Of the two main Shinobi Training Centers in the village, the Academy is far larger in size and was built against the nearest mountainside behind the dojo, offset to the side. This is largely due to the lower chance of a taijutsu attack destroying a building and also less likely to be broken off of it's foundation. It has no actual ceiling for most of the year, with one being built during the rain and winter seasons to keep it from flooding. The walls also can open to direct more destructive techniques away from the village itself. These two buildings were constructed by the shinobi not far from the Kage's Office with the intention of the Arashikage never being too far away from the new blood. Do not fix what isn't broken after five years the Academy remains the same.
Posted: Sat May 05, 2018 12:57 pm
Yuno held on tight as her father leaped from the Spire. It was a long way down and as such the experience was both exhilarating and terrifying. Tiny hands gripped onto Jay's body tightly as she held for dear life. Eventually they made their way to the ground and she laughed happily now that safety was underfoot. The rush of potential danger turning into the after glow of adrenaline mixed with a feeling of being impervious that only came from surviving danger. "I love how pretty everything within the village is... well Souta's not but he doesn't count" she said with a pouting voice trailing at the end. Her slightly older brousin was a real pain in her a** sometimes. He was always trying to pick on her and make her feel bad. Sometimes she got flustered but mostly it just irritated her.
The Academy itself was shockingly open, not that she really knew to expect anything that different. Their house in the sage lands had been a... partially closed building. All of the outer walls were capable of sliding together and creating openings. As such many of the monkeys came and went as they pleased. But having spent most of her life there, she didn't have too much reference for how buildings tended to be. Though if she were to compare the Academy to the other buildings in the village it would be noted as weird.
"Mmm so daddy what'cha gonna teach the class?" she was quite curious as to that. Both of her mothers had done little to teach her of the ninja arts and while she had a vague understanding of them it was nothing close to allowing the actual use of them. So really anything he taught would be fresh and interesting ground. Though she did have her preference for what she wanted to learn. ""
Jay let out a laugh when the girl admonished her brothercousinfriend. His legs hadn't even felt a small bit of the impact that he had caused when he landed from the spire, and he had immediately started walking again. Well, walking when there wasn't a faster path, avoiding a bridge by walking along a precarious path for instance. "You two are so different than me and Jeon it's crazy. Gotta learn not to let him get under your skin, princess." As he trotted along, and they reached the academy, he would turn his head to look at her before giving her a bit of explanation. "Ever wonder why the village looks so wildly different in some places?" he would ask, leaping to attach himself to the wall, knowing that since she was a toddler she'd been safely holding onto his body during freefalls with confidence. As he scaled the wall quickly, he would reach back and take her in one arm , sitting her on a windowsil and straddling it as well. "Every district here was built up by different groups of people. The traditionalists built the dojo and academy, hard workers from the mist village and cloud built up the Gust district. Everything's wildly different, but it all still flows together, you see?" He would move into the window, helping the little one in as well. "It's kinda like working with elemental chakra natures, which im sure eventually we're gonna learn you have at least three of. Both me and your mother do. So!" he would ssay sitting on the desk of the classroom and inviting her to stand before him. He reached behind him into the drawer, happy to see the desk carried what he needed. He set the slip of small, square paper beside her and reached for her hands. "What do ya know of chakra?"
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Her eyes sparkled with the light of new knowledge as her father spoke of the village's creation. She had no idea that so many people had been involved in the creation of such beauty. It was magnificent and perhaps a stroke of luck that it all blended together so well. "That's amazing, I hope I can create such pretty things some day." Beyond being a shinobi, her dream.. no that was too strong of a word for such a young one with whims like the wind. Her aspiration was to create things as beautiful as her own being. Whether that was art, flower arrangements, or perhaps even jutsu. In truth her desire to be a ninja was simply to follow in the footsteps of parents. The profession came second to how she wished to represent herself.
