Chakra training [private]

Kino had awoken in Kumogakure, he had plans for training his chakra a little better so that he could control his chakra, once he would do this he could be able to use higher ranked jutsu even, he still needed to activate his sharingan, Kino was ready to activate it yet had completely no idea on how to activate it. Being an Uchiha the sharingan came as his kekkei genkai. There were supposeably five stages to the sharingan Kino knew of, The first stage, not a big improvement to an Uchiha in Kino's book anyways. The first stage allows the user to see the flow of chakra, and gives the user the ability to tell if someone would be under a genjutsu or not. The second stage, again not too big in Kino's eyes, allowing the user to read movements a tad better. The thrd stage, a stage Kino wished he had, it allows the user to read the movements of someone before they even make the move.



Kino got dressed as the sun blasted through the window going past the blinds covering the window preventing view of the outside world. He put on his white T shirt, his black pants followed by his black cloak. he put the hood over his head which cast a shadow over the headband he had put on. he put a kunai with something tied around the handle in case he got into a fight on the way there. he put his sword in a holder and put the holder on his back as he made his way for his front door grabbing a peice of bread before leaving.



Kino opened the door to his house, as soon as he opened it far enough the blast of bright light hit him in his eyes blinding him for but a few seconds. He regained his sight after a few seconds and continued making his way for where he had planned for training. Walking down the streets of Kumogakure, he focused on the weather a few seconds, the clouds drifted in the sky as the wind which was blowing mildly pushed them along, the clouds had made a perfect opening for the sun, blocking a little bit of the sun from view it would cast rays of sunlight down upon Kumogakure.




As he got to the village gates he had decided that he would pracice in chakra training a bit before he would leave. He found a nice flat spot on the village gates. A man, which had died just a few days ago had told Kino how to master chakra control, all Kino had to do was charge chakra towards his feet, basically right on his foot while running up the flat surface. So Kino formed a single hand sign focusing his chakra into his feet then running at the flat spot in the Kumogakure village gates. He had gotten up a bit but then feel backwards. He walked away heading for Konoha's forest now, the kage had known that Kino was going to be absent so Kino would be safe for now.

Nashua woke up in the morning with light filtering into his bedroom through the open-blinded window across the room to his right. He opened his eyes and a smile lit up on his face. Even though it was only morning Nashua knew today was going to be an interestingly entertaining day. He was going out to train today in order to improve his performance as a shinobi. It had been awhile since he had trained and he had no idea how he was going to train. Nashua couldn't explain how he knew but he had the feeling today would provide benefits. This both excited and alerted Nashua. Usually benefits come with a price. But that was just bad thoughts trying to creep up on Nashua. It was time to go though.

He got up out of bed with a new energy. As he got dressed Nashua thought about how and where he would train. Then something popped. He headed downstairs and ate breakfast in the kitchen. After he ate he poured himself some tea and sipped it as he headed over to his couch. However, Nashua could not rest. Instead he gently picked up his elegant sheathed katana up and slung it over his shoulder so the sheath was vertical down the middle of his back. He walked over to a cabinet near his couch and grabbed his ninja gear out of it and headed to his backyard. The backyard itself wasn't an idea place for training or sparring. But he didn't plan on training there. Nashua concentrated chakra in his feet and dashed at a large pine tree near his fence. He proceeded to run up it, jump off to the right, grab a thick branch, and swing himself up onto it, now perched and looking towards the forest outside the village. From his perch he observed the area between him and the forest. It wasn't a terribly large distance, and there was large pines all the way to it as Nashua's backyard bordered the eccentric edge of the village.

