Capítulo 9: Beginning of the Academy
The end of the month arrived pretty quickly, as the access to my chakra has given me a whole new world to explore and control. I learned pretty fast that even if I had unlocked my chakra, and my yin energy is pretty high, controlling my chakra is harder than it sounds.
I began attempting to move my chakra through seals and such, but I could feel a resistance every time I did it. The chakra still moves, and I only practice one seal at a time so as not to accidentally do some technique that kills me, but it doesn't feel instant. It feels as if instead of me being able to walk forward normally, I'm dragging someone behind me by their arm.
I'm still able to move, but it doesn't feel as natural as if there were no burdens. I knew there was no short-term solution to this, and the only real answer I could come up with was to continue training.
Since the knowledge I had, at least the common ones, were as advanced as the Clans, I know of a technique specifically designed for young kids to help with their chakra control. That method is the most basic one on the chakra control path, sticking a leaf on your body.
As shown in the anime, you simply pick up a random leaf, stick it somewhere on your body, preferably your forehead, and try to make it stick with chakra. The technique is, fundamentally, a chakra control training method, but it also serves as another form of training for kids, concentration.
After all, continuously and consistently attempting to stick a leaf on your forehead takes a good amount of patience and concentration, which is mainly why kids like Naruto and Kiba had trouble with this exercise, they couldn't sit still long enough.
I didn't encounter this problem when I was going through the technique, since I have been practicing meditation and concentration for months now, and have become pretty proficient at it. Instead, the problem I encountered was the fact that I couldn't figure out how I could use my chakra to make the leaf stick. I mean, I couldn't just magically change the leaf's properties or my chakras.
And the feeling of resistance also brought my control down even further, after all, if someone told you to hop while dragging someone else, you'd struggle as well.
I didn't know if my problem was common, and I didn't have anyone I could ask for help, since Lee doesn't actively use his chakra and so he doesn't need to worry about control, so it appeared that I have hit my first bottleneck since coming into this world. It seemed that my earlier words have begun to ring true, if I only relied on my talent and not my will, eventually, I will hit a barrier I couldn't pierce and would fall into a rut.
Now, however, that I knew that training was the only real solution I have, I will eventually master the leaf exercise after I figure out a solution to my troubles.
Another bottleneck I can feel myself encountering is happening with my physique. I haven't been slacking on my physical training this past month either, but I could feel that my rapid gains have slowed down. In the past, a month would have been enough to see some tangible difference in training, but now I could only see minute ones such as not feeling as exhausted, or being able to do a few more repetitions.
The rate at which my body can gain strength is not that good, I am only 6 years old after all. I wouldn't say that I'm even approaching the genin threshold for physique yet, but I have a pretty robust body, much better than people my age at least.
Lee has told me that this is usually what happens, after all when you start low it's easy to boost up pretty rapidly, but only when you start reaching higher heights is it difficult to take even a step further. Like climbing a mountain. At first, you wouldn't feel the effects of climbing a mountain initially, but the higher you climb and the thinner the air gets, the harder it is for you not to feel exhausted and stop.
Overall though, I feel like I might be grasping the concept of the leaf technique soon, especially when I enter my academy life tomorrow. With more access to resources, I can use the past experiences of others to find out how to go about my troubles.
Currently, however, I was in the forest with Lee. If someone were to approach us, they would hear the sound of a tree being hit, and the sound of Lee speaking.
𝘛𝘩𝘶𝘯𝘬. 𝘛𝘩𝘶𝘯𝘬. 𝘛𝘩𝘶𝘯𝘬.
"Ahh. Friend Aizen, if we cannot complete 700 kicks before an hour passes, then we will do 1,000 lunges! If we cannot complete those, then we will complete 500 pushups! If we canno--"
I interrupted, "I get it Lee! If we can't do 500 pushups, we'll do a million laps!"
Lee's motivation method is for us to either complete the set amount of repetitions, or face even deadlier "motivation". Real inspiring... The more we can't do though, the harder it gets, so it does serve as good motivation for me to try as hard as I can now rather than later. Sometimes, I also get the sneaking suspicion that Lee fails purposefully the requirement purposefully, just for us to move on to the next harder exercise...
Masochist.
Anyways, after we completed our kicks, we started taking a short break. Lee approached me from his tree, the poor thing, and asked me a question,
"Aizen! How do you feel about tomorrow, my friend?"
I knew what he was talking about, so I responded
"I'm pretty excited Lee, I finally get to meet other kids my age who aspire to be a ninja too! And if all goes well, I'll be able to move into a place of my own. Tomorrow will be a great day"
"That is great Aizen! I am sure you will pass and do just fine tomorrow! Your efforts will surely be rewarded!"
You had to hand it to Lee, even though he can be too intense and passionate for some, he's a pretty great friend to have around.
"Thank you Lee"
"Yes, now let us continue our exercises so that you shall be ready for the academy!"
With that said, we continued with our usual exercises, punches, pushups, and running laps. By the time the sun started setting, it was safe to say both Lee and I were pretty tired for the day, and we quickly headed back to our respective orphanages.
By the time I got back, dinner was already being served and I quickly got a seat at the table. When everyone was settled down, the Matron stood up and said
"Kids, may I please have your attention before dinner begins? Some of you guys will be going to the academy tomorrow, and starting from now will start training to be a ninja. You can make a request to Lord Hokage for you to move into a separate apartment, but whether he approves is another problem. If he does approve you though, then you will get a monthly check to use for food and academy supplies. When you graduate from the academy, these checks will stop and you will have to start making your own money, whether you become a ninja or not. You'll also have to pay back the money eventually in full."
This was all pretty useful information. I didn't know much about the exact process, just that I can move in on my own after starting the academy. It seems that the village will let you make that choice, and lend you money until you graduate. Overall, this was a pretty good deal. I wouldn't have to worry about money until I could start making it, so I could dedicate my years at the academy to getting stronger and becoming a good ninja. The Matron continued,
"On another note, I would like to say that whether you move away or not, there will always be space for you here at the orphanage. I have watched all of you grow up since you were tiny babies adopted to our center, and I really wish all of you the best of luck in whatever goals you kids want to achieve."
I have to say this was pretty emotional for most of the kids here, me included. Some of them outright started crying, and some just spoke their affection out loud. I opted to just stay quiet. I have been with the Matron for 6 years of my life basically, and she has been nothing but kind to all of us. I knew that there were some cases where an orphanage would abuse or neglect their children, such as the one Naruto found himself in, but this orphanage has been nothing but a home for me.
"All right that's all I wanted to say to you guys today, just make sure you get a good night's sleep for tomorrow. We can start dinner now"
We quickly scarfed down the food and left the dinner table. I headed to my bed and proceeded to engage in some meditation and chakra training for a while until it was time for us to go to sleep. I still made sure to keep my meditation training up, because a calm state of mind is something I deem to be one of the most important aspects of a shinobi, and I plan on having that.
I went to sleep pretty excitedly, after all by the time I woke up I will have begun the day in which I enter the Hidden Leaf Village Academy!
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