Akane's Training Day (Part 2)

Akane woke up early this morning, the cracks of a new dawn beginning to make their way into her room as they helped in bringing her out of her slumber, as she took in a deep breath and sat up while stretching her arms up and over herself in order to get the kinks out of her. She smiled as she could feel her muscles having slightly grown stronger thanks to all the training she had put herself through the previous day as she cracked her knuckles satisfyingly and slowly made her way out of her bed. She felt her body also becoming more looser and more prepared for action in terms of flexibility and speed as she stood up and did a light morning stretch in order to get her muscles to really let loose with themselves. She bent forward and grabbed her legs in order to pull and fold herself forward as much as she could as she smiled at how much easier it all was. It made her look forward to what she had expectations for next as she was also planning on doing a fair deal of training today and see just how much stronger she would be able to make herself. She was hoping she'd be able to become much stronger by the end of the day for she expected she'd be putting herself through twice as much training as she had yesterday.

She walked over to her bathroom, removing her night wear and turning the shower on, as she looked into the mirror and thought she looked slightly fitter than she was yesterday. She couldn't quite tell though but something about the way her body looked made her feel as though she had lost weight which brought a smile upon her face so wide it went from ear to ear. After checking herself out she went to the shower and stuck a hand in to make certain that the water was turning hot as she was able to feel the welcoming warmth of the waters. She took her hand back as she got all her towels ready and hopped up as she had forgotten to do something as she went over to her washer quickly and transferred all the clothes she had washed last night into the dryer before closing the lid and cutting it on. With luck her clothes would be dry soon as she made her way back into her bathroom and felt the shower water once again to see that the water had grown a little hotter in the short time, which pleased her, as she stepped inside to allow the waters to run along her body.

She washed herself whilst inside, trying to get every nook and cranny of her body, as she wanted to make certain her flexibility was truly higher then it was yesterday as she was happy to see she could reach more of her body then she could before. She smiled and was finding it very hard to contain her excitement as she was wanting to get to the training field as soon as possible and get herself some more training. But first she needed to get all the basic necessities down and out of the way first or else she'd be done with her training before she was even able to begin. She thus smiled as she took in the waters of her shower comfortably before she felt satisfied that she had truly cleaned herself everywhere and she cut the shower off before stepping out and wiping herself off with her towel. She sighed softly as she tossed the towel away and walked over to the mirror in order to look at herself as she put a robe on to cover herself up from the cold.

She stepped into her kitchen as she would prepare herself a bowl of cereal as she got out the milk. Once she completed making her breakfast she would sit on her bed as a way of relaxing while listening to the drone of her dryer in order to allow herself a bit of an environment to meditate to. She allowed her thoughts to wander relaxingly as she took spoonful's of her cereal and ate in silence in order to allow her mind more room to grow. She could taste in her milk that it would expire shortly as she made a mental note within her head that she would need to get some more soon. She looked over  to the dryer and could see that her clothes were close to being done as she finished the remains of her cereal and went back to her kitchen sink in order to wash her bowl and spoon. Upon finishing this she would go back to her dryer just as it's buzzer rang to signal that her clothes were done as she would pull them out while pulling her robe off in order to transfer them onto her body.

She put her robe into the washer next as she placed some soap into the washer before cutting it on and she heard the machine start to roll and wash her robe. She would leave it to do that as she made her way to the fridge in order to prepare herself a light snack as she had every intention of spending much of her time today at the training field. She looked inside the fridge as she didn't know if she had enough ingredients in order to make food good enough for her as she thought about whether she'd want to use the few ingredients that she had or if she wanted to just pick something up along the way. She looked into her coin purse and saw that she had a pretty good amount of money inside as she then went over to the door and decided she'd instead pick up some ramen to go. She unlocked her door and stepped outside as she locked it back behind her and placed her key in her pocket before hopping onto one of the nearby rooftops and making her way to Ichiraku ramen. She would get herself a pretty sizeable bowl for lunch later so that things could get interesting later.

Akane landed outside of the entrance of Ichiraku as she walked inside and saw that there wasn't anyone inside which let her know she came at a good time as she often doesn't usually get to have a bowl of Ichiraku alone. She went to the manager with a smile and ordered a take out bowl of ramen as she then told the manager it might be a bit into the day before she dug in. The manager understood this as he not only gave her her food in a Styrofoam cup and wrapped it in plastic. She paid for the food and thanked the manager as she walked out and placed the bowl into her pack in order to keep it safe. Upon making sure she was ready she began to make her way to the village gates as she looked at the familiar trees that led the way to the field and she thus began to hop along the branches of said trees towards the training field. It wasn't long, thanks to her new speed, that she was able to get to the field in a jiff.

