To Be Strong.
A Naruto fanfiction
Chapter 4 - Jutsu.
Hinata's hands moved slowly, deliberately, making sure each of the documented seals was performed perfectly. As a Hyuuga she had never really needed to learn any Jutsu beyond the one's her family used. In truth, all she really knew were the three basics - Henge, Kawarimi and Bunshin. That and how to activate and control her unique eyes - the infamous Byakugan.
Most of her life had instead been spent learning the unique taijutsu style her family used. Although it must be said that she had begun to slack off somewhat after her father had effectively disowned her.
Now she was trying to perform a technique from the scroll she had, learning direct from a scroll was one of the hardest ways in which to learn a jutsu as there was no-one who could give advice if one failed to perform the technique.
"Dog, Boar, Dog, Horse, Snake," She named each seal as she performed it, memorising the order that they were performed in. She wasn't, however, channelling any chakra yet, intending instead to make sure she got the motions right before she started adding any actual power. After all, some techniques could turn into disasters if the seals were performed incorrectly.
As she worked on memorising the first technique on the scroll, she thought back to the discussion she had with Asuma the day before.
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"How interesting," Asuma had murmured, "This scroll contains a selection of techniques - the descriptions are a little obscure but I think they're all earth-type jutsu."
"Earth-type?" Hinata had asked, with her rather limited knowledge of Jutsus she didn't quite understand the meaning. Asuma looked at her and sighed.
"Didn't anyone tell you?" At Hinata's little shake of her head, Asuma sighed once more. "Shikamaru, explain it."
Shikamaru blinked, then fumed slightly. Trust Asuma to dump the difficult explanations onto him, just like he dumped most of the work, most of the teaching, and most of everything else too. "Gaaah... I don't need this hassle..." He muttered before looking at Hinata and beginning his explanation.
"Jutsus come in three main catagories, elemental, non-elemental and unique. An example of a non-elemental jutsu would be the Bunshin No Jutsu, the seals are all fairly standard, and there are no specific chakra types needed to perform it." He nodded, before snatching a sheet of paper from Asuma and began to scribble on it with a charcoal stick.
"A unique Jutsu would be something like my Kagamane no Jutsu or Choji's Multi-size no jutsu. It's something that is pretty much reliant on the individual, and most likely wouldn't work if anyone else tried it." He paused for a moment and thought. "Unless, of course, they fill the requirements - only someone with enough body mass could perform Choji's Multi-size no jutsu for example, if I tried it I'd never get it to work."
Hinata nodded, it made sense in a strange sort of way. Or at least, it would explain why she'd never seen anyone else use some of the more devastating techniques that some families practised. Of course, then there was all the mess with advanced bloodlines and the like, but she already knew about that. She had first hand experience one might say.
"Right," Continued Shikamaru, idly nudging one of his shogi pieces forwards. "Then there are elemental jutsu, which come in several types. The biggest types are Earth, Fire, Water, Wind and Lightning. There are many other less widespread types though - such as Space-time jutsu. Each type of element requires different chakra, it's not hard - really you just need to find an emotion that fits the element and think of it when you create your chakra."
At this Asuma piped up, interrupting the explanation and earning a nasty glare from the young genius. "That's not quite right. You know how Chakra is made from spiritual energy, and physical energy? Well, you can't change physical energy, but with concentration you can alter the spiritual energy which will in turn alter what type of chakra you create. Earth-type spiritual energy is said to feel heavy, like a rock, whilst Fire-type supposedly feels hot like a flame. Different ninja use different ways to change their spiritual energy to what they want." Shikamaru grumbled to himself for a moment before continuing, "Of course, it brings a whole new level of complexity to performing a jutsu. After all, you have to make the right chakra to match the jutsu - Fire-type chakra would be useless if you wanted to do an earth type technique."
The jounin, Asuma, nodded in agreement with his student. "And that's not even scratching the surface - combining different chakra types is also possible, which allow for an even wider range of jutsu. And, lastly, even though it is an element, almost all space-time jutsu are affiliated with another element - but they're simple in that the only thing a space-time jutsu needs is a little bit of blood - and whatever chakra it's affiliated with."
