Ryuzaki's training (Invite only)

The sky was rather clear today, blue all the way with a smattering of clouds here and there, the heat was fairly significant which was rather unpleasant to the young man in question as he was a fan of being cold rather than hot. A simple tan cloth bag with a rope securing it shut at the top was thrown over his shoulder, his clothing had smudges of dirt and the bottoms of his black pants were in tatters, the sandals on his feet were so thin he might as well be going barefoot, his appearance was that of a traveler that had most definitely seen better days. His dark blue shirt didn't look much better as it had a few tears and was also dusty like the rest of him, amber colored eyes took in the training grounds that he managed to find himself, having arrived at the village a little while ago he didn't want to be around the others fearing embarrassment given his lack of skill. He had chosen a lot of places with rocks as he could use them for both his strength training and his speed training, Ryuzaki knew that he had a lot of ground to cover if he wanted the power to keep his pride and his life regardless of what appeared.

Ryu tossed the simple cloth bag to the side and reached down grabbing up one of the rocks, he could feel the weight of it in his arms as he struggled slightly to lift it upwards above his head, up then down, up then down, up then down. He stood there doing this for a little while until he felt his arms beginning to burn and a light sheen of sweat glistened in the sunlight, he tossed the rock forward letting it thud into the ground so he could catch his breath a bit before walking over to the cloth bag and emptying it onto the ground. All that fell out was a few changes of clothing, a bit of money, gourd of water, some dried meat, and a small wood talisman that had been carved by his mother with the words protection and safety etched into the rough wood, he then filled the same bag up with a heap of rocks. He looped the rope around his neck letting the weight settle on his body before suddenly leaping towards one of the large rocks, or perhaps that was a boulder at this point, his feet slammed into the surface and his knees bent as he sprang from the boulder towards another.

He could feel the weight of the rocks dragging down his speed but Ryuzaki continued pressing forward, within moments his legs were already feel rather hot as his muscles burned, he was bouncing from rock to rock as quickly as possible. Sweat dripped from his body soaking his shirt causing it to cling to his back and chest, caramel colored skin flushed with stress as he sprang towards another boulder, instead of his feet his hands slammed into the surface of a boulder. He hung there for a moment seemingly stopped in mid air before pushing off with his arms thrusting himself into the air, his legs thrown backwards as he flipped several times before landing upside down on the ground, Ryu could feel the blood rushing towards his head already as he began walking around on his hands. His legs were pointed in the air to maintain his balance which seemed rather easy for him, he leaned his body to the side now lifting himself up off of one of his hands leaving him there on his right hand.

Ryuzaki's teeth pressed against each other as he lowered himself down slowly, he could have done it quickly as could anyone but instead he kept it deliberately slow straining his arm more than usual. The ground beneath him became a small puddle a rivets of sweat ran down his nose and hair, in time he switched to his left arm repeating the process until his body began shaking from the effort of his rather rudimentary training. If there were others watching him they would have probably made fun of the country bumpkin using rocks to train his body up, there was a soft grinding noise nose as he pressed himself down towards the ground slowly, that sound was his teeth grinding against each other harshly as he strained himself. Ryuzaki's trembling arm suddenly gave out and Ryu fell face first into the ground, his nose stung as he fell into the ground and he immediately cursed under his breath before rubbing at it with his shaking hand. That naturally left a smudge on his nose, he sat up and leaned his back against one of the boulders as he breathed it deep gulps of air, his trembling arm reached for the water gourd and the dried meat.

He gulped down the water as if he were a drowning man in the desert, he tore into the meat like a ravenous beast, there wasn't much flavor to the dried meat but hey it would stay edible for a lot longer than regular food. He sat there for a bit drinking his water and eating his dried meat, when he felt like he recovered he stood up and began facing one of the boulders before punching out at it with his left fist, it smacked into the rock rather painfully yet instead of flinching he sucked on his teeth before punching out with his other hand. Thud, thud, thud, this was the sound that could be heard for a while as Ryuzaki smacked his fists into the stone repeatedly without stopping, with each strike one could have seen the pain in his eyes yet he did not stop. He had done this sort of training before but never with a boulder, he had done it with wood rather than stone but all the areas with trees had people training there already, he'd seen them walking up them or trying to and wondered when he would be able to do such a thing.

