First Mission [P]

[EVANGELINE]

[GP1]

The Academy...such a glorious and sophisticated place, it almost made anyone shiver just looking at it. There wasn't much intimidation in terms of the structure's appearance; interior and exterior alike. But there was something just about this place that had the potential of intimidating people. It was located almost at the heart of Iwa, one of the many respected buildings, crafted many years ago. Here was where every aspiring child would find themselves, trapped inside for many long years, being taught the ways of a shinobi. For Evangeline, she didn't mind it so much as a student because she always one for learning new things. Learning inspired her. But for many of the newer students, the tests that they were being put forth to do were just too much for them. Personally she didn't see how some people could fail or be close to failing the academy. But she presumed that everyone was different in their own ways. I guess I'll never know...or maybe she will. it was all a matter of understanding people's difficulties.

And this mission was supposedly going to help her to do just that.

Indeed, the mission slip that was now in her hands was the main reason she decided to step into the academy training grounds after bidding it farewell only a few months ago. But the feel was definitely different. The purple haired girl didn't have that pressured or stressed out feeling that she did when she had been a student. Evangeline could laugh at herself now as she remembered the times when she would nearly suffocate herself just walking through the school's doors. This was usually the times of tests or training as she hadn't been the sharpest in training. Though what she lacked in natural talent she had learned to acquire through vigorous hard work. And it paid off in the end. 

It was rather comical to be doing just what she had been so afraid of doing once upon a time. Or rather, it wasn't that she was afraid so much as she was naturally timid: timid of failure that is. The young Genin's first ever mission, which she had taken from the Tauchikage Tower only yesterday was to teach a failing academy student a C rank technique. That wasn't going to be easy since she wasn't the world's most patient teacher. Oh God...her patience was as short as a fuse. Why she had decided to take the mission still baffled her. Was she looking to challenge herself? Was she out to prove something? Perhaps a combination, she mused as she walked into the academy. Her clutch on the mission slip subconsciously tightened in her right hand as she would make her way to an academy instructor's office. She wondered what would be in store for her today.

It'll certainly be exciting....

[EVANGELINE]

[GP2]

The academy was just as she remembered it. Wooden floors, low ceiling and a large complex in general. Many classrooms were on either side of the hallway and at the very end of said hallway, it would open up to a left and a right where the left led to the instructors' offices and the right housed training grounds for aspiring Genins. The hallway was bustling with activity as usual given the time of day. It wasn't time for classes yet but it was almost and many students would be chatting outside their respective classrooms waiting for the official start to their long day of knowledge enriching. She weeded through the crowd and was met with curious glances. It was true, she was no longer an academy student and with her headband tightly tied on her forehead it felt slightly awkward to come back to this place. Though she assumed that there were many Genins who would come back to train.

The young woman veered left as she reached the end of the hallway, stopping outside the second door. She took a deep breath and knocked, a rap of two knocks. A muffled voice from inside the room allowed her permission to enter. Turning the door handle, the first thing that would meet her eye would be a rather interesting looking plant, which she guessed was a favorite of the white haired man who was sitting behind an oak wood desk. The look on his face radiated fatigue, as she would have guessed from all the trouble that the students had been having this year. The enrollment rate was increasing steadily but not many of those who enroll actually meet the standards or can keep them. It was great the there were so many aspiring students wanting to become shinobi and also some of their parents who want their children to stay loyal to the village while earning a paycheck every week. But now it wasn't as easy as it sounded and students were struggling, some having given up when the struggling became too much for them. However, there was still the selected few, one which will be the student in her mission, who the instructors believe may still have a chance to be 'saved' per say. The thing about being a student was that it wasn't about talent or whatnot, but based on hard work.

