A long, hard rod ;) [solo,nk]

It was like Kozai had to start all over again. After all, he needed this. More training with the earth release. Of all the elements, it was the one he was least proficient in. How was he to stand up to most of the people here without having some kind of starting base with all three of his elements? So, he began to train. Being that he was already a peak level ninja, and had great control over his chakra, he knew that he could at least start building up his earth release power without much of an issue. Even among peak level ninja, however, Kozai could be considered something of a genius. His processing power was the highest of any person he knew. Even Denkiteki, who had spent centuries in Sanctuary, couldn't possibly compare to him in terms of sheer calculative capacity. Perhaps that was why Den had lost. Oh well, no time mull about things like that now. He sat down in the back lot of the library and put his hand to the earth. It had been so long since he had kneaded doton chakra that he thought he felt his hara ache for a bit. But the feeling, whether it had been there or not, soon passed. 

Even if it had been more intense pain, Kozai wouldn't have cared. The path to power could be tough at times, but people like him just had to keep trudging through it. There was no rest for the weary, no break for the tired. Even for one such as him, who had the rather daunting prospect of living for another good milennium, there was no backing out of the constant struggle for power and such. What benefited him was good, and what detracted from him was bad. Such was the way of the world.

Regardless, though, he knew that what he was about to do was easy as hell. He began to mold the earth chakra into the packed dirt beneath him, and slowly, the earth began to move. Standing up, he watched as he formed the earth into a straight rod. Well, this would do for now. It was small trainings like this that he could get during his break time, if anything.

[TWC 375
375 WC toward Rock Section Cane, learned with 75% discount]