Training begins (Training)

Mika had found a good place to train, it was spacious, it had several things she would need to do the training she was planning on... and best of all she had been made aware, thought some looking around and reading, of a few techniques she could train that could even make her lack of Chakra a non-issue, that alone was worth the training she was about to put herself through.

And so she started her training, practicing forms first, to get a feel of the movements, as she moved from stance to stance, she checked on her footing, her placement of her arms and legs, and her balance. All of these would be crucial for the style to work, and she didn't want to mess any of this up. Though as she moved from stance to stance, correcting her footwork and positioning as she went, She realized she could be doing more then just training one thing at a time, it would just require a few things.

So off she ran to see if she could find the things she would need, Searching the academy she did indeed find a set of wearable weights to go on her arms and legs, as well as a set to wear on her waist and she smiled, going back to the field she slipped the weights on and immediately felt the increase of weight. but she moved into the stances once more, trying to keep a steady pace, and while she did that she could feel the weight pulling on her body, it was something she was going to have to get used, to.. though the Ideas this gave her for later would have to be something she came back to afterwards.

And So she continued. Stance to stance, trying not to stumble or lose her balance, but when she did rather then continue from were she had been, she decided to start all over, not only would this incentivize her to not fail it also meant that if she did she would get more training in. Continuing her training she could already feel the sweat start to pour down her body from the weights, and the attempts to move her body smoothly, but it would work it had to.

As she finished up her forms she looked to the striking dummy, then to her weights, she could try the strikes without the weights. But if she did that then she wouldn't get the full training needed out of the weights, granted she would have to take them off eventually, they belonged to the Academy. But perhaps she could buy her own set after she managed to gather some money for herself? It couldn't hurt her training after all to be able to wear such things all the time if possible, though she may have to get several of varying weights for it to have a constant effect.

Moving to the strike Dummy she started to practice her Punches and kicks the movements painfully slow due to the weights, However she wasn't about to let that slow her down, this was Training she needed to focus on, this was Training she knew she would need if she was to keep up with all the students that could utilize their Chakra, she needed to make up that difference.

Slowly her strikes started to get faster, her movements slightly more fluid, As she did so she started to slam her body into the Strike dummy to replicate being struck as best she could, bracing herself for each blow, keeping her eyes on the target as she started to circle it, to try to feel its location when she turned her back on it to do a spinning strike, if she could use her time to train more then once thing at a time she was sure she could make up for the fact that she lacked a lot of what others had.

It was a hope she had to go with and pray that was true as she continued to lash out with her strikes, throwing herself against the arms of the dummy to simulate strikes, focusing her mind her senses on it's location, where it was hitting her, her movement in relation to it, how much power she was putting behind each attack, She paid attention to all of it.

Then she stopped and looked down at her foot, she had missed her foot placement going through the form as she made her strike, so taking a breath she took a step away from the dummy, then she stretched a moment before moving back in and starting it all over again, close wasn't going to be good enough. she had a lot of work ahead of her, and she couldn't get through it without focusing and doing her best, Giving her all was all she could do.

once, twice, three times.. stop, she missed a strike. Restart, once, twice, three times, four times, stop, she used a left jab rather then an uppercut, Variation could come once she got the core of the style down. Restart, Jab, knee strike, Lunge, High kick, Back hand, stop. She only grazed the dummy with that attack, she needed to keep her distance in mind, she needed to focus on her surroundings as well, the sounds, the feelings, the sights, all of it needed to be used to keep track of her location and her enemies. Restart.

and on and on again as she continued to stop for some small mistake, and restart her whole exercise, slowly the strikes became more accurate, slowly the movements more sure, slowly the  gap between her and her target started to stay closer so she could continue her fluid motions through the stances, the forms. but at the same time slowly, she was getting more and more tired until finally she simply couldn't stand anymore, and she fell to the ground breathing heavily as she started to struggle to take the weights off.

"Okay... maybe pushed it a bit to far... I am not gonna get anywhere trying to over do things.. might even end up hurting myself rather then getting anything out of the training" she said to herself as she managed to get one wrist weight off, then the others "Least they had these weights, I should be sure to get my own set though then I can wear then all the time, would do well to have that kind of constant training" she said to herself with a smile as she started to take off the leg weights.

