Training Begins… Now?

Now arriving at the Training Grounds of Iwa, Shigo began stretching her limbs, making sure she was nice a light, able to actually move around and such if needed. Her eyes didn’t move from her blank stare, a sigh following her few stretches. “Hikaru, you don’t have to hide.” Shigo called out, beckoning a little boy to come out of the distance, running to Shigo’s side and giving her a big smile. “Ms. Shigo, I hear you have a team!” Shigo gave a soft smile to the boy and ruffled his hair up, nodding. “Indeed. You can play with them once I’m done seeing where they lie in abilities and strength.” The boy would raise his arms and yell out, “Yay!” While running around in circles. He would stop when Shigo would glare at him, causing him to hide behind her legs, peering around. “S-sorry.” He mumbled.


Shigo would sigh and pat his head before her eyes glanced in a direction, feeling an energy merge with hers. “I know you’re there..” She called out once again. “Don’t try and hide from me.” Before Atsu could ask how she knew he was there, she’d place a hand on her hip and roll her eyes. “Your eyes were practically shining through.” Shigo went to go sit down near by, huffing as Hikaru went around Atsu, admiring him. “Woah! You’re really strong, aren’t ya! Can we play? Please! PLEASE?!!!” He would be the twin to play with him, smiling through it all, his eyes shimmering.

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Training/sparring will begin when everyone arrives. Chakra costs will be deducted once the spar begins. Anything with Hikaru will not be counted towards CP due to it being story primarily.

Hikaru (UNPC):

Atsu had actually been watching Shigo the entire day, having barely known her and then only through stories before she had been made his sensei. He knew she had earned a few somewhat strange epithets, such as The Devil's Advocate, but she didn't seem like much of a lawyer. For one thing, she didn't wear a suit and she didn't even point and yell out "OBJECTION", as far as he knew. So it was quite a surprise when she calls him out from where he'd been hiding behind one of the stone pillars in the Stone Yard, and he comes out from behind the pillar with a bit of a pout, although this strange white-haired boy had been a unique find, and was somehow attached to Shigo.

At being asked if they can play, Atsu suddenly feels a bit like playing with this Hikaru boy would be almost like a betrayal of his twin brother; they rarely played without one another. However, the energy of this boy was incredible and matched Atsu's own excitement when it came to playing, and Shigo probably wouldn't mind, as long as he didn't hurt the younger boy...

"Sure, let's play!"

Atsu decides to start off simply; with a quick flick of his black and red kimono, he pats Hikaru on the shoulder, tagging him with his palm while making a handseal with his free hand.

"Tag, you're it!"

Grinning while making this claim of Hikaru being "it", Atsu suddenly dashes back and away from the other boy at speeds he'd normally never be able to reach on his own, using a fairly simple but effective technique to get himself away from the younger boy as quickly as he could.

OOC: 100/100 Body Flicker Technique

Hikaru would bounce up and down and cheer from how happy it made him. Finally, a person who he could play with! Hikaru would look up to Shigo and she would bend down, placing a hand on Hikaru’s back and whispering a few things in his ear, letting Atsu get the upper hand for a brief moment. He would back away for a moment to look at Shigo but she would pull him back and continue whispering. His eyes lit up with excitement and he nodded. “Will do Ms. Shigo!” He would smile softly before dashing off to Atsu at C rank speeds, allowing himself to stay at a nice distance between the two. Hikaru would seemingly be skating across the ground, somewhat slipping a little but soon getting the hang of it. What had happened, if we just rewind this tape, Shigo had touched Hikaru, her sand going down and under Hikaru’s Nin shoes, giving him an even coating of her magnetic sand, which allowed him to propel himself at higher speeds than normal. Using his now enhanced speeds, he would body flicked to Atsu at B speeds, smiling as his hand touched Atsu’s back as he dashed past him, calling out, “TAG!!” Hikaru would laugh and smile as he stopped the body flicker and kept a C+ speed to keep a nice distance between the two.

Shigo on the other hand would watch the two, slowly maneuvering her sand around her hand, thinking of new ways to help her in combat. Sand gauntlets? No.. that would break too easily. She would look at the two and her eyes would look Sullen, for a moment before she held her head, flashes of what would be considered memories, going through her mind like a haze, like a static television screen. Shigo would wince and look back to the two, seeing a similar scene from her childhood. The feeling and memory would pass, as if it were just a headache, Shigo paying no mind to it. She’s had these since coming to Iwagakure and being under Diana. Memories slowly slipping through, or were they just experiences that Shigo didn’t want anymore. Her past was even unknown to her other than what Diana had told her. Still, she would remain seated, looking at Hikaru tagging Atsu and whistled for his victory of catching Atsu. Small praises helped the boy learn and Shigo came to this understanding. To Shigo, they were nothing more than a master and student. To others, they seem like Son and Mother.

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Using free form for the cost of 5 CP to forego hand seals.
Name: Positive + Negative
Rank: B/A/S
Power: Varies
Activation Cost: 10/20/30
Upkeep Cost: 5/10/20
Range: Self/Others
Speed: —
Element: Magnet
Skill: —
Classification: Kazehana Exclusive
Requirements: Magnet Release, Physical Contact for other people.
Parent Technique:
Hand Seals: Bird, Hare, Dog
Description: Shigo will use her magnet release to put on the bottom of her nin shoes to make her skate across the ground without directly touching it. This gives her a +1(+) or 4 advantages in speed. Shigo can also place this on another user with a simple touch, whether it’d be a tap, hand shake or even a one tap, Shigo can transfer some of her magnet release to any target, granting them the 4 advantages as well. Shigo can place this on three people, including her self, the cost going up in rank (S max).
Weaknesses: This jutsu relies on using the magnet sand to get around, so if an opponent disrupts the magnetic sand, it disrupts her movement. While using this jutsu, Shigo is also vulnerable to slipping and not being able make complete stops or precise movements. Preferred to use this in an open area. This applies to other targets as well. When Shigo gets to 50 CP, the first target to get this ability will lose it. Once she hits 30, the remaining targets lose theirs as well and Shigo becomes exhausted unless stated otherwise (A STA for example)

It had not been too long since Rotwang had finalized applying the last finishing touches to his long-awaited puppet armor and returned home to his lab to prepare for this team training session that he was to be participating in shortly. Once he did return, since he had already been dressed up in his usual attire ensemble, he did not have much else to do in readying himself but change up his attire somewhat to accommodate his new puppet armor. To that end, he doffed his outfit and after putting on some regular clothes, he set about equipping his puppet armor onto his body, noting that it seemed to enshroud him not unlike a insect cocoon did the larvae that had generated it. Once that was done, he then donned his usual scientist's attire consisting of his polarized lab goggles which he wore on his head followed by a white lab coat which had chemical stains on some parts of it along with other signs of wear and tear that was to be expected of such an attire piece of a budding mad scientist like him that he wore on his upper torso, a light-colored formal shirt with a necktie having a knot done in classic Eldredge fashion that he wore beneath the lab coat, dark-colored formal pants that he wore over his lower torso and legs, and finally...a pair of light-colored surgical gloves that he wore on his hands and which had similar chemical stains as his lab coat and his dark-colored patent leather shoes that he wore as footwear, with this ensemble being worn over the puppet armor that, in turn, covered the regular clothes which were in turn covering his real body.