Hinata nodded dumbly, this was an awful lot of information to take in at once and, to be honest, she was sure that she'd forgotten some of it already. On the other hand, she now had, at the very least, some idea of how to perform a jutsu more complicated than the three basics.
"Now that we've got that sorted out," Asuma plucked a cigarette from his jacket and placed it in his mouth. "I've translated the first technique for you, the rest though... Well, I'll pass the information to Kurenai. She'll probably have to train you a bit herself on most of these, but the first one you could probably do on your own."
He smirked and held out his hand, a tiny flame appearing at the top of one finger. "Fire-type jutsu," he murmured. "About the only fire-type thing I can do this. It's useful though." He added, lighting his cigarette with his finger.
Shikamaru just snorted and glared at his teacher.
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"Earth type is heavy..." She whispered as she meditated. Hinata was good at meditation, it was something she could do without any effort at all. Unlike, say, Kiba, who had difficulty just sitting still for more than a few minutes at a time.
"Earth type is heavy... Like rocks, and mud, and stones." She whispered, as she felt within herself seeking to create 'heavy' earth-type chakra. It was hard, much harder than it was for her to summon the power of the byakugan. Then again, she put this down to the simple fact that she'd never had to do it before. Everyone else probably got taught the basics before they became Genin. She, on the other hand, had merely learnt the byakugan and three core techniques from her father - so she'd never learnt about other chakra types before.
"Earth type is heavy... Like... like..." Ah. There it was. Her chakra, all bubbly and silky and smooth and rough and... well, it was everything and nothing really. It was so hard to put descriptions to energy, especially that which came from a combination of herself and her experiences.
Hold on... No, this wasn't her normal chakra. Not quite anyway. It seemed darker, deeper, like that mineshaft she'd seen once when she'd travelled with her father to a nearby city. Yes, it seemed deep and dark and smelling of wet clay, a deep rich smell of earth and the darkness and...
Her eyes opened wide as she forced this chakra through her body. Her hands reached up and flicked through the seals she had spent such a long time memorising earlier.
"Dog, Boar, Dog, Horse, Snake," each one was performed in a second, then her hands were already moving onto the next. She felt her chakra move through the seals, it seemed slightly more sluggish than usual, but then that was probably to be expected. It was heavier after all. Well, in a pseudo-metaphysical sense it was anyway, she wasn't altogether sure that chakra - if it had any weight - would be affected by gravity anyway. Probably not, it was probably just her imagination.
"Earth-type..." She murmured, Then smacked her hands upon the ground as she called the techniques name, the energy in her voice being the final trigger to set it off.
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"Hinata!? Hi~na~ta!?" The masculine voice echoed around the woods, bouncing from tree to tree as it carried the name around the area. Occasionally, the yells would be punctuated by the barks and whines of a dog.
"Hinata!? Where are you!?" Kiba yelled out again, Hinata hadn't shown up at all for the normal meeting they had with Kurenai-sensei and that had worried everyone. Hinata always showed up on time, if not a few minutes early. The fact that she was late was incredibly unusual, not turning up at all, therefore, was unthinkable.
"Hinata!?" He yelled again, as he stumbled into a clearing - and promptly fell over.
The place had been practically obliterated! The ground was ripped up, and several trees had been smashed or knocked over. The chaos was almost... well... it was really, really bad.
And in the centre of it all, eyes closed and resting peacefully against a chunk of rock, was Hinata, a tiny smile upon her face.
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Authors notes;
How evil can I get? First I string you along, leave you wondering what she's going to learn... now I show you the results but not what it is she's learnt!
^___^ Damn, but I'm a sadistic guy, huh?
Yeah x.x this one hit my bare minimum for a 'To be strong' chapter, I just couldn't think of much else to say once I'd written that ending ^.^;;
AH! I'm probably going to have to change the description of this fic x.x as it's gleefully meandered away from my original plan ^^;; no worries though, I still enjoy writing it.
- Lackey H, imagining Hinata in autumn leaf-fall.
