Board Thread:Konoha Logs/@comment-26510601-20160314222610/@comment-26510601-20160315180536

With Hirotada’s final word, the two could now begin training. The father grabbed his son’s left hand, bringing it up to his own right hand until the base of their palms were touching. The size difference was easy to tell, as Ieyasu was still just a child and hadn’t developed very much in many ways. Ieyasu’s expression contorted to that of confusion, his dark brows furrowing as he wasn’t exactly sure of the purpose of this. Hirotada shook the boy’s head to get him out of his own thoughts.

“Let’s begin with teaching you how to make your hand bigger,” said Hirotada, “This will be a lot easier than teaching you how to separate your nature for the chakra flow part. I want you to do what you would do when using Nikudan Sensha, let’s begin by concentrating your chakra and flowing that essence into your left hand, Ieyasu.”

Ieyasu’s confusion disappeared as his father explained, and as he finished, the boy merely nodded before calmly closing his eyes and resuming the blank expression he usually holds. He seemed almost meditative as the two sat there in silence, until Hiro noticed something odd: Ieyasu’s bicep was beginning to awkwardly balloon outward. At first sight, Hiro quickly gave a slap to Ieyasu to which the boy flinched from and the arm contracted back to its normal size.

“You’re supposed to make your hand bigger, not your bicep,” chided Hirotada.

Ieyasu retorted, “I’m sorry, dad, it’s easy to imagine but it’s hard to actually do it!”

A brief groan came from the father before continuing, “Alright, boy, let’s try. You’ll get the hang of it, eventually.”