Akane Trains to Breathe Fire

Akane stepped onto the field with a plan: today she was going to learn how to breathe fire in many different varieties. She had felt that the best jutsus to learn, right now at least, with her current low levels of chakra would be the Great Fireball jutsu and the Phoenix Flower jutsu. After having established a strong connection to the affinity of fire not too long ago she had felt that these two jutsus would be great starting points for her in her endeavors of growing stronger and possibly leading to even better jutsus. She smiled softly as she couldn't help but think of the possibilities she'd be able to take upon herself in terms of protecting her mother better and being there for her through all the good and bad times her mother was there for her. To that end she made her way out of the village straight to the training field as she hopped through the trees while thinking of what sort of training she'd do before starting on her fire jutsus.

Upon reaching the field she began to stretch her limbs out as she was preparing for doing some physical training exercises before getting to the main heart of her day there. She thus removed her jacket, due to the day being hot and sunny, as she stepped up onto the field, did her hair up into a ponytail, and began to do a set of push ups. She'd continue to rep them out, sweat forming and falling from her forehead, as she'd try to keep her breaths steady and her strength up to continue cranking out as many as she could. She mainly was doing this as she felt that she was not only not fast but also not at all strong enough to be considered a good shinobi. It was also so that she could stand to lose a few pounds as well as possibly gain a little muscle. She felt doing so would help her tremendously with her flexibility as she also wanted to practice a good deal of taijutsu someday soon.

She continued her push ups until she felt sore in the arms and chest and decided it was a good place to stop as she got up to her feet and stretched her arms. She felt that the next thing she'd need to do is a fair amount of cardio as she did leg stretches and proceeded to run around the field as she would run laps around the whole field. She would often times run across the river as she ran the laps while keeping her breathing once again as steady as she could keep it. She didn't want her body giving out too early as she knew she wouldn't make much in the way of progress if her legs gave out after only a couple of laps. She thus kept going while channeling her chakra through her, getting it ready for the training she was going to put it through soon, as she could slowly start to feel the soreness setting into her legs. She stopped running right on top of the river around the center as she tried to catch her breath and utilized a tiny bit of chakra through her feet to keep her from falling into the water.

After feeling satisfied from the physical training of jogging and push ups she then decided to try and strengthen her strikes as she jumped over to the training logs and got into a fighting stance before swinging and rearing a leg up to strike the center of the training log. She would do the same motion of the leg kicking it over and over again as she would go ahead and involve punches to her kicks while trying to mix in a little bit of acrobatics with her striking. Thus her body would strike at the log in multiple different places as she would move around it, never staying in the same spot for too long, and making sure she was bobbing and weaving to make herself a hard target to hit. She would keep this up until she could feel the sting of hitting a stump of wood over and over setting into her limbs to the point of unbearable pain and once she could take no more she'd stop with her assault on the log and jump away from it.
She panted hard as she was having trouble catching her breath as the heat of the sun was truly starting to bear harshly down upon her. She sighed as she looked to the river and decided she'd take a little break as she walked out to the center of the river once more and deactivated her surface walking technique to allow herself to fall completely into the cool liquid. She'd float along the surface, her clothes soaking in the water as she didn't care from the simple fact that it provided her with a pleasurable sensation, as she'd look up to the sky and allow her mind to wander about happier times. She remembered the times when her father was alive, supporting both her and her mother, as well as when her mother was well and on her feet as they all would smile and laugh and just spend quality time with each other. It was her goal to gain the strength necessary to fill in for her father and to also gain the strength to protect her mother. She would do whatever it took to gain that strength, of that she was certain, as she smiled to her memories and closed her eyes to allow herself to rest in the river for a bit longer. After a few minutes of floating there and reminiscing the good old days she would slowly climb out and sit by the edge of the river.

