Water is wet(Shikuki P/IO)

She woke up staring up at the sky, smoke covering the skies in a distance. Shikuki had no clue what he had done, nothing at all. Sitting up, her clothes were tampered with and broken down, into multiple holes and what not like he just commenced in a battle of several wars. Blood covered her body, but he felt no leaking of her bodily fluids. As he stood and turned around, a masked man came out of the shadows. She seemed intimidating and gremincing.In two seconds, the man was directly in front of Shikuki. With one sword, he punctured him, causing Shikuki pain like any other and falling to the ground. The moment he hit the ground, Shikuki found himself inside of her room.

She himself, was on the ground as well, but in her room now. A dream, he said. How wonderful, one so terrible it actually jumped him out of her bed. It was about midnight at the time of her awakening. God damn, that was a hard fall though. Shikuki stood up, and stared off at the moon up in her lovely desert. That dream was quite something. It felt so real, so scary. It was almost as if he actually was in a war zone, and just waking up just to get killed. Shikuki felt like it was almost predicting her future in a way. She's been training very hard for weeks, and it's been paying off wonderfully. But he wanted more, something bigger than that. She needed to go on a training adventure. Yes, one that's big and full of training and power. A Grand Adventure.

Shikuki was feeling quite hungry after her nightmare. She got a good meal in her belly from her kitchen. Unable to sleep, he assumed he had to begin her adventure right now. Shikuki got up and began to walk out of her house. The midnight was filled with a bright, full moon, and the slight breeze of the desert was cooling to the touch. The village was completely lit up thanks to the moon above, being so close to the village as usual. It was so wonderful at night, the village and the moon together. Shikuki felt at peace here, walking down the sandy roads leading around the village. While walking, he found himself walking aimlessly anywhere. her mission, right! The training adventure. She decided it was truly time to begin it all! Shikuki decided he would make a trip around the whole village, whilst training. It was midnight, he had all night and day. It was truly up to her will whether or not he would do it. Shikuki began to go towards the most well known and basic training area, the training grounds. Shikuki dashed through the moonlight to do so.

She finally made it to the empty training grounds. The place was full of the moon shining down, and the sand glistening thanks to the moon. Shikuki had decided to take action with a quick jog around the premises. She felt he already had enough strShikukiing walking around the village for a while. Upon the jog, Shikuki was in dire need to begin her workout. Over the days, Shikuki has been able to gain a lot more strength. She's been able to lift more things, and hit with more of a punch. She also wanted to gain more power, for the reason he began to lift boulders with more ease and tree trunks, producing happiness within him. Shikuki wasn't able to ever do that before, but now he was able to! Just shows practice makes perfect. After some sessions of lifting, he began to run with the boulders he had in hand. Once finished with their physical workout, Shikuki was a little sickly tired. She didn't really wanna work at all anymore. Still, he found it in himself to practice her whirlwinds and dynamic entries again. They really helped out. After that, Shikuki was basically done for the day. She wanted badly to go on their adventure, but it had to wait for other people to go with him. Shikuki ran home, and jumped straight into bed. Though trying to sleep, he just couldn't bring herself to it. She so badly wanted to run and be a stronger foe, which is the only thing that got him back up and sitting in her room.

In her room, Shikuki decided to begin to meditate. It was an odd thing to do at the time, but hell he was gonna do it. Fuck it, I'm gonna get stronger, but i should first try to get in tune with myself. Shikuki sat on her floor, in an upright pose. her window was open, allowing a breeze and the moon to swish through. Shikuki began to breathe in, and breathe out. Breathe in, and out simultaneously. She then began to picture himself at the grounds he was just at, but with a figure in front of him. The person looked to be the same height as Shikuki, like a copy. Looking up, the person was actually a copy of Shikoku! What the hell? This was extremely odd. Why was the person that looked to be Shikuki's twin before him, in a meditation adventure? And why did he wear the same attire that Shikuki's dream killer wore? It made no true sense to him, however Shikuki still went on to study and talk to the man.

"What is your name? Who are you? And what the hell are you doing here." Shikuki was quite hostile towards the imposto, it was her first time ever doing it and it was weird. She continued to breath in and stay calm in order to stay in the trance and here the man out.

