Some More Training (P)

Vergil took in a quick breath and sigh as he woke up within his bed to the sound of birds chirping outside of his window and sunshine pouring in to heat his room up slightly as he sat up in his bed and stretched his body out which seemed to have put on a bit more muscle than it had had the day previously. It would seem as though all his training had been slowly paying off as he felt his body was a bit looser and lighter getting up onto his feet and going into the bathroom for a morning shower. Upon finishing and coming back out he decided that perhaps today was a good day for him to go out and train as well as he did a bit of light stretching while putting on his washed training clothes that he had used the day before and walked over to the front door of his house instead of taking the open window of his bedroom he had taken many times before. He had decided to get himself some breakfast somewhere within the village, going for a light jog along the way to get his body ready for what he was intending to put it through for the day, as he walked into a breakfast and lunch place to get himself something now and for later.

He ate himself some donuts in order to put some sugar in his body and help him wake up for the day before getting himself some bar be que for lunch as he left the restaurant and made his way slowly to the village gates as he put the bar be que for later into his pack for safe keeping. He crossed the threshold of the village like he had done so many times before as he made his slow way to the training field being guided by the dirt road littered with the footprints of other ninja that utilized the field constantly. He remembered to also bring the wooden sword he had made during one of his training trips as he planned to also get himself a little bit more of weapons training. Kunai training was one thing. Katanas were another beast entirely as he was planning on using one of the family's best swords of all time for his ninja duties and he had to make sure he was ready to use it before he even thought of wielding it. He would eventually make it to the field, crossing the fenced off entrance into the open area that was scarred a bit with a few craters here and there, as he walked over to the tree and placed his pack at the trunk's base before walking over to the edge of the field's running river.

Vergil did a few hops up and down, getting his legs ready and warmed up for what was to come, as he looked up to the sky to see a few clouds rolling along and sometimes going under the sun to provide a bit of shade and thus relief along the field. The overall heat made the area a bit muggy as he could already feel the sweat falling along his forehead as he stretched out his body to get his body a bit looser. It wasn't long before he felt his body was ready to go with his training and he got down onto his hands and immediately began doing push ups. He was happy to see that he was able to crank them out a bit faster than he was able to the day prior which was a good sign because it meant he could do more than he could before. He thus spent the next few minutes pushing himself up and down, more sweat pouring down his forehead and onto the ground, before he felt his arms starting to burn and he hopped back onto his feet.

He then decided to walk over to the shade of the tree, looking up it to see the many branches that lined up along the trunk, as he hopped up to grab one and begin pulling himself up to commence with some pull ups to give his arms some more exercise. The heat that surrounded the field didn't hit him as badly as being directly in the sun did but it was still enough for his sweat to continue to drip from his chin onto the ground below him as his grip became strong enough to cause the bark he held upon to crackle though he didn't take notice of this as his main goal was to do as many pull ups as possible before he had no choice but to let go of the branch. After another couple of minutes, clouds coming and going and surrounding the field in shade every now and then, he soon felt his arms had been trained enough as he fell down onto his feet and felt it was now the time to test his speed. He got down onto his hands, keeping his feet up behind his body before taking off into a sprint and started to run around the field in laps at a slow speed at first before getting gradually faster.

He had better control over the chakra within him, too, as he would run over the river's surface and not feel any deficit along his chakra reserves at all even as he ran across the surface multiple times. He soon was running at top speed as he was running a lap around the field every ten seconds which was really saying something as before he couldn't complete a lap in even twenty seconds before as he soon was feeling tired and he stopped by doing a few flips while landing on his feet atop the water's surface in order to get a bit more chakra training into him. He would thus bring his hands up to form the tiger seal as he gathered his chakra to his feet and started an internal clock within his mind to keep track of how long he was going to be standing atop the water before he had to hop off in order to make certain he didn't sink.