”You are Evangeline?” The young girl would give a bow and approach the desk, nearing the distance between herself and the old man. She felt bad for him that he had to struggle so much. It was only natural that she had never thought about becoming an academy teacher herself. Not only did she not have the patience, but she also didn't think she could stand being swamped with students, paperwork and being housed in this building for more than an hour every day. The purple haired kunoichi adjusted her kimono slightly with her hands as the instructor was searching through his piles for a file. Apparently the boy she was going to teach had a file...like a student record, she presumed. Evangeline wondered what sort of technique she would want to teach the boy, as she hardly knew what level he was at, only that he was failing. ”Here is your mission. The boy's name is Koji. He has not been doing so well in the Taijutsu section of the curriculum and as part of the mission you must teach a C rank jutsu to him in the Taijutsu section. It can be anything you like and want. But he [i[must

[/i] learn it.”[/color] No duh...she thought. The whole purpose of this mission was so that the kid could learn something so that he wouldn't seem like such a lost cause.

She took the file that was handed to her and read it over quickly. There wasn't really much to look at as it was just a standard student profile. The young girl was still thinking when she asked the instructor for a Universal Taijutsu scroll which she knew all instructors kept in their offices. On the scrolls were jutsu names and descriptions for reference. Her repertoire was not exactly sufficient enough for her to teach anyone C rank and she hardly wanted to teach multi-ranked jutsus since it meant that she would have to teach him the D rank prerequisite. Evangeline was in a lazy mood at the moment and so she searched for Universal Tajutsu. There was one that seemed fun at least for a child. But the catch was that she would have to learn the technique herself first since she hadn't ever seen this jutsu before until that moment. The girl knew that if she wanted a child to learn something it had to either be a fun technique or there had to be a fun way to learn it. Since she couldn't possibly think of fun ways to learn any jutsu, she was going to settle for the former option. Tapping the scroll lightly, she motioned to the man before her. ”I will teach him this one, sensei.” She was pretty confident in her skills, hoping that confidence will not backfire.

Knowing her though...it probably would[/blockquote][/justify][/size]

[EVANGELINE]

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The young woman would roll up the scroll containing the jutsu that she was going to teach and then place it gently on the wooden desk of the sensei. She was thinking now of the what she could do with this technique because it was something that required a couple of factors or skills: precision, agility and speed. Even for a C rank it had its difficulties. The old man read her expression and gave her a reassuring smile and a nod. Apparently that was that. ”I'm sure you will do just fine.” Everyone tended to say something along those lines. And it was especially easier for an instructor as himself who had had many many years of experience to back up his skills. She was only an amateur, in more ways than one and the worst part was that this was a mission she had opted in to taking voluntarily and thus there was no way for her to back out now. What kind of mess she had gotten herself into she now questioned.

But there was no time for that.

Indeed, she wanted to finish the mission as quickly as she could. The purple haired girl would give the old man a curt nod, take the scroll from the table and tuck it inside her kimono. This wasn't that difficult, she tried to reassure herself. Though she knew that she no amount of reassuring would do the trick. As she reached the door, Evangeline suddenly stopped, her head turning back to face the sensei. She had forgotten to ask him a rather vital question, which had slipped her mind entirely. ”Sensei, where is Koji right now?” As a former academy student, she knew all too well that the students had different lessons from different instructors at various times of day. Although she was sure that she wasn't going to be able to learn the actual technique herself in time to meet the little boy before his current class finishes. The old man searched his cabinet and pulled out a piece of paper, handing it to her. A course calender, also known as a timetable! That was great! The kunoichi took the paper and again headed out the door, bowing to the other as she left. But she was stopped this time as the instructor called her name.

”You are welcome to use the training grounds on the upper level. It will be vacant for the nest two hours.” Evangeline smiled and nodded, knowing that the man probably knew that she herself had not learned the jutsu she was going to teach today. The upper training grounds was on the second floor of the academy and was only for the senior students of the academy. These students had already completed the first four years of the six year academy life. She remembered when she had been a senior student, where she learned more advanced techniques which required much more patience, stamina and control than her junior years. But she also recalled how much she had prided on the fact that she had made the senior years without much trouble. Of course, it came with hard work and dedication but that was a given. As she stepped out of the office and closed the door behind her, she noticed that the hallway was somewhat more cleared than before. Indeed a quick glance at the time would tell that the students were already in their first classes. The girl was quite excited as to this mission as it was a two in one. Training and mission together.

That's if I make it past the training..