Now was a time to get some practice in. Nashua set a goal for himself as he wasn't on a mission at the moment. Stealth was essential to a ninja. As was speed equally important. Chakra is also a useful tool in the art of the ninja. Nashua was going to use all three. He focused chakra in the bottom of his feet and scanned the distance to the nearest tree. It was about 8 meters away. Not an easy feat. Not without skill at least. He prepared himself by crouching down, then Nashua kicked off his branch and sprang to the highest branch of the tree 8 meters away. The chakra in his feet surged at the moment he kicked off and crushed it as he left the branch, but Nashua was sent flying forwards. He spun in midair and landed with grace on the targeted branch. He then got used to this and repeated this process until he was bounding practically invisible in the edge of Konoha forest. Nashua decided to stop a few minutes later in his favorite point in the forest. Where he was now perched, nobody would be able to see him as he was crouched down in shadows not moving. Yet the tree he was in was at a perfect altitude where he could see anyone enter the forest all around. Nashua just sat there and waited for something to happen. Maybe a foreigner would pass through, if lucky maybe a shinobi to stalk or spar.

It had taken a few hours, but Kino had finally arrived near the borders of Kumogakure. He had his sword and a Kunai ready. He would most likely be able to use a few jutsu as well. He continued walking watching the clouds slowly float through the sky, they had a pure white color. The sun was bright as it had now not been blocked by the clouds due to the wind which was blowing mildly pushed them out of the way. He walked past mountains, with few flat surfaces to practice running on the flat surfaces using chakra control technique, he had passed many suitable spots for this and stopping to take the time he had to practice his chakra control, all the times he had failed however. He continued to walk on, traveling to Konohagakure's forest trying to get there without any attacks.



About a day had passed, he was near the borders of the Frost county by the time nightfall had arrived. He set up a small camp, not even a camp, he had forgotten to pack the necessary supplies to travel so he had to sleep in the cold, it wasn't really so bad to where he would die of the cold, it was cold however just not too cold.


After the night had passed, Kino got up and started to run through the frost country, it was a rather small country, it's neighbors country's known villages was basically only two country's, the land of lightning, which held the village Kumogakure, and the hot springs country, which of course held the hot springs village. Kino had learned about the country's of the world during when he was being taught by a missing ninja, that person had ended up dieing however, but it was a basic thing to know, the world. A few days passed crossing the land of frost, he had finally made it out however. He made it past the borders and ended up in the land of hot springs.




He found a small village a few days later, which was the perfect place for chakra control training, he went over the same things for a few hours, running up the flat surfaces with chakra stored in the feet which had allowed him to walk up the wall, which should have went perfectly, yet it didn't Kino ended up falling backwards due to not enough chakra stored in the feet. He continued, the land of fire, which was where he had planned to go was the next country to visit, he would notice the sun setting so he stayed the night in the hot springs village before heading out again. As the sun had rosen from it's slumber on the other side of the world, Kino had awoken aswell. He got up and headed for Konohagakure.


About a day had passed, he had finally arrived near Konohagakure, yet he had stayed up the night before for faster travel. He was now in a forest near Konoha, this was his perfect place to begin chakra control training again.

Nashua sat still like a predator crouched in his hiding spot. He constantly observed the area around him for disturbances. In a sense Nashua became a guardian of some sort. He felt as if at the moment the forest was his domain. He looked around until he saw something unusual. There was a small boy walking through the forest about one and a half clicks away to the north east. Nashua quickly scanned over the surroundings of the boy and the boy himself. First, he noticed that the density of plants near the stranger, no, more like intruder, was lower. The sky above the boy was open as there were less trees in that area. There still were trees though. They stood in a large form with branches hanging down as if to provide cover for the trunk. Then, Nashua scanned the appearance of the boy. He was small and covered. He had a black cloak on and a hood over his head. The figure would have looked more threatening if he weren't just around a child. Nashua guessed him to be a shinobi as not many civilians wandered through the forest. He crouched down and used the same method he had used on the way here except quieter and more stealthily. Nashua didn't want to alert the boy of his presence.

