Anita
*Azuku felt winded, having spent the majority of this conversation... Well, when she __wasn't__ talking, she was quite literally blowing fire into the air and countering the rain storm, it was exhausting, and she wasn't sure how well it was working... Working a muscle huh? No wonder she hated it, muscle training __sucked__.*

"Uh-huh... Is that really it? I mean... Was it... Nevermind." *She closes her eyes. Founders, Founders... So scary, so ominous, and ever approaching. A tournament, some... Other test... What would it be? She was afraid of what she'd find... But oddly, also determined to make the most of it.*
Hugh
*Masanori put his hands into his pockets as he watched the fire shoot out until it finally dissipated. Repeated use of an action was pretty boring, but it usually got the job done. People did a lot of things to prepare for Founders. With a new year of Founder's on the horizon, it only meant more drama revolving around the young genin, and more trouble abound in this stupid war.*
Leslie
```Learning New Jutsu```


It was time. Anju had gone through the touble of being tutored, and was convinced that her level of control of her singular basic genjutsu had already reached it's peak. She had mastered it. It was finally time to move on.

It was a painstaking way to learn, but there was a certain satisfaction to "Finishing" A task completely and utterly before moving on. In this way at least, her abilities failing her wouldn't ever be her own fault.

In the mean time, it was time to go to one of her favorite places - the library. It wasn't as if the library was a particularly fun experience, but she loved going because of what it meant to her. Everytime she went was like treating herself to a nice meal, except instead of expensive meat she gorged herself on new jutsu.

Anju was still very aware that her genjutsu abilities still weren't anything special, so she was still limited to just C rank jutsu. To her surprise there really wasn't that much to choose from - did the village simply not like genjutsu that much? Compared to the ninjutsu section, there really weren't that many choices.

Since there was only a limited selection, she ended up making her decision surprisingly quickly - the Bell Ring Genjutsu. It was a simple illusion that made the target uncomfortable while also making them hallucinate more of her. It wasn't particularly flashy. The main reason she was interested however, was that it could be triggered by sound.

She could imagine it now - she could wear bells on herself, making it easy for the sound to go off as soon as she had used the jutsu. It was perfect for being able to reliably land something, as most people didn't have a way to prevent hearing something.

The downside when it came to genjutsu however, was finding a willing test subject. If she was being honest, she had completely forgotten that she would actually need to practice it on someone. Would an animal work? It was really her only option unless she wanted to break some laws. With a sigh she set out across the city to buy some bells, and in search of rats to experiment on.

It wasn't long until she found what she was looking for. It turned out that the very first restaurant she stumbled upon had rats going through the garbage. It was disgusting to train in a back alley with rats, but at least it saved her some time. She didn't particularly want to carry the pests away to some other place to train.

She started going through the hand signs, grinning as she attempted to use the jutsu. Her grin soon faded away as nothing seemed to happen to the rats. Did she... Forget one of the hand signs? With an exasperated groan she was once again off to the library, this time burning the signs into her mind as she read through the scroll over and over.

An hour later she found herself back in the alley. Thankfully the rats were still there, so she blurred through the hand signs confidently and using the jutsu before shaking the bell and waiting. She continued waiting and waiting, but it appeared that the rats didn't even notice her. They were far more concerned with picking through the trash still.

"Well... They ARE rats. Maybe I need to adjust the jutsu somehow...?" Anju mused to herself.

She spent the next few hours adjusting the amount of chakra she used, and her visualization of the jutsu. In turned out that for the tiny rat brains, she didn't need to use nearly as much chakra. If she used too much it would practically wash itself out of the poor creature's brains.

She had no idea how strong the genjutsu was, but she was confident that it was at least causing some sort of discomfort if the squeeling rats suddenly running around were anything to go by. With a smirk she left the alleyway, happy to finally be able to leave.

``` End ```