Learning Earth Release

Oturan has an epiphany as he awakes the next morning. He has no clue how he is going to master Earth Release any further after this very basic training. He could not stand training with his parents and there was no one else in the land of clouds with earth release that will train him. On his way over to the training field he thought over his epiphany this morning and what he might do about it. Just meters away from the field he remembered the Raikage. That would be one of his only chances at a decent master. Kenta Senju was more than a decent master. Oturan then cleared his head and started his training. He started the day with attempting the hiding in rocks jutsu one more time. Oturan gathered his chakra in his body and tried to enter the same mountainside rocks he did yesterday. The entry was slow and took too long to use in battle. Also his chakra with the Earth Release was not trained enough to with stand the jutsu for more than fifteen seconds. Oturan repeated this process all day for his training before he ran out of chakra at about mid afternoon. He made little progress the first day but he usually did so it was expected. His final progress was an added five seconds for being able to hold the jutsu which rounded it up to a whole twenty seconds. The speed of entering increased minimally, maybe by half a second. The next day of training Oturan couldn't help but fret over his slow progress. Each attempt that did not show improvement in raged Oturan on the inside. This usually did not happen to the very calm and collected Oturan but this was one of the hardest things he was attempting yet. By mid day in his training his had seen a two second increase in the speed of entering the rock and another five second speed for how long the jutsu was. The training had only be going on for two days but by this time Oturan usually starts to see more results that this training was producing. Regardless of the voice in the back of his head screaming, "It's useless, just go home!", his training had to continue and he had to work harder. He put even more effort into the next half of the day of training as if it counted on his life as a shinobi or someone was forcing him told do it or they would kill his parents. By the end Oturan was collapsed in a pool of hour old sweet, yet all he could smell was victory. His body was almost completely out of chakra and this would be life threatening his it had been a battle. He was able to stay within the rock for a whole minute before being forced out of the rock due to lack of chakra control required for the jutsu, but he was getting closer. His eyes started to get heavy under the night sky. He still could not move a muscle in his body except for the permanent half grin that has been there since he collapsed after his training. "I think I might just have to sleep here for now..." Oturan said in decreasing volume to himself as he drifted to sleep peacefully.


The next morning Oturan got a rude awakening from the dark cloud-filled sky. Large, heavy ran drops fell directly onto Oturan's face and body and he lay in the same exact spot that he fell asleep in. His body had slightly recover and he was able to move. He felt like his body was on fire, after effects of using so much chakra in one day. Oturan stumbled on up and made his way back to Kumogakure for some rest, rest for his body and his mind. Bed ridden for two days, Oturan emerges from his house feeling better than he remembers feeling before he started this training. His body was rejuvenated and he was ready for training once again. He made his way over to the same training field and across the field itself to the mountainside rocky surface that made a right angle with the ground. He brought his hands together, formed the seals, and entered the rock. Entering into the rock was now much faster than it was originally and even faster than it was on the last trail of the previous training session. Within the rock he focused on his chakra controlled and counted in his head to see how much longer, if any, he could stay hiding within the rocks. As he was reaching a minute and a half he started to waste chakra from the technique and was forced out of the rocks. His chakra control still needed to be worked on, and that was an understatement. He got back to his feet after being forcefully pushed out of the rocks and repeated the process all the way until about four o'clock in the afternoon. This time he would make sure not to over due on his chakra consumption so he could work every day on this training. He rose from bed and got ready for training. Before leaving the house Oturan's mother gave him a tip on controlling Earth Release Chakra. "Make sure that your chakra is maintained the exact same amount through every part of every jutsu, there are not supposed to be higher or lower chakra levels at any time throughout the jutsu." Oturan finally was understanding, earth release was about balance in chakra. He made his way to the training field with confidence in today's training. Maybe today the could master the technique, but maybe not. He gather chakra throughout his body distributing it equally and attempting to keep it at the same levels the entire time. This little tip was so helpful it was scary. He was able to stay within the rock for a full three minutes, double the result of his last attempt. Oturan began to understand how important chakra control and how you use it differently for each technique really makes it easier to preform. The earth release was completely different from water, water everything is controlled by one big burst of chakra aimed at the enemy, but earth release was all about maintaining equal balance.Oturan continued his training an was able to do it all day because now he was not wasting near as much chakra as he had before. The jutsu was still not complete, but it would be within the week at this rate. He made his way into the sunset towards the village.