" What? I am you, of course. I'm you, the one who wants the same as you. Strength and power, to protect their village." As he said ther, the figure began to raise her hand and lightning sparked onto it. In their trance, the moon was yellow, so bright and yellow it actually made the lightning more dark and like the color of sand. " Why is it that you stopped your training and came here? Don't you want ther?" The copy then ran towards the tree with the lightning hand, and pierced it, causing the tree to almost self destruct and disappear.

What the hell?!?! Was Shikuki actually able to do that? this was her copy, but a copy in a trance. this could all be played out, however Shikuki wasn't controlling their figure, it acted on its own. therefore he knew there were figures doing. " What is the name of that jutsu, and how do I obtain it?"

The figure looked at him with intense yellow eyes, and looked as if he was mad yet happy Shikuki was intrigued. Almost as if he was glad Shikuki didn't give up entirely on her mission for power. " Chidori. Now go and train, we must get stronger for the better of ther village." The copy also mouthed the hand signs for the jutsu Chidori. After doing so, Shikuki was pierced by the figure before him, with the Chidori. All he saw last was the black coat flailing down, before once again awakening from the meditation. What the shit was all of ther? Well, it was quite some adventure ill tell you that. this was also pretty cool, Shikuki wasn't expecting these turn of events. Time to get cracking.

Shikuki began to once again go out towards the training ground, but their time in a rushed format. Shikuki was eager to obtain the chidori, it was so strong and can prove to be useful for future encounters. Once he made it to the grounds, Shikuki eagerly began to focus on himself. She felt in tune with what was about to happen, and even stared at the tree which was taken down in her trance. Now it was time to get rolling. Shikuki began the jutsu. It was a difficult one at that, raised to be an A rank jutsu out of all things. her first lightning jutsu was going to be the Chidori as well, how cool! She began to focus her intensity and will into the power of their jutsu. It was going to shock the stadium of the tournament, and prove to be extremely difficult to counter. She wasn't sure however how badly ther jutsu can hurt people, but he would worry about that later. Though he had a pretty good idea where that was going in her trance presentation from before. Best believe though, he had no real life tutor or anyone to help him, but that trance was more for insight. Now he knew what he had to do, and was prepared. Focusing, there began to be short shocks in the sand around him. It was quite odd actually, he never did manipulate her chakra before. Only taijutsu, no lightning. It scared him as well, however, the shocks didn't hurt one bit. Well that would make sense, it being her own chakra and all. Shikuki was at the stage where he was just practicing getting in tune with the lightning. She would focus the Chidori in her hand, and would allow lightning sparks to jump out of nowhere, getting in sync with everything. It took quite awhile to do so actually. While the time he began to doze off from not doing much, but her determination to do ther carried on! With each attempt to do so, more sparks would present themselves, making him excited as he went on as well. On about the 120th attempt, he felt pretty natural and confident with what he was doing. Now it was time to take action.

Shikuki tried to obtain more chakra to focus into her living hand. It was beginning to be engrossed in lightning, so much lightning indeed. The lightning he had was so clear and white, it seemed beautiful to just stare at even though being a deadly force. Shikoku put more and more chakra into it all, before it began to focus and form fully around her hand. Oh Shit! Shikuki actually just pulled it off! At the moment of it forming, Shikuki was sweeped with a sight of happiness. It stayed there momentarily before dimming off, and producing a shockwave that hit Shikuki. What the hell? She just did it too....Well, can't do anything about it he assumed. It was her first lightning technique, and a A rank jutsu. Still, they had him wanting to train and get better at it even more. Now what he needed to practice on was obtaining their form. It was extremely imperfect, but he was at a good start. She carried on to channel her chakra to her hand, and produce the mass of lightning. She began to hold it longer and longer, before beginning to feel the chills of tiring himself and her chakra out. Shikuki knew there was about the end of her journey for now. Though he still wished to continue going, and not stop there. So he found it within himself to push forward and on with her cause, not worrying about the repercussions. Soon, Shikuki was beginning to feel once again the tired feeling he was having. She knew the Grand Adventure would have to end soon, and he was nowhere near being done with it at all. She decided it was about time to pack up, but first he attempted one last time at the Chidori. She focused her inner lightning, and brought out the jutsu. It lasted about 5-7 seconds, with him just standing there and trying to contain it. Though it failed, he was getting better at mastering it. That's all he could ask for. At the time, Shikuki called it a rap for the night. He would continue the adventure in the morning, and prove to train the Chidori more and more with time. For now, he went off to sleep and slept about the morning to come. Where he will learn more of the Chidori.