Of course, he did realize that this was highly unorthodox for a ninja to wear, but he was not one to care about adherence to convention, so he did not pay it any mind. Instead, he simply informed his family's support staff of where he would be for the rest of that day and then, he headed out to said destination, namely The Stone Yard, where he had been to earlier that day to finalize his puppet armor. So, this return to this place did not take him that long at all and on the way, he wondered silently about this upcoming challenge that his commanding officer, Shigo Kazehana, had set for him and his new teammates

I vonder, vhat sort uff tezt vill zis be? A zpar, perhepz? Or zomezzink more infolfed undt komplikated zan zat? Vell, vhatefer it vill be, I am fairly certain zat I haf konztrukted zis puppet armor uff mine to vizzstent zis trial...profided uff kourze, it iss vizzin ze range uff ze normal undt doez not extent into ze abnormal to any degree...but zat schtill remainz to be zeen, I zuppoze...        

By the time Rotwang finished this silent reverie of his, his feet had carried him to The Stone Yard already, much to his surprise, since he had not been paying complete attention to his surroundings or the other citizens of Iwa who were passing him by on the way there. Leaving that thought aside for now, he then inquired about the room that had no doubt been already reserved by Shigo for this team trial and upon learning the details, he headed there without too much more delay, not because he cared about punctuality or his team's impression of him, but because he was attempting to still present such an illusion of caring about such inane things to the world to make himself seem more of a goody-two-shoes than he really was inside. At any rate, he arrived at the room and entered through one of the doors and then made his way to where he could see Shigo, and as he did, he observed his puppet armor some more, noting that it did not seem to produce too much audible noise that could lead to its premature detection, mainly due to the lean design he had chosen for its chassis. Upon arrival, he put forth his rehearsed but still seemingly sincere apology to her for any lateness

"Commenter Kazehana...I, Rotwang, am here to participate in zis team trial ez per your orterz undt I zincerely apologize fur any undue delay zat I may haf kauzed in zis exercise due to mein latenezz in arrifink here...I zimply had zome preparations uff paramount importance to komplete before komink here. Howefer, I am ready to begin venefer you visch it uff me. You need only gife ze relefant inztruktionz."

Rotwang spoke plainly thus in his rich baritone voice, still with that same naturally strange and thick foreign accent of his and with his default neutral expression now being present firmly on his face since he was at the testing site now. Once he said that, he bowed to her briefly and then fell silent to wait for whatever was going to happen next in that situation while standing at attention near her.

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Rotwang's Appearance (both puppet armor's synthetic skin and his real self):



N.B.: Rotwang currently has his puppet armor (Talos Mk-I) equipped and usable as is reflected in his stats given in the signature below. This image depicted here is the synthetic skin coat covering his puppet armor while his actual body is concealed under both his puppet armor and its synthetic skin coat.

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Rotwang's CP Reserves: 135 of 135

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Post XP for Rotwang: 25 (15 for 3 person multiplayer + 5 from training grounds bonus + 5 from sensei and student interaction thread bonus)

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(1)

Atsu watches the two over his shoulder, then raises an eyebrow as Shigo seems to stop and have a bit of a conversation with Hikaru, though he's not quite sure what to make of it before the boy begins dashing towards him at a speed that at least matches his own while using the Body Flicker Technique, so he prepares to use the technique again by first making a handseal with his left hand again before, with what appears to be a burst of speed, Hikaru catches up to the genin once again and makes him "it" again with a tap on his back. Atsu is too preoccupied with focusing on trying to catch Hikaru to notice that Shigo herself seems distracted, and he only just notices the arrival of Stein out of the corner of his eye, though the other genin looks like a blur at these speeds; he wasn't used to moving this fast, after all. This gives him an idea, and he focuses Bakuton chakra along the bottom of his feet before landing, and he uses the explosion of his feet touching the ground to blast forwards.

Utilizing the speed granted to him by the explosion combined with the momentum from the Body Flicker Technique, Atsu actually manages to completely overshoot Hikaru, unable to react quickly enough to touch the younger boy as he rushes past at the full B-tier speed, but this was actually part of his plan; now he's directly in front of Hikaru, and he turns himself around to face the younger boy as his feet touch the ground again. Either Hikaru would have to run straight into the genin, or he'd have to turn back around and run straight into both Shigo and Stein, or simply go in a completely different direction, which would also give Atsu an opening to catch up with him again. Atsu, meanwhile, is focusing Bakuton chakra to the bottom of his feet again, preparing to chase after Hikaru if he goes in another direction completely.

"Gotcha!"

Shigo would glance up to Rotwang and stand up, crossing her arms and nodding to him. “Refrain from formalities. Call me Shigo. You’re a little late but from my understanding you have things to do outside of regular Shinobi duties. You’re excused.” She would give a slow blink to Rotwang and then look over to the two short boys who seemed to be like children, though one was actually a child. Shigo lifted her arm and pointed to the boys. “Go play with Hikaru while we wait for the last one. It’s simple play however if it gets out of bounds, I’ll step in.” Shigo would drop her arm and cross them again, waiting for Rotwang to join. “It’s not a request either.” Her tone was a bit direct now but she meant well. To them, it seemed like regular play, however it was more of an endurance test to see how well they could keep up with Hikaru. Though she was helping him with his speed a tad bit, it was all mainly him.


Meanwhile, Hikaru had been playing this game of tag, laughing and moving with speeds he wasn’t used to but he made it work with a simple adjustment. (5 CP, boosting coordination.) He was able to maneuver around things easily but his vision had seemed a bit blurry. No able to see much, he could only see a quick blur go in front of him, making him panic and dodge out of the way quickly, maneuvering around the person that went in front of him. A wall of sand began to curve around the edge, letting Hikaru know it was time to turn, allowing him to skate at an angle and continue on a different path. “Ahahahah! Can’t catch m-“ Hikaru instantly ate his words as he crashed into Rotwang, sending both flying, Shigo acting quickly and catching Hikaru in mid air. “Damnit Hikaru…” She would mutter and put him down while he held his head and giggled. “Again!”

Rotwang was standing at attention patiently for Shigo to give him further orders on what to do next when he heard her begin to speak, and so, he turned his attention to her just in time to hear her go and reprimand him for using formalities with her for some reason

Hmm...I vas unter ze imprezzion zat all nincha lofed formalitiez zince zey all belong to an official military hierarky...now zis von iss an intriguink specimen...not vantink any formalitiez to be used vit her...schtill, orters are orters, zo kompliance viz zem iss a muzt, I zuppoze...

