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Shioon's POV
To his immense surprise Hayate was already waiting on them when they entered. Instead of his normal jounin flak jacket he wore a black t-shirt and black pants. Off to the side Shioon could see the man's sword hanging up on a tree along with his jacket. It seemed whatever they were doing the man felt comfortable enough not to wear the jacket.
Hayate said with a smile, "Good you're both here. How was the Academy classes today?"
Shioon answered cooly, "Same as it has been since I arrived here."
Naruto said, "Same as it usually is."
Shioon was here solely to learn from the man. He wasn't interested in making bonds more than necessary. At the moment making a bond with this man wasn't necessary. The bond with Naruto was necessary. He was too much like Shioon when he was younger. It wasn't just something he could ignore. So he accepted the bond for what it was.
Hayate sighed but looked like he expected the answer, "Then let's get started. The key to what I'm going to be teaching you is concentration. You will be be learning to climb trees without using your hands."
The man formed the same basic hand sign for clone jutsu. Shioon could feel the man focusing his chakra. He could see where he was focusing it into. Then he began to walk forward and then up the nearest tree.
Naruto said in wonderment, "That's so cool."
Hayate smiled at the blond's statement and said, "Use your kunai to mark where you stop on the tree. Remember if you use too much chakra it's going to throw you off. If you use too little then you won't stick to the tree. Keep it constant and even and you will make it to the top. Any questions?"
Both boy's replied together, "No, sensei!"
They choose trees that were close but not so much that they would fall on each other. Shioon took a deep breath to calm himself. Then he formed the handsign and focused his chakra into his feet. It was like manipulating his ki into his hands for inner strike.
When he thought he had enough he took off at a run. His left foot hit the bottom of the trunk. Then his right foot followed. He made it three feet before he was pushed away. Using the kunai he cut the tree bark.
Shioon turned to see Naruto's progress. It didn't surprise him at all to find his friend on the ground. The mark he made was only two steps up the tree. Blue eyes met green determination clear in them.
Shioon began again this time focusing less chakra into the soles of his feet. Three steps later he fell flat on his back. It wasn't enough chakra for him to go up the tree. Too much would send him off the tree. Too little he would fall back.
Shioon pushed himself back to his feet and went again. He was able to make it half way to the first branch. Then he was pushed back and he let out a low growl. This was a lot harder than he thought it would be. Then again Hayate said that it was something genin learned.
He needed something to control the power in him. Even without the guardian within him activated the amount of ki he had was far more than normal. As such he had more chakra than he could control. Naruto was having the same issue. It made him wonder if there was something in the blond as well. A question for another time. Something equally powerful was needed to control his power.
Power? There was a power distribution technique he could use. It was extremely powerful but there were a few side effects. It couldn't be used without more ki than most masters had. It also required the use of internal energy transference ability. Master and student had to have absolute trust in each other. That wasn't something that was normal either.
The side effect however was the most dangerous part of it. A second technique that required ki that could fill five master's centers and still have some left over. There was only two recorded users to it. Unwol and Goomoonyrong.
Unwol was imprisoned after using it only once. The story went that when he went to show the technique to the Murim Alliance he lost himself to it. During his black out period he killed all twelve of the Murim masters in attendance. Including three of the ten strongest masters in existence. For the crimes he was sentenced to never leave a cave. It was in a secluded in an area where few dared ventured. He thought he would be the only one to learn the technique. That was until a boy named Han Chun Woo found him on the mountain.
Han Chun Woo was a boy who lost everything. A Murim master killed his family. In turn he went to where one was rumored to be secluded in the mountains. After much begging and visiting every day learning everything he could. His master one day started the energy transference. Years of using it gave the teenager more ki than most adults. Then he was ready to learn the fabled technique. To learn the Black Origin Threshold. It was taught with a warning. He must never lose himself to the technique. That would only bring pain to him.
One day it changed when his master was killed. Killed by the very the very people who imprisoned him. They threatened to kill him but his master beat them to the punch. Using his own hand he killed himself right in front of the boy. That was what set Chun down the dark path. One that led him straight to Shioon.
