Akane's day of Training

Akane woke up one morning, her hair in her eyes as she blew it away, as she sat up and stretched the kinks out of her body. The sunlight outside leaked into her room as she tried to block her eyes from the blinding rays as she got out of bed. She went to a mirror and looked at herself in disdain at how tired and disheveled she looked. She sighed as she stepped into her bathroom for a shower before she would begin her day of hard set training.

Upon finishing her shower, getting her clothes on, and stepping out into the bright outdoors she locked the door to her home and began running through the village towards the training grounds. She hopped from tree to tree along the way as she thought of the techniques she'd learn while at the field in order to be stronger. Of course she'd need to learn the jutsus required for her to become a Genin which were both hard to accomplish from what she heard. On the way she got out a hair twist as she reached back and tied her hair into a pony tail as she kept her hair from falling in front of her eyes save for two smaller strands that dangled out on opposite ends.

She landed down from the tree tops as she stopped in the middle of the field and took a deep breath for what she was about to put her body through. She walked over to the center of the field and thought that she'd start her training off by warming up her body and gaining a little strength. She sighed softly as she walked over to one of the fields trees, which offered shade from the harsh sun above, and began doing a series of push ups to start the day off right. It had been a while since she had pushed her body through such training so just doing the first few were proving to be a challenge for her.

She panted as she cranked out the first ten with moderate difficulty as she struggled to crank out a few more for good measure. She was able to crank out ten more before feeling that her arms could take no more and she stopped in order to get to her feet. She panted from the efforts she had put her body through and stretched it out as she thought she'd take out the frustration she was feeling from being so weak out on the nearby striking stumps. She walked over to one as she tested it's sturdiness by giving it a slight jab with her fist and was satisfied with the slight cracking sound that came from it. To that effect she got into a combat position and began to kick at the stump multiple times. She kicked at the stump, her shin coming into contact deftly and swiftly coming back down to the ground only to be brought back up and hit the stump again, as she alternated between legs once one of them would become tired.

She kept this going as she could feel herself slowly becoming a bit stronger from her efforts while feeling that she still had a long way to go before she was anywhere near as strong as she'd have liked to have been. She alternated to punching the stump a few times after feeling her legs becoming sore and tired from the countless kicks as her arms shook from the strength she was applying to them in order to perform such actions. She could feel the exercise working for her secondary goal as she was a bit on the pudgy side and felt in dire need of going on a diet. Thus the exercise allowed her to drop a few pounds as well as gain a little muscle though not a lot.

After a while of hitting the stump over and over she felt as though she had punished her limbs enough to the point she was worried she may experience bruising afterwards and thus decided she would now stick with easier exercises. She began jogging in place as she started to run around the field while taking slow and steady breaths. As she ran she couldn't help but hear the birds that chirped nearby as well as the insects that buzzed around the grass as she felt at peace with her surroundings. They served to distract her from her training so that she didn't grow totally bored as she continued to keep her breathing steady in order to keep her jogging from giving out too quickly. Before long, however, due to not getting enough exercise daily she stopped short of the river as she sat beside it in a mess of pants and gasps for air.

She looked into the water as she could see her sweaty and tired expression as she reached into the water and grabbed a handful to bring to her face and wipe the sticky sweat off. She continued to splash her face with water and even take a sip as well as she lied in the grass and thought about what to do next for her training regiment. She had felt that she had trained herself hard enough to be ready for the performing of the two jutsus she was primed to learn as she got slowly up to her feet and stretched out her legs and body. She decided the first jutsu she'd try out was the clone technique as it was one that involved her in the making of illusory copies of herself and that made her think that that alone made it a highly difficult jutsu. Thus she tried to remember from her experiences of learning through books and from what she had heard from teachers about what needed to be done to commence the jutsu and she brought her hands up to perform the necessary seals as she called upon the chakra within her to get started.

