Iruka smiled then took two kunai and four shuriken from the pile of cheap practice weapons from the large box he'd brought earlier. He then put one kunai between his pointer finger and his middle finger then a shuriken between the other fingers. He then spread his arms briefly before quickly snapping the forward and crossing them. At some point during snapping them forward he released the weapons at a moving target landing five hits and three misses.
"Sweet," said Naruto appreciatively. "That was awesome."
Naruto quickly tried to mimic Iruka's handling of the weapons before releasing them on a moving target missing with all of them. Not only did he miss but the weapons were really slow.
"This technique is harder than throwing one weapon at a time so it will probably take a bit to get the hang of it.
Quest Alert
It's raining knives: Score 2 hits or more.
Score 2 hits on the target using an area of effect skill before the end of class.
Completion Award: 1000 Exp
Academy Kunai (10) and Academy Shuriken (20)
Completion Failure: 200 Exp
Naruto wanted to jump for joy at the quest but managed to restrain himself because of the quest requirement. He didn't have any AoE skills yet. But that most likely meant that what he was learning, or rather trying to learn was an AoE skill. That meant he'd have to get as many chances as he could on this target range if he wanted to complete the quest.
Naruto looked at the line and saw several students lazing about after just one try while some got back in line to try again so the line wasn't extremely long as when the exercise first began. Seeing that, he rushed to get back in line.
"New quest?" asked Shikamaru softly, stepping in line behind him.
"Yeah, I have to create an AoE and then score 2 hits or more on a target," Naruto replied just as softly.
"That doesn't sound too difficult."
"I don't know, I tried the technique Iruka-sensei showed me and it didn't go so well. My weapons were slow and off target."
"So next level you might want to do more with DEX, it improves your accuracy right?"
"Yeah, that's a good idea, I'm really close to leveling up now too."
"I still say you're broken but good luck anyway."
"Thanks, Shikamaru."
The line moved pretty quickly since each student got one try before being sent on their way. Naruto got back to the front of the line pretty quickly and once again tried the same more as Iruka did. The weapons flew a bit faster but were still way of target not getting a single hit.
Naruto rushed to the back of the line again and waited. He was seeing some improvement and for him that was enough for now.
"Hey, Naruto," started Shikamaru, getting in line behind him again.
"Yeah, you figure something out?" asked Naruto.
"Try putting a little chakra in your arms. I got a lot more speed from my last throw that way."
Naruto nodded. "Will do, thanks."
"Yeah well, it would be troublesome if I didn't try to help."
Naruto waited once again for his turn. When he got up to the line he collected the two kunai and four shuriken. He lined up with the range waiting for a target to appear.
A small pop signified a pop-up target snapping into view signaling Naruto to attack.
Naruto right away drew his arms back and charged a little chakra into them then let the weapons rip. He got one solid hit while the others sailed past the target.
A special skill has been created through a special act.
I will get you even if it takes every last weapon I've got, area of effect 'Buki no Arashi' Lvl. 1 has been created.
[Buki no Arashi (Passive/Active) Lv1 Exp: 0.00 CP: 50]
In a Storm of Weapons you throw a group of weapons at the same time targeting an area of effect.
Passively increase AoE accuracy 5%
Throw up to 6 small weapons at once when active.
Naruto was stoked at his achievement. Not only was the ability cool as hell but it had a bad ass name to it too.
"Better, Naruto, keep working on it," encouraged Iruka.
"Thanks, Iruka-sensei. I'll get this in no time at all. Just you watch."
Once again Naruto was quickly joined by Shikamaru. "So, what was it?"
"[Buki no Arashi], I can throw six weapons at once but it costs fifty CP. Still, it's pretty awesome," explained Naruto, absolutely giddy at the prospect of unleashing hundreds of weapons at once, maybe thousand . . . or enough to turn the sky black with metal death raining down on the enemy without mercy.
Shikamaru seeing Naruto zone out into his own world poked him . . . slapped him to snap him out of his daze.
"Sorry about that, lost in thought," explained Naruto sheepishly.
"Whatever, you're up," he motioned to the now empty line in front of him.
Naruto rushed to the line and collected his weapons. "Buki no Arashi," escaped his mouth softly as soon as the target began sliding across one of the cables. There was a quick 'rat-tat-tat-tat' as four of the weapons hit their mark.
Your weapons found their mark.
Completions Awarded: 1000 Exp, Academy Kunai (10), and Academy Shuriken (20)
"Yatta," cheered Naruto.
"Good job, Naruto," Iruka congratulated him.
Congratulations! Your level has increased by 1.
Naruto fist pumped several times as he walked back to the end of the line.
"I take it you leveled?" asked Shikamaru, joining Naruto again.
"Hell yeah I did," Naruto happily informed his friend.
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