[Solo Training] From Genin to Banin???

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Current Stats:
Chakra Pool: 10 (+3 From being a Host)
Endurance: 9
Control: 10
Strength: 10
Speed: 12
Willpower: 5
Mastery: 50

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Goals:
Chakra Pool: 15 (+3 From being a Host) - +5 (5/5 Completed)
Endurance: 10 +1 (1/1 Completed)
Control: 15 +5 (5/5 Completed)
Strength: 10 +0 (0/0 Completed)
Speed: 15 +3 (3/3 Completed)
Willpower: 10 +5 (5/5 Completed)
Mastery: 50 +0 (0/0 Completed)

=Change to 75 Stats, then we gonna rip more past. This should be the base goal before adjusting to 80

Extra Word Count: 288 - Used towards last post

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501/500
+1 Speed

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The word got out quick. How quick? Fast enough for the pink haired delinquent to quite literally scream in excitement. The yell woke his whole family up late at night. The guttural and juvenile screech caused his entire family to run down from their bedrooms to the kitchen where he held the letter of introduction. To the boy it was his time to shine, his time to take the grand stage and show off everything he had to not only his village but to all of the village’s allies as well. He had already made a rather impressive introduction to the world by winning the D-Ranked Contest in the Pebble Event. Now it was time to keep living up to the standards he had set for himself.

The boy didn’t even know where to start. What could he do to make himself known throughout the land? Maybe, just maybe, he could be as fast as the Lord Hokage Hayate?

The next day Akihiko woke up well before the sun could come up. He sat down at his desk and began writing down what to train on based on his capabilities and abilities. What should he focus on? The idea hit him! He would have to become faster and increase the amount of chakra he was capable of producing. Where would he start with his training though. He could just run around, but that simple would be too boring. He could release all of the chakra in his body and train it like a muscle. However, that also felt a bit boring. No good ideas was rushing through his head until it hit him. He had to endure extreme training. Aki had to borderline put his life on the line!

With haste, Akihiko ran into his shower, brushed his teeth and then went back into his room. From there he hastily got dressed and ready to roll. The child burst through his door and sprinted down the stairs. It took only a few seconds to leave his family home (with the door still open) and rush off for the day. Whatever obstacles that he would create for himself would truly be his great triumph! Did that even make sense. Akihiko decided to go to the peak where he could truly practice on getting stronger. This time, Aki only wanted to keep running. His sprint slowed down to a little bit still as a run. Not going as fast, but fast enough to get tired and fatigued. This was no time to slouch! Aki needed this, he needed to be a force within the empire he called a home, the empire outsiders called Kumogakure no Sato. Normally he would get up early enough to see people walking to work, however he was up so early it was actually still dark. With plenty of time to go, would he see anyone else around?

Probably not, especially since he was heading to a mountainous range that really didn't have any tourist interest. Here he goes!

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1000/1000
+2 Will Power

Akihiko couldn’t help himself. Should he touch it? Should he… Dare he… expose himself in such a way. She was so beautiful maybe he could… Before the child knew it, it was too late. His mind stopped daydreaming and he gazed down to him almost falling off of the mountain top. The boy had placed a piece of wood on top of a peak in order to focus on his mind while his body balanced. Although, the child had met a few girls in his past and it got him really starting to develop. Interacting with both colleagues within the village and colleagues outside of the village (allies) has started to slowly mature him. Almost mold him. Was he maturing? While sitting crisscross applesauce on the wood resting on a peak, he couldn’t help but consider that maybe there were a few things more important than just goofing off. When that thought triggered in his mind a voice emptied his consciousness and began to speak in the bleak black abyss that was considered the delinquent’s mind.

Ryeunso spoke and it echoed all throughout Aki’s brain. It felt as though he could hear throughout his right ear and left ear and his entire mind. Although he was considered dense, this was proof he wasn’t? “Boy, do not disappoint me. We have been sitting up here for hours and you have done nothing but day dream and pretend you were talking to women. You do understand you can do one act with multiple results?” What on earth did this Genma mean? Aki was slightly confused, the pre teen genuinely didn’t know what he could be talking about. How can one action have multiple results? This begged the question…. “Like eating food and then pooping after?” This question caused the Genma to holler in laughter. He wasn’t used to a child who had little insight, but within the same coin had great potential. “No you neanderthalic child. Think of it like jumping into a pool in a ‘cannonball’ as you say. It has two results. You jump in the pool to get wet and have fun, when at the same time the splash is so large you also get others wet.” The child nodded within his mind as if he understood. “What does that have to do with sitting out here in the mountains trying to balance though?” Ryeunso grunted before continuing. “This is why I should have been sealed with someone other than a child. Boy, if you become stronger, your tricks will be harder to predict or catch. Imagine your goal, tricking the Raikage. Ever since that fated day you were chosen, he has not left your mind. Remember him ignoring you? Imagine the day you can rip out of limbo realm and laugh at a plunder you orchestrated.” Akihiko nodded again in his mind, except this time he understood. Ryeunso continued but at the same time ended the conversation. “I have given you more than enough, you are on your own now. Good luck.”

