Trick Or Two (nazo)

[Ren Homma "Nazo"]

[atrb=border,0,true][bg=212121][atrb=width,500,true] — HOW SAD WOULD IT BE... SHOULD LAUGHTER DISAPPEAR "If you break it..." he flicked his finger to cause the puppet to actually wrap its arms loosly around the girl almost as if to embrace her in a hug, "well well now, we'll just have to wait and see if you break her, hm?" He would have the puppet release the smaller girl and move around so the girl herself could carry the puppet on her back to their next location. Once Nazo released control of the puppet she would fall and if she landed upon Haruhi's back she would feel no heavier and no lighter than that of a one year old baby. He then motioned for her to follow him as he removed his cloak from his body and threw it onto the counter. Underneath Haruhi would be able to see the four scrolls fastened to the jounin's back via a special series of holsters. She would also see the black armored vest he wore over an long sleeved black tunic the parted down the center under his vest with the ends trailing down to about knee length. Under the tunic were a pair of black trousers that were tucked into a special pair of armor plated combat boots. "As Kugutsutsukai, Puppeteers, we specialize ourselves in the utilization of puppets to do close quarters combat for us by utilizing with them a variety of tools and weapons. As such we are often vulnerable in close quarters situations which is why it is highly helpful to also be a bit versed in taijutsu or, in our case, medical ninjutsu." He wandered off into the back room leading his student deeper into the shop towards a door where behind it rested a long downwards spiral stair case. "It is also extremely helpful to, like me, wear armor on your body so as to protect it." He opened the door which caused a gust of wind from released air pressure to toss his hair about for a moment. "Now then, we can either go into the catacombs beneath my shop which is really just a vast area beneath us that I use to work on projects in secrecy, or I can teach you the basics up here. It is your choice." Words: 371 TEMPLATE BY SAMARECARM OF OTE + BTN

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[cs=2] He didn’t seem all that worried about the idea of Haruhi breaking his darling puppet, apparently he had more faith in the girl the she had in her own self. Then again perhaps he figured she wouldn’t even be able to work the puppet in the first place and so her worries were placed on the wrong idea. It was true that Haruhi wasn’t even sure what control she was going to need in order to actually make it so that her puppet could move and when he made his puppet hug her , Haruhi tensed watching the object that so closer resembled her mother act so human like. It swung around her with fluid motion and rested upon her back, she was sure to wrap her hands tightly around the puppet to prevent it from falling off her back. He nodded her along and she was glad to follow, she wanted to see just how stranger he could act with her around. His attire seemed strange but to all the time she had spent with Nazo Haruhi never actually remembered seeing any of his clothing underneath, not that she or the other members of her squad had really ever saw him do anything really other then creep them out from time to time. She followed after him listening contently to his lesion or well whatever she was suppose to call this, she was good at both things though not as good enough as she would have liked to be. Armor was something Haruhi had never thought of and found that it was probably something she was going to have to invest in now that it was going to be a part of keeping herself. She paused wondering which place would be the best to train her at, she knew not the size or space of the other location so she couldn’t really choose “ I don’t really want to hurt my mother “ her words ended quickly and she panicked for just a moment, she gasped and shook her head “ I don’t want to break your doll in close quarters so please pick which ever you think will be large enough space to keep me from bashing it upon the walls” her face flushed red and she knew her quick and fumbled recovery had been a horrible attempt.

[Ren Homma "Nazo"]

[atrb=border,0,true][bg=212121][atrb=width,500,true] — HOW SAD WOULD IT BE... SHOULD LAUGHTER DISAPPEAR Nazo laughed at her remark, catching rather well the fumble with her words. So once again she was rather well concerned with possibly breaking the puppet that looked oh so closely like her mother, and this time via possibly bashing her into the walls. Ah but that would actually serve to harm the walls rather than Saika, still he understood her concern. "Yes yes I understand, however now that I think about it. How about we remain up here. Besides all you'll be learning today is the basics, and more likely than not, you won't get Saika to move well enough to... heh... bash the walls." With that he shut the door once more and proceeded to light the lantern that hung from the ceiling in the middle of the room. "So then, Haru-chan, shall we begin?" Words: 137 TEMPLATE BY SAMARECARM OF OTE + BTN

