After the Birth - Chakra Training

Solo Training Session - Kumiko Kyoko - Chakra Manipulation

 Kumiko gave herself a
chance to calm down, the wracking sobs faded into nothing but the muffled sound
of the woman covering her mouth with her hand. She wasn’t done with her
training yet, she needed to finish her day. She had thought about training her
strength, but after the level of the break down she had just had – she knew
there was only one form of training left that would help her completely clear
everything out of her being. It was really all there was to it, she needed to
Meditate and work on massaging her chakra. She needed to clear any and all
blockages, and she needed to calm herself down. She was exhausted, in pain, and
just generally needed to let her mind relax. Too much going on, in too little
time. She needed the peace of mind that Meditation brought.

She pulled herself away from the training dummy, wiping her
face clean and then drawing in a shaking breath. Kumiko stood up, dusting
herself off and checking her injuries. Nothing severe, that she could tell.
Some bruises and scrapes, and that was about it. She did train smartly, most of
the time. The woman turned her attention towards the edge of the training
grounds and walked over. It was still pretty early, most people weren’t really
out and about yet. She pulled water from her bag and started to take small sips
as she walked. The crying had dehydrated her, and she really needed the
nourishment.

She walked till she found a small quiet spot, dropping down
into a seated position she started to take off her glasses and release her
hair. The smaller chance of distraction she had, the better. She took a few
more sips of water and then let herself relax completely into the task at hand.
First she started filtering away her thoughts and focused only on her inner
chakra network. This wasn’t like entering Ikken or Michibi, this was just a
simple meditative practice she had been taught when she was younger. All Kyoko’s
were taught it, from a very young age. At three years old, to be exact. The ability
to sit extremely still and focus oneself on a task, completely and utterly.
This task was the slow stripping away of everything inside of her mind, with
the exception of the work she was planning on doing. It wasn’t an easy task,
but she was sure she could be up for it.

She calmly drew in a breath, nice and deep, and slowly
exhaled as she stripped away the thoughts in her mind. Focusing herself on the
solitary task of working her way through her own body. She let her hands rest
on her knees, palms up, as her eyes fluttered closed. Her breathing became even
and deep, as she worked her mind through the process of relaxing every single
muscle in her body. The only thing she was going to do was relax her body, her
mind, and manipulate her chakra into her palms. The lilac light dancing in her
palms as the woman slowly and meticulously stripped away every anxiety within
her body. Starting at her toes and working all the way up to her scalp she
pushed her body to relax. Everything going lax as her body relaxed into the
meditative stated. She said nothing, her eyes fluttering closed as she let her
inner mind spin away into the space of nothing within her mind.

Nothing could reach her here, no danger – no evil, no
memories – no pain. She was nothing when she was meditating and the only thing
her highly trained mind focused on now was the flow of the chakra through her
body. Inwards she breathed deep and strong, outwards she exhaled slow and
gentle. She allowed these contrasting natures to roll through her as her mind
cleared away anything that was impeding the nature of her current training. In
her palms the chakra flared, that lovely lilac light, swirling and twisting in
her palms. Her mind focused, narrowing down to a single point as it twisted and
molded that chakra. Flaring it and waning it. Her mind wrapped into the process
of molding and manipulating her chakra.

Her chakra control was important, above all else, as it
allowed her the level of skills she had. Her Genjutsu and Ninjutsu were good,
and as it stood she was one of the few in the village that knew the higher
ranked Genjutsu. But Kumiko needed to continue to refine her chakra, and the
meditative stated was perfect for that.

Nothing to impeded her thoughts, just the ebb and flow of
the chakra. Rise and fall, twist and harden. She let the chakra in her palms
roll through the manipulations. She did not open her eyes, she did not need to.
Her inner ‘eye’ allowed her to focus and knew that her chakra was doing exactly
as it shoulder. She had no temptation to open her eyes, and she had no concept
of time as she sat there and calmly worked her chakra into various shapes.
Patterns, flares, twists and turns. Her body seemed to slowly come to itself as
she felt the heat of the sun overhead. Her eyes fluttered open and a strange
relaxed peace rolled through her as she stared at her palms for a moment. She
saw the glow across her palms, and it spiked in acknowledgement of her seeing
it. She calmly released it and then drew in a long breath as she pushed herself
to stand up.

That was it, she was done. She needed to do nothing else but
rise to stand and prepare herself to head back to her home. She dusted herself
off, stretching and then taking a few sips of water. Perhaps she’d meet one of
her Genin later that day, she wasn’t sure, unfortunately she had heard nothing
about her Genin in awhile, not even when she was supposed to meet them. She
blamed the Hoshikage for that. She walked calmly, quietly, towards her
apartment. She needed a shower, and then perhaps she would visit Kaiiaki and
see how the Jinchuriki and her newborn were doing.