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Cp: 69/81

A single, cleanly cut dent was in the rock. Elruda seemed happy enough with how clean the strike turned out. However, the problem was maintaining the chakra needle at her fingertips...because now, she had lost control over maintaining that again. Elruda lifted her two fingers up and stared at them for a moment. She was wise enough to stop just when the chakra needlepoint was entirely embedded in the rock. The Hyuuga child imagined when actually using Kempo, it would be a similar process - using the chakra needle point to jab at tenketsu nodes.

Juuken Kempo Ryuu
DC: 14
Training Posts: 42/70
Successful rolls: 8/42

Cp: 66/81

One upon a time, Elruda would've stopped and stared, perhaps blink in surprise. But she didn't, instead, as if she had known Wrath's words were coming, the open palm that was meant for the air instead was redirected at her Jounin mentor - and the child was actually attacking with ferocity - the glare of her Byakugan eye fixed upon Wrath. That alone, the fact that she did not hesitate, showed that Elruda had indeed grown and learned to adjust to how Wrath had things done.

Juuken Kempo Ryuu
DC: 14
Training Posts: 43/70
Successful rolls: 8/42

Cp: 69/81

Elruda piped in cheerfully. “I’m fine, Sa-chan! See? Ah...” She had spoken too soon. A gasp followed by a pained grimace as her Byakugan faded - apparently from fatigue after using chakra for quite an extended period than she was used to. After all, the Hyuuga limit was not induced to activate naturally like the Uchiha clan’s Sharingan. More or less, their limit was forced to surface. A frown crossed the child’s face as a hand slowly reached up the side of her face. What...in the world just happened...? Though she felt her increased field of vision disappear...another part of her just wanted to confirm and make sure of it.

Cp: 72/81

It was true alright, her Byakugan had more or less forcibly deactivated. Was she perhaps low on chakra? No... That was not it. Elruda was almost quite sure she had plenty chakra left. Then, her chakra control was off? When she was learning Mizu Bunshin, Elruda had given every ounce of concentration and control into mastering manipulating the clone. And never once did she rest in the intervals between trails. Heh...guess she was feeling the drawbacks now. The child took a deep breath and formed the Tiger handseal to concentrate. The initial pain had subsided by now; she shall gather her control and concentration before reactivating her limit.

Cp: 75/81

She truly hoped Wrath-sensei hadn’t gotten too disappointed with her... It was true Elruda should’ve exercised more control over her limit and stopped it from forcibly deactivating - and she had failed to watch her control! The thought troubled her mind and Elruda’s concentration faltered. But as the strain of her fingers showed, the child was doing everything she can to resurface the Byakugan. This...was harder than she had expected. Now...what did the clan elders say? Ah... Elruda realized with a start. Baka. She chided herself. The child had forgotten the very reason why her clan so emphasized speed, because their eyes consumed even more chakra than the Uchiha clan’s Sharingan.

Cp: 78/81

It was true the strain placed was painful but because their eyes grow better with time and becomes sharper with more practice and use...it was a fair price. But that was why the clan focused on meditation as well, to even out the strain. If Elruda could calm her mind and focus her chakra and concentration, she would be able to call out the Byakugan. It was almost a shame to say she was not familiar with her own doujutsu yet...but wasn’t that to be expected, considering her clan did not rely on “kekkai genkai activation by circumstance”? Thus, it would take time for her to familiarize...perhaps that was the reason why the Genins of her clan had to form so many more handseals to surface their doujutsu...and basically, simply get used to the Byakugan limit being part of her.

Cp: 81/81

Almost now... This was almost as if searching for a hidden power within herself. Oh that’s right...it could be considered something along those lines, as she was molding and summoning chakra from all over her body to her eyes. The child began forming the lengthy array of handseals, yet still keeping her mind focused on that channeling energy. The familiar veins of the Byakugan began creeping around her eyes and as Elruda drew closer to the final seal, she began concentrating all her energy at one point.

"Take a break to eat something and then meditate. Concentrate on your own chakra network to regain your composition. Afterwards you'll spar with Sakeme, I've gotta take off again. The two of you stay here until I return." Wrath replied as he began to leave again.

[exit]

Elruda's shoulders sagged slightly. Was Wrath-sensei disappointed? But she perked up almost immediately, realizing Sakeme was speaking to her. "Ta-chan's homemade sandwiches!" Came the wayward answer. The child trotted to her bag, tossing out things while for searching for the items she wanted. At last, she found them - buried at the bottom of the bag. Thank goodness that Elruda was smart enough to pack the sandwiches in a lunch container, or surely they would've been squashed.

"I dun know how to cook~!" Elruda freely admitted in a cheerful, sing-song voice. "Ta-chan made them." Opening her mouth wide, Elruda bit into her sandwich. Yummy... The kid really did look cute, rosy cheeks ballooned like a hamster and all as she slowly chewed... With her eyes closed momentarily from time to time as she contentedly ate, it was hard to guess if she was even Hyuuga at all.

A smile of pure innocence greeted the older kunoichi. "Sa-chan shall just be Sa-chan." Were Elruda's simple words. "I...don't think it's true." She murmured after a long while. "I don't think Wrath-sensei doesn't care about Sa-chan." But that was all she said before she bit into her sandwich again. "Wrath-sensei is actually pretty nice...my clan elders wouldn't have given me a 'lunch break'..." A nervous laugh. "Or at least not until you either finish the assignment or got broken. Hm..." The child shook her head. "Depressing topics aren't good for lunch." She declared aloud before attacking her sandwich again.