Orion's Meadow (Destroyed)

[Nebulosis]

Tai thinks about his options for a moment "Well the tree climbing idea sounds easy, but knowing my sensei he will probably put weights on me, and have spikes at the bottom of the tree. That will not end well. Speed on the other hand, wouldnt be THAT hard. I would probably just have to dodge a few kunais and...bomb tags is...all." Tai thinks over both of his choices, either one not sounding to safe to try. After a few seconds, Tai settles on the idea of doing speed training. It didnt seem as dangerous as climbing the trees. Tai speaks, using a a somehow proud voice "I think speed training sounds good for me."  

[x InfinityOrion x]

((Yeah, but I thought the jutsu copied had to be of your element... You know what, whatever. I don't care anymore.))

Upon hearing Tai's decision, an almost psychotic smile came across Orion's face, but he managed to discretely cover it with his hand in a nonchalant way.
"Fair enough."
He said simply as he pointed to the area where a boulder once was before Tai destroyed it.
"Go stand over there. I'll be ready in a sec."
He said with an excited chuckle.

 

[Nebulosis]

Tai's watches Orion's peculiar behavior with a arched brow, and has a feeling that he picked the wrong choice. Tai follows Orion's orders, and walks over to the small crater in the ground where a boulder used to be. He remembered that moment...being thrown into a boulder and living. That is pretty impressive, since it was Orion who threw him into the boulder after all. Most people would have most likely died from that, even the stronger ninja of this village. Tai knew he would look back at these days in the future and say "Good times...good times..."

Tai alters his standing position to that of an precautionary state. Both of his arms shoot out to his left side, the fingers and hand in a flat position. (Basically imagine a normal fighting position and you have the idea.) Tai takes a deep breath and finally says "Ok...I am ready for this." Tai had a feeling he just -might- regret this.  

[x InfinityOrion x]

As Tai stood over where the boulder once was, he pulled out two scrolls, one of which was a giant scroll. He whipped the giant scroll open, and it stretched from one side of the meadow to the other. There was a familiar inscription on the scroll. In fact, it was a giant exploding tag. Setting it gently on the ground, he whipped open the normal scroll, summoning four weights, which were the same size as the previous metal cylinders, but much, much heavier. The four weights put together would add up to about a third of a ton. Now showing his psychotic smile, he turned towards Tai, and gestured for him to come over with his finger.

 

[Nebulosis]

Tai's eyes widen, and his mouth drops down as far as it could go. "No way...is this for real!?" Tai thinks, looking at the ENORMOUS exploding tag. Did Orion really expect him to do that? Tai then looks at the weights, thinking "He wants me to run across the bomb tag...with those weights on..." Tai thinks, just staring at the two things. When Tai notices Orion's smile, and his finger, Tai replies nervously "Uhm...nevermind...I will take the tree climbing instead..."  

[x InfinityOrion x]

Before Tai even knew it, Orion disappeared from his previous position and reappeared in front of him almost instantly.
"Oh, I'm afraid it's a wee bit too late to change your answer."
Orion said with a hearty laugh. While still laughing, he picked Tai up by the collar like he always did.
"I'll try to walk slow, so you can reflect on just how good you had it before now!"
He said in a happy tone. Was Orion really the person to laugh at his student's misfortune? Apparently so. Nevertheless, he kept his word, walking as slowly as he could over to the giant exploding tag. Once they arrived, Orion set him down and put the weights on him, since they were probably too heavy for Tai to put on. They were still about twenty feet away from the giant tag, but their vision was parallel to it. Leaving Tai where he was, he took four normal sized exploding tags, each anchored by a kunai, and set them in a ground, surrounding Tai in a square formation.
"I'll explain all of this in a sec. I just wanna take all this in real quick."
He said, now laughing. Maybe this was too much for Tai.... Orion didn't think so.

((If it makes you feel any better, either decision would've gotten you stuck with a giant exploding tag...))  

[Nebulosis]

Tai attempts to move withall the weights attched to him, but almost ends up falling over. Tai looks down at the 4 exploding bomb tags, and then at the long path he was going to have to run. There was no way he could do this one...he wont be able to run fast enough to make it. Maybe Tai could figure a way to have his bones help him...yeah, that would probably work. "Sensei...the first two things were bad, but isnt this just a -little- too much. How do you expect me to survive this?" Tai asks nervously. This was definately not a day that he was going to consider "good times".  

[x InfinityOrion x]

Orion simply shrugged.
"I dunno."
He said, beginning to laugh again.
"But I'll tell you how this works. Now, you have twenty feet before you reach the giant exploding tag. That's enough room for you to gain some momentum so that you can run on top of the tag. Now, the giant tag will explode if you stay in one place for more than a second, so don't try to stop. The four tags around you will be controlled by me. I'll give you twenty seconds to get out of the square. Otherwise, I'll set the tags off, and you'll die. Obviously, the only chance for survival is to succeed on your first try, but you're used to it by now, right?"
As Orion spoke, the psychotic smile made itself visible.
"On the bright side, you should be a little stronger from those weights on your arms if you survive. But they won't be much stronger until we do specific training on it."
As he spoke, he took a few steps back, and once he stopped, he was ready to activate the seal.
"Go."
He said. Tai had twenty seconds and counting...

