Training 1...

Next morning,

Sleeping peacefully in bed, Akira was cradling a pillow to his chest. The sun was beaming through the blinds, causing him to stir. Usually, waking up was a simple task for Akira; he was a morning person after all.

After yesterday's events, he wanted to sleep for the whole morning; but he had an interrogation coming up, so to prepare for it he knew he had to get up; he groaned when the first beam of sunlight hit his face.

Crawling out of his warm bed drowsily, he walked to the bathroom, and jumped into a warm shower, washing away any residue.

Coming out of the bathroom I saw surprised to see my mom sitting there having breakfast. I asked, "When did you come here?"

Muffling a laugh, my Mom said " We were here before you even woke up, it is just that you haven't noticed us till now"

' Did I just miss two people sitting in the room? I think my senses are bad; I should focus on them while training.'

"Come have breakfast with us then we will have to go to the ancestral hall where your grandfather is waiting," my father said, patting the chair next to him.

We had breakfast together, having some small talk; I think they are avoiding the topic for now, despite wanting to know what happened inside the cocoon.

Then together with my Mom and Dad, we entered the hall, opening an enormous gate; this was my first time entering Shiba Clan's ancestral hall. The inside of the hall is shaped like a dome and has various murals painted on the walls.

Now the inside of the Hall was empty except for my grandfather sitting in the main seat sitting with his eyes closed.

Without opening his eyes he said" How are you feeling "

" Good, Just a little tired" I replied

"Do you remember anything that happened inside the cocoon?" He asked.

" No, I fainted from the pain" I lied, even though I wanted to share what happened, in fear of any traitors being present in our clan.

Grandpa blankly stared at me for a few seconds as if thinking about what to say then said "Rest for a week and see if you are feeling uncomfortable from anywhere" He sighed "You can go now, you can do little exercise but don't overuse your body"

While coming out of the hall I was confused why was the reason grandpa called me? Just for asking about my well-being. No probably not. But why did not ask about anything?

Sigh___

Inside the hall,

My grandfather walked into a side where an old woman similar to grandfather's age was sitting, She had blond hair and lavender eyes. Her body was bony but she retained the regal aura of her youth. He sat beside and touched her hand. He looked into her eyes wanting to ask her something but can't seem to talk.

Quite some time passed before the woman opened her mouth to say something but before saying anything her mouth was held by his hand " Please don't say anything, I don't want to hear anything. It was a mistake of mine to ask this favor. But no more Sior"

After some struggle, Sior freed her mouth from Kurai's hand. Seeing Kurai's Worry filled face she laughed " No need to worry, I can't seem to see his future"

Hearing Sior's claim Kurai remained dumbfounded as even if one of the most talented seers can't seem to see Akira's future, then only he can clear the obstacles of his path.

For the next week, I only trained inside a gravity chamber under the lowest reading possible; when I tried overexerting my body; I felt sand-like particles were running through my blood vessels, which was very uncomfortable. So not listening to the elder's suggestions can sometimes get us in uncomfortable situations.

Next week, the Shiba clan training ground.

It's been 1 week, I was now going to the training ground. I see many clan children similar to my age going in the same direction as me.

Upon entering the training ground, I see children my age present all around the ground, whispering with their cliques and friends.

'Aish!! I thought I was the special one' I grumbled internally while searching for my cousins.

Finally, finding them a distance away, I briskly walked toward them

While walking, I saw some children looking at me with a strange look.

"I heard that he fainted while checking his affinity. No one knows what his affinities are?"

"Yeah! My father was there too. I think since he is son Haru san he might have more than 3 chakra affinity."

"That's not for sure, who can say that, he might not even have a single affinity."

Children kept on talking about him while a look of envy and jealousy surfaced on their faces.

Akira pretended that he didn't hear anything. While reaching near the group I heard Yuki saying

"Hey! Long time no see Akira"

" Well had some problems," I asked "So all of us will be training here together,"

"What do you think, you are someone special? " interjected Yamato.

"Well no, I just thought everyone is trained by their parents," I said while thinking ' I don't think I have done any harm to him, so why is he so vexed towards me.'

Before he could contradict me, our instructor interrupted all the children "Okay Okay, enough gossiping. Welcome to the training center of the Shiba clan. I am your training instructor Kaito Shiba and I will only be training you on Taijutsu and Bikujutsu. For the first year, you will only be trained in those. And from next year you will be learning other kinds of stuff."

He paused after letting us digest all the things he continued to rant on "Even though most of you might know the things I will be saying, I will repeat it for those who don't know, so listen carefully as this will be the last time you will hear these."

"Chakra is the substance we ninja's all use daily in one way or other, Chakra is essential to even the most basic Jutsus. Through various methods, the most common of which is hand seals, chakra can be controlled and manipulated to create an effect that would not be possible otherwise, such as walking on water, exhaling fire, or creating illusions.

Chakra has become a form of life energy that everyone produces, to some degree; Produced within, and manipulated by organs such as the heart, the energy circulates throughout the body in a network called the "Chakra Pathway System", which is similar to the cardiovascular system. Groups such as shinobi have learned to generate more chakra and release it outside their bodies through pressure points called tenketsu to perform Jutsu."

" Does anyone knows how Chakra is created" asked Kaito Sensei, but without hoping for an answer from us, he opened his mouth to answer his question but before he could say anything Hana answered

"Chakra is created when two more primal energies are combined; One physical energy is collected from each of the body's cells and can be increased through training, stimulants, and exercise. Two Spiritual energies are derived from the mind's consciousness and can be increased through studying, meditation, and experience. These two energies becoming more powerful will, in turn, make the created chakra more powerful."

Seeing his effort to tone down these princely kids go to waste, he became somewhat flustered. but as an experienced ninja, he recovered quickly before praising " Good knowledge of theory girl, but let's see if you all can be this lively after 1 year"

Seeing him sickly grinning toward us, one thought came to my mind' we are fucked'

"Practicing a technique repeatedly will build up experience, increasing one's spiritual energy, and thus allowing more chakra to be created. As a result, the ninja can do that same technique with more power. This same cycle applies to physical energy, except the ninja needs to increase their endurance instead. Some unique individuals have substantial potential that enables them to have more chakra reserves than others, but that doesn't mean we are any weaker than them."

"Since chakra takes time and a great deal of training to gradually build-up, the key to its use is not having large amounts of chakra but instead being able to sufficiently control and conserve it. This is called chakra control. To have good chakra control, a ninja should only mold as much chakra as they need to perform a given ability. If they mold more chakra than is needed, the excess chakra is wasted and they will tire out faster from its loss. If they don't mold enough chakra, a technique will not be performed effectively, if at all, likely creating problems in a combat situation. Because chakra consists in part of spiritual energy, the user is more easily able to mold the correct amount of chakra by remaining calm and focused"

"For improving one's molding and manipulation of chakra general exercises such as the Leaf Concentration, Tree Climbing, and Water Surface Walking exercises are required, And today I will be teaching these three exercises"

He then started showing us how those exercises are done and asked us to practice every day. Our day started with some exercises to increase endurance, agility, and reaction speed; then we practiced chakra controlling exercises; then in the afternoon we did Bukijutsu training and then before sleeping, we again did some chakra controlling exercises.

Days went by rapidly and I could feel I was improving at a rapid speed.