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Catwalk [Closed Training]Feb 2, 2017 11:22:25 GMT -5
Jun Etsuko
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Etsuko wasn't sure how she felt about the privilege of another's student, but she understood the necessity of the lesson to be taught. She didn't feel herself to be the best candidate, but she was never the best judge of others opinions of her. Apart of her hoped this meant she'd been proving herself, so she'd try to be excited for this assignment of hers.

To prepare for the task Etsuko invited Akira to the base of the falls, their was a pool of both steady and unsteady water. The varying depth of the water would also come in handy for training, Etsuko like her own team planned to push this girls success upon her. The assumption was today in that afternoon Etsuko would have passed a technique onto this genin. It might of been a steep learning curve for some, but Matabi's host knew the importance of growing up quick.

Etsuko's more youthful training was always done by those in fear of an uproar, it was expected for something to go wrong long ago. There was so little to know of a child when it'd just been born, so the attitude towards the Jinchuuriki had mostly been sour. There was rarely a happiness in her cells beyond that of those lacked much sanity left. It was important you learned early on or suffered the lesson of not knowing.

Etsuko didn't show off her scars as most were beneath the skin, she'd instead hold the thoughts to heart and with that heart deliver her best job whatever the job could be. The woman waiting a top a large rock by the waters edge, she was sitting pretzel legged and meditating with her hands in a concentration seal. She made sure to be extra early as to collect any lingering thoughts, she had a problem of drifting in thought, especially when there was a second head in her head mouthing off from time to time.

The day was partially cloudy, but the birds were out and singing. It was a peaceful scene, but who knew how long that'd last.

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Catwalk [Closed Training]Feb 4, 2017 16:51:12 GMT -5
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It was happening again. They all were leaving her. That first team, the people she fought alongside of. The sensei that trained them and her specifically. Tai, Rika, Shoumen. They were all gone. Shoumen had said he was leaving, but the other two? Nowhere to be found. That’s when Akira had left for Iwagakure. Stranded on her own, the Taki Lord had allowed her to train in Iwagakure to better her skills. Did he know she had been abandoned? Was this planned? Was she supposed to be sent away?

Those doubts had long plagued her mind. Yet upon her return things seemed to settle once again. In a way. Akira trained her hardest, pushing herself to her limits. What else was a girl on her own with something to prove supposed to do? Her clan didn’t know how to help with her abilities, other than to protect her from memories and negativity. Other people understood even less. Finally. Finally. She had another team. Zilo. She met him at his apartment. They somewhat bonded quickly and he was slowly accepting her. They were teammates. They had to rely on one another. Then the whole team met. Akira had been late, she hadn’t even known about the meeting. But there they were. Zilo, Byakuren, and Onihime. Once again, it was genin against leader in a battle.

So how was she alone again? Byakuren didn’t say she was leaving, but she was on a short hiatus. Onihime and Akira never really hit anything off socially, so her absence wasn’t as big of a shock. But Zilo? Akira couldn’t find him at his apartment nor training fields. Once again, the young woman found herself slipping back into a lonely doubt. No one could help her. She had to train and get stronger herself. Those she relied on were constantly leaving or sent away.

Today was a replacement of being sent to Iwagakure. Sesshoku Akira was meant to meet with another teacher. A temporary one, who was supposed to help prepare her for the chunin exams. An embarrassingly old genin was finally going to the exams. Her thoughts plagued her, doubts ate her mind, but Akira would continue towards that area they were supposed to meet. There was water. Rocks. Grass. Trees. It was Takigakure through and through. The teenager would catch a glimpse of this individual meant to teach her. Jun Etsuko. Jinchuuriki of Takigakure. It was frightening. Almost as frightening as the time she had been pitted against Lord Ryu in a fight.

Approaching the meditating woman, Akira would do her best to remain quiet. Not sneak, but quiet. She didn’t wish to be rude and interrupt. Akira was closer to on time, not so early than this woman. But still a bit before many might expect. Drawing close. The archer would stand before the rock sitting Jinchuuriki. Beautiful and relaxed. Exhaling through her nose, trying to calm her nerves, the straight faced Sesshoku would speak quietly after standing there for a few moments. Bowing low at the waist, her mouth would open.