 

[thefire158]

"Well Orion, take care of yourself....and your student, I'm off to reform the assassins...you know, there's still time to enter your name for the hokage vote."  

[Nebulosis]

Tai had no time to waste. If he didnt start running, he would probably die, but Tai still had other plans. If he could just change his bone density, and send bone spikes out of his body, he could possibly lift the weights up...or atleast help. 5 seconds pass, and Tai puts his plan to action. He focuses on his bones, giving them a little more density. Tai makes bones slide out of his arms and legs, but suddenly forms them into a bottem to top formation, covering up the spikes. He grunts, apparently because that must have really hurt. 10 seconds have passed and it was time for Tai to get a move on.

Tai takes his first running step, and practically falls over again. These weights were heavy, even with the bones helping. How did Orion expect him to do this? Didnt he want Tai to survive? Apparently not, because he was enjoying the hell out of it. Tai takes another running step, and this time does a whole lot better. If he could just get a little more momentum, he might have a small chance. "Sensei...you have a corrupt mind!" Tai yells.  

[x InfinityOrion x]

"Four seconds!"
Orion called. Maybe he really did have a corrupt mind, but Orion simply thought he just had a 'special' sense of humor. Chuckling at the thought, he shook his head and turned to Xantos.
"No, I don't think so. I have only been sannin for a little while. I think Reiko should have it more than Hanzo and I. I even heard Hanzo's in Akatsuki."
He scoffed at the last statement he made. Keeping his word, Orion activated the seal. He hoped Tai was out of the square by now...

 

[Nebulosis]

((I am really sorry for not replying sooner! Yesterday was a busy day for me.))

Tai quickly speeds up his pace when he heard the 4 second alarm go off. He makes it out of the circle, and onto the small area of grass and land infront of the giant bomb scroll...thing. He had a good 10 feet to go before he had to speed up to his fastest speed, atleast his fastest speed in these weights of death. As Tai hits that 10 foot mark, he sprints as fast as he can, throwing his arms behind himself, keeping them straight like some kind of broadsword. Tai lloked at the distance, and was surprised that he was right there, right there on the bomb tag already. "Oh god oh god oh god oh god!" Tai yells.

Tai moves as fast as he can while he is running down the strip (AKA:GIANT BOMB TAG OF DOOM.) of paper. What could be noticed is Tai's awkward running style. He was sprinting in a roller skate style, throwing his legs off to the sides of himself. He was most likely doing this from the weight of the weights of death, he must've somehow thought that the way he was running was going to help him. In only a few seconds, Tai reaches the middle of the tag and keeps running. He had a big chance now, a big enough one where he wasnt going to get hurt. After all, Tai made it this far, so he -should- be able to make it farther.  

[x InfinityOrion x]

((Can't blame you for having a life, can I?))

Orion watched Tai as he ran across the giant bomb tag with a raised eyebrow. He had never seen anyone run like that before. Well, as long as the kid survived, that's all that matters.
"That's.....unusual."
He said quietly to himself.
"But....whatever works..."

((Also, don't forget to sign up for the chuunin exams. Don't worry, I'll have you ready.))  

[irishshamrock12]

Kazuma walked in looking at the map, kazuma looked up and saw someone running on a ENORMOUS exploding tag he smiled and understood Orion,be pushed to death in training, succed and live or fail and die, somehow that made Kazuma like Orion even more. Kazuma walked over to Orion "I fixed the door Orion and am ready to train" he said as he took of his swords that he loved ohh so much.  

[x InfinityOrion x]

Orion saw Kazuma walk into his training grounds, but something was wrong. Well, it wasn't so wrong, but it just wasn't something Orion liked too much. Kazuma was smiling. This was not something he wanted to see on his students' faces. He wanted to see misery, fatigue from so much training, and fear of having their lives put in danger. But a smile? No. Orion had to think of a way get rid of it. Until he thought of something, he would train him the way he trained Tai. Hopefully, some of Tai's misery would rub off on Kazuma. Orion quickly took the scroll, as well as the swords from Kazuma's hands. He put the swords behind his back, and his scroll at his waist.
"You're a taijutsu specialist, just like Tai. You don't need weapons just yet. Now..."
Orion said, putting the same kind of weights that were on Tai onto Kazuma.
"That's a total of about a third of a ton on your arms and legs. If Tai succeeds, you will be doing the same thing he is right now. I know Bambi trained you, so let's see how well he did."