Training!

WIPS

... Wips it real good!

[Flash Back]

Upon approaching the gates one is faced with what appears to be a tunnel heading into the face of a volcano. Heat radiates from the top of the volcano and the base is far too wide to walk around… not that it would do you much good since a wooden gate surrounds the village reaching nearly thirty feet high and four feet wide. Two guards are positioned just outside the tunnel. One is a Kumomusha, each arm bearing a sword… and he knows well how to use all of them at once. The other is a winged man holding a sword made of pure fire, his hawk like eyes watching every movement.

Upon passing these guards whether you are entering or exiting you must give your reasons for doing so along with your name and code name and showing your headband. Assuming all pertinent information checks out you will be allowed past the two guards unscathed, the two taijutsu masters must first move the large boulder blocking the tunnel, just barely being able to move the weighty boulder. Once inside the dim tunnel is lit only by glowing moss making it very difficult to see, though if one were to explore they would find emergency track lighting upon the ceiling. After moving through the twisting tunnel for roughly one hundred meters they will find a well lit organ that seems to be covered in bones.

The pipes of the organ run high into the ceiling and have a bench so someone can sit and play the organ. It is here that they enter the village. In the academy the ninja are trained how to play a specific piece on the piano, using many repeated and dually played keys as well as the petals. Oddly enough when the song is played no sound issues forth. These pipes actually connect into the Kage tower where the music echoes forth to let them know of an arrival or exit. Once the correct piece is played the entire organ will turn, putting you on the other side of the tunnel and leaving another organ in your previous place.

From here it is another hundred meters to the end of the tunnel, with another poorly lit twisting path. Upon the entrance are another pair of AnBu guards. One is a hulking Akimichi with a mean glint in his eyes, covered in strings of kunai. The other is covered in a bone armor of sorts and is always smoking a cigarette. Here you must give the same information the first pair of guards received to be let into the village unharmed by a large boulder blocking the tunnel being moved, these men are barely capable of moving the large stone despite both being taijutsu masters. While this may seem like a complicated process it is necessary for the villages safety.
Located both at the entrance and exit of the tunnel are covert listening devices, motion sensors, and surveillance spikes. The spikes are equipped with night, thermal, and X-ray vision as well as lie detector lenses and substance locator vision. The guards closest to the village have a monitor that can view these spikes, as does the tower as it is close enough to be monitored from the tower thus no one can enter the village without being seen.

At both ends, nestled firmly into the stone are barbicans. Small slits are the only hint to the existence of this room, and those are easily disguised by the surrounding stone. At all times an expert archer is posted here, ready to take down unlawful beings. Also located inside the tunnel of each end is a storage area for those who wish to leave things behind, or those who are forced to give up items upon entrance or exit. The shelves are lined with bins and tags so a name can be placed with each item if need be.

This was the setting, or at least what he remembered, of his chuunin exam in the village of Otogakure. Getting past the first stage was certainly an arduous process but he actually learned quite a bit from the large amount of time he wasted trying to get past a rather surly Akimichi. It was a process of trial and error in his opinion and if anything he trained his body and mind in the arts of taijutsu while taking down the large man. He had to quicken his reflexes and keep a keen eye to avoid attacks while also steeling his body to withstand the devastating impacts. Fortunately he had a weeks span to pass this bodyguard and this was plenty of time to get passed the Akimichi. Of course he managed to do so or he wouldn't be where he was today.

Of course training his body to withstand the large cratering blows of an Akimichi wasn't Loki's only challenge in the exam. Of course in his days trying to get past the Akimichi he had almost forgot about the second bodyguard just beyond him waiting to accept anybodies challenge. Although in Loki's opinion this second challenge was much much easier than the first as he seemed to rely only on speed instead of being pure beast in taijutsu. It only took Loki a few hours of recuperation to get up the task of defeating this new man. A man who would test Loki's speed and reflexes to the test as well. It was starting to be something of a common occurrence he began to think to himself and he even at one point doubted if he was truly ready to be taking the chuunin exam. It wasn't until much much later that he had found out that he had taken the hardest path to the finish line as there were more subtle indirect routes that he hadn't noticed.

Further into the exam it was a test of skill against one another this was something that he expected however as he it was something of a common occurrence in the past exams and he expected this one to follow suit. Of the 3 fellow genin Loki had fought only one had presented a real threat throughout the entire fight as he ended up getting stuck with a seasoned veteran. His opponent was taking the chuunin exam for the 4th time giving him quite a few years of mission and training experience over him. This advantage was soon overcome however as Loki was a quick learner and easily adapted to the fighting style of the older boy. To be completely honest Loki understood why he had failed 4 years in a row.

1106 wc.

Taijutsu Adept 2 and 3 trained. 500 + 550= 1050

wc = 1100/1050

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