Training by the Boarder: Tetsuo-kun's Stamina and the Rain

==Participants:==
Hyuga Tetsuo, Uzumaki Athena
==Title: Tetsuo's Stamina and the Rain==
JusticeAndPunishment: It is sunrise at the Amegakure Border and the rainfall is quite steady at the time of the day with the sun appearing on the eastern horizon. Tetsuo asked early the previous day to conduct training with his Su-Kage instructor Uzumaki Athena as she is the head of Team Four, the group consisting of his friends which are the Haruno twins Nakara and Naotaka, and Athena’s son Ritsuka. He decided to report to her that he needs an improvement on his stamina since it is a major weakness for the Hyuga in an addition to physical strength. This very much handicaps Tetsuo’s skill as Yazuka seems to have overcame his weakness through the Amekage Uzumaki Kagato as Yazuka is assigned to Team 1 under Kagato. As a result, Tetsuo is instructed to arrive at the border in the morning where Athena would wait for him there to begin his training. He leaves the Hyuga home just as sunrise is approaching while it is fairly still dawn, wearing his white Hyuga robes and his black shinobi pants while bearing his usual kit of his six kunai and three pairs of bombs inside the kunai pouch on his right thigh and six shuriken inside of the round shinobi pouch tied onto the back of his robe sash. He feels no need to use his white rain poncho as the rain is only trickling at this time so he jogs along the trail to the border where the bridge is. Once he reaches there, he would wait in the middle of the bridge until he would see Athena appear. If she is already there, he would bow in before her and greet her politely: “Good morning, Athena-sensei. I have come for training as instructed.”
IlAthena: -Resting her back against the tree along side the long boarder edge bride. This spot had very much seemed her favourite place for quite some time, smiling at the idea behind closed lids as the sun rose, the heat layering across her puppet skin, being a clone of ones self while the other was doing all the work seemed somewhat amusing. Her palms holding her shoulders, not from the could but more for comforts sake, it was about time her student arrived. After seeing him verse her daughter Nakara his skill somewhat worried her, reading over the mission report with her true selves eyes making her sigh to it. Her eyes flicking over to the youth approaching. She was not a very patient person as many would know by now, however he was just on time... Nodding to his words speaking light and calmly as she stepped off the wooden surface of the tree to stand in front of him- “ You're on time” -smiling to this idea, he looked prepared and rearing to go, a quick assessment of his skills thus far and she would proceed with the training that she thought would serve him best in order to be able to handle himself better, his stamina being a Hyuga was in question but she was confidant with what she had planned for him was going to greatly improve his skills at being able to bring forth his Chakra, Bringing her finger to her lip pondering a second as she walked over to the centre of the bridge, her mind recalling the list of abilities she knew he used deciding on one as she withdrew one of her scrolls from her side leg strapping placing it upright next to her sitting down under the consistent droplets of rain in the middle of the bridge and gesturing with her hand for him to mimic her as she explained what she had on the cards in order to improve his skills and stamina- “Sit.... Firstly I wish to know why you wish to bring up your stamina...” -the idea to see where his goals lay was always one of those forefront things in her mind, making sure her students were of the sane mind and unselfish mind were of the utmost importance... the were the ripples of a great down pour they would shape the new generation of the Ame and she would ensure the right motives were instilled into them, Sitting waiting for his reply-
JusticeAndPunishment: Tetsuo remains quiet despite hearing Athena tell him of how he arrived on time, but he bows his head to her after he stands up straight toward her as she walks toward the centre of the bridge where he stands. He notices her clutching and lifting up a scroll from one of her sides as she goes to sit upon one of the bridge guards that are built upon the sides of the bridge. Once she instructs him to sit, he steps forward towards the guard, turns around and rests the palms of his hands upon the top edge of the guard. Next, he pushes himself up and sits down at her right side while keeping at a distance of two feet to provide space awareness as to avoid accidentally nudging and knocking over his own instructor. Then, the serious question rings and shatters the quiet morning ambience while Tetsuo looks over toward Athena to give proper attention, his ears open and his eyes sharing joining contact with her own as if he is ready to receive some passed knowledge that seems vital. Tetsuo is the sort of person that takes things serious because he wants to succeed as much as his brother Yazuka already is. He has grown strong, perhaps as strong as Yazuka, but yet he still has a weakness as he has tired himself out during their spar together. He felt so weak that evening when he fell from the tree that was rigged from one of Yazuka’s kunai with an explosive tag tied upon it. Tetsuo isn’t sure if he used too much or if he reached is limit. That being said, he answered to Athena with total honesty. “As a Hyuga, we have weaknesses in strength and stamina. Somehow, with a recent sparring match, Yazuka seemed to improve himself beyond the usual limits. I want to improve my stamina so I don’t tire out as fast as I did. I don’t know if I used too much of it while using chakra or I reached my limit.” He would explain to her of the sparring match that took place at their home, both seemed to be equal in skill and strength even going down to where they copied each other’s tactics through observation and past events. Tetsuo listed out every technique he used upon Yazuka to Athena, helping her assess the situation that occurred. To Tetsuo, detail is important in order to gain proper help and instruction. Despite telling her everything that went on, he also worried of taking up her time as it would seem precious in other circumstances as she is a high-ranking member of the Amegakure. Upon finishing the story, he lowers his head politely to her. “I don’t want to wind up as a liability, Athena-sensei.”
