Like a Hurricane [Team ichijin private]

[X-Ray]

The landscape was barren and desolate with nothing but withered trees bare of leaves, however the trees themselves bore twisted gouges in the wood. Kain lay on the ground panting deep from exertion, his Rasengan training had been failing. He still couldn't create the stronger versions of the destructive sphere yet.

He had taught himself long ago when he was still with his family, and coincidentally that's what got him shunned by his family. He ground his teeth growling low as his nails began to dig his nails into his palm. After he had heard of the technique he watched his clansmen perform the Heavenly Rotation technique then replicated it on a smaller scale as a sphere and after a bit of tweaking ha finally made the Rasengan. With a deep sigh he caught flashes in his memories of his parents before they hated him.

He felt a well of sadness and hatred for his anal clan's pride, and with that driving force he stood once again holding his palm open. He welled his chakra to it rotating it tightly into a severe vortex of convulsing energy. The Net-like formation then compressed as it pulled tight across the core containing and building the power inside the spinning sphere.

[Bit]

The day was very young and I found myself walking through some of the more barren parts of the village of Kusagakure. It had been some time since I had visited this very area, the last time I had been here I was training the Rasengan. It had seemed to be the perfect place to work on things such as that, it didn’t have a lot of people coupled with the area being void of any actual civilization. I’d slide my hand into the pockets of my pants as I walked with my eyes pointed towards the ground, ‘I wonder what my team is doing… I hope they’re training.’ I thought to myself as I kicked a small pebble along the road I had been walking on.

“What was that?”

My attention would be pulled away from the ground as I heard the formation of a Rasengan off in the distance. I questioned myself trying to figure out where exactly it came from, it hadn’t been many people in the village that knew of the technique so of course I was intrigued by this situation. Deterring of my path that I would began to walk towards the source of the sound, it wouldn’t be much blocking my view other than some dying trees I could see a blonde head of hair. ‘Is that??’ I thought to myself as I pushed further out into the open field, as I exited the forest of dying trees I could see the boy’s full form. It was Kain, a smile would appear on my face noticing that my student had taken up my own training habits. ‘I guess that fight with Tsu was worth something.’ I thought to myself as I watched him completely form the rotating sphere.

“Kain!”

I’d call out to him hoping to grasp his attention, or at least through him off a bit to see if he would lose his concentration he held to form the sphere.

[X-Ray]

The voice echoing off to Kain's right faded under the noise of his Rasengan's whirling whine as its bright blue core illuminated the right side of Kain's face and body. Moving forward with a hard surge from his training as a Hyuuga, thrusting his body then his arm forward into the tree. At the initial impact only some bark flew but as a deep growl ripped from his throat he jerked his body harder against the tree twisting his hand driving it through the tree ripping apart the woody fiber as the sphere jolted forth drilling harder.

With a final deep roar He'd ram his arm harder making the sphere compress further into a marble before sinking into the wood. Right after the bead of chakra collapsed a fierce raging sphere of chakra would flare up destroying the other side as the sphere swelled wide enough to his own height. As the sphere faded to no more then luminescent blue wisps only the sound of Kain's panting would be heard, that is until the inch or so of wood left holding up the top heavy tree snapped away making it fall away crashing to the ground in a poof of dirt wood and dust.

Using the power grinded stump of the tree he had just demolished he looked over to the voice he had heard earlier to see his commander. "Oh. Hey Kaze, how've you been?"

[Bit]

As I called out to Kain he remained focused, my smile would grow even larger as I hadn’t expected him to be so focus. I noted from my first encounter with the boy that his work ethic wouldn’t have been so great, but here he was proving me wrong. As he pushed forward to the tree just in front of him I watched as he skillfully pushed the spiraling spear into tree, ‘A bit weak?’ I thought to myself as I watched the boy sphere only dig into the tree in front of him. But I could see that he was a very persistent person as the sphere didn’t disappear, he continued to push harder with all his might. My smile would slightly fade as I watched him at work as he let off an unsightly grunt I’d watch the sphere shrink down into its proper size. With that the proper results had been accomplished as the base of the tree popped open like a burst balloon allowing the tree to fall over on its side under the weight of his attack.