"I apologize if I’m interrupting. I’m Sesshoku Akira.”

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Catwalk [Closed Training]Feb 7, 2017 20:33:21 GMT -5
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The fake ears of the woman's hair would stand at the arrival of the younger kunoichi. She'd stay in a moments silence as the other girl had approached quietly. She wasn't used to being the louder or more spoken individual, so she'd let the other girl have the first word. "Were not alone." Matabi would growl as if bored of Etsuko's meditation, but Etsuko wouldn't reply to her friend. She knew the cat only attempted to throw off her concentration, the soft voice of the other girl did however need to be answered.

Etsuko slowly opened her piercing copper gaze upon the archer, her nose lightly twitching as she'd soak in the full sight of her temporary student. "You've interrupted nothing. Today is about you." Etsuko was neither pleasantly surprised nor miserably disappointed by the girl. She didn't need the teen to have enthusiasm and she also didn't think much of being socially proper. The whole bowing thing wasn't done much around her in the past, if she was to turn everyone wanted to see it happen. The way people had looked at her it almost seemed as if expected.

Etsuko would tilt her head pressing her palm to her chin, as she'd crack her neck one way then the next. She wasn't meditating as much to hone her chakra as she was merely begging the time to pass, her demeanor wasn't that of either regular bukijutsu master nor that of a ninjutsu master. Etsuko carried herself like few others. Upon readying her spirit she'd hop from her rock to land before the genin, her hands now landing on the back of her hips. She'd lean backwards cracking her back to finish her necessary stretching, it was like a glow stick cracking to brighten up.

"At ease." Etsuko would state with a slight grin, as she'd try to compose herself in a more 'friendly' manner. She reserved this type of composure for her students normally, but today it seemed Akira would happen to be one of those students.

Clearing her throat Etsuko would begin her own introduction, as to the 'mission' at hand and not to herself. Everyone knew who Etsuko happened to be, it was hard to hide cat eyes and ears from a regular Takigakure shinobi. "So, it's my goal to have you walking on water professionally by the end of the day, is that alright?" She'd both confirm the lesson at hand and the fact this girl would be willingly accepting the lesson. Etsuko looked down upon the girl, but not in a demeaning manner. Instead her eyes seemed to be silently judging as if still profiling Sesshoku.

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Catwalk [Closed Training]Feb 10, 2017 16:36:06 GMT -5
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Akira would rise from her bow upon the woman’s voice being heard in her own ears. She stood tall, though not uncomfortably so, Akira wanted to look as if she was proud of who she was and represented herself well. This was the Jinchuuriki of Takigakure. Horribly strong in power and ability. If Akira could even ween off of that strength it would be a miracle.

The young archer found herself unsure on what to say next. Etsuko had told her that this was about her, that she wasn’t interrupting. But what did she say next? It wasn’t her place to pressure to start, not with a teacher present. But shouldn’t they? Or should she wait? Was Etsuko expecting motivation? The girl’s mind spun round and round.

But in little time the jinchuuriki would hop down from the rock. Cracking her neck and back in all of these movements to eventually land before Akira and speak ‘at ease.’ The straightened girl relaxed no more. A bit of confusion would stain her mind but her expression would remain mostly the same. Neutral. It was what Akira wished to show and she tried her hardest to come across without a plethora of emotion. The girl still didn’t know what to say. At ease from what? So she merely waited longer. Praying. PRAYING that Etsuko would say more. And she did.

The goal was presented and Akira would nod her head twice. She looked as if this was what she expected. That this was fine. Her mind... was not in agreement. The end of the day. It took her all day constantly tiring herself out to learn to walk on trees. But water? To further control her chakra? Oh this was going to be hard as hell....

"I shall set my goal to that as well. I hope to complete it to your satisfaction.”

