Board Thread:Konoha Logs/@comment-30271674-20161031032314

Andikins: {SK} Shinra and Ieyasu had taken a break halfway through their day of training to go to a ramen stand that was well known in the village. Just a plain old ramen stand that someone important visited more often than he should have in the past. Now it was like a five star restaurant with fast food! At the Ichiraku Ramen Shop the two genin got their food and had a chat, discussing what they were doing before paying and heading back to the field from before. Trees were still toppled over, earth was still displaced and standing up but starting to crumble, and the scroll had been left there out in the open. "So I thought of something to try to do, and if it works I might have it handled, but I would just need some help." He spoke to Ieyasu on their way back, trying to convey what he was going to do. "I think if I use the chakra through my feet and all the way tot he ground it will do what it's supposed to, and if it does I got the hang of using it. But I need help in the event someone breaks my flow. WHich is where you would come in to attack my wave and try to knock me off balance. I have to find a way to compensate for that. DO you think you could help me?" {SK}

Pavor: The saimen at Ichiraku’s was wonderful, and was enough to give some of the reinvigoration necessary before Ieyasu and Shinra went back to the training grounds to finish training and feel comfortable enough with their jutsu. Once they had arrived back, Shinra posed the question of another exercise that would be helpful for him. Ieyasu thought on it as he took note of the fact he had exhausted some of his reserves earlier in the day when he was trying to figure out how to use the jutsu and then proceeding to do so in the little forest training they did. He had to think of a way to remain helpful but also beneficial to himself for this last exercise. A thought occurred from earlier back when he was trying to figure out the right properties of Earth Spear and how he spent less chakra by concentrating what he had directly into just one of his arms. “I’ve got an idea, I can help but I’m trying not to exhaust myself. My chakra control isn’t too good either, so I’ll try to work on it. Basically, just tell me when to hit or kick and specifically what to use in the process. Ready whenever you are.” Ieyasu put his hands together in preparation, making the same seal from before while making sure that in the event Shinra began to move around to keep up while preparing for whenever Shinra called out what to hit with. Because that would alleviate the purpose of Shinra’s training however, Ieyasu would do his best to try and be frantic and unpredictable with his attacks even if Shinra was expecting it. This way he could improve on his own reaction time for his jutsu.

Andikins: {SK} Shinra, once back at the training grounds, formed his handseals for his jutsu. Instead of kneeling down or crouching this time, he just kept contact with the ground using his feet, getting lifted up by a wave of earth that crested to a find yet dull point on the end. Meanwhile whenever he made a turn jagged pieces would just out. "Alright I got the hang of moving with it!" He commented as he made a circle around an area to close it off before leaping over his wave, letting it dip down to only rise up and catch him to continue carrying him onwards. "Alright whenever you're ready come at me head on and try to strike the base!" He wanted to see how sturdy the wave was and how much conviction he had in the safety of his own jutsu. "After I get the hang of that I'm gonna try some attacks with it!" {SK}

Pavor: Watching as Shinra took off, Ieyasu had now collected enough Earth chakra to last him through a good portion of this last exercise. Despite Ieyasu’s request, it didn’t seem as though Shinra were to call out with what part of his body he should strike at the wave with. Just starting off, he didn’t really need to try and psych himself out with whatever next punch he’d throw. Although, because Ieyasu was using Earth Spear in his attacks it was just asking for trouble as the explosive power of it combined with his already sensational power would probably be more than enough to destroy the entire base of the technique and cause immediate failure for Shinra’s exercise. Understanding this well enough, Ieyasu would have to intentionally divert his kicks and punches to the sides of the growing structure so that there weren’t such disastrous results. Starting it off simple, Ieyasu tried to separate some of the chakra he had built before and let it flow through to his left arm and build up there. At the time the arm was beginning to darken in color, Ieyasu had already been throwing his punch at the base in question. His arm struck right above it, exploding a good portion of its top and with not even the full effects of Earth Spear. It wasn’t as devastating as when performed on the trees earlier, but it was still powerful enough to allow Ieyasu’s punch to barrel through. The after-effects of this would cause some instability to the rest of the winding path and if not fixed quick enough would lead to it falling off completely from the base and shattering once making landfall. Before it could fly or die, Ieyasu was already preparing for his next attack while trying to immediately cancel the flow of Earth chakra to the arm he had used for his first attack.