Before Aki could truly continue the convo, he was back on top of the mountain top staring down at what would be perceived to be a perfectly balanced place. Was he empty minded and still able to balance? Maybe this was truly helping with his mind. The child swung both of his hands together as if he as praying and tugged them close to his chest. The boy closed his eyes masking his greenish gold iris’s. The wind took over and fluffed his spiky short pink hair. The young delinquent focused on the area around him and embraced the great nature that he was residing in. Ryeunso was right, Akihiko had great aspirations. He wanted to become stronger and he wanted to trick the Raikage, but he really couldn’t if he was stuck at being a genin his whole life. In truth, the boy had focused entirely on his training in order to make sure he had full control of Ryeunso. This has caused lacking in his other training. He was no faster, stronger, and could produce as much jutsu as any other genin. What purpose was mastering an ability he couldn’t even use?!?!

Power was what mattered. The child had recently entangled with genjutsu. His lack of strengthen his mind was a direct result of him being toppled by the technique. If only he had strengthened his mind better, he would be able to withstand genjutsu better. The child sat there and focused again on his balance. Akihiko wanted to make sure that while he was balancing, he was able to think and properly focus. This was a tactic that was taught to him in school.

While thinking, Akihiko couldn’t help but do what he was told not to…. he looked down. Looking down caused the boy to waiver in his balance. As he sat there on the top, the rock shifted. “WAIT WAIT WAIT” Akihiko completely lost his balance and while he flailed his arms in order to regain balance, it was simply too late. The child completely lost control. As his body shifted, the rock flung up and the boy flung down. In opposite tandom Akihiko started to lose his focus even more as he started falling. Although he probably should have been trying to catch himself, what the main issue was the wooden plank that followed. As the boy started to fall, all that could be heard was yelling. On top of that there was a large wooden plank toppling towards him that was nearly close to hitting him.

The child didn’t know what to do. Does he try to use a jutsu? Could he use the plank? Are there any ninjutsu techniques to fly? Even if there were he didn’t know any to do so… In that moment Akihiko did the only thing he could think of. He loosened his body and slammed his hands openly together. With the clap, followed was the pink haired child closing his eyes. Oh no!

[Texas]

512/500
+1 Endurance

"Well boy, for the first time ever, I can't tell what you are thinking." The emptiness within the child's mind was an abyss, in truth he was thinking nothing. His eyes were closed and his hands together, all while falling potentially to his death. The idea that he would die was simply not an option for the boy. He was just close enough along the mountains, but he would need a jolt of some kind. It then hit him. An idea, a lightbulb, Eureka! The boy opened his eyes and looked up. At this point the wooden plank was close enough to him to be arms reach away. With haste, he reached out and grabbed the wooden plank. The child brought it close to his chest before bending his knees. Utilizing his fetal position, Akihiko placed his feet on the wooden plank while staying in the fetal position. Utilizing some of his balancing he had practiced, Aki was able to position himself so his feet and the wood plank were faced opposite and little down from the mountain's side. With all the strength he could muster he pushed off the wooden plank. By extending his whole body and pushing off from the wooden plank, the pink haired child was able to close the distance from his hands and the mountain range.

In the same motion of sending him self towards hit, Aki reached out with both arms and grabbed onto an extruding rock that was on the side of the mountain. Thanks to the wooden plank and utilizing and angle. The boy was barely able to get to the mountain an hold on. With fast breathing and stretched out arms, the boy was simply tired. How could he have gotten to this point??

Akihiko looked down and watched as the wooden plank that saved him, continued to fall all the way down. It was a sad day to be a cut piece of lumber. Akihiko utilized the position he was in, to dig his feet into one section. He had a long way to climb, but needed time to rest before he could actually climb all the way back to the top. The genin would continuously dig his feet into the mountain, or use an extruding rock to hold his placing. All while, using his arms to grab the next rock in order to climb up the mountainous range.

It was important for Akihiko to not utilize chakra. He had spent a long time up on the mountains and if he didn't properly rest, there could be a scenario where he falls.... again! With that in mind, Aki could see a ledge that was big enough for him to sit down and rest. After several minutes of climbing he had eventually gotten to the ledge. The boy reached his hand out and grabbed the ledge. Like coming out of a pool, he lifted himself up enough to swing his right leg over and gain leverage. Utilizing that leverage, the pre-teen was able to send himself upwards and on top of the ledge.

[Texas]

550/500
+1 Will Power

Akihiko had been feeling troubled lately. He was overwhelmed by a sense of insecurity and a feeling of being inadequate. It was hard for him to handle his emotions, and he felt like he needed to get stronger mentally. With that thought in his mind, he decided to climb the mountain. Since he had arrived he tried to really immerse himself in training. Although, something was wrong with his approach. He seemed to make it way more difficult than it should have been.... hence why the boy almost fell to his death and now was sitting on the side of the mountain resting before he could use all of his chakra.

While Akihiko was resting, he felt it was a good time and place to go back to training his mind. It was clear from his previous failure that the child was not the best with focusing and using that focus to get him out of situations quickly. Due to training with others, he knew that he had an inherit weakness to Genjutsu, a weakness he didn't wish to have. In fact, the boy wanted to use genjutsu himself although he wasn't that privy towards it. He had seen the benefits to using it short term in order to distract and temporarily disarm an opponent. Regardless of using it offensively or defensively, there was one on going theme... Akihiko had to be prepared for it to be used against himself.