A Naruto fanfiction
Chapter 4 - Jutsu.
Hinata's hands moved slowly, deliberately, making sure each of the documented seals was performed perfectly. As a Hyuuga she had never really needed to learn any Jutsu beyond the one's her family used. In truth, all she really knew were the three basics - Henge, Kawarimi and Bunshin. That and how to activate and control her unique eyes - the infamous Byakugan.
Most of her life had instead been spent learning the unique taijutsu style her family used. Although it must be said that she had begun to slack off somewhat after her father had effectively disowned her.
Now she was trying to perform a technique from the scroll she had, learning direct from a scroll was one of the hardest ways in which to learn a jutsu as there was no-one who could give advice if one failed to perform the technique.
"Dog, Boar, Dog, Horse, Snake," She named each seal as she performed it, memorising the order that they were performed in. She wasn't, however, channelling any chakra yet, intending instead to make sure she got the motions right before she started adding any actual power. After all, some techniques could turn into disasters if the seals were performed incorrectly.
As she worked on memorising the first technique on the scroll, she thought back to the discussion she had with Asuma the day before.
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"How interesting," Asuma had murmured, "This scroll contains a selection of techniques - the descriptions are a little obscure but I think they're all earth-type jutsu."
"Earth-type?" Hinata had asked, with her rather limited knowledge of Jutsus she didn't quite understand the meaning. Asuma looked at her and sighed.
"Didn't anyone tell you?" At Hinata's little shake of her head, Asuma sighed once more. "Shikamaru, explain it."
Shikamaru blinked, then fumed slightly. Trust Asuma to dump the difficult explanations onto him, just like he dumped most of the work, most of the teaching, and most of everything else too. "Gaaah... I don't need this hassle..." He muttered before looking at Hinata and beginning his explanation.
"Jutsus come in three main catagories, elemental, non-elemental and unique. An example of a non-elemental jutsu would be the Bunshin No Jutsu, the seals are all fairly standard, and there are no specific chakra types needed to perform it." He nodded, before snatching a sheet of paper from Asuma and began to scribble on it with a charcoal stick.
"A unique Jutsu would be something like my Kagamane no Jutsu or Choji's Multi-size no jutsu. It's something that is pretty much reliant on the individual, and most likely wouldn't work if anyone else tried it." He paused for a moment and thought. "Unless, of course, they fill the requirements - only someone with enough body mass could perform Choji's Multi-size no jutsu for example, if I tried it I'd never get it to work."
Hinata nodded, it made sense in a strange sort of way. Or at least, it would explain why she'd never seen anyone else use some of the more devastating techniques that some families practised. Of course, then there was all the mess with advanced bloodlines and the like, but she already knew about that. She had first hand experience one might say.
"Right," Continued Shikamaru, idly nudging one of his shogi pieces forwards. "Then there are elemental jutsu, which come in several types. The biggest types are Earth, Fire, Water, Wind and Lightning. There are many other less widespread types though - such as Space-time jutsu. Each type of element requires different chakra, it's not hard - really you just need to find an emotion that fits the element and think of it when you create your chakra."
At this Asuma piped up, interrupting the explanation and earning a nasty glare from the young genius. "That's not quite right. You know how Chakra is made from spiritual energy, and physical energy? Well, you can't change physical energy, but with concentration you can alter the spiritual energy which will in turn alter what type of chakra you create. Earth-type spiritual energy is said to feel heavy, like a rock, whilst Fire-type supposedly feels hot like a flame. Different ninja use different ways to change their spiritual energy to what they want." Shikamaru grumbled to himself for a moment before continuing, "Of course, it brings a whole new level of complexity to performing a jutsu. After all, you have to make the right chakra to match the jutsu - Fire-type chakra would be useless if you wanted to do an earth type technique."
The jounin, Asuma, nodded in agreement with his student. "And that's not even scratching the surface - combining different chakra types is also possible, which allow for an even wider range of jutsu. And, lastly, even though it is an element, almost all space-time jutsu are affiliated with another element - but they're simple in that the only thing a space-time jutsu needs is a little bit of blood - and whatever chakra it's affiliated with."
