A forest clearing below the canopy.

This area is a clearing in the forest of which has been charred and scorched. Nothing grows within the clearing and one can plainly see there is a defined line between the vegetation and the charred earth itself.

In the middle of the clearing lie two pillars of quartz. This hard material is embedded in the earth below and cannot be budged. There appears to be a stump where a third pillar may have been. However, this pillar has been blown away by some incredibly hot forces. A clear line of fresh char marks show the line of fire of which the pillar was obliterated.

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Technique not shown (Technique used to pull her beneath the ground while remaining above the soil):

Name: Tsuchi Bushin - Earth Clone
Rank: C
Range: N/A
Style: Earth style, Ninjutsu
Description:
Tsuchi Bushin is a technique in which is similar to other cloning techiniques in that it creates copies of the user. However, unlike normal cloning techniques, Tsuchi Bushin creates a solid copie of the user which is almost indestinguisable from the original. This clone, unlike the shadow clone, can retake it's original form after being hit with significant force due to it consisting of mud.

Technique used to take her beneath the soil:

Name: Shinjuu Zanshu - Head Hunter
Rank: D
Range: Short distance; 0-1 meter (0-3 feet).
Style: Earth style, Ninjutsu
Description:
Shinjuu Zanshu is a technique in which the user attempts to capture his or her opponent by submerging their target's body beneath the soil. The user, emerging from the area just below his or her target, pulls the opponent down so that only it's head is visible from the surface. This technique is used in order to restrain a target so that he or she may be decapitated, or tortured.

A man sits upon the top of the center of the three Quartz pillars in silent meditation. A red aura seems to glow off of his dexterous exterior and illuminates the stone below him.

Ojike sits in wait for his newly acquired student.

Misaki would be seen too be jogging from the village a short distance as she arrives in a clearing of the forest where she was apparently suppose too meet her master, Oji at. She would glance around as she comes to a pause putting her hair up in a pony tail as she looks up towards the tree and around her surroundings as she smiles. Her master was sitting in the area as she took her final glances at the arena that he choose for them too hold her first practice in. It was a good area too practice it, but she hope she doesn't end up burning some trees with the start of her fire elemental. She would chuckle as she finally decides to speak towards him. "Master, I have arrived as you requested my presence." Misaki would silence down after that and close her eyes waiting for him.

"Come, child and stand before me as you are." Ojike continues as his silent meditation continues. The glowing of the quartz stone becomes more intense now as she approaches.

"Tell me, child. Tell me of your element. That is, if you have discovered it." A grin comes across his face as he opens his eyes and looks down upon her. His hands are placed firmly against the quartz pillar. Without so much as a warning his body begins moving as he suspends his legs into the air on either side of the stone. The only part of his body remaining in contact with it is his very hands.

Misaki would move into the opening as she is told till she stands right before him and looks up at him proudly. She would watch her master as he raises up in the air blinking as she listens too his question. "I have discover my element. It is a long past element that makes my family very proud of ourselfs, the element of fierce, of bravery. None yet but the katon fire style ways is my path." She would say that proudly and with no shyness in the background as she folded her hands behind herself. Sort of like she was standing at attention of being in the army or something more.

"I see." He contorts his body once more, suspending his legs outward behind him as if he were doing a push up. Rather, his feet, legs, waist, and every part of him were suspended in the air. The only part which wasn't is still his hands.

"I would like for you to show me the power you possess. Punch this quartz pillar which is below me. If the shock of the impact is great enough to knock me off, I shall grant you a gift of one of my most prized techniques. He smiles as he suspends himself from the cool quartz crystal pillar.

Misaki would nodded at her master after listening too his words and took a look at her fist as she cletches it up. She would back up a few feet as she bows sightly closing her eyes before she would run with full speed pushing out her arm and fist at the quartz pillar that was glowing. Suddenly her fist would make a impact with the stone and as it does a red glitterly chakra light would release from her fist. It was her chakra, for some reason it always does that. She needed too train her larger chakra pool she had more than anyone else she thinks in this world. She would wait too her her teachers comment as she bends overa bit and looks at the stine queerly like.

As her fist makes contact with the stone a sudden burst of fiery chakra shoots outward and engulfs her hand for only but a moment. The shock of the sudden heat sends her back slightly as her hand becomes slightly singed.

"Training is what you require so that you may knock me from my pedestal. What you have just witnessed is an ancient technique passed down from sages of eons ago. The firecrest mountain barrier." He contorts his body once more so that he is suspended up ward in a way that would at first appear as if he were diving into the stone. His hands suspend him perfectly still as the stone suddenly loses its color.


