Aiden would look at Gigi, offering a friendly smile. "It's all right, if I don't practice stuff myself it won't stick." He would say as he returned to practicing his water clone technique, this point a puddle large enough to be used without Aiden producing more water appeared. Using the technique, he would attempt it a third time, this time creating a clone of himself for sure, the form and color making it look almost exactly like him, though when he began trying to move around by himself the clone would break apart, landing once more on the ground with a splash. He would be excited, as he was so close to mastering it, though as he would be focused on that, he couldn't help but also look towards Zaiaku, where he saw his Oni companion fall on his ass, pushed down by Jinhue.
It made Aiden nearly laugh, stifling it at the last moment as Zaiaku seemingly got flustered and angry at the old man, whom of which made him fall down again. Aiden would have to turn away in order to stop himself from laughing. He was concerned for Zaiaku of course, but to see him fall flat multiple times like that actually looked funny. Instead, he would return his focus onto his Water Clone Technique, where he would keep attempting to create it. Once more he formed the hand seal, and once more the liquid would rise up, slowly forming into the form of himself. He could see as it created his body first, or at least the shape of it, with his clothes forming over his body, covering it before it could be fully formed, molding and shaping itself until it fully appeared to look just like the blue-haired male. When it appeared to be fully solid, Aiden would release his hand-sign, taking a step back as he waited for it to fall apart. Seeing that it didn't however, he grinned, happy with himself for being able to now do this Jutsu. Immediately getting rid of it, the blue-haired Genin would proceed to begin his work on the next technique he needed to learn.
Aiden would begin taking deep breaths, breathing in and out, in and out as he focused on himself, hearing Gigi tell him how the large Chuunin had gotten faster since they had last fought, continuing on to tell the blue-haired male how before he couldn't even get in arm's reach, but then again Jinhue is probably just letting him. Instead of getting distracted, however, he would instead try his best to look within himself, trying his best to black out the background fighting sounds. It was a good thing for them to be fighting in the background, especially with how loudmouthed and angry Zaiaku is getting. It was good training for Aiden to better focus on his opponent in an actual battle, as sometimes the Genin tends to act slightly scatterbrained and cocky, which has led to quite a few mistakes in the past.
Suddenly, after exhaling deeply, a water vapor would exit as well, slowly attempting to condense, though to no avail as with each globule that would be constructed it would quickly break apart, popping and returning back to its vapor form, which Aiden would inhale once more. Once more, he would breathe in and out deeply, preparing himself once more, molding and kneeding his chakra, imagining a flowing river; the basis of who his is as a person, and how it changes and falls, in some parts rushing while in others it would move sluggishly. He would imagine the small little liquid particles coming out of the water whenever the flow is interrupting, how the water vapor comes out when the water falls, and he would imagine this vapor coming through his throat harmlessly, returning out of his mouth as he exhaled.
The water vapor would spread apart more widely now, separating and condensing into little foggy globules that would slowly grow in size until there would only be twelve of them remaining. This technique he would be practicing would be a more basic one, called Seafoam, which allows for the user to create globules of water, which can immediately erupt into seafoam, taking the enemy off guard. Aiden, however, had a different idea on how to use this technique. When he made it erupt, a froth of seafoam would erupt, covering him. Almost right away, however, he would make it break apart, becoming water once more, where he would, with the Tiger Seal, prevent most of the water from falling, having it move together in front of him, where he attempted to form a clone of himself, the water condensing together in order to better form into his body-shape before the color washed in, forming into a near exact copy of him at a faster rate.
Right away however the clone would break apart, falling to the ground in a puddle of water, where it remained. "Damn." Aiden would say, though he was happy inside. He was able to learn how to use two Jutsu now, meaning all that would be left would be the Water Prison Jutsu, and now that he had the water to do it he just needed something to practice on. For a moment he considered using Gigi, though would think twice when he saw how easily Jinhue is avoiding Zaiaku's attacks. He didn't want to risk accidentally angering Gigi if the Jutsu goes wrong. Instead, he would use this as an opportunity to practice on speeding up the process of his water clone technique, allowing him to better use it for when he gets into a fight.
Using the Tiger Hand Sign, Aiden would summon a clone and cast the Snake, Ram, Horse, Hare, Ram, Horse, and Hare hand signs, attempting to quickly use them in quick succession as the clone formed. With his hands spread in font of him and his front palms out, facing towards the forming clone, Aiden would watch as the remaining water would begin forming around his hands and the clone, spreading apart, trying to shape itself into a sphere, though to no avail as the water would instead fall to the ground with a splash as the clone of himself would finish, turning around to face its creator, panicked at the sudden use of the Suiton technique on him. Aiden would be taken off guard as his clone threw a right hook at him, forcing him to force the clone to break apart into water before the fist made contact with him, causing it to fall once more onto the ground in a puddle.
Once more, after casting the Tiger Seal, the clone would begin to form again, though this time slightly faster, forcing Aiden to have to more quickly cast the Snake, Ram, Horse, Hare, Ram, Horse, and Hare hand signs once more, his palms facing towards the clone's back as it formed, making the sphere begin to form around the clone slowly, trying to wrap itself around him. This time, it would begin forming around his clone, filling itself with water all the while, and as it was nearly complete, the clone would already be completed, forced to remain within his Water Prison Jutsu as it continued to solidify itself, forming into a complete sphere. It would hold that version of him in place, forcing him to be unable to interact with Aiden's hands, as the water kept him from fully moving for a few moments before both Jutsus would break apart by themselves, creating a large puddle on the ground before Aiden as he himself would put his hands on his knees, breathing heavily as the chakra from his clone would return to him, allowing for him to better recover from the excessive use.
After breathing heavily for a few moments, Aiden was trying to suppress the smile he had due to being clearly pleased with the progress he had made. Having now learned the seafoam technique, the water prison technique, and the water clone technique, he feels a lot stronger now. He is sure the training would have been easier if he were someplace that actually had a wetter environment, but he knew deep down that because he would be practicing his Suiton techniques in Sunagakure that he will be able to more efficiently use it both in and out of the land, meaning this could probably be the best environment around for him to learn in. He wondered if people actually bother practicing Suiton in the desert, or if he's just crazy, though by how he felt at the moment, he was beginning to lean towards the latter.
wc 1463
twc 2790/2750
[Learned Water Clone Jutsu, Water Prison Jutsu, and Seafoam Jutsu]
Wc Leftover 40