a row while he just laughed in success. Standing up quick, he pointed at Mozu. "HA! I DID IT!" And then just for that moment, he paused while noticing the fish being handed to him, well half of one at that. Taking it silently, he just plopped back down onto the ground and started to eat it considering he didn't eat breakfast this morning, he was a bit more savage with his style now than other times. Looking to the other two with him, Satsujin only shared a look with them before he would go about eating more. Did he even really like this much social interaction? Not really, but alas he learned something new today and was at least one step closer to becoming a stronger Shinobi.. and beating Mozu-Sensei, yet he still had a ways to go for that dream to become reality.

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Results:

* All participants earned a Combat Star in NinjutsuEach Participant was able to earn a Combat Star in Ninjutsu