Evangeline had a big confidence problem. She always brought herself down because she was absolutely certain that she was not as skilled as the others who had graduated with her. She would sometimes train harder or train more techniques just to prove that she could at least be at par with her classmates. But the truth of the matter was, she had more skill than she gave herself credit for. The kunoichi reached the stairwell which was to the right of the entrance of the academy and climbed to the second floor. The structure was almost exactly the same as the first floor except that there were more training areas for students because the fundamental 'classroom' setting and teaching wasn't as needed for senior students. What they needed was jutsu training, which could be completed in the designated training areas.

Well here goes!

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[EVANGELINE]

[TP1]

The technique Evangeline had in mind was kind of silly in it's own right. Even the name gave a silly connotation but she guessed that the boy would also have fun learning it as well as performing it in times of spar or maybe even just for fun sometimes. The jutsu was called Syonara Rorru. She had heard of this jutsu sometime ago, a little after graduating from the academy. But at the time she was too inclined to learn kenjutsu that she negected the learning of this technique. Well at least she had a chance to do so now. That was exactly what she was going to do as she entered a vacant training area. The purple haired girl would settle right away to train. She was definitely going to learn this technique, no matter what it took!

Ganbatte!!!

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Sayonara Rorru! (Do a Barrel Roll!)
Rank: C
Type: Offensive / Taijutsu
Range: 0 - 5 meters
Special: Barrel roll burst extends 5 meters, and can be used one per thread, plus one more each time retrained.
Description: As its name implies, the user will suddenly enter barre-roll form, gripping their shins and ankles as they tuck them in, forming a human ball. In this form, chakra is unconsciously powering the roll, making their movement just as fast and graceful as if they were running. Useful for evasion, or when needing to look silly.
Domain: Universal Taijutsu.

It wasn't that hard techniqually. The only thing that would prove to be much of a problem if anything would be her chakra control since she was hardly excellent at that. She wasn't even sure how much chakra was needed even though she had learned many C rank jutsus already. The young girl knew that each C rank was different in their own right and so it couldn't be measured only based on the rank. But forming chakra was not always her forte as her bursts of energy came and went fast. Sustaining was going to be a big problem. Evangeline would start by concentrating chakra. That wasn't hard either, or so she thought. The need for excellent chakra control was not only for the successfulness of the basic jutsu. After all, the jutsu was one which had a distance between 0-5m as the most competent being that of 5m. Honestly, she wasn't too sure if she could get to that distance especially since she was not sure how much chakra was needed while she rolled.

You'll never know unless you try, huh?

Evangeline nodded her head, agreeing with herself. She would begin by making that ball form. She sat on the ground, her knees tucked against her chest. Her hands would wrap around her legs, clutching them tightly. A burst of sudden energy would form as she began to gently roll on the ground. And yet, through all of this, something just didn't seem right to her. The girl would find shortly afterward that her assumption was not far from the truth at all. It wasn't all about chakra, although chakra played a big part. She had failed to read the description properly, resulting in her failure. As well as other technical things. But she was not sure where to start. Perhaps back to the basics. Evangeline would get up off the floor, having notably failed this attempt and not without reason. She was only happy that she was alone here at the moment and so nobody would be able to see her fail so badly. 

The kunoichi tucked her hand into her kimono to retrieve the scroll which contained the Universal Taijutsu. Opening it, she scanned the writing to find what she was looking for. Of course she didn't have to read too far as she more carefully read the entire jutsu explanation, highlighting key words in her head. She wasn't stupid so she realized one of her errors rather quickly. And since it was a silly mistake, missing it would make her even more stupid. But she realized that it would be harder to do if she didn't have something attacking her, or any variations of that sort. Obviously that was going to be what she would have to be used to, solo training. The girl put down the scroll and was ready to try again. This time she would make amends to the mistakes she had noticed from earlier. Standing facing the opposite wall, she was about seven meters away from it, making sure that if she was able to do a semi perfect barrel roll that she wouldn't find herself crashing into the wall. Now that wouldn't be pleasant, she mused. She had absolutely no time to waste.

