Сhapter 6

- Naruto? - I heard a somewhat surprised and definitely familiar voice, pulling me out of my own thoughts. - I didn't expect to see you here. - Even somehow enthusiastically said the voice, turning in the direction of which I almost immediately recognized Iruka-sensei in my interlocutor. Even though he was without his trademark vest, which was worn by most of the Konoha shinobi who had already reached the rank of "chunin", but I recognized my teacher almost instantly anyway.

- Hello, Iruka-sensei. - Looking up from the scroll already read in the past… Now I was rereading it, refreshing my memory and preparing for tonight, I greeted the young guy in front of me. Well, or not in the evening, it didn't matter to me when exactly I would try to feel my chakra for the first time. - And I 'm here this… I'm trying to figure out how you can feel your chakra. - Smiling a little awkwardly and embarrassedly, counting on the muscle memory of Naruto's past, I explained to my sensei in a tongue-tied manner.

- That's how… And how are you doing? - The guy asked me not too interested... and I just felt that he didn't care too much about my attempts. Moreover, he was almost completely sure that I had not had much success so far. Well, I did not disappoint him, almost instantly making a sad grimace and looking down at the scroll.

- So far, nothing… Meditation is too boring and difficult. - Without getting out of character, I replied. - But I will definitely succeed… Shikomaru and Sasuke did it. - I said much more enthusiastically, remembering that some of my classmates had already managed to feel their chakra… And no, I didn't eavesdrop on other people's conversations on this subject. It's just that during physical education sensei often shouts at the guys that decide to use their chakra to facilitate running or other exercises.

- Well, good luck with that, Naruto. - With a smile on duty, the guy wished me good luck, having satisfied most of his not so strong curiosity… And my answer did not cause much surprise, completely satisfying the young teacher. Although, personally, I was somewhat surprised not to receive even a purely symbolic reminder of the same safety precautions. Still, it was definitely not worth joking with the chakra, especially at the first stages of its development.

Well, not the point. Personally, I was even glad that now Sensei did not show excessive concern in my direction. Fortunately, Iruka's interest in this case was quite idle and fleeting. He, apparently, was just surprised to see the eternally hyperactive twofer in the library, so he decided to find out what was what. Well, my answer, apparently, fit perfectly into my previous image, which is why the teacher did not have any unnecessary questions to my person… Well, that's exactly what I thought, pushing this fleeting meeting into the background. And then leaving the walls of the library altogether.

I've already managed to repeat all the necessary information anyway. And somehow I didn't complain about my memory, which is why all this repetition could be considered a kind of attempt to calm down a little before the upcoming meditation. And I decided to start my attempts to feel the chakra with her… Not that I was particularly impressed with this method. Rather, on the contrary, I was quietly horrified by the need to force my new body to sit quietly in one place and quietly go crazy, trying to reach the right state for meditation.

But meditation is the safest and most reliable way to feel your chakra. Yes, it really didn't suit everyone, but as a rule, any shinobi could eventually master meditation, thereby feeling the chakra flowing inside the body… And yet, I liked other ways even less. For to put a pebble into my shoe on my own, expecting that over time my irritation will provoke the chakra to move – this is still idiocy. About other emotions, the strong intensity of which could provoke the chakra to move, I am generally silent.

Spontaneous flashes of the chakra are not the safest thing for an unprepared organism. I understood this just fine, being able to read between the lines and having already gained some understanding of how the chakra as a whole affects the Shinobi's body. It's not just that I read rather abstruse scrolls on this topic ... The fear of harming myself unknowingly was too firmly rooted in me, which is why the usual things for locals still seemed to me quite dangerous and risky. And I also knew that I had a fairly large reserve of chakra, which gave rise to even more fears in me.

But despite this, I still wanted to fully experience my own chakra. I wanted it very much, because for me the chakra was something mystical, magical and insanely desirable. Because of this, in fact, I was not ready to wait a couple of years until the academy helped me feel my own chakra. Instead, I was going to and was ready to kill a whole bunch of time on mastering meditations and other attempts to feel my chakra…

Fortunately, I have already managed to make some plans for facilitating these attempts for myself. So, after the library, a real race around the village was waiting for me, during which I was going to exhaust myself to the limit. Well, so that the energy raging in my blood does not interfere with me in my attempts to master local meditation… And it was a very right move on my part. For in the evening, after a hearty, but monotonous, lunch, I was really able to start meditation very calmly...

Well, or, to be slightly more precise, an attempt at meditation will fail. I had a lot of theoretical data on how this could be done. But everything, as a rule, came down to attempts to clear your own mind of all thoughts and emotions, at the same time completely focusing on the sensations of your own body. In this regard, the manuals differed from each other only in the recommended ways, how it was possible to clear your mind of unnecessary thoughts…

That's what I tried to do... for about twenty minutes. After that, I fell asleep corny, overdoing it with the purification of my own consciousness. Although, perhaps, the fatigue of the past day and something like that affected me so much. I won't say for sure, but I passed out that day really quickly, falling asleep much earlier than usual. However, I woke up, as a result, a little earlier, which allowed me to try to meditate for a round. Again, not too successfully, morning hunger and excessive cheerfulness simply did not allow me to distract myself from unnecessary thoughts. And focusing on my body, I understood only one thing – I want to eat.

Actually, I didn't expect to cope with mastering meditation right away. It's not just that there were so many methods for mastering it in the library. Yes, and alternative options, how one could feel one's chakra, without someone else's help, also appeared for a reason… But I still underestimated the complexity of this skill. For the next week I spent almost every free minute on my attempts to immerse myself in a state of meditation. I even began to despair somewhat, thinking about other ways to feel my chakra…

But the benefit of my attempts was still there. So, I learned to fall asleep almost instantly. Seriously, I could fall asleep in literally half a minute. All I needed was to start breathing in a special way, so that after a couple of seconds my consciousness would go out. The same way of breathing, albeit somewhat modified, helped me with the excessive energy of this body. So, when I simply had no strength left to sit in one place, I closed my eyes and started trying to immerse myself in a state of meditation.

As usual, I couldn't do anything, but I also had an annoying desire to break off somewhere right now, just not to sit at Iruka's boring lesson… In general, yes, I let go a little, and I calmed down. Which could be considered a good consolation prize for my efforts, because this somewhat strange breathing exercises allowed me to sit in the library longer without going crazy with energy rushing out. Yes, and it became somehow easier to transfer my classes with the same stretching… Proper breathing and the already habitual attempts to clear the mind helped to distract from the aching pain in the muscles.

In general, yes, there was a benefit from my classes… But I still haven't achieved my goal. The chakra remained something alien and unknown to me. And I myself even began to think about my lack of this chakra ... You never know how my appearance in this body could affect the body itself and its ability to produce chakra…