Hinata nodded dumbly, this was an awful lot of information to take in at once and, to be honest, she was sure that she'd forgotten some of it already. On the other hand, she now had, at the very least, some idea of how to perform a jutsu more complicated than the three basics.
"Now that we've got that sorted out," Asuma plucked a cigarette from his jacket and placed it in his mouth. "I've translated the first technique for you, the rest though... Well, I'll pass the information to Kurenai. She'll probably have to train you a bit herself on most of these, but the first one you could probably do on your own."
He smirked and held out his hand, a tiny flame appearing at the top of one finger. "Fire-type jutsu," he murmured. "About the only fire-type thing I can do this. It's useful though." He added, lighting his cigarette with his finger.
Shikamaru just snorted and glared at his teacher.
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"Earth type is heavy..." She whispered as she meditated. Hinata was good at meditation, it was something she could do without any effort at all. Unlike, say, Kiba, who had difficulty just sitting still for more than a few minutes at a time.
"Earth type is heavy... Like rocks, and mud, and stones." She whispered, as she felt within herself seeking to create 'heavy' earth-type chakra. It was hard, much harder than it was for her to summon the power of the byakugan. Then again, she put this down to the simple fact that she'd never had to do it before. Everyone else probably got taught the basics before they became Genin. She, on the other hand, had merely learnt the byakugan and three core techniques from her father - so she'd never learnt about other chakra types before.
"Earth type is heavy... Like... like..." Ah. There it was. Her chakra, all bubbly and silky and smooth and rough and... well, it was everything and nothing really. It was so hard to put descriptions to energy, especially that which came from a combination of herself and her experiences.
Hold on... No, this wasn't her normal chakra. Not quite anyway. It seemed darker, deeper, like that mineshaft she'd seen once when she'd travelled with her father to a nearby city. Yes, it seemed deep and dark and smelling of wet clay, a deep rich smell of earth and the darkness and...
Her eyes opened wide as she forced this chakra through her body. Her hands reached up and flicked through the seals she had spent such a long time memorising earlier.
"Dog, Boar, Dog, Horse, Snake," each one was performed in a second, then her hands were already moving onto the next. She felt her chakra move through the seals, it seemed slightly more sluggish than usual, but then that was probably to be expected. It was heavier after all. Well, in a pseudo-metaphysical sense it was anyway, she wasn't altogether sure that chakra - if it had any weight - would be affected by gravity anyway. Probably not, it was probably just her imagination.
"Earth-type..." She murmured, Then smacked her hands upon the ground as she called the techniques name, the energy in her voice being the final trigger to set it off.
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"Hinata!? Hi~na~ta!?" The masculine voice echoed around the woods, bouncing from tree to tree as it carried the name around the area. Occasionally, the yells would be punctuated by the barks and whines of a dog.
"Hinata!? Where are you!?" Kiba yelled out again, Hinata hadn't shown up at all for the normal meeting they had with Kurenai-sensei and that had worried everyone. Hinata always showed up on time, if not a few minutes early. The fact that she was late was incredibly unusual, not turning up at all, therefore, was unthinkable.
"Hinata!?" He yelled again, as he stumbled into a clearing - and promptly fell over.
The place had been practically obliterated! The ground was ripped up, and several trees had been smashed or knocked over. The chaos was almost... well... it was really, really bad.
And in the centre of it all, eyes closed and resting peacefully against a chunk of rock, was Hinata, a tiny smile upon her face.
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Authors notes;
How evil can I get? First I string you along, leave you wondering what she's going to learn... now I show you the results but not what it is she's learnt!
^___^ Damn, but I'm a sadistic guy, huh?
Yeah x.x this one hit my bare minimum for a 'To be strong' chapter, I just couldn't think of much else to say once I'd written that ending ^.^;;
AH! I'm probably going to have to change the description of this fic x.x as it's gleefully meandered away from my original plan ^^;; no worries though, I still enjoy writing it.
- Lackey H, imagining Hinata in autumn leaf-fall.
