Board Thread:Hitomi Hyuga/@comment-24479578-20160813004030

Chakra Scalpel Day 1 (Self Training)HitomiHyuga  Continuing with Hitomi's Medical Nin training, she is brought to the Hidden Leaf Medical Facility to begin her Chakra Scalpel training. Under the watchful eye of Head Medical Nin and her Mother, Miyako Huyga, Hitomi is shown the technique and basics of the jutsu that has come in handy over and over again through the years. Edited by HitomiHyuga 22:10, May 3, 2016 *HitomiHyuga 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. 22:06, May 3, 2016
 * HitomiHyuga <span style="font-weight:700;font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);white-space:pre-wrap;">Post Two

<span style="font-weight:400;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:14.6667px;white-space:pre-wrap;line-height:1.38;">Hitomi watched her mother leave and heard the door close behind her with a click. Her pearlesque hues looked back to the dead animal that was on the table before her. “Chakra Flow… different from my lighting release and more alive then Gentle Fist. An instrument of destruction as well as a tool of healing.” She said to herself as she thought about how her mother's chakra had been so perfectly formed around her hands. She’d take another breath and concentrate on the feel of her chakra as she caused it to move along her skin. She had become used to the tingling feeling of her lightning release that caused her skin to sparkle like small violet diamonds instead of the sharp arcs of the lightning. Thinking for a moment more, she dispersed the chakra and looked to the cat. All she had to do was cut the skin and she had all day to do it.

<span style="font-weight:400;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:14.6667px;white-space:pre-wrap;line-height:1.38;">Bringing her hands up before her, she quickly made the seals Tiger → Horse → Rabbit → Rat → Dog while concentrating on her chakra. She’d feel it begin to move along the surface of her skin and coat over her fingers. A flowing and alive entity that so many take for granted. She pushed it and molded it around her hands and around her finger tips. How much chakra to use was something that made it a bit difficult to control. It had to be enough to create the scalpel as well as not too much so that the ‘blade’ was thin and could be molded to be the very thinnest that it could be.

<p style="margin-bottom:0px!important;"> <span style="font-weight:400;font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);white-space:pre-wrap;">With the violet aura flowing around her hands in jagged points, she’d look to the cat and focus upon the skin. With a slow move of her hand against the skin, it still did nothing. Not even the wet fur on the beast moved. A soft sigh left Hitomi’s lips as she bowed her head. Once more she let the chakra disperse from her hands and she placed her head down on the side of the table. “This is only the second time you tried this… it will come…” She said to herself as she watched the forehead protector dangle from her neck with a gentle sway. 23:04, May 3, 2016
 * HitomiHyuga <p dir="ltr" style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;line-height:1.38;"><span style="font-weight:700;font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);white-space:pre-wrap;">Post Three

<span style="font-weight:400;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:14.6667px;white-space:pre-wrap;line-height:1.38;">Hitomi stood up and walked over to the counter, picking up the scroll, she opened it up and began to look over it. Studying the script on the parchment with careful scrutinization. There had to be something that she had been missing. Some detail that her mother had overlooked. Pressing her lips together and to the side slightly, she studied the writing with careful eyes. It was all straightforward. Form the seals, focus on the chakra and cut. It should have been so easy to do with everything that she had been able to do. But this one had escaped her.

<p style="margin-bottom:0px!important;"> <span style="font-weight:400;font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);white-space:pre-wrap;">Placing the scroll back down on the counter, she had once more walked over to the cat. With careful precision, she went through the five hand seals Tiger → Horse → Rabbit → Rat → Dog. This time, she had felt something that she hadn’t the other few times. There was a different feel to the chakra this time. It was more solid. Like she could actually touch it against the table and she would hear a clanking sound. However, when she had, the chakra around her fingertips vanished and she in turn took a deep breath and let it out slowly. What was it about this one technique that had her baffled. She’d push that chakra back around the end of her fingers and concentrate on it a moment before she’d bring her hand down to the cat whose fur was beginning to dry from sitting out in the room with her so long. By this time, her nose had gotten used to the smell of it and it didn’t bother her any longer. It should have moved with the chakra that had been pooling around her fingers, but once more, it didn’t. Sitting down in the chair, she placed her head against the table. What was she getting wrong? Once more, the chakra dispersed and she looked down to the floor. Come the end of this day, she would make that cut. She was determined to. 01:44, May 4, 2016
 * HitomiHyuga <p dir="ltr" style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;line-height:1.38;"><span style="font-weight:700;font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);white-space:pre-wrap;">Post Four

<span style="font-weight:400;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:14.6667px;white-space:pre-wrap;line-height:1.38;">An hour had passed and Hitomi had gone back and forth from the cat to the scroll. She looked for anything that she could have possibly missed. But with each look at the scroll, she’d see the same instructions that were upon the parchment. Sighing in frustration, Hitomi had placed the scroll back down and closed her eyes while she rubbed her face with her hands.

