Nokino's Training #1: The Start of Something Great

Sat Sep 16, 2023 4:02 pm

The Training Fields

Nokino waited patiently in the morning hours at the field for her pupils and for others shinobi to come to the field. Waiting in the shadow of one tree while the sun was getting up, she was there much more early, wanting to train all day herself, but also to be there before the students and peers arrived, wanting to show respect and dedication to the training itself, as well as the people who were going to come to join the session. In truth, she wanted to be suprised by an early rising student, someone young who would present themselves at the first lights of the day, showing eagerness and will to learn.

As she waited and smoked a cigarette in the shade of the forest, she started to train herself, giving tought and importance on nature itself. She wanted to learn how to master the wind, as well as other techniques. As she raised from her leaning pose on the trunk of a large tree, she closed her eyes, and focused on the air and wind around her, and the place it took in nature. As her chakra synergized with her mind, she became aware of more than usual: her breathing, slow and steady, she could feel it, passing trough her large lips, her small and thin noise, and down her system, into her lungs. She could feel the smoke, from her lit cigarette, enter her lungs and throat, warming and drying it as it passed. She could feet the wind of the pleasant summer weather, warm and strong, a gale trough her hair, trough the leaves, making a tune of both the wind itself but also the world moving and dancing at the same time. She could feel the breeze be a part of her, fueling her life, and being important.

This was good. For a first moment of attunement with nature, and the wind, the very air around her, this was a good first moment for Nokino. Knowing in herself that she felt connected to it, she tried and connect her also present knowledge, the element of fire, to mix and match those two, perfecting her understanding. In that same direction, Nokino took of of her backpack a pletora of small scrolls and pocketbooks, all filled with various knowledge of the elements, and also jutsu and techniques. These were either doccuments borrowed from the Konoha great library or notebooks written by Nokino herself, with scribbling, notes, annotations and hand drawn pictograms of handsigns and the effects of the jutsu in question. As she started to read, she dropped the book once the techniques she wanted in that sessions were read, and practiced the signs, and balancing out her chakra, picking the book back up, on and off again, until she learned. After a few times, she started to better understand and after doing a few handsigns, started to blow a large cloud of smoke of her of mouth, clouding up the whole place she trained. Happy with her success, she resolved herself to wait for others, and as a signal, blew up the smoke upwards, forming a large and elongated collumn of thick smoke seeable from miles away, signaling that someone was already at the training grounds.

Wanting to impress the new ones, she waited for people to arrive, and as soon as she saw someone arriving, she would bite her thumb to make it bleed, and weave the handsign of Boar > Dog followed by the Seal of Confrontation and slam her hand on the ground. With this done, the ground would begin to rumble and shake, making the whole training grounds quake in expectation. As the earth began to crack, a giant monument in the shape of a gate would come out, measuring 50m up into the sky.

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With Nokino standing on top of a gigantic Red Metallic Gate with a oni face inscribed on top of it, she would simply look at the person who arrived first, her arms and hands in well tucked into the pockets of her green flak vest, her ornamental fire-patterned sleeves on her arms, with her badass look and her cigarette in her mouth, half a smile on her beautifull and seductive facial traits, with her intense eye stare towards the arrival. ''Well hello there! It seems after all im not the only one early! Eager to train arent you? AHAHA! THATS THE SPIRIT!'' would say Nokino, yelling to be heard and also to show how pumped and motivated she was for this training session with other shinobi of the hidden leaf.

Sat Sep 16, 2023 6:32 pm

Tatsuo had just become a Genin, so now was not the time to start slacking. He set out bright and early the morning after his graduation and went straight to the training grounds, where he hoped to get in some much needed practice. All of the other Genin had a leg up on him, so now was the time to catch up and prove himself worthy of his headband.