He would stand upon the watery and flowing surface for a good few minutes as he finally started to feel a bit of a deficit in his chakra reserves. He had his eyes closed yet could tell when the shadows provided by the clouds in the sky fell upon him every now and then as he could feel the heat dissipate every time that happened. He could listen to the insects in the grass as they buzzed around and sometimes chirped along with the birds that flew around the field as crickets were also sounding off to the heat and mugginess of the day. Soon he could feel himself sinking into the water's surface as he sighed and opened his eyes in order to hop off the water and onto the safe grassy ground in order to hop up and down again to keep his body from cooling off. He thought about what to do next as he figured the best things to now do was to either train with another chakra clone or try to practice his fire style in order to see if he could turn a small stream into a ball of fire like most Uchiha were able to.

He figured the best way to go about things was learning on the go as he walked over to one of the stumps once again and stuck another chakra tag updated with his chakra inside it as the stump flashed familiarly as another clone formed and faced Vergil with a smirk on it's face and got into a stance ready to do battle. Vergil would do the same as the two would face off with each other for a few seconds before charging towards each other while raising their fists in order to attack. Vergil's fist made contact with his clone's own fist as they both pulled back and Vergil had to shake his fist from how much the impact hurt him. He was shocked that he, supposedly, was that strong already as he cracked his knuckles and allowed his hand to get back to a more normal feeling before getting back down into a stance and facing off with the clone once more as the clone had gotten himself a kunai in his left hand and looked ready for a fight. It wouldn't be long before Vergil charged forward and the clone waited for his approach.

The clone swung the kunai around towards Vergil as he ducked and went for an uppercut to the clone's chin as the clone used it's left elbow to block it before bringing his arm down in order to try and bring the kunai down upon his head. Vergil would see this and use his own arm to block the clone's forearm and stop his progress before the clone would toss the kunai over to his open hand and try to bring it back around to Vergil's neck. He would stop this by bringing his other arm up and smack the kunai out of it's hand and up into the air as he kicked the clone back and did a front flip which would cause his heel to hit the base of the kunai hilt and kick it towards the clone. The kunai would thus hit the clone just outside it's face, the edge of the kunai grazing it's cheek and causing a cut to form along the cheek, as the clone was stunned for a little bit before it brought a fist around and caught Vergil in his forearms which was strong enough to cause Vergil to fly backwards.

Vergil flipped around and landed onto his feet as he skidded to a halt and shook his forearms while keeping his eyes on the clone to see what it would next do. It would then get out a couple more kunai from it's pouch and got back down into a stance as Vergil thought about how best to proceed with the sparring session. If he wasn't careful he was going to be the one that got stabbed this training session and that wouldn't have been good at all. He took in a deep breath as the clone decided it was done waiting and began to charge at Vergil with kunai at the ready. Taking in this opportunity to think quickly, seeing the kunai in the clone's hands, he felt it was only appropriate for Vergil to respond by pulling out two kunai, twirling them in his fingers in order to catch them with the blade sticking out the underside of his hands, as he held them in front of him before pulling back a bit just as the clone had reached him and started swinging.

The clone brought both kunai in a cross slash motion towards Vergil's torso as Vergil managed to block both and try to kick the clone's legs out from under him but this would just cause the clone to catch his kicking leg and flip around his leg and torso in order to toss him down onto the ground while poised to strike downward with one of it's kunai. Vergil would roll out of the way and flip over onto his feet quickly before charging forward and bringing one kunai across the clone's waiting kunai before the clone stepped back to avoid the strike and the two would begin clashing with each other's kunai quickly as sparks flew and surrounded them while falling into the water they were now both atop of. Attack after attack both would charge after the other, looking for any give that they could provide themselves with the kunai they both wielded, as the sun once again became shrouded by a cloud yet the sweat on both Vergil's and the clone's bodies floated off their bodies as they attacked ferociously against each other. Before long Vergil managed to knock a kunai out of one of the clone's hands, his own being knocked out as well, as the clone would catch an oncoming punch from Vergil and held him from being able to move while catching the other hand in a kunai struggle as the two struggled to be the dominant in their strength contest.