As they walked towards the Academy a feeling of excitement was starting to grow inside of Yuno. It was her first day. There would be new people, some her own age. She would learn a great many things too. Indeed, there was much to be excited about. As far as chakra went, she was pretty much in the dark. Up until now she'd had a childhood devoid of training and teaching about the ninja arts. What little she did know was learned during scare and precious time with family. "Not much, momma said it's the energy that fuels almost all of her abilities. Well that and everybody has it." ""
"Chakra is power" He thought to himself as he entered the room with Aurelia in tow. The building was eerily similar to the Otogakure Academy. It was very open and obviously meant for the instruction of a great many people at once. It brought back nostalgic memories of training the next generation of Shinobi as he once did. Haji, Chigiri, and Jenna were grown now- the time for teaching had since passed. Belamos slid the door to the room closed beside him but made no move to enter further into the room. Aurelia hid behind his leg, peeking around to eye Yuno. He found it interesting how she was fully capable of handling herself with adults yet she struggled with other children. Likely due to her not growing up around many. Jay seemed to be instructing his daughter in the existence of elemental chakra. While he was capable of using Raiton, he was the world's foremost practitioner of Katon chakra. It was his bread and butter and quite possibly the thing he was most famously known for "I hope I'm not disturbing anything" He said to the Kage "I was curious to see what your academy was like"
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Jay couldn't help but contain his smile when it came to his daughter's very base knowledge of chakra. "Both of those things are indeed true," he said, turning his head when the door to the Academy slid open. He waived off Belamos's concern. He'd invited him after all. "Nope, not at all. Take it in. It's supposed to be... inspiring." he shrugged. He opted out of the same description of it's history he'd given to Yuno, and instead reached out for her hands. He cupped them together and focused his chakra into a single handseal. Before her eyes, her hand would fill with water via the Water Manipulation technique. "Momma taught you right. There is indeed chakra inside of every living thing. You, me, circus clowns, even trees and shrubs all have chakra within them. What sets shinobi apart from shinobi is our ability to do things like that, or this..." he would trail off performing handseals he typically didn't need to and inhaling deeply. A small flame would produce from his mouth, a high restrained Goukakyou. He cut it off, barely even warming her hands, but still probably closer to fire than she'd been before. With another clap, the water in her hand would suddenly evaporate once more. (Cheeky Performance D rank.)
"So, princess. You interested in learning what your chakra nature is?" He took the slip of paper, placing it in between the tips of two fingers to show her how to do it, then handing it over. Sharp eyes focused on her own hands, and he would urge her to replicate what he had done. "Now. Calling on chakra is one of the easiest things in the world to do. Close your eyes and focus on your own breathing. Take deep breaths, allow yourself to feel what its like to have your lungs fill up and then be emptied. Picture yourself in your mind, imagine what it's like to have your blood flowing all through you by the pumping of your heart." He would reach out to her, touching two fingers to each of the 8 gates in her body. "Now imagine if instead of a blood, that each of these points pump something just as tirelessly. That's your chakra network. When you focus on that imaginary feeling, then you will really feel it. Knowing something within you exists is the first step to controlling it." Ninjutsu wasn't his specialty, but he was still more than well versed in it's usage. He himself wrapped his legs below his body on th desk and closed his eyes to focus, allowing the slight tengu visage around him to momentarily manifest as he meditated. If she was able to grasp that concept, then the paper would react to her elemental chakra and turn soggy in her fingers. ( B Rank Meditate)
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__ The sentinel entered the area which was a short stroll from the Spire. His heavy black boots clicked on the ground as he approached the inspiring structure. The Academy of Arashigakure was truly a sight to behold among the majestic mountains. It had been some time since he visited and trained to learn new techniques. He was working overtime in the ANBU headquarters, patrolling the streets, and handling crime. Today he finally had a free moment to sharpen himself in the academy and perhaps a visit to the neighboring dojo afterward. He was also intrigued after meeting Belamos Karna and heard that he and the Arashikage were going to that area as well. Kenshin was still suspicious of the man who murdered his leader. A usurper was a thief as far as he was concerned, although he understood Shiro's reasons. In any case, the officer would do his due diligence and keep an eye on him.
When he finally stepped in, he noticed the two fathers and daughters immediately. He nodded to the Arashikage and Yuno in acknowledgment before approaching Belamos and Aurelia. "Greetings." Kenshin was never skilled with small talk and greatly preferred to the cut to the point. In recent years he became accustomed to giving direct and simple commands to his subordinates as well as citizens. "I've heard stories of your valor in battle. A spearman and a fire user if I'm not mistaken." He interacted quite a bit with former Otogakure citizens who always spoke highly of their leader. Kenshin's voice was less of admiration and more of inquiry. "I've also heard tall tales that you're some sort of sun god. Now that's something I'd like to see." Now he was pivoting towards being a bit sharper in his manner, but not with offensive intent. "Would you do me the honor of a friendly duel?" One of Kenshin's few leisure activities outside of work was his hobby as a fencer and a duelist and Belamos certainly piqued his curiosity. "Not to steal you from your daughter for too long of course." His expressionless white eyes looked down to acknowledge the girl before returning to look at Belamos for an answer.
