Controlling The Earth Around Himself [Training, Solo]

Axel was stretching, getting prepared for today's round of training. The sun was half-blocked by clouds, which Axel liked, since he loved to stare at the clouds. He was now in the Konoha training field, where ninjas grow and get stronger, learning various ninja techniques that would help them out in the battle against other ninja. Without training, Axel would not be as strong as he would today, and would most likely still be in the academy, but now he was a genin, and he was ready to learn even more and more techniques. Today he was going to learn something very important to a ninja's success, which was an element. They were necessary for a ninja to be able to bend nature around them, which would extremely be helpful in battle. He was learning his very first one, which was earth release. Axel decided to learn this one due to his fascination with the earth structures, and would be even more fascinated if he could bend them himself.

"So, are you ready little bro?" asked Alex, Axel's older brother. Aside from some features, he looked almost exactly like Axel. He wore a black T-Shirt, black jeans and black combat boots. He was going to be Axel's trainer for Earth Release, and would be training him jutsu after he learned the element. This training would take days or maybe even weeks, so the two brought bags filed with food. They planned to train and rest every now and then on the training field.

"Of course I am ready!" replied Axel, enthusiastic for learning Earth Release.

"Ok then, let get started with the basics. First, make the seal of confrontation and concentrate your chakra," ordered Alex. Axel did so, and after a few seconds, he felt his true power surface.

"Ok, now close your eyes and try to focus on the earth around you. Think like you are one with it," Alex instructed. Axel closed his eyes, and actually visualized being the earth. He felt different, as if he was actually moving the earth. It was kind of true, as pebbles now were raised from the ground to near Axel's head.

"Now, open your eyes," instructed Alex. Axel did so, and after a few seconds, the pebbles dropped, but Axel saw them quick enough to know that he just performed really basic doton.

"Wow! I did that! let's do more!" shouted Axel in excitement.

"Hold up there bro. That was just to know if you were able to learn it. Now the hard part is coming," Alex said, turning his smile into a serious face. Moving the earth required strength, so Alex made Axel do push-ups, sit-ups, jumping-jacks, and multiple other exercises. Alex even made him lift rocks, huge and heavy ones. The exercises  lasted most of the day, then after that the two got some rest.

The next morning, Axel did exercises for about two hours, then Alex made him focus his chakra again with his eyes closed, sitting this time, having him maintain that state for a long time, while thinking that he was of the earth. After a while of that, Axel did not even move, and the longer he stayed in this state, the more the earth moved around him. Day by day Alex made him do exercises and earth-control training. After 1 week of it, Alex was going to put Axel to the test. He made Axel stand in front of a huge boulder, that was about twice his size.

"Levitate it brother. Once you do this, I will know that you are ready for learning doton jutsu," Alex said. Axel formed the seal of confrontation, and closed his eyes, focusing on the boulder in front of him. After just a few minutes of concentration, Axel finally was able to lift it a tiny bit, but did not stop there, moving it further, until it was about two feet in the air. after that, his concentration broke, the boulder fell, and he fell to the ground, landing on his bottom. He was really happy for accomplishing the task though.

"Congratulations Axel. You now know the basics of Earth Release!" Alex shouted, holding a hand out for Axel to grab it. After he did, Alex pulled him up and hugged him. This did not mean they were done training. It just meant that now Axel could learn Doton Jutsu, and that was what he was going to do.

WC: 740
Learned: Earth Release

"Now, today you will learn 'Earth Release: Double Suicide Decapitation Technique,'" Alex told Axel, as they woke up. It was the day after Axel learned the basics of Eart Release. Now, as promised, Alex was going to teach him how to use some jutsu. This one would pretty much take the whole day. Well, not like there was much needed in the village this month, so the two of them could be training for weeks.

"Wow that is a long name. What does the technique do?" asked Axel. In response, Alex pressed his palms together, then in a second, he dissapeared into the earth below him, leaving a hole. Axel began to walk forward to peek into the whole, trying to figure out where his brother went, but as soon as he looked inside, two hands appeared from beneath him, and grabbed onto his legs. The hands then succesfully pulled Axel into the ground, only leaving his head above the surface. Alex then jumped out of the hole he originally made and stood over Axel's head.

"Wow, that is so cool!" shouted Axel, happy at this moment, even though he was stuck underground. Alex used a jutsu to pull Axel back onto the surface, then grabbed his hand and pulled him up so he could stand.

"Ok, now you are going to learn. Concentrate your chakra and visualize you going underground. It will take several times for you to get it right, and even then you will have a hard time directing yourself to the target, but you will learn," Alex told Axel. They moved to a hole-less area in the training field where Axel then began to concentrate his chakra. The first time he tried to pull off the jutsu, he just ended up burying himself half-way into the ground, but as he ket and kept doing it, he was able to successfully put himself underneath the ground, though Alex had to save him the first three times since Axel had no idea how to get back up. As time went on, Axel was eventually able to pull training dummies into the ground, and Alex even let him pull him into the ground. All in all, learning the jutsu was a success, leaving the two to rest until the next day of their training.

EXIT

WC: 382
Learned: Earth Release: Double Suicide Decapitation Technique(D-Rank)