Chakra Training I

Kahen had found himself by a tree, a place that gave him such a peace of mind and body. A place where he had done all of his previous training, with all of its tranquility, was just not enough this time. Trying to increase the power of his chakra was like trying to put a left shoe on his right foot, it just seemed so far fetched.

“This is ridiculous; I just don’t get how the Hyuuga's can do it so well, sobs,”

He didn't know whether it was the presence of all the noisy river that was beside him that made him loose concentration, or the thought of wasting his time on raising his chakra level he just could not do that made him loose his will, but he decided to take a break from the days long training he had been attempting and go to the hot springs he had discovered when he was a young academy student training in the nearby areas.

The geothermally heated water and constant release of steam had shaped the environment around the spring in to a rocky wasteland. The trees were bare skeletons with no leaves, and the continuous flow of water had carved out a small crater in the land and had conveniently filled with hot water. The hot water would be constantly pumped in to the pool from a small crevice on the side of the mountain this spring rested on. The pool however had over flown and given the water some vigorous movement creating a natural Jacuzzi. Whenever the pressure rose in the mountain, a jet of steam would be violently spurted out, which would then lightly decent on the pool, increasing the temperature further but still keeping it bearable.

Upon arrival, Kahen would take his garments off one by one, neatly folding them and placing them on top of each other, with the small pouch of rose petals resting atop. He’d then advance slowly in to the crater. He’d test the temperature with his toe first and then putting a whole leg in, with his body flowing suit. He would try to come here as rarely as possible to sustain the magic this place had. It allowed him to completely free his mind, but – yet again – he found this time it was different. He was restless. His mind kept thinking, even while his body was massaged by the gently flowing water.

“If they can do it.. So can you,”

He said to himself.

“there has to be a way, but how…”

Steam burst out from the opening in the mountain and descended on the pool, giving the temperature a momentary boost.

“It’s not as if they can be the only great chakra users.”

Missing the signs around him, the young ninja would rest his head back on the rocks that lined the edge of the pool; giving it more of an aesthetic feel, and making it even harder to believe that this place was created by nature.

His thoughts drifted; as the temperature rose, it seemed to fuel his anger toward the Hyuuga. It disgusted him the way they demanded respect anywhere they went and sat in their cradle of power securely. To Kahen, they didn’t deserve it – no one deserved it. As he’d slam his fist on the rocks they previously rested on, another jet of steam would surge out of the mountain – this time more violently. That’s when it hit him. Regardless of his doubts, he knew he had it in him to raise his chakra level. He knew for a while. That is why he was here to begin with.

“Fate… You’re still a mystery to me,” he said as his clenched fist eased, and the bubbling in the bath stopped,“now it’s just a matter of utilizing it.”

He was simply raising his chakra level. He needed to focus it and channel, the way others do. Especially the Hyuuga clan. He know realized he didn't hate the Hyuuga clan. He was just simply jealous of their expert control and power level of chakra. He now knows that even though the hot springs were relaxing, it was throwing him off on how relaxing it was.

Not too long after this discovery, he made his way to one of the only openings in the forest around the the Konoha training grounds. He saw a tree you could run up, or water he could walk on. Kahen groaned.

“Well, this stuff should help raise my chakra level. Heh, gotta start somewhere…”

Taking a safe position well away from the tree, he began focusing his chakra towards his feet. He had seen many shinobi practicing on trees to help the chakra, and believing this would help. Using the chakra made him feel strong. He then took he started walking to the tree and right up the side, with his hands together making a sign. He had place his left foot and walk onto the side of the tree and stopped in the middle of the tree.

After what seemed forever to Kahen standing on the tree he began to get tired and decided to drop to the ground. Kahen decided that he should just make camp here since it was getting so late. He gathered pieces of wood to construct a make-shift tent, and some smaller ones to build a fire. He quickly arranged the wood, and then carried on to pat his pockets down for some flint.

"Ah, here we go," he said as pulled the flint out and placed on over the wood and lit the fire. The wood went ablaze with in about 1 minute.

"This fire feels nice," he says as the fire jumps from twig to timber and builds up around his hands from where he left them from lighting the fire but Kahen doesn't move. The flames quickly rise and flutter in the wind, the tongues of flames brushing past his hand, even curling between his fingers. This elegant movement makes him realize that this element he had embodied as wild and out of control can in fact be beautiful – like all things. Then his hand started to burn since his hands were still in the fire.

"Time to eat food," he said.

After a well cooked meal of shrimp and noodles Kahen would drift away in to a well-deserved rest, under the stars, next to the dancing flames.


The following morning, Kahen would wake up replenished and with an enthusiasm he had never shown toward training his chakra. He’d crawl out of his tent and slowly drew a deep breath. His eyes adjusted slowly to the morning sun as he yawned, stretched and ran his fingers through his hair before using the same hand to partially shield the sun from his eyes, which were now looking up at the sky. …

Once he fully awakened, and had managed to shake out the fatigue of the night from his muscles, he took his position in front of the tree, which had his foot marks on it somehow. "I need a better degree of control over my chakra," he says to himself as he begins to walk up the tree. Once reaching the middle of the tree once more. "Hm, maybe I can raise it by doing a jutsu." Kahen looked around and saw a bird sitting on a tree branch just above his head. He wondered if a bird could really be effected by a genjutsu. "Well, their is only one way to find out. He put his hands making the right signs.

"Demonic illusion: hell viewing technique," the Zexus says and then the bird looked at him and fell over. "Um, what just happened," he says to himself and realizes he doesn't have his chakra holding him to the tree anymore and falls to the ground, landing on his hands and knees.

Shaking his hands to get rid of the tingling sensation, and standing up before the tree. That needs more practice, he thought. Maybe he can control the chakra to his feet and make a jutsu at the same time like the rest of the great shinobi. "Excellent, but I will do this another time," he says to him and with that, it was done there.

After clearing up the camp site, disposing the ashes and burnt wood into the water and packing his belonging in to a satchel, and throwing the said satchel over his shoulder, he’d make his way back toward the into the village. Smiling peacefully along the way with only the thought of what his parents would think occupying his mind. "This was a great training session for myself," he says.

WC: 1454 +7 stat +14 JP

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