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Chapter 7 - Chapter 7: Chakra Control

--- In a dark-lit room inside Konoha---

Danzo gritted his teeth in anger. He thought that after Minato's death, he would be choosen as the next hokage and become the fifth Hokage. But Hiruzen had to thwart his plans by coming out of retirement.

A root shinobi flickered inside his office as he kneeled.

"What is it, tiger?" Danzo asked in a stern voice.

"It has been confirmed that Lord Third's grandson has awakened Ice release and Lava release. I have confirmed it with the witnesses." Tiger reported

"Damn it why is Hiruzen always lucky with having such people by his side? If he was not his grandson, I would have taken him into Root. But he would still be a good asset when I am the Hokage."

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---Konoha Training Grounds----

"So Grandpa what are you going to teach me?"

"We would start your shinobi training with chakra control. Before you ask me questions, let me first confirm something."

Hiruzen gave a leaf to Ken and asked him to stick it to his forehead with chakra.

Ken did it on his first try but the leaf fell from his head the next second.

"As I thought, You have terrible chakra control," Hiruzen said looking at the fallen leaf.

"But it is not anything to worry about. People with large chakra reserves have the same problem. Even me in my youth had the same problem."

Hearing this, Ken remembered Naruto having terrible chakra control due to his huge chakra pool.

"Now let me tell you what is chakra control, why it is important, and how I am going to train you in it," Hiruzen said as he started explaining which sounded boring to Ken but he still paid attention.

"Chakra control can generally be defined as one's ability to create chakra then channel it through their body or transform it into a technique or a jutsu."

"There are all kinds of skills that are taught to young ninja to aid them in mastering their chakra."

"Sticking the leaf to the forehead by focusing chakra on it otherwise known as the leaf concentration exercise that we just did It is the primary method."

"It is a slow but proven method of building stamina and aids their concentration by having all of their attention focused on a single point."

"It will be followed up by tree walking and water walking. With enough chakra control, one can walk on a raging waterfall."

"The hands are the part of the body where chakra can be easily channeled to. The feet are the one of most difficult places to manipulate chakra for most chakra. The chakra is kneaded in the stomach and the feet are the body parts furthest from it, meaning that the chakra has to

travel furthest to reach them. It is technically possible to do the same manipulation from any part of their body through the relevant chakra points but few are capable of that level of control. And beyond this stage of control is a skill known as chakra flow where chakra is channeled from the body into a foreign object to imbue it with chakra."

"One of my students, Tsunade of the sanin had such high chakra control that she flowed her chakra through her fists in such a precise manner that it would destroy hills with just a punch." Hiruzen had regret in his eyes as he mentioned Tsunade. He regretted not helping her when she needed her sensei the most. He thought if he had helped her and agreed to her demands of having a medical-nin in every shinobi team maybe she would still be in leaf as the fifth Hokage.

"Now let us talk about why chakra control is useful and why a shinobi must have sufficient chakra control. Someone with little control will use more chakra than they need, struggle to apply it to their techniques, and waste enough of it that their technique will be ineffective or fail altogether. Someone who masters chakra control can create exactly as much chakra as they require, direct it to where they need it without wasting any, and apply it all to the chosen task. Naturally, control is vital to a ninja."

"Also, Tree walking and Water walking are essential skills that a shinobi needs. Along with that many jutsus or techniques depend on chakra control. For example Medical ninjutsu and Genjutsu or even Puppetery techniques."

"No matter how much chakra you have Ken, wasting chakra is never a good thing. You never know when you would need that extra chakra in battles. Normally, They teach you chakra control in the third year of the academy, and clan kids are taught in their first year of the academy. You would have had the same schedule if not for you having such massive chakra reserves." Hiruzen said looking at Ken

"As your chakra reserves grow as you grow older, it is best for you to start learning chakra control when it's the easiest for you. So once you get more chakra reserves, the control will also come for you easily. Do you understand?" Hiruzen asked

He was happy that Ken listened to his entire lesson unlike one of his students Jiraiya who would fall asleep in the middle of his lessons or kept staring at Tsunade's 'assets'.

"Alright now let's start with the leaf concentration exercise." Hiruzen said

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