Andikins: {SK} With SHinra just enjoying the new mobility, it felt like flying along the ground that was pushing you along to the skies (if that made sense at all), he wasn't aware when Ieyasu was going to make the attack. But when it came and started to dismantle and devaste his Earth Flow Wave, Shinra's arms flailed and he leapt forward when the wave started to fall. With the feintest of rocks left on his feet, SHinra pushed off it and went through the air into a flip, forming a single handseal to continue his jutsu that was not truly broken. Earth rose up to catch his feet by shooting in one angle to catch him before spreading out like a rake with no space between the teeth to move him along through the area again. Earth rose up from the ground to make the whole structure sturdy and ready to keep moving like an array of hands he crowd surfed upon. "Okay! A little TOO much for the first try! Let's do that again but use your leg to sweep out the under side of it. Do what you can to let the top keep going without breaking and let the base of it stop where it is." Shinra had a plan to test out as he went around a tree, lifting the wave up higher to about ten feet to break through several branches, the wood making that whining creak as it started to break and fall to the ground below, only to be crushed under the amount of earth running over it like a freight train. {SK}

Pavor: “I don’t think you get it, Shin. The reason I was able to break it and disrupt you so easily is because you keep going high!” Ieyasu followed behind Shinra at a jogging pace, looking ahead and taking notice of the fact they were beginning to head back into the woods. To get closer to Shinra, Ieyasu took to the trees and leapt from branch to branch but not too close that he’d be in danger by staying close to Shinra. “Even though my Earth Spear is powerful, there will be people out there who are even more powerful than I am right now. If they take notice of the fatal flaw of this technique, they’ll kick you out while you’re high.” Ieyasu leapt up suddenly with a flying kick coming down straight on the edge of the structure’s mid-section with his foot angled so that as it became coated in Earth Spear that it would only take out a small portion of the side but on the belly of the snaking pillar would crumble and become intensely weaker to support Shinra. If he wasn’t careful enough, Shinra would see the same results while Ieyasu called out, “And then you’re going to be falling and have a good amount of airtime that you could be taken out in that time and worse yet if on a mission: Killed!” What Ieyasu was trying to get across that staying high in a combat scenario would be dangerous unless he had something to counter a juggernaut like Ieyasu in such situations. If he kept low and the ‘wave’ broke, then he could recover much more easily and in turn not risk so much when trying to go so high with it.

Andikins: {SK} Shinra, only up in the air for a moment, rode back down as Ieyasu started coming closer. Shinra was well aware that more surface area meant a weaker base. But some ninja could compensate for that. It was time to turn the tables on this right now. Shinra's lips quirked into a smirk, and he lowered down to a crouch, spinning on one foot to swing the other in a wide sweeping kick. This would send out a section from the wave as he came downward to collide with kick of Ieyasu. The two forces met each other and the earth Shinra had sent out had been crushed, while Shinra continued down to the ground, turning around and unravelling a scroll, showing that he could more than handle the fact that someone could try and get the drop on him. There was more to this jutsu than just moving around, it was like a mobile force to attack from and attack with. SHinra would dip down low to the ground, leaving Ieyasu behind with a taunt as he sped up to dart between trees. "Try and break it now that I'm just a foot above ground!" {SK}