“Wooo.”

I’d say as my hands would come together clapping for a few seconds, while he turned to me to greet me. From the looks of his body he’d been out here for a while. My slow clap would come to my halt before I slid my hands into my pockets.

“What’s up Kain, I didn’t know you knew the Rasengan… That’s a pretty tough technique for you try to grasp as a Genin, It took me awhile before I got it back in the day.”

I’d say as my eyes shifted past him looking at the tree he had just destroyed. I would nod my head up and down as I examined the damage that he had done to the tree, it was great to see that he was focused on learning a technique that I had become so fond of it. It was actually one of my favorite techniques, it was actually the first one I had taken up on my own without my father’s help. So when I was able to learn it I was thrilled, I felt like I was unstoppable.

“Though I see you’re still working with the basic one, you know if you keep at it.. Theirs is so much you get out of the technique.”

[X-Ray]

His interest in Kain's own training surprised him a bit, he thought Kaze just saw him as an irritating brat. He then expressed his own experience of learning the Rasengan, Kain was mildly surprised, he knew the Rasengan was rare but he didn't expect to be the only one who knew it. He also said he was surprised that a gennin was capable of mastering the complex the technique. "Yeah. It was a pain to get down at first but I just applied the basics of my clan's Rotation technique and it got easier from there."

"Though that was the reason my family hated me..." His memories drifted within his mind scape before he banished them and looked up to meet his gaze while he told Kain that more variations of the sphere existed. Kain figured that much, for this to be the only form of the Rasengan seemed unrealistic, likewise though Chidori was expanded just as much. "Yeah I thought so but I can't produce enough chakra and control it at once yet to make the sphere bigger yet."

[Bit]

As Kain spoke I actively listen to explain how he went about picking up the Rasengan, it made perfect sense because the Hyuuga clans Heavenly Spin was based around the same concepts. Though his statement at the end of his explanation was what really caught my attention. He spoke of his family hating him because of ability to apply use the Rasengan, I’d shake my head as I grimaced slightly at the thought of his family. Stuffing my hands into my pockets I’d look to him to as his gaze grew distance, ‘I hate that shit, parents trying to control a child’s capacity….. What is this a growing trend in Kusa?’ my thought had stemmed from a student of mine that seemed promising but he stopped coming around. As Kain regained his composure he’d speak about his problems with advancing his knowledge of the branches of the Rasengan.

“Well actually it’s not about how much chakra you exert, it’s about how much control over your chakra… As a Hyuuga I heard your clan is known for their natural chakra molding skills so this shouldn’t be too hard for you.”

As I spoke I’d extend my right hand out just towards Kain, then I would shape my hand as if I was holding a small ball inside of my hand. ‘Ok.’ With that I would begin to funnel my chakra down my right arm into my palm, within a blink of eye my chakra would take burst from my palm spiraling within my grasp.

“Now as you can say I’ve pretty much mastered the formation of the basic sphere, what helped me get here was the ability to form two at a time.”

With that said my other arm would extend out towards Kain I would position my hand in the same position as the other, I would allow my chakra to be pushed down into my arm. Within a couple of seconds another sphere of spiraling chakra would appear within my hands. With both spear active within my grasp I’d look to Kain.

“Now this isn’t very hard to do, I believe it’s a mind over matter type of thing. I could do it all day…. “

I’d before I discharged the spheres of chakra. My hand would drop back to my sides, I d’ begin to think to myself as I explained the technique, ‘Maybe I could take him under my wing.’ I thought to myself. I couldn’t help but all the techniques I could actually teach the boy, even though I hadn’t been all that familiar with his releases the Rasengan itself had many different branches too and still had room for improvement.

