Me, Me, Me...(Kaito and Arashi Clone Training)

## Participants

Masaru Namikaze (as Kaito Sarutobi)

ShadowSenju (as Arashi Senju)

## Log

‘I myself am surprised I have to teach some Academy
students. I suppose the actual teacher is out doing something, maybe sick. Who
knows, but I’ve never taught someone of a such a low rank before. I know the
general jutsu that I should teach a student. Entry will continue on next page
following the training. ~Kaito scribbled his the notes in the journal before
marking the date and the estimated time of day, which was around 9:04 AM. He
chose a not too early, not too late time to start the training. He didn’t want
to force the student to wake up to early, knowing he would probably need all
the sleep he could get. Kaito’s usually training time was 7 AM, but he put it
off for two hours. This time though, the student was to meet him at the
training grounds rather than Kaito going to get the boy. He didn’t want to show
up to the wrong house and suffer the embarrassment that follows such a thing.
Kaito removed his typical shortswords and scroll and placed them down before
stretching a bit. The exercises he planned involved him getting active as well.
Now, all that was left was to just wait for the boy to show up at the training
grounds.~

-Arashi had forgotten to set his alarm
clock to wake him up early, it was the smell of cat saliva that had awoken the
boy. He opened his eyes and saw his cat standing onto him licking his face as
if the animal had known he was late for training, the boy took one glance at
his clock seeing that he had waken up 10 minutes late he pushed his cat off him
and jumped out of be quickly getting ready. As he ran out the door still trying
to button up his jacket he stopped and began running back to his house, he
bolted up the stairs and fed his cat, grabbed his ninja tools and jumped out
the window onto a roof and continued running across the roofs of other building
while people yelled at him. Arashi finally buttoned up his jacket and secured
his ninja tools he was ready for training except he hadn't eaten anything for
the past two days although the human body can survive for a week without food
he was taking any chances. As he jumped from roof to roof his feet landed in a
puddle and caused him to slip off the roof, but luckily he hand landed right
infront of the ramen shop. After finishing his breakfast and paying for it with
the money he still had from when Inochi trained him ( aka stolen money ), he
had finally reached the training grounds but he was 30 minutes late. Arashi saw
Kaito already there waiting for him as he approached him Arashi smiled and said
" I hope I haven't kept you waiting for long"-

~As the minutes ticked by as if they
were seconds, Kaito waited patiently as he flipped a short sword in his hand,
catching it on its handle every time. When the student finally did arrive, he
was relieved. At least he showed up. ~ “’I’m a patient man so, you have nothing
to worry about. Let’s just get started shall we?” ~Kaito would then flipped his
scroll up and buried it into the dirt slightly, so that it was propped up.  He would then make the hand signs Ram, Snake,
and Tiger before summoning a regular clone that would stand on the left side of
the scroll. He would then proceed to make the hand sign Tiger, summoning a
water clone that would then stand to the right side of the scroll. ~ “Now,
other than the fact that one is made of water, what is one noticeable
difference in these clones?” ~Kaito asked the boy, just testing to see where
his knowledge was on the matter of clones in the first place. ~

-Arashi was surprised that Kaito wasn't
mad that he was late unlike other people who shall not be named, the boy
watched as Kaito laid down the scroll and weaved the hand signs. While Kaito
was weaving the hand signs Arashi took note of them Ram,Sanke and Tiger for the
first clone, but the boy became confused when Kaito weaved the Tiger hand seal
again and created a water clone. Arashi began thinking to himself if he repeats
a hand sign to make the water clone I wonder if its the same thing for another
element. When Kaito asked the boy what the difference is between the two clone
besides one being made out of water his mind went blank ( < actually
happened irl when i was reading ur post ). Arashi stared at the clones thinking
to himself what it the difference between the two the boy then says "The
clone on the left was created by only chakara and the clone one the right was
created by combining a normal clone with water release i think"-

“You’d be somewhat true. Both were
created chakra and one clone is a derivative of the other with an added
element. But if you notice, one doesn’t cast a shadow.” ~Kaito would point to
the clone on the left. ~ “This is because, it’s not really there. Clones at
this basic of level don’t have any physical substance; they’re not made of
anything. So you can just…” ~Kaito cocked back his fist and sent it directly
through the head of the clone in order to demonstrate what he was talking
about. The attack would simply pass through the clone without a problem.~ “hit
the clone and nothing will happen.  But
on the other hand…” ~Kaito switched over to the other clone before simply
sweeping its leg, causing it to fall to the ground with a thud, but not
disperse. The clone quickly scrambled to his feet and stood in it’s original
position.~ “When you hit these, they feel it. The clone on the left is strictly
for illusion purposes and when used correctly, can be extremely effective. And
that’s why I’m teaching you this technique first also with the hopes you  learn something about controlling your chakra
as well.” ~Kaito got rid of his water clone as a puddle of water would only be
left in its wake. ~ “Firstly, I want you to make the hand signs Ram, Snake, and
Tiger in quick succession. If you don’t get it on the first try, simply try
again. But be sure to hold the last sign, that’s where we’ll begin focusing on
summoning the chakra forth to produce the clone. After you think you’ve built
up enough chakra, mentally project an image of yourself onto the field, as I
find this helps when making a clone. Then, release the chakra and summon the
clone right next to you.” ~Kaito didn’t expect the boy to get it on the first
go, if he did, it would be a good step in the right direction. He was willing
to sit here all day in order to teach him the technique, it was only a matter
of when.~