The skin of his knuckles broke and split, blood began to paint the boulder as Ryuzaki continued and continued, sharp intakes of air could be heard as he hissed in pain with each strike, "dammit!", he growled out as the pain finally became too much and he stopped punching. He tore some of the thin cloth from his shirt and wrapped it around his bleeding knuckles, the cloth soon darkened with blood but it seemed to do the job for now so he got back to his training. Thud, thud, thud, the sound returned but instead of fists slamming into stone it was Ryuzaki's legs, his shins were slamming into the stone a lot harder than his fists had been, the sound echoed around him as he flinched at the feeling but continue just like before. Rather than going on to the point of smashing his skin open like he had his knuckles he only continued until he felt like his shins felt like they were little more than a bruised mess of flesh, if he kicked anymore he was sure his shins would be as bloody if not bloodier than his knuckles at this point.

He fell straight onto the ground breathing deeply as he looked at the sky, his feet pulling up and his hands resting behind his head as Ryu began going up and down rapidly, every time he sat up he vigorously turned his body from side to side. He breathed out as if he were striking someone, his midsection soon feeling the same burn as the rest of his body had, soon he was actually striking out with his fists every time he sat up to keep his arms warmed up. He kept at it with the sit ups until he could feel his stomach convulsing painfully even when he wasn't moving, he laid back taking the cramps while shifting uncomfortably for a bit, that didn't take long to fade away luckily. He was already feeling exhausted and wondered if he should continue on, his father always warned him about over working his body but now that Ryuzaki was here, now that he had seen what he wanted to become he felt a surge of obsession to become a real ninja not just some kid from the sticks pretending to be one.

He stood up and walked towards one of the larger boulders which was taller than even he was, a little hop up he managed to find a catch on the rock and began pulling himself up and down. "Up then down, up then down", Ryuzaki was whispering to himself in a bored fashion, while he was stead fast in his conviction to get stronger and become a ninja he had to admit this kind of training was rather mind numbing to him. At least with the kicking and punching he felt the impact of his hits but this was literally just pulling himself up and lowering himself down over and over, god he wished that a meteor would strike the field or a super powerful expert would suddenly appear to teach him some amazing skills. He could feel the burn in his shoulders yet he continued, his wishes never seeming to come true as he just continued with the basic of the basic training, maybe he should have gone to the academy or asked around to see if someone could teach him something.

"Do I just walk up to someone and say who can teach me how to be a ninja?", he asked himself as he pulled himself up and then pushed off with his feet flying backwards to land on top of a boulder before diving towards the ground. He rolled over and his arm shot out like he was throwing something, before you go thinking this hick had some kunai or a shuriken he doesn't, what he threw was a small rock which he scooped up as he rolled on the ground hitting a large boulder as if that was hard to do. The small rock shattered and Ryuzaki sighed a bit at the lack of weapons, he wanted to make some at the village using his father's forge but his father refused to let Ryu make weapons because he didn't want this crazy delusion of Ryu's to go on any longer. Ryu leaped upwards landing sideways on a boulder before springing to another as he had earlier, it was like Ryuzaki was a bouncy ball in the shape of a human, if only sounds were included because then everyone could imagine that they were playing pinball.

His arm flashed out scooping up a handful of pebbles that he began throwing in various directions at targets that weren't there except inside of his head, he hit them for the most part though they weren't perfect as well they were rocks and Ryuzaki wasn't exactly an expert marksman. Little pops could be heard as the smaller rocks shattered, Ryuzaki rushed forward and followed up each of the thrown rocks with a punch or kick as if taking advantage of an opponent that was stunned by a thrown weapon. After following up with the last attack Ryuzaki just kind of stood there staring into space wondering what else he could do at the moment, his body on the other hand was telling him to stop and go find a place to rest already. He wasn't at his limit but he was certainly sore and stinky, he could smell himself and it was not a pleasant smell for him so he could only imagine what it might smell like to others. Looking around Ryu decided it was enough for the day, he poured the rocks out of his bag and put his belongings back into it, as he walked away to find a place to stay he drank the rest of his water and nibbled on the last of his meat, hopefully he could find someone with experience to train him soon.

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OOC: Total word count 2019, 10 point stat gain, character has exited.

