Fuck it, let's do this.

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Scratching his head, Sousetsu grinned. "Your fellow Clan members will be able to teach you more about your own unique abilities than me, but I have other things to teach you, it's my job as your Sensei, you should be able to ask me anything. I could answer many of your questions but my main area of expertise would be Ninjutsu and Kenjutsu, as I stated before. I like to think of myself as a bit of strategist and a detaining type of ninja." Kaito watched as a butterfly landed on Sousetsu's outstretched finger. Suddenly, the butterfly was captured as wood sprouted out of his Sensei's palm. Holding the caged butterfly, Sousetsu continued. "Now, for your summons. You are now aware of each others abilities so we will spar and you will use the knowledge that you have taken in and utilize it to your advantage." Walking away from his squad, Sousetsu turned once again towards them. "Oh, by the way. Kaito, I never answered your question regarding summons. I am not particularly strong in that area but I have ninjutsu that is similar."

Here, Kaito paid especially close attention. "Finally, the stuff that gets very useful." After forming a few hand signs, Sousetsu slammed his hands on the ground in front of him. Immediately, three wolves made of a muddy substance sprouted from the ground. Eyes wide in surprise, Kaito grinned. "Cool! Is this what you are going to teach us?" The wolves were ordered closer to the students, and Kaito studied the creations. While their skin and fur was mud, Kaito was intrigued by the color of their eyes.

"This is my 'Mud Wolves' technique. It's like a summon but as I said, I specialize in ninjutsu." Petting the mud creation, Kaito laughed when the creation bared it's fangs to him. If Kaito was smarter, he would have likely noticed the hostility in the wolve's eyes. Suddenly, the sensei spoke. "Begin." Kaito widened his eyes at the new enemy in his arms, still being stroked. Hoping to get the drop on the creation, Kaito rolled onto his back and kicked the abomination in the face. Rather than solid contact, Kaito's foot merely entered the body. Kicking again, Kaito formed the only hand signs he could to get himself away.

"Kawarimi!" After a puff of smoke, Kaito was now laying down in a patch of rocks, having switched with one. Performing hand signs once more, Kaito bit his thumb and Smeared the blood on the ground. "Kuchiyose no Jutsu!" When the smoke cleared, a dog-sized lobster was scuttled along the rocks. Now aided by Panul, Kaito ran through handsigns and pulled water from the ground. Now with a whip in hand, Kaito charged at his Sensei. Panul breathed in deeply before spitting a ball of water the size of an apple at the Senju.

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Techniques used by Panul:

483/400
Training Kuchiyose C>A
2,695/5,000

Sousetsu watched as his mud infused wolves changed from a friendly to a now fearless pack. Their eyes changed from a friendly to a more aggressive expression. They lunged towards the three separately before them, giving them an unexpected attack to which the Genin had to fend for themselves. Of course, after saying to 'begin', they should have been instantly cautious. He looked at Daiki, who appeared to have problems with the wolf so he did nothing but let him be as the wolf held him at bay. It could either end bad or bode well for him but only time could tell. Turning towards Kaito, Sousetsu could see that he had skillfully rolled backwards out of its swipe and kicked it in return. The foot seemed to have been swallowed up by the middy texture as it went through. Another kick and a few hand seals, Kaito had used the substitution technique, escaping from the grasp of the enemy with a puff of smoke leaving a rock in his stead. Further hand seals were used before he bit into his thumb and drew the blood that he needed for summoning a creature to his aid. A lobster appeared a good size larger than the norm. It was around the same size of Sousetsu's wolf though it was only a rough estimate. Water soon emerged into the form of a whip in which Kaito utilized by charging at the Senju. 'So, he knows the water whip technique...' Sousetsu thought to himself as he glimpsed at his own past when he first learned that technique near their current wherabouts. He knew all to well most forms of how water release techniques worked as he liked to think that he specialized in them. He knew that with one crack of the whip, Kaito would have the possibility of capturing him the Senju. The lobster on the other hand, stood from a distance and spat a ball of water towards the sensei , about the size of a fist, also.

Meanwhile, Kichirou dodged the wolf also as he rolled to the right and was seen a good few metres away from the Senju's muddy creation. The same process of biting his thumb, just as Kaito had done, to summon a new animal to the field was in effect. His palms had reached the ground when the summon had appeared with a puff of smoke. As the smoke soon withered away, Kichirou could be seen petting his summon which was a rather odd looking buffalo that stood at around five feet tall. It was not its stance or its appearance as a whole, but its tail. It was longer than Sousetsu had seen from books and the likes. After a few short moments of them engaging in conversation, the buffalo's tail had produced electricity and the sound of a whip could be heard also as it cracked upon impact of itself. Sousetsu's wolf had charged before meeting its untimely demise as the electric whip like tail had come into contact with its head, returning it to the earth once more. Sousetsu grinned and nodded in approval. The buffalo was then exchanged for what appeared to be a knight as Kichirou had toyed with his cards. This was not a summon as the cards contained seals. Sousetsu took note of this as the blood sacrifice was not used. Did he have a full deck of cards to choose this from? It was intriguing to say the least.

Kaito had arrived within a few metres of Sousetu's personal space and the ball of water was almost at its destination before the knight arrived with a downwards slash. A three pronged attack would be crucial to any opponent. Sousetsu instantly raised his right hand before him and closed his right eye also before breathing in slightly and exhaling a mist to cover a large area. The sound he gave off was as if his thirst was quenched and a loud exertion of release was there to show that. It was of course, the 'hidden mist technique.' Before the mist surrounded him and the area, and the opponents following through with their attacks, Sousetsu embraced the weather one last time. Looking towards the sky with his free eye and watched as the birds flew by before the suns rays distrupted his vision. Sousetsu figured that if they could not see him then the water whip would render useless as well as himself being a harder target to hit. He leaped onto a tree branch within a small distance of himself the ball of water was about to make contact, but could not see where it landed, he only heard the sound of water crashing onto a surface. Sousetsu grinned as the summoners seemed to get along well with the creatures which hinted their capabilities of working with a great team.

Sousetsu then used another hand seal to summon two wood clones from his person. Wood formed from both shoulders before they detached from him, creating the perfect embodiment of the Senju. With their visual perceptions interrupted he could try to confuse the latter by sending the clones in his stead. " Prepare yourselves!" The Senju shouted for a fair warning. He sent one of the clones to attack Kichirou directly with his katana withdrawn and gripped with his right hand. He emerged from the mist and leaped towards Kichirou with the infamous grin of his, almost seeming bloodthirsty or a little crazed by the current events. It was an act of course, testing the mental capabilities of the Genin. He sent the remaining wood clone to take his place within the mist, confronting Kaito and the knight on his lonesome. With his katana in hand also he performed a slash upon the Genin in a downwards strike much like the knights. He roared to let his presence be known so that the wound would not be fatal towards the Genin. The real Sousetsu lay back upon the branch and observed as best he could. He began this by crossing his legs on the branch and meditating. He traded his visual perspective with his hearing, enhancing it to find his opponents during this time. He could hear the footsteps of the many within the area. The birds chirping further into the woodland and the insects calling to one another as nothing had truly been disturbed as of yet. He remained perfectly still he felt the nature energy surround him and merge with his own chakra. He was beginning to restore his chakra as his opponents were none the wiser as far as he knew. This was only the first step in his Senjutsu phase however, and the process would only restore his chakra with small fragments after quite some time.

Words: 6115/6000 [Senjutsu Training D>C Completed!]

Chakra: 290/320

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It does make me feel better.