She tried tucking her knees in whilst standing, and thus having to somewhat jump upward as a result. While she had both feet off the ground she wiuld tuck her knees in, her hands wrapped around her ankles and shins and her head also ducked. The standard barrel position. As she came down, presumeably landing on her knees she would push her body forward, entering the normal barrel roll. But that was where the good things stopped. She found that she couldn't push herself forward. Or rather, it seemed as though there was something prohibiting her. But what was it?She had followed the directions on the scroll closely. Or so she thought. Evangeline wasn't going to go and look at the scroll again. There was no need for such. Anything that she had read was automatically stuck in her memory. And thus, a simple search in her memory was more than enough. What I did was fine wasn't it? And that was when she started to second-guess herself. She hated that! Nothing good comes out from second guessing. 

"What am I doing wrong...? She was thinking aloud again, a sign of confusion and also deep thought. This always worked for her though and so often she would start talking out loud to herself when she trained by herself. Besides it was getting awfully quiet in this setting anyhow, with only this one girl occupying such a big space.

[Axcel]

+40 exp

[EVANGELINE]

[TP2]

The young kunoichi would retrace in her memories what she had seen on the scroll before her last failed attempt. She was not in a very good mood since she knew that she could fare much better than that. And the worst part was...it wasn't even a hard technique to learn! It was supposed to be one she would have to teach to somebody else today. How was she possibly going to do that if she couldn't even learn it herself? Giving a sigh, she would close her eyes and think hard. What was she not doing right that made such an easy to learn technique become so difficult all of a sudden? Evangeline knew that she had done the starter right because it was supposed to be a sudden movement which meant that just sitting there and curling up into a ball wasn't going to do any good. Right...barrel-starter check. Chakra—oh shit! Was she missing anything else? If so, then she would have to figure it out later. She didn't have time to waste anymore.

As though hit by a lightning bolt, the girl's eyes snapped open and she was already concentrating her chakra. This wasn't that bad now that she had learned so many techniques. This was actually considered the easy part in the whole matter because her energy was already technically active and running, pushing against the points in her body just waiting to be set free. The purple haired girl would then do what she had done the last time. Jump up from where she was standing, tucking her knees into her chest and her arms around her shins and ankles so that she would again fall to the ground on her knees. But before she hit the ground, she would start to release chakra from various points of her body. This was much different from the other jutsus she had had to learn because usually they included just bursting out one constant stream of energy from one point in her body. But this time because it was a barrel roll, it technically needed to have chakra encompassing the girl for it to work.

Once the girl released chakra, her knees would then touch the ground. Leaning her body forward and noting that her energy was still being released she would begin to roll on the ground. It felt almost fun with this jutsu. Because unlike the standard rolling of a person without the use of energy, she was going at a much greater speed. She remembered what the scroll had told her. The speed at which she would be rolling was equivalent to if she was running. Now she understood why the scroll said that it would be perfect for a silly pasttime. But she apparently she wasn't done yet as she noticed how she had stopped rolling all of a sudden. It seemed as though she had only been rolling for a second or two before she stopped abruptly, her stomach now on the ground and her legs were uncurled. Why was it so short? Again with the questions and the possibilities of finding answers were forming into the kunoichi's head. Though this time she was already able to answer her own question without having to whack her brains out. It wasn't that hard to think of anyhow, as she had kind of guessed from the very start that such a problem would arise.

So...fundamentals were established.

Now to actually perfect it so that she could reach the 5m maximum! There was no choice in the matter. With any other jutsus and at any other time she would have the choice of just learning the very basic. Basic jutsu would only be what she had done now, only being able to roll 3m before she had to stop, and quite abruptly too. This was a mission training and the worst part was that she needed to teach a boy this same technique. If she herself did not master it, not only would she not be able to demonstrate fully the entire process, she would also be viewed as incompetent as a teacher. Not only was the ryo given out after the mission an incentive for her to master this ever-so simple jutsu. It was the fact that her reputation was on the line. She couldn't have someone tell her she was an incompetent shinobi because she had failed to teach an already failing student a technique like barrel roll! No...that was not going to happen! And she was determined to try out the jutsu for as many times and for how ever long she needed to before she got it. In her mind she was hoping she'd get it in the next attempt. Hopefully she would...