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He was leaning against a wall with Aurelia next to him, smiling as his progeny watched the lesson before her with wide-eyed amazement. He always found it interesting how interested she was in the world. Everything was new to her- everything was exciting. The world hadn't had the chance to beat her down and make her see the filth that covered most of it. If he had it his way, it never would. As much as he wouldn't want to, he would slaughter every member of this village if it meant keeping her safe. After all, she and Tsuki were all he had any more. As the door slip open next to him, he placed a protective hand on Aurelia's shoulder but relaxed when he saw that it was only Officer Kenshin.
He expected he was reporting to Jay, but was surprised when he came straight for him. Belamos set his jaw and stared the man down. Surely he didn't have any sort of problem with him being here- he was invited by the damn Arashikage for christ's sake. He was more than slightly caught off guard when Kenshin requested a spar, and at the mention of being a "Sun God" Aurelia turned and looked at him in expectant wonder. Belamos scrunched up his face and almost seemed to wince at the words "In my...youth, I was hailed as such. It's a complicated history" Shifting his eyes down to Aurelia, he gave her a slow shake of his head. She seemed to understand the meaning and grew visibly disheartened to learn she was, indeed, NOT a goddess. Turning his attention back to the Shinobi before him, he continued "I would normally refuse for Aurelia's sake, but I suppose I need to repay your treatment of my people"
Belamos knelt down and scooped Aurelia up into his arms and gestured to the door behind Kenshin "Lead the way, Officer Kosei." What he didn't tell the man was that he was woefully out of practice. His last fight had been when Aurelia was just a baby- not counting his sparring matches with students. What's more, there was no way he could let loose in the storm village. If he did, he would end up burning half of it down. No...he would have to seriously control it during this spar. So, an out of practice and handicapped former-rebel against a prepared, motivated and trained jounin who was fighting on his home turf.
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__ Kenshin nodded his head when his offer was accepted. On Belamos' request, the officer turned around and began walking towards one of the doors. "Right this way, sir." He responded as he stepped outside into a grand open space, perfect for a spar. He looked up at the spar director and acknowledged all of the coordinators who began to stand at the ready in case of damage to the building or surrounding area. They were all alerted because Kenshin was Jounin level and Belamos was as well if not a bit higher. He stood at one end of the courtyard and assumed a stance. His right foot stood in front with his left foot pointing left in an L shape. The director flipped a coin and announced that Belamos would have the first move.
Kenshin equipped his white dueling gloves and unsheathed his blade which was a white ornately designed rapier named "Purity." This was the very sword that Lord Shiro carved a cloud into the blade of the day he became a genin of Kumogakure. Now it also had the kanji for Arashi carved in. Over the course of the many years since the carving, his sword was personalized further and greatly improved by him with special abilities for the Hyuuga clansman. He held his sword up and extended it towards Belamos, then the director, then Aurelia before folding his arm back. This was a traditional salute of respect towards the opponent, the director, and the audience. He then formed a one-handed sign with his left hand. "Byakugan!" His white eyes then focused as the ocular veins bulged. With all of this ritualistic preparation, it would give Belamos plenty of time to take care of his daughter and get set up himself.
As they reached the open sparring ground, Belamos sat Aurelia down on a bench and took a knee in front of her "Dad's just gonna go train a bit. Stay here and don't move, ok?" She smiled at him and kicked her feet playfully over the side of the bench "Ok dad, do good" He smiled back at her and ruffled the top of her head playfully. As he arose and turned to take his place opposite of Kenshin, however, that smile vanished. He kept his eyes locked onto those of his opponent, not the least bit surprised to find the Byakugan. He guessed as much already from the kid's naturally white eyes. This would be interesting for sure. He took his place on the marked sparing grounds and turned to face his opponent. The match was about to begin.
