Solo Training in the Woods

Haru woke up early and double checked the headband was still sitting on the table next to his bed before getting dressed and attaching the weapon pouches to his legs. He exited the village quickly and moved across the rooftops automatically, his footfalls barely making a noise. Haru still felt good about passing the Genin exam but he knew that he would need to get much stronger in order to be of use to the village. The first thing he had decided to do was to radically change his training regimen, practicing the basics were off course important , but Haru decided it was time he began studying and refining his ninjutsu and incorporate into his fighting style. He arrived at the base of a large tree in a secluded part of the forest with a few spare hours before sunrise and took a few steadying breaths, usually he would run as far as he could up the trees using chakra in his feet to grip the bark until he lost control but today he was determined to walk to the hidden plateau of intertwined branches no matter how long it took. He began by sensing his chakra flow and gradually directed a higher concentration into the soles of his feet, allowing them to infuse into his sandals and into the ground. He placed a foot on the trunk and adjusted his chakra by forcing enough to repel the foot and gradually lowering the amount of chakra until his foot stuck firmly to the tree without damaging the bark. he leaned his weight closer to the tree before placing his other foot on the bark and wobbled briefly for a moment as he adjusted the chakra balance in his right foot.

The first few steps were slow and cautious but he began to slowly increase his speed until he was nearing the speed of a quick jog. haru found that he slipped slightly on a few steps but overall his confidence grew and he reached a thick bough and decided to test himself. he stepped onto the underside of the large branch and let himself hang there for a while whilst subtly shifting the amount of chakra concentration and testing how much it took to damage the bark or begin to push away from the overhanging limb. Haru allowed himself to drop before refocusing his chakra and sliding down the trunk until he  touched down gently on the grass. He took a deep breath of the cool night air and listened to the ever present storm surrounding the island. Haru began walking/running up and down the tree for the next hour or so before finally walking up into his training area.

The training area was a large dome shaped area formed by the intertwining branches of several large trees, each one battling for the precious light. Haru had found the dense dome like shape two years before and had spent the best part of a week cutting a large enough space to train and using the remaining pieces to either reinforce the floor  or camouflage the small entrance he had created. Haru leaned against the trunk and began his shuriken and kunai training. halfway through the projectile training he experimented with jumping and landing horizontally and upside down whilst aiming at the target. After a little while he began experimenting with passing chakra through the small loop at the end of his kunai trying to balance the chakra in his body and kunai like he had learned to do through his sandals. At first he struggled just to get the chakra to flow through the metal and realized that different materials obviously channeled chakra with more resistance than others and it took him half an hour until he was able to balance the chakra and channel it in a steady constant stream through the kunai.

Haru took a break as the sun began to rise and drank some water he brought with him before running through a few sets of strength training. After completing the strength training haru decided to try and use the chakra infusion with Mist Singer, he didn't expect to succeed at first but aimed to at least be able to push enough chakra to encompass the weapon regardless of how refined or steady the technique was. he began by trying to cover the weight then with the other hand he attempted to repeat the action with the kama. After a couple of hours and a lot of adjusting Haru was just about able to hold and control the flow within each end of the weapon for a couple about a minute. He dropped the weapon and sat down with his back propped by the trunk as he panted and wiped the sweat from his face at the effort he had expended in his training. The sun was high and the air had become thick with humidity as the day noon came and went. haru decided to leave his chakra infusion training for another day and began finishing off his kusari gama practice before heading home and completing his chores.

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