Rotwang thought thus silently for a moment with his neutral expression on his face and the rest of his body language matching said neutrality as well, and after that, he responded to Shigo

"Unterschtoot...I schall remember zat henzeforzz...you haf mein gratitude fur beink patient undt understentink vit mein zituation..."

Rotwang spoke thus and was about to get a running start so he could build up enough momentum to chase after Hikaru as he had been ordered to, but before he could enact his plan, said little boy came racing towards him in little more than a blur of speed and had proceeded to crash right into him rather hard, which sent the both of them flying since Rotwang could not dodge him in a timely manner due to that high velocity. So, Rotwang for his part, ended up colliding hard with a nearby stone pillar, with the thudding noise from said impact echoing briefly around the room before fading away to nothing while he slid down the pillar to collapse on the ground around it. Fortunately for him, he had possessed the foresight to equip himself with his puppet armor before arriving on site for the team training session and due to the protection it gave him, he was not injured...although, he was still rattled somewhat, which caused him to be a tad slow to rise back to his feet

O ye Norns zree...I zank zee fur bestowink upon me ze forezight to prepare meinzelf fur zuch a possibility...for vizzout it, zis turn uff efentz vould haf been qfite a lot vorse fur me...

Rotwang thought thus silently as he rose back to his feet, albeit while coughing slightly as he tried to catch his breath again. Once he had finished recovering his breath and his former composure along with it, however, he hurried back at C-tier speed back to where Shigo was stationed in the training area and saw that she had managed to catch Hikaru just in time to prevent something bad happening to him, but did not comment on it. Instead, he reported back to Shigo so that he could get further instructions from her

"Mein zincere apologiez fur not beink able to dodge in time...it vould zeem zat mein reflex zpeet undt mein perzpikacity are not qfite vere zey need to be chust yet to rezpond to zuch a zudden turn uff efentz...howefer, I am undamaged, so I am ready to kontinue ze exercise az per ze inztruktionz zat you haf gifen me."

Rotwang spoke thus in that same naturally thick foreign accent of his and in his naturally baritone voice in a cordial manner to Shigo as he informed her that he was ready to continue the training exercise. Then, he turned to Hikaru and introduced himself to him first before inquiring, with his overall body language having returned to its default calm, measured, and controlled state

"Greetinks, mein name iss Rotwang Frankenstein...but, you kan kall me Schtein if you prefer...now zen, az to vat heppenz next...vould you prefer to zet out firzt fur zis race or vould you like me to do zo zis time around?"

Rotwang spoke thus and then fell silent to see what would happen next and also for any further set of instructions that Shigo might want to give him as well as for Hikaru's reply as to his preference for what they were going to do next in the race that Shigo was having them all do at present. At present, even though his puppet armor and his actual body which was concealed within said puppet armor were both undamaged, his attire was somewhat worse for wear and it now displayed some dirt stains from his collapse on the ground earlier and his collision with the stone pillar before that, but at least it was mostly still in intact form.

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Rotwang's Appearance (both puppet armor's synthetic skin and his real self):



N.B.: Rotwang currently has his puppet armor (Talos Mk-I) equipped and usable as is reflected in his stats given in the signature below. This image depicted here is the synthetic skin coat covering his puppet armor while his actual body is concealed under both his puppet armor and its synthetic skin coat.

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Rotwang's CP Reserves: 135 of 135

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Post XP for Rotwang: 25 (15 for 3 person multiplayer + 5 from training grounds bonus + 5 from sensei and student interaction thread bonus)

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(2)

Atsu attempts to catch back up to Hikaru as he ends up careening towards Rotwang and Shigo, having not expected the two to end up in any kind of danger as he releases the explosions off the bottom of his feet in order to launch himself forwards at the highest speed he's capable of reaching, only for Shigo to catch him on her own. Atsu manages to make the half-seal of Tiger in order to use the Body Flicker technique again, shunting himself by force to the left utilizing the technique so that he wouldn't end up running into all three of them and potentially bowl them over. He gradually manages to slow himself down enough to return to the three of them and catch Stein suggesting that they prepare for a race, with the Kotoshura boy looking at Hikaru quizzically, finding the idea of a race quite boring in comparison to their earlier game of tag. Before Stein can say much else, however, Atsu slaps him on the shoulder while he's gathering more Bakuton chakra directly under the soles of his feet.

"Tag, you're it Stein!"

As soon as he says this, he blasts away from all three of them, dashing away at C-rank speeds while performing a few handseals, focusing intently on getting the handseals right and quickly to the point that he's a little less focused on his own thought processes before he opens his mouth and spits out another version of himself, made entirely of the Doton chakra he'd been gathering in his stomach to make a hard rock clone of himself, allowing a bit of a distraction or a road block to make a direct path straight to him a little more difficult to follow.

OOC: 150/150 Rock Clone

Shigo would hold her head and then clap her hands, signaling all to stop what they were doing. “As of right now, there are only two of you. Ito Kotoshura is late and will be properly reprimanded for being late or even skipping this important session. I know we just met but this is necessary.” She would cross her arms, closing her eyes and sighing. “Alright.” Shigo raised her arm and made a fist to everyone. “Stein, you will be considered exempted from the first test, however I will go harder on you than Atsu for being late.” She would say sternly. “The first test was stamina and endurance. Or rather speed. Atsu, you utilized your blast techs and enhanced your speed. I would suggest refining that and making it a powerful move to incorporate into your taijutsu techniques.” She would glare at Atsu but talk to him, rather than down to him. Her golden eyes then went to Stein. “As for you Stein, you wouldn’t have needed to participate since your fighting style is a tad bit different, correct?” Her hip would move to one side, leaning on that particular leg and she would cross her arms again. “The next test is battle. There are a few things to keep in mind.” Shigo held up her index finger, making a one.


“One.” She would make a few sand clones that would not perform and ninjutsu but would be as test subjects. There were about 6 of them that surrounded them and began dispersing. “Protect the innocent. Treat me as a villain and Hikaru as the main innocent. I will dock points depending on how well you do and if any get hurt. If Hikaru gets hurt, you automatically fail and we will restart the test another time. Until you complete the test, you will not participate in any missions. If one specific person gets Hikaru hurt, you will fail. Do you understand?” Her eyes flared at the two Genin as she jumped back about 15m and Hikaru remaining in the center. “Begin. You are in a sand storm and your opponent is using this to their advantage. How do you protect the innocents and defeat the villain at the same time without being able to see properly.” She would yell out as Sand came from her gourd, winds picking up and swirling around the entire training area, sand getting into the opponents eyes and the wind swishing violently to put the opponents off balance. Shigo would stay still, without their knowledge, the sand would show her everything about where they were.


‘The goal is to protect the true innocent, not the rest. This also opens their minds to potential supportive items that could help them in the long run. Minimizing damage at best too.’ She would think to herself. Her eyes stayed forward, watching everything. It was their time to show her what they could do.