She sighed softly as she formed the seals of Ram, Snake, and Tiger. Upon doing so she could feel her inner chakra flex itself outward as smoke surrounded her and she spoke the words. "Clone Jutsu!" She felt her chakra branch out in two separate directions as the smoke slowly cleared to reveal her standing in between two doppelgangers of her. She lowered her hands down to her sides as she looked at them and was amazed at how like her they both appeared. She waved a hand over one of them as they smiled to her and laughed when her hand passed through them. She giggled and shrugged as she felt that the jutsu was a success and she released it which allowed the clones to disappear slowly into the air. She sighed softly and smiled at the fact that she had learned her first jutsu and couldn't wait to learn more so that she could be awesome. She decided to go right into learning the second jutsu required to taking the test of Genin and felt it time to learn the Transformation technique.

She thought first about who she'd transform into as she knew she had the mental image in her mind in order to perform a successful transformation. She thought she'd turn into a lady she had walked past in the village streets as she remembered her from her pretty features and fashion design. She looked as though she could've been a street performer and she left an impression in young Akane's mind. So with the image of the woman firmly in mind she brought her hands up to form yet more hand seals. She formed Dog just as she stuck her image in her mind, Boar as she felt her chakra start to pour and flow around her body, and Ram as her chakra bulged out of her in the form of smoke once again and surrounded her body. "Transform!"

Upon activating the jutsu she could feel that she had succeeded as she felt her form change and her clothes switch with others. She smiled as the smoke cleared and she opened her eyes to find she was exactly in the same shape and dress as the woman had been and she went over to the river to gaze at her reflection and find that she had gotten the face right as well. She nodded to herself, proud at her accomplishment at controlling her chakra so well, as she released herself from the jutsu. She felt smoke once more surround her as her formed reverted back to her old and normal self as she breathed a long sigh and smiled at her accomplishments for the day. She of course felt that she could stand to learn a little more on top of the two jutsu now within her arsenal to give herself a bit of an edge and this caused her to prepare her psyche for a bit more training.

She felt the next best jutsu to learn was a jutsu which allowed those who were in danger of being attacked to be able to trick the enemy and confuse them into thinking they'd been struck: the Substitution Technique. She looked around in order to find an object she'd be able to use in order to create the illusion as she settled on a nearby small log that would serve as the perfect catalyst for the jutsu. She smiled and cracked her knuckles as she focused her efforts in forming hand seals once more. She formed the Tiger seal, then Boar, Ox, Dog, than finally snake as her chakra branched out from her and latched itself onto the log as she felt that it had worked. She then released the jutsu as, in another puff of smoke, she traded places with the log as it clattered to the ground right where she had been standing. She couldn't contain her whole excitement as she punched her fist through the air after having perfected yet another useful jutsu for her starting arsenal. It now all came down to the final minutes of her training session and she felt it was only right to end it with another jutsu that could be useful in getting out of a jam when caught within a Genjutsu.
She had heard that being adept in the Sharingan helped immensely when caught within a Genjutsu as eyes such as them could detect chakra in the form of colors and allow the user to see that they were indeed caught. But, at her current level of power, that only allowed her to see that she was in the jutsu but didn't help her in escaping. So she decided she'd learn the technique needed to do just that. She brought her hands up to form the Tiger seal as she focused on her inner chakra network in order to slow it down. She had learned that the only way to escape Genjutsu is to completely halt the flow of chakra within oneself since the strength of the Genjutsu would normally come from the strength of the person trapped in it.

If she was successful in halting the flow of chakra within herself, however, the Jutsu wouldn't have a target anymore and allow the prisoner to escape. So she focused on her chakra, feeling it slowly halt itself from within her, until she felt it finally come to a complete stop. She felt warmth slowly fill her whole body upon achieving this as she opened her eyes. "Release!" She felt her chakra burst out from within her as she had felt the jutsu was a success and allowed her chakra to flow freely once more. She giggled as the tingly feeling of her chakra reapplying it's flow tickled her and she decided to call it a day. She had learned a lot that day and would continue to learn even more but she felt that it was time for her to try for one major goal before she would continue her work: becoming a Genin. To that thought she walked off the field, untying her hair to allow it to flow freely, as she made her way to the village.

(WC 2,041)

(Attaining 10 stats, Transformation Technique, Substitution Technique, Genjutsu Release, and Clone Technique)

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