It wasn’t even walk on water. It was walk on water PROFESSIONALLY. She wasn’t even sure she could walk on hardened surfaces like a trained shinobi yet... well.. maybe. But WATER? Oh may they that look down upon humankind help her.


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Catwalk [Closed Training]Feb 13, 2017 17:28:40 GMT -5
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"Good." Etsuko would immediately add to Akira's reply, she was glad the girl hoped to succeed and felt she could. At least she spoke as if she had the confidence she could succeed. It wasn't an impossible jutsu, if the girl had mastered the tree climbing technique, then she'd surely be able to master water walking. Etsuko didn't know if the girl had accomplished tree climbing, but she assumed at this stage the girl would likely of needed to learn the technique.

A good archer need to get to the height perches right? Etsuko would walk over to the water's edge, her hand gesturing for Akira to follow. As she'd look down upon her rippling reflection in the water, "The technique is quite simple in concept; apply chakra to your feet and soles, then balance your weight upon the water with that chakra." Etsuko would take a breath, then do a single hand sign. Concentrating chakra to her feet, she'd release the hand sign then proceed forward onto the water's surface.

It was easy for the jounin to perform the technique, so much so she'd trot around to the deeper water of the falls basin. Her body twirling around on one foot to face the student, the water would crashed and split around her feet from the crashing falls. The light mist felt great against the woman's naturally hotter skin, she'd enjoy the calmness of loud sound of water hitting more water.

"Attempt to stand on the water with your chakra, at the edge their the water is shallow, so don't worry about sinking. Stick to the edge of the land and water though, you should feel as though you're above the water and not in or merely on it." This was the base line of advice that could be given and without knowing more about Akira it seemed like the best advice Etsuko could give the Sesshoku. Hopefully observing the girls first attempt would unlock what'd need to be spoken next.

Etsuko still felt pretty new to the whole teaching thing, but she had faith in herself to complete the job at hand.

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Catwalk [Closed Training]Feb 20, 2017 0:38:28 GMT -5
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Good.

Well at least the woman believed it. That’s what Akira strived for. But mentally she was shaking. Why had she waited so long to learn such a basic technique? She was eighteen years old! With little hesitation, Akira would do as she was beckoned. Etsuko walked to the water and the archer would do the same. Standing near but with a small bit of distance from her new teacher, to the side of the woman and at the water’s edge. This water. She was going to walk on. It made her feel sick.

Her instructions were given. Focus chakra and balance on the water. But... wouldn’t this be different than trees? Akira was sure it was... but how? How was she going to do it? Water moved. Trees didn’t. And learning to walk on trees had taken her a good long while and effort. Yet here this older ninja had done a sign and walked out. And she walked out far.

The genin was hesitant and unsure. Even as the jinchuuriki would approach the waterfall and seem content beneath the water, the sound would drown out some of her voice as she called back to the younger female. Still, she had caught the jist of it. Taking a deep breath, Akira produced the same sign as Etsuko. Focusing chakra on her feet similarly to when she had walked on harder surfaces, she could feel her feet stabilize on land.

Yet when she stepped on the water?

Sink.

Again and again she’d step back. Refocus. And then step to the water again. Each time, she’d sink. And really, there wasn’t much delay. It was as if she did nothing at all. Inhaling deeply, she’d exhale with irritation through her nose. Still, she tried. Not wanting to ask for new direction from Etsuko just yet.


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Catwalk [Closed Training]Feb 27, 2017 22:08:16 GMT -5
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Etsuko would watch from her safe distance, as she'd keep a very curious stare. Her eyes bouncing down to the girls feet, then back up to her face to see her expression. She was failing, retracting then trying again. It was admirable to see the girl so stubbornly proceed, but it depressing to see her sort of blindly fail. Etsuko shouldn't of expected much more from this new student, but she was expecting a feed back of some kind. The Jinchuuriki would rise to the sole of her feet, as to get a more above view of the other kunoichi's practice.