The next morning was a great one. The Moon clocked out, and the sun came to present its fiery essence. Shikuki was wide awake, remembering all that happened the night before. It was quite the turn of events that happened, but nonetheless it was a new day. A new time to learn the Chidori. She was excited to learn it. She knew today was going to be it, time for her show to begin. Shikuki got up and wasn't feeling very hungry, so he skipped out on eating. She left her headband behind again, making it more apparent to not wear it. She just didn't care for it much anymore, and was beginning to like the look of her hair hanging lower to her eyes ever since her hair has been growing. Shikuki was walking towards the training grounds once again. She walked in, and was walking around the place, discovering more and more of it, to find a secret area that he never found or saw before. It was isolated, and had more trees then the usual training grounds. It was as if their place wasn't put down on the Suna map, or made public to others. It was actually pretty cool to Shikuki, having wide range, a good breeze, and targets of course. Shikuki was so prepared to continue her Chidori training, he was beginning to really like the jutsu itself. It seemed quite cool and versatile, who wouldn't like it! this also helped to bring out Shikuki's secret love for lightning release. It was so cool and strong, and extremely made up of a wide range to do with it. Anyway, Shikuki finally found himself at the training grounds. She was here once again, after what happened last night. Instead of beginning to train or make a workout, Shikuki decided to go and meditate. She wanted to tell of their figure, friend and foe, of what happened. Shikuki found a cool area at their new place to lie down and meditate without the fear of the sun raining down on him. The wind blew smoothly across Shikuki's face, as he began the procedure to enter the world he was in before.

Shikuki was once again in another world, but their place was different. It was more like a warzone then anything, full of debris and blood, much like her dream from before. It was all so weird, what did they all mean to him!? Why was it important? Shikuki wanted answers so badly but couldn't find any. Shikuki was walking around the area when he once again found the same man from the dream and her meditation before. She looked again, to be just like Shikuki, but wearing different attire. those also seemed to be a darkness covering him, and following the copy around. It wasn't as noticeable as before, when the copy was here in the meditation. Was it caused due to the change of scenery, or something more? Shikuki was confused, but spoke to the copy.

" What has happened to you! You seem more pure of darkness." Shikuki truly had no clue what the issue was. The figure was just looking before him out of anger and regret, but said nothing until moments later.

" Nothing, there is just the fear that's been going on in our head. Something which can happen in the future, I've just come out of battle is all. Now, go train the Chidori. I've seen what you've been doing, and you're almost close. Now go!"

Shikuki took the advice from her counterpart, and began to wake himself up from her meditating slumber. She was doing good so far, and ther copy of him, whatever he was doing, was telling him to go on further and better! The copy was right after all, which was good to know. Shikuki could do it there, letting the Grand Adventure rage on. Shikuki woke himself back up after all that just happened, and was still sitting underneath the tree at their new area. The area was actually quite calm and peaceful, and Shikuki really liked it. She also was eager to bring some lightning to it, the element he loved oh so much. But first things first, you have to get your daily training in. You can't just worry about jutsu and what not if your physically body is suffering, that's how you mess up! Shikuki began to do her usually running, lately increasing it to several miles on end. It was a tiring exercise, but an exercise nonetheless. Meaning, Shikuki would get stronger from all of ther soon enough. She was just so happy and full of spirit being able to learn the jutsu soon, he just couldn't hold it in that much. She began to rush through the miles a little more, eager to get it all over with. The reason why he didn't skip through the daily workout is because it was beginning to be a ritual. Shikoku truly believed in physical and ninja workouts, so did both accordingly. Shikuki was just about done with her sprints when he began to start the lifting process. It was a good one to say the least, he loved the feeling her biceps gave him out of sheer pain. It just showed they were getting stronger, and the fact they felt more heavy also made him happy. Just showed her punches would be more of a punch then ever. She even began to punch small rocks, feeling the power behind them growing. Even if it seemed unsafe, the rocks seemed to not harm Shikuki in the slightest, just showing her strength growing more and more. Shikuki was just about done with her workout for the daily portion of it. Now it was time to get into the good business. The Chidori of course. Woo, he couldn't wait for it any longer. Shikuki was already focusing a considerable amount of lightning and chakra into her stomach, bringing it out to a physical form in her hand. Sleeping on it didn't seem to help him however, he was still off on how it felt. It felt extremely odd, and like he just knew how to do it, but all those extra attempts last night didn't really mean anything now. It actually sucked so much. She was beginning to feel like the work he did last night when he didn't have to do it, meant absolutely nothing.