“So Kain, if you don’t mind me asking… How would you like to become my little…. I’ll teach you everything I know about that technique, I think it’d be best if you trained directly under me.”

I’d say offering a friendly smile.

[X-Ray]

As Kaze told him its more about control than chakra exerted he gave him a dumbfounded look, he didn't understand how just more control could manage to create the Giant Rasengan he had heard of. He then held out his hand palm up before pooling chakra into the spiraling sphere. Admittedly Kain was impressed, he couldn't quite make one that quick yet but he liked the effect it had when made slower. Kain followed his example holding out his own right hand and pooled his chakra giving it time to create the whirlpool like wisps before conjoining into the compact destructive sphere of dark blue chakra. With that he looked up at his commander as he then said that he had mastered the singular sphere but what got him further was his ability to create two spheres.

“Oh... that explains why I couldn't make the Giant Rasengan, I was skipping over the Double Rasengan on accident...” Kain muttered watching as Kaze then held out his second hand palm up creating a second bright blue ball of chakra whining with the same signature sound of the Rasengan. He then looked up and explained it wasn't a hard thing to do but it took more control than exertion to maintain both spheres.

With his advice Kain focused his chakra along his other arm however even just that felt weird to him as it was his non-dominant hand and arm. As the chakra began to flow and twist, it did so so slowly Kain was reminded of when he first created his Rasengan. The chakra then began to compress and shrink into his palm becoming a wobbly sphere. The dark blue twister however began to lose shape and soon both Rasengan were wobbling with the centers spreading out around the main sphere like rings before retracting back within the body and sending shivers along the structure before both spheres then just blew up leaving a bit of steam flowing off Kain's hands. With a wince he was painfully reminded of when his parents had found him creating his original Rasengan and having much the same effect.

The next part of what Kaze said sadly fell on deaf ears as Kain then held both his hands together infront of him his right under his left with palms facing together. He had thought about for a long time and now that he had a variable Rasengan master he could hopefully help him manage this. With a deep breath of concentration Kain started to pour his navy chakra from his higher left hand while using his lower right hand to spin and and control it.

The structure of the watery sphere initially looked close to the failing attempts he had shown a few moments earlier. He would then force out everything around him focusing tightly on his chakra the renewed focus drove the watery form back to a concrete sphere. However within the very water crashing within was far more turbulent and glowed a dark blue as the water became very reminiscent of crashing waves and rough rapid rivers.

Unknowing to Kain though and obvious to Kaze though, would be the inherent drain of moisture, the grass underfoot began to wilt and wrinkle, the air became crisp and unpleasant, even Kaze's own skin began to feel dry. Though soon, very soon, the sphere had become perfect, while small tendrils began to drift out from the sphere like those of a squid. These tendrils grew longer and thicker soon completely making up the outer shell of the Rasengan, though as the tendrils waved around Kain the tips that grazed the ground would seem to disintegrate the wilted grass drawing the moisture to the core in miniscule beads.

A triumphant laugh slipped past Kain's lips as he stared at his creation, the Rasen-Uzumaki. He'd been trying since he mastered the singular sphere to create an elemental one, slowly coming closer and closer to completion each time, and now here it was. However that joy was short lived as a throb shot through his hands and wrists, the shock of chakra exhaustion as the tendrils were rapidly pulled into the sphere before it detonated slamming back Kain with pure concussive force as the compressed water soaked the area like rain. Thankfully however with the distance Kaze was he would just get hit with a wet wave rather than the blast Kain got.

Now with the air and chakra knocked out of him he would just lay on the ground catching his breath and enjoying the brief rain created by his back lash. He would quietly look up at Kaze with a weak grin, “S-Sorry what was that last part sensei? Heh...”

