Ezra looked high and low for a clearing in the forests surrounding Konoha. He found one after three hours of searching. Konoha was ripe with trees. It was fun being around them in the beginning of Ezra’s Konoha visit but now, not so much. He was tired of the grass, the leaves and the trees. He missed the sand between his toes and the freedom the wind had around him. The wind always blew nicely there, in Suna. It was never hindered by trees. Ezra also felt that the trees congested the land so he was happy to have finally found a nice, treeless, grassless, and rocky clearing.

“Time to get to work.” He said to a squirrel he stood next to on the branch of a tree that overlooked the boundary of the clearing. The squirrel blinked at Ezra. Then clutched its acorn tighter and scurried off. Ezra laughed at the cuteness of the creature before jumping down to the ground. He stretched for a couple minutes before he started training his new jutsu. He thanked the universe he wasn’t doing any Taijutsu training because that’s really when he breaks a sweat and he wanted nothing more than to relax at that moment.

Ezra sat down on the floor and meditated a little after he stretched. He really wanted to get his chakra circulating throughout its network. He could feel his chakra becoming electric. It seemed as if his body had taken the lead from meditation to actually training the lightning style jutsu he had in mind. He performed the proper hand seals, thinking them as they were performed. ‘Boar, Ram, Snake, Horse, Dragon.’ He could feel the chakra taking its electric properties as it began to travel out of his body. “Lightning Release: Electromagnetic Murder.” Ezra said out loud as lightning crackled at his fingertips. He aimed downward at an angle forcing the lightning to rip through the rock at the earth’s surface. The stream of lightning only traveled about two meters before it reached its limit. Ezra celebrated as he had never managed before to make lightning appear in a physical form. Up until now he had only drew on the charges to transfer electricity into his opponents.

Ezra was happy with what he had done but a determination rose to the surface while doing this training. He could take this jutsu farther, way farther; he knew he could. He didn’t work his way up a rank to stop when he was happy. He wanted to push the limits and work hard because in the end that would most likely make him most happy.

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Ezra stood up from his cross-legged meditation position. This time he meant business. He took a deep breath and he thoroughly enjoyed it. Even when he was serious about training Ezra could enjoy the little things; for example the fresh forest air. Ezra cracked his knuckles, neck and back. He then punched his right fist into his left palm. “Round 2. Lets do this.” He said out loud as if he was talking to his chakra.

Ezra weaved the hand signs again. This time he weaved more rapidly and he could feel more chakra than he used before. He released the final seal which happened to be the dragon and pointed his fingers angled at the ground once again. The static crackle sounded again and was closely followed by the stream of lightning. It tore more rock apart than it had before and actually sent debris flying. It traveled about seven meters which made Ezra focus and put more into it. Ezra’s focus made it travel three more meters bringing its range up to ten meters. Ezra released the stream and wiped his forehead of some sweat. Ezra considered this jutsu one of the most difficult he had attempted so far and that was the truth. Although it was difficult Ezra seemed to be enjoying himself which was usually hard for him to do while training.

A smile soon traveled across Ezra’s face. As he realized he was having fun and working hard at the same time. This ninjutsu already brought him a lot of joy so he figured he would take a break. He took a look around to make sure he was still alone and sure enough he was. He took another deep breath and laid down on the ground. He threw his hands up and behind his head using them as a pillow. ‘Should I try it again? It was around ten meters. I’d say that’s a pretty good range… You know what? Let’s make it twenty. If I want to become a Jounin I have to go above and beyond my expectations. And besides who’s it gonna’ hurt?’ Ezra thought as he watched a flock of birds fly overhead.

Ezra rolled onto his stomach and popped up from the ground in one rather fluid motion. He did some dynamic stretching to wake himself up. Laying on the ground made him a little sleepy but it also made Ezra a little more calm so maybe it was a good thing. After he had finished swinging his arms and legs around he set up once more. This time he took much longer to start the jutsu. Ezra lined his feet up with his shoulders, brought his arms and hands to about chest level, took a deep breath, looked to the sky then back to the ground in front of him and began weaving the signs at the fastest speed he was able to. He stuck his hands out this time with his fingertips pointing up and his palms facing forward. The stream poured out from his palms much more speedy than it had before. Ezra watched and admired the bluish appearance of the lightning as it traveled. At this point in time Ezra was very calm and felt good about how this jutsu was going. He watched and estimated the meter mark. ‘ten, thirteen, sixteen, nineteen, twenty.' Ezra didn’t drop the jutsu and celebrate so fast this time. He savoured the moment and stared at the jutsu he had learned. He was proud of himself to say the least.

Ezra wiped the sweat from his brow and laughed a little. He was pretty tired now and decided it was time to head back to the apartment. He walked all the way back. It took him about six hours as he had gotten lost in the forest on his way back. Eventually he met up with a Konoha patrol ninja who showed him the way. Ezra was happy he got some training done but a little angry he had to stay in Konoha another night. He would probably be back in Suna soon so he didn’t think much on it.

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