-Arashi sat on the floor and noticed all
the things that Kaito had told him about the clones, the boy already knew how
to control his chakara and discharge it so this was going to be easy, its like
walking on water except with hand signs he said. The boy took all hhis ninja
tools and rested them on the floor, he then closed his eyes inhaled deeply and
exhaled. Arashi began weaving the hand signs as quickly as he could Ram, Snake
then Tiger which he held as he released his chakara to summon the clone, As the
cloud of smoke appeared within it stood a clone except it was looking a bit
deformed and some of the body parts weren't properly formed. Arashi sighed and
tried again this time he discharged more chakara, although it seemed to work at
first the clone's body was formed properly except its head, the boy knew his
mistake and weaved the hand sign once more this time discharging even more
chakara and holding the sign longer while concentrating poof a properly formed
clone appeared right beside Arashi, the boy had confidence that he was going to
get it right and he did, he took his arm and moved it through the clone and
screened out in excitement-

~Kaito a slight smirk of approval. It
took him a few attempts, but the boy eventually got it.~ “Well that was faster
than I thought. I commend you. I think it took me longer to get the clone
technique down when I was in the Academy in fact. I guess a test is in order
then.” ~Kaito got rid of his other clone he was using as an example before
retrieving his scroll from the dirt that he was using as a divider. Kaito would
make a gesture for the boy to follow him over and into a shady part of the
training grounds that were covered by a tree. ~ “Ok, I want you to make as many
clones as you think you can before mounting an attack on me. I took away the
advantage of me being able to see the shadows, and I’m not going to use any
sort of sensory techniques. If you can successfully get in close and throw a
good attack using the deception of your clones, I’ll let you go home early.
Sound like a deal?” ~Kaito said before putting his hands in his pockets and
waiting for the boy to make clones as a sign that he was down with the idea.`
“I may hold back, but stay on guard. You never know when I might launch a
counter. So go on, hit me with your best shot.” ~This was technically unfair,
as Kaito would simply be able to hear the real ones footsteps as opposed to the
other ones not making any at all due to the fact that they don’t interact with
the real world, but Kaito wasn’t going to tell him this. He wanted to see if he
could find a way to use the clones in his favor.~

-Arashi knew that summoning a clone
wether it could interact with the real world or not was the easy part but the
hard part actually making a plan of attack he hasn't done anything like this
before but if he can summon a clone on his third try then could formulate some
so of plan he knew exactly what to do although Arash could not use any elements
as yet and knows very little techniques he had one trick up his selves that
most people would thing to do unless ur a master at stragity like myself. The
boy begins weaving the hand sign summoning one clone he then weaves the same
hand sign this time with one hand ( i guess praticing hand signs payed off )
and summons 20 clones almost depleting most of his chakara. Arashi looks up at
Kaito and smiles as he disappears into the crowd of clones and they begin to
charge at Kaito all of them throwing a shrunken at Kaito Arashi uses the same
clone juts but this time in a different way instead of making a copy of himself
he cloned the shurikens ( each clone is cloning their shrunken imagine that
coming directly at ur face ). While Kaito is distracted with the shurikens 5
clones charge at Kaito or are they clones??, two of them jump into the air
while one launches the other at Kaito, during this time Arashi notices that
some of the clones u can hear there footstep and the other u can't he uses this
to his advantage by making all the clones that are charging at Kaito stop as hard
as possible so Kaito wouldn't know which one is real or not. As the clone goes
flying at Kaito a cloud of smoke covers it and a shuriken comes out of the
smoke just inches away from Kaito's face while the two clones that jumped into
the air lands behind Kaito and tries to trip him trips him so that he falls
backward if thy succeed but they hold up his body at a 45 degree angle and
Arashi jumps above him and discharges an extremely powerful concussive wave of
chakara out of his hands using up what he had left of his chakara to completely
decimate Kaito unless his dogged somehow??. That wave of chakara won't kill
Kaito if he is unable to doge it will just injure him very very very badly :) -
“Well that’s interesting…”