"Try now, but force outward your elemental chakra this time."

After she was push backwards sightly with her fist sightly singed it seems she would shake her head and stand straight again as she listens too her masters words carefully. She would nodded as she see's this is a way of training and thinks, so a ancient technique passed down from sages of eons ago huh, that is pretty neat. She would be sure too pay attention as her master seems to arranged his hbody once more seeing he move himself too first appear as he was diving into the stone. Her eyes would widen as she witnesses the stone losing its color. Then Misaki would snap her attention back towards the guy as he says too push her elmental chakra outward more this time.

Misaki would nodded her head as she prepares again and this time forces her elemental chakra too glow as she bends down. She would suddenly take off running towards the stone as the elemental red chakra hits the stone with the chakra looking as it was made too be a dragon. She would blink stepping back as she waited on her masters wisdom looking down at her fist as she releases the chakra from it.

The crystal remains still as she backs away from it. A slight scorch mark remains where her hand made contact. Ojike, however, remained motionless and was not shaken by the impact. "Your strength fails you, Misaki. Clearly it has been a waste to sit and study while you could have been training and setting that knowledge into practice."

Slowly his body lowers now as he pushes off of it; sending him sailing into the air above. With a minor show of acrobatic skill he twirls in mid air and lands upon the top of the second crystal with ease. Without so much as another word he jumps off of the quartz pillar and lands on the ground aside of Misaki. "However, you did manage to scuff the stone. For a mere Genin, this is indeed a good sign. You will truly be gifted with the element of fire."

"Now, behold a technique which is unlike anything you may have read in books." As he finishes speaking his eyes close tightly as his hands begin rapidly forming a sequence of symbols. Without so much as a breeze his hair begins to float upward as his outfit begins to flutter around. She cannot see it, due to her lack of ability, but he is now shrouded in a light red aura.

In a sudden burst of speed he flickers roughly twenty meters away as his hands slam against the ground as a rumbling is felt below. The ground to either side of him bursts upward in a sudden eruption of flames. Blazing geysers spew up from the depths of the earth sending bits of molten and steaming rocks outward from the base.

He removes his hands from the ground and walks forward as the pillars continue jetting upright from the grounds surface. "You see this? With pinpoint accuracy may I erect pillars of flames. However, these flames are simply used to envelope a target. Observe..." He trails off as he points to a tree stump that sits nearby the charred clearing. Without warning it erupts in flames as an intense burst of incendiary fire shoots upward around it.

Within seconds the tree stump and roots are sent up into the air, landing mere feet from Misaki. The roots have been charred beyond all recognition as the embers within it glow brightly. As Misaki watches the fiery show of devastation, Ojike then forms a quick hand symbol and sinks beneath the ground. Without noticing it, he disappears without so much as a trace.

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OOC:

Fiery Technique:

Name: Furea-Sensui - Blazing Geyser
Rank: C
Range: Short-medium distance; 0-20 meters (0-65 feet).
Style: Fire style, Ninjutsu
Description:
Furea-Sensui is a technique in which the user attempts to capture his or her opponent within a fiery burst of a blazing geyser. In order to complete this technique the user needs to focus his or her chakra into the hands. Upon completing the focusing of chakra, the user then slams their hands onto the ground and infuses their chakra with the ground below. As the opponent comes nearer, the user targets him or her by continuing to have the user's hands on the ground which allows for pin point accuracy. These geysers, however, do not last for long durations. Rather they disipate quickly, within seconds of erupting from the earthen terrain below their intended target. This technique requires much concentration in order to execute properly.

Disappearing Technique:

Name: Moguragakure - Hidden Mole
Rank: C
Range: N/A
Style: Earth style, Ninjutsu
Description:
Moguragakure is a technique in which the user infuses his or her chakra into the ground in order to grind it into a fine sand so that he or she may hide below the grounds surface. While underground the user can sense what is happening above the surface and utilize this information so that he or she may launch surprise attacks on the user's target.

Misaki would stare at her teacher as she kneels down on the ground knowing that she needed too work hard as she watches him do something that was amazing too her. She would watch him land beside her after coming out of the air and tell her too pay close attention too him. She would watch him as he floated up into the air again and then came straight down too the ground again with his hands slamming right into the gound bringing up these pillars type things. She would blink at that, it was amazing and seem far distancee. She would learn a lot from this master she could tell, maybe even he could tell her something about her clan family, of why she was feeling something empty inside herself. The pillars seem too be shooting off into flames up at the sky.