After going to the academy Ryuzaki had been informed that there was a library for the lower rank jutsus that anyone could borrow, they were simple skills that were really just the first steps to becoming a ninja. Ryuzaki had chosen his area from the last time, he sat down cross legged and opened up the first scroll to read, this scroll was for the surface walking technique, it seemed rather simple but to someone who had never used his chakra before it wasn't after thinking about it for several minutes he stood up and made his way towards a boulder. The boulder was about twenty feet high so it was a good starting point Ryu thought to himself, he closed his eyes before drawing in a deep breath and charging forward as if he were going to tackle the boulder. Naturally Ryuzaki did not do this as that would have been very stupid, instead he planted his feet on the surface of the rock and began running up it as fast as he could, he got about six feet before his body was completely horizontal with the ground.

It was at this time that Ryuzaki realized that he did not have anymore momentum, he hung there in the air for a moment before he suddenly fell back down towards the ground, "sonofa", his words were cut off as he felt his back smack into the ground solidly. Ryuzaki didn't move for a bit but that wasn't because he couldn't but more of he was thinking about what was wrong, too fast, shouldn't have just went for it like an animal chasing after some prey that it just spotted, cool your head off and take your time, he told himself before standing up again. He took a few steps away from the boulder and slowed his breathing down as he inhaled deeply and tried to touch upon his chakra center, it was natural energy, it was a part of him, that meant he could control it. Something seemed to come to life inside of him, a soft burning sensation in the pit of his stomach that was in no way painful to the young man, he pushed the feeling downwards and he felt it traveling through his legs and into his feet.

He moved forward once more towards the boulder, he traveled up just like before but now he continued upwards for a few steps, "yes!", a sense of excitement and that was a mistake, the lack of concentration in that moment caused the soothing burning sensation of his chakra to just disappear. Ryuzaki had to time to curse at himself before falling onto his back once again, however he returned to his feet quickly this time as he wanted to active his chakra again since the feeling of success was fresh within his mind. His eyes closed and his breathing became level again as he used his chakra, each time he tried he got a little further, he fell so many times he wouldn't be surprised if there was an imprint of his ass in front of the boulder. Just a little more, just a little more, his breathing had gotten heavier over time and his amber colored orbs held an intense light as he charged forward again and again, it was almost as if everything else didn't matter to him in these moments of training.

Most people probably would have stopped once they reached their goal but not Ryu, even after getting the hang of it he continued playing with the technique, he was running circle around the boulder while sticking to it's surface by the end of it, he could jump from one boulder to another and walk straight up them without much of a problem. It was far from being perfect being perfected but Ryuzaki had plenty of time to keep practicing and perfecting the technique, for now he sat down to open one of the other scrolls, this scroll held the clone technique. Reading the description of said technique had Ryuzaki slightly amazed, he knew ninja could do amazing things but he had always thought anyone could do it with enough training but they truly were not ordinary people. This one seemed like it focused on visualization more than simple actions, the idea was to create a copy of yourself which meant he had to imagine himself to the point where the clone was indistinguishable from himself.

His hands were moving as he thought to himself, they were slow deliberate movements as Ryuzaki began memorizing the seals that were needed to activate this particular technique, ram snake tiger, ram snake tiger, he repeated this in his head at least a hundred times before trying to use the technique for the first time. The copy seemed to appear in front of Ryuzaki like a faded picture coming back into focus, his lack of experience causing the copy to flicker slightly giving away the illusion, Ryu's eyes fell on the clone's legs which seemed normal to him, he began looking upwards and noticed the color of his shirt was off by a couple of shades. That could probably be changed pretty easily but as he came to the face he was very off put because it didn't have one, no eyes, no mouth, no nose, no ears, the only things on that blank head was the scar on his cheek which Ryu reached up to touch lightly. Ryuzaki quickly caused the clone to vanish as he didn't want to look at that anymore, he reached down and dug out a small spot in the ground before going to his bag to get his water gourd and pour the water into the small hole.

