Chapter 6: Training
Chapter 6: Training
'Hmm, there is some movement in my chakra reserve, but it is more like a vibration than actual movement. Well, since I tried everything I could think of, tomorrow I'll just ask the old man about this,' he thought and went for his much-needed sleep.
(Next morning...)
At 4:30 A.M., Kaida woke up and thought:
'Oh! Sleeping without constant pain is nice. I feel fresh and energetic. Let's get up now since I have to go for training in half an hour.'
Just as he came out of the bathroom after taking a bath, there was a knock at the door.
"Kaida, wake up! We have to go for training!"
'Yomi is already here. Well, that's great, I don't have to go fetch her,' Kaida thought.
Kaida opened the door and said, "What do you mean wake up? I am already ready. Let's go; we only have 5 minutes left."
"Yeah, good morning to you too, jerk," Yomi said.
"Who the hell is teaching you these words? I thought you were the nice and good kid among the two of us," Kaida said with a cheeky smile on his face.
"We don't have time for your useless questions, let's go otherwise we will be late," she said and ran toward the backyard of the orphanage.
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When they both reached their destination, they found that Hiroshi was already present there and looked like he was waiting for them. He turned to them and said, "You guys are late by 10 minutes."
"We are on time, Uncle. You asked us to come here at 5:00 A.M.," Kaida said with a puzzled look on his face.
"This is your first lesson Kaida, so listen carefully. If you are on time, then you are already 10 minutes late. A ninja should always arrive at their destination early so they can study their surroundings and make plans for future or possible confrontations. Am I clear?" Hiroshi said, now in a serious demeanor different from his usual joyful and easygoing nature.
"Yes, sir," they both replied, now completely alert.
"Okay, now to make a training plan for you, first I want both of you to run around this area until you can't run anymore," Hiroshi said with a military sergeant tone.
The circumference of that area was nearly 150 meters. They both nodded their heads without a single question and started running. After only 8 rounds, Yomi stopped running, panting heavily. Kaida went for 8 more rounds and then he stopped running.
Seeing the dejected expression on Yomi's face, Hiroshi said, "Don't worry, Yomi. According to the standard of a 5-year-old child, your performance was great too. It's just that Kaida has already unlocked his chakra, which indirectly makes his body more powerful."
"Uncle, I also want to unlock my chakra. Can you please teach me how to do that?" Yomi asked. Though she may not look like it, she was a really competitive person.
"Of course, I will teach you. But first, let's continue with our physical testing," Hiroshi said.
After running, they both had to do push-ups, pull-ups, and squats, with Kaida's score being more or less around 25-30 and Yomi's score being 10-15 at max, and that was after pushing herself to limits.
"Hmm, okay. Both of you are in great physical condition. Now, first, Yomi, come forward. I will check if you can unlock your chakra now or if you have to wait for some time."
Hearing that, Yomi became excited and hurried toward the old man. He placed his hand on her back, and a blue aura could be seen on his hand. After nearly 5 minutes, the old man removed his hand, stood back, and said,
"Congratulations, Yomi. You are close to unlocking your chakra too. You just have to do meditation until you unlock your chakra. The meditation technique is..."
*(a/n: Hey guys, I could just write any simple or complex meditation technique that will be copied from the internet, but I decided to leave it blank since that meditation technique will not be a real one. I have come up with a meditation technique of my own for this, and it will be discussed in the future, not now :-p)*
"Yomi, you can go back. Kaida, now it's your turn. Come forward."
When Kaida approached the old man, he performed the same task, covering his hand with chakra and placing it on Kaida's back. After 5 minutes, he removed his hand, stood up again, and said, "Kaida, you already have quite a good amount of chakra, so you can skip the meditation part and directly jump into an exercise related to chakra control. Though I'm not saying that you don't have to meditate, but that you have to do two exercises at the same time."
"Uncle, I have a question related to chakra," Kaida asked, since the topic of chakra was already going this was the perfect time to ask his doubts anyway.
"What is it?" Hiroshi asked.
"Yesterday, I tried to move my chakra like it was my hand or foot, but it never worked even though I tried really hard. So, I decided to change my approach and treat chakra as air, which did move it a little but not like how I wanted it to move. It was more like a vibration than a movement," Kaida explained his doubt and experience.
"Well, you are half right about treating chakra as air. Chakra is the energy in our body, which circulates in rhythm with the ninja's heartbeat, pulsing through their veins and energy pathways, syncing with their physical and spiritual essence.
To move your chakra, all you need is to think about the area you want to move your chakra to, and it will be spiritually guided to that area. This is one of the exercises you have to do to increase your chakra control, where you have to place a leaf on your head and try to stick it there. The longer you can maintain it, the greater your chakra control will be. Anything else?"
"No, thank you, Uncle," Kaida bowed and went back to his position.
"Now, both of you can go back and take some rest, come back tomorrow. By then, I will have a personal training plan for both of you," Hiroshi said.
Hearing that, both of them sighed in relief. Even though the idea of training was exciting in the beginning, after pushing themselves to their limit for so long they were exhausted and couldn't continue anymore, so the end of training was a very big relief to them.
They went back to the orphanage dining area since they were super hungry due to all the physical exercise they had done. They took a hearty amount of food on their plates and went to the corner table to sit. This time, Suri maintained his distance from them while eating. Yomi asked, "Kaida, what will you do for the whole day?"
"I am thinking of trying the exercise the old man just taught me."
"Well, I was also thinking of doing the same. But since I will not get any privacy in my room to meditate, I will also come to your room to do my meditation practice."
"Okay," Kaida replied, understanding the need for it, as this was one of the reasons he asked for a separate room for himself.
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