<span style="font-weight:400;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:14.6667px;white-space:pre-wrap;line-height:1.38;">“Not as easy as it looks, is it?” Miyako had said as she came back into the room and held a cup of green tea with lemon and honey out to her daughter. Gratefully, Hitomi took the tea and sipped it with closed eyes before she opened them once more and looked to her mother. “I’ve tried so many times to try and get it. I’ve looked at the scroll over and over again. Nothing seems to be working. Am I missing something?” The young woman said while she brought up the tea to her lips once more and sipped from it. Chuckling softly, Miyako nodded and looked to her daughter. “Yes, you are. It’s something small that not everyone has..” Interested in what her mother had to say, Hitomi held her cup before her as she tilted her head a bit. “And what would that be, Okasaan?” Miyako could only smile and give her daughter a wink as she spoke simply one word. “Experience.”

<span style="font-weight:400;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:14.6667px;white-space:pre-wrap;line-height:1.38;">Hitomi simply pressed her lips together as she knew her mother was right. Wisdom was gained earnest and hard work not by simply asking. “Nature does not hurry.. Yet everything is accomplished…” She said simply to herself as she pushed off the counter and followed her mother back to the table where the dead cat was. “You are trying to hard to force the chakra from your fingers and from your hands. Just let it move over your hand. I told you earlier that it was just like using your chakra flow technique.” Hitomi placed her tea on the desk and took a deep breath. “Alright. Trying too hard..” She said with a slight shake of her arms. Closing her eyes, she’d quickly move through the five seals once more and allowed the chakra to form over her hands.

<p dir="ltr" style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;line-height:1.38;"><span style="font-weight:400;font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);white-space:pre-wrap;">“That’s it, Hitomi. Focus but let it flow. Don’t restrict it.” Hitomi listened to her mother and focused on the shape of the chakra and the feel of it. The way it moved over her hands. “Now, think about how much you think you need for a blade of chakra… “ Hitomi thought about it as the violet chakra moved and shaped itself over her hands. Thinning out in some areas and staying thick around her hands themselves. Hitomi’s chakra had become so thin at her tip that it was see through. Miyako smiled and nodded softly while her daughter wasn’t looking. “Now release it.” Hearing the words from her mother, she gave a nod and dispersed that chakra and opened her eyes looking to her.

<p style="margin-bottom:0px!important;"><span style="font-weight:400;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:14.6667px;white-space:pre-wrap;line-height:1.38;">“Well? How did I do?” Miyako hid her smile and gave a nod. “Not bad. Wait a few moments and do it again.” Hitomi gave a nod and took a few deep breaths before walking over and taking a sip from her tea once more. 04:22, May 4, 2016
 * HitomiHyuga <p dir="ltr" style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;line-height:1.38;"><span style="font-weight:700;font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);white-space:pre-wrap;">Post Five

<span style="font-weight:400;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:14.6667px;white-space:pre-wrap;line-height:1.38;">After a few moments of relaxation, Hitomi placed her tea down once more and looked to her mother. “I think I’m ready to try again.” Miyako gave a nod and watched her daughter as she leaned up against the desk and watched her. “Remember, don’t force your chakra. It will come naturally.” A nod given, Hitomi once more made the seals that were needed and focused on the chakra that flowed over her hands. She didn’t force it, but this time simply guided it. She felt it move over her skin and closed her eyes as she simply felt the current over her skin. This was similar to when she had moved her lightning enhanced chakra move over her skin only it didn’t tingle with an electric current like the other did. Miyako watched and bit the inside corner of her lip as she watched her daughter try to master the technique. This was one that was so very important to being a med nin. It helped to keep infection down and was a tool that she could so very easily use for other things knowing the intelligence of her daughter. She could easily sever an artery or vein with the right placement. She could also cut through ligaments and leave the muscle useless. So much was a possibility if Hitomi had to use it and Miyako knew she would use it to the best of her ability.