She smiled upon reaching the field, happy that the sun was out once more and was going to provide her with light, as she went over to a tree and laid down her backpack beside it in order to get the weight off her shoulders. She was going to make certain that things got right on track with her training as she decided she'd go ahead and get into some pull ups to start off her day but first she was going to need to do some stretches. She thus did some stretches as she started to roll her arms and shoulders while hopping in place in order to get her legs going. She then looked up and rolled her neck softly while feeling the kinks in her neck get stretched out while her back started to feel looser and more flexible. After getting all her stretches and all the muscles loosened she did one last stretch to her feet as she grabbed her toes and stood that way for a moment before coming back up and looking at the branch above her. She hopped up and grabbed the branch.

She started doing makeshift pull ups as she wanted to make her arms stronger in order to get her strength up for taijutsu training and making certain she could bring fight up close as well as dish them out from afar. She wanted to make certain she could make anyone breathless with just a punch in the gut. She was, of course, planning to learn some ninjutsu to go along with her taijutsu but for now she needed to understand how to properly throw a punch as she continued to pull herself up and down while watching her arm muscles growing tense from the exercise and causing her to work harder as she wanted to make certain she would come out of things possibly a few pounds lighter. She took deep breaths as she continued to crank rep after rep out as she watched her shadow moving along in cadence with her as she used that as a catalyst to push herself only harder.

She continued to pull herself up and relax her way slowly down at the peak of each pull up, her calmly trying to regulate her breathing so that she can continue to fight through the pain that she began to feel in her arms, as she could feel sweat run down her forehead and dripping down to the ground. She looked at the leaves in the trees and was amazed how the shade was covering the immediate area around her though was still hot enough to make it seem as though she was bathing in hot sunlight. She panted after a few more minutes of what she was going through as she continued to pull out painful reps while thinking about what else to do after her workout as she thought she might actually try to pound her fists and feet against wood in order to get her physical capabilities developed even further. After a few more minutes she felt the breaking point of her stamina being reached as her grip over the branch loosened and she fell to the ground onto her feet. She stretched her arms out afterwards as she took in a deep breath and shakily got to standing up onto her legs as she looked at the log stumps nearby and walked to them.

Upon reaching the logs she began hopping in place while getting her stance ready and she started to swing her fists and feet at each individual log while keeping herself balanced in order to make sure she wasn't just swinging wildly. She punched the wood of a log while bobbing and weaving, as though she was a box fighter, as she made sure to get a log from each and every side of the log as much as she could. She was greeted by the satisfying sound of wood splintering to her strength, cracks forming along the bark and wood of the log, as she smiled and continued to pound and punch the wood harder in order to strengthen her arms. She panted as she felt her arms growing even more tired than they had when she was commencing pull ups as she tried to make certain that she kept her strength from draining too much too fast. She thus continued to keep her breathing stable as she switched from punching to kicking in order to rest up her arms. Her legs cracked against the wood as she felt her skin toughening up from her exercise as she could definitely feel herself getting stronger from it all.

She gave the logs a rest after a while as she could feel herself getting primed and ready for the next parts of the training that she was going to put herself through as she looked at the field and the river that ran through the middle of the field as she got down on all fours as she tried to gather strength into her legs. She took in a deep breath before taking off from her starting point and began to run around the field as fast as her legs were able to carry her. She used her chakra to run along the water whenever she ran across the surface as she couldn't help but smile at how fast she was running. She had indeed gotten faster and stronger thanks to her training but she was in the midst of needing more if she was to stand a chance against the ones who would be partaking in the Chuunin exams. She thus tried to run even faster as she started to run in zips and whizzes around the field as she ran lap after lap after lap before coming to a stop at where she started and she smirked at how she didn't feel as tired as she used to be after a run.

She took in a deep breath as she laid down on her back and began to do crunches, using the waves in order to form herself a rhythm, as she cranked out rep after rep in order to make certain that her stomach felt stronger at the end of it all. She looked up at the sky whenever she laid down, contemplating exactly what all training she needed to get done in order to be ready for the upcoming exams, as she couldn't help but feel that all the training she was going through useless as she was going to be pitted against those that held more experience than she did. So the way she saw things if she wasn't going to be able to match people in terms of experience she was going to have to make up such things with raw strength and power. She would thus train her body for however long and hard it took until she was confident that whoever she came up against wouldn't be able to win. She hadn't had much of a look at the roster she was going to be up against but she did see one person who she was familiar with and thus she felt things were going to get bad with HIM in it.