However, he brought her spirits back up. She began to reminisce on how that night, when the moon shone so brightly, he was barely able to make any sparks whatsoever. Now look at him! She was able to completely make several ones, and focus them all onto her hand. If that is not progress, Shikuki had no clue what would be. Shikuki felt happy for another reason, the dream wasn't dead. The Grand Adventure wasn't dead! this brought her senses back together, and even added on to it! She was ready to take the tournament by storm, with their jutsu helping him. Shikuki was glad to have such a will and strength towards her goal. Shikuki went back to the mission at hand. The Chidori. Shikuki focused all her might into the Lightning, creating more and more sparks as the Lightning went on. She would have to make her body remember pushing her boundaries past its limits, and making it to the other side, being maintaining the Chidori like last night. It was just such a immense power, Shikuki had to focus and add on to it. Shikuki was getting stronger by the second, adding more and more juice into it. By then, it seemed like more lightning was produced before him then last night, all being circulated around her hand. Shikuki was feeling fired up. Now back where he started, with even more power then before. Shikuki began to attempt to maintain the Chidori's form in front of him. It was of course, a difficult task. But who cares?! She was going to do it, ther Genin right here was preparing for her tournament. Focusing more and more on the Lightning being maintained, ther A rank jutsu was beginning to be a difficult task to have. She went on their time, with their new set amount of power, to only have it on for about 10 seconds.

Shikuki sat down after the Lightning disappeared, breathing heavily at the amount of chakra used up. It was definitely a heavy hit, but he felt her stamina replenishing help to serve him to continue on. At that point, Shikuki began to see a flaw. The copy of himself in her meditation was deceiving him to a extent. Shikuki knew full and well, that you could master a jutsu. However, he didn't realize that their meditation copy of himself was actually using a mastered version of the jutsu. this whole time, he was just producing the jutsu in a mastered form, without the hand signs he forgot about. Damn, that's actually extremely well for him. No one could be able to do such a thing, and here Shikuki was, being able to do a portion of the mastered version of the jutsu for only a brief few seconds. Even though, you had to weigh in him being a Genin, and it being a A rank jutsu. Shikuki felt extremely good about himself, and was for sure knowing he could do the whole thing with ease on her back. Shikuki got up, after having her stamina recovered, ready for another go. this time, he followed the hand sign directions given by the copy, and was holding her hand as he felt the Lightning chakra build up in a greater mass than before. It was so much, the Lightning being so divine and white, almost blinding. With the new outlook of the Chidori, he was able to hold it for several seconds, focusing it much better with the help of the hand signs. Just shows how important they are, can decide whether a jutsu will succeed or not. Now that Shikuki was able to manage the Chidori itself in her hand, he now had to begin to walk. Not being a mastered jutsu, he could only move in a straight line with it. Still, he would change that soon. She knew he could get the mastered version of the jutsu soon enough. It just needed time is all. But first, to completely finish the Chidori.