The young girl got up and brushed off the dirt that was from the ground on her kimono. Evangeline wasn't going to give up so easily! Her way of the shinobi didn't involve such a thing as giving up. And so, she would walk back to where she had been standing before the barrel roll and then try again. The movements were initially the same, the jumping up and the tucking in positions but what was different this time was that she would try her best to keep the chakra burst as equal as possible. There was a certain difficulty to it because she wasn't aware of how much of her body's energy was actually needed in order to fuel the roll to 5m. No matter, she was determined to master it one way or another. And so, one would find a girl in this one training grounds making a fool out of herself because she was rolling like a barrel!

[Axcel]

+10

[EVANGELINE]

[TP3]

The barrel rolling technique was proving more difficult than she had thought. For a C rank jutsu, it was certainly taking her much longer to do learn the other techniques. Evangeline was not in a very good mood especially because she had taken much longer than she had anticipated to learn something as trivial and juvenile as that. Like seriously, she was going to have to do more training than she had ever done for a technique that taught you barrel rolling. How incredibly stupid that was! And apparently that stupidity wasn't going to stop there, at least not in any time in the near future. The young girl was going to try for the presumably fourth time at this ridiculous jutsu when she was interrupted by a knock on the door. Her heart sank as she knew that she was just going to be interrupted and humiliated all at the same time.

”Do you mind if I join you?” said a young female voice. Could she say yes? She was desperately hoping that saying yes was a possibility. But with a small sigh she would wait until the girl would make herself visible before she would shake her head and give her a smile. A senior academy student, she thought to herself. Indeed, Evangeline was only using the resources of the academy and thus couldn't say that she didn't want anyone to bother her when she trained. And her naturally friendly demeanor just didn't allow that either. Great...After introducing themselves respectively to one another, where Evangeline learned that the girl's name was Reina, the other girl would go on with what she was naturally going to ask as she came in. ”Isn't that jutsu you were trying back there barrel roll or something?” Can this day get any worse?! An academy student was asking her the name of the jutsu and having guessed it right probably meant that she already learned the jutsu herself.

”Yes...yes it is.” That was going to be as short as her answer to respond to her question. Reina would go on to tell the Genin that she had learned the jutsu too recently but couldn't quite get it to 5m and that she was wondering if the two girls could train together. At first the purple haired girl resented the idea but then she thought that it might as well be that way since she wouldn't be the only one making a fool out of herself. She thought maybe learning together could actually make her recognize her flaws better. Though it couldn't get any recognizable as it was now. Still she would watch as the other girl attempted the jutsu just as she had done only moments prior. Standard position was the same and the chakra release was also somewhat the same. Though she noticed that Reina's chakra control although weak was a little more balanced compared to hers. She wondered how she did that. ”I have the most trouble with chakra control.” the other girl admitted to Evangeline. She nodded her head both in understanding and in saying that she did too.

The young Genin would then ask a rather odd question. ”How about we take this chakra thing to another level to make things more fun and interesting? Since we both seem to not be getting this chakra balance, how about we see how far we can go and then we will know just how much chakra we need to get to 5m?” She was talking way too much for an intruder. But then, she knew that that was the only way, at least she could think of that she would be able to get possibly somewhere in the training. She got the approval and then the girl was already readying herself with the energy control. It wasn't so much effort because her chakra was already active per say and thus she was going to be entering the standard position in a mere six seconds. Evangeline glanced from the corner of her eye that the other girl was doing the same thing. She smiled slightly but then was concentrating now on the chakra.

This wasn't going to be easy. The young woman was releasing her energy from all points of her body as she landed once more on her knees. It wasn't a high jump thankfully and thus it wasn't that hard of an impact as she leaned forward once again after reaching the ground, her body now rolling once more on the ground. It was great how this jutsu could provide decent amount of fun and she was quite happy that even though the jutsu was as boring as hell to learn but the way that it could provide some pleasure for an otherwise stressful training session was all that mattered. Finding fun parts of an otherwise tedious ordeal was always an extra bonus.