She took her shirt into her hands and wrung as much of the water soaked in them as she could before she would do the same thing for her hair and pants. Afterwards she sat by the edge of the river as she brought her legs in and crossed them all while bringing her hands together and closing her eyes. She sat there and meditated in order to prepare her chakra for what she was about to put it through. She could feel it flex and swell within her, travelling through her chakra network as though searching for a way out, as she would keep her concentration to not only keep it in check but to allow it to build up to the necessary amounts needed in order for her to do her fire style jutsus. After a few more minutes of meditating she opened her eyes slowly and got to her feet before taking a deep breath and looked around for targets. She knew the destructive capabilities fire had and she was worried that her training would destroy the field and make it unusable for other ninja which was something she did not want to do. So instead of looking for a target on the ground she directed her attention up to the sky as she thought it was simply a good idea to shoot her jutsus up into the air so with that she brought her hands up to start forming the necessary seals to commence the Phoenix Flower Jutsu.

She first formed the Rat seal which she followed with Tiger then Dog then Ox then Rabbit and finally Tiger. "Fire Style: Phoenix Flower Jutsu!" She could feel her chakra being directed through her center and up her esophagus as she directed her mouth up to the sky as she put a hand over her mouth, her fingers arched around her lips, as she blew out what was a small fire ball. It made it's way rapidly towards the sky as she could still feel chakra flowing up to her mouth as she blew again and a second fire ball shot out followed by a third and a fourth. Upon the fourth one she felt her chakra die down back inside of her as she sighed softly and could see the fire balls shooting into the sky dying away and evaporating. She brought her hands down as she felt that, while it was an excellent first technique, she knew there was still things needed to be done in order to get the jutsu a bit better. She began to gather her chakra once more as she panted and brought her hands up once more to start the hand seals once more.

Rat then Tiger then Dog then Ox then Rabbit and finally Tiger. The seals ran through her mind as she had to study them throughout her free time in order to be able to unleash the jutsu. "Fire Style: Phoenix Flower Jutsu!" She could feel her chakra once again rushing through her center and up her esophagus as she took a deep breath and arched her fingers again as she put her hand to her lips and blew. This time a bit bigger of a fire ball came out of her mouth, about half a meter in diameter, as she directed it up to the sky and she blew out another of the same size then another and another. Once she had blown out about five she felt her chakra once more sink down back into her as she panted from using so much chakra and sat down in the grass in order to look up at the sky and watch as the fire balls soared through the sky until they slowly blew themselves out and evaporated into nothingness. She smiled as she knew she was getting close to perfecting the jutsu and she thought she'd take a little break to help gather her chakra and stamina to continue. She felt that her body had grown a bit more rested as she felt that it was the best time to devote her body to some more physical training and burn more calories.

She got to her feet slowly and stretched out her limbs as she began to, once again, run around the field in a jog while her mind wandered and she looked around for distractions. She would run around, going over the river using her chakra, as she'd keep her breathing steady once more. She would continue to run around the field, trying to keep her strength from giving out too fast as she panted and tried to catch her breath as much as possible. She looked up at the sky as she noticed birds flying and chirping and the clouds rolling by as they would sometimes cover up the sun and protect her from the heat for a short while. She felt a little frustrated at how slow she seemed to move incredibly sluggish which was really unbecoming of a shinobi. She knew she was in need of growing her speed in order to be more adept on the field of battle and the only way she planned on doing such was with hard work and determination. She would thus run for as fast and as long as she could before her legs would ultimately hive out from under her and she stopped right next to the edge of the river.

She panted as her legs pounded her with soreness and pain, begging for relief, as she sat down by the edge and laid down in the grass. She cursed at herself for being so weak as it only took a couple of minutes for her to tire herself out completely which just went to show she was much more out of shape then she realized. She needed to grow stronger and she needed to do it as quickly as she could. There were so many stronger ninja out there already, one she had met who was only a child much younger than her, who could completely wipe the floor with her and that set inside her a burning sensation somewhere along the brink of jealousy and rage. That fire grew within her and sparked a feeling of renewed strength as she sat back up and struggled back to her feet. She would get stronger eventually, she knew this inevitable, but first she would perfect the two fire jutsus she had set out to accomplish in order to help her out. To that thought, as soon as she struggled up to her two feet, she thought she'd give the phoenix flower jutsu one last time to see if she could fire more little balls of fire. She brought her hands up, her mind concentrated on gathering the necessary chakra, as she once more began forming the necessary hand seals.