As he approached the grounds, the first thing he noticed was a peculiar smoke pillar. His eyes widened, and he took off at a bolt, racing to the field in case there was a fire that needed putting out. The closer he got, however, he noticed a distinct absence of flames, which made him slow and stop in confusion. The source of the smoke looked like... a woman? Before he could register who he was looking at, the ground underneath his feet began to quake and tremor, and he quickly leapt backward when he saw a giant red demon door emerge from the ground. A kunai in hand, his eyes train on the figure at the top, not knowing what to expect..... but it turns out, it was someone he knew! The brash woman who had come to the academy to train the students only days ago. Sighing, Tatsuo lowered his kunai and sheathed it, cringing slightly at the woman's shouting.

"Yeah.... YEAH!" he shouted back loudly, to make sure she heard him. "But um.... WHY ARE YOU ON TOP OF A DOOR???" For all the benefit she could bring him with her rigorous attitude, he really didn't understand her this time.
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WC: 271

Sat Sep 16, 2023 11:44 pm

It was another beautiful day in the leaf. The day was calm and the air was crisp, right up until it was tainted by a copious column of smoke! It was coming from the training grounds, where he had talked about meeting up with Nokino. He wondered if this could be her doing? His curiosity was just way to great, he had to check it out.

Zainketsu was brimming with excitememt to get some serious work in. He walked confidently up to the training field with his hand in his pockets. He was just strolling up when he noticed Tatsuo out of the corner of his eye. He was about to say Hi when the ground shook violently and boulders began to launch into the air around him. The earth became disheveled and was rapidly ripped appart. The small statured genin was even forced to jump and bounce between boulders, or else he would tragically get swallowed by the devastating debris.

A bright red metallic gate ascended from the ground. A hulking Oni face stared out upon the land. It's hulking frame towered over the surroundings like a lumbering landmark. On top of this masterpiece was none other then Nokino. Zain couldn't help but smile and stare at her in awe as he gracefully flipped off of a rock and landed gingerly on the side wallbof the monument. He focused the chakra flawlessly into the souls of his feets and ran straight up to the top to meet Nokino.

HURRY UP TATSUO! YOU DONT WANT TO FALL BEHIND!

He shouted out to his fellow clanmate with vigor and enthusiasm as he reached the top. He was goping to spurn him on to join them. He flashed a quick couple seals and made two clones of himself effortlessly. The three zainketsu dropped down in front of Nokino and began doing warm up push ups. Each clone went up and down with the original in perfect unison. They all Carrolled out to Nokino and Tatsuoto to show just how serious he was about their training.

Come on guys lets! Let's all start with one thousand push-ups to get the blood flowing. and then we can practice jutsu and expand our skills!

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Sun Sep 17, 2023 1:00 am

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The day was cool, the sun had barely risen quite yet, it was that time of day where most were sleeping, enjoying their short resting period before the day really began, given some were up, but that's a given, Shinobi moving about, preparing for missions, getting back FROM missions, waking up early too feed pets, familiars, or simply, too train. That's what many did, though the person in question walking there wasn't the most fawn of training in the morning, she'd rather be asleep, she just simply wasn't a morning person, like many of her peers, walking down the road her Ninjato bouncing a bit with her hips as she walked, there would likely be a dozen people there, what would she even train at this point, Genjutsu? Fat chance, Taijutsu? She'd rather not have her father throw her flat on her ass again, his last beat down wasn't the nicest, she even needed help getting her sword removed from a god damn tree, it was nice of Jecht too do, she wondered where he'd been frankly, it had been a while since she had last seen the Jounin, he was likely busy with work, she actually heard through the grape vine that he became a warden? A odd job for him in her opinion, he seemed too soft for such a job, but maybe he just puts on a front, like many did these days.