Ryu allowed the water to settle before looking at his face calmly in the small pool of water memorizing every detail of his face, Ryuzaki obviously knew what he looked like but he wasn't used to seeing himself every single day or anything like that. This was him mapping out every detail to apply to the clone, he tried again and this time the shirt was the same color and the face was there however it was like he was looking at a dumber version of himself, the eyes were too close together, the eyebrows were too thick, the cheeks were less angular and the nose was too big. Ryuzaki waved his hand dismissing the clone, this one took a bit more precise control than the surface walking technique he used earlier, he stopped to think about what he was doing for several moments before trying it again. He exhaled slowly as he activated the technique once more and watched as the clone appeared without any problems, this time as he stared hard at it Ryuzaki could only find minor imperfections within the clone like a piece of hair sticking out how it shouldn't or that his skin was just a shade lighter than the real Ryuzaki's either way it was pretty good and he wasn't done yet.

Ryuzaki continued going at this several more times until he was certain that the clone looked like him in every way, he even began moving around with the clone their movements identical as Ryuzaki found it amusing to watch himself who actually wasn't him. Finally Ryuzaki was done for now, he would return to practice more as he liked the quietness of this training area, he would have liked a forest more as he grew up on the edge of a forest but couldn't always have what you wanted he thought to himself as he took his leave.

OOC: Word count 1,272 words, would like to claim surface walking technique and clone technique requiring one thousand words, and six stat points requiring twelve hundred words, character has exited.

Ryuzaki returned about an hour later with new scrolls stuffed into his bag, the first one he pulled out to read was called the transformation technique, this technique involved him changing his appearance to that of someone or something else. Ryuzaki could see how this technique could be very useful, the usefulness seemed to be underestimated by everyone seeing as it was considered the lowest rank among the skills from what he had learned. Ryu's hands began moving slowly as he thought about how to approach this technique, it seemed like it required more precise control similar to the clone technique as he would need to get the details down for whatever he was becoming on the outside at least. From what the scroll said it had to be around the same shape as himself which would make sense, dog boar ram, dog boar ram, his hands moved to form the seals slowly as his brain memorized them along with his body., he stopped once he believed he had the pattern down for this technique.

That pleasant burning sensation returned as he activated the technique using his chakra, Ryuzaki felt the technique crumble as he activated and he looked down at himself to see what happened, the result was a mix of half dark skinned man and half hard rock. Half of Ryuzaki's body had become what he had visualized which was a human sized rock among the field of rocks, the other half was still himself and though he was half transformed he still felt like himself, that was rather odd he thought. He moved his fingers yet the surface of the rock didn't seem to move, that was really weird so he disabled the technique turning himself back into just plain old Ryuzaki, he scratched at his head before closing his eyes. He wanted to block out any kind of distraction so he closed his eyes so he couldn't see anything, just imagine the object clearly in his mind down to the tiny pockets on the surface of the rock from years in the rain and wind.

The effect was more noticeable this time as only Ryuzaki's arm and head were left in a normal state this time rather than the other half of his body, the dark skinned young man clicked his teeth in annoyance as he disabled the technique again. This one was definitely more annoying and he could only imagine that it became more difficult to deal with when more intricate things than a damn rock were involved, he calmed himself down before he actually got upset rather than annoyed. Ryuzaki continued several times until he was certain that he had managed to transform himself into a Ryu sized rock almost perfectly, at first there had been spots that he could tell were lacking in detail so he continued tinkering with the technique until he was sure it was at a pretty good level. Even then he pressed forward more trying to make it more fluid and his hand seals faster, by the time he was done he felt like he couldn't possibly forget the hand seals and if someone randomly asked him to show the transformation technique he would do it on instinct at this point.

Ryuzaki decided to call it a day for the training and return this last scroll to the academy as he didn't have anymore uses for it, along the way he was moving his hands to make seals forever imprinting them into his mind as if that hadn't already been done, he whistled to himself as he did so thinking about his next step for training.

OOC: Word count 607, claiming transformation technique and three stats, character has exited.

The next time he returned Ryuzaki was carrying not just his bag but also a small cage filled with several beetles, he made sure that they did not have any wings to fly away or that would make things more difficult for him. Today's first technique was the mark seal, rather plain but accurate name Ryu thought to himself as he sat down and began reading the first scroll explaining how to use this mark seal, seemed pretty simple like the other lower ranked techniques were so he got to it. This one didn't require any hand seals which was nice, instead his hands tingled at the sensation of his chakra activating as he circulated it through his fingers. He reached over to the cage opening it up and grabbing one of the tiny beetles before pressing his finger to it, the seal lit up on the beetle's shell before slowly fading away and Ryuzaki thought he had actually managed to get this down in one go. He put the beetle down and let it start crawling away before closing his eyes, he waited about a couple of minutes for it to get some distance away, once he opened his eyes he could no longer see it around him, he then tried using the mark to find the beetle but nothing happened.