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Sparring has begun. Deduct necessary chakra from your pool.

CP: 185
Used: 35
New: 150

CAT SCAN:

Sand Clone:

Rotwang had been waiting for Hikaru to respond in some way to his query from earlier but then, Atsu intervened by tagging him as "It" for this game of endurance and stamina that he had been inquiring about earlier. However, before Rotwang could respond by beginning the chase to reach Atsu, Shigo preempted that by stopping the game early and shifting their attention to her instead, at which point, he heard her announce that this first phase of their team test was over and that the next phase would begin immediately. As he listened on, he also heard her inform him that she would apparently make this upcoming test much harder for him due to his lateness than she would for Atsu

Vell...zat solfes zat problem, I zuppoze...all told...I vas qfite schtymied on how exaktly I vould kloze ze gap between meinzelf undt Atzu undt efen zis Hikaru...as zey zeem to be qfite a bit fazter zan I am at prezent...but schtill...vat exactly does sche haf in mind fur zis next tezt, I vonder?

Rotwang mulled over the situation thus silently and due to being lost in his thoughts this way, he nearly missed Shigo's query about his fighting style, and consequently, he was forced to snap out of his reverie and hurry to answer her

"Jawohl, I do not haf anyzink zat iz reminiscent uff vat von vould kall a proper fightink schtyle at all, let alone von zat haz been optimized in any vay..."

After that, Rotwang was about to continue explaining his situation to Shigo, but then, he fell silent instead since he heard her proceed on to explain the details for what she had in mind regarding the next phase of the team trial. Unfortunately for him, however, this turned out to be some sort of a combat-oriented assessment. So, he focused more intensely on her words so that he would not end up missing anything of significance, but kept his mouth closed so as to not let any of the sand that was now enveloping the entire field into his puppet armor where it could hurt his real body

Zo...ze main obchectife iss to keep zis Hikaru perzon zafe from ze kommenter's attakz at all koztz, I zee...gifen mein lack uff fightink prowezz, zat iz qfite ze effectife ball-undt-chain, I muzt zay...undt zis zentztorm iss an additional henticap...zo ze first zink to do iss to zenze out Hikaru's prezence zince I no longer haf a klear line uff zight to him...

Rotwang thought thus silently as he forced himself to stay calm despite the adverse circumstances that were facing him currently, namely the biting sand-laden winds that Shigo had manifested which were whipping at the few exposed parts of his body which were not completely covered over by his puppet armor, namely his eyes and his nose, and also buffeting him rather violently. In that regard, he was thankful that he had seen fit to equip his puppet armor onto his body before entering this team trial because otherwise, he would have been much more vulnerable to this simulated desert environment if he had not done so. Then, he activated his Sensing Technique for the purposes of trying to discern Hikaru's position and then, he started heading towards the point where he had picked up the boy's signature, running at D-tier speeds instead of his usual C-tier speed due to how much the winds that were whipping about the area were knocking him off course every time.

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Rotwang's Appearance (both puppet armor's synthetic skin and his real self):



N.B.: Rotwang currently has his puppet armor (Talos Mk-I) equipped and usable as is reflected in his stats given in the signature below. This image depicted here is the synthetic skin coat covering his puppet armor while his actual body is concealed under both his puppet armor and its synthetic skin coat.

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Rotwang's CP Reserves:

• Starting CP: 135 of 135
  
  
• Used CP: 0.5
  
  
• Remaining CP: 134.5 of 135 remaining
  

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Jutsu Used:

Spoiler:

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Post XP for Rotwang: 25 (15 for 3 person multiplayer + 5 from training grounds bonus + 5 from sensei and student interaction thread bonus)

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(3)

Ito slowly regaining his normal senses as he returns to the main road after a fairly tasty detour for some spontaneous Yakitori. Not often but every once in a while, his stomach will overtake his mind in decision making. Though, most times he wouldn't bother to care much about the aftermath of such actions. As he is walking in the direction that the team had left the administrative building in, Ito was wracking his brain about what it was he was doing heading in this direction. These thoughts slowly brewed and cultivated into thinking about where his brother, Atsu, was as well. It didn't take long for him to realize and figure out where he was as he walked passed the stone yard training ground, hearing his twin's voice.

"Tag, you're it Stein!"

Hearing that lights up Ito's mind as his head turns towards the voice. Very shortly afterwards, another voice speaks up. Shigo speaks on the parameters of the training which surprisingly came at an almost coincidental time, as it reminds Ito that he had training. What's more, it seems that he is very late for it. Wasting no more time than he already has, he immediately eats the rest of his snack, stuffing it all into his face before rushing in to reach Atsu. No time to spare as sand began to swirl up as he enters the training ground, making his goal of reaching Atsu all the more important as he doesn't have full insight to everything that is happening. Trying not to waist anymore time, Ito forms the half tiger seal with his right hand, dashing directly into Atsu, almost knocking him off balance but catching himself and his brother.

"Seems I'm a bit late, bro... What I miss?"

Ito speaks while squinting his eyes, due to all of the sand swirling around in the area. Just as he looks around, trying to see through the sand whirling around. Luckily, Ito had slightly seen Rotwang and Shigo before all of the flying sand started... flying. This small image give him a little bit of something- that in reality isn't much at all. But to him, it was something as he missed a whole bunch more. He grabs Atsu's shirt at his hip as he attempts to look in Shigo's direction to see any type of movement or notion and reason for the training, aside from the little bit he heard upon entering.

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Atsu is about to put on quite a show of utilizing the blasting techniques he'd trained to evade the third member of the team when Shigo calls an immediate halt, revealing that the game of tag has actually been a test for them. Then he's given instruction to use the blast techniques he'd used for his Taijutsu, although Atsu doesn't really have the heart to tell her that Taijutsu isn't even close to his focus; his own abilities lay in utilizing ninjutsu to maximized effectiveness, either in a group or alone. Although he had to admit that his twin brother had more of a capability to keep up with him thanks to his larger chakra reserves. The glare she gives him also makes him think twice about correcting her; best to let her think that he's better with taijutsu, maybe.

Then their Jounin sensei lets them know that they have yet another test of skill for them, specifically the protection of a VIP, that singular target being his new friend Hikaru, and their simulated enemy being... their own sensei, Shigo. Atsu gulps at the thought before the sand starts whipping around them, but then a very welcome interruption takes place as his twin brother finally makes an exceedingly late appearance; this was rather unlike Ito, because he was usually the more responsible and careful one, but it was good to have him anyways, despite the fact that his twin brother practically bumps right into him. Using his brother to anchor himself down, he considers trying to shout his plan to his brother, then decides he doesn't really want a mouthful of sand.