<p style="margin-bottom:0px!important;"> <span style="font-weight:400;font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);white-space:pre-wrap;">Once it was coating over Hitomi’s hand, she’d then pull back on how much chakra she was using to keep it there. The moving chakra flowing over her hand in an even coat, she’d look at it as it once more became just about see through at the ends of her fingertips. She’d pull back a bit more chakra and see it become thinner once more. This time, she’d look to the cat that was on the table. Moving her fingers over the skin, she’d see the hair cut this time. It was just a little bit but it was a bit of progress. Miyako looked to her daughter and watched with a smile. Silently she beamed with pride but she wouldn’t show it until Hitomi had done actually what she was supposed to for this exercise. Hitomi released  the chakra once more and smiled to herself then looked to her mother. Miyako simply looked to her and sipped her tea trying to keep the celebrating until she had actually done what she needed to. 23:22, May 4, 2016
 * HitomiHyuga <p dir="ltr" style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;line-height:1.38;"><span style="font-weight:700;font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);white-space:pre-wrap;">Post Six

<span style="font-weight:400;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:14.6667px;white-space:pre-wrap;line-height:1.38;">Hitomi was excited for the small amount of progress that she had made. It was a small bit but it was still progress. Taking a sip from her tea, she’d place it down once more and close her eyes once more. She’d make the seals needed for the jutsu and felt the chakra once more flow over her hands. Thinner and thinner, she’d make the blade of chakra until the edges were fine and sharp. It was still difficult to keep that amount of chakra flowing and still continue with the amount of control that was needed to keep the blades the thinnest that it could be. Her violet chakra looking hands shimmered and glowed as she concentrated on the feel of this chakra flowing over her hands. She had to memorize this feeling. It had to be something that she could get down as and bring forth without hesitation.

<p style="margin-bottom:0px!important;"> <span style="font-weight:400;font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);white-space:pre-wrap;">When she had thought that she had the ‘blades’ thin enough, she’d walk over to the cat once more. Focusing on the cat now like she would the tree for chakra flow, she’d move her hand over the side of the cat. Once more the fur moved and pieces of the fur fell down against the table. Hitomi looked to the skin and saw the small slice that was on the skin. It was not much, but it was still a cut nonetheless. She smiled to herself and stood up. Releasing the chakra from her hands, she’d close her eyes and smile to herself. By the end of this day, she would have reached her goal. 16:28, May 6, 2016
 * HitomiHyuga <p dir="ltr" style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;line-height:1.38;"><span style="font-weight:700;font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);white-space:pre-wrap;">Post Seven

<span style="font-weight:400;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:14.6667px;white-space:pre-wrap;line-height:1.38;">Hitomi looked up to the clock as she took a deep breath while trying to prepare herself for another try. She had an hour left before she had to get this right. As if hearing Hitomi’s thoughts, Miyako spoke from behind her. “We can stay longer if you need to, Hitomi.” Her mother had said softly. Hitomi shook her head and walked back over to the cat. Looking over it, she took a deep breath and let it out. “No. I should be alright. I just need a few more tries and I should have it.” She said with an underlying burst of confidence in her abilities. She had been able to gain every other ability when it came to chakra with ease, this one would be no different. She was determined that this would come to her.

<p style="margin-bottom:0px!important;"> <span style="font-weight:400;font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);white-space:pre-wrap;">Her hands came up as her eyes looked to the cat. Making the seals Tiger → Horse → Rabbit → Rat → Dog, she’d feel the moment that her chakra began to flow once more over her skin and caused the metal that adorned her fingers to almost vibrate against her skin. Once more, violet in color, she’d pull back on the amount of chakra that was used and focus on the skin itself rather than the internal organs of the dead cat on the table. Again, she’d bring her hand over to the cat and swipe against it. Her eyes looking to the skin intently as it slowly parted at a thin and smooth line that was created by her. The corner of her lips turned up in satisfaction. The skin had been cut. Now it was a matter of her actually doing it more often and becoming more perficiant with it. 17:17, May 6, 2016
 * HitomiHyuga <p dir="ltr" style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;line-height:1.38;"><span style="font-weight:700;font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);white-space:pre-wrap;">Post Eight

<span style="font-weight:400;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:14.6667px;white-space:pre-wrap;line-height:1.38;">She only let the chakra vanish from her hands for a few moments before she again made the seals Tiger → Horse → Rabbit → Rat → Dog. These seals she’d have committed to memory soon enough. It was becoming easier to bring this chakra forward and have it coat over her hands in moving ripples of violet. This was the jutsu that she’d need to have down like she did for the healing powers of Mystic Palm. It was part of being a Medical Nin and she accepted it.