[Axcel]

+10

[EVANGELINE]

[TP4]

The Iwa shinobi could feel the wind that was brushing against her body as she was rolling. Of course, this time would prove to not be at the success level as she had wanted, which greatly agitated her. The young woman would have tried to break something in frustration But because she wasn't alone, she had to control herself. The only good thing about this was that she was able to perform the jutsu to the distance that was further than the last, namely four meters. One more meter to go before mastery...and that wasn't all. She would have to be able to stabilize it which meant that she would probably would not be able to just master the jutsu once and then be done with it. She still was thinking about the idea of teaching another student something she had herself merely just learned. And so, what she needed was complete mastery. Which meant no slacking off.

Evangeline glanced over at what the other girl had done noting that she had reached about three meters for the barrel roll. This meant that they both had stuff to learn, most likely in chakra control. The two girls were about to try another round of the same technique when another knock on the door would interrupt them. It was the instructor she had received the mission from. Reina bowed to him to which he nodded his head but his attention was focused on Evangeline. ”You have a solid understanding of the technique. Please form the technique again for me. I might be able to help you.” The purple haired girl nodded, though slightly taken aback. She knew that he probably was doing this just for the benefit of his failing student, who she would have the responsibility of teaching this same jutsu to not too far from now.

Well here goes nothing...

The young shinobi would stand in the middle of the room, while the two others watched as spectators to her right, close to the wall. The length that she had now between her and the wall that she was facing was about six meters, slightly closer than she was when she had trained alone. The barrel rolling technique was definitely not a hard one to learn but it was missing a key component that only some of the more skilled would be possess in order to master. She could only see how well she'd fare when she reached the upper level of jutsu training, when she would have to train techniques which called for A rank or S rank chakra. Then the chakra control would have to be acute and refined. But she was more concerned with the possibility that she would not be able to reach her present goal. ”Remember that your control is all within your body. Take more time to study your chakra balance in your body first before rushing into the jutsu. You'll have a higher chance of success and accuracy that way.” Again, the purple haired girl would return with a nod. Right, at least now she had a direction.

But what was bothering her was just that. It wasn't that she wasn't focusing enough attention to the energy balance but it was more that she didn't quite know how. And it would soon become more than obvious as she felt the surge of her chakra in her entire body. As soon as she felt that rush, as though her chakra was screaming to be let out, the young woman would already jump up and curl her body into a tight ball. Of course she was so fixated on the technique performance that she had not seen the shaking of the instructor's head as she did so. The second she touched the ground with her legs, she would lean forward, starting the roll. It was indeed that she had begun to roll, she felt it as her entire body would surge forward in that same alarming speed as it did before. She thought perhaps maybe this time she would have been able to master it but she was in for a disappointment.

And so we're back to square one...

As the girl came to an abrupt stop, she was now fully irritated and her patience was reaching its greatest extent. But now she was in front of an academy instructor and thus out of respect she would keep her anger under careful check as she turned her head to look at the old man. He was definitely deep in thought again. Was he assessing whether she was fit to be a teacher after all? Was she so bad that he was starting to doubt her abilities? She wouldn't blame him though seeing that barrel roll was supposedly one of those techniques that anyone could learn with ease. Except her! ”What can I do, sensei?” Her voice carried a somewhat pleading tone even though it wasn't even above a whisper. She needed help, and she needed it now. Or else, not only was her mission being jeopardized but also her already minimal self esteem in her becoming a successful shinobi.

[EVANGELINE]

[TP5]

His expression still rather grave, perhaps a little exaggeration because Evangeline loved to exaggerate people's reactions and expression, he would look back at the aspiring Genin. There would be utter silence for a couple of seconds where the big training room felt oddly uncomfortable before he would speak again. In his mind he was hoping to play out something that could and would probably work based on what he had seen from her. He knew that she was capable of much more and even in chakra control. Even though she was only a Genin, she had enough skill within her to make a better performance than what she had just shown him. If that was really the case, then what was she lacking? And how could he help her? He was still thinking while the purple haired girl was starting to panic on the inside. She thought that she had finally reached that point where she would have to give her journey and her dreams. She didn't want to, definitely didn't and she was definitely not going to lose to something like this pathetic barrel roll technique! But what more could she do?!