"And get ones that actually fit my body... that wouldn't be bad ether..." she added as she got the leg weights off finally and she slipped out of the weighted vest rolling her shoulders a moment as she sighed, she still needed to put the weights back, and then go have a shower and head home for the day. It was moments like this she almost wish she could use Chakra, For all she knew there was possibly skills tat would allow one to move faster.

With that thought in her head she got up and stretched a bit more, before picking up the weights and starting to make her way back to where she found them in the Academy, she didn't want to put them away just randomly after all, someone else might want to use the weights.

After walking into the Academt she out the weights away and let out a sigh as she stretched a bit one last time before heading to go get her things and head home for the night, enjoy a nice shower... okay maybe a bath, and have something light to eat before bed, and then? If they didn't have classes she would do her training all over again, maybe even with more weight this time.

Getting to her temporary home near the academy she sighed as she closed the door and tossed her things aside, she turned the tap on over her tub and let it run as she made herself a simple salad for supper, meat was on the menu for breakfast though that was for sure, and after she finished eating she turned the tap off and then got into the tub.

After her bath she lay on the bed mentally going through the motions still, wanting to memorize them as much as possible as she started to slowly drift into a deep dream filled sleep.

Her dreams washing over her of her training, of her falling behind the others in the academy later due to the fact that she couldn't utilize Chakra, but even in her sleep, in her dream she wasn't about to let that stop her, she would just train all the harder to make up the difference, practice her steps, her forms, the measure from her enemy that she should stand, the motions she should make to put the maximum strength into a strike without throwing her balance off.

The heft of the extra weights, to account for them in her movements, to make sure she utilized them when striking to deal more damage, to utilize them in a defensive manner to decrease what she was taking, all of this needed to be done to help her succeed.

She woke up several hours later, stretching as she stood from her bed, and an Idea popped into her head. She needed to schedule as much of this as possible, let it before habit, let it be how she planned her days, and then when it started to get to easy to finish everything in a certain time, she could increase the amount of work to do.

As she took out a notebook and started to write in it, planning her day out, she needed to make a goal, one that was reachable, but not without a lot of hard work and dedication to reach that point, she couldn't train till exhaustion all the time, that wouldn't work, she also had classes to attend in the Academy after all, so she had to not sleep to long or train to late into the night.. All that had to be taken into account.

It was something she plotted out in the notebook, a preliminary schedule for the time being, weighted training in the afternoons and evenings, Stretches and Cardio in the morning, then she focused on her studies, and every few days she would have a day with no training just so she didn't burn herself out.

It all looked good from reading it, but she wouldn't know till she put it into practice, and so she got up and started to do her morning stretches all while walking around the small place she had to gather her things to wear for a morning jog, and to place the things she needed for a quick shower after that in the bathroom to save time. Once all this was properly planned out she would likely be a step or two ahead of her Schedule and that would slowly become habit, and that was one goal for all of this.

So with that all decided she headed out for her jog around the area, memorizing the locations of things along the route to the Academy before heading back home to shower, and once more heading out so she wouldn't miss classes, this time she wouldn't be late again by getting lost, of that she was sure.

Training:

Approved: can’t solo train for 14 days

Walking back out of the dorm area, Mika had put together a bit of a plan to help her train better, it wasn't just about training hard, though that was a component of it, she needed to make sure she was getting the most out of her time training, if she didn't then it was all basically being wasted, Training hard was good and all but training without purpose only meant you were tiring yourself out for very little in the way of gains, though granted if one just worked out hard they would still see a great deal of improvement. Mika however wanted more then that amount of Improvement, her slight handicap put her below what most people had access to, so she needed to work harder to match up and make up for that Deficiency.

With that in mind she got out to the training area, one way was to focus her training in a manner that would help her in the long run, something to streamline the training she was going to have to do, to make the times shorter, so that the most was gained every time she took to the field to train, so as she got to the center of the training field one thing was certain, she needed to work on the basics first, and streamline from there. Putting the heavy weighted training gear down for now she looked at them, they were an efficient means of combining strength, endurance, and speed training, as well as her reaction time, and balance, as it made her more aware of her movements they were efficient that was for sure, but.. could she do better? wearing them all the time certainly would help, but she was currently using the Academies sets, she had to grab several different parts from sets to make the weighted gear set she used.

