Training in the Forest

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Ikezu made it to the place in the Mutated Forrest which he would spend his time training before heading to the Training Grounds to learn Zanzoken. He had met a multitude of people who had been able to use this skill with great effectiveness, and now Ikezu wished to add it to his repertoire.

The tree tops seemed to shiver in the wind, flowing like the ebb and flow of the ocean's own tides. From the air it would look exactly like the metaphor, as the tree's leaves were all a turquoise color.

Dao had contacted him the day before, and told Ikezu that he wouldn't be able to make it as he had something to do for somebody. He wasn't at all specific, and Ikezu didn't ask any questions. Instead he asked around SSE for other people who knew Zanzoken, and came to Rensou.

He looked into the forest, and saw an opprotunity to practice maneuverability training, which would no doubt come in handy for his Zanzoken training.

He took 5 rocks and threw each of them as far as he could in 5 different directions, than he took his claws and clawed a circle around a central tree. Afterwards he flew to each rock in random order, and touched each rock circling around the central tree to go to the next rock. In order for the rotation to count for Ikezu he had to both touch the rock with one hand, and push off with both feet. He also had to avoid touching the tree as he circled as close as he could to it. If he missed the rock with either his hand or feet he had to return to the tree circle and go back to the same rock. If he touched the tree he had to return to the previous rock and than go back to the tree. On a side note, their were trees in between the central tree and each rock, if Ikezu touched any tree he had to return to either the rock or the central tree (whichever he touched last) and than make his way back.

He would continue doing this until he successfully made a rotation with each rock 100 times. Which meant a minumum number of rotations of 500. However Ikezu made 800 rotations, and with each successful round (touching each rock correctly and circling the central tree without touching) he would increase his speed until he was moving as fast as he possibly could.

After this was finished he would wait, anxiously for Rensou to arive. His fur bristling with energy and excitement.

[Gray Callahan]

(top tip; Dao's just been banned for big-headedness and consistent dickery.)

[tsukare]

(How long is he banned for?)

[Gray Callahan]

(at the moment about two weeks, pending.)

[tsukare]

(Well shoot. Ok, I sent a PM to Rensou requesting that he help teach Ikezu instead. Thanks for letting me know Boli. I appreciate it. ^_^)

[tsukare]

Ikezu's maneuverability, and now he was ready to work on his speed. He looked up and decided a good way to train both speed and maneuverability would be to fly straight up and straight down as fast as he could. Perhaps, using the rocks as well.

Ikezu looked up in the sky and got an idea. He dashed as fast as he could into the air rising as much as he could in a second, stopping mid air and leaving a ki ball floating in the air as he dashed back to the ground. Touching the ground ever so gently as he dashed back to the ki ball, passing it and doing the same. Leaving a ki ball in the air where he stopped, and dashing back to the ground. With each pass he'd try his best to increase his speed, so that he was rising further and further into the sky within the span of a single second. At first only rising about 20 feet, the second time 22 feet, the third time 25 feet, the fourth time 28 feet, the fifth time 32 feet and so forth. Leaving a ki ball in the air so he could see his last mark.

In the span of an hour he had increased his speed to the point where he was raising close to 1000 feet in the air in the span of a couple seconds, and he seemed to reach his limit even using his ki. He looked up to his last mark, and thought of a way to spice up his training.

Starting now he dashed to the mark turned as quickly as he could and turned not stopping for anything. His aura intensifying as his mane whipped in the air, time seeming to slow down as he watched his sweat slide off his snout as he turned to face the earth, pushing off of nothing and plummeting straight to the ground. Moments before face planting into the ground Ikezu turned again time slowing down as he watched falling leaves stop in the air as the flew past his face, the dust kicking up from the ground as he gave himself another burst to the air. Instantly the trees were beneath him, the leaves trying to catch him, but never able too.

Each time he stopped time seemed to slow more, until the world around him simply stopped, and Ikezu turned only to see his own Auric Trail. A path of energy leading straight to him from the ground, a white fire blazing hot like a trail burning through the woods. Now Ikezu went further and further leading the trail away from the woods into the atmosphere. The faster he moved the longer the trail became, and the longer the trail became the faster Ikezu wanted to move.

Every time he stopped in the air he reached higher G's, the world around him stopping for moments at a time as he turned to face the world and plummet towards it, and once he made it to the world he turned to see the sky. Beautiful, Saiyan sky. It reminded Ikezu of his own home world, a time long ago when he would lay on his father's chest and gaze up at the sky. His father telling him of the ancient Inaurian tales.

~Flashback~

The sky was black and a single rain drop fell down onto Ikezu's face.

"Dad, where does rain come from?"

"The tears of Shie."

"Who's that?"

"Shie is the goddess of water."

"Why is she crying?"

"Because she's torn between two brothers. Anyo and Onyo."

"Who are they?"

"Well Anyo is the God of Lightning, and his brother is Onyo."

"Is Onyo the God of Thunder?"

"Yes son. You see, Onyo and Anyo both deeply love Shie, and Shie deeply loves both Onyo and Anyo. When it storms, Onyo and Anyo are fighting over who gets to take Shie's hand in marriage. And Shie's tears fall in the form of Rain."

"What stops them from fighting?" Nuzzling his face into his father's chest.

"Shie's father, Eijo. He's the sky father, and his home is inside the clouds. You see, Eijo gets to decide which of the brothers gets Shie's hand. So he tells them that if they keep fighting, neither gets her." holding his son close and talking into his ear.

"I like that story dad."

A flash of lightning cuts the sky in two, and little 3 year old Ikezu jumps.

"Stop yelling at Onyo, Anyo!"

"You tell them son."

The sky calms, and the clouds clear away.

~End Flashback~

The sky above was green and the clouds flashed with lightning.

"Iet Khalan, Har jier. (I love you my father.)" Ikezu said as he released his white tiger flame and dashed into the cloud. The storm warping around him as he made his way to the Training Grounds, a flash of lightning crashing behind him, and the moisture washing the dust from his fur.

(PM please)

[Geurin]

750 PL awarded

[Rensou Hiruen]

I arrived at 820 PL myself, but close enough! 750 awarded.