IlAthena: -Sighing to his words as she laughed at them her legs dangling off the rail placing a hand on his shoulder and pushing him off the edge to fall to the water below, his rely had been satisfactory but she would ensure there was much more training after this... this would be training her new student wouldn't dare forget. He said he didn't want to become a liability, she wasn't sure if this spoke of his confidence and such but she wouldn't allow one of her students be one to think they were inferior to anyone nor anything like a liability, Launching herself of the edge of the rail down to below to spark the light blue chakra like a licking flame under her feet as she delicately landed against its surface not even making a ripple on its surface, her scroll in her hand as she rolled it out before her and bent on knee summoning the weights to sit on the surface of the scrolls paper. Standing back to her height looking over to him his expression one of surprise. Smiling at this image as she picked up the weights handing them to him- “I want you to strap these hand weights to your arms and legs and I want you to meditate while drawing your chakra around you while trying to stay above the water, I want it thick enough that I can see it without needed focus then we will proceed. Once you can do this the real training will start” -a slight devious grin tweaking at the edge of her lips as she raised an eye brow at him waiting for him to take balance on the waters surface and take what she had summoned for him-
JusticeAndPunishment: After explaining his reasons, Tetsuo feels a bit confused as he hears Athena laughing. He is just about to ask as soon as he then is pushed off from the edge of the guard into the river below with his only real reaction being him using his arms to shield his face. One crash into the water is all it took to get Tetsuo deeper into confusion. Why was Athena laughing at his explanation? What was the reason for getting pushed into the river? These thoughts enter his mind as he instinctively starts to swim up to the surface, his arms stroking and his legs kicking. He reaches the surface to see Athena standing upon the surface of the river, a light blue chakra aura forming upon the bottom of her feet which can be seen briefly through his Byakugan. Next, he notices her unrolling the same scroll she had taken out and it also remains over the surface. Keeping himself afloat by kicking with his legs, Tetsuo then sees two pairs of weight cuffs and Athena gives him instructions to put them on. As he does so, he hears that he is to mediate with them on while still floating. In Tetsuo’s mind, meditation requires total relaxation of the body without a sign of movement. He figures his body would remain afloat while idle, keeping his head above the surface, but with the weight cuffs it would prove a challenge. Closing his eyes, Tetsuo keeps his arms and legs immobile as he remains afloat to a partial degree while his face is not yet submerged in the river water. Slow deep breaths enter and escape from him as he then brings his hands together, palms and fingers pressing close. After each exhale, he starts to simulate creating an energy ball. This is to facilitate on creating physical energy and allow it to pass through the body, focusing it as it envelopes the body. Each exhale pushes the hands apart every centimetre, allowing the creation of this energy ball. Minutes pass as Tetsuo would feel the tingling sensation upon his fingers and palms as he feels the energy being pushed by this invisible ball of energy. He keeps his eyes closed as he continues to relax himself despite the water hitting upon his face. His breathing is very slow at this point as he is in a state of total concentration in this period of meditation. He keeps his mind blank as this goes on, not telling himself to ignore the water splashing upon him or how cold it is nor the sound of the river current sloshing at his ears. Instead, he then lets the energy pass up through his arms and it proceeds down and up his body. His body seems to tingle from this absorption of energy, but he keeps relaxed and still while still floating despite the weights keeping his face at surface level.
