Board Thread:Konoha Logs/@comment-25072069-20160415235006/@comment-27993107-20160426054226

Yuki nodded, her aura becoming suddenly serious. Closing her eyes the girl re-focused her chakra into her blade, making sure it was even and completely covering the katana, as she bent her knees and centered herself, using the tree as a mental reference. Opening her eyes she felt the air around her band and wave with her chakra, as if blowing over a smooth rock or through a canyon. Taking a breath Yuki focused her eyes on the tree, and her mind on the chakra. She was still aware of any vibrations coming to her, but they were put in the back of her mind for the moment, seeing as no danger was evident. On her exhale her sword swung, a whooshing sound clear just before a sounding Thunk. The blade had gone in about four and a half inches.

Yuki then did something odd. she moved around the tree a couple of steps and re-centered herself, low and firm. Her eyes glued to the tree she imagined the blade slicing through it, cutting it down in one swoop. Having switched her grip to balance the usage of her arms, she pulled the blade back, then swung as hard as she could. Her eyes shut of their own accord just before the blade touched the tree, so she felt instead of saw what happened next.

Her blade had flashed it's white aura, as the sun hit it just right, and it embedded itself 11 1/2 inches into the tree. The girls arms had flexed and the shook at the impact, but stayed in a loose swordsman position. Opening her eyes, now having realized they were closed she nearly let out a cheer. The only thing stopping her was the fact that she had half an inch to go. Moving around the tree once more, Yuki repeated the steps up until the swing, then paused for a moment to add just a bit more chakra to her blade. It flared then evened out once more. She then swung...

The katana split the tree straight through, leaving the tree disconnected from it's roots but still upright. As her sword passed through the last part of the tree material a small, almost unnoticeable amount of chakra split from the blade, cutting the air then disappearing as if it was nothing more then a trick of the mind.