After getting her crunches out of her system she smiled and kipped up to her feet as she could feel the burn in her tummy which told her she had done a great job. She thus took in deep breaths and decided she'd add a little bit of yoga with her routine as she got underneath a tree and began to get into a meditative position. She lifted a leg as she balanced on her other one as she focused on the chakra within her in order to get it to balance and swell and surround her form in order to give herself a relaxing feeling all along her body. She smiled upon feeling this as she put her leg down and continued to take in deep breaths while closing her eyes and bending down to her toes. She would grab her toes and stay in that stance while taking in her breaths in order to keep herself calm and relaxed while feeling any tension she felt in her back slowly leaving her as she could feel she was becoming more flexible.

Afterwards she started to do more stretches and light poses as she wanted to become flexible in all other aspects as well while she continued to allow her chakra to flow through her and grow stronger thanks to committing to this action. She stretched her legs out while slowly getting herself into certain positions that were known as some of the most difficult positions of yoga as she could feel more and more of her body loosening up. She would continue doing all of this for the next ten minutes, feeling her chakra swelling and growing as she meditated in between sessions, as she could feel herself more at peace with herself and calm for what she was about to pursue next. She got up after all was said and done, feeling warmed up and ready to begin, as she hopped in place for a little bit before looking up at the sky through the tree leaves and wondering what she was going to pursue next. She looked through the forest behind her and looked at old targets that she used to use for her training as she smiled wide and thought of what to do next.

She had decided that it was time to learn some new moves as there was a technique out there that could cause a ninja to move as fast as their chakra could allow them so that they might run away from an enemy in a flash or even get behind them. She had seen some of the higher class of ninja use it before but she had no idea how to do it herself. She remembered seeing ninja form the Ram seal before they suddenly would disappear thanks to how fast they were already too fast for even her Sharingan to be able to see. She wanted that kind of speed herself so that she could be able to fight things better as she closed her eyes and summoned the inner chakra within her so that when next she opened them the black irises were replaced with crimson as the tomoe prongs spun into place, three of them in each eye, as she could see her surroundings clearer and brighter. She always felt lucky to be born an Uchiha thanks to this kekkei genkai of hers as she was so looking forward to the Chuunin exams so that she could test herself against others who may have the same eyes. It would certainly be a true test of her skills if she found someone like that.

She thought about what to do in terms of getting ready to commence with the jutsu she had planned to learn as she brought her hands up and formed the Ram seal. She focused her chakra into the soles of her feet as she could feel her legs were stronger as she smirked as she looked for a place to move to as she focused on a specific space on the other side of the river as she ran forth and was surprised to see herself on the other side of the river in the blink of an eye! She felt ecstatic at what happened as she looked down to the spot she now stood in while taking in some deep breaths to get her body relaxed and focused. She giggled as she hopped in place, feeling the chakra within her feet leaving her, as she looked up to the sky and cracked her knuckles as she looked around the field and thought what other jutsu she should go ahead and learn now that she had accomplished learning this one.

She thought about what next to pursue as she thought maybe it was time to get back to training. She was going to go ahead and train with a clone in order to get her strength up before she tackled on any more techniques as she brought her hands up to form the clone seal as a shadow clone appeared before her in a puff of smoke. Yet another training session where she was going to go against her shadow clone in order to get stronger as she thought about how best to go about things as she could see the clone was also using Sharingan upon being created. She got low into a stance as she was willing to go all out against her clone in order to get things done as she once again focused her chakra into the soles of her feet as she and the clone charge forth at each other as they clash fist to fist and the river underneath churn from the surprisingly strong shockwave. The two would push their fists forward in order to push away from each other before they would both land on the water and charge in again to get things started.

The two start going into a fierce hand to hand competition with each other as they both use their speed in order to get the upper hand and open up the opponent for a blow. While fighting Akane is able to grab her clone's hand as she forced the clone's fingers with her own to form the Tiger seal. She smirked as she kicked herself up off the clone as she jumped up into the air and used the chakra she had gained from the joint Tiger seal in order to blow a fireball toward the clone that was below her. The clone shook her head out of the dizziness she had developed from the kicks to her face as she blinked and looked up just in time to see a fireball hurtling towards her as she jumped back to avoid the ball as Akane shot another one in order to try and hit the clone. Thinking Akane was only going to shoot fireballs at her the clone hopped up high in order to land and stick on the nearby cliff ledge as she watched Akane land on the water before Akane pulled out a kunai and tossed it towards the clone.

