Higuto Trains

Higuto stretched his limbs as he walked onto a spacious field and eyed the many tools and targets he could use to his disposal in training. The day was perfect for training as the sun shined upon his face and the birds chirped to signal the new day. He inhaled the air deeply, knowing he'd be tiring himself out soon, as he prepared himself for a long and hard day of exercise. Eyeing a piece of rope he walked over and picked it up as he decided to start skipping.

He began to skip to a beat he had in his head, the cadence keeping him in time to the turns of the rope, as he practiced many different variations of hops. He'd skip the rope in single hops and then switch it up to double hops when he grew bored. He continued this pattern for 30 minutes before feeling as though he's warmed up enough and stops his jumping while tossing the rope to the ground. Wiping a bead of sweat off his face he removes his jacket to allow his pale skin to breathe and sets it on a nearby bench as he looks around to think about what to do next.

He decides to commence some standard exercises as he gets on the ground and begins doing pushups. Having learned how to do pushups while growing up with his family he understood the basics but he hardly ever did them so he knew he couldn't do many in one session. He started to count his number as he started off with strong pushes. "1, 2, 3, 4, 5..." The sun continued to pour upon his young body as he pushed himself up and down while keeping his concentration to the task of growing stronger. "13... 14... 15..." His movements started to slow as the air in his lungs was growing constricting as his muscles grew strained from the exercise. "25... 26... 27..." He knew he couldn't keep it up much longer but he pushed on as the goal now became a number: 30.

"28..." He held himself up upon completing the 28th rep as sweat pours off his face onto the ground. He watches the water fall as he pants and collects himself as he lowers down to the ground once more to try for another. "29..." He succeeds! He only has one more to go before reaching 30 and he knew it would be the most difficult one to pull off. He holds himself in position as he prepares and slowly allows himself to lower to the ground. He tries to push himself up but finds his arms slowly lock as his muscles are tensed from exertion and he grunts from the pain. He shouts at himself in his head, pushing himself to ignore his arms which are begging for rest, as he pushes himself for one final rep. He slowly is able to rise as his arms protest more and more before finally his elbows lock as his arms regain a fully outstretched position. "30!"

He pants as he gets back on his feet and stretch his arms to allow them to rest and regain a bit of strength as he walks back to the bench. He sits down to rest before grabbing a bottle of water he brought out of his jacket's pocket and drinks it down longingly. After a few gulps he puts it back down before hopping up and deciding to train his legs next. He decides to go for a jog and being as the training field is spacious enough for laps he takes off as he begins to run laps around the field.

Inhaling and exhaling in turn to the footfalls of his jogging allows him to preserve his stamina longer as he keeps his speed low. Upon running he notices other children playing with each other on the field, possibly hide and seek or tag he couldn't tell, as they ran around and laughed from having fun. He noticed birds chirping and flying through the air and into a nearby tree as they watched his jog around the field. He liked this kind of serenity, this peace, as it was one of the main reasons why he trained as well as why he wanted to be a great ninja. He never wanted this peace to end and he would do anything to make certain that would never happen. Of course one of the ways he could go about keeping peace within his home village was to gain the strength to do so as he set back to his present task at hand and continued to concentrate his breathing before setting his mind back into his jog. He stopped beside the bench after a few laps around the field and continued to jog in place as he grabbed his water bottle once more to take another sip. After feeling the refreshing liquid make it's way down his throat he set it back down and went right back to his jog.

After about an hour of running his legs felt tired as he took a seat on the bench again to rest up. The sun was now at it's highest point in the sky, signaling that it was now noon, as he drank down another sip of water. He rested a bit on the bench as his legs got much needed rest from their long hour of constant running. He panted as he smiled at himself, his face strewn with stray and wet hair, as he knew that even though he was in pain he was slowly gaining strength from his efforts. After resting for a few minutes he gets up and decides to train up on his techniques and jutsu as he walks to the center of the field to prepare. He starts focusing the chakra in his body as he gets into a stance and begins forming the seals to make a clone: "Ram, Snake, Tiger."