That was when he became the third person to wield it. The Black Heaven and Earth Technique at least. It was a powerful power distribution technique. While he knew how to activate the Black Origin Threshold he never had. Not after seeing it in action with his own master. The Threshold scared him more than his own Guardian.
Still perhaps the Black Heaven and Earth was his best shot. He had to get his ki and chakra flow under control. Then he could try again.
Ignoring the curious looks from both Naruto and Hayate he crossed his legs. Slowly his breathing he focused at the point just above his navel. There his ki center lay. There he could feel the build up ki and chakra. Due to his expanded reserves it was little wonder it was backed up. At least this time his hand wasn't trying to explode.
When he took a breath in he held it focusing the ki circulation throughout his body. Unsurprisingly it fought him when he tried to push it to flow correctly. Ever since he started training his ki it fought him tooth and nail.
Still with each breath he took in and let out his ki flowed a little more smoothly. He could feel it trying to flow backwards. Given what he knew of ki and the Black Origin Threshold he could not allow that.
On his tenth minute of sitting still he felt something move in the back of his mind. It was dark and powerful. A moment later he knew what it was. The Guardian that lay silently within him was now not so silent.
It growled, "Be still boy. Your center is still healing from the damage your idiotic master did to it."
He snapped back angrily, :Sunsengnim is not an idiot. What the hell would you know?:
There was the equivelant of a mental sigh from the beast. Then it replied, "Just because we have not spoken doesn't mean I don't watch out for you boy. If it wasn't for me your friend would have died when you both tried to cross over."
That deflated his anger slightly. Given his mental state at the time he would not have survived the knowledge. Mission be damned he would have killed himself. With the way things were going Ha Ill was the only one able to do techniques. He failed miserably at clone jutsu and could barely do a passable transformation jutsu now. That was with weeks of work. If this didn't help him he would be a hopeless case in trying to graduate the academy.
He asked carefully, :Why talk to me now then? What makes now so different?:
The beast said mysteriously, "I'm not sure. Go back to your exercises, boy. I'm sure we will talk again."
Then just like that the dark presence was gone. It left him with more questions than answers. There wasn't much information on the Guardians. What little there was, was highly regulated by the Murim Alliance. Without permission it was next to impossible to find out anything about them. All of what he knew he had learned from Chun. Even that wasn't much.
When he returned his attention to his center he found his ki flowing properly. If a little slower than normal. It seemed there was more to the guardian than he originally thought. He looked forward to uncovering its secrets.
Opening his eyes he stood once more on his feet. Determination in his green eyes he stared at the tree. He had to do this. No matter the cost.
Focusing his chakra using the basic hand sign he began to run. The moment his foot touched the tree he knew something was different this time. Instead of pushing him away or falling back he was able to run up the tree.
When he reached the first limb excitement rushed through him. In that moment he lost his concentration on his chakra. He wasn't simply pushed away from the tree. Instead he was practically thrown from it. He barely had the time to throw a kunai at it before he hit the ground with a loud thud. That hurt far more than he expected it to.
As he was pushing himself back into a sitting position both Naruto and Hayate rushed to his side. Naruto asked worry clear in his blue eyes, "Are you okay, Shioon? You hit the ground harder than before."
Hayate said with a frown, "You must have a lot chakra for it to react like that. Even older genins and chunins won't have their chakra react like that."
Shioon wondered about the jounin. Then again they likely didn't have to practice this exercise. They were the elite ninja and could do it without thinking was his guess. Probably without handsigns as well.
Hayate only showed them that way so that they would know. At least that was his guess. He didn't know the man well enough to say for sure.
Turning Shioon looked at Naruto's tree. There wasn't much progress on it. Not like his own progress. Most of the time he spent in meditation. Naruto would benefit from a power distribution technique. Otherwise he would never get anywhere with this. They were alike in this instance.
Shioon couldn't teach the other his technique. He wasn't sure how to do the energy transference. Chun only taught him the receiving end of it. Not how to give.
Ha Ill would have a good power distribution technique for the blond. At least Shioon hoped so. Many of them ran in the family. Asking someone to share was like asking someone there bank account information. It just wasn't done.