The older kunoichi even went to tilt her head back and peer downwards, she was attempting to look at the ripple pattern of the water. Where the archer was stepping was calm enough to see a general disturbance caused in the water. It was hard from her position and distance to see it perfectly, but it was a simple technique Etsuko only needed a little knowledge to maybe give a better explanation.

"Remember you're standing on it." Etsuko would repeat loudly, but not in a stern tone. It was meant to be supportive and informative, but it came out almost more rudely than anything else. A statement as if Akira might of forgotten the jutsu she was learning was water walking and not underwater walking. Etsuko wasn't the most well versed in conversation, but even she'd realize quickly the way her words could be miss construed.

"You know like a frog on a lily pad, but chakra is your lily pad."
Etsuko again spoke loudly in a constructive manner, her tone neither raising in pitch or holding any reverberating growl. She often wasn't the nicest in casual conversation, but teaching was a challenge to her and she liked to take challenges on with a positive attitude. At least a slightly more enthusiastic than neutral tone to the situation, she definitely wasn't sunshine or rainbows.

The waterfall's mist would create a rainbow effect over the training kunoichi, if it hadn't been for the killing career both women endured they might of noticed the serenity of the scene. Etsuko didn't marvel over anything so trivial and Akira better have her attention on the training.

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Catwalk [Closed Training]Feb 28, 2017 1:23:16 GMT -5
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Still Akira would try. Focusing chakra upon her feet. Similar to the other walking, and then different. It needed to shift. It needed to move with the water. It was an unstable surface so it didn’t require a constantly flow. Akira needed to be able to move with the water beneath her. Make up for the ebb and flow. It was a moving target. She needed to glide atop it.

Sighing with frustration, the girl would step out of the water once more. Words came to her ears. Words from her new teacher. The girl would look up, the genin making eye contact with the jinchuuriki of the village. She knew. Dang it she knew... She needed to be standing on the water but she couldn’t get it! Face back down to look at the water she was stepping onto again, she only felt frustration and defeat. This is why her teams kept leaving her, wasn’t it? Even basic techniques that all ninja knew she couldn’t do anything other than sink. And with each passing time, her focus would wain and her frustration would grow. Just like the first time.

Stepping back out of the water for what felt like the billionth time, Akira felt no frustration for Etsuko. She was instructing, it wasn’t her fault that Akira was failing. And Akira certainly wasn’t hurt by the roughness of the woman’s tone. A frog on a lillypad. Backing away from the water a bit, Akira would focus upon the small body. It rippled from the waterfall. Moving slightly with every passing second. Gathering chakra at the bottom of her feet, trying to focus her thoughts on controlling her chakra and managing it, she’d take a bit of Etsuko’s advice.

Bracing herself, Akira would rush towards the water. Chakra at her feet, she’d bound on the water. Once. She was above it! Twice. Her second foot hit down and just barely sunk beneath the water. Three times. She would step with the opposite foot again and propel herself farther out onto the water. Four times. Didn’t happen. The girl plopped into the water like a skipping stone that no longer had momentum. Sinking below the surface with a gasp just before she’d go under. Her feet would hit the rocks below in no time at all and she’d kick back to the surface.

Failure once again. Without looking too dejected, she’d begin swimming/walking along the bed of the water back towards the edge to retry her points at walking on water.


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Catwalk [Closed Training]Feb 28, 2017 15:24:29 GMT -5
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Etsuko's eyes would widen as her pupils would shrink, she'd not expect the genin to shoot towards the waters edge. She really didn't know what the teen intended to do by running, but somehow the act seemed to assist the girl in water walking. Akira took three steps across the water, then took a dive into the rippling tide. Etsuko looked down a little worriedly, but then Akira emerged mostly unharmed. "Impressive!" Etsuko would attempt to boost the morale of the genin, as she rose and soon swam to shore dripping wet.

The Kunoichi looked sternly over the genin, as she'd try to mentally rationalize the action. It might of been fear of falling that drove the girl to rise, but what kind of shinobi fought based upon fear? It was a terrible principle so hopefully it wasn't this shinobi's resolve. Maybe the teen assumed their was more to be learned by trying farther, but to Etsuko this location was a difficulty curve in itself. She wanted to hone the other girls skill via progressing her to the falls. Maybe they'd end by walking up the falls, but that'd likely not happen.