<p dir="ltr" style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;line-height:1.38;"><span style="font-weight:400;font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);white-space:pre-wrap;">This time, she’d look to the cat and slice not only through the skin but she’d go a bit deeper into the muscle as well. She’d focus even more and try to control the chakra so she would be at the exact place that she wanted to cut.

<p style="margin-bottom:0px!important;"><span style="font-weight:400;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:14.6667px;white-space:pre-wrap;line-height:1.38;">‘Hitomi, don’t focus too much on this. You are only just starting to learn this technique. You have plenty of time to perfect it to the point of being exact. Don’t push it.” Miyako had said as she looked to her daughter and took a sip from her tea. Sighing softly, she knew that her mother was correct and moved her hand up to cut another place on the dead animal. Once more, the skin split and fell open but when she had done so, she had seen that she had cut too far and cut into the muscle. That wasn’t going to be a good thing. Taking another deep breath, she’d focus a bit on the length of the ‘blade’. Causing it to become smaller with the amount of chakra that she was pushing into it, she’d once more make a slice at the side of the animal. This time, she’d actually just cut the skin. She was happy with this. Standing up straight, she’d take a deep breath and let it out a bit. The chakra from her hands disappeared and she moved her fingers. Flexing them a bit, she’d sigh softly and look to her mother. Miyako only looked to her daughter with the soft gentleness of one that knows what she was going through having had to go through it herself. 18:49, May 6, 2016
 * HitomiHyuga <p style="margin-top:0px!important;">Post Nine Hitomi wanted this training over and to be done for the day but knew it wasn't time yet. She'd bring her tea cup up to her mouth as she finished off the little bit that was in there before throwing the cup away. With a deep breath that she let out in almost a rushed exhale, she'd move once more to the cat and look upon it. She'd had already made some progress from when she had first started and would only be happy to know that she had been able to so more than that.

Bringing her hands up, once more she went into the seals that were needed for this jutsu. Finding that it was much faster this time, she'd find the mid way point on her chakra flow and look to the violet chakra that caused an aura to flow around her hands. Instead of a small cut this time, she'd move to the side of the animal and slice from the base of the neck, all the way down it's side. To her surprise, the slice had cut all the way down to the end of her movement.

<p style="margin-bottom:0px!important;">Miyako could only smile and nod as she watched her daughter progress. She silently hoped that she would one day surpass her in her own strength and abilities. Edited by HitomiHyuga 12:56, May 9, 2016
 * HitomiHyuga <p style="margin-top:0px!important;">Post Ten With thirty minutes left of her shift, Miyako looked to Hitomi and spoke softly. "This is the last time so make sure you have your chakra level on the exact point you want it. I would like to see you cut beyond the skin without cutting through the skin. That is one of the grand things about this technique. You've proven that you could use it like a standard scalpel, now use it for that it is intended for." She said in a stern tone.

Nodding, Hitomi looked to the animal that had gone through her torture for the length of the eight hour day. She had to cut without cutting the outer layer. Alright. For the last time this day, she'd make the hand seals <span style="font-weight:normal;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:14.6667px;line-height:20.24px;white-space:pre-wrap;">Tiger → Horse → Rabbit → Rat → Dog and hone the chakra that began to flow about her hands. Her focus was on the chakra and the animal. This was going to be her test.

<span style="font-weight:normal;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:14.6667px;line-height:20.24px;white-space:pre-wrap;">As she neared the animal, she didn't focus on the outer skin, but she looked to the lung that was closest to the surface. She didn't see it with her eyes but she had looked to it through her mind as she imagined the organ that was there and how it was positioned. With the chakra flowing around her hand, she'd move to cut without cutting the skin. It was a focus that she hadn't really had to worry about before as she wouldn't know until she had looked inside to see if it happened. Once she had felt like she had made the cut, she dispursed the chakra from her hands and moved to look within the animal. To her amazement, she had indeed sliced the lung without cutting the skin or the ribs that had covered the organ. She hadn't even cut the muscle that covered over the rib cage.

<p style="margin-bottom:0px!important;">She looked up to her mother and the smile that was on the young woman's face was priceless. She was happy and proud at the same time. This was something that she did. Miyako stood and looked to Hitomi. "Good. Now, we go home and you will continue this training at home. You will be cutting the vegetables for dinner tonight with that jutsu." Hitomi's shoulders slumped a bit as she took a deep breath. "Hai, Okasaan." She said softly as she followed her mother from the room and walked with her home.
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