Practicing gale palm

After a quick lunch Itami was ready to continue his day of training. He had recently learned a new wind release tehnique, one called Gale Palm. Despite being C-ranked, it was quite powerful and very useful, though it still posed some problems for Itami, in correct execution. Hence, he was headed to the forest to train. He prefered training his jutsu alone and away from any observers. A ninja must always have hidden aces that no one knows about in order to have an advantage. And besides, he just didn't feel good to practice in front of an audience of curious eyes.

Arriving at the brinks of the forest he stopped among the dense shrubs and not yet fully grown trees. This seemed a perfect place for such a tehnique. Closing his eyes for a moment, he went over the statistics of the jutsu, and over the steps. He focused on his wind chakra and upon opening his eyes, clapped his hands together to create a powerful gale of compressed wind. It whooshed among the shrubs with intense power, though still not strong enough to tear any of them from the ground. Itami breathed out and concentrated again. His mind was working like crazy and he could feel the chakra flowing through his body with high speed. He focused on the power of the wind clapped his hands together again.

The wind was now definitely stronger and Itami smiled slightly in satisfaction. He pushed the hair on his forehead away from his eyes and stepped a few steps back. He created the jutsu twice now, and thus exhausted quite a bit of his chakra, however as the jutsu wasn't perfected yet, he didn't use nearly as much as if he'd perform it perfectly. And so he was able to do it a couple more times.

Bitting his lip slightly, he turned a bit until unti he faced a small tree the size of a human. His face intense and concentrated, he moved his arms in a clap again. The compressed wind now moved with intense speed and in a second the tree snapped at the ground and fell over. Itami's hair was messed up so much he looked like a scare crow. He was breathing a bit fast now but looking at his work, he smirked and crouched down. The leaves on the tiny bushes went flying in the air and the bushes were practically bare.

Itami sat on the ground to rest a bit and decided to do what Mezurashii always told him to do. He started to meditate.
Closing his eyes, he went over the process of the jutsu. He imagined the wind and pretended he was it. His mind cleared slowly and all that remained was the slight whooshing of the wind which was a creation of his own mind and not real wind as the day was pretty calm. He stayed like that for a long time, loosing his track of time completely and giving in to calmness and peacefulness. He found that when he meditated, he could focuse on the jutsu he performed a lot better. It was like an instant night's sleep rejuvenation.

After a long while, he slowly started to become fully conscious again. Slowly, he started to focuse on the sounds he actually heard in the forest. The chripping of the birds, the light rustle of wind and a snap of a twig, possibly because a rabbit or some other small animal stepped on it. He could even hear water in the distance. He awoke from his trance and observed the forest for a while longer.

He stood up then, ready to continue with his exercise. Now that he was confident the gust of wind was a bit stronger, he decided to practice with weapons. This jutsu was particularly useful because it gave weapons more speed and power as if simply throwing them. Furthermore, any weapons launched at him would be used against the thrower as Itami would simply redirect their course and send them flying back with more harming power and speed than before.

He moved a bit further into the forest until he was satisfied he found a good spot. He chose a tree trunk far away from him and focused.
Throwing two kunai in the air in front of him, he then clapped his hands together and released the compressed wind. The kunai spun viciously and flew towards the trunk, where they struck it with immense sharp power. As Itami calmed down, he walked to the trunk and observed the gashes. They were certainly deeper than when he threw them by hand. He plucked the kunai out and put them in the weapon holder. He lightly ran a hand over one gash and then deep in thought turned around and walked to his previous spot. This time, he pulled two shuriken out of his pouch and, just like the kunai before, threw them in the air, while clapping his hands together fast. The wind sent the shuriken flying in a spinning motion and one hit the trunk while the other missed it by a millimetre. Frowning a bit, Itami retreived his shuriken and tried again. This time, he was succesful and he also felt the power of the gale greatly increased this time.

Quite tired, Itami stored his weapons again and breathed in and out. The jutsu took quite a toll on his chakra supply. He took off his jacket and headed further in the forest. He deserved some rest but first, he was going to take a quick swim in the lake nearby. Sweat rolled of his forehead and he couldn't wait to hit the surface of the water. He made a plan to practice more of this jutsu tomorrow.
Remembering the lake wasn't as close, he sped up and started to run, though due to his slight exhaustion didn't overdo it. 'Today has been a succesful day' he thought as the surroundings ran past his moving form.

[twc: 1002, +10 JP, +5 stats]

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Approved then.