She was so excited at that point, he was really going to conquer Chidori, her first ever Lightning jutsu! Yes, he could feel it all within him. She could feel the Chidori's Lightning surging within him, and just static all over him. Shikuki began to walk forward, trying to maintain the Chidori, and walk at the same time. It was definitely a difficult task, wobbling forward, like he was unable to walk. Soon he began to focus too much on walking, and the Chidori disappeared. Shit, he thought. It's going to take more practice. Shikuki started the Chidori again, coming so far. This time he was able to move a little quicker than before, adapting to the speed of the jutsu and power, and being able to balance the two forms, being the Chidori and her walking. She was able to last about 13 seconds walking. Over time, he was able to walk and use the Chidori for 20 seconds, adding on and on with the jutsu, seeming to become like second nature to Shikuki's senses. By the time he was able to run with it, he was a menacing force. Shikuki was able to keep the form of the Chidori, the walking distance and speed of her movement, all together. Now came just to put on top the power of it, had he could call it a win for her Chidori. Shikuki faced a tree in front of him, it being quick thick and tall. Shikuki began to follow the hand sign commands for the Chidori. She then held up her hand, as sparks of Lightning showed up, becoming more and more like a thunderstorm in her hand. Once it was a storm of thunder and hell, Shikuki began to run towards the tree in force. Shikuki then came up to it with her speed and power, striking it bare through its center, causing the tree to explode from the inside. She's done it, mission complete. Shikuki was able to use the Chidori in succession, and blow a tree up. Woo! this was a big win. But now, Shikuki needed to master the Chidori, to use it in a better variety of things. One being its movement. At the most, Shikuki was only able to move In a straight line with the infamous Chidori, so how else could he use it unless her opponent was so slow they couldn't move out of the way? Shikuki saw it as an imperfect jutsu and not being able to be used until he thought it could be changed for the better. this imperfect jutsu, with so much power, lacked the movement.

It also put a very heavy strain on Shikuki's body, it having cost so much energy, and him being only a Genin, ther A rank jutsu was a lot to him. Though it was quite beautiful with its dazzling lightning and chirping sounds, it still did a number to him. If he ever intended to use their jutsu in the tournament soon to be, Shikuki had to reduce the strain. The best way to do so was training with it more and more, to perfect it to her standards. Finally, the jutsu had so many hand signs to use. It was crazy. About 12 Shikuki counted, ther needed to be reduced as well. She already began the jutsu recently without the use of hand signs, so he was pretty well off. But still the amount of hand seals scared him and he felt much more comfortable using the Chidori without any need of hand signs whatsoever. So Shikuki began her mastery training with a loud bang.

It was around noon at this time where he was training at the new area. The place was still as peaceful as ever, but just more trees seeming to be missing. Of course, we all knew where these trees have gone. All thanks to the Chidori, they completely annihilated it all together. Shikuki really was liking the Chidori for its power, and soon it would be one of her favorites. Shikuki pondered over what thing to work on first. It was such a wide range of things that needed to be worked on in order to be perfect. The amount of hand signs, the movement around the field with her Chidori in place, and the cost on her body. Her ideal was to just throw the Chidori around whenever, but it would take awhile to do. Shikuki pondered for awhile, but soon decided to work on the movement first. The ideal form of the Chidori would take some time, but at first he can at least work on her movement with it. So Shikuki had a plan. She would move in a circular direction and take out 3 trees during their time. This would be a nice old test to begin her training to maneuver with the Chidori. Shikuki began to several hand signs to construct the Chidori. So many hand signs, it was ridiculous. She wanted to get rid of all of them so badly, just lay waste to every single one. But first he had to change the maneuvering abilities of it. The Chidori, with its shining bright Lightning clenching to Shikuki's hand, was summoned before him. For some reason, ther jutsu felt like he was on training wheels. Whenever he used it, it was like he was restricted only to run towards one direction, or risk it disappearing and becoming a failure. No more to that, though he just recently was able to use the Chidori, Shikuki was already sick of its weaknesses. It would prove to be a menacing and even better Jutsu very soon. Shikuki was already positioned in front of a tree. In their separate training grounds, the trees were positioned to be like a forest, more and more behind it, in a wide circle.

Shikuki made a target for the one in front of him, and to begin switching gears to the ones over beside him, and then the one after that. Soon however, Shikuki planned to see if he could completely shift gears, striking one, and turning around to get the other in a completely opposite direction, and then another in the other direction. But first things first, baby steps, Shikuki thought. Having her Chidori already prepared, he sorta felt like a super ninja with it. It was just such a cool A rank jutsu in her eyes, as he tore through the first tree with no hesitation, now came for the hard part. this super hero needed to rotate her feet and change direction. She had to break down the invisible tape that held him together in one direction. Shikuki begins to try to move to another direction, and breaks down. Shikuki felt like he was doing it actually, he was shifting her body, and moving to the side, almost being able to break it, but then sadly her Chidori turned off. Shikuki stopped moving after feeling the surge of power disappear from her hand. Bullshit! Shikuki exclaimed. She was so close, it was ridiculous. This made Shikuki want to keep pushing forward and break their force down, so he prepared another Chidori. Tiring himself out more, but still wishing to accomplish their goals, Shikuki targeted new trees. The first tree was easy, but he only reached the second a quarter of the way before her Chidori went lights out. Shikuki found himself practicing her Chidori for hours on end, so much he began to see the sun set. It was such a difficult jutsu to master now that he thought about it. But still, Shikuki knew he came so far, he wasn't going to give up now. She was able to use a A rank jutsu, that much was true. Now all he needed was to be able to master it fully. She was sitting down, up against a tree as the sun was setting, breathing intensely. Thanks to her bloodline, Shikuki was able to hold out for awhile. But inevitably, he was all out of juice and needed rest. She practiced for the whole day, and actually managed to get to that second tree he was aiming for. But he wasn't able to test out the third, because her power was just too low at the point. Shikuki was exhausted and her muscles were crying out for rest. Unable to help himself up, Shikoku just laid there in hopes to rejuvenate some of her stamina so he could walk again home.