These lingering thoughts surrounded his mind while sitting crisscross and having both eyes shut. The emptiness of his mind started to be a little bit clearer and more concise. What would he have to do in the given situation. Taking a walk past memory lane, a flashback occurred, something the boy had not thought about for a while.

The flashback took him only a year or two into his Academy Days. It was a moment in time when the child just started to dye his hair in order to stand out from the rest. What would appear as an older man, although he was probably in his late teens early 20's, was reprimanding Akihiko for not taking genjutsu training seriously. A phrase that echoed throughout his brain was the man simply scolding him and saying "You may be fine now, but in the future when you deal with this, you will be nothing but a liability."

Those words couldn't have been any more true. With the great aspirations to be stronger Akihiko focused mainly on his strength and his chakra, but failed to focus on his mind. It was a glaring flaw in the progress of his maturity that echoed in his delinquent/attention seeking behavior. Was this the root of Akihiko's issues and relationships? Was it his maturity? Could he be both mature and immature at the same time? Or was this just a complex wave of being an oxymoron and moron being the key phrase. Within the confines of, what would be hell for others, his mind Akihiko started to really break down the root of his behavior and the reasoning for it. Maybe this was something that would progress his maturity. He did have aspirations of being a dominate force within Kumogakure, but where he is now personality wise wouldn't allow him to break past Chuunin.

[Texas]

510/500
+1 Will Power

During the time seeking out his past, he kept going and wanted to learn more about himself. As if his brain was in a movie, the face of his mentor telling him he would be a liability paused. In a flash, the sensei seemed to be going in reverse. So much so, that everything started to go backwards. It went so far back, that Akihiko found himself in fresh academy clothes walking into the Ninja Academy. However, Aki was not looking through his normal lens. It was as if he could see it as a random bystander forced to watch his previous activities.

There wasn't much to write home about, the child clearly took advantage of his natural intelligence and adept ability to process certain information. This combined with the innate nature to be recognized caused the boy to act out. Akihiko watched as his past self caused scenes in classrooms, physical tests, and even sometimes purposely did bad in order to get reprimanded by a teacher. He also watched as Aki purposely did things to get detention and stay after class. Each act of immaturity and attention seeking was another moment that real time Aki cringed and winced as his behavior. He had never really processed what his actions did, put stress on teachers, annoy his class mates, and even put doubt in his ability by a whole generation ahead of him.

How? How could be have been chosen to be the next Jinchuriki of Kumo? What was so special about him. Although, no one changes over night, this was an eye opening experience for him. Maybe in the future he would have to find a kind balance between messing around and actually taking things seriously. How could he be respected if it had appear he didn't even care or respected himself. The child continued to watch until one day on the playground the memories stopped. Almost as if his brain paused the moment. It was one where Akihiko had a day where he was playing by himself... Was this leading to his future? Being alone? The pause stopped and quickly fast forwarded. It went past the years of torture he brought to the group, his teacher, and eventually his parents. The constant visitation of misbehavior hearings and pick ups from detention.

The speedy fast forward however stopped at his last year at the academy. Although his behavior was reeled in a little bit, partially due to being threatened of expulsion, his grade were rather good. From an outsider's perspective, which ironically was Akihiko in this very moment, he could see that if he actually applied himself he could have left the academy as a much better and more well rounded genin. He could see his grades, his performance in the physical tests, and finally he watched as he passed his final exam. Due to his lack of training, he didn't fully understand his own clan's jutsu. The child was born into a clan that could dampen and even stop jutsu. Yet, he didn't take advantage of that knowledge.

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511/500
+1 Will Power


The child continued to watch himself progress through his final year in the academy. The realizations of his actions were rather gut wrenching. This whole time he wanted attention to be noticed, but chose the easier and shortest term version of what he wanted to achieve. The day of graduation a large and powerful one came from the leader of the education system. It finalized with letting every graduate know that although they were going to be come Genin, that these were their first steps into learning. What did that mean to Akihiko? Was this something that he could take literally?

Upon seeing his reaction of dissing it, Akihiko realized that it was literal. He had so much to learn, a child only seeking to by physically powerful wasn't enough. Every child in that graduation class wanted to be strong in their own way. That boy with pink hair and an attitude was no different than the rest. When balloons were released and all the children celebrated excitedly, they went to their respected parents and/or family. Aki went over to his siblings and his parents. He had a fully family that really hasn't felt much hardship other than close calls in missions. There were plenty of kids that have had tragedy's within their families before they could even graduate. For this Akihiko took advantage of and really didn't use perspective to appreciate what he had.

He watched as the boy seemed unimpressed all while his parents could not have been happier. They hugged him and told him how proud they were of him. This was the first time in a while, since at least Aki had been playing his life back, that he had received positive attention. Now with the power of perception, he felt that this positive reinforcement definitely felt better than being yelled at or insulted.