Ryu looked a bit confused as he tried again only to find he had no actual connection with the beetle that he had marked, he then frowned before activating the chakra in his hand again and repeating the process with the next beetle. Ryuzaki closed his eyes and waited for a bit until he figured it was gone then searched for it with his chakra again, he felt a faint pull towards his left so he stood up and began walking forward slightly to the left trying to discover where it was. As he stepped around a rock he felt the seal weakening as if it were being rubbed away by something, Ryuzaki once again frowned and began moving a bit faster to find out where the beetle was but before he could manage to do so it just disappeared into thin air leaving him standing there with nothing else to do. Ryuzaki was pleased and displeased with this progress as it was progress but he had expected this particular one to be easier, he walked back to the cage and to grabbed yet another beetle which he placed the seal on applying a bit more oomph to the seal.

Once again he closed his eyes and let the beetle go, this time when he opened them he could clearly tell that the beetle had gone off to the right, there was a strong pull towards this direction as he walked, he looked at the ground trying to find the beetle. As the beetle changed direction the seal pulled at his senses to let him know this and he changed directions as well, he soon found it walking along the ground slowly and he bent down to poke it on the shell to release the seal. Now that it had served it's purpose Ryuzaki let the beetle keep on going, it had already dealt with enough from the caramel colored young man, plus he had a few more to keep training on. The next bit he released three at once with the seal to see how well he could track multiple targets at once, it proved to be a little more disorienting to be honest but it wasn't impossible he just needed to focus a little more, once he was done with them he released the seals and let them just walk away.

After he was done with that technique he went into his bag pulling out two scrolls this time, one of which was the technique he was about to learn and the other was a plain scroll that he was going to be turning into a weapon holding scroll. The technique was fuuinjutsu like the mark seal but this required him to seal items within a space inside the scroll, the scroll didn't just come with a space created inside of it he had to do that so that was definitely interesting to think about. If you wanted to get technical wasn't he kind of like a god as he was creating a new space?, he chuckled lightly at the idea of someone as weak as him being a god, still it was definitely not something he was expecting to do when he signed up to become a ninja four years ago. Currently Ryuzaki didn't have any weapons to seal inside of the scroll so he was going to have to work with rocks, he did one and placed it on the center of the scroll before he began placing seals on the scroll.

Once he felt like he was finished he activated the seal and the rock seemed to disappear in front of his eyes, "ha that was easy", he said to himself confidently before activating his chakra again to make the rock reappear from the scroll. Only nothing seemed to happen, Ryuzaki frowned as he tried to connect himself directly to the space inside of the scroll to see what was inside, only when he connected to the space Ryu found that it was completely empty. Not even a speck of the rock was anywhere within the space, "where the hell did it go?", he had no idea and that was certainly not a good start to this one, why couldn't he ever get these things done right the first time around?. He sighed lightly before placing another rock on top of the scroll and activating his chakra making it disappear without warning or at least most of it, there was about a quarter of the rock still on the scroll which meant he had broken it in the process. "Well can't have that happening or else I'll have no weapons left right after getting them", he told himself in a disappointed fashion before emptying the scroll and trying again.

Gradually the amount that went into the scroll became more and more, eventually he managed to start transferring rocks into the scroll without much of a problem, the rocks would go in and then come out only to go back in. Currently with no weapons he figured it didn't hurt to have a sudden barrage of rocks shot out to hit the opponent, of course he wasn't going to be running into any fights in his head so this was just more like he did a bunch of work so he wanted to be able to carry around to remind himself he was on his way to becoming a real ninja. Ryuzaki began wondering if perhaps he should go for the genin exams at this point, he had learned the required jutsu that were listed to pass the test but he felt nervous because he wasn't sure if he had the requirements in other areas. He felt stronger, faster, clear headed after learning to use his chakra but was that enough?. Maybe he should just go for it and if he failed he could always try again right?, he nodded to himself as if he had given some wise advice rather than what literally anyone would have said to someone without much confidence in themselves, it was enough to leave for now.

OOC: Word count 1,238 words, claiming mark seal and generic sealing technique for 1k words, along with 6 stat points for 1.2k words.