During their time, Shikuki had so much to think about. Shikuki loves to think about the progress he has made since he was a little academy student. She was once weaker, much more weaker. And now he has just been getting stronger, and more of a force to be reckoned with. And plus her bloodline, from her mysterious heritage was there to help him out. She also thought about her proctor, Coco, the day he became a Genin. It was awhile since he saw her, and it sure as hell would be nice to see her again. Maybe he could get to her level, maybe even bigger. Shikuki always thought about being one of the Kazekage's helpers, him letting Shikuki into Sauna after all with open arms. Shikuki also was feeling the need to say thank you to Gwynevere, who helped break her restraints in battle. Now he wasn't afraid to fight at all and was open to it, breaking the ice in a sense. She also hoped the woman was alright after her injury. As Shikuki spoke, he began to look down at how he was already beginning to make a Chidori in her right hand. Without hand signs either! Both her hands were far apart while he laid there, and the whole time he looked back and reflected he was thinking of the Chidori. Supposing it made sense, Shikuki accepted it and was also glad he got so far today. But Shikuki was just too beat from the long day that day to go any farther. After getting back her energy, Shikuki stood and walked home, slowly. No ninja were out after the sun set really, instead of a few hard workers like himself. Then again, he barely ever saw people up after midnight like he would be, training. Still, ther grand adventure was going wonderful. She was doing great, and was going to have something to use in the future, her Chidori. Maybe the next day, Shikuki would be able to master the Chidori. She made it home, took a nice bath and had some dinner. Shikuki loved her house, it was quite spacious and clean, being a clean freak himself. It was also quite calm and peaceful, a good contrast to her everyday job now. She came a long way through these past few days and sorts. Shikuki got into bed and began to sleep, dreaming about him mastering the Chidori in her sleep.

Shikuki jumped out of bed with a start. She was lightly sweating, taking note of the humid temperature in her room. It seemed as if he accidentally left the window open the night before, and the window curtains closed. Shikuki was confused about the area around him. It was still her house and room for all. The thing is the lighting in there was not what he was expecting. Shikuki was expecting to be awoken by bright rays of light beaming down her curtains onto her face. For some reason, there were none. As Shikuki laid back in her bed and turned in her sleep, nothing seemed to happen at all. She wasn't being brought by that unexpected breeze of drowsiness at all. She looked back towards her blinds, seeming as the one gateway to the outside world. Dark. With a light that seemed to shine bright through the sky, it seemed like it was midnight once again. Shikuki was surprised to be awakened at night after her hard workout the day before. She had but no reasoning for the awakening, so tried to go back to sleep. She saw it as a good opportunity to go out and train at night again, but he still felt as if her body was drained. She needed more rest, but had to continue to train in order to master her Chidori. Shikuki continued to drift off into sleep, in and out. Finally, he found himself awakened by light, after falling back to sleep in and out throughout the night. Damn did he hate those kinds of nights, where there were no dreams and you felt like you were in bed for hours doing nothing. At least it was over though and now he was free. Shikuki also felt extremely more rejuvenated compared to the night before, and became her day with a jump from her bed. She was still sorta achey, and felt kinda like, he was filled with electricity. Shikuki hoped there was no reason to worry about for ther. Example being like he messed her body up some way because of all the training he did. Shikuki got up and began her daily activities. Breakfast, getting dressed, and fit to walk out her apartment doors. Shikuki living alone seemed to be odd sometimes, her age and living lifestyle not adding up. However, he assumed there to be the case since he had such a past, not knowing of her clan or parents. It made him feel incomplete sometimes as, still Shikuki powered through it and made it throughout her days to what he strived for, to become stronger in every way.