Instead, Atsu begins performing handseals, letting Ito feel his arms moving in a familiar pattern so he hopefully understands that he wants Ito to cover him while he performs ninjutsu. With the sand whipping all around them, Atsu has his eyes squeezed down to tiny slits so he can barely see Stein with Hikaru. Focusing his Doton chakra through the ground around them, but careful to keep track of Shigo and her sand clones, Atsu thrusts both palms to the ground, and the earth all around the four of them rises up into a crater-like formation as the earth drops by a three meters in its center, causing the sand to rush past their small hidey-hole and bringing all four of them out of Shigo's sandy assault. No sooner does the earth stop moving than Atsu starts preparing his hands for more handseals, though he knows he can just as quickly use one of the techniques that require no handseals, though he's not terribly keen on doing so unless absolutely necessary.

Once they're safe underground, Atsu finally looks right at Ito, nodding past him to Hikaru.

"It's a VIP protection test for now bro... We gotta protect the kid with the Devil's Advocate herself acting as the bad guy."

Jutsu Used:

CP: 70 - 5 (chakra point spending UA reduction) = 65

Shigo remained still within this desert storm, keeping her arms crossing and standing like a pillar. She looked at each of the bodies that seemed wrapped in Sand, moving forward, at least one of them was. The others however disappeared from her sights which made a small curve in the corner of her mouth appear. ‘Smart thinking.’ Her eyes kept on Rotwang, Hikaru moving quickly behind with a sand clone moving as a decoy in place of Hikaru. If Rotwang were to try and grab hold of the sand close, it would simply dissolve, saying the words “-1 point.” It would vanish and the storm would get thicker, blending in to the already dense materials. Shigo’s next concern were the twins. Ito had come in just in time but they had vanished just as quickly. Her index finger tapped her forearm, thinking of what to do. Hikaru no longer had the speed buff she gave him, however he was still fine on his own.


The real problem was the twins. She couldn’t find out where they were, let alone bring them up. Any possible ability would be too much for them. This made her think for a moment and put it to the side to try and make a jutsu later for it. “Might as well get him out of the way first.” She would mutter to herself before placing her hand out and pushing sand to Rotwang, most of the storm to be used for this ability. The twins were under so maybe she could get it out before they would notice and bind Rotwang. Sand would form around Rotwang and close, making a prison of some sort, made entirely out of hardened sand. “Sorry Rotwang. We’ll focus on you another time.” Her tone remained bland but she did indeed feel bad. Rotwang was in no condition to go against her. She would work on him one on one and already prevent him from going on missions until she knew how he worked. Now to get them out. That was the question right now.

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Due to change in Stamina, Shigo’s STA is now 260.

CP: 225
Used: 11
New: 214

Sand binding prison 200/200
Name: Sand Binding Prison
Rank: B
Power: B
Activation Cost: Varies
Upkeep Cost: C
Range: 0m-30m
Speed: 50m/s
Element: Magnet Release
Skill: Ninjutsu
Classification: Clan Exclusive
Requirements: Magnet Release
Parent Technique: N/A
Hand Seals: N/A
Description:  Using ordinary sand, a perfectly airtight space is created, in which the enemy is captured. An enormous quantity of sand completely envelops the target from every direction and captures them. The speed, hardness, and scope of the sand depend on the amount of chakra poured into it. The user can fine-tune the sand's properties to the target's size and characteristics but the overall size is restricted to that of Deidara's large clay bird. No matter if the target is on the ground or flying in the air.  However, even if someone successfully escapes from it, the user can easily use one of his offensive techniques, like the Sand Binding Coffin, to immediately attack the target.

B Rank: The sand captures with B Rank Strength.

A Rank: The sand captures with A Rank Strength

S Rank: The sand captures with S Rank Strength

Weaknesses: If the opponent has a Strength level higher than the rank being used to capture them, they can brute force their way out.

Rotwang had been exerting half of his focus on maintaining his trajectory towards the position at which he had sensed Hikaru at earlier and the other half on maintaining the 25 m diameter sensory net he had cast around himself with the use of his Sensing Technique so as to allow him to sense any incoming trouble as well. However, he found that once he had reached the location where he had sensed Hikaru's signature with this same method, he could tell something was off about the figure that looked like Hikaru and which was before him now, so he was careful to avoid making any physical contact with it just in case that was some kind of hidden rule that Shigo had set up for the team trial as a point reduction system. Instead, he stepped away from that sand clone of Hikaru to plan his next move, but then, he saw the sand clone dissolve into the surrounding sandstorm while informing him that he was getting a 1-point deduction regardless of not having touched it

How irkzome...zo I haf already lozt a point in zis team trial at zis early schtage...zzis vill be far more difficult a challenge zan I had anticipated...now zen, how to zenze out ze real Hikaru undt how to reach him...

Rotwang grumbled thus silently for a brief moment or two and then refocused his attention on his surroundings and on the team trial to plan his next move. Alas, it was not to be for he soon found out that Shigo had other plans for him, namely capturing him in a large sand structure and trapping him inside. Naturally, as he was not quite fast enough to evade it, he did end up getting captured successfully by the sand jutsu that Shigo had sent at him. That said, he was not one to panic even in such circumstances, so instead of that, he immediately set all his mental faculties to examining the jutsu that he was trapped in at present to glean any useful data he could on it so that he could at least have it in his mental dossier for future reference if necessary. To that end, he started to devise a simple series of field tests, the thought of his impending activities exciting him to no end given his true nature as a mad scientist who loved nothing more than to encounter and study new things of all kinds without silly things like ethics and morality getting in the way, though at present, those two were not relevant considerations

Zo...it vould be vise to schtart vith examinink zis sent konztrukt's phyzikal kharakteriztikz...or at leazt ze onez I kan tezt fur kurrently...vich are...hartnezz...followed by malleability...ah...undt konduktifity too...zzat kould allow me to glean data vich kould, in turn, perhapz inform me on ze best vay to ezkape from it...if zat iss efen a pozzibility...

Rotwang mulled over his present situation thus silently as he thought about how best to examine the sand structure he was trapped in at present for several minutes. After that, he commenced the field tests by examining the sand construct's hardness and malleability as well as texture and he did this via touch and employing his Puppet Technique to activate the Hair Harpoon Launcher that he had installed in his puppet armor to fire the 10 titanium spikes comprising the offensive portion of said mechanism in serial order and then in parallel, with both methods being done at B-tier speeds to deal B-rank piercing damage to the sand structure. Additionally, the other way in which he tested the sand structure for these two properties was to employ his Puppet Technique again, this time to activate the flight mechanism that he had installed in his puppet armor to extend the wing portions which were also made of pure titanium out and maneuvered them at B-tier speeds to hit the sand structure, dealing B-rank blunt force damage to it. Yet, even with all this, he soon realized that, at his present level, he could not muster enough physical force to successfully break the jutsu apart to let him escape for it since these mechanical strikes had been unsuccessful in breaking through the sand structure despite his best efforts in varying their number, frequency, positioning, and other such parameters.

Zo...zis zent schtrukture pozzezzez adeqfate hartnezz to resist zis lefel uff phyzikal force...how intereztink...but alzo how troublezome...oh vell...now to tezt its konductifity...

