She waved him off, closing the door to her office. Shizuo glanced down at the sack of books and scrolls she had given him and sighed. He had a lot to learn.
Shizuo groaned as he pulled the dull shuriken out of his shoulder. He’d been trying to get the hang of the basics of jikukan for days now, but it seemed to be just beyond his grasp. “Maybe you should start with something basic.”
“This is basic,” he shot back, lifting his gaze to the young kunoichi standing across from him. She flipped her red behind her head, looking at him with a look mixed with boredom and pity. “You wouldn’t get it, Setsuna, since all you train nowadays is taijutsu.” The girl shrugged, taking another dull shuriken from the sack at her feet. Shizuo sighed and tossed the bloodied shuriken back at her, and it landed with a soft clink on top of the sack. “Just, do it again.” Setsuna sighed and told him to get ready, lowering herself into a stance.
Shizuo frowned, focusing. The jutsu he was training sounded so simple. All he had to do was use jikukan chakra to stop the projectile midair. He’d read about Closing Time over and over. It seemed to be one of the simpler applications of space time techniques, and he figured it was a good starting point. But so far, he hadn’t had any luck and the man was starting to understand why this class of ninjutsu was so exceedingly rare.
Without warning, Setsuna threw the shuriken at him, the weapon moving in a wide arc as it barrelled toward him. Shizuo flew into seals then focused on the weapon as it flew toward him. When it was within five meters of him it seemed to slow down, but only barely. The change was so miniscule that he would not have noticed if he hadn’t been so focused on it. Despite the apparent change in speed it continued to fly towards him, and he had to use a chakra-coated hand to bat it away.
“Again.”
Setsuna groaned but did as she was told. This time there was a clear change in its speed, and it seemed to come to a near halt when it was close to him. The young kunoichi gasped, noticing as well. Without needing to be asked she threw another one at him. Shizuo’s eyes widened at the surprise second projectile, but he quickly recovered from the shock and focused his chakra to the shuriken. This time, the projectile halted in midair.
“You did it,” Sestuna breathed, sounding impressed for once. Shizuo smiled, and told her to keep ‘em coming.
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C-Ranked Jikukan Ninjutsu
By channeling their chakra the user can freeze a single projectile within a 5 meter radius of themselves that is no larger than 33 [LxWxH]
meters. For the next 3 posts this projectile will stay frozen in place requiring a strength of [Control] to move it. At the end of 3 posts the projectile will follow through as normal.