As she wandered around the outer area of the training field she was merely thinking too herself, perhaps she could visit the Uchiha's Shrine... She heard it was lovely this time of year, just as fall would begin setting in, or just before, she had given thought about seeking employment there, perhaps it would mellow her out, she's been told she's far too quiet for her own good, perhaps people think she judges them when she silent stares at them, to her she was just looking at a person, it always felt weird how the Hyuuga Clan could do that, but if a Uchiha did, it was weird, perhaps its due too what the clans were known for, Hyuuga were often seen as the light in the darkness of Konoha, and Uchiha were the Darkness in that Light, they balanced each other out perfectly the key too balance however is maintaining it, maintaining balance is the hardest too do. It's why the Hokage is so busy, maintaining balance at a far larger scale then someone like herself could only fathom, or perhaps she was wrong, she's never met the Hokage, hell, she doesn't even know his name, that's how little its brought up. She could probably look around for a bit and find his name, but she figured it'd be better to get moving before her father caught her dilly dallying, though, as that thought crossed her mind the ground would shake, what...? Was it a Jutsu... likely, perhaps it was just people training, though she couldn't help but worry quietly as she made her way towards the training field.

Arriving in general area of the training field... she could see what appeared to be a Gate? What in the world was that doing there, she couldn't actually see anyone on top of it at the angle she was observing it from, and couldn't hear the yelling either due too the distance, perhaps this would help her. As that thought went through her head her body practically vanished from the location she had been, appearing in what appeared to be teleportation, it was a simple technique, but it was useful for situations like this, upon the top she'd find... a Kunoichi, they actually looked older then her, what were they doing up here... she supposed Jutsu like this weren't allowed but, she shrugged too herself, her body flicker had brought her behind the woman, she could say hello, but it might spook her. Instead she'd just give a soft whistle, should they turn around Xena would just give a 2 finger wave, gazing at the woman with little concern that they might attack her, why would they, not like their enemies. Too Nokino of course, Xena had effectively teleported behind her silently only too suddenly alert them of her presence, this might scare them, alert a fight or flight response, among a variety of other responses, they may not even be surprised for all Xena could expect. Taking a gander behind herself Xena looked down from the gate without actually turning her body, just her neck and head, breaking eye contact from the other ninja's body, what a weird choice, if they were a enemy they'd likely have a very free shot at her.

WC: 780

Sun Sep 17, 2023 4:21 am

Himari sat aloft on a stone slab with her eyes closed, legs folded, posture upright, arms relaxed, and hands rested on her knees, on top of a hill not too far from the training grounds, though far enough to be oblivious to the farthermost adjacent Genin on the outskirts. She indulges herself in the soundscapes and ambiance of nature. Having returned earlier from her daily routines, she decides to seize the start of the morning as an opportunity to reflect on what she’s learned thus far and what he can ameliorate, the tranquil breeze brushing against his skin coupled with the orchestrations of local fauna helped re-attune herself and provided agency when she feels contemplative.

While a village requires its shinobi to hone their skills and perfect their techniques and Jutsu, meditation, as a component, historically served an integral role in the development of a shinobi's abilities. Meditation is a method of focusing and concentrating the mind, which can lead to increased levels of awareness, self-knowledge, and intuition. For what good is one's ability to perform when one lacks the steadfast conviction to achieve success? Meditation bridges that gap between the mind and body, a symphonious convergence of the physical and spiritual. For Himari, the process of meditating is an important part of her routine, especially when she feels anxious or frustrated. When her thoughts become overwhelming, she can focus on her breath and the sensations in her body. This can help her feel more grounded, calm, and centered.

Her mother, Nozomi, had taught her the art of meditation and the importance of centering oneself. She recalls her words vividly:

"If you are not mentally prepared, your performance will suffer. If you are not physically prepared, you will be exhausted. But if you are not spiritually prepared, you will not have the willpower to succeed."

For her, the act of meditation is a reminder that she is not alone. In the silence, she can connect with her inner strength, sense of purpose, and the energy that flows between them. The medium that tethers her to the natural world. The chirping of the birds and the rustling of leaves is a pleasant backdrop until the serene atmosphere is interrupted by the distant clattering and clamoring of the nearby training field. A cacophony of noises, including the sounds of eruptions, crashes, and shouting, was coming from yonder.