"Yeah I see master," she would say too him as she keeps paying close attention. She would observe as he say to her to do as suddenly her master would fly tree stumps and roots at her which made her close her eyes in fright. By the time she open them again she would suddenly jump up towards the ground noticing that her master was gone. Where did he go, he suddenly disappear. Like magic, I wonder where he could have gone. She would walk a few feet forward again as she kneel down curiously touching the stone. Her falcon birthmark could be seen if someone was paying attention real closely as her hair was still up in a pony tail.

From below Ojike could see a blurry outline of some sort of birth mark or scar which rest upon her delicate skin. Suddenly memories from long since past began to surface within his mind. [i]"Wait... My sister had one right about there..." Without so much as a moments notice Ojike strikes. His attack is swift and without hesitation as his hands suddenly push out of the ground beneath her; wrapping around her ankles. He begins pulling her beneath the topsoil so that she may be immobilized.

As she begins to sink into the earth Ojike approaches from behind. "Maybe. Just maybe..."

Misaki suddenly was feeling something wrapped around her ankle as she straightens back up a bit after exploring the area that her master had disappear too. She was being pull downstairs as she gets frighten by the pullings as she looks up and suddenly see's birds passing through the sky. She would began too yell in fright as she had no idea of what too do as she suddenly trys to reach for her chains before it was too late. Oh I wish I could reach them, but its too tight for me too grab them.

Without much time for her to react she is sent beneath the grounds surface. Embedded within the tightly packed topsoil she is rendered immobile. As Ojike approaches his clone slowly emerges from the ground before her.

"What will you do now? If this had been an attack you would have been killed." The two Ojikes speak in unison as they circle her now.

Misaki would look confused as she is stuck in the ground and watches two of the same family members spin around her. She would listen to the words and make a funny looking squinch eyes look as her mouth opens. "I don't know!! I never was train that much by my clan, my family because they did not want me too get suck into the ninja life because they were afraid of losing me like they lost another I hear when I easedrop on them." Misaki would say this with a frighten but honest tone voice as she watches the man spin around still.

"The life of a Shinobi holds many dangers. Should you happen to have such an event befall you when I am not around, I fear for your safety. From this day forward, it is you who shall train with every ounce of strength you can muster." The clone and Ojike stop before her and kneel down as the original takes out a kunai from his pouch and thrusts it into the clone. Immediately the clone begins to melt into a mud-like substance and then hardens almost instantly.

As the earthen mound of soil begins to further crumble into dust before her, Ojike flicks her nose teasingly. "What's this on your shoulder, Misaki?" He then brushes her hair to the side as he looks down upon it. The birthmark is clearer now as he gazes down upon it. Startled by its shape, he does a double take. "Misaki... What is your last name...? Who is it that you stay with?"

Misaki would stare up at him with her crimison red eyes as she glazes into his listening too his words. She never had someone like this before, one who actually care that she was prepare for the dangers of the world, other than what she had been though in academy school. She would nodded believing in his words as she looks over and sees the other clone turn into melting mud which would suddenly hard instancely afterwards. It was awesome too have someone like this, till the question came at last. Of who her last name was, her clan name. She would look up towards him as she feels her nose flicker like teasingly and ask what was on her shoulder as she feels his gaze upon it. She would open her mouth and simply mumble out in a quiet tone voice, "I am Misaki Zersubou, from the area of Eruption branches."

"You're from the Zersubou? That's too bad...." He trails off for a moment or two as he thinks to himself. "I guess she's not her..."

He then stands up in front of her. "Dig yourself out of the dirt and then we'll begin your training." Ojike then walks over to the Quartz pillars and sits down in the shade produced by the center pillar.

Misaki would stare in shock as she realizes he got her last name ready, she wonders if she should correct or not knowing the correct answer though was too correct him. She would hear him say to her too dig herself out of the dirt and they would begin her training then as she stares around at the dirt that keeps her immozible wondering if this was a test or something again. She would sigh as she trys too dig from out underneath herself craving at the dirt with her nails little by little till her hands was free. Then she would suddenly start too turn her hands upwards too dig herself out as she gazes at her master watching him sitting in shade by the center pillar.

