13 Lets Get Dangerous(2/2)
Well..how to decide.
Fire, for all its explosions, also tends to burn things, which is a long, drawn out way to kill someone that's..frankly, inhumane. Some people might deserve it, but lightning would kill faster and be less risky, I think.
So, I picked lightning.
The world went back to normal, and the paper in my fingers crumpled.
+1000 EXP.
Wow.
Wow.
Really?
770 EXP until I level.
That makes me feel good. Really, really good. Let's go see if I can earn level 8 by figuring out some jutsu.
With that, I leapt out the window with a Shunshin, getting better at orienting myself at landing as I got used to it, and zoomed all the way to training ground 7.
It was just a basic training ground. A few targets and sparring dummies strewn about.
First jutsu I wanted to test? Well, I wanted to try a fire jutsu, just to see how much the penalty was for not having the Fire element. I don't think I know enough to reverse engineer Sasuke's famous fireballs, but I had another idea.
A smoke screen.
See, when you spend too much chakra on a jutsu, you get a smoke-screen. However, this smoke rarely, if ever, lasts long enough to make a difference and doesn't cause much lung damage. I want a beefed up version. One that obscures vision for at least an hour and burns my enemies' lungs..while not burning my own lungs.
So..let's see..tiger, snake, rat..
I brought up the chakra through my lungs while I took a deep breath and..let loose a deep breath.
Chakra Control Check Success: 100/15.
Ninjutsu Check Success: 30/20.
+150 EXP.
The field in front of me was obscured by black smoke that was alight by glowing embers and sparks in the cloud. I smirked and cancelled the jutsu. The smoke rapidly faded and I saw that the grass beneath it was smoldering and partially burned.
..yeah. That'll do it. Walking through that without some form of protection could be lethal, or at least permanently debilitating. I'll name this Burning Smokescreen.
Next up, the main event. Lightning jutsu. Deadly static electricity. Grab them to taze them. As if my Taijutsu needs to be any deadlier..good to have options, I suppose. Let's see..ox, dragon, bird..
My hands cackled with electrical power, the currents arcing between my fingers with the oddest tickling sensation.
Chakra Control Check Success: 100/15.
Ninjutsu Check Success: 30/5.
+150 EXP.
Barely felt or saw a drain, as opposed to the smoke, which took out almost half. It's not even that difficult, though. Next, let's try extending it through my chakra strings. Shouldn't be difficult, right?
I stuck a kunai down in the ground and attached a chakra-string to the ring at the end. I added a boar in the middle and a monkey at the end and lightning was traveling through my chakra strings. Nice! I'll name that one Chakra Taser. Simple and effective.
Okay, let's see if I can do something like a thunder-clap. Something to deafen foes in an area. Channel chakra into my palms..dragon, monkey, bird..
I brought my hands into a clap and..
Chakra Control Check Success: 100/25.
Ninjutsu Check Success: 30/25.
+150 EXP.
It was like an explosion went off in my palms, it was so loud. It was even accompanied by electrical discharge, which was awesome. I stood there, frozen, waiting for someone to come investigate the noise. No one did, so I guess that jutsu practice was common. Or that I was already being watched since I got here. That wasn't a pleasant thought, but it's not like I'd be able to avoid being watched if that was the case.
Thunderclap. The name was quick and simple.
320 EXP until level 8.
I needed three more jutsu and it didn't matter what they were, really. I could try a more traditional lightning attack, but I can already tell that I might not have the skill level to figure it out. I mean, Iruka's dolphin jutsu was beyond me, so some of the more fun jutsu was locked behind skill, if I had to guess.
So, maybe an Earth jutsu? Let's try throwing some of the rocks around. Ox, Rat, Monkey..
Chakra Control Check Success: 100/20.
Ninjutsu Check Success: 30/25.
+150 EXP.
Four rocks picked up and flew toward a target, most missing, but one hitting dead center. Wow, my bar went to below half like with the smoke screen. That won't be something I'm using for a while. If ever. An option, I guess. Stone Shot? Is that a name? I'll just call it that until I come up with a better one. If ever.
..alright, whatever. Let's try a wind technique, just to see what it does. A simple gust should do. So..bird, dragon, horse..
Chakra Control Check Success: 100/25.
Ninjutsu Check Failure: 30/35.
My chakra went near empty and I felt only the slightest of gusts trace itself across my outstretched hands. Gust of Wind? Get all Pokemon? I'll call it Gust of Wind.
+150 EXP.
20 EXP. One more jutsu.
..let's try another ranged lightning attack.
This one would be more like a closed net of electrical discharge, clumped together to seek a target to shock the crap out of. Simple. Probably above me, but as the last Wind Jutsu shown me, that doesn't matter in the slightest. So..here we go. Bird, Dragon, Horse..
Chakra Control Check Success: 100/30.
Ninjutsu Check Success: 30/30.
+150 EXP.
It was like making a ball out of chakra strings that had beautiful electric currents rushing through them. I was entranced by it, my wide eyes taking in every detail. I threw it at the target, and it hit square in the center, leaving it a blackened, scorched cinder.
Yes.
Yesyesyes.
Oh my yes!
Dum-dum-dum-Dum!
Level Up!
I had a plan to how I was going to allocate my skill points. This plan let me use most of my new toys much more effectively right now, actually. I sunk 10 points into Fuinjutsu and Ninjutsu, bringing them up to 40 and 39 respectively. The remaining 3 going straight to Speech, making it 33.
The perk I planned was Taijutsu Enthusiast, increasing the damage and magnitude of my Taijutsu by 10%. I took it.
Whew.
This level took like no time at all. I haven't even touched seals yet. Getting more powerful shouldn't take much longer at all.
..I won't let those kids..my team..my friends, die on my watch. I swear it.