[Bit]

As Kain followed up behind me trying to work the technique out for himself while I did it, a slight frown would appear upon my face. It was one thing that I had quickly noticed about the boy from everything I knew about him, he was always quick to jump into things without thinking them through or giving himself a chance to prepare for it. It was something actually rubbed me the wrong way though I could admit that I was quite adventurous when I was a kid. As the Sphere blew up in his face I’d take a step back from because I knew that his practice wouldn’t actually go well, especially if he was quick to try something without actually taking his time and easing his way into it. As his determination showed its self again as he put his hand back out while I was talking, which I kind of took as a sign of disrespect. But I would hold my words for the moment while he placed his hands out with one supporting the other. I’d watch the boy as he began to pool his Chakra within his grasp once again, but this something was different about the sphere. It had actually held a darker hue than the normal Rasengan, my eyebrows would raise slightly as I hadn’t said a word.

‘That’s pretty cool.’ I thought to myself as I watched the development of whatever he was trying to do, until it finally became very apparent what he was trying to do as the sphere began to sprout little tentacles. ‘Oh suiton.’ My eyebrows would lower as I had been displeased about what was going on. But I continued to watch without a word being said while he poured Chakra into his hand, the spheres makeup had changed considerably as he continued to pour chakra into it. Once it had seemed as if it was fully formed, it would explode releasing a bit of water. It would splash all over him while splashing on me as well. I’d wipe the water out of my face as Kain fell on his ass after he failed at running before he could even walk.

“Kain….. Next time I’m teaching you something I would rather you listen to me than just diving in. You won’t learn shit if you just assume you can do everything without even working your way up to that point. If it’s one thing I learned from what you did was that you’re are quick to try to run before you could even walk, or even crawl for that manor…. Even back when you were battling Tsu, you didn’t hink much before you fired off a high powered Katon technique… Which I know because my father tried to teach it to me when I was a kid… You need to learn to take your time and show a bit of patience…. Furthermore you have a lot to learn before you can even dream of adding an element to your Rasengan.”

As I spoke my words would come off stern as if I was the boy’s father though that wasn’t the case. Though I hadn’t been too far apart from the boy in age, I felt as if I was his senior because of my experiences within the Shinobi world. I could go down an extensive list of Jutsu I had to learn before I could even dream to add the Fuuton release to my own Rasengan. Pulling my hands from my pockets I would place my hand straight up in the air above me.

“Now, I can’t stress the fact that when I tried to add an element to my Rasengan in the early stages I injured myself quite a few times, it made me realize that even though I mastered the Rasengan tree I couldn’t actually apply an element to it before I actually mastered the element myself.”

I would begin to pour chakra into my hand creating a basic sphere of rotating chakra within my grasp.

“Now watch.”
I’d say while Kain rested upon the ground just in front of me, I would ignite the sphere into its second form causing it to expand considerably appearing as If I was palming a beach ball within my hand. As my chakra continued to pour into my arm the sphere would increase in size once again surpassing the size of my own body, now the sphere was so big that it would cast a shadow over the boy’s person.

“This is the Odama Rasengan Kain, the highest level of the Rasengan that you could actually create without adding element. Now you might not know a lot about myself but I’m quite proficient with the Fuuton release.”

With my words I would begin to funnel futon chakra into the sphere of chakra, with great haste the sphere would be incased by wind chakra almost mirroring the image of a large shuriken. As the chakra warped and continued to spin I would look down upon Kain without an expression on my face.

“This is called the Rasenshuriken. An extreamly deadly version of the Rasengan I created with countless hours of training, day after day.”

I’d say before I turned slightly to my life hurling the sphere of chakra towards a bundle of trees, the sphere would rip across the small field whistling quite loudly. As it reached its destination the sphere would expand quite considerable from its already massive size 10 meters out, it would swallow that entire area firmly buzz sawing everything caught within in its range. As the Sphere faded away the entire had been altered leaving a fairly large crater within the ground, I’d turn back to Kain still pretty my stern look.

“Now that’s all training, if you just hang out with me then you’ll pick a few things Kain.. I’m just asking you to slow down, and stop getting ahead of yourself. You still have so much time to develop techniques such as the Rasenshuriken, you’re still a Genin.”

