Chakra Training 1

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2013 Alexis Grey

Karasu woke up early, earlier than normal. You see, his charge was training diligently, and the elder Uchiha felt that it was his duty to ensure that he was strong enough to assist his nephew when the time came.

Getting a shower and getting dressed, he wandered outside into the crisp morning air and began to jump to his usual hiding spot, the top of the temple itself. It was fairly spacious (read massive), and provided the perfect location to just let loose without disturbing either Kirei or the wildlife that inexplicably lived on the back of a turtle.

Seriously, Karasu still couldn't get over that little tidbit.

Chakra 1/5

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2013 Alexis Grey

Arriving at his location, Karasu began his usual morning stretches. Hold his right arm out parallel to the ground. Rotate his wrist until his palm was facing up. Swing the arm back until it stopped, ensuring that it wasn't to the point where it hurt, then rotating the palm back downwards. Work the shoulder a little, then switch arms and repeat. Sit down and grab one leg, lifting it while keeping it completely straight. Bend the knee, and bring it to the chest. Switch legs. Grab his fingers one by one, gently, and tug until there's a pop, keeping them limber enough for fast hand seals.

Standing back up, Karasu would get into a loose, balanced stance, picking up a stick he had found a few days prior and fashioned into a fairly-sturdy bokken. It wasn't pretty, but if need be he could always reinforce it with chakra and turn it into something lethal. Giving it a few test swings, he would nod before settling back down.

Chakra 2/5

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Slash, dodge, roll, stab, reset. A vicious slash from the bottom right to top left, followed by a swift block. A jab to an arm, followed with two steps back. Meet strong overhead slash with weaker defense, throwing off the opponent and striking at the thigh while he is off balance. Lash out left foot to opponent's wounded thigh, bellying around them to get behind. Slash at back while distracted. Block incoming stab, punch to the face, kick to the groin. Execute.

Breathing lightly, Karasu would hold up his makeshift bokken and sigh. An imaginary opponent was hard enough to deal with, but an imaginary sword, too? He remembered something about his father leaving him a family heirloom, a blade that had no equal even among the Seven Swordsmen of the Mist, but he had yet to find it. Perhaps...Perhaps he just didn't deserve it yet, and things would become more clear with time. Yes. That must be it.

Tossing his stick to the side, the Uchiha would begin to move on to his other workouts.

Chakra 3/5

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2013 Alexis Grey

Standing in the middle of the area, Karasu decided to get to the serious workouts. The entire point of this was to balance his chakra and strengthen it, and while physical exercise worked surprisingly well for that, learning how to mold and channel it was the backbone of this form of training. Running through a few familiar hand seals, Karasu let loose the Uchiha's bread and butter, the Great Fireball technique.

A shinobi of Karasu's strength was capable of quite a bit of fire with such a basic jutsu, and it certainly showed. Moving on, he activated his Sharingan and moved into more advanced clan techniques, ones that weren't necessarily taught to many outsiders if at all. In fact, the jutsu he used now required the Sharingan to even work properly, guiding the flames.

The Fire Release: Blast Wave Wild Dance swirled around itself in a beautiful, destructive spiral, made all the more tantalizing by the enhanced vision given to him by his Sharingan. It was gorgeous. Moving into a longer set of hand seals, he would use the strongest of clan techniques as a finale. "Fire Release: Great Fire Destruction!"

The massive stream of flames surged outward in a path of glorious hell. Karasu was swift to cut it off at the source before it reached the forest, but it was a close thing. He thought he could hear squirrels screaming at the top of their lungs from the near-death experience, but he didn't care. Deactivating his Sharingan, he began to take a look around.

Chakra 4/5

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Jumping down off from the temple, Karasu began to take a walk through the woods before...Yup. He had definitely pissed off the squirrels. Were those...walnuts? Definitely walnuts. Running around like a maniac while having mixed nuts thrown at you by a bunch of angry rodents wasn't the BEST morning he'd ever had, but he was sure he'd laugh about it later.

Finally getting back to the temple looking worse for wear, Karasu decided he'd better clean himself up before the kid saw him like this. He had twigs sticking out of his hair, everything was scuffed and scraped, and he smelled like ash and soot from his training. Wandering back into his room, he couldn't help but smile as he turned on the shower. It sucked that he had to do this more than once a day, but who cares?

He'd much rather do this than face the kid smelling like acorns and sweat. Too many questions there.

Chakra 5/5