Chapter 8: Growing up and training (part 2)
Author's Note: Part 2 with advance :) I will publish part 3 on Friday.
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For now, the only plan I have is to become stronger… It's a terrible plan… But at least I have a plan. It's better than nothing, I guess.
Alright, I need a new medical book since I mastered the last one.
I walk to my father's study room. He's working… Again.
"Daddy, I need a new book, please."
"Since you like reading so much, you shouldn't waste your time on these books." He said.
Huh? What's wrong with him? He's more serious than usual.
"What do you mean?" I asked.
"Do you remember when I told you the story of the village and our clan?"
When he taught me to read, he told me a part of the story of the village and our clan. However, he didn't mention that our clan was separated into two branches. Is it what he wants to talk about?
"Yes, I remember."
"Do you know why our clan is considered to be the strongest in Konoha?" Asked my father.
Of course, I know. But I'm not supposed to know.
"No, I don't."
"It's thanks to our kekkei genkai, the Byakugan." He said.
I look at him with a confused expression. What does he want exactly?
"I understand, but…" I said.
"Good. Now, use your Byakugan, look at me, and tell me what you see." He said, interrupting me.
Oh, he finally wants to train me!
"Byakugan!" I activate my Byakugan and observe my father.
"I see a strong blue flame in your navel. I see blue lines running through your body as well as many small nodes." I tried to describe it like a child.
"The blue flame is my chakra. The blue lines represent my chakra pathway system, I can channel my chakra through my body thanks to this pathway. Finally, the small nodes are called tenketsu. Tenketsu are nodes from which chakra can be released. The human body has 361 tenketsu." He explained
I already know this, please teach me something new!
"I understand." I said.
"Our ability to see these tenketsu is what make our clan the strongest. Our clan developed a fighting style around it: the Gentle Fist. Blocking the tenketsu of our opponents allow us to disrupt their flow of chakra and prevent them from using chakra." He said.
My father then opens a drawer of his desk and takes out a scroll.
"Understanding the tenketsu is the key to our clan's Gentle Fist fighting style. Here… take this scroll, study it, and come to see me again when you have fully understood it." He continued.
He gives me the big scroll.
"Thank you daddy! I will study it right away." I said.
He nods and I go back to my room.
Learning the clan's fighting style is more important and more interesting than learning medical stuff. I guess I can put aside my medical training for a moment.
Once in my room, I open the scroll and carefully read it.
There is a big drawing of a human body with all the tenketsu marked on it.
The scroll describes the role of the tenketsu in the body as well as the most important ones.
It describes which tenketsu to strike to make an opponent unconscious. Which tenketsu to close to disable his arms and legs. Which one you need to hit to damage his internal organs such as kidneys, lungs, liver or heart.
Perfect, it's exactly the kind of information I lacked!
Memorizing everything will be easy. However, in reality, tenketsu are so small that it must be very hard to hit a specific one. I will need a lot of training…
I study the scroll for the rest of the day.
…
The next morning, I walk to my father's study room. He usually let the door open when he's not working on something secret or important.
"Good morning daddy, I finished studying the scroll." I said.
"Already? Come, I'm going to test you." He said.
He then begins to ask me a lot of questions.
…
Of course, I was able to answer his questions easily.
"Good. Since you already mastered the first step. We can start with the second step: chakra control. When we use the Gentle Fist, we surgically inject a certain amount of our own chakra into the opponent's chakra pathway system. It means that we need very good control of our chakra." He explained.
My father takes out a box from his desk. I don't know what it contains.
"Sit on the chair, I will explain." He said.
I sit on the chair in front of his desk. He then opens the box. It contains a lot of long metal needles. Senbon!
"These needles are called senbon. Take one of them. I want you to hold it vertically on your index finger with your chakra. Circulate your chakra to your index finger and make the senbon stick on it." He said.
I take one of the senbon and do as he said… The senbon don't stick and fall on the ground.
It's hard! The tip of the senbon is so thin that I can't make it stick…
[You learned a new training skill: Senbon concentration.]
[Skill name: Senbon concentration
Level: 1/100 (0%)
Type: Training skill
Description: Stick a senbon on your finger with your chakra. Sticking more senbon increases XP gains.
Effect: +0.05 CHA
Next level Effect: +0.05 CHA
Chakra cost: 7 / minute / senbon
]
A new training skill, great!
"Try again. When you have succeeded, you will add a senbon, until you can hold a senbon on each of your fingers. In the following months, you will come here every morning, I will supervise your training."
"Understood." I said.
Haha, thanks to the training skill, I know exactly how much chakra I need to use, so I'm able to stick the senbon without any problem now.