IlAthena-Looking over him as she let her threads taste the air around him, flicking through it tainting their colour slightly as she let then snake back as she moved in front of him after circling him once placing a purple armoured gloved hand on his shoulder pushing down upon him adding more weight to the mix forcing him down slightly to poise slightly more then ankle deep in the running torrent. “Stay at his height do not shift, it will only hold if you are able to coat yourself in your chakra and spread it over your body or else you will slowly start to loose balance” Turning her back to him looking over her shoulder seeing him try and compensate for his new standing position. She wouldn't add the final step till she was sure he could in fact hold his balance. This was about to become not just a stamina lesson but one of technical skill. She was always one to double teach something. Stamina and Technical knowledge going hand in hand in many ways. The elements around him would betray him if he didn't do this patiently and without thinking carefully about what was happening around his surroundings. Walking under the lip of the bridge popping up and umbrella and passing it to one f her threads as she moved to sit gracefully on the transparent wet waters surface. Crossing her legs as she brought her meditating palms together looking up at him observing him till he gained his balance- “Are you ready to start Tetsuo-kun?” -her wicked grin teasing the edge of her lips as she watched his ankles in the water observing them for signs of faltering and falling below the water line- “You might want to arm yourself”
JusticeAndPunishment: Tetsuo nearly gags as a bit of water goes up his nose, so he swims away from the center of the river so that he would prevent himself from drowning. Taking note of this error, he remains on the side of the river closest to the main gate. Next, he repositions himself to his sitting stance so his body is at least submerged at ankle depth and he is standing up instead of in a sitting posture. Next, he feels one of his shoulders being pushed down as he is then is going lower to feel his knees touching the water line. After that, he starts all over again by creating an energy ball through his exhales after his hands are closed together. He again starts to try to allow the energy to flow throughout his body again, a light headache knocking inside his head. He would then hear Athena instruct him to keep at this height and to not shift. He does his best to follow her instructions, keeping himself still as he lets out soft deep breaths. His body is tingling with energy, the chakra flowing through him and enveloping him. He keeps himself still during this time, still having himself breath slowly and deeply while in a state of meditation despite being up to his knees in water. What he would hear next catches him off guard. “I don’t understand. Ready for what, sensei?” All he really has on him are the six kunai, the six shuriken, and the three pairs of bomb ordinances to use. This is not much of an inventory, but he notes himself to prepare with better equipment next time before going out for any other classes or missions.
IlAthena: -Smiling thinking inwardly to herself that she will ensure he is taught more then just a few things this session. He was indeed new to her team but would have to learn fast to keep up with her training. “It is a ninja's duty to be prepared for anything” -raising her finger as to make a point of it keeping her fingers to her lips of her meditating hand as she closed her eyes to him. She didn't need to keep them open in order to see him. Her threads about thee air were enough to watch and feel the flow and eb of his chakra, gauging it to the point of his exhaustion before hand and make sure she didn't kill him in the process of this training. He seemed to be sitting on near full at this point. “I want you to recite that for me and not stop till this session is over, do you understand Tetsuo-kun?” -opening one of her emerald eyes looking at his slightly confused ones. Flicking between them as she meditated for a moment the sensation of his invisible chakra weak but her threads could sense it had potential. The blood of the Hyuga was rich and would become a force to be reckoned with if it was trained and sharpened to be the edge of a knife blade. Her minds eye running over this image of his Chakra for a moment like watching an untrained hand holding the hilt of a rusted katana... one day she was sure she would ensure it would be polished and fast enough to cute through even that of a rain drop. Closing her eyes as she spoke- “recite it, I want to hear it”
JusticeAndPunishment: Tetsuo keeps still as he gives a nod, reciting what Athena said for him to repeat. "It is a ninja's duty to be prepared for anything." He recites this in a mantra as he keeps himself in his state of meditation, inhaling deeply and slowly while reciting the words in a calm pace. The reason he does this is to show how committed he is because he values in honoring any teacher he is under, to obey the instructions and to carry out with all of his own self even if he is unsure of how to handle those instructions. He wishes to learn while in turn avoid himself from being sucked into arrogance and recklessness. Minutes have gone by as Tetsuo continues reciting the mantra over and over. "It is a ninja's duty to be prepared for anything." He does feel his throat become somewhat tight after doing so for a while, but he keeps his body still in the same posture with his knees under the surface of the water and his arms resting loosely upon the sides of his body. This is to show he is not tensed up as the current creeps through his legs, maintaining balance by having his knees loose instead of tightened at full height. The mantra continues to escape from his lips as he still recites it, keeping a soft and calm tone as he continues to meditate so that the chakra would continue coursing throughout his body like ripples upon water.