Belamos took a couple deep breaths, exaggerating the inhales and exhales as he did so. With his breaths, flames rose and fell on his body. Unlike a normal shinobi who's chakra was composed of an invisible essence, Belamos's chakra was literal fire. Controlling it was as easy as breathing to him. After a moment, he extended his hand. As he did so more flames appeared from thin air. The fire began to swirl and thicken, eventually forming a long cylindrical item. After the fire formed the shape, the details began to sharpen until a long spear over six feet in length was held in his hand. Two banners hung from the blade of the speak, bearing the kanji for "King" and "Sun." Belamos ran his finger down the blade of the spear, smiling. It had been some time since he had wielded Shōkyaku and the weight of it was..comforting.
After spinning the blade a few time, he pointed it towards Kenshin "I'll try to keep the damage to a minimum" At those words the tip of the spear lit on fire and out of it spewed a large fireball, 4 feet wide and 4 feet high, heading right for Kenshin. Despite being over 30 feet away, the Hyuuga could undoubtedly feel the heat of the fire from even that large a distance. Belamos's flames had the ability to burn a bit hotter than normal, and if the police officer let that thing touch him he would find out what other special properties it had
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Chakra was truly an amazing substance. That something as disdainful as a clown was graced by its touch was a confusing thing to Yuno but perhaps she would understand why later. For now what she needed to focus on was making her father proud. {1} "Of course daddy♪" she beamed happily. As Jay instructed, she listened. Eyelids lowered to cover pink and brown irises. {2} Then she began to concentrate on her breathing. Slowly breathing in through her nose, and exhaling through her mouth. It was difficult to focus on such an automatic thing as breathing. {3} Her thoughts wanted to drift elsewhere even as she struggled to do as father had said. However putting those thoughts towards the picture he wanted her to imagine made things easier. The sound of her own heartbeat became the loudest thing within her ears. {4} That was when one eye peeked open and she snatched a piece of the psychic paper from his hands. The eye then went back to being closed as she squeezed the paper between two fingers. That same seemed to open ever so slightly to peak at the paper though nothing had yet occurred. {5} (Meditate)
Not one to be deterred easily she closed the eye once more. First was breathing. Ever so slowly in and out. {1} Next was the mental image. Yuno pictured her own body and used her mind's eye to zoom in on it. Closer and closer she zoomed in until her heartbeat was once again at the forefront of her thoughts. {2} Now she thought of her blood, running throughout the body. It was warm and it touched everywhere within. The heart pumping it all. {3} The she focused on the points where her father had touched. The idea of each one pumping chakra lingered strongly within her mind. This was her chakra network. {4} It too lingered about her body. But there was only one place where she needed to focus on it. That place was about her hands. Focusing on the tips of her fingers she soon felt the paper grow wet and of course her eyes shot open to look. {5} (Meditation) It was indeed soggy with water and her eyes beamed with wonder as she looked to her dad for answers. "Does this mean I have natural inclination towards the element of water?"
Hearing whispers behind herself, Yuno turned to look for Aurelia but found that she was gone. Instead kids ranging from as young as herself to a couple years older than Souta had started to file in. They were gawking at the paper and at her father. Many of them were surprised to see the kage, but just as many were whispering things about her. Who was she, what was with her hair, why was she with the kage? Some of them also ignored her and the kage entirely. Either they were from ninja clans themselves and were used to such sights or were sleepy slackers. Yuno for her part was not sure what to make of it. ""
Posted: Mon May 07, 2018 10:43 am
__ Kenshin's byakugan focused on Belamos' fire chakra well up in his body with his breathing. "Interesting." He thought with an intrigued disposition as he put his left leg forward and assumed the en garde position now that the match would begin. When Belamos summoned the impressive spear of flame Kenshin extended his blade out as a challenge in response to the extended spear. He was also glad to hear that Belamos intended to keep from burning down the whole academy. When he sent out the large fireball towards him Kenshin could feel the heat wash over him. He immediately focused a lot of the chakra in his body and sent it out as a chakra wave that was about as large as the fireball. It was similar to mountain crusher but less deadly. When the chakra wave of the heavenly push collided with the fireball it would overpower it and continue to glide over the sparring arena towards Belamos. Contact with the wave would not cause significant damage, but would certainly knock him off his feet and send him back a great distance.
After that defensive counterattack was performed, the officer thrust his blade forward and sent out a wave of chakra like a gust of wind aimed squarely at Belamos. The vacuum palm would certainly cause as much damage as the fireball would have if not avoided. Kenshin now stood and stared forward at Belamos. This was a tit-for-tat beginning to the spar intended as a warm-up.