As Shikuki made her way towards the training grounds, and the grand adventure went on. She decided to take a detour towards the area, taking in the whole village at a different route. The different food stands throughout the village, the jobs people did in their everyday mornings, some opening up shop very soon just tidying up the place, it was such a peaceful atmosphere. It was very soothing and recommended in her head, to just admire and observe before her training. As Shikuki passed by these occurrences, he also took note of what he was wearing that day. Black pants, sandals, and gray v neck t-shirt. She left her headband at home, portraying himself as the usual villager. It was annoying wearing it so often now, it just stuck to her forehead. Shikuki still felt happy and calm now, walking towards the training grounds. As Shikuki made her way up there, he took in the sight at hand. Several ninja, bright in the morning, taking part in their training sessions. Gosh did he love training, it was such a beautiful thing to look at. Every other ninja works hard with one another or by themselves, with aims to get stronger then where they were before. Same for Shikuki, he was trying to fully master her Chidori which he's been working on for awhile. It was about time actually to do so. For him, all he needed was to work alone, he was quite close to mastering. Shikuki decided not to find her newly discovered training grounds, he felt like it would be unneeded. Shikuki was in front of three log posts while watching the other ninja around him, combating with one another. It actually made him begin to itch for a battle himself, but he refrained from doing it. It was time to train after all. her hands were in her pockets the entire time, however Shikuki began to slowly lift her right hand from her pocket. It was at the height of her shoulder, while her left hand was in her pocket. She already practiced before the jutsu with no hand seals, time to put it to action. Shikuki screeched out the newly replenished chakra he had inside of him, before focusing it onto her hands. She refrained from doing hand signs, and instead just called for the Chidori itself. Surprisingly, it appeared before him. It was first weak and flimsy, but he strengthened it to be at the power it was at before. Amazing, Shikuki thought.

She actually managed to do it. The grand adventure was underway again, how awesome. Chidori in Hand, it was time to light up the training grounds. Such a beautiful jutsu, and power all the same. Shikuki was standing with her chidori in her right hand, and began to run towards the tree in front of him. It was just a warm up now. Crazy to think he was now making warm ups for her Justus, he felt like he's really come a long way. After taking out the first tree in a swift motion, Shikuki ran towards the one behind him, since the trees were in a circular position around him, about 3 meters out each. She was able to take down the second one with alright standards, though by then her movement became rigid. It was putting quite the strain on him, and Shikuki had to stop the jutsu after the second one. Damn, he was so close! She was two down, that was her limit. For now at least. Shikuki was breathing at a medium pace, just starting out he had a lot of chakra to give out, but still the chidori gave a strain on her body for doing so much. However, he also felt the potency of her chakra increasing for being worked out so much and for so long these past few days. Shikuki saw it as a time to begin her other workouts. She went through her usual drills, running and lifting. She also began to spice it up a bit, running while activating the Chidori while doing so. It brought amazement to him when he was able to do so. It seemed as if he didn't even know her own body anymore, like it was a new one he never had, and just came about. While doing the Chidori runs, he would make a metal track to follow in her head. Going through tree branches, jumping and soaring through the air like he was using the Dynamic Entry, all to control and have a better understanding of her jutsu. Shikuki also had the bright idea to try and lift the logs with her chidori hand for a reason. She saw it as a way to control her chakra to be destructive or not, but still it was futile. The amount of power made from the jutsu was overwhelming, and it couldn't manage to grab on to it for a sufficient time, without slowly deteriorating the log. Still, it was good practice. Shikuki knew after her practice with Salzem, he would get a chance to water Justus soon. her ninja career was going wonderfully, every little thing he's always wanted to do becoming a reality. Maybe he will be able to go and help the Kazekage one day. But until then, he had a task to take care of. And that was completely mastering the Chidori. After a little bit more workouts and daily training, Shikuki saw it time to move on to the main event. Finishing off the perfected version of the Chidori. She was so close, Shikuki could see it now. The other Shikuki in her consciousness would look before him in respect, knowing that he mastered the Chidori with flying colors. Shikuki decided to try tree training again. She wanted to attempt to take out two trees at once at least, and go on with the usual workout. Shikuki got her bearings together, and focused himself to create the Chidori once again without any need of hand seals. The jutsu continued to actually decrease in the strain it put on her body, through her mastery of it and making it like second nature. It was such a long way of where he came. No longer struggling to make a Chidori, he now did it very easily. And it didn't take any longer to power up, it was already at enough power right at the point of making it. Once it was visible, Shikuki dashed towards the trees that were back to back simultaneously. It only took one strike, to end the two trees in a very miraculous way, exploding on impact. this was definitely a strong jutsu, and it's only been getting stronger ever since learning it. After the two were destroyed, She then looked beside him, and flipped backwards to destroy it while looking the other way, resulting in her hand to the back of him and causing devastation. After ther happened, Shikuki disappeared from sight, moving at incredible speed. She was seen then in the air, soaring through the air coming down on to her last tree, meters away from the second one. After the final maelstrom, Shikuki looked at her hand, still full of lightning blazing everywhere. " It held up for that long? Nice." With those words, he powered off the Chidori willingly. It seemed like he got stronger for sure, there was probably the first time he actually lasted so long he had the chance to turn off the Chidori, signaling its training to be over for the time.