pitiful I know

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[cs=2] Haruhi knew that he had heard the mistake in words and yet it seemed he wasn’t going to say anything about it. it was always hard on a child to lose a parent of the same gender, girls taught girls and boys taught boys. true losing any parent was hard but it made it even more difficult regardless. her grandparents had raised her and for the longest time she had called them her parents however as she grew older Haruhi began to learn the difference and the longing had started. She had started calling them grandma and grandpa and that seemed to have taken its toll on them for a little while, they after all were the only family she knew however they knew how hard it was on her to be left in such a situation and to watch as the other children were tended to by their own parents. she wasn’t like her grandmother she didn’t sob and weep for the women because she hadn’t spent anytime with her. " well maybe i had faith in the idea that i would be a natural at this, I mean I have to be at something after all. have a little more faith in me sensei. the girl flashed him a smile and couldn’t help but chuckle a little. she was most likely going to fail but that really wasn’t the point she had to believe in herself if she wanted others to do the same

[Ren Homma "Nazo"]

[atrb=border,0,true][bg=212121][atrb=width,500,true] — HOW SAD WOULD IT BE... SHOULD LAUGHTER DISAPPEAR At her words Nazo gave her what appeared to be his first ever genuine smile towards her. She was growing up that she was, and he could see it in her. She had the confidence to believe that she could achieve using the puppet. If that was the case then Nazo wasn't going to stop her from trying her hardest. "Haruhi," even his voice became more serious, losing its normally joking and all happy go lucky tone, "put Saika down in the middle of the room and then come back to me." He would wait for her to comply to his words and then continue. Standing behind her he would hold his hand out over her shoulder as a sort of guide to assist her. "The first step to controlling a puppet is to be able to manipulate your chakra into forming threads." He gestured with his fingers for a moment as he spoke, "To do that concentrate your chakra into your finger tips and then as you move them through the air, imagine a thread spooling out from the pools of chakra where your fingers last were." He showed her what he meant by concentrating his chakra so thick she would have actually been able to see it decently well. He drew his fingers through the air leaving behind wispy strings of chakra behind the tips of his fingers, "Once you have achieved this then throw your fingers out towards your desired target imagining something like, lassoing a rope around a horse. Or perhaps throwing a kunai with a wire attached at a target." He didn't demonstrate this part quite yet cause he wanted to see if she could manage the first part first. Words: 285 TEMPLATE BY SAMARECARM OF OTE + BTN

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[cs=2] It was creepy watching the smile slide across his face like that, Nazo never smiled so … so seriously before and it was giving Haruhi the creeps. She couldn’t help but shiver slightly at the thought that something she had said had caused that to cross his face so effortlessly as it had. She jerked slightly as he said her name and found herself a bit hesitant to find out what he was going to say next and as she feared it was something that sounded dangerous and worrisome. “uh ok “ she stammered out before walking to the middle of the room to gently place the puppet on the floor, she sat the thing up as though it was sitting finding it hard to place her mother on the cold dirty floor on her back. It was going to take far to much time to make her brain stop calling the thing her mother, it was a wooden puppet for heavens sake ! She had no idea that in truth the puppet was far from a wooden replica of her mother, but that was something she most likely would never find out. Walking back over to him she turned and faced the puppet wondering just what sort of thing they were going to attempt now. The feeling of his aura behind her made the girl uneasy but she hoped that this was just the sort of training she had been waiting for, pulling her hands up she stared at the tips of her fingers wondering how she was suppose to learn something as tricky as that. She made a face as she thought about how crazy it all sounded until she watched the strings pull from his fingers as he moved them through the air, amazement soon turned into determination as she began to concentrate on her fingers. Every now and again she would flex them to see if anything happened, and when nothing did she would try harder to pool the chakra into her fingertips. She felt a bit silly when nothing still happened and found that no matter how hard she concentrated nothing seemed to form from her fingertips. She tried to clear her mind once more and quickly found she had to much excitement boiling up in her belly to truly concentrate. Closing her eyes she relaxed her muscles and tried to focus once more pooling chakra into the tips of her fingers, with one last attempt Haruhi flexed her fingers outward peeking from one eye as a small tiny thread had appeared from her index finger.