Her own custom made set.. she would have to do some missions to get the money together to get those, but it would help her training a great deal, for now though she just had to make due with all this, a custom made obstacle course would also do.. or the parts needed to set one up herself. These thoughts went through her mind as she started to put on the weighted vest, but not just that she would need a training dummy that could strike back, that would help quite a great deal with all this training the weighted belt going on as she thought of this as well.

But how would something like that be made? did they have the facilities here to make such a thing? and if they did how much did it cost to have a custom made one built? how much to repair it? She thought to herself as she secured the weighted Leg bracers. Then what of weapons? Perhaps she shouldn't bother with sword or hammers of the like, perhaps something she should wear on her arms? to enhance her striking power? But then it would have to be rather sturdy and well weighted so as to not overly affect her balance when striking.. Especially if she was going to be wearing weighted gear already with such things on.. This thought passed through her mind as she slipped on and securd the heavy arm bands.

With all her gear on she hopped in place, the weight holding her down but she gave a few flaps of her wings and was still able to take off, with effort granted, but she was able to fly still "Hmm... will have to get more weight next time" she mused to herself as she landed once more and started a fast paced jog, her steps landing heavy due to the weight on her, but the Small Moth didn't seem overly bothered by them, she was quite strong after all, but she needed to get stronger, she needed to train harder, and as she jogged she would start to think of ways to combine several training exercises at once. now she couldn't just mix them together without thought of course, but some combinations would help quite a bit.

One that popped into her mind as she jogged was to focus all this weight she was wearing onto her back when doing pushups, and while doing those she could change to standing knee strikes and then land to do a squat before kicking out and going back to pushups.. but then how would she keep the weights on? best to keep them spread out then especially if she was going to do so many different movements with them on, maybe even add vertical push ups to each rep? that would certainty make the work out on her arms more efficient.. but then what of her legs during all that.. lunging knee strikes into squats then into pushups would work out well for now but then she would have to do more pushups to keep her development even.

These thoughts went through the Faunus' mind as she jogged, and as she did so the jogging pace she was going at started to increase, her strides getting longer as she started to gently kick off the ground to get herself moving faster, an Idea she had thought up a while ago when she thought about how to get faster, it was something she had to work on as while it helped her go faster, turning was a bit of a problem.. but that could be worked out later, for now she wanted to simply train her overall body condition.. or rather, to think of more efficient means of training so she could get the most out of it, for now though she had to focus on getting what she could out of this session, so after some time running normally she lunged forward and caught herself on her hands and continued to jog in that manner.

The Idea was to keep her body equally developed, this would prevent her from lacking in any one area, granted it meant that training would have to be that much harder, but that was something she could deal with if it meant more advancement in the long run, and that's what she was aiming for, making a strong foundation now and working on it as she got stronger, because with a strong foundation and understanding everything would be made easier, and so she could spend more time getting even more out of her training then before.

Running along on her hands she continued to push herself, the weight still barely an issue as she continued on, all while she considered other avenues for training, "I am going to be lacking at range if I keep going like this... I should make counter measures and train my use of Shuriken as well as other thrown weapons, I may not be able to utilize chakra, but that doesn't mean I can't have any tricks up my sleeve" she said to herself as she continued to push herself along, though she started to remember a conversation she had had with an older boy, who was a Chunin now, he had been here to visit.

She had her silk and her poison.. well the powder that came off her wings at times.. she could incorporate that somehow, those would very much help in giving her a few tricks many may not suspect her to have. She would have to think of a lot of other things as well that she could do, something as simple as throwing rocks could throw an enemy off. But not just attack she had to think of defense as well, Perhaps learning to catch Thrown projectiles? deflect them? Even throw them back accurately but she would have to be careful, there were likely techniques that others could use to make such things more dangerous then she would originally think. Chakra could do a lot after all, from what she heard from her parents anyway.

