“Chakra training is always an option,” Akito mumbled to himself. “That is a side of training I probably shouldn’t neglect.”
Akito began to arrange his living space. He folded up his futon, tidied his desk a little, and moved a few things from the center of the room to make room for the cushion he was going to sit on. The method of training he was going for could be considered a form of meditation. Akito was going to sit in place and send a powerful burst of chakra out of each of his tenketsu. The idea was to use up a lot of chakra quickly, then rest for a moment and try to do it again. It was not a technique Akito especially enjoyed. It usually left too much room for his overactive mind, but he could not argue that it was an important thing to do.
Akito sat down cross legged on the cushion, the backs of his hands resting against his knees. He took a long, deep breath in through his nose and held it for a moment. When he exhaled, he started to push chakra out of all 361 points on his body. Another deep breath in, and another deep breath out. As long as he kept that up, his mind could wander.
ENDURANCE: Well done. You can do this. Just keep exuding chakra like that and you’ll be able to do it all day in no time flat.
PAIN THRESHOLD: And if you run into an issue, I will let you know, quickly.
PHYSICAL INSTRUMENT: Damn this rain. Better you should train your body rather than your chakra. What did your chakra ever do for you?
ENCYCLOPEDIA: Chakra can be expended to utilize ninjutsu, genjutsu, and even for certain taijutsu.
HAND-EYE COORDINATION: Not to mention the Nin-Tai Jutsu which we pride ourselves on. Not to pat myself on the back too much.
PHYSICAL INSTRUMENT: Hmph.
HAND-EYE COORDINATION: Don’t pout. We train you every other day. Besides, look at him, he’s not exactly lacking in the musculature department.
PHYSICAL INSTRUMENT: This is true.
LOGIC: Yes, the ratio of chakra training to physical training is rather low. If anything, this will bring us back into equilibrium.
ELECTROCHEMISTRY: With all this rain, maybe we should up the booze to training ratio. This meditation thing seems boring.
VOLITION: No.
ELECTROCHEMISTRY: No? Just no?
VOLITION: Yes, just no.
ELECTROCHEMISTRY: You never let him have any fun. We should go grab a drink, and maybe after that-
VOLITION: Stop.
ELECTROCHEMISTRY: - we could go call upon -
VOLITION: Stop.
PAIN THRESHOLD: STOP!
Akito could feel that he was nearing the end of his chakra. He stopped what he was doing, and began to count down from 100.
LOGIC: 100, 99, 98, 97…
ELECTROCHEMISTRY: Where were we?
VOLITION: You wanted to go drink sake. I said no. Now he has to count down from 100 so we don’t die.
LOGIC: 94, 93, 92…
ENDURANCE: Yes, we need to get more chakras.
HALF LIGHT: The more chakras we have. The more we can throw at the bastards in front of us.
ENCYCLOPEDIA: Chakra is a non-countable noun. It is not a discrete unit of power. If you mean tenketsu, then the number of those is fixed for all people at 361. If you mean the Eight Gates, those are eight specific tenketsu with specific limiting responsibilities. Those, too, are fixed.
INLAND EMPIRE: And if we can build up enough of a chakra reserve, the Hyuuga will finally accept us with open arms.
ENCYCLOPEDIA: Historically speaking-
VOLITION: Stop.
ELECTROCHEMISTRY: Wow! Not often you tell him to stop like that. And here I thought we had something special.
SAVOIR FAIRE: No, maybe he has a point.
HAND EYE COORDINATION: Agreed. We’ve borne the brunt of that burden for too long and look what it has gotten us.
LOGIC: 50, 49, 48, 47…
COMPOSURE: I too have done much for that cause. The head family are sticklers for manners.
ENCYCLOPEDIA: The “court” protocol of the Hyuuga family dates back to the time of the founding of Konoha.
ELECTROCHEMISTRY: This is why he doesn’t get girls.
ESPIRIT DE CORPS: Maybe why he does not get any low-quality harlots. That is not what he needs. The clan will soon provide him with his graceful Hyuuga hime.
INLAND EMPIRE: Yes, it’s right around the corner.
ELECTROCHEMISTRY: Well I need the harlots.
ESPIRIT DE CORPS: You only think you need the harlots. All they will do in the long run is divide us from the clan.
PERCEPTION: Have you seen the looks they already give us? We are already divided from the clan.
EMPATHY: Can you stop calling them harlots?
ESPIRIT DE CORPS: Why? That’s what they are. Harlots.
EMPATHY: Was mother a harlot?
ESPIRIT DE CORPS: Well…
AUTHORITY: Answer the question.
ESPIRIT DE CORPS: If not for her, we wouldn’t be inside of a half-breed.
LOGIC: 23, 22 - If not for her, our genetic makeup would be different enough to render us a different person entirely - 19, 18…
CONCEPTUALIZATION: A different person entirely. What a thought. An entirely new canvas on which to paint ourselves. Just as we’ve painted this personality onto ourselves.
ELECTROCHEMISTRY: And what a boring coat of paint it is. Come on, let’s cut loose. Screw these Hyuuga rules. Forget the Hyuuga hime, who by the way is never going to-
VOLITION: Stop.
ELECTROCHEMISTRY: Come on, you know as well as any of us that the clan will never let a half-breed into the main bloodline.
ENCYCLOPEDIA: Historically speaking, this is accurate.
INLAND EMPIRE: But what if it did ha-
LOGIC: 1, ZERO!
ENDURANCE: Time to start again.
SpoilerShow
WC: 1,023