After all of the positive, Aki could see that in that moment he was distant. It was as if he wasn't proud of himself. As small as it might have felt, it really was an accomplishment. A moment in time where he had been rewarded for work put in. This was a feeling he wouldn't receive until the Pebble Festival. In that moment, Akihiko went home with his parents and his siblings. They went to their home that resided within the Ishiguro Compound. As a full family, they sat down and ate bbq. It was their way of celebrating a milestone achievement, the first to every ninja that wanted to take the path forward. After a night of games, jokes, and lots of great food, the pink haired boy never looked happier. In fact, it was probably the last time their entire family was together. After Akihiko had become a Genin, someone at the house was always on a mission. Whether it was his brothers, his parents, or even himself. Even though the boy was watching from a far he couldn't help but smile at this place in time. With only a second's notice, the moment stopped as if it was paused.

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560/500
+1 Control


Akihiko was confused by the pause, to the child something was off. The pause turned to a fast forward. It didn't take long to when Akihiko was hiding in a nice little shop trying to scare of couple of people instead of training to be on a mission. This was grossly all to familiar. It was a little under a year ago, when Akihiko was in this moment. While the child was reliving this event, he could feel his chakra swirl within him. In order to stay in this moment and learn whatever he needed to learn, he took the time to control his chakra and make sure it didn't spiral out of control.

The focus almost took him out of the moment, but before he could open his eyes, his attention got brought back.... Hayate walked through the doors. It was almost as if he was told of what was going to happen. The man was powerful enough to destroy entire areas and yet, he was looking for the pink haired loud mouth Akihiko had portrayed. The scene that was caused seemed to go by very slowly. Akihiko tried to scare the Raikage, but he was not happy nor impressed by his immature and childish behavior. Who could blame him?

When taken from the shop to the Raikage's office where they had a sealing room in the basement, the boy was brought to an office asking him for permission. As a third party viewing the room and the mannerisms there was a strange aura to everyone. Some disapproved of Akihiko, some were indifferent, but others seemed to be interested on how the Genma would react to being slightly nullified by the Kekkei Genkai that resided within the boy. Was Akihiko a test experiment gone right? This would be something the child took note of to ask the Raikage in the future. Was it possible he could have died and they heavily knew it? Were there others that died before him?

The child thought in retrospect. It was strange they were using a child instead of an established shinobi. Due to Aki's behavior in the past, bloodline, and age... was he expendable at the time? It wasn't until everything paused and went to black. Ryeunso appeared, this must have been due to Aki's chakra starting to spiral within him. Luckily his control was what held this illusion all together. Ryeunso spoke up and for the first time didn't have a hint of deceit behind his words. "In truth child I had ended quite a few shinobi before getting to you. I don't think their intent was based around expendable. I think at the time, they were sick of shinobi dying and this was a shot in the dark to help with sealing me. Take that as you will." His voice got softer near the end of his sentence until he completely dissipated from Aki's mind.

Ryeunso had not been as present as of late. Maybe he was waiting for something, but all of this put together made Akihiko reconsider his behavior. He was not chosen because of how strong he was. He was chosen because he was a good start in sealing the Genma properly. It was possible they thought with a little evidence and Aki's death, they could move on to a more established Ishiguro shinobi. Maybe his brothers?

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501/500
+1 Control

Controlling his chakra was also on his little list of things to work on. There were too many times his jutsu seemed slower moving than himself! How could he perform in the field if his chakra and jutsu performed were extremely slow compared to himself. With his eyes closed and still focused on reliving his past, the self proclaimed boy wonder decided to stop where he last was. If he had to keep going in the future it would be a good place to start, but he couldn't relive through the pain and suffering that sealing a genma within him created. With that in mind, Akihiko opened his eyes. His chakra was swirling throughout his body. With that in mind, the boy focused on slowly releasing it from himself. Slow to form, form to fast. That was a common saying his parents relayed to him when they trained him in the basics of his clan's jutsu.

With his eyes opening, he got a full view of the side of the mountain he was sitting against. If he didn't almost die earlier, this would have been a sight to be proud of finding. The mountainous range was high enough to have a great view of the sky, other mountains, and only a foggy view of below. What a sight. A smile grew almost ear to ear, and heavily distracted the genin. What Akihiko forgot to do was continue to control his chakra. A fluidly flowing chakra within him that was being expelled slowly, soon changed to being released extremely fast. When the boy caught on, he re-focused on his chakra. Akihiko tensed up the chakra within him and re-gained control throughout his body. Akihiko continued to control his chakra as he unfolded his legs and pressed them against the ground. He had used the pressure and leverage to lift himself up to stand.

Standing upright and having chakra flowing throughout his body, the boy turned around so that the mountainous range was in front of him. He looked directly up to see how far up he had to climb. The chakra within him felt warm and inviting, it was a great perk that came with becoming a genma host. As this chakra continued to freely flow but be controlled to expel slowly, he started calculating the climb. If he could control his chakra enough, Akihiko could make his way to the top in one run.

Wow it was much longer of a climb than he thought.... did Akihiko really fall that far? Akihiko was pleasantly happy he wasn't an ordinary child... that would have ended in only one way. Akihiko continued to focus on his chakra as he started to stretch. The climb up would not be a piece of cake. In fact, it would be difficult! But luckily the boy had spent some time fighting his demons which gave the child the capability of resting and preparing his chakra to be expended. For Aki, it was time to do the climb.