[X-Ray]

As Kaze berated him for his 'jump right in' approach to things Kain didn't take much affront to it. He was far too happy that he managed to complete his technique, short lived as it was. He told him that he should listen and think before diving right in, that he wouldn't learn a damn thing if he just assumed he could do everything from the get go. That wasn't true Kain didn't think that he followed the advice that Kaze had given him about the dual requiring more mental presence than exertion, he just wasn't familiar with using the technique in his left hand.

Next he said that the most prominent thing Kaze had learned about Kain was his fast and rash approach to situations, even when he had fought against Tsu which sparked his annoyance, THAT situation was poorly set up. Kain had planned to show case his aptitude fro high-powered techniques and if she hadn't used that technique or had he used a water technique that fight would've ended there a different way. Then he said he had a long way to go before adding in his own element to the sphere, Kain grimaced a little at that, he had been practicing since he had learned to produce the Rasengan to put in his own element though it took a long time to get to where he was.

However the thing that probably hit him hardest was that this man, barely older than he himself, was talking down to him like he was his dad. Kain sat up from the ground climbing to his feet, his soaked dirty blonde hair taking on the appearance of bark. Before he could say anything though, Kaze abruptly lifted his hand skyward and continued on. He told Kain that he couldn't stress how much he had gotten injured and how long it took when he tried to infuse his own element to his Rasengan and that experience had taught him that he needed to master the element itself as well not just the Rasengan tree. He told Kain to watch as the sphere suddenly ballooned becoming much bigger to the point of shadowing Kaze in a blue light. However when he told Kain that it was the strongest Rasengan that could be created without using an element he tilted his head confused. “But Kaze I thought the Chou-Odama, the Massive, Rasengan was the strongest...”

Kain didn't mean to interrupt and was fine with waiting for an answer, he was happily analyzing the sphere the dimension and the way the chakra moved within compared to the normal Rasengan. His next words told him that he had mastered the Wind element and his next actions proved it. Kaze then began to pour wind chakra into the sphere making the blue color become very pale while multiple white lines began to span across its surface. Kain watched wide eyes stepping closer staring up at the devastating sphere as four rotating blades seemed to appear from thin air slicing through the very currents producing a keen screeching sound.

As Kaze said its name and that it took a nearly immeasurable amount of time to produce the Rasenshuriken. He then turned towards a grove of trees to his right and hurled the massive sphere towards the grove of wood. The bladed sphere sheared its away through the trunks like nothing stood in its way as it disappeared into the thicket but it then soon detonated spanning the whole grove terraforming the area from what had been a small forest to a smoking crater. Kain stared at the crater with a dumbfounded expression. “Wait... YOU CAN THROW THAT SHIT!?!?!”

Kaze explained that was all for training for now but if Kain just stuck around him, he was bound to pick up a few pointers about the sphere. He only asked that Kain would please slow down and think out his actions, he was only a gennin, while that gave him a start his next words cooled him, that he had so much time to develop. “Yeah... It's just how I am with learning, my teachers couldn't understand how I was learning A and S rank jutsu back then.”

“The only things they could say was that I had a great mind for analytics though I didn't show the mental acuity to use them correctly.” With a light grin on his face he glanced at the crater then his patch of rain soaked earth before looking back up at Kaze. “I know you said it was stupid to get ahead of myself but what did you think of my Rasengan? I know now why I've been having such a hard time at it but I've been trying to create it since I first finished the Rasengan, the constant use of the water chakra also tends to tinge my normal chakra a darker blue at times heh.”

[Bit]

As Kain spoke couldn’t hope but to think that all of my words were falling to deaf ears, it was like talking to someone half my age. It was a pity to see but I couldn’t help everyone that I wanted to because not everyone wanted it, so I’d stuff my hands back into my pockets. As asked me about his own technique I’d nod my head up and down as I recapped what happen when he tried to create.