It felt like forever, but the time to master the Chidori was surely coming to a end, ever so quickly. Now was there the end of the Grand Adventure? Maybe, but it would never truly end. Not until he dies of course, or retires of old age. She felt even more happy than before, he was actually so close to mastering the Chidori, a jutsu he was struggling with days ago. She supposed that's what training could do for you. Get you to high places, the more you worked the better. Shikuki also decided to do a speed test, to see how quickly he could go with the Chidori. Shikuki wondered how he could get ther done. She wanted to throw three different logs into the air, and smash them with her Chidori. this would also test her Precision too! Shikuki stood and began to walk towards the logs. She would use the leaf rising wind in order to take care of their issue, projecting them all into the air each. After lining up three different ones, he realized they could also test how nimble he was to cast off different jutsus quickly and easily. So Shikuki began, one two and three, kicking each log into the air with her Leaf Rising Wind. Each was about 8 meters into the air actually, quite some strong kicks he would say so himself. Shikuki then made her Chidori apparent, without the needs of any type of hand seals. Quickly before the three came down, he jumped into the air, and ascended upwards with the momentum that he already had. Shikuki made a quick strike with the first one he forced to go into the air. It dismembered itself quickly. Before he began to free fall and lose her momentum, Shikuki made a quick attempt towards the second one a few inches away, slashing it with considerable amount of force. Now was left was the last log. It was about a meter or two away, and Shikuki was beginning to fall down. While free falling, the Log began to do the same. She took the opportunity to use her weight to weigh himself down quicker towards the ground, striking the log and coming down hot. When he landed, a cloud of smoke and sand came after. She rose up with her chirping Chidori still in her right hand, and began to stare at it. While staring at it for a while, he surveyed how it felt. It felt like it was a part of him and cost him considerably less chakra than before. It also seemed to take less snippets of her power. The jutsu was able to be made without any Hand signs, and he was able to move in all directions while using it. Well that does it, Shikuki presumed.

She has mastered Chidori. Learned and mastered, all within a week. Damn, that seemed impressive to him. Mainly just mastering a A rank jutsu at her rank. She was kinda tired after all the exercises to get so far in her Chidori training, but felt like he could go on. However, he had but no clue what jutsus he could work on. her only main focus the whole time was the Chidori, something he just fully mastered. Now there was nothing else to master or attempt to learn. She was done for the day, he deserved a nice and long rest. The Grand Adventure seemed to be done for the day as well. Though he knew full and well In her heart it could never end until her heart itself would stop beating. Shikuki couldn't help but feel glad about what he was able to accomplish. this would just make him stronger for the tournament, and a bigger force to deal with. Now all he could do was rest and figure out what else he would want to train. She thanked the meditating Shikuki who helped him out and told him this is what he needed to move on, and knew ther marked her first ever Ninjutsu other then the ones he learned in the Academy. She walked home with pride, knowing full and well how good he has become compared to her days at the Academy. The Grand Adventure was at a halt now, though it would be resumed soon, along with a new jutsu to overtake any upcoming possible adverstities.