Rat, Tiger, Dog, Ox, Rabbit, then finally Tiger. Her chakra gathered and floated up once again, stronger than before, as she arched two fingers over her lips and took a deep breath before blowing. "Fire Style: Phoenix Flower Jutsu!" A fireball pretty fair in size fired out into the sky as she felt the chakra still flowing out and caused a second to fire out. She then felt it launch another and then another and then another as finally, at the last expense of her chakra, another one flew out into the sky as she panted and fell onto her back. She watched her six small fire balls fly high into the sky before they slowly shrank and disappeared just as a cloud floated over the sun and covered the field in a cool shade once more. She panted as she laid on her back, feeling victory within her heart, as she giggled and could feel accomplishment at the fact that she had learned a jutsu utilizing an element which was known as being one of the most destructive and hardest elements to learn. She stretched out her body before getting up to her feet again with a renewed sense of strength and determination. She was not done with her training... not by a long shot. She still had one more jutsu to learn and with her chakra feeling as it did now she wasn't going to be able to practice much with it. She had hoped that the practice she had gotten in the Phoenix Flower jutsu would help her be able to utilize the jutsu the among her first tries. She felt she had enough for three tries before she completely exhausted her chakra and she was going to have to get the jutsu among her first tries.

She panted upon standing up on her feet, the sweat soaking her hair and down her forehead, as she gathered her chakra once again and brought her hands up. This was going to be harder to perform as it was a jutsu which may have fired only one ball of fire but the fire ball was meant to be over twice as big and she felt that it would require a lot more chakra to do as well. She brought her hands up, ready to form more seals once more, as she panted before concentrating her mind on the seals. She formed the Horse seal as she gathered her chakra and it started to once again spring itself up her esophagus. With the formation of the Tiger seal it set itself in a spot just before it reached her mouth as she looked up into the sky and arched her lips once again. "Fire Style: Great Fireball Jutsu!" She was surprised to see that instead of a fire ball shooting from her mouth instead a steady large stream of flames burst forth as though she was breathing it out like a dragon as she could feel her chakra being expended and she stopped breathing and the flames died down back into her. She blinked to what had happened and remembered that an alternate version of the great fire ball was that it'd either shoot out as a ball or as a stream to be used and kept in place to constantly burn something. She smiled at the fact she was able to use it in such a way already but couldn't help but feel a little mad that what she had wanted to happen didn't happen as she gathered her chakra once again to give the jutsu another try.

She panted as she brought her hands up into the Horse seal once again as her tired chakra gathered itself along and up her esophagus again as she formed the Tiger seal and concentrated all her focus on making it a fire ball this time. "Fire Style: Great Fireball Jutsu!" A fire ball, no larger than a beach ball, fired from her mouth as it pitifully soared for a couple of meters and seemed to immediately die away as she could feel her chakra on the brink of running out and she fell onto her back once again. She only had one more shot and she punched the ground in frustration as she rested on her back in order to allow her chakra to gather itself a bit more before she'd try again. She panted as she laid on her back, tiredness and frustration setting into her mind, as she could feel her energy slowly ebbing away and wanting her to have much longer recovery and rest instead of the few seconds that she was planning on going through. She would try the jutsu one more time, hoping to put all that was necessary in order to succeed in utilizing it at it's maximum, as she got to her feet once again. She didn't feel as though her chakra had gotten to fully rest yet so she decided she'd do even more exercise before continuing.