She would sigh knowing she had a ton of training ahead of herself as she gets herself a bit more free being able too almost move her shoulders. Misaki would open her motuh looking at her master still ready too correct him on her last name but close it suddenly as she was unsure of whether it was the right time yet. But yet Misaki was curious about what had happen too him when he trial off his voice as he was unsure about something. She would finally dig herself out a little later and place her hands around the hole she dig herself out of and push herself up on the ground as she kneels looking at her master. Then she would sightly lower her head as she thinks...

what should I do, tell him that he mix up my name or not. I guess I should, at least that way I won't feel awakard for him calling me the wrong clan name or teaching me the wrong techniques. Well I guess he wouldn't do that. Would he? Seeming that a battle was going on in Misaki Zetsubou head she would open her mouth so that way it would end as she bruts out, "Uh master.... or rather I guess teacher or sensei sounds better. I think you are a bit confused and pronounce my name wrong. I say Zetsubou, not Zersubou as you say." Misaki would stay kneeling as she waited for his reply to that looking down towards the ground and then back at his eyes.

Ojike's head turns around as he hears her correct him. "What was that, child?" He then turns and swiftly returns to his feet as he faces the girl who now kneels down. He places his hand upon her cheek and raises her head so that he may look into her eyes for his answer.

"Which family do you live with?" He asks questioningly as he gazes into her eyes in search of a clue to her past. It is with this that he can see his own visage in her eyes reflecting back at him.

Misaki would feel her head being lifted up as she listens too his words. He wanted her too repeated it seems, as he couldn't believe the name that had came out of her mouth. She would gulp sightly as she gazes into his eyes and repeats her last name. "One of the Zetsubous familys of the side branch, since it is believe that I am the only main branch who lives. That is what they all tell me anyways and that I have signs of becoming their leader one day when I turn older." She would wonder what he was so curious for and planned too stick close too him as she looks up at him too quickly respone right after wards, "No matter what, know I will always be sticking close too you my teacher."

"Impossible... You were rumored to have died when the family's home was destroyed during the war..." He trails off for a moment or two but then snaps back and continues. "I would like very much for you to bring me to your guardian in the nearby future. I have something to discuss with these people."

He stands up and smiles. "Either way... Do you see the perimeter of this clearing? All together it adds up to a little over one third mile. I wish for you to race around this area three hundred times consecutively. If you are unable to do so, then you shall do one thousand sit-ups from a tree nearby." He snaps his fingers and points to the scorch mark where the old tree stump used to be at the edge of the clearing. "What are you waiting for? Get moving!"

OOC: Gerph.. xD Having a nice break from the forumness? D:

The young girl Misaki would look at her teacher as he talk then suddenly snap towards where he was pointing and sigh. It was going be a tough training session, but she was going to try as hard as she can, well not being a quitter anyways. She would prove herself to this teacher as she bends down and strentches real fast before she suddenly hears her master say, "Well, what are you waiting for? Get going!" She would chuckle then and push herself off towards the pillars as she starts too run. For awhile you would see her try her hardest and pushing herself till the thirty lap, thats when she began to lag and hard breathing could be heard from her. Before you know it a rock was popping up in her path and she would fall over on the ground landing hard while she try to catch her breath.

But her masters words stay in her head and she made herself get up with a little blood seen coming out of her nose, she would walk over to thet tree without a glance at her master Oji, she did not want to prove that she wasn't worthy of his training for her. Misaki wanted to prove she was ready and would push thorough whatever training she had to go thorough to do so. She would tighten her feet against the tree as she pull her legs over a strong branch she found as she put her arms over her chest and started to do sits up upside down. This was always how she did them, it gave her the hardest focus on keeping herself balanced and toughen up her legs. Soon she would get to 30 sits up and was breathing hard but force herself on. A few sits up later through, she was looking red in the face and her nose bleed was a bit worst as a small puddle of blood was seen on the ground.

But she kept on till 50 sit ups when she could not take it anymore and would fall towards the ground but twist herself to where she didn't fall on her head but instead she fall on her side with a painful look on her face. But she would ignore the pain knowing that it only makes her stronger. She would look up at her master at last with a face saying, I will not fail you as she sits quietly waiting for her next orders.

"So the most you can do is a ten mile jog... Is that all you can muster, child?" Ojike shakes his head somberly as he waves his finger to and fro. "I aim to remedy this, however. You are to now do 100 push-ups and after that, you shall follow up with 200 kicks to the center quartz crystal. Once accomplishing this you must continue with an additional 200 punches. He pauses for a moment and sighs.

"There is much work to be done here, Misaki. You should prepare yourself more thoroughly." He snaps his fingers as a sign for her to continue.