It was true Mika wished she could use Chakra like the others but at the same time, perhaps it was best she couldn't? Training something as varied and flexible as that could leave one missing the fundamentals, their own body, and in the end one had to count on that, the Chakra usages had their place and they had their uses, but likely one could run out of Chakra just like one could run out of stamina, the only problem is, when one ran out of stamina it didn't matter for the most part how much Chakra you had left.. at least that was how it sounded. Regardless she shouldn't neglect her lessons on chakra just because she couldn't use it, her enemies could, and that was reason enough to learn more about it so she could develop countermeasures.

As she finished this train of thought she pushed off the ground and flipped catching herself in mid air with her wings and she started to fly now, it used different muscles then her legs and arms so she needed to keep these in shape as well, not to mention her extra set of arms, they were one of the reasons she needed to sort of make her own weighted training set, her extra limbs and having to figure out how to put the belt and vest on without restricting her wings. She also had to think about training to take advantage of her stronger senses, there was many things she could do to hone those to have them be a greater advantage then the enemy would expect, they would need to know exactly what senses she had that were stronger.

Information was going to be key as well, so stealth.. but for now she needed to think of more basics and how to make use of them and how to train to get the most out of it all, and as she flew around doing laps she thought to herself on other ways to combine training, well that would also depend on the thing training.. if she was simply training herself to better remember a move.. drills would be best.. and then trying to preform said moves in different conditions, with different restrictions so that she could preform them in almost any situation... Extreme weather being another thing she would need to train in, starting slow at first of course, trying to rush any of this would be a bad Idea.

As she reached the same distance from running and handstand running she landed and took a breather, her stamina having reached a limit at the moment, though with the amount of laps she had done she was rather surprised it had taken this long, perhaps the training was already showing results as it was? Ether way she sat down and took off the weights as she grabbed her bag and took out some food to eat and a bottle of water, she wasn't going to go eat at a table or go inside, once she was rested and had some food and water in her she would start on the more stationary exercises, and then combat drills from there, she had to get this all done after all.

Keeping to the schedule she made for herself was important, any slacking could lead to more slacking and that would lead to more missed opportunities to advance her training.. besides, to her Training was fun, to see and feel the improvements you were making to yourself slowly, it made her smile knowing she was a little bit better then she was before, and that each time she was getting closer to possible achieving her goals. That's what made it all worth it to her, and even if she never got to her goals, she wouldn't stop training, there was always more to improve after all.

After a short time resting and eating her Honeyed ham and cheese sandwiches, Mika downed the rest of one of the bottles of water she had brought with her, and then she stretched a bit to make sure she didn't get stiff. Finally she lowered herself to the ground and put all the weights back on and started to do pushups, as she started she thought about what she had considered and decided to try it out, so after two pushups she would push herself off the ground hard and go into a lunging knee strike, before landing and doing a squat before kicking her feet out and doing another two pushups to complete the rep, she could feel the effects right away, it was far more difficult.. but it was working more of her body at once.

Specialization:

Approved

Grabbing the training weights from the Supply shed and strapping them all on Mika headed to the Training grounds and started to run laps, humming to herself as she ran she considered the requirements for her own set of weights, they would have to be heavy, maybe she could get someone to help her get them made good and heavy? Or maybe she could find a good Material to make them out of? she had heard of Chakra Resistant materials, perhaps armor made out of those would be something to look into later? Regardless as she finished running over a hundred laps she flipped onto her hands and continued to do laps, making sure to keep track of the laps so she knew she was getting good balance on her training. Her pace increased, as she thought of other possibilities, Gado had offered to train her if she needed it, and that would be quite helpful in getting her to the same level or training as everyone else, but first... she needed to focus on the basics.. With that thought she pushed off the ground and started to fly doing laps that way, as she worked more and more on increasing her strength.

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Returning to the Training field, Mika had done Jogging the first time, not it was time for weights, or rather push ups and the like, those could also help her strength as she dropped to the ground and started with basic Pushups, using all four arms for the start, as she worked them. A set of weights, their design going through her mind, maybe have them also work as armor so she could deal with both issues at once, and that would help in not just training constantly, but also keeping her safer in battle. Key to that would be Chakra resistant Materials, that would aid her in resisting such things as well as physical attacks, and that all together would make her far more formidable.