Nashua flew through trees like a flying squirrel if it were a hidden ninja. Because of the shadows provided by the trees the only things that would have a clear sight of him were things in the trees themselves. He stopped at the highest branch on a tree similar to the ones he had previously seen near the boy now about eight meters from him in distance. Nashua was the predator in this case and the kid was his prey. He observed the boy closer this time but found no signs of his identity or village. If he had a headband it wasn't visible at the moment. The next moment was vital in Nashua's stalking. An acrobatic movement played out in his mind as he predicted likely outcomes. He would jump down to the third lowest branch on the tree which was fifteen feet above ground and eight feet away from the boy. Nashua would afterwards jump to the trunk and silently pad down it to the level of the second lowest branch using chakra in his feet. He would finally bound off the trunk, grab the thick branch, swing his feet towards the bottom side of it, let go of the branch, and attach himself upside down to the branch by sending chakra to his soles and keeping it there in an upside down stealth crouch. Nashua executed the move after planning as he saw no threatening outcomes from it since the boy wouldn't be able to have seen, heard, or smelled him because his scent would be mixed in with the trees from being in them so long. Afterwards Nashua would stay there very close to his target and observe his every move keeping his eyes glued to him and following him but keeping the comfortable distance he was at.

Kino had began to scan the area, not to great doing it however. After a bit of doing that, he decided to get to practicing with his chakra, he had his blade ready encase something were to happen during his training. Right now, Kino was in a village which was neutral with his home village Kumogakure, so while he was here, he could be attacked at any second. He began to run, towards a tree with chakra flowing towards his feet ready for running up the tree. As soon as he got close enough he would start running up it, as he took a few steps up the tree, the bark of the tree had broken from Kino having too much chakra stored within his feet. This had given Kino a battle plan, though it might not work Kino had just gotten a random idea, which when Kino actually attempts his random idea, it usually would fail. But this idea would be a fifty fifty percent chance with working, so Kino would most likely not try it at all. he got up after falling off the tree, and started to take a few steps back looking over at a different tree now. Once again he would begin to charge the chakra within his feet letting it flow towards the bottom of the feet while he would begin to run towards the tree waiting until he was but an inch or a few away and begin walking up the tree once more. this time he would get about half way up before grabbing onto a branch to keep himself from falling. He would climb up the branch he had grabbed now, pulling himself up sitting down on the branch laying his back against the trunk of the tree, he had scanned the area a bit before noticing someone sitting in a tree not too far away. Kino would take out the Kunai he had packed before he had left Kumogakure. He hid the Kunai so the other one couldn't see it. Kino most likely didn't see the person when he was behind him, but now that he was facing at him, in the middle of the day, no shade could completely hide a human, darkness was another thing however. Shade would be caused from the sun, darkness has no sun what so ever. Kino would wait close his eyes just barely to make it seem as if he were asleep, yet he could still see out of his eyes as they were just barely open, he focused mainly on the other person, yet he couldn't tell if he was shinobi, it was most likely however.

Nashua now stalked the boy at the south eastern border of the forest. This task was becoming quite tiresome and boring. Not tiresome as in making him tired really. He still had both plenty of mental and physical strength left. But many ideas were now occurring to him. First idea, he come out of hiding and have a friendly chat with the kid. Unlikely as the boy might think him hostile and attack. Not that that was threatening as Nashua could most definitely take him on. Everything around worked to his advantage. However, starting a fight would, complicate things. Idea number two, he could continue to stalk the child, wait for the right moment, and immobilize him and ask for ID and reason to be tress-passing here. This was a better and more ninja-like idea. It wouldn't be brought up to others most likely and wouldn't cause complications. Idea number three was, he could just kill the boy. Nashua liked this idea very much. It did have drawbacks though. First, the kid could be a shinobi. It would be a pain in the neck to fight a shinobi as it would annoy him. He could clearly take down a child like this given the obvious difference in age and therefore experience. But it would also give training. This idea was clearly Nashua's favorite.

Nashua was going over a plan of action in his mind when action then happened in the real world. He noticed movement of a person near the boy. Nashua slid his hand slowly to his katana hilt and turned to look towards the child. However he realized that movement wasn't happening near the boy but the boy himself was making movement. The child began to run at a tree. Nashua then guessed he was doing the amateur chakra training of "concentrate chakra in your feet and run up a tree". He almost chuckled at this and watched as the boy made it a few steps up the tree and the bark beneath his feet broke and he fell. This was comedy to Nashua and he couldn't help feeling a little sad for him. Then the boy attempted the same at a different tree. He did better this time and climbed onto a branch. Nashua saw this and found the boy looking somewhere near him as he sat in the tree. No, not somewhere near him, but somehow he was staring at him. Nashua quickly analyzed the conditions of his own position and plan for stealth but found no errors. He grimaced then at the thought of how the child only found him out of luck. Nashua was now thinking that beating this boy senseless and training his own skills as he did it was a VERY good idea. And so he was going to.