Pavor: A change had been made, the beginning of Shinra’s stratagem to show there were ways to hide the flaw that Ieyasu had mentioned before. It was impressive for Shinra to think of something effective within that period of time. It certainly wasn’t something advanced and so well-thought out to deserve praise, but it was still admirable for a genin. After Ieyasu’s foot collided with the new piece that helped prevent the breakdown of the wave, his fall continued until he struck his hands outs suddenly and gripped onto the edge of the wave. As soon as he had this grip, he pulled himself up and onto the wave before beginning to run down its length to catch up to Shinra. As Shinra dipped down lower to sort of adhere to what Ieyasu had been saying from before, the Akimichi looked at this and realized since he was actually on the wave there was an opportunity present for him. His other leg became covered in the Earth Spear jutsu and he simply leapt a short amount into the air before sticking his feet out and cutting off his friend from the origin of the cascading heap of rock. With Earth Spear being utilized and coming down with all of his weight put into his feet: This wave would get crushed entirely. This action if carried out properly and with no hindrance would give Shinra no more room to continue growing from his second wave and because of the current speed he was traveling at it’d turn into a slightly sticky situation with droves upon droves of trees ahead. Whatever would happen probably wouldn’t be enough to warrant concern, but it’d certainly mean a whole lot of pain if this new scenario wasn’t handled correctly. After all, in the real shinobi world you never knew what was going to come at you next. You had to adapt or die in a crazy world like this.

Andikins: {SK} Shinra was going at a speed that most would find unacceptable for safety precautions, but that was kind of moot when you were wielding a chunk of earth like a sentient weapon. Though SHinra had plans to keep going like this and test it out more, Ieyasu had another idea which was to leap high into the air and come down to crush the wave. While not unexpected, Shinra didn't have any attacks that could stop it at this moment. There was only one thing he could do, bail out. He leapt forwards as Ieyasu came down, sending rock everywhere that started to cascade and clack against trees. Shinra did a soumersault, bracing his hands on the ground and pushing off in a handspring as his legs swung forward, forming a handseal to reactivate the jutsu which caught his legs and started to carry him. He quickly did a one eighty degree turn, in the meantime of the wide arc that he made he unraveled his scroll and instinctively started to fire several tools from it to try and pelt Ieyasu! They were blunt weapons like clubs and staves, seeking to just disorient the Akimichi as Shinra came in to lift up off the ground before aiming his wave downward for a crash to pummel him with. {SK}

Pavor: Ieyasu’s cancel to the cascade was successful and he came down just in time to see the aftermath of what was happening and act upon that. Shinra almost immediately took bail, understanding the danger at hand and afterward attempting to recover yet with some difficulty. Despite Ieyasu’s bulky appearance, it’d be surprising enough to find him easily closing the gap between him and the still recovering Shinra. His eyes looked of a strange intent while he sped ahead, Shinra just being able to recover in time and trying to use what little time he left before the endless assault on his character were to continue. However, at this time Ieyasu was already by his side and stopped quickly before putting a strong grip on his friend’s shoulders. “Looked like a rough recovery, thought I would have to come in but you pulled it off. I think we both did pretty well, and I think I at least got my shit down finally. You?” Ieyasu stretched about, beginning to walk out from the woods and back to the training ground. “I think I’ve done enough training right now anyway, feeling a little tired. Want to come with me so we can bring back in the scroll?” At the mentioning of it, Ieyasu picked the informational piece up and looked back to Shinra with a cheeky smile plastered on his face. “I think if you keep training hard like we did today, we’ll begin to make a lot more progress. Let’s call it a day for now though.” With that, Ieyasu began to head off down the road with or without Shinra and go off to relax for what time was left in the day.

Andikins: {SK} WIth the grip on his shoulder out of nowhere, Shinra was picked up off the wave, his feet dangling as the wave went off before sinking into the ground. "Yeah, I think I got how to use it at least. I want to take a break and go home for a rest, or to make something new. You should come by sometime and see some of the things I made." He commented on the tools he made, not one to show off in public, but he loved trying to gear up his friends with useful tools to make their ninja ways easier. {SK} 