As she switched to lifting with two arms she also lifted one leg to increase the weight, but there wasn't much change as she continued, she then switched to her second set of arms and switched leg, and continued that for a while as well, before starting to lift with only one arm at a time, and finally doing hand stand lifts. Before switching to squats to round out her training for the day.

Note:

With Her strength training the past few days, Mika decided next thing she should focus on in her toughness, and so she headed out with her weights and found a good sized tree, looking it over she flew up and searched it for what she was looking for, and after a bit of time she found it, a branch that stuck out a bit more then the rest, exactly what she was looking for, Landing on the branch to make sure it was sturdy she nodded to herself before she started to spin some webbing, slowly drawing it out braiding it as well as she made it to make sure it would be sturdy. Finally after some time slowly producing some Webbing she cut the line with her teeth and checked the line for any kinks in it before nodding. Everything was ready and so she tied all her training weights to one end of the long Silk line and wrapped it around the branch before she lowered it down to the ground, then using the remaining line she flew down as well and lifted the weights into the air, till it was about chest high, after getting the height correct she secured the line and gave the weight a push letting it fly back, she then braced herself getting ready for the impact, and when it hit she did her best to not move, then she repeated it again... and again.. she would have to get heavier weights later, but for now, without a partner, this was the best Idea she had to get tougher.

Note:

Walking back to the same tree with the line of silk already prepared, Mika checked the branch over to make sure there wasn't to much ware on it, she also brought a large patch of leather this time to use so that the tree wasn't to damaged as she considered the fact she would be doing this for a while, that and the leather would be a good reminder afterwards of her training. So setting everything up like before she secured the weights and wrapped the leather around the branch, then the Line around the leather, before lowering the weights then herself to the ground, spending some time to add a few more weights to the end she secured it and started her training once again. Pushing the heavy weights away hard and standing there and letting it crash into her, bracing herself to better absorb the impact To get herself use to the impacts that was weaker then her own strength granted... but she could think of other things later.

Note:

Approved

Mika returned to the area with trees, her training was going well, Her strength Training was intensifying, her Defense training was also something she had figured out, now she just needed to deal with a few other things, one being her reaction time, As she arrived at the Trees she already had a plan, it was something she had worked out a while ago, it was rather simple in it's Idea but setting it up would take time, but once it was set up resetting it after each time would be easy, So she stood there, and started to make more Webbing, a more elastic webbing this time, and as she weaved it she also took the time to look around to see if she could find the best places to set it up, and with some doing she managed both. Now with the Elastic Webbing at hand, and the tougher rope like webbing she took stones and started to set up the contraption she had planned out. It was fairly simple really, a set of lines with stones under tension, and anchor lines to them to set them off, she didn't know how long it would take to launch the stones, but that was the Idea, and after working she got down to the area they were all aimed at, with the master line in hand, With a smile she let go of the line and dropped into a ready stance waiting for the stones to fly at her, waiting and reaching out with her senses, and then it happened, she could feel one coming, her eyes just catching it in time for her to dodge it, bending her body out of the way, and then another from another direction. It took some time for them all to fire and she got hit a few times, but it proved her Idea worked, and so she smiled and reset it to go again.. she would be at this for a while and all she had to do was slightly adjust the lines to change the timing.

Note:

Returning to where she set up her little training array, Mika knew she would need to take this all down later, and likely find a way to make this faster so that taking it down wasn't something that took up so much time, Granted after having set it up once she knew she could to it again rather easily, maybe if she got some poles or sturdy sticks she could make a little kit of sorts that would let her set it up anywhere? That would be quite handy, but the area it would take up would be quite a lot of space. In the end though it was all working towards her goal of catching up with everyone in the Academy, Most Grew up in some are that had more contact and knowledge of this type of thing then her own family, as far as he knew anyway. So they all likely had some amount of training at home that got them ready for all this, Mika by Comparison didn't have such advantages, And as she dodged the first set of stones she had set up as she considered that not only did she have that lack of advantage, she also had a rather large Handicap, all the others, as far as she knew, could use any tool or skill available for them to learn, she then dodged three more Stones all from different directions, In comparison she wasn't sure what all she could learn other then her Natural talents like physical combat and her ability to make use of her Tribes styles of combat. She stopped for a moment as she used all four hands to catch several projectiles turning and spinning her body to reduce the impact of them before throwing them back at different locations that had already launched stones, and she smiled a bit this could make the training go a bit faster.

