Chapter 29

We finally came back out after a while of walking. The entire time I was completely lost in thought. Even after I was hit by the sun, I was still lost in thought until a voice brought me out of it,

"Uzumaki Ken. He was the only Uzumaki during the time of Uzushiokagure that was more infatuated with the sword and physical power than following the usual trend of being a seal master. Even after being constantly reminded of being the next leader, as the son of the then leader of the Uzumakis, he had no interest whatsoever.

He eventually left the village to improve on himself, which he did, and eventually made a name for himself. The Uzumakis were eventually destroyed and unfortunately, he was unable to do anything to stop it. Driven by rage, he went around killing members of the great nations; shinobi and civilians alike.

Eventually the leaders banded together once more to take him down but with his monstrous vitality, together with his even more monstrous sword style he survived. After a long time, he had finally had enough. Tired of all the killing, of the constant running. The three leaders made an agreement with him. They would erase all records of him, and in return he would disappear, which he did. Well, there was the stubborn old fool who wanted to kill him regardless. But even he knew that if he pushed too much, there would not be much left to be a kage of." Mebuki spoke everything in one breath but that lead to even more confusion.

'He stopped? Just like that? And why did he only attack three of the nations? Even if the Third Hokage did well to make it seem they could not get there in time, did he really not suspect a thing?' The more I thought about it, the more questions were raised in my mind. There were too many holes in that story.

Mebuki seeing me like that placed her hand on my head, smiled and spoke, "Don't bother with it. Let the grown-ups deal with their own things. Don't think about it too much"

It meant there really was more to it. But she was right; Even if I know the rest of the truth, I could not do anything about it. I was weak after all. I nodded to let her know I understood, to which she smiled back.

"Okay, we have wasted a bit of time so I intend to start your training on the road." Speaking to here, she placed her hand on my back. Immediately, I went crashing down. I felt I had a truck fall on me.

"Stand up Sakura. I had intended to properly start your training when we got to a certain place but it is best to start now. You will continue to follow me with the gravity seal on you during the day and learn during the night. Stand up." I was still restrained on the ground. It came too sudden. My entire body was screaming at me. How many times had I watched those two Sayians training under gravity? It seemed impressive, but what I was feeling was just…pain.

'How about level half before we slowly work our way upwards to level one and the rest? Damned spartan woman!' I began to force myself to stand with gritted teeth which I eventually did, much to the pleasure of Mebuki. She nodded at me and began to move once more.

The moment I moved, I understood. It was brutal. I could use chakra to help me bear with the weight, which would be a lot, and still use more chakra to try and figure out how to use the flicker technique. Doing so would make me waste and use a lot of chakra, eventually passing out from chakra exhaustion.

Or I could use my body to completely bear the weight and get used to it, then use chakra to figure out the right way to flicker under these circumstances. Considering my options, I felt the second option was much better. If I could withstand it with my physical body, not only my speed, but my entire body will be on a whole other level.

I slowly stopped revolving my chakra to protect my body and I instantly felt worse. I wanted to throw up, I had no idea if I had shit myself or not but I could only just move. As always, the distance between myself and Mebuki was the same, even after she put the gravity on me. It was very annoying. Now I knew she was doing it on purpose.

After a grueling half a day, we finally stopped for the night. Every part of my body hurt so bad. I felt I had returned to square one as I crawled and collapsed before the sadistic woman. She used medical ninjutsu to sooth my pain a little; Just enough to be able to move the next day, somewhat. Again, she left it so my body healed itself and got used to the changes by itself.

Just as she said, after we ate she began her lessons on medical ninjutsu. It required advanced chakra control which should not be a problem. She made a point of at least knowing the basics in order to be able to heal myself in case I suffered an injury or when poisoned.

That may be true but I had a completely different agender with it. I had initially wanted to learn for when I began training with weights; Honestly, the gravity seal was heaven sent and much better that the weights. Eventually I intend to upgrade the medical ninjutsu to the Nikutai Kassei no Jutsu (Body Revival Technique). The jutsu basically allowed a body to completely heal without losing any of the effects of the body being strengthened when it healed naturally.

Unlike Mebuki only partially healing and soothing my aching body to allow it to heal and strengthen itself the rest of the way, the Nikutai Kassei no Jutsu (Body Revival Technique) completely healed the body and strengthened it at the same time.

Thus, began the nights of extensive lessons on herbs, poisons and the human body.

Just like that, another month passed. During this month, the weight of the gravity had been constantly raised so many times that I honestly did not know when or how. I was only told each time my body adjusted to a certain level the weight was increased. Once every ten days the weight was taken off to allow me to get used to my body without the gravity seal.

All of that meant I was improving, by how much, I did not know. Since there was no one to compare to except the monster, who by the way, even after a month, the distance between us when we run had been the same even after removing the seal on me. I was improving. I was definitely improving. Was I improving?

My lessons were going well. I was learning quite a lot, especially on poisons. I had begun to take quite the keen interest in them. If I could learn how to make my own and add to my jutsus, it would be a great boon to my strength. I had understood the concept of the mystic palm but using it properly is another matter. I still need more practice in that field.

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From next week, new stone targets. Happy we could cross the old target and more.

200 stones = 2 chapter

400 stones = 3 chapters

600 stones = 5 chapters.

Current reached = 550

Chapters owed = 0/5. All 5 owed released. See you guys on Monday. Happy reading.