~Kaito said as a large amount of clones
were summoned. Doing such a thing would deplete a good majority of the boy’s
chakra, most likely not leaving him enough for a powerful enough attack. Kaito
watched carefully as shurikens began to fly at him. Now he had no way of
telling if they were real or not, which was by choice, so he had to play as if
they were all real. With his hands still in his pockets he gave a huge leap
back in order to create a good twenty foot gap between him and the wall of
shuriken coming at him. He then made the hand sign Tiger before simply making a
water clone that would proceed to stand in front of him nonchalantly. If any of
the shuriken were real, they would hit the clone before hitting him; the rest
would simply pass through them both. Satisfied with the fact that he was
basically safe, he let every other action go according to Arashi’s plan. As two
clones launched into the air, one using the other to swing one at him, Kaito
already knew they couldn’t have been the real Arashi, as a regular clone
wouldn’t be able to fling him. As a clone did come flying at Kaito, a cloud of
smoke appeared just in front of him, followed by another wave of shuriken.
Again, Kaito’s water clone now sat in front of him and since the shuriken had
no effect on it, he was not worried. Two clones would land behind Kaito, which
prompted him to turn around swiftly, one could very much be the real Arashi.
He’d attempt to stop their attack before it even happen by sending his left leg
into the shin of one clone on the right in an attempt to trip him, and sending
his right fist into the chest of the clone of the left in an attempt to simply
removing the breath from his lungs. They weren’t very hard shots. He noticed
they weren’t real as well, as soon as he made contact with him, or a lack there
of in fact. The real attack, was coming from the front, in which Kaito’s clone
picked up on beforehand. The clone would attempt to intercept the attack with
it’s body, ready and willing to take the whole hit in order to stop the attack.
If the attack landed on the clone, it would simply disperse but effectively
stop Arashi’s attack.~

-As the powerful wave of chakara hit what was taught to be
Kaito it instantly destroyed the clone and started destroying the ground where
the clone use to stand, Arashi still in the air now with 1/4 of his chakara
remaining landed in front of Kaito looking around at the shurikens stuck to the
floor all over the training grounds the boy looked at Kaito and smiled saying
" All of this was a diversion for my real plan". As all the remaining
clones disappear into a cloud of smoke Arashi sits down and begins mediating
while try ing to build up chakara he summons 4 clones that are all siting next
to him each of them takes out a two kunai and places a paper bomb on the kunai
they all throw the kunais at Kaito but the real one is mixed up with the rest
Arashi says " This is my final attack try and guess which one it is guess
wrong and u get injured" –

~Kaito watched as his clone went dispersed and sent water
all over the place after Arashi’s attack. Kaito nodded his head in approval, as
the attack wasn’t all too bad. But he noticed one big mistake that the boy did,
which was basically leave himself open as he sat down to rebuild some chakra.
Kaito now had the moral decision of whether or not to punish the boy for doing
something that could very much cost him his life in a real battle. While the
boy sat and meditated, Arashi would notice that Kaito would quickly vanish.
This was his Dustless Bewildered Cover technique. He took advantage of the
destroyed water clone and used some of the moisture in the air to bend light
around him, making him completely undetectable as well as his chakra signature.
Even some of the more advanced sensing jutsu and Doujutsu would have a hard
time seeing him, but this because he hasn’t mastered the technique. Upon
mastery, basically nothing would be able to detect him. Without any sort of
visual, Arashi wouldn’t be able to even get a lock on him, and therefore wouldn’t
be able to throw anything. Kaito slowly walked to his right for about ten feet,
his footsteps barely even auditable.  ~ “And
this is where you would have lost if this was a real fight, but I’ll let it
slide. You left yourself open, and thus gave me a chance to prepare an attack,
or prepare to evade yours. You’re going to have to learn early that what you’re
doing now will get you killed.” ~Kaito said to Arashi, still cloaked so it
would seem as if his voice was coming from out of nowhere. ~ “You can disengage
now, this session is over, and I think it went pretty successful.  You can go home and rest, I’ll get you an evaluation
report by the following morning so you know what you can improve on. Until
then, consider this a job well done.” ~Kaito would remain cloaked as he pulled
out his journal and began to log the experience. He’d write,~ ‘The boy has
potential, but a lot to learn. I guess they all do at that level. I hope our
next session goes just as well.’ ~He’d mark the date as well as the estimated
time of the day, which seemed to be around 9:45 AM. He’d wait in the training
grounds for the boy to get up and go home, as he had to be sure to close it up
afterward. If the boy does get up and goes home, he’ll follow suit shortly
after. ~

-Arashi knowing that this sessions is
basically over stops building up his chakara, while the clones disappear into a
cloud of smoke he watches as Kaito disappears, he then closes his eyes and
listens to his surroundings he could hear a very faint footstep, he knew
exactly where Kaito was at all times until he stopped moving but Arashi just
acted like he didn't know here he was. Thanks to his good hearing Arashi heard
as Kaito takes out his book and starts writing he then pickes up a pebble and
rolls it on his hand. The boy still hearing Kaito's pen scribbling something in
his book cooks back his hand and lets the pebble go as he swings his hand
forward throwing it in the direction of the noise, the boy then gets up and
says " Thanks for training me i'll be back when i need to learn something
unless u give me ur scroll so I can learn it myself " as he slowly walks
away not caring what happens to Kaito if the pebble hits him-

~Kaito would begin to tuck his journal
away as the pebble came flying at him, and he would simply lift up his arm and
use his forearm protectors to block the pebble.~ ‘He’s lucky I’m a nice person.’
~Kaito said to himself as he proceed to clean up the training grounds a bit
before closing and locking them, only to then begin to proceed home.~