Note:

As she Sat in her room, working on Ideas to help with her Training, Mika had realized, that for most of them, the set up would take a long time.. at least with her current ability to create her silk, she could get around this though... if she trained making more and more silk then she should be able to produce more right? It was ether that or start spending the money she was saving up, to buy Wires and the like to help her make her training apparatus, and while that was still an option, at the same time she couldn't pass up an opportunity to improve herself even in this small way, so she sat down and started to weave silk, rolling her arms to slowly collect it, drawing more and more out as she went, she just had to think of this as another type of training, who knew when making large amounts of silk would be useful to her after all.

Note:

Mika sat in her room once more and looked at all the Silk in the corner from her training the last time and smiled, it was a good sign that she could make even this Aspect of herself stronger. So with Renewed Vigor she sat there and started to wind her arms before slowly spooling out more silk While this might not seem important now, later down the line something like this could be rather Useful, as far as Mika was concerned it was far better to have it trained and not need it then to not train it and then need it at a crucial time and not being able to make as much as needed as quickly as needed. It was all about making sure things were ready in the even she needed them and if she never needed this? Well then at least she improved herself in a New way.

Note:

Heading out to the Training field Mika let out a sigh, she had trained a lot of things, she was slowly balancing out her body, but if she didn't practice on Technique she would never catch up to the rest of the Students here, and that was something she wasn't about to have happen, she was going to at least equal them, that was her goal anyway, she had one ace up her sleeve already, but it was one she didn't want to rely on if she didn't have to, it had a rather large drawback, so with a breath she dropped into a stance, her arms slightly held out at the ready in a diamond pattern in front of her, her legs spaced well to allow for good stability with one ahead of the other, she then lashed out the end of her strike suddenly exploding, an explosion that enveloped herself as well, but she held back this was about form not power, applying power was something she could do by bringing everything together, for now was to make sure the from of her attacks was learned better, so she could execute them with more skill, and so she would strike again, and again, making sure to flow her movements, waste as little as possible.

Note:

Once more she was out in the training grounds, and as she stood there ready to Begin her training, she thought of a few other techniques she could utilize with her new style, it was something she had been thinking about for a while, things to use against a ranged opponent, things to use if she could get close enough to manage them, it was all things she would need to work on. That all started here, so she dropped back into her stance and started to launch strikes at the practice dummy, she was quite glad to see they were made to be durable, and so she moved to follow it every time it was knocked back by her strikes and explosions, to continue to land blows, and through this she thought of new ways to use her style to open up new possibilities. All while she continued to hone the basics

Note:

A new day a new set of training, Though this technique was powerful it also caused quite a recoil to her body But she knew if needed it would be an ace up her sleeve, though she had no illusions that people wouldn't know about this Technique, after all she learned about easy enough, so it was likely others had already as well, that just meant she had to train extra hard maybe if she trained hard enough she could at least surprise them with her skill with it? It was a long shot granted but it was all she had to hope for, and so she sat down and started to do breathing exercise to get her blood flowing, and while she couldn't really control her Chakra like she had heard about in classes she knew that opening the gates shouldn't require Chakra control.. or at least not the kind that you are meant to use for Jutsu and the like, Then she stood up and took one last deep breath to brace herself before she concentrated and she felt the gate open or rather she forced it open and she stood her ground a moment as she coped with the pain a moment before starting to go through her Kata, going through motions and launching into attacks, utilizing the form she learned while training to use this style, reducing the movement needed as she moved rapidly, picking up the speed and going faster, kicking off the ground as she flew into the air, her speed in the air also increased as she felt the strength increase from opening the gate, though rather then forcing it open like this she wanted to learn how to open it in a more controlled fashion, however for now this would do for now.

