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POV Taji.
Today is the day-- the day where I first take my step to become a shinobi.
It'll be hard and full of suffering but is it worth it?—HELL.YES.
I woke up, my face showing the excitement in my heart. I quickly got out of the bed and freshened up and got ready to go to my uncle's house—or now my home.
My senses noticed something different.
I felt different today—like I can withstand the might of a mountain with just my fingers.
I checked the time as I went out the house '5:30AM', it read.
I double checked whether I picked all the reading materials that he asked to bring.
I locked my house and stretched myself for the run ahead—I suddenly stopped, a grin found itself on my beautiful face.
I just got an idea.
And with that newfound idea, I quickly focused on my objective.
I turned my head up to the roof of my home—I took a deep breath and crouched on the ground, coiling my legs like a snake ready to bite.
With no hesitation, I jumped—far higher than I thought, about 10 feet off mark.
The sudden increase of the altitude made my heart jump out of chest.
I landed on the roof and steadied myself awkwardly due to inexperience of this much strength flowing through my body.
I picked up speed and began to jump from roof to roof.
The early morning air hit my face and the sun glowed like a 24 carat gold.
I tilted my body forward and let my hands loose and the result was immediate.
The posture change increased my speed up a notch and I ran and jumped—losing myself to the thrill of this new experience that I never thought I would experience.
I took off into the direction of my uncle's house, jumping from roof top to roof top.
The wind hit my hit my body, making my hair and dress flutter. Now…this feeling—this feeling of freedom….I've never felt such a thing like this in my previous life. I grinned, my face filled with unrestrained joy of this simple act.
I am high of adrenaline and happiness right now, this is the reason I wanted to become a ninja, The journey to being to incredibly strong, the bonds and unique situations like this—this is why and it is very romantic, if you ask me…except the killing and murder part, of course.
My previous life was boring beyond boring and I plan to enjoy every second of it, even a mundane moment.
I jumped from roof top to roof top while observing the hustle and bustle of the ongoing crowds below.
Despite the ongoing 3rd shinobi war, the people seem lively. Maybe it is due to their trust in the konoha's strength.
After some minutes, I arrived at my uncle's place. I stopped and took a minute to catch my breath.
My body covered in sweat and salt.
'There goes my effort of waking up and bathing early.' I thought with resignination.
"Looks like you already started training, I like your enthusiasm Jin-kun." I heard a voice from the house.
I turned to the voice—It's my uncle and replied, "I'm gonna surpass my father, better give it my all!"
He chuckled, "Follow me, we will start the day with working out."
I followed him and sat in shade of the tree, my uncle sitting next to me.
I saw all sorts of modern exercise equipment sitting on the backyard, just begging to get used.
I started the conversation, "Which exercises should I first do?"
"Push-ups, do the maximum amount you can and we'll use that as the reference for future workouts." My uncle ordered.
I positioned my body on the pull-up bar and began to do push-ups.
"Keep your back stiff, exhale when you go down and inhale when you go up." My uncle advised.
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My whole body burned and aches were everywhere. Chakra smoothly flowed to the damaged muscles and soothed my pain and also repairing it.
I took pleasure in the warmth of the chakra and anticipated the growth that would follow after.
"Not bad Jin, you actually exceeded my expectations. Well done." My uncle said.
I gave a smirk to my uncle and replied, "Thank you but I have one doubt."
My uncle's face turned into one of confusion, "Ask away."
"It seems unreal that just by 'unlocking' chakra, my body has ascended to another level and I don't even know chakra enhancement."
"The workout just—seemed too easy." I said with uncertainty.
"I understand what you are trying to say and I have an answer." He replied.
"What... Is it, uncle?" I asked.
"It's because you have a high amount of Yang energy in your chakra. It is not surprising, you probably inherited it from your father, who was also known for his Yang affinity but the shocking thing is your Yin is even higher."
High Yin energy is probably due to my soul being combination of two people. That is neat, I get small little power boost.
"You have a chakra disorder that is called Yin-Yang imbalance, the effects of the disorder are that your chakra is very sensitive and will lack power due to very less Yang energy in you. But don't worry It can be fixed by increasing your Yang energy." said my uncle.
"So, that's why you are giving importance to my physical workouts, huh. By increasing my physical fitness, my yang will increase and fix the Yin-Yang imbalance." I replied with realization.
"Correct, from now on until the imbalance is fixed, we will focus on Physical workouts, calisthenics and taijutsu, with less focus on chakra control, Understood?" said my uncle.
I nodded and continued with the bone crushing, blood spilling workouts, specially made by Aunt Yuki.
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