Another trip to the mines

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Another sleepless night, the same dream, a different night, the same thought process. He wanted nothing more than to understand this dream, to understand just what it was that Yuumei wanted from him. He wanted to understand the relationship that he had with Yuumei, the relationship his father and mother had with him, but as usual he hadn't a clue for other than his parents, he didn't speak to very many people about his clan or their relationship with Yuumei. He was told that he was a deity and basically an incarnation of darkness that granted his followers with access to a special natural chakra release, a nature release that turned one's chakra especially dark and sinister, but that was as far as he had learned for he was to young to truly have any more knowledge than that, according to his parents.



The dream was taking an interesting turn this night, for there was more speaking. But he seemed to have control over just what exactly it was that he was saying in his dream, something that he had never had before. He asked the shadowy figure, whom he assumed was Yuumei, or at least his mind's manifestation of him. He spoke to the shadowy figure, asking him questions about just what relationship he was supposed to have with Yuumei, to which the figure responded vaguely, saying "One day you will know far more than you do now, yet you will understand so much less. The world that you are entering is full of questions, and rarely are there answers to match the questions at hand. But if you continue to push yourself in your path, and you shall soon further your journey." The shadowy figure then vanished from the boy's sight within the dream. He heard silence, a ringing noise that came when his ears could hear nothing more. This continued for hours, the boy not being able to sleep soundly as he continued to sit in silence within his dream, feeling his ears on the physical plane of existence join in on the ringing. 



Finally after a few hours of restless sleep, the boy slowly opened his eyes and he was very thankful that he finally was able to wake up from restless sleep that he was experiencing. He didn't want to even bother getting up, knowing that getting up would only lead to him having to start his day and that was something he was not prepared to do. He lied in his bed, cringing as the light coming from the moon was hurting his eyes, he knew it, his trance was beginning once again. He felt that the word "trance" wasn't quite right, it was more like an episode because of how long they lasted. He could hear whispering in his ears and saw shadows move across the ceiling of his bedroom. That was why he always had his room pitch black when he was in his episodes, for it made the shadows have no light to move across. 



He closed his eyes tightly, knowing that soon the sun was going to begin to rise and the day was about to break, he was going back to the mines again today so he could get himself a little more money, and another chunk of high grade steel. But with the episode started, this was going to have to be a much different trip to the mines. He became so much more irritable when he was in these episodes, and he could never bring himself to eat, so throwing himself into the mines and trying to get hard manual labor finished was going to be a difficult job, but it was a job that he was going to need to do so he could further his ability as a shinobi and get himself the proper gear so when the time came and he went a little farther in to his combat training to where he was fighting with other people, he would be prepared. 



He knew that it was time for him to get up out of bed and get himself ready, even if he truly didn't want to. He struggled to get his blanket off of him, feeling his body fight against his advances on his day. He slowly nudged each of his legs over the side of the bed and pushed his body to an upright position. He rubbed his eyes for a few minutes, trying to get them to focus. There was light coming into his room, the sun was beginning to rise and he was far behind his normal routine. He brought himself up to his feet and slowly he pushed each of his legs forward, moving him into the bathroom. 



He glared into the mirror for a few moments, trying to get himself out of the episode by force, even though he knew that that never worked. He turned towards the shower, getting ready to turn the water on so he could shock his body awake like he did every morning, but his body didn't have the energy to deal with his personal hygiene. He began walking out of the bathroom, but he pushed himself to take care of his body, even though his own body didn't want to do it. He leaned his head over the side of the bathtub and he turned the cold water on. The water poured over his head and his neck, shocking his body and his eyes awake. This made him feel just a little bit better, but he still felt like he usually did during his episodes.



He grabbed the towel hanging on the curtain rod and dried his hair off as well as his neck and face. When he was done drying off himself, he set the towel back onto the curtain rod and he walked out of the bathroom. He debated with himself on whether or not he was going to eat breakfast that day. During his episodes he had the hardest time eating, it was almost as if his body rejected taking care of itself when he was in these episodes, and the whispering in his ears were always telling him the things that he wanted to do were bad, and that he should instead suffer for the betterment of his soul, to strengthen the bond between him and Yuumei.