"If you can run on water though shouldn't you be able to stand upon it?" Etsuko would ask trying to make the girl question her very own actions. Etsuko didn't see the point of running out into the water, it seemed like a less beneficial approach. "In the starting shallows you'd of barely gotten water on you failing, but now you're absolutely drenched. If it gets late or the wind picks up, then you might get cold and then hypothermia." Etsuko saw that as the main reason to not of been so ballsy, but it was a childish concern she'd been explained, but never actually understood the principle entirely.

"Hypothermia can destroy your concentration and chakra control, as well as in some cases lead to death." She'd speak so grimly and with a look of dark anticipation, an expression as if she was predicting the near future. "I'm really warmed blooded, so I've never gotten it though, so like be careful and don't get hypothermia okay?!" She'd add after her warning in a very upbeat tone, she had a fire cat sealed in her butt, so she really knew nothing of cold sickness. She'd been warned once though, so she'd be kind and pass the warning on.

Etsuko though would immediately after her words smile and gesture Akira to come to her, she was enticing her to walk back out onto the water. The girl had to not quit trying and Etsuko wasn't going to let her quit, the jinchuuriki would definitely put the training ahead of the other girls health. IF the training went as intended than their was no risk on the girls health, but clearly things weren't working as Etsuko intended.

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Catwalk [Closed Training]Mar 4, 2017 22:45:46 GMT -5
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Impressive.

Akira didn’t feel impressive. She still sank beneath the waters. She still hadn’t mastered the technique. She hadn’t even really gotten the hang of the technique. It wasn’t balanced. It wasn’t controlled. It was a burst of chakra at her feet that was just enough to keep her from plunging immediately beneath the surface a few times. She still had been sinking each time. It was frustrating. Incredibly so. Back to the shore, soaked to the bone, Akira would prepare to try again. Not running, but stepping out once again. Refocus that feeling of when she had been running. The looks of her teacher, the stern looks, the possible negativity, were lost to Akira. Not that she wasn’t filling her own thoughts with negativity in the first place. But as she focused, she didn’t distract herself with Etsuko. Nothing was being said so her attention was not drawn.

Before stepping onto the water, Akira would hear the jinchuuriki speak again. Asking why she couldn’t stand but could run. Perplexed, Akira looked up. Had that... not been what she meant by jumping on lillypads? Akira thought she had been carrying out Etsuko’s orders. When the older woman continue, Akira could only feel her head throbbing. Was this all a trick? Was it to make her run, succeed, and then make her realize she could do it standing? Or did Akira misunderstand once again from people trying to talk to her? Little by little, the genin could feel her expression waivering. That neutral expression shifting into confusion and a bit of shock.

Was that not what she had meant at all!? Hypothermia? Was she trying to tell her she was going to die here today? Was Etsuko trying to get her to worry? The genin was getting sick to her stomach. The words of Etsuko resounding over and over again in her ears. The dreaded thought that she’d never succeed. That she would die here of cold before she would walk on water. Then one last added thought.

Don’t get hypothermia okay?!

It felt like someone just hit her in the face with a large stone. That was said happily. Like she was concerned for the genin. What. The. Hell. Was happening. This cat woman beckoned her. Waving her back out onto the water like the easiest thing in the world would just occur at her feet and take Akira there. Confused to the core, Akira would look down at the water. It was the same. Her own feet standing near it. Still the same.

Akira would take a shaky breath and then step out onto the water. Into the shallow. Still sank. Trying to step onto it like a step. She wasn’t having it. By this point, her control on her chakra was as sturdy as her mind. Feeble. Unstable. Finicky. It was like her chakra was shaking in fear at her feet. Breathing a bit deeper, Akira would turn her back to Etsuko and walk out of the water, hands moving to her hair and straining water from it with horrible stress and a bit of franticness. She needed a minute.