The two were evenly matched in the strength department as the clone grunted against Vergil's strength before Vergil suddenly felt his fingers being moved by the clone. He looked over to see the clone using his free hand to form hand seals as Vergil suddenly felt a knee connect with his chin before the clone drop kicked his chest to make him fly backwards again. The clone flew back across the air before forming the Tiger seal, it's body upside down as he soared back through the air, before taking a deep breath and landing on it's feet and blowing as Vergil was landing himself and looking up to see the clone spitting a giant ball of fire that was now on a direct path to his location. He was shocked to see the clone had managed to make a fireball as he gathered all the strength he could into his legs, Sharingan shining brightly, before jumping up with all his strength and soaring over the ball of fire.

Upon avoiding the giant ball of fire from soaring above it he suddenly saw the clone spitting out another one directly where Vergil was as his Sharingan tracked the fireball's movements and made a split second decision to form a fireball himself. He felt there was nothing else he could do besides that as he took in a deep breath and made the two hand seals required to initiate the giant fireball jutsu. Gathering his chakra within his chest he blew out as hard as he could to be greeted by a huge convergence of fire that formed itself into a ball and caught the clone's ball of fire that actually eclipsed it in size and completely overtook it while making it's way towards the clone that actually looked surprised along with Vergil. The clone would then hop up and over to the nearby cliff, getting out of the way of the ball's trajectory, as it would collide with the water of the river which made it bubble rapidly before exploding in a smoky set of sparks and embers the water ate up. Vergil would land on the water to look over to the clone that was now hanging off the side of the cliff and was watching Vergil closely.

Wiping his hands together while watching the clone as well Vergil was proud that he was able to form a ball of fire so big so quickly as he brought his hands together in order to once again form two more hand seals as he took another deep breath and blew another fireball at the clone. The clone responded by running upwards the cliff towards it's edge as Vergil followed and hopped upwards towards the edge of the cliff himself before flipping over the fireball and guiding one of his feet down towards it. Being that the fireball was made of chakra he took aim as he focused chakra into his foot before driving it down onto the fireball and he was pleased to see himself jumping upwards after having used the fireball as a stepping stone. He flipped once more as he hopped over the cliff edge completely, the fireball hitting the wall and causing a burst of flames to go outwards in all directions as the flames could be seen bursting upwards from the edge, as Vergil saw the clone standing a little bit away and watching Vergil once again to see what he would next do.

And then Vergil noticed it as he looked closely at the eyes and was surprised to see that the clone's Sharingan had changed. One of it's eyes now sported two notches around it's pupil instead of one as Vergil knew it was an evolved variation of the ne Vergil currently had. This was one of the things a chakra clone could do, evolve as it fought within the short thirty minute span it had in it's existence, as Vergil took this to mean that he was on the verge of achieving this evolved version of the Sharingan himself as he wondered how the clone was able to achieve it. Could it have been the first time Vergil had shot the first fireball at it that caused the clone to force it's Sharingan to evolve? He figured if he was going to give it a try he'd also have to be in a situation that was a life or death type of deal which meant he'd have to make the clone attack him with some kind of way that'd kill him instantly if he was caught in it.

He would charge towards the clone as the clone did the same at full speed and the two would once again clash but this time with their forearms as Vergil flipped over him and landed on the other side as the two turned around and clashed fists upon doing so before a bout of fisticuffs began to brew between the two. Punches would be deflected and countered, kicks would be hopped over or caught with other kicks, as Vergil would manage to land a blow against the clone's face which would cause it to stumble back as Vergil followed suit with yet another punch. The clone would do something sneaky as it stumbled back, forming two seals quickly, as it turned it's head back and blew to form a small ball of fire that was inches away from hitting Vergil square in the face. This was exactly the moment Vergil was looking for as the ball of fire slowly formed in front of him but then turned slower and slower as he focused on the ball of fire before moving his head and top half of his torso to the side quickly out of the clone's way before delivering an upward kick to the clone's chin.