He pushed against the voices whispering inside his head and he decided to make the same breakfast that he had eaten the day before, he was going to give himself the nutrients he was going to need to work in the mines today, he was not going to give into the voices and stay inside his room all day, doing nothing but working on his chakra control and working with his sword. He wanted to do something out in the open, actually improve himself and his combat skills. But first, came breakfast, then the mines, then he was going to be able to go to the training grounds again today to better his combat skills. 



He walked into the kitchen and he looked into the fridge to see just what there was to see and what he wanted to eat for breakfast that morning. He reached into the fridge and he grabbed himself some bacon and some eggs. He wanted to get plenty of protein that morning for he was going to be putting his body through quite the workout, so he wanted to make sure that he was as prepared as possible. He grabbed four slices of bacon and he grabbed four eggs. He turned on the heat after he set his frying pan on top of the burner, then he gave the pan a few moments to pre heat before placing the slabs of bacon onto the pan, once that was frying he cooked that to being crispy before removing the bacon and replacing the bacon in the pan with the eggs, being sure to keep the grease in the pan so he could have his eggs be as flavorful as possible. When he was done cooking his breakfast, he plated all of the food and he sat down at the counter of his kitchen.



He devoured his food and threw his dishes in the sink, knowing that he was going to have to deal with them later when he got home at the end of the day. He rushed over to the front door of his home and grabbed his mother's bow and threw it over his shoulder, while in the same motion grabbing his father's sword and he tied it to his waist, favoring it to his right side as was what was comfortable for him. He rushed out the front door and he made his way over to the mines as the dawn was indeed breaking and he was needing to hurry a slight bit so he would be able to get in and out of the mines with plenty of time left in the day. 



Finally he had gotten out of his apartment and he was on his way to the mines, the sun was already above the horizon. He was late and he knew it, but fortunately if he could get his mining work done as fast as he had been, then he was going to be able to get in a decent amount of training in by the end of the day, depending on how he was feeling because of his episodes. There was certain amount that he would be able to push himself during these episodes, but there is always a limit. His main goal is to push that limit as far as he could, so he didn't have to be a slave to it, but instead conquer them and get better as a whole. 



He neared the mines and the guard was surprised to see the boy, not because he was there later than he had been for the passed couple times he had been there, but because he was there for a third day in a row. He waved at the boy and told him the same thing that he had told him the mornings before. The boy was to go find the foreman once again and get his assigned location to start mining. He ran over to where he could hear the foreman speaking, he was running more out of anxiety than he was excitement, but that was okay. He got to the foreman and he told him where he was to be mining for the day. He understood that he was going to be in shaft number four today so he began walking over to the mine shaft. 



He grabbed a pickaxe on the way, and the pick felt much heavier than it had the passed two days. He threw it over his shoulder as he began walking to the shaft. When he got into the mine, he began swinging his axe, luckily his strength had gotten a lot higher, for his excitement was not behind his swings any longer. The rock still fell from the wall and the ore still fell from the wall as well. Each swing seemed harder to complete than the one before, his heart wasn't in it, but his mind was at least trying to go through the motions enough so he could get enough of the ore to fall from the wall to fill the cart that was directly behind him. He knew that his strength would carry him through, even if the rest of his body was fighting back, wanting nothing more than to just stay in his room and be in silence, and in darkness for days on end.



He filled the mine cart after a few hours of swinging his pick. It took him far longer today to complete than any other day, but he still had some time to run over to the training grounds and get some work in there to. He knew that he wanted to work his body more than just the mine, for combat was nothing like mining, that required more work of his brain, even if it was preoccupied at the moment.



Before he left the foreman met up with him at the entrance of the mine and gave him his pay for the time, then he gave him another hunk of the high grade steel that he was after. He thanked him for the work and the boy thanked him for the pay. He must have been able to notice there was something off about the boy, but the foreman didn't say anything about it, just let the child go. Kurayami walked away from the mine with his pay in his hands, being thankful, but hopeful that this episode would pass soon. He headed off to the training grounds after dropping off his high grade steel in his house. He readied himself for the rest of the day.

WC: 2156
+4100 Ryo
+21 vigor
+1 high grade steel
+5 AP
+656 towards Shuriken Shadow Clone (1005/2500) Previous Progress
+1500 towards Shadow Clone (Started & Completed)

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