The common interrupts her thoughts, startling her into immediately opening her eyes. Leaping off the boulder and landing on the grassy earth, she swiftly turns her attention to the source of the disturbance and notices a massive red structure rising above the trees.

"Eh?"

Reflexively, she conjures her Byakugan to identify the individual source—or rather sources—of the noises. Honing her vision upon four separate chakra systems—one of which fast approaches toward the top of the fiendish gate, she realizes the commotion was the result of the antics of the aforementioned Genin and a familiar yet authoritative voice hollers out. Then she remembers.

"Oh! Nokino Onee-san's training's starting!"

Posthaste, she deactivates her dо̄jutsu and performs a series of calisthenics and stretches to warm up her muscles, then proceeds down the hill and makes her way toward the training ground, arriving just in time to hear the end of her senior's monologue. As she approaches, she spies two new faces she hasn't seen before, perhaps her Protégés? Nevertheless, she watches as one of the younger, presumed pupils strides along the solid surface of the gate to meet Nokino Onee-san at the top. It looks like today's session is going to be an eventful one. Stopping just 10 meters away from the odious wall before her, she jubilantly gesticulates at the trio above.

"Morning, Nokino Onee-san and... friends!" She bellows and does the same to the junior Uchiha next to her. When she diverts her attention toward the sky, she struggles to make out the sounds amidst the reverberating echoes and the intermittent wind's howls. However, she does spot two puffs of off-white smoke envelope one of the figures and, in concert, does warm-up push-ups. It sparks joy in the young Hyuuga to see someone else with an avidity for training. The sight alone is an inspiration and motivation.

"What are we doing today, Onee-san?" She bellows to the trio above.

WC: 713
TWC: 713

Sun Sep 17, 2023 12:48 pm

As she waited and waited, it seems all of the young ones she had met prior to the training session had showed up! As the first presence, Tatsuo could be seen by Nokino as she sprouted the enormous gate structure, Nokino rose towards the sky atop the Rashomon summoned, and from up there she saw what appeared to be Zainketsu and Himari running toward the training field, eager to practice. This filled Nokino's heart with passion, as she knew this training would be great for the students and for herself too, who after all, was at the begining of her kunoichi career!

as Tatsuo seemed confused at the base of the giant red metalic structure, and asked her what she was doing there, Zain arrived and suprisingly, without waiting for Nokino to answer Tatsuo, hestarted to do exactly what the tall Iburi girl taught him in the academy training: he started to run towards the tall wall, and with his chakra attuned to his feets, climbed and ran along the structure upwards, while summoning two clones. Nokino was impressed, and in the same vein of conviction and hype that Zain showed, she yelled to Tatsuo. ''WELL WE ARE TRAINING TATSUO ! COME AND CLIMB UP HERE, AND FAST KIDDO!'' said in an imperative tone Nokino, wanting to get all the others on top of the gate, as she had the idea to practice on top of it. ''YEAAAAH ZAIN THATS WHAT IM TALKING ABOUT! lets start with push ups and physical training to get our blood and chakra pumpin' and then we train proper!'' added Nokino while looking toward zain and in a move of overhype, thrusted her fist upward into the air, in a sign of approval and motivation.

As Himari arrived, she seemed confused by the display of Nokino, as well as the weird training of the boys with her, running up the momument who, when getting out and combined with nokino's smoke jutsu, seemed like there was a full on warfare battlefield into the training grounds. ''HEYA HIMARI! Good mornin' to you too! Why don't you join the boys and climb up here? Today kiddo we are training hard, Nokino style!'' spoke loudly the Flaming fist of Konoha.