Ryuzaki returned a day later with a fresh new head band tied around his waist like a belt, he had officially stepped up to the level of genin and was able to learn more advanced techniques now. Some of which he had brought with him inside his simple cloth bag, the first technique that he took out was the body flicker technique as the speed boosting capability of this technique could be very useful to him. He pondered over the scroll as he always did trying to think of how best to approach this before standing up and readying himself to attempt it. He brought his hands up to form the ram seal and activated his chakra before trying to shoot forward only to find out he was running at normal speeds, a look of surprise and confusion coming over his features as he nearly stumbled forward because he had been expecting a much faster pace. Hmmmmm Ryu frowned as he formed the ram seal again before activating his chakra like before, he felt it course through his body and he rushed forward thinking he had gotten it down right.

However Ryu quickly realized that he wasn't moving that much faster than before, the technique said there should be a noticeable difference, this was like oh hey we made you a tad bit faster than before so yay to you. Ryuzaki stopped and frowned again before closing his eyes to think about this a bit more, he needed to disperse the chakra more evenly to allow for his whole body to move at the same speed. This time it seemed like his upper body and his lower body were out of sync with each other due to his chakra control resulting in less speed than he would have liked, he needed to keep his chakra more balanced in the end. He drew in a deep breath before opening his eyes and using the ram seal once again, he flew forward with more speed and felt elated that he managed to pull it off this time. He mistakenly decided that it was a good idea to throw his arms up in victory, the sudden movement wrenched him out of the technique and sent him for a spin like a human top, he smacked off the ground several times as he rolled into himself to dissipate the damage.

Ryuzaki sat on the ground for a moment not really all that hurt but embarrassed that he had forgotten that you couldn't do anything suddenly like that, the technique was too fast to do any other action than moving towards the intended target. By throwing his arms up he had thrown himself off balance and it resulted in this, Ryuzaki brushed himself off and stood up to stretch a bit and make sure that nothing was all that hurt, once satisfied he brought his hands back up. The ram seal was once again formed and he shot off like a rocket, however Ryuzaki had forgotten one very important thing when using this technique, make sure the path in front of you was clear or else BAM!. There was a sound like a car hitting a rock as Ryuzaki ran straight into a boulder like a moron, the instant he saw it closing in he knew there was no way to avoid it so he grit his teeth closed his eyes and took it like a man, a really really dumb man.

Ryuzaki felt the wind run out of his sails faster than a rabbit running from a wolf, he clung to the side of the boulder for a moment before stumbling backwards very slowly, he felt like his nose had been squished flat and his head was spinning. This was a very important moment for Ryuzaki as he realized that he needed to be absolutely sure that there was nothing in the way the next time he used this technique, he shook his head like a dog and then looked around to find the clearest path that he could. He almost had it down he just needed to think more about what he was doing in these moments, he formed the seal once again and shot off in a clear direction, he could feel the world rushing by him and it was an exhilarating feeling. The sound of the wind in his ears, the feel of it whipping through his hair, that feeling of being the fastest thing that there is in this world, he obviously wasn't the fastest in the world but in the moment he felt like he was. If only he could feel this way every moment of every day, it was like being able to see the world in slow motion, or super speed motion he really wasn't sure and that didn't matter at all in this moment.

The ram seal was formed and Ryuzaki shot off like an arrow released from the bow, his body flicker technique did not include smoke it just had him vanishing from sight as he felt like the smoke effect was lame looking. This time there did not seem to be any problems so he stopped when he got about ten feet away from his original position, he felt like that worked pretty damn well and began disappearing all over the place. This feeling was the bet, he felt like he could go anywhere and do anything, he only wished that he could change directions and activate the technique again to suddenly shoot off in a different direction but it just did not work like that. Every time he tried changing direction in the middle of the movements he ended up on the ground with nothing to show for it except some dirt and embarrassment so he eventually stopped trying to do that. He can't have been the first one to try and make the technique better yet it was still the same after all these years so someone as average as him wasn't going to be the one to evolve the technique.

