5 Nen and first glimpse of the Outside World
In a open training field in the Cross family stood two figures, one is a young boy who is around five years old, he has shoulders-lenght black hair with chin-lenght bangs framing the sides of his face, he has deep blue eyes and a skin so white and soft that can put most beauties to shame and make them cry and despair in envy and jealousy.
The second figure is a beautiful woman who seems to be in her mid thirties, she has a beautiful white skin, a well-endowed body, brillant black hair who reach her lower back, her eyes colour is the same as the most beautiful ruby and has mesmerizing lips who will make men want to kiss her without stopping.
The two figures are Suijin and his mother Izanami Cross, Izanami dragged her son to start his initiation and training to Nen since he has finished to open his aura nodes few hours ago and is now ready to learn the strength who makes the strongest warriors in the world.
"Suijin, I will now start to teach you the Nen, you must keep in mind that the Nen is very dangerous strength and even the strongest masters don't know everything about the Nen, in fact we can even say that we know barely nothing about it and it's why the apprentissage of Nen should always be taken with care, patience and a clear mind. Powers bringed by Nen are often difficult to see throught so I warn you, you should not underestimate a Nen user opponent!"
"Yes mom!" answer quickly Suijin with seriousness, happy to finally be able to learn the same power that his sister always use to tease him and rub her face against his with him unable to put any resistance, since he never sense her and even if sometimes he senses her, thanks to his almost inexistent Haki he started to train few weeks ago, she is way faster and stronger than him thanks to her use of Nen.
"Good! I will now introduce you to the base of the Nen. First of all, the Nen is a technique that allows a living being to use and manipulate their own life energy, also known as aura."
"Living being?" repeat Suijin curiously at the terms used by his mother, why not use human being?
"Yes living being, humans are not the only race to use the Nen and certainly not the strongest, in the Outside World it exist race stronger than humans and they don't even use the Nen so these who use the Nen... And when I say humans I mean Nen user" say Izanami with the utmost seriousness and even a glimpse of fear in her beautiful voice.
"The Outside World uhhh, it seems interesting, I want to go one day" say Suijin while he dreams of how he slaughters with a great sword powerful and frightful creatures while protecting a beautiful girl who stare at him with heart in the eyes...
"Oy! Stop daydreaming, it's way to early for you to think of the Outside World, only the strongest humans dare to go in the Outside World and even them procede with the utmost prudence, and for the fools who think too lightly of the Outside World, they never reappear again and for the few who have the "luck" to come back alive they often become insane..."
"By the way, what is the Outside World?"
"It's the World who doesn't appear on the maps of the world, the World beyond the borders of the map of the world. But enough of this, you must be a Nen master before even think about the Outside World so listen me carefully."
"Yes mom, please continue!"
"Good, I will teach you the Four Major Principles, in order to fully grasp Nen, one must first learn the Four Major Principles of the Shingen-ryu school of kung fu. Everything else, including a practitioner of Nen's individual skills, is based on the basic manipulations of one's aura flow. The Four Major Principles, in order of study, are: Ten, Zetsu, Ren and finally Hatsu."
"What is the Shingen-ryu school of kung fu?"
"Shingen-ryu is a school of kung fu, it's grandmaster is Isaac Netero, the actual chairman of the Hunter Association. I will first teach you Ten, once a person has opened their aura nodes, they must learn to keep their aura from leaking away from their body. Ten is the process of keeping the nodes open, but also having aura flow through and around the body rather than away from it. Once maintained, it creates a shroud around the user that feels similar to standing in lukewarm, viscous fluid. Ten is the most basic defense against emotional Nen attacks and it also offers limited protection against physical attacks but hardly any when these attacks are enhanced with aura. Ten maintains youthful vigor and reduces one's aging, since the energy powering the body no longer leaks away. Through frequent meditation and practice, one can improve the quality of their Ten and even maintain it in their sleep.
Once it has been learned, it will never be forgotten. Despite being the most elementary technique of all, Ten is also one of the most important, since, together with Ren, it plays an instrumental role in determining the strength and smoothness of a Nen user's aura flow.