As she waited on top of the gate, taking big puff of her cigarette like she usually did, Nokino was proud, of her pupils, commarades and friends, and felt eager to start the training with them. Without announcing themselves, another ninja quietly arrived being her, seemingly teleporting to her back, or being so fast her movement couldnt be seen. Nokino didnt see her arrive, but she heard her faintly and discreetely behind her back, the flicker and soft movements of her sandals against the tiles of the roof of the summoned rashomon gate alerting her of the intrusion. Nokino turned around swiftly, only to be met by another Uchiha, this time a teenager, more tall and old than Nokino's pupils. The teen kunoichi would only awkwardly wave gently towards a startled and on defensive Nokino, who, in reaction, with her supperior strength, as the Uchiha girl seemed to be quite thinly and weakly made, grabbed her by the collar of her outfit, holding her against her will toward the edge of the 50m high gate. As she lifted her up her feets and off the ground, Nokino answered the intrusion akin to a jumpscare with a face of frowning eyebrows, downwards lips, and flaired nostrills, showing clear angry emotion on her visage. ''Just what in the fuck are you doing scaring me like that? *notice the headband of the hidden leaf* If you wanna train just say so, if you werent a fellow Kono nin I would have thrown your ass downwards! Never do that to me again, 'aight?'' would say in an agressive tone Nokino, dropping safely the Uchiha girl, and calming herself as well as her body language, not wanting to have her give bad impressions after this situation. Nokino's reflexes and defensive senses were, after all, very sharp, and this was only a natural reaction.

''Well anyway, my name is Nokino Iburi, but just Nokino is fine. You came here to train im assuming? Im holding a session right now. Im guessing one of the little Uchiha boys are one of your brothers or somethin'? Soooo many red eye in here! Well feel free to stay, but the training is gonna be rigorous and hardcore.'' added the tall and muscular kunoichi, waiting for the others to climb and get up top.

When all of them would reach the top of the gate, Nokino would give them a speech on the first steps of today's training.
'' 'AIGHT FELLOW SHINOBI! Today is going to be the first training we do together, and hopefully, the first of many. First of all, we will all do 400 hundreds pushups, and, for this special occasion, at each hundred, we will all yell ''CONGRATULATION TATSUO'', as our young one here just obtained his headband and the rank of genin. After the pushups are done, you will medidate and concentrate on the exhaustion, tuning it with your inner chakra, to get in better touch with yourselves and your abilities, and then, only then, we will start training for real! Any questions?... Ready? START PUMPIN'!'' yelled Nokino, ending with her also getting onto the ground on the rooftop tiles floor, atop the giant gate, training at the same level as her fellow ninjas, hoping the teenager girl would too join the session.

Sun Sep 17, 2023 2:43 pm

When Zain rushed ahead to join Nokino on top of the door, Tatsuo looked skeptically at the pair of them. They were just so.... animated. Soon enough there were more people appearing from the woodworks, including an older Uchiha that Tatsuo had never met. He looked curiously at this girl, blanching when Nokino grabbed her and started dangling her near the edge of the platform. Nokino seemed a bit... intense. Sighing, the boy looked up when another girl appeared beside him. This one looked like a Hyuuga, if the eyes were any indication. Tatsuo didn't know her, but she seemed to know Nokino, so he gave her a small wave. "I'm Tatsuo," he says simply, before hearing the bellows of the excited Nokino beckoning him up the wall.

Tatsuo sighed a bit, stretching his limbs before taking off up the wall, climbing it with little effort. Zain was already pumping out push-ups it seemed, and by the sound of it, Nokino wanted them all to follow suit. He wasn't sure he wanted all the attention of people screaming congratulations at him, but he figured he might as well get the warm up conditioning in regardless. Lowering onto his belly, Tatsuo begins with steadfast movements, counting each repetition under his breath. He wasn't sure how he would fare going all the way for 400, but he would do his best.
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Sun Sep 17, 2023 8:42 pm

Zainketsu continued along with his push ups while he waited for Tatsuo to converge along their location. He was surprised when others shinobi joined them first. The first of the two women appeared rather swiftly. Zainketsu was about to spring to his feet and take the defensive until he noticed the leaf head band and decided he was not in any immediate danger. He was also very observant of the fact that she had jet black hair and dark eyes like him and Tatsuo. She was a couple years older then them but the resemblance between the three were pretty striking. He couldn't help but wonder if she was an Uchiha like them also, Nokino seemed to think so.