“It seems cool, but I don’t actually understand what the point of the technique is. What Suiton would actually do the Rasengan, what effect it would have on people.”

I’d say as I could remember how the sphere was sprouting tentacles or something, I still couldn’t grasp the point of it. It just seemed like a bunch of theatrics. But nevertheless it was pretty cool that he would to create a technique to himself, it’s not every day you come across a genin who is trying to do shit like this. Though it was annoying to me that I couldn’t actually get through to Kain numbskull, I admire his determination to learn techniques that he didn’t even know how to use properly.

“Ehh Kain, you’ll understand me one day.”

[X-Ray]

Kaze told him that he thought his water-based Rasengan was pretty cool though he didn't what it did nor the effects of water chakra on the Rasengan. Though he had seemed pissed earlier, now he seemed to be actually interested despite his displeasure. "As far as Ive been able to tell it draws in moisture to make its detonation that much more potent by slamming into things that dont have the flexibility, granted by that moisture, to take the hit."

Kain mused over his explanation deciding that was the simplest way to explain it before looking back to Kaze as he told him he would understand the jounin one day. He tilted his head a little bit watching him, though the gap in age was so short he could see the huge span of experience in Kaze's and quietly looked down a bit. "Sorry for being pig-headed. I'm used to having to be bold to get through life. It's not out of disrespect sempai."

[Bit]

As Kain started to explain what he wanted to accomplish with creating a water style Rasengan, I could feel where he was coming from. Though what he was saying didn’t’ really sound much different than the average Rasengan, other than the fact it held water within it. I wouldn’t give the thought so much time as Kain began to speak again but this it had seemed he was speaking from the heart. He apologized about the way he was acting while I was trying teach him, and offer my help to him. I could understand where he was coming because at one point of my life I felt like I couldn’t be taught anything because I was such a great Shinobi, I mean I was Chunnin by the time I was 13. Not most kids that age had been able to accomplish that feat, but I did it without much effort at all.

“I understand Kain, throughout life when you figure out you’re capable of great things you tend to get a little big head, and fill like ya can’t be taught too much of anything.. I can relate because I once felt the same way, until one of my recent encounters.”

With my words I would over towards him pulling something out of my pocket, it was something I was planning on giving my little brother. But I figured I’d rather have Kain take it because he reminded so much of me, out of my pocket a small Phoenix pendant on a vinyl string appear in my hand, I’d hold it out to Kain hoping he would take it.

“Here take this…. This is something I hold vary dear to me, so I want you to hold on to it and protect it with your life as I did.”
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[X-Ray]

Kaze told him that he understood where Kain was in his life, like he had to do everything because other people couldn't teach him much. He nodded to his commander's words as he took a few steps toward him and fished something out of his pocket before holding it towards him. In his palm he held a colorful phoenix pendent shimmering with color while a crude vinyl string made up its length. He asked Kain if he would take it and protect it as he did, with a nod he took the shimmering avian pendent.

Kain would then undo the chain that sat around his neck unhooking the clasp and letting its iron length fall and pool into his palm before slipping the phoenix pendent around his neck. With that he would hold the chain out to his commander with a lack luster grin. "It's not as elegant as yours but its been with me for as long as I can remember."

[Bit]

As Kain took the pendant from my pwn he would begin to untie the one that he had around his neck, I’d wonder for a second what he was doing it for until he spoke. He’d smile as put his hand out to me with the pendant within his palm, he’d ask that I took though it wasn’t as glorified as the one I had giving him. I would smile as the it warmed my heart slightly that he would offer something he held dear to himself to me, I’d grab it from his before slinging it around my neck locking it into place. ‘Fits nice.’ I thought to myself as I grabbed the pendant and looked down at it.

“Thank you Kain, now in a couple days we’ll pick up again. Be here around 6 am alright?”

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[X-Ray]

As his commander took the chain he told Kain they should meet back here in a few days. With a nod the two left in opposite directions.

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