IlAthena: -Smiling at the words falling from his mouth, verbatim nodding to it as she placed her palms together closing her eyes taking a calming breath and speaking in her soft voice, clam and relaxed as the waters around her started to almost freeze lapping around her, little droplets lifting away from the water to spin delicately and drift around the air around her. Catching the light as they poised in the air only to hold scattered about her, The size of about a small marble. Controlling the water required concentration. Something she was more then a genius at, re opening her eyes to flow from the hand signs of the Ram, twisting her delicate painted fingers to make he sign of the dog and finally the Rat uttering her words as her threads drew up the umbrella in its grasp shielding her from the light shower she created upon her student- “Hijutsu, Kirisame” (Secret Technique: Mist Rain) -The light shower of rain falling over the immediate area, closing her eyes again. Her concentration dividend between keeping it low levelled enough to not completely steal away all his chakra but slowly sap it from him, so as to cause him to have to modulate it and remould it to match the shifting speed of the chakra absorption of the rain drops; and keeping an eye on his chakra levels in the first place. Narrowing her eyes brows as she felt the drastic shift it caused limiting the rains effect even more slowly and slightly shifting it from its weakest to only slightly higher. Her plan was to slowly sap his chakra and have him have to concentrate on moulding it while having to use it in the same moment. She would take this slow but she was sure a little bit of this and he would soon be able to stretch his chakra better over a long period of time. Expanding his ability to use it slightly more then a normal Hyuuga could. He would just need her rain and for her slowly to shift its levels for him to learn to compensate. Thus by learning not only how to use his chakra but how to use is sparingly and help him build more of it and store it within himself. Getting him to the Chuunin level of chakra use was important or else how could he keep up with the others like he said he didn't wish to be a burden in any sense. She would ensure that wouldn't become a possibility. Closing her eyes once again as the droplets fell and pitter-pattered on her umbrella dripping and running off the edges of its surface. The little droplets surrounding the air around her holding position even though a few more joining them in a circle of floating water around her. Closing her eyes once again as she sighed breathing softly speaking once again- “Suiton: Suiryūdan no Jutsu” (Water Release: Water Dragon Bullet Technique)-The motion of her hands nearly impossible to see as she summoned the large beast made of water to snake under the water and around her student, water cascading around its form snarling and hissing water form its jaws as she reigned it in rather then causing it to attack her student she breathed calmly and caused it to dash around the water causing the waters calm surface to become ocean like violent and crazed under her control as she mediated. The large water dragon crashing into the water near her student, leaping and bounding hungrily as if bucking the resraint she had thrown over it, although not in the slightest. She had full control of this water beast, her hands raising forward delicately drifting through the air in front of her as if they lead the beasts motion around her student, rain falling and he crashing waves... this was not for the feint of heart. If he as distracted he would no doubt fall below the waters surface, use to much chakra or try and protect himself and forget about his role to be reciting to her- “continue to recite Tetsuo-kun” -her eyes closed focusing on the space around them breathing as her threads played about her tasting his chakra in the air, smiling inwardly to herself-
JusticeAndPunishment: Tetsuo continues his mantra, still reciting the same words over and over at the same pace of his exhales like slow chanting. He determines to push himself harder so his chakra flow would become stronger and more reinforced. During this, he feels as if he is allowing his body to merge with the world around him; the air surrounding him, the earth penetrating him, and the water binding him. He feels as if he is becoming one with the natural world. He feels a warmth build up inside him as he feels the push of chakra around his body, his mantra of the recited words becoming more amplified but yet more slow as if time is slowing down. Next, he feels a light shower hit upon his body. He gather the idea that it could be the sunrise fading and that the clouds are becoming heavier allowing more rain to stream down upon him. He does not think too hard on this, keeping track of his recital of the continuous mantra he keeps repeating on and on. He does take the advantage of pausing during inhales so his throat does not become sore and dry, gulping to allow his throat muscles to relax when he needs to. Somehow, he feels his chakra being sapped