After a few hours of training…
"You progress very quickly. Come back tomorrow to continue your training." He said.
"Yes daddy."
I stand up and am about to leave the room when my father interrupts me.
"Neji, you did great today. Here, take this book… If you want to learn medicine, it will be useful." He said with a faint smile.
"Thank you!!" I said. I'm so happy.
…
During the next four months, I alternate between training my chakra control with my father in the morning, studying medical books in the afternoon and leveling up my Byakugan in the evening.
My training skill reached level 100 and my Byakugan is now level 14. One more level and it will upgrade. I can't wait to see what the first upgrade will be.
In two months I will be two years old.
I think I'm ready to start my physical training now. At least basic endurance training like running.
However there is a problem, I can't leave the house on my own. I need to ask my father to take me in a training ground. I'm going to ask him after our morning chakra control training.
…
"Daddy, I already mastered this exercise. Can you please teach me the fighting style now?" I asked.
"You mastered it faster than I thought. However, your still too young to start your physical training, it can be dangerous." He answered.
"Then, what about a basic training like running, just to build my endurance? I feel I'm ready for that." I said.
My father sighs.
"You're really too impatient… Alright, but not more than an hour a day for now. Hamari will take you to a training ground and watch over you."
"Thank you!"
…
The next day, I ask Hamari to take me to a training ground.
"Grandma Hamari, I'm ready. We can go now." I said.
"Neji-chan, you should let me dress you from time to time. You are still a child after all and you're so cute!" She said.
I sigh. It's terrible because I really look cute… I don't want to look cute, I want to look strong and menacing.
"I prefer to dress alone, but thank you!" I said with a smile.
I'm wearing simple clothes: a black shirt, black pants, and black sandals, similar to the clothes Neji wore in the anime when he was a child.
Hamari and I leave the house and walk to the training ground.
It's the first time I'm leaving the house. Before, I had never gone further than the garden. From the garden, I can see the Hokage mountain. I think it is visible from everywhere in Konoha, it's so huge!
The first time I saw the Hokage mountain, I was stunned. I never thought I would be able to see it for real one day.
As we walk, we meet other members of our clan. They are probably from the branch house since they greet us and don't look at us with disgust.
After a few minutes, we arrive in front of a large training ground. No one is training there right now.
"Neji-chan, remember your father's words. No more than an hour. I will wait for you here if you need me." Said Hamari.
I nod, enter the training ground, and start running around it.
[You learned a new training skill: Running.]
[Skill name: Running
Level: 1/100 (0%)
Type: Training skill
Description: Basic running without weight.
Effect: +0.1 PWR , +0.1 AGL
Next level Effect: +0.1 PWR , +0.1 AGL
Endurance cost: 3 / minute
]
Cool, I was waiting for a training skill. With this one, I can increase two attributes at once!
However, with my actual endurance point, I can't run for a complete hour but only for around fifty minutes, too bad.
…
During the following month, I continued to run every day, study my medical books and train my Byakugan. It's really exhausting but the feeling of getting stronger is amazing.
My training skill <Running> has reached level 10. But most importantly, my Byakugan just reached level 15!
[Congratulation, you unlock the first upgrade of the active skill <Byakugan>: Perfect Byakugan.]
[Upgrade: Perfect Byakugan
Effect: Removes the blind-spot of the Byakugan.
]
Wow, amazing! At least I will not have to train to compensate for this weakness.
Soon, I will be two years old, I hope my father will finally teach me the Gentle Fist.
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One month later.
I'm finally two years old!
[Happy birthday host. Level +1.]
[Congratulations, you are now level 6. (Attributes points +10, Shop points +5000)]
My training skill <Running> reached level 20. However, it seems that my Byakugan levels up slower since the first upgrade. I was hoping to gain a level per month but it seems I was too optimistic…
Anyway, only two years left to be ready. I need to get even stronger.
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Attributes
PWR: 18
CHA: 26
AGL: 23
Remaining Attributes Points: 10
Status
Name: Neji Hyuga
Level: 6
XP: 200/750
Chakra point: 520/520 (High genin)
Endurance point: 180/180 (Low academy student)
Strength: 180 (Low academy student)
Speed: 230 (Mid academy student)
Chakra control: 46% (Low chunin)
Chakra Affinities: Lightning (0%), Yang (0%)
Shop Points: 31500
Skills
Active skills
<Byakugan lvl: 15/100 (35%)>
Training skills
<Leaf Concentration lvl: 100/100>, <Senbon Concentration lvl: 100/100>, <Running lvl: 20/100 (20%)>
Perks
<Hyuga>, <Eidetic memory>
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Weekly Power Status
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Ranking 
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