The body flicker technique was perfect for what he was about to do next though as it would allow him to more easily capture his intended targets, he walked away from his little area searching for the little critters he knew were lurking about. It took a few minutes but he soon found the bunnies that he knew were around here, suddenly Ryuzaki would disappear from sight and reappear just a couple of feet from the bunnies. Before the little creatures could react Ryuzaki was already forming the tiger seal with his hands and activating his chakra, he tried to lock down the area around him with his chakra, the temporary paralysis technique was suppose to scare them into standing still. Instead what happened was three rabbits sped off in a different direction to get away from the caramel colored young man that had managed to sneak just a couple of feet from them, "get back here you little furry bastards!". Ryuzaki growled at the little creatures before suddenly disappearing after forming the ram seal to chase after one of the fleeing rabbits, he came out and started running after the critter before forming the tiger seal.

He tried to force his chakra out a bit roughly "stop!" he yelled at the fleeing bunny who seemed to slow down as if getting ready to obey but then its head shook as if coming out of a daze, "nooooooo", Ryuzaki spoke slowly as he tried to lock the rabbit down again. The rabbit smirked!, Ryuzaki was sure of it, then kicked it's legs back spraying dirt towards Ryu as if mocking him as it took off like a bat out of hell, that little son of a, Ryu ran after it with a renewed passion, the other rabbits did not matter in this moment, only this rabbit, the mocking smug little guy was the only one that mattered. Ryuzaki had the speed advantage the problem was this little critter was a lot more agile and unpredictable than Ryu originally thought, his hands formed the tiger seal as he activated his chakra letting it burst forth. The rabbit slowed down to a complete stop almost before suddenly waking up and looking back towards Ryu, the rabbit's eyes were glittering, yes glittering!, arrogantly as it once again sprayed dirt towards him challenging him to keep trying and failing miserably.

Never before had Ryuzaki been mocked by an animal and never had he been mocked like this, his pride had been stepped on by a stupid furry little critter with a fluffy butt!, Ryu howled like an animal "I will make you into stew!!". He charged after the rabbit like a bull to the matador, the only difference was that the more this went on the more proficient Ryuzaki became at using the technique, he got close and he would form the hand seal of the tiger to let his chakra burst forth. After a couple of tries he felt it rush out like a flood and locked the rabbit down completely, while Ryuzaki stood there he could see the rabbit's eyes darting around as if looking for an escape route. It's tiny body trembling as it tried to force itself to move with no results, Ryuzaki looked down triumphantly at the rabbit as he began laughing at it, "aha not so tough now are you?", here he was becoming a ninja by bullying a rabbit, what had his life become?, how many people would look at him strangely if they saw this scene?.

Rather than being embarrassed by this he released the jutsu allowing the rabbit to run again, there was a wicked grin on his face "run run as fast as you can little rabbit because I'm coming for you!". He declared loudly before running after the now terrified rabbit, it had expected Ryuzaki to give up after failing a few times but unfortunately this rabbit had run into one of the most spiteful and shameless of humans who could hold a grudge forever. He felt no remorse over bullying this little rabbit instead he was enjoying himself too much as he disappeared from sight and locked the rabbit down again and again and again, eventually the little rabbit just couldn't take it anymore. The rabbit finally just stopped moving even after being released, it gave him a look that said, screw you if you are going to kill me then kill me already, Ryuzaki felt a bit of respect for the little critter so he decided to let him go. After all if he had been in the same situation Ryu would have probably chosen to do the same thing because of his pride, he would rather die than be toyed around with by someone that was much stronger than him, if you couldn't at least show some backbone what was the point of living then?.

Ryuzaki waved his hand in a dismissive fashion towards the little rabbit who he decided would be named Runna "alright alright go on, I've done enough already, just don't be so cocky when you can't do anything about it", was a genin really saying that?, what could he do to someone that was powerful?. He would be just like that tiny rabbit waiting to die yet he had the balls to say that, Runna the rabbit left without a word, obviously rabbits can't talk people, and Ryuzaki watched it leave wondering if perhaps he would ever run into the little guy again. He was pretty sure that if rabbits could talk Runna would most certainly have had some very choice and offensive words to say to him before it ran off for the final time, Ryuzaki gather the scrolls back up and pushed them into his cloth bag. He felt like he had done enough training for the day, he'd come back with some more scrolls another time and perhaps terrorize the rabbits some more, he chuckled softly as he began walking away from his little training grounds wondering which techniques he should go after next time.

OOC: Word count 2,021, claiming body flicker technique and temporary paralysis technique, 10 stat gain.