Bloody Clones and who knows what?

Jakunen Kokoromi walked into the large private training room. He had saved simultaneously with another genin, Naoto, to rent the place. It had cost him plenty, although he knew that the facilities equipment would allow him to train quickly and efficiently here. Jaku planned to create a new, the most advanced, of his blood jutsu so far: a blood clone. Jaku of course knew how to create basic academy clones, but making one out of a real substance would require much more effort and skill. Still, Jaku had high hopes for the day.

Turning back toward the door he brought in the three large cows he had taken from the village experimental stores. Each would provide 40 pints of blood for Jaku in case he ran low that day, which he probably would: each clone would take 4 pints of blood to form, and another 8 to make the body. Still, Jaku should be able to reabsorb the blood, if he was lucky...

Jaku stared in shock at the large number of books and other random bits of equipment that Natao had brought with him the the training room, then over at his own meager stack. Jaku had brought only three books: A beginner's guide to clone creations, Creating unique clone creations, and his own personal journal filled with notes over Jaku's own abilities. Jaku wondered what Natao was planning to practice that day, what sort of advanced jutsu would require such materials? Jaku pondered for a moment, then realized that the other ninja seemed to be hiding in a fortress of reading material. It took Jaku a moment to recall the question, and the expression on his face dropped into one of extreme embarrassment, his mouth flattening into a line. He had forgotten that Natao didn't know anything about Jaku's rather... weird jutsu style, and Jaku knew that his style could be considered unusual at best. He hoped that he wouldn't scare the other Genin away.

"They're for... refueling later on if I get tired!" Jaku sputtered out an obvious lie. He would see how the other genin reacted to his jutsu first. If things went too wrong, then Jaku would have to lead the other cow outside and do his... business privately.

"So what're you working on today? Some new and mysterious jutsu?"

Jaku mentally thanks the other genin for not pushing the issue of the cows. The time would come for that...

Jaku had thought for only moments when the other genin began to launch into his explanation. Chakra control seemed to be the main focus, and the other genin didn't go into too much detail about what he would do with that heightened control. Chakra control had never been a worry for Jaku: he drew his energy from the blood, and the cost was pretty constant. It was controlling the dark liquid that was the trouble for Jaku, and not something he looked forward to working on. He knew that if he ever wanted to use higher level techniques he would have to learn to hold in more blood. But that was a task for another day.

"Oh, I'm just working on creating a new type of clone that'll be very... useful in battle."

Very useful indeed. If Jaku's clones did what he wanted, they would be able to use at least some of the techniques that his main body used.

Jaku waited for the other boy to walk over to the other end of the room before turning to his own books, and settling down to read, pulling A Beginner's Guide to Clone Creations toward him and opening into to the first page, groaning mentally as he looked at the small, cramped type that filled the thick book. How could making a clone be so difficult? Seems like it would just be shaping and coloring... still, Jaku guessed that creating a new type of clone would be more complicated. Jakue looked through the index, seeing a section labeled "Clone techniques already created". Jaku quickly flipped to the section, and realized that it took up the second half of the book. Flipping through the alphabetical listings, Jaku quickly stumbled upon "blood" and smiled. This would be much easier than the he thought, and settled in to read the description.

Blood Clones are generally frowned upon by most ninja, as creating a single clone would take enough blood to kill a person, and as such they are considered a forbidden technique. Blood clones also have few advantages, and most can be mimicked by a simple water clone. The only true advantage of the blood clone is the unusually low Chakra cost, only as much as a C-Ranked Jutsu

Jaku read on, however the book contained little instruction on how to form the blood clone. Luckily, the book referenced another book, Advanced Clone Creation, the same book Jaku had. It was no surprise: the two books were really the main source of all information on clones anyway. Jaku flipped to the other book, and settled in to look for the information on the blood creations.