[Texas]

520/500
+1 Control

The wind was passing through his hair, keeping that pink spiky hair fluffing up. His clothes followed letting every breeze take hold. It was a borderline dramatic scene, followed by Akihiko's chakra being controlled fluidly throughout. Now was the time to race to the top. Based on his chakra amount and his control, Akihiko determined that he would make it to the top and if not, have to find a place to rest. With that in mind, the boy focused some of his chakra that was swirling throughout his body, to his feet.

Akihiko placed his right foot against the mountain. The chakra on his right foot latched onto the mountain. He did the same action with his left foot and the chakra focused there as well. Before he knew it, Akihiko was standing on the side of the mountain as if it was a flat surface. Although there was dips, extrusions, and different textures on the side of the mountain, Akihiko used this moment of control and started running up the mountain. The chakra below his feet held strong and the pink haired boy used most of his brain capacity to help control the chakra to swirl from his body to his feet in almost perfect tandem. The synergy of his chakra and movements, impressed even the boy. Each step however, he could feel his chakra depleting.

Left foot first, right foot second, the child even began moving his arms in opposite motion to try to get some kind of consistent jog going. However, being on the side of a mountain combined with spiritic wind movement, made controlling his chakra with his feet incredibly difficult. As he maneuvered his footwork, the wind took a hold of him more than a couple times. This resulted in him crossing his feet and attempting to keep his composure. Because at the end of the day... there was no plank to bail him out of a fall again.

The pink haired child made a point to keep his head down. Although Akihiko was sticking the the side of the mountain, if he did take a wrong step... a fall could have been hard to recover from. The stress of not falling made the control of chakra begin to waiver. Up higher he found a smaller ledge than what he was resting on. Maybe it was time to take a break. Before he arrived to it, Aki looked up. He was more than half way there, if he could put a range on it, he was 3/4 of the way to the top. Looking up and seeing how close broke his concentration. This resulted in his left food losing control of chakra. It made him slip, hard enough to the point where Akihiko freaked out and used the leverage he had gained with his right foot. He would use that to propel himself forward against the mountain and gripped the side of it with both hands. He used the remaining strength to get up to the little ledge, which was his goal to get to when he realized the depletion of his chakra.

[Texas]

505/500
+1 Control

Gripping the side of the ledge, Akihiko felt frustrated and borderline sad. He had been training so hard and yet, he couldn't scale a MOUNTAIN WITH HIS CHAKRA?!?

The pink haired loud mouth grew tears from his eyes. These were necessarily sad tears, in no way did Akihiko fully feel bad for himself. They were tears of frustration. He just head a heart to heart with himself, saved himself from falling to his death, and yet he had difficulty going up perfectly 90 degrees and couldn't stop himself from falling. Was the control of his chakra really that low? Was he really that weak?

The boy didn't want to go back into his mind, it was already a place he had borderline spent too much time. No person should be subject to that much time in his own mind... not even himself. It took at least 10-20 minutes for Akihiko to recover just a little bit. That was enough time to not only get his chakra flowing a little bit more and replenish, but it was also enough time to psych himself up. Aki even spoke out loud "Damnit Aki, you can do this. Stop being useless!" With those words of encouragement? Aki started to go back to flowing the chakra within his body.

The chakra erupted throughout, it was almost as if he took everything within him and had it explode! With control, the child flowed the chakra throughout his entire body and focused heavily on his feet. The bottom of his feet held a hard layer of chakra. Akihiko used his arms to grab the top of the mountain side he was on and leveraged his feet to get to his chest as if he was in a fetal position. The child then slowly balanced and stood up slowly, so he was yet again standing on the side of the mountain.

This time Akihiko didn't want to mess around, he clenched his calves and stretched out his hamstrings. All in one motion he pushed off with his left foot and instead of a brisk walk, the boy decided to do a full on sprint. He would alternate his arms to gain more motion as he ran up the mountain. Each foot would push off the next one almost making the child get exponentially faster. Akihiko kept his head down and focused on the natural obstacles the side of the mountain provided. There was a point where there was a little dip in the part of the mountain he was running up. Instead of going around, the child took the challenge and got low while running. He would use his arms to pull himself up as he kicked with his legs. This would provide a straight up move forward. The success of that, gave Aki the confidence to continue to focus on the chakra at his feet and run more. It took several minutes, but by the time he could feel his chakra depleting, he had almost made it to the vey top.

[Texas]

517/500
+1 Control

Akihiko had pretty much made it to the top of the mountain, however he still had a couple steps to go. The success he felt truly got to his head. It was a moment where celebrating before the victory was a bad omen. When he reached the top, he was nearly 5 steps away before he lost control over his feet. In that moment Akihiko could feel his feet slipping as if he had lost all grip. The child used his feet to dig into the side of the mountain as much as he could and leaned forward to land forward against the mountain. With this motion he slammed his body against the side of the mountain and gripped the mountain barely with his right hand.

Although he lost control in his feet, the pink haired delinquent continued to focus on chakra throughout his body. While handing against the side of the mountain, Akihiko was determined to prove his worth at the very least to himself. The child wanted to prove that he could do this and control his chakra properly. While hanging Akihiko couldn't help but continue to flow and control his chakra. It went from being a sporadic, chaotic, and hectic mess. To slowly forming and flowing as if it was water in a current. A gentle flow of chakra taken from it's chaotic state and the child could feel it settling down within him.