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Catwalk [Closed Training]Mar 5, 2017 11:58:42 GMT -5
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Etsuko was terrible at conveying messages, she wasn't a socialite and she didn't practice talking. However she had been teaching now and she'd been apart of missions, one of her first lessons to her students was the importance of communication. What started as a pleasant silence of determination was now a roadblock of quietness. Akira had gone from few words to none and now she wasn't even trying to walk on water. If this had been Etsuko's training then she'd of been egged on to do more, as well as demeaned for giving up too early.

Etsuko didn't like the teaching she received and most of those who taught her gave up, she'd had many 'trainers' in her days 'aspiring' to be a kunoichi. She was raised as and to be a weapon, her life served a purpose as an asset and not an individual. There would always be two with Etsuko. However their was certainly something wrong in her student, her last attempt was not only a failure, but her chakra control was totally wrong. Shakier than a puppy pissing itself.

Etsuko couldn't stand back and wait especially with her student not even trying, her frame would flicker from the water to the side of the Sesshoku. "What's wrong? Why'd you stop?" Etsuko spoke in a demanding voice, it was clear she was holding back a disposition. Her hand was even struggling to not clench into a fist, it was half closed and her brows were narrowed down. She had a problem of showing her emotions in more physical than verbal displays. Her hair was standing at attention and her eyes were more focused than earlier.

"I need you to communicate with me, if you keep this silent treatment up, then I'll have to intensify your training regiment; is that clear?" Etsuko couldn't help speaking like they had to her, but at least she'd give this girl the option. Akira had things Etsuko had never been given; one of which would be choice and another would leniency. Etsuko wouldn't be allowed to choose how things progressed in training and she was expected from the start not to fail. In Etsuko's shoes though failure could very well mean the end of Takigakure.

Akira didn't share her Sensei's burdens; but she'd be forced to indulge the woman's raising or lack thereof. The Nibi-Jinchuuriki would wait with her hands now at her hips, her face would keep a stern and serious expression, but her hair which formed cat like ears would be standing and twitching with the woman's inner rage. Sesshoku Akira would learn water walking, Etsuko was now stubbornly determined to make sure of it.

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Catwalk [Closed Training]Mar 7, 2017 1:02:23 GMT -5
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Akira needed a moment to think. To breathe. Training in itself wasn’t that hard, at least when she was by herself. She was hardly efficient, as she didn’t have great control of her chakra and she wasn’t particularly skilled in ninjutsu. But... she didn’t have to deal with people. Akira was not good with people. She misinterpreted and misunderstood nearly all of the time. What they said isn’t what they meant, or what she thought they meant isn’t either what they said or wanted to portray. The people of her clan were great. And misunderstandings there didn’t often cause her such frustration. It wasn’t the same with them. It wasn’t as dire and necessary.

But with shinobi? She always got everything wrong. No wonder she was still a damn genin. Pulling at her hair, willing and forcing the water to get out. The genin focused on her clan. What she loved and desired. Honor. Duty. She must remember. Fight with no fear. Work Hard. Follow through. She would. Akira knew she would work hard and do this. But she needed a second. Her chakra wasn’t having it. Her mind wasn’t having it. Her hands brushed against her bow as she once again wrung out the strands of hair from her ponytail.

Why’d you stop?

It wasn’t the words. It was the tone. Demanding. Calling out over the water. Her teacher. Clinging to her heritage, Akira would only think of obey. Answer the woman and be trustworthy. Turning back around towards the water, Akira would let her answer be known. It was simple enough, right? In training sometimes people needed a minute. Hell, her first sensei had made her take a minute.

"I needed to regroup my head.”

The young woman called out back across the water. But it seemed she would be met with more words. It was like a threat. Talk to me or I’ll make it worse. A small bit of something cracked within the Sesshoku girl. Something of her clan that she feared, her gift’s darker side. The clan thought of ‘obey’ would slip away as memory after memory would force its ugly head. Not all hers. Many not hers. Seeing people yell. Scream. Beat one another. Anger thrown back and forth.