Note:

All approved

Well there were only a few things left to train that she could think of, so Mika headed out for the Training area, she had been having some issues with Training her speed, but she got an Idea not to long ago that would requite a bit more work, but would allow her to make herself faster, she was thankful for her wings or this might not have been a possible option, So as she got down to the Training area she set herself up and kicked of the ground, launching herself forward and using her wings and her legs she turned in mid air and kicked the ground again to make a hard turn, then she did so again... and again, making the turns shorter, going back and forth and making the sudden turn sooner and sooner, before she changed from going only back and forth to launching herself in this manner and trying out different changes of direction and at different times. Smiling as she figured this out a while ago, but being able to train it was rather fun.

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Returning to the Training ground, Mika started to do laps, last time she was doing simple turning exercises, now she started to focus on just speed, kicking off the ground and forcing herself to lunge forward, again, and again, using her wings to adjust her course, and kicking off the ground to keep a steady heading, yester was about hard turns, today trying to keep a smooth turn going, so it wasn't halting and angled, and she was trying to achieve this by using her wings to help her do just that. As she worked though she thought about other Training she could do to increase other aspects of herself, there was so much to work on, she could think of ways to utilize her Silk, maybe the scales on her wings? so much to utilize and she didn't know where to start, but she was going to take the time to learn, that was the key to all of it.

Note:

Mika returned to the training area, Today was going to be trying to train even harder then before to toughen herself even more, and so she started to work out, squats, pushups, sit-ups, chin-ups, jogging, all with more weights then she had used before. After some time she started to tire as she planned, but rather then take a rest she decided to push past it, to try to continue on with just her will alone. Forcing herself through that Fatigue, to continuing working, though she slowly lightened the weights on her but not quickly, slowly as she started to get to the point she couldn't keep up and she didn't want to damage her body, but she still continued. Until finally she took that rest smiling as she lay there exhausted this was the key she though, This was going to be another Avenue, but doing it this way wasn't the best way to do it, she physical exhaustion wasn't the best way it risked damage, perhaps something more like meditation?

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Approved

Heading back out Mika took a different approach to training this time, she had actually made sure she didn't get enough sleep, and she didn't each much before training, oh she planned to eat once she was done, but this was all to push herself past her previous limits, and so she started her work out, more weights then before, more exercise then before, doing laps, rapid turning training with her speed, anything to wear herself out and get her to the point where she had to force herself to continue, and thanks to her preparations it happened sooner then it had last time. So rather then rest she simply continued to push through, kicking off trees, highspeed flying, target practice. All of it was done while she pushed herself past her previous limit, rather then stopping just after pushing them, she continued to push till she could feel herself becoming to heavy to move, that's when she finally called it quits, and headed back to go get food, wash up and have a nap.

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Mika returned to her room after a day of hard training, and rather then just relaxing she had decided to try something else, as she sat on her bed she closed her eyes and started to relax her focus, letting the world slowly flood into her senses, her heightened sense of smell, and touch letting more and more information into her mind slowly as she unfocused and then she started to meditate, to slowly filter it out, not through simple focus to ignore or block it out, but through getting used to it so that if needed later on she could refocus on things once more, but she figured a tougher mind would be handy to deal with things like Genjutsu other dangers, and this was the best she could do against such things. But just because there wasn't much she could didn't mean she wasn't going to try her best in doing so, the more prepared she was the better off she would be in the long run, that and this meditation was actually kind of relaxing.

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Mika sat underneath a tree outside in the training area, her eyes closed, her breathing steady as she relaxed her focus on her senses once more, this had worked quite well before, but she had been in her room at the time, this time however she was sitting out where there was more to garner her attention, and as she relaxed her focus it was slowly overwhelming her, but she continued to meditate, keeping steady breathing, letting her mind slowly get used to more and more information coming in, the wind.. the direction of it.. the sound of the grass and leaves blowing in it, the smell of the earth and dew on the plant, she would open her eyes if it wasn't for the fact that this felt like enough to train with, she would move on later once she got better at this meditation, after all, there was only one way to improve.

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