[Ren Homma "Nazo"]

[atrb=border,0,true][bg=212121][atrb=width,500,true] — HOW SAD WOULD IT BE... SHOULD LAUGHTER DISAPPEAR Nazo smiled, she was getting it a lot faster than he suspected she might. Now it was time to step it up a little bit. So he stepped out in front of her and held out his hand in front of himself much akin to how she might be holding her's now. "Well done, keep at it and try to get the others to form as well." He waved his hand through the air, "Conduct your hand as though you are a conductor of a wonderful symphony." He moved his hand back and forth, left and right, causing chakra threads to spool outward as he went. "Try to make your threads longer, stronger, more... like a spider weaving a web." He stopped there letting his thread dissipate. "Keep trying you have a good start." TEMPLATE BY SAMARECARM OF OTE + BTN

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As much as Haruhi liked the praise Nazo was giving her she wasn’t sure she was going to be able to force anything else out, she was having trouble keeping the one flowing let alone trying to force the others to appear as well. She wanted to impress him but at the rate she was going Haruhi was never going to keep enough chakra in order to keep going, and when he stepped in front of her and began to show off she frustration build up. He was older then her so he had more years to practice and this was her first lesson on the matter after all, still she couldn’t help but want to punch the man for being so hm well for Nazo being perky was rather scary so she would stick with calling him a bit excited. Giving a small sigh Haruhi put her hands down “ at this rate I feel like I might end up wasting all my chakra ” pulling her hands up again Haruhi tried to start the process over again, it was just like wall climbing except that instead of trying to just stay attached to the wall she needed to be able to see the strings.

When she was sure more then two hours had passed Haruhi let out another dejected sigh and let her hands lower “ I cant seem to make anything else work, it should be easy right after I got the first one I was so sure the rest would follow”

[Ren Homma "Nazo"]

[atrb=border,0,true][bg=212121][atrb=width,500,true] — HOW SAD WOULD IT BE... SHOULD LAUGHTER DISAPPEAR Nazo sighed, was it just a fluke? Or did her chakra control suck that bad? No matter he knew she could get it in due time, she just needed practice. Walking up to her he unfolded his arms from across his chest and patted her on the head, "Don't get frustrated with yourself. You're still learning the basics and all things great come with time." He then let his hand drop down and looked to a small little wooden doll that sat on a shelf across the room. Using his own chakra threads he commanded the doll to jump off of the shelf and wander over to them before hopping up into Nazo's hand. "I checked a little bit ago, the storm subsided, so how about we call it quits for today, okay? Your grandmother is probably worried." He handed her the little doll that looked like a little mini-doll version of some sort of kunoichi, perhaps someone Nazo met once, "Here take this with you, if you make any progress with puppetry while we're apart try using this to practice. It should be easier to move than Saika." He would then lead her back to the front room, "Just remember imagine connecting the threads from your fingers to the five important parts of the puppet, the head, arms, and legs. Everything else will come in due time." TEMPLATE BY SAMARECARM OF OTE + BTN

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She stared up at him as he patted her on the head a small smile creeping from her lips, it was so odd that he was being this nice to her and yet it was kind of nice to be one on one with each other. Then again she was used to all his crazy ways after having been with him for so long on a team, she had always thought of Nazo as a sort of weird uncle type of man. She was surprised to see a little doll as it leaped up onto his hand, it was a cute little thing and looked almost like a little female ninja. Taking the little doll from him she sighed and nodded her head “ yeah grandma does get rather worried if I don’t show up on time and with this storm she is going to be on edge, however I will keep practicing until I can do it properly and hopefully I can make this little version do all sorts of wonderful things by the time I see you next !” Haruhi smiled and headed for the door “ I will come find you the second I master this just you watch it wont take me long at all !” she beamed at him before opening the door and disappearing into the darkness.

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[Ren Homma "Nazo"]

[atrb=border,0,true][bg=212121][atrb=width,500,true] — HOW SAD WOULD IT BE... SHOULD LAUGHTER DISAPPEAR Would she really now? Well he couldn't wait to see her master the kugutsu no jutsu. It would be exciting to see another puppet master blossom into a beautiful yet deadly flower, and it filled him with much anticipation. Watching her as she unlocked the door, opened it, and then left his humble little shop, the smile on the man's face slowly faded away. He folded his arms across his chest as he walked over to and then closed the door behind her before locking it once more. Then, he went to the window next to the door and leaned against the wall to watch out of it for a moment, however he was already gone having disappeared into the darkness of night. Turning around now, the mortician headed back towards the back room, however he went further on past it to a stair case down the back hallway where he went up to the next floor to his little work shop. Inside the dimly lit room he could see all of the little odds and trinkets he had strewn about the place, and it was here that his smile returned. "I look forward to seeing what kind of puppet master you'll become. Khehe, don't disappoint me, Haruhi Ryuunosuke." [exit] TEMPLATE BY SAMARECARM OF OTE + BTN