Being a terrible father... (Masaru Ninjutsu training)

## Log

~Masaru found himself waking up for another day of training.
He was still a bit sore from his last training session, but he hopes that today
wouldn’t involve as much muscle work. Today he was going to focus on his
Ninjutsu for once. He has gotten close to working on it when he was working on
his chakra abilities with Shin, but he has never worked on it directly. Today was
the day he did so. He had to get better at using hand signs and channeling the
chakra to complete the jutsu with little to no problems. He wanted to get his
Ninjutsu as well as overall chakra and chakra channeling skills up in order for
his Body Flicker to be a lot more effective in terms of preparation and
distance he could travel with it. Such things are important to a Shinobi who is
built around the concept of speed. And again, he found himself leaving early in
the morning in order to slip out before the baby would wake up and need taking
care of. He went to the closet in order to retrieve his Shinobi outfit as well
as all of his gear, but leaving his half gallon of special alcohol behind as he
wouldn’t need it. He gave Yukio a kiss on the forehead before slipping out
their bedroom door, creeping through the living room, and sliding through the
front door of the house; shutting it semi-silently as he didn’t want to wake
anyone...especially the baby. He took a good breath of the morning air and set
out on his path to the training grounds which weren’t technically open until
around 6:00 AM, so for about another two hours and forty-five minutes. But that
was plenty of time for Masaru to get a good training session in and be on his
way before someone came to open it up for all the shinobi. The streets were
empty, as expected for this time of day. Masaru always considered times between
12-4 to be basically still night time and not part of the next day as bad things
still tend to happen at around those hours. 5 is when the sun starts to come up
and the criminals go to hide apparently. So at the least, Masaru was on his
toes as he made his way to the training grounds in the darkness of the night.
He turned his walk into a light jog as he felt himself drawing closer to the
grounds. He wanted to warm up his muscles for the physical activity that was to
ensue when he got there. Get the blood circulating through his body, and have
some adrenaline pumping. Even at a light jog Masaru was pretty fast, arriving
at the training grounds in a few minutes, not even out a breath yet. This is
where the challenge presented itself really. There was a gate that stood about
fifteen feet high and had a series of barbed wire lacing the top as a deterrent
to anyone trying to get in at any time of the night. There was a pad lock and
chain that kept the entrances sealed shut, and Masaru of course didn’t have the
key. Masaru didn’t want to break the lock, as technically that would be
destroying property of village and that is frowned upon. So instead, he planned
to clear the fence in one big jump. He took a few steps back in order to place
about ten feet in between him and the fence. He then made the hand sign Tiger,
which was that of the body flicker technique. He began to focus his chakra into
his legs like he always does with the Body Flicker, but this time he focused it
in his calf muscles. It took him about four or five seconds to do this, or
before he felt comfortable with the amount of chakra he had built up in his
calf muscles. That’s when he took three big running steps forward before
jumping and unleashing it all in one huge jump that allowed him to completely
clear the fence with a few feet to spare. He landed and instantly went into a
roll to break his fall a bit. He dusted himself off and continued into the
training grounds before stopping at the pond. ~ “Ok, let’s get started.” ~ He
removed his hat and placed it down lightly on the ground, right next to the
pond. He then took out the five kunai he carried and placed one firmly into the
ground where he stood. He then measured out about 20 feet by back up foot over
foot before placing another kunai twenty feet directly parallel to it. He would
then turned diagonal and walked away 20 more feet, firmly sticking he third
kunai in the dirt. He repeated the zig-zag pattern for the last two, until he
had his five kunai sticking out of the ground all in a zig-zag pattern. If
someone were to travel from point to point they would have walked just about
one hundred feet.~ “Ok, I know my max was eighty feet last time…let’s push that
a bit.” ~He said as he stood at the last kunai he placed and readied himself
for what basically was a thirty meter dash. But it was in a zig-zagging motion
so, it would be slower than a straight forward dash. He formed the hand sign
Tiger, preparing to use his body flicker. He focused his chakra into his legs,
getting ready to unleash it when the moment was right. Perhaps he was to try to
use the body flicker and rapid succession, or simply go through the whole
zig-zag. Perhaps he was to focus on only one of those things today. Using the
body flicker back to back quickly, and then using the body flicker to go longer
distances. He made up his mind and decided to work on using it back to back
rapidly. The next training session he would do is focus on the distance. It
took him about three seconds but he then unleashed the chakra he had built up
in one large burst, making him faster than the eye could see as he dashed for
the kunai twenty feet away, arriving almost instantly. Trying not to focus on
anything else, he rebuilt up his chakra and instantly dashed for another kunai.
He was trying to gauge the fastest he could use the body flicker, and at the
moment it took about four seconds at the minimum. Which is bad, he would need
it to be almost instant and without hand signs if he could. Though he knew he
would have to train for a while before being able to use the body flicker
without any hand signs, but he knew at the level he was at, he wanted to be
able to use the body flicker in about a second. This was a good starting point
for such things.  But it was going to
take some work, work that started at this moment.  He unleashed the chakra again in one big
burst, surging diagonally to the next kunai, but this dropped him to his knees
as soon as he arrived there, but he was about seven feet short. He expended the
chakra too fast, causing him to slow down a bit towards the end of his dash. He
stood back up and walked back to the previous kunai, prepping himself against.
He makes the hand sign Tiger as he focuses chakra into his legs again, this
time he could feel the effects of simply using the flicker twice in a row. His
legs were a bit shaky as he poured chakra into them. He did his best to remain
focused before unleashing the chakra in a second attempt to get to the kunai. Again,
the movement was swift and unseen to the untrained eye. This time around Masaru
made it to the second kunai without a problem, and he was right onto making the
hand sign Tiger again in order to complete another dash. This time, it came a
bit faster. He dashed for the next kunai, shaving off about 3 quarters of a
second off the time it took him to channel the chakra needed.~ ‘Keep it up
Masaru…’ ~He said before going again, this time shaving a second and a half off
preparation. He smiled, as it was working faster than he had originally though.
Soon he would reach his quota, probably after another training session. Perhaps
he was to take a quick break and proceed to working on the distance portion,
which was more chakra control orientated rather ability to perform
Ninjutsu.  As he arrived at the last
using the Body Flicker, he was exhausted. Seeing as he used it more than he
ever has in battle or any situation otherwise. So, he decided it would best to
rest for about fifteen, or twenty minutes before continuing. He wanted to at
least get the chakra training done before sunrise as well, then he would go
home for the day and come back later in order to finish up the training he
thought was necessary to be able to compete with more Ninjutsu central Genin or
Chuunin. He walked over to a rock and plopped himself down on it, panting a bit
as he began to slowly regain some chakra. It was going to be a long few hours to
say the least. He just hopped the baby didn’t wake up too early, though knowing
babies, he wouldn’t be surprised.~