He was far more interested in the second of the new arrivals. She had bright white eyes that seemed to pierce through everything she looked at. His very soul felt exposed and vulnerable. Zainketsu always thought he had a perceptive gaze, but already he could tell hers was on a whole other level. It was a little unsettling to be honest. He couldn't help but wonder who she was while Nokino and the dark haired konoichi had their little back and forth.

So these are the other Shinobi in the leaf village? They seem so intense! Im going to need to step my game if i dont want to fall behind!

Ayo..Nice to meet yah. Names Zainketsu. Hope to learn a lot from all of you.

Zainketsu stopped doing push ups for a minute while he spoke to show the two arrivals a modicum of respect. He quickly got back to work and had to fight to keep the smirk off of his face. The thought of competing with everybody was just way too exciting. He was curious to see where he stacked up against his peers!

He pushed himself to crank out his push ups even faster as Nokino and Tatsuo dropped down with him. He was determined to be the first to hit 400. A pool of sweat started to form on the gate just below his forehead. He had never been considered strong by any standard. Given his small stature it wad a miracle that he could do 400 at all. He was determined to try his best no matter what. When he finally hit the magic number him and his two clones shot to their feet and shouted in unision.

CONGRATS TATSUO!

He released his Clone jutsu and tried to ignore the stinging in his arms. He shook out the jelly feeling in his muscles while he waited for everyone to finish. He couldn't wait to see what they would do first once the real training began. He was literally itching for some real competition and to broaden his skill sets.

Alright now that we have a full house it's time to get serious! What do you guys want to do first?

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Sun Sep 17, 2023 9:11 pm

With a cool breath of air, she finally turned her head too spot the woman rush them, lovely, perhaps this WAS a bad idea, should she defend herself... would that be considered a bad idea... truth is Xena didn't really know, if they actually did hit them she might get in trouble, if they hit her, well, it's whatever, she probably deserved it. Every instinct told her too duck, but as the woman grabbed her from the collar she simply kept her arms to her sides, one in her jackets pocket, by the ease of lifting her up she guessed they knew Taijutsu fairly well, close combat wasn't the best option, even if she used her sword, it would be the lethal option, and why would she act lethal in this situation, all this thinking and they hadn't even said a word, neither had she, eventually the blonde began speaking, berating her about sneaking up on them, what did they expect, summoning a giant ass gate in the middle of the training field, anyone would be concerned... wouldn't they? Perhaps Xena herself really was overstepping her boundaries of control, this wasn't her village, hell she wasn't even a Chuunin yet, she had zero authority, unlike this blonde who seemed too believe they had all of it, perhaps they very well did. Not that Xena recognized them, new teacher likely, this was the training day for... coming too the realization this was in fact a training day for the academy Xena had a reality check, no fucking wonder, they were putting on a show for the Genin and Academy Students, how quant, they never did that when she was in the academy, good too see they were caring for the new generation. Finally the Uchiha spoke, a distant cold voice tone, one you'd think of for people who never talked much in their life unless spoken too.

"I see... Perhaps thing's do change in the academy after you leave it..."