After a few moment of focusing, Aki channeled his chakra back to his feet. It had felt repetitive at this point. It was almost like the boy knew exactly what to do but didn't have the experience or the capabilities to perform. A chaotic combination of frustration and determination helped Aki feel motivated to control his chakra properly. The boy focused more on his chakra to form below his feet. As he barely dangled on the side of the mountain only a few steps away from the top, Akihiko swung his feet to place flat against the side of the mountain. He stood tall and had an untraditionally serious face take form. With slightly bent knees, the child pushed himself forward. He took all 5 steps and used the 6th one to plant his feet at the very top. Although trivial to others, this was an accomplishment the boy was extremely proud of. Who would have though a potentially life ending training session could be so successful.

When the child got to the top he laid flat against the mountain top. Aki at this point was out of breath. Between the life threatening danger and the physical tole of not only running up a mountain, but channeling his chakra to perform the feat.... it was easy to say that Akihiko was pooped. In the current moment, the child had sweat pouring from him combined with fated breath. Was he dying? No... he was just tired. The boy laid there and looked at the clouds in the sky. Although he was tired, Aki knew it was a perfect opportunity to continue to train. There was plenty of day left after all!

[Texas]

528/500
+1 Speed

While laying down and looking up at the sky, the child had tried to determine what to train next. A big part of his combat was his chakra capacity and his speed. Both of which, he hadn't been able to spend much time due to... well.. almost dying. With that being said, the child lifted up his head and sat up. As he sat in the field on top of the mountain, Akihiko decided he would change the location. Maybe falling off the cliff again was something he couldn't come back from. The child decided that he would run back home. He could focus on channeling his chakra in his back yard where he could get some water and actually focus on himself without the fear of death.

With that being said though, the child wanted to take advantage of him being tired. Maybe if he sprinted all the way back he could peak his muscles and get even the tiniest bit faster. With the decision made, the boy slowly got up from his sitting position. Aki placed both of his hands on his lower back and then arched his back. He used the momentum to crack a couple of bones. The child didn't really know what that stretch did, but he did know that adults did it... so why not act like one?! The pink haired genin did the same thing with his legs and stretched them out. He did every stretch in the book, at least all the ones he knows. It was enough stretch procrastinating to at least gain his strength before he sprinted back home.

Akihiko literally put the mountain experience behind him. With that pun in mind, the child flexed all of the muscles in his legs and sprinted towards the direction of his home. He went back in a similar route, but now it was clear as day out and everyone would be around. It took around 20 minutes just to get down the mountain. Although downhill was easier to gain speed with, the child was still almost completely out of breath and tired by the time he got to the bottom.

Even though he made it to the bottom, the pre-teen simply didn't want to stop. Red in the face and sweating, the child was breathing as if he was using a trumpet. Heavy deep breaths in and pushing air out even heavier. The huffing and puffing of the young child kept going as he ran through his favorite place, the market. The optics was probably something awkward seeing a child huffing and puffing through the town market as people were shopping. The little son of a gun would bob and weave between people. It usually left people jump scaring from him or frustrated yelling at him for getting between them and their destination.

It wasn't until Akihiko got to the middle of the market square where he bumped into a merchant. The collision caused all of his fresh oranges to fly in the air. What comes up must come down. The result had all of the oranges not only fall on the ground but all hit Akihiko on the head.

[Texas]

508/500
+1 Speed

With the collision, followed chaos. Falling was just the initial issue, landing was second, and the oranges well the oranges were the bow on top. Akihiko was still trying to process the collision, his face hurt from smashing into the stall and his butt hurt from falling back on it. However, he couldn't predict the top of his head would hurt from perfectly ripe oranges landing on his head. Each one hurt more than the last. If Akihiko was in a cartoon there would be a large lump the size of a banana protruding from his head. Instead the child was hurting all over and his ears were starting to hurt as well. From what you might ask? From the man who ran the stall... He... well.. simply put was not happy. The man himself was red in the face as he was just absolutely screaming at Akihiko calling him useless and a delinquent.

The way Akihiko saw it, he could run away while laughing. Which in his opinion, seemed like the best case scenario. However, a child who had a real moment with his near death experience, wanted to change his normal behavior. Instead of running Akihiko decided to help. It would also be a great way to take a break too. The boy jumped up and waved off the man, but Aki simply tuned him out. The child used wire from his ninja bag to tie up the stall a little bit, so it was at least stable. The boy even placed a kunai at the bottom of one of the corners to make sure it didn't shuffle.

In a flash, Akihiko started to pick up every orange he could find. It was a constant and repetitive motion of picking up around 4-6 oranges and placing them back in the stall. The child whipped around and moved fast, to the point where the stall owner was simply perplexed. This was not the same pink haired child he was used to. It honestly disappointed him, a lot of the civilians that dealt with Aki had started to get used to yelling at him. However, with all of the help he was providing the man kind of felt bad. After the swift movements, Akihiko had finished helping with cleaning the stall and all of the produce. Instead of acknowledging the stall owner, Akihiko flexed all of the muscles in his legs and pushed forward.