After making the necessary hand signs he focuses the chakra he holds stored inside himself out of his body. "Clone Jutsu." A puff of smoke surrounds his body as he blinks and looks to see a doppelganger of himself staring back at him. Filled with satisfaction he releases the jutsu as the clone vanishes into thin air. Of course learning the clone technique was easy for him as he had practiced on it even before he set foot into the academy. The hard part was the transformation technique. This would be the first time he tried to transform into someone else as he thought of who to transform as to start.

He thought he'd try and take the form of a shopkeeper he met a few days back as starters, a physically fit woman who was blessed with facial features that gave her a natural beautiful yet wise look, as he brought his hands up to form the signs. Dog. Boar. Ram. With the image of the shopkeeper in mind he once again allowed his chakra to flow. "Transform." In another puff of smoke he feels his body change immediately as he felt taller... Though he also felt wider. As the smoke cleared he looked down at himself and was shocked to find his control made his version of the shopkeeper fatter than the original. He also felt his face and found the lips were swollen to ludicrous size as well as the nose which felt as though their was a wart on the end of it.

Feeling that the transformation this time was an utter failure he releases the technique as he stretches his reset limbs. After resting his chakra a little he decides to give it another try, the image of the shopkeeper once again filling his mind, as he prepares his hand signs once again. Dog. Boar. Ram. "This time for sure. Transform!" Another puff of smoke fills the air as his body changes once again to accommodate. He immediately feels improvement as his body grows skinny as it grows taller... Perhaps a bit too tall and skinny though. He opens his eyes to look down and jumps in surprise as this time his waist resembles that of a bean stalk as he is now nearly 8 feet tall in height. He releases the jutsu as he's changed back to his normal shape and form as he pants in exhaustion.

He wasn't expecting it to be this hard. From his time reading and studying into jutsus and ways of the Shinobi he always thought that it being a low ranking technique meant he could learn it quickly. After just two tries he already felt exhausted. He panted as he shook his head, sweat pouring off his hair, as he renews his resolve and focus. No great ninja's path was ever an easy one to travel. This technique was only one speedbump on the path and he knew he was good enough to pass it. He renewed the image of the shopkeeper in his mind as he once more formed the necessary symbols to initiate the jutsu. Dog. Boar. Ram. His chakra swelled within once more as his focus was only upon the image in his mind as smoke surrounded him once more. "Transform!"

He felt his limbs once again lengthoning as his height grew. He felt his hair lengthen and face reconstruct as he also felt his clothes change to reflect the figure he held inside his mind. When it was all finished he knew he had succeeded before opening his eyes once more to look down at his body. His form had taken that of the shopkeeper's exactly as he ran to the field nearby pond to look at his face. Upon seeing his reflection his face had changed to look exactly like that of the beautiful woman he saw in his mind. He laughed and released the jutsu as success and accomplishment filled his being as he felt pride within himself swell and fill his body. He had done it. He had accomplished what it took to become a genin, a ninja, and he only had one more step to take to achieve that goal. He'd take his exam soon and do everything he could to make certain he passes as he stretched his tired body and rested his joints and muscles.

He felt he had a little bit of chakra reserves left within for him to try one more technique as he looked around on the ground. He could see many insects crawling upon the ground, ants and beetles and ladybugs, as he thought about trying to see if he could still use a technique he had some practice with in the past. He knelt down onto the ground as he drew the Ram hand seal and places his palm gently on the sand. "Secret Technique: Insect Gathering Jutsu."

A web of chakra begins to form from his fingers as they branch out in front of him. Immediately he sees the bugs that are crawling upon the ground begin to stop what they had been doing and come to his call. Butterflies also gather around the chakra thread as he watches more and more insects gather around the web. "Perfect." He allows his chakra to relax as the web slowly disappears and all the insects go back to what they were doing.

Standing back to his feet Higuto massages his shoulder and arms as he tries to shake out the lingering numbness from all the exercise he went through. He walks back over to the bench as he picks up and puts back on his jacket before also picking back up the bottle of water and drinking down it's last drops. He tosses the empty bottle into a nearby trashcan as he gives his body one more relaxing stretch and starts to walk off the academy field. Today was a good day of training and it was only going to get better from here.



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[Goal: To achieve 10 stat points, the clone technique, the transformation technique, and the secret technique: insect gathering.]

Looks good, in the future please link the jutsu you're training.

Approved.

Yes. Thank you.