"I SAID GIVE ME A DAMN MINUTE.”

The normally respectful and controlled female would holler back across the waters. Fuming. Her chakra still trembled, but not with fear. That crack, though small, was significant in the life of one with her gifts. A moment that could send her spiraling towards the end of her own life. It seemed her minute to collect was over. A storming young woman moving back towards the water. Not graceful, but rigid and edgy in movement. Her normal mentality trying to regain her composure. Respectful. Obey. Honor. Duty. Words came to mind, but memories too. Akira had herself in her head as well as the actions of many others. Not to mention she was focusing upon the damn water again. Taking steps onto it. Staying above. Her feet sunk lightly in but five steps in, she halted. Mostly above the water, not touching the water’s bed. She stopped. Her glare turning to a blank and neutral stare slowly over those steps as she looked to the Jinchuuriki.

All of this assuming the fiery cat wouldn’t cross the world and lop the archer’s head off.


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Catwalk [Closed Training]Mar 10, 2017 12:07:26 GMT -5
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Etsuko was infuriated and was rather surprised by the girls howl, she didn't peg the other girl as one to flip her lid. Her composure must of been an extremely forced one and Etsuko would sneer trying not to lose her own head. She'd huff a fine mist of water and trick herself into sneezing, as she'd recover from the sneeze she'd look upon Akira now somewhat standing upon the water. Etsuko had gotten exactly what she wanted, so when Akira looked to her blankly Etsuko would grin. "See that wasn't so bad?"

Etsuko would take a deep breath and gather her composure attempting to be cool headed. "How balanced do you feel right now?" Etsuko would ask Akira attempting to see if she was standing comfortably or upon a more slippery footing. She'd know the technique was a lot about weight balancing, once that initial spread of chakra holding up was defined, it'd be easy to then add or remove applied chakra. Presently Etsuko felt that was probably the only thing Akira was missing, but would rather be certain of her students balance, before asking them to possible slip it up entirely.

Etsuko tilted her head to the side and gazed upon her student, she would use her hands to box in the girl top to bottom, then side to side. Comparing her to the horizon, as she'd try to guess whether or not she was visually balanced. "It looks like you're leaning a little left, so apply a little bit more chakra to that side to compensate." Etsuko would state while doing a pinching gesture with her hand to symbolize the application of only a little chakra.

Etsuko once getting student to straighten up she'd attempt to ask her the next step, it was probably clear advice that Etsuko was going to give. "Now you seem to still be dipping your feet a little, so you need to apply a little more chakra. Evenly though, so you don't lose your balance. "

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Catwalk [Closed Training]Mar 11, 2017 10:10:12 GMT -5
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Akira was still fighting. Fighting some nature within her that was mixing from memories across her years. People and their anger. Their biting and sarcastic remarks. People that weren’t her, but still longed to mix with the present instead of remain in the past as memories. The blank stare would remain. Even as Etsuko would ask if that was so bad. The archer wasn’t oblivious. She was on the water. Sort of. Her chakra was still finicky and erratic, not as controlled as one might hope. But there were elements of surface walking that helped her stay afloat. As well as her actively trying to move with the flow of the water. Trying. Trying to keep her expression. Her person. Her body. And her chakra. All under control.

A question came from her temporary mentor. Balance. Had Akira every truly felt balanced? "A subtle wind would have a great chance at defeating my balance.” The girl spoke without any sort of ring to her voice. Purposefully dull. Not so much to irritate Etsuko, but to try and regain and keep her control. That anger still ate at her mind. Small memories digging at her consciousness. The archer didn’t move from where she stood on the water, and Etsuko could likely notice the small shift in balance. Still not totally above water, her weight shifting to try and keep from toppling in once again. Yet, still staring back at the jinchuuriki of their village.

Advice was given. Her lack of balance had been noticed. Akira had been trying. Trying to be still upon the water and keep herself upright. The time between Etsuko’s offering which way she was leaning and for Akira to effectively fix it would be a good stretch of time. Small bits. Very small bits of chakra would be released to try and correct her situation. And even so, it caused her to tremble, her legs and body giving way to the lack of balance that she had. Concentrating and fighting, Akira still attempted to get to her balanced point.

