Keiji soon found himself at his destination: the rolling hills. The hills themselves were vibrantly green and teeming with wildlife and various plants, but the section he was at now was freshly trimmed and clean of anything that could distract him of his training. 'Well,' he thought, 'I'm here to improve in ninjutsu so I might as well begin by learning new ones.' Keiji's mind flashed through very useful jutsu that he hadn't had the opportunity or motive to learn until now, and very soon one in particular stood out amongst the others - the Shunshin no Jutsu, also known as the Body Flicker technique. Keiji had seen it used among his peers, especially those whose job required rapid movement. He wondered why he hadn't trained it before now. He focused his chakra, manipulating it for his purposes. No shape or elemental transformation was required, so it made the process substantially easier. Keiji focused on the Konoha library and released the pent up chakra. His visioned tunneled as he traveled at incomprehensible speed, before slowing down to a still not a second later... a mile from the library.
'Hm. Seems like it needs some work.' Keiji thought as he quickly began running along the rooftops, tiles clacking as they met his sandal. 'Methodology was on point, but accuracy wasn't. Hopefully they'll have a book that details the actual procedure more in depth than just hearing about it in the jounin lounge.'
Entering the massive library, Keiji quickly made his way to the restricted section - an area sectioned off from the rest whose contents were limited to high ranking shinobi, as to not allow those with low chakra pools to learn techniques which could drain them in one usage. Keiji reached the S's, quickly finding the scroll he was looking for - the Shunshin no Jutsu. Many of the scrolls were taken already, indicating that many ninja were currently learning the technique, or that the previous copies had been lost. Keiji rapidly checked the scroll out for more in depth study - he hated learning new techniques inside. After saying his thanks, the man opened the scroll and read its contents. He had been correct to assume that his methodology as far as chakra collection and application was right, only a few minor tweaks - including a bit of nature manipulation to conceal the actual act of the "teleportation." However, his accuracy was complete and utter shit, and he now knew why. Whereas before he thought of Shunshin as simple teleportation, it was nothing of the sort. For that to be true, Shunshin would've been classified as a space-time ninjutsu, extremely complicated skills that had the capacity to create great destruction. No, instead of teleportation, Keiji found that it was merely and extremely swift movement.
Keiji's mind wandered, dwelling on the topic of space-time ninjutsu for a brief couple of moments. To have that kind of power would be indeed something awesome, yet terrifying. Only a few in the ninja world were known to have it, the most prominent being Namikaze Minato - the Yondaime Hokage, and Uchiha Obito, a man bent on the complete and utter dissolution of the free world. It was odd to think about really. Two people with similar levels of power that shared a personal relationship differed so largely in mindset. Keiji didn't know what he'd do with that kind of power. It was disconcerting.
Looking over the scroll, he studied its contents further, refining his technique over the next couple of minutes that passed, trying varying locations to flicker to, such as his apartment, on top of the Hokage monument, the forest of death, and finally back to the rolling hills. Keiji smiled, realizing he had the basics of the technique perfected. Next task was to try it with an elemental manipulation, and since his primary element was katon, he saw no issue in trying it at least once. He performed the technique again, this time kneading chakra before flickering. The result was fantastic, as Keiji literally disappeared, harmless flames flickering to life before dying not a moment later. The man smiled as he flickered back to the hills, satisfied at his progress so far. Not even an hour down an already a new technique learned. Marvelous.
He was so engrossed in his mental celebration that he almost didn't notice his friend Amaya arrive at the field. "You're a tad late." Keiji said to her, quickly flashing through hand seals. "Let's begin!" he said before bringing his index and thumb to his lips in a ring and blowing through it, a massive fireball seemingly roaring to life out of nowhere. The fireball closed in on Amaya at an astonishing pace for its size, the ten foot orb spinning toward her at thirty miles per hour. She would surely have no problem dodging it, and the heat she received from it's proximity would probably be welcome in this cold weather.
Word Count: 1032/9000
Shunshin Learned - 825/750