Though then they continued too talk, speak of their name, comment on how if Xena wasn't a Konoha Ninja she'd of thrown them off the gate, what good would that even do...? If she could scale it she could certainly stop herself from falling off it. Though perhaps that threat was simply them still calming from the scare, they began commenting on the kids down below, believing Xena too be related too them, no, she wasn't, not in immediate family at least, though all Uchiha were related in some way or another. The woman then commented on training, and if Xena would participate, her father would simply beat her if she refused too train with him, so what choice did she ever have, she shrugged, which was as good as a yes she could give, the woman then began yelling, yeesh, was this woman trying to trigger every PTSD sense she had, by the time they stopped they were already on the move, Xena walked too the other edge of the gate thing peering off the edge, the kids seemed too be exercising, ah memories, training days in the academy back when she was young, doing running drills, throwing lessons, perhaps those were the same, perhaps this instructor had new ideas. Well of course, besides physical push ups, Xena always hated physically working out, if not simply because her massive Jacket got in the way, maybe it was a sign she should stop wearing it but stubborn in her ways she always would continue too.

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Wed Sep 20, 2023 4:35 am

Himari nods toward the now-known "Tatsuo" in a similar fashion.

"Hyūga Himari, I hope we get along well!"

She then hollers back to Nokino with an affirmative remark, doing a short series of butt-kicks before she bends her knees until they're barely just touching the swarthy earth. A few moments pass before she yells, "A-lley-OOP!", and bounds toward the highest elevation of the Rashomon wall that she can. Easily scaling up to nearly its entire height, 43 meters, before she quickly kneads and channels her chakra toward the soles of her feet—and her hands in case her grippers fail to hold on time—and connects with the flat surface. Climbing the rest of the seven meters, she vaults over the remaining edges that jut out over a knee-high and eventually navigates her way to the top. Listening intently to Nokino's initial instructions, she nods intermittently before she pumps both hands.

"Only 400? Easy peasy, I'll get 'em done before ya know it!"

Lowering down on all fours, she opts to do a more 'rigorous' set of push-ups. Not out of vanity, moreover, her training since her academy days has conditioned her current form to adapt to more strenuous exercises. Even if the instructor in question is far from the stringent regiment her mother puts her through, nevertheless, she aims to give her all during today's training session. She positions her hands slightly wider than her shoulders, making sure to keep her elbows slightly bent. Bending her legs until her knees touch her arms, she slowly raises her lower body toward the sky until she can properly balance herself on her hands.

Bending her elbows until her chin hovers a couple of inches from the floor, she counts each upward and downward movement. After every 50, she switches and places her left arm behind, keeping her legs straight, and bends her dominant arm. Then until the 75th, she alternates to the other arm, switching back and forth every 25 reps as she murmurs to herself to track until she reaches the desired milestone.

"Seventy-six, seventy-seven, seventy-eight, seventy-nine, eighty. Eighty-one, eighty-two, eighty-three, eighty-four, eighty-five, eighty-six, eighty-seven, eighty-eight, eighty-nine, ninety. Ninety-one, ninety-two, ninety-three, ninety-four, ninety-five, ninety-six, ninety-seven, ninety-eight, ninety-nine, one hundred. Congratulations Tasuo!"

After completing her first 100, she continues onward to the 200th, 300th, and eventually, her 400th rep, all the while her breathing—while labored halfway through—remains steady and shallow. The burning sensation from her lungs and limbs gradually becomes apparent, but not enough to deter her. With a quick intake of air, she exhales a sharp gust of wind and cools herself. She places both hands on the floor, bends her legs, and flips herself back onto her feet.

"Whew, that was a good warm-up."

Stretching her arms, legs, and neck. Now for the next part: meditation. Although she's already engaged in the activity not too long ago prior to the disruption, another round couldn't hurt to recenter herself again and pick up where she last left off. She sits cross-legged and closes her eyes. Her chest rises and falls as her breathing slows, her heart rate following suit. She focuses inward and visualizes her inner chakra, a vibrant and shimmering blue, and envisions the energy coursing throughout her body. The world around her disappears, and the sounds of the village fade away. She can hear the faint thrumming of her heartbeat and the blood pumping through her veins. Her mind is clear and empty, free of any distractions.

As time continues to pass, she remains lost in her meditative state until instructed further by Nokino when the "real training" begins. Otherwise, she is content to stay there and bask in the tranquility.

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TWC: 1,324

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