With all the exercise she was putting her body through she would've screamed if she hadn't succeeded in dropping some pounds at the end of it all. She walked over to the training stumps as she decided she'd give her Sharingan it's fair shake in training as she blinked a few times before her mind activated it and they changed to the crimson two tomoe eyes she had gone through so much to achieve. She panted, her eyes allowing her to she things with better clarity, as they also seemed to give her legs a bit more strength as she could feel she could move a bit faster. She smiled at this and charged at the stumps as she used her flexibility and athletics to punch and kick at the stumps in ways she felt were helping in improving the way her body moved. She could feel her limbs were looser as well and allowed her to be able to get her legs and arms in places that they couldn't access before which was a good sign that she was becoming more flexible in her fighting style. Her legs connected with stumps as she would then use her legs to propel off of them in order to kick another nearby stump. She would then punch a stump only to extend a leg out in order to hit another stump which was right behind her. She slowly felt herself becoming tired once more but she felt that, by the time tomorrow came amongst all the soreness she knew she was going to be feeling she'd come out of the experience stronger than ever which gave her a sense of pride and accomplishment as well. Now she only had one more thing to accomplish before she ended her day of hard training and that was going to take every last ounce of guts and effort she had to do.

She stopped hitting the stumps, feeling her limbs once more pounding painfully begging to stop, as she once more couldn't help but get off of her feet as she laid on the ground. She felt, though, that if she was going to have to sit down she might as well meditate in order to get her chakra gathered in all the right places as she sat up and sat with her legs crossed and closed her eyes as she formed her hands into fists and brought them together as she slowly began to relax her mind and body. She could hear the chirping of the nearby birds and the rushing waters of the river which helped in easing her mind into a state of calm which in turn helped her concentrate her chakra. She breathed steadily in and out, her eyes closed and focusing on channeling her inner strength and power, as she could feel her chakra slowly growing with what little amount within them they had as she could feel it trying to obey her will and gather itself into one last try of her jutsu goal. She thought of the happier things to her life in helping her continuing the meditation. The thoughts of her father smiling at her, her mother nurturing and caring for her, the two of them together in love with each other and showing their devotion to each other through her. These memories severely helped her in gathering her chakra into one immense fire of power within her as she opened her eyes, the Sharingan glaring a brighter crimson seemingly, as she sighed softly and stood up to her feet for her final try and attempt at the fire ball.

She continued to exhibit her steady breathing, the oxygen flowing calmly in and out of her, as she brought her hands up to form the Horse seal once more before forming the Tiger and directing her attention up to the sky once more. She felt the chakra within her, which was raging harder than ever before within her thanks to her meditation, as she could feel the familiar sensation of the chakra flowing up her esophagus again as she arched her fingers. Her eyes glared red with anger and fury and determination as she was preparing to put her all behind this ball of fire as she put the fingers over her lips one last time. "Fire Style: Great Fireball Jutsu!" She blew out, her chakra flaring and escaping out of her mouth, as she was finally rewarded as her chakra flowed out in the form of a gigantic ball of fire which surrounded her in heat and brightness as she couldn't help but squint her eyes as it shot forth in a seemingly slow line toward the sky as she watched it while keeping her pose before it would slowly shrink in size and disappear into nothingness. She smiled at her accomplishment as within her her heart was jumping with joy at the fact that she had finally done it as, also within her, she could feel only the tiniest amount of her chakra remaining as her legs once again gave out from under her and she collapsed onto her back.

She couldn't help but pant out rapidly in breaths, trying to get her breathing to be a bit more steady, as she looked up to the sky and deactivated her Sharingan as her vision went back to normal and her eyes looked at the slow floating clouds. Sweat seemingly acted as a waterfall from her hair as she couldn't wait to get home and take a relaxing shower or maybe even a rewarding bubble bath before hitting the bed and taking a long deserved sleep. She couldn't help but feel utter accomplishment at her deserved earnings in jutsu and strength and seemingly couldn't wait to also test her new might on the battlefield as she got up onto her feet and couldn't help the shakes she felt from standing up on them. She went over to where she had laid her jacket down and picked it back up to tie around her waist as she pulled the pin she held within her hair out to allow it to flow back unabated as she headed for the exit. Today had proven itself to be a good day and would only serve to bring even more, even better, days of the future for her.

(WC 4,024)

(Claiming 20 stats, Phoenix Flower Technique, and Great Fireball Technique)