Rotwang thought thus silently as he reviewed the data he had gleaned from this phase of testing his puppet armor's capabilities against the sand structure that was trapping him. Then, he proceeded ahead to test this sand structure's level of electrical conductivity, and he did this by employing his Puppet Technique to activate the Voltaic Pads that he had installed in his puppet armor's hand and foot portions to act as electricity generators after which point, he placed the puppet armor's palms in contact with the inner surface of the sand structure that he was trapped in to release a series of electrical bursts into it. Sadly, even this method was not successful in assisting him in damaging the sand structure at all, let alone enough to free him

Vell now...zis iss qfite ze problematik chutsu, indeed...I had figured zat zince it vas kompozed uff zent, ze electrically konduktife mineralz in it undt zuch inzide vould be zufficient to channel ze kurrent fur deztabilizink zis schtructure undt zus free me in ze procezz...but it zeems to pozzezz not only adeqfate hartness to resist my current level of physical force generation, but also not qfite enuf elektrikal konduktifity to allow mein elektrikal kurrentz to be channeled through it...zo zat, in turn, meanz zat zis puppet armor uff mine needz to be improfed to hentle zuch zituationz zat kould kome up in ze foreseeable future...

Rotwang thought thus silently and, upon concluding that he had no further options that he could field test against Shigo's sand structure which she had trapped him in currently, he realized that the most logical course of action was to simply cease and desist from his escape efforts so as to not waste his precious chakra reserves. With that in mind, he deactivated all the mechanisms of his puppet armor and then sat down on the floor of the training area, thus beginning his wait for Shigo to release him from it and inform him of his fate with regards to the test and also what he would be doing as punishment which he presumed she would be administering at some point for his lack of displayed ability.

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OOC:  

Rotwang's Appearance (both puppet armor's synthetic skin and his real self):



N.B.: Rotwang currently has his puppet armor (Talos Mk-I) equipped and usable as is reflected in his stats given in the signature below. This image depicted here is the synthetic skin coat covering his puppet armor while his actual body is concealed under both his puppet armor and its synthetic skin coat.

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Rotwang's CP Reserves:

• Starting CP: 134.5 of 135
  
  
• Used CP: 3.5 (3 for Puppet Technique Activation + 0.5 for Sensing Technique Upkeep)
  
  
• Remaining CP: 131 of 135 remaining
  

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Jutsu Used:

Spoiler:

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Post XP for Rotwang: 30 (20 for 4 person multiplayer + 5 from training grounds bonus + 5 from sensei and student interaction thread bonus)

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(4)

Ito stands next to Atsu, looking up at the hole on top of the dome his twin created. Hand on his chin, he thinks a little before speaking to him. "So what exactly are we gonna do? Do you have some sort of plan? If anything, I was thinking about possibly leaving this dome here as a decoy while traveling through the ground to sneak up on her. That would seem kinda easy since I have a few sensory techniques. What do you say?" Ito activates his technique while talking about it, in an attempt to locate everyone who is in range at the very least. Soon after, he gets down onto one knee, placing his hand flat on the ground, beginning to focus on sensing any and everyone in the surrounding 50m range. "Shigo doesn't seem to be moving a the moment. Though the same can be said for Stein as well. Doesn't look like the kid has moved yet either. Considering the goal of this training... maybe first plan of action is securing the kid before anything else?"

Ito looks up at his brother, keeping his palm flat on the ground not wanting to risk loosing any type of helpful information. He waits for any type of plan or confirmation before attempting to do anything else.

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OOC:

Atsu looks over at his brother and then at Hikaru, biting his bottom lip as he considers the options available to them; he knew the test was mostly more about protecting the innocent than defeating the villain, but defeating the villain was also the most likely method for achieving their goals. His brother is also not exactly the most effective ninja when it comes to ninjutsu, but with his sensory skills, he should be able to more effectively get their sensei, acting as the villain, into a better position. He sees Stein in a sand sphere while Shigo lets him know that he'll have to be the focus in some other situation. Although Atsu wants to free Stein, just to make this test easier, he knows that it might actually fail him and the focus on freeing Stein might cause them all to fail if he doesn't manage to protect Hikaru as well. With only two of them and the surroundings of their hole trapping them in a sandstorm, he has little choice.

"Since Hikaru hasn't moved, I'll focus on protecting him first. You go below, and once you feel me charging up my Raiton technique, you hit her from underneath."

With that, Atsu quickly does a few handseals to mold the earth once again, opening up a large hole in the wall, before pressing Hikaru inside and then sealing it, leaving only small air holes to act as openings and ensure that Hikaru can both breathe and see while inside the false wall. Once that's done, Atsu rapidly dashes skywards, using his Blast Release to launch himself skywards above the sandstorm, allowing him to pinpoint Shigo's location before he focuses Raiton chakra to surround his right arm. As he drops, he activates the technique, coating his right arm with Raiton and then extending it towards Shigo in a big showy technique that's sure to catch all of Shigo's attention or risk her getting hit, with his Raiton-covered arm also acting as a shield against further sand techniques that might stop his downward trajectory. Of course, if their plan doesn't work, then they've likely all failed the test.

OOC: 200/200 Lightning Release: Thunderclap Drill

Jutsu Used:

CP: 65 - 3 (Greater Burst Blast -1 rank from Ninjutsu Skill perk) - 5 (Moving Earth Core -1 rank from UA) -20 (Thunderclap Drill +1 rank from UA) = 37

Shigo remained still before feeling a slight tremor underneath the ground and then feeling a disturbance within her sand. “So they’ve moved.” Hikaru hadn’t been felt anymore which meant he had been moved into a different area that didn’t connect with her sand. The position of Hikaru was also a key factor as to where he may have needed. This was on Hilary’s part who had been pushed into an underground cell of some sort, yelling out for a moment before looking around. There had been holes and bars for him to breathe in but he would cross his legs and his arms, inhaling and yelling. “MINUS 10 POINTS!” Loud enough for Ito and Atsu to hear but not Shigo or Stein. The explanation would be given to both the boys as well as an overall grading after the training.


Shigo on the other hand had to deal with Atsu who managed to get above and get the high ground against her, lightning charging up in his forearm, with him ready to attack. Her eyes widened as she felt him touch her sand again, quickly switching herself out with a sand clone and jumping back about 25 meters, away from the initial attack. The sand clone would get there where it would crystalize and break, completely nullifying the sand and changing its components. The sand clone would break down into parts, making Shigo grit her teeth. “Not bad for a kid.” She knew they weren’t kids but it felt odd to call them anything but kids. With Atsu in the sand like desert storm, Shigo would place her hands together, activating the Kinjutsu that she had just received form Diana, making about 10 Kunai.