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It's not like he expected the Fireball to have any effect. It was a basic jutsu, and had Kenshin fell to that he would have requested his dismissal from the police force. What did shock him was that the Hyuuga could release his techniques from his blade as well. Initially, he had thought himself lucky to encounter one that used a blade- it meant no gentle fist....but if he was capable of this there was no reason he wouldn't be able to block his chakra points as well up close. Dodging Kenshin's attacks were rather easy. He lept to the ride and rolled, coming up in a crouch. A second after he did so both walls of shimmering air passed right by where he had been and impacted the wall behind him, severely damaging the wood.
As soon as he came up from his roll, Belamos cocked his arm back and threw his Spear with a good deal of force. It was aimed for Kenshin's center of mass, and if he didn't dodge he would find Belamos's aim was true. If he were to dodge then it would impact into the ground a few meters behind the Hyuuga.
As the spear flew towards Kenshin, two more things happened simultaneously. Thousands of Senbon appeared to float in the air around Belamos, composed entirely of a brilliant white light. At the same time, thousands more tiny white orbs of light appeared all around the Sparring Grounds in which they trained. The orbs did not do anything but float in place, as if they were stars suspended in space, but did emit a pleasant white glow from their existance. Both of the new Light-based creations merely stood suspended in mid-air as Belamos waited to see how this played out.
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Nothing but a smile could come from Jay's face as he watched the girl focusing on her chakra. He was so glad she hadn't inherited his penchant lack of the ability to do so, at least as far as his childhood had went. One leg came up, bent at the knee with one arm resting on it as his little one struggled through the same process that everyone else had gotten so easily when he was a child. His fatherly warmth remained even as he was concerned she would struggle, and the last thing he wanted was to see his daughter struggle. Color him happily surprised when the psychic paper turned soggy. Shade that color even more surprised to find him having to search the back of his mind for where she'd found the world inclination.
"Since when did your vocabulary surpass mine?" he would ask reaching over to muss up the girl's hair. "Indeed you do, my daughter. Just like mom and dad. Incredible." About then is when he noted the minor explosion of the fireball behind him, also when the other kids came into the village. With a booming voice born of sage chakra he called over his shoulder loud enough that Kenshin and Belamos could hear it. "Their are students here. Contain yourselves or ill crack your sk-," he cut himself off, hoping the message got through to the two of them while turning back to the class gathering in. So many fresh faces had gathered around... and it was hard to honestly see them all as the future tools of war. He had to stop that line of thinking: it was the same one that put him and Jeon at odds constantly. Instead, he thought about the teacher who walked in the room and immediately looked stunned. "Lord Arashikage," he spoke, but Jay held up a hand. "Don't worry, im only comandeering the class for a little while. I assume you all don't know, but this is my daughter Son-Yuno." Jay did his best to completely ignore the murmurs and rumors and any targets that might have been put on her back. Yuno would have to learn to deal with that her own way. Instead he very loudly clapped his hands together and found a nearby wall. "Alright, who wants to learn something cool?" Jay would ask moving backwards towards the wall, beckoning all of the students to follow him as he placed one foot on the wall once he was close enough to it. There would be varied levels of awe and inspired cooing from the students as Jay walked backwards up the wall, evenly balanced, not even a stumble. "Chakra can do a lot of things. It can make mountains, break mountains, let you breathe underwater, and, yes, walk on walls. Its all about controlling the flow, letting it well up in your feet but not letting it force it's way out. You'll find it's quite attractive, keeping you attached to most surfaces." Once he was sufficently high enoguh that he had to lightly shout, he would hold out his hands. "First two to give me a high five get 500 ryo." With the challenge set, Jay would smile expectantly at the group, making eye contact with his daughter for the briefest of moments.
A pair of familiar eyes watched from a distance as the officer of the KPD, Kenshin Kosei, a rather bothersome individual and his former affiliate and Sun God, Belamos exchanged attacks. Takumi watched with great interest as officer Kosei performed somewhat spectacular techniques with his sword that were rather unorthodox for a Hyuuga. While he knew that Kosei was not someone who would ever intentionally work within Kogarashi, he needed to scout out his talents all the same.
Belamos' mighty flames that danced with his breath commanded attention and respect. It was no wonder the assault on the UHV was lead by him. His presence was so much more explosive and demanding than Takumi's. This was a quality he lacked but would make up for in charisma and his fox like guile. Silently, he observed.