Nashua now had a better look at the child in the tree ahead of him. The boy appeared to be sleeping and was facing directly at him. Nashua analyzed the clearer appearance of the boy but found no clear differing details than his previous observations. Multiple plans of action played through Nashua's head as he tried to find the best one. A plan that played by stuck in his head and he decided to go with that one. He observed that the boy was most likely just fake sleeping as with the view Nashua had he could see his eyes were slightly open. Nashua waited for the right moment to act and found it within a few seconds. He slowly and stealthily made a handsign that the opponent would have difficulty noticing and activated Bunshin no Jutsu. The clone created was placed just below him on the lowest branch of the tree yet out of the line of sight for his target. Nashua then slowly switched to another handseal with yet more difficulty for his opponent to notice with the way he performed it, and activated Kawarimi no Jutsu, switching places with his clone without the smoke usually made and made the clone appear in his place in the same position. The clone was looking at Nashua with eyes shadowed by the shade of the tree. Nashua motioned for the clone to start moving his hand towards the illusionary clone's katana. After executing Part One of his plan Nashua moved his hand towards his own katana, eyes glued on the boy while he himself was out of site, and prepared to react to any movements.

Kino had seen almost no motion coming from the other older ninja, he seemed to be staying completely still. Kino would put the Kunai away, standing up on the branch he was sitting on and pull out his kitana waiting for him, the other ninja to make a move of attack, Kino had been ready for an attack. He had jumped down to a branch below, not exactly below, it was to the side a little bit but still in Kino's jumping range. After he would land he would look back at the ninja, seeing he was still there, and then Kino jumped down to another branch out to the side within jumping range. He would continue to keep an eye on the ninja, yet switching between watching the same spot as he was, and scanning the area in case there were more shinobi from Konohagakure nearby, which was more then likely, and also, jumping down the tree slowly while switching between the three jobs. After he would get further down, he would charge chakra towards his feet, then standing on the trunk of the tree running down scanning the area momentarily finding nothing wrong, the ninja seemed not to move



Keeping an eye around the area, he had finally reached the surface of the earth, basically he reached the ground, with his sword out ready for battle with the more then likely enemy ninja of a village unknown. He would wait, wait for the enemy ninja to make a move, an attack, any sort of movement he would use as a plan against the ninja. The clouds, which was being forced by the winds, moved over the sun casting a shadow over the earth itself, with few holes in the clouds which had left rays of sun light blast down on the surrounding area leaving it to where everything was not completely cast into a shadow. He has his hand by his side, completely empty, with his right hand to his side holding a blade, waiting and watching, waiting for the enemy to make a move while also watching, scanning trying to predict the move. He scanned everywhere, not just where he originally found the ninja, he was a bit away from the tree also.

Nashua sat there crouched like a predatory bird on a perch waiting for its prey. This was a perfect example of the moment also. He was waiting to respond to his opponent's next action. His eyes scanned the area incase the boy had somehow set a trap somehow although Nashua hadn't seen any movement from him. Still, a ninja had to be ready for everything. And now was the time to be ready as the boy was making his move. Nashua would have jumped at the sudden action if it wasn't so important to stay still. The kid jumped to a branch lower to the side of him and looked at Nashua. Nashua stayed still as a statue. He didn't want to give any clue as to his next move although it would be nearly impossible to. Nashua then saw the boy look around. Well at least he isn't an idiot, he thought as he observed the boy scan his surroundings. This action might not have been near the observation potential of himself but it was still a good move. Nashua stayed still as the boy then ran down the trunk of the tree. It seemed that all the boy was doing was cautiously descending the tree. If he was focused on being safe as he descended that meant he probably hadn't had time to set traps. Nashua thought about his next plan of action taking in new info all the while and running them against other factors.

