Chapter 4: Tetsu Souran No Jutsu
Maemi smiled at the news. The Jishaku Clan's ultimate jutsu, tetsu souran no jutsu. The most powerful member of the clan, the creator of the tetsu souran no jutsu, was able to hold the jutsu for a solid thirty minutes. Maemi knew he'd never get that powerful. He hopped to achieve the level of his father, twenty minutes.
"Your really going to teach me the ultimate jutsu? But… you really think I'm ready for it. You were a Chunin when you learned it. Don't you think I should wait till I'm a Chunin as well?" Maemi rambled.
"No son. Jishaku Funato might have been a Chunin when he invented the tetsu souran no jutsu, but your powers are rivaling his now. You are showing a hidden power I was to blind to see. I really believe you are ready to use the jutsu." His father explained.
"You think I'll be able to start off with a long time period too!"
"No," His father said plainly, "Though you show powers that rival Funato, the jutsu will probably cancel out about five minutes in, maybe a couple more minutes. But that why you keep training yourself. Even though I believe twenty minutes is all my body will allow I still train to push for those extra few minutes."
"That's still cool." Maemi said with a smile.
"Now watch me closely." His father started releasing the seals. His hand signals were moving too fast for Maemi to keep up with. Tora, Saru, Ousu-Buta was all he could really pick out. He couldn't really tell what the others were.
"TETSU SOURAN NO JUTSU!" His father said as he finished the last seal. He then pushed his arms forward as metal started to circulate around his arms. Maemi watched in astonishment as armor formed around his fathers arms.
"What seals did you see? I might have been moving a little fast."
"I saw Tora, Saru, and Ousu-Buta."
"Not bad. I also used Ryu, Inu, and Hebi. There are ten seals using those six signs. Ryu, Ousu-Buta, Hebi, Inu, Saru, Hebi, Tora, Ryu, Tora, Saru. Try doing those hand signs quickly. You'll need to do them fast before you are disturbed. I want you to practice using those seals as fast as you can." His father explained and canceled the jutsu, putting all the metal back in its place.
Maemi concentrated on remembering the seals. He never really used Tora and Ryu that much and were hard for him to remember. He first did the seals in order. He moved slow at first, but speed up eventually. He moved faster, trying to be sure not to mess up one bit. Soon he was doing it nearly as fast as his father.
"Not bad. It only took you about an hour and a half to move up to that speed. Took me longer. Now, we'll focus on a small area. Focus your chakra on your hands. It'll give you control over the magnetic field within a twenty yard radius of you."
"Right." Maemi focused his chakra on his hands. He then started to release the seals. "TETSU SOURAN NO JUTSU!"
Maemi opened his eyes and looked at his hands. Chakra seemed to be flowing from them. He had done it. He had done the ultimate jutsu. True it was still at a rookie level but he had done something no other member of the Jishaku clan has done.
He moved his hands around. Nothing was really happening. He closed his fist and moved it towards him. Some metal items started hovering towards him. Maemi smiled widely. It was working.
"It worked! I can't believe it worked!" Maemi said with glee.
"I told you you'd be able to perform the jutsu. I didn't expect you to do it on your first try but you surly did do it. Your power truly dose rival Funato's." His father said with a smiled. Maemi put the items back and canceled the jutsu.
Maemi was breathing hard now. Sweat was dripping down his forehead. The jutsu had taken a lot out of him. More then he had realized.
"C'mon Maemi. You need to rest now. Then I'll be sure to tell mother to make a ramen for you in celebration of you mastering the jutsu."
Maemi smiled and nodded excitedly. He then hurried home to tell his mother. As soon as he got home he told his mother and went upstairs to his room to rest. He collapsed on his bed and fell into a deep, relaxing sleep.
