Kalix Learning the Great Fireball Jutsu (Training)

It was time for Kalix to learn a far more complicated technique. The great fireball jutsu was one of the most respected and versatile techniques in a fire ninjas arsenal. While the technique was weak in comparison to great jutsu that one could learn and nowhere near as powerful as any of the Terumi jutsu, it was a jutsu that Kalix knew that he had to learn in order to become a genin.
While Kalix may not be required to perform a technique like this during his Exam he knew that he would be expected to pull his weight on a squad or alone in the field. Kalix knew that his techniques were not up to par with even the weakest of students in the village, and that did not matter to him, but if he was going to get the prestige and recognition that he so desperately needed from the village he would have to learn the technique that would make him stand out.
The first time that Kalix ever learned any fire technique was when he was very young and living with his parents. Kalix learned how to knead chakra into his palms to warm himself up, a very powerful survival technique, especially in a village where the cool ocean and freezing temperatures could kill a kid if they were not careful. Several ninjas of all the villages have died to the ruthless and unending storms of the sea so knowing how to keep yourself alive in times like these would be an important and useful tool in Kalix’s arsenal.
Kalix looked into finding a place to train outside, far away from any flammable object, to master his technique with the great fireball. While he was looking around the village he saw that most of the area was covered in wood or straw, material that would most certainly catch fire and could cause massive damage to a home or a civilian; that was not how Kalix got on the villages good side.
After about 30 minutes of searching Kalix had finally found a suitable area in which to train. Along the coast of the capital island was a beach that had been unsettled, trees were still rampant and unorganized leading into a great forest, but what made the spot so ideal was the about 300 feet of beach that stretched between the ocean and the forest. This would become the perfect spot for Kalix to train.
Kalix had taken a bookbag with him to hold his supplies: a container of food and drink for the day, a book on the technique, and a pad that he could use to sleep if he needed to take some time and rest. The tide would cause Kalix to leave when night came but for the time being it was a beautiful day, why not take some time to relax and enjoy the wonderful sunny weather.
Opening the book on the technique Kalix would began his session learning the hand symbols for the jutsu: Horse and then tiger. Only two hand signs that would lead to such power. What makes that interesting to Kalix is that he would have to hold more signs to do far simpler jutsu. Kalix would just preform the two signs again and again to make sure that the technique was held to memory, making sure that if he was in a situation of panic, he wouldn’t mess up and preform the wrong technique or nothing at all.
Mastering the two hand signs was not difficult to Kalix. It took him about an hour of solid training with some resting to learn the hand signs. By the time the sun had come overhead Kalix was ready to make the technique his to master. Kneading chakra into his body he would physically prepare himself for shooting fire out of his mouth. His first time doing the technique was sure to be a failure, but that was only a starting point and not the end.
Kalix would perform horse and then tiger, putting his hand up to his mouth, and after taking in a large breath of fresh ocean air he would exhale, hoping to see flames erupt from his mouth. For sure he could feel the warmth coming from his chest but then he felt an immense burning, something that he knew was not part of the jutsu. As he began to breath out he saw just black smoke coming from his mouth. Kalix began to choke on the smoke still in his lungs and he began to cough violently. His brow would erupt into a cold sweat as he gasped for air and coughed up more and more. Kalix could feel his throat burning up under his skin and he wanted desperately for the burning and the pain to go away.
Kalix found his way to his lunch and got out a canteen filled with water from it. He would begin to violently drink it down hoping to relieve his pain. After about two minutes more of coughing and heavy breathing his pain would finally cease. He had clearly not done the technique correctly. Reaching into his pack he found a cooling pad that he put on his throat. This would help his throat cool and his breath become more controlled. After about ten more minutes of deep breathing he would rise from the sand and feel better than he did. What was important to Kalix was that he could get back to peak physical condition. Something that he knew was possible but would take some time.
Kalix realized that he would have to cut his training of the technique short, he did not want to harm his body more than he already did and opted to take the rest of the day to study up on the technique and the upcoming genin exam. While he had achieved a small step into mastering this jutsu he knew that he would have a long way to go for him to master it.
 
[WC: 1002, requesting 1002 words be put towards my learning of the great fireball technique, and 5 stats for my work.]

