A New Look, A New Jutsu

Asa’s home was now empty and quiet, which usually made the young man happy, but given the circumstances of the situation that wasn’t quiet the case. The death of his parents hit him hard but gave birth to a new side of him. He had made a new resolve for himself. Something that required him to take a new approach to life and to do that he needed certain types of resources. His father wasn’t a fighter by any means so he had no combat knowledge or training routine or jutsu to passed down to his son. No, Asa’s father was a man of politics who worked closely to the Daimyo of the Land of Bears. He made sure that Asa understood politics and business well, taking him to various meetings at a young age and allowing him to see the “dirty side” of politics. So what Asa did receive from his father was connections.He would use those to his advantage. At the moment his room was filled with boxes from various sources. Asa sat on his bed, opening a package from one of said connections. He held up a black shirt, examining the material before folding the shirt,placing it down and picking up a set of black pants from the box. He did the same as the shirt, folded it and placed it down. The last thing he picked up from the box was a sword, about 3 ft long. The sword was specially made by a weapon’s dealer his father knew. As a way to show his condolences he made sure that Asa received a nice gift. The sword was mainly stainless but was accented with golden kanji up and down the blade that read “Shaka & Bishamon” along the handle of the blade was a sealing inscription. This would allow it to be easy for him to channel his chakra through his blade which would take some time for him to perfect chakra control, but that was a long term goal. The boy cracked a slight smile.

Now let’s fast forward about a hour. Asa stood in the training grounds wearing his new outfit with a smirk. He was holding a black scroll in his hand. He opened it as he looked down and began reading. “Exploding Flame Shot...this techniques allows the user to throw multiple balls of fire that explode on impact or set their opponent on fire” Asa mumbled to himself. He read over the hand signs and smirked a bit. He then tossed the scroll to the side. Across from him was a tree about 50ft away. He then slowly formed a few hand signs. Dog-Boar-Tiger as he started to focus chakra towards his hands. He could feel a hot sensation in the palm of his hands. He began to focus more chakra into his palm as the feeling grew. Eventually there was a spark in his palm. The spark grew into a small flame. The boy grinned as he turned his attention to the tree. He swung his arm towards it, throwing the tiny flame. Almost as soon as it left his hand the flame dispersed into nothing. Asa frowned as he grunted heavily, quickly repeating the handsigns and forming the ball of fire again in his hand. He threw it forward, this time it travel a few feet but once again dispersed into absolute nothing. The boy continued this same process multiple times before breaking out in frustration. He plopped to the ground, looking upward as he tried to catch his breath. “Why the heck can’t I get this jutsu down?!?”

Asa sat there for about 20 minutes in thought, trying to figure out why this jutsu was so difficult for him. He rolled over, pulling the scroll to him as he reread it. “There aren’t any handsigns specified for this technique in the scroll….” He thought to himself as he slowly started to stand up, looking at the tree. “That means I need to perform the handsigns I feel best suit myself to perform this technique...this is Fire release. I’ll need to use the main handsigns associated with fire release techniques.” The thought as he slowly performed a different series of handsigns. Tiger-Horse-Tiger. He held his hand out, focusing chakra into it as another ball of fire formed, bigger than the one before. Asa smirked as he knew this was one. He threw the fire forward and watched it spiral forwards. He knew this one was the one. The flame connected with the tree and rapidly expanded with a loud booming noise that echoed throughout the training area. THe trees next to it shook as the tree caught a blaze, tipping over with a loud thud. The flames slowly died down, leaving the impact area of the tree black and charred. A big smile grew on the boy’s face as whispered to himself “Yes finally.”

The boy didn’t waste time. He quickly formed the handsigns again, this time extending both hands outward. The flames formed in his hand as he looked at the same area once again. He grunted as he threw the balls of fire towards the same area. The flames connected in unison at the same spot, which was the middle of the fallen tree. Once again there was a large rapid expansion of fire as both of the trees next to it were engulfed.  in flames. A louder boom echoed throughout the air as the wind and force from the explosion blew Asa’s hair. THe boy smirked “Good job Asa, good job” He told himself as he turned away, picking up the scroll and rolling it up. He then began to walk back home. “This isn’t even the first step to me gaining the power I want” He said softly in a more serious tone as he walked off.