The boy eventually reached the ground and had a sword out. It was a katana but didn't seem to be in quite the same condition as his own. The kid appeared to be aware of his surroundings and seemed to be waiting. Same as what Nashua was doing almost. But in the end he wouldn't win. The clone above him slowly and invisibly signaled to Nashua asking when to do something. Nashua had an idea as this boy was moving and was now ready. He had noticed that obviously the boy could still see his clone in Nashua's previous position and the kid would think the clone was the real Nashua. In real serious combat, this could prove to be a grave mistake. Nashua would have his clone first slide his hand up to the hilt of his katana and start unsheathing it slowly. The clone would then jump out of the tree with his arms spread out and land down 8 feet away from his opponent. The opponent however would extremely likely not know he was a clone. For all he knew he was the real ninja in the forest attempting to kill him. The clone would spin his sword around and taunt the kid when the real threat moved his hand towards a kunai attached to some wire and reached for another kunai with wire. Nashua then waited for the next moments to play out. However if the boy attacked the clone which posed as a threat the clone would dodge. Perfect

Kino had stood there waiting, in the sun, while no clouds were covering it up at the moment. He stood there, ready for battle, waiting for any sign of movement he could use against his enemy, but the question popped into his head, was this an enemy? Kino thought about that answer while scanning the area, of course it was an enemy, they didn't show themself at first, they stay hidden even now, there was no doubt in kino's mind that this would end up from going to the forest for a simple day of training, to a fight for one's life. Once he had looked back at the spot the ninja was once at, it had jumped out, and landed on the ground just a few feet away from him, it was about eight feet away, for Kino it was too close. he jumped back away from it sword in hand ready for combat, he took out with his free hand two Kunai, once his special one and the other was normal. He had his sword and his Kunai into a battle position as if ready to block an attack from the enemy ninja. He charged chakra into his feet, on the ground, Kino was going to try some new way for a chakra attack, not really an attack just basically something to give him a boost in his jump was more like it, he charged for the ninja, ready for combat, he jumped once he would get too close to the ninja.

Nashua gripped the two cold kunai in his hands tightly and waited for the perfect moment. He observed what was going on down below and was very pleased. Like always, everything was going according to plan. The clone landed down on the ground and spun his katana at the enemy. The boy took out a sword and kunai in a defensive stance. He then jumped away from the clone. This overjoyed Nashua. His plan was working quite well. The boy jumped back, and in a defensive stance. This meant he thought of the clone as a real threat. Nashua almost chuckled at this and waited for a little longer. Then the perfect moment arrived. It was a moment that he would make sure the boy remembered for quite awhile. The boy jumped into the air away from the clone. The crack in the ground indicated chakra reinforcement. Perfect. Nashua was ready to jump into action right then. He loosened up on the kunai and flung them in a curved motion directly at the boy the moment he was in open air and at the height of his jump. This would leave the target unable to dodge in air with his lowered skill level. The kunai, due to the curved motion, would arc around the target in the air and wrap cold wire around him to the point where his arms would be strapped to his body tightly. Once this was done and the boy had been attacked, Nashua rapidly flipped through a few handseals. Chakra charged at large amounts in his stomach as he did so and his cheeks puffed up. After the handseals, Nashua opened his mouth and a grand flame came erupting out. The flame would start out at the siz of a small fireball coming out, and then a steady jet of flame would come as Nashua guided the Jutsu with his fingers around his upper lip. As this happened an enormous fireball would be shot directly at the boy in midair. This would leave him vulnerable to the attack. The fireball would heat the air and crash into its destination. After activating the Jutsu Nashua would have some time to perform extra attacks at the boy in air. It was a small window of opportunity and he leaped thought it. Nashua whipped his katana out of its sheath and jumped up into the air towards the unlucky kid who had wandered into this forest. He roared and stabbed the blade at him, aiming to plunge it right into his chest. After this he would pull the sword back for a moment, and slash down in a great at starting from the boy's upper right arm and down to his upper left leg. How unfortunate of this boy to cross his path in this forest. This forest where nobody would come to aid him if he screamed.