Kalix awoke this morning with a fresh attitude and an active mind. Sure his body was still hurting from the fiasco that he had endured the day before. But today he was going to master this technique, the great fireball jutsu.
Kalix would get up fairly early to start training. The sun was rising when Kalix woke up, and it only took him a few minutes for him to finish getting ready for the long day of training ahead. Kalix was lucky only being an academy student in the eyes of the village. It meant that he had no missions to do and no tasks that needed to be done before he could actually go train. Which meant he had all the time in the world. This was also the reason why Kalix began to train. He was bored and he needed something to do to make him more attractive in the eyes of the village.
Kalix would reach his spot, the plot of beach on the main island far away from the rest of the village, right as the sun was reaching its full brightness. Kalix didn’t really do any warming up, as most of that would happen on the walk over to the practice spot. He would have all the same materials that he had last time. His sack however was filled with more water and lots of fruit, that way if his throat was burned he could sooth it with the sweet nectar of that fruit.
Kalix got into position and practiced for a few minutes on the hand signs for the technique. The great fireball jutsu was only two hand signs but it was important to get them right now rather than later. Kalix would do the sequence of hand signs 100 times and take a short mental break. Sucessful in making sure he had the hand signs by heart, he was able to take the rest of the day in learning the technique, and hopefully not killing himself in the process.
Kalix would look far into the ocean. He had never been to the mainland before. The great continent was so unfamiliar to him but his travels would soon take him there, or so Kalix had hoped. The vast majority of what happened in the ninja world happened in the ninja mainland so Kalix had a deep yearning for exploration.
After that moment of pondering Kalix was ready to begin training the technique again. He would take a very deep breath and begin to send chakra from his stomach all the way through his body. Again his body would become warmer, as his veins would feel like vessels for molten lava instead of blood.
As kalix began to feel warmer he started to blow out as hard as he could. This time there was no black smoke, and while it did hurt his throat a bit most of it was residual pain coming from the last time he tried the technique. All that came out of his mouth was hot steam, as though the fire never fully manifested.
Kalix was not really worried or scared to try the technique again, even when he failed the first time. The technique was realtively simple, and if it wasn’t his pride that stopped him from learning it was his desire to be respected in the city that forced him to press onward. The technique was not difficult Kalix told himself again and again and again. It was a way for Kalix to understand that anything that he did was not out of his control. And he could complete this task.
After about a five minute break he would try again. This time he would focus on trying to make sure that fire actually came out of his mouth and not just a puff of smoke. He would take in a deep breath, focusing on the fire that was going to come out, closing his eyes would hold it for a few seconds, and then let out a burst of flames.
But that wasn’t what happened. All he got was just a mouthful of smoke again. No fire. Disappointed Kalix would take another break and eat some food. He wasn’t going to give up, but he was going to try to understand the technique on a deeper.
Kalix thought to himself if maybe his chakra shouldn’t be coming from his stomach but from his lungs instead. If he were to focus on making sure the chakra was coming from the lungs, it was possible that it might actually ignite into a flame.
This time Kalix was ready to try something new. Looking into the distance he would he do the hand signs, and then he would begin to pour chakra not into his stomach but into his lungs. His lungs flared up with heat and steam and he was having a hard time keeping it in. After only but a second after he inhaled he exhaled releasing a torrent of flames from his mouth. The flames would stream out of his mouth like a hose for a few seconds, after subsiding and being engulfed by the sea.
Kalix had done it, but just briefly, as it was not very controlled and Kalix knew that he would have to control. Breathing heavy Kalix would begin to walk around the training area for a bit. The beach was beginning to calm down and the sun was high in the sky. It must have been longer in between attempts than kalix had thought. Kalix did not feel drained, but he thought that maybe he would later.
Kalix would try the technique again. This time the flames would shoot out of his mouth but he would focus on making sure they were controlled. He aimed for the spot right in front of him, but for the most his head was just moving back and forth. Kalix had learned the technique but it was still far from being master. Sitting down, he would pass out from all the chakra he used.
[WC: 1008, 5 Stats, and Great Fireball Technique added to my jutsu list for my work]