It was a slightly nice break from running, he had been arguably running for a little too long. With this nice pace change, the child took advantage of his slightly rested muscles and ran all the way home. After he had left the market, there was little to no interference. Of course he would see a couple of people here and there, but with the sight of the Ishiguro Compound, Akihiko couldn't have been more excited to take a little break and truly focus on his chakra capacity. The road to Chuunin was a long one, but he was off to a good start.

[Texas]

559/500
+1 Chakra Pool

Akihiko traveled back home. It was easy to say he was pooped after the entire day of well he almost died twice... TWICE. Once was a fall to his death and the second time was almost downed by oranges. When he got home, the child went to his room and changed out of his ninja clothes. He quickly changed into a white Kimono and made it downstairs in time for dinner. The child was also starving. His father was home and cooked a delicious steak with rice. The pink haired loud mouth chowed the food down in almost record time. It was his way of replenishing before going outside to the back yard to train.

During dinner the child explained his day and finished the conversation while cleaning his plate. There was so much time that the boy didn't want to lose.. he was on a roll!! Also, he learned a very hard lesson that life is short... a weird lesson that a 12 year old would have learned. The child hastily went outside in his white kimono and watched as the sun was near setting.

Aki would go out to the back yard garden and lower his body. He would sit on the ground and cross his legs in a crisscross style in order to keep upright and be comfortable. Comfort was half the battle! At least to Aki. After feeling fresh and ready to roll, the pink haired genin closed his eyes and started to really focus on the chakra within him. It was an adjustment, the chakra he was born with and used to had drastically changed in the last year. Not that it has increased or decreased, more so it had changed in color, feel, texture. It pretty much was something completely different, a hybrid of both his chakra and Ryeunso's chakra. The color was white and gave off a rather calming presence around. Based on the conversation he had with Ryeunso, it simply was a trick all of itself. The chakra was meant to lower inhibition and make people believe the situation was safe and comforting. When in reality Ryeunso would get off on tricking people when their guard was fully down.

The genma had delivered a lot of great information to the boy. He had learned more about being a ninja, what capabilities his new found power could do, and great tactics for tricking people. Causing chaos was something that both Akihiko and the (literal) Chaos Genma had in common. Perhaps Akihiko wasn't just a test subject. There was a BIG MAYBE that based on his personality combined with his bloodline the child was actually a perfect transition to become the Jinchuriki for Kumogakure and host this wretched Genma.

These thoughts were fleeting and the young child had decided to focus back on releasing as much chakra as he possibly could. The goal for the simply minded, smooth brained, eggshell noggin shinobi was that if he could use up all of his chakra, then by trying to go further he could maybe increase his limit. The thought process was parallel to weight training. You train a certain weight for a while and break down your muscles in order for them to be rebuilt up stronger. The basic concept potentially could work with chakra use. Welp, there was only one way to find out.

[Texas]

502/500
+1 Chakra Pool

Tranquility. This was a concept that Akihiko absolutely loathed. He hated only a few things; villain's (although he didn't know any personally...), being alone, and absolute quiet. Even while he was training on the mountain, the child truly hated it. It was a reminder of school. The boy didn't want to go down that rabbit hole again, he already had quite the coming of age moment and saw deep into the crystal ball of the past.

While his eyes were closed, the boy could feel his chakra expelling. It was being released from every pore within his body. It felt as though steam was freely flowing out of him, yet it left a calming and trusting presence that even he could feel. Was the pink haired loud mouth immature genin actually making himself calm? This feeling alone broke him of his tranquil state.

It was however, enough of a distraction for him not to notice he was almost fully depleted of chakra. The child smirked while sitting down and eyes closed. He was doing it! He was doing it!!! Unfortunately, the child had never willingly depleted all of the chakra he had. Akihiko simply didn't know the repercussions for his actions. As the last bit of white chakra fled his body, so did his consciousness. The excitement and giddiness turned quickly into black. Not just the normal empty minded hollow brained boy black... but passed out.

What a mistake the boy had made. He didn't fully realize that expelling all of his chakra didn't mean he would increase it immediately, instead he exerted way too much and ended up knocking himself out. Akihiko's father came down from reading and checked on his son who he thought was safe leaving outside for a little under an hour. He was within the safety of their family home.. what's the worst he could do? Well, it was clear his nuckleheaded son wasn't thinking when it came to tackling his own training.

He opened the door in the kitchen that lead to the blocked off the back yard. As the man walked out in his night time clothes, he could feel the residue of Akihiko's chakra in the air. It too brought him the safe and calming feeling. However, at this point the man knew what that meant. Usually he would feel this sensation before getting a bucket of water on his head or fall into mud. This time however, he could see it was just Akihiko on the ground. He bent his body down and used both arms to pickup his child. His left arm held the head up while the right arm carried the legs.

Akihiko's father picked him up, walked into the kitchen, and closed the door leading outside. He carried the pink haired boy upstairs to his room. In one swoop, the man placed Aki in bed and tucked him in tight. With a brisk walk, he left the room and turned off the light. Maybe Akihiko would have better luck tomorrow.

[Texas]

501/500
+1 Chakra Pool

6'8, 250 pounds soaking wet of pure muscle, a muscular and perfect looking powerhouse... Akihiko watched on within the 2nd layer of the limbo realm as enemy forces marched with the prisoner, a princess of lightning country. The 25 year old man knew the mission. He jumped down and followed them. The boy...Man* couldn't contain himself. Without trying hard he silently walked only a couple meters behind them.