The kick made the clone's feet leave the ground as it was forced to backflip in the air to keep it's attention on Vergil as Vergil was already on the move by jumping after the clone after seeing the small ball of fire hit the ground and explode in a minimalistic and harmless to everything around it but the grass fashion. The clone would bring up it's legs to try and catch Vergil as he charged towards the clone by kicking him away but it wouldn't happen that way as Vergil saw the kicks coming and he twisted his body to the side as the kicks whiffed past his side and he used his hands to catch one of the clone's legs and swing it around and around before throwing him towards a nearby tree. The clone would reach out with it's own hands and swing around the trunk of the tree before letting go to throw itself back towards Vergil quickly. Vergil was surprised by this act as he ducked backwards to avoid the clone's oncoming kick and the clone soared over him and landed on the ground with hands and feet before standing up and charging back towards Vergil once more.

Vergil saw it coming as he could tell within his mind the clone didn't have much longer to have it's form as he took in a deep breath and charged towards the clone for the final few meters before forming seals again and ducking so quick it looked, to the clone, as though he had disappeared. A boot would greet the clone underneath it's chin as it was launched into the air and Vergil flipped onto his back to blow hard and form yet one more giant ball of fire that soared towards the flying clone as the clone saw no way out of this and accepted it's fate as the flames engulfed it's body before the ball of fire suddenly exploded into embers and sparks that hung in the air above Vergil as he watched the smoke waft outwards, at first, before slowly making their way up to the sky and he got a nice view of such a sight from his laid down body on the nice and softly grassed ground. He allowed himself to relax while viewing the smoke, his Sharingan disappearing, as he continued to watch the clouds float by.

After watching the clouds float by he slowly got up to his feet and cracked his neck in order to get all the cricks that had formed within his muscles and bones as he took in a breath and hopped off the edge of the cliff and walked over to the tree in order to sit by his pack and pull out his lunch for the day as he started to enjoy a nice slab of bar be que ribs while listening to the sounds of nature in order to calm his body down and make his food all the more enjoyable. He would pull the meat off of the small individual bones as he dipped the meat in a cup of sauce with made it all the more enjoyable before his attention became focused on a pair of frogs hopping along the rocks next to the river possibly either looking for some food or a good spot to hop into the river from. He took in a deep sigh as his thoughts went back to how much he missed his parents and wished they were still there to help guide him through his trying times. He knew they already were proud of him from the perches of wherever their souls were which further influenced his motivation to become stronger as quickly as possible.

It would be because of this that, as soon as he was done with the ribs, he would get to his feet and hop up and down once again to get his muscles back to their warmed up phase as he thought about what to best do to close out his training day. Perhaps go for a bit of a run around the field once more? Maybe try and see just how good his new Sharingan sight was against the surroundings and it's animals? He wouldn't get to answer that question as he suddenly heard a loud rumbling from somewhere to the side as he looked to see a large bear charging at him through the threshold of the field's entrance! He jumped away from it's charge as the bear went for a tackle as Vergil was questioning why the bear was acting hostile. Could all the explosions from the fire style he and his clone had been using disturbed it to the point it wanted to destroy the source? He landed on his feet in the water a ways away from the bear as it roared and charged once more.

From one fight to yet another made Vergil sigh as he stayed where he was on the water's surface as the bear hopped over the space of water between them after him as he smirked and hopped backwards in order to avoid the attack as the bear fell into the water and had to swim towards the edge of the river where Vergil was standing and waiting. He wasn't really one for harming wildlife no matter how large and terrifying the animal may have been but this was going to get tedious for him if he kept going. He took in a deep breath as he tried to keep his body active in order to make sure he moved as fast as possible from the bear as the bear would give charge while Vergil made his way to the field's entrance hoping the bear would follow. It would as he kept on the ground and made a beeline for the center of the woods as he hoped to guide the bear back to it's territory and away from other people and possibly harming them.