She would use one to touch and magnetize the object, placing it in between her forearms and shooting it outward with B rank speeds, not applying the free form ability to it. She aimed directly next to Atsu, able to cut the side of his head as it would be directed towards a nearby tree. ‘Tch. He’s trying to kill me, isn’t he.’ The attack he had shot off was far greater than expected but she could tell he was becoming out of breath due to his chest movements. Shigo would clap Her hands and the sand would vigorously come back to the gourd, almost like a recall. The prison Stein was in would lower and dissemble last so he’d be able to get out without hurting himself. Once the sand cleared up, Hikaru would be nowhere to be seen which led Shigo to raise a brow. “Hikaru needs to be returned promptly.”

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Old: 214
Used: 11
New: 203

Jutsu’s Used:

Rotwang had been waiting patiently while sitting on the ground for whatever would come next and whatever was going on outside seemed to be taking a while. So, he decided to see if he could do a simple field test of sorts with his Sensing Technique and thought silently about what he had read in the scroll for said jutsu some time back

If memory zerfez...zat schcroll het mentioned zomezzink about how ze uzer uff ze Zenzink Tekniqfe kan perform two different fariantz uff zis chutzu...ze bazik undt non-fokuzed von vich iz powered purely by vone'z innate zenzory akuity undt ze ozzer vich forces ze user to remain schtill to perform it since zey haf to make phyzikel kontakt vit zome medium in exchange fur beink able to double zis chutzu'z baze range...zince I haf nozzink better to do at ze moment...it vould perhapz be vize to uze zis time produktifely to put zat to ze tezt...

So, with that in mind, Rotwang closed his eyes and then placed one hand in contact with the ground in front of him while holding his other one with his other one having its index finger and its middle finger extended together and rested against his forehead. Once that was done, he focused his consciousness onto the contact point between his hand on the ground and the ground to see if what the scroll said about being able to double the detection range of the Sensing Technique via this maneuver. Upon doing so and waiting for a few moments while remaining perfectly still, he did indeed find that he could sense targets which were twice as far away now (i.e., at 50 m away all around him) than he could before when he was simply using the unfocused version of this jutsu, namely at a mere 25 m away all around him.

Hmm...zat flaw uff zis tekniqfe uff hafink to remain schtill vile usink its fokuzed ferzion kould ent up beink troublezome later on...dezpite itz range doublink effekt...it vould be vize to perhapz zink uff how I kan kombine ze bazik ZenzinkTekniqfe vit mein klan exkluzife chutzu or zome zort of puppetry mekanizmz or chutzu to gife it more fiability...but zat iss anozzer matter fur anozzer day...zo I vill haf to leafe zat to future Rotwang inztead...az I vill not be able to purzue zat line uff inqfiry undt ze relefant rezearch at prezent...

After that, while thinking over the matter some more silently thus, he filed that piece of data away for future reference and then, he resumed his wait to see what would happen next in the current situation. Fortunately, Rotwang did not have to wait too long, for shortly after he had begun to play the waiting game again, he saw the sand prison that had keeping him entrapped all this while came apart on its own, thus allowing him to be free to move about once more. So, he deactivated all of his puppet armor's mechanisms and retracted any visible parts of said mechanisms back inside the puppet armor's shell to conceal them from the notice of Shigo or the Blasting Twins. Then, he made his way over to Shigo and then waited for further instructions or whatever else she was planning to do or say to him and his teammates in the aftermath of this team trial.

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OOC:  

Rotwang's Appearance (both puppet armor's synthetic skin and his real self):



N.B.: Rotwang currently has his puppet armor (Talos Mk-I) equipped and usable as is reflected in his stats given in the signature below. This image depicted here is the synthetic skin coat covering his puppet armor while his actual body is concealed under both his puppet armor and its synthetic skin coat.

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Rotwang's CP Reserves:

• Starting CP: 131 of 135
  
  
• Used CP: 0.5 (for Sensing Technique Upkeep, Puppet Technique cancelled)
  
  
• Remaining CP: 130.5 of 135 remaining
  

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Jutsu Used:

Spoiler:

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Post XP for Rotwang: 30 (20 for 4 person multiplayer + 5 from training grounds bonus + 5 from sensei and student interaction thread bonus)

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(5)

Immediately after Atsu sets his plan in motion, Ito doesn't waste any time following suit. Still keeping his sensory technique activated, he forms a few hand seals before diving into the ground directly towards the ground beneath Shigo. Unfortunately for the plan, without Atsu on the ground, it definitely makes it a bit difficult for Ito to get the timing right for their twin combo. So he just waits for some sort of sign. A sign that comes way sooner than his mind was thinking as he senses Shigo shift her body slightly towards where the twins used to be holed up. At this moment, Ito thinks of trying something he had tried to do before but could never get the full hang of. Double Suicide Decapitation Technique. The last time he attempted it on a dummy and almost couldn't get the dummy out of the ground. But in this moment, he felt a bit confident in his future attempt at the technique.

Ito's hand dart out of the ground directly on the insides of Shigo's feet. As he goes to grab her ankles, she calls the sand back to her gourd and releases Stein from his sand binds. Not long afterward, he would sense Atsu return to the ground. Ito would, instead of grabbing Shigo's feet, grab the ground and pop only his head out of the ground right below her.

"Did we win?"

Ito looks around at everyone standing before floating backwards and still in the ground as if it were water. Once he is 5m in front of Shigo, in Atsu's direction, he climbs out of the ground. It was right after this that Shigo speaks up again.

"Hikaru needs to be returned promptly."

Ito looks at Atsu before using a blast launch dash over to the little shell that was created around Hikaru. He immediately enters a taijutsu stance before hitting Atsu's sphere with a palm strike. This strike is0- aimed at one of the holes Atsu left which proved to help a bit in releasing Hikaru. After doing so, he would turn to face Shigo and wait for anything else.

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OOC:

Atsu feels a bit proud as his strike on Shigo forces her to switch out with one of her own sand clones, though his Lightning Release technique destroys the clone and turns the sand useless if she'd planned to use the clone for a counter-attack. With the sand rushing about him, he's not really able to hear her admission that he was pretty good, though she'd qualified it by calling him a kid. He might have been offended if he'd heard her call him that. Instead, the counterattack comes in the form of a kunai launched at the outside of his head; as he's unable to actually see the counterattack at the speeds the kunai is moving, he is only able to react afterwards, wincing at the pain of the cut to the side of his head as he begins making handseals, only for Shigo to suddenly clap her hands and recall the sand just as Atsu is about to finish the handseals and unleash another jutsu, and Atsu similarly immediately disperses the chakra he'd been gathering to use for the technique.

Atsu himself is about to go down and help Hikaru back out of what was ostensibly a protective shell for their charge, but Ito beats him to it, although Atsu is careful to make sure his twin doesn't try to use Blast Release to blow apart the earth surrounding Hikaru. Instead, the genin performs a few handseals before thrusting both palms to the ground, causing the earth to rise back up from its depression that had protected them from the sand. He'd heard Hikaru's nearly bratty insistence to remove ten points, and decides to bring it up now.

