Maloren's Training

As dawn came to the Hyuuga Clan house one would find one of it's residents already up. As the birds awoke and began their songs and the first rays of sunlight began to introduce the clan to the new day, one would find Maloren moving toward the training grounds. This morning he intended to learn to activate his clans mighty Byakugan and truly become one of the clan. As he arrived to his favored training ground in the compound he looked around and took in the morning scene. Small trees littered the area where birds nested, and a small garden could be found along the compound wall. He small bird bath sat in the middle of said garden with water running through it, creating a light stream like noise. He smiled softly as the scene. "This is my favorite training ground, it's the most peaceful place in the clan to me." He thought he as he walked over to the tree. Along the side of it was a large object covered in a tarp. When Maloren pulled it down one could see it was covering a full sized mirror. Next to said mirror he unraveled a scroll with a depiction of the gentle fists main stance. With the mirror he could correct the form and with the scroll he could practice it until it was perfect. 
 
Taking a deep breath he concentrated on the scroll and fell into what he felt was natural as he looked upon it. Legs apart, dominant one back, dominant arm back, open palms, shoulders loose, torso centered over the forward leg. He slowly moved each part of his body into the perfect position as indicated on his scroll, and comparing it within his mirror until slowly he had the stance correct. He nodded his head at the work and proceeded to hold the stance, getting his body used to the feeling of it so that it would be easier to fall into later. He stood there, in his Jyuuken stance for what felt like hours. Stock still, to the point that a couple of birds perched on his shoulder and played. Finally he removed himself from the stance and took a deep breath as he looked into the mirror and fell in to what felt natural again. He then corrected the minor flaws that were left and once again held the stance. This time for a much shorter period of time. He then stood straight, took a deep breath and fell into what felt natural and smiled. The stance was perfect, this was the easy part however. 

Maloren stood straight and moved to the other side of the tree, stretching out his limbs as he did so. On the other side was a training dummy that he used for his jyuuken strikes. On the back side of it were small pieces of paper that he would try to shoot off when he struck with his chakra. That however was not the reason he was here today. He was trying to focus chakra through his eyes to finally activated the powerful Byakugan. He would know he has done it when he could see the papers on the other side of the dummy. He moved to the front of the dummy, about 5 feet from it and took a deep breath. He then began to channel chakra into his eyes and began weaving through the handseals, ending with his hands clasped together with a single index finger pointing into the air. "Byakugan!" He cried out as nothing happened. He sighed knowing of course that it couldn't be that easy. "What could I be missing here?" He thought as he went to his knees and meditated on the answer. He took in deep breaths, clearing his mind of things, hoping an answer would come to him. In time he decided to try again with more chakra. So he rose to his feet and weaved through the signed once more. "Byakugan!" He called, but nothing happened. No 360 degree vision, no x-ray vision, and certainly no black and white view point. He blew air upward from his mouth and frustration. "What could I could be doing wrong?" He thought "I certainly can't be the only Hyuuga to ever live to not activate their eyes." He continued. 

Eventually he finally decided that maybe he should take a small break. So he sat down against the tree and thought about the dilemma. "I've heard a lot of doujutsu need an emotional stimulant of some kind. Could it be the same for the Byakugan? Or maybe it'll unlock when I need it to?" He contemplated, not paying attention to his surroundings. As he sat their contemplating it turns out a couple of random kids from the village decided it would be fun to prank one of the "Stuck-up Hyuuga" and slipped inside the compound. It wouldn't be too hard to do so since we're in the safety of the village, of the guards could get pretty lax. The kids had hidden not to far off in some of the bushes in the garden and began to throw small rocks at him. They weren't big enough to cause real damage, but they did sting. As the first one struck him out of his thoughts he winced slightly and looked up in confusion. Then he saw the rest of them coming at him and he began to dodge them, deciding to humor the children in their little game for a bit. After a few minutes however he felt this began to get tedious, and right as he thought that one of the rocks struck the mirror he'd been using the train the gentle fist stance, shattering it. Now Maloren was a little angry, as he turned toward the broken mirror with more rocks coming toward him. All of a sudden right before they struck him, he dodged one, caught another, and sped it back toward the youth in the bushes. They quickly gave up the game and ran off, but their prank had paid off. He could visibly see all around him, including his training dummy on the other side of the tree. He pulled chakra from his eyes to deactivate it and then took a deep breath. "Byakugan!" He called, and suddenly his vision changed again as he felt the veins around his eyes bulge. He grinned and went back inside after deactivating it, that was enough for a day.

(WC 1077
Claiming +5 stats and the byakugan activated)