Her sensei would be able to answer that question as he suddenly turned to face Reina. It seemed that he was somehow calculating something in his mind before he finally spoke. ”Reina-san, I want you to spar with Evangeline here. But only attack her with your wooden sword that I gave you as part of your academy equipment. And Evangeline, I want you to treat this as a real sword attack.” But she knew that this wasn't quite going to work. The girl wasn't fond of being able to act as intimidated as she would be knowing that the sword that was flying her way was a wooden sword. And so, she had a better idea. ”Sensei, I'll let her use my sword. But be careful.” she would warn as the shinobi drew out her saber that had been lying on the ground where her scroll had been. The girl walked over to where the saber just lay and handed it gently to Reina. It wasn't that she didn't trust the girl with her weapon.

It wasn't that at all.

As she handed the other her sword, she would watch Reina's eyes widen. Indeed, it was a heavy sword and she would give her a few moments to get used to just wielding the weapon in her hand. And indeed, she had needed to take a few minutes to become adjusted with the weapon itself. Whilst the other girl was trying to get a hang of the saber, the old man would once more turn her attention to Evangeline. ”Now that Reina-san will be using an actual sword, it would make the task easier. When she strikes at you, use the barrel roll to evade the attack. Don't use any other way.” Both girls nodded at that. It sounded like it was a doable feat. Whether it was actually one would depend though. But there was no harm testing that theory out. The kunoichi would stand at where she had been standing on a second ago and would take a couple paces backward. Reina would stand opposite her, almost at the same starting point and she too would take a few steps backward, lengthening the distance out.

”Well here goes!” The academy student was then charging at her at quite the speed, while her hands were still trying to wield the saber. She would veer to Evangeline's right and then raise her saber for a vertical slash followed by an upper horizontal slash. This girl was pretty good for a newbie at using this kind of weapon, the kunoichi thought. But she didn't have much time to think too much as the girl's movements were fast even for just a senior student. Evangeline would find herself jumping backward, her chakra was still being mustered in her body. This was going to take some time, she mused. ”Do it again, Reina-chan!”And at that Reina would follow her sensei's instructions and then quickly veer to the purple haired girl's left, this time jumping upward for a vertical slash at the girl's head. Now that was unexpected. She could see that the girl was wavering in her movements but it was a strong enough slash that would prove to be rather difficult to block even at her current angle.

And so, she did one of the more interesting moves. She would veer more to her right, the saber coming down to her shoulder area and she would again jump back, this time noting that her chakra was ready to be used. This one would now mean that she would then curl into a ball again, releasing her energy as she went into a ball. As she landed, she was releasing her chakra in full swing now, not even noticing that she was doing so that she had. Her sensei would then nod his head in approval. The young woman would find herself rolling in the same fast speed that she had done before. This time she was going to reach the 5m mark, fortunately. Finally Evangeline was able to form this pathetic little jutsu at the level that she wanted: mastery.

[EVANGELINE]

[GP4]

]The young Genin came to an abrupt stop as she reach 5m of the barrel roll. Yes...she had finally done it! As she released her legs from her grasp and then turned her attention to her partner and the old man. Evangeline would give a satisified sigh mixed in with relief. She had really been afraid of what she would do if she couldn't master this technique. Though it had taken so long, the fact that she had rendered success as the result was enough for her to be happy for. Reina handed her back her saber and smiled, before retreating to her class of the day, leaving just sensei and Genin. She looked at him for a moment, a question forming in her mind but didn't know if she should ask. Again as if reading her mind, he would nod his head. "You're welcome to ask me anything, lad." Well that was certainly reassuring.

"Sensei, I've been meaning to ask you about how to effectively teach someone." And to that the old man would laugh, a hearty chuckle that didn't mean to offend of course. He would return her gaze whilst the girl waited for an answer. But instead of giving her an answer, he would go ahead and just ask her a question in return, one in which she had asked herself only moments before. "Are you confident in this technique here?" She thought for a moment before replying. Any normal person would have said yes, either out of true belief that he or she was truly confident in their mastery or that they had to say yes in front of an academy instructor. But Evangeline was neither of those kinds of people. And so, she would answer him in all honesty. "I really want to say yes but I can't, sensei. I've mastered the jutsu yes...but not enough." the man nodded his head in agreement and in understanding. 