The clone saw this and moved out of the way as the kunai stuck to the wall just under her arm as she sighed in relief from just barely getting out of the way. She was so distracted by the oncoming kunai that she wasn't able to realize there was a steel wire attached to the end of the kunai aimed for her until she saw it tug and Akane used it to pull her way to the clone. She landed beside the clone as she continued to attack the clone very closely and quickly as the clone was surprised and taken aback by how Akane was now close beside her. This caught her off guard as Akane kicked the clone into the air and the clone stumbled along the top of the cliff as she flipped herself backward onto her feet as she got into a stance and proved ready to continue. A shadow beneath her caught her attention as she looked up to see Akane coming down upon her with a punch aimed for her face as the clone jumped back as the fist pounded into the ground and caused cracks to form due to the strength Akane contained in her arm.

The clone was shocked at the strength of the punch as Akane picked herself up out of the crater she had made and charged at the clone once more as the clone charged forward and began to try and utilize her strength in the same way against Akane herself without success. Akane took advantage of the clone's inexperience as she would often times duck out of the way of a punch only to come back up with an uppercut which caused the clone to go flying once more. She would then jump up into the air to follow the clone as she would bring a leg around in order to give the clone a good kick in the back as the clone flipped over and was able to catch the kick quickly as the two fell back to the ground. This caused Akane to deliver a punch to the clone's gut as the clone let go of the leg and flew through the air to stumble on the ground once more. Akane landed gracefully before the clone as she panted from the workout she was getting as the clone slowly and shakily got back to it's feet only to stumble forward onto it's knees.

Akane took in a deep breath as she thought of what next she would pursue in doing as she thought she'd go ahead and try out a new jutsu in order to get herself pumped up for more. She planted her feet into the ground as she looked at the clone with her Sharingan while thinking about how to go about her plan of action as she smirked and thought she'd go ahead and try to learn a new fire style jutsu. She was successful in learning a new one, and a very powerful one at that, last time she had been training with her clone as she smiled wide and thought it was time to learn another high level jutsu as she brought her hands together and began to gather her chakra. It was here she became surprised as her clone suddenly charged forth after her with her fists balled up and looking to stop Akane from whatever it was she was planning to do. Akane was taken aback as she was able to hop up into the air in order to avoid the clone as the clone jumped up to catch up to her.

The two would meet in the air as Akane tried to deliver a kick to the clone's side yet was met with the clone getting it's arms up just in time to catch the kick as it was flung across the air to the ground as she rolled and caught herself with her feet before standing up and beginning to gather her chakra into her fist. Akane saw her getting her fist ready as she came down from her position in the air and landed while getting her own chakra into her fist in order to prepare for a massive punch. She looked ahead of her at the clone as she cracked her knuckles and got ready to charge forth towards the clone with fist drawn and ready to punch. She knew the results would most possibly destroy the clone and the surrounding area but she had to make certain what she did would be the last attack for the session. It was upon the clone making the first move and charging towards Akane as she rushed forward towards the clone and thrust her fist forward as soon as the two met in the middle. The two fists collided in the air as Akane winced from the pain.

The resulting shockwave of the two fists colliding was immense as the ground cracked and the air was filled with dust as the two struggled for dominance over the other. The two fists, with chakra flowing into each of them in order to give themselves more strength, The two stood there as the shockwaves that formed over their fists continued to branch and spread as Akane gritted her teeth in order to get her fist extra leverage over her clone. The clone tried her hardest as well as the two continued to get closer and closer to each other before the force of their punches became too much as the two were blown back from the pressure. Akane rolled along the ground, the power proving too great for her, as she tumbled across the ground and hopped up using her arms as she landed onto her feet and grabbed the ground, fingers sinking into the ground and pulling against the stone, as she was able to catch herself from moving too far before she managed to stop. The clone was able to do the same as it looked bruised and bloody from the shock before she got to her feet as well.

She got up to her feet as she looked at her hand and could see bruises forming along her knuckles as she shook her hand and panted from the amount of chakra she had used through her fist. It was clear it wasn't a move she was gonna want to do a whole lot, at least not until she was ready to do so, as she chose to write the technique off for now until she was strong and skilled enough to use it. Until then she would have to go about this another way, at least until she had everything down pat and ready to go, as she got low into a stance and kept her hurt hand behind her all while she crept slowly towards her clone. The clone did the same as they both were cautious of what the other was going to do as the two ground their foot into the ground while transmitting their chakra into their feet and began to charge at each other once more. This time they would collide with kunai rather then fist as the strength of the clash was enough to cause Akane to drop the knife and be forced to duck underneath the clone's oncoming kunai.

