Solo Jutsu training

Azmark felt at home in The Land Hidden in the Borders (what he refereed to the country borders as). The land was filled with murderers, highway men, and S-Ranked criminals; but Azmark understood these people far better then he understands the village ninjas. Azmark has no problems with accepting jobs and contracts, but those are limited times that you are signed onto someone. Village ninjas have signed their live away forever.

Azmark found himself a secluded spot to practice his Henge no Jutsu, or Transformation Technique. Though it was a basic level jutsu, it is an essential tool for any ninja. The reason for seclusion is that even though he felt at home in The Land Hidden in the Borders, he was not naive enough to feel safe. Everyone here would kill and rob him if they thought he had something they needed; which luckily, as a low D-ranked missing-nin, no one thought he did. He was happy with this, as it allows him to train in peace.

Azmark focusing his chakra, before performing the hand seals: Dog → Boar → Ram. In a cloud of smoke, Azmark transformed. He now looked like the boy he had once killed, the day he stole the puppetry scrolls. Azmark was pleased with himself, and released the jutsu. Focusing his chakra once more, he performed the signs again. This time when the smoke dispersed, Azmark looked like the old man that he had stolen the scrolls from. Azmark smirked, but soon grew bored with this. He released the jutsu and the decided to use it to change things about himself.

Azmark focused his chakra, and performed the signs. This time when the smoke cleared, anyone might think that it had failed, but Azmark was pleased. Using the jutsu, he had disguised his clothes. They looked the same, but now the rags where actually a brown colour, and not just dirty. Azmark released the jutsu and began a series of transformations, changing everything from hair color, to eye colour (using a small pool of water to check the results), to skin colour. 

Breathing heavily from his chakra use, Azmark took a break and sat on the ground. He took some bread out of his infinite number of pockets hidden in his rags, and bit a piece off. After he finished chewing, he decided to go back to transforming his whole body. 

Azmark focused his chakra, and thought who to change into. He decided to try and make an image all on his own, and performed the signs. When the smoke cleared, Azmark was disappointed. He had gone with an average, middle aged man. But the proportionally the arms where not correct. Azmark released it and tried again, but this time the problem was in the legs. Frustrated, Azmark focused on every detail, while managing the chakra and hand seals for the change. When the smoke cleared, Azmark smirked as he saw the effect.

The man looked perfectly average, would most likely be overlooked in a crowd by all but the most trained ninjas. Azmark released the jutsu, pleased with the results. Azmark took another short break, eating another bite out of the hunk of bread. When he was finished chewing, he went back to training.

This time, Azmark wanted to go for an average, middle aged woman. Now while most boys his age were starting to get attracted to girls, Azmark had no time for that, and was uninterested in them; rathering to focus on his training and puppets. Because of this, Azmark did not know the subtleties of the female body, the once that could make a transformation just seem wrong. Thanks to this, his first several attempts failed.

Frustrated, Azmark wandered around the black market, studying the females he saw; though he made sure not to study too hard, or else one of them might attack him. When he thought he had enough detail, he returned to his secluded spot.

Focusing his chakra, which was nice and refreshed from his break and stroll around the market, Azmark focused on the image of a woman, using details from the females he studied. When the smoke cleared, Azmark was pleased with the results. He looked like an average woman, nothing exceptional about him.

Though Azmark was not interesting in the sexual beauty of women, he knew that it could be used to their advantage. And now that he was focusing on the transformation jutsu, his own advantage. He released the jutsu, and in the next thirty minutes, spent time doing minor adjustments to the female image. From hair, eye, and skin colour; to height, weight, and bust size. Azmark took another break, and after went to just doing adjustments on the face. Cheekbones, eye shape, ears, lips, etc... making sure that he could manage minor changes.

After thirty minutes straight, Azmark needed a break. He sat down, and this time took two bites from his hunk of bread. Looking down, he saw that he was going to have to get some more bread soon, and decided to do that after he did two more trail runs. 

Azmark had done well with the middle aged, but now he had to focus on getting the nuances of age down. Being able to pass undetected through a village since you look like a kid would be very useful. Azmark started with the male form, since he was most familiar with it. He start with about ten years old. And then slowly proceed to age himself until the face looking back at him was an old man, knocking on death's door. 

Azmark released the jutsu and took another break, eating the last of his bread. After standing and stretched, he proceeded the same process with the female form, taking it from a child to an old woman. With each one Azmark was pleased, and figured that he was just about finished with mastering the art of Henge no Jutsu. The only way to make sure, was to see if he could transform without making hand seals. 

Azmark released his current transformation and focused on his desired image, that of an older, eighteen year old version of himself; one that did not have a dirty skin, and who's hair was once more blood red. He also decided to make it so that he was no longer so skinny, but rather had a lean muscle build, even if he did not have the actual muscles to back it up if needed. Focusing his chakra, he used Henge no Jutsu. Looking into the pool of water, his reflected image smirked back. There it was, what he would look like in several years. It looks like he had finally, after a long hard day of training, mastered Henge no Jutsu, the transformation technique. 

Azmark decided to leave himself like this, as then people would not view him as some weak kid. Reaching into his pocket to get the bread, he remembered that he had ate the last of it. Looking down at the reflection for one last time, he thought how much he couldn't wait to master another jutsu. Kicking the pool of water, distorting his reflection, he walked back towards the market, looking to steal another piece of bread.

Training Rewards:
- Mastered Henge no Jutsu - Transformation Technique
- +6 Charka (1206/200=6)
- +12 JP (1206/100=12)

Approved.