In an open area of the Ocean village, where the sun was shining brightly, the ocean breeze stopping by every once in a while to cool things down, there was a boy. This boy had the markings of a long forgotten clan, which has been extinct for centuries. Granted his power hasn't came to fruition, he still worked hard knowing that one day he could focus on one aspect of his arsenal. He didn't have the most flashy techniques so far, everything about his fighting style at the moment was crude but highly effective. The boys fighting style was still in the making, but having a whole clan's history lodged inside of your head makes it a whole lot easier. He had high expectations for himself, which was probably the worst way to think of himself at the moment. Knowing that he was going to get strong then exploiting it would probably lower his chances of ever learning any good lesson. Zone didn't care, it was in his nature.
The boy looked down onto the field he was training on. It was just the right size for what he planned to do. The boy wasn't the best in anything really, he was probably among the weaker of the genin his age. But, not for long. Zone looked down onto the tattoos on his arms. His power was soon to come. Hopefully. He wanted to be the best ninja. The most efficient was a better way to put it. He looked at the training dummy that was set up by the post. This was his target for now. His glare became serious, he crouched his body slowly, like a tiger waiting to pounce on its prey. Then, he reached for his kunai. [i]"A quick thrusting slash, piercing the heart, killing the victim. Zone made sure his timing was better then perfect, he needed to be able to split a split second into a split half of a second. Something about this strike appeased him. It was good, pretty predictable, but simple and if done right got the job done. This light training was going to be the start of something glorious. Helping him with this technique, would be the opening of the first celestial gate. The gate of opening. It was the first step of him becoming something more then just a boy. It was the step of becoming a ninja. The boy looked at the target, the dummy being just cloth and some type of straw material wrapped around an old fence post, and lunged at it. He ran as fast as he could, holding the kunai with both hands by his waist. When the boy was close enough, he launched his hands outward, the point of the kunai going straight into the heart region of the dummy. With the sounds of ripping, tearing, and compressing straw, Zone withdrew the kunai.
"Alright. Lets try this..." Zone took in a deep breath, and concentrated. He relaxed so fast that he could probably meditate from the position he was in. He put his arms by his sides, his forearms going outward towards the tree line, and his feet stance being a little wider. Then, he quickly exhaled, a surge of energy flowing through his body. "Gate of Opening...!" Zone, feeling the release of the gate of Opening, felt his muscles get a surge of energy. Now, this is what the hell Zone was talking about!! He took in another deep breath, hopped back 20 feet or so, and took a Kunai quickly. With his body surging with energy, Zone quickly took stance and took off. He was almost 2 x as fast as he was, and he quickly brought the kunai up and stabbed the dummy again. This time, the post in the ground creaked and cracked and leaned back. The dummy was almost blown off the whole entire steak in general. "Phew...That's a mean boost I just got.... Why haven't I tried to use this earli-" Zone suddenly felt funny. The after affects were greater due to the fact that he only used this once. He took a couple of steps back to recoup.
"Well, this... Isn't what I expected..." Zone quickly recovered, and stood tall. He was actually going to learn this. He was actually taking the steps needed to become something great. Zone looked at the dummy. It had a couple more good blows on it. He was going to have to try again. Zone, again, scaled back about 20-30 feet, and got ready. One more try... Zone, with kunai in hand, concentrated and felt the rush of chakra go through his brain. After a split second, he felt the rush of energy go through his body and his muscles tighten alitlle, feeling the power he was just granted. "Ahhhhhhhh!" He quickly ran towards the dummy, faster then what he could normally do, and lunged again for the dummy. He threw his hands out one more time, and the dummy was completely torn off the stake, the stake giving way easily after Zone put his weight into the attack. Zone went airborne for about a half second, and quickly landed, turning in the process. He looked at the dummy. "Direct hit!" He was huffing and puffing a little, getting used to the affects of the gates after affect, and stood up straight. Now, there's one more thing to do.
Zone looked for one last target in today's training, and found that a lone tree about 30 meters away. He looked at the tree. That was probably just far enough for the gates to actually were off. Since the gate of healing, the second celestial gate, was basically an extra boost to keep the first gate alive he thought that this would be the perfect way to test it. Zone concentrated hard. He looked at the tree, then he looked toward the ground about 5 feet out from him. "aaaaaaaaaaaaaAAAAAAH! Gate of Opening!!!" Zone pushed off his dominate leg, and took off. He was running as fast as he could. He then got about 50 yards away from the tree, still running at full speed. 30 yards away. 20 yards. He felt the affects of the gates slowly slipping away. Then, he dug deep to pull this magic trick. "Aaaaaaaah! Gate of Healing!!"
Zone felt the rush of energy once more, and felt like he could go on forever. He then ran up to the tree, and threw his hands out with the kunai in it. The kunai hitting the tree hard, Zone felt the give of the tree's bark and then he hit the core of the tree, getting stopped instantly. The shock made his elbow's collapse, and Zone almost ramming his body into the end of the kunai. He spun on instinct, and rolled off into the grass. "Ha... Hahahaha... I did it..." Zone then went to sleep after a hard days work.
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Sat Jul 23, 2011 1:51 pm by 
