The Forests of Silence

Shan made his way through the village of Kiri. He had thus far been unsuccessful in locating the helmet of Ramuh. In fact, his search was going abysmally. It was so bad that while Heto searched out leads, Shan was contenting himself to try to find other ways to get stronger in the meantime. Heto was asking about her own goal as well, but Shan didn’t look into that overly much. Their partnership was one of mutual benefit, but neither really delved into the other’s goal.

Eventually, Shan found himself following a group of Genin and a Jounin headed out of the village. None of them seemed worthy of Shan’s time, so he wasn’t too interested in them.

[Post 1: 118 Words]

As he left he village, Shan allowed himself to fall back. He wasn’t interested in them as none of them seemed to possess any dojutsu. Besides, a Juunin would be a difficult fight and Shan didn’t really care to get into such a fight without any reason. Now, if that Hyuuga brat was with them…
 
Well, Shan decided that would be a different story. Once the group was sufficiently far ahead of him, Shan created a hundred clones via his shadow clone jutsu.  Then, they all began to channel Ranton energy. He had an idea that he was going to use once he got to a secluded area of the forest, but he wasn’t exactly sure about it yet.
 
[Ranton X4, 121 Words, post 2]
[21% Ranton: 9 X 2 X 1.15]

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'Dice 10' : 1, 3, 4, 1

The clones continued channeling Ranton energy as they walked. Shan had discovered that the fire girl…Fuu? She had possessed a power that matched his own Storm element. That power, though…she had refined it to a much higher degree than Shan himself had. He had to perfect this ability, but he also had to perfect his chakra control in general.
 
He wasted too much energy and his eyes drained him too much. That was no way to fight. He needed to be more efficient. So, he was going to use clones to train Ranton chakra – while wearing weights – until he found a suitable spot to train his chakra control.

[post 3: 108 words]
[Ranton X 4: Clones, Weights]
[61 Ranton]

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'Dice 10' : 8, 8, 7, 7

Well, maybe he wouldn’t train his Ranton the entire time. Shan dismissed the clones to see where they were and….the progress was immeasurable. It was as if he had complete and total mastery over his Ranton. That was an unusual experience for the Missing-Nin.
 
So, he made the requisite hand seals and created a hundred more clones. This time, they began to practice on each other a dangerous and deadly art that he had been thinking about.
 
Blood Chakra. It was an idea that focused less on the creation of blood through chakra but more about a fine method of controlling the blood within one’s body utilizing water chakra to a high degree.
 
[Training: Blood X 4, clones and weights] [21 Blood Gained]
[Post 4: 120 words]

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'Dice 10' : 3, 2, 3, 1

Shan watched as the clones froze – well half of them. They struggled to move their body – to no avail. Apparently his idea of Blood Chakra was quite useful. All blood had a large percentage of water within it. Utilizing this water to manipulate someone’s body seemed ingenious to Shan. Of course, if he got good enough he may be able to develop other possibilities for this. There were unlimited possibilities when one’s attack formed within the person’s very body.
 
Shan raised a hand, ordering all of the clones to halt what they were doing. The ninja from before had shifted direction and were now moving on a trail not far away. Shan didn’t want to get caught practicing this jutsu.
 
[120 Words, Training Blood X4; clones, weights]
[46 Blood]

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'Dice 10' : 1, 1, 9, 9

Shan’s clones stopped moving – though some pointedly didn’t let go of their blood control. That was annoying. Of course, could Shan really expect clones of himself to listen? He wasn’t exactly the most obedient child in the world. However, this would turn out to cost Shan – as one of the ninja vanished from sight immediately. Shan reacted quickly, channeling lightning into his own body in a way that he had never done before. Actually, most of his clones reacted in the same way. The lightning seemed to speed up his body at the molecular level.
 
Shan moved. The speed that he moved at was something he had never felt before. The young boy turned to look at the surprised Jounin.
 
“Why are you following us?”
 
[Post 6: 127 Words; Training Blood x 3, Jinton x 1]
[41 Blood, 2 Jinton]