Day 8-

The sky was still black as the moon in the sky was setting in the horizon. The cave became much darker as the torches were lit with flame candles when the workers saw Jurou walking into the fissure training grounds of the underground cave, wearing a different set of clothing for his training session. Wearing a sleeveless black shirt, and some loose fitting shinobi pants, Jurou made sure he had compiled of all of his weapons together, with his wakizashi in place on his lower back side, his dagger -Aaasra Barshun- above the wakizashi sheath, and his two kunai in his jounin flak jacket pouch. Jurou needed to train to become stronger, his current strength was nothing and it felt like everyone around him was surpassing him; jutsu-wise. He felt useless compared to everyone so he’d try out a new training method that he had been working on developing to help his jutsu become more effective. Combining three jutsu into one would be difficult, indicating more days of practice.

Training.

Simple, yet excruciating. Sounds hard, but really it's not. Still a little hard, though. Depends upon the work ethic he puts in. Jurou thought this, many times. As his father told him: "Quiet your mind; yet, calm the storm. Drown out all disturbance. Put your body in an eternal resting. Then when you are done resting, open your eyes." He remembered every word, every phrase, every sentence. His father and grandfather were true mentors when it came to Jurou's training, simply removing one's body from all else and stay in one place, relaxing the mind and stay true to what your movements predicts. The Osada were meant to be shinobi's that kept things at a mellow pace; both hot and cold (water at freezing temperature, 32 degrees Celsius.) That is why Boil Release was created, to let off steam when the emotion of anger is at a high rate. All of this talk and thinking about the past had Jurou in a state of mind; a state of mind that precedes to be stated, "If you train in silence, everything will commence perfectly." That was the life lesson learn from his father and his father' father: "Calm your body and free your actions."

Jurou was still thinking the same thing his father told him after the training with the clone, his father in his dream, and with Isshin. But now, he wanted to train alone this time. He wanted to master certain jutsu that were made of Kenjutsu; since having the specialization of Kenjutsu at A-rank would be good for him. He still remembered what his Grandfather told him at a young age before the massacre:

"Listen closely my boy, training with the arts of the sword is called Kenjutsu."

Grandfather went on to explain that Kenjutsu was pertaining to techniques that entail the use of swords, whether the users be shinobi or samurai. Kenjutsu can be used in combination with taijutsu, ninjutsu, chakra flow and even genjutsu in order to achieve more devastating techniques. There have been many practitioners in the arts of Kenjutsu. Jurou could only name the most important people in his village; 7 Swordsman of the Mist. There was: Zabuza Momochi, Mangetsu and Suigetsu Hozuki, and Kisame Hashigaki. Jurou wanted to be just like them, strong in Kenjutsu to where he can wield almost any sword. Time to get started with this training.

"First; practice dummies."

With that being said, Jurou concentrated his chakra into fire, the flames started to ascend upward from his feet, disappearing from the lower half of his body. As the flames reached toward his mid-section, they picked up a little speed. His body was engulfed in flames and in a matter of time as his body was fully engulfed by the flames, he disappeared from sight. In a matter of seconds, Jurou reappeared into the Underground Cave with a set of three practice dummies, good for performing one jutsu with two dummies and one jutsu with one dummy. He aligned the three dummies shoulder to shoulder but decided to separate them in faraway distances; placing one dummy on the far right, one on the far left, keeping the other dummy in the middle. Perfect. He started to visualize these dummies as clones of himself or clones of his father. Or even clones of Isshin for great practice. Sheathing his wakizashi from his lower back side, he held the handle in a reverse-hand grip but decided to do something different for a change. Putting the sword down on the ground, he closed his eyes. Utilizing the chakra and concentrating it on his legs, he felt the tingling sensation of chakra displacing in his legs. A sudden burst of chakra racing all around his legs. Picking up his wakizashi from the ground, he set his target on the first dummy up ahead; straight distance.

"Target acquired. Commence destruction."

A sudden burst of speed was initiated.It was but a blur then. He set his eyes on the dummy in a straight distance as he motioned his body upward, taking the blade of his wakizashi and slashing upward, pushing the dummy upward above him. As they both were in the air, Jurou gave the dummy nine precise, elusive slash attempts, holding his sword in a reverse hand grip as he threw his Fire Release infused right leg upward, kicking the opponent into the air. The dummy went high into the air as Jurou landed on the ground then jumped above the dummy in amazing velocity. He attempted to slice the dummy 3 more times and then finally kicking the dummy into the ground.

"Burning Ash Technique."

Jurou said the name of his techinique. Chakra swelled up inside his mouth as he released a chakra infused gun-powder from their mouth up to 11 feet from them which surrounds the region. As the gunpowder is composed entirely of ash, it stays in the air around the victim like a cloud, which can be used like a smokescreen, hindering sight up to 60%. The gun-poweder surrounded the dummy as Jurou moved his hand signals at a fast pace.

"Small Fire."

Jurou said the name of his new technique. Jurou spewed out of his mouth a small fire ball the size of a baseball. As the small fire ball raced to the gun-powder, the fire ball touches the gun-powder as the gun-powder made a huge explosion. The dummy itself was in flames to the point where it was reduced to ashes itself. Jurou was somewhat impressed to have yet another collaboration jutsu in his premises. Now to focus on the other two dummies. But that will be done on another day. Jurou landed on the ground as Void Walk was still in effect. Guess all of this training literally paid.

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Day 9-

The cave was full of light when the torches were lit, giving off a good amount of heat inside the underground cave as the workers continued to their mining; obviously searching for something of very good value. Jurou could careless about the miners to be honest, he just wanted to finish his training. Jurou was found meditating - sleeping on the battle ground of the Underground Cave. He had been sitting there all night, thinking; then finally putting his body into a deep sleep while keeping himself in that position. He remembered the sack of food he had brought with him from when he left the village to go to the cave. At least he wasn't starving himself to death. A little snack break would not hurt anyone.

Pulling out a rice ball with cooked fish in the center (he had plenty more) and a cold bottle of water, he consumed the rice ball slowly, letting the sweet, sugary goodness settle inside his stomach as he favored the food, feeling the sweet flavor of sugar inside his body. He slurped the cooked fish downward as he drank his cold bottle of water. His stomach made a low growl as it stopped, indicating that it was full from the luscious breakfast. With much of the water bottle, he put it where his other stash was and felt his stomach digesting the food. He took a bite looking around the Underground Cave. It was pretty empty from the bottom and that was something that Jurou needed right now. He didn’t want to be distracted from his training by anything. Now he was full and ready to go.

Jurou scanned his surroundings, seeing only two dummies still in their position. As for the third one, if he remembered correctly, was reduced to ash from his Burning Ash Technique. Two more to go, but he needed a plan. He needed to figure out how is he going to pull of these two. He utilized Void Walk for a speed boost. Unleashed 15 Hit Kill and took out the first dummy, reducing it to ashes with Burning Ash Technique and Small Fire. He still did not unleash Infinity Slice and used Great Dragon Fire Technique. Looking at the two dummies, he went into his thinking mode and tried to establish some sort of plan in order for all of the jutsu to work simultaneously.

"The first dummy."

His first glance was the first dummy to the far right. It was standing still. Unarmed. Perfect target.

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