Board Thread:Konoha Logs/@comment-24479578-20160503155054/@comment-24479578-20160503220630

Post One



The day had begun like most for the young Hyuga woman. Bright and early with no time to really think about what sort of mischief she could get into. That life was one that she was not entitled to have. Her days consisted of training and hard work. Constantly, she was training. Either with her teammates, with her mother or in the private training area within the Hyuga compound, Hitomi was nothing but training. Standing in the kitchen, she’d pour herself some hot tea after she was dressed. Looking to the steaming cup silently, she’d watch the steam roll up in light wisps of vapor and curl about while she thought about her life. There had been much that had changed. Once the happy child that would find any time to get out of the compound and read in the forest or even play with her friends, now she had barely spent time outside of training. She didn’t believe herself to be a hermit because she was hardly in the house. However, the social interaction of people was something that had almost become foreign to her with the constant work.

Slowly, she brought the cup to her lips as she thought silently to herself about words spoken to her and her alone. ‘I’ll seek you out when I feel I am ready..’ The calm words from a man filled with anger and rage had in some way filled her with hope. However, they left her in wonder as well. She would wait as long as he needed. And should he not come at all, the she would know that she had been truthful in her words to him. The decision made to herself, she’d once more lift the cup and drink from it. “For you to hold, you must first open your hand and let go.” She whispered to herself as she took one final sip from her cup before she turned and rinsed out the cup and placed it in the strainer for it to dry.

She’d take a deep breath and let it out slowly as she then would put her heeled Shinobi boots on and walked out the door. She’d make her way to the Hidden Leaf Medical Facility where she knew her mother was there already and would be waiting for her to come in. Smiling warmly even so early in the morning to all, she’d wave her glistening metallic fingertips to those that had given her a smile or nod in greeting.

“Hitomi” Her name simply spoken firmly, the young woman looked up to see her mother standing in the doorway of one of the rooms. She was dressed in her Medical Nin coat and had her arms crossed over her chest. “As soon as you are ready, we’ll begin.” The young woman looked to her mother and gave a silent nod. “Hai, Okasaan.” She said as she walked to where her mother was and into the room. Miyako closed the door behind them silently and went to gather the materials that were being used in Hitomi’s training for the day.

Hitomi moved into the room and saw the metal table that had what looked to be the body of a dead cat that had been placed in embalming fluid. Looking to the creature, Hitomi could feel her stomach lurch a bit and placed her hand up to cover her mouth and maintain her composure. “Today you will be learning Chakra Scalpel.This medical technique forms your chakra into a small, sharp blade.” Miyako said as she walked about the room. Taking paper towels from the cabinet and placed it on the table next to the dead animal. “This technique can then be used for highly accurate incisions necessary for surgeries and anatomical dissections. Unlike regular scalpels that we may use, the chakra scalpel can make cuts inside the body without actually creating an open wound, limiting the risks of an infection.” She’d then turn and look to her daughter. With a nod towards the dead animal, she held a stern look on her face. “That is what you will be practising on, Hitomi. So I would advise you to get used to the idea that you will be touching the dead body. If you become squeamish, the rubbish is next to the desk. You are more than allowed to bring the rubbish over to you and use it from there.”

Miyako walked over to the table and opened the bag that held the dead cat. Embalming fluid fell from the bag and splashed over the tray that was under the cat. The stench that came from the bag was horrible and was more than Hitomi could handle. Running over to the rubbish can, she bent over and began to gag and sputter into it while her stomach continued to lurch and cause her to lose what little bit of liquid was actually in there. Slowly standing back up, she’d be met with a paper towel being handed to her by her mother. “You had better learn to get that under control. There may be times that there is more than just a smell that you will be faced with and it will be your job to take care of it.” Taking the paper towel, Hitomi nodded and wiped her mouth before turning and looking once more to the cat on the table.

Once more Hitomi walked over to the table and closed her eyes pushing down the upset stomach feeling once more. Under control once more, she’d open her eyes and look to her mother. “You ready?” Hitomi nodded softly. Taking a piece of paper, Miyako looked to Hitomi and held it up for the young woman to see. “It is a thin blade made of chakra. You control what it cuts with your focus and concentration.” Handing Hitomi the paper, she’d then performed the hand seals Tiger → Horse → Rabbit → Rat → Dog when chakra began to form around the woman’s hands. It was blue in color like most Hyuga’s chakra was. For a moment, Hitomi wondered why it was that her’s was purple but figured that she’d ask later. Silently, she held the paper up for her mother and watched. The chakra around the woman’s hands even looked to be sharp. There were no round edges like she was used to when she had done other techniques. There was no flowing motion to it. It looked sharp and hard. Without a second thought, Miyako looked to the paper and made a few movements with her hands across the paper. She didn’t even have to touch it for the  cuts to take place within the fibers. Hitomi looked to it with amazement and then looked up to her mother.

Placing her hands to the side, Miyako dispersed the chakra from her hands and once more looked to Hitomi. “You will start with cutting soft tissue. It is much easier than the more harder surfaces of paper and other things. Hense why you have the embalmed cat on the table.” Hitomi nodded and walked closer to the cat. She placed her hands together and the metal glistened. She made the seals Tiger → Horse → Rabbit → Rat → Dog while she pooled chakra into her hands. She could feel the chakra around her hands starting to harden but it didn’t look like what her mother’s had. “Too thick Hitomi. Like with chakra flow, smoothe it out and imagine a thin blade that is sharp enough to cut through anything.” Hitomi concentrated on the thought of her using her chakra flow techniques from Sieka. As if using a rolling pin mentally, she’d begin to flatten out the chakra. Thinking that she had flattened it enough, she’d focus on the cat that was on the table. Holding her hands before her, she’d quickly move her fingers down over the outside of the animal without touching it. She’d watched the fur move but that was just about it. There was no cut. Not even the fur had been sliced. Pressing her lips together, she’d disperse the chakra from her hands and look over the cat more. Hoping to see at least a little cut in the dead body. But alas, there was nothing.

Miyako looked to her daughter and shook her head softly with a smile. “It’s going to take time to get this technique Hitomi. Just because you are strong in chakra control and flow, does not mean that you are going to get this in just the first time you use it. Keep trying. You have until the end of my shift today to practice.” A nurse came into the room after a knock on the door and smiled to the two. “Excuse me, Miyako-san, there’s an emergency in room 4-a that needs your attention.” Miyako gave a nod and looked to Hitomi. “Keep practicing. Cut the skin first. Then we will work on inner cuts without making external incisions.” Getting up, she hurried out of the room and left Hitomi there with just the dead cat as her companion.