"As I recall, our main objective was to keep the innocents safe; Hikaru being the main objective and VIP, he was safest in a location that was not going to be easy to get to. Since you didn't continue an attack while we were in the crater I made, it's clear you weren't able to easily attack us in that position. Therefore, Hikaru was far safer inside the crater while we took care of the only real threat."

Atsu crosses his arms while he explains his reasoning to both Shigo and Hikaru, though he gave the boy a side-eye glance that showed his frustration at what apparently felt like a betrayal, after they'd played tag and everything.

Shigo crossed her arms and waited for all of her students to rally around her, Hikaru being the last on to stand by Shigo, smiling gleefully like he hasn’t deducted a major amount of points. Atsu and Ito were clearly the best for this exercise while Rotwang hadn’t been able to show exactly what he could do; making him exempted from this test.

Before Shigo could open her mouth, she only took a deep breath before catching it and her eyes moving to Atsu as he began to speak. She would’ve started off with compliments and praise but since Atsu had to open his mouth, he would have to wait until the end. Her eyebrow twitched and she placed both hands on her hips. “Atsu. How you may be correct, you forgot one vital point in Doton users.” She would perform a string of handseals and demonstrate by placing a sand clone in placement of Hikaru. The sand clone would go under, being locked away just as Hikaru was. Shigo would motion everyone behind her and once they were, she would set off a jutsu that would crush the sand clone, completely dispersing it.


“This technique is dangerous for people with a low constitution, people who aren’t able to take hits as easily. For a person without sensory, such as myself, I wouldn’t have known where Hikaru was, completely risking on crushing him within the ground without my knowledge.” Shigo would turn to look at the twins and cross her arms again. “This is why Hikaru deducted 10 points. While he was safest there for people without Doton, someone could’ve manipulated the area around him and completely crushed him, or even change his position if they had sensory.” Her eyes would close for a moment before looking at the twins once again.


“Your strategy was on par and your coordination with each other was greater than most Genin. But you have to remember, what elements does your opponent possess? Take in the scene first, who your target is and how can you turn the tables. You turned the tables with the risk of me harming. Not only that, you didn’t hesitate to harm me as a villain. I give you those 10 points back.” She explained as she lowered herself to look at Hikaru and back at the twins while speaking, explaining her reasoning while applauding them for their efforts “Rotwang.”

Shigo’s head turned as she gazed up to him while standing back up. “Unfortunately you have been exempted so any points affected would not go towards you. We will have our own test shortly, probably tomorrow.” Shigo would glance down at Hikaru and then back at the boys. “You two. You both will be instructed for missions with me being your leader. Until you are able to properly assess a scenario, you will be babysat by me. Any questions?”

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Jutsu Demonstrated:


Name: Earth Release: Tearing Earth Turning Palm
Rank: C
Power: C
Activation Cost: 5
Upkeep Cost: -
Range: 0 - 30 m.
Speed: B
Element: Earth
Skill: Ninjutsu
Classification: N/A
Requirements: Preexisting Earth
Parent Technique: N/A
Hand Seals: Tiger | Boar | Ox | Palms on Earth
Description: This technique causes the ground surrounding the enemy to spiral inwards on itself, burying them alive or crushing them. This technique is capable of causing quite a bit of damage to the area.[2] This technique is much more damaging if used in rocky mountainous areas, or inside a cave.
Weaknesses: N/A

OOC NOTE: EXITING THREAD PREMATURELY BECAUSE OF REASONS DESCRIBED IN THE ABSENCES SECTION OF THE SITE. SORRY FOR THE ABRUPT ANNOUNCEMENT, FRIENDS.

Ito slowly walks up to stand next to Atsu as Shigo critiqued their plan of action. Reasoning behind why they lost points made since as she explained the scenario in depth. Though it was a welcomed surprise as she gave them points to balance out the ones lost. This addition was given due to their combat coordination, though the twins would mostly chalk that up to them being twins and understanding each other's skills from being together so much but aside from that, Ito didn't look to deep into it.

"Yes. Points back. Even break." He says this under his breath, only loud enough for Atsu to hear as he immediately returns full attention to the words of their team leader. The topic of conversation travelled onto the subject of Stein regarding his exemption from that particular exercise, and that he would be tested separately. This was interesting to say the least but holds no candle to what she said next.

As she seamlessly returns to conversation back to the twins, she declares that they would start going on missions with her... even though she herself called it "babysitting", Ito had the urge to correct her but chose not to considering he was late to the training to begin with. With that, he just nodded his head and looked toward Atsu to see his twin's reaction.

[4]

Atsu is highly relieved when Shigo adds those points back, and although he can see the reasoning in her statement about why they had been deducted those ten points in the first place, he knows he could likely successfully argue that they shouldn't have had those points deducted in the first place, as she would have needed enough time to perform the handseals in order to crush the target. But he catches his younger brother's whisper about it being an even break and Atsu decides to instead hold his tongue and not let an outburst make their new sensei dislike them any less.

When Shigo calls it babysitting, it's far harder to hold his tongue, but he takes a moment to swallow his pride, restraining his initial reaction in order to focus more on the food of her statement, that they would be allowed to go on missions, albeit with her being their chaperone while on missions.

"We've been on missions before, y'know. Defensive missions to protect civilians, too..."

These statements were made under his breath, but he doesn't increase the volume of what he said, even if requested.

"Okay, cool! What's our first mission? Are we beating up bad guys? Saving some villagers from a mob boss? Ooh, ooh! What about taking down a bijuu that's started rampaging?!"

The last one is extremely unlikely and Atsu knows it, but the excitement at the thought of such an excessive challenge has already filled his little genin body with excitement regardless of the risk. The thought of facing down a bijuu with his twin brother next to him even puts a grin on his face.

As Rotwang excused himself early, Shigo accepted his request in which he would be off, leaving the 4 to discuss their next plans. With the twins’ cocky attitude, she would hear a mutter of words but not really make out what they said, causing Shigo to raise an eyebrow. “I would refrain from speaking like that.” Her sharp eyes pierced through the twins with her glare as she came down to their height. “Who knows, I could become a Jounin Commander at some point.” To most people, they knew of the hierarchy. Civilian being at the bottom, Genin, Chuunin, Jounin, then specialty forces, Jounin commander, and at the top would be the respective kage, being in charge of everyone and the city/country. Jounin commanders were practically next in line for kage yet they were considered a right hand man.

Shigo would make an attempted at a smile but would instead look like a crook trying to instigate a fight. She would wave the comment off and do a poor intimidated laugh. “There’s no way I could be one. Besides, we have Masaru.” Shigo would stand back up and look down to Hikaru, ruffing his hair up and then glancing to the twins again. “As for your missions, I’ve been recently told about a possible expedition to Kirigakure. Your missions will be on hold until then however chores are a grab and go. Please complete 3-5 chores a day while I may be away. However if you start now, I may be able to see if I can bring you.” Shigo’s arms would cross once more, seeming as though it was her favorite stance.