1 The Heir [Invite Only] Sat Oct 20, 2018 12:23 pm
Xiang Hyuga
D-rank
"You know, you're already sixteen, Xiang...you've been a prodigy to our clan for as long as I could remember. But you've never once unlocked your Byakugan. Sure, you've done fine in your Juken, but...eventually, you'll need the eyes. I love you, honey, but I can promise that training them will be just as effective as your Taijutsu or you Swordsmanship. If not for yourself, at least do it for me. I don't want you die in a situation you could have used the Byakugan..."
It was time for Xiang to make good on her mother's concerns. She had trained for so long, perfecting her art in close quarters combat and swordsmanship, her chakra control, her studies, everything, except for the very ability her clan was supposed to be known for; the Byakugan. It wasn't even that she hated the ability, or that she didn't want it, she just never found the time to do so when she was focused on everything else she found interesting. Whatever excuses she might have, though, there was a heavy amount of wisdom to her mother's words, and she also knew that it would benefit her greatly. It would make Juken extremely easy compared to doing it, without the ability to see the Tenketsu, and it'd give her a much smaller naked spot to worry about during combat. Perhaps it would even strike fear into the hearts of any new enemies she might encounter from there on out. So, without any further doubt in her mind, Xiang picked a single day where she would focus on anything to deal with her eyesight, and manifesting the Byakugan.
October 20th was that day she picked, with perfect weather conditions to suit her throughout the day. For the morning and afternoon, she went over to different people within her clan's compound, studying on the accounts of their experiences with their own Byakugan, how they unlocked it, how the trained it, how it benefited them. With those notes down, she then started with basic training exercises to improve her coordination, the beginning of this being with shuriken. Lugging a big backpack full of a day's worth of essential supplies, training equipment, tools, and dragging the most realistic human dummy she could find by a rope, Xiang made her way into the dense forests of her country, seeking solitude from her people in order to better focus and be one with nature. It was about an hour long trek, of which she passively trained herself by taking in a detailed account of her surroundings. Not much animal life surrounded the area she had chosen, but the ground was covered in a thick blanket of dark green leaves, which had fallen from the many bulky trees that also happened to overshadow many of the less sunlight needing flowers, burrows, and berry bushes. Red mushroom caps guarded said trees, whether it be to drain nutrients or otherwise, which swayed along with them due to the cool, crisp wind that flowed through today. It was mostly cloudy too, giving a nice shade to her training area, while not limiting visibility. Once she stopped, she placed the human dummy against the biggest, sturdiest tree she could find, then jumped into the treetops to hang various bulls-eye and targets, small trinkets, and animal leathers along the branches to aid as shuriken practice fodder. Then, she went around the perimeter to attempt camouflaging her play pen, to make it much less likely anyone would discover her here or sneak up on her. From the inside, it would be much easier to see someone coming than from the out due to how she builds this. Finally, she sets down a picnic blanket and her cooler down on it, along with a few books, on general vision, the history of the Hyuga clan, and training exercises for her eyes.
With setup complete, flipping her silvery white hair to the side, she pulled out the five shuriken stored in her pockets, and examined her field, smiling to herself for her accomplishment here so far. Then, without another word, she dashed forwards, keeping one of the bulls-eyes in her sight, then glancing to the other, flinging two shuriken at once at both of them, followed by a twirl to throw two more at a boar skin and a air chime. The ones going for the bulls-eyes hit on the ring surrounding the eye, the one in the leather was at the bottom tip, and the one in the chime was right in the middle. She used her last shuriken to tally down what she got so far on a nearby tree, marking into the rough bark. Then, she simply jumped to the branches, recollected her tools, then repeated her exercise, trying more and more to keep an eye on all targets and get a bulls-eye. This is what she would do for around two hours...
[Current WC: 834]
It was time for Xiang to make good on her mother's concerns. She had trained for so long, perfecting her art in close quarters combat and swordsmanship, her chakra control, her studies, everything, except for the very ability her clan was supposed to be known for; the Byakugan. It wasn't even that she hated the ability, or that she didn't want it, she just never found the time to do so when she was focused on everything else she found interesting. Whatever excuses she might have, though, there was a heavy amount of wisdom to her mother's words, and she also knew that it would benefit her greatly. It would make Juken extremely easy compared to doing it, without the ability to see the Tenketsu, and it'd give her a much smaller naked spot to worry about during combat. Perhaps it would even strike fear into the hearts of any new enemies she might encounter from there on out. So, without any further doubt in her mind, Xiang picked a single day where she would focus on anything to deal with her eyesight, and manifesting the Byakugan.
October 20th was that day she picked, with perfect weather conditions to suit her throughout the day. For the morning and afternoon, she went over to different people within her clan's compound, studying on the accounts of their experiences with their own Byakugan, how they unlocked it, how the trained it, how it benefited them. With those notes down, she then started with basic training exercises to improve her coordination, the beginning of this being with shuriken. Lugging a big backpack full of a day's worth of essential supplies, training equipment, tools, and dragging the most realistic human dummy she could find by a rope, Xiang made her way into the dense forests of her country, seeking solitude from her people in order to better focus and be one with nature. It was about an hour long trek, of which she passively trained herself by taking in a detailed account of her surroundings. Not much animal life surrounded the area she had chosen, but the ground was covered in a thick blanket of dark green leaves, which had fallen from the many bulky trees that also happened to overshadow many of the less sunlight needing flowers, burrows, and berry bushes. Red mushroom caps guarded said trees, whether it be to drain nutrients or otherwise, which swayed along with them due to the cool, crisp wind that flowed through today. It was mostly cloudy too, giving a nice shade to her training area, while not limiting visibility. Once she stopped, she placed the human dummy against the biggest, sturdiest tree she could find, then jumped into the treetops to hang various bulls-eye and targets, small trinkets, and animal leathers along the branches to aid as shuriken practice fodder. Then, she went around the perimeter to attempt camouflaging her play pen, to make it much less likely anyone would discover her here or sneak up on her. From the inside, it would be much easier to see someone coming than from the out due to how she builds this. Finally, she sets down a picnic blanket and her cooler down on it, along with a few books, on general vision, the history of the Hyuga clan, and training exercises for her eyes.
With setup complete, flipping her silvery white hair to the side, she pulled out the five shuriken stored in her pockets, and examined her field, smiling to herself for her accomplishment here so far. Then, without another word, she dashed forwards, keeping one of the bulls-eyes in her sight, then glancing to the other, flinging two shuriken at once at both of them, followed by a twirl to throw two more at a boar skin and a air chime. The ones going for the bulls-eyes hit on the ring surrounding the eye, the one in the leather was at the bottom tip, and the one in the chime was right in the middle. She used her last shuriken to tally down what she got so far on a nearby tree, marking into the rough bark. Then, she simply jumped to the branches, recollected her tools, then repeated her exercise, trying more and more to keep an eye on all targets and get a bulls-eye. This is what she would do for around two hours...
[Current WC: 834]