Oturan started his training early morning with the same routine he had been for this training since he learned of the helpful chakra tip. About half way through the day he could stay inside of the rock for three minutes and thirty seconds, a thirty second increase, and took him the expected amount of time for anyone to enter the rock who has already mastered the jutsu. With the speed at its max, he just had to focus on chakra control. The day ended with few more recent results. A fifteen second increase for staying inside the rock concluded his day. Cold air blew hard inside of Oturan's black robe as he realized it would be raining tomorrow. He always looked for patterns in weather so he knew what his limitations were for training. He decided to show up for training the next day anyway. Water drenched every inch of Oturan's body as he repeatedly enters and exits the rocks on the mountainside wall, trying as hard as he could he put every ounce of his sole into his training. By noon he had increased the duration of how long he could stay hidden within the rocks by another thirty seconds, making the total time Oturan can stay submerged about four and a half minutes. He knew that chakra control was hard, but this was the hardest thing, by far Oturan had done yet, he concluded after the previous day of training. He still needed to learn earth release, nothing had changed, so he continued. The day ended with another thirty seconds being added to his total time he can be submerged within the rocks. He made his way home before dinner. The next day would be eventful, Oturan went to bed telling himself. Keeping a positive outlook on this whole situation would help Oturan master this training, he could feel it. He woke up an took off for training without even eating breakfast. He was hungry but training came first he decided earlier. Must to his dismay, his skipped meal was shown on his training. He started having trouble controlling the chakra and his submerged intervals were shortening. It had only be two hours and Oturan's focus had been shot. He left for a lunch break and then continued his training. The morning speed bump(not eating) did not slow down Oturan's afternoon progress. With food in his stomach and training in his mind his interval times started to increase in time once again. He max time just two hours after restarting his training he could stay submerged in the wall of rocks for six whole minutes. This was a larger increase than yesterday but not the largest. Oturan also started to notice that some day his progress was slower, and some it was noticeable faster. This remained in the back of his mind until his came up with an answer. Some days Oturan's chakra from the day before is completely restored over night, but if he uses to much his the full amount of chakra is not restored and the next day of training has less dramatic results than any of the previous.


Oturan would have to watch out on his chakra consumption every day from now on. The final result of the training for the day was a twenty second increase in how long he could stay hidden within rocks. He walked back to kumo. Oturan woke up and started training early morning, just an hour or so after the sun came up. He made his way to the same field, and then to the same rock, just like he had every single day since he started the training. He gathered chakra, formed the necessary seals, ad entered the rock for the millionth time. During this first attempt, Oturan was able to stay submerged within the mountainside rock wall for seven minutes and two seconds, very god improvement. Oturan could tell it was just a matter of time before he had mastered this training hand he could complete his quest to learn hidden in rocks jutsu and learn earth element. Oturan, completely bored of this stupid training by this point, was getting irritated and his patients was growing extremely thin for this repetitive training. Bored, and slightly infuriated, Oturan punched a tree next to where he had be entering and re-entering the rock. The chakra control to this level was very difficult for the taijutsu specialist. Almost ready to break something he quietly continued the training. By the end of the day, he had remarkable progress for his level of anger he had while doing it. He had successfully extended the time he could remain submerged within the rock wall to a full eight minutes and made his way back to kumo. Still tired from yesterdays training and going to sleep slightly to late, Oruran arose the next morning in a bad mood. Without saying a word to his mother or father he made his way back to the training field he couldn't help but feel bad by the time he got there. His mother and father had nothing to do with Oturan not learning the training so why take it out on them? He came to the conclusion he would apologize to his parents upon entering his home this afternoon after training.



This gave him a boost to try his hardest for the sake of making his parents feel better as soon as possible. This motivation helped his training immediately after he obtained it. An hour in he had increased the time to ten minutes and in the next two hours he mastered it he could now move freely in the mountain. He could stay within the rock as long as he still had chakra to balance within his body. He made his way home as apologized to both his mother and father, thanking them for their help and support. Oturan had finally finished that god awful training and mastered a small part of earth release and mastered the hidden in rocks technique. Now he could unlock his wood release and become the best know person of the Senju clan.

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