from him. As a result, instead of pushing more of himself into the progression, he does little by little as if to conserve the use of his chakra. The rippling effect on his body still seems strong though as he only applies tiny bits of pushing onto the projection of his chakra aura. "It is a ninja's duty to be prepared for anything." He can still feel himself being slowed down by his state of meditation and how his voice continues to be amplified from a soft mantra to a louder chorus voice. The voice appears to sound gentle despite his body reaching out around him, allowing the elements of the world to embrace him. Within minutes, he feels the water becoming rougher as if a storm is approaching from one of the ends of the river. However, he knows well to wait for the instruction to stop when needed so he continues on despite the water rushing around him. He starts to shout out to combat the water that seems to drown out his voice and fighting back the draining of his energy with more of his will to fight off the rain hitting upon him and the river seeming to swirl around him with heavy waves. He still tries to milk little by little of the chakra he has, rationing his use of it rather than going full bore as he worries that he may overdo himself, but he still continues to recite his meditative mantra with the full volume of his voice despite the water crashing around him and immediately engulfs him. By instinct, he keeps his body only slightly tense as to keep his body upright instead of loose as it would cause him to lose balance. The general idea is to keep his body relaxed and comfortable while in mediation, and yet also planted upon wherever he is as to avoid injury to himself. He does fall over within seconds of struggling, the water pushing him down to the bottom of the river. His body sinks down, still reciting the mantra inside his mind to conserve what chakra he has as he intends to keep meditating, the weight cuffs on his wrists and ankles still on him as he gradually starts to float up back to the surface as he holds his breath. The breath he takes in is the last before he is engulfed into the river. He keeps calm as he slowly drifts up, keeping a hold of his breath while still reciting the mantra inside his head as he cannot inhale under the water nor exhale it as it would have him sink to the river floor.
IlAthena: -Sighing as she looked up, sensing his slight disturbance in the water. He seemed to have slightly dipped lower into the waters rippling thrashing surface. His chakra seemed to shimmer around him as if it in itself was labouring its breath and control. Raising her eye brow at him waiting for him to take back to the surface of the water, contemplating his ability to handle what she was throwing at him, rising her hands reigning her dancing wild dragon back in to break the waters surface and bound into the sky surrounding him spinning and forming itself into a streamlined majestic beast above his form. Poised as if waiting for him to regain his composure.- “How are you fairing over there” -sighing as she stood up walking with her umbrella floating above herself held by her dainty threads stretching a hand out to him dipping it into the water and pulling him back up to stand before her. Looking down at him slightly concerned- “ok different approach, I may need to be a little less ambitious about this training, I want you to sit an meditate, close your eyes and recite for me. I want you to draw on your chakra and try and make it viable for me. Even just slightly. I wish to see the colour of it as the rain is over you” -Looking up to her giant Beast of clear liquid dissipating it into mist and vapour vanishing into the wind on high and the dark looming clouds over head. Bringing her eyes back to his and ruffling his drenched hair as she put a comforting hand on his shoulder, patting it slightly as she turned her heel and re took her position crossing her legs and closing her eyes- “We will do it this way, you will draw it out I will take it slowly as you recite, Ok? The more I do will get you close to your dissipation line and danger so you will need to be careful but I also which for it to show. The faster you can mould it and use it the better of you will be. The more you will have to use and spread. You understand? Soon I will bring back the beast in order to waver your concentration but not for the moment, perhaps after the Exams are over I can” -nodding to herself as she solidified her plan based on how he handled what she was throwing at him-
==End Results:==
~Their training going long into the night of him dealing with the slow aping up of the rain above and around him as she slowly waited patient and always observing. Him passing out from exhaustion some time later. Needing rest they would continue this training for some time but for now her student needed to get used to the effect of the technique and slowly but surely she would add her distractions back into the fray. She was sure he would become a rather dangerous force to go against in time if he heeded her training, but only time would tell~