[Suzuki Taru]

Though Taru often visited the training grounds next to the academy when the training grounds near the lake didn't call to her, today she was here for an actual purpose. Or two purposes? Maybe two purposes could be one, twined together.

One, she had promised Asuka that she would try her hand at helping with tutoring the academy students. She didn't think she was especially compelled by the idea of becoming an academy instructor, but she was nothing if not willing to try anything once! All new experiences held beauty, so maybe this one would, too? Two, she had been tasked by Toru with demonstrating her proficiency. This seemed as good a way as any.

Casting her eyes over the training grounds, she tried to see who fate compelled her to today. Her eyes stopped on a lump of cloth on the ground, approximately the color of terrain but very far-off from blending into the environment. Appreciating nature was her favorite pastime, so this seemed a direction she could excel in.

Taru bounded closer to the academy student, throwing up her arm in a wave.

"Helloooo," she called as she skidded to a stop in front of him. "You're working on the cloak of invisibility technique, right? Embodying the nature around you is a difficult task, don't you think?" She talked quickly and with a lot of energy, more familiar than anyone should approach a stranger.

[Tota]

LITTLE TOTA

The day he would learn an academy jutsu had finally come. A excited Tota arrived to class extra early, hoping to get some tips from Asuka-sensei. When he finally arrived however, he was dismayed to learn that a substitute teacher would be filling in for her. When it came to the training excise, the substitute seemed disenchanted; shoving a chest full of old rags to the students and a scroll each to learn from. Tota did the best he could with the tools he had been given; throwing the cloth over himself and channel chakra through it just as the scroll said. Unfortunately from under the fabric, the boy was unsure if he was successful or not.

After hearing the voice of a girl acknowledge his existence with a simply hello, the pile of fabric ruffled a little - Tota was startled by being called out. When she continued to talk he pounced a short distance away, hoping she wasn't talking to him in particular.

Suddenly a wide-eyed raven hair boy poked his head out from beneath the raggered piece of cloth, peering toward the strange-looking girl before him. Indeed, she had caught him. He slowly blinked several times at her, as if in complete thoughtless before leaping up into the air. Once on his feet, Tota approached the girl with a disgruntled look plastered on his face. "Yeah, the cloak of Invisibility technique. It's tough. I thought it would be easier. Doesnt help with got a substitute today. But I guess.. I'm just not as good at it, as I thought." The boy sullenly replied, rubbing his forehead in embrassment.

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Kakuremino no Jutsu [Cloak of Invisibility Technique] - Training (1/6)

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270

[Suzuki Taru]

The boy under the cloth tried to scoot away, but ultimately poked his head out as she continued speaking. He was young! Probably about the age was when she'd first joined the academy, too. The fact he'd already moved on to studying the academy techniques was impressive. He must have had a decent handle on his chakra. Taru's had still been too unpredictable and uncontrolled at that age for her to be ready for jutsu.

It seemed like he was disappointed in himself for not getting it done quickly, even despite the fact that he hadn't been taught by his usual teacher.

"No one's good at anything the first time they try it," Taru dismissed, hoping to be encouraging. "I struggled with this technique for..." She tapped her chin, as though that would help trying to pry the count from her memory. "I think it was three days."

She knelt down to grab the cloth and look at it. Ratty and dingy, but that was kind of on purpose. Learning to work with these materials meant the shinobi would be even better with high quality materials later.

"Have you already learned the transformation technique? That one might help out here, though it's also possible to learn without knowing that one first." She wanted to know what she was working with before she started giving advice. Did he have transformative experience, or was he totally new to the process?

[Tota]

LITTLE TOTA

The ever energetic boy bounced around as the girl talked. At first glance it would appear to her from the erratic movement, he could barely pay attention; however that was untrue. Tota looked around at the other academy students trying their best, and let out a short giggle. Some were just a close as himself while other's turned their cloths vibrant pinks or yellows. He quickly turned back to the girl, opening his mouth is a brash tone to reply. "Pft. You're lying. I heard Waranorunii Tomura from class two learnt it his first go. And even had the teachers terrified that he went missing... for over an hoouurrr. It took you three days..." Tota paused with a chuckle.

"You must suck. I'm going to learn this before the end of class! " Tota arrogantly exclaimed.

Tota crossed his arms with a smug look drawn on his face, obviously overconfident in his own abilities. Only a moment passed and the boy realised the rudeness of his response. His self-satisfied persona suddenly changed into ond unreservedly apologetic. Before he could reply tho, he noticed the girl reach for his peice of fabric and examine. "Sorry. That was impolite. Yeah, ive learnt it. How is that going to help me though?" Tota politely asked.

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Kakuremino no Jutsu [Cloak of Invisibility Technique] - Training (2/6)

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211

[Suzuki Taru]

Cocky kid! Luckily, Taru wasn't really the type to take offense to that kind of thing. People being overconfident had nothing to do with her, and she'd only be bothered by someone doubting her abilities if they were at her same rank. Some kid saying she must suck was amusing if anything, and paradoxically seemed to make her smile more, an expression not dampened when he went on to apologize.

"The theory behind the two techniques is really similar," she started to explain. "In both cases, you're using your chakra to change how something looks. With the transformation technique, you're mimicking a certain person, or object, or animal, but with this technique you're mimicking an area a little more broadly. Instead of copying one thing, you copy many little elements."

She whipped the fabric up so she could throw it over herself, letting it drape around her. Then she began to demonstrate, in parts.

She changed the fabric near the ground to be green to start with. Just green. A similar shade to the grass, but not textured enough to blend in.

"See that? I'm using something like the transformation technique there to change the color of the fabric. The color isn't enough, though. When you're copying a spot you want to hide, you have to think about three things - color, texture, and shadows. Does that make sense?"

[Tota]

Tota immediately became more engaged as the genin spoke. Unlike his previous experience learning under Enyo, their voice was soft and comforting; like a gentle breeze with a subtle hint of summer heat. His eyes widened into a curious stare, carefully paying attention to each minute detail of their instructions. 'copy many details' he thought, while briefly nodding to signal his comprehension 

As he watched Taru show a quick demonstration of the technique the boy became mystified. He watched captivated as the cloth blended into its surroundings with an assortment of natural hues similar in color to the grassy greens below. The way it slowly crept up the fabric, as if it were consumed by ground astonished Tota's imagination. Upon closer inspection, he could still see the texture of the material.

"Woah. That's suh cool!!?" Tota exclaimed. 

He took a moment to reflect as Toru went further into the three attributes for a successful cloak of invisibility. Although he wasn't much of a creative artist instead preferring the physical arts of taijutsu and biological sciences', the boy had some understanding of what color, texture, and shadow meant. But putting that into practice to create a realistic picture or in this instance a camouflage, was entirely different all together. 

"Um... I'm not sure how i'd go about that. How do you know where to place a shadow?"

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Kakuremino no Jutsu [Cloak of Invisibility Technique] - Training (3/6)

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