It would succeed in time. A lot of time. The dampness of the girl becoming less from the water she had dropped into, drying, and then being replaced by sweat. Deep concentration in her mind and body, fighting every part of her what was in her to keep her from succeeding. Breathing a small bit harder, she’d look to her teacher upon being ‘righted.’ Or so she hoped.

This would grant her more advice. Staring at Etsuko after she said her piece, Akira’s face wouldn’t change but her mind raced once again. It took so long to even get straight. To evenly produce more under both her feet? She was going to plummet into the water again....

But she still tried. Fighting her urges. Fighting the sarcastic remarks that came to mind. Akira looked down to her feet. The moving water. Her chakra threatening to sink her into it. It would be had that she wouldn’t succeed another time in a row. Pushing more chakra into her feet, it wouldn’t be even. First the one foot would dive beneath the water, then the other. Her body sinking back into the lake. She hadn’t gone as far and wasn’t as deep, only getting in to about her waist before her feet hit rock. Exhaling slowly, Akira would move back towards the bank and turn her back upon the jinchuuriki. Failure once again. Not unexpected. Still disappointing. Yet right now the defeat wasn’t frustrating. Yet.

She’d try again. Taking steps out onto the water with Etsuko’s instructions in mind.


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Catwalk [Closed Training]Mar 12, 2017 10:35:59 GMT -5
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Etsuko would lightly frown at her student's reply, she felt more confidently in her student than realistically existed. She'd have to accept this would take time, but she'd also be decently impressed by the girl now returning to constant training. Failure wasn't stopping the girl from trying again, but it was clearly grinding the younger girls nerves. Her legs were shaking and the idea wind could defeat her was well unfit for a shinobi to stand upon. She'd need balance especially if she wanted to shot that bow and stand upon the water.

However it'd be in that thought that Etsuko would have two idea to stem upon her student; "Your repeated practice is helping greatly, but I sense you're nervous." Etsuko would approach her student and speak without as much noise interference, her tone lowering to hopefully convey less stress. Etsuko wasn't sure how to best remove the other girls nervousness and earlier stress, but she assumed so tips might help. "I'd like you to focus less on walking out for a second, you can stick to the shore more."

"Instead I want you to try starting off with more balance, a training wheel of sorts so you don't burn too much chakra. You're struggling with balance, so I think we should make balance more achievable." Etsuko lowered to a squat, as she'd lean forward and rest her hands on the water. "Once you're at a comfortable spot to stand a place you feel the least resistance in current, then squat down like this and extend chakra to your hands in the same manner as your feet. I find since most jutsu are concentrated through the hands, it's actually easier to anchor our weight with our hands."

"You should then in that position figure out the chakra it takes to hold your weight and balance. Once you start getting up to a stand you'll be starting lower too and you'll have a greater center of gravity by starting in a lower crouched stance." Etsuko would explain the reasoning for her advice and hope her theory on assisted training would help, she knew it'd be added concentration to project through the girls hands, but it'd almost be an easier lesson than her feet. She was learning one today so why not both?

There was one more thing though Etsuko wanted to recommend, "But I have one more idea that might help you. I think to help you balance, you should try to hold and draw your bow. You've probably practiced more of your shooting stance than standing, so you'd have a better balance while using your more comfortable stance." Etsuko would once again hope this was sound advice, she was forced to endless practice to learn, but she had Matabi's reserves to drain upon. Akira would benefit more from sound advice than the strict determination put upon the jounin.

Etsuko would then cough before awkwardly looking down at the water, she seemed very discerned from her next thoughts, but she needed to speak these words again. "You're still not conveying much Akira, I could use a little more feedback from you vocally. I can give better advice if you give me a more sound explanation of where you're struggling." Etsuko tried to show no emotion like her student, succeeding at so just to prove how much she stood by these thoughts.

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