8 Chapter 7 Preparations
"I must be prepared to die." Bastion said to Ouro.
"It isn't our fight. There is no reason to take on Shikaku if you don't have to. If you hadn't stuck your nose into it, Lee would still live." Ouro said. What it said was the truth? He was making things worse, but who is to say Lee would have lived. He couldn't, this world wasn't canon. That fact was enough to council him.
"Maybe, I'm looking for this fight. I need it to sharpen myself." Bastion admitted. "Show me my status."
Bastion
Age 5
Bloodline: Uchiha 100%
Abilities: Sharingan sealed
Skills: Mad Gaia Cultivation, Trash Chakra Enhancement, Basic Strong Fist
CP 60,000/60,000
CC 300
CR 3,600 per hour
He hadn't yet mastered the tree walking exercise, but he was close. Bastion could calmly walk up the trees of konoha. But he had to think about it, after a week it wasn't yet second nature. Worse time was ticking away, if he wanted revenge he needed to try harder. The problem was his reserves. The more chakra he gained the more training his reserves needed. Time wasn't on his side.
To raise his chakra enhancement above trash levels he started lifting boulders. The only way to really get his muscles used to his chakra was to baptize them in it. But simple bench press wasn't enough. He needed to use chakra enhancement nearly constantly. So, he purchased a weighted vest, arm weights, and leg weights. They weren't designed to increase his strength, it was all for chakra control.
His parents were getting worried and Bastion had a feeling his time on this world was coming to an end with the next few years. If not by Shinkaku, then by Pein, or by Madara. His only recourse was to train to the best of his ability and hope to get better.
Another week passed like a flash. He didn't think about his chakra sticking him to a tree, a wall or a ceiling. It happened and wasn't worth thinking about. He worked his chakra control to the best of his abilities making his chakra his own. If muscles were being worked then he wasn't doing his job. Every day he used up over half his reserves wasting them on chakra reinforcement. His gains with this training in CP were small but CC shot up and with-it CR.
Bastion
Age 5
Bloodline: Uchiha 100%
Abilities: Sharingan sealed
Skills: Mad Gaia Cultivation, Proficient Chakra enhancement, Basic Strong Fist
CP 35,000/70,200
CC 500
CR 7,020 per hour
Sweat poured down his face as he held a rock the size of a loaf of bread in his hand. This wasn't some training weight, no it was the remnants of a much larger rock. After his chakra returned to max he began absorbing natural energy directly again. Keeping the energy contained was the most difficult part of the process. If he let the natural energy touch his physical body, it would turn him to stone. The rock in his hands vanished as he finished consuming the natural energy. From there he began the process of chewing up the pure natural energy into smaller globes of power before eroding their very nature. Sweat continued to pour off his body as the process slowly completed.
CP 120,000
CC 500
CR 12,000 per hour
Bastion was plateauing he could feel it. His training kept his chakra control at its current level but if he dropped it, his control would sink. It was time to walk on water.
After returning to a shinobi supply store he sold his old weights and added a bit of his allowance for a new set. The clerk looked at the new set of weights and shrugged before taking Bastion's money and handing him the new set. Bastion didn't pay much attention to how much weight they were set at. The more chakra added to the weights the heavier they became. He wasn't training his muscle, Bastion was training his chakra.
Without chakra, he would be no stronger than any other boy his age. Completely inconsequential, that was ok. He wasn't Might Guy, he had more than enough use of his chakra. He was already signed up for the academy and would attend classes in the spring. He already had his library card.
Bastion calmly walked into the building and showed his card to the chunin guarding the library. With a nod he was allowed entry. From there he grabbed a scroll on strong fist, and elemental manipulation.
As far as the strong fist was concerned, Bastion learned a few stances to enhance his proficiency in the skill. He would need a sparing partner to truly master it. As usual it needed time, something he didn't have.
Despite being an Uchiha, Bastion decided to learn earth based elemental techniques. The only one he could learn was a D rank upturned rock. Two hand seals and a stone will rise near your opponent's feet. He would have to purchase a real skill from the shop.
