38 - Tree Climbing Practice
[MC POV]
Month ended, with departure and new information that gave me push to increase my training. Now i need to train for two things, 4th great ninja war and monsters that started appearing. Through in this I got new things in my arsenal, Shunshin no Jutsu and Genjutsu: Te no naga-sa no zōka (Increase in hand length) art. But I don't want to start learning them right away. First i want to increase my chakra control as much as i can so there will be no chakra wastage in using any jutsu. For that I need to start tree climbing and water walking exercise. I will ask Daikoku sensei next day.
The next day, something new also transpired. We started learning new jutsu, Bunshin no jutsu.
Daikoku: "Okay class, you all learned basics of Henge no jutsu. But no one was able to perform it correctly yet. So from now on every week we are gonna test it at end of week. Now, we will start with Bunshin no jutsu."
Daikoku: "About Bunshin no jutsu, its hand signs are Ram -> Snake -> Tiger. Its E rank jutsu. Watch closely."
After doing hand signs he performed perfect Bunshin no jutsu.
Daikoku: "Now lets starts, Aoi come on stage."
And again it started same as Henge no Jutsu. He started teaching all students one by one. Until he reached third student, last period ended. Of course out of 3 no one will be able to perform it perfectly upcoming year as even if its E rank Jutsu, for bunch of 6 years old kids its hard to gather that amount of chakra. And afterwards mold, it is totally another thing. This will continue for next 10 days.
Daikoku: "Now, everyone listen, year end is coming. And you know what's gonna come with it right. Exams will come. Exams will held at 2nd week of next month. All theoretical subject exams will be held daily, and on the last day of the week, there will be practical exams. For practical you need to show all basic movements of Katas against dummy so practice hard. And for bonus marks, you can show if you learned any basic jutsu out of Kawarimi, Henge or Bunshin no jutsu. Only 5 weeks are remaining until exams so study hard."
Everyone: "Hai, sensei."
Daikoku: "Okay, class dismissed."
Everyone leave class room. After some time I am headed for teacher's area. I found Daikoku sensei in there and approached him.
Daikoku: "Ikki, what happened?"
"Sensei, I have completed leaf sticking exercise for chakra training. I want to start with tree climbing exercise. Can you teach me that."
Daikoku: "Where do you learned about tree climbing exercise?"
"From my orphanage director. He taught me basic swordsmanship and Leaf-Style Sword Art. I approached him how to proceed ahead so he suggested to start with tree climbing and water walking exercise for chakra control."
Daikoku: "Good, but i can't teach you now. I have a meeting to attend to. How about tomorrow after classes, we will start then."
"Its okay sensei, I understand. Where will we train?"
Daikoku: "Of course in training ground. come there after class i will meet you there."
"Okay, bye sensei"
Daikoku sensei nodded for bye.
Next day, after classes I reached academy training ground. After 5 min Daikoku sensei came.
Daikoku: "So shall we start?"
I nodded.
Daikoku: "Tree climbing exercise is kind of same as leaf sticking exercise, just difference is of weight. When you collect right amount of chakra in your legs tanketsu, you can achieve same result as leaf sticking exercise. But this time, as size different is reversed you need to apply chakra on base of your weight. You understand right."
I nodded.
Daikoku: "Let me show you."
Daikoku sensei started climbing on tree.
Daikoku: "You need to transfer fixed amount of chakra to the bottom of your feet. If the chakra amount is too low, you won't be able stick to tree and you will loose your footing, if its too high you will be thrown of with like push. So be careful. Come lets try."
I started trying. As i have already high amount of control, on my punitive chakra, I concentrated on sole of my feet and put it on tree trunk. I used similar principle as leaf sticking exercise just amount of chakra I used is high. I made sure my foot is secured and i tried to put second foot on tree trunk, and concentrated chakra on it, but as i concentrating on second feet, first foot's chakra amount got decreased and i dropped to ground.
After practicing for 15 min,
Daikoku: "Okay stop, your chakra is going low. Stop it for today. Anyway, its training practice for genin and above. So you should take it slow. Don't practice it more than 30 min a day. Do you have question about it?"
"No sensei."
Daikoku: "Okay go home and rest. Practice your katas perfectly. Exams is coming so study hard also. Got it?"
"Yes"
"Good go home come on."
After going home, i took some time to rest and went to Chikako's house for our usual Shogi matches. And to training ground 10 and like this exam days came. But 3 weeks before exam days, we got good news.