They talked a big game and spoke about how much the princess would sell for. It would have made them not only rich, but infamous. Lucky for the princes, Lord Akihiko, the Man within Realms, the Unseen Monster, the Living Breathing Legend was there to save her.

While the perfect man that could also be a notorious model was stalking these perpetrators, he waited for a perfect moment to strike. They stopped the horse that was carrying the princess and decided that it was a perfect time for them to take a break. Unfortunately for them, they were going to mess with The Limbo Dragon of Kumogakure no sato. Akihiko walked forward as they stopped. He took out two kunai while channeling his chakra. The man was able to walk in-between the two men and as he bent his two arms inward to gain momentum, he ripped into the 1st layer of the limbo realm. In that very moment he stabbed both of the men. To the princess it would appear that the men would start bleeding from their necks instantaneously.

She screamed in fear! However, Akihiko channeled his chakra again while placing those two kunai back in his bag. Once the kunai were hidden, the child would rip himself into the present realm to be visible to the Lightning Princess. "OH AKIHIKO ITS YOU!" she shouted before running into the mans large and muscular arms. He smiled with the attraction of a thousand suns. With a very deep and handsome voice, one that could attract even barn animals, he softly and sexily said "Well my dear lady lightning, I couldn't leave you in the hands of these villain's."

The Princess blushed and rushed to his arms. As they embraced, she looked up at his chiseled and godlike jawline and went in for a kiss. Akihiko bent his shoulders a bit to get at her level since he was so muscular and tall. Right before their lips touched, the child's eyes truly opened. He was no man, but a boy. He was also not saving a princess.. instead he was tucked into bed wearing a white kimono. It was... a dream?!?

The pink haired boy lifted his right arm up, clenched it into a fist, and swung it down in anger. DAMNIT! He thought it was real... it felt so real. With sadness and frustration the child jumped up out of bed. How did he get here? With only a minor thought and a few seconds of deductive reasoning it became crystal clear. The child exerted all of his chakra and passed out.

[Texas]

505/500
+1 Chakra Pool

Akihiko was simply stumped. Between passing out the night before because of well... stupidity and waking up from probably the greatest dream of all time, the boy was stuck standing up in utter shock. His training tactic seemed to fail and the love of his life didn't really exist. Nor did the perfect and borderline accurate depiction he created of himself.

The boy changed out of his white kimono and put on his ninja attire. He was going to make up for all of the lost time from last night. It took a mere 5 minutes to get undressed, out of his sleeping clothes, and into the ninja gear he was used to wearing. The pink haired delinquent did his usually routine where he brushed his teeth and headed downstairs. His dad was hours into being awake with tea and reading what would be a form of news on the kitchen table. He laughed and handed him a folded piece of paper. The man looked at Akihiko and told him some information. "If you are serious about what you are doing take this paper and follow it to the T. You will get to where you want to be." Akihiko's father was a man of few words, so when he spoke he ininvertely demanded to be listened to. Aki took his word as gospel as he grabbed the folded paper.

Without looking at it, the child left the house and headed to the training ground. It didn't take long and with a decent amount of day dreaming he had arrived to the open training grounds. It was the standard field that he had once taken Shiun and Suzuko to. He walked up to the middle of the training ground, the sun was just starting to rise. The paper read to utilize his chakra in a meaningful way for long periods of time. It was capitalized at the bottom: "WITHOUT USING ALL OF YOUR CHAKRA, YOU WILL PASS OUT."

The boy nodded and refolded the piece of paper. He used his right hand that held the paper and placed it in his butt pack gently. The child walked to the beginning of the training field and began to channel the chakra within his whole entire body. Instead of releasing jutsu, the child focused on keeping his chakra in check and expelling it only a little bit. With that in mind, the boy began to run. He ran to one end of the training grounds and back, all while holding the chakra in him and releasing it a little bit at a time. The child continued this action back and forth, back and forth. The continuous action left the child tired after several minutes of participating in this action. The only constant was that his chakra did not depleted nearly as fast as it did previously. He not only was controlling it a little bit better, but he could feel it lasted longer than before. Akihiko stopped and looked at his hands, he had to keep going!

[Texas]

243/212 (500-288)
+1 Chakra Pool

Akihiko wanted to keep this feeling going, in fact he felt as though he could do this all day. However, the chakra within him wasn't infinite and he truly wasn't ready to keep his chakra from holding for all day like he wanted. Instead, the child decided to keep this feeling going. He wanted to increase the amount of chakra he could use. With that in mind and his father's advice, Aki had decided that he would continue this exercise while running home. Maybe he could make it home in time to drink a tea with his father and go over the future of his training. It would be a great moment and a progressive step forward in becoming the ultimate weapon for Kumogakure no Sato.

The child continued to hold the chakra throughout his body and only release it out little by little. While practicing that, the pink haired genin turned his body towards his family home and ran towards it. He kicked his legs up and sprinted home. As fast as his little legs could go, but it was equally important that during that time his chakra didn't waiver. All and all the training was a success. The boy arrived home with his chakra nearly depleted, but not all the way. When he entered the front door he greeted his father with a smile and eagerness. He gazed upon his father and simply asked "I uh.. could use some more advice."