Vergil would hop onto the trunks of trees in order to get away as the bear showed itself to be a fast runner enough to keep up with Vergil really well as he hid behind trees sometimes only for the bear to find him by using it's nose. He felt he would eventually have to do something that he didn't want to do in order to get the bear to become still and quiet and take an interest in the nature around them but he tried to get it more into the wilderness before he would go forward with such a plan. Before long Vergil would guide the bear to a place in the woods that was far from any roads as he took a defensive stance and took in a deep breath as the bear continued it's now slightly tired charge. He would hop and flip over the bear as it tried to stomp at where Vergil was and, while still in the air, he would activate his Sharingan to quickly pinpoint each of the bear's pressure point areas from what he had learned in the academy and he quickly pushed his fingers down into the bear's back and flesh as he pressed, hopefully, what were the bear's pressure point locations.

Vergil landed on the ground behind the bear as the bear stumbled onto it's belly, the dust of the ground wafting outwards from under it, as Vergil walked away and started making his way back to the training field as fast as possible before the bear either woke up and charged after him again or he completely failed at what he aimed to do and the bear charged again anyway. He ran the pretty far distance back to the entrance of the training field, panting as his muscles were very sore from all the exercise that he had put them through for the entire day, as he looked over to the wooden sword he had come with and shook his head bemusedly. Looks like he didn't need it for today's training after all as he scratched his head and readjusted his messy hair thanks to his sweat by slicking it back into it's usual style. He figured that being attacked by a bear was a decent enough place to stop for the day as he went back over to his sword and pack that laid against the tree trunk, cleaning up any trash from his lunch that he had had and putting it into the pack to throw away later, and put the pack on as he made his way to the threshold to leave once more.

He walked along the road of the village gates, feeling his adrenaline dissipating as he walked towards what was about to be great relief in his mind, as he passed the village gates into the village and walked along the streets towards his house and past all the buildings and restaurants that littered the streets. He cracked his knuckles as he could feel them locking up quicker than he expected as he walked to his usual mansion and pulled out a key to unlock his door and walk through the doorway into his foyer and close the door. He nearly collapsed upon doing so as he took his pack off and went into his kitchen to throw away the pack his lunch had been in into a bin before setting his items next to a chair before making his way to one of his nearby bathrooms in order to turn on the shower. He didn't want to collapse onto a nice and comfy piece of furniture smelling like bear slobber and crap after all.

Vergil thus stepped into his shower and started to wash himself as his mind wandered on how much he had been able to accomplish in such a short time and how much more he had yet to accomplish as there was a Chuunin exam coming up and he had to make certain that he was as prepared as he could be for what was to come. If that meant he would have to train everyday in order to achieve such a goal than that's what he would have to do as Vergil finished washing up and turned the shower off as he was pleased to see that the hot water had revitalized him a little bit before he took a towel from beside the shower while stepping out and dried himself while making his way out of the bathroom and back into his kitchen in order to get himself a light snack. It would be upon entering the kitchen he heard a commotion coming from outside the mansion as he walked over to where he had heard it and looked outside.

A couple of kids seemed to have tossed their ball over his mansion's wall as he walked outside, clothed in a shirt and shorts combo, before tossing it back over the fence to them as they thanked him and took off to play somewhere else. Taking in a sigh and giving a slight nod and a wave to them as they took off and went back into his mansion while closing the door. He would make his way to his bedroom, grabbing himself a book along his shelf, walking over to his bed to sit at it's side and open the book up to read. It was a nice little book that he had been meaning to finish reading and he felt that he was caught up in his training enough to finally give himself a little hobby time to relax and forget about his daily worries if only by a little bit. The sun outside his window would bear down upon the village as he did so, giving a nice cool breeze every now and then, as Vergil was happy in his lonesome hub of reading for the rest of the day.

{Exit}

(WC 5,023)

(Claiming 25 stats (5 to each stat), Sharingan 2nd tomoe, and Great Fireball)

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