Kyle's Training Challenge

This time, Zeo focused his chakra and began a steady climb up the tree trunk. This time it was slower-- but his attention was not to the speed, but the stability of his chakra's flow to his feet. This time, he was able to keep it up. Each step he felt almost felt like dragging his feet through snow but each one was able to hold on longer. It felt like walking with leg weights.

But while slower on him, he felt his own climb grow better and stronger. In a matter of minutes, he climbed several meters higher. The progress soon reached as much as Mari's own progress on the tree climbing.

Several hours had passed, and things were beginning to slow down. THe sun had now entered the afternoon position in the sky, leaving them running low on stamina and chakra.

The trees were now more marked up now with all their attempt. Despite all of Kyle's bragging-- he actually made progress and reached 2/3rds up the tree, almost close with Zeo now.

Kyle was on the ground now, panting as he was exhausted from his efforts. Zeo too was dripping sweat, and had discarded his coat so he could run faster up the tree.

"Seems like you guys are almost at your limit," Yasha said, who had been observing the whole time. "Why don't you do one final pass and then we will call it a day."

With that would be the time it would end for the night. Zeo focused his chakra-- intending to utalize what he could. He made a hand sign, felt the pressure build below his feet and once again allow him to sense the chakra kick to his feet. He also felt something else. An odd pressure form elsewhere in his chakra-- as if a sudden surge in his body. It pressed outward to other areas.

He opened his eyes-- and no one else noticed, but his eyes had shifted in color for a brief moment, as if his  sclera of his eyes suddenly became black for a moment-- but shifted back in the blink of an eye. He felt a small dizzy sensation but charged forward.

He ran up the side of the tree and felt his feet stick to it. He continued to climb putting both speed and focus into the mix. He kept it up... till he felt gravity start to play its part and try to tug him down. He pushed his focus forward, the odd sensation in his eyes tingling as he made one more step and fell---

He threw his Kunai to the spot he left from, marking it as he fell. This time, he had enough height to make a solid flip and landed frimly on his own two feet.

"Nicely done," Yasha said as he looked to their progress. They had made it to 3/4ths of the tree, nearly to the top.

So did Kyle for that matter. The wild kid continued to huff and puff as he felt exhausted from his efforts. "D-damn it..." he gasped, at the limit of his Chakra.

It seems Kyle's bet didn't come to a result now, as neither of them reached the top but still-- Zeo felt content with his results.

Training Results: Uchugan Mastery X 1, 4 rolls for Dex. + Quick Learner

The member 'Enjin' has done the following action : Destiny Roll

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'Dice 10' : 8, 5, 8, 6, 4

The sun had sunk below the trees and the sky began to be cast orange from the evening sky. Mari soon joined the two on the forest floor. "You two okay?" she asked.

"Yeah..." Zeo panted, and wiped his brow with his arm. "You really are good at this Mari." he stated.

Mari smiled. "Well, my family encouraged me to work on my chakra control early on during the academy." she said kindly.

"This isn't over!" Kyle shouted, and fought to stand back to his feet. "You got lucky this time!" he said and pointed to Zeo.

Still as cool as a cucomber, Zeo barely blinked an eye at him. "So... you're calling off the bet? Neither one of us made it to the top so we might as well..."

"The hell we are!" he countered with a growl, "The first one to the top will treat them to dinner so much that your wallet will hurt. "

Both Zeo and Mari frowned. Kyle was so tired he didn't even make sense. But the same could be said for Zeo, as he too was exhausted from his time with this training. "Let's just go home... I need to rest. I'm already getting a headache without your blabbering..." he said and began to head back to the village.

Kyle continued to blabber on-- a miracle that he had the energy to do so while Mari and Kyle retreated away. As they headed home, Yasha watch them leave-- his focus in paticular on Zeo. He did notice how much he had grown since they found him-- but something else was on his mind. He felt an odd chakra from him. He was aware that his chakra had odd properties, that was certain. The others from the medical center had deduced that much but for a second he sensed it spike. It was an odd otherworldly sensation about him.

It made Yasha wonder what it was.

Only time would tell what secrets did Zeo's abilities had in store for Konoha...

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