After all she was a perfectionist and she was seriously not that confident that now she would be able to just go ahead and teach a kid this technique. The fact that she had only learned it a few moments before him was already something that caused her anxiety. She couldn't jeopardize the mission by doing something as stupid as going in with only having mastered this technique once! "I can offer you what little help I can give. The rest is up to you." The mere fact that he was willing to take the time to help was definitely an added bonus for the girl. Anything from an instructor provided her with a sense of added security so to speak. And so, she bowed her head in appreciation. So in some way he was going to help her be more confident? That sounded a little too whimsical but she dared not challenge her elders. Even though he had not been one of her instructors at the academy, she respected him. The mere suggestion that he made of teaching her was like a blessing.

"Thank you, sensei."

"When I'm finished helping you, your question will be answered automatically." So not only was he going to help her master a technique, he was also going to teach her how to teach others which in turn would be the crucial factor to completing this mission?! It seemed unreal that someone would help her this way. In fact, she was awed by this. "You are young and have potential." she was surprised that the man would compliment her this way having only seen her train one measly technique. But she guessed that the words of an academy instructor and also such an experienced one as he accounted for something in credibility. And thus she bowed again. She wondered what sort of training he was going to give her? Would she be able to do what she had done before once more or would she have so much difficulty that she'd have to start back at the very beginning.

Only time would tell...

[Axcel]

+30 exp

[EVANGELINE]

[STP1]

]And she would soon find out that his method would be the exact same he had said earlier. He would propose a spar. Well propose wasn't exactly the right term for what he had done. Instead of giving her any fair warning like the one he had given her when he had instructed Reina to take the offense. But it was all for her own good as she later learned. Not giving her a warning and merely attacking allowed the validity and the incentive to perform the learning jutsu even higher than if someone had had already told the trainer that he or she was going to be attacked and to dodge only with the said technique. He was training her reaction time, speed, agility as well as her ability to perform the barrel rolling jutsu. It was the only way he knew that would be fast and effective. He had taught many students at the upper level using this method.

But Evangeline had not been on guard as the old man suddenly attacked her. Her body flew back of course, trying her best to avoid his incoming attacks. Though he was old, his agility and speed was far greater than anyone she had ever met before making mere dodging by humping backward not enough. His attacks were all focusing on various parts of her body that as soon as she would have dodged pne another would come at her. Right...he was forcing her to use the barrel technique. It finally hit her after a couple minutes that his attacks were for a reason. As he continued to close in distance, he would almost immediately reach into his pocket and pull out a shuriken. Though he was doing all this, he would still drop hints for her, this was a training moment and not a battle after all.

"Think on your feet! You have to be quick in these situations!" The man was right. Evangeline saw an opening just then, one in which she knew the maj had given her deliberately. He had literally only kept attacking his right side which was her dominant side, making attacks easier to dodge supposedly. But what she had now found was a perfect opportunity on the left side. She would jump backward, this time to the right side so that she would be able to hopefully form the barrel technique and land five meters away from where they currently were, to the left side, evading all his incoming attacks. This was definitly a great way to learn, she mused. Not thinking twice, she acted on impulse as her opponent came at her right shoulder again.

She would release chakra once more from all points in her body. The idea of releasing energy through more than one chakra point was still new to her but she knew that new didn't mean that she wouldn't be able to master the use of her own chakra. With every time that she released energy she would be learning much of the needed fundamentals to energy balance which was absolutely vital in times of battle since almost all of her jutsus needed chakra and at certain amounts too depending on rank and type. As she began to roll on the ground her chakra of white and blue would be circling around ball-shaped body and would be the empowering factor of the ball as it raced forward. Because the chakra flow was constant and she had released while she was tolling, it fueled for the entire 5m

That was certainly a relief.

[Axcel]

+10 exp