She would deliver an uppercut to the clone as the clone, using it's Sharingan, would cover it's face up with it's forearms before the punch connected, as it would still be forced back from the blow. Akane would then bring her hands together as she formed the clone seal once more and formed a second shadow clone to charge at the first. One way or another she would end this as she watched the clone duck under the first clone's attempt to attack as she got behind and pinned her arms over her head. Now came the fun part of the training exercise as Akane would bring her hands together once more and form the Tiger seal as she gathered her chakra into her gut and hopped up into the air. Her eyes burned from the power of the chakra she poured into her Sharingan as she was about to use a jutsu she hadn't used before but was going to make certain she learned today as she fired out a ball of flame that slowly began to take the form of a dragon's head. "Fire Style: Great Dragon Flame Jutsu!!"

She would continue to get her practice into the technique as she formed a second dragon head shaped fireball along with a third and a fourth as they all popped out at an amazing speed as they soared straight to her target and she watched as her two clones were soon smothered in destructive and hot flames that surrounded the field in rock melting fire. Akane watched her work as she fell back to the ground and landed a few meters away while taking in her damage and smiling wide. She had learned a very useful technique and had every intention of learning how to better control it for combat rather then have some clone do it for her. She took in deep breaths as she tried to calm herself before getting up to her feet and observing her hand once more. Unfortunately her hand was looking very bad as she rubbed her hand over her knuckles and used her healing chakra to try and get rid of the pain. To her relief the bruising disappeared but she still felt pain which meant she would need to rest a little bit before she could get around to training more.

She thus hopped down from the top of the cliff to land next to the tree that had her backpack propped against it as she looked inside and was feeling wasteful out of the fact she had bought a big bowl of ramen to eat for later that she wouldn't be eating today. She drew a long and calm breath as she closed her red eyes and allowed her chakra to relax as she smiled and opened her eyes as she revealed that her eyes were back to their normal color of jet black once more. She took her backpack and placed it over her shoulders as she winced from closing her fist and walked off the field through the roads towards the Leaf village as she looked up past the leaves of the trees and she could see the smoke of her fire reaching into the sky. She felt bad just leaving things smoldering like that as she hopped up into one of the tree branches and made her way quickly to the village gates while keeping her backpack pinned to her.

She reached the gates of the village as she looked back up past the tops of the trees and could see the smoke trail from where she was standing. She sighed as she looked up to the gate security and saw they were looking at her with smirks as they waved for her to enter the village and she felt embarrassed while walking past the large threshold. She couldn't help but giggle upon making it a short way into the village, however, as she still felt that she had had an awesome training session and thus felt only that much stronger. She hopped up to the rooftops nearby as she decided she'd continue her way home along them. Upon making it back home she took out the key she kept within her pocket and unlocked her door in order to grant herself entrance into her bedroom. Upon making it through she locked the door back behind her and tossed her key onto the nearby counter before taking her training clothes off and placing it all in the wash. She cut the machine on as she made her way to the bathroom while reaching over and turning the knob to allow the water to flow. This time she wouldn't be walking in barely standing as she got in the shower and started to wash the sweat off of her body.

She continued to take in deep breaths as she washed up as she felt her pain slowly ebb away from her hand and through her entire body. She had felt the pain from the battle that had wracked itself along her whole body thanks to the battle she had had with her clone slowly wash away as her hand locked up whenever she gave her rag a squeeze. She had hoped that a good nights sleep would do wonders for her and heal her hand up to be back in fighting shape for more training by tomorrow as she washed herself some more. Upon finishing her shower she got out and dried herself as she went over to the mirror in order to brush her teeth and make certain that she got every inch of her body cleaned for bed. Upon using mouthwash and having her breath smell minty fresh she walked out of the bathroom towards her backpack and pulled out and Styrofoam bowl of ramen and walked to her fridge to place it inside. She wasn't going to let it spoil after all and she'd try and use it for training tomorrow since she wasn't able to today.

She watched as her washing machine was close to finishing with her clothes as she walked over and waited for it to finish before she pulled her clothes out and transferred them into the dryer next to the washer. She cut the dryer on soon as everything was inside and she listened to the satisfying sounds of her clothes becoming heated and getting all the water out of the cotton that they were made of. With that job taken care of she made her way onto the top of her bed as she pulled open the covers and crawled underneath them as she got one of her books from her bookshelf as she would pass her time reading before allowing her energy to drain for a night's sleep. The sun outside slowly set after a few hours before it finally fell into night and she placed her book on a desk beside the bed before closing her eyes and falling asleep.

{Exit}

(WC 6,012)

(Claiming 30 stats, Great Dragon Fire Jutsu, Body Flicker, and Chakra Sensory)