Having been neglecting her Ninjutsu training for the past few weeks Kudo decided that morning to head out to the mountains to get reacquainted with the stubborn element. While she had an affinity for moulding Doton chakra she had a hard time mastering any technique, though she’d had better results last time training in the mountains. Maybe it was the quiet and stillness that one could find in the windy crags, meditating always seemed impossible until she shed the loud hustle and bustle of the urban metropolis she spent most of her time within. It was a few hours before she really felt like the city had been left behind, even with its noise dying down shortly after taking the main road out it didn’t feel like she was out until she was surrounded by nature and off the busy road.
There were many trails to find and walk in the stony hills; she liked to follow the ones winding up to the peaks of the undulating region. Higher and higher she climbed until she found a small plateau where she could get to work. Sitting down she attempted to meditate, opting out after just five minutes and instead focusing on moulding her chakra for the exercises to come. First up on the docket was a simple and defensive technique that involved striking the ground after weaving a set of seals to produce an earthen wall. After a few tries her hands started to get sore, realizing it would have been best to bring some gloves and offer any protection to her bare palms. Finally she struck with such force that she swore a crack could be heard, a basic wall of dirt rising before her signaling her success. One down. Two to go.
The next was similar to another jutsu she knew that allowed for more free movement within the earth itself, almost swimming along its surface. This involved a more complicated interaction with the environment that would be moving with her to provide the constant alteration of the earth and stone around her. A few attempts granted partial success, but hilariously left her semi-submerged within the ground that left her giggling as she swayed back and forth with half buried. Closing her eyes she focused on coating herself in a layer of Doton chakra and was able to fully meld with the water-like ground and swim through its surface.
Surfacing from the ground she focused on the final technique she had planned, a simple offensive technique that involved spewing stone from the user’s mouth as a projectile. Scanning her surroundings she narrowed in on a pair of pine trees as her target, forming the four hand seals before exercising a rare bout of violence. Or at least she tried, all that was produced was a dribble of earth that she spat from her mouth. Yuck. Why did it have to be released from her mouth? Shaking her head she redoubled her focus, firing a tiny pebble this time with not nearly enough *umph* to be of use in combat. Surging her chakra she produced a fine rock that propelled and stuck itself within the bark with an explosion of wooden shrapnel around the point of impact. Jumping in the air with her success she sat down and watched the clouds a while before starting anything back up.
Jutsu Trained with 559/450 WC
There were many trails to find and walk in the stony hills; she liked to follow the ones winding up to the peaks of the undulating region. Higher and higher she climbed until she found a small plateau where she could get to work. Sitting down she attempted to meditate, opting out after just five minutes and instead focusing on moulding her chakra for the exercises to come. First up on the docket was a simple and defensive technique that involved striking the ground after weaving a set of seals to produce an earthen wall. After a few tries her hands started to get sore, realizing it would have been best to bring some gloves and offer any protection to her bare palms. Finally she struck with such force that she swore a crack could be heard, a basic wall of dirt rising before her signaling her success. One down. Two to go.
The next was similar to another jutsu she knew that allowed for more free movement within the earth itself, almost swimming along its surface. This involved a more complicated interaction with the environment that would be moving with her to provide the constant alteration of the earth and stone around her. A few attempts granted partial success, but hilariously left her semi-submerged within the ground that left her giggling as she swayed back and forth with half buried. Closing her eyes she focused on coating herself in a layer of Doton chakra and was able to fully meld with the water-like ground and swim through its surface.
Surfacing from the ground she focused on the final technique she had planned, a simple offensive technique that involved spewing stone from the user’s mouth as a projectile. Scanning her surroundings she narrowed in on a pair of pine trees as her target, forming the four hand seals before exercising a rare bout of violence. Or at least she tried, all that was produced was a dribble of earth that she spat from her mouth. Yuck. Why did it have to be released from her mouth? Shaking her head she redoubled her focus, firing a tiny pebble this time with not nearly enough *umph* to be of use in combat. Surging her chakra she produced a fine rock that propelled and stuck itself within the bark with an explosion of wooden shrapnel around the point of impact. Jumping in the air with her success she sat down and watched the clouds a while before starting anything back up.
Jutsu Trained with 559/450 WC
- Earth Release: Earth Shore Return (C-Rank)
- Earth Release